Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-02
exandria Gazette and Virginia, Advertiser
NEHH OF The DALI
f. b. Rogers, U. s. Consul ct Vera Cruz,
died vestctdsp

f b. Rogers U. s. Consul ct Vera Cruz,
lied yesterday.
a slight shock of csttqlako was felt at BlLs
s,r, Me-; Sunday night.
Mrs. Linda A. Howe. vile of tx Senator
Hove. OF WlscJuslr, di i early yesterday morn
lng 10 Washington.
Mrs Preston, Of Little Rcck. Ark, went in-
TO her gard 9 OF hler'. las: Friday, for some
potatoes, aud iouud d ,ad nan upright & Aust
the feace.
Il despatch r,n Portland. Oregon, says
Bishop f.. a ll.vous, ii. b Church, is lying
d,rsGr .u>y i'll IN .hst c. y. He is not expect!
ed to recover.
1t is inlima.td that the B. e. O. R. r. Co.
have finally selected the route ior tnelr new
trunk lima tom Baltimore to New York, which
will run parallel with the Philad ,phis, Will
uiugton aud Baltimore K Il Co.
Robert Garrett, first, end Samuel Spencer,
third vice presidents OF the B. u o. r. r., eu.
tered tormtl!y upon their duties CO August 1t.
Mr. Spencer has been 10 bad health for some
time, but is improving
The Sanford Ella. Journal says that &C To-
disDspolis firm has tought the orange crop 10
three groves nosr that place, pay,pg SIS thtul
huu lUr tDe OISuRcs w ihc tetS. ut OlUps
will aggregate COO, 600 to 100 600 oranges.
Hous:keepers in Montgomery county, N.
Y, are importing colo1c1 servant girls from
Virginia, there bcicg serious dearih of domes.
tic help. The Chicago Journsl advises the
housckaepeEs OF chat CITY 10 resort to similar
meaus 10 06lsln servants.
When Congress ccmes to consider the recom.
neudGtion OF Col. Rock veil for an spproprs-
too OF $50 900 for refCralshipg AID Sl0 600 for
the reohir Of the Executive Mausluu. it is be
iicved that the question OF crec:irg new man
sion 10 SINE moro suitable sod srsble pars of
Washington will DO brought up.
Senator 3. Il, Hill, of Georgia, who WIS re
coutly operated on in Philadelphia for epltholi
oma, or a cancer OF the mucus membrane on
bis tongue, is rapidly recovering. Mr.. Hill
sll leave Philadelphia to morrow to oin Mr.
Hill at the R)Skbtidg, Alum Springs, where
they will remain Tor SOM, time.
The board of education OF Texas is diligently
engaged 10 az effort to peritc. the school sys-
tam of that S:s,o. There are more than
40 900. 600 acres of unsold school lands in the
State, the sale Of which at 50 so an acro would
give a school fuDd of 800, coo Co., equal to the
school funds OF all the other States.
The present political contest 10 North Caro-
lins is between the vets" and "drjs," as the
anti prohibition and the temperance parties ore
Iscouiosil7 cAllcd. and one curious pheDou cuou
10 the coutest is that among the leaders Of the
"drys' are some of the mes! notorious ''old
sosks' in the State.
Judge MoCrarY he's recently rendered deci
sion in the eastern district of Arkansas nyov.
ing the power Of tho State over railroad incor-
poratlons. 10 which he not only denlaros that q
railroad corporation nus: extend tho same IA
oillties and charge the same rste5 to all for q
given service. but maintslns that the our. has
the right to say what that rate shall be.
The manufacture of yarns and coA.so woolon
goods is growing more rapidly 10 the South
than any Other industry in the whole c)untrY,
sId the business pays 40 average OF 22t per ct.
10 divi6euds. All through Georgia. Alabama,
South Carolina, Mississippi and Arkansas new
factories are sprlugug up, the capital furnish
ed by Northern men and the yarn manutac!ur.
ed directly from the seed cotton.
An election was held in Kentucky yesterday
for Stsle treasurer, members OF the Legislature
spd various county ofhc1rs The question Of
csllog convection to revise the Constitution of
the State was also submitted to the vote of the
people. The Legislature chosen will select q
successor to Hon. james &. Beck in the u. s.
Senate, bu! it seems to BIO generally conceded
that Mr. Beck will oe chosen his own SUCCESSOR.
Mrs. Strupirski. of Pottsvile, Pa. vas sittirg
10 lower window of her house during thun-
der storm, yesterday, holding hor lilts child 10
her lap, when lightning struck the chimney,
and, passing downward, literally dam llsbed
two or three rooms, and go shocked both moth,
or and child that neither could speak for over
an hour. Mrs. Strupioski's leg was paral,z,d
and her right shoe torn from her foot and twist
ed into an iudistnguishabe msss.
At Houghtsowu borough. suburb Of Pitts
ton. Pa, about $50 yesterday afternoon. the
ground over the old workings of the Seneca
mines, about 500 yards in length and fifteen to
twenty yards wide was observed to be gradually
siokipg. The house of miner named Jchu
Feeney was completely wrecked. The road
leading through the borough is not considered
safe, as the cave there is quite percep;ible.
Great excitement prevails among the residents,
and much damage to property is feared.