Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-10-24
NEii'S OF 2it LII.

t.G!uSs in9 mountainous ai;,:!ruc' by ;n3
Stna:u ol Sstutdsy Wss that u u. !iGdlty to
b, cnl1 m;sSi9ccr 81 fctsious.
il memorial s2rY;c, ia h33or o: ;ha late
pecsiacG. Garfield Was held III HE City oi
Mexico 81 Saturday, Hsiich IS sad Is i'ssa
bcol syoeediGEy iwpressivs.
A,totnty Gsorr.l MIcVesah has ensagoJ
MIR. Waiter u. Da7ldge, Of tue WsshiGe,Gn
bar. to assist The Distlc: At.oInc! 10 TIC .r,a-
acuion Of Gulteau.
V!c5 President Srcuosr and tho oLieia Of do
psrtuents Of The Ba!Ilmors snd OHIO Il. X ra-
.urcad on Saturday from 2 trip Of ohss!ssiirn
oser the uea Somerset and Gar:bSis Raat.
The marriage OF MIR. Patterson, Ct she pa
tersoz- BOnaparte family Of B..imcra. aud
Miss Sherwood. q rieoa of Mr.. John Sherwood,
Of New York, vii! take place carly in the win
te: in the latter oily.
Kirg Kslakaua wss entertained al bsruact
at tho Palace Hotel. San Francisco, CAL. FIJI
day night, by number Of prominent gentlemau.
The kius and suite sailed Saturday afteracon
10 tho steamer Australia foe Honolalu.
l. is stated that the Baltimore aud OAio
Railroad Company will erect upon he site OF
tho Mourtaiu ViaS Hotel. Harper's Ferry,
which is TO DO Itmove1 10 tho spriog, hotel
OF larger proportions and of mtdein tc,om Digs
datlOns.
A company, With rroI oSed capital oil two
millions, rss Gccn Incorporated uader tho Get
crsl law Of West Virginia, for the construction
Of railroad from Charleston. jefferson county.
w. Va. to Frederick, Maryland. via Hsrper's
Fsiry.
Tho Revolutionary 500 al;sic pa5iy closed
lis national convention in Chicago lest night
With bail snd reception. At tho mee.ng
yesterday resolutions were passed donounoing
''czarism,' and providing for tho formation Of
'sccisllstlc groups
The Frorch ADD German visitors roturoed to
Washington from Yorktown On Saturday, aud
were met by Secretary BIai1o AID escorted to
tho Arlington. At hight tho Germans we're
entertained at banquet. The French and
German guests yesterday attended DIVIDE wor-
ship at st. Matthew's Roman Catholic Church.
John II. Broadhoud dod in Washington
yoatordaY ut tho advanced $50 of eighty years.
For thirty years ho had bacn & resident Of the
city. lln was born 10 Milford, Pike county,
Pa. At tho oits, Of tho war he WAS appointed
8 oOm missioner TO AZ ust tho war claims of In
diana and West Virgiois. SDoo then. up to
the Tina of his doath, he has been ALMOST COZ
tinualiy employed 10 tho Treasury Department.
The latest reports from The shy lovec. Ill.
arc that another break has tskon pIao, eleven
mice balow Hannibal, Mo. Il il said that
only atont s'y of Tho Blk y miles Of Isni protect
cd ~ tho leveo sr1 now abave wafer. und tho
river hclow Tho bronk s now ohout scvcn milt s
wide. aud is spotted hero aud here l.y farm
houses, mary OF WhInh sra partially s5hm, reed,
and all deserted.
Allusior has boon made 10 the ooonoss be-
Tween tho German and FfeEnh quests at York
town. and tho exa5petainn of tho latter at tina
hosting OF tho German lag IN suoh close IrHx'
unity to their OWL; but there is an incident 10
oonuco!inn with the matter not heretofore
given. In tho frat moment Of his dilemma,
Secretary Blaine walked up to high army Of.
ti,er md ssid. What arm NO to do about iha
thing 2" rho officer f,r q moment looked
qui2Gcally at The Secretary Of Slate. AID then
replied: "Wo va have few more German
titan French v0ic,s in the Unilcd HlA,cs, aId il
| @Dta n politician dun't think / wond hanl
down Tho usrmas flag to Las" Tho Frcnch. I"
That nrtiied it