Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-07-15
FROM WASHINGION.
Npeeisl Correspondence NJ tho Ale1u. Gasetk
WAsHIEuToH, u. O., Jolly Is, 1881,

Tho bride is tbs daughter OF d.. Morsrn. Of
this city a1d the neic, OF Mrs Mor2sp, Of AL
exaudtis. 1t is said ths. BIZ. Sp.er's recent
trip home spd Lis mslrisg, into an old, go5d
and true dcmcctstic family hsv, ioGu,,d Lin
to cha'g, lis mil abcu! nskos Gen. Mahoue
bis cxenpl,r. and voirg With the republicans
10 the organization Of tho next House.
General Ric,, menbfr CT the House fttm
Ohio, is IN ,he city. lie says the ticket Dc mi,
| mated By tho dtmGc;atic convention of bis State
last "Wednesday il tie strongest that could pos
| sibly have been selected, asd that there is q
slroug probability OF i!s succs!s.
| Secretary Windcm had been c,eitatrg plans
for reform IN the service CT bis department be-
fer, tho attempt Wss made upoo The Presidents
life. aud that s.tenp. has had the tff c. If for.
mula!ing these plans. aud it is probable thew
will be put into operation at no distant dsy, |,
is also probable that Guiteau's attoup. NAV
hhvo hs tfec! of s!implaliog civil tervic, re.
fern in IL the departments.
| Senator Batter add General Pierce Yourg,
Who have been hunting and fishing in tse far
NorthWis 81 with Gcoeral Rosser. who is en- 90 /.
| glnecr On tic Northern Pacific Railroad, have
just returned 10 this city. after Tip which
| tbev dts,lbe rs most tXciiog and sgreaatls.
New York democrats now 10 the city tr, 10
| high spirits about the radical squ,bbls 10 pro-
gross ct Abaty. They ssy il is immaterial
whothcr the radicals cleot tbeir caucus nominees
for tho u. s. Serate or agree with tht M to ad-
iourR and postpone the election until a Dew
Legislature shall have been elected, t,r it the
caucus nominees arc ctc.ed tho next u. s.
House Of Representatives will c,rtairl2 be demo
| cratic. snd IT they arc not elected lbe Senate
will be of the s.mo complexion.
The plan Tor coolir & the President s sis room,
| which hiss been adopted, is that Of MIR. Jsn-
blog q aud 10 tho SINE that gentleman uses 10
bis lard manu!actorY 10 Baltimore. He was
ct Northern watering plaoo when he read 10
0 Newspaper that lhero was difficulty about
keeplog DIVA the tcmperaIua 10 tho Plesi-
dents room. and informing DR.. Bliss of his
pl,D, was directed to como on at once and bring
his apparatus with him. AS there was want,
ing necessary piece of machinery, be stopped
at machine shop 10 Cincinnati to hnvs it made,
but none OF the wotkmeD understanding exactly
what he wanted. he asked for the use OF lathe,
apd. pulling off bis coat, wont TO work aed ma d .
it himself Ills apparatus is said to BIO com
plete SUCCESS. Ho makes contribution of it
ard Of his services to the President, and saws
he is moro than repnid by tho comfort be has
thus been enabled to afford the distinguished
sufferer.
The Prosdeut' 81 ,ndtion ia improving SLOWLY
but surely, and there is now no one who does
DOT believe be sill recover. While bis assured
recovery is a soul co OF profound qualification to
every patriotic man in the country, there is no
doubt that 1t 10 disappointment TO those and
there are rot f,W of then, who hoped that
they would bo provided for 10 the next distrbu.
ton OF ofhCas incident to a chargs Ct Admins
t'slIoa. This is q horrible statement, tu! il ia
DO lses Irus and it shows the danger to which
tho cIuaIly is subjected from Tho luit for cffise
eDgeDderod and ios,ercd by The way 10 wish
the civil service is now conducted
Gulieau. the would be- assassin sen. for Dis
triot Attorney Corktil yesterday. and 10 a
plausible srd!ins eIiGul brsumett attempted to
rtove that tho President YVES now suffering
under snch disability as that contemp plated
ADD provided for by the c>ns tilutioo, and that
therefore Vic, P.c,ident Arthur should &c! ss
President until hat disability be removed. As
GulPsu has got sAep any newspapers since bis
imp ionment, aud has not been Informed ty
aoy 600 that suoh question a. the one alluded
10 hos been rala"d his argument indicates that
be IL familiar With the constitution and that
30 matter how 'o:anky" BIO may DO. his rsss
ooII 6 powers sro By 90 menps DIT slroyed.
heie luIu5 10 iuc lJtpeT.UeOL OF a gtlCultnrl
made ru! C 10 day show 40 Increase in tho
condition ct option siroo tho reports of Juue
Tho averave condition ia % against 100. at tho
same time Est yoar The report Of the wheat
cop sh.wi al Increased oond.ion si1c, the
jim, rpott, "a. thelo viii DO large dcorcas,
10 the crop IS compared With last year, the
crop in liinois and Michigan falling of nearly
ooe half. The increase 10 area rl,nted 10 corn
IS nehry two per cent over that planted 10 1890.
Tho average ooudili1n OF the cropi, no! so high
as Tho asst tao years and is % against 100 last
yea. In all the North Atlantic States The crop
is backward owing to oold wet spring, but in the
States south Of tho Delaware rivor and 90 tho
Cuff of Mexico it is reported fair. Texas,
however. reports serious il jury from drought.
In tho arest corn producing region bordering
90 the Oaio ADD Mississippi rivers the average
| ~ bcos I..t year. particularly in the State Of
llwa, which oul5 reports condition of II,
caused by oaId spring and leo mu,h taio ia
Jure. 10 illinois and Missouri the condition
is reported very favorable.
TIE VALLEY RAILROAD. -Arrargensnl s