Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-09-19
NEWS OF THE DAY
"Io sho'O The rery age and body ofhe Times.

To shoaO the rery age and body ofhe Times"
President Arthur returned to Washington
last night
To-day is the anniversary of the death of
President Garfield.
w. ". Corcoran, esq. ,arrivedin Washing
ton city late Sunday evening from the White
Sulphur Springs. He is greatly improved
in every respect, and appears to be in per-
feet health.
A comet was plainly seen with the naked
eye from Georgetown and Central City, Col
orado, yesterday about II a. M II was
about five degrees from the sun, and in Il
direction trille south of west
The official returns Of the Arkansas cleo
ton show the following vote OH governor:
Berry. democrat, 5000 Slack, republican,
1882; Garland Greenbacker, LAP; total
vote, III, l69, the largest ever polled.
The model for the statue of General Rob-
ert f. Lee, which is to crown the monument
tai shaft in Lee place, New Orleans, has
been completed. 1t is said to be an excel
ent likeness, and is the work of Alexander
Doyle, a local sculptor
The race between Courtney, Ten Evck
and Dempsey, for 81 900, was rowed yester-
day on Poplar bay, st. Lawrence river, d-
rec;ly opposite Alexandria bay, n. Y.
Courtney won. beating Ten Eyck by two
lengths, Dempsey half amile behind. Time
205o!l.
a census bulletin classifying the popula-
ton OF the United States by nativity shows,
natives white and coored) 43, 475,S 9l, and
toreign-born 6,679, 943. The bulletin shows
that while in 1880 the total population of
Virginia was l,5l2, 5G5 the total number OF
persons in the United States who were born
in Virginia was 2,11S4G0.
Gen. Malone made another descent on
the Patent Office last week and scattered
things. Seven employees were removed up
on his demand. an eighth succeeded in Sc.
curing an extension of stay till January, and
the ninth was strong enough with the Sec
rotary to secure retention by giving Malone
another appointment.
1t is said that the ticket to be nominated
at the Massachusetts democratic State con-
vention to-day has been agreed upon, and
that Gen. Butler will be the candidate fo1
Governor ;. w. Bonerman, Of Pittsfeld fol
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; George +. Very, Of
Worcester for Attorney General W. 4
Hodges, of Quincy, for State Treasurer.
The officers Of the Insurance Company OF
North America in Philadelphia, yesterday
announced that they had discovered dis
crepancies in their stock account, and an
nounce that it is the result of frauds perpe-
trated by the transfer clerk, Alfred Rogers
whose shortage will not exceed S25 900.
Rogers has been arrested and held in $4,000
bail
The German Reformed Board OF Missions
of the Synod of the United States opened it,
annual session at Harrisburg, Pa, yesterday
1t has under its charge missions in New
York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia
| North Carolina, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas
California, Oregon and Washington Terri.
tory. The session last night was devoted
principally to routine business. The estab.
lishment of mission church at Roanoke
Va, was agreed to.
DIR. Longstreth, of Darby, the Melville
family physician, and Dr. Bartleson, yester-
day gave certificate of insanity in the case
of Mrs. Melville, the wife of Chief Engineer
Melville, and the unfortunate lady has been
| placed in the Norristown Insane Asylum.
Her children accompanied her to the asy-
| lum, and then returned to their home.
| Chief Engineer Melville has tclcgraphed for
his sister, in New York, who will hereafter
take care of his home and his children.