Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-02-23
EDITORIAL, BRIEFS.
The independent party, david Da,

The independent party, David Davis, .
Is to be married and theu-rctire.
The W. Ms. hat is missing! Who got /
It? A.libcral reward, &c. IS. Been found !
There were shipped from Boyceville, !
Clarke county, last week $40 dozen eggs.
The law against American pork in Ger
many will go into effect one month aferi it
is published.
Marshal Bazuine dedcates his book OH
the Franco German war TO ex-Queen Isa-
bella, of Spain
-Toasts drunk in corn juice" or plain
rye" is not, we humbly submit, in this en-
lightened age, exactly CONNIE il Jam.
-Amiss, who killed Burner, and was sen
fenced to four years in the penitentiary
therefor, docs not want q new trial
The banquet table at the Braddock
House last night was "a thing OF beauty
which lasted just about sixty minutes
"A Mahoneite convention is to be held in
King George on the 18th TO nominate
county candidates
-Bogardus. the famous shot has been
beaten by DIR. Carver al Louisville, Ky,
Bogardus killed 50 birds, while Carver kill
cd s..
What Judge Stuart said last night in
the Masonic Temple will be found in full
i'll to-day's GAZETTE. It is we'll worth pc
rusing.
Capt. Mushiach during his speech ut
tho Masonic banquet last night, commanded
the attention of the assembage as well as
he does that of his command.
The speech Of p. G. NJ. ". II. Lambert
at the Masonic banquet last night was well
conceived, we'll delivered and was instruct
i've as well Us interesting.
The Twenty Second WAS observed in
Norfolk by parade OF the military, Com
pany K, Fifth Maryland Regiment. partici-
pating as the guest of the Light Artillery
Blues.
Richmond is bound to be big or nothing,
and initiates the other big places in all the
little things, Now she has society for the
prevention o! cruelty to animals, as if the
police could not attend 10 their duty. They
better have society to prevent cruelty to
"old men"
The wonder is how they got away with
all the good things at the banquet last
| night No wonder breakfasts went beg
ging this morning. The cooks at the Brad
dock did things up brown, and Spencer and
William" deserve the praise so lavishly
bestowed upon them.
! There has Just been admitted TO record
in the clerk Office of Clarke county another
mortgage on the s. Y. r. r. for $4,000, 900
which, together with Slj,0O0and $25 900 per
mile mortgages heretofore recorded makes
the preferred indebtedness of this road about
$4,000 per mile
-TheE have their little "spats" in the
| Parliament As well as Congress. Yesterday
in the lloG:c Of Commons TT Hon. William
Foster charged Mr. Parnell with conniyng
q! murder III ireland, and AR. O'kelly lie.
no"nret The statement as Il liz. O'Kelly
was suspended by Il vote Of ;i05 to %. Mr..
Parncll remained silent
Mr. Henry Fleming the gentleman who
WAS recently mulcted in the sum of $75 600
damages for breach Of promise OF marriage,
is now confronted with demand for s25.-
90, the plaintiff in this case being also a
woman vino claims tina, Mr. Fleming de-
famed her character in the breach of prom
isc trial. Before he gels through with the
sex, lie will probably look upon lovely wo-
man rs Il snare and lelusion'
The Society Of the Army and Navy of
the Confederate States in Maryland had its
annual gathering ut the Academy of Music
in Baltimore last night and was addressed by
Gen. .Iuhal Early on The Jackson-Pope
Cumpaisn,' which will probably pass
into history rs the correct version from the
Southern standpoint Of the events to which
it relates. At the banquet which followed
| all branches Of the Confederate arms were
represented.and speeches were made by dis
tinguished representatives of the infantry
and cavalry and ofthe naval service.
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