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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31

NILSSON AT THE WHITE HousE.-rpop
the invitation OF President Arthur, Madame
Christine Nilsson, accompanied by Mrs and
Miss Doremus, Of New York. visited the
White House yesterday and dined with
the President and his sister, Mrs. Aims.
worth. Dinner was served in the priyat.
dlnlng-room. All the lower part of The
mansion was lighted in honor of the occs
SION; After dinner the President escorted
N Madame Nilsson through the various rooms
She was attired in black satin court.trsI
dress, cut quare in the neck. On her breys
she wore cluster diamond pin and bunch
OF red roses at her waist.
The party adjourned to the green ,,arlor
where grand piano was placed. TIE pr res
ldent opened the instrument and invited
Nine. Nilsson to sing She comnliad with
MS request by singing beautiful Italian
air, which was heartily applauded by the
guests: After singing several other se]ec.
tlons Nilsson sang Home Sweet Home" in
q charming manner, and returned to her
hotel neu ~ oe'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31

GoRTscHAKoFF's VANITY.-Prince Gort.
schakof, who has just died, was an able
man, but he was singularly vain; his idea
being that no one could write better dis
patch, and that he possessed the fascinating
power OF the serpent over the female sex.
He had two sons, and when they were lads
he was under the impression that each had
Inherited one of these gifts, for he used TO
explain that one of them was destined to be
the terror Of diplomatists and the other of
husbands. Whenever any lady with whom
he had been flirting left st. Petersburg il
was the custom to ask the Prince when She
would return, in order 10 receive the inva.
riable reply. Il cannot say; she is no lon
ger under the fascinating glance of nv
eyes" The absurdity of the answer was
heightened By the fact that the Prince had
saucer eyes, as dull as those of Goldfish,
spectacles,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31
EXECUTION OF A MURDERrs,

Mrs. Emelne L. Meaker was eyec,,a1
Windsor, Vt, yesterday afternoon for Wv
murder of her half sister, Alice, on the %,
oflast April. She averred her innocero,
the last, said she was to be murdered
preserved stolid indifference to her fa,'
The drop fell at l:S0. After hanging ,bin
minutes the body was taken down daoj
She died with scarcely struggle.
The maiden name Of this woman ".
Emeline Lucy Bates. Attic age Of u -
was married to E. c. 9Ieaker, of PIo;rss''
Mass, by whom she bad two child
daughter, now aged "a years, and
Almon, who was born III 1861. Mrs. Nao Ivy,
who Was OF very morose teunersmae,'
was the ruler OF the family, and OF sucb
quarrelsome disposition that constap, u W., =
giles with her nelghbors compelled ~ a.: an
quent changes of her residence. - ''c'
During the year 1879 halfsistcr .? ,t..
Meaker was taken from the poor firm ' :.
Charlotte, where she had been sunrnr,s .i az az
the public, and placed III care of Alr Way y!
the town payinga small sum for her b'as,'
The child, Alice Meaker, was Very frs;I T" au;
delicate, and i'll demeanor modest and anu iN
Gle; in fact, her helplessness eyc;rsd ~, w.,
luminosity of Mrs. Meaker from lb. mo,, sae
she entered the house, and il WAS vnr,aJ ~
cuffs and blows. She seemed ia ,si." -" ~
light in the child's suiferinCs, s.boss 60, VIC,
aud scars famed the fire Of her ha,rs5 'pe,
the elimination in April, 1850. NOT nni,s n ~.
year after she had become an iumsta If I ,I'
Aleakers' home. Her hatred OF AEoa ta.
then become such mania with ,h,. v,o,,,a
That she determined 10 kill her in rrd,.r ~
remove the child from her sight, End n,O "
posed 10 her son Almon that he shonld n;dhs
III the crime. AT first he objected bNt r IG'
mately consented, and the horrible Md S;t'.
was committed on the 2Sd OF April '"e'
The story of the crime is cnaII,. n,
by Almon Meaker in a confession mada a' e.
him subsequent to the trials of this fsrd y
mother and son His mother nrono.Si
several plans for getting rid of A fIupv Sc
hnaliy, on the night Of the murder aha
oought strychnIne at Waterbury, and h.
procured team from livery stable IVA
waited tor his mother back of the L,uss
he says: Mother had put Alice to bed w,b
her clothes on, aud mother took her ON, -;
the window, telling her we were going ~
rae. My father was in bed, Mother and
Alice walked short wav up the hin
through the field and came RI tho ,o n,
Wnere ! had the team. They got in and +
drove through the street and gave the no;.
on on Henry Hill, below the street w rDss
we put II IN some sweetered water md eo,'a
1t to her. We drove on, and in about tw zen
~ minutes the poison took effect and sba
Went into commissions. Ny mother held
her hald over her mouth to prevent ho,
making noise. We started for san .i
bank towards Stowe and took a shovel I, ~
bury her with, but she died so soon as u w
stopped at a swamp, where the hody wv W.
thrown and where I had slammed unsr I Wa.
to bury her in deep r''' "''
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 81, 1889.
GENERAL MAHoSE's Washington organ,

GENERAL MAHoSE's Washington organ,
following the lead taken by his paper in
Richmond, essays the not only injudcou5
but foolish policy of attempting to buldoze
the republican party into continued sup
port Of the Virginia boss. 1t says
''We have left no room for any Inference
that NC believed the reedjuslers would sup
port the republican presidential ticket I'M
less the party and lis candidates were clear
Is and Enthusiastically in harmony with them.
If the national republican convention shall
iBdorse The readjusteFsss 'fe,ilical friends
and equals, the latter will undoubtedly in
do.se the presidential candidate of the con-
vention if be is not OF the element which il
now engaged in the contraband traffic with
the bourbons."
a large portion Of the republican party,
indeed all its better element, is OPT osed TO
continuance ofthe ncfarious alliance the
Administration and some of the republican
Senators have made with the leader Of the
Virginia regulators, and will express that
opposition al the FIRST opportunity. And,
what's more, it will do so with the assur-
ance that no matter what feelings such
action may give rise to in the Generals
breast he will continue at least until after
the next Presidential campaign, to work for
the success Of the republican party The
Malone alliance was the most effective am
munition the Northern democrats used il!
their last falls campaign and in view ofthe
damage it then inflicted upon the republi-
cans, the idea that the national republican
convention can be bulldozed into an endorse
mens Of that alliance by threats of the with
drawal of the Malone contingent in Vir-
ginia is absurd.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31
VIRGINIA NEWS
Capt. H. H. Peck, ex-sheriff' of Augusta
CO., died suddenly Thursday.

Capt n. II. Peck, ex-sheriff' of aucusts
co., died suddenly Thursday
In the northern part of Pittsylvania coun
~, few days ago, John Hill, colored, and
Buck and Fernando Walter uuarreled
Several shots were fired, one bali strikipn
Buck Walter in the abdomen, inilictinr 3
fatal wound
Eighteen acres of land near Warrsnton
have been sold to Thomas GRAY, for s6l7 oO
in the suit of Nickens VS.. Nickens. VIM
Graycon has bought the Grafton" farm
near Bealeton, containing 454I acrss az 90 20
per acre, in the suit Of Merlick vs.. Neale
AT the Easter meeting at St. James, Epis.
copal, Church in Warrenton last Monday q
resolution was adopted favoring a division
OF the diocese and opposing the election OF
an assistant Bishop. R. Taylor Scott was
elected Delegate to the council, which meets
In May in Richmond.
Prince William County Court convenee
on Monday, The Manassas Gazette savs.
$50 far no action has been taken by Mr,
Howlson so as to bring the matter of the
Judgeship before the Court of Appeals. We
learn, moreover, that Mr.. Howison's at.
torneys have almost, if not entirely, abap.
doned the case"
The young man who committed suicide
IN Norfolk, few days ago. under the name
of "W. NJ. Fairfax, Virginia." has been
identified by his brother as w. II. Thomas
of Frederick, Md. He was prominent mer.
chant, and belonged to good family. He
had attempted suicide before. Family
troubles are said to have been the cause.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31

PURCHASE OF Observation-Disclosures
the home of President Madison, in Orange
county, has been purchased by Mr.. Louis E,
DERRICK, of Baltimore. 1t is surrounded bv
over thousand acres Of land belonging to
the estate. The house is 15s BY 40 feet. is
three stories high and is built of brick rough
coated. AT the front and back are ey.
psnsive porticoes, with large columns
The interior is in keeping with the outside,
the stalrways being broad and massive, and
the rooms commodious, In small plot of
ground, consecrated TO the dead lie the re.
mains of President Madison, marked bv
marble shaft fifteen feet high. The BODY of
President Madison's father was also buried
there, but it is not known now which is his
grave, as other members of the Madison
family are inferred in the same lot. The
estate was once owned by the late Thomas
J. Carson, well-known banker of Balti-
more. Its present owner, Mr.. DERRICK, will
farm the land, and will make the mansion
his summer residence. He is having repairs
made at the house preparatory to occupying
1t this summer
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31

STRUGGLE FOR LlFE.-A horrible, and in some
respects remarkable, accident occurred ON Wed.
hesday evening near Readville Station, on the
New York and New England railway, few miles
from Boston. The draw bar between the loco.
motive and tender on an outgoing freight train
broke while climbing heavy grade. The Ore.
gap and in falling he grasped the brake.rod and
was dragged Tor quarter of mile, his feet striE
ing against the ties aud wearing the tlesh from
the bones He chung to tho brake during tbis
terrible period in sight of the engineer, who wit.
MESSED ths struggle for life without the power to
:. renaef aio. de whistled for down brakes but the
brakemen did not respond, and It ls ALLEGED ,har
we're not at their posts OF duty Finally, the
poor follows strength giving out he fell beneath
the train and was killed. :"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31
lCoN%UNIcA1ED

tCoN&uNIcA1ED
SCRAPS If we do a good thing it Is trans
mitted to US, not ours to boast of,
u =. race your opponents fearlessly AMI t;,div
mnen tne opportunity offers aud their rear sttact
.. Mhen We feel our responsibility and I.ss az,
t, e,eserness there Is at least ono uchs in our
aa M. Inc beautiful whether in nature or art /, q
we take TX, it Just for what it is worth, '' - ="
,,n mnas - usually called fun or having a GOOD
- only tne absence Of sober thought or n,r,
,, o. * Is the love Of money sensation and ..vle
eass ia 70 suicide and forum so many ths dis
ana old fall vctims) not those enesred =, hanSs
iAoof waiting patiently for It's refurns
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31

The PETERSBURG Inder-Appeal, probably
without intention, frequently ignores &C.
curacy Of statement in dealing with the
politics aud politicians of Virginia" For
instance; in speaking of the boss of all the
negroes in the State and of about twelve or
fifteen thousand such white men as the late
Henry A. Wise defined as scalawags, the
man who has prostituted the judiciary, the
public schools, and all the other State insti
tutions to his partisan purposes, who has
made the name of his State q by-word and
reproach not only among her sister States,
but throughout the nations of the world.
who, while protesting to be better demo-
crat than Ben. Hill, gave the United States
Senate TO the republicans, and who voted
against the repeal Of the statute prohibiting
his old comrades from holding commission
IN the army-of such man it saws: Under
the peculiar circumstances attending Vir-
gina politics for some years past, and act.
ing under some provocation, and placed by
his election to the Senate in novel and
trying position, there is no doubt but that
General Malone has performed some acts
having bearing on national affairs which
are not in accord with the sentiment of
many conservative Virginians''
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31
EDITORIAL BREVITIEs.

American artists held meeting il Paris
yesterday to protest against the new Amer
lean tariff rates on works Of art
Ex-senator Lewis of Virginia, is spok.
Ell ofin connection with the vacant post
master seneralship-merely mentioned
"A furious snow storm prevailed in New
York yesterday, and in Philadelphia the tel
egraph wires were broken by the slect that
formed upon them. When will the spring
time come, gentle Annie?
The Jeanette investigation was resum-
ed yesterday. Several survivors testified
that they had no charge to bring against the
officers ofthe expedition. They all spoke
in praise of Lieutenant Danenhower.
An old lady in Baltimore who died some
years ago bequeathed her fortune $50 ,0oo]
to Archbishop Gibbons; but her nephews
and nieces, believing they can use the same
as satisfactorily TO themselves if not as
piorsly, as the prelatc, have come forward
and entered suit for the same.
An exchange asks: Why is Pharaoh
daughter like a banker? aud answers: Be-
cause she drew a little prophet" from the
rushes on the banks This wont do. The
rushes were in the water-not on the banks.
Another comparison is better when the
princess is compared to modern milk
man-because she got little prophet" ont
Of the 7gnter
Benjamin Franklin'a old "brl's-eve"
watch il owned by man in Lancaster, Pa
Large offers have been refused for this
watch, including one OF 81 900 per aunum
for ten years from New York watch com.
pany, simply for the loan of the watch
during that period to display in the window
OF their office on Broadway. The antigua
rian bump on the Uranium of the owner of
this watch must be decidedly developed.
"A glass object has been found in the
Catacomhs Of Rome, showing in gilt out.
lines the great Temple of Jerusalem. The
'outlincs" on this object are about as plain
as those On the sand floor of a cave dis
covered" some years ago somewhere in the
above locality, and which some enthusiastic
character supposed would be traced out
and made to corroborate disputed historic
natter but which turned out to have been but
the scratchings made By some tourist with
his cane while soiliquising upon the glory
Of the past.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31

AT THE BOARD OF BISHOPS of the African
Methodist Episcopal Zion church Of Amer.
On, now in session In Petersburg Yesterday,
Rev A. Cartwright. Missionary from Africa,
gave detailed account Of mission work in
that country, and its immediate wants. Res
olutions were adopted giving Cartwright
authority to hold annual conferences in
Africa, and appoint suitable persons to
preach and to teach the people of that coun
try, subject to ratification or modification
by the general conference. Rev. ]. c,
Price, president of the Zion Wesley insti
tute, Salisbury, \. c.. gave very encourag.
ing report of the institution The board of
bishops made the following appropriations
$500, Tor the benefit of ". E. Dodge hall
OF the Institute; $4,000 for African mis-.
sions 5000 for church extension, and $500
Tor the book concern, whose headquarters
are in New York city. The bishops in at
tendance on the convention will fill the pul.
pits OF several colored churches Sunday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31

The B. & 0. R. R. AND THE STATE.-Tbe
sheriff of Rockingham county having seized
train of the Baltimore and Ohio COMPANY
at Harrisonburg for the State taxes, and
that company, being non resident of Vir.
GINA, brought a replevin proceeding in the
United States Court at Harrisonburp and
rendered bond for the amount of taxes
claimed, seeking a release of its property
The following kilograms relate to this pro.
ceeding. p0
HARRsoNBURG, Va, March 20. 1888.
Judge r. ~. Hughes, Richmond, "a:
The railroad company have sued the State
Treasurer in replevin. Bond has been piven
Shall | issue q writ? Please answar a.
once. w RT,-nr, "'
Clerk Of United States Courts
pHl1am B. Lurty, Clerk United States Courts
Ha,risonburg, "a: ''' .
In general, courts have no right To nh.
siruct executive officers in the collection Of
taxes. Property seized by Federal internal
revenue officers cannot be replevied. See
section 934, United States Revised Statutes
| find no State law permitting property
attached for State taxes to be replevied
Validity Of seizure is triable in other way,
| cannot award writ of replevin, as of
course, in the case you mention. This NAV
be an exceptional case, and, if desired /
will hear counsel next Monday at Richmond
| except Judge Bond here to day.
ROBERT W. HUGHES,
TpJ,ro
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31

ALL INTEREST in the Revised New Testa-
ment has disappeared and its sale has drop
ped down nearly to zero When the work
first appeared it met with a cordial recep.
ton, and had large sale. Thirty editions
were published in this country, and over q
million copies were sold, while 1000, 900 COP
les We're sold in England. But curiosity
has been gratifed and the book sleeps on
the shelves. Rev, Philip schaff, D. D., who
IS chairman Of the American Revision com
mittee, thinks the result Is not entirely
strange, a. it took fifty years TO get the
King james Bible into general use in En-
gland. He admits that the revised version
is chiefly serviceable as a commentary to
explain the exact meaning of the words
which are in doubt and that some of Its
renderlngs he would have had different. The
general impression of American scholars is
that The American Revised Version is bet
ter than the English, and the edition
edited by DR., Roswell Hitchcock. president
OF the Union Theological Seminary, is more
satisfactory than the work of,he English
revision committee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31
DIED.

oh the morning of the 29th inst, at his father,
n ZONE ,nn near Warrentou, of meningitis. JOHN ",
SSanN + eldest son of Alexander ]. Camp.
oell' In the 3sth year of Lis age. The deceased
WIs OF amiable temper and generous impulses.
h,.a en ou' mere boy he enlisted in COL Mosbys
ca,aiiion, and in that command he .arued foiib
iu!ly to the close of the war.
- IN q, Warreuton. on March 81, 1888. Mn,
ELIZABETH JEFFRIES in her Saith year after
a long and painful Illness. '' "''''
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31
LIST OF LETTERS.

The following is list Of the letters remaining II
pe sne AleJandTia Virginia Ro,soce Mar 81
tised and give the date of the list, ate '''e'
If not called for within thirty day. 49,
sent 70 the dead-letter Office. in Wsshinq.on M ~
Davis, Jane p;tcha, ~,
Groves, JudsoD Rohnrt. N1
Higgins, Katie Sn,;ti nilS
johnson, ADJ sanS sa, niIss Laura
Lee, Bessie Tvs ., TANK
Oliver, HA vs..
Parr, AID '''' 'iiSs
D.A. W1NDsos, P. NJ.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31

HE RICHMOND correspondent of the
Petersburg Lnder-Appeal says he has in.
formation which be cannot question that
President Arthur has rendered Governor
Cameron the portfolio of Postmaster.G eneral
The Governor when asked about this said
it was without the slightest foundation
But such reply was altogether unnecessary,
Tor every body at all are aware Of the esti-
nation in which Mahoneism is held by the
republican party in the North knows that
the Presidents alliance with the Ma.
honeites in Virginia is as much as the re-
publican party can stand. aud that all at
tempt TO nationalize Mahoneism by giving it
representative in his cabinet would give
his administration the stroke OF grace.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31

The MAEoSE1TEs of Washington county
don't agree with their leader on the race
question, for whereas the latter says he
wants to see all race distinctions obliterated
the former declare that their fixed purpose
isto oppose and prevent mixed schools.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31

The internal machine" seized in Liver.
pool on Thursday has been found to contain
dynamite and vitriol. The men who were
arrested in connection with this explosive
are believed to have been parties to plot
tor blowing up the government buildings.
Threats of blowing up the Central Teie.
graph office in London have been made.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31

Mrs. Jonathan Monroe and her son. Warren
Monroe, living near Brookneal, Campbell county
died some days ago from the effects of poison snn.
posed to have been put in the coffee.pot sus.
picon attache. to niece of Mrs. Monroe who no.
visiting at her house. 1t is rumored that She onlv
intended to poison the mother, and had hopes Of
marrying the son.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL

NEw.foRK Mar. 31.-The stock market opened
at fractional improvement from Yesterdays
closing prices. During the creator part of the
past hour the market was dull. but Arm ona :
further advance of 7saas per cent was recorded
led by Michigan Central and Missouri Pacific
AT II o'clock there was partial reaction
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law, or any fixing of the jury, the swiud
lers be allowed to escape.

GENERAL MAHoSE's Commissioner of
Agriculture tried to make the farmers of
Virginia pay q tax upon all the fertilizers
they use, but the imposition was too great
even for the Court of Appeals the General
elected TO sanction it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31

"a AN lndlcictment for manslaughter in the
4rsI degree was yesterday presented by tho
New York grand jury against George "
Conkilng, jr:, who shot Wilbur 1T Hsver.
SUCK. Conkling at once surrendered him.
SET, and was admitted to bail in the sum Of
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The Court of Appeals Yesterday

Parsley's administrator vs.. Martin. Ar
gued and submitted.
Norfolk Trust Company VS.. Corprew
Sent to foot of the docket.
OetWiler vs.. Simpsons administrator.
- hrgued BY Judge W. Willoughby for appel
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31

IHE FOLLOWING declaration OF the Ma.
honeltes of Washington county tends to
sustain the suppostion Of New Yorker, as
reported in our Washington correspondence
some days ago, to the effect that the recent
decision Of the [. S. Supreme Court in the
Virginia coupon case was made with and
had reference to certain political affairs
"The recent decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States, by which State
rights have been once more affirmed and
enforced, would have been impossible with.
out the previous work of the reaiiuster
party, and its fruits can be perpetusted only
by the continued ascendancy of that party, ),
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31

A COMMUNICATION in the Gordonsylle
GAZETTE says that the change in the public
school books of that county. which necessi-
tates the expense of new set ofbooks for
every child attending the free schools there,
was the result Of the recent school meeting
In Richmond, and that the agents for the
sale ofthe new books were at the meeting
OF 'ne school trustees of the county to inhu-
ence their action. The way the public
scnoo0l system Of the State is prostituted
10 .ne purposes OF Mahoneism is positively
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31

IHE TAXPAYERS Of the country will
cheerfully bear the immense cost of the star
route prosecution provided the guilty par.
ties be convicted, but it is no less certain
that they will kick against the enormous
expense If through any quirka or bubbles of
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31

ALEXANDRIA MARKET. Mar. 31-Tbo mo,,,o
this morning was quiet and but little grain vac
ohered' Small lots of Wheat sold at 115a116 for
Fnltz and lis for mixed. few lots Of Corn
brought 60a6112 No Rye or Oats were renor,od