Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-02-16
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGIWA AWERTISER


them the better, a. the Creators name will
probably float around the pieces enough oil
such occasions
-'Spring would 6e but gloomy weather if
we had nothing else but spring sang the po-
ct, but We are taking Spring, all the time in
preference to the kind We are having just
now This morning there was sort Of
Scotch mist.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has
decided that Catholic priest cannot re-
cover salary from his bishop. If the priest
relies upon the church to give him living
he must invoke its aid rather than the
courts, if he seeks redress, says the Judge.
The position Of the defendants in the
star-route trial, at Washington, is not i'm
proved by the statement made to the court
yesterday by one of their number, Rerdell,
Dorseys ex-clerk, that he had decided after
mature reflection to abandon his defense
plead guilty, put himself at the mercy of
the court, and, if desired, 80 testify with
reference TO any Of the defendants"
The st. Louis RrpuJicum thus notices
edtorially Mr.. Henry r. Kent, a native of
Louisa county, but now a prominent citizen
of that city and brother of Mr.. Linden Kent
of this city; I'VE are pleased to see and
know the record which is being made
by our talented representative from this
city, Hon Henry T. Kent, in the legisla-
ture. His advocacy OF the Heard Supreme
Court commission bill was very able and in
structive, and Judging from the compliment
tary notices in the interior papers lie has
certainly won the esteem and conf
dencc of the people at large. He has pur-
sued so far asw can Judge, an independent
and conservative course in all matters per-
tanning to the interests Of this city. and he
certainly cannot he charged with acting the
demagogue tur personal or political consil-
erations'
-Talma9c in a recent sermon on the
human eye said: 1T has been strange
thing TO me for thirty years that some
scientist with enough eloluence and magnet
ism, did not go through the country with
illustrated lecture on canvas thirty feet
square, 10 startle and thrill and overwhelm
Christendon with the marves ofthe human
eye. We want the eye taken from all ts
technicaiities and some one who shall la,
aside all talk about the pterygomaxillary
assures, the sclerotica. aud the chiasma o.
the optic nerve, and in plain, common par
lance, which YOU and and everybody car
understand, present the subject" 4 senti
ment TO which many in their hearts sub
scribe when compelled to sit with oper
mouths and listen to scientific terms which
they even fail to recognize in print
Townsend Percy, we'll known in New
York theatrical circles, has been arrested il
that city pending suit for divorce and ali
mony brought by his wife, who charges hin
with inliieity. From time immcmorial tn,
domestic infclicity of actors and actresses
a trouble which has cast lis sombre shadow
| Ger the after lives of the greatest who eve
troa the stage has been noticed and com
mcnted on By observant people Why til,
ratio Of unhappy marriages should be 5,
large among members Of this profession i
not known, though many apparent reason
are given. The true one, however, doubt
less arises from the fact that this class. i,
their nomadc life, fail to understand tru
domestic happiness, and never having tn
opportunity Of presiding over or realizin;
the responsibilities Of permanent house
hold have but little to forfeit when thei
tickle fits come upon them. If newspape
reports are to he relied on, Sarah Bernhardt
like her European audiences. is very tire,
of Damala, and if incompatability of tempe
he tenablc, She has pretext for SEVERN!
her matrimonial connection with him.