Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-12
EDITORIAL BRIEFS

10 " ILttck cluD Ill New
York and several in this city.
Easter is two weeks off and is most
anXiously looked forward 10 by saint and
sinner alike
Mr.. Tilden is said to be physically ION
his last legs "-wherc he has been for some
time, and it is not likely he will have any
others.
-The"court Journals announce that there
are to be many delightful Htlr entertain
ments at the White House during the coming
mouths"
The annual migration to the south
ward by "well-to do Northern people is in
crcasing, and bookkeeping in Florida prom
iscs to become a leading American industry
"A pretty San Francisco girl who is in
the southern part of that State writes home
that she never realized how nice she was un-
til she went to place where girls are a lux
ury.
Professor Mallett has found out what
sort Of poison it was that killed the six lu-
natcs in the asylum at Staunton but will
not disclose his secret till the meeting of
the coroner's jury tomorrow.
The Richmond Dispatch thinks that
Richmond is too modest and that she should
''brag'' more. Well ''brag" is a good dog,
but hold fast" is Il better Modest merit
will sooner or later get its reward
Why two dilapidatcd old boxes should
be continued rs eye-sorcs in front ofthe Fair
fax street entrance to the Corporation Court
room, isa thing that no Teller can tell and
the nuisance should be abated by General
Maryc who owns that part Of the building.
George Bliss, one of the lawyers in the
star route trial has voice that sounds like
Il wason-load of scrap iron driven at full tilt
over 4 corduroy road. Its sound has devel-
oped new disease, clo1ucntly described
by one of the colored jurors as "misery in
the head.
New York letter-writcrs have of late
been writing about men who wear corsets
in that city. They say that the practice
has become 50 common that name has been
invented for those who engage in it, and they
are called Dudes" on the street, where
their trim forms are exciting remark.
The Superintendent of the water works
in Richmond recommends the charging OF
the mains in that city. Such Il recommcn-
dallon by superintendent Power of this
city would meet with hearty response from
all water takers, rs it is; dcmonstrable that
the present pipe; are not of sufficient capa-
city I" meet the growing demand.
N. 7. Banks it is said in all affairs rela-
ting to practical matters is as helpless as
child. He never has been able to keep out
of debt. 1t is related of him that when
elected Governor of Massachusetts he was
so hopclessly in debt that it took the sub
scriptions of u large number of friends to
get him out of pawn on Inauguration day.
Governor Sprague and his wife arrived
home Saturday morning. Mrs. Sprague was
last Monday divorced By the Cabell County
Circuit Court from Frank Calvert. Il travel
ing salesman for Il Cincinnati book house
Her maiden name was Weed, and her par
ents were from the East, and had lived at
Guyandotte since the war, where she resid-
ed Till divorced. She is % years old and has
an attractive appearance.
The condition Of Don Cameron's health
is a matter OF apprehension to his family.
The Philadelphia Record says his malady is
of a painful nature and gives him no inter-
mission ofrcst for the repair of his exhaust
ed Vitality. person Of his temperament
is apt TO fret himself into condition of ner-
vous disorder which battles the skill of the
physicians. But who ever heard of a Came.
ron dying, especially ifa Senator?
The Duke de Morney, of Paris is in
Washington. His father, was half brother
ofNapoleon III, being younger son of Hor.
tense, born after her separation from King
Louis. The Duke is q young man in the
twentics, with nothing in his favor but
wealth and rank. His principal celebrity is
due to the recent suicide in his apartments
of the beautiful Russian actress, Mile. Few
CHINE, after he had abandoned her.
The haneful effects of tea-drinking were
'SNShtis SSS 'oi " III I III q DaDer
read before the Harveyan Society of Lon
don. Prominent among these he states that
it renders people peculiarly liable to neu-
ralga. 1t is to be assumed that the tea
drank by the English is comparatively pure.
If that induces neuralgia, what refined tor
turc may not be expected from the adul-
tcrated stuff that is poured down American
threats?
AS an alarmist, Virgins has proved a
success, having, it is said frightened several
nervous women into insanity, scared num-
Der of nvalids into postponug ocean-trips
for the benefit of their health, demoralized
sea captains and their crews, kept ships in
port at great sacrifice of the interests of
owners and merchants, rised the price of
nsh at the height of the Lenten season, and
made tlmld peoplein general uncomfortable.
lie IS the champion mischiefmakef of the
period.