Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-07
EDITORIAL BRIEFS.


night was making Rome howl" this morn
ing.
Several Congressman remain in Wash
ington looking after appointments for their
constituents or themselves.
Phipps, who is charged with stealing
everything movable about tho Philadelphia
alinshousc, will be extradtied from Canada.
--Danville is to have steam laundry-a
good thing to have, but Alexandria beats
that all to pieces she has Chinese washer
men.
Observation-Disclosures, that's his
name-the chief ambassador Of her majesty
Queen Ranavalo II. reached Washington
yesterday.
They arc going 10 build new engine
house and police station in Richmond, and
the Dispatch goes into ecstacies over it
Common occurrences up this way.
A ground hog was captured near Char
lottesville the other day which goes to show
that though good prophet, like many Of a
higher ORDER he don't practice what he
breaches.
The independent party will have All
accession tomorrow in the person of the
wife of ex-senator David Davis Whether
there will be any further accessious time
alone will determine
The most alarming threat ever made
against Virginia is contained in the arowed
DDrnoSa NJ fbo cnoIit;,p to i.nyo,ub al -, ~ ~ n
tax-paving element in the next elections.
To be torwarned is 10 be torearmed
The democrats will have the say in the
next House. and fellows who hold fraudulent
certificates. like some from Virginia, had
better not make their preparations for any
prolonged residence at the capital.
In noticing the exultation of the Rich
mond Wing over the Supreme Court deci-
sion in the coupon killer" case, the Balti-
more -lmcrican witheringly says: There is
something painful in this insenshility to
| shame
Within twelve hours on Friday eight
police headquarters rs ''mysteriously miss
| ing from their homes. The anxious in
quires for missing ones are among the most
painful scenes Ola great city.
The Richmond Wing had chicken cocks
and booming cannon for head lines, and re-
joced with exceeding joy over the stab the
honor of the State received by the decision
in the "koupon killer" bill. "Foaming out
its own shamc-a wanderer to whom is re-
SERVED the blackness of darkness"
General Boynton publishes a statement
in which he maintains that ex-Speakcr
Keller did use the profnme language ut
trbuied to him in the resolutions of censure
passed by The press correspondents. And
Gen. Boynton is doubtless correct Politi-
Clans, especially republicans, can't always lie
consistent" to call it by no harshcr name.
Virginia ''srcuriiiesl' --save the mark
are going down. down, down. In Baltimore
yesterday consols opened with clean drop
offs! per cent, and with large sales con-
tinued down the entire day. closing 40! bid
Al asked lO-IOi also fell off, from II! yes
serdaE 10 &C. The brokers candidly declare
that Virginia stocks are all dangerous, and
must be handled only with gloves.
West Point, Georgia is to have another
large cotton factory, to DC run by steam.
The two factories already in operation In
that vicinity are in Il prosperous condition
and have been paying handsome dividends.
Oh why don't somebody utilize the factory
to hand here: There has been a good deal
Of talk about it but actions would speak SO
much louder.
-JustthinE Oft LII the large market gar
pens outside of Charleston the peach and
plum trees and strawberry vines are in
beautiful bloom, and the crop of spring peas
is foot high. In the adjacent country the
tiy huns, The frog croaks, and the colored
youth suns himself Oil pine log, and this
too within twenty -four hours by rail of
where we are.
The brilliant meteor seen ia different
parts OF the State, as noticed in yesterdays
GAZETTE, was witnessed by Capt. Chches-
ter, Of the steamer {. c. Knight, off Cape
May, on Sunday morning about ) O'Clock.
1t lighted up he heavens so brilliantly for
a few seconds that a person could see to
read a newspaper with ease The spectacle
was very grand one.
Mr. Best is in trouble again 1t is an.
nounced by telegraph that a suit has been
brought against him at Charlotte, n. c., by
julius Gray and John L. Morehead acting
for the heirs OF the late Governor Morehead,
for se5, 900 damages because of his alleged
failure to comply with his agreement to pur-
chase heavy blocks OF stock in the Atlantic
and North Carolina railway as president of
the Midland North Carolina railway which
bought the Atlantic and North Carolina.
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