Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-26
EDITORIAL BREvITIEs.

MIR. VIM. ID. panderpiiI ~ ou
and's election. oo
-Massini, the tenor, demands sooooo
Der month for singing in New YORK.
The peach crop in the vicinity Oh lo''
Tobacco, Md, promises to be very large
-Freckles are again popular and very
soon no girls face will be thought com
plete unless fairly sprinkled with the 'es'''o
dot.
"A Young German boy, apparently 10
wears of age, arrived at Lynchburg Ihurs'
day, having walked all the way from WASH
inpton since Sunday.
Tho anxiety about cholera has been
augmented considerably by the announce
ment that a case has occurred at Port An
derson, on tho Mississippi.
Counterfeit silver dollars are out. Ihey
ring we'll but are badly milled and have a
dull appearance. Counterfeits OF the wv
Treasury note of the series of 1875 are also
afoat.
"A white squirrel, eel and crow are the
latest curiosities of Goshen, n. Y. A Percn
TAI lbs. in weight and measuring ~ lncnes
is a subject of interest to the lnhaoi'an's Vi
Greensboro, n. G.
For the past two or three days the mer-
curry ranged from 95 to sS in the shade IN
New Market, Shenandoah county. That IS
no good place for q summer resort; us De''
ter than that here at home.
The mother of Sergeant Gardner, one
of the Greedy expedition, who died from
starvation, strange TO say, on the day heI
son expired WAS filled with the premon'tion
that he was furnishing for food.
The New Jerusalem, AS described IL
the 2lst chapter of Revelation, will be CITY
I 200 miles square, more than two.thlrds al
! large a. the United States, and severa
hundred times as large as London.
Mr., Flower fatty contradcts the reports
racently circulated that he was disguised
: with the Presidential ticket Of the demo
a cratic party. He says he will not only sup
I mort the ticket, but use every exert'on 10
II its success.
!, The spot where Garfield fell is becom
i ing place of prayer. day or two ago
o man crossed himself and kneeling on tn
It "star" prayed mentally for some time
IL Women are en- observed to cross then
a selves when passing the place.
is "A horse which a cavalryman left stan'
u ing on Pennsylvania avenue, Washington
y yesterday approached wagon loaded Wit
J tropical fruit the driver of which was absen
and in short time stored away two doze
large bananas into his capacious nav.
"A dispatch from Cincinnati says thu
the jury in the case of Patrick Hartnet r
= turned verdict of guilty of murder in tt
:, first degree yesterday. BEFORE reachir
this conclusion they all earnestly besougl
heaven to direct them in forming the We
a week was nine-ycar oiu glrr Irvu, ~..v.....
ot- travelling alone, on her way to Ohio. S
IT, is an orphan, and is seeking married 8
Nv ter who came to this country short tin
10 ago.
"a A new pilot for locomotive engines b
:, been invented. Instead of killing peop
-, it meets on the track, it lifts them gent
- of. 1t is described as fitted with spril
., cushions and as having been tested, first
-, beings.
. 1t is mistaken idea that no fru
should be eaten at breakfast. 1t would
80 far better people would eat less bacon an
to grease at breakfast and more fruit. In tt
We morning there is an acid state of the seer
&c tons, and nothing is so well calculated
D, correct this as cooling subacrid fruits, sue
y as apples, peaches, pears, etc.
ID William H. Mallock, in the July nun
r. Der of the FortnighHy Reuiep, makes som
s. surprising assertions about the religious nc
rs tons of Chinese Gordon. One is that th
s. General believes Adam and Eve were &C,
q ually poisoned by the forbidden fruit, an
Q the only antidote for the continuing effect
s of the poison is The sacrament of the altar
b Another is, that he believes the centre O
i the kingdom of Satan to be "close to tn
! Bass Isle, south of Otaheite, not far from
Pitcairn's Isle"
The inevitable watch, society badges
and pinchbeck jewelry with which many o
the supposed descendants of Ham are prone
to adorn themselves have, in some instances
been supplemented by the addition of q
double medal in which is set the vienettes
of two individuals-one from Maine and the
other a former violent pro.slavery, lash
using character from Illinois-who are
plotting and conniving to become respec.
lively President and Vice. President of these
United States. How times change and
opinions with them! A few years ago the
very man whose picture is now worn over
the hearts of some thoughtless colored
people was drafting laws for their debase-
ment and misery.
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