Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-01-20

ome to them. "a we'll as TO the House fund,
md nobody IL the worse or better Tor IT,
Whatever thew do take is charged to them j
ard comes ou; of the 1925 to which they
a re entitled. Some of the members don Z j
buy single thing, cot even stationery, anu I
at the end Of each session draw the Wno'e
In the House to day an effort was made
to take up the Blair educational Dill, Dut ~
was defeated by vote of lSo to lo4, all tne
Virgiuians present voting aye. MT. !ucAe'
IA the onlv member of the Virginia deega'
tion opposed to this bill, and his opposition
arises altogether from his conscientious
convictions respecting its npconstitutlon
ality. which opinion is entertained oy many
otbars among the older and better informed
members of the House.
Mr.. O'Ferrall, has Induced GENERA
Hazen, of the Sigma! Service, to apply tne
benefits Of that service to the agricul1ura
interests along the lines Of the Virginia
Midland. the Manassas, the Shenandoah
Valley and the Valley railroads, 30 that the
farmers can be informed of approaching
cbancea in the weather, aud thus De en-
abled to prevent the destruction OF tnelr
tobacco and other crops In danger OF Inc
weather. The signals will DO Distributed;
through Dr.. Page, head of the sgricul'eHra a.
department Of the University OF Virginia. Ngl
only will these signals be raised AZ the raIi-
road stations, but it is proposed that tue
INNING trains Hv them, 80 as to isform the
farmers along the line and spread the news
ga far as possible. The only expense Inc
people will be put to for this viii be the III
Significant cost of the signal flags
General Slocum Gays he Is not satlsneo
from the action of the House yesterday taaC
the House does not want to pat genera
Grant ON the retired list of the army, or
that it does not want 10 submit to President
Arthur the same question he decided IN the
Fitz John Porter case, and that he Will avail
himself of the first opportunity to at'e"pe
to call that bill up again.
! The House District Of Columbia Commit
tee at their meeting this morning INSTRUCT
ed their chairman, MIR. Barbour, 10 move,
Oh next District day in the House neA s
Monday, to amend the Senate bill for Tree
8 bridge across the Potomac by striking Out
ALI reference to tbs Aqueduct bridge, the
!, practical elect of which, if adopted, Will DO
70 build the proposed bridge at the Inree
!. Sisters. halfs mile above the Aqueduct bridge
q which will remain as it is. AS soon as thlo
w.s done the lessees Of the canal hurried TO
the War Department and had the papers ID
their Case, referred at once to the Depart
ment of Justice for immediate consideration
saving they were convinced that the tue
9 they could give to the piers of the Aque
:. duct bridge is perfect. Should the depart
!. ment agree with them the actlon OF tue
committee will amount to nothing, ana the
bridge be built on the piers of the Aqueouot
/ but If not, and the House shall agree ne4'
e Monday to approve the action of the oom
.s mittee, the bridge will be built at the Three
4 Sisters, for the Senate will promptly concur
in that action of the House. :,
Col. A. w. Jones, of Hanover, Is In tne
4 CITY to-day, but not on political business
S: indeed. the Colonel says he has taken ~
# part in politics for some time past, and doe
not know whether General Malone vii
Il continue to run the republican machine in hi
s. State or not neither does he know the true
inwardness of the resignation OF the posi-
master at Richmond. The Colonel, how
ever. saws he is Oh friendly t. rms with Ger
l. eral Malone. :,
- oomu1ss,us,f the P1rfasjsaeqt
re Oregon, to be Register Of be Land Office a
ID Lake View, Oregon. Emory Speer, Q
le Georgia, to be United States District Judy
q. for The Southern District of Georgia H. &
:. Minor, to be Collector Of Internal Revenue
IL for the District Of louisiana
a, The House Naval Commute determined
It this morning, Notwithstanding the opposi
q ton Of the Navy Department, to examiD,
into the cause Of the death of the late Cade
Strang.
d The Navy Department received tele
gram from Panama this morning stating
that the revolutionary trouble there was
y over, and the property OF the Panama Rail
o road Company safe.
The President says the New York repub.
licans have made wise and emiuent-
= ly proper selection in choosing Mr. Evaris
!, for the next Senator from that State.
. The Ohio republican association of thi.
city met last night for the last time and for.
: mally disbanded. They had forty.eight
dollars remaining in the treasury, which it
was at first proposed should be invested
in grip sacks with which to get out of town
after the 4th Of March, but which it was
, subsequently resolved should be turned
, over to the Garfield Hospital fund.
Mr.. Joslyn assistant secretary of the Interior
Department. was before the pension COMMITTEES
of the House this morningin connection with the
examination now in progress concerning certain
crookedness In that Department respecting pen
sion agents. and was forced to acknowledge that
the rules of that Department were not always oh
served by the chief officials thereof.
Thomas b. Berry, ofKansas, one of tho lcssees
of the vacant lands Of the Sacs and Foxes, testi
fed to-day before the Senate Committee OH In
dian Affairs that special agent Townsend, of the
Irdfan Bureau, and licensed trader Picket obtain.
ment, from the 1owas. His testimony was to the
effect that most of the leases were obtsned by
fraud and corruption.
PETERsBURG's TOBACCO TRADE.-For
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