Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-01-11

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Mr.. Wise, of citizens of Rockbridge county,
of A. J. Bradley and others, of Providence,
New Kent county, of n. B. Hall, of Beaver
Dam Mills Hanover county, and of w. w.
Byrd and others, of Vernon, same county.
By Mr.. Yost, of citizens of Spout Springs
Folly Mills, Poplar, Ashby and Sun Rise,
Virginia. Mr.. T. W. B. Browne INTRODUCED
g bill for the relief of Bennett Fentress anu
one for granting penson to Mary o,Dsy.
Mr. Wise introduced bill for the rellei OF
the legal representatives of Matthew smith:
Mr. Rowden introduced one for the relief OF
AdoInhns Goddin. Mr. Lee introduced two
Hills for the relief of 6ewell B. Corbett
Mr. Gaines introduced bills for the
relief of I. B. Jones and R. B. Baptist.
Yesterday in the House the following bills
we're introduced: By Mr.. Wise, for public
bnildng at Manchester, for an equestrian
statue of President Taylor. requesting Prof.
Gleason to write book embracing his sys-
tenn of horse tanning; MIR. Lee, TO restore
pensions in certain cases; Mr.. T. II. b.
Browne, to provide for the widows and
children of those who lose their lives in the
life saving service, establishing additional
life saving stations on the Virginia coast, for
q permanent quarantine station at Cape
Charles, to pay employees in the life saving
service during the summer months, to ex-
tend the government telegraph line from
Chincoteague to Cape Charles; Mr.. J. K.
Brown, for improving the road to the Ma
tional cemetery at Danville, to repeal the
tax on tobacco and to provide for rebate;
Mr.. hopkins, to repeal the internal revenue
laws; Mr.. Gaines, for road from Peters
burg to Poplar Grove cemetery. MIR. Bow
den presented petition for the payment OF
~ a,o;x, of A doIpbuc Goddip Mr. OiEar.
rell presented petition of citizens Of
Gravel Spring, Frederick county, and Ark.
len, Rocking ham county, for increasing the
nav of 3rd and 4th class postmasters; MIR.
Yost introduced bill for the relief of Mary
B. Kerby; Mr.. Wise introduced bill to au
thorize the Court of Claims to a6judge the
claim Of the Piedmont R. R. Co.
Ex.Congressman Sener, who called late
Saturday night by appointment on Senator
Daniel at his residence in Washington, on
BUSINESS, says he found the Senator in his
library with his clerk answering his cores.
pondence and preparing for work at the
Departments, aud in the Senate during the
coming week. The Senator has gone to
work systematically; every letter receives a
courteous reply, and the request of the wri-
ter, if possible, is attended to. His mail
averages forty letters day. Mr.. Sener
says: II believe Virginia will have in Sena-
tor Daniel not only brilliant, but what, in
! these practical times ia better, most useful
Senator. Senator Daniel is preparing the
4th edition of his work on negotiable paper.
The book has yielded him handsome in
come and is accepted authority in every
court in the land.
Mr.. Compton, of the Prince Georges Dis
trict, Maryland, told the GAzETTE's cores
pendent this morning that the hindrance to
an appropriation for IN ice boat on the Po
tomao lies in the fact that there is no law
allowing such an appropriation to be made,
but that if the parties interested will supply
him with an estimate of the cost of such
boat, or of the price for which any boat will
contract to keep the river open during the
winter, he will do what he can to have the
requisite law passed
Judge Settle, of North Carolina, a rank
democrat and secessonist before the war,
but who turned republican Immediately
thereafter, was here yesterday. 1t is said
Governor of his State. He was candidate
some years ago, b.. vas Eas beaten by Mr..
vance by twenty thousand msjority, and
North Caroinians now here say he will
meet similar fate at the coming election.
10 the Senate last Monday Mr.. Ransom
made speech of five minutes length in ia.
vor of bill approprating $500 900 for
light house on Diamond Shoal of Cape Hat
teras. At its conclusion Senator Brown re
marked to him that MS speech was q pretty
dear one, 100000 minute, but that he
supposed he would be successful as he usu-
ally got all he asked for.
The House Military Committee has
agreed to report favorably upon Mr.. Bou-
telle's resolution for al investigation to de.
termiue whether or not any of the fags in
the war department had been actually re-
turned to the Southern States, amended,
however, 30 az to extend the inquiry to
Northern States. The amendment was ad-
ded by the democratic members, as it is
known that while none of the flags have
been sent South, some of them were sent
North.
1t has previously been stated in this cor
respondence that General Malone had re-
Gently organized new mining company, of
which he was the president, his son Butler,
the secretary, and OK Postmaster Windsor
of Alexandria, director. The other di.
rectors are: Governor F. B. Loomis.
president of the Dayton, Fort Wayne and
Chicago Railroad Company W. R. Bird
ell and Geo. W. Keller, of the Mexican
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Griffin, of New York. The mill has been
erected in the famous mining region of
Guanajuato, Mexico, to which place General
Malone and MIR. Windsor will make trip
in the early Spring.
In the Senate to day, after the morning
hour, Mr.. Hale made speech on civil SER
vice, in which he stated in effect that while
President Arthur had executed that law
In accordance with its spirit as we'll as let
ter, the execution OF the law under the pre-.
sent administration was delusion and
snare. The House, at an early hour went
into Committee OF the Whole on the def
cheney bill.
Mr. Ned Donnelly, of this city. has been
interviewed on the subject of the reported
fight between son of Acknowledgement Gar
land and son of Senator Jones, of Arkansas,
about fashionable young lady of this city.
He SAWS the fight did take place SUNDAY