Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-02-23
soaGHUM As an effort is being made

SoaGHUM As an effort is being made tc
::lu the Commissioners of Agriculture 10
loo gov ,rumert station here for experi
! mel 'ias N ne manufacture of sorghum, enc
as TIL. Board Of Trade has Interested itself
: ia tn matter we pub isl the fol owing from
/ The mas City Times ia order that the
/ farmers in this section may see how the rasi
ing OF sorghum cane pays:
About this time last year, perhaps somewhat
earlier the Commercial Club of Kansas City de-
voted considerable interest to the manufacture OF
sugar from sorghum. Farsightcd business men
sew thai the factory at Fort Scott would become
| the nucleus of great industry, and that Kansas
! City might become the New Orleans of the tuture
! gu gar producing territory Of the southwest Inc
production of 9S to 90 per cent sugar from sorg-
! hum cane is no longer an experiment, as the re-
ports show More than 100000 pounds, which
! has pO,arized less than 90 per cent sacchsrine
matter, have been turned out this fall. Inc av,
| erage yield has exceeded 100 ponds OF sugar ana
shout IS gallons of syrup TO each ton of cane An
s2greg4te OF $50 of cane has thus far been
useI, giving net profit OF SIS sn acre TO the
! farmer. The manufacture OF sugar from sorghum
can prom ses to become an industry of immens,
lr po.ti ms and the Commercial Club would do
well 10 take further steps toward making n snsss
City the commerci. ceutre OF the territory it oc
cnpies Some af the mills should be established
here"
Il is said tnat sac soil snd climate in this
section Of county IS particularly adapted to
the growing OF sorghum cane, aud should
manufac.ory he started in this vicnity IL
would noubtiess pay handsomely and de-
! vaop another Industry for the farmers.
STAMPED FOR AUSTRALIA "A resident
ofthe First ward, whose convivisI tastes have
,af5en stolen away his beains, was lost night
leakiug loriuous s,ridos towards home,
when his powers Of locomotion became 81
nucn impaired that he grasped letter box
on . lamp pos, in order TO keep from fall
ing. ard III q few minutes succumbed 20 the
in1aerae Of Morpheus While 10 this poe
tuTe AID totally oblvious TO anything going
on around him, wag happened 10 pass,
! sud Recognizing him placed p!acard on dis
tack WITH TIE words, Sydney, Australia"
and stuck Or his person twenty-five three.
cent stamps TO defray the cost OF NAL ing.
He wes missed later, and il is generally sup
posed that one of the letter carriers placed
him 10 bis bag and that be il now rafting
over the continent towards lis objective
! point.
PERsoNAL.-Mr. Henry Geuzberser, OF
LOUISIANA, Mo, is visiting re'a;ives 10 tbis
city.
Captain and Mrs J. F. Webster on Thurs
day night celebrated the 18th anniversary
OF their marriage by giving very pleasant
dancing party 10 their children g. their req
/ dence on Wilkes street. Many persons
we're present from g distance, and rnost
enjoyable eveing WAS spent. Dancing was
! kept up I'll late hour.
Rev. L. r Dsott is assisting Rev. Thos. o.
Grouse at Ceutrsville, Nd, in q protrac,ed
meeting They will exchange pnlp's to-
morrow Mr. Grouse wac formerly station
ed here as assistant to Rev. Dr. J. l. Kill
gore.
ioLICg REfoRT--iIast night was cold
add cloudy TIL about O'clock when 1t be
came clear. There were Two prisoners and
| four lodges at the station house
This usyor this morning disposed of the
following cases:
Jas. Scott, colored, arrested by cfiicer
Joaes, charged with an Assault ca Richard
Farrel, vas discharged.
VIM E9ps, co!ored, arrested by officers
Bettis ard Grady for disordorly conduct
was foeG 81 80
Samuel TIGER, white boy, charged with
cutting Arthur Riley, a colored boy, with a
peuknile, bad his case continued.
BOARD OF TRADE MEETING.-The specsl
cONmlttGb D! DC0UbIS VI tnS ID Jalu "
Trade appointed 20 prepare q skeleton OF q
prospectus Of the City OF Alexandria which
it is proposed TO have published aud OK
tensively circulated, held short meeting
this morning but adjourned ill Monday
without taking any action in the matter.
Il is proposed to offer q prizs for The best
article setting forth AexaDdria's advanta,
gee etc, which article, as above stated, will
De published in pamphlet form and distrbn'
ted throughout the country.
PRFs sNTATIoN.-At called meeting CT
the Hydrauion :. F. Z Co. held last night,
Messrs Plzzil aud Reinlz, the delegates
from ne Redmond fire department which
was enlertaia;d by that company on the
22l Of February last year, formally present
ed the testimonial mentioued in cur local
column yesterday. l. was appropriately
=, celved ny he president, and resolution
u thanks rendered for it. The delegation
ef; this morning much pleased with their
visit.
BADLY CUT-During quarrel between
white boy named Samuel Iicer and COL
orad bog named Arthur Riley, yesterday
afternoon at the corner Of King and Pitt
streets, the former drew knife ard siabbf
the latter in the side making an ugly and
dangerous wound TIGER was arrested but
SAYS that the cutting was dole woiie play.
ing The wounded bay wss attended by
a N l.