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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Slight frost fell in various parts of the
State Saturday and yesterday morning..
M F. S. Campbell, of Page county, has a
ben ore year cid that bas three perfectly
formed wings, the extra one being located
on the neck. The hen is beautifully spec
kled. except the extra wing, which s per.
fectly white.
The 37th session OF Roanoke College open.
ed last Wednesday with large attendance
of students. Among those enrolled are
ssven from the Choc'aw Nation in The To-
dian Territory, two Japanese and one Mex
cen. The present senior class is one of the
largest and best the College has had fer
many years.
A ia al shooting occurred near Culpeper
Saturday night. A party Of negroes were
at the house Of one James Fitzgerald, where
they were having Saturday night festival
or cake WALL. During the evening one of
the negroes present kissed the wife of FitZ-
gerald. whereupon the latter seized his gun
and fired at her. the whole load striking her
in the left side. making fearful and ghest.
ly wound. She died in about fifteen min
ute5 After committing the deed, Filzger-
alG cody walked up stairs in bis house aod
went to bed. He was arrested next morning
and is now lodged in the jail there.
A letter from King George county seys ::
This has been disastrous year, 80 far ss
the farming interests are concerned, aud the
storm which ragged several days last week
has left i,s merciless footprints to such an
extent that The fodder and bay crops are al
most total iosa. That which was already
stacked and housed is now, in many TO-
stances, heaps Of decsy and mould. Your
correspondent is informed that the corn crop
throughout the county is the most indifer-
ent known here since the war, and especial
ly ia this the case in the low grounds. 10
consequence of all this, our farmers are
wearing long faces, and many oil them will
be compelled to look to some other source
for "meat and bread" next year. A gloomy
story is this, but it is nevertheless true one.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23
The Recent Bank Robbery

HURLEY, Wis, Sept. 23-There are no
new developments in the bank robbery
which was committed here late Friday night
and by which thieves obtaioed $40, 900 be
logging to the United States Express Co.
No clews have been fund and no arrests as
yet have been made. Yesterday the man
who found DIR. Reynolds coat and hat
found bag containing S735 in silver dollars
on the site of the old foundry This amount
was Immediately handed over to the ex
press company. The express company will
loss the money ss it was special deposit
and was not receipted for by the bank.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23
To the Republicans of Alexandria.

A merchant on iring from business gave this
advice 10 his successor, young man, just start
ing out in mercantile career Fully satisfy a
customer with grievance or do nothing; half
satisfaction is worse than nothing"
We think General Malone might take the above
advice with good deal OF profit to himself and
party. Wherein has he helped matters by a
change of chairman? Will he not hold Mr. Cor
bat to just as rigid An execution of his orders as
Mr.. Dearborn? Will he brook the least delay or
besitancy in carrying out his instructions from
Nj. c that he did not f.om Mr.. D? To US who
know the man and his methods the question an.
swors itself Then, wherein have we, the rank
al d file of the party, gained by the transfer If
General Malone wants to satisfy US, let him un-
conditonally lay down the power he has, through
fraud, trickery and through false pretences ich
ed from the people aud party. If General Ma
hone wants to be Governor, if he wants party
success this fall, and not merely to I'll all the Of.
fees with his partisans let him call his State
committee together, let him change bis plan of
organization 50 as to give homo III o, peoples
rule, in party affairs throughout the state. We
will then elect as chairman Mr.. Corbst or any
other good republican SO seems best to us We
are Indifferent al to his individuality 80 that he
be respons be to the people and not to The ma
chine. Chairman Corbet, elected by the people,
responsible to the people, looking to the people for
their approval aud his continuance in Office, will
be different person from Chairman Corbet, look
ing to Gen. Malone for the .ame aud compelled,
under pain of dismissal. to execute his tyrsnncal
demands. Fellow-republicaLs, tn 8 is where We
must take our stand, and once taken stay there.
Let no republican, no matter how much he may
have been hontred by the people heretofore, i'm
agine that he can turn the wheels backward. We
must lake 10 step backward. For yard, freeme
Is watch worn. The people have risen in thee
might and the big or little bose, must get ont of
the way 90 under. If we do not take this stand
we will become the laughing stock of all sensible
men. True, ali the in ury already done to our
party here from the rascal ties Of General Malone
aad his 70 u friends cannot be remedied but We
can pull on selves together enough TO save us
from complete route. Will he do it? If not
then he does not want nor expect to be Governor
of our State. w. P. GRAVES
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23
KILLED THE CHILD-A man and woman

KILLED THE CHILD-A man and woman
named Edwards, who we're working at a
farmhouse near Rosalie, Kansas, were ask.
ed on Saturday by Mre. Bloom, a
neghbor, to look out for the lat
ter's baby while the mother made a
CALL When Mrs Bloom returned the
baby was missing, and the E lwards declared
that they knew nothing of its whereabouts.
A rope was found, one end placed about her
neck, and the other thrown over the limb
of tree. Just as her body was about to
leave the ground she confessed that owing
to her extreme annoyance at the child's dis
obedience of her commands, she had killed
it, and given the body to her husband to
dispose of it. He carried it to the creek
near by and threw it into the water.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23

A JEALOUS HUSBANDS CRIME -Seely
Hopkins, a cltizsn of Phillipsburg, Pa, eyed
about twenty five years, Saturday shot and
killed both his wife and mother-in law, and
then tried to kill himself but failed. Hop
kins has engaged In numerous quarrels
with his wife during the past two or three
months. Two weeks ago he left home, re-
turning Saturday. They had another quar-
rel that morning, in the course of which
Hopkins pulled revolver from his pocket
and shot his wife dead. This occurred on
the first hoor of their home, and the frerz lied
man, after killing his wife, rushed to the
third story, where his mother-in.l law, Mira.
Wighman, was, and shot her too, killing
her instantly. Hopkins then left the house
and went to q neighboring livery stable,
where be attempted to kill himself, firing
two shots at his head with his revolver,
peither of them doing much damage, how
ever, beyond blowing couple of grooves in
the top of his skull. He con- essed to killing
his wife and her mother to a doctor, who
pronounced him out danger, and handed
him over to the police. Jealousy is said to
have been the cause of the murder.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23
Mr.. MASSEY AND THE coLoRRD School

"A dispatch from Charlottesville says:
1.-The Hon. John E Massey was In the
city Saturday. He goes to to day 10 Pat
rick county, where be speaks on Tuesday
He has mapped out plan of fight for him
self, part of which ia very positive stand
on the question of free schools for the color.
ed ch' ! iren. He says that for years the
white people have contributed six.sevenths
OF the money necessary to carry on the COL
ored schools, while the colored voters have
bsen unwavering in their political antago-
nism of the whites. This enormous sum
(S340 000) annually paid by the white tax
payers to the education of colored children,
added to the amount now expended on the
white schools, would insure more white
schools and longer sessions He would
give to the colorsd schools, Il the negroes
persist in solid opposition. only the money
paid into the treasury by oolored Taxpayers,
some $50 600 annually, or about one-seventh
of what is needed to keep those schools at
their present standard.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23
Telegraphic BreYities.

A dispatch from Monterey, GAL, says that
the long lost silver mine known By early
settlers az the "Mavris Roman" has been
found.
A heavy frost occurred in the Mohawk
Valley, New York. this morning, making
havoc among the gardens, vineyards and
buckwheat fields.
The man of war OJsipee sailed this morn.
ing from Baltimore to Norfolk where she
will repair and coal, and then sail for Hayt
with Frederick Douglass, the new Minister.
Mr.. Loudoun Snowden, q. S. Minister to
Greece, was at the State Department to day
and received his final instructions prepare.
tory to sailing in few days for his new
post.
a New York express train On the Susque-
hanna road struck aud fatally injured Jacob
Ridensur Saturday night Ridensur was
under the influence of liquor and fell asleep
with his head in ditch and both legs across
the rail.
Mr. and Mrs. Garrett arrived at Carroll
Station this morning, aud were driven d.
recty to Uplands where they will remain
until the latter part of November. Mr.. Gar.
ret does not expect to take up business Cor
some time.
In the Ives trial, in New York to day,
witness swore that while on the way his
pass had been Cancelled by the vice president
of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
railroad to keep him from coming to New
York to testify 10 the case.
Thomas Hartman, an Engishman, aged
50, surrendered himself to the authorities Of
Marion, Iud, yesterday, saying that while
acting as night watchman at the pottery
works in New Lisbon, Ohio he shot, and, he
presumes, killed Robt. Shaw in a quarrel.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23
ALExANDRIA-.
MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2s.
Mr.. ToURGEE evidently thinks the black,
superior to the white race. He says:


'If races and people are to be judged in
regard to their capacity for self-government
by specific results, what shall be said of that
superior race of the South which, after
eghty-6ve years Of experience in self-gov-
eminent. plugged the country into civil war
to perpetuate slavery? They had enjoyed
freedom. opportunity, knowledge. expert,
ence, besides being inherently superior.
Yet their wisdom and superiority in less
than five years cost the nation million
lives aud ten billions of dollars In value.
Considered from financial point OF view
alone four years of Confederate rule, found
ed on slavery ss corner stone,' cost the
States in rebellion more than would fifty
years of that rule which is relied on to prove
ihst the negro is radically untitled for self
government"
Now, such talk by man Of age when the
war broke out, proves that no matter what
may have been the result of his visit to the
South, he certainly came here on "Fools
Errand"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23
GoRED BY A BULL.-In the West Phlladel

GoRED BY BULL.-In the West Philadel
phia cattle yard yesterday John Mcleod
was gored by bull and, it is thought, fa-
tally injured. The man, when the bull at
attacked him, ran for hia life towards an
open gate, but the mad bull was heeter than
his victim, and caught him when the goal Of
safety had been almost reached. With q
below the brute buried his right horn in
McI4sod's back, between the fifth and sixth
ribs. The sharp point went all the way
through the body, penetrating the right lung
and protrudiug from the right breast. The
writhing victims weight on his horn only
seemed to add to the BULBS fury. He dash
ed around the Enclosure at railroad speed,
his victim screaming with agony, and the
powerless spectators paralyzad with fear.
The sight was an awful one. Mcleod hung
suspended from the brute's horn, the blood
streaming from bis wounds, while the bull
beloved, and the crowd shouted and yelled
in transport of horror. The bull dashed
madly around until he was exhausted, and
the n threw his now unconscious burden in
to corner and bolted away. Several stock
men picked Mcleod up and summoned q
carriage. He was thought to be dead but
was taken to the Gormsn Hospital.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23

BROKE JAIL.-A lunatic confined in the
cslsboose broke out Sunday night and would
have carried it of with him if be had had
little more time. He had taken down the
chimney and the barred window and loaded
them in wagon standing near by, and was
engaged on the roof when discovered. Had
he commenced earlier in the night be would
have sucoeeded in carrying 1t of, aud If the
supervisors had bean in it it would have
been money 10 the oounty's pocket.-Orange
Virgiaian.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23
Fatal Afray.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Sept 23 AT Raywick,
Ky yesterday, Tom Burrias made quarrel
with Bob Ship and Ship began firing. One
bullet struck Bud Burriss, infictiug fatal In
juriea, and another broke Tom Burriss arm
Snip had killed one man already, but vert
free on the ground of selfdefence. Ship
will surrender himself
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23

PRESIDENT HARRIsoNs delay in conolud.
ing his appointments In this State until the
result of the election here be declared. so as
not to desert Gen. Malone in case OF his de-
feat, is not the policy that brave man, &C.
tuated by right motives, would pursue. ln.
deed, it now seems that the politics of the
White House have degenerated to the level
of those of city wards.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23

To SETTLE the truth of the revived stories
relating to General Mahone'5 military
career, MIR. VIM. L. Royal, of Richmond,
proposes that public meeting be held In
the theatre of that city for trial of the
question whether Malone was soldier or
not that the prosecutors be Genera! Jubal
A. Early, General Harry Hetb, General Q.
M. Wilcox, General d. ii. Weislger. and
that General William H. Payne conduct the
prosecution. If what the proposed prosecu
tors don't hesitate TO say be sustained at the
proposed trial, the verdict will be against
the General.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23

CARDINAL GIBBONS esterday moroing
at 81. Paui's Catholic Church, on Y street,
Washington, Cardinal Gibbons confirmed q
clas. OF 157 persons, seven of whom were
adults. Afterwards the Ca dical attended
services at 81. Matthews Church, where
Bishop Keane preached. In the aftern ION,
accom- panied By Raw P. F. Chsppelle be
drove TO The new Catholic University. He
returned 10 Baltimore at night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23

The FIGHT for the place for holding the
exposition of 1892, between New York, Chi
cago, st. Louis, and Washington is being
waeed with commeDdable zeal on the part
of each city, but while New York seems to
claim the location as right, Washington
presents by far the greater advantages.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23

THE MACKEREL fishery of this coun-
try this year has been almost an entire
failure. But, for all that. the republicans
will not allow American merchants to i'm.
port macke,e without paying tax that
keeps that fish off all breakfast tables ex-
cept those of rich people. And all this too
solely fer the purpose of increasing the price
of the few mackerel the New England fish
ermsn did catch and pack.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23
Fnund Dead.

WICHITA, Kan Sept 23-Geo Latham,
a leading cattleman of the State, YVES found
dead yesterday, % miles northwest of here.
The body was close to hedge, we'll cover
ed with grass. He left hare last Monday
for home. He was known to have consider.
able money and magnificent watch, both
of which are missing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23

GENERAL MALONE says he has hardly
any more to say on the debt question than
he has already said. But as the General at
one time said all the debt except two cents
should be paid, and soon after, that only
100000 of it should be paid, people who
want the debt SETTLED must have the uncer-
tainty respecting his present ideas on the
subject removed before they can vote for
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23

The AVERAGE tax on winter clothing is
sixty eight per cent. This tax all the rich
people who 60 to Europe in the summer
relieve themselves of by laying in their cup
ply there. But poor people can't 60 to Eu-
rope, and, therefore, have to submit to the
not only great and unjust, but to the entire.
" unnecessary burden.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23

Mr.. CLEVELAND permits no opportunity
to pass to keep his name before the people
for the next democratic nomination for
President but while his chances seem now
about equal 20 any other man's, it will be
unfortunate for the party should he be SC
lected. Il doesn't do to run beaten horse.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23

RUMoRs ofoyster troubles on the Potomac
are afioat again, as they always are about
the opening Of the season. If the laws are
not more vigorously enforced the oyster,
like the fish trade, will dwlDdle away to
nothing, and what would we do without the
hivelve2
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23

PRESIDENT HARRISON has reinstated in
the customs house at New York two men
removed by Mr.. Cleveland, one for under
grading sugar and the other for under rating
sumstra tobacco, so that the importers OF
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23
MONETARY AND comMERc1A,

NEW YORK. Sept % The stock mark, dr.
ed no change this morning from the dulneis and
atagnation of the past week, and there WAS .jttr,
animation anywhere in the list First prices vera
generally unchanged from Saturdays final f..
ures, or but slight fractions different The mar.
ket at L o'clock was sgsin strong though dull
snd generally at about fist figpres. Money 4a5
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23

those articles swlndled the government out
Of thousands of dollars But Mr.. Harrison
is civil service reformer. 30 are the men
he has reinstated.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23

A HORRIBLE account was recently pub
lished in the GAZETTE of an unfortunate
white girl, who had been kept locked up 10
the back room of house in New Orleans
for year by negro man during the whole
of which time she had been subjected to his
shocking outrages, and who, when discoV'
cred, was in rags and almost insane. The
few northern republican newspapers that
mentioned the terrible crime, did 30 only as
q news item. 1.-THE race of the parties had
been different if the woman had been
negress end the man white, the editorial
columns of the northern republican press,
from the time of the discovery until the day
of the next election, would have teemed
with references to it, and it would have
pointed many moral and adorned many
a tale of the "crue and barbaroua treatment
to which the poor negroes of the South are
Subjected by their ex- masters"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.

There are more rumors in Washington of
Cabinet changes.
All the German troops will be furnished
with smokeless powder.
A court in Minnesota has decided that an
extra s not newspaper.
Fong Wing. one OF the leading Chinese
importers of New York, was married yes
terdsy to Lien Fab, the nurse girl of his
rival in business.
| Matthew Banks, colored, was condemned
to death at Elizabeth City, n. c., Friday
last, and will be hung in October for assault.
ing small white girl.
Mrs Mary Mullins, who said she had "no
home," walked into the Morgue at New
York yesterday with the corpse of her baby,
which she said died 10 her arms in the street.
John G.. Cavile, the organizer of the first
local assembly OF Knights of Labor in New
York or Brooklyn, died Saturday night In
want. at ST. Msry's Hospital, East New
York.
DR.. James Gold. prominent young ply.
siciau of Frankstown, Pa, was arrested Sat
urday, on q charge of robbiDg blind man
of sos, while practising in that place over
year ago.
| Tbe French government has apologlzaG
to the three New York ladies who were i'm
Irsoned at Mentone at The instance of
dressmaker with whom they had dispute
about bill The officials who made The
arrest were reprimanded.
Dr. Sherer, sugar chemist, and George G.
Hammel, tobacco examiner at the New
York custom house, who were discharged
from the customs service by Secretary Fair.
child on account of events growing out of
the alleged sugar and tobacco frauds, have
been reinstated.
Cbalkley Leconey has been arrested
ell .ged with the murder oil his niece, Annie
Lecouey, near Colestown, Camden county,
Pa, two weeks ago. 1t is said the uncle's
motive for getting the girl out of the way
was that there might be no bar to his coming
lHto full possession Of his brothers. property.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23
Death of Wilkie Collins.

LONDON, Sept. 23.-Wllkie Collins, the
novelist, who has bssn seriously i'll for some
time, died to day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23
The WASHINGTON Post. republican says

The WASHINGTON Post, republican says:
Before the war these United States had
no appreciable pauper population. At that
time this country was the practical real "a
ton Of the socialists fondest dream. Our
people were then not only politically equal.
but they had also an equality, SO to speak,
OF rcumstances-they were 10 certain
measure equally rich or equally poor in the
sense that they were all lifted beyond the
reach of want. The only pauper in those
days was the immigrant who bad not yet
dropped into bis place as laboring unit, or
the dssipated man whose thriitlessness
rendered prosperity impossible"
True every word of it. And the war
that cost thousands of lives and billions OF
money to free the happy and contented ne
groes of the South, has made Thousands OF
white men and women in the North nnhap-
py and disconnected slaves; the worst sort
of slaves slaves of poverty and vice. The
crime of The war-the crime of the century
is experiencing retribution.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23
DIED.

At mar home in Alexsnd,ia un'y, at 6:16
O'Clock on the morning Of September 20, 1883
ELLA b TALBoTT, daughter of John E. Fee
brey and wife OF Dr. T. NJ Talbot, aged thirty.
two years and eleven monihs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-23

A DIsPATH from Montevile, Bibb
county, Alabama, is to the effect that
the negroes there have all resolved to do no
more work for white people. The negro
women are in the movement, and white
families are unable to obtain cooks or women
do their laundry work. The negroes re
fuse to work on the farms, and many farm
ers will be unable to gather their crops I'M
ess they can obtain white laborers. The
only reason given by the negroes for their
action is that they are tired of working for
white people. And yet the white people OF
Bibb county are the only employers the
negroe, of that county have; they have to
minister 10 all their distresses; they edu-
cate the negro children, and support and
bury the negro paupers. If the negroes
would only go away, white immigrants
would soon take their places, but nature
makes it dsagreeable for white, to work
side by side with black labor.