Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-11-18
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

NJ. Ficuuet has been elected President
1.-THE French Chamber of Deputies.
Hon. Thomas 3. Reed, of Maine, has ar
rived in Washington to begin bis canvass iol
the speakership OF the House.
A means of anneeling steel shells SO q;
to make them fl for piercing srmor ha;
been discovered at the Washington navy
yard.
The D st5ct OF Columbia commissioners
are restricting the number oflicensed drink.
ing houses and revising building regulations
of Washington city.
! DR.. G. a. Foote, of Warrenton, \. c., has
| liz contemplation the writing of the medical
and surgical history of the Confederate
States navy, with which be was connected.
The Nationa! Prison Congress was opens ed
at Nashville, Tenn, on Saturday, MIR.
Rutherford B. Hayes presiding. In his adj
dress he advocated reform in the Jury s}s
tenn.
Mr.. Fleming du Bingnou, of Savannah.
one of the most prominent democratic as
pirants for the democratic nomination for
Governor of Georgia. has withdrawn from
the race.
A New Yorker WAS a. the Postofcs De.
pariment on Saturday to see the Postmaster
General about his proposition to have I'D
veItis emente prnted on the back OF postage
stamps He Oilers 100000 per year for the
privilege.
The discovery Of partially submerged
rock, not marked on any OF the maritime
charts of the world but lying 20 miles off the
New Foundland coast, in the direct path OF
| tne North Atlantic steamea is reported by
the photographic Office.
mass m se.ing under he aup ;ces OF Cath
oiics in the Interest OF high license was held
in Baltimore last night. Cardinal Gibbons
presided, with Mir. Euoch Pratt at his side
Speeches were made by Archbishop Ireland
of ST. Paul Mimi, Father Nugent, OF Liver
pool. England, and Rev. James Cieary, Of
Wisconsin. A large audience ives in attend
ance.
The rural pos,mestors and keepers Of
country stores in the larger toWrs of New
jersey and New York are reported to be up
Ia arms against Posi- master General Wans
makers proposed reduction of the postal
rates on fourth class mail matter. They
see in it En- insidious attempt to cut into
| their trade by the big stores like the one the
| Postmaster General owns himself.
The commissioner Of Internal revenue has
submitted report OF the operations Of the
internal revenue service for the fiscal year
ended Jane so, 1889. The aggregate re-
ceips for the last fiscal year were $780, S94,
| 1874 or Sc SCI 95S more than the receipts for
The previous year. There has been on IT,
crosse OF 6S 10 the number of dstiileries in
operation. The number of gallons of spir-
it's produced from grain during the year
gas S7,SS7 ,456
1t is said at Topeka, Kas, that Senator
ingalls, will not succeed himself without
hard h2ht. TIE legislature which Will
choose his successor will be elected year
from now, and the republican ms oritv ii is
argued, Viii be by no means SO overwheIm
ing as it has been heretofore. The thing
that comp!icate the situation so far as Mr..
[ngals s concerned il the growing seDt
meut in favor Of rs submitting the prohib
ZION question to vote of the people with
the end in view of repeating the law. On
this question this battle will be fought next
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