Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-03-31
,our this morning, at the Ebbitt House, in


this city. n.;,,o
Representative Lester. OF the Danvliie,
Va. district, who is preacher in the HARD
Shell or Old Side Baptist Church, went TO
Prince William county, Va. yesterday, ana
nreached the funeral sermon OF the late
John w. Chapman at the meeting house,
about two aud half miles from DumiEies.
Judge C!opton, of Manchester, Va, IN
Congressman Wise's district, Gays II Mr.
Wise be turned out of his seat in the pres
emit. he will surely be reelected to one IN
the next Congress, and that it is doubtful II
there will be any opposition to hl5 renomi-
nation.
The republican members of the House
WAYS and means committee presented tne'r
tariff bill to the democratic members OF that
committee this morning and told them tney
would allow them ten days in which TO pro-
pose amendments, before they would intrc-
Once it in the House. In it they impose
tax of q cent and half pound on nioes,
and have thereby created great commo'
ton among the shoe makers OF Massaonu-
setts who threaten to send an entire demo-
cratic delegation TO the next Congress. Ioe
dem ocrsts will offer, as substitute, the
Mills bill, with large addition to the Tree
list. in which will be Included iron ore, coal,
wool, salt, lumber, and many other prime
necessarles OF lie.
Atam meeting of the Senate and House
committees on immigration to-day resoiu !,
ton was adopted approving the se'ection VI
Ellis Island, n. Y as the location OF an
immigrant landing station.
The operation OF the new order, py WHICH
the Senate meets at II O'CLOCK, prevented
sny OF the committees of that body whose
regular meeting day is Monday, from DONG
any work this morning. The judiciary com
mittee held meeting this afternoon 10 %
gin its examination of the antitrust Dli!.
People from Fredericksburg, Va, here to
day. saw that Mr.. John Woltz. of that town,
will remoye to thu new town of Roanoke,
| and take his excellent newspaper, the FREE
| Lance along with him.
| Col. Cab Maddux of Virginia, now here,
saws that certain sporting men of this city
are interested in the bill passed at the late
session of the Virginia Legislature allowing
priz. fights and other sports previouslyforoid'
den by the laws of that State, and that they
will obtain the required land somewhere
near this city and of easy railroad access
| The fact that State Senator Mcdonald, one
of General Mahone's stauncbest supporters
in Virginia, aud pressed by all the Generals
power. has not yet been able to get the place
for which he has for go long time been an
applicant, that of custodian of the Interior
Department. now held by Mr.. Terry, Of
Virginia, is looked upon here as tending to
strengthen the impression that the Generals
influence with the Harrison administration
outside Of Clarlaon, whose power is also
gone, is thing Of the past.
Mr. Sullivan, the postmaster at Harrison
burg, Vs., is here to-day to sse why it is
that though he was appointed last summer
| he has not yet been confirmed.
| For several recent Mondays people interested
| in the Virginia coupon cases now before the u 5.
Supreme court, have appeared in the room OF
that Court to hear the decision in those cases
announced. Notwithstanding the inclemency OF
the VIZ athsr, some of them were there to-day but
| again were they disappointed Strange to say,
| the delay in rendering the decisions is deemed
| favorable by both parties to these cases.
it is rumorcd here that two young lawyers OF
! Alexandria who recently bought a large body o.
land in Western Virginia at thirty cents an acre,
have sold it for two dollars, thereby profting to
the amount of about fifty thousand dollars.
The following changes in the 4th class postof-
fices of Virginia were made to-day Nokesvllle'
Prince William county, Mrs. N. G. Thomas, sp'
pointed postmaster, vice J. II. Thorn IS, deceasea
Pigeon Run, Campbell county, VIM. ID. Jacobs
vice H. z. Doss, removed.