Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-10-26

that every mugwump In his State will vote
against the democratic ticket at the coming
election, and that too though Nj. Flower ii
not even q member OF the Tsmmany 5ocia'
| ty, and though Mr.. Fassett Gays what the
republican party needs is more "pfaotical
politics" end that he "ioves ClGrkeon ior ihe
heads he has cut otf."
TIE condition OF Secretary Blaine sarn5
to be In az much d ,ubt Low as ever, some
saving he ia as well az formerly. ard ot6eTt,
eopallV es eiiabe, bat no looks HE al ID
man. MIR. sine himself told f'ienG :hie
morning that be fslt wei, but that Wnetnsf
he wss or not hs didn't know. Hs ae!se1
from biz residences across the strees 70 ice
White House this morning, and spent tsVc
hours there, and then went TO the Sts,a Oe'
partment aud Iis.ened to the reports ofecne
| of his eubordlnates.
A large lumber of strangers sre II The
CITY to-day, drawn here by the fall races
which commenced to-day. Missy fac hoses
have been entered. The weather is de
lightfu! and the crowd a. the track large AID
fashionable
The prevalent idea On the eptjsct bore Is
that the fuss the administration is kic4iug
up about the Chill affair is an election dodge
and will snbsde when the election ia over.
war with this country, aud no bo1y ezpect5
che will. Nothing new had bsen bserd
from that country up to two o'clock this CT
terpoon
Mr.. Winsbip, Of the G & o. canal, sage
about one hundred boats are now running
on that canal regularly, and that by next
spring two hundred and ten will be. rs
saws the present lack of boats is the culY
thing that militates against the canal end
restricts its business, and that tie only res
son coal Ia still sent to Sheperd's, opposite
Alexandria, ia because there are not enough
boats TO supply the demand. The water in
the canal, he saye, Is deeper than at euy
other time during the last ten years.
Passed Assistant Engineer F. o. Baig
has been detached from duty in oonuecsion
with the preparation Of the Mialtonomch
and ordered to that vessel.
a republican from Fsuquier county, We,
here to-day, Gays Farmers Alliance caudi-
date for Congress will be run 10 the AiexaE-
dria district next month, and that if he be s
republican he will stand good chance OF
ection, Rs he will not only receive all the
votes Agnew received In 1888, but lsrge
democratic vote In the A,lance. Ga the
contrary, other people from the district cay
the candidate to be nominated by the demo
cratic convention will be elected without
practical opposition.
Mr.. John Ambler Smith says the Parsons
movement in Virginia lie Blaine affair, and
that whether HRrrison resl.zsa the fact o.
not, he Is sic H." no longer, and that
Blaine is the coming msn. People on
tolerably familiar terms with both tho PreH-
ident and his secretary OF State say the latter has
| never breathed his intention in respect to the
next Presidency TO mortal man, and that the for
mer is as much 10 the dark chat subject as any
| body else. But they also say that Mr=. Blaine
says her husband may as we'll head the procession
| as march in the ranks.
| New Yorker WAS here to-day who wanted tc
buy about one Thousand acr,s of land lying along
the line OF the Washington and Ohio baiirosd, or
| which TO natsbliah stock farm