Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-10-19
frat To issna his nroolsmation ordering q spe.

first to issue his proclamation ordering spe'
cisl election, and then ten days most eiapse
aner the CITY sergeant and the county sner-
IFS have issued their election notices. IL IL
supposed the election will oe held a0ont toe
middle of November. It is said that almost
every county In tue district. of which thers
are ten and one city, will nave one or uofe
cendidatee for the nomination.
The felIure OF the republican otlo ,Ts CT
the House to appoint congres iona cCm-
rn,,tae to attend the funeral Of Gen. Lee
end m make arrangements for thai funeral.
Ia generally commented upon here, Eno by
no means fsvora5ly. The tsluse, 1t is said,
was due Co the iaot that neither tue clerk
nor the sergeent.s5.srn wss here, anG That
neither heG left deputy to attend to bis
businsss, Tbs funerals Of soma members
have eoat the government Thousands OF Dol"
lnrs, but thai OF Con. Lse, rot oent
The following changes IN the 4th Glass
postcffces of Virginia were made to-day
Boston, Oulpsper county. 3. F. Cteai, sp-
pointed postmaster, vice ]. ". Popbasa, So
signed Mllenteok, Lancaster coBnlS, w.
&. Saunders, vice J. s. West, deceased /;
Opequcn, Frederick county, ]. B. S.rsis,
vice 8. Baker, resigned Salns, Allegheny
county, d. L. Carter, viUe ]. L Irvine, re-
slGned Suiloh, King George county, ". d.
Davis, vice T. U. Payne, resigned.
In liz last decision III tbs Virginia coupon
cases she T. s. Supreme Court said IL wa
sick aud tired CT such cases, sad thai Viz
GINS ougnt &c be ashamed O. 2efsef, and
setUle her debt a5 soon as possible, or word5
10 that effect. The5 tbs court Ia 0! the saD1s
uri aiou sui! wag wads apparent to-day oy
its ouyt r9fuaai 80 grant n0!ioas 70 advance
gig;iar cases Tte cGess wore those OF Joues
Us. chs C3wmoa%e slth of Virginia; Mailan
vs.. Brans-1ro, treasurer; Dilsrc vs.. M0or-
aaan, treasurer; Gregory va. BsanafoEd,
treasurer; Lswuop %. Brapstord, treesuraf;
and Litchford Va. Day, sergeant.
Mr.. J. E. Clements sold to-day IL ceres
ofiauo, uear tho Chnin Bridge, in Ale1en-
drla county, Virgiria, to q. b Garfield,
formerly OF 5hst county, fer 81, 725.
TIE fact sass Mr.. Bialue's nouaa YES
opened and aired to-day has revived thu re-
port that he viii be here this week. An
other rnmCE current to-day Is to the effect
that Commissioners Rsum OF the pensions
hgreau will bs superseded By Gev. Steel OF
Okiohome, who has just res gned.
Judge Jackson OF West Virginia lie here
to-day. The Judge liVea iaSv across che river
from Ohio, aud is emiaently conservative.
He SAYS inc HtGenOSBcH 6u toe OhnpDdIi
meetings IS much larger than st those &C.
dressed ny Mckinley, snd that It seems TO
him "a II the former will be elected.
An alexandria county man, here TO dag,
saws ths Supervisors Of that county have de-
rerminsd to push the collection OF both de-
Ilnquent and current taxes, and 10 make
large expenditures In the Improvement Of
the yoats IN that county, stone and gravel
TO be ussi in asd Improvement.
The q. S. SGpzeme Court today took M
der al gisement matiou to advance tue
case involving the right Of The republican
Governor Of Nebraska TO the Office re fills.
| The court set Ghe caae Of tbs men sentenced
to ae electrocnted In New Yor& for tina Let
Monday In December. end that Of the Cni
cage anarchists to follow than.
| Governor Bill OF New York and party, scc,rn-
| panied By Mr. inman of the Richmond ard DAN
vile system and in the latter's private car pass
cd through hero az half.pas. four O'clock this
morning on their way to Atlanta, where The Gov
ernor will doliver the address at the unveiiing of
| the Grady statue. They will stop tonight at
Richmond, where the Powhstsn Club will give
will give them grand reception.