Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-10-01

u. s. District Attorney Craig, ofthe western
district of Virginia. Mr.. Craig says ehe nu-
enoka convention will smount To nothing
and will be email affai.. Nobody In nis
section of the State. he eays, taxes any lu-
ter, II In IL. Mr. Yos5, he sess, VINO We
nnblished ss present ct the late RleAsse
coniersncs here, at which it was decldeo 20
oen The convention, II here with him To-Day
ard kuoVs nothing about the conVeosaon.
DC savs he can't believe that the convention
!. Rie;ne movement, or rather, thai it nss
Mr. Blaine's countsnsuce, because Mt.
Pls;ne has too much sense not 30 kno" tnsg
notbioa can be gained by kicking ayaiost a
regnlsr party organization. MIR. Craig Gays
I'd republicans of his State favor tne renom-
ination Of Mr. Harrison.
Mr. Burgess, of the Tiger silver mining
company Of Arizone. IL here to-day, naSlrS
arrangements for the annual meeting CT that
company to be held on the 18th inst. he
has Just received a dispatch from the mines,
to the effect that the woEk OF smelling tne
silver and running Ii into bars mas com
meuced, and that the ore proves to be even
richer than 1t was supposed to be.
The Treasury Department to-day decided
TO take thu lot bsionging to U. 8. dlstFlc1 g.,
aorney Craig, on the northeass corner OF
Lewis and Frederick streets, Stsuntcn, Eis-
ciuis, for the size of public building to %
erected there. The price agreed upon ID
| $12,500. -,
l. is esid to-day that the President Will
make no appointments until after tue sp-
proauhiug eiectione, 80 that the heartburn
| ip0s necessarily consequent upon sne an
| nouncemsut of appointments mag pot rs
operative until after those elections.
lat
| has died out. Wereit not for the corn'n g cleo
tious the beliefs general that Minister EaSan
| you'd be recalled instanter. But the Presi-
dent insults the Intelligence and patriotism
of The Irishmen In this country by acting
upon the erroneous idea that they endorse
Mr.. Eagsn's acts and would be provoked by
| his recall.
Commissioner Ranm left here to-day for q
two weeks trip to Chicago on private ousi'
ness. Daring bis absence he will attend
reuniou of ex.Union soldiers. He says the
President has told him he does not want
nirn "a resign It Ia rumored that one OF
the bonds that bind the President to Com
missioner Rsum Ia his con Russell, who is
one of the pension firm of Harrison, Dudley
& Lemon, to which firm Mr.. Raum shows
| u.aue faVors-for consideration.
| TIE transfer of the quartefmaster here
vii Dot Interfere with the work OF imprev-
ing the road from Alexandria to the SOL
diers' cemetery near thai city. which was
being prosecuted uoder his direction, and in
! which ms took some interest.
Senator Gormsn went to bis old home ct
WoadBtock, Maryland, today, where
| democratic meeting is to be neld. The Gen
ator snh Representative Compton vent to
Alexendsia yesterday to enter their sooe Of
students 81 the Episcopal High School nesi
that city.
Tia Alb class postoffice ct Shenandoah
Va., was :o-day raised to Presidential Of
6ce ard r. s Pritohett the pos master, re-
appointed. The 4:h clsss office at CoVin2'
ton, Va, wss eIs' raised to Presidential
offics.
Tho amount of IA per cent bonds held in trust
| by tho Treasurer of the United States for ma
tional banks as security for their circulstion at
the close of business Sept. 80, 1891, ia $249 900.
These bonds are tho property OF fourteen banks
| located in ten different States. As they ara nc
longer available for the purpose stated they will
have to DO replaced with interest bearing bonds
| The new steamer Columbia was put on the
l Alexandria ferry line to-day. She makes better
| time than the old boats
| Senator Barbour went over to Baltimore to-day
| to sttend the snnual meeting of the Maryland
stock. breeders association.