Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-09-18
PROM WASHINGTON.
lSpso!el Correspondence Of the Alexandra GaSe''e
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WAsKIEerog. D. o.. Sept IS. 1891
A concerted movement. in which seVera!
influential man are taking iuteresF, ano
which has the support Of large NUMBER oi
the members OF tbs G. A. &. Is on foot mere
IN mild bridge across the Potomac at ar
linetop. Not an expensive oriGge Ia poaol
~ uga OK meu, or one IL whicn any
sautiTnapt is involved, oas pan, silo PIE,
Inexueusiye one, soisIy anG cn:'!sS 'oi
unitarian purposes-to enable V!s.iota w w
Arlington 20 reacn that place troLn th.s Ii.S
nv shor. sud convenient, instead OF oy inc
! long and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS through 0eo. so'
| tos7n, and to enable people ana0te 10 Guy
homes hero On account OF Inc nish piteo y.
nronertv 20 secure them On the cheap lands
inst acr0ss the river, sno Gle ler TO sne govern
mant deosrtments and to the business Cen
tres of the city than Georgetown, nortn wess
Washington or Capitol Hill. An approprla.
tom for such bridge will be vigorously
nrved at the coming session OF Congress.
a good deal OF the cutting and filing 90
the Washington and Arlington Railroad,
from.the AGueGuct Bridge to Arlington. has
been done, aud to-day new track iroD,
stripeers and crossties have been deposited
along the line.
most pAlsnt officers o! the navy, was Fe-
lieyed of his command by MI Harrison De-
came he refused 10 share or give up his
ga hin 10 tina negro Fred Douglass, when the
LAT ar wac sent TO Hsytl as u. S. Minister 10
that country. Ever since then ne hes oeeo
arriving 60 be pat on duty, bot without
effect. az the President frowDs upon any al
tempJ TO observe the color linz, except 0y
| members of bis OWE household. Commander
KslIorp has nervous tempsGameoL,a and tue
repeated failures referred TO, so prayed upon
his nind as 10 6erange IL. AID his friends
haze had to send hin to So insane asylum.
at Monte Carlo, the south end OF me
Long Bridge. yesterday evening, man
named Lem Peterson, recently indicted for
gambling ana selling liquor, slapped detec-
| tive Block of THE city, who bad beea instru-
mental in procuring Di5 Indictment. on the
face and snet tobacco juice in his eye, end
then stepping back and putting his hsnd ID
his pistol pocket told him to resent the To-
suit II he dsrGd He was soon aI,er artest-
| ed taken before q negro magistrate Rno
| fined 81 80 Block seems bent Oh breaking
no the gamblers, and last night caused the
gambling room OF man named Altman, on
| lG b ttr. et in bis city, to be taided.
Ihe President has signed toe prociame-
don opening 10 settlement and homestead
entry the newly coded lands OF the Sac and
Fox. Ktows aud Pottawstomie Indians, 10
the eastern part OF Oklahoma. These lands
may De entered Ipon on next Tuesday. the
22nd. at u O'Clock noon, centrai standard
time
Il aes stated il this correspondence yes.
,erday Jhct 4, delegation from Fcade.icSs
burg, VS., were at the White House TO In
wife the PRECEDENT TO attend the agricultural
fair 10 be Geld In that town. Mr.. Harrison
received them courteously, thanked them
f1r the invitation, end said 1t might be i'm
pos5sie ior hin 10 attend at that time, on
account OF business, and that therefore he
could net promise, but Ii would give him
pleasure to 90, and he might surprise them.
a Nav York republican politician here
to-day says that Belden, the famous republi
can manager 10 bis city, is suiking, because,
while so many OF bis pals have recently re-
oeyed party "honofs' and peIf, he has been
entirely overlooked, though his services
have been mora elective than those OF all
the others combined. In order to plaoete
him il Is said that bosses PiRtt and Hisoock
are now pushing him for Cabinet position
aud that the Presidents face is not as yet
sas against him. The democrats here would
be delighted at bis appointment, and wonl6
pray that another vacancy in the Cabinet be
made in order that 1t might be filled by Mr.
J3hony Davenport OF famous memory.