Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-09-12
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette

of August. has assigned his interest TO
the Haskin Wood Vulcanizing Com
pany of this city. To-day the Corpora
ton Court at Alexandria confirmed the
sale. The Haskin company has al
ready entered into contract with
New York firm TO supply il with $50, GOO
worth of machinery, and will immedl-
ately advertise for proposals to Clean
up the ground and put it il proper con-
dition to erect the necessary buildings
for the purpose of yulcanizing wood.
The company will erect several build
ings. and. if they can secure the fee sim
ple title TO what is known as the Pio-
neer Mills property from the City Coun-
cil Of Alexandria, will erect a building
l00x60 feet thereon and put Il large
force Mt work. 1t is said, by parties
who know, that besides vulcanizing
wood, the company will also commence
the manufacture of ice.
J. N. Langston, the negro eX-Con-
gresham from the Petersburg, Va, dis
trict, who lives here, but is candidate
for denomination. says he has assul-
ances of support from many ofthe lead
ing white men of the Petersburg dis
trict, and is certain that he is the choice
of his race there, bat that he is more for
the success Of the republican party than
hi- own. and that if the republican con-
gressional convention shall disappoint
him and nominate some other man, he
will abide lis decision, as he too good Il
republican ever 10 be 4 kicker.
-, 4 i,g
Richmond Enquirer during the war be-
tween the states, has just returned to
this city from Il trip through the Valley
OF Virginia. He says that so far as he
could learn nearly all the members OF
.he third party III that region are men
who left the democratic party on the
readiuster question, and who, unableto
stomach republicanism and the Force
iii. are yet ashamed to come back to
their old party. He says the democrats
there are certain Of their usual majority
al the coming election.
The L. s. flag has been planted al
the two points nearest the north pole
yet reached by civilized man. The
Navy Department to-day received the
following telegram from Lieutenant
peary ut -. Johns, n T.: ~. ;. Navy
claims highest discoveries on Green
land east coast independence bay 50
degrees, north latitude, 81 degrees
north longitude, discovered July 4th.
1892. Greenland ice cape ends south
of Victoria inlet" The highest point
heretofore attained on the east coast is
about - or II degrees and was made
by Holdenav, German. The highest
point on the west coast was So, made
by Lockwood and Brainard, of the
the Greedy expedition.
Treasury statistics made pubic to-
day show that with all President iiar-
risons boosted advantages of reciproci-
ty, the increase of both exports and
imports during last year was greater
with counties with which there were
no reciprocity treaties than with those
with which there were.
Governor Jones of Alabama arrived
here this morning and went to Mount
Vernon. He says the democrats of his
State were pretty well divided at his
recent election, but that he nor anybody
else has any doubt that they viii be
united at the Presidential election and
that Mr.. Cleveland will carry the State
by satisfactory majority.
The Virginia democratic association of
this city has engaged the hall over what
is known in Alexandria as Miiburn's
drug store, on Pennsylvania avenue,
near the Treasury Department. On
Friday evening next the members will
be addressed by Corporation Attorney
Brent of Alexandria, and by Congress
man Meredith and eX-State Senator
Moore of the Alexandria district.
Among the visitors here to-day Is
State Senator Little of the Frcdericks-
burg district, Virginia. He says that
SO far as lies within his own individual
knowledge, the third party's strength
in his State is slowly but surely wasting
| away, singly or by twos and threes in
each precinct, and that it will be pretty
well dissipated by the day of election.
He says he, too, heard the report that
Senator Daniel couldn't get an audi
encc in Lunenburg county. but upon
enquiry found it was not correct.
Congressman Hayes of Iowa is here
to-day. He says democratic prospects
in his State are very cheerful and midi
cate that the democrats, who now have
six of the eleven representatives from
that State, will not only hold their
own but gain one or two next Novem-
ber
An old and we'll informed Virginia
democrat, here to-day, in talking about
the political prospect in his State, said
there was no enthusiasm there at all,
the democrats than among the republi
cans and that the democrats should
get down on their knees and render
thanks for the failure of the national
republican convention to nominate Mr..
Blaine. He said the democrats were in
better trim now than they were in
1888, that their soreness had Worn oil,
that thousands OF negro voters had left
the State, and that thousands of
democrats who had followed Malone
had come back to to the party, indeed
most all except those who had obtained
office through the Generals influence.
He said all the negroes who shall 60
to Ike polls will of course vote the anti
democratic ticket, whether that be re-
publican or third party, but that more
of them could be induced to stay from
The polls, for consideration, now than
formerly, as they had learned by eN-
perience that they reap few or none of
the spoils of republican victories.
VIRG1NIAs DISMAL SWANP.-The