Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-10

June, showing a decline of nearly
points. The averages by States are:
Virginia 90; North Carolina 81; South
Carolina So: Georgia Sc; Florida SO; Ala
hama 50; Mississippi 50; Louisiana 81;
Texas 81; Arkansas. SO; Tennessee 50.
The Pension Bureau has notified
great many pensioners throughout the
entire country who are drawing pen
siops under the act of June 81. 1890,
known as the Dependent Pension Act,
that payment of their pensions will be
suspended for GO days, during which
time they are required to show cause
why they should continue to draw
D nsions. The testimony necessary to
prevent their being dropped from the
rolls is the certificate of repu-
table physician, attested by two wit
pesses to the effect that the pensioner
i, precluded from active labor, owing to
lures or disability not the result of his
,wn vicious habits. In case no atten-
t n is paid to the departments notiti-
cation within 60 days the pensioner
will be dropped from the rolls.
One hundred and twenty-six fourth
class postmasters were appointed to-
day, of whom eighty-six will fill the
places of removed republicans. The
changes in Virginia were as follows:
Grafton, York county, T. ]. Crockett,
appointed postmaster, vice w. L. WAN,
right, removed; Magnolia, Nansemond
county, Mrs. Christiana Duke, vice Il.
2. Philhower, removed; Mount Cross,
Pittsylvania county, D. B. Reynolds,
vice w. A. Carter, removed: Newsoms,
Southampton county, r. E., Darden,
vice ]. D. Ferguson, removed; Pope,
southampton county, Z. L. Marks, vice
r. S. Hope, resigned Rio Vista, Hen
rico county, J. B. TURNKEY, vice Il. W.
Browning, resigned; Windsor station,
Isle of Wight county, c. F. Joyner, vice
l.. F. Bradshaw, removed.
The following applications from llr-
ginia were filed at the Treasury De
partment to-day. That of William
Overton for the place of deputy com
missioner of pension; E. S. Straver OF
Salem, for collector Of revenue for the
upper district of Virginia; II. Jordan
for superintendent of construction OF
the public building at Staunton.
The financial news from New YORK
received here up two O'Clock to-day
was that the price of silver was 624
cents an ounce; interest on call loans
10 per cent: stocks weak, and the
banks obtaining more.currency by de-
posting bonds.
U. S. consu!s in England report large
sales of American made agricultural I'M
plements there, and that the price is
cheaper there than here.
Under the law, members ofthe police
force of this city must be perfectly
healthy and sound in wind and limb;
but. for all that, many of the members
of that force, officers as well as pri-
Yates, are drawing pensions under the
disability bill.
r. J.. Herbert, chairman of the city
democratic committee of Portsmouth,
is an applicant for the postmastership
at that city, but, though the republican
incumbent of the office has already
served over four years, he will not be
removed until four years from the date
of his commission, some time next
March.
So pleased are some of those who at
tended the excursion of the Virginia
democratic association, of this city, to
Marshall Hall, on the 9Th inst, that
there is talk of another one some time
next mouth, when Congress will be in
session, and when Representatives Al
len of Mississippi, and Marshall of Vir-
GINA, will both be present.
The Ne,cs and Courier publishes to-
day letter from ex-Gov. Chamberlain
asserting the election of Hayes was a
bargain of which Hayes was cognizant.