Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-05
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.

Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON. Nov. 5.
The list of international weddings of
which the autumn season has been so
prolific will be increased On the Goth
instant by the marriage of Senior Don
Julio Rengifo with Miss Regina Bar
bonr, of this city. Senior Rengifo is the
Secretary of the Colombian Legation.
Miss Barbour is the youngest daughter
of The late James L. Barbour, who WIS
for years leading merchant of this
city.
A dispatch received at the State De-
plrtment to-day reports the death OF
James @. Fox, of New York, the U. s.
consul at Antigua, West Indies.
A warrant was drawn at the Treasury
Department to-day in favor of Rev.
D Witt Talmage for 42.42, the amount
of the income tax he had paid, and
which. under Justice Shiras's opinion,
mad to be restored to him. This sum is
said to be very small one in view OF
the newspaper reports to the effect that
his income last year was about thirty
thousand dollars.
So little interest was manifested in
the result of the Virginia election here
that though the Virginia democratic
association of this city advertised to
supply Virginia democratic voters with
halt fare tickets, there were not more
than ninety applicants for such
tickets, and most of them were bird and
duck shooters.
Race horse men here to-day say the
attendance at the race tracks in Alex
andria county has considerably increas-
ed of late, and that many orders for
stabling have recently been received
from the owners of horses that have
been running on northern race tracks
this fall.
Owing to the late rain, the Chesa
peake & Ohio Canal is again navigable
by reason of supply of water, and
canal boats loaded with coal are now
arriving from Cumberland as usual.
Among the visitors here to-day is
Judge Thomas Smith, originally of War
reuton, Virgins, but now Chief Justice
of the U. S. court for the Territory of
New Mexico. He is here on business
before the U. S. Supreme Court, and
will return in about two weeks to his
new home.
People from Alexandria county, here
to-day, say very small vote was polled
in that county to-day, and that UP to
noon the democratic ticket was ahead
in Washington and Arlington districts.
At two o'clock people passing the polls
at Four Mile Run would not have
known from appearances that an cleo
ton was in progress there.
J. M. Langstop, the negro ex-con-
gresham from Virginia, who now lives
here, s,ys Colonel S;ith Boiling will,
and should, be the chairman of the
state republican committee of Virginia.
The Colonel, he says, was always fair
aud square. but was under the indu-
ence OF General Malone, and now that
ne is no longer subject to that iufiu.
ence, he will act according to his own
ideas. He says he hears that politically
every thing is all one way in Virginia.
He speaks in the highest terms of
prise OF the President, Secretary Olney
aud Minister Eustis, in respect of the
course they have pursued in the cas- e
of the negro ex-consul Waller, who is
his client.
General Ransom, U. S. Minister st
Mexico, ordered tu cases of his favor
ite mineral water from Mr.. iR. n.
Harper of this city, but the friend
through whom the order was received
beipg informed at the express office
that the freight charge would be s2S:
suspended the order until he could
hear from the General on the subject.
President Cleveland did not como to town
to-day. He is supposed to be spending cleo.
ii day in squirrel shooting. His faithful
messenger and squirr'l hunting companion.
&c geant Charles Loeflier is Assent from the
White House, which is circumstantial evil
ence that he may be with Mr.. Cleveland. as
ne i, seldom absent from his post except when
The President secures his assistance on squir
rel hunting trips BIZ. (leveland's fsvo'ite
squirrel hunting resort is near Wheaton, q
Maryland village 2 miles from Washington
AMI little more tn an half that distance from
Wooley, the Presidents country residence.