Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-11-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
WARRINGTON Nov. 26

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WASHINGTON. Nov. IS.
The chief topic OF conversation
among the women here to-day, is the
refusal of the large dry goods store of
Kahn, Sons and Company to break
their strictly cash rule and allow Mrs.
Cleveland, who was waiting at the
door in her carriage while her maid
was making the purchases, to have the
goods until she paid for them, which
she did not do, but drove away without
them. Such an incident never occur.
red before here, but the proprietors OF
the store say they sell their goods to
the public and that they can't be re,
specters Of persons.
IF. P. Good was appointed postmas-
ter at Kimball, Page county, Va, to-
day, vice Z. L. Miller resigned.
Col. John S. Mosby has arrived from
San Francisco. He is in Warrentor
now, but will be in Alexandria to-mor
row, the guest of Mr.. B. F. Chinn, who
was q member of his old command.
AS anticipated in this correspond
ence, the suit brought by Prince Ytur-
bide, nephew of the late Oceola Green
of this city, to force the Metropolitan
Club, from which he was expelled for
speaking disrespectfully of the daugh-
ter of one of its members, to readmit
him, was decided in favor of the club,
80 that club life in Washington is q
thing of the past to the Prince.
1t is said at the Navy Department
that the commission Of DR.. Hugh Parish,
of Portsmouth, az assistant surgeon in
the U. S. navy, has been held up by
Secretary Herbert on account OF letters
be has received.
The Virginia democratic association
of this city will hereafter meet in the
rooms of the Confederate Veterans,
corner of 18th and + streets
1t is said here that the house Mr.
Cleveland has just purchased in Prince
ton, New Jersey, and which he will
make his home after the expiration Of
his term OF Office, ia one OF the most
palatial in that city, and that he paid
for it the sum Of fifty thousand dollars.
The President was poor man when
he Was elected, but he is q very rich
one now.
Mr.. Coffin, well known newspaper
cartoonist of this city, died here this
morning of consumption.
General Fitz Lee is still here. He
called yesterday upon General Wade
Hampton, who is laid up at the Metro
politan Hotel with an Inflammation Of
the stump of his amputated leg. 1t is
not generally known, but is neverthe-
less true, General Hampton's many
friends in Virginia will be sorry to learn
that his sympathies were not with his
party in its late contest with it's enc
mics.
A delegation from Norfolk was here
to-day to prevent the removal OF Mr..
Newberne Of Portsmouth, of the inter.
nal revenue service which has
been recommended by Mr.. Ryan,
collector for the lower district of
Virginia, it is said, on account of slight
inaccuracy in his reports. MIR. New
berne, it is said here, was an active
supporter of the democratic ticket dur
ing the late campaign.
Among the visitors here to-day is
Mr.. Pitcher, member of the Virginia
legislature from Fauquier county. He
says the dawn of advancing prosperity
is rot yet visible in his county, and
that the people there don't expect it.
The only thing, he says, the republi-
cans will do will be to pass higher
tariff bill, and how that can help those
who haven't enough money to pay
present prices for what they want, he
cannot tell.