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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29

HIRAM A. WOOD. JAS. Is. PRICE.
WOOD s. PRICE,
MACHINISTS.
Having rented the shop formerly occupied by
w. S. Moore, are prepared to do all work in
their line with nestness and dispatch.
STEAM ENGINES built to order, and re-
pair work of all kinds promptly attended to; ;.
We respectfully solicit share Of the public
patronage. WOOD & PRICE.
Corner of Royal and Wilkes SITS.
SOP eff AIexandris. va
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.

TNCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.
VfRGINIA SASH, DOOR AND FRAME
FACTORY.
Corner Oueen and Fairfax sts., Alexa
We have now made up 500 doors Of all sizes;
from So to $40; SOC Windows of Sash, gsze,d
and unglazed cheap; 20 pairs Blinds, All
sizes III O01 feet Mouldings. 40 different pat,
terms Will make vt short notice Window An
1onr Frsmes. brackets &c, Newes, BAlus
tors and Hydrants constantly on hand. Llbcr-
al discounts made to dealers.
Being practical mechanics ourselves, we feel
confident that we can please our customers.
Planning, Tongue and Growing, Saving
Turning and Scroll-Sswing done In tue oes'
plans and specifications furnished TO parties
contracting with US for building ms erals
80 RISHEILL s. HODGE.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29
WRAPPING PAP f X ) q,

w -
STRAW PAPERS, r
. IVA " MANILA, BOGUS MANILA,
TEA PAPER, and every ,,,,u,,.,
VARIETY OF rWINES,
suitable for grocers shoe and dry goods dealers.
Pnners for druggists uses. We are. selling
Wrapping Papers at very low rates wholesale
and retsi BLANCHARD i MOHUN,
New Wrapping Paper Depot,
Pspey received direct from the mills IN the
LARGO varerooms, northeast corner Pennsylys-
MIA avenue and llth 81, Washington, ~ N''
down stairs. Entrance on hieVe'it" sS''''
ang lD-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29
TO rAX-PAY ERS.

The tax bills due thlCity Council OF Aledsh' ed H.
dria for the year 1869, are now que o sGu Gnnnd
sa1 IN ,ber u Office in the market building from a
M a" 'n' m. discount of 70 per cent will be
sIiowed ON all bills paid in current funds on OF
oe'ore '"' ''' GEO. X. Blackjack,
Col Northern Dist
S. K. FIELD,
1880, .r Col southern Dist.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
AND VIRGINIA A ID V Z HI > ~
PUBLISHED DAILY BY
ED AR SNO w Id r. a.
BUILDING, 10 PRIME eI

TERMS OF sUBsCRIPTIoN-IN ADVANCE.
One wear, S8; six months, a; three months
-. ono month, 10 cents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29
WOOD AND COAL.
rOuNS WHITE ASH COAL.

UOHNS WHITE ASH COAL.
We have on hand small lot OF TINS celeors-
tod COAL eug and stove sizes, which we offer
for sale at market rates, from our yard, on
Princess street, bat Teen Water and Union
sep 3-tf LEE bhO
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29

For our own and the convenience of regular
slyertisers, and to prevent any misunderstsnd-
inr we have carefully prepared and scaled the
-,cc, Of advertising in the GAZETTE, for the year
l-,9. aud present the following table OF space
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29
MACHINISTS.
NTACHINISTS AND BLACKSMITHS
w G MOORE e. SONS

w. S. MOORE s. SONS
have removed their Machine and Blacksmith
Shop to No. 6I Union street, where they are
prepared to furni n all kinds of MACHINERY,
WROUGHT and CAST IRON FENCES, &c.
REPAIRING done with dispatch, and at
prices that were charged previous TO the war.
sep 2-eo6m
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29
'HHE BEST IN THE WORLD.

SEWING MA 9 ID o.
Tho attention of the public is called to the
snner,or merits Of this machine over all others
for either family use or manu- nufacturing purposes
Its rcl,tiyo excellences and many good quail
ties tie over all others are so well-known and SO 80
generally admitted, that an enumeration; Oi
s;nce an agency has been established in this
eitv itv is without precedent, and the demand for
tbem throughout the whole world at the present
Sav % is so cat that the msnufsctnrecss are
scarcely able to meet them Can and eit s
:; borond question the best, most durable, SIM
ME, e. and beautiful machine ever brought before
tbe pubic making stitches to any other ma
ob;nos cb? pf four G. g. BERRY, Agent.
0A'''O p King street. Alexandria, Va.
TWO HOWE MACHINES, new IN per1ees
Circulars sent to all parts Of the country.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29
STEAM BOATS.
MO-. FOR LIVERPOOL AND QUEENS
TkTh TOWN

WEE. FOR LIVERPOOL AND QUEENS
&kTN TOWN.
lnmsn Line of Mail Steamers, Sailing 1roip
New York Every Saturday, and
Alternate Tuesdays.
o.rvsorpASsa0EB THEsATURDAY STEAMER
First Cabin, payable in gold-Liverpooi OF
Queenstown, SlC0 ,.o, o-
Steersge. payable in curroncy-I.iverpooi OF
Queenstown, $50. - 1.1
FAX.
First Cabin, payable IN gold0LiverPo1i OF
Queenstown, $50; Halifax. $40; Ct Jonh s.
n. F., by branch steamer, $40.
Storage, payable in currenSySSniyIeftPO;1i NJ
Queenstown, $50; Halifax. SIS; st. Johns, n.
f., by branch steamer, $50.
Tickets sold to and from England, lre!ana
and the Continent a. moderate rates.
For further information, apply at the 20 m
p"'' HOOE, WEDDERBURN s. CO..
1s-lv Agents, Alexa.. Va :.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29
-n4- WASHINGTON. GE0RGCIET WIN
= HlSlAr.--S ALEXA & NORFOLK.
REGUIAR LINE.

Tho safe and commodious steamer W. w,
COLT, Captain + A. RYTHER,.Nll leave her
dock foot of High street, Georgetown, every
MONDAY and tn URSDAY, at 8 O'CLOCK a.
M, and Galt's wharf, foot OF 7th street. WASH
Aiexandris, at ii o'clock q. m. Stopping at
Glymont, Smiths Point, Piney Point, Point
Lookout, Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort
and Norfolk, Va.
This boat connects at Fort Monroe with the
beat for Cobb's Island.
and FRIDAY, at o'clock p. m
Passage, So Excursion ticket to and from
Norfolk, So.
Meals Breakfast and Supper, 90 cents each ;
Dinner, S.. State room, 81.
~ '''' w. A. SMOOT, Agent, Alex
JOS. l.. SAVAGE, Prop.
~ l2-tf Washington, d. q.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29

.-> POTOMAC TRANSPORTATION
.EIfsS;a<aE LINE.
FOR BALTIMORE AND LANDINGS ON
THE POTOMAC RIVER.
Steamer EXPRESS, Captain A. G. Nickl,,
having resumed her old route, vii leave Bald-
more Pier 10. 8, Light street wharf. on every
TUESDAY EVENING, at 4 O clock p. M, fer
Alexandria, Washington and Landings on the
Potomac river; returning, will lea7e Washing
ton at - m and Alexandria at I q. M, on
every SATURDAY MORNING.
TO SHIPPERS-Goods consigned snrougn
to stations on tho railroad, will be lorWaraea
without delay on arrival of the steamer a. a.,
OxandFia' FOR REGpERs tE5tfGS .s,SfTA q Ue Agents.
mar lift No IL King ~, Alexa q.
Gsa MEFoHASTEsA, A5STTEsAHshiFs' StS i E : " ''AN
THo Inc consists of tho following first class
r ~ KNJGHT.. Capt j. w: Denty
JOHN GIBSON Capt w. Il. Winters
AND
VALLEY CITY W, vWvRY ;SaPt; tSsTf}RpAY y; YH15acY
c,,tbis n1rt and returning will leave Alexsn-
fria EVERY FRIDAY, at II o'clock.
HOOE. WEDDERBURN 81 CO.,
Agents, No, Prince sts.'
PHILLIPS & BROWN,
sno-tf SO south street, Pier No. ~.
sse No--oA'
SEMI-WEEKLY LINE OF STEAMERS
BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND BAL
TIMORE. no
The passenger and freightng steamer CO.
LUMBIA, Captain James Harper, will leave
Pier every WEpN ESDAY, at a. M, ior
Baltimore n,
Returning will leave Baltimore on SATUR-
DAY, at p m, stopping at the usual landings
on the Potomac.
The freighting steamer THOS. Z. CAH1LL,
Captain VIM. Maith, will leave Pier every
FRIDAY, at 3 p. m. ,r,,
Returning will leave Baltimore every TUES
DAY, at p. m, stopping at Kinsale and Cur
rioman.
All way freight must be prepaid.
mar S-Sm B. WHEAT, Agent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29
aug l2-tf
or,rp AND COUNTY TAXES.

Taxpayers will take notice that the oss'o s hIs GI
County taxes for 1869 are due, ana tne @ pins
80 OoGJ Tor pavmen.. As the time for the coIlec-
1eauS tha shove taxes sre limited, earnestly
cali call upon w ali to settle without delay .h =
can be found ut No. 81 north St. Asaph - ;
during 'ne HAS ""1 !. C. ONEAL
o-9ot Sheriff of Alexandris co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
AND VIRGINIA ADV f RTlS Z Il,
For the COuntry,)
TERMS OF ADVERTISING

eSs- Is published regularly on TU ESDA 4 >,
THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS, at So per
snnurn-payable in advance.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29

Goods per New York, PhiLsdelphla or BaIti.
more steamers, Railroad or Express TO care K
h. Havenner, General Agent at Alexandria,
will be forwarded over the road free Of charge
for commission.
Communication tickets between Alexandria
and Hamilton, and all intermediate stations, u!
low rate.
Round trip tickets good only for day of issue
between Alexandris and Hamilton, and between
these and intermediate points, at reduced rates.
NATHANIEL HA ES, .
San 9s-Iv General Sup't.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29

Two HIGHwAYMEN were recently tried in
Ireland. aud, to the surprise OF everybody,
we're assuitted. Before discharging the priso
uers, the Judge called the sheriff to him, and
said he would set out for Dublin that evening,
aud he would be glad to have an hour or two
IN advance OF these two respectable gentlemen,
and therefore begged the sheriff to keep them
close company for two hours after the cars lett
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29

COAL.
Warranted 2240 lbs to the ton.
Parties test the weight by weighing on
any scale in the city, except corporation scsles
sugl8 JOHN LEATHERLAND.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29
ALEXANpRIA, LOUDOUN s. HAMf
~ SHIRE RAILROAD.


WINTER ARRANGEMENT BEGINNING
OCTOBER l. 1869
TWO TRAINS DAILY (EXCEPT SUN
DAY. BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA
AND HAMILTON.
Leave Alexandris at a. In. and 2. m.-
Leave Hamilton a. q. IN. and li;3O a. m
Leave Leesburg at 7:25 q. m. and l2'5 p. m.
The s q. m. train from Alexandris and ll;3O
a. m. train from Hamilton, connect with Kemp
Daily Line of Coaches for Purcellville, Snick
ersville, Berryville and Winchester; also, with
Resmer's Line of Coaches which leave Lees
burg daily for Balps Mill Aldie and Middle
burg. On and after June - stages will run
daily to Cspon Springs.
all trains arrive at Alexandria at convenient
hours for connexions with Washington and
Baltimore same day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29

NJ OF c E
I would recommend my country neogtoOiiT n5trs II
and friends who may want nWT s9meII,"s & csll on
EH SWEsFH a. 46 King street, and ny word fo>
il, YOU will be pleased. uuovNoUS
;" son an ~ FROM ONE WHO kNoWo'-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29

THOMAS SINCLAIR
CARPENTER AND JOINER,
NO. Is, SOUTH WATER STREET,
nrensrod Meas to execute, with dispatch and on
the most nc reasonable terms, all work in his ine'
"A Hs solicits work from the adjacent county, as as
he is prepared to contract for buiidius' OF 70 0
anv kind of repairing. -o--- !e -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29

DOLLSl DoLLSl poD1ps 60.
Received this daya splendid sssod'he"s me- cen. "
tio n;ne Tntsnned Leather Doll Heads, to which
call cali especial attention They are indsst1ueIsd end
b1a and can be washed with water. Caii "uu
ace them, All sizes and prices, at n,.,
'0s can ~. @. @. BERRY'S, Y King ST.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29

Married Persons, OF Young Mon comteI2 1la
ting marriage, being aware Of Ply ySicai weak
aess, Organic Ueollity, DeGormities, speedily
tured.
He who places himself under the care OF Dr.
j. may re!igously eondde in his honor as .
gentleman, and confidently rely upon MS Skill
As q phYsiclan
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29
ORGANIC WEAKN ESS
DIR. JOHNSON,

Mtnber - the Royal College ci Slf'"onr
Ion. G..luate OF ono of the most ennneni
Colleges in the United States, and the greater
nsrt OF whose life has been spent IN the nCspiI'
ais of London. Paris, Pniladelphia, and else
where, has effected some Of the most astonisnsi asts
iny cares That were ever known, many iroGoleu
with ringing i'll tho head and cars wheh asieep
great nervousness, being alarmed At sudden
soundS' o~'nlunS'si sitS Nd arrangement Of pnd
uar1. c,i rod m I'd lnielY.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-29

Especially, who have become the victim. .!
solitary vice. thst dresdful and destructiyI'
habit which annually sweeps to an ultimely
grave thousands of Young Men of the mof'
might otherwise have entranced listening Sena,
tors with the thunders OF c.oquence, or walked
to estacy tho LIVING Tyre, may call with full
confidence.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-10-26
The Material Wealth of Great Britain
a Little Over t hat Of New York State.

The marvellous prosperity of the
United States is very strikingly
shown in return of the assessed
valuation of the real and personal
property Of the several counties of
the State Of New York, which has
been furnished by the State Assessor
to the New York Herald, and pub
lisbed in that paper on the 10th of
this present month of September.
Taking the dollar to be worth three
shillings of our money, which is
about it's currency value, that valua-
tion'amounts to the enormous sumsof
9279,018, 115 los. sterling. The pop
ulation of the state of New York
was. ia 1865, 3,831777. Dividing
the sum above given by this latter
figure: we find that the taxable
wealth of the state equals 972 los. 4d.
for every individualin the population.
The amount of property and profits
assessed to income tax in England
Scotland and Wales for the year
ending the 31st of March, 1862, &C
cording to the "Statesman's Year
Book" for 1869, amounted to 93O1,-
$780, or in round numbers to but
922, O00,0 more than that of the
state of New York at present.-L0n.
don Star, Sept. 81.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-10-26
Ben Wade's Endorsement Of President
Grant.

Ex-senator Wade addressed a
large Republican meeting in Akron,
Ohio, one week ago last Saturday
night. In the course of his speech
he said
"Mr. Pendleton says you are ground
down with the debt, and oppressed
so that you can hardly breathe. But
every dollar of the debt must be
paid, though you are to be relieved
from taxation. How, brother PEN
dleton, can you relieve the people
from taxation, and yet pay off the
debt? If you can tell us that, God
knows | will be with you | don't
see how it can be done but | do say,
to dishonor that debt, and thus wrong
those who lent their credit to the
Government in the time of its great
est necessity, would be one OF the
most shameful acts men could do
Why, sirs, fifteen years will wipe out
every dollar Of this great debt, if
other Administrations do as we'll as
the Administration of General Grant
has done so far | believe that, I'M
der God, the Administration is per-
forming its duties with an honesty
of purpose, and determination to do
the right, to save every dollar that
can be saved, and apply it to the
liquidation of the debt and that is
my idea of fnanciering. 1t is kind
of a homely way but | know of
none better and General Grants
Administration has entered upon it
with triumphant success. and ought
to be sustained I admit that |
would like to have voted for aatried
statesmen when | voted for bin
l did not know how firmly he held
the great principles of the Republic
can party and | would part with my
life quicker than | would part with
those principles to-day | have new
er yet swerved one single inch from
them, and never will. | feared GEN
eral Grant might not hold to those
principles as firmly and safely as |
did, because he had occupied no posi-
ton which had called upon him to
bring them out. l weuld have cho-
sen a man, if could have had my
own way. who had been tried by fire,
and in whom we knew there was no
shrikage. But, Sirs, General Grant
has been tried. You see his dealings
with the South ; you see his appoint
ments in the agents of the Govern
ment, and you find them all of the
glorious stripe you and | would want
to put in We know, now his heart
is stepped in the great Republican
doctrines. l am glad to ascertain
this fact beyond doubt"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-10-26
Some Queer Calculations.

Have you not often heard, or read,
a statement like this? 1.-The earth
has been dug over many times, to
bury the millions who have lived on
its surface" Do you believe this :?
If you do, just follow me in a calcu-
lation. The present population of
the earth is one thousand millions.
Now, supposing that at at the crea-
ton, there were one thousand mil
lions-instead OF one pair-and that
at the end of thirty years, they died
and were buried, and their places
taken by another one thousand
millions and so on through the six
thousand years. This would give us
agrand total Of two hundred thous-
and millions. Where can this i'm
mense and almost inconceivable num-
Der be buried? Let us see. The
earth's surface is 2O0,000,OO0 of
square miles. This multiplied by
q, 78,400 (the number of square
feet in mile), and the product di-
vided by two hundred million, gives
50, 756 square feet for each and every
one Of this vast number. This
brought into a square gives the very
respectable sized lot OF 236 feet each
way, or nearly Is rods square.
Not very much crowding aud Dig
ging over and over again, is there !?
Decidedly better lots than Cedar
Hill or Spring Grove affords. If you
think | am wrong, go over with the
calculation and convince yourself
Another little calculation if yon
please. How much room, think you,
would the thousand millions now on
the earth require to stand upon were
they all brought together Figures
will tell. Draw circle ten miles in
diameter on some smooth plain, and
place church bell in the center, and
every one of the l 600, 100000 could
hear it when struck. Such q circle
would give tc each of this immense
| number two square feet-or a space
about seventeen inches square.
Rather more crowded than the bury
ing-grouud l admit, but still more
than enough for the small ones, rath-
er scant perhaps for the Lamberts-
yet, on the whole, very good av-
erage. Don't you think such a gath
ering would beat the Hub Jubilee ?
Perhaps Giimare will try it. He can
do it if anybody can. The only
trouble is, Boston does not afford a
level spot large enough, and OF
course it could never be done any
where else.-HarJord Courant.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-10-26
Rapidity of Thought in Dreaming.

A very remarkable circumstance,
and an important point of analogy
is, says DR.. Forbes Winslow, to be
found in the extreme rapidity with
which the mental operations are per-
formed, or. rather with which the
material changes on which the ideas
aepend are excited in the hemisphe-
rieai ganglia. 1t would appear as if
Wnoie series of acts, that would
really occupy a long lapse of time.
pass ideally through the mind in 90,
instant. We have in dreams no Dor.
ception of the lapse of time-a
strange property of mind for ifsuch
be also its property when entered
into the eternal disemdodied state,
time will appear to US eternity. The
relations of space as we'll as of time
are also annihllated, SO that while
almost an eternity is compressed in
to moment, infinite space is ira
versed more swiftly than by real
thought. There are numerous illus
trations of this principle an record.
A gentleman dreampt that he had
enlisted as soldier, joined his regi-
ment, deserted, was apprehended,
carried back, tried, condemned to be
shot, and at last led out for execu-
ton. After the usual preparations,
gun was fired he awoke with the
report, and found that noise in the
adjoining room had, at the same mo-
ment, produced the dream and awak-
ened him. A friend of DIR. Aber-
crombie dreampt that he had cross
ed the Atlantic, and spent fortnight
in America In embarking, on his
return, he fell into the sea, and,
awakening in his fright, found that
he had not been asleep ten minutes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-10-26
Struck Phosphate. "

We used to hear much about strik-
ing oil. He has ''struck oil" was a
passport to our best society. Major
George L. Jackson near Charleston,
S. c., has struck phosphate" What
is ment by this is that he lately pur-
chased what was known as the Hard
Farm, on which he has discovered
an extensive bed of the bony remains
of land and marine monsters imbed-
ded at the depth of about four feet.
This was once the bottom of the sea,
but is now q pine and oak Forest
This carries the geologist back for
myriads of ages in his Imagination.
A corps of negroes has been at work
for some months exhuming this bone
dust as rich marketable commodity.
1t is equal to the best of natural or
artificial fertilizers. Vertebra too
large for any animal now living, and
teeth to ponderous for any sea devil
that now swims, are thrown up
They pulverise on exposure to the
air. A brownish white is the prevail
ing color of this deposit. About A.
900 tuns Of it are already mined, and
purchasers are calling for it both at
the North and in England 1t prom
ises to be a mine of wealth to the
proprietor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-10-26

NEGROES IN BRAZIL.-Color op-
poses no obstacle TO social or educa-
tional progress in Brazil. Neither
law nor prejudice stands in the way
of the negro who desires to become
doctor of laws, a chancellor, or ev-
en- a minister of state. The public
schools, high and low, are open to
them and they seem to mingle upon
terms of familiarity, and equality
with their fellow-students. In the
public libraries of Rio one may see s
dozen black students for one who is
white. One result of this liberality
has been to diminish the hardships
and hopelessness of captivity in
Brazil. Many purchase their liberia
ton accumulate property, and edu-
cate their children.
have seen perfectly black men
and women riding 10 sumptuous car
RIGGS attended by grooms and servi-
tors, and grit with all the parapher-
MALTA of wealth and social station
Talents and abilities are frequently
evinced by this class. They occupy
bureaus in the public offices, conduct
mercantile establishments, and other
enterprises and are in all respects an
important and not unexpected part
of the social economy here.-Harp-
ers Monthly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-10-26

DEXTER MAKES A HALF MILE IN
ONE MINUTE AND Four SECONDS.
The gentlemen who were at Pros
pect. Park on Saturday afternoon saw
something never before seen in this
world they saw horse trot half
mile in one minute aud four seconds,
and the second quarter in thirty-one |
OF course the horse was Dexter, and
he was driven, to sulky, by Mr..
Bonner. The track was in good or
der, so far as dryness was concerned,
and Dexters tracks, with the new
shoes on his fore feet, were Just
where be put his feet down there
was no slipping. At the same time
the track was so rough for the want
of scraping, as to make it unpleasant
to ride over it. Dexter did not
make break, and he never looked
finer. As he came in, an experienced
horseman who was timing him ex-
claimed repeatedly: at is more
like flying than anything else."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-10-26

s~Over a million gallons of whisky
have been seized at San Francisco,
the officers there claiming that it is
not the pure Bourbon production Of
Kentucky, as represented, but is
fraudulent whisky and liable to for
fixture. Ifsuch an sopinion is sus-
tanned, several gentlemen who called
upon the Commissioner claim that
no whisky in any warehouse IN the
country is exempt from seizure, and
that, therefore, not q little excite
ment may be produced among the
revenue officers and whlsk. men in
the principai markets, like PhiladeL
mia New York, Cincinnati and Bos-
ton.