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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-20
YOUNG ii Il Il,

Who have injured LhcrnaolVcs by, =:
tsin practice, indulgct Il. Lab's i'e
quently learned from cgi! companions, or -
even when asleep, and. Il O.! cured, :3hd'':
N marriage m impossible, snd destroys bota mis-
What a pity that i y9rn& man, the hoTp ~.
his country, the pride Of Ii. parents should ."
snatchcd from oil prespec|: ''..>- :iJoy LIGh'@
path of nature, and indulgnr m a certain -
cret habit Such arso!,a ni''@t, S'e1"ro c'i''e''
plating
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-20

By request Of several voters, l now announce
myself rs among the various candidates f"r the
Msyoralty, and pledge myself, if elected, to
discharge the duties Of tho Office !mps rtially
and without fear or favor.
ap2O-tf JAMES W. MALLS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-20

Provision being made By the constitution
for . Commissioner Of Revenue to 10 elected
on the 4th Thursday in May, 1870. l snnounr Q
mvself candidate for that Office.
ap16-tf JOHN =. CLARK.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-20

At the instance Of many persons, citizens and
termined to act independently in the approach.
ing municipal elections, am requested to land
by authority announce Mr.. SAMUEL HEF.
FLEBOWER as 8 most suitable cand idato for
the Office of Mayor of Alexandria cts.
nv 6-ts VOTER.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-20

BASIL BRAWNER +. L. bHoehhi''
WIN. 4. CAVE
DRAWNER s. CO.,
REAL ESTATE AGENT5.
M 10 North Fairfax street, west side\ between
King st and the Market Building,
Alexandria, Virginia:
Sales of lands in the States CT Virginia ana
MARYLAND, and houses and lots IN tho city OF
Alexandria receive our special attention.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-20

Married Persons, or Young hi ien com!eIni'..
ting marriage. hcln& aW.ro ot Physics. "'n"
ness, Organic Debility, ii":,."mtl"-, :I"c,!I:N
cured.
He who places himself under tuu care oi II:
j. may religiously conhdo in his honor II ;
gentleman, and confidently rely upon his 80:
xs Musician
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-20
SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE.

To tile Voters Of Alexandria city Il respect
fully announce myself a candidate for the office
of Superintendent Of Police, subject to the de-
els on by convention, primary election or 9TH
erwise.
nv 19-te BEVERLY X. FOLE1
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-20
MAYOt

TO my Fello,0- Citizens Il announce myself
an independent candidate for the Mayoralty at
the approaching election, and if elected 1 prom
ise to perform the duties pro bono pn6lico ire
spective and untram nelled by party.
INV 1876 J. GIBSON PEACH.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-20

Especially, who have Dccoloa tho victims e
solitary vice, that droadful snd destructive
habit which annually sweeps /" an LlNr.oIS
grave thousands Of Ioung Mc. oi Tho !Ho8.
might otherwise hAva cntranccd listening :'rI':'
tors with the thuIders o! ciuIuenco or wait.
to estacy tho living Tyre, rr:.y cal! ~'lH IA.
confidence.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-20

DIX. JOHNSON hiss discovered the most
Certain, Speedy, and only Efoctual Remedy IL
the World for Weakness Of the Back OF Limos
Structures. Affection of tho Kidneys or Bladder
Involuntary Discharges, lrlpotency,, Genera!
Debility, Nervousness. Dyspepsis,. LanguoE.
Low Spirits, Confusion Of Ideas, Pelpitatlon OF
the Heart, Timidity, Trembling, DimneSs o.
Sight, or Giddiness, Disease OF the hchd
Throat, Nose, or SEin, Affections Of the Lave
Lunps Stomach, or Bowels--tEoae Tcrrib!e
Disorders arising from Solitary Habit: q;
Youth-secret and solitary practices moro isls'
to their victims than the song OF Syrens 10 lnt
Mariners Of Ulysses, bightinS their !nost pr't
liant hopes or anticipstiona. rendering m"r'
rage &c, Impossible.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-20

I announce myself as q candidate for tho
Office of Superintendent Of Gas After IN ex.
perenco of four years at tho Alexandria Gas
Works, we presume our qualifications for tho
position will be conceded and wo would add
that we hope there arc many who will net for
get "Auld Lang Syne."
my 9-te JACOB ROABURi.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-20

ther supply of that French sse4sd Pr
aus su' ose sse goods T. "9a "%oo6 ssSsO
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-01-21
A Woman Rebellion in Maine.

A singular and unfortunate scene re.
Gently occurred at the State House
in Augusta, Me. Mrs. Thurston, oi
Portland. had caused a notice of a
sale of the State of Maine, it's rights, ap-
purtenances, &C., to be posted upon the
doors of the State House, and a little be-
fore 10 o'clock she ascended the Speaker
rostrum and proceeded to sell the State to
satisfy her unliquidated claim. Several
bids were made by the Senators and Rep
resentatives at fabulous sums, but finally
the lady struck it off to herself and took
her seat in the Speakers chair. AS far as
this went, all was wall but the time for
the opening of the session had now ar
rived, and Mrs. T. was politely requested
to come down from her position, but she
declined to do SO, saying that she had
bought in the State and must stay and
keep her position. Upon the Clerk Or
dering the messengers to remove her 0s ct
arnaSs scene of great confusion ensued.
She utterly refused to be elected by force.
The members began to beg Mrs. T. to 60
out quietly, but she was deaf to their en-
treaties; she resisted fiercely, but was fl
nally persuaded to retire, and was last
seen in the State Library, looking up legal
authorities to sustain her claim. The Ar.
gus says the affair was universally regretted
by all as very unfortunate circumstance
because the subject of it was woman
and one who is deemed to be demented
upon one subject, although perfectly sane
upon all other questions.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-01-21
A Husband Publicly Horsewhipped.

QUITE an excitement was created in
Centre street, the other morning, by the
spectacle of woman armed with long
blacksnake whip, lashing a man in tav-
ern door. The poor fellow writhed under
the blows in a pitiable manner, but found
no escape until the woman became ex-
hausted. 1t appears that the victim is a
butcher, who, although ordinarily very
good husband, is in the habit of becoming
intoxicated At such times he abandons
his business entirely, and takes his de-
parture to places known to none but him
self. When his money becomes exhausted
he returns to his wife, who has stand in
the market, and, taking her earnings, again
decamps. The wife bore this until pa
tience ceased to be virtue, and, about
three weeks ago, followed her husband to
the tavern in Centre street, where he was
imbibing. She produced pistol and
threatened to shoot him if he did not go
home. He went. Yesterday he again
started for the same place; so, taking a
horsewhip, she went in and piled it lib
orally over all portions of his body. He
backed to the door, but she followed him,
and so to the pavement, and at the cessa-
tion of his punishment he was glad to
agree to accompany her home. He will
not, probably, go on spree soon again
Philadelphia Day, Jan. 5.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-01-21
Oysters Gratis-for One Hour Only

In the first week of November, in each
year, there exists curious custom at the
pretty watering place of Arcachon, near
Bordeaux The scene of it is the sea, or
rather the oyster-bed in the sea; the per-
formers are any persons who possess
boats, and know how to manage them.
On that morning the whole coast swarms
with boats of all kinds.
Men, women, and children sit in them
closely packed together, for the great
object is to get as many arms and legs into
the boats as possible. To the small island
which lies in the centre of the oyster park
all eyes are directed. 1t is completely en-
bedded in oysters, which any of the occu-
pants of the boats are allowed to take
gratis, as soon as the signal, cannon
shot, is heard. This liberty lasts only one
hour, so time is precious. Not minute,
not second, of this hour is wasted. Ev-
cry muscle is strained to the -uttermost
The report of the cannon rolls with o
dull sound over the waves, and many a
distant sailor who has never heard of the
one day and the one hour of the free oys-
ter-fishery at Arcachon, fancies it must be
the signal of ship in distress. How lus-
tily the oars are piled now Quick as
arrows the boats shoot onward to the
island. The sailing-bOats indeed come to
the scene of action rather later than the
swift, light, nutshell rowing boats, but
they contain more booty and carry more
arms and legs to work in the oyster bed.
During the performance, the noise and
shouting are deafening.
The ovster-bed is scraped with all sorts
of instruments shOvels, sieves,
and so on. This, of course, increases the
agitation Of the water, so that the sea is
quite rough all over the bed.
But now the gunner has already got the
watch in his hand to give what will really
be signal of distress. Who, indeed, can
say what is hastily.gathered into the boats
in the last few minutes before the closing
shot is heard ?-star- fish, crabs, and all
sorts of things besides oysters are hauled
in, in the eager haste of the fisher-folk.
Then the cannon orders an instant halt.
Woe to him who stoops but once more
toward the bed in order to increase his
store by last hasty grasp. He is sure to
be seen, for the telescope is pointed at
him, and he will be obliged as soon as he
lands to throw the whole of his precious
freight, to the very last oyster, back into
the sea. The spectators of this strange
scene, OF which there are a large number,
either line the shore or are rowed over to
the island, where they have a picnic on
oysters and biscuits.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-01-21
PERSONAL.

A recent telegram from New Orleans
announces the death, by CONGESTION of the
lungs, of Brevet Major General J. A.
Mower, commanding the Department of
Louisiana.
The Rawlins fund had reached $50, 1000
on the 7th, and the Stanton fund $4,000,
in New York.
In a recent speech at Birmingham,
Charles Dickens alluded to the fact that
former speech of his had been misunder-
stood, and he would therefore take this
occasion to restate his political creed. He
had no faith in the people with small
"p" governing, but entire faith in the
People with large "P" governed. He
put entire trust in the masses, none what
ever in the so called ruling class.
About 250 Chinese, en- route to Texas,
arrived in New Orleans on the 9Th.
Indian Superintendent Janney reports
that recent census of the Indians now
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-01-21

federate army, as permanent President.
Mr.. Brown, on taking the chair, made a
brief speech, conservative in its tone.
Thomas E. s. Russwarn was chosen prin-
cipal Secretary, Thomas Jones, assistant
and Elijah Howard, Doorkeeper
The oath administered to the members
of the Constitutional Convention of Ten
nessee is to support the Constitution of
the United States and discharge their du-
ties faithfully.
The Kansas Legislature organized on
the 18th. Jacob Stotler, of the Emporia
Nesos, was elected Speaker of the House
Fl. G. Aldre, Chief Clerk; Miss Emma
Campbell, of Topeka, Enrolling Clerk.
The Governor recommends the adoption
of the Fifteenth Amendment, the restora-
tion of suffrage to those disfranchised for
connection with the rebellion, and de-
nounces the moral suasion policy with the
Indian. ff
The Wisconsin Legislature organized
on the 18th. In the Senate, L. B. Hills,
was elected Chief Clerk; Major Earl M.
Rogers, Sergeant-at-Arms. In the House,
J. M. Bingham was chosen Speaker; E..
W. Young, Chief Clerk; Col Ole G. John
son, Sergeant Arms.
Chacellor Morgan has dissolved an in
junction restraining John Johnson, Mayor
elect of Memphis, from qualifying, and he
has been installed as Mayor.
The official announcement of the elec-
ton in Texas, and the adoption Of the
Constitution, has been received at the War
Department at Washington.
In the Georgia House OF Representa-
tives, on the 18th, and order from Governor
Bullock, approved by General Terry, was
read, ordering the clerk pro tcna., as soon
as the calling of the roll was completed,
to declare recess until 12 o'clock on the
17th, that an investigation might be had
as to the rights of certain persons to hold
seats in that body.
The joint resolution ratifying the Fif-
teenth Amendment passed the Senate OF
Minnesota, on the 18th, by vote Of 13
ayes to noes, three Senators being alb
sent.
The Iowa Legislature organized on the
nth. The officers of the Senate are
James NJ. Weart, Secretary; j. A. Tull,
First Assistant; Eve. Gardiner, Second
Assistant; Val. Mendall, Sergeant-at-
Arms; N. F. Weber, Doorkeeper; Geo
H. Ballou, Engrossing Clerk; E. G. Story
Enrolling Clerk; Geo. F. Work, Post.
master. The House elected A. r. Cotton,
of Clinton county, Speaker; Charles Al
drich, Clerk; Ben. Van Seiberg, First As
sistant, and HI. G. Rippery, Second Assist
ant Clerk Miss Mary f. Spencer, En-
crossing Clerk; 81. G. Rushman, Sergeant
alarms; Thos. Morse, and r. E. Bayard,
Postnasters, and George F. Work, Assist
ant.
The New Hampshire State Temperance
Convention on the 18th nominated Rev.
L. FL. Barrows for Governor, and Capt FL.
o. Pierce for Railroad Commissioner.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-01-21
CURRENT ITEMS.

OHIO courts divorced l,003 couples last
year.
THE total number of deaths in st.
Louis during 1869 was 1884.
A PHILADELPHIA paper has an account
of gigantic giant"
AN ordinary shirt is said to contain
about fifty thousand stitches.
FIVE thousand consumptive patients re-
sort to Minnesota every year.
A LONDON dry goods house has pro-
hibited its clerks from wearing mustaches.
CANADA sent 1852 beeves and 54,913
sheep to the Boston market last year.
THE wife's inability to make good bread
is ground of divorce among the Arabs.
A PENNSYLVANIA restaurateur is under
arrest for making his " free soup" of dog
meat. a2a
A NEGRO nurse girl, in Maryland, killed
her charge by giving it kerosene oil in its
milk.
A WATERBURY,, Conn, woman picked
green peas from her garden for her New
Years dinner.
A CONNECTICUT Yankee has inverted
top that runs forty minutes and weighs
over pound.
LOSSES by fire foot up in the United
States for the past fourteen years, $780,
100000.
Ir is said that 81, ,000,000p per annum will
be required to thoroughly clean the streets
of New York.
!. THE firemen in Norwich, Conn.,. turned
out early on recent morning to put out
the Aurora Borealis.
A California paper is down on man
because he backed out of fight after get
ting both ears chawed off.
DEATH claimed twenty-nine English
peers and eleven members of the House
of Commons, last year.
THE trigonometrical survey of the
| United Kingdom of Great Britain, COM
menced in 1888, has recently been COM
pleted- sI
No PERSON who drinks can find employ
ment in any position on the Bangor and
Piscataquis Railroad in Maine.
THE coffin in which Giulia Grisi was
buried at the Pere- la Chaise of Paris, cost
| not less than fifteen thousand francs.
A" WEALTHY AMERICAN" who recently
married an aristocratic young lady at
Milan, turns out to be rowing journey
man barber.
AN advertisement for a housemaid in
London paper concludes" One who has
| lived in tradesman's family not objected
to-" Trade is looking up.
THE California papers report the singu-
| lar fact that the body of no person (and
there have been many drowned in Lake
Tahoe has ever come to the surface.
| A JEALOUS husband in Pittsburgh fol-
lowed his wife one evening, saw her meet
man, ran up and thrashed him, and
found out it was his father-in-law.
A VERY wealthy lady in Warren..O county,
Penn, devotes the greater portion OF her
time to making cream candy, which is
sold for the benefit of the poor.
WHILE the authorities Of two towns in
Maine were disputing which should sup
port pauper family, three of the chill
dren belonging to it starved to death.
THE editor of the Parry Sound (Canada)
| Adoocate states that in order to increase
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-01-21
Married Themselves.

- A coRREsPoEDENT of the South Haven
(Mich.) Sentinel gives the following .partlc-
ulars of recent Spiritualist. marriage at
Breedville;
"This is said to be q progressive age,
and we were most happy to see II Verined
on the I'd inst, in the marriage at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Wells Brown,
of Mr.. VIM. Knowle and the well-SnoWn
and popular speaker Mrs. Frank Read.
at was expected that Sister Horton
would officiate upon the all-important oc-
casion, but she was prevented by illness;
Under the circumstances it was decided
that the next best thing would be for the
parties to marry themselves. Accordingly,
after q few moments consultation, the fol-
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-01-21
A Wrong Use Of Gifts.

A GOOD religious college, locate not q
thousand miles from Michigan, was
blessed with a wide circle Of female
friends among the denomination which is
represented. One year the ladies in q
thriving town, where the college was very
popular, thought it would be a kind act
to send the Senior class box of good
things for Thanksgiving. They procured
lot of mince and pumpkin pies, frosted
cake, cold roast turkeys, and other dain-
ties; and, in order that the turkeys might
go off smoothly, they put in the box bot
tie of rich, savory gravy. 1t was not Ia
beled, and the bottle containing it was
very much like those in which favorite
kind of hair-oil is exposed for sale on the
tempting shelves of fancy goods stores.
When the box was opened at the college,
and the joyf feast disclosed to view, the
Senior class were highly delighted. That
Thanksgiving dinner was the happiest for
many year, with one little exception ;
end that was more comical than melan-
choly. Three or four Of the Seniors, with
handsome curling hair, thought, of course,
these benevolent ladies had them in view
in sending them present of bottle OF
hair-oil, and they slyly carried off the bot
tie, and, in their own rooms, made a
faithful application Of gravy to their
heads! The sickness of the sup
posed hair-oil soon aroused wonder
but it was some time before the Seniors
knew that they had made wrong use of
a table luxury. The joke soon spread
through the college, and at last reached
the ears Of the donors of the box. At
Christmas, therefore, the same generous
hearted Iadfes made ready another box of
good things and forwarded it to the same
college. Taking ahint, from the previous
blunder, and believing that perhaps it
was necessary for the intellectual finish
ing up of the Seniors that their heads
should be fashionably anointed, these kind
ladies put in the second box bottle o1
real hair oil. The tbottle, like its prede
cessor containing the gravy, bore no liable
and some of the unlucky Seniors, deter
mined to make no mistake that time
poured the contents literally over theil
plates at dinner, without stopping to tastt
or smell. The odor of bergamot or CHINA
I mon did not at once undeceive them. They
imagined the hair oil to be perhaps an
elegant new French dressing for cold
meat, and swallowed their food with a few
qualms, but with the hearty appetite of
youth.-Lanstng, Mic1., Republican.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-01-21
, Special Providence.

A GENTLEMAN who is now resident OF
East Boston states that after an unsuc-
cessful sojourn in California for several
years he took passage in a bark bound to
New York. She touched at Panama for
provisions and water and having pro-
cured these, her Captain proposed to sail
the next day. That evening the gentleman
wrote letters to his friends, stating ihe
might be expected home in three months
At the usual time he retired to bed and
fell asleep; but about an hour afterward
found himself on deck fully dressed. He
was somewhat startled, but attributing it
to fit of somnambulism, after taking a
turn or two fore and aft, and exchanging
q few remarks with the man who had the
anchor watch, again undressed and went
to bed, Imagine his surprise when he
again found himself on deck, dressed as
before. Thrice he went to bed, and thrice
he found himself on deck. As he had
never before experienced any kind OF
somnambulism, and was an uncompromis-
ing teetotaller, he began to reflect whether
there was not something supernatural in
this new and strange. experience and he
Immediately made up his mind that he
would not proceed in the vessel, but go
home across the Isthmus of Panama.
With this thought in his mind he turned
in the fourth time, and dreamed that he
had decided rightly. Much to the regret
of the Captain, who had been very kind
to him, and who expressed an ardent de-
sire to enjoy his company, he left the YES
sci, and arrived at home in safety. A few
months later he learned from the news
papers that the bark had been captured
by pirates in the straits of Magellan, and
that all hands but one boy had been MUIR
dered by pirates The boy concealed him
self below while the pirates were killing
the rest of the crew, and after undergoing
great peril, succeeded in reaching Valpa-
raiso. This led the gentleman to recur to
the date of hi, experience on board the
vessel at Panama; and after relating the
story to his parents, they told him that in
company with some pious friends they
had made him the subject of special prayer
that very evening, and they regarded his
leaving the vessel and his return home as
an answer to their prayer.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-01-21

lowing ceremonyswas repeated by them,
and legalized by Justice Hurlburt:
GO Frank, with your consent, before
these witnesses, l acknowledge you as my
true and loving wife
"The bride responding I, too, Viii.
liam, with your consent before these wit.
nesses, receive you as my loved and law.
full husband. Our souls united we shall
be true to each other. here and in the grand
hereafter
"After the ceremony the guests, some
fifty in number, partook of bountiful and
handsomely arranged repast"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-01-21

AN act passed at the last session of the
Dominion Parliament, with the view OF
preventing Canada being made an asylum
Tor thieves and swindlers, goes into opera
ton this year. This act provides that il
any person takes into Canada, or has in his
possession therein, any property stolen,
or obtained by fraud or false pretenses in
any other country, in such manner that
the stealing or obtaining it in like man.
ner in Canada would be felony or mis-
demeanor, then the takingsof such prop
erty there, or having it in possession
with knowledge of its being unlawfully
obtained, shall be an offense of the same
nature and punishable in the same man
ner as if the stealing or unlawful obtain
ance had taken place in Canada.