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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-06-15
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Varnishes ana Oils
WINDOW GLASS AND PUTTY
No. 107 King street. -, -
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ouiries from the country. Wal ~.
SAMUEL II. JhNEET hAhh"H |"
,htJNEY " &C..
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No l45 King street -r
4s- Orders ard Inquiries from INC ccuHIS
promptly sttrnanl 10. sep u 60 ..
VERY BEAUTIFUL AND CHEAP NE"
y DRESS GOODS.
white irish Linen Lawns.
French Pique, new styles
Swiss Musins.
French Lawn or Musiln
Jaconet Cambrlc;
Na,nsooks, plain and g. laid
Checked and striped CMllorlcs'
Tarltons very vide and cheap
| Loorat! Lawns, smn!l lsuFed. ..,
| new styles very pretty.
! Kiuc, Pink and Buff Jsconot Lawns.
p.7cnlr, beautiful new styles .s.
Very cccap Grcnadines, Six crhpFo4uoio0'
Black Iron Bcrcge and HornhnnSa
Figured do, very rich sly ies.
,o,n7 I,e,os. Grays and SuitngS' ,,,
.!aPain.c v,,D siylts of Dress Goods ~ Ere"''y
| reduced p1 ices ht ,,,D,, T NuOOD'S
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* ar his personal represent tves, VINO wa
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"nsrs uro to Harriet Robinson both OF whom
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'ifthnv apply to BENZ. 70 BlNSON,or joni
strsh, llrddcr<GrlA. England, they Will hea
or something to their advantage
SimraseI t. be d; A!rxsntris' near " a7"
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pincc. 1O7 King street.
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rTOTICE-Gcc1pant and owners OF d"eil
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bcrebv motif ed 20 remove the grass u ON vi
s;dew,.ks and cutters in front OF tne:r l.s
V d,rrn-und places OF business, rs the Ia" r'gafo
no. ,he same will be rgidIy entorced:r ,,,
:, III '"' JAMES FADELEI,
- ;, -, Supt. Of Police.
SLACK i;uMBAZINE FINISH ALPA!
I X asa full line from No. - to lO5 recel
= nt his morning. We have sold great man
II thr.e goods, and we feel ssfo in recommcl,
inc them. We have also the Jet Black A'pa'
rs. y, all prices. y,.EER,
: iol4 WILMER & SLA YM Al IN
& 100. T..
r stT:,MAC LODGE, No -, WI MIr po1o
grand EXCURSION and fio-E a. frient
4 .iculars in Il future edvertisemeht; '0'
" arer,oue.ted to prepare to sttenc. ,,on,ent:.
- ;e IT. cost COMMITTEE o! al n"e e-;--,,---
~J,.vET WINE-ln cases Of 4. tsroy
- ;ais go-de.ux celebrated Ciarel' ieo'''
r. 80, trono i'm porters and Tor ssis 0y
or direct ii"hi " VERY IL DAF lDSON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-06-15
TELEGRAPH NEWS.
FROM WASHINGTON.
CONGRESS-.

WASHINGTON, June 1j--3 p. Id.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-06-15

.I,rk ,uMHAZINE FINISH ALPAC'
r nS-A full line from No. 20 to lO5 receiv
81 This morning We have sol great mshs
ii these goods, and We feel ssto IN recon hiGmc
ing them. We have also the jet BLACK H'p'0
~. ~ all prices ,,,EER
ioit WILMER & SLAY NJ A n nm.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-06-15

loo.
( grand EXCURslON and pIC-G Hnr frien n5
.iculars in future advertisement 'O'
nrs rloue.ted to prepare to sttenc .oroonent:.
~ en3t Committee OF ArraneenH'Ht.--.-
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-25
Advice to NJ On in SIN al Anthor.ty,

From Companions my Solitude
Before quitting the subject OF
travelling. l cannot help making a
remark which has often occurred to
me, but which. howe> er. has regard,
not 50 much to the travellers as -
those they travel among. 1t con-
Germs all those who preside over
coach offices, diligence Offices. Post
Offices and Custom Houses. What
fine opportunities such people have,
1t seems to me. 10 manifest :. Chris
tian temper. 1t is .ircsome to vou,
oh Postmaster, to be asked all man
ner of questions, of which You can
not see the drift, Or which YOU think
you have answered in Your ;irst re
ply. But the poor inquirer is far
from home; he ha, but dim under
standing of your language, still dim
mcr of Your customs; his little
daughter is Ill az home, perhaps; he
wants to be assured By hearing
again what you said, even if he
thought he understood the meaning
at first; ana YOU should be good
naturcd and soluminou> in Your re-
plies. Besides, You must bethink
yourself that what is 50 simple to
You as your daily transactions, may,
nevertheless, be somewhat compIl-
Gated. and hard to understand,
and especially to a foreign mind.
You might. think, carry in your
mind an imaginary Office, which
you should see before You on the
wall of which fronts You as von ad-
dress your applicants: "Advicc to
men in small authority" 1t is a
great privilege to have an opportu-
nifty many times 4 day, in the course
of your business. to do a real kind
ness which is not to be paid for.
Graciousncss of demeanor is a larg.
part Of the duty of any official per-
son who comes in contact with the
world Where mans business is.
there is the ground for his religion
to manifest itself
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-25
Lord Avonm0re--cr Loss.

The Yclvcrtons, lords of Avon
more, are neither very ancient nor a
very distinguished race; vet two of
them have attracted attention in
their dav-Barry Ielverton, the foun-
der of the house, and Major Charles
Iclverton, at present entitled to its
honors. Barry Yelvcrton was an
Irish lawyer in days when steady
hand and a sure shot were rs neces-
sary to advancement as eloquence
or knowledge of the books-though
contemporary of the brilliant
IrishmGn Of the last century could
not hope for eminence unless he
was both eloquent and learned.
Yelvcrton shot and read and drank
his way up to the highest honorS of
the Irish bar. He was a ''new man" ;"
but he died peer, and he had been
lord chief baron of the cxchequer
He was one of those fortunate Irish
men who lived at the time of the
union-"tortunate because he had a
country to sell" More distinguish
ed, at least more notorious, than
any who have since worn the pearl
ed coronet Of Avonmore is the pres
cnt peer, better known as Major
Charles Iclverton, of the royal ar
tillcry, distinguished Crlmean
soldier, Il wearer Of the Victoria
cross, IAN officer and gentleman"
and defendant in the cause celebre
of 'Thelwell VS.. lelverton." 1t is
some twelve years since that famous
case was decided in the common
pleas Of Dublin, decided by jury
and by popular voice in favor of the
real plaintiff. Teresa Longworth.
On the record the plaintiff was a
Yorkshire trader, and the plaint
that Major Yekerton refused topay
for necessaries supplied to his wife
to the extent of flS7. The answer
was simple denial Of the alleged
relationship between himself and
Miss Longworth, and an assertion
that she had been his mistress.
They had met in the Crimea, where
Miss Longworth, had acted as
a volunteer nurse. Subsequently
they met again, and the personal
charms and rare accomplishments
Of the lady conquered the Crimean
hero. As he confessed atterward,
he sought her ruin, but was unsuc-
| cesslul, and then on two occasions
went through form OF marriage
once in Scotland, per verba de pre-
senti, and once in the pleasant little
village of Rostrevor, on CARING
ford Tough, in Ireland. BY sub
terfuge he satisfied the Clergyman,
for it is still felony in Ireland for
Il Catholic priest to bless the mar
riage Of Protestant and Papist.
They travelled together as man and
wife, but after time events took
the old course; the major deserted
! Miss Longworth and marrisd Mrs.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-25
Sam Lawson on the Hokums.


Mrs. II. b. Stowe, in the Atlantic Monthly for
November.
They had a putty bad name them
Hokums. How they got a livin' no
body knew, for they didn't seem to
pay no attention to raisin' nothin'
but children, but the deuce knows
they had lots o them. Their old
hut was like rabbit pen, there was
a tow head to every crack and cram
ny. Member what old Caesar said
once when the word came to the
store that old liokum had GOT twins.
''>'pose dc Lord knows best SAYS
Caesar, "but 1 thought dcre was Ifo-
kums enough aforc." Wal, even
poor workin' industrious folks like
me finds its hard gcttin' along when
there's so many mouths to feed.
Lordy nassy, there don't never seem
to be no end ont and 50 it ain;t
wonderful, come to think ont. eff
folks like them Hokums gets tempt
ed t. help along in the ways that
amt quite right. Anyhow folks
did use to think that old IIokum
was too sort o familiar with their
wood-piles long in the night, though
they couldn't never prove it on him;
and when Mother Hokum come to
houses round to wash, folks use
sometimes to miss pieces, here and
there, though they could never find
EN- on her; then they was alters
gettin i'll debt here and a gettin' in
debt there. Then they cot to OWN
two dollars to Joe Gid@er for butch
crs' meat. Joe was sort O good-na-
tured and let 'em have meat, cause
llokum promised so fair to pay, but
he couldn't never cit it out O him.
Member once Joe walked up to the
cranberry pond artcr that are two
dollars, but Mother Iokum see him
a comm !jiSt as he was comm past
the luniper-bush on the corner. She
says to Hokum, :. Get into bed, old
man, quick, and let me tell the
story" says she. SO she covered
him up, and when Gidgcr come in
she come up and says she, "Why,
Mr.. Gidger, I'm jist ashamed to see
me; why, Mr.. IIokum was list a
comm down to pay ye that are
money last week, but We see he was
took down with the small-pox-''
Joe didn't hear any more; he just
turned round and he streaked it out
| that are door, with his coat-tails fly
in out straight ahind him, and old
Mother Hokum she .ist stood by the
window holdin' her sides and laugh
in fit to split to see him run. That
ares sample o the ways them Ho-
kums cut up.
Old Mother Hokum was a sort o
entcrprisin' old critter-tact was
she had to be, cause the young lIo-
kums was jist like bag s-worms-,he
more they growed the more they
eat, and | expect she found it pretty
hard to fill their mouths.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-25

Forbes, the widow of the distin-
guished Prof. Edward Forbes.
! Thelwall vs.. Yclverton was tried to
decide whether in fact Teresa Long
worth was wife or mistress. White
side, now chief justice Of ireland,
and the most distinguished advo-
Gates Of the Irish bar were arrayed
on each side, and on the bench was
the keenest Irish lawyer of his day,
Chief Justice Monahan. The jury
found for the plaintiff that there was
. Scotch marriage and that there
was al Irish marriage. Major Vel
verton escaped through side door,
and his wife was drawn in her car
riage by relays of Irishmen, after
the manner in which Dublin does
honor to its favorites. That was
the hour Of triumph Of Teresa Yel-
verton, nee Longworth. Thence
forward her life was series Of law
suits. In Scotland and in the House
Of Lords her title to the name Of
wife was contested step by step, and
fought as bravely by her. But
though her touching letters brought
tears Of admiration to the eyes Of
chanccllors and cx-chancellors, and
her own personal advocacy in forma
pauperis might have touched sterner
hearts than Lord Colonsay's, she
was cast, and her motion as ''pur-
suer" was denied To commence
the fight over again, was indeed
possible, but pecuniarily, and physi-
cally it was wiser for her to yield,
for legal triumph would have ad-
ded nothing to the sympathy ex-.
tended to her, no more than the
victory Of Major Yelverton's lawyer
relieved him from the universal
odium which his candid avowals
and his course brought down on
him. Mrs. Ieiverton, for so the
popular verdict still named her,
practically abandoned her pursuit"
She appeared on the lecture stage
as reader both here and in Great
Britain. At home, where she waa
better known, she had more certain
success than here. OF Major Lord
Avonmorc all trace has been lost;
he has been dead to society, and for
years in the legal proceedings
against him service bv attorney has
been substituted. Where he is,
whether in Australia or in this
country, no one knows. 1t is not
impossible that the press telegram
of this morning will be the first an
nouncemcnt he will receive Of his
present honor-a title which is
never likely y to conceal the fact that
the new Lord Avonmore is Major
the Honorable Charles Yelverton Of
Thelwall rs. 1clyerton. .--Nesr Iv..t
World
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-25
Romance in Renl Life,

Occasionally "rcal lord" be-
comes impatient of the restraints of
his position, and attempts to adopt
the life Of common folks" This
was the case of Lord Ockham, BY
ron's grandson, and heir to his
fathers earldom of Lovelacc. After
Il great deal of strange and trouble
some conduct, Lord Ockham took
regular employ in the yard of Mr..
Scott Russell, the eminent London
ship-huilder. On one occasion,
having need Of money for the pur-
chase OF some instruments, he wrote
to his grandmother, Lady Noel BY
ron, for the required sum, which
was promptly supplied. The check
was drawn to the order Of Niscount
Ockham, and he, accordingly, in his
workman's dress, walked into a
London banking house, and present
ed it.. The clerk glanced at it, and
then Handed it back, saving, at is
drawn to order and needs his lord
ships Endorsements" upon which, to
the Indignation of the clerk, the
rough mechanic siezed pen and
scribblcd "Ockham' on the back.
The scandalized clerk immediately
signaled the constable in attendance
to arrest the torger, us he supposed,
and the culprit was confronted with
a partner. The clerk explained the
circumstance. "Well," replied the
offender, to the clerks astonishment,
II am Lord Ockham." The partner,
who knew the family and the pc
culiar circumstances well, looked
steadily at the young man for a
minute, and then said to the clerk
''Yes, it is quite right; pay the
check Lord Ockham, at the time
Of his death, was engaged to a young
girl Of highly respectable antece-
dents, in humble life, whose parents
were almost to the last ignorant OF
the real position Of the suitor.-
H1rpsr's Ns'kly.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-25
A Few Suggestions About tho Baby.

AS for the baby, whatever rudi-
mentary arts he may develop, he
does not show the slightest possible
glimpse of the development of NOR
III sense. His notions of sleep are
simply inordinate. His times for
awakening are the small hours, when
all conscientious babies are asleep.
He then displays capacity for yell
ing, which otherwise could hardly
be expected from so minute an in
sect. At other times he reclines,
sucking his thumb in dim yearning
after 4 pipe, or doubling his fist in
lively anticipation of life's coming
struggles. A baby is generally born
looking extremely old. One almost
begins to speculate whether the Pla-
tonic theory of reminiscence may
not be true, and whether alleged ba-
by may not be some extremely old
gentleman who has acted rather bad
ly in another sphere of existence,
and has another mundane chance
given him. Babies look awfully old
and wrinkled when they are born.
Sometimes they look ninety, but |
have seen them look as Young as
eight-and-torty. In few days they
throw off the old existence, and are
fairly embarked upon this real sea
OF human life, where they will have
rocks and shoals and auicksands
enough before they can come into
any sort of haven. Yet there is
something maddening about baby.
Boswell is reported to have once
said to DR.. johnson: "Sir. what
would you do if you were shut up in
a tower with a baby?" | forget
what the response was. "Sir, you
are fool" suppose, or something
equally laconic and straightforward.
The suggestion is an awful one,
probably an impossible one; but
still the dread idea recurs-"What
would a man do if he were shut up
alone with a baby:''- Londou So
cjItn
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-25

\ WESTERN NOVELETTE, Out on
the Union Pacific road, not long ago,
a kiehapoo Indian saw locomo-
tive coming down the track at the
rate Of forty miles an hour. He
thought it WAS an imported breed Of
buffalo, aud WAS anxious to secure
ii, 50 rs to take the prize at the an
nual exhibition Of the Kickapoo ag-
ricultural society. SO he fastened
one end of his lasso to his waistbelt,
and, when the engine got near
enough, he threw the moose nicely
over the smoke-stack Perhaps it
is not necessary, but we may as well
relate that the locomotive did not
stop. The engineer and fireman
witnessed the most successful at
tempt to do the flying trapeze made
by any Kickapoo Indian upon the
plains since the lst of last January.
There was an aboriginal funeral at
the next station when the engine ar
rived. The grave was not large,
for they only buried small piece
of copper-colored meat tied to Il
string and enclosed in a sardine-
box.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-25

CAN A WIFE SUE HER HUSBAND
At the District Court yesterday in
the case of Mary Allen VS.. Henry II.
Allen, in which she sued him in
debt for money loaned him, plaintiff
alleges in her petition that defen-
dant, her husband, borrowed of her
one thousand dollars and then de
serted her. The husband demurred
on the ground that wife could not
sue her husband for debt. The
court overruled the demurrer, thus
decided that a wife deserted by her
husband can sue him at law for a
debt due her from him. Judgment
for plaintiff for 500. Hereafter let
deserving husbands pay up before
they depart. The defendant in this
case was some months ago the driver
of the Brady street omnibus. He
married a respectable widow lady,
and after getting all her cash, some
$4,000, bascly deserted her. The
unprincipled wretch is said to be
now living on the money he stole
from his wife.-D0reDpoW Guzette.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-25

Here is an idea for pretty hat:
Take your husbands or brothers
east off chapeaux (not shabby, of
course), but those of last seasons
style, cut them off midway the crown
leaving the top the height of the
high fashionable ladies' hat, put a
fold Of black bias velvet about the
base, to flare u little when it sits up
on the head, and belt ofvelvet two
inches wide about the crown, a jet
buckle and two or three ostrich tips
at the side, and you have with little
trouble and expense q right stylish
headgcar, and affords 50 good a
chance to. moralizc on the cxtrava-
gance of men and the economy OF
women
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-25
VALUE OF AN EXPLANAT1oN.-A
.ertaln kinr. it is said. sent to anoth-

VALUE OF AN ExpLANAT1oN.-A
certain king, it is said, sent to anoth-
er king, saying, "Scnd me a blue
pig with a black tail, or else-."
The other, in high dudgeon at the
presumed insult, replied, 81 have
not got one, and if had" On
this weighty cause, they went to
war for many years. After satie-
ty of glories and miscries, they final
ly bcthought them that, as their
armies and resources were exhaust
ed, and their Kingdoms mutually
lain waste, it might be well enough
to consult about the prelminaries
Of peace; but before this could be
concluded, 4 diplomatic explanation
was first needed of the insulting
language which formed the ground
of the quarrel. "What could YOU
mean,' asked the second king of the
first, ''by Saying,-'Send me Il blue
PIG with black tail, or else-.'
"Whv," said the other, 81 meant Il
blue pig with black tail, or else
some other color" "But," retortcd
he, ''what could would you mean
by saying, 4 have not got one, and
if had "Why, Of course, if
| had, should have sent it, An
explanation which was entirely
satisfactory, and peace was conclu-
ded accordingly.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-25
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Charlie Sing.

The correspondent Of the Boston
-1dcertjser gives this description OF
the leading Chinaman at Mr.. Samp-
sons shoe shop in North Adams:
''rhiS Young man is living exam
pie of the classic eapahility of his
race. He came to California eight
years ago. lie served his contract
time faithfully rs a house servant.
lie has kept store several wears in
Nevada. He is a partner in one Of
the the large houses of san Francis
60. He keeps the most complicated
accounts with entire ease, and car
rlcS on a very extensive correspon-
dence with the other side of the
world. lie rules his little flock with
pleasant words and constant smile,
and never has any trouble. He at
tends to their commis>ariat, and
keeps the run Of the market. He
seems entirely content with his six
ty dollars "a month, and his rice and
tea diet. He already knows every
detail Of practical >hoemaking and
can show his men the right way
whenever they make a biunder. He
is as unasSumlng a> the President,
and was never known to be in II
hurry.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-25
INDEPENDENTS NURSERY.

4 T the Independence Nursery, one mile west of
IN this City. can be found good assortment of
the most hardy varieties of Grated Apple Trees:
also Seeding Apple Trees: Early Richmond and
Egg, Lombard, Columbia, Minor and Blue Plums;
Red and Yellow Siberian. Transcendent. Soulard,
Hyslop, FOrbs and Tetopsky Crabs: Houghton
little Black Cap. Purple Cane and Catawina Rasp-
berries; Concord and Clinton Grapes: Wilson's,
Russell's Lannngs White and French's Seeding
Strawberries; Currants. Roses, Flowering Al
mOnds. SnOwballs. Gladiolas. Lilies, Dahlias-
Flowering Shrubs Weeping Willows: Evergreens;
Verbenas, Sweet Potatoes, and in fact any and
everything in the Nursery line cheaper than can
be had from any other Nursery. ! will also order
on short nolce anything in the green house line.
from ID. Wilmot Scot of Galena. Illinois, at cata-
ogue prices freight and express charges excepted.
Almost all of the above grown and accli-
mated here on our own grounds.
j. S. BOUCK.
2S-tf Proprietor.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-25

\ case Of reformation which has
rare parallels has recently occurred
in New York city. Among the most
noted houses Of dubious reputation
in the metropolis WAS enc kept BY
Jennie McCord, furnished in pal:-
tial style. the furniture atone having
cost over one hundred thousand dol
lars in Paris. jennie has been
thinking over tho error of her ways,
and concluded to lead better life.
She has sold her house. furniture,
jewelry, &c, distributing about half
the proceeds 10 different asyiums
and charitable institutions, and de-
voting thousands Of dollars moro to
the benefit Of such Of the former in
mates of her mansion as she could
induce to follow her example and
abandon life ofshame. She is now
leading an honest life, in humble
quarters, '.-s
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-25
M. r.. EASTMAN.

A TToRNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
n and Land Agent, Jesup, Buchanan County,
Iowa. Will practice in Buchanan, BlackhaWk,
and adjoining counties. 3l1f