Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-01-03
Alexandria Gazette
Iucit.ents md Comments.

TEMPORARY INSANITY n the cllaTSc ol SlcaillS
three pigs fIe says he had an uncle that was
that way. and had to he confined III lIlnaticasy-
llm or Il penitrntlary. he don remember
which.
A Michigan Life Insurance company has
been excused from paying policy ON man
Et; l.rauS, hc was killed and robbed while
walking home, when the policy only provides
E,r death lN ''plhl!c ~ private conveyance -
Sem, tu Us walking is a private conveyance. or
else it is public.
4 Sl. Louis IMAM appc, Tor divorce ON
,lr ground thar hi~ wife weighs thirty p"un DIS
more, than hr does, and invariably gets the
best oi him in all their encounters. Io guard
,,.,iuSt such occurrences men should always be-
fore Iuarrilgr have the object ut their attcc-
tinn< wriyhr,l and thus become convinced nt
their own superiority.
How some of thr+. items ii" live. You
can xii! them anyway. last summer We pub,
E>hcd un item stating that Il second crop ot
strawberries wu> growing in Minnesota, and to-
,l,v We 90, Il New Orleans paper with that
,,i,. item in. Bless ynl talk about Strawber-
ri,> in Minnesota now Why the snow is for
/, lee; deep "na level.
Private ,hralr:c-.ls arc popular in Chlcag"
hotei. \ nl,n Wen, into :; hotel llrl"r. and
lruan ln hiSruln himself in the presence %: Ia
die and ordered waiter t" bring INN az, warm
l.,th as ne WAS about to marry Miss Nilsson.
and wanted to be- clean. He was nterterrcd
with and his intended bride has ordered her
H't"ri'! u H"'S III ''t Il" anu -, " J. l'''
any u;lg gcr "a nS' M ''i'S "'''"J t -, Wy ,',,..
would probably cost.
n l"9'Svlilt paper h,'lnE real,arASu ;si sew
raj ll'llt> ''i r.,i1a." w., Ivy a1,'' ,'mr him;
y H"'"I' >"' ! T,r nf n,,rsn his srttlrs IN.
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A iilan III Iowa VIII" was h''ns Il "ille anu
then let down. has actually sued the men VINO
lri him down Tor damages. Want "I'll 'h'!
"cl him i'll that fix again
Since the hill was introduced int" the
Irorgil Legislature. making dissatisfaction
sufficient cause for divorce 1t Is sad that gene
ral dissatisfaction exists among the hlarrlea
people there. Even Chicago people are eml-
grating to Georgia.
-MnJnhnso while prowling around in an
ln,liaua saw-mil in the dark to see what he
could find is supposed to have found buzz
saw ,I III" "inrI thm"i fui G "'' "m RI" % ,dr The
>nelveI: Wr Mr." iMr.n .ml thr t:mt that tl,
Il,',i "'.,.,,, tn ',rrobnrot, thc STATE,
'" "f W., ''',',i,l.,r ,i'.t I,bnsnn h,d unnr to
.,'"I', ,h, I"nl 81 ',f H., .,I
'''' '.'''" VI wv ''N',.' h, .ho IA
-Sev"ra' papers nave tricH 10 pca' ,'. tno nc
i!"it paper" telilhg ilcs p't WIN poor s','I,
Duluth paper. naF'hS stated ''iat iiiiI. i'''. :.
%agoli-t"hguc drlSeii through 'ii''l' "i'i' ~
took tour men t" pun out pe1Iolt paper say ;
Il boy there had wagnll-t"nSue ur'ell through n
HIM. but let It alone tor three iholithS; anu Ii
finally worked out ot his toes. NO wonder peo-
pie look upon newspaper reports with SuSplcl"h'
An inventor of patent skates has been try
ing to palm off on the public a skate tor girls
that is Il set-tastener. not requiring any straps
Ut all- This would have proved II serious thing
To the Young men who So delight to tasten on
skates for the girls. but the girls VOW they Will
not wear them No. the more straps you can
put on girl skate. the better the boys and
girls will like them
l'tir, LAWYER took bart in private thcat-
c,,. Lv ,nothrr ncrforncr He was knocked
lawn ,nJ ;nstead Of getting M and saving
'Ha! blow ne turned Oh the "her Petlol-
mlct anu peS'''' 10 'ele'' S''c VI "'''''' i"''
'a'l''! Ill h''li'
..Tur C,upRrlLs The Marquis of Lorne
has fine o,portmity offered him to prove
hnsct a man fit to mate with the royal house
nr his country. The cable announcement that
the Princess Royal of Prussia. Queen Victoria 5
d,uyhtrr, und King William have written a
letter to Queen Victoria protesting against the
marriage Of the Princess Louise to the Marquis
nf lnre. as union beneath her. should be
enough we fancy. to set the tongues of all the
(.mphells in and out of England waggins with
wrath. In the good old days such message
sent concerning Warwick ora Northumber
land. or Il Norfolk would have been met with
mounting in hot haste and Il following of Il
.oulv array of mer-at-arms. to know the rel-
son whv.' Iomc has enough prestige at his
back enough history--cnough of the halo of Il
noble name. to send such an answer to the
IlohcnzoIlcr King us will make all England