Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-07-30

rumored to have been endowed by an eccentric
gentleman who lately died in Columbus, Ohio.
Whether this feline hospital is built or not
depends, says the story, on whether the will
eau be contested upon the ground OF Insanity;
but this is by no means the first ''institutlon
of the kind reported to have been endowed.
Now, most of these stories are, OF course,
huaxes but we believe there have been cases
of genuine bcqueSts of money IN trust for the
uses Of cats by friends of these warbers. On
the other hand if there are fellnophiIists, or
cat lovers, in the word, there are also tchno.
phobists or cat haters, aud IN tins latter class
are probably Included most persons who pass
their summer nightS III the city. wall on
this subject lately came from Edinburgh,
through a correspondent of the Scotsman, who,
declaring, that the city is at the mercy ot wan
derng cats left behind by the pleasure seekers
who have gone to the country, says 'Peo-
pie shut up their houses and rush Oft to the
Seaside or the moors to Norway or Switzerland
or Iceland and leave their domestic pets,
adorned with pretty ribbons, to starve aud suit
fer II not 10 die in their absence. Have they
no thoug ht or care that We, whose fate 1t Is to
be lett behind, are deprived Of rest and peace
and made positively miscarable by their
thoughtlcss iuhumanity in leaving their cats
unlrovidtd for to prowl and cry aud murder
our sleep p He even insists on legal remedies
for this municipal evil declaring that the
aLounding OF cat>, IN TOO many cases emaciated,
rlv,nuuS, savage aud voclicrouS IN their wall
ingS by night aud by day, is such a nuisance
and such distress to feeling hearts, both mas
cunc and feminine, as really to demand the
attention of the authorities and prompt,
vigorous aud effective remedy.' We are hard
ly prepared to take such high ground for the
suppression of this nocturnal evil but it is GER
rx>fe
test, and to imagine the rage of the Edinburgh
victim when he reads the views On the Cat
question said to be taken by the gentleman in
Columbus -Phihtdepliu Record.
4 NovAL FOOT RACE for fun, took place on
Court street yesterday at noon. The contest
chester, and Mr. James f. Diggs, of
Portsmouth, each of whom uses solid wooden
leg. The course of the race extended from
South street tolligh, distance of four squares
and by the tcrms of the contest two squares
were walking match and two squares a run,
ming match. After TWO attempts the parties
got off, Portsmouth ahead, aud the walking
match was vigorous struggle to County street,
where brief halt was made, This was victory
for Portsmouth. The two then started on the
'homc run" Manchester promptly going
ahead At King street the Portsmouth man
gained distance rapidly, but suddenly broke
down u consequence of losing the rubber at
tachment of his leg. Manchester kept bravely
on to High street, and won the race by about
forty yards. There was nothing wagered. The
novelty of the contest and the awkward move
ments of the participants excited a good deal of
merriment among the crowd assembled to wit
ness it. The temperature at the time was fully
10 n Irnd taD in bp but "a
contestants seemed but little worried by it
NORFOLK Iu.) Journal.
NORFOLK MARKETS. There was tempting
display of cdibles in our domestic market Satur-
day. The vegetable market was an unusually
large one, and the supply was larger than we
have ever seen there before. We give below
the prices of the leading articles: Watermelons,
5 to 2Oc each cantelopes, to &c each; peaches,
25c half peck for choice; pears, to Ice per
quart; apples, 3 to SC per quart; whortleberries,
lUc per quart; blackberries, SC per quart; cab
bages, , to sc per head; tomatoes &c per quart;
arbor beans, zoe per quart; snap beans, lOc
per quart; cymbllns, lOc per dozen; cucumbers,
>cpcr dozen; green corn, 10 to 25c per dozen;
beats sc per bunch; onions sc per bunch eggs,
lSc per dozen; spring chickens, l6 to SOC apiece;
grown chickens, SUc to 81 apiece; fish (fresh)
10 to 2Oc per dozen, fresh beef, &c per pound;
cnrned beef, l24c per pound; dried beet, 25 to
SOC per pound; mutton, sc per pound; lamb,
l6c per pound; fresh pork, l2!c per pound;
corned pork, ~ to l24c per pound; halus, Is
to lSc per pound; mlddling, IL to l24c per
pound; shoulders, l24 per pound; veal, l6c
per pound; butter 3Sc per pound.
SALE OF CHILDREN IN JApAN.-T dctest-
able pricticc appears to be prevalent In Japan
OF purchasing and selling young children. From
this still more horrible practice has grown up
Chinese traders have gone to Jarau aud, tor
trhlug sum- purchased young girls OF their pa
rcnS. To So great an cxteut has this practice
been conducted that the following rather mild
notification has been issued trom the Japanese;
Forci GA Office: t1.u came to our country for
the purpose of trading only, and expecting
great privileges; but We are informed that some
Chinese have bought Japanese children, aud
sent them to China Tor the purpose of making
them slaves As no one likes to sell his own
child, ii is certain that other peoples children
have been stolen We regret this, and are very
augry about it, You have resided u long time
in this country under the government protec-
ton, but iustead OF doing guoi for our country
YOU have done much evil Ifany such wrong
doug occurs again, the government will not
spare. Beware, Chinese. GAlMUsHIo.
HARPER WEEKLY-This paper is edited
by the chairman OF the Civil Service commits
slonerS, and is one OF the thickand thin cham
plonS of the President Every abuse, wrong
and corruption is defended or extenuated in its
columns without stint The last uumber con-
tans portrait of Thomas Settle, who prtsid
ed over the Grant Convention of otice-holders
aud mercenarles at Philadelphia. 1t presends
to give sketch of his life aud yet carefully ex-
cludes the notorious fact that he was a rampant
sccessoDist, and served as captain and major
IN the Confederate army, until the tide turned,
when he Shametully abandoned the men whom
he had misled and with Holden ioiued the win
ming side