Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-05-02

marriage anu DcdLu' 4>otlCSo, WAS1 ho.
exceeding eight lines, fifty cents.
A DILEMMA. The Sheriff of Sacramento,
Mr.. Bryte, is in quandary. He has received
IN order from district Judge, sitting IN San
Francisco, to place one Lloyd Tevis In posses
SION of certain parcel of land described in the
writ, eiectiug all persons now occupying 1t.
The order was issued in suit brought upon
one of the celebrated "Sutler titles. Now,
tbc Shcrif7s dilemma is this: Almost the
entire city Of Sacramento rests upon the parcel
of land described, and how to remove the pop
ulation with the limited force at his command
is problem which causes him serious uneasl-
ness. He has only about twelve men at his
disposal, and if he increases this number by
raising posse he must necessarily call on men
who are themselves subject to eiectment The
suit of Tevis has been prosecuted very quietly
and the decision has taken the people OF Sacra-
mento by surprise Some uneasiness exists,
similar to that felt after slight shock of earth
quake, but in general the sherif's dilemma is
regarded with CHARACTERISTIC California humor
Though involving two different, but equally
delicate points in law, this Sacramento dead,
lock- reminds us of very complicated legal
question described by Mark Twain. land
slide had occurred and one man S farm, on
side hill, had been left completely covering,
that of another man. The question arose, OF
course, as to the ownership of the upper farm.
The man who owned the lower farm certainly
had a fee simple from the centre of the earth
to an indefinite distance in space, but the up
per farm was so evidently the property OF his
ncighbor that the latter was not willing to ac.
knowledge merely technical principle of law
and lose his land The proper way to do was
to haul off the upper farm, but with the meaDs
at his disposal he found himself in dilemma
exactly the same as that of our California sher-
iff, whose duty it is to ''haul off superficial
deposit of human beings on the ground occu
pied by the city of Sacramento.
THE GREAT EAsTERN-The Great Eastern
has not achieved the great results Tor which 1t
was projected. 1t was originally intended to
form one of fleet of six steamers of equal ca
pacity for the Eastern trade. But it was found
upon experiment that to navigate such vast
wonder vessel was failure for all commercial
purposes. The operating expenses and the
difficulties of gathering cargo and passengers
sufficient in quantity and number to render her
trips pecuniary success proved futile. What
she has not accomplished in one direction, how
ever, she has admirably done in another. AL
though commercially and financially failure
such as would probably have dislnantled her
long ago, she proved to be just in time for the
calls of science which have rendered her in
valuable iu an unlocked for capacity. Since
1865 she has been exclusively devoted to sub
marine telegraphic purposes, and during that
time has laid in various parts OF the word tWen-
y thousand miles Of deep sea electric CABLE all
of which is nov in good working order. But tor
her the Atlantic cables mi ght not have been
laid. This vessel was the OF ly one capable OF
afiording accommodations necessary for stow
above all, affording the eavenness or steadiness
requisite for paying it out without difficulty or
disaster. Since laying the Atlantic cable she has
laid down others in all parts OF the world. The
British Australian, China Submarine, British
India and British Indian Extension are only a
few of them She is now chartered to lay a
fourth trans Atlantic cable, and IS only awaiting
its completion to start, lying now at Sheerness.
The cable is to be manufactured by and laid
under the auspices of the Telegraph Construc-
ton Company of England. She is expected in
New York bay in August.
THE WEATHER REPORTS The idea which
may be entertained by some that the weather
representations sent out by the signal office
daily are really made by certain old gentle
man deeply versed in meteorological lore, and
to whom the irreverept appellatlon OF "Old
Probabilities properly belongs, is altogether
tallacious. If that name belongs to. any one in
particular, it ought, perhaps, to attach to Gen.
Albert j. Myer, the chief signal officer. under
whose general direction weather predictions are
made-a except the "Old,' which does not
apply. Gen. Myer, however, has Emo direct
agency in compiling the daily reports, that
work being assigned to three gentlemen
Lieut.. Robt. Craig, of the United States
army, and Professors Cleveland Able and
Thompson B. Maury-who alternate in max
ing the daily meteorological forecast None of
these gentlemen are old man. Lieut. Craig is a
graduate of West Point and is about twenty
eight years of age; Professor Able, who was
formerly director of the Cincinnati observatory,
is but thrty-fve, and Professor Maury, who
was few years ago president OF Kentucky
college is about the same age The professors
have no connection with the military service,
but are simply employed to aid IN compiling
the reports. All Of these gentlemen are en-,
thusiastc meteorologists, and were selected
with special view to their peculiar quallflca-
tions for the positions which they now t 1t
will be seen from this statement OF facts that
"Old Probabilities is a myth, and that the
public is indebted for the daily weather reports
printed in the press to three young men, all OF
whom, as we have before stated, are under
thirty five years of age -,.
CuIcAGo girl hearing that her lover had "a
been stricken with smallpox insisted upon n.y.
ing to his bedsides and becoming his nurse. 1t
Was severe case, but she was uuceaslng IN he1
devotion, and principally through her care ano
skill the patient recovered. And now sne ner.
self fell a victim to the complexion-d1estroylnIg
monster, and although she survived the attack
atlt> close the beautiful pink and white OF mel n,
fair face had flown forever, and from being the tn
rrrettcst girl iu Chicago she became one OF tht
EIalncst. Her lover had attended her througf
her Illness but when he saw how. teartuny she
was changed his love for her departed, ane
when the marriage day drew near ne re1usee !:
TO fulfil his mart of the contract. She TOOK MI