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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16
Old Dominion Cheese Factory.

Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
HAMILTON, Va, Jan. l5.-The patrons o!
the "Old Dominion Cheese Factory held a
meeting yesterday to receive the report of the
committee appointed several days ago to in
quire into the expediency of organizing joint
stock company for the purpose of purchasing
the factory The committee reported favorably,
having held conference with the proprietor,
and arranged satisfactory terms. From l,5O0 to
1000 dollars were subscribed in stock, and as
only $4,000 are required, the project bids fair
to be successful. 1t is to be hoped they may
succeed, and that this enterprise, which has al
ready proved itself paying institution, may
not be allowed to fail for want of co operation.
The present proprietor has expended good
deal of money and used great energy in estab-
fishing this factory, and its success, so far, is
owing entirely to his exertions. III now gets
into the hands of stock company, the money
invested by them will be an incentive to great
er exertions, aud the "Old Dominion Cheese
Factory will enter upon its next year with
hatterlng prospects. MARTIN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

The Lynchburg News states that the colored
laborers in adjacent counties, to man almost,
absolutely refuse to hire themselves out on
farms for the present year, at any price. The
consequence is that the farmers, not being
able to obtain labor, are at a complete loss what
to do, and complain that the prospect before
them is gloomier than it has been since the
close of the war.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

At the funeral of the Elk Emperor Napoleon
yesterday, one Of the persons who came from
France brought with him some soil dug from
the garden CT the Tuillcries, which he strewed
over the coffin after it was deposited in the
sacristy of the chapel at Chiselhurst. Obse-
ques were performed at Rome, Milan, Buchar.
est and other places 10 honor Of the deceased
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

Mr.. Garfield is the individual who sent the
four hundred dollars in an envelope to Mr..
Cakes Ames. 1t became anonymous by mere
accident. Mr.. Garfield wrote note to Ames,
telling him that be (Gar6eld) understood Ames
to still claim that he owed him four hundred
dollars. He therefore enclosed the amount.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

At meeting of the Board of Indian Com.
missioners at Arlington yesterday, Friend
Samuel Janney, Of Virginia, gave an inter
esting account of his field of operations, which
is in Northern Nebraska among the tribes liv-
ing at the head and tributaries of the Missouri;
their progress in agriculture and the various
useful arts
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

Mr.. Garfield is the individual who sent the
four hundred dollars in an envelope to Mr..
Cakes Ames 1t became anonymous by mere
accident. Mr.. Garfield wrote a note to Ames,
telling him that he (Garfeld) understood Ames
to still claim that he owed him four hundred
dollars, He therefore enclosed the amount.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

An unsuccessful attempt was made last night
to rob the Dry Goods store of NJ Sinister, 10
Washington, by three men, who we're arrested
with their implements and booty.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

A horrible wife murder was committed IN
tenement in East Eleventh street, N. !. last
night. The mother and sister of the murderer
were found drunk near the body of the victim
The murderer was arrested several hours after
the discovery Of the murder.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

The members of the Bar, at Leesburg, held
meeting on the 18th int, and passed re-
solutions of respect for the memory OF the late
George K. Fox, jr., Clerk Of the County Court.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

The contractors on the Southern Maryland
railroad have been, for some weeks, gathering
in Washington and Alexandra, and in the ad.
iacent counties of Virginia, very large force
of laborers, numbers Of whom are started daily
for st. Marys county, along the line OF the road.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

The Senate committee on disabilities have
concluded to report favorably upon all the petit
tons before them asking the removal OF Legal
and political disabilities.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

The Chicago Tribune includes architects and
builders who do not understand their business
amog those known as the dangerous classes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

Potomac ClTY.-It is mournful to know
that the place where lived the Masous, Ora.
hams Spences and other courtly families of
Virginia, has gone glimmerng through the
things that were school boys tale, the WOO
der Of an hour" Sic transit gloria mundi,
and if Dumfries has vanished, Potomac City
will rise We regret that the corporators did
not give the name of Quantico, at the mouth
of which creek the place is, as we esteem it
more appropriate and beautiful than the high
sounding and pretentious one of Potomac City.
Our object, however, is to enlighten the Her
aid and let it know that there is at Quantico,
or Potomac City, a large Hotel near completed,
built of concrete 10 great taste and style with
accommodations for five hundred persons, and
all 6rst-class appendages. There are already
twelve or fifteen buildings and more projected;
a Custom House and Post Office, fne depots
and DOCKS and at present 10 its safe harbor
feet of steamers, tugs and sail vessels embar-
coed by ice and dischargi1g their cargoes TO
treght cara. The locality gives the incipient
city great advantages: and when the Potomac
and Piedmont Railroad joins the river and the
mountains, it is bound to do large business
in coal, iron and merchandise, aud become a
considerable port Of entry, especially during
the winter We wish more towns were spring
ing up with tokens of as great consequence as
Quautico or Potomac ity.-CMlpeper OJserrer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

There has been another case in New York Of
the murder of wife by her husband. Crime
seems to increase in that city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

Few persons appreciate the rapid accumula-
ton of interest even at the moderate rate Of
six per cent The statement is easily demon
strabIe, that FIVE thousand dollars put at s1
Der cent. interest at the time Of Columbus $
discovery of America would nov amount to
ST, s95, 100 000, 000-more than the entire
mony valuation of this continent or more than
million Of dollars to every one of the seven
teen millions of families op the entire continent.
Ten dollars mouth for ten years will amount
to $l,627.3I. Facts like these illustrate the
importance of looking well to the interest ac
count and the facility with which the young
may acquire capital. Poor Richard was
right Saving is the secret of wealth.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

There is prospect of an active spring trade
in New York. The merchants are importing
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

SHORT SKIRTs.-We give the ladies who
desire to follow the newest fashions, the follow
ing item from the highest orthodox Partisan
and New York authority:
Leaders of fashion are again taking a decided
stand in favor of short skirts for street suits.
Whether the fresh protest against the slovenli.
ness of long skirts is merely return of good
sense, or is caused by the fact that the newest
Partisan costumes are short enough to escape
the ground, We cannot tell but the effect is
good, and we are glad to chronicle it. A lead
ing modiste says her most fashionable customers
are ordering their costumes made shorter; or
else if the skirts are made long enough to train
slightly when used in the house or carriage,
they are invariably provided with numerous
loops and buttons to shorten them when worn
in the street. Ladies have found it difficult to
shorten their skirts gracefully to prevent them
tween the loops but it is quite possible to do this
provided enough loops and buttons are supplied.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

The Credit Mobiiier inVestigatlon-we be
Iicyc two committees-is going Oh still.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

FASHION Here is something concerning
the absurdtics of fashion and the character of
the people who set them 1t relates to par.
ticular monstrosi,y which was originated by
Cora Pearl, the demoisellc who has just left
France for her country's good:
Cora boosted one day at dinner given to a
few familiar friends, gentlemen we'll known at
the Jockey Club, that she could not wear the
most bizarre chapcau without having it copied
ct once. l may here remark that Miss Cora
made her own designs, and II she wanted 10
make present of scart-pln or An onyx cap
she always made drawing for it. bet WIS
made upon this statement, and taking one Of the
visitors hats she smashed it, tramplcd it under
foot cooked up tae brirn, and iAmmed il in the
crown, then dcXterously trimmed it with rib
bons and stuck white feather in the top. It
then had TO be christened, and the name finally
pitched upon WAS 'Rabagas.' The imp-oviscu
chapeau was worn in the Bots dc Boulogne, and
The next day similar hat, but made Of other
materials, WAS placed in the windows Of the mo-
dlate who supplied the inventor 4 more ugly
looking hat Was never mounted upon the CHG
non Of lady, yet in week it had become the
mole, and for three long months 1.-The Rabagas''
has been al the fashion. Since it must have
reached New York ere this, it is WELL perhaps,
to give the origin of this monstronsity, born Of y
convivsl dinner and Il very damaged tile
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

Prominent liberal republicans, " atSt. Louis,
Mo-, have called meeting in that place to be
held on the goth of this month, to consult as
to 8 what would be best for the liberal repub-
licans to do. " Some of them have been for
some time dissatisfied with the course pursued
toward them by their late democratic allies
The selection of Mr.. Bogy for Senator is pro-
nounced to be triumph Of the Bourbon
A letter from Fortress Monroe says, there is
quite an excitement in that neighborhood over
the prospect of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
road terminating at Newport News, at the
mouth of James river, and in consequence land
in that vacinity is going up. MIR. Ford, of
Ford's Hotel, Richmond has bought fifteen
or twenty acres, paying at the rate of two hun
dred dollars an acre. and wants more.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

TIE Production or Coal from peculiar
transformation Of organic tissues has usually
been supposed to be process of excessive
slownc>s, and it has been supposed that thrrr
was formed great accumulation of layers Of
vegetable matter, with alterations Of clay.
sand, etc., before the consolidation aud CON
version Of the former into coal took place. In
his late investigations of the coal formation III
Ohio, Prof Andrews has obtained evidence tina,
the process is more rapid than was imagined.
and that the change into coal had been effected
long before the completion Of the carbontcrous
series. He has found that where the action
OF water had erodei coal seam which had
been buried beneath only tow feet of sand the
fragments removed at that early time were al
ready we'll characterized coal as appears from
the angular fracture which in some instance,
they still retain. These fragments of the
broken UP coa-seam occur mbeddcd in the
Immediately succeeding beds of the torrIa,ol
and near the base of the coal measures Tim,
clearly showing that a period Of! time insignlii
cant as compared with the whole duration Of
the coal period was required to convert the
vegetation Of those times into coal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

a FROZEN WAGON LOAD. The Western
papers excel in good sized stories, and the !ae
cold snap has furnished them with oppor'un',
ties which they have not failed to turn TO r2ol
use. The Leaycnworth Commercla in com
lnentlng upon the severity Of the cold weather
in Southwestern kausas say that "a farmer
who arrived in Wichita, on Saturday reports
having overtaken team loaded with bni1!"
skins, aud on the wagon, stiff with cold, sat llr
driver. permitting the team to wander at VIA
over the prairics, and unable TO help himself
lie told the farmer he Was frozen and con"
PEELED to rruaiu in the position he was, and Al
the same time beckoncd with bis head to the
wagon box, thus calling attention to the con
tents Of the bed Upon looking over the sire
Of the box q terrible sight was before h!'i''
There. lying side by side, We're two hunter;
frozen stiff 10 death, and as the wagon Jote'
over the rough plain. they knocked together
like two great icicles That will do.
4 man vas brought dowu on the Lec3'uI,-
train, this evening, in charge of const't.
Kirby, charged with stealing horse 10 Fairfax
county. He was arrested near llamlllou.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

HEART DISEASE The death return- show
that during the last twenty years there has been,
a steadily progressive rise 10 the registered NOR
tally from heart disease in England aud WaIr,
In the year 800 the recorded fatal eases mum
bered ! .35t, in lS5O they amounted to II .:,,,
and 10 $50 to 25, 2j9 We get more acciI
rate measure Of this increase when the growth
Of the population is taken into account Thu-,
in the qulnqueDnium Sjl55 the average ~
nual mortality from heart disease among
males was 1.3 per 10000 males living
in the next five years it was 81; IA
1861 IS it was 90; AID 1919 in lSGG-I1.
The fatality Of the disease amongst icmalc7
was slightly below the foregoing male ratio,
but was marked by an equally rapid growth IN
the four groups Of years Fully one-thiri OF the
entire mortality Of males az well as Of temaI',
occurred between the ages of torty-fvc and sixty,
five; in the frs, twenty years otlte the fatality
is comparatively slight-ess than . per lort',
from twenty to forty-fve years, and ovtr sixty
years, the range is from to per 1000. -
L0ntina Lnncet
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

The municipal Government Of New York,
cost the city eight and a-half millions less last
year than the preceding year.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

A dispatch to the State Journal, this even
ing, states that DR.. c. S. Mills will be confirm
ed by the U. S. Senate as Collector Of the por
Of Richmond.
In the Court Of Appeals, to-day, in the case
of Day vs. the Commonwealth, Oh writ OIL
error from the Corporation Court OF Aexan
dria, the judgment Of the Court below was re.
versed.
Among the late cases in bankruptcy re
ported is that of j. ?. Hcrndon, Of SpotsyI
vania.
There were forty. three deaths in the city las,
week, twelve from measles. Six cases OF
"varioloid' are reported.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-16

CONGRESS. the Senate, yesterday, a
minority report was submitted from the finance
committee, in relation to the legality Of the
reissue OF Government bonds by the Secretary
of the Treasury. A bill was passed for the re-
lief of John Thompson Mason, late Collector OF
the Port of Baltimore. 4 bill vas passed au-
thorizins the extension Of the Point Lookout
railroad into the District of Columbia
In the House OF Representatives the inve-ti
eating committee was ordered to inquire wheth
er any member OF the House had been paid to
act as attorney for the Credit Mobilier or the
Union Pacific railroad and if money had been
paid by either of said corporations in aid of the
election of any member OF Congress. The
consideration of the legislative appropriation
bill was concluded aud the bill passed. The
bill for the consolidation Of Indian tribes into
a Territorial government was discussed until
adjournment.
The municipal Government Of New York,
cost the city eight and a-hatf millions Iess last
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-09-11

THE INVENTION OF THE CoTToN GIN.-As
is pretty well-known, Eli Whitney in the year
1898 invented the cotton saw gin, and thus laid
the foundation for the edifce Of this country's
greatness as cotton producing area. Whit,
ney was a native of Massachusetts and moved
to Georgia With scarcely any appliances usu-
ally considered requisite, he set about his work,
which, he brought to successful issue, though
various and vast improvements have been since
made, upon Whitney's mechanism. Whitney
died in 1926 and is buried in the cemetery,
New Haven, Conn. '.
~ While in Georgia, Whitney boarded with a
woman named Green, who owned large plan
tation near the city of Savannah. On one oc-
casion number of planters were invited to
dine at Mrs. Green's house, and IN the course
of the day discussion arose upon cotton und
its management One gentleman OF large ex-
perience, observed that if some means were de-
vvised whereby the seed could be separated from
The lint, cotton plantin would become great
business. Mrs Green, aware probably of the
;procliyities of her lodger, invited him to
take part in the conversation. On the require
ment being mentioned to him, he stated that he
could invent machine TO do the work. How
he kept his word is we'll known, for soon after
wards appeared the raw cotton gin. In spite,
however, of the great boon which he conferred
upon the country, Whitney died poor man,
like very many of the worlds greatest benefac-
ltors.-IHe South. j. IL
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-09-11
Engineer and Inventor" !"

Forewarned is to be forearmed, and if the
denizens of Northern cities shall, some fine
morning, be awakened from their slumbers by
sheet of fire and birthstone pouring down
from feet of flying machines upon their de-
voted habitations, then it will not be because
they have not been warned of their danger
Whether it would be better for the President
to call at once for ah increase of the army and
navy, or rely upon the "Grand Army of the
Republic" and the militia, to meet this new
danger which threatens the ''life of the nation"
it is for wiser heads than mine to suggest.
The original of the above letter is at, the
command of the "Archive Office" if it thinks
proper to file it among the records of the IRE
bellion," so.called, and it can be had for much
less than the $4,000 paid John T. Picket for
his probably bogus documents. 7t ''
In conclusion, I will say that if trap was
designed; by the foregoing, it was very poorly
set but if it really comes from some poor for
eigner, whose brain has been unsettled by
striving after impossible Inventions, then the
question arises, whether the person at the head
Of the "Retugn Letter Office" would have teen
half as prompt to return g. letter enclosing
money Of a check as he has been to forward
to me this most 'important:and valuable docu-
ment? .H ..a...n .E5f5-1 ~ 1.I'+@ =.
l,,.s ct,.,,.. Respectfully, 49, .,o-.i g. 9eta'
~ ,J. A. EARLY.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-09-11


DESPERATE FIGHT. WITH A SNAKE.-t we
can credit a perfect reliable gentleman, we
have to relate the fercest conflict with o snake
on record Our informant lives On Beaver
Creek, Mitchell.county, and is q gentleman en-
tirely trustworthy in, every particular. His
statement is substantially this:
John Masters had gone at IN early hour on
Monday last to fell some young trees, when ne
felt a peculiar motion under bis feet, on re-
moving he was thunderstruck, on seeing snake
raising his head and body rapidly, and in q
perpendicular direction, with eyes glaring
fercely.
Without moments hesitation and almost
without thought of the consequence, Masters
grasped the body of the snake at distance of
about sixteen inches from the head and held it
firmly. Meantime the snake was coiling around
the lower part of his body in circles, and press
ing him SO severely as to lead him to believe
that his bones would give way to the pressure.
The snake now moving his head to the right
and]Ieftldarting at Masters head, while he was
compelled to dodge so as to avoid the snakes
attack.
Masters at this time, finding himself losing
ground while the snake was gaming strength
and vigor, recollccted that he had jack knife
in his pocket, and after much trouble and
nerve succeeded in getting hold ofit, and, by
vigorous effort, he cut the body of the snake
across, about an inch from the spot where he
held it. It was perhaps, the greatest relief he
ever experienced to find the snakes body relax
ing and ultimately falling from him. The
hes head and upper part of the snake, although
still active, were evidently getting weaker, and
Masters ultimately succeeded by means of his
knife, in Staying the reptile. It measured nine
feet eight inches in length.-H'ceory Press.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-09-11
A MODEL CAND1DArE.-Mr. w. c. Kenner-

A MODEL CANDIDATE-Mr. w. G. Kenner-
", of Virginia, is a model ofice-seeker. An
niouncing himself for the Legislature, he pre-
sents his claim as follows:
"When I reflect and contemplate the long
line of men of brilliant genius which tor the
past thirty years has been furnished by Clarke
to our State Legislature, and when contem-
plate their valuable and distinguished services,
am seized with an overwhelming desire to go
and do likewise, and be enabled, after mes IS
ftful fever is over to leave my chlldren lail
nroud epitaph of Here lies one more OF
Clarke's distinguished sons, statesmen and pa.
triots who nobly fell battling for the spoils Of
Office and tbe rights of man."
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-09-11
: MIR. w. c.. a conceited snob, was so font

Mr.. W. c., conceited snob, was SO fond
of fine clothes that he revelled in them by day
and dreamed of them by night. One evening
he visited a lady, and removed his oyercoat,
etc., in the hall. preparatory to entering the
parlor when the lady heard him utter the fol-
lowing sensible words. Taking his ovoicoat
and hanging it up, he said Hang there, you
fifty dollar overcoat" Pulling OFT his gloves,
and putting them on the table, Lay there, you
five dollar gloves" Placing his M nat t, on pt the
ting his cane in the corner, "Stand there, you
fifteen dollar canep' Then, entering the par
lor, he was about to sit down, when the lady
pulled the chair from under him, and as she
left the room, said: clay there, you ten cent
fool !" He has not been around that house
since.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-09-11
A San Francisco milliuer recently. hi

A San Francisco milliuer recently. hit
upon novel expedient to advertise her store.
She had among her assistants one remarkably
handsome young woman, and, having attired
this damsel in the choicest garments of the
establishment, placed her in the window of the
store. The girl stood in half reclining attl-
tude, perfectly still, and very soon an immense
crowd of people had assembled TO see the mil
liners beautiful sign. The crowd soon grew to
perfect mob, quite blocking the street, until
relieycd from her position.