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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-02-20
H~<SOU Avn COFL.

HAVING disposed of my interest in the
IL Wood and Coal Yard on King street to
John Lcatherland, l shall continue the Wood
and Coal business at yards on the north and
south corners of Union and Queen sts., where
will always be on hand 3 full supply of the best
quality RED and WHITE ASH GOALS of the
different sizes; CUMBERLAND COAL by the
cargo, car load or retail.
Also HICKORY, OAK and PINE WOOD.
The patronage of the citizens is respectfully So
licted. All orders left al the office of the Alex
andria Insurance Co., No. "a KING street, with
Col. Marye, or at Clarridge s. Grggs Drug
Store, corner King and Royal Streets will be
promptly attended to. Weight guaranteed.
jy 3-tf THOS. j. MEHAFFEY.
THE UNDERSIGNED having this day
L formed copartnership, under the name
and style of MEHAFFEY s. CO., for the pur-
pose of carrying on the COAL and WOOD bus
mess, respectfully solicit the patronage of the
citizens.
Yards on the north and south side of Queen
and Union streets All orders left at the office,
No. 81 King street. or Clarridge s. Grigg's Drug
Store, corner Royal and King streets, will be
promptly attended TO.
THOS j. MEHAFFEY.
jy 29-tf j. r. ZIMMERMAN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-02-20

4 LEXANDRIA & FREDERICKSBURG
II RAILWAY,
AND ALEXANDRIA & WASHlNGTUN
RAILROAD
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09

LIFT up your voice in eondem-
nation of the Congressional
and Presidential salary steal:
1877 DOLLARS A DAY!
President GRANT is no " paid
one hundred and Hirty-SSen dol
lars a day! That's what he
gets for approving the bill in
which the salaries Of Congress-
men were increased to seven
thousand five hundred dollars a
year. When we take into con-
sideration how farmers, mbchan-
les and laborers have to work
and scrimp to make a few humid
red dollars a year, this pay is
out of all proportion. The Pres
ident don't have to pay any
rent, and he has to pay very
little for household purposes.
1t might be we'll for a farmer,
mechanic or laborer, as he rests
from his work, to think wheth,
er this is right. If hd thinks
this is right, and tina I there
should be such an immense diff
ference between their incomes
and those Of the Presil lent of
the United States, whichis rails
ed off of the people. through
taxation, they should vote the
Republican ticket; but if they
think a rebu<e should be visit
ed on Congress for providing
these immense salaries for them
selves and the President, they
should vote for the Democratic
candidates--WooStey Densocrat.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09

A Commercial traveller who
was receiving a salaryof FL,
900 a year and an allowance
of guinea per day as expens-
es, was sentenced to two mon
tbs Imprisonment with hard
labor, for having stolen an Uls-
ter coat and an umbrella from
the waiting room Of a railway
station in London. 81
Captain Sprinkle, of the
steamer Charles Bodmaa, was
arrested at Louisville, on Fri
day, while the boat was at the
wharf, on the compaint Of B. f.
Avery, president of the society
for the prevention Of cruelty to
animals, for having put a Grip
pied horse off on the wharf and
left it to die, when the boat was
here on a trip up the river a
week ago. Captain Sprinkle
was released on S100 bonds.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09
The Delegate Election.

The election in the several town
ships of VintoD county for Delegate
to the Constitutional Convention,
held last Monday, resulted in the
defeat Of U. s. OLAYpooLE and the
election of HARVEY WELLS Of Jack
son, by about 40 majority--a vic
tory for the Radical Ring of Near
thur. 1t was understood by this
"Ring" during the campaign last
fall that WELLS should be the can
didate for Delegate. This is not
quite all Of it-there are several
chapters more.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09
The Connecticut Election.

AS we write the returns from
Connecticut show majority in the
towns heard from of 5,516 for Mr..
Ingersoll, the Democratic candidate
for Governor, over Mr. Haven, the
Republican candidate, giving indi-
cations of Democratic majority in
that State of about four thousand.
This can not by any stretch of the
Presidential vanity be regarded as
exactly "vindication" of the Ad-
ministration party. 1t is a gain for
the Democratic-Liberal party of
considerably more than seven thou
sand votes on the last Presidential
election, in which Grants majority
over Greeley was more than four
thousand. It is triumphant swim
dication" of the wisdom of the coal
ition between the Democrats and
Liberal Republicans in the cause Of
reform. We do not need to go far
for testimony to that point, but the
news from the New England State
is emphatic. The two branches of
the Reform party met and nomina-
ted their joint ticket harmoniously,
and with equal harmony conducted
the campaign before the people.
The Prohibition ticket in the field
did not command any considerable
following; the Republican and Dem
ocratic candidates we're evenly bal
anced in a point of fitness and pop
ularity, and the issue may be re-
garded as having been distinct
one between the party whose cor
ruptions were named in this city
last May and re-afllrmed at Balti-
more, and the party that made those
charges and rode to success in this
last election in that State by reason
Of having proved them. The be-
lief in the truth of those assertions
has been emphasized by a change
OF seven thousand five hundred
votes since November in the State
Of Connecticut which has never
given so pronounced a Democratic
majority. For the exact najorities
we must await further returns. The
Congressmen were reelected, and
in the Legislature there was de-
cided Democratic gain.--Cfncfn,
natl Enquirer, 8tA
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09

The Macarthur Enquirer assures
its readers that the Messenger. sup
ported the election OF the abscond-
ing Sheriff, A. j. Reynolds. There
is bare possibility that the En-
quir0r !s Observation-Disclosures Mes
seRgeT.
Well, there may be "bare posi-
bility" connected with the matter,
but II is not a mistake that A. j.
REYNOLDS, from the time he began
to discharge the duties ofthe office
Of Sheriff until he left for Coolville,
gave all his printing to the Messen-
ge, Office. Bro. JENNINGS, rise TO
explain!
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09


AT u meeting Of Presidents of
various railroads interested in the
postal car controversy, in New York,
1t was decided to continue to run
postal cars until the Senate Com
mittee report on the subject. The
PostmastorsGcneral has addressed
q letter to the Attorney-Genera on
the subject, asking explanation on
several legal points involved; wheth-
er, If railroad companies refuse to
carry agents at tho charge thereof
for compensation prescribed by law,
has the government, as represent
ed by the Post-ollice Department
the right to convey mail agents in
cars Of its own over said roads. +.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09
The Credit MobiIier Reaction.
LIGHT BREAKS. THROUGH.
THE ELECTIONS.

From all directions we hear
good election news. The dark
cloud of Radicalism that has
so long hung like pail over
the people of that, the fairest
portion of our country, has been
rent asunder and the light of
Reform breaks through, giving
hope and courage to an enter
prising people, and to all true
patriots who love the Govern
ment bequeathed to them by the
Fathers of the Revolution. The
local elections held last Mon
day in Ohio and Connecticut,
and on the Tuesday previous in
several other States, resulted in
a complete triumph for the Dem
ocratic and Liberal ticket.
Large gains we're made in every
precinct, and, in many places,
for the first time, the Democrats
are victorious. A Democratic
Liberal Mayor was chosen in
Springfield; the Radical city
of Cleveland has repudiated
Radical Mobilierism and High
Salary stealings, by electing an
Independent Mayor; Chillicothe
has chosen a Democratic May
or; Cincinnati has elected the
entire municipal ticket and the
candidates for Delegates to the
Constitutional Convention NOM
mated by the Democrats and
Liberals; and in Milwaukee,
st. Louis, and other cities, the
gain for the Liberal ticket is
unprecedented, and indicate a
current of Indignation on the
part of the honest masses that
will sweep from power the cor
rupt and peyured scoundrels
who are now bringing ruin on
the people. The people, every
where, have enough of Credit
Mobiiier-enough of Back Sal
ary steals-and enough of bri-
berry and Radical rottenness.
The result of the election in
Connecticut is glorious. See
the good news elsewhere in this
paper.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09

By the above vote it will be seen
that the Democrats and Liberals
elected their entire ticket, except
Treasurer. The Democratic and Lib
eral vote of the township was very
small, at least 100 were not present
to vote. Taking into consideration
thesmall vote polled, the Democrats
and Liberals gained noble victory.
ELK TowNsEIP.-The election for
the various officers in Elk township,
held on Monday the 18th, passed
off very quietly. The result is as
follows:
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
Never

Neglect Coughl Nothing Is more. certain
to lay the foundation for future evil conse-
quences. .,c
WELLS CARBOLIC TABLETS
tory organs, sore throat, hoarseness, dryness
OF The throat, Colds, Group, Diphtheria, Asth-
ma, Catarrh, Windpipe or Bronchial Tubes,
and all diseases Of the lungs.
In all cases OF sudden cold, however taken,
these Tablets should bepr0mptly and freely
used. They equalize,the circulation OF thd
blood, mitigate the severity of the attack, an
will, In very short time, restore healthy ace
tOn to the affected organs.
Wells Caibolic Tablets arc, put up only. In
blue boxes. Take no substitutes. II they
can't be had at your druggists, send at once
to the agent in New York, who will forward
them by return mail. p r
Don't bo deceived by mutations. 9J y lfi
Sold by druggists. Bay~ Price 25c. q box.
JOHN o. KELLOGG, Is Platt st., N. Y.
Send for Circular. Sole agent for United
States. 1t-4w
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09
Contractors to Furnish all
the Ma terials.
r nd, Gin. & Lafayette Railroad,
Great Through Passenger Railway
to all Points West, Northwest and
Southwest.
This is tho Short Line via indianapolis.

The Great Through Mail and Express Pas
scnger Line 10 ST Louis, Kansas City, ~. Jo-
scpl, Denver, San Francisco, niid oil points In
Missouri, Kansas and Colorado.
The shortest and only direct route 10 In
dianapolls, Lafayette, Terrc Haute, Cam
bridge City, Springfield, Peoria, burlington,
Chicago, Milwaukee,, st. Paul, and all points
In the Northwest.
The indianapolis. Cincinnati & Lafayette
Railroad, with its connections, now offers
passengers more facilities in Through Coach
and Sleeping Car Service than any other line
from Cincinnati, having the advantage OF
Through Daily Citrs from Cincinnati 70 st.
Louis, Kansas City, 81. Joseph. Peoria, Kllr-
llngton, Chicago, Omaha, and all intermediate
points, presenting 10 Colonists and Families
such comforts aud accommodations as are
afforded by no other route. lU ,.,li,i :,
Through Tickets and Baggage Checks 70 ail
points. til., aoo
Trains leave Cincinnati at 1880 n. M, 300 p.
M, and 900 p. N. Ni ..I
Tickets can be obtained mt No. 1 Burnett
House, corner Third and Vine. Public Land
ing, corner Main aud River; also, mt Depot,
corner Plum and Pearl atfeots, Cincinnati.
BE sure 10 purchase tickets via Indianap.
oils. Cincnpatp& Lafayette Railroad.
q. L. BAKRINGER,
p94 Master Trgnhpottation, Cincinnati.
r. q. Il. LORD,
NftlN Chief Ticket Clerk, CinNinnatl,
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09
GRANT told Congressman War

GRANT told Congressman War
ner, of Philadelphia, that if the
bill passed Congress increasing
his salary, without increasing
theirs and other officers Of the
Government, he should veto it.
Therefore the self-sacrificing
andpatriotic Congressman con-
sented to receive $4,000 each
in orderthat they might have
the privilege Of giving him an
extra 100000. This magma
nimity and generosity on their
part is truly admirable. b
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09

GRANT and family have gone to
New York. .A-Erchdnge. l
Certainly That extra $4,000
per year salary Is such nice thing
for GRANT He can go to more
places than New York, and the tax
payers will pay his expenses. Du
ring the campaign last fall we read
in the Radical papers q great deal
about tho reduction Of salaries of
officials, but instead Of D REDUCTION
we have an increase.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09
An Awful Disaster at Sea.

The telegraph announces thai
ON Tuesday morning April LIST
a fearful marine disaster oc.
Cured to the steamship Allan
tic Of the White Star Line from
Liverpool to New York, while
on her way to Halifax, Nova
Scotia, for the purpose Of get,
ting a supply of coal, She
struck ON Meagher's Rock.
about twenty miles from Hall
fax, where she became a total
wreck. There were nearly one
thousand persons on board the
vessel, and it is reported that
fully seven hundred souls have
perished. The ill-fated steamer
left Liverpool on March Goth,
with a list of nine hundred
steerage passengers, and fifty
cabin passengers. The vessel
is said to have had a rough
passage, yet no accident hap
pened until Monday, when the
supply of coal gave out and it
was necessary to put into Hall,
fax. The captain and his Off
GERS were on deck till about
midnight, and the vessel seemed
in a safe running course, Short
ly after. however, the vessel
struck the fatal rocks named,
and while the captain and Off
GERS were getting boats ready
to save the women, they were
taken possession of by a mob
of men. Just at this point the
steamer fell on her beams end
and sunk. One of the boats
that had been gotten out with
some passengers was swamped
by the sinking steamer, and all
were lost. Some of the unfortu-
nate passengers clung to the
fatal rocks, and only a few were
rescued by the fishermen of the
place, who rendered all the as
sistance in their power. About
$50 persons only were saved,
together with the captain and a
few officers. The Atlantic was
one of the finest vessels on the
ocean, and it is dreadful to think
how such an accident could oc-
cur or who is to blame.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09
Plain Propositions.

Suppose that in the month oi
September last the Republican man
ayers had announced that if they
should succeed in the approaching
Presidential election one of the
measures which they would drst en-
act would be to raise the salary OF
President Grant to $4,000.
Suppose it had also been believed
by the people that the Republican
majority in Congress, after having
been paid the stipulated salary tor
their services, would vote them
selves $4,000 each out of the Treas
ury. f -
Or suppose that these two prop
ositions had been incorporated in
the Republican platform adopted
by the Philadelphia Convention,
by which Grant was nominated for
reelection,
How many States would Grant
have carried9 How many Repub-
lican Congressman would have been
reelected ? Is it not evident that
Grant could not have got a single
State, and that every Republican
candidate for Congress, running on
such a platform, would have been
defeated
All this being true, is not the in
sanity of public robbery which has
led Grant to the lobby for the pass
age of a bill through Congress
raising his own salary to $4,000 a
year, and which has led Repubh-
can Congressman to pass tina! bill :?
If they dared not announce this
enormous act of robbery as part
of their plan before the election,
how do they expect the people to
regard it after the election ?--New
York San.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09

1t will be seen that but one Dem
ocrat was elected-ELI REYNOLDS for
Constable. Had the full Democratic
and Liberal vote of this township
been polled we should have elected
one or two candidates. From the
vote cast for trustees it will be seen
that j. L. FOREMAN will act as Judge
of the Election during the year, in
place of S. B. ULLOM.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09

The Warren county, (O,)
commissioners have recently
bought SO acres ofland for $8,
l6z, for the purpose of estab-
fishing a Children's Home.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09

Jacob Reich and his wife, re-
siding one mile north Of Paris,
Stark county, celebrated their
golden wedding op The 18th
inst.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09

CORPORATION ELECTION. - The
election held in the Incorporated
village of Macarthur, on Monday
last, for four councilmen, resulted
as follows:
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09

JUSTICE Dockpts--printed and
blank--for sale at this ofiice, Come
and see them. ("
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09

JUSTICE ELECTIoN.-An election
for Justice Of the Peace was held
last Monday, in Elk township, for
the selection of a successor to Rob-
ERT SAGE, whose full term of office
is about to expire. At the conven-
tion, few nights before the cleo
tion, which was composed of a very
few persons of the opposition, it was,
for some unexplained reason, deem
ed necessary to place ISAAC REY-
NoLDs in nomination for Justice in
stead of our veteran friend, ROBERT
SAGE. A portion of the opposition
party were dissatisfied with the
nomination, and declined to sup
port the nominee. A few hours be-
fore the voting commenced G. W.
HOLLAND, late Clerk Of the Courts,
was proposed. The reader can
now look upon the result:
G. w. Holland, (Dem, .......1 145
Isaac Reynolds, Rad. ),n...,1 100
Hollands maj. aj..,........ 20
WATT is well qualified for the po-
sition and will fill it with honor.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09
THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS
&C., S1C-, &c.

Eleven large greenhouses full OF choice
Greenhouse and Bedding Plants. A 56-page
Catalogue free. Also, $4,000 Roses, Half NH
and $1,000 choice Grape Vines, $4,000 Cnrrants
Raspberries, &c. 100000 Sweet Chestnut,
Trees, inches to eight feet high, the best nut
and timber tree on the Continent. Fine year
preserved FORT planting, by mail, per Id, SOC.
Also, Spanish Chestnut trees, Black Walnut,
Butternut, small. Norway Spruce, &C., &c, by
mail, il desired. A Circular sent free on ap-
plication. Tulip trees, Scotch Birch, Sugar,
White and Norway Maple. In fact, a full as
sortment OF Ornamental, Deciduous and Ever
green trees. Nursery established 10 years.
200 acres, IL greenhouses. Address Y
ST0RRS, HARRISON q CO.,
Painesvlle, Lake County, Ohio.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09

It is reported TO us that The
"Lightnen Calculator" who wishes
it to be distinctly understood that
he is not only a asmart feller" but a
temperance advocate, spent consid-
erable of the fifteen thousand dol
lars he informed the Jackson Bank
ers he was worth for whisky on
and before the day of the election.
Wonder if money and whisky had
anything to do with the election for
delegate in Clinton Township
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09

The followingis the result ofthe
election held for township officers
in Madison township, on Monday
last:
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.


----=----- ------------------=
Why is the figure 9 like a
peacock? Because its nothing
without its tail.
a $4,000, irregularity has
beeen discovered in a county
poor house in Missouri.
The Church of England es-
tablished in India costs the
Government 10000 pounds a
year.
GAINESVILLE has a water works
rings, which it is claimed, have
squandered over 100000; Cen
rich two or three councilmen
who have engineered the bust
ness"
The Hon. G. E. Sheppard, Of
the New Jersey Senate has
been arrested for corruptly re-
ceiving $1,000 in consideration
of his vote in the interest of a
railroad.
In many parts of Germany
the children have formed them
selves into societies for the pre-
vention of cruelty to animals.
In some towns of France whole
schools, including teachers and
pupils, constitute such societies.
An inventory taken of the
late Edwin Forests personal
estate shows that he had prop
erty valued at,$32O,386; over
500, ,96Q in securities on depos-
it stock,&c; jewelry $4,071;
paintings, $4,000, and books,
$7;357.
Throughout the West Indies
the prospects are fair for an un-
usual good sugar crop. At
Barbados, Dominica, st. Louis,
Grenada and Demarara they
have had abundant and season.
able rains, and everything 50
far appears in favor Of the plan
ters.
The shells for the thirty-fve
ton guns on board the British
iron-clad Devastation are two
feet In length, twelve inches In
diameter, and weigh 700 pounds
They a'e constructed on the
Palliser principle ofa conical
shape, the points being harden
ed by chilling.
Nixon, who was on Thurs
day sentenced to be hanged,
remains in the most pitiable
condition in his cell. He is
only kept up by stimulants.
His wife was with him Friday
afternoon, and the scene in the
cell was the most painful that
can be imagined. Unless some
change takes place, tits believed
he cannot live until the time
fixed for his execution.
The Continental hotel of
Philadelphia claims the credit
of having the most perfect pre-
cautions against fires. A
watchman visits the various
stations where a fire would be
likely to be first detected,
every five minutes, and records
his visits on an electroma netic
clock communicating with the
clerks office. Any delinquen.
cy is instantly noted. The ar
rangements for extinguishment
are equally perfect.
Here is another proof that
dogs have the power Of reason
ing. A sagacious canine at
Rumney, N. H., lately pursued
a wood-chuck, which continu-
ally foiled him by running
through a drain. When he
had played that trick two OR
three times, the dog gave him
a rest in the drain, and trotted
over to a neighbor's and brought
another dog, q frequent sharer
in his useful sports. Stationing
his companion at one end Of the
drain, he entered the other and
stirred up Mr.. Wooodchuek,
IL .loxtoJ A o,a,n for dow liUht
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09
ur or who is to blame.

CLINToN.-The result of the cleo
tion for delegates to the Constitu-
tional Convention, Justice of the
Peace, and township officers is as
follows:
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09
Miscellaneous Advertisements

n Dsychomnncy or Soul Charming." How
Y J. either sex may fascinate and gain the love
md afecti0ps of any person they choose IN
stantly. This simple mental requirement all
car, possess FREQ by mail, for % cents, together
with marriage guide, Egyptian Oracle,
Dreams, Hints 10 Ladies, Wedding Night
Shirt, nc. A queer book. Address 4. WIFI
LIAM q co. puOs' PhiiP' ii-4w
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09

NAPOLEON said the Empire is
peace and made haste to lead
France into war.
Grant said 'Let us have
peace" and don't let us have it,
but provokes bloodshed in New
Orleans, to keep in power car
pet-baggers, drunken judges, ne
gro-gambler Pinchbacks, broth
er-in-law Casey. p.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-09

The "Lightenen Calculat9r' of
Jackson county, didn't run 50 Very
well in Elk township, as the iollow-
ing figures testify:
Harvey Wells ........... 149
U. S. Claypoole. ..,.,.,.,.l /, 1872
Calculator's maj ......,.i.. II
There is not much of a chance to
make any "lighenen" calculations
on those figures.