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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-02

oct7 l07 King street
A DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.
All persons having claims against the estate of
JOHN B. HUXLEY, decd, are hereby noti-
fed to present the same to the undersigned on or
before the first day Of December, 1873.
Dated the 23d day of September, 1873.
}. NJ. STEUART.
se24-wtd Shift admir-. Of j. B. Hurley. decd
CANNED GOODS-Pesches, Pears Pine
Peas, String Beans, Tomatoes, Fresh Salmon,
Fresh Star Lobsters, Cove Oysters Picked do.
in jars, Condensed Milk, Devilled Ham, Potted
Beet and Tongue also Sardines in halfand quar-
ter boxes for sale by
GEO. McBURNEY s SON,
nov 10 lG6 ard 10 King street.
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OYSTER DEHLERS.
YSTERS REE.

e
From tomorrow, Tuesday, October 2lst 1873,
a nice FRIED OYSTER WILL BE GIVEN
FREE to each drink taken at my place.
also inform the public that the FL ESI
LIQUORS can always be had at my Restaurant,
such as very good ard old pure Whiskey; war.
ranted genuine and pure Holland Gin, direct
through the custom house of Baltimore; genu-
inc London Ale and Irish Stout.
also will receive in short time some genu
inc GERMAN LAGER BEER. direcS from
Bremen. This is put up in bottles and nice for
FINE NORFOLK OYSTERS, fried, stewed
and raw, always to be had at my place
+. SCHNEIDER, Is N. Royal ST.,
oct 2O-tf Next TO Harrison's auction store.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-02

Alexandria, Va, August Is, 1873
The very many instances which came under
our personal observation while scting as General
Agents for the sale of Mstin Ague Mixture, in
which it effected cure when all other remedies
had failed, induced US to purchase the recipe and
proprietorship of the Medicine, and enables US
confidently to recommend it to our patrons and
the public generally, as /. most reliable and val
liable preparation. JANSEY 8 20.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-02
RUsLUIyvr6f .nA1,ERIHL.
TOHN RST,
Dealer in
LUMBER AND TIMBER.

BILLS cut to order and delivered per Alex
andria and Fredericksburg Railway.
Has just set Mill in fresh piece of timber.
of which considerable portion is white oak, Of
fine quality, mucL of it suitable for planking
vessels. VA
Also Yellow Pine, Red Oak and Hickory.
Can furnish Bills promptly, and solicits por-
ton of the public patronage.
Orders may be left at our wood yard, corner
of Duke and Union streets, where my son is Of
fering SAWED and SPLIT WOOD for sale at
reasonable prices. Postofice box go, Alexsn-
dria. Va. aug ll-3m
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-02

p1NNEAPPLE, Edam, Sapsago and New
York Cheese for sale by
GEO. McBUKNEY B SON,
noVG z l66 and ITO King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-02

NEW GOODS NEW GOODS
ROBERTL. WOODS,
No G2 King street.
Purchasers are especially invited to call and
examine our stock OF
LADIES DRESS GOODS,
much of which was bought at the recently re-
duced prices, and consist of French Merinocsr
French Cashmeres, all Wool Reps, new style
Sergcs, Empress Cloths, Balen Cloths, Popns,
Delaines, Alpacas, Rich Plaid, Tycoon Reps,
sc. Also in
BLACK DRESS GOODS
we Eave especial bargains in wide Black Cash
meres, Black all Wool Popins, Black pure Mo-
hair, Real Crow Black Alpaca, French Black
Mousin, with full line OF Gray and Second
Mourning Dress Goods.
Our assortment embraces a great variety OF
colors, including all the desirable new shades.
Especial inducements offered to cash buyers.
nov -
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w. MALLS. B. W. MALLS. BF PEAKE.
JAMES w. MALLS, son & CO.,
u 1877 King ST., Alexa, Va:
Dealers in HARDWARE, CUTLERY
Carpenters Tools, Doors, Sash Blinds, Door
and Window Frames, Brackets Mouldings
Balusters, of different patterns, and Newel
alsss Iss double and single thick, Of al sizes
Paints, Oils Varnishes, Paint and White, Wash
Brushes, Lewis Pure White Lead, and other
brands of fine quality, Putty, Turpentine and
Cement, Calcined Plaster, Pitch and Felt for
Roofing, sc. A large stock of Pugh's celebrs.
ted Car Augers and other articles found in irst
class Builders Furnishing establishments;
All orders for Lumber, Brick and all kinds
of Building Material, promptly attended TO-
Tarms cash feb ll-tf
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-23
A.5oks en ,h. cshh,hsI..


The Cannibals of T.. @. Barnum may
be genuine subjects Of His Majesty King
Thokambau, Of the Cannibal Islands,
and for all that is known to the contra
ry, they may have been fattened and
nurtured on roast missionary and sailor
fricasce, varied by change now and
then in the way of stewed native, ever
since they were old enough for such ra-
tions. Far be it from the writer to ex-
press the least doubt that the inimita-
BILE Prince of Humbugs did not ransom
them from furnishing the viands of a
feast TO to select party of their fellow
cahnibals by paying many thousand dol
lars for ransom, as stated daily in the
ring, under solemn compact that they
should be sent back after certain time,
and when fully fattened up. But there
was singular circumstance connected
with their stay here which, in a faithful
history of current events, should be re-
corded. After the crowds had gone in
to the circus tent on Tuesday, and but
a few left in the menagerie, two valua-
BILE elks got entangled by some means in
the ropes they were tied with, and be-
fore they were discovered, both of the
beasts were nearly strangled; one of the
cannibals happened to see this precari
Gus state of affairs, and as soon as h'
did, jumped up and shouted to his com
rade in the best and most profane Eng
lish, "Bill, just look at them elkl Com
and help loosen them or they will die
sureP' Bill obeyed the summons wit
alacrity, and after some more swearing
in good English, the animals were re:
cued. The cannibals are genuine spt
cies, of course, but how the deuce di
they ever learn to speak such goo
and fluent English.
Indianapolis Sentinel.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-23
From N. Y. Correspondence TO the Chicago Tribune
A Conductor 20 be Trusted.

One day, before Cornelius Vanderbilt
obtained possession of the Hudson Xiv.
er Railway, he was travelling, it is said,
from here to Albany; and, considering
himself privileged character, went in
to the baggage car to smoke. He had
been enjoying his cigar but two or three
minutes when the conductor came along
and informed him politely that he must
not somke there. Vanderbilt said ii
wouldn't make any difference-that IT
was all right, etc, but the conductor
was of different opinion-declaring
that it was contrary to the rules of the
road.
"You don't know me-" said the smok
er. "My name is Vanderbilt; | an
sometimes called Commodore. l gen
orally do about as please"
81 don't know, nor do care who you
the rules. If you were ten times Com
mOdore, | could not permit you to smoke
here, and you must go elsewhere to lin
ish your cigar"
The loyalty to duty displayed by the
conductor pleased the ancient Cornelius
and he went out, though not before he
had said to the conductor: "Y You are the
right kind of man for your place
You don't respect persons. l think O
buying this road, and if / do, you cal
stay on it as long as You like"
Vanderbilt did buy the road, and re
tanned the conductor. He frequently
remarked that that man could be trust
ed; that he never was mistaken in judg
ing of character; and that he knew
from the first, that the conductor wa'
sound.
The conductor staid on the road fol
five years, and in that time, as the story
goes, stole himself into pecuniary in
dependence. f,.a4 .e
SO much for Vanderbilt's knowledge
of character. Evidently the conducto
knew Vanderbilt better than Wander
bilt knew the conductor.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-23


Mr. Scoreby very high authority on
this subject declares that the common
whale seldom exceeds seventy feet in
length, and is much more frequently un-
der sixty. Out Of 1916 whales, which he
assisted personally in capturing, not one
exceeded fifty-eight feet, and the larg-
est of which he knew the reported meas
urement to be authentic, came to only
sixty-seven feet. Two specimens of the
rorqual OF razor-back whale have been
observed 105 feet in length. One Of
these were found floating lifeless in Da-
Wis Straits, and the skeleton of the 9TH
er was seen in Columbia River, and
must, tail any all when alive, have
measured ll2 feet. Other specimens
! have measured hundred, and many 9TH
ers from eighty to ninety feet. One
cast on shore at North Berwick, Scot
land, and preserved by DR.. Knox, was
eighty-three feet in length. These in
instances seemed to establish the aver
age and extreme length of these huge
animals But, with considerable credu-
lity in earlier accounts, Cuvier, the emf
nent naturalist, says, stoutly: 'There
is no doubt that whales have been seer
at certain epochs and in certain sea'
upward of three hundred feet long, ol
100 yards in length"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-23
---=----=------------
Another Man Wa nted.

Old farmer Pettingill went iuto his
house one day and caught John, the
hired man, hugging Mrs. p.
The farmer said nothing and went out
into the field.
Afetr dinner he wanted Johns for,
something, but he was not to be found
He went, at last, into Johns room
where the latter was on his knees pack
ing his trunk.
"What's the matter, John?" said Pet
tingill.
80, nothing" replied John.
"What are you packing your trunk
for?' i7o'
80, you know" answered he.
"No don't know, rejoined p, ''com'
give me reason of your sudden desire
to go away"
"Well," meekly answered j., "yo'
know what you caught me doing thi
forenoon!"
40, pshaw!' laughed Petingill "d'
not be so foolish. Ii you and me cam
hug the old woman enough, I'll hire an
other man."
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-23
The Charms OF Sin.

A young and fashionable attired lady
in Boston street car, was over heard TO
say few days ago that on recent visit
TO New York she went To the tombs TO
see Stokes, She further vouched the
information, in tones loud enough to ed
ify all the people In the car, that when
reproved by her husband i,r such con-
duct she had informed him she "wonld
rat her see Stokes than any other man liv-
ing" There seems 10 be no place in
New York more attractive TO . certain
class of romantic young ladies than the
"murdrer's row" in the tombs. Even
young school girls, supposed by their pa.
rents and guardians TO be deeply en-
crossed in the mysteries of geometry or
the beauties of botany, manage to find
time on their way toand from school 20
"call" at the obode of thieves and muir.
derers to gaze through the iron bars up.
on the weil-clad and well-fed form Of as,
sassins. Aud this kind of morbid sen,i
mentality il not confined to the great
metropolis. Yesterday morning, Wag
ner, who stands convicted of one Of the
most barSarous aud cowardly crimes on
record, was returned to his cell at AL
tired, Me. His explanation ofthe motive
that led to his escape that he wished tc
see some of the pretty girls with whom
he fiirted in conrt. II any sense OF sham,
! is lett In these young maniacs they cat
hardly feel pride in thus having thei
folly brought to their minds. Wagne
evidently felt that the conditions wer'
not favorable for his receiving calls a
his cell from the young ladies in qucs,
tion, and that common courtesy require,
that he should allow them an opportuni
ty Of seeing him by travelling around tn
country and exhibiting himself. '2
i 4, Boston Globe.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-23

Josh Billings knows what is good. -
He says "'Take couple of young pat
ridges and pot them down, and serve up
the right kind ov chorus, and they
beat the ham sandwich you buy on the
Camden, & Amboy Railroad 81 IL per
cent. have ate these lamentable Nu
Jersey ham sandwich, and must say thai
| prefer couple of bass-wood chips,
soaked in mustard water, and stuck TO-
gcther with Spaulding's Glue"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-23
Bosfon Globt

sBrThe Cleveland papers report another
quiet Sunday as . result Of eBiorcing the city
ordinsnes fosblaaing tha. opsniag OF drinking
lhopses
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-23
Undertak1n&-

also keep constantly hand large assortment oil
ready made COins Rose Wood imitation, Black Walnut
and Imitation Of Black Walnut. all of which can trim
hours notice, In any style requested, equal to any
city. also have a splendid Hearse In readiness when
called for.
GRAVE CLoTHEs-A new feature has recently been ad'
ed this furniture rnsher TO the un
derakers department of itOne that cannot natl 20 com
mend itself 10 the community, and will show the dspo
stion Of the proprietor to make his establishment as
perfect may be- 1t will go far to relieve the work and
hustle incidental to, and repugnant In seasons OF pc
reavement of preparing the remains OF the departed o
burial This consists in keeping eand, and reaTy fo
Immediate use a stock of grave-cIcthes. variety o
shrouds for both male and female. made up with muel
taste aud appropriateness, various In price. and b0tf
black and white materials. single order for cofiI
NAV therefore, embrace the hal liments OF the dead
and thus the friends OF the 'eeased In the mda
of grief fro riuch that particularly disagreeab
and guou4 in the way Of preparaa for the grave
| JOHN DUCRO.
Ashtahuia Ohio Jar let 1o7a 1859 ~
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-23
ID. w. Haskell
THE BLISS GARDEN FOR SALE.

IF YOU WISH A PLEASANT AND
good home just enquire Of the people in Ashtabula
and stop and look for yourself at splendid garden
the choicest fruit with good house and out buildings in
good repair also well, cistern and spring of never
eight lee square, wall laid in cement ana 10 rocs of
tile drain on the place. 1t has taken the first premium
for eight years, without exception and will be
sold very cheap with $1,000 running III desired
Also horse, wagon, garden tools, and household
goods Situated little southwest of the borough limits
on the Round Head road, known the Bliss property.
Ashtabula, Jan. /, 1873 1900
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-23

| 1HE N EGRO AND THE m mULE.- ne
following anecdote finely illustrated of
the characteristics eff two denizens Of
the South, we find in the Editors Draw
err of Harper's Magazine: "1be negro and
mule (wri,es friend in Clinton, Louis
ania) are inseparable companions in
the Southern cotton fields, and like the
Hawaiian string and bow, useless each
without the other. The lazy indifference,
and careless cruelty of the one, and won-
derful powers of endurance of severe la
bor, bad treatment, and neglect of the
other, complete the cImbatibility of the
two races necessary for the production
of four million of bales. A characters
tic antcdoie may be relished by those
|, who have had experience of the two.-
The spectator had taken refuge from tn,
, suns perpendicular rays under the shad
: OF spreading beech, sub tegmine .tdg,
! and lay recumbent enjoying the fi,tu
: breezes and sombre irothiness of th
= county newspaper. Along the dust
=. road which passed by his retreat came
y jogging negro, mounted on mule, bot
APPARENTLY last asleep. AS the sombl
: lent pair approached the spot, som
wicked sprite OF the place gave the p;
per fiiri, which was no sooner seen an
: heard than the mule, as mules only kno'
II how instantly 'swapped ends and lea,
! in the negroe sprawling ir the the din
took his departure under full sail. I'll
u negro half raising himself, and wipin
y the dust from his eyes and mouth watcl
/ ed the retreating mule for some time
9 silence, but at length, unconscious Of a
i auditor, gave expression to this phil
. sophie soliloqny? OATS what makes II
u 'sDise a mule!"
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-10-09
GRUMBLERS.

1t has before been written that some
men would grumble to be hung, and no
obseryant man or woman will question
the truth Of the statement. Some men
are never so happy as when they have
something to growl about. When all
things are working smoothly the growler
is in the very treadmill Of existence; and
the greatest grumblers hug sorrows and
misfortunes the closest. No sooner Is
one heavy burden made light than they
pick up another. They feel lost without
something to weigh them down. II woes
do not grow fast enough in their own gar
den of life to keep one on hand all the
time, they so over into their neiShbor
patch and help to cultivate as many as
possible there. Such people are fire.
quently heard saying, they wonder
what they ever did that they must sutfe
So" What question? Who but them
selves are to blame: What they seel
they find. They are mad if they DO no
find, and mad if they do. There is m
remedy for such dispositions, except in
sedulous effort against the habit of look
ing on the dark side and in trying t
create a taste for pleasant thoughts.
disregard for other peoples business wi
help some.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-10-09
Foreign N ews.



LONDON, October AT the Newmark-
ct races to-day, the Czarsowitch stakes
were won by King Lud; Royal George
second; Pirate third. Betting was 80 to
one against King Lud; 40 to one against
Royal George; II to one against Pirate.
Ravages of the Cholera at Vienna.
VIENNA, October Official sanitary
reports state that since July 16 there have
been 3 02O cases of cholera in this city,
of which l, go terminated fatally. To-
day, for the first time in several months,
no new cases are reported.
HALIFAX, October divers at work
on the wreck of the steamer Atlantic
report that several bodies-one that of a
well dressed woman--can be seen en-
tangled in the wreck.
interchangeable Communication
Recommendations Revolution.
MATAMoRAs, Oct. Telegraph com.
munication with the City of Mexico is
restored after an interruption of three
weeks.
General Zepeda, who was deposed by
the Congress of the State of Coahuila, as
Governor of that State, is raising mill
tary forces at saltillo and has levied I
forced loan on merchants to raise funds
The Congress of Coahulia, in session a
Monclova, recognizes DR.. Sala as Govern
or, and it is supposed that General ZepedI
intends using the force which he is orga
nizing to coerce Congress to support him
or disperse its session at Monclova.
Events in Spain.
MADRID, Oct. IA column of 200
Insurgents make desperate sortie, bu
were driven back with heavy losses il
killed and wounded.
On the arrival of the Government flee
the city will be attacked on all side
simultaneously.
Rain--The Avenger on Trial--Captai
Lapidgd-Attempt TO Murder
woman.-Presbyteri Synod.
SAN Francisco, Oct. SIT rained har
here all night.
The trial of Thos. Curtin, for shootin
! VIM. johnson, was resumed in the FIJI
teenth District Court to-day. Miss Gu
tin was closely yelled and sat in IL
courtroom with her mother. The d,
tense is introducing testimony as to ii
measures taken by the prisoner, previor
to the shooting, to stop intercourse b.
tween his daughter and deceased. I'll
trial will probably be concluded to-mo
row.
An official investigation by the Cover
ment has been held in the case Of Cap
Lapidge, OF the Costa RIGA, but the off
ials decline to make public any of Ii
facts elected. It 10 stated, however, thi
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-10-09
THE DIFFERENCE.

The Richmond Wing says that whilst
in every Southern State subject to RadI-
cal rule the State debt has been fearfully
increased, in some instances from four
or five millions TO thirty or forty, in
others from nothing to twenty or thirty,
and all in the space of n few years,
in Virginia, with the government in the
hands Of Conservatives, Notwithstanding
the expensive township machinery
forced upon them by the Radical consti-
tuition, and the annual liberal appropria-
ton for free school purposes, not one
dime has been added to the State debt
save the unpaid accrued interest, and
this accretion has been the result Of the
desire upon the part of the Conservative
Legislatures to relieve the people from a
higher rate of taxation.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-10-09

An ENGLISH VIEW OF OUR PANIC The
London Times of the Sd, in an editorial
retrospect of the late American financial
panic, says: "The recklessness snd dis
honesty lately characterizing the man
agement of some of the greatest under
takings in America have induced a
chronic nervousness, which is momen-
tarily liable to become acute. Even
Americans are not all smart men, if
daring spectators. The Times thinks
the danger has disappeared for the
present, but political and financial eaus-
es are liable to reproduce it at any time.
A country with an immense field for en-
terprise, and comparatively a limited
capital, is always liable to panics. The
improvements made in Western COM
munication are most useful and profita-
Bile, but may cause further trouble. The
entire blame for the disaster rests upon
the unsound monetary system of the
country"
EXCHANGE OF WEATHER REPORTS Be
TWEEN DIFFERENT NATIONS Vienna
Congress has assented, by unanimon.
vote, to the proposition that it is desira
BILE, with view to the exchange 0
weather reports, that at least one uniform
observation, of such character as to b
suitable for the preparation of synopti
charts, be taken and recorded daily an,
simultaneously at as many stations a
practicable throughout the world. Tn
formal announcement of this principle
with such sanction, will tend directly t,
an exchange of signal service and weathe
reports between all civilized nations. !
is interesting, in reference to America,
reports, to know that the Chinese Govern
ment is preparing to establish q sys
TEN Of storm warnings and weather II
ports for China and the Chinese coast {
the Pacific.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-10-09

MURDERED IN ARIZONA. -Concerning
the killing of Mr., Townsend, heretofore
mentioned in the RECORD, private let
ter dated at Tucson, September 23d,
says;
The body of Townsend, who was re-
ported killed by the Indians, has beer
found about four miles southwest from
bis home, in an advanced stage of de
composition. Appearances indicate thai
be had followed a band of Indians about
four OF five miles, and that a desperate
fight ensued, in which he was killed
four barrels of his rifle being empty. Tn,
remains were not mutilated, but the In
dians had evidently taken his rifle
very valuable one. He leaves a wife ant
four children, and large number o
friends.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-10-09

s. s. Cox.-A writer, referring to his
nomination for Congress, says that be is
q necessity in the House of Representa-
tiyes, in order to secure variety. He is
humorous, witty and brilliant, and when
matters become almost uncomfortable in
that body on account of the monotony in
its proceedings, Cox comes to the floor
in one of his spirited and amusing
speeches, reviving the spirits of the CHAM
Der. Cox never originated measure
during his term Of ten years in Congress,
never having been known to be still five
minutes in his life. He is the butter.
fly of the House, with radiant wings
beaming in the "sunset."
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-10-09

ACTING GOVERNOR. day last week
Senator Israel Crawford, Of Ormsby
county, President of the Senatepro tenn,
received dispatch, addressed to his Ez-
cellency Israel Crawford, Acting Govern
or of Nevada, asking that commission
issue to T. n. Browne as Notary Public
of White Pine county. On Saturday the
acting Governor complied with Mr..
Browns request and ordered commits
sion to issue. The Carson Appeal thinks
great outrage has been committed, in
asmuch as both Governor Bradley and
Lieutenant Governor Denver are absent
from the State, and therefore the duties
eff the Executive Office devolve upon thu
President Of the Senate pro tenn. A
this great distance from the State Capt.
tai, we only learned last night that 70
several days popular rights were endan
gered by the absence of the Governo
and his Lieutenant.