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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-30
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y Il. LAMBERT, JR.,
(Successor to B. H. Lambert,)
SKIPPING s. COM MISSION MERCHANT,
IS UNION WHARF,
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
RFs~ Consgnments solicited. jan o-tt
= Office.
Having resumed the GROCERY and COM
MISSION BUSINESS at my old stand, NO ,
Maryland Ferry Slip, desire to return thanHs has
to ny former friends and customers fer their
Iibera! patronage heretofore extended to me, ana
to ask Il continuan ce of the same for the future'
promising to give personal attention to all orders
and con.ig ignments addressed to me.
Very respectfully.
dec SIM <. L. TOLSoN, Agent.
LEWIS MCKENZIE. JSo j. JAMESON.
INO. j. JAMESON & co.
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS
No. south Union street,
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
Specia attention paid to the sale of w heat,
Flour and Country Produce. Orders for Gro
caries. Plaster, Seeds and Salt filled al market
a Agents for PATAPSCo GUANO. [sep3:tf
rISHoaAo PEkk1'
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT
AND AGENT FOR
TIE SALE OF FERTILIZERS,
No. II King street,
aug 16-tr ALEXANDRIA, VA.
xssfToAshINGTON ~, Y III SIiI i BKOTHEK,
MIssION ERCHANTs
80. 70 UNION STREET,
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
Consisnmcnts of Grain, Merchandise and all
kinds, OF Country Produce solicited. Special
attention given to all business entrusted to them.
Prompt returns made. ap a
VN.W. HERBERT
Successor to Washington s. Herbert)
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
FICE-NO.l NORTH UNION STREET,
Alexandria, Virginia
p,uIcular attention paid to the selling OF all
Kinds of Country Produce, and hillng orders 1or
Groceries, Guano, Seeds, Plaster, Fish, Salt
Lime Gc, 1T lowest market rates. feb It'll
c. MILBURN,
Wholesale and Retail
pEDCER And UItiLSSION MERCHANT,
10. 10 North Royal ST., and cor. Market alley
Alexandria, Va.
Tie proximity of this store to the Market
House. fthe centre of trade" will enable me to
obtain good prices for Flour, Grain and Country
Produce consigned to my care.
Consjenments and orders for Groceries re,
solicited. They will receive carelul
sud prompt attentloR .-e'I-- W. -o-'t
w. A. SAoor'
SALT AND PL IS < K
5MUCT'S VIVA 4 F,
(Foot of Princess stu
fob 21tf Alexandria, Virginia.
- NJ. WSON,
iSuccessor to Brewis s. LAWSON
GROCER & COMMISSION MERCHANT
Nos 81 and 69 Cameron street.
Alexandria, Va.
Orders and consignments solicited. feb 10
EIooE & JOHNSTON,
fSuccegsors to Fowle & Co..
NO. z PRINCE STREET.
GENERAL
AND SHIPPING NJ MEkC ID.
Dealers in ali kinds Of
FERTILIZERS, SALT AND PLASIEh
Agents OF tle
NEW YORK s. BALTIMORE STEAME Eho.
...~ Also oftEe
LIVERPOOL s. LONDON 8 GLOBE LIN
SURANCE COMPANY.
feb 5-tf -----
II G. SWAINE,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-30
Eg.vCr GoODs avn .,'or1o.Ns.
E4.vCI- GEOUS .a.rD .yOT40.N'S.
$4,000 $4,000
WORTH OF CHILDREN'S
@ A r r 7 A O. ID s
GREES's orIoN HOUSE.

First instalmcnt just arrived, comprising q
great variety.
The balance OF my large order for the
WHOLESALE TRADE
will be received as fast Us tho Carriages (a! now
styles are finished
Variety will comprise over thirty styles.
Handsome substantial and cheap.
Every Carriage warranted for one year
Undoubtedly the best in the country.
as~ For the convenience and intcl est of par
ties South, l will deliver Carriages for shipment
to New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore or Nor
folk without extra charge Parties from every
section can rely upon getting the best Carriage
manufactured at prices rs low as can be found
in the United States.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-30

NEW GOODSl NEW GOODS
ROBERT L. 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 Mernoes,
French Cashmeres. all Wool Reps, new style
Serges, Empress Cloths Baien Cloths, Poplins
Delaines, Apacas, Rich Plaid, Tycoon Reps
SC. Also in
BLACK DRESS GOODS
we Eave especial bargains in wide Black Cash
meres, Black all Wool Poplins, Black pure Mo-
hair, Real Crow Black Alpaca, French Black
Mouslin with full line Of Gray and Second
Mourning Dress Goods.
colors, including all tho desirable new shades.
Especial inducements offered to cash buyers
nov l9
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-30

Dear Old Aunt Sarah" saida schoolgirl,
"dou't see very we'll, and last Sunday she was
buzziug around getting ready for church, looking
for umbrella, specs, overshoes, and last, but
not least, her prayer-book. The latter she
thought she had secured by grabbing something
of her bureauat the last moment, but when
she got to church it proved to be my musical
box, aud the old lady, in trying to fod her
place in this uncommon book Of prayer, touch
I'd the spring, aod it went Oft in 61e style
to the tune OF %, Jim Along, jim Along
Josey'"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-30

r ACES-We have determined to regain our
IL former prestige for having the best stock OF
LACE GOODS in the city, and have this sea-
son imported very largely Of them; With US Is
will hereafter be found every NEW SLY LIZ
OF LACE that comes out in Brussels, and at
reasonable prices. ,
Ns-Samples supplied by mail on application.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-30

MOURNING DEPARTMENT. stock
Nl receives our most careful attention. and in
it VIII be found not only all Of the best and most
servceable grades. of STANDARD GoODs,
that comes out in the London market. Our
IN Monumentap' brand of fALPACAS and PURE
MOHAIRS are imported only by us, and while
they are as slightly and we'll finished as any other
make of goods, they are fully one-third heavier
than any other brand in the market.
Particular attention paid to filing funeral or
ders. HAMILTON EASTER 81 SONS.
~~Samples supplied by mail on application
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-30
HAMILTON EASTER S sO.Ns.

DuRAIMlS TO SUPPLY GOODS adapt
" ed to the wants of the poor as well as to tne
rich. and we keep ONLY THE BEST and m9s'
SERVICEABLE grade of every class OF goodhs, .hc
With fixed price and not mlsrepl esenIing sne
onslitv of any article, the public may supply
their wants from us with confidence. ,,<,
HAMILTON EASTER u SONS.
esrssmples supplied by mail on application
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-10-08
An Eaton Democrat Tells What
He Knows and has Seen.
To the Editor of the Cincinnati Gazette

To the Editor of the Cincinnati Gazette: :
EATON, ONO, Sept. II.
In this weeks issue of the Eaton
Democrat the editor says, ''the gen
eral charge of drunkenness, as made
by the scalawag writer's through the
Gazette against Judge Gilmore is
false"
Now allow me to say through your
columns that / happened to be at our
depot at the time Gilmore came home
drunk and was fined by our Mayor
(as was referred to by your Hamil-
ton correspondent. When the Judge
was helped off the train he was so
drunk that he did not know where he
was, and finally agreed to go down
town, provided they would take him
to the Straub House, (which is in
Hamilton. The Judge thought he
was in Butler county,. Now this
self-same Levi Gould, editor of the
Democrat, and VIM. Doyle took
charge of the Judge and led him
home, and afterward l heard this
same Levi Gould, editor aforesaid,
make the remark to a company Of
gentlemen that the Judge did not
know where he was until he got home.
Two or three times since the one re-
ferred to / have heard of Judge Gil
more being led down our back streets
to his home in state of beastly in
toxication.
Now will brother Gould say these
statements are false? He dare not
do it! If any one doubts the truth
of them l refer them to the Mayors
docket.
Now I claim to be as good Demo
crat as Mr.. Gould, and l also claim
that it is shame and a disgrace to
ask the Democratic party to elevate
to so responsible a position as Su-
preme Judge man that we all know
is drunkard. 1 don't hesitate to
say that Judge Gilmore is a good
nelghbor, and a fine man socially,
neither do 1 hesitate to say he is
drunkard
Respectfully,
PREBLE DEMOCRAT.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-10-08
A Wheeling Heiress.

In modest one story brick build
ing, says the STANDARD, on Alley 5,
North Wheeling, lives Mrs. Mas
san, who has been a resident of
Wheeling for about six years. Dur
ing this time she has been helping
her husband make living for their
family by taking in washing. A few
days since Mrs. Nassau received
word of the death of relatives in Bel
gium, who left an estate valued at
100000 francs, and that she was
heiress to large portion of the es-
tate. We called on the lady and
found that she was not greatly excited
over the news, but took it rather
stoically.
She said she had left Germany
when she was child, and that she
had not heard much from home ex-
cept through her mother, and that
lately she has written for her to come
home at once and prove her right
to the estate mentioned. About all
the rest that Mrs. Mason could in
form us was that she could not afford
to 90 now, and would have to await
means from Germany to take her
over.
She has apparently spent labo-
rious life over the washboard, and in
this happy windfall we hope she will
hereafter spend her days in luxuri-
Gus freedom from all the trials of the
world.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-10-08
New Railroad Project.

A railroad meeting is called at
Xenia, October Z, to discuss the
question of building a narrow guage
railway from Cincinnati to Gallipolis.
via. Lebanon, Xenia, jamestown.
Washington C. H., Chillicothe, Rich
mond, jackson C. H. and on to CALI
polls. 1t may not be generally
known, but we understand that 80 or
40 miles of the line is now graded,
viz, between Cincinnati and Leba-
non, Xenia and Washington C. H,
and jackson and Gallipolis. The
distance is said to be as follows:
From Cincinnati to Xenia, 50
miles; Xenia to Washington G. H.,
% miles; Washington c. H, to
Chillicothe, % miles; Chillicothe to
jackson C. H., the centre of what is
regarded as the best coal in Ohio,
25 miles; from Jackson c. H., to
Gallipolis, the mouth of the Great
Kanawha, 80 miles; total from Gin
cinnati to coal field, 133 miles; Gin
cinnati to Gallipolis, 163 miles; the
entire route through one of the rich
est districts of Ohio, both in agrieul-
tural and minerals. From Pomeroy
q company is already organized to
build to Welston and Richmond.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-10-08

This cannot but be an important line
to that city, as from the statistics OF
other narrow guage roads it is shown
that freights can be moved much
more cheaply than by the common
roads, owing to the less dead weight
of non-paying tonnage of the narrow
guage roads. The stockholders In
the Dayton Short-line Tunnel are ta-
king an active part in this move
ment. The meeting will be address
ed by Colonel Hurlbut, of Georgia,
Mr.. Sharpless of the Painsville mar
row gauge, and Mr.. Pugh, who has
examined the narrow guage system
of Europe. The estimated cost OF
the road, fully equipped, is put by
competent engineers at $4,000 pei
mile.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-10-08
GipSy Divorces.

A camp of Gipsies is near Wash
ington, and a Republican reporter
has visited 1t and talked with Gitana,
a Gipsy maiden. We quote.
ave suppose you are human be-
ings, and have to get divorcedr
Sometimes; but its a dreadful
thing with us to get divorced! 1t
causes grief and mourning, and blood
has to be she'd"
"Well, pray tell us how you get
divorced"
81 know / am talking too much" p"
and Gitana trembled as she spoke,
but a half a dozen bright silver
quarters thrown into her lap seemed
to give her assurance: 81 know l
am talking too much, but I'll tell
you. 1t is this way. When a man
and his wife are to be separated it is
done by the sacrifice of horse. One
is picked out which is entirely sound
and free from a bruise or even a
scratch, and he is led out to the place
where the divorce is to take place,
and exactly at twelve o'clock. The
men cast lots for the one who shall
kill the horse, and for this occasion
he is the priest. The priest takes a
long pole in his hand and walks
around the horse several times, and
in a loud voice praises his good quail
ties and names all the persons who
have owned it.
"The horse is then led to the tent of
the woman who is to be divorced.
If he kicks around and jumps about
the woman has been very bad; if he
keeps quiet she has not been so bad.
The priest then takes large knife
and stabs the horse to the heart, and
when it is stretched out on the
ground, the husband takes his place
on one side of it and the wife on the
other. They join hands across the
horse and repeat some sentences in
the Gipsy language. They then
walk three times round the horse in
opposite directions.
"The last time, when at the head of
the horse, they face each other and
speak, and do the same thing at the
tail. They again shake hands and
separate, one going north and the
other going south. She never mar
ries again, and has to wear mourn
ing veil and big shoes on her feet.
The heart of the horse is then taken
out, roasted, sprinkled with brandy
and eaten by the husband and his
friends. The horse is then buried on
the spot. The husband can marry
again."
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-10-08

Manufactured at Concord, N. H., is now
acknowledged by our best Musicians to
exceed in some important points any
other manufactured. These Organs can
be seen at the Store of FILLMORE Bros,
Gallipolis, o. Price Lists and Schedule
of Rates of Payment furnished on ap-
plication.
H. c. SUMMERS, Pine Grove, O.,
Sole Agent for Gallia County, o., w.
Va, and Kentucky.
Porter, pine Grove p. Ol
Aug. 20, 1874.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-10-08
DR.. ]. Walkers California Vim

DR.. j. Walkers California Vim.
egar Ritters arc purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges of
tie Sierra Nevada mountains of Caliior-
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrOm without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked. "What is the cause Of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIr-
TEl;sl" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and a giving principle,
n perfect Renovation and InvigOratOr
of the system. Never before in the
history Of the world has a medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities Of VINEGAR BTT-rRRs in healing the
SICK OF every disease man is heir to. They
are gentle Purgative as well Us Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation Of
the Liver and Visceral Organs in Bilious
Diseases
The properties of DR.. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTERS are Aperient, Diaphoretic,
Carmnative, Nutritious Laxative, Diuretie,
Sedatlve. Counter lritant SudOrifc, Altera-
tive, and Anti Bilious.
II. II. MCDONALD d CO..
Druggists and Gen Agts San Francisco California
and cor. of Washington and Charlton SITS, n Y.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
Oct. %, 1S73-eOm1y
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-10-08

The Cleveland Leader says: If
there are any lukewarm Republicans
who think their party has done its
great work, and that no harm can
result from the partial triumph of the
Democracy, they would do well to re-
fleet that there was no White
League until the Democrats had car
ried Ohio, New Hampshire and Con-
necticut. AS soon as the Southern
cut-throats believed the Northern
friends capable of giving them as
sistance, they formed in a solid
phalanx to drive the colored men
from the polls. Democratic success
emboldened them, and it is reasona-
bic to assert that rousing Republi-
can victory at the coming elections
will cause them to ground their
arms, and accomplish a great deal
towards the pacification of the South.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-10-08

QUESTIONS AND ANswERs.-Where
did Secession get all its sympathy? ?
From the Democracy.
Where do the Ku-Klux get all their
sympathy2
From the Democracy.
Where does Reputation get all its
sympathy?
From the Democracy.
Where does Free Trade get all its
support2
From the Democracy.
Where do the Whisky Shops draw
hopes of their salvation?
From the Democracy,
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-10-08

A. story is told of a couple of farm
ers who lived not great distance
apart, one of whom was noted fol
being very penurious. One day his
neighbor called upon him while he
was eating dinner, but instead of ask
ing him to sit down to the table with
him, he kept on eating and talking
just as though the visitor hadn't q
mouth in his head. 'Well, what is
the news, neighbor Brown?" "Noth-
ing much" mo news up your wayY
he asked, still helping himself to his
good dinner, while his neighboI
looked on with anxiety and appetite
"Well, yes, now that l think ont
there is just a grain of news. Mr.
Jones COW has got five calves" re-
piled the visitor. Give calves!
never heard of such a thing. Why,
what the dickens does the fifth one
do when the other four are sucking?'
''Why, he stands and looks on like a
dumb fool, as am doing now" ooh
all! Hannah, put down another
plate.
Miss CARRIE BALLARD, of Avoca
Iowa, while on her way to school in
Cincinnati, was frightened by some
men ON the railroad train trying to
fiirt with her to such an extent that
she locked herself in the water closet
and would not come out. When the
train reached Peoria the door was
forced open and the young lady found
to be insane.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-10-08
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
ORGANS ON TIME

nERSONS of moderate income, and
those whose means are tied up in
business, can by this system of Easy
Monthly Payments, purchase and
pay for an Organ or Melodeon and neUer
miss the money; whereas, it might be
quite impossible for them to pay the full
cash value at once.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14

KILLED BY LIGHTNING.-The Center
Point Lotus of last week has the follow
ing account of the death by lightning, on
Tuesday evening Aug. 4th, of Mr.. Antho-
ny Earnest, who lived near Spencer's
Grove on the south line of this county:
Mr.. Earnest saw the storm coming up,
and was hurrying to get grain stack
finished before the rain. His wife was
helping, she pitching the grain from the
wagon to him on the stack. He had just
finished and was in the act of getting
down when the lightning struck him.
His wife was also stunned by the shock,
and when she came to her senses she was
on the ground. She went around the
stack to look for her husband, and found
him lying on the opposite side dead.
His clothes were on fire as was also the
stack of grain, which was entirely de-
stroyed. Some of the neighbOrs were
soon ut the scene of the accident, and the
body was carried to the house. The
lightning struck him on the head, follow
ing his body down to his feet, and tear
ing one boot into atoms. No marks were
to be found, except little spot on his
thigh which looked as if it had been made
by burning powder, and the foot from
which the boot was torn was slightly
lacerated. Mr.. Earnest was German
and well-to-do farmer. He was prom'-
nent man In his neighborhood, q member
and president Of the German Church So
ciety, which has a church edificc ut Spen-
GERS Grove. and was highly respected hy
! his neighb0rs generally.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14

ACCIDENT AT THE CLINTON DRIVING
PARK.-The Clinton Herald of last Satur
day, contains the following particular.
of an accident to trotting horse wei
known here, and his driver, Mr.. Harvey
Clark of this city
About eight o'clock this morning, as
some of the drivers at the trotting course
were exercising their horses, and just as
Nebraska Granger driven by Mr.. 7
Ryan, and ''Omaha Dan," drawing Mr. S
Colburn, had passed the Colonel" under
exercise by Mr.. II. Clark, the latter horse
suddenly took fright at the operation OF
dumping dirt from II wagon near the
judges stand and started to run, despite
Mr.. Clark's efforts to hold him. AS soon
as the Colonel" started the Nebraska
Granger picked up his ears "a favorite
amusement of the Changers in the fall
montls) and climbed out of the way with
an alacrity that did honor to his agricultu
raj name. Not so Omaha Dan," hOwcv-
er, as the latter was in the rear, and SO the
Colonel made for Mr.. Colburn's sulky
and attempted to climb upon it from the
rear. 4 sharp, short tussle between driv-
crs and horses cnsucd, during which Mr.
Colburn doubled himself into heap and
rolled out of the way, fortunately escap
ing unhurt, though his sulky was literally
demolished by the frightened stecd be
hind ''Omalla Dan" also cleared the
wreck without injury, but the Colonel
had three of his legs badly used up, and is
unable now to rest his weight on one fore
foot. He will be incapacitated from en-
gaging in the races. Mr.. Clark, his driv
er, sustained some slight bruises on one
arm. The damage to the sulky will
amount to forty or fifty dollars. All re-
greet the untoward accident but regard il
rs lucky that the consequences were moi
more serious.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14

ALL ABOARD.-Grund Sabbath SchOo
excursion to West Union. New route
low rates-all good passenger coaches
The undersigned invite all, yomnv ant
OLD, in the schools and out of them, t,
join them in an excursion to West Union
Friday the 2lst of August
A Special train under our control TO
the day, will start from the b., e. II.
NJ. Depot at s O'Clock A. NJ. You nevc
will get an opportunity to see the countr,
over which this excursion passes ut 81
cheap rate.
Children under IS years of age. n
Ladies' over Is 81
Gentlemen over Is Lon
For tickets apply to either of the un
dersigned, until next Wednesday, whel
the order for cars will be made, and onl,
II limited number sold thereafter. Buy
your tickets early and be sure of the ride
Good mtlsic, addresses, and picnic din
ner on fair grounds at West Union.
We are assured by our West UniOr
friends of a hearty welcome. Come one
Come all.
II. s. CHURCH Supt. NJ. f. School.
J. b. DOMAIN Prcsb. Sc
GEO. b. WARNE Bapt.
D. ELwELI Congl
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14

MORE FINE STOCK.-The agricultural
community owe debt of appreciation
and gratitude to our Buchanan count,
breeder S. 7. Spanglcr, of Buffalo town
ship, for his. constant, intelligent and wei
directed efforts for the improvement OF
stock in this vicinity His herd now en-
braces some of the finest specimens OF
shOrt-horn cattle in the state, and is year
ly improving in number and quality OF
stock. Mr.. Spangler has just returned
from Kentucky, where at the sales OF
Hughes, Richardson and Warfield, neal
Lexington, he purchased the following
fine stock, viz:
A COW, Lille Napier" price $500
COW, "2nd Mazurka of Woodlawn,' y
$500; Ducssa" 800; "Glendora" $3.50
"Rcd Rose" $145; "Rose 18th" 800;
Rose 10th" 1920; "Lavina 3rd' $40.
The stock will not arrive until next
month, and our readers will probably
have an opportunity for inspecting it at
the county fair, though of this we arc
not advised. The agricultural editor of
the State Register in making note of the
above item locates Mr.. Spanglcr at Esther
vile, and remarks: "This is making a
good start for introducing fine stock into
the grasshopper region"
1t certainly would be IA good start any.
where; but in the grasshopper region, as
it looks now, the start would be better
than the outcome