Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-10-05

| hood of Burkeville when we advised Penn IN
give up their u2gody pursuits. Then we heard
that somebody in Buckingham had gone to Eng
land to grab the estate Our solemn bolief Is
the St4unton Lanatic Asylum had to be en-
larged. And now, alas vsnitss vanitatum,
We have only one confort-if that estate don't
belong to US, it ought to. We have lively
conviction that we ought to be rch-but' we
| AIM .-Farnavalle Mercury
A KANSAS WEDDING Kansas newspapers
prlnt a curious story Of recent occurrence 10
Holt county, that State. Ii runs thus: "a
young lady, Miss Alice Carson, divided her at,
tentlon between two young men-a Mr.. Kret-
Ter, OF Holt, and Mr. Wheeler, of Atchisou
county. Both krelzer and Wheeler we're fatal
'ly enamored, aud asked for the band of Miss
Alice. Both were accepted, and the wedding
day set tor each on the same day, though neith-
er knew OF the others standing. Wheeler en-.
gagged Methodist local minister, MIR. Cal!en,
to tie the knot, and Kre,zer procured the ser
4 Wees OF Rev: Mr. Edmonds. Wheeler and CAL
leo arrived first, and the knot was tied, and
Miss Alice became Mrs Wheeler. The cere
mony was hardly we'll over when Kretzer aud
Edmonds drove up. Imagine their astouish-
meut when they learned that Alice was already
married to Wheeler. 40 explanation was
L
tue necessity OF bis bride making explana-
tons to any former lover and pu,
his foot down very pereup.orily. Wheeler
Immediately flow off the handle, high words
ensued, pistols were brandished, and there was
apparently some danger OF dead bridegroom
grazing the occasion, 10 which event we have
no doubt the virgin widow would have prompt
ly accepted the surviving lover. But 10 blood
was spilled, the parties separating without any
spec'h nc understanding upon social affairs -
The Holt county Sentinel courageously puts
itself on record 10 deDuuciation Of what it seems
to regard as the prioclpaI outrage in the aff air:
we think 1t wrong, and it works great inius.
uce to the regular circuit minister by allowing
the ocal preachers to step in and carry off the
perqulsltes of the regular ministers, as they
need every dollar they get. And the perform
ance OF the marriage ceremony should and
would bring many dollar to them
AN UNwELcoME PRoDIGAL. Five years
ago lnaD living 10 Dowagac, NJ, ch., went
away from home ostensibly 90 business, leaving
his wife with two little children, one of whom
was very i'll, and who SUITS queutly died. Moth
Ing was heard from the abseut husband for TWO
mouths, When the body of mau was found 10
held, which, though badly decomposed, was
recoguz' ID by various persons as that of the wan
derer. Not long after the woman removed to
Jackson, where she secured situation as cook
10 hotel
Doe day last week who should present him.
self before the hard working woman but her
long lost hu>band Instead of rushing into his
arms, she coolly proceeded to inquire into the
reasons Tor his absence, aud 6udiug that he
had been living 10 Missouri hoping to better
his condition, which be had, however, failed to
do, she became indignant at his leaving her to
care Tor herself and her sick family as best she
could, that she gave the prodigal an intimation
that as she had got along very we'll without him
Tor hive years, she could keep on doing So
The man concluded to 60 aud live on some other
relatives.
SACRIFICE OF THE PREslDEN TuoRoUGH.
BREEDS The sale of President Grants tho
roughbreds took place at St. Louis on Thurs
day, and the unaccountably low prices which
they realized was the sui jet of comment
among the three hundred persons who attend
ed. As sample of prices, it may be stated
that the Nellie Grant team, Lady Morgan and
Queane, which cost 100, brought SIP so:
Nate Haynes, thoroughbred brood mare,
S45; Helen, an elegant sorrel mare, $50; TOP.
sey, the we'll known mare presented to the
President 10 1867 by the Russian ambassador
at Washington and kept by the President ever
since as brood mare, $50; Butcher Maid a
pacing mare, $50; the Vicksburg mare, which
| was announced as the animal on which Gen
Grant rode in his Vicksburg campaign, was
knocked off for $50, and old joe" the Pres.
ldent's saddle horse before the war. and now
aged and nhrm, only brought $40. 1t is COD.
sldcred certain that President Grant has sacri
heed large sum of money by the pcremptory
sale OF bis Ihoroughbreds
1t is not the polished orator who shapes pub
lie opinion, but the quiet editor, whose words
60 out TO the public ear, without parade or
ceremony The orator NAV please the ear and
tickle the fancy, but the editor does more: he
satlshes the mind aud carries to every house
hold fund OF knowledge. The orator. bv
ouroing words and impassioned eoqucuce NAV
| drlVe men to sense OF duy; but the editor.
IT he be true 10 his profession, attracts men by
he presentation Of thoughts which appeal TO
the nobler qualities Of head and heart. The
words OF the orator drop from the lips, and are
| lost, While the words Of the editor drop from
| the press, and, liked coined money, pass for
what they are worth; if pure gold in the truths
conveyed, they pass current everywhere. For
soou or Tor evil, the editor Yields powerful
| Influence. He can exat or debas community
lie can advance public virtue, or encourage
pubic corruption. How importass, then, that
the editor should be a good man.
OLD RESIDENCE BURNED. The DWELLING
mouse aud furniture of Johu H. Aodrews, esq.
about slsteen miles from Fredericksburg was
totally destroyed by fire Monday night about
o'clock when bis family were all asleep, The
IRE was caused by ashes put 10 az clubhouse in
the backyard. Few articles of furniture were
saved: A colorcd boy narrowly escaped with
his life. The Fredericksburg Herald saw.
This was probably the oldest house 10 the conn.
ty, having been built about the year 1888, and
was us'd as hotel for runber of years, be.
log located where the Courthouse once stood
10 1888 the Courthouse burned down and the
location OF the county scat was then changed to- |
~9ere 1t now stands, some two miles from the |
2'o site; Mr. Andrews loss is about $500. |
81 500 Aoi