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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-12-22

QUE STOCK COMPLETE-OCT Is, 1875.
" We have now in store the best and most
complete assortment of FOREIGN and DO
MESIlC 5 7 ? LIE and FANCY DRY
GOODS ever offered by US in this city. These
have been purchased with great care and at very
low rates in the New York, Philadephia and
Baltimore markets. Will be sold al down prices
to cash buyers or to responsible parties on short
Time. D. +. BRAoHEAR,
Il. b. HOMES. No. 100 King street,
oct 10 Alexandria, Va
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-12-22
Special Notice.
A Fact That We Are Willing TO
Prove

That we can show q larger and better assorted
stock OF Boots and Shoes, suited to the wants
of the people, and that our prices are lo,oer. con-
sidering the quality of the goods and workman
SHIP than any other house, in our line of goods
this section OF the country. ,rf
+n w. 3. WADDEY,
oct "a King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-12-22

SECURITYl SECURITY
~ Endanger no longer your life and property
by using interior quality OF coal oil, but have
entire security BY using G. WEST s. SONS
degrees lire test; water white in color; burns
brighter, burns longer, ana will not explode
Be sure and try it. 1t burns in all coal oil and
Kerosene lamps Fer sale by
(. JANNEY s. CO.,
=, Dealers in Drugs, Paints and Oils,
nov ~ las King st., Alexandria. Va.
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CO.nJnISsIO.v MERGHdrTs.

p B. HooE'
(Succossor to Fowle & Co..
NO. , PRINCE STREET.
4. GENERAL
AND SHIPPING MERCT.
Dealer in ali kinds of
FERTILIZERS, SALT AND PLASTER
Agent of the
NEW YORK & BALTIMORE STEAMERS
-, Also.ofthe =
LIVERPOOL 8 LONDON s. GLOBE IN
SURANCE COMPANY.
feb 6-tf ..-.-
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Hmm 6 co
Successors to Samuel Hartley,)
sENERAL CONIMLSSION MERCHANTS
No. Is Union street,
Alexandria, Va.
@T Particular attention paid to the selling Of
FLOUR, GRAIN and all kinds of COUNTRY
PRODUCE, and filing all orders for GROCE
R1ES, GUANO, PLASTER, SEEDS, SC.
&c, at the lowest market rates
!. @>Agents for the sale of James S. Welch's
celebrated brands Of FAMILY FLOUR.
@-Agents for the sale Of the "RO UND TOI
4YDRI ULIC CEMENT" jan ST
J. BRoDERs. J. LANNoN,
T BRODERs & CO.,
y. No. II King street.
GENERAL COMMISSION NI MERCHAiN NJ
Wholesale Dealers in
GKOCERi rs,
LIQUOkS,
PROVISIONS,
SALT FISH,
....-- and PRODUCES.
Also keep On hand 3 general assortment OF
Cordage, Tar, Pitch, Nails, Lime, Packing. Oils
Lamps and Ship and Naval Stores.
All orders and ccnsignments promptly attend.
cd to- and goods forwarded without delay to con
ignees on arrival.
Agents for Duponts Gunpowder.
XXX Ale and Porter always on hand
Agents for the Baltimore and Potomac Trans
portatlon Inc NH loft
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-12-22

u l. A OK LKS.
have just received from New York line of
my superior
BLACK SILKS,
of every grade, some of them exceedingly rich
in quality and finish; also beautiful Pin.ssripc
ditto. French Merinos in the new Cloth Coors;
a large stock OF black ditto, with Cashmeres,
from 81 cts. to $3.50.
and other goods for Ladies Jackets and Cloaks, in
the new styles, and handsomely trimmed.
sep3O j. M. STEWART
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-12-23
lBorT TWEED.

Where is Tweed that's tho question.
Eastern people have concluded tina, he
has not gone beyond the sea bat is still
among the Manhaltancsc. The Kan
sas City Journal says that Thurlow
Weed knows far more than he SAYS, as
lie visited Tweed three times and had
conferences with him, which at present
he does not feel at liberty 10 disclose
but the fact that he expresses what he
does has great significance.
The basis of the proposed negotiation
by Tweed and his friends has tao or
three suggestive points. First, lie wants
10 have two or three friends WHO now
suffer for merely acting under his orders
relieved. Second, he will propose 10
refund what he urlawiully took from
the revenues OF the city, and not 10 be
made responsible for what others re-
ceiycd. Third, 10 asCcrl Ln who did
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-12-23
THE STATE TREASURY FEAuB.

The State Board of Commissioners OF
the School Fund are compelled by law
TO invest the school monies in school
district bonds. The board consists Of
the Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton, Secretary of State and Attorney
General. During September bonds pur-
porting 10 be issued by school districts
IN the counties Of Mitchell, Jewell and
Republic were sent 10 the commissioners,
amounting in all 10 nearly $4,000. AT
the time, as the commissioners claim,
there was nothing wrong on the face OF
them and they were purchased, warrants
being drawn on the State Treasurer for
the parties selling them, which the
Treasurer pad. Again, on tho Sth OF
this month, another batch Of bonds pur-
porting to be issued by Il school district
in Osborne county were received by the
commissioners from party in Kansas
City. The Secretary OF State was led
10 examine the bonds minutely, and up
on such examination it was found that
tho seal of the county and the signature
of the clerk of Osborne county were
forgcrics. Thcrcupon the bonds prcvi-
ously purchased were rc-examlned and
proved TO be forgeries. Thus nearly
$4,000, belonging 10 the school fund,
have been wrongfully taken from the
State Treasury.
On the 20.h inst. the Governor adj
dressed letter 10 State Treasurer lap
pin, stating that IN view of the fact that
legal Investigation, which cannot be
summarily disposed of, must follow,
and that his continuance in the office OF
Treasurer during the tendency of the
investigation would be justly regarded Ms
indicate and improper, and that his
resignation would be acceptable, &c.
Mr.. Lappin promptly complied with the
suggestion of Gov. Osborn's letter and
resigned. The place has since been ten
dcrcd TO Hon. John Francis, of lola,
who will probably accept. The Cover
nor and other officers are taking steps
TO ferret out the guilty parties and bring
them to justice.
There is no doubt large sized Niger
in the State wood pile and everything
connected with this fraud will be brought
TO light in time.
1t seems to be the fate of our State
Treasures to be compelled to resign or
be turned out of office. Cannot Kansas
elect some honest man to that place
We arc inclined to the opinion that the
strenuous opposition made to Lappin by
the Rcformers one year ago must have
been right. In the future Republicans
will have 10 take up unexccptionable
men in the nominating conventions.
Lappin was dead weight TO the ticket
in the last campaign, and We cannot sec
that the Republican party has proved
that the stories told by the Reformers
were untrue.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-12-23
ANorHEgR ABROAD PROJECT.

ltis reliably reported that it is the de-
sire OF the Atchison, Topeka Il Santa
Fe Railroad company TO build branch
road from the town Of Florence in Ma
rion county 10 this city. Salina has be.
come a place of such importance that
railroads begin 10 sec large profit TO
them by connecting with her. 1t is UNI
doubtcdly fact that the a, t. 4 S. L.
X. II. is better off financially than any
other road in the State. This corpora
ton has dono wonderful things in the
way Of encouraging immigration to
Kansas, and by its enterprise in many
different ways has made itself popular
with all kansans. Could we connect
with this road We would then have n
competing line with tho Kansas Pacific
and directly connect with Chicago roads
"A much better outlet In our opinion
than any connection with the old iogy
city OF st. Louis. 1t will be Of vast bene-
fit 10 the farmers. They can then have
competing lines in freight, and their
grain and produce can be carried 10
eastern markets with an advance OF
many cents On the bushel over what
they now arc getting, 1t will be beno-
fiji 10 all in more ways than one.
The proposition made by the road we
are not at liberty to make public at pres
ent. 1t is not exactly what is right,and
will probably be greatly modified after
our city committee shall have conferred
with the directors of the road. But we are
OF the opinion that the A., T. d S. f. II.
r. Company will finally propose to US
such liberal terms that tho citizens of
the county will be most ready to accept
them.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-12-23
WHERE DOES IT ALL CONE FROM:

Pints and quarts Of filthy Catarrh dis
charges. Where does it all come from
The mucous membrane which lines the
cham bers Of the nose, and its little
glands, are diseased, 80 that they raw
from the blood its liquid, and exposure
TO the air charges it into corruption.
This liie-liquid is needed to build up the
system, but ii is extracted, and the sys.
TEN is weakened by this loss. To cure,
gain flesh and strength by using DR..
Picrcc's Golden Medical Discovery,
which also acts directly upon these
glands, correcting them, and apply Or.
Sagc's Catnrrah Remedy with DR..
Piercc's Nasal Douchc, the only method
of reaching The upper cavities, where
the discharge accumulatcs and comes
from. The instrument and both medi-
cines sold by all druggists and dealers
in medicines.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-12-23
Alter SPXrn Centuries.

An even, of some importance recent
Is occurred in connection with the TEN
pic of JnegernauI. Throughout the
whole OF the empire there is no shrine
80 sacred as Poorec, and no spot where
q devout IIindoo would rather die than
beneath this great fame. The temple
which co t halt million sterling Of the
money OF our times, is literally black
with age. The storms of nearly seven
centuries, which are often SO violent in
The Bay of Bengal, have produced little
impression upon it, and until few
weeks ago it seemed AZ likely I" remain
as many centuries more. Many OF the
large tomp!es in the province are how
IN ruins but they have not fallen through
the wear and tear OF time. i silent but
effec.ual power has been the canso OF
this destruction.
The seeds Of the peepul and banyan
trees have got into the foundations.
These have taken root the sapling has
forced its way through the assures OF
the stones, and in process Of years the
whole fabric has been looSened end
eventually brought down, and 1t seems
propablc that the temple of Jus-crnaut
will share the same fate. At tho late
car festivals, As soon as the idols had
been taken from their thrones for their
annual excursion, several large stones
from the inner roof fell on the platform.
Had they fallen q few minutes earlier
the idols would have been scattered to
atoms, and in all probability there
would have been n great loss of life.
The resident magistrate applied to the
governor for an engineer 10 inspect the
damage. This was found to be q very
difficult task, as the temple is SO dark.
There arc no apcrturcs for the light
five or six lights are kept burning IN
the daytime, and ever with these moth
ing is visible but the idols. 1t is but
very ralely that temples are repaired,
and the sound of the chisel and the
hammer on the top OF this great tenn
pie will do more TO weaken the faith OF
the IIindoo in Juggcrnaut than any
thing that has occurred To the present
generation. There will be no lack Of
money for any estimate, rs the priests
are very wealthy, and the annual in
to $4,000. The question which is
agitating all priests is what is to be
done with the idols while tho repairs
are being made? The officers OF the
temple are most anxious 10 have the
idols restored to their thrones. They
propose that an inner ceiling of wood
shall be made 10 protect the idols and
the worshIpcrs but there would be so
much danger should there be another
fail of stones that the Raiah will not
consent. - India Correspondence Of the
London Times.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-12-23
Ihr ncaIh OF Shelter.

An ancient Mediterranean mariner l.
said 10 have recently died IT SpczzIa,
who on his death. bed confessed To the
attending priest, whom he commanded
To make the confession known after hi
deccasc, that he was one of the crew OF
a craft which ran down Shcllcy's
'fcrddrous bark,
lai in the eclipse and riggc'i vita curses dsrS,
hitherto always supposed to have been
capsized in squat, and that the motive
of himself and his fellowpira,cs was TO
rob and kill the rich "Milor" Byron,
whom they supposed 10 be on board.
Shelley and his companion, Williams,
were drowned July :, 1892, so that il
this vicious moribund marine told the
truth, he has carried his guilty secret
over half century in the face of that
waxing food of light which the wears
have continued, as they will continue,
TO pour ronnd Shclley's memory and
fame, and in spite of the dIligent rctros-
pections of steadily increasing host of
biogrsphers. The fact might bc peninsula
robbers OF that period were not all CON
fined 10 the mountains. They could do
4 stroke of piracy, too, at need, sweep
ing the walcry highways as well as those
of the land. Byron was snowy figure
among the Italians, lavish OF bis lire and
scudi, and the rude popular imagination
may very likely have accredited him
with the habit OF carrying vast sums Of.
money upon his person, like wander
iu- lcw.sh or Armchair Elcrel.si.f, or
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-12-23
Another Bridge Wanted.
SALINE COUNT, kansas


EDITOR JOURNAL My object in writ.
lag this communication is il possible 70
stir up the people of my own section
and TO awake the people OF this county
TO their interest. What is every body +
business is not likely to be attended Il
by anybody. | think that We need moro
bridges in this county, and | am sure
that the people generally are willing to
pay for any public improvement as fast
as it becomes necessary. ] am hcarti
Iy in favor of building the bridge near
Markley's Mill, although it is not likely
that ] will have occasion 10 cross it
yet am satisfied that it has become u
public necessity and should be built as
soon as possible.
The public Improvement that | wish
particularly TO have the people discuss
and interest themselves in. is bridge
ever the Saline at q point about ten
miles northwest of Salina. We in this
particular neigbborhood need not be
tod of the advantages, VIC know well
enough what benefit it would be to Us.
should like TO have the merchants and
people of Salina discuss the subject, and
think what advantage it would DO 10
them. | am sure that If the Saline vas
bridged at the point have mentioned
a large amount of trade that is now di-
vcrtcd to other points, would so direct
to Saina.
| do not feel under any necessity to
urge or explain the advantages tha.
would accrue to US Of this neighborhood,
Us | am sure we all understand and could
appreciate them if we had the bridge
Bat TO tho people of your city and 9th
er portions Of the county | would say /:
just think over the matter, and | AIN
sure you will come 10 the conclusion
that it is a public necessity and when
you have reached this conclusion,
hope it will be some one particular tody'S
business to get the thing to going, and
as means of doing so would suggest
that the people of Salina deputizo one
of their merchants 10 write petit on
praying the county commissioners TO
make such improvement. Let him bring
his petition olt here and he shall have
the signature of every one in this rcc-
ton of the county. am satisfied that
the people OF SdIna arc sufficiently in
teIligcEt and wide awake 10 know it will
be TO their interest 10 make this i'm
provement; as for us, out here, we only
need some one 10 star: the thing go
ing and we Will give il our hearty sup,
port, knowing full well the advantages
that we will derive from it without hav-
ing them rehcarSed. SO gentlemen of
Salina, We will anxIously look for one
of your number out here soon, with
such petition as have suggested, and
we will all sign and thank yon for bring
ing it. SO start the thing at once and
bring it 10
Ten MILES UP THE SALINE.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-12-23

thrifty and successful Neapolitan beg
gar. They could not readily attack
him on land, for he usually Kept large
rctinue and was not without means OF
protection. 81 have rough handed peo-
pie about me-" he writes to Sir Walter
Scott, as indeed he had, one Of his ser
wants having just stabbed an otiicious
"scrgcant-malor," making no end OF u
row with "the little Tuscan Govern
ment," whose soldier the sergeant-maj or
WAS. If the robbers could have found
him a. sea in such a light. defcnseless
bark as that to which Shelley so unhap-
PLY contided freight more precious
than himself or the needless world
knew or dreamed if they wouid have
done precisely rs this SpeZzlan bucca-
ncer SAYS he and his fellows did, and
left the handsome, tumuituous lord, no
longer voieetul, striped and adriit on
the Mediterranean waves. 1t would
have lent new solemnity 10 his thoughts,
as a month later ho minis,cred beside
the burning funeral pile o! his drowned
poet brother, with whose name his own
is thus linked in Indissolnble companions
ship, ii he had known the story which
this wien and improbable sailor has
now told. Bnt 1t is probably not true.
Tales told by as well as TO marines are
credited from of old with quality OF
inveraci,y surprising that of all Other
tales, even those Manx cats of travel
lers, so that as at present informed We
shall not advise our readers 10 weave
this latest yarn into the serious fabric OF
their belief. Biographers, commentator:
and quidnuncs will doubtless explore
the matter diligently, and if the old
Italian tar is not IL myth and has told
the truth, his dying disclosure will jns
tify his claim 10 the long remembrance
and continual curses of mankind.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-12-23
Christmas Gifts.

Every body is now thinking Of Christ
mas gifts, and the following appropriate
and timely suggestions, which we find In
.ScribHer'S Monthly for December, will be
of general interest to all readers
The usual practice In choosing
Christmas gifts is 10 start out with fulI
pOrtcmonnaie and come home with II
empty, having secured Il dozen book,
print and curiosity shops meantime, To
find enough pretty things TO 20 round.
The gifts sent 10 one friend might have
been offered with equal prOpricty to a
hundred others. Now everybody
(worth remembering at all on Christ
mas day. has fancy, or whlm, or AS
ISOLATION, which irIfc will recall or
CRAFTY. Now that we have so little
money, lie; US set our brains 10 work 10
remember these whims or hobbies, and
TO find the suggestive trihes, and our
word for it, We will s,arile our friends
with a more real pleasure than 1t we had
sent them the costl!est uumcaning gilt.
There must be nice discrimination, TOO,
in asserting these trifies. There are GER
tain folks whom we know 10 be sorely
in need of articles for the wardrobe. and
to whom we must therefore give utterly
useless follies, because they know that
we know il; and there are other and
better folks IN like coalition, who will
receive Il collar or apair of gloves with
as hearty and sincere feeling as though
the offering were strain OF Christmas
music. There is one cousin whose gift
must smell OF the shops, and the dollar
paid tor il, and another who, If we sent
her our worn copy of George Herbert,
or the little broken vase which has stood
for years on the study table, would re-
ceive them with wet eyes, and find them
fragrant with old memories"
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-12-23
4 Ruined Man.

The following picture will be readily
recognized in Kansas
Among the throng of spectators nj the
opening on Monday, was slight, q poorly
dressed man, with long yellow hair
combed ost into great clond like From
Frou's. lie is an object of interest in
Washington, and more than that an OBJ
ject OF infinite pity. His form is thin
and quaint; his step nervous and elias
tic; bis manner distracted his hands
(which cOnvulsivcly when they should
be at rest, and his face, in repose, is like
The picture of Adam in The Passion
Play at Obcrammergau." His days aye
spen. in the galleries OF the House when
Congress Is in session and during re-
cess at The Congressional library and
in the various newspaper offices. Ere
quen.ly he Is seen pacing along The
streets with on distracted, absent air,
and | saw him the other day marking
queer bieroglyphics on the letter boxes
that hang from The lampposts. | fol
lowed him from the capitol TO the
/ Treasury, and on every letterbox he
wrote different characters, crossing The
streets whenever he saw a box on the
other side. On the id Of one were char
actcrs like these:
5-52 %. so.
/ This man has had strange, sad his
tory. Fifteen years ago he was II mem
let Of Congress from one OF the ncw
western States-the first representative
the State scnt TO Congress. He had
risen to that position from the printer :
case, having teen a compositor and edi-
tor, and was one of the founders OF the
/ Typographical Union. II was Nom
Der OF the first Territorial Legislature
in his State; assisted in framing the
State constitution, and was elected 10 Il
place on the Supreme Bench, which he
declined, in orderto accept nomination
to Congress. He was man OF rare or
atorial powers, but an iiealist. So Wis
ionary, SO chimcrical were his schemes
and theories, so unsa'e his judgment,
that his career in Congress, while bril-
liant from several bursts Of eioquen' c,
was Il failure when Judged from prac-
teal commonserse standpoint. lie
was defeated when u candidate tor &c
election, and defeat killed him. For
the benefit of his health his friends OBJ
tainel consulate abroad for him, bat
his disappointment and the continual
misery OF diseased imagination unseuted
his reason, and he has grown from sem
( timenalism 10 lunacy. Several years
ago he left his wife and children, i'm
a5ining them To- be the milestone that
I hung about his neck, and has since made
his home with relatives. Through the
influence Of Charles Sumner and Henry
/ Wilson, his wife obtained position III
one OF the departments, which she now
holds. Two years ago he became sus-
picious Of the move Ofan ex Senator who
had bcfricndcd her, and shot him IN the
street, but the wound of his bullet was
only sight one, and although indicted
he has never been tried trr the crime.
His history, so sad. yet so strange and
romantic, is known only TO few, but
his face and peculiar yellow hair are
familiar to every one in Washington
From the Intfr- Ocean.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-12-23

During the month of October the
Kansas Pacific engines ran III, 3lS miles,
consuming 5,G22 tons of coal and 22S
cords Of wood The Denver Pacific en-
gines ran 3,2S9 miles, and consumed
303 tons of coal. The coal referred to
came from tho mines, at Eric, whence
the Colorado Contra! is also furnished
with fuel.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-12-23

Early Saturday morning the United
States Express car on the ST. Louis,
Kansas City and Northern Railroad was
entered near Jennings Station, about
twelve miles from St. Louis, by masked
men, who tumbled the half-s!ccping
messenger into a chest, locked him in,
and proceeded lcisurcly to rife the safe.
They secured about $4,000 worth of
money and goods and then made their
escape.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-12-23

4 bachelor returning from 4 ball in !
crowded coach, declared with srOan
that he had not the slightest objection TO
"rings on his fingers, bat he had 4 most
uueqIivocal aversion 10 .belies on lass
tacs"
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-12-23

On Tuesday, Jan. IL, the formal an
n 0unccment of Vice President Wilson S
death will be made in Congress.
Speeches will be made IN the Senate by
Boutwell,! and Dawes, and in the House
by Hoar and Warren.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-12-23

The Emperor of Brazil will embark on
the 10Th of March for New York, 10
begin his tour Of North America and
Europe.