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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-08-21

EOUGERA'S READY MADE MUSTARD
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ready for Immediate use, clean and not llaoe !"
change. easily transported and plisble, so As "
be ap piled to ell surfaces. For sale by
WAKEFIELD s. HALL,
aug 20 Corner Prince and Fairtsx streets:
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-08-21
COM VI EiS(,IAL.

ALEXANDRIA MARKET, august 2l-Wheat
i, quiet and steady; offerings OF Alb bushels,
with sales of red ut 81 for q damaged lot, and
100 for inferior, TT, 1870, 1872. 1888 1876, 1873, l40
and l42, according to quality, latter for strictly
prime. Corn is without material change; offer
ings of 1884 bushels with sales Of mixed At IS
and 81, and yellow at 81. Rye is quiet sales At
70 and 81. Oats are active, and prices are better
for good samples offerings of 906 bushels, with
sales at 45, 49, 40 and Sc
Coal REPORT The following is report of
the receipts and shipments Of coal during the
week ending day:
RECEIPTS. tons.
American Coal i5,i2
HAMPSHIRE and Baltimore Goa, l,I 80
y. L ARneW con-
TOTAL ................... , Di0
SHIPMENTS.
American Coal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 2GSS
Hampshire AMI Baltimore Goal Co............ 4}b
j. Z. Agnew ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $40
1OIhi 3Lf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-08-21
DIED.

On Saturday, 2lst of August, 1876, JAMES
b. GRUBB. in the 54th year of his age. gfs- LIS
funeral will take place from Christ Charch, on
Sunday afternoon, the I'D inst at 5 o'clock.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-29
POLITICAL.

AT meeting Of Methodist ministers at
Cincinnati, the Goth, a resolution was offered
censuring Bishop Haven and the Boston
preachers for the expression about the third
term for Grant. The resolution was the SUBJ
lect of long discussion and the meeting ad.
]ourned without taking action upon it.
The following is the work of Congress
thus far: In the House, referred to the COM
mlttee, since the session commenced, 10 House
ana IA joint resolutions 28l bills IS miscel.
laneous and 81 executive documents, including
the presidents message an unlimited mum
Der OF petitions and an unusual number of con.
tested election cases. Three bills have passed
the House removing political disabilities. and
one Senate bill has ,'ecome law.
Governor Chamberlain of South Caro-.
Ina has refused to issue the commission If
Whlpper and ex- Governor Moses obnoxions
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-29

old tariff and protection line of thought.
The committee giving the most satisfac.
ton is that on the District of Columbia.
people here taking Buckner's appoint.
ment as guarantee of an overwhelming
OF the ring and the substitution of honest
men for rascals in the municipal offices.
Mr.. Buckner, the chairman, although at
present from Missouri, was born in Vir-
glnia' educated at Georgetown, and is to
some extent familiar with Washington
ways and the Districts needs. His fell
low'workcrs are above approach
on the part Of the ring here,
which had hoped for an entirely differ.
ent appointment, Shepard himself
going so far as to solicit personal friends
IN the Democratic party to urge upon
Kerr the claims of men whom he could
find more ready to do his bidding and
moro servile in the interest of the ring.
So far as the subsidy people and the
hangers'on give an expression, the hcgira
from the city is the strongest possible in
d!cation of their opinion Of the new dis.
pensation.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-29
ERSONAL MATTERS.

George F. Seward, who has been an.
pointed to succeed the late Minister Avery al
Picking, is a nephew of William H. Seward.
and has been consul general at Shanghai for
some time.
Hon. Alonzo Abernethy has been elect
ed president Of the University OF Chicago
MIR. Abernethy graduated at this university in
1865, and now holds the position Of Superin-
tendent ofPublic instruction in the State of
Iowa. 1t is understood he will accept the po-
sition
Ex'Congressnan Rice of Kentucky has
been appointed Librarian Of the House of Con-
gress in place of J. J. Piatt. Strong interest
was made IN behalf OF Mr.. Piatt whom many
hoped would be retained, notwithstanding lis
politics, out of respect for his literary labors.
Mrs. j. E. Foster, the lady lawyer of
Clinton, Iowa, won her first case in the Su-
preme Court on the 18th, gaining reversal
OF the District Court decision in the case of
Oswald VS.. Hayes. The lower court held that
mortgage could not enforce the claims to a
chattel mortgage after the goods were sold by
his consent. The higher court held that the
verbal consent to sell does not invalidate the
chattel mortgage.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-29

come and God-speed to the best land west
of Us. If the people of New York will
learn lesson of the Pilgrim Fathers, and
60 back to somewhat Of their economy,
the national debt will be extinguished in
1--we years and specie payment would
come naturally. Let us 60 back to the
times as before the war. IF necessary. I
myself will give an example of earning
my own living. But in doing so let us
still keep ourselves prepared for war,
whenever it comes. Let US keep the art
OF war before us, so that we will not have
the modification of sending to Germany
for soldiers to drill our soldiers in the
next war;" Great cheering.1
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-29
Terrible Gas Casualty.

Shortly before seven o'clock this even
ing a large gas main reaching under the
Federal street bridge to South Boston,
and thence along the waters edge under
the pavement on Federal street, exploded
with loud report, tearing up the pave
ment for distance of $50 feet or more.
The street was thronged with people at the
time. Many were buried under the deb.
ris. Crosby's grain warehouse was badly
shattered and will have to be taken down.
The foreman was instantly killed.
The list of killed and wounded, as far
as ascertained, is as follows: Killed, 2;
fatally injured, 4; seriously hurt, 9;
slightly injured, 3. Seven persons are
missing and supposed to have been blown
into the water and drowned. As yet
there is no positive knowledge of the
cause of the explosion, but it is supposed
the recent cold weather caused the gas
pipes to burst, and the ground becoming
impregnated with gas, ignition from some
cause communicated fire to the confined
gas and caused the explosion. An eye
witness states that the first intimation
was bright flash about midway of the
causeway, followed by sharp explosion,
paving SLoueSs SIdSel auu ueuTlS lying III
all directions, and almost Immediately
thereafter the causeway on the right
hand side, under which ran the gas main,
fell over into the river, carrying with it
several persons, who were stunned, in
jured or killed by the explosion. The
number of these is not yet ascertained,
but it is feared several were buried under
the debris at the bottom of the river.
The pavement was completely torn up for
q distance Of 1855 feet
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-29
How Hogs nre slaughtered in Chieaxo

Many readers may be interested in the
process of slaughterine hogs as conducted
at the pork packing house in The Stock
yaros at chicago. Here it is: The hogs
are oelven from the yard over broad
elevated bridge to the upper floor of the
Dulomg', three stories in height. Here
they are huddled into pen. Two men
move among them armed with long iron
nook with an eye at the top and grooyed
wheel just under the eye. This hook
they attach to one hind leg Of the hop.
The eye of the hook is fixed
upon hook suspended to
rope depending from ,oro
lever, which is pulled down, and the hoe
goes up with rush into the air--the
grooved wheel is then placed unon =
round iron rail, like the wheels upon .
sliding barn door, and the hog is rolled
along in front of his executioner. who
stands within blood covered pen some
ten feet wide, and fifteen feet long. He
gently inserts short keen knife into the
throat OF his victim, and the hot blood
s1shes out IN torrent, passing through
a ' shaped aperature in the foor--flow.
ing on through conductors to the base.
ment of the builing, where it is eyapora-
tea to dryness, packed in barrels and sold
as fertilizer. The writhing hog rolls
along to the end of the pen and is sud-
denly dropped into cauldron
of boiling water from whence it is AZ
quickly raised, laid upon a long. broad
platform, on each side of which stand \
dozen men armed with knives, who, with
wonderful dexterity, divest the stcaming
animal OF head, hair and intestines as
they roll it along to the end of the plat.
form, where it is again suspended bv both
hind legs, upon the round rail, and passed
along in front of a man, who, swinging an
immense cleayer, cleaves the breast bone,
and then the back bone from tail to neck.
!he carcass is then rolled on to the cool.
ing room, where it remains certain
length of time, which time being COM
pleted, it is passed through trap in the
toor, down slide, landing upon a huge
chopping block. Here it is dissected. and
each portion distributed to it's proper
locality in the buildings, to be sailed.
picked or smoked, and the fat made into
lard. Ten thousand hogs per dav is the
capacity of this establishment. Every
portion Of the animal is utilized, nothing
is lost or wasted, and all this labor is done
under one roof, except the smoking and
picking, which is performed in small
building near the main building. The
sight is disgusting to the sensitive nerve,
but it is necessity, for we must have
our pork and sausages.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-29
A Colossal Speculator Ruined.

The details ofthe ruin Of the great Ger.
man speculator, Strousberg, utterly dwarf
into insignifcance the speculations of jay
Gould, the unfortunate Ralston, jay
Cooke, and other American tinanciers,
whose operations We have been &C.
customed to look upon as colossal. The
record Of his life and his schemes
reads like chapter taken out Of fiction.
Herr Strousberg was first known as
teacher of languages in the United
States, from which humble station he
rose to a place where he dealt with hun.
dreds Of millions of money in every part
of Europe. His visit to America was
short, and he next appeared in London
and afterwards in Berlin, but it was not
until 1870 that he began to attract public
attention as colossal Spectator. At
that time he had immense sums of money
ut his disposal and almost unlimited
credit. He was railway contractor in
several European States; an engine manu-
facturer and proprietor Of three of tn
largest iron works in Europe; heavy
proprietor in lands and mines; and the
owner OF the cattle markets and slaughter
houses in Berlin. At that time he was
dealing with the almost fabulous sum of
$350,000,000! The Franco German war
dealt him severe blow in the general
depression Of securities. The Roumani-
an Government also refused to pay the
interest it had guaranteed upon the rail-
ways he had been constructing for them
and Strousberg had to pay it himself.
This gave him another staggering blow,
and for two or three years he was tossed
up and down on the ocean of finance, now
launching out into speculative schemes
and again'.contracting to meet the preas-
ure upon him. Last year he bent all
his energies, applied all his resources, and
stretched his credit to 1.-THE utmost to re-
trieve himself. He established immense
manufactures in Germany and Russia, re-
covered all his old mines and iron works
and bought new ones, and took large
number Of 60 new railway contracts in
various parts Of Europe. He obtained
advances from every bank and every
possible quarter, but at last the CONNER
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-29
The Marriage Bells.
from the St, Paul Disnatch. Dec

(From the St. Paul Dispatch, Dec. %.
At four o'clock Wednesday afternoon,
Dec. 22d, the ever pleasant marriage ccrc.
mony was performed at Unity church,
corner of Wabashaw and Exchange
streets, St. Paul, the high contracting
parties being Miss Laura I. Post, daugh-
ter Of DR.. Russell Post, and one Of the
best known and fairest Of St. Paul's
lovely maidens, and Mr.. Judson L. Bun.
nell of Hastings. The church lad been
handsomely decorated for the occasion,
and the main body of the edifice was
we'll filled with the friends and acquaint.
ances Of the parties. number of whom
We're present from Hastings, the home of
the groom. The ceremony was perform.
ed by Rev. Mr.. Effinger, the efficient
and popular pastor of the society. The
Misses Lola Magee and Lilly West per-
formed the pleasant task of bridesmaids,
Mcssrs. A. Ames and j. W. Griggs. Jr.,
and DR.. Patterson as ushers.
After the ceremony the newly married
couple and friends we're given reception
at the residence Of Merrill Ryder, ESQ.,,
from which Mr.. and Mrs. Bunnell will de-
part about P. NJ. to take the Eastern ex-
press for their bridal tour, followed by the
congratulations and best wishes Of their
numerous friends. The presents to the
bride were many in number, beautiful in
design and valuable in quality. After the
departure Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bunnell their
friends will legather under Mr.. Ryder Is
hospitable roof for an evening ofsocial en-.
ioylnent.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-29
Sitting Brill ON the War Path.
Washington Special, 21st, to Chicago Inter-
Ocean

Washington Special, 21st, to Chicago Inter-
Ocean
Information has been received at the
War Department which goes to prove the
statements made in these dispatches sew
eral weeks since in reference to probable
activity on the Northern frontier, and
serious Indian hostilities may be expected
in upper Dakota any time. Sitting Bull,
leader of hostile bands of Sioux, is en-
camped within three days march of the
settlements, and scouts recently arrived
at the Northern Missouri military posts
report preparations being made by him
to raid Oh the whites this winter.
The commanding officers at these
posts have informed the
War Department Of his preparations, and
have received orders to have mounted
troops and equipments in readiness should
Sitting Bull make any aggressions. The
first attack from him will 5e the signal
for lively campaign, and he will receive
the punishment he has been earning by
the inroads of the last four or five years.
Custer, at Fort Lincoln, and Hazen, at
Fort Buford, will carry on concerted
movements from two sides, and if they
once get an opportunity, will make livery
interesting for the warriors.
Washington Special, elst, to Chicago Times.]
There is a speck of an 'sInjun war; on
the horizon Of the far western plains.
Col. Huston, commanding at Fort Ste
venson, in letter to the war department
to-day, says an Indian scout comes to him
with report that Sitting Bull is on the
war path and that he has ma de threats
of attacking Fort Abraham Lincoln and
Fort Buford, with the intention of des-
troying their outposts and massacreing
the people there,
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-29
Remarks of Gen. Sherman ut the New
England Society of New York City.

At the seventeenth annual dinner of
the New England Society of New York
city, the 22d inst, Gen. Sherman, in re-
ply to the toast, <'rhe Army and Navy"
touched upon several topics of interest,
as follows:
''Upon the civilization of New England
is based the civilization of North America.
The black man is as free as I am. The
Japanese are free to come here: so are
the Chinese. But the civilization of New
England will remain, and will govern this
continent. A New England man, 20
where he will, carries centre which,
enlarging, will affect everything he comes
in contact with. He is the embodiment
OF all the English speaking people who
delight in honesty. truth and patriot
ISM
Referring to the result of the late war
he declared: t'Never was there such an
example of conquerors giving the con-
quered the same rig hts they themselves
possessed. The moment the vanquished
laid down their arms we said to them,
Go home, go to work for the flag which
is to be the common flag of our homes
lisay to every southern man who will go
with US heart in hand to build up this
land, they are just as welcome as if born
on the very surface of Plymouth rock.
But if they cherish any hopes for the old
conflict, storm will arise over their
heads ten times as heavy as the last one.
l speak for the army and navy, the men
Of bone and muscle, the brain and sinew,
the aggregate American
He referred to the hard times, and
said: "The trouble is, that the people
flock too much to cities. I ask them to
come west. Laughter There is no
trouble in St. Louis-plenty to eat and
drink, and we will give you hearty well
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-29
Wood and COX.
Washington Telegram, 10Th, to Chicago
Times


VIM. R. Morrison of Illinois, instead of
the military committee, to which he had
been assigned as first choice, will, to the
aStonishment Of the country, take the
Craftsmanship Of ways and means. Mr..
Morrison, it is understood, is forced upon
the Speaker by the necessities of the case
presented in the relations existing be-.
tween Fernando Wood and Samuel S.
Cox. These gentlemen were both aspir-
ants for the same committee. Both
deluged the Speaker with delegations
setting forth their pre-eminent claims
upon and fitness for the Craftsmanship.
IN view of the peculiar relations hereto
fore sustained to the country by Mr..
Wood, and the bad odor in which he is
held in his own community as public
man, and the general distrust of the coun-
try, the Speaker felt con.
strained to deny him the head Of
the committee. He is placed second
on it, with no intention or desire to de.
grade him, but for the purpose of solving
difficulty arising out of the situation
which the country will understand with
out any detailed statement of it. The
result was that after he had received that
complimentary vote in 1873 it was fol-
lowed by a universal outcry. Even the
Democratic press and party of the coun.
try condemned the act because of the
peculiar standing and political reputation
OF MIR. Wood. Nearly every one had to
apologize for his vote afterward. 1t was
in consequence Of that vote alone that
Mr.. Blaine felt constrained to put him
on the committee on ways and means.
Mr.. Morrison, although not an accom-
plished economist or great public speaker,
IS known to be man of extraordinary
ability in the practical management of
affairs and in the control of men.
He is also known to be more
squarely and unqualiiedly sound in all
his political views than MIR. Wood. He
is a hard'money Democrat and revenue
reformcr of the most advanced type.
Whilst he may not lead on the floor of
the House, he will lead in. the committee
room, and direct the conduct of the affairs
of this committee in the House as wisely
as any man that it would be possible for
the Speaker to select.
Mr.. Cox sustained toward the country,
the House and the Speaker an entirely
different relation. He has good reputa.
ton in the country; he was one of the
competitors for the Speakcrship; he has
a following in the House. These are facts
which the Speaker could not overlook.
Therefore, whilst denying to Mr.. Cox the
craftsmanship of the ways and means, Mr..
Kerr did not feel at liberty to deny him
prominent position. He will, therefore,
be made chairman Of the committee of
banking and currency, and Mr.. Payne, of
Ohio, will be second.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-29

judges elect. He says that as the present in
cumhents Of Office, to which the above named
persons claim to have been elected, will not
expire until after another general election of
members Of the general assembly, the present
general assembly has no right to elect their
SUCCESSORS.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-29
Jay Cooke and tho Northern Pacific.
Philadelphia, Dec. Is, Correspondence New
York Tribune

Jay Cooke and tho Northern Isacistc.
lfhlladelphia, Dec. Is, Correspondence New
York Tribune.]
MIR. Jay Cooke, who still takes warm
interest in the affairs of the Northern Pa.
enc railroad, says that there will be no
enort on the part of that company to Sc
cure aid from Congress by joining hands
with Col. Thomas Scott's Texas Pacific
PROJECT. 1t appears that Col. Scott is
confident othis ability to push his scheme
through On its own merits. and that the
Northern Pacific managers, while noe op.
posing IT, are not seeking an alliance. Mr..
Cooke IS just as confident as ever of the
future success of the railroad which swal-
lowed up his great fortune and brought
him to bankruptcy. He says it now &C.
cuples the proudest position Of any road
IN the country, being entirely fres from
debt, its bonds having all baen converted
into preferred stock. Both ends of the
road earn monthly surplus over run.
ming expenses which amounts TO about
100000.
the value Of the company 5 land grant,
Mr.. Cooke Says, is far greater than even
the directors themselves imagine. The
SOAAAP'SsAoAA " S1C 1tkSI AOO lilies Ol track
in Dakota gave the company 100000
acres mere than are contained in the
whole State of Massachusetts,. The res
ervation Of the alternate sections belong
ing to the government for actual settlers,
in tracts of 80 acres, or 100 to soldiers,
enables the company to virtually fer the
settler who buys a farm of It another
farm adjoining as free gift. The settler
who buys so acres from the company has
only to build his house on the adjoining
80 acres to own the whole 16O. If he
was soldier he gets 800 acres by the
same process. Mr.. Cooke argues that
the strict provisions of law to prevent
spectators getting possession of any land
within the limit Of the grant will event.
ually result in thickly populating the re-
gion through which the Northern Pacific
runs, and, as consequence, will produce
large local business for the road. The
friends of Mr.. Cooke will be glad to learn
that he is in excellent health and spirits.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-29

clal Bank of Moscow refused him an &C.
commodation of two millions of roubles,
and the catastrophe of ruin and bank
ruPtcy followed. Strousberg is in prison
and bis property has passed into the
hands of the law 60 be disposed of for the
benefit of creditors all over Europe.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-29

A man has been living near Greenfield
Massachusetts, like a burrowing beast,
He dug passage few feet into the side
of hill, and at the end enlarged trans
verse cavity to hight of three feet and
a length of six feet. He propped up the
the top with boards, covered The bottom
with straw, and slept there every night
for six months, until the weather became
so cold that he had to quit. He lived OF
Vegetables and fruit stolen in the NEIGH
borhood.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-29

Pea soup. Soak a pint Of peas in
water for twelve hours, drain off the
water, put the peas into saucepan with
three pints of cold water, a piece of bacon
(about IL lb.), two sprigs of dried mint,
bay leaf, some parsley, an onion stuck
with two or three cloves, some whole
pepper, and salt to taste. Let the whele
boil three hours, then pass the puree
through hair sieve, make it hot again,
and serve with dice of bread fried in but
ter.