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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-24
CONNIE IsCIAL,

ALEXANDRIA MARKET, April 24-Receipts
Of Grain are very light and the market is with
out change since yesterdays report. Offerings
of $50 bushels Wheat, with sales of choice
white sample at 139, and red at 100 for good,
and 1873 for choice. Corn is fairly active, with
sales a, ssh ard 80 for mixed; offerings OF SIS
bushels Oats are firm; ufferings of 2l0 bushels,
with sales at IS and II.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-24

Building No. l407 Main street, Richmond,
occupied by H. Morris, agent for Canton Color
Works, took fire yesterday, and TWO upper
stories were burned. The stock was valued at
s34, 900, nearly all Of which was destroyed or
damaged insurance, $4,000. ". K. Phil,
lips & Co., boot and shoe dealers, occupying
the next building, had stock damaged by water
between $4,000 and $4,000, nearly covered by
Insurance.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-24
SyLEs
RvL D Harrison, Auctioneer.


DUBLIC SALE.-Wil be sold in front OF
i the Market House, on Royal street, on
TUESDAY, April 9TH, at 10 O'clock g. m,
FOURTEEN FINE MICH COWS, the old.
est not years Old ONE GOOD ONE YEAR
OLD BULL, Aldcrney and Durham mixed !;
ONE MARE COLT, two years old, sired By
Cats fine horse; also TWO HORSES
Terms cash. Sale positive and without reserve.
ap 24-2t RICHARD LLOYD.
FrRUSTEE'S SALEOF A LARGE INTER
i EST IN TIE oTEAMEk Ar IL 3
LINGTUN. -Purs uant to deed olasSsa 44..ssas
trust from James Grimes to me, dated :. anu-
ary 6th, 1875 .nd Tecor. ed in the Custom House
ut A!ex.ndri., Va, and NJ the request Of the
beneficiary Secure1 by said decd shall, at
Cazenove's wharf, in Alexandria: Va, on FRI.
DAY, May IN, le1j ~ II M, sell by public
suction, .ho FIVE Ninth INTEREST OF the
said Ja;Ecs Grimes liz the Steamer Arlington,
on the following
Terms, viz: Enough III cash to ray 500. -,
the debt secured, wltn interest from :.pr. 3tl,
1919, an the costs Of preparing aid executing
the said trust; tac residue upon a credit ol SIX
and Twelve months. The deferred payments to
be secured by the purchasers bonds, with per
sona surety, and u deed Of t.ust on The SAID in
terest i'll the said steamer. Cost Of preparing
papers concerning sale, &C., TO be borne by pur-
chaser.
ap lists D. L. SMOOT, Trustee
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-24

REMGIOUs-Thc series of mectings at the NJ.
f. Church, South, commenced four weeks
ago, still continue, aud some forty persons have
connected themselves with that Church IN the
past three s-twenty-fVe we're admitted
to full membership on Sunday last. The inter
est in these religious services seem undated.
The Rev. Dr.. Gardoer the preacher 10 charge
of Leesburg station, is a very earnest and en-
ergctic pulpit orator. There is one noticeable
feature 10 these meeting, aud that is, the large
number of Sabbath school scholars that have
been converted. -LeesLrq Woshingtoniun.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-24

FAIRFAX COUNTY ITEMS AT the last term
Of the touaty Cour; the lo"wing named free
holder, were appointed commissioners to lay
off he county into road districts, under lie
pew road law, ,z: tcutr4viIlc Dtstric:, &. +.
Ford, Thomas y. stewart AMI Simpson i.
Z lnarai bee. r. l. Il .chIord, } aha Il Hall,
md + .o> F;.i:f,x; IL. Vernon. + t. Mason,
y. ". Person, and X. ". Gaylord; Falls
nntch. Aim.u.i Birc, Christian Seaman, aud
Rob II !. H Dcrt$: Pr. .idencc. jonathan Ma
garity, y +. lime, aud B. Canied; Draucs-
vile, ". b. Avrr!IIc, Charles j.. Stewart, and
Alfred Leigh.
". b. Lewis, tax collector of Providence
Township. remarked that he had just travcIl, d
for nearly w day. for that purpose. ard had
only collected 81 IS, and that was from col
orcd citizrn, a laoorcr at Langley. The reason
OF this strusency Of the tax market Is partly
that the people are laboring under misappre-
hcnsiOn that the time for the payment OF taxes
was extended to Jure first instead of only to
April first.
The dwarf pears and tn" cherries were pretty
etfec,uaIy killed Tor this season by the unsea-
sonable cold weather, but so far as We can
Judge the peaches are mainly safe, though it is
possible after the fruit is just formed the injury
to the germ is such that II may drop off before
maturing. [, will take time TO tell this The
apples are all right. They were not far enough
advanced.
James Seals, we'll known and trusty color,
citizen, some fifty years OF age, died on Thur
day last Of cancer of the face Farmer
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-24


In carrying into effect the proposition of
YOUR correspondent, Suggesting a conference
with the "boudholders, lie, the committee Of
Council be furnished with statement Of the
property owned BY the corporation, showing
the net income derived from it. Let SO much
of this income as may be necessary be pledged
to the payment Of the Interest on the reduced
bombs, or if more agreeable to the 'bondhold-
ers" let all this property, which will include
our beautiful market house aud gas works, be
surrendered to the "boudiolders' 10 full salts
faction of the bonded debt OF the towD, the com
mitlee agreeing on the part of the city to rent
At fair rate icr ten years, hat portion OF the
new market building now used Tor public pur-
noses. This done the floating debt and the
current expenses of the city government can
be easily managed, the streets rep4lvcd, the
park at Jones Point be uaugurated, and the
old town be made to bloom aud blossom as
rose, A.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-24

sent to the dead letter
Bon, CEas
Blair, Mrs Emily
Butler, E J
Bowman, Ed
Bailer, Henry
Bates, Isaac
Brown, Joseph
Barber, JAS
Bealls, Mrs Mary II
Ball, Miss Virginia
Brown, George i
Cox, Mrs Mnry
bod, Albert B
DOMAIN Mrs
Cough, John w
Garriet, Joe
Grlgg, J
Harris Miss Jennie
Hall, Miss Mary
johnson, VIM
Jackson, Cath .rine
ap 24-It w. !
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-24

What IT WILL SAvE--Durng its late scs,
sion the General Assembly adopted TWO sets Of
amendments to the constitution. The first adds
petit larceny to the list Of crimes, the penalty
for which is disqualification for voting aud
holding Office, and authorizes the imposition of
poll tax to be paid before citizen can excr-
else the right of suffrage. The second set pro-
vides Tor Biennial sessions of the General AS
sembly, the reduction Of fifty four in the num-
Der OF members of the TWO houses, and a salary
instead of per diem compensation
If these amendments are ratified by the next
Legislature and confirmed BY the people they
will save to the State upw lrds of $3.50 600 an
DuaIly. The reduction Of members will be a
saving of $40 900, and the bieruial sessions,
With the consequent saving of officers salaries
aud public printing, will be saving of some
$4,000 more.
The law restoring criminal jurisdiction to the
County Courts will also be All Immense saving,
by monthly delivering the jaiIs and thereby
stopping the expense Of feeding the prisoners.
- Win Times.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-24

Washington kilograms state that at the meet
ing of the Cabinet yesterday nothing was said
of changes in the Cabinet or the filing of va
oancies that "may occur therein. Attorney
General Williams was not present. Secretary
Delauo, it is rumored, will retire next week,
and be succeeded by Henry I. Blow, of Mis-
souri,. The heads of the various divisions of
the Interior Department waited on President
Grant yesterday, and assured him that as far
as the reports rejecting upon Secretary Della
nos administration claim to be founded upon
information derived from the Department,
they are utterly false. The President was very
emphatic in commentator of MIR. Delauo.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-24
LIST OF LETTERS

Remaining in the Alexandria, Va, PostofBce
April "A, 1876
Persons calling for letters will say they are .d
vertlsed and give the date Of the list.
If not cal ed for within thirty days they WILDE
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-24

Lee, Miss Laura D
Lewis, Miss Rosy
McCarty, J G
Middleton, Miss Annie
Msyhugh, Miss Alice
Morris, Thomas
Reed, Edwin NJ
Skinner, Thos
Smith, Mrs Annie N
Seals, Mis-. Alcinda
Smith, Miss Bette
Smith, Mrs Carrie
,Smoote, Geo T
,Su livan, Mrs Sallie
Sutton, Geo w
Taylor, B . s. w b
Thomas Jacob
Van Welt, Sarah J
Winders, n eedham
White, Esther
N. BERKLEY, p. NJ.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-24

EaD4eT or ill, 4 ..isjRsI, .'PREL 2I.
sun !osc.............5 Is Moon rses........lO So
SUI! sets .........5 81 High water......... q UO
.'."..E;.
Steamer S -, B.'timorc to Broders & Co.
She r par's the s"hr Mary Aln=den and three
othc. vessels a-hnre in III" Potomac.
steamer J.1e Iose.ey, Norfolk, to A Reed
>chr sunlight, Boston, to Hampshire and
..tliuDro | al 90 she reports the schr Artle
G. ,rwocd, from Boston for this port, rs in the
river
PASSED UP.
S'chr Emma Airy, for Georgetown.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-24
The Marlboro md Prince Georgian 10 its

The Marlboro (Md) Prince Georgian 10 its
account of the injury done by the late cold
weather says: From all the Information we
can CLEAN from our planters attending court
1he tobacco plants have not suffered so severe
ly as We had feared Some beds are Injured,
and the more prudent are already Resolving or
sowing new beds. The young clover, especial
ly that which had just sprouted and was com-
ing up, is killed outright, which is great loss,
US it is now too late to SOW again, and that
crop must suffer serious injury.
The Stanton (Va.) indicator says: The
forward wheat is injured but to what extent
cannot be estimated. About $50, 900 spent IL
cloverseed in this county faded in a night
Just 81 years ago, on the Sd Of April, there
was cold spell Of equal severity preceded By
snow which fell to the depth of % inches.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-24
Ladies' Misses and Chiidren's BOOp
Shoes and Slippers.

We are this day receiving full line OF -
iies, Misses and Children's Boots, Shoes and
Slippers, suitable for Spring and sumner EN-
bracng al Of the latest styles. We sohclt pus
chasers to call and examine for Themselves -
they will be sold st low prices.
NH 90 w. B. WADDEY. "a King 81.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-24

ALEX ANDRIA FISH MARKET, April "a. 1875.
The receipts since last report have been 5000
Shsd which sold at from ID rs to SIT 80 per hun
dred 70,0O) Herring, which sold at II SO
to Sl3 GO por thousand and increased num-
Der of Rock and Perch, which found ready
sale at high figures
In Washington, yesterday, 10000 Shsd sold
at from IL to $40 per hundred; 2J,GOO Herrings
from y to SIS per thousand; 800 Taors from
2 10 81 per hundred 1000 Eels from 2 to "a per
hundred; 1000 punches of Rock at SOC per bunch
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-24

RAILROAD RECEIPTS The following were the
receipts by the Virginia Midland K. K. this
week:
Corn 1925 bushels wheat 2:40 rye ll5, oats
925 beans II, walnut. e. potatoes s, seed bsg,
ground sumac "a lbl, folr SAT bbls, dried
fru! ; bags and boxes, leather AZ rolls, calves
&c, 20 wool 81 sack, liquor 7 boxes, buttor 5
frkns, ption % bales, bacon 1915 lbs, fowls
co.,. e, 6 II bbls and boxes, dressed hogs IL,
lard nrNins, brooms bundles, vinegar cask.
hides bale and 10 bundles, calf skirs bales,
whiskey bb'. reapers l, fur 2 packs, oak um-
b.r 5 90 iccI pine lumber 1000 feet, rags $50
lbs, Suidries 9 oxes, &C., iron 1916 lbs turn-
ture car anu : packages, ea.pty casks Id,
plows |, stone car.
The following were the receipts By the Wash
ington and Ohio Railroad :
Wheat l4O2 bushels, corn Ala, oa's SO, meal
ITO, feed AZ, -four 81 bb!s, vi: eg"r bbIs, eggs
50 bbIs and boxes, butter 10 bills and f:kins,
fowls 10 ccops, csIv.s 68 head, horses |, hides
bundles, sheep skins "A rags "A bales, old iron
q homes 300 lbs, casting s. 0 b., plows z, pork
$50 lbs, stock car lun, e; car, wood l car,
h..y cars.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-16
BRIGANDS.

A Band of Robbers Board an Express
Train i'm Illinois--The Engineer Shot
Dead, and the Engine and Express Car
Detached--The Express Messenger De-
tends His Car successfully.
One of the most high-handed attempts
ut robbery that has ever occurred in Il
linois took place at Long Point, station
on the Vandalia railroad, on the night of
the Sth inst. The dispatches to the Chi
cago papers give the following particu-
lars of the affair
AS train No. 6, eastward bound, in
charge of Conductor Fraley and Engin-
eer Milo Ames, came up to Long Point
station for water, two men boarded the
locomotive, one from each side, and said
to the engineer /: :" Pull out !" The en-
gineer was at first somewhat bewildered,
when they said again, "Pull
out !" At this he, seeming to comprehend
the situation, said: "All right, I'll pull
out" The men then said: eve will
run the thing ourselves" and at that
both of the robbers fired. One of the
shots killed the engineer instantly, and
the other lodged in the cab. The fire.
man, who was on the tank, taking in
water, Immediately jumped and ran to
the rear of the train, to notify the train
men, he having heard the conversation
ana comprehending the situation.
During these proceedings at the en-
CINE, confederate had detached the
Adams Express car, and they then. pull
ing the engine wide open, ran her
about two miles east and stopped, blow
I'M, or b ~ L.
messenger.
They then came to the door of the car
and said "Let me in, Jack" He re-
piled to them You SIS of BIS, I'm
ready for you If you ever come in
here, you are dead men !" The robbers
then commenced firing into the car. The
messenger, Burke, saiG it seemed to him
that there were dozen of them, as the
shots seemed to come from all direc-
tons.
The conductor and train-nen, after
the shots We're fired, saw the situation of
affairs, and at once set about to pursue
the robbers. They could only find one
revolver on the train, but found two sol
dlers on board car, who were armed
with carbines. With these weapons the
bIitlu-lutH ill lIe SOlulerS started Ill puf-
suit of the train and robbers, but when
they came up to the train all was quiet,
the robbers having fled. They found the
engineer in the bottom of lis cab, cold
and stiff.
There CHANGED to be freight engineer,
Jack Vancleve, on the train, and he,
with the fireman, Immediately ran the
engine back to the train and brought
it in.
The robbers failed to get any entrance
whatever into the express car, it being
one of the close kind, and having no
windows, and very strong every way.
Had they detached the American Ex-
press car also, which was Immediately in
the rear of the Adams, they would I'M
doubleday have accomplished their OBJ
ject, as it was an open car, having wiz
dows, and doors not very strong.
Engineer Ames was one of the best
engineers on the road, about 30 years
old, and had been married but a short
time.
The robbers who boarded the locomo-
tive wore long linen busters.
Conductor Fraley. and all the train
men, i'll fact, did all they could under the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-16
Cigars 11J Years Old.

A very interesting incident in connec-
ton with the Bunker Fill centennial was
the opening of a box of cigars manufac-
tured i'll 1850 by Cyrus Green (afterward
of revolutionary fame), at a cigar store
on fremont street, Boston. The cigars
were found in good State of preserva-
ton and of fine flavor. Three of the
cigars were forwarded to President
Grant. The rest were again repacked in
an alright case, with a copy of Boston
paper containing an account of the cele-
bration, and marked: "This box is not
to be opened until the second centennial
of the anniversary of the battle of Bun
ker Hill"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-16
The Unknown Arctic REGIONS.

Within the Polar circle there is an
enormous area, comprising at least 2 900.
600 square miles, of which we know sim.
ply nothing. We shall have presently to
speak of the various speculations regard
ing the nature of this vast extent of the
worlds surface; it is enough for our i'm
mediate purpose TO say that we do not
know anything whatever about it..
Whether it is land, water or ice; whether
the climate is cold or warm; whether
there are inhabitants, animals. plants, or
whether it is a bowling wilderness
speculation has included almost every
possibility, and almost every abslrdity;
but of knowledge such as alone intelii-
gent men can be content with, we have
absolutely none. To attain some such
knowledge is the first object now pro-
posed in Arctic exploration. 1t is con-
sidered uniting and unseemly, in the
present state of scientific progress, that
there should be this large area of our
earth's surface still so utterly unknown.
The examination of it is loudly called
for; it is problem of universal interest,
the solution of which appeals not to com
mercial profits, pecuniary advantage, in
facility for transport and COM
but simply, in the first in
stance, to those higher feelings and
warnings which, whatever our remote
ancestry, now distinguish us from the
orutes. We want to traverse this I'M
known space and see and know what it
s.-EdiR6urgh ReUieW.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-16
An Impressive Sight.

There were seventeen of them-ex-
actly seventeen. They marched down
Michigan avenue in double-file-all but
one. He marched alone at the head Of
the column. They were noble young
men. They had high foreheads and in
telligent faces, and there was a stern,
determined look on each face-a look
which said that they would die at their
country's call. Were they going forth
to battle Were they going to the res
cue of some kind sentiment which the
wicked world was trying to blot from
the hearts of men9 Were they going TO
the succor of the unfortunate and dis
tressedl No, not cents worth-they
were going out to play base ball. 1t was
an imposing sight to see them march,
march, each form erect, each step in
time, each face bearing that look which
warriors wear when the roar of battle is
loudest. If every one of the seventeen
had been on their way to the woodpile or
the corn field the sight could not have
been more grand and thrilling. -Detroit
Free Press
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-16
An INHALED Dog.

The Detroit Ne,os gives the following
incident of the recent Tornado: a dog
was found on the Jones farm, impalesl on
a dry limb OF aD elm tree. The limb was
about two inches in diameter and three
feet long, with branch about ten inches
in length, nearly midway between the
ends. The limb entered the dog Just be-
hind the shoulder, and passed directly
through the body, coming out near the
flank, and was stopped by the branch
above mentioned. 1t is supposed that
the unfortunate canine was taken ND bv
the wind, hrledagainst the limb, break
ing IL OIL, and was then carried to the
place where he was found"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-16
FINANCE AND TRADE.
Weekly Review of the Chicago Market.
FINANCIAL.


The supply of money continues in excess of
the demand, there being but comparatively
little demand for fayors. Spectators in grain
and provisions are about the only borrowers.
Interest rates are without quotable change-761
10 per cent. according TO security and time.
Government bonds firm.
BREADsTUFFs.
The grain markets attracted considerable
attention from spectators and operators gen.
sive business was transacted. The receipts
also denote an increase, but still neither the re-
ceipts nor shipments are AZ large as at this
time last season. At times the prevailing
feeling was rather weak, and again quite firm,
but taking the week all through the prevailing
feeling was one of iirmness and higher range
of prices was established. The shorts for July
delivery showed a general desire to provide for
their outstanding contracts, and up to Saturday
the demand from this source was quite urgent,
especially for corn and oats. The advicee from
the East were of a favorable tenor and holders
and operators generally manifested considera-
bic confidence in the trade. The markets at
the close were easier and outside prices were
not maintained, the higher prices inducing
more selling orders from the interior while
the weather was more settled and crop reports
were favorable. The shipping inquiry was
fair, and there was a reduction Of the stock III
store.
The following table shows the prices current
at the opening and close Of the past week
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-16

Closing.
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The West.

The Governor of Kansas has sent to Presi-
dent Grant strong remonstrance against the
proposed settlement Of the Sioux and other
wild Indians in the Indian Territory.
Gen. Francis p. Blair, Jr., died at his resi-
dence in st. Louis on the Sth inst, in the 5jth
year of his age He was stricken with paralysis
in 1872. and has been in failing health ever
since Two months ago TRANSMISSION of blood
was tried, with, it was Thought, favorable re-
suits, but a relapse took place, resulting in his
death in few hours.
A real estate lawsuit, which promises to rival
in magnitude and duration the celebrated suit
of Mrs. Gaines in New Orleans is one of the
probabilities in Chicago. 4 strip of land worth
several millions of dollars, on which stand the
Illinois Central depot and portion of the
tracks, is in dispute, having just been origin
ally entered at the Land Office at Springfield,
although it las been occupied and presumably
owned by the railroad company for the last
thirty years.
The latest news from the Black Hills is not
encouraging to gold-seekers.
Six hundred Mennonites, from Russia, passed
through St. Paul last week, en- route to their
new homes in the Saskatchewan country of
Manitoba.
Indians to the number of 100 attacked the
Ponca Agency. in Dakota, a few days since
but as the authorities had been warned they
were prepared, and with the aid of a field-pece
the savages were repulsed. Several of them
were killed.
Il is reported from Sioux City that the gov
eminent is fitting outan expedition to go TO the
Black Hills to bring the miners who are now at
work there without permission from the gov
eminent.
An iron mountain, s miles long, % miles
wide. and 1000 feet high, brimful Of tie
purest ore, has been discovered in Minnesota,
GO miles north of Duluth.
Affairs in the grasshopper stricken sections
of the West don't wear such gloomy look
after all. The Kansas City Times of Sunday
last has reports from various parts Of the
plague-infected district embracing five
counties in Missouri and about the
same number in Kansas, the general
tenor of which go to show that there will be
a heavy crop of corn, millet and Hungarian
grasses. The flax crop will also be large. Corn
is growing now at the rate of two to four inches
daily. A remarkable feature of its present
growth is that a new kind of grass, resembling
buffalo grass, is springing up in many portions
of the grasshoppor district.
The Adams Express Company has offered
reward OF $1,000 for the arrest Of the Vandalia
train robbers the vandaia Railroad Company,
$1,000; Eningham citizens, $500 the railway |
men, $500 aud the citizens Of Casey, $50,
making in all 81 700.
The Chicago Journal Of Monday last says
1.-THE harvesting CT the winter wheat in South
ern Illinois is finished, and altogether the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-16

PARIS is a good place for the cruelty
preventers. 1t is asserted that certain
owners of leech-ponds buy up horses
that are too old to work, to feed their
leeches. The horses are staked in the
pond up to their bellies, when the leeches
Immediately attach themselves to them
and suck the blood out of them, which
1T takes one or two days to do.