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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-16

purpose named :
For interest on city debt, 81 IL
For police force, ~
For public schools, ~
For poor, -
For salaries Of officials, II
For Corporation Court, II
For streets, ~
For Fire Department, 5
For repairs OF property,
For printing,
The contingencies, election expenses, &C.,
will probably be made up by those who pay
50. 90 on the hundred, Instead of $500, while
the licenses, dog tax and rents may be consider
ed to represent portion of the sum that Is
carried over from year to year in tax bills.
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CUGaRS HAVE DECLlNED-30 barrels
y Refined Sugars received this day and for
sale low by
+. J. DAVIDSON,
aug l6 l47 King street.
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HEADQUARTERS FOX TABLE LUAU-
Il RES.
Tho largest and best assorted stock of Table
Luxuries and Fancy Groceries III the city. The
necessity no longer exists for our citizens visit
ing other cities for first class goods, ~ they can
be supplied Vt home with every article desired
and at lower prices than elsewhcr,
je II +. j. DAVIDSON. 147 King IT.
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WHAT THE CITY TAXES ARE FoR.-Many
years ago ii was the custom of the city govern
ment to charge 10 the tax bills certain amount
for each of the general subjects Of public ez'
penditure, SO that the tax payer could tell by
an inspe ction of his tax bills how much he paid
90 each account. This custom Continued 10 the
cities of the District until within few years
past. Now, however, both here and there, the
taxes all 90 into the general fund, aud no bill
of items for each class of service is rendered
to the tax payer. We have been at some pains
to make such classification in regard to the
taxes levied by the Corporation of Alexandria
for the present year. We shall, if the appro-
priation bill of Council is not exceeded, pay
this year, approximately, the following sums
on each hundred dollars oil assessment Tor each
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A red fox was caught 10 the Governor S
stable Sunday night, and safely Gagged.
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FOR RtNT-The STORkilUUHh H''
d. G2 King street. corner Of King nnd rhir,Hi
streets Tbs is line stand for business nhd mas
been occupied for many years ~ \ dry -"",,;'
sire Possession given 1t once. Apply |" -
NTH, lst National Bank, or No IL .outn
Pitt street. my l1-''"u
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FOR KENT

49,, TVN
M A RARE CHANCE FOX BUSINESS.
The SOAP and CANDLE MANUFAtIo'
RY on Union street. This is spon i'll chaN'r
for good, proftrblc business, being the only o1+
in the city in operation 1t will be rented L."
10 good tenant. Possession gwen Octobe' IL
Apply to ,,,,,
iy l9-eolIn SAM y BIZ II. hu !.
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jyil-eo,r ANDREW JAMlESON, Trustee

o.. For. KENT--The DW kLLlNG Htl.h
HEa No. 223 King street. between Patrick NH
Alfred supplied with water and gas. A!prF
ut this office j.
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NJ, FOR RENT-Thc premises Nos. ., Al!
; 81 sing street, now occupied by Me-;
orsc u 60. Possession given Aug 1t NV
Apply TO
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TakOfCE BOOKS

Just published and for sale st .,,,
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Barry Cornwall and Some Of his fr'ei'"'' -
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Sketches Of oar Country ana fe"p.r'
Hundred Years Ago, by Edward hpocui -
Life Letters and Table Talk o Benz ~"
Hsy don. by Richard Henry Stoddard 80"
The Prime Minister, by Anthony IF'"'p''
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Words Their Use and Abuse, By rrot' WIN
Matthew'S Ill. D.; 81 FL
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FOR kENT-Ghe STOREHOU"h No
H:; 92 King Street, at present occupied by Luca-
q Burroughs. Possession gwen sept mbtr IL!
Apply to [iy 5l-eottl ". B. GREGORY.
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FUfk STLE pis KENT.

~ FOR RENT--Thc two-story FRAN r
E HOUSE, No. AZ Duke street. ply l.
auy l4-lw w. w. ADAM.
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IUST RETURNED FROM III N "a r-,n,
y WITH NEW GOOD to MAKE 7.' ,'h.yl...
pete. he best assortment 81 9nif!ii ', 'r',..
yet; 100 yards Lsure b At the I'% C,nn. BE-,
Androscoein d other Biosched I'1.I i'".' D..
ginning il price at A. y yard snoI'., .rn bag
Calico, ut &c. Coed styles 81 C''coc: ~ ,o.r.r.
put up By TIE 4g.nis. but 0elHs IL III ,;,.s You
We sucoee co in getting ,ne'n =. CIV - rIrspec
will probably be able !" bay Ih's ,n, "'t ... d.
than you will later. Our c!"7'"h
summer Goods continues yu,rEE
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Alexandria, a.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST l6. 1873.

The ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS. The
FIRST session of the Forty-fourth Congress was
adjourned last night at - o'clock, and the peo-
pie will not be sorry. The members have near
" all gone to their homes; the President WILL
have an opportunity to regale himself at Long
Branch, after his "arduous duties . during
the heated term; 90 more will the bloody
shirt" wave triumphantly Ger the Senate
wing of the Capitol; scenes . in the House
will cease for 1.-The time being, and polltl-
cal harangues will be transferred from the
"Halls of Congress to their legitimate places
on 1.-THE stump" The session was peculiar
one. because il was one of the few instances 10
the history OF the country when opposite poll
teal parties controlled the two Houses aud the
members had an eye In all that was doae to
the Influence that would be produced upon the
approaching presidential election. The School
Amendment to the Constitution failed because
the Senate did not agree to the House propo-
sitiou, and the substitute reported by the Ju-
dietary Compittee did not pass the Senate by
the requisite two.thirds. The repeal of the
Speciai Resumption act was DOT acted upon by
the Senate, at all, but both Houses agreed to
constituting commission to examine into the
financial difficulties and make report to the
next session on the most feasible ways and
means of resuming The joint commission to
investigate the Chinese question on the Pacific
coast was authorized; and the bill to recruit the
cavalry companies to the tull strength of one
hundred men each, which will add twenty five
hundred troopers to the army was passed. The
bill to re-establish the fast mail service
and restore the tracking privilege, passed by
the Senate, was not acted upon by the House.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1876-11-16

SEND 25c. To q. l.. Rowell II Co., n. Y.
OFor Pamphlet of 100 pages, containing
lists OF 300 newspapers, and estimates
showing cost of advertising.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1876-11-16
Rules of Action in Case of
Accident.

Professor Wilder of Cornell
University, gives these short
lines:
For dust in the eyes, avoid rup-
bling; dash cold water in them,
remove cinders ETC., with the
round point of a lead pencil.
Remove insects from the ear by
tepid water; never put a hard in
strument into the ear.
If an artery is cut, compress it
abo !e the wound; if a vein is
cut compress it below.
If you are choked, go on all
tours and cough.
For slight burns, dip the part
in cold water; if the skin is de-
stroyed, cover it with varnish.
For apoplexy raise the head
and body; for fainting, lay the
person fat.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1876-11-16
What q Plant Did.

A little plant was given to a
sick girt. In trying to take care
of it the family made changes in
their way of living. First they
cleaned the window, that more
light might come to its leaves;
then, when not too cold, they
would open the window that fresh
air might help the plant to grow.
Next, the clean window made the
rest of the room look so untidy
that they used to wash the floor
and wall and arrange the furni
ture more neatly. This led the
father of the family to mend a
broken chair or two, which kept
him at home several evenings.
After the work was dane he stay
ed home, instead of spending his
leisure at a tavern, and the money
thus saved went to buy comforts
for them all. And then, as the
home grew more attractive, the
whole family loved it better than
ever before, and grew healthier
and happier with their flowers.
Thus the little plant brought a
real as well as a physical blessing.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1876-11-16
How to Law Shingles.

Not one half the persons who
lay shingles when making roof
on a building have any correct
ideas in regard to making a roof
that will be absolutely rain tight
during a driving storm of rain.
We have frequently seen
men shingling, who, when they
would meet with worthless shin
gle, say once in laying two or
three courses, would lay this poor
single among good ones saying:
at is only one poor single, one
shingle cannot make poor roof"
But one poor single will make a
leaky one. If first-rate shingles
are employed, and one poor one
is worked in among every 100,
tina: roof might about as we'll be
without any shingles. If any
poor shingles are to be used, let
them all be laid together near the
upper part of the roof. The best
of shingles will not make tight
roof if they are improperly laid,
while the same shingles would
make an excellent roof if laid as
shingles should be LAID Scien-
tific American.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1876-11-16
PURELY VEGETABLE,

containing those Southern Roots and Herbs
which an Advise Providence has placed in
countries where Liver diseases most pre-
vail 1t will cure all diseases caused by
arrangement OF the Liver and Bowels.
The SYMPTOMS of Liver Complaint are
a bitter or bad taste in the mouth; pain IN
the back, sides or Joints, often mistaken
for rheumatism; Sour Stomache; loss OF APP
petite; bowels alternately costive and lax;
Head ache: Loss OF memory, with palnfui
sensation OF having failed to do something
which ought to have been done; Debility,
Low spirits, a thick yellow appearance OF
the skin and Eyes, dry Cough often taken
for Consumption.
Sometimes many OF these symptom attend
the disease, at others very few; but the
LIVER, the largest organ in the BODY, -
generally the seat OF the disease ana II not
regulated in time. great suffering, wretch
edness and DEATH will ensue,
~ can recommend as an eneacious RENE
dy for disease Of the Liver, Heartburn and
Dyspepsia, simmons Liver Regulator.
LEWISG. WUNDER. 1925, Master ST.,
Assistant Postmaster, Philadelphia,
eve have tested it's virtues, personally,
and know that for Dyspepsia, Biliousncss,
and. Throbbing Headache, it is the best
medicine the world ever saw. We have
tried forty other remedies before simmons
Liver Regulator, but none OF them gave us
more than temporary relief, hut the Kegu-
la.or not only relieved, but cured us: Ed
Telegraph and Messenger, Macon. Ga.
Manufactured only, by
Macon, Ga. aud Philadelphia.
Priec$t.00. Sold by all Druggists
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1876-11-16
The Cheapest, Purest and Best
Family Medicine i'm the World

For Dyspepsia, Constipation, Jaundiee,
Bilious attacks, sick Headache, Cole, De-
preston of Spirits, Sour stomache, Heart
burn, sc.
This unrivaled Southern Remedy is war
ranted not TO contain a single particle OF
MERCURY, or any injurious mineral sub
Inf ia
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1876-11-16
VICIlCVCf tIre utOFS SJHFe00
are found to exist,
DR.. C.. McLANE'S VERMIFUGE
DR.. c. McLANE'S
LIVER PILLS

These Pills are not recommended
as a remedy for call the ills that
flesh is heir to-" but in affections of
the Liver, and in all Bilious Com
plants, Dyspepsia aud Sick Head
ache, or diseases of that character,
they stand without a rival.
AGUE AND FEVER.
No better cathartic can be used
preparatory to, or after taking Qui-
nine.
AS simple purgative they are
unequaled.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
The genuine are never sugar
coated.
Each box has a red wax seal on
the lid, with the impression DIR.
McLANE's LIVER PILLS.
Each wrapper bears the signatures
of G. MoLANE and FLEMING Bros.
Sold by all respectable druggists
aud country storekeepers generally.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1876-11-16
Abuse of Sewing-Machincs.

The sewing-machine is doubt
less great help to the weary, a
great help to the heavily laden
mother and housekeeper--or it
should be; but all have need of
caution lest they make this good
gift curse. Let us look back to
the time when sewing machines
were unknown, and compare the
amount of cloth, time and stitch
es necessary to make the most
deliberately fashionable dress
then with that which is piled on
the ordinarily dress of the present
period. Look at the rufiies, putis,
hounces, ETC., that mothers put on
even a little girls dress, to say
nothing of the amount required
Oh their own. Think of putting
100 yards of rufiling on one dress
And anybody knows that is but
small estimate of the number
required for some stylish dresses.
II there we're no way to have it
made but by hand, how many
dresses would be so deliberately
trimmed?
Knowinfi how rapidly all kinds
of sewing can be done with ma
chine, is there not danger that
ladies will be beguiled into a
a great waste of time, money and
material by the possession of that
which was designed to give them
rest and time to use for their own
Improvement and for the welfare
of Others? Aside from the temp
tation to extravagant expenditure
of material, time and strength, il
not very careful, there is danger
of many becoming devotees o
fashion, who, but for the ease and
rapitity with which the work II
done by these wonderful machines
would have made better mothers
and happier homes.
| The wise will see this danger
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1876-11-16

c%< zr-a Week 70 Agents. sam
2OD . 4 pies pREE. 20. VIC
Oki, Augusta, Maine. Aug2i-fyl
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1876-11-16
Whohave Chills

This is surely fair proposition, yet strange
to say, none have been returned to us.
Druggists and merchants say il gives more
ily than any chill remedy they ever sold.
sold by Druggists and Merchants gener-
ally, at one Dollar per bottle.
WILKINSON d CO.,
Agents. Memphis.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1876-11-16
9Th Judicial District.

Composed of the counties of Pope, john
ON, Franklin, Crawford, Sebastian, Sarbcr
and ell.
pros. j. Z. BYERS.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1876-11-16
MANHOOD: HOW LOST,

-. Just published, new edition of pr.
Hi; Culyerweii's Celebrated Essay ON the
.Miu. radical cure without medicinel or
SpermatorrhGa or seminal weakness, In
voluntary seminal losses, impotcncy, Men
tai and Physical incapacity, Impedimcnts
to Marriage, etc; also consumption, epilep-
sy and dts, induced by self lnduigencc or
sexual extravaganza, &c.
NY Price, in sealed envelope, only six
cents.
The celebrated author. in this admirable
essay clearly demonstrates, from a thirty
wears successful practice, that the alarm
ing consequences Of self-ubuse may be rad
icalIv cured without the dangerous use of
Internal medicine or the application of the
knife; pointing ont mode of cure at once
simple, certain, and eilectual, by means OF
which every sufferer, no matter what his
condition may be, may cure himself cheap
Is, privately, and radically.
Gsas- This lectur. should be IN ne hands 1
OF every youth and every man In the land.
Sent under seal, in plain envelope, to
any address, postpaid. ON receipt OF SIN
cents or two post stamps.
Address,
THE CULVERWELL MEDICAL CO.,
Al Ann st., New York. 7. O. Box. 4osd.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1876-11-16
Official Directory.
STATE OFFICERS.
pope Court Calender.

County Court, Co. JUDGE THAcH, Pre-
siding: First Monday in January, April,
July and October each year.
Probate Court: Third Monday in Janua-
ny, April, July and October,
On the First Monday in October, each
wear, the County Court, constituted OF the
COUNTY Judge and majority of the Justices
III the Peace shall meet for the purpose OF
'1evying county ia Ncs an making appropri-
atoms for the expenses OF the County.
Circuit Court: Twelfth Monday after
Fourth Monday in February and August.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1876-11-16
To all Persons

To cure you with one bottle of Days Ague
Tonic. 1tnovcr produces Martial deafness,
dtmncss of vision, buzzing or roaring In the
head, or any of those unpleasant symptoms
that follow the use of quinine; IL does not
contain arsenic, strychnine or any other
poison; il acts finely upon the liver and
bowels, without the use OF nauseating pills;
IL can be given to those whose stomaches
reject quininc, and the cures are prompt,
efectual and permanent.
Procure from any Druggist or Merchant,
one bottle OF Days Ague Tonic. use It as di-
rected, and il IL fails, return the empty bot
tie, and the money will be refunded to all
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1876-11-16
THE RUssELLvILLE DEMoCRAT THURSDAY, 1876.

and resolutely turn from it. We
can hardly understand how sensi-
BILE women can be so beguiled by
fashion. In their own hearts
they cannot but acknowledge that
the excessive use of trimming
now in style is not in good taste,
that fashion fools her votaries by
enforcing styles that all must see
are ludicrously extravagant. If
common sense ever becomes the
mistress, and fashions the servant,
as she should be, many of our
modern improvements and useful
machines will be more truly APP
preciated than they can be now,
when compelled to aid the foolish
and extravagant, instead of adj
ministering to the comfort of the
weary and ovcrworked.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1876-11-16
4th Senatorial Dist.
---- -
COUNTY OFFICERS.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

CuMBERLANp PeEsBYTERIaN CHURCH.
Cn Main street Services every second
and fourth sundays at II O'Clock a. m. All
are invited +. NJ. LATTA, Pastor.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1876-11-16
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.

THE countenance is pale and
leaden-colored, with occasional
flushes, or a circumscribed spot on
one or both cheeks; the eyes become
dull; the pupils dilate; an azure semi
circle runs along the lower eye-lid;
the nose is irritated, swells, and some
times bleeds; swelling Of the upper
lip; occasional headache, with hum
ming or throbbing of the ears; an
unusual secretion of saliva; Shiny or
furred tongue; breath very foul, par
ticularly in the morning; appetite
variable, sometimes voracious, witha
gnawing sensation of the stomach, at
others, entirely gone fleeting pains
in the stomach; occasional nausea
and vomiting; violent pains through
out the abdomen; bowels irregular,
at times costive; stools Shiny; not
unfrequently tinged with blood ;
belly swollen and hard /; urine tur-
bid; respiration occasionally diff
cult, and accompanied by hiccough;
cough sometimesdry and convulsive;
uneasy and disturbed sleep, with
grinding Of the teeth; temper varia-
bic, but generally irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DR.. C. McLANE'S VERMIFUCE
Will certainly effect a cure.
1T DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form; it is an innocent prepa-
ration, not capable facing the sight
est injury TO the most tender infant.
The genuine DR.. M?LANE's YER
MFUGE bears the signatures OF G..
McLANE and FLEMING Bros. on the
wrapper.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1876-11-16


or IS soldiers at Bennetsville,
S. c., "a are for Tilden and Hen
bricks.
J. L. Popejoy, of Franklin Co.,
Iowa, has sold $4,000 worth Of
blooded stock during 1876.
Two saw mills at Saltwater,
MIMI, are engaged in getting out
bridge timber for the Union Pa
cific Railroad.
1t is estimated that not more
than half as many logs will be
cut on the Black river, in Wis
consin, this winter rs last.
-Four huntsmen in Grant coun-
ty, Kentucky, killed, in two days,
113 partridges, So rabbits, l3
squirrels, four pheasants and
three wOOdcOcks.
The negro women of South Car
DINA and North Carolina threat
en- to cut their husbands Threats
if they vote for Hampton and
Vance.
A boy by the name of Kunkle,
about six years old living near
Huntcrtown, Allen county, Ind,
was kicked in the stomach by q
horse and instantly killed, last
Monday.
A prominent resident of Saun-
dcrs county, Neb., says that the
young grasshoppers are Matching
out by the billion. He has seen
them in spots SO thick that they
almost covered the ground.
The Citizens bank at Alton,
Iowa, has gone up, taking with it
numerous deposits, township
school funds. leaving a new school
house unfinished. Liabilities
$35, 900; assets not known.
The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-28

A Heavy Storm,

The village of Lunenburgh was visited
by one of the most severe thunder showers
of the season on the 14th instant. The rain
fell in torrents and the rolling of thunder
was loud and almost lncessant. At half
past one o'clock p. m, the Congregational
church was struck by lightning and seri-
ously damaged. There was formerly
lightning rod upon il, but when repairs
were last made it was cut of up on the
spire aud had not been replaced. The bolt
first struck the points of the old rod, frac-
turing a large bell at the summit Of the
spire, but not throwing II down. 1t fol
lowed the rod until II came TO an iron band
around the timber of the spire, some ten
feet from the top, where il shattered the
boarding and splintered one Of the timbers
as it passed down to the bell DECK, where
1t shattered things generally. throwing oil
shingles from the roof below and splinter.
ing roof timbers. II then seemed to pass
to the other end Of the church, descending
by both chimneys to where the pipes from
the stoves entered them, when II seemed
on both sides to again divide, one branch
passing down the stove pipe 10 the stoves
badly eplnieIing the floor about them
The other branch threw off the plasterlnl
at the end of the church with great force
splitting the corner posts OF the building a
| that end, and leaving the house at both corn
ers, blowing slight burrows diverging from
o central point at each place of exit. M
| flrs was seen, yet one of the chimney
emitted smoke half an hour later, probabl!