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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-29

jim JANIS Georgetown citizen happened
in at an Alrxludria saloon last week, aud sit
ling down at table near stranger picked up
a newspaper AMI he.an t. read. Presently he
stranger remarked bandy: My dear SIT, are
sou snake charuer?' The. cltz:sn look
ed up in Considerable surprise, and rc
piled: why, 10, of course no.; why the
deuc do you ask p well ii you amt
snake charmcr returnt& the stran-
ger, "wha; are tlyi:g with al hem snakes
you brought 10 VII yuu Just ijok at EN-, :
he cont!nuvd. exc ttdy, punching under the
table with his umbrella, and hen >tabblng at
tho air, they arc as thick as hops" The cIti
In had dropped his paper by 'hk time, and
was staring blarkly at the stranger, and when
the latter aroSe to chase an anaconda out the
back door the ciizn hurrcdy departed by
the 'front.', with the single reclamation, jim
jams p Washington Hvau. I
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-29
1876
GRAND YXCUKrIuN FOR FIFTEEN
DAYS,
By BAY AND OCEAN,
FROM WASHINGTON TO PHllIADt'L
pHIA AND RETURN

FROM w ASH nv ltS w iii i''' ''~
PHIA AND RETURN
A large Coaster, Of $50 tons bnrth"n, !; en-
yagcd for the OCCASION, which will leave MAIN
Street wharf j u N + 18th. At p m re.nr'''',E'
will leave Philadelphia j u III ON, st =, 'n''
stopping vt Cape May. Norfolk, Fortress Mon
roe Plncy Point. BmcEl,tonc Island
Tickets, including meals, berth and nlIn'S'''"
to the exhibition so
Mf-Tlckets limited 70 one hundred.
Three dAy, in Phi!adciphia, July 3D. ath III"
9Th u,r a.,
For particulars inquire Of John |. hsIi, y"
18th ST., W. Tickc-s can be procured from
u. Stuart 4I3 7Lh st NV John eo7I'f ~
ave, between II and lst sts., : J'uh l. IN =;
0 18th st., W K. Champlin, II" ST. "'L'
and C, sw; Mtz"rott's Music store, REM =,
G B. Graham, l-3O Penn. sv; Martin Dah|''
7lh st. wharf, II Z. Cater l3sh u; "A I iI'',|
firm of Clark & Owens, WashIngtoh hus'
Latham, Alexandria, vs.. e,..,,,.
Those wishing t. avail themselves 81 t"'' o.
DO tunity should apply for ticket, hs' RI, ."'
18th of June. my
$3.50 'A. y . sill
the Steamboat MARY WASHINGToN "''
make excursions rs follows
On Sundays ienve Washington At 2'' ~ 49,
Fare for round trip 23c. .I.,v.
On Mondays, Wednesdays and fri'V ;'''-.
Washington ut y. III. Tor Giynonl aa' ",.,
mediate bindings Faro for roand trip, '" 177'.
ticket, 5Dc; CLUB Of five persons 40 eaci ''"'~
of ten or more :dh. ..L, .rI
On week day trips she will carry ir"g"t 80" 49,.
passengers. On Tuesdays, Thursday H.n
urdnyS the boat cnn Dc chartered ior ,t,'I,
curslons. For further information Apply
BOUSH 81 ION, foot Of King ~ or Oh 49,,
nv III j. w. l.. BO5W ELL INV
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-29
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.
MONDAY, NAY 70. 1876.

The beauties Of the newly ratified amend-
m ut to the City Charter are becoming mcr>
and more apparent as the provisions of that
apty designated legal monstrosty" are put
into operation. Out of the entire population
Of the city but seven hundred and thirty, OF
whom about twenty-five are oolored, are con-
SINNERS of gas Now to man from Imperial
Russia, MonarchicaI Eoglaud, or even Repub
Ican Fraoce, it would seem that if anybody
but the company owning the gas works-aud IN
our case that company is the City Couocll-had
anything TO do with the appointment OF the
tnan who inspects the meters and makes oui
the gas bills, it would certainly be those who
used the gas and had to pay for it, but here
in Virginia city, 10 State in which the
words give me liberty or give me death we're
once no cherished, We DOW hold 20 such com
mon place views. No, indeed. We are on a
higher plane. Here the entire voting popus,
ton, including the one thousand aud twenty
one registered negro voters, elect the Superlu
tendent and Clerk of the Gas w orks-but the
consumers still have to pay the bills.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-29

ENCOUNTER WITH BAND OF ROEBERS.-
% last Friday the little town OF Suhnls, Va,
90 the liue OF the Seaboard and Roanoke Ra!l,
road was thrown into state of intense excite
ment by the finding of lot of burg lar tools OF
the most improved order, and several kegs Of
powder carefully slowed away under the floor
of the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad ware
house. 1t was evidently the intention of the
thieves to rob the Town Bank Of Suffolk hlr.
Chandler, the Town Sergeant, feeling sure of
the plan of the band. taking all the pr, caution
airy measures necessary TO protect the bank,
procured the assistance of four citizens, and in
convenient piece awaited the coming OF the
BURGERS, who they felt sure would make their
appearance to effect their helIiSh work that
night. They were not mistaken, for about
midnight six -taIwart men stole out OF their
hiding places and walked boldly W to the spot
where they had placed the tools. ~, and com
menced to take possession of them, evidently
little suspectiDg that their plans We're to b. 50
su ideuly trckca up. At this moment the
Sergeant and his men hrei volley at the burg
lars which wounded ouc very severely.
fight then ensued and shots we're exchanged
when the burglars retccatcd, leaving one OF their
number 10 the hands OF the Sergeant's party
The wounded man also escaped, but from the
large quantity OF blood found on the ground
next morniug it is quite probably that he cannot
live Search will be made for his body. The
tools, which are in possession of the Mayor OF
Suffolk, arc offne material and intricate work
mauship. Among the other Instruments was
found pump for filling room with ether.
Toward the close the light was almost hand to
hand, and the burglars were so hard pressed
that they threw away their pistols, which prov
ed to be of the finest patent now 10 use. Mayor
Ridd;ck ooti6ed the police authorities OF Nor
folk, Portsmouth, Weldon, Richmond and Pc
tcrsburg of the affair yesterday morning early
10 be Oh the lookout for the burglars. Enough
were white uen and straugers-NovoM T-
giuian.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-29
EITGHSIU.N.S. Fjt.NjES, &c.

CTRAW BEKRY FESTIVAL
~ nv
SUNDAY SCHOOL NJ. Il Oh llCli SOUTH,
At Young Mems Christ'n Assn koDrs.
Tuesday, "Wednesday. Thur-d ay and Frd"y
Evenings, May 81 nnd Il, n,sL June | and :.
A most pleasant evening is ausrantocI I" All.
my ~ st
1776. Centennial. 1876.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-29

PRESIDING ELDERS. The Presiding L der
question "a the Baltimore General Conference
of the NJ. Z. Church VAS decided %
Saturday last y >troog minority OF the dele
gates favored ii Radical change and desired that
the annual conferences should have the power
to nomiratc the Presiding Elders, az we'll as to
dctcrn inc the number OF Prusiuing Elder dis
tricls, both of which powers were vest ID ln tn"
bishops The coplcrcic,, Ivy 4 majority vote,
determined to accept the rep,'rt OF the coninI;-
tee Oh the ltlnerancy, who had considered the
question, allowing the aunnal conferences 10
determine the number Of Presiding Elder dis
tricts, hut not to nominate the Presiding Elders.
1t Is claimed that thl- act!on will tend tn reduce
he rulnhrr OF Presiding Elder districts in the
anulIa! cnntcreLcc H. It Il SAID IN soac cases The
support OF large number of Presiding Elders
is 4 heavy burden to the churches.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-15
IN UNION STRENGTHEN KNOWLEDGE POWER. "
RED WING, MINI, WEDNESDAY, Is, 1876

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County
oof Goodhue, IS. District Court, First
Judicial District.
John NJ. Williams, Plaintiff,
Mahamen Drum and Caro-
line Drum, his wife, as
Mortgagors, and Edward
L. Baker us Subsequent
Incumbrancer,
Defendants.
Notice il hereby given, that in pur-
suance and by virtue of q Judgment of
the District Court of the First Judicial
District of the State of Minnesota,
made and rendered in the above entitled
action, on the third lay Of March, A.
D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and
Seventy-Six, and on that day docketed
in the Office of the Clerk of said Court,
in the County of Goodhue, in said Dis
trict, \ transcript Of which Judgment
duly certified by said Clerk has been
delivered to me; |, the undersigned,
Sheriff Of said county of Goodhue, will
sell, at public auction, to the highest
bidder, for cash, at the front door of
the Court House, in the city Of Red
Wing, in said Goodhue County, on Sat-
urday, the twenty-ninth day of April, A.
D. Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Six
at the hour Of ten o'clock in the forenoon
of said day, the following described prem
ises and real estate, in the county of
Goodhue and State of Minnesota, to wit:
Lots one CD two (2), three (3) aud four
e. and the southeast quarter and the
west-half of the southwest quarter, and
the southwest quarter Of the southeast
quarter of section thirty-on (3D: also
lots one Il and two (2) of section thir-
ty-two (32) and lot two (2) in section
thirty three (33), all in township one
hundred and thirteen (ll3) north, of
range number thirteen (l3) west, con-
tanning four hundred and scventy-ivc
and 53-l00 acres of land, according to the
Government survey thereof, excepting
and reserving from said premises rs fol
lows, to-wit: a strip Of land two hund-
red (200) feet in width along the line
of the St. Paul and Chicago Railway
Company's Road, being one hundred
feet in width on each side Of the center
line thereof; commencing at point
where said railway enters upon the
premises hereinafter described, on the
westerly side thereof where the same is
now located, built and operated over
said premises, containing said width
therefrom easterly for Il distance of
twelve hundred feet, thence along the
line of said rail- road one hundred (lOO)
feet in width so far as said rail road is
located and operated upon said premises,
being fifty feet wide on each side of the
centre line thereof to the point where
the same divcrgcs from and runs off
from said premises. The premises
over which said rail road crosses and
whereon the above described strip Of
land is situate, are described as follows:
The west half of the southwest quarter,
and the southeast quarter of the SOUTH
west quarter of section thirty-one (3D,
in township ip one hundred and thirteen
(ll3) north, of range No. thirteen (13)
west.
Dated, Red Wing, Minnesota, March
18th, 1876, MARTIN s. CHANDLER,
Sheriff of Goodhue Co.. MINI.
CoLvlLLE & HoYT,
Plaintiffs Attorneys 22w8
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-15
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA,

THE STATE OF MINNESOTA,
L County, Of Goodhue, SIS. District
Court, First Judicial District.
Daniel c. Hill, Plaintiff, !
Wendell ? Hood, Maria P. : Summons.
| Hood and Eliza Sutton,
! Defendants.
The State Of Minnesota to tie ADORE
named defe~danst:
You are hereb; summoned and re-
quired to answer the complaint in the
above entitled action, which has been
filed with the Clerk Of said Court in his
Office at the Court House in the city Of
Red Wing, in the county of Goodhue
and State Of Minnesota, and to serve
copy of your answer to the said COM
plant on the subscriber ut his Office in
said city Of Red Wing, within twenty
days after the service of this summons
upen you, exclusive Of the day of such
service; ard if you fail to answer the
said complaint within the time afore-
said, the plaintiff will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in the said
complaint, together with costs and dis
bursements Of said plaintiff in this
action.
Dated, Red Wing, Minnesota, March
18th, a. D. 1876.
| FRANK IVES,
| Plaintiffs Attorney,
23w7 Red Wing, MINI.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-15
Card to the Public.

We, the undersigned, business men of
Eau Claire, hereby lend our names to
assist what we believe to be legiti
mate enterprise-the erection of an In
frmary and Turkish Bathing Institute
In our city by DR.. H. S. Humphrey, who
has been resident Of our city four years
Dirt Humphrey is Straightforward, hon
orab]e gentleman, thorough physician
and surgeon, and in every way man
upon whom the public can rely.
Thompson & Miller, druggists.
VIM. I. Galloway, NJ. D.
j. $. Smith, lumber.
II. Schlege]milch, hardware.
3. j. Churchill, Co. Treasurer.
Dewitt G. Clark, banker.
F. W. Woodward, First National
Bank.
H. G. Putnam, land agent.
Cousins & Hoy:, lawyers.
Bailey g. McCaslin, lawyers.
NJ. D. u E. NJ. Bartlett, lawyers.
Ellis s. Davis, lawyers.
Ellis s. Moser, attorneys.
Stilln,an & Edwards, attorneys. = ::
Meggett & Tea!l, lawyers. &.4!
Alex. Kempt, Secretary Eau Claire
Laundering Co.
G. R. Gleason, City Clerk.
E. H. Playter, City Treasurer.
Playter & Co., druggists.
John 3. Bachmann, clergyman.
Jno. Hummer, Business Manager Eau
Claire Free Press.
F. r. Skinner, NJ. D. .
Stephen Marston, (Hon.).
VIM. II. Lockwood, clergyman.
G. E. Porter, President, Northwest
ern Lumber Co.
G. A. Burlington, City Mayor.
Chas. J. Cooper, printer
Hon. H. L. Humphrey, Hudson Wis.
Those who may be afflicted with
chronic diseases or defornities, will
Go we'll to consult DR.. Humphrey,
when he visits this city-on the 22d
and 23d of each month. See his
advertisement elsewhere.
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CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County
~ Of Goodhue. District Court, First
Judicial District.

JuOlClAl DjStE1CC.
Daniel G. Hill, Plaintiff, I
against
Wendell P. Hood, Maria e
P. Hood, Willard H. o'mno''
Brown, Susan Putnam, pnE .H .c
Samuel D. Greenwood ne"el
and Marshman w. Ha-
zen, Defendants.
The State Of Minnesota to the a1orc
named Defendants:
You and each Of you are hereby sum-
moned and required to answer the COM
plant in the above entitled action, which
has been filed with the Clerk of said
Court in his Office ut the Court House
in Red Wing, in said Goodhue county,
and to serve a copy Of your answer to
the said complaint on the subscribers at
their Office, in the city Of Red Wing, in
the county of Goodhue, and State afore-
said, within twenty days after the serv-
ice Of this summons on you, exclusive
of the day of such service; and if you
fail to answer the said complaint within
the time aforesaid, the plaintiff will ap.
ply to the said Court for the relief de.
lnanded in the said complaint.
Dated, Red Wing, Minnesota, March
18th, A. D. 1876.
WILLISTON & HALL,
!, Plaintiffs attorneys,
23w7 Red Wing, MINI.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-15

Ram sey county democrats have
formed a club the members of which
pledge themselves to support no.
body but democrats for Office. All
democratic Office. holders will be re-
quired to employ only democrats in
Offices subordinate to them. Why
not perfect. their exclusiveness, and
refuse to deal, associate, inter-marry,
or have any intercourse whatever
with others than democrats? Then,
the world would gain something!
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-15
The Republican Answered.

The editor of the Republican
asks us for plain and succinct state
ment of the financial system we ad-
vocate; one that he can compre-
hend. We don't know the exact
mental capacity Of our neighbor,
but we will endeavor to state the
matter clearly, and, if he fails to un-
derstand it, he must blame his own
deficiency of perspicacity rather
than any lack Of perspicuity on our
part.
We advocate, first, the retirement
Of all other descriptions of currency
than greenbacks and fractional cur
rency, and that these be made legal
tender in payment at par Of all debts,
whether public Or private, including
duties on imports; except only the
payment by the government of the
present outstanding bonds and in
terest thereon, which are, by the
laws authorizing their issue, made
payable in gold.
Secondly, that the existing United
States bonds be taken up as rapidly
as possible, and the debt refunded
in bonds bearing low rate of inter-
est, say sos per cent, the interest
and principle Of which shall be
made payable in gold or currency
at par at the option of the govern
ment. That these new bonds shall
be convertible, on demand, into cur
rency or gold at par at the option
Of the government. That is, that
the government shall sell the bonds
for gold or currency at par on de-
n'and, or give currency at par for
the bonds on demand, provided that
it does not prefer to give gold at
par in payment If the same. Or,
to be palmer still, that the govern
ment may be privileged to pay the
bonds in gold, before maturity, when
ever it is able to do so, in case of
their being presented to be exchang-
ed for currency, in order that the
debt may be paid as fast as possible,
and the unnecessary payment of in
terest be avoided.
Third, that it shall be made a
penal offence to issue and attempt
to circulate as money, or as a SUBJ
stitute therefor, any bank notes or
other certificates of corporations,
firms or individuals.
This is the entire plan, and were
it adopted we should have national
currency, redeemable on demand in
interest-bearing bonds Of the wealth.
lest nation on earth, or in gold and
silver. One which could never de.
preciate in value, because the solv
ency of the government issuing ii
could never be suspected. One
that would contract its volume auto
matically, when in excess of the de
mands of trade, by seeking invest
ment in interest-bearing bonds; ant
expand its volume of its own volition
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-15

The press generally seems to
take delight in blaming the ladies of
Washington society with the fashion,
able extravagances now in vogue in
that capital. This is all nonsense.
These ladies are as economical and
conscientious as the men, and NAV,
with greater justice, charge their fol-
lies upon thelatter. That man must
be a miserable puppy who seeks to
lay the blame for his weaknesses up
on the shoulders of his wife and
daughters, for men should have suffi-
cient decision of character to re-
strain their families, if the latter, in
their ignorance and want of appre-
citation of business matters, should
be inclined to profligacy.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-15

Prof: Silliman denies any con-
nection with the Emma mine swindle
except a professional employment.
For this he claims to have charged
and received $4,000. 1t seems to
us that that is acknowledging a good
share of the swindle.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-15

Some Of the democratic news
papers are declaring that instead Of
Mrs. Belknap being tempted by
Marsh, it was her who tempted the
latter. The idea of Gale Marsh
waiting to be tempted is somewhat
ridiculous to those who know him.
He is a man of good repute, but
rather too shrewd to be suspected oi
anv such weakness.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-15
ADVERTISING RATES.

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cents per line, for first insertion, and after.
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Single Copy, per year 50 90
Five Copies to one address s IS
Ten Is 90
HSubsc'iptions mast be paid in
adr0nce IN all cases.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-15

when insufficient to meet the de-
mands Of trade, by compelling the
conversion of bonds into currency.
Or, to be more explicit, when cur
rency should become worth only
3.65 per cent. or less in trade, the
holders would naturally convert a
portion of it into bonds, as the most
profitable investment offering. But,
when it was worth more in trade
than the interest on the bonds, then
capitalists would change their bonds
into currency to supply the demand,
because investments in business
would be the most profitable.
AS capital always moves cautious
ly, these mutations of currency into
bonds and bonds into currency
these contractions and expansions
Of the volume Of currency-would
necessarily be too gradual to occa-
sion violent perturbations in COM
slerclal circles. Values Of the vari-
GUS commodities of commerce would
become wholly dependent upon the
degrees Of their own abundance or
scarcity, rather than being, as is now
the case, affected by these and by
the abundance or scarcity of money
likewise.
Our neighbor seems to regard this
subject as something exceedingly
funny food for jesting-but it is
really matter of vital importance
to the people of this country. Un-
der our present system, values Of
commodities are constantly chang
ing, to suit the avaricious schemes
of rings of wealthy spectators. Un-
der the system we advocate this
could not be, and because values
would be steady, trade would cease
to have Its seasons of morbid activ-
ity and ruinous prostration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-21

We learn that many Of our most promi-
nent citizens are earnestly at work To effect
an early reorganization OF the Board of
fuollc School Trustee9. This Is because
they think IL due to tie people OF the District
mat men more In sympathy with them
selves and the schools should control their
management, and also that the trustees
SHOULD be selected from those friends of edu-
Hon who are not prevented by the dem ands
OF their Cfficial duties or private business
from giving some attention to the school :
during school hours. Our trouble with those
members Of the present board of school TINS
ices who have made themselves obnoxious
Is that they, like some other servants of the
people who stubborn y persist In defying
public sentiment, are surrounded by little
crowd OF parasites a ID natterers. who In
hem, represent the community. This is
me reason why public men OF fair Judgment
otnerwise are often lei TO hang on to An
once until virtually licked out, when thew
might have saved ID nselves humiliation
Dy gracefully and 81 eedily yielding to the
inevitable. We do moi know what win oonoa
OF tne movement above referred to. but from,
he feeling in many q Iarters we do NOT ssa
Low III can De resisted. No revolution ia
contemplated nothing beyond such changes
rs are necessary 20 be made for the good of
lie schools. The District Commissioner
WIEN they ascertain low general the IA
niaho ior these changes 5, will doubtless let
ne VIII OF TIE msjorif not OF the school
HcSi6es, but OF the peo. ..e,-prevau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-21

1he death OF Speaker Kerr, although no
oLexIecfej, is nevertheless q shock TO the
country, and will create q feeling of sorrow
ard gloom, not In Washington and his own
dsir.ct, alore, but in every part of the
Union. In remarkable degree he had the
esiee M and cor fidence OF all classes of men
Without regard TO political opinions, a posi-
lion due In large measure to the soundness
OF Dis Judgment, bis patriotic purposes, and
tEe purity OF bis character. On these points
no serious doubts were ever entertained
amo hight thinking people; and II must or
oosL. 10 De a ma tier alike of regret and re
pros CHI 10 the large number OF persons lately
engaged in the work OF destroying the char
acter Of public men that the death of Mr.
Kerr vas FASTENED by the effort made some
time ago TO fix stain upon bis name.