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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-05

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. "A meeting of the
Board Of Supervisors IF Alexandra county was
held at the county courthouse 10 this city Yes
terday-present: Charles W. Payne, Wm. H.
Robinson and Wm. A, Rive.
A petition from fifty treebolders and tax
payers asking the Board to take such action, as
10 it's judy neut it deemed proper. to have the
county court house aud ] all removed to the
couoty, was presented to the Board and re
ferred to the chairman to make Inquiries into
the cost of real estate sufficient for such pur-
poses aud to make report at the next meet
Jog Of the Board.
The report of the Superintendent of the
Poor to D cenber |, 1877, was approved.
Various accouots chargeabe against the
couu,y we're allowed and ordered to be paid.
The Board then adjourned till the first Mon
day in January.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-05
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MEETINGS.

NOTICE-The Annual Meeting of the Stock
~ holders of the UPPER POTION &C
STEAMBOAT CO. will take place on WE'D.
NESDAY, the 9th day of January, 1878, at ten
O. clock, at tee Alexandra House, cor. of Prince
and St Asaph sts., Alexandria, Va.
nov IA I'd P. Il TROTH President.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-05

HYDRAULIoN FIRE COMPANY. The regular
mon,hly meeting Of the Hydrauioo Steam an, = f1 i
Eoeiue Company was held last night With d.
! N.vett 10 the chair, and John Lannon, sec
rotary. o,,,r,s &c FIRE
since the last meeting.
~ The he company then adjourned until the first
Tuesday iu J anuary, when members Were 10
structed to appear 10 uniform.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-05

DED BLANKETS-S Splendid assortment AT
ID COST; also few Colored and White
Counterpsnes
dec 4-im VIM, N. BERKLEY.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-05


The supply of Beef Cattle was limited this
week, and prices ere fully IS good rs formerly
respectfully for the better grades there were
fewer tops and more Of the common or lighter
Cattle on tbs market th&n were Wantei quots-
tions to 54c most of the sales being at from 44
to 4ic. Veal Calves in good supply and about
equal to the demand at quotations. Sheep and
Lambs dali and nominal; there are very few
and dressed, are in good supply. with slow sales
at quotations. Cows aid Calves in demand.
Market generally dull.
GEORGETOWN CATTLE MARKET. Dec. g.
400 Cattle were stld ut from to SIC per ID;
about 70 Wore lie over; the market WAS slow
throughout, and prices On tops were about &c OF
from last week.
Mich CowS-Are in good demand at 80 to $50
per head.
Sheep and Lsmbs-75O Sheep and Lambs
were on the market all If which sold st 81 to SC
per ID for old Sheep and to SIC for Lambs;
The market was better, except for common
Sheep and Lambs which were very dull and
sold a. lew prices.
BALTIMORE, Deer 5-virginia es. old. 80; do.
deferred 81; do. consolidate 57S; do "a series 43
s Cotton uue and
firm Western quiet and steady; Southern red
good to prime l35sl44; do. amber l4oal5Oi No
Western winter red spot and Dec l42al4Z5;
Jan l41i No. Western winter red lS4a Corn
Southern steady and fairly active; Western
quiet and steady; Southern white 55s62; do.
yellow 50 462; old Western mixed spot 63a Dec
633 new Western mixed spot and Dec 62; Jau
I'll; Western steamer So! bid. Oats steady
Southern IS 49, Western white $3.50; do. mix
ed 37s3S. Rye steady at 63a65. Hay unchanged
Cotf,e steady and unchsnsei. Sug-r steady st
81. Wh,skey dull ut 81 O94.
NEW YORK, Dec stocks lower. Money
s. Gold 1923 Flour slightly in buyers favor.
Wheat quiet and steady Corn shade hrmer
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-05

REPAIRING DAMAGES. -Amoug the freight
on the steamer E. q. KNIGHT, which arrived
here Monday from New York, we're uew anchors
for the schooner Florence |. l. lockwood, which
lost hers at G georgetown during The recent flood.
They were conveyed to Shoots wharf, where
the vessel has been lying for several days, and
she proceeded on her way yesterday N ,rolng.
The anchor belonging to the schoooer julia y.
Word, which was lost during the san storm,
has been recovered and reiuroed to that vessel.
Preparations are being made to launch the
schooner F. ST. Clair Edwards, that was wash
ed ashore on the 6 street wharf, Washington,
during the treshet. 1t has been found neces
sary 10 erect ways aud slides III vIar' 20, ''o'
in the water. This will require several days
DIR. PEcK's LECTURE -Oa Friday night
next, Rev. DR.. Peck, of Baltimore, will de
liver his lecture 90 Young Blood, at the
NJ. T. Church. Az exchange says Of this lee
lure ut was r1ost earnest ADD eloquent pre-,
duction. full of stirring Incidents, aud splced
with sufficient humor to make it palatabe to
all. The lecture was one of marked ability aud
considered by many the best Of the season. It
was listened to with closc attention and heartily
applauded. Dr.. Peck is a most attractive
speaker, and ranks high among the popular
lecturers of the day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-05

The GEORGETOW CHANNEL. usual al.
ter every heavy food, bad reports c,me from
the tortucus body of water called the George
towu chsuDel. A com paratively short time has
passed siuce the channel was drcdged out, at a
heavy expense to the Government, aud now
calls are made for more dredgiog. The Wash
iugson Republican says:
"Yesterday afternoon Capt. Chichester, of
the steamer E. G. Knight, made souodinRs OF
the Georgetown chaunsl 10 the cut and found
only eight feet eight inches of water at ordinary
low tide After heavy westerly winds there
will not be over seven feet Of wafer at lew tide,
if that deep. The captain reports the bed Of
the channel very luupy, and two bad bars be-
tween the two upper buoys not more than two
hundred feet apart, coos quentIy the New
York steamer will have considerable difficulty
10 passing up and down the river uatil some
appropriation is made to have the ch=nnel
dredged."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-05

LOST HER WAI.-Amoug the dodgers at the
station house last oight WAS very respectable
looking white woman, apparently about fifty
five or six years Of age. She gave her uame
as Margaret VIII .leu, aud says that she walked
from GEORGETOWN 70 this city, yesterday, to visit
some friends who formerly lived here, and TO
!pok for wolk. Upon arriving here, however,
she fuuud that her friends had moved away,
aud being without money, she was wandering
about, seeking place to pas, tho u'sht. a"d
had lost her way, when some one, near the
Loudouu depot, showed her the way to the sta
too house. The old woman tells pltlaoie
tale, aud says that all Of her relatives are dead
aud she il without meaos OF living. She was
furnished with means to take her Dack TO
GEORGETOWN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-05

DOTOMAC SHAD No. 2 Mackerel, in Dbl
l. and kits, also No. large and medium
Mackerel.
sep26 W. A JOHNSON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-05

ARRIVED
Str Lady of the Lake, Norfolk, to A Reed
StrJ W Them pson, Leonardtowa.to A Reed
Schr Father s. Son, Norfolk, to Smoot y
Perry.
SAILED.
Str Lady of the Lake, Norfolk, by F Reed.
MEMORANDA.
Schrs Alfred w Fisk, George Mcfarland,
Charles e Morrison, hence a. Boston 4th.
Schrs G G Lane, J T Mason and Lizzie Carr,
Georgetown, at Boston 4th.
Schr Alfred Brabrook, h ence, at Prov Sd.
Schr Henry Congdon, Georg elown at Prov
idence Sd.
Schr Lottie Summers, Georgetown, at Somer.
set LIST
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-05

AppoRrIONMENT OF THE SCHOOL FUND =
The Gity treasurer has received notice of a
6ual appoctioument Of the State school fund.-
amounting to is cents per head for last year,
and has drawn for the quota due this city
Aexaudria city gets s667 o. A'exaoar's "a, 20 O..
sl6l. 10; Fairfax $733 50; Fiuquler' 81 ,l3l 10;
Prlucc W lillian, $4l37O These amounts uake
rhe total srportioum mt for last year only ghty
GEMS per bead Of school population, instead OF
one dollar, as formerly. The Superintendent
IT Pnhli, Instruction says 10 his circular giving
motto. Of the apportionmenl that be is Informed
bv the Auditor that this will be all that can be
paid, owing to a falling off iu the revenues.
Bv this faIIiog IF the Alexandria schools lose
1889 49,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-05

Observation-Disclosures. R. L. McMurran' OF
,h;s o;ty was Installed last night as pastor OF
the, the Pres yeriau church now being erected at
Mount Washington, Baltimore county, Nd
The church building not being ready for occn-
panoy, the installation took place iu the e. NJ IL H.
Church. The sermon was preached py heV.
Dr.. J. j. Bullock, of the Union Presbyterian
Ghureb iu this city. The charges to the people
and pastor were delivered by Rev. Drs. LsteVre
and Murklaud, OF Baltimore Mr.: McMurran
was called to the pastorate of the church 10
September last. He has not yet removed bis
family from this city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-05

NEW YORK, Dec stocks lower. Money
s. Gold 1913. Flour slightly 10 buyers favor
Wheat quiet and steady Corn shade hrmer
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-05

IF YOU wish FINE TEA, try our Gun
l. Powder at ST. 90 per ID. If you want good
Tea Use our Ooong and Japan, at SO cents
aup1 McBURNEY s. SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-05

CORPORATION CoURT-Judge F. VI. Lowe
,,,es;n;no ct ais w. Lloyd ct ais.
n cuaLc.ry; report Of Commissioner Chiffon
filed.
M.upin ex'or. VS.. Fendall ex or; in chancery;
rpnort Of Commissioner Clifton fled.
The r, port of the jail Inspectors heretofore
filed was approved, and ordered to be Certified
TO the City Council.
John A, Marshall vs. J. T. Jefres; appeal;
dismissed on motion of plaintiff attorney.
Court adjourned until the Court in course.
In racaiion-SamueI Stuart vs.. Joseph
Padretl, j. F., petition for writ OF mandamus'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-05

RELEAsED -Dauiel Washington, colored,
who was seut to jill yesterday tor 90 days by
,Jus,ics Padeett, on the charge OF larceny OF
stove from Mr.. Charles Brill, to day sued out q
warrant before Justices LoVejoy, Nails aud
Thompson, to recover the Stove. ING warrant
was tried at the Jail, where the plalntln was 10
oa u1 and judgment rendered 10 his favor.
IL annearipg during the trial that Washington 8
ar,est and conviction was irregular because OF
no warrant having been issued, and bis counsel
declaring his intention to sue out a writ OF
habeas corrus, Justice P4dgett ordered the
prisoner TO be released. MIR. Edmund Burke
was counsel for Washington
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-07
The Mystery of Dreams.

A man fell asleep as the clock tolled
the first stroke OF twelve. Heawaken-
ed ere the echo of the twelfth stroke
had died away, having in the interval
dreamed that he had committed a
crime, was detected after five years,
tried and condemned =; the shock of
finding the halter around his neck
aroused him to consciousness, when
he discovered that all these events Lad
happened in an infinitesimal fragment
of time. MOhammed, wishing to illus.
trate the wonders of sleep, told how a
certain man, being a sheik, found him.
self, on account of his pride made a
poor fisherman that he lived as one
for sixty years, bringing up family
and working hard, and how, upon
waking up from his long dream, so
short a time had he been asleep that
the narrow-necked gourd bottle, filled
with water, which he knew he had
overturned as he fell asleep, had not
had time to,empty itself. How fast the
soul travels when the body is asleep I!
Often when we awake we shrink from
going back intoithe dull routine of a sor.
did existence, regretting the pleasant
er life of dreamland. How is it that
sometimes when we go to strange
place we fancy that we have SCENT be-
fore? Is it possible that when one
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-07
"A Hawk Among Hens.

Gilbert White tells most dramatic
story Of neighbor who had lost most
of his chickens by a sparrow-hawk that
came gliding down between a faggot
pile and the end Of his house, to the
place where the coops stood. The
owner, vexed to see his flock diminish
ing, hung net between the pile and
the house, into which the bird dashed
and was entangled. The gentleman s
resentment suggested a fit retaliation ;
he therefore clipped the hawk wings,
cut off his talons, and, fixing a cork on
his bill, threw him down among the
brood.hens. ''Imagination,'' says Mr..
White, ''cannot paint the scene that
ensued; the expressions that fear,
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-07
The Bee That Saved Kingdom.

"Jack-in-the-Pulpt," St. Nicholas for Feb
Here is fable that has never been
told in print, though it is a very popu-
lar in the bee country.
Once upon time, there was a bad
king, and the people wished him to
make certain good law.
"No,'' said he, 81 will not make
that law,-it is too good. It will make
peace. Here is the law wish to make
Then all my people will go to war;
The two documents lay in front of
him on the table all written out, and
whichever one he signed would be the
law of the land. He took up a big
quill pen, drew the bad law nearer to
him, and dipped the pen in the ink.
Just then, a bee began to buzz. It
was wise bee.
"Z-ZZ-Z.Z! No zuch Flaw zhall pazz!'
buzzed the bee, over and over again;
but no one noticed him. Zign re ozzer
Ze.OZZer-.Ze OZZer-.-Ze OZZZer!',
The king would not listen; so the
wise bee lit on his nose and stung him
justa little, still buzzing: "Sign re
ozzer, re ozzer, re ozzer!''
"Open the Window roared the
h1AS. duu uIlVo OuI CulS Det, VI Kill
him!''
They opened the window. Out flew
the bee, and in rushed the wind. It
blew very hard. The papers tapped
and flew across the table. The bad
king was so mad that he stamped his
foot, seized one of the papers, and
signed it in rage. There was his
name, fixing Blunderbuss, '----and
nothing could alter it. Then he saw
that in his haste and rage he had
signed the good law. But he was too
proud to own his mistake.
The bee hurried to the garden and
whispered to the honeysuckles:
"Zome of your bezt,-.--zome of your
beet! Zhe good law is zigned, and all
zhall be peaze and happinezz!''
So the honeysuckles gave him all
their best honey, and the people out
side of the kings palace built great
bonfres and shouted with joy:
'Long live the king! Long live the
good King Blunderbuss!''
''Oho!' said the king to himself,
when he heard this; ''that is the best
sound have heard for many a year.
''And after that, he was afraid to
give way to anger, for fear he might
sign a bad law by mistake. The bee
did not have to light on his nose again
The king made only good laws, and to
the end of his days his people shouted:
"Long live the king!'
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-07
A TEMPORARY iron lipht.hOuse and

A temporary iron lighthouse and
dwellings were constructed at Glas-
gov, and carried to the spot, with all
materials and stores, by a steamer;and
light was shown after little more
than two months, although landings
were accomplished with difficulty, and
everything had to be carried to the
top of the rock on the backs of labor
ers. The temporary buildings being
nearly two hundred feet above the
level of the sea, it was supposed that
they would have nothing but wind and
rain to withstand. But in December,
during a severe gale from the north
west, the sea broke over the rock,
broke heavily on the tower, and broke
open the dwelling-house and deluged
it with water. Similar storms occur
red during the winter; seas fell with
violence on the iron roof of the
dwelling house, so that the light-keep
ers began to entertain serious doubts
of their own safety. 1t was resolved
therefore, to raise the permanent
structure fifty feet above the rock.
This lighthouse was completed in
1858. Most lonely and remote from
all the ordinary scenes of busy human
life are the lighthouses of Skerryvore
and Dubh-iartaig: towers of one hun.
dred and forty feet high on rocks in
Atlantic. Dubh-iartaig is rock of
considerable size, rising above the
level Of high.water. but over which
the waves break in moderate gale. 1t
lies in the open ocean, twenty miles
from the Island of Null, and a like
distance from that of Colonsay. Skier
ryvore is reef of low rocks, equally
in the open ocean, about twelve miles
from the Island of Three, where the
families of the light-keepers live, and
about twenty miles west from Iona
Chambers Journal.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-07
THREE LITTLE GRAVES.

The suns last rays played round the graves,
Beneath a willows shade,--
. Three little graves; two seemed to be
Dwellings newly made.
For there, beside the willow-trunk,
A snow white stone reclined,
And on the grave faded wreath
Affections hand had tWined.
And by the grave a mother knelt;
Her tears We're falling fast
Upon the turf, which coldly pressed
Her darling boys-her last:
Three springs, deep in earth's cold breast,
An opening tlowe- she laid;
And now, beside tn eir place OF rest,
The weeping mother prayed.
And still she knelt till round her form
The shades OF evening stole,
And gentle, halmy zephrys came;
To cheer the mourner's soul;
While DER her, from the clear blue sky,
Three little stars looked down.
Three shining stars; methought such gems
To deck the SaviOr's crown.
She saw their light, and DER her brow
A look of gladness spread;
''Ill weep no more !" the mother cries.
''My loved once are not dead!
O no in you tair world of light,
They're shining brightly now,
Where Death has never power to blight,
Nor grief to pale the brow.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-07
A Narrow Escape on Lake Superior.

From the Duluth Minnesotian-Herad.
YESTERDAY afternoon at about half
past one O clock, another cake of ice,
seven miles long and about one wide,
broke off and sailed out into the lake.
Will Howenstine and a boy who lives
at the end of Minnesota Point, not
liking the booming of the ice conclud-
ed to go shore; but found a crack
four feet wide, which they were oblig-
ed to leap, their dog refusing to do So;
but they hooking their fish-gaff in the
harness of the dog, pulled him and the
sled across, and safely arrived on ter
IA frma. On reaching the shore, one
of them climbed tree, to watch for
G.. W. Donaldson and Felix Bruno,
who were also on the ice, fishing. These
latter men, were. busily engaged a
mile beyond the place where the ice
cracked, with their hooks when they
discovered they were adrift, and i'm
mediately made for the shore. When
they arrived at the crack, they found
tito be at least half a mile wide. How
enstine in the mean time had prompt
ly procured. al small boat, and getting
down to the edge of the ice, then went
to their rescue, and by three o'clock
landed them on shore near the lower
Lighthouse. The ice, when the men
left it, was all breaking into pieces.
Great credit is due to Howenstine for
the prompt manner in which he per-
formed the duty Of rescuing Messrs.
Donaldson and Bruno, who feel very
grateful to him for their present safety.
About 400 hooks and lines were lost
with the cake of ice.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-07
A Thrilling Scene.

The following incident occurred dur.
ing a general review of the Austrian
cavalry few months ago. Not far
from 10000 cavalry were in line. A
little child-a girl of not more than
four years, standing in the front row
of spectators, either from fright or
some other cause, rushed out into the
open field just as a squadron of hus-
sars came sweeping around from the
main body. They made the detour for
the purpose of saluting the Empress,
whose carriage was drawn up in that
part of the parade ground. Down
came the flying squadron, charging at
mad gallop-down directly upon the
child. The mother was paralyzed, as
were others, for there could be no res
cue from the line of spectators.
The Empress uttered a cry of hor-
ror, for the child's destruction seemed
inevitable-and such terrible destruc-
tion-the trampling to death by a
thousand iron hoofs. Directly under
the feet of the horse was the little
another instant must seal it's
doom-when a stalwart hussar, who
was in the front line, without slacken-
ing his speed or loosening his hold,
threw himself over by the side of his
horses neck, seized and lifted the
child and placed it in safety upon his
saddle-bow; and this he did without
changing his pace or breaking the cor
rect alignment of the squadron.
Ten thousand voices hailed with
rapturous applause the gallant deed
and other thousands applauded when
they knew. Two women there were
who could only sob forth their graft
tude in broken accents-the mother
and the Empress. And a proud and
happy moment must it have been for
the hussar when his Emperor, taking
from his own breast the richly enam-
elled Cross of the Order of Maria
Theresa, hung it upon the breast Of
his brave and gallant oper.-London
Standard.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-07
Maxinls.

It is the rich who want most
things.
Towers are measured by their
shadow, and great men by those who
are enviOus OF them.
We must do quickly what there is
no hurry for, to be able to do slowly
what demands haste.
He who wishes to secure the good of
others, has already secured his own
The court is like the sea; everything
depends upon the wind.
What pleasure it is to give! There
would be no rich people if they were
capable of feeling this.
The rich find relations in the most
remote foreign countries the kpoor
not even in the bosom of their own
families.
The truths that we least wish'to hear
are those which it is most to our ad-
vantage to know.