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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-03-15

SERIOUS ACCIDENT.-ThomaS Ghauncey, a
little son of Councilman William Chauncey,
aged about twelve years, met With serious &C.
cideut this lnoruins. He was swinging on the
side of car attached to a moving freight train
of the Midaud Road, near Smo0t's tauuery, on
Wilkes street, when he lost his hold and tel! to
the ground. the wheels Of the car passing over
his left lex, anu crushiog it So badly that the
liuL vas amputatd just above the aukle, by
Dr.. Lewis, assisted by Dr5 Powell and L. A.
Stablcr anl the boy is doing as Well AS could
lie eyEucird,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-03-15

Mr.. w. A. Johu<ou has been made agent IN
this city Of Dcumead's Arlington Brewery, Of
Washington. aud sent to this office this morn
iog pitcher oi as delicious ale as was c7el
tasted.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-03-15
CONTRIBUTIONS.

The Seuate ID executive session to day con-
6rmed punber Of appointments mostly OF
registers of laod Offices, collectors Of customs,
Indiao agents, &C.
George s. Bout@e, Commissioner to pub
lish the new edition Of the Revised Statutes;
Alexander n. Barncs, Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court Of Dakota, and Reuben II.
Stephenson, Surveyor Of Customs at Ciucln-
uali, Ohio, were all the prominent appoint
ncnts confirmed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-03-15

POCKET PICKED. -Pckpockcts are rare III
Alexandria, but it seems as though some have
beco attracted TO this city by the opportunities
for plying their vocation offered by the crowd
gathered here ia attendance Oh the Balnmore
Conference The first instance OF their skill
was mad. apparent yesterday. when Rev. A.
T.. McNeer had bis pocket picked of a pocket
book, containing about $50 10 money.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-03-15
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF REAL ES.
TATE

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF REAL Els.
~ TATE.
Pursuant to decree Of tho Circuit Court for
tho county of Fairfax in tho suit OF Alexander
s. G1igsby against Walter 8. Whaley, admins
traitor Of T. NJ. Whaley, decd, ct A., rendered
at its November term, 1873, tho Undersigned,
commissioners, will sell by public suction: =;
Fairfax Court House, on tho NlNETEENTH
DAY OF MARCH, 1877, Court day, the follow
ing described real estate:
a TRACT OF LAND. Continuing ! II acres,
located on the south eide Of tho Warrcnton turn
pike on tho road losding from Centrevllle 10
Fairfax Court House, with - SIN ALL 5ssa
DWELLING HOUSE. HOW occupied by QESa
Thomas Murtaugh. Alao p LOT OF LAND,
located in tho west end Of Centreyile, containing
SO acres, with IL substantial STONE HOUSE
upon it. Also LOT continuing d acres. stu-
ated in tho village Of Centrovhle; has GOOD
DWELLING HOUSE upon it, spring OF eX-
ceient water in the middle Of the lot, regarded
ss one of the most valuable in tho village, now
occupied by w. $. Whsley.
Terms of Ssle-SO much cash IN hand rs VIII
pay tho costs and expenses OF sale ana inc
amount duo and unpaid on said lots; the bal
ance in one and two years, with interest rom
the day Of sale; the title to be retained and the
land liable to resale upon default IN oilher OF
the deferred payments
Sale 10 take place between II end oc CLOCK.
# + y %5? SS$Hn S oS~s F.:
FairfaY c1untv fab Its
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-03-15

NJ. II. CHURCU.-Servces were continued III
the NJ. T., Church last night, conducted by
the Rev. Johu Evans, Of the Virginia Confer,
euce. Owing to the iuclemenry OF the weather
the congregation was not so large as usual.
Two peuitents presented themselves at the
altar. Alter good season Of prayer and sing
log the meeting was dismissed by the Rev. MIR.
Hammond, member Of The Conference now
in session. Services will be conlinued tonight.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-03-15

DY VIRTUE OF A. DEED OF TRUST
ID executed to tho undersigned by, Arson
in the Clerks Office of Prince William County
Court shall, on TUESDAY, tbs third day of
April, 1877. thu, being Court day, proceed to
SELL before the 'front.' door Of tho Court House OF
Prince William county, for cash, the certain
TRACT OF LAND, containing tnroe hundred
poles, situated and binding on the Potomac
river, in tho county Of Prince William, and is
part of the Evansport tract. Selling as trua-
tee will convey such tito only aa Is vested IN
me by the deed Of trust aforesaid Given under
NH 3-ts a. NICDL, Trustee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-03-15
LOCAL NIATTERS.

WEATHER pRoBAR1LITIEs.--Fa War DrIRars'
n,ent, once of the Chief Signal Officer, H"sh
,isoton, D. g., March Is. lS77-lO:5o a: NJ ~
For the Middle and Eastern States rislng ~, w.
rometer, colder diminishing northwest "inos'
and clear or clearing weather. ..-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-03-15
ny TELEGRAPH.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TU The daLfllh.
From Washington.

WASHINGTON, March Isl r. m'
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-05-24
Watch the Children's Feet.

The following advice from the New York Evening Post is very important. Let every mother remember it.:
 Lifelong discomfort and sudden death often come to children through the inattention or carelessness of the parents A child should never be allowed to go to sleep with cold feet; tho thing to be last attended ts is to see that the feet are dry and warm. Neglect of this has often resulted in dangerous attacks of croup, diptheria, or fatal sore throat. Always on coming from school, on entering the house from visit or errand in rainy, muddy or thawy weather, the child should remove it's shoes, and the mother should herself ascertain whether the stockings are the least damp. It they are, they should be taken of, the feet held before the fire and rubbed with tho hands till perfectly dry, and another pail of shoes put on. The reserve shoes ant stockings should be kept where they arr perfectly dry, so as to be ready for us' at moments notice"
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-05-24
Nerve FOOu.

In what dees nerve food consist In what do we find it? Is it meat? no; white bread no; potatoes ? no. If it is not found in these staples, in what is it to be found? I answer, in the exterior of the white kernel, in the skin of the potato, and in milk, partially also in eggs and fish. answer, the chief food staples, in the present dietetic system, are almost entirely deficient in brain and nerve building material. In view of these facts, is it result to be wondered at that the starving nervous tissue in the overwOrked masses attempts to satisfy an intolerable sense of craving, of phys ical hunger, by the use of stimulating poisens, that temporarily supply the place of brain and nerve food? answer, the cause of intemperance is based upon a fundamental error in the present diet etic system. Let it always be borne in mind that stimulating brain poisons.-- alcohol, opium and tobacco---temporarly supply the place of brain and nerve food. What is the remedy for intem- perance answer nerve tood'--building material to supply the waste of the nerv ous tissue in the masses. l answer, fur ther, a reform in the present popular system of dietetics, by reducing the pro portion of fat and muscle-forming ele-- ments, and increasing the nerve and brain-building material in proper, ratio' Let the supply in each case meet the ae- mapd, and no more. Herald of Heddh.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-05-24
The Way the United States Troops
 Marched Away in New Orleans.

uCarrv arms!" commanded the colonel. They were carried. "OrGer arms!" {" Carry arms!" he repeated, in quick succession. The orders were executed with martial precision, and the bayonets glittered above the soldiers shoulder knots. Right by iours, march " The first note of the noon-day bells commenc' ed tolling. Forward, march !" The drum major lifted his ponderous baton, the immense red plume in his bearskin cap nodding like a scarlet poppy on the summit of mountain. The band struck up,a quick march as they defiled upon St: Charles street. "Column rightl" yelled Colonel Brooke, looking as mad as March hare. This was the second time he had evacuated. The other time was in Arkan' sas. In this way the column reached st' l Louis street, where the word was " columu left" and so they kept on to- ward the levee. The music by the band WAS most appropriate, being nothing | more nor less than variation of that ancient military tune known as Leve' farewell" commencing in the song with the following affecting lines
 Now. brave boys, we're narching of to Portugal
 and spain, color, aying, drums a-besting; devil back vel
 come again.
 So. love, fare ,ou we'll Y"
 --New Orleans Letter.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-05-24
Ring Sickness.

This is not dissimilar from sea sick ness it requires long experience in q ring to overcome the nausea consequent upon going round and round in one di- rection. One of the most difficult things for a circus rider to overcome is this sickness. Clowns and ringmasters suffer from it greatly, at-frst, from merely sec ing the horses go round and round but even after years of experience, ring master (whose principal business in the ring is to keep the horses up to certain gait, and not merely to give cues to the clown), if horse balks or gets behind time, and he is obliged to keep close upon him, is very likely to suffer from a pronounced fit of sickness at the stomach after he leaves the ring. Scent,fc 4AleyicdH
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-05-24

child, directed that goat should be driven up each morning, three flights of stairs, and be milked at his apartment door, in order to be safe from fraud. One morning member of his family stepped suddenly into the hall when the process of goat-milking was going on, and her eye caught glimpse of two streams of fluid gently flowing --one from the na- tural source and the other from asyringe partly hidden up the mi,kmaid's sleeve. 1t is hardly necessasy to add that one stream was milk aaa the other a tolera- bly, fair quality of water, both of which were harmon:casly commingling.- 1he Euangelist.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-05-24
What Burdette would Do With Him.

When the late governor of the Persian Province of Fa,s retired from office the government officials put him in the stocks and pounded the soles of his feet until he disgorged $300,O00 of crooked salary. If the government oi the United States would adopt that system. five hundred million pair of crutches would carry the population of the rePg blic to and from it's daily labor, And il we knew where we could get hold of a gov rnor of Ears, we would gather him by the ankles, stand him on his head, and welt the soles of his feet until his backbone went through the top ot his head and stuck nine inches in the ground Bur linqkon HawkeYe.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-05-24
Goat Milk and sleeve MIX.

In the southern portion of Italy goats milk is very generally used by the poorer classes, who cannot afford the milk of cows. This kind of milk is frequently
 required also by worthy people, ss it is said to be eficacious Tn the cure of various diseases. D faculties, however, often attend even the procuring of goats milk, although the vendors drive the little animals about from door to door, and deliver the article done up in its original package. A case in point oc' cured where friend ot the writer's, desiring some goats milk for his sick
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-05-24

TIE Japanese swashbuckler disposes of his foe from behind. With tvs rap idly delivered blows of his razor-like sword he cleaves through the shoulder blades and ribs of his former friend or enemy, as the case may be, and there is no more to be said. If his aim is incor- rect and he misses his victim, he usually divides the door-post of the house or the nearest thing that receives his impetus.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-05-24
HE HAS COME OVER JORDAN.


 BY THE REV. MIR. HAMMOND. The Master has come over Jordan,'l Said Hannah the mother one day; He is healing the people who throng Him With a touch of His finger, they say. " And now I shall carry the children, Little Rachael and Samuel and John; shall tarry the baby Esther.
 Tor the Lord to look upon" The father looked at her kindly, Rut he shook his head and smiled; {" Now who but doating mother
 Would think of a thing so wild? II the children were tortured by demons, Or dying of fever, 'twere well; Or had they the taint of the leper, Like many in 1sracl-' " Nav do not hinder me, Nathan; feel such burden of care; II carry 1t to the Master,
 Perhaps shall leave 1t there. ''I If he lays his hand on the children Thy heart will be lighter. know For A blessing for ever and ever Will follow then: as they go." So over the hills 10 Jordan,
 Along by the vjne-rows green, With Esther asleep on her bosom, And Rachel. her brothers between. VI opg the people who hung on His teaching, 0f waited His touch or His word, Through the row of proud Pharisees, listening She pressed to the feet of the Lord. Now. why shouldst thou hinder the Master" Said Peter, " with children like these? seest not how from morning ill evening He teacheth and healeth disease ?'' The Christ said "Forbid not the children Permit them to come unto me-" And He took in His arms little Esther, And Rachel He sat on His knee And the heavy heart of the mother Was lifted all earth's cares above; And He laid His hand on the brother, And blest them with tenderest love. And He said to tho babes in His bosom, "Of such Is the Kingdom of Heaven," And strength for all duty's trials That hour to her spirit was given.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-05-24

TIE Russian Emperor is getting tired of " standing it" any longer, and threat ems to sit down on the Ottoman Gun cinndh Esquirer.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-05-24
PAYING OUT THE SILVER.
The Amount Now In Circulation -secrs
 tary Shcrman's Policy.

The Amount Now In CireulntiOn -Secrc-
 tary Shcrnaan's Policy.
 The order ofSecretary sherman, issued a short time ago. directing the exchange of silver coin for national bank currency, has been the means of distributing a large amount of silver in some remote districts where there WAS a grea. scarcity of small change. The change thus far for the present month aggregates over $eGO, ,OO6, the shipments yesterday alone exceeded $40,0O0. The disbursements of silver to date have been as follows:
 On account of currency obligations SIP 2o, ,e94 sl In rcdemp ption oi fractional currency si,o'obi S i9' 'zo'''
 There still remains outstanding frac' tional currency to the amount of $22,' 4S9, ,375, which, added to the silver in circulation, gives grand total of $53,' 770,642. This would appear to be a violation of the late act of congress which fixes the silver circulation al $56, 100000. Secretary sherman, Tn ex planation of his action in exceeding tho | limitation, says that at the time of the passage of the act fixing limit to tho | stlftT ColuuSC tuCiC NCiO @'1,NV"t~.S. e
 in the treasury. He claims the right tt issue, and consequently the silver cir cuation, when it is all out, will amount to 1854 100000. It is believed at th' treasury, however, that at least S10, 000 ,000 of fractional currency has beei lost or destroyed. and will never be pre- sented for redemption. There has al ready been large falling of in monthl!! receipts for redemption. In May, 1870 the first full month of silver disburse ments after the passage of the act, ther was redeemed at the treasury $3,6O0, ,56 in fractional currency, whilst for tn month of March last the amount re deemed was only s99S,90 It is no probable, therefore, that the silver cii culation will exceed 44,000,O00 for long time to come, or until it is definitel known about what amount of fractions currency has been lost, and congres takes one action in the premises, q Secretary sherman declines to act on th hypothesis that any part of the circul, tion has been lost or destroyed, and iss,l another medium of circulation m Il place.-Phitadeiphia Press
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-16
The Eat Mans Ball.

This was the principal topic of con-
%versation, yesterday, and the event of
the evening. Courts and court-mar-
tials adjourned early, in order to ''be
dar," while tailors and milliners were
working until as late as 0 p. m. on
''good clothes'' for those who were 60
ing. The fat men were there en- masse,
as it were, and several fat1adies fioated
about the room. The newspapers we're
represented, especially at the supper ia
bic. Poulton made a very solid ray of
sunshine, while the representative of
this paper cast a faint shadow on the
wall. Our 400 pound editor, who sits
down on bull-dozers. was unwell, and
the city editor was thus counted in at
the ball.
Boss Caswell proved himself a most
excellent manager, every detail If the
affair being well arranged and perfect
ly carried out. The supper, which was
gotten up by Mrs. Caswell, was a
splendid" one and all were sorry.
when rising from the table, that Prov
dence had not provided them with
larger stomachs. The music was irst
class, the temperature of the hall just
right, and after dancing until the wee
sma' hours, the merry party broke up,
and the Fat Mans ball was over.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-16

If cremation becomes popular, collins,
cemetery lots, hearses and shrouds can
be bought cheap. And instead of scat
tering flowers On the graves of the de-
parted, we will merely have to go to the
closet and shake the jars in which their
ashes are deposited. Undertakers will
60 out of business and demand, and the
man with the red-hottest furnace will
he the one that is wanted. Wax for
sealing up the pots and jars will take
the place of t~ombstones; name plates
ON collins will give way for labels on the
pots anil jars; stokers will take the
place of pail bearers. Obituaries will
read gone to pot Tor jar), as the case
may be, instead of gone up higher
Things will be changed around so that a
will have hard work to induce his
mother-in-law to die.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-16
District Court Doings.
MONDAY, JAN. Is.

MONDAY, JAN. Is.
In the 9 of J. p. Weybrecht VS.. L.
Kabis, judgment was rendered for plain
tiff in the sum of 1896. 80.
In the case of Henry Minens VS.. ia
cob and Elizabeth Smell, judgment was
rendered for plaintiff in the sum of
S519. "a.
Trial by jury was waived in the fol-
lowing cases: Geo. F. Price vs.. w. B.
Bonniield ct al; II. A. Hogg VS.. Cathe-
rine Be2o; W. B. Bonnifield VS.. Tyson
& Price; n. W. Michael VS.. Cheyenne
Lodge No. /, 1. o. o. F.; R. B. Horrie
Va. Ellen Boughton; Pease Sc Taylor vs..
Hanson, and ]. B. Swift VS.. T.. Dyer.
Demurrer to petition in the Ease OF
J.. E. Wild VS.. Ivinson ct al, was taken
under advisement by the court. .a
A jury was empanelled in the Ease Of
Walter c. Brown VS.. the City of Chey.
enne, and the trial begun.
Court adjourned to Tuesday at 8 a.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-16

If some of our young men had one
half tie energy that a half-breed Next
can Displays in getting up a revolution,
th~ey'could most all of them be swag-
gering around our streets with money
in their pockets and wearing listers.
A Mexican, when he gets tired of laying
around, OF mule driving, gets right up
on his aristocratic ear and declares
himself President of the Re
public, and has an army of five thousand
supporters surrounding him and crying
'Vivi juan within a week; and when
he has fastened on to enough to make
him independent, he scoots for Lower
California and takes up his residence
there as a wealthy hidalgo, and receives
visits from eastern travellers, who upon
their return to the east furnish their
locainewspapers with an account of their
travels, in which they praise the gentle
manly hospitality of this wealthy hidal-
go. Young man, just think of this, and
if you wish to prosper, go west-south-
west,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-16

The express and mail train due here
at 1:20 p. m. yesterday, has been de-
tanned by snow between North Platte
and Omaha, and will not arrive until
about o on to-day. The train due
here at 1:20 p. m. to-day, was reported
seven hours late at A O'Clock this morn
ing. No freight trains arrived from
the east yesterday afternoon, two sec
tions of the west bound emigrant and
No. 0 reaching here at 5a'clock this
morning. There will be no more freight
trains from the east until tomorrow
morning.
All trains from the west have been
and are still moving on time.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-16
Race for Lite With a Locomotive.

A Shameless and penniless tramp, who
is laboriously making his way across
the continent, outran a locomotive on
the Dale creek bridge, the other day.
He very foolishly kept to the track in
stead of taking the foot-walk, when he
reached the bridge, and was surprised
by the sight of a train coming rapidly
toward him. Instead of getting down
below the track, IS he might easily
have done, he turned and sought safety
in flight. He had a good start, and he
made the other end Of the bridge in
quick time, bounding of the structure
about three feet ahead of the engine.
It was an exciting affair to those who
witnessed it.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-16

An Old Experienced Miner Tells What
He Knows About the Black Hills.

A Kansas City paper of recent date
says: Mr.. z. Swearengen, of Custer
City, is in the city, with his headquar-
tiers at the Sheridan hotel. He is on
his way back to the Black Hills, after
ar absence ef a month or more visiting
his friends in Indiana and Ohio. The
writer became well acquainted with
Mr.. S~wearengen in the Black Hills, and
the statements he makes may be fully
relied upon.
He has prospected the Hills very
extensively, and has had great success
in discovering rich gold diggings. He
went to the California mines in 1850.
and has gotten valuable experience by
a constant sojourn in the mining re-
gions. He says that the Black Hills
are, without exception, the richest gold
diggings he was ever in. He brought
out from Deadwood in his wagon about
twenty-eight hundred pounds of gold
ore or quartz which he shipped to
Omaha. This ore realized him a little
more than $3.50. This is only a speci-
men Of the kind of ore now being taken
out on the Deadwood creek and its
tributaries. He says that the new dig
gings daily being opened on the Spear
fish and Bear creek are proving equally
as rich as those about Deadwood. He
is engaged in business with Joseph
French, of San Francisco, with whom
he is'interested in some extensive min
ing operations in Deadwood. Mr..
Swearengen was a member of the Cor
don stockade party which was taken
out of the Hills by the government in
1875, and squatted on the present site
of the city of Custer, of which he was
one of the founders. He has full conf
dence in the future prosperity of the
Hills, and speaks enthusiastically of the
rich yield of gold taken out of the
mines. There are at least 5000 people in
the Deadwood settlement or within a
circuit of fifteen miles. His reports
coroborate the many other reports
brought out of the Hills. He says
there is an immense immigration pre-
pairing to start from the east in the
spring, but there is room enough fol-
| all.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-16

1[a3oe Edv3r 1laaa,
infantry. is ordered "a Omaha tarracks
Neb.. there to take station
Major Verling K. Hart. Fifth cavalry.
is ordered to Fort Mcpherson. Neb.
and win report to the commanding off,
e of that post for duty.
irbs comn.rv 80 p.,o .oo,,
der comne.nd - c.nta;n rranL North
Il ordered - s;dna- h.-aots Nah
whara; - lii - :-ts.-