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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-12

LEGAL NOTICES.

~ EDGAR COUNTY.
In the Edgar County Circuit Court. To the
March term, A.D. 1871.
Mary E. Smith
s.m,s, + 4 Smith, In 'Aanes'y'
To Samuel N. Smith, the above named defend
You arc hereby notified that bill in chance
~, with q copy of which you are herewith
served, will be fled against you in the Circuit
Court of Edgar county, in the State of Illinois,
BY the said Mary E. Smith, complainant to the
March term, A.D. 1877, which term commences
on the 18th day of March of the said year. Now
unless you shall personally be and appear be-
fore said Court on the first day of the torn
thereof to BE- held in sd e3qn synS on na ns ssa
swer or demur to the said bill, tho same and
the matters therein contained, charged and
stated, will be taken as confessed and decree
said hin. SELLER & DOLE,
fab 9-w4wz Solicitors for Complainant.
VIRGINIA: In the Clerks Office of tho Cor
Y poration Court Of the city of Alexandria,
on the 30th day, of January, 1871 4; NJ Lawson
Shinn, tho last Of whom traded under the name
of Shinn & Co. In chancery and upon an in
junction.
Memo.-The object of this suit is to restrain
S. NJ. Smyth from proceeding lurIner unuer M
attachment against r. NJ: Lawson in the suit Of
S. NJ. Smyth vs.. Shinn & Co., and to have the
amount due by r. N. Lawson to George h.
Shinn, trading under the name of Shlnn & Co.,
being SlG0.75 applied towards the payment OF
S4OG. 36, due by said Shinn 10 4. M. Lawson
and r. f. Knox, who were jointly interested in
certain purchase of corn from said Shinn.,
Tho defendant, George r. Shinn, not hay
ing entered his appearance and given Sc
curity according to tho act OF Assembly,
and tho rules Of this Court and il appear,
ing by affidavit that he is not resident OF
this State, it is ordered that said defendant appear
here within one month after due publication, Of
this order and do what is necessary to protect his
interest in this suit; and that copy of this Or
| der be forthwith inserted in tho Alexandria Ga
zette, newspaper published in the city Of Al
exandria, once week for four successive weeks,
| and posted at the front door of the Court House
Of this city. A copy-test:
MORTON NJ ARYE, Clerk.
| i NJ. Johnson. o. q. jan 3l-wiw
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-12
Alexandria. Va, mar l0-tl

DR. B. +. JONES' % N. Calvert ST., Balti-
~ more Md, makes specially and gusrsn.
tees SPEEDY and Certain Relief in all Diseases
and Irregularities incident to Females; also IN
Jnpoiency Sterlty, Spermstorrhos Structure,
Gravel and all other Diseases Of the Generative
Organs of either sex. sep 5
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-12
OPENING AND CLOSING OF MAILS: Untl
further notice the following Will Do the houFS
for tho opening and closing of the mails:


further notice the following will be the hours
tor the opening and closing of the mails:
OPENING.
Northern mails, S:45 y. N. and 700 p. m.
Western mails, S45 q. m. and 100 p. IN.
Southwestern, via Lynchburg and G"rdons-
Washington and Ohio, Round Hill to Alex
andris $50 p. m.
Manassas Division, $50 p. m.
Southern mails; via Rchm Ind ana "a fFeoeF-
CLOSING.
Northern and Western mails, 4:45 p. III. and
900 p. IL. h
Washington and Ohio, Alexsndrs to Round
Hill, Va, 500 .. IN.
Manassas Division, 600 q. NJ
Southern, via Fredericksburg and Richmond,
Va.,.l:lj D. IN. and $50 p. III.
ns- General delivery window closes at S:po p.
m. Doors close ut 900 p. III.
1sss-Open on Sundays st ? a. IN. and Closes II
$3.50 a. N.
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1877.


ADVERTISER, already READ
by three generations, proposes to continue il:
useful life. and now enters into smother volume
determined to be the newspaper of the e7s in
Virginia.
Never have the times demanded more .hsp
now sound, thoughtful journalism. Seldom
nave the people had deeper interests at stskc.
Never did the events Of the hour, as they ur
fold themselves, surpsss in personal interest %
every citizen those which are now trsnspirng.
Never has the importance Of early, authentic
intelligence Of public matters beer &C egcs.e-
importance to every one.
To meet this new ere in journalism, the Ga.
ZETTE will put forth it, utmos. endeayor, ST..
its success during this entire century in catering
to the wants and meeting the wishes Of the pc5.
pie, guarantees that with thi; paper rro.li:,
means performance.
Washington now the point 20 which a.
eyes look and all ours are directed Almo:. s:
the base Of tho Capital, and yot III Virginia
town, amid community which has proved il
faithfulness to Virginia in moro than one fiery
trial surrounded by the traditions and hope: q
the Commonwealth, the GAZETTE ms posi;ic-
unique among journals and promise: 10 To
worthy of it. Its contiguity to Washington give,
it an early precedence over all the jourla,:
Of the State in intelligence Of tho operation: al
the General Government now Of such vita! in.
portance to the people Of the South. The pro.
ceedings of Congress, seldom so interesting a,
now, will be regularly reported in succinct form
for its columns, but all matter: Of c:pecs inter-
esl in Virginia will be given in dots. T@o
gentlemen connected with The paper sra con.
stantly at the Federal capita, snd the WA=a.
ington news of the Gazette he: io7 long TN.
been the fountain Of Washington new: 70! tue
State.
As the interests of the people mainly cortroa.
home, no pains will be spared 20 chronicle all
matters occurring in the city and ncighborhool,
carefully excluding unseemly expression: e.
gross narrative ss unfit for = journal that IS
treasured st many thousand hesrth:tone: e.:
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-12

As the interests Of the people mainly cortToa
home, no pains will be spared 20 chronicle al.
matters occurring in the city AID neighborhooI
carefully excluding unseemly expression: e.
gross narrative Ne unfit for journal that Is
treasured st many thousand hcsrth:tone. e.:
Virginia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-12
AlefanOrla 6az&tte
MONDAY EVENING, FEBR'Y. II.

THE TELEPHONE IN the send
ing of air vibrations or sounds, along an electro
mapnetizsd wire, probably suggested that most
wonderful of all the late inventions ID tele'
craphy, whose feats are solemniy Toucheo 1or
bv the leading Boston papers. We aude to
the so.caed Telephone" We suppose 1t may
be accepted as fact, when SO many intelligent
observers and writers join IN the testimony
that words spoken have been made clearly aud
ible through from three to sixteen miles OF wire
bv the use of the telephone. Not only IS every
word ineligible If spoken at the rlgnt p'ten
and distinctly, but the quality or lndlVloualltY
of the speakers voice is easily recognized by
person receiving the message. One OF the most
Interesting and curious experiments was taat y,
sending sonc-"Thc Last Rose OF Summer
over three miles Of wire, between Boston anu
Maiden. 1t was heard with great DIS
tiuctness, the voice OF the fair singer
yetaipipr its native sweetness, il not
all its volume and power. In the
telephone, the common galvanlc battery IS SAID
to be discarded. aud 10 its place Is used COM
mound, permanent magnet Of great strength
n which the wire OF communication Is attach.
ed. La connection with this magaet Is placeu
what is called n "diaphragm' OF iron, consist
inc OF very thin plate of that meta! !, which Is
canable of vibrating 10 the sounds OF the hu.
man voice. It may be said to correspond IN
that respect to the tympanum of the ear "A
nerson wishing to send message by the tee-
p piSOs SIMPLY SIMPLY speaks against this diaphragm
through a mouthpicce, aud each vibration OF
the iron membrane then produces (such ls tue
th he y magoctie uDduiation along the wire.
At The other end another diaphragm, equally
sensitive, is provided, ard the magnetic waves
striking it are transformed to air waves and q. all
The original sounds which caused the undula'
tons are reproduced for the benefit Of the per;
son listening there-Ne,o loM Jon'maS Of
Commerce.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-12

TUBS, Wash Boards, Clothes Lines and Pins,
l. Buckets, Broom5, Scrub aud Backing
Brushes, Stove Window and Dust Brushes,
Market and Covered Baskets, &c, &c, for sale
at low prices by
jan 30 +. j. DAVIDSON, 147 King st.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-06-29
Breeoh Loading Cannon.

Herr Krupp. the celebrated Prussian ar tillerist, is about completing a monster piece of ordnance, with the evident intention q proying that guns of cast steel can oe pro- duced on 8 scale to vie with the wrought iron ordnance of England. The weight of the new gun is eighty tons, the same AS the great Fraser gun al Shoeburyness, which has recently excited so much attention, and though it falls short of the huge propor- tions or the l00.ton Armstrong guns, II Is still marvellous work, as being made of steel, and, unlike the English monster guns, loading at the breech. The calibre Of the gun is about iG inches, the projectic weighs 1850 pounds and the powder charge S9O bounds. The gun is built on the model as other Krupp guns, consisting ot central core of steel, oyerlapped by ccncentrio steel rings, which increase m thickness toward the breech until they reach total diameter of feet To inches, or two inches less than the Fraser gun. The cost of the gun, exclu- sivc of the carriage, which weighs 40 tons, is $l00,000, or double that of so ton wrought iron guns produced at Woolwieh. Tn initial velocity anticipated from the proiectile of this gun IS ,5o3 feet per sec ond, producing an energy of 27,543 tons, which Is equal 10 ooo Ioot tous Pei iuSh VA the shots circumference. The nearest ap- proach hitherto attempted to ihis enormous gun is the 56-ton breecher-loader exhibited last year at Philadelphia, which has been purchased by Russia and has just been de- livered at Cronstadt. Herr krupp has just constructed this last proof of his skill solely at his own instance, though it Is rot likely that it vii, long remain on his hands, de- spite itS great cost. Not satisfied with this achievement, however. he has constructed plans for a 12i-ton steel breech.loader, with calibre of over Is inches, and throwing a shot weighing round ton with charge of 500 pounds of powder. The cost of this gun is estimated Ut $l67.5Oo, exclusive of the carriage, which would weigh 62 tons. Herr Krupp is also building for Turkey duplicate 56-ton gun of that exhibited at the Centennial and just sold to the Russian Government.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-06-29

When two such recognized and able di rectors of public sentiment as the Hon. Henry watterson and Colonel Forney are discovered in perfect accord, then indeed. doeth "peace OCT the world her olive wand extend" In Colonel Fornev's poem pa- triotic thought is rounded in this way;
 Living, we mourn the gallant dead.
 No matter where they fell:
 Our envies and our halreds fled,
 We sigh to them, farewell!
 Farewell to all our civil wars,
 Farewell to separation;
 Glory to our increasing stars.
 God save our rescued nationi
 Mr. Watcrson, at Nashville. who certainly could not have read the Colonel's poem any more than tho Colonel could have read the Kentuckian's address, said:
 War or no war, VIC arc all fellow-country- men, and 1t Is no mawkish sentiment or idle rhapsody that seeks to bring us together; the day of the seetionalist Is ovor-thc day of the nationalist has come. Here are "two souls with but single thought" and their uttersnces illustrate how effectively we have shaken hands across the bloody chasm.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-06-29

TIE BANK WITH THE LARGEST CAPITAL. The Bank of Commerce of the City of New York has recently reduced its capital from $l0,O0o,000 to s5,O00,000. This action leaves the Bank of Nevada, in San Fran cisco, the wealthiest banking corporation in the United States. The only bank on the continent exceeding il is the Bank of Mon- trcal, whose capital is $is,0oo,000. The Merchants Bank, of Montreal, ranks next to the Nevada Bank, with capital of $9.- 00O,O00. The Central Railroad and Bank ing Company of Savannah, Georgia, has a capital of $7.500,000.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-06-29

SAN QUENrIS.-Brick is being manufac- turcd on an extensive scale at the State Prison this season. About 100 men are employed under the superintendence of John Smith the notorious stage r0bler, and they turn out about 30,000 brick per day. One kiln of coz. 900 brick is already burned, and the calculation is that about G,000, GOO will be made this year. Eight shops are running, four by the State and four by con tractors, in which about 500 prisoners are employed. About 100 prisoners have started in to dig the foundation, in the old corral, for the new tank cell building. When completed it will contain e04 single cells, which can he doubled in case of emer- gency. If in the next three years the pro- portion of increase continues as it has for the past three, branch prison will have to be built or the wall boundaries vastly en- larged.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-06-29

Some opponent of tobacco has been mak- ing calculations on the cost of this luxury, and finds that, upon basis a weekly eSpcn- diture of one dollar for the weed, the aggre- gate Sa6 for six mcnihs, if deposited se'ri- annually and interest compounded at seven per cent, would amount in thirty years to the snug sum of sa,423.ss, and in eighty years to $isl, ,773i2--a better investment than life insurance in these times.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-06-29

A JUVENILE AcrREss.-lt is said that a five year old girl, named Gemma Cuniberti, is q star a; one of the Floren;ine theatres. Sue is lovely, and plays marvellously, walk ing the stage with as much freedom as If she had trod it sll her life. Poets have written verses in her hoEor, the wife of Salyini, the tragcdian, made her gift of e precicious neckless, and the Princess Royal Marghe- rits expressed her appreciation in beauti- ful and valuable present Cavaliere Rossi the tragedian, predicts for her splendid career, and that she will improve it with age until she becomes the greatest actress the world has ever seen.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-06-29

SHAD FOR Washington, June lsth.-During the last spring. the United States Fish Commission, in connec- ton with Maryland Fish Commissioners, matched about 5000, 900 young shad in the Susquchanna river, at Degrave, over i,000,- 900 of which have already been distributed in western and southern waters, and about 1000, 900 arc now en route to California for distribution in waters of that State.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-06-29

A Loxa TINE LooKINa.--A young msn, on the eve of going out to Australia, heard his father preach sermon ircm the text. Adam where art thoai" On his return, after long absence, he went on the first Sunday-as was but proper-to his father s church, when the old gentleman read out the same text, Adam, where art thonF Mother" said the son, who was somewhat of wag, ''has my father not found Adam yeti"
The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-06-29

GAIL HAMILTON ON ScHuRz--Chicago, June fsth.-The Tribunes Washington special ssys: Gail Hamilton attacks Secre- tary Schurz, re-iterating that George Sehnei- der, of Chicago. loaned him money to start newspaper, and that this secured schurz : influence for his (Schneider's) appointment to the Swiss mission. Secretary Schurz de- nies the story as an unmitigated f:slschood.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-06-29
THE TROUBLE AMONG THE CANADIAN IN

THE TROUBLE AMONG THE CANADIAN lN- DIASs.-Montreal, June lS.--Colonel Amyot of the Provincial Police, says it is not his intention to make any arrests, if Chief Jo- seph, of the Oka Indians will consent to an interview on the points at issue. Chief Jo- seph and about fifty Indians are armed and Colonel Amyot says the object of his visiI is to protect French Canadians, including priests and nuns, from being attacked by protestant Indians who are under arms; bu, the latter are of the opinion that this is a mere pretext to get them within their grasp It is reported to-day that the police have ordered all newspaper reporters to leave Oka.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-06-29

AN UNSUCCESSFUL ELoPzNEST.-John Southworth and Mrs. Carr eloped from Pownal. Vermont, and rode in a carriage across the line into this State. Mr. Carr pursued them on horseback and overlook them in Rensselaer, county. He drew a pistol, seated himself in the carriage by tee side of his wife, and returne home with her. compelling Southworth to walk ahead all oi the way. Once back in Vermont he had the offenders arrested.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-06-29

It is intimated by the knowing ones that England, in case of WAT with any foreign nation, will tender General Grant commis- sion and ask him to command the British forces, and not only that but will bestow upon him some title of honor. The next thing is, would Grant accepti
The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-06-29

\ large shipment of ore from the Silver ag mine, some 26,000 pounds, has arrived s, Ehrcnberg on its way to San Fransisco. 'r1is ore will yield, at the lowest estimate, $a3,000.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-06-29

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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-02-15

BILE destruction-the t%rampling to death by
a thousand iron hoofs. Directly under the
feet of the horses was the little one-another
instant must seal it's doom, when a stalwart
hussar, who was in the front line, without
Stacking his speed or l%oosening 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 Gid without changing his pace or break
ing the correct alignment Of the squadron.
Ten thousand voices hailed with raptorous
applause the gallant deed, and other thou
sands applauded when they knew. Two
women there We're who could only sob forth
their gratitude in broken accents-the moth
er and Empress. And q proud and happy
moment must it have been for the hussar
when his Emperor, taking from his own
breast the richly enameled Cross of the or
der of Maria Theresa, hung it upon the
breast Of his brave and gallant trooper.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-02-15
A THRILLING SCENE.

An exchange relates the following incident
which occurred during a general review of
the Austrian cavalry, a few months ago:
"Not far from 10000 cavalry We're in line.
A little child-a girl--of not more than four
years. standing in the front row of specta-
tors, either from fright or some other cause,
rushed out into the open field just as a
squadron of hussars came sweeping around
from the main body. They had made the
detour for the purpose of saluting the En-
press, whose carriage was drawn up in the
parade ground. Down came the flying
squadron, charging at a mad gallop directly
upon the child. The mother was pafaay2ed
as were others, for there could be no rescue
from the line of spectators. The Empress
uttered a cry Of horror, for the child's de-
struetion seemed ineyitahle-aud such terri
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-02-15
THE INFLUENCE OF READING.

\ HI were to pray for q taste which would
/ stand ME in stead under every variety Of
circumstances, and be a source of happiness
and cheerfulness to me through life, and a
/ shield against it's ills, however things might
i 90 amiss and the world frown upon me, it
would be a taste for reading. speak of it,
of course, only as a worldly advantage, and
not in the slightest degree as silperseding
or derogating from the higher office and
s,lrer and stronger panoply ofreligious prin-
ciple but as q taste, an instrument and a
source. of pleasurable qualification. Give a
man this taste and the means of gratifying
it. and you can hardly fail in making him a
happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his
hands a most perverse selection of books.
You place him in contact with the best So
ciety in every period of history-with the
wisest, the wittiest-with the tenderest, the
bravest, and the purest characters that have
adorned humanity. You make him a deni-
zen of all nations-a contemporary Of all
ages. The world has been created for him.
1t is hardly possible but the character should
take a higher and q better tone from the con-
slant habit of associating in thought with a
class of thinkers, to say the least of it, above
the average humanity. 1t is morally impos-
sible but that the manners should take a
tinge of good breeding and civilization from
having constantly before ones eyes the way
in which the best bred and the best inform
ed men have talked and conducted them
selves in their intercourse with each other.
There is q gentle but perfectly irresistible
correction in the habit of reading, directed
over the whole tenor of a mans character
and conduct, which is not effectual because
It works insensibly, and because, it is really
the last thing he dreams of.-SA' John Hers
cdeI.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-02-15
FARMERS WIVES.

some years ago | was talking with DR..
Gray, chief physician in the New York
State Lunatic Asylum at Utica. and he told
me that as a class more farmers wives were
brought to that institution than people of
any other occupation. He said "The rea-
son why this is so, is that their minds are
constantly on one Interchangeable routine of
work, from daylight in the morning till late
at night-no change-no relaxation-no
rest"
Farmers should note this fact, and be fore
warned before it is too late. 1t is astonish-
ing what a vast amount of labor farmers
wives perform! Many Of them get up and
have breakfast ready before their husbands
are out of bed. Then it is work, work. work,
till near midnight; the mind all the time be-
ing on their ~duties-how they shall supply
the meals-how the washing and ironing
are to be done-when can the floors be
scaubbed-hOw are the children to be cloth
ed and kept tidy and many other things,
all combined, are enough to break down the
strongest woman in the land.
~ oa9e, Nalu III. UIay, IS III SAFE
to be constantly thinking upon one thing OR
subject J" and in cases where the brain has
become weakened by too great a strain on it,
as with students and literary men, the rem
edy is rest and outdoor recreation. Then
when men are in trouble, a constant brood
ing over it is dangerous. The mind should
be drawn away from it as much as possible.
Farmers, your duties to your wives are
plain. Don't allow them to overwork, to
wear out prematurely. 1t is better to leave
a few acres less to your heirs, and less in
bonds Or mortgages, than to see your wives
go down to premature graves with their ep-
itaph, "died of farm drudgery."-T. B. NJ
mer IN Rural New Yorker.