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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-29
WINES AND LIQUORS..
HenryE Englehardt's Lager Beer

Bottled for Family Use and Shipping ~
The attention of the public is respectfully can
cd to worry superior article Of hASa Ia Ma and snd
Hons ~ With tho arestest caro- for its purity, and
nut i up in the most convenient style with patent
shoppers. in do,;yo mnch
hanc8t from it's use. Orders left at Lou's Ap
pich's restaurant will receive prompt atten',oL L
Country merchants and dealers suppllet ~
lowest rates. Delivered to any part Of the c''y'
HENRY ENGLEHARDT,
urk West End Brewery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-29
A.. THURSDAY, NOV. 20, 1877
FANCY GOODS.
J.FERGUSON & BRO

|J.FERGUSON & BRO.
We have opened our stock of GOODS FOB
THE FALL SEASON, consisting in part o5I
Lsdies', Gents and Children's Merlno Cn-
Dress Trimmings, in Silk and Worstod
Fringes Galloons, Buttons, &c.
Toilet tArticles-Hair, Tooth and Nail Brushes.
Mock Puff, Side and High Combs Soaps and
Ladies' Collars, Cuffs, Ruchings, Rutlings,
Ties Lace Scsrfs, Linen and Silk Hsndker-
chiefs and Kid Gloves.
Wo-steds, Germantown Wool, Shetland
Wool and Floss, Sa1ony and German Knitting
Yarns in all colors, and Embroidery Canvases.
HOOP SKIRTS & BUSTLES.
All styles on hand and mads to order at short
We have also large stock of Hair Bra;ds.
Curls, Puffs, &c, to which we invite your at.
tention. FERGUSON q bhO.,
oct l3 70 hlng street
Nor1oh'
havejust returned from the North with
full line cf the following goods: Ladies' and
Children's Hosiery from l2Ac to soc pair; !; Kid
Gloves from 75c to ST. Is per pai7; Hsndker-
chiefs at all prices Zephyr Worsted, white l0c,
colored lac per OF; Ladies' Embroidered Col.
lars l5c; large line Of Lace Collars for child
rem; Corsets from soc up; Yarn, Navy Blue,
Seal, Brown, and all the plain colors; Merino
Vests and Pants Of all sizes; Card Board SILVER
Paper Pictures in great variety; Motto Pocket
Books; Steel Purses, new style; Lace and Silk
Scarfs Crepe Lease sll kinds Of Kuthlag very
bias also Velvet Ribbons and everything in my
line ss low as can be sold in this or any other
city. Call and see for yourselves at
9. G. BERRY'S, p King st.
Agent for SING GERS SEWING MACHINES.
sen "a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-09-20
THAT CLERK.

This vacancy has not yet been filed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-09-20
Wasn't the Man.
Rnrlinrtnn Hnwl-nrn

A man with weak eyes and green
spectacles came wandering into the
Office the other day, and wanted us to
head a subscription to build monu-
ment over the grave of Brigham
Young. We declined. We fatty re-
fused, saying that Mr.. Young's family
was big enough and rich enough to pro-
vide him with enough monuments to
reach from the grave half way to
heaven.
$50 you won't put down a dollar?'
asked the weak-eyed man.
Not solitary dollar" we said, not
nickle, not a stingy red cent"
"Whatr' he replied, in amazement,
And here is the very place 1 expected
TO get the list headed, right here at the
literary center of this busy metropolis.
You won't give a paltry dollar in ire
deemable fiuctuating currency for q
monument over the grave Of the au-
thor of Night Thoughts won't you?
You'll"
But we assured him that Brigham
Young never wrote q line of " Night
Thoughts" and that the author of that
poem died more than one hundred years
ago.
"Whatw exclaimed the weak-eyed
man, Brigham Young didn't write
Night Thoughts p"
Not a thought" we said che never
tn ught after dark; he went to sleep"
well, what did he write ?" the mon
ument canvasser asked.
Never wrote anything" we told him ;
"he didn't know how to write signed
his receipts for money with an X, and
preached all his sermons off-hand, be-
cause he didn't know how to make
notes."
''Well, well, WELL" the agent said,
musingly, " how this world is given
to lying. What did Brigham. Young
do, if he never wrote poetry, and
couldn't write, and never thought any
thing?"
" Married" we said married Didn't
need to think to do that. The less he
thought the more he married, and when
he died he had so many wives and chill
dren that his funeral looked like
founding hospital and charity school
picnic procession"
The man rose YEARLY and started for
the door, pausing to ask.
''Where is the public library? Unjust
read up little on the public men of
our day. Strange, passing strange, that
| should have got this stranger named
Brigham, of whom [ never heard be-
fore; so badly mixed up with Edwin
Young"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-09-20

thrive. After a fortnight of this treat
ment you will have good, fat fowls. If
however, there are but four or six to he
fattened, they must not have so much
room as though there were twelve
Nothing Is easier than to allot them
the proper space; it Is only necessary to
have two or three pieces of wood to
pass between the bars, and form a par
tition. This may also serve when fowls
are put up at different degrees of fat
ness. This requires attention, or fowls
will not keep fat and healthy. As soon
as the fowl is sufficiently fattened it
must be killed, as otherwise it VIII not
still get fat, but it will lose flesh. IF
fowls are intended for the market. of
course they are or may be all fattened
at once; but if for home consumption.
1t Is better to put them up at such inter
walls as will suit the time when they are
required for the table. When the time
arrives for killing, whether they are
meant for market or otherwise. they
should be tasted. without food or water.
for twelve or fifteen hours. This en-
ables them to be kept some time after
being killed, even in hot weather.-LOn-
don Cottage Gardener.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-09-20
4 NratefEi AcknOW IedgmeRt.
Houston Age.

Maj. Burns, the courteous secretary
Of Hoods Texas Brigade association.
has placed in our hands the following
letter, which will be hard for any old
soldier to read without feeling the mois-
ture rise to his eyes
1t Is communication from Mrs. Eliz-
abeth B. Custer acknowledging the re
ceipt of resolutions passed by Hoods
Texas Brigade association to the mem
DRY Of her husband, Gen. G. A. Custer.
who fell fighting at the head of his
troops in battle with the Sioux Indians
last July a year ago. The Brigade asso-
citation some time afterward held its
annual reunion at Byron and passed
resolutions of respect and honor for the
memory Of the gallant dead.
Mrs. Custer, overwhelmed by the ca
lamity, has been unable to write until
now. Here is her beautiful letter:
Mr.. BURNS-Dear Sir: [ regret very
much that so long a time has passed
without my acknowledgment and thanks
for the beautiful resolutions offered by
the survivors Of "Gen. Hoods Texas
Brigade"
| could have asked friends to answer
your letter for me during my illness, but
| feel anxious to write for myself and
assure the confederate soldiers who so
touchingly remembered my husband in
words of praise, that [ most sincerely
appreciated their kindness.
[ am glad to tell you how much ad.
miration Gen. Custer felt for the cour-
age and endurance Of the southern
army.
1t seems to prove the higher and bet
ter nature of men when soldiers can adj
mire the gallantry and heroism of each
other, even when differing in sentiment
and belief
We had the privilege of becoming
personally acquainted with Gen. Hood
in 1865, and it seems to me a matter for
congratulation when men can serve I'M
der such soldier and gentleman.
Very respectfully yours,
ELIZABETH b. CUSTER.
122 Madison Ave. New York CITY Auo %
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-09-20
Pine Smoking in Turkey.

It is not an uncommon thing to see a
Turk smoke from sixty to eighty pipes
daily. The pipe is the indispensable
companion of the Turk in every occu-
patton, how earnest and important so
ever it may be. In the Supreme Porte,
in the Ministerial Council, where the
Turkish grandees debate regarding the
welfare OF their fatherland, which ex-
tends over three-quarters of the globe,
the question was once discussed, wheth
er, during the consideration of state af-
fairs, the tschibuktschis (pipe-bearers)
should be excluded. Great was the diff
ference of opinions; long was the con-
test between the warnings of the palate
and the sense of propriety; till at last
was victorious the sentiment of some
corpulent gamblers, who thought that it
would be wrong to reject ANONYMOUSLY
the old custom, and that the blameless
tschibuktschis must be permitted, as be-
fore, to enter the chamber and give the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-09-20
Burning a FaitllIess SquaW Alive.

About three weeks ago an Indian
known as Sam lost his squaw through
the Establishments Of another named
Jim. 1t seems that the fair Mary fell
victim to Jim's tender words, and at
his solicitation left her husbands bed
and board and joined The fortunes of
Jim. Sam was not one to quietly sub
nit to this treatment, particularly as
Mary had taken some of the household
goods when she departed. The loss. of
these added much to the wrath of the
victimized Sam, who raised such a COM
motion among the Piute braves about
it that they determined to teach the
frail Mary, and by her example, the
rest Of the female portion of the tribe,
a lasting lesson. Jim tried to screen
her from the gathering storm by hiding
her; but they soon found her, and about
fifty of the tribe, including Jim and
several squaws, escorted her to the hills
just back of Washoe Lake, last Satur-
day evening, where, safe from Cauca-
sian intrusion, they made a huge pile of
and, after tying her firmly
in the middle of it, set it on fire. Then
they commenced a war dance around
the scene of cremation, in which all
joined except Jin--Sam being very
fierce in his leaps and yells. The
screams of Mary added to the zest of
the dance. Jim meantime sat quietly
by and seemed an Indifferent spectator
to what was going on. When the body
of the unfortunate Mary had been re-
duced to ashes, Sam expressed himself
as satisfied, and they dispersed. The
warriors threaten their squaws with a
similar fate if they are not little more
discreet in their conduct. (Neu.)
Journal, August 80.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-09-20
/ StrapDing SchOOImarn,.

On one of the islands of the coast of
Maine is a gigantic schoolmistress, Z
feet high, weighing 900 pounds, strong
in proportion, and very handsome
Once she was sent for to reduce to order
a school of savage young men, who
shrashed their teachers and turned them
out Her advent was enough to make
them meek as lambs, all save one
young man of q, handsome and curly
haired, and who regarded himself as a
privileged character. He began to cut
up one day before the girls, whereupon,
in the twinkling of an eye, the hand
some giantess bowed him across her
knee, and spanked him with her ruler.
The boys laughed, the girls Uttered, and
that was the end of that young mans
pranks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-09-20

AFTER a scientific exploration CT the
coast of Labrador by Prof. Hind, it was
found thai the fish on the southern
shores of that peninsula have alarm
ingly decreased in number since 1870,
and the result of the salmon, cod mack
erel and herring fisheries this season
fully sustains the Professors opinion.
Immediately on his return to ST. Johns,
\. F., where he was to report to Sir
John Glover, the Governor. he published
Il warning to the merchants and outfit
tiers of that island, that if they did not
employ larger vessels to sail to the eX-
IRENE northern coast of Labrador, one
of their most valuable resources would
be soon in a condition of hopeless de
cay. The extreme northern waters
are, according to Kinds report, taeming
with fish, which would suffer no per-
ceptible depletion after twenty years
successive fishing while, on the other
hand, the fishing grounds of the south
ern coast would recover their ancient
yield if the Colonial Government were
to legislate against fishing in that part
of Labrador for ten or fifteen years
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-09-20

needtul attention to the pipes. And vet
all the members knew very we'll that
this resolution was pregnant with mis-
chief and danger, for the cunning ser
wants, while busy with the pipes, snatch
up with quick ear many a secret Estate
and before even the Sultan and the Off
clal world have any knowledge of the
decisions of the Supreme Council, many
weighty debates and degrees have al
ready Through the pipe-bearers) been
divulged. Consequently, the tschibukt-
schl Is, next to the servant Of the harem.
the most valuable reporter whom jour
nallsts and ambassorial dragomans can
lind. Tobacco and pipes are not mere
ly the distinctive tokens of the different
ranks. but of the gradations of particu-
lar ranks. A Muschir (marshaO would
think 1t altogether unsuitable to smoke
with a pipe shorter than two ellis, while
the handicraftsman, or the official of a
lower order, would be deemed pre-
sumptuous if his pipe-stem transcribed
the measure of that habitual with his
class. The grandee, in contact or CON
trast with a man of low degree, can par
AIDE his pipe to its full length; but the
man Of low degree, merely thrusting
aside or cOncealing his instrument, must
not show more of it than the mouth
piece which he holds in his hand. The
Pasha can, like the chimney of a steam
er, throw forth clouds of smoke, but the
subordinate must only allow small cir
Giles of smoke, light as zephyrs, to flow
from his lips, and he must so contrive
hot the smoke does not go in front of
HIM, but turns backwards. In the pres
ence of a grandee, not to smoke is re
garded as testimony of respect. This
sign of respect a son is likewise expect
ed to show to his father; and a we'll
trained and well-mannered son is regard
ed who, spite of the repeated request of
his father, refuses to smoke.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-09-20

A ROMANTIC SToRY.-A story that
reads like q medieval romance comes
from New York In reftting the old
postofice buildings the carpenters have
discovered that the upper floors are
double, and are arranged so that detec-
tives can watch the operations of those
in the different rooms, who suppose
themselves to be alone The whole
building was furnished with secret pas
sages. sliding panels, hidden trap-doOrs,
and mysterious chambers, of whose eX-
istence the post officials had no knoWI-
edge, with the exception of the post
master and assistant. When the work
men had removed the flooring it was
ascertained that the concealed space
was from four to four and one
half feet deep, affording ample room
for men to move about. Passages led
entirely around the building. At very
short intervals were found small circular
holes in which were inverted lenses.
Through these q view of the room be-
low was obtained Back of and above
these lenses were refiectors which
brought before the eye Of the observer
the utmost recesses Of the postoflice. If
a detective saw any stealing or any I'M
proper action committed by clerk or
by a person not employed in the office,
the spea King tube by his side conveyed
a warning at once to the attic room.
and the guilty person was met at the
door, or tapped on the shoulder in the
interior of the office by another detec-
tive. The apertures through which the
detective overlooked the rooms, are in
most places so small as hardly to be
visible from the apartments below.
Some of them, however, look boldly
down from the sement, but as the
planks in which they are seen were OBJ
tanned from very old timber, the holes
would readily be taken for knot-holes.
The maxim of the postmaster was, The
detectives and assistants watch the en-
ployees and people, the postmaster
keeps an eye on the detectives and as
sistants, and the Lord will watch the
postmaster"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-09-20
4 NEW BRIDGE OF signs.
e. II. AVERY, IN GRAPHIC.

'Dead-dead-d dead. '-HaR3iet.
One more polygamOus,
Short in the breath,
Frightfully bigamOus
Gone TO his death.
Turn not away from him
Scoring to touch:
Go nearer-pray for him
Married so much.
Think of his fathers-in-law,
Two hundred brOthers-in-law,
1Sree hundred sisters-In-law.
Fifty odd mothers-in-law
All in one family
Stuck polygamily;
Think of their daily life
Full of domestic strife.
Catfghts and squealings;
Think OF the tears and cries
Then try to Ann Elize
Some of their feelings.
Turn not away from him,
Scoring to touch;
Go nearer pray for him
Married so mucn.
Oh! this is pitifuIi
Sad house with widows full,
BuXom and fairl
Bache ors. think of it
Go near the brink of it,
Now if you dare.
Still with his bigamy,
Nick-named polygamy,
Leave him at rest;
Cross his hands hCmbly,
AS praying dumbly,
Over his breast;
Owning his weakness,
The poor erring creature;
And leaving with meekness
His mantle to-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-09-20
The Gulf Stream,

The great " river in the ocean," known
as the Gulf Stream, from the Gulf of
Mexico to the Azores, is 5000 miles in
length, and its greatest breadth 100 At
the first its speed Is four miles an hour
but this gradually declines as it becomes
more ditfused. Off the State Of Florida
its temperature is eighty-three degrees,
or nine degrees above the surrounding
waters; and off Newfoundland, in winter,
it is twenty-five to thirty degrees warmer
than the neighboring seas, thus causing
the dense fog of that region. 1t is a
great dispenser of heat and moisture in
its course. To its influence are owing
the verdure of the Emerald Isle" and
the mildness Of the climate of Western
Europe compared with countries else
where Of corresponding attitudes. 1t
arrests the chilling Arctic icebergs, which
melt away in its tepid waters. Il is of
a deep indigo blue as long as its current
is deep and narrow; the line of de-
markation between it and the adjacent
waters is SO marked that vessel may
be seen floating one-half in the Gulf
Stream and the other in the common
waters of the sea, and two buckets let
down, one at the bow, the other at the
stern, will draw up water differing in
temperature by no less than thirty de
grees.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31

With learning, whose piacs no genius can
supply te the lawyer, no legal proposition
was so intricate or complex, that his clear
and analytical mind could not comprehend
and explain it. And so great a master of
language was he. aud so bright in fancy,
and gifted too with a strong and musical
voice, that he was enabled to throw a charm
around and lend a fascination To the drye>t
legal questions. As citizen. lie WAS pub
lie spirited, generous and kind, ever ready
to respond to any reasonable call made
upon his means or his time. and the breath
. of calumny has never been blown upon his
character. He conformed TO the admoui-
ton OF Patrick Henry. -'to practice virtue
himself and encourage it in others, and
like Patrick Henry he was a man not only
of PLY steal but also of moral courage; and
that illGstrious IN an did not exhibit more
perhaps when he startled the House of Bur
gesses i'm the old commonwealth OF Nir-
ginia, when he exclaimed: Caesar had his
Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell J,
and George the Third-may profit by their
example: If this be treason make the
most of it,'' than Barksdale was capable of
doing whenever the occasion arose that re-
qured it.
In the recent redemption OF our State bnt
few d more. His pungent argument, pow
erfuI inyeetiye and stirring eloquence,
were the theme of every audience he AL
dressed upon the sui1erings, the wrongs,
and the plan of redemption for down-t rod-
den Mississippi, and tone blast from his bu-
gle horn was worth thousand men"
His name is now brilliantly associated
and should be handed down connected
with the history of our State. now thank
| God, redeemed, regenerated and olsen
thralled.
| 1t is not strange that he was ever upon
/ the side OF the generous, the noble and the
| brave. He descended from chivalric stock.
! 1t would have been strange 70 have found
/ elsewhere the near relative OF that gallant
| soldier. GEN WILLIAM BARKSDALE, who
laid his life down on the altar OF his natlVe
| South in a cause that he believed 10 be right
on the bloody field of Gettysburg
But few men, Mr.. Speaker. nave ever
died in Mississippi about whom an euioGy
could more appropriately be delivered; but
l will not speak longer, though more might
be said. VIM. K Barksdale is no more
'He sleeps his last sleep" The tenemeRl
of clay that wrapt his noble spirit
Like dew drop on the mountain;
Like ripple on the river;
| Likea bubble on the fountain
Has gone, gone forever
But the recollection of the good deeds
| the many virtues localized in him, have
memory in the hearts of those who knew
him best and loved him most.
May he rest in peace May the winter
snow that has just melted into tears aroun'
his grave be soon replaced by the greer
grass of spring, and while the wild BIRD
are chanting for him their sweetest lullaby
NAV his spirit be called TO rest in the nome
of the great and the good
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE.
SENATE-TWENTIETH DAY.
Wednesday, January ~, l

Wednesday, January "a 1877.
Senate met pursuant 10 adjournment:
President Sims in the Chair; roll called :;
PRESENT -Messrs. Allen, Barry, Bills, Cal
licott, Carter, CatchiugS, Currie, Everett,
Fewei, FITZGERALD, Foote, Furlong, Griffin,
Hooker Johnston, McCaba. McCAskill, Nc
Neil, Menienhall. Nets, Morgan, Pratt,
Reynolds, Shirley, Stewart Tay'or, Terry,
Thomps Thornton, Tuttle. White--32.
ABsENr-Messrs. Albright, Chalmers,
Gray. oldham, Smith,.
II. b. To provide for the funding of Issa-
quana county warrants; passed
BY Mr.. Bills: A petition ofcitzens ofIuka
asking that that place be made separate
school district.
BY Mr. Johnston: a petition from Hon.
J. w G. Watson, Judge of the 81 district,
and with it intIO duced "A hill changing the
, /, 3 I and 4th Judicial districts; referred to
a special committee-Mess Morgan, Tay-
Tor. TRY. Thornton, aud Cdllicott.
Bv Mr. Morgan: In relation to the school
fund due Chickasaw county; amending the
act providing for the payment of the inter
est on the Chickasaw school fund; referred
70 a special committee--Messrt. Mcneil,
REYNOLDS, Taylor, Callicott, Terry and
Allen.
By Mr.. Reynolds: To authorize counties,
| cities and towns to compromise tuelr III
/ debtclnesS: referred
! BY Mr.. Catchngs: To regulate the prac-
| tice of Justice of the Peace also to improve
! the Pententiary; also to authorize Vlcks-
| burg to compromise us Donueu lhuepl0u-
ness all referred.
| BY Mr.. Pratt To authorize Superlntend-
ents OF Education to administer oaths IN
| certain cases; passed.
! BY Mr.. Hooker to enable Holmes county
to purchase certain lands; also to allow the
| District Attorney OF the l4'h district tc
| com promise certain suit now pending II
the Circuit Court of Carroll county; boti
passed.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
At II 80 O'Clock, a. M. Mr.. FITZGERALD
announced the death of Hon. VIM. X. Banks
dale. late a Representative from Grenadi
county, and delivered an eloquent ediogy
upon the character aud life OF MIR. Banks
dale.
Mr.. FITZGERALD moved, as a tribute to tn
memory of Hon. William i. Barksdale. tina
the Senate take recess until 30 O'Clock I
M. carried.
EVENING SESSION.
Senate met at 1870 o'clock; Presiden
Sims in the chair.
5. B. to amend section 800, Code 1871 in
definitely postponed.
The Senate general appropriation bill wa
taken up several amendments were adopt
ed Pending consideration of this hlll Gu
report closed. The proceedings will b
given In to-morrow's report.