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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-10-11
Y GORGE L. HILL s. CO.'S.

GORGE r. HILL s. CO.'S.
CAREFUL MANUFACTURES
OUR NEW GOODS.
ALMOND-Fancy Hut Flavored
COCOAN UT-Kich FiEo Drop Top Cca.ei
PRESlDENT-Ice Drop. bright flavor
PR1N CESS-Icad Sheet, sof. obong.
SEASlDE-For light summer luncheon
BISMARCK German Biscuit Caraway ilayor
SARATOGA-Crimp edge, Nj ace lsvor.
These f.ncy goods are furnished the trade in
assorted or straight packages, at.rscllvcly Nni
up for retail. They arc not kept IN stock. No
tin cans used, consequently they arc always
fresh and in high ilavo- We respectfully solicit
an examination Of these goods.
GEORGE Il. hill s. CO.,
my 10 Alexandria. Va.
z W. AVERY
Dealer in
CHOICE FAMILY AND FANCY GRoCt..
RES. VINE LIQUORS., Sc, &c.
2lG King st., cor. Alfred,
cepa ALEXANDRIA, ".
y " " 'A0 Saw GuoDHt
NEW p:!lCi;}i
The subscriber respectfully s1nouacos thr'
49, NO. is7 KING sTHEET.
and is prepared 10 offer q f'l.i aai carefully -,
icctod stock Of
FINE FAMILY GROCERIES,:
at prices which cannot fail 70 please. G"ol>
delivered promptly 30 ell pa-ts D: .!2 city. "a
satisfaction guaranteed in every particular. ~
inspection Of stock solicited
nv 5-tf +. J. DhYiD5;l&.
GORGE McBUENEY &: son.
Dealers ii
CHOICE FAMILY AND FANCY HiH,Gn.
RES, WINES AND LIQUORS.
ENGGISu an& SCOTCH = !. AMI !s..'' ::
STOUT.
Also EASTERN ani Pore slhE Il f:n&!
ani MACkEhEL.
nos lG:; AND $40 EINt: ST!;hEi,
('Yash;ncton Iiai! i;ii;i;:i:'c,,
hloyandri.., w.
Gr.!or= promptly allied. ~: :! :.
K. uM RAMSAY
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14~ CLEANSE TIE SYSTEM aud purify the
blood. QUIRk'S IRISH TEA will do this,
and relieve Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Consti-
patton and ali diseases CAUSED by arrangement
of the Stomach or Liver. Sold By Druggists
Twenty-Five cents per package. making ono
unsrt Of medicine, Il tea cup OF which is y dose.
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sas~ TEETH, if net kept clean, soon decay.
Young people, re:nombar this, Use daily
Thu ltSTON'S IVORY PEARL T)OTH
POWDER 1t will preserve :he'n through ''tn.
SOFA ~ DRUGGISTS %. .,;.r 5,Ltia fob 23-ly
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NOTICE--I Having purchased tho stock aud
~ good will of the DRUG STORE formerly
occupied by Mr.. q. B. Grisg, at the noTlhwosL
corner Of King and Royal stroeLs. we have tho.
roughly reGttod and renovated the same, and
supplied it with FIl:ST GLASS STOCk a.;
everything pertaining to tho DRUG BUSl-
NESS, and propose to carry i. on SIS q branch OF
our establishment ct No. lis King street. The
branch store will be under the charge Of Mr 9:
j. w. SUMMERS, whom we have associated
with US in business, snd who will bo prepared TO
compound Physicians Prescriptions, or dis
pense medicines ut any hour Of the day or night.
Night bell al the King street door.
oct off JANNEY & co.
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xX?M. MANN RED WARRIOR AXE

VX}M MANN RED WARRIOR ANE.-
w Our Axn HIS stocd The tost for moro than
fifty years We make our Axes in tho old way,
quitting tho steel into tho iron, not over it Our
Axe is j,ls! what ciaill for 1.-THE hest in tho
market Every A.a stamped WIN Mann
super Tor Lowislown Cast Stcoi.'
A large, stool; Of Tic above hAo3 just received
anl for sale wholesale and retail st S. !>ing aL ,
corner Of Royal, by
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Gs-I IT Is VERY POOH ECONOMY TO
waste your money buying trash when you
can got good goods at reasonable prices al
WADDEY'S 10 King ST., AleXs, Va.
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sy- 'SEoIA REDwEIN. I'VE have used
;5eola Rcdwon for some timo past in our fsmil-
les, and tind it to DO Of wonderful efficacy in
RELIEVING SICK HEADACHE.
Mrs. DIR. BAKER,
Fairfax Court House
e, " HoIBRoOK,
Baltimore Nd.
= NJ. JACKSON,
1929 18th ST., Washington.
WALTER HELEN,
5Ul d ST., Washington.
For saio at all Drug Stores. seply-lm
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aas- DON'T BUY BOOTS AND SHOES else.
where, but come ct once to ITO King ST..
and see the elegant styles of Boots and
Shoes largo assortment at popular prices.
sep2l w. Is. WADDE4'
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NOTICE 70 STOCKHOLDERS.-Th An:
~ nual meeting oflho ALENANDEI and
FREDERICKSBURG RAJ Lk0AD COM .
PANY will be held st the cihec OF Francis L..
Smith, esq, corner of Wolf and St. Asaph sts.,
on SATURDAY, November Is. 1877, at 10
Ucock,,a m. Election for President and Di-
roctors, sSlna day ard place.
oct 9-wtd ALBERT HEWSON, Secty.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-02-01

During a debate in the Victoria Legisla-
ture an unfortunate loyal Liberal, whose
education had been sadly neglected, was
reading out a document to the house and
vainly endeayoring to decipher an obscure
letter. Turning to his next friend, he asked
anXiously: els that a hen or q hen -
ooh" replied his friend, "call it a hen, and
move that it lay on the table,"
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-02-01

wise, loving, tender, true, humble, bold, and
self-denying; laying up such "treasures as
wax not old, which no thief approacheth
ana no rust corrupteth." Those to whom
THIS Is gospel find a pleasure in being out
stripped by their fellows in the race for
wealth; those who believe in the $" gospel of
getting on" pecuniarily, find their gospel
most certainly of human origin, a prophecy
and history of jealousy, envy and strife, of
vexation, ruin and despair.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-02-01
ABOUT WOMEN.
How doth the little busy B.
(By B. | mean a BELIEF

Ifshe can't catch q swell!
The Enrolling Clerk of the Colorado
House of Representatives is a woman.
Some lovely imitation jewelry is made
Of tiny feathers that glitter like gems.
A sixty-year old oma in Leesburg,
Ohio, dressed herself in male attire and COM
mitted a daring burglary.
A henpacked husband declared that the.
longer he lived with his wife the more he
was SHIFTED by her.
Madame Teresa Careno-Sauret has
given up travelling, and has undertaken
teaching in N. Y. city as a permanent profess
sion.
Miss Braddon says of her last heroine,
"Her eye chained him to the spot" Must.
have been iinks-eyed.-Gyaphic.
That was a scrupulous young lady in
Boston who refused to meet her lover-Jus-
tus, his name was-at home, because she
heard her minister say that Justus should
always be meted out.-N. Y. Com. Adr.
An old lady in Middelbury, Wis, crossed
over a bridge marked $ Dangerous with
out seeing the sign. On being informed Of
the fact on the other side, she instantly
turned in great alarm and recrossed it.
Miss Cary is in Paris, but will soon start
for Russia. Her charming contralto voice
has lost none of it's sweetness. In her tot
letfigures a supurb bracelet, formed OF large,
single set diamonds, a present last winterin
st. Petersburg.
Miss Grattan, the adventurous English
woman who assembled Mont Blanc on the,
31st of January, 1876, has married the Swiss
guide who accompanied her on that occasion.
She made his acquaintance when first she.
clambered up the Alps, being then but fif-
teen years.of age. She is now about thirty.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-02-01

The merry jingle of the s~leigh-bells, the
light of the moon, and the confiding crea-
ture that nestles closely to him beneath the
buffalo robes. tenderly clasping hisleft hand
in hers while his right holds the reins, con-
stitute the winter nights's poem that is float
ing through tie doting lovers soul and
leave him i doubt whether to let go long
enough to get his handkerchief out, or draw
his coat-sleeve across his nose.-Broohlyn
Argus.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-02-01
GOLDEN HEAvES.

Awake to effort, while the day is shining,
The time to labor will not always last,
And no regret, repentance nor repining
Can bring to us again the buried past.
Let no sun set upon your anger.
The defects of great men are the conso-
lation of ounces.
1t requires greater virtue to sustain good
fortune than bad.
Nobody is ever so happy or SO unhappy
as he imagines.
Such is the charity of some that they
never owe any man any ill-will, making
present payment thereof.
"A man of intellectis lost unless he unites
energy of character to- intellect. When
we have the lantern of Diogones we mnst
have his staff.
There is no question that it is far pref
cradle to remain under the influence OF
moderate errors, than to be banded about
for the whole OF life from one opinion to.
another, at the pleasure and support Of sn.
perior intelligence.-Sidney Smith.
-Gratitade is the fairest blossom which
springs from the soul, and the heart of man
kaoweth none more fragrant. While its
opponent, ingratitnde, is q deadly weed,
not only poisoning in itself, but impregnat-
ing the very atmosphere in which it grows
! with fetid vapors>
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-02-01
nm no ME- CIR CL I.
TT Is A GE.

ny CLARA D. HEATH.
c..,rce how very slight a token
rolls us of Il promise broken,
When distrust is nigh.
how all life's currents deepen,
And its joys and pleasure cheapen'
AS the years go by.
e.uo,oe how thick a veil will cover
An the faults of friend or lover,
When they hold the heart.
c4,onoe how slight q breath will lift it,
And how light a breeze will rift it,
When they fall apart.
Grange how schools Of scandal gather
r, the roughfest of all weather.
Truths are far between.
Strange how many flowers of beauty
blossom in the paths of duty,
That are never SEEN.
Strange how youthful passions linger,
While old Time with warning finger
Turns II locks to snow.
Strange how often hopes will brighten,
And how tempers flash and tighten,
Conquered long ago.
Strange how small a thread can tangle
All the web of life, and strangle
Good and wise intent.
Strange how love can Tighten losses,
And how few of all Our crosses
Are from heaven sent.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-02-01

He was carving at dinner, and thought he
mast talk to the astheticai looking angel
on his right. chow do you like Beetho-
ven % said he at q venture. Well cooked
said she, interested in the business. at hand.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-02-01
RICH PEOPLE-WHO THEY ARE AND
HOW THEY GET THERE!

A correspondent WflunS TO LTe 1tlHnt
Press. under the above caption, says:
do not propose to weary your readers
with a resume of the work of Adam Smith
on the "Wealth of Nations" There is
enough of the "old Adam" in each OF us,
and "Smith" is a name we are all quite
we'll acquainted with already. Moreover,
although we are all anxious to become rich,
few of us have patience to peruse so pithy
and dry a work as Adam Smith produced
and published.
WANT to prove to my readers, if possible,
how quickly they may number themselves
among the company of the wealthy.
Riches and Rothschilds both begin with
an R.. and are by some supposed to be al
most synonymous terms; so | can't do bet
ter than begin my Farm House Chat (M. M.
having given us upD by telling a story of
one of them. 1t was something thus: One
of the Rothschilds, (of course a baron, and
of course, either Nathan, or Anselm, or
Meyer was upon a certain day engaged in
his office parlor writing a letter, to him is
ushered in a certain Count, whom the Bar
on requests to take chair; the Count, indig-
nant at not being Immediately attended to-,
asks: d you not know, Nile Baron, who
am, that you ask me to take a chair"
"Certainly, M. lie Count de-, take
two chairs" anicably responds the Baron.
Whether the Count was so Modified by
this sop to his injured dignity your CORES
pondent deposeth not; but the incident may
serve as a convenient exponent of the doc
trine | wish to set forth that:
Great as may be the advantages of vast
pecuniary wealth there is a well defined
limit to its potential energy. Or to put it
more plainly, no man, however rich, can Ell
ther eat two dinners at once, or enjoy more
than one nights rest in a night.
It is true that a line in that popular song
The Roast Beet of Old England,' tells
how
Great Handel, we read. could eat dinner fo1
siX,o
but 1t is universally giant, SO his excep
uoh merely proves my rule. Furthermore
olnner tor six of such ordinary mortals
as you or /, Messrs. Editors, would consti
tate but one dinner for the immortal com
poser. Even had he increased his modes
meal INTO dinner for twelve, his waistcoa'
would doubtless have felt " full inside,'' and
Tie buttons might nave had their energie!
severely taxed.
lhere seems to be a general delusiol
ABROAD that money increases a mans pow
els OF enjoyment, and that a rich man mus
De a>happy man. So, although KNOWN!
now poor our special chances are of becom
my mllllonaires, we all, 60 grabbing, AM
luS'ihg' and making liars and brutes c
ourselves In order to pile up a few nor
aoliars than our neighbor has; and whe
''lat vast social eminence is attained, an
are nelghbors. in our new big house, t
D'sseF-hopsed and bigger-piled aequain
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-02-01

AAAO - $500
of messy and lichenous jewels, its rich har-
monious tints, is a " thing OF beauty and a
joy forever"
Whopstraw may lave the most gold coin
at command, but Melnotte is the richer man,
he has most pleasure in life.
The rich man is not the man who has
NEST; rs I said before, only one man can at
tain thar heaven; the man who is much in
himself, is the really wealthy individual, the
true S solid man."
"The mans the gold" as Burns sings.
not the gold the man. The same truth has
found variety Of expression, but it needs
bringing home to every one among us.
Schiller, the great German poet, expresses
his preference thus:
If thou hast something, bring thy goods,
A fair return be thine;
IF thou art something, bring THY SOUL,
And interchange with mine.
The rich, then, to my. notion, are those
who are seeking to be something; to be
Smyrna times., 1877-02-28
MARRIAGES.

STAATS-JOHNSON.-At the residence of the brides
parents in ThOroughfare Neck on the 22d inst, by
Rev. Jas. Carroll Mr. AbrGm Stats 10 Miss Phemia
Johnson daughter of Daniel r. Johnson, both of
New Castle Co.
PERKINS-WRIGHT.-At Clayton, on Thursday the
22d inst by Rev. EnOch stubbs John T. Perkins, of
Wilmington and Ella Wright, daughter Of John
Wright near Smyrna.
EVANS-MOORE.-On the 18th instant, by Rev. Geo.
Cooper Pastor of First Baptist Church. West Phila,
Joseph B. Evans, of West Phila, and Rachel A.
Moore, of Smyrna Delaware.
CLARK-CLARK.-On Feb. 22d, 1877, at the NJ. Z.
parsonage, on Commerce St., Smyrna Del, by Rev.
E. Davis Mr.. Walter A. Clark to Miss Laura J. Clark
daughter of Rev. John NJ. Clark, both of Kenton Hid
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Feb. 22d, 1877 at the
residence of the brides father by Rev. E. Davis Mr.
John s. Griffin TO Miss Florence Hutchinson, daugh
ter of Matthew Hutchison, near Smyrna.
COOK-MARVEL.-On February 9th, 1877, at NJ.
parsonage, Commerce St.. Smyrna Del, by Rev.
Davis Mr. Thomas r. Cook to Miss Lucinda Marvel
all of Kent Co.. Del.
| VANDEGRIFT-ASHCRA the M E. Church
Odessa, on the 21st inst, by Rev. j. b. Merritt VIM
NJ Vandegrift and Miss Charlie A. Ashcraft, both o
| Odessa.
| KENr1&-PIERSON.-A the brides father, Thursda.
| Feb. 18TH by Rev. C. E. Simmons, Mr.. Matthew
Kenton TO Miss Mary E. PiersOn, all of Kent CO.. De-
ENNIS-PERRY.-At the Presbyterian parsonage
Dover DEL on Thursday evening. February %, 1877
by Rev. c. Huntington. Mr. James Ennis to Mis-
Hannah Perry both of Kent county. Del.
CASsON-REYNOLDS-A the Presbyterian parsor
age Dover, De on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 1877 by Rev
c. Huntington, Mr. Hpghett K. Casson, to Miss Mas
gle Z. Reynolds both of Dover, Del.
Smyrna times., 1877-02-28
THE MARKETS,

A TINE HoNoRED SPECIFIC.-The long and
successful career of DR.. Wisharts Pine Tree
Tar Cordial, as cOntrasted with the speedy
collapse of nostrums devoid of efficacy
which have from time to time been puffed
into brief notoriety during the twenty odd
years that this celebrated medicine has been
sold, affords a proof that the American
continues to repose its confidence in de-
serving articles only. The Pine Tree Tar
Cordial has long been recognized as the
leading specific for Consumption, Bronchi-
tbs, Coughs, Coulds, Asthma, Diptheria, and
all other diseases of the breathing organs.
1t is, moreover, a certain, speedy, and safe
botanic remedy for Dyspepsia, Liver Diser-
ders, Scrofulous Affections, Urinary Trou-
bles, Gravel, Dropsy, Debility, Constipation,
and Female Complaints. Constantly ac-
cumulating evidence of an unimpeachable
character establishes the fact that it not
only entirely eradicates the diseases to
which it is adapted, but also that its action
is remarkably prompt and thorough. The
crucial test of experience has demonstrated
its reliability in every particular. Sold by
all druggists. Principal Depot, No GIG FIJI
bert Street, Philadelphia. nov lS-ly
Smyrna times., 1877-02-28

Mr.. Moodys sermon at the Boston Taber-
nacle on Wednesday evening is described
as the greatest pulpit effort which he has
made during the present revival. The
main topic was Heaven" and the eulogy
of st. Pauls life and martyrdom was GER
tainly a remarkable burst of eloquence.
The vast audience was strangely stirred,
and the emotion of worthy Methodist
brother found voice in a vigorous "Glory
Amen!" Mr.. Moody did not like the in
terruption. young woman" said he, point.
ing to a young lady Immediately in front
of him; ''young woman, never mind that
man shouting out there; just see that you
don't lose your crown, that's all. That:
more important than anything else. Don't
lose your crown. See that you get into the
kingdom of heaven. A good many of yor
will get there, if you get there at all, as
job says, just by the skin of your teeth
The Evangelist's transitions in style are al
remarkable in their way as his earnestnes
and eloquence.
Smyrna times., 1877-02-28

TWEED IxsTITUTING. SUITs.-Papers were
drawn up by VIM. N. Tweed's counsel on
Friday against the former partners of the
tex Boss" in various business transactions.
The papers will be served speedily, and the
purpose of instituting the suits is to bring
about settlement so that Tweed may be
enabled to pay back to the city portion Of
the stolen money for his release from Jail
Tweed's claims against his partners are
claims in regard to real estate transactions
dealings in various classes of stocks and
personal claims, such as money loans, etc
Many persons, it is said, who were benefited
by Tweed's liberality in former times have
refused to surrender the property given tc
them in trust or loaned to them, and hence
the litigations.
Smyrna times., 1877-02-28
DEATHS.

sSIITH-Near Marydel on the 10th instr of Group,
Alfred Smith infantson of Philemon and Rebecca A.
scotten, age one year and IA days.
CI,AMPITT.-Near Canterbury, February 7, 1877 Mrs.
Martha Clampitt after long Illness ofconsumpton,
aged 80 years and six months.
WALsTON.-Near Magee's, Thursday, Feb. 10, 1877,
Mr.. George Watson, Esq. aged "a years.
CIOUDs.-Feb oath, in Leipsic, Mary E., daughter Of
David NJ. and Mary E. Clouds, in her 1lth year.
JoNEs-Feb. 23d, near Leipsc, at the residence Of
John Farrell, Mrs. Rachel Jones, in her 5Sth year.
MAYNARD.-Near town. Feb. oath, Hettie, daughter
ofgsmI MAYNARD aged years
Smyrna times., 1877-02-28

THE PRESIDENTIAL HoUsEHOLD.-The New
York TriJune's Washington dispatch says
the President will leave the executive man.
sion. on March 8, and, with Mrs. Grant, will
he the guest of Secretary Fish until their
departure from the capitol, which will be
early in April. Mr.. and Mrs. Sartoris will
take up their residence this week with
Mrs. Louis Dent, in this city, and will
remain until May, when they will
sail for Europe. Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., the
Presidents secretary, will leave for New
York on March 5, to begin the practice of
law with the firm of which he now is a
member. Col. Fred. Grant, who has been
making copies of the records of Gen.
Sberidans headquarters which were de-
stroyed in the Chicago fire, will return to
the headquarters of the lieutenant general
at Chicago at once.
The President will give no more levees
nor dinners The report that he will give
a farewell dinner to his cabinet was entire
" unauthorized. The omission OF the
usual presidential levees this winter has
been the subject of comment. 1t may be
said that they were abandoned on account
of the excited state of feeling incident to
the political contest, and that under the
circumstances it would be best not to hold
these levees. The President has no inten
ton at present of residing permanently ir
this city. The house which he owns here
was taken by him only to relieve the per
sons who had purchased from him the
ground which his own house partly occu
upied. Before departing for Europe thu
President will visit the West.
Smyrna times., 1877-02-28

Mr.. Needham, one of the new evangelists
that have recently sprung up, has been for
three weeks conducting revival services in
Portland, Me. At first the churches were
used but the audiences becoming too large
for any church in the city application was
made for the use of the City Hall. AT the
first meeting in the hall, on Friday, the
18th, "every standing place in the passage
ways, doorways, and ante-rooms was occu-
pied" Mr. Needham is assisted by the
pastors of the city.
Smyrna times., 1877-02-28

The "Italian National Church" is the
name taken by the Italian Catholics who
do not accept the DEGREES of the Pope's Vati
can Council For some time it has been
confined to Naples, where its headquarters
now are, and where its organ, the Emancipa
tone CattOico, is published. Mgr. Prota
Giurls, an ex.Dominican, has been elected
its bishop. The Minister of Public Worship
is reported to openly favor this movement
Smyrna times., 1877-02-28
BREAKwArER 4 FEANKroED AND WORCESTER Il. T..
RID. SOUTHWARK

Passengers from Delaware Railroad connect at Har-
rington at 1920 P N. with train making connection
with Steamers for New York which leave Lewes on
Tuesdays and Fridays at p. NJ. steamers have good
accommodations for freight and passengers Rates Of
fare and freight very low.
Trains connect i'll the morning at Lewes, Del. for
all points named above, ON Tuesdays and Fridays
with Steamers that left Pier 81 North River New York
at 2. NJ. the day before.
A. BROWN Gen. Fr't & Pass. Ag't. J. & b, B. & F..
and W. Railroads
wich St, n. Y.
THOMAS GROOM, Supt. J. & b. r. R.. Lewes. DeL
JOHN L. MAPES, Supt Il f., \ W. Roads, Berlin,
Smyrna times., 1877-02-28

A special agent of the Postoffice Depart
ment, engaged in looking into the accounts
of the Chicago postofice, has dis
covered that Gen. Macarthur, the post
master, is a defaulter to the amount of
$4,000. Thefact was ascertained Saturday,
when Gen. Macarthur telegraphed his resig-
nation to the Postmaster General at Wash
ington and then went into voluntary bank
ruptcy. 1t is believed his bondsmen are
also bankrupt.
Smyrna times., 1877-02-28

The missionaries in the North of China
report the famine there to be terrible. In
many parts of the country both crops have
failed, and the people are living upon tree
bark and roots. 1t is feared that some dis
tricts will be entirely depopulated.
Smyrna times., 1877-02-28

METHODIST SCHoOLs.-The Methodist Ed
ucational Convention of the churches and
schools of the district of Philadelphia was
held on Thursday. A series of resolutions
offered by Rev. T. B. Nicely were considered.
The resolutions related to the formation Of
lyceums and the establishment of libraries
and reading-rooms in the churches in the
district, for promoting secular schools as a
supplement to the public schools, all to be
IN manner subservient to a central lyceum.
The resolutions were lengthy, and included
the urging of members of the different
churches to send their children to the
Methodist educational institutions.