Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-08

NO. 266.
9kfano!lr|la !l| 6azette
THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER S.
SpoRTsMENs CARDS. "A very good wrinkle
is casually referred to By our Washington Cor
respondent in his last weeks letter. lie says
that the Game Protective Association, Of Alex.
sndria, Va, is furnishing to its members refer.
enoe cards for their protection while bunting
among the farmers. The cards set forth that
the bearers ere legitimate sportsmep, giving
| their names and residences, and in every way
designating them to be respectable and rcspon.
sible men, out for days shooting. The fam
ers are beginning to take kindly to these gen
try, now that they have asccrtaincd that they
are really the protectors and propagators OF the
birds they shoot, aud do not dcpredatc on
chicken houses and burn rail fences, but respect
their property rights. No measure that We can
devise or suggest seems better adapted than
| this to promote the mutual interest OF farmers
and sportsmon, aud We respectfully urge upon
| our game clubs to adopt it and issue cards OF
reference to their members.
This will make the clubs really responsi
BILE for their good behavior in the field, aud
we have no doubt that any farmer who can
prove actual deprcdations can prosecute and
recover from the clubs for any damages caused
by its members. The quail, or partridge, is
almost the only game bird left among the fields
Of our Middle and Western States, and since
the gunners must have sport it will be we'll for
the farmers to join them in a mutual benefit
association. The sportsmeD, By protecting tho
birds and planting colonies here and there, in
crease their numbers All they ask in return
is the privilege Of shooting them iu season.
while they guarantee to the farmers immunity
from depredations of pothuntcrs by making 1t
impossible for any one to shoot over farm un
less he carries his card Of reference from this
club, which would be even a stronger guaran-
tee than letter Of introduction from friend.
1t will be readily seen, if this plan is adopted
throughout the whole country, that its effect
strength of clubs, and iuferentia!ly to support
the laws and multiply tic game Will other
sporting papers endorse these views and aid the
work ?-ForcSt and Stream.
A WESTERN SCENE.-Thc Hannibal (Mo,)
Courier says:-
The notorious Bill Solou, the most dangerous
and desperate of Hannibal hoodlums, having
recently been released from Palmyra JAIL has
been distinguishing himself for a week past By
attacking and beating various persons. Late
Yesterday afternoon Constable Anderson arrest
ed Solon on one Of the warrants and took him
before Judge Richmond, ct tho Recorders o!-
fee. Having applied for bail, Judge Richmond
was making out the necessary papers when
Scion asked how much the bond would be, and
was informed that it would be fixed ct $500.
You might as well make it thousand, said
the prisoner, in his insoleDt Way. The judge
replied that there was another warrant out Tor
him, and When.that came 10 he would require
another $500. This inccused Solon, and he
called the judge sn "old gray headed scouu-
drel." Judge Richmond, always prompt TO re-
sent an insult, graspcd his cane, and, descend
ing from the bench, gra5ped the prisoner by
the collar, aud proceeded to administer an extra
| judicial castigatiou.
In the scuffle Judge Richmond, 10 some way,
lost his footing and fell to the floor prone upon
| his face, when Solon commenced kicking him
| in most vicious and brutal manner about the
head and face. Quite cash in the scalp on
| the top of his head, the skin Of the left check
peeled and the right cyo blackencd, severe
confusion on the left arm, and an Injury to one
of bis hands are among the wounds received by
the Judge. lie soon rcgained his feet IN
bleeding and battered condition, when Solon
took to his heels aud ran down stairs, but was
soon brought back by the constable. lie was
committed to Palmyra Jail until the court was
| 10 better condition to give him talr trial.
CATCHING CoLD."-Dr. Il. Wentworth
saws that as a rule sneczo is the warning M
ture gives that some part Of the body is ex-
posed to a cooler temperature than the other
parts and that the sncczer is catching cold:
| Next to the warning, what is the use OF the
sneeze? 1t throws open the pores OF the whole
body and induces gentle pcrspiratlon; lna
word, it throws off the cold. A child rarely
sneezes moro than twice-persplratlon IS read
| ily induced in youth; an old man, on the con
trary, sneczes half dozen to dozen times,
with loudly explosive Catalogue 1t is
harder to set him pcrspirlng. When ono is
sitting by an open window and ilnds himself
sneezing, nature tells him no is taking cold. lie
should get up instantly, walk about and tako
| full tumber of cold water to keep up the gon'
tie perspration that The sncczc set IN motlon.
| If he does this he will not be telling an nour
after that no has c0lu IN Ills hca'' VI
chest, or lungs
A BEAUTIFUL WoMAN.-Mrs. Schenck, the
daughter of Jcre S. Black, is one Of the most
beautiful women | ever saw. She is tall, sIcn-
dor, dark complcxioncd. with a dark crimson
glowing 10 her checks, big, dangerous eyes black
as coals-cycs trained to deal destruction. by
their delicious glances regular features, irou
clad hair, an animated lacc-a woman who 10
the prime of life has more than her glrsh,
beauty, combined with the case which years OF
society, travel, and admiration have gron her
a woman who will always be surrounded by de-
voted followers, whether she remains the WI
dow Schenck or becomes the stepmothcr OF tho
dazzling blonde who now does the honors OF
Don Camcron's mansion. Chicago TlJnnc.
WOOD AND COAL.