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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-23
FANCY SFsaSsERS.

CsPRING OPENINGl
y SPRING OPENINGl
Just received this day po- express bosutitul
and we'll selected stock of tho following goods,
which will DO sold very cheap:
Ribbons, Ladies' Ties, Fancy Bolts,
Hosiery, Gents Ties, Buttons,
Rufllings, Fans COrsets,
Edgings, Veilings. Rushez,
Coi1uro Pins, Kid Gloves, Hoad Ornaments;
a beautiful limo OF Children's Striped and
Plain Colo.ed Eose, from Ia to 75c per pair:
Ar elegant throo button Kid Glove, III light and
dark shades for 75c per palr. AL !he latest
styles of Veiiings. II.co andkorchi,.s only
tDc; Silk Fr,n3os; tho best SOC Corset in town.
equal TO what is usually sold for 1,5c, at
NH u Z. g. BEkhY'S, - King at.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-23
COMMISSION szEggHANTs.

W. l. JOHNSON. JOHN T. HAMMOND
yEy A. JOHNSON s. CO.,
Wholesale AND RETAIL GkOCERS,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCH'TS,
AND DEALERs IN ALL Kinds
AGENTS. OF RHR i1SRG2IKNSia 9 R2INaroN xhSo BOTTLED
ALE AND PORTER AND lIAF.
LANDS AND RAND'S
POWDER.
Consiyrn,cnts Of Grain, Flour and all kinds
Of Country Produce solicited.
Liberal advances made on cons'gnnenls III
store.
Northeast coraer of Cameron and Royal sts,
Alexandria, Va. aug
NHAS. s. TAYLOK, Jr,
(Lsto of J. r. Bvckham Il Co..
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT,
And Agent for
J. B. FICKLEN s. SONS
CELEBRATED EDBRIDGEWATEE FAMILY
FLOUR
NO. II UNION STREET,
ie21-tl ALEXANDRIA,, VA.
a LIEN q. HARMON,
GROCRES, FEED AND COMMISSION
MERCHANT,
CORNER PRINCE AND ROYAL NIS,
feb ALEXANDRIA, VA.
T Alexandra, Sept. 60 1877.
l. WOULD INFOEM hiI FEiENDS AND
the public generally thst h@To this day made
a business connection with tbs woll known ilrm
of HARLOW BROS, Grocors, Liquor. Foed
and General Commission Merchants, N. W:
corner Cameron and Royal streets, and would
solicit share Of their patronage.
sep 29-tt +. u. ) " Al n ~.
+. &. SWAlNE,
WITH
yYARLOW BROS,
LII GROCERS, LIQUOR, FEED,
AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
N. W. COR. CAMERON AND ROY ALI SIS
Liberal advances made on all consignments
in store. sep 20-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-23
FESiu, 0YSE'EkS, sNH.

FESla, OES 4 HEY, dNS.
WILLIAM II. SMITH,
DEALER N
FRESH AND SALTED FISH.
FISH WHARF AND STA LIS CITY MAR
kET,
would inform dealers and others that ho Is pre-
pared to furnish them with Ill kind OF
POTOMAC FISH.
at tho lowest possible prices: J. would call the
attention of buyers to the fact that my, brand
stands No. / in market al all times and intnnd
to sustain my reputation in that resract.
My stalls, Nos. and5, Fizh Market, will l!Lt 90
supplied with fresh fish every morning; ihey
will be euperintonded by MIR. Jamea G. e4rimcs,
ST., and familes can depond on getting tho best,
whether they come in person or send orders.
Persons at a distance wanting F'osh Flsh l can
depend on getting them packod in good order.
nar All orders addressed to VIM. H. SMITH,
Alexandra, Va. viii rocci9c prompt a'sonlloh.
mar l
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-23

Special contracts will TO made with yearly cd
vertscrs.
Marriage and Death Notices fifty cents. Obiu-
aries will be charged ct advertisement rates.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-23
Between King and Cameron streets.)

pEDUCING STOCK.
IL Saturday, July 6, 1878.
BorAered French Or3andios at l2ic.
We are selling all styles OF Dress Goods At
greatly reduced prices
French Lawns and Orgsndies with bordnrs al
124c, cost oh to 33c per yard.
Good style American Lawns at Sc.
Figured Linen Lawns as low as Sc per yard.
Good goods ut low prices.
Call and see.
d. +. BEASHEAR,
II. B. Hoomes. No. 100 King street,
i've ALEXANDRIA, w.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-23

WYE HAVE RECEIVED A LARGE LOT
OF SHIRTINGS, SHEETINGS AND
DOMESTIC GOODS generally. from Tho late
immense auction sale of Moasrs. Wright, Bliss s.
Fabysn. of New York, and will cell, for q short
time only, at prices considerably loss than tho
aamo goods can bo replaced at private sale.
jo21 PRETZFEhDER q 90.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-23
LEGAL NOTICES.

VIRGINIA-At Rules held in the Clerks
Y office of the Circuit Court of Alexandria
county, on the 9th day Of August 1878
joseph Heimer plsintif,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-23
SUMMER RESORTS.

CHOICE OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA,
I MAEACAIBO, LaGUAIRA ard RIO
COFFEES received to-day by
~ ,l. y.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

DEAR SIR A bill has just been passed by
Congress which goes into operation at once
granting Pensions to all surviving officers, aud
enlisted and drafted men, without regard to
color, including Militia and Volunteers, of the
Military and Naval service of the United States,
who served for fourteen days in the war with
Great Britain of 1912, or who was in any en-
gagcmont and were honorably discharged and
the surviving widows Of such officers and en-
listed and drafted men. The loss or lack of q
certificate of dischare will not deprive the np-
Rlieent under, this act Z sms ~ a6snts, provided
other proof can be made Of service This hill
also places on the Pension Rolls any widow Of o
revolutionary soldier who served fourteen days,
or was in any engagement, and it justly after
long delay, restores TO the Pension Rolls all
soldiers heretofore receiving pensions, who
fought in the war against Great Britain of 1912,
or in any of the Indian Wars, but who by an
act of Congress were dropped from the Pensio n
Rolls for taking up arms against the Government,
"or an any manner encouraging the rebels."-
1t also provides for the widows of such soldiers
whose names had not been placed on the rolls
rs provided for in The bill, putting in q claim
for the pension for which their husbands had
been cut off. This is q just law. and one that
will strengthen the friends Of free government.
All'persons who are interested in any way in
this law, will have copy sent to them free by
addessing COL n w. FITZGERALD, U. s.
CLAIM ATTY, Box, 5Ss, WASHINGTON, D. e.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

, SEVENTY MILLIONS OF HUMAN BEINGS STARv-
fed American pablo reads in the
Asiatic news of tho day that seventy Millions of
human beings are starving to death in four pro-
vinces Of China, and the announcement max es
less impression upon it than the death of almost
any distinguished man of our own nation. And
yet If the busy throng reflects long enough to
catch the significance of these figures it should
be startled and appalled, by the magnitude of
suffering and death which they represent, for
these seventy millions are men and women and
their children. They are human in their ana
tony, human in their thoughts affections, hopes,
fears and aspirations, and this almost countless
swarm is threatened with wholesale starvation.
Let us imagine every man, woman and child in
the United States and the Canadas with only the
scantiest store of the coarsest food on hand and
no hope Of replenishing it, and TO this number
add about twenty millions more in the same con-
dition, and VIC shall get an idea of the extent
and growing horror Of the Chinese famine
Take all the living human beings Q, tae globe,
and here are n sixteenth Of them in me fearful
extremity of famine.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

A very little. experience is worth a vasl
amount Of theorizing. This is what Lord S
Taylor, the celebrated New York merchants, have
to soy about the agency through which they
built up their large and prosperous business:
"Of all the methods open to the merchant for
advertising his business, an experience Of near
ly half century enables us to unhesitatingly
declare in favor of the newspaper. 1t is, with
out exception, the most economical, persistent,
painstaking and successful canvnsser any bust
ness firm can secure for the purpose of bringing
their goods to the attention Of the consumer"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

At the close of the sitting of the Illinois
House of Representatives the. clerk read
the following: 81 am roquesteftoaonaanee
that the Rev. DR.. Mcfarland will deliver a
lecture this evening in the hall on 'Educa-
tion of idiots" Members of the Legisla-
turc are invited to attend"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29
MEMORIES OF THE OLD KITCHEN.


Far back, in my musings my thoughts have been
To the cot. where the hours of my childhood
:: were passed;
Iiosed all its rooms, to the pantry and hall,
But that blessed kitchen was dearer than oil
Its chairs and its tables none brighter could be,
For all its surrounding were sacred to me,
To the nail in the ceiling the latch on the door,
And love every crack Of that old kitchen floor.
remember the Fireplace, with mouth high and
wide,
The old fashioned oven that stood by its side,
Out Of which, each Thanksgiving, came pud-
dings and pies
That fairly bewildered and dazzlcd our eyes
And then too, Saint Nicholas, syy and STILL
Came down every Christmas our stockings to
fill!
But the dearest of memories I've laid up in
store
Is the mother that trod that old kitchen floor.
Day in and day out, from morning till night,
Her footsteps were busy, her heart always light,
For it seemed TO me then that she knew net q
care,
The smile was so gentle her face used to wear;
i remember with pleasure what joy filed cur
When she told us the stories that children so
prize;
They were new cvcry night though we'd heard
From her lips at the wheel on the old kitchen
floor.
/ remember the window where mornings I'd
run,
AS soon MS the daybl >.k, to watch for the sun,
And thought when my head scarcely reached
TO the sill,
That it slept through the night in the trees on
And the small tract of ground that my eyes there
could view.
Indeed, cared not to know Of it more,
For world in itself was that old kitchen floor.
Tonight those old visions come back at their
will,
But the wheel and its music forever are still :;
The band is moth-eaten, the wheel laid away,
And tho fingers that turned ii lie mold ring in
clay;
The hcarthstone, so sacred, is just as twas then
And the voices of children ring o 1t there again;
The sun through the window looks in of yore,
But il sees stranger feet on the old kitchen floor,
I ask not for honor, but this would crave,
That when the lips speaking are closcd in the
grave,
My children would gather theirs round at their
side
And tell of the mother that along ago died
'Twould he more enduring, far desrsr to me
Than inscription marble or granite could be
To havo them tell often. Az l did Of ysre,
Of the mother who tired the old kitchen Fsar.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

A Western editor throws up the sponge
with the remark that ''it doesn't pay to run
newspaper in a town where the business
men read almanacs, pick their teeth with
herring tails and advertise on the court
house door" We don't blame him for
quitting the business under the circumstan-
ces, unless he had made up his mind to
Staryc
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

Sound, said the schoolmastcr is what
you hear. For instance, you cannot feel a
sound. o, yes, you can, said smart boy
What sound can you feel? rctortcd the
pcdagoguc. A sound thrashing, quickly
replied the smart boy. Correct, said the
schoolmastcr. Come up. And the smart
boy felt and smartcd.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

A married couple in old Kaintuck used
to quarrel violently. One day, in the midst
of a row, the woman told her husband she
would kill him if he said another crooked
word, "Well, rams horn, if l die for it,
said he.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

Emerson thinks man touches hard pan
when he gets beyond wondering how he can
keep his ncighbor from cheating him and
begins to wonder how he can keep himself
from cheating his ncighbor
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

Discerning child (who has heard some re-
marks by papa)-"Are you our new nursc?"
Nurse-"Yos, dear" Child-"Wcll, then,
| am one of those boys who can only be
managed by kindness so you had better
get some sponge cake and oranges at once"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

[ say, Jim, said one friend to another on
meeting, hear our friend A has been in
speculation heavily. Has he made any
thing? Yes, said jim, he has made an as
signmcnt
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

81 told her Id never smoke another cigar
and | wont a pipes plenty good enough
for me- aud he gracefully drew match
over the leg Of his trousers
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29
UNION FEMALE ACADEMY.
UNION siOITH CAROLINA.

YNHE grade of this school is the same rs that
Il of ordinary Female Colleges
The charges have been reduced to meet tho
exigcncics of the times.
Tuition per Term, From So O0to S25 90.
40 EXTRAS.
Board (washing. fuel and lights included
II pam IN 0,iroHc", pcrmonth. OO
The spring term opens February 4th. 1873.
Pupils received Mt any time and charged from
date Of entrance i'll close Of term.
MRS. ". :. CLIFFORD
Principal.
Jan 1S . tf
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29
The State of South Carolina.
COUNTY OF UNION,
In the Court of Probate.

Avalinc Underwood, Lucinda
Anult, Nancy Poscy and
Harriet Underwood. Summons for
PamH9s.
against Relief.
Nancy Leonard. Margaret
Underwood. and Jane I'm Complaint
dcrwood. children of Will
liam Underwood, dcccascd not
the children of Jones IN
derwood, whose names are Served.
unknown, Thomas Under
wood, DEFENDANTS.
To the Defendants dJove named.
VOU are hereby summoned and required to
l. answer the Petition in :his action, which
is filed in the Office of the Judge of Probate,
for the said County, and to sorvc copy of your
answer to the said complaint on the subscribers
at their Office, at Spartanburg Court House,
within twenty days after the service hereof ex-
elusive of the day Of such service and if you
fail TO answer the complaint within the time
aforesaid the plaintiffs in this action will apply
to the Court for the reli0f demanded in the
complaint.
Dated 9th February y. u. 1873.
BOBO Il CARLISLE,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
To The Defendants 0Jore named:
Take notice. TINT the summons in this action
of which the foregoing is u copy, was filed in
the office Of the Judge Of Probate at Union
Court House, in the County of Union, and State
aforesaid, OH the ninth day of February, A. d.
1873. BOBO g. CARLISLE.
Spartanburg c. H., s. G.
Feb 1878 8 Ct
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

4 The Com NUIsANcEs.-We are glad to
| see that Mr.. Stephens, of Georgia, proposes
to get rid of the three cent pieces, both
nickeland silver; also of the silver five cent
pieces. These coins are nuisanccs. They
are not at all needed, and the whole country
would be delighted to get rid of them
We can get along admirably with the nickel
FIVE cent piece and the silver ten cent piece.
The copper one cent will do for smaller
change, and We shall get rid of great an
royance. We suppose we arc to have no
more gold dollars. That foolishly devised
coin ought to be called in and never allowed
to appear again. We rather think the two
dollar and half gold piece is rather
superhuous coin, and We believe that it
would not be missed were it, too, banished
from public life Many such a piece of
coin has been paid out by mistake and it is
not needed for change while the silver coin
age is aAoat. We think that the present
Congress has shown much wisdom on the
coinage and financial questions, and antici-
pate that by the time the session is over the
financial system of the United States will be
pretty nearly complete and satisfactory
Richmond Dispatch.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

BLooDLEss DUEL.-The most sensible
method of getting and giving satisfaction is
narrated by the Columbus Enquirer:
1t is very currently rumored on our streets
that young gentleman of this city and
one of Meals Landing, Florida, had duel
last Thursday at the latter place. The sec
onds are well known in this city, and once
lived here. The challenged party named
the time, midnight, weapons, shot guns, each
barrel to be loaded with thirteen buckshot,
distance twenty PAGES. The seconds did a
good work for the principals by mutually
agreeing to load with nothing but powder,
without the knowledge of the latter parties.
We did not learn how many shots were cx-
changed, but no damage was done as no lead
was used. Both men stood up bravely, and
the affair Of honor was settled amicably-
The difficulty arose about the party at
Meals Landing having written something
unpleasant concerning the gentleman of this
city and placing it out to public gaze.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

PLEADING FOR HIS SLAvE.-The case
of the State VS.. Oliver James, charged
with murder, was tried last Thursday at
Clayton Superior Court, and a verdict rem
dered of voluntary mapslaughter, with a
Recommendation to tho mercy of the court.
The prisoner was an old negro about GO
years Of age, and widely known in his neigh
borhood, where, previous to the difficulty,
he had always borne the reputation of a
peaeeabic, fpdustffous aud" "fnofssss5esstsns
Id ap encountcr with Luke Dorsey, negro
of desperate character, who, it seeems, had
offered some insult to his wife, Dorsey was
killed. At the close of the trial an incident
occurred Of an exceedingly affecting and
pathetic character. A more dramatic scene
has, perhaps, never occurred in Georgia
scourt:room, aud the impressions produced
by D will never fade from the minds of
tho$ Eho were present.
Thetyencrablo David James, the father
Eof qr fellow townsman, Hon. John III.
James, arose and requested to say something
for the pesoner.
Upon psrmission from the court he pro-
cccdcd in voice tremulous with emotion
to speak of the carly life of the prisoner.
He hsd been his master, and had raised
him and watched over him in his boyhood.
Hehad been the nurse and companion Of
bis children, and the most obedient, affec,
tionate and hardworking slave he had ever
owned. The old gentleman proceeded in a
touching appeal to the court, but his voice
failed, aud he could continue no further
1He tears rushed from his eyes, and kncel,
ing at the railing near the prisoner, he
bossets shis face in his hands and gave vent
t6 his feelings. In consideration of the
strong sitcnnistascesin in hia favor, the judge
imposed a light sentence of three years in
the Penitentiary.-Atlanta Constitution.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

WILD GEEsE.-A Belfast (Maine) house
wife who incautiously made use Of a rotten
line to dry her weeks washing during the
furious wind of Monday, realized sad dis
aster, All the nameless and indescribablc
garments tugged furiously at the line. Tie
shirts seemed to belong to giants, and the
drawers were filled with pretcrnatural
plumpncss, until the line broke, and the
whole laundry wealth ofthc household took a
flight upward and onward. A farmer liv>
ing in the south eastern part of the city saw
their approach led by pair of gray fan
mel drawers, and ran for his gun, shouting
"Wild geese !" Further particulars are
awaited with interest.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

Jan lS
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-05-19
No Press Itepor,.

THE HERALD has 10 ask the lndul.
gence Of liz readers this morning for
the non-appearance Of the telegraph
news, The fact OF the matter Is that
no report has been received In this
city since night before last, aud the
excuse offered by the sender OF the
report Mt Galveston II that expires.
sion which Is becoming painfully
mOnoton0us, "The wires are not work.
ing" The press report sent out from
Galveston II not Of the most accepta.
Bile nature at best, and these excuses,
every time u little storm happens to
blow over the country, are lllmsy
Indeed, and would not be tolerated in
any other circuit where the press
report Ia paid for at exorbitant
prices, whether II is received or not,
as II is here. No blame Is attached TO
the management of the telegraph
office at this place, ~ IT was kept open
to II late hour last night in the vain
hope of receiving the report. These
failures to send out the press report ia
becoming Il nuisance, and il Is any.
thing but pleasant to publishers.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-05-19

About four o'clock yesterday even
ing considerable excitement was oc.
casioned on Main street by fright
ened team OF mules attached to one of
Quillman's floats. The float had
backed up to the stationery store of
Reed & Lathrop, who were moving,
to receive load. An express wagon
belonging to and driven by Charles
Hargrave, HAD backed along side Of it
for the same purpose, and
the driver Of the float having
left his team standing, 1t
became restless, moving backward
and forward, striking an awning post
which gave way with crash. One Of
the forward wheels OF the float caught
a hind wheel Of the express wagon
tearing 1t of. The horse attached to
the express wagon became frightened
and the confusion which followed be-
came general. The team of farmer,
who was sitting in his wagon near by,
began to be affected by the plunging
of the other animals, and laying whip
to his horses he drove rapidly away
from the scene OF danger. The two
frightened teams were held In, and
what at first promised to be terrific
runaway was nothing more than a
slight smash.up.