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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-09-24
STEAMERs.
DOTOMAC FERRY COMPANY,

pOTOMAC FERRY COMPANY.
On and after SEPTEMBER 1t, 1878, boats
will leave as follows:
Alexandria, %, I 80: so, 10 10 and
II 80 I'M, and IL s. 2 co. 80. 5 &c and 80 pm.
SHINGTON-6 30, s 10, 30, 10 60 8. m.
- 10. and 20, 2 40, 90, 90 and 90 p. N.
aug 29-.f
RESUMPTION OF ROUTE.
On and after THURSDAY, February l4th,
1878, tho steamer M ATTA o, Captain
VIM. Fl. Byles, will be run IS follows:
Leave Alexandria EVERY MONDAY,
THURSDAY and SATURDAY, from King
street wharf, at hslf.psst seven O'CLOCK
=. m, for Landings on the Potomac 50 far down
ss Nomini. Leave Nomini EVERY TUES
DAY and FRIDAY MORNING, st o'clock
for Washington, arriving carly the same even.
ing. Freight received daily.
feb II J. BRODERS & CO.. Agents.
INLAND s. sEABoARD CoAsTING 90.
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FISH, OYSTERS, dc.

FISH, us EESS, aEcs
VHrILLIAM q. SMITH,
DEALER IN
FRESH AND Sailed FISH.
FISH WHARF AND STALLS CITY MAR
KET,
would inform dealers and others that he is pre-
pared to furnish them with all kind of
POTOMAC FISH.
at the lowest possible prices: would call the
attention Of buyers to the fact that my brand
stands No. in market at all times and I intend
to sustain my reputation in that respect.
My stalls, Nos. and 5, Fish Market, will be
supplied with fresh fish every morning. They
will be superintended by Mr.. James 6. Grimes,
ST., and families can depend on getting the best,
whether they come in person or send orders.
Persons at distance wanting Fresh Fish can
depend on getting them packed in good order:
as- All orders addressed TO WIN. II. SMITH,
Alexandria, Va. will receive prompt attention.
mar
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KAILEUED8.

1878 GREAT 1878
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
TO THE NORTH, WEST & SOUTHWEST.
STEEL EAiIs, IgPIEN6{R SCENERY,
MAGNIFICENT EQUIPMENT.
June 10, 1878.
Trains leave Washington from depot OF BAL
TIMORE 8 POTOMAC RAILROAD. ccr-
:. ner Of Sixth and B ST. sets, as follows:
For Phla New York and the East, go p. m.
end 40 a. m. daily, with Palace Cars. lin
NJ. daily, except Sunday. For Philadelehis
and Now York 80 pm. daily, except Sun
=, day, for Philadelphia $50 p: e. daily;
For Pittsburg and the Westl0. 10 EN-. daily, with
Parlor Cars to Pittsbu-g; T.40 p. m. daily
with Pslsco Car to Chicago
For Csnandaigus and the North, 40 p Il.
daily, except Saturday, with Palace Car t.,
Watkins. For Watkins, 1910 a. n. daily,
except Sunday.
LOCAL TRAINS.
For Alexandria 6, 7, 8, $40. 10 and II Ar, and
l. ., 40 5, GO and pm. On Sunday a: go
Trains lesve Alexandria for Washington G. 7,
800, $40, 10 and II a.n.,i, g. 40, 5, 6 - and
On Sunday at 500 and 10 q. NJ, and 20 IN.
THROUGH TRAIN FOR THE SOUTH, via
Quantico and Richmond, will leave Ale1sn-
dria at $40 and 9 20 q. N. daily, end G.3O p.
m. daily. except Sunday.
Tickets and information can be procured s!
principal railroad stations and ticket offices
Southeast. L. 2. FARMER,
Gen'l. Passenger Agent.
FRANK THOMSON
General Manager. ga
Wy o., VIRG. MIDLAND u u. $. X Z.
W. JOHN $. BARBOUR, Receiver.
On and after Sunday juno 9th, 1873, Pas
senger Trains will run MS follows:
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AIefar0rla 0az&tte
TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTR. "a, 1875.

SHR1NKAaE OF CoRN.-The following state.
ment of the experiments of j. 7. Thomas, one
of the most observant farmers Of this country,
is worthy the attention Of corn growers he
says corn in tho car, after an unusually damp
season was weighed ths first Of January, and
By the following October had lost one fifth part
of its bulk. The weight of corn in the ear, OF
the Northern eight rowed variety. varied all
the way from sixty eight to seventy i've pounds
to Weld shelled bushel of sixty pounds. EsTs
with small cobs. well dried, afforded scarcely
eight pounds of cobs to the bushe!; with larger
cobs, freshly husked, they may weigh tWeYe
or thirteen pounds. A moist cob is, or course,
far heavier than q dry one; hence, farmers VINO
sell corn in the ear should know the amount OF
loss from drying. AS a general rule 81 per
bushel for corn in the ear in. summer IS no
better than seventy FIVE cents at husklng. time.
Sold 10 the car corn should always be weighed,
not measured. A full, compact. heaped halt
bushel of moderate size, eight rowed ears con-
tanned fifty six ears, weighing. twenty tour
pounds; thrown in loosely and heapcd there
were only forty four ears, Weighing nineteen
pounds. Shelled corn sbriuks in bulk and
loses in weight by long dying. 10 ono case 1t
lost 20 of its bulk and ! of its weight 10 three
weeks, in q room heated with stove. 1t would
lose more il greater time, and it would be bet
ter to sell shelled corn early in winter at eighty
cents than the following summer at 81.
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FOR NEW YORK

Che Al Steamships z. q. KNIGHT 1;sass
and JOHN GIBSON leave the conn., 4&
panys wharf, Alexandria, EVERY MON
DAY MORNING, and New York, from pie
Al East River, EVERY SATO RDAY st fou
o. clock p. m.
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ICE CREAM, SODA WATER, &c.
ICE CREAM.

My Ice Cream Mandatory, one of the lsrg-
est in Vrginis, still continues to supply private
customers Sunday Schools excursions, plcnlcs,
trade, with that SUPERIOR CREAM that has
made name in this community, and is known
everywhere as BRENGLES ICE CREAM. l
could easily reduce its price by lowering its quail
iIy, but good cream, of fresh, pure, wholesome
than servo it. Of course, could grade my
cream by tho price," but my cream would lose
the good name that years OF fair dealing have
won for it. ask that persons abroad ordering
"Brengle's Cream" from third parties will as
sure themselves that the cream sent is certainly
from my establishment. I warrant my cream,
and do not wish that inferior cream, sent out as
mine, may injure its reputation. 1t is my aim
to furnish the BEST CREAM IN AMERICA,
and my customers are satisfied that do SO.
ie 3-tI HENRY BRENGLE.
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GEORGE 4. HILL s. CO.'S.

|GEoReE R. HILL 6 CO.'S
CAREFUL MANUFACTURES.
OUR NEW GOODS.
CoCOANUTNRich Fine Drop Top Coated.
PRESIDENT-IcedD Drop, bright flavor.
PRINCESS-Iced Sheet, soft oblong.
SEASIDE-For light summer luncheon.
TOURIST-Swoet Hard Biscuit, figured top
BISMARCK-German Biscuit Caraway favor
SARATOGA-Crimp edge, Mace favor.
These fancy goods are furnished the trade in
assorted or straight packages, sttractiVely put
up for retail. They are no: kept in stock. No
tin cans used, consequently they are slwaya
fresh and in high fsvor. We respectfully solicit
eAA''-'"''' GEoRGE K. HILL s. CO.,
my 10 Alexandria, We.
r. W. AVERY
CHOICE FAMILY Ye ASb u FANCY eRooE.
R1Es. " VINE LIQUORS ~ 81 &c. &c.
seps 100 Mug S''' A Al: Va
GEORGE MoBURNEY & SON,
Will RfEs, VINES AND Lotions,
ENGLISH and SCOTCH ALE and BEOW:1
STOUT.
Also EASTERN and POTOMAC GERRi
and MA CkEREL.
NOS. l66 AND I1O KING STREET.
washington Hall Buildiag,)
Alexandria. VS..
Orders promptly filed. o-b 31-:i
~ VIM. RAMSAY,
WHOLESALE And FAMILY Q}:DCEA
AND
TEA DEhLEE.
8. E.. COR, KING IND EE .ASAPH SIS.
novG-H Alexandra. "a.
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|, 7J V.c,yo Wasi,Inrtou

"A. vi, Leave " 1ShlnStOn.
TON EXPI.ESS. El!icott City. ON sundays I"
Baltimore only. Stops Mt Shiplcy's, Laurel An,
napols Junction, Jcssup's, Iianoyerand EliS kidge
G5O-l3altimore, Anna polls and Way. (Cranhci'
~, Strasbug, Winchester, uagcrstown, ana VI A.
- 7lo~ tfi AND LAUREL EXPRESS.
Si0-Point of Rocks, Cranberry, StrasbttrS' " III
chester, .Hagerstown and Way Slati2ns ,,oo.ro> =,
AND BALTIMORE EXPKISS. ParIor Cars to New
York and Philadelphia. Stops 1T Annapolis JUNG
So S's5-+sT. LOUIS. CHICAGO, COLUMBUS AND
PITTSBURG EXPRESS, llagcrstoWn ana fii'!
Branch. except sunday. Through car to St!llilloi
Pullman cars to Cincinnat. aally' Grafton % '
0OJ-On Sunday onIy-Baltimore Annapolis ana
Way. -,,,,.,, r,o
densbury, Bctsville Laurel, Annapolis Juncii'''
JesSups anu Hanover.
i2Io.Baltiulore, Annapolis, Elicott City and
" I.55o-tNEW YORK, PHILADELPIIIAAND E9 t'..
TON EXPRESS. on Sundays to Baltimore o'"!'
stopping at all stations. Stops NJ Laurel:
4,31-BALTIMORE, BLADENSBURG AND LAi
REL EXPRESS. Frederick via Relay stops ~
4.35-fPoint Of Rocks, Frederick, HaSerstow;; n,
Winchester. and Way Stations. ON Sunday -
Point Of Rocks and Way stations only. s,,ouors.
$50 PHILADELPHIA, NORFOLK AND b ~
TIMORE EXPRESS. Norfolk, except NuArrn,i
Norfolk passengers taken the cars drect 10 ''''
at canton. Stops 6lL bliluelSpulS ''iit tI'"'-'
6.50-tRaltiInOre and Way SlatlouS. ,,,nr-S
7.E-tCHICAGO AND COLUMBUS EXPltt9S'
Sleeping cars to Chicago.
S.lV-fBALTIMOkE EMPRESS. ,.,rrr
S25-tS'T LOUIS CINCINNATI. LOUlS\ !l.','-
AND PITTSBURG EXPRESS. littSburS' eN1'i
aSoEtNEW YORK ,THILA DELPHIA AND YAK ai-
TIMORE EXPRESS. Sleeping car To Ne" io"
and special sleeping car to Philadelphia
tDaiIy. Other trains daily, except SUilu'!'
AL trains stop at Relay Station: r, or
All through trains will stop at Sir John Stun ~,
to and from Berkeley Springs ;'iaI
For further information apply at the Bancrc "" %
Ohio Ticket ONCE, Washington Station: ana 49,,
md COB PENNSYLVANIA avenue and Gl3 tHitt! .,i,4
northwest Washington, where orders VIII " "
for ba egage to br checked 10 any point ,i,
w M. CLEMENTS, Master OF Iranspoi''''
L. NJ COLE, General Ticket Agent
GEO s. kOONTZ, General Agent
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ygyAsHINGTON & OHIO RAILROAD

w ---
SPRING ARRANGEMENT, TWO TRAINS
DAILY (EACEPT sunday BETWEEN
ALEXANDRIA AND ROUND HILL.
Beginning May eth, 1873.
Leave Washington At III a.ln. snd 81 y. "a.
and Alexandria st. 9 10 q. IN and Is p H.. pass
Lecsburg, going Westward a. II 10 q: III, and
DO y. M, and arrive 81 Round LID 8. 4 n.
and 70 p. H. Leave Round l;ll At ) 30 a. III.
and 1880 p. H.; pass Leeshurg, going eastward,
ut GO q. II. and 10 y. n, and arrlra * A OK
andris st l6 a. M. and $40 p. H., End at
Washington ut 8 IS q. n. ard $50 y. III.
Gs- Passengers from Washington will take
tbs Washington and Ohio cars St. 90 Baltimore
s. Potomac Railroad station SO IL I'm. Hn! ~
pm, and go through to Round Hill wlshoN.
change OF cA.R.
Tho Q. Is s.m. train from Alexandria An! 1855
D. "a. train from Ro"nd Hill connect ~ Bound
Hill with Harris Daily Line CT Coaches
for Snickersville: Berryvillo and Winchester;
also with Resmer's Limo Of Coaches, which lohyG
Leesburg daily for Aide and MiddleburI
Both trains westward, mako close conncc!ions,
At Vienna, with Sisson's Line Of Stages for FAIR
fax Court House.
Communication tickets, 3 cts. per milo
Animal tickets, $50.
i. H. HAVENER,
my 1T General Tickn. Ago-S
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J. CO., 4SENI..I
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
The great douhlc-trac1
NATIONAL ROUTE AND SHORT LINE
TO THE
NORTH, NORTHWEST, WEST, AND SOUTH
WEST.
TO TAKE EFFECT
Sunday, June 9th, 1878, at i.lo Al. III.
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FOR TIE POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS.

The new and commodioug iron .Sss
steamer JOHN w. THOMPSON,seS 8sEa66E
built especially for this route, leaves the com
panys wharf, Washington, EVERY MON
DAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY, at
O'Clock g. NJ, and Alexandria at 7.30 q. NJ;
returning, arrives EVERY WEDNESDAY,
FRIDAY and SUNDAY. q! o'clock pm.
This company makes close connections at Al
ezsndria with the ". G., Y. NJ; g. q. s: r. +:
Go. and with the W. & Q. r. +. Go. Freight
received for all points, North and South,
handled with care and forwarded with prompt
ness and dispatch.
Fer further information apply to
F. A. REED, Agent,
Janneys wharf,
tionsl Metropolitan Bank, 18Th street, opposite
the Treasury Department, Washington.
NH IL SAMUEL BACON. President
-sea. CLYDE'S STEAM LINES WEEK.
fz7IA oEIpH1A h,os R69v1DENoE AND
Steamers leave Alexandria EVERY TUES
DAY and leave Philadelphia EVERY SAT.
URDAY Y, ii II O clock II. from Pior No. n
WEurTos.
This line connects ct Alexandria with TIE O.
4. s. NJ. and " s. Q. 4. Rs, anu at Philsdel
phia with Cllydes regular Steamships for Fail
River, Providence and Boston.
Freight forwarded with promptness snd care
free OF commissions.
No charge for transfer in Philadelphia, an(
wharfage In Boston. Quick time. Frequent
departures. Through rates and through bill
of lading given. insurance at the Lowest rates
Agents.
f. A. REED, Alexandria,
WIN. r. CLYDE g. CO., Phlladelphis
GEO. y. HYDE, Georgetown, D. C..
JOHNSON BROS, Washington.
inu ST.
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-0f the
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

This company offers unrivslled facilities for
the transportation of freight and passengers,
and will run their stesmors regularly as follows:
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FOB NORFOLK.

The elegant new snd substantial ageD \
iron steamer LADY OF TEE LAKE RzzSs
leaves the conpany's whsrf, Washington, EV-
DAY, at five O clock p. NJ, and Alexandria st
$50 .. NJ; returning, leaves Norfolk EVERY
TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY,
at o'clock p. m. This line connects at Nor
folk with the ships of the Merchants and Nj.
nes Transportation Company for Boston and
Providence. and sfo-5s the cheapest and best
route to those cities and their connections
throughout New England Fareto Norfolk 81
round trip Sc. Tickets good until used
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-13
The Pitts-ThOm Fight in Virginia

The recent ''duel" at Eastville, Va,
in which Maj. Sidney Pitts was killed
and A. t. Thorn was fatally wounded,
was gotten up on short order. 1t has
made great sensation, as both parties
stood high, their families being among
the Oldest and wealthiest in Maryland
and Virginia. Pitts was about 81 years
old, son of the late Judge Pitts of
Norfolk, and a nephew of United States
Senator Dennis of Maryland. He was
agraduate of st. Johns College, Nor
folk, and was captain of the Athletic
Baseball club of Virginia. He had no
regular profession. Thorn is q young
lawyer of Eastville and is well known
rs the nephew of Il leading Baltimore
physician of the same name. Pitts be-
ing indebted to the estate of Elijah Brit
tingham, the late Postmaster of East
vile, of which Thorn was curator, was
about to sail from Baltimore for st.
Louis when Thorn tried to have him ar
rested, but Pitts refused to sur
render, as the process was served
by a jailer, not the proper officer. On
the day of the fight Thorn was
walking along street of Eastville when
Pitts hailed him and demanded an apol-
ogy for some remarks alleged to have
been made by Thorn rejecting on his
Pitts's) character, Pitts adding that he
was ''liar." a. have no apology to
make, SIR" was Thom's answer, as he
drew revolver and fired, the ball tax
ing effect in Pitts's left hand. Pitts
whisked his own pistol from his pocket,
and the men snapped their weapons
simultaneously. They missed fire, the
chambers in both, by strange coinci-
dence, refusing to revolve. Having
struck the barrels upon their knees to
loosen the chambers, the combatants,
who were now only six feet apart, again
elevated the pistols and blazed away to-
gether, this time with fatal result. Pitts
was struck in the lett breast, near the
heart, and fell forward on his face, ex-
piring almost Immediately. Thorn was
struck in the face, the ball entering near
the nose and penetrating to the back of
the head. He fell back insensible, and
there is no hope of recovery.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-13
THE EUROPEAN CRISIS.

The Queens message for calling ont
the reserves was read in both houses of Par
Lament on the LIST. The discussion of the
message was postponed until the follow ing
Monday.
Vienna dispatches of the 81 indicate
belief that Austria will support England's
demand for full discussion of the pro-
visions of the treaty, with view to some
important notifications.
A Vienna dispatch of the 9th states
that Count Andrassy has replied to Lord
Salisbury, declaring he also regards the ac-
ceptance of the treaty as impossible and
asking for specific stipulations from Eng
land. 1t is said that Prince Gortschakotf
will make similar request. Russia is Sc
ecretly negotiating for large loan.
A London dispatch of the 9th says
There seems to be some hope of the renewal
of the Congress negotiations, unless col
lison is precipitated by the necessity for
counteracting the military measures Russia
is pushing forward on both sides of the Dan
ube. The position at Constantinople is re-
garded so doubtful, even threatening, for
England, that very slight notifications Of
the situation might be considered to war
rant an act which would amount to a breach
of neutrality.
Intelligence from st. Petersburg via
Berlin, eth, seems to indicate that the peace
party is acquiring greater influence in the
counsels of the Gar. 1t is reported that the
Gar will solicit the good offices of the EN-
peror of Germany as a mediator between
himself and England. The Russian reply to
Lord Salisbury's circular will, it is said, lay
particular stress upon the absence of a def =
mite counter proposal. This will be the main
point urged.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-13
WIT AND WISDOM.


As the maple-sugar season comes on,
the difference in the taste of girls be-
comes less perceptible.-F'On du Lac
Reporter.
A SIXTH Warder got up yesterday
morning determined that the sun should
not set without witnessing one good
deed that he had done. He came near
getting left, but just as the last slanting
rays of the god of day were glittering
over the moor, man came along and
wanted to put up a hghtning-rod- The
sixth warder slept that night the sleep
of man conscious that he had kept his
word. The lightning-rod man also
slept. He still sleeps.-Keoku6 Coaastf-
tuition. t-r-
WHEN two men look around at each
other in the street each feels as mean as
if he had been caught -sheep-stealing.
1t is different with women. Two of the
sex will turn square around after they
have passed each other, take an upward
survey of each article of attire worn by
the other, slowly and critically, until
their eyes meet, when cold stare will
be exchanged, and then both will start
ON their several ways looking as sweet
as roses in June.-.NeDGrk Gail. ...
FLORIDA has lovely climate; Mrs.
Stowe says so, and she knows. But,
like that other State with climate,
spite of the veil of secrecy that was
thrown around the sad event, it has at
last leaked out that before Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe had been in Florida a
week a thoroughbred everglade mos
quito, that was kept about the house as
Watchdog, bit such a big piece out OF.
her heel that she had to go on ,crutches
for three weeks. No Florida in ours, if
you please. HaUkeye. Il n
60 YES, TIE city is bad place to bring
up children in,'' she was saying to the
fellow passenger on the Cass Avenue
car yesterday. "There's my little Har-
ry-he went and called our next-door
neighbor a dodO, andthe, neighbor rush.
ed over and said dodo was a buzzard,
and my husband said it meant dead
Indian, and 1 said it was the name of
an ancient temple in Rome, and we had
an awful time. When we left 1t to our
minister, he said we were all dodos, and
Harry got whipping and the dodo
neighbor shoots all our hens which fly
into his yard" "Dodo? Dodo? Why
L always thought a dodo was a ditto
explained the latter. &C Perhaps it is
sighed the first, 81 but we shall move out
on a farm as soon as possible. Detroit
Free Press -
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-13
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Mr.. and Mrs. NARROW, an inoffensive
old couple who lived in what are known as
the West Woods, six miles back of Louis
vile, KY, on the morning of the 1st were
found dead in the smoldering remains of their
burned cabin. The husband and wife had
been summoned to attend Court in Louisville
on the following day as witnesses against
Cook and Bracket, two desperadoes, who,
by their testimony, would have been sent to
the Penitentiary, and there is strong reason
to believe that they were murdered and
their cabin set on fire to destroy all evidence
of the crime.
Madame Restell, who for over 40
years has been Infamous for her criminal
practice in New York City, by means of
which she had amassed an immense
fortune, the LIST committed
suicide by cutting her throat with carving
knife in the bathroom of her well known
marble palace on Fifth Avenue. She had
recently been indicted in the Criminal
Court, and was extremely apprehensive of
the result of her trial.
The Earl of Leitrim, his clerk and
driver, were all shot dead while driving
near his Lordship's lodge, Manor Vaughan,
County Derry, Ireland, on the morning of
the I'd. The Earl had had considerable
trouble OF late with his tenants, large
number OF whom were under notice to quit
mere Is no evidence In regard 10 the Killing,
the three dead bodies being discovered in the
road and In the ditch, each with one or more
bullet-holes in the head or body. There were
evidences OF severe struggle having taken
place. anu the EarPs LETT arm was broken
ana MS head battered. 1hree or four men
were seen lettering in the neighborhood be-
fore the murder.
he Lerdoists have stirred up another
revolution along the Mexican border. Col.
Salinas, OF Tamauflpas, has raised the
standard of revolt, and on the list, with 40
men, attacked the Custom house guard mt
New Laredo, who were overpowered and
two killed. Salinas then retreated, being
closely followed by force of National