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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-18
nations.

The Richmond papers are carrying 90 the
State debt war almost as vigorously as during
tho late session of the General Assembly.
Meanwhile the Moffett register is sending its
thousands to the State treasury, and the farm.
ers report that their poultry yards, diaries and
farms were never more productive. Congress
will soon adjourn now and peace should reign
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-18
The 7uiliallS.

SAN FRANCISCO, July IS A special di;paIc!
from Portland. Ggn., says:
a. dispatch received nt the military head.
quarters states that abouL 80 hostile indians
have started towsrd camp Harvey. in this state,
and that they arc Receiving hccu;sioD3 rs theS
mach.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-18
Annapolis Naval Academy.

Midshipman Hill, in whose face powder was
blown during the sham battle yesterday is not
seriously injured, and the marine to whom the
other accident occurred, is getting along we'll.
The commencement exercises vii! be on Thurs
day. The ball at night will be grand affair.
No impurities of the blood, no matter how
long in the system. can resist the healing TO-
fuences of Dr.. Bulls Blood Mixture.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-18

People should be content with that condition
10 life in which it has pleased Providence to
place them, but, for all that, VIC are constrained
to believe that sigh Of regret for the untasted
pleasures of Paris durirg the exposition, will
not be objectionable.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-18
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEkLl Hl
EDGAR SNOWDEN.
TUESDAY EVENING. JUNE IS, 1878.

In the Senate to-day tho consideration OF 'he
sundry Civil appropriation bill WAS continued.
The House refused to suspend the rules and
psss the bill to repeal the resumption act Ii
also refused to consider the Fishery award Ball.
Both house agreed to extend tho session. TIL
Tomorrow evening"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-18
Fire..

CLEVELAND, O., June ls.-A fire at Akron,
O., early this morning destroyed the Academy
Of Music building and commercial blook. The
loss is estimated at from $50, 900 to $500, 900.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-18
COhlAlERCIAL.

ALEXANpRIA MARKET, June 49, laTS.-TheIe
WAS slightly better feeling in tho market to-
day, and prices were frmnr Flour is quiet and
unchanged. Receipts Of Whoa! are light. and
we note sales Of 500 buehels to-day at lC0, l06
10 and Ill, though the latter prices were for
two small fancy lots TO fill orders. But little
Corn is coming in and the only sale reported to.
day was one lot at "a. Nothing doing in Rye
or Oats
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-18

ITO FARMERS-HARVE is1S.-Hay-
l. ing THREE complete STEAM THRESH-
ING MACHINES, am now prepared to 90
THRESHING al the following rates, viz: -
Wheat cents per bushel ryo Sc, oats &c. A
liberal discount will DO allowed on large. crops
With each of these machines | will furnish
three hands-engineer, feeder and band cutter
two patent straw forks, fuel and all other things
necessary Ali persons having threshlng VIII
find it to their advantage to engage one OF THESE
machines, as Wa study the farmers interest, and
guarantee satisfaction. For further informallon
spply to or address $. PULLMAN, Proprietor
AlaSsndris Va 2. r. PU Imam, AGent
All enquiries cheeriully answered. ~. lho
above machines will be exhlbitnd on Royal ST.;
near the Market, on Saturday. June "a, anu WIZ
he ready to thresh from that date le d."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-18


Estimates Of the political complexion OF The
next United States House of Representatives
give the democrats twenty six msj orty. 10 cur
opinion it will be greater; not because anything
the present members have done warrants any
such increase. but because the people have be-
come sick and tired of the never ending frauds
that permeato radcalism from its head in the
White House to its minutest rami6cations 10
the custom houses and posofices, and have re-
solved to try change, as hardly any change
could be for the worst. For this reason they
have determined not only to have q democratic
Senate, which they have already secured, but
a President of the same politics. and House
Of Representatives with a majority efficiently
large to avoid any possible trouble.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-18

New YORK, June l8.-Stocks weak and un'
settled. Money 8. Gold 1905 Flour quiet
and steady. Wheat-sprlng without decided
change; winter 1a2c better. Corn ts7c peI'eF
and quiet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-18


BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET, June l., ISIS
Beef Catto-Prices to-day ranged rs follows
Generally rated first quality gu -
Medium or good fair quality ..........' 80 4 =
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and Cows Z 10 ) -
Extreme range ofprlccs. ..........."...2 - . II.
Most Of tho sales were from ..........l . " D ~
Total receipts for the week 1870 head. Total
sales for the week 1893 head
The quality Of the offerings this week Wa: not
as good as was that of tho Cattle last week, Tor
while there were some very inetops in tho pens
this week thoy wore hardly as good IS they
were last week, and not rs many OF thom WithH
much longer limo Of middle and common Cattle.
The market was slow throughout and a. the
close there was a number left over. The decline
will amount to s44c por Id as compared with last
weeks prices, &c on the tops and &c on the other
grades.
Mich Cows-Ihe trade for common Cows has
been dull while there has been fair demand
for the better grades We quote at 25sSij per
head, as to quality.
Sheep and Lsmbs-Thore is very little, if any,
difference in the grade Of the offerings as com.
pared with last week, and prices vary little from
ruling figures then. There has been fairly &C.
chiefly for tho Eastern msrketG. We quote
Sheep at 3s4l per lb gross. Stock Sheep 1Oa
So so per head, or @a3tc per 10 and very dull.
Lambs 4a5c per ID gross. Receipts this week
$685. head.
Hogs-Monday's run consists of about 6tOl
head, some 200 having been previously recelv-
ed The quality has been fully as good as it was
last week. Demand fair, with nearly all the
sales made ct our top figures. very common
Hogs only being placed at the lowest prices
Wo quote at 41s5c, very few selling under 47e
IL. la,J
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-18

t The House Committee on Naval Affairs after
long and, it is to be presumed, cartiul examl'
ration, have prepared report, recommending
the trial and punishment of cX.Sccrctary Robe
son for corruption 10 Office. II it be true that
a mans character can be estimated by that Of
his associates, thu ex President. and the prob
able republican candidate for the Hayes succes
81 % must be one ofthe worst men thecount!y has
produced, for nearly. if not all, Of his Intimate
personal friends, those with whom he daily as
ISOLATED on familiar terms, the members
of his Cabinet, Messrs. Williams, Belknap and
Robson, his private secretary Babcock, and
down to his boon companion, Richard Harrlog-
ton, have been proved to be more rapaclousy
corrupt than any men of their times, and the
most brazen faced set of public pluudercrs and
national demoralizars that ever disgraced the
administration Of any country, 10 any times,
even the worst of which history keeps record.
The fear of prolongation of Gen. Grants
term of Office, 10 case OF torcible oppo
sition to the contamination OF the Fresh
Dental fraud, was the means that induced many
southern democratic congressman to accept
the decision of the electoral commission The
fear Of his re election should have baan equally
effective in inducing them to pay less attention
to their private Individual interests aud more to
the welfare of the whole country, so that the
bene6eeut Influences of the ouc single damo-
cratic branch Of the government might have
been, to all men, a patent earnest OF what those
Of all the branches would be, and so puS his
reelection ont of the category of contingencies.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-18

JUPITER AND THE MooN.-Thero will be a
near approach OF the moon to Jupiter to night.
The planet is now in the constellation Of Capri
cornus, end is quite conspicuous as a morning
star. At o clock this mornipg Jupiter and
tho moon we're 10 conjunction, the true distance
between their centres being less than onetbird
of the moon s diameter. The apparent distance
between them, however. was greater than
this, and the moon, Instead Of hiding or occult
ing Jupiter passed little below tho planet.
This is the only very near approach OF these two
bodies which will be visible in this section this
year.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-18

RUMORED STRIKE.-According to the st.
Louis Times, yesterday was the day fixed upon
by rumor for the breaking out of general
strike among the railroad employees. Extensive
inquiry, however, shows that there are 20
indications of such step being contemplate
among those who are employed, and the actual
employers apprehend none. Among the ru.
mors prevailing at St. Louis was on duplicating
the tramps as 40 auxiliary force, aud that to
distinguish one another they were wearing a
piece of red flannel on their breasts. Their
task was to cut the telegraph wires throughout
the country, so as to prevent the gathering OF
the military at tie points threatened By the
rioters There seems to be no ground for any
serious apprehensiOne,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-18

BALTIMORE, June lS.-Virginia Is, old. -
do deferred -; Virgnias, consolidated, 595.;
nal; mddling 1l1s1l; Flour dull and un-
changed Whcat-Southern quiet and steady;
Western strong and higher; Southern rod OLD
l10s1l5; do new ll5al45; do amber now l5o; NO
Western winter red spot and June Ia; July
1885, Corn-Southern white lower; yellow steady
Western strong and higher; Southern white 81;
do yellow Al; Western mixed spot and June AZ
July 4Cl; Aug DIX steamer 81 Oats quiet and
steady; Southern 29a33;i; Western white "Os5l
do mixed co. Penna 1880 Rye dull and nom
inal. Hay steady and unchanged. Sugar hrm
and unchanged. Coffee nominay unchanged
Whiakev firm At ST. U3
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-30

transportation. The ocean washes
our borders the long way, and we
have four ports distrl lbuted at prop
er distances.
We sometimes are inclined to be.
lieve that 1t will benefit Los Ange-
les II he CUTOFF is made. 1t has so
long been the habit of the people
to indulge in windy talk about be-
Ing "the great railroad CENTER"
that they have invested the idea
with sort Of MIllenial impor-
tance which absolves them from
doing much for themselves. This
section of country nerd- to be thor
oughIy shaken up Our people
don't appreciate the great advan "a
ges they possess We seem to be
cropping wildly after pennies with
our hands, while we stub our toes
against bars of gold. We
have a vast amount of
hidden wealth. Let us
develop that. We want thousands
OF people to come and enjoy our
delightful climate and cultivate our
rich soil. But we must off-r proper
Inducements. Let the great ranch
es be subdivided and sold upon rea.
sonable terms. Lee our G. unity
affairs be more economic lily man
aged, and as result taxes lowered.
In u word, let every means be used
to render our county attractive; and
in time the population and busi-
ness will swell to such proportions
that railroads and ships will at all
times be glad to compete for the
transportation Of our surplus
abundance.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-30
Watches and Jewelry.

Having purchased the stock and FIX
lures of the we'll known jeWelry store of
Mr.. Il w. Siackpole, adding thereto a
large and entirely new assortment OF
goods, we are are prepared to show the
citizens of Los Angeles and vicinity one
OF The finest and best selected stocks t0
be found IN the State, which will be sold
at the lowest living rates.
We shall INSTANTLY be in receipt of all
the latest novelties in watches. chains,
jewe'ry ETC., to which the attention OF
the public is especially invited.
In spectacles we have a large and va.
ried assortment, and are the exclusive
agents in SOU h ern California of the eel
e0rated Lazerus & Morris perfo ted spec
tacles, which we clam arc the finest in
the world.
Mr.. Srackpole will remain in our en-
ploy, having exclusive control OF the
work departm ent, and, as heretufoi e, es'
pecial attention will BIZ given to the re
pairing OF fine watches and Jewelry.
We shall be happy to see all our old
friends and tho public at large.
DUN SMOOR BROS.
jy9tf 3L spring street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-30

are possible. A detachment of Per-
sian troops has been sent to the
frontier to demand the evacuation
Of the Province by Turkish of11-
cials.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-30

"Save me, doctor, and Ili give
you u thousand dol ars.n
The doctor gave him a remedy
that eased him, and he called out:
keep at it, doctor, aud I'll give
you check for five hundred dol
larsv
In half an hour more he was able
to sit up, and he calmly remarked:
"Doctor, l feel like giving you u
Gfty-dollar bill"
When the doctor was ready t. go
the sick man was up and dressed;
he followed the doctor to the door
and said:
"Say, Doctor, send in your bill
the first OF the month";
When six months had been gath
cred to Times bosom, the doctor
sent in a bill amounting to five
dollars. He was pressed to cut it
down to three; after so doing he
sued to get 1t, got judgment, and
the patient put in a stay of execu-
tiOn.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-30
HIDDEN TREASURE.
Unfailing Instruments for Its Discovery

Long before the time when, on
the New England coast, 1t was be-.
lieved by good many that Captain
Kidd had buried large amounts of
treasure. there prevailed the
confident impression that there is
in nature some metal, mineral or
vegetable which Is attracted by gold
and silver, just as the magnet is at
tracted by iron. The search for
this key to untold W ealth has been
as earnest and presistant as that of
the alchemists of old after the
secret Of transmitting the baser
metals into the precious. Constant
Inquiries are made for this gold aud
silver finder, but up to this time
the quest has been unavailing.
Notwithstanding these failures,
implicit belief in its existence is
held not only by the ignorant, but
by many persons of Intelligence.
Among the latter is prominent
Detroit physician, who sometime
since wrote to manufacturer
of mathematician Instruments
In this city to ascertain
whether he had not among his in
strumeuts one that would accu.
rately determine the Whereabouts
of hidden treasure in the bowels Of
the earth. The manufact urer re-
piled that he could supply some-
thing that had been most sucee s.
fully used in California and
Australia, and that the cost
wauld be only five dollars.
The return mail brought an order
from the Detroit man, accompanied
with the remark that he had long
been convinced of the existence of
such treasure finder, and his con-
victions were now verified. The or
der was promptly filed and shipped
by express, G. o. D.
Highly elated with his success,
the doctor invited a number of his
friends to be present when the box
was opened, ami of course there was
a full attendance. Hatchet and
chisel weIe brought into impatient
reQuisltion. The boards were
violently wrenched from the box,
the packing removed, and there lay
pick and a spade of the best Phil.
adeiphia make. The spectators
roared with laughter, while the
Doctors profanity fairly rivalled
that Of Denis Kearney. The air
meanwhile, was filled with hard
words, and the Philadelphia manu-
facturer incontinently consigned to
regions in the existence of which
Bob Ingarsoll has no faith. Phila-
dei2ohia Star.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-30
SOCIETY NOTICES.
Masonic Motiee.

a Los A.xeie. asass NJ. n, u
n Z 4. a.-The sss5sd p913ll
| lM ssss MoabxY 0tsssS saSss1
seod standing are cor daily inviee1s n
By order Of the WI. Mt |
CHAs. SMITH. 6ecretafV. : 71sl. 4. s1
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-30
sna FrancisOo markets.

SANFRANcIsCo, Nov. 29.-Wheat
--quiet but firm; choice shipping.
Sits; off grades, 81 COOLIES. Barley
quiet; brewing, $l.l24@l 25; feed.
95c@$1.024. Oats, unchanged Com
steady; large yellow, ST O23;
small, $1.O5@l.074. Hay-sales,
volunteer. $15.50@l5. 90; stack,
So 80. P0tatoes-choIce Cuffy Cove,
S1.l0; other kinds, 50c@$l.00.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-30
TICKET OFFICES /:
No. s SPRING ST.. Telegraph OGice;
Com mercial st. r. r. Depot;
DEPOT OFFICE e. +. r. Il.
1879.
Eclectic Magazine.
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A knowledge of the current literature Of
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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-30
Russian Fiuanc q es.

/
Of the Province by Turkish off,
cials.
Russian Finances.
LONDON, Nov. 29.-The Russian
budget for 1877 shows that the rev.
enues have peen 549, 600, 900 roubles
aud the expenditures LOLA 900, QUO
roubles-nearly half of which was
on the army.
austria ANA the Porte.
LONDON, Nov. 29.-Count Zachy,
Austrian Ambassador, has in
formed the Porte that Austria will
take care that the province Of East
ern Roumelia IL regularly consti-
tuted in accordance with the treaty
of Berlin, and that Russian troops
evacuate Turkey In May. Austria
and the Porte have agreed in prln-
cipIe concerning the occupation of
Novi Bazaar.
Disaster.
LONDON, Nov. 80. - Thomas
Blight, certificated officer of the
British Mercantile Marine, who
embarked OH the Pommerania at
Plymouth, was under examination
all yesterday morning by the Re-
ceiver of wrecks aud has been de-
tained at Dover by the Board of
Trade because of the nature of his
evidence. He says the Pommera-
mia was going at one.half to three.
quarters speed. There was a
good lookout, lights were burn.
ing and 1t was not foggy. He
heard no whistle or fog-horn before
the collision. He said there was
time to save every life If order had
been maintained. He was behind
the Captain when the latter put on
his llfe.belt He heard no orders
given. 1t was too late for orders.
One of the officers told him that
the doors were water tight, but that
the bulkheads we're all open. There
Thames. He thought that oil
could have been saved If the sail
Ors had not rushed to the boats.
$4,000 saved from ahe wrecR
LONDON, Nov. 29.-One of the
Pommerania's boats has been re-
covere with a bag containing
$25 900. The owner Of tie money
Is saved.
The Hungarian Diet has passed
an address In reply to the speech
from the Throne by % majority.
Republican Clubs In Italy named
after the executed military mutin-
eer, Barsant, have been closed.
Moacssf CDademns q tU Death.
MADRID, Nov. 29.-The Supreme
Tribunal has condemned Moncasi
to death. An appeal will now be
carried to the Court of Cessation.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-30

P.s.-DR. MINTIE can Be- eoeqsl|
ine ONCE hours nom : =. <. = ~
daily, and from 10 & In The oV1n
Sundays, 10 A. n. to p. - CoonuIIz<
FREE. Thorough examinatlou olI1 T.
vice, IS. Full directions and n6vl11
with every package Of medicIne- IVI
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-30

LONDON, Nov. 29.-The Russian
budget for 1877 shows that the rev.
enues have peen 549, ,000, 900 roubles
aud the expenditures LOLA 000, QUO
roubles-nearly half of which was
on the army.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-30
The Stearns Ranches,

~ kIE NJ ED ksODhNbONs lEubtcOs
"a. Market ST., San Francisco. Cal:
10000 A9sEs sss. in loss oE t. aASR sSis. soE sSt
aple for the culture OF Oranges, Lemons,
lines, Figs, Almonds, Walnuts, Peaches,
Apples, Pears, Alfalfa, Corn, Rye, Barley,
FLAX, Ramie, Cotton, ETC., and also many
thousand acres OF
Natural Evergreen Pastures, Suit.
able for Dairying.
Good water Is abundant at an average
depth of six feet from the surface. On al-
most every acre of this land FLOWING
ARTE5I AN WELLS can be obtained, and
the more elevated portions can be irri-
gated by the water of the Santa Ana river.
Most of these lands are naturally moist
requiring only good cultivation to produce
crops.
TERMS-One-fourth Cash; balance In
one, two and three years, with 10 per cent
interest.
will take pleasure In showing these
lands 20 parties seeking land, who are
Invited to come and see this extensive
tract before purchasing elsewhere.
VIM. r. OLDEN, Agent.
Anaheim. Los Angeles county. Dec. "a.
Isl
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-30

$1200 ~ ! IL; ! ~ !;
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-18
Murder.

\ dispatch from Charlotte, N. G., says
H. G. Secrest was arrested 10 Uoion county,
murder Of his wife and step child, near Hickory,
Catawba county, on March -. 1877.
Mrs. Secrest who was formerly Mrs. Alice
Stevenson, and her four year old child mysteri.
ou;ly disappeared on the above date and public
suspicion hinted that foul play had been used
BIZ Secres:, but no proof was then sttalnable
sufficient to impcate him. Ga Monday last par
ty Of hunters was attracted to q secluded hollow
10 the woods by the excited barking and bowling
of dogs and repairing to the spot found they
had scratched up the earth two and bali feet
deep, exposing the feet and leg Of human
body and in removing the earth, until trench
three feet deep was made, the bodies of wo
man and child were found which were at once
identified as those of the missing Mrs. Steven.
son and daughter. Secrest was Immediately
arrested. lie is doegcdly obstinate, refusing to
answer aby questions concerning the murder,
but there is not the slightest doubt Of bis guilt.