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PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
TO THE NOETH, WEST & SOUTHW e..
DOUBLE TRACK,
STEEL RAILS, SPLENDID SCENEt..
MAGNIFICENT EQUlPMENT
November II, 1877.
Trains leave Wsshingto,n from dGr9t Of hA!.
ner of Sixth and B ST. Aots, as follows:
For Phils. Now York and the East, $50 p. N
and lao q. M. daily, with Palace Cars. i":"
tied Express OF Pullman Parlor Cars 90
IN. daily, except Sunday. For PhilsdcIrh }.
day for Philadelphia 5.2' p. III. daily.
For Pittsburg and tho West 10. 10 q. III. daily, W.
Parlor Cars to Pittsbu-g; r.iD y. N. hal.r
with Palace Car to Chicago.
For Canandsigra snd tho North, 40 y -.
daily, except Saturday, with Palace Ca: t.
Watkins. FOR Watkins, 90 p. Iii. daily
except Sunday.
LOCAL TRAINS.
For Alexandria e, 7. 9, $40, III and II AIR, ~
1,3, APO, s, 600 snd pm. On Sunday q: 81,
q. H., and | and Tp. nj.
Trains leave AlexaHdria for Washington, 4, T.
So go, 10 and II q. Ia. l. ., 40, y, and
On Sunday at s. 10 and 10 q. M. and 6 y. III.
THROUGH TRAIN FOR TuE SOUTH, via
Quantco and Richmond, will losve AloYau.
dris at 3. 10 n. H. daily, and 100 p. III. daily.
except Sunday.
Tickets and information can BIO procured Vi
principal railroad stations and ticket office
Southeast L. 2. FARM Err
Genl. Passenger Agon!
| FRANK THOMSON
General Manager. nov l.
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1xrASHINGTON Il OHIO HAILEoA!'
WINTER ARRANGEMENT,

beginning Oct r. ~, lSi,.
The MAIL TRAIN will leave Washington
3! 8 10 q. ~, and Aloxandria at 9 Is am. daily
except Sunday; pass Leesburg, going wo,l
ward, at ! 20 IL. NJ. and arrive ut Round I'LL.
ct II m. Leave Round Hill al l2:30 p. m; y.
Leesburg, going eastward, at 10 y. H., "t !
! arrive 81 Alexandria at 3:l5 y. m.. and q:
Washington ut $3.50 y. III.
Tho ACCOMMODATION TRAIN will leave
Washington 1T d ~ p. m. and Aloxandrl. 4"
4 Is p. III. daily, except Sunday, and arriv" -.
Leesburg at ~ y. M. Loavo Leesburg ~ " H.
H. 70. and arrive at Alexandria u: s 2j II. III. An
Washington at 3 50 a. III.
~ Passengers from Washington viii t...
tho Washington and Ohio ears a., 40 Bnitinr."
s. Potomac Railroad station st9 L. I'm. AMI ! -
PIN, and 50 through without change Of ~
The 9. Is am. tram from Alexandria and ~
p nj. train from Ro"nd Hill connect 1T Kouud
Hill with Harris Daily Line CT Conch"s
for Snickcrsvillc, Berryville and Wincnos!rc;
also with Resmcr's Line Of Coaches, which lc";r
Leesburg daily for Aldie and Middloburg.
Both trains. westward make close connec.in:.-,
1t Vionna. with Sssons Limo Of Stages for FnI'-
fax Court House.
Consultation tickets, Z cts. per rnii"
Annual tickets, $50.
4. II. HAVENEK
oct LIT General Ticket Igr'!..
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STEAMERS.
DESUMPTION OF ROUTE.

On and after THURSDAY, February l4!h,
1878. the steamer M ATTAN NO, Captain
YIN. T. BylSs w1ll be rpn as f9lo%si Leeye
DAY, from King street wharf, at 80 o'clock
a. NJ. for Landings on the Potomac as far down
as Nomini. Leave Nomini EVERY TUES
DAY and FRIDAY MORNING, at o'clock,
for Washington, arriving early the same even
ing. Freight received daily.
feb II j. BRODEkS s. CO., Agents.
GPEC1AL NOTICE.
On ard after THURSDAY, Nov'r. 1st, 1877,
the boats OF the Potomac Ferry Go. will run as
follows:
LEAVE ALEXANDRIA at 7 80, so, 10 10
and II 81 a. NJ, and IT, DO 4. 70 and 30 m.
LEAVE WASHINGTON at 10, 9 90 and
10 so a, M, and II Is, 2, 3 90, do, s IS and I
p. ui.
SUNDAY-First trip from Alexandria at
8 80 u. nl.. and Washington at 9 30 a. IN.
GEORGE K. PHILLIPS, Manager.
s. GEDNEY, Sup't oct 29
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The MAIL SOUTH BOUND connects ii
LYNCHBURG for the WEST and Southwest,
and at Danvile for the South, South East anI
Southwest.
The Express Southwark connects at Gorlon7-
vile with Ches. s. Ohio West, and at Danri.i,
with t. & d., for the Carolinas Georgia, Flor.
ds and all the South West.
For WARRENTON leave Washington ~,
q. III. and A Alexandria Q 0O u. NJ, daily, eyraw
Sunday.
Passengers for MANASSAS LINE lr.yc
Washington Is q. m. and Alexandria 3 "a =
H. daily, except Sunday. Returning. leave
Strssburg s % u. m, and arrive st hloxandcs.
at Is p. m.
North bound trains mako close councillors
with BALTIC 81 Ohio and BALTIC. & Potomac train
TO Baltimore, Philadolpnis and New York, AZ
TO all points North and North West.
The EXPRESS train has Sleeping car through
without change between Washington and Bruins
wick, Ga, by way Of Danvilo Charlotte Go.
unb ia. Augusta and Macon. with direct coz
nection to Jacksonville and Florida generally.
Tho MAIL TRAIN runs sleeping car
through without change bctwcnn Now York
and Lynchburg, and between Washington AM
New Orleans.
Through tickets TO the South and Wost.
feb ! NJ Bk0ADUS &. Y. :,
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FOR THE POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS

The now and eommodioqs iron il
pany's wharf, Washington, EVERY TUES
DAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY, a. 7
o clock a. M. and Alexandria at 7;30 a; M
returning, arrives EVERY WEDNESDAY
FRIDAY and SUNDAY. at & o'clock y. NJ.
Co. end with the w. s o. K. Il. Co. Freight
received for all points, North and South.
handled with care and forwarded with prompt
ness and dispatch
" " F. A. REIEU, Agent,
Janneys wharf,
! or at the Office of tho company, under the Ma.
tional Metropolitan Bank, 18th street. opposite
| the Treasury Department, Washington.
NH 10 SAM UEL BACON, President.
Ella ULYDE's STEAM LINES WEEK.
f f1aas LI Providence ES AMI
49, BOsTON.
Steamer leave Alexandria EVERY TUES
DAY and leave Philadelphia EVERY SAT.
URDAY, at II o'clock M. from Pier No N.
Wharves.
This line connects at Aloxandria with the O.
A. s. HI. and w. s. q. l.. Rs, and at Phladel
phia with the new and popular Iron Line" fol
Providence and Boston.
Freight forwarded with promptness and care
free of commissions.
No charge for transfer in Philadelphia, snt
no wharfage in Boston. Through to Boston il
sixty-fve hours. Through rates and through
bills of ladng given. Insurance guaranteed d
loss til All usual rates
Agents:
r. A. REED, Aloxsndria.
VIM. p. CLYDE s. CO., Philadelphia
GEO. +. HYDE, Geor getown, ID. @.
JOHNSON BROS, Washington.
jan SIT
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Alexanoria 6azette
FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY Is.

SuocK1NG CASES or TR1CHIN.E.-A 1oungs-
town, Ohio dispatch says:
'There is great excitement here and st I'LL
rard five miles northwest, over the discovery
of several cases Of trichipa. Six weeks ago
Frederick Benk, ST lsborer at tho Girsro
furnace, killed hog, and from the head ana
other rough parts, made what Is called 'wurst''
OF this tha entire family, numbering hVe'
ate heartily in its raw state. A few days alter
wards Mrs. Frederick Benk was taken SICK. and
died on New Years day, the family physician
nronouEcing the disease typhus fever and rheu
matism. Their two children. Eva and Ffeu
erick, jr, aged respectively five and seven yaals
were taken sick shortly before their molhsr ule9'
the SYMPTOMS being the same. Anothcr pnysl
cIsn was called in, and he pronounced the dIs.
ease spotted fever. Wednesday ct last week , x
nr. lauterman, Of This city. graduate OF tle
University Of Austria ut vienna, was cal!eu'
Ho Immediately declared the disease was tflcn'
ipN, other physicians racunns h ;sd Yastar.
dnv DR.. Lauterman insisted on reexAmnlng the
uurk in use by tho family, and with Inc naSeu
eve white bodies were discovered in tho muscles,
while with tho aid of a miscroseope the tnreaa,
like worm wound Up sp1!sy small Ss portion OF
tho muscle was taken from an arm OF Inc oesa
girl by DR.. Lautorman, and from CALCULATIONS
made by him. ono cubic inch Of nm muscle s con- con,
contains 100, 600 trichins sprsls. Inc Doy rIeu
d Tas '' who found him lying bed his back
with his arms and legs wonderfully swollen and
drawn out Of shape by the contraction Ct the
muscles. On touching the muscles his pain De-
came Undesirable. His physician says 6estn
is almost inevitable. Mrs. Benk, sister OF FRED
erck Benk, ST., who lives with him, was taken
sick to-day. DR.. Lauterman says that within
twenty-four hours she will be prostrsted with
ihe ta:rible disease Ernest Benk, of the city,
attended the funeral of Frederick on New
Years day and partook Of the meat IN use IN ite
Benk family and yesterday was pfostrated wild
trichinm Cincinnati Enquirer.
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FOR NORFOLK.

The elegant, new and substantial =. .T~ :
iron steamer LADY OF THE LAX IfssSCssssssEEH
leaves the company's wharf, Washington, EV.
DAY, at three O. clock p. M, and Alexandrs ct
$50 p. M; returning, leaves Norfolk EVERY
TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY,
at 3 o'clock p. m. This limo connects at Nor
folk with the ships of the Merchants and Nj.
ners Transportation Compsny for Boston and
Providence. and affords the cheapest and bes!
route to those cities and their connections
throughout Now England. Fareto Norfolk 81
round trip &c. Tickets good until used.
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gg9!s alsxanotin &azstte

| The GAZETTE will put forth its utmoS ~.
| doavor to continue model newspaper, and Is
SUCCESS during this entire century in catering !"
| the wants and meeting the wishes of tho people
guarantees that with this paper promise mcan.
performance
Washington is now tho point TO which AL cyrS
| look and all ears aro directed. Almost n IT,"
| base OF tho Capital. and yet in Virgins t'w",
| amid community which has proved It's !nIth~
| fulnoss to Virg ina in moro than ono fiery trH
| surrounded by tho traditions snd hopes OF th'
Commonwealth, the Gazette has II posti'"
unique among Ournsls and promises To contIn!'
worthy OF it lis contlgulty TO WashIngI'A
gives it an carly precedence over oil tho jour
mails Of the State in intelligence Of tho operation,
OF tho General Government now Of such VIA
Importance TO the people. The proceeding. a.
Congress will be regularly reported in succinc,
form tor its columns, but all matters OF sp.y''
interest TO Virginia will be gvon in detail. T""
gentlemen connected with the paper are cog
stantly at the Federal capital, and tho W"'h-
ington news Of the Gazette has for u long Tina
boon the fountain Of Washington news Tor lH'
State.
AS the interos.s of tho people mainly centTe :.
homo, no pains will bo spared 10 chronicle -
matters occurring in the city and neighborh"''
carefully excluding unseemly expressions -
gross narrative as unfit for Journal lh"' D,
treasured at many thousand hearthst"h'' -
Virginia.
From Inc SSl2tc Capllal IL VIII Iccci'' va, ~
and accurate accounts of the proceedings Of ne
General Assembly and of all tho operations =
the State government likely TO interest the l'''
ple .,..,.
Especial attention will be devoted to pr"so''.
ing, as we'll from original sources OF informant ''
as from ia exchanges, the news Of VirginI".
Conciaely and completely it will give III" ''N'
Of the world.
In its Commercial columns tho cspecI" d iI',
ture will DO prompLness and accuracy ,%,
farmers drovers and commercial people Of ~,
State know they MAY DEPEND upon u"
Gazette. r.u,
Early aud reliable reports Of the Grain CSt'"'
Grocery and other markets wi be iu'hl:n"h
and the prices and position of the stocks, "" ~.
are the subjects Of business TRANSACTIONS !" '''
section of the country. carefully quoted or,c
The continual favors of thoes who hS ,' on,
used tho Gazette as an advertising moi'lp' -.
warrant for saying that it pays to ad''rl''" !"
coMmns.
RATES OF SU BSCRlPTlON, ~
DAILY-Ono your S6; six months g. '''''
,onths 81 so: ona month 6lJc. .,.
TRl. WEEKLY-Ona year sb; SIX ''o"'"
So so three months 81 Is.
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FOR N EW YORK

Tho NJ Steamships +. 9. KNIGHT
and JOHN GIBSON loave tho con-SASasN2
pany's wharf Alexandria EVERY SATUR-
DAY MORNING, and New York. from pur
Al East River, EVERY SATURDAY At four
o. clock p. nj.
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inland u SEABOARp COASTING GO.
of the
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

This company offers unrivslled facilities for
the transportation of froght and passengers,
and will run their stosmers regularly az follows:
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~ GORGE 4. HILL s. CO.'S.

~ NONUN II. Iluu % W -.
CAREFUL MANUFACTURERS.
OUR NEW GOODS.
ALMOND-Fancy Nut Favored.
COCOANUT-Rich Fine Drop Top Coated.
PRESIDENT-Iced Drop, bright flavor.
PRIN CESS-Iced Sheet, soft oblong.
SEASIDE-For light summer luncheon.
TOURIST-Sweet Hard Biscuit, figured top.
BISM German Biscuit Carsway flavor
SARATOGA-Crimp edge, Mace flavor.
These fancy goods are furnished the trade in
up for retail. They are no. kept in stock. Nc
tin cans used, consequently they are Away!
fresh and in high flavor. We respectfully solicit
an examination of these goods.
GEORGE 4. HILL s. CO.,
my 10 Alexandria, Va.
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WY A. JOHNSON,
Wholesale and Retail
GROCER s. COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AND
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS.
Also Agont for Arlington Brewery and Laf-
land s. Rands Powder Go.
Consignments of Grain, Flour and all kinds
Of Country Produce solicited. Liberal advances
made on consignmonts in store.
oct8 n. 4. cor. Cam. and Royal SIS.
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DNUDTNO % CO.,
Wholesale Dealers and Jobbers in
GROCERIES,. PROVISIONS, FLOUR,
SALT AND FISH.
A full line Of celebrated pure, old Whiskeys.
Brandies, Gin. Rum, &C., Massey s. Co.'s Phils-
d.lphis and Clagetts Baltimore Ales, and Berg
ner & Eugel's Lager Beer, in casks or bottles.
Agents for James s. WEIGH Best Family
Flour, James s. Kirk & Co.'S. Standard Soaps,
Dupont 81 Cos. Sporting and Blasting Gun
powder, and Baltimore and Potomac River
Steamers.
Orders promptly attended to, and consign-
ments solicited. No. ii King street,
oct 26-tf Alexandria, Va
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FANCY GOODS.
J. FERGUSON T. BROTHER

We have opened our stock Of GOODS FOX
THE FALL SEASON, consisting in part Of
Ladies', Cents and Children's Merino Tn
derwear and Hosiery.
Dress Trimmings, in Silk and Worsted
Frnges Galoons, Buttons Sc.
Toilet Articlas.-Hair Tooth and Nail Brushes.
Neck Puff, Side and High Combs. Soaps and
Perfumery.
Ladies' Collars, Cuffs, Ruchings, Rufilings,
Ties, Lace Scarfs, Linen and Silk Handker-
chiefs and Kid Gloves
Worsteds Germantown Wool Shetland
Wool and Floss, Saxony and German Knitting
Yarns, in all colors. and Embroidery Canvsses.
HOOP SKIRTS s. BUSTLES.
All styles on hand and made to order at short
notice.
We have also large stock Of Hair Braids.
Curls, Putls, &c, to which we invite your at
tonton. FERGUSON e. BRO.
oct Is 9G King street.
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r. W. AVERY
Dealer in
CHOICE FAMILY AND FANCY GROCh-
RES, WINE LIQUORS, Sc, &c,
22G King st., cor: Alfred,
sep8 ALEXANDRIA, VA.
NEW STORE Spw aoons,
NEW PRIUEsl
The subscriber respectfully announces that
40 AN NO. III ~ TX KING STREET.
and is prepared to offer full and carefully se-
''''''' FINE FAMILY GROCERIES
at prices which cannot fail to please. Goods
delivered promptly to sll parts of the city. and
satisfaction guaranteed in every particular. An
'''1 my 5~tf " ''' F. j. DAVIDSON.
GEORGE McBURNEY s. SON,
CHOICE FAMILY Ye aSp II FANCY axooh.
RIES, WINES AND LIQUORS,
ENGLISH and SCOTCH ALE and BROWN
STOUT.
Also, EASTERN and POTOMAC HERKl
and MACKEREL.
NOS. 1G6 AND ITO KING STREET.
Washington Hall Buildilg)
Alexandria, Va.
Orders promptly filed. nh al-u
~ VIM. RAMSAY.
".
WHOLESALE AND FAMILY GROCER
--lND--
TEA DEAI,EK.
g. T.. cor KING AND ST AHAPH SQS.
nov 22-tf Alexandria. Va.
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GROCERIES AND LIQUORS.

BREASTS and
JOWLS,
of my own curing put up with the care, which
l am selling at the following low prices: Hams
at l21c; Bre ast or Breakfast Pieces at l0c, and
Shoulders and Sides at &c. All who want a
prime article of Bacon at low figures should
csl on SAM'L. }. REED,
jan Is No. "a south Fairfax st.
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IRON FRAME CENTENNIAL BRACKET
1SAWS, with boring attachment at So. 80 cash;
AND THE KNOX FLUTING MACHINES,
on stands six inch rollers, at So, for sale at So
King street to close ont.
ian 16 JNO. It. CREIGHTON s. SON.
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RATES OF 81 BSERlPTlON, .
DAILY-Onoy your SO six months %
months 81 SO; ona month 6Oc .,,i,t
TRl. WEEkLY-Ono year s5; SIX '"''''"'
So so; three months 81 Is.
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TABLE and COOKING BUTTER, EGGS
i CHEESE, DRIED BEEF, &C., at
dec IS JIG. & K. HILBURRS.
The union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1878-1878, 1878-10-04
G B N 4 A i @ G Y

As am preparing to Publish the Weth-
erbee. Hale, Doubleday, Griswold,v and
Carpenter Genealogies in book form, all
persons by the above names and relatives
Of the same, are respectfully solicited to
apply for Blanks to fill, which will enable
them to furnish me the desired information
that need and aid in preparing the works
for Publication. Respectfully
Joseph Wetherbee Carpenter,
Box SCI. st. George, Utah.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-06-13
KENNEDY g. CO., PiTTSBURG, Pa,
Sole Agents for the United States, the CansdsA
and Great Britain,
FORREST a. EKY.
R at LAW
Eexico, Missouri.
TRUSTEES SALE.

WHEREAS, on the 10th day of
w April, A. D., 1877, Eli :. Dim
elk and Mary NJ. Dimick his wife
did by their trust deed of that date
sell aud convey to Abram BuSkirk
trustee, and his Successors in trust
the following described property. to-
wit
Seventy acres being the west part
of south east quarter OF section j1ul
and seventy acres being the wcsi
part of the north east quarter of sec
tiuo fifteen Is. also ten acres off of
the east sideof the northwest quar-
ter of south west one-forth of see
ton 1851 all the above described
lands being in township T51.1 range
ri. west Of the fifth post meridian in
Audrain comfy Missouri, 10 secure
the payment of one certain pronisso.
nv note for $500, and due in one wear
from the date thereof, bearing ten
per cent interest per annuIn. And
whereas, il is provided in said trust
deed, thai in case of default in the
payment of said note at the time and
the manner specified, the said
trustee, should, upon the application
of the legal holder of said note after
having advertised the am for thirty
day S, in Il public newspaper in SAID
Audrain county, sell said premises
and NIL right and equity of redemp-
ton and homestead of said Eli :.
Dimick and Mary M. Dimick their
heirs and assigns, at the court house
door in A.udrain county, to the high
est bidder, for cash, and execute and
deliver TO the purchasers, u deed or
deeds of conveyance in fee to the
premises so sold, and apply the pro-
ceeds thereof as in said trust is pro-
vided. all of which will more fully
appear by reference to record of said
trust deed, in book M" page 23O
of Audrain county records. And
whereas, default has been made IN
the payment of the note and interest,
and the legal holder of said note has
applied to the undersigned to sell
said premises !; Now, therefore, pub
lie notice is hereby given, that | will,
by virtu. of the power i'm me vested
by said trust deed, sell said premis-
es hereinbefore described, OF so much
thereof as may be necessary TO paw |
said note and interest and the expen
ses of said trust, ON the
14th day of June, A. D., 1873,
at the door of the court house IN
Audrain county, between the hours
of ten and four of that day, to the
bidder for cash, and convey
to the purchaser or purchasers, by
deed in fee simple, all the right, title
and interest of said Eli S Dimick
and Mary NJ. Dimick and their heirs
and assigns, in and to the premisesso |
ADRIAN BUsKIRK,
III. w. GRANTLEY, Trustee.
No1-T. ID. s. Attorney. !
John p. Clark & Son agents, Next
co, Missouri. !
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-06-13

PIANOS $50 ssso'' f PsPIo F'e organ.
price 1915 only $i05. Paper free. u. r.
Beatty, Washington, Nj.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-06-13

through the ring of the key. The
commonest ~burglarious instrument is
the Jimmy" and its uses are mani
fold. 1t is a bar of steel, n end of
which is curved at a right angle.
Sometimes one end is sharpened to a
point, and somtimes both, or n is
fiattened out and sharpened like q
crow-bar. They are of various ZENITH,
and weights, and a well-to-do burg
lar generally has several. They sub
serve all the uses of a crow-Aar and
drill. With them it is no trick at all
to force open a wooden door, break
ing the lock or twisting it out of place
by main force. 1t is, also, q very
successful tool in prying open the
iron door of building or a safe, be-
ing used in the latter "a when a
partial entrance has been made.
A simple bolt is the best protection
for a door, it being, in police parlance
/" the only thing that'll beat a thief"
Their only means Of opening the door
is to bore through and saw around it
AN operation involving much time
and trouble. Coming to the higher
arts of safe breaking, the tools are
skillful of design, ingenious and of the
best material. The combination lock
has proved a severe blow to thievery.
There is one man at San Quentin
Ensign the locksmith-who left an
honorable calling to use his skill as a
thief, and probably can unlock any
| combination in the city.
Root, the burglar previously men,
toned, is also an expert locksmith,
as is shown by a new style of combi-
nation lock which he has invented
and modelled in both wood and metal
since he went there. He intends to
patent it. " L'+"
To cut into safes the finest steel
tempered drills are used, a brace be-
ing used to operate the small ones and
a hammer to drive the larger. Fine
iy tempered saws are also used, and
to cut through the top or back of a
small safe requires neither much time
nor trouble, provided the opportuni-
tyi be favorable, and the policeman
on the beat be slipping his midnight
cocktail in the nearest grocery, OF
with eye w ~watchfnl, playing cards
for the beer with the keeper of the
shop. IT. 49,.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-06-13

ASTONISHING STCCEss,-It is the
duty of every person who has used
Boschee's German Syrup to let its
wonderful qualities be known to their
friends in curing consumption severe
coughs, Group, asthma, pneumonia,
and in fact all throar aud lung dis
cases. Ne person can use il without
immediate relief. Three doses will
relieve any ease, and we consider it
the duty of all druggists 10 recon-
mend it to the poor diving consuup-
tive, ut least to try one bottle, as 49,
600 dozen bottles were sold last wear,
and no one case where ii failed was
Such a medicine ms the
German Syrup cannot be too widely
k nown. SIX your druggist about it,
Sample bottle to try sold at 10 cents.
Regular size rs cents. For eale by
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-06-13
HoMELY NAMES.
By W. PHILIP NJ 'coRKLE.

81 t9Faa E~ 49, ill., g. t
Pride can't endure a homely name
In fable, song or story,
The hero It would crown with fame,
In classic name must glory.
Romani there's no such word In
prose, = "''5'.t i~'hs
But ladies all, Pride teaches;
There are no boys save in long
,Tclothes,t tr
= And gsntlemen-all in brooches.
There are no fathers-pa's the rage,
y Nor mothers r more plenty;
Reflects are frequent under age
= And ma'am'selles three times TWEEN
ty. rs,
Nor are there preachers now-but
age gnf iit .ui .
Makes d.. D's-youths are pastors;
The pnlpit, like q triekster's stage,
Is wheeled about on castors.
8 The lawyers gone-not SO his bill,
. But co~unsellors are swarming;
M. DIS are surgeons while they kill,
Mere doctors when they're starv-
J ~ ing. a..
No meeting-heuses in our day,
No clerks now read the psalter,
Nine Christians out o ften meier pray,
The tenth deserves q halter.
Then, why discard those homely
- names-IE u la fns,a !aGg
Those homeIy names once common,
Which grandsires used in golden
uflmes,, ~ sHI; = .ef.t ..
When virtue rank'd DER Mammoth
For surely words can't be more meet,
Than woman, father, brother-
OH sure there's none that's half SO
., sweet, A .
A. mOther-desr, dear mother.