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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-25
AUCTION SALES.

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF VALU IL
" BILE VILLAGE PROPERTY AND
OTHER REAL ESTATE-Pursuant to tic
decroo of the Circuit Court CT Fairfax county,
rendered at juno term, 1876, in tho suit Of Stoph-
onsOa vs.. Stephenson, the undersigned, as spo'
cisl commissioner named in said decree, will,
ON MONDAY, the 2lst day of January, 1873.
| Court day, at o'clock p., IN in front OF the
highest bidder the real estate of which the late
Abner Stephenson died seized, lying ard being
| in said county. This property embraces that
VALUABLE FARM Whereon Mrs. Stephen.
son at preseot resides, situated on tho county
| road lesding to the Little Falls bridge and
and contains 63 acres and 10 poles, This prop.
erty is improved by comfortable FRAME
DWELLING, with the usual out.buildings.
its size and proximity to market rendering it
very desirable.
Also that we'll known property, situated in
southeast corner of Main and Paine streets, con-
sisting of the DWELLING lately occupied by
Mrs. q. G. Powell STOREHOUSE occupied
by Job Hawxhlrst, bar room by Dallas Powell,
and the several rooms over the store named, oc-
stand this is regarded as the best in the village.
Terms Of Sale-One tenth Of the purchase
money will be required in hand as a deposit,
liable to be forfeited should the purchaser fail
to comply with the terms of sale, and the resi-
duo in three equal annual payments, to bear in
terest from tho day of ssle and to be secured by
the notes of the purchaser, with good personal
security, and retention of title until the last pay.
ment is made. THOMA AS MOORE,
dec 20-w1w Commissioner Of Sale.
@- The above sale is postponed until
the 18Th DAY OF FEBRUARY. 1878. (Court
day. when it will take place at tho same hour
and place. THOS. MOORE, Comm'r.
Fairfax county, jan 23-w4w
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF REAL
~ ESTATE AT DRANESVILLE-By vir
tue of decroa of the Circuit Court of Fairfax
county, rendered at the November term, 1877,
in the suit Of Creighton vs.. John B: Fairs heirs;
in said decree, will, on MONDAY, the 2lst day
Of January, 1873 in front Of the Court House
door Of said county, at noon Of sad day, sell to
the highest bidder by public sale all the REAL
ESTATE of which John 3. Farr died seized,
except tho widows dover. This land will bo
sold in small lots, of which a, plat and survey
land is without buildings, it is of good quality,
and its location near tho village rondors it des-
irable.
Terms Of sale-So much cash in hand ITO be
apportioned ratesbly to the several lots) as will
pay tho cost Of suit and expenses of sale, and
the residue in three equal annual payments, to
bear interest from the day of sale, and TO be
secured by the bonds of the purchaser; with good
personal security, and retention of title until the
last payment is made. Conveyancing at the
cost of tho purchasers This land will DO sold at
private sale if not sold on the day named
THOMAS MOORE,
doc 2l-w4W Commissioner OF sale.
&A>The above sale is postponed unit! the 18th
DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1873. (Court day.
when when it will tske Place a. she ss%e hour and
Foirf,v county ion 09-wdu,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-25
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
\ ROCERY AND COMMISSION HOUSE

G =
Tho Grocery and Commission business for
merly conducted by Kelly & Garter. at No.
Cameron street. will be continued by the new
firm, of KELLY & CARR.
FIRST GLASS GROCERIES sold IN quan
titles to suit purchasers.
Consenments of GRAIN and COUNTRY
PRODUCE disposed of to the best advantage
j. FRANK KELLY.
j. w. CARR.
All persons indebted to the old firm will please
settle Immediately.
nov l4-tf j. FRANK KELLY.
Alexandria, Sept %, 1877.
i WOULD INFORM MY FRIENDS AND
The public generally that have this day made
a business connection with the we'll known 4 rm
Of HARLOW BROS, Grocers, Liquor, Feed
and General Commission Merchants, N. W.
corner Cameron and Royal streets, and would
solicit share of their patronage
sep 29-tf r. 1t. SW AlNE.
+. q. SWAINE.
WITH
IJARLOW BROS,
IL GROCERS. LIQUOR, FEED.
AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
N. w. COR. CAMERON AND ROYAL STS.
Liberal advances mado on all consignments
!, store sep 29-tf
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-10-19

HAD HIM FIXED UP.-An incident OF
life on the Comstock is narrated by the
Virginia Chronicle: A woman went in
to barber's shop on @ street, some
weeks ago, and wanted to know how
much it would cost to dye mans hair
and mustache. The price was named,
and she then asked tho barber to get his
dye and follow her. "Why can't the
man come here?" asked the barber.
Hes dead, "repied the woman, "and
the last thing he said when he was pass
ing away was, "Sally, Gx me up pretty
for the funeral" His hair curled beauti
fully, but was little gray. 1t won't
look well to see a woman crying round a
coffin with an old gray bearded lnau in it.
So | want him fixed up n little. He was
always beauty when he had his hair
dyed. | know q want m inc fixed that
way if was gray and dead" The bar
Der dyed the mans hair in the highest
style of the art, and the widow remarked, g,
when all WAS over, that "he was the love
iest corpse ever buried on the Comstock." !"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-10-19

THE CIRCUS. - The editor Of the
Marshall (IowaI Statesman says that,
after studying the question all Winter,
he comes to tho conclusion every spring
that the circus is immoral; but then the
billposter comes along with the big pic
lures and his mind changes as follows:
As we gaze Mt the lions, tiger, and
think that nature made all of them, we
are not so sure. And when we look at
the beautiful young lady, with nothing
on buta blue ribbon round her waist,
with one leg pointed to six o'clock and
the other to high noon, and think that ma
ture made her, too, just as she was, ex
cept the ribbon, we begin to lean up to
the circus. But when the brass band be
gins TO play and the elephants go round,
we rush for front seat to get ahead OF
the ministers, who always wear stovspipe
hats and won sit down in front.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-10-19

How IT WORKS. Some one gives the
following able of the order in which
men give up their luxuries under the
pressure Of hard times.
Books go frst-the book trade fiat
tens under panic; illustrated papers
next, and then daily papers. Ifthe pres
sure continues, the trade in pianos and
furniture falls OF, but the laboring classes
begin to contract on the furniture from
the start. Next il begins to cut off fine
clothes and jeweIry, and then it's getting
pretty tight. Put on another screw. and
tea ard coffee suffer; then all fine grocer
ies and the incest Kind of produce. Ii
the screw still tightens, when the worst
comes to worst, and there is no help from
God or man, the whisky and tocacco be
gin to be cut off. But the dogs about
dead when it comes to that"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-10-19
Weaverville, October 10, 1878.

A WISE Town. 1t is said that in the
town of Somerset, Connecticut, the town
authorities assumed the expense of all
burials, without regard to the circnm-
stances of the deceased. Sexton, hearse
and grave are furnished forS4 This is a
wise arrangement, and one worthy of
emulation. Fashionable funerals are
getting to be entirely too expensive.
Hundreds of dellars are often expended
on show in burials, when tire fami
ly must do without some of the neces-
saries of life on sccoGn; of the expendi.
ture. Such foolishness can do the dead
no possible good. But no one likes to be
less snowy than his nsighbor, lest
Mrs Grundy should say that he buried
his wife or his child, or whatever the re-
lationship may be, like dog, and thus
agree that he cared nothing for the de-
ceased. II it were fashionable for the
town authorities to take charge of all
such matters, and bury all alike, there
would be a great saving. But it costs
here S25 to bury pauper.- COtuSa Sun.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-10-19

A LANDLORDS S LIABILITY An Eng
lish gentlemen, occupying room ut II
hotel, went to bed without locking the
door, although he had left on his dressing
table costly watch, diamond ring and
other jewelry, which, during the night
thieves broke in aud stole; whereupon,
he brought suit against the landlord. The
defense was, first, plea Of contributory
negligence-the plaintiff ought to have
.ocked the door; and second, limitation
OF liability-a notice pasted in vestibule,
restricting the landlords liability to $3.50.
The Lord Chief Baron overruled both
pleas and ordered verdict tor the whole
amount of the articles stolen. lie de-
cided that it would be mischievous to
hold that n guest of a hotel is under any
obligation to lock the door OF his room.
The omission of single word in the
printed notice vitiated the second plea.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-10-19

Mr.. HARRISON cnly engaged in farm
ing last spring, and having no experience
himself, was obliged to hire n man to
superintend the work. The other day he
read in his paper that "dressed chickens"
brought the highest price in the city
markets, and he showed the paragraph
to his W ife, with the remark that "blam
ed if he was going to the expense of buy
ing dresses for his chickens, if no never
sold them" Mrs. Habeson was city
bred girl, and knew no more about farm
ing than the late Horace Greedy, but she
suggested that perhaps she had some old
dresses which she could cut up and con
vert into pslonaises and overskirts for
their chickens, if there was any advan
tage in having them "dressed" before
sending them to market.-NOrTiStOW
Herald.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-10-19

A BosTON man has vest that Fanny
Fern made With her own hands. Aud
we will bet hundred dollars that it
never did anG never will fit any man in
this wide word; tina. they can I tell by its
shape, whether it was originally msde
for fat woman or lean man; for n an
with a sway back, or man with hump
on his back like camel. Woman, heav
en- bless her, is this light Of our homes,
but when she tries to make mans vest,
the angels weep. And when she makes
a pair ofpantaloons for him, the immor-
tai gods Just hold their sides and run
away out into the woods and roll on the
grass and howl.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-10-19
STANDING TREAT.

No American custom causes more gem
uine surprise and amusement among
travelling foreigners than that which is
known in our saloons as "treating'-con-
s:sting in the entertainment of two or
more with refreshments, for which one
volunteers to pay. 1t is pure American
ism all over the Republic it is as COM
mon as in Europe it is unknown. There
is probably no minute of the day in the
year when two or three hundred citizens of
Chicago are not guzzling something
stronger than water vt somebody's else's
expense.
The casual meeting of two men who
have never exchanged n word together is
a signal for both insta antly to exclaim,
"Come, let's have something !" and for
both to dive down into the nearest sub
terranean cavity below the sidewalk. The
one who spoke first usually insists upon
"paving the shot the word "shot" be-
ing a melaphorical reference to the dead
ly character of The contents usually taken
INTO the stomach. If the two old friends
meet, the regular thing to say first is
Lets drink to old Times" and the resi-
dent must invariably "treat" the strang-
er. II man be well acquainted, it is
considered the princely thing to seize
upon all his acquaintance as often as pos
sible take them to n saloon, and give
them complicated stand up drink at
the bar.
If there is anything more absurd than
this habit, we are unable to put our finger
on it. Men do not always treat" one
another to car tickets because they hap
pen to meet on the same car. We never
saw man take out his pocket book on en-
countering an acquaintance, and say,
"Ah, George Delighted to see you Do
take few postage stamps It's my
treat !" DO men have mania for paying
each others board bill? And is drinking
together more social" than eating to-
gether or sleeping together.
A traveller may go all over the CONT
nent of Europe, of Asia and of Africa
without seeing any man except Il Yankee
offer to "treat," and the Frelchmen are
quite social enough but when they turn
into cafe to sip their wine or branded
coffee together, each man pays for his
own. Whom two Germans long separat-
ed meet, they will be ve'y likely to cm-
brace, and then turn into an adjacent
beer cellar, sit down and drink lager and
eat pretzels and chat, but when they part
again, each man settles his own score
INDEPENDENTLY. So in Italy. The Ital-
ians are proverbally merry and generous
but each man pays for his own wine,
maccaroni and cigars. They never go
into each others pocket book in the sa
cred name of friendship. They would as
soon think of transferring to each other
their washwomah's bills.
The preposterous fashion of treating is
responsible for the terrible drunkenness
in America. There would be as little
need of Temperance societies and little
work for the Good TempIars as there Is
IN Germany, France and Italy, it this
pernicious and insidous habit was abol-
isbed. 1t is, take it all in all, the most
ridiculous, the most unreasonable, and
most pestilential custom Il at ever laid its
tyranicsl hand on civilized human beings.
Chicago lost.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-10-19

IkIsH BULLs.-Mr. D., an Irish gen
tleman, we'll known IN New York, was
lately invited to dinner by q wealthy
Scotch resident, at whose generous table
he met some OF his hosts courtrymen.
The conversation turned on IRISH Bulls,
Of which one and another of the company
reported several, until the table was in a
roar. The Irish guest kept quiet until
his patience was exhausted, but at length
blurted out-"Say Mr.. @. an do you
know what / think?" "Why, indeed,
whatdo you think Mr.. D?' "Shure, sir,
an DO you know that l think, indade,
that not more than one-half of these lies
that they tell about the Irish are true"
This unntehded contribution to the sub
ject brought down the house.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-10-19

AN English officer sent on a special
mission by the War Office included in
his accounts an iteR OF one shilling for
"porter." The War Office sent him n
form idable letter by return Of post to in.
form him that the Government did not
pay for his beer. He explained that the
shilling was for the man who carried his
luggage, and then received another note
advising him that he should have chSrg-
ed for ''porterage." When he next made
up his accounts, tho official reports
charged one shilling and sixpsnce for
"cabboge," considering that that was the
proper way TO set down charge for cab
hire, but he promptly received another
wigging for making unauthorized in
vestments in vegetables.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-10-19
A nran handed outrage wa. that per-

A HIGH handed outrage was that per-
petrated on the Workingmen's delega
ton from SaG Francisco to the Constitu
tional Convention, the other day, by the
barkeep of the Vallejo boat. They de-
clare that ais wretch charged them two
bits drink for their whisky, whils they
had good reason to believe that such
"boated capitalists" as John p. Jones
we're permitted to "i.bate" for tho rea-
sonable charge of twelve and ore half
cents. Ifthis IS true there is a more
pressing need for a new Constitution
than we have heretofore imagined.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-10-19
JOHN NC CULLOUGHs PLUCK

Perhaps. :. said Mr.. Michael Moran at
at late meeting of the Gas Managers
Association in st. Louis-Moran being
Superintendent of the Gas Works ut Jo-
liet, perhaps you would not
believe it, but John Mccullough and |
were boys together in the Philadelphia
Gas Works. / shall never forget him.
was charger and he barrow man in
the retort building. He had the very
lowest place in the whole works. His
business was to wheel up coal to the fur
mace, dump the cinders and carry away
trash. He was student hom the begin
ming. Many night have seen him
walking along in front of tho retorls, with
copy OF Shakespeare in one hand and u
crust of bread in the other. He was a
great admiror of Hamlet, and read that
more than any other. l would say to
him, John qmt your foolishnoss.' 'Ah,
Mickey ha would answer, IN make
money out of this yet There were two
men in the works named Ned Downey
and Dan Dugan, and of nights they would
sometimes go to sleep. John would come
along reading his Hamlet or 'Othello,
and all ut once he would yell out some
important part, slap his foot upon She
floor, and make such noise that would
wake up tho sleepy fellows, and they
would growl out, 'Ye gulp, Mccullough,
will ye never learn sense?' He gave
them so much annoyance that they final
ly went to the superintendent and com
planned about the couduct of the crazy
spalpeen.'
The Superintendent, however, told them
to go buck to their work, that the boy
was just wanted to keep them awake, so
that they would otterd to their business,
Every now and then, when somebody
would scold him for his loud talking and
reading, he would repeat to me, Mickey
I'll make money out Of this YETI AND
sure enough, be has; but never dreamed
of it then. One day no came to mo and
| said, Mickey, we must quit tho prague
We are living in America now, and must
be Americans, and I'm going to get rid
of the brogue.' lie quit it, but have "A
little of it yet, as you observe. John
worked with me four years, and then left
a place whore he was getting IS 80 a week
to take supe's place in IA theater at So
week. lie was bent on satisfying bis
ambition, and nothing could hold him
back. He is now one of the greatest ira
gedians in America, and has thoroughly
quit the broge, but he is full blooded
lrishman for all that. | sec. him occa-
sionaliy. Some time ago | met him in
Chicago lIe was hae, magnificent
looking man, and the people were crazy
after him. We were standing in the ho-
tel. says, John, let's get away; Pm
too rough II looking man to be talking to
you here 'Ah,' says he, Mickey, you
are the same to me that you used to be,
and I'd as soon hold your hand a. that
of prince Aud that is true. He is that
I klllu VI ~ ulhlis UiiN lbNb ulii lht ulpiV
for it do not envy him his honor and
his fame. lie took one road in life and |
took another. am very we'll satisfied
with what | have done, and il you ever
come to Joliet, | II show you what have
done and what kind of "A man | am, Now
let's drink the health of Americas staI
tragedian, John Mccullough may his
shadow never grow less" The bumper
was a hearty one.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-10-19

A WASTE or FIeURING.-The Rev. j.
w. Bancroft has been ciphering on the
problem. "If the bodies Of all the dead
are raised IN the resurrection, will not
the amountof water thus Withdrawn from
the earth be enough to exhaust all the wa
ter on the globe7" lie writes to The
Churchman that, having calculated how
much water was comprised in the bodies
ofall who have lived during ak thousand
year, he is convicted that the amount
would be only little more than one
cubic mile.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-10-19

How 1T HAPPENED.-"Ohl my hus-
ban is quite paragon of perfection"
said Mrs. A. to Mrs. b. "Ah, indeed
Don't he drink any more?" asked Mrs
B. "No," said Mrs A. about two
months ago he came home intoxicated,
and / told him fever he did so again I'D
90 home to ma, and he don't drink now."
THAT accounts for it," said Mrs. B.
"The other nigh: my husband met him
in the street hanging to lamp post aud
asked him why be didn't go home, and
he said he would as soon as he got sober /"
When Ms. A. and Mrs. b. pass each
other in the street now, the coldness is AS
thick as y quart Of ice cream
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-10-19

IF It takes one hog TO make a ham,
how many hogs will it take to make a
hammer?- Er. He! hel be ! Here's
another one: fir takes one egg to make
a nsgg, how many eggs will it take to
make an augur.-&. Louis Dispatch.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-10-19

A GERMAN who got excited over an
account Of an elopement of II married we
man. exclaimed: IL my wife runs away
nit anoder mans vile; will shake him
out Of her preecaes, if he be mine todder'
Mein GOtt -
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-10-19
Weeklg Trinitv JuuyrM.

reE- The "JOUR.N:fL" has no .ggenfs
the Pmb!isIsr prsfsrrfng' TO do business
Wfth .sdUerffsers direct. .fdpsrfisfns'
Rates furnished on application.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-10-19

OFFICE and Residence-C Court Street,
above Union Hotel. Wcavervlle AMI.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-10-19

OFFICE, At nis Tesidence. corner
Court and Center Str yAts, Wcavervile. l.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-10-19
ZIMMERMAN BROS.
CABINET MAX ERS,
UNDERTAKERS,
AND DEALERS IN
FL z NIT u r E,
Main Street, Weaverville.

We keep constantly on hand a complete
assortment of Dining Room, Bedroom
and Kitchen Furniture, of the beSt man
ufacture, and will also make any article
desired in this line to order. Furniture
repaired at reasonable prices.
COFFINS made to order, in any style
and finish desired. Mattresses, Picture
Frames, Etc, Etc, manufactured 10
order at living rates. Give US call.
MERMAN BROS.
Weavev7ille, April 22d, 1875. tt.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-04
Wilcox Notes.
Wilcox. March 25th 1877

Wilcox, March 25th 1873.
The Wilcox Oil Tank Co., shipped
to Smethport one day last week tank
gauged ten barrels to the inch for use
at the Haskell well which was consid.
cred altogether too small in view of
the reports daily received of the enor-
nous production of that well. But
further Developments have demon
started the fact that one fourth as
large would have answered the pur-
pose. Then it is better to be prepared
and have plenty of ftankage than to let
the expected gusher run to waste.
The tools are still fast in Ernhout
& Taylor's well No. 1. They are get
ting some new fishing tools and think
they will be able to clear the hole this
week. Their No. 2 is down about six
hundred feet. The rest of the wells
are working along all right.
Capt Ernhont came home Satur-
day, with his new wife, and set up the
beer for the boys who had good time
and all hands are happy. The Cap
tain has his working harness on this
morning and is pushing things with
his usual vim, and that he may get
fifty barrel well is the wish of all.
PETE.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-04
Little Toby Letter.
Toby, April 1st, 1878.

Toby, April LIST, 1878.
Mr.. EDIToR-The congregations of
"Little Toby Charge" were treated to
one of the most interesting entertain
ments in the Sunday School line on
March 31st. The event being the re-
view of the first quarters lessons for
1878. The Pastor, Rev. III. NJ. Burns,
has demonstrated beyond a doubt that
he is by no means a novice at the
business. He presented us an acrosti.
cal review of the quarter on a canvass,
lO2 feet in length, SURPRISING anything
that has ever been offered in the S. S.
line in this valley. The review
throughout showed depth of thought
and skill. Not only in the Sabbath
School has he proved his ability but as
a, pteacher he is man of strength.
Under his PASTORAL labors during the
winter there has been up to this time
ll6 added to the church, and l60 have
professed to find Christ. The Rev.
Burns is popular with all and this is
as it should be, for he is strong
church worker, an able speaker and
man of eminent social qualities.
TOBY.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-04
Centreyille Letter.
Centreville, April 1st

Centreville, April lst, 1878.
Mr.. EDITOR-Dear Sir Fifty of
the miners resumed work to day at As
cents per ton, but the company have
made reduction in the price of oil
powder, and house rent. About thirty
miners have been discharged for
merely upholding their rights.
The S. p. II. A. Society met at their
rooms yesterday, and elected a COM
mittee of three to attend the sick.
Martin Gallagher was elected Record
ing Secretary to fill the place of Ed.
Brinon whose name has been erased
from the books. Some members have
had to leave on account of the strike.
They were not defenders of temper
ance alone but took part in defending
the rights of working men.
In my last letter the names of the
Vice President and Sergeant-at-A
were given wrong. They are, Vice
President, Thomas Walsh; Sergeant
alarms, Fat Walsh, Jr.
THE IRISH BOY.