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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-06
LEGAL NOTICES.

VIRGINIk, to wit I'm the Clerks Office o.
' tho Circuit Court Of Fairfax county, March
%, 1878.
Besll s. Shoemaker and Stephen Casey sssr:,
The Fairfax and Georgetown Turnpike Co
and Others defendants. In chancery
Mem: Tho ject of this suit in the orieiDs
and amended bills filed is to collect two iuGa.
rents recovered by the complainants, BeslI =
Shoemaker, against the defendant, The Falrf,Y
and Georgetown Turnpike Co. in the Circujt
Court of Fairfax county, the oae recorded On
the 9th day of November, 1875, for the sum Of
$3.50, with interest thereon from the 18th dsy Of
Septem Der, 1869, snd So "a costs, and the othe-
for the sum of S828l0, with interest thereon
from the 18th of September, 1869. and Sl3.,:
costs; also ajudgment recovered by the com,
plsinant, Stephen Casey, sgsin>t the said de-
feEdant, The Fairfax and Georgetown TurnojEa
the lst of January, 1873, rendered in the Circui:
Court of Fairfax county at November term,
1877 and S2059 costs of suit, and TO hold the
other defendants and all other stockholders OF
the said company when discovered personally
liable so far as may be necessary to the amour.
of their unpaid subscriptions to the stock OF :sl
company. and subject to the payment Of the
William 7. Dulin to Wm. 81. Keener, trustee
| for Caroline s. Dulin, wife OF Ale1ande, +.
Dulin. by deed Of the 18Th of May, 1870, and -
| corded in Fairfax County Court, in liber L, No.
| 4, tolos 3OO and 3Ol, to the payment OF the uL-
paid subscription upon the stock of said CON-
! pany by the said William \. Dulin, amounting
| to $500 and upwards
| 1t appearing by affidavit fled that j. S. Har:
| GEORGETOWN and Alexandria Aqueduct Coup :,
! - Criet J. S. franklin, David Eads, Chsr. es
Wilson, jr, Heer & Welsh, Norrss & G!sdmsn
A. Rolliston, j. w. Taylor. Thomas JcSeN,
George Msgruder, j. Il. Knott b. a. J. C:aI
T. w. Weddecomb, j. S. Franklin. Jsmes +.
Gross, William II. Tenny, Il. p. Gilbert s Co.,
w. G. Busy, +. Pickerile e Co., John T.
Smoot, w. w. Corcorsn, 81. u Cook Riley H.
Shinn, S. Thomas Brown, Henry Rohr All
Wolf Nordlinger. defendants to this suit, .-o
appear within month after aue publication here.
Of and do what is necessary to protec: the:
interests. A copy-teste:
F. D. RICHARDSON, Clcrk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-06
FAIRFAX CIRCUIT COURT,

TN FAIRFAX CIRCUIT COURT, 800.
i November term, -,
VIM. M. Fairfax's admir-. VS.. Ann NJ. aH'2'
and 4. r. Brosdwster, admir-. OF Jo"' -
Fairfax, deceased, &c. In chsncery. t..
Upon consideration whereof, the Couf; 49,. -.
adjudge, order and decree that this cause " :.
fsrred to D. n. Chichester, one Of the Comm
aioners of this Court to take an accoun: 0; W. ~
transactions Of B. r. Fairfax, admir-. q w." w..
M. Fairfax, and that he take proof OF g.. - -:
sistiDg Gains against said inteststes est':' D.
to whom and how due. But before !s+!Es =,
same shall give notice of the time and p.,,t
taking the same in the Aloxsndris Gaz':Hs 49, -,
at least four consecutive weeks. such p'1".
ton to be equivalent to personal service o.. |.re
parties interested, and that he report '''
to the next term Of this Court"
A true extract from decree. Teste;
+. w. RICHARDSON, ., r.n..
Deputy Clerk of said CS-'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-06
Smith end Thomas s. Wells, .. q. sp2-wi'

VIIRGINIA-At Rules held in the Clerk (:
Y office Of the Corporation Court Of the city
Of Alexandria, on the 9th day Of Hsrch, lS1'.
James Dudley and Elizabeth Dudley, his wife
plaintiffs, ve. Benjamin Mccoy and ElizsEe:2
Mccoy, his wife Isaiah Holly and L. Eliza,
beth Holly, his wife; Anna Bustsr, William
Dudley, Julia Huett, Margaret A. Hue.. SD
Ada n Cook. defendants. in chsnce:y.
Memo The object Of this sui: is 20 on.sin r
decree for the sale and distribution OF proceeds
o. partition of certain lot OF ground and ,eHe.
ment thereon, silus.ed on Royal street. A,eY
sndria, Va, amongst the psElles to TINS SUI,
owners thereof.
The defendants, BeBjsmin Mccoy aHd Ella
beth Mccoy, his wife; Isaiah Holly and l. =
Z .beth Holly, his wife; Anna Ba.tsr, Va! ian
Dudley, julia Hue.t Margaret A. Huett and Al.
NJ Cook, no: having entered their appear.tt'
and given security according TO the act o! ~
sembly and the rules Of this Court, and !: A.
pesring by atidavitthat they ere no,resite2:s OF
this State, it is ordered that the said defendants
appear here within one month after duepGh.ics-
ton of this order, and do what is necessary -
protect their interests in this suit; AID .hs! cay
Of this order be forthwith inserted IN t2c A."N-
andrs Gazette, q newspaper pubisEet III ;.e
city of Alexandria, once week for tour sax
cessive weeks, and posted at the front Goo- 81
the Court House oflhis city. a copy, tc-;'
NORTON MARYE, C!erS.
G. F. Markell, p. q. mn ie-~'~
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NOTICE-Having purchased the stock and
~ good will of the DRUG STORE formerly
occupied by Mr.. G. B. Grigg. at the north west
corner of King and Royal streets, we have tho.
roughly reftted and renovated the same, and
supplied it with FIRST GLASS STOCK Of
everything pertaining to tho DRUG BUSI.
NESS, and propose to carry it on as a branch Of
our establishment al No. 145 King street. The
branch store will be under the charge of MI c.
j. W. SUMMERS, whom We have associated
with US in business, and who will be prepared to
compound Physicians Prescriptions, OF dis
pense medicines at any hour of the day or night.
Night bell at the King street door.
oct eff JANNEY & co.
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FOR NEW YORK

The Al Steamships K. g. KNIGHT sass
and JOHN GIBSON leave the COM Sss.assk
pany's wharf Alexandria EVERY SATUR
DAY MORNING, and New York, from pie
Al East River, EVERY SATURDAY at fou
o'clock p. m.
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VIRGINIA-At Rules held in the CLERK:
v office Of the Corporation Court Of &c" cry
Alexandria, on the 9th day Of March, i.
John Credit, in his own right, and ns sdMl.l'.
traitor Of Nancy Dudley, deceased, pi.l!.:@
vs. Mary Ann Cole, Anna Bustsr, Bel 49,
Mccoy and Eliza Mccoy, ms wife; lsa'&
Holly and Eliza3e:h Holly, hi: wife; Jn%e:
Dudley ard Elizabeth Dudley, his wife; ".
liam B. Dudley, Julia Huctt, Msrga7c: !.
Huett and Ada NJ. Cook, defendants il
chsncery.
Memo The object OF this suit is to obt.ja :
decree for the sale OF ground rent OF =, pr'
annum, Of which Nancy Dudley died sc 10
The defendant: William Is Dudley, b.; d"
min Mccoy and Eliza Mccoy. his wife; l;"s-
Holly ana Elizabeth Holly, bis wife. an" J4."
Hue!t Ada NJ. Cook and Margaret A Hue: q :
having entered their appearance and gave. go
curity according to the act OF Assembly,
and the rules of this Court, and II np?'H.'
ing by affidavit that they are not resident, Cd"
thisState, it is ordered that said defendants "Pie
here within one month after due publica;! 'a o."
this order and do what is necessaryto protec ;"r:
interest in this suit; and that Is copy OF TIM ~
der be forthwith inserted in the AleXandria o.
zette, newspaper published in the city @: ~
exandris, once week for four successive w"ca'
and posted at the front door Of the Court H'.'.
Of this city. A copy-test:
MORTON MARYE. Clo-a.
Albert Stuart p q. NH zS -"'~
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-06

WE KEEP large stock Of WINDOW
w GLASS; running from 6X8 to 1885 in;
also PUTTY, POINTS, &c.
- PEAKR & MALLS.
feb26 Corner King and Columbus cts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-06

NOTIOR-Sugars. Coffee, Lard and all other
~ Groceries can always be had at the old
store, 226 King street. IS low as the lowest
NH 3 r. W. AVERY.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-06

NJ II
Y the Circuit Court of Fairfax county, Mise
16, 1878.
John Nero
VS.. In debt.
E. P Rowland, deft.
Memo. The object of this suit is to rcc1Tc; O.
the defendant the sum of S77.76, with leg, -
tereat thereon from the l.t Of Jsnuh7y, -!
and to attach the personal property OF tie 80
defendant; aad also tract of the prope':? u
the said defendant, in the county Of Fsf.'1
containing l29acres, purchased from 7. a. I;o:.
lying near Mount Vernon, and known 81 " pa.
Of the Mount Z5phyr estate, 20 pay said .a''~'
and costs. 80:
1t appearing by affidavit filed that the So
defendant is non resident Of this Stat J: ::
due publication hereof, and do what is ncc"::''!
to protect his intere:t. A copy-:este:
F. D. RICHARDSON, Ci"'k..
MOora n n mn I'-"'-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-06

DICTURE FRAMES made to order a. short
L notice, of Walnut, Gilt and other Fancy
Mouldings, at FERGUSON BROS,
NH 96 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-06

RAPN and CURRANT WINE st ST 50
" per gallon. ,,,,,ny g. ON,
jan - GEO hcbuhSh1 " DUN
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-12-13
Exsrcise tie LunCs.

OQs Of the conditiOnsof perfect health
is physical exercise In its absence the
whole system suffers deterioration, and
falls short Of that development which is
necessary to the vigorous action of the
different organs. Mors than any other,
organ, however, do the lungs suffer; and
tits not difficult to explain why In
order that an organ should be we'll nour-
ished, it is necessary that it should be
sbundantly supplied With blood, and one
of the agencies which plays an Important
part in propelling the blood through
arteries aud veins Is isnuscular reon traction.
The alternate contraction and dilation Of
the muscles forces the blood along the
vessels. When person is exercising Yig-
orously, the respiratory movements be-
come greatly increased, the air vesicles
become dilated; the blood is propelled
through the minute eapillsries. which
constitute large portion of their strue-
ture, and the lung tissue receives the
nourishment which II requires, and
which is necessary to its Integrity and
efficient action. From insufficient bod
lily exercise, the lungs suffer in two ways
for want Of sufficient blood to nourish
them, and for want Of necessary expan-
sion. The result is that the lungs, more
frequently than any other organ become
affected IN those who lead inactive lives
This fact makes il incumbent on ali, and
especially on those WHO have weak
lungs, to spend q portion of each day in
vigorous physical exercise. We mean
by this, exercise which calls into vigor-
GUS action all the muscles of the body
exercise which causes the skin to glow,
the peTsDiration to start. Two hours of
this kind of exercise each day is not too
much, and it should be performed, when
possible, in the open air. a celebrated
French physician says that person, to be
healthy and strong, should exercise to
the point of persPilins every day.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-12-13
SRpE-Dinpinn.

Says the Atlanta Sunny South It is not
generally known to what an extent this
practice of dipping snuff is carried in
some sections of our fair south, nor how
many matrons and young girls of intelli
gence and high social standing are slaves
to habit that gradually undermmes
their health, skaters their nerves and
foo often insidiously opens the door to
the terrible opium habit.
Snuh-dipping is demoraIizing in the
first instance, because in most cases it
fosters concealment and deceit. The
habit is kept secret from parents and
friends.
We know daughters whose snuff bot
ties are concealed in their rooms, where
they use it constantly without the
knowledge Of their parents. We have
seen az boarding schools, girls go into
mysteries when deprived of their snuff,
and.borrow tobacco from the servants,
as substitute, until they could obtain
their usual stimulant of Scotch and Mac
eaboy, and we are well acquainted with
three sisters-beautiful young girls, were
it not for the salloW hue furnishing their
complexions-who are at present under
medical treatment for arrangement of
the nervous system and digestive organs,
arising from the constant use OF snuff
Their physicians have assured them that
it was the cause Of the disease thus
blighting their young lives, and that
medicine must be in vain as long as the
practice was continued and still they
Icling to their snuff bottles as persistently
as the topper to his demijohn. And this
when they know that this vile poison
nourishes the worm disease at the root
of life, silently, slowly, but surely de-
stroying it ere its prime; for aside from
the filthiness of this habit, the constant
drain of the salivary glands, produced
by frequent splitting and the narcotic
poison of the weed itself, throw the deli
'cately balanced system out of order, and
bring train of diseases to render life
insupportably burdensome.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-12-13
Indian Justice.

Piute Indians have a summary and
effective way of dealing with their "EtiI
but fEailn ones Gan Indian" saws the
ReIo Journal, "known as Sam lost his
squaw through the Establishments Of
another =ed man named Jim. It seems
that the fhir Mary fell victim to Jim's
tender words, and at his solicitation left
her husbands bed and board and joined
the fortunes of Jim. Sam was not one
to quietly submit to this treatment, par
ticularly as Mary had taken some Of her
husbands goods when she departed.
The loss of these added much to the
wrath of the victimized Sam, who
raised such a connection smong the
Piute braves about it that they deter
mined to teach the frail Mary, and. by
her example the rest of the female pOr-
ton Of the tribe, lesson. Jim Jried to
screen her from the gathering storm by
hiding her, but they soon found her, and
about fifty of the tribe, including Jim
and several squaws, escorted her to the
hill lust back of Washee Lake where,
safe from Caucasian intrusion, they
made a huge pile of sage brush, and
after tying her firmly in the middle Of
it, set it on fire. Then they commenced
a war dance around the scene Of crema-
ton in which all joined except Jim
Sam. being very fierce IN his leaps and
yells. The screams of Mary added to
to the zeSt of the dance" The sequel,
however, reads very much like the ways
of civilized society. "Jim meantime
sat quietly by, and seemed an indiaer-
ent spectator of what was going on, and
when the fire was out and the ashes
gathered up, he went his way to new
eonquests, and Sam expressed himself
satisfied"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-12-13
1t Rurns. tie Rrf clatehsr..

It is said of the late Kit Burns, of New
York, that, as professional rat catcher,
he was the first in America. It is far.
ther alleged by those who profess une-
Ouivocal knowledge of the matter that
the deceased KiE had amassed muck
money IN the pursuit OF his unique Voca-
ton. He once made $500 out of one sim
gle job IN the rat catching line. One of
the frsI restaurants on Broadway had
been so badly infested by rats that the
quantity of provisions consumed or de-
strOyed might and day was incredibly
large The finest mousers we're pro-
cured, but they made no inrOad upon
the army of rodents. In fact, cat after
cat became demoralized, while the rats
grew bolder, and frequently put them to
night. Alone in the restaurant one
night, Kit surveyed the situation, and de.
clared it to be Desperate one. The fol-
loving night he sat his huge cage close
10 an advantageous aperture. A small,
dim lamp on the shelf above him was the
only light in the place. He lay above
the great cage, with the string of the
main trap in his hand. His object was
to catch the "king" rat, and then the
work was easy. They all follow the
king. Rat after rat came TO the cage,
nIbbled the butt, and ran back to the
hole. There seemed to have been per
feet understanding about the matter
before his majesty Yentured forth. When
he did, Kit knew him, for the king rat is
an enormous shaggy specimen, with
great bristles growing out of his body
and down snapped the trap. Now tine
rest were guideless, and wholly at the
mercy Of the rat catcher. Kit then fast
ened the king 80 as To secure his pres
ence in the cage, and when the trap was
again raised scores upon scores of rats
filed the cage. It could hold no more,
but Whsq the subjects found themselves
captured they fell upon the king and
nearly tore him to pieces. After that
Kit easily secured the rest of the var.
mints and was paid $500.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-12-13
To eacrasnondanfs.

Publishers are often seriously annoyed
blythe negligence of correspondents, and
the Kankakee GGzette thus impresses
upon its friends few words of advice,
which are good everywhere, and should
be borne in mind by all who write for
newspapers:
DO not wait until the last minute
you supp0Se your letters can be put IN
type for publication. We are frequently
compelled to reject or eondense commu-
nieatons We shOald publish in full if they
were received in season. While we
might take care of one late conner, some
body HaHa stay out when half q dozen
rush in at once Just before tho paper Is
ready for the press. Il is nothing Un-
common for Us to receive Tuesday after
noon OF Wednesday morning a eommu-
nication or notice which might have
been prepared three or four days before
without any inconvenience to the
writer. As these notices are Published
gratutiously il does seem as if the
writers might have some regard to our
convenience. A good many complaints
made about the non-appesTance of ar
ticles or notices thus f:lynished are not
Justly chaTgeable to Il waSt of q dispO-
sition to publish or desire to accOmmo-
date, but the failure tc appear is directly
chargeable to the negligence of the
writers to furnish them in proper sea-
son.
Condense what you have TO say. As
q general rule, occasional writers for a
newspaper write only upon some topic
in which they feel a special interest, and
on this topic they amplify. They forget
that other people feel, at most, only
general interest, and desire q brief pre-
sentztion of the matter brought to their
notice The subjects for newspaper dis
cussion are varied, and the average
newspaper reader desires brevity. The /
question with the newspaper publisher
is not what he can find to put in, but
what he must leGue out. We are always
glad to receive local news and publish
what will be of local interest, but we are
better pleased with a correspondent
who tries to condense his items or his
ideas than with one who evidently
labors to say as much as he can and Ill
as much space as he can spread over
Leave verbosity and tediousness to the
editor, who may perhaps be a tolerated
bore, but has the right to control the
management Of his own paper.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-12-13
Stranae ThInqs il Bee-dom.

Several years ago, when the seventeen
year locusts visited US, says coTrespon-
dent, l noticed, one morning in August,
that the bees were going to the woods
pretty lively. There were no flowers IN
that direction, and the weather was such
that no honey-dew could be looked for
I followed them to the mountain, and
there among the rock oak, their busy
hum could be heard for considerable
distance. An examination proved that
where the locusts had punctured the
small branches, a sweet substance
exuded, which the bees were collecting
in considerable quantities; in fact some
gathered 20 lbs. from this source. Its
taste was rather unpleasant, but the bees
wintered well on it.
While the bees were working on this
substance one cool morning, about sun
rise, the fog was stealing softly up the
rayine towards my apiary, which is sit
uated at the end of deep ravine, the
workers had then made their first sally.
In moment everything was shrouded
in one of those thick fogs that come in
a moment and are gone as soon. Just
at that moment came to the scene of
action; no bee was visible, except one
now and then issuing from hive, but
as quickly returning. 1 heard a strange
sound, as it were in the clouds, increas-
ing in volume. 1t was the sound of the
main force of fifty hives-heavy-laden
bees lowering above the thick fog in
vain trying to find their hives. It was
a soul-thrilling sound, only to be heard
once in lifetime. Halfa-dozen swarms
on the wing at once, is nothing to be
compared to it. Like everything else,
it came to an end. The sun gently
lifted the fog, and then such arush-the
approach Of a sudden shower would
never produce as much commotion.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-12-13
Kiseaasnation facts.

The child of colored parents of differ
ent tints, such IS quadrOOn and mulatto,
or mulatto and black, viii be nearer the
tint of the darker parent. If both par
ents are of the same color, the child viii
be shade darker, and singularly enough,
the second child will be darker than the
first, the third darker than the second,
and 50 on to the last. In other words, a
colored community, left to itself, is
fatally destined to return to the original
African black after limited number of
generations. Thus, while each alliance
with an individual of pure Caucasian
blood brings the negro a step nearer to
the white standard, the reverse is the
case the moment the Caucasian element
is withheld, and the color retroTades
from light to dark.
A curious proof of this is found in OBJ
servations made during some time in one
of the islands. A mulatto woman had
female child by a white man this young
girl gave birth to quadroOn by white
father, and this recrOSslng with the
white race was kept up for six genera
tions. An identical process Of recrosslng
had been simultaneously noticed III an
other plantation. The children result
ing from the seventh crossing IN both OF
these families were of remarkable physl-
cal beauty; they had blonde hair, their
complexion was of such transparent
fairness that they mighthaye been taken
for Albinos, but for the vigOr and grace
fulness of their limbs ard their brilliant
intellect. The most experienced eye
could not have detected in them the
slightest indication of their African ORR
gin. They intermarried. Their children
were dark complexioned, and the chill
dren of their children are very dark
mulattoes.
This inexorabIe law of nature is given
as one of the principal reasons why the
CreOles refuse to intermarry with fami-
lies who have the faintest tint of negro
blood in their veins, though their skin
may be as fair as that of Europeans. The
Creoles wish their posterity &c p main
what they themselves are-whites.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-12-13
n DriNa Away Rats

A lady writer, in a New York jour
nal discourses in the following style
concerning her treatment Of rats and
mice. We cleaned our premises Of these
detestable Vermin by making white
wash yellow with c6pperas and cover
ing the stones and rafters Of the cellar
with 8 thick coating of it. In every
creyice where rat might tread was put
crystals Of the copperas and scattered
the same in the corners of the floor, Tho
result was perfect stampede of rats
and mice. Since that time not foot
fall of either rat or mouse has been heard
about the house. Every spring coat
of the yellow wash is given to the cellar,
as a purifier as well as rat extermina-
tor, and no typhoid, dysentery, or fever
attacks the family. Many persons de-
liberately attract all the rats in the
neighborhood by leaving fruits and vege.
tables uncovered in the cellar and some
times even the soap scraps are left open
for their regalement. Cover up every
thing eatable in the cellar and pantry,
and you viii soon starve them out.
These precautions joined to the service
of good cat will prove as coed rat
exterminator as the chemist can provide.
We never would allow rats to be
poisoned in our dwelling; they are so
liable to die between the walls, and pro-
6uce much annoyance,