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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-28
VIRGINIA, g. ct-In tho Circuit Court Of
" Eairrax cnnnlv Navam her farm. 1873.

VIRGINIA, g. ct-In tho Circuit Court Of
Y Fairfax county, November term, 1878.
McNefhany In chancery and npon tho petit
McNerh.ny. ton Ct James MeNerhany'
Ordered, That Francis McNerhsny, Benjamin
McNerhany Snd Eliza Nd. Thomas, formerly
Eliza McNerhany, plaintiffs, and one of the de
residents Of tho State of Virgins, do appear here
on the frat day Of Juno term, 1879. and answer
tho petition of James McNerhany, flied st No.
vember term. 1873 aforesaid, and that q copy Of
this order BIO published in the Alexandria Ga.
zette, q newspaper published in Alexandria, Va.
once q week for four successive weeks. A copy
tete. +. w. RICHARDSON, ID. T..
+; w. Jones and A,to,nies
Thomas Moore, f'''oini0s' ap 4-W4w
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Thomas 8 Wells, p. q.


VIRGINIA, 8. s.-In the Circuit Court Of
Y Fairfax county, April 4th, 1879.
leander Makely We. Harrison q. Otis, Henry K.
Selden and Margaret Hetzsl, lately trading
under tho name and style of OTIS Selden &
Hetzsl, II. s. Turbell, Sidney Dillon and Ma
~ a. Otls
Memo. Tho object of this suit is to enforce q
Judgment lien in favor of complainant for the
sum Of S2l7 20, with interest from the oh Of
April 1871, and $l4 81. costs of judgm mt, and
TO obtain decree for the sale of the real estate
belonging to the defendants, Otis, Selden and
Hetzsl, to satisfy the same.
1t appearing by affidavit fled that Henry r.
Selden, h. $. Turbell and Sidney Dillon, three
Of the above named defendants, are noo resi-
dents Of tho State of Virginia. it is ordered that
cation hereof, and do what is necessary to pro.
,cct their interests. A copy-teste:
+. w. RICHARDSON, D. G.
Thcs Moore o, a. ap 5-w4w
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FOB THE POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS.

Tho now snu eommodious iron ayA~
steamer JOHN w. THOMPSON, .E&SSzazssfasS
quilt especially for this route, leaves the COM
DAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY. a.
O. clock e. M, and Alexandria q! 100 q. NJ;
returning, arrives EVERY WEDNESDAY,
FRIDAY and SUNDAY. at o'clock pm.
This company mskos close connections st Al
erandris with the W. G., V. II. g. e. =: Z: Il.
Co. and with the w. & .. 4. 4. Co.. Freight
received for all points, North and South,
handled with care and forwarded With prompt
ness and dispatch.
+. a. REFS AGENT
Js lney's wharf
or al Tho Office of tho company, lnder the Ma.
tion.l metropolitan Bank, lGtJ street, opposite
tho Treasury Department., Washington.
nh 10 SAMUEL BACON. President.
.1szss. CLYDE's STEAM LINES WEEK
s1&GaG hY TO
pHILA DELPHIA, FALL RIVER, PKOVI.
DENCE AND BOSTON.
Steamer leave Alexandra EVERY TUES
DAY and leave Philadelphia EVER Z SAT-
URDAY.
This line cdnrects at Alexandria with tie O.,
a. & ID. and w & D. 4. Rs, snd at Philadel.
pb:a with Clyds's regular Steamships for Fall
River, Providence and Boston.
Freight forwarded with prorptuess aud care,
free Of commissions.
No charge for transfer in Philadelphia and
0 wharfage in Boston. Quick time. Frequent
departures. Through rates and through bills
of lsding given. Insurance ct the lowest rates.
Agents:
+. a. REED, Alexandria.
WM.P CLYDE s. CO., Philadelphia.
GEO. =. HYDE. Georgetown, D. G.
JOHNSON BROS, Washington.
jan ST
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FOR EW YORK

Tho Al Steamship z. U. KNIGHT >-egss
and JOHN GIBSON leave the cop- &HsB
psny's wharf, Alexandria, EVERY NON
DAY MORNING, and Now York, from pier
Al East River, EVERY SATURDAY ct four
O'CLOCK p. n.
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of the
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAi

This company oGars unrvalled facilities for
and will run their steamers regularly as follews
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VIRGINIA: At Rules held in the Clerks
v office of tho Circuit Court of Alexandria
county, on the It'll day of April, 1879.
John w. Carroll, plsintiff. against Truman p
Hull and William w. Bowman, trustee. de-
PENDANTS In chancery.
Memo. The object of this suit is to enforce the
lion Of plaintiffs judgmet against the real estate
Of the defendant, Truman r. Hull, lying in the
county of Alexandria, Va, and to subject the
Same TO sale in order to satisfy said judgment.
The defendant, William w. Bowman, not
having entered his appearance and given
security according to the act Of Assembly
and the rules Of this Court, and it ap.
pearing by affidavit that he is not q resident of
this State, it is ordered that the said defendant
appear here within one month after due publjcaf
ton Of this order, and do what is necessary to
protect his interest in this suit; and that copy
OF this order be forthwith inserted in the Alex.
sndria Gazette, newspaper published in the
city Of Alexandria, once a week for four sue.
cossive weeks, and posted at the front door OF
tho Court House Of this county. Acopy, test:
ALEX. HUNTER. CLERK.
Thomas & Wells. D. q. ap 9-T4T
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alexandria 0azette
MONDAY EVENING. APRIL IS.

WHAT THE COUNTRY NEgDs.-Fewer dogs
aod moro sheep.
Fewer tinkling demsgogues who are anything
or nothing, as Interest dictates sod more brave
men who dare to 10 their o*o tblpklog, aoo
say what they think. =,
Fewer great men made tc order, ard OF small
material, aud thrust 10 front Of neu who rave
capacity for greatness. -,
Fewer impeluous young men, eager to ''sh
in,o print aud raise the devil generally.
Fewer wire pullers 10 popular coDventlous aud
more people.
Fewer Headers" to knuckle to popular pr, =
iudce, and more real leaders to combat 5uon
proudicss when wrong.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

VIRGINIA: At Rules held in the Cie5ks
Office of the Circuit Court Of Alexandra
county, on the 7th day of April, 1873.
Seniamin F. Delord, Thomas DefoId. Albert l..
Webb and his wife, CathsIine Webb, george
T.. Webb md his wife, Georgianna WEBB,
Ella Deford and Hattie Deford, tho two lass
named being infants under twenty one years
as their mex: friend, plaintiffs, against henry
w. Ellicolt, Caroline Elicott Robert Mac.
conn and his wife, Harvey Bond Mscconn,
Robert T. Mscconn, Carrie Mscconn, Marga-
ret Macconn, Henry w. 6. hacconn, Andrew
Ellicott Macconn and George L. Macconn,
defendants. In chancery.
Mem. The object of this suit ID to DIVIDE or
SELL if necessary, and divide the proceeds OF sao'
tho lend in Alexandria county, OF which ben,
ismin Deford aud Andrew Ellicott jointly died
seized and possessed. between the parties TO this
suit according to their respective Interests
therein.
The said defendants, Henry w. Elicott. Ger.
cline Ellicott. Robert Maeconn and his wife,
Harvey Bond Mace,onp, Robert i. MaeG 9on
Carrie Maeeonn; Margaret Ms sSS ri len,
Mscconn and George T. Macconn, not hay.
ing entered their appearance and gwen &c
curity according to the act of Assembly, and
the rules of this Court, and it appearing by
affidavit that they are not residents OF this
State, il is ordered that said defendants appear
here within one month after due publication OF
this order and do what Unnecessary to protectther
interest in this suit; and that copy OF this Or
der be forthwith inserted in the Alexandrls "a
zette, q newspaper published in the city Of Al
eyandria once week for four successive weeks,
and posted at the front door Of the Court House
Of this county. A copy-test:
John NJ johnson, "a. ap e-w4R
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RAILRG

. T., VIRG. MIDLAND g. &. =. T..
W. JOHN 8. BARBOUR, kecei7e:.
On and after SUNDAY, 10 % D. NJ, MgCcb
18th, 1879, Passenger trains will run as follos..
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My custom made CLOTHING is warranted
of the bes! imported material, we'll made, toes
roughly shrunk, and vii! BIO sold at pilceas 10
srit the times. Call aud convlnce yourself al
S. DEALuAM's, e. King ST., ccrocr OF Fairfax.
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yNLAND s. SEABOARD OOASTING 90.
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4 FULL LINE OF NEW AND CHOICE
"A TEAS received Lhis day (Msr. 7lhl. All
for sale very low by +. W. AVERY,
mari 22G KingSt
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-02

1--WE are sorry for you, Mrs. Fenner,
and for Robert. But William Bevan il
q notorious stone-thrower, and 10 al
ways In mischief. We are determined
to punish him, and 80 we must punish
both"
A fine was inflicted, which, with
costs. amounted to about fifteen shil-
lings. This would have come hard
Enpon Robby's mother (for her husband
was away ct sea), but that the afore-
mentioned Magistrate, wise and kind
man, said privately to her, I" You shall
not lose the money. will make it up
to you, for would rather be the father
of boy that tells the truth and gets
punished than of one who lies and es-
capes. - - 80 though Bobby had q pain
full lesson concerning the choice of
companions and throwing stones, do
not think he is thought less of than be-
fore. ~ -. . - i,:t-....- d..
When his, father came home from
sea, he had, Of course, to be told the
disagreeable news, but the unpleasant
ness was much mitigated by finding
that his son had boldly told the truth,
when the truth must have been hard to
tell, and thai he was respected much
more than he was blamed. This was
the worst episode in Bobby's life, and
so / say, may every mothers boy
among you never give his parents more
cause to complain of him than Bobby
has.-English Sunday School Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-02
Strange End to q Fight.

Two SKULLS of stays, with their
horns 50 firmly locked together that
they could not be separated, were found
one day in the mountains of Colorado.
It is quite plain that they once be-
longed to couple of stays who had q
terrible fight in the solitude of the
mountains. After the combat had been
keptup some time, their horns became
50 tangled and looked together that
they could not get them apart. 1t is
very probable that. when this hap
pened, they stopped thinking of fight
ing, and tried their best to get away
from each other. But this was of no
use. Their horns were so firmly inter-
locked that they could not twist nor
pull them apart. So they stumbled
about, for the rest of their lives, with
their heads close together. We cannot
know how long they lived this way.
They may have been able to eat little
grass, if both of them agreed to put
down their heads at the same time.
But at last they died. And how curl
ously things turned out! Each of them
hoped to kill the other, and yet the re-
suit of the quarrel was to bind them to-
gether as long as they lived, and even
death did not part them. And, if they
thought that no one would ever know
of their fight, how greatly they were
mistaken! The record of the combat
their two skulls fastened together-has
remained for many q long year, and
will remain for many year to come.
1t was truly strange end to fight.
Shakespeare makes Polonius say:
Beware
OF entrance to quarrel; but, being in,
Bear t. that the oppoeer may beware of thee"
These stays did that with q vengeance;
didn't they?
1t very often happens in other fights
or disputes that the fighters cannot stop
and separate just when they wish to.
Something is apt to get hopelessly in
terlocked and tangled, such as good
will, or self-respect, or fairness, or hon.
or. Still, one mustn't be too peace
able, as the Quaker said when he took
up a pitchfork as he saw the mad bull
coming" Jaek-in-the-P Pulpit" in st.
| Nicholas for December.
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YQp(hs' Department.
THE CATERPILLARS REST.

a PooR little caterpillar, trudging along.
With elgw bat even tread,
Haid, oh! it's no use for me to try:
tctsh could run! rish could fly!
might ~ we'll be dead:
am get*1pk fS2Hts I can hsrdly er4Sl.@s~a-S
At this bush must stay;
NY legs are week and my head Is light
I'm AFRAID must stop andrest tonight.
Tomorrow III 60 ON my way"
10 morrow has come, and tomorrow has zone.
And the worm quite still is lying;
~ poor tireo feet are wrapped mp now, ~,
He's slowly-slowly dying. I'
But ali! he will trudee no more ON the ground.
little crawling thingt ~. Ell
Over our heads in curves of delight.
He'll sweep on tireless wing.
gl@ tE. -YOhthss C0DaD0ni0n.
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chloride, possess . like ] properly,
When dilute solution of thu 6saats ~
used as an ink. the writing. although
invisible when dry, becomes blue when
exposed to heat. The addition Of
chloride Of iron, or of salt of nickel,
renders them green, and this opens the
way for q very pretty experiment: If
q winter landscape be drawn! in India
ink, and the sky be painted with wash
of cobalt alone, and the branches of
the trees be clothed with leaves exc
cuted with wash of cobalt and nickel,
and the snow-clad earth be washed
over with the same mixture, a magic
transformation at once takes place on
the application of heat, the winter
landscape changing into summer
scene. - Scientific American.
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FACTS AND FIGURES.

The total length Of Belgian railways
is 2,277 miles.
The New York Metropolitan Elevated
Road has carried 6,500, 900 passengers
since June. a.s1.,I
TIE number of oyster catchers, boat.
men and openers in Virginia is put
down at 10000.
VANCOUVER ISLAND sent to San Fran.
cisco, between Jan. and Nov. 1, 1873,
no less than los, $50 tons of coal.
THE railroad across the Isthmus Of
Panama is forty-seven and . half miles
long. 1t was completed in 1855 and
cost 97,500, 900. ar
THE number of known soldiers
graves in the National Military Gene.
teries is 165, 102, and 1854 unknown.
All of these have been marked with
marble or granite headstones, except q
few in New Jersey cemetery, and Of
the 81, 000, 600 appropriated there re.
mains unexpended $40, 1888.
II 10 ascertained that more gram has
been transported through the Erie
Canal during 1873 than in any proceed.
ing. year. The aggregate, IS, 7S6, 50z
bushels, is double that carried in the
season Of 1876. The number Of boats
clearing from Buffalo il third more
than in 1877, and the receipts for toll.
are correspondingly larger. Some
thing like Is, O0C. ODD bushels have gone
east rom Buffalo by rail, also . very
marked increase.
- n
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The Grandeur Of Ancestry.

SPEAKING of relics, Just before we
reached Portsmouth, man entered in
to conversation with me. He said:
lyon are from the WestP''
I murmured something about the
vast illimitable, ETC., and the man said:
Yours is d new country; q new
country; q n-e-w country
Yes. told him it was new, but it
was the only one we had, and accord
ingly we wore it. Sundays and week
days alike, worked and went to parties
in il, audit would soon lookA thousand
years old.
"We," the man said, "come down
from the venerable mists of antiquity.
Il il GLORIOUS thought. -
Yes, said, but it wasn't pleasant.
was in Boston four days, and it east
winded and rained three Of them. 1t
was misty enough, but it spoiled the
prospect.
any ancestors" he said, !. came
over in tho Mayfiower. But yours-::''
And he looked at me with . rising in
Election.
Il tried to slay him with . look Of
silent scorn, but she missed fire.
"Your ancestors, 1 take it," said the
man. "did not come over in the May
'o And then / tarned upon bin. " sir, /"
I remarked, "this Mayfower, take it,
was . sailing shipp" ne
"She was" he said, vainly endeav-
oring to stiae his emotion, "she was
sailing ship" Is t.s
"Then," I said, haughtily, "most
assuredly my ancestors did not come
over in the Mayfower. :, It has never
been-the misfortune Of my family to be
compelled to take passage on any ship
Of the merchant marine. My ancestors
came over in . Cunard steamer, first
cabin, no Storage passengers carried.
only ten dsyslfrom Liverpool, and the
minute they landed in New York they
went straight up to Mrs. Astor's tavern
and took front rooms on the parlor
floor"
thought I had crushed that man,
but may DO blessed Il he didn't lool
e though he pitied me, 1Pwrdette, n
RNrliM0loN H0luk- Eye.
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A Natural History Lesson.
THE BABY.

The bAb1s
"WHAT animal is this?'' 1sa
''This is the baby. He is now three
years old, and at the wickedest point of
his earthly career"
"What countries does the baby most
inhabit?' 500,
"He can be found in every inhabited
country on the globe, the same as mos
quitoes and boils."
Scan they be tamedp'
eyes, quite easily. After a little
judicious discipline they cease to strug-
gle and become subservient to the viii
of man." 81
"Does the baby eat grass?''
Eyes. or ANYTHING else. They swal-
low pocket-knives, thimbles, buttons,
spools or any other object little small
er than teacup. If offered milk they
seldom refuse it,"
.'Do they Craze during the day, or
only at nightP"
"They are always grazing, paying not
the least heed to the hour. When not
actually eating they generally give ut
terance to q peculiar cry. Strong men
often jump out of bed at midnight in
the coolest weather when hearing this
cry ...,,
"What meaning is attached to this
cryp'
"Men of deepest thought have agreed
that it signifies to wake up the neigh
borhood and have some fun"
"Of what benefit to mankind is q
domesticated baby?''
They are of no earthly account for
the first few years, but by and by they
can slide down hill ON a cellar door and
carry articles outof the house and trade
them for wooden sword or lose them
in the grass" 5 -
"Do you know of any instances
where the baby has attacked the house.
hold and killed or injured anyoner'
"Such instances have been related
by such eminent naturalists as George
Francis Train and Texas jack. but we
don't put much faith in them. How
ever, if the baby was maliciously and
persistently provoked there's no know
ing what it might do"
fare they healthy animal?''
"No. On the contrary, no druggist
could make enough profit in q year to
buy him pair of Arctic overshoes but
for the presence of every baby in the
household. There is hardly all hour in
the day that the baby does not demand
peppermint paregoric, milk sugar,
cordial, cod liver emulsion, ipecac. or
something else costing money!
"What machinery is made use of to
compel the baby to take dose of cas-.
tor-Oil?''
"There are several patent machines
for the purpose, but most people fol.
low the old rule of knocking him sense
less and getting the dose into his mouth
before he RECEIVERS"
is the bald-headed baby more do
nestle than other?'
"Not bit. He kicks around after
the same fashion, and has even worse
time fighting flies and mosquitoes
"What music do they seem to pre-
fer?''
ga bass drum is their first choice,
but they have a heavy leaning toward
the sound of the stove-handle knocking
the nose off the pitcher with the
emptyings in it,
"That is all about the baby. Take
another look at him, for next week we
shall write of some other reptile. -
Detroit Free Press.
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Skipping the Hard Points.

DOYs, / want to ask you how you
think a conquerOr would make out,
who went through a country he was
trying to subdue, and, whenever he
found a fort hard to take, left it alone.
Don't you think the enemy would buzz
wild there, like bees in q hive, and
when he was we'll into the heart of the
country, don't you fancy they would
swarm out and harass him terribly
just so, want you to remember, will
it be with you, if you skip over the
hard places in your lessons, and leave
them unlearned, you have left an enc
my in the rear that will not fail to
harass you and mortify you, times with
out number.
"There was just a little bit of my
Latin l hadn't read" said vexed stu
dent to me, land it was Just there the
professor had to call upon me at ex-
animation. There were Just two or
three examples had passed over. and
one of those was asked to do on the
blackboard
The student who is not thorough is
never well at his ease; he cannot forget
the skipped problems, and the con-
seriousness of his deficiencies makes
him nervous and anxious. Never laugh
at the slow, plodding student; the time
will surely come when the laugh will
be turned. 1t takes time to be thor
ough. but it more than pays. Resolve,
when you take up new study, that
you will go through with it like sue
cessful conqueror, taking every strong
point.
If the inaccurate scholars difficulties
closed with his school-life, it might not
be so great d matter for his future ca
reer. But he has chained to himself a
habit that will be like an iron ball at
his heel all the rest of his life. What
ever he does, will be lacking some
where. He has learned to shirk what is
hard, and the habit will grow with
years. School Day Visitor.
d
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to- ~ British Government. The Ban
Isl receipts and expenditures for India
average about ESQ. O00, O00a year The
Empress' Army numbers 200. 600, of
which 20, 900 are English troops. To
these number may Be added 100, 600
native police, who also perform frontier
s6ryioe. u =, [, { 81 - -
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-02
The Progress OF Women.

WITHIN tile memory OF many OF us,
= woman was thought competent to
teach only the small children in the
summer schools, when her pay for such
teaching was one dollar q week, and
she was expected to board around.
Now women are professors in colleges,
with good salaries. In four States
they vote on all school matters. They
are State and County Superintendent
of schools, and by far the largest num-
Der of teachers in all the public schools
are women. When q woman was nom
mated as Superintendent of the Boston
schools, with salary of 81, 900 a year,
gentlemen said the salary was too
large for a woman. But enough other
men, said that the most suitable person
was the best entitled to the salary, and
SO they voted the place to a woman.
1t is within the memory of many OF
us that teaching, sewing and keeping
house were the only occupations re-
garded as suitable for women. OF
these the teacher and the seamstress
had very small wages. while the woman
who kept the house for her own fami-
ly was legally entitled to the food,
clothing and medicine. Now the CEN
sus records seventy-one occupations
that are open to women. 1t is within
the memory of many of us that no
woman was a public speaker out of
the Quaker Church. Now all platforms
are free to them. The lyceum offers
to the woman lecturer the same open
field that it does to man. The pull
pit and the bar are both occupied
by women. It is within the memory Of
many of us that the woman physician
did not exist. Now they have sue
cessful practice in every large city and
many of the smaller towns.
1t is within the memory Of many of
us when there was not college in the
world that admitted women. Now
there are not only Vassar, Wellesley
and Smith, distinctive colleges for
women, but beginning with Oberlin.
which was the first, and ending with
the great London University, which
was the last, to admit women to all its
departments, there are between these
two other first-class colleges Cornell,
Michigan University, Boston Univer-
sity, and at the West q large number
that welcome women to all their advan-
tages.
1t is not many years since q married
woman could own nothing that she
earned; could not make q will of any
thing she possessed; could not sue or
be sued; could not carry. on business;
had no lawful right to her children. and
could not even be their guardian; nor
had she the right to her own person.
Now, in most Of the States, all this is
changed or very much modified.
If no other gains should ever come
from the movement for woman except
those Just mentioned, they alone would
more than compensate for all the years
of toll and trial by which these great
changes have been secured.-Fro,a an
ADDRESS By Lucy Stone, at Indianapolis.