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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-03-10
1873 GREAT 1879

PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
TO TIE NORTH, WEST s. SOUTHWEST
DOUBLE TRACK,
STKEL Rails, SPLENDID SCENEHT
MAGNIFICENT EQUIPMENT.
Nov. 10, lo7S--7 % p. N.
Trains leave Washington from depot Of BA!.
TIMORE s. POTOMAC RAILROAD, coz.
|. ner Of Sixth and 3 st: Sots, as follow:
For Phiia. New York and the Hast, l.2u So!
lU.15 p. NJ dsly, with Palace Cars. Lin
tied Express of Pullman Parlor Cars %.5t@
m. daily, except Sunday. For PhilsdeFh:
$50 p. m. daily.
FOR Pittsburz andthe WestlO 10 a. m. daily. VIZ
parlor Cars to Pit.Sbu:g; 40 p. u. d.::T
with Pslsce Car 10 Chicago.
For Csnandaigue snd the North, 7.4J : Il
daily, except saturday, with Palace -. :"
Wstkils. Sc! Ellairs. 1910 =. n. daily,
except Sunday.
day, 10 10 a. NJ; 80, $50, 7.i0 and lO.l5 D. IN.
LOCAL TRAINS.
70. Alexandria G, 7i5, S, Q, 70 and Ii a.;a., ma
ll5, 3, 40, s, Cos Z, and ll.3o p, ii Or
Sunday a! y 2. m, sud l.16 and p. -.
Trsins leave Alezsrdris &c. Washington, r.l5,
7.l5 SOO, 9CU, 10 and II Ala, i, 3, Az, 5, G.lj
end p. II. ard y night.
On Sunday at SEQ and - =. n, and i ID p. IA.
THROUGH Train FOR The SOUTH, v!a
Qusntico aDd Richmond, will leave Ale.aH-
d-ia 1t 7.l9 &. r.. End 30 p. II. dsiiy.
Tickets and information can be procured
principal railrosG stations and ticket Office
Southeast. l.. ?. FARME Err,
Gaa'l. Passenger Agol;
FRANK THOMSON
General Manager. nov3
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-03-10
LEGAL ASE1EES.

IN ADAlRhLTY-I tho District Court OF
l. the United States for the EASTERN District Of
Virginia
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
DIVIDED Affection.

An Elmira boy is awarded the parent
age of the following composition on
Christmas: christmas comes every
year. and it is the best day in the year
exceptin fourth of July which is a bet
ter day to fire off guns and pistols.
Hockey fired off an old gun one fourth of
July and it kicked him agin a hidrant
and an awful bunch growed on his head
and he didn't know much for two hours
Christmas is the best time to get presents
my sister Lucy hung up her stockin and
l put a mud turtle in it and she was fear
full mad you bet if my aunt Rachel
should hang up her stocking it would
hold a dump cart full of things William
Bradshaw eat SO much Candy and pud-
din n Christmas that his folks had to
put him in a grave after he died | should
like to see old Dudley the truent officer
in a grave and so would all the boys l
should like to have it Christmas and
fourth of july all the time"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
The First Murderer,

A star playing the guilty Thano in a
very small company, where each men,
Der had TO sustain three or four different
characters. During the performance,
the man appointed to play the first muir
derer was taken ill. There was not
another to be spared, and the only
resourc left was to send on a supernu-
merary, supposed to be intelligent, to
stand for the character. "Keep close to
the wing" said the prompter; "Pll read
you the words, and you can rereat them
after me-" The scene was the banquet;
the super was pushed on, and Macbeth,
striding down the stage, seized his arm
and said in a stage whisper, "There's
blood upon thy face" otis Banquo's,
them" was the prompt. Lost and
MISUNDERSTANDING never spoken in his
life before upon the stage-by the trag-
edian's intense yet natural tones, the
fellow, initiating them in the most conf
DENTAL manner, answered. 4" Is there, by
God?" put his hand up to his forehead,
and, finding it stained with rose pink,
added, "Then the property mans
served me a trick!"-Belg. aria.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
The Fish in Old Thames,

Edward /. extended his care to the
river fish. BY his ordering, the lamprey
caught by the Thames fishermen were TO
be sold for fourpence a piece, cells were
to be twopenee a " strike,"i i. e., a quar-
ter of a hundred, another quantity of
eels-25O-being called a "bind." If
oysters were unshipped in London, and
they we're the best fresh sort, they were
to fetch only half agroat (twopence) for
q whole gallon. In reference to which
it may just be set down that the fish
mentioned BY Pennant as being caught
at London bridge emily q century ago
are cells, quite commonly; roach, dace,
bleak in great plenty: small founders vs.
far up as Fulham; " proposes" in mum.
bers, !" affording an eager diversion to
the watermen;" while, though the barbe.
would only keep itself up, delicately,
somewhere about Chelsea, scared by the
traffic about the bridge, a species of
whale, allied to the dolphin, and 81 feet
long, had pierced all this traffic in 1888,
had swan ~cleverly under mi of the
bridge arches, and had been killed in the
silyery waters leading to Vauxhall and
Battersea.-AH the Year Round.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
Our Tenure of Life

Depends In a great measur upon q re.
gard for or neglect Of the laws Of health. If
we violate them We cannot expect to make
old bones" But tn al the span OF existence
allotted to q naturally delicate constitution,
or one which has been shaken by disease
may be materially heightened, is a fact Of
and restorative influence of Hostetter's
stomach Bitters upon a failing physique
affords a striking illustration OF the power
of iudicious medication to strengthen the
hold of life. Restored digestion, complete
assimilation, renewed appetite, sound re.
pose, these are among the benefits conferred
upon the debilitated by that supreme reno.
want. With a circulation enriched, a frame
invigorated, and q nervous system tran.
quilted, the invalid, after a course OF the
Bitters, feels that his life tenure is no longer
the precarious thing that it was-that he
NAV vet epioy a 80 green old age"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
Motley and Lincoln.

Mr.. Motley did not take very natural
ly to politics. He was the same elegant
gentleman upon the stump that he was
in private intercourse. 1t was as a very
young nan and acting as the secretary
of a whig club that met him. The week
following / was called upon to meet
Abraham Lincoln in the same way.
Never was there a greater contrast. Lin
coin was awkward, ungainly, and with
an apparent disinclination to converse.
l rode ter miles with him in the cars.
He looked about him agood deal, and
at times seemed to be lost in a reverie,
which it was most courteous to leave
undisturbed. When we reached the
town where he was to be heard he was
invited to a gentleman's house, and was
introduced to several people of his own
profession, the county court being then
in session. He still said little or moth
ing beyond tae formalities Of speech.
He went to the hall in which the meet
ing was to be held short time later, and
when he took the platform the metamor-
phosis of the nan was complete. His
eyes sparkled, his face shone-he was
shrewd, sharp, witty, and made the most
effective speech to which l ever listened.
Motley was elected to the legislature
that year. He was a kind of d~ilettante
in that body, as is shown by his PROPOSE
ton to take the common school fund
and use it for educating youth in college.
Imagine the way the farmers and other
country representatives smiled at such a
proposition seriously coming from the
committee on education. Mr.. Motley
himself humorously tells of how George
s. Boutwell,, then a young s~torekeeper
Boutwell, was only twenty-five when
first chosen to the house) representing
the town of Groton, sat down on his
carefully prepared report. This was the
last of Mi. Motley's popular political
life. He lost a considerable part of his
fortune soon after. This may have sup.
piled something of the needed stimulus
to bring out what his friends had always
claimed for him. Harttora Gourant.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
Going to Europe and Coming Back

Going to Europe and Coming Back.
Everybody who has crossed the Allan
tic-and who does not cross in these
days?-must have observed the marked
difference between going out and coming
back. Sailing from home, one might
imagine, would be rather saddening, and
sailing to ii rather joyous than other
wise. But just the contrary is gener-
ally true, particularly among men, who
compared with women, are seldom sea
sick. On the outward voyage the pas
sengers-those that are we'll, at least
are apt to be cheerful and lively, desir-
u to get up and take part in private
concerts, theatricals and the like; to be
full of spirit, and ready for any kind of
amusement. On the home voyage, they
seem, as a rule, listless and weary; they
have no social enterprise; they do not
care to do anything. Efforts for enter
tainments are likely toprove% unavailing;
the animation of the outward passage is
extinct. This is equally the case wheth-
err travellers have made their first, second
OF twentieth trip to Europe; to go is one
thing, to come is wholly another. Cross
ing and recrossing the ocean are not I'M
like the lover, h%urrying eager expectant,
impassioned, to his wedding, and the
husband of a year, repairing by easy
stages to join his wife. In both instances
it is the delight and imagining of antici.
patton contrasted with the consciousness
and a certain disappointment of expert
ence. The old world, unvisited or revis-
tied, appeals to hope, to ideal possihili-
ties, is part Of the future when We go
out. Coming back, the dream has been
dreamed; the feast has been eaten; the
what is-to-be has been, and our horizon
is sadly ~changed.-N. Y. Times.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
The Housewife.

BUTTER TAFFY.-One half pint OF
molasses, n half pint water, one pound
loaf sugar, n quarter pound butter.
Let boil without stirring until, by drop
ping a little in water, you find it is
done.
To PROTECT STEEL WARE FROM Rust.
If all steel or tin-ware is we'll rubbed
with lard and then with common un-
lime before being put away, it
will never rust, This is also the best
plan to remove rust.
APPLE DuMpLINes.-Pare and SCOOP
out the core of six large baking apples;
put part of a Glove and q little grated
lemon peel inside of each and inciose
them in bits of puff paste ; boil them in
nets for the purpose or bits of linen, for
an hour. Before serving cut Oh . amall
bit from the top Of each and put In =
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

ONLY one American Cabinet or Parlor
Organ maker has ever succeeded in hearing
OH the highest honors at any Worlds Expo
sition, where they came in competition v it'll
the best European makers, and this is the
Masen& Hamlin Organ CO., no have taken
first medal, or highest houors at every snch
Exhibition for twelve years, ending with
the Paris Exhibition this year. where they
were awarded the highest gold medal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

Ar Agen, France, the other night, q
farmers wife on going to bed discovered
sitting in the corner of her bedroom,
nea the cupboard, an enormous wolf.
Her husband brought 4 spit from the
kitchen, and. running it into the ami.
malls mouth, pinned It to the wall, while
abe beat out his brains with q stick.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

For upwards OF thirty years Mrs.
WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for children with never-failing success.
It corrects acidity of the stomach, relieves
wind collie, regulates the bowels, cures dys.
EMERY and diarrhea, whether arising from,
teething or other causes. An old and we'll
tried remedy. IS cents q bot e.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

A BRAY sing air--The voice OF the
donkey. We presume the calves Of the
ocean are mostly salt rheum. When you
Gorge 10 q guide board that is lllegible,
thatts "a bad sigs."-Boston Com. R~L
kfip.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
TuERr Is NorHINa ro CLEANsI

THERE Is NOTHING TO CLEANSE an
impure circulation or wake up a dormant
like SCOvILL's BLOOD AND LIVER
SYRUP. 1t does the business thoroughly in
either case, promoting active bilious secre-
ton, restoring to the life current the purity
OF perfect health and removing from the
cu,icIe ~disfguring eruptions and sores.
Chronic Rheumatism and govt also succumb
to its curative influence. For the diseases
peculiar to the gentler sex it is a capital
remedy. All Druggists sell it.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
Advanced Physicians.

Many of the more advanced physi-
clans, having found DR.. Pierce's Family
Medicines prompt aud sure, prescribe them
regularly in their practice.
TwISvILLE, Tenn, May 2Sth, 1877.
DIR. r. v. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y:
Dear Sir-For a long time | suffered with
ca:arrh. finally called in DR.. Zachary OF
this place. He furnished me with your
nasal Douche, Ssge's Catarrh Remedy, and
your Golden Medical Discovery. These
remedies speedily effected an entire cure.
Yours Truly, JOHN s. CHAMLEss.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

The WEEKLY WISCONSIN for Wednes-
day, November 9th, contained the first
chapters of this greatest Of Love stories,
written by RIGHT HONORABLE BENJAMIN
DIsRAELI, Earl of Bescons6eld, one of the
greatest statesmen and diplomats of this or
any other age. But in no field has his great
gifts and commanding genius won more dis
~tinction than in the literature Of the Eng
lish language. In this charming Love Story
Of HENRIETTA TEMPLE, the great Pre-.
mier has shown himself master of the finer
sentiments of the human heart.
This story will occupy about 100 columns
of the WEEKLY WISCONSIN, and will be
continued from week to week for thirteen
weeks-commencing, al we have said, No
venber q. The back numbers will be fur
nished all new subscribers desiring them,
on notification at the time OF making sub
scription.
rs Sample copies sent to any address,
free,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
Henrietta 4BmplB.
A LOVE STORY.
BY the RIGHT NON. BENJAMIN O,sRAEu.
Earl Of Beaeonsneld.)

"Quoth Sancho, Read II out by all means; tor
nightly delight in hearing Of love stories"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
A man convinced against his will
10 Of the same opinion still.

AUG COuvcIcntAOu Will tuc btcW&rO
Don changed to the family, and !
learned from him that Hon. Frederick
Wellester had a half brother Ernest, a
very wild, dissipated person, who had
been a favorite of the earl until his char
acter was found out. This Ernest used
to live at Caultdale Place, one of the
earl's seats, some 10 or Is miles Of; but
owing to heavy gambling debts, he was
compelled TO break up his establishment,
and only retained one servant, whom,
after q time, he also discharged. This
servant Mr.. Frederick had engaged,
"and," continued the steward the stew
ard, "a very decent servant Stevens
lwas."4
"stevens!" Iejaculated, very loudly,
/ dare say, for a man looked into the
apartment and inquired: "Did you call
sirf" / was struck dumb; a thousand
ideas rushed through my brain. "No;
it was nothing" replied the steward;
and the man disappeared, but not before
l recognized in him one of the men con-
cerned in my late adventure. Jest at
this moment there was q great disturb
in the house and, going out to in
4uAo VIC C0uSCl - iOuuO III. Ccy UOu
standing on the staircase inteIrogating
Stevens, the other domestics being
grouped around. =
How is this?" exclaimed the doctor.
8 How came you to bring me thisf It
q slow poison"
"The gentleman brought it, sir, and
of course / gave it to you"
"But surely Poor could newer have
made this up. Look at it, Frank; what
do you 1ayf' and DR.. Seyton held out
the bottle; but before / could reach it
Stevens had taken it, and at the same
moment his foot slipped, and the vial
was dashed to pieces on the ground.
The doctor looked annoyed at what ap.
to him as an accident; but to me
there was design in it; 90, ~ he re-
ascended the stairs, l called to Stevens,
who followed me and the steward into
the latter's apartment; when shutting
the doos, and placing my back against
it, ! thus Addressed him: "HOw did
you become possessed of that bottle you
let fall Just this minuter' (for l could
that it was not the one / brought)
!" and for what motive did you stop my
horse . few hours since, and who wss
your companionf" These queries poured
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-03
COMMERCIAL.

CORN AND FLOUR EXCHANGE.
RICHMOND, October 2. 1879.
OFFERINGS REPORTED TO SECRETARY.
WHEAT White, 45 bushels, Red. 1850 bush
els.
CORN White rs bushels. Ni,red, 400 bushels.
OATS.-20U bushels.
SALES REPORTED TO SECRETARY.
WuEAI-H White. IS bush' Is AT 81 %; 366 BASH
bushels choice private tcrins-iotal. 40 bush
els. Red, IS bushels good Lancaster al Sl.2S: so
bu>lc, good Laucas' or al IT 500 bushels mi :trd
ut 1928: $40 bushels mfXedaL 81 20. lbs bushels
mixed al Sl.26. 5lA bushels mixed OH private
terms: 52S bushels mixed 81 private terms: 81
bushels good FulyZ at *l22: 26 bu h"lS prma Ful;Z
at 20: Is bushels good FultZ ii Sl.22; sheS
common EuliZ at 81 16: IL bushels common FultZ
at SllS: 100 bushels seed FulrZ N 81 80: "a hush
els very good FuIz at 1925; 3l2 bushels fair Fuliz
AT 81 Il: 6 bushels good FuilZ At 1922; rs husi-
els very good Fu,tZ At 81 p: co bushels good Full
q; i'll %; "a bushels good tutz at 20 bushels
Fuliz at 81 %; 30 bushels good FuIIz at $l22; 20
bushels good Fuitz at 1922: Is bushels FulrZ a.
81 II: 81 bushels very good Fulz III pl23; 80
bushels good FultZ Mt 81 I'll: 100 bushels good
Ful'z at 81 %: los bushels very good Fullz at
&l25: 332 bushels prime FuitZ at 81 20; 20 bush
els common FulZ at SLIP: G2 bushels fair Ful'Z at
$l.lS: so bushels Fullz ut $l.22-total, 1 $50
bushels.
CORN nired. 400 bushels very good at SAC.
OATS.-5o vuShes mime sDrug 1T Sec: "a bush
cl. prime ut 36c.; 2S bushels spring At SIC: 90
bushels mixel al SIC. 20 bushels common winter
nj hoe total, l42 bushels.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-03
Erok,, t.,c INDIANS.
LIEUTENANT PRICE FoRTIFYiiG At FoRTfrCA-
T1oS CREEK.


CHEYENNE, Octeler Lieutenant p ice.
who Is ut Fertilization Creek, invent &. Ave
miles back Of Thofnhurgh's COMM .nd, re-
ports that be has thirty men. anf, received
orders 10 entrench and lortify VOL, Gene
raj Merritt LEFT here on u special train YES
terday afternoon Assistant. POSTMASTER
General Tyncr and Governor Govt, of W.
Oming, with aimilitary escort az eight men,
1t Is believed, are now with, Tbornburcb's
command. 1t is rcporledt aat Agent Meek
er, family, and employees were murdered,
and the agency buildings DESTROYED.
I, THE ARAPAHoEs Jol EISG THE UTss. 49,
/. CHEYENNE, October 1.-Two freichters
recently engaged In h. iuIiny Captain Dodge's
company's baggage to Steamboat Springs
from Middle Park arrived mere from North
Park last evening. They report seeing fresh
signs OF Indians nrough the Park and meet
Ing young ArF.pahoe, who told them that
the Arapahoes bad Joined the Utes for the
purpose OF .criving the coIored soldiers
Captain Dod. gees company out OF the Park.
They think the Indians were about to pro-
coed to Steamboat Springs TO attack Captain
Dodge wb en- Major Thornburgh'S approach
attracted their attention, and they attacked
them instead.
SAFETY OF Observation-Disclosures GENET
TYNER AND PARTY.
WASHINGTON, October 9. "A Geographic
inquiry in reference to Assistant-P osnlas-
tei-General Tyner and party, whose pre-
sence near the scene Of the Thornburgh
| massacre caused much anxiety for their
| safety, ELECTS that they are thought to be
$50 miles east OF Milk river, and therefore
not in danger unless the outbreak extends
very widely.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-03
WISE COUNTY

WISE {. H.. September -, 1879.
Editors Dispatch: Perhaps you have
never heard anything from Wise concern
iag the debt question; and it is true that
this county has heretofore been largely
what is termed Readiu,terS. we think the
tide Is changing little.
According to the announcement hereto
fore made, Major II. w. Holloway and Col
onel J. L. Richmond-the former IN oppo-
>itiou 10 and the latter in favor OF the Nc
Cuoch bill-spoke ut our courthouse to-
day. Major Holloway occupied the floor
lrst, and made feeble effort in trying to
expose, as he said, "that Infamous bill.'
lie brought forward good many docu-
menrs, and produced an abundance Of fig
urcs to prove the error aud the corruption
That he said was Incorporated in it; but,
in our Judgment, he failed to cipher the
point He said under the McCullOch bill
taxation was bound to be increased to meet
lis demands, and wound up with an anec-
dote, trying 10 illustrate the coupon fea-
turc, which he said was the cut-w0rm OF
the revenue and the public schools.
COLONEL RICHMOND
then took the stand and answered every
syllable Of the ior's IN clear and beautl-
!ul language. The Colonel proved clearly
'''"t tut MCtuliOCu Dill was lHS DcSl sSttIC-
!nent that had been offered yet, bringing
Tue aeOt within the revenues OF the Stale
ana The ability Of the people TO pay. He
asked the Rcpealers why they had rather
pay per cent. than 3, as the bill proposes.
w, the coupon! the coupon. was the re-
ply. He asked the Mai or il ever be bought
any coupons. Whcrcupon he turned and
'Ws'ed about, and tried TO tell something
about 1t, but the Colonel told him to come
out plain with it. Then he said he believed
he did buy part oil small one once, and
paid 1t on his taxes. He dealt the Major
several similar blows, and then turned upon
pf. Mcdonnell, late representative from
scott. and asked him the same question.
he Doctor hesitated i moment 1--WE pre-
sumo thinking what to say), and said he
hcped his brother 10 pay for one, and put
IL IN In payment OF his taxes. Thus the
men who are denouncing this feature are
Inc very cues that are guilty. !
Inc Colonel told the people that be never
sought coupon in his life, and said: $50
neIp me God, ! never will until the free |
,ssnoois are permanently established, and
Wv, ~, children can receive the benefit OF their
m p'.'. lie is Il bold and manly defeader
n sse acCulloch bill; advised the people |
il r NV The less OF two evils by accepting
nrn,',s substitute Tor the bill Of III. He |
tr,i ,,1n 70 plain manner that it was sew |
Fo,,la .Ioh dollars better than the Bocock- |
nas;nn Dill, which every one who is OPP
Messt, Il Il voted for. Upon the whole,
pletely JUNIORS. We think the Colonel CON-
Of the fina., h's antae onist, and made one
down q fas, speeches OF his life. Put US
'na' cannot be humbugged.
DIYIE
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-03
Ecsy Orleans Iserns.

NEW ORLEANS, October 2.-Thc Citizens
Savings Bank to-day went INTO voluntary
liquidation, there being no loss to deposit
orS.
The City Council, in special session to-
day, accepted the bid of the City Railroad
Company OF 100000 for the street railroad
franchise, over the veto Of the Mayor. who
favored the accepting higher bid, $3.50, 900
having been offered several days later than
the date fixed for opening the bids.
The Council also added the SG30,000,
which was paid in cash, to the budget OF
revenues, and passed an ordinance appro-
priating the amount to the liquidation OF
the bonded and floating debt of the city.