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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-12

GREAT eLAUGHTEB
" IN PRICES OF CLOTHING
At 6ELBY'S TO Reduce Stock.
Mems Blue Yacht Cloth, Nl2
Mems MiddleeeX Blue Flannel, 91O
Mems Single Goats, at one half the former price.
Boys' Suits. %, d. e6. upwards.
Boys Broken suits. very low to close out
straw Hats, very cheap.
1914 0ssd 1916 Pa. oce.,
my10tr Between 18th and 10th Sta
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-12

The indications are that the New York leg,s-
lature Will require the elevated roads to charge
only nve-cent fares on trains run from to 10
O'Clock In the morning and from to In the
evening, and to provide at least one five-cent
car on all trains during the day. This circum-
stance will doubtless give fresh vtgor to the CRY
for cheap fares on street railroads that has been
raised In several cities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-12
GENTLEMEN'S GOOhS.

SPRMG GOODS.
Most fashionable sfylee OF best makes for 0EN.
TLEMEN'S DRESS and STREET WEAR 80
ready Tor inspection.
Respectfully request the favors Of my pek- .M
rons and the public generally.
y. J. HEIBER0ER
CIfTZExF ARHy & EAvY TATII0a.
apS4r 6S6 16th stvoet. OPP. Trcnsury
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-12

al. "''- '"'-'-' A'''A'
The above is only . small part OF the property for
bulletin issued on the LIST and 18th Of each month,
be sent by mail If desired.
Loans,
$4,000, $4,000, 81 600, $500, at per cent
auction Sales.
On We dnesday, Msy 18th, at p. m Nos. 527 and
$50 10th st. NV. mylOtr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-12

An important conference viii be held In
Paris the day after tomorrow by delegates
from different nations, to consider the surveys
Of the various routes proposed for the Isthmus
canal and to discuss their comparative merits.
De Lesseps VIII be one of the representatives
of France. Admiral Ammen and Mr. A. G.
Menocal win express the views OF the United
States. The leading civil engineers Of other
nations have been selected to attend this con
ference, and its discussions will attract much
attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-12

MILLER T. JONES'
BlLLIARDS BILLIARDS.
We have ON hand few Secondhand
BILLIARD TABLES,
In good condition, which We can put up
ready for use very cheap, A@
Also, prepared to execute orders for all kinds of
BILLIARD WORK ct short notice. Persons having
private tables can by leaving ORDERS have their Cues
called for. newly tipped and returned in perfect
Being the Sole Agents for b W. Collender's ce!e-
brated TAbLk6, win furnish them, put up com
plete in this city, ct New York prices.
MILLER JONES,
my93t National Theuter BuiLdtno.
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EJREFGT ,TEES-R.

MiGjstop AnsRorth & Co., manufacturers,
Chesp:ide, London, L. G.. hsva filled Their
fatalities sra 10000 nouads.
The Russian advance coiuua IN Cen!rsl Asia
has been defeated ty tho Turcomars at Geek
Ttpa, With Tie les, of 100 killed, ard the Rus
SLAMS ere iallpg back en- Bcurma.
Prize, Bismarck apd Cou1t Andfassy have
made 40 arrangement c7ncsrnlog their rsspac
tive tariff regulations snd meaus Ct c1mmua
cation between Austria ard Germany.
4 dispatch from Dover, Eoelard, Says
It is iumorcd that tho excursion steamboat
Un1aunted, IRON R,msgate for the Isle of
Wight, has been Iun down and that all hands
CD Loald-abaut onn h1rlrcl relsorS--havo
bGeG lost
Public tranquility is being gradually re,
stored 10 llaylL Tho provisional government
IS master OF the situation, and is forming y
new Legislative assembly Tor the election col q
s.ioYed lS4 houses.
The conference between l'Iiaca Bismarck aud
Count AEdraEsy has resulted ia an agreement
| that the Gcrna1 and Austrian interests in ell
| pending European questions are identical. aud
the condition Of Europe ia such SIS will leave
no doubt that the Two empires will be able 10
assert those interests pcac,aby
Frero O;ban, Belgian minister ii itrcign
| etfiirs, has gouo to Rome inoognitoto negotiate
E!th The Vatican rtEDectioE the attitude Of Tie
| Belgian clergy. Cardinal Nina, tbs PapaI
Secretary OF State. incliocs to moderation,
bal the Jesuiis arc pushi0g matters to *.
t1emsP. The Belgian bishops have asked The
Pope Ter precise Instructions, which the Pope
hcsltGtes 10 eiVa.
| The Spanish government his received q
memorial from the Cuban slave holders asking
for prompt solution Of the slavery question
Memorial states uoltsi stcps are speedily taken
by the authorities the planters must themselves
sct tho slaves free TO prevent their property
being burned. Tho government has replied
expressing The hop, that tho plantation pro
prlators will act ia cor Junction with the Captain
General Of Cuba and 10 spirit of patriotism.
Ga both OF the main points which Induced
the interview between the Marquis Of Sail:
bury. British foreign secretary. and NJ. Wad
dlrgtoU, French minister of foriegu affairs
namely, tho Greek ard Egyptian qlestious
the understanding between the two powers il
complete. ~ tn tho pl2Es attri bucd toAusria,
Germany and Russia it is he'd That neither
France nor Ea2laud have TO pay much atten-
ton to them or modify in coy way the policy
they ere pursuing.
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sEEts-9 Up TEE HIL

hlr. \. +. Cornali has w;i:t;n a letter for
may accepting the Republican nomination for
Governor OF New York.
The South l;allimc1o surroa,d suicide mys-
tery, mentioned 10 Yesterdays Gazette, sex.
rlodcj, tie gir' ha.cg hsen Iourd.
Hen. }. Warren WcolaErl, Justice OF the
Supreme Court H Pennsylvania, died ct his
ccupIry sea! 81 !lemien, n. Y, last night.
Emile Sa'ulin has scut from plris. for nrc-
Geutation 10 tho Corcorau Gallery at sling
ton. his partrsl: Of Strnhen A Douglas, painted
10 1850
TcnUys9n HAVING refused TO Change ii name
in order to int Ell. his brothers properly, his
son L;ontl viii comply with !hc terms Of The
btqutst.
Allen Barrett, a wealthy artaer c! Clarke
County, lediinl, was kicked 10 death Surdiy
evening By mule 10 his twI bsru, where be
had kooc to Euat ior c,gt.
Euoch &. Lury esd Jsla:a I'LL, oys.eim,n.
Of Queen Anne's c3uaty, Nd, we're drowncl
last Wednt lay by the upsctliGg OF thor cauoc
in Chester river, ttT Corci:a creek.
Two co!orcd MEG, Washington hra?!d add
Pryor WGId, locked aIus and deliberately
walked iGto the Missouri river st ST. Joseph,
]
current GSd drowncd.
The Ncg York Dem ocraLc State Committee
crgariZet il NcS \ ork yesterday, H. g. Faux.
ner in The chair. The 'tamman,tts seats Were
declared vacant. except that Ct Pec! Mitchell,
substitute fer II. y. Gunhlctcn, who stated he
would support the R9bias3n ticket.
Owing partly to many failures and the co.,
stq1cnt depreciation OF property The ys!uali ID
or Fall River, Mass, !his year falls eff atout
81 Loco 600 as compared with last year. TIE
tex rate has increased ffom $l7 SO to SIS 90
each 81 900. and there 81, 1915 fewer persors
in the city than there were year age.
President Hays sld party continued their
tour thl9uG!! Illinois :cj;trisy. At Aurora
they were received By = large crowd, rcudipg
> 500 s:hc0 chl!lreu aDl $50 workinpmen
from the surrouLGiEg cyuatIy. Short addresses
wee m1jc by The prssi lent ard Gems. Shcr.
man and Sheridan.
JaEc5 Ffoeanj. United States Interval rev
enue collector. was iound dead IN his bed ia
BroCkIy0. n. T., yesterday. ilc WAS eighty
years a age, was Gee CT ihc fJurGGfs CT Ply.
mo0tI Church, sid wos president Of the board
OF trustees OF that ObuIGi fer inauy years. lie
was app9ia;Cd rfycru; c1I!cc:or hy President
Grant.
Madaua hotLu. tGchtr, LOW living ia
France, widaw o; :bo tc.'r. has clgsled v9ur-
sei J Philadelphia 10 secure the revocation CT
letters o! administration uroo Fech!trs estate,
aken our tlcr his death Ly iIizzc Price,
(FeehIoT,l whom lie married ti9e years sinco
withoat oa!ainlGg divorce fam Madame
RDebut
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kegRSIEy.g VIEWS.

hir. Philip S!rau5e. AZ cid dr. 900 Is rtroh.
aut of Rich.noad is Cc.5.
\ case ii tho liust!ngs Cou,; OF Richmond,
Moudsy, vas prosecuted and da!rla@a by col.
ored attorneys.
TIE Manassas Qaz,tte etstes that judge
Ccckerlllc, who i, hnnoutc:d as read ulster
oan7as!tr, is heartily 10 favor OF tho McCui-
locE settlement Ct The deb:.
Nlr. John G. Spanetnhurl, one OF tho most
respected ard Influential German c.t231s Ct
Richmond, WIS stricken with paralysis GU Sun
day night.
The readiu1iers as! vi sht oarlie.l three wards
10 Portsmouth,, cltc;:ng thirteen cut Ct seveG~
teen delegates TO tic Senatorial Convention,
which meets ct Deep Geek Oh Thursday.
Sir JChn llua,tr,ir., vim represented Louisa
cou1ty in The legislature lust before tho WIZ,
mas hacn nominated by hH Conservatives for
the House Of Delegates.
Tha Hampton Southern Workman learns
that 10 The coming fall twerty moro ei:lS will
b5 added 10 the lumber of lrdian students st
Hampton. Their due proportion is regarded
as essential 10 tho su,osss and value Of tho ef-
t2rt.
MrI Matte Potts. who undertook t, walk
from Philadelphia to New Otlea0s and back 10
| five months. on wager Ct 81 600, arrived at
Richmond iast night On her return trip She
will start agaio u dpy if the cnuGi!ioa of her
right kac:, which has troubled her, il im'
| proved.
TIC dead BODY ci &a uakI0Ha white man
was found ilolli1g il pond 10 Charlotte g.,
Saturday evening, with gunshot wau1i in
tho back Of tho head and neck suffeiaDs 10
have CAUSED death. Toe hands sid feet waro
| firmly boucd, and two land sides Of 4 pillow tied
| to the body. Suspicion pol1ls to several PAT
ties IN the nei2h5orhood A whito woman
and o cClored man have btcn arrested
La the Louisa CiIcui! Court, YESTERDAY, a
nollo pTo:equl was entered il the case CT tie
Commonwealth against Joseph Clements, vic
was jointly indicted with William Groome IoI
the murder of E:lon Goldman Somo time 4 90
Ian tc!ouut OF which appeared in the GSz,ttc, ),
after the trial bad been in progress two days.
This was cola in order to iptroduc! Clements
as a witness against Groomc.
In tho Court Of Appeals sitting 10 S,auu;ou
on Thursday last, in tho clso CT Hinton w.
Hinton, from Rockiughan, the decree Of thu
Circuit Court was reversed. The opinion Wa
delivered by Judge Christian, a the judges
csncurriog; and 10 the case of Linn ct ais.
trustees, W. Catson's I'D + OF ais, tron Fred
trick county, The decree OF the Circuit COu5
vas c1nfrncd. Tie opinion was delivered by
Judge Andersen, all the Judges cOGcufriag.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-24

We alluded On Motday to Inc partisan IL, es
10 which tho Treasury department Of the Gov.
ernmeut s Tut ~ ;ho Secretary row at !ha
mead 81 it, and ins!Blc3d Ii; annual r,port OF
rGo1ip!s of That department, prepared 10 subj
a way RS to inju3a unih!nkilg readers TO be.
hcv2 ths! tho South contributes little or no!h-
log 10 lite supper f the Govtr3mcut, as 1roof
aad Illustration OF the cir:ectCcss OF cur
views. We arc compelled to revert to the
same subject tC- Jay t. The fact that Mr.. Shcr-
msu has employed man n,ned Hanio to
prepare q partisan statement OF tho CAUSES
which have produced the existing limited negro
exodus from the South, by which it is nado TO
appear that h, condition CT the negroes who
still! r.msin OF their homes is SO miserable that
any change 10 it must Of necessity be fer the
better, aud which was designed, and is cscu-
lated, to Increase III, abtipathy already enter.
tanned in tho Nar'h for the people to whom
this imaginary ooIditioo is falsely attributed,
and which ono sided and partisan statement Mr..
Sherman has bad duplicated and distributed
10 the Iraas throughout the North for the
purpose Of making party capital. Time was
when Cabinet ministers 10 the United States
We're soicIy occupied with tbs duties Of their
respective Offices and had the interests of the
whole Country at heart. but that was when the
Occupant Of the White House was President
Of The whole country aud not the represepts-
tive OF political party-and that sectional
ODe-and that time has log since conc BY.
Such time msy como again. tut, .ad expert
cpve has shown. never while the radicals retain
central of The Government.
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Sensational aud false accounts of the CHS
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a murdered rcqro has bcca ioull ia New
R-lfcld. M:sL, iii: The radical press does not
a,:tp: tie discovery a. nfOoI positive Of The
ba,barous cjtd ton CT the white people Of that
town, rCr q the political prescription 10 which
the Uar51c. there arc suhir ed.
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pGnLIsGED DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY BY
HDGAB SNCwDBN:
WEDNESDAY EVEN'G.. SEPTEMBER "a

parties. .ua II arafar the equality 10 th0 Eu'
msrc.l s:reo..ti, oi those parties the nero
stable Tie !1IGa & gLV:rnmclt eli ho35 c0un'
tries. aad tie trtst:r the parity with which
thtt administrations o.e conducted. 10 trler,
EoRev:r, Ter political patits 10 tytr. their
natural bee; f.ial cEsca they must lie based up
90 potiG, principle The democratic pilt7 IN
this ojun!ry has a!wiyH bad anch iouGGa'
tiol-30t alssys lbs same principles, IS every
body kH"w'. tut a'waSa seine essentially poll.
teal III cope, whica could b, discussed and
argued Is such, AID upon tic effective OPERATION
Of which YOU'D depend The pgl:Cy Of the Gov.
\ crnmsEt, either as CARDS is lGterna affairs or
III FIR, isn relations. ] Ia federal party, the
Old republican party, the ileC 81! party, even
tho know rltIirg paIt2 .alth lis c,psurable and
un-Amer!c4e national aud religious lrMc:ip-
lIcns, all hsd sCca principles, and one has only 10
lock upon tic County aud consider its capa.
Titles to ki01 that the modlro republican, or
more properly speaking, radical party has o
store Of such principles from which to select .
louuCa'on ihst with few repairs that may
be made necessary by the lapse OF time would
last "a !o0g az TIC Government. That il has
no such foundation, Ow:7tr aud consequently
s"1' - o''' w. !'o'''' '"o oIO.n ''a' ,nse''o,
otherwise eoti!lc il, is 90 lees apparent II
makes u,c d such III { pies, to be sure. but
Guy as external ed, ralntnls. its ounGa lion
tu,o ,,ho C,,,,h
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-24

PORT OF ALEXANDRIA. SEP rEMB'R2l.
Sun rissa....-..... 5 40 Sun sats.......... 6 65
Arrived. f...
S!mp K y khish:, Nov York, 10 L 4 Reed
Str Jane hoseley, Norfolk 20 r 4 Reel
Str Msttsno, lower Pete, - j Brolers Il ca
Schr Lille, Washington, t. " A Moore.
CLEARED.
Str George Lesry, Norfolk. by Is Hooe
Str Lady Of the Lake, Norfolk. by A Reol.
Schr Ro1snns. Baltimore. by Z Is Hooe
Schr b u May, Richmond, by j r Agnew
g. Co.
PASSED UP. y
Sch1s hoor &c: ard hattie Z Taylcr.
MSNoRAHDA.
Schr American Team, GEORGETOWN, d. New
Haven 22t.
Schr 81 Z Congdcn sailed from Providence
for this port 22d.
Schrs Mary Oliver Rsngo, for Georgetown.
and George Huntley, Gardiner for Washing
.on, at Vineyard Haven 221.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-24
Contested Election Case,

ToPIKA. Kan, Sop. u the bird days
session yesterday Ct the sub committee On
privileges ma sIscto;a vas Nithout much pro-
gress
Coun.cl Tor hir. Ii ais sst-d that 30 asrt C.
rncnI 81 10 The admission of Testimony taken
bair!e The Legislative lEy9slis alton Cammittco
had been made aud nCna conl be-; that sub.
II &c: . should b, S1ued Ter the Sc members
who voted Ter lrglilt; Ina: il was by their votes
luGalS held his seat. IN !! it Was due q him, 10
the State, ard 10 morality that they appear
!G the sItcruuun The chairman Ct the o0m.
mllteo aSrOunccd TIA! cjGGscl Tor tie memoir.
alisls should iuraish 10 he committee the nant >
Of tho L g nbcra Of the Legislature whose aotiou
10 volioe for loGal!s i; II la.ende! to impeaeh.
T. j.. Smith. Manager .: The Wcstero Un.
ion Telegraph Co., has Lctn sabre lead 10
appear lni prcdncn toItgSams from RS and
other designated lf;!a.S N tho State. ie hes
been r cnmuuaicatlon Hlth tS aiitl to Day,
but what Ii has b ,cn Instructed 10 20 il nCt
know.
Tao n.Eiic!s q the Legislature charged
with corruption havn filed paper With tho
Committee, d:Eoaai * tia vlargcI agait s:
them IS ls'anCu,ly i&l,O a-d malicious, and
dcmar,ng SPECIFY aE. ihcrcugh invee;ga-
tier.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-24

The California Methodist Conference, headed
by Bishop Haven, paid their respects to Gan.
Grant yesterday. The reception at City Hall
WIS very large. ard bandshaking was the order
Of the day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-24

The market Is #c!lVo md excited, a0d prices
are higher. Flaur has aivsnced 90 on all
grades, and W. revise quotations. The remark
able advance in Wheat has caused considerable
excitement and today 81! that was offered was
eagerly bought; the receipts were only fair, and
but 2sGG bushels were oilarod, which sold at -.
123 l25, l26. l2, rs. 100 and 49, as to quality,
an advance Of Gaze since yesterday, aud l6aD
in tho psst ten days. Corn is firm. with light
offerings. end sales a. IS for whto and yellow.
No Rye reported. and ZIG bushels Of Oats sold
a. 3d. Country rr :duce is scarce and somewha.
higher.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-24

\ FIGHT IN THREE RoUND..-A corrcsrou.
dent ct CIarksjn, ~ Ills State, wi!cs IS FL
loVs: Icu may tall; about your lIcenuus, your
MCrllSTy}, yonr AileEF, ard yolr Dryers: New
York may S!ciy orrr h:r Knockers, ard Troy
siog the fine q! Ter Ar,.t yu2Iisl, hu: il re-
mains Tor this classic town 10 shJH :ic world
The finest effort f III, "maGly art" that his
ever yet taken place. TIE encounter crew cut
OF looking green Gre. 4 woman was slso 10
the case. She had cooked The erccn c,rn. In.
stead Ct cooking it on the car, the lady's "bcaus
Oh the stick" sly'c. she had shaved it eff. In
other wards, she did not cock the cobs. This
dtd rot sci. the youeg mau, WHO, by tho way,
is her hirtd man. lilo expressed We,
hement dissatisfaction. The lady felt az
Rrleved, end told him what he could do,
add Lie said he would not do il. She weighs
two hundred ptuads; 50 Goes he. She knew
$40 bad muscle. Size believed that she could
sHiDg mole than he c.u'd. Accordingly, she
Initiated hostilla5. She cammcrc,d them
without formal declaration Ct wsr. Bat the
fight nay be divided into rouaGs.
No. IA straight hitter from the shoulder
by the woman, intended to color the nasal ap-
pendsge OF the hired man, end cause it TO
blossom as the Iosc." But the blow didn't
alight where she intended it t.. The whack
was received on the atul Of the valiant mae,
causing quick expansion of the muscles
thereof.
No. "A surprise from the femsle. \ left
handler. Ii met the valiant" below the belt.
1t took glorious cfftc. 1t bit hin on bis
Tead.basket, as vulgar prize fight reporters
say. Ho performed exactly like jack knife.
ne doubled up. She had him hors de combat.
NO; 3-"Valsnt' received shower of
baked potatoes on his PROSTATE, helpless phySi.
clal structure. She was lust "bts,."
The woman did not faiat, aud cur towu j.
Lsppy. -~NelQ IorR: Ne1cs.
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Sensational aud false accounts OF tho CHS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-24

Great preparations are making at St Thomas
Ter The reception of Prince WaIdemar OF DsD,
mark.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-24

Lee marKet WAS we'll supplied Wila Caltlo this
week, and prices are unchanged, with very few
sales. Calves 10 taic inquiry at quots!ioEs
Sheep and Lambs arc in fair receipt. but Of very
inferior quality, most CT tht offerings being cul
llngs; 3 few good ones would sell readily. Hogs
dull and nominal. Cows and Calves in modsr.
ate densnd Market generally Glow.
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET Sept. o.
Beeves-Ordinary TO primo native Steers sold ut
!3a97c per 10 dressei and extra do at l0sl0!,
including Ito Kentucky Steers. 1910 lbs average
to an exporter st lCtc per 10. Texans ranged
from Gis1tc per ID.
Calves-Fst veals wore readily sold at full
prices but grassers. buttermilk Calves and fed
Calves were dull and lower. Milk fed vesls
ranged from dc tc Gle per ID; srsssers, butter,
milk Calves and fed do Irom y TO BIC per ID
Sheep and Lsnbs--Lambs were a shade firm
or, While Sheep vera barely steady. Lambs
cold at itsts, per ID. and Sheep st 3 G0.S5 rs per
lU0 lbs.
Hogs-No ssles Of 1--we Hogs before Change
Feeling firm. and pomianily qao!si al 81
S4 % per lG0 lbs.
CONTINUED RISE IN Fg!cEs.--Ihsre WAS u
continued upward movement OF prices in Chi.
csSo yesterday. wheat making tho most decided
advance. November sold rs high y. TO-! dur.
lng the afternoon, and closed steady at shade
less than the bes! prices Although prices have
advanced daily for two weeks, with no retrogsde
movement ol consequence, lac result his moi
been disastrous except in three Cases until yts-
terday when several small operators suspended.
but tho total amount Of their liabilities will hsrd.
ly reach 5000. Pricts Hro also steady with n
decidedly buoyant feeling, which IS most mark
ed in pork snd short ribs. Farmers appear to
DO hclding back their supplies for better prices.
BALTIMORE, Sept. q Virginia G. cd -; do
deferred B.; co consolidated So do "a series
2st; past duo coupons SlS; Virginia 10.i0s I95
Cotton dul and nominal; middling spot l0t
Oct ~. Flour firm and active; Howard stree:
ard western suoer 75sS4 %; do extra 4 50l
SIS Is; do Family s aOas6 %; City Mills super
f5aSi Is; DO Extra 4 50sSh q; do Family 5 -
aS6 70; do Rio brands G2jaSG co.; Pstspsco
Family 81. Whest--:outhern higher aud &C.
tive; western irregular and unsettled, and lower
a: the close; southern red 125al23; do amber
l3OslS6; No Maryland l29; No2 western win
ter red spct Sept. Oct Nov and Dec rs. Corn
southern firm for white; no yellow ofe..
iIngs; y western firm southern white s..
90 yellow nominal: Western mixed spot 81
Sept and Oct 6T!s57s; Nov 54ta58; stoamer-no
Offering. Oats firm; Sculhesn 35a37; Western
Whlto 84sSG; do mixed 32a33i; Penna 25,SG
Ryo quiet G1aCG Hsy steady; primo 10 choice
Pe1ns and Maryland IdsSl5. Cotico Grm; Rio
cargoes llslG. Sugar strong; a soft ssles.
WhlskeS steady a. 81 GS
NEW YORK, Sept. 2i--Gtccks strong. Money
6s6. Flour quiet. Wheat steady. Corn active
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-24

HoIsrED BY HIS Own PETARD.-Pfolesscr
Ihonas, recently Connected with Butler Uoi
Tersl'y, vas EOtcd chiefly for bis cxactuess in
the use CT tie vcrnacr'ar. Gao night be was
awakened at al unaccmiGgly hour ly the dis
oordant sounds OF nldgnight reYc1ry from the
direction OF student 8 bedroom. Dressing him.
sell hastily he hurried down the hall, and after
few knocks on tho bolted door TO epforcs
silence, he called out. Hi, YOU fellows in thereI
Can't you make less noise %
who's out there?' was tho rssp1psc,
IT'S me-"
WHO arc you?'
Professor Thomss"
You're liar. You can fool us. Thomas
would have said 1t is L. Como on. bows mat
once more Aud the strains of "T,andlord
Fill the Flowing Bowl" resumed through the
house TIL daylight. The affair Was never after
alluded 70 by the professor.
THE LATE GEN HOOPS CHILDREN
following interesting Information in regard 10
the children Of the late Gen. j ohm B. Hood ia
furnished by the Hood fund committee of New
Orieals:
The surviving children Of the late Gen. J. B
Annsbsl. ~
Ethel Genayieve Twins, aged about yeara.
John Bell, r.,"...............- &"
Duncan Norbert t. 7
Li iIiSa Marie n aHs T#inR",... {"
Odile Musson,
Ida Richardson, WINS
an1s dertrude.."."( lat date. Sept Isl weeks.
All are at present under the care of their ma.
ternal grandmother.
Great preparations are making at St. Thomas
Ter The reception of Prince Waldemar of Dsrt
mark " DoI