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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-24

Wa JOHNSON JOHN T. HAMMOND.
w A. JOHNSON s CO..
WHOLESALE GROOEkS.
GENERAL. COMMISSION MEEGuANi5,
And Dealers in
ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS.
Have on hand GIBeON'S XIX, NIX. AHNA
and PUKE OLD RYE, OLD CABIN NJ
and MONOGRAM WHiSKlES; al.o BAH.
ER'S and THOM rSON';i PUEE Rye
WHISTLES, to watch they i:.7ito the attention
of the trade.
Also agents for tho salo III LAFLIN s.
RAND'S RIFLE POWDER.
Orders from the country for merchandise shall
receive prompt attention
| Consignmen,s OF Flour. Grain and Country
Produce solicited, for which they guarantee the
highest market prices and prompt returns.
Northeast corner Of Cameron and Royal ste.,
Alexandria, We. my T.
HARLOW BIOS
wucLE5ALE
GROCERa COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
And Dealers in
JOHN GIB5ON'a SON s. COS: CABINET
y, NX ana XXE WHISTLES, and
Thompaons Puro Rye Whisky; Foreign
Wines and Brandi0s, Ale Poftnr
and ChsmpSancs.
N. W. coz. CAMERON AND ROYAL ST3.
Coffee roasted for the trade at 75o per sack.
my eff
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-24

NEW AUCTION AND COMMISSION
~ HOUSE.
We have opened at No go ROYAL ST. sn
Auction and Commission House.
We arc now ready to receive all kinds OF mer.
chandise and household goods en- consignment
or purchase the same.
We think it msy prove an advantage to por-
sops who have PRODUCE of any description
10 send il to Us. Located immediately opposite
the main entrance TO tho Market on Royal 81,
goods can DO ex posed every morning at puoiic
auction whom tho best prices may be expected
Prompt returns made on sales
Persons having FURNITURE for sale will
End il to their ADVANTAGE TO give us q call.
We will attend to auctioneering at public sales
of property, and respectfully solicit a share OF
public patronage. UN EAL d LUCAS.
aarAuc.ion goods constantly on hsnd and for
o.la nov 6-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-24

TXECUTOK'S NOTICE.-The undersigned
~ having duly qusiii ID before the Corpora.
ton Court Of III } city Of Alcxsndris as executor
of the Will of tho lac Judge e. NJ LOVE,
hereby gives notice TO all persons having claims
against said estate II present them to him. duly
authenticated. ALI persons indebted to said ca
tsts are required TO make Immediate payment tc
the subscriber
ivg.4w JNO s CHAPMAN Executor
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-24

nELlGHTFUL SMOKE AND POSI-.
~ TIVE CURE.-Endorsed by tho medical
profession. CARTOONS CATARRHAL CT
GAHETTES. comprising Cubebs aud Juniper
Tar with Strsnoaan and o:her highly bene-
Fl ,isl terbs Have 70 equal for the immediat
relief and permanent cure of all Catarrhal and
Br 5nchisl Affections. They are pleasant and
reliable remedy It reasonable price 10 cts. per
pscssge). lEus bringing them within the reach
OF all For sale by
iJl5 TINT DAVIDSON
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-24
!. a. DAVIS, Clerk.
Commissioners Office, July On. 1879.

Commissioners Office, July On. 1879.
To Crawford Gushing. nd mr. of john 4. Snir-
ley, decd, G. G. GrAhan,C. Taylor Hol!z:ls~,
snd Z. Z. DonoEue.
Tako notice. thst have fixed on too llth day
&C August, 1879. as the time. and my Office. III
tbs town Of BrantsvilIr, as the place, whcn M!
where shall execute tho requirements Of tho
above decree at which time uud place you src
required to a.tcEd Given under my hand as
Commissioner OF the Circui: Court Of Prlacs
William County this IN day of July 1871.
4. a. SINCLA1E.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-24

SDA6 STUART
Improyed SINGER SEWING MACH1N 4,
With all tho attachments. Call and examine II
heforo having double price for g. inferior ma
chino q. c. BERRY'S,
mvo3 ~ King street..
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-01-18
Lincoln and the Office-Seeker.

One of the most interesting, newsy,
and witty of Washington 1etter-writers
is Mr.. Ben Perley Poore, the corre-
spondent of the Boston Journal. In
recent communication he gives the fol
lowing fresh anecdote of President Lin
coin: "The pertinacity with which
offices are sought here was very annoy
ing to sold Abe One day clerk in
the War Department, who had been sent
previously on errands to the White
House, awaited .mself of the opportu-
nifty to ask place in the Treasury De-
partment for brother who had been in
a District volunteer regiment for thirty
days. HAS your brother as good cler-
ical capacity as yourself9' inquired Mr..
Lincoln. yes, SIR Il think your
father also holds an office Yes, sir;
he is chief of the division of the War
Department in which / am clerk sand
haven't you another brother who is Il
clerkp' Yes, sir; he is in the Depart
ment of the Interior 'Ah!' continued
Mr.. Lincoln, sthree of one family al
ready in office, and now you want to get
a fourth in. Why, as we say out in
Sangamon County, Illinois, there are
too many hogs and too little corn Tho
Young man didn't wait for more elab-
crate explanations
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-01-18
CURRENT TOPICS.

The Government Directors of the
Union Pacific Railroad have submitted
their annual report to the Secretary of
ths Interior. They believe that, in view
of its success as a Commercial enter
prise, it should be submitted to as Sc
we're tests as any railway in the country.
Its road-bed is not what it should be,
for the reason that the stockholders and
managers have absorbed as dividends
the moneys which ought to have
been expended in substituting steel rails
for the worn-out iron ones that now dis
figure its track. An amalgamation of
the road with its connecting branch
lines is not deemed desirable, and the
public interest would be better secured
were the companies compelled to arbi-
trate the existing differences relative to
pro-ratipg.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-01-18

manifest, and in a nit of jealousy and NOR
LITIGATION at her conduct he resolved upon
the desperate deed here recorded.
1t is again reported that Sitting Bull
and his band are anxious to make peace with
the United States authorities and return to
their old quarters,
The United States sloop of war Rich
mond, which is to take Gen. Grant and suite
on their Eastern voyage, sailed from New
York on the 18th for Gfbralter.
Capt. Bogardus recently accomplished
the unparalleled feat, at Gilmore's Garden,
New York, of breaking with rifle 5000
glass balls in 6,013 shots. He broke $3.50
balls without a miss. --..-
Two Indians were hanged for muir
der at Pendleton, Oregon, on the 10th.
Fourteen men have been indicted for
the murder of Judge Burnett, in Breathitt
County, n.y., during the late insurreetion.
The New French Cable Company pro-
poses to lay two cables, one from Brest to
Cape Cod and the other from Lands End to
Nova Scotia, both by way of Saint Pierre.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-01-18
Lost in the Woods for Eight
Days.

A gentleman named G.. A Burnham,
of Bear Lake, lately from Oakland
County, this State, left his home at Bear
Lake on the 10th nit. to go to Gaylord,
Otsego County, for the double purpose
of hunting and examining piece of
land he has lately come into possession
of near that place. He took the train
leaving the train at Elmira, from whence
n wagon-road runs east to Gaylord. He
arrived at Gaylord in safety, and start
ed out to look up the land after getting
directions. Trudging on, until ample
time had elapsed to reach his journeys
end, the thought suddenly dawned upon
him that he was lost. Then commenced
struggle to find his way out through
the dense and almost impenetrable
woods which extend over the upper and
eastern part of the Lower Peninsula. He
was without provisions of any kind, and
totally unprepared for the experience
which followed, with the exception of
his faithful gun and supply of ammu-
milton upon whose aid he was compell-
ed to depend for subsistence. Game was
fortunately abundant, and he was spar
ed the pangs of starvation, which fact
alone prevented his name from being
added to the list of victims who within
the past few years met their fate from
becoming entangled in the be-
wildering mazes of our Northern for
ests. For eight weary, heart-sickening
days, he desperately struggled on, ex-
hausted and discouraged. At night,
scraping together few leaves, and en-
sconcing himself under the lee of a
fallen tree, he stretched his languid
limbs for repose, only to resume his
weary tramp in the morning. One
eventful night, which will not soon fade
from his memory, he spent in clinging
to the overhanging branches of a tree
which be was obliged to climb to es-
cape pack of bowling wolves, follow
ing on his trail, whose herrid jaws, with
their cleaning rows of teeth, perpetu-
ally met his vision through the slow re-
volving hours of terrible agony, as they
prowled about swapping and snarling
in bitter disappointment at the loss of
their intended meal, which sat, trem-
bling and shivering, just above them. At
last, on the eighth day, with feet frozen,
having been entirely without protec-
ton for them during the last day, he
dragged his weary limbs into Alpena, a
distance of about 60 miles from where
he commenced his terrible march. His
meanderings, however, must have ex-
tended over much greater stretch of
territory, as he travelled almost inces
sanity during the hours of daylight, and
frequently doubling on his track. At
ter short rest he started from Alpena
for home.-Petos6ey (Mich.) Record.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-01-18
Mining Nomenclature.

Names of mines, like ones emotions
when eating Limburger cheese for tie
first time, are peculiar. The locator of
Dry Hash probably showed his prefer
ence for dish which is a prominent
feature in a clearinghouse, and has
large circle of acquaintances. Little
Blk leaves one to infer that there is a
Big Blk; in fact, on consideration, we
concede that there are great many OF
them. Mollie Darling shows that, al
though she is getting to be an old maid,
she still has admirers. The Fraud is no
exhibition of human nature; the locator
wanted TO pique the pride of the VEN
and spur it 70 belle its name. On in
curing of ore miner why he had named
his claim 81 Know ALL" he explained:
when left the East I left my girl
there, aud-aud some trouble had with
another lady. When 1 got out here
wrote to nay girl that l was doing bully.
That wasn't so; but you know how a
fellow will write. Wrote that expect
ed to return soon and cage her in
a palace. She answered: Il know
all. Yours no more. Jane.'" Asking
another why he chose 10 name his
"Terror," he replied, "For lady"
"How? Didn't know that was female
name" "Well, you see that's my wife;
she's a terror. Left her in Gold HILL"
Tom Pike being questioned as to bis
| naming a location Joab johnson, said:
That-that was my name in the
States.' / asked the proprietor of the
Last Chance if he really considered that
his last chance for a fortune; if he failed
would he Try again? mo, sir; no, sir;
will go to robbin' the stages" To the
man who was showing me his two
claims remarked: "From the name,
the Treasury, you must have high hopes
of thisP'' THAT isn't why named her
thai" "Why, thenp'' '' There's nuthin
in it, Sand this second one, Hector,
YOU admired the valiant TrojanP''
ssNamed for my dog Hector He's
dead now. Buried over thar. Come
an see his grave. ''-,San Lake Tribune.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-01-18

LINGER not upon the doorstep,
In the winters blast;
For you'll find, when you're through kissing
That your lips all stuck fast.
Froze up, as it were.
-Elnsira Gazette.
POPULAR superstitions That butter
| is made from butternuts. That you
must plant eggs if you would raise egg
plant. That you can print what IS a
curd in the dairy. That a tramp will
refuse trade dollar.-Utica Observer.
| AMERICA is exporting lager to Ger
many. After that almost any thing may
be expected. Does the gentleman who
presides over the place that Bob Inger-
soil says doesn't exist want to buy some
birthstone P--Bufalo Express.
JUST while we think of it, why didn't
the individual who invented button
holes get up something equally durable
to fit into them? We have yet to run
across the first button that would hold
out with half the persistency that the
hole would. A
EVE had one advantage over the girls
of the present day. When her mother
called her to set the breakfast-table, all
she had to do was to tie her hair in a
wad, wash her face, put on seraphic
smile, and skip down stairs.--Etnasra
Gazette.
THE Boston Transcript says: s'A
North End man calls his baby Macbesh,
because it murders sleep.'' The story
is something like that of the Irishman
who called his pig Maud, because she
would come into the garden.-Neao Or
leans Picayttfae.
"WHILE his beauty" said a Knoxville
Judge, when he had occasion to refer to
one of the counsel practicing before
him, IS has been somewhat enhanced re-
Gently by his falling, face foremost,
from a second-story window to cobole-
stone pavement beneath, it is neverthe-
less the opinion of the Court that he re-
mains the ablest lawyer and the ugliest
man it the State"
oRTHoGRAPHICAL.
With tragic air the lovelorn heir
Once chased the chaste Louise;
She quickly guessed her guest was there
To please her with his pleas.
Now at her side he kneeling sighed
His signs of woful size;
f" oh, hear ME here, for 10, most low
rise before your eyes.
This soul is sole thine own, Louise
Twill never wean, ween,
The love that for aye shall feel.
Tho mean may be It's mien"
You know can not tell you no."
The maid made answer true
Hove you aught, as sure ought
To you tits due dO!'
| Since you are won, fafrest one,
The marriage rite is right
The chapel aisle I'll lead you up
! This night" exclaimed the knight.
st. Louis Times Journal.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-01-18
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

At Beckville, Ind, on the moro 'pg
Of the 4th, two young children o; a man
named Nolan were found frozen to death 4
bed.
Il il reported that four tramps were
frozen to death at Glasgow Junction, KY,
on t1e night of the Cd.
The works Of the st. Louis Beef Car-
ming Company, on Poplar and Fourteenth
Streets, were partially burned on the night
Of the 9Th. Loss nearly 500, 200; fully in
sured.
The Wholesale boot ard shoe house
Of Appleton, Noyes & Co., S.. LoIis, sus-
pended on tne 6,h. The failure is sad ,
be due to complications a, sing out o.: ne
de1ih of special partner, and The assets OF
the house are declared 10 be in excess OF the
liabilities.
Ddtch Charley" was hanged at Car
bon, Wy. r., on the 9Th, by gang of mask
ed men. He was notorious stage robber
and also accused of murder. 49,
A number of Eastern mills are now
running on half-time, on account tot the low
prices of manufactured goods.
A recent dispatch from the City O.
Mexico says that ex- Gov. Eravo, who he I'D
ed the rising in CoIima and Michoacap, La,
been killed with IA OF his followes.Sf
The public schools of Mdc5el, Ird.
| have been dismissed on nc count 0, the scar
let fever epidemic.
! Thomas Reed, Cashier of the Firs
National Bank OF Galveston, Texas, abscond
ed WITH SCI 900 in cash OF the banL's funds
Supposed TO have crossed the border.
Clark Hubbard, With his wife and tw
children, en- route west from Sherman, Tex
as, were frozen 30 death near Pilot Point O.
the night of the 5sh.
Benjamin Hunter was hanged at Cam
den, n. j., on The 10th, for the murder &
John NJ. Armstrong, in January las
Hunter was former business assoc:a,
of Armstrong, and had policit
OF insurance on his life amounting TO $26
600. The evidence in the csse, together wit
Hupte- 3 ow Il adrris. IONS, left no room fl
doubt that The pur6er was commi ted
order that he might realize upon the pol
, cies.
| Michael Farrell was hanged at Quebe
: on the 10th, for the murder OF Francis Co,
way in August last.
w. H.. Duryea, formerly Depui
, Sheriff Of Lucas County, o., on the lot
shot and seriously wounded his wife al
C then shot himself, dying Instantly. Du
4 yeas wife, whom he married
: October last, was woman of som
what unsavory reputation, with who
he had become infatuated. For Il sho
u time they lived in apparent harmony, WIFI
her old proclivities again began to be ma,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-01-18
An Immense Establishment.

Of the great mechanical workshops
now In existence there are two which
stand pre-eminent and whose names are
familiar throughout the civilized world.
We of course refer to the works OF
Krupp of Prussia and the Creuzot
Works of France. We give here few
particulars of the latter concern, the
largest in the world. These great works
comprise within themselves collieries,
blast furnaces, FORCES, rolling mills, steel
works and extensive mechanical work
shops, besides an extensive system
of railways connecting the various
departments. In addition to the works
at Creuzot, there are coal and iron
mines, bridge and ship-building works,
and also ship works at other places
owned by the same firm and forming
one establishment. Altogether the land
occupied at Creuzot and dependencies
amounts to more than 1000 acres, be-
sides 1880 acres of agricultural lands
owned by Messrs. Schneider & Co., the
sole owners of the works. In connec-
ton with the concern there are 100 miles
of private railway, worked by % loco
motives and over 1,50o wagons. On the
LIST Of last May the staff included 1929
persons, as follows: In the collieries,
1850; iron mines, 1921 blast furnaces,
1874 steel works, 1893; FORCES and roll
ing mills, 1851; mechanical shops, p
7Os; railways and miscellaneous, 1,499.
Total, 1922.
The products of these works last year
amounted to 549, 700 tons of coal, 1885,
600 tons of pig iron, of which 10000
tons were made into iron and steel,
while $4,000 tons of engines and ma
chimes were turned out of the mechanical
workshops. The raw materia! used in
the same year was of coal, 572 900 tons
coke, 165, 1000 tons; minerals, 100000
tons; water 77O,OOO,OOO gallons; gas,
T,6SO,0OO feet. The full capacity of
the works is estimated at 100000 tons
of coal, 100000 tons of wrought iron
and steel, and $4,000 tons of engines
and machinery. Is it any cause for sur
prise to our readers that a work of the
above magnitude finds itself requiring a
steam hammer that weighs 1882 tons
and costing 100000? The anvil of the
hammer alone weighs 1872 tons. Just
contrast the difference between a blow
from this hammer and that from the
sturdy arm of a village blacksmith. Is
it any wonder that such tool should
require a crane capable of handling a
weight of 100 tons or that the workshop
in which the hammer works cost ST.
500,00OP One of the rolling mills at
these works covers space 1,247 feet by
1928. Add to this the fact that hundreds
of powerful steam engines are constant
ly at work, aud we have some under
standing of the largest concern in the
world and asample of the magnitude of
what the present age can accomplish,
for while these works were commenced
nearly century since it is>principally
within single generation that they have
grown to their present magnitude
Boston Journal
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-01-18

THE Viceroy of India telegraphs the
following details of the Ameer's with
drawal from Cabul: "The Ameer
held Durbar Dec. 10, when it was re-
solved that after the fall of Ali Musjid
and Peiwar no further reliance could be
placed on his troops or resistance offer
ed. The Ameer, therefore, concluded
to seek Russian protection and place his
case before a European Congress, leav-
ing Yakoob Khan, his son, in charge.
Yakoob was released the same day, and
the oath was administered that be
should do as the Ameer directed. The
Amer left Cabul Dec. Is. His author
ity had almost disappeared" The
Ameer Is supposed to have gone to St.
Petersburg.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-01-18
A Spoiled Child.

Henry Hoy, the scion of an aristo-
cratic house, who shot himself dead in
his Office on Monday, was casual ac-
quaintace of mine. There never in all
the world was better illustration of
what a curse money is to a young man
who doesn't know what it costs to
earn it.
During the last ten years, that is.
since he was 81, he han spent $500, 200
in business, or what he Gallo business,
always managing" something which
he but dimly understood, always over
reached by pa:tners and plundercd by
every body.
Besides his own fortune, his mother
who is now travelling in Errope, still
wealthy-made him an annual allow
ance of $4,000, but that was mere
bagateile to gentleman of his luxu-
rious habits. He went for week to
Newport TO the races this year with
"Jim Bennett" as he always called
his more moderate and Incorporate
crony, and when he came back he said
he had chad royal time and spent
$1,000" He went to Coney Island in
July for one day and night with he
amiable and accomplished friend and
spent $500 somehow, and he was not q
gambler either. ...
His literary diet was chiefly French
novels of the lighter sort, which he read
with great fiuepcy in the original, and
his manners varied from imperiouspe. .
20 petulance. In fac, Harry Hoy was
a spoiled child all his life, as helplcs S
and as useless as an infant, merely be-
out compelling him to earn it. He was
the handsomest man ever saw, Think
and he was wonderfully urbane and
fascinating when he chose to be. If all
luxuries were as free as air, to be had
merely for the naming; if the wishes of
aud opera-boxes, woodcock and Cha, eau
Y'quem, then Harry Hoy would have
been happy man, and would have sal
in the sun in a velvet cap 10 a sweet old
age. But money costs labor, or some.
thing worse, and duns are importunaie
and Harry Hoy felt that he was per
secu;cd by their attention, so, when he
tried 10 borrow money and couldn't, hi
shut his office door and shot himsel
dead with pistol, going with grea
rapidly out of a world which look
very gloomy to his widow and he
children this morning.
1 rather think that Harry Hoy's fathe
, ought to be held responsible for thi
tragedy. To give boy money freei
ruins him nine times out of len.
Harry's father had compelled him to b
> frugal in his boyhood, and, when h
was 16, had said II him, :" Now, go /
! work, for you get no more of me-"
l., would have been a real blessing to h. L
+ and would probably have made a ma
d of him. Better is the awakening kic
> of an affectionate father than plenty I
- ducats and Incidence Herewith. Ho
would it answer for Legislatures to pa
q laws making parents responsible for IL
= way in which children turn ONO
; York Cor. Lad;qncpo'5s Journal.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-01-18

TEE fugitive Cbeyennes, who have
been fmpi isoned at Fort Robinson, Neb..
since their capture in October last, have
recently shown signs of dissatisfaction
and iDsubordinatiou, on account o; their
return to their agency in the Indisn
Territory having been ordered
by the Indian bureau. On the night of
the oh, just before midnight, swh re
none but the few guards on duty were
awake, the Indians made a forci-
BILE outbreak from their quarters,
firing upon the guard. with some
reviewers that they had sec-e;cd, dan
gerously woundiug four of the soldiers,
two Of them rortally. The Indians
then made for the surrounding hills,
closely pursued by the whole force OF
cavalry at the fort, who soon ove.-
took them and = fired upon
them remorselessly. The following il
the result Ct the emeu-e, as telegrapted
ON the night Of the 10th: -Thir y-seven
Indians nearly all of whom are squaw 1
or children, have either sure adered OF
been captured, and are under ev--d
tbirty-f0ur are sill oat, includ.
ing about seventeen warr;ors
The dead bodies OF TIE -IsS.arf
brought into toe fort for burial number
twenty warriors. eight squaws and two
children. Five soldiers were worrded
two Of them, priva'es Smith ard Tves,
els, have died; others not dangerous
Private Ferguson, vino was stabbed b,
Wild Hog. WI recover fEkTrR :
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-01-18

The President has nominated james
B. Howell, OF Iowa, Orange Ferris, of
New York, and A. o. Ads, of Vermont,
Sorshern Claims Commissioners; Lewis
E. Payne, of Virginia, Uni,ed States At
torney for Wyoming Territory; A.
Worth Spates, Of Ma yland, Secretal :
of Wyomi1 g Territory; Peter Mao;er,
Eegi-.er of the Lsnd-office, Bisms.ck,