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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-15
NH d.co.d
SALE OF LAND IN
EaJREAN COUNTY.

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LAND In
4 FAIRFAX COUNTY.
The sus of K i! heirs vs. Daniel Kincho
logs admir-, will, on MONDAY, the 18th day
Of March, 1870 (Court day. sell 20 tho hlghes.
bidder inose TWO CERTAIN TRACTS OF
LAND, being part of the real estate OF winch
the lste Ds.ial kincheloe died seized, contain.
smaller of these tracts has o COMFORTABLE
DWELLING HOUSE,, with the usual out
buildings: the other is without improvements,
but has an abundance Of wood:
forms of ssle, IS directed by the decree OF
Eovemb Der term. 1868: Ono tenth OF tho purcnsso
money in hand on tho day OF saloi the resiuu9
in three equal instsnenls at six, twelve ana
eighteen months, with interest from the day OF
sale TO be secured by tho notes OF the purchaser,
with GOOD security, tue title 10 DO retained until
tho LAST payment is made
THOMAS MOORE. Comm'r. OF Salo.
Fairfax county, feb l5-wiW
mss- The above Gale. for tho want of bidders.
is adjourned until MONDAY, tho 4lat day OF
April, ct the same plsce, at II O CLOCK m, Couft
day. !HOS. MOOkb, ec,
GALE OF VALUABLE AN D PRODUCT
= I'VE REAL ESTATE IN FAlkFAA
COUNTY, WlTHIN A HALF A MILE OF
MT, VERNON. Persuant 80 the decree OF the
Circuit Court of Fairfax County, entered at lis
McWilisms, tho undersigned, speclsl commits
sionc7 named IN said decree, will, on MONDAY,
(cour. day., tho 18th dsy Of Msy, 1879. sell TO
the highest bidder, in front OF tho door OF the
Court House Of said county, st II O'CLOCK IT., of
ssid dsy, all thcso TWO TRACTS OR PAX
GELS OF LAND st present occupied by d nry
McWilams, containing respectfully 47l.2O.llO
and III 37.lO0 acres. These lots constitute one
of tho most valuable farms in the county OF Fair
fsz, lying SIS they do, contiguous. Immediately
on the Mt Vernon road leading from Alexsn-
dris, and on tho Accotink Pike, within bali
mile of Mt. Vernon, IS owned by tho Ladies
Association" in ono Of the most fertile regions
of the county, and in 3 neighborhood OF thrill
rapid Improvement aid market facilities They
constitute tho improved psrt of tho estate known
SIS mt. ZEPHYR" owned By the late Aaron
Loege,L 10 those desiring to invest IN good
land, yielding an interest on tho out!sy, within
a half mile Of the mecca Of our Country" no
bctter opportunity is or csn be offered.
Terms CT Sale: Enough cssh to pay the cost
and expenses of sale and tho sum Of SlSS". 4G,
with interest thereon from The 18th day OF Au-'
gust, 1875, and tho residue in thros equal pay
menis ut six, twelve and eighteen months, 10
bear interest from tho day Of sale, to DO secured
by tho notes OF the purchaser, with good person
al security Inc title to be retained until tho LAST
payment is made. If this land is not sold on the
day named. il will then DO for salo privately
and in such parcels rs may seem advantageous.
THOMAS MOORE,
NH 96.wts Commissioner Of sale
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-15
NH 26.wts

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF REAL rs
~ TATE NEAR SPRING VALE, in Fair
fax countv-By virtue of decree of the Circuit
Court of Fairfax county: pronounced at Noveln-
Der term. 1876. in the suit of Swink VS.. Swink;;
tho undersigned, special commissioners, named
in said Decree will, on MONDAY, the 2lst day
Of April 1872 Court day. at p: m sell d to , the
door Of the Court House of said county, all the
REAL ESTATE of which the late Tenly S.
Swink died seized (not assigned to his widow as
dower) containing about 2l3i acres. This land
will be sold in two parcels the quantity in each
to DO announced on the day Of sale This !, Land an,
snd Others. Persons desiring to purchase are
invited TO inspsct the premise. MIR. John +.
Swink, living near, will take pleasure IN show
inr tho property.
Terms Of Sale Ono fourth cash, and tho resi-
duo in three equal annual payments, to bear in
terest from the Day of sale, to be secured by tho
notes Of the purchaser, with personal lccurity.
md the title to DO retained until the lsst pay.
men: il made }. NJ. LOVE,
THOMAS MOORE.
NH 2l-wiw C2mm'rs. Of Salo.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-15

& TRUE GEHriEMAE.-"l beg your pardon,
.na with & Smile Esd touch Of his hat. Harry
Edmon handed to ar old man, against %nom ~
had accidentally stumbled, tho cane "h!eh he
had Knocked from lis hand. i hopc did NOT
nur. ycu. Wo were playing most to roughly
mo: Bit" said The old man, cheerily. "hoys
will bu boys, and lis be;! iicJ should 20. lou
II an, clad 10 hear - and lifting his hay
syain. Harry turned to join tina plsymstes with
whom he had toon fco!ick!0s q! the time q Inc
accident. ,n.. oId f,l.
:.Whs. Co you raise your hs: to ms. oia LEI
low fJr?" asked his companion IhaElie o'as'
Hes only Giles the huckster." ,,r.o
.Ihst makes no difference" said Harry. ne
question is no. whether hs is n gentleman, Dut
whether am emo"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-15
AUCTION S&LES.
CTEAMEH ARLINGTON FOR SALE

Will be offered for ss!e privately until THURS:
Day, The 18th Of April. 1873. at tho dock foot OF
kay street Aexs1drs Ta the o6 sac sast T Yoss
breadth 20 fee: depth OF hold feet. with ca a,
pscity Of over fifty tons; draws. when light, =
toet OF water end losio: about feet. rms
steamer is we'll adapted 10 the river trade, ana Is
in good condition, Including boiler snd engine:
If not sold previous to the Tin or Apri, on Ida!
day. st II m, the Arlington Will Do onefeu lof
sails by publicauctioa. ro.. ~
Terms made known by addressing JOS. l.
JANNEY, at Occcquan, Prince William Co.,
Va, or on tho day OF public sale on the spot.
JOS. T. JANNEY.
NH t.co.a HENRY +. DUTY.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-11-14
Report Of District No. II.

Below we give the result of our
second quarterly examination. 100
means perfect in all branches exams
ined on. The examinations are written
and our primary grade being unable to
write, are not reported.
GRADE A.
Berry Threlkeld, 81; Lonnie Jones,
80; Martha Morrow, So; Joe Bald
ridge, 81.
GRADE B.
Lizzie Mcdaniel, 61; Katie Ross,
"A; Lizzie Pierce, "A; Ida NJ. Fleet
wood, Y; Jennie Hughes, 65; Jno
Maddox, 81.
GRADE C.
Walter j. Saunders, 63; A. L
Huffman, 81; David Mcdaniel, 40
Chas. Mcdaniel, 67; Cue Tbrelkeld,
68; Henry Fleetwood, 20; Elijah
Maddox, AZ; Louis D Tbrelkeld, S8
Thos. Tyler, SO; Laura Fletcher, 76
GRADE D.
Mollie Baldridge, Sc; Lizzie Henry
SO; Lou Mcdaniel, 81; james Tyler,
William Harmon, II; Molie Jones
90; William Jones, g.
GRADE E.
Fannie Mcdaniel 96; Minor Henry
81. II NJ SAUNDERS,
Teacher.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-11-14
EsSENTIALS TO PRISON RE-
FORM

If the people of Kentucky do not
want to build second penitentiary in
the western part of the State, they can
get rid of that expense very easily by
insisting that through the rigid euforc
ement OF the laws, the number of crimi-
nails shall be very much less than at
present, and far less than the Frank
fort Penitentiary will couvienently
hold. After Gov. BLACKBURN has
granted a number Of pardons to con
victs, some Of whom were so near
death when clemency was administered
that they have since died, there remain
over niue hu ndred in a locality whore
six hundred would not have any too
much room. There is, therefore, a
very strong prospect that the next
Legislature will have to decide TO
build another penilentiary. 1t will
be a matter of regret if such il the
case, for increased penitentiary bGild7
Jog is a sure sign that crime must be
Increasing, especially as our population
receives DO addition from foreign emil
grafton, to speak of. Our criminal
they oughtto be with our present popu-
lation-far more than they ought to be
under any circumstances. The people
of Kentucky owe il to themselves,
therefore, to see that the expensive
record of time shall be cat down. The
tax payers do not want to have anOth
er penitentiary built, but they will
surely have to pay for one if they do
not insist that the laws shall be made q
terror to evil doers.
But on the score Of common humans
ty the Legislature must pay good
deal of attention to the peniteDtiary
as soon as possible in the session, aud
remove the sanitary objections to the
buildings and devise better system
of prison labor. There IS good deal
of unnecessary alarm among the manu-
factures at the growing disposition OF
State Governments to have a general
manufacturing business done at State
penitentiaries. This is pronounced
unjust" to free labor especially as the
prison-made goods are sold at cheap
er rate than the outside goods. In
New Jersey the shoe manufacturers
have been in state Of Indignation for
a year. because the corvicts IN the State
prison have all been set at making
shoes, which are sold against the pros
duct of the free labor factories. While
prison-made goods are never as good
a quality as those made By free labor,
yet their sale, doubtless, does some
times interfere with the business of a
neighboriDg factory; but the percent>
age of prison made goods sold in the
United States is very small compared
with the total Of manufactured prod
ucts-a very small fraction OF one per
cent, we believe.
There would be no ground of com :
plaiut from free labor at all 1t the
work of convicts was very much diver
sifed. Certain it is that convicts must
work, else the confinement does not
briug about the intended moral results
There must be real work, too, and
not the sham aors, visible IN so NAM
prisons, and which is so demoralizing
70 the oouyicts. In New York city
the sum of $780, 900 is annually
spent to support criminals and paupers
without securing an eqivalent in pro
ductige labor from them.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-11-14

Man was made in dry weather.
He was made of dust.
Quite a number have never recover
ed from their creation; they are still
dry.
Is mans nature to be disoonters
ted.
Adam had monopoly, but be
couldn't be happy without some one to
crow ever.
Fora while he Knocked around over
the Garden of Eden and then went to
the house; but he had to cook his own
supper, there was no stove wood chops
ped, and things we're in a bad shape
generally.
The next morning it was the same
way. He had to make his own bed
and sweep out His socks were dirty,
and his arm would run through whole
in his sleeve. So he was dissatisfied.
The next night when be went to
sleep, the Creator punished him by
making one of his ribs into woman
great misfortune 10 the race.
II has been six thousand years since
that rib was lost, and yet man contin-
ues feeling for it.
This Is very feeling subject.
Pursuit in this case is saida to be
sweeter than possession.
After Eve got acquainted With her
mate she vowed that all the men in the
world were not worth Adam.
A fop is a male who IS ashamed OF
his sex, and tries TO eoaceal the fact
that he is man.
r. Eoncealtneat in such cases Is akAR :
ded' with bat littte trouble. Lis only
necessary to part his hair 10 the midN
die.
The family man resembles an oyster
on the half shell.
The shell is known at home, the soft
side abroad
Some men carry this resemblance in
their faces. a great many men have
, counteuauces like oysters.
Job is said to have been very pa
, tent man.
He had boils all over him.
Many man now bells all over him
: self when the preacher reaches "thir.
} teenthly," on "a hot summer day, and
never thinks Of the granduer Of Jobs
example.
L is natural for man to disregard
good example.
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rmAxAeEvlNG nav.

WAsHGNGroN Nov. S-The follows
ing proclamation was issued by the
president to daJ:
Atno reeurrence Of the season which
the deyout habit Of religious people
has made an occasion for giving thanks
10 Almighty God has the material
prosperity enjoyed By our whole coun,
try been more conspieious. more mani-
fold or more universal. Daring the
past wear also nnbroken peace with all
foreign nationssthe general prevalence
of domestic traneniiity, the suprema>
CIV and security a the institution of
civil and religious freedom have GLADE
dened the hearts Of our people and con-
firmed their attachment to their gov
ernment which tbs wisdom aud cour-
age of our ancestors so fhy framed
and the wisdom and courage of their
descendants hare 50 iirmlg maintained
to be the habifatiea ofliberty and JUS
tice to SUCCESSIVE gegerations. Now,
therefor, |, RutterfoId b. Hays, presi-
dent of the UDitsd States do appoint
rh"rsdav the 9th day of November,
inst, as dayof .aAtiohal thanksgly-
ing ana prayer; sBd ssfly re
commend that, witbdfawiug themselVei
FROM secular cares and labors, the peo
pie of the United States do meet to
gether on that day in their re.pectig,
places of worship, there to give hank:
and praise to Almighty God foI hi
mercies, and to devouiJy beseech thei
contihuance. In witness whereof
have here unto set my hand aud caus
ed the seal Of the United States to b
fixed
Done at the City of Washington
this 3th day of November. in the yea
! of our Lord, one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy nine, and of the In
/ dependence of the United States tn
/ one hundred aud fourth
RUTHERFORD b. HAYES.
By the President.
WM NJ. EvARTs, Secretary of Stat
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-11-14
FESE FOR AENTGCKY.
Arrival Of "a CODSIgnne Of
Carp af Lexington from
NasEafngtOn-kts Dis
HalhlrnI


For some years the Government at
Washington has been engaged in the
importation and culture of various
kinds Of stream and pond fish, with
the most gratifying results. A com
mission was established, and has been
maintained a. considerable expense,
for this purpose. The benefits to the
country derived from this department
are very great. Kentucky has been
aud is one of the benefciaries; but the
Importance of the question does not
seem to have impressed itself upon our
people. Hon james B Beck has des
voted much time to the subject and
through his exertions the State of Ken
lucky established fsh commission to
CO. operate with that at Washington,
the principal duties Of the members be
ing to receive the young fish when
ready and distribute them in their var
rious localities. Ia his speech before
the I4egtsianye committee, Senator
Beck made the significant assertion
! that the time would come when the
acre of ground would be covered with
fish pond would be the most valua
bic acre on the farm. At the time
this was laughed at, but recent events
tend to prove that Mr. Beck was right
/ The result of the commission has been
that the principal Kentucky streams
arc stocked with California salmon and
other fish, their increase aud multipli-
cation giving the fishermen profitable
employment.
But another fish has been cultivated
the Geman carp. This fish grows to
q great size is splendid food, does not
eat It's young, Aourishes in ponds with
muddy bottoms, and multiplies at a
prodigioGs rate There are specimens
Of the fry in Washington that have
been attended with extra care, that al
three mouths old weighed helf pound
The three-y year olds measure two feet
and half in length and weigh accor-
diDgly. Commissioner Spear 4. Baird
wrote most enthusiastically TO Mr..
Beck on this subject, aud telegrapLed
him that five or six buudrcd of the fish
would be sent out here for distribus
ton. They came yesterday in charge
of Special Commissioner L. W Wilson
aud Mr. Jones, of the Department
They were met at the depot by Hon
7. j. Bush, Senator Beck. Jas C
Graves, VIM Voorhees,, Jr. John r
Wiley, VIM Warfeid, Isaac Van Me
ter, B. f. Petit, Jas. Taylor, Jas
Il Muligan, JAS w. Ferguson, oil
Bourbon, s T. Hayes, Walter Payne
and r NJ Ferguson. A number Of
, fish we're distributed among those gen
tIemen who had ponds in which tc
place them The little things measur
ed from two and one half to six inches
10 length.
: Great things are expected Of thi
carp 1t seems 10 be thoroughly
; adapted to this climate and % q foot
= fish il excellent 1t does not spawl
until it j. three years old, but afte
, that time it increases at a prodigiou
rate. The Government could not b.
, engaged 10 a work calculated to coufe
, greater benefit upon the people.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-11-14
MemonIs stlmRotuen.

To the eye only is Memphis a clean
city, its surface drainage is perfect
But beneath? All! beneath the surface
is fonl rotteness. The cellars, the
vaults and the cisterns are one iudis-
tinguishabe mass of filth. The eel
lars, are mostly damp and rocking with
filth, giving out in hot weather sufi>
cient gas to poison the air of a whole
comfy. Then what is it that we drink
out of the cisterns? In many parts of
the city the contents of cisterns and
vaults are interchangeable eommodi
ties. la many instances they are side
by side, as much as three feet apart
The most of these vaults are ancient,
and have never been thoroughly clean
ed, and the Superintendent of Disin
fection who has built the brick work
of half Memphis, says they cannot be
cleaned. The ancient contents
of these vaults have saturated
the entire area of underground Mem,
phis, aud yet there are some people
who call Memphis clean city.-Ava-
lanche.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-11-14
sEorse Thieves tn the Blue
Grass

The belief that a we'll organized
gang of horse thieves is working the
Blue grass region is daily gaining ere
dsnoe in Lexington. As many as a
dozen horses has been reported stolen
during the past week, and Oh last Sat
nrday evening Mr: James King, who
lives in Jessamine county, lost four
valuable animals, two of them being a
perfectly matched carriage team. The
thieves change the marks by means of
chemicals, paint new marks. and so
thoroughly change the appearance Of
nm animal that its owner would not
identify it. After being changed SO
completely they are taken TO some
ueighboring County Court and dispos
ed of on the sale mart. The people of
Harrison County have been so harras
ed that they talk of forming vigilance
committees to rid the county Of tie
seoundrels.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-11-14
a Grent Nsoyen1emt.

The American Public Health As
sociatiou is to meet in Nashville, Nov.
1921. The principal subject to be
considered will be the sanitary condi
ton of cities and to,Cns. We earnestly
believe that this subject is directly
and Immediately of more Importance
to the people than the political har
rangues which are engrossing their at
tention. To this meeting public men,
and any class of Intelligent citizens,
are admitted on the same footing as
physicians, for says the circular "this
reform is matter of lac more than one
Of physic, aud healthy public opin
ion is the gist of the whole business.
The town Of Hickman furnishes a
valuable experience in this matter.
Last spring our town authorities clean
ed up as never before in the history of
the town, and the reward was the
healthiest season ever known in our
history TLere are towns ali through
the United States, absolutely murder
ing men, women and children, by per-
hitting large portions of their popu-
lation to live aud dwell in filth. Towns
aud cities should be held to a rigid
responsibility for neglectiug sanitary
work either in public places or OF
private premises A filthy block of
shops or residences not only breed
pestience and epidemics, to carry of
the denizens who create the filth, bat
extends to and sweep off all classes
alike. Even when it does reach to an
epidemic form. sickness IS generated,
and many child or woman is sacri
feed to this unknown cause" Pub
lie sentiment should demand the arrest
and conviction of man who creates
and maintains public nuisance as
quickly aud surely as it does the arrest
aud conviction OF man guilty of any
other crime Maintaining a public
nuisance is committing murder-slow,
torturiug, indirect, bat sure murder
True, large element of our popula
ton do not SO regard it, and here Is
the great danger. If all the people
if each and every family in town OF
city, could be educated to understand
and appreciate a nuisance in the same
/ light as murder, the remedy would be
applied aud officers would have but
little to do toward enforcing sanitary
laws But they-do not; aud hence the
need for each town and city 10 pass a
system of plain, simple, but rigid sani-
tary laws, aud infict the severest PEN
al,ies for their non enforcement. \
/ few years of strict enforcement Of
health laws will educate epery class OF
people to their importance, save thous-
auds of dollars, and prove the greatest
blessing to thousands who now have
their lives wrecked by bad health, thal
is conveniently attributed to unknown
causes.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-11-14
Revive the Old svhlg Parry

Editor Courier: Iendorse, hearth
ly endorse. your leading editorial 10
last weeks COURIER, wherein you
declare that the great mission Of the
Democratic party was to restore and
establish peace and good will between
the North aud South; but [ 90 further
now, and say that the Democratic
party has failed in this great mission,
failed from no real fault of its own, but
because of inevitable circumstances
The great cause of its failure, in my
judgment, is, the fact that the history
of the Democratic party is iasepara5y
written with, and is part Of, the late
civil war and its causes and place the
party ou ever so broad aud national
platform, and let our leaders talk and
preach with all the sincerity and pa
triotism possible, the Northern mind
will associate it and them with rebel
ton
1t Is sectionalisnl, and only section
alism. that beats the Democratic party
Not that the Democratic party intends
to be sectional, but its history gives
the Republican party plausible pretext
to make the Northern people so regard
it.
Here, then, is the great advantage
of reviving the old Whig party:
The old Wings have no record or
history for or against the late civil
war, and therefore the Republicans can
with no plausibility maintain a charge
of sectionalism against us.
When the old Wing party went
down, it went down with the platform,
''the Union, the constitution and the
enforcement Of the laws" inscribed Oh
the bannerl What better cry than this
now to build up National party2
The great bulk of the Wbig party
10 the North went over to the Repub-
licans, as a choice between them and
the disuuionists, and the great bulk Of
them in the South have, since the war
been acting with the Democrats, in the
interest of peace and reconciliation
What better history to build up ma
tional party upon?
Some of the issues which charac-
terized the old Whig party are obsolete
and some accomplished facts. and
hence, there should be no just cause
of antagouism between it and the Dem
ocratic party. But, upon the great
principles of home rule, peace, recon,
cialation, the Union, the constitution
and the enforcement of the laws, all
non -sectionalists could unite. North
and South, aud if old line Democrats
had to swallow some minor differences
for the sake of the success of these
greater principles, they would be moths
ing more than thousands of old Wings
have been doing in cooperating with
the Democrats.
Think of these facts.
OLD Wine.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-11-14
Lie In Ohio

"Hello, Bill. when did you change
your boarding>house2" said Charles
ChalleDder to William Creamer. at
New Vienna, Ohio, as they met 10 the
street. Creamer had just been released
from prison, and. regarding the aues.
ton as Insulting, he drew a big knife
and stabbed the offender; but ChaIlen
der was quick enough with a revolver
to save his own life and kill Creamer.
New York Sun