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LOTTERIES.
2922d
POPULAR MONTHLY DRAWING OF
THE
Commonwealth Distributions

At Macauley's Theatre, in the city of Louis.
vile, on SATURDAY, july 81, 1850
THESE DRAWINGS, AUTHORIZED
THE LEGISLATURES AND SUSTAINED
BY ALL THE COURTS OF KENTUCKY,
according 70 contract made with the owners of
the Fran kfort grant, will occur regularly on the
LAST DAY Of EVEKY MONTH, SUNDAYS
and Fridays excepted, for the period # FIVE
YEARS, termina ting on JUNE 50 1855
The United States Circuit Court on March 81
rendered the following decisions:
lst-That the Commonwealth Dis
trlbuttOn Company is legal.
2d-lts drawings are fair.
The management csll attention to the liberal
scheme which has met with such popular favor
heretofore, and which will again be presented
for the
JULY DRAWING.
prize.... $4,000 100 prizes SlOU each SlOuON
price,. 10000 2oJ prizes 80 eseh lOUO
prizs".- SOU goo prizes 70 each l2NOO
10 prizes $1,000 each SlO.OOU V'
10 prizes 500 each 10000
sprizes sS0 each Approx. prizes. ,.....S27 zoo
9prizes 100 each ...... 800
l,96O prizes. Sll2,i
Whole tickets 50; half tickets 81; p tickets
$50; 65 tickets 6l0O.
Remit by Post Office Money Order, Register.
ed Letter, Bank Draft or Express.
To insure against mistakes and delays, cor
| respondents will please write their names and
places OF residence plainly, giving numb,r of
fost Ofhce box or Street, and Town, County
and State.
ALI communicstioIs connected with the Di,t-i-
button and Orders for Tickets should be addressed
to Il. NJ. BOARDMAN, Courer. journal
Building, Louisville, KY, or At Nos. 3J7
and 800 Broadway, N. Y. je2S -ootd
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FOR NEW YORK..

tions at Norfolk for Boston and all points asst !;
at New York with all points West and North
west, and at Alexsnd r:s with Virginia Midland
Railroad and Washington and Ohio Railroad
Through rates given and freight handled care
fully snd promptly. For further information
apply to "A. REID, Agent,
Jsnney's wharf
SAMUEL BACON, President.
Office under NATL. Metrop. Bank,
sep 27-tf Washington, u G.
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ga Az ES q ESA,
1880
j $50

1880 GREAT 1880
TO THE P EokSH v Isl s S9TTE EST
DOUBLE TRACK,
STEEL Rails, SPLENDID sCBNBE:y
MAGNIFICENT EQUIPMENT.
Nay 81, 1880
Trains leave Washington from depot Of b.
TIMORE & POTOMAC RAILROAD, cor.
For Philadelphia, New York and the East s 90
an. and 2.Op p m. daily, except Sunday, and
1000 p. III daily with Palace Cars lin
tied Express Of Pullman Psrlor Cars 9.30 6.
m daily, except Sundsy. For PHILADELPHIA
b.40 p. m. daily.
For Pittsburg and the West SEQ a m, with
Parlor car 10 Pitts burg and Sleeping CIR to
Chicago; lC.10 a. nj. daily 7.40 p. m. dai !.
with Palace Car to Chicago.
For Csnsndaigua and the North, 500 g. NJ
except Sunday and TAG y. N. daily, except
Saturday, with Palace Car / Csnsndaigua.
For Watkins, lO.40 a. Nc. daily except San
For Baltimore. 6 A., 6 %. g. 80 and 1910 e. m.
20O, 4 70, A., 5 40. 7.40 and 100 p. NJ.
On Sunday, 500 and 1910 3. H.; $50, 7.4Q
and 9.46 o. m.
For Pope's Creek Line, 6 A. a. m. and 4 40 p NJ
daily, except Sunday.
For Annapolis, 6 ~ q. N. and a p. m. daily
except sunday.
LOCAL TRAINS.
For Ale1andria 7 90, 20, and Ii 3. NJ, and
70, 20, rs, g add IL 80 D. III. Sunday at
7, and II q. m. and o. m.
Trains leave AleIardris for Wash IN etOn, g. &C
500 md 10 g. La, AID - 50. 3, s, I, 9O5 p. m.
and II night.
On Sunday st 500 and 10 8. M. and and O5
p. m.
THROUGH TRAIN FOR THE SOUTH viz
Quantico and Richmond will leave Ale1sn.
dris at 7.2O a. N. daily and 30 p. n. daily
except Sunday.
Tickets and information can be procured
principal railroad stations xnd ticket ofiictt
Southeast. L. 7. FARMEE,
Genn. Passenger Agen:
FRANK THOMSON
General Manager my2I
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WAsH1NeTos 3 OHIO hAILKoAD
SUMNER ARRANGEMENT-Two Trains
Daily Except Sunday between Alexandria
and Round Hill.
Beginning May II, 1880.
Leave Washington 81 10 q. m. and 20 o. No.
snd Alexandria 1t 905 8. N. 4 % .. NJ; psse
Leesburg, going westward, at II 10 o. m, and
~ .. m; AID arrive st Round Hill at Il N.
and 70 y. m. Leave Round Hill at 80 Q. m.
and II 80 p. NJ; pass Leesburg, gong eastward,
st CO a. m. and 10 p. NJ; and arrive at Alex
andris at Is q. M, and Is q. M, and s;
Washington al IS a. M. and rs p. m.
| th 6@ Passengers from Washington will take
s. Potshington and Ohio cars 1t toe Baltimore
p. NJ, snc Railroad station ste o. g. M and at
change Of 20 through to Round Hill without
| The sos am
p. 10. train fr6sin from AlexsnGris andl23t
Reamer's Line of Bound Hill connect with
burg daily for Aldie shes, which Leave Lees-
Both trans, westward, nlMyiddlebura.
ct Vienna, with Sisson's Lint close onnections
fax Court House. Stages for Fair.
Communication tickets, pa
annual tick cts, 900. DER Dsise
] 4 Il. EAVENER.
| Ryt5-d General Ticket 4.
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Se@. CLYDE'S STEAM LINES WEEE
ss4E.8sSs LY TO
PHILADELPHIA FALL RIVER, PRCyI.
DENCE AND BOSTON
DA tmers iesVe Alexsndris EVERY TUES
URDRd leave Philadelphia EVERY SAT
A, & N. an dnnects at Alexandria With The
phis with Clv3, s. o. K. Rs, snd at Phisdei,
River, Providence. regular Steamships for Fsl!
free of commissions. til promptness and csre,
whsrfsgs in Bo ss1sier On; Philsdelpb. and
departures. Through ratios a Anne ie Frequent
OF ladlng given. Insurance at theent ng PMS
Agents: '~eS1 rstes'
+. A. REED, Alexandria.
WIN: ? Clyde & CO., Pblsds.,..
jsn 8-tf s.
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{ KlQ QUIET CROQUET! II CRCQUBTlll-l
" We have in store and for sale Cheap nice
line OF Croquet sets. MCLEAN s. UHLHR,
myl9 IS King Street
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These are, therefore, to notify ST parties H.
terrstef IN said cue that on THURSDAY,
July 9:h, 1880, at my Office, at Fairfax G. 3.
nr d at the honr of 8 y NJ, I shall proceed to e1.
ecute the requirements of the said decree.
Given under my hand as Commissioner in
Chsncery IF said Court this 18th day of June,
leSO +. w. MOORE, Comm'r.
Fairfax G. T. /, 26-w4w
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I - SACKS OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA
4 - ard BIO COFFEE received to day BY
4. w. AVERY,
msr26 l26 King street
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~ BBLS KlVERTON LIME.

We have just received fresh supply of this
Lime. AID can with confidence recommend il.
as very superior article in all particulars, and
we guarantee satisfaction in all cases. Try it,
and you will never use any other Kind, For
sale by GEO. WASHINGTON,
nh 2 Govt
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FONUMENTAL BRAND pure WHITE
AVA REFINED LAID, Sugar cured Should.
ers and small Breakfast Bacon received by
spZ3 <. ". AVERY, 226 King st.
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WE HAVE this day secured the agency 70,
celebrated brand of BOTTLED ALE
ana fORTER, which We will keep const.ntlv
on nend, and to which We invite the attention Of
iamilies who desire fine article of Ale or Porter
hpLl w. A. JOHNSON q 90
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ITALIAN INSECT POWDEK-Warrsnted
Il TO kill Reaches, Flies, Fless, Ants, M otba,
BED Bugs and all other species of insect; not
POISONOUS to human beings, domestic animals or
FOWLS Price 10 rs and 5Oc per bottle, For sale
oy WAKEFIELD s. HALL,
my29 Corner Prince and Fairfax slraeis.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-07-08
Peas, aud Brush or No Brush.

IL costs more time and labor 10 stick
peas than Ia plant and cultivate them.
Market gardeners do not stick peas A.
a general thing. We farmers do not
have an abundance Of peas. We are
afraid OF the trouble Of sticking them.
Consequently the majority of farmers
families have peas about ten DAYS. and
DO without the balance of the season.
Our plan is to plant McLean's Little
Gem As early a possible, and make
paintings every ten DAYS until in Nav.
We make also a larger planting in
April Of Champion of England. IL is
doubtful If there is anything better.
We have not vet found il. Peas should
be- planted from four 10 six inches
deep in very rich ground. The rule
that al kinds Of seeds should be COW
cred about four times their diameter
viii not do for peas. When peas are
about four TO six inches high. turn q
furrow TO them, or draw up the dirt
witha hoe. This will helpto keepthem
up and viii keep them from driving up
50 o Frequent planting will extend
the season. Fresh. tender, melting
peas are a dish for an ~epicure. We pity
our city friends who have 10 eat peas
from two TO ten days old. Peas. like
eggs, are best when fresh. Buy your
seed by the quart or pint. Remember.
there are two great varieties-the
wrinkled and smooth. The latter j.
not so likely 10 rot in the ground if
planted early. The former Is the ten
der. sweet, melting pea.-EeV York
ErDreSs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-07-08

soils. The grape does not need high
manurTng; m Tact. too grez, growth Of
vine IL the difficulty which mostly
troubles INEXPERIENCED ~cnltiyators-
Then comes mild.w Of frni; OF foliage.
or both. and the vineyard soon be-
comes nearly worthless For most cub
tivatoisa rather poor sol. provided IL
j. dry and warm. i best for grape
vines. IL viii no; be a. troublesome
for them 20 manage. and they vii be
less likely 10 maze Al entire failure
Good cnliure IL much more important
for growing grapes than grsa, fertility
Coarse nav be entirely dis
pensed with II the soIl Is kept loose.
and ON mineral fertilizers are occa-
s~ionaIly given. The v~ine-drsssers 81
France Use no manures except ashes.
and these mainly from bGrning the an
nual prunings.
The hsbt: ot 4 tree or plant should
BE- studied with especial reference 20
where Il has been mot successful The
low banks Oi streams with deep. rich
deposits are the places bes- suited %
the ounce. Old ience-corner. where
the fence or something else i high
enough - shield from violent west
winds, are also excellent. The ounce
i not entirely hardy. aud more than
any other tree needs some windb-eak.
Neglect in supplying tins : the frequent
ctuse of failure in growing ounces on
& large scale. Ia places where the
thermometer goes very low. ounces
cannot be grown even in sheltered To-
cations. They blossom late. and are
rarely injured by sNing frosts; bu; !; j.
the severe cold 81 winter that does most
harm 10 this fruit-tree.
The apple. pear and cherry seem in
the order named most adapted 70 gen
eral field culture OF any kind Of soils.
think ! would place the pear ahead OF
the apple : an easlly-grown fruit hut
for the blight. An orchard Of pear
trees. even Of standards. II the RICH;
varieties are planted. will Weld n good
many crops before anything can be sold
from apple trees planted q; the same
time But the losses from pear blight
have been such that il j. probable there
have been more failures in attempting
10 grow this fruii than any other.-Him
j. Fourier, ~ Examiner and Chronicle.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-07-08
Repeating Potatoes on the Same
Ground.

ROTATION of crops and in holding
office have long been popular rules. bul
TO both there are occasionally valid ex-
ceptions. The advice i frequently
given TO correspondents of newspapers
not to plant the same ground twice in
succession with the same crop. Al
though this is good advice it does not fol-
low that good crops n be had of
the same ground twice in succession.
We lately saw it stated that 4 good
crop of potatoes could not be had from
4 field having them in the previous
year. This is not the experience of
those who have tried it. ana those who
desire potatoes or the same ground
may continue raising them for several
years and raise good crops. We have
in mind one who has for six Years
raised potatoes on the same ground.
and he has had as good crops a. his
neighbors who have changed their
ground. He every spring.
This proves that good crops can be
raised in this way. and those having no
choice Of ground should not be afraid
TO use the same land for their CROP
ChrlStiGn at Work.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-07-08

During a thunderstorm at id-
buque, Iowa, a few evenings since, the
lightning played some queer freaks
along the telegraph-wires. The cleo
tricity ran along the wires, back and
forth, now on this wire and then on that,
illuminating the street almost without
intermission for half IN hour, with a
painfully brilliant light. At times it
would crack like a rifle. The people in
houses on that side of the street were
very much alarmed, and three or four
ladies tainted in fear. The telegraph
poles were twisted and splintered in a
very peculiar manner; long strips were
peeled off of some of them, while
others were split and then the parts
twisted together. Pieces of poles were
thrown on the house roofs and in the
yards. Some of the poles are scanned
~spirally from top to bottom.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-07-08

A paper on Indian cora, which was
presented 10 the New York State Agr-
cultural Society las; year, By DR.. + l.
~StuT;evant, Is noticed IN ths April num-
her Of the Ameytoaa Journal Of Soeao,
Gnf Arts. IL seems the author sug-
gested tka; maize nigh; have been az
ned home from America h the eleventh
century by the Sorthmen. and oOnse-
qGeatly conveyed 20 Eastern Europe /;
bat Prof. Asa Gray says there seems 70
BE no proof that the plan, had reached
Turkey before the time Il Columbus.
IN the same notice We find . curious
fact stated as 10 the number Of rows %
grain on the cob. These vzv from
eight 20 thirty-six, and the number Is
Usually an even one; but odd numbers
were common in the maize Of South
America II the time Of the lncas. and
even Of earlier South American races,
as appears from the grrsn found pre-
served with the mummies.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-07-08


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The Red Cloud chief., 1880-07-08

In 1896, Jean de Groachy, aided by
forty inhabitants, took Harfieur from
the English, who had held that town for
twenty years, Jean herself perishing on
the ramparts. Since that epoch, on
eash anniversary Of the recovery of
Hartleur, il has been usual for the
Grouchy family TO distribute ~ loaves
Of bread. Two years ago the inhab-
itants, in a sudden fit Of patriotism,
erected a statue TO the hero who fell
more than four centuries ago, thus show
ing that national gratitude may waken
up after a very long s!umber. The
Marquis de Grouchy, accused Of having
caused the loss Of the battle at Water
loo by obeying the distinct orders of
Napoleon, was q member Of this family.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-07-08

Ii seems sennee, bus ff Il . fsct,
thz- the mae who erss i~nfrodnced frss-
tSos masehes has oniy jass dsed- The>e
little bits Of sulphur-dipped WOOD hare
become 20 indispensable m article of
every day Efe tia; 20 imagine . tine
when they we're BOT Is airsos; a. di6cul:
- 10 conceive , mule ;hs; doesnf hck.
OF o boz who can keep quiet Ye, e Is
less than hf'y years ago ~h1n William
Jones pasted . compound II chlnr.,e uf
potash aud sulphz:e % sntirnony on the
ends % spill: blocks by n>ans Of starch.
This vas the frs: match. Phosphorus
w.s a9de1 70 the other Ingredients hal
3 d51ea years laier and the "LRcifer "
was the resull IL nay be vel 20 re-
member that IL Was 4; The smell bet
the light tks; suggested thi. name-the
star 81 the morning no. the prince O.
darkness wAs the patron saint NJ.
Jones made 4 small competence from
hs Invention and settled down .; Chill
kco;he. %. from whence hs demise, a.
the age u eigtiy-nins. has been r~-
ported.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-07-08
An Ingenious Plot Fooled.

RECENTLY a telegraph operator
named Thomas Holster was arrested
in San Francisco by a Chicago detect
i've. Holster had formed a plot To cut
the telegraph wires uniting New York
and San Francisco, and then 70 send
East a dispatch, dated At some station
in the Sierras, saying that a tidal wave,
followed by an earthquake. had de-
stroyed San Francisco and Virginia
City. The object of the plot was to
cause n panic in Pacific Mail Stock
and Comstock Securities in the New
York market, the panic 10 be taken adj
vantage of by confederates. For sew
eral months the Western Union Com
pany knew that their wires were being
tempered with. and they sent for the
Chicago detective. He travelled along
the Inc for several weeks, and finally
came upon n clue at = spot a few miles
asst of Battle Mountain. At this spot
the wire had been cut. and a piece that
could readily be disconnected had been
let in. The detective further found
an insulated wire concealed in the grass
and sage brush near By. An end of it
long enough 10 reach the main line
was coiled up. The wire ran north,
and the detective, following it for a
mile. came upon an excavation in the
ground, which WAS rooted in with
branches and turf. and which contained,
buried in n corner. several Leyden
jars. strips of copper and bottles of acid.
The detective concealed himself near by
and watched the place for several days,
but without result.
One day AZ Battle Mountain he saw
in q newspaper Al account, of the arrest
for a breach of the peace of s. telegraph
operator whom he had known in Chi
cago. The detective, from what he
knew OF the man. was prompted TO 60
to San Francisco and look after him
He visited Holsters room and there
found what confirmed his suspicious
that il wa Holster who had tempered
with the Western Union wires. Hollis
ter was arrested and made confession.
In his room was found the following,
written upon q piece of foolscap paper:
Al ten O'Clock this morning q tidal ware
from the Psc.ac Ocean swept over San Fran
.iping out the entire city in ten min
waters were ten feet deep in Sacramento and
Stockton Accompanying this oceanic dis
a was q tremendous shock OF earth
quake. which was felt most severely az vir.
ginia City The mines on the Comstock are q
mass of ruins No further particulars can be
gained af present"
This. Holster said, he had intended 10
send as q dispatch to the Associated
Press. The decline in Comstock secur-
had delayed the carrying put of
his design. He made his headquarters
in San Francisco, and Was only waiting
for = rising market The apparatus
found neal Battle Mountain had been
placed there By him, and he intended
TO cut the wires and send his dispatch
that point-E. T. Szn-
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-07-08
Fruits NsS suited to Field Culture.

IT is inevitable that there should be
more or less disappointment in fruit
growing. Exceptionally large profits
under certain conditions have led thou
sands to engage n the business who do
not understand it. and whose soil and
location are not suited to this purpose.
Comparatively few men have the pa
thence and care for details necessary to
successful fruit-growing on a large
scale There are, beside, some kinds
of fruits which only succeed in particu-
lar localities. The craze for fruit
growing comes from taking the profits
of a few trees which happen TO be in
Just the right places. and making these
the standard for expected gains on q
much larger area. Some apple. pear.
plum or ounce tree, standing in q rich
garden, or where il gets the slops from
the house. is found to Weld an album
dance of fine, large fruit. But it by no
means follows that the same fruit, if
planted largely in a field of ordinary
fertility. viii do as well. 1t is very
rare that we al get 8 field of deep.
rich soil in a sheltered position suitable
for growing the ounce The same is
true of the o prolific varieties of
plum. as the prunes. Even the apple
and pear require more fertility than
they find when grown largely ; though
for the pear, the manure should not be
applied early in the season. lest it cause
blight. Currants require q deep. rich
and damp SOIL The lower side of q
garden, where they are often found.
and where they receive the wash of the
manur spilled every winter. is Just the
place for them In such 3 location they
win yield vastly more than if grown
with ordinary field culture and manur-
ing.
There are other kinds of fruit for
which excessive richness is not desir-
able. For peaches a warm, dry soil is
better than a very rich one, especially
if the latter be damp. The bulk of the
peaches grown Are produced on sandy
soils. rather poor than otherwise. But
fertility is advisable wherever it can be
had without loss of dryness. There
are hundreds ofaAcres of vineyards.
planted a few yeah ago. tbs. have been
given up q Improbable. because
planted % cod, vet md s1fsAcsshe
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-07-08
NJ. Hrassav ,eIls 81 a very

Mrs. Brassey tells Of \ very stric;
monastery on Mount Aihos "On the
summit there Is the s;rictest monastery
in the world. Not 4 female animal %
any kind is allowed within miles, 80 tha;
the monks have 20 do without milk or
fresh eggs even, and travellers are not
allowed 60 carry even dead hens on
their saddles for provision. A few years
sg6 two English ladies landed here from
q Yacht. A. most Of the men here wear
pelacoats and the women trousers, and
the monks have not much experience in
such matters, they did not discover the
saerilege that hsd been committed for
some time; and then you may imagine
their horror and disgust, and the PEN
ances they had to perform, poor things!"
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-07-08
In cases Of suspended animation, @

In cases Of suspended animation, or
asphyxia, life should not be too soon
given up. Discussing premature burials,
in a recent communication 10 the French
Academy, Prof. Fort states that he vas
enabled Ia restore 10 life n child three
years old by practicing artificial respir-
alton on il four hours, commencing
three hours and a half after apparent
death. In another case which came I'M
der his observation a physician restored
a nearly drowned person after four
hours of artificial respiration. This per-
son had been in the water ten minutes,
and the physician arrived one hour after
asphyNia.