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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-24
Pu BLlSllED DAILY 4 TRl-WEEkLI Bl
EDGAR SNOWDEN.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET,
FOR PRESIDENT.

FOR PRESIDENT,
WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK, OF PENN.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
II. ENGLISH, or INDIANA.
ELECTORS AT LARGE.
John Echols, OF Augusta.
?. w. Mckinney, of Prince Edward.
DISTRICT ELECTORS.
First District. 1homss CroxLon, Of Essex.
Second District. l.. Il. Watts. ot Portsmouth.
Third District. Hill 'Czrtor, of Hanover.
Fourth District. S. r. Coleman. of Cumhorrd.
Fifth District, James s. Redd. Of Henry.
Sixth District. Samuel Griffin, Of Bedford.
Seventh District, T.. III. Mcmillan, Of Grtone.
Eighth District. j. Y. Menifor, Of Kappa NIX.
Ninth district, K. Il. Horny. of Tsz,Well.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-24

Nov that there are three candidates for COT.
gress 10 the First district of this State the re-
publicaDs that affiliated With the Mahouites as
everybody knew they would. have deserted that
party. snd not only avow their intention of vot.
iog the straight republican ticket, but threaten
every other republican 10 the district with the
direst political condemnation if he doesn't vote
IS they do. They think that with Garrison and
Crltoher both running they have good chance
Of electiug the republican candidate, WOLF,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-24

CouGns-"Brc'vM's bronchial Tr5,s.s,
used with advantage to alleviate CovGuS ".
THROAT hoARsENEss and BEoScnIAL Arf rh'
TONS. For thirty years these Trockn. ~.
beon in use, with annually increasing S,," ~"
They are not now and untrcd, hu', hnyinc ,f ~
tested by Wi do end onstAnt uso for nearly ~ ,'
tire generation, they hava attained well n",; -"
rank among tho tow staple remedies Of th. ' ut
Tue THEoAT.-"B ro1rM'S Bronchial T.'.S a,'
act directly on tho organs OF the yoico r.
have an extraordinary effect in all disorIe.s 6f,S
Throat and LaryDX. restoring a heslihv ,s ~.
when relaxed, either from cold or over cyo, sS'
OF the voice. and produce closr ami d..
etMnunclation., Speakers anil singers Gnl ' ~,
Troches useful. '''
A CouGH, CoLD, CATARRu Or SORE Tur,,.
requires Immediate attention. rs hcglcc: g.
tnntimes results in some incarablo Lnnr ~,
case. 'Bfo'0@s bronchial 7roche,T wi, ' =.
most invariably give roief. limitations s,n -
Tered Tor sale, many OF which arc iniu,ioW: y,
genuine "Bro'cM's Bronchial Tra:hcr" afr 81,
OuiUiu 6O-rS ' 81"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-24
letter from Rcd Sulphur Springs.

Correspondence of tho Alexandria Gazette
RED SULPHUR SPRINGS. MONROE Co w.
VA, August 20. lSSO.-llon. II. NJ. SpciTard,
OF L'uisau, who has been On a visit hero ior
some weeks. died Ills n IN. sbtut 10 o'clock
o! congestion of tho brain.
These springs have hcen wonderfully i'm
proved during tho past year. The scoommo-
datiOns arc ample. and very comfortable, now
iurol!uro having boen placed in tho rooms,
Those persons vino have visited hero siooo tho
war, would hardly recocniz, tho plaza now.
Nrs. +. i. Smith, Mrs. Nj. Il. Daingerfall
and Miss Mary ID. Smith arc here.
VIc1ToD
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-24

With respect to the matter of tho reputation
OF State debts the radicals and some of their
allies 10 disguise. tho Independents, arn very
much like tho man who couldn't sec barn
door, but could SEQ fl1 that was on it. They
see in msgDified proportions tho ancient ard
almost forgotten rcpud alton of the Missis 81 rpi
debt, but for tho life Of them cant SEQ tho
more modern reputation of Minnesota, Wis.,
consin. Illinois. and Massachusetts, aud what
OF moro account, their repeated descriptions of
the former are 80 constant that people whose
vision is not as defective have their attention 10
psrslslcn.ly directed to it that they too fail to
$50 the latter, Reputation cts public as
we'll as private character. and is 10 less iLi1ri
GUS 10 one than to the other. a man who can
pay bis dobs and wont has 90 credit; neither
has State. When too poor to pay his debts
on demand his creditors arc satisfied if he will
secure them; SO arc those 0. State. The
democratic party of Virginia, Arkansas aDd
Tennessee wants to secure the creditors of those
States. and will do so if allowed, but some Of
It's dissatisfied members, aided and sustained by
almost the entire republican party, to whom all
modern repudisticn is as nothing to that ancient
spectre, the Reputation of the Mississippi debt,
are exertiog their utmost Efforts to defeat it in
their present attempt to elect radical Presi-
dent
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-24

ind they Hil have provided Crlicaer succeeds
10 G1aHios If mapy democratic votes, Tut tho
best Information from that district is 10 the
effect that Judge Garrison aiIl crjss tie bay
with q majority more than sufficient to cou1ter'
bslsres any detection in the party oD this side.
Tn. poor republicans white as we'll as black.
aud in the North as we'll as in tho Sou!h,arc
soroIy prosecuted people, and real'y deserve the
pity Of 10. oay oil conp passionate tu! of all just
and Law abiding men. That they are ostrac!zcd
and bulIdtz,d aud ku-kluxed by tic democrats
south CT the Potomac has long been kroTr, but
DOW their ornenscrs embroidered by the i'm
pupily with which they have been allowed TO
rrectic, ther cruelty havc Invaded their very
strongholds, and knock down ard drag out and
cat ard s!Gsh ;hem 10 tho !oosest aud most carer
less manner. What, Tor instarce, could be
more savagely brutal ard more ca|culated to
awake not ouly the synp!this but tho desire
for vengeance of all civilized communities than
! Tho following case reported 10 have occurred
last Sunday in Philadelphia iy the republican
pap:r5 Of that cts?
About 4 O'clock Sunday a!ttrnonn, Willie
Mr.. Myers was passing a!ore Island Lane, op'
posito Srnger Park, he was acrosted by a young
man, who H9utishcl q largo kni!c 10 his hand
and Inquired il ho (Mgcrsj was n republican.
'OE course | ain, replied Mycfa. Tho yoaUg
man then thrust tho weapon into tho side OF
Myers, and As tho latter turned TO tlon his a.
sGaat struck him twice on tho head. "
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-24

Mary Strader accidentally killed herself near
BurfordVlls, Mo-. on Wednesday last Sho
went from her fathers house over to her half
orothei's. and finding one at home raised q
window of the kitchen and went in 10 gat saw,
As she Wss climbing out of the window, which
was about i've feet from the ground, it is sur-
posed she slipped and the sssh fell, catching her
neck and breaking il! She was found by friends
she left home.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-24

A deputy United S'a:ts marshal was shot
and killed in Arkansas yesterday. and. what's
moro, he was native Of Vermont, had lived
in Arkansas but o short time, apd worse still,
was republican lu. notwithstanding all this
the radicals can't say word about the murder,
because his murderer is negro aud good re.
publican voter. If he hsd only boon white and
O democrat how happy the radicals would be
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-24

FAIRFAX lrEMs.-Dr. Talbot. w,o),,..
end half miles fran Falls CDmca, o,. Hs
Ing his rsslisnoe with thH Village ly ~''''
stansial telephone lac. ~
Tho lati&s or Ce5!rcv:ie hav9 sc;.v.r,.;
of the macy old forts at that place lin I'.1 o..
Duet ground, end every evening, with thI;. a. u
visitors from Washington, can be EQUAL =: u.
ing within its walls. This is carrying oS. !, .;
cock views, Lst as have pence. '"' -.
The arrangements for the Gcmtc.;,:,
meeting aod barbecue, to tax, p!ac. ., r, I,>
Court House. next court day, are in .c,;r, ." =
gross and big tim G is expected. 80
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-24

Soma people arc puzzled to know why rattle
suakcs we're created. but that oil arc DO! in
doubt about their u5ecs; uess IS proved by tho
fact that somebody in New York il advertising
fer hundred large sizsd ones.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-24

Tho August number of the American rcurint
OF blsckwooi's Edinburgh Magazine, has been
received from its publishers, The Leonard Scott
FaolIshlng Company, of Now York. It's con.
tents ere: A Reindeer Ride Through Lspland,
3 1sls about Sonnets, The Blackbird, Hans
fieiler-a Legend Of the Rhine Falls, Bush Life
IN Qaee2s!and-part il, Central Asia-lhe meet.
ing place OF Empires, in the Deor Forrest-s
cay DeWEcaGd, DR.. Whoriles' School-psrt iy.
Progress, '''''' A'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-24

VIRGINIA TIE Pivotal STATE.-The cleo.
torsl vote of Virginia is sure to DO cast for Han
Geek il the democrats will vote together, and the
vote q Virginia, as things now stand, insures
tho election OF democratic President and Vico
IresidcaL: WlLhou. the vote of Virginia it viii
DO exceedingly difficult to win. virginia. in
this sense, is the pivotal State. There will be-
The end 20 which every other Combination
must now be made subordinate is democratic
solldarltV. snd Its sequence. victory in Eoyem.
be!.-C Charleston Meas and C5atricr.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-24
TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST u.

Before our next issue tho Congressional con
v+nton will hav5 nat. The need Of tho hour
ID union and harmony, and tho efforts Of every
good democrat or conservative should be 10
reasinely directed toward procuring them. To
that end q few words to the delegates may not
be out OF place. All tic candidates for tic
nomination arc gentlemen Of acknowledged
ability and scunl principles aud any one Of
them wond bo worthy STANDARD bearer in tho
c>mlog contest. Any one OF them, il nominated,
would have our cordial support. 1t is conceded,
however, that Mr.. S. G.. Neal, will havo about
sixty nino votes on tho first ballot, some eighty
nominate. No other gentleman can approach
that number Why not, then. after giving
expression to personal AID l3c.l preferences,
nominate him unanimously ca the sccopd bal
los? The result Of arrolorsed contest cannot,
by afy possibility, bo OF advantage to any OF
the other clEdidatc:; such q contest on only
Ie-ult in tho romiraticn Of Some man not hith-
'r.o spoken Of; who is the frs. choice CT 20
delegate and, probably, Of 10 voter, and who
wll. therefore, create 90 enthusiasm among
tho MASSES. MIR. Ncala has mado n, enemies
10 his osnVas;; ho las hundreds of warm
friends. and he can draw moro support from
thcso whose nositioD in po'ilioa is doubtful,
or whose votes might go to Que of The oppcs-
ing candidates. than ATTY other man who has
been banned.
All the interests Of the distric: nced repre-
sentation, the commercial and manufacturing,
as we'll as the agricultural. Mr. Nealo under.
sands all these interests and would ti,ly repre-
sent them. lie is. emphaicaIIg, Il working
man. Should he become cur representative.
every citizen who has business 10 Washington
would Ind him ready to attend to il. and every
p1rt of the district would sec its interests cared
for. lie is young and energetic snL would not
consider it too much trouble 10 lock after the
affairs Of his constituents.
We want, too, an active c,rv:sI. and all the
iohucrce We c,a sccur.. Mr. Ncale is tho
man to give them to ug. We consider the dis
trio. safo for the Nominee. but cur opponents.
especially General Williams. have elements of
strength, which prudent meu ViIl not ignore
We want to secure all the votes We can. If for
no other reason. 10 help our electoral ticket,
and We can best Do that with MIR. Neale. When
scarcely Of age he broke the solil radical vote
OF Alexandria eli ard county, and gave US the
control CT tho representation which we have
snco e,i,yed. and Li5 nomination DOW will
carry with it tho prestige fsucc,ss. Animated
then by desire to do tho best thoy csn for their
party. in tho hour of its supreme struggle for
constitutional rights and republican liberty. lot
the delegates give their csreful consideration to
the matter, and wo arc euro thoy will agree
With us that Mr.. Nealo is Iy far the most avail
able candidate aud should be nominated as
speedily and as unanimously as possible
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-24

~ URSE WANTBD-A respect ,bla COL
~ ORED WOMAN to nurse an infant. APP
ply at this office. aug2a-"l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-01
Fred Grant In Clover.

WASHINGTON, May 30.-Apropos of
Fred Grants loud-mouthed election
eering for his father around Chicago
hotels, an item in a letter Just sent to
the house by the secretary of war, in
answer to an inquiry regarding officers
OF the army not on duty with their
regiments, is Of Interest. Son Fred is
first lieutenant in the fourth cavalry,
but has the brevet rank Of lieutenant
colonel as aide-de-camp Of Sheridan,
which position he has held for over
seven years. In this capacity he re-
celves $2,ll6 a year and extra pay
above that due to his lineal rank,
making an aggregate of SlS,531 for the
whole period. The s~ecretary's state
ment shows that there are 200 officers
not on duty with their regiments,
whose extra pay amounts to $4,000 a
year. Many Of these are employed at
West Point, or as military instructors
in civil institutions. Others are en-
gagged in the signal service, and still
others in other branches of the service.
The war department insists that it is
all right, but there is reason to believe
that there r not a few cases of gross
favoritism, chief among which is that
Of young Grant, who has jumped from
o first ~lieutenancy into a snug posi-
ton, whose duties have never inter
fered with his going on trips to Eu-
rope, the East, Cuba, or Mexico, and
do not now prevent his giving his able
assistance to the third-term managers
at Chicago.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-01
what to do About the Weather.


New York Herald.l
If the perspiring New Yorker can
afford to drop business and take a run
to England or Labrador, or even to
the mountains or seashore. he will
not find the hot weather an unmixed
evil after all. IF he must remain in
the city there are many ways in which
he can alleviate the miseries of the
heated term. One is to change his diet
to the extent Of avoiding heavy meats
as much as his stomach will allow.
Meat is a heat-producing food, and
consequently quite necessary in the
cold weather that steadily robs the
human physique of its warmth; but
the man who in summer allows habit
to compel him to eat heartily of beef,
mutton or pork three times a day is
simply providing a %superhuity Of heat,
and consequently much physical dis
comfort. Fish, poultry and meat soups
| contain as much animal food as any
one but an invalid San use to advan-
tage in hot weather. Let spirituous
liquors alone; they may stimulate for
a few moments, but your system must
work extra hard to get rid of them, as
it always is determined to do. Battle
daily, for the amount of physical
excreta passed through the skin
during profuse perspiration is enor-
nous. For the same reason
change underclothing and stockings
daily if possible, even if you are so
poor that you must wash them your
self. Ifyou have no bathtub a square
Of oilcloth, with sticks, canes or broom
handles to raise the edges, will make
a fair substitute, and a basin full Of
water will do far more good than no
water at all. Do not hurry, unless a
minute at the time is worth
ten minutes later in the day,
for it will have to be paid for at
about that rate. Forswear excite
ment, even about the presidency ;
your own life is as precious to you as
that which you think the union will
lose if your candidate is not elected.
Go early to bed, for sleep after sun-
rise is not worth much in such
weather. Let iced drinks alone /; you
are more comfortable while perspir-
ing than when perspiration has
been rudely checked. Do
not be afraid of exercise,
for you cannot be comfortable
without it; but violent exercise is
never beneficial. Above all things
avoid mental worry, for this is the
most extravagant and destructive Of
all designations. Calm thought will
attain desirable ends more quickly
than fretting at the highest pressure.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-01
Ouida's Last Novel.

Ouida's last is called Moths. 1.-THE
old girl who writes under this sigma.
ture has experience enough, one would
suppose, to leave off exhibiting her
one solitaire inclosed in mud. Her
central figure this time is a girl-an
English girl of sixteen-too pure and
perfect for the wicked world into
which she is introduced, where all the
fashionable women are mo better than
they should be-" She is imported
from England, innocence and all, and
pumped into the fiery furnaces of
Trouville and Deauville without a
moments warning. Her mother mar
ries her to a Russian prince, whom
the girl hates, but who consents
to the sacrifice to save her mothers
reputation, and from that moment
walks about a moving statue
Of ice. The English gentry
seem no better in Ouida's eyes than
the French in those of lola. This
ignorant and vulgar author, who is
the first 10 pin a new slang phrase to
the skirts Of literature, has created a
gem in the shape of an American girl
who marries an English duke, aud
who is known in America as Pick
me-up." Here is one of the fair
Americans speeches. my dear old
donkey, your wife didn't go pricing
sprats all down Broadway without
knowing what to give for a red her
ring"-which the author gives as a
specimen of the fgurative language
in which the great nation she had
belonged to delights" 1t is pleasant
to know hat Broadway is a fish mar
ket, and hal there are those espe-
cially English fish, "sprats" to be
found there, Anthony, take your
tongs and put this book in the fire,
not so much for its indecency, but for
its stupidity. In its ignorance il
makes one pardon the gentleman who
wrote to tho Sun that Catherine Of
Navarro was the author o fthe Hep
cameron
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-01
LEDGER LINES.


Soaking rains continue,
The census takers begin work to-
day.
To wet for plowmen to pillow to-
day.
Down with cross.signs says the au-
thorities.
A damp time for the decoration
yesterday.
Brown & Jones, coal, Office 282
Main street.
The dog killers are still, but they
mean business.
The first of the sixth month, ADD
the l53d day Of the year.
PUBLIC LEDGER job printingofice
and book bindery, ID Madison.
The Chicks elect officers tonight
to serve through the ensuing year.
School house janitors are to be kept
under half pay during the four vaca.
ton months.
The public schools have closed, and
numerous private ones have beer
started in their stead.
The Indications in Arkansas polite,
point to General Churchill as the mex
governor Of the state.
Good attention to all boarding
horses and rates low, at Park stables
south side Court Square.
Mr.. Albritten, of the Charleston
railway shops, has recently been &C
Quilted Of a charge of passing a bogu
$50 note at Montgomery, Ala.
There was a small fire at % Cause,
street, last night. The FIRE engine
turned out, and the blaze wa
quenched with about S25 worth 0
damage.
Earthquakes, cyclones and epidem
les are among the prospective visitors
whose company we are likely to enjoy
all because an upheaval of the plane
tary system is threatened.
Two printers, named Law an,
Briggs, Of Wheeling, Va, are aaoat il
a skif, coming down the Ohio river t
this port. They have a tent, cOokin.
arrangements, and a corked jug full
Of steam.
A good stone pavement now extend
through the whole length of Madison
street. 1t is not quite as smooth ant
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-01

San Francisco Argonautl )
Enter Bridget with her hands on
her hips. Faith, mum, | shall have
to ask ye more wages. Stocks is gone
so low that a poor gurrl like me is
ruint intirely." well, Bridget, YOU
know it is always a pleasure to me to
pay my servants more money; but, il
the necessities Of life are as cheap as
you say, | think l ought rather to cut
you down a triAe. With Consol
dated imperial at forty cents and
Lady Bryant at fifteen, you really
ought to be able to load M
at a very little expense" "Indade,
mum, that's thrue ofye, but consider
the assessments. II shall do nothing
Of the kind. Your position here
enables you to buy the stocks, but il
does not compel you to pay the assess
ments. Be reasonable, return to the
kitchen, and when stocks become ex-
pensive again, | will add So a month
to your wages and we will resume.
generally, the style of living to which
you have been accustomed" Head
Of the house (sotto voce): "Smart
woman, that Only she doesn't hap
pen to know that I'm short on the
whole list, and a boom in the market
would be rattlesnakes and blue light.
ning!"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-01

The Boston Post has this para
graph; Seated in his easy chair in a
luxurious apartment in Washington.
is Jim Blaine, of Maine. At his side
is Sherman, his trusty confidential
secretary and telegraphiG operator.
Through him Blaine manipulates eau
cusses and conventions, sends advice
to some supporters, 'taffy' to others,
orders understrappers 10 do this and
do that; makes pledges to contrary
politicians, and negotiates with weak
kRsed and poyerty-stricken oppo-
nents. From morning until night Jim
Blaine works in this way, to the end
that he may become the president Of
the republic. Shades Of Washington
Jefferson, Jackson, and Lincolnl'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-01
Cnrd Of Thnnks.

l desire to politically acknowledge
the promptness and efficiency Of
Chief McFadden and the members Of
the fire department in extinguishing
last night the incendiary fire started
in an unoccupied building next to my
residence at "a Causey street. The
fire was we'll started, and but for their
prompt appearance on the ground, it
would have communicated to my
house and others. l take pleasure in
recording the valuable services of our
excellent fire department, and feel
gratifed for the same.
JAMES CALLAHAN.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-01

nice for vehicles as was the Nicolson,
when it was first laid, but with proper
care it will last longer. The Nicolson
never had any care.
No authority to administer; don't
know what he did with the money;
his election was illegal, and the bond
therefore void, are among the an.
swers given by ex-AdministratOl
james A. Anderson's sureties, as rea.
sons why they are not liable for his
shorts.
The school visitors met last night
and passed the teachers payroll
account for last month, amounting to
A,396.73. The board will owe $l4,.
567, IS as soon as all amounts are in.
and they are pledged to issue no more
warrants until the amount is squared
off.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-01

Won Moltke is now living on his
country estate where his young wife
was buried, and is very busy in writ
ing his history Of the late war. Though
he delights in his rural pursuits and
in solitude, he is no recluse; he takes
a lively interest in the welfare Of his
tenautry, and is always kind, generous
and sympathetic with them. Over
his park gates is his coat-of-arms with
its pacific device which is in such
curious contradiction to his martial
career. 1t bears three white doves on
an argent field.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-01

Richard Cobden's daughters wish
still to associate their fathers name
with kindness to man. They are
about to establish a working-men's
club and coffee-room at Heyshott, his
birthplace, as a sort Of memorial phil
anthropy, and in order to raise money
for this enterprise they have been
giving a semi-private representation
Of Goldsmith comedy of The Good
Natured Man. The four Golden sis
.terstook the parts of M Richland, y
Mrs. Croaker, "0livia," and Gar
net" and all are said to have played