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PAROCHIAL SCHOOL
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER,
A IL x A N DRI A.

ITHtS INSTITUTION, WHICH IS
i a DAY SCHOOL. conducted by
the SISTERS OF MERCY, will npen
its doors to pupils on MONDAY, SEP
TENDER 9TH, 1890.
The School, as indicated by the head
ing, is Pa,ochiai, viz: lst. Under the
Immediate supervision of the Pastor;
and Cd. Supported by the Catholic
congregation. Consequently. IT IS
FREE to all Catholic children, irres-
pective of their parents poverty, but
all must procure the perquisites of Il
scholar, to-wit: BOOKS, PAPER, INK
and PENS.
BOYS and GIRLS are admitted in
SEPARATE ROOMS. The boys must
be under twelve years. There il no
limitation for girls.
Every month bulletin OF report
concerning the PROGRESS and CON
DUCT of the pupils, will be sent to
their respective parents.
Twice a year, viz: every fifth month,
there will be II PUBLIC EXAMINA-
TON, so that parents may form an
idea of their children's proficiency,
The children Of non Catholic par
ents will lie admitted, provided ONE
DOLLAR lie paid every month for
their tuition.
IF PIANO LESSONS BE DESIRED
application must be made to tie Mo-
THEIR SUPERIOR for that purpose.
j. b. AVENARD,
Sept. 8, lS79. Pastor.
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PLA TT r Nj
OF
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

ADOPTED IN CONVENTION AT CINCINNATI,
JUNE "a, 1880.
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of entertainment so well known rs the
EXCHANGE HOTEL, or Ice House, ,
and that he is prepared to accom,no-
date Boarders and Lndgers, by the
Day, Week or Month, at moderate
rates. His accommodations are now
complete, comfortable, and the entire
Hotel has been refitted aud refurnishel
whilst he will still give extra atten-
ton TO his cuisine, which shall AWAY .
be furnished with the best the New
Orleans and Alexandria markets af.
ford. He will still run his Restaurant
and serve all callsrs with meals at onv
hour Of the day or night.
SAM. FELLOWS.
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6 T. CHI h W & e

TINE UNDERSIGNED HAS TIE
i pleasure to announce to the pnb-
lie, and particularly to TRAVELLERS,
VISITORS and his home friends that
he is now installed ip his
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NOTICE
OF
REGIST RATION

II WILL OPEN THE OFFICE OF
i Registration on September lst.,
1880, in the Town of Alexandria, for
the purpose of registering all persons
who have become Of age since the last
registration, or those who have not
registered heretofore. Twill also strike
from the registration rolls all persons
who have died or left the Parish since
last registration. Persons knowing
of deaths or departures, will please
inform me. j. r. ANDREWS,
Supervisor of Registration.
Sept. lst-2t.
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THE HICKORY WAGON,

rUNE-"wA1r FOR THE WAGON"
It was hundred years ago.
Amid wars awful storm,
Our fathers fought for equal rights.
: And brought about reform;
And now their sons are ral]ying,
To fight for rights as dear,
And sweep corruption from the land
in this victorious year.
CHORUS
Then jump into the wagon,
The Democratic wagon,
The good old hickory wagon.
And we'll all take ride,
They tell It's Garfield's honest,
But that's beyond belief,
For he who pockets stolen goods
Must rank beside the thief;
The man can not be trusted,
AS honest, true and brave,
Who took the bride, and then denied
What Cakes Ames sWorc he gave.
CHORUS
Then jump into our wagon,
The Democratic wagon,
The good old hickory wagon,
And we'll all take ride.
The enemies we have to fight
Are loaded down with spoil,
They've stolen from the earnings
OF our hard and honest toll;
The weapon that we use will be
The bailot-priceless boon;
And then to cleanse the Capitol.
Well use the hickory broom.
CHORUS
Then jump into the wagon,
The Democratic wagon,
The good old hickory..wag0n,
And wen all take q ride.
Then rally, Sons of Freedom,
TO sdatch from vandaI hands
The government you love so WE'LL.
Your liberty, your lands;
With Hancock, English and Reform,
Well place the ship of State
In the hands Of honest patriots,
Before 1t is too late.
, 1880-08-22

THE Nation just arrived has an amusing
paragraph on MIR. Engltsh's cut-throat mort
cages md the Cincinnati Commercials exposures
thereof:
Mr.. English seems, like many other men. to be
IN the habit Ut investing considerable sums f,n
mortxn*e, which Is usually considered d bust
ness transaction, the object Of the lnor1gare be-
ting to enable the creditor to get his MONEY back
IN case the Interest Is not paid. But the ts-
tccneu Republican contemporaries seem to
tnlnk that the mortgage ID something which is
Drawn up either tor fun Or to save the debtor's
dignity, and which no creditor ut to be Vtfe-
President would think Of taking serionsj1; Sn
when Dir. English trvnts his rs real securttv nm
cnforces tt. they aenouuce him rs a hunf,11.-
and hypoorit. and as " no poor mans friend
Ibis Is sorry business for a paper like the Gin
cinnlttt Commercial to take uu and 1yo1]d l,
much better suited to Denis Keur1,ny's urt1nn
When the editor tnkes q MORTGAGE We wn5ier
what he does with It, wv " "o1A1A
spite OF the " "smnrtness" Of the Natfon's re-
ply there Is falacy In it, as there often is in an
1ronfcat argument. The fallacy consists in the
assumption that loantug OF money in small
sums 10 poor people, and taking advantage OF
their necessities afterwards, Is . perfectly re-
spectaole and high-toned business. Its not. It
Is lawful business, but SO Is dealing in chettel-
mortgages or pawn-brokerage, or selling sew
ng-macatnes on time notes discounted before
nand ut high rates Of interest. This sk1nhiut
business in which Mr.. English was engaged is
not usually transacted By bankers or capital
, 1880-08-22

IT has been frequently asserted by Demo-
cratic organs and orators that the Republican
party has larger Know-Nothug element than
the Democratic party. The Republican Cam
patgn Committee have been ut pains to look UP
tho vote by which Fillmore was elected Presi-
dent, md have found TINT the know-Nothin9
vote wus relatively much larger in the Southern
and Democratic States than In the Northern Re-
publican States. The Democratic party has been
the party OF prescription In every case where it
WIS safe or polite TO be SO, and the Democratic
leaders at the present day are just as intolerunt
Of natura!ized cizeus as they have ever been,
but they manage to conceal their animus. As
case in point, It might ho mentioned that Ly-
man TrumbulI, the candidate for Governor OF
this State on the Democratic ticket, who had
prominent seat on tho platform beside Mr.. DAY.
lit, the Irish agitator, at the Ogden-G Grove picnic
Saturday week, refused point blank to even
allow bis name to bo used as Vtcc-President at
the Parnell meeting held in tho Exposition Build
ing here last February. Tho Parneil meeting
was to express sympathy and to obtuin material
aid for the famine-stricken and for rhe landlord
oppressed people The Ogdcn-Groye celcbra-
ton was to raise money for the O'Donovan
Rossa skirtnishtng fund. or rather for the fund
about which ODonoynn Rossa and other Feuian
chiefs are carrying on wordy war now in tho
New York newspapers. What do intelligent
1r1shmcn think Of Mr. Trumbull, and Of the
party which he representa- Do they suppose
his presence at the OydenAGroye Meeting meant
any sympathy with their views?
, 1880-08-22

houses, aud clearinghouse located III the
First Ward; but the Chicago census shows
the population of the First Ward to be the
smallest of any ward in the city, and not as
large by: about one-tifth as that OF some OF
the residence wards of the city. ~ super
visor Wright has stated explicitly that lie
ordered the enumeration OF the First ward
to be postponed until after the Republican
Convention had been held, In order to AVOID
all possible danger Of Including any
transient :non-resldents IN the count.
As matter of fact, tfo enumeration
OF the First Ward, where strangers mainly
stop, was far from being complete on ac-
count Of the well-known difficulty in secur-
ing during the day an interview with the
people who live in rooms In the business
buildings.
The actual population Of Chicago has
probably been understated in the census to
the same extent that it has in other COM
munitIes where the enumeration has been
made honestly aud conscienttously, owing to
the obvious difficulty of obtaining du the
names. At first 1t appeared as though the
defects in the enumeration here would be
serious; but the attention OF the people was
directed to the matter In time to secure rea-
sonnble correctness. There has been no
proyocatIon for fraud in this city; the growth
was larger than had been predicted BY Chi
cago people, and nobody was disappointed.
Indeed, Chicago always outruns predictions,
and henceforth West st. Louis, No., should
contine Its aspirations Of rivalry to East st.
T,nnic TIL
, 1880-08-22

the pumplnR-W0rkS 0uEnt 10 ot, LILO haso@
is carried under the river within few hull
dred yards of the place where the pumps
ought 10 be, conducted several miles to tue
southwest, md there pumped into pipes, TO DO
carried back to the very point where the dis
tribution ought to begin.
If the city Is to engage In an expenditure
for increasing the water-supply. ana tha1 III
crease cannot any longer be delayed with saie-
t., hshould make that expenditure ut the right
place. The additional power should be pt@t IN
force at the centre. a pumping-establlsh-
ment in the centre of the city would relieve
the demand now made on those at tue ex-
tremitIes of the city, would economHe the
present lamentnble waste, and would enable
the present works to distribute as much
water as they do now at much reduced
cost. The most direct way to meet the com
Ing necessity is not to increase the power st
the extremlties, but to provide at once for the
sufficient and direct distribution from the
centre, where the great deficiency OF water
now exists, and where the supply ought al
ways to be tho greatest
The Mayor, however, has taken 1t into his
head that because he proposed the increase
Dl Quu4pH1E luANQ At 0oAAsA*AAA @'SAN~S
there must he no step taken with regard to
central works. At recent meeting of the
Council Aid. Wickersham presented me-
mortal of merchants occupying some OF the
largest buildings in the central part OF the
city, i'll which buildings are stored perhaps
hundred millions of dollars Of property. urg-
ing the erection of central pumping
establishment. The only response made by
the Mayor was that these petitioners were
Ignorant on the whole subject, and signed
the paper without knowing what they were
doug. The petition was signed by tbs fol-
lowing persons and firms:
Field, Loiter f. Co., Keith Bros, Z. n. Hender-
sehwab Sci { Co., Iark Ki,neall ! Co.. Robert Law
NG5th a1 { chssz4 @ Rpex heng Mi4rs NJ w@
Jesse spnlling. William Stewart, hurry Nelson,
Euos Ayros, Couch estate, i. A. Munger. F. W.
s. P. Hutchinson. u. Corwitn, Farst { Bradley,
Xeaxh s c.; sprague, Warner 1 e.; Farwsll.
Co.. c. =. Kellogg s c., Calm, Wampold S: Co.:
Hubbard, Spencer s Co. J.. B. Drake g. Co., and
the Crane brothers Manufacturing Company.
These persons. as class, II not indlyid-
ually, are perhaps as intelligent as the
Mayor, and are not more likely to write or
say things thoughtlesly or ignorantly, espe-
cially On subject in which they are imme-
diately interested for the safety Of their own
property and business, as well as generally
interested as part of the community.
To put more pumps at the West Side works
is like patching bad job. To establish a
new and central works will be to put our sys-
TEN Of water distribution on rational and
Intelligent basis for the first time, and one
which being begun in the right place will ad-
nit all the additional works rs time may de-
yelop their necessity. This subject will be
before the Council for action tomorrow even
ing, and it Is to be hoped the Aldermen will
act upon it as intelligently and as iearlesly
as they would if they were approprlating |
their own money In their own business.
, 1880-08-22

not very encouraging Or consollng 1acts' oas
they might as we'll be looked In the face un-
less we are content to play second fiddle 70
other cities. It adds to the aggrayatlon
OF this inferiorfty that 1t is not duo
to IN absence OF good material
We have Just as good players, and
Just as many good players, as other
cities. So far as string and wood IN
struments are concerned, we have the mate
rial for first-class orchestra, and the deh~
ciencfes In the brasses could be easily made
I'D. But the trouble is, that we have no or"
ganization. There is, in reality, no Chicago
orchestra. For ten years there has not been
a stated number Of players who have played
together any length Of time or long enough
to become accustomed to each other. Dur
ing that time no large work requiring orches-
tral accompaniment has been performed III
this city that the orchestra was not patched
up for the occasion. Our players have been
lust as unfortunate in conductors during this
time. They have been continually changed.
Fuchs, Sir, Hand, Schmal1 Hodmann'
Loesch, Rosenbecker, Balatka, and others
have taken the baton only to lay 1t down
again in a very short time. Thus there
has been neither head. body, nor tail
to our orchestral organization. no paying
concerts to keep them together, and no en-
couragement to work, and the men have
picked up living helter-skelter. IN beer gar
dens, street advertising, and theatre orches-
tras. 1t is time that Chicago set about the
work OF getting a good orchestra and giving
it enough to do, and this can be done In
manner that has already been pointed out In
The TRIBUNE. The Cincinnati Orchestra, a |
fine body of players, stands ready TO come |
here, forty strong, aud could easily be re-
cruited up to sixty from our best players, |
who are willing to join it under Ar. Brand, |
its present excellent leader, or any other |
musician. We should then have
m orchestra second only to Mr.. Thomas
and one Of which the city |
might be proud. As we have intimated in a
former article, this result rests with the
good will Of our music-loylng citizens Of
means. The opportunity is one which
should not be lost. The musical disaster OF
The past week ought not to happen again.
, 1880-08-22

The Hares and Rabbits bill passed through
Committee In the House OF Commons Friday
night. notwithstanding the opposition Of tho Tory
and whfg squrearchy. After the third reading,
which is more matter OF form, the bill will 60
to tho House Of Lords, where 1t is predicted 1t
will meet with the fate that the Irish Co1npen-
sation bill met with. English. like Irish, farm
ers have no rights which hereditary legislators
feel bound to reEpeot-
, 1880-08-22
THE WArER-W0RKs QUESTION.

Two propositions are pending before the
City Council in relation to the water-supply.
One is to make an appropriation to purchase
two additional engines and provide the adj
ditional buildings for the West Side Water
Works, thereby increasing the capacity of
that establishment from thirty millions to
sixty millions Of gallons OF water per day.
The other Is, to purchase suitable piece of
ground near the river, On the South Side,
between Monroe and Polk streets, and there
on erect central pumping works.
II these we're alternative propositions, there
could hardly be two opinions auong ill.,
formed persons as to which Of them should
be preferred. The West Side works are
supplied with water through the long or land
tunnel. That tunnel has capacity of one
hundred millions Of gallons OF water daily
at any point east OF Halsted street; what its
actual capacity Is at the sits of the works
at Ashland avenue VIC do not know, but
that 1t is much less is not questioned, The
water-supp1y OF the city is furnished by the
pumps at the northeast and at the south
west extremities Of the city. The power
wasted In forcing the water against the fric
ton OF one hundred miles of pipe running
at all manner of giles Is very great, and the
city Is guilty Of the wastefulness and loss Of
forcing water from the extremities to the
centre, instead Of resorting to the more
rational system Of distribution from the
centre.
No one proposes, however, to abolish
either Of the existing water establishments;
all agree to leave them as they are, but
large portion of their power is now
thrown away in the endeavor to force
water to the centre Of the city, when,
In fact. the distribution should be
made from that point. The long tunnel
passes under the very part Of the city where
, 1880-08-22

THE Paris Temps announces with evident
satisfaction that the Dey Of Tunis has granted u
French company the exclusive right to construct
and operate nil future railways in bis dominions.
Ehe Italian press may be excused for not being
very well pleased at this announcement.
, 1880-08-22
THE Boston Advertiser tries to take coaa'

THE Boston advertiser tries to eake cor
fort from the French Government report o. nD
progress Of agriculture In that country antas
the last twenty years. "The agricultural "'sl
est" 1t Is said, "insists that it shall be eeese
protected By the tariff, that the tariff on "ana
factuEed goods shnll be lowered II necesst'f
and thar the thrift on cattle, fresh meats Ns-
visions, and breadstutfs shall be raised consF'ss
ably" We full to SEQ in this demand tne ~
port and consolation which the Adrr1taH ~
rives from it. a parallel 10 It would ~. "
memorial from American farmers praying ~ d
reducuon OF tho tariff on our manufactafe7 -
an increase Of the duties On farm produc~ :.
our farmers are the greatest political powes, -
this country any ouch demand frum them wv
nifty expressed would get prompt hea1lns e.,
be obeyed; that Is the difference between a1e
ican and French farmers.
, 1880-08-22

Mn GLADSTONE has we'll deserved the
graceful offers of the King OF 1taly to place two
Of the Royal villas ut his disposal should the
distinguished Statesman 60 to 1tnly for tho ben
etlt OF his health Even monarchs can afford
to be grateful for favors done their peoples.
, 1880-08-22

SENATOR LOGAN, who returned from
Maine to the Republican headquarters in New
York City yesterday, says the outlook In the
state IS very encouraging for the Republicans.
All the dseetings which he and other speakers
addressed were large and enthusiastic. The at
tempt OF the Grcenback- Democratic coalition to
steal the State has neryed the Republicans. and
has gained for them the support Of the inde-
pendent voters. Senator Logan will take the
stump i1 1ndiann in few days.
, 1880-08-22

THE revenue receipts Of the Canadian
Government for the fiscal year 197o-' 80 were
$el l4ss.5s5, and the expenditures we're SIS, l6l.7
Tho deficit ID therefore $l,69S ia. Dy bringing
forward tho surplus revenue of the previous
years the Canadian Ministers have managed to
make it appear that tho deficit Is only about
$4,000. The Canadians are said to be much
displeased and disappointed Mt this showing.
, 1880-08-22

CHARLES FA1sRIs, a young man OF FIN
castle, Va, had dispute with the daughters OF
Peter Dandsiuge at fruit-canning os1aollsn-
ment near that point yesterday. Tho tatner.
an old man OF 20, came to the assistance OF the
daughters, and the whole family was about to
demolish Farris, when he used MS pocket
knife on the old mans breast tn)urang MIN
fafa
, 1880-08-22

PRINCE M1LAS's recent interview with the
Austrian and German Emperors at 1schl has
been productive Of an understanding by which
Servta will for the future give Its adhesion to
the now publicly acknowledged Austro~ German
alliance. That this Is the case Is evident from
the announcement that n. Histics, the chief OF
tile Serviau Cabinet, and who was hostile to
Austrian pretcnsious, is about to resign.
, 1880-08-22
THE LOGIC OF IRISH AGITATION.

. Many good, easy, benevolent people, In
view Ct the recent disturbances in Ireland,
which, by the way, are greatly exagger-
ated,-have come to the c0ncl usion that
there Is no hope for that country; that the
people are incorrigible, and that the British
Government Is justified in using all manner
OF repressive legislation in dealing with them.
But when 1t Is remembered that England
has never yet made any concession to the
Irish people except when they have acted as
lawlesly and behaved as riotouslY as pos
siole, there may be some excuse for the
troubles Of the past few weeks, especially III
view OF the rejection Of mere
make-shift piece of amelioratiye legis-
lation By that irresponsible body of
legislators, that " trades-union of land
owners" as the Spectator calls the
British House Of Lords. The troubles which
have been productive of concession-slight
though they be-to ireland were inaugurated
By no less parsonage than Jonathan Swift
Dean Ut st. Patrick's. lie it was who be-
gan the agitation against the laws enacted
against Irish trade and commerce. aud.
though his efforts were only successful in a
slight degree, they led, with those Of 0foiy-
neux and Lucas, led to the formation Of the
Volunteers. who so successfully backed III
Grattan In w;1ning free trade and legislative
independence for Ireland. Entreaties and
prayers and petitions we're useless till the
Volunteers lined the streets Of Dublin, till
their swords flashed In the face Of the British
Vfceroy, and till he saw attached to the
lannon's mouth the motto, Free trade
or -" O'Connell was not so fond Of an
nohncing himself as q peaceful, legal, and
constitutional agitator till Catholic emanci-
patton had been granted, in the words
, 1880-08-22

4 SENSATIONAL. report, founded on the
statement OF an ili-tnformed physician, was
printed in the evening papers throughout the
country yesterday, stating that u case of Asfatic
cholera had appeared at Erie, Pa. An inyestl-
CATION was made By competent physicians, who
have pronounced the disease cholera morbus Of
m aggravated nature- The health of Erie Is
pronounced to be excellent, and the people Of
that city arc very Indignant at the false report
and at tho physician who WAS the author Of 1t.
, 1880-08-22

ABOUT S700 600 worth Of jewelry was stolen
from the residence Of Gen. Schramm, near Saint
Denis, France, few evenings ago. This with
the $4,000 robbery from the Earl Of Eldon's
residence, In England, Inst week. Indicates the
presence uf d species Of superior craftsmen
1cross the Atlantic.
, 1880-08-22

THE Lancashire cotton manufacturers
have refused the 10 per cent advance in wages
demanded by their employees. They assert that
In the present depressed condition Of the cotton
market they cannot afford to make the advance.
4 strike will probably result from the refusal
, 1880-08-22

IT is stated that Gen. Alfred H. Terry, of
the United States army. now commanding the
Department Of Dakota. has been offered By
President Hayes the position of Commander at
West Point and has declined 1t. Gen. Schofleld
will doubtless be retained Ia command until
after the Inauguration OF the next President
, 1880-08-22

THE 2:25 race at the Springfield course
yesterday was won By Dan Smith The track
was quite slippery. and Huttte Woodward
wreuched herself across the lolns IN the second
heat and was withdrawn. 1t is feared that she
will not be able to trot agatn this season.
, 1880-08-22

: THERE is a very gratifying prospect that
Hcndsick 3. Wright, the Democratic Ffat-
Workiugman -Socialistic Congressman, will be
retired to private life by the voters OF the
Twelfth Pennsylvania District, and that MIR.
James Scranton. the Republican candidate, will
be elected fn his stead.
, 1880-08-22

TIE Cznr will receive the Chinese and
Japanese Ambassadors Saturday. This IS re-
garded as again opening the way to peaccablc
settlement Of the points in dispute between Rus
sIa and China. The former Power wants to keep
our Of trouble until the GrHco-Turkish frontier
nnpStinn ia settled.
, 1880-08-22

TIE Anglo-American, the Direct United
States, and tho French A11antic Cable Companies
have resolved to pool their earnings The Anglo
American Company will receive Gs per cont Of
the gross earnings, and the other Companies
1C y.er rnnf each
, 1880-08-22

Mr.. CLINTON 3. AnnoTT, of Beloit, was
selected yesterday to lead the Democratic for
.lorn hope in the First Wisconsin District. Tho
Hon. c. G. Williams carried the district in 1878
.2y 1850 majority. He will carry it this year by q