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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-09-29

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Steamer
GLE GORGE LIE a r Y
RESUMPTION Of ROUTE.
ALEXANDRIA, VA, AND NORFOLK,
Va, CALLING AT PINEY POINT and
POINT LOOKOUT goir G and returning
On and sitter Monday. N sreh 18th, 1880 the
steamer GEORGE LEAkY, Joseph White,
Commsnder. will resume her route between the
shove ports.
From AGEXAN DRIA. Hooe's wharf cvery
MONDAY and WEDN ESDkY, st & p. nj. I,
snd every SATURDAY at 81 p m
From NORFOLK Csmpbeirs whart, every
TUESDAY. THU hSDAY and SUNDAY, al
4 p m.
Arriving at either port esrly next mo ming.
During the psst winter the Le.ry has been
thoroughly over hauled, newly osinted, carpet
3D. upholstered and put in nice order Her
owners pledge the public cleanliness, 3 first CLASS
table and courtesy and attention from the officers
and servants of the boat Tickets rates, lntor-
nation. state rooms &c, furnished By
=. B. HOOE, Agt., Alexs Va
BF. DODD, Agt.. Wash, u. @. NH 9-tf
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PgTN.naC FERRY CO.'S. STES.nERS
FOX LANDINGS
ON THE POTOMAC RIVER
On and ,fter sunday, July 18Th,
Will leave sc tnlloWe:
Steamer T. Y. A RIO NTH leaves Poto-
mac Ferry Cos wharf, lrot of King street,
EVERY SUNDAY, tn ESDAY and Tt u rs:
DAY, st I 80 m, for Leouardtown and all
int rmetiste landings.
S,esmer MYSTIC leaves EVERY MOE.
DAY, WEDNESDAY snd FRIDAY. At 50
&. m for inssle and intermediate landings
GEO. &. PHILLIPS. Manager,
Potomac Ferry Company
j B PADGETT. Agent i7l7
= Office
CHANGE OF TIME
On and after Wednesday,, May 10Th. the
boats of the POTOMAC FERRY co. will run
as follows:
LEAVE ALEXANDRIA:
90. 7 80, 30, 9 80 10 so and II 30 a m, and
II 30 30, 30. 8 go 4 80, 80 + Is and I p, In
LEAVR WASHINGTON:
6 80, 7 80, 80 3 So 10 80 and II 30 m, and
II &c. 30, 2 80 3 80. a 30, S 30, 30 snd sc
On Sunday the first trip from zach end will be
my25 GEO. R. PHILLIPS, Manager
Il
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ESTABLISHED IN 1900.

TSTA b Ii 5 b ID 500.
ROB RT L., A ID A NJ
Successor to W. w. ADAM
DEALER IN
WITCHES, JEIE:ELkr
No IS King g., Alexandra, Va.
SFECTACLES and FANCY GOODS spe-
cialty. Old Gold and Silver taken IN exchange.
Engrsving and Repairing nesty and pre- mptly
executed. sepS-lf
NEW GOODS IN THE HARDWARE
~ LINE ut SO king. corner of Royal street.
just received, the STEA KGREITh, for i'm
proving oeetstesk; it never fails to make the
iou hest steak tender all the way through
Also the self setting DELuSiON kAiihAf;
sonnet: ing new; Call and examine.
Moth Proof aud Plain Carpet Felt, Mating
Tacks, Tack Claws Carpet Hammers, Carpet
Strstchers, Whne-wash, busting and Scrub
Brushes, and other goods suited to the season.
The Windsor Scale for sale cheap.
sp-M J nv. CREIGHTON e. SON
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DRY GOODS.

r AIDES KID GLOVES, 2 and buttons
IL every pair warranted.
DF BRASHEAR.
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NINE DhMOR G>1'S FALL PATTERNS
IVA received TO dsy and now ready for distri
button and sale. Call and get catalogue.
IF. BkASdBAR,
sepl7 10 King st AleIsndfis, Va.
T ARGE STOCK OF STAPLE GOODS
- tuesday, Sept 7th, 1880
We receive and open to-day uil line of
Staple Goods and at prices lower than ever of
frred in this market All Linen Table Uamask
tt 25c. Full Standard Prints ut g., and other
goods rs cheap Call and see
D. +. BRASHEAR,
sop7 No. l05 King st Alexandria.
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STEAMERS t. G. KING HIT .sJvD JDH.s
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COMMISSION MERCHANTS.

Consgr merts Of Grain, Merchandise and ali
kinds Of Country Produce solicited. Special st
tention given to sll business entrusted to me-
Prompt returns msde. Agents fer Gu berlaud
Bone Co. Ammcnsted Super fbospbsie.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-10
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
DIABOLICAL VILLAINY.
AttemDtS to Wreck Railroad Trains.

Attempts to Wreck Railroad Trains.
Yesterday afternoon about three clock,
as engine 302 was coming east over the
Pennsylvania railroad, just west of Mount
vile, it ran against an obstruction placed
upon the road and the two front wheels of
the engine were thrown from the track.
Tho engine was drawing a very heavy
train, and there is a heavy up grade at
that point, so that the train was easily
stopped before any further damage was
done. An examination of the track
showed that pieces of an old boat, cord
wood, splicers and other distractions had
been wedged in the rails of the south track
and had lifted the wheels of the locomotive
above the rails and thrown it off.
A further examination of the road in
the vicinity showed that similar obstruc-
tions had been placed on the north track
some twenty yards away. Had not these
last named distractions been discovered
and removed most serious accident
would probablyshave resulted. There is
heavy down grade all the way from
MOuntville to Columbia, sufficient to carry
the cars along at high rate Of speed
without the use of steam. Had a western
bound passenger train, or even a freight
train, been thrown from the track at this
point, there would beyond doubt have
been heavy loss of property and perhaps
of life.
Two or three suspicious-looking tramps
were seen in the vicinity for some hours
before the accident, and disappeared over
the hills Immediately afterwards. 1t is
more than suspected they were the parties
that Obstructed the track.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-10
MOURNFCL SLEIGHING.
Tho Dangers of Transporting Glyceri

Tho Dangers of Transporting Glycerine.
Howard Hackett and James Feency
started from Bradford for Coleville in a
sleigh, carrying one hundred pounds of
nitrO-glycerine. Four miles from Brad
ford the sleigh upset, which caused an cx-
plOsion of the compound. Fecncy
jumped from the sleigh as it was going
over. Hackett was thrown fifty feet from
the scene and instantly killed, his body
being horribly mangled. His right leg
was shattered into mass of
shapeless flesh, and his side and shoulders
were shockingly torn. A hole. was torn in
the frozen rOadbed twenty feet in length
and fifteen feet in width. In this excava-
ton Feeney was found covered with debris,
but still alive. His escape from instant
death is regarded as almost miracle. At
present the extent of his injuries cannot
be ascertaincd. The sleigh was blown
to atoms and both horses were killed.
The house of Charles Seeley, one
story and half frame building, fifty feet
distant, was shaken to pieces by the con-
cussion. Mrs. Seeley was sitting in the
house ut the time, but escaped serious in
jury. A large frame dwelling house occu
pied by Henry DallOff, five rods away, was
also completely wrecked, but did not fall.
Mrs. Dalloff and six children were in the
house at the time, but suffered no further
injury than terrible shock. The windows,
mirrors and wall ornaments were smashed
to atoms. A barn was also wrecked by the
concussion. Hackett, the man killed, was
81 years of age and unmarried. His home
is at some point in Erie county, Pa.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-10
STATE ITEMS.

Mrs. Zell's case has been argned in tho
supreme court, Mr.. Shapley for the pris-
Oncr.
While lifting wash boiler from the stove
at her residence, No. 1916 Wood street,
Philadelphia, the clothing of Mrs. Bridget
Howard took fire and she was burned so
badly that she died from the effects. Her
husband and son were also badly burned
i'll attempting to extinguish the flames.
The Clifton Mills, at Howard and Bcrks
streets, Philadelphia, owned and occupied
by Harpst, Montague s Co., manufacture
crs of carpet yarns, were totally destroyed
by fire last evening. The loss is estimated
at s1S7, 600, of which s195, 900 is covered
by insurance. The mills were burned on
January 18th, 1878.
Mrs. Anna Mellitt, an insane lady aged
about so years, who resided with her son
near McConnellsburg, Fulton county, wan
dered from her house, clad only in her
night dress. After considerable search her
blOod-staincd foot prints were discovered
and her lifelcss body has been found lying
in the snow some distance from her house,
where she had perished.
VIM. Lehr, aged G5 years, residing with
a son in Bethlehem, on Saturday took three
doses of arsenic, and saved himself from
death by an overdose of paison. He was
drunk on Friday, and Oh Saturday morn
ing his son upbraided him for the spectacle
he had made of himself. He at ance pro-
ceeded to Luckenbach's drug store and
bought a package of ''rat poison
Rev. Job F. lIalscy. d. d., pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Norristown,
at the close of divine service on Sunday
morning, resigned his charge, which he
has now held about twenty-four years
Three years had elapsed since he had
previously rendered his resignation, which
his kind brethren had persuaded him to
withdraw but now, admonished by age and
increasing infirmities, his purpose was
intlcxibIy taken to retire.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-10
PERSONAL.

Secretary THOMPSON, of the navy de-
partment, has been elected president of
the Congressional temperance society in
place of ex-Secretary McCrary, resigned.
Major RENO having learned of the ap-
proval of the sentence of the court martial
dismissing him from the service, has tele-
graphcd to Hayes asking to be allowed to
resign. The orders of the war department
in Reno's case are delayed pending Hayes
decision.
In San Francisco, yesterday, ii large
number of unemployed working men as
sembled upon the sand lots and were ad-
dressed by Mayor KALLOcH. lie gave
them to understand that within few days
Chinatown would be legally declared a
nuisance, and that the wcrk resulting from
such declaration would give them en-
ployment.' He also advised them "tO
refrain from any illegal or injudicious ac-
ton until they heard from him again
BOB INGERsOLL, of lecture fame, is now
a permanent resident Of Washington city.
He has magnificent residence fronting on
Farragut square, and law Office on New
York avenue. He divides his time be-
tween legal practice, rostrum speaking and
political manGuvring. The newspaper
story to the effect that he makes $14OO
week from his lectures on atheistical
subjects is quite correct. 1t is altogether
impossible to fulfill the engagements he
could secure at profit running from $500
to 500 per night.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-10
Lancaster County Dissatisfied

Special to the North American by telegraph
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Congressman
Herr Smith, of the Lancaster district. is
authority for the statement that the Re-
publicans of Lancaster county who are op-
posed to the Eshleman-C Cameron rule will
hold mass indignation meeting in few
days to protest against and repudiate the
action of the Harrisburg convention. He
says that this movement, which found open
first in Chester county, is a re-
volt against Senator Cameron, and that
similar action will be taken by the Repub-
licans of other counties. Hon. Butler B.
Strang is in Washington, and does not
hesitate to declare that he thinks that the
Cameron rule in Pennsylvania is weaken
ing.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-10
MINOR TOPICS.
- ftSTNACHT ~ DAY.

TIE Maryland Legislature is discussing
the repeal of the tobacco inspection law.
THE EIitisl. government announces that
it will continue the ballot act for another
year. and repres> corrupt practices at cleo
tiOns.
The Boston AdcCrttser, ID its review of
the lumber trade, says while the cut of
lumber will be larger than last year, from
advices covering a large lumber region, it
will not be up to expectations, and will be
considerably less than was expected carly
in the season. The .Adcertiser thinks the
demand promises to exceed anything that
has been seen for many years.
New YORK Times A near personal and
political friend of cx-President Grant who
doubtless knows whereof he speaks, au-
thorizes the following as correct state
ment of the generals position with refer
ence to the presidency. He says "Gcn-
eral Grant is not now nor has he ever been
candidate for the presidential nomina-
ton. But should the Republican conven-
ton nominate him in the same manner as
any other candidate would be nominated,
he would deem it his duty to the country
and party to accept. Travelling abroad he
was a stranger to the contest now going on
for the presidential nomination, and has
written no letters on the subject to any
person, and all assertions to the contrary
are without foundation in fact
A GOOD deal of attention is being paid
as to where the national Democratic con-
vention shall assemble. But two places
are actively striving for the honor at this
time-Cincinnati and Washington City,
the chances largely in favor OF Cincinnati.
John G. Thompson has said that the West
and the South were united in favor of
Cincinnati. St. Louis is doomed to defeat,
because the last national convention as
sembled there and the ticket nominated
proved disastrous one. Chicago cannot
have it because she is to have the Republi-
can convention. Indianapolis is too weak
and insignificant place, so there is no
other Western city that can compete with
the Queen Metropolis of Ohio. Mr..
Thompson thinks that if the convention is
held East of the mountains that Washing
ton City would probably be the place, as
it is neutral political ground, has all the
necessary accommodations, and seems to
be the general second choice, not only of
the members of the national committee,
but of the friends of the different candi-
dates.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-10
LIrITZ vs.. LITIZ.
Was tho Change m Improvement

For the lTTELLIGHNCER.
Your correspondent "A. y. M seems
to assume that there was some special
''honor" in having "Litiz" changed to
"Lititz." Allow me to doubt that, and
also to doubt whether it is the province Of
the postoffice department to change the
names of places. 1t was said of certain
emperor that he had not the power to
change the quantity of a syllable; by what
right then does cabinet officer prescribe
how we shall spell? If he can change the
spelling of the names of pOstOfficcs, why
may he not change the names Of postmas-
ters as wcll!' Doubtless some of. them
could be greatly improved. The depart
ment may say how name shall be spelled
i'll the postal guide, suppose but does
that really change the name-cspecially an
old name like LitiZ-altcr it has entered
into the public records, dictionaries, histo-
ricS. gazcttccrs, etc: Several such changes
of photography have been made of late !;
probably some "spelling rcformer' has
been smugslcd into the postoflice depart
ment-onc of DIR. Haldeman's jokes, per-
haps. "Chiques has been changed to
"Chickics "a ''pct name for chickens,
suppose. That was undoubtedly some
of DR.. lIaldcman's work, and to him be
the ''honor." A man who can write tung
for tongue can do almost anything.
"Youghioghcny," in Westmorcland coun.
ty, has been changed to YOkegany'-
''fonetic spelling with a vengeance. Now
let the department go on and change
"Uwchland and '.Toughkenamon,' in
our neighborins county of Chester, to
Yooklan" and "Tufkenamon,' and SC
OH through the whole list Of postoffices
then let them change the counties
Schuylkill." forexample, to "Skoolkil >
then the names Of states, mountains
rivers, lakes, etc. Here is 4 grand field
for photographic enterprise. Perhaps oul
good-natured representative may recognize
it as his mission. Some of these changes
actual and suggested, are in the direction
of simplicity, but is it SO in the case o
Litit= ? The word is heightened, no
shortened, and it is converted into sor
of mongrel, neither German nor English
What will he the penalty if an old fogy
like myself continues to write Litiz,
O. FoGY.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-10
la,1raster fatelligerlcer.
TUESDAY EVENING, FEB. 10, 1890.
Grants Candidacy.

The New FORK Times has an authOrita-
tive announcement of the position Of
Gen. Grant as presidential candidate,
from which it appears that his friends
withdraw him from the condition of a
candidate asking a somewhat unani-
nous and enthusiastic nomination to
secure his acceptance, and proceed to
enter him in the regular way as man
who proposes to get the nominal
tion if he can, and to take it IN
any way that he can get it. This
is in strict accordance with the method
by which he is credited with the Penn
sylvania delegation. His grooms got
these votes for him-if they have got
them-any way that they could, and never
stopped to consider the propriety OF the
means After this demonstration OF the
manner of General Grant S candidacy 1t is
somewhat surperfluous in his managers to
inform the world through the Times OF
the nature and degree of his candidacy.
After Harrisburg he could only be one
sort of a candidate. and that sort was so
below the high standard of the sort that
his advocates have been painting for us
these many days that unsOphisticated
people. who did not realize what sharp
corners politicians can turn when they
must. concluded of course THAT Grant
would he withdrawn rs gracefully as
possible, and that we had heard ..the last
serious word in favor of the third term
But this seems to be all mistake. There
is going to he no withdrawal. Grant S
nomination is to be pressed and the peo-
pie are to he taught what is good for
them. Republicans may squirm over the
bitter medicine of the third term, but
they will have to take it through force
pump if they refuse to swallow it easily.
But notwithstanding this inclination OF
the Grant managers it is very far from
certain that he will be 4 candidate before
the convention. 1t is not possible to con-
ceal the fact that the Grant boom has re-
ceived a severe check. His friends con
fess it in declaring that they mean to pres:
his nomination despite his demonstrated
weakness among the people, his supposed
strength with whom was the great rec
Ommendation of his candidacy. The dis
aster which his cause has encountered, III
the enforced change Of tactics of its lead.
ers, will follow it, and before the cOnven-
tiOn meets it will he apparent that the
Grant movement has been struck by q
fatal paralysis.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-10
Yellow Fever.

II. NJ. S. Atlantic, training ship, for
ordinary seamen, Captain Sterling, arrived
at CLASSY bay on Thursday from the West
occurred on board, which proved fatal on
the 10th. On the 18th second case of
fever occurred, but the staff surgeon of
the ship reports that it's nature was doubt
full. The man who died and the man re-
ported a doubtful case had visited one of
the low dens in Barbados, and there
doubtles contracted the disease.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-10

The business boom has struck the lum-
Der business, and efforts are being made
to get out an extraordinary number of logs
for the spring rise in the mountain water
courses. In Clinton, Elk, Potter and
Clearfeld counties thousands of loggers
are at work, and hundreds of acres of
choice timber are falling before their re-
sounding axes. The lumberlnen think
there will be an increased demand for
lumber for building purposes, and it is ex-
pected that not less than SOC, ,O0O, 900 feet
will be sent down in the early spring.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-10

FITZ JOHN PORTER has hard time of
it. He got his vindication from an un-
just sentence and long-continued asper-
sion on his integrity after many years of
earnest effort and at great personal ex-
pense. Everybody seemed to agree that
he was an ill-used man, and that scarcely
any recompense could right his
wrongs. But the Republicans in
Congress will not accord him
this compensation and resist the pas
sage of the bill that proposes to restore
his good name and the rights of which
he has been SO long and so unjustly de-
prived.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-10
A Serious Fall.

On Sunday morning as Mrs. Suter, wife
of Francis Suter, ST.. residing on Manor
street, was crossing the street in front Of
her residence, she slipped on the ice and
fell, breaking her right arm and otherwise
injuring herself.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-10

TIE Cincinnati Commercial suggests
cOgent reason why Mr.. Tilden should
not be chosen to the presidency when it
declares that there is an exhaustleSS
number of comely maidenS who are mad
ly in love with him, and that should he
become president the retinue of adoring
virgins who never told their love will be
as numberless rs the household servants
of George Washington. We do think
that IA man who is such favOrite of the
fair ought not to want his condition to
be changed, and certainly should not de-
sire to he made still more all object of
female favor. If the girls can love his
seventy years he is a most fortunate
man. And it would he cruel
thing all around to make him yet more
attractive; cruel to him to give him a
warmer love from more feminine hearts
when he has SO much trouble now with
the exhaustless girls in his retinue: and
cruel to the girls to give to the object of
their already hopeless attachment yet
diviner flavor. And the people generally
would have cause for apprehension that
the public business would suffer from the
girls mad love for the president. \ man
can't do much when he has such embar-
rasSments; and though Mr.. Tilden has
been able to carry his seventy years and
the girls right along with him as he has
piled up his millions, yet there must
come a time when the camel's back
will give way; and the presidency is
more than the feathers weight to
break it.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-10

Lancaster INTELLIGENCER, Sept. H. 1879.
''We know of some shameful expendi-
lures. There, for instance is the macada
MIXING of the square of James street be-
tween Duke and Lime. which is of no DOS
sible public utility and of no conceivable
advantage except to the row of houses
which Select Councilman Boring has built
as speculation on that square. This was
most obviously an expenditure Of the peo-
ple's money for the advantage of one man,
and secured by him by virtue of his place
in the city councils. None will defend
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-10

The many friends of James X. Alexander.
hotel keeper Of Quarryville, who has been
i'll for some months past, will be glad to
learn that he is again able to be about.
He was in town to-day, the guest of Cyrus.
II, COlyin,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-10
ALarra Sale of Canada Horses.

Samuel Hess & Son, auctioners and real
estate agents, sold at public sale yesterday
for George Grossman at Fred. Brimmer's
stable, 80 heads of Canada horses at an
average of $2O1 .25 per head.