Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-10-17
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Efse Cost Of Living,

Enc 9GSt Oh AsEanS,
Butter is spread very thin rp)n the bread 10
many humble homes just now. The cost oi
living hss increased so heavily during the past
three Elon!hs-aEd morc rarticulsr|y within
tho last threo Weeks-that goncral scaling
down Of domestic expenditures a4l b&como uc-
oassary 70 people Of moderate msars, Vhie the
large cas5 dependent on daily lsjor for bread is
pitched slrcsdy sad is looking forward to the
w!n:e. w!!a fear and trembling. The c!:irf rsa
son assigned t6r advancing the prise Ct food
products is ths drought of the euum:r, which
injured the crops Of gcaiu, dried up Vegetables
Of all kiods sn|: "a msGc grazing sc.tcc and roc,
IN qusIlty. All the wheels @! trade nro ravGiy-
log st iuli Rpnod sDd traders ere w$Xing iat, yeS
tho cost ct "thc p>or mar's tovf" gnos up ap, c.
while bis wsgcs lag bahiUd. But,er-Yti,h
With ths ost Eskes tip .hD great staple of The
p0or mans isml|y-has sdvapced gtou. twaniy
fgo per c>nt within threo monks. Where
the proo eafy ia Angus; yes ivecty four
to thisty csn:s pound il now cosls a. refill
thirty 10 forty oouts. Hancs il isrnn. orly
eptrad thu, hu. carefully k,pt out c: tho holes
in thu shoes. Flour IF sho ooma3rgst
qusity o1utd bo bugs. sxIy days ago for ST
barrel. whcrlas Is csnnot BIZ Esd now fir les
:hsn 80. La former years wasn fl !ur boesme
dear thu laborer with seven chi'drpu snd Hegea
CT 81 @@5 day, used &c iatl back upon pota
toes as cheap aud wholesome d,l f3r shc
family, But the grocer who sold him BALI
peck tor tuurseen c3ps 10 She first week Of Au.
gust lsst. now charges tIontg' 'eisht conts for
tho plofcs: quality. Not many pccks 10 day's
Wages at that rs!e. B9ng thriisy uomsa his
Hlte could, at tho Tine alluded 70, havc beus ,t
u bsrrel for so to Sl.T5, bu: i: Eonld require
So 80 20 81 - 10 psy for rsiysl to day.
Nhile ihe 1llrp to TIE crops Has lodUbtndy
sufficient tC cause natural sdvosce OF Dr:cas, il
is admitted BY wholesale Gsco.rs sci others
tnat the speculative 'c,inar:ng" OF inc supply
Of food ateplys ss ;he West msAo tMo r;as
nuch shsrpor and mnrs sudden than it Other
visa would havo been. la this cli0g,n NEST i.
absolutely necessary 10 sustain iiic, bu. tho
dGa:noss Ut evon the cheapest sort of rriu,a
iood mskcs Il ALMOST uaat!aHabo 70 Ito labor.
ing CLASSES, The fliture of the oarn crop in
many d!,sriots CT tho Wsss made hing food 80
dear that farmers found il mJ,e profitable dur.
log tho latter part Of summer to olnvcrt their
pigs Into pork AID sell the eraia, whoa other
wise would hsVc gone to fstsen tho animals for
tho market in the fall. Hcnc, thsro
"eo ou W ousaoiiy caliy lGSH vi poTk 10 TAO
great pscklng centres; olco in b.rr.is it gas
bought up by Inc Spectators, but tho supply
Wcs so Large tnat the advance in tits clsss of
meat has not been so very excessive however,
hams have risen from fourteen 90 eighteen co7ta
pound. and shoulders from eight 10 twal7e
cents Ssnssges, saltod pork and bacon have
not yet risen much; nor haa lErd. In beef pri2as
have, gene very much higher iudcod. For the
best beet about thirty per cent m,re is charged
than at this Time last year and wholesale buich.
ers cioiu that top figures havo not pei been
ronched.
As the dealers csanos verg veil clsico thst
drought Affected ta1 Coffee sugar or moasses,
those staples remain very near tho prices which
prevailed lsst yesr. The cosl crop was certainly
not affected and there has been no further sd
vance on the high prices made for anthracite
| last winter. On the other hand kerosene oil has
zone up = per bsrrel and nov calls st Si0.50.
The small deser who pays this advance natural
ly c(aps on q still heavier one whsn ho deals it
out by the quart. Milk has been advanced from
3 to III cents quart, and eggs from IS to "a
cents dozan. The reporter who gathered These
facts discovered the existence OF tcorner'' in
now agains. 10 cents in August.
Wton fresh mest 6nd green vegetables ba.
come dear people in moderate circumstances
use less OF them and purchseo canned goods in.
stead. This fact accounts for sharp rise in the
price OF the latter. 1t sppears thss tha canning
! smaller qaaniies this year than ususl-N. 7.
Herala
Nor ALL A JoKE-Edasrd 4. Llnto1, Of
| Mount Vernon, brought q suit for divorce
agaius. bis wife Mary on tho grou0d Of adultery
With one Ferdinand Jsnseu, and, tho wife
making co defence, decree vas granted iu
favor Of the husband. Subsequently tho wife
applied to the Oaurt for Leave to ouns 10 enc
defend the acton. she alleging that her hasbanc
had oonuIVed st her adultery with j aoscn and
had subsequently oondoncd il. Her ssory, a.
told 10 the sthdsVts on her behalf, is thai ons
evening as she, her husband and Jacs,n we,,
sitting on the Sersnda OF her house in Mouo
Vernon, Jansen tcld th9 story of the sale of
vile By her husband; they All lauahsd Ct il
and Jansen. spparee!lY 10 joke, offered Lsnte,
fifty cents fJr his wif,. "Mske il doII.r'
said Lanten. "Done," said Jaasar; and there
upon the wife got psn, ink and paper, aad The
transfer Wss made in writing, the wife ssssntiDy
thereto. Slon thereafter, the husband alleges
the wife cohaoltaied With Jansen. She, 10 op
position, AYERS tbct ths husband ooudoped be
offence. Judge Barrett, in his decision 90 tn
defendant motion. allows her TO oone 10 ant
defsud the aosion b9fore the rsf3re, but refuses
her aty further t8vors other than ressonabl
counsel fee, the amount Of which is to bo here
| after 6xed.-N 7. Herald.
s9- The BEST Summer beverage-BELFAs
GINGER ALE.
GEO. McBURNEY & Son.
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