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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-10-19
II y. 256,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
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exsrp WgIEoLESALE q eRooERs
-' -1'An SUPPRESSION IA E MERCHANTS.
ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS
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S1d 81 AONoGRAM WHiSKIKS: Also RAN.
GHS 9s1S - and d. tn Il PSON'S PURE RYE
WHtShi rs, to wsich they invite the attention
Of the trade. '''o "'''n'ion
O!oers from the county for merchandise shall
receive prompt attention.
D Oonsignments OF Flour, Grain snd Countrv
b;tIauee t; soIcitods for which they guarantee the
n'Shest market prices and prompt returns.
A i iNofIhesst c0rno' oa Cameron and Hoysl sts.,
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30. Y. WORTEINeToN &sON,
GRAIN, COMMISSION and
SHIPPING MERCHANTS,
Nos. II and IS NORTH Union st., Ale1s., Va.
Conesign merts solicited. sus:9.3m
THOMAS pEsAY'
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT
DEALER IN FLOUR, FISH, SALT, AND
LIZKR,
Also agent for
WATTS RICHMOND CAST and CHILLED
PLOWS.
febl9-tf ALEXANDRIA, VA.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21
Chips.

- Sitting Bull, we are reliably in
formed never shed tears in his life
until he heard an accordion.
- The fall crop Of wives is reported
to be very short in Utah. Some Of the
chief saints haven't been able to get
married more than twice a week since
the opening of the season.
A young lady recently asked a
Middletown young man if he ever
cOurted the Muses." He said no, he
never cOurted anybody in his life but
girl on East Main street, and her
name didn't tsound any thing like that. y
- 1t is noticeable fact that a great
many people never find out that they
are lunatics until they have killed some
body and are about to be tried for the
crime. The quickest cure for this sort
of lunacy is a tight-rope exercise, in
one act.
- The Middletown TRANSCRIPT
thinks Bayard will be OF more service
to the country and his party on the
floor of the Senate than in the speakers Is
chair. Wewould "smile' if we could.
Wilmington Republican,. We are
sorry you cannot SMILE again.
Wont the bartender trust you any
more =?
- There is a dog in MiddletOwn that
has a good strong voice, capable Of
going pretty well up toward high G,
but it needs cultivation. Every time
the bell on Cox's carriage shop rings
this dog joins in with sort Of vocal
accompaniment in a minor key, and
sometimes there seems to be more dog
than bell and again more bell than dog.
When the concert is at the climax you
can almost imagine you are listening
to Italian opera at fifteen dollars a front
seat.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21
Literary Gossip.

BURDETTE, the Haackeye man, will
reside the coming winter in Philadel-
phia.
HARPER for November has an illus
trated poem form the pen of Howard
Pyle, entitled "Tilghman's Ride to
Philadelphia. The illustrations are
also by Mr.. Pyle.
THE country press Of America loses
thousands of dollars annually by fraud
ulent patent medicine concerns, and
yet good many publishers never seem
to profit by the experience Of either
themselves or others. They are always
ready to bite at new bait.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21
oIrR. EAST MAIL SERVICE.

THE TRANSCRIPT, we learn, now
reaches our Pennsylvania and New
Jersey subscribers along about Tuesday
or Wednesday of the week after its
publication, when there are no delays
Oh accidents on the railroads. This is
doing pretty well and we have hopes
that the time between us and our pat
rons in the aforementioned states may
vet be shortened an hour or two. Our
paper, of course, is mailed on Friday
evening and some of our Philadelphia
patrons think they ought to get it Oh
Saturday, or, at latest on Monday
afternoon, but they probably do not
realize that the average mail route
agent hasn't more than six hours out
of the time he is on duty to read the
daily papers and discuss the policy OF
the administration with the express
messenger and the candy-package boy.
People expect entirely too much OF
mail route agents and post-office en-
ployes generally. They expect them
to distribute whole bags of country
newspapers when the express messen-
ger is waiting to discuss Blaine's
chances in 'S4 or the probability of a
further advance on Northern Squedunk
railroad stock. Country papers don't
amount to much, anyway. If they get
out to the subscribers three or four days
after publication day, the subscribers
will only think the editor has been to a
horse race or that the foreman has
caught malaria by smelling at the bung
hole Of cider barrel, and they will
think it is all right. That's what the
route agent thinks as he lights fresh
cigar while the train speeds on with
five OF six bushels of newspapers un-
sorted. 1t is fifty-two miles to Phila-
delphia and we can get a letter there
and delivered in about six hours, but
we do not hope to get the TRANSCRIPT
there and delivered to subscribers in
less than three days. At least, not un-
less we employ special OK team ser
vice for the purpose.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

one already constructed of large capac.
ity and only ten miles therefrom, it is
barely possible that they might, out Of
courtesy, listen to those who might wish
for capital for its construction, but
would never invest their surplus funds
is such a useless undertaking. But
why another canal across the states of
Delaware and Maryland ? These capi-
talists and bankers ask. They have
been plainly told there is no necessity
for such work, as has been intimated
on more than one occasion, through the
press of Baltimore and Philadelphia.
There is no immediate necessity for
more canals. The one now in use,
for the present, is ample for all the ne
cessities of the trade between the large
cities, and when the demand is made,
then the present one Chesapeake and
Delaware canal) can be enlarged at an
outlay of only $4,000, 900 to such capac-
ity as to permit Of the passage of our
largest ocean steamships. There can
be little more said on the subject. The
project is visionary one ut best, and
any capital expended upon such work
would be thrown away. Those who
intend to invest their surplus means
will take good care that the investment
will produce good results to themselves.
l., v. III.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

ACCORDING to the returns of the
late State election in Iowa there seems
to be about $4,000 more Republicans
than Democrats in that State. 1t is a
lonesome sort of State for Democrats
to live in, and we guess the most of
them are moving away. We used to
know a man who published Demo-
cratic newspaper out there four OF five
years ago, but two Of his subscribers
died and four moved off i'll search Of
less snow and more civilization and the
publisher was obliged to quit. He
wanted to trade the goodwill to the
writer for mule. 1t was mighty
poor mule, but it was ambitious enough
to carry us out of the State, so we de
clined to trade.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

HOsTILITIEs with the Indians in
the wild west will cease pretty soon.
The noble red man who is clothed only
in hawk-feather, yard Of calico and
a thoughtful mood already feels that
owing to the inclemency of The
weather he must quit fighting and
draw on the agent Of the Great Father
for shoddy blanket and side Of pork.
Next spring the restraints of civiliza-
ton will begin to prey upon his mind.
and to be happy he will have to go out
into the wild, free prairie again and
scalp few settlers.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

CERTIFICATES of authority are to be
issued by Insurance Commissioner Nc
Fee to the agents Of the graveyard
insurance companies operating in Will
mington. Their operations, it seems,
cannot be prevented under the existing
insurance laws of Delaware if the COM
panies are incorporated under the laws
of any other State and can show by
statement that they have assets to the
amount Of one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars over all liabilities and
claims. So, armed with authority from
the Insurance Commissioner, the agents
of these companies formed for the ne
farious purpose Of speculating on hui
man life will doubtless proceed to
push their trade at a lively rate in Del
aware.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21
TCoMMUNICATED.l
The Ship Canal.
PARIS. FRANCE. Oct. 3. is

PARIS, FRANCE, Oct. 3, 1881.
MY attention has been called to
several articles recently published in
the public press Of Baltimore, Washing
ton and Wilmington, also in your paper
Of August last, in relation to the pro-
posed ship canal between the Chesa-
peake and Delaware bays. Seeing that
your paper is accredited with one Of the
articles, giving the names Of parties
supposed to be interested in its construc-
tion, such as Messrs. Lenderberg and
Tibbetts, of New York, | quote from
the article in your paper "The mana
gers estimate the cost Of the Sassafras
canal at $8, ,000, 900, as do the engineers. :"
From other papers statements are
made that 9 the Delaware and Mary
land ship canal, it is now announced
is to be built by the Sassafras river
route, with capital secured in Paris and
New York, without calling on the gov
ernment foraid. ]" Again: Information
showing beyond doubt that this capital
has been secured, was received in New
York by the cable from Paris last Fri
day, telegraphic dispatch being re-
ceived by Mr.. Horace B. Tibbetts, pres
ident of the Delaware and Maryland
Ship Canal Company, in which it was
stated that on that day enough subscrip-
tions to the enterprise had been made
by Partisan bankers to complete the ne
gotiations and assure the successful
completion of the canal the capital
subscribed is S9, 100000; of this, SO, 900, :
600 was taken by capitalists in Paris. :"
Again in the same article The re-
naming 1000, 900 Of stock is held by
New Y ork capitalists, the major portion
by President Tibetts, VIM. Landenberg,
Of Landenberg, Thalman & Co., bank
ers, &C." The articles from which L
have made quotations, and others of q
similar character, have been sent to me
here for perusal, and to give such in
formation as will satisfy those persons
who are making inquiries in relation to
the subject. From New York [ have
received reliable information that no
money has been paid or even subscribed
for the proposed canal. When in Lon
don 1 had interviews with prominent
bankers, also, here in Paris with the
most prominent ones, and neither from
| those in London nor in Paris can | find
any foundation for the assertions as
made in the public press Of the United
States that the ship canal is an assured
thing, The project is not even known
here on this side of the globe by the
bankers. One of the most prominent
banking firms informed me that they
had large business transactions with the
Messrs. Ladenberg mot Landenberg
OF LendeTberg) but of the subject re-
ferred to they absolutely knew nothing.
If capitalists on this side Of the water
had any knowledge Of the topography
of the country through which it is pro-
posed to construct the new ship canal,
and that alongside of and parallel to
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

GOSSIP about Cabinet changes has
been resumed at Washington, but if
Arthur knows himself what he is
going to do, he is keeping his mouth
mighty close shut about it. Several
states have been made up but purely
by guess-work, which does very well
when it hits. 1t is, however, pretty
much Of certainty that all the Gar
field Cabinet will be allowed to go, with
the possible exception, perhaps, of
Secretary Lincoln. That Conkling will
have place in the new deal is more
than likely.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

MALONE is not going to fight any
duels this fall. He says the Read
iusters need him almost every hour and
whenever they can spare him the Re-
publicans want him to make up the
constitutional mojority." He is not
going to take any foolish chances
before pistol if he is as thin as a
clearinghouse pie and as hard to hit
as tin Indian standing edgeways.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

THE military organizations at the
Yorktown Centennial, comprising about
ten thousand men, were reviewed yes
terday by the President, Cabinet Off
GERS and foreign guests. General Han
cock rode at the head Of the line The
celebration has come to close and it
has fallen much below the expectations
of those who have visited it.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

VIRGINIA DUELs A duel took
place between Captain Riddleberger
and George d. Wise, about ten miles
from Richmond, Virginia, on Saturday
afternoon. The belligerants fired four
shots at each other without effect.
After the fourth round the seconds in
terfered and mutual explanations
and an amicable adjustment followed. -
Wise had published a card stigmatising
Riddleberger as "a liar and a scound-
rel A duel was to have been fought
also between Riddleberger and Beirne,
junior editor of the Richmond State,
which published Wise's card, but
Beirne's friend forgot to put caps on
the pistols; and the whole party, in
Guiding Beirne and Wise, were soon
after arrested, but Riddleberger escaped
arrest. Senator Malone was arrested
in Washington on Saturday night to
prevent him from fighting a duel with
General Jubal A. Early, but he was
released on his own recognizance on as
surfing the Judge that g the idea OF
fighting a duel with General Early had
never entered mis- mind. ?
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

EDISON has already been granted
two hundred and nine patents and yet
he is not happy. He has applications
filed for nearly a hundred more. While
he may be called the greatest inventor
of the age, he has totally neglected to
invent a bureau drawer that didn't
have everything man wanted at the
bottom of it.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

MAYOR KING, Of Philadelphia, is
determined to enforce the law requiring
permanent fire-escapes Oh hotels. fac
tories and schools. The recent horror
at the Randolph Mills has freshly
awakened public interest in this matter.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

IT IS possible that Guiteau's lawyer
may prove that President Garfield shot
himself in the back and then slipped
the pistol into Guiteau's hand. There
is no telling what these Chicago lawyers
can't do when they have half chance.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21
gpetiaI Aotites.

GET your winter Boots and Shoes at Il. w.
W. NAUDAIN's.
LARGE Grain shoveIs the best assortment
and lowest prices. G. f. HUKILL.
Now is the time TO paint. Use Lucas
Pure Mixed Paints ''by all means'' 1t is the
best and cheapest. Sold by q. f. HUKILL.
DEEDS, mortgages. bonds, notes and other
blanks for sale at the TRANscRIPT office. All
our blanks are printed in the best manner
and sold low.
USE ALABAsTINE or KALsoNINE on your in
side walls Costs but little more than White
wash, and makes a hansomer finish For
sale by q. f. HUKILL.
FRAZER AXLE GREAsE.-One greasing with
Frazer Axle Grease will last two weeks, all
others two to three days. Try it. It received
first premium at the Centennial and Paris
Exposition.
SOME lady of this city should take the agency
for that popular and useful book, Practical
Housekeeping, issued by Buckeye Publish
ing Co., Minneapolis, Mimi. Every house
keeper needs a copy. Address thepublishers
for terms. Commissions large.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

DURING the year ending on Tuesday,
368,O45 immigrants arrived at New
York, an increase Of 97,689 over the
corresponding period ending last Octo-
Der. 13O,SO2 came from Germany and
SO. 294 from Ireland.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

RHEUMATIC DIsEAsEs.-These ailments fol-
low from torpid liverand costive bowels; the
skin. bowels and kidneys falling IN their
proper work, an acrid poison is formed in the
blood which is the occasion of these acute
diseases. Kidney-Wo produces healthy
action of all secretive organs, and throws or
the rheumatic poison. Equally efficient in
LIQUID or Dry form.-InteT-O Ocean.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

THESE Virginia duelists seem to
shoot in wild, vague sort Of way that
must be very dangerous to anybody
standing off twenty or thirty yards to
either side of them.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21
THE MARKETS.
MIDDLETowN GRAIN MARKE

NuDDLETOWN GRAIN MARKET
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY ISAAC JONES. JR
WHEAT CORN
Amber OOO6I 43 Yellow, OO6064c
Timothy Seed 400 White OO664e
Glover Seed, y h @neI Oats, OO@43c
MIDDLETOWN PRODUCE MARKET.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY s. N. REYNOLDS 4 co.
Eggs. ~ doZ 6D25c 1Chickens live
Butter. n h -2S@30c spring, p blI@12
Lard, q n l21amI3c Potatoes, bus a Too
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.
WHEAT CORN
Prime red. 1901 4G Yellow. 72673
Timothy Seed, $50 White. 7I672
Glover Seed, fa h s@9c Oats (DelawsTe) )4s@5Oc
BALTIMORE MARKETS.
WHEAT CORN
Good toamb. 45DI 50 White. 73N76c
OATS Yellow. 7O67Ic
Southern, 4S@52i Rye, 08Dl 10
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

A PACKAGE of dynamite, said to be
sufficient to blow train to atoms, was
found on the track Of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, at GAINESVILLE on
Saturday.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

The following are few among the
many choice styles that will be found
upon our counters:
Mems Gray Plaid Suits. s 500
Mems Nobby Mixed Suits, 600
Mems Union T. E. H. Suits, $50
Mems Chester Sacque Suits, 800
Mems Brown Mixed Wool Suits, 1000
Mems Cutaway Blue and Brown Suits, 1000
Mems Heavy AlI-Wool SelfLined Suits, 1880
Mems Black and Brown Mixed Check
Suits, 400
Mems Heavy Navy Blue Cheviot Suits, 400
Mems Navy Blue English Worsted Suits, 1900
Mems Black Diagonal Suits, 1900
Mems Black Diagonal Cutaway Suits, 1900
Mems Heavy Moscow Blue Beaver. 1900
Mems Fancy Worsted Suits, 1900
Mems Brown Melton Fall Overcoats. 1880
Mems Blue Melton Fall Overcoats. 1850
Mems Heavy Gray Overcoats, $4 to s.
Mems Heavy Black Astrachan OvercOats, So
Mems Heavy Chinchilla Overcoats, 81 to $40
Mems Fur Beaver Overcoats, $I2 to SIS
Mems listers, s. to 10
Mems Fine Selflined Ulsterettes, $s to 10
Mems Extra Long Fine Plaid Back
Ulsterettes. Sl2 to 10
Boys School suits, 4, 5, 7.s. Q, $40. in vari-
GUS styles and patterns.
Children's (from to 10 yIs.), g. T. g. &c.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

PMLICo RACEs.-On Tuesday the
one mile race for all ages was won by
3owie's Compensation, the Dixie stakes
for three-year-olds was won by Bowie's
Crickmore, the two mile race was won
by Lorillard's Ferida, and the steeple
race by Ike Bonham. On Wednesday
the first race was won by Lilly's Bob
Riddle, the central stakes by Lorillard's
Memento, ,the14 mile race by Lorillard's Is
Parole, and the Pimlico stakes by
Reeds Thora. On Thursday the first
race was won by Parole, the vestal
stakes by Brambalette, the one-and-a
half mile race by Parole, the compen-
sation purse by Loriliard's Greenland,
and the steeple race by Ingomar.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

JOHN WALSH was arrested at West
End, New Jersey, on Monday evening,
on the charge Of beating his seventeen
year-old daughter, Elizabeth, to death.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

WINDOW was last night nominated
for United States Senator by the Re
publican caucus of the Minnesota Leg
islatnre.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

NEXT THURSDAY will be "Gover-
nors' Day'' at the Atlanta International
Cotton Exposition, and large gather
ing is expected.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

VENNoR predicts an open winter on
the American continent.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

To CoRREsPoNDENTs-Com on
topics of local interest are always welcome,
but to insure insertion they must be briefand
to the point. We do not hold ourselves re-
sponsible for the views of correspondents.
Anonymous articles will receive no attention.
tor.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

Mrs. HARRIET SMITH, wife of a
New York merchant, residing at Upper
Montclair, New Jersey, attempted
suicide, on Saturday morning, by
drowning. Being prevented, she cut
her throat, and was removed to hos
pital in Paterson. Here she tore open
the wound with her fingers, and sepa-
rated the iugular vein, causing instant
death.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

THE iewelry store of L. C. Barney,
at Little Rock, Arkansas, was robbed
of S400 worth of diamonds on Monday
evening.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21
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Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

GOVERNOR Witt, of Louisiana,
died on Sunday at New Orleans. He
was elected Governor in 1879.
Middletown transcript., 1881-10-21

The following are few among the
many choice styles that will be found
, 1881-07-13
WINDWARD AND LEEWARD
ISLANDS.

There has been within the last few
weeks a considerable shutting of official
cards. On the Goth of May Governor Ro-
hinSon received a letter from the Secreta-
~ Of State, TO the effect that Sir Henry
Bulwer would assume the government Of
the Windward Islands during that month,
and Offering the government OF the Lee
ward Islands to MIR. Robinson. This offer
was at once accepted by Mr.. Robinson,
who prepared to leave Barbados forth
with. when on the 3rd June Lord Kimber-
IL forwarded a telegram to that gentle-
man intimating that Sir Henry Bulwer
would not come out to the West Indies,
and offering Mr., Robinson the government
of the Windward Islands at a salary re-
duced from $4,000 - annum to $4,000 ~
annum. This offer has been accepted by
Mr.. Robinson, and the next news, said to
be conveyed today to our Governor, is
that Sir John II. Glover Il. N. G. c. NJ. c.,
late governor of Newfoundland, has
been appointed to the governorship
OF the Leeward Islands, and will pro
baby be out in the first mail in July. Sir
John Cover is a distinguished naval
officer, serving with great distinction
recently on the West coast of Africa,
where the turbulent king of Ashantee
has reason to remember him. He also
held several civil commissions before his
appointment to Newfoundland, and there
fore combines a knowledge of statecraft
with that Of his earlier profession. 1t is
said that Governor Berkeley will leave for
England in the Mail of the 26th,.i which
case the Legislative Council, which is
summoned to meet on Monday, will
probably nave one or two short adjourn.
ments, to dispose of business in hand,
when his Excellency will no doubt close
the Session and take his final leave Of
the Legislature and the Colony, with the
respect of every thinning man in it. Mr..
Berkeley has been knighted.-AntiguG
Observer 18th jane.