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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-11-07

To-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS,
OAA y ~A@-ISAA!a1 XIV NE ,,
Small pOX still rames in Paterson. \

Small pox still RACES in Paterson n.
Lord Dutferin has arrived at Alexandria,
Egypt.
Arrests for being in possession of arms
still continue in Ireland.
VIM. A. Leavitt, the proprietor of the He
no Glass Works, in Philadelphia, has made
an assignment.
man supposed to be named Dougan fell
from n canoe into the Schuylkill river yes
terday and was drowned
Four alleged victims of bigamy have APP
Piled to the Philadelphia courts during the
past month for divorces
The finest democratic meeting of the can
vas was heldinPhiladelp hia last night. Hon.
Samuel J. Randall WAS among the speakers.
Eli WEIGH, of Columbia, s. c., fatally
shot himself last Sunday night because Il
young litly refused TO receive his attentions.
James Qusor was killed by disreputa-
! Bile woman in Charlotte, \. c., on Sunday
last.
Luigi Bassora, Il fruit dealer i'll Kew York,
was stabbed last night by roushs who at
tempted to steal his goods.
The syndicate of the Paris stock brokers
have received tcrthrcateningt to blow up
the Boursc
l. A fire i'll Pittsburg, Pa, ut an early hour
this morning destroyed $l0O000 worth Of
property.
James Polk died at Chester Pa, yester-
day from injuries sustained by hcing run
over by the cars Oh Saturday last
Josephine Sieger, aged 10, committed sui
eide to-day in New York by cutting her
throat with razor
Henry Heisell was killed, his wife severe
~ wounded and his premises robbed by
burglars in Sharon, Ohio, last night.
Ira W. Keller, aged 1G, a cripple, com
mitted suicide in Syracuse last night by
jumping into the canal. He is supposed to
have been insane.
Samuel Mulliken, Chief Clerk of the De-
partment Of Justice at Washington, has ten
dered his resignation to take effect on the
18th instant
The asylum for the poor at Halifax was
burned last night and number of the in
mates were burned to death. The scenes
are described as heart -rending.
A dispatch from London says an explosion
has occurred in the Clay Cross colllery, in
Derby, and number ofminers arc supposed
to be entombed thirty of whom it IS said
have losttheir lives.
A loaded gun fell from hooks on the wall
in house near Engrhllc, Pa, this morn
ing, was discharged by the conclusion and
sent its load into little girl playing in the
room at the time, instantly killing her.
At one of the voting precincts in Freder-
lex, Md, this morning n fight occurred be-
tween number of negroes and whites, dur
ing which Israel Grail, 4 colorcd man. was
shot by a policeman named Augustus Porter
and instantly killed.
Dispatches from the various State where
elections are in progress to-day represent
everything rs proceedings quietly. The en-
thuslasts OF both parties are making the
usual surmses. In New York Il number of
persons were arrested for illegal voting. 4
very heavy vote, was polled. The woman
suttragists had coffee and sandwiches at
their hall in Omaha for distribution TO
their friends in contrast to the whisl5ey ana
clay pipes usually given out at elections.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-11-07
Rcrorted Lewlessuess.

y special to the Charleston, S. c., Nc,rs
0ad toHrisr from Farnvillc, S. c., says: Sun
day morning Policeman Robert Reid, OF
Hampton Courthouse. threatened to take
pistol from Jake CAN'T, a negro thercup
on the latter went to the town of Brunson,
collected about twenty negroes and return
cd to Hampton Court House. Upon see.
in% CAN'T, Reid again insisted that he should
give up his pistol. There were six whites
on the spot. Upward of fifteen negroes fired
upon Reid, who was almost instantly killed
The negroes then turned upon the other
whites and severely beat them. Mr.. Peep
les one ri the whites jumped upon his horse
saying. Il will go To Narnville and summon
help" When he reached the edge Of the
town he WAS waylaid by two negroes, who
stopped his horse, and exclaimed. "Youare
the damned rascal going for help TO Warn.
vilIr.' Thercnpon they dragged him from,
his horse, and stabbed him with Il knife ON
the left thigh and side. They were brutally
beating him, when, seeing that he would
probably he killed, he restored to the rusc OF
calling OH au- absent friend to come to his
assistance with ii pistol This had the de-
sired effect. and after cutting the bride reins
the negroes left him. Tho negroes had not
the slightest provocation, us Reid was dis
charging his duty. Threats were made BY
the negroes that many more whites would
bite the dust by Tuesday night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-11-07

PETRIFIED CoRPsEs.-Every corpse that
is taken to the Paris morgue is now quickly
converted into block almost as hard as
stone. This results obtained by Cares
chemical refrigerator, which is capable of
reducing the temperature of the couserva-
tory, where each body is laid out on some
thing closely resembling camp betlstead in
stone, to 10 degrees below zero ccntigrade.
At the back of this room is row OF stove
like compartments, in which the corpes are
boxed up and frozen hard before being
exposed to public view. AS an illustration
of the intense cold thus artiGcally secured
Paris journalist, in describing rent visit
to the morgue, says that in opening one Of
the compartments the attendant took the
precaution to wear a glove, lest "his hand
should be burnt by contact with the cold
iron. The corpse which was taken out of
its receptacle had been there for nine hours,
The doctor who accompanied the visitor
struck the dead man on the breast with a
stick, and the sound was just rs if he had
struck stone.
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Tie Head of CromunIl

1t is not generally known that the cmbalmed
head IF Oliver Cromwell is cxtant Sumo few
years since, ut any rate. ii was said to be in the
possession of Mr.. Horace Wilkinson of Screnoaks,
Kent. 1t was then in good preservation, and its
chronological aspect presented several striking
pcerliarities. Thus the length, from the forehead
TO The back of the head is quite extraordinary
iar greater than i'll ordinary men. The forehead.
or frontal portion, is low, hut very broad, the
orbits of the eyes are very large the check homes
ana the bridge of the nose are high and the lower
jawbonc, which is ordinarily curved, is short,
straight and forming right angle from it's pojnt
OF insertion. The head is one Indicating a brain
(Which is but the instrument of the mind) Of great
activity ana great capacity, corresponding with
the remark of Cromwcll's secretary. who said that
1t was at once. shop and a storehouse" From
its being cmbalmed such flesh as remains upon il
is OF the consistency Of hard, brown leather. The
eyebrows met i'll the middle, and between them
was small wart-now worn away-one of those
which Cromwell when sitting for his portrait orr
oered the painter on no account 10 omit renrr
sentlng as his duty WAS not to tiatter in any way
but paint what he saw exactly. In life his com.
plexion was fresh and Of the hue known a, "sal.
mon colorcd.' The hair, which WAS of a fair or
reddish tinge, has mostly been cut of, and the
beard IS now stained brown by the embalmiup
iiuid and drawn under the chin; where, when the
head was exposed on the top of Westminster Hall
IL was tied close to the spear head which had been
run through and mounted on it. Several teetl,
remain and the eyelids, but the brain was remoy
ed during the enbalming process.-DuJlin Times
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

Elder John Clark, editor Of lions .4dco-
cate, Front Royal, was paralyzed a few days
ago, and is now critically i'll.
Three children OF VIM. Carver, of Gull
pepper, were attacked by diptheria last week,
and all died within IS hours.
Col. Thomas n Jordan, member of the
Danville city council, was thrown from his
buggy Saturday, and had Il leg broken.
Since July there have been 500 cases of
diphtheria in Pittsylvania county, of which
% per cent proved fatal.
Alr. ]. W. Hennigcr, wcll-known Rich
mond hote-Eeepcr. and former member of
the Legislature, died Saturday.
\. h. Peacock has sold a farm of 1873 acres
in Loudoun county. to John Grim for S4l
per acre.
Thomas ". Ross, IA leading citizen of
Culpeper county, died Monday of consump-
ton.
A suit brought by the county of Botetourt
to collect S3,6lS taxes for 1881 from the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad has been de-
cided in favor of the county.
railroad is to be built from Roanoke, to
the iron mines and other mineral deposits
on the lands recently purchased by Mr.
'HailiI. Solt, Vi HARTFORD, Conn., Inc road
Will be ten miles i'll length.
Fourteen families of Russian refugees,
embracing - persons, arrived at Water
View, in Middlcsex county, on the Goth
ult., where about 700 acres of land has been
purchased for them. They expect to en-
gage IN agriculture.
\ general delivery of all the prisoners
confined i'll the county Jail at Prince George
took place yesterday. The lock was burned
from the Jail door, and it is supposed that
after escaping by this means the prisoners
put out the fire, saving the building from
being burned. None of the prisoners have
as yet been captured.
The grand jury of the Hastings Court of
Danvilc yesterday indicted John Henry
Johnston, mayor of that city, for the murder
OF John e. Hatcher, formerly chief of police.
There had been some disagreement between
the men as to the disposal made of certain
fines, and at a casual meeting September
9Th words and slight scuflle ensued, and
Johnston shot Hatcher through the body
with pistol. Hatcher died two days later
from the effects of his wound, Johnston
was also indicted for carrying concealed
| WeaDOnS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-11-07

GENERAL MALONE bawled throughout
the North, not in Virginia, where he is
known, for free vote and fair count.
But the democrats Of his State, as the only
peaceful means by which to avoid being
cheated, were compelled to appeal to the
Government for supervisors of election.
And it is doubtful if that has been sufi-
cent means to the desired end, for Malone
had the whole election machinery in his
hands. Ont of the three judges of election
at every polling place he had two, and OF
the two clerks at each place he must have
had both, Judging from a local item in the
GAZETTE yesterday evening in reference TO
the appointment Of those in the 9Th ward
And what his registrars have done here is
only II fair sample of what they have done
everywhere else.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-11-07

WoMAN's Talk of the in.
ieriorlty Of woman! Why woman will
run out for q lve-minutc call and when she
comes home she will be able to tell you
everything that's going on.in the village
that that trcckled- faced Smith girl has got
husband at last; that they do say that
young Snooks drinks awfully, and that Mrs.
Browns babys teething, and all about Mrs.
koOinson's new dress, Miss Pinkton's bon
net and the latest spat up to the Browns.
But man-the stupid--will be gone all day
ana nell come home and sit down with his
pipe and paper, and fyou get as much as
a grunt out of him you're lucky Boston
transcript.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-11-07

ONLY A BIT OF MOTHERS DRESS.
little fellow from one OF our charitable in.
stitutions was being taken to New jersey
farm by an agent, the owners of the farm
having had the boy ''bound" to them for o
term of years, when the agent noticed that
the boy kept placing his hand inside of his
jacket on the left side, and occasionally
would peep within with tender look.
At last he said, what have YOU got
in there, my little friend ?" "Oh, nothing.
sir" he replied :" only bit of nv mothers
dress, which I've sewed on my coat : it was
the dress SHE had on when she died. and
now it kind ofcomforts me to touch it."-Ha-
gcFst0Wn Globe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-11-07
NEWS OF THE DAY
$40 sho,c the very age and body of the Time


The President went to New York last
night to vote
The rebels in the Soudan have been de-
teated, and khartoum has been relieved.
The idea of employing English counsel to
prosecute the Egyptian rebel leaders has
been Abandoned
The Duke Of Connaught returned to Lon
don from Egypt yesterday. and was warm
" received by the popuace
Ford's theatre i'll Washington was offered
for sale yesterday and bid in for Mrs. Dr.
Byrnes at $52. 600
The wreck Of a vessel discovered off the
coast of Siberia is supposed to be that of
the Danish Arctic exploring steamer
Dymphna.>
\ fire at Portland, Nc, yesterday de-
stroyed stores: shops and other property of
the estimated value of S9O000 insurance
$4,000
The complete official vote for Congress
man in the second district of West Virginia
elects the democratic nominee by ten ma
jority. This is the district that so long re-
manned in doubt
Numerous complaints having been made
that tho Egyptian authorities have treated
with great harshness the Swiss recruits who
were taken their to serve in the new army
of the khcdive, it has been decided to send
them back to Switzerland.
Mrs. Langtry made her debut in New
York last night at Wallack's Theatre before
one Of the largest and most fashionable
audiences ever assembled in Il New York
theatre. The English beauty made very
favorable impression. She was repeatedly
called before the curtain, and was the re-
cpient of numerous floral tributes. The
applause upon her entering was deafening.
The annual meeting of the general mis-
sionary committee of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church was begun in New York yester-
day. The treasurer's report showed that
during the past year the decrease of liabli-
ties amounted to S2S,343 The receipts fol
the year ending October 81, 1882, showed an
increase Of SG6,002 over those of 1881, wheu
the proceeds amounted $625, 1868. The an.
preparations made this year will amount to
$7l5,00O
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-11-07
TIE SALE OF Observation-Disclosures

TIE SALE OF Observation-Disclosures former.
" the residence of the Empress Josephine, has
been sold by auction at Versailles, and was bought
by financial association for the moderate su,n 90
433,OOOf Some years after Josephine's death
the palace of Malmaison was bought iy Oneen
Maria Christina of Spain, mother of the cy.C1neen
Isabella, and she resided there for some vesrs
Napoleon III, purchased it in 1851 for mil;on
and half OF francs, and after the fall OF the En-
pire it became the property of the nation. A few
years ago a Partisan banker bought If as a snec,ia
ton; and it was in consequence of his BECOMING .
bankrupt that the property now has been brousht
TO the hammer-N Y. Hsrald
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-11-07

A Cough, Cold or Sore Throat should be stopped
Neglect frequently results in an Incurable Lung
Disease or Consumption. BROWNS BRONCHIAL.
TROCHES do not disorder the stomach like cough
ssyrupss aud basalns, but act directly on the In
named parts, alaying irritation, give relief in
Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs, Catarrh, and the
Throat Troubles which Singers and Public Speak.
ers are subject to. For thirty years Browns
bronchial Troches have been recommended by
physicians, and have always given perfect salts.
faction. Having been tested by wide and constant
use Tor nearly an entire generation they have at
taincd well merited rank among the few staple
remedies of the age. Sold at % cts. box every
where
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-11-07

a SWORD RETURNED,-Capt.J J. L. Skin
ner, now OF Sacramento, Cal, has just had
returned TO him sword which was taken
from him when he was captured by the
Contederates at the battle of Drury's Bluff,
IN 1851. The sword was returned BY a Vir.
ginia lad y, who wrote that it was worn by
her brother from the time it was captured
until the close of the war, and twas never
disgraced.n
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Analysis of American Hunor

American humor is something OF It's own
kind, as purely and peculiarly Il part of the
uhited States as pumpkin pie. We have
among lis The vivacity of the French, the
fun of the Irish, the gravcr mirih ofthc Eng.
llsh, and the neutrality-suspicious. of
the Scotch this curious mixture has made
our wit what it is, and every American hu-
morist shows the traces of it. five analyze
the elements of the distinctive kind and sort
| OF writing which passes under the general
head, we shall be surprised to see the re-
semblance among themselves, and their diff
ference from all other foreign species. We
are born followers Of Baron Nlunchauscn,
amt eXaeseration is at the bottom of the
most Of oEr humor When John Phoenix
said that he called out to the crowd OH shore
Good by, Colonel and every able bodied
man III 1t raised his hat and cried "mood bv,
Colonel" lnresponse, he touched the great
nerve of American humor; and when he
stated that he held the belligerent editor
down over the press Shy means Of our nose
which we had inserted between his teeth for
this purpose he showed the second trait of
the characteristic comic writcr-namcly. lu-
dicrols juxtapostion, and reversing of ordi-
nary ideas. And SO, when Artcmls Ward
says to the young man who disturbed him
in the theatre. I'D appint your funeral TO-
morrow afternoon, and the corpse chould be
ready" he gives us the third ieature-quaint
phraseologv odd turns OF dialect. In these
three polnts, interchangeable ludicrous-
ness, and odd forms Of speech-we find the
distinctive pecuiiarities of our American
wit. 1t only needs that we should remem-
per the lying notes of our newspaper sun
tI,x 81
Max Adeler, and the photographers of the
Detroit Free Press and the Burlington
Hawkeye-tor Ills to see how frequent are
these glints and flashes inourusual reading.
You never find columns of "Waifs' and
Pebbles" and queer conceits and short bur
lesques in foreign English speaking journals.
Independent
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-11-07

When young man kisses his girl good
nightabout $50 am. he may have nearly a
mile to walk before reaching his home. and
he envies his girl, who he supposes, jumps
into bed and is fast asleep ten minutes after
he leaves the house. He doesn't know that
she must first fish seventy-nine hair-pins out
of her head, one at time, and twist her
hair up into bits of paper so that it will
crimp nicely next day, and that he is in bed
snoring before she turns off the gas. Ifhe
was aware of this fact, pehaps he would
leave earlier.
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It's rumored in Washington that Brewster ca

It's rumored in Washington that Brewster Came.
ron will be arrested. Mr. Merrick has entered for.
mai complaint against Cameron at the Depart
ment Of Justice, saying that he never advised
Cameron to see Dickson, nor was he in the CITY al
the time of the reported interview between him.
sell, ker and Cameron. Mr. ker says that Cam
eron has been trying to make cat's-paws of him
self and Merrick. Should the Department of
Justice order the arrest of Cameron the arrest of
Bowen must necessarily follow. In this case the
present plans of the department in the matter If
the bribery cases will have to be completely re-.
constructed. as upon the atidavits of Cameron and
Bowen depend the case against Dickson.
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ALEXANDRIA, VA.

~ IT is hardly probable that the coming
will be rs exceptionally mild rs last winter,
and Is consequently temporary obstruction
ar suspension OF water communication be-
tween this city and Washington may not
hr unexpected, would it be too much for the
L. IL ". X. X. Co. to RIM an additional trip
ur TWO during the early hours of the after
noon? :iurh trips might not pay at first
but they would after y while, and they
would certainly hra greataccommOdation to
those who wonl patronzc them. Hourly
tripa, from early morning till late at night
would tend greatly toincrcase the population
of this city,:tnd necessarily to increase the re
ceipts Of the road. Hundreds Of people
whose business is in Washington would
move here if the communication between
the two cities were more rapid and more
frequent
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-11-07

WHAT a farce, to be sure, was Mahoncs
appeal for IL free vote and fair count.
when it was by his advice that his registrar
in the 18th ward of this city perDetrated the
recent outrage upon the voters of that
ward, and set the laws Of The State and
nation at defiance in order to prevent Il fair
,.i,r,i,r
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THE VIRGINIA ELECTION.

lSPeclal Dispatches to the ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
RICHMOND, Nov. 7-12.35 p. m.-The lar
gest vote polled here for years past is being
taken, and the indications are that the city
will give Massey between two and three
thousand majority. One precinct gives q
proportion of eighteen for Massey to one for
Wise; others speak in similar tones. There
is no scratching. ]. Amber Smith is GER
tainly defeated for Congress. A game of
bulidozins was attempted by the Malone
ties BY the arrest Of democratic judges
OF election for refusing to receive fraudu-
lent tax receipts. The case Of the arrested
partic>-3lcssrS Tate, Evans, and Plummel
Grctta-was continued by the T. S. Mar
shall.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Nov. 7-l2 H.
The election is proceeding with great inter
est. The democrats are voting solidly foi
Massey. Look out for All increased demo.
cratic majority from tho old Burg
by Southern Telegraph Company.
FREDERICKSBURG, Nov. 300 p. ma
large vote is being pollcd here. Every.
thing is quiet. The anti-Mahone republic
cans are voting almost soidly for Garrison
and Massey. The democrats are jublant
and the coalitionisls sick-looking. Garrison
and Massey will carry the town by about
800 majority
PETERsnuRG, Nov. 7--i2.30 p. m.--The
election is quiet and the polling light
The Fourth district vii go for the coal
tionists by about eight or ten thousand, and
the constitutional amendment will be adop
ted by Il much larger majority.
The contest in the Second district is close
with the chances in favor of the election O
Marshall, the democratic candidate.
LEEsBURo, Va, Nov. 7-3 p. m.-Up tt
this hour four hundred and fifty votes have
been polled. We will have a full vote here
The prospects are most encouraging.
STAUNToN, Nov. 7-3 p. MP to two
o'clock the vote here reached eight hundred
and sevcnty-fve, being within three hun
dred OF the largest vote ever cast here
The democrats arc in high spirits. The last
democrat who had refused to support Mas
scy heretofore walked up to the polls to-day
and cast his vote for him. The democrat:
here are solid for the ''old man."
LINcnEuEG, Va, Nov 70 1.-The vot.
nolled here is the heaviest ever cast and i
i: feared the time is not sufficient to get al
in. Dawson will get about seventy-fivt
votes fuckers and Massey's majority cal
not be definitely asccrtained, but they vii
be large. Good order prevails. The white
vote at one O'Clock was SIS and the coloret
CTS.
ABINGDON, Va, Nov. 7-2.1O.-Ifthe cas-
tern counties come up, Fulkerson is elected
| The voting here is solid for Massey and Full
kcrson. If the rest of the county com,
up, we'll give Massey and Fukerson 81,
I,,.
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: IRIlgQ De30rt,Deut +: TI,eb.not n

l"d'aa Department" Washington, d. c.
am anxious to Introduce Dr. Bulls Cough
syrup. among my Indians, having used it
myself Tor several months, and think it one
OF the finest remedies I ever found. | as
sure you, it is the only thing that ever re-
ileVed me of protlrcted cough. brought on
by exposure while on the Sioux Commission
last year. a G Rooyr
Agent for Poncas and L. S. Commissioner.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-11-07

The Chataqua Literary and Scientific Cir
Gle now numbers 10000 students, who re.
cclve their tuition free, and have to nav
only for the books they use; they cost about
s. year for each branch of study pursued
instruction is regulated by correspondence.
and at the end ofeach year the examination
questions are forwarded to each student and
the answers considered and reported upon
by competent professors.