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"CoNNoR,s ALLEY.n


The New York correspondent of the Bpf-
falo comme,ciidt who has been visiting the
slurns Of Tie City, writes Here is ~ Con
nof's Alley i" opposite, vile, snfocating'
place, with a triangular court; and other
alleys with all sorts of names Al large
building divided through the middle Tesn'lel
to the alley andalso at right angles, forming
eight houses, furnishes shelter for crowds Of
people, Each house has rickety staircase
with landings from which tbs. low-ceilinged
rooms open, on either side, From, two TO
twenty persons sometimes live in one room,
and one Of these buildings is said to have
contained at one time 800 families. The
cheap lodging houses Of the Bowery, in
which a ledger pays fifteen cents for the
privilege o. sleeping on asmuch Of the floor
as he can coverwith his body, are palaces
when compared with some, of the rooms in.
these tenement houses in the alleys and in
the low streets, But there are any quantity
Of such places as these scattered all oyer the
city. A frequent visitor to these localities
says that he has found much to interest him
here He has come to have q nodding ,ac-
qriaintafice with certain queer old women,
who become family visible in old doorways;
street urchinsj too, marking his repeated
visits have commented quietly, but pro-
fanely on, the circilmstance.f One of the
most melancholy characteristics of these TO-
icalities is the forlprn and neglected condition
of the old, With all the impure air scanty
food, and exposure, it is moi, rare that you
will find men and women who, live to look
back over four score years and ten; wrink-.
led, yellow, ana bent old women, perhaps
tcttering about with d stick, Or sitting on a
doorstep smoking an antiquated' clay pipe.
Theold men are seldom seeniin the neigh
borhooa, foriat.eariiest daylight they become
the motive power of hand carts and disap
pear into the din of the city. 1aDida ~ ri e
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A Lever Objects Because Blne Fire shoots
III from Ills GirI's sNestrils..t,s 4, IL


There was, a novel case in the Justice
Court of hisecounty recently, which brings
back to mind the witeheraft superstition of,
the sixteenth century in New England, the
trial Of q witch in open. court, the charge,
being preferred BY the alleged victim. an
intelligent looking negro, against a smart
looking girl (colored), jackson Holmes
brought the charge under the head Of vic
practice, and an erudite Justice, also color
ed, supposed II was III due FORM and caused
the arrest ofithe cuiprit, Martha Hodges
The woman denied nothing, bit told her
tale how jackson had proposed for her hand.
won her love and then trampled upon it,
She had beseeched him to marry her, but he,
had laughed at her. Her grandmother had
then unfolded to her her mysterious powers,
Of which possession the girl had bcca ignor-
ant and IN revenge she laid certain spells on
her victim. The victim took the stand and
testified he had loved the girl, but was hor-
'riied to observe blue fre-jets occasionally
come from her nostrils, and gave up the
idea of marriage because she awas witch.
! Martha swore vengeance, and that night he
awoke with o choking sensation and an mn
seen power forced him to, the door, where
he found on Q doorstep rabbit foot, When
he picked it up he was answered by q laugh.
On similar occasions he found birds claws
and horses hoofs Then he became Grip
Piled and a total wreck The Justice, after
deliberntion, settled matters by declaring
l -. - -
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Walnut Leaf Hair Restorer

4 1t is entirely different from all others
1t is as clear as water, and, as its name
indicates, is perfect Vegetable Hair
Restorer. 1t will Immediately free the
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to its natural color, and produce a new
growth where 1t has fallen OFF. II does
not III any manner affect the health,
which Sulphur, Sugar Of Lead, and Nj
.trate Of Silver preparations have done. II
will change light or faded hair in few
days to a beautiful glossy brown. Ask
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JusTIcE TO THE HERoINEs. We do not
think that Justice has been done to the
heroines of the late war, to the girls who
waited at their mothers cottage doors for
the return of their boys in blue-oo-oo, and
subsequently married the fellows that stay
ed at home These girls deserve recog-
milton which they have failed tereceive, =
NJ " Comme,'eial ) dceytiseT. ga 9as =
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BENEFIT OF DEAFNESS. is said
to be increasing in the New York public
schools. It is gratifying to know that the
rising generation Of Gotham are not TO hear
the discreditable things about their City
that have outraged the ears of their parents.
Boston Transcript
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DIR RCTOR Y.


CITY Government.
Mayor-Alexander II. Holcombe.
President of Council-W. i. Herr
City Clerk--William Ii Hart.
City Solicitor-G. A. Skllman.
City observation-disclosures ID. Ely.
Tax Receiver-E. ii. Holcombe.
City Surveyor Walter i. Hayhurst.
0yerseer OF the Poor-Charles A. Slack.
Gonstable-Joseph +. Bayard.
Police-Ames Morgan Warren nmmingss Eiisha
Pound Keepcr-Isaae Cievenger.
Members of Common Counci-John Calan, John
Finney, w. +. Herr, John +. Kilroy, John kearns,
G. K. Mellick. J. w Smith, Ely X soiliday, W.
Board Of Health--Geo II.-Iarison. NJ D Presi-
dent; William ii. Hart, Clerk; Theo. H. Studdi-
ford, NJ. D, Andrew J. Scarborough, Ely X Sol
liday.
Educational Department.
City Superintendent of Public sehools-Iheo'
ii Studditord, M d
President Of Hoard of school Trustees-C. s.
Clerk Of Board-william II. wilmot.
Members ofBoard-Mchasl Know Ian, John pur-
s.. Reynolds II. Sutphin, Samuel Stockton, Rich,
ard II. Van Horn, William IL. Wilmot,
Fire Department.
Chief Engineer--Charles Clarke
First Assistant Engineer--John Behau
Second Assistant Engineef--eleorge w 1rauger.
Union Steam Fire Engine Company, No. L.
House, coryell street, near Union,
ilbeTlila TITS AbhhA1nys AVE- %s-AApuENi t'N"t''
Main street, near Swan.
Fleet Wing Hook and Ladder Company, No. -
House, North Main street, above Bridge
----- 20 .---
Churches.
ffesbyter3dn.
Union and Church streets. Rev II Studdi-
ford, ID d., Pastors Residence near corner o
Bridge and Union streets.
Baptist.
Bridge street. between Union and Main streets.
Rev w NJ Mick, Pastor. Residence, North Main
street, above Deleyan.
gzt-55 i FL slfepsotiisf s.ss ~ - ~
South-east corner Of UIdon and Jefierson Streets,
Rev VIC Strickland, Pastor. Residence, SOUTH
west corner of Union and Jefferson streets.
Episcopal
S. Andrews.-York street, between Union and
Main streets. Rev + X Smith, Pastor. Residence,
Delaware avenue, near George street.
49, hJa Friends. iH ttattH,if4zi
Lyceum Hall Parlor.
Roman (dt.oiie
81. J0hnk.-Corner OF Church and Franklin
streets. Rev b II Ter Woert, Pastor Residence,
adloiinius the, CHURCH EW 8818yYH9aK
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"a A REMEDY FOR BURNS. H. Is,
rho Application Of n Saturated solution Of
gf;a4g soda Bi-Carbenate.sdi III d4a1


rho Application Of n Saturated Solution Of
f glsqs5 sodsi Bi-Carbenafe.ai h a4a1
1t is now many, years ago that the author
of this paper, while engaged in Come inves--
legations as to the qualitiesand effects Of the
alkalies in inflammation ofthe skin, etc, was
fortunate enough to discover that b saline
lotion, or saturated solution Of bi-earbonated
soda in either plain water or camphorated
water. if applied speedily or as soon as pos.
sible to q bmned Or scalded part, was most
etfectual in Immediately removing the acute
burning pa. and when the burn was
only superficial OF not severe, removing all
pain IN d very short time having also the
very great advantage Of cleanliness, and If
applied at once of preventing the usual con-
sequenoes44a painful blistering'of the skin,
separation of the epidermis and perhaps
more or less suppuration. For this purpose
all that is necessary is to cut a piece Of lint
tor old soft rag 81, even thick blotting-paper.
sof size sufficient to cover the burned or
scalded parts, and to keep it constantly well
wetted with the sodaic lotion, SO as to pre-
vent its drying. By this means it usually
happens that all pain ceases in from q
quarter to half an hour, or even much less
I time When the main part of a limb, such
as the. hand and fore arm or the foot and
leg, has been burned it is best when qpracti-
I cable to plunge the part into. q jug or pail
OF other convenient vessel filled with the
soda lotion and keep it there until the pain
subsidies, or the limb may be swathed or
encircled with a surgeons cotton bandage
previously soaked in the saturated solution
and kept constantly wetted with it, the relief
being usually inhmediate, provided the solu-
ton be sufficiently saturated and cold -
Practitioner. lstsB haifgagn aQo md al
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Amwell Lodge, No u, E-4S~A-M - Meets In Ma
so mic Hall, Bridge street monthly on Wednesday
evenings during 1882 as follows: March 20,
May and 81, June %, July 20, August 2S, Septem-
Der 81, October %, November %, December 20;
election, December 90, installation, st. Johns
bay, December 81 John b. Jones (P. NJ J, w. NJ;
John Lilly $. w; William /. Stroek, J. w. Chas.,
sehuahaus IN MI Treasurer John 9! Moore (P.
Wilson cbssptesNG AiMsHaissts in Ma
sonic Hall, Bridge street. monthly on Wednesday
evenngs--during 1882 as follows; March $, April
5, May TO- June Z, July ., August and 80. October
I, November and 20, December a.; election and
installation, December ~. Samuel A. Finger, NJ.
Il. H. Z. John w. Mcdowell, Il. X; ---- ---
-, +. s.. Jacob J. Lair & Of II. John Il. Bat
lye, p. $. / chas. sehuhaus (p.. IT. P), Treasurer
John c. Moore (P, H. P.l, Secretary.
81. Elmo Commandery, No IA, knights Templar,
Meets in Masonic Hall, Bridge street, monthly.
on Tuesday eyenings-during 1882 as follows;
Gent; Clark piersSh, Prelalss John1i. ones ST..
Warden; Philip II. Mackey, Jr. Warden Chas
schulhaus, Treasurer; VIM. II. Titus, Recorder.
odd fsiiotes.
odd Fellows Hai2 Bridge street on tuesday even.
ing OF each week William Menaugh, N. G. Rob-
err B Maxwell, v,G:; Hiram Hughes, Treasurer
John H. Horn, Secretary.
Delaware Eneampment, No. II /. o. o. f.r-Meets
in Odd Fellows Hail, Bridge street. the trst Thurs
Sylvester Mains, p; John G; Holeombe ;,
surer; John II Horn, Scribe.
Knights u Pgttias. elt e4s4
Lone Star Lodge, No. I6.--M Meets in Castle Hall,
81 Church street, on wednesday evening ~ each
week. Nelson Beaumont, G. CT; william X Ely,
VIC; samuel L. Kroesen. NJ. Of r.; Amos 4. Gur-
roughs, NJ. Of r.; John sproat, X. OF Il. aud s.
Iaprove,i order Of Red Men. bi f1
Tuscarora tribe, 40. ii,--Meets in IIooker's
building, southeast corner of Union and Coryeil
streets on Monday evening OF each week 4
Red Jacket Tribe, No. al Meets in Hooker &
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TO ADVERTISERS.

Advertisers will find TIE RECORD good advertising medium. 1T
ernnates the class of people that wanted customers and
the reasonable which be learned application the
Office either pernaHy by letter Haa lt8 &c saea0bl
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Sohsey 81 an Thulday egsn Il s'ss
Charles A. Slack, Captain: .Samuel L. Kroesen,
First Lieutenant; Nelson Beaumont. Second Lieu-
DRY, north east corner Of Union and Church streets
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10uNg lHeH'S CHFtSlldN dss0fiafl0n, q
Ashbef WEIGH, Jri, President; r. Reed, NJ. d.,
Vice President q. m. Shamaiia Secretary; Chester
Wells, Treasurer, Warren Al. a reene, w iliiam
Lauer. George X. Todd, Thomas c. Horn. CLARK
pierson, Exeeatiys cemmitte IS ,.s y. {.
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Branch No. 2.--Meeis in Hibernia Hall, South
Main street, near swan monthly. james Neon
nell President; John Maiioy, Vice President ;
John Purtcii Treasurer; John r. Kiiroy, Sec
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Major c. Al Angel Post. No. 20 Z Meets IN Cray IS
building, northeast corner Of Union and Church
streets. on Friday evening OF each week. G. H. W.
Van Solver, Commander David Wilson, Senior
Vice Commander CyrenasSlack, Junior Vice Com
manderi }. Wesley Crook, Qaartermaster;; WIZ
liam II. Mpon. Agjutant. ~. ~ ". FAX, 81
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fWFffFUtFW '7TUtT " IktU 1HoV.
Tuscarora Tribe, No. il.--Meets in Rockers
building, southeast corner Of Union and Coryeii
streets, on Monday evening Of each week
Red jacket Tribe, No 4S.-Meets in Hooker &
Cooley's building, southwest corner of Union and
Coryell streets, on Monday evening Of each week.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-07-28
Taking Time by the Forelock.

At the battle of Groveton Stonowall
jackson tried an experiment which near
ly frightened Federal division out of
their boots. Bars of railroad iron were
cut up into foot-lengths and fired from
some of his heaviest guns, and the noise
these missiles made as they went sailing
through the air was sort of cross be-
tween the shrek of woman and the
bray of mule. The Federals listened
in wonder at the first few which banged
through the tree-tops, and presently one
of the pieces fell just in front of a Penn
sylvania regiment. A captain stepped
forward to Inspect it, and after turning
it oyer he rushed to his Colonel with the
news: ~
"Colonel, them Internal rebs are firing
railroad iron at us!'
"Nor'
''They are, for fact?"
captain, advance your company to
that ridge and deploy, and the minute
you find jackson Is getting ready to fire
freight cars at us send me word. 1 don't
propose to have my regiment mashed
into the ground when IL can just as well
be decently exterminated in the regular
wavin
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-07-28
An Anxious Capitalist in Search Of Safe
Place for Investment.

II came in to ask" began little old
man in whisper, looking as II fearful
Of being overheard, and drawing his
chair close up to the editor, ''if you know
anything of the condition of the Nevada
Bankg'
mo special information" replied tho
editor
"Then you think it solvent perfectly
solventP" demanded the little man, with
intense eagerness.
Certainly"
might | ask what its capital is-its
paid up capitalp'
"Three millions, believe" said the
editor, beginning to wonder what man.
ner Of man had floated against him.
"AEd," continued the man in black,
Juggling IN nervous excitement at his
thin ard struggling iron-gray beard,
whats he Nevada Banks reserve
its rcserve--that's what want to find
outp''
''FoCr millions, think"
''And how is it invested-how is it in
vesteds' iIc fairly gulped with eager
ness as he glued his eyes upon those of
the editor and awaited the reply:
lin United States bonds"
"Ah," he said with great sigh of re-
lief, Pm glad of that. Then''-here he
looked all around to make sure that
there were no listeners-then you think
man could safely intrust his money to
it?'
''Why, certainly. There is no safer
bank in the world. 1t has unlimited
backing"
The little old man chuckled and took
the editors hand, which he shook al
most gleefully.
"You have done me great favor, sir"
he exclaimed, ga great favor-and l
shall not forget itr'
lit bothers you to be sure that your
moneys safe, l suppose, sirP" said the
editor with that respect in tone and man
ner which every independent citizen in
stinctively assumes when addressing a
wealthy man.
"Well-er-no, not just yet. The fact
is" he cried with burst of confidence.
"Tm about to change my manner life.
I'm fifty-five to-day and have formed q
resolution that henceforth l shall save
my money instead of spending it, as 1
have done from my youth up, and Ihave
suffered considerably anxiety about
where to put my money when l get it.
sin point of fact" he went on, his ca
daverous face bcaming, II am just now
excessively hard up, and if you could
oblige me, sir, with the loan of dollar
until am started on my new career
you would lay me under heavy obliga-
tion."
The editor staggered toward the club
in the corner, but when he turned he
was alone Virginia city (NeC.) Ceron-
tcle.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-07-28

ny WALTER rmonsBuRr.

This got on the day that Goring
Fought through York, like Wild beast roar.
The roofs were black and the streets were
full,
The doors built up with packs Of wool;
But our pixies made way through storm or
shot.
Barrel 10 barrel till locks grew hot;
Frere fell dead. and Lucas was gone,
But the drum still beat and the flag went on.
This caught from a swinging sabre,
All had from long nights labor;
When Chester famed, and the streets were
red,
In splashing shower fell the molten lead;
The fire sprang up, and the old roof split,
The flre-ball burst in the middle of IL;
With a clash and Chang the troopers they ran,
For tho siege was over ere well began.
This got from pistol butt,
lucky my heads not haze-nut;
The horse they raced, and scudded, andswore;
There were Leicestershire gentlemen, seven
ty score;
Up came the 'Lobsters," covered with steel
Down we went with staggcr and reel;
Smash at the flag, / tore IL to rag,
And carried 1t of in my foraging bag.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-07-28
The Hotel Waiter.
As Seen by tho "Texas siftings' Man.

SA' Scoh w tno ASAdS wan.
The hotel waiter is man whose bust
ness is to make you wait for your meals
unless you give him half dollar to en-
courage him in making fast record.
The hotel waiter in the South is a col
ored man, who can make haste more
slowly than any other creature on earth.
Like the waiter that he carries the dish
es on, he is black and polished. If you
place half dollar on the aforementioned
waiter. it makes an impression on the
other waiter. He is called waiter be-
cause he is supposed to wait on the
guest, (the waited,) but the latter is
really the waiter.
AS soon rs the waiter has got you in
a chair, he hands you the bill of fare,
and assumes an expression of counten-
nance that is calculated to create the
impression that he canread. The men,
DRY of the average waiter is extraordi-
nary. Some say that it is because, like
some mems consciences, it is never used;
but that is not so. 1t is wonderful to
see him standing solemnly and respect
fully attentive behind drummers chair,
while the hungry drummer reads off his
selections, something in the following
style.
"Consomme' of macaroni; baked red
snapper with brown sauce; sugar-cured
tongue; green goose with apple-sauce
(and don't you forget that apple-sauce);
roast beef Gan outside piece, cut thin);
fricasse rabbit, farmers style; baked
macaroni an parmesan; braized pigeon
la Jardiniere; tripe fried in batter,
with tomato sauce; onions; lima beans;
mashed potatoes; squash, and chow
chow"
1t is still more wonderful to see the
waiter return, after an absence of forty
five minutes During which time the
drummer drinks three glasses of ice-wa-
ter), with IN entirely different assort-
ment of food. This is where evidences
of his Wonderful memory shine forth
like parlor-match in a deep pantry.
He remembers to forget everything.
Forgot it, sab; very sorry, sah," the
waiter says, as he hands you the mus
tard and smiles in a conciliatory way.
And that brings us to smiles.
The colored waiter is all smiles. He
smiles on the slightest provocation,
whereas the white waiter of the North
never smiles. The ordinary colored
waiter sometimes becomes head-wait-
er, after which he never smiles, but,
with arms folded la Napoleon on the
Island of ST. Helena, assumes n solemn
and dignifed position in the middle of
the dininp-room.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-07-28
The Philosopher and the Flea.

This is the tale of the philosopher and
the flea:
1. The former, having been bitten
by the latter, seized and was about To
dispatch his,foe, when he reflected that
the little insect had only acted from in
stinct, and was not to be blamed. Ac-
cordingly he deposited the flea on the
back of passing dog.
2. This dog was the poodle of alady,
and she was very fond of the pretty an
imal. On his return to the house his
mistress took him upon erlap to caress
him, and the flea embraced his oppor-
tunity to change his inhabit.
3. The flea having in the course of
the night engaged in active business OPP
erations, awakened the lady. Her hus-
band was sleeping peacefully beside her,
and in the silence of the chamber she
heard him in his dreams whisper with
an accent of ineffable tenderness name!
The name was that of her most intimate
female friend!
a. As soon as it was day, the out
ragged wife hurried to the house of her
rival, and told the rival husband of the
big, big ding discovery she had
made. He, being man of decision, at
once called out the destroyer of his
household peace, and ran him through.
5. The widow, when her husband
was taken home to her upon the medi-
um of shutter, was so terribly smitten
with remorse that she precipitated her
self from the fourth-story window.
6. The other lady convinced her hus-
band that he had wronged her by enter
tanning any suspicious as to her fidelity,
and, becoming reconciled with him,
seized an early opportunity of poisoning
him.
z. Inasmuch as the jurors of that
country had never heard of "extenuat-
ing circumstances, and the chief mag
istrate thought that he could put muir
derer to better uses than not guillotining
him, the guilty woman was duly decap-
itated, and the sole survivors of the
tragedy were the philosopher and the
flea.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-07-28
TO CONSERVATIVES.

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cured of that dread disease, Consumption, by
a simple remedy, Is anxious to make known
all who desire it, he willsend n copy OF the
prescription used, free of charge, with di-
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which they will find sure cure for coughs
colds, consumption, asthma, bronchitis, etc.
Parties wishing the prescription, will please
address REV. T.. A.. WILSON, 1916 Penn St.
Williamsburg, N. " 4r-yf