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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-02

Chicago people have almost forgot
ten the commotion caused some year
ago by an evangelist of the Mood,
type who suddenly abandoned the or
thodox theories of heaven of golt
and sapphire and began to preacl
Christs' reign upon earth. This man
Mr.. H. G. Spafford, who lived at Lak'
View and who had been a lawyer o,
some standing, gathered. about him
congregation of tourists amounting
to 40 or so, who subscribed to hi
strange belief. In accordance witt
their theory, Christ was to appear fol
his final residence upon Mount Calva
~, and in order to be there on hand a
the time of His second coming Mr.
Spafford and his little band converted
all their spare money into cash ant
sailed for the promised land A trav
eler who recently visited Jerusalem iI
the interests of one of the missionary
societies of the East states that SHIT
visited the house in which the Lake
View community lived, and that SHIT
found them in good health and spirits
still firm in belief, and waiting with
hope and resignation for the judg
ment day. This young woman, sent
out from Boston, returned to that city
few weeks ago, and has written let
ters to friends in Chicago describing
the way in which she was received
having been sick for several weeks al
the house in which these people lived
Their dwelling is described as large
and commodious-a neatly but not
elegantly furnished house-and fitted
out with all the conveniences which
the best civilization Of the country
can furnish. She says that about 20
persons are living under the same roof,
and that all property is held in common.
The house itself is perched upon the
side of the mountain just within the
walls of the Holy City and presents a
most strikingly picturesque appear
ance. Mr.. Spafford, the leader of the
community, is nearly 6Oyears of age,
but is still hale, hearty and happy.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-02
DRINK as Hogs.

Mr.. w. Mattieu Williams once wit
messed a display of drunkenness among
800 pigs, which had been given bar
rel of spoiled elderberry wine all at
once with their swill. "Their beha-
vior," he says, "was intensely human,
exhibiting all the usual manifesto
tions of jolly ood-fellowship. includ-
ing that advanced stage where a group
were rolling over each other and grunt-
ing affectionately in tones that were
very distinctly impressive of swearing
good-fellowship all around. IheiI
reeling and staggering, and the express
sion of their features, all indicated
that alcohol had the same effect on
pigs as on men; that under its inilu'
ence both stood precisely on the same
geological level." ."-Phitddelphta Rec
ard
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-02
Queer Things in New Zealand.

The queerest thing have seen out
here, is the so-called "bulrush caterpil-
lar" or vegetable caterpillar" The
natives name it "Aweto Hotete," but
| have two specimens found in Tas-
mania. The plant is a fungus, a
spharia, which grows seven or eight
inches above the ground. generally in
single stem, round, and curving at
the end like serpent. This end is
thickly covered with brown seed for
some three inches. 1t grows near the
root of a particular tree, the rata" ;"
When pulled up, its single root is
found to be solid wood. Every detail
of this grub is preserved.
The spharia always grows out of
the nape of its neck. 1t is supposed
that when this grub (that of a large
moth, burrows in the ground one of
the seeds gets between the scales of the
neck, strikes root, and completely
turns the interior of the creature into
its own substance. Only the shell is
left intact, no smallest rootlet appear
ing anywhere. The .aborigines also
eat this pure white grub, and friend
tells me, that, taken raw, it is delicious.
The New Zealanders also burn the
eaterpillar-root and rub it into their
tattoo wounds. A good many white
people. it is said, believe that the plant
actually develops the caterpillar form,
and if this be true, we cannot laugh
much at those who believed in the veg.
etable Scythian Lamb. and the Man
drake Man, of which specimens are
preserved in the Surgeons Museum at
London.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-02

The Germans are steadily increasing
their navy. They have lately added
twenty-five torpedo boats, and many
larger vessels are now in course OF
construction.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-31
FOREIGN NEWS.

: Prime Minister Ferry has refused China
ssan extension of time to pay up.
! The royal families will have reunion al
{ Copenhagen early next mouth.
The ENJOYS of King John, of Abyssinia
have started from Alden to London.
Thirty .sx deaths have occurred at Pies
koff, Russia, from the Siberian plague.
The Spanish government has taken of
sixty per cent. of the export tax on sugar
from Cuba.
The villages of Ry batzkoge and Smolens-
koge, near st. Petersburg, Russia, have
been destroyed by fire.
The hearing in the Cornwall case at
Dublin was concluded, and Cornwall was
committed to Jail to await trial on four
charges.
Mr.. George Birmingham Sowerby, F. l..
s., of London, is dead, aged 70. He was a
well-known naturalist, artist and author OF
several works on natural history.
A priest yesterday at Witepsk, Russia,
led mob to an attack on the houses OF
Jews in that place. The military dispersed
the mob and made several arrests. The
priest escaped.
The cholera in mild form has made its
appearance in St. Petersburg and several
other Russian cities. The death rate at
Marseilles and Toulon is slightly decreas-
ing. Fourteen new cases were admitted
into the Tboro Hospital at Marselles yes
terday,
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A Singular and Painful Occurrence.
CORRESPONDENCE Of the Alexandria Gazette

Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazete.)
M1TcHELL's STATION, Culpeper, Va. July 18th
1S94.-This afternoon, Maj. J. 3. Smoot had his
riding horse turned into his yard for while,
wien she unwittingly walked too near stand OF
bees, which overturned, when quite large mum
ber of them settled upon and began to sting her.
The major seeing the mare was being stung open
ed the gate and called to her to come ont and as
she passed out of the gate the bees left her snd
settled upon the majors head. After vigorous
fpbt for about ten or fifteen minutes his situation
was discovered by his wife and with her assist
apce he succeeded in killing all that had settled
upon him. but was so severely stung, that for two
or more hours his situation was very critical
one. But for the presence of necessary remedies,
il would have been impossible for him to survive
until physician could be obtained. At this
writing he is considered out of danger but very
much disfgured and suffering very much. We
hone. however, in few days he will be up and re-
lieved of pain.
We have had fine rains which make the farm
ers smile when they look at their corn fields and
the bou.ekeeper is in much better spirits now that
there is so good prospect for vegetables. Some
BODY must grumble, you know, and that particular
business now belongs to those farmers who have Il
threshing machine standing at their stack yard
and goodly number of idle hands to feed.
COD HOPPER.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-31
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 81.
FOR PRESIDENT,
GROVER CLEVELAND, OF NEW 1ORk
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
THOS. A. HENDRICKS, OF INDIANA.

TUE SPEECHES incident to the formal
notification Mr.. Hendricks received yester-
day at Saratoga of his nomination tor the
Vice Presidency were as wise and appro'
nr;ate as those delivered the day before at
Albany, when Governor Cleveland was noll'
fad of his nomination for the Presidency.
Col, Villas only expressed the sentiment OF
every democrat, and of many right thinking
republicans in the country, when he said:
1T is an especial desire of the democracy,
cir 70 see YOU invested with this particular
DIGNITY because they know, as now all the
world knows, that once you were rlght1uiIy
Owen title to it by the people and wrong.
fnllv denied its possession by the successful
Vaccinations of fraud and conspiracy, and
the yindication OF exact justice will be most
comnlete when you shall be re elected now
that YOU may be triumphantlt inauSurated
to your rightful claim of office
Mr.. Hendricks recalled the attention OF
the country to the following facts which
had been overlooked by many, and which
should stimulate every democrat to do all
that is possible to elect him. He said:
.Sometimes the Vice Presidency comes to
represent very great responsibilities, and II
NAV be so in the near future, for at this
time the Senate of the United States stands
almost equally divided between the two
great parties, and it may be that those two
great parties shall so exactly differ that
the Vice-President of the United States
shall have to decide upon the question of
law by the exercise of the casting vote. The
responsibility would then become very great:
1t would not then be the responsibility OF
representing a State or district. 1twould be
the responsibility Of representing the whole
country, and the obligation would be to the
Judgment of the whole country, and that
vote when thus cast should be in obedience
to the Just expectations and requirements OF
the people Of the United States. 1t might
be, gentlemen, that upon another occasion
responsibility would attach to this office.
1t might occur that under circumstances
of some difficuIty-I don't think it will be
next election, but it may occur under cir
cumstances ofsome ditliculty-the president
of the senate will have TO take his part IL
the counting of the electoral vote, and al.
low me to say that that duty is not to be
discharged in obedience to any set of men
or to any party, but in obedience to high
er authority"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-31
Sls;;1*&&
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
The Cholera.

MARsEILLEs, July 31.-The lower classes
dislike and oppose the physicians because
they have gotten the notion that the physi.
clans have been instructed to help the chol-
era along in order to get rid of the surplus
population. A paper read by medical
man in Berlin, lauding the cholera as sweep
ing of beings untitled for the struggle of
existence, has been widely reproduced in
France and has helped to prejudice the peo-
pie against the doctors, and to confirm them
in their belief that the Government has
adopted views similar to those of the Berlin
essayist. An instance of the popular hostil-
lty toward the physicians occurred in this
city yesterday. A doctor was going into
the slums to attend patient when he was
confronted by party Of the sick mans
neighbors armed with knives who chased
him away and prevented his mnistering TO
the sufferer.
ARIES, July 3l.-A sad incident in con-
nection with the cholera panic happened re-
Gently near this city. A lad at work on
farm was seized with vomiting. The farm
er refused to allow him to enter the house
aud the poor fellow died in the field, with
out care and alone. When the father of the
lad arrived he was not permitted to place
his sons body in the stable, but was forced
to leave it in the open air while he went to
town to procure coffin. He then convey
ed the body on wheelbarrow to the burial
authorities who refused to give him assist
ance, and the father was finally compelled
to bury the body in the cemetery alone.
ROME, July 31.-Six thousand persons are
now detained in the various lazarettos on
the frontier and along the coast.
LISBON, July 5l.-The port of Huelva, in
Spain, has been declared to be infected with
cholera. The ports between Cadz and
Ayamonte, both inclusive, are also suspected
| of being infected.
PARIS, July 31.-There were three deaths
at Marseilles and three at Toulon last night
from cholera:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-31
Attempted Lynching.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, July 31.-At 3
o'clock this morning a large mob from the
neighhorhood of Buckeysland attempted to
take John Roland who murdered James
Fry on the evening Of July 2Sth, from the
Albemarle Jail and lynch him. Upon ap-
preaching the suburbs of the town they
found that the military and citizens had
been forewarned of their coming and had
taken possession Of the Jail. The colored
citizens, upon learning of the intention of
the mob, proposed to join them and take
Joe Barbour, the murderer of Randall Jack
son, and hang him on the same tree
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-31

SOME i'll informed Northern newspapers
believe that the facts that Hendricks opposed
the raising OF negro troops during war, and
that Logan prided himself upon being a
slave catcher before the war, will affect the
negro vote at the coming election. They
never were more mistaken. If old John
Brown could be brought to life and be put
on democratic ticket, the negroes would
vote against him to man, and if Mr.. JEFF
ferson Davis would turn republican and run
for President on the republican ticket, they
would support him unanimously. Not one
of them voted for Horace Greeley.
All of them in Virginia vote for William
Malone. Notwithstanding the fact that
General Malone wants all race distinctions
obliterated, the negro is not like the white
man, and consequently is not subject to the
same influences.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-31

THE BLAINEITEs say that all the Irish
Catholics are opposed to Cleveland. VI
course every body knows that no statement
could be more incorrect, nor convey more
gratuitous insult to the class of voters re.
ferped to. But to show its incorrectness in
more glaring colors, and to refute the
grounds of it's ill-concealed insult it is only
necessary to make the following extract
from the speech of Mr.. Patrick A. Collins
chairman Of the democratic State commit.
tee of Massachusetts,, an Irishman and
Catholic, at Albany last Tuesday:
"rhose of us who were born in Ireland OF
spring from the Irish race are here to stay
Whatever our Irish affiliations, ties or al.
fectioDs may be-aud | hope they are many
in American politics we are Americans,
pure and simple We ask nothing on ac-
count of our race or creed, and we SUBJ
NIT to no slight or injury on &C
count of either. We and our children and
our children's children are here merged
in this great, free, composite nationali-
ty, true and loyal citizens Of the State
and federal systems, sharing in the burdens
and the blessings ofthe treest people on the
earth. All we ask is equality for us and
ours. The man who takes less or demands
more is no true American. Those who seek
to make us clamoring class in the commu
nifty, seeking to use American political
means to other than American ends, are
merely inverting Know Nothngism and
playing upon the impulses of men for their
own selfish purposes. 1t is no compliment
to US that schemers fancy we can be thus
played upon.'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-31

AT THE democratic ratification meeting
in Stanton last Monday the sentiments OF
Messrs. Hill and Tucker, the speakers on
that occasion, that evoked the greatest ap.
plause were those in favor of reduction in,
and reform of, the tariff. And so it would
be at every political meeting, republican as
we'll as democratic. if the speakers would
state and explain plainly and concisely the
unjust and onerous discrimination made by
q protective tariff against poor people, and
the benefits to both poor and rich that would
be conferred by the establishment of tariff
that would collect just enough, and no more,
revenue than is required for the actual ex-
penses of an economically conducted gov
eminent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-31

GENERAL MAHoNE's home organ attempts
to be sarcastic at the expense of Mr.. W. E.
Sims, and says: General Malone is not
fighting Colonel Sims; and if Colonel Sims
is fighting him he is wholly unconscious of
it." But how can the General even hope to
succeed, with last years majority of eight
cen thousand against him, and when Sims,
Hooper, and many of his other most efficient
old captains who helped him then are OPP
nosed tn him now?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-31
Fatal Blow.

STUTTGART. July 31.-A fatal incident
occurred last night in the public garden at
Cannstadt, in Wurtemberg. Several French
men were rejoicing over the recent insult to
the German flag in Paris, when an elderly
German approached them and demonstrated
with them. This gave rise to quarrel, in
the course of which one of the Frenchmen
raised his walking stick and dealt the Ger
man q fatal blow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-31

The REPUBLICAN candidate for President
claims great credit for the republican party
for its alleged support of stable cur
rency, and that party's candidate for Vice
President says it is great boon for a man
t, know that the dollar he has will be as
good at night as it is in the morning. And
vet the republican party in West Virginia
has lust formed another coalition with the
uraenhac kerS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-31
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Riddleberger made two hours speech at
Luray yesterday.
James Anderson, saddler at Orange G..
| H., died Monday night.
A Cleveland and Hendricks club has been
organized at Warrenton.
Mrs. A. Mickie, an old resident of War
renton died there on Sunday.
A train on the c. & o. f. r. ran over
and killed an unknown man at Charottes.
Vile early yesterday morning
The Norfolk democrats ratified the nomi-
nation Of Cleveland and Hendricks Tues
day night by one of the grandest meetings
ever held in that city.
During a thunder storm in Suffolk, Mon
day, lightning struck the town hall, consid-
erabIy injuring it. The electric fluid also
destroyed several trees in the place.
fine young horse belonging to Mr.. Ed
ward Best, residing about one mile from
Round Hill, Loudoun county, during the
storm of last Thursday evening" took refuge
under tree The lightning struck the Tree
and killed the horse. He was fine animal
and his owner had recently refused $3.50 for
him.
On Saturday night the house of Mr.. Phil
ip Leterman, in Charlottesville, was broken
into and entered during the early part of
the night. Mr.. Leterman and wife, nee
Strauss, formerly of this city, have been ao-
sent for some time at Old Point. The bur-
glars were frightened off before they had
time to secure any plumber.
A colored damsel, Annie Phrog by name,
shot companion named Tom Simmons in
Suffolk on Saturday morning. They were
skylarking and she took pistol, which was
very much out of order, and, al usual, not
loaded, from the mantelpiece and threaten
ed to shoot if he repeated something he had
said. He repeated, the pistol was fred,
and the man may die from the effects.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-31

THERE CAN be no doubt that the kicking
republicans have some reason for refusing
to vote for Mr.. Blaine, when the fact is ap-
narent that the staunchest of Mr.. BIS sup
porters are the men who were directly
or indirectly implicated in the star route
affair The kickers and others are impress
sed with the idea that birds of feather
flock together, and, unfortunately for the
Maine statesman, there is nothing in his
past history, early or recent, that tends to
Obstinate that idea in respect of himself.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-31
Another Prize Fight,

PITTsBURG, Pa, July 3l.-A prize fight
between Jim Dillon and Ned Monaghan, To-
cal pugilists, near Brownstown last night,
resulted in favor of Monaghan in tho 2lst
round. Both men were terribly punished.
The mill was witnessed by several hundred
Dersons
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-31
Killed. by his Stepsou.

CINCINNATI, o., July 31.-The CONNER
ciM- Gazette's Shelbyvile, Ind, dispatch
says: Joel Law, jr., came home drunk
Tuesday night and abused his family, when
Charles Wright, his stepson, shot and fatal
ly wounded him. The affair happened at
Marietta, nine miles east of there.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-31
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

MRS. W1ssLow's SOOTHING SYRUP, for chill
dren teethiug, is the prescription of one Of the
best female nurses and physicians in the United
States, and hiss been used for forty years with
never. failing success by millions of mothers Tor
their children. During the process of ttething
its value is incalculable 1t relieves the child
from pain, cures dysentery and disrrboa, gripng
in the bowels, and wind.colic. By giving heallh
to the child it rests the mother. Price 20 Genus
bottle. mSo-iyfA'"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-31

The democrats of the Third congressional
district assembled in convention in the old
billiard room of the Ballard House, Rich.
mond. yesterday, and renominated Hon.
Geo. d. Wise by reclamation. They also
passed resolutions endorsing Cleveland and
Hendricks.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-31
The Goodwood Cup.

LONDON, July 31.-The race for the Good
wood cup at Goodwood to-day was won by
the Duke of Portland's three-year-old bay
colt st. Simon.
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persons.
France and China.

SHANGHAI, July Sit is reported here
to-day that France and China have made q
treaty Of peace. China is to pay France an
indemnity of s, 100000 tales-ahout $780,
600.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-31
GENERAL MALONE had but few white

GENERAL MALONE had but few white
followers last fall. That he will have even
fewer next November may be inferred from
the fact that one of the delegates from Or
ange county to the democratic Congresslon-
al convention to be held in this city next
week was such pronounced Malone man
last year, before he had found out the true
character of Malone, that he even went SO
far as to sign the Generals famous ADDRESS
to the North on the "Danville Massacre"
The Generals late white followers VINO
were democrats will not be led by him into
the republican trap, and those who were re-
publicans will, in a Presidential contest, not
support an electoral ticket composed OF
democratic scalawags, especially as they
are in doubt as to how the men on that
ticket would vote in case of close election.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-31
In MEMORY OF DR.. AABLER.-Dr Edwin Ship

pen, United States navy, acting as the representa-
tive of his fellow-surgeons in the navy, has had
beautiful brass tablet 31h by 21a feet, cut by a
Philadelphia firm for erection in village church
yard in Fauquer county, Va. The tablet bears
the following inscription James Markham Am.
bier, passed assistant surgeon. United States navy
died On the banks of the Lena river during the
memorable retreat of the ships company of the
United States Arctic steamer Jeanette, in the
year 1881 His sense of duty was stronger than
his love of life. In memory of his noble example
and heroic death this tablet is erected by the
medical officers of tho United States navy"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-31

The republicans and greenbackers of West
Virginia having coalesced, yesterday nomi-
mated Judge Maxwell for Governor and W..
II. 81. Flick and James II. Brown for judges
of the Supreme Court.
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Death OF Rev. Mark Pattison.

LONDON, July 31.-The death of the Rev.
Mark Pattson, the distinguished essayist
and teacher, is announced, aged n.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-31
Governor Moses.

CHICAGO, July 3l.-Gov. Hamilton last
night issued warrant for the arrest ofGov.
Moses.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-31
Electoral Vote for President, 1884.

The 80 States are entitled to 4O1 electoral votes
distributed as follows: