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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-06-30

~. Thcrc will he a called meeting of Mount
Vernon Lodge No. 627, Royal Arcanum, Tuesday
evening at S o'clock. I2tl A q. UIILEE, Regent.
Ei:~Thc surviving members OF tho i'th va
p,r;,cnt G. s A.. who desire TO connect them
selves with an organization of that regiment. are
rcnucsted TO assemble ut Concordia Hall on Mon
day evening 3Uth inst, at 5 o'clock.
ic2S vt COMMITTEE.
MISUNDERSTANDING of the Alexandria lclc-
~ phone Exchange will on and after to
MORIOW. JULY LIST, please follow Instructions
on the NEW CARDS, which have recently been
placed near your Telephones Yeu are especially
requested to call YOUR OWN NUMBER Lnon y,
when ordering = connection. tap of tho bell
will Indicate that your order has been heard and
executed. A careful pcrnsal of tho card will OK
plain itself, and by following the instructions
much confusion will be avoided. Very respect
fully It'll =. II. SULLIVAN, Manager.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-06-30

vienna CABINET BEER
l. MMEL'S
Is tho Headquarters of tho Connoisenrs of Beer
who will agree that the
VIENNA CABINET Is THE BOSS BEER.
icoS-3t4
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-06-30

Observation-Disclosures hit was clear
until about IL o'clock when it became
cloudy. There was one prisoner and one
ledger at the station house.
Last night was cloudy and mild until
about O'Clock whenit became clear. There
We're two prisoners and one ledger at the
station house.
The Mayor this morning disposed of the
following eases:
Aaron Blackburn, colored, arrested by
officers Hayes and Walker, for indeccnrcon-
duct, was fined 81.
John Simms, colorcd, arrested by officer
Pat Hayes, charged with disorderly con-
duct, was fined $5,and in default Of payment
sent TO The chain gang for so days.
William Honesty, colored, arrested by
officer Nightingale, for disorderly conduct
was fined s. and in default oil payment sent
to the chain gang for so days.
A warrant was issued for the arrest of
Ada Dennis, charged with "snatching the
hair Off OF Sallie Bilups' head" at the home
of the latter on north Fairfax street, but
the woman so far has eludcd arrest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-06-30

ANOTHER FIAsCo.-The LEADERS" OF the
movement to create enthusiasm for Blame
and Logan in this city are rapidly becoming
ridiculous for their failures. They puDiisn.
in papers outside of this city accounts OF
enthusiastic meetings" which never TOOK
place, their "salutes" end disastrously and
their invited guests are treated most shock
iuply. The following from the Washington
correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch
is an account of the last fzzle:
s"rhere was general laugh ut the Capt.
toll on Saturday at the expense of Repro
sentative Houck, of Tennessee. 1t seems
ihat he was invited TO Alexandria to address
"a republican meeting Friday night of the
Aabone sect, which was to endorse the Chi
WOO ticket and give the ''plumed knight"
his dark. skinned lieutenant a glorious
Ianu The Tennessee congressman,
sena on. nverHowing with loyalty and re-.
win nea ;s,, r,~ached Alexandria by seven
pnnnSaam' ast s,vsnin- and commenced search
S"r tba meeting, whh after weary wan ",
iEr In he failed to find. u turned out that
aea' hrst hp could not raise he funds ne
csssarv to hire q brass band, and ..a' CON
nelled them to give up the idea OF haV1 ~ :.
RATIFICATION meeting until next week. MOI MOT
tilted and tired, at a late hour MT. i'ouc t
Concluded to return to Washington, Du1
STARTLING to relate, he had left his money II
b;s other breaches pocket, and had not
! rcd with which to pay his fare Notn'nl
left him but to foot it all the way iron
sa;o 70 Washington. The road
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-06-30

The c. & o. CANAL President l.. c.
Smith, of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
returned to Hagerstown on Saturday from
an inspection of the damage done the canal
by the late freshet. He reports the work il,
deplorable condition, and the damages OF
such nature as to require much time, labor
and money to repair. Two miles above Har-
per's Ferry, at the foot of the four mile level
there is break over SO #. long; while six
miles above the Ferry $50 feet of the tow
path is gone. This is bad break, as its
depth IS some twenty feet below the bottom
of the canal. Two culverts one above and
the other below Mercervlle, have been
washed out. Between these two culverts
the tow path has been badly damaged, and
bar, composed of sand and stones, over
200 feet in length, washed into the cnnal.
At other points along the line bars have
been washed in, while the tow-path and
river bank are covered with fallen trees,
fence rails, posts, and debris of all kinds.
At McTcervile there is a sunken boat, which
went down when the culvert gaveway. To-
day work was begun in making tho repairs,
and with force Of hands as large as can be
worked to advantage it will take fully two
weeks to place the canal in condition to per-
nit of navigation.
1t is estimated that it will cost $4,000 TO
repair the damages done to the canal by tho
neshet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-06-30

DEAD.-NIr. George Mattingly, the former
manager of the Aqua creek steamer line,
died at his home. in Washington, on Satur-
day. He was one of the hest known citl.
zeils Of Washington, and was in the SD
year of his age Mr.. Mattingly was lresl-
dent of The Washington and Alexandria
Ferry Company for 40 years, and held that
position up to one year ago, when he re-
signed on account Of ill-health.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-06-30

Hotel. ADMINISTRATORS House, June
Sol. H. Reid and lady, J. NJ. Wilson, r.
p. Hughes, G. s. springmyer and wife, and
J. r. Anderson, Washington Il: Gregory
ir, Rockland, Me-; G. ID. Buddick and l.. 5;
'Elicl, Baltimore; Judge Joseph Cox and
Miss Alice Cox, of Cincinnati, O.; James
Alfred Jones, Richmond; ]. M. Stegle, Phil-
adelphia l.. Bunting, Bristol, Tenn. W.
III. Parkhurst and wife, Boston. Mass; =. ).
Burgess, Savannah, Ga; DIR. l.. Wilson, Lon
dondery, n. H.; S. Tippett and wife, New
York 7. Il. Summers, Va; }. II. Cary,
Greenwood, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-06-30

were muddy and the air chilly and damp,
and 1t is safe to bet that he will never again
accept an invitation to republican ratiiica-
ton meeting in Alexandria or any other
part of Virginia. My informant is q veteran
republican of prominence, who alway S votes
the ticket.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-06-30

ELEVATED RAILwAY.-The elevated rail
way from tho wharf to the coal and WOOD
ward ofMr j. R.Iimmerman, north Union ST.,
now in process of erection under the super
vision OF Mr.. G. S. Coleman, is rapidly beng
completed. Mr.. Il. is also building new
engine house. it beinghis intention to run,
load and unload the cars on his road by
steam.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-06-30
Local Matters,

For the Middle Atlantic States fair wealth.
er in the northern portion, local rains and
partly cloudy weather i'll the southern por.
ton, variable winds, generally from east to
south, nearly stationary temperature :4ud
lower barometer. For Tuesday Slightly
warmer, generally fair weather is indicated.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-06-30

PERsoNAI.-Mr. w. Page McCarty, of
the Campaign, and Mr.. r. +. Beirne, of tho
Richmond state. delegates at large to the
Chicago convention, spent Saturday and
yesterday with General Fitz Lee, at Spring
Bank, near this city.
Mr. w. w. MILAN, of Fairfax county, has
gone to Milton, Tenn, with good prospect
of getting school at that place.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bontz celebrated her S5th
birthday yesterday. Though having sur
vived fifteen years above the allotted three
score and ten, Mrs. i. is Us cheerful and
buoyant in spirit as ever and seemingly in
possession Of all her faculties.
Miss Mamie Adams, of Miadlcburg, Miss
Fannie Dudley, of Louisville, and Miss
Eliza Thompson, of Culpeper, arc visiting
Miss Lille Marbury.
Miss Nellie Conner, of Kansas City, is
visiting Miss Annie keegan of this city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-06-30

TITlIENS' NATIONAL. BANK
~ Alexandria, Va, June 2G, 1881.
THO BOARD OF DIRECTORS have this day
declared y selni-annal dividend of TliR PER
CENT, free of all taxes, payable on and after
July Z, 1884.
jc2G-co1w VIM a. LAMBERT, Cashier.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-06-30

PEDEsTRIANs.- Masters w. c. Woodward,
of Washington, and w. Il. Willoughby, w.
w. Willoughby and J. w. Avery, of this
city, members Of the Alexandria Tourist
Club, left this morning at five o'clock for the
Luray Caverns. Mr.. J. f. Howison was I'M
able to accompany them, greatly to his and
their regret. The boys will make the trip
there and back on foot in ten days, passing
through Fairfax G. II, Aldie, Middleburg,
Uppervillc, Paris, and over the Blue Ridge
Mountains at Ashby's Gap, and crossing the
Shenandoah at Riverton, where they will in
duly in bass fishing; thence to Front Royal,
where they will spend a few hours, and
from there TO Luray. On their return they
will pursue different route through the
towns and villages of Page, Rappahannock,
Culpeper and Fauquer counties, and will
spend short time at the Warrenton White
Sulphur Springs. They arrived at Fairfax
G. II. by o'clock this morning, distance
Of If miles.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-07-12
They Don'f Speak.

They We're engaged to be mar.
ried, and called each other by
their first names, Tom and Fan.
ny, and he was telling her how
he had always liked the name of
Fanny, and how it sounded like
music in his ears.
II like the name so well,r he
added, as a sort of clincher to the
agument, that when sister
Clara asked me to name her pet
terrier, | at once called it Fanny
after you, dearest"
81 don't think that was very
NICE said the fair girl, edging
away from him. How. would
you like to have n dog named
after your"
"Why, that's nothing" an
swered Tom, airily; "half the cats
in the country are named after
me-"
They don't speak now.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-07-12
A Queer Fish.

The crew of the steamer Hattie
Vinton, of Silver Islet, had an
exciting adventure the other day
the particulars of which were
furnished to the Port Arthur Sem
tinel. The steamer had been
down1to Jackfish bay, assisting
in raising the barge Kincardine,
and upon entering the Straits Of
Neepigon the man at the mast
head, so to speak, noticed what
he supposed to be the fins Of
large fish moving through the
water. Wild visions of the great
sea serpent took possession ofthc
minds of the captain and crew,
but the Vinton being stauneh
boat it was concluded to try con-
illusions with the monster, and if
they should be successful in kill
ing him, what a big advertise
ment it would be for all concern
ed. Accordingly full head Of
steam was put on and the boat
bore down on the alleged fins.
When the proprietor Of the fins
heard the noise Of the rushing
through the water in his direc-
ton, the fins disappeared and
instead appeared the shaggy back
and head of a huge black bear,
who, apparently tired Of swim
ming across the straits, had--as
any good swimmer would do
rested on his back, and his paws
rising above the water produced
the imaginary fins. When the
crew of the Vinton saw that it
was only bear Gin the water)
that they had to deal with, they
set about capturing him, and by
means Of boat hooks, axes and a
hawser they speedily put an end
to his swim. He weighed some
$50 pounds and bear steaks have
been plentiful on the steamer ever
since.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-07-12
The Wir e Age.

Future annalists may well de-
scribe this period Of American
history rs the wire age. In no
part of the economy Of our daily
lives are we divorced from wire.
1t is our slave, and yet our ever
present master. Sleep, we repose
on wire mattresses. Eating, we
see food which has passed through
sleeves, and which are sheltered
from insect appetite by wire Gov
crs. Calling, we pull wires to
ring curled wire goings. Travel
ing, we are conveyed by cable
or electric railways, hoisted by
elevators hung on wire and hurl-
ed over wire bridges. We an
nounce our coming BY telegraph
or telephone wires, and wethread
our way by night through streets
lighted by means of electric cab
les. Across our fields are
stretched thousands of miles of
barbed wire. Our clocks are set
BY wires, our watches run by
wires, our books are stitched with
wires, our pictures hung by wires,
and our politics managed by
wires.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-07-12
Effect Of Smoking.

Out Of eighty-one great smok-
ers in France by amedicalexpert.
twenty-three are reported as ex-
hibiting an intermittent pulse, in
dependent of any cardiac lesion;
and this intermittency disappear
ed on the smoking habit being
abandoned. The effect of smok-
ing on children from nine to fif-
teen years Of age, shows not only
palpitation and intermittent pulse
but chloro-anamia. The results
OF observations in this line in re-
spcct to women smokers (some
forty to fifty cases., show that
most Of them suffer from disturb
ances Of menstruation and diges-
ton, and about one-fifth of the
number presented very marked
intermittency of the pulse, with
out any lesion of the heart.
These latter detied all methods OF
treatment, however skillful, fire.
quent or prolonged, the difficulty
yielding only with the suppress
ion of the habit.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-07-12
While talking to a number OF

While talking to number OF
gentlemen, Mr.. Beecher remark
ed: 81 never speak Of a country
or place authoritatively unless |
have previously been there. =
elbow about that sermon ofyours
on hell 2" asked the wag of the
party. Mr.. Beecher took water,
while the rest of the boys called
for a more popular beverage.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-07-12

A Newport dude went to Farm
er Scroggin's house to ask the old
gentleman for his daughter, and
this is what passed between the
two as they stood at the front
gate:
II came, Mistaw Scroggins to
ask you-aw for the hand-aw of
your daughter Mariaw."
"Ah? So you're the Teller
Marian SEE is such a fine lookin'
man. How'd you git out--walk?n
"Yes, saw. 1t being fine
evening, | thought | would walk
it-aw."
swell, it looks purity much as
if it might storm soon. | see a
small cloud out yonder, and i
think We had better walk back
again as soon as We kin, ur the
wind might blow We away.
Good evenin. Kentucky State
Journal.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-07-12

CARES OF LIFE.--As we come
TO them they are received. borne
with, and passed over with no
more than thought. II we are In
the enjoyment of health, but ii
suffering with Piles or skin disease
Of any kind they magnify hum
dred fold. y. G. Williams Jr. Il
Bro, the Druggist. has DIR. Bosan-
kos Pile Remedy which Is an abb
solute cure for any affections of
this kind and il sold at so cents.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-07-12
Husbands and Wives.

What ought a wife to call hel
husband in speaking to third
person? Should she say s'my
husband or should she use the
surname without any prefix (as
Mrs. Carlyle used to talk o.
"Carlyle), or should she adopt an
other plan Of that lady's speech Of
it were, of "Mr. c." Perhaps il
is a matter of indifference in En-
gland, says the Pail Mall Gazetts,
but in France woman's usage in
the matter is taken as a test Of
breeding. In the provinces, it
seems, wive speak of their hus.
bands as monsieur" as if their
particular monsieur" were SUI
perior to all others. Or perhaps
they think this style expresses an
indifference indicative of "bon
TOM "my husband, they imagine,
would agine, would be vulgar,
With the polite world of Paris,
on the contrary, ''my husband" is
accepted as the proper phrase,
subject to two exceptions. A
very affectionate wife may speak
OF her husband by his Christian
name, while after a certain age
any other style except the sur
name with the prefix monsieur"
is held to be ridiculous, and a sign
of "provincialism.'
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-07-12

BLUE GRASS BREEDERS. Mr.. r..
s. Withers of Fairlawn Stock Farm,
Lexington, KY, writes: II have
such confidence in st. Jacobs Oil,
the great pain-cure, that use it on
everything; myself, my horses, my
negroes. Everybody and every horse
for all kinds OF aches and pains, be-
lieve in its sovereignty as cure"
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-07-12


TSHE undersigned respectfully informs
i the citizens of Martinsburg and perk-
eley county that he has opened Coal and
Wood Office and Flour and Feed Store at
So Queen Street, where all orders in my
line will receive prompt attention. have
put in pair of Fairbanks new scales and
all coal sold by me will be weighed and
full weight guaranteed. Piedmont and
Cumberland run of mine, Fine and Lump
Coal; also best quality Nut and Egg an
thraci' coal always on hand.
Far 1ers having Corn, Oats and Hay to
sell are solicited to see me before selling.
Thanking the public for the liberal pat
ronage extended me, and soliciting your
further favors,
! am respectfully yours,
jy24-iy. j. w. ROBERTS.
The Portland daily press., 1884-07-31

A correspondent of the Springfield Repub-
lican reminds that journal that some time
ago it published scandal about Mr.. Blaine
for the purpose, to use its own language, of
giving its readers "a chance to judge for
themselves how much truth there was in it,"
and asks the very pertinent question why it
does not publish the charges against Gov.
Cleveland "for the purpose of giving its
readers chance to judge how much truth
there is in them" The Republican wanders
through about TWO columns of explanation
in which it takes the curious ground ''that
a man in public station should be held re-
sponsible for the acts affecting the discharge
of his duty as public man, and that in re-
gard to the other side of his life he is emit
tied to TIE privacy of the ordinary citizen
That is to say, man while holding pub
lie Office may be a moral leper, and yet
when he comes up for reelection to thai
office, or promotion to another, only his Of
sial acts must be scanned. This amounts te
The Portland daily press., 1884-07-31

A much better way to dispose of the
charges against Gov. Cleveland than to ig-
more them, or to denounce the newspaper
which first published them, or to say that
they are too contemplate to deserve notice,
or to deprecate them as mean assault on
'private character" or TO say that they are
made for the purpose of diverting attention
from the real issues. is to deny them and
show that they are unfounded. But this ia
method which the Democratic press seems
very reluctant to adopt.
The Portland daily press., 1884-07-31

Chairman Villas in his speech to Gov.
Cleveland uttered these wcrds-"The Ma
tional Democracy seek President not in
compliment for what the man is or reward
for what he has DONE" 1t is the misfortune
of the National Democracy that it has no
leader whose selection on such grounds
would be safe, but these are the considera-
lions which will govern majority of the
people in seeking President.
The Portland daily press., 1884-07-31

The recent Democratic convention in
West Virginia seems to have left the party
in that State in much worse condition than
the most sanguine Republican could have
hoped for. The candidate for Governor is
not popular, and the candidates for Supreme
Judges are positively unpopular. From be-
ginning to end the convention was bear
garden. elimination and recrimination
among the delegates were constant and bitter.
Charges of fraud and bribery were made on
the floor and several times the convention
seemed to be on the brink of free fight.
Since the convention the quarrel among the
factions seems to have grown even more Bit
ter. Col. Campbell, an ex-member of the
Democratic National committee, who figures
prominently in West Virginia politics, has
threatened to kill the editor of the Wheeling
Register because of attacks made upon him
by that paper. The Register, which is one
of the most influential Democratic organs in
the State is unsparing in its denunciation of
part of the ticket and will bolt it. The
Wheeling correspondent of the Philadel-
phia Times says the ticket is likely to be de-
feated in October and the correspondent of
the New York Sun agrees with him.
The Portland daily press., 1884-07-31

The New York Evening Post justifes the
selection of Mr.. Barnum for chairman OF
the Democratic National Committee on the
ground that ''you must fight the devil with
fire." True, Mr.. Post; but not with hell
fire. His satanic majesty doesn't fear that
You talk as il your moral sense had been
o0nfnsad
The Portland daily press., 1884-07-31

The Boston Journal has made an indie
pendent investigation of the Cleveland scan
dal. No new authorities for the story
are given, but the interesting point is
brought out that the person alleged to
have been betrayed by Grover Cleveland
'from seven to ten'' years ago, was "about
thirty-fve years old''-and widow. Chops
and tomato sauce!
The Portland daily press., 1884-07-31

President White Of Cornell University,
whom the Independents have been claiming
on the strength of an alleged interview, says
the interview never took place and pro-
neunces it falsehood made out of whole
cloth. He will declare his opinions in his
own time and in his own way, he says.
There is good reason for believing that he
intends to support Mr. Blaine.
The Portland daily press., 1884-07-31

The Republican campaign in this State
will be formally opened on the twelfth OF
next month by grand mass meeting at Lake
Maranocook. From that time until the Gu
bernatorial election the campaign will, we
predict, be aggressive enough to suit the Ar
gus, and the Argus's candidates.
The Portland daily press., 1884-07-31

George Fl. Butler, the notorious nephew
of Benjamin F. Butler, is the authority,
and apparently the only authority, for the
story which has recently appeared that
syndicate of rich Americans, including ex-
Gov. Warworth of Louisiana, Pierre Loril
lard, August Belmont, S. L. NJ. Barlow and
James Gordon Bennett of New York, ex-
Gov. Leland Stanford of California, and
John Mackey, has been formed for the pur-
chase of the island of Cuba as vast sugar
plantation and tobacco factory. Negot.a-
tions are said to be pending with the State
department to permit the importation of
Chinese labor, the island will be placed un-
der American protection, and gunboats will
be asked for to patrol the coast. Moreover
John Russell Young, minister to China, has
been offered $4,000 year to act as general
manager and governor ON the island. The
fact that the Spanish premier recently an
bounced in the Cortes that Spain would not
sell Cuba under any circumstances is enough
to discredit the story, but if anybody was
inclined to doubt, the publication of the
name of its author conclusively explodes it.
The Portland daily press., 1884-07-31

Grover Cleveland recognizes that he has
been chosen ''to represent the plans, purpos-
es and policy of the Democratic party"
That is correct and that is why the Ameri-
can people will not have him for President.
The plans, purposes and policy of the Dem
ocratic party have made mischief enough in
this nation Already.
The Portland daily press., 1884-07-31

John G. s. Harrison of Indianapolis who
made one of the most serious charges against
Mr.. Blaine in 1876 is now under arrest for
embezzling sos 900 from the funds of the bank
of which he was receiver. 1t may be added
that the evidence of his guilt is much more
conclusive than that by which he attempted
to support his charge against Mr.. Blaine.
The Portland daily press., 1884-07-31

Chairman Barnum was suddenly called
home by pressing business, so he did not
have an opportunity to express to Gov.
Cleveland his qualification that the Demo
Gratis had nominated a reformer who would
frown upon mule-buying and Morey letters.