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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-02-20
ows and Calves 30aS55.

The market this week was we'll supplied with
cattle OF very fair quality, nearly all Of them
being sold quite readily at quotations. Calves in
good demand at quotations. Sheep brisk, all the
offerings selling early, the supply not being eou.l
to the demand. Hogs have advanced considers
bly,, and prices are fully &c higher than last week
Cows and Calves in good demand
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-02-20

ID UTTER! BUTTER Fresh Country Butter
ID constantly received and for sale at lowest
market prices by
febG i G. MIIRTPN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-02-20

BALTIMORE, Feb. 2o.-va 6's derd. II, do con-
solidated 80; do I'd series :; do past due cou.
pons 80; do new 1O-4O's =; do new 3s -
BID to-day; Cotton dull: middlng 1Ob. Flour
steady and moderately active; Howard street and
Western super - DAB so; do extra SO 1884 rs .
DO family SO OOa5 rs; City Mills super So -.
3 so: do extra 50 75a6 25 do Rio Brand. S. 4.
a5 SS: Patapsco family So so: do superlstye pat
ent s. w. Wheat-Sonthern higher; Western
steady and closing dull: Southern red 112a114
do amber 115s117; No Maryland 116 asked ;
No z Western winter red spot 11Os11Ola; Feb
rllary 11Oa110A March 11OAs11Oa,: April
l12a112l.; May 114a114s. Corn-Southern
firm and fairly active; Western frmer and dull;
Southern white 60aG2; do yellow 5sa6O; West.
ern mixed spot 81 iaaG2: March 6Oba61L: Nav
63aG3%4 steamer 56a57. Oats scarce and frm
Southern 42a46; Western white A4a46; do
mixed 42a44; Pennsylvania 42a46 Rive quiet
at STATE. Hay firm prime to choice Pennsvl.
vania aud Maryland S14a15. Provisions quiet
mess Pork SIT 90. Eulkmcats-shoulders aud
clear rib sides, packed, SAa1O1b. Bscon-sbould-
ers o. clear rib sides II y; hams 141aa15A.. Lard.
refined, 1O4. Butter dull; Western packed 1G.
~ creamery 25a3G. Eggs lower and quiet st
22a24. Coffee barely steady; Rio cargoes ord
nary to fair 112.a12%. Sugar quiet; 4 soft -,
"hiskey steady at 81 1Ss1 1915
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-15
A Romantic Story.

Pittsburg Post.
Both the Packer boys, Robert and
Harry, were treated like equals by their
father and mother. In the little village
where this good old man lived there
was a summer hotel, which was patron
lied considerably during the season,
young Harry Packer often taking his
meals there. A young girl named
Lockwood, daughter of a respectable
citizen living near the village, came in
to assist waiting on the table. The
frequency of Harry Packers meals at
the hotel attracted some attention, and
his brother Robert, or Bob" as he was
Familiarity and ~affectionately called by
almost all who ever knew him, said one
day before the father and Harry at the
breakfast table that Harry was sweet
on a little girl down at the hotel, and
that was the reason he did not come to
his meals regularly. Harry colored
up a little, and after they had finished
their breakfast the old Judge seated
himself on the front porch, which over
looks Maunch Chunk and gives such q
magnificent view of the Lehigh Valley,
the moving boats and trains, which his
own industry had created and brought
together. The old gentleman said,
Harry, who is this girl Robert refers
to 2"
"Miss Lockwood, the daughter of a
MAI you know very we'll"
Are you going to marry her Harry?"
said the Judge.
II have some notion of it, father"
said Harry.
"Well, wait until 1 go down and see her."
said the Judge, and picking up his old
white hat and cane the Judge quietly
ambled down to the hotel and asked for
Miss Lockwood. She innocently came
to the Office of the hotel with her dining
room apron on, and seated herself be-
side the Judge. Just what he said to
her, or she to him, will never be exactly
known, unless she tells it; but when
the Judge anne out he was smiling and
appeared mighty we'll pleased. He went
home and found Harry still sitting on
the porch where he had left him. BY
this time the Judges face had resumed
its usual grave but kind expression.
"Well, Harry" he said, "that is a very
nice girl down there, but she has no
money. We must raise her some"
The old Judge put down his memo
randum for $50, 900, the mother and the
others for $25, 600 each, and this $780,
600 was placed in the bank to the ex-
elusive and immediate credit of Miss
Lockwood; the engagement was an
nounced, the wedding day fixed, the
marriage took place, and Harry Packer
got the girl he liked.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-15
Capers of a Cyclone.

Mr.. Robert Wilson, whose mothers
house was demolished, was blown ont
into the yard, but not seriously hurt.
He had retired before the storm came
on and laid his clothing on a chair. In
his vest pocket was a watch. The next
morning he found his watch hanging on
a small limb of a tree that had blown
down in the yard, the chain wrapped
several times around the limb. It was
ticking away as if nothing had hap
pened. Nh. Stewart, who was killed at
Daniel Watson's, was very fond of hunt
ing, and always kept his gun near the
head of his bed. When Mr.. Stewart
was found after the storm his gun was
lying neal him, but it had been dis
charged, the entire load passing through
Mr.. Stewards body. In one place we
noticed a large fat pine log, which would
weigh at least 5000 pounds, which was
taken up from the ground where it was
lying and carried a distance of twenty
to twenty-five PAGES and piled across
some other logs.-North Carolina
Rocket.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-15

ger that was never there beforel VIVA
can it be? Do look. dear, and see wha
it IS" And she dropped it into the box
again.
What! are you afraid of your W
glove? What a silly little puss you are.
All! see what the fairies have done for
you!" And he drew from the glove the
long lost ring and placed it on Bella's
finger.
Bella looked up in amazement, but it
was only for a moment the truth flashed
ON her at once. Selling Tom by the
arm, she cried:
"Oh, darling! you cannot deceive me;
1T was you who found my treasure? 2"
Tom laughed at her impetuosity.
Come to me, pussy" he said, as he
held out his arms to her, land sit close
beside me while 1 tell you my fairy tale. =
1t was a long story, because of the
many Interruptions. Tom had to be
kissed so often, he had to be called bvso
many pet names, and his hair had to be
gently pulled when he talked about the
charms of his lady love! Indeed, the
narrative took up so much time that the
evening was almost spent before the end
came.
Bella was as charming a bride as ever
stood under a marriage bell. Her brid-
al robe of white satin was draped with
lace point of fabulous value. Her Jew
elry consisted of the choicest pearls.
She wore the celebrated embroidered
gloves, and a single diamond glittered
upon her finger.
A year has now elapsed since the
night of this splendid wedding. Bella
is a happy wife and her husband is de-
voted to her, The gloves and ring are
preserved i'll a casket of gold, and will
doubtless serve as heirlooms in the fam
lily.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-15
Why Apprentices are Scarce.

\ contemporary writer saysit is prin-
cipally because of the conceit of weak
and foolish parents who could not think
of allowing their boys to soil their hands
with manual labor or tarnish their pedi-
gree by associating with common work
men. Many and many a young man
have l known whose aptitudes called to
him with all the imperious demands of
instinct to learn a trade, but he was
prevented from doing so by his parents,
who preferred to see him filling the
more important and dignited position
of clerk, often working fifteen hours a
day for $15 per month, and sometimes
yielding to the small temptation to leave
unpaid his tailor's and washerwoman's
bills. Or, if he escaped the clerkship,
he was almost sure to be found among
the luckless MERCHANDISING profession
al men who stand off and
eve with green envy the
one in the round hundred who has
made a success. 1t is not the lack of
attention to the new workman that is
lowering the standard i'll mechanical
trades, but the folly of parents in clos
ing the doors of the trades in the face
of their sons, and in the absence of
good material we get bad. 1t is very
often the case that we get hold of a boy
who has few OF no qualifications, natural
or acquired, for a trade, but he can
probably make more money at that than
at common labor, and, as we can get no
better, we have to do the best we can.
Thor3 is no doubt we are getting Door
Ell subjects every year for apprentices
for this very reason. But we can reach
a point so low that it is impossible to
get any lower, and L believe we have
about reached that point in some lines
of business. Some parents, and boys
too, are at last getting their eyes opened.
They are learning that they cannot
plant dudes and raise men. Many
bubbles have been pricked. and
much gliding has worn through. La
Dor is becoming more dignified, because
more than ever before it is welded to
thought. The manual training-schools
which are springing up in nearly all of
Il large cities are giving instruction
to many boys whose parents, perhaps,
would not at first consent to them en-
tering the shops. These schools are
doing a good work in teaching the prin-
ciples of trades, III fostering a genuine
love fer mechanics, and in pointing out
the way to the special field where the |
young man can labor with the assurance
of receiving his highest reward. With
such frightening prospects as the work
of the manual training School warrants
we see no reason for fearing that the
race of good workmen in any trade will
soon die out. On the contrary, we be-
lieve we will see mechanics increasing
in numbers and skill from year to wear.
American.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-15
I'M THE LAND OF XXI
How a Southerner Asks You 20 Step Up to
the Bar and Take suth'in.


Idon't say that a true southerner would
be mortally offended if you refused to
drink with him, yet when he invites
you you sometimes feel that the invita-
ton m right from the heart and
you feel mean not to accept. Don't
imagine that he walks around hunting
for somebody to swallow liquidi in chorus
with him. His invitation comes only
after you have sat down with him and
had chat ON old times and future pros
poets. He is shy of you at first. You
can feel that he is sounding you and
trying to make an estimate of whether
you will do to tie to. By-and-by he
warns up and does two-thirds of the
talking. Further on he hitchess his
chair a little closer. Then he grows
confidential, and first you know he taps
your arm or your leg with his finger to
emphasize his remarks. An invitation
to drink is not far off. l have watched
it in a hundred cases, and l never knew
it to fail once.
Eyes, sir" he says-"yes, sir, l was in
that very fight you speak of, and my
brigade was on our left flank. I tell
you, it was hot. You Yanks were down
behind a ridge, audit seemed as if every
one of you had a sixteen shooter.
Along about. Say, lets have
something"
But Istarted to tell you how a South
ern man drinks. Almost invariably he
takes a straight whiskey. Your beer is
waiting while he pours out his hair
litter. He raises his glass, surveys the
contents for five seconds, and then with
a nod and a humble in which you catch
the word luck, he seems to throw the
whlskey down his throat in a lump. He
never stops to taste, MOI smack, nor
dilute, but down it goes as if he had not
a minute to spare, and you are left with
two-thirds of a glass of beer in your
hand. He'll settle the score, wipe off
his mouth, chew up two or three kernals
of coffee, and consult his watch before
the last of your glass is gone, and you
can't help but feel that yOu are trespass-
ing upon his valuable time. Nasty.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-15

Louis Napoleon and the Car was up to
He received from the sovereigns in
Europe diamonds, iewelry and pictures
for the work he did them, and his house
is filed with beautiful things which
came from his practice.
Corr. Cleveland Leader.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-15

Atlanta is liable to become famous
after the New Orleans style. Mary
Raspberry has sued the city to recover
the possession of25 acres on which are
so houses, claiming hat it was inherited
from an aunt whose will was lost or
stolen.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-15

Here is Boston Hearld philosophy
1.-THE habit of berating the weather is a
very foolish one. Let us accept the in
evltable with cheerfulness. Bad wealth
er IS at least an impartial visitation.
We are all in for it together. What is
the use of kicking 2"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-11-15
The Man With Legs OF Glass.
nsf...tg fT9.u..


"Hallucination - said DR.. jerks;
"Knew man once who thought his legs
were made Of glass. Lived down east.
An old, wealthy, dyspeptic bachelor. l
think the idea about his legs was tho
result of dyspepsia, but was quite boy
at the time. Anyway, the old boy WAS SO
afraid of having his legs brokon that he
cried out when any one approached the
bed. There was an old doctor in the
vicinity who was half mad himself. aud
this old fellow determined to cure him.
Ono day he called and asked tho old man
to come out for drive. OF course the
old fellow was Mortified, but the doctor
insisted, and he at last consented to go.
A bed was made up in tho doctors con-
'veyance and tho dyspoptio carried
out and tenderly laid In 1t. They
drove Off and about. until over hill u
little distance Oil tho saw they stago COM
ing
"Then the doctor, by a dextcrous twist
of the lines, overturned tho buggy and
tumbled the old man out into til middle
of the road. Of course no cried out that
he was done for, but the doctor righted
his buggy and drove of, leaving him
squirming in the middle of tho road and
quito unable to move, owing to his glass
legs. Suddenly he was alarmed by q
shout and saw tho stage come tearing
down the slope, heading straight for him.
He gesticulated, but the doctor had fixed
things with the driver and the stage came
right along. Well, the old fellow stood ii
until the stage was only q few feet away.
Then he jumped up and ran-ran clean
back to town-and was never bothered
with glass legs again"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-11-15
A sronY rnoM nnNnp1or.
A Midnight Scene That Caused Com
siderable Excitement.


Baltimore american.
In tho quaint little town Of Benedict,
in Charles county, Nd, the people retire
early and are,gonorally not disturbed In
their slumben On Saturday night, how
ever, there was an unexpected scene
which drew the sloopy inhabitants from
their bods and sent thrill of excitement
through the whole settlement. A little
after 8 o'clock tho shrill screams OF n
woman rent tho air and penetrated tho
whole village. All were Immediately up,
and, slipping OH whatever was handy in
tho way of clothes. rushed out to learn
the cause. The first TO arrive whore the
woman was screaming found her tuggiug
at the coat tails of her husband, who was
partially up a ladder leading to tho room
of oolored woman named Jano Bush,
who had reached Benedict that
night by steamer from Baltimore,
The wife accused her husband
OF climbing tho ladder for u pur-
pose unbecoming u married man, and OK
claimed that sho had caught him, to
which no replied that he did not caro- If
she had. On Saturday morning the man
left home, stating TO his vito that no was
going to Patuxent City, fow miles dis
tant, and not to DO alarmed If he did not
return at night, as he might possibly
spend the night at the house OF relative
thore. Tho woman did not soc her spouse
aftorward, until awakened by tho placing
of the ladder against the house leading to
the room of the girl Bush, which was in
tho same building and adjoining her
apartments, and on going out to fluid
what caused tho noise found him in tho
situation mentioned. The man returned
TO his home Sunday, took his gun and
went of, and has not been seon since.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-11-15
Label Them, Please.

Simpson" said the managing editor,
"please don't write any more pathetic ar
ticles. ask you this as personal favor,
for am inclined to look on the bright
side of life, and when thoughtlessly tako
up an article like the one you wrote last
night, why 1t topples me over the preci-
pice of dependency and gloom, whore
1iopnder for hours before can climb up
the rugged stoep and again basE in tho
beams of tho SUM-" '"ro which article do
you refer2' asked Simpson. THE one
headed "A Drummer's Experience with q
Bottle of Cocktail" "Why, sir, that
was humorous article" THAT'S so |!
Well, give us some pathos, then. Say,
Simpson, label 'em, please"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-11-15
COURT RECORD.


Court in Genera, 7trm-chief Justice Cartier
and justices Macarthur and Jdnle5.--Shepherd
VS.. f. S. & +. Co., and Thompson VS. Bradley,
on hearing.
Circuit Cbur-J,s,ice Hamacr.-Flannery VS..
b. Il o. X. X, Co., jury out. johnson IL Co. VS.
Mattlngly; death of defendant suggested, and
leave TO withdraw motion. Micium VS.. Hub
ball; order making j. W. Cross, trustee, a
Equity Cout--T,tsiice C5r-Knox vs.. Knox;
appearance Of absent defendant. Alexander
vs.. Bouldlni sale ordered, and w, X DAhamed
appointed trustee to sell. Mitchell VS.. Mtchcll;
custody of children awarded complainant
during the hearing of the case. Thornton VS..
Thornton; payment of alimony ordered StrO.
bel w. Strobcl leave to file deeds, aud to can.
eel Others. Howard VS.. Howard; divorce
discontinued with leave to Withdraw papers.
HOlt2claw VS. Ford; National Metropolitan Fire
Insurance Co., allowed to become party COM
plainant. Thyson vs.. sFoley; order making
Black & Willard party complainants.
Pr0bdtc Covt-Jtsitce COc,-Est1te OF Cathe-
rlne Roster; order of publication issued Is
tate of VIM. Liley: final notice issued Estate
of DOrelte Bohm final motto issued. Estate OF
Mary A. s. l., Kimmell; order appointing Jno.
w. Pilling administrator and bond lXOd al
$50. Estate of David p. Holloway; inventory
OF personal estate returned. Estate OF James
record. WIN Of Phebe w. Tayloe; order OF
publication issued. VIII Of John l.. Kaiser
filed for probate and record. Estate of Vim.
IL. GlOssaEe; ofuef appointing SAtln j, GOSS'
age administrators and bond fixed nj $500
Estate of James Wormley; order appointing
Ward Iatimer and Isaac Landie appraisers
Estate John Diggan; will admitted TO probate
and record and letters OF administration
issued to Benjamin +. Rittenhouse and
bond for $500 approved. Estate OF
Mary A. 7, Quincy petition Of Louisa
Mattingiy for admission of VIII to probate and
record nied Estate of David steele; motion Ia
authorize collection of drafts passed Estate
of Frank Madison ordered that Matilda Madl
| son be allowed to receive $500 for her present
support. Estate Of Mary A, DodsOn; letters oi
administration ordered to issue to William A.
| WrOe and bond fixed at 500.
| Criminal COuH--Jus'ice IPUie.--Henson Stew
art murder; postponed until to-day, Joseph
| simmons, larceny from the United States; ar
raigned and pleaded not guilty. George
| Ilough, murder; arraigned and pleaded not
| guilty. John o, kelser et al, convicted O
| housebreaking; motion In arrest of Judgment
| flied. Assignment for to'day-Henson Stewart,
| murder.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-11-15
nccas EIIed for Recora Yostorlny.

+ st., north side, bet ~ and 9th sts. g. W., lot
81, John Hitz, ct al, sub of 50, iO5, james
5, Edwards, trustees, to Charles II. Vernon,
5000
Water st., north side, bet. 2lst and 22d SITS. n.
W., lot O: q st., south side, bet Dist and 22d
SITS, II. W.. lot 10, So. IS; "a st., east side bet.
Q and X SITS. s. W., lot . 81. 6O3 LIST st., west
side, ut the H. w, cor, OF u 81. 5. W, lot |, 50,
6O0i V st., south side bet, LIST and ID sts &. W,
lot :, 50, Gl3i q ST. sonth side, bet Il St. n.
w, and North Capitol st., lot II, So Oh; q st.,
north side, bet. Del. ave, and Half 81. 3. W;
Hall ST. west side, bet. Il and q sts. :, W., lots
and -, 50. 6l2i lla! st. east side, nj the u,
c. cor. of q s.. 5. W. lot $, So Gi2; II st., south
side bet Half and LIST SIS 8. W., lots -, %, %,
and u, so. south Of 50. 6i3; Half st., east
side bet. Il aud $ sts s, W., lot o. 50, GG2 ;
Water st, east side bet. 5 aud 4 sts, y, W. l0t
g. 81. @, OF 50, Gji; lst., east side, bet, V
and w sts, :. w, lot 4, 81. s, oisl, Gj'' Water
aud TO- 50, 6. OFFS of667; Half st., west side,
bet, q aud II sls. S, g., lot s. 81, 7Os Il st.,
north side, bet 18th and 18th sts., Il, W, lots
. ana 3, 50. ~; 2lth st., east side, bet. and X
sts n, w., S, lot 10, So 49, G ST., south side,
10Th st., west side, bet, b and q sts n. W.,
lots 49, II, ~, -, and II, all in So rs; ID st.,
west side, bet. # aud u sts., S. W, lot 49, 81.
COS; 10Th st., east side, bet, A ana East Capt.
tOl sts., lot s. 81, l,OIOi East Capitol 81, north
side, bet, l1th ana 18th So. a. o., lot . A st.,
south side, bet l7th and 18th SITS, n. O., lot !,
both In 81. O9j A st., north side bet. nth
and 18th sls. s. O., lots and q, 81. LODE 18th
ST. west side, bet, and Is SITS. s. o., lot H.
ut. lot /, 50. l.O07 Charles ID. Fowler, trustee,
To Augustus nurgdOrf 46GH.
N st., south side, bet oth ahl lOth bts H. W.,
pit, lot 10, So 16o james DOCKET TO augustus
GEORGETOWN.
Bealps addition, pt lots 237, 2is, and 239 VIM,
H. Decide to Edgar brlsDy, 0l,b9l.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-11-15

BALTIMORE, Nov. 14-Cotton higher mid
ding l0lEc. Flour steady and quiet;
Howard street and western superfiue,
S296@2G5i do. extra. S2.7j93.37; do.
family. s3.5O@450; city mills superiine,
e22562G6; do. extra, S3.O061375; do Rio
brands, Sl.626l4.75 PatApsCO family, $780, do.
gperlative patent, $500. MISREPRESENTATION
steady; western about steady, dull; southern
red, Sl6DsGc; do amber, 9O@93o; No. | Mary
land S7@gS711c.; No. western winter red, spot,
7y@lDhc; December, S14@SOl3c; January, S9S
GS2nc Corn-Southern active and steady,
western steady, closing dull; southern white,
b3@0lc do, yellow, 52@dc: western mixed,
spot, b3c asked, now; year Hl%@ l1Ae;
southern, 33036c; western white, 3iGG3ioi
do. mixed, 32@S3c Pennsylvania, 33G3jc.
Rye quiet at d20G6o. Hay steady; primo
to choice Pennsylvania and Maryland, SlL0O
@l5,6O. Provisions caster and quiet;
mesa pork, new, 5000; bulk meats, shoulders
and clear rib sides, packed, 7l3@Sj4c; bacon
shoulders, S4ci clear rib Sides, he; hams
1l@lAl2c;lard, refined, De- Butter easy; western
packed, l2022ci creamery, 23@3lc. Eggs
easier at 2jN26c. Petroleum nominal; re-
fined. 72S97jdc. Coffee dull; Rio CargOoy,
ordinary to iair, sj4@9jIc. Sugar steady; A
soft &c. Copper-Reiined quiet ut 12Ol2lc.
Whisky steady at slls@l,l0, Frclghts TO Liver
pool per steamer dull; cotton, 3-i0d; flour
1s,@ls 6l grain iI@5d Receipts
Flour, ESQ barrels; wheat, 1000 bushels;
coru,, 1900 bushels oats, 1000 bushels; rye,
1900 bushell. Sales-Whoat, 5S7OOO bushels;
corn, 5000 bushels
BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 1i-Virglnla past due
coupons, 8314i new lO.iOs, 81 bid to-day,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-11-15
ADvERrrsED LETTERS.

The following IL n list of advertised letters re.
naming In the Wellington city pO3tOnice Sat
urdny, Nov. 10, 1884.
RD4TO obtain any OF these letters the appli-
cant must call for ddrcriissd iCttgTg.
Rb-l not called for within four weeks they
will be s0nt 10 the dead letter Office.
INANA n. LMNlEN. pnalmhaler.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-11-15

joins b. GouGH tho iar,iamcd lecturer, cN,
cused himself 10 an audience because OF q bad
cold, then started for Egypt IN the nope OF get
ting rid of H. Egypt contains no remedy more
GektaIp In It's result than Dr.. Bull'sCough Syrup.