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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-10-21

FAIRFAX DEMoCRATs.-The Lincolnia
Democratic Club met last night, goodly
number being present. A large banner,
bearing the names of Lee, Massey. Ayers
and Chichester, has been procured, and
Thursday next, at 5! p. m, has been desig-
mated as the time it will be raised, when it
will be visible for miles around. A good
time may be expected on the occasion, and
all interested are cordially invited to be
present. Thanks were given to Walter
Bailey, Of Gross roads, for lettering the flag,
and to Chris. Plaskit for making the same;
A committee was appointed 10 see that all
entitled to register do SO BY Saturday, the
9th instant. Information is 10 he obtained
as to the movements of General Lee on the
3lst, and if favorable for escort all will
be eager TO join the cavalcade on the occa,
sion The West End precinct will do good
work in the contest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-10-21

PERSONALLY Henry Pollard still con-
tinues extremely i'll at his residence, corner
of Duke and Lee streets.
Mr.. Robert e. Knight is i'll with typhoid
foyer at his residence, in the First ward.
Mr.. Thomas Semmes has been called to
Fauquier county by the serious illness of his
sister. Mrs. Bastable,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-10-21

GEORGETOWN CATTLE MARKET Oct. 2O.-Sales
of live stock at Drovers' Rest yesterday were as
follows: 200 Cattle up and $50 sold best at f1Aa
~ good at 4a4E. medium at 3sAa4 common
25a3la. 3O2 Sheep and Lambs; Sheep at 3a4 !;
Lambs at lL.a51b 81 Cows and Calves, at S2oa
$50. Cattle dull Sheep and Lambs brisk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-10-21

DEMOCRATIC CoMMITTEE.-The City
Democratic Committee held meeting last
night and heard reports of the progress OF
the canvass which is being made, all OF
which were of the most encouraging nature.
They decided to keep the canVassers active
ly at work till the day of election, and to
make further collections to carry on such
work AS every democratic citizen IS In
terested in the result of this election 1t IS
hoped they will all subscribe something to
aid in the final overthrow of Malone in the
State
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-10-21

REGISTER !-Voters should remember that
after Saturday next no one can be register
ed or transferred. This duty should be at
tended to without delay. Go to the city
headquarters and you can get all informa
ton, or they will get your transfers for you
or see that you are properly registered
Call at once and see if you are prepared to
vote on the Sd of November. If you are at
all in doubt as to your status, do not fail to
spend a few minutes in settling the matter
The democrat who fails to register and vote
in this momentous crisis is lacking in the
chief attribute of good citizenship.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-10-21

There are no new features to note in the Flour
markets Stocks are we'll assorted and the de-
mand continues good, especially for medium and
high grades. Wheat is quiet at the recent decline;
speculative grades and futures are tame, while
there is moderately active trading in prime
milling lots Corn is easy and lowor. Rye and
Oats arc steady. Choice Butter is in demand at
better prices. Other produce is without material
change Apples have not been so abundant for
many years aud arc hard to sell.
ALEXANDRIA CATTLE MARKET, Oct. II, 1850.
Prices ranged as follows
best. AZ Az
Good 4 AN
Medium or fair quality .........".... 3b
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen andCows "a "a
Calves 5 as
sheen 3 "A
G,.mhs a 51a
Hog. 5h 61h
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-10-21

AONfOhal SOUhI-Uutye ~. =. @1CuUo
presiding. vs.. William and Randall
Fountain convicted of an assault; motion
for new trial overruled and exceptions
noted
Com. VS.. Henry Willis; indictment for
breaking and entering the store of Mr.. John
Chilly; Jury and verdict of guilty, term
fixed at two years in the penitentiary, and
prisoner sentenced.
J. F. Einstein and Benoit Baer were nat
uralized and became citizens of the United
States.
The City Treasurer presented his annual
report of improper assessments. insoivenU
captation and property tax and also the
delinquent land tax lists.
Duncan vs.. Adam; suit to recover money
bet on horse race; jury and verdict for de-
PENDANT.
Duncan vs.. Orrisop; suit to recover money
bet on horse race; jury and case IN pro-
gress.
The remainder OF the day was occupied
in hearing petitions for the reduction OF
State assessments on property in this city
A DANGEROUS FoRD.--The stream known
as Four. mile run, few miles distance from
this city, in the county, was very high this
morning, caused by the heavy rain last
night. There is no bridge over it for teams
anywhere in the county except at the old toll
gate, and, consequently, it has TO tc forded
by those wishing 10 cross. This morning
several parties desiring to cross were haliied
by the angry look Of the stream; but Mr. j.
E. Clements, not being well acquainted with
the Righteousness of the stream, drove his
horse and buggy in, when he was immedi.
ately swept about sixty feet down, but man
L. a3- hoo har fraa
his buggy did not overturn nor his horse
trip, and several plunges forward of the
animal brought him safely though wet to the
waist, across. A substantial bridge over
this run is an absolute necessity. Many
people who would deal in this city go to
Washington from the county and do their
trading because of the fear Of fording the
run after storm. 1t is understood that
the authorities of the county will consider
the question of putting bridge over this
stream at an early day.
FIGHTs-A fight took place between
number of young colored men near the cor
ner Of Royal and Princess streets, last night,
during which Dock Butler, Jas. Henderson,
and JAS Miner were badly cut about their
heads and faces with rocks. Several Of the
men were arrested and taken before the
Mayor for trial this morning, who fined
some and dismissed the others. The men
were attendants at colored ball which was
held in the neighborhood.
Early this morning fight took place be.
tween several persons on the ferry wharf
during which one man drew dirk and
threatened to kill q woman, but all concern
ed jumped on the boat and left for Wash
ing, thus preventing capture BY the police.
PERsoNAL-Mr Henry Pollard still con-
tinues extremely i'll at his residence, corner
Of Duke and Lee streets.
Mr.. Robert e. Knight is i'll with typhoid
fever at his residence, in the First ward.
Mr.. Thomas Semmes has been called to
Fauquier county by the serious illness of his
sister Mrs BaStable.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-10-21

Money easy at 1a2. Cotton quiet and firm
uplands 913-16; Orleans 10; futures steady
Flour quiet and heavy. Wheat unsettled AM
lower. Corn unchanged. Pork steady at $9 oh
100 Lard firm at So 30.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-10-21

HALrlMrnE, Oct 21.-Va 6's def'd is y; consol
so; pas; due coupons SO; now 10 4Os 1914 new
IS SOL, bid to day. Cotton dull; middling 9'6
Flour quiet and steady Howard street 81 and wss5
do family 81 5oa5 -; City Mills super 50 GOA
3 so; do extra $3 75a4 % do Rio brands
lativc patent SIS %. Wheat,-Southcrn dull and
easy; Western dull and lower; Southern red 9 9S
81 do amber 1OOa1O2; No ] Maryland goa
81; No . Western winter red spot 9Oa9l !;
November 92a924; December 9SAa%y5 ~,
crn dull but steady Southern white 54a54 y do
yellow 5ss53a Western mixed SPOT 'Gsoo
449saa5.' Oats quiet: Southern and Penna goa 3,
"a Western white 32a34: do mixed 29a3l.
Pennsylvania and Maryland 81 OOa17 90. Pro
visions fair, active and steady; Mess Pork Pork
packed 4baGls. Bacon shoulders 5; clear rib
sides ia; hams 11l4a12A 90 LaEd-rsilned - 2
IS. Eggs firm ard higher at 20a21. Coffee
dull; Rio cargoes, ordinary to fair u, zNsas:
Sugar quiet and easy A soft 61ba69s Whiskey
steady at 81 Hal is.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-10-21

CHICAGO, Oct 21.-Whcat opened weak, nervous
holders throwing considerable long" property on
the market, which caused December to decline
almost instantly to esss, but under fair buying
tho price rose to s9a then fell back again rapidly
to sS1, and is now quoted ssh. The cables
quoted lower foreign markets and moderately
free receipts at all primary points Corn easy
at lie lower. Oats lsc lower. Pork TIC lower.
Lard SC lower.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-10-21

The market this week was again affected by
delayed trains, aud but few Cattle were ohcreo'
dealers going abroad for supplies. Calves in fair
dcmgnd. Sheep dull. Lambs in fair inquiry;
Hogs iu fair supply and prices arc unchanged
since last week 8 report. Cows and Calves in fair
demand.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-01-24
AN AVALANCHE.

Terrible Destruction Wrought In an Auh
titan village by an Avalanche-Housei
Wrecked and the Inmates Buried Beneath
the snow-A Large Number Killed and
Injured.
LONDON, January 10,
Vienna dispatches describe snow
slide in the mountainous Province Of Car.
inthia, in Austria, which overwhelmed,
in an instant, the portion of the city OF
Glagenfurt which lies under the Alpine
foothills. The snow fall has been I'M
usually heavy this winter, but no danger
was anticipated until the middle of last
week, when slight earthquake shocks
were reported at various points in the
Carnic Alps. There was anxiety in
Glagenfurt, not so much because
earthquakes might visit them, bu'
because slight vibration OF the
mountains would start an avalanche tina:
might and would wreck the old historic
town. Outside Of these fears, some hun
tiers brought the unwelcome news that
there we're signs of movements along the
snow masses of the mountains, but they
attributed it to u partial thaw. Yesterday
morning, however, when worshipers were
on their way to the Cathedral, a heavy
rumbling was heard far up on the noun
tains. A glance upward from the city saw
the snow-clsd surface in billowy motion,
and in less than three minutes the avail.
anche came with
CRASH AND ROAR
upon the outskirts OF the town, burying
some houses thirty feet IN snow, and
sweeping lighter structures before it like
straws. Parties of men ut once rushed to
the rescue of the overwhelmed citizens.
On the upper shore it was found that many
of the inhabitants had been utterly swept
away. Twenty-Five corpses were discover
ed, some OF them stripped OF every por-
ton of clothing and horribly mangled.
Nearly hundred persons were found suf-
fering from confused wounds, or
crushed and helpless under beams and
snow. Lower down, the work of
digging out the snow-mprisoned was be-
glln and carried on with vigor. On the
upper slope child was found unhurt,
though imprisoned under head of debris
which had been stopped from descending
TO the valley by a bowlder. Its parents
had been swept away with their dwelling.
Many affirm that an earthquake shock had
been felt, but it is held that the fall OF
such mass of snow would account for
any vibrations felt.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-01-24
a CONFLICT OF WILLS.
A Pair of Wills of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines
offered for Probate-More Litigation In
Prospect.

A Pair of Wills of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines
offered for Probate-More Litigation In
Prospect.
NEW ORLEANS, La, January 81
The succession of Myra Clark Gaines bids
fair to be as fruitful of litigation as that
of her father. The day after her death
two wills were offered for probate, each
purporting to be her last will and tesla
ment. The first one filed bore date Jan
uary Sth, and was as follows:
l, Myra Clark Gaines, being of sound mind,
bequeath to my excellent friend, Mrs. Juliet
tn Perkins, as II token OF my esteem and
love, that part of my estate known as the
Fuentes property, and to my Trend Mrs.
Marie T.. Evans, one third OF the remainder
OF my entire estate, the balance TO be equal
ly divided between my grandchildren. lap
point Mrs. Marie L. Evans my testamentary
eNecutriX and detainer OF my entire estate
without bond"
This document appears TO be in the
handwriting of Mrs. Gaines, and is ac-
companied by a letter dated Washington,
last August, in which the deceased writes
Mrs. Evans, offering her one-thlrd OF her
estate and appointing her eXecutriX and
detainer without bond.
The other will is filed by William ii.
Wilder, an old friend of the deceased,
and James T. Christmas, who are therein
named testamentary executors without
bond. The will is dated January 9th,
and after directing the payment OF Just
debts, bequeaths to Mrs. Virginia Davis,
at whose house she died, Il tract OF 800
acres of land on Plaquemine Brusle, st.
Landry Parish; to her daughter, Mrs.
Whitney, and son-in-law, Christmas, and
their heirs, she gives 100000 each, to-
gether with all real and personal proper
ty not otherwise devised.
The other requests are as follows:
Edmund Pendleton Gaines, son OF her late
husband, $50, 900; George Benson, Mari
eta, Ga; Rev. John Harmon, of MiSsis-
sippi, and her god-child Myra Mazerat,
| $40. 900 each. This will revokes all pre-
vious ones, and bears the names OF five
witnesses to the testator's mark, she be-
ing too i'll to sign her name. The attor-
news for the parties to the last mentioned
will have filed an objection to the pro-
batting of the first one, alleging 1t is not
genuine, Mrs. Gaines being too i'll the
day before her death to have written the
document, as evidenced by her inability
to merely sign her name three days pre-
vious. They therefore ask that it be
thrown out. So the case stands at
present. The matter will soon come up
for decision before Judge Houston.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-01-24
EATING.
How Americans Spoil Their Stomachs and
violate Good Manners.

Hurried eating is breach of good
manners. Americans are proverbially
fast eaters. Not the boOrish and low
lived, but the "best'' people, so-called.
are often guilty of this indecency. Dr.
Willard Parker, in recent lecture in
this city, gave the following bill of fare
seen to be eaten in Albany by a 'legis-
lator" in three and half minutes: Two
boiled eggs, two large potatoes, beef
steak, two goblets of milk, plate of
ham and eggs, plate of buckwheat
cakes and large cup of coffee. The
poor man, however, complained to a
friend that he didn't feel well, and was
troubled with dyspepsia" What sort
of legislation can be expected from
such bilious creaturesP Animals do
better. The carrier-pigeon arrives from
its long flight exhausted, refuses food,
taking, perhaps, a little water, and set
ties down to rest. Then it will revive
and eat Instinct teaches it that when
the nerve power is gone it can't he
turned on at the stomach for digestion;
the steam is too low. The proprietor
of the AstOr-House restaurant says that
it is strange "to see the way these
Americans 90 at their food. A man
will start at Wall street, run all the
way to the Astor as fast as his legs
will carry him, and shovel in his lunch
as though his life depended on his get
ting through in five minutes. Then he
will stand around here and talk for an
hour or longer without thinking of go
ing back to his office. have seen them
90 over and converse for solid hour
with the cashier, after running through
their feed like chain Lightning" ~ Home
Science.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-01-24
Butler Sues EllSlns for Fulfillment of
Agreement.
NEW YORK, January 20.

NEW lOhh, JdnuuTy ~
B. +. Butler has begun suit in the United
States Circuit Court against Stephen B.
Elkins, TO compel the latter to make a
deed conveying to the former 100000
acres of land, being part of the Mora
grant in New Mexico. About February
LIST, 1884, Butler agreed to purchase the
land at seventy-fve cents an acre provid.
ed the title was clear. He sent o. ID.
Borker to New Mexico, who examined the
titles and found part OF them to be clear
and the balance clouded. Butler offered
$4,000 for the land despite thea objec-
tons, which proposition was accepted by
Elkins. Several deeds were drawn, but
all of these instruments were objection
able to one or the other of the princi-
pals. Butler asks that the Court compel
Elkins to make out a proper deed, and
meanwhile the defendant is enioined and
restrained from disposing of any of tho
property mentioned.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-01-24
THE NATIONAL TRAIL.
The Prospect ofthe Success of the Proposed
Measure Rather Misty, Owing to vlgor-
Gus Opposition-Whatt the Effect Will BE.

The Prospect Ofthe Success of the Proposed
Measure Rather Misty, Owing to Vlgor-
Gus Opposition-What the Eff ct viii BE.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, January 10.
al have given up all hope that the Ma
tional Cattle Trail bill will get through
Congress- was said by Henry Warren,
one of the lobbying committee sent to
Washington by the Texas State Stock AS
ISOLATION. He is at the Lindell Hotel re-
turning to Weatherford, Texas, his home.
at seems to me now that there is no
chance of the bills snccess."
"Why2" asked the reporter who has
been constantly informed that it was a
surety.
because we have had more to fight
against than the opposition of Kansas and
the northwest. The eastern cattlemen
have also placed themselves in antagon-
ism to the bill, and it is disapproved of
by others on the ground that its passage
would be against public policy, as it al
fected the rights of actual settlers. This
is the ground taken, for instance, by
Senator Edmunds, with whom / had a
talk before left Washington, although
ne said that he would make no active Oh
lection to the bill. Our attempt TO re-
concile
OUR KANSAS OPPONENTS
did not succeed, and | am going home.
Elk Congressman Epson, the other Texas
committeeman, will probably remain in
Washington"
"What will Texas do now, falling to
get the trail?"
sect rid Of some of its breeding cattle
by railroad shipments, in order to reduce
the number of the stock which have been
kept for supply purposes. Next season
over 100000 COWS and immature cattle
will come to the east from the Texas
ranges. In consequence the market will
be glutted with cheap but poor beef"
The National Cattle Convention, which
met in ST. Louis last November, passed
a resolution asking Congress to with
draw from settlement a strip of the pub
lie domain, six miles wide and $50 miles
long, extending from Red River on the
South to the Red River on the North, and
set it aside to be used as a Nation
al highway, over which the cattle
sold in Texas could be driven to their
Northern purchasers. The trail thus ask
ed for would contain 1850 square miles
or 2,6ll, 200 acres of land In the con-
yention, Kansas announced that it would
resist the passage of the bill, and its ex.
ample has been followed by other States
since Congress convened.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-01-24
THE HISTORIC FIELD.
The First Army Corps and the Coming Visit
to Gettysburg.

to Gettysburg.
WASHINGTON, d. c., January TO-
The First Army Corps at meeting in
this city to make arrangements for its
visit to Gettysburg, May 4th and 5tn
next, elected Hon. A. G. Curtin, of
PennsylvaHia, President. On taking the
chair Governor Curtin made an eloquent
speech, in the course of which he stated
his fixed determination of bringing in q
bill at the next session of Congress for
the placing of General Rosecrans on the
retired list of the army. He further
stated his belief that 1t was the duty of
the country to properly provide for such
soldiers as Slocum and Averill. Both
sentiments were received with vociferous
applause.
Speeches were then made by Generals
Rosecrans, Hunt, Stannard, Colegrave,
Congressman Haynes and Colonel Lee
Crandall, of Stonewall Jackson's staff,
who was present by invitation.
On motion of the historian, Major j.
II. Slime, Governor Curtin was elected
chairman of the committee to invite the
Governors of the States which furnished
troops to the corps, while General Rose
craus was elected chairman of the Con-
.gressional Committee.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-01-24
OUR CARRYING TRADE.

Excerpts From Report of the Secretary
of State Concerning Our Trade With Mex
leo, Central and South America and the
West Indies.
WASHINGTON, d. c., January 81.
In response to a resolution OF the
Senate, the Secretary of State sent to that
body a report concerning our trade
with Mexico, Central and South America,
and the West Indian Islands. In his let
ter accompanying the report the Secre-
tary calls attention to a comparative
statement which is summarized below,
showing the exports FROM England,
France and the United States to those
countries of cotton goods, iron and steel,
machines and implements, and hardware
and cutlery, during the year 1888, for
England and France, and for the fiscal
year 1884, for the United States:
United
ARTICLES. England. France. States.
Cotton manu-
factures"..S 45,73SOOO 6,2l5,OOO 4,563,OOO
Iron steel. ll,0JJU0O 5,33J,OJO 2,olO,OOO
Machine i'm
plem'ts, etc s,O22OOO 1857 900 6.s2O,OOO
Hardware Il
cutlery 49," 3,5O5OOO $4,000 l,25i,OOO
Total prnci-
pal articles. Gs,355,OOO lO,S25,OOO l5,A7,OOO
All other ar
ticles....... 43,s2s,OOO 66,s3s,OOO 4s,6lS,OOO
Grand total.sll ,lS5,OOO $7,2l3,OOo S64 100000
1t appears from the communication that
foreign vessels bring to the United States
from these countries double the imports
brought in American vessels. Upon this
peculiar feature of our carrying trade the
following details are given:
Imports into the United States from
South America in freight vessels S49,-
724, 600. In American vessels, S25, 959,-
900.
Exports from the United States to
South America: In American vessels,
Sl9,93S,OOO. In foreign vessels, Sll ,2S2,-
900.
Of our total imports from South
America, foreign steam vessels brought
products to the value OF $50 ,0G3,OOO,
against $9,893, 900 brought in American
steam vessels, while of our total exports
to South America foreign steam vessels
carried goods to the value of only $+,040,-
600, against SO, 35l 900 in American steam
vessels
The principal reason assigned for the
great difference is that round trips OF the
great European lines of steam vessels are
expedited on the following programme
From Europe, laden with European man
ufactures for South America; from South
America, laden with South American
products for the United States; from the
United States, laden with our products
for Europe, thus completing the circle tc
the advantage of European trade. There
are but few foreign steam vessels carry
ing American products to South Amer
lea.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-01-24
, Rad woman and An Uncutiful Son.
WHEELING, W. VA, January 20

WHEELING, W. VA, January ~
Nora Prall, member of the deml
monde, went from Cincinnati to Wells
burg recently, and succeeded in bewitch-
ing Charlie Volhart. The woman de-
manded money for her exclusive affection
to be lavished ON Charlie, and he hired
man named Headington to assist him in
robbing his father, who had 81, l2O stored
away under his garnet steps. They took
the money last Saturday night, ana
Charlie fastened to lay part OF his share
at the feet of Nora. The police, through
the woman, got after the thieves and ar
rested them. Seven young men ABOUT
town, who took part of the money, know
ire it was stolen, were arrested for COM
plicity. All but $40 of the money was
recovered, and the cyprian, who was
also arrested, turned over what she had
and was permitted to go.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-01-24
Accidentally shot HIMSELF

NHhhbfUVhi VUH'I JdHUdIy TT
s. B. Sanborn, of the firm of Sanbom &
Lawrence, Appointment lawyer aged about
thirty-three, was fatally shot in the
abdomen by revolver which
he was attempting to take from the hands
of his little boy who had taken it from its
place in drawer. He leaves wife and
two small children. The deceased was a
nephew of Judge Brooks, OF the Queens
bench,