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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-13

still note fairly active demand with growing
| scarcity of low grades Wheat is easy, fuctuating
| and shade lower for speculative grades, while
| milling lots remain unchanged. The offerings
on change this morning were small. Fair Fuitz
brought 81; common and ordinary 81 b to 90
and mixed 104 No prime or longberry
offered Corn is steady; 1000 bushels OF white
| brought 63a63t, No yellow Corn, Rye or Oats
were sold. Produce is quiet with tendency tG
| lower figures
BALTIMORE. May 13.-Va. SIS Consolidated 49,:
past due coupons 81 do new 10 A0s new IS
61a, bid to-day. Gotten quiet; midding 1923.
Flour firm but quiet Howard street anc
Western super So 5OaS So do extra 81 gOa4 81
do family 81 65a5 so !; City Mills super So 5Oa
3 75 do extra 81 OOa4 25 do Rio Brands IS 90.
Patapsco family Sc 90; do superstivo patent
| S6 25 Wheat.-Southern steady and firm; West
ern opened 12c lower, ruled firm and higher
Southern red 1O5a1G6; do amber 107a112 No
Maryland 1O7asa1O7a! No 2 Western winter ed
spot nomnally 100: juno 101Ssa1O1a July
| 1O37sa1O4 August 1O59sa106 Corn Southern
| quiet and firm; Western dull and nornin.L.
Southern white 81; do yellow :j7a5s. wrs,or,,
mixed spot 55a56; June 55sF, IL: July 55I, hid,
Oats quiet and about STEADY Southern 42a45
Western white 44a45 do mixed 41a43. pcnua
42a46 Rye firm Ind in demand at S1aS3. Hay
quiet ana rafLer easy; prime to choice Penn.
syiVania sId Maryland Sl9s2O. Provisions dull
|
meats-shoulders and clear rib sides pack.
ed, 5Aa7. Bacon-shoulders 6; clear rib
sides 74.. Hams 114a13. Lard refined sl,.
Butter firm; Western packed l4a1S creamery
2oa23 Eggs firm and higher at 13iaal4. Coffee
dull Bio cargoes ordinary to fair aaSt, Sugar
fairly active and firm soft 6I2a6"s Whiskcy
| firm at 81 Goal 81.
CHICAGO May 13-11 q. m.--Tho markets
have all been quiet this forenoon with lower
prices prevailing. Wheat sold of y, reacted
| slightly and is now quoted at s9h. for June
Corn easy ut 47Ss for June. Oats 34as for June
Pork S11 for June. Lard IS S2la for Juno.
NEW YORK, May 13.-Stocks lower and active
Money easy at l. Cotton dull; upands 10 1916;
Orleans IL lis; futures quiet and steady Flour
dull and heavy. Wheat unsettled Corn better.
Pork dull and weak at $12 25a12 80. Lard
weaker at 81 O5.
New YORK, May 13-11 a. nj The Wheat
market is asassc lower and heavy with fairly az
tive business
ALEXANDRIA CATTLE MARKET, May -, 1856
Prices ranged as follows
Cattle-Very Observation-Disclosures. ga sly
aoi
Ordinary thin Steers Oxen andCows By a
SFes -..... o'1
oueep............. 4 y .
Lambs fall Lambs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES a1n
Hogs (dressed) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS a6I
Cows and Calves 25a$5O.
There were but few arrivals of Cattle this week
and only one sale made. Sheep dull. l., mb. in
fair demand. Calves in good demapi, Hoys
dull Cows and Calves sell readily.
MARINE NEWS,
PORT OF ALEXANDRIA, MAY 10. 1885.
SUN rises. ,....... 81 Sur. sets !
ARRIvE0.
Schr Advocate. Baltimore, to W A Smoot & Co.
Schr Irene. Norfolk, to SInoot & Co.
& Co.
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CHICAGO, May 13-11 q. m.--Tho markets
have all been quiet this forenoon with lower
prices prevailing Wheat sold of y, reacted
slightly and is now quoted at S9hs for June.
Corn easy ut 47ss for June. Oats 34as for June.
Pork $11 for June. Lard IS S2ls, for June.
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New YORK, May 13-11 q. III The Wheat
market is asassc lower and heavy with fairly az
tive business
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-13

NEW YORK, May 13.-Stocks lower and active
Money easy at l. Cotton dull; uplands 10 1916 ,
Orleans Il 1-16 futures quiet and steady Flour
dull and heavy. Wheat unsettled Corn better
Pork dull and weak at $12 25a12 90 Lard
weaker at 81 06
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$500, 900 4 Wear % convert


Great Britain has ali old-established
Society ior the Conversion to Chris
tianity. The society enjoys yearly
income ofnearly 100000, and in the
last report of the work of missions it
w,ls officially stated that three mem
bers OF the Hebrew community had
expressed a. desire to become Chris
tians "if they could induce their wives
to follow theiTexample," and that dur
ing the entire year twelve Jews had
been baptized in London, Some years
ago at meeting of this venerable as.
ISOLATION presided over by Lord Shat
tes bury, at Exeter Hall the noble Lord
declared, in an elaborate speech, that
the society had worked so hard dur.
ing that year that it had converted
three eminent Constantinople Hebrews
to Christianity, but they ran away tC
the synagogue Immediately after they
had been christened and got about 6
thousand guineas apiece.
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A Republicans Advice To
RenuhIicmws.

Mr., Theodore Roosevelt has not on
ly returned from his cattle ranch in
Dakota, but has also expressed some
opinions on the political situation.
"The nominees" he said, should be
men of spotless integrity" That is
true. They should be indeed, but
they have not been. When the voters
of this country evicted the old party
was it not simply and only because it
had proven itself venal and corrupt
and unable to handle the peoples
money without pocketing a part Of it?
Mr., Roosevelt proves that he is not
himself an offensive partisan when he
says :--"Where the President has done
well-and on certain questions he has
beyond doubt, done very well--he
should receive the praise and support
OF all republicans; but where he has
done badly we can hardly be required
to keep silence" That is the position
OF patriotism, but not the position OF
most republican newspapers, 1t is
the position which we have ourselves
occupied from the beginning. 1t is
the only tenable position for a man
who is not political fanatic, or who
does not make a living out OF his poll.
tics. 1t indicates that independence
which is consistent in approving wha
ever is right, whether it originates
with the one party or the other
The republicans will do well to med
itate on Mr. Roosevelts words and t
take his advice. The people are sat
isfed with the present administration
and believe it to be unbribable, but
there is any man on this continen
who can do more and better than Nj
| Cleveland the people would like t.
have MIN make himself visible il
| 1883 That is practical politics. Civ
us the best man out OF tifty-6ve mi
lions and we will not ask whether he
a republican or democeat
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-16
Mrs. Rnyard.s Condition,

WILMINGTON, Del, July IL, 1856
Mrs. Bayard slept well last night and
was somewhat refreshed this morning.
Early in the forenoon, however, her
condition grew less favorable. At
o'clock her physicians stated that she
was weaker, her pulse more frequent
and temperature below the normal.
She continued thus during the after
noon, and at eleven O'clock tonight
there was no change. Ter condition
is such that tits very dou bful if she will
linger over tomorrow. Her family is
with her, the absent ones being. sum
moned yesterday and her last moments
here are being made as peaceful and
comfortable as possible The anxiety
produced by public affairs and the
sorrow overshadowing his home have
made wonderful change in the Sec
rotary during the past few days He
looks weary and worn and seems to be
almost completely broken down.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-16
blind TOMS Case.

ALEXANDRA, Va, July 10.-ln the
United States Circuit Court this morn
ing the case of Blind Tom, which was
brought into court yesterday on writ
of habeas corpus issued out by his
mother, came up. In the course Of the
opinion the Court said ~ have no
right or justice to remove him from
his. present custody, and feel bound in
the interest of humanity, to remand
him to the custody in which he was
born, in which he had lived all his life
and in which he is a xious to remain, "
During the trial OF he case, in order
to allow the Court t. form an opinion
as to mental condition of Tom, several
questions were propounded to him, to
all OF which he gave fairly ineligible
answers, but would invariably say that
he wanted to stay with General Beth
une and go back to Warrenton, ,..
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-16

II Secretary Whitney courted en-
couragement to enter upon a contest
with Mr.. Roach when he applied to
Attorney General Garland for an
opinion about the responsibility of the
United States in the Dolphin affair he
cannot complain that he did not get
what he wanted. Mr.. Garland does not
leave much of Mr.. Roach or Mr..
Chandler or the Advisory Board or
the Dolphin, demolishing each in
turn with as much ease as they were
nothing more than marine insects
under a piledriver.
He holds that Congress had no
right to enact that the Dolphin should
be accepted upon the examination and
report. OF the Advisory Board because
this took away authority from the
Secretary OF Navy with whom alone
the power of accepting or rejecting
the vessel was lodged, The Attorney
General goes further and declares that
Mr.. Roach had no valid or binding
contract with the United States, and
that the Secretary of the Navy had
no legal right to pay him, any money
80 paid was simply deposit to the
credit OF the United States, which can
be recovered by suit and Tor which
the vessel may be held as security.
Secretary Whitney can now proceed
with some confidence, not only as
to the final result, but as to the sup
port OF public sentiment in his efforts
to get some ships that will float. 1t
ought to be plain by this time that the
era OF building vessels for repair
shops only is over, and the sooner the
men who have been engaged in this
pleasing and profitable occupatson
recognize this fact the better it will be
for them. This decision may also
have the effect of giving William f
Chandler some occupation in looking
for his fate, which he staked some
weeks ago upon the success of thu
Dolphin.--PhiladelphiG Times
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-16
Court Notes.

Up to Wednesday at noon the Nor
mon missionaries have not been in
dicted. The delay is on account of
absent witnesses. The Mormons are
present and ready for trial.
The trial of PASTOR Souy for killing
VIM Springs commenced on Tuesday.
The case was concluded Wednesday
evening, but we have not yet learned
the verdict
The following lawyers are attend
ing court at Elizabethton this week ;
j. NJ. Thornburg, of Knoxville, A. H.
Pettibone, N. NJ. Taylor, R. r. Butler
s. ]. Kirkpatrick, w. d. Hayes, Jno.
P. Smith, II. II. Carr, Thos Curtin,
GA. Ewing. The resident lawyers are
H. NJ. Folsom, Jno. W. Upton, ]. M
Simerly, G. C. Collins r. A. Smith
n. G.. Boyd, Geo. Boren, and j. NJ
Wilcox.
Pettibone's friends at Elizabethton
now declare that he will have to run
for Congress again to vindicate him
self in his lible suit
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-16
THE COMET.
johnson City. Tenn. July, IS, 1885
A New HSnternrise.

The following we'll known citizens,
Col $. IT, Yocum, Isaac Harr, Esq,
W. 2. Smith, Robt Burrow, Esq, c. K
Lide, Sam'l Simcox, and Il. 5. Wolfe,
with view to organizing Building
and Loan Association, have applied
under the general State laws for a
charter OF incorporation which will be
obtained in short time, after which
the Johnson City Building and Loan
Association will be regularly and
systematically organized, and all
persons desiring to become stockhold-
ers in the same will be solicited to
do so.
The object OF this Association, as the
name implies, is to enable its members
to accumulate in any easy manner, by
monthly contribution or assessments
the necessary capital for acquiring {
homestead, to establish themselves in
business. or to deposit their savings
securely and at fair rate Of interest
This system was introduced intC
this country about the year 1910, anC
has operated with great success il
the North, and particularly in Phila
delphia, They were established il
Charleston, $. G. in 1850, and in Sa
yannah, Ga, and other prominen
Southern cities. Three Association
established in Charleston, in 1856
invested in little over the first yea
OF their existence 100000 in rea
estate.
This is the working mans way t
wealth. and is another step in tn
right direction for johnson City. w
will give q full account of its advants
ges in the future.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-16
Quick Work with Criminals.

The Galveston Daily News says that
during the last six months ninety and
nine gentlemen have, by order ofJudge
Lynch, unwillingly adorned various
lampposts and tree limbs. This large
number of what it is pleased tocall
departed citizens" were guilty ofmur-
der, or horse stealth or incendiarism.
Justice seems to he rather hot tenn
pered in Texas. Wien aman is caught
in crime his removal from the scene
OF earthly ambition is decided upon at
once. He is allowed about five minutes
in which to confess the guilt of life
time on the ground that he would die
of old age if he were permitted to tell
the whole story, and then well, is easy
to guess what happens.
Our contemporary complains how
ever that the sheriff is far behind
Judge Lynch in the number Of hang
ings. Whether it means to intimate
that the sheriff is slow worker and
not abreast of the age, or that Lynch
is gentleman OF rapid movement
whom no regular official could hope tc
equal is not known. One thing atrate
is plain-that Texas is very bad
State for a man who intends to ride 6
horse which he ho taken out of {
stable without the owners leave
N. y. Herald
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-16
LOndon's Ruling Sensation.

The excitement over the exposures
of London secret vice made by the
Pail Mall Gazette continue undated.
The demand for copies of the paper is
enormous. In defense { its course the
Gazette publishes a Number of letters
written in commend ton by peers
bishops and members / the House Of
Commons, emitting the names. In
addition TO these il has approving
letters from the Rev, DR.. Lawrence,
a professor in the University Of Cam
bridge, and from u number Of other
distinguished clergymen OF all denom-
nation and several ladies. 1t prints
furthermore and editorial thanking
the city authorities for attempting 10
suppress the sales of the paper" there
by breaking the conspiracy of silence
maintained by the press concering the
Gdzettes revelatianp
Police seizures Of newspapers are
common in Vienna" continues tie
Gazette, "but such highhanded out
RACES on the freedom OF the press
should have been impossible in London.
We reluctantly adopted this mode Of
publicity in order to arouse men to a
Just sense of the horrors existing all
around them. Now, the more public
ity the better. We are prepared to
prove our statements. We can sum
mon witnesses, from the Dean OF Cam
terbury and the Prince Of Wales down
to Mrs. Jeffries. We will put onr
chief informant and his assistants in
the witness box Lei those who do
not wish to shake the very foundation
of social order think twice before com
polling us to confronti in court brothel-
keepers with princes Of the blood and
prominent public men with the victim
of their lawless life"
The Gazette has been ordered to be
removed from the files OF the Reform
and Atheneum Clubs and copies of
the paper will not be admitted into
those clubs hereafter,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-16
Murdercrs Escape.

AsHEvILLE, N. c., July 13.--The
widest and most unbounded excite
ment prevails in this city tonight.
Seven prisoners, murderers escaped
from the jail here tonight at 9o'clock.
When the jailer went into the cell, as
is his custom every night, to inspect
the building, he was seized and
thrown down and tied hard and fast
The inmates drew four pistols on the
jailer, bucked and gagged him, and
then with an axe the prisoners knock
cd hole through the wall, by which
they made an escape, Fifteen shots
were fired The fire bell was rung al
9 80, and the Asheyille light infantry
was called out instantly. Fifty mer
on horses are nov in search of the
prisoners, securing the mountains
Ed Ray and w. Anderson, iron
Mitchell county, are among the escap
ed prisoners They were convicted
OF murder, tho Others for homicide
The most unbounded excitement pre-
walls and the Mountain Citr is in
state OF rare commotion.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-16
A WOMAN.


From the atlanta Constitution.
my name is Mary Chapman, and | live at
the corner Of Williams and Cox street, Atlanta.
| have been a dreadful sufferer from scrofula
and running, eating scrofulous ulcers for six
years. Have been waited upon during the time
by seven Atlanta physicians but they failed to
cure me- l also used various advertised rene
dies without the least benefit While beins
thus treated, grew worse all the time. Scrof-
ulous swellings on both sides of my neck
which became running, eating Sores affecting
my throat, mouth and nose, The eating sores
on my neck were a mass af corruption almost
down to the bones. My throat became so much
affected that | could scarcely swallow, my food
| lodging in portion of my throat I lost my APP
petite entirely, lost my flesh, and was reduced
to so pounds weight-being a mere skeleton.
My whole system became terribly poisoned, and
! in fearful condition. In this condition com
menced the use of B. B. b., and found great
relief in the first bottle.
"When han used five bottles my health had
so much improved that the ulcers were all heal
ed, the swelling subsidized, my appetite returned
my skin became active my strength returned
and gained "A pounds of flesh. l am now
healthy, fat and hearty, and am able to do as
much work as any woman, and feel as happy
as lark"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-16

Good-by good-by. The words are said:
We part as strangers part
And each must turn aside the head
And still the throbbing heart.
Good-by, good.by, No words Of love,
Only this bitter pain
That we must meet as strangers meet,
II e'er We meet again.
Good-by, good-by. For deep and wide,
Across our pathway lies,
The cruel gulf of wealth and pride,
In which Love faints and dies.
Though hearts may break, no tears must fall
Bright smiles must hide our pains
For we must meet as strangers meet,
If e'er we meet again.
Good'by, good.by; and this is all
still onward, flows Life's stream:
The past we neither dare recall
Twas but an idle dream,
For Love is lying cold and dead,
He touched our hearts in vain;
For we must meet as strangers meet,
If Fer we meet again.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-16
Kidney Complaint.

For over six years have been a terrible suf-
ferer from troublesome kidney complaint for
the relief Of which I have spent over $3.50 with
out benefit, the most noted so-called remedies
proving failures. The use of one single bottle
Of B. B. B., has been marvellous, giving more
relief than all other treatment combined. 1t is
quick cure, while others, If they cure at all,
are in the distant future.
c. II. ROBERTS, Atlanta, Water Works.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-16
The Washington News.
THE PRESIDENTS VACATION.

WASHINGTON ,Julv l,

WASHINGTON, July II.
The President will be absent from
the seat Of government the whole of
the month Of August. He will betake
himself to the North Woods" of New
York and will not take the shop with
him. He will leave it all behind. He
win go equipped for securing for him
seli the greatest possible amount of re-
creation and rest. 1t win go hard
with the ofiice-seeker who obtrudes in
10 his scclusion. Certain members Of
The Cabinet will probaly join him there
for q time, and there will be q compa-
my Of chosen friends TO help him to get
the most out of the campaign.
Before the President departs he in.
tends to clear the desks OF a class Of
appointments, including certain Of
them for which the Democracy Of
PENNSYLVANIA, particularly OF Phila
delpdia, have waited with most becom
ing patience 1t is never quite safe tC
say what the Presidents appointments
will be. Nothing is ever settled about
these things till he has acted. Ii
speaking Of the rest he expects to OBJ
tain the President, with grim humor
says he hopes the office-seekers ant
their friends will also improve the OPP
portunity.
One hundred per day is the ratt
at which First Assistant Postmaster
General Stevenson has been turning
the rascals out. There is hope for tn,
faithful YET.
CHETF OF THE SECRET SERVICE.
1t is said ExCheii of Police Curtin
OF Buffalo, will in a day or two be APP
pointed Chief of the United States Sc
cret Service, Mr.. Curtin is Endorsed
by number of New York State Con
gressmen and by many prominent cit
liens OF Buffalo.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-16
No Ponce for Porn.

LIMA, via GALVESTON, July II 1886.
The peace-negotiations With Caceres
have completely failed, the latter re-
quiring no less than the retirement Of
the lglesias government s
A portion of the Callao Arsenal fell
yesterday The building is in a dilap=
dated condition.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-16

DR.. Il. NJ. Cohen, whose outrageous
rascality at Greenville and subsequent
hasty exit from the State were men,
toned in this paper last week, was ar
rested at Wytheville, Va, on the 9Th,
by deputy sheriff Robinson, or Greene
county, who followed the fugitive, and
at last accounts held the prisoner,
awaiting the reception OF a requisition
from The Governor. The people every
where, and especially those OF Greene
vile, are gratiiied to hear of the
scamp's arrest, and that his return to
Tennessee will insure judicial pun
ishment commensurate to with his
crime. Later news is moie favorable
TO Cohen's escape from punishment
he richly deserves He denied, when
arrested at Wytheville, that he was ev-
er married to the woman claiming to
be his wife at Goldsboro. kilograms
from Robinson TO the women elected
response that she was married tC
him in Cincinnati in the sixties. A
telegram 10 the mayor OF Cincinnati
was answered Records destroyed
March, 1884 Can't get the imforma
ton The North Carolina wife tele
graphed the sheriff to hold Cohen't
horses, buggy, ETC., for her benefit
From the loss OF the records it is sup
posed the second marriage must stand
valid.-MorriStOWn Gazette.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-16
Cowboys and Indians.

COLORADO CITY, Texas, July II,
1SS5.-,It is rumored here that a battle
has been fought between cowboys and
Indians on the new Mexican ranch of
j. b. Slaughter, Of this place. Sixty
Indians and sixteen cowboys rereport.
cd killed. There is great excitement
here and confrmatory details are anx-
iously awaited.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-16
Rioters Held For Murder

TOLEDO, Ohio, July IL, 18S5,-The
preliminary examination OF the Polish
prisoners charged with completely in
the murders which occurred during
the church riot OF June % was com
pleted at the Police Court to-day.
Seventeen were bound over on the
charge of murder in the first degree,
thirteen on the charge Of assault with
intent to kill and six were discharged.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-16
THE COAST DEFKNCE.

Secretary Endicott left Washington
tonight for New York, to be in attend
ance tomorrow at the meeting in that
city Of the board appointed to exam
inc the means of defence for this coun-
Try and 10 report recommendations
for additional notifications