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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28
The Austin Horrors.

No cao has yet been unearthcd to the mystic
rious tragedies in Austin, Tex, On Christmas cvo
Mrs Phillips ono of the victims, was buried yes
terday Mrs Hancock is still unconscious and is
slowly dying. James Phillips is also dying. The
community was Mortified again yesterday by the
discovery Of 4 series Of crimes even more inhu-
man than tho others. The remains Of Claude
Esnes, a little cight-yearod white child, were
found Saturday in the back yard of his mothers
premises, in the village Of GAINESVILLE, two miles
west Of Austin. Swine wcro dcvouring the body
when it was discovered and had eaten all the
flesh from the bones, but the features were recog-
nizablc Last August, Hugh Eancs, the father,
mystrriously died A coroner'5 jury declared that
lie had been poisoned by some person unknown.
About the time OF Eanes death Charles Courtney
became board0r in tho family, which comprised
Mrs Eancs and two children, Dollie, aged eleven
and Claude. The unnatural mother tried to give
the children away, pleading poverty. couple Of
weeks ago she told her neghbors that she had
given Dollie to school teacher down the river.
On Monday night last Mis-. Eanes visited neigh.
boring family and asked tho privilege of spend
ing the night. She said she had also given Claude
away to q family in Lampasas, and Courtney be-
ing absent sho was afraid to sleep in the hou=e
alone. The next morning the woman departed
for Austin, saying she Lad received a telegram
from Illinois asking her to attend the funeral OF
4 relative who had just died and left her legacy.
Courtney returned yesterday aud found the house
deserted. He discovered the body of Claude,
which had been buried n foot deep, and after
wards uprootcd by hogs. There was intense e1-
ctcmcut when news of the murder reached Aus
tin Courtney was arrested on suspicion. Search
is being made for Dollio.
The chief of police has received telegram from
San Antonio, stating that Mrs. Eanes had been
arrested in San Antonio and would be brought
to Austin Sunday. The City Council and the
citizens committee on safety both held prolonged
sessions Saturda night, with closed doors, con-
sidcIiug means for unearthing the perpetrators Of
the crimes. 1t is believed the committee have
discovered an important clue. Several thousand
dollars have been subscribed in the city to aid in
ferreting out tho assassns.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

An INCIDENT IN PEEsIA.-Mr. S. G. w. Benia-
min, late Minister to Persia in a report recently
communicated by the President to Congress, state.
that on juno 10 last he was riding out in car
riage near Teheran. According to the custom OF
the country the carriage was preceded by two out
liders. AS the carriage approached halfway
coffee house u troop of mounted cavalry rushed
ont and made q violent attack on the outrders
Mr.. Benjamin saw at once that he troops belong.
ed to the royal guard and that line of carriages in
front of the coffee house contained the wives of
the Shah. Although having tho absolute right to
pass possessed By mono except ministers and their
families, and denied TO all others at risk of i'm
mediate deoth, Dir. Beniami ordered his driver
to stop The attack was continued, and the out.
riders and horses were severely handled. The
chief lady Of the harem sent ounuch to escort
Mr.. Benjami through the lines. In response to
demand for satisfaction an apology was made
and the men who attacked the carriage wcrc
punished.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28
COMMUNICATED.

samatter of political principle does Inquirer
believe that party pledge should be maintained
when opposed to the constitution of the United
statcs as interpreted by the highest court of the
land? Or, as matter of morals does he think that
the State Of Virginia now represented by the
democratic party, should refuse 10 pay that which
the same court has repeatedly and recently
decided that it owes?
That the courts Of the land are divided upon
the fairness AID business of the settlement under
this 1.-THE Riddleborger) bill" is true, and very
significantly true. The State judges appointed
with reference to this very question, have dscid-
ed the settlement" (which has settled nothing)
to be fair and inst, but the United States courts,
with 10 bias, have always decided differently. Ali
honor to the GAZETTE which, by its course in
sustaining the Riddleberger bill so far only as is
consistent with the superior obligation of tho con
stitution, has clearly indicated the duty of good
democrat and good citizen. Z.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

A COUNTY TREASURER $4,000 SHORT
The sureties on the official bond of s. r.
Sterling, Treasurer of Rockingham county
have closed the Office, and the county court
gave Sterling uutil to-day to give new
bond. His failure to do 30 will cause the
appointment of new Treasurer. Sterling
has been sued by the State Auditor for
$S7 900 back taxes, and after partial inves
tigation the deficit in the county funds is
placed at 10000, making total of $4,000
to $50 600. Sterling has been Treasurer for
about fourteen years, and had the absolute
confidence of the entire community. His
friends claim that he is insane. Warren s..
Lurty, of Harrisonburg, is not surety on
the bond of Mr.. Sterling. and is not liable
in any way for any deficiency.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28
Profit for Eyervhody

Parker's Tonic kept in home is a sentinel te
keep sickness out. Used discreetly it keeps the
blood pure, and the stomach, liver and kidneys in
working order. Coughs and colds vanish before
it. 1t builds up the health
u sell large quantities Of Parkers Tonic in my
drug store. Among my customers, doctor, has
been prescribing it for the past two years. He
was nearly dead himself, and tried every remedy
known to his profession without any relief After
he had used four bottles of Parker's Tonic he be.
gan to grow in flesh, and the improvement in his
health was absolutely wonderful. He now 70.
commends it to everyone.'-J. E. DARRow, Calu.
met ave. Pharmacy, 113 Twenty.ninth street
Chicago, Ill.
PARKER'S TONIC
Prepared by Hiscox & Co.. New York;
Sold by all druggists in large bottles at one dollar
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28
The Overland Monthly for January ha

The Overland Monthly for January has been re-
csived from its publishers In San Francisco. It
contents are: Golden Graves, Cameo, The Voy'
ago OF tho Ursulines, For Money, The Turning Of
Orpheus An Autumn Ramble in Washington Ter
ritory, Mr Griggs Christmas, A Cruise Among
tho Floating Islands, THE Wyoming Anti Chinese
Riot" A California WildRose Spray, North
Country People," On Hearing Mr.. Edgar s. Kel
ley's Music of Macbeth, In Love with Two Women
The Lost Journals of Pioneer, Observations on
the Chinese Laborer Recent Verso, Louis Agassiz,
Etc and Book Reviews.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

IF THE administration be sincere in its
efforts to carry out the civil service law and
rules, which there is. no good reason to
doubt, so far from objecting to the rejection
of its nominations it will rather like it, as
the objections will, of course, arise from the
personal delinquencies of the appointees-
defects of which, also of course, it was jig.
norant when it made the nominations, and
which it, as well as the Senate, will deem a
sufficient cause for rejection.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

ARTICLE VI of tho Constitution Of the
United States says: This Constitution
shall be the supreme law of the land, and
the judges in every State shall be bound
thereby, any thing in the constitution or
laws of any State to the contrary, notwith-
standing" And yet there are people in
Virginia who object to the decisions of the
federal judges in this State because they de.
eide, in accordance with the decision of the
United States Supreme Court, that the Rid
dleberger bill and its ancillary acts, i'm
pairing, as they do, the obligation of a con-
tract, are unconstitutional, and because
they intend to enforce their decisions.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

A COMPANY OF negro musicians who
were recently advertised to give public ex-
hibitions in Troy, New York, were denied
hotel accommodations in that city on &C
count of their color In ladies' lunch
room in Washington last week lady who
was lunching there was Informed that the
small colored boy who carried her basket
could have nothing to eat there, even in
the kitchen. If these things had occurred
in the South, how tho republican press of
the North would have howled over what
they would have termed the disregard OF
the civil rights bill in this section, and of
the race prejudice that is nursed here.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28
MONETARY AND COMuFpcT.-

NEW YORK Dec. 28,-The new week opened
with an advance in prices of l, to . per cont
generally, but the general list became wal =,
most Immediately after The opening ana decline.
followed ranging from y to IS per cent, Tbcro
was subsequent rally from these figures Of ,c.s
than l per cent. generally, with gain Of nor
cent. from lowest prices. 7 he market tho, -
came moro steady but generally heavy, and hv I
o'clock was again firm and moderately act Sc,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28
Accidentally Killed.

OXFORD, Nd, Dec. 2S.-Yesterday at the
Oxford Military Academy Richard 0. Rein
hardt, Of Indiana, was accidentally shot and
killed by Patrick Gavagan, of Michigan.
The boys were playing with revolver from
which Gayagan thought he had extracted
all the cartridges, but had overlooked one.
The deceased was q son of Judge Reinhardt,
of Indiana
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28
Local Option Contest.

ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 2S.-The local option
election contest came up in the State court
before Judge Clarke again this no orning. This
was on mandamus nisi requiring the Or
binary to show cause why he should not
hear the contest which was filed after he
had declared the result. AS the case had
not been set in accordance with the statute
it was postponed until Monday next.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28
President Grew Re-Eleoted.

PARIS, Dec. 2S.-M. Francois Jules P.
Grevy was reelected President of the
French Republic to-day in the joint vote of
the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, acting
as National Assembly. The balloting was
carried on amid great excitement. Only
five members of the Right cast ballots. NJ.
Grevy's total majority in the joint ballot
was 1856
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

FROM MAJOR Downs. Military Instructor,
Mt. Pleasant Academy, Sing Sing, N. Y;
During the very cold weather I was suffer.
ing with catarrh. MY head and throat
ached so severely that was obliged to keep
quiet. Ely's Cream Balm was suggested.
Within an hour from the first application /
felt relieved the pain began to subsde. In
few days | was entirely cured.-W. A.
Downs. Price SO cts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28
Schooner Breaking Up.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.--The Signal Corps
station at Cape Henry, Virginia, reports
that the schooner Lena Hunter, reported
ashore in that vicinity yesterday, is fast
breaking up. Nothing can be saved except
her rigging.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

Salvation Oil always cures pain. It
should he the companion of every travelling
man. 1t extinguishes pain, whether result
ing from cut, burn, q bEuise, or a sprain.
Get only the genuine. Price twenty-five
cents bottle.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

Low necked dresses are going to be very
popular with the lovely young dudines, be-
them, haven't they got DR.. BULBS Cough
Syrup to cure them?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

AS UNDER existing circumstances the
prosperity Of Alexandria is in no small
degree dependent upon that of the ma
tional capital, it is readily seen that her
every interest would be subserved by rapid
and frequent communication with Washing
ton. It is hoped, therefore, that the City
Council will amend the bill granting the
r ght of way on Lee street to the railroad, in
accordance with the Mayors suggestions,
and that it may be passed as soon as posi-
BILE. Half hourly communication between
King street, Alexandria, and Pennsylvania
avenue, Washington, from daylight to mid
night might not pay at first; but in short
time would become lucrative business;
and as the removal of the depot from St.
Asaph street caused FIVE hundred residents
of this city to move to Washington, it is
by no means improbable that the proposed
change will not only bring them back, but
attract many more besides.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28
DIED.

December 9th. at ITO p. m, of membranous
Group, HERBERT, youngest child Of VIM. E. and
Ada v. Latham, aged four years and six months
Funeral tomorrow Tuesday, evening at 8
o'clock, from tho residence of its parents, north
east corner Of Washington and Prince streets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

Governor Hoadly, of Ohio, loses $50, OOC
through the recently discovered irregulari-
ties in the administration of Archbishop
Purcell's estate. Even after paying this he
will have enough to live on.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

The Governor has removed the political
disabilities of James L. Almond, convicted
at Harrisonburg in 1877 of obtaining money
under false pretences.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

MIS-. WISsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP, for chill.
dren teethng is the prescription of one of the
best female nurses and physicians in the United
States, and has been used for forty years with
never-failing success by MILLIONS Of mothers for
their children. During the process of tecthing
from pain, cures dysentery and disrrhea, gripping
in the bowels, and wind-colic. BIZ giving health
to the child it rests the mother. Price 25 cents
bottle. r.v5-1yrM.W&s
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

PHILADELPHIA CATTLE MARKET. Dec. 26.-
Catte.-harket dull prime 5l2s6ip good Aga
81. medium 9a4E.; common 2Ea3A. Sheep
Market fair; prime t.a5 y, good 4a4'2; med-
UNI 3t,a32; common 2laa3 Lambs 3las7.
Hogs.-Market poor; selling at 5lha5'4.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

CHICAGO Dec. 25.--Whcat has ruled frmer.
May opened at 90;E!, rose to OBS, fell back to
9Olh and is now 81. Corn 1sal4c higher. Oats
lac higher Pork sc higher. Lard &c higher.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28
Comptroller Cannon has not Resigned.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-Comptroller OF
the Currency Cannon denies the published
statements that he has handed his resigna-
ton to the President.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28
Death of an Austrian Statesman.

LONDON, Dec. 2S-Julss Chaser, the Austrian
jurisconsult and statesman is dead.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

Flour is quiet and unchanged. Tho receipts Of
grain are small and dealers seem indifferent with
bu. little disposition Oh their pert TO speculate.
Wheat is easy and tame only prime lots which
are rarely found among the offerings attracting
the attention Of buyers, mil!crs claiming that it
is hard to make choice grades of -four out of last
seasons crop Corn is steady. Rye and Oats are
firm. Eggs arc lower. Other produce is without
material change.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

CHOVELS and TONGS, Stove Sbovols. Porfec-
- ton Coal Holds, Meat Cutters and other sea-
sonable goods just received and for sale cheap at
SO King streat, corner Of Royal, by
nct04 j r. CREIGHTON & SON
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

NEW York; Dec. % Stools quiet and heavy
Money easy at 2a3. Cotton dull uplands . $40
Orleans 92s futures easy. Flour dull and heavy
Wheat lower Corn better. Pork dull 1T 50 81 llt
SO so. Lard firm at So 80.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER %.

SINCE THE democratic party of Virginia
acouiesced in the settlement OF the Virginia
debt according to the terms of the Riddle
berger bill, the U. S. Supreme Court and the
federal courts in Virginia have decided that
bill to be unconstitutional, in that it i'm
pairs the obligation of a contract. AS the
Constitution is the supreme law OF the land,
and as the civil war decided that the courts
of the State are subordinate to those of the
United States, the acquiescenco referred to
amounts to nothing. For refusing obedl'
ence 10 the mandates OF the federal courts,
in regard to the Virginia debt, the Auditor
of the State is already threatened with
IMPRISONMENT, and, in all probability, will
be sent to Jail or fined, and the same fate
awaits every other State officer who shall re-
fuse to accept coupons in payment OF S'a1e
d,os r, such a condition of affairs, to
maintain that the State should strictly OBJ
serve the terms of the Riddleberger bill
seems to be anything else than wise. Then,
too, there are thousands Of Virginians who
vote the democratic ticket who never even
acquiesced in the Riddlsberger settlement,
but who did not think the democratic con-
veution's acquiscence in it sufficient reason
for them to refuse to vote that ticket any
longer and so over to the support of Ma
hone-the cause of the whole trouble, and
who, to gain his ends, would just as soon re.
pudiate the whole as one-third of the debt.
They did not vote the democratic ticket
because the men on it acquiesced in the
Riddleberger bill, but because they thought
those who acquiesced in that bill were bet
ter than those who enacted it-in other
words they chose the lesser Of the two evils.
These men are not bound by conventions
pledges even if those pledges were honest
assuredly they are not bound by dishonest
ones; and it is due to these men and to
the influence they welded that the State
was redeemed from Mahoneism. Now that
the highest courts in the land have decided
the Riddleberger settlement demonstrations
and therefore null and void, the democratic
majority in the Legislature should set to
work at once to effect settlement that
will be satisfactory TO the creditors, and
therefore, honorable to Virginia. To at
tempt to set the U. S. courts at defiance
would be ridiculous.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

CHOVELS, SPADES, RAKEs, HOES FORKS
- and other Garden Tools, in great variety and
at low prices, Wholesale and retail, At e5 King,
corner Of Royal street, by
ap11 IT. CREIGHTON Z son.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

BALTIMORE. Dec. 23.-Va. Cs deferred =
consolidated 81; past due coupons GO: new
10.40s 81; ID series -; rev thrce9 COS bid
to-day. Cotton lower and dull rIiddling .. Flour
steady and quiet; Howard street and Western super
81 62a3 co; do extra So 25ai 90: do family
81 25a4 To- City Mills super - 5oa;; co; do
extra So 50a4 Is: do Rio brands 81 I3a5 co;
Patapsco family So G5; do suncrlativc patent
$6 90. Wheat-Southc,n steady; Western lower
and dull Southern red 9Oa9i do amber GGa
80; No Maryland 93lb bid No 2Wcsicrn win
ter red spot S5haS5ia; January S5".ao6i,;
February SSlaaSS7s; March 9Oi1a00's. Corn
steady Southern white and yellow 42tIG; West
ern mixed spot and December 45i2 bid January
45lba45Ss: February 45asa15i2; stcamcr ~ bid
Oats dull and lower to sell; southern 3Sai2
Western white 3SaiO do mixed 3Ga:'7 Penn
sylvania 37a4O. Rye quiet at 7Oa12. Hay steady;
prime to choice Western S13a15 80. Provisions
steady and quiet; Mess Pork S1OA1O p; bulk
meats, shoulders and clear rib sides pack cd 4 iha
SIS bacon shoulders 81. clear RIB sides G':.
hams 1Ok.a11. Lard, refined, 7i2. Butter firm;
Western packed 1929; creamery 2Sa3j. Eggs
easy; lined 1Sa19. Coffee dull; Rio cargors
ordinary to fair 71eaSE. Sugar steady A soft
6aa. Whskey firm 1t 81 19al 20.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

pICTURE WIRE CORD, MOULDING, PIC
i ture Hooks, Picture Nails, Spool Flower
Wire and other goods in Same line at S8 King,
corner of Royal street.
jed J. T. CREIGHTON & SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

ENTERPRISE MEAT CUTTERS-no;hins cz-
II cells them for choppng sausage meat, n!ince
meat, chicken salad and scrap meat. For sale by
JAS F. CARLIN * SONS.
dcco1 Alexandria Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

TT YOU want something pice ask the bar tend
/ er for a cool glass Of INTERNATiOEALH GIN
GER ALE 1t is tho best.
lex J. BRODERS < co. agents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

DURCHAsED EXPRESSLY FOX A NICE
4 Christmas prcscnt-Finc quality Reversible
Rubber Circulars and Newports at
6oc15 AMOS r. MAKERS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

n1OYs at greatly reduced prices such as Doll
Carriages, Express Wagons, Steighs, Wheel
bsrrows, De X, etc., at
doco3 AMOS B. SL4TMAEER'S.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

MIXED CHOP, CHOW-CHOW AND SWEET
Ixl Mixed Pickle by measure, at
oc2o McbURNEY'S
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

10 DOZ. DURKEES COLD MEAT SAUCE and
lS SALAD DRESSING just received.
ant GEO McRURHET & SO".
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-28

| COAPS.-A full line of the most popular brands
| - Laundary and Toilet SOAPS, for sale by
| ano4 J. c. MiLErEN.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-01-21
Flour and Grain.

OATs.-The market is active at very steady
prices. No. white are selling at 40 to 4lc
No. white at 3Sl to SOC, No. 3 white at 37Ic
No. mixed at SIC, and No. 2 mixed at IS to
36lc per bushel.
CoRN.-The market is firm at slightly
higher figures. We quote high mixed at
SIC, steamer mixed at 53A to 54c, steamer
yellow at So to 55Ic, and no grade at 81 to SIC
per bushel, as to quality and color.
SHoRTs.-A firmer feeling is noted and an
advance of SOC to S1.00 per ton is obtained.
We quote as follows; Winter wheat at
S16.50 to $3.50 sack bran at SIT 90 to $500,
spring wheat bran at $500, middlings at
$500 to S21.00, and cotton-seed meal at
$1,000 to $500 per ton.
FLOUR AND MEAL.-The flour market con-
tinues firm, with quiet demand. The
mills are very strong in their views, and as
goods are taken full prices are obtained.
Fine flour is selling at $3.50 to S2.75 per
barrel, supers at $3.50 to S325, common
extras at $3.40 to $375, medium extras at
$500 to S425, choice extras at 4.25 to $4.75,
Minnesota bakers at S425 to $3.50, New
York and Michigan rollers at S475 to $780,
Ohio, Indiana and Southern St. Louis pa
tents at $40 to 1913, Ohio, Indiana and ST.
Louis clears at S4.60 to $3.50, fancy do. at
1923 and Wisconsin spring patents at $3.50
to $685. per barrel. Corn meal sells at So. 40
per barrel and $1.05 per bag, rye flour at
$3.50 to $500 per barrel and oat meal at
$4.25 to $40 for fine and S475 TO 1925 per
barrel for cut.