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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04

has often done the reverse, and appeals to
the Senator from Virginia 10 withdraw that
imputation that the chair had ever discrlm'
mated against him or sought to deprive him
of his rights. The point of order is over
ruled.
Mr.. RiddIeberger The chair will per-
NIT me do not mean to say that the chair
had Disseminated against me. / meant to
say that the chair itself did not seem to
comprehend the rule. Roars OF laughter
That is exactly what | meant to say.
And the Senate then went into executive
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04

A RAT IN A THEATRE.-A rat on the floor
OF the Richmond theatre during Aimee's
performance Of "Mamsellen last night
caused considerable stir. Had not the
cause OF the trouble been so soon discovered
a panic might possibly have resulted. The
rodent dashed out OF the orchestra circle
among the audience. The whole Of The an.
dience on the orchestra floor we're on ths;r
feet in q moment Ladies stood upon Their
seats. and for few moments the Iauehable
spectacle presented itself ofseveral hundred
persons looking for the rat.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04

Man wants but little, here below, nor
wants that little lo"g sang the hermit of
Goldsmith. Perhaps ha does, if he is think
ing OF colds. but if he is thinking of cough
remedies, be wants it good when he gets it.
Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup meets the wants of
suffering humanity, and is all one wants
here below TO stop the raving of pain.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04

AS THE Constitution of the State express.
~ prohibits the issue of scrip for the pay
ment of taxes, the State Senate, as was
hoped, had common understanding enough
to defeat the Fulkerson bill, though the
House of Delegates is SO lacking in that re-
spect that it had previously passed it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04

THE FRIENDS of the Blair educational bill
in the South may derive some consolation
for the defeat of that bill, now almost assur-
Q l, from the fact that in the States where
the New England school system prevails,
the ratio of criminals, paupers, suicides and
divorces is greater than in those which have
not adopted that system.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04
BANK SETTLEMENTS.
1851.
d EPORT OF TIE CONDITION OF THE
First National Bank.

OF ALEXANDRIA, IN TIE STATE OF VIEGINIh
Al the close of business March /, 1856.
RESOURCES
Loans aud discounts, S;.I $50 ~
Oyrrlratts GOO 10
U. 5. bonds To secure circulation, 100000 90
Other stocks. bonds and mortgages, 1916 -
Due from approved reserve agents, 6i,2i2 -
- other National banks, 12.ni9 -
g State banks and bankers, RIB -
Real estate, furniture and fixtures, 10000 tD
Current EXPENSES and taxes paid, 40 ~
Checks and other cash items, $500 90
Bills of other banks, 1,iI6 GO
Fractional paper currency, II cScls and
pennies, il 81
Specie, 21.1OD 90
Legal tender notes. S,UlO h
Redemption fund with u. S. Treasurer
+. 5 per cent OF circulation, 1900 90
Due from u. S Treasurer. other than
5 per cent. redemption fund. 1870 90
$GI1 ,sJS IS
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in, 100000 90
Surplus fund, 10000 90
Undivided profits. 81 ,7G:S 80
National bank notes outstanding, 10000 90
Individual deposits subj Get to chuck, 3G1 1877 80
Demand certificates Of deposit 5,62J ~
Duo to other National banks, 23O40 90
State banks and bankers. d,43l 80
SG31 ,Sj- IS
State Of Virginia. city of Alrrdndria
J. Charles X. IInof Cashier of the above named
bank do solcmnly swear that the above statement
il true to the best of my knowledge and belief
CIIAS. X. IIOOFF. Cashier
Subscribed and sworn Ia before me th, It'll
day of March, 1856
X. KEMPER Notary rubr.
COrrcct-attcst
WM. J. BooTHE, J
Jos. BRODERs, Directors.
HENRY STRAUSS mari-It
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04
ALEXANDRIA, VA,
THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 4.

THE NATURAL, legitimate and ineVitao'e
effect of such action as the organ'za'io"
known as the Knights of Labor has recent
10 taken in several parts of the country
will be TO increase the power the r'ch e'''
movers have over their employees ana 20
drive the poor employers out OF business
Numerous instances of the latter ehect nave
already occurred, for as long as TINS Is d 'fee
conntry these of its citizens who oelie'e III
f.ea ;,stitutions will conduct their own
nrivate business as they choose, or not at
ALL Two patent instances of the former ell
fact are fIorded by the late Mccormick affair
in Chicago and by that at Springfield, ONO
Yesterday, the Springfield employer going
through his extensive shop7, and discharg'
ing on the instant three or four hundred mer'
who had not struck, and for no other reason
than the fact that they said they belonged
to the Knights of Labor Now the knights
of Labor have Just as much right to organ
liza az the Knights of Pleasure for all pur'
poses that do not infringe upon the rights
of others, but when they attempt to tyran-
uize. as they have done By the un- American
system of boycotting, they can not com
plain, however justly other people may, II
rich and cruel employers force them to take
a dose of their own medicine. With al the
small and poor employers out OF business,
and the almost absolute control OF The rith
ones over their envy loyees established, the
last state of the knights Of Labor will be
worse than the first.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04

Formerly physicians confounded thcunn
tism with govt but they are now known 10
be distinct diseases. Rheumatism attacks
every age, govt only adults Bat Wheeler
you may have TO cope with the one or The
other, Salvation Oil will be found equally
efficacious. 1t kills pain. Price twenty.
five cents bottle.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04

The PRICE of cotton is lower than it has
been during the last thirty two years. But
the cotton growers have not struck nor boy
colted any body, SO for as heard from, nor
have they lowered the wages of the labor
they employ.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04

If, AS is the case, two of the gas compa-
MES of Baltimore can afford to sell gas for
fifty cents per thousand feet, and make mo.
ney, the question naturally suggested is
why the gas consumers of this city have to
pay one dollar and eighty cents per thou
land for theirs I?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04
The McCormick Works

CHICAGO, March fully eight hundred
men are Ut work in the Mccormick Reaper
Works, this morning. The strike is consid
cred at an end.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04

The frame work of the new freight depot
for the Virginia Midland Railway, at Char
lo'tesville. is about done, and the building
will soon be completed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04

THE DISGUSTING exhibition Mr.. Riddle
berger made of himself yesterday on the
floor of the T. S. Senate was only fair sam
ple of Mahonism when off iIsguard and when
appearing in its natural revolving coiors.
The democrats of Virginia, while regretting
that their State is so nagrantly di5graced
by the fact that she has such Senator
as Mr.. Ridlleberger, console themselves
by the other fact that he is none OF
their choosing. He was selected for Senator
by Gen. Mahone,an was elected by the Gen.
erals republican and negro allies. Northern
people will realize after while how wrong
they were to lend their assistance to the
Virginia regulators Mr.. Sherman-the
object Of Mr.. Riddleberger's gross as
sault yesterday, probably then for the first
time conceived faint idea that he may
have boon in error when he said that every
thing was justiGable in law and morals that
would beat down the democratic party.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04

1T HAS been determined that the Legisla-
ture shall adjourn on Saturday. God be
praised
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04
Tragedy.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Mcb. "details have
Just been received here of tragedy, in
fancy county, in which Nat N. Kinney
shot and killed Andrew J. Cogburn, at Oak
Grove church last Sunday evening. Kinney
and his boy rode up TO the school house,
where Rev. H. G. Dennison was holding q
meeting and commanded Cogburn, who was
standing near the door, to throw up his
hands, and meeting n refusal, shot him
down, killing him at once. The inquest
was held, and Kinney was acquitted by the
coroner's jury. From what can be learned,
there wcro several Of Kinney's friends at
tho inquest heavily armed and Kinney him
self carried shotgun and revolver, al
though he was under arrest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04

ALEXANDRIA MARKET, March 4.-F!our j; quiet
and hrm, with we'll assorted offerings There are
no new features 10 note in tho grain mark,ts
Choice lots Of milling Wheat are in demand aad
find ready sale at full figures; such grades, bow.
ever, are but seldom found among the offerings in
this market, the bulk of the receipts being only
faii to good quality. Germ Isl shade lower Rye
change.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04

BALTIMORE. March 4.-Virgiuias consolidated
CT; past due coupons 602. new IS 81 new
10.4Os Al. Cotton higher and firm; mil'Ijmg
S7s. Flour steady and quiet. Wheat-Southrrn
steady and quiet Western lower aud dull,
Southern red $685. do. amber 9Ga9S; No /
Maryland 95t.a9ja!: No. Western winter rc!
spot 81 t.a9i ~; March 91a91'4; May o}'..
93lb. Corn--Sonthcrn steady and quiet; Wet.
ern lower aud qlicr; Southern white 4GriS 10
yellow 4GAl7 Western mixed spot Az, li.
March I63sel6;4 May 4Gl.a4G3s; steamer ~.
ai:E%s Oats firmcr and quiet; Southern ami
Penma :>St42; Western white 3Sa4O; do mixed
3Ga37. Rye steady at 70a13 Provisions quiet.
Whiskey quiet ut 81 19a1 20. Other articles
unchanged.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04
HOUSE.

The Speaker laid before the House a
communication from the Secretary Of War,
recommending an appropriation for extra
duty pay to enlisted men employed at
Fortress Monroe. Referred.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04
MONETARY ANr COMMERCIAL

New YORK. March 4.-Thc stock marke: cpea.
cd active aud weak this morning. first prices
showing declines of 1s to Il per cent. generally.
A general rally soon followed and by ! | oc,ork
nearly all the early losses had been rccovcrel lie
market then becoming steady.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04
SG31,SJ- IS
No. 1716.
d EPORT OF TIE CONDITION OF TIE
Citizens National Bank.

or .1Ey.yDpI. N THE sT,rE M, yrpc1vr,
,n',.
AT tho @oss OIL business, March L. 1870.
RESOURCES.
T oo,, aud aio.or,+s o. oG- ~
OvnrJr,fts G,S i
U. S, bonds TO secure circulation. 100000 90
0tIor stnnl,s nod ,nh ,,,''r,'n',os 5000 e.,
Due from approyed reserved aurnfs GyS:jS Ol
Dine from other National hanks 722g OF
Due from State hanks and bankers, 4OS7 IS
Zeal estate. furniture and fixtures 900 90
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04

CHICAGO, March May Wheat SLY. Cora
dull at 80 1916 May Oats 32E. for May. Pork
again weak. declining to $40 20 for May deiiv.
cry, and is now quoted at $40 22'2 Lard 50 80
for May.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04

A number of memorials were presented
and referred, and a number of committee
reports were presented, after which the ed
ucational bill was taken up.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04

NEW YORK March 4-Siocks moderately nc.
tive and weak. Money easy at iea., Cotton
heavy uplands 0's Orleans 8 BIG; futures
steady. Flour quiet and heavy. Wheat lower
Corn better. Pork weak 1T $40 12i,slO 81.
Lard dull ut SIS %.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04
&@}G3'g
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
CONGRESSIONAL.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Mar. 4, 1886.
INNATE
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-04

OF ALEXANDRIA, IN TIE STATE OF VIEDINIA
At the close Of business March /, 1856
RESOURCES
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-18
A Wife's Value i'm Cows.

W. H. Christy in Salt Lake Tribune.
l asked some of the Kafirs in tn
diamond mines why they workeds
hard, when with their cattle, which
the currency OF the country, the
could live in ease. They told me ts5
wanted to make money to buy men
wives. That people purchase taei
wives and payt or them in prorort1a
to the amount OF flesh. An ordinsil
wife brings ten to fifteen cows, While
more fleshy one brings twenty. ana
one that viii tip the scales at z1
pounds readily brings twenty-five o.
thirty cows. Zulus have from onsis
four wives, in proportion to ~
amount they have to pay.
Raising young girls for such trade
considered profitable. The idea 2
these Zulu women regarding g
practice of purchase is best illustral1
by an incident where an English lao{
had one of them as a servant UNI
she got married. The mother oil
girl called on the lady and boastede
the number of cows paid Tor -
daughter, and thought i a great prr
and asked the English lady how maj
her husband paid for her. She "
her that the English did not MAJ
that way-sell themselves IN marrE
The Zulu women could not CONF
bend it, and asked: care you Z
a worthless dog, that your fafn
gives you away for nothing?"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-18
Difference in Dudes.

Chicago News.
There is all the difference in the
world between the New York and the
Chicago dude. In fact inthe real sense
of the word ours are not dudes at all.
Such as they are ours are few in num-
Der, but the New York dude is found
at all times and in all places. He
abounds on Broadway and 9th ayenue
and 18th street. He hangs around
the brokers' offices in Wall street, and
nibbles his lunch in the pleasant win
dows of Broadway cafes. He can be
found in full force at the theaters, the
Casino being a favorite stamping
ground OF his. The Chicago article is
a f~airweather or a theater dude, but
the New York swell is always on deck.
There is this difference, too: The
New York sample knows that he is g
dude from way-back. All his inclina
tons are dudish, and the stars seem
to have proclaimed from all eternity
that he would be a dude and nothing
but o. dude. On the contrary, our
local Sims always wear an air hall
apologize, hall shame, as ifthey knew
that they were fit for something bet
ter. 1t will be some time before our
dudes will be able to compete with
those of New York.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-18
German Census Statistics.

From the London Times.
The results ofthe quinquennialnum-
boring OF the population of Germany,
which was made on the LIST of Deem
Der last, have been so far a~scertained
that we know accurately the popula-
ton of all the large towns. In De-
cember 1880, the number OF towns
with a population exceeding $4,000
was Al, of which Ia had a population
exceeding 10O, 200. Last month the
number with over $4,000 inhabitants
had increased to As, of which no less
than 81 count more than 1905 900 in
habitents. Dusseldorf, Berlin, Magde-
burg, Chemnitz, Nurnberg, Hamburg
and Leipsic show an increase during
the five years of over Ia per cent, Gre
field over 81 per cent. Kiel, Dortmund,
Manneheim ana Carlsrune over Is per
cent. In Dantsic the population has
increased only 5 per cent. while in Me-
mel there has been a decrease of near
4 1-2 per cent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-18
The Florida Orange Interests.

From the Savannah Morning News.
There doesn't appear to be any rea
son to doubt the correctness of our
first reports respecting the damage to
the Florida orange interests from the
recent cold weather. About all hanging
oranges we're frozen, and all nursery
trees and young trees in groves were
killed. The older trees escaped de-
struction, and in most cases were only
slightly injured. Those of thegrowers
who succeeded in saving a part oil
their crop in the packing houses were
fortunate, and will be benefited by
the very great rise thai has taken
place in the price of Florida oranges
in the northern markets. 1t is prob
able that a larger percentage OF the
crop was caught on rhe trees by the
cold wave than was at first reported.
Many growers were not satisfied with
the prices which oranges were COM
manding-only about S1.50 per box
net-and they were waiting for a rise.
1t would not be surprising, therefore,
if the loss Appropriated a half, rather
than n quarter, OF the entire crop.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-18
''She Painters

The San Francisco society OF lady
artists is having q great time. 1t
doesn't know whether to call itself
'lady" artists n women" artists.
1t has long been a local habit to take
matrimonial squabbles and all mat
ters requiring peculiar finesse and ex-
quisite Establishment to Gen. Barnes.
Accordingly one of the ladies thought
she would do a clever thing and get the
general to settle the vexed question OF
names. So she stated the case to him.
After mature elaboration, partly over
the matter in hand and partly over a
complicated shot at billiards, the gen.
eral rendered his decision. avoid
both names, " said he. why not be
original and euphonious, and call
yourself the San Francisco Society OF
She Painters?' There was a rustic OF
stylish petticoats and a sudden chill.
ing vacancy in the apartment.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-18
She Shocked the Divine.

A prominent divine was the invited
guest of Mr.. B. and family. Miss Alice,
the charming daughter of the host, was
grazing tie iestivity, and said impulsive-
":
''Oh, mother, I've been roasting up in
my room all afternoon. It's hotter
than"
"Alice!" said the father, sternly.
II say it's hotter than
"Alice!' said the mother, excitedly,
and the divine looked at her in alarm.
Il say it's hotter than | ever saw it
before" continued the young lady cool
ly, land l just sat there without a
thing on"
''Oh, Alice!" said her father in alarm.
This time the divine was thoroughly
frightened.
Il just sat there without a thing on
.'0h, Alice!'' said the mother, almost
crying.
II say l just sat there" continued the
girl, not noticing the interruption, II
Just sat there without a thing on except
my very lightest Summer clothing, and
read my Bible all the afternoon. viii
you have some more soup, doctor?'-
Eifnira Gakstts,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-18
Early Vegetables.

From the New York Market Journal
Bermuda is q British colony, pe'
New York is its natural market az
from it we obtain our earliest grcs
vegetables, mainly potatoes, TOM
tees, onions, egg plant, etc. ~
Early Rose potatoes planted ~
fall, are now arriving from BermuI'
put up in barrels with whitewasns
heads, which is a peculiarly OF nc
mudian vegetable shippers. Ihey -
now worth at wholesale IN New ~
about So per barrel and will propASq1
be no lower during the season. y
new tomatoes reached our markess
the last steamer from Bermuda, e
the supply will rapidly inerease
each succeeding steamer. They -
bring at wholesale from 81 to -
per box of five or six crates.
are of course raised and ripened NJ
open air. Onions will begin to SIN.
IN two or three weeks. There sDe
a semi-monthly steamer from
ds to New York, but q little -
there will be a weekly service or
haps three arrivals in two weeks 9
ing the height of the crop season W
begins in April and May. The
delicate and perishable v~egetAos
like lettuce, celery, cucumbers, Nv
ace not much brought from Bern1s
as they are apt 70 wilt ana nexy
stale on the passage.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-18

William ID. Howelis commands
higher prices for his work, particularly
IN the magazines, than any other
American author. The rumoris that
he receives from $50 to 500 a page
for his work in The Century and in
Harper's, and that his estimated in
come from his writings this year will
be about $40, 1000. Twenty-fveyears
ago his salary as a news editor was
$40 a week. Guessers say that En-
erson's books all told never yielded
him more than about $40, 900, orsay
$1,000 a year for the best thirty
years OF his life. But Mr.. Emerson
belonged to that quality of genius
that always commands more OF the
worlds reverence than Of It's ready
cash. Mrs, Grant with the certainty
of half a million as her share OF the
Memoirs" win receive the highest
price for a single work of which there
IS any record.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-18

The bugbear of the Great American
Desert is fast disappearing into the
realm of exploded myths. The 0ma-
Ia Bee says it has retreated to theex-
treme western limits of Nebraska and
is preparing to sweep across Wyoming.
During the past two seasons crops
have been grown in the westernmost
countries OF central and northwestern
Nebraska, and the rainfall has been
AMPLE for all the needs of the agricul.
turist. The advancing line of sufi-
Gent rainfall has pushed By all artif-
cial barriers Typographical lines. For
twenty years Nebraskans needed the
crossings OF meteorologists, but they
have learned from experience that
civilization brings rainfall, as rainfall
increases civilization. The s.a,id''
lands OF Nebraska are fast being COW
cred by hourishing farms, prosperous
towns and growing settlements. So
far as Nebraska is concerned, there is
no Great American Desert.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-18


that the gentlemen whose initial Joy
put on my shoulder doesnt-doesnt
| come any more, andI wantit
| Do YOU think-doy outhinky you couio
| change it to a B?'
"tOh, yes said 1; that can DC lone
Lyon see. this gentleman's name Is
Rashford. and / thought you couid
$50 changed the P to a B, andpus
on q few hourishes, and b lett. -
thought | had seen the last I her, I'M
I'll . few months ago she came again,
| and blushed in earnest. !,
atWeIl. said / laughing, must l
change it again? What Is MS name
now -,
nHis name is Mortimer; n on;
we are to be married next week, aIpi :
nv dress and veil are all done, ana I
am AFRAID OF making HIM angry, iorhe
knows nothing of the Others. DO you
think you could change the Bto an
M?' ,,,,1
"eThat would be impossible saldi |;
but j can cover the letter yer with
some other design, if you would IKE
that :.
"No. / shouldn't like that. II
wouldn't mean anything she SAID,
looking almost ready to cry. Then
suddenly she looked up and cried out;
ooh. Ihave it, / just dote on Beeth,
oven. and so does he. I'll let the u
stand for Beethoven, and you shall put
on the first two measures OF his sonata
in A minor. Won't that be nicer
"Seizine a pencil, she marked a stan
and a few notes OF music on a scrapol
naper. and handed it to me. /
sketched on her shoulder a scroll,
bearing the initial B in the centre,
and then drew in the staff and notes
as She had indicated. II was quite a
nice lob, but she was very patient, and
finally went away smiling, and hum
ming the air which l had tattooed on
her shoulder"
t'Did you ever see her again?"
"a few days later j CHANGED to be IN
the Boston and Albany depot, when
a lady and gentleman passed me, gong
toward the train. She had the look
OF a bride, and as they passed me she
e m a glance and hummed the air
that | had scratched upon her Shout