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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-28

FUNERAE.-The funeral of the late Albion
N. Hurdle took place from his late residence
on Washington street yesterday evening
aud was largely attended. The remains
were escartcd to the grave by Il. f. Lee
Camp Conf derata Veterans and largo
number of others. The funeral ceremony
was conducted by Rev. Mr.. Suter, of Christ
Church, and the remains were inferred in
the NJ. T. Cemetery. Messrs. VIM. Bacon,
H. Appich, Il. NJ Latham, c. S. Taylor, r:
C. Graham, and John Proctor acted as pail
bearers
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-28
EXCURSIONS.
T OVER CEDAR POINT.
The Paradise of the Potomac River,
OPENED JtILY1.

The safe, swift and magnificent sT-A
steamer JANE MOsELEY will leave $500.
her wharf, foot of Prince street, ut q. H.
rain or shine, on MONDAYS, TUESDAYS,
tuesdays, FRIDAYS and SATURDAYS
Fare so cents; children % cents.
For further information and charters to socie
ties and to engage staterooms, apply at the office
on the wharf, foot of Seventh street, Washington.
jy7 B. c. DAVIS, superintendent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-28

COUNTY CouRT-Judqe d. VI. Chichester
presiding The case OF Com. vs.: Frank
Thompson. charged with. carrying ION the:
policy business, was called. The attorney
for defendant entered a motion for contin-
uance, which was overruled aud the case
set for Friday next.
Com. Vs. John Fitzpatrick two cases !;
charged with unlawful tresras' and with
carrying concealed weapons =; the cases were
set for Friday.
Court adjourned until Friday at 1880
o'clock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-28
DIED.

Suddenly, at tho residence of his SON. in law
F. 2. Berkeley near Annandale, Fairfax county,
Va, on Tuesday, July 27, 1886, JOHN WALKER
GEORGE. eldest son of the latc Rev. Cumberland
George, of Culpeper. laSY~ Funeral at Fairfax G.
II. on Thursday, 29th instant, at IL o'clock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-28

PERSONAL Alderman Henry Strauss has
gone to the Bath county Hot Springs.
State Auditor Marye was in tho city to-
day.
Mr. G.. A. Darltou has beon appointed
superintendent of telegraph of the Rich
mond and Danvillo railroad. aud will have
supervision Of the telegraph service OF that
company on all its lines. e,
Mis-. Lieut. Nash, accompanied by her
son, left here this morning to visit her bus
band in Oswego, N. Y, and also the Thous-
and Islands.
Messrs. G.. F.. Stuart and Il. kemper
left here last night for Richmond, to repre-
sent the citizens interest in tho Alexandila
canal suit, which was to have come up in
the circuit court of that city TO day.
Miss Lizzie Holcomb of Washington, IS
visiting friends in this city.
Mr.. Charles Taylor is visiting tx Govern
or Holiday 10 Winchester.
THE FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR POHlCK.-
The accidental shooting of q colored woman
near Pohick on Monday was stated in yes.
terday's GAZETTE. Delilah Cory was the
name of the unfortunate woman and she
lived in the neighborhood of Burke's Sta
lien, on the V. N. &. W. She went to- Mrs.
Simeon Denty's lone of her wash places),
near Pohick, and on her return home
called to see Miss Lavinia Denty on some.
business connected with purchase Miss
Denty had made of some goods from ped
dler. The young lady was showing the
goods, while the Iatter's brother, who had
purchased a pistol from the peddler, was
also showing his purchase to the old colored
woman. In handling the weapon it was
discharged, and the ball entering under the
right jaw Of the woman and lodging in the
brain caused instant death. The deceased
was respected by all who knew her. ."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-28

DARE FENCING WIRE ut the present time is
- very low in price. We have a large stock.
and those in want will do well to call on us before
huying. JAS. F. CARLlN & SONS,
icl5 ....... ..s {. Aloxaudra, Va
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-28

/NRASS and GRAIN SCYTHE5, Hay lakes
VI Grain Cradles and all Uthor seasonable goods
i'll great variety ut
ieI5 II JAS. F. CARLIN & SONS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-28

a. FOR RENT-A TWO-STORY BRICK
Ell HOUSE. with side lot, pine rooms and gas
aud water, on Duke street, between Fairfax and
Leo streets also SEVERAL SMALL HOUSES in
different parts of the city. Apply to JOHN T.
HILL room Market building. jy28 1w
CTEP LADDERS-Weh have full line of these
- goods, of best quality, with and without shelf.
Prices very low.
JAS F. CARIIN & SONS
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-04
A SLICK SWINDLER OF THE WAR.

Our regiment was one of the first to 60 to
the front after Sumter was fired on, and
we had scarcely gone into camp at Wash
ington when tall distinguished-look
stranger, who said he had served through
the Crimean war as Lieutenant Colonel of
an English regiment, appeared at the Off
GERS quarters. He had steel breast-plate
of his own invention, and one which had
saved the lives of hundreds of officers in
the Crimean and other campaigns. The
steel plates were to be placed in the vest,
one on each side, and when buttoned up no
one could distinguish it from an ordinary
vest. He furnished vest and all for $50,
and to use his own language:
"That is very small sum for preserving
mans life through the war. Statistics
show that nine men are hit in the chest
where one is hit elsewhere. l warrant this
vest to safely turn aside even grapeshot,
while bullets will rebound like peas"
None of US wanted to die for our country
and we didn't mean to if bullet-proof vests
would prevent. There was but one single
officer in the regiment who didn't give him
an order, and Idon't believe there were more
than five out of the brigade. We got our
vests just before the advance on Bull Run,
and we took hand in the fight feeling real
sorry for the Confederates who had no chance
W lllCll plCCiOuo lloilto W oiStfoe
plates. We lost sixty men out of our regi-
ment and had an officer shot in the shoul-
der. This to show you that we were in the
thick of it,
Well, we kept congratulating ourselves
over those vests until one day, two or three
weeks after Mcclellan had assumed COM
mand, had business call at the Captains
tent. 1t was hot day and his coat and
vest hung on the center-pole. He had been
buying new revolver, and in exhibiting it
to me it was accidentally discharged. We
heard sound like bean striking a tin
pan, and both knew the bullet proof vest
had been hit. Come to take it down we
found that the bullet had gone through
both sides.
"H'm--I see!" growled the Captain, as
he surveyed the holes. Lets take little
walk"
We passed out Of camp to a thicket and he
hung his vest on stump and began blazing
away. The six charges made a collander of
it. Then hung up mine and it was done
for in the same fashion. The matter got
noised around, and in two days it was
known that we had been sold out for cent.
Not vest in the brigade would stand a
pistol bullet, let alone an ounce ball from a
musket, and that gander-shanked English
man was a big Doodle ahead.-DefroH Free
Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-04

James Wesley Reid, of Wentworth, n.
c., was born in that town, June 1lth, 1919.
He received an academic education and
graduated from Emory and Henry College,
Virginia, in 1869. He studied law and was
admitted to the bar, June, 1873. In August,
1874, he was elected County Treasurer of
Rockingham county, North Carolina, and
was continuously elected to that office until
he resigned the same in November, 1884.
At the special election Of January 18th, 1885,
he was elected to succeed Governor A. NJ.
Scales, in the Forty-eighth Congress, as
Democrat. He received 4,707 votes as
against 356 votes for Worth and 60 votes
scattering. He represents the fifth North
Carolina district which comprises the coun-
ties of Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Gull:
ford, Person, Randolph, Rockingham and
StOkeS
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-04

PROVED A PERJURER.-In large facto-
ry, in which were employed several hun
dred persons, one of the workmen, in WELD
ing hammer, careessly allowed it to slip
from his hand. 1t flew way across the room,
and struck a fellow-workman in the left
eye. This man claimed that his eye was
blinded by the blow, although careful
examination failed to reveal any, injury,
there being not scratch visible. lie
BROUGHT a Suit in the courts for compensa-
ton for the loss of half of his eye-sight, and
refused all offers of fcomprOmise. Under the
law, the owner of the factory was RESPONSE
BILE for an injury resulting from an accident
of this kind, and although he believed that
the man was shamming, and that the whole
case was an attempt at sWindling, he had
about made up his mind that he would be
compelled to pay the claim.
The day of the trial arrived, and in open
court an eminent oculist, who had been re.
tanned by the defense, examined the alleged
injured member, and gave it as his opinion
that it was as good as the right eye. Upon
to see with his left eye, the oculist proved
him perurer, and satisfied the court and
jury of the falsity of this claim.
And hoWdo you suppose he did 1T: why,
simply by knowing that the colors green
and red combined make black. He pro-
cured black card on which few words
were written with green ink. Then the
plaintiff was ordered to put on pair OF
spectacles with two different glasses, the
one for the right eye being red, and the one
for left eye consisting of ordinary glass.
Then the card was handed him, and he was
ordered to read the writing on it. This he
did without hesitation and the cheat was at
once exposed.
The sound right eye, fitted with the red
glass, was unable to distinguish the green
Writing on the black surface of the card,
while the left eye, which was claimed to be
sightless, was the one with which the read
ing had to be done.-Hmper's Young People.
aay a traveller in New Mexico gives a
glowing description of the country through
which new road passes, and tells of the
Seven Cities of the Chico valley what almost
reads like the romantic explorations of the
members of theSmithsonian Institute. He
says that there are to-day in that valley ruins
of large buildings five stories high, and some
of them in such an excellent state of preser-
walton that the, masonry and plastering are
looking as new and fresh as though done but
a few years instead of centuries ago. These
buildings are popularity supposed to be OF
Aztec origin but, strange to say, there is at
present no historical account of them or
of their builders.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-04

He saw the letters, nevertheless and
knew that it was true. From that time
forth Magdalen's name was never mention
ed, for good or ill, in the household; she
slept the sleep which ends the unquiet as
well as the quiet life, and her faults lay
buried with her.
1.-THE END
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-04
SMALL, BEGINNINGS.

Flushed with the ardor born Of health,
good impulses and ineXperience, the young
enthusiasts school-boy days are irradiated
with dreams of a respendent future. If of
a somewhat poetical and religious temper
ament he will conceive it to be his mission
to reform society and be benefactor to all
mankind. He is impatient with the slow,
routine methods of mankind in general and
with the injustice which they tolerate. If
cast in {, grosser mold, he will probably re-
solve to be a great soldier or statesman or
millionaire merchant, who will utilize fame
and power and wealth to assist and encOur
age his less fortunate fellows. But when
the projectors of such ideal futures are
brought into rude contact with our plod-
ding, work-a-day world they are too fire.
frequetly discouraged and disarmed by the
shock which disillusiOns them. Realizing
! the inability to fulfill the hopes born of
their generous though callow impulse, they
permit themselves to swing to the oppo-
site extremity of the arc. Some OF them lose
heart, others wrap themselves up in she'll
of selfishness, sitting the warm sympathies
that previously animated them.
The most valuable lesson that can be i'm
pressed on all young men and women at
the threshold of their career is that small
beginnings are not to be despised, that small
economies pave the road to wealth, that
genius largely consists of hard, earnest
work, and that Olympus is more often gain
ed by those who steadtastly climb than by
those who essay to fly. There is work
enough in the world for all hands to do,
wretchedness enough to be alleviated, and
| happiness enough to be attained, for that
matter, if we only set about it in the right
way by taking the task or the duty that
is nearest to us Many man spends half
his years bewaiing his lack of capital when
his wasted dimes and nickles might, if
saved, have established him in successful
business. Many a man and woman deplOre
the misery they daily read of, yet refrain
from relieving any portion of it. AS the
oak springs from the acorn all great reforms
develop from apparently trivial beginnings.
There is no occasion for being depressed at
ones inability to grapple with all the evil
on the planet begin with that manifesto
! ton of sin or misfortune which is nearest
YOUR own door. DO not be cast down by
the consciousness of how little you can ac
complish where 50 much is to be done. A
reservoir may be enlptied pint by pint
even drop by drop. Enthusiasm is Won
drous factor in human progress and should
be refreshed rather than chilled by an occa-
sional reverse.-N Y. Graphic.
AaT In answer to an advertisement in the
st. Louis papers for 1000 cats, several hun
dred boys appeared at the stage door of the
Grand opera house carrying as many diff
ferent kinds of felines The manager fasten-
ed tag with a wire on each Tommy's neck,
and turned the animal loose in the street to
circle for its home. The tag was an adver-
tisement for his show. Every boy that
brought cat got pass good all next week.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-04
hundred feet of the wires, all wound up and

hundred feet of the wires, all wound up and
snarled on it.
"Thatwas about the most exciting expert
ence l ever had!
"We tossed out one other grapnel, and
finally landed in a peach-orchard, a couple
of miles further on. l mailed Il letter to
the telegraph company, offering to settle
for the wires, but they never sent me any
bill. Although the adventures seemed to
excite so little wonder among the men on
the train, their own GOODNESS has always
been a source of wonder to me, though it
may he accounted for, I suppose, by the
fact of their scientific training. ."-lonfhs
COmpuniOU.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-04

MANS DEEPEST EMOTION.-The deep
est emotion that man knows is love. If,
like the air plants, its roots are upward,
and love works with moral sentiment, IL IS
divine, and that atmosphere through which
the image, the ideal, the true thought OF
God is to make itself known.
1t is the great end toward which creation
is tending. The discovery of that thought
has been Of inconceivable comfort to me, for
I have seen the human race beginning at
the lowest state of animalism, grasping,
cruel; have seen the animal creation or
ganiZed for cruelty-the shark, the leopard,
the lion, as if destructiveness was part and
parcel of the original creative design; out
of it have seen little by little emerging
other qualities; love of cubs and Whelps;
with slow steps l have seen the animal
creation reach to the level. of the human
family, and that family under one mystic
influence, which we cannot call nature, for
it seems to contradict nature at every step;
Ihave seen the steady unfolding toward in
telligence, toward refinement, toward I'M
agination, whose eyes are away from organ
lied matter; of ascent and the law OF un-
folding at last seems this: To setthe whole
Of creation upon a march from the lowest
form of unorganiZed matter up through
every variation of organization, through
every form of passion, still seeking it knows
not what, until later ages descry that star
that all creation is seeking and around
which it is revolving; and love is that,
and is the final end Of creatlon.-7enry
Ward Beecher.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-04

CHASTITY PLEAsANTRY.-There is one
very careless habit of great many excel
lent married people. How often we hear a
man joke his wife about getting married a
second time, or wife perpetrate the same
sort of CHASTITY pleasantly at the expense of
her husband. They would not do it if they
were to stop and think but moment. Did
you ever hear Il wife joke about the death
of her child, or her mother or sister or
father: No, no. But society is running
over with those who joke about the death
of their husbands. 1t is the most thought
less sort of humor ever invented. 1t is
trfiing with the most serious subject on
earth. We decry irreverent passages in a
play or public address. 1t makes the
blood chill to see rude hands laid on that
which is sacred. Love is sacred, mar
riage is sacred, death is awful. The one
ever painful thought to those who are hap
ily we'd is that death comes at last to take
one away and leave the other lonely sur
vivOr. Conceive then the hideOus t1ippan-
cy of that wife's conversation who specu-
lates in Jest rs to her successor. What Vlo-
lence does a husband do a precious thing
when he, in his imagination, jumps over
the grave of his wife and dances like a
clown in the arena of widowerhood, read?
for another matrimonial enterprise. The
world takes a proper view of this subject
when it demands that the widows of its he
roes shall remain constant until they, them
selves shall be taken away, and that there
shall be no invader on a cOnsecrated field.
This natural sentiment in the human heart
found expression among the Hindoos in
the custom of burning the wife after the
death of her husband. This fixes the re-
lationship between the two irrevocably, and
that is the exact intention of the custom.
Itwould hardly do to burn the widows of
this country, for they are generally well
behaved and duly respectful to the memory
of their deceased husbands. If there ought
to be any burning up in this line it ought
to be of the widowers, especially of the old
er ones who are so suddenly rejuvenated
when loosed from the matrimonial tether.
No human creature is the butt of SO much
ridcule, the object of so much railery be-
hind the scenes in those very circles he
seeks to penetrate and bear off a victim,
as that giddy person known as the marry
ing widower of ripper age. 1t is only when
he is fortified with gold and silver and
precious stones. He is then accepted as a
spcculation.-Ch Chicago Tribune.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-07-10
Mnrderers Hanged.
OPIUM ~sMUGGLERs.
How a Couple of Cinnamon Were
Detected and Arrested.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL


ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
SAN Francisco, July 9.-This morning
All Yon, q Chinese boatswain on the
Gaelic, was arrested on the charge of at
tempting to bride a custom inspector, and
Tai Hung Lung, Of the firm Of Tai Hung
Lung & Co., wa arrested on the charge OF
conspiracy to deiraud the revenue. 1t ap-
pears that on Wednesday night All Yon sp.
preached Inspector Harrison and offered
So IL he would assist him to smusgle some
opium ashore. He assented, md it was
agreed that he should carry it to the firm
of Tai Hung Lung & Co., where he would
be paid his percentage. The inspector at
once communicated with his superiors,
and All Yon was arrested. Deputy Mar
shall Fogarty then swore out a search war
rant against Tai Hung Lung Il Co. and
proceeded to their store. After stationing
officers around he entered the store and
asked Tai Hung Lung whether he knew All
Yon. Receiving q reply in the affirmative
he offered him two boxes OF opium, for
which the Chinaman paid him 50. After a
great deal of opposition to the presence of
the third party, the Ohinaman consented
to having Inspector Harrison called in the
room and gave him So for the three boxes
he had. Other officers then rushed in and
commenced the search. A large quantity
OF opium was found, and about II, 900 fine
manila cigars. Tai Hung was released
later on bonds Of So, GOO. All Yon has not
yet been able to procure bail.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-07-10
GurcIia Dailp Sentinel.
COST OF GETTING IN PAELIA-
MENT.

Why does a candidate for the House
Of Commons have to spend so much
money upon his election? Can it be
spent honestly? These are frequent ques.
tons and the more frequent now since
Americans are again asked to help the
National candidates in Ireland. Taking
the second question first, it may be said
that in former times. and coming down
to quite recent dates, a vast deal oil
money has been spent in corrupt prac
tees in Parliamentary elections, and that
such expenditures made up the bulk OF
the large cost. But there is less Of that
now, for there is a very stringent GRIM
inal law to punish corrupt Practices.
Among recent reforms as to Parliament.
airy elections, says the Philadelphia
Ledger, there have been some that reduce
the cost OF election. At present the
principal charges that fall upon q can.
didate are the Sherif's fees--that is the
payment of the men who sit at the polls
to receive the ballots, like our election
oficers-and the compensation to the
men who attend at the polls or hastings
in the interest of the candidate, to can.
vass for him and to get his voters to at
tend. With us, the former of these ex-
penses are paid from the public treasury
out Of the taxes, and the latter are paid
by executive or other committees OF the
parties to which the respective candidates
belong. Amounts as great as $50, 600 to
500, 600 have been expended in a can
vass in England, and for the matter of
that here, too, in extraordinary in.
stances, but it seems that the legitimate
cost of an election for a single Member
may run to $500 or fS00-or from 81, 500
to 81, 900, which the candidate or his
friends must pay. The lesser of these
amounts would make an election for the
whole Of Ireland cost a quarter of a
million of dollars if all the seats were
contested, but fortunately not all of
them are actually contested. Still there
are enough to require a great deal of
money,
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-07-10
FINANCES.

The last of June was the end OF the
fiscal year-the first complete fiscal year
of the Cleveland administration. A
comparison Of the condition Of the
Treasury now and last year at this time
is interesting and instructive. The debt
proper has been decreased during the
year by S44. 6l2, 2S6. The cash in the
Treasury has been increased in the same
period $5l, 1885, 79. The gold and gold
bullion in the Treasury have been in
creased during the year $36. 494, S53.
The silver dollars, of which under the
law over two millions and a half have
been coined monthly during the year,
aud the silver bullion on hand have in.
creased during the year $2S, 30S. ass.
The silver dollars actually in circulation
are thirteen millions more now than at
this time last year.
These figures show conclusively that
while the payment of the national debt
has gone on during the year and the re.
quirements of the Sinking fund have
been fully maintained by the Democratic
Administration, in spite Of the extremely
hard times, the Treasury has at the
same time greatly strengthened its pc.
sition. That is to say, the finances Of
the country under Democratic control
have been so we'll and carefully managed
that the Treasury is now fully able to
meet any extraordinary demand which
may be made on it by reason of any pres.
ent or future calls upon its resources.