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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-25
!COMMUNICATED.
Thn Stranfs

Having the welfare of our city very much
at heart, l beg to lay before the citizens of
Alexandria some visws which I hope will
commend themselves to their adoption.
Feeling assured that nothing will invite
more substantial increase in our population
or contribute mora to our health, happiness
and success than improved streets, have
consulted the municipal officers of some of
the most thrifty cities in our country to end
out the actual effect Of such improvements
upon their cities growth and prosperity. I
have letters from the following gentlemen,
which will be happy to submit to council
Thomas A. Hubbard, of Nashville, Tenn;
Hon. r. L. Cofran, Topeka, Kansas Hon.
w. J. Cathcart, city clerk aud treasurer
Columbia, S. c.; Hon. G. S. Denrey, may
or, Indianapolis; Hon. w. Donovan, Lansing,
Mich. Hon. B. s. Chamberlin, city clerk
Elmira, N. Y; Hon. Henry S. Thsyer,
mayors secretary, Buffalo, n. T.; Hon
Geo. ". Gardner, Cleveland, Ohio Hon.
Rufus E. Lester, mayor of Savannah, Ga;
all speaking most empbatcnlly Of the great
| value of such improvements upon the sub
stantial advancement Of those cities.
l have also letters from the com miasoners
OF the District OF Columbia and the mayor
of Concord, n. H., which take the liberty
ofinsertiDg in this article.
OFFICE CoMM'Rs DISTRICT OF CoLUMRI,,l
WASHINGTON, April -, 1886.
Hon. COurtlana II. Smith, Alexandria. Ta:
Sir: The Commissioners have the honor to &C.
knowledge yours of tho 9th instant requesting
their views as to the influence upon tho property
in Washington of the municipal improvements
made here.
1t is almost impracticable to recto with reason.
able brcvity the story of the progress made by the
District in the last fifteen years, but it may be
| generally stated that its growth has kept full
pace with the most vigorous municipalities of the
| country during that period.
From city whose existence was almost in
jeopardy on account of inadequate attention to
its street and sewerage demands previous to the
inauguration Of comprehensive improvements
here its fitness as the capital of great nation
since that era is not only conceded by ALL but its
claims to that distinction defended by those who
previously endcavoled to secure its abandonment
as the seat of the national government
| Very respectfully,
|
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-25

Salvation Oil cures rheumatism in from y
to 48 hours, swellings and bruises in few
hours
Suicide is not more sinful than neglectipg
cough. For only 25 cents you can buy q
bottle of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup and be
saved from death. Try it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-25

There is no material change to noe IN -Four:
the demand is confined 10 the job3ius traders WHO
buy mainly to supply current needs. The Wheat
m'rScis opened to-day irregular ana cas- il tone,
with nothing reported to cause movement III
either direction, whites futures arc weak and fe.
verisb, and there is slack forci., demand :;
prime samples of milling Whea.s fer i'm .ciis,c
or near delivery are readily scld at full prices
Corn and Rye are steady aud quiet Oats are &C.
tive and wanted. Eggs are lower. Choice But.
ter and other produce continue scarce ami readily
command the attention Of buyers.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 25.-Cotton dull: mi,,dling
y. Flour fairly active and steady Howard
street and Western super So 25a2 G5 do extra
81 15a3 so; do family So 75a4 so: CITY Mills
super 81 23a2 IS; do extra 50 00a3 %; do
Rio brands 81 Bal 81 ; Patapsco family 50 90
do supcrlative patent So &c. Whca;-sou,hern
fairly active and tlrmer; Western weak and luw.
er; Southern red S5aSS; do amber S1aS9; No
Western winter rcd spos S2E.sS2E: Nov s2a,e
S2Hs; Dec Sl3saS13l Jan S62s 9S65, Corn
quiet and steads Southern white AIlia45 DO
yellow Al lea1aa.; Western mixed spot lila
44%a Nov Al tia44 y year 4lisai4a.; Jan i5a,s
4o@s. Oats quiet and steady; Southcra and
penna ola36; Western white 34a3G; co mixed
32A33. Eye stcaiy at 56a5S. Hay qnict and steady
primo to choice Western $13ai5. Provisions
quiet and steady. Mess Pork 81 so for new
Bulk meats-&houl.lnrs 6la; clear rib sides ~,
Bacon-shoulders Tl5; clear rib sides ) hams
l3al3's! Lard-reiined 7s,. Butter quiet
creamery 25a3O: Western 15a1s. Eggs easy q,
!9a2o. Cnllec firm and higher; Rio cnrgocs or.
binary to fair 1lHsa12t,. Sugar steady A soft
OF. Whiskcy steady at 81 23a1 24.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-25

CHICAGO Oct. 25-11 a. m.-Whcat opescd
nrm at 77s for December, bnt sold of steadily 10
ao3s, and is now quoted at that figure Dec Corn
Lard SIS 721h.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-25

The Young Prince Louis Napoeoa is ia
New York. and will remain there until after
The Bartholdi statue is dedicated.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-25

New York, Oct 25.-Cotton quiet; uplands
94i Orleans ZIG; futures steady. Flour
quiet and firm. Wheat lower and heavy. Corn
lover and dull. Pork firm at 50 75a1O: new
mess firm ut $l1a11 so. Lard steady Mt ST; C-I,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-25

TO MACHINIsTs AND FOUNDRYMEN-We
L have on hand at So King, corner of RovaI
street, lot of BEREA GRINDSTONEs of snne.
Irlor quality; amongst which; are number If
large size 6x36 inches, suited for machine shors
sep2T IT CRETGHToN a GOV,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-25

flee all men over forty, five years of age, and
all whose education doesn't qualify them for
the position Of master of an advanced school,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-25

RREEC:H LOADING GUNS. fine quality, She'll
- eiecting, Double action and other P;stoIs
Loading Implements, Shells Caps, Primers, Wsas
ana other goods in same line, will be sold at low
prices, az ~ King, corner of Royal streets. Cali
nov14 1T cPErauroN !. COW
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-25
MEDICINAL.

Passed Up.
schr Three Sisters, for Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-25
MARINE; NEWS.

PORT OF ALEXANDRIA,, OCTOBER -. 1--G.
Sun rises. ...........G 30 sun sc.s..........5 :
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-04-08

Senator Jones. of Florida, evidently is
anxious for some excuse to account for
his absence from his seat in the Senate
other than his love affair in Detroit. The
move in his own State to place some one
in his seat, unless he returns, has about
brought him to his senses, and, from re-
liable authorities, it is said he contem.
plates an early return to Washington.
He has written a letter to a friend there,
and, while he denies that he is lovesick
and repudiates such an aspersion, he says
the real cause of his absence is because
he is disgusted with Cleyeland's admin.
~istration. Rather than be on hand to
defend it in the late debate, he preferred
to remain away, and says now that that
point is settled he can come back to his
place. Whether this will be accepted as
a valid plea for his absence is not known,
but at any rate the country has had a
great deal Of fun at the Senator'S ex-
pense. and his fellow Senators are wait
ing his return with anxiety to see how
the affair has affected him.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-04-08

The idea of sending the Apaches, who
recently surrendered to Crook, to Fort
Marion, st. Augustine, Florida, as
prisoners of war, is both novel and prac-
ticsl. Once there it is almost a moral
certainty they will never get back to
their old haunts. Should their extreme
spirits become thoroughly exhilarated by
the balmy breezes from off orange groves
and crockodile swamps and they succeed
to make good their escape, the question
of the endurance of the average Floridan
while undergoing personal tortures will
then be solved. 1t may be this step on
the part of the Administration will prove
a solution of the Apache problem in the
West. Quien sabe?
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-04-08
eureka Dailp Sentinel.
THURSDAY. APRIL 8. 1886
AN CITY.

Washington, the capital of the nation,
is, no doubt, one Of the unhealthiest
cities in the Union north of Mason and
Dixon's line. The trouble is, principally,
malaria and sewer-gas poisons. The lat
ter may in time be overcome; the former
never will. Washingtonians will not ac-
cept the fact that their city is unhealthy.
Were they, when reading the mortuary
reports published weekly in their local
newspapers, to ponder over the number
OF deaths from consumption alone they
would, if possessed of any reason at all,
acknowledge that there must be some.
thing radically wrong with the sanitary
condition of the city. At least one.
third of the aggregate number who die
there weekly are accredited in these re-
ports with having died from this dread
disease.
A Washington correspondent of the
New York Sun, realizing the poor health
of Cabinet officers, Congressman and
others while there, has the following to
say in defense of the city's reputation for
unh~ealthfulness, which is fast gaining
ground.
They have started a bad air scare over
in the Treasury building, and a effort is
made to show that Secretary Msnning's
sickness was brought on by inhsling
poisons from the sewer pipes. II is very
probable that bad air had something to do
with it, but that is not the primary cause.
The breaking down of our Cabinet officers,
Congressman, and Presidents is due more
to their failure to take proper exercise than
any other cause. Secretary Manning rode
in o carriage To his Office in the morning,
sat for ten hours at his desk in q close
room, not even going out for air At lunch
con time, rode home in his carriage at
dinner time. inc spent the evening in
doors. Is il any wonder that his blood
became sluggish and refused to perform
its functions?
The President works an even greater
number OF hours. He takes what he calls
exercise. g., q drive, usually in a close
carriage, for an hour or two in four or five
days OF the week. Once in a while he
strolls through the White House grounds.
He steadily gains in flesh, and one OF these
days he will be in the doctors hands.
Then we shall hear q great deal about the
clogged sewer pipes and bad ventilation OF
the White House. It will be lack OF ex-
ercise.
Every few days q Senator or Represent
alive gives out and has a long siege OF sick
ness, and we nave alarming reports about
the poisonous air of the Capitol. Inquire
into the habits of the sick man and, ten to
one. you will find he rides to the Capitol
in the morning in a cab or horse-car,
spends the day in inactivity, and rides
back to his boarding place again.
There are men in Washington who have
been in public life. with all its cares. re-
sponsibilities, and vexstions, for a genera
ton. and have never been sick q day. But
they have been men who took regular ex-
ercise in the open air and paid attention
to the laws OF health. Not overworked
brains, but u~nderworked bodies, cause all
the trouble.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-04-08

Senator Miller was commonly supposed
to possess a fortune that ran well up
into the millions. The Alaska Fur Com
pany, in the popular mind, was q gold
mine with limitless dividends. 1t is
now discovered that the Senator's estate
will not exceed $3.50, 900, or about one-
twentieth of what most people would
have guessed it to be. Similar revela-
tions on the death of other rich men sug-
gest the reflection that perhaps the num-
Der of dangerously oppulent citizens is
not SO great as some timid reformers
have feared.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-04-08
A MInImg Nnperintendent Nhot.

GUAYMAs, Mex. April TO. s. Ben
ham, Superintendent of the Copper Queer
mine at Cansnaes, Sonora, was shot dead
OF Hermosillo to-day by his coachman,
Fred Sweet. Tit murderer was arrested
No cause is assigned. Mrs. Benham II
Frustrated by the event.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-04-08

The region north Of Cape Colony in
South Africa has always been regarded
as a desert. but q man named Farini, who
is a stock-raiser, has made extensive ex-
plorations and reports the country equal
to the American Territories in it's nutri-
tious grasses. Not many years ago the
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-04-08
Aid for the

NEW YORK, April THE interest in the
southwestern strikers among Union men
in this city continues to grow. The action
OF the General Executive Board in recall
ing the order to resume work, and in
pledging the support Of the entire organ
ization TO the strike meets with the appro-
val of a majority OF the Knights in this
region. From a large number of local and
district assemblies resolutions favoring
this course and pledging themselves to
furnish their quota Of necessary funds
were sen to Secretary Turner.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-04-08
A Steamer Overturned.

OwENBoRo, Kg., April 1.-THE steame,
Mountain Boy turned over at that place In
a gale at about 2 o'clock yesterday. Frank
Absher. Waterman; Scott Lowery, q roust.
about. and Billy Steteler, a passenger
were drowned. Fourteen other persons
were saved.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-04-08
NOTICE..

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT HAVE
IN appointed Simeon wenbsn my Agent 70
look after and protect the property aud inter,
ests of the estate OF J. W. Dean. deceased. ana
NJ. Fitzgerald TO assist him, and they are
authorized to take any aud all steps necessary
for that purpose. EVA j. DEAG
administrators Of the estate of. W. DeAn-
deceased.
Eureka, Nevada, Oct. II, 1885. DISH
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-04-08
The Railroad War Not Ended

DENVER, Col, April THE Union Pa
cifc this evening began selling first-clasi
limited tickets TO San Francisco for $50,
with q hve-dollar rebate. This is o re
duction of SIS. It will be met at ono,
by the Denver and Rio Grande and Santi
Fe roads. Railroad officials here thinl
the prospects for a speedy termination Of
the transcontinental war are by no mean
bright.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-04-08

treat American desert was mapped as an
arid plain, and it is reasonable to suppose
that the mighty Continent Of Africa out
side the tropical zone is called worthless
for agricultural purposes simply because
its resources are unknown.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-04-08
Efght Homrs q Day,a Work.

WASHINGTON. April blair introduced
a bill in the Senate to-day to provide that
eight hours shall constitute a DAYS work
for ell letter carriers, and that their SAL
aries shall not be reduced by reason of the
decrease in the hours OF labor.
A New York Alderman Missing.
New YORK. April Alderman Delacy
cannot be found. and 1t is stated that he
left the city Sunday night with the inter.
tion Of remaining away.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-04-08

A Labor Measure Being promoted.
WASHINGTON, April 7.-Samuel Com
pers. President of the Legislative Com.
mittee OF Federation of Trades and Labor
Unions Of the United States and Canada,
addressed the House Committee on Labor
to-day 10 favor of the bill to incorporate
trades unions.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-04-08

Biliousness relieved by I'D Dat
Capron's. y
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-04-08

TOB PRINTING-NEw STYLES OF
- type at the SENTINEL ONCE. Letter Heads,
BAH Heads. Cards. ETC., printed In the best
style kne vn to the tart p~reservative."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-24
AN OLD FAvoRITE.
Under the lamp-light. dead in the street,
Delicate, fair and only twenty,
There she lies,

Under the lamp-light, dead in the street.
Delicate, fair and only twenty,
There she lies,
Face TO the skies,
Starved TO death in city of plenty,
Spurned by all that is pure and sweet,
Passed by busy and careless feet
Hundreds bent upon folly and pleasure,
Hundreds with plenty of time and leisure
Leisure to speed Chris'ts mission below,
TO teach the erring aud raise the lowly.
Plenty in Charity's name to show
That life has something divine and holy.
Boosted charms, classical brow,
Delicate features, look at them now;
Look ut her lips-once they could smile;
Eyes-weli, ne'ermore shall they beguile;
Nevermore, nevermore words of hers
A blush snail bring to the saintest face.
She has found, let us hope and trust,
Peace in a higher and better place.
And vet despite to all, still ween
Joy of some heart she must have been.
Some fond mother, fond of the task,
Has stopped to finger the dainty curl;
Some proud father has bowed to ask
A blessing for her, his darling girl.
Hard 10 think as we look at her there,
OF all the tenderness, love and care.
!Snely watching, and sore heartache-
All the agony, burning tears.
Joys and sorrows, hopes and fears,
Breathed and suffered for her sweet sake.
Fancy will picture home afar.
Out where the daisies aud buttercups are,
Out where the life-giving breezes flow,
Far from those sOdden streets, foul and low;
Fancy viii picture lonely hearth,
And an aged couple, dead of mirth,
Kneeling beside bed to pray,
Or lying awake O. nights to bark
For things that may come in. the rain and
dark
A
Better they never know
She whom they cherished so
Lies this night lone and low
Dead in the street. Anon.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-24
THE BALLET GIRLS.
What Becomes OF the Agile Young
women Who Dance Upon the


What Becomes OF the Agile Young
women who Dance Upon the
Stage.
What becomes of. the ballet girls?" The
old ballet master repeated the question to
himself musingly. We'll" he at length
answered. ''the ballet girl is not so very IN
like other girls who must work for living.
as most people imagine. She has more
temptations, is usually of lively nature
and not averSe to lark, but she generally
ends by marrying. AS rule, she marries
some one connected with the theater or
some one in her own class of life whom she
meets at her home. Obviously the ballet
girls parents are almost always poor peO-
pie, tits not often that girls of welltO-dO
parents run away to join the ballet, and
when they do they are in nearly every case
captured and taken home. When ballet
girl marreS a mechanic, or a SalOOn-keeper
or a stage hand, it is the exception when
she does not make a good and domestic
wife. Some ballet girlS have made ariStO-
cratic marriages. but most of these giIls
were premieres. They have usually gotten
along well with their husbands and it has
happened that fast youth has reformed
after taking a balIerina for his wife. When
a ballet girl marrieS an actor, that is as it
may turn out, just as if the actor married
any other girl. There are ballet girls who
90 to the bad, of course. but the experience
of the ballet girl makes her Shrewd and she
is not easily humbugged. The premieres
hold themselves alOOf and with the majority
there is seldom even a suspicion Of scandal.
Many of the girls are the chief support of
their families. | have known ballet girls
not only to make their own dresses. but
their own shoes as well. They do not re-
gard their business as an immOdest one.
They begin it so early that they think moth
ing of their short dresses. To be sure there
are girls who ''gO on in scanty dresses for
reasons of their own which you can under
stand, but speak of the great majority
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-24
BACHELORS Buttons.

Dots besser you dond get to been a
bachelor. he vas a mans nit one idea be-
tween him.-Carl PTetZel.
Garments without buttons" are adver-
tised. They are not the kind bachelors are
looking Philadelphia Call.
A bachelor may be described as sir-sn-
gle that has never been appropriated to
double harneSS.-Y Onkers Statesman.
There was a bachelor in London whose
mania was to encourage mice, scattering
crumbs for them on the carpet just as one
might do out of doors for sparrows. He
lived in the same lodgings as another
bachelor oddity, who collected flint chips
and skulls of ancient Britons, and who
was particular always to say: Il collect
nothing but what is prehistoric; no modern
antiquities for me-"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-24

that she became more friendly. He had
the pleasure of listening to her divine
voice, as her cousin called it, and when he
left the court he was madly in love with
her.
He had up to this time entertained a
rooted aversion to matrimony-even now
he could not quite make up his mind to
propose to Lillian, but thought he would
wait and see how he felt. He was de-
lighted to find that she lived in London,
and struck up tremendous friendship
with her brother, whom he babe to dinner
and many other entertainments. Every
day after he was parted from Lillian he felt
worse and worse; he began even to think
that it was the best thing in the world for
young fellow to settle down, and that the
constant presence of domestic angel must
make heaven of earth.
So when Lillian returned to London.
Charlie aided and abetted by his nameSake,
cOntrived to see a great deal OF her. lie
was invited to dine at her mothers house,
and one evening, when he had lnvelgled
her into the charming conservatory that led
out of the drawing-roOm, he, in the midst
of pretending to admire a flower, turned
suddenly to her, and, in voice that was
little unsteady. exclaimed:
20, Lillian, can't you see how awfully in
love am with you?"
Lillian looked down. She made no re-
Spouse to his words or to the pressure OF
the hand which seized hers.
Don't you care little for me, darling?
he asked,
Lillian turned away her head.
You have quite forgiven ME for what
happened at the court, haven't you?" he
pleaded maladroitly.
She dragged her hand from his and turned
pair of flashing eyes upon him. IF you
dare remind me" she began.
mo, won't, l won't" he interrupted
her, but, don't yOn see, darling"-and
just the least twinkle of mischievOusneSs
came into his blue eyes-''if you feel so
dreadfully bad about it. it would all be put
quite straight by your marrying me. Then
you may throw any number of wet sponges
at me without having any Qualms OF con-
science afterward."
This was too much. Lillian tore her
self from him and rushed into the drawing
room. He followed her. Mercifully for
him no one else was there.
Forgive me. darling, and say that you
do care little for me, " he pleaded, taking
her hand for the third time.
'I-I will think about it," she muir
INJURED.
''Think now" he said, kissing her whether
she would or no.
And ultimately she decided to make him
happy.
London World.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-24
She'd Los, something,

Boston Record.
A lady came into town the other day
from one of the near suburbs trundling her
baby, year and half old, in baby car
rage. and looking into the shop windows
as she sauntered along. There was miIli-
ner's window that was particularly re-
splendent. and the suburban lady stood
looking at the bOnnets a long time. Then
she started on her way across the street
trundling the carriage before her.
On the other corner a grocery man who
stood in front of his store with a peck
measure in his hand said to her:
Amt you dropped sOmethin', ma'am?"
why, no, guess not. What makes
you ask?"
''Nothin', only you seemed to be shown
that baby carriage kind O careful like, as if
there was somethin' i'll it. and there amt
nary baby there"
20. mercy!' screamed the lady. She
looked into the carriage. 1t was empty.
There is no telling how soon she would
have tainted if she had not heard faint
cry from the other side of the street. Her
yearling had amused himself, while she
was looking at the bonnets, by climbing
down out of the carriage and moving along
to the next store. He was restored, safe
and sound, to his place.