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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-09-13

- SAhE.-bS virtue Of decree of the Circuit
~ Conrt OF Fairfax county rendered Oh the 18th
i"* Of June 1856, in the chancery cause therein
depending between Charles A. Hicks, guardian,
CT al comrlainants, and Charles A. Hicks and
Others defendants, the undersigned will at twelve
o'clock m Gu MONDAY, the Doth day of Sep.
tembcr, 1856, tbeing Court day. at the front door
n' the Court House of Fairfax county sell at pub
ne ancion TO tho highest bidder, an undivided
moiety or HALF OF A TRACT Or PARCEL OF
LAND situate on tho southwest borders of tho
c,ty ot Alexandria, at the southwest corner of
franklin and Patrick streets extended, and with
IN ~" coInty or Fairfax. containing two acres,
mare or less, of which William A. Hicks died
scize! aud possessed.
Terms OF Sale: One third of the purchase mon
cy IN cash on the day of sale, and the residue in
two equal instruments At and ID months from
day of sale; the bonds of the purchaser to bo
taken with approved personal security for the
deferred payments, and to bear interest at the
rate OF SIX per centum per annum from the day
nt sale till paid, and the title to be retained until
fhe payment OF the purchase money in full.
JAMES s. CATION,
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LOG CABIN, NEAR MITCHELL's STATION.
OH nEEI,l. o. COG

Log CABIN, NEAR MITCHELL's STATION,
CULPEpEE Co.. Aug. 81, 1856.
hereby announce myself as Henry Clay
democratic candidate for Congress from this (the
otn} congressional district, and shall feel proud
10 DC elevated to that high and honorable position
j. L. SMOOT. of Hczekiah.
SIEP LADDERS-Tc have full line of these
~ goods OF best quality, with and without shelf
Prices very low.
JAS. F. CARLIN Il SONS,
lhho Alexandria VIZ
SfONH1S SPONGESI
~ Cali and got nice large Carriage Sponge for
little money at
my14 W. T. CREIGHTON e. cos
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NTARFIELD g. HALL,
d R q GlS rs,

Corner rrince and Fairfax street
descriptions a speciality. English, French,
German and Domestic Toilet Soaps; Genuine
Farina Cologne; Magnolia, Hedycsma, Geranium
and Florida Water; Genuine Lubin's Extracts
sponges, Hair Brushes and Combs; best English
Tooth Brushes; full assortment of Patent Medi.
cincs, Coxes Gelatine, Corn Starch Sea Moss Fa.
rlne; Spices of all kinds, and select stock of sll
articles sold by druggists at prices as low as the
same quality can bo obtained elsewhere. doc 1
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NEW PERFUMERIES-We have just received
~ large and varied assortment OF Wright's
celebrated Extracts for the handkerchief, which
we are selling by the ounce or bottle Among
the odors can be found Jockey Club, Mary Stuart,
Violet. Stephanotis Lily of the Valley, &C. These
Extracts arc without doubt the hest that are
manufactured. For sale by
jan23 WAKEFIELD & HALL.
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TNRUSTEES' SALE.

FNRUSTEES' SALE.
By virtue OF deed OF trust executed by Will
liam j. Mills and wife, dated on the 25th day of
February. 1879, and of record in the land records
OF the city Of Alexandria, Virginia, in liber No.
I. l'agc oG3, the subscribers as trustees of "The
1srman Cooperative Building Association No. 3,
Of Alexandria. Va" will by the order of the
Beard of Directors of said association, duly made,
proceed to sell at public auction on SATURDAY,
ihc 10Th day of September, 1886 at II m in
front of the Market Building, Oh Royal street. in
iho city OF AieXaudria, Virginia, the property
conveyed by said deed of trust to wit:
TEN ENEHT and LOT OF GROUND on the
vest side nf Leo street, between Wilkes and Glib
bon streets, in the said city OF Alexandria, in
front on Lee street "A feet, and in depth 123 feet
> inches.
Terms Of Sale: CASH
$$5ESf $7Sf $sSS4 H$fS$ 5ESS5s! zzs$H4'n Trustees
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-09-13

pA1NTS of all kinds and of the best quality at
i lowest market prices. The TINTED. GLOSS
PAINT, in one gallon cans has acquired high
reputation; also the READY MIXED PAINTS,
in one and two pound cans We will be pleased
to furnish sample cards. ALABASTINE, white
and assorted shades, in powder, for washing in.
side walls. is very much liked by all who have
used it. For sale By
my2S IS LEADBEATER & RRO
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-09-13

Z COAL,
Wo invite tho attention OF dealers and con.
Scincr5 to our largo stock Of CAREFULLY PRE-.
CARED COAL of tho following varieties
LYkEN'S VALLEY,
LORBERRY and
SHAMOKIN RED ASH
WHITE ASH free burning and hard) of stcsm.
er broken, egg stove and and nut sizes
Also GEORGES CREEK, CUMBERLAND and
hANAWHA SPLINT. from West Va.
Making Coal y speciality wo aim to keep only
thc HIGHEST GRADES and having two large
storage Yards, each variety is kept separate, and
- especially prepared for family use.
Yards hoorcd, and NIL Coal sent out WELL
>tkEEND AND FREE FROM IMPURITIES.
Dealers, families, public institutions and man.
1!-ctories supplied at lowest market rates-per
toa of 2240 lbs e. ZIMMERMAN.
Successor to T. J. MehafIcy & CO..
my Wharf snd Yards foot of Oueon st
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Special Commiss ionel

Bond executed with approved security in the
penalty of $1,000, conditioned according to law.
IS provided hy the decree in the above named
Cause. Teste JOHN W. GRAHAM
scp3 IS elk. Circuit Ct Fairfax county
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-09-13

R ROCkLAND SCHOOL for Girls, Sandy Spring,
~ Mont Co., Maryland, eighteen miles north Of
washington City, reopcns Sept. Goth. Thorough
framing; home government; health carefully at
Ienaed 70; number limited. For circulars address
HENRY G. HALLowELL, A. NJ, (Yalel
jy17 2m
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ed and split.
Ill orders left at the drug store Of W. F. Croigh-
'"A or iccphoncd to our office will receive prompt
attention.
Finest shipping facilities by rail and water.
vaicc and yard and wharves corner Franklin
ana Union streets. my30
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-09-13

GOODS FOR THE SEASON for sale Mt yery
VI low prices at So King, corner of Royal street,
comprising Ice Cream Freeters, Water Coolers,
Fly Fans and Fly Traps, Enameed Preserving
Kettles, Bell Metal and Brass Kettles, Screen
Wire Doors, assorted sizes, Adjustable Windsor
Screens, Screen Wire, assorted widths, Peach and
Apple Parcrs, Potato Parers and all other season
able goods, all of which will be sold wholesale and
retail at a small advance by
jy27 1T. CREIGHTON & SON
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TNARRANT'ss sELTZER APERIENT BROWNS
L Iron Bitters. Warmers Kidney and Liver
Cure, Buffalo Lithis Water, Bedford Water, Lead
beater's Lubricating Liniment, large supply in
store aud for sale by
oc20 E. s. LEADBEATER & BRO.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-09-13

EGGLEsTON's HORSE AND CATTLE pow
~ DERS for horses. mules, cattle. sheen. hogs
and domestic fowls. These powders have high
reputation as, preventive and cure for chicken
cholera Price 25c per package.
my2S E. 8. LEADBEATER q RRO
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@ FOR RENT OR SALE-The NEW TWO
I'll STORY BRICK HOUSE on the south side of
Prince street, between Patrick and Henry.
aug23 If JOHN NJ. JOHNSON.
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FOR SALE AND RENT.

DOR RENT-ROOMS in the third hoor of the
L building S. E. corner King and Washington
streets. Apply to DR.. WIN. R PURvIS, south
Patrick ST., bet. King aud Prince. sug23 I'm
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-02

recognizes that they have got to take hold of these men in rational and honest way. h. stead of taking this Indian army an army of paupers and tramps, they are to take them
 as part of themselves. They understand that they have debt they owe these In dians. They understand that the wrongs and outrages committed on them in the past cry aloud to heaven for recompense and for justice. Injustice and wrong, in nations not less than in individuals, will not pay in the long run. Two hundred and fifty years of the unrequited toll and trampled rights of the black man were account which at last was atoned in blood and carnage and nation al convulsion; and century of dishonor in the dealings of this people with another race, into whose heritage we have crept and over whom we have grown to be masters, is fearful record. It may not be effaced with blood and with civil war, but unless we ourselves make reparation, he who holds the scales of justice even over nations and individuals alike will be sure to demand re- quital at our hands to the uttermost farth-
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-02

who can get them take situations of various kinds in banks, postoffces, etc. Others turn their musical talent to account by singing Tn beershops; some are even fain to sell match es in the streets. Hard reading in their wretched rooms has generally to take the place of the lectures their occupations pre- vent them from following. In Greece many students servants. In Russia thinls are not much better. There you may find the same class of men, haF ing about five dollars a month to subsist upon, and living four in room, with insufficient food and with one mantle between them, in which each attends the lectures in turn.
 In a case lately judged in a French Court of Assizes some remarkable evidence was given by medical expert The prisoner woman who had confessed to killing her baby by strangling it. Marks of finger pressure were visible on the neck of the lit tie corpse, but after brief look at them the doctor pronounced that they could not have been made by the hands of the mother, whose fingers were long and slender. lit tie further examination led the clever man to assert that the person who had strangled the infant must have. not only short, thick fin gers, but an unusually short forefnger. Sharply questioned, the poor mother admit ted that she had falsely accused herself to screen the real criminal-the father. This creature when brought into court proved to have exactly the right hand the doctor had ueSCFlD0Q, Lu0 ldlI dIll dlllOSG tuo Hllole joint of the forefnger being absent.
 The Viennese have discovered new way of protesting against bad tenor. At the Malibran Theater gentleman occupying an orchestra stall, wishing to keep off the show of false notes that were thrown at him, quickly opened his umbrella and held it to- wards the stage. The spectators, seeing in the suggestion way of alleviating the tor tu1es they were suffering, followed the exam pie and the auditorium soon became forest of umbrellas. The tenor fled. the curtain fell and art was avenged. On the continent it is very common thing to protest against bad acting or bad singing. In Italy audien ces take upon themselves to correct singer and to give him the right note when he sings flat. If he will not take the hint gentlemen pull keys out of their pockets and whistle the recalcitrant actor off the stage In Eng land it would be thought bad form to ap- paud in a theater and much worse still to hiss. This is reserved only for candidates for Parliament Actors may sing as horri- ply out of tune as they choose without murmur being raised by the audience. John Bull pities the poor artist who endeavors to amuse him but fails in his efforts; and being of magnanimous turn of mind, he for gives him. MAX O'RELL.
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NO. 2.

grim old gun and the shot stocked in their usual places. It was the same in every bat tery l entered. Not footprint disturbed the thick dust upon the floor, nor was there a finger mark upon either the gun or shot. The tompions were in place, and no carriage had travelled over the rusty rails. Con- founded even still more than I was before, I returned to my room, and was disturbed no more that night. The racket, however, com menced again the following night, and was kept up, with slight intermission, for month. My account of this singular disturb ance was met with jests and laughter from my fellow soldiers, which they modified, it is true, when I corroborated it by my wife, but then only so far as to declare that it was a scheme on our part to get removal from uncomfortable quarters to one of the new quarters then about to be completed. Net tied at their taunts, I vowed that if ever the noises commenced again I would have other witnesses to them, and did not have long to wait, for about one month after l was awakened by the phantom gunners. This time passed out over the drawbridge, and, going to the mems quarters, awakened ser geant by the name of Smith ,and much against his will made him accompany me to the scene. After standing Listening to the racket until Smiths face was as white as sheet and he was trembling from head to foot, I threw open the door. Smith always declared that for q moment he saw the ghostly crew at their places, but could detect nothing, nor could I ever discover any cause for the dis turbance, although I was often awakened by the nightly drill of my invisible artillery men.
 'sSome months after leaving the island I learned that during the Mexican war an artil- lery company drilled with these guns some time before they left Mexico, and that they were nearly all killed in the battle. I sup pose it must have been 8 freak of theirs to have their reunions in these easements and practice with their old friends. the guns"
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-02
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Yesterday was good day to begin the Happy New Year with.
 Poetry pays now better than it did in Ho- mer's time. Tennyson's fortune is.put down at $40O. 900.
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misIeIla1Ieu1rs.
As Strange as Fiction
 AND As True as Gospel.

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 Dear Sirs:
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Tr1e auurnaI and Guurier.
saturday, January 2, 1886.
A LESSON FOR POLITICIANS

A LESSON FOR POLITICIANS.
 Politicians and those whom they "bleed" have an interest in a case which has just been decided by the New York Court of Ap- pea1s. MT. John Foley was active in poli- tics in New York city few years ago, when Judge Spisr was a candidate for reelection to the bench of the Superior court. Mir. Foley was prominent in 'tthe Reform associa- tion." Judge Spier was assessed two thou sand dollars as his contribution, to the lex penses'' of the association, and, as the plain tifs testified, agreed to pay it. He did not, however, pay that or any other amount, and was accordingly sued by Foley and others acting in behalf of the association.
 The lower courts found that the associa- tion could not make Judge Spier pay up, and the Court of Appeals takes the same view of the matter The lftter tribunal points out that the provisions of the revised statutes de- signed to preserve the purity of elections make it unlawful to contribute money to secure the election of any candidate with the exception of expenses for the purposes speci- fled by the law. These are, first, printing and distributing ballots, handbills and other PdPoIs, Secouu, conveying Poor, Sich UT 1A- firm voters to the polls.
 In the opinion of the Court of Appeals the claim of the association went beyond what is lawful. It included the rent of rooms, ''the payment of 8 thousand dollars to one of the plaintiffs for his services in taking charge of the rooms and running the association" :" and, in short, "anything incidental to the busi ness of an election.'' The opinion contains the following: On the plaintiffs showing the agreement included illegal and forbidden items. 1t would be difficult, indeed, to find a transaction which should present more sle- ments of political corruption than the one devised by the plaintiffs They present themselves to the public under the spacious and attractive guise of reform association, while they are, in fact, actuated by a desire for pecuniary profit and are indemni6ed against expenses, which professedly are in cured in the carse of good government, by the obligation of individuals who are person ally interested in the result We think it is not only made criminal by statute, but void, because contrary to public policy and the welfare of the community.
 The plaintiffs were not even allowed to re- cover in proportion as the expenses were for lawful purposes. The whole affair will be les son to the politicians of New York. Here after it is probable that their favor can only be secured by leash down."
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-02
THE DRILL OF THE GHOSTS.
An old Sergeant on the Plains Tells q
 Strange story of Governor's Island.

An Old Sergeant on the Plains Tells a
 Strange story of Governor's Island. . From the Minneapolis Tribune1
 'sThe strangest experience I ever had," said ths old sergeant, twas at old Fort Will Ham, on Governors Island, in New York harbor, over twenty years ago. l was ser geant at the time, married, and, with my wife, had been living in small house on the lower end of the island, but the com manding officer concluded to tear it down and I was told to select the best rooms of the nou-commissioned officers quarters in the then occupied fort. What with my usual military duties and the fatigue of moving and lacing things to rights, l was pretty well tired out when night came, and slept like log. My wife W as worn out, too, but did not sleep SO sound as not to be dis turbed every night by what she called 'the funniest noises that sounded just like thun- der,' but paid but little attention to her, thinking that it was only the noise of passing steamboats or the wash of water on the shore. It might have been two weeks after I had settled down that one night I aweke suddenly from sound sleep with that peculiar feeling of dread or uneasiness upon me which arises from an unknown cause and has been experi- sneed by nearly all of us.
 "' John, do you hear it now@' asked my wife when she discovered I was awake: it sounds like some persons below
 ssListening for short time, recognized familiar sounds, and had I not been positive that the doors were locked, with the keys hanging on a nail in my room, I would have sworn that the batteries were managed by experienced gunners. The quick tread of the men as they dragged the guns in, the ring of the rammer, the handling of the shot that lay piled in readiness for use, the return of the iron wheels over the rails as it was run out of the port, were perfect in every detail, only lacking the words of command and the report of the piece to complete the illusion.
 GAS listened the uproar increased in vol ume until it was impossible for us to hear each others voices without raising them to high pitch. The guns were served with wnr,, warv seemed incredible rapidity, and, andi,,,ed I nnder walls, massive as they were, e,at motion wbiIe the heavy artillery in con61none one end of tbe the balls were rolling II strilxioo inc s;das easements to tlhuds ln Unable to stand this With df aea affairs any longer, I Srose, and, ssgttst,tine sta,tsi my lantern, took Ee Keys along with loaded revolver, an9t rding the stairs as lightly as possf @ached the door. The noise at this EsF was, if any thing, more deafening thfh Then left my room. AG
 Cautiously insertinSse' key into the lock, cooked my ix-fnAh Nnd, throwing the door open snddenl ke Iered Slsed lantern and weapon presented pres by nsaf1ss ths
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-02

MT. John ThIel, ". Willsesbarre, l Pa, writes II have suffered d fTo bad tat d TOT over eigh b1siness for weeks at time. Three boxes of Cutf ccured c me of this dreadful disc tser
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ECZE MA And Every Species of 4tch. ing and Burning Disea&es
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 Charles rle.. Houghton. Esq. lawyer, sas' Observation for ten years, which covered fne 1 tient's body and limbs, and to which >sn kn benefit which was completely egIEs eIEs solely by Cuticura Remedies leaving a clean and heait
 MT. John Tn,sIss s.St Wsss6arre Rssa Pa, writes @ nave Hines so that could not attend to m, business for weeks at time. Three boxes of Cutf cured me of this dreadful disc ase.' Itching Diseases Cured.
 Cuticura stands at head of it's class especially is this the case with the Cuticura Soap Have had prevalence of an aggravated form of Itch through some localities in the country in which the Cuicu- ra Remedies proved satisfactory.
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TRY ELECTRICITY
Clairvoyant.

T1HE great business, test and healing medium
 1 has returned to the city and be consulted at her residence, 228 Grown street. Mrs. Clark is a reliable medium and never fails to satisfy all who visit her. She locates disease and indicates the ap propriate emedy. She also compounds valuable medicines from roots and herbs. Hours from to 12 @. m., and to D. m., and evening" o1 If