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PROPOSALS FOR CONSTRUCTION

and completion of buildings at Fort ID.
A. Russell, Wyo. Depot Quartermastcr's
office, Cheyenne, Depot, Wyo., May "a,
1888. Sealed proposals, in triplicate, sub
iect to the usual conditions, will be received
at this office until u M, Friday, June %,
1888, at which time and place they viii
be opened in the presence o. bidders, for
furnishing material and labor for compile
ton and construction Of buildings at Fort
d. A. Russell. Wyo., viz:
Construction of one set of captains
quarters.
Compilations of three sets of captains
quarters.
Completion of one building for barracks.
Completion of remodeling quarter
masters storehouse into barracks.
The government reserves the right to
reject any or all proposals. Preference
given to articles of domestic production
and manufacture, condition OF price and
quality being equal, and such preference
given to articles of American production
and manufacture produced on the Pacific
coast to the extent of the consumption
required by the service there. Specifica-
tons can be seen, circulars containing in
structions to bidders, and blank forms of
proposals can be obtained on application
at this Office. Envelopes containing pro-
posals should be plainly marked 'Propos-
ais for construction and completion of
buildings at Fort d A. Russell, Wyo.,''
and addressed to the undersigned,
CHARLES L. HUMPHREY, Captain and
Assistant Q~uartermaster, U. S. A.
, 1888-06-20

AcMev's B BIood E Rsmsd Is the ss, SnIy
Feed. 1t is n positive cure for Ulcers, Erup-
tions or Syphilitic Poisoning. It purifies the
whole system, and banishes all Rheumatic
and Neuralgie pains. We guarantee it.
DR.. w. N. Hunt
, 1888-06-20
Sad Case, Indeed.

The latest victim of tobacco" Is q saS
case, indeed He is 10 years old. has
smoked for sixty years, and last week he
married a woman four years his senior.
Tobacco smoking affected his brain
Norristown Herald.
, 1888-06-20

Old Lady Tin Pennsylvania railroad sta
tionSls this the car fer Shamodn, mis-
teri
Brakeman-No, ma'am; If you want to
smoke, take the car ahead.-The Epoch
, 1888-06-20

I he largest stock of fine brandies, old
WHISTLES, choice ~liqueurs and superfine
cigars at George Masten's well known
house. corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets.
, 1888-06-20

A Brooklyn young woman has a beauti-
tiful and most curious table cover in
stripes of white and golden brown 1t Is
woven of the shorn hair OF her st. Ber-
nard dog
, 1888-06-20

There are 400 Indian youths in the
Hasken Institute at Lawrence, Kan, 125
Of them being girls
, 1888-06-20
d.. Wagae'&ca.
aR
sRECIAIIsTs

We offer no apology for devoting so much time
and attention to this much neglected class of
diseases, believing That no condltlon OF human,
iy is too wretched to merit the ympathy and
best services of the profession to which we be
long, as many are innocent sufferers, and that
to relieving the aiaicted and saving
them from worse than death, is no less a
philanthrophist and n benefactor to his race
than the surgeon or physician h by close APP
plication eNcels IN any other branch OF his pro
iession. And, fortunately for humanity the day
conference.-the victims of folly or crime, like
the lepers under the Jewish law to die uncared
for, has passed away.
YOUNG=M I'm
Who may besuffering 1romthe effectsof youth
full follies or indiscretions, will do well to avail
themselves of this the greatest boon ever laid
at the alter OF suffering humanity. DIR. WAC
NER will guaranteed forfeit five hundred dol
lars for every case of seminal or pri-
vate disease OF any kind or character which he
undertakes and fails to cure.
MIDDLH-AGED MEN.
There are many men OF the age of 80 to 90 who
are troubled with too frequent excavations OF
the bladder often accompanied by a slight
smarting or burning sensation and n weaken
ing of the system In a manner the patient cam
not account for. On examining the urinary de
posits a ropy sediment Will often be found, and
sometimes small particles of albumen will APP
pear, or the color Will be of akin or milkish
hue, again changing to a dark and turbid ap
pearance. There. are many men who die OF
this difficulty ignorant of the cause, which is
the second stage OF seminal DR..
Wagner will guarantee n cure in all such
cases and n healthy restoration of The genito-
urinary organ. Consultation free. Thorough
examination and advice. $500.
See the Doctors additional advertisement in
the Daily Denver News and Tribune-Republi-
can.
All Communication should be addressed
DR.. WAGNER & co.
lil4 Larimere street. Address, Boxl 27Ss, Dem
yer, Colorado.
Cut this out and take along
, 1888-06-20

MATCHMAKER and JEWELER,
Ffrst-class Watch Repairing.
WhTruEQ sent O.. o. ID. TO any ex-
WhlU1EO press office.
prtc. Hat Free MantIon tbt. ,.ro
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-09-29

II I could know that after all
These heavy bonds have ceased to thrall,
We whom itriife the fate divide
Should sweetly slumbsr side by side
That one green spray would drop its dew
softly alike above us two,
All would be well; for ] shonld he
At last, dear loving heaat. with theel
How sweet to know this dust of ours,
Mingling, will feed the self-same flowers
The scent of leaves, tie soEg-birds'
tone,
At once across our rest be blown,
One breath of sun, one sheet of rain
Make green the earth above us twaiut
All. sweet and strange, for | should he
At last, dear tender heart, with theel
But half the earth may intervene
Thy place of rest and mine between-
And leagues OF land and wastes Of
waves
May stretch and toss between our
graves,
Thy bed with summer light be warm,
While snowdrifts heap, in wind and storm
My pillow, whose one thorn will be,
Beloved, that l am not with thse!
But if there be a blissful sphere
Where homesick souls, divided here,
And wandering wide in useless quest.
Shall find their ~longed-for heaven OIL
rest.
If in that higher, happier birth
We meet the joys We missed on earth,
All will be well, for ! shall be,
AT last. dear loving heart. with theei
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-09-29

Carolina, on the 25th, a baggage mas.
ter named William Patrick was stand
ing in the door of the mail Car, and,
leaning out, held a letter in his hand.
In some way the hook which forms
part of the mail catcher caught him
under the chin, and he was swung
| clear of the car. In this manner, with
the hook tearing his throat and sus-
tanning his entire weight, he was car-
RED fully one hundred yards before he
was thrown down. His recovery Is
doubtful.
Two severe earthquake shocks
were felt at Guayaquil, Ecuador. on
the evening Of the 25th, at 8. 10 O'Clock,
lasting about two minutes. The shocks
were followed by flashes of lightning.
at this time of year lightning has
been unknown heretofore. Reports of
the damage done have not been re-
ceived. The people, however, are
panic-stricken. At Helena, Ecuador,
a shock of earthquake was felt the
same night, about the anne time as at
Guayaquil.
james Monroe, a well-dressed
young mar was arrested In New York
| on the Goth, charged with stealing
several coats from a Broadway billiard
| saloon. 1t was stated in court that
| Monroe's father was a millionaire and
lived in Philadelphia. Mrs. Becker.
one of the Oldest and most trusted
counters in the Redemption Division of
the United States Treasury, has been
found S944 short in her cash account
| and dismissed from the service after
making good the deficiency. She was
appointed in 1866 by President John.
son.
There were 1903 new cases of yellow
fever and seven deaths at Jacksonville,
on the 26th. At M%acclenny on the
26th, there were three new cases and
one death. The Mayor of Macclenny
mas asked for help. He says they have
hundreads of people almost starving,
and that Jacksonville cannot feed
| them.
oliver s. Powell was instantly killed
in the machinery Of his sugar mill, in
| River Fails, Wisconsin, on the 10Th.
He was Vice President of the Duluth,
Red Wing and Southern Railroad.
About 80 men were excavating a trench
at Little Rock, Arkansas, on the 25th
when a bank 20 feet high caved in. Three
| of the workImen were killed. A freight
train on the Chicago, st. Paul and
Kansas City Railroad c0llided with a
working train at Menominee Station,
Illinois, on the 25th. One man was KILLED
and three badly injured. William r.
Williams, a mining engineer, was
struck by a train at W~ilkesbarre on the
evening of the 26th and so badly injur-
ed that he died in a short time.
The disease among the cattle neal
Wabash, Indiana, supposed to be
pleuro. pneumonia, is now pronounced
Texas fever by the state Veterinarian.
On the 18th ult. al artificial pond
800 feet long above the level of Valpa-
ratso, Chilia, burst and the headlong
torrent rushed through several of the
streets, carrying everything before it.
| Within three days 81 dead bodies had
been recovered from the ruins and bur.
led. The loss on property is estima'
ted at 81 1000, 900.
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-09-29
Tracing on Glass,

Several years ago II member of a firm
of glass manufacturers WAS travelling
through the West. White on a rail
way which skirts the shores of a large
inland lake hs observed that the plate
glass in the windows of the Pullman
car WAS marked with mysterious fig
ures, underlined in shape, but Of IA sing
ular any and delicate l~iShtness. On in
quiry lie learned that tue marks were
made by sand, which was blown against
the windows from the beach as the cars
passed.
Upon returning home he began a
series OF experiments In directing a
shower Of fine sand against the surface
Of glass in definite shapes. The result
was the discovery of the saud-Olast, by
which the most dele ltU figures are out
lined upon glass with exquisite light
ness and accuracy.
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-09-29

when Baby was sick, We gave her castoriA
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When shO Lad Children, she gave them Castoria
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-09-29

PLAIN skirts of velveteen will be
much worn, with ~redingote or tunic Of
cashmere.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-03-20
Refuse 10 Move so" Cars.

CAIRO. ILL.,, March 2O.-The Illinois Cen
trail engineers at Jackson, Tenn last night
refused to pull train until three Burling
ton cara were cut out and side.t tracked
which was done. At Fulton, KY. the com
pany Was obliged to refuse several Burlipg-
ton cars from the Chesapeake and Ohio for
the same reason. 1t is generally under.
stood on the line of the Illinois Central
South that the engineers will handle no 20"
cars. A dispatch from East ST. Louis says a
freight train made up exclusively of cara
Tor the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
road was brought over the Louisville and
Nashville yesterday by the master mechan
ic, the regular engineers having refused TO
handle the freight.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-03-20
Marshal Meade and Posse.

Tucson, a. T., March 2O.-Marshal Meade
and posse who have returned from Janos,
where they were arrested on February &c
while pursuing the Stein passenger train
robbers on Mexican soil. state that they
were released on the 14th but their arms and
horaes were retained because they refused
to sign statement generating the officials
from blame in the arrest, which they claim
was made for violation of certain laws. The
posse complain of i'll treatment during their
detention and have forwarded a statement
to the department at Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-03-20
o;ons Of certain Southern men on account Of
~ cir Confederate records


The republican congressional delegation haa Sc
lected Mr. Bowen, the representative from the Az
inydon district, as the Virginia member OF the
republican congressional campaign committee:
committee appointed by the hit. Vernon Az
enue Association to appear before the House com COM
mittee on claims to day and urge that eommittee
to report in favor of the claim against the govern
ment which Virginia has transferred to that aSso.
citation, we're on hand at the appointed nour, ou'
the committee did not have time to hear tnem.
Among the strangers in the city to-day IS capu.
Asa Rogers secretary of the republican commie.ee
Of virginia The Captain says General Manone
has called meeting of that committee at fete :
burg on Thursday, the 29th inst, to nix the tine
and place for holding the State republican conven
ton TO elect delegates to the national convention
In the Senate to-day Mr.: Daniel presented ces-
tain resolutions of the Virginia Legislature re-
onesting Congress to establish an agricultural ex
9asr;mental station at Arlington; and petition
of ]. N. stubbs for the Improvement OF Pasopo-
tank creek. ,.a -
report favorably bill for exchanging U. S. 1 per
mt. bonds for 2la per cent bonds, and for allow
ing national banks circulation equal to the iace
value of their deposited bonds. They also agreed
to report in favor of wiping out the charges ase
against the States for money lent them In LOU
amounting to between twenty and thirty mliiion
dollars
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-03-20
SiiOfhY Mob.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March 20.-Jef Cur
ry, negro. who wor ked ia the Blue Greek
mines few miles from this city, and who
was under arrest, was taken from the Off
GERS who had him in charge Sunday night
aud shot by mob ofunknown men his body
being completely riddled with bullets. Cur
ry had dispute with miner named Pow
ell, but no blows were exchanged. Shortly
afterwards Powell caused the negro's arrest
charging him with carrying concealed wea-
pons. Shortly after dark two officers start
ed with him for this city, where they we're
to place him in Jail. When they came to a
deserted spot in the road, they were sud
denly attacked By the mob, who took their
prisoner from them, and leading him short
distance away commenced firing away. Cur
rs dropped dead instantly and his murder
ere made their escape.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-03-20

CHESAPEAKE AND ONO RAILRoAD.-A meet
ing of the stockholders of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad Company was held in Richmond
yesterday Mr. C. P. Huntington submitted his
annual report, showing that the earnings of the
rosd fer the year ended December 81, over opor-
ating expenses, were 81, Dos. 99s07. This, the
report says, was gain OF net earnings over the
year 1886 of S70,931.5O. The present financial
endorsements of the company attributed to
falling oil of rates received for freight from S2.o9
per ton in 1873 to S145 in SSS. The old direc-
tors, with two exceptions, were re elected. Mr..
NJ E. ingalls,, of Ohio, succeeds Gen. John Echols,
of Augusta county. and Mr.. VIM. Shellebarger, of
New York, takes the place of Mr. John Costree.
Mr.. Huntington still remains IN tie directory.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-03-20
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The loss by the jacksonville (Fla.l FIRE will
be about S1S0.000
1t is reported thatthe French Government
has decided to cashier Gen. Boulauger.
Abaht 100 horses have died in New York
from blood poisoning, retu't OF exposure
and overfeedng during the blizzard.
The will of Henry Bergh leaves between
$40 600 and S35 900 worth OF property to the
Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty to
Animals.
A violent snow storm ragged in Paris yes.
terday evening All communication by rail-
with Lille and Havre was cut oil. Malls to
Switzerland are snoWed mp.
Ernest Thomas, who it is alleged was
short in his accounts at the City Postohce'
in Washington, ia lying al the point OF death
at Providence Hospital. His disease 10 SOFT
ening of the brain
The Honorable William Frederick John
North. the heir of Lord North has started
in the butcher business in a village near
Bapbury, England, adjoining the family
seat of the Norths.
William Zellers, of Lancaster, Pa. aged
sixteen. committed suicide yesterday by
hanging at his fathers restaurant. The
| cause 10 htlIlOuteu ~ tuo ''oiiho ~ sAo ~
to being kept at work.
Ia the Supreme Court Yesterday, the teie
phone cases were decided favorably to the
Bell Telephone Company on all points, by 9
majority of one-Justices Bradley, Field
and Harlan dissenting. and Justices cray
and Lamar not sitting in the cases.
In the British House of Commons yester-
day the new local government bill for EGG
land and Wales wss introduced and created
a sensation. The bill proposes to establish
county councils to De elected directly by
rate payers, which are to have control oil
the county police, and to WELD the powers
now exercised by the local authorities.
The House of Representatives yesterday
assed the bill authorizing theissue OF silver
certificates Ct the denominations of twenty
FIVE, fifteen, and ten cent?. and the bill dis
continuing the coinage of the three dollar
gold piece and the gold dollar. The latter
was not opposed at all To the 'Shinplas
ter" bill there was considerable opposition
The bill was ultimately passed BY vote O.
IT'S against G.. The division was not at al
on party lines.
The Court at Senlis, France, yesterday
sentenced Sullivan and Mitchell to six days
Imprisonment and fine of $40 each fol
prize fighting. Further that the sum o.
$500, deposited to secure the presence of the
accused, should be forfeited, owing to the
non appearance OF the two men. Neither
man can come to France without danger
of being arrested for the next ten years
The Dublin Erening Telegraph says that
Mitchell has challenged Sullivan to fight II
a eixteen-foot ring for 5000 side.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-03-20
Emneror Erederick,s Pledge.

The united sitting of the German Landtsg
Yesterday to hear the royal message was in
vested with unusual interest. AS soon as
the members had assembled, Prince Bis.
marck, accompanied by all the ministers
of state, entered the hall md read the mos
sage.
The message was conntereisued By all the
ministers. It says: I'VE, Frederick, by the
grace of Cod King of Prussia. hereby pro
claim and make known that. it having
pleased God, after the demise ofthe Empe
ror and King William, our much beloved
father, to call us to the throne of our ances.
tors, We herewith send TO the Landtag our
greeting The sentiments and purposes
with which we enter upon our government
and The principles on which we would exer-
else our royal office have been proclaimed
by ua to our faithful people. Walking in
the paths of our glorious father, We shail
know no other aim Of our striving than the
happiness and welfare of the fatherisnd. By
conscentiously observing the constitution,
fully safeguarding all preroeatives of the
crown and Loyalty cooperating with the ma
,ional representation. the King hopes with
Gods help to attain his object. which is the
happiness and welfare OF the country. The
condition of his health prevents him from
taking the cath personally. Desiring to
declare without delay his position regarding
the constitutional laws, although this could
admit If no doubt, be now soleImnly under
takes to adhere to the constitution firmly
and involably and TO rule in conformity
with the lava"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-03-20
ALEX ANDRlA.
TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 20.
,gv MISSISSIPPI legislature has defeated

THE MISSISSIPPI Legislature has deiea'ea
a bill making an appropriation tor monu-
meot 10 the Confederate dead of that state
The members of that legislature are WISE
man. The memory of those who fell IN 'n0
Confederate cause will survive all the monu'
ments that could be erected to perpetua'e
it for many of their deeds equaled tnose
nerformed at Marathon and Thermopylae.
But many of their surviving comrades, and
more Of their widows and children, are now
sadly in need of the bare necessarles OF iiie'
and if Mississippi have any money to spare
it should be given to them, and not spent ID
brass or marble 10 after years, when MIS-
sissippi shall have become prosperous
State. with plethoric treasury. she can
we'll afford, out of her surplus, ii 30 disposeo'
to erect g monument to the gallant defend
era of her rights as State, but in her present
condition, all her spare money shouio Do
given to those of her people who have been
reduced to poverty by reason OF the war
and its effects
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-03-20
VIRGINIA NEWS.

A bill to establish a !ight-ehip off False
Cape, on the Virginia coast has passed the
Senate.
The grand jury OF CulDeper yesterday
found two bills against Marion Peyton, a
young white man, who is charged with rob-
bling his grandfather Of 1925 about two
weeks ago.
Mr.. J. s. Rowzie, formerly Of Essex coun
tv. but for the past six months resident Of
Fredericksburg, was paralyzed at his resf.
dence on Sunday morning. There is little
hope of his recovery.
Senator Daniel has submitted favora bic
report from the committee on public build
ings and grounds, on the bill to provide for
ten thousand dollar postofice and custom
house ct Fortress Monroe.
The Commemorative Attorney for Fred.
erick county has obtained by default in the
Circuit Court sixty five Judgments against
parties who rendered coupons In payment
for State taxes in 1856 and 1887.
In Culpeper yesterday John Jackson, col
| ored, was given Is years In tho nenitentihry
| for horse stealing. II years on one account
and three on another. This Ia supposed to
be one of gang of horse thieves who have
been stealing horses in that and adjoining
counties for come years.
Nearly one half grain of atropia WAS
hyperdermically injected into the arm of
| Judge S G. Whittle at Martinsville, yester-
day, and for several hours he fingered be-
tween life and death. at last accounts his
condition was favorable. He is a nephew
of Bishop White.
The discovery that the Legislature passed
at its last session an act under which the
directors of West Point Terminal and all
other roads may hold Office for terms rang
ing from one to three years has occasoned
good deal of surprise. So quietly was this
bill passed that Col A. 8. Buford, n member
of the House, was under the impression a
week ago that it had been defeated.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-03-20
Storm in Nebraska.

LINCOLN, March Collaboration ftom
different points in the State received here
indicate that the storm that has ragged for
the last twelve hours has been severe aud
especially in western Nebraska, Ia west
ern Nebraska eight inches of snow have
fallen and the wind reached so miles an
hour. All trains were delayed. The storm
commenced with high temperature and
rain, then changed to saow. Reports from
west of here say that many bridges have baeo
washed away since Saturday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-03-20

AT THE recent municipal elections II
Maine the democrats united with the pro
hibitonists and supported the laitefs' candi'
dates OF course they were defeated, and
should have been, and so should all parties
be who abandon their principles and adopt
others dramatically opposed to their own
merely for the purpose of weakening the
voting strength of their political opponents
Such action always disgusts right thinking
independent voters, and drives them TO the
support of the opposing candidates. No
party d, serves success thai shifts its princi-
Piles to suit the variable and local riffs 10
the tide of public opinion. Men may come
and men may go, but the grand principles
of democracy will flow on forever.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-03-20

AN INVESTIGATION of the affairs of the
government printing Office at Washington
is now 10 progress. One of the facts devel'
oped by it, 80 far, is that foreman in tna'
Office, who was appointed under repuoii'
can administration, has had, by means Of
republican influence, all the memter5 OF his
family appointed to federal Office, and that
though he now processes to be a democrat
he was, up to the last Presidential election
an offensive republican partisan. And YET
there are hundreds of good and true demo
Gratis all over the country. who left their
work to take part in the last national cam
paign, who have been informed when they
sought employ ment at the office referred to-
that there were DO vacancies, and that
mans politics are of 20 consequence there