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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-01-25
Proceedings of Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. g.. Jan. 2;
SENATE.

SENATE.
Toe usual number of petitions and me-.
MORALS were presented and referred in the
Senate this morning.
A resolution was reported by Mr.. Jones,
of Nevada, from the Committee on Contin
gent Expenses, to pay to Mr.. Lucas, who
contested the seat of Senator Faulkner,
81 900 in fui! for all expenses and for any
claim for salary, and. on motion of MIR.
Faulkner, it was adopted.
Mr.. Jones, also from the same committee,
reported resolution directing the District
of Columbia Com mittee, or sub committee
thereof, to inquire whether the Washington
street railway corporations are paying fair
proportion of taxes; also whether a judi
cious tax on gross receipts was not prefer.
able to the present system.
The resolution was adopted.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Belmont, of New York, introduced a
bill, which was referred, extending for one
year from June Is, 1888, the time for the
completion Of a bridge across Staten Island
sound.
Mr.. Henderson, of North Carolina, from
the Committee on the Judiciary, reported a
bill to amend the internal revenue laws. 1t
abolishes what are known as the minimum
puuishmsnts, and gives discretion to the
Court to impose any punishment for vic.
lation of the internal revenue laws not ex-
ceeding the maximum Limit authorized by
statute. 1t requires that warrant issued
by com missioner or other judicial officer
must be returnab!e before some judicial Of.
6cer residing in the county of arrest and it
authorizes the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue to com promise any civil or crimi-
nal case under the internal revenue laws.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-01-25

NEW YORK, jan 25.-Cotton dull upland.
1Oas Orleans 10as futures steady. Flour quiet
and easy. Wheat higher. Corn higher. Po;k
dull ut SIS 00a15 %. Lard easier at 81 67l2.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-01-25

Flour holds very finn, but has not yet boen at'
vancd while mllers meet current figures, they
make no effort to sell except at fu! pricea. The
Wheat markets are without further charge Se
again note a tame feeling in options. with small
fluctuations in favor of buyers, and speculative
grades for immedste delivery are in sympathy,
but there is still an active demand for choice
Wheats with us as elsewhere sales, as to condi-
ton of samples, run from rs to so for tail ends
and very inferior, so to 90 for common to fair,
and % to 81 for good to primo Lancaster Corn
is steady q. So for car lots and SO for bag. Eye
sc to SO. Oats 80 to AZ. Butter, Potatoes Pork
and produce of all kinds are readily sold.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 25.-Cotton dull middling
1913 Flour ossy and dull; Howard street and
Western super 50 37a2 rs; do extra 50 00a3 20;
DO family 81 00a4 IS; city mills super 81 35t
IS; do extra So 0Oa3 70; do Bio brands 81 20
as co. Pstapsco superlative patent 50 10 90
family SIS 30. Whest-Sonthern firmer and quiet
red 96a1OO; amber 100a102; Western higher and
quiet No winter red spot 80 bid Jan Ssa
89L Feb S9AaS9; March S9l2a90A May 92iq
a93L Corn-Southern quiet and firm; white
5Sa59 yellow 58a59; Western irmcr and quiet
mixed spot 5sa5sas Jan So bid Feb 5Sk.a5oi2
May 601ba61 Oats steady and quiet; Southern
and Penna 37sa41; Western white 4lai2 do
mixed 37a39. Rye quiet st 6Sl70. Hay steady
prime to choice Western Sl4a15 90. Provis
ions quiet aud steady. Mess Pork Sl5 70 Bulk
meats-shoulders aud clear rib sides packed ia
$50 Bacon-shouders 7ihss p; clear rib sides
9N; hams 12a12a, Lsrd-refined SD. Butter
Eggs steady; fresh 22a23; lined l2a15. Collie
nominally steady; Rio cargoes ordinary to FAR
17a171a Sugar steady and quiet; soft
7 11-16 Wbiskey steady at 81 15a1 10.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-01-25

A FIRST RATE STOCKING FOR CHILDREN
IA 6 to Slh ribbed white feet and all colors st
i0c per pair at
my13 AMOS B. SLAYMAKER'-.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-11
Bargains in ReaI Estat6.

Any one who wanf5 bargain In Reel Kstoto had better look at that Property we are oEerinE on South Elm street. Lot about 67 by 10 with buildings already renting for over 10 per cent on the price we ask for the property.
 Also on South Main street we have Lot with Old House. about co by 1S0 which is just the place if you want to build . business or tenement block.s
 Just below this we have 8 new block, which with another building same lot rents for q 1oo per year We will sell at a price on which 1t will pay nearly 12 per cent On corner of West Lfb- erfy and Benedict, Lot 1s0 by 100, just ngft for three new houses, we will sell Cheap. already graded. On West Clay, two good Lots 30 by 1eo. price right. On Baldwin street. just below Wash
 nRton street school house, several good lots. dif ferent sizes and prices. On South Main. two Lots 50 by f5o. opposite Buckle Shop. Also in Brooklyn we have good property to sell Building Lots. one minutes walk from corncz Drug store, $500 each Three good Houses on John St., $s5oo, $s6oo S2S00.
 A good House near the new church on Charie. street, $500, A nice Home for some one on North Elm neal easy.
 On West Main opposite new Stores. nics
 On North Main, Burton and Summer streets several new houses on easy terms. In fact if you want Property in any part of tho city, whether a Lot, House or Business Property you will find the best list at
 A. F. ABBOTT & SONS, 10S Bank St. W Open Tuesday and Saturday evenings from 7.S0 to S.S0 o'clock.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-11
Dress
 Goods

Department we can show an endless variety of reasonable Fabrics, in Henriettas. Nuns Veilings, Sanglies, Albatross Cloth, Foule Cloths, Tricots and Chantilles in every shade and combination under the sun.
 In our SILK department we are exhibiting a beautiful stock of Moires, Satins, Satin Rhada- mes, Satin Duchesse, Faille, Fran cais, Surahs, Velvets, Velveteens and Pushes in every tint and shade imaginable.
 The prices we are offering the above goods for are so redicu- lously low that to see them quot ed in an advertisement would seem like reading a fairy tale.
 How can we do it, you ask The answer is as ready as the query. We buy strictly for cash We can handle any quantity. We use taste and discretion in the the selection of our goods. We carry no surplus stock from one season to another, Ever since we located in this city our sue cess has been phenomenal. The reputation we have secured WI are determined to retain, and the home of bargains for the multi tude will always be found at
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-11
Dress
 Goods

We can show them a magniti- cent assortment of Challies, Chambreys, Scotch and Zephyr Ginghams, Biatestes, Buntings, Kermisse Cloths, Lawns, Satines, Piques, Cambrics and a superb line of Tufted Pongees in striped and plain for combinations, In our Woolen
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-11
Dress
 Goods

In Silk, Woolen and Wash Fab ricks. We realize that the seas on is short now and we are de- termined to give our thousands of patrons an opportunity to buy seasonable goods at prices that will drive would -be-competitors frantic, but will astonish and de- light the masses.
 The warm sun will make every lady think of looking around for something stylish and becoming in lightweight
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-11
Mechanics Hotel.
149 so. MAIN ST.

Newly Furnished throughout. Board and Meals to order at all hours
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-11
ECHOE s
 FROM OUR Basement Floor.

This has been a peculiar seas on. Everybody says so, and 1t must be so. Well, twenty-seven rainy days out of a possible thlr- ty-one in the month of May tell the story why we have been able to purchase at merely nominal prices many thousands of yards of Summer
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-09-20
Some George Law Stories.

Perhaps the most clean handed and
level-headed pugilist in the country, GER
tainly the one who has made and kept
the most friends among people who
have no special love for sporting man,
sat in an uptown resort last night and
pointed out some of the men who got
George Laws diamonds and are glad of
it. If the name of the resort were given,
the name of the pugilist, who is back
from summers outing, looking roster
and cleaner-cut than for a long time,
would at once suggest itself. "They are
all what you would call tip-top sports, J"
said he, "and I am sure not one of them
thought he was taking any unfair adj
vantage of Law. / know exactly what
each one got for I saw the stones and the
bill. The truth is that Pat Sheedy got
a thousand-dollar solitaire ring; Pat
Duffy got q costly solitaire ring; Joe
Coburn, who has been friend of Laws
for years, got hundred and fifty-dol-
lar solitaire ring; Jere Dunno got five
hundred and fffty-dollar solitaire ring
Dan Murphy, of Boston, the fellow there
at that table in the far corner, got a two
hundred-and-fo dollar solitaire ring;
John Sanders got a Northumberland
lar ring of diamonds and sapphires and
Jack Halleck four-hundred- and fifty
dollar ring of turquoises and diamonds.
That's the whole of it, and if George
Law wanted to give his friends hand
some present all round and could afford
it, why it's nobody else's business.
George Law, the millionaire, who
gave away handful of diamond rings
at Saratoga the other day, and set the
hearts of all the sporting men in the
country longingly towards him, is about
six feet high and weighs some two hun
bred pounds Mt least. He is n man who
would attract attention in any public
resort by his size and general physical
appearance, as well as by his handsome,
forid face and his short, iron gray hair.
Sometimes -irr,rl-tyray mus
tache, and sometimes he shaves his face
clean, but he nearly always wears on his
fingers q couple Or so of diamond rings
which would serve of themselves to at
attract attention 70 him. His favorite
solitaire ring, without which he is never
seen, must be worth at least S., 000 Mr..
Law dresses well and has for years ca
tered, as the saying goes, to the sport
ing class of the community. He enjoys
their society, and, it is needless to say,
they enjoy his. He is fond of having
them consider him something of boxer
but none of them know of any
actual exploit of Mr.. Laws with his
"Dukes."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-09-20
A Mothers Joy.

In 1859 on large farm near Alma,
Ind, lived Mason Rice. He had q
daughter, Mary, who had married
against her fathers will at the age of IA
to Milton Porter, young farmer. Two
daughters were born to them, says the
st. Paul Daily Ne,os. In 1861 Porter
enlisted in the army. and O year later
he was killed at Nashville, Tenn. The
young wife, unable to take care of her
self, returned to her father. Theyoung
woman's stepmother hated children, and
insisted on giving the two children away.
Mrs. Russian, of Michigan, took one,
and her son in Wisconsin took the other.
Two years afterward Russian was
drafted into the army, and his adopted
daughter was sent to the poorhouse.
Mrs. Porter, who in tho meantime re-
moved to Paris, Ill, wrote to her father
asking the whereabouts of the children.
He failed to reply, and still refused to
disclose the fact when the mother went
to see him. She learned, however, that
Sc had been given to Rice to pay the
girls fare to her mother, but instead he
had sent the child to the poorhouse.
After that she had been adopted by a
family that had moved away. All traces
of the children were lost, and for IS
years Mrs. Porter mourned them for
dead. About seven years ago she was
married to William Boardman, mer-
chant, and removed to this city where
she has since resided. Saturday morn
ing Special Pension Examiner Walsh
called upon her and informed her,to her
0mazement and Joy, that her two
daughters were married and living hap
PLY in Kansas City. The news was ell
most too good to believe, but the pro
duction of photograph of Rice settled
every doubt, Mrs. Boardman has re-
ceived letter from the lost ones. She
is almost wild with happiness, and will
at once go to Kansas City to see them.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-09-20
Microscopic Screws.

Tue smallest screws in the world are
made IN watch factory. There can be
no doubling that assertion on any score.
They are cut from steel wire by machine,
but as the chips fall down from the
knife it looks as if the operation was
simply cutting up the wire for fun. One
thing IS certain, no screws can be seen,
and yet screw is made every third OPP
Grafton. The fourth jewel wheel screw
is the next thing to being invisible, and
to the naked eye it looks like dust.
With glass, however, it is seen to be a
small screw with 260 threads to the inch,
and with very fine glass the threads
may be seen very clearly y.
These little screws are 4-100Oth of an
inch III diameter, and the heads are
double Ill size. 1t is estimated that an
ordinary lady's thimble would hold lOO,-
900 OF these tiny little screws.
About LOCO, 900 of them are made a
month, but no attempt is ever made to
count them. In determining the num-
Der 100 of them are placed on very de,
liCate balance, and the number of the
whole amount is determined by the
weight of these. All OF the small parts
of the watch are counted in this way,
probably so out of the 100.
After being cut the screws are harden
cd and put in frames, about 100 to the
frames, heads up. This is done very
rapidly, but entirely by sense of touch
instead of sight. SO that blind man
could do just rs well rs the owner of the
sharpest eyes. The heads are then polish
ed in an automatic machine, 10000 at a
time. The plate ON which they are
polished is covered with oil and a grind
ing compound, and on this the machine
moves them rapidly by reversing motion
until they are fully polished.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-09-20
Saved for the Regular BOarders.

A traveller, who returned from a two
weeks vacation among the Maine water
ing places, relates an amusing incident
that occurred at a small New England
hotel where he Glanced to stop for q
day or two, while jCurneying to Bar
Harbor. The hotel was n small one, and
the principal person in charge Of the
Office was the daughter of the prorrie-
tor, a buXom lass of prol ably twenty
summers. When the morning of de-
parture came, this fair Diana, presented
the hotel bill to the traveller, and it so
happened that neither of them could
change note that was rendered in pay
ment. In gallant way the traveller,
who had something of the Don Juun in
his nature, although he did live on Wal
nut streer, smilingly offered to kiss the
young lady and let the change go. She
drew herselfup haughtily, "I'd like you to
know, sir, that i'll this hotel we don't kiss
trans;ents, she replied in freezing tones.
"'Such n privilege is only given to per-
manent boarders.- VIII you take pros
pettus for next season 2'-PHila, Times.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-09-20
TIE PASTURES.
Many Farrrcrs-FsestoSvI IittFe-Gsrs
Them.

Z. M. Emory, of the New York Ex-
pertinent Station says in the Philadel-
phia Weekly Press: every many far
mels bestow little care on their pastures.
Many of those who do care for them,
and are careful not to overstock and to
keep bushes and weeds out, fail to APP
preciate their loss from allowing pasture
grasses to ripen and stand dead and dry
for the most o. the season after having
begins. 1t is at this time that the earli-
er grasses begin to ripen their seed, and
will soon become almost valueless if left
standing long after the bloom is gone,
while no pasture will furnish so much
or so good food for the stock if allowed
to stand as it will if cut at that period
'Several cases have occurred under
the writer's eye, while the contrast be-
tween the two methods has been made
so prominent that they must be drawn
upon for instructive examples. On q
large milk producing stock farm in New
York State the fields and pastures are
well laid off into separate enclosures, and
are subjected to a sort of rotation pas
turage. One or two of these are reserved
for turning the COWS on Just as early as
spring feed begins to slack, and COWS
consequently drop off in their yield of
milk, or, IN other words, just about the
time the early grasses begin to 1ipen.
The grass becomes hard and wirv in n
few days, aud the COWS wander over q
large territory, picking a few punches
here and there, treading on and lying
IN grass that Stands up to their eyes"
and which would have, in season, yielded
ton or more per acre of good hay, but
which yield poor pasture, on which
COWS shrink rather than make any gain
either in milk or flesh. On the same
farm field of similar grass, and SINH
larly treated to an occasional top dress
ing without blowing, is mown early,
and is constant source of wonder be-
cause of the amount of fresh, green
pasturage it affords when the other fields
are dry and brown.
There is Il reason for the difference,
simple and plain. 1t is that the grass
mown after having expanded its roots
and foliage and stored up energy for its
life work, but before any considerable
part has been expended in bloom and
growing seed, is in the best possible con-
dltlOn to send up rich aftermath, while
that left standing has performed its
function and remains dead and brown
to be tramped or plowed hack to the
soil, for it is unpalatable and only eaten
by stock as last resort to alleviate the
pangs of hunger.
"The young stock on short pasture
becoming restless was taken to large
enclosure through haying to let the short
one start up. The chief grass was TIM
notify, which, of course, soon ripened,
and after the first few days the new pas
ture was anything but desirable place
for the development of young thorough
bred COWS. The moving machine or
hand scythe should be sent ove- many
pastures that are not we'll enough
cropped to prevent the ripening of the
grass and consequent dearth of succu-
lent growth for the stock"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-09-20
DENVER'S FIRST GIRL BABY.
Given n Birthday Present of Land
Now Worth $2,OOO.OOO.
Denver News, Aug. COL

The birth of the first female child
born in Denver was quite an event in
the history of herself and the citizens.
Miss Harvey is now % years of age, and
returned to Denver a few days ago after
an absence of something over 10 years,
during which time the city grew out of
her recollection.
The change is rendered of more than
passing interest by the fact that she was
once the owner of q good big part of
what is now the most 1aluabIe property
in the city. 1t was given her by the
citizens of Denver as testimonial for
being the ''frst girl Lady" horn here,
and shs might at this time be drawing
big income from it, had her father con
sidered it of sufficient value to keep up
his tax payments. AS it was, he let it
go, and now instead of being the heiress
of untold millions, "our first girl baby
nightly sings for living at q variety
theatre on Holiday street.
When Lish' Harvey made the start
ling announcement one day in Febru-
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-09-20

airy, 1860, that he had a bouncing girl
baby in his little half-frame, half-can-
vass cabin up on the hill, it was great
day for Denver. A meeting was held
lmmediatel y, and it was resolved and
carried unanimously that the baby was
an honor to Auraria, as Denver was then
called, and thata committee be appoint
ed to welcome the little stranger and
present it with substantial testimonial
OF the citizens regard. These resolu-
tons were spread upon the records of
the city, and half dozen of the leading
cItlzens hoped up to 'Lish Harvey's
cabin and performed their duties to the
letter. Beyond few baby clothes and
an occasional dainty, which brought a
very high tariff price, there was little
that the committee could raise to pre-
sent to the little one, and after these
had been presented and speech or two
made, during which the baby slept, the
committee decided that the little lady
could have all the land in sight, not
| already staked off.
L1sh Harvey walked to his front door
and with his fingers indicated what land
he thought would suit his offering. 1t
is recorded that he afterwards offered to
dispose OF the whole of it for two barrels
OF flour, then worth 500 a barrel, and
mule that Jim Baker owned valued at
$3.50. His offer was not accepted. The
land he claimed is to-day worth prob
ably $2,000,OOO.
Land was the cheapest thing i'll the
country then. Nobody owned what he
claimed and nobody wanted it. Only
week before a citizen had offered the
present site of the German National
Bank, now worth $3.50, 900, for sack of
flour, and he didn't get the -four either.
In due time the land selected by 'Lish
was decided to the baby, and she owned
it until the unpleasant officials began to
levy taxes. When the first ubiquitous
tax collector, who in those days carried
two guns and piece of chalk, came
around, 'Lish Indignantly refused to pay
up, and invited the tax collector to take
the land. The latter had no use for it,
and for three or four years it was held in
allegiance. Then the town began to grow
and the value of the land with it. Fin
ally real estate Speculation came along
and gathered to himself the baby share.
1t has had thousands of owners since
then, and millions of dollars have
changed hands over it.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-09-20
GREAT SNAKES.
CoIorcd Men Aren't to be Beaten on
Snake Stories.

Pompey Hooper, an old colored farmer
who lives in the eastern portion of the
county, and who last year, in a battle
reptiles, was in town yesterday. From
him the Appeal correspondent learned Of
another and still more interesting en-
counter which occurred during last
week. Pompey is great coon hunter,
and on Wednesday morning, in company
with two others, he started out on a big
hunt. Several raccoons were caught,
and the trio, after having hugely enjoyed
the sport, were preparing to return
home, when suddenly the dogs bayed
again. Approaching near to where they
were barking, the three concluded, as
they had their guns with them and were
tired chOpping down trees, to wait until
daylight and shoot the game. AS it was
only a short while until dawn, fire was
accordingly built, and while his compan-
ions produced a deck of cards with which
to while away the time, Pompey stretch
ed himself on the ground for short
nap. Somehow the old fellow could not
sleep, and after short while he picked
up his gun and lighting a pine torch
walked over to where the dogs were. In
hounds snatching and tearing up the
earth at the base of a hollow rock
Thinking that some animal had taken
refuge in the bowIder, he jammed the
blazing torch into the crevice. The old
negro's terror was great when, instead
of the growl which was expected, he
ence had taught him the rattlesnake
10 fri1r
pegs fight with the deadly reptiles last |
and he was preparing to run when, as
he says: Gone of the biggest rattlers
you ever heard of slid outten that hole |
an jumped at me. He would a got me,
shore, but one O the dogs grabbed his
snake, "bigger than the udder, crawled |
out and made leap for Pompey, who
''fetched him sw1pe with the torch"
and then grabbed his gun. BY this time
the first snake was rattling and striking,
and, with one hand holding the torch
the other the gun, the old negro "blazed
away" but missed. Steadying himself
he took better aim and fired the second
time, and with better results, for the
reptiles head was torn completely off,
At this moment the other snake struck
Pompey's foot, burying its fangs in the
toe of his shoe, but, luckily, so near the
end that no damage was done. Again
the pine torch came down, and this time
on the snakes head. That ended it, and
as the old negros companions came
rushing to the scene they found him ex-
amining the foot, hardly able to under
stand that he had escaped unhurt. If
what the darkeys say is true, and Uncle
Pompey is one of the wealthiest and
most reliable colored farmers in the
county, the two snakes killed were the
largest and Oldest of any of their kind
eve t 1onnd t tbv say pn9 had tory
snake is three years old before rattle
appears, and as one is then added for
each year, one was forty three and the
other thirty nine year of age.-Memphis
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