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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26

MOTHER ATE BADY.-The baby leopard which
has been the joy and the pride of tho keepers at
the Geological Garden in Philadelphia, since its
entry into the world, about six weeks ago, Was
missing from its cage yesterday morning and
could be found nowhere. Its mother presented
IN unusually plump appearance, and the keepers
were not long in ascertaining thst sho had made
msal OF her offspring during the night. She
seemed none the worse for it, but her unnatural
act caused great dissppointment to the keepers,
AS great hopes had been entertained that the baby
leopard, which had lived longer than any others
yet born in the Garden, would grow to maturity,
MS it seemed to be doing we'll.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26
Sad Ending of Festivities

BOURBON. Ill.,, Dec. 26.-Tuesday night
Samuel Beardsley, while enacting the part
of Santa Claus at a Christmas festival, wa:
dressed in costume composed largely o.
raw cotton and other inf immable material
The cotton accidentally caught FIRE and
Beardsey Was burned from head to foot in
q shocking manner. A number of women
and children were seriously hurt by being
knocked down and trampled upon during
the panic that ensued.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26

If THE old saw. "a green Christmas makes
a fat churchyard." we're true, the underta'
kers could soon retire on large fortunes, for
dandeliops were plucked In the fields yes
terday, roses were blooming In The gardens
and the vines on southern exposures have
not yet lost their green leaves. But, for
;unately. the old cav referred to. Ike most
al. others, Is not true. Indeed it Is the very
reverse of true, and ia demonstrated to be
so by common sense. by ecience, and by e1-
perience. Most of the deaths Of winter re-
suit from low temperature; consequently
the shorter the duration of cold weather the
less the number of deaths. And then, toe
carefully prepared statistics show that the
death rate Is always considerably lower In
mild than In cold weather.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26

MANY A Christmas dinner was interfsred
with or spoiled yesterday by the culpsble
and inexcusable delay of the Adams Express
Company in delivering Christmas boxes to
those to whom they were directed. 1t Is no
excuse to say that the force at the express
office was not large enough to deliver i'm
mediately the greatly increased number of
packages. AS such an increase was only
what might have been expected, it should
have been provided for, and the few add.
tonal men and wagons the services of which
would have prevented all the loss and In
convenience, could have been obtained with
out any trouble.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26
Stabbed

Rock ISLAND, Ills Dec. &c Clarence Mart,
Moline, I'ls.. painter, plunged knife into
William Chatterton. leading man of a tra, 9 :
ing dramatic company ye rday, and the
doctors say the victim cannot recover. Mart
with some other men had been quarreling,
when Chatterton went over to quiet the
crowd. He was acting as peacemaker when
Mart drew knife and stabbed him twice
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26
War on the salYationists.

BERNE, Dec. 26 Despite the orders is.
sued by the government prohibiting the
holding of meetings by the Salvation Army
In Switzerland, members Of that organiza.
ton continue to hold oper-air meetings 10
Geneva. The authorities have decided to
adopt vigorous measures to suppress the
gatherings OF the Salvationlsts
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26
Distillery Seized

WASHINGTON, D. c. Dec 26 -Ths COM
mission e. of internal revenue was to-day To-
formed by telegraph OF the seizure of the
Fresno Wine Distillery near Fresno, Cal
for alleged fraudulent distillipg. No par
ticulars were given.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26
Is Consumption Curable :

Read the following Mr.. c. H. Morris, Newark
Ark. says: Was down with Abscess of Lungs, and
friends and physicians pronounced me sn Incura-
bic Congumptive. Began taking Dr. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, am now my third
bottle, and able to oversee the work on my farm.
It is the finest medicine ever made.
jesse Mi dlewart, Decatur, Ohio, says: Had it
not been for DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption l would have died of Lung Troubles.
Was given up by doctors. Am now in best Of
health"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26
Lemon Hot Drops

For coughs and colds take Lemon Hot Drops
For sore throat and bronchitis, take Lemon Hot
Drops.
For pneumonia and laryngitis, take Lemon Hot
Drops.
For consumption and cstarrh, take Lemon Hot
Drop.
For all throat and lung diseases, take Lemon
Hot Drops.
An elegant and reliable preparation.
Sold by druggists. 25 ccnts per bottle Pre-
pared by H. Motley, MD, Atlanta, Ga
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26
Asphyyiated

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Dec. 26.-TWo old ia.
dies living by tham'elves were found this
morning asphy xiated by coal gss. One il
dead end the other will die.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. Dec. 26 Two young
men from Bangor, Pa were found dead ia
a room at the Pacific Hotel hero this morn
ing. They had blown out the gas before lie.
firing and were asphyxisted.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26
Died of His Wounds

BALTIMORE. Md. Dec. 26.-John \
who was shot ia the abdomen yesterda
morning, died to-day at the City Hospital
Charles Yates, who is charged with doing
the shooting, is held for the action of tbs
ooroner's inquest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26
University Closed

ST. PETERSBURG, Dsc. 26 The uniyersi
ty at o lessa has been closed, owing to the
discovery of the fact that a number of the
students were nihlists aud were actively
engaged 10 spreading their propaganda.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26
COMMUNICATED

We people of the South deeply s5mpsthiz,
with the family and relatives of the late Mr. H.
". Grady; but, to say with a reporter of the
Washington Post, that there was more feeling
manifested than over the death of the late Jefsr
son Davis, could have originated in no other mind.
1t reminded US of the scriptural injunction about
utteripg ones whole mind. Con. FED.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26
From Brazil

NEW York. Dsc. &c The steamship
Sirius, which left Rio Janelro December 4
and arrived here to-day, reports that quiet
ness reigned in the city. but that riot had
taken place In the Rio Grande district, a.
though no particulars could be learned up
to the time of sailing
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26

The Southern Ute Indians ale unanimously in
favor of their removal to Utah. They have re-
solved to ask the Indian Department for permits
sion to send delegation of Indians to Washing
ton 20 urge the removal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26
a Denial

LONDON, D,c. 26.-Gsn. Boulanger de-
oies the reports that he has been engaged to
deliver course of Lectures In the Uoited
States. He says ne never thought of going
ou leoturir g tour In that country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26

Dispatches from Rio in cipher 10 Lisbon
newspapers state that the revolt of the
monarchsts against the provisional reput-
lican government is more serious than the
latter will let be known. 1t took TWO dsys
fighting before the forces of the provisional
government were able to disperse the mou-
Archaic
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26
Dead

BERLIN. Dec. 26.-Herr Voualwens, vice
president of the Blvariau Chamber of r 3D..
is dead.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26

PIT. Barnum thinks that he has got the
nineteenth century boom in jumbo, but be
must not forget the great excitement caused
by the sale of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26

Mashed strawberry ribbons sell at one
dollar yard, but you can get bottle of
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup for only twenty Eve
cents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26
LEMON ELIXIR.
Its Wonderful Effect on the Liver Ston
ach, Bowels, Kidneys and Blood.


DR.. Mozley's Lemon Elixir is pleasant lemon
drink that positively cures all Biiiousness, Con.
stipa.ion, Indigestion, Headache, Malaria, Kidney
Disease. DIZZINESS Colds, Loss of Appetite, Fee
vers Chils, Blotches, Pimples, Pain in Back Pal
pitston of Heart, and'al other diseases caused by
disordered liver, stomach and kidneys, tho first
great cause of all fatal diseases. Fifty cents and
one dollsr per tottle. Sold by druggists. Prepared
only By H. Mozlsy, NJ D., Atlanta, Ga.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26
A dispatch from Blue Ridge Springs says
tn A. on Tuesday the horses attached to the

c,rrisge of Mr.. Cadwaleder became frightened
and dashed off at rapid speed. Mr.. Cadwsleder
sprang to the ground and seized the wheels in
order to save his wife, resulting in breaking both
his arms The carriage ran short distance
when Mrs Cadwaleder was thrown out with
great force, breaking her arm and shoulder bone,
and SO iniuring her head that her recovery s sup
posed to be impossible.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26
MONETARY AND COMmERClAL.

NEW YORK. Dec 26 The dizziness which was
so prominent feature of the stock market on
Tuesday again prevailed this morning First
prices were steady as pared with the final fig
ures of Tuesdsy. At II O'Clock the market was
dull and steady to firm, but generally at the OPEN
ing prices. Money close at 6a7.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26

ALEXANDRIA MARKET, Dec 26-There was
nothing offered on Change to-day. The railroad
companies having given their employees the usual
Christmas holiday, no freight cars Were on Union
street this morning. No change, therefore CAL
be reported in the markets since Tuesday Prime
Wheat and dry Corn continue in active demand.
Lots out of condition low and difiicu to SELL
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26

BALTIMORE. Dec. 26 Cot quiet; middling
101ss10A. Flour dull aud UNCHANGED Whe,t
berry 74aSi; No 1915 steamer 76 Western
quiet No winter red spos and Dec 75l.a79ia ;
Jan e0.s0t; Feb 81&.aS2; March 824.ae3Ia !;
May 96AaS6b. Corn-Southern f4icly active
new 31a36; Western weak; mixed spot AZ y
new spot 81 y year 37laa37a.; Jan 81 Fob
Oats f I'M Southern and Penna 5s43l; Western
white 30s31; do mixed 28a29 y; gcaded No 2
white 81 Bye steady; prime TO choice $3.50.
Hay fl m; prime to choice timothy Sl3.13 80.
Provisions quiet and unch .need Rutter quiet :;
Western packed IL l19; bsst roll 17s19 croame
ry 23a26 Eggs steady at 22a23 Coffee quiet
Bio .rgoes fair 10 hs19%4. Sugar dull aud lo"
err; A soft 65s WHISKY unchanged at 81 10.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26

CHICAGO Dec 26-11 a. m.-Wheat-Jan 77b.
May 92asaS2lh. Corn-Jan 303s May 80. Oats
Nav ON Pork-Jan SO 10 1915 May
SO 5212a6 SIS. Iari-Jan S. S2ih SO S.; Msy
S6,$6 OBJ Short RIBS Jan $4 60 May 81 SO
"a S71s
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 Cotton quiet aplands
1oAa; Orleans 1oE; futures quies and steady.
Flour quiet aud steady. Wheat dull and stead r.
Corn active and easy. Pork quiet and unchanged.
Lard dull and easy at Sc 20
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-26

BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET, Dec 26-Prices
of Beef Cattle this week ranged as follows:
Best.............. ...................S4 90 "a 25
Generally rated first quality. 3 10 n 90
Medium or good fair quality. 3 % a. 10
Ordinary thin Steers Oxen and
Market slack, receipts light, quality of and
prices unchanged.
Sheep and Lambs-Arriva's 1915. Sheep 3isa
~. Lambs 4a6.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-27

lottery bonds. He is now trying to sell
PSI 200 of them to the French people at
S2l each, the par value being 500.
The largest ship in the. British navy the
Trafalgar launched two years ago, has at
last tried her engines, with success. She
Is $40 feet long, % feet beam and y SIS
horsepower drove her II rs knots.
The sparrows have found defender IN
the New York World, which says that
the trees in New York and Brooklyn are
suffering from caterpillars because the
spaTrows were killed of in the great
storm of 1888. Bat perhaps if the spar
rows hadn t been imported there would
have been enough respectable worm
eating birds to take care of the eaterpil-
lars.
In regard to popular education in
France statistics show that the COMPETE
ton between municipal or secular and
Catholic or monastic shoots has had the
effect of sensibly increasing the aggrC-
gate attendance. IN 1892 there were
!. 34I 600 children at the elementary
schools. In 1887 there were ,526 900.
The private lay schools, however, have
43, 900 pupils less than in 1882, while tins
private Catholic schools have l43 900
pupils more.
1t takes a good deal of paper to go
around. There are 1000 pulp ana paper
mills at work the year round, But the
newspapers and magazines consume vast
quantities of it. The Century company
take nearly two hundred tons month
for their publications, and their paper
bin amounts to $500, 900 yearly. Harper
Brothers take 20 900 reams, Robert Bon
n IL Tvrrn OH N
literature firms buy $500 900 worth of
paper year. One patent medicine firm
buys $500 900 worth of paper every year.
England is a very rich country. Ac-
curate London financial authorities esti-
mate that in the last five months alone
English people have subscribed $780,
600 600 to various foreign enterprises.
OF this sum IS 600 200 have been alb
sorbed in railroad investments in North
and South American, $50 900 900 have
been placed in African gold mines, and
the remainder has been scattered in
multitude of Investments all over the
globe. It is such expansion as this,
which has been going on for many years,
which makes England the wealthiest ma
ton on earth Already the ownings of
Englishmen in foreign lands much surpass
island.
Compressed air, which never seemed to
amount to much as a motive power in
this country, has been applied with great
success i'll Paris TO the propulsion of sew
ing machines, wood working ap-
paratus and printing machines. A
correspondent of the Manufacture
ers' Record suggests that eff
some of our industrial and mechanical
papers or some of our engineers or me-
chanics, who are visiting Paris, would
write full history of the use of COM
pressed air in that city, stating outlay
of original plant, method Of distribution,
also stating the amount of power that
may be furnished each consumer, and
the cost of the same per horse power, it
might be doing our industries a substau-
tiai service
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-27
GOOD ROADS.
They Are Absolutely Essential f., ~.
Prosperity Of Fort Worth.
Dallas Capturing Trade That Isri.fm,..,-
&elongs to Fort Worth Because sbs
Has Good County Roads
Fort WORTH, TEX. July g5. r,.1

FORT WORTH, TEX. Jurvg- rvs,
To the Gazette
1 have project which I desire 10 ven
tilate. l wanted to express IL a+ r.,
Monday night meeting in the courrt,r..
but the time WAS fully occuu.eI m.
Jealous and able speakers and I fsreh,-s
Now, while the zeal and public s,.-..
of our best men are ut fever heat fsa
good time to suggest q useful project
and mine is briefly to construct ra,f
roads from this commercial center IN
all directions to the country
l don't mean railroads. lr
wagon roads. This subject has been >l5-
" overlooked and neglected, Though n,
Importance in reference to the urasvarf-z
of the city and county is second ta o.,
other one. The energy, enterprise ami
libeTality Of Our people in enc0urarfr-
substituting and aiding in various va-,
the building and eqUipiug of railroads il
cOmmendabie, and the people of Fg--
Worth have reason to feel proud of their
record for public spirit.
But, railroads, gasworzs watarworEs.
the kaTporama, and now manufactures
have so absorbed the thoughts of the neo-
pie that they have entirely overlooked
this most important of all subjects
good roads throughout the county.
OF course do not claim
that it is the duty Of Fort Worth TO-
alone, furnish and provide the county
with good roads, but l remember that
Fort Worth is in the county, and her
interest in good roads Is equal pro rata,
to the whole population of the county,
and as our population and our wealth IS
more condensed than that of the rest Of
the county, it seems proper that the pro-
ject for starting this great enterprise
should originate here. During and after
a flood, while the EGad5 are muddy.
everybody calls for good roads. After
the mud has dried up the subject is for
gotten. Mr.. Veal spoke Of the para
mount Importance Of the retail trade Of
our city, but the retail trade depends on
good roads more than on any other cause.
At present many farmers ami country
people in this aud other counties 90 to
Dallas and other towns for their supplies,
a distance twice or three times as far as
from their homes to Fort Worth. This
is wrong and should not be, and thers is
but one remedy good roads. All roads
within a circle of twenty-five miles from
this center should lead to Fort Worth.
hope, Mr.. Editor, that the powerful.
influence of THE GAZETTE will be eEertft
in favor of this most excellent project,
and that the executive committee or dI-
Fectors of the board of trade viii give It
their serious attention. IS.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-27
COST OF OPERATING ELECTRIC

COST OF OPERATING ELECTRIC
ROADS.
AS the street railways in Fort Worth
are soon to be operated by electricity,
residents of this city will find something
of interest IN the result of a number of
experiments recently made at Asbury
Park, N. J. by F. f. Idell, mining en-
gineer. The experiments showed that it
takes 116 3 pounds per ton weight of car
and load to start it, and if
teen and six-tenths per ton to
keep it in motion. This is, of course
provided the road is good, an inferior
road requiring more power. On curve
track, which is level, a sixteen foot car,
loaded, may be started by fifteen horse
power On a straight track only one and
sixty-fou hundredths horse power is re-
quired to keep it moving at the rate
of six miles an hour. But of course the
greater power must be carried. To start
on a straight track requires six and
fifteen hundredths horse power. Each
pound of coal burned evaporated nine
and one-tenth pounds of water; mini
mum friction. 10 per cent; greatest
horse power during the week, eight per
car. This includes all friction of engines,
shaftfng, dyuamos, etc. The average
power consumed by each motor was one
and nine-tenths horse power; pounds of
coal per ear per hour, thirty-six; per
horse power, five and nine-tenths per
hour. This was from engines making
500 revolutions per minute. The cost
per day of eighteen hours for motor per
car, with coal at SIS per ton is s. 6S,
where as many as twenty cars were run.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-27
IN COLD BLOOD.
An Ineffensive COlored Man Dragged from His
sud

An Ineffensive COlored Man Dragged from His
Bed and Shot.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
WOLFE CITY, TEX, July 24.-On the
night OF the 22d some unknown persons
came to the tent of one George LinIey
eolored. about II clock, dragged him
from his bed while he was asleep and car
ried him about one-haIf mile east of town
and killed him. The person who COM
mitted this foul crime is unknown and
the cause is a mystery as he had never
been accused of anything more than
gambling and keeping crowd
of that class around him.
The man who was sleeping with
him was not awakened until they had
got LinleY out of the tent. The only
words he heard spoken was Linley told
them to go away and let him alone as he
had done nothing. Officers are at work
investigating, and it is rumored they are
about to get some good cireumstantiai
evidence.
Crop prospects were never better, but
farmers are fearful so much rain will
bring the boil worm and injure the cot
ton crop,
Work on our oil mill is progressing
finely. Mr. ShOmson is about eomplet-
ing the brick work on the Hutton build
ing and has commenced work on the
First national bank building, on the cor
ner of Main and Santa Fe streets, which
will be an ornament to our little city.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-27
Southwest.

TIE amendment offered by Mr.. Hart
man in the Montana constitutional con-
vention was good one. 1t provided that
no man could be a legal voter who could
not read and write the English language.
OF course 1t was defeated and there was a
good deal OF grandnoquenee scattered
around by those who opposed it. English
is the language of this country; no man
should be allowed to vote who has not or
does not intend making his home here,
and the man who has made or intends
making his home here ought to learn the
language. This is an American repub-
lie, and the sooner We restrict the fran
chise to real Americans, native or
adopted, the better.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-27
NEWS AND NOTES.

It is reported that the sugar trust has
locked up three hundred thousand barrels
of sugar, preparatory to putting up the
price.
The number of papers started to ''fH
a long felt want which have dropped
out of existence during the last twelve
months Is 1888.
The "Heavenly Foot society," has
been started in China by the women in
rebellion against the venerated fashion
that congresses their feet.
A Bombay newspaper announces two
marriages, in one case the bride being
aged two years and in the other fifteen
months, while the bridegroom was thirty.
A horse over nineteen hands high and
weighing 2300 pounds was shipped from
MyerstoEn, Pa, TO Boston recently.
The purchaser will put the animal on ex-
hibition.
Among the assets that came into the
possession Of the receiver of the bank
rupt$ Panama Canal company were
several hundred thousand unissued.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-27

''THE bill compelling all roads operating
in the state of New York to equip their
freight cars with automatic oouplers has
become a law. Until November l, 1892 4,
is given the roads to comply with the
provisions of the law. The penalty for
noncompliance is $500 for each offense. -
cate or organ raise a howl about the
hostility to railroads. in New York +,
and lament the injury to the Empire
state from this ''inimical legislation ,"