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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-07-20
DEPOT QUARTERMAsTER,s OFFICE Waaa

nEPoT QUARTERMAsTERs OFFICE. Wask
~ ington, D. c., July 18th, 1ss9.-seaIea :,
posals in dupl;c ite subject to usual eo1S pro
will be received here until IL O'Clock q LIONS
day, August 18th, 1889 and then or I'd fr fur
nishing sud delivering along the IA an The esst
side OF the Arlington Nations Cemetery Va
certain cement, lime, sand. coming s.ons and
galvanized iron az reguir ID. Preference given
70 articles OF doneS'c production or manu-
a aiceGIe ce19i.'oas of quality and price (n-
cluolng IN the ,rice of foreign productions or
manufacture the duty thereon being equal. Bids
for deii''f at other points will sso be received.
ANY Information required, lists of articles aud
#" rms bidding will be furnished application
10 this /, flee Envelopes containing proposas
should be marked Proposals fer Cement, Lime,
sand. stene or Iron," as above, and addressed to
1t. Col G. B. DANDY, Depot Qusrtermsst.r,
Washington, D. c. jy2O ct
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men and ale considered strong enough to
attack the dervlshes.
A Peculiar Disease.

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio. July 2O-At Ratdsn
and Otway, villages, not far from Ports.
mouth, the same peculiar disease which
nearly depopulated those places last sum.
mer has returned A lady is said TO have
died In two hours after being stricken. Elk.
Mayor Freeman is reported in dying con-
dition. Physicians have been unable TO
check the disease or to sgree upon ito cause.
It ia an affection of the bowels and many
think the cause Ia to be found 10 the drink.
ing water taken from the wells.
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Destructive Flood.

The greatest disaster which ever befell
Little Kanawha Valley. w. Va, came
Thursday night In the shape of terrible
cloud burst, which completely flooded the
country, destroying many livsa, carrying If
thousands of dollars in property and ruia'
ing the crops for many miles. The deluge
commenced about dusk and continued TO fall
In torrents. The worst of the storm atrutk
the lower side Of the Kanawha, filling small
tributaries from bank to bank. In three
hours the Kanawha rose ak fest, and ran
out with such velocity that 1t carried every
thing before it, including thousands OF logs
and number of boats. Big Tygart VALLEY
Is completely ruined. Ali the fer.c, 2,
bridges, mills, crops and much live ev ,ek
we're lost. AT Chestervlle half the re.i
dences were carried of and left in corr'fi 4lds.
In Clay district fine church and three
dwellings were wrecked. At Pill Blush oil
bridges and culverts are washed away and
there ia no communication with that point.
1t Ia impossible now to enumerate the less,
ae the river is st;ll rising and tearing every.
thing loose. The steamer Oneida has been
wrecked and sunk at Enterprise, the stea IN
or @. G. Martin Was sunk at Burning
Springs, and the Little Tygart ia also report
ed completely ruined. The Ohio river road
10 washed out at Harris Ferry, The B 1T
more b Ohio at Kanawha Station, and
the Cincinnati, Washington and Baltimore
at Londonderry. A house boat swept by
at Parkersburg at daylight yesterday. 1t
mad three persons in it. The heat was af-
forwards overturned. a freight train on
the Ohio River Railroad it is reported broke
through trsstle at Harris Ferry, complete
ly wrecking the train aud fatally irjnriDg
VIM. Neptune. an employee. The fret re-
port gave the loss of life by the food at
eleven, but later news seems to fx the loss
ct q greater number
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Washington Notes.

Correspondence of the ALEXANDRIA GAZErTE.I
WASHINGTON, July 20.-Like all cities in
this country Washington changes in respect
to its business thoroughfares as 1t Increases
in population and extends ts limits. Penn
sylvauia avenue, the great highway from
the Capitol to the White House, will always
DO favorite. and will ever attract the crowd
as a promenade; but it has lost Its prestige
as q business street and the traffic has grad
ually moved to street, which now presents
more animated scene and is equally as
crowded as the main artery. Apart from Its
great width and natural advantages the
Avenue presents but few attractions, the
houses on either eide being by no means
commensurate with the requirements of the
principal thoroughfare OF the city. Down
towards the Capitol. where used to be the
chief places of business. are now only small
shops and stores, and saloons of no repute
occupy places where the great men OF other
days we're wont to make their purchases or
indulge their appettes. The hotels, the
stores, the restaurants of note have all
moved "up town." and now the hallowed
precincts of the Capitol are abandoned to
the peddlers of small wares and sa-
looms freuuented mostly by the foreign
element, and have ceased to attract the
siphtseer. A few hotels remain down
town." but they are no longer the resort of
"the mighty" or the rendezvous of the poll
ticiaps, and the caucusslng, plotting and
scheming have been transferred to the more
pretentious hosteries of the "West End"
Of late years FLATS" have come into vogue,
and now those of ample means who wish
to avoid the cares OF housekeeping, locate in
these sumptuous apartment, while tno once re.
nowned ''taverns" have disappeared, and save in
one or two instances their places have been sup
piled by gilded and gorgeously. furnished restau-
ness and good cheer served in plain style, but of
the bsst, and unalloyed by the poison that turks
in the bowl or the garnished dish that contains
the adultered food. The elegant Saloons where
the sporting men of the olden time, when the
truly great men of the country assembled IN
Washington, were in the habit Of Willing away
an evening with bout at faro and delicious
supper, are things of the past, and now the gay
gambolier is wont to crafty his tastes in some
dubious location under the espionage Of the police
Yes, this is the age OF progress and tho sup
has been tabooed, its place has been usurped by
much vier practices resorted to in greater de-
gree by those of the higher moral school of en-
lishtened civilization. For its size there is prob
ably no place which contains more vicious haunts
of the lowest character than this and yet there ID
no place outside of New England where exist
more stringent ensctments, copied from the Blue
Laws against all manner of evil instigated by the
devil. But his Satanic majesty, being proVerb-
tally good to his Own, permits these wles to exist
aud they seem to grow apsce.
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BITTEN BY A SNAKE AND GAVE BIRTH TO

BITTEN BY SNAKE AND GAVE BIRTH TO
TR1pLETs.-While Mrs Julia Skvieskie, the
wife of Hungarian employed on firm
about four miles north of Reading, Pa, was
engaged in picking blackberries on the AL
saac Hills yesterday afternoon she was bit.
ten in the leg by copperhead snake. She
called for help, but while several of her
friends were assisting her to the nearest
house she complained that she could walk
no further. A carriage was passing nearby
and the Huns appealed to the driver for
aid. The unfortunate woman was removed
to her home at once, but before the party
arrived there she had given birth to female
triplets, all alive. There are hopes that
the woman will recover.
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After q Wife Murderer

ASHLAND Wis.,, July 2O.-Ssveral posses
of men composed of settlers living around
Bad river, are In active pursuit of Jos.
Feucbs, the wife murderer. Feuohs and
his bride arrived from Germany few weeks
ago and remark dropped by the woman
led to considerable gossip among the VII.
layers. 1t finally came out that Feuohs Ia
wanted in Germany for heavy robbery
from the government while employed as g
mail-oarrier, and large reward ia offered
for him. According to German paper here
Feuchs beoame enraged at his wife because
of her knowledge of his crime, and in 6t
of passion he killed her.
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Murderous Fanatic,

WARSAW, Ind, July 20-The authorities
of this county Thursday took into their GUS
tody Mrs. Martha banks, charged with
murder, and her husband. Daniel. az an ao
cessory. Dapks recently became crank on
the subject If religion and. /. Is said. com.
PEELED his wife to strangls their Is months
old child as sacrifice. claiming theAlmighty
had promised to resurrect the child on the
Sd day. When banks was arrested he had
been carrying the dead infant In his arms
for two daVs
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LEGALLY DEAD. BUT STILL ALIVE

LEGALLY DEAD. But STILL ALIvE.-A
dispatch from Atlanta, Ga, says: "a month
has passed tince John Pickett expiated the
crime of murder on the gallows. The mem
DRY of the event has been reawakened in a
remarkable manner. A report comes from
Sumter county that Pickett is still alive and
living In that portion of the State; that
after the hanging bis body was taken in
charge by friends, who worked successfully
at resuscitstion. The story has created q
good deal of interest in that city, for If
Pickett is stiA alive aud is epprehended the
question Ia whether he can be further pun.
isned. Hs has been declared legally dead,
and The case will prove one unparalleled in
the history CT the State.
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EARTHQUAKE Shocks.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, July 20.-At 6:32 last
evening slight shook of earthquake was
felt In this city. Orookery and glassware
ratified and 10 some Instances were thrown
from shelves, but no other evidence was
given besides the rocking motion. Two
severe shocks were felt at Covlngton, Tenn,
So miles north of Memphis, each shock last
ing several seconds. For while the wild.
est confusion prevailed. Houses were aban-
doned and tue streets filed with frightened
people, A third but lighter shock was felt
there at Sis.
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A Horse Thief Gang Broken Up.

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, July 20.-Two horse
and cattle thieves and lhe dead body of the
leader of the gang passed through to Socor.
ro Thursday night. They had stolen several
horses from Dedrck g rancho and four ftom
aranche near Gallup. this county. Ths' y
we're desperate and de6ed arrest, Ds'outy
Sheriff Dawson, Of Apache county o, ganizsd
posse and soon came upon Inc thieves.
A general battle took place and the leader
of the gang, Mexican. was shot dead. The
deputy sheriff also received serious
wound. The other two surrendered. This
breaks up bad gang of horse and cattle
thieves,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-07-20
Hogan, the Aeronaut.

JACKSON, Mich, July 20.-A private die
patch ia said to have been received from
Hogan, the aeronaut, sent from Gattles-
burg, village on Long Island, stating that
he landed near there at about Top, N. Tues
day, nearly overcome with asphyxIa. More
dead than alive he reached the village and
was cared for by the good people. He I'm
medately became unconscious from ex
haustion and hunger and no one knew who
be was until he had regained consciousn ess
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-07-20
Telegranhic Rrevities.

Grand Duke Constantine, uncle of the Car of
Russia, has been stricken with paralysis.
Fire at Brockwayville, Pa, burned the Eag @
Valley tannery and SEQ cords of bark. John
Striker, an employee. was burned to death,
What is regarded 3 possible first step toward
the purchase of the Minneapolis flour mills by an
English syndicate was announced last night.
Col. John p Nicholson, of Philadelphs, who
was rendered position as civilian export mem.
Der of the board to publish the 'rebeli ion record"
has declined the position.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Appointments.

WASHINGTON, July 2O.-The President
to day made the following appointments
NJ. NJ. Hurley, of Indiana, to be Third
Auditor of the Treasury.
]. 81. Franklin, of Kaneas, to be Deputy
Second Auditor OF the Treasury.
Henry de B. Clay, of Virginia, Collector
of Customs for the District of Newport
News, Virginia.
James D. Brady. of Virginia, Collector OF
Internal Revenue for thu Second District OF
Virginia.
P II. McCAul, of Virginia, Collector of
Internal Revenue for the Sixth District OF
Virginia.
James j. Dickerson, of Texas, 10 be Mar
shall of the United States for the Eastern
District of Texas.
Milton c. Elstner, of Louisiana, to be At
torne3 of the United States for the Western
District of Louisiana.
To to Consuls of the Uolted States: Evans
Blake, OF Illinois, at Crefeld; Henry G. Fisk,
of Vermont, at ST. Johns. Quebec; Jasper
P. Bradley, of West Virginia, at Southamp.
ton; Eugene o. Feohet, of Michigan, at
Pisdras Neg'as; Archibald ]. Sampson, Of
Colorado, at Paso del Norte Horace E.
Pngh, of Indiana, at Newcastle, England.
Thomas R. Campbell, Postmaster at Lu.
ray, Va, vice ]. g. Grayson, removed.
Stith Boiling, Postmaster at Petersburg,
Va, vice John R. Patterson, removed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-07-20
Sui ivan

NEW YORK. July 20.-John l. Sullivan
who is at present stopping at the Wander
bit Hotel will, with his brother Mike, start
some time to-day for Boston. The Sullivan
party do not anticipate srres. aud are TAX.
Ing no precautions. The latest news coa,
corning Charley Mitche Ia that he is in
Canada with Pony Moore waiting for a
chance slip away from the MiS'''. ssppl DIS.
teotlYes.
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Replu 10 Gen. 7. D. GrOner.

WASHINGTON, d. C., July Is, 1859.
Gen. r. D. Groner:
Sir: The undersigned, committee appoint
cd by the State committee Of the republican party
of Virgins, to whom was referred, with instrnc'
tions, your communication of May %, 1883 for
bearing to discuss the propositions therein set
forth and the implications they convey, for fur.
thor answer beg leave to enclose copy of the call
for State convention of the republican party OF
Virginia, issued by its State committee after sub
mission to, and in accordance with the sugses-
lions of, the national republican executive COM
mittee and which we would hope will meet the
approval of every repub lean honestly desiring
republican success. Respectfully, yours,
WILLIAM MALONE,
GEORGE E. BowDEN,
w. G. ELAN,
B. TAYLOR MccUE,
JAMES 81. STUBBs,
Subcommittee.
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Charged with Theft.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, July 2O.-Henry D.
Gregg, formerly private secrstary TO Gen
eral Sheridan, was arrested in Hia~sthla,
Kas., Thursday night charged with having
assisted in the theft of horse and buggy
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-07-20

A meeting OF Lee Camp of Confederate
Veterans In Richmond last night was ad.
dressed by Governor Lee on the prospects
of the early completion of the monument
there to General Robert E. Lee. The Gov.
ernor. In his remarks, said the association
nseded about $11 900 more than they now
had to pay for the statue and monument.
Governor Lee expressed the opinion that
the statue would be completed aud in Rich.
mond BY October, and the urgeiling would
lake place In November next.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-07-20

The Suffolk Military AGA iomy, established III
1875, Joteph King, a. NJ, Principal, ia one of
the cheapest and best equipped high schools in
the South for boys and young men. Seventy tx
cadets from five States attendt last es.ion
full corps If experienced college graduates have
been engaged rs instructors
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-07-20
The Whitechapel Fisnd.

LONDON, July 20.-The name of the man
who was arrested on suspicion of being the
Whitechapel murderer and who subsequent
Iy confessed that he was guilty, ia William
Brodie. He was arraigned before police
magistrate this morning. he stated to the
magistrate that the confession made by him
to the police was true. The prisoner was
remanded for week.
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National Executive Committees Endorsement.

National Executive Committees Endorsement.
WASHINGTON. D. c., July 10. 1889.
The republican national executive com.
mittee, while disclaimiDg any jurisdiction
in local party action, or control IN the vari-
GUS States, has felt it to be duty to con.
slider the causes OF the dissatisfaction in the
party in Virginia. After conference with
the recognized representatives of the differ
emit elements in the party in that State and
finding all of them sincerely DESTROYS of
party unity and success, We approve of the
call for State convention to be held on the
22d of August 1889. and signed by William
Malone, as chairman. 1t gives ample In
surance of free and open conventions in
precinct, county, city. and State. We ask
all republicans, and all friends OF protection
to American industry in Virginia, to unite
under this call for action now and success
In November. nj. s. QUAY, Chairman.
concur heartily in this action of the republic
can national executive committee.
JAMES D. BRADY.
Member Of the republican national committee for
Virginia.
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Kilrair,

BALTIMORE, July 20 Detective Norris srriv-
ed here to-day witt. rsquisi:iou signed by the
Governor OF Mississippi for the arrest of Kilran
and others, Marshall Frey said that as the requi.
stion DID. rot specify the State of Maryland, or
bear the countersign of Gov. Jackson, he could
net order Kilrain's arrest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-07-20
From Egypt.

CAIRO July 2O.-A reconnoilering party
sent out firm Wady Halfa found the der
Wishes under Nod.el-Jumi occupying good
position. 1t was also learned that the der.
vishes had been rsirfrced by 100 man
The British troops at Assouan samber $40
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-07-20

THE ANTI MALONE republicans OF the
State may, and. judging from their past &C.
ton, probably will. 90 back to General Ma
homes fold, "a wagging their tails behind
them;" but as men, and, above all, as
Virginians. how they can do 30 10
what they, aud they alone. can tell.
Leaving out of view allIother considerations
their own Individual and selfish interests
should be sufh Gent to deter them from do.
ing go, for they must be stupid indeed ifthey
don't know that as long as Gen. Malone is
at the head of their party, they will be at its
foot and the endorsement the national re-
publican committee has just awarded him,
Of necessity makes him the recognized lead.
ar of the Virginia republicans.
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them, is peculiar, aud shows that he regards them
only as the passing wind. The "kickers' may
well ask each other now the old question: III we
were to be 30 soon done for, what were we begun
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-07-20

At the meeting of the fire wardeps yester-
day the members' numbers were fixed as
fo!lowa (: No. l. Edgar Wartield No. 2. l..
Brill, Jr,, No. g. G. f. French, No. 4, John
Harlow
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-07-20

Gov. Lee has accepted an invitation f.om
the Ladies' Memorial Association to bs pre-
sent at the dedication of the Confederate
monument at Manassas. Aug. Both.
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LIST OF LETTERS.

The following is list of the letters remaining IN
the Alexandria, Va, postotfice July %
Persons calling for letters will please say they
advertised.
Advertised letters, not called for within two
weeks. will be sent To the dead letter office
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-07-20

A marriage licerse IVES issued ia Wash.
ington yesterday to James H. Jenkins and
jamie Corbin, both Of Cnlpeper county.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-07-20

Verdict in Favor of Lord Salisbury.
LONDON, July S0-The jury in The Case
of Mr.. William o Brien against Lord Sails
bury for damages for SANDER to day returned
q verdict in favor of Lord Salisbury.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-07-20

The REPORT of the civil service commits
sion, in the case of the Milwaukee postofiice,
Gays:
THE official records show beyond posi-
bili.y of dispute that the lists of ellgibles
were twisted and garbled in almost every
conceivable manner in order to produce
swindlipg certificates, whereby certain men
could be rejected. although entitled to ap'
pointment, and other men appointed, al
though having no rightful claim to the
chance"
Well, tnere is nothing new In ali this, for,
bad "a it liz, every body familiar with the
subieet has known it from the time Compel
tive examinations were first introduced in
the civil service. Tits, however, little sur
prising that the civil service commission
should, out OF its own mouth, condemn the
law BY which It was created.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-07-20

GIN MALONE is evidently daisy" The wsy
he treats the "kickers," in his card addressed to
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Banks, Trim
Barney. jr, J H
Bsteman, Mrs Ella
Brown, W 8
Curry, Mrs A nnie
Davis, Samuel
Elliott, Miss jennie
Gary, Lucy
Greenwood, A B
Haley, D F
Hill, Henry 8
Hicks, John
Jones, Mrs C A
Johnson, George
Jones, Matthew
Linco n, Nary
Mowry, Gland J
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Payne, Miss Annie E
Pierce, John
Rogers, Mis- Edith
Robinson, Mrs IsatelIa.
shissler, william
Slater, q Herbert
Smith, Mrs Louisa
Smith, Miss Lind
Snyder, Mrs Barriet G.
spOttswood, Mrs Ellen
Taylor, MIS- Catharine
Thompson Miss A V
Thompson. David
Truax, Mrs Anna
Walker, Williams
Washington, Marsilla
2 W HFppEpT % "
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PROPOSALS.

W. W. HERBERT. p. NJ,
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Q jury in the Doodle New York Alder.
Nc Quade case brought in verdict of
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-16
Sunday Services.

The text for the morning was John Xxx 8: Then
went in also that other disciple. which came first
to the sepulchre. and he saw, and believed"
This verse relates to an apparently unimpOr-
tant circumstance. Peter and John started to-
gether to the sepulchre, and though John outran
Peter. the latter the first to enter the sepul-
day circumstance and shows the influence of one
persons actions those of another. Had not
John gone down into the sepulchre he could not
have written those words. He saw and believed
and leaves us these words living testimony
which stands through all generations. Influence
is something each possess, and we may bring
it to bear for some purpose as the minister, the
teacher. parent In the rounds of our daily
life seemingly unnOticed actions are ever impress
ing those about us. The rich mans life affects
the poor man; and the poor mans life has its in
f1uence on the rich The greatest power OF
the Church are its words and acts unconsciOusy
dropped here and there. When Moses returned
from his communion with God on the mountain
the people were terrifed-not at what he said,
but at the brightness of his face; but Moses did
not know his face was shining. This unconscious
influence when brought to bear Oh does not
die out. The child may forget many things con-
nected with its early life. but it always remembers
the impression made upon it by the silent infiu'
ence of the parents presence and love. AS an old
adage says, We may forget the singer, but we
wont forget the song We may forget both the
singer and the song, but the influence of neither
will we forget. We look at a Christian and see
Christ there; for just Moses face shone, so the
Christian life in US will always shine"