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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-08-20

A SNAKE STEALS BoAT.-Captsin a. B.
Coudwell who is summering at Edgewater,
had an interesting and unusual experience
for this latitude with snake at Wigton's
Point the other day. He was fishing in the
creek and had occasion to 60 ashore, and,
after tying his small string of perch to the
e,etn OF the boat, he pulled her upon the
beach. Half an hour later he returned, but
Just in time 10 see his priced boat moving
slowly toward the center of the stream.
Without second thought be rushed into
the water. through the wild rice, and leaped
into the boat. The mystery which had
ehrouded the affair wes dissolved when he
discovered that moDstrous snake had
swallowed one Of the perch, and had towed
the boat out Couldwell got little excited.
He seized an unwieldy punt pole, and, with
| well.directed aim, struck the snake across
the back, which bad the effect of breaking
| the striDger, but enrsged the snake. ut
| whirled aud started for the occupants OF the
boat with 40 open mouth" said Couldwell,
"tbat would take in forty fve-cent water
melor," The other occupant of the boat.
his young daughter, became frightened, and
thought of all the wonderful pictures seen in
show hills, where oxen are represented as
being devoured By these enormous reptiles.
Cou!dwel took to the oars this gave the
snake pew courage, and he was soon along
side ard forced an anchorage. Couldwel'o
good nature vanished, and with the strength
OF Kirain he struck the snake upon the
head, following up this advantage with we'll
aimed blows unti he beheld his adversary
slain before him. 1t measured seven and q.
| ha!f feet.-Toledo Commercial.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-08-20
AUCTION SALES.
ByR. T. Lucas. Auctioneer.

TRUSTEES SALE or VALUABLE REAL Es-
4 TATE IN ALEXANDRIA COUNTY, VIR-
GINTA-By virtue of deed of tr1st executed by
William H. Gray and Sarah ]. Gray, his wife.
bearing dste on the 14th day of Novemb ber, 1888,
and recorded in liber ], No. 4, page 166, one Of
the land records for the county OF Ale1sndris,
Va the undersigned, trustee, at the request of
the holder of the said note, will sell at public
auction at - o'clock noon on TUESDAY, August
both, 1889, in front OF the Royal street entrance
to the Market Building, in the city OF Alexandria,
Va, the following property, to witt
All that certsin PIECE Oh PARCEL OF LAND
and PREMISES known as the wv Ri 6 81 7
TRACT" situated in The county of Ale1andIis,
YiTg nia aud bounded as follows viz: Beginning
at "a stone on the south side of the Arlington
turnpike formerly the Columbis turnpike) the
beginning Of the Let OF acres, rotds and 10
poles, az reeably to decd from Thomas Antisel
and wife to me n S. Wright aud wife, dated the
18th cay OF January, 1859; thence running 8.
TO- E. with ]. Z Johnstons line 301s poles to
"B, stone thence N. 73a. E. 81 poles, is links
TO &C." stone in line Of the entire lot, corner
to said ~ =. Wrigh g sale to Croker thence N.
10W u 6 poles to 3D." stone on The south
side o. Inc said Arlington turnpike corner to the
entr. lot and said sale tn Crocker; thence with
S. Tar w. 10.9 poles to the place of beginning,
containing four acres, as il more ceary shown by
a survey and plat made by T. n. Carter, County
Surveyor August -, 1872. The said land is in
good condition and has FINE DWELLING and
BARN on it.
Terms OF Sale: One half in cash, end the resi-
due in two equal payments at six and twelve
months from the day of sale the purchaser to
give his notes, with good endorser for the de-
ferred payments; the said notes to bear interest at
six per centum psr annum from the day of sale,
and secured by deed of trust on the property.
All conveyancng at the cost of the purchaser. A
depo it of one hundred dollars required as as
the property is struck off.
aug5 Is WALTER HALL, Trustee.
Rs- The above sale has been postponed till
WEDNESDAY, September a, 1889, at the same
hour and place aug2O Is
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-08-20
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Mrs. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP, for
children teething is the prescription Of one Of the
best female purses and physicians in the United
States, and has been used for forty years With
ever.failing success by millions Of mothers for
their children. During the process of teething
from pain cures dysentery and diarrhea, gripping
in the bowels and wind-colic. By giving health
to the child ii rests the mother. Price 25 cents a
bottle.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-08-20
By R. T. Lucas, Auctio

By B. T. Lucas Auctioneer.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ES.
i TATE-By virtue of deed of trust executed
By William II Gray and wife, bearing date on
the 14th day Of November, 1888, snd recorded in
liber No d, page 78, one OF the land records OF
the city Of Alexandria, Va, and al the request OF
tho holder of the note secure ed thereby. the under
signed trustee, will sell at public auction in front
of the Royal street entrance TO the Market Build.
ing in the city of Alexandria, Va, at II o'clock
noon TUESDAY, August 2Oth, 1889, the follow
ing described property in tho city of Alexandra,
Virginia to wit:
All those Two LOTS OF GROUND, with the
IMPROVEMENTS thereon. bounded as follows;
viz: Beginning at point on the east side Of Roy
al street twenty-five feet south of the centre of
the square between Cameron and Queen streets,
and running theuce north on Royal street hfty-
nine feet ono inch thence east parallel to Queen
street one hundred and twenty three fe. five
inches; then south parallel to Royal street fifty
nine feet one inch; thence west parallel to Queen
street one hundred and twenty-,hres feet five
Inches to the beginning, together with all the sp
purtenances thereto belonging. The said proper
ty is improved by THREESTORY B21CK
DWELLING HOUSE.
Terms of Sale ne.halfin cash, and the residue
in two.equal payments at six and twelve months
from the day of sae; the deferred pay ments to be
evidenced by the notes of the purchaser, with
good endorser, and to bear interest from date at
six per ceptum per annum and secured by deed
of trust upon the property. All conyeyancing at
the cost of purchaser. A deposit of one hundred
dollars required when the property is struck of.
aug5 Is WALTER HALL, Trustee
NS- The above sale has been postponed till
SATURDAY, September 18th, 1885, at the same
hour and place aug20 ts
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-08-20

WHEN W. MEN SHOULD MARRY -Proba-
bly the best linz for The average woman TO
marry would be any age between twenty
four and thirty six 1t Is no. said that no
woman should marry earlier or later than
either Of the ages but youth and health
and vigor are ordinarily at their highest
perfection betwe cen these two periods. Ear
iy marriages are seldom desirable for girls,
aud that for many reasons. The brain i5
immature. the reason is feeble, and tbe
character ia Uniformed. The consideration
which would prompt girl to marry at
seventeen would in many cases, have little
weight with her ct twenty. four. at seven.
teen che is a child, at twenty four woman.
Where q girl bas Intelligent parents, the
seven wears between seventeen and twenty.
four are The period when mind and body ere
most amepable to vice discipline. and best
repay the thought aud toll devoted to their
development. Before seventeen few girls
have learned 10 understand what life is,
what discipline is, what duty is. They can
not value what is best either In the fathers
wisdom or in the mothers tenderness.
When married ut that childish period they
are like young recruits taken fresh from the
farm and the workshop and hurried off to
long campaign without any period of pre-
imiuary drill and training, or like school
boy removed from school to q curacy with
out being sent to the university or to tbeo-
logical hall, Who can help grieving over
child wife, especially if she have children
and husband who is an experienced and
possibly execiing boy man? The ardor of
his love soon cools; the visionary bliss of
her poetical imagination vanishes like the
summer mist; there is nothing left but dis
appointment and wonder that what prom
ised to be so beautiful and long day should
be coulded almost before sunrise.-Hospital.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-08-20

have been teacher for twenty years, and
during that time have had repeated attacks Of
headache, produced by torpid liver, and have
been entirely cured by the use of Simmons Liver
Regulator. I found it to be of so mild character
in its action as not to interfere, in the least with
my duties in the school room. To those similarly
situated and subject to same, cannot tco highly
recommend Simmons Liver Regulator
E. A. CHEEK, Campbellsville, Ky.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-08-20

DEAR s. L. R.-FRIENDs: consider one doso
of Simmons Liver Regulator worth 500. L
WAS constipated, had headache, could eat nothing
with satisfaction or appetizer had the blues and
felt altogether out of sorts. resort to blue
mass, calomel, quinine and all remedies suggest.
cd, but only obtained temporary relief. One dose
Of 8. L. r. did ME more good than the 500
worth of doctors and doctoring Respectfully,
T. c. MARKLEY.
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AIe8anoria 6a3ette
puBfJsHED DAILY AND TRI.WEEKLY BY
EDGAR SNOwDEN,
Gazette Building, 80 and 312 Prince st.

Contract advertisers will not be allowed 10 exceed their
space unless is paid for at transient rates
and under no circumstances will they be allowed to
advertise other than their legitimate business in the
space contracted for
All transient advertisements must be paid for in ad-
2vance. :,
Marriage ard death notices must be paid for in ad-
Resolutions in cmori;m of thanks tributes of respect,
resolutions adopted by societies PERSONS unless OF
public concern will only be printed in this paper as
Persons leaving the city can have the GiZErTE mailed
TO them postpaid for fifty cents month, and the
address changed n olcn rs desired ,
All communications should be addressed TO GAZETTE,
The GAZETTE Office is connected with the Telephone
Exchange. Advertisements, orders for the paper,
telephone.
sccond-class matter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-08-20

V1BE UNDERSIGNED trustees of the Old Do.
J. minion Co operative Building Association Of
Alexandra, va will sell at public auction, at 70
O'Clock m, on SATURDAY, the 7th day Of Sep
tember, 1889, in front of the Royal stroet en-
trance to the Market Building, Alexandria, Va,
all that THREE STORY BRICK DWELLING
AND LOT OF GROUND, situate on the north
side of King street, between Washington and Co.
1OA inches, and 100 feet deep to 10 feet alley.
Also BRICK STABLE AND LOT on the north
side of tho alley in the rear of the above described
premises.
Terms Of SALE One third of the purchase money
in cash, and the residue in two equal payments at
one and two years, the deferred payments to bear
interest at 6 per cent and to be secured by deed
of trust upon said property. Con7eyancing at the
cost of purchaser. For information apply to Jas.
3. Cation, attorney.
B. 81. LYLES, Trustees.
aug17 Is JONAS FISHER,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-08-20

CERGEANT'S SALE OF THE EFFECTS OF
y THE ALEXANDRIA CANNING COMPANY.
BY virtue of executions in my hands in favor of
Becker, Bro ther & Son, the Samuel Crump Label
Company and Aitcheson & Brother against the
goods and chattels of B. P. Stull, Thomas Clagett
and James S. Linthicum, partners, trading under
the firm name of the Alexandria Canning COM
pany. will sell at public auction on MONDAY,
August 26th, 1889, at 10 o'clock 3. M, at the
warehouse No. north strand, Alexandria, Va,
lately occupied by tho said PERSONS the following
property levied on by me to satisfy the said exc
cutions; to wit: One Frame Shed, Two Exhaust
Tubs, Two Iron Crates, One Chain Fall, One Scsld
Tub Three Cooling Tubs, Five Pots, Two Yisee
Six Crates and Tops Two Anvils and a lot of Sol
dering, Four Trucks, Four Gasoline Lamps, one
Sate one Stove, One Press, one Donkey Pump,
&C., &c. Terms of Sale: Cash.
w. d. SMITH,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-08-20

TIME UNDERSIGNED trustees of the Old Do.
Il minion Cooperative Building Association of
Alexandria, Va, will sell at public auction, at 10
o'clock m. on SATURDAY, September 7th, 1889;
Building, Alexandria, Va, all that TWO-AND-A-
HALF STORY BRICK DWELLING AND LOT
OF GROUND on the south side of Prince street,
between Lee and Union streets, and fronting on
Prince street 10 feet z inches and about 66 feet
inches deep. ss
Terms of Sale: one.third of the purchase money
in cash and the residue in two equal payments at
1 and years, the deferred payments to hear in
terest at Per cent, and to be secured by deed of
trust upon the said property. Conveyancing at
the expense of the purchaser. For information
apply to James 2, Catop attorney.
THOS. LEADBEATER,l
2. Fl. LYLES, Trustees.
| augl7 t. JONAS FISHER.
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aug14 ts Sergeant of the city Of Ale1andria

DY VIRTUE of decree of the Circuit Court Of
ID Alexandria county, Virginia, rendered May
31st, 1889, in the chancery cause of scott's ad
ministrstor against Floweree ct als., the under
signed, appointed special commissioner for that
purpose. will sell at public suctiou, at - o'clock
m. on SATURDAY, September 7th, 1889, in front
of the Royal street entrance to the Market Build
ing Alexandria, Va, the NORTH HALF OF A
TRACr OF LAND in the county of Ale1andris,
Virginia, Immediately north of the corporation
line, and lying between the Alexandria and
Washington turnpike road and the old George
town road, the whole trac. containing about IL
acres of land.
Terms of Sale: One.third of the purchase mon
ey in cash, and the residue in two equal payments
at six and twelve mouths from date of sale; the
deferred payments to bear interest at per cent I,
and the title to be retained until the purchase
money is psid and the bonds of the purchaser,
with good surety, will be required for the defer
red payments. Conveyancipg at the cost of the
purchaser. JAMES B. CATION,
Special Commissioner.
I certify that James 3. Cation, special commits
sioner, above named, has executed bond, with
good surety, in the penalty Of 81, 900, condition
ed according to law.
aug17 ts h Il. YOUNG, .Clerk.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-08-08
JOB WaDRK
y ~
--Sach asrT
CARDS, BllL.HEAbs CIRCULARS,
POSTERS, ETC., ETC.,
Executed to Order In tho Ncatest and
Promptcst Manner and At
REASONABLE RATES /.
Apply here before ordering elsewhere.

forms the bodice. The hat il Of blue
SILK, with gold band about it, and a
great wealth of blonde hair streams
down from under il.
These sweetnesses walk around the
sand, wade u little, dabble their feet in
the water, make their most devoted
adorers dry them with their handker-
chiefs, and thus give them an opportun.
ity to see how perfectly formed thew
are, how beautifully polished are the
nails and how pink and dimpled the
flesh. Some body told me the other day
that an orer-ardent yolng man stopped
down and kissed one, aud ! am quite
willing to believe il. A lovely foot is
so rare a possession that nobody has
ever blamed the beauty of the Court OF
Charles III. for displaying her white
limbs before the admiring courliers,
ana who will ever think OF tho Countess
Castiglione without remembering the
wonderful white feet and the dmpled
knees that made her famous during the
Second Empire? So why should not the
nineteenth century beauties display the
charms which really after all are much
more desirable to see and much more
decent than the display of flesh and
blood made by u bodice cut very low.
The mir is rather too strong for the
dudes, but they put on their sill sashes
and try to forget that they look like
idiots wearing them, inasmuch as tho
real silk belt has an inner lining Of
flannel and is TO DO worn in India to
keep the English-born man from having
the "tummy" ache. But the dude Ii
hcre~-hc takes as much air ms he dares,
then ILLS himself up with cigarette
smoke. The dude, like the poor, is
always certain to DO with us and is Just
about as much Of bore, because he is
as hard up, ms far ms intellect in con
ccrned, as they are for pennies.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-08-08
THE SIOUX COMMISSION
Sitting Bull Attempts to Prevent
Signing at Standing Rock.

The final council was held at Stand
ing Rock, Aug. Sd, with all the chiefs
present but Gall and Running Antelope.
Grass made very nice speech in which
he said as his friends at the other
agencies had broken their promise not
to sign, he was now willing TO accept
the treaty. Mad Bear followed to the
same effect. When the signing was
about to begin Sitting Bull, who had
como with his band mounted on their
ponies, entered the circle and asked TO
talk. This being considered too lato
an application he was refused an OPP
portunity. lie retired in anger and
when John Grass, Mad Bear, Big Head
and Deer Face had signed the bill, he
ordered his young men to stampede
the crowd who gathered around the
tables. A rush on horseback was
made, which scattered the crowd right
and left, but by prompt action OF agent
Mclaughlin the attempted disturbance
was qucllcd. A strong force OF police
was soon placed in position, and ser-
eral Of the young bloods were taken
into custody, after which Sitting Bull
retired to his camp. followed by his
band. This little episode over, the
Indians again congregated about the
tables, and the signing went on as
rapidly as four clerks could identity
and inscribe the names. At this writing
about 400 names have been taken. The
signing is still pl ogressing rapidly.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-08-08
Hest Time To Marry.

IL is the common idea that the best
time to marry is when one wants TO and
can conveniently and comfortably.
But there are some people who have
more or less prudence about marrying,
and some even have so much that they
never marry. A writer in the Hospital,
who dare not say whether he is married
or not, attempts to tell women when
they should marry. He addresses HIM
self to what he calls the average civil
lied woman, and he advises her To mar
ry Mt any age between twenty-four and
thirty-siX, IL il not said that no wo-
man shall marry earlier or later than
either OF these ages, but youth and
health and vigor are ordinarily at their
highest perfection between these two
periods Very early marriages are sell
dom desirable for girls, and that for
many reasons, The brain Is immature.
the reason Is feeble, aud the character is
uniformed. The considerations which
would prompt girl TO marry ut seven
teen would, In many cases, have very
little weight with her ut twenty.four.
At seventeen she is child, ut twenty
four woman. Where u girl has intel
ligent parents, the seven years between
seventeen and twenty-iour are the
ptTlDN wien UDlll llllItu uuu hbuy NTb
most amendablo TO wise discipline, and
best repay the thought and toll devoted
to their development. Before seventeen
but few girls have learned to understand
what lie is, what discipline IL. what
duty IL. They cannot value what is
best, either in the fathers wisdom or in
the mothers tenderness When married
at that childish period they are like
young recruits taken fresh from the
farm and workshop and carried of to ~
long campaign without any preliminary
drill and training; or like n schoolboy
removed from school to Il curacy with
out being sent to the university or TO u
theological hall. Who can help grievinG
over child-wife, especially IL she have
children, and husband who is an mex
perienced aud possibly exacting boy
mani The ardor of his love soon cools.
The visionary BLISS Of his poetical mag
nation yanishes like the summer mist.
there is nothing left but disappointment
and the wonder that what promised to
be so beautiful and long day should
have ciouded over almost before sun
rise.
This seems TO be sensible. n could DO
wished that it had appeared in some
other place than the Hospital. We cont
mend IL TO tho 70 civilized women who
have reached the age of twenty.four
and are not yet married, also to those
who are thirty.six and are still single.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-08-08
LOUD TALK.
Canada Indignant Over the Seizure
OF the Black Diamond.

A meeting OF the Canadian cabinet
was held at Ottawa, July SOth, to dis
cuss the seizure OF the Canadian seal
ing schooner in the Bchring sea by the
United States revenue cutter Rush
Demand IL is said, will be Mt once
made on the British government for
two war vessels TO proceed to the
Behring sea to look after and protect
Canadian vessels from the United
States cutters.
A special dispatch from Ottawa says;
The latest accounts Of the piracy by
the United States in Behring sea con-
tnue to be much discussed In Official
circles. A dispatch has been received
at the fisheries department from Baker,
M. r., giving additional particulars OF
the seizure of the Black Diamond IL
appears that the vessel was seized when
seventy miles from shore. Baker says
that strong feeling Of resentment and
Indignation has been cngendcrcd among
the inhabitants of Brili,h Columbia by
this wanton outrage, and that II meet
ing Of the citizens Of Victoria is TO be
held to express their Indignation. This
dispatch was under consideration by
the council at Ottawa. Until an or
cial report is before the government
no action can be taken, and the minis
ter of customs accordingly telegraphcd
to the collector nj Victoria TO forward
full particulars without loss OF time.
The collectors reply was received.
but it appears that the information
which he has TO give is no fuller than
that already published.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-08-08
TRAIN ROBBERY.
Pockets OF Passengers Empticd and
the Robbers Escape.

Train No. on the Wabash Western
road, which left Kansas City at $500
o'clock Saturday evening, Aug. 3, was
robbed by two masked men at $50
o'clock, four miles from Harlem, in
the Clay county bottoms. The robbery
was one OF the most daring that has
occurred since tho famous Jim Cum
mings robbery OF the "Frisco" express
train. Two men OF slight build, with
masks and revolvcrs, robbed every
passenger in the rear sleeper of the
train, and when discovered on their
way to another coach had a struggle
with the conductor, and finally jumped
from the train while it was running
at the rate of thirty miles an hour and
escaped As soon as the train was
stopped search was made for the
bandits, but they had disappeared.
The train was then run to Randolph
and the engine detached. Special
Agent Bonnell OF the road, who was in
the smoking car, took. charge Of the
engine and ran back to Harlem. There
he found Deputy Sheriff Tomlins on, OF
Clay county, and reported the robbery.
Possies were at once organized to track
the robbers. The passengers who
were robbed commended Conductor
Reach highly for his bravery. In
summing up their losses it was found
that the total property taken was $40
in cash and two gold watches.