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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-01-21

ARE You MADE miserable by Indigestion,
Constipation. Dizziness. Loss OF Appetite,
Yellow skin ? Shiloh's Vitalizer is 8 positive
cure. Sold by F. s. Lesd5eater & Bro.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-01-21
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Mrs. WINsLoW's SOOTHING SYRUP, for
children teething, is tho prescription of one of the
best female nurses and physicians in the United
States. and has been used for forty years with
never falling success by millions of mothers Tor
their children. During the process of toething
;ts value is incalculablo 1t relieves the child
from fro pain. cures dysentery and darrhoa, gripping
in the bowels and wind-coic. By giving health
to the child il rests the mother. Price 20 cents
bottle.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-01-21

Property SALEs.-Mr V. w. Power has
sold to Mir. w p Woolls the BRICK store
aud dwelling at the southwest corner OF
r wal md Wolfe streets for s. 600.
Mr. j. a. Marshall hes purchased of
Ne.,r, G and W II. Gaines, of Wnrfenlon,
zoo acres Of heavily timbered land half =
mile fmm, Woodbridge station. on the =. "
F R Il for - 500 Mr.. NJ will t once put
= large force of hands to work cutting wood
and ties. md has chartered eight bHrges TO
shin tee rom Occ7qusn to Philadelphia.
Mr. James Duyer has purchased OF the
Ale,.qnlrie Real Estate Company lot on
rbe no.-,h side of Cameron street, between
Fayetle Snd Payne, for 500
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-01-21
LOCAL MATTERS
REVEALED BY A DREAM.-U

.,.;. section fair, colder weather, NORTH
to' ends high along the coast.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-01-21

CATARRH CURED, health ard sweet breath
secured, by Shilohs Catarrh Remedy. Pfice
50 cents. Nasal Injector free. Sold by e.
:. Leadbeater & Bro.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-01-21

! i 4 ENGi.isH rue Doc Rats, owned by Mr.
1alson Price was stolen on Tues lay last and
1a.a 'cd out OF the city ON the following day. Wed.
LAY. Wien stolen the dog wore leather and
nm oS'aT' on which was engraved in fun the
trea b ~. Us owner Tue collar VAS uie,y fast
>@'u Dy small sily, r-pla;ed 10 k.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-01-21

.,.oorp REVEALED BY DREAM.-Un
N Oi'-'. Nancy Mills, we'll known
u ys7+. CONAN OF the Bailey's Cross Roads
,g,ah5rhood, in Fairfax county, had been
ngl-1 f5T some time past and her absence
Ii'7s'' ,;ss 10 much alarm among her friends.
gave + '' hat last Monday she had diff
], I'M min = coIored man named Stephen
cl9 ND threatened to warrant him. Sus
fg rastipc upon Cross warrant was
P'e'OH4 IN saturday for his apprehension
l'',,'r '.iacal in the hands of q consta.
aa' viih . posse, started Immediately
I'e w. tb. arrest. Gross, in the meantime,
~ psDs'.,.f.d bimselfn his house and harrlca-
.'I ,Es aoof- aud as The posse came up
'rs Il ire on them from window. The
" - returned and insillade kept up
u s,,,e Gme during which three OF
~ ,,,s.l.ino party were slightly wounded.
C....'s emn.uplfi9u having given out ne sur
.5e,ei. Wbea ;he posse entered the houee
'e" ~ or5triug lae &c peyado to hold up bis
sle lSs arrested him and took him to Fairfax
D GsL ~ where they placed him safely in Jail.
Y - -, ,.ighis since an old CCl0red preacher
= 80, nfjghborhood dreamed that the
VI 80, 900 dead ard was buried in ma
s gy-lI 5sspnear the house of s!epher Cross,
a9.s , Tss near Barcrcf,'s mill Yesterday he
~ I'm his dream and, with number
,,'a-.u- went to Cross S place 10 look ioI
=. lady The manure heap was found
~, u. A. seen n the dream, and upon search
IT,. u, as mad. the body Of the woman was dis
,'','- uaisr he manure with her throat
W, f,or for to ear The discovery of the
Ialr cau.ed the widest excitement.
oyt' s,s Ieen learned thstaftor the quarrel on
ga5J.v ro-- Killed The woman and d5asged her
5Jc into .ome bushes where he ma 1t. j.; That al
j,s ,o5k it to ala7ine near by intending to
nm. t N partially dug two graves but becom-
' ,s ..-u.cl won't oil hat later rcluroed with his
.l- ' i.io which he placed it and hauled it to
Tile /, ok of his barn. where he COW
ID up Wien f.a4a the w0ma ms head lad T Ss5
ir ham. found before Cross was taken to jail on
- he would probably have been ynchod.
'' [.rcy Mal-. the murdered woman, formerly
; ,,a, - Mrs. A. NJ Fitzbugb. Of this city, aud
.,,.-v,ars after the war lived with old aunt
y, S.rrv F-,cklii,. near the cemeteries.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-01-21

w.
WHOLESALE GROCERs.
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
And Dealers in
ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS,
Hsvo on hand GIBSON'S Xxx, xxx, xxx,
and PURE OLD BYE, OLD CABINET and
MONOGRAM WHISTLES; also BAKERS and
THOMPSON'S PURE RYE WHISTLES, to which
they invite the attention Of tho TRADE
Orders from the country for merchandise shall
receive prompt sttontion.
Corsignments OF Flour, Grain and Country Pro.
duce solicited for which they guarantee the high.
est market prices and prompt roturns.
Northeast corner OF Cameron and Royal streets
scp14 Alexandria, Va
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-01-21

PERSONAL The Roanoke Times says
eYr A II Nourse, Of Alexandria, who has
mem in the employ oftbe Roanoke machine
work for year past, left for his home yes
teTdav to the regret of his many friends
1crc 1900 ,A;.
civ. announcing his safe arrival at San
Francisco, making the trip in five days, was
received here last night.
The steel cruiser, Atlanta" Capt
J. A. Howell sailed yesterday at 8 SO a. M,
from tine New York navy yard, TO report to
Rear Admiral Luce in Haytian waters She
vii. stop at Norfolk for coal ard provisions.
Among the officers are James II. Reid, OF
ai- city, naval cadet, and G. T. Ta'coti, OF
Virginia. assistant engineer.
Frat Lieutenant :. c. Nedder, Nineteenth
in4Dtry has been ordered to duty at Wash
BISHOP Randolph, OF Virgiuis, preached
in Baltimore Yesterday at Emmanuel Church,
Of which ne was once rector.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-01-21

SLEEpLEss NIGHTS, made miserable BY
that terrible cough. Shiloh's Cure is the
Remedy for you Sold by E S Leadbeater
81 Bro.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-01-21

SNOW conmeuced falling in this city
soou $50 O'CLOCK yesterday morning and
continued without utermi7sion till about 5
eeock in he evening, when il was followed
Oy fail OF sieet, which soon turned into
ran al. and continued till late into the night.
When the snow ed falling the ground
was covered to the depth of about two
lacoes, but the rain soon reduced this to
s y which, hovever froz9 during the night
10 day. under the influence of the sun,
much oithe snow and seet has disappeared
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-01-21

POLICE REPoRT-Last night was cloudy
alu rainy until about o'clock when 1t be.
same elesr There were seven dodgers but
~ prisoners at the station house.
~ Inc Mayor this morning disposed of the
following cases:
IA David Thompson, coored, arrested by
~; Taylor for playing crap, was sent to
Nv, Nm Gibson, colored, charged with an as
'ault on Louisa Mason. was fped $3.50
The Delta independent., 1889-12-24
War on Electric Wires.

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Since cleo
trio lights were first introd uced in the
city, the streets Of New York below Fifty
ninth Street were never so dark as they
were last night.
When the arc lights were left in dark
ness after Lineman Feeks de ath there was
an occasional break in the gloom, as the
East River Electric Light Company was
not included in the legal battle and not
shut its dynamos down, but last night
there was not u glimmer of light provided
by q single street electric hight from Cen
trail Park to Castle Garden, between the
East and North Rivers, and the night
was within q few minutes of the longest Of
the year.
The gas lamps provided to meet the pre-.
vious emergency were not utilized, and
Madison Square most cDnspicuously
missed them, although the snow being
reasonably clean the walks could be found.
But few incandescent lamps of any com
pany except the Edison could be seen in
the uptown buildings. The Edison Com
pany's wires are under grour and not af-
fected.
Above Fifty-ninth Street the lights
burned as usual, but to-day or tomorrow
the Manhattan, Mount Morris and Har-
lem Electric Light Company's wires are to
be attached, and Yorkville and Harlem
will suffer.
The Delta independent., 1889-12-24
Reported Uprising in Brazil.

NEW York. Dec 15.--The steamer
Harrox arrived here to-day from Brazil.
She left Rio Janeiro on November %. On
the second day of the revolution "A cipher
dispatch was received announcing that
there had been an uprising in Bahia, and
that fight had taken place between the
militia and the imperiilists and 500 per-
sons had been killed.
After that the government at once stop
ped all cipher telegraph messages and
placed . strict watch on all ordinary mes
sagcs. So complete were the arrange
ments Of the Republicans that when the re-
public was announced all of the imperial
war vessels that for weeks had been lying
in the harbor were so fixed that is was i'm
possible for them TO partici pate in any up
rising that might have possibl occurred.
Another rumor was one regarding the
fate of eight naval officers who had refused
TO submit 10 the Republicans. These
officers secured u boat and rowed out upon
the harbor, bearing nloft the imperial flag.
A party of Republicans gave chase and
some shots were exchanged. The naval
officers were captured and incarcerated in
prison. None OF the men had been seen up
TO the time that the Harrox left, and tue
general belief is that they have been Sc
crctly shot while in prison, rs the noise Of
n discharge Of firearms had been heard in
prison the next day. y
The Delta independent., 1889-12-24
A Siberian Horror.

LONDON. Dec. l5.-Reports have
been received here of u massacre Of Siber,
ian exilcs. 1t is alleged party of exiles
having hesitated, contrary to orders, in re
gard To TO the withdrawal of petition,
were attacked by the police and soldiers.
Six were shot dead, including one woman.
Nine were wounded. a court martial
condemned several OF those of the surviv-
ors to death, and others To long terms OF
imprisonment. One of the wounded was
carried to the gallows on bed. When the
moose had been adjusted the bed was re
moved. The friends fthe victims declare
this TO be the worst case in Siberian rec
ords
The Delta independent., 1889-12-24
A Mormon Manifesto.

SALT LAKE, Utah, Dec. l3.-Wil-
ford Woodruff, George 9. Cannon and Jos.
eph +. Smith, apostles Of the Mormon
church, have issued another manifesto un.
qunlihedly denying nil charges made
against tho chur ch in tho recent hearing
before Judge Anderson. So far from any
doctrines or teachings OF the church being
hostile TO the United States Government,
the members OF the church are under di.
vino command to revere tho constitution
as hcaven-inspired instrument and obey
MS supreme all laws mado in pursuance of
its provisions.
The signcrs Of the manifesto regard the
attempt TO exclude aliens from naturalizn-
ton and citizens from tho elective fran.
chise on account OF membership in the
Mormon church as impolitic and u danger
GUS encroachmcnt upon civil and religious
liberty. They earnestly appeal to tho
American press not TO condemn the Latter
Day Saints uuheard.
The Delta independent., 1889-12-24
Federation Of Labor.

BosroN, Dec. l3.--The Federation
Of Labor held session this morning, and
the following was passed:
Rcsoircd. That we approve Of the aboli.
tion of child labor before the age of four
teen years.
The Committee on Resolutions reported
favorably on the following: In favor of the
regulation or abolishment of prison labor;
that the Federation declares its desire that
Congress shall restore wages in the Gov
crnment printing oflice to the rate prevail
ing previous to 1877, and endorse Tho ef.
forts Of the Typographical Union Of Wash
ington to securesthe same. The following
was adopted:
WHEREAS, 1t Is known that certain en-
ploycrs OF labor In various parts of tho
country are forcing their employees TO sign
away their rights us citizens. the federation
demands OF tho various Legislatures that
they enact laws making such methods un-
lawful.
The Delta independent., 1889-12-24
Directing to Judge Brewer.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. 1.-THE
executive session of the Senate this after
noon lasted more than two hours. The
principal topic of discussion was the nomi.
nation Of Judge Brewer to be Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court This was
called up by Senator Ingalls, upon u favor
able report from the Committee on Judi
ciary. .-N
Although there was no minority report.
confirmation of the nomination was op-
posed by Senators in both parties, it is
said, who based their objections upon two
grounds: first, his decision in prohibition
cases in Kansas, which were afterwards
reversed by the Supreme Court; second,
that the statement of facts in Judge
Gresham's rcviow of the appointment Of
receivers OF the Wabash system Of rail-
roads by Judge Brewer, whose order in
the case Judge Gresham vacated so far us
1t effected the roads within the limits of
things Justify a suspicion that Judge
Brewer is a friend OF corporation interests
as against those of the public; and that
the facts, as stated in Judge Gresham's TO
view, warrant an Investigation.
Friends of Judge Brewer, it is said, de
MED that he was In any way unduly in
tiuenced in his action in the Wabash re.
ownership, but adjournment came before
the case was disposed of. 1t is believed,
however, that the nomination will be con-
firmed, probably tomorrow.
The Delta independent., 1889-12-24
Colorado Land Fund,

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-THE Com
missioner Of tho General Land onicc ha.
adjusted the account Of tho State OF Colo
RADIO under tho act of Congress spprovcd
March ., 1879, for 8 per cent of tho ne,
prccseds Of the salss Of agricultural lands
from July I, 1854, 70 June %, 1855, and there
10 Seend 70 b due the State the sum Of
eiSA, ,st1so. THIS sum win b transmitted
70 Ne 1trst Comptroller Of Currency 70,
his AseisA tAsreea.
The Delta independent., 1889-12-24
Western Member. in Harmony.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 1S.-The
association Of Northwestern Members of
Congress held its frat meeting last night,
There wcro some thirty Senators and
members present, including Senators Tel.
lsr, Dolpb, Moody, Squire, Pierce, Stew
art Hearst and Representative Townsend.
The talk was preliminary. Tho indica.
lions are that . olub-room win BE- procured
Aad tho association made permanent
xAsrs wsa muoh talk about the common
,ntexssts q The 0tstss rsprsssntsd.
The Delta independent., 1889-12-24
Iowa Senators. sioux Visitors.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-THE dele
CATION Of Sioux Indians now in Washing
ton, called on Senators Allison and Will.
son, Of Iowa, at tho Capitol to-day y As
they filed out of the rooms the bystanders
were convulscd to hear them say in taking
leave Of the dignitied Senators: "wel,
good bye, boys"
The Delta independent., 1889-12-24

The Banco International OF Brazil.
of Rio Janeiro, has telegraphsd to the
manager of its branch house in London
that the customs and excise duties col.
cctcd during tho first half Of December
exceed by fs7,ooo the sum collected during
tho corresponding period in last year. The
dispatch adds that everything throughout
tho republic il proceeding satisfactorily.
The Delta independent., 1889-12-24

Senator wolcots has boon elected
prsaidsns Of The ysis Alunni Asssslasiea
ss the Districs Of celunA3A
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-24
LITERARY PURSUITS.
According to tho Best Authorities They
DO Not shorten Life.

In considering occupations as they
are likely to effect longevity, those
which obviously tend to shorten life
need not be considered. With respect
to the learned professions, il would APP
pear that among the clergy the aver
age of life is beyond that of any simi-
lar class. 1t is improbable that this
average will be maintained for the
/ future; the duties and anxieties inn
posed upon the clergy of the present
generation place them in very differ
! ent position from that Of their prcde-
cessors. Among lawyers there have
been several eminent judges who at
tanned great age, and the rank and
file of the profession are also charac-
terized by decided tendency to lon
| gevity. The medical profession sup
! plies but few instances of extreme old
age, and the average duration of life
among its members is decidedly low a
fact which can be easily accounted for
Broken rest, hard work, anXieties, ex-
| posure to weather, and to the risks
of infection can not fail to exert
an injurious influence upon health. No
definite conclusions can be arrived at
with regard to the average longevity
of literary and scientific men, but it
might be supposed that those among
them who are not harassed by anxieties
and enjoy fair health would probably
reach old age. AS general rule the
duration of life is not shortened by
literary pursuits. A man may worry
himself to death over his books, or,
when tired of them, may seek recrea-
tion in pursuits destructive to health;
but application to literary work tends
| to produce cheerIulness, and to pro-
long rather than shorten the life even
of an infirm man. In Professor
Humphreys Report on Aged Persons, -
containing an account of S24 individu-
ais of both sexes, and between the
| ages of so and 100, it is stated that 4S
per cent. were poor, AZ per cent. were
in comfortable circumstances, and only
10 per cent. were described as being
in aifluent circumstances. Dr..
Humphry points out that these ratios
must not be regarded as representing
the relations of poverty and allluence
to longevity, because, in the first
place, the poor at all ages and in all
districts bear large proportion TO the
affluent; and, secondly, the returns are
largely made from the lower and mid
die classes, and in many instances
from the inmates of union warehouses,
where good number of aged people
are found" 1t must also be noticed
that the past life history of these
individuals showed that the greatest
proportion (55 per cent? "had lived
in comfortable circumstances, and
that only 80 per cent. had been poor
DR.. Robson Roose, in Fortnightly Re-
view.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-24
followed him about the country. This

followed him about the country. This
man, who is as crazy as loon, told
the negroes that on the 10th of August
he and his followers would ascend to
Heaven. On the strength of this the
blacks left their work by the hundred
and followed him about the country.
Labor was demoraliaed, and the ne
groes were so wrought on by their
superstition and their religious fanati-
cism that the white people feared the
worst.
Finally the Ohio crank was captured
and lodged in the lunntic asylum, but
no sooner had he disappeared than
his place was taken up by negro
justice of the peace named Edward
James. This negro went into trance.
and when he awoke he announced
that the spirit of Dupont Bell had en-
tered his body and that henceforth he
was to be the leader. This statement
was accepted as true by Bells fol-
lowers and they floclSed after james,
who, at last accounts, was going
through Liberty County demoralizing
the blacks and raising pandemonium
No sooner had James announced
that he was Christ than he stripped
off his clothes and carried on his work
unembarrassed by garments of any
kind To his principal disciples he
gave the right to set up harems, and
he himself has in his train number
of concubines. Children have been
sacrificed by his orders, and number
of negroes have been beaten to death
under the pretense that they were
possessed of devils. Where this out
burst of fanaticism will end no one
knows.
These manifestations and develop
ments are but part of the negro
problem with which our Republican
friends deal so lightly and flippantly.
They are only q few of the results
that grow out Of a situation bristling
with dangers that are by no means of
political nature. Atlanta Constitu-
tion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-24
Queer Ideas Concerning Trusts.

Trusts, as every body knows, are a
detriment to the interest of the great
mass OF people, because by their oper-
alton the price of the necessaries OF
life are made high. Republican news
papers. however, have just as much
right to encourage these Illicit com
binations as they have to approve OF
and praise high tariff. The monop-
olistic journals tell the people that a
high tariff enables the home manu-
facturers to obtain good prices for
their products, and. consequently they
say the protected employer can pay
good wages to their employees. On
this principle, the more trusts the bet
ter would it be for the country, for the
trust managers, like the protected
monopolists, can also pay better wages
to the men whom they employ than
they could II their "business" were in
terfored with. In short the high tariff
benehciaries form big trust in them,
selves. Harrisburg (Pa Patriot
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-24
The Shah's Experiment.

1t Is told OF Naser-ed- that on
one occasion he conceived the idea OF
initiating Haroun-al-R l-Raschid, and going
about by night in disguise and unat-
tended through the streets OF Teheran.
On leaving the castle the sentinel, doz-
ing in his box, let him pass two nights
without hindrance, whereupon the
Shah had the sleepy sentinel logged.
The third night another soldier stood
on guard. and he stopped the Shah and
forced him. despite all his protestations,
to spend the rest of the night in the
sentry box, barring egress with his
bayonet. The next morning the Shah,
after having been liberated, first had
the accommodating soldier bastina-
doed, and then sont him purse with
sum equal to 800 and robe OF
honor. But the Shah was cured of bis
love for nightly excursions.--N, Y,
Trlbu1e.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-24
AN ELECTRIC PLANT.
It's Leaf and Flower Full of Mysteries and
Botanical Problems.

M. Fulbert-D -Dumonton, in the course
of curious and interesting article on
electricity in the animal and vegetable
world, says: "The vegetable world
possesses also its electrical species.
Has there not been discovered in the
forests of India strange plant which
possesses to very high degree aston
ishing magnetic powersp 1t has been
badly named the Philotacea electrical.
The hand which breaks leaf from
this plant receives Immediately a shock
equal to that which is produced by the
conductor of an induction coil. At q
distance OF six metres a magnetic
needle is affected by it. and it will be
quite deranged If brought near. The
energy OF this singular influence varies
with the hour of the day. All power
full about two o'clock in the afternoon,
it is absolutely annulled during the
night. AT times of storm its intensity
augments to striking proportions.
During rain the plant seems to sue
cumb. ana bends its head during a
thunder shower; it remains there
without force or virtue even If one
should shelter it with an umbrella. No
shock Is felt at that time in breaking
the leaves, and the needle is unaffected
beside it, One never by any chance
sees II bird or insect alight on the cleo
trio plant; an instinct seems to warn
them that they would find there sud-
den DEATH IL Ia also imnOrtant tn ra-
mark that where 1t grows none OF the
magnetic metals are found neither
iron, nor cobalt, nor nickel. an unde-
niable proof that the electric force be-
longs exclusively to the plant. Light
and heat, phosphorescence, magnetism,
electricity. how many mysteries and
botanical problems does this wonderous
Indian plant conceal within its Loaf
and Rower."--La Nature