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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-22

There Ia better demand for Flour, but nc
change in prices The receipts Of Wheat were
small to-day, and sales were made at figures that
have prevailed for week past-say from so fol-
very common to 105 for prime; no choice long
berry was offered Corn is firm at 69A73, former
for Western mi 1ed in carload lots. Rye 7OaS6
| Oats 51a53. Eggs 15a16. Potatoes, Onions and
other produce are wanted. Chickens are scarce
Butter, Veal Calves, Mutton, Beef Cattle, Lambs
Millteed, Hay and Straw are without quotable
change and steady.
CHICAGO, June 22-11:00 o. m.-Wheat-July
95aa; Dec GIG Corn-July 544s; Sept ga
Sept $10 80. Lsrd-July Sc 12h; Sept So %
short rits-July S. Sly; Sept $6 10.
BALTIMORE, June % -Flout dull. Wheat
easy No red spot 106a106k. the month JOG
July 1O2Aa1O2h; Aug 99a co. Sept 99A99t
| 1O3a1OS; longberry 105a11o Corn dull mixed
| spot ca 644i the month and July 81 spot No 2
white IS: southern white frmer st 74a75 vel
| low ste dy at 10 Oats dull and lower: No
white Western 40; No 2 mix do AZ. Bye quiet
| No 9Oa96. Hay easy good to choice timothy
| $12s13.
NEW YORK, June 22.-Cotton easy; uplandt
| $50; Orleaus s 1915; futures firm. Flour dull
ana steady. Wheat active and STEADY. Corn dull
and easy Pork quiet snd steady at $40 6Qs
IL so. Lard dull and weak at SIS 42'a
PH1LA2ELPaIA. June 2o.-Beef Csttle-The
demand for cattle only fairly active, and
prices Is ,E.c lower the lower grades, but the
| extra and good grades closed firm. Extra at g.
| 6Iac, good 6s6Nc. medium SIS .57sc, fair ga
size, common 4s5c and fat COWS 2a4a4c per h.
Mich Cows $25ss50 per head. Sheep and Lambs
were in poor request and declined 14c on all grades
| Spring Lambs were demoralized and prices are
| fully lie per Id lower; extra sheep 6s5ssc, good
4las4a.c, medium 4a41Ac. common 3As3a4c pei
| Id. Spring Lambs 5sSs per ID. Hogs-in lighter
supply and hrmer AZ 6aia7c per ID for good Wea-
tern.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-22

MUNICIPAL Toe city 6usnce committee
have f0izhtd the examination OF the &C
c oats Of the general fund aud received the
s,atemen,s OF the various officers. The bal
auces, though small. will be to the credit of
the general gas and sinking funds. From
the year 1878 payment by the collectors OF
such bills as they had on hand, and which
could not BE- returned under oath as uucol-
lec,ed, has been required. From 1880 to
1890, both years inclusive, $50. 600 has been
pAiu to The city by the collectors for bills
carrod ovsE by them. The present collector
OF the Norlharn District has the best show
inc for hills collected, having to pay but
So go So 10 two years, an average OF
81 $50 43; the average for the other collect
ors being So 6lS for one of them. s4,772 for
another ana "A ,247 for third. The official
reports vii! be submitted to Council to-mor-
row pieht
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-22

uf Four-Mile run aud killed. 1t appeal 8
+ Taylor, WITH another man. had been
ri 9 10 wagon, and Taylor had gotten
OF / the vehicle and was walking on the
traos when ia was struck by the engine
and most INSTANTLY killed. The county
authol ities yesterday held coroner's In
quest on the body and exonerated the rail-
road company from all blame. The re-
mains were turned over to the friends OF the
daceaaed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-22

Persons leaving the city for the heated
term should first order their reading matter
from Parker who keeps all the popular pub
inotiopa
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-22

All the latest sheet music for sale at Par
ker's, els King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-22

KILLED About $50 o'clock on Saturday
oRhta man named Thomas Taylor, living
at ZIG B street. Washington. " IS struck oy
sou, Inbound Midland passenger train or
The Washington Southern railroad Just uorth
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-22

Spring stirs up the bile. You lose your
appetite. feel weak, too hot. and On! go
tired. Take Simmons Liver Regulator.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-22

Spring stirs up the bile. You lose your
appetite, feel weak, too hot. and Oh 90
tired. Take Summons Liver Regulator.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-22

Biiousness, constipation, torpid liver
piles, cured by DIR. Miless Nerve and Liver
Pills, so doses 25c. Samples free at drug
lists by mail Csc. MILES MED. Co., ELK
HART, IND.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-22
LOCAL MATTERS.
MONDAY EVENING, JUNE %.

For this sect IN showers; warmer; southw Is erly
Eiuds. and on Tuesday the same.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-22

PoJJOE RgPoRT-Lsst night was Gear
and mild with neither prisoners nor dodgers
at the station house.
The Mayer this morning disposed of the
following caaeT, most Of the arrests having
been made on Saturday night.
Wm Gearv for being drunk on the street,
was faed 81 so
John Sullivan, charged With interfering
With su officer. wss discharged with repti-
map6
VIM Harris, coored. charged with being
drunk sud disorderly, and with an assault
GA Ann Dorsy. was Goei $3.50 for each Of
fence, or given 60 dsys 10 jail.
May Turner, colored, for being drunk
and daorderly, was fined $3.50 or given 80
days In the work house.
Ben Henderson, colored, for an assault 90
Thos. Arlington, was fned $40 or given 60
days in Jail.
+ ian Hutch'scn and Nat Williams, for
being drunk and disorderly, were fined
81 50 each or given 10 days in jail.
Henry Washington, colored. CHARGED with
breaking into the house OF Martha Piorson,
mad his case continued.
Robert Arnold, for an assault on VIZ.
Gilmartin and VIM. Skillmsu. was fined S..
Ernest Newman, for playing crap, was
fined 81.
Burnett, charged with disorderly con-
duct, was discharged.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-22
All the popular publications at Parker's.

Al &C. Alternative i. specific for all
kinds of skin eruptions
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-22

YESTERDAY, according to the almanac,
the fret oayof summer, proved seasoDsble.
a. Saturday closed rain clouds appeared In
lhe western heavens from which lightning
darted necessarily, and about eleven O'Clock
A night copious shower fell. When day
broke yesterday the temperature was OPP
nressive, the weather threatening and the
air butdened with humidity. Rain seemed
70 !s!l around Alexandria till late 10 the a.
ternoon, when cloud as black IS night
ghch ohscused the northern and ives evn
hesqens. g, adually loomed up. The boom
Of tEurder could be heard for an hour before
the stcrn broke over this city, and at one
tine il seemed Is though the cloud would be
dilsipoted before it reached here. ss had
bee7 the case with several other ominous-
Looking ores during the day; but about six
o,ciock the wind changed 10 the northwest
and sf;or some vivid flashes of lightning
hesyq 6owapour of rain followed. terminat-
inQ In drzzle which continued for over an
hopr. The churches had comparatively slim
congregations, the threatening weather Keep
lnp msnY people close to their homes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-22

Pa ker keeps full line of musical instru'
ment, strings, bows cases, &c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-22

No ASSISTANCE During the storm yes
terday evening o boat cont aiming seven
men was struck by squal and upset In the
river about a mile above this city. The
men cung to the bottom of the boat and
sigualled three passing steamers for as
sistsnce, bnt in vain. Finally TWO of the
men swan ashore. almost half mile dis
tant secured assist ,nce and went to the re-
lief OF their companions. The refusal of the
steamers to lend any aid to the men !s cen
eured by many.
While the two mon were ssimmlpg ashore
one OF the ferry steamers passed and tried
to reach the capsizsd boat, but the water
WAS too shallow. After seeing that there
was no danger OF the men drowning the
steamer proceeded on her way.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-22

PERSONAL---VERY.. J. I.Vance and wife, &C
ccmpsnied by Rev. J. a. Vance and wife
and Mlss Susie Smoot, left here today for
N}rtbf9ld, Mass, to attend Mr.. Moody's
conference of christian workers.
a letter from Old Point to the Baltim0redn
aeys "TheIe is dainty, tripping maiden
from Alexandria. at the Hygeis. She is
Ms- Avery and. they say, altogether charm
~. Her C. ;umes are pretty, varied and
d.-aiag ~ oaly a rosebud GAG wear. Her
- dpa II ppets have danced into many a
ue.rr ana won Tor her plenty OF admirers"
Mr. ]. + Peverell left here to-day for q
v-- To- friead- ia Fredorjck, Md.
Miss Deis Mclean, OF Pos smou b, is vie
IInV Mr. d Fl. Appich.
Mr. H trrg Aitcheson left here this even
ing Cor New York whence he sails on We'd
ne-dsy on chs Of the Inman steamers to Wis
Il nis lste parepcs' relatives In Eoglend and
Scotlsud. Mr. John Miller viii! accompany
Mr.. AitcheeOo.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-22

SUNDAY BASEBALL "A Washington pa.
per says; Commencing on Sunday, July B.
the Natiouals will ineusurate Sunday ball
playing at the Gtntlemen's Driving Park.
near Alexandria. Efforts have been made
for several we, ksto secure avail able grounds
for Sunday, and negotiations bad been In
progress 20 obtsiu grounds near Richmond.
but were abandoned. The Nationals have
arranged to play eight championship games
% as many different Sundays"
t5oes this mean that because Sunday bali
PLAYING is prohibited elsewhere, Washing
ten aus are ming to Alexandra county TO
DO as they plees9?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-22

RUNAWAY ACCIDEnT About nine o'clook
this morning a young horee ATTACHED TO q
Icht wagon, and driven by Mr.. William
K chards. became uumanageable near the
c7rner of King and Fayette streets and ran
m the pavement where some bales of hay
.sere piled. O0e of the wheels oollided vii b
the hav and threw the wagon against Col.
Basil B;aw, e., who happened to be passing
a. be SINE, Rocking him down aud running
over aud seriously pjuring him. Mr.. Ricb-
ards wss thrown from the wagon and con-
sdefsbly bruised. Col. BrawDer was at
tended by d.. Smith. who upon examining
nj. iriuries found that no bones had been
broken, but that the unfortunate gentleman
ned been badly hurt. having sustained a
ss,ions cut on the back CT bis head, as we'll
a. having had both hands mashed by the
vehicle running over them. His nervous
system. too, received severe shock The
Golonel's Injuries, while not necessarily
fatal. to person OF his years. he being now
ia his eighty eighth year, are likely to prove
serious.
p. Sat four O'Clock Dr.. Smith said Col.
Brawner had rallied somewhat and wac
fully conscious. but that owing to the shock
and Col Brswnsr's age his condition was
still precarious.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-22

Spring stirs up the bile. You lose your
appetite, feel weak. too hot. and Oh! &c
tired. Take Simmons Liver Regulator.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-22

A B.. G. Alternative is natures own RENE
dy for impure blood.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-22

Eve hundred different kinds OF mu Lea
INSTRUMENTS st Parker's. 6l5 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-22

CHICAGO, june 22-11:00 g. m.-wheat-July
95sa Dec GIG. Corn-July 544s; Sept 81
a5l g. Osts-July 351s. Pork-July $40 l2lh
Sept $40 &c. Lsrd-July Sc 1919; Sept So %
short rits-July S. 81 y; Sept St TO-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-22

NEW YORK, June 2o.-Cottou easy; uplands
sas Orleaus 1915; futures firm. Flour dull
ana steady. Wheat active and steady. Corn dull
and easy. Pork quiet snd steady at $40 50s
IL so. Lard dull and weak at $6 421a.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-04
The Weather Bureau.

The signal service corps of the army was relieved, on July l. according to the provisions of an act of Congress, Of the duty of furnishing the public with the daily weather reports. and this work was turned over to the Depart ment of Agriculture. Gen. Greeley is succeeded as chief of the Bureau by Prof. Mark W. Harrington, professor of astronomy in the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. and editor of the American Meteorological Jour- nal He is about 43 years old, and is regarded as an accomplished student of meteorology and climate problems. He has had considerable correspond ence with the department about clima- tic matters in relation to agriculture, having prepared bulletin on the sub ject, which is about to be published by the forestry division of the department, The intention of Congress in making the change was that the work of the weather bureau might be extended beyond its present scope in every way where such enlargement could possibly be of bene- fit to our agricultural interests. Secre- tary Rusk says the work of the meteor ological service of the United States government must go far beyond the mere forecasting of the weather, and be so extended as to include thor ough systematic investigation into the climatic conditions of the various sec tions of the country, in order that a full knowledge of them and of their effects upon plant growth should be available for the farmers.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-04
THE CAPTIyE'S FLIGHT.
ASTONISHING ILLUSION START
 LING ALL LONDON.
Next Whcre.-The Most Remark. able or Recent Developments in tho Egyptian Hall.

A charming and astonishing illusion is now delighting the Londoners at the Egyptian Hall, piccadllly. It is the invention of NJ. Buatier de kolta, one of the most accomplished of living con jurors He produces, and hands around for the inspection of the audience, n shallow, square wooden tray. This is placed upon the stage, and on it the conjuror puts large care. Then there steps upon the stage a graceful young lady. who creeps into the cage and kneels there. Next the cage and it's occupant are covered with a large sill<cn cloth. X second later NJ. de kolta whisks off the cover, which in stantly disappears into space, and it is seen that the cage and the young lady have also mraeuously vanished.
 This remarkable trick is obviously another modification of the same con Jurer's well-lxnown vanishing lady mystification. Concerning this Prof. Hermann says in the current number of the North American Review;
 If l were asked to designate any
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-04
Government Note Paper.

Anybody who wishes can go into the big Crane x Cos factory at Dalton, Mass, and see the workmcn place the blue silk on the machine that makes paper for all the United States notes The silk comes in spools, and is made by Bedding of Northampton. It is sold in Bangor. There is no more se- cret about it than there is about the water flowing over the dam above the toll bridge. The real secret is in the composition of the paper The silk thread idea is secured by patent, to be sure, but the making of the pa per, the compound of the ingredients, is safe in the head of ]. Murray Crane, who received the art from his father, who made bonds for salmon r. Chase, Lincolns Secretary of the Treasury, away back in war times, The pure linen pulp is Tn a big room, looking for all the world like any linen pulp. Then cones l. Murray Crane with gripsaek He and the grip" enter the room togeth- CT, and it is presumed that he locks the door, for the door is locked on the in. slde, and the grip does not seem able to do it. They are clos cted half an hour. When they come out the pulp goes to she paper machine, and Mir, Crane and the grip go home. But the pulp is changed by that visit, and nobody has been able to penetrate the Crane secret, The company gets about fifty times as much for that paper as for other linen paper made in the same mill.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-04
AFTER FIFTEEN LONG YEARS.
The Daughter Who Was Abducted
 Returned to the Paternal Roof

A daughter of E. r. Balch arrived in Chamberlain, \. Dak., a few days ago to meet her father at his home on the Crow Creek reservation, after separa- ton of fifteen years. she having been ab ducted from her home at the age of six. Mir. Balch resided in Missouri at the time. He employed detectives, who continued the search for many years, but no clue to her whereabouts was
 yer obtained.
 Mir. Balch, who is crippled veteran of the Civil War, removed to Fargo, x. Dak., some years ago, and while there made application by letter to President Cleveland for an increase of pension. The letter was rather unique, and com ing under the observation of a Wash ington newspaper correspondent, 1t was telegraphed to all sections of the country.
 The daughter. now grown to woman. hood, had been taken to Texas by her abductors and was in that State when she happened to see n copy of her fathers letter in local newspaper She immediately wrote to her father, telling him of her whereabouts, and esta blished her identity by sending her father q pair of earrings that had been given 10 her by her mother Desiring to complete her education, she was un- able to reach here until this time.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-04
Who Get. the Worst or IL,

He walked nto a bar-room in Fl paso del Norte and throwing down an American silver dollar said he would take whiskcy sour. He was given d Mexican dollar for change, there being discount of five per cent between the two countries. The stranger sauntered down the street when suddenly he felt dry again and he stopped into a second bar-room to replenish the aching void. As he got outside of his favorite drink he Tipped the Mexican dollar on the counter. He was given an American dollar for change. It took him long time to get it through his head. but he finally tumbled to the fact that he had crossed the boundary line since he left the first saloon, and that the discount was the same between the two coun tries. That was tbree years ago and he has kept up an almost continual march between the two cities. The question naturally arises who is get ting the worst of it?
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-04

gown beside the unsuspecting woman in blue.
 She looked very lovely in her''intense" costume, tulle being wound around her face and neck in fantastic fashion of her own that suited her to perfec- tion.
 There IS beautiful young married lady at Q South Shore resort, with sad, sweet eyes. and trunks upon trunks full of Paris frocSs, and there is a little story about her that has somehow leaked out and which is too good to keep. It savers of real romance, and so long as I do not use names 1 cannot be transgressing in telling the story. Several years ago this beautiful woman had a love affair with young college fellow. They vowed vows of eternal devotion and constancv while together, and when he was finally sent Wgs. their letters were full of undy- ing affection. till the mans letters suddenly stopped. The poor girl saneied he had tlred of her and wrote several appealing missives to lure him back; but watchful parent acted an important part in the drama, and the result was that she married another man, the choice of the said stern pa- rent, and one whose ducats were "as many as the sands by the sea-" They went to Europe, and the girls old love never saw her again unlil the other day here as she was standing at the head of lighted stairway in the glory of full evening dress. He had ] just arrived from South America and
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-04

manages to keep out of reach of the law for some time. In fact so well established has the custom to keep clear become that the detectives do not keep close watch. With Miles cir cumstances were reversed. He had just served fifteen years at Windsor, Vermont, and after remarkably quick succession of circumstances, he found himself in Sing Sing,
 Miles was the pal of Max Shinburn. The two made the most dashing pair of nervy. dangerous burglars known to the Eastern country in their time. Miles was at one time proprietor of the hotel at Stoncham, Mass, Few owned by Charles Melvin. When he got Shin burn out of Concord, N. H., State pris- on by means of d trap door sawed in the prison gate, Miles took the escaped prisoner into q buggy on the outside and drove him to Stouchill behind q horse that could road fourteen miles an hour For twenty y-iive years or moro Miles has been doing crooked
 work around New England.
 In ts65 the Nalpoe Savings Bank of Walpolc, \. H., was robbed by Miles, Shinburn and Dave Cummings. shin burn was captured and jailed at kneenc, N. H., whence he escaped after he had received sentence to Con cord State prison, and while Miles was in waiting at designated point to drive him away. Shinburn's escape
 was discovered and pursuit was given,
 but he stood his pursuers off with q
 meerschaum pipe case, presumably a revolver. until he got into the wagon with Miles.
 In 1869 Miles was one of gang who
 robbed the Ocean bank of New York city of over million dollars. Miles was captured November :, 1873, with 1 old man Jimmy Hope Big Frank Me Coy, Tom Mccormack, and Big Jim Brady, while attempting to rob the 1 National bank of Wilmington, Del. l They had secured Il house hext door to the bank. and succeeded in capturing the cashier and his whole family, but overlooked the servant girl, who cs- capped and raised the alarm, resulting
 in their capture They were sentenced
 to forty lashes and ten years in jail
 each, but shortly after the whole gang
 made their escape from jail at New
 castle, Del. Miles was convicted ir September. 1875. of robbing the Barre Vt, bank and given fourteen years ir State prison on evidence furnished by his pal, Pete Curlcy. He tried to get | pardon by every imaginable means, one of which was joining the same religion as the warden.
 Nothing would work. however. ano he served out his term. He was nabbed at .ica last winter, and after long
 trial was again convicted of burglary