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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-02
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Proceedings of Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Jan. 2
SENATE.

Although 1t was understood VIXEN the
Senate adjourned on Wednesday that the
session today was TO be merely formal there
were 40 Senators present whsn the journal
was read, including Mr.. Allison, who had
been absent from the city for 5000 ten Gays
past. The eenator-seos from Idaho, M.
Mcconnell, VITO has nos yot been sworn liz,
was also prsaeut and wac introduced to
good many CT the Senators, as was also Nj
Dubois, of Ilaao. VINO has beer elected for
the term to begin 90 the fourth CT March
naxt. No baaiusss whatever wss trsns-
acted, aud the Senate, on motion OF Mr..
spooner, edjourned Till Monday at nooD.
EoUsE
o. melton CT dr. Mckinley, Of Ohio, il
was ordered that when the House adjourn
to-day it be- to meet oa Monday next.
Mr. Ealoe, Of Tennessee, moved al ad
j,urnment. L1s.-3eas As. bays 76
Fir. Thomas, Of Wisconsin,, moved that
the House go into committee OF the whole
on the private calendar.
o. this motion Mr.. Mills, OF Texas, made
The poiat that there vas 10 quorum present.
Whereupon,o Ca motion Of Mr.. Mckinley, the
House adj burned,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-02

FREDERICKSBURG MARKEc Jan. Tho Ia j.
kcts have been quiet during lhe week, with lsh5
ofIsrnei of grain, snd sc stilt qaoe Flour - O
as for fiae to pstcnt family Wheat 9oaiCu; terI
62a54 Rye 60A70 and Osti 42,45.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-02

To prevent fevers, keep the iive- active
AID bowels regula. with Simmons Liver
Regulator.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-02

For an unpopular President, tie remedy
is the bsllOt but for impure Biood a. B. c.
Alternative.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-02

SUGAR AND COFFEE MARKEr Jan 1.-lle-
fined sugars-IIards Cut-loaf G'E. cubes 6 DIT :;
powdered ZIG; granustcd ;i-16; Mould a
Ga Diamond 6lSs confectioners 10 16 ;
Columbia A 11-15. The msrket has declined
about 1.16c during the week and clozei qnict.
Coffee-1he msrket for Lilo invoices has contin-
ned dull but sesdy during the week st 1870 Tor
fair Bio, and 17larer ID for No. grade fiat bcan
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-02

AIphopse Pyrsns, The French author, ia
dead. BE was Dor; June q, 1872 at Ton.
louise.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-02

RICHMOND MARKET. Jan. 1.-Therc hos been
but little doing on charge during the week INT
prices keep up. an we sill quote flonr So bIa
SO for fine to pstent roller rsmiiy; Nhsa' Sc!
102; Corn Ia60 but little doing in Rsc OF ,f.s.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-02

BALTIMORE CATTLE MABEET, Jan. l. Prc
of Beef Cattle this week ranged as fOIlows
Best .......................S4 30 "A 61le
Generally rated first quality. % a 80
Medium or good fair quality. 20 a i 90
Ordinary thin Steers Oxen and
Cows. $3.50. 10 ia 90
The receipts, though light, sufficient for thu
demand. J he quality averages better then tL1t
OF last weeks offerings, and values arc shato
higher. There was n good number of top Catiio
and MIDI grades, and hat few common.
Mich Cows-Common COVE are dali. Good n
scarce and s fair demsrd. We quote the range
at S20e4o par head, with few at the latter price.
Veal Calvos-There is good trade in alvcs
We quote at 31,aa6c per Id.
Sheep and Lsmbs-1 he market for Sheen AID
LambS is reported siow in all the yards 1h, Of
ferings are ample for the slngeish o'msDn pre-
vailing. W. quote Sheep this week AT 3'2a5c per
ID gross, vii few extra Sheep at Sac. Lambs
4a.aGc per ID gross
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-02

LyNcHBuRG MARKET, jar. Tile offerings
are light the transactions few and mi O. reInnia
about AZ last week. We quote: Fionr - sos
so for fno to family brands; Wheat 90i10ai
Corn 55a5S; Rye G0a10, and Oats 35a45, TIL
attar for winter
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-02

BALTIMORE, January 2.-Virginis consols
:; 1906 :; do IS 63A bid.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-02

CHICAGO, Jan. 2-11:55 a. m.-Wneat--Jaa
s97s May 977s. Corn-Jan 49ass May 5.7-
Oats--Janusry nominal May 5Ia PorlS-JG
$40 55; May $11 40 Lard-Jan 50 s71o; May
So 47l2 Short ribs-Jan 50 OF May 50 70.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-02

New York. FAN 2-Cotton quct snd s.eady I;
nplsnds 95.16; Orleans 95s futures yoly
firm. Flour dull and firm. Whest quiet snt
weak Corn quiet and firm. Pork quies a;d
,tosdy at $iOal2 %. Lard quiet ana fra y
Sc %
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-02

Flour is quict but hrm. with vory good a.
maud from jobbing traders, well distributed as TO
gfaae Tho Wheat markets continue fairly ac-
tive the best milling samples are in constant re-
quest we still! note rather lengthy ranyc, on ac-
co int of the mixed condition of the c1f,Tinss-7o
$50 for damsged, 60a93 for common to fair, and
95a9S for coed to prime; no choice Lancaster was
sold to-day. Corn is STEADY at 54a56 in car lots
Bye 65a72 Oats 47a5O in bulk Eggs 24a25.
Butter 1922 Potatoes s0A110. Other produce
Millfced and Hay arc without change.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-02

BALTIMORE. Jan. 2.-Cottou firm; middlius
SIG Flour firm. N hcat-Southcrn QUOT
Futz 95a102; long5orry 98a1o2; Western easy
No winter red spot and Jan 96As9GE; Mey
1O24s1o3 corn-souhern steady; white 90
5s yellow SLABS; steamer 56, graded no Sc.
5S; Western steady; mixed spit and Jan . ia
tive un graded Southern and Penns 47a50 do
Western white 1880; do mixed 4Sas9; graded
No white so; graded No mixed 10. Izye
quiet; choice s046l good to prime 77a79; COM.
mon to fair 74a76. Hay firm; enc c, timothy
Sl0a50Al1; good to prime 50 5Oal0. Provisions
steady.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-02

BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET Jan J. Pric s
f Beef Cattle this week ranged as follows:
, 1891-08-25
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

Latest al vices from Martinique say $40
persons persisted In the recent hurricane.
This does not include the shio-wreck ia
%tslities.
During a thunder storm Sunday evening
a cyclone struck Long Hill in the Passaic
valley. Orchards, cornfields and hundreds
of tons of stacked hav were destroyed.
The damage Is over 800, 900.
Fred Mason, secretary of a Denver
stock company, was fatally shot Yesterday
by S. w. Berry. one Of the herders em-
ploYed bv the company. The murderer
escaped.
During a fight between two leading
families of Greenville, s. C.-the Dur
hams and Howards-and their friends
Sunday. two men were killed and others
wounded.
A dispatch from Nuesatz, a town on
the Danube, says the boiler of the Danube
con.pany's steamer Apostag exploded yes
terday. killing five people and seriously
i~niuring two others.
Naval Lieutenant Kouzneteof, for
many years a resident of Japan, declares
that the whole Japanese aristocracy is
only awaiting the mikado's initiative to
become Protcstants.
Will Sheriff, a carpenter, while out
driving Yesterday stopped his buggy In
the residence portion of Salt Lake, and
after tying the horse TO a telegraph pole,
shot himself through the heart. Nor
phine was the cause.
The Alliance committee. appointed BY
the commercial convention to investigate
the scheme for establishing cooperative
stores throughout the state of Kansas
unHar nna maTouamnnf hos la,iInI 70
report in favor Of adopting The scheme.
The London Chronicle's Paris CORE
spODdent says there is high authority for
the statement that the queen desires to
decorate President Carnot with the hugh
est grade OF the order OF Bath. 1t is
settled that Carnot will visit England in
the spring.
A Valparaiso telegram reports that
Balmaceda's army at Vina Del Mari has
repulsed the insurgents but the report is
not confirmed. The telegram adds;
Balmaceda has ordered the 1000 troops
stationed at Coquimbo to proceed against
lquique.
Among the arrivals at the New York
barge office Yesterday were Mr.. and Mrs.
Reubenstein from Odessa, and their
twenty four children, ranging in age from
! to % years They are well-to-lo people
and will settle in New York. Mira. Reu.
b~ensteln is IS years old.
The men who arc on a strike at Cramps
shipyards. Philadelphia, held a meeting
Yesterday. A member of the strike com
mittee said: Instead OF loo men being
ont on strike, there are 800 all told"
The same man said he thought the men
would get what they ask for in a few
weeks at the farthest.
, 1891-08-25
sherman's Remarkable Dream.

Writers who nave busted themselves
picking up anecdotes and incidents of
the life of Sherman appear to have
wholly overlooked the story of his re-
markable dream. 1t is as follows;
One night the general took refuge in
an old farmhouse and had fallen into a
deep sleep when he was visited by a
most exciting dream. He fancied that
the house in which he slept was sur
rounded by a band Of guerillas, who had
dug a hole beneath the room in which he
lay, filed it with powder and touched it
off. The explosion that followed was
terrible, and the general thought he saw
himself flying through the air in sec
tions. The shock of this terrible expert
ence caused him to jump to the middle
of the floor.
Hastily dressing he left the building.
He had not gone far into the night when
a red glare shot up from the farmhouse,
followed by a terrible explosion. The
building was wrecked, but the dream
had saved the life of the great general.
st. Louis Republic.
, 1891-08-25

When growth is attained the skeleton,
having reached its proportions, any ad-
verse influence affecting the Emphatic
system or nutritive supply in any way
tends to produce ~leanness. A well de-
veloped man having drunk I've by acct
dent, after a prolonged illness and recov-
cry found himself a living skeleton. A
dissection of this man after death dis
closed the fact that the thoracic duct
had been nearly closed up.
The earliest recorded example of this
class was Claude Ambrose Seurat, born
at Troyes, France, April 10, 1897. Ac-
cording to the account, at his birth there
was nothing in his appearance that indi-
Gated disease, but in proportion as he
grew in size his flesh gradually wasted
away.
On the other hand, any influence
which stimulates the nutritive mechan-
ism unduly degrades the secretive and
assimilative functions and tends to pro-
luce abnormal fat. The living skeleton,
with his limited capacity for food and
assured income as a freak, enjoys some
degree of happiness, but the fat person
deserves COMMUNICATION. The statistics
of this class are quite extensive.-New
York Times.
, 1891-08-25
THE THROAT
Hall, the Pugilist, Attacks
"Parson" Davies,
Who Carves Him with a
Lemon Knife.
German Says Cleveland is the
Peoples Choice.

MI. CLEMENS, Mich. Aug, 24.-Last
night Jim Hall. the Australian pugilst,
made an attack on his manager, Charles
Davies, whose clerGymaulike appearance
has won for him the sobriquet OF Par
son" The encounter was the outcome
Of a quarrel in the har room Of n hotel.
After a few words, Hall struck viciously
at Davies with a bottle. HIS arm was
caught BY a bystander, but he attempted
to repeat the blow. Davies grabbed a
lemon knife lying on the bar and stabbed
Halls powerful fist and luuged back at
him with the knife, striking him in the
throat and cutting a terrible cash from
chin to ear. You've done me, Charley,
but stay by me-" exclaimed Hall, losing
further desire for a pugilistIc encounter.
He will recover.
, 1891-08-25

LONDON. Aug. 22.-Queen Victoria,
shortly after reviewing the French feet at
Spithead Friday last. caused the following
message to be telographed to President
Garnet; Il wish to express to you the
great pleasure [ have had in reoe;ving
Admiral Gervais and his officers AT
Osborne and how much | admire the
French squadron which l have just re-
viewed"
To this message President Carnot re-
piled: II beg your majesty to accept my
sincere thanks for the gracious reception
you were good enough to accord Admiral
Gervais and his officers. and also for the
sentiments expressed in regard to the
French feet"
A number Of French officers today were
conducted over the dockyard at Ports.
mouth and were shown the departments
open to inspection by foreign officers.
, 1891-08-25
HANG OUT LIKE A FIRE BELL.
How Smiths Repeater Made n Sensation
at n stereoptIeon Leoture.

O nit 1NtpthteE NlAuo n SENSATION
at n S~tereopticon Lecture.
There is a certain young man of this
town whose newly welded wife pre-
sented him with a superb gold watch
that not only chimed off the time when
a spring was pressed but told the day of
the month and the phases Of the noon.
1t also kept good time. He was natu-
rally proud Of his chronometer, and vas
always ready to oblige his friends by
letting them look into its intricate
works, which you must admit showed
him to be a young man of marvellous
good temper. But this same beautiful
watch was the cause of his undoing a
few nights ago.
forgot to mention that the outer case
of this timepiece bore the monogram sc.
w. s." in brilliants, by which you may
infer that his married name was George
Washington Smith.
This evening in question he and Mrs.
Smith were rejoicing at dinner over the
thought that they should o see her
sister, who was coming on from the
west to visit them in their new home,
and incidentally send on a private daily
report to her mother of how George was
NaAAhb "a inc MGIo " luttL UtI
at the Grand Central station on the ar
rival of the train due at half past 0
o'clock, and decided to put in the hour
and a half they had to spare by looking
in at a much advertised s~tereopticon lee
ture.
They went and enjoyed themselves so
well that they well nigh forgot their en-
gagement, but a picture of the st. Pam
cras station in London made Maude gasp
convulsively: "Oh, George, do look at
your watch, dear. Fun SO afraid we've
overstaid our timer
George made a strenuous effort to get
sight of the dial in the Egyptian dark
ness of the hall, but could not, and his
wife noticing his difficulty said, Touch
the repeater spring, you goosei'
The lecturer had just concluded a very
sad anecdote and made an impressive
pause, when the hour chime in Georges
watch began to fairly boom out nine
strokes. 1t had never sounded one tenth
30 loud before, and a nervous old lady a
few seats back began to whimper "Firel"
There was a wild craning of necks in the
audience, and Mrs. Smiths cheeks be-
came 10 red that-as her husband told
her afterward--they glowed like live
Goals.
George wrapped first his handkerchief
n then his coat about the watch, but
to no effect, for both the hour and the
minute bells said all they had to say in
tones that vibrated painfully through
the deadly stiffness of the house.
When they finally ceased the lecturer,
with fine sarcasm, said, vii the little
boy please bring his gong up here and
ring it in full view of the audience"
A shout of laughter broke the strain,
and under its cover George and Maude
staggered up the aisle and out into
Broadway. They saw in a jewelers.
window that it was twenty-five minutes
past o o'clock (they had entirely for
gotten to count the repeater strokes), and
just had time enough to get up to the
station in a cab and meet their guest.
Mr.. Smith has not worn the watch
since then, and Mrs. Smith said to me
the other day, Wasn't George foolish
to press that repeater springT'-New
York Herald.
, 1891-08-25
0MAHA'S new DEPOT.
Bonds Voted for the Construc-
ton of the Building
Used in Paying the General
Expenses Of the q. P.
No Prospect of Ever Getting
the Money Back.

'fNN
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 24-The an-
nouncemeDt was made today BY TIL. Kim
ball. vice president Of the Union Pacific.
hat Gould had taken the half million in
Union depot bonds and diverted the
same to paying the, general expenses of
the Union Pacific road. To this that of
ficer attributed the failure ofthis company
to construct the depot as per contract.
Commercial circles were startled BY the
straits to which Gould was reduced.
Jay Gould will he called in to take a hand
in the Union depot matter, which has
become sadly muddled during the months
since work was stopped on the structure,
which was commenced with such a -four
ish Of trumpets last fall.
There was a conference this morning in
the private office of Mr.. Kimball with a
council committee appointed last week for
the purpose of finding out what could be
the new Union depot.
Some surprises we're 10 store for the
committee. The first one came when
Mr.. Kimball informed the gentlemen that
the Union Pacific had no funds with
which to Complete the work, even if there
were no other obstacles in the wav. This
was explained by the statement that bonds
of the Union Pacific Depot company
issued last fall had been diverted to meet
the running expenses Of the Union Pa
cific and Burlington roads and was zone
beyond recall. There was no way to get
it back and the onlv thing to do would
be for the two COMPANIES to go to work
and put up the amount used. This would
require time aud might not be successfully
accomplished at all. Mr.. Kimball spoke
for himself and for Holdrege of the Bur
lington. He said they were both anxious
to have the depot completed and would
do everything in their power to havc the
work done. One of the conditiOns-the
prime one which Mr.. Kimball
said would be necessary to meet before
further work would be done, would be
the dismissal of the injunction suits now
pending in court prohibiting the delivery
Of the city vladuct bonds to the depot
company. The councilmea present re-
fused to agree to any such condition until
work has actually and earnestly com
menced on the depot structure and assur-
ances given that there will be no further
delay in the completion of the depot. In
the meantime MIR. Kimball will make an
effort to get the matter before a confer
ence of railroad officials.
jaw Gould will start home in a Few days
from his summer retreat up in Idaho and
will be met bv Mr.. Kimball, who will
bring him to Omaha for a conference with
the officials of the Union Depot COMPANY
and the Burlington road. MIR. Kinball
hopes to have the magnates arrive at a
decision at this meeting that will result in
the renewal of work on the long promised.
long delayed union depot.
, 1891-08-25
Creased the .sGrowIer.,,

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. 24-The
''growler rushers' all over Philadelphia,
and notably in the vicinity of Lombard
and South streets, byan ingenious scheme
have succeeded in outwitting the willy sa-
loonkeepers for a couple of weeks past.
About two weeks ago the saloonkeepers
noticed wonderful and new characteristic
concerning the beer they had on draught.
One night about that time a stalwart me-
FRO. black as a coal. came into the saloon
with a pitcher big enough to hold a key
Of beer and called for ten cents wuff."
The barkeeper eyed the pitcher for a mo-
ment and then proceeded to draw the beer.
To his surprise the beer would not foam
IN the lively name which heretofore had
been its principal characteristic. No
amount of shaking and sloshing around
would make the amber colored beverage
assume a frothy appearance and before
the barkeeper could realize it the pitcher
wss trimming full. The negro remarked
in an off-haud manner, dat beer done
looks dead an fiat, but | likes dat kin
mahselt."
With that the barkeeper handed him
the pitcher and the erinning darkey
walked out. lie was met Just arOunu tue
corner by a half dozen other dusky citi-
zens, all carrying pitchers. and at once
PROCEEDED to divide up. 1t was noticed
tina the beer Immediately came to life
when it was poured out of the big pitcher,
and the colored ~rsscals laughed lmmoder.
ately as the creamy foam ran down the
sides of the vessels they were carving.
Directly after this another customer
walked into the same saloon and the beer
was found to draw all right. Here was a
mystery indeed and it took two long
weeks to solve 1t. The saloon keepers in
the vicinity always noticed that the beer
wonld not foam when put into
pitchers carried by certain colored
individuals. As a result these same per
sons got about fifty cents worth of beer
and only paid ten cents for it. An in
vestiRation was started, as the saloon
keepers knew that some trick was being
played or them. No solution was ar
rived at, however, until Friday, when a
drunken colored man told how the scheme
had been worked. 1t seemed that the
plan consisted IN simply greasing the in
side of the ''growler" with butter or a
piece of fat meat. When this is done no
amount of gas or agitation will put the
proper head on beer. The discoverer of
it reaped a rich harvest by selling the
secret. to other GROWER workers" aud as
a result the saloon-keepers nave been sue
cessfully victimized.
, 1891-08-25
BASE BALL.


CINCINNATI, Aug. 24.-Good batting
in the seventh inning won today's game
for New York. Game was called at the
end of the eighth inning on account of
rain. Score-Cincinuati ., New York 3.
Batteries-Rhincs and Harrington, Ewing
and Buckley.
PITTsBURG, Aug 24.-Superior play
ing vol todav's game to the home team
Score plttsburg 6. Boston 8. Batteries
Baldwin and Mellen. Nichols and Gan
eel.
CHICAGO, Aug. "A Hits when most
needed won today's game for Chicago.
Score-Chicago 4, Brooklyn /. Bat.
teries-Vickery and Schrlver, Caruthers
and kinslow.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 2t.-Good batting
gave the visitors today's game. Score
Cleveland 5. Philadelphia ~. Batteries
-Gruber, Young and thinner. Esper
and Clements.
, 1891-08-25

SAN Francisco, Aug. p The steam
ship City OF Rio de Janelru arrived today
from China and Japan. Information re.
ccived says: "Rumors were prevalent at
Shanghai July 27 of serious rioting in
Horan. The rebels are supposed to have
invaded Hupeh and to be marching on
HankOw. 1t transpired that the rumors
were due to a RAID of mountain bandits,
who burned the<roadside inns on the HUI
Deh frontier and after plundering them
retreated to the hills. Adylces from
Ilentsin, July Is, report all quiet in that
vicinity. A typhoon, which passed near
Hong Kong, doing much damage, caused
the British gunboat Tweed to break away
from her mOOrings and sink in deer water.
Japanese advices report the death OF
NIscount lUshlea, formerly minister to
the United States. 1t is annouced that
the emperor is about to issue a prOclama-
ton anneXinE to Japan three volcanic
Islands IN the Pacific ocean four degrees
south of the LOochoo islands. They are
said to be well adapted for japanese colo-
MES. In sOme quarters a large increase
in the japanese fleet to make it as strong
as the Chinese navy is being urged.
Floods at Toyama, Japan, damaged nearly
5000 houses. A letter was received at
the Chinese consulate in Kobe, last
month, threatening the life of Admiral
Ting OF the Chinese fleet, which was then
in Japanese waters. A b%odyguard of
Japanese police was appointed and at.
tended the admiral during his stay at
Kobe. As the result of storms IN
Magaski Ken, July 81. eleven persons
were k%ille', much damage was done at
Ashiya. a number OF foreign vessels were
carried way and their crews are missing.
The embankment Of the river Ogna gave
way and over 100 houses were washed
way. The total loss Of lite has not been
ascertained. Much damage was done in
other provinces.