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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21


THE RAzoR-BACK Hoes PARADISE.
Of you would see the razor-back hog
in his paradise" said Marylander,
''go down among the Illustrating vii
lagos along Patuxent river and the
border of Fishing Bay. The muskrat-
tiers are tattered and unkempt race
of beings, and they slaughter not less
than 100, 900 muskrats every winter and
spring, trade in the skins of these ami
mails being their only visible means of
support. They live in rude cabins on
the marshes, and the extraordinary
number of their children is equalled al
most by the number of razor-back hogs
of q particularly sharp and prominent
spined species. This nondescrpt
member of the porcine family
has an important duty to per-
form in these unique settlements,
and he does it untiringly and with
undisguised pleasure. This duty is
the making away with the hundreds OF
surplus muskrat carcasses that accumu-
late about the huts of the trappers and
hunters, for although the flesh of the
muskrat is an important article of food
with the muskratters and their families,
they necessarily gather great deal more
of it than they can consume themselves,
and $50 the razor-back comes to
them and uses up the surplus.
As to the matter of this not
over particular class of people
making food of the muskrat, though
they are only making a common diet OF
what many high-up folks with Guilt
waited palate, down in that land of ter
rapin and canvasback duck, consider a
great delicacy.
"These razor-back hogs grunt and
snort and squeal around those musk
rafting huts by the score and seem to
be nobody's property any more than
the buzzards are. A remarkable thing
about them is that, although they de-
YOUR untold pounds of fat and juicy
muskrat meat every day, they never
show the richness and generosity of
their keeping by adding a single pound
of flesh to their attenuated bodies.
"'Lawd = said an old darkey musk
ratter to me once, 'yo' can't fat one o.
dem raz' back hogs no mo- 'nyo' kin
eel rack, sahn
"They have another kind of live stock
down there that seems to be indigen-
Gus and peculiar to that queer region.
This is an animal called the marsh cow.
It is dwarfsh, tangle-haired, and scraw-
ny. 1t has long, crooked horns, wrin-
killed. like merino rams. During
the summer these cattle find good pas
turage on the lowlands, but they are so
wild that when they are wanted by the
trappers they have to be rounded up
and corralled. Sometimes, late in the
fall, they leave the lowlands and take
to the wooded uplands, and will not ap-
pear again unless very cold weather
drives them back to the villages for
such shelter as the muskratters see fit
TO give them"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The Norfolk and Western Railroad
some depot at Roanoke.
Mr.. Samuel Updike, an aged and
most highly respected resident OF War
rem county, died at his home in South
river district, that county, the l4th INST,
of dropsy, in his 18th year.
Capt. F. A. Daingerfeld says he will
not remove to Kentucky, as was re-
ported, but will continue in bis present
occupation of breeding trotting horses
on his farm near Culpeper.
John a. Rice, one of the Oldest resi-
dents of Staunton, having been born
there seventy-two years ago, died yes
terday from sudden attack of vertigo.
Mr.. Rice was one of the three "iorty.-
miners" who left for the California, gold
fields, but soon returned. During the
war he served CALAMITY with the staun-
ton artillery.
r. T. James, a Young white man OF
Halifax county, who was arrested some
time since by the United States auth
critics charged with robbing the mail,
and whose preliminary trial before the
commissioner in Danville was post
poned until yesterday, had hearing
and thoroughly established his inno1-
cence. He was honorably discharged.
The trial of f. L. Broyles, charged
with the killing of ID. B. Snyder, began
Yesterday in the Circuit Court at Luz
ray before Judge Turner. There was
no trouble in getting jury. Synder
was shot in the postoilice there on the
5tb of last August and died at Garfield
Hospital in Washington on the 9TH OF
September The shooting was sad to
have been the outcome of newspaper
correspondence. Broyles and Snyder
were republicans and prominent in the
politics of Page county.
The reinterment at Richmond
of the remains of Hon. Jetier,
son Davis on May 81 will pro,
badly be one of the. biggest demon
STATIONS of the kind ever witnessed in
that city. The parade which will fol
low the remains of the dead eX-Presi'
dent of the Coniederacy to its final rest
ing place in Hollywood will doubles:
be one of the largest witnessed there
The Rev. DR.. Minnigerode, lwho was Mr.
Davis's rectorand intimate friend during
the latter's residence in Richmond, and
who was with him often during his con
finement at Fort Monroe, is now living
in this city. If his health permits, this
venerable and distinguished divin,
will take part in the burial ceremonies
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21
TO-DA US TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Arrival of the CaraveIs.

FORT MoNRoE,IVa., April 21.-The
three Columbus carayels arrived here
at half.past ten o'clock this morning in
tow of the three Spanish war SHIPS and
were received with great thunder of
saiutes and display of the flags of the
countries represented by the fleets, and
dropped anchor at the end of the Ameri-
can line of vessels. The day could not
have been more beautiful or the scene
more impressive as they came in the
Roads decorated from jib-boon to taft
rail tie flags Of CASTLE and Aragon and
Queen Isabella standing out and tiut-
tering in the gentle breeze. At the
head of the fleet was the unprotected
cruiser, Infanta Isabel, towing the flag
ship Santa Maria, which displayed the
flag of an admiral. Behind and mile
astern came the torpedo vessel Neuva
Espana with the Nina as her charge,
and in the latter's wake was the big
black protected cruiser Reina Regente
with the Pinta. They were towed by
at least a quarter of q mile of hawser
and looked like so many ducks sitting
on the water with the feathers of their
tails plucked. When off the fort the
stars and stripes were broken out and
saluted by the leader, the fort quickly
responding. Before the Santa Maria
was abreast of the Philadelphia the
Dutch frigate Van Speyk ran up the
Spanish colors and saluted them with
thirteen rounds. Then the Russian
ship, General Admiral, commenced to
salute and later every flagship in the
harbor honored these curious looking
craft and the country they came from.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21
The Naval Rendezvous.

Tomorrow promises to be gala
day as far as the appearance of the ma
val vessels at Hampton Roads is con-
cerned. Rear-Admiral Magnaghi, the
commander-in-chief Of the Italian
squadron, when he called upon Admir-
al Gheradi yesterday informed him that
the Odd of April will be the 18th ami
versary of the the marriage of the King
and Queen of Italy, and that on that
day the Italian ships would dress ships
and fire salute of2l guns in honor OF
the silver wedding.
1t is always customary for other men,
of-war present to follow the example
set them upon such occasions, so the
vessels will appear with flags strung
along from their bows over their masts
down to the taffrail. Those ships
having too long a distance between
masts or too high smokestacks, which
might interfere with the flags, will
dress with flags running down from the
mastheads to the sides and will not
have rainbow, as it is called. The
flag of Italy will be displayed at the
main, that of the country to which the
vessels belong at the other masthead,
and the usual flag will be hoisted at the
staff or at the end of the gait. The
small flags for dressing will be those
usually used for making the signals,
andi if the day is bright and fine the
scene should be very picturesque. The
Italian ship Dogali is expected in atany
tune, as when last heard from she was
at st. Thomas.
Governor Mckinney and Mrs. Nc
Kinney, and the board ofpublic works,
Colonel Morton Marye, auditor OF pub
lie accounts, Treasurer a. W. Hartman,
Secretary c. Lee Moore, and their la
dies and Col. Cazneau Mcleod, private
secretary of the Governor, arrived at
Fortress Monroe yesterday and at once
went on board the gunboat Chesapeake
and left for the Roads.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21
LYnchei.

SALIVA, Kas., April 21.-Ray Shout,
the Union Pacific agent here, was fatal
ly cut with a razor yesterday morning
by negro named Dan Adams, whom
he attempted to eject him from his of.
flee. Shouts friends took the negro
from the officers who arrested him
threw a rope around his neck and
strung him up to a tree.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21
Virginia Applicants.

A letter from Washington to the
Richmond Dispatch says: There were
very few Virginians at the White
House on Wednesday, because there
are not many in the city. All of the
congressman have gone away except
Mr.. Meredith, He went up with MIR,
]. N. Kilgour, who has already filed
his application for the consulship at
Dundee, Scotland, and Mr.. William A.
Brent. who wants similar position in
the Congo country. When the party
saw the large crowd ahead ofthem they
decided to call at some more conven-
lent time. Assistant Secretary of
State Quincy was also seen by the gen
tlemen, but said their cases had not
been reached yet.
Hon. John Goode went up by him
self "to file" he said, "the papers of
friends who desired their names not to
be made public" Mr.. Goode says
since the congressman have gone away
and the Senate has adjourned, he re-
ceives a large batch of applications
every day with the request that he
personally file them. Indeed, there
are not many Yirginians who come to
Washington for Office who do not seek
Mr.. Goodies influence, He has'always
a hearty welcome for them, and gives
them the benefit of his wide experience.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21

THE civil service commission, com
posed of two ultra republicans and one
southern democrat beside himself with
Joy at the possession of his office, not
satisfied with Mr.. Cleveland's extension
of the scope of the civil law, recon-
mends that it be extended still further,
so that it may cover almost every posi-
ton in the Governments service, and
thereby prevent the republicans now
holding nearly all those positions from
being removed. The scheme of conduct
ing a democratic administration with
republican office holders cannot, in the
nature of things, be successful.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The failure is announced of the Aus
tralian Joint Stock Bank with llabill-
ties amounting to 3,OOO,O Oo.
The British ambassador and Lady
Pauncefote gave reception to the dip
lomatic corps in Washington yester-
day evening.
Scientists say that the seismic dis.
turbances in the Island Of Zante will
not terminate until there has been q
volcanic eruption.
The Secretary of Agriculture yester-
day evening requested and received the
resignation of Major S. S. lockwood,
assistant chief of the Weather Bureau.
Dispatches from southern Georgia
report that sectio IL of the State as be-
ing swept by terrific rain and wind
storm. At Chipley, eighty residences
and several barns were demolished.
At Albany the storm was accompanied
by almost incessant flashes oflightning.
The evidence in the case of Pinkney,
on trial at Upper Marlboro, Nd,
charged with the murder of Francis
NJ. Bowie, was concluded yesterday.
The prisoner testified that he helped
Barber carry the body to the well, but
denied that he was present when the
murder was committed.
Overwhelmed with grief from the
death OF her husband, who died on
Wednesday as the result of surgical
operation, Mrs. Frances Danike Harris,
the widow of Oscar J. Harris, formerly
of Brooklyn, shot herself through the
heart at noon yesterday as she stood at
the side of the coffin in which her hus-
bands body lay in her home in New
Haven, Conn.
Ludwig Marsch, twenty-fonr years
old. collector, shot himself dead at his
desk in the Office of his employer, in
Hoboken, n. j., yesterday. Marsch
had embezzled over 500, which he
admitted he had lost playing the races
and policy. His employer was about
to send for an officer to have him ar
rested, when Marsch put pistol to his
temple and fell dead.
The committee of underlying hond
holders of the Richmond and Danville
Railroad Company met yesterday al
the office of Brown & Lowndes, in Bal
timore. The committee talked over
informally the affairs of the company il
connection with the offer of DreXel
Morgan & Co., to reorganize the Rich
moni Terminal, but no definite action
was taken by the meeting.
In the driving rain storm of early yes
terday morning in New York burglar;
paid visit to the residence OF Mr.
Bradley Martin, the father-in-iaw O
Earl Craven, and secured about 50, 2OC
worth of booty. 1t is believed thai
clever cracksmen were concerned IL
the robbery, and that they were led tt
attempt raid on the house by the
notoriety following the announcement
of Miss Martins engagement to Lore
Craven.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21

SOME OF the democratic congressman
who advocated the Chicago platform
last fall, now say the necessary e1-
pense of the government should pre-
vent any reduction in the tariff on the
necessaries of life. One of the necessa-
rv expenses referred to was the pay
ment of the salaries of the forty-one
microscopes just dismissed from one
office in one city who had nothing to do
but draw their pay.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21
Rumorcd Trouble with Negroes.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, April PA re-
port has reached here that serious
riot occurred at Morrillton last night
and that mob Of negroes took posses.
sion of the town. 1t is thought there
was considerable fighting and that the
sheriff was killed and others wounded.
A later dispatch says there has been
no riot or any indications of one
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21
DIED,

On Thursday afternoon, April Goth, at his
late residence, on north Washington street
TURNER WADE ASHBY, in the S2d year
of hic age. His funeral will take place from
his late residence on Saturday morning at 1C
o'clock.
At his residence in West End, Fairfax
county, Va, Thursday, April 20, at 11:3O p
~, THOMAS MURTAUGH, in the 63d year
of his age Funeral from St. Mary's Church
Monday, the Oath instant, at $50 a. M The
friends and acquaintance of the family are
invited Washington, Baltimore, Brooklyn
New York and Chicago papers please copy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21

To SHOW how the republicans
took care of their workers" when in
power it is only necessary to mention
the fact that Secretary Morton has just
dismissed no less than .torty-oae assistant
microscopes attached to one station of
the bureau of animal industry, that
at Chicago. A better government
could be maintained on what is vast
ed by that of this country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21

To BE REMovED.-The remains OF
ex-President James Knox Polk and
wife are to be removed from Polk place,
in the suburbs of Nashville, Tenn, and
reinterred in the State Capitol grounds.
The site selected is a beautiful one and
Just north of the Jackson statue. The
Polk place is to be sold and the pro-
ceeds divided among the heirs. The
Tennessee Legislature appropriated
81, 500 for the expense of removing the
remains and monument.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21

A REPUBLICAN newspaper wants to
know why President Cleveland doesn't
give some of the offices at his disposal
to clergymen? Why Mr.. Cleveland
doesn't, is of course unknown, but why
any body else holding his position
shouldn't, is too plain to talk about.
Clergymen are in the employ of high
er, than any mortal ruler, and those
who divide their labor not only harm
themselves, but the cause in which
they serve. If clergymen be really in
cluded in the anti-ex order the Presi-
dent merits praise rather than censure,
for if their legitimate work be done well
they have no time for other employ
mont
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21

THE FACT that Minister Egan who
had afforded the protection of the
American legation at Santiago to two
Chilian dynamiters, upon learning that
he was ordered to deliver them to the
CHILEAN authorities, told them to go and
escape if they could, taken in connec-
ton with some of his previous exploits
in this country as well as in Chill, is, as
a famous departed Yirginian would
have said, "ominous of a very bad
sign"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21

WHIPPED BY FIVE GIRLs.--Five
stout maidens, with their hearts burn
ing with indignation, took youth out
of bed Wednesday night on the farm of
Henry A. Johnson, near Vineland, n.
j., and horsewhipped him. The victim
was Archibald Keller, about twenty
| three years old.
Near the johnson farm live Mrs. Car
ment, widow, who has an attractive
daughter. Annie Garment. Keller met
the girl last summer while spending his
vacation on the farm. His city ways
won the heart of the country maid.
The two became engaged to be mar
ried. Last Sunday Keller took Miss
Garment to the city, where he insulted
her.
Returning home she told her mother,
who at once accused Keller of his ras-
cality. He in turn circulated stories
against the girl. Miss Garment had no
father CIR brother to defend her and
number of friends volunteered to help
punish the man.
Miss Garment, with four companions,
called at the Johnson house Wednes-
day night. Annie threw pebbles at the
window of the room in which Keller
slept. On seeing the girl he came down
to the yard When he made his APP
pearance he was seized by the five girls,
who held him despite his struggles:
They tied him to fence and whipped
him until he screamed for help. The
girls left him when Farmer Johnson
made his appearance in response to
Keller's cries.
The farmers in that vicinity were in
tensely excited over the affair when
they heard the facts, and Keller has
fled to escape further violence.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21

SENATOR SHERMAN says he has no
recollection of writing q letter i'll which
he stated that ''as between Platt and
Tammany he would not toss copper"
Mr.. Sherman's memory has never been
reliable. He swore before the congress
sional committee that investigated the
Louisiana election in 1876 that he did
not remember writing the famous
Weber letter. But the possession OF
a short memory is sometimes very
convenient attribute.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21
a Fearful Cyclone.

QU1TMAN, Miss, April 2l.-A dread,
full cyclone passed two miles west Of
here Wednesday evening, leaving death
and destruction in its path. The dense
growth of white-oak and popular and
gum in Chickasawhay Swamp was
literally torn into splinters and not a
tree remains with branches. More
than fifty families are left in a destitute
condition without food, shelter or cloth
ing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21

FAIRFAX LAND SALEs.-The Hurst land
on the Potomac river near the Great Falls has
been sold to c. A. McCuen, of Washington, for
$3.50 per acre. There were 81 acres in the
tract. A tract Of ten acres below Fairfax
Station, sold under decree OF the court IN the
suit of Stone Us. Steele, was bought by .Thos.
Fenwick for 5000. There was small house
on the tract.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21
FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 81, 1893.

THE lot of democratic editors under
Mr.. Cleveland's administrations has
not been particularly happy one. The
few who held Office during his first
administration had to al audon their
papers, and some who were nominated
were not confirmed because they had
justly criticised some of the republican
members of the United States Senate.
Under his second one, republican
editors who have unjustly criticised
him are allowed to remain in Office, and
his postmaster general when asked
what would besuflicient cause for their
removal? replies, not that it would, but
that it might be, ''if it could be proved
that they are too loyal to their own
party to make up democratic mail"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21

A bloody affray just across the Ari-
iona line, in Mexico, is reported, in
which half dozen Mexicans were kill
ed by two Americans.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21

DURING THE late executive session
of the U. s. Senate the war between the
States was alluded to frequently in de-
bate, and by the republican Senators
was invariably termed the war of the
"rebelion." And yet every we'll in
formed man in the country knows there
was no rebellion about it, and that the
principles which the people of the
South defended were those enunciated
in the constitution ofthe Union as well
as in those of their own respective
States, and, what's more, were taught
in the text books used at West Point
until some time after the war COM
menced. If President Davis had been
a rebel he would have been tried.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21

THE NEW YORK World says; I'VE
must believe that democratic admin
istration would be very unwilling to
see a morally corrupt and politically re-
Progressive monarchy re-established in
Hawaii" The question suggested by
this TO most people, is not what sort of
government in Hawaii would be accept
able to the democratic administration
of this country, but what business has
the democratic, or any other admins
tration with the government the PEG,
pie of Hawaii choose to establish for
themselves and for their own country
Nations as we'll as men get along better
by attending to their own business.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21

The condition of Edwin Booth, the TRACE
dian, is unchanged.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-10-26
CONTINUED from LIST Page.)

10, and moving ever from street to
street deprives them of their birth
right--the right to fix upon their
impressionabie minds and hearts
that abiding love of home which
appeals to them through every drop
Of their Anglo-Saxon blood.
Henry James Passionate Pilgrim
is a true if distressingly sad port
rayal of an Americans longing for
the permanent hearthstone and its
clustering memories. The greatest
marvels of art collected in hoary
cathedrals and royal museums do
not appeal to our most cultured
travellers when abroad like the an
cestral homes of mobiles, commoners
and peasants. There the cottage
and the ivy covered villa are as often
the possessions of successive gener-
atoms of kinsfolk as the battlement-
ed towers of earl or duke, and it is
by this continuance Of family pride
and love about the spot where mar
riage, birth and death have woven
such binding ties that the magma
ton Of our virtually homeless peo-
pie is taken captive. And yet, so
inconsistency, we continue to drag
our lares and penates from pillar to
post.-Nem York Herald.