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TO BUILDERS.

"
SEALED Proposals will be received by the
~ undersigned until Saturday the 9TH day of
June next, for the erection of an additional build
ing OF brick On stone foundation, to the Western
i.unatIc Asylum, corresponding in size and gem
erai plan to the recent addition to the Northern
wing. The proposals required to be for the
whole work complete, the undertaken or underta-
kers to furnish all the materials. Bond with an
proved security will be required for the faithful
performance of the contract.
ROBERT S. BROOKE,)
J.. l.. STEVENSON, Executive
KENYON HARPER, Comniitee.
March 81, 1912.
EG- The Richmond Wing and Enquirer vii,
insert once week until the day OF letting.
To Messrs. Jacob Moore, John j. Moore, admir- of
Isaac M,ore decd. John ZimJro and Mary his
,cJc, John Thomas and ,oife, Peter Lo,Dry and
scJc, and Thomas Harris and toife.
You are hereby notified that on Friday the 9th
day of May. 1912, at the Clerks office of the
county court of Mercer, in the State of Kentucky
we shalt proceed to take the dispositions Of Betsy
Moore and others to be read in evidence in suit
pending in the Circuit Superior Court Of Law and
Chancery for Augusta county, Va, in which
Matthew White is plaintiff and we are codefen-
danis with you. If said depositions shall not be
completed on said 9th Of May, the taking of the
same will be adjourned from day to day, until
JOHN NJ i. DUNN,
ANN DUNN, g.
MARY JANE MOORE, g.
HANNAH MOORE,
by " c. Kinney, their guardian ad Rfem.
March 81, i842.--St.
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The Hon. Waddy Thompson passed through
Hamburg, S. c., on Monday last, on his way 10
Mexico,
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March q, lSI2.-ts
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EVENING GAZETTE.
CLUB BING.


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years subscription to the Evening Gazette and
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Mass.
as Editors in the country, who will give the
above eight insertions, will be entitled TO an exchange
with the Gazette for one year. SEPT
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NEW FEATURE.

NEW FEATURE
X REAT INDUCEMENTS TO COUNTRY SUB
" SCRIBERS.-The Cheapest Family Paper in hs,c
Eng land.-THE BosrON EVENING GAZETTE, a weekly
family newspaper, issued every Saturday evening"
Country subscribers will please remember that the
Boston Evening Gazette is newspaper of the largest
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family newspaper in New England, having entered
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The Gazette has been welcome vsiter in thou
sands of families in Boston for the last twenty years
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ORCHESTRA MUSIC.

TNHE following pieces Of Orchestra Music can be
L had very cheap, if early application be made at
w FIscHEa's, Pennsylvania Avenue, between lIth
and 18th streets.
Two Quadrilles and Contradances--from Adams CD
era the Brewer Of Preston arranged for full
orchestra by Mosard.
Three favorite watzes, composed by Strauss ar
ranged for full orchestra by A. Fessy.
Overture from the comic opera Of La rein dun Jour-
composed for full orchestra by A. Adam.
Overture from Macoa-composed for full orchestra by
Auber.
Overture from Ac,eon-composed for full orchestra by
Auber.
Overture lie lac dees fees composed for full orches
ira by Auber. aug 10
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A GRlCULTURAL & LITERARY WORKS
IA Buers Cultivator, full sets Of bound volumes
from commencement, just received. Democratic Re
view for September; which is also hand from July.
American Eclectic for September also on hand num-
bers from the commencement The Law Reporter
for September; also on hand numbers from
ment. Hills Monthly Visiter, bound volumes on
hand for 1889 and 1910, and numbers on hand for
1871 and 1872. Farmers Journal, for so cents pei
annum Farmers Cabinet bound volumes from CON
mencement, or current numbers for current year.
Christian Family Magazine, September number re-
ceved; last years hand. New York Mirror,
bound volumes on hand plate-numbers &c.
Subscriptions received for the above and many
Others for which the Undersigned are agents; who
have also received fresh supply Of the School Ii.
brary, 80 volumes. large and small editions Spark s
Life Of Washington Manhood: the cause of its
decline, and directions for It's restoration" and many
other new publications.
T. R. HAMPTON & SONS.
sept I6-2w3w
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PATENT OFFICE, 10th August, Is42.

PATENT OFFICE, 10th August, 1912
ON the petition of James Wood, of Rockland
~ county, New York. dated the 9th day of July,
1912, praying for the extension of patent granted
to him for an Improvement in the mode of making
brick tile, and other clay ware, for years from
the expiration of said patent, which takes place on
the Sd day of March, lS43,
II is ordered that the said petition be heard at the
Patent Office the first Monday in November next,
at 10 O'Clock, NJ and all persons are notified to APP
pear and show cause if any they have, why said pc
titon ought not to be granted.
Ordered also, that this notice be published in the
Madisonian and National Intelligencsr, printed at
Washington, ID. c.; the Baltimore Sun, printed at
Baltimore the Journal of Commerce, printed at
New York the Saturday Courier, printed at PhiIa-
delphia and the Times, printed at Boston once
week for three weeks previous to the first Monday in
November.
HENRY l.. ELLSWORTH.
aug. ll-lawt1Nov.
p s. Editors Of the above named papers will
please copy and send their bills to the Patent Oic
with paper containing the notice.
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rO-PARTNERSHIP.-T undersigned respect
" fully announce TO tn, ir friends and the public
generally that they have entered into partnership in
the gr cerJ business which took place from and after
the 18th Of this month. The business will be car
red on at the old stand Of j. H. Goddard, 9TH street.
in the name of J. II. & c. Goddard
J. H. GODDARD,
c. GODDARD.
NIB. All persons ind bted to John H. Goddard
previous to the 18th inst. are requested to make i'm
mediate settlement by note or otherwise to
sep $685. ). II. GODDAhD.
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TREASURY NOTES LOST.

COLLECTORS of the Customs, and other Receiv-
" ers of public money, and the public generally
hereby notified that measures have been taken by
me at the Treasury Department to stop the payment
of the following Treasury Notes, they having been
lost in the mail between Pensacola and Boston:
B 4,5I7-S1 0. Payee, Jackson Morton, or order
Date 18th February, 1912.
c 4,5lS-Sl00. Payee, Jackson Morton, or order
18th February, 1912
Both Of these notes are endorsed jackson Nor
ton" "Pay to the order of Ebin Francis, Of Bos-
ton"
GEORGE TERRILL
Sept. 16-3t"
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NEW FALL AND WINTER GOODS
~ YOUNG 4 STEER, Merchant Taors, have
now the pleasure of informing their customers and
the Public that they have received their stock OF
New Fall and Winter Goods, embracing every thing
10 their line suitable to the season The public will
please call and examine for themselves.
We are prepared, usual to serve our customers
in unsurpassed style, and at prices to SUIT The times
oct Stiff
NEW MUSIC.-Just received the following ieceS
IN ot New Music at the old established store three
doors east of 18th street, Penn avenue
w. FISCHER
Ih.ve ,oam.d the world over; by z. J. Loder.
OH f,i.nJs and true friends; by J. p. Knight
Come to me- gentle seep-Romance; words by Mrs.
Hemans.
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MR. AND MRS. MlCHARDS Academy for
1vl young ladies, street, between I2sh and l3sh,
will reopen on the 5th of September The s.rdirs
w"i - herseofore, DO under the care of comreteDt
teachers, and include ali the branches of complies
Ene''sh and French education
| TERms-PAYABLE QUARTERLY IN ADVANCE
| PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT.
English studies, Sc 90 per quarter
French language, 80 90 :" additional
StauOnery, 81 on
The quarter contains twelve weeks
Terms FOR THE HIGHEST BRANCHES
al branches of English education $40 90 pei quarter
S S,sneh grammar rhetoric, &C., 81 w
Stationery, Al 90
AN extra charge oftwo dollars for every scholar
VIII De made for fuel during the winter
TERMS FOR SEPARATE BRANCHES.
MUSIC.
Piano or guitar, 800 90 quarter, or "A lessons.
Vocal music, 1926 90 Z" f"
Do. lin ciasses)$IO 90 50
Harp, Professors price.
Latin, Italian, or Spanish, Tin classes SO quarter.
(prvate lessons) $25
Drawing painting and dancing Professors price
The payment for separate branches are to be made
also quarterly in advance.
Persons DESTROYS of knowing more particularly
about the details Of the school, will find them in pros-
pectus which can be obtained at Mr.. Mchard's or at
the stores of Mess's Fischer, FaTnham Taylor Bay
y, Kennedy, Morrison and Riordan.
aug 3O-3iaw4w
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CANNON. SHOT AND SHELLS.

poHhAu or ORDNANCE AND HYpRo0aAPHY,
Sd September 1912.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at thi.
~ Bureau until o'clock, p. M, of the 18th De-
tober next for furnishing and delivering IN the pro-
PORTIONS and at the places herein designated the fol.
Shells, for the Naval Service of the United States viz
! Thirty, eightinch Paxhan guns, of about 60 cwt
| each.
Seventy, thirty-two FOUNDER guns Of Al cwt and
upwards tue precise weight of each be determined
| hereafter.
Five hundred, eight-inch shells
Three hundred, eghl-inch ,isolid shot and
seven thousand thir'y-two FOUNDER, shot.
Deliverable as foiiops:
~ eight IN. Paixhan guns Deliverable at Sack
AO elght In. shells ett's Harbor, N. ".
100 eight in. solid shot ON or before The 18th
70 thlry-twop FOUNDER guns May next.
500 thirty-two FOUNDER shot
10 eight in. Paxhan guns
100 eight In shells Deliverable at Buffalo
iU eight IN. solid shot Pm. Y, or before
~ tnir'y-two FOUNDER guns the 18th May next
I,5OO thirty-two FOUNDER shot
III eight In. Paxhan guns
$50 eight in shells Deliverable at Erie
iU eignt In SOLID shot Penn. or before
20 thrty-two FOUNDER guns the 18th Nav next
1000 thiriy-two FOUNDER shot
The proposals must state distinctly the rate Der ton
(of twenty-five hundred and forty pounds,) for the
guns and the rate per pound for the shot and shells
oeNerape as ABOVE all 10 De subject to- and undergo
such proof aid inspection, this Bureau may deem
proper to authorize and will be paid for that
shall not pass such inspection may bs entirely sa-
tisfactory.
Bonds, with two approved sureties, will be required
in one third the estimated amount ofthe contract, and
ten per centum of the amount of all bills will be re
tanned as collateral security for the faithful perform
thereof which will I've paid only on the satsfac
tory completion of the contract and ninety per CEN
tum Of all deliveries will be paid on bills properly au
heDticated according to the provisions of the con-
tract, within thirty days after their presentation to the
Navy Agent.
The Offers must state at what agency the contractor
may desire payment to be made.
Drawings OF the guns will be furnished from this
Bureau, and they must be cast and finished 10 con-
form to them in every respect
No hot blast metal is TO be used and the shot must
be cas-, in sand mouds.
sept 5-2awti5Oct
To he published in the Madisonan, Globe InteIll-
gencer, Washington; Southern Patriot, Charleston,
S. c; Richmond Enquirer, Journal of Commerce,
and Union, N. Y; Times, and Mercantile Journal
Boston Daily Gazette Pittsburg, Pa; Buffalo Cou-
rier, N. Y; Evening Express, Philadelphia.
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NOTICE TO PRE-EMPrIoN CLAIMANTS

Every person claiming the right of presumption to
land in any of the townships designated in this Pro-
clamaton in virtue of the provisions of the act of Odd
June 1888, extended and modified by the act Of lst
June 1910, of the provisions of the latter act,
where those laws still apply to such claims, by
son of the absence of the pats at the Registers Office
on 22d June, 184l by virtue of the act of the 4h
September, lS4l, each granting certain privileges to
another and different class of settlers requested to
prove the to the satisfaction of the Register and
Receiver of the proper Land Office, and make pay
ment therefor practicable after seeing this
notice, and before the day appointed for the com
mencement of the public sale of the land as above
designated; otherwise such claims will be for
feited.
Where the year, subsequent to the filing Of the
plats shall expire previous to the day fixed for the
commencement of the sale above mentioned, claims
under the acts of 1893 and Is40 above referred to-
will be forfeited, ifnot proven up and paid for prior
to the expiration of such year.
THO. II. BLAKE,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office
sept 30-1awtds
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In PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY CoURT,
Sitting as Court of Equity,
July Term, 1912.
Catharine Plaisinger, !
Peter Plaisinger.


VS..
Peter Plaisinger
The object of the petition filed in this by Cath
airline Plaisinger of Prince Georges county and State
Of Maryland, is to procure decree for divorce
pncuio n,ufrnonii from her husband, Peter Plasin-
ger. The petition states that the said Peter Plasn-
GER the husband of the said Catharine Paisnger,
or about two years after his intermarriage with the
said Catharine, abandoned and deserted her without
any Just provocaton, not having made at that time
or since then any provision whatsoever TOR her MAIN
enance or support that the conduct of the said Cath
arne since said union has been vrtuou. and proper,
and that the departure of the said Peter without
her knowledge The petition further states that the
said Peter was at the time of said marriage phys-
cally incapable Of forming that connection and con-
tnued in that state until said abandonment took
place; that he does now reside, and has resided,
without the limits of the State Of Maryland, in TO-
reign parts unknown TO the said Catharne, since
said abandonment and desrrtion, and that the SAID
Catharine hath not seen the said Peter since that time
1t thereupon this fifth day of September, l842, by
the subscriber, associate Judge Of Prince Georges
County Court, sitting Court of Equity, adudged
and ordered that the petitioner Catharne Plasnger
BY causing copy of this oder to be inserted in
newspaper published at Washington city, once in
each of four successive weeks before the second
Monday of October next give notice to the said Pc
ter Pasnger of the object and substance of this pc
ton and him to appear in this court in person
or BY solicitor, on before the second Monday Of
January next, to answer the premises, and show
cause fany he has, why decree ought not to pass,
as prayed.
True copy Test: CLEMENT DORSEY.
JOHN B. BROOKE, Clerk.
Sept. 5th, 1912. sep9-law4w
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ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD

ID ANYWAY, the second time, from the subscriber
N on the 29th August, between two O'Clock and
sunrise, muatto man named PETER MATHEWS,
aged about ~ years. out FIVE feet ten inches high,
OF good form and looks good b use servant and
carriage driver, in which latter capacity he has been
employed for the last five years
Peter is very civil in his department, with mild
voice. His teeth quite defective, AID he chcws
tobacco His hair black, and bushy on the sides OF
his head
He took with HIM light-colored summer clothes, a
green cloth frock coat with yellow buttons, d 'rk
colored fur cap and black hat
Twill give $50 if said Peter is taken in the State Of
Mar land, and secured so that get him again 81
IL taken and thus secured in other State and So
II secured in the District Of Columbia.
JAMES LARNED.
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aug 30-3t

NOR SALE.-A valuable property on | street, 2
l. squares north of the Patent Office square, con
sisting of two brick houses, now in one containing
sixteen rooms, besides large brick kitchen in the
rear. The lot is about 140 feet deep, to 80 feet
alley, with well Of excellent drinking water in the
yard and the necessary wood houses, sc. The hous $
may be easily divided, and would readily rent for
5000 each. For terms, which will be favorable, APP
ply to the subscribers,
sep 20-3t JOHNSON CALLAN.
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TWENTY FIVE. DOLLARS REWARD-MO
NEY LOS T.

ON the evening of Thursday, the 25th instant
~ somewhere between Rosenthaps Hotel, Wash
ington city, and four miles the new cut road lead
ing from he Eastern branch bridge to Prince George
and the lower Counties Of Maryland, red morocco
pocket book or purse, containing $50, or 800 IN
bank notes, among which were two $40 notes the
Merchants Bank of Baltimore, and the residue in
IS notes of the Bank of Virginia. 10 said book wa
one or two pieces of paper, on which was written
memora ndum of medicines. The above reward will
be given for said money flet with the editor, with
Mr. Rosenlhal in Washington city
ID. r. Hell
AUG 30-3t
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A CARD.

n CARD.
VINHE undersigned having, under the firm of John
Il son Callan, opened an Office of General Agen-
cy for the negotiation and transaction Of such bust
may be contded to them i'm this city, beg leave
to offer to their friends and to the public their serv
ces in the sale and purchase Of all kinds Of real and
personal property corporation, bank, insurance. and
other stocks, negotiation Of loans and investments Of
money, collections of claims upon the several Depart
ments of Government, rents and dividends, bond bills
and notes from abroad, payment of taxes for
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trustees SC Sc. all for fair and reasonable com
mission at their Office, street, few doors east
of Messrs. Corcoran and Riggs, where they may al
ways be found during business hours.
The undersgnedieel happy in the belief that, to
those who know, or who ever have known them, it is
unnecessary to say their business will be conducted
upon principles of the strlctest proprety in all
pects and that all moneys passing through their hands
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REFERENCES:
Very Rev. DR. VIM. Matthew'S
Gen. John P. Van Ness,
Richard Smith, Esq. }lWashington.
George Thomas, Esq.
Darius Clagett, Esq
G 9"ha W Ka,,n Smith Ena Georgetown.
Mess,s Hugh Smith g. Co.. Alexandria
Nath Jewelt, Esq (p,s
Messrs Loring & Kupfer,
Messrs Young, Smith & Co.
Wolfe & Clarkes, NJ Val
Bay, Ward Il Co. ''"
Benz. II. Field, Esq.
Hon. John Sergeant,
William d. Lewis, Esq. : Philadelphia.
Messrs Levi Garrett & Sons, }
z. C. Lee, Esq
Robert Mickle, Esq. Baltimore.
F. KONG, Esq.
Messrs. Dunlop, Moncure X Co., Richmond.
Messrs j. & w. Southgate, Norfolk.
Messrs + w. Zachary s. Co. NJ o.,o
Hon. E ID. White, Ho Of r. A''" o'''""S
Washington July l4-law3w