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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1866-01-18
GHERTFFS SALE.

~ BY virtue Of an Execution to me directed "a.
sued by the Clerk Of the District Cou OF WapeIIo
county, state Of Iowa, have levied upon and W i'm
expose toPuhii- sale at The front door of the Court
House, liz said county the following described real
estate o-wit, situated in said county and State:
Thr south ar Of sec sixteen (16) also the
south hail of the souihwe ar Of the south. west
Or" sec se.enteenN7) tip seventy three (73) range
locrtecn (i4) west
SAD sale viii take plaza the Cd day Of February
500, b tween tn" hour. Of . O'Clock a m and /
O'Clock, y m, CONNIE cling at II O'clock m. The
said PROPERTY wing been taken at the suit of Mary
u. Leighton, administrative Of Joseph Lejgbton
decease Will T. Il James 5. Mai lr &c satisfy SAID
Atcufion tS>ls ,Su00) oight hundred am eighteen
dollars aud e glity cents, int erest aud costs
sheriff Office, 0ithm a, Iowa, Jan I'd 1865
d. A. DERBY, sheriff of Wapello Co. Iowa.
10 Z Iw. ....
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CHEZ l.. rs SALE. .......
~ by vttu. OF an execution to me directed, IS
sued H. the Cerh If Tie BiStrc' C0ura - PAWS
COurE ;. OF Iowa, have levied upon and will
e Sc to sale ~ tti" front door o the Court House,
IL Nai clio coGnty the oil own. described properly
t"-wi stu ted in " ape 10 Col.nf'. state of iowa
Lots No. tire" 80 and four % H. block ft' cen Us
in the town Of Y 1 ~ Vile, Ia 3 IL county,
said sait Will take place on Llle 18th day of
February, l,6d, bctw thc hours of o Clock A
n! and oc ock. p NJ commencing at II o'c lock
M The said properts hiryjng been taken AT the
suit Of Nyili- King It al, W. B"nreft Rector 10
s,rsiy said ex, cution Three uldred and Sc yenty.
!. ne Guliars 4 fJ,gI interest ana costs.
SheIiH Office, UttuuIwa, Iowa, jan. eth 1850
... ..t' .... .." 81. u. A. DEKBY,
42-lI-2w. SEeriA Wapeilo Co. Iowa
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SHLRIFF'S SALE
Sheriff Of Wap lilo County, Iowa
LHERIFFS SALE.

- b virtue Of n special xccntfon to me Hirer.-
Ell by the Cl.rk Of The District Court If wapclio
C3u&ty, state OF Iowa, commanding I've to sell the
property here nafter described, hS IL deer er Of
said Court directed wi II expose to sale al pubic
auction to the highest and hest bidder ca sh In
lri!4d. at the ront door Of the c. House in Wan
clio County, Iowa, on:le 18th day OF F.bruary
lNfG, between the hours Of clock, A. NJ and /
O'Clock. p NJ, commencing AZ 10 O'clock A. NJ. of
said day, the fc owing Real rs ate to-wit:
The nsrth east qua (, o the south east quarter
Of seat on number twenty two t,2) township seven
~ three 49,, RAJ re- Twelve ti2) west and q the
west nan o. the nj east quarter oil the southeast
quarter OF section twenty -thret, %. township
seventy three. -, range Iweile, i2west situate.
in said county and State.
Taken as by special Execution directed as the
property Of jonathan l.. boster and Pau ina Enst,r
to satisfy said execution in favor Of Henry s. Cow
GER adnfiIiisbr ,ror of Gustav GoWrer and
inst defendant for the sum ($2I two In ndred
a ID srventN-one dollars and interest," and costs.
"a. DERBY, heria Of Wapeio o, iowa.
shcrtn's OG,cep tumwa Iowa, Ja',. 18th, 1856.
Nof2-5I-+w. r ..
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State o'fows, Wapeilo County.
In Comfy Court said County, January lst, 1866,
T. BiehAm. COEnty Judge, to the widow Heirs "A nd
Legatees of Charles Harvard dece ased late of said
County, and especially to Matilda Hopkins, Cathar-
ne S!,pman, Elizabeth IA ris and argaret Har-
sard Daughters OF said decsdent, and to all whom
" may concern.
Notice Is hereby given that this day there was
produced and rea publ In open Court an instru
Testament OF Charles Harvard deceased and that
the st Monday in February, 1866 has been fixed by
the Court AS the day upon which proof the genu-
irene ofsaid irstru ent will be heard At which
time and place all persons interested may be heard
I. BIG AAA, County Judge.
Jan440-l74w, -" 800
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From the Capital.
SENATORIAL ELECTION,
,ecial Dispatch to the Gate City.

Special Dispatch to the Gate City.
.. .. so Des Moines, Jan. H.
At the Senatorial election held this fore
noon, for the long term, James Harlan re-
ceived lis votes, and III. III. rrimble 20.
For the unexpired term, s. j. Kirkwood
received lis votes, and John Il. Stoneman
20. . ..r...sf .. .....
In the Republican caucus this afternoon,
+. w. Palmer was nominated EDr State
Printer. ana Mr.. Carter, OF Des Moines.
for State Binder.
The nomination for Warden of the Peni-
tentitary was postponed. ...,., ..
There is a Bachelors Club at Ottumwa.
in a ''flou,ishing condition." At recent
anniversary they eresupplied with many
dainties for their Banquet by the young
ladies, whereupon, with ingratitlde un-
parallelled, they passed resolution: sd.
'The young ladies of Oltumwa, unsur-
passed i'm beauty and refinement, NAV
they always reasaaa the objects of our adj
miratiOn." .,,..t .,...r....
Such "brutes" ought to "remain" with
out any other delicacies at their Banauets
other than pork and corn-dodgers. the
rest Of their natural liyes.-DsUe,port Dai-
ky Gazette, ...-..... ...
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QUESTION IN PAsTRY.-A sub-com-
mittee OLA school board was examining u
class in primary school. One ofthe com
mittee, to sharpen up their wits, pro-
pounded the following question:
"If hal a mice pie, and should give
two-twelfths to Harry, two twelfths to
John, and two-twelfths to Isaac, and would
keep half the pie myself, what would there
be left"
There waS.a profound study among the
scholars, but finally one lad held up his
hand rs signal that he was ready to an
swer.
"Well, Sir. what would there be left ?
Speak up loud. so that all can hear" said
the coinmittep sr4irit:
1.-THE platter shouted tive Eart,fItf f5tICw
The committee man turned rel i'm the
face, while the other members roared
aloud. The boy was excused from an
Swering any n''Ir" questions.
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. A BACHELORS TOAST 1.-THE ladies
sweet brisrs in the garden of iife." .s
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We are under obligations to Sen. Stiles
for valuable State document. ii "n.-
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GNERTFF"S SALE

- BY virtue Il special Execution 70 me dtrer q
ca by The "rs OF tn" District Court OF Wapello Co
'"c OF iowa, commanding HI" to sell the property
hereinafter described, as by Il decree of said Cotft
urer.ed VIII expose to sale, AT public auction to-
The highest and best bidder for in hlnd at tn.
if"hi door or tn Court House. In Wapelo Co
on the I'd day Of February, Sc between the hoars
OF y" c"lck, m and o'clock, p IN, comme4iefr 4:
al -" fock.h m, the following Real Estate to-wj.E
Que lot "i = fet ~ width situated on Cd street
a"d a'"ng tnr Al ey dividing block IL in length :,
along sFlh alley ninety mine feet being the we
sac OF a'iey aid !ot being taken from end Of
bots hLndrrd aud ifty eight and one hundre,l
ana MY niue in The city ~ Ottumwa, Iowa.
Taken AS by p"cial eNecuti, directed as,the
properly OF H. T. Copeland to satisfy said execution
IN iaVor Of Cyrus franklin, and against Is. T. Cope
ahd, 'or the suin of 80 ,2loU Ninety seven DOL
iais and nlDtty.iwn cents A., d interest and cost.
Sherius Office. ttrmwa, Iowa, Jan. I'd, 1860
=. y ". KBi, Sheriff of " apollo 20. Iowa
4DlT-4w,
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ny virtas Of Il srcc' a. Execution 10 me- di~ertsG
by IL" Eierk Of ihc :iistri curt Of NaDrIln Cam
y,St1tc of Iowa. c0mmln ling me to sell the prop
eFtN hereinafter dC>rtrb"d, as nv decree of sal
court hlrect Il, viii sN'oi to sab p;lblir auc
t'oH 20 tie highest AMI hest hid err for "a sh in hani
at he front door o the rnJrt iluu>c, la WanelIu
CoGh Y, Iowa. N the 18th day OF February, l,d6
between tine h"urS 81 o Gl0r& a. m. and | O'Clock
y. NJ. commencing at i o'cInck a. IL OF said day
tre fol owing Real rs ate TO vii:
th"s gu 'r .er and he west haf ofthes Z guar
ter OF section thirt,cr (sb in hip seventh on,
CD, north olEangt fifteen 81 west
iakrh a. by sieolrl FH~"utiot, cited n thu
Pf"PFtH "' hAth \. Myers. 4 Al, TO sty said rN
rcuilon IN favor of Jams " H~rIpn a,d GAINS,
sa R"th MNers, ct AL for the sum Of si5 :, I
nine huinrcd and went tree dollars anu nity
cents, aud interest and cots
s,.r;s osw.o,,. c. q A. DERBY
No 42-5I-4w. - 1888 '''''
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III. Z. Ohrt, late County Judge of Des
Moin"s County, Iowa, left for parts un-
known, with S20,0n0 or $4,000 belonging
to his German teIlow-citiZpms. The rec
ords in the County Ju lge's Otfi,.e are nj.
so i'm almost inexplicalde confusion, sub
Jerting Captain }. Power, the new in
cumbent, to great perplexity.
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DEVlN E. HAIR MAN
Wholesale and Retail


Geal"r;'i COrsmissior Merchants
EOR GOODS AT LOW RATES
60 TO DEyGN HtRMAN.
For REFINED AND YELLOW
SUGAR goto DEyIN 4 HARTMAN.
EOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
l. FLrITs OF EVERY IFsCEIPr!or TO he ba
at ..- .# DENIN &c HARTMAN.
TEAS TIE BEST AND CHEAP
- EsTat DEyIN 4 HARTMAN.
FLOUR At WHOLFSALEAND
RETAIL At DEVIN Il HARTMAN.
CO00 IA G s URN
~'N'o Store and to ARR We ut
DEyiN 4 HARTMAN
49, GO to DEvIN & HARNANS for curran,. and
NUT CANDIES AND GIN.
CRACKS" Of every description A. "
DEFlN a ARMEN
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me dvartaCrs Of tie highest class Rusinpss Col.
'eEe are offered this ms ifu'ion
och"Ihrshi ps in this College ;, re GOOD thru, hon,
,It great interna innal Chair of Busnrss Collapss
ohtrd states and the Canafas-e n pln wing ovar
NO hundred Prof ssn's and Teachers with a daily
".i gu 'hhce ~ several tousa nd y0un IN. A. an
s hF producing IN army uf graduates whose
W. 'o.uas are pass ports to lucra tive and responsi.
ihe school is under the supervs bn Of d. v. Bell.
tie ioufESr OF the fan.ous BELLS Commercial Col
'ese OF IN G 70, and is conducted upon the sys.
en- OF actnli business training, originyi win this.
.na!n" on !"irscs; aHd Telrgra ,hing is lausI bya
pr ar teal erator ~
s"Di for Galley" Paper, and \ dd$esr
BRYANT, ST RATION & NEIL
Janl1, 1Si6-wIm So, ~. -
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CHERIFFS SALE.

Jan. Eth, la6G-i2-11-4w
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and Plated Ware; Toys of every description and
Varieties; fr. .. - -... .. : 49,. - =
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-01

DIsCHARGED.-John Pennypacker and an
individual we'll known as DIR. Bmdell, indicted
on the charge of dealing in counterfeit money,
on the oath of H. 0. Wright, the Government
detective who had been indicted in Washington
for passing counterfeit money, and who absenCed
himself at the last term of the Court, and was
committed for contempt by Judge Cadwalader
were before the United States District Court
yesterday. As Judge Cad walader in a case tried
the day previous, had instructed the jury that it
would not be safe to convict on the testimony
OF Wright alone, and as there was no other wit
ness either in the case Of Pennypacker or Bur-
imrH tne p,ls OF lhuc,neht were lala before Int
guilty taken. WRIGHT would have testified that
he bought counterteits from them. The defend
ants we're discharged
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ELECTION BY CoUNCILs.-Councils met
in caucus yesterday and elected the following
oficers:-For Port Wardensr-R Richard Wiley,
George W. Hacker, Samuel V. Merrlck, George
I. Parry, Samuel j. Christian, Thomas B. Beck,
Oscar Thompson, and Captain f. A. Landell.
Trustees of the Northern Liberties Gas Works
Townsend Yearsley and E. H. Filter.
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POLICE William Sloan, colored,
had hearing before the Recorder Yesterday, on
the charge of stealing $240 from Alexander
Jones' recently discharged tIom the navy. Jones
testified that Kennel Sloan also made great pro-
tessions of friendship for him, though he had
never seen him before, and invited him into a
house, where he fell asleep, and was robbed. The
honorable discharge OF Jones was got from the
beot OF Sloan. Held for trial.
Christian Herman was arrested at Fifth and
Jefferson streets, on Wednesday, on the charge
OF reckless driving. Alderman Shoemaker held
him for Trial.
Edward Dugan had hearing before the Re.
corder, yesterday. on the charge of committing
3 violent assault and battery on Michael Fitz-
gerald, chaiseman. The assault was commit
alleged, using a blackjack. He was held ito bail
to answer the assault and battery, and the
charge of carrying concealed deadly weapon.
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CHURCH DEDICATIoN.-The new and
beautiful brown stone chapel, at Broad and ok
ford streets, was dedicated last evening. The
building has a front OF AZ feet on Broad and 80
feet on Oxford street, and cost $4,000 and
by Mr.. ]. s. Cummings, il appears that the idea
OF establishing q church in this locality orgi-
mated in a Sunday School, organized on the
last Sunday in January, 1864. The ground pur-
chased for the chapel rs 100 by 239 feet, and it is
commence at once the erection of frst-class
church, in connection with the chapel, to be
called the Carmel Presbyterian Church. About
the new church. The exercises last evening
consisted of singing, reading of the Scriptures,
and addresses by Rev. Alnert Barnes, Rev.
Thomas Brainerd, d. D., and the Rev. Walcott
Calkins.
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FIRE MATTERs.-The Pennsylvania Hose
Company will leave this evening Tor Buffalo, by
the way of .Williamsport aud Elmira, taking
with them their new carriage. About fifty
members will participate in the excursion.
After a visit to Niagara Falls, the Company
will return by way of Albany and New York,
reaching here on Saturday week.
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For sa' c also at
JOHNSON, HOLLOWAY q COWDEN'S,
DYOTT & CO.'S,

DIR. e. CoURTARET's DIsINFECTING FLUIDS,
secured by Letters Patent in the United States and
France Prepared sole y by the New York Dslnectlng
Company at their Laboratory. Nos. 206 800 and 302
HENRY Street, New Y ork; Office, No. 2 CEDAR
street
1his Company organized on permanent basis. vita
DR. Courtsret the celebrated French Chemist in charge
ING FLUIDS for slck rooms nurseries urinals water
closets, privles cesspoos sewers cutters, ships rail-
roads hospitals prisons and public Institutions of all
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value of the latter TO every tarme and wherever pol
and offensive gases exist These agents are de-
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in the scientific meaning OF the words. They remove
noxous gases end odoIs by chemical prncpleseaving
in their places heal hul air; they are DEsTRoYRRe and
merely dbsGrbRs OF poisonous gases-not Injurious
to utensils In which they are used 1he at ention OF
medical and scientific men is drec ed to these disinec-
tants Attached tesimon In favor of this great
at tn Company's Office. . -
President of the New York Dsnfecting Company
Dear Sir TT is all IL is rep esented TO be We have
made many trials OF cisnfectants bu consider that
have found an article which surpasses all others as
NEW YORK, April Q, lS66.-Io the President Of the
New York Disin ectDg Company Dear sh:-We pro-
IL without exception to be II best have
know, Its effect upon every matter Is complete and
G sef S ia Astor House.
po itan Health Department New York
p0WF Ii d. H0MPSON,N o42 CEDAR St. N. Y.
General and Sole Agents for the United states and the
Canadas, to whom all orders should be addressed
For sale by all Druggists and General Dealers in the
United tates and Canadas 6l83m
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ADJUSTMENTS.

PlsLEY's CoNTdNENTAL NEWS
M to 6A O'Clock sny evening. laI
HE,sSHE SHEsSUT s.J ,,1SI STFEET sEI6, THEATRE
LEoNARD SRoVERS WILLIAM .. sINN, Lessees
nosrs oNen al Guran Tsspsft Tsos
THIS (Fiidayl ,yESISG, June /,
BESEF1T, BEsEEiT
rArEsEED z &yp TSH srARKL1Se
MSS \ ss EsMA h&M4 WEE, WEE,
E4EE#" FIFTH "SSIsSF SEsSE
%EBS % q EssEEs,
wEBB sisTGRs,
w BIB sISTER!t
MSsE ADA AND ENMA
T&isssEEss ADA Xi AND AND EMMA,
VINO Will "ppyTWw Tw5 3 GLORIOUS PIECES.
The performance will commence with the oomedietta
THE THE S9RkEMAS,ss S9REEM sS's BATSSHFERR BATSgF R.
HE The S9BLEM S9BBLLEEM@ASS's AZ DDaUGatER D. HTGaiR
To conclude with the avorte Protean Farce entitled
TWICE lhRLED,
in both of which the " B9 SISTERS will appear
eFASB FAATBERAB RABb ssEEEMoqMS sfITRRs MSiTTS3n 4TSf
Admission TO evening performance, Csc SOC and 81
MRS. JOHN DREW's NEW ARCH STREET
lNl THEATRE.-CHA NGE OF TIVE.
Begins at O'Clock. Curtain rises at ~
LAST NIGHT BUT ONE OF
MRS, JOHN Draw r.
""fI TBKf iHt = ~ Plf9ss AND THREE CHARACTERS
COMEDY, DRAMA, AND FARCE
ISts SiSE sfPSfS} F1fEls sEiFfhE Of FaE faRS f4%
Mrs. DE- DE- W RE: Ri mrs 'ohN Di'h"
OR, The WIFE'S REVENGE. ,>,,,,r,
agnes as ifif DEAD siii0T. MRS 1ohN DNnm @
Lpulsa Rs ass SSh DHH"
neutrality-suspicious. of MISS LUCY RUsHToN.
seais secured six DAYS in advance.
WALNUT STREET EATRE.-
w n. e. corner NINTH and WALNUT Streets.
THIS CFriday) EVENING, June I,
, ri BENEFIT s 1T OF Nh Nh ED EDWIN Sl3,1G, BNG3Th,
A0'n'Ou'' p''nffaaiE faE fHYR sTRhhGfR n Rxs RsG'' OF
M1sAN1HRopY And And REPENTANCE,
DON CESAR DE BAzAN,
GPAND DOUBLE BILL.
SATURDAY TOT THE hs' F6oLs FG5S lsAEHaES RHES&NsE
Mr. EDWIN BOOTH AS THE DUKES JESTER
AOn0Ay NIX EseisSPffS sRb%fS B6ofH BlS5f p As HAMLET
NEW AMERICAN THEATRE
IN WALNUT EtW Street aSS SSOys SHsEMEsr E,TRtSi
Sole essee and Manager. ..........H. A. EARNSHAW
WIN OPo58 Po8 81 SATTRP4Y II 9'ef EVENING, JUNE 2,
and will be CONDUCTED tSS as GO rurA1pp
improvements will be made a. en- expense OF 80
| FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. Oh
| LNOR ONLY ONE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| u last work, "sToRM IN THE ROCKY NOUN
| deroth Taylor & Brown s, No 9lt CHEsNUL street
for the benefit Lincoln Institute and SO diers and
o - nrnn afa
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Great and Glorious Country.

Read below the description Of Mississip-
pi and her people, given by some emigrant,
who had moved to that State and writes to
his friends Here it is:
" This is glorious country. 1t has long.
er rivers and more OF them, and they are
muddier and deeper, and run faster, and
make more noise, and rise higher, fall low
er and do more damage than any body else's
rivers. 1t has more lakes and they are big
ger and deeper and clearer than those of
any other country. Our steamboats, carry
bigger loads, are longer and broader, and
burst their boilers ofteoer, and the cap
tains swear harder than steamboat captains
in any other country.
Our men are bigger, aud longer, aud
thicker can fight harder and faster, and
drink more mean whiskey, and chew more
bad tobacco, and spit more, aud spit fur
ther, and not be killed, than in any other
country, Our ladies are richer, prettier,
dress finer, spend more money, break more
hearts, wear bigger hoops, shorter dresses,
and kick up the devil generally to great
er extent than all other ladies in all other
countries, Our niggcrs are blacker, work
harder, have thicker skulls, smell louder
and need thrashing oftener than any other
niggers in any other State. Our children
squalI louder, grow faster, get too exten-
sive for their breeches quicker, than those
of any other children in any other conn-
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Killed his own Hens.

Old Colonel Higgins who once owned
quite a large flock Of hens, which he was
very careful to keep shut up during plant
ing seasons, and his wife would let them out
occasionally to enjoy themselves in the gar.
den, b The Colonel seeing them in the gar.
den one day supposed, of ofcourse, they be-
longed TO his neighbor; and greatly en-
ragged at the destruction of his property,
he seized his old musket and blazed away
at them, aud sent lad with the dead chick
ems to his neighbor's house, with message
coucbedin language rather more forcible
than polite. The next day the operation
was repeated, aud SO on for several days,
and tho Colonel was greatly astonished at
his neighbor's silence aud good nature, as
he never sent back any more than very po-
lite thanks for the " gift" as be, expressed
it. Well, it so happened that the Colonel
went to look after his hens one day and
found very few in the pen. After looking
and wondering for while, the reason for
his neighbor's good nature dawned upon
him, and he was heard to, exclaim: &
" ] have been killing my own hens, and
that old rascal has eaten them all % &
The old fellow never beard the last oi
those hens,uand was never known to shoot
another,
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HOW Astor Became Rich.

a writer in Hdrper'S Magazine speaking
of the late John Jacob Astor, thus refers
TO the mode in which, he acquired his
wealth
1t was neither furs nor teas that gave
him $20,000,000 When he arrived in New
York it contained only $4,000 inhabitants.
In 1900, when he began to have money to
invest, the city had begun to double it's
population, and had advanced nearly mile
up the island Astor foresaw its future
growth, and bought all the lands and lots
just beyond the verge of the city that he
could get. One little anecdote will show
the wisdom Of this proceeding.
He sold lot in the vicinity Of Wall
street in 1910, $4,000, which was supposed
10 be somewhat under its value. The pur-
chaser, after the papers were signed, seemed
disposed to cbuckle over his bargain.
"Wby, Mr. Astor," said he, this lot will
be worth $4,000"
Every true" replied Astor, "but now
you shalt see what j will do with this mo-
.ney. With $4,000 will buy eighty lots
above Canal street. BY the time your lot
is worth $4,000 my eighty lots will be
worth $50 900 " which proved to be o fact.
In the course Of time the island was dot
ted all over with Astor lands, to such an
extent, that the whole income from his es-
tate for fifty years could be investedi1f new
houses without buying any more land.