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A TERRIBLE SroEY.-An Austrian physi.
cian, DIR. Meyer, who was with the army in
the campaign OF last year, has committed
murder AL suicide IN the debtors prison at
Bremen He intended to 20 to America, and
as ne was without means, relative, who was
also going. undertook to pay his passage and
tnat OF bis wife; bot on their arrival at Bremen
he found tha the former had Already s.iIed
he tell into debt, and was in couseq uence ar
Tested. His wife having visited him, he cut
ner throat with penknife, and then opening
an artery he bIed 10 death. He vas ONLY
thirty one years Of age, and his wife twenty.
fye. - -
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RALTIMORB AID OHIO RAILROAD.
~ WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, I~s7
~ 81, 80

G4K&K No. S 49,
Trains between WASHINGTON AND BALY
Mohk, and WARRINGTON AND TIE WEsT
are now run - follows, viz:
FOR BALTIMORE
5saVe daily, except SUNDAY, at TOO 7:is and
h'A' D. ID. and 2Ne, and 50, and 90 D. m
FOB ALL WAY STATIONS
leave daIiy. except Sunday, at Too q m and
FOE Nay STATIONS SOUTH OF ANNA pot IN
JUNCTION.
,. m. " Hu ~
FOR ANNAPOLIS.
10 or from ~ - o. m and 80 ,. m. No trains
ON SUNDAY.
FOB BALTIMORE.
Leave stI:4e .. M, and ~ ana W D. m
FOB WAY STATIONS
Leave oSEo q. m ana 200 and SOC d n,
FOB ALL PARTS OF THE WEST
n leave daily, except Sunday, 1t 7H5 O. m, aud
u On Sunday At 500 ,. m only. connecting 1t Relay
pp, art Win trains from Baltimore TO Wheeling,
,THK0UaH TfGK srs to the West can b. b.a q,
the "eshfngton Station Ticket once ct ali hours
IN the day. Is well as 1t the ofics of the Bank.
ers And Brokers, Telegraph Line, 3is Penn.
avenue, between 9Th and 7th streets
For New York, Pbilade phia, and Boston ~
advertisement Of Through Line
J. l.. WILSON, Master of TRANSFORMATION
"a. COL 3, General Ticket Agent
&C - II GEO. s. hOONTZ, Agent washi rs ton
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CevEBNAENl SALE AT oHARLlsrON

(0'Ahc AAk1 SALE AT CHARLESTON,
The following Ordnsucs Property will he ,old
~ p1biic aactioR at tins URitsd States ArseoaI
Charleston, .. O., on MONDAY, March q. Az
eonmenclDg at 10 o'clesk a. n: ~ "
ooBt ~ net tens (Cann non CAST Iron
Ae9utIi0 net tons Shot, she'll. &C., (about one.
nnn have Valuable soft metal attached
About leo tens Lsaded Shell
Ae ut - tons Scrap Wrought Iron.
ADeeS IA tons scrap Brass, Copper, &c.
sS OGDEN ARTILLERY OeIris Res, froned
n9 Wosden Chassis, iroCDl
, Aoout E0 OavAlry Saddles, $50 Erfdies, 800
SWartLiase Boxes, and quantity Of other Leather
! large Hand Fire Engine, built By Agnev.
Philadelph iaJ
About ,DU barrels Unser vicea able Powder
Aho. large quantity Of other Property con.
clsting cipslly OF Musket APpsudages Bags,
hope, Implements. MisceiIaneous Tools &c &c
Terms: Cash on the day OF sale, in United States
Ample time allowed 70. the removal OF Prop.r-
G ~ he sx PIP alton 81 which that not removed
will revert to the Government.
by authority Ct Chief OF Ordnance.
Can. ord,.n. - t. rHA .is
10 9-s&mtd Comma nding Charieston Arsenal.
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OLD THINGS AND NEw-The clergy Of ssOld
England" appear not 10 have been over tenn
Perate, II We may judge from a passage in a
treatise entitled "Duties of a Parish Priest"
MhIen Is shortly TO be published for the Dairy
English Text Society. The writer. N,rk sais
out TO instruct priest how TO baptise a ch Id.
but sudden thought striking hlm, he ex.
Claims, ..But II y on are too drunk 10 say the
should you dol Don't say Them by any means
Wait Till another time" The dvice, when
Is good, might be extended TO some American
legislators on the last night .-of the session-'
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ThPoBrAsr SALE OF GovERaMIHr WIS.

II S~>S. SoSN ~ m90V v LIE
DEPOT Grartermaaer,s OAes,
uu SahsS.ors, Nd, January s., lS0 I
VIII Dc Sotd Of pueic auction, at the ISrt of BAL
wITre ns1oessSn wharf, East Baltimore On
SUPAkb elDe-WaEEL ST1ANER OOs MO.
o,1o f0LITAH.
vI.s IONS length, rs feet; breadth OF beam. 4,
Il eePtn 81 hold feet; cylinder 90 inches, ana
rare eDpOr tunity Is afforded in In AL. q, mi.
sts:Isr to persons dssiriss to purchase : really
She Is Of light draft. the engine and bo,,.r. A..
~ NEST e1csllsn Mt condition and the hull perfeCt
Il 10 believed that fer size and build the oo,mo.
,.en .n,p.sses any vessel hithsrts offered by
sale = = v. ~sS OF
Further particulars may be learned upou An ali.
cation to the unds aligned or to the Auctionsr.
Mersrs. ADkhUN, THOMAS { Co., No. Is
South Charles street. = = - w. 80
By order of the Quarterm sster General
A. 3. kLA8ALL.
49,, Captain and A. Z. M, q. b. A.,
IeIb4s Depot Qunrt0Pm ssteP
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THE EVENING STAR.
RatlYssA Cellisisns

"A french eDgin-e has la vented an appara.
tue Tor use in rAaroad collisions, ana de.igned
10 AVOID II not the shock, at least ats ey,l con-
sequences. The inventor argues that a shock
however powerful, ~ equfyaient to a force
when can be estmated In weight and matne.
malcaliy determined, And. that III there be
piaceo a. the position OF liability TO shock an
apparatus representing a weight equal to the
fierce OF the shock, the enect Of the latter ought
to be neutraliZed He proposes to use a weight
resnne upon compton Of sufYicient length,
ano IN Intimate connection W fh IL. In such
manner that the retreat OF the compton will
coincide with IN ual displacems Mt Of the
weight The compton 10 to b- made OF very
hard metal. and thick enough 10 resist q pow.
erfnl shock. and moving in 8 case auached 20
the locomotive or rear car. The case Is large,
and The compton can move ON il freely with
out communicating its motion to the sur
represent a value equal 70 that of the greatest
shock possible 10 b. foreseen. II is Of circulsr
form, and so arranged as TO transform the hor.
izontal int a vertical impulse. At the mo-
ment Of the collision between q train in mo-
ton and one in pose, the anterior apparatus
OF the first train meets the posterior apparatus
of the second; the two tompions join, being
upon a similar axis; they are pushed back i'm 70
their sheaths, act on the weights. and displace
them from height equal to the force ef tae
shock All this takes place without effect on
either Of the trains; the rapidly of the one il
somewhat slackened, the reposs OF the other
stili remains; and ii is only at the end of the
shock after its absorption that the irst train
begins 10 push the second gently along. rne
same reasoning IL applied 10 coli sioa of trai ms
IN motion. Theoretically, this invention is
beautiful, but there are evidently many diff
heulties In the way offs application.
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V'HIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, That the subscrf.
Il Der has obtained from the Orphans, Court Of
letters testanaentsry on the personal estate OF
Eleanor Baden, late of Washington. D. c., de-
ceased ALI persons having claims az ainst the said
deceased. are hereby warned to exhibit the same,
with the vouchers thereof to the subscriber on or
before the 9th day Of February next; they NAV
otherwise by lev be excluded from ell benefit of the
Given under my hand. this 9th day Of Februar
1867, .. E7T-- =. y THOMAS r. BADEN
10 llloWSW' -.Ea Administrator Q T. A.
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BUILDINGS AT CONVALEsCEN CAMP At
u AUCTION,

AtC Qrartsrmastn's Q6es, Dspos az WasA,nr,on.,
u, Wash,nstos, c February 8, 1881. I
oiner OF the Quartermaster General, tue
honG Bridge and Alex andria, will BE- sold at Dub.
tic agchon on TUESDAY, March s, under the SUI
Az u Sale 10 commence at 10 O'Clock
m nese buildings comprise 70 Barracks, Moss
houees Hospital " aI dc. s Store Houses i Laun.
aLy,i wash House. Oh,ces, 2 stabIss 1 Shed and
feet. " i0'' ~ >SAh9
Bulldogs will be sold sinsly
TermC Cash. Ia Cove rBment funds
Fifteen days from date Of sale will be Ryant.d
purchasers TO remove their buildings
CHAS. II. TOMPKINS,
0revet brts Gen. Dept. U, n General,
1897 Actis OhiAf 10 n NJ mi ~ s.hia.n.
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IMPAIRMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
IL UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
-. WASHING TON, JAuuary al 1887

- WASHING TON, JAnuary d. 1857
SON; Of sprinsa.id. .a:.sehn.et,: a. S SSHS
FOR the extension OF . patent granted 10 him on
the 7th day Of March 1854 and patented in Engi and
the list day Of April ,iaS, fer 40 vei eSt in
Tor seven years from the ex piratieu "A
said patent, which takes place on the 1lst day of
1t e ordered that The said petition DO heard a.
April next. &C IL O'Clock M and ali persohs
Are nohned to appear and shew cause, if any
they have, Why said petition ought not TO be
Persons opposing the extension are required to
hle In the Patent Once their objections specialiy
ser forth In wrti1e q least tcey days before the
to BE- ue:e e the said bearing must be taken and
nee: .his ;u will bs Furnished on application.
timoDs must be hied In the flee ttceaty DAYS be.
fore the day OF hearing; the arguments. m any
within ten days after filing the tes imony.
Ordered. also, that this notice be publish cd in
the Republican and the Intelligencer, Washington,
o., and In the Republican. Springfield Mssss.
chusetts, 0tce . week for three successive weeks:
me nrst 81 said publications t. be at least sixty
r O. fHIAKEB,
O0mmi ssioner Of Patents
p. Editors OF the above papers win please
copy and send their bills to the Patent Once with
paper containing this notice. fe 4Iaw3w
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MEDICAL CAsE-Ibe New York Marine
Court - at present In ubra'ing over the i'm
psrtant question whether hogs lard is a cure
for rheumatism. doctor sued for services
rendered, and according to the evidence il
appeared that, like many quacks, he had
agreed 10 treat MS patient for the cur of rheu-
matism, and not 70 expect any payment If a
cure was not effected. The REMEDY applied
was a mixture of hogs lard bbed in to the
skin OF the patient, whe dIscontiu ued it after
some operations. on the ground TIT at the treat
ment was toe severe. and he could not stand It,
The patient says the doctor has no profrs-
sional diploma, bat he states that by his treat
ment be would have cured the patient il the
latter bad not taken TO the use of another nos
uum The patents case was that the treat
ment De received only increased his maIaiy,
ana ihat. therefore, he was not liable TO tue
dt mand made upon him: aud 80 they cou-
unufd pleading and rebutting up I'll the Judge
took the papers and said be would reserve his
decision The world waits tor the opinion of
The New York Marine Court as 10 the effect OF
hogs lard on rheumatism.
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AUCTION SALES.
RI oO0P7R LArIMBR, Alctioueers.
0sAACHlr sALE on HOUSE AID LOT OF

eOu1H e1BE1r, between 10th and llth 80,
:, ;,rs , q :, decree q u: .uyr... oo.r. >,
ssssss Sui q a. tn. Ssa.raisS SsS VII 81.
e. q Z.6Iie arcsIos. 70 the iFhe:s BIDDER, On the
SQUARE No vs. 3s:crbsd :: 80 soiios: s.a n
inese: thence west a feet and tS Sa soasS q
Irsns Dssiiins aOSss t thereon n''e the Two story
Terms Of sale: One half cash; the residue IN ,fx
oon Il. we .Sos ..; 5. q
in cssh. II the terms are not cen 1lied With in
' q. A: e : CO..; q ~ i'm
purchaser, upon hye days nottcs OonysyancinS
n. ,s,. c, ooS:S = (; ;:
M EAeLR CO., Auetion.ers. = :
'i sss:.s No; u; as ;od Ps ian :ssnas.
20 r e. u: :, g s s,: their .s,,n.on
Wines LiSesf:: and M.rsh .sSi:s q :1sES DE-
sfituon, Horses, Carriages, Harness, &c.
Liberal cash advances made on oonsfsnnsnh.
RsEuls, Sale. ct Our salesroom every TOES.
a,elac THURSDAY; and sATURDAf,, st 10
u ,eoSMIssios k2SSRoAa91S SfFssC,S AND
Nos 2s1 and 29s Peans: sv., bet 9Th and 10th ST.
SATURDAY %S r. sEo ;Sa iTSssn ssi.....
p Inn assortment 81 Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes.
se Goods, Croeksry: Tin Ware Stoves.
yanced on cons ign ments. "~
wholesale and Retail bsSIsr, in Harav.r. and
lin wars. stoves, 40, Nos 221 and 23l,
Ith street, between M and n
large quantity OF Government stock consist
ing OF Blankets, Sheets, Pillows Shirts Cloth ne
tarts, Harness, Wagons, Wagon Wheels, Wheel
6srr9ws Trucks Platform Scales. Counter Scales.
E!iTkeIy Lanps, Lanterns. Tar. Paint, and 81 ,Oo
hhnd stoves with many other articles tos nm
mer"us 20 90 inner ate. The goods are nearly pev
ana VIII De sold Ut almost any prfoe to suit
"a ia I'M n. O0LMAN q CO.
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p.o~.,~-n xRI4sIAAR, ,

Pno1Eorn Bf ks o41ER LETTERS PAT.
emit OF England, snA Qscarsd By the seals Of the
College Of Medicine, Vienna.
frtssenar No. 1, 10 The e6sctusl remedy for Re-
!axeuon. sDermathcrrAoes, and Bxhs1stion Of
ssdsd he lscseors ne Of 0epsvis, OuSsbs, xe,
Trisssnaf No d the infslli6Ss remedy Tor eli
adas ths nss q Ssrsafy and III Other Aslsssrious
kssh GsrArsusa Il in sAs for. Of most .sr...i
able Lossngs, secured frsn the. effects Of eli.
2sts snA ehaaaes e atnSslhsrs: 4 TIN os:cs g
ccsss, SHns savinS %. pividd q SspArats doe
g admilistsrsd by vslpseu, ssilamanda, Roux,
WHOLESALE a1d neeail b. Dr.. BARROW, No. IsS
s!s:is:i. e: r. e 81 fo.D, 10. $50 Penn.
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I AReE SALE OF ARMY CLOTHING.

Depot Quarternastey's OEcs, !
Baltimore, Nd. Febr nary 6, 1870
WIN be sold at Public Auct ton Ia the city OF
ssSnumore, ct Government etorebouss. No 129
February q, 1851. Q lot Of - =
ABAY CLOTHING,
Bats NEW YORK STATE JACK.rs
o. irregular pattern, and otherwise unsuited for
By reason OF its long retention in store, the
aged. '"
The sale will take place in lots to SUIT purehs,sr.
Terms: Cash, In Government funds, on day OF
Three days allowed 10 remove purchases.
By order Of the Quartormaster General
a. B. klABALL, OaDtatn
and Assistsnt Quartermaster, u 3. A.
ADHION, THOHAS q 90.
,.. 10. IS South Charles street.
re 6-Ieu IA. Auctione0ra
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LEGAL NOTICES.

IL tn. sgTR RHJ4 y, e SSSEUrSSIE. rHs DIS.
r..rte. wSiss and = q; Hn 81 S.1S.ir'' 1887
joyce, complainsnts,
i r1n ' and John q ai Malone. 'S as.
The object Of the bin fled in this cause 10 to
d ss ssaf 81 .na psss q
fens.et, 5..e ph johnson. to the co@pi.insnts. 10
The bfli sets forth in substance that the said
Ayered By eonIlainsn to the said joseph John
the said piece: q parcel. Of ground, which. while
sal: :ss Sste ID John Hansen !. tru.. iSr ne
Joseph johnson. That oit se.S s sso
ment Of ooniemnation Of the said pieces or parcels
of ground nd in and by yirtns Of
of aims. ssd J.hasgn and
produced before :he Court, and the same be oan-
sssa That N ne ..jd osmplsin.pts after tue g.
ss: on ~ 80 Of
claimed to have heA on she said pieces or par
oelsof ground: that searching the land records
Zen or Of Uun x.. ps5,Ss Of no
ofes. b9t that after finding Of the Jury and iudg-
9 aid records we're again searched and . deed of
trusf from said Joseph johnson T. John Malone
90 SECURE John Flyn for the sum Of g. 0u was
found recorded. That the said deed of trust was
recorded nearly eleven months after the date
thereof, and over two months after the ssun ne and
levihg OF said attachneat. hat the said Attach
ment 10 prior lien on the sSid pieces and parcels
OF ground, before the said deed Of trust Prays
diecoyerytof the amount still due ana unpaid on
se1d deed OF trust and prays . sale Of the said
pieces or parcels of ground satisfy the demands
OF the cemDlainants and other creditors and
Tor an INJUNCTION against said defendants Joseph
Johnson, Mary johnson, John NJ. Hanson John
Fly and John Malone, and their confederatee
when discovered, to restrain and prohibit them
ana their agents and wants from selling or dis
posing OF, or q any manner further inc umberfup
the said pieces or parcels of ground:
Its thersnpon. this Sd day Of January, 1877, ad.
Judged apa ordered that notice of this suit be given
TO the said non resident endantD, Joseph John
son, Mary Crimson. and John Flyn, by publishing
COPY OF this order in the Evening Star, Q news,
paper rubifshed In the city Of Washington In the
district OF Columbia, three times q week for six
consecutive weeks. warning said non resident de.
iepdants TO be and appear In person or by solicit
this Court, on the fret Tuesday Of June, A, d.
1891. 70 answer the said bill Of complaint: other
wise the same will be taken pro confesso against
them: Provided the first publication Of this order
shall appear at least four months before said first
Tnesdsy OF June. 1851, ana staff NJ the ohiect and
substance Of said bill Of complaint.
A. B. OLIN, Associate Justice, to
A true COPY: j. MEI6S, Clerk.
WIN. J. MILLER. Solicitor for conplaiaants.
JA4 3taW6W
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RAILROADS.


3 1866 ,.sssrtset1ssAizz sour. 1867
&Ag % &C
~ I'll hoRrHWIsf; soUrH. AID SOUTH.
. 9: =: !: ,s s:s sa7.ssss 3 Il. ,...
w''A!ss'0n---I o. B.as.n0r..--ss Y. n,
ID. Ell sssssa l.s..
day and night Oars. With medsrp isvscvemene.
sss s'F 's:s; .i: S:
Two Daily fIsi. . 6. Vest.
ys,EeS6h 4 1Eea s.I.,.s.. 70 Ro66aHfasirs and
.sP .s:sns:r. By this route from Baltimore hav.
DEPSTs ssS 81 90 1 S1R9fiH ~ changes In uaIoh
Ace, eoIss. ssh ssrsss and f.snsyivsnis .ss ven
Viii Is s..n n e s: s s:. r''e'' ''f0r
seai: cts Z. s1: ses can
~. wILkIEs, I,s. Ct. Agent,
I'D b. z; ,a0Tss e. Gen. Pass. Agent.
L PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YoRK. ~"
~ e1
,oH r1 Nh Ssfxssn washinaton and New York are
{OA HtM HORK, without change Of cars
ssose oaiiy Except Sunday aS f:S Q. n and
,h MOk NEW YORK, changing ears at PhiIaAsl.
Leave daily Except Sunday at HIS .. n. and
FOR PHILADELPHIA.
m snS q c - except sundsy)st 7'b and HIS ..
1.r Oh SUNDAY
N only.
Sleeping cars for New York on $50 ,. m train
Through tickets to Philsdelphfa, New York or
Boston can be had at the Station Once Is oil hours
In the day. as we'll q at the new ONCE n the
Bankers And Brokers Telegraph Line, 3As Penn.
avenue, Sstween 9th and II streets.
Bee Baltimore and Ohio Rail 70 al ady ertfsement
Anna polls, sno the West
Il. WILSON, Master Of Trans portassou.
T. d. COLI General Ticket Agent
ESQ. b. KOOHTz, Agent. Washing ton.
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CENTRAL RAu,Ro.n
WHITE AkkA ".

Inc trains OF the Pennsy lEasi. C,utr,i Rail.
rsee lesse the Depot, at 5lst ant Mark.E .trs-ts
wmon 10 feached directly - tae cars u sbe a
ket etreet Passen niger Railway. Ttpsp utt',e Co..
na. ana wsinut etreet Railway rln Within enc
On Bun SAfs-fhe Market Street CarsIe
departure Of each rain oeiote the
MAsNs BAGGAGE EXPRESS will call s,-
ADJ er bagg age At the depot Order Ier,
attention. "Ah hoCelNe
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C1NTRAL RAILR0AD OF NEW JERsRy-
~ Passenger and Freight Depot 10 New York.
loot OF Liberty street. Connects ct asmsto.
western Railroad, and at Easton With the LehieS
valley Railroad and In opnectiou.. fsrmins
direct line to Pittssurs and the west without
ALLENTOWN LINE TO TIE WEST
Two Express Trains daily for the West. efoen,
SUNDAYS, when one Train in the evening
to Chicago. Cincinnati, st. Louis, &c. with bn.
one change Of cars. '1'
wINrkR ARRANGEMENTS.
ysGi%@e.e cling January q, lss7-Leave New York a.
~ go A, M-Tor Easton, Bethlehem, Msuch
CChsnk, williamspOrt, wilkssbsrre. MshsnOy
s:iOA N. MAIL TRAN-Fo. bennington, ka.-
bena' p,tts5urs. Binsh.mtos, &C..
town. HaI risbsrs, Pittsbnrs, and iss Vest. WITH
but one change. Of cars 70 Oincinnati or Chicago,
AID but two changes TO st. Lsuis Conuects at
Phi. and frs sosds Tor ri. and IN fss Oil B..
.E ThALs-For E.stsn. Allentown, M.ucn
SnunAs "iAesoarre, kesdi No, Potts Vile, Harris
tP M.-ror Iaston. Bethlehem, and Msues
bP. Nor somsrville and Fleniuetea.
p. M-tor EassOn, kesdi Nd. Harrfsbura will
M.msports Iryneson, Corr. Erie, &C. Sieepins
70 P: Nor so%srviiie.
ton Asnsov. E..a,,s 5ss
sleeping car. through fro. jersey City to pi.s.
AdditioseI tIsins are run 10 Bergen Poi.,.
us i.S ier Che We. o.n .. oss.,..d .. u. once
Noe ast sac sro:dssS. n. a's q No sSni 10
r. ne JOsIHH o. STE RNs sr,.-,...
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PCNcTUATIoN.-A teacher in a pnblic
school gave sentence 10 be written and DR. m
erly punctuated. The boy gave the foiIo y, :
ing, as the resaIt Of bis effort: !" =
The quality Of mercy says, ..Shake.peare il,
not strained" -
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kSSIE McDERMOTT. GUAEDIAN OF GRO.
b. McDermott. Charles T. McDermott Frank
r McDeImott, and Jessie n. McDermott, having
reported to the court that, in pursuasce OF its
cree ratified ana approved by the Supreme court
OF the District Of Columbia. she sold the interest
of her said wards the fol lowing pro perty living
asd being in the city Of Washington Ali the strip
OF ground ying east Of and I'D ent to the we'll.
ing hoase built Ga Lot No. %, In square 305, in
Salt clty, which Was owned BY the late VIM. Nc.
Derme.t, save and except the four feet cd &C ent
to and east Of said dwelling, with debth equal TO
the detth Of said Lot Ne 20, bounded as foilJws:
nsgiSnfng for the same At the northwest angle Of
Sest Is feet; thence south 49l feet, an alley .,
feet vide thence east along said alley Is feet to
the wet line of Lot u; thence north along aid
line l.sh feet to the hes inning containing ,9W<
square Feet, 1t pu bic auction, for the sum OF one
dollar per square foot. TO J chm g CLARK and that
the chaser has complied with the terms oil ale
!t is this 2ath day Of January A. d. 1857 ordered
By The court that said sale be ratified aad con-
hrmed on the 18th day Of February, A. ID 1851.
snlsss cause to the contrary Be shown on before
lis he'd q the HAtfsual Infelli gencer ana Evening
star once week for three successive weeks prior
to said day. WM r. PURCELL
Judge Of the Orphans' Oonrt
A true copy. Test: JAS. B. O'BElRND,
"a - w3W Register of WtIis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-02-16
DROPOsALs FOB PERFORMING s.NITH.
BY WORK OF QUARTERBACK Era
DEPARTMENT
HEADQUARTERS DeYarimeni af Washiaston,
OGes of HAiaf Oalaxfa..S

0Hee Of CAisf Qxaytsr8asfs,S
Wdshtngton, b. C., January 81, 1851,
O'Clock noon, February 10, 1857, for the removal II
sIam .,nk aspo;ts sshe. aud desd public animals
fna ocs npisd By u various brnnc Of the War
mated y the Chief Quartermaster, De 1srtment
o 81 va ningtonJ tor the period Of one year from
Bidders o furnish all necessary materials and
labor Tor performing the work, and to give bonds
to be executed at onoe upon the award OF the CON,
tract In the sum Of Ave thousand dollars for thu
faithful HerfOI nance Of the same "
PAYMENTS to be made monthly
should the amount Of work required during the
period OF the contract be either increased or de-
cressed. then proDortionate increase or deduc.
ton to be made In the monthly paym ents
Lists OF the plao e. to be visited and a statement
OF the Hr esent amount OF work required be had
on application at this Office. =
The sndrrsgned reserves the right to reject any
Anf all proposals should they be deemed too high
and sise the RICH to annul and discontinue the
contract % any time when the actor shall fail
to perfern the work required In Q prompt and sat.
tsfn ctory manner.
Bids should be endorsed Z" Proposals fer Per.
form in anftary Work OF Quarterma ster . De.
portOSAe," and addressed to the undersianed.
LUDKNGTON,
bV Brig. Gen and Chief Quartermaster,
ia 3l-lot DeDartm ent OF Washington.
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