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KENTUCKY.
ouTRAaEs by THE KU-KLUx.

EVANSVILLE, Dec A.-Several outrages have
been committed within the past few days by
armed and masked Ku-Klux. In Union coun-
ty, Kentucky, on Friday night, from ten to
twenty of the K!ans shot thee negroes, two
garfield. At the latter place they entered
negro's house and shot him while he was in
bed with his wife. In return be shot and dan
gerously wounded one of the Ku-Klux, He
was afterwards shot three or four times beaten
with hot shovel and left for dead. The other
negroes were not MORALLY wounded. On the
same night five men entered the house of
negro in the same county, and made him get
out of bed and stand while they outraged the
person of his wife. The sheriff OF the county
succeeded, with the aid of posse, in arresting
five of the supposed KuKlux. The county is
greatly excited, and Morganfield is guarded
nightly by citizens.
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CONNECTICUT.
TWO MORE CHURCHES BURNED

TWU MORE CHUHCdH5 bOhNNDs
HARTFORD, Dec. 24.-St. Johns Episcopal
church at Waterbury, was destroyed by fire at
five o'clock this morning. The fire caught
from the furnace. Loss 100000; insured for
$35,000.
The Hudson Reformed Dutch church was
totally destroyed by fire at about o'clock this
one of the Oldest churches in the country. A
Christmas festival was held there last night,
which probably accounts for the fire.
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SOUTH AMERICA,
THE PARAGUAYAN' WAR.

NEW YORK, Dec. PA Rio Janeiro letter
of Nov. 20 says that the Brazilian Ministry had
urged measures looking toward peace with
Paraguay upon the Emperor, but he refused to
acquiesce in them. A financial crash was con.
sidered inevitable if he remained obstinate
AT the seat of war a reconnaissance had
shown the Paraguayan works to be very for
midable.
A Bueno. Ayres letter of Nov. IA says the
American squadron was about to move up the
Paraguay river. 1t was the intention to de
mand the surrender of Bliss and Waterman
All the Paraguayan prisoners of war in Bue
nos Ayres had been released by President Sar
mientO
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e U r o p e .
GREAT BRITAIN.


QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 24-The steamship Mar
mora, which left Cardiff few days ago for
Bangor, Me-, with cargo Of railroad iron, has
been obliged to return to the mouth OF the
shannon. She experienced heavy gale and
was badly damaged. Several of the crew were
badly damaged by the violent shifting of the
cargo.
LONDON, Dec 4-The London Times this
morning In reviewing the recent report of the
Treasurer of the United States, denies alto.
gether adisheartening view of American fnan.
ces.
Vice Chancellor, Sir G. M. Clifford, succeeds
the new Lord Chancellor, Sir William Page
Wood, as one of the Lords Justices of The
Court of Appeals in the Chancery. Mr. James
has been appointed Vice Chancellor to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the promotion Of
Sir q. M. Clifford.
The judicial Committee of the Privy Coun.
Gil have rendered decision in the case of Mar.
tin V. Mackonochil, in the Court of Arches by
Sir ?. Phillimore. The charges against Mack.
onochil Were kneefng or Frustrating before the
consecrated elements and the use of lighted
candles, The Privy Council, after a lengthy
hearing and due consideration to-day, an.
nounced their decision against Mackonochi
and In condemnation of the practices charged
against him.
TURKEY AND GREECE
LONDON, Dec. 24.-The following dispatch
from Constantinople, dated the 23d, has jus,
M. Delikannor, the Grecian Minister, has
formally retired from his post and returned to
Athens.
Edward Joy Morris, the American Minister
mas consented to extend the protection Of his
legation to Greek subjects in Comtantinople.
The Sublime Porte declines to recognize the
proposed conference of the great powers
1t is regarded as almost certain that France
and England will join in the conference for
settling the Eastern question.
ATHENS, Dec. 23.-The government demands
from the Chambers an extraordinary lew OF
troops. The national guard has been mobiliz-
ed and Paras and Patras are fortified.
ASIA MINOR.
MARsEILLEs, Dec. 24.-Dispatches have beer
received here giving the particulars of a dread
tul accident which occurred recently neal
smyrna, in Asia Minor. Two Egyptian mai
steamers came in collision in the Gulf Of
Smyrna. 1t was said that over 200 passengers
were killed by the shock
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MISSOURI,
TAXATION OF NATIONAL BANKS.

1H-17AHfOU Or NATIONAL bANHS.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. M.-The National Banks of
this city yesterday petitioned the county court
TO grant stay of the collection of taxes ON ma
tlonal bank stock until the legality of the law
can be decided by the United States Supreme
Court. The amount of taxes due from the ma
tional banks of the city is between three and
four hundred thousand dollars, no tax having
been collected for three years.
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Domestic Markets.

NEW YoRK, Dec. 2f.-Cotton quiet and steady;
sales 1000 bales; Middling uplands 25c. Flour-saes
62oO Dds. State and Western quiet and without de-
cided change. Wheat quiet and without decided
change; sales $4,000 BUSH. No. Spring 81 straight
old Mixed Western l0s q 90 in store and 1 ii as
IL ahoat; new 81 CSC. Oats firmer and more ac-
tive = sas 77. e9 s6 bush Western rs N
unchanged; sales $50 bbs.; new mess 81 80 3 81 75
Lardlheayy sales 700 tierces at 49, I7ic. Butter
dull. Sugar quiet; Muscovado l14911Ic. Coffee
quiet. Molasses quiet. Naval Stores quiet. Petro-
eum quieti crude 1ss: refined bonded Sic. Freights
"a ": Flour per sail Is Cd to f; Corn per steamer
CHICAGO, Dec. 24.-Exchange on New York firm
at per cent. off buying and par selling. Flour duh
and unsettled for low grades to choice Spring extras
81 O. ~. Wheat-No. in good demand at is as
ISL; No. firm at II; in the afternoon iii. Corn
new shelled Acc for No. 8; kim dried irm and ad,
yaneed 2@ Sc; sales at Is q CSC. oats active and
apd Mo- At a: Kye firm and in good demand
WhsEey dull at 81 q s2c cash and Sic for fat9Te de-
mand tor future delivery &c 90 seller January 90 so
sener FEBRUARY and y 90 81 80 for February and
Marsh. Lard quiet 16ic Bulk Meats-short ribbed
cured and smoked do 15ac. Dressed Hogs active and
moderately firm at 10 80 II 90 dividing on 200 lbs
nominally unchanged.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 24.-Whiskey firm at / No.-
Dressed Hogs-asking II 90 @ II 75; receipts $500.
Provisions nominal and no demand Mess Pork
offered at 81 30 @ IS 90. Bulk Meats-11c for shout
ders 1910 for clear rib sides and 13c for clear sides
lac. .''-'
SAVANNAH, Ga, Dec. 24.-Cotton-net receipts
for the week 11,6s7 bales eff uplands and 210 bales
Sea Islands, and coastwise 200 bales; total ii ,GS7
uplands and 4l0 bales Sea Islands, exports, to Iy.
srp9oi SsaS Lales; To- the Continent i'll bales up
Sea Island; stock hand 1928 bales Sea Island and
$3.50 bales uplands market quiet at 23lc offered
and 2Stc asked; sales for the week 1000 bales.
MOBILE, Dec. M.-Cotton-reeeipts tor the weak
l0359bales exports to Great Britain 1924 bales other
foreign ports 1858 bales; stock hand 52221 bales
there good active demand and the market closed
firm 23} 234c sales TO- day 1900 baes sales for the
week sloo bales; receipts to-day 243 bales. "
ee NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 24.-Cotton-receipts to- day
oo oales receipts for the week net bales and
81 4s9 bales; exports to-day 1888 baes exports for
the week to Liverpool 1858 bales; to the Continent
959 bales; coastwse 1884; stock on hand 1888 2sS
bales Mddings firm at 23jc; ales to-day 1890 bales;
sales for the week 20 $50 bales Sugar and MoIasses
rdoxr,
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NEW HAMPsHlRE.


hEARSAKdE MILLS.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 24.-The boiler room Of
the Kearsarge Mills took fire last evening at s
o'clock. The alarm that the mill was on fire
occasioned considerable excitement, but the
fire was soon extinguished without much
damage
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ARK ANSAS.

THE POLITICAL TROUBLES.
MEMPHIS, Dec. PA special dispatch to the
Avalanche from Little Rock says there is great
rejoicing there over the arrival of two of Gen.
Grants staff to investigate the militia out
RACES. Refugees continue to arrive at Little
Rock
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p0RnT AnrnN on an

POPULATION OF ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. N.-The census returns Of
st. Louis county give the population at M1 OH
antncrease since 1864 of 90, 251.
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AUCTION sales.
Ciosfnp-f,4lt -,siaii;ofI a. i1;;ot,o,, ::
LEONARD 81 co., BOSTON.
st. George Restaurant.
Snecin1 Sale

4 Sott and a0fxI, AND WEDNESDAY, December
George Restanrant zach day at 10 O'Clock, the ST.
Boylston and fremont Streets Rasmape, corner OF
ture Of every description, fixtures Stock materials a
etc., OF the establishment comprising large and eIe
cost $500; earpets all the marble top counters IN
upper saloon; bar, etc. Richly plated Soda Foun
tain with fixtures, silver plate, French porcelain lin.
Gu, elegant vases, large bronze figures plated and
bronze fountains, Howard clock, cost $780, extension
and other tables, walnut arm Chairs, bar fixtures
and confectionery tables ssamander safe for Once ~
DINING room, desk, wines, liquors, cigars, etc., the
the whole having cost about $50, 600. Catalogues
ready and the whole exhibition two days previous
dec22eodtd LEONARD & CO., Auct'rs.
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THE DOMINION OF CANADA.

AMHERTsBURG, Dec. 24.-Fire broke out last
night in the South Ward of the Lunatic Asy
lum here. One woman was suffocated and two
others badly burned The building was saved
with great difficulty
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+ NORFOLK, Va, Dec a. ottont net, receipts for
the week 1923 baes exports, to Great Britain 1165
bales and coastwse 1882 bales; stock in store and
on shpboard not cleared 200 bales sales 652 bales
market quiet; low Middlings 23tc.
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HELMBOLD'S
Extract Buchu

Hundreds suffer on in silence, and hundreds Of
others apply vainly to druggists and doctors who Ell
ther merely tantalize them with the hope of cure
or apply remedies which make them worse. 1 would
not assert anything that would do injustice to the at
hicted, but am obliged to say that although it may
be produced from excessive exhaustion of the mowers
oflife, by laborious employment unwholesone air
and food profuse menstruation, the use OF tea and
Coffee and frequent childbirth it is far otener caus-
ed by direct irritation, applied the mucous mem
brane of the vagina itself.
When reviewing the causes of these distressing
complaints, it is most painful to contemplate the at
attendant evils consequent upon them. 1t is but sim
pie justice to the subject to enumerate lew of the
many additional causes which so largely affect the
ute, health, and happiness OF woman in all classes OF
society, and which, consequently, affect more or less
directly, the welfare OF the entire human family The
mania that exists for precocous education and mar
risge, causes the years that nature designated for
corporal development to be wasted and perverted
In the restraints tdress the early confinement of
school, and especially in the unhealthy excitement
of the ball room Thus, with the body half clothed,
and the mind unduy excited by pleasure perverting
In midnight revel the hours designed by nature for
sleep and rest the work of destruction is half accom-
plished.
In consequence OF this early strain upon her sys-
tenn, unnecessary effort is required by the delicate
votary to retain her situation In school at later day
thus aggravating the evil. When one excitement ia
over another in prospective keeps the mind morbid
ly sensitive to impression, while the now constant
restraint of fashionable Dress absolutely forbiddng
the exercise indispensable the attainment and re-
tenton of organic health and strength the exposure
to night air. the sudden change OF temperatures the
complete prostration produced BY excessive dancing.
must OF necessity, produce their legitimate effect At
least an early marriage caps the climax of misery,
and the unfortunate one, hitherto so utterly regard
lees OF the plain dictates and remonstranees of her
| delicate nature, becomes an unwilling subject of
medical treatment. This is but truthful picture Of
the experience of thousands of our young women
Long before the ability to exercise the functions
the generatve organs, they require an education OF
their peculiar nervous system, com posed of what is
called the tissue, which is, in common with the fe
male breast and lips, evidently under the control OF
mental emotions and associations at an early period
OF life; and shall subsequently see these emo
tons, when excessive lead, long before puberty to
habits which sap the very life OF their victims ere
nature has self-completed their development.
For Female Weakness and Debility, Whites or Leu
c0rrhea, Too Profuse Menstruaton, Exhaustion. Toe
Long Continued Periods, Tor Prolapsus and Bearing
Down. or Prolapsus Uteri, we offer the NEST perfec
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CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, IN GREAT vARI-
" ETY..
FALMOUTH BAZAAR.
dc23d3t lis Middle st.

Is speedy and certain
!: 4
NSG1N remedy for Coughs, Colds,
ASN g H0drSeneSS, Sore Throat,
yS(yXSS Bronchitis Catarrh, m
S4SN4NlSlEySS3 auenza, Whooping Cough
A. Asthma, and the various
NSN S5ENNn1 affections Of the Lungs
x1Sl and Chest.
az The attention Of
those afflicted with colds, coughs and with any dis
ease of the lungs, Is directed to this valuable RENEE
dy. The season OF the year has already come when
on account of the sudden changes in the weather,
colds and coughs are easily taken, and If neglected
may lead TO disease OF the lungs. What is needed
under such circumstances is reliable remedy
speedy in afording relief and eectual in arresting
further progress of the disease.
To arrest the existing irritation OF the air pass
sages and the lungs, speedily and efectuaily, the
seat and cause of cough is an important step gained
towards relief and In the first stages OF the dis
ease. MAsrA's PULMOHIC BALsAM possesses this
important power and while 1t promptly and etfectu-
ally arrests all existing irritation and rapidly relieves
cough, it renders the lungs further relief by promot
ing free discharge of the accumulated mucus In the
air passages, imparting healthy action and yigor
to the chest at the same time.
nVThose suffering with cough and the first stages
of lung disease wilr therefore find In this valuable
preparation speedy and decided relief Even those
whose condition is beyond recovery, win de-
rive from its great benefit well as comfort.
For the class OF diseases it is designed to relieve the
general commentator it has received has proved its
great efficacy beyond question. For the past ten
years thousands have been speedily and efectually
cured by its timely while suffering from severe
colds, protracted coughs and from other forms OF
lung disease! 1t is prepared from vegetable balsams
and the medicinal properties of roots AMI herbs,
safe In the materials used, it can be taken at any
time.
uB-Sold by all Druggists and Dealers in Medi-
cines drought the United States.
W. W. WHIPPLE- & CO., Portland,
Dec 22-d&w6m General Agents for Maine,
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TORONTO, Dec; A.-The application for leave
to appeal the Whalen case was laid over Tor
argument before the full appeal court on the
31st. The prisoner has been further respited
until the first of February.
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dressing CASES-GENTLEMEN AND La
DDIES-Furnished complete Some new patterns
just received at the Falmouth Bazaar,
dc23d3t --.-- 114 Middle ST.
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K. M PATTEN d CO., Auctioueefs
OFFICE EXCHANGE STREET.
Fur Goods for New years Presents

Fur Goods for N ew Y ears Presents.
nN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, Dec S0th
" and 3ist, at 10 A. NJ. and 81 p. NJ, stock of
Fu Goods of all styles and qualities, sach as Mufs
Capes Victorines and Cuffs of Ermine, Sable, Fitch
Squirrel, Martin and other Furs for childrens wear
Also Gents Caps Collars aud Gauntleis
A stock of Fancy Goods Vases. Toilets, Albums
Chromos, Watches, ,Jewelry OF all kinds, with q
great variety OF other articles. Sale positive.
Horses, Carriages, &c, at, Auction
LIVERY SATURDAY, at IL O'Clock A, NJ. ON ne
~ market lot Market street, shall sell HoTs
Carriages, Harnesses, Sc.
Apl29. f. o. BAILEY, Auctjopear
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Eereign Markets.

LONDON, Dec. 2i-Forenoon.- s24 for
money.
American securities-United States 5-20's 74s: H.
linois Central shares 95I; Erie shares 264.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. INSTRUMENTATION Quiet
sales to-day $4,000 bales tomorrow being Christ
mas the week Cotton circular is issued to-day; sales
OF the week 900 bales, of which 1000 were for ex-
port and II 900 for speculation stock in port 1856
bales OF which SO 900 are American
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FEMALES, owing to the peculiar and important
relations which they sustain their peculiar organza
ton, and the offices they perform, are subject to
many suherings. Freedom from these contribute in
no small degree to their happiness and welfare. for
none can be happy who Ill. Not only 50, but no
one OF these various female complaints cln long be
suffered to run on without involving the general
neaith OF the individual and are long producing per-
m anent sickness and premature decline. Nor Ia II
pleasant to consult physician for the relief of these
various delicate affections, and only upon the most
urgent necessity will true woman so far sacrifice
her greatest charm as to do this The sex will then
tnahk us for placing in their hands simple specifies
which will be found ecacious in relieving and chr
ing almost every OF those troublesome complaints
peculiar to the sex.
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ENTERTAINMENTS.

Theatre, - Dees'tatg Hall.
Thursday Evening, December. "a,
Engagement for limited number ofnights OF
EDMUND COLES.
Together with the entire Company from the
lneatre Royal Montreal Sin addition TO which an en-
vorite ~ VIC AVG" AoiA 'a-
Miss Carrie Jameson,
s been secured expressly tor the Role OF
HELEN ROLLESToN.
he season s VIII be naugurated by the production
VI st .; o Ssha, interesting play of the pres
ent TIME, C.aries heades and Bourcicault's prest
FOUL PLA~
Dramatised by EDMUND CoLps an5 n,,,,,
under his immediate direction. No ssorv 81 P T
sent era has been generally read and eomP pr
ed on and praised. Brilliant cast OF charassers
Previous to which Edmund Coles will appear In
his private speciality Of benjamin Bowless,
tne INDUSTRIOUS stranger, supported by the Comedy
strength OF the Montreal Company.
Scale OF prices-Parquette so cents Reserved seats
20 cents Caller 35 cents. Box Office open Wednes-
day, Dec. 23d, from 80 A. NJ. to 3P. M Doors open
at 7overture IA before curtain rising Immediate
~ aiter' dc21-d1w
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How to Get Patents.

For opinion, no charge Send sketch and descrip-
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Specifications, Drawings, caveats; assignments pre-
pared; rejected claims prosecuted Also, interfer-
ences, extension of patents, and appeals. Patents
taken out in all European countries. illustrated
pamphlets, ITO pages, sent free. Address MUM &
CO., No 81 Park Row, N. Y. oc21isd3m
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w. w. WHIPPLE' & CO., Portland,
Dec 22-d&w6m General Agents for Maine,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-14
CHANGE OF FIRM.

r RESPECTFULLY ANNOuNSE ~ rnn 4
SHASEY nv Tailor shop and Goods, and hope
the patronage bestowed on me may eon,inIe ana
Increase with him. CHAS. bhODnoN;
Gold Hill, June i2th, 1853. Jsie in
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-06-22
s Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch
The Chesterfield Rioters Arrested
10 The Wheat. .,.ss-,,sF,rss-1
CLOYERaHILL PRS, June I9, 1855

CLovERaHILL PRS, June 10, 1868.
- The blacks in our community were some
what surprised this morning by the arrival
Of Captain LeYeant, Of the Twenty-frst
United States regulars, with company Of
twenty-five men who proceeded to arrest the
,ring-leaders in the late disturbance OF Wor-
shaim's store. He succeeded in apprehend
ing the following negroes, who were the
most noisy and insolent on the occasion re-
ferred to-yiz., Lemon johnson, Ned May,
Jerry Pollard, Jerry Monroe, Albert Hob
son, Henry Kellys Nelson iCrump, and Sur
~ Pride. Several others were taken from
the adjoining farms. In the event Of their
not giving security for their good behavior,
they will put up for the summer. months at
the &c Chesterfield Hotel, where Mr. Du-
vail, the county caterer, will serve them
with the delicacies Of the season. After
their departure from the pits there, was
g weeping and Wailing and crashing Of
teeth amongst the, negroes generally. 1t
is to be hoped that they may be dealt with
severely; and punished to the utmost extent
of the law for if q tample be not soon
made there will bee repetition of such dis
turbances as occurred OF Worsham's.
We were visited yesterday afternoon by
severe storm Of rain, thinly mixed with
hail. This and the many preceding rains
have thrown the farmers back. Very few
have succeeded in giving the corn crop the
first working, and now the harvest field
claims their Immediate attention. The APP
prehensions in regard to the wheat crop
have died out ; the rust, so far, has only
been in the blade, and there is no proba-
bility that it can affect the stork before it is
harvested. RACCooN.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-06-22
BY wellington Goddin.
! Auctioneer and Real Estate Agent.

4rys 80 - .r.sr4a 4G ~
,TSOAiMIsSIo NERS' SALE OF THAT
CVALUABLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS
'sSHAD'S H0TFLn ON THE SOUTH SIDE
OF.BR0ADBETWEEES SIXTH ANDSEyENTH
STREETS,-By virtue Of q decree, OF the Circuit
Court of Richmond pronounced on the 18TH OF
June, 1855 In the case of tsSchad's administrator
against Sclad, &C.,, we SHALL as special commits
sioners thereby appointcd proceed to eel at pub
lie auction on the premises, on THURSDAY the
,esth Of June, 1885, ut clock p. NJ, II fair. ifnot
the first fair day thereafter, that valuable real
estate slocated as above Known sas SO SCHADS
HOTEL" and which is 80 well and fayorably
known that further description is deemed unnces-
sary further than to remark that the lol front
of twenty feet and extends back to Pink alley
which 1t has the same front as on Br0ad street.
and that the building thereon Is. three stories
high, and covers nearly the whole lot. ,,
TERMS {; One-fonrth cash; balance in six equal
instalments at O. T. lS u 80 and 20 months, for me-
gotiable nstes- interest added and title retained
Fatil all of the purchase mony Is fully paid aud
conveyance ordered by the court. The taxes and
insurance. for 1883 to be paid the purchaser. 81
~ 1ys7s.fass5f-.i. HENRY A.sWISE. q ,
THOMAS p. AUGUST, -
- e lSEGla sfNF % st'E B&Ef Commissioners