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DY GREEN WILLIAMS, Auctioneers,
ID No. 1901, northwest corner 10th and d Sta.


TRUSTEES SALE OF IMPROVED PROP
FIFTY; No; $50 9TH STREET SOUTHEAST,
- By virtue of deed Of trust dated October Sd,
d ISL, and duly recorded in liber No. Cos,
hafolio 7s, of the land records for Washington
county, in the District of Columbia, and BY direc-
ton Of the party secured thereby, will sell at pub
lie auction, in front Of the promises, on THURS
DAY, Sept rs, 1873, at 80 O'Clock p. m, all those
certain pieces or parcels OF ground known and dis
tinguisbed as Lots numbered ten (l0D and twelve,
in the subdivision of original lot numbered two
a. in SQUARE numbered nine hundred and forty We
t9i5p fronting on Ninth street southeast, between
south street and Sosth Carolina avenue, improved
by one-stery Frame House and Frame Stable.
Terms $500, with interest at 10 per cent. per an
mum from Oct, Der 3, 1874 aud penses of sale in
cash; balance in six and twelve months, for which
the notes of the purchaser, bearing interest at ten
per cent from this day Of sale, and secured BY deed
Of trust on the property, will be taken. Fifty dol
lars down at time of sale. All conveyancing at the
expense of the purchaser.
In case the terms of sale are not complied with in
ten days after sale, the Trustee the right
resell at the risk and cost Of the defauting pur
chaser, after five day advertisement in news
paper published in the city Of W ashington. ID. O.
RRAINARD ii. WARNER, Trustee.
sepll-eo&ds GREEN WILLIAMS, Aucts.
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Try WIN. L. WALL Il CO, Auetioneers,
- New Marble Building,
Nos 600 and qOQ pa avanna eor..r NJ oxA $780,

Try WIN. L. WALL CO, Anetioneers,
- New Marble Building,
Nos. 900 and 9O2 Pa. avenue, corner of 9th street
BY CATALOGUE, Ell eGANT WALNUT CHAM
Der SUITS, WALNUT WARDROBE, BOOK
CASES, WRITISG DESKS, DRESSING GASES,
BUREAUS, BEDsTEADs; ETEGEREs, HAT
L0R SUITS, WALNUT AND OAK ENrEN-
SION TABLEsa CHAIRS, MARBLE TOP ia
BLEe. CARPETS, OILCLOTBS, MATTINGS,
LOT sEOoND-HkND SCHOOL DESKS, &c,
a On MONDAY MORNING, September Is,
W commencing at 10 O'Clock, we will sell, 10y
~ catalogue, on the first and third floors OF our
y tsalesrooms,a large assortment Of furniture
We name in part, viz:
o Walnut Chamber Suites.
Walnut Chamber Suites, with dressing cases,
lfnel
Walnut Wardrobes.
Walnut Trimmed Wardrobes
go Marble-top Tables.
Book Gases and Writing Desks.
Parlor Suites in hair-c and reps.
Extension Tables, Chairs, Bedsteads.
Bureaus, Whatnots, Sideboards.
Carpets, Oilcloths and Mating.
10 Second hand School Desks, &c.
We call special attention to the above sale, as the
sale is peremptory, to close advances, charges &c.
sepll W.. L. WALL CO., Aucts
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STEAMER LINES.

WASHINGTON, NORFOLK, BOSTON AND
w PROVIDENCE.
The fine Iron Steamer LADY OF THE LAKE
having resumed her regular trips to -~
sesfSlk, will leave her wharf, foot EssaaAC
Thu RsDAY, at .. m, touching at principal River
Landings, connecting at Norfolk with Steamship Of
the M and M. line for Boston and Providence
Freight should be addressed % OF Lady Of the
Lake, via Norfolk Branch ticket ONCE at Knox 3
Mr.. FITZHUGH, Agent, 9th street wharf.
DORSEY CLAGETT, General Agent,
mN Plants Store, corner 18th st. and Pa ave,
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Star Once Building.
VALUABLE BUILDING LOTS
NEAR THE NAVY YARD AT AUCTION.
m On TUESDAY AFTERNOON, Sept. 18th
iot NS IN suua se trohs d fhs
3inches on street south, between l2th and 18th
streets east and running back 40 feet to 80 feet
property viii be divided into two building lots. 'n0
Terms liberal, and will be made known at time Of
sepll-4t LATIMER CLEARY. Aucts.
RY WIN. L. WALL & co, Auctioneers,
- Original Horse and Carriage Bazaar,
Louisiana avenue, between 9th and 10th streets.
TRUSTEES SALE.
By virtue Of adeed Of trust, dated 4th day Of Au-
gust, lS3 recorded n iber ia, folio ia, of the
wherein yno LpphaTd aOd Edr 1 anna G 1
his wife, have made default shall, at the request
q the PSry secured sell At the bazaar Of
THGRsDHY 18Th day aye Of f sspsemSsa iss at III
O'Clock at public sretj9n one fine Tor Wagon. Built
to order. LEWIS MCDADE, Trustee.
seplJst w. Z. WALL CO., Aucts.
RY DgNOANsON, BOWLING CO., Auot'rs,
u Southeast corner 9th and streets northwest.
sALEoy VALUABLE REAL ESTATE IN THE
G G,TH Ho OF NWAsSH TISGT3N: p; "a ERoNTINS
a WIN Be sold At public auction, on TUESDAY,
eSte day q ss Iae1 be b a. ISIS a,
eastern portion Of Lot No s. SQUARE No U.s., City Of
Washington, the same fronting % feet incheI on
the lot.
Terms Of sale: One half cash; balance in six and
fsrred psyments secured By deed Of ust on the
premises sold 500 to be paid at time Of SALE All
cOnveyancRs At cost e ownor
sep9 DUNOANSON, BOWLING & CO., Aucts.
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THE BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN
ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS,
BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LIVRRPOOL,
CALLING AT CORK HARBOR.
FROM NEW YORK.
.Gabs ssS, ssmaris Dt y y
.scOtia Wedse p. "a Abyssnia. sss-...Sept. y
.I.S1. !,
Steamers marked thus do not carry steerage pas
And every following WEDNESDAY and sATUR-
r. RsrEs OF PAssAeE.-Oabin, $50, 500, and ESQ
S S, & EYE, SIS; ssld, sadi!ieHsi S
ssssssae fifo% liverpool and Queenstown,
mi al as a1.Gpi afs Ts1fs
Antwerp, and other points the Continent and for
sage, apply At the Company's ONCE, No. Bowling
Green; for steerase passage, at No. Ill Broadway,
rt oHHsi n 9. dFRANKLYs, Agent, New York.
OTIS BIGELoW, Agent, Once: 643 D street
NEW ExPBEss LINE VIA CANAL,
fHI1s ssE5E IESsa h4nAS Wash.
EEsa si %ab saisA "a I24
From g Ms.s5 street, eso.get.wn, D. O., TUES
This line oepneci. At Phil sdsiphia with "olyde.
Iron Line" Of steamers for Providence. Boston and
Eusihuu 6tdtcs. NO MnhrIaRe IN bO5tOn Dy
WIZ. p CLYDE { CO.. Phllsdei ph Is. - OIL "
y: REID: Alexandra, Va.
WALDO A. PEARCE, 81 Congress street, Boston
- Freights delivered by Knoxs Express. Or
ders left at General once, sos Pennsylvania ave.
nue.; or at the steamer wharf will be promptly at
tended to. ap7
nURING REPAIRS TO THE CHESAPEAKE
~ and Delaware Canal we will run
an OUTSIDE LINE, making week Ess9A1E
Leaving Philadelphia every SATURDAY at IL m.
GF HYDE,
aue26 2m Agent for D. Of O.
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DY GREEN WILLIAMS, Auctioneers,
ID No. 1901, northwest corner 10th and d sts.
BASEMENT BRICK HOUSE ON THE EAST
SIDE OF 10TH STREET, BETWEEN P AND

- BY virtue of q deed Of trust TO Joshua Whit
a ney and my self, dated October /, 1870, and duly
- recorded in Liber No. 68 folio l6s, one Of the
land records OF W arlington county, d. o., and O.
the request Of the party secured, VIII sell at pub
lie auction, TO tfe highest bidder, st O'Clock m,
the premises, in Wellington city, D. O. Lot eighty.
eight 1881 In Joseph Kelley recorded subdivision
of the vest half Of square three hundred and sixty
five, together with tie improvements thereon, con
sisiing OF two story and basement Brick House.
Terms Of sale: One-third cash, and the balance In
g. u and Is months, with per cent interest, pays
BILE semi-anneaiy, secured BY deed Of trua aud
down on the day Of sale. All conveyanciag aad
cording at the expense q the purchassr, II the
terms OF sale are not complied with in days, the
Trustee reserves the right to resell the property at
the risk and cost Of the defaultfng purchaser amer
i've days advertisement in the Evening scar.
BRAINARD h. WARHER,
Surviving Trustee.
eepll eo&ds GREIN q WILLIAMS, Aucts.
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d Real Estate Broker and Auctioneer,
No. 729 It'll street, between and H.
TRg vs. sALE 0F NEAT TMo-sToRY
BETWEEN TWELFTH AND THiRTEESrH
sTREETs NORTHWEST, IN ONE OF THE
MOST DESIRABLE LOCATIONS IN WASH
- By virtue Of deed Of trust to me, dated June
lSh 1871, and duly recorded In liber 646, folio
- 482, one Of the land records of Washington
county, ID. o., and at the written request of the
party secured, will sell, at public auctsu to the
highest bidder, in front Of the premises, on MON
DAY, September 1. 1873, at O'Clock p. m, the fol-
lowing described real estate In Washington city, the
In square two hundred and eighty one, according to
the original survey Of said city, fronting seventeen
and seven-eighths feet on street north, and run
ming back the same width one hundred and twenty
feet to an alley thirty feet wide, together with the
improvements thereon.
Terms Of sale: One-third cash, and the balance in
six, twelve, and eighteen months, bearing ten per
cent. interest, to be secured by deed Of and
insurance upon the property. One hundred dollars
down on day Of sale. All Iconveyancing at the ex
pense of the purchaser. In case the terms OF sale
serves the right to resell the property az the risk
and of the defaulting purchaser after five days
advertisement in the Evening Star.
CHARLES A. JAMES, Trustee.
augl5 eod6ds J. T. C0LDWELL, Salesman.
R-THE ABOVE SALE is POSTPONED UNTIL
MONDAY, September 18th, 1873, same heur and
place. CHARLES A. JAMES, Trustee.
sepl-eo6ds J. t. COLDWELL, Salesman.
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EoR SALE AT AUCTION.

On THURSDAY, the sth inst. :, at > o'cloek D. m,
We will sell at public auction, in front Of the prem
ses, that very valuable improved Property, No
20ly street northwest. The house is So feet 'front.'
stories and attic, with 3story back building con-
tanning Is rooms, and cellar under whole house
Terms Of sale: One third cash; balance in one and
two years, bearing psr cent. interest. $3.50 down
at time of sale. KELLEY 4 GATCHEL.
sepl3 &C IRepl Corner llth and sfreets
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STATES AND CANADA,
Emn analysis and notes on the prominent Spas OF
Walton, N. D., for sale at
SHILLlNGT0NY BOOKSTORE.
Corner " street and Pennsylvania avenue
Purple and Linen, novel, BY =. Fawcett
innocent, . tale Of Modern Life by Mrs OHM
Foods, bZ Edward smith, N b.
Tgey Met BY Chance, by Olive Logan.
CritiQues and Addresses, BY r II HUXLEY
Narrstive Of the Mission to Russia In iS6e OF
The Arguments at Genevs before the Tribunal
Arbitration under the Treaty OF Washington.
WiddlneldS New Cook Book, or Practical Reoeipts
Book Of Scrolls and Ornaments for Sign, Carriage,
Ropss Of Sand. BY the author Of Woven Of MANY
r,r Threads; -. .,,,o =, Ga x
Popular Science Monthly for August, and all the
back numbers on hand. ~
opes, at the very lowest prices, wholesale and 70
tall. w
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TWEEN 7 AND STREETS NORTH.
- BY virtue of decree Of the supreme Court of
cause in which William Mclean, is complain
Ant, and Elisha Fslcor ct al, are defendsnts-
No. 276, EQ Dec Ill will offer for sale, at public
auction, in front Of the premises on FRIDAY, goth
day OF September, A. u. lSS,at O'Clock p. m,
part OF Lot No. q, in Square No. Dos described as
follows: Beginning at point 18th street 10 feet
from the northeast corner Of said lot and running
thence south IL feet thence west l33 feet inches
thence north II feet thence east l3S feet inches to
the point Of beginning. The improvements consist
Of q two-story brick dwelling with back building
known as No. ,92 18th street northwest, containing
7rooms, with gas; water in the yard.
Terms: One-third OF the purchase money cash;
balance in equal instalments at and IL months
with interest at per cent per annum, be secured
by the retention Of the title until paid Convey
at purchasers cost. 9l00 down at time OF sale.
EUGENE CURUsI, Trustee.
sep4-eo&ds LATIMER CLEARY, Aucts
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DY GREEN WILLIAMS, Auctioneers.
- Ho.1001 Northwest 10th and d streets

ID Ho.lOOI Northwest 10th and d stresh
TRUsTELy SALE OF yALUABLK IMPROVED
OF q ABB 10Th srhEH Hrsh At Auo nI5slh
rsscrdsd e iiSsI eos. folio q q the land reg rec
rection Of the holder Of the notes secured thereby
Sd T DAY. sell susli sSGsGs Soss
piece or parcel Of grSSnd in washngton city, d. o.,
nal lots 70 II Inclusive, in square Si
Terms Of sale: 900, with ten per cent. interest
sale in cash; balance in and Il mouths, secured
by notes bearing interest and deed Of trust tine
al @ Il the seT@.
Of sale are not complied with in enc week, the
the risk and cost q the dsfsultns parehsserP ef'
PP:RR BB41RRSsfE'rLLK Trustees.
augl2-d GREEN WILLIAMS, Aucts.
1.-THE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED until
t1seT X ts seRsmss. = same hour and place.
sugss-d WIG GREEN q WILLIAMS, Auc...
FaIDAY, September iath, same hour our and Place
sepI-d GREEN WILLIAMS, Aucts.
nxTHE ABOVE SALE Is FURTHER POST;
place By order Of the Trans;ee. NC muir anu
sepl2 GREEN & WILLIAMS, Aucts.
Try GREEN & WILLIAMS, Auetioneers,
AssIGNEE's SALE OF THREE TwO-STORY
BRICK DWELLING HOUSES. ON O0LUM-
B1A STREET, BETWEEN 9TH AND IOTH
AND p AND . STREETS NORTHWEST, at
~ On WEDNESDAY, the nth day Of septem.
Uss ber. 1873, commencing at 5 O'Clock D m, shall
on the premises, Lots No, LES, Isl and ISL, in
David l.. Morrison and others subdivision Of part of
square No. S65, each lot being Of good trout I'd
depth, to an alley. The property will be offered
separately; ard being well improved b. two-story
Brick Dwelling, having gas and water, making it
Terms Of ale 81 mo cash on eanb piaca n, n,o,.
erty, of which lC1 must be paid at the SALE the de-
ferrtd payments to be made in 6, II aud Is IN nth
monthly payments, at the discretion Of purcha-
sers with per cent interest, and secured by deed
of trHst on the premises. Convey ancing at purcha
ser's cost. If the terms Of sale are not complied
with in days the assignee reserves the right 10
resell the property at the risk aud cost Of the de-
faulting purchaser purchasers.
SAMUEL CEAS, Asignes,
sepll-d GREEN WILLIAMS, Aucts
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by LATIMER OLEARY,
u Auctioneers and Real Estate Brokers,
Southwest corner Pennsylvania avenue and llth 1t
Star Once Building.
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WILLIAM L NcUyfH, County OonstabIs, Dsbts
COLLECTED. Rr6Ebt Rseurns. Collection Of claims
q az 49, s1sl4 so1e'at ,xes VIII ~ III
snd sersses nosthvsse lnsHJ mD-E
WIHl LATIsf WOlD11 o. Ae iSth eenfuTy d
lo1l I6nnas ave,s neog W. -
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RY LATIMER 4 CLEARf,
ID Auctioneers and Real Estate Brokers,
Southwest corner Pennsylvania avenue and llth n
Star Once Building.
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by B. Il. WARNER,
No. 529 7th street, between G and II.

RY b. Fl. WARNER,
ID Real Estate Broker and Auctioneer
No. 729 7th street, between and II.
TRUSTEES SALE OF A TwO-sTORY AND
BACK BUILDING FRAME DWELLING on
THE WEST SIDE OF 2lsT STREET NORTH
NEST, BETWEEN AND STREETS, AT
- BY virtue of deed of trust to Daniel L. Ea.
5 ton and myself dated March 2Sth, 1871, and duly
recorded in Liber No. 6SS, folio 354, one of the
land records for Washington, ID. c., will sell at
public auction, in front Of the premises, on FIJI
DAY, 10th day OF September, 1873, at 80 O'Clock
p all those pieces or parcels OF land situated in
the City OF Washington, ID. c., known and designa-
ted on the ground plat plan Of the City of Wash
iDgton, and recorded in the Surveyors office thereof
thirty five 1881, in Loomis' subdivision of original
Lots No. two ~, one a. three 49,. twenty One (2),
and twenty two (22 la square sixty (69), said
Lots containing twenty five hundred and ninety six
t2,5gD square feet together with the improvements
Terms: -Four hundred dollars, with interest at 10
per cent per annum from September 18th, 1871, aud
expenses Of sale in cash. balance In six i'd twelve
months, for which the notes of thu purchaser,
bearing interest at ten per cent from theday of
and secure by deed Of trust on the property will
All conveys ncing at the pense of the purchaser
In case the terms of sale not complied with in
ten days after sale, the Trustee the right TO
resell at the risk and cost the defauting purchaser
after five days advertisement In )me newspaper
published in the City of Washington, d. q.
GEORGE W. STICKNEY,
Surviving Trustee.
sepll eo&ds j. 7. COLDWELL, Salesman.
UDY LATIMER OI,EARY
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BOOKS, STATIONERY. IA.

~ and all the NEW BOOKS aud N AG AIN rs,
sS sio y. aud Tor sale BY A. II: sr0CKMAN SON,
street, corner Of L. Subscri ptions receiye ed
ana books, &C., delivered soon as received.
g, Also, variety of Pictures and Picture Frames,
olelIonery, &C, &C. sep9-tr
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On the petition Of NANCY POINDEXTER
BRASHEAR, OF Pattersonv lille, Louisiana, TX ecu
trix Of Robert b. Brashear, deceased, praying for
the extension Of patent granted to her as Execu-
trix Of the said Robert B. Brashear. on the 9Th day
Of December, 1859, and reissued on the 27d day of
October 1867 for an i'm provement in mode of apply.
ing eulphurous Acid Gas in the DELEGATION Of
Saccharine Liquids:
on the a. day Of November next. that the time 10
flina arguments and the Examinerb report be limi.
ted 70 the Ilh day OF next, and that said
petition be heard on the 18th day Of November next
Any person may oppose this extension.
seps-sM n. b. LE0GETT, Commissioner.
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FROM THE LAVA BEDS.
The Situation There
Particulars Of the Smelling Ont Of the
MOdOcs.

The following from the lava beds, received
by Captain W. G. Hendley, of this city. is O,
interest Al this time:
LAVA BED, OREGON, April 20, 1873.
DEAR HENDLEY:-I have just come in from
Jacks stronghold where / have been i'm the
light for the lastthree days. Went as a volun-
teer and was attached to Major Thomas bat
terry OF four Cohorn mOrtars, and it was the
mortars which drove the Indians out Five
thousand infantry could not have done il In 81 =
months, without the loss of one-half the COM
mand. words cannot describe the character O
these beds Newspaper reporters NAV try to do
1t, but they cannot convey an idea. Since the
tight have been through part of the bed, and
that was enough for me. 1t is impossible 20 tell
what damage we have done TO the Indians As
they concealed or burned their dead, and the
former Is very easy, as all they have 20
do is to merely throw the bodies into a crevice
and then fill it up with rocks. We have, how
ever. found eleven dead bodies. The beds are
a aa a. ., caves, and many are undoubtedly hid
CUT; but the majority have got out, and no tell
ing where they will turn up. Our cavalry have
gone out in pursuit. We have six dead here.
twenty wounded, and about the latter number
on crutches from sprained ankles, from falli, =.
over the rocks. To give YOU some fair. ,dao ~
r',v sharp rocks; one-half of our men went in
with new shoes and came out mostly barefoot,
handing company G, 18th infantry, wounded
in thigh, and Lieutenant Wright, commanding
company +, ankle badly sprained. l had
several close balls, but save being foot-sore, am
tolerably well. We kept up fire of shell both
day and night for two days, and 1t was some
stand those circles of fire all night No telling
when the matter will end. We brought OFF oar
dead; only two of them had been mutilated
and they were cut most to pieces.
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New York Notes.


NEW YORK, May 5.-The board Of aldermen
ored public schools, and colored children will
hereafter 60 to the white schools.
THE MEMBERS OF THE DARIEN EXPEDITION
were on the steamer Rising Star, which arrived
yesterday, they having surveyed a practicable
route for a canal, which will be only p miles
long, via the Atrato Dognado and wIpai rivers,
at an estimated expense of S70,Oo0,0 600 The
route involves tunnel OF three miles.
Fatal sTABBING.
During drunken fracas Yesterday Edward
King was fatally stabbed by James Sedwith
Both are BroOklynites.
THE AMERICAN LABOR REFORM LEAGUE
commenced its session Yesterday and i'm dis
yond the necessaries OF life the accumulation of
property Is wrong. resolution was also read
declaring that no adequate solution of the labor
problem Is possible without redistribution of
the existing wealth.
LIEUT.. YRRGA, OF THE 18TH INFANTRY,
cruits, and Sergeant John Sheridan and several
other volunteers from Governors Island, who
begged TO be taken along.
PACIFIC NAIL NOTE NOT PAID.
The World states that the note of the Sewing
Machine Company for 500, 900, Endorsed by
Stockwell of the Pacific Mail Company was not
paid Saturday.
THE RING SUIT FoR 100000.
In the suit of the people of the state OF New
York against James III. Ingersoll, Judge Har-
den, presiding, i'm the special term, decided the
demurrer interposed by the defendant, that the
people had no right of action unless the county
OF New York was made a party, either as plain
general term, and Justice Ingraham to-day de-
liyered decision sustaining the demurrer.
This is the famous ring suit for SO 900 900 in
which Tweed, Connolly & Co., are involved.
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TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR
This Afterno0n's Dispatches.
TIED PRESS REPORTS.
The GREAT DISASTER IN ILLINOIS,
Ninety to One Hundred Lives Lost.


DIXON, Ill, May 4, niidnight-No other
p poaies Oh victims OF the bridge disaster have
peen recovered at this point up TO the present
hour, but several bodies have heen nh "a ~,
AT Sterllng, SIX miles below here and doubflels
Tue swift current has borne others still f,1rthe-
oss Of 'he ss Stream "A. osn' Stated in nret,ons
disr~tvn, 81 bodies were recovered before dark.
Five bodies fiOated past the men at work az the
wreck, and have not been found. 1t is supposed
that at least
PITY BODIES ARE STILL N TIRE WATER.
Most OF them, il Is supposed, are still under the
wreck OF the bridge. The bridge, which was OF
elevated about . feet above the river which is
nom Is TO % feet deep. Only the two end spans
fel. The three middle spans are standing, but
III such condition that il lie thought they will
fall when the wrecked spans are removed.
Workmen are busy tonight putting up a der
rick, in order to clear the wreck, and making
arrangements TO secure the bodies beneath in
Ii is now stated that there were
THREE HUNDRED PERSONS on THE BRIDGE
at the time of the accident, and that a greater
number escaped than was at first supposed.
were gathered at either end, though a large
number were near the center, and some of the
latter remained where they were after the crash
ami were taken OF in boats. Several persons
jumped from their precarious resting place,
anu were drawn ashore. Two horses, attached
to a buggy, were on the middle span when the
crash came, and remain there still, as there is
no way of getting them off. There were a num-
Der Of
REMARKABLE ESCAPES OF CHILDREN,
of whom there were not less than fifty ON the
bridge. One little fellow, aged l3, was caught
by both feet in the iron rigging of one of the
spans, and had leg broken; but he managed
by sheer strength TO pull one OF his boots OF,
and then coolly took out his knife and ripped
the other boot from his crippled leg aud swan
ashore. Two little girls, sisters, standing side
by side, went down together. The elder caught
the other by the dress with one hand, and with
the other hand seized part of the wreck, and
maintained their heads above the icy water un-
til rescued,
ONE or THE KILLED.
CHICAGO. Nav 5.-AmOng the killed yester-
day at Dixon, H., was Miss Bessie Payne, the
daughter of Mrs. VI. l.. Payne, editor of the
Chicago Ladies Magazine.
THE SEINE TO-DAY.
DIXON, ILL.,, May 5-No additional names of
the killed are yet known. During the night the
workmen got derricks in position TO raise the
bridge, and until that tedious work is accom-
plished hardly anything further can be done.
There are crowds of people on the banks of the
river this morning viewing the scene OF the
disaster, the majority of whom are looking for
missing friends. The telegraph wires are KEEP;
constantly in use with messages from all parts
of the United States. Every house in this city
Is in mourning. Mrs. p. NJ. Alexander and Mrs.
Nann died this morning from the effects of their
injuries.