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lS73PENNsYGGsktkssia RourE1S73

OhEaI DOI Ihhth
with elegant Scenery, Palace State room Day and
n Ight Car-, with modern imprOy sments.
Two hundred miles saved 10 Western and Central
New York.
The II Is a. m. daily, except Sunday, northwest;
lO.U5 M. daily and Il except Sunday west
MAKE CONNECTIONS
through from WASHINGTON to ROCHESTER,
and P1TTsBUR RIG without change.
Tickets ~ this route can be procured at the Offices
corner Of 18Th street and Pennsy lvania avenue aud
corner Of 9th street and Pennsylvania avenue
National Hotel, where reliable information will be
given at all times.
Passengers procuring tie kets at this ONCE can Sc
cure sccomn Odafions In Palace Cars for Pittsburg
ed. ;. YOUNG, General Passenger Agent,
marl6-D Baltimore, Md.
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RT LATIMER & CLEARY
- Auctioneers and Real Estate Brokers'
Southwest corner Pepnsy wanna avenue and Itch st
Star Office Buildings.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE PROPERTY
IN STREET, BETWEEN Ara AND ara SITS

NORTHWEST. ~
80 Under and by virtue Of q decree of the Su-
prome Court of the District Of Columbia, rem
-dered in Chancery cause No. $50, the under
signed will on TUESDA Y. the 9th day of July, A.
ID. 1873, at % O'Clock in the afternoon, in front ~
the premises proceed TO sell the following described
property, being the east half of the half Of bot
No. 4. in Square No SIG, commencing at a point on
the north lire OF street north, hundred and i
teen east fron the southwest corner Of said
s4uarei thence north one hundred and forty two
(42) feet seven (7) inches to an alley; thence east
along and with the south line Of said aIey fifteen
(l5l feet; thence south hundred aud orty- two
ti2) feet seven ~ inches to the north line OF said
street thence along and with said north line of said
street to the beginning
Terms One third each, and balance in six (6) and
twelve months, with interest from day of sale;
deferred payments to be secured by decd of trust
upon the property. Oonveyancing at purchasers
cost. deposit of 100 win be required at time of
sale. Unless the terms OF sale complied with in
FIVE 90 days from the day Of SALE tho Trustee re-
serves the right TO resell the property at the risk
and cost of the defaulting purchaser.
JOHN N. DIV Err Trustee,
j23- eo6ds LAT1MER CLEARLY, Aucts
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DY LATIMER 4 CLEARY,
ID Auctioneers and Real Estate Brokers,
Southwest corner Penbsy ania ave. and llth street
Star Office Buildings.
CHANOERY SALE OF VALUABLE
PROPERTY ON sTH STREET EAST, BE
TWEEN SOUTH AND G. STREETS

CHAHOERY SALEOF VALUABLE IMPROVED
PRQPERTG ON sTE STREET EAST, BE-
a. BY virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of
E the District Of Col umb passed in Equity cause
mo; 3GN, wherein George v. Keen ct al. are
defer dants, will sell, on MONDAY. the list day
o. July, A. D. 1875 st 61s O'Clock p. m, in front Of
=, in Frederick Mays recorded subdivision Of
sgnare nine hundred and three tso3) and the I'M
bic dwelling house and store room.
Terms of sale, as prescribed by the decree: One
third OF purchase money cash; and the residue in
three equal payments in six, nine and twelve
months, the deferred payments to bear interest at
the rate Of per cent. per annum, until paid, from
day OF sale, and to be lien on the property Sold
Sl OF the cash pay ment to be made at time Of SALE
or within "a hours after said sale and residue of cash
payment to be made within ten days from day Of
sale, otherwise the property will be resold at the
cost and risk Of defaultng purchaser purchasers
No deed given until all purchase money shall have
bee1 paid. All convey ancing at cost of purchaser,
WILLIAM j. MILLER, Trustee.
jyS-dSds LATIMER CLEARY, Aucts
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RY GREEN WILLIAMS, Auctioneers,
- No. 1901, northwest corner 10th and ID sts

DYE. II. WARNER,
ID Real Estate Broker and Auctioneer
No. 529 7th street, between q and ii SIS
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4 and l:S, 81, 4:0, SD, 8: 70, $40 ana SO I'M
FOB ANNAPOLIS.
AtoS g. n and p M but not on Sunday
$780, fOk NORFOLK,
At lie Q. m, but not On Sunday
r. No., SUNDAY TRAINS.
from Bsltfmore-The 40 stopping q Relay and
L I, only; the SD and 40 p m, sto ping
- onlS; the Sd D. m, without stops; the a.
u ~ h=a, and $50 .. stopping at ali stations
G I'm "ssnlnston--The and q. m, 8. 7:8 and
- ~ trains stopping at all stations the los and
ne p m =, Relay only; and the $50 D. m without
ss.oPs. On sunday the lilo D. m will stop at ali
ststIens south Of Annapolis Junction.
fOK POINT OF BOOKS AND INTERMEDIATE
.,, POINTS.
AZ 30 q; m snd $50 and SIS p. Returning,
= ave Iolnt OF Rocks st els and 7:O5 a. and 2 Is
p a. arriving at Washington at s:1 and $50
Through tickets 30 the West can be had At the
arlington Station Ticket Once at all hours OF the
DAY, also, NJ the Company Office, Asa PsnnsyITa-
Ma syenue: Passengers purchasing tickets at the
avenue ONCE, can there arrange to have their
baggage called for and checked ct their residence,
tSSen 70 the depot, and put into the baggage car.
FOR New York, Philadelphia, and Boston, see ad
verttSement Of" Through 1ine.n
THOS. r. SHARP, Master or TRANSPORTATION
l.. N. C0LE, General Ticket Agent.
GEO. 8. KOONTZ,
Jez General Age Z, Washin1ton.
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AUCTION SALES.
fH1IFIERNd0N.

RY B q. WARNER,
Ne. 5s9 I'M street between and q sss.
TRusTlEr ssLK or A DESIRABLE TWO.
sET ,REs BrTwEEN AND @ sTRKirs
- BY virtue Of deed ftrus. to p.,s., L, Eaton,
dated y ptsg s =. lsl. and duly recorded "a
supreme Court Of the District q COLUMBIA, Equity
frussse IN place Of Daniel T. Estaa. a.csessa
the hshss SiddsI. On rHTRspAr' JIM, 3d. d.
IN q :aTsrs .nS ssEssss
point hundred and eight feet three inches .osr
North Carolina avenue; thence north forty feet TO 40
alley; thence east hundred and nineteen feet 10
s az ~ .s e: IND
line Of lots fteen and sixteen one hundred and niua
teen feet to the place Of beginning together with
Terms; One fourth cash; balance in six, twelv.
end eighteen months, with 10 per cent Interest,
secured b. deed q trast on the property. Stamps
down When The pfope1y i ruef oR In sa:.
terms not complied with within seven days after
ss rs'0d " the risk and
iell-eO2d, 'oh 5. q q. V WakSE Eu'i aso..
~THE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED uti
TUESDAY, july sth, lNs. same hour and place.
JEo. q; COOK. Trustee.
pTHE ABOVE SALE rs POSTPONED, IN
Icnsegnence Of the rain, until TUESDAY, July
'' JNo. H. COON, Trustee.
i,9dSds B. H. WARMER, Auot.
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kfar RuslA
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PR0PERTY FOR SALE ON THE WEST SIDE
OF SEVENTH STREET, BETWEEN AND
STkE Its - BARGAIN IN BUSINESS
- will offer for sale on TIL TUESDAY AFTER.
I'll NOON, July 18th, 1873, at O'Clock, two three
each. Also vacant Lot, 30 feet vide by 95 feet
dee to an alley Each Iiese will be Sold separately
Terms One-fourth cash, and the balance in | and
2years, with per cent. interest, secured by deed
q trust on the property. 100 down day of sale
ConNeyancng at the cost 81 purchaser.
jill dads ]. T. C0LDWELL, Salesman.
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LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
Spain.

Spain, at3 ~ :. r.
MADRID, February 1S.-The Official Ga.
zette will on Thursday next contain proeia.
nation offering amnesty to the Carllsts now
in Instruction in the northern provinces il
they will within two weeks lay down their
arms and submit to the authority OF the
Government. If the insurgents refuse they
will he energetically pursued, and decisive
measures will beudopted by the Government
for the suppression of the insurrectionsts.
The question of sending representatives to
the South American Republics is now under
consideration by the Government.
The Spanish journals express surprise
that Don Carlos is suffered by the French
authorities to remain so near the Spanish
frontier. :.....'.
The debate on Porto IRico reforms con-
tiuues to-day in the Assembly.
Orensz has declined the ambassadorshiT
at Paris. a.-. g
LONDON, February 1S.-The Brazilian
agents here have taken steps to suspend emf
grafton to Brazil until the investigation now
being made into the alleged suflerings OF
emigrants is concluded.
An explosion occurred to-day in coal
mine at Talko Hill, in StatfnrdsElre, while
the men were at work. Between thlrtya and
forty miners are reported to be killed. The
tire which broke out after the explosion was
with difficulty extinguished tonight. No
bodies have yet been recovered.
Prussia.
BERLIN. February 1S.-The st. Peters
burgh correspondent of the North German
Gazette states that the eXpeditionary force
TO kbiya will not exceed 7 900 nfen.
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4 a sslGNEE's SALE OF YAIIfARJr
H1TH tSaPgEkAffEEe Eo n pssIseaMoSpya
I,istrt Court fqr The Eapsern District OF yirsir;s
aaesic on n ts ssT as Ct ps5
I the soa sass ysy yalaaol,
Twenty and Main streets with Iot fronting IT,, y
buildings are commodios almost entireIy NOW n ne
well arraIiged for an extensive business, anu
alsSi ae complete stock Of MACHINERY and
fnents, COMPOSED In part as follows: ~.
! s s,Il Sl,s =, WEE, ENGINE, 49,
F. 10 HYDRxtLrc SHAPE pegssrs. ~
s5f y HYDRAULIC rot PRESSES, Is
( sssstaa BOX SCREWS taxtures completely,
HfDRArLfC PUMP. -"
l $50 8 HALF-PoUXD KILLS, sE.
+ E.s;.s6 oNE-poUND MILLS, ,fs,a 49,,
a. 3 LoNG-TEN MILLS,
ss'S P.P.MILLs. 2 F--f ~ -
h ~ FoUR'S MILLS, <iss 40 :..a.a..
\ ty..t 2ELEYES-INCR MILLS,
SHORT TEN 3ffLr., &c. &c;
{ tE'f- SCALES, iLUMP-B@xEs. 'st
sfs.5 w0RX-TABLES, KETTLES,
TUBS, BENCHES, t.
s'zct sMokIaG-roBACco PRESSES AND err.
GG >s,5s1 TIERS, GktS ~ ~ - -
sIiAFTrsG, BKLTEsG, ~ ..fs
PuLLIEs, &C.. &c;
csnprising In fact, everything necessary In com.
OFFICE FURNITURE:
= ~ I saFE, + ~ @'.t f
! .g.g.I ! DESK, IL .1 s..-g.
LETrER-PREss STANDS,
= - .f.'Ea CHAIRS,
& / ~. GAS-FiXTUIsRS. &c. .s".rs
TERMS: For the real estate, one-fOurth cash. ia,
lance at eight, sixteen, and twenty -four month.,
The purchaser to give notes with approved sccrri,v
for tn" deferred payments title to be retained unt
the said notes are paid. "'
TERMS: For the personal property. ope.,hrd
cash: balance Mt three and six months. with ar
proved security. q. ,.rs
WILLIAM H..ALLDERDICE. Assignee.
The order of sale permits the assignee 20 change
the terms Of SALE II he shall deem !, proper TO DO No.
on the day Of sale. Il -.
. Possession can he had In ten days,after sale.
: 70 la .3fnYytds ~ E..L--..E 49, =.
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NOW York Hens.

New YORK, February 1S.-ArchbiShor
McClosky has appointed Rev. Father Pres
ton, Of st. AIMS, yicar-gcnerai, in place OF
the late Father Storr.
Several creditors of Bowles Brothers state
that the claims in>this country against the
firm amount to over three hundred thousand
dollars. The japanese claim is said to be as
much as sixty thousand. 1t is claimed that
Nathan Appleton, whose property at New
port, X. l., has been attached in the interest
of the japanese. is liable MS partner, and
beyond what can be realized from bis estate
little is expected by the creditors.
In addition TO the vessel the American
Congress, which has already been reported
as probably lost, 1t is stated that two other
ships, the Lincoln and Sterling Castle, both
British, have probably met with the same
fate The Sterling Castle sailed from New
York on December 10th for London, and
had crew Of twcnty-six men and the
Lincoln sailed OH December 18th, and had
crew of twenty-three men.
Simmons, the alleged murderer Of Duryca,
was removed to-day from Bellevue Hospital
to the Tomhs. He will be arraigned to-mor-
row.
Mrs. Smith, an occupant of tenement
house No. III Jackson street, Brooklyn, left
her two children locked up in her room to-
day. While she was absent the house caught
fire, and the children were burned to death.
MIS-. Sarah Taylor was fatally injured by
jumping from one Of the windows.
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By Grubbs & Williams,
Auctlone.rs and Real Fs.aie Agents
Eleventh street between Main ard DAMN

GALE OF THE X Z ii NJ . u ANp
SiYoRK RIVER RAiLRQAD--By virtue p .,
decree OF the chancerv Court OF the CT! "a Wy
moud In The causes OF the Richmona and ID
River Railrcad Company "a. y. pfoasI !r11h mi
Robert ii. hiaury, trustees, and j. frDs:si .,,i
Robert II. Maury. trustees. t5 ! ne M a.. I.t,,
York River R,iiroad Company, eutcrea an "" Wv ,i,
day of neccmber 1877, we, The undersigned 9, ..
survivor OF us, shall sell by pub,le ae, ipi'' sn
auction-rooms OF Messrs. GrrihSs & NiiiiSm', ,t,.
EIsycpth street. Richmond Va. on fhi''hri ,b,
"a dsy or May, 1873. 1T the hour OF !. G:; ~,
property of every Kind. READ. ,ifr.orsi u!a :. N,
81 the RICHMOND AND foRh LIZ ,.n., h r.,iis,
ROAD COMPANY Including ia r"as"',, i,,,
cross-ties. depots, siaings, ears, eis;bho' Il
and Ill other property mlt.isocStI, 'se,,t"g from
the frt.rchiaes OF said company, ana piS ,u-
such sale nothing whatsoever bclnpSisE 10 e or 10
pany except It's choses In action anu aep'S guy -
become due TO II. 4 5,t.as' 90, rows
riIE ysRAs oEs SALE WILL; ~. ~ "a ,sn. and ,ac
rssiise ri tl,c pt,rea,ase money shall b. g.
follows s.s 500 on the Isl or January ~, , Iby
tcrest u, tie rate OF per cent per aMiu' m .,.
Iay Of sale. ayatesciai-ahn.iaiS e. sic II
LIST day OF January, Ss. %s,; .r Of SIDE yai
sar,f. ,n,laY aud tbs reinantrrn t shsn
Iuoaey on, the isi day Of January. 1917, WIZ
nj The rate CT per ceEt. per 2n,f.tia is,n ;Ia,t
la The RI titica.Icn ar geiecsiunpf the con- ..,
ssssin not To be delivered nntil tl,s saie @ ,, be
ratiiied by the court the deferred pa! e: " .u,h
secured ty deed q trass on tss !;Y ise sort.
Caitasis Win iske note,. thar tes tGs ~. ~ .,a.
and conveyance viii be- On ey:irgpssE sse ssi. hSdy
lasy and make the prreEssor or pafssead'st'
eo sposfas.her 10 Msss EVE ..a ,t;s.
siaGRY, .riei.d, p,: stsss;afsRH TS,Rn,
' tssss ssioipE9f i; MAu !,s,s:.
,ass,s& surviving As'''
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BY James N. Taylor u Son.
Real Estate Agents and Auctionccrs,
Office Eleventh and Bank streets.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE
L. BARK-aIILL, LOCATED At ROCKETS
NEAR THE TER NJ IN US or THE GHE Esq
TION-By virtue of decd of trust to the under
signed, bearing date Deceiaer Ii, 1872, we Will, in
execution thereof. sell Mt public auction, on the
premises at Rockets. on WEDNESDAY: 10Th day
BILE MACHINERY for making bark extract, tam
ming, &C., consisting in part as follows: 80
! | WOODWARD STEAM-PUMP CISCO gallons per
4 miuute). with all connections;
! pair ll-inch GUILD Il GARRISON VACUUM
PUMPS, with connections;
l No. WOODWARD PUMP, aa.
GUILD s. GARRISON WATER-PUMp,
: Pinch WATER-CYLINDER, q.
3!-inch STEAM-CYLINDER, ----..
Il VAcuUM-PAN,8 by IL. with connections, conf
CoSDESsER FOR vAcUuM-PAN, 1o-foot pipe
so feet l4-iuch CAST. IRON PIPE,
Is feet 6-inch fange CAsT-lRoN PIPE,
JouSsoX'S BLOWER, 3 feet diameter;
1000 feet 4-inch lanSe CAST-lRON ptPE'
1 100 feet g-inch tlange CAsT-IRoN PIPE,
1000 feet 2-inch STEAM-PIPE;
pair DOUBLE ENGINES, N-inch cylinder, 3-foo'
strokc-all complete;
60 feet lG-inch LEATHER Betting,
CAST-1RoN HopPEnS,
MILLS for grinding bark, .... ..
10 large LEACH-TUBS,
The above MACHINERY Is all nrst-c!ass and in
perfect order. ~. ..,-. -. ..s. ~.
we will assign 10 the purchaser OF the machinery.
&C.. III dcsircd our interest IN lease of the REAL
ESTATE. which expires April Il, 1875
TERMS: Liberal, and made Known ON the dry OF
sale j. Il. BLhCkWELi.,
CHARLES U. WILLIAMS, b.
JAMES NJ. TAYLOR & Son, Auctionecrs.
ia Observation-Disclosures.
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.;anar AZ .y,aternal Revenue gives an anapoT.
s sa,,. s;,nnieme,,tal decision 10 the following
iastor "a Colonel w. r. Burweli, of this city
Treasury Del,astnest Oulee 9J i, ,se, ~
Recenue, Washington, February IA, iots.--
cir. Your letter of the 18th instant Is re-
cciyed Tin which you state that there are some
n,ernbcrs of Congress who think that my
late letter In regard to the proper constrtle-
zion Of the retail leaf clause does not cover
all the points of difficulty which have arisen
snder il, and you ask my attention TO the ioi-
lowing case--yiz.: E5 3Ef .2~3E I
aShoutd farmer or planter have more
feaf tobacco than would make up a ho2s-
head, can he sell such remnant loose TO an
other farmer without subjccting hlmse.t 70
the penalties OF the act; and could tue QUIZ
farmer purchase it without becoming iiap'e
to pay q special tax therefor:
In reply, have to inform you Aat sue. .,d
a transaction, being merely inc'dentai hna
bv no means constituting business, "oulu
not be regarded by this Office as imposing
any liability on either party TO pay Spesla,
tnS "a leaf dealer, or any other lay. anu
would say further, that any farmer, planteT,
Or gardener raising small quantity OF Leaf
tobacco-less than a hogshead-may make
sale of the same, loose, in the same manner
without mourning my liability. -"
! Very respectfully,
81. n. DOUGLASS, Commissioner.
aW. y. Bur,EeH. ESQ, Washington, u. O..
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BY Wellington Goddlu,
Auctionecr and Real Estate Agent.
corner OF Eleventh aud Bank streets.

EXECUToR'S SALE OF VALUABLE.
IL PRIVAT4Ea0W ELLING At SoETllMES,
CORNER OF, MARSHALL AND SES En- ~
STREETS.-At the request Of olcssrs A. y. ana 4 4
A. Wexford, executors of the late Or. BcSer!S ~.
Wexford, shall sell 1T auction on the premises ,
THURSDAY the 18th day OF February 100 ~
o'clock =. NJ. Or fair; If not, TIE hr,t !aT ~
thereaftcr.) The large and elegant RESipcH' /" ~
the ,,ecetrut located as above. IL contains ah'"I
eleven rooms, built originally IN the hc't nAni'
and now in excellent order. Beside me C"c'ih-
there is m office. servants apaf neBts. stable ~
riape-ho,lse all built OF brick and Tile no!e ptrhE
surrounded on three sides by brick wu-, ana III l'it
by an iron railing. It's location SO fear me Hir'N'
Hill Market renders it peculiarly 'Eiia'Hr l't i
boartliug-bp,lse. hotel, or for c"inlncrcl,i Uult
The lot has front of IS feet and deph o. -" ''
to. Marketalley. .,.,.,.,.ou
IL will be soid rs whole. or aubdivideds 50 rs ,nf
with the dwelling the entire front on Marshal, 'Ttr
running back 90 feet, and three lots on s"sentn sI'
22 bye5 feet, according TO plat 10 Dc eAI'i''" ~
The hour of sale. -e,,,.,,,.,
The buildings AFRO insured IN the Mutual Assurance
Sociaty for 30 coo. ot,h,
TERMS: Oue-foErh cash; balance at four, si.H,'
and twelve months for negotiable no:es b'I1i'$ ~
per cent. Interest. Or one-fourth cash. halah''
one two, and three years, bearing teh per cent III
tcrest. llnlf-yearly, secured by . trust Hec''-
'AN''' 1880 ~ GUBpIS. Auc.icnt.y.
PS.-0wing 10 the absence OF ono oi ~. Nv The
tors and also 10 the iDclcmeDcy OF tie Mtauh -
above sale was postponed all TIflReDAi +'''N
fine aGth Instant ut the same hour. ,.
: 10 H-l7Iaeoa W. GODDIS. Aucu'lrI..-
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BY Grubbs & Williams,
Auctioueers and Real Estate Agents,
Eleventh street between Main and Bank.

rTRUsTEE'S SALE OF THE BRICK
Il DWELLING No. ,7I7 NORTH NINTH
STREE lFRRNCH GARDEN HlLL).-By yir-
tue of deed Of trust executed by George NJ. Peek
to the subscriber trustee bearing daie 9th OF ian
uary, 1865 and iuly recorded In Richmond Hastings
inow the Ghancery) Court Office, beiug thereto re.
eucsied SD to do by the holder OF the note secured
DAY. 18Th or February, 1919. 1t - O'Clock e., 81 ;.
The property conveyed by said deed, The same being
the DWELLING above referred TO, occupied by
Mr.. John l.. Peek. II Is well-GuiiI and comfort
able house with about eight rooms. besides kitchen
and usual oui-houses: with gas and water, and the
premises arc In good ortlcr. tx
/, TERMS. The deed Authorizes q sale for cash bull
the purchaser Will be allowed 70 pay one-thtrd cash
the balance nj SIX and twelve months for negotiable
notes with interest added. and secured b! deed Of
trust upon tire property Purchaser 10 pay taxes fo
1875. THOMAS u. EVANS, Ir,'stes..
tsRuBBs & WILLIAMS, Auctionecrs. fe ls-tds
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DANv1IIE, VA. February fs. There was
a very i serious cutting afrray here this eye-
ming. Christopher Craft ID eo!ored niercliarlt5
used insulting language TO the wife of Dr. 7.
William Jeffries: Ia colored physicianl The
doctor - spoke TO Craft abont it, and q
fist-6ght ensued: The doctor getting
the worst of this fight, retired, when
Graft armed himself with large knife, again
attacked Jefries, and stabbed him severely
several times in the side and abdomen. 1t Is
thought Jef'rics cannot recover, as he is be-
lieved to be cut In the lungs: Craft fled, but
the police, following in hot pursuit, over
hauled him about two miles from town, and
he Is now in Jail. Neither party, to this af-
fair would be serious loss to the commit
,,itv 4 gstszt .a = = ssS *
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MoRTuARY REroRT-Tho following is Tn
mortuary report for the week ending Satur
day, February 10Th. 1878, compiled from sex
tons returns received at The Office Of TIT
Board OF Health:
Whole number of deaths in the city. &c
In addition, 5stili4hurn were reported Il white
and colorrtl Sex: Males, "a females. ~
Color White males, IL; white females, 8;
Iolored males, Is; cOlored females, 10. Age
One day to thirty, 6; one month to six, l ;
six months to twelve, 4; one year to three,
&; three years to five, 2; five years to ten,
l ten years to twenty, 2; twenty years to
thirty, d thirty years to forty, 4; forty
years to fifty, 2; fifty years to sixty, 2; sixty
years to seventy, 4; seventy years to eighty,
o; eighty years to ninety, 1. Condition !:
Single, 30 married, 6; widowers, 2; widows,
4; unknown, Q. Nativity United States,
As; Germany, /. Locality: Marshall Ward,
o; Jefferson Ward,8; Madison Ward, 8;
Monroe Ward, 6; Clay Ward, 8; Jackson
Ward, B.; Almshouse, 5; smallpox hospital,
2. By whom certified: Regular pricti.
TONERS, Sc; irregular practitioners, coro-
ner,4; Board of Health, 5. Causes of death !:
Asthma, i; congestion of brain, L; con-
sumption, 8 e white and colored), convul-
sions, 8; Group, 2; debility, /; diphthcria,
1; drOpsy, !; gastritis, /; heart disease, l !;
imperfect development, l; intantile lockjaw,
Il; !aryngitis, l !; measles, S; meningitis, / |;
old age, 3; paralysis, /; pneumonia, 3; peri
tonitis, l.; scrofula, 8; smallpox, /; teeth.
ing, 1; unknown, 4; yarioloid, ].
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-02-19

The RISE IN THE RIvER.-ThgTiver was
about ten feet above ordinary level all day
yesterday. Operations at the pump-house
were entirely suspended, and the supply OF
water in the reservoir well-nigh exhausted
All the tobacco factories, stean,.nilfs, Sc.
not on the line of the canal or river, were
Idle yesterday for want Of water.
At an early hour yesterday morning the
steam tire-engipes of the Department were
ordered to the basin by Chief Ainsie tc
pump water through the flre-plugs into thu
street mains, to be used in Gaze of fire. The
engines pumped about one thousand gallont
per minuteaand 10y nightfall the pipes con
tanned a good supply.
At a Lite hour last evening the water il
the river appeared TO have stopped rising
and there were no further fears of serious
freshet. ..
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-02-19
Gefsrgia Affairs.

ATLANTA, February 1S.-The Legislature
has taken no action on the bond compro'
mise. 1t will adjourn tonight sine die.
Robert Z. Trippe has been confirmed
Judge of the Supreme Court. ....
Pullman palace cars will commence run
ming to-day from Lynchburg to New Orleans
without change by the KenneSaw route, utd
Mobile, Montgomery, and Atlanta, anc
hence by the Western and Atlantic 10ilroat
to Dalton, Lynchburg, and Washington