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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-02
BY +. A. Kerby, AuctiOneer.

A VALUABLE FARM, IN FAIRFAX
"a COUNTY, VIRGINIA, FOR SALE
By virtue of n deed of trust executed by Aaron
Brunn and Pauna, his wife, dated February |,
1869, and of record in the Clerks offices OF the
County Court of The counties of Fairfax and
Alexandria, Eirginia and of orders in the bank
rupt proceedings of Aney Cole u Go. vs.. Aaron
Bruin, the undersigned, Ms trustee in said deed
of trust, will expose to sale, at public auction,
on SATURDAY, the lst day OF November,
1873, at II o'clock ~, in front of the Market
House. in the city of Alexandria, Va, TWO
CERTAIN TRACTS OF LAND, conveyed by
said deed of trust, both situated in said county OF
Fairfax, adjoining the lands of Joseph Holden
and others, and lying on Bulls Run-one of said
tracts containing about two hundred and twenty
five acres, and the other containing about eighty
nine acres-the two parcels forming u tract OF
land of about three hundred and fifteen acres.
The said land is Of excellent natural soil, in
good state OF Improvement. and has upon it
new, commodious and comfortable ID w Ell 81
LING HOUSE, and all necessary out H:I
houses, and within three miles OF Manassas sLa-
ton.
Terms of Sale: Five hundred dollars to be
paid in cash, and the residue in equal install
inents ut six, twelve, eighteen and twenty-four
months from the day Of sale, with interest there
on at the rate of six per cent per annum from
said PERIOD said instruments TO be secured by
the bonds Of the purchaser, with good personal
security, and the title to be retained until the
purchase money is fully paid, and the properly
liable to be resod upon q failure 20 comply with
the terms Of SALE
DRURY WOOD, Trustee
Fairfax county, oct l-2awts
E-j- The above sale Is postponed until NO
VEMBGR u, at the same hour and place.
Fairfax county, nov l-2awts
Gsss" The above sale has been postponed to
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 10 nov S-24wtS
y UCk LA n d WOODEN MILLS
- Prince William county, Va,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-02

~ Prince William county, Va,
WITH FIFTY ACRES OF LAND;
Tract OF $50 acres IN tauguer,
A tract OF o2U acres in Culpeper:
To be resold at puo Ollie auction.
By virtue of a decree OF Fauquier Circuit Court
pronounced on the - day of September 1873. in
the chanccry cause therein pending, styled
Campbell VS.. Hunton aud ais" the under
signed VIII expose TO resale, at public auction,
to the highest bidder, on
MONDAY, DECEMBER sth, 1873,
Chat being the first day OF Fauquer Circuit
Court at the front door of the Court House. IN
the town Of Wnrrenton, county of Fauquie:,
and State Of Vlrg lnia, the following real estate
IN the bill and proceedings IN said Cause men,
toned, to wit:
|. That valuable MILL and MILL PROP
ERTi attached thereto, containing about fl ty
acres, known us the
BUChLAND WOODEN MILLS,
in the county OF Prince William. These Mills
are upon Broad Run, and distant only few
miles from GAINESVILLE, station on the Manas-
sas Division OF the Washington City, Virginia
Midland and Great Southern Railroad The
buildings consist Of FACTORY BUILDINGS
and FIVE TEN EMENT HOUSES The Fac
tory is ready for work, and has in it the very
best and most improved machinery, the Water
power as good MS can be found in the State, and
i'll every respect desirable property
z A TRACT OF Ian u in Fauquier, near
Buckland, called THE REILLY FARM con-
tanning about two hundred md fifty acres
3. a TRACT OF LAND near Jcilersonton,
IN Culpcper county, containing about three hun
dred and twenty acres.
Terms OF Sale: Ten per centum Of the pur-
chase money in cash; the residue in ore two
three and iour years from the day of sale; the
purchaser 10 execute bonds, with approved per-
sonal security, bearing interest from the day Of
sale for the deferred instruments. The title to
be retained until the last payment is made, and
the property aforesaid subject to resale at tho
risk OF the purchaser should he TAIL TO comply
with the terms Of sale.
n. B.-As decided by said decree, the Mill
property will be started at the upset bid of
SlU,UUO therefor. EPPA HUNTON,
HUGH Il. GARDEN,
r. TAYLOR SCOTT,
Pr. VIM. CO., sep 29-eots CONS. of Sale
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-02

u. S. DISTRICT COURT A session ofthe u.
8. District Court was held this morning by
Judge Underwood, when some proceedings in
bankruptcy matters were had. The case of
e. w. F. Smith, Of Fauquier county, bankrupt
"a motion to dissolve an injunction against
the commissioners of the Circuit Court OF Eau
quier was continued till Saturday. Several
lawyers from Fauquier were 10 attendance.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-02

NOFFEES-l6 sacks old Government Java
~ and Rio Cvfees just received BY
dec2 j. G. MlLBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-02

CANAL BoARD.-A meeting of the Board of
Directors, of the Alexandria Canal was held in
the chamber of the Board of Aldermen at noon
to-day, Capt. w. j. Boothe, President of the
Company, in the chair, aud P. G. Uhler, esq.,,
secretary. After Az informal expression Of
opinion 10 reference to the affairs Of The Com
pany, and its future prospects, aud the election
of Capt. ID. L. Smoot as counsel Of the Com
pany vice l.. B. Taylor, deceased, the Board
adjourned subject to the call OF the President.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-02

DRIME YARMOUTH BLOATERS and
L SCOTCH HERRING received today by
dec2 j. y. MlLBU RN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-02

CUGAR-CURED HAMS, Shoulders and
y Breakfast Pieces for sale low by
dec j. G. MILBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-02

TOMATO CATSUP, by the gallon, or in any
Il quantity, for sale at l47 King street.
deco VIM. F. BROOkES.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-02

>On LBS MEDIUM CODFISH-All in
COO want of the same will do well to call
al l47 King street o,,r,
dec w. r. BROOhEo.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-02
CLOAKS
LATEST STYLES.

Another assortment received this q. M, by
dec2 D. +. WILMER &C.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-06-27
BATHS! BATHS.
At
Jacob MI111cr'9
Hair Dressing
4. T------S-~-----
~ a = 1'S Rlthinr S,loon

Carson street, next door 10 the County Buildings
CARSON CITY. NEVADA.
Private entrance fOr La lies throaEh the alley
i'll ir ryar of Willis Drug 81, r..
Thanking the Ladies and Gentlemen of Carson
and ,."luiiy for their liberal patronage hereto
fore bes, wed upon mt. now respectfully i'll
vite a continuance If the same. as no pains or
expense Will b. spared To- make this he n,atcst
and most CONT ort ble establishment in thu State
of Nevada. Give call.
1T IAC0E MILLER.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-26
LOCAL OPTION.

The question of local option, which
has just been voted upon by the people
of Pennsylvania, bids fair to come be-
fore them in a different form. The vote
was cast under new law passed by the
Legislature, allowing each ward and
township to decide whether it would
have license or prohibition during the
next three years, and the preponderance
was largely in favor of license. On the
same day an amendment was adopted in
the Constitutional Convention prohibit
ing the sale of intoxicating liquors, or
mixtures thereof containing the same,
for use rs beverages" and directing the
Legislature, within one year of the
adoption of the constitution, to enact
penalties for the adequate enforcement
of this provision. The section will be
submitted to a separate vote of the peo-
pie of the whole State. 1t will be free
from the doubt of constitutionality
which was raised against local option,
and, it is thought, will receive a fuller
vote than previous measures of the
kind.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-26

Railroad companies claim to have
peopled States, built up cities and
towns, advanced the price of lands, de-
veloped agriculture, manufactures and
commerce, given employment to vast
armies of laborers, mechanics and
clerks, rendered inter-communication
easy and rapid, and, in thousand ways,
to have ministered to the prosperity and
comfort of the whole people. They have
done all this. And it was exactly what
was expected of them. 1t was for these
things that they have been given the
right of way for their tracks for these
things that they have been allowed to do
the carrying business of the country; for
these things that they have been given
land grants and appropriations it is
for these things that every fair man is
willing that they shall make just and
reasonable profit on their immense capi-
tai invested, and their skill sand talent
for doing business. And this "squares
the account" and settles the bill. The
people do not propose to throw into the
account the right to abuse and extort !;
to oppress and rob; to "corner" gold
and upset the whole financial equilib-
rum of the country. Not in the least.
-Prairie Farmer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-26
VARIETIES.

A BowL'D undertaking-Making ten
strike.
STATES evidence-A wretch who is
pardoned for being baser than his COM
radcs.
BARGA1N-A ludicrous transaction, in
which each party thinks he cheated the
other.
LAwyER-A learned gentleman who
rescues your estate from your enemy and
keeps it himself.
Why are books your best friends p
Because you can shut them up without
offending them.
SOME people cannot see the difference
between sounding the gospel trumpet
and blowing their own horn.
The first ingredient in conversation is
truth the next, good sense !; the third,
good humor and the fourth, wit.
A PHYSICIAN advised patient to take
walk on an empty stomach. "Whose
stomach ?" feebly asked the invalid.
"Ir's forty years, John, since we were
young together" Hush not so loud.
There's a young woman in the next
room"
The grave-An ugly hole in the
ground which lovers and poesf wish they
were in. but take uncommon means to
keep out of.
THE defense of gentleman who had
deprived his neighbor of his turkey and
roasted it was that he found it on his
fence, and seized it in payment of rent
of the fence.
The gentleman so often spoken OF i'll
novels, who riveted people with his gaze,
has obtained employment in boiler
manufactory, with extra pay, on account
of his peculiar faculty.
A NERVOUS gentleman residing in
thoroughfare for vehicles says he will
give $50 for mocking-bird that can
initiate the creaking of a cart-wheel. he
wants to wiring the creatures head off,
81 COULD kill you for two cents, said
an enraged individual to neighbor.
"Great heavens can it be possible ??
cried the neighbor. Z" knew you were
avaricious, but 1 could not think that
you would stain your hands with blood,
and YOUR soul with the awful crime OF
murder, for such a paltry sum. 1t is
terrible" The enraged individualstared
quite hard at him for minute and then
withdrew perfectly disgusted.
A STORY told lately is of wealthy
New York German and Hartford livery
stable keeper, who was 10th to let his
best rig to stranger. The German was
bound to have his ride, and agreed to
buy the horse and sleigh, and when he
returned the stable-keeper might refund
the money. This was done, and the
team returned and the money refunded,
when the German started to go. "Hold
on" said the man of horses, you have
not paid your horse-hire. Z" Why, my
dear SIR" said the New Yorker, coolly,
81 have been driving my own team this
morning."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-26

THE SOLDIERS' III OIMESI lead LA ".
There seems to be some misunder-
standing regarding the amendments
which passed Congress last session in
regard to the Soldiers Homestead law.
The amendments proposed were various
and important, but they al failed to
pass, except the following, which en-
bodies all the change that has been
made in the Homestead law "That
any person entitled, under the provi-
sions of the foregoing sections, to enter
a homestead, and who may have hereto
fore entered under the Homestead laws
quantity of land less than 100 acres,
shall be permitted to enter so much land
as, when added to the quantity previous
ly entered, shall not exceed 160 acres. !"
That is, that whereas the law of 1872
permits soldiers to enter homesteads on
what are called "double minimum
lands" or lands within the limits of
railway grants, and whereas many SOL
diers had entered 80 acres each, they
are now permitted to enter whole quar-
ter section, or 100 acres of such lands.
The amendment simply doubles the
quantity of lard that may be entered
under the law.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-26
A FORMIDABLE WEAPON.

A TENNESSEE man named James Pat
ten Taylor has invented new and for
midable mitrailleuse, which, as an en-
gine of destruction, promises to eclipse
the celebrated French weapon. Mr.
Taylor's contrivance has been undergo
ing series of experiments on Long
Island, previous to being exhibited at
Vienna. This novel instrument of war;
fare resembles in appearance a short
short brass cylinder containing twenty
four barrels, to which is attached 81 LOT
of apparently complicated mechanism,
consisting of circular plates of steel,
screws, springs, ratchets, and cylinder
pins, with lever anda crank, the whole
mounted on an ordinary gun-carriage.
The weight of the gun is 700 pyunds,
and with the carriage 1000 pounds.
The mechanism of the gun, when ex
planned, is simple enough. 1t is
about twenty-eight inches long from
breech to muzzle, and contains twenty
four barrels. A lever, which slides on
the breech-plate, sets in motion a re-
volving chamber-plate, cleaning appa-
ratus, etc, and executes three, and
sometimes four, distinct offices. 1t
elects the cartridges from discharged
chambers, forces the brushes at the
breech to clean them, brings forward
the cartridges from the feeder, and dis
charges volley of twenty-four shots
when small spring is touched. The
whole of this work is accomplished by
an upward and downward motion of the
lever. A small, steel crank, in form and
size like that which grinds out discord-
ant sounds from barrel organ, is used
to make fusilading fire. The swift
succession of shots depends upon the
rapidity with which this crank is turned.
When the twenty-four chambers ars ex
hausted, the further turning of the
crank is prevented by piece of mechan-
ism. In this way it discharges 200 shots
per minute, which are thrown over n
space in the form of an ellipse having
long diameter of twentyfour feet at the
distance of three hundred yards, and,
of course, increasing with the increase
in distance. The special advantage
which it possesses over the French gun,
aside from the larger area over which it
scatters its fire, is that it does not so
soon become heated. This is secured by
a chamber which surrounds the barrels,
and which is kept full of water.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-26
CURRENT ITEMS.

THEY now speak of Caldwell as the
weak-eyed, administered child of cor.
ruption from Kansas"
ESSEX COUNTY, Mass, has n farm
which has been in possession of the same
family for the past 237 years.
CHARLES SUMNER and Alexander H.
Stephens have already been nominated
for the Presidency and Vice Presidency
in 1876. .....
The authorities of Buffalo have de-
cided that pool-selling at races is mis-
demeanor, and must be punished rs
such.
The city and county debts of Ken
lucky, contracted to build railroads and
other improvements, approximate $780,
600, 900
IT is estimated that in 1872 800, ,O0O,-
900 were spent for bread, $3.50, 900, 600
for tobacco, and $500, 900, 900 for intoxi-
eating drinks.
The critic of the New York Tribune
inclines to the opinion that, as drivers
of the peaceful omnibus, Buffalo Bill
and Texas Jack might attain lofty
eminence.
THE Patent Office has recently issued
papers to a California lady, her inven-
ton consisting of medicated towel
designed for the use of consumptive
patients.
FIFTY years ago there were only few
hundred thousand tons of coal raised in
Germany, where now about 2O,OOO,OOO
tons are mined as cheaply as in England
before the price advanced.
The Treasury Department in 1899 in
stituted inquiries as to the cost of sup
porting genteel family in Washington,
and the estimate returned placed the
amount at $2,549. 70 for the years 1889,
1890 and 1871, rising to S4,163.6 &C in
1892 and 1893. Among the items in
cluded, showing the style of living on
which the estimate was based, were the
keeping of two horses and the wages of
four servants.
CHARLES Francis ADAMS account as
Arbitrator for the United States at the
Geneva Tribunal was closed Monday at
Washington, he receiving $22,500 in
gold for just one years service. He
was allowed the same pay per annum
that he received as Minister to England,
with an additional sum of $1,000 for
travelling expenses.
The Montgomery advertiser, speak
ing Of the cotton crop for the season,
says: "The money paid for it in it's
raw state will not fall far short of
$3.50, 100000 OF this sum about $685.
100000 will have gone to spectators
and first purchasers, leaving 1926, 100000
to the producers. Alabama's share of
this magnificent sum is nearly $35, ,OO0,-
000-estimating the crop at 100000
bales"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-26
A THRILLING EPISODE IN THE LIFE
OF BUFFALO BILL.


Buffalo Bill was at Hartford, Conn.
the other day, and while visiting Colt s
armory, the large number of spectators
who had assembled to see the famous
scout desired him to favor them with
an exhibition of his skill rs marksmah
Bill gave the chew of tobacco in his
mouth to small boy to keep warm, n
small piece of white paper was put upon
barn door fifty rods distant, B. Will
liam seized a fine new rifle, spit on his
hands, and in the manner so often de-
scribed by Ned Buntline raised the rifle
until his nose rested on the stock, fired,
and n picket was knocked off from Il
fence ten feet to the left of the barn.
"This rifle barrel is crooked, said Bill;
SO saying, he hit it over a stone to
straighten it, then shot again, this time
barking the skin of an old pie woman on
his right flank. A third trial and he hit
the barn fair in the center, and the
shout that arose from the assemblage
attested the Joy of the spectators at his
success. Bill is just as good an actor
as he is marksman, which is very re-
markable in these days of corruption
and bribery. -Danbury News.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-26

The country through which the North
ern Pacific Railroad runs has, in COM
mon with the rest of the world, suffered
from an unusual stress of cold weather
during the season just past, but notwith-
standing this there is no doubt that had
the road been completed from. Lake Su-
perior to Puget Sound it would have
been kept in regular operation during
the entire winter. People generally have
a notion that the temperature of the
Northwestis extraordinarilyrig dur
ing the winter months, but, last season
at least, the weather in most of the
Eastern States was quite as cold as in
the Northwest. In January, at Duluth,
the average range of the mercury was
twelve degrees above zero; at Fargo it
was six degrees, and at Bozeman, near
the highest elevation of the Northern
Pacific route, it was thirty-fve degrees
above zero. About Puget Sound grass
was green throughout the winter, and
several varieties of flowers were in
bloom in January and February.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-26

In the April number of the Galary,
Mr.. Morley, chief surveyor of some
railroads in Colorado and New Mexico,
has an interesting article on the habits,
ETC., of rattlenakes and other venomous
reptiles, in which he corrects several
popular delusions in regard to them,
and confirms some of the articles of
popular faith. He denies the current
belief of the rattlesnake's ability to
launch itself through the air to the dis
tance of two or three times its length in
making the deadly spring. Mr. Morley
says it throws itself forward about
three-fourths of its length, supporting
it's weight entirely upon the remaining
fourth. In order to strike it must lie in
a close coil, with its head and neck
erect. It's venom is not, as has been
universally asserted, inserted into the
wound through a hollow fang; the
fangs are hollow for n part of their
length, but the tip is never pierced. The
poison-sac, the position of which may
be roughly indicated by comparing it to
a gum-boil, is in such relation with the
base of the fang that, when the animal
strikes, pressure is exerted upon the
sac, which causes a drop of venom to
run down outside the tooth into the
puncture. Thus it happens that rattle
snakes bites are sometimes harmless
when the creature attempts to strike
through cloth, the poison being absorbed
by the material. AS for the rattle, it is
of little value, for the striking is almost
simultaneous with the sound, and is
done with electric quickness-sometimes
is done twice, contrary to the opinion
that venomous snakes do not bite twice
in immediate succession. But if the
warning is of little vulue, the bite, on
the other hand, is reported by Mr..
Morley to be less venomous than
he had supposed. The best cure for the
disease, according to Mr.. NJ, is whisky.
The peculiar offensive odor of these
snakes is vouched for by the author,
who says that if one is irritated and
made to bite the rake or hoe with which
it is intended to kill him, the implement
will retain the same unpleasant odor fol
months. The part of the United States
where rattlesnakes are most numerous is
the strip of land, sixty or seventy miles
wide, between the Rio Grande and the
Neuces, which swarms with them. Moe
casons, centipedes, tarantulas, and scor'
pions are other inhabitants of this re.
gion.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-26

The postal car difficulty between the
Postmaster General and the railroads,
that had threatened to withdraw these
cars from the roads, has been satisfac-
torily arranged for the present The
railroad companies had every desire to
make an issue with the Government :;
but the decided stand taken by the press
of the country, and the certainty that
their interests would have probably
been seriously jeopardized by the action
of Congress at its next session, led
them, doubtless, to reconsider their
course. The settlement - temporary
though it may be-is fortunate but it
is, we take it, more so for the railroad
monopolists themselves than for the
people.