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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-13
AssIGNEEs' SALE

~ AssIGNEEs SALE ~
VALUABLE LAND IN DrNwIDD1E
COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
As assignee of the estate Of Thomas Rogers
bankrupt I will offer for sale at Dlnwiddis
Courthouse, at public auction, on MONDAY,
MARCH 10, 1874, at O'Clock p m. In front OF
the courthouse, the following described prop
erty: in
Tract No. l. 400 ACRES OF LAND lying IN
Dinwiddie county six miles from Wilson'S
C Depot, with DWELLING AND OUT
No. g. Containing az ACRES OF LAND. No
improvements.
No. 8. Containing a29 Ia ACRES OF LAM
No improvements.
A plat will be exhibited on the day OF SAFE
These lands adjoin the property Of @. J. Cap''
ness, Peterson Allgood and others.
To be sold clear of all liens and encumbranceS
except the contingent right of dover OF the
bankrupt's wife.
TERMS.-One-third cash balance on ereoi'
of six and twelve months. the purchaser 70 give
notes with six per cent interest added for .ne
deferred payments, title TO be retained ny '"'
assignee until said notes are paid.
WIN. II. ALLDERDICE,
February "a, 1874. gag Assignee.
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A sSIGNEE's SALE G.
N OF -
VALUABLE LAND IN ACCoMAc COUNTY
E'RITIrE VIRGINIA. .

AS assignee of the estate of r. R. Staut, bank.
rupt, will offer for sale at Nashville, Accomae
county. Virginia, at public auction. on MON
DAY, MARCH 2aD, 1874, at 10 o'clock a. m;
Tract No. l-Containing TWENTY-FIVE
ACRES on Messonge creek, Accomac coun-
ty, known as the "Corbin Tract"
Tract No. 2.--Containing FIFTY ACRES
arabic, and TWENTY ACRES marsh land
situated on Pokomoke river. Accomac couh'
ty, and known as "Shad Landing"
Tract No. Slot containing ONE ACRE, with
small DWELLING.
To be sold clear of all liens and encumbrances
except the contingent right of dover of the
bankrupts wife. a
TERMS OF SALE:-One-third cash on day
of sale, ana the balance on credit Of three and
six months. tfsfv 7ft5 III
JOSEPH JORGENSEN.
~ Assignee of r. r. Staut, bankrupt
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COMMERCIAL.
RICHMOND PRICE CURRENT,
CORN AND FLOUR EXCHANGE.
s-s-zaa--.-.- RICHMOND, March 49, 1874.

= =" o1srfnpf EsE vs.
Wheat-White, 1872 bush els Red, o. bush
els. ... -s1. .-7-
Corn-White, $50 bushels. a' az
Oats-l,0 1850 bushels. e.na..ltt l.'ss
Beans-6 bushes.
z 4 s.s ~.
Sales. rs s tE8E.
Wheat-White, 1853 bushels at 81 so to 81 81
for from choice to fair. Red 80 bushels at 81 IS
for common. a3aTl4tEh NJ avg
Corn-Wlite, 800 bushels very good soc.
Oats-342 bushels Spring, 66c. IS bushels
good winter, 75c 100 spring, CSC. 80
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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF The
i UNITED STATES for the Eastern District

Of Virginia. I'D .aa
In the matter of Ransom Hudgins, bankrupt
lin bankruptcy. s-ra
To whom it may Concern:-The under
signed, J. M. Morton, of Nottoway county,
and state of Virginia, hereby gives
notice of his appointment as assignee
of the estate of Ransom Hudgns. of Nottoway
county in said district, who was to wit
on the goth day of Jan, a. d., 1874. adjudged I.
bankrupt upon the petltioR of himself by the
District. Court of said district,
Dated at Burkevllle, the LIST day of March 1874.
y @ m ~ ]. M. MORTON,
mh l2-law8w Assignee.
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A sSIGNEE'S SALE n
~ OF ~
real. ESTATE IN THE COUNTY OF Gull
PEPPER.

n PEPPER.
BY virtue of decree of the District Court OF
the United States for the Eastern District OF
Virginia, entered on the goth day of February
1874 the undersigned, as assignee of the estate
of Maria J.. Hurt, bankrupt, will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder. in front of the
courthouse, in the town of Culpeper, on
SATURDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF MARCH.
1874. A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, lying
on Halle river in Culpeper county, surrendered
by said bankrupt, containing about $50 acres OF
land, of superior quality. A portion of this tract
consists of Halle river lowgrounds of unusual
fertility. This land will be sold free from all
liens and encumbrances thereon.
TERMS :-Onefourth cash; and the balance
on a credit of one and two years, the purchaser
to give notes with approved security for the de-
ferred payments, and the title to be retained by
the assignee until said notes are paid.
L, l.. LEWIS,
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The President laid before the Senate
the following communication from the
Governor, returning the Petersburg charter
bill not signed:
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
GOVERNORS OFFICE,
RICHMOND, March II, 1874. }
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VALUABLE LOTS AND HOUSES IN FRED.
ERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA.
- ASSIGNEES' SALE -
a FINE FARM IN ESSEX COUNTY, Va.

Z ASSlttNhES' SALE
A FINE FARM IN ESSEX COUNTY, VA.
As assignee of the bankrupt estate Of A. q.
O'Neale, 1 will offer for sale at public auction,
clear of all liens and encumbrances, on MON
DAY. MARCH 10TH, 1874. court day, at the
courthouse in the town of Tappahannock. in
Essex county, at IL o'clock noon, 100 ACRES
OF LAND, known as" Chepultepec." with an
excellsnt DWELLING thereon and good
out houses. 1t is noted for its healthy location
and productiveness. 1t lies about six miles
from the Tappahannock river near Lloyds.
TERMS:-One-third cash. notes at six and
tw Give months, to be gwen by the purchaser for
the deferred payments, with six per cent. in
terest added Title to be retained by the
assignee until said notes are paid. @p 81
| Richmond, February 81. 1874. -
VIM. Fl. ALLDERDIOE,
fe 2l-2aw3w Assignee
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AUCTION SALES.


VALUABLE FARM IN CARoLINECoUNTY.
In pursuance of an order of the United States
Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
entered on the slst day Of January, 1874. In the
case of Benjamin Anderson, bankrupt. shall
offer for sale on MONDAY, MARCH, Esd,
1874, (circtiit court day. at IL O'Clock m,
In front of the courthouse, In Bowling
Green. Caroline county. the VALUABLE
FARM surrendered by the said bankrupt,
containing 40 acres with good and comforta-
BILE DWELLING HOUSE, and all necessary
OUT.HOUSES situated thereon.
The said property lies within one mile Of the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac rail-
road, two miles from Guiney's Depot. adjoining
the lands of H. McCalley, Robert Jessie and
Mrs. Parish, and will be sold subject to the
f., liens upon it.
| ERMS:-One. third cash balance on credit
OF six and twelve months, negotiable notes, title
to be retained until the whole of the purchase
money is paid.
Richmond, Va, February "a, 1874.
| 10. LANE STERN.
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A ssIGNEE's SALE
A SSIGNEE'S SALE n
~ OF "a 'a't
AN UNDIVIDED oNE-HALF INTEREST
IN I,38S ACRES OF LAND IN
DINWIDDIE COUNTY,
VIRGINIA.

In obedience to an order OF the United states
District Court dated January goth, 1874, in the
matter of J. Warner Lewis, bankrupt, I will
offer for sale at public auction on MONDAY
MARCH 10, 1874, at O'Clock p. m, in front of
the courthouse of Dinwiddie county THAT being
court day) the UNDIVIDED ONE-HALF IN
TEREsT IN l,3es ACRES OF LAND lying in
Dinwiddie.county. Virginia, adjoining the lands
of John Dodson, William F. Burner. w.
Bishop.
To be sold clear from all liens and encum'
brances.
TERMS.-One-thiId cash; the balance on
credit of six and twelve months, the purchaser
to give notes for the deferred payments with
interest at six per cent, title to be retaind until
said notes are paid.
VIM ii. ALLDERDIOE.
February "a. 1874 fTF1 Assignee
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WANTS.

WANTS.
WANTED.-A COOK FOR A
family of three persons to COOK, WASH, AND
IRON. Good home and good wages. Apply at
400 East Cary street. corner Of Fourth.
NH l1--4t$ 4. ..5..-.I .
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Sl.-BETWEEN NINTH AND
TENTH STREETS, on Saturday last. SEAL
RING. The finder will be literally rewarded
by leaving the same at THIS OFFICE.
..t AZ nah 4-tf
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THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
RATTLE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
Widows and Orphans of the Southern
States. + "a 4.trss.t f+ 5Fs
DrsrRIBurIoN No. 220 EVENING, Mar. IL
IL 81 SO 50 20 SO 6S 10 y AZ 10
D1srRrBurIoS No. 22l MoRSIEs. Mar. 10.
z II 1 80 8 90 Y A 20 % So GO 65
Witness my hand, at Richmond. Va. this 18th
day of March, 1874.
SIMMONS b CO., o.. TOMPKNS,
Managers. Commissioner
CERTIFICATES OF RATTLE can be pun
chased from Captain w. I. DABNEY, at the
Branch office, No. o Twelfth street, three doors
from Main.
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-01
The Danger of Wet Coal.

People who prefer wetting the win
ter's store of coal to lay the dust on
putting it in the cellars, do not, we be-
lieve, generally know that they are lay
ing up for themselves a store of sore
Threats and other evils consequentupon
the practice. But SO it is said to be.
Even the fire damp which escapes from
coal mines arises from the slow decom-
position of coal at temperatures but
little above that of the atmosphere. but
under augmented pressure. BY wet
ting a mss Of freshly broken coal and
putting it in q warm cellar, the mass is
heated to such degree that carbureted
and sulphureted hydrogen are given off
for long periods of time and pervade
the whole house. The liability of wet
coal to mischievous results under such
circumstances may be appreciated from
the circumstance that there are several
instances on record of spontaneous com
bustion of wet coal when slowed into
the bunkers or holds of vessels. And
from this cause, doubtless, many miss
ing coal vessels have persisted. Lon
don Medical Record.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-01
The Wrong House.

In Philadelphia there are numbers
of houses exactly alike, and some
times there is such a quantity of
them in square that man who lives
near the middle has to begin counting
at the corner in order to ascertain which
is his house. Mr.. Bradbury, few
nights ago, came home late, and, as he
was thinking of something else, he for
got to count.
When about two doors from home he
ran up the front steps of Mr.. Petty's
residence, with conviction that it was
his own. His dead latch-key opened
the door readily, and Bradbury, after
cropping around in the dark for the hat
rack, knocked against it and upset it.
Mr.. Petty was upstairs, just about
to go to bed. When he heard the noise
he went to the head of the staircase and
listened. He discovered that there was
man in the hall below, and he knew
at once it was q burglar. So he went
back to his room and got his revolver.
Then he shut his eyes and fired at ran
dom.
The noise walked Mrs. Petty, and she
began to scream violently. Then Brad
bury felt certain that there was band
of robbers upstairs engaged in butch
ering Mrs. Bradbury and the children.
AS he started TO creep softly up the
staircase to reconnoiter, Petty began to
steal quietly down the staircase to look
after the burglar he had killed. They
met on the first landing, and, although
both were terribly frightened, they
grappled, for both knew it would be a
struggle to the death. After fighting
desperately, the combatants rolled down
the stairs to the floor beneath, while
Mrs. Petty sprung the rattle for po-
iceman.
Just as Petty got the upper hand of
Bradbury and was mutilating his noso
with his fist, the police burst the front
door open and struck light. Then an
explanation ensued, and Bradbury went
home.
You have, perhaps, seen q prize egg
plant at an agricultural fair. Well,
Bradbury's nose resembled that in size
of color and shape and now he not
only counts from the corner when he
comes home, but he has the front of his
house painted white, with locomotive
headlight over the front door.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-01
Botanical Photography.

Leaves of any kind may be beauti-
fully photographed by the following
simple process: Place five cents worth
of bichromate of potash in two-ounce
bottle of plain soda water, and when
most of it has been dissolved pour off
some of the clear liquid into plate and
thoroughly saturate piece of ordinary
writing paper in it. Then lift out the
paper and allow it to become almost
entirely dry in dark room. Thus
your "plate" is prepared. The leaf
should then be placed upon the now
bright yellow paper, piece of soft
black cloth and several thicknesses of
newspaper under the latter, and the
whole inclosed between pieces of glass
of the same size and held together by
clothes-pins. Expose to the sun so that
the light will strike full upon the leaf
until the paper has turned deep
brown then take the paper from the
frame and put it in clear water, which
must be changed every few minutes
until the yellow part becomes per-
fectly white-and the photograph re-
mains
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-01
Don't Be Afraid of Lighting Fires.

The hygienic uses of artificial heat
are not. valued as they should be. Most
housekeepers having fixed a date for
lighting the fires, and an equally pre-
else one for extinguishing them. they
remain as invariable as the laws of the
Modes and Persians. Thus q whole
family may be frozen or roasted if, as
often happens, cold day should come
sooner or a hot one later than the uni
form domestic calendar will allow. The
house should be heated whenever gen
eral warmth is required. The mere
sensations, moreover, are not to be con-
suited. There are frequent occasions,
although comfort may not seem to re-
quire it, when the fires should be light
ed. During long prevalence of wet
weather, whatever may be the season,
though it should be midsummer, a
thorough heating of the house, stimuli
taneously with the wide opening of
doors and windows, is, we are persuad-
ed, essential to the healthfulness of
every dwelling. This is especially SO.
in all regions liable to miasmatic dis
eases. Thorough artificial heating of
the house is one of the surest safeguards
against agues of all kinds. During the
prevalence of pestilential epidemics the
dwelling, wherever situated, and wheth-
er it be winter or summer, spring or
autumn, will be made by frequent light
ing of the furnace fire more secure from
invasion.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-01
A Lady Seventy-0ne Years Old Blows
Out Her Brains,

One of the most lamentable suicides
that we have ever been called upon to
chronicle, took place in Jones county,
at late hour on Monday night. Mrs.
Jonathan Holmes, an old lady II years
of age, deliberately blew out her own
brains with a shotgun, producing in
Simultaneous death. About midnight
the family were alarmed by the report
Of a gun in her room, and upon going
tnither found the old lady lying dead
upon the floor, with nearly the whole of
the upper portion of her head blown off.
She seems to have placed the muzzle of
the gun against her forehead and pulled
the trigger with her foot.
Mrs. Holmes, for the greater portion
of her life, lived in comfortable circum-
stances. She raised family of chill
dren and number of grandchildren.
She had a great deal of trouble during
the latter part of her life, and there is
hardly any doubt that her troubles
preyed upon her mind, until her reason
became impaired, and that it was in
this mental condition that she commit
ted the awful act. In addition to her
troubles she has, for some time, been
in bad health. -Macon (Ga) zele-
0TO11H.
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you of something that occurred under NV own
eyes to one of those creatures who. as YOU
say, are wise and keep SILENT" 70 us. who
have not always lived in the country. the in
cident was very interesting. A day or two
ago. after severe thunderstorm, James. the
coachman found that several birds had shell
tered themselves in sEaall Toulouse near
our cottage. Among them was an owl. He
put it into an old canary bird cage. and
brought it to us to look at. It is not often
that one gets SO near view of one OF these
curious creatures. The cage was then placed
just back of the house on q frame made to
hold milk-pans. There he sat all day. not
moving from the perch, occasionally relling
his eyes, but not seeing much, as those or
cams are more useful to him at night than in
the daylight.
The day passed on, and we had almost for
gotten that our owl was there, when we heard
such a gathering while we were at supper
that we ran to the door to see what it could
mean. There we found Mr. Owl surrounded
by a great company OF sparroWs, bluebirds.
Wrens, robins, all excited and noisy. living
about sitting on the trees close by. hoyerino
over the cage, and all showing signs of rage.
1t seemed as if they felt the.f enemy was in
their power and they would like to tear him
to pieces. They could not very we'll attack
him, as he was in the cage, and the small door.
to allow them to make a combined assault.
Soon, when it began to get dusky, he came
out of the cage in the midst OF the commotion
and started for the woods near the house. the
small birds in full pursuit, screaming and
scolding. As we saw no more of them. we
suppose that he reached his shelter in
safety.
I would like to know il small birds ever are
able to destroy this deyourer of themselves
and their little ones. Celia Thaxter speaks
of large white owl that she saw sitting high
on rock, surrounded by SNOW birds.
1.-THE snow-birds swept in a whirling crowd
About him gleefully,
And piped and whistled long and loud
But never plume stirred he" >
I remain dear Mr.. jack yours truly,
J. e.. d.
Jack never heard of a case where
small birds succeeded in killing an owl.
It is quite common in Great Britain, I'm
told, to use owls as q kind of bird
snare. The sleepy bird is secured and
in open sight during the day
time. Very soon numbers of small
birds collect, and, thinking at last that
they have their enemy in their power,
they hover about and taunt him in
every possible way. But the owl only
blinks at them in the most tantalizing
manner. He knows, wise bird what
it all, means, and that the birds are
caught in their trap; for thus congre-
gated, they fall easy victims to the
hunters, while he is left unharmed.-
From "Jack-i1a- the Pulpit" st. Mich
1lz8 for October. --.
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Miss Dickinson,

Anna E. Dickinson has been confined
to her bed or room for the greater part
of the last six months. It is only with
in three weeks that she has been able
to walk more than a few minutes at a
time. During the last two years she
has been given over by her physicians
repeatedly and, as they said, nothing
but her indomitable will carried her
through. 1t is the old story-overwork
by highly nervous organization, re-
sulting in vital exhaustion, and threat
ening to end in paralysis. She was OBJ
iged last winter to cancel over fifty en-
gagements, owing to her failing
health. She is now rapidly recov-
ering, but is afraid to make en-
gagements for next winter. She will
probably GO to England, but is not yet
strong enough to venture on the voy-
age. Her innumerable friends will be
surprised at these statements, for she
has carefully kept the true condition of
her health concealed, but they will be
glad to know that there is now no fur
Their cause for fear.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-01
Mushroom Cities.

We suppose of no country but ours
can the following, from the Baltimore
Gazette, be said: "To resident of an
Eastern city, or to the European, it is
most singular sensation to come, in
America, upon one of those deserted
mushroom cities which spring up in 3
a night and disappear in morHing.
Through the mountains of Pennsylvania
there are many of them-generally min
ing villages, after the mines have run
out. Perched often on the top of high
mountain, the gunner or the curiosity
hunter comes suddenly upon them out
of the densest solitude. There stand
the houses in a clearing, filed with wild
raspberry bushes and vines and small
shrubs-black, bare and desolate, with
hingeless doors and paneless windows
with small trees growing up through
the floors, and tho cravings of wild
animals visible wherever the floor or
walls were formerly gr' ase-stained.
On the line of the Western railroads
these temporary towns appear and dis
appear, and in the oil regions probably
more strikingly and pretentiously, the
fall being more disastrous than else
where. Such was Pithole City, Pa,
according to an exchange. Within one
month from the completion of the first
house, this city had telegraph office
and hotel, costing the owners $50, 900.
In one month there was daily paper
established and in the next theater
in another month another theater, and
then an academy of music. In six
months there were seventy four hotels
and boarding-houses in the seventh
month the city had reached it's highest
prosperity. 1t had then about Is, 600
inhabitants, elaborate water-works, 9
city hall, and an expensive city govern
ment. It's fall was quite as rapid. Only
fifteen inhabitants now remain"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-01
$ Bridging - TYNE.

A feature of London is it's bridges.
and, while eminently practical in their
special service OF promoting travel and
traffic, each has it's library Of tragedies
and romances. Of all this, history and
legend are full, while each days police
record adds its quota. Quite out Of
the range OF ordinary use, or misuse,
of bridges is practice connected with
the Blackfriars, and one which I never
saw mentioned in print.
AS | was one time, talking with the
night editor of the leading London
daily, the foreman Of the typographical
department reported to him that they
were half a dozen hands short.
How's that 2" asked the editor,
Discharged for bridging" was
response.
After the foreman had gone, my
Yankee curiosity caused me to inquire
what this strange offense might be-.
Bridging type is one of our princi-
pal sources OF annoyance and loss,
said he. "When compositor is throw
ing in his case, if he happens to pi a
handful, instead of carefully sorting
and distributing the type, he shoves it
into his pocket; Or, if printer is trans
ferring stickful of matter to a galley
and accidentally PTS it, he also Sc
cretly thrusts the mass into his pocket
and resets the whole; and the type
these printers have secreted they quiet
" dump into the Thames on their way
home at night, while crossing the Black
friars Bridge, over which a majority of
them pass. So extensively is this dis
honest and lazy habit practiced, that
there are tons upon tons of tpye in the
bed of the Thames, and hardly ever is
body dragged for without the hauling
up Of quantities of type metal"
This same habit prevails in the large
cities of the United States, although
not so extensively as in England, per-
perhaps; and New York printers, who
sink their "pi" in the East or North
rivers, while crossing on the ferry boats
to their homes in Brooklyn or Jersey
City, are also described by the London
phrase as having bridged" their
type.-FSreSide Friend.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-01

The total amount of cotton marketed
from Sept. l, 1873 to Sept. l, 1874, was
4, 1876, 534. This makes what is technic-
ally called the crop of 1874, but this is
not the crop grown during the past
summer, which will be much less. The
September returns of the Department
of Agriculture at Washington show a
very heavy decline in the prospects of
the cotton crop in all the States, in con-
sequence of the severe and widespread
drought, and this years cotton
crop is estimated at only 100000 to
100000 bales. At an average price of
15 cents per pound for cotton, the de-
crease of half million bales of cotton
in the crop of the present year, as COM
pared with last year, will make differ
ence of nearly $40, O0O,Oo to the South
ern States. The smaller crop may,
however, cause higher prices before the
end of the year.