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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-09-10
Tsy Green 81 Wise,


Real Estate Agents and Auctionaers.
COMMISSIONERS ShLE-By virtue of n
~ decree Of tae Corporation. Cour. r'r the city
of AloxanLria, Va, rendered nj it, july term,
1874, in the suit Of J. T. Heckhnm and
wife VS.. ". n. McEeigh, the undersigned,
Commissioners, therein naned, will offer for
sale by public auction, on SATU kDAl, tho
18th day of September lSIi, ut l. o'rlock m, in
front of the Mansion House Hotel, in tho said
city, that desirable BUSINESS STAND t t<zl
On the west side OF Royal street! between .q5EA
King and Cameron, now "rcupiel BY Henry L.
Simpson As q boot aua shoe &torr-hrlng n three
story brick building.
Terms of Sale Ten per cent Of the purtnasc
money to BIO paid in casa, and the residue IN H.
Is and "a months, with interest lro:a day OF sale,
TO be secured by tho bonds or notes o! tie pur-
chaser, with approved pcrs ynal security or good
endorsers the title to be retained ~ ultimate
security, or, ut the option Of the purchaser, one,
third in cash and parsnnGt security !!*l".h,ed
with but should the purchaser elect !" pay one
third cash, he shall keep the property iHsnrrd.
and in case of his lelt'lt 10 do :" Tor more than
twenty days after the date Of tho purchase, the
Commissioners shall insure the sslIic NJ the ptIr.
chasors' expense. i1nveyanciAS. al expense 81
purchaser. GEO. W. LkEK,
c. w. WATTLES,
aug l0-eo.s Comm rs. al .-alt.
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NECTIOT ALEE.
FARM AT PUBLIC SALE

An IMPROVED FARM containing 3O4
acres, with 100 acres of excellent bottom land
and 40 acres OF Timber, and q fine orchard Of zoo
trees, with stock and farming implements, will
be sold on TIL RSDAY, October lst, 1874.
This farm is in Fairfax county, on Bull Run,
and lies OH the road leading from Manassas TO
Centrevile, , mile; from the fcrtner and miles
from the lister pla,e 1t has on i: good H.
FRAN f. DWELLING Of 5 rooms, erect. Esssll
Ell since the war. and is II very desirable proper
~. For particulars, ~ u terms of sale, Sc,
address H. SANDMAN,
sep9-ts MsnaSsaS Virginia.
1T PUBLIC SALE OF SCllK. TRlUNE.
.As
viii be sold for cash to the highest bidder, on
SATU kDAi, Sept. 18th, n: =, o'clock m. ~
the wharf, foot Of Cameron street, Alexandria,
the schooner TIKI I NE, to satisfy u lien oi II rs.
Betty Taylor, duly executed and tiled in the
Custom Hous. 81! This city
JAMES EN- MS
sep"-ld Tor Ectty Taylor
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isy Green IL Wise.

Zeal Estate Agents ani Aucl!oneers
pI VIRTUE OF y DEED or TRUST
ID lr, III Richard lsiggrs And w.!e, dated the
trst day of April, 1863, H:sI duly recorded in
the l..L records ~: Fairfax county and by d.
rectiun 81. the party secured thereby, | will oller
for sale, nj public I'll, ton, in front OF the Ian-
sion House, in The city Of Alexandria, on SAT
uRDAl. the 10Th day Of September lS1l at L.!
o cocl; m, tic TRACT OF LAND on Which
said Riggrs resides, containing about lto acres.
with all the improvements thereon, alrd located
two miles south of Fairfax station.
Terms: Ono-ihirI cash, and the residue in six
and twelve months, with six per cent in!crt i.
CJnreyaAcing y. The expense Ut purchaser
CORNELIUS JACOBS,
aur ~ -2aWts Trustee.
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NOTICE TO CITY TAXPAYERS.

City Collectors Office,
Alexandria, Va, June 2Gth, 1874.
Notice ia hereby given that the tax bills fol;
1874 are now in the hands OF the Collectors, and
the attention of all parties interested is respect
fully called to tho second section OF the Revenue
bill, which is as follows:
BE it further enacted, That there shall DO lev
led and collected upon ell tax bills not paid
within thirty days after Icing put into tho hands
of the Collectors for collection, two and one hnlt
per cent upon all such bills not paid within six
ty days thereafter, five per cent; and upon all
such not paid within ninety days thereafter, ten
per cent upon the amount Of such bills, rcspec-
lively.
Office: Room No. &, Royal street front, Msr-
ket Building.
inc. r. HILL, Col. n. Dist.
10 2j-co;,m 5. X. FIELD, Col. ). Dist
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A G. A II ID

Having bought out the firm of |; Schwartz Y
Co., Sarepta Clothing Hall, which business IN
lend to carry on to the full extent of my capa-
city would assure the public that have no.
forgotten the extensive liberaity OF thei. former
patronage and beg leave to express my high ap,.
probation thereof hoping for resumption OF
The same with the assurance on my part OF up
right and liberal dealings, and the guarantee CT
giving full satisfaction in all cases to all my GUS
TONERS.
ia Is >. DEALda h
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.;L5'T5O.S-E E KS.

LNkAHClS 4. KERRY,
AUCIlONEEK,
KEAL l. ESTATE BROKER,
AND GENERAL BUSINESS AGENT
NO. 81 K ING TREET.
lBurhe's Builling,)
A!eyalldria, Virginia.
Buy and so!, lei and lease houses i'll Ae1An-
dria and arms in the country.
Particular attention given to the sulling OF
household furniture at auction III the residences
Of families declining housekeeping. [teb2l-tf
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- - - . -
NOTICE NOTICE.

We have this day sold our entire stock OF ner-
chsndise and book accounts to Mir. 5. Dealham,
who is authorized to receipt and sign the firm
uame in liquidation of all outstanding debts.
I. SCHWARTZ il co.
N. B.-Thanking the public for their Liberal
ruptinustion of the same to our successor.
g. s. CO.
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GROCERIES.
VIZ A. JOHNSON,

DEALER IN
GROCERIES AND LIQUORS.
NO. CORNER QUEEN AND PITT SIS,
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
He would inform dealers and others that he Is
ure;.srel TO furnish them with All kinds OF
POTOMAC FISH, ;,
at he lowest possible prices. and would cs.1
The attention Of buyers to the TACT that MS hraha
hss staCd M. in market III all times, and that
he ntcnIs TO yustain his reputation in al respects
All orders addressed to William A. Johns "a
Alexsndris, Va, will receive prompt attention.
in
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THE GAZETTE.
THURSDAY EvEN'G., SEPTEMBER 10

The POPULATION OF CHINA popuG,a,,
ton Of China, Notwithstanding the iTish'iu'
ravages Of the great rebellion, which IN &ome
parts has reduced it by one halt, is still says
az English Journal Of August ~ marvellous lot
the amazing figure to which 1t reaches: ba an'I
Reichtoien has estimated it at 100, uOV,Uoo'
but the Able David, welkoowo Chinese ex-
plorer. iu recent communication TO the 90
ciete de Geographic of Paris, declares this to
be much below the real facts. Baslng bis eS'i,
mate upon his knowledge OF the province OF
Kisngsi, which he thinks below the average
NJ. David reckons the population OF the f I. y
cry Land at 800. 100000. But for infan'icide
and smallpox he believes the people wousa
double themselves every twenty years
TIE SAN MATEo TINES tells the following
Incident: 'Tbe census marshal OF Spanish
town, while going his rounds lately, to ascer-
tain the number Of children 10 his district en-
titled by law to draw school money called at a
house where he found the lady in charge bust
IL at work attending to her household affairs,
and put the usual question as to whether there
were any childng residing there. The lady
answered that there were, and in answer 10
further inquiries informed the mai shall that
she had six of them, the Oldest oil whom was
four years, and that she had been married i've
years. She showed the astonished census taker
three pair Of twins who were gambolllng and
iriskiug about in an adjoining room.
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.aVCTIOF SALES.

DUBLIC SALE OFAVALUABLE FAIR.
l. FAX FARM-By virtue OF deed Of t.us.
executed to me by A. K. Chandler, dated April
10, 1872, and recorded in the land record; 0.
Fairfax county, liber 0, No. d, page 2t6, shall.
public auction, on MONDAY, the 2lst day .!
September, 1874, about y o'clock NJ, at the
Court House of Fairfax county, the farm in SAID
deed described, called SALISBURY" con.
tanning SIS acres Of land, more or less. Ths
place is we'll improved, and has ON i large
and comfortable TWO-STORY Dwell. f.
LING, with the usual out buildings, sta GSis
bles, barn, Sc, and Il good orcnard and gag
den. 1t is esteemed one OF the best farms IL
Fairfax county, and is under good fence. SAID
farm is situated about or miles etoyo Fairfax
Ctuit House, three miles from Chantil!y, AT!
two from Cen:revi!o and adjcins the aIds ..
James Green and others. 1t was conveyed !.
he in trust to secure the sum of "a, 800 aud it,
terest, part of the purchase money due by .sil
Chandler, for which he has given his seycra
bonds as described in the deed OF trutt, payable
to the trustee Of Mrs. ). l.. Powell and ssil
Chandler being in default. am required By tAo
holders OF said bonds to execute tie trust By h
salo Of said land, &c.
For more particular description Of ssii lat u
reference is made 10 the aforesaid deed Of trus.
To me, and the several deeds therein refeIrc -
The title to the land is believe ~ be pcrtcc.
but selling as trustee, | shall convey only -u@!4
title as is vested i'll ME.
Terms Of Sale Enough ca:h 10 pay sll es-
pensos Of tho sale and trust; also TO pay tho said
Chambers bonds of S225, $SiJ y and 81, -,
dated April 10, 49,, payable in two years, with
interest from dnte NJ t per cont to be psld AL.
nually; also the interest due On another bond Q;
said Chandler for o.uD dated 10Th April.
1872 and payable annually NJ i per cent tho
residue to be paid on or before tho 18th day .:
May, 1876, such residue - be secured BY th-
bonds OF the purchaser, bearing interest 1T 81.
per cent, and decd of trust ON the premises.
CHAS. II. LEE, Trustee
L.; ouu 1Q-nots
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D. T. WITH Err co.

COAPS! SOAPS Honey, Glycerine, Rose,
- Primrose Elder Flower, Turtle OIL, Car
bolic. Brown Windsor, Sand, Assorted Bo9uet,
etable Glycerine. ssrge's Patent Glyscerine,
Peach Blow, Imported Castillo in cakes Thous-
and Flowers, Spring Violet, Palm Bsyiey Sper-
naciti, Oskley's Glycerine, Rieger 4 Alberrs
Toilet Soaps, Yankee, Clipper, Colgate's Barber,
Shaving Soaps, in store and for sale by
aug 81 HENRY COOK e co.
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ENTLEM MEMS DEP Rim + n I
" FOR THE
FALL OF 1871.

We have just finished opening and marking
our new stock Of
FALL CASSIMERES.
CLOTHS, VESTINGS, &C.,
which we selected in the market with great care
We are fully prepared to furnish Suits or parts
Of Suits on the shortest notice and in the very
best STYLE guaranteeing fit and satisfaction in
every particular, and cur arrangements are such
for making up Clothing that the prices will be
low enough to please ALL
A full line of Dress Shirts, Collars, Cuffs
Necktes Suspenders, &C., constantly on hand.
Shirts made to order by measure. Fit guar
anteed.
sepS ID. +. WIN Elk W.
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CoAI' COAL
We have now on hand snd arc constantly re-
caiving vt Our wharf and Storage yards. foot of
Queen streets. all the best Goa LIS known t"
this market. We name in part:
LYKEN'S VALLEY.
SHAMOkIN and EAST FRAME LIN Lun-
BERRY RED ASH.
JOHNS, from EAGLE VEIN IOLLlEkY.
The celebrated CONTIN ENTAIL AMI HA-
EEL DELL, from the Goodrich Culi,ry. cs-
tecmed the best in the market.
And LEE and STANTON WHITE ASH
ANTHRACITE COAL, Of Steamer, Broken,
Egg Stone and Nut sizes
Also, GEORGES CREEK CUMBERLAND
COAL
Also HICKORY, OAK and PINE WOOD.
Having ample space, each variety of Coal is
kept distinct from that of others, and is es-
pecislly prepared for family use; Yards floor
Cd a1d Coal sent out we'll screened and free from
sase 224O lbs to the ton. Orders. left with
Messrs. Clarridge s Grigg, corner King and
Royal SIS, or at the yards will be promptly Tiled
T. j. MEHAFFEY i CO.,
jyl7 Wharf and Yards foot of Queen st.
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mop p EMIT

H DOE & JOHNSTON.
Successors to Fowle & Co..
NO. PRINCE STREET
GENERAL
COMMISSION AND SHIPPING u ENC rs.
Dealers in ali kinds OF
FERTILIZERS, SALT AND FLASTE Elk
Agents OF the
NEW YORK s. BALTIMORE STEAM ERS.
ALSO Of the
LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE IN
SUHANCE COMPANY.
feb 5-ti
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LEY'SREVOLVING DIAPHRAGM

REVERSIBLE DASHED CHURNS.
The Diaphragm Ckurn is also complete But
ter Worker, being constructed upon entirely
new principles. AS We require the room taken
up by the stock Of Churns on hand, We will close
them out at extremely low prices We have
sold several hundred Of the above Churns in the
adjacent counties, ard in all cases they have
given perfect satisfaction. Call and sec
J. r.. CREIGHTON s. SON,
K;po e. ror ROYAL
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r AUNDRY SOAPS-B. r. Rabbits best
- Soap. do N. Y. City, McKeone. Van uaa-
gan & Cos. German Olive, James Webbs I'm
proved Olive, Lyons Ammonia. G. Is. Jewell
& Co.'S. Laundry, ]. Grigg Il Cos. Family and
q. Tobriner's.
sens r. B. LAWSON g. co.
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600 REAMS WRAPPING PAPER Of
AOO good quality, and all sizes, for saio
low by j. G. MILBURN,
Aug Is No. 10 north Royal ST.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-06-27
ARIZONA.
I,lnn -The weather The Colorado
Rising Again-General Notes.

I,lu,;, -The weather The Colorado
Rising Again-GeneraI Notes.
YUMA, June 24.-Thc weather here
is warm as usual.
The Colorado river rose a little yes
terday, and is still rising.
There are no reports of special inter
est from the several mining districts,
but everything is prosperous, and the
miners are more hopeful than ever.
Preparations are going on among
the Mexican population for the cele-
bration of st. Johns Day in the Gus
tOmary manner.
The town is exceedingly quiet, and
has never presented so deserted an APP
pearance.
Tucson, June 2+.-Captain Hamil-
TOMS scouting party returned to Camp
Lowell last night. They report hav-
ing seen party of twelve San Carlos
Indians who had been sent out from
that post after the notorious Chief
Chuntz. The party had plenty OF
fresh beef, and said they had taken it
from Chuntz's band. Captain Hamil-
ton thinks that the party killed the
cattle themselves and did not capture
it from Chuntz, as they made contra
dictory statements.
This is st. Johns day, and the Mex
lean people are having good time.
In the advertisements for proposals
for Indian supplies, no bids are asked
for the Verde Reservation, which cir
cumstance is regarded by many as evil
dence that this reservation will be
discontinued.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-06-27
A Prosperous Company.

The petroleum refining process of
Mr.. CARRERAs has proved complete
success. Since the test made on
Wednesday, the kerosene then pro-
duced has been tried by many persons
and subjected to the severest tests,
through all off which it has come off
triumphant, and been pronounced a
long ways superior to the best illumin-
ating fluid now in the market. The
prospects of the Los Angeles Petro-
leum Refining Company are promis-
ing indeed Their wells are now flow
ing over forty barrels per day, and
their capacity will soon be increased
to one hundred barrels per day. With
their present flow, the company are
enabled to place about one thousand
gallons of Illuminating fluid on the
market per day. This company have
q market for all the kerosene they can
manufacture. Beside this valley,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-06-27
Wilmington Items.
FROM the Enterprlse Of juno o

From the Enterprise of June %.
We published last week short arti-
Gle written by Col. II. c. Hodge, cor
respondent Of the Santa Barbara Press,
giving his impressions of this locality.
The following is an extract from let
ter written ~ the Press from this
place: "The more | examine the ca
pacities of Wilmington, the more am
satisfied that there is a bright and sue
cessiul future in store for her. The
fine breakwater, twenty-five hundred
yards long, extending from Dead
Mans Island to Rattlesnake Bar, con-
filming the outgoing tide to a narrow
channel, is very materially deepening
it, and with judicious outlay of
money by the general Government
from time 90 time, Wilmington will
at no distant day have an excellent
harbor. This, with the large and ex-
tremely rich fruit, agricultural and
mineral country tributary to this port
and harbor, will wonderfully increase
the present extensive lists of exports
and imports. The new wharf and
other improvements of the Southern
California CO. operative Warehouse
and Shipping Association are being
forwarded with cOmmendabIe vigor
under the charge of the efficient Super
intendent, y. c. Jones, Esq.
The thermometer went up to 105 de-
grees last week at Bakersfield, 100 at
Calistoga, and los at Modesto. 1t is
even worse in the East, for the nights
are always cool in California A
friend writes us from Kentucky: 1.-THE
warm days came upon us so suddenly
that we hardly realized that Spring
had been here at ALL and now we can
hardly endure the heat. The nights
are SO uncomfortably warm that sleep
takes wings, and we poor mortals,
with blood at fever heat toss and tum-
bic on our beds till the dawn of day.
At Wilmington, the thermometer has
never been higher this season than &c.
and that was only for three or four
days. The general range is from 50
to rs. 1t has at no time been uncom-
fortably warm--a breeze stirring all
the time. We think we can show as
good Il record on climate as any
place in the world.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-06-27
An Important Enterprise.

In the organization of the Cuca-
mongo Homestead Association, Judge
THOMPSON, Governor DowNEY and
their associates, have inaugurated an
enterprise which will be the means of
giving comfortable homes to hundreds
of families, and will add thousands of
people to the population of this por-
ton of the State. A description of
the land, plan and purposes of the
Association will be of interest to the
general reader, and may serve to di-
rect other liberal-minded men of
means the way in which they can
best use their wealth for the develop
ment of the country, and to the ell
hancement of the comfort and happi-
ness Of their fcllOw-b beings. The land
of the Association lies twelve miles
beyond Spadra, the present terminus
of the Southern Pacific Railroad. As
the road progresses it will pass
through or near by the tract Two of
the preliminary surveys now run
through it. The Homestead embraces
5000 acres Of rs fine land as may be
found in this valley. The soil is eX-
ceedingly rich, and will produce al
most everything that grows out Of the
ground. Every foot of the Homestead
will be irrigated with water brought
from the Cucamongo Canon, which
affords living stream more than suf-
ficient to flood all that section of
country. The water will be brought
down in 4 pipe twenty-five inches in
diameter, and emptied into a reser-
voir capable of holding three million
barrels, from which it will be convey
ed over the grounds in smaller pipes
and bitches. This water is clear as
crystal and cold as that of the noun
tain spring. The Cailon stream is now
we'll stocked with trout, and it is the
purpose of the company to stock the
mammoth reservoir with these choice
fish for the benefit Of those living on
the Homestead. The 5000 acres will
I've divided into three hundred shares,
each share representing twenty acres
of land and town lot. a town will
, be laid off at the point most convent
ent to the railroad. Each lot will
front an avenue and these avenues
will be graded and lined on each side
with a row of shade trees and orna-
mental shrubbery. Two parks of forty
acres will be laid Off and improved
with fountains, trees, shrubbery,
walks and drives. In fact it is the
purpose of the Association to make
the Homestead a semi-tropical garden
filled with beautiful homes. An i'm
portant feature adopted by the COM
pany is that no assessments shall
ever be levied on the shareholders.
The purchaser of share has paid all
the money that will ever be called for
when he has paid for that share.
OF the three hundred acres compris-
ing the Homestead, only one hundred
were offered for sale and two days ago
eighty-three of these had already been
taken. In the Canon, one mile above
where the great pipe leaves the stream,
are two beautiful cascades; one twenty
and the other sixty feet high. The
Cai1on's sides are covered with heavy
timber
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-06-27

THE Congress that has just adj
journed was not the worst Congress
we have had. 1t did not do much,
but therein lies its virtue. If it had
passed many bills SO much the greater
would have been its measure of evil.
This last Congress was an industrious,
Woodworking body, but its labor was
an internal struggie-onehaf trying
to overcome the other half. There
were thieves in this Congress, perhaps
about the usual number, but the pro-
portion of average honest members
was q great deal larger than shown by
any previous Congress for a decade or
more. The rascals were active, as
usual, but they accomplished but lit
tie, as the games were almost always
foiled by the honest members. A half
dozen vigilant policemen will keep
a hundred hoodIums in awe of their
clubs.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-06-27
Olive Gil.

The same process by which Mr..
CARRERAs, of the Los Angeles Petro-
leum Refining Company, reduces the
heaviest crude oil to a first-class illu-
minating fluid at cost of two cents
per gallon and within twenty minutes
time, will also refine olive oil and
make it equal to the best article man
ufactured in Europe. This is an inn
portant discovery to the people of this
valley. Olives have never been eX-
tensively cultivated here for the reason
that we had no home market for the
crude oil, but there is now a sufficient
quantity grown to manufacture the
oil for the local market. The con-
sumption Of olive oil on this coast is
very great-so great that the olives
raised in this part of the State for
many years to come will not supply
the demand. The cultivation Of the
olive is very profitable where there is
demand for the crude oil, and the
fact that we can, through Mr.. CAR
RERAs' method, produce an article SUI
perior to that ported from Europe for
less money, will give an impetus to
olive culture not anticipated q few
months ago. The fruit may be sue
cessfully grown in almost any part of
the valley. This discovery develops
another important industry which
will enable us to retain at home many
thousands of dollars now sent abroad;
TO export an article of commerce in
stead of importing it, and will also
enhance the value of real estate.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-06-27

Carl +. Bendig, German shoema-
ker at st. Helena, an old resident of
that place, was found dead Sunday
morning near the site of the Lower
Pope Valley School-house. Supposed
from heart disease.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-06-27
A Nice Homestead For Sale.

CONSISTING OF TEN ACRES, WITH
" brick house, stable and all eOnven-
fences, five acres in vineyard, ten bearing
orange trees on the place, and seventy-four
other bearing trees of different varieties. The
place Is about ten or fifteen minutes walk
from the city, south Of the Sisters Hospital.
Terms, S60OO; half cash, and long time on bal
ance. Enquire OF
Mrs. MARY JANE DORIAN.
10 O5-lW-I&
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-06-27

. The Yuba River is cutting a narrow
channel through the north side, next
to the levee, at Marysville. The cham
mel is about sixty feet wide, and the
water pours down the grade it has
made at q rapid rate,