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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-01-29

A DyLhp!DATED ANGELA few evenings
since there dropped into an uptown hotel Il
man about five feet eight, with heavy chin
whiskers. and with rather an intellectual cast
of countcnance, but slightly under the infu-
ence of liuuor. He was aLtired in rather q
serdy and patched suit, but clean. He
wanted lodging for the night, and inquired
Of the landlord if he could chunk" with
him. The landlord, not liking his condition
and appearance, told him she guessed not"
The stranger took seat and entered into
conversation with some Of the boarderS. The
landlord, discovering during the evening that
he was an educated man, remembered the
saving of entertaining angels unaWares,"
told him he might stay if he paid irf adj
vance. The stranger at once took out about
ten dollars iu currency, and rendered five.
dollar bill for the payment. The landlord
soon after took him to bed, and left him in
his room, but stationed himself where he
could see the occupant of the room. The
stranger after taking his boots off got down
on his knees iu front of the bed and deliver
ed the LORDS Prayer in a most impressive
manner, after which be prayed for all the in
mates Of the house, for his friends and for
his enemies. that they might ne preserved
from all danger, and that they might be
happy. He.then arose and commenced un-
dressing, in the meanwhile talking to him.
self and making expressions aloud like the
following: "What fool | have been,"
"Some thieves might have picked me up"
:" I wonder if l have got it, the lust re-
mark being explained by his taking two
large rolls of bank bills from different parts
OF his person, which be put under his pillow
and soon got into bed. The landlord says
he never heard the Lords Prayer repeated
in amorc impressive manner. The stranger
is a heavy lumber dealer from the upper
Hudson.-Ir0y Press.
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' By Lyme & Brother.
Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers,
M 1912 Main street.

TRUSTEES SALE OF A VALUABLE
i LOT. WITH A LARGE BRICK DWELL,
ING THEREON, SITUATED ON THE NOETH
LINEOF BROAD B EFT WEEN TWENTl.SlNTH
AND TWENTY-SEVENTH STREETS, AT
PUBLIC AUCTlON.-By yirtne OF certain deed
of trust executed by Mrs. NJ. Fl. Smith, dated 9Th
September, 1873 and duly corded In the clerk $
Office of the Chancery Count for the city OF hic!-
mOnd In D. H., Oh B., page Sol, to me as Il ustee,
| shall. In execution Of said trust, being so re-
quired BY the benehciares under said deco, sell al
public auction. on the premises, on MONDAY the
9Th day of February, 1875, at O'Clock Z. Nj !,
that truly valuable LOT, with a large BRlCk
DWELLING thereon, row In the occupancy OF
said Smith, containing about nine rooms &c.
The lot has front on the north line of Broad
street 63hx122 feet to All alley. II WILL If desired
be sold into two lots, as will be spelled at the hour
of sale.
Terms of sale will he cash as to expenses of sale
and 10 pay off two certain negotiable notes eXtcu-
ted by said VI. n. Smith. dated 9Th september.
1873 and PAYABLE twelve months afler date, Ter
the sums Of $4,000, each one of which said notes
has q crcdt.of 1900 on same. with all Interest due
on said notes: as To the residue of the purchase
money on such terms as will be made known at the
hour of sale. ~
This Is. without exception. one Of the most des-
rable as well as conytniently-lrranged residences
in tlst portion Of the city, and well worth the al
tention Of any one desiring good home or to make
a permanent Investment.
WILLIAM II. LYME, Trustee.
Sale conducted by LYME BROTHER. Aucllon-
oers ia rs
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Billy Boy.

Where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy,
OH where have YOU been, charming Billy?
have just been round to Phirs;
He has got the awfuleSt chills
Such mess as he has made.
Though he Swcars he Amt afraid.
Every bandit would kill"
Cries this bully little Phil;
" II 1t wasn't fer that Man OF Peace my daddy
Where else have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy,
Where else have You been, charming Billy?
Well, to tell You no more fbs,
Why. just dropped in at Dib's-
What the deuce that blonde could mean
So 10 lift the party screen,
: BLOW the gatf, and raise row.
Beats my clphering out, vow!
Why, he nearly Knocked the bottom out OF daddy
And what will ye do, Billy Boy. Billy Boy,
And what will We DO, charming Billy?
Why. think We'll have 10 back
just haul in j bit and tack.
TO remain in Statu quo
Fore that bowling mob. you know,
Wouldn't suit soul so high
with third term In his eye).
Wouldn't suit All Artful 1sodger like my daddy.
Bandit, in Net1 Orleans Times.
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A PEppLsR's NIGHT RIDE.-A peddler
named John hamburger has for many years
tramned over various sections Of this and
ueiyhboring counties selling his wares; and
nv consistent course he has won the conf
dence and esteem of large number OF &C.
nuaintances. On Tuesday afternoon about
O'Clock the peddler opened bis pack in the
kitchen of man named Eshelstaub, ia Alba.
nv township. The farmers wife purchased
what she desired, aGd the peddler, according
to the custom Of that neighborhood. was asked
to remain for supper, which he did, and sub
scuuently determined 10 stay all night. the
farmer owns quite a nice tract Of land, ana
during the evening much of the converse
ton entered upon matters pertaining TO
farming. At about 8 O'Clock the peddler
was shown to large garrett under .be ROOF
where be was to sleep. The family re-
tired. and nothing unusual occurred un'
til some time near midnight, when the
farmer was awakened by the barking:
| of watch.dogs and the tramping OF horses
boofs. He arose and looked out OF the Wild
dow towards the barn, when an extraordl-
nary sight met bis gaze. The dogs were IN
an adjoining field, and, strange to say, there
appeared to be ghost riding about on one
of the farmers young horses. The farmer
called the hired man, and on going to the
garret with lantern they found the
bed which had been occupied empty,
and the peddler gone, but bis clothes
still hanging on a chair, where be had evl,
IDENTIFY placed them. The farmer and hlred
man went down stairs, and found that all
the doors were locked as they were before
thew retired. Going out they found the
horse still in q full gallop under the dlrec-
ton of his mysterious rider. The bired man
watched his chance, caught the animal,
and upon closer examination found that
the rider was the pedder who sat there like
statute and was in complete state of som'
nambulism. He had nothing on him, ex:
coping bis shirt, undersbirt, drawers, and
stockings, and notwithstanding the GOODNESS
Of the blight be was perspiring freely when
lifted down. They could not waken
| him properly until be was led in the house,
and when hc came to bis senses
| he seemed to know nothing of what had &C.
cured He seemed startled at being out OF
| bed and down stairs in such apparel. Sub
seaucnt examination showed that the man,
in his strange state, had worked his way
out of a trap.door to the roof and thence
down on roof Of back building, and
thence to the ground. Reading tPd.) Eagle
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The best possible thing for man to do
when he feels too tired to perform task, or
too weak to carry it through, is to 60 to. bed
and sleep q week if be can. This Is the only
true recuperative of brain-poWer, the only
actual renewal Of brain-forces, because du-
ring sleep the brain is in sense at resin
condition to receive and appropriate partl-
cles of nutriment from the blood which take
eplacc of those which have been consumed
in previous labor, since the very act of think
ing consumes, burns up solid particles, as
every turn of the wheel or screw of thesplen.
did steamer Is the result of the consumption
by fire of the fuel IL the furnace. The supply
of consumed brain. substance can only be
had from the nutriment particles IN the
blood which were obtained from the food
eaten previously. and the brain is so consii.
tuted that it can best receive and appropriate
to itself those nutrment particles during
the state of rest, quiet, and stiffness OF
sieep. Mere stimulants supply nothing in
themselves ; they only gOad the brain, force
it to q greater consumption of its sub
stance. until that substance has been so
fully exhausted that there is not power
enough left to receive supply, just as men
are sometimes so near death by thirst and
starvation that there is not strength enough
left to swallow anything, and all is over.
The incapacity of the brain for receiving
rccuperative particles sometimes comes on
with the rapidity of lightning, and the
man becomes mad in an instant; IN an
instant falls into commissions; in an in
slant loses all sense, and he is an idiot. 1t
was under circumstances of this very sort,
in the very middle Of i sentence Of great ora
torical power, one Of the most eminent minds
Of the age forgot his idea, pressed his hand
against his forehead, and after moments
silence, said, God, as with sponge, has
blotted out my mind BE assured, reader,
sthere is rest for the weary only in early
and abundant sleep, and wise and happy are
they who have firmness enough to resolve
that by Gods help will seek it in no other
way" Halls Journal Of Health.
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How A WoMAs PosTs a LETTER. from
the Detroit Free Press.l-Any day when
you have time you can see how she does IL
by dropping into the post-ofiice. she ar
rives there with the letter in her band. IL
is sheet of note enclosed In white enVe'
lone. She halts in front Of the stamp-Win-
dow. opens her mouth to ask for stamp, out
suddenly darts away aud looks at the letter
TO see If she made any errors In names or
dates. It takes her five minutes tQ, make
sure of this, and then she balances the letter
ON her finger, and the awful query arises in
her mind, ''Perhaps it Is overweight !"
She stems to the window and asks the clerk
if he has three.cent stamp, fearing that nc
hasn't. and she looks over every compart-
rnent of her porte-monnaie before she finds
the change to pay for it. CO.
The fun begins as she gets the stamp. She
sidles around to one side, removes her gloves,
closely inspects the stamp, and hesliates
whether to "lick D. it on OF wet her finger.
She finally concludes that it wouldn't be
nice TO show her tongue, and she vets her
finger and passes it over the envelope. She
is so long picking up the stamp that the moist
ure is absorbed, and the stamp slides on tne
envelope. She tries it twice more with the
same success, and then, getting desperate,
she gives the stamp lick" and II SUCKS.
Then comes the sealing of the letter. she
vets her finger again, but the envelope lles
omen. ard after five minutes delay she has
TO mass her tongue along the streak of dried
mucloge. She holds the letter long time
to make sure that the developers all rlgnt'
and fipally appears at the window and asks
."Three cents is enough, is it?" "1es,
ma'am." So, ,tcou
And this will go out today" "Cer'
tainly."
CIVIL it 60 to Chicago without the name
of the county on ?" "Just the same"
"Wbat time will it reach there" "To
morrow morning."
| She signs, turns the letter over and over
and finally asks, "Shall [ drop it into one Of
those places therep "Yes, ma'am."
She walks up in front Of the six oribces
through which letters fall upon the table
closely scans each one of them, finally make;
choice, and drops-no, she doesn't. She
stops to see where it will fall, pressing bel
face against the window until she 1atten:
her nose out of shape, and she doesn't DROP
it into the place she meant to. She, how
ever. releases it at last, looks down to make
sure that it did not fall on the floor, ano
turns away with a sigh Of regret that she
didn't take one more look atthe superscrip
| ton.
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BY James NJ. Taylor 4 Son,
Real Estate Agents and Auctonccrs,
Office corner Eleventh and Bank streets.

TRUSTEES SALE OF ABOUT ONE
Il HUNDRED AND FOUR ACRES OF LAND,
IN HsNRlCD COUNTY. ABOUT FIVE NIL ES
BELOW RICHMOND. INCLUDING FORT GIL.
MEX, AND ADJOINIAG THE LAND FOR
MEKLY OWNED BY l.. W. GUNTHER, ESQ,
cuted by Alexander Jonathan and others to me as
trustee, dated January 25, 1872, aud OF record In
nn e ti So o5 to secure the piymcn, Of
tain negotiable note therein mentioned, DEFAULT
having been made In The payment thereof and III
10 sell at public auction In front OF Henricn county
courthouse, on MONDAY the 9Th day February
1875 THAT being court day., at 2 O'Clock NJ , the
deed of trust. =,
TERMS: Enough in cash to defray the expenses
of sale and the sum of s400-ihc amount OF SAID
note; the iance on such terms as may be agreed
uuon al the hour OF sale.
ii. SELDOM TAYLOR. Trustee.
LANES N. TAYLOR i son. AuCtiOnecrs. il 27
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aUCrIoy SALES.--FUTURE Days.
by ". Goddin,
Auctioneer and Real Estate Agent,
corner eleventh and Bank streets.

TRUSTEES SALE OF THAT vALU.
ABLE PR8 nrEf on k THE R1G as uap
AND PETaRsB URG RAmRoAD, TH Z. TIE 3 !,
MILES FROM RICHMOND AND NINE MILES
FROM PETERsBURG.-Astr trustee In the deed 90, OF
trust from W. Fl. Hayward and wifi, bearing date
IsI necember. 500, duly recorded In Che sterheid
Comfy Court shall, In execution thereon. pro-
ceed 10 sell at public auction, on the premises. at
the village of Chester, on shTUHDAi me 2ot4
Of February. 1876, at O'Clock z. a., that TRULY
VALUABLE PROPERTY located as above CON
sistIug of LOT of TIRE and TAR EE-Q AK
TER ACRES, on which stands 4 large and excel
lent HOTEL, containing about thirteen rooms; be-
sides. TWO HANDSOME GOTTA and a
rOREHOUSF, with several out-buiIdines suitably
for such an establishment. This property Is well
located for hotel, boardng-school, or college,
being so acces sible on lie ,ding railroad.
Terms: Enough in cash to defray coss OF SAFE
and to pay off the balance past due on three bonds
being about ~ ,450: on credit as 10 $1,000 until
1st December, 1875 on further credI. st; to
Al 900 until LIST December, 1875; on TURNER
credit as TO 81, 900 until 1st Decembr, 10 WIZ
interest on the whole credit payments at SIX pei
cent. fr,.m 1st day Of December. 500, till psid
and as to the residue. If any, on such terms as sha
be announced at the hour Of sale. The whole cred1
payments 10 be secured BY deed OF trust on the pro
ptrty. WlLLlahi AN r1,
IN 29-td 1ruS'ee
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AUCTIONEERS, &c.
ALEXANDER SIMS. F.J. SAMPSON.
GINS g. SAMPSON,
X REAL AND Personal ESTATE AGENTS
49, AND AUCTIONEERs,
I No. 921 HULL STREET, MANCHESTER, VA.

To the citizens Of Manchester, Richmond, and
country contiguous: ',-s
We have this day opened an office In Manchester,
ON Hull street. opposite the Court house flor Inc
present with Mcssrs. Brooks & Attkisson), Tor
the purpose of conducting 4 GENERAL REAL
AND PERSONAL ESTATE AGENCY
We offer cur services TO The public, and pledge
prom OF returns for all property placed In our hands
for sale or rent. We refer to eessrs. Dance e Nil.
Ter. Messrs. Brooks i Attkisson, Messrs. Logan Il
Bransfdrd, attorneys at law: Judge Samuel S: Wei
siser, Judge lillian j. Clopton, Judge william ;tIl
Pope Dabney, Mr.. Joseph a: Gates, C9lonel Lewis
Messrs Gary Il Brothers, Messrs Putney Watts,
Messrs. Harvey & Jones, Colonel John Booker, and
To he citizens Of Manchester. Richmond, Amelia,
Powhstau, and Chesterfield generally. All we ask
Is trial from generous public, and we guarantee
satisfaction. Most respectfully,
IA 2S-1w SlMS " SAhfSON.
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RICHMOND AND pETRassuRG Kim
.a rJlatst ROAD CoKPlyY'

alCHACSD AND fETkRS8CRE Rim
T.. L.e,Et ROAD CoaPASI
COMMENCING JANUARY 4, 1874 t-s,,
~ on this rosd will run as follows: '"'
LEAVE RICHMOND SoCTH.
day., connecting for al points so,,s
745 A. NJ, FKEIeHT TRAIN dsiiy i s'sssnsd e.
day., with coach attached. for P ssaa'
..y. burg and stations on the Sop,S'iI.
road, Lynchburg, and The Wcst
LAB 2. NJ, THROUGH MAIL daily. connac,,,,
aGH for all points South and IVES; pa ~.
sepgers taking this train win m.Is
Close connection at Petersburg for
500 P. H., FREIGHT daily (except sund,,,
with coach attached. 'h
LEAVE PETERSBURG NORTH
500 A. d.. FREIGHT TRAIN daily tercen,
Sunday with coach attached
11:45 A. NJ, THROUGH MAIL daily, c0nneclp,
with Richmond, Fredericksburg asS
Potomac railroad for all points Eas
500 P. n, FKE E; aT daily texcep, sund.ys
500 P. IL, THROUGH NAIL daily fexcept SIM.
day., connecting with Richmond.
FREDERICKSBURG and Potomac raIlroad
for all points last and West. Pulmsr
Sleeper attached, running through U
Baltimore. Also making close e con- n
nectiou with The Chesapeake and Ohio
t. t.a railroad for the Virginia Springs and
points North and West.
The NAIL TRAINS will not stop between Rich
mond and Petersburg except at Chester.
Trains OH the Glover Hill viii lease Chester Al
$40 P. N; Return ing. will leave Glover Lir s.
$50 A. d. daily except Sancar.
ALL TRAINS leaving Petersburg will start rrou
no 81 A. SHAW. Superintendent.
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am lawyer by profession. Tbese otner
gentlemen are lawyers, too, ano ,n are sets &c.
spectacle gentlemen, madam: 10 Prov "
you that am not the indivfduai 20 "Dom
sou aIlude beg to present 10 you my n; Ealu.
See, there 1t is in black and White winiah
Heislcy, attorney at law, Clevenna liz, onlo.
Besides, rever play cards.. siF ,lIau
labored explanation, his caro-, inc assura,,c c
of the horrl6ed husband, and the au9'nie
smiles of the other passengers, convinced the
good lady Of her mistake, and she subslded,
leaving all quiet along the lines"
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DILL a, RICF- ~NR
L MOND, AND NORFOLK STEAM ssalstSat
SHIP LINE.-FOR PHILADELPHIA TWICE
4 WEEk.-Untl further notice the steamers OF
this line will leave Philadelphia every WEDSES-
DAY and SATURDAY, and Richmond every
IUESI:Al and SATURDAY at 2 o'clock.
Freight taken at low rates Tor all paris OF new
jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, for Profl-
dence, Boston, and New Orleans. Also, for Liver
pool and Antwerp uia Red Star anc American
steamship lines and bills OF latng slgncf through
s,ateroG1n. sS. w. z. PORTER, Agent,
anil No. 1925 Dock street.
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DEATH OF A TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOL
LAR Cow.-[From the Paris Kentuckian,
january 2O1-On Saturday last the Fourth
Duchess of Oneida died at the Hon. T. J..
Megibben's. She was purchased by Megib.
ben q Bedford, October, 1873, at Campbell's
New York Mills sale, for $25, 900. She leaves
a bull three months old, by the Fourteenth
Duke of Thorndaie, said to be one of the
finest Dukes in the country. There was, Of
course, no insurance on her. Thus the
S25, 600 better has met the same fate as the
$40, 500 cow. Mr.. Z. G. Bedford has been
particularly unfortunate, having heretofore
lost two costly bulls.
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nOUBLE EST-PROTECTORS, OF
IL every size, imported from England, and sold
at MEADE & BAKE R'S drugstore.
DITMAN'S SEA SALT. in 20 and Soc packages
Sold at MEADE 57 BAKERS drugstore.
CHARCOAL BISCUIT and LOZENGES, for the
relief and cure of foul breath, heartburn and dvs-
pepsia. Sold ut MEADE & BAKERS drugstore.
CUTL ER'S POCKET NH ALEfS afford promp
relief 10 sOrethroat, bronchitis and catarrh. Sol
at MEADE L BAKERS drugstore.
PATE PECTORALE, ALUM and kINO LOZ-
ENGES, aud CHLORATE OF POTASH LUZ-
ESGES, Tor coughs, colds, and sorethroat, Sold al
MEADE L BAKERS drugstore.
PULLNA, FRElDRICHSHALL, and other Eu-
ropean MINERAL WATERS, sold In all quantities
at MEADE l. BAKERS drugst tore.
FRENCH CHOCOLATE with EXTRACT OF
BEEF-very nutritious and pleasant to the taste.
Sold at MEADE & BAKERS drugstore,
de 10 a19 Main street.
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SIIMONS'S
LIVER REGULATOR.
For Dyspepsia, Constipation, Jaundlce, Bilious
attacks Sick Headache, Collie, Depression OF Splr-
Its, Sour Stomach. Heartburn, &C., &c!i
1T HAS NO EQUAL.
Isl faultess family me iicne.
Does not disirrauge the system.
is sure to cure Ii taken regularly.
Is no drastic, violent medicine.
Does not interfere with business
mo intoxicating beverage.
Contains the mpiest and best remedies.
CAUTION.
Buy no powders or prepared SIh1MONS'S LIVER
REGULATOR unless in our engraved wrapper
with trademark, stamp, and signature unbroken !;
none other Is genuine.
j. II. ZEILIN & CO.,
de 2S-6m Macon, Ca, and Philadelphia.
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nLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP IET~n
" COMPANY. .xaEB
FOR NEW YORK.

This company will dispatch one Of their splendid
steaIuers-OLD DOMINION, WYANOkE, ISAAC
EELL, RICHMOND, ALBEMARLE, and HAT.
TNRAS-every TUESDAY. FRIDAY aud SUN
DAY ut high water. ..
These ships are entirely new, and were built ex.
pressly for this route
They have splendid saloons, staterooEas, and bath.
rooms.
The fare, accommodations, and attention are IN.
surpassed.
Goods shipped by this line are landed regularly
at New York on the Company's covered pier, 81
North river. .
Freighta for points beyond New York forwarded
with dispatch, and no charge made except actual
expenses incurred.
Freight received until 5 P. H. daily. ~
For further Information, apply TO
GEORGE W. ALLEN & CO., Agents,
ap3 office Company's wharves. Rocketta
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BY j. Thompson Brown,
Real Estate Agent and Auctioneer,
lib Main street, next 10 the State Bank.

lib Main street, next 10 the State Bank.
GENERAL ASSORTMENT T OF HOUSE
" HOLD FURNITURE. &c.-I will sell at pub
lie auction, on the premise; of Mr.. +. A. Cream,
No. 52l ct james street. between Clay and i.eigh
streets. on SATURDAY, January 80. ut 0 o. clock.
n lot of new HOUSEHOLD GOODS, to satisfy n
bin of sale in the hands OF Miss Georgenia Cream,
consisting of
REP LOUNGE-new:
half DOZEN CAGE-SEAT CHAIRS.
l CHROME and small PICTURES;
MARBLE-TUP EESTRE-TABLE-ncw;
&c YARDS OF MATTING;
l BooK-LIFEo OF CuRlsT-splenddly bound;
STAR HAT-HACK,
OIL-CLoTH, BUREAU,
TABLES, NAsIISTAND. BABY-CARRIAGE, &c.
A II of the above articles are new.
TERMS Cash. j. THOMPSON BROWN,
In 2S-3t AuciiOncer.