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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02
She7aUi's SAFE.

> virtue AMI authority of an Execution, is
Il , sued from the Office of the Clrlk OF the Cir
cnIi Court of Andrew county. Missouri, returna-
NE directed, in i3vur of George Mcclure. and
against Matthew "inkcrtOn, | have levied Upon
and seized ali III" right, title, interest ami claim
OF tho said Matthew Pinkcrton, i'll and to ti. fol-
lowing described real estate, tO-WIt: Lot II, i'll
Block II. IN %IiIdgcn, y Carpenters Addition IL
tn" City II Savannah, III Andrew county,, Ms
souri,; and | viii, on
ThuT%dnH, Tire Sh day Of -Ipr7, 1875.
between thc hours ofnine O'Clock in the forenoon
ami five o'cl"ch in tn afternoon OF said day, ut
the Court iiuu>, door, in the city of Savannah.
County at Andrew aforesaid, sell lie same, or 50
much thereof rs may be required, at publIc vcE-
due. IL the highest bidder, for cash in nani.
t>uhi"ct 10 all prior lcins and judgmcnt-,) 10
satisfy said executions and casts.
l.. ID. CARTER.
Sheriff Andrew county, No.
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the Big Horn and Tongue rivers. and
many specimens troII near Fort Stam-
baugh, in the upper Wind River coun-
try, where mining has failed for want
OF water for ~alluvial washing, and from
hostilltics of the Indians, and | have
good reason to believe in the fact that
it is quite
CERTAIN THAT GOLD EXISTS
in the Owl Creek Mountains, in the
Lower Wind river, and in the head wa
tiers OF the Powder river and the Rose
bud, al the localities being under the
general meaning in the Black Hills. and
outside the Shrrmam-Augur-Terry treaty
OF 1869, except 50 far us the privilege to
hunt game.
1t has been my intention TO cOmmUni-
cate much information to government
this summer on the above described
country, and as the Indians have not IN
absolute right to the soil there may be
but little difficulty in cAtingui,hing their
hunting privileges. | purpose, if You
do not object, to open the Yellowstone
river, by sending Gen. &. II. Forsythe
and Col. Grant, OF my staff, up the Vel
lowstone to the mouth of the Bic Horn,
rs soo rs the ice breaks, which viii
give the lowest tide water, having Sc
cured Il steamboat to make
THIS EXPLORATION.
If Gen. For>ythe is successful, | will
>crd Gen. Custar with a command from
Fort Lincoln, across the mouth of Pow
der river, thence up the south bank Of
the Yellowstone. crossing Powder river
Tongue river, Rosebud, and ON to the
mouth of the Big Horn.
This country Is rs vet entirely uneX-
piored, and the expedition may develop
very valuable anritrrous sections and
make the Father DeSmct story to some
extent true. But | am of the belief that
the mountain Of Mica has not changed
to god.
will also send an expedition down
Wind river, through the Owl Creek
mountains, from Fo-t S~tambau~!l, VIA,
Fort Brown, to the mouth Of the Bic
Horn, and will bring it back through
Parks, about the head waters of Powder
river, visited by Capt. Mills and his
command last summer.
THESE PARKS
are for beauty fully equal to those dcs-
criDed so graphically by Gen. Gustav rs
existing in the Black Hills OF Cheyenne.
! may also say from my own knowl-
edge that the valleys OF the Bic and Lit
tie Popoaigic. Little Wind river. and
the maiu MIND river. pru crarrpJy I've
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Trustees Sale.

M HEREAS, III. BIllmIre and Mary T.. T;;u-
" lnlre, his wife, by their certain dect! If
trust, dated June 9Th, 1873, and recorded in thr
Recorders office of Andrew comfy, MiSso,,Tj
Ill book Is nj page Ass, conveyed To the under
Sighed Trustee, the following described real ,S-
tate III SAID county of Andrew, Missouri H.
W.T.: Commencing at the northeast come, nt
the southeast quarter OF the southwest; uII,,t.,
OF section No. twelve, Oh, in township siAr,,
tG0', OF range thlrty -four, t3D, and running
thence west Scvcnty-Ont CD rods and six n.
lcct, to Il stone near four O. bGr-Gak trees. f.r
place of beginning; and running THENCE vi
ten degrees, south thirty-1iyc (%J) rods; thence
soIiti! ten degrees east ten (l0 rods, To crcrk
amt thence follow ing the mcaEdcrinr OF Tin.
creek To an elm tIcc; thence north fifteen der, r.
east thirty-thrrc t3il rods To tie place of begin
EIn@ containing four and Onc-ha,f G1s) aC;.-.
Including tie mills, engines, boilers, and Other
machinery situate on said land, which SAID cor
Vcyanct WA, made 10 secure the payment al =
certain rrUmiSsOTy note. in said deed OF trust
mentioned and described; and
Whereas, said deed OF trI-; provides that in
cast default IS made in the Payment of -aiG
pr"inis>ory note that l., the undcr,IgncG trus;c..
shall ut the REQUEST OF the legal holder of -u:G
nn't' r"ct''t TO sell SAID real estate and a,riy
me proceeds To- the payment of said note;
h"reas, said note il due and uunaId urv
therefore, in pursuance of the provisions, nr~a;i
,t"rtt "l M, and at the Request of Tn. ! .L
il"lIcr OF ,N:ld note, notice is hereby given thu;
/, tic undersigned trustee, will, on
SGtHTdoy, The Nird dny Of ApYi1. 1875.
between the hours of ten O'Clock in ;he ior,n,ou
and five O'cipck in the afternoon of that dll- ul
the cnurt-h"isc door. in the town OF Savannah,
III Sall Andrew county, State OF Missouri. It,-
cctti TO sell the above d"rcribc,i properly, At
public auction, for cash. to the highest bidder
lor the purpose of satisfying said nuic ANA ;.,.
interest thereon and pay inS the costs and cHucn-
scs UI This trust.
BENJAMIN II. VINEYARD,
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GOLD IN GREAT QUANTITIES,

still it may be there, but as the treaty of
90, duly ratified, virtually deeds this
portion of the Black Hills to the Sioux
Indians, there is no alternative but to
keep out trespassers. But to 60 back to
the Father DeSmet information, there is
not much doubt as to the correctness of
his statement that gold exists i'll large
quantities in the Black Hills, but much
further west than the Black Hills of
Cheyenne; ] have seen nuggets from
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MOrtGaSe S0Ie.

WHEREAS, LOREN T.. MInturn and Catha-
w rine Minturn, his wife, by their certain
mortgage deed, dated thellth day Of August,
lSG9, recorded III book 10, on page LIB, in the oil
ficc of the Recorder of Deeds OF Andrew county,
Missouri. conveyed to George W. Harvey, the
following described lots or tracts of land. living
and being III Andrew county, Missouri, fo-wit:
Lot No. two, O., lot No. three, C), and lot No.
five, tj), iii BlnCk fnrty-One, QI, in the town
OF -AIIuZOnla, county of andrew, and state of
Missouri; which said conveyance WAS made To
secure the payment al Il certain prOrnisSlry note,
III said mortgage dccd dcscribrtt: .hmd whereas,
II l. provided IN said mortgage deed, tina; il the
said note lac not we'll and truly paid, with the
interest that may b- due thereon, according 10
the tenor and effect of said note, then the said
George W Harvey may proceed to sell the pro-
prrtE herein above, and in said deed of mort
@agc, described, II public vcn,luc. To the high
est bidder, III the Court House door. in ih' city
Of savannah, county of Andrew, and STATE OF
Missouri, iIr~' giving thirty days public notice
OF the time, t"iIIn ami place of said sale, and of
The property 10 be sold, 10y advertisement in
some newspaper printed in The county of An
drew, and state aforesaid, and, upon such sale,
shall execute and deliver 4 deed in fee simple of
the property sold tU the purchaser or purchasers
thereof, am! receive The proceeds of SAID sale,
ont of which he shall first pay the COSTS and cx-
prnaeS attending such sale, and next the amount
due on the said note, ahd the remainder. it any.
shall De paid to the SAID Lnrrcn 4. Minturn, or
his legal representatives
And whereas, the said note, with interest
tuc thereon, Is YET over due and unpaid: Now,
therefore, lay virtue of The provisions in said
mortgage decd contained, and Of the power
therein conferred, | will offer the above ,ic>crih-
ed estate for sale at public Irniur, To- the highest
bidder. for cash in hand, at the door of the
Court House, IL the city of savannah. township
oi No,iaWay, county Of Andrew, and state of
Missouri, on
W0nd0Y. the 5N dun Of Iprl1. 1879,
between tn" hours "f 10 O'Clock in the forenoon,
and / O'Clock in the afternoon Of that day, for
the purpose in said mortgage decd sci forth.
GEORGE W. HARVEY,
'chl-nu2O-5W hiOrtga%rp.
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ShezIW'S Sale.
Alexander X. Martin,

Alexander X. Martin,
Allison Sells.
write OF an execution to me directed and
81 dated on the lI:lI day of February. -.
upon a Transcript Of Il Judgment rendered IN T..
r Gilmore, Il Justice ct Inc Peace within .,uti
Tor the county Of Andrew, and State a.! Nil
souri,, i'll favor of a. X. Martin, a. plaintiff. ami
Allison Sells, deici liant, which said trinsrr!pf
WAS He'd in the Clerks Office oi TIT. Andrew
county Circuit Court, on the 18th day of March.
lNt5, by rntu" thcrsOi, / did, on the 18th dav nt
tcbru;iry. $50, levy upon and Sclz" all of tn.
ri-ht, tiLIc amt Interest and estate of the ~,IcfcE,!-
alt, Allison Sells, tO-Wit: The south half Of
the southwest quarter OF section seven, q.
township siAty-ont, Oh, range thiriy-six, C;5,;
ahti ci2hIy acres, the south half oI the south
east quarter oi section twelve, U3), township
>iNfy-onc, (GI), range thirt y->cyrn. C5.), ali in
ANDREW county, Ni>sOuri. will, on
SHtHIday, TIE l0M Of April. 4. d, 1879.
between the hours Of ten O'Clock in The for
noon and FIVE O'Clock IN tile afternoon, at H..
south door of the court house, in Savannah.
An'trcW county, Missouri, during the session; o.:
The circuit tuurt of said county, expose the H.
tcrcst OF satt defendant in and 10 said real IS
tlt', or so much thereof as Will satisfy flr
execution. and costs, for sale To- The
highest bidder, for cash.
LEROY ID. CARTER.
Sheriff of Andrew COUNTY, Missouri.
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AT THE OLD STAND.

ITO my old customers take great y casure IN
L announcing that | have brought from New
York one oftl,c largest stocks IF goods in my line
ever brought to this city, consisting i'll part Of
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MOrtG0S'e S'0le.

WHEREAS, Nelson Graves and Mary \.
w Graves, his Wife, by their mortgage iced.
with power OF sale therein contained. dated
December llth, lSI2, and recorded in the Re-
Cordcr'S Office, lit book p, N page -, of the
deed records of Andrew county, AMI State Of
Missouri, conveyed to William y. Price the fol-
lowing described real estate, bounded as follows.
tOWIt: Commencing III the southeast corner OF
block two, in the city of savannah, in the cuIIn-
~ of Andrew, ana State of Missouri, and run
ming thence north $50 feet; thence west 100 feet,
To the centre Of said block; thence south 100
feet ;thcncc.eaSt ii0tcct to the place Ofbcginning,
IL secure tlr payment of Il certain prUlnl>SOry
note, ia said mortgage deed described, and dat
cd December llth, lS12, and due twelve months
after the date thereof:
And whereas, said note is now Cue and I'M
paid; Now. thclc tore, |, Leroy ID. Carter, Sher-
i'll OF said county Of Andrew. III the request of
the said William \. Price, the legal holder Of
said note, and by virtue OF the power anu au-
thOrity i'll me vested by said mortgage deed,
will, on
N0nday.Nc 18Th dag Of Ap"il, ID. 1879,
between HE houls of . O'Clock in the forenoon.
and , O'Clock in the afternoon, of that day, at
the Court House door, in the city of Savannah,
county of Andrew, and State of Missouri, pro-
coed To sell the real estate above described, at
public vrnduc, to the highest bidder, Tor cash in
hand, and apply the proceeds Of the sale for
the purposes mentioned in said mortgage decd.
LEROY ID. CARTER,
me- 5n20wJ Sheriff OF Andrew county, No.
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Card to the Public.

WHEREAS, for the past two wears, various
~ persons nave sought, by arttuily-worlcd
advertisements, 10 impress upon the public mind
that |, Nathaniel =. Dodge, VI D., was with
them, or III some way connected with them pro-
lee>iOnally; now, this was done without my
knowledge or consent, as my name is ~rirtAltig
nag fr~aGe-mark; therefore, 1 have been forced To
make known in this public manner III" above
facts, and that | have no partner or agent, and
10 protect myself and the public have been ut the
expense OF Il steel plate engraving OF myself,
which may be ordered from me Qpricc >, cents
AZ lbs South Iialsted St, Chicago, Iii. My Spe-
riHlty is the treatment OF chronic diseases, and
those peculiar Ia the female sex. The poor re-
c"iVe prescriptions free. do not keep open
Office, and those Wishin" to consult me must 10
50 personally or by letter rs above. | hereby
caution all persons against using my name IN
connection with any other person or persons,
professionally, Is such persons using my name
will be prost cuted To The fullest extent of the
law. Should the public meet any such parties
using my name, | trust thai they will treat them
III the manner that they 50 justly deserve.
Your ubedient servant,
s. NATHANIEL 5. DODGE.
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administrators NOtico.

NolltEiS hereby given that letters of adj
~ mIHIotrdiIon upon the estate of Archibald
sexton, deceased, have been granted to the
Undersigned, by the Probate Court OF Andrew
county. hearing date al March Is, lS15. All
persons having claims against said estate are rr-
qulrcd 10 exhibit them to M for allowance, with
in one Year from the date of said letters. or they
may he prcciu'tcl from any benefit of such e.
tate: amt il said claims be not exhibited within
two Years from the time of the publication OF
this notice, they viii be forever barred.
FREE SEXTON.
22tf Administrator.
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Trustees Sale.

WIlEREtS, LorTrn L. Minturn and Catha-
w rint NiitUrn, his wife, by their certain
deed "i tru-', date! july Eth, 1>t9, and record
ct in Book -, III page 3i3, III the Office uf the
Recorder Of Deeds for Andrew county, State OF
Missouri, conveyed 10 J"~hUl HJnd. OF Andrew
r"GIly, Missouri. In" following described lois
-" tracts u! land, III the town al .imazon!a An
'!"E county, State I'll Missouri, described as
follows: Lots W. seven g. and eight t. in
block NJ. loriy-onc GIL Together with I steam
it1trII- mill, ami all machinery thereto belong
in-: which said one tncr WAS made 10 secure
lhr paHlIcnt"f two certain pTuIu;,sOry notes, III
saiu dcrtt uf iru~t dcScfihUd.
And whereas, ii l. provided in said deed of
trust. that II the said notes he not we'll and truly
paid, with the lntcic>: that may H. due thereon,
according Ia the tenor and effect of SAID notes.
thea the laid Joshua Fond may proceed To sell
the said property herein above, and IN sad deed
OF trust. described. or any part thereof. at pub
lie vendur, Ia the highest bidder. ut the city of
Savannah, for cash, first giving thirty days pub
iic notII" OF The time, terms and place of SAID
sale, AMI Of til" Propcri! to be sold. by adver-
fiS"nlcnt IN rolIc newspaper printed III Andrew
county, and upon such SAFE, shall execute and
deliver Il deed IN Tee simple of the property sold,
To the purchaser or p"rcilascrS thereof, and re-
rclVc iic proceeds OF said sale, Out of which he
shall pay first IKE costs and expenses OF this
irtI~t, AMI next the amount due and unpaid on
said notes, and the remainder. if any, shall he
paid To the said LOREN I. Mlnturn, or his legal
representatives.:
And whereas. sail notes, together with part
of interest, i due aud unpaid; Now therefore,
by virtue Ct tn" provisions i'll said deed OF trust
contained. and "f the power therein conferred.
! Will "ICr the above d"ScI ib,'i lots and real Cs-
tate a public vCnrjnr, 10 the highest bidder, for
cash III hand, III the south door of the Court
House, III the city "f Savannah, county of An
drew, and State of Missouri, on
-H0nday,Hc Jh day OF -lpriI. H: d. 1915,
hr; We, the hours OF IL O'Clock III the forenoon,
ana 1 O'Clock in The afternoon, of that day, tor
the purposes in SAID deed U fIrUIsl rs set loitl.
JO>liU 4 BOND,
INTERCHANGEABLE Trustee.
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Valuable Farms
FOR SALE,

43O. A farm of 81 acres, near Ffag
Springs; ~ acres under cultivator:;;%J -
young apple trees; frame house; two
good wells. &c.
454. y choice farm of 1876 acres; 100
in cultivation; a good house .216x40 fee,
well water, 100 apple trees and a variety
of other fruit; II miles from Roche
ter.
40. \ very desirable. small farm If
20 acres, ; miles northeast of Savan-
nah. Good, new frame house Of rooms
and cellar, log stable and cOrn-cribs 70
bearing apple trees, 30 bearing pcach
trees, and other fruit trees, and t. acr,s
Of fall wheat growing; price, &i,G,Ei.
81 1000 cash, balance on reasonable tine.
WILLIAM CEALLAcCEgE
Reel Estate Agent, Sarannah, 10.
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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-30
Estimating Mems Wealth.

One Of the points In regard 20 which
great numbers Of people are apt to be very
positive Is the amount Of property owned
by other persons, and especially by men
OF wealth. We repeatedly hear II asserted
that one man Is worth $500, 600 another
$3.50 600 another $500 600, another 81.
100000, and 40 on. Sometimes these esti.
mates allow considerable room for incom.
plete data; an, for example, when II In
said that Mr. a. or Mr. Il. Is worth be
tween two and three millions" But
In most cases the statement IL more def
mite, though generally in round numbers
Indeed, IL Is remarkable how many men
there are whose property, according to
these reports, would, ii turned into money.
make exactly even change The number
of individuals In the city, for instance,
who are said 10 be worth Just 81 ,00O, 600
IN very surprising And what Is, ii posi-
BILE, still more wonderful Ii the eircum.
stance that some OF them have for several
years, amid all the fluctuations in the
value OF property, remained worth the
precise sun, How anyone could con.
tinue.to keep the gauge of his property so
steady for even one week, not 10 speak of
a series of years, is problem TO which
the persons ailording the Information do
not feel called upon 10 furnish solution.
II the statements we 80 often hear about
the amount of this or that mans property
were confined 10 men who were ont OF
business, and, 10 use d familiar express
sion, were living ON their means"
they would even then be often rather ab
snrd IL, indeed, an individual has all
his property invested In Government
loans, firstclass railroad bonds and other
securities which have IA definite and steady
market value, and IL he has no objection
to converting freely about bis affairs, his
neighbors might be able to form distinct
and correct idea as 10 the value OF his
possessions. But the property of com.
parativcly few persons, especially men Of
great wealth, Is invested In this way. The
great majority Of rich men, even when
not engaged in active business, would
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As an Experiment.

j KNEW he was a professional beggar as
saw him working on the outskirts of the
crowd. Professional beggars are great
liars; they have no sense Of shame; they
are not grateful; they study to deceive.
thought ! would experiment on this
beggar II would do him no harm, and it
would help me to pass away an hour. One
can't study human nature by taking a seat
in a bay-window and watching the faces
OF the people who pass on the sidewalk.
The beggar had been rebuffed by several
and could see look of disappointment
in his eyes as | threw myself in his way
and smiled blandly. Coming nearer he
held out his hand and said in woful tones
Mister, for the love of Heaven, give
me some changel Ny wife issick, | have
seven small chill
| stopped him with gesture, and kindly
answered:
My dear man, here is quarter for you.
! know all about your wife. Poor thingl
l am afraid she will never recover. And
your seven children--Lord bless their poor
souls and bodies! Ii hes been a hard trial
for you as we'll, and don't see how you
keep up such good spirits. / wish could
give you twenty-five dollars instead of
twenty-five cents.''
was watching his eyes, and read him
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find ii very difficult to say within very
considerable percentage what they them
selves are worth. And even OF the esti-
mate they are able to fern they are By
no means always willing TO communicate
the figures to everybody OF their aequaint-
ance.
Bat the reports OF which We are speak
ing are quite as apt IT, be made about men
in principal part Of whose property Is in
vested in their business as in regard TO
anyone else. Ii il not uncommon 10 hear
81, exact statement Of how much a mer-
chant Il worth, Of whom il Is well known
thai he has large liabilities, while his
means gre subject To vicissitudes respect,
inc which no one can with certainty cal
culate. 1t would sometimes almost seem
- If the more fIuctuating and uncertain
IL is very nature an individuals business
i the more precise and positive are the
yenorts a. 90 the amount Of his property.
There Il many a man who would be ex-
ceedingIy glad 10 be able to estimate In
his own mind what he himself IL worth
- definitely as some OF his scauaintances
feel able to state II.
Il, need scarcely be mentioned here that
ordinary reports Of the property OF indi-
FtfiuAiN. AlVc@ HtAD az ~Sss
sidered wealthy, are apt 10 be greatly ex-
apperaied. II il no unusual occurrence,
when a man dies, to find, even in cases
where bis affairs were no; all complicated,
that his property is less than 0ne-half, or
even one-fourth, what IL was supposed TO
be And who that has had any opportu-
mites OF observation In such matters has
not known many melancholy instances
nrU1SAgrad yer
rich whose widow and children, when
the estate was finally settled, found them
selves almost pennies. Cases some
times, indeed, occur OF persons whose
deaths disclose the tact that they we're
much richer than they had the reputation
of being; but where there is one case Of
this sort there are at least twenty OF the
opposite kind.
Il is 10 this tendency 20 exaggeratc The
amount Of property owned that we wish
particularly to call attention. This KIND
OF gossip, although not, indeed, generally
malicious, is by no means always harm
less. Great injustice Is often thus done
by charges Of parsimony and want OF I'D.
crafty which would be greatly modified
| If the real state OF affairs were known.
But this is not the only evil connected
with the practice under consideration. IL
is very strange how often peciniary credit
Il given almost entirely on the strength Of
unfounded popular reports Of an individ'
uaps wealth and given, too, not unire-
quenty, by shrewd business men, who, ii
might naturally be supposed, would have
known better. The experience OF the
community for the past two years has in.
deed, taught some terribly severe lessons
on this point. II il earnestly to be hoped
that the effect of these lessons will be
more permanent than that OF the teachings
of business reverses usually prove them
selves 10 Sc after returning prosperity
". y Times Vtf