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National Republican., 1876-12-19
TRUSTEES SALE OF TWO LARGE AND DE-
SIRABLE THREE-sTORY BRICK DWELL
ING HOUSES, WITH BASEMENTs, ON

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q TT9 bkek
SS RaSSSpSE ElTH 4kssr s4AsHhrENSs SSRfG 9E
II 1873 and duly recerded In Liber No: so4, folio
ngtos coanss in the Dstsies str tot q cSia%s M and SJ
sS5ed VII ii s party sseasea inere6 the 1pds m 81.
tSe Day S9i Ss
e p s and S1Gsn 3 ss IN Ing
city of Washington. In said District, to wit; Lot
q sSSis ~ Ss Tie
This lot fronts "a feet 2< inches on Four-and-a-
half street northwest.in the immediate vicinity of
the City Hall, and isimproyed BY two subst alsial
south @ building Ia No & l bsving front Of about 2
Guiding sO 10 a naTiHe mont Fs OF
2Siset.
each sf sOa II T1
portunity for good investment.
CT ses M sss
ments in twelve, eighteen and twenty-four months,
the day Of sale, bearing interest al the rate Of
eight per cent. per annum, and secured BY deed Of
satisfaStSry to The undersigned: a deposit OF SO
The TERMS Of sale are % be- eompsd with within
ten days after the SALE otherwse the trustees Re;
cost Of the defsuitin parchaseF. re upon giving ave
DAYS 1Stee tS o Sr spc resale in some PAPER
FseoTdHs are & saa
EhEh$$ T. $$$hSR5fss5E' $SsS5sE' SHsRAIh' Trustees.
THOMAS BOWLING, A1ctioneer.
s%THE EABovEsA is POsrPoN UNTIL
MONDAY: December De- Is, 1876 same hour and place.
D' "-No- - 'A THOMAS BOWLING,
dec5-TuThS&ds Auctioneer.
HsTHE ABOVE SALE Is FURTHER POST
PONED until WEDNESDAY, December q, 1876,
the same hour and place. .. '...
By order Of the Trustees.
del6, 23,H THOs. BOWLING. Auct.
National Republican., 1876-12-19

B. H. WARNsER, .Isss Auetloneer,
TRUsTEE's SALE OF A Two-sToRY BRICK
HOUSE ON ALLEY. BETWEEN AND T
STREETs AND THIRTEENTH AND FOUR
TEENTH STREETS NORTHWEST.
By virtue OF detd oftrust, dated August 4. A.
ID. l514 duly recorded in Liber No. 762. folio 80,
ore Of the land records for the District OF Colum
pa and At the nest of the party secured thereby
shall sell At public auction, in front OF the prem
ses, on WEDNESDAY. December q, 1876, at
O'Clock p. m, the following described real estate
In the city of Washington, District Colum
ba, to wit All that certain lot or parcel Of ground
known and distinguished As lot numbered forty:
original lot numbered four, al in square num-
bered TWO hundred and thirty (23S,) together
with the improvements. &c. = =.
Terms: Six hundred dollars, with interest at ten
percent per annum from August 1876 to day SALE
ana expense OF sale in cash, and the balance at
chaser, bearing interest from the day OF sale and
secured BY deed of trust on the property sold, will
be taken deposit of $50 will be required at the
time OF sale, and all conyeyancing at the expense of
purchaser. Terms to be complied with In seven
days, otnerwise the trustee reserves the right to
fsultng purchaser after f. Aye days, advertisement.
Oel5-FMW&dS j.. i. COLbWEIII. Salesman.
National Republican., 1876-12-19
DOLLAR SAVED.

. CHEAP RAILROAD TICKET OFFICE.
Es,lroad tickets bought or sold, % or Prom an
this city. Apply 70 N. d. wHITESIDE,
eN Pennsylvania avenue northwest In the candy
store, Washington. D. @. IalS-ly
National Republican., 1876-12-19
PROPOSALS

SN(cNSN%~NS0SCO~~0ON 0S@ONO1ONO~O~NNNN%N
pROPDSALS FOR WRAPPING PAPER
= TWINE AND LETTER BALANCES,
National Republican., 1876-12-19

r. 5.swEET, Auctioneer.
TRUSTEES, SALE OF A ATHREE-sTORYBR BRICK
DWELLING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RHODE
ISLAND AVENUE. BETWEEN FOUR
TEENTH N d FIFTEENTH STREETS
By virtue OF deed of trust, dated November q,
lsl5 and duly recorded in Llber No. sos, folio l2o
one of the land records for the District of Columbia
and at the request of the party secured thereby,
sell atpublc auction, in front Of the premises
TUESDAY, December 10, 1876, at O'Clock m the
real estate situate and being In
the city Of Washington, District OF Coumb TO wit:
All that certain piece or parcel of land and premises
known and designated as the eastern nteen (l5) fe
one and one half Q) inches by the depth thereof OF
lot lettered ~, Yin the subdivision OF original lots
In square numbered two hundred and eleven, Gil,
together with the improvements, consisting or de-
sirable three-story brick dwelling.
Terms: One third cash; the balance in six, (6,)
twelve l2 and eighteen {s months after date, with
Interest at eight () cent annum, secured by
deed OF trust on the property Sold all cash. the
option Of the purchaser, deposit OF 600 Will be
required at the time Of sale and all conveyancing at
purchasers cost. Terms TO be compiled with in
seven days, the property will be resod at the risk
and cost OF defaulting purchaser.
dss-dkds J9HN r. EoNx, COX, }Trustees.
National Republican., 1876-12-19
AUCTION SALES.
n }. SWEET, Auctioneer.

'~N~eoO'SoD~O~0oO~O~O~U| |OrOoOOo.o.~ONo>~~so
To-Day.
National Republican., 1876-12-19
Alexandria & Fredericksburg Railway &
Alexandria & Washington Railroad.

For Alexandra, l:55, g. Z, 10, IL a. m, 1, 8,
An, s. 6:l0 and p. m. On Sunday at a. M, l
For the South, via Richmond, 1:55 a. m. 6:1O p. m.
daily except sunday.
Trains leave Alexandria for Washington at g. z, 8,
Q, 10, II a. m, I, g. 4:20, S, 6:l0 and D. m. On
Sunday at and 10 a. m. and $40 p. m.
Tickets, information, Sleeping and Parlor Cars
accommodations can be precureu at the Offices.
northeast corner of Thirteenth street and Peunsyl-
vana avenue, northeast corner of Sixth street and
Pennsylyania avenue, and at the depot, where
orders can be left for the checking of baggage to
destination from hotels and residences.
FRANK THOMSON, ID. N. BOYD, JR.,
jal-tf Gen'l Manager. Gen'l Passenger Agent.
National Republican., 1876-12-19

The following are the buying and selling rates
| for Government securities, furnished by H D.
| Cooke, tr., Co., bankers:
National Republican., 1876-12-19

/. BROwN-CUTHBERT:-O Wednesday, 18th
December ls'S at the residenee ot ns pfiae par
sisted BY the Rev j. H.Cuthbert OF this city father
OF the bride, GEORGE WHITFIELD BROWN and
MARY BRANTLY CUrHBERT. No cards.
National Republican., 1876-12-19

PROOKER tk LEWIS,
- NEW AUCTION HOUSE,
Cor. Eleventh st. and Pa. ave.. Marble Building.
! Regu ar sales Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday
OF each week. Al goods guaranteed as recon-.
TO promptly. CoDsignments solicited and cash ad-
vanced. nolS-3m
National Republican., 1876-12-19

HOUNCHILD.-On the 17th' of December. 1875,
after a short but painful Illness, GEORGE A. HoUN-
CHILD, aged q years.
Funeratwill lake place from the residence Of his
parents, No. nN PENNSYLVANIA avenue northwest,
Tuesday afternoon at2 o'clock. The relatives and
friends are respectfully Invited to attend.
HAMILTON.-On Monday morning, Deco
IS. 1875, at five minutes to two O'Clock. WIN. FRAN
CTS, infant son Of JAS. T. and Mary T. Hamilton,
aged months and l3 days.
Funeral will take place Tuesday, 2p. m.
MATHEWS.-On the 18th inst, at a. M, OF
dropsy, M. d, MATHEWS, in the ffsy-third year OF
his age. n'
Funeral Tuesday at . p. m. from his late resi-
dence, ~ South o street, between Four-and-a-halr
and Sixth streets.
National Republican., 1876-12-19
Notice to Canfafns.

H1cOs
Sailed-schr John b. Austin. " illiams, HObokeI
N. j., coal-W. A smoot.
National Republican., 1876-12-19
THoMAs BOWLING, AucsIoneer.

,o,s uv,, THOMAS HYDE, TruSts'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-08-02
Very Close Sailing.

Tue most remarkable race in nautical
annals ended in q dead heat. The two
contestants were two American vessels,
the Southern Cross, Captain Ballard,
and the J. B. Brown, Captain Kezar,
and the course was from San Francisco
to Liverpool. At six o'clock on the
morning of the last day Of the year
they we're lowed out together and dis
charged their pilots at the same mo-
ment. They passed the Faralone islands
together, met next day and parted COM
pany at night to met again near the
equator. Near Pitcairn's island the
rival clippers again came together, part
ing to encounter each other south Of the
line on the Atlantic side, where, during
several days Of light weather, they were
in company, crossing the equator liter
ally at the same moment, bearing due
east and west, a circumstance unparal-
leled in Captain Billiards. t~wenty-si1
years of East Indian trade. Another
parting followed, succeeded by a rem
contre in the northeast trades, where the
ships were in company for a week. OF
Holyhead they met for the last time on
the twenty-si1th of May, got tugs to-
gether, raced up the Mersey side by
side, and would have entered the docks
togetherhad the gates been wide enough,
but as they were not, the j. B. Brown
gave way and allowed the Southern
Cross to reach her berth a length in ad-
vance, after a race Of lat days, extending
over many thousand miles of water.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-08-02
Cunning of the Adder.

A correspondent Of the Milwaukee
Sentinel states that, over thirty years
ago. in Leeds, Greene county, N. Y,
his attention WAS one day attracted by
the plaintive cry of a cat. Looking into
q garden an adder was seen near the cat.
The cat seemed to be paralyzed by fear
of the adder; she kept up the plaintive
cry, as il in great distress, but did not
take her eye off the serpent, or make
any attempt to attack or escape. Soon
the snake saw that human eyes were OBJ
serving him and he commenced to crawl
slowly AVA II then," continued the
writer of the narrative, "concluded to
release the cat from it's trouble. 7 took
o garden rake and put it on the snakes
back, and held it without hurting it. AS
o as I had the snake fast in this posi-
ton, it raised its head, fattened it out,
and blew, making a kissing noise, and
something resembling breath or steam
came from it's mouth. When that was
exhausted I removed the rake, and the
adder turned over on its back, lying as
if dead. With the rake I turned it over
on it's belly again, but it Immediately
turned on its back. This was repeated
several times. At last it was taken out
of the garden, laid in the road, and We
all retired to watch its movements. 1t
commenced to raise and turn its head
slowly docking about the while) until
entirely on its belly, and started ut full
speed for a little pool Of water in the
road, from which it was raked GU and
d~ispatched."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-08-02
MOtherless.

A poor widow named Fox died sud.
denly in Louisville, Ky. She had just
gone there to live with her four chill
dren, three girls and a boy. An express
wagon called at the house, the corpse
OF the poor woman was put into it and
hauled away to the paupers' graveyard
to be buried. It was q most painful
sight, says the Journal, to SEQ three lit
tie girl, and a little boy following after
that rude hearse containing the corpse Of
the mother. Their eyes nearly blinded
with tears, their heartbroken sobs com
ing from their ~quivering lips, their cries
to the driver rushing his horse to get
away from the poor little motherless
orphans, and they running along after it
with tearfuleyesand outstretched hands,
was a scene that wouldhave made angels
weep. Finally the wagon turned a cor
ner !; the little ones broke down, and
they returned a scattered band of wan
derers, weeping and wailing over the
loss OF their poor mother, whom they
should never see again. Many a stout
hearted man turned away from the scene
and wiped great tears from his eyes, as
the cries of the poor little orphans run
ming after the wagon rung in his ears.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-08-02
The New Mormon Empire.

Says the Salt Lake Tribune of a late
issue: Brigham Young, Jr., and First
High Councillor Daniel a.. Wells left
st. George for New Mexico, via Arizona,
taking with them a few of the chosen
ones to spy out and settle upon their
new domains in New Mexico, and make
the necessary preparations for a general
hegira Of the saints to the promised
land. Brigham, the prophet, has been
at St. George several days. The new
temple has Just been finished at that
place, and on the return of Brigham,
Jr., and Councillor Wellsit will be dedi-
Gated, and the programme is to proclaim
young Brigham president Of the church
and the successor of his father. Immi-
grafton from the southern portion of the
Territory to their new Ell Dorado, on
the head waters of the Little Colorado,
New Mexico, will then commence in
earnest, under the auspices of young
Brigham. There they will beas isolated
from the Gentle world as they were
twenty years ago in Utah.
Evidently Brigham's scrip was placed
where it would do the most good in the
last session of the legislature of New
Mexico, for that body passed an election
bill similar to that in Utah, requiring
that all ballots be numbered and the
name of each voter placed opposite the
number of the ballot. This election
law would place the territorial gov
eminent in the hands of the church, Just
as it does in Utah; in fa It, more com.
pletely, for in Utah, by Congressional
enactment, the governor has an absolute
veto, which power "a exceptionally
conferred upon him for the purpose of
preventing proscriptive church legisla-
ton.
The governor Of New Mexico is not
vested with such absolute power. The
Legislature can override his veto, as in
any other State or Territory, except
Utah. Forsome time missionaries have
been ct work converting the Americans
in New Mexico to the Mormon faith.
Some Of these, being ignorant and gu
perstitious, are good material for the
crafty priesthood to work upon, and,
under the new tyrannical election, the
Mormons will be able to outvots the
few thousands of white people in the
Territory, and capture it's government.
It is not their intention to abandon
Utah. They have too much property
interest at stake. But the new Zion
will be New Mexico-free from Gentle
Innovations.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-08-02
Labor in q POst.Omce.

A reporter who has been investigating
the work of the New York post-oface
employees, states that there are dropped
into the various letter boxes, In the
main building, in the branch Offices, and
in the street boxes, on an average, each
day, 259, 976. ALI these are to be as
sorted and distributed and sent to the
persons to whom they are directed,
through the proper channels. There
are received in the mails q daily average
OF 10, 1918. Letters are dispatched for
339 post-ofices and rinety-two routes n
624 bags or pouches, and weighing
4,368 pounds. The paper mails are, OF
course, very much more bulky than the
letter mails, as a glance at the official
figures will show. There are an average
of 1,473 sacks received daily for distri-
button, making a weight Of 103,l ITO
pounds. The average number of sacks
dispatched daily to 30S post-ofices over
1913 routes, is 653, weighing 1850
pounds. There are distributed 839 sacks
of second class, and 634 sacks of third
class newspaper matter. This makes a
total of 279, 249 letters; 1,277 bags and
pouches, weighing IT, 54 pounds of
domestic mail matter handled daily.
The foreignmail matter is byno means
q small item. The average number OF
letters received daily by steamers is
"a, $50, weighing SOP pounds, contained
in twenty bags. The average number of
bags Of paper mail is forty-nine, weigh
ing 1,779 pounds. The number of let
ters dispatched by steamers rather 'ex-
ceeds the amount received. The aver
age daily number of letters received is
30, O29, weighing $50 pounds. The aver
age number of bags of papers dis
patched is forty-ave, weighing 1,490
pounds.
The amount of mail matter handled in
the course of a year will thus be seen to
be perfectly enormous. The number Of
letters handled in the year 1876 was
224, 739, 600. The number Of bags and
pouches carried was 500, 100. The num-
Der Of pounds of mail matter handled
and dispatched was 47,262, $50, or, in
other words, 2, 109, 600 tons.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-08-02
Silver Payments.

Mi. Sherman, from the committee on
finance, in, the United States Senate,
reported a substitute for the Randall
bill providing for tho issue of coin and
for other purposes. The substitute re-
tains, with one modification, its second
and third sections, and unites with them
the greater part CT the finance COM
mittee's pending bill, so as embody the
following provisions
First-That there shall be coined a
silver dollar Of 412 8 10 g~rainsof standard
silver, to be q legal tender. for any
amount not exceeding $40, except for
customs and interest on the public debt:
Second-Authorizing the secretary OF
the treasury to exchange these silver
dollars and also the United States sub
sidiary coins for m equal amount OF
United States notes which shall be re-
tired and cancelled and made a part OF
the sinking fund.
Third-Directing the department. to
purchase the silver bullion required tor
the purpose from time to time with any
available money in thu treasury, provid-
ed that the purchases shall be made only
when the market rate will admit OF the
coinage and is.ue without loss to the
treasury, and provided that the amount
of money at any one time invested in
such silver bullion, exclusive OF such
resulting coin. shall not exceed $1,000
900. ,
The last section CT the substitute is a
copy of the fourth section of the House
bill, providing that the trade dollar
shall not hereafter be q legal tender, and
authorizing the secretary OF the treas
ury to limit the coinage Of trade dollars
from time to time to such an amount as
he may deem sufficient to meet the ex-
port demand for them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-08-02
How they Do In Turkey.

The London correspondent OF the
Toronto Globe, apropos Of the s'suicide'
of Abdul Aziz, tells the following story
in a recent letter: After the battle OF
Navarino-so an old resident in Turkey
informs me-the admiral who com,
manded the Turkish fleet was orderedto
die. The order was conveyed to him
by a personal friend, the pasha of the
district. After an exchange of Oriental
civilities the admiral agreed with the
pasha that the order must be obeyed.
T%hereupon the pasta remarked that the
best thing his friend could do vas to
dine with him that day. The invitation
was accepted. the dinner eaten, the
chibouks smoked, q cup Of coffee was
handed to the admiral, and next morn.
ing he was found dead-of apoplexy.
And the oldest part of the story is that
it was told to the narrator by the pasta
who administered the coffee.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-08-02

scHRAoK's SEA WEED ToNIo.-In the atmosphere
experienced hsrs during tho summer months, the leth-
argy produced by the heat takes away the desire for
wholesome food. and frequent perspirations reduce
bodily energy. particularly those suffering from tho
effects OF facilitating diseases. In ordas to keep =
natural healthful activity Of the system, we must resort
to artificial means. For this purpose schenok's Ses
Weed Tonic Is very ~efsotual. A few doses will create
an appetite and give fresh vigor to the euervated body.
For dyspepsia, It Is Invaluable. Many eminent phyd.
clans have doubted whether dyspepsia can be pexma-
nently CURED by the drugs which are generally employed
for that purpose. The Sea Weed Tonic In It's nature is
totally different from such drugs. It contains no couo-
sivs minerals or acids; In fact, It assists tho regular
operations Of nature, and supplies her deficiencies. Tho
tonic In its nature so much resembles the gastric ja:ce
that 1t Is almost identical with that fluid. The gastric
juice 10 the natural solvent which, IN . healthy condition
Of the body, causes the food to bo %disssted; a1d when
this Juice Is not Increased In sufficient quantities, indi-
Esstion, with all It's distressing symptoms, follows. Tho
Sea Weed Tonic performs tho duty Of the gastric juice
when the latter Is deficient. Sehenek's Sea Weed
Tonic sold by all DrugRists.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-08-02
Colorado and the GrasshOppers.

The grasshoppers that pretty nearly
cleaned out Colorado last year have ap.
peared again this spring in great swarms.
A late letter thence says: The farmers
are fighting them by all the means in
their power. They sluice them down
the bitches with water, gather them up
in heaps and burn them-for the water
will only collect, and not drown, these
very vital pests. They set cans of, oil
dripping slowly at the heads of their
bitches, and the slightest touch of the
oily film, floating down with the running
water, destroys the young grasshopper.
They drag the ground with huge har-
rows, covered with blazing brush, and
the fame scorches its tiny millions to
death. They draw papers or platforms
sneared with tar along the fields. and
the insects, trying to hop over, fall on
the tar and stick there. With all these
devices they only thin out the unwel-
come visitors. All Colorado is watching
the result of these efforts with entomo-
logical interest. Will the farmers or the
grasshoppers come out frst7 Will the
latter fly away as soon as they develop
wings; and if so, will other broods be
brought in by strong prairie wiuds2 If
the crops fail again, look for blue times
in Denver, which has no interests except
supplying mining districts and fleeing
summer visitors. =
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-08-02
Lif. in Persia.

Walking one day through the narrow
and filthy streets OF Ispahan with the
only English resident, says a correspond
ent, we met with two native complain
ants. The first said that the house of
his brother, a silversmith, had been
broken into and plundered by the ser
wants of the governor, with the plea
that they wanted to carry the tradesman
before the prince to answer q case in
which money was claimed from him by a
Persian. The second was a follower OF
Islam, who informed US that a Persian,
with whom our companion was we'll &C
quainted, and who, though the son Of a
moollah, was known for broad" views,
had been summoned before the prince
and hidden in friendly language (for he
had lived on such terms with the gov
ernor) to abandon the wearing Of
trowsers of European pattern as often.
sive, upon one of his descent, to the
Sheik. III islam. The man, eager to
obey the wish of his illustrious friend,
departed and quickly r%eappeared in
orthodox costume. "Go," said the
gratifed prince, "to the sheik, and
show him how quickly you have, at my
request, conformed to his DESIRE" The
man went, but Immediately upon reach
ing the presence of the religious author
ity, who is an ecclesiastical judge
obicio, he was seized and, without pre-
tense Of trial. sentenced to lone hun
d1ed sticks" The Englishman at once
undertook inquiry into the truth Of this
story. He found that no eyaggeration
had been made. and that the sufferer had
been so punished that for weeks he
would be unable to put his feet to the
ground. In Persia death OF "the
sticks" is the commonest punishment.
The man, in the latter case, is laid on
the ground, and after his shoes and
stockings are removed, his ankles are
passed through leathern loops fastened
to a beam, which is held by two men at
nearly the length OF his legs from the
ground and by them turned until his
ankles are SO tightly secured that no
writhing of his back can unplace them.
Near him are laid the precise number Of
sticks to which he is sentenced. These
are 1.-the switches five OF six feet long,
and rather more than half an inch thick
in the center. Two experts, who usually
wear scarlet coats bound with black, then
take their places near the beam, each
armed with q stick, with which they in
turn. belabor the soles of the feet until
the stick is broken too short for use.
In the case above referred to the beating
was continued until the hundred sticks
were reduced to this condition.