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DROPOsALs FOR STATIONERY

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, July I, 1915.
Sealed proposals for furnishing Stationery for
the tiscaI year ending June 80, 1877, will be re-
ceiyed at this Department until the Sth day OF
August, 1873, at L o'clock IN;
Blank forms for bidding will be furnished upon
application.
jected, item by item, and this advertisement and
the proposal, so far as accepted by the Secretary
of the Treasury, and the bond accompanying the
same, shall constitute the contract between the
Government and the bidder or bidders and no
further contract will be executed.
The articles contracted for must be furnished
from time &c time during the year, in quantities
entire quantities will, however, be called for dur
ing the year.
Each proposal must be signed by the individual
or firm making it, and be accompanied by bond,
sand dollars, (SlOO00,) approved by a United
States officer OF the district in which the sureties
by the Department, conditioned for furnishing
such portions of the articles as may be awarded
under 1t, and the performance of the contract.
All deliveries will be subject to inspection by
expert detailed for the purpose by the Secretary
of the Treasury, and the delivery of an inferior
article will be deemed sufficient cause to annul
the contract, at the option of the Secretary.
Deliveries must be free of charge at the Treas
ury Department. Washington.
The failure to comply with any one order under
the contract will operate as a forfeiture OF the
entire penalty Of the bond, or the Secretary of
the Treasury may direct the purchase In open
market, Ofsuch quantities of any articles as shall
such failure, and charge to the contractors fifty
per centum Of the price which 1t shall be found
necessary to pay for such articles
Proposals unaccOmpanied by a satisfactory bond
will not be considered, and contracts will be
awarded only to established manufacturers Of, or
dealers in, the articles.
Proposals to be addressed to the undersigned,
and marked proposals for Stationery"
Proposals will be opened as indicated above, but
no award will be made until an appropriation
therefor shall have made by Congress.
LOT NJ. MORRILL,
jylo-MThst Secretary of the Treasury.
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OFFlCE OF COMMISSION FOX
PAVING PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, J
WASHINGTON, ID. q. July 29, 1915.
Sealed proposals Will be received at the ofhce
Of the Archi1 ect of the United States Capitol un-
til u M, on TUESDAY. the sth day of August,
1876, for repaving Pennsylvania avenue, in this
city, between the Capitol and the Treasury
Building. under the provision Of the act of Con-
gress approved July 19, 1876.
The proposals must be accompanied by detailed
specifications, giving the depth of the proposed
pavement, the method to be followed in laying it,
and the nature and proportion OF its constituent
parts.
Bidders for stone block pavements will specify
the character of the foundation, the sizes of the
blocks. and the quarries from which they are to
be supplied.
PROPOSALS must be made by the superficial yard,
which will include the cost of readjusting the
curbstOnc, wherever necessary to secure straight
line on the face and top, and the cost of removing
the present pavement and delivering the same TO
the Commissioners Of the District Of Columbia, as
provided in the act.
The proposals for all other than block pave
ments must also include the cost of lowering the
crown of the street, wherever the Commissioners
shall consider it necessary in order to establish
more gentle slopes from the crown to the cutters.
Proposals for this class OF pavement should give
separate estimates for different thicknesses from
ten inches up to thirteen inches, and must also
give the thickness of the surface or wearing
layer.
Ali proposals must include the cost of keeping
the pavement in good repair for term OF three
years from the completion OF the contract.
NOpropOsal will be entertained unless accom-
panied by bond in the sum of one hundred thou
men, and approved as to sutticiency by judge or
clerk of the United States Court or United States
District Attorney, that the bidder will, if the work
be awarded to him, enter into a contract within
ten days after the award is made, and construct
the pavement according to the terms of the con-
tract and specifications.
Payments will be made on account from time
to time as the work progresses and as the funds
become available.
Upon final settlement ten per cent. of the con-
tract price will he retained as an additional Sc
curity and a guarantee fund to keep the pavement
in good repair for the term of three years which ten
per centum will be invested in the bonds of the
United States, and the interest thereon paid to
the contractor.
Upon application by lettera copy of the act of
Congress authorizing this work can be obtained
of Edward Clark, esq, member of the commits
States Capitol, Washington, D. @.
II. G. WRIGHT,
Brevet Major General, U. S. A.
GA. GILMORE,
Brevet Major General, U. ). A.
EDWARD CLARK,
Commissioners
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baltimore AND OHIO RAILROAD.
JULYz1s.6
AN. Leave Washington. cR2al
500 Baltimore, EIlicott City and Way Stations.
$50 Baltimore, Annapolis and Way stations, Point
81 Rocks, and intermediate Stations, Main
5:lo BaltImore and Ale1andria Junction.
$40 NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND BOSTON
ExFREss5To Cape May Tuesday Thursday
Cars SUNDAY. Stops at Way Stations and
$40 Cincinnst, St. Louis and Pittsburg Express.
sis acny' Peef Park; 9akIa1d; ParISrS and
s:S Point Of Rocks and Way Stations.
and Philadeiphia; sunday to Baltimore only.
R:i5 Baltimore, Way Stations. Ellicott City and
1:so NEW YoRK, PHILADELPHIA AND NORFOLK
Express. On Sunday all way stations and
$50 Baiiim0 %Sf and an" Fay Stations.
$50 BALTIMORE AND LAUREL EXPRESS. Frede-
Eiek, Ellicott City and Way Stations via
I:ss Frederick and Point of Rocks, tvia Metropou-
as Baltimore, Annapolis and Way Stations.
SIS CHICAGO, CINCINNATI AND LoUIsyILLE
ley, Deer Park, Oakland, Columbus and
9Sisyile BY Ma E M train on Saturday,
s.,, n to Chicago: GiPeinnsti and L0UIsvILLE:
hns%cs so oa s My Stations Connects for
100 PHILAbELfHIA AMP BALTIMORE EXPRESS.
7:O5 Baltimore and Way Stations.
SD Pittsburg, but no connection beyond Martins
burg by train leaving Sunday night. Way
Stations on Metropolitan Branch. Sleepers.
800 Baltimore. Relay, Bladensburg, Beltsvtlle,
Laurel.
1880 NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA NIGHT EX
PRESS. Sleeping cars to New York.
1905 Baltimore and Principal Way Stations.
10:40 hartinsburg and Way Stations, Metropolitan
Branch.
u:30 ST. LOUIS EXPRESS. Berkeley, Deer Park,
Oakland, Chicago, Columbus, SaRdusky,
71o, $40 $40. 9:35 20. SIS, 645. 100, 705,
SEQ, $50, 1890. l0:05 and II 80 p. M, daily.
All other trains daily, except Sunday.
No connection on Sunday for Hagerstown,
Valley Branch, or for New York and Philadel-
phia at $40 q m and 1:40 D. m.
For further information apply at the Baltimore
and Ohio ticket Offices, Washington Station and 4S5,
COL and 500 Pennsylvania avenue, and No. 613 Fiji
teeuth street N W., where orders will be taken for
baggage to be checked and received at any point In
the city.
THOS. r. SHARP,
Master of Transportation.
L. n. COLE, General Ticket Agent.
GEO. =. kOONTZ, General Agent.
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DIED..

MISUNDERSTANDING. of heart disease, at his
residence, August l, JOHN HAMMER, aged thirty
years.
The funeral will take place from his late residence,
S3l NJ street, between Third and Four-and- a-half
southwest, on Thursday, August 3, at O'Clock p.
m. -
B0TELER.-Tuesday, August ], 1875, OYERToS
CARR, youngest son Of o. Z. and Kate BOteler.
aged enc month and three days.
The funeral will take place from his fathers resi-
dence, No. "A street northeast, at O'Clock this
CN ednesday) afternoon. Friends and relatives are
invited to attend.
BUCKLER.-On the evening of July 81, 1876, after
two weeks of patient suffering, MARY ALICE, only
daughter of Y. ). apd Susie J. Buckler, aged two
years, eight months and three DAYS.
Friends of the family are invited to attend the
funeral from Fifth street southeast at 10 O'Clock,
Wednesday morning, the I'd instant.
DORAN.-July 30, 1876, at O'Clock, CLARA, aged
five months and twenty-five days, daughter of John
and Annie c. DOran.
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PROPOSALS FOR COAL.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING,
July Il, 1915.
Sealed proposals will be received at this Office
until 10 o'clock a. m. THURSDAY, the 18th day
of August, 1876, for furnishing eight hundred
(s0O) tons of run of mine Georges creek) Cum
berland coal, to be delivered at such times and
places and in such quantities as may be required,
and subject to the conditions required by act Of
Congress, approved July IL, 1870. viz:
THAT such coal shall weigh 2,240 pounds to the
ton, and shall be inspected and weighed and the
quantity of each load certified at the time of de-
livery by the person appointed and qualified
under the act for that purpose, and that the pre-
scribed fee Of twenty cents for each ton of coal
inspected, weighed and delivered shall be paid by
the contractor"
Proposals will be considered binding for one
week from the 18th day Of August, 1875 the De-
partment reserving the right to reject all or any
portion of the bids offered.
No proposals will be entertained unless accom-
panied by satisfactory evidence of ability to fulfill
the contract, nor will any payment BIO made with
out the certificate Of the Inspector that the coal
furnished is such as the contract calls for.
Proposals should be addressed and sent to the
Office of HENRY O. JEWELL
Chief of Bureau Of Engraving and Printing,
Jyl9-W&S-St Treasury Department.
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PROPOSALS FOR ARMY WAGONS, AM

PROPOSALS FOR ARMY WAGONS, AM
i BALANCES AND SPRING WAGONS.
QUARTERMAsTER GENERAL OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., July %, 1875. !
Sealed proposals will be received at the office Of
the Chief Quartermaster at Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas until II O'Clock, noon, on August l3 1876,
or at the Office of the depot quartermaster at JEFF
fersOnyle Ind, until 1890 p. same day, for the
early delivery to the quartermaster's department
at Fort LeavenwOrth, or at Jacksonville, of one
hundred and twenty Army Wagons, twenty Am
balances Wheeling pattern, twenty Spring Wag-
ons ST. Louis pattern. Bidders will please specify
how soon they can complete the delivery Of the
whole quantity.
Specifications of the kind of Wagons and Am
bulance required can be had by application at the
Office of the chief quartermaster at Fort Leaven-
worth or at the office OF the depot quartermasteI
at Jacksonville
Each proposal should be in duplicate and be
accompanied by a guarantee (signed by two re-
spOnsble persons) that 1t will be carried out in
good faith il accepted.
The Government reserves the right to reject any
or all of the proposals.
Envelopes containing proposals for the delivery
worth should be Endorsed proposals for Army
addressed to Lieutenant Colonel Rufus SaXtOn,
deputy quartermaster general, chief Quartermas-
ter Department of the Missouri, Fort Leaven-
worth, Kansas and envelopes containing propo-
sails for delivery at Jacksonville should be simi-
larly described and addressed to Lieutenant Col
oBel James A. Ekin, deputy quartermaster gene
raj in charge Of the qGartermasters department
there NJ. q. MEIGS,
iyIg.6t Ouartermaster General u. S A
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PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES.
NAVY PAY OFFICE,
No. % BROADWAY, NEW HoRK,

NAVY PAY OFFIcE,)
No. % BROADWAY, NEW HoRK,
July Is, 1875.
Proposals. sealed and Endorsed on envelope
g Bid for Supplies Advertised" will be received
at this Office until Il o'clock 18th August for the
following supplies of the best quality, to be de-
livered within fifteen days from date of order,
free Of expense, at the Navy Yard, New York:
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
10000 gallons best quality Winter strained Lard
Oil, in wellcoopered barrels of about forty gal
Ions each, to be delivered to the Navigation off,
Ger at the New York Navy Yard. subject to his
inspection but not to be accepted and paid for
until it shall have passed a comparative test
with the best Lard Oil used in the United States
Lighthouse service.
The right is reserved to reject any or all bids
that may not be deemed advantageous to the
Government.
Responsible security required for the prompt
and faithful delivery of supplies awarded within
the time specified
Blank forms will be furnished at this office, and
bids opened at the hour above named, when par
tics interested are invited to be present.
GEORGE 7. CUTTER,
iy24td Paw Director United States Navy.
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GOVERNMENT SALES.
SALE.

JKFFERsoNvILLE, IND, Aug. 2 1875.
VIII be sold at the Jetfersonville Depot of the
Quartermaster's Department, on WEDNES-
the direction Of Lieutenant Colonel James A.
Ekin, Depot Quartermaster, lot of Quarter
masters stores, clothing, equipage and material,
consisting of
horses, 1900 assorted chains, $500 feet rubber
hose H. 600 pounds scrap iron, certain harness and
sorted tools, 5000 trousers, 900 rubber blan-
kets and ponchos, 500 great coats, 900 tent
pins, 1000 yards assorted fannels, 10000 tent
buttons and slides, and many other miscellaneous
articles.
Terms cash. in United States funds
The property can be examined at any time be-
fore the day of SALE between the hours of o'clock
q. m. and O'clock p. m.
Property to be removed at expense Of pur-
chasers within ten days from day of sale.
ADDISON BARRETT,
jy36t Capt. and NJ. S. K, u. S. A.
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PROPOSALS FOR COAL.


UNITED STATES SOLDIERS HOME :
NEAR WASHINGTON, d. O., July 10, 1873.
Sealed proposals. to be Endorsed proposals for
Coal" will be received by the undersigned until
MONDAY, August 7, 1875, at II O'Clock m, for
the delivery at United States Soldiers Home, d.
C., on or before the 3Oth day of September, 1875,
of the following description of COAL to be the best
quality, well screened and to weigh 40 pounds
to the ton, viz:
500 tons White Ash Furnace Coal.
800 tons Red Ash Range Coal.
Bidders must state the price per ton delivered
for the aggregate required. Separate bids for the
respective descriptions will not be considered.
Payment will be made in cash when the whole
quantity has been delivered.
The right to reject any all bids is reserved by
the undersigned.
Bonds to the amount of five thousand dollars,
with two securities approved by the undersigned,
will be required for the faithful performance Of
contract. y. H. LAUB,
Surgeon, U. S. a, Secretary and Treasurer.
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PROPOSALS.
DROPOSALS FOR MANILA HEMP.

pROPOSALS FOR MANILA HEMP.
NAVY PAY OFFICE
q KILBY STREET, BOSTON, July "a, 1875 (
Proposals, sealed and Endorsed proposals for
Manila Hemp" will be received at this office
until MONDAY, August q, at II O'Clock m, for
furnishing fifty tons, of 2.2i0 pounds per ton, of
Manila Hemp, at the Charleston Navy Yard,
subject there to the usual inspection and Govern
ment test.
Samples of the quality required can be seen at
the COMMANDMENTS office at the said Navy Yard,
where all information can be obtained.
Two satisfactory securities must accompany the
bid guaranteeing faithful execution of the offer
ii accepted.
The price of the Hemp offered must include its
delivery at the Charleston Navy Yard. All
Hemp rejected must be removed at the risk and
expense of the bidder, and it will be at his risk
until removed. CHARLES w. ABBOT,
jy27-td Pay Director United States Navy.
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By authority conferred on me ss commissioner, by
Virtue Of deefees passed BY the 4sEst Court Sths
haen StafS i4 tb t shdys tbIs
causes shall proceed on
I've Of land on @ to se at
%P the %aeT ts
he'd 1 ep a Of the
to P5esd EN- ,S Of the
Ssaes Of Robert HARPER and others as Existing and
held by the United States, on the Sth day Of No.
ae Of S S ss ss Of Of var
property includes the site of the old Armory build
and g in ths PSts@ae river spd ii The strip
9 the 5 Of at dSsn the
ali the vsIuaSep water power Of the Potomac river
at said place, with the canals dams and other prv-
STseed am IN lot No. ON said sale map Of ISL The
road bed of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad Com
Second-An Of the valuable water power entire Of
the Shenandoah river at Harper,s Ferry as held by
bracing the site of the rifle factory with all the ap
on ssid at s s LOT
Third-Two lots, situated IN Harper's Ferry, IN
Of said property and said town Of Harper. Ferry,
BY direction Of the war Department in 1852, being
onns q feet on Street. ra1s
to the and river by an
These lots situated near the Of the
shenandoah Win the Potomac, near the business
portion of said town, and are considered desirable
and valuable
TERMS OF SALE: Ten per cent. Of the amount
for which each of said lots sell will be required Of
the respective purchasers on the day Of sale. For
the residue of the purchase money credit Of one
and two years win be given the purchaser execut;
ing bonds, in equal amounts, with good personal
security, bearing interest from day OF sale. lien
on the property sold viii also be retained to secure
TIE above suits Its We're Instituted by the United
States for the purpose of subjecting the property
hereinbefore described to sale, and applying the
proceeds of sale to the discharge Of the bonds
by defendants in said SUITS at the sale Of said
property made by the United States in 1869.
Any additional information as to this property,
its situation condition and purposes for which 1t Is
adapted. will be furnished by the undersigned, who
solicits correspondence on the subject.
Copies OF said map of SALE referred to above, to-
geher with additional description of said property
and of the surrounding country, will be furnished on
application. This property is considered among the
valuable in the country for manufacturing pur
poses on account of its remarkable water power.
N GOFF, Jr., Commissioner:
CLARKsBURG. W. VA. July "a, 1876. jy27-Thd
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PROPOSALS.
DRoP0SSGS FOR I MfLfTHRY S0PPEfEs

PROPOSALS FOR MILITARY SUPPLIES.
DEPOT QUARTERMAsTER's OFFICE,
No. 1l39 GIGARD STREET, :
PHILApELPHIA, July q, 1876. }
Sealed proposals, in duplicate, with a copy OF
this advertisement attached to each, will be re-
ceiyed at this office until noon, August 81, 1876,
for furnishing the United States Quartermasters
Department with the following named articles,
viz:
5000 Crossed Sabres, 900 Crossed Rifles, TO- ONO
Brass Letters, 5000 Brass Numbers, 5000 Forage
Caps, 20, 600 pairs White Berlin Gloves, 1000
pairs Arctic Overshoes, 1900 Wooden Blankets
2COO Ax-helyes, 5000 Scrubbing Brushes, $50 sets
Stencil Plates, 1000 Wall Tent flies, 2 500 common
Tents, 10000 yards Shifting Flannel, heavy
quality; $1,000 yards Shifting Flannel, light
quality, and 500 Drum Cords.
All articles will be subject to rigid inspec-
ton, and bidders informed that full compli-
ance with specifications will be insisted upon, and
that no article inferior to the standard will be
accepted.
The Government reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
Bids are requested for delivery of the articles
at Philadelphia, JedersOnyille, Ind, and San
Francisco.
A preference will be given to articles OF domes-
tic production and manufacture, conditions of
price and quality being equal, and such prefer
ence will be given to articles of American pro-
ductiOn and manufacture produced on the Pacific
Coast, TO the extent of the consumption required
by the public service there.
All articles which are to be used in the states
and Territories of the Pacific Coast will be re-
ceved and inspected at San Francisco, Gal.
For Information in detail apply at this office.
Envelopes containing proposals to be Endorsed
Proposals for Military Supplies" and addressed
TO the undersigned.
D. H. FUCKER,
iy31-d20t Asst. Quartermaster General.
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ERANCAISE.
FELIX nESEQSSE

r ELlA DESFOSSE,
The well-known and only French baker in WASH
ington, has removed to No. 2Ol2 street, between
Twentieth and Twenty-frst streets, near Pennsyl-
yania avenue, where, in house expressly built
for the purpose he has greater facilities than before
for the manufacture of the best French and Amert-
can bread.
French bread a speciality. Liberal terms offered to
hotels and dealers.
n. B.-French bread Is recommended for persons
OF delicate health, especially for those suffering
from dyspepsia. jyl-STuThly'
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Future Days.
VNHEO. +. GATCHEL, AuctiOneer,
L Corner Eleventh and Z streets northwest.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
PROPERTY On T STREET NORTHWEST, u e
TWEEN TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH
STREETS.
- Under and by virtue of deed of trust, dated
E,S December "a, 1870, and duly recorded in LibGr
no No. 63l, folio 3, of the land records of the
stso District of Columbia, and by request of the
party secured thereby, will sell at public auction,
in front of the premises, on SATURDAY, August
Is 1876, at 5O O'Clock p. all that piece or parcel
of ground situate and lying in the city of Washing
ton, District of Columbia, known and described a
lot lettCred and marked .B. in Todd Caldwell'5
recorded subdivision of certain lots in square
bercd two hundred and seyenty-four (271) Said lot
Is eighteen feet front and hundred feet deep, and
is improved by a good twO-StOry brick house.
Terms of sale: One thru cash; balance IN six and
twelve months: deferred payments to bear interest
at the rate of per cent. per annum from day of
sale and to be secured by deed of trust on the
property; all cash, at the option of the purchaser
a deposit of 500 will be required when the property
Is bid of. All conveyancing at cost of purchaser.
IL terms of sale are not complied with in five days
the trustee reserves the right to resell at the risk
and cost of the defaultng purchaser, after giving
five days notice in some paper published in the city
of Washington.
VIM. Ii. MCMONIGAL, Trustee.
iyT-ThSTuSds Ii. A HALL. SaIp,man.
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0NE DOLLAR SAVED,

CHEAP RAILROAD TICKET OFFICE.
Railroad tickets bought or sold, to or from all
points, at reduction upon any Office or depot In
this city. Apply to NJ. ID. WHITESIDE,
81 Pennsylvania avenue northwest, in the candy
store, washington, ID. Q. ia1S-1y
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AUCTION SALES.
HI. WARNER, AuctIoneer.
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Future Days.

r H. WARNER, AuctiOneer.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE ON THE WEST SIDE OE
ELENENTH STREET, BETWEEN NJ AND n
STREETS SOUTHEAST.
- By virtue of n deed of trust to me, dated
M September n A. ID. 1872, and duly recorded in
sN Liber No. 6S9- folio 35j. of the land records
1870 for the District of Columbia. and at the re-
quest Of the party secured thereby, !, as trustee
v i'll offer for sale, liz front OF the premises s
O'Clock p. m. on THURSDAY, the 9th day of
August 1876. the following described real estate,
situate in the city Of Washin et0n, District OF
Column bia, to wit: al that piece or parcel of land
known and designated on the ground plan or plat
OF said city as the north half of lot twenty-five,
(2s, } in square numbered nine hundred and sew
enty-seVen, CID
Terms of sale: Two hundred dollars, with inter-
est at per cent from September II. 1872, and eN-
penses OF sale in cash, and the balance at six.
Twelve and eighteen months, for which the notes Of
the purchaser, bearing interest from daV of sale
and secured by deed of trust the property sold,
shall be taken. deposit of fifty dollars will he
quirCd OF the purchaser at the time of sale and all
cOnTeyancing at cost OF purchaser
JOHN c. PARKER.
Trustee.
J. c. COLDWELL,
iy3l- MWSgds SaIesman