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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-01
The Public Debt.

The recapitulation of the statement OF the
public debt OF the United States for the
month OF June, 1876, just issued, is as
follows:
Debt bedTtae interest com.
Bonds at per cent....... ....... III 635 800 0O
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-01

NATIONAL BANK3-The Treasury now
holds S341 1874 $50 in q. s. bonds to secure
national bank circulation, and sis ,673, 600 TO
secure public deposits. q. s. bonds deDo,
tied Tor circulation for week ending to-day.
$50 coo. y. 8. bonds held for calculation Win
drawn week ending TO day, S697 900. Receipts
OF DatlCnal bank notes forwarded for re-
demption for the week ending to day, as
compared with the corresponding week of
last year, 1876, 80. 63S 0GG: 1876, 81 2S6 900,
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DEB,

R0BERTsoN.-On Tuesday, February o. 1875.
in Baltimore, FRANKLIN, only son OF Frank s.
and Ella mhseIsr Ro6esTfon aged Two years .ai
STELLA FoRREsrA, daughter OF Frank 5. AMI
Ella Wheeler Robertson, aged Ave years and two
tsouthern Churchman, kicxaadrIA.1us Rf-.,.-
mond pipers please copy.l
BEsT,,on the mornIng OF March 10, 1875. at
O'Clock, ANTHONY BEsT, aged hfty-seVen years.
Funeral will take place from HIS late reside ace.
No. 81 Elegsnth street northwest, on sunday, at
attend. ~
CLIFTON.-on the 9TH OF March. 1875 yA.G
s SsT4 aS e sSS =:
1hs funeral h will take take place from St. Mays
IL O'Clock.
DAWSON the 10th OF March. 1875, WIN. H,r-
child Or III Th0mas and and ss1y
The funeral will take place from the re'fdenee
afternoon at 3:3G O'Clock.
FONEs.-On the nth day of February 1875 az
Eoneswood, WGstmoreland county, Va, K. A.
GARGEs. -On the evenin z Of the 9Th of March.
lS7e. amer short bat painful illness, CHARLKs
GarEcs, aged nine months.
The funeral will take place thIs morning. at
~ Tenth street, between and streets south.
east. Relatives and friends OF the family are ra-
spectfuLy invites TO attend.
HOLMES-On the 9th OF March, 1875. near
Howard University, VERSoS HOLMES, aged any
years and seventeen Gays
his funeral on to-day ~ 1 O'Clock D. m.
TOBIE.-After long and painful illness, JOHN
TOXIN, in the eighty-hGst year Of his age, OF the
FOR the past thirty ytarsa re ident OF this city.
The funeral will take place at O'Clock sunday,
from his late residence. sherman avenue, past
Ninth and boundary streets, and proceed TO the
immaculate Conception church. Relatives and
friends are invited 70 attend. "
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THE COURTS.
Circuit court-chief Ja.ties c,rtl

Circuit court-chief yasties carttsr.
Sterling & Murphy Va Nsyior. Jury rsspItsd
Hyatt Bros. W. Entwisis. Judgment By de-
fault.
Hayden VI. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Co.
Judgment BY default
Hazen & Go. vs.. Kelpey. Judgment BIZ d.
fault jury discharged until Monday.
Criminal court-Iudgs DIN.
The following indictments were returned YES
terday By the grand jury: Henry d. Matthews.
VIM. Young, Philip Anderson, John Cooper
and George johnson; All for larceny.
Also, the following presentments were made:
Spencer Horace, false pretenoes. Mary Z. Slmms,
assault TO kill. Peter Key, larceny. WIN. II.
Barnes, false pretencss. Richard Taylor, en-
bezxlement
The trial OF B. b. Hslleck occupied the time OF
the court. A full report will be found else
where.
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PROPOSALS FOR FUEL, FORAGE AND
l. STRAW.

tJhOFOSALS TUX f0 Eli, tOhAGE AND
l. STRAW.
OFFICE CHIEF Q. NJ. DEPT OF DAKOrA)
ST. PAUL, MINI, March /, 1870.
Sealed proposals, in tripl1cate, subject to the
usual conditions, will be received at this ONCE
and at the Offices Of the Quartermasters at the
following. named posts, and at Sioux City, Iowa,
1870, at which time and place they Will be opened
In presence Of bidders, for furnishing and deliy-
cry Of Wood, Coal. Grain, Hay and Straw re-
qE1red during the fiscal year commencing July
i, 1875, and ending June So 1877, at the following
posts and stations, viz:
Forts Abercrombie, Abraham Lincoln Buford
Pembfns, Randall, Rice, Seward, Stevenson,
and Military Stations at Cheyenne, Lower Brule
and Standing Rock Agencies, ID. T.; at Forts
Ripley and Smelling, Minnesota, and also at
NJ. T. ~
Separate bids should be made for each post and
for each class OF supplies. A copy Of this adver-
tisement should be attached to each bid. Bids
for any portion of the specified supplies will be
received, and preference given to articles Of do
nestle production.
The Government reserves the right to reject
any or all proposals.
Blank proposals and printed circulars, stating
the kind and estimated quantities required az
each post and giving iull instructions as to the
manner OF bidding, conditions to be observed BY
bidders, and terms Of contract and payment will
be furnished on application to this office or TO the
named.
Envelopes containing proposals should be
marked Proposals for -, at -" and
BENZ. O. GARD,
Chief Ouartermaster
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DROPoSALS FOR FUEL, FORAGE: AND
ii STRAW


I STRAW.
OFFICE OF OHIEP QUARTERMAsrER,
DEPARTMENT OF DAKOTA,
ST. PAUL, MINI, March l, 1876
Sealed proposals. in triplicate, subject
ofce, and at the offices Of the qusrterm asters at
the following named posts and at Sioux City,
Iowa, until Il O'Clock noon on the 18Th DAY OF
APRIL, 1870, at which time and place they will
be opened In presence Of bidders, for furnishing
and delivery Of Wood, Coal, Grain, Hay and
July 1876, and ending June 30, 1877, at the fol-
lowing posts and stations:
Forts Abercrombie, Abraham Lincoln, Buford
Pembins, Randall, Rice, Seward, Stevenson,
Sully, Totttn and Wadsworth, Camp Hancock,
and military stations ut Cheyenne, Lower Brule
and Stsnding Rock agencies, D. T.; at Forts Rip
ley and Smelling, Mimi, and also at Forts Benton,
Ellis and Shaw and Camp Baker, NJ. T.
Separate bids should be made for each post and
for each class Of supplies. A COPY OF this adver-
tisement should be attached to each bid. Bids for
any portion Of the specified supplies will be re-
ceiyed. and preference given to articles Of domss-
The Government reserves the right to reject
any or all proposals.
Blank proposals and printed circulars, stating
the kind and estimated quantities required at
each post, and giving full instructions as to the
manner OF bidding, conditions to be observed by
bidders, and terms Of contract and payment, will
be furnished on application to this oce or to the
quartermasters at the various posts and stations
named.
Envelopes containing proposals should be
marked proposals for wood, grain" &c., las
the case may be- at, there name depot or
post and addressed to the undersigned, or to the
respective post or depot guartermasters.
BENZ. U. GARD,
Chief Quartermaster.
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T1RUSTEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE I'M
l. PROVED REAL ESTATE ON TWENTY
FIFTH sTsEEET WEST;, BETWEEN M

BY virtue OF q deed OF trust to Daniel L.
a. Eaton and myself, GATED June 81, 1877, and
IL duly recorded In Liber No. So, folio e5l one
- OF the land records for the District OF Co.um-
bia. and at the request Of the party secured
thereby, i will offer fer sale at public auc-
ton. in trout Of the premises, on SATUR-
DAY, the sth day Of April, lS6, ct 5 O'Clock
p. m, all that piece or parcel of ground
lying in the city Of Wsshington; and known and
forty.lwo, lI2,) in square twenty-four, t2l.l ae-
cording 10 Steigers bdIvision plat OF lots Z, r.
9Th. and DI of said square, beginning at
po mt in the north boundary OF said subdivision
lot hyhree feet nine inc hes f53 II. In from the
northwest corner thereof, and running the ace
east. bin ding on the fifteen Q0 foot alley. forty
nine feet nine inches (49 Il. 3 in 20 the Spring
square: thence south eight C) feet; tn. nee Isl
four 90 feet to q four-foot alley: thence south.
binding on said alley thirteen feet four inches rs
n 4ln to the southeast corner of sad su odivisi
9 in.) the middle line of said lot, ana thence
north twenty-ope feet four inches Ell n 4in.) to
the place of beginning, with the right Of way and
spring In common.
Terms OF sale: seventy-two (s72) dollars with in
terest At 10 per cent. per from Apr! II 1874
and expenses OF sale In cash the balsuce at six 6)
and twelve i2) months, for which the notes OF the
purchaser, bearing interest from the diy OF sale
and secured by deed Of trust on the property Sold
will be taken A deposit Of hf!y $50 dollars Will
be require Of the purchaser at the tim. Of sale
chaser. Terms Of sale TO be compiled wi within
seven "a days after the day Of sale, otbersse the
trustee the right 10 resell the prop .rty at
The risk and cost OF the detailing pur; chaser.
GkO. W. STICKNEY, surviving Trustee,
mars Minds Room 10 lie Droit Buildin1
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DRoPoSALS FOR CONSTRUCTING A
u DOCK An FORT MONROE, VA. :

CHIEF VUARTERMAbTER's UPFICR,
NEW YORK CRY, 1875.
Sealed proposals, in trplicAte, with q copy Of
this advertisement attached, are invited and will
be received at this office until IL O'Clock noon on
the 18th Of March, 1876, ct which time and place
they viii be opened In presence Of the bidders,
Tor the removal of the old and the construction OF
ut Fort Monroe, Va.
Plans and specifications for the new dock may
De seen at this ONCE, or office Post Quartermas
The Government reserves the right to reject
any or all proposals.
Contract must be entered into with bond. with
the sureties in one quarter the amount of the CON
tract within seven days after the acceptance OF
the proposal, and guarantee to that effect ac-
company each proposal.
Proposals should be addressed to the under
signed and Endorsed, "Proposals for the Construc.
Va" L. o. EASTON
fe2s ct Colonel and Asst O. M O.
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MARRIED.

..WEIDE-KUGLER.-o Thursday morning
s.re1 FPS a sIs reS SIC R o. tie Srae
Mr.. J. g. Wilde, OF WAshington. ID, O. and
MISS IDA V. kCGLkR, Reiee OF the oaciitIng cIer-
gymGl.
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DY b. HI. wARNER.

by b. H. WA8NER.
TRUSTEES, SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
PgOPEkTY, NO. 1875 MASS ACHU5ETr5
=, By virtue OF a deed OF trust dated June
E.N 2, A. ID. 1874 duly recorded In Liber No. 75i,
M folio 2f6. one OF the land records Of the Dis
44<trict OF Columbl and at the request OF the
party secured thereby, will sell at public Auc-
tion, in front of the premises, to the highest bid
der, on FRIDAY, March 81, 1876, at O'Clock d.
M, all that piece or parcel Of ground lying aud
being situate in the city Of washington, ID. c.,
known and distinguished on the plat or plan OF
said city and being the lot numbered ffty-nine,
lse,l In j. II. Thompson's subdivision Of Lots q,
II and I, and part OF Y, of Evans subdivision OF
original lot numbered twelve, Qs,) in square num-
bered two hundred and forty-seven. (2I7, as said
subdivisions are recorded in the ONCE Of the sur
yeyor Of Washington, ID. C.. together with the
Improvements thereon. consisting OF an elegant
twe-story and mansard-roof dwelling, &c.
1890 at eight per cent: from July 2 1875 to day
OF OF sale IL cash, and the balance
at six, twelve, eighteen aAd twenty-four months,
terest from day Of sale, and secured by . deed OF
posit OF 500 will be required At the time OF sale,
chaser. II terms OF sale are not complied with in
seven days the trustees reserve the right to resell
the property at the risk and OF the defauting
purchaser, after five days advertisement. -
EDWARD @. lNGERSOLL, 4 r-,,,oo
GABRIEL T. CH ASE, trusIees'
bel -, j. T. COLDWELL, SaleJman.
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Commercial.
TIE MARKRra RraKUHxnn


NEW YORK. March lO.-Cotton firm: saIss NJ
l,2l2 bales at l2N0l2l5-lso Receipts Of the weak
net, ,7o2 bales; gross, q, sos bales. Exported-
sales for the week, Il, Ts5 bales; stock on Saad.
l7552s bales.
Fiour-iow grades So. better, with fair .xu,r,
ais; superfne Western and State, Aooai S.:
common TO good extra Western and State Ass
gs2s; good to choice western and Stats, $50
G5i5; common 70 choice white wheat Western
extra, s5.so8T0o; fancy do. s.o5f2T.I5; Common
70 good extra Ohio. o. eoaT2S; common %
choice extra st. Louis, s5.259s0o. Southern fiour
IN Improved demand; common to fair extra. a. ao
gs;i5; good TO choice extra, s5s0GsT5 Wheat
lc better on No. spring and grades below with
ded change; sl.o4 for rejected spring; Al osSi 20
ior ungIaded spring; lo for No. 8 UhicaSo in
store; sLlegl;IS for No. MnWaukss; sI2s9Is1
Tor poor NO. spring In store ana aHost; 1850
LIS for tar to prime No. spring; Al 80 for ESits
Canada In hand. Corn without decided csanTe
5s9ss1ie. for 10 grade miTed;5sc. for gradsi
mixeo; 6l14c. for steamer mixed; oII<as3ISp for
uneraded new Western mixed, the latter X nsas;
unIte Southern. Oats q shade lower; +I1TII.
for mixed Western and State; 4795ic for Wits
90: Coffee unchanged: Sugar quiet and IN
rather quiet and unchanged. Petroleum quiet
and steady; crude, sssc.; refined, 1ic bid, IsLSc.
at q. e0G1e5 for strained. Turpsntine STEADY a
$50. for spiritA Pork steady; new ness s22150
23oo. Beef steady: Lard opened heavy aud
Whisky hrnef at sl.Os1E. Frslghts to LiSsrpOoi
unchanged.
BALTInoR1, March lo.-Cotson steady and Dc.
mand moderate: middling. III Ql2kc
Flour quiet and UNCHANGED Wheat UNCHANGED.
Corn steady and nrm; Southern white, 5id5Jc:
Southers yellow, 5365Sc.; Western mixed 69Jxc
spot and April. Oats dull; Southern, 4OAtfc:
Western white, i5G50c.; Western mixed iOaI2,
Rye dull but steady, Ts8s2c. Hay duh and no
changed. Provisions quiet and easier. Pork
$500. Bulkmests-shoulders. sl<c; clear rIb
sides. l211e.; loose packed, s5S6IaZc. Bacon
shoulders, l0A81Ol1c; clear ri6 sides, l3I19lJKc
Hams. lS1<91ec- Lard steady and uncnanged
Butter active and nru; Western extras, 29Ao3;
Western hrsts, 2532Sc. Petroleum firm b1t NOT
quotaoly higher. Coffee unchanged. WHISKY
Gull at klI9H.
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rNITED STATES MARSHAL'S SALE OF
" sIXTY-TwO LOTS IN o SI0NTOWN,D DC.
In virtue Of writ of ferrI facIss, issued out OF
the clerks office Of the Supreme Court OF the Dis
! VIII sll at public sale. for cash, In
front of the court. house of said District,
O'Clock m, all John W. yanHook's right,
title, claim and interest In and to the FOL-
~ with all and singular the Improvements
thereon, viz: Nos: lE. ii6, ~, 1ts, ~, I0.
Isl, 15 49, ia J55, 1885, l5, l5S, 49, 160 ISL 1872 I6
1914 165, 1855 I67, 16s, lsa % 10, 176, 23, 25i @
2GS 49, 4S6 49, 4ss 49, 49, 49, 81, 1913, isi 49, 4S6,
49,, 49s, 80 and 500.
Also the following lots in said Uniontown be-
longing TO John Fox, together with all and sIngu-
lar the Improvements thereon, viz: Nos. 81. 572,
5S 54, 575 576. 575 3d. $780, SO, SO, J0 SIS
CO., Sol, COZ and 6c3. Seized and levied upon rs the
property OF John W. Van Hook and John Fox, and
will be sold to satisfy execution No. 3l04. In favor
Of George W. Miller and Ellen Miller, adminIstra-
tors OF Charles Miller, deceased, for the use OF
George Barber. ALEX. SHARP,
f,2itd U. 8. Marshal, ID. e..
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DY YOUNG d MIDDLETON, Aucts..
ID I,eDroit BuiIdInR.
TRUSTEES SALE OF A Two-sTORY FRANZ
ENrH STREET NuRrHWksr. BETWEE,

TbbvWtiLIsG On THE WEST SIDE Of ELE 4 :
ENTH STREET NORTHWEST, BETWEEN
W AND BOUNDARY STREETS.
- BY virtue Of deed OF trust dated June II,
a. A. D. Is72, and duly recorded In liber No. 67s,
Ge1 Of ana at tSs re1 1U sse Of the
party secured, will sell at public auction, In
front OF the premises, on MONDAY, March ~
1876, at 4 O'Clock D. m. the following described
real estate situate IN the city Of Nashington: IN
the District OF Columbia. and known and described
as los numbered fcrty-four 90 in Starr & Met
calf's recorded subdivision OF square numbered
three hundrsd and two, te,) together with all the
Terms: One hundred dollars In cash, and the
balance In monthly payments OF twenty I'VE dol
lars EACH with Interest at ten per cent per annum
until paid, secured By deed of trust on the prop
city sold R1gpvsitof 80 viii be required OF the
purchaser he time Of sale. Ali conveyancine
= the cot d the purchaser, who viii be allowed
ten dnysto 8mply with all The terms OF sale.
BRkISAEp II. WARNER,
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L1E rnfRst 4F1SSsurD BEEF

LIEBIG's LIQUID DTrr
EXTRACT OF o16f
AND TONIC INVIGORATOR,
Recommended by the best physicians in England
and america for Consumption, Debility, Loss II
Appetite, Fever. ARue, Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
Female and Children Maladies.
OPINION OF DIR. r. s. STEUART, President
Maryland Insane Hospital, Baltimore, Nd,
II can recommend Leibig's Liquid Ex-
tract OF Beef as the most efficient preparation
food and tonic in q remarkable way.''
OPINION OF DIR. WIN. H. STOKES, Physician
to Mount Hope Retreat, near Baltimore,
81 have great pleasure in adding my tes-
timony to the virtues of Leibg's LIQUID Extract
Of Beef and Tonic InvigorAtor the very best
preparation used, and therefore, confidently
AND MANY OTHER TESTIMONIALS.
PUT UP IN PINT B0TTLES-s1 EACH-TAKE
NO OTHER.
SOLD BY
DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS.
Wholesale Agents,
ECHELLER g. PINKARD,
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DY EDWIN j. SWEET,
ID Real Estate Broker and Auctioneer,
No. 5ll Seventh street northwest.

DY EDWIN j. SWEET,
ID Real Estate Broker and Auctioneer,
No. 5ll Seventh street northwest.
TRUSTEES' SALE OF TWO-STORY SEVEN
Rt on AND BASEMENT FRAME DIV CLING
ON THE WEST SIDE OF SEVENTEENTH
sTAEET, BETME6N MASSAGHgsE IT'S
AS May p, A D.Is75, and duly recor Sed In Liber
H. To- 7sS, folio 3l6, one Of the land records for
the District OF Columbia, we Will sell. At pub
lie suction, in front of the premises, on WEOEES-
DAY: March p, 1876, at O'Clock. the following
described real tate, situate In the city OF WASH
ington, District OF Columbia, to wit: he south
ern most one third part OF lot numbered twenty
two, "a OF ~ In square numbHed one hundred
and hfty-seyen, (IS7 fronting twenty COZ feet
Seventeenth street west, and running back of the
same wild h as the front, and binding on the north
line Of lot in said SQUARE one hundred and twenty
C20) feet more or less, the depth OF the lot.
Terms of sale: one third cash, and the balance
in six. twelve and eighteen months. with Interest
from the day OF sale 1t eight per cent per AMMAN.
One hundred dollars deposit required when the
property is sold. All conyeya1cing at the cost Of
tie purchaser. II the lerms OF sale are not COM
piled with in days after the sale the
Ieserve the right TO resell the property the risk
and cost OF the defAulting purchasrr.
Jos; X. EDS0s, Trustees
THOS. HYDE, iiN>IeeS'
mh7-TuTh&ds Z. j. SWEET, Asct.
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PREsERvE YOUR HEALTH.

To DO this u Is Necessary that you should inhals
and nightly occupy.
danger of contracting Coughs, Colds and their
the NEW PATENT -DN 10 .
Transparent veDtiIators.
These VEN1uLAT0Rs may be applied to win
are Invaluable for use in school-rooms, public
nAils, hospitals, invalid chambers sleeping apart
menfs and rooms IN general. -
These yENTILAT0KS are on exhibition and
lot sale AZ 49, street, near corner OF Thirteenth
Jones, over National Theatre. -
xT-Call and ex anime them.
m.t S52' W<esEz, lsSeaicS e. az q Rsssn,ss
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f A I r d A N * S
S G A L E
TIE
STANDARD

Also, Miles Alarm Cash Drawer,
Store TRUCKS, Baggage arrows, &C.
Coffee and Drug Mills, Letter Presses, &c., &c,
PRINCIPAL SCALE WAREHOUSES;:
PAIRBANks d CO. 3I1 Br0adway, NY.
fAIRBAkks CO., l6s Baltimore STREET, BAlti-
FAIRBANks CO., s. Camp ST., New Orleans
fAIRBANks CO., ZIG Main it.. Buffalo, N. Y.
FAIbBASks CO., s3s Broadway, Albany, n. 7.
FAlRBANks CO, 4n ST. Paul's St., Montreal.
FAddH AXE 4 CO., "a King William St., Lon
FAIRBANks, BROWN & CO, " MIX st.. Boston.
FAiRBkNKs EWING. Masonic Hal, PhIla-
rAf fslgBasls' E,' MORSE 8 60. st, Chi.
FAiEBiNKs, MORSE & CO.. Iss walnut street.
Cincinnati, Ohio
FAIRBANKS MORSE co., is2 Superior street,
Cleveland, Ohio.
FAiRBxSKs. MORSE & CO., As Wood ST.. Pitts
FAfEsiNKs. MORSE CO., Finh and Main
FAIkskNKs CO., sOa and sOs Was, ,ston ave..
FAIRBxSKs RUToHIssoN, San Francisco.
Assst,e Y ..hiarsSn, soHz ). BAKER.
K-I4-- y +. RI.
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Inc sgoIreasury balances &C New ,Yorx,
today: Gold, t44.o7o,5eo; currency. ss5,Ji35IJ.
Inc suo-Treasursr paid out s144, 900 On sesouns
OF interest. and tis7, 900 for bonds. Customs rs-
Our London dispatch quotes u s. bonds, Iss7-s.
lOIZ; new SIS, 100; Erie, preferred, %.
IN fAris rentes are quoted At 90 francs 5Iy<
ceEtimes for short sight ~
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PROPOSALS FOR BRICK AND STONE

DROPOSALS FOR BRICK AND STONE
Il WORK.
U. S. COURT House AND PosT OFFICE,
CONVICTION, KY, OFFICE OF SuPERISTESD'T,
March 9, 1876.
Sealed proposals will be received at this office
until Il N. Of the 9th day of March, 1876 for all
the brick work ana stone work required in the
construction OF the basement and area walls Of
the United States Court House and Post Once
at CovinRton, KY, in accordance with the plans
and specifications,
Copies Of the drawings and specifications and
any additional Information may be hsd on ap-
plication At this office. NJ. P. SMITH,
SuDerfnrendant
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DROPOSALS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT
" OF THE MONONGAHELA RIVER.

lDROPOSALS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT
= OF THE M0NONGAHELA RIVER.
U. S. ENGINEER OYFICK,)
No. 81 WEST THIRD STREET,
CINCINNATI, OHIO, Feb. Il, 1876.
Sealed proposals. in duplicate, will be received
at tbis office until noon, on the 10th day of March,
1876, for the construction of q Masonry Dam, and
for the completion of o Masonry Lock at Hoard's
Rocks, on the Monongahela river, 81 miles above
Pittsburg, and 81 miles below Morgantown.
Approximate amount Of masonry $500 cubic
yards. Work to be finished by the 18th Of No
Vembef, 1875. Stone already Quarried.
Specifications and printed forms for proposals
signed.
Requests for blank forms should be Endorsed
on the envelope, "OficIal Business"
VIM. L. MERRILL,
fe226t Major Engineers
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PROPOSALS.
PROPOSALS FOR MILITARY SUPPLIES.


DEPOT ouARTERxAsrER's oyEroE,)
No. 1l3o GIRARD STREET, \
PHILADELPHIA, March 9, 1875.
Sealed proposals, In duplicste, with o copy OF
this advertisement attached to each, will be re-
oeiyed at this once until noon, April IL, 1875, for
furnishing the United States Quarterm aster's
viz:
2,2O5 yards Facing Cloth, yellow. sky blue and
NETS, cavalry, untrimmed; 2,5oo Dress Gaps, In
fsntry, complete; 20 900 Forage Gaps; 50 900 pair
wooden Stockingr; 5000 Az helves; 20 900 pair
Cap Bugles; 5000 Crossed Sabres; 1,55e yards 81
black 1talisn Cloth; 1.so0 yards colored Jeans;
IS, 900 sheets Wadding; $50 gross large Coat But
SIX, and rs pounds dark blue Machine Thread.
All articles will be subject to rigid inspection,
and bidders are informed that full compliance
with specifcations will be insisted upon, and
that no article inferior to the standard will be &C.
The Government reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
at Philadelphis and San Francisco.
Appearance will be given to articles Of domestic
production and manufacture, conditions Of price
and quality being equal; and such preferences viii
be given TO articles Of American production and
manufacture produced on the PACING coast, to the
extent Of the consumption required BY the public
service there.
All articles which are to be used in the States
ard Territories Of the Pacific coast will be re-
ceived and inspected at San Francisco, Califor-
mia.
In accordance with custom, no bids will be en-
rers and regular dealers, and which shall conform
to the stated conditions.
For Information, in detail, apply at this office.
Proposals for Military Supplies, and addressed
oh RUCKER,
Colonel and Assistant Quartermaster General.