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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-08-30

COLONEL OLIVER j. SCH0OLCRAFT AND
BRIDE IN PETERsBURG.-The Petersburg
Post OF yesterday says: !" This gentleman,
whose recent marriage to the beautiful and
accomplished Miss Ould, the belle OF Rich
mond, has been the subject OF SO much
comment in society circles, on Sunday join
ed the Richmond City Guard, Of which he
is first lieutenant, in Norfolk, where they
wereon visit. The Guard left for Rich
mond by steamer Sunday night, and Colonel
Sehoolcrait started on yesterday morning
on the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio rail-
road train for the same place via Peters
burg with his wife. Arriving here an hour
or two before the Richmond train started,
he determined to pass the time In view
ing some of the noted points about the
Cockade city. Embarking for that .pur-
pose in carriage with his young and lovely
bride, he had hardly driven two squares up
Sycamore street before he was seen and re-
cognized, and the word was passed quickly
along, sThere goes Schoolcraft7 and his
WIFE In about an hour most OF the nVe
part -of the city knew the fact. Colonel
Schoolcraft's inspection tour was agreeaDiy
spert, but he and his estimable lady must
have been surprised as well as amused when
at fortv.tve minutes to - O'Clock, as they
stepped aboard the Richmond train, they
sow about four hundred residents OF Pe-
tersburg at the depot raise their hands to
their hats and give the military salute with
alook that implied God bless you both, :
And so-mote 1t be-" ..E'"& '.&l,f2lF n.
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DISCOVERY OF THE SOURCE OF THE MILE
IMPORTANT LETTER FBoM GENERAL STONE
The president OF the Royal Geographical
Society, Sir Henry Rawlinson, has received
from General Stone letter dated CAIRO,
June 10th, enclosing telegram received
from General Gordon, announcing the de-
finite discovery OF the source OF the Nue.
Il was in 1863 that Captain 'Speke telegraph
ed to Sir Roderick Murchison, "The Nile
problem is settled" So far, however, was
this from being the literal truth that O 40
zen wears have passed without confirmation
Speke traced the stream to the Albert Nyan-.
n, or Lake, which Sir Samuel Baker reached
the next wear, and also explored tributary
of that lake, to which he gave the name OF
the Somerset river, and which has since
been found to he q channel conneetlnS 6
the Victoria and Albert Nyanzas, discharg-
ing the waters OF the former into the latter.
But geographers were not satisfied. Iney
insisted upon the probable source IN thlrd
lake, close to the equator, and called the
Tanganyaka. To this Speke strenuoussy
objected, insisting that the true source OF
the Nile is in the Victoria basin, and THIS
assumption has Just been verified by an
Egyptian expedition commanded by MI:
Gessi. an engineer on the staff of Generai
Gordon. He has followed the White Nile
to its emergence. from the Albert Nyanza !
has circllnlnaYieated that inland sea and
carefully measured it and has pronounced
the Victoria Nyanza to be the head feser-
yoir from which the Nile derives IT Wateri
Thus Speke is sustained to the fnllest ex-
tent, and must henceforth be honored as the
real > discoyefer OF. asecret that for 1000
years has. puzzled the brains of mankind: q: :
Sim y., +, 81 ersf-E. y. 8 sJkFttptS E :
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CoNDITIoN OF THE PRIVATE SECTIONS AT
SHoCKoE CEMETERy.-Sunday morning, in
company with friend, I walked through
the old Shockoe Cemetery. The tomb
stones are covered with names illuStrious in
the annals of Virginia, but the grounds are
no longer fashionable; nearly all the Sec
tions are full OF graves, and Hollywood
usurps the place Shockoe held in the esti-
nation OF the people forty or fifty years
ago. The walks and avenues are in good
order and many sections are well cared for,
but the majority are left to the grass and
weeds. In many OF them, probably, grass
has not been cut for twenty years. 1t has
sprung up and died down and returned to
the soil year after year, until now it IS OF the
rankest green and the richest luXHiance.
Many families now living in wealth gained
by the hard knocks Of their ancestors, have
allowed costly tombs to fall into decay, grass
and weeds to cover the mounds, and gen
eral air OF desolation to prevail where Just
pride of ancestry would seem to require
thriftiness and neatness. q.
The trees in the cemetery have ruined
many monuments. The rain dripping from
their leaves have stained the marble with a
greenish cast and fastened the crumbling
process, whereas the granite monuments
are altogether unaffected by time and wea-
ther. 1H- -..a s.., .i..... I'd. -t
One of the best things the Richmond
people could do would be to name day in
September and by hundreds turn out to
shockoe Cemetery, there to spend five Or
six hours making war upon the, weeds,
trimming the grass, setting up shafts, now
toppling, and rounding up sunken mounds.
Richmond Letter Petersburg lnde1- do-
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f. MoRTuARY REPORT. - Tue following Is the
mortuarY report for the week ending Satur-
day, August 26, 1876, compiled from sex
tons returns received at the Office Of the
Board or Healtht:i I5tssa s..
) Cause 4of Death: Amenorrbea,1 white ;
|apoplexy,I white, 1 colored: cholefn-in-
fautum, / white, 3 colored; congestion OF
brain, 1 white; consumption, white, 4
colored; commissions (nfantile), colored !;
diphtherfa, colored dropsy, colored !;
dysentery, / white, colored; gastro-ente-
ritis, colored; heart-disease, 8 colored; !;
inflammation Of bowels, 1 white; liver
disease,.1 white; marasmus, 1 colored; me-
ningitis, / colored; old age, white, CO.
lored; paralysis, l colored; peritonitis, I
colored; pneumonia, 1 white; puerperal
convulsions, colored; softening Of brain,
l colored teething, / colored; unknown, l
colored; whooping-cough, 1 colored. Whole
number OF deaths in the city, exclusive Of
still-births, 80. .Stil-births: ,Colored males
2, colored female total, 8. Seq: M4lsS5
white, IA colored-total, 49,; females, 8
white, Il colored-total,2 90. Age: One day,
to thirty,1 colored; one month to six,
colored; six months to twelve, white, 4
colored-total, 9; one year to three, 1
white, eolored-total, s.; i've years to
teL, COlOItu, tcI years w tWcutyS VALSC1
/ colored- total, 2; twenty years to thirty,
1 white, 2colored- total, 8; thirty years to
forty, 1 white, 8 colored.total, 4; forty
years to fifty, i white, colored- Total, 2;
fifty years to sixty, white, g colored-
total, s.; sixty years to seventy, white,
colored--total, 2; seventy years to eighty, l
white; eighty years to ninety, colored;
ninety years to one hundred, colored; un-.
known, colored Condition: Single, s
white, 18 colored-total, %; married, s
white, 5 eolored-total, 10; widowers, 4
colored; widows" white, colored-total,
2. Nativity = Richmond, %; other parts
OF the United States, Is; Scotland. L;
Mexico, /. Locality: Marshall Ward,
white, 2 colored-total, 6; Jefferson
Ward, 7 colored; Madison Ward, 2white,
1 colored-total, 8; Monroe Ward, 2 white,
colored-total, s.; Clay Ward, white ;
Jackson Ward, l white, 8 colored-total,
10; almshouse, white, 6 colored-total, Z.
By uhon, Certified: Regular practitioners,
ii white, 25 colored-total, So; coroner, /
colored Board OF Health, 2 colored.
| ~, co>,p. n rIyr urEury MORT ATTY.
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nayCTTEsTER NEWS.

y He was an able .as well as q middIle-agsd
African. He bought a Joe Johns of water
melon, and laid it under his head Y while re
quietly mapped under the caves q sne aI. gos5s
house. While he was SO gently mapping
there came some one SO lightly tapping, on
tue watermelon, aioresaid. It was tonna Z. 70
be rlpe, and the fruit was carried. on With
out Ceremony. Wien he came 70 big Waxing
senses he found Tint his pillow had depart
ed. az nnd he was id the condi OF a Confede-
rate soldfer; who found himself sa,Idtdeniy g
-iiiifted ~ the Crater; explosion In 1884,
& Great Moses ~ said he;'a wiaart y ny pa!-
low gomez Twas waterniilio tWas s2Y, y, VI
what id de name O de resurrection y ss,i I
ewins do? Dat watermillon Is gone, as fs
nv pillow also, an all I got 70 say z dls: !:
dat il man have d pillow which TO iay ny \.
head on, and :dat pillow prove vatsr.nlls 1nHs
ion. ar,' nuther man come tong ana taRe
siat watern,if ion, de man Wbar sleep on DAT
twatermilIon had dam sight better iei fne ts,
vegetable pillow busine 4 s.
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e IMPORTANT MEETINa.--At meeting oil
the official members OF Centenary Meth0-
dist church, in this city, held on Monday
might, it was resolved that q meeting OF MI
the Methodists oi. Richmond and Manchss
ter be held in Centenary church on next
Sunday afteraooni at 4 o'clock, the object of
which meeting shall be to- pass resolutions
expressive ot'the views Of the laity, Oft the
sIatns aeon E esaSP ch1sI
ers at Cape May. ,It is expected that all the
pastors OF the various Methodist churches
in Richmond and Manchester will give mo-
tlee OF this meeting, and with their repre-
sentative members, at least, attend. It is
thought By leading laymen in the Church
that it is eminently betting the occasion
that such meeting should be. held in Rich
mond. The meeting; doubtless, win be one
OF far more than ordinary interest.
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AMBULANCE GALA call was made last
evening from the Third station-house. A
man was badly bruised, and in what manner
it was impossible to find out. His name
was also left in doubt, because when asked
as to who he was, he only replied, .EHoo-ah *
for Helden." His shoes were taken off and
his wounds were dressed; and Charley Big
ger saws he will take care OF him. .#-
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4 Captain Samuel Drummond, one OF the
Oldest members OF the Pilots Association,
has been seriously illfor several weeks past:
His recovery is doubtful Norfoth 4. la'str: z:
manic. 3a,.s4 a14-sG Ha
The work OF making the Seaton House at
Washington 'are.proof Will soon be COM
pieted, md its owners win insist that up:
der the terms of, the law the Secretary of
the Interior has no right TO remove tt,e
pension.ofice thereirom, and that the Coy
ernment remains still bound for the rents g
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Trials of Speed.-Maior Joseph Walker
invites the public to attend trials OF speed at
his race-track, at Holly Spring track, every
Saturday evening from 4:30 TO $50 O'Clock.
He wishes especially those who have fast
trotters to attend these trials, and rs he has
fine stables himself, these exhibitions will
doubtless prove very interesting.
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iB,j.s Bj4.ss1E-BALIL..-Fhe IB3 serres Of match games
Iof base ball between the Eagles, ot Glen
Allen. and Athletics, Of JenningsYille, has
been completed, resulting IN. favor: OF the @
Eagles, they winning two out OF three games. ,es
The Eagle Club Is composed ot the iol.
lowing piayers :, Conway Sands, catcher |;
Thomas Fox, pitcher; Edgar sheRPalg3, aRpI So
short stop; Seth Gayle, first base " =; p; q
Sands, second base; J; ishsppara, talli IN as
base; Lueien Ford, left field; Henry y 2 a.
ker,, centre field E. Bernard. mar! right hela'
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THE EAST RIVER BRIDGE.

THE LAsIllNGS OF THE WIRES CUT-FoUR
MEN SUSPENDED IN MID-A1R FROM THE
~TEAyELLrp RoPE-TFE WORK OF
CUTTING TIE LASHINGs SUCCESSFULLY
ACC0MrLISHED-THE INTEREST DE-
rEEASING - DARING .OE- yTHE MEN En-
rInyrD IN THE PERnOUS TASK.
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II FxcussIoN 70 tc TRAM TO Hallway STATION,
ii,be richmond and. Petersburg Hatlroao
COMPANY win run, q special tra,n q. g ,tns IS
Hs5iway f station Friday tiesying nese Q ].
a.so q M.L p take oil persons oger VINO
var want n to smes m Hillary Page l'u hung.
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CoSv1cTs RECEIVED. The following con-
victs were received Mt the penitentiary yes
tsrday: Jesse Nash (negro), ten years for
grand larceny; Alexander Meade (negrob
one year for burglary, from Amelia county; !;
Henry Walford, eight years; Harrison
Powell, ten years; Bill Gordon, i've years
(all negroes), for burglary and larceny, from
coanty; Peter Jones (negroh
ten years for assault with intent to XII,
from Madison county, -, u "-"% - ! -
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B RAILROAD CASES SET FOR HEARING.-The
Judges OF the United States Circuit Court
have fixed the 18th OF September as the
time for hearing the various motions made
in reference to the financial condition OF the
Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad
COMPANY. Ea i5 -. ~. t.i1 ''',
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Presentation. j. Amber Smith has
reached the city from Indiana. He spoke at
thirteen places, and was well received
wherever he norated.'i "s':Rambler { Will
come to political destruction yet il he don't
stop roaming aroundthe country and speak
ing for men who are sure to be, as Lewis
Lindsay would say, g diselected: !. ~ -,
Judge Meredith and family left the city
this morning for the Centennial and will be
absent about two weeks. :, .,.<,t,s1 -
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viewed him 81 ssyerai COCOON ~ 49,:

TisWed him on several Occasions. md 4tars...
fore hadyery few questions Is nsk. 8 IA q. 49,
ply t0a question % 60 the burning. he 80 z:
g j done alI of It with the exception n. m.
barn.. We asked him II be thought thess
was any hope for HIM. he replied, q No.
II think i win be hung on Frtday. Z, 4
Page Is about tWeDty-oHs years OF Age,
and VIII weigh from one huHtired and fffy
to one hundred and sixty pound, is OF o
gingerbread color, dand gtands ab0tit i've
and asiaH feet high. in reply TO q question
as to his motive In burning those barns and
devil was in me. Z, 7, 3
= Hillary seemed tot he very irdifIefentsa sas 10
his fate GW hen we were aavEng his cell he
requested us TO ask some Of tho preachers
to call and see him before TIE day of execu-l
8 Sheriff Flournoy sieft yes,.sdsy morning
for the old court house for the purpose Of
arranging the place OF execute lon. The
place selected is near the old courthouse.
The nearest point for persofse Wishing 20
view the execution Is the Hallway station,
and from that point they win nHve b find
some conveyance TO the execution piace.
Haqor's Couyt.-The Mayor held court
yesterday, and the following cases were dis
posed OF
Charles Cartwright {coloredl sos beating
Sarah Brown (coloredl, was filsed % and
costs. ~ Isl
Theopholus Margroye Minter.a citizen Of
Norfolk, who is at present Yisitiug friends
in this city, was arraigned for obstructing
the highway while In a state OF dead drunk
enness. Owing to the impeciinsosfty Of
.Theopholus, he was dismissed with q gentle
;admonitien. VI: q.
E. Otey, accused Of slandering one Julia
Elizabeth Martin, was discharged.
Charles Bowen, OF youthful nge, was up
for stealing apples front the premises of
Thomas Walden. Owing to the youth OF
Bowen the Mayor reserved his decision.
It is very likely that Charles viii receive
lashing. - /.
: Several witnesses who arrived late were
reprimanded by the Court for tafdiness,
and were reminded that the next, one who
did not put in an appearance as the hour
summoned would be fined for contempt.
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have analyzed the wHIsKEY known under the
brand OF 'B SELECT" controlled by Messrs. WAL
TER D. BLAIR & Co., Richmond, Va, and find IL
FREE FROM FusIL OIL and other impurities, aud
recommend It's use for medicinal and family pur-
poses.-J. b. McCAw, NJ. D., late Professor Of
Chemistry, Medical College OF Virginia. re-
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-08-30

:. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The Republicans
OF jackson Ward met at Samaritan Hal,
Navy Hill, on Monday and elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing. six months: /:
President, Josiah Crump; Nice-President; !;
A, Leigh johnson; Secretary, j.. Gordon
Baugh;, Assistant Secretery, William IL.
.Tinsley; Treasurer, DR.. Henry Mosby !;
CITY Central. Committee, Richard G. Forres-
fer, Josiah Crnmp, and b. - Griffin: II ali
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3, cponuEnY- S,LAsayVARE. &c

,CIEORGE GIBSON /, Js.,i 10
-lJ - lsaecessor 10 James w. lGibsor.l
,PARISIAN WARE u. .is
bECORATED aud pLiIN CHINA PL.sAs1lD PLASkliS-s
Z 1T;EnliifSaSEf-TIfRSIsHiNG 1;Eli n GOOfls. ,. -
aiiJT and PRESSED ASSN AhE :. ,,....
Goods spitsple for hotsis aisds ssks
: sqfTssanTRiI;ERAroRs At eost 70 close thesnost.
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WEATHER REPORT.

PROBABILITIES TODAY Washington,
,,g,,st e9.-For the South Atlantic States,
.Trh; changes in pressure, easterly to south
crjy winds, and generally warmer, clear or
narty cloudy weather.
For the Middle States. slowly-falling ba-
rometer. rising temperature, winds mostly
from southwest to southeast, partly cloudy
weather. and possibly succeeded by occa-
sional rains.
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DISPATCH PR1STlSG-HoUsR.-In order 70 meef-
the constantly increasing demands OF our trade We
have added q well-selected assortment OF NEW
TYRE, which, together with our improved MA
C1rryEnY and sKILFgL MECHANICALLY TALENT
warrant us In guaranteeing the yRBr BEST CLASS
OF WORK at moderate figures and IA The most expe'
dittous manner. =
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DE-. w. E. SCOTT. President Of the College Of
Physicians, Montreal writes: " / have recommended
CoLDEN's LIEBIa's LIQUID EXTRACT OF BEEF
AND TONIC INvIGoRAToR rs the best preparation
used for Debility, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Fever,
Ague, md Loas ef Appetite.n
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IA RENDEZVOUS FOR CoLoRED TLDES MEN.
A room has been rented ON Broad street
and will be fitted up for the use OF ,colored
Tilden and Hendricks men during the cam
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HERMAN BoscHEN & BROTHER are selling their
large stock OF TRUNKS, yALIsEs, &C., at very low
prices to make room for fall and winter boots. soc
and i Broad street.
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PERFECTION LILY WHITE 1.-The best. article
for the ladies' toilet-15 cents per box. 5,.D
- Pr. y go MILLER PIERCE,
E& Fifth and Marshall streets.
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asiceJ
,s3RoyaH
ling; and

& P0IIcE CoURT, YEsTaRDAI tsstice u.
u. Crastchj field prssding.-f ,.RoyaIl
(cclsEedl was fined % for ling and
beating his wife. -;
James Taylor (colored) was sent to Jail
for thirty days for stealing. 81 &: b "a. 81
q Albert Scott (coloretl I'd escaped lnnatic
from the city almshouse, was sent tack to
rthat institution. II. : q II 4;t s !.
!, Sunday night as Mr.. Charles Duke was
passing down Broad street, below Frs, he
swas attacRed and severely beaten by anegro
named Alexander Briggs. Briggs was be-
fore the Police Court yesterday morning
and tined $40. ,An appeal was taken md
the case sent up to the Hastings Court, 9a
Aaron Jones and Ellen Ross were charged
with unlawful association. The Justice, nd
ter hearing the case, committed the parties
to Jail to await action Of the grand Jury. IS
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.ruy WEATHER YESTERDAY was clear and
warm, At night it was cool and pleasant.
THERMOMETER YESTERDAY: a. NJ, 60;
4. NJ. ~: noon, 81; ?. NJ, SS; Z.
NJ. So: midnight, IS.
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I HAND-MADE BOOTS and SHOES, Of every descrip-
ton, to ORDER guaranteed to 1t. Repairing neatly
done by HERMAN BosCHEN 8 BROTHER, Broad
root
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SAVE MONEY by having your printing done at the
DISPATCH PRINrING-HoUsE. Good work, low
prices and satisfaction guaranteed.
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SLIPPERS, TIES, BUsKINs, &C., cheap at Bo-
scHEN's, 500 and 81 Broad street.
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LADIES, use the PERFECTION LILY WHITE
15 cents per box-for sale by POLK MILLER & co.
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WEEKLY MORTALITY.
Aug. 20, Aug. 20, Aug. 10, Aug:

Aug. 20, Aug. %, Aug. 10, Aug: 28,
W 1s741 3 MS, 1s7SS, ". 1s7Se, 6, 3s'c. VIZ:
Total deaths. ell 10 l9 II 26 II 2S
still-born.....- o 2 o laO l
Mean temperature ior week ending Au-
gust 10, 1928; mean temperature for week
ending August 26, 1914.
Amount Of rainfall for the week ending
August 10, 0.34 inches; amount Of rainfall
for the week ending August 26, 0.35 inches.
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THE BEST PEOPLE WHEN VISITING srAuNToN
stop ar the Virginia Hotel. 5ca
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TIE VIRGINIA, IS THE FIRsT-cLAss Ho-sL IN
Staunton. 3t.r
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Eon THE BEST AecosrMoDATIossISsT IN SsTAUsros
70 to the Virginia Hotel,
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per..onal J. 5Notca.,

Beatix at Saratoga are called parasoi-
holders" ,5is.5z .4Jsii3Ea 49,. + fzs
People at Saratoga stare at, Mrs. Marsh,
the witness. ..-..s ~ i.s., go
Bishop Haven, the original third-term ad-
vocate, sails for Africa in October. 81
Mrs. Edwin Booth is In very infrm
health. agg
+ Miss Clara Louise Kellogg, Brignoli, and
Ferranti met with the most fastering sue.
cess at a recent concert in Saratoga. i1
The National Liverpool Liie-Boat Asso-
citation recently presented the wiieof Mr..
Plimsoll, M. p, with a silver model Of the
"Samuel Plimsoll" life-boat. .5t =
Mrs. spurgeon, the wife Of the eminent
London clergyman, has raised a "book
fund" to help poor ministers whose libra
ries are scantily supplied. AT present it
amounts to one thousand pounds. s'.s
Commodore Vanderbilt, who it was sup
posed has been at the point Of death for
some time past, is now declared to be inn
proving, and the probabilities are that he
will be in good condition for business in o
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-07-21
LEGAL NOTICES.
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,

~ Alexandria, Vs.. June g. 1876.
To Elizabeth s. Bowen, Lucy L. Bowen, Heze
kish Best Adeliue Best, Louisa Weir, Jane,
Birch, Elizabeth Birch, Louisa Tallafero
William II. Thornton, Adeline Thornton
Robert M. Carter George +. Carter A!f.ec
Carter, Robert M. Lewis John T. Lewis and
Francis M. Lewis.
You are hereby notified that have fixed upon
the 18th DAY OF JULY, 1875 ut my otbee,
Market Building, Alexandria, Virginia, to as
certain and report
1st Who are the heirs st law OF John w
Bowen. deceased
I'd. Who are the heirs at law of Alfred Ba...
deceased.
3d. Whether or not the heirs of the ssid Al-
fred Ball did convey to John w. Bowen in con-
siderstion and because Of the circumstances set
forth in the bill in this cause the tract of land
in the bill mentioned and the contents of such
deed.
4:h. Whether or not such deed has been de-
stroyed. and any o:her matters pertinent to the
bill which the commissioner may be required TO
report by any of the parties to this suit or their
counsel, required to be taken by decree Of tie
Circuit curt OF Alexandria county, rendered
on the 10th Day of February, 1875, in a suit IN
chancery depending in the said Court between
Elizabeth $. Bowen ct al, plaintiffs. and the
heirs of Alfred Ball. deceased, defendants, 81
which time and place you are required to attend.
Given under my hald, IS Commissioners in
Chancery of the said Court the day and year
first aforesaid. A w. Chiffon.
Comm'r. in Ch'y
Geo. A. Mushbach, q je.26-w4w