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AUCTION SALES.

AUCTION SALES.
~ Corner 9sh and streets northwest.
ENTIRE sT9cK OF DEALER At AUCTION,
On fkfbsS MSkNiNG No1sms-a sa,-
oar sss,oS at 4 10 eslGSk VIE S ss s hS
Dry Goods, &c ), eensi., hsS or l--" ' vp
Hosiery, Cottons, Pins,
susp enders, Gloves, Cor~ets,
heinz r. ,,s., ~, ", ., AZ hs-, Se LA - c.
bushes The attention Of retail dealers and others
nS1a WIS '- DUNcANsoN BROS, Aucts
ID. Fstrcet, opposite Masonic Temple.
STEEL lSKTxEkS ffffh AND Canal
.: m. will be sold in front Of the premises. the
ii 'gs ss sa s1 nsih q
depth o. lt4fe IL inches, containing 3.DsI square
Terms: sloo in cash, and the balance a, six and
nnn deposit Of $50 required At time Of sale. and
." n oSnss g s9cine at purchase s sSSst
TRTsTEEs' SALE OF gNIMPEovED PROP.
tMtRIffEsSp aSks UP At sS SSok isfa
Under and By virtue Of deed of srus, bearing -
hs s s day e asy sS an. saa rss
the District OF Conaia, the undersigned Trustee,
Will sell at public auction, in front Of the premises on
FRIDAY the st day Of December ls76 at o clock
p m, all Of lots three 60, four ca, and five (5 in
square nine hundred and eighty six (9S5l in the city
Of W ashin gton, ID. e.
And on the same day, at clock m, by virtue
OF the same deed of trust the undersigned Trustees
will sell At public auction, in front Of the premises
lot six 90, in square thousand and fifty lleOl in
said city.
The above property is at present under cultivation
gardeners.
Terms Of sale: Onethird cash; balance in g. L. and
Is months, the notes of purchaser to be given for
deferred payments bearing interest from day of sale
and secured by deed of trust the property sold $50
deposit will be required each lot when bid is
cepted. III terms of sale not complied with in
seven days from day of sale Trustees right TO
resell at risk and cost of defaulting purchaser.
GEO: y. APPLEBY, Trustees,
W. +. EDM0NST0N.{ 42O 5th street n W
nov2eOSds THOS- f. wAGGAMANS, Auct.
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CLOSING OUT CARPETS.

CLOSING OUT CARPETS.
Best Ingrsins. 81; Il per cent. of for cash.
Best Brussels, 9 u 3; u per cent of.
Brussels, : Wool Carpets. 621s To 671sc.
Blankets, COmfOrters, 81 3 to S.
Curtain Lace. sc. to T5c., very cheap.
Best Calico Remnants, So cents.
Cambria Edges. g. 4, 5, 5, 10 to 3 cents, cheap.
Elegant Dress Plaids, 121z, Is, . cents.
Reps Ter Wrappers, % to 3 cents.
Dress Gocs stock 20 be reduced, and cheap goods to
be offered in Wool Cashmere.
Basket Cloths Sanes Serges, in all the shades
Double width Alpaca, Z21z, worth 3 cents.
Shawls in new cOlOrings very cheap.
Gail fOr cheap goods at
Il. n. NAUDAIN'S,
nOv4tr 100 Market Space.
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RECEIVING NEW, CHEAP AND DE-
~ SIRABLE DRY GOODS EVERY DAY.
Black Cashmere. the widest double width, 81
Seal Brown Merno, all pure Wool, widest double
width, 81
Navy Blue. Seal Brown Cashmere, pure Wool, 50;
very fine.
Dark Green. Navy Blue, Seal Brown, double fold,
beautiful Dress Goods; only % worthy.
CARTER'S. 1O1 Market Space.
Black Alpaca. double fold, very fine; =.
Black silk MOhair Alpaca very fine; 80.
Yard wide Double Twied Bed Tick; =.
Nearly two ards wide Black Water Proof; 30.
Excellent Canton FLANNEL; IL
Red Tvilled Flannel; ..
Very large Linen Napkins; g.
Iarga assortment Of Cloth and CaSsmeres for Boys
wear; q, 20. 81. Very large size White Wool Blan-
kets; S2p Very best Calico; 51s. Very large as
sortment Of new style Shawls; 81, 81, Sl.25 Sl.50,
Sis, 50. S25O. So.
WE ARE SELLING VERY CHEAP. noveD-tr
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EVENING STAR.
NEDNESDAY. .Noxember %. 1870.
The Cxar'. white Elephant.

81. Petersburg OsyrS,osdcscel
- Inc main attractions of the large park of
lzarskobe Selo consist Of q series Of pa
Nillions surrounding a small artificial lake.
each OF which is built In the architectural
s,yie of a different country, and the imme-
H.ate vicinity laid out to correspond with IN
The first one came Co was the iGrecian pa
Nliion, representing the ruins OF an ancient
temple, from which 1 emerged TO ind mysel
suddenly i'm Persia
A miniature mosque. with slender minar.,
white cupoia and narrow windows stood on
q slight eminence, and at a short distance
rom IL was an Oriental looking wooden
structure, which serves rs domicile for A
white elephant, a present of q former Shah
OF Persia to a former Empsror OF all the Rus
sias. This animal Is SAID to be nearly one
hundred and my years old. and is the largest
OF its kind ever saw. am not In a position
to vouch for bis age, bat 10 is positively
known that he was here at the time OF the
Empress Catharine, and may have shaken
his wise old head at the naughty doings ne
witnessed when that absolute Czarina
saroused at this very Same palace OF Tar
would give ali my prospective wealth
ana there Is millions ofit-to be able % in
teryiew the old fellow snd get him TO tell
what he knoss, which must be a good deal.
Considering how long he has been taking
items here and never bet out anything. When
the elephant first came from the ssold coun-
try, as he probably calls Asia, he was pro
yided witha richly -ornamented riding-turrts
ana trappings, bat he has learned a thing or
Two since then, and found out that such
means OF locometion are not the fashion i'm
thls CLINE, and FOR couple of generations
past he as.s premptorily refused To be saddhsi
ana mounted, so that the successive iuyeoi;e
Imperial Princes have cried i'm vain for !,
ride on their nice little elephant
His attendant, a HindOO, complained thar
ms warn was becoming more Cross grained
and unmanageable every year. but his re-
marks seemed distasteful To the animal
wha seized huge '.trunkful" of hay frpm
his ieed-rack and scattered it over US both.
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LIMITED STATES MARsHAL's SALE OF

u REAL ESTATE W
virtue OF writ Of heri facias issued ont Of the
Clerk ONCE Of the Supreme Court Of the District AZ
Columbia and to me directed, I win sell at public
for cash in front o the court house door Of said
District, on TUESDAY, the 5th day Of December
lQ6, at ~ clock m, the following described real
estate, viz: All Caroline 8 Peughs right title claim
subdiyison Of original lot and part Of lot 3, in
square No. ISL together with all and Singular fhe
G., seized and levied upon the property of Caro-
line Peugh, and will DO sold to satisfy execution
nee. ALEX. SHARP.
nosl3-dts y. 8. Marshal D. g.
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W. 4 KDM0NsT0N. trustees
CHANCERY SALE OF IMPROVED REAL ES
~ TATE in THE CITY OF WASHINGTON ID
Ok SiTSn ra ON THE CORNER OF NJ AND

Ok SiTSM ThEEp on TIE CORNER OF NJ AND
BY virtue Of decree passed on November 81, "A
ISo, by the Supreme Court Of the District of INN
Columbia, IN cause numbered 5lOO3, Equity. l.:
Docket ~, wherein William H. Lee is plaintiff and
George Phillips ct al. are defendants, the under
signed as Trustees named In said decree will sell nj
public auction, IN front Of the premises, on sATuR
DAY, the goth day Of November 1876 at ~, oiciock
m ne interest of all the parties in said cause Of
IN ana 10 all that certain lot parcel of ground attn
ate In ashington city, District of Columbia known
as Lot thirty nine ts9j in William T. steiger subdi
vsion OF certain lots in Square numbered
t4), being situated on the Of and 18Th sts
northwest in said city fronting p feet inches on
street and running with the line of 18th street de
lance Of loo feet to four foot alley said lot being i'm
proved by Frame House. -A'
Terms Of sale: One fourth Of the purchase money
IN cash on the day Of sale, within seven DAYS there
AFTER and the residue in three equal instalnens M
ak, twelve and eighteen months from the day of sale
the purchaser or purchasers giving his her. or their
promissory notes for the deferred payments bearinc
Interest from the day Of sale at the of six fl pef
Gent per annum until paid, the purchaser or pur-
ehasers may az his, her. their election pay ali cash
on the day of sale within seven al DAYS thereafter
Al taxes due or assessed at the time Of sale are an
WOODBURY. WHEELER, j
$50 AZ street. r.
MILTON @. BARNARD, trustees
DUNCANsoN BROS, Aucts novu
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-03-04
Notice of Foreclosure.

NOTICE is hereby given that John b. Furbush of
N Rome, county of Kepnebec, and State of
Maine, on the nth day of Oct. 1874. by his deed of
try Of Deeds, Vol. 800, Page 295, conveyed to the
subscriber certain parcel of land with the build
ings thereon, situated in said Rome, and bounded
and described as follows: on the north by land of
Benjamin Hersom and Amaziah Tracy, on the east
by land of Amazah Tracy and Richard Turner; on
the south by land of David Watson and Mark, and
on the west by the county road leading from Chand
ler's Mills to Mercer Village, containing eighty
acres, more or less, being same conveyed to said
Furbush by Ephraim Tibbetts, and being the home
stead farm now and for many years occupied by
said Furbush Ito secure the payment of IA certain
promissory note OF four hundred and forty eight
dollars in one year from the date thereof with inter-
est that the conditions OF said mortgage have been
broken and that by reason thereof, claim a fore
closure of the same according to the statute in such
case made and provided. ---.
MARSHALL WHITFIELD.
By W. P. WHITEHoUsE, Atty.
Augusta, Feb. %, 1876. feb24.tlt&w3w
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NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber
n has been duly appointed Administrator on the
estate of
MILTON K. LIBBY, late of Augusta,
in the County Of Kennebec, deceased, intestate,
and has undertaken that trust by giving bond as
the law directs:- persons, therefore, having
demands against the estate of said deceased, are
desired to exhibit the same for settlement; and all
indebted to said estate are requested to make i'm
mediate payment to ABBY A. LIBBY.
Feb. IA, 1876. 3wlOS
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leQaI ADVERTISEMENTS.
vIO the Honorable County Commissioners for tho
L County of Oxford.

VINO the Honorable County Commissioners for tho
i County of Oxford.
The undersigned, inhabitants of the town of Graf.
ton, and vicinity, in the county of Oxford respect
fully represent that public convenience and neces-
sity do not require the highway recently located
from Andover North surplus to James Browns in
Grafton through "Dunns notch" SO called. Where
fore your petitioners respectfully ask yonr honora.
BILE hoard to view the route and discontinue said
Morton, in said Andover North Surplus, thence ex-
tending through said Surplus and the town of Graf
ton, and terminating near the dwelling house of
James Brown in said Grafton, and do and perform
such other duties touching the same as the law
quires; and as in duty bound will ever pray.
CHARLES W. COLEMAN, and 50 others.
Grafton, Jan. 2, 1876.
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District Court of the United States,
for the District of Maine.
In the matter of
Eben Toothaker,
d. 4. .


1NIIIS is TO GIVE NOTICE that petition has
i been presented to the Court this sth day of Feb
ruary, A. ID. 1876, by Eben Toothaker of Litchield,
in said district, a bankrupt, praying that he may
be decreed to have full discharge from all his
debts, provable under the bankrupt act, and upon
reading said petition, IT IS ORDERED by the Court
that hearing be had upon the same on the first
Monday of May. A. ID. 1876, before the Court in
Portland, in said district, at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ, and
that the second meeting of creditors of said bankrupt
be held before John W. May, Esq, Register, at the
Court house in Augusta in said District, on the OH
day of March, A. ID. 1876 at 10 O'Clock A. NJ and the
third meeting of the at the same
place on the thirteenth day of April, A. ID 1875,
at 10 O'Clock A. NJ and that notice thereof be
published in the Weekly kennebec journal and
the Lewiston Weekly Gazette, newspapers printed
in said district once a week for three successive
weeks the last publication to be thirty days at leas
before the day of hearing, and that all cred d.
itors who have proved their debts, and other per.
sons in interest, may appear at said time and place,
and show cause, ifany they have, why the prayer
of said petition shall not be granted.
WIN. z. PREBLE,
Clerk of District Court for said District
feblGth, 23d ,Smarl
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STATE OF MAINE.

OXFORD SS.-Board of County Commssi oners,
Sept Session, 1873; held by adjournment Feb sth
1876
Upon the foregoing petition, satisfactory evidence
having been received that the petitioners are re
sponsible, and that inquiry into the merits of their
application is expedient it is Ordered that the
County Commissioners meet at the dwelling house
of James Brown in Grafton, on Tuesday the 18th
thence proceed to view the route mentioned in said
petition Immediately after which view, a Tearing
of the parties and witnesses VIII be had at some
convenient place in the vicinity, and such other
measures aiken in the premises as the Commission
ers shall judge proper. And it Is further Ordered,
that notice of the time, place and purpose OF the
Commissioners meeting aforesaid be given to all
persons and corporations interested, by causing
attest ed copies of SAID petition and of this order
thereon to be served upon the clerk OF the town Of
Grafton, and also posted up in three public places
in said town, ard published six weeks successfully
in the kennebec Journal. a newspaper printed at
Augusta, in the county of kenneb.c, by the print
ers TO the State and also published three weeks
successfully in the Oxford Democrat a newspaper
printed at Paris in said county of Oxford the last
of said publications, and each of the other notices.
to be made, served and posted at least thirty DAYS
before said time OF meeting, TO the end that all per-
sons and corporations may then and there appear
and shew cause, if any they have, why the prayer
of said petitioners should not be granted.
Attest: JAMES 5. WRIGHT, Clerk,
true copy OF said petition and order OF court
thereon.
Attest JAMES $. WRIGHT, Clerk.
6w9
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Aroostook County Assessment for
Building Road.

On the 10th day of November, 1875, we, the Coun-
ty Commissioners of Aroostook county Maine, laid
out county road on petition of Z. +. A. johnson
and 81 others, from Pressure Isle village TO j. A.
Plummer's land in Chapman panta ion. No. II,
Range 3, In said county, and Immediately after
wards we made the following ssme nts for build
ing that part of said road wholly in said No. II,
Range 3, being 4i2 rods, and the south half, being
rs rods OF that part the east line OF said township
said township, no adjoining township beng bene.
fitted. And al the same time we appointed said J.
A. Pummer, agent therefor. Sad road to be built
within two years from the final close Of proceed
ings. To be published i'll the state paper and the
Ar0ostook Pioneer.
A. A. BURLEIGH,)
J.W. AMBROSE, ( Com'rs.
Ii. o. PERRY,
3w9 Attest :-RANSOM NORTON, Clerk.
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Z z &
i 2w.K.R. Non Res. OF. smith) 5000 mills $40 90
" " -" " 2G00 mills. 10 90
The above tax to be expended on the county
roads in said township, and E. W. Parlin is hereby
appointed to lay out and expend the same.
w .k.R. Non res. Coburn
!. (Chas. s. Durgin.) 1850 8 " $40
:. s.A. "a. Dinsmore. 800 6 =" $50
(Joseph Clark 1900 " 800
Resident 600 10 cts. 90 90
johnson Mt. Non res. IF. smith.) 94i4 mills IS IS
Upper .old stream
~ and al..,J 1000 900
Land Co., 1903 22ls
" I" " Foster & spauid-
ing, 10000 8 !" COCO
The above tax to be expended on the Canada
road from the Forks to Jackmantown, and Seth
Moore is hereby appointed Agent to lay out and
cxpcnd the same.
N.B.F. Non res.
Jackmantown 1850 mills. 7s 90
Resident 40 cts. 81 %
$1,000 mills 1876 10
" Resident 925 CTS 400
10 Non res. Dennistown
4 5 " Bald Mt. 2l760 3 65 2s
3 " " Sandy Bay I'M 6 " lU2 81
The above tax to be expended the Canada
| road from the north line of Parlin Pond township
to Canada line, and on other roads in said town
ship and Jonas Colby is appointed Agent to lay
out and expend the same.
IL = W IL X (BaItlott Il
Plummer) Non res. 4l39 5 mills. 20 70
" " tOliver Noulton)
&c" (Gerrish Tract
| Non 254O " IL 10
" (Marcelus Steward
Non res. APO ct. ~ 20
Sonres 1909 mills. $ 90
" - Resident 2460 10 -" 2t6 90
| roads in said township AID A. J. Lane is hereby
appointed Agent to lay ont and expend the same
8 W.K.R. Non. res M steward)
| $500 mills Al so
" -" IF. SMITH 1900 q " IS
" & =" Resident 1000 cts 200 "
| The above tax to be expended road in said
township, and samuel Parsons is hereby appoint.
| ed Agent to lay out and eXpend the same.
Ek.R. East pit. Non res.
| (Coburn LaudCo
| y Clark $4,000 smills 800 oe
il " " West 1859 " IS Z
Z" " a. Resident 305 cts. 2il p
The above tax to be expended on the county
roads in said township, as follows seventy dol.
lars including the tax Of the settlers on The edge OF
the Forks plantation " no are best accommodated
by the Pleasant Pond Dad, to be expended on said
road, and Barrett spaulding Is hereby appointed
Agent to lay out and expend the same. The re.
mainder of the above tax 10 be expended on the
CtIleT ToduS III rdu toWuoHp, duu Joseph CIdrk ls
hereby appointed Agent to lay out and expend the
same.
| | 4E.K.R. Non res.
(Joseph Clark ASH mills. "A q
(Coburn Land Coz 1929 5 =" rs 1G
" {" Resident 1860 cts. III IL
| The above tax to be expended on the county
road in said nship. and Charles Williams is
hereby appoin ed to lay out aud expend the same
IA North ina Non res. $40 mills. - 4C
q" :" Resident 1860 cts. 60 OF
|" Non res. IF. Smth) 1870 mills. sc
" I" Crocker heirs $500 " 10 sc
fl" Steward &
| Parlin lO670 81 lC
f." g Resident 1925 cts, 66 %
The above tax to be expended on the roads in
said townships, and Jacob kershner is hereby APP
pointed Agent to lay out and expend the same
| And we do hereby order that notice of the forego
ing assessment be published as the law requires
AZ. GREESWOoD,) Commiss ioners
| FIG. GREENE, Somerset County
true copy OF the assessment and order of Court
thereon. Attest: l.. ii. WEBB, Clerk.
Axu-
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In the District Court of the United
States for the District of Maine.

In the matter OF Charles f.
Collier, and Erastus ID. Ham
ilton, individually, and as In Bankruptcy.
members OF the firm OF Coleri
Hamilton 4 Co. Bankrupts.J
DISTRICT OF MAINE, IS.
At Augusta, in said District, on the 18th day Of
February, A. D., 1916.
The undersigned hereby gives notice of his ap.
pOintmeDt Assignee OF Charles +. Collier and
Erastus ID. Hamilton of Augusta, in the County Of
kennebec, and state OF Maine within said district,
who have been adjudged bankrupts, individually
and as members OF the firm of Golfer, Hamitt n &
Co., by the District Court of said District petit.
ton of their creditors.
JOSEPH A. SANBORN, Assignee.
Post Office Address, Halowell.
tiebl9, 26&mar4.w feb23&marl,s
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SsiATE OF MAINE.

TtNOBSCoi, ss.-tOuTl Oh COunty commissioners.
October Term, A. D., 1915.
Upon thu foregoing Petition, it is considered by
the ComDi sioners that the petitioners re.pon-
sbe, and that they ought to be heard touching the
matter set forth IN their petition, and therefore
Order, that the County Commissioner meet at
George Cutters Hotel, In said Midway on Tues.
day, The twelfth day of September A. ID. 1876 at 3
O'clock +. NJ, for a hearing thereon, and thence
proceed to view the route mentioned in said pe,
ton: Immediately after which view, hearing of
the parties and witnesses " i'll be had at some con-
ventnt place in the wien ity, and such further
measures taken in The premises the Commission.
ers shall Judge proper. And 1t is further Ordered,
that notice OF the time, place and purpose OF the
commissioners meeting aforesaid, be given 10 all
persons and corporations inter- sled by serving at.
tested copies oil the petition and this order thereon
and Sacyville Plantation, and by posting up at.
tested cop as aforesaid in three public places in
each of said towns, thirty days least before the
time appointed for such view, and also by publish.
ing the petition and order thereon three weeks sue
ceesvely in the Bangor Weekly Courier, a news
paper published i'll Bangor, and six weeks success
sively in the kennebec journal, newspaper pub.
iished IN Augusta, the same being the State per,
the last publication to be thirty days at least before
the time OF said view, that all persons and corpor-
atoms interested may attend and be heard if they
think fit.
Attest E. C. BRETT, Clerk.
A true copy of the petition and order thereon.
bW1 Attest +. Z. BRETT, Clerk.
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KENNEBEC COUNTY-In PROBATE Court at Az.
gustd, on the second Monday of February, 1875.
4 CERTAIN INSTRUMENT, purporting to BIO
N the last will and testament of Hannah f. Kim.
ball, late of Mt Vernon In said county, deceased.
having been presented for probate:
ORDERED That notice thereof be given three
weeks successfully, prior to the second Monday Of
March next, in the Kennebec Journal, o
newspaper printed in Augusta, that all persons
interested may attend at a Court of Probate then
to be holden at Augusta, and show cause, if any :,
why the said instrument should not be proved, APP.
proved and allowed, the last will and testament
of the said deceased.
H. X. BAKER, Judge.
Attest: CHARLES HEwINs, Register.
Swl0+
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NJ Office is hereby given, that the subscriber has
~ been duly appointed Administrator, on the
estate of
SILAS MANTER, late of Wayne,
IN the county of Kennebec, deceased, interstate and
has undertaken that trust by giving bond as the
law directs All persons, therefore, having de-
mahas against the estate OF said ceased are de-
sired to exhibit the same for and all In.
debted to said estate are requested to make mme-
date payment to FREEMAN MANTER
Feb. IA, 1876. 3WlOs
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Eegal advertisements.
State Of Maine.
SOMERSET, IS.


County Commi- sioners' Court, Dec Term, A. d.
lo,5 And on the 9TH day Of said Term it was or
dered that there I've assessed upon the following
described townships and parts of tow nships in
Somers ct county, for the repair Of roads therein
the following sums, to wit: