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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-07-07
new ADeEaTIsEMEsrS

pYAWhS 71s-sctayey sns ROSEWOOD met ssed
u5New pia{o ct wholesale. Great bIr..
0RGANSgains. Yearly new, So. 2 stops, ~
s.s:s..5 stops $685. stops S55: stops tco;
stops $F5; ~ stops s65 to go. Rare opportini.
ties. New organs mt Wholesale, Beware imitA-
tons. Best ever made, READ. Sent on to
II days test trial, Money refunded and freight
paid both ways If unsatisfactory. Est, l6bS.
Agents wanted Discount to teachers, ministers
etc. Address Daniel F. Beatty, Nsshington.
New Jersey.
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Administrators NOti. q.

Administrators Notice.
Estate OF John Craig. deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed
administrator Of the estate Of John craig
late of the county OF Alexander and state
of Illinois, deceased, hereby gives notice
that he will appear before the county court
OF Alexander county at the court house IN
Cairo at the August term, on the third
Monday IN August next, at which time
all persons having claims against said estate
ae notified and reQuc to sttcDd for the
purpose of having the same adjusted. Al
persons indebted to said estate arc re
,ucstcd to make i'm Mediate payment TO the
undersigned. ,,--
Dated, thi, 18th day of May, a. ID. 1877.
JAMES l.. SANDERS
Administrator.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-17
VARIOUS TOPICS.

Orphcus c. Kerr complains that the day
after moving day Everything is nowhere"
English adventurers are fastening to Con-
stantinoplc to join the Turkish army.
The fashionable tint for gcntlemcn's clothes
this spring is salt mackcrel.
They are hunting down escaped Georgia
convicts with dogs.
It was Ben Franklin who once remarked
that there never was a good war or a bad
peace.
The Journal de st. Petersburg says that
the most northcrly telegraph Office in the
world has just been set up. 1t is a Norweg-
ian fishing station named Gjesyor, a little
above the seventy-first parallel North.
Mrs. Ellen ]. Null, Of New Bridgeport,
Pa. whose husband was killed by a. train
while lying intoxicated upon a railroad, has
inst received verdict for $4,000 against
the hotel keeper who sold him liquor.
Field Marshal wrangel celebrated the
ninety-third anniversary of his birthday on
the 10th of April, and received visits OF con-
graduation from the German Emperor, the
Crown Prince, and number Of other men,
bers of the imperial family.
The fashionable sensation in New York Is
the marriage of one Of ex.Surgeon General
TIammond's daughters to an Italian Mar
quis. who commenced his career in this
country as a waiter at Delmonico's. But II
is said to be sure-enough' Marquis for
all that.
Courier Journal: Nepokoichitsky, at thu
military post-office ''It hasn't come, vol
say? Do you mean, you villain, that I'm t.
wait for my American paper ten week
longer, and that this campaign is to be los
for want of suggestions that have paid 10
in advance o, Observation-Disclosures
ditchi % [T4eads out the unhappy postmas
ter, who is Immediately marched off to 81
beria.1
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-17
ASSIGNEE'S SALE
ASSIGNEE'S SALE
OF
n al b = t a t e
IN
= ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.

Pursuant to decree in the United states District
Court for the Western District of Virginia, in the
matter OF Samuel A. Long, bankrupt, Will, as AS
signee of said bankrupt on
FRIDAY, the 9th DAY Of JUNE, 1877,
on the premises sell at public auction the follow
ing real estate to wit: tract of land lying i'm
mediately on the waters Of Muddy Creek, Rock
ingham county, Va,
CONTAINING 219 ACRES.
This ia one of the most desirable farms in the
Valley Of Virginia. The land is Of excellent quail
ity well improved, with good buildings. plenty OF
fruit, and an inexhaustible supply OF water, and
will be sold as whole, or in parcels to suit pur-
chaSefs.
TERMS.-One-f fourth cash, and the balance on a
credit of one and two years, with interest from
day of sale, the purchaser to give bonds with am
pie personal security for the deferred payments,
and lien to be retained as ultimate security
JOHN n. RALSTON OF D., Assignee.
mayl0-tds of SamI A. Long, b'k't
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-17
may, 3-tt
Cuperior Land For Sale.

In pursuance OF decree Of the Circuit Court of
Augusta county, rendered at the November term
Ils15 in the cause Of Cochran Sibert, and 9TH
sars. i will, on
MONDAY, MAY, 2sth, 1871,
5In,fsem. of the Court House in Staunton. sell at
PnhMe A uction, to the highest bidder, that very
desirable tract of land known as the old Edison
Farm, on the Staunton and Parkersbqrg Turn
pike about four miles west of Staunton, with the
woodland used in connection with 1t.
The first tract on which is situated the
BRICK MANSION HOUSE
.and other improvements, contains
s4ACREs. ROODs. and POLES.
Its character for fertility is SO well known to
require nc further description. -
The second pared ls WOOD LAND, about half
mile from thesturnIike. containing
Is ACRES,aRd 80 POLES
with right OF way toand from as it is now used.
The tive parcels will be SOLD together.
TERMS OF SALE:-Ten Fer cent of the pur-
residue In three equal payments at 6. ~ apd 10
months. bearing interest from the day OF sale TO
the title retained as ultimate security
Sale commence at 10 o'clock m
G. M. COCHRAN, Jr., Com'r.
e. M'Cusnlng, Auctloneer. apr 26-fds.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-17
Assignee's Notices.

TN THE nrsrprcr[ E So17p5r or THE INVITED
Il States.-In Bankruptcy.
In the matter of P. H Oliver Bankrupt.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
The undersigned, T. L. Michie of Charlottes-
vile, Albemare county, Va hereby gives notice
of his appointment ss Assignee of the estate OF
said District: who was on the day of !. a.
d., ,adjudged bankrupt on his own petition
by the District Court of said District.
Dated April 20, 1877.
mays 3w Z. L. NICHE, Assignee.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-17
Assignee's Sale
OF
Re al b = t at e
IN
Assignee's Sale

ROCKINGHAM AND PAGE COUNTIES. VA.
Pursuant to decree in the United States District
Court for the Western District OF Virginia, VIII
as assignee of Philip Koontz, bankrupt sell at
public auction on
: THURSDAY, MAY 3lst, 1877.
at the front door of the Court House In harrison,
burg free of all liens and encumbr0nces. all the rear
estate OF said bankrupt, viz: Whatever interest,"
the said bankrupt surrendered in bankruptcy, IN
and to two certain tracts of land, one tract OF
$50 ACRES IN PAGE COUNTY,
the other, a tract of
1850 ACRES IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
also two small tracts of acres more or less lying
in Page county.
TERMs.-One-fourth cash, the balance on a
credit OF g. IL and Is months. with interest from
day of sale. the purchaser giving bonds with am
and the title retained as ultimate security.
JOHN E. ROLLER. Assignee
NAV IO-3w Philip KoontZ, banrupt.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-17

docket Case No. 361,1
INTHE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF
VA. In Bankruptcy.
In the matter of VIM. w. johnson, bankrupt.
Western District OF Virginia, IS:
THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE, That on the Goth day
of April, 1871 Warrant in Bankruptcy was is
sued out OF the Dist Court of the United States
for the Western District of Va, against the es-
county, in said District, who is adjudged Bank
rupt on his own petition: That the payment of
longing to such Bankrupt, to him, or for his use,
and the transfer of any property by him. fol :
hidden by law and that meeting of the credit
to choose one or more Assgnees of his estate
will be held at a Court OF Bankruptcy to be
holden at Danville Va, before John L. Watson,
Esq, Register in Bankruptcy for said District, on
the 22d., day of May, d. 1871 at u o'clock, m.
A. S. GRAY,
may g. st U. s. Marshal for said District.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-17
Commissioners Sales.
commissioners Sale of very
~ Valuable
MauufacturIng Property.

By virtue Of decree rendered by the Circuit
Court of Augusta county. in the case OF the Vir-
ginia Porcelain and Earthenware Company VS..
Green and others, we will proceed on the premi-
ses, on
FRIDAY, the 25th DAY OF MAY, 1877,
to sell at public auction all of that valuable real
estate formerly owned and used by the Virginia
Porcelain and Earthenware Company in and about
the manufacture of Earthenware, and which was
conveyed by said Virginia Porcelain and Earthen-
ware Company to VIM. Green and others, by deed
dated the 9th day of November. 1873 and record
ed in the Clerks Office OF the County Court OF Au-
gusta county, comprising
TWO TRACTS OF LAND,
100 Acres, upon which have been erected extern
sive and valuable buildings, Improvements and
appliances for the manufacture OF earthenware IN
Guiding also an unexpired lease OF bank OF clay IN
the neighborhood Of the property known as the
Bear Bank, which lease was originally for tweE "
years. This property Is situated on the east side
Of South River, in Augusta county ADJOINING or
We will also sell at the same time and place, the
machinery, appliances. Implements and other
property In said real estate, used and employed
in and about the business OF manufacturing ear
IL eHwhre and other articles.
The property will be sold upon the following
Terms, viz: For cash in hand to ay costs OF suit
and sale and as to the residue for personal prop
and for the real property and fixtures and perso-
nal property that may be sold Herewith, on cred
its OF one, two and three years. bonds bearing in
terest from the day 0fsale with goodsecurty to be
taken from the purchaser. and the title OF the real
estate to be retained as ultimate security.
-. LANES BUMGARDNER, Jr.,
NAV 2-fde Comm'rs.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-17
commissioners Sale of
~ Valuable City Property.


In pursuance OF decree Of the Circuit Court OF
augusta county, in the cause OF the Southern
-Mutual Insurance Company vs.. the MozarI
Institute Company entered at the November
Term, 1875 the undersigned Commissioners Will
proceed to sell at public auction, in front OF the
tCourt Housein Staunton, on
s TUESDAY, MAY Goth. 1877.
that valuable four-story brick building. contain.
ing about sixty rooms, and known as MOxart
Hall.
The building is situated in tie city Of Staunton.
opposite the grounds Of the Virginia Female In
stitute, on the corner OF Frederick end Washing
ton streets. The building is heated throughout
by steam, and is furnished with all the modern
improvements, and Is most desirable Invest
ment for persons desiring to open a boarding
house or public school.
TERMS OF sALE:-Enough cash in hand to pay
costs of suit and sale. and the residue upon
credit of six, eighteen, thirty and forty-two
months, in equal instruments bearing interest
from date Of sale the purchaser to give bonds with
good personal security for the deferred payments,
and the title to be retained as ultimate security.
n f.3f 'f- RICHARD p. BELL,
s. T. PHILLIPS,
JAS. BUMGARDNER, JR..
]. H. MCCUE,
may 3-tds, Commissioners.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-17

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
4 States.-m Bankruptcy.
In the matter of H. G. Douthat, Bankrupt.
To whom it may concern:
Allegheny county, Va, hereby gives notice of his
appointment as Assignee of the estate OF H. G.
Douthat. of Clifton Forge, Aleghany county, Va,
in said District. who was on the day OF a.
d., adiudged bankrupt on his own petition
by the District Court OF said District.
Dated April 24th 1877.
may3-3w BENZ. HADEN, assignee.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-02-17
A Feryent Appeal.

A good story of hospital Sunday SER
mon was told an exchange. In district
inhabited by wealthy people, but mostly
connected with trade, and in which "com-
mercial credit " is everything, the clergy
man in question prefaced his discourse
with these words "Before commencing
my appeal to your purses, my friends, l
will mention case of conscience which
has been put to me this morning by an
esteemed member of this congregation.
He is, he says, to all appearance rich
man, but in reality is on the verge Of
bankruptcy. He would wish to put his
$5 note in the collection plate as usual I;
but would it be honest, he asks, seeing
that what money he has left is, in fact,
his creditors, and not his own. 1 have
advised him, dear friends, not to give +;
and if any of you are in similar un-
happy plight, I also say: Be just
before you are generous. Those in good
circumstances will, on the other hand,
give according to their means. 1t is
said that so many IS notes were never
seen in the collection plate before as on
the occasion of that sagacious appeal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-02-17
Fashion Notes.

Plush is the rage.
Kid bonnets grow in favor.
The Breton is q new jacket.
Plush bonnets are novelties.
Trailing skirts are moribund.
Shopping for valentines has begun.
Fancy ball costumes are in demand.
Brazilian insect ornaments are in de-
mand.
The emma Abbott is the newest
polonaise.
Dresses are made narrower than ever
in front.
Icelandic costumes will be worn at
fancy balls.
Children's paletots are as long as their
dresses.
Gentlemen wear black silk or alpaca
dominoes
japanese styles of costume are coming
in vogue.
Sleeves are so tight that it is difficult
to bend the arm.
The Danicheff domino is of black
MORE, trimmed with red.
Large pockets and capes are seen on
children's paletots.
All opera bonnets and hats are small,
and have low crowns.
Satin and plush ribbons are the rage
of the moment in London.
Black cashmere is still the favorite
fabric for dresses for old ladies.
Jewels and feathers are very fashion.
able for trimming ball dresses.
Japanese costumes are very popular
for fancy balls and masquerades.
Turban hats are very fashionable il
London.
| Historic costumes are very fashionable
for masquerades and fancy balls.
A new trimming used in the place Of
fur is a marabout of silk and chenille.
Fashionable girls will not wear the
Martha Washington dress this season.
Brazilian feathers and insects are very
fashionable for fancy ball coifeai~.
Venetian dominoes, with long sleeves
and cape, are seen at the costumers'
No fashionable lady wears a Gains
borough or large hat to the theater ol
opera.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-02-17
Loves Belief.

believe if l were dead
And you should kiss my eyelids where l lie
Cold, dead and dumb to all the world contains,
The folded orbs would open at thy breath,
And, from the exile in the isles of death,
Life would come gladly back along my veins.
believe if were dead,
And you upon my lifeless heart should tread
Not knowing what the poor clod CHANGED to
be-
1t would find sudden pulse beneath the touch
OF him it ever loved in life SO much,
And throb again, warm, tender, true to thee.
1 believe if in my grave,
Hidden in woody depths by all the waves,
Your eyes should drop some warm tears Of
regret,
From every salty seed of your dear grief
Some fair, sweet blossom would leap into leat
To prove death could not make my love forget
1 believe if should fade
Into the mystic realms where light is made,
And you should long once more my face to see
would come forth upon the hills of night
And gather stars like faggots, till thy sight,
Led by the beacon blaze, fell full on me.
believe my love for thee
(Strong as my life) 50 nobly placed to be,
1t conld as soon expect to see the sun
Fall like dead king from his heights sublime
His glory stricken from The throne of time,
As thee unworth the worship thou hast won.
I believe love, pure and true,
Is to the soul sweet, immortal dew
That gems hfes petals in the hour of dusk.
The waiting angels see and recognize
The rich crown jewel love of paradise,
When life falls from us like withered husk.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-02-17
Power of Sympathy.

At the union depot at Toledo, says a
local paper a coffin lay on baggage
truck waiting to be put on to Lake Shore
train No. 8, when it should go out. 1t
was directed to Parma, Mich. 1t con-
famed the remains of the son of woman
who, in one short year, had lost every
near relative she possessed on earth
husband, daughter and two sons. This
was her last son, who had Just died in
Cincinnati She had been summoned to
his side when he was suddenly taken i'll,
and just arrived one hour after he breath
ed his last, calling vainly in the agonies
of death for his mother. At times the
realization of her terrible grief and loneli-
ness would weigh down on her with such
unbearable force that she would almost
grow wild with anguish. She paced the
floor of the depot impatiently, and finally
walked out and stood over the coffin,
wringing her hands and moaning with
grief. Another woman saw her and came
to her side. They were utter strangers,
but sorrow made them sisters. ".Do not
give way to your grief SO completely, u
said the strange lady to the poor woman.
Chow can help it ?" said she, almost
fiercely, cit is well enough for you to
say SO, but what do you know about suf-
fering? This was all had."
"Ah, my dear woman, said the stran.
ger, taking her by the hand, "I know
what sorrow is. Last week l buried al
/ had ON earth"
Almost instantly the poor woman stop.
ped her weeping, grasped her comforter
hand eagerly, and walked away from the
coffin with her into the waiting-room.
81 will learn to bear it," said she but
did not believe that in this wide worlc
there was one human being called to suf-
fering like mine"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-02-17
Luck Followed Him.

One of the chief purchasers at the
Menzies book sale in New York, was
quite a new collector whose history is
curious. Years ago he took it into his
head that he would take to farming on
Long Island, and set out to find desira-
BILE farm. He went on a tour of inspec-
ton, carrying with him shovel with
which he dug up ground and then had it
analyzed. However, not finding aught
to his taste on Long Island, he determin-
ed to go TO Rhode Island, and there pur-
chased farm for $40, 900, on which he
expended $4,000 more, and then. ap-
parently tired of it, rented the ground
for few hundreds year, and with the
small remnant of his fortune went to Cal
ifornia there he made lucky hit, and
not long since returned to the East to
make the agreeable discovery that during
his absence the city of Providence ha
provident'ally for him, been steadily adj
vancing toward his farm, which had be-
come immensely valuable, Presently he
sold off $50, 900 worth, and then, arriving
at the conclusion that he had let it go too
cheap, he had the rest surveyed and laid
but in streets md lots. He hes now sold
altogether $500, ,ooe wegth
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-02-17
The First White Child.

In 1897 Jasper bankers and Peter
Sluyter, two travellers, appeared in New
York, who had been sent from Europe
by religious sect, called Labadists, to
find some suitable place for a colony.
The founder of the sect was Jean De
Labadie, a native of Bordeaux, and he
had not many converts to his doctrines
among persons of learning. His public
declaration that he was inspired and
specially directed by Christ filed the
clergy with dismay, and caused him and
his followers to be driven to Westphalia,
and afterward to Denmark.
The two ENJOYS landed about four
o'clock on a September afternoon, and
were invited to supper by fellow pas
senger at the house of his father-in-law
Jacob Swart, where they were invited to
spend the night, and graciously ac-
cepted the invitation. The next day was
Slsday, and, after partaking of an ap-
petizing breakfast of fish and fruit, they
went to church " to avoid scandal, as
they said. In the afternoon they were
escorted by Mr.. and Mrs. Swart to a
tavern, where their daughter lived.
toward evening tney called upon one
of Mr.. Swart's neighbors. His name
was Jean Vigne. He was the first male
child born in New York, of European
parents. The date of his birth, accord
ing to these travellers, must have been
1914, the very earliest period of white
settlement. His mother owned farm
near Wall and Pearl streets. He
was at this time in possession Of the
old homestead, and kept an ancient wind
mill constantly at work upon the hill
back of his house. He was brewer,
as well as farmer and he was one oi
the great burghers of the CITY, He filled
the Office of schepen in 1868, in 1866 and
in 1856. He left no children bu
the descendants of his sisters are scat
| tered through the country.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-02-17

the exception of the sleigh in charge of
the horse called Ned.
That remained in front of the dwelling
of the " princess, while its happy owner,
with Cora, his little sister, who had sud-
denly appeared at his side, on one arm,
and Alberta, his pretty sweetheart, ON the
other, ascended the marble steps.
"Papa," called out Alberta, as they
entered the hall, "Mr. Harold Brown
has been behaving in dreadful manner.
He has called me all sorts Of names,
abused me most shamefully to my face,
actually shaken me, and, worst of all, de-
clared he wouldn't kiss me for a week.
Send John to look after Ned-poor horse,
he isn't to blame-and then / demand
that you demand an explanation. y
Harpey's Weekly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-02-17
His Authority.

"Now," begun lawyer, rising slowly
from among his professional brethren,
and looking very profound, "now, are
you prepared to swear that this mare
was three years old?" "Swear p re-
turned the stableman in the box, eyes,
I'll swear she was. "And pray, sir, upon
what authority are you prepared to swear
it?" "What authority?" echoed the wit
ness eyes, sir, upon what authority? You
are to give me an answer, and not repeat
my question" 81 don't see as q man
can be expected to answer question be-
fore he has had time to turn it over. +"
"Nothing can be simpler than the ques-
ton put to you. Upon what authority,
repeat, do you swear to this animals
age? ?" "On very good authority" "
"Then why this evasion? Why not
state it at once" "Well, if you must
have it - "Must have i'll" inter-
rupted the man of law, 81 will have it. "
"Well, then, if you must and will have
it," said the ostler, with deliberate
gravity, st had it from the mares own
mouth.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-02-17
A Timber Story.

A timber merchant sat in his counting
house bemoaning the hard times and the
discontinuance of those large colliery or
ders which in days gone by were wont to
flow in upon him in grateful profusion,
when his gloomy cogitations were inter
rupted by the entrance Of dingy Gus
toner evidently from the collieries. The
stranger brislkly demanded if the mer-
chant had any plane trees in stock at
present. "Plane trees, sirP" replied
the merchant, cas- good stock as any
on the Tyne, sir. Do you want in the
log or plankp We have an abundance of
both" Sim not particular answered
the pi' nan "its not much l want, It's
only ier tddle bridge want to make.''
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-02-17
A Change.

When you feel disgusted because the
street cars are cold and your Office chilly
says a city paper, imagine yourself {
farmer out watering drove of stock il
a creek five miles from home, with til,
ice twenty inches thick, the snow tw,
feet dee'p, the mercury clear down in th,
boots of zero, the wind blowing like
1,0W horse tanning mill from the north
egSs. and every animal in the crowd try
ing to horn y6u'in the back beosuse 70,
Wa't chop holss fast enough
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-02-17

TURN ABOUT. Going into partner
ship with Jones / should have thought
you'd had enough of partnerships, after
Brown" 4" "Ah, you see, when we first
became partners, Brown had all the ex-
perience, and ! all the money, Now,
Jones has all the money, end I've oil tbs
experience"