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ARTEMUS WARD.
A Hitnerio Unpublished Letter Fro"
Him.

From the Elmira Gazette.
We have been permitted to publish
letter written by Mr. Charles +. browne
lArtemus Wsrd) to young iIlend OF
nis-a little girl, then ii the axe %
eight. and now the wife o. 4 prominent
merchant in u neighboring ely. We
vouch for its commences. IL VIII ~
once strike the reader rs being eminent
lv cnaracterlstic-"Lrue 10 hte:'
SALEM, Mass, June l8, 1864
Ny DEAR AMELIA:-i can not tell
YOU now much l miss you.
/. seems rs though l had lost All my
relstives, including my grandmother ana
the cOckiag-stove.
Why didn't put you in bottle and
bring YOU down here with me! But
Am always forgetting something. The
other day ] went oil ard orgot my Aunt
Sarah, and she's good dealer o'ggeF
than you are Mr.. Ramsey Is also a
gorgetlul man. He frequently goes on
and iorgets MS washerwoman Mr..
Ramsey is dne-looking man. he re-
minds me OF MIR. Green, the Maiden
murderer. When Mr.. Ramsey goes to
the PeniLentiary, which VIII be very soon'
We must send him doughnuts, mags-
zines and other literary documents.
| Mr. Ramsey can read print very well
| like you very much. L should like
you Just Us well If you were twelve years
older. | am very singular about some
things.
You spoke to me about boy who Is
NV rival. should feel very sorry 10
xii that boy, but he may drive me to i.
am in hopes that he may take nlmsel
| Intoa premature tomb-that ne may
choke himself with large slice OF pud.
ding, but if he does neither | shall be
forced to load blm with chains and read
all nv lectures 70 h'm That will finish
/ MIN. His boots may remain, but the rest
OF him will have persisted miSerably
long before | have got through!
You must be good little girl, and
always mind your mother. Never let
your excellent mother feel sorry that
she is acquainted with you If i: hadn
been Tor her you might have been
drowned IN II soup plate long ago. And
| II YOU hadn't ever had any mother you
mieht now be- in Turkey with
the other Turkeys In fact, my
lear Amelia, so conduct yourself that
even on dark and rainy days the bright
,un may shine wherever %" are, and
mat the stars (Which are next to the
sun in blightness) may never flash SO
brilliantly hut that you can always look
,.cadily and hopefully toward them,
Faithfully, your friend, A. WAkB.
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tions and trade of the country are neon
siderable. What then, wo must again
ask ourselves, is the object OF these per.
severing efforts and enormous sserlhces
Russia has spent in al ignobie and Dae-
barous warfare against q few mountain
tribes and IN the occupation OF some wlId
and rugged provinces as many OF the
lives Of her own subjects rs would have
sensibly augmented the population OF ner
thinly peopled empire. II single
thought of humanity had ever crossed
the minds of her statesmen, it must have
arrested this intermlnable havoc and de-
struction. To torCe her way INTO Asia
Minor has already cost her almost al
many human lives KS all the campaigns
of Napoleon cost France
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ADMINISTRATORS SALE

nF A VALUABLE SHORT CREEK
" FARM.
/ VIII sell at public auction. on the
premises, on Tuesd y. August 2S. 1877,
commencing at IL O'Clock II. M, the larin
belonging to the estate of Andrew
Mitchell, deceased, cont ming S> acres.
said farm is situate three and nan
miles from the ohio river, and one and a
h4lf miles from Clinton POStotlice, in ONO
county, West Virginia: i very fertile,
well timbered, well watered, lies well and
has on il good orchard, two dwelling
houses, a good frame barn, stable. corn
crib, and other out bulldogs. with o.dl-
nary fencing. ii is also underlaid Wi h a
valuable vein OF coal, which has been
opened and is lSily mined.
Said land viii be sold in one, TWO or more
parcels To suit purchas, Is.
Terms OF SALE-SiOOJ idnd as mu u
more az the purchaser may elect 10 pay
in cash, and the remainder III three equal
annual payments with interest from uay
of sale, the purchaser giving negotiable"
l. otes secured by deed OF trust on the
property tor the deferred payments
/. +. JONES,
agl6eodegi Administrator.
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Saturday, the Istn day of August,

pubic auction, in front OF the Court
House, in the city of Wheeling, on
Saturday, the Istn day of August,
1877.
The following desirable building lots in
said city, situated in the Eighth ward,
viz:
so. :, square -, fronting on Fifth street.
No. ,, square 81. fronting on Fifth street,
between Elm aud Willow.
No. 3, square 30, fronting on Fifth street,
between Elm and Willow.
No. square SO, fronting on Sixth street.
No. 5, square 30, \. +. corner sixth and
Locust streets.
No l. square 81, :. +. corner Sixth and
Locust streets.
No ;, square 81. fronting ON Sixth street
and adjoining No. !.
Also the following Lots in the Seventh
ward, Xaue'S Island:
o. l26, fronting on Wabash street, east
side
No. III, fronting on Wabash street, east
side. and one undivided fifth interest in
two other lots ON the Island.
The attention of persons desiring TO pur-
chase lots for the purpose OF building upon
them, as well rs those vino desire To IN
vest with a view To the future rise in price
aud value OF Wheeling property. is parti-
cularly called to this opportunity Tor IN
NeStlug.
A clear title with the usual covenants
will be given.
TERMS-One- third in hand. the balance
N one and two equal annual payments,
evidenced by the bonds OF the purchaser,
bearing interest from date, ana secured
WI. II. CNRELL,
\. MOORE, Jr.,
For Estate of ChaS. Ellct, Jr.
sale 10 com uence at 10 O'Clock Il. III.
j. {. HERNEN, AuctiOneer
augl6r
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Stanton Female Seminary

STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.
Rov. J. |. Miller, \. NJ, Principal, with II
iull aud eX oerierced corps Of teachers, in
Guiding Mrs. Gen j. T. i. Stuart. School
not seceariau. -Four den limitations rep
resented in the faculty. Board and home
com forts the best. Positively no eXtraNa-
"a zee in dress allowed. Terms liberal.
session opens Sep ember Gtl, 1871. SoAd
Tor catalogue To the Principal. ausI5n
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NEW ADVERTISER ENrs
catsup Bottles for sale,

CHRIS. SIEBKE. 1 II AVE ON HAND
tsnd iOr sale about 100 seitzer WAFER
r0ttlas They are better suited for catsup
and oIher sauces than any vessel that Is
made. viii be sold very cheap.
CHRIS SIEBkE,
.S3l Market Street and 81 Fourteenth ~.
agi6Q
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DR.. S. D. M ARTIN,

ECLFCrIC PHYSICIAN. MAXI.
~ specially OF treating cuTori, #, r.,,
.,faI' kinds, having hHda large ,>r.,..
Iracti.c and experience 900 rua..-. ,
diseases, I have been >ucc,,-ul v....
others nave failed. My mrd. n..
purely Vcgvtab|c--up mtftUr, Use.
once W. Bio North Man 81. N,.a..
5th and 9th. Wu,rIlU. " \a
y. B.-No charge for c.uSu'fDf 1m.
ugIrgh
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Notice to Whom It Nav Concern.

TNHE BELLAIRE NAIL WORKS, OF
| Bellaire, ONO, will, on saturday, Sep
TENDER |. 1877, pay az the Bank ct Wheel.
ing. in Wheeling, West Va, Forty Thou
sand dollars Of its bonded Indebtedness
and interest Thereon then due, said bonds
heIng of the denomination of one thou
sand dollars each, l. ued September /,
1873, and payable on the LIST day of Sep
TENDER, l>7>, or at The pleasure OF the said
BCllaire Nail Works On the LIST day OF Sep
lemher in either of the following years.
1874, 1873, 1876, 1877 andi y, thirty days
previous notice OF this int ntiou So to Ie-
deem being given by advertisement in
some paper published in the city OF
Wheeling. Holders 81 the above mention
cd bonds numbering from one 10 forty,
both l. elusive, are hereby notified 10 pre-
sen them for payment AT the above men
toned time and place. aS interest thereon
Will case "a ter that date.
BELLAIRE y AL WORKS,
j. Z. McCOrtney, PreS't
4. II. HILBoRS, Sec'y. ivS)h
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TOB COOS.

I have, on hand a full line of TobaccoS,
from the leading manu- 'actnries in the
country, including Loriliard's, FINER
Bros, Homer HudNon's,J. y. Pace, Ken
mond. ]. k Pace, Dlnville, b. +. Grayely,
HolbroOk's Monitor Navy, carry I. Hol-
brooks Navy.
can furnish all styles made by these
factories. AT lowest market prices
NJ. REILLY,
1909 and 1911 Main street.
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HALL-At Cranberry ummlt, W. Va.
1T half past O'Clock, Wedne day morn
ing, August 18th. II WARD, infant son oil
Vim. II. and Lizzie Il. iAl.
Funeral notice hereafter.
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CAROLINA RICE.

81 tferces received dire [ from Charles
''"' ~ II. REILLY,
1893 an 1911 Main Street
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FRESH TEAS.

3n0 packages Guupowder, Imperial
Youu dyson, Oolong, English breakfast
az Io,, dgurrs Nj. REILLY,
1902 and 1871 Main street.
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Neuhausen's BeIvedere Opening
Two Grand Concert, Saturday, August
18th, by The
GREAT WESTERN BAND,
of Pittsburgh, Pa

Commencing at p IN. and p. III. Adj
mission u cents The street Cars Will
rn,, ALI day: also extra trains Will leave
The Capitol at p. m. and Up. IN. They
return ut IL p. IN. omnibuses and WAGONS
will take the passengers from The tram To
the Garden.
augl6i
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,,VPONT'S Wheeling pow,
DER AGENCY.

HAVE AT ALL TINES N MAG.A-
ZINE a large stock OF the above c,le-
brated Powder, VIZ: Rifle, Sportin,, IN
cans. Blasting and Mining, IN metaHc
packages which will sell nj wholesale al
manufacturers prices. 1 have poitapIe
,aa%szines OF d tier,nt sizes for shipping,
Ird ,,iIl Ieliyer Tree on cars or boat. rms
powder is uuequalled in strength and
quality. NJ NELL tL,i,,,
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RErIaED SUGARS

=0a barrels Crushed. Powdered, Granu'
lated. Coffee and Yellow, i'm tore ana lot
:" '' ". REILLY,
lSOtaud 1911 Main Street
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Dihunc Magnificent Bran New 500
TtH NOO Rosewood Pianos only SIT f,
OPEANS mist be sold. Fine Rose
Un UHVo wood Upright Pianos, little
used, cost $500, only Sl25. Parlor Organ,
stops S45, stops So u stops only 80.
Nearly new set reed - stop sub bass ana
coup err Lrgan s55, cos, over $3.50 Lowest
prices ever offered sent on 10 days test
trial. YOU ask why offer 50 cheap" /!
answer, Hard Times. 10 employees mus
have work. Result OF war commenced on
me by the monOpOiists. Battle raging.
Particulars tree. Address,
DANIEL r. BEATTY.
auglrb Washington, Nd.
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RROOlIS

800 dozen fancy. riOuS sizes, lu,t Ir-
celyed and for sale by NJ. .'fIl.Li'
1909 and 1911 lain street.
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MEATS AND LARD.

sugar Cured CauvaSSed Hams, Sugar
Cured CanyaSSed Shoulders sugar cured
Breakfast Bacon, Plain Shoulders, Clear
SIDES, sugar uied Dried Beet, fresh rom
smoke house daily.
Kettle rendered Leaf Lara IN tlticeS' par
r,I-. nall barrels, kegs and pals, I'll ri
lowest market rates NJ REILLY,
1909 and 1911 Main street.
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Q. STEIN METZ
Paper Box Manufactures

apSl DIN hldIllsIdCla!tr,
Nos. l2ll and I-lS Main street. a..,...
odd Union Ham, - now prepared .uu,,..
all kinds Ot Fancy and rrUu rt...I.E.
I'm aS good ~iyl" and ai - low price, +.
any house In the country. Order.
the country promptly attended b..
.NlU-ugC
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AGREAT OFFER. & iSs Ti Il dur q

A GREAT UffER. Ing tn es e
hard Times dispose OF 100 PA nos and
MAKERS including Wat rs at lower prices
TOR cas- h o iuSial.meuls or 10 let until paid
Tor than ever before offered. .aterS'
Grand square and Upright Pianos and
Organs ULciuding their Il, W SouNeniranu
BOudoirj are the best made. : octave
Pianos SljU, ~ do SlbO not used year.
40" stop Organs so, stops So, Stops
Sos stops So. 10 stops S>N, l. stops 500
cash, not used u year, in perfect ord,r and
warranted. Local and Travelling Agents
Wanted. Illustrated Catalogue mailed. 4
liberal discount to Teachers, Ministers,
churches, etc. Sheet uslC At halt price.
HORACE WATERS Il sons, Manufac-
tur'S and Dealers, 10 last l4tn ST., Union
Square, y. y. iylgO
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WANTED.

WANTED TO BORROW. 500 To $500
w on real estate security, at a fair rate
of interest. Address W 7. B.
je23 Register OtfiCe.
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a CARD

rINU ALL WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM
| the errors and iudiScrectiOns OF youth,
nervous weakness, early de :ay, loss of
manhood, &C., wi send Il receipt that
will cure you, Free Of Charge. This great
remedy was discovered ny Il missionary In
south America. Send seIi-addTeSSed
envelope To the Rev. Joseph I. Inman.
station ID, Bib Ho 50, New York city.
ianSO
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KNIGHTS TEMPLAR

w ISNING To HAVE THEIR PLCMFS
w CleaL a before the 18th, can do so by
leaving them at No. l07l Main street, on or
before Thursday noon.
agl5T ANNIE I. WAKERLEY.
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WANTED prr%Sc.lH'~rau
lery. Location one ri O., N.,f.
light. Fitted up ga good ~.,.,. ... L..
l9Tg" trade. Reason ur>r.|,.. ...
must b" sold. rtrr cuaur, nrt.,.
man. Address X. LAWN FE. ......-.
er, Nos. @ aud : ~.Elh -, r..-u.-.
iy1bb
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PRESCRIPTION FRer

NOR THE SPEEDY CURE or ~F,r\,,
L Weakness, Lost Manhood ANA. -
orders brought on by Iu..,.s.... e.
cess. Any druggist has .hr .ugr,.....
Address DIX. AQUa>a,.
I-hNygc Ilr......
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az EIEGaNG CARES. No two alike.
20 With name, lUc post paid. Hustled
K Co Nassau, NY aug Is
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PuRILG SALE

+ VALUABLE BUILDING 10 > IN
the city of Wheeling. \ fine OPpOi-
tunity Tor investing in CITY property,
The undersigned will offer for sale at
pubic auction, in front OF the Court
House, in the city of Wheeling, on
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NEWADVE RTisEAEt
NOTICE

CHANGE OF TERMS. ~ prs. .
I ling our july accounts w.b..,
inform our customers that Evr.sf..-
meuciug with the Isl OF Dct,Y,r
render all bills quarterly u>,,H. d.,
annually, a. heretofore.
iu2h Oh >. K. IkN.u.,
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MOTTO

Ills MARKET STREET. wht,. .,,..
place where yol can have lu..
on FREE OF Oh ARGF
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TichbOrne.

There are thousands of people in
England, and perhaps as many in the
United States, who firmly believe that
the so-called claimant now incarcerated
in an English Jail is the real Roger
Tichborne, and the rightful heir to the
fine estate which bears that name The
weak points in the claimants case were
his ignorance of the French language,
his want of education, his horrible &C
cusations against his supposed cousin,
and his evident acquaintance and con-
nection with the Orion family. After
one of the longest criminal trials on
record, the longest, we believe, since
that of Warren Hastings, he was found
guilty Of perjury and imposition, with
the result as known. Now comes the
news from Australia that the undoubted
Arthur Orion has turned up under the
name of George Cresswell. This fact
will, of course, relight in England the
excitement over this romantic case.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-10-11
Unworthy of the Honor.

A Kentucky Judge, Sands by name,
would look upon the rosy, and was not
always in condition to open court. One
morning three weeks ago he entered the
courtroom, and, instead of mounting the
bench, said to the persons assembled:
Gentlemen, appear before you to say
[ am victim to vice which has dis
graced me before you and my country.
AS [ entered this courtroom, I heard some
one say, There goes pretty timber to make
Criminal Judge of. feel that remark
as steel through my heart, for it is just
[ am unworthy of the high honor and
trust you have conferred upon one so
young; and I return to you the Office [
have lost, being unworthy Of it. Par
don me, friends and countrymen, but
you shall bear this no longer. My judi
cial integrity and official acts are blame
less. Thank God, I am no longer Grim
inal Judge of Lewis county, There is
stuff of the right kind in this fellow. He
will be Judge, and an upright one, yet.
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FALL AND WINTER STYLES.
SKIRTS are worn short in front.

SKIRTS are worn short in front.
SULTAN is the new shade of red.
BAsoUEs, tunics and polonaises are all
worn, but the shapes are new.
The Servian is the costume. destined
to take the place of the Breton.
A HANDSOME fancy feather for dressy
hat is made of India gamecocks tails
and lophophore tail-feathers combined.
SILKS of light weight for early autumn
uses are in very small figures and in
higher colors than have been seen for
some time. $3.50 f-*.-
BLACK silk costumes are made elegant
with the new ruche trimming: some of
them are trimmed with thick silk cord,
Sometimes it is combination of bright
colors; then, again, all of one color.
CASHMERE, trimmed with either crepe
or silk, is deep mourning. If trimmed
with silk it should be put on either in
fiat bands or a series of bias folds.
Black silk and crepe buttons are always
dressy.
BAsoUEs for house toilets remain un-
changed as to proportions, but great
variety is obtained by opening the skirt
seams and placing therein side plaitings,
" Ladders" of cord or piping, insertions
of lace, ETC.
The latest fashion for handkerchiefs
is to have them made to match the collar
and cuffs worn. If these are of plain
linen and hem-stitched. then the batiste
handkerchief is also hens stitched: if
the parure is trimmed with embroidery
or lace, the handkerchief has the same
trimming.
THERE are not nearly as many aprons
to be seen, the princess dresses being
trimmed up the front with barrettes, in
sertlons, lace, pufings and gathers.
Polonaises are trimmed up the front on
the same principle. They generally
open over q very-richly-trimmed vest.
Princess dresses will be very elsborately
trimmed this coming winter.
DARK shades are to be generally used
for fall suits. The shades of brown and
bronze are so dark that they can scarcely
be distinguished from black. Very
dark plum-color has replaced purple.
Many of these somber dresses will be
trimmed with white faille. There is a
change in the way of arranging the skirt
trimming; while it has hitherto been
upon the train, it is now on the side of
the skirt. The fronts of dress-skirts
are mostly embroidered. Half-season
materials are armure, bourrettes and
wooden and silk neigeuses, which are
combined with faille.
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POLITICAL POINTS.

The Democrats of Minnesota met in conven-
ton at st. Paul last week, and put up the fol
lowing ticket: William L. Banning, who was
before nominated by the Greenback and
Labor Conventions Lieutenant Governor, Dr.
A. A. Ames Attorney General, John R.
Jones; Secretary of State, P. T. Lindholm ;
Treasurer, Jshn F. Meagher Railroad Com
missioner, Fl. w. Hill. Resolutions were
adopted denouncing the ''frauds and
crimes by which the Inauguration of Tilden
was prevented , rejoicing that Hayes found
it necessary to adopt Democratic policy
of local self-government. and abandon the de-
vice for perpetuating the sectional divisions !;
accusing the Republican party of acting in the
interest of capital against labor, in making the
public debt payable in coin, in demonetizlng
silver, in passing the Resumption act, in col
Letting enormous unnecessary revenues since
1866, and in protective and prohibitive tariff
legislation ; declaring gold and silver the only
constitutional legal tender that resumption
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MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGs.

News received from the Sitting Bull commits
sion from point near Helena, Mont, confirms
the report that Joseph is. endeavoring to reach
Canadian territory by the shortest route, and
as soon as possible.
Advices from Fort Clark announce the return
of Shafter and Bulls commands from the
Mexican side of the Rio Grande. The expedi-
ton was unsuccessful, owing to the fact that
the Indians had been warned of Bulls pursuit
and escaped Twelve horses and two mules
which had been stolen from the American side
of the river we're recaptured. small body of
Mexican cavalry kept upon their trail and in
sight of the command during their march from
San Diego river to the Rio Grande, but made
no offensive demonstration.
The National Congress of the Protestant
Episcopal church is in session in Boston.
The telegraph announces the death, at New
ark, N. J., of Archbishop Bayley, of the Cath
Ole diocese of Baltimore.
Gov. Hampton, of South Carolina, has made
a requisition upon Chief Justice Cartier, of the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia,
for United States Senator Patterson.
The contest for the baseball championship
of the United States has resulted in favor of
the Boston club, which won thirty-one games
and lost seventeen. The Louisville club occu-
pies second position, with twenty-eight games
won and twenty lost; the Brooklyn club third
position with twenty-four games won and
twenty-four lost the st. Louis fourth, with
nineteen won and twenty-nine lost while the
Chicago club, which easily won the champion
pennant last year, brings up the rear with
eighteen games won and thirty lost
A recent dispatch from Mesilla, New Mex
leo, says: can armed mob of 400 Mexicans-
100 from the Mexican side of the river-have
possession of the county of Ell Paso, in Texas,
fifty miles below this place. The mob threaten
to massacre all the Americans They have ar
rested and imprisoned the county officers.
Several prominent citizens have fed from the
county. A small detachment of the Ninth
United States Cavalry started for the scene of
the trouble to-day, to protect the United
States Custom House and Government prop
erty The Mexicans claim that Ell Paso county
belongs to Mexico" The authorities at Wash
ington have information touching this alleged
INVASION to the effect that it is not an interna-
tional quarrel, but purely local affair, grow
ing out of the disputed rights of the parties in
reference to the possession of some salt mines
in that region.