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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13

milkfcd veas at 5a7lc per H. but duli lor srsss.
sac per ID for ordinary and fair lots Co.,.
Shcsp s2d Lambs-Receipts 3I69 hosi. ' Hiso
were dull and easier at 4aGc per 10, WIN th'' ~
GOOD lots selling q! 5aa5!c LAMBS Wete ~ ,aai
sales Al 53s73c rer ID for common to choice:
Hogs-Keceipts 4473 head carload CT lalr
Ohio Hogs, 1876 lbs sversgo chansea Hal
slive at SIC per ID.
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET, July l2-Cstt!e-
Roca;nts : 600: shipments, 2, 200; market active,
stesip ard frm chocs 5 9Ja$G s.; good, 65oaS9'
On. rossSnm 4 75sy5 40 ; butchers, 3 2Oa$4 ~ !
etockers 3aS4 inferior 2GOAS3; Texans oOaS3
So Hogs.-Receipts, 1900; shipments aUV )
market active and firm; common TO e1tra nes Nv
packing, 9Oas5 10; light packing Soaso a 20
good TO choice shipping, q 'WlSo ~ "h''p "'"'
and nominal; recsipts 4UO
GEORGETOWN CATTLE MARKET, July H.,
The offerings Of Beef Cattle this week reaca 40
about 40 hesd, quite sufficient W supp.S -, ~
Iensnd which is moderate; sales were en- nEu d.
40 GIc nor IN AZ to quality. About lUOO Shoep
md Lsmbs were on tho market, anu sslos we .
Tnobe vt 4!s51c per ID for Sheep. ALL -oS@ "
nor he.d for Lambs few COWS AND ,a'Ves
hraugh! 2oao53.
t,yclSNaTr Loo MARKET. July l%--h"g+
.,l;y, and firm for chipping; steady Tor hesfS;
common, l0s$4 70; light. SjsS5 %; pack,nE'
1 S5aSj Uj; butciors, 4 9)s$5 Rse"p!s' 2o-''
shipments, ~ --------
PORT or ALEIANDRLA, JtLl Is.
Sun ris......... 4 4S Moon scta.......".~. . 81
Sun: SGT. ............,. >! High Wsthr.... u W.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Lady Of tho Lake. Norfolk. [" + a
Reed.
Steamer Ma.ta,!o. Nlmin I" JGs Broders
Il Co. ..
Steamer j W Thompson. lIeanardt"wn, l"
+ i RorI.
SAILED.
S;t,suor E,pro.s, Baltimore, by Jos Brodors
Il Go. .r ~,
etosmor l.ply Of tho Lake, Norfolk, by
Ruou.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13
TNCUR% IONS TO PlNEY POINT
itnN MORT AND pI,EASIJR h


Parties desirou5 Of escaping tho heat and dust
Of tho city ard sYsinS Lhemrrlye. Of pleasant
ride on the Potomac, will take tho splendid
steamer
"CHARLOrrE VAN DERBIlT.'
leaving her wasrf, foot Of seventh ST., i1r I'hay
Point, every Saturday night A. 80 p. m, arriT-
ing nj rinoy Point at q. m. Sunday, the best
place for salt water bathing, h,htnF Grabbing ana
sailing.
AtI p. III. %r:nIay. the boat ieayea finey
Point for Point Lookout. giving magnificent
view Of Chesapeake Boy, returns to Piney
Point at i y III. :.ni lea, es for home at p. III
Sunday night, striving in Warrington ut u M
Monday morning.
The best eating cnn 10 haI un the beat or ht
tho hotel ct reasonable rate.
Fare, r1uGd trip. Size
BorlnS snQ state room. may 10 hn IN spp!t"
Gallon Oh board tfa boat
A full brass bail Oh every trap.
Her semi weekly family cnca!aions ara s!sc
becoming exceedingly popular. leaving Wssh-
ingtoI every Monday and Fr.dty at ~ .. IA
and returning al 1920 D.. IN. Music ana dane
Ing on board. Fare, 50 cents round trip
Tho steamer will stop st liooo's wharf 1t Alley
andriN every trip.
The boat can be chartered for nICnrsloli"
ROBERT PORTNEE.
iv1l.f President p. 8. b. Co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13
EXCURSIONS. PHCNICs, sc.

CECONU NOUN IIGHT EMU KSIVN
~ Of tho
STEAM EE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA,
TO MARSHALL RAIL,
MONDAY, JULY IL, 1871.
Tickets: Gentleman and two ladies :, cents
Single tickets 81 cents.
Master Of Ceremonies X. NJ. Latham.
COMMITTED Of Arrangements Cap. Al. Fair,
f. l.. Sizsr, j. p. Psdgett, john T. Cole and d..
NJ. Hill. jy l2-td.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13

u. S. CIRCUIT CoURr-,Iuelge r. ". Hughe,
preStling.-The court has been again engaged
to. day in the trial OF the case Of John Y. Bls-
sell vs. the American Insurance. Co., which
vas still 10 prCarc2s when this report closed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13

BsF SEoLA REDwEIN. -FAIRFAX COURT
HOUSE, July 9, l817.-}aass y. Ws"'sr, III
Market $! Philadelphia. Dear Sir: ! have
bae,l subject to severe attacks Of headache which
last about thron day.. On Friday night IN the
beginning of one Of these aLtscka, took 3 vine
eiassit % your 'iSoola Eedwein." which in q
short time colevrl no, and Kept tae iraa from
it tho ether two days | wonll advise persons
afflicted a$ hacr hoan ~ give it trial. Itur'
A. f.. CHAPMAN.
F.,l gallo b. H. = InsibeAter 70 Bro. lJY o
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13
UE0. f. PRICE. ). n. I
OF TIE SEASON.

Wa t:avo this day opencd at No. IL north
Fairfax ST. adjoining the Market square, store
where all the Il ,cacios OF! the season, from land
ans! water, can be obtained. We have mad ar
rsugement; by which we shall have the earliest
FRUITS sLd VEGETABLES fresh from tho
trees ard vines, and FRESH FISH, Ora BS,
CLANS Sc, will be brough! us daily IN ice
packages by the Potomac river bosts.
Orders from the country promptly attend ca TO-.
jy l"-f rhlCh u Cooh'
~AMP MEETING NOTICE.-Thoro will
J 10 3 meeting of all interested in Loudoun
cmmp meeting at Banton's woods, four miles
north Of Middeburg, on SATURDAY, July
u, 1871 at . o'clock u M, to prepare tne
ground. SOLICIT sites for tents, S, Proposals Will
tIen be received by tho various committees for
tho privileges usually allowed. Our friends
from neighborDing circuits are cordially invited
to como and tent with us. The camp Will com-
mono, on THURSDAY. August Is. 1911.
TROS. E. CARSON,
~ 13.tv%t Preacher in charge.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13

E!o,.r continues in light receipt with . iar
.y,l t.? ,asnl; price, are unchanged. Wheat
J., dull and weaker. snl lG2 WAS Tho kighos!
priru pa,A to-day; offerings ot HOS bushels
with sales at lljal6> for white and l33al6- Tor
poor t. choico red Tho offerings Of Corn TO-
LAY vgor,, light, and prces have advanced; sllea
-: 100 hu,hal> 81 Is the scarcity Of Corn hn7o
ulakcs Tho quotations higher than those OF a1y
o.! The o.hcr markets. Nothing doing in Rye Or
D,... Country produce is scarce, hn! there sTo
no changes III prices
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13

DELINQUENT LISTS. The City Treasurer
has made out and submitted TO the Corpora
ton Court, The lists of delinquent taxes Tor the
past year. The personal tax delinquent is
ST. OBS. So, real estate $6473333, erroneous assess
mcnt SO Gl. The number Of delinquent CAPT,
taioD taxes il, white SOL, coIored 424. Last
year they we're about 100, tie difference being
due, in great measure, TO the enforced pre-
payment OF the capitatiOn tax, at elections
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13

King street is 10 be rcpavcd at once.
Mr. Oscar Baggett will have his usual sup
ply Of foe veal and lamb OF his stand 10 the
market on Saturday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13
Local BreVi1Ies.

There was slight Ere in the house occupied
by Emma Dinsmore, on Union street, near
Duke. last night, but it was extiuguished with
out much damage.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13

You are respectfully requested to assemble IN
mass meeting ut Fairfax Court House, on MIN
DAY, the 10Th instant, (Cours day. Tor the pu!-
nose of selecting delegates TO represent you IN
tho State convention 10 be held in Richmond on
the S.h day OF August noEt, to nominate eandi,
dates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor ana
Attorney General.
II is important that every port on OF tho couh-
ty DO represented in this meeting, that such So
lcctions be made rs shall secure full rcpTcsont-
alton in said convention, and that the sentiment
Of osch section n,sy be rohected.
According to tho vote cast ct the tatd lre*i
lential election tho county is entitled I" 2evcn-
tcen delegates, distributed Is follows:
Centrovillo district Ice >; Mount Vernon
%; Falls Church 3; Providence 4; Drsnosville"
Bv order of tho County Conscrv. Comm!tee.
~ a-eotd THOS. MOORE, Chairman.
NIOTICE.-The snnusl meeting Of the stocs-
~ holders in the UPPERVlLLE and MA
NASSAS GAP PLANK ROAD CO, will be
he'll At tho Office Of @. B. Gibson, esq in Up.
nerviIle Va, or Monday. 9TH cf August next. al
o'clock d. m. AL who cannot attoEd IN per
son will please send thoir proxies As I'LL repre-
sanitation is requested }. w. HARPEH;
Upperville Julys Il. lily l0-twtdl seey:
nYABLE and BAR GLASSWARE; a,s'
| /. Lamps, Chimniss, Beer Mugs ana na'
{. D. MILLER s. co,
! ivl2 Is King street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13
COMMERCIAL.

nj, condition of monetary affairs is rather
.,,, I, Now York money is quoted very
" a. lals per cont on call The rates n. her.
''' ,.,, G,s on good collaterals. Ths failure
~, meet interest on the psrt OF various corpora
.i,ns has caused further stringeney and Inuc =,
,,onss;nass while tho depreciation in STOCKS -
Isy;ns very dclcterious effect, eola 's so,'
N|cYs,e very slish.!y the closing rates .o,uSs s,
b,n1 lc3!. Government borH5 Mo nnso,.
Inwo-, but steady. Sts!o securities , 'H lnr
' ',"' MID virsiain, have ut'rsA : decline au',
.s ' y,s Sssh 4: 'o; IS; "a;y s"a '1s for
,}.., purirc Ike wcaA tho Citizens NaI'oH-
VI s"d srs. Nriion=l Bank 81 ;:,s city nave In We
~ ' dividends, and ho.'s Institutions arc IN
:. yrry prosperous condition.. In Local railroad
.,,,,;,;,, lhcrs is nothing doing. 81! We "Pirhu
BALTIMORE quu;at'ons:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13

by Harrison s. ONeal, Auctoneers.
YALE OF UNCLAIMED PACKAGE

VIII b. sold on TUESDAY, July 18th, st
on: Auction House No. IS Lortb Royal stree.
at 10 L III. and p. H., and continued until di.
posed q, the packages not called for from Stew.
arts sale. 81 order Of
jy 13-!I LUCAS. Sergeant
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13
rv1HREE HOURS On TIE POTOMAC
MUSIC AND DANCING.

Tho Potomac Ferry Co.'S. steamer CITY or
ALEXANDRIA will make family excursions
to GLYMONT and return TUESDAY aad
THURSDAY EVENINGS, commencing on
Tuesday, July 10, 1877. Tickets Dc. Boat wall
Leave foot OF King street 8. \. - p. M. sharp.
jy G-tt
TO! FOR pINEY POINT, FORT MON
Il ROE NORFOLK AND THE CAFES;
Tho splendid steamer JAN r MOS ELE WI
re,rIme her SATURDAY NIGHT TRIPS To-
the above points, commencing SATUHDAI
EVENING, the 18th instant, Il. $50 O'clock
returning will arrive in Alexandria shout 3.Hl
g. m. Monday. -
Farc--KoUnd trip to piney Point s.; t. All
other points 81 Cali md secure stsl9ro'm
for this delightful trip.
Good Caterer employed. Piano on board;
:iAM'L. BACON, Prcsl.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13

rREpERlcKsBUEa MARKET. July 1.-The
market is quiet, with slightly improved receipts.
The ioulsnd is not very sctive, and prices arc
dropping Wheat 12jalG5 for fair to prime
Corn l,ls,;2: Ryo 7Oa75, aud Data 37a4O.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS

I1IRST NATL. BANK or a Lena,
"'' July l2.h, 1877.
The seni annual dividend, i've per cent t.es.
cornoration and Stste t.xes) will he paid TO inc
stock old.,rs on and altar Monday July TUE
jy l2-3t CHAS' n ho"P -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13

CHOICE LOT OF UNCOVERED sue
~ AR CURED HAMS and SHOULDERS
received to-day and for sale low by
Wis K w. AVERY, 22G King ST.
mo THE CONSERVATIVE VOTERS OF
FAIRFAX COUNTY.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13

THE STEAMBOAT MARY WASHING.
TON can be chartered for Excursions by sr'
plying on board to /; IL. TEoLH, tre 81
hs Insurance Office 81 and - King street. je 10
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13

lYNrnBURu MARKET. July l2-~Tho market
: Guet with limited receipts. Wheat lCn1lG1 ;
Corn G)aG2 for white, and 55aGO ior mixed and
NnllnW: RYo GlnC1: Oats lOll).
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13

AlrIMoRE SUGAR AND COFFEE MARKET
,iugars-Mo mre without sales of raw TO report,
Al note the market dali, though nomlnalIy
unchanged. We quote rs follows, viz:
Cuba, Centrifugal ................... lnt luE
Porto Rico, grocery graics............ ~ !Us
Dcmerars, vacuum pan" ................ w " IL
French Island, refining ...... 81 -
N"w Orleans, grocery gradcs........
took a. date Gl3S hhds, i91 boxes and $3.50 bags
Coleo--Tho market is very quiet, bat hol l2rs
AFRO generally quito li.m in their views. and 10!
disposed to make concessions. There IS some
Improvement in tho jobbing demand, and VIC
hear Of somo 400 bags selling today at our
quoted rates. We quote generally AS follows:
lob lots Ordinary ................... III Ia
Fair ........ 20 get
Good. ......... 70! n z0i
Primo ............ II 2lt
Choice to NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. q
lG"ih, 60 days.l
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13
NOR MOUNT VERNON.

STEAMER Macy WASHINGTON:
Daily trips, leaving the wharf, foJt Of PrlEca
street, q. 10 = m. Carriages nc in waiting a.
Mount Vernon Springs wharf to take visitors
pheasant ride OF one mile snd half through
beautiful grove to the mansion door Round
trip, including admission ID grounds, carriage
fare, &c, ST. ,,,.,.,,ru,u
Children will be taken on Saturdays Tor |? cls.
Adults 25c. Rouad trip, allowing the privilege
of landing end wsi.ing the boats FetarH T.. any
Of her wharves.
Tickets will entite the holders to stop over at
,bo n.naI Isndngs until tho return trip Of tho
boat: good only on Saturdays. Children must
ia ali Cases be accompanied by their parents or
comm admit friend.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13

u,SclsNATr Loo MARKET. July l-.|-h"g
u,liy, and firm for shipping; steady ior hesfS
common, l0aS4 TO- light, ! s'SSo 70; iAvS Iin
4 s5sS5 o.; butctors, 9)sS5 Receipts, 2S-9
shnmenis. y
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13

New RULE OF Court Judge Il. w
Hughes, of the United States Circuit and Dis
trct Courts, has made tue following new rule
regulating the bringing OF suits 10 those Court:
by parties living in the country adjacent to thu
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13

,!AariMo&E, July l5.-~-Vrsini IL. old. ~-- 4;
,.c,erred Il; do consolidated CO; do "a series -.
cotton aull and nominal; miAhling II. Flour
.,.ic. aud unchsnged Wheat weak and ltwsr;
,'oaGhorn rod prime l5salG0i do. amber lGoalG5;
10. white ljjslG0; Penna red l55alGO; No.
Wcstern winter rtd Aug delivery ~; do. Sopt
1864. Cora--Sou!hern nominal; Wc:toru dull
aud steaiy; Western mixed spot and July I'll !;
Aug GO3sGl Sept Cl! steamer 81. Oats qu!e!
And steady Southern prime i5s4G; Western
wh..o 4iali; do MICE 40s43; Penna 4is46;
t:yo quiet ut -. Hay stesdy; Maryland and
i'enns LASH. sugar qlie! NJ is Colloc quiet
81! unchanged. IVhiskcy duh a. 81 l.!
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13

suit or proceeding hereafter brought or ins,i-
tutcd 10 these Courts against an iohabitant Of
the county of Loudoun, or Fauquier, or Cul.
pepper, OF Fairfax, or Ale1andris, or Prince
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-09
Mark Twain on Yankee Weather.

Responding at a New England
dinner to the toast Of the Oldest In
habitant-,he Weather." Mark
Twain delivered one of his drollest
atter-dinner speeches, of which the
following is an abstract:
81 reverently believe that the
Maker who makes us all makes ev
crything in New England but the
weather. don't know who makes
that, but | think it must be raw ap
prentices in the Weather Clerks
factory, who experiment and learn
how in New England tor board and
clothes, and then are promoted to
make weather tor countries that re-
quirc Il good article, and will take
their custom elsewhere if they don't
get it. Laughter.1 There is sump.
tuous variety about New England
weather that compels the strangers
admiration-and regret. Laughter.
The weather is always doing some
thing there; always attending to
business; always getting up new de-
signs aud trying them on the people
to see how they 60. But it gets
through more business in spring
than in any other season. In the
spring | have counted 1876 different
kinds of weather inside of tour-and
twenty hours. Laughter. 1t was !
<1,.,t ,,,nl., hn aud
fortune of that man that had that
marvellous collection OF weather on
exhibition ut the Centennial that 40
:.stounied the foreigners. He was
going to travel all over the world
and get specimens from all the
cllmes. | said, don't you do it; you
come to New England on Il f;,vor.-
ble spring day / told him what
we could do in the way of style, va
riety and quantity. Laughter. Well.
he came, and he made his collections
i'll tour days.
Old Probabilities has mighty rep
utarion for accurate prophecy, aud
thoroughly well deserves it. Yet
take up the papers, and observe how
crisply and confidently he checks off
what to-day's weather is going to be
on the Pacific, down South, in the
Middle States, and III the Wiscon-
sin region. He doesn't know what
the weather is going to be in New
England. He mutfs over it, and by
aud by he gets out something like this
Probably nor'east t" sou'west
winds, varying to the sou'hward
and westward, and eastward and
points between high aud low baron
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-09
cter, sweeping around from
place to place; probable areas

cter, sweeping around from
place to place; probable areas
Of rain. snow, hail, and drought, snc-
ceeded or proceeded by earthquakes,
with thunder and lightning. Laugh
ter aud applause.] Then he jots
down this postscript from his wan
dering mind to cover accidents:
~Bn, it is possible that the pro-
gramme may he wholly changed in
the meantime Laughter.
81 could speak volumes about the
inhuman perversity OF New England
weather, but l will give but single
specimen. like to hear rain on u
tin roof, so | covered part Of my
roofwlth tin, with an eye to ,ha, luxury.
Well, sir, do you think it ever rains
on the tin? No, sir; skips it every
time. Laughter.
If we had not our bewi:vhing au-
tumn foliage, we should still have to
credit the weather with one feature
which compensates for all its bully
ing vagaries,-the ice storm,-when
leahess tree is clothed with ice
from the bottom to the top, --ice
that is AS bright and clear rs crystal:
every bough and twig is strung with
ice-beads, frozen dew-drops, and the
whole tree sparkleS, cold and white,
like the Shah of Persia'r diamond
plume. Applause. Then 'hr wind
waves The branches, and the sun
comes out and turns all those myri
ads of beads and drops to prisn>,
that glow, and hum, and flash with
all manner Of colored fires, which
change again, with Uncomfortable ra-
pidltv, fIom blue to red, from red to
green, and green to gold; the tire
becomes sparkling fountain, a very
explosion Of ,iazzliug jewels; and
it stands there the acme, the climax,
the supre'nest possibility in art or
nature Of bewildering, intoxicating,
intolerable IN gnifcence! One can
not make the words too strong.
Long-continued applause.
Mouth after month | lay up hate
and grudye against the New Eng
land weather; but, when the ice
storm comes at last, | say, There, l
forgive you now; The books are
square between us; you don't owe
me cent; 90 AMI sin no more;
your little faults and foibles count
for nothing; you are the most en-
chanting weather in the world"
Applause and laughter.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-09
Mark Twain as a Reporter.

I rep ,rted on morning paper
three years, and it was pretty hard
work. But l enjoyed its attractions.
Reporting is the best school in the
world to get 4 knowledge of human
beings, human nature and human
ways. a nice, gentlemanly reporter
-lmake no ditference-is we'll treat
ed by everybody. Just think of the
wide range OF his acquaintanceship
his experience Of lite and society.
No other occupation brings Il man
into such familiar, social relations
with all grades and classes peop e.
The last thing at nignt-midnight-
he goes browsing around after items
among the police and jail-birds in the
lock up, questioning the prisoners,
and making pleasant and lasting
friendships among some of the worst
people i'll the world. And the very
next evening he gets himself up re-
gardless of expense, puts Oh ali the
good clothes his friends have got,
hoes and takes dinner with the gov
ernor, or commanderin in chief o. ti..
district, the Unired States Senator,
and some of the upper crust of socle-
ty. He is Oh good terms with all Of
them, and is present at every gather
ing and has easy access to every Va
riety OF people. Why, breakiasted
almost every morning with the gov
ernor, dined with the principal cler-
gyrnan and slept IN the station
house!
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-09
The Way a Million Went.

A contested will case, wherein an
estate ola round million has been
stolen, squan,lered and eaten up,
comes as Il warming u heirs OF all
grades and conditions The execu-
tors and lawyers have been nursing
the million and its gradually decreas-
ing remnant for nearly twenty years.
The estate will soon be settled now,
Just as soon NJ the last dollar is gone
and there is nothing tor the heirs to
quarrel over, while their advisers
and referees divide the spoils.-
Nathaniel Gilman, II rich hide and
leather dealer, died III 1859. He
had been twice married and had two
crops of children. Six in the first
set and four in the second. The
hrno;ls rf children never agreed
Giln,an'S viii l-it the wll,N $4,000
i year and divided the remainder Of
the property into ten equal piles for
the ten children. Some hungry
counselor who saw a neat living in
the million, persuaded the widow
that she had been shabblly treated,
and she with the aid Of some tactious
children commenced process to
break the will.
That wss the hole through which
the million leaked. Once opened
it could not be stopped. In the
course of years, some Of the execut-
ors who had the use Of the money
failed, some of the heirs died and
lett other heirs, and the case became
tangled in complications that could
not be unraveled. All the heirs
could never be brought to an agree
ment upon a settlement. Some one
always held out for more law. So
the leakage went on. The property
ran down, and became deprecated
in value. In few years after the
squabble commenced it was inventor
led at only one halt the original
wealth Of the testator. Now there
are less than 100000 left, and a
settlement is impossible while dol
lar remains. And Gilman's cool aud
comfortable million has leaked all
away to the dregs which are poison
ed with the gall of the family war.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-09
A Woman Sold at Auction.
Virginia New. } Chronicle.

American papers have often com.
mented upon the fact that III some
parts of England women have been
sold at public auction during the
last century. Yesterday the novel
sight OF woman being sold under
the hammer was witnessed by hun
drcds of people in front of Currie's
auction store. Wnen it became
known that such sale was to be
made Il large crowd gathered to see
the woman, aud many were wonder
ING if the authorities would allow
such disgraceful scene to 20 on.
at l0:3U the woman WIS brought out.
her utlne was unknown, but she was
recognized bv some of the bystand-
erS us Il person who mad worked i'll Il
millinery establishment on ( street
before the fire. and her character
had never been questioned. She
seemed perfectly composed in the
presence of SO large a crowd OF spec
tators, and never moved a muscle of
1lST IIcc us illt t'tllCu ouG
for the first bid. She stood in an
elevated position, dressed in plain
muslin, without any special attempt
a, display She WIS handsome
brunette, with regular features, dark
hair and eyes, and II complexion as
pure as wax. She was finally knock
ed down for SS. and to the surprise
of everybody, the bidder was mar
ried man. He says the woman ia
somewhat dliapidated, but he thinks
he can melt down the wax and
make her up into tapers for Christ
mas trees. She originally cost $500
III New York, the workmanship be-
ing of the best, and was for a long
time displayed i'll Broadway millin-
er's window before she was shipped
to the Comstock.