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JUDICIAL ADvERTISEMENTS.
AUCTION SALES.
s.1S>lS,N1Sl.ys-y.SI,1-
BY Albert Paul.
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOHMING THE
CORNER OF vALLETTE AND ALlK
STREETS. IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT.
SUCCESSION OF JOHN BROWNLEE.
Second District Court for the Parish OF Orleans
No. 3s,O51.
SUCCESSION OF JOHN BBowNLEE.
Second District Court for the Parish of Orleans
No. 3s,O51.

Dy ALBERT PAUL. Anetioneer--Offlc No 45
ID Charities street-MONDAY September TO-
1877, al Il o'clock m, will be sold at public
nsr of Vllere and Bouny streets tAlgiersl, In
thn Fifth District Of this city. by virtue Of an
order Of the Hon A. l.. Ttsaot, Judge Of the
Snrund District Court for the parish OF Orleans,
dated August .. 1871. the following described
9TfFFRTA1N LuT OF GROUND, together
with all the buildings and improvements there
an aitunfea In Belevip Fifth DlRttict oil this
atty. designated IA lot No "a of square No. .,
rninpfispd within Vallette. AliX, Chestnut and
Peter streets, said lot forms the corner OF Val
lettn and Alix streets end measures o. feet D
inches front on Yalette street by 100 feet in
depth, between parallel lines. and front ON Alix
street, American measure
Tho improvements on said lot consist OF two
eottagn houses, Kitchens, cisterns. etc.
Tprms-One.half cash. and the balance on q
credit Of one. year, Tor note secured by mort
ubpe with vendors lien. bearing eight per cent
interest from date of sale to payment. the build
ings % be insured and the policy transferred.
and In case oil suit the purchaser TO pay five per
Acts Of saIe before ". H. seymour Esu. no
tpry public, No. 10 Customhouse street ut pur-
nhnser'a pxpense. aup 10 "a 80 se1 10
VALUABLE PROPERTY ON PATTERSON
STREET. IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT,
AND
ON SPAIN AND aOODCHfLDHEN STREETS.
IN THE THIRD DISTRICT.
SUCCESSION OF MARIA ELIZABETH b.
MULLER. DECEASED WIFE OF FRANK
MULLER.
fsls yax.,. r.t Tu.t I,x,fn vln
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VALUABLE RESIDENCE
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
IN THE SECOND DISTRICT.
SALE TO EFFECT PARTITION

In the matter of
JOHN A. AUGUsT1N EFT AIS vs.. JAMES D.
AUGUSTIN.
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ON SPAIN AND G0ODCHfLDRlBN STREETS.
IN THE THIRD DISTRICT.

SUCCESSION OF MARIA ELIZABETH Is.
MULLER. DECEASED WIFE OF FRANK
MULLER.
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DIRECTORS:
r. Maspero, Hy. Beebe.
ID. A. Chaffraix. u. Toby,
z. Fourehy, J. NJ, Allen.
s. Il. Relf. NJ. W. Smith,
Charles Lafitte. d. Fatjo.
les II j. j. Fernandez.
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INTEREST In REAL ESTATE.
SUCCESSION or CHARLES A. zEIGLER

Second District Court for the Parish Of Orleans
No. 3S, 65b. EEM
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INSURANCE.

Premiums received during
the year ending June 80,
1877:
On Fire risks =. .s3s 1856 10
On river risks. 4,23s 81
On marine risks. 5,t6S 90
Total Premiums ......- s48,1g3 OF
Less return premiums. ..... GET IL
81. 1925 50
Add profit and loss. ..... 1923 10
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Second District Court for the parish of Orleans
No. 80. 1913.
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ELEVENTH ANNUAL STATEMENT
or THE
FACTORS AND TRADERS
INSURANCE COMPANY.
~ ,CARONDELET STREET. ~

JH......., .UAHUNUFUET bIHEET.......Hd
New ORLEANS. May II, 1877.
The Trustees. in conformity with the charter
of the Company. publish the following state
ment of its affairs for the fiscal year ending 50th
April, 1877, to wit:
Premiums for the year
On fire risks 800. ...,,. 1929, 500 so
River risks...............2 900 so %
Marine risks............. 37.223 3t-$567,767 10
Less
DIFFERENTIATED premiums.
1877, ........ 1880 90
Return premiums ,......... g4S7 81 g8,St5 az
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TWENTY EIGHTH ANNUAL STATEMENT
Or THE-
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-06-14

be turnpike1to render them passabl
the year round. th1 graders are simpl,
Indispensable. This grader was uset
with great success within the last yea
constructing levees near Tama City.
J.. L. BRACxEN,
L. MERCHANT.
MARsHALLTowN, March g, 1917.
The Wauchope Grader Is al success
Ihave seensit at work on roads and
levees. Whenevery prairie township
owns one we shall have better roads
and less taxes.
!! !.
49, = :!
id. DowNER,
Lynn Echo Stock Farm.
ONAwA, Iowa, Feb. %, 1877.
This is to certify that made piece
Of road with the Wanchope Grader,
commencing one mile south Of Onawa
City, thence running south three
fourths Of a mile. at an expense Of
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tion of its workings, and from CONVEX
sation with the officers of said town
ship, and the parties who are running
it, we are entirely satisfied that it Is
the machine to build up our public
roads and drain our lands, and recon-
mend it to the several townships Of
our county and State, believing that
our roads can be built for very much
less expense and that our taxes can be
reduced to less than one-half their
present rates. B
JAS. PORTER
Chm'n Board Of Supervisors Polk Co.
NAT PARNENTER, Member same.
TAMA Cry. Iowa.
70 s0hops Il may concern:
We have no hesitency in saying that
as 4 labor and dime saving implement,
the Wauchope Grader Is as great an
Improvements on turnpike and leyee
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miles, did you say? Oh, not many.
We did fix a mile over in the big
slough last year, and the year before
by contract, but it nearly bursted the
town. and even the people who live
away from there are always quarreling
about that expense.
Now, let me tell you little circum-
stance, and you can verify it if you
like.
HOW THE POLLYWOG SWAMP WAS
DRAINED.
In the town of Maroa, ILL.,, there
used to be bad place, rightly named,
pollywog" slough. The people de-
cided to turnpike it one-half mile by
contract. The lowest bids they could
get were one at 1915, and another at
1886 per rod. The Commissioners
heard of the Wauchope Grader
and sent two of their num- 4
Der, one Of them, Mr.. John Garvin, to
purchase Grader. The Grader was
bought, and the road built, ana they
declared themselves perfectly satisfied
with its work, as, indeed, all do who
tit.
The one-half mile of swamp was
graded. and the road was built at an
actual cost Of ts0esaty cents per rod, in
GLIDING the hiring OF teams.
A PUBLIC SPIRITED MAN.
Mr.. Phinney, near Champaign. H.,
having seen the work of the machine
offered his town, that he would donate
| $40 towards machine, and furnish
| men and teams to build four miles of
road; the work to be done adjacent to
or between his farm and the city.
The machine was bought and he full
filled his agreement, and then offered
to make four miles more.
But he could not get the chance for
a long while. Every farmer was now
anxious to furnish teams and get the
machine. The consequence is, that
this locality has good roads, and at
| almost no erpense to the totcn.
| DOING WORK BY CONTRACT.
| We often find men who reason like
this: Our town is new, OF poor, or the
people won't like it if we buy ma
chine. Get some man to buy one, and
we'll let him the contract to build our
| roads.
Yes, that would be good thing for
the contractor. and many are doing so,
and getting rich. The contract price
paid for building the roads, may be,
| will absorb your entire tax in ten or
twenty days. He then goes to another
| town and gets their money. Yes, it is
good thing for the contractor Let
| us see. so rods of road day for ten
days is sOOrods. This, at 80 cents
rod, a fair contract price for good
road, is 500, about enough to buy a
machine. You buy one paying a part
down, and get time on the balance;
hire man and two horses to draw
the machine about and superintend it.
| The farmers are glad to donate teams
| to work in front of their farms. and
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really only have to raise enough to
pay the small current e.rpeaase of run
ming the machine; not more than a
1.-THE of the sum usually raised to ac-
complish the same result, and the work
once done is done for good and for all
time; thereafter, the road-tax proper
entirely ceases, and the poll-tax, paid
in team work, will more than keep
the roads in good condition.
Let us take one more view of this
subject. A town owns lot of plows
and scrapers. They are loaned here
and there, and when wanted, are sell
dom found without a great deal of
trouble; and when found are often
broken and unseryiceable until re-
paired. Well. at last they are again
ready for such work as they will do.
With much trouble the tools are got
together. The people are warned ont.
A little blowing is done and less scrap
ing. A few ruts are filled with
spades and shoyels, some dirt is haul
ed or wagons to fill the worst holes,
viii h. after the first rain, again be-
come quagmires.
Those who have worked their tax
are discouraged; the road overseers
are discouraged; the commissioners
are discouraged; and those who have
to travel the roads are simply disgust
ed. So it goes on from year to year.
But at last Wauchope Grader
is bought. The Taxpayers see
that it means work good aoork-at a
mere nominal cost. Roads grow as if
by magic. All are eager to give the
use of their teams to grade in front of
their farms. And thus the problem is
solved. Good roads are the rule in
that town. They have cost almost
nothing in money. but the cash value
resulting from good and continuous
roads and drainage to the farms, has
doubled and trebled the Uolue Of the
farms.
Is there man owning 100 acre
farm who would not willingly put on
the necessary teams for two days to
grade his share of his mile of road, the
town furnishing the Grader? We
think not, especially when he came to
know that it reduces his tax to a mere
nominal sum. AS it stands, under the
old system, the tax has to be paid
year after year. What do you get for
itp A little blowing here, a little
scraping there, and with roads never
good, and in 80 cases out of 100, a per-
petual scandal to the town. it's inhab-
itanants and its officers.
REPAIRING ROADS.
Now for repairs. Let the machine
run in the ditch; pillow your furrow
and the machine will cast it directly
where you want it, in the ruts, or the
center Of the road. Thus as fast as
horses can walk, you repair your roads,
driving up one side and down the
other, and the elevator will carry the
earth over the tops of the culverts
without difficulty, and it is the only
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value of machine-made roads as COM
with those made by hand.
1.-The machine made roads are far bet
ter than can be made by hand. The
turf is placed on the bottom, next the
unbroken sod. and the solid bottom
earth thrown over all. There is nc
tramping the material unevenly, as in
Scraping; neither il the top and bot.
tom soil all mixed together. and the
grade is left just as you WISH"
MIR. JAMES DUNCAN,
Ashkum Road Commissioner, said
their machine had graded Is miles Of
road in the last four years. Was more
than satisfied with the work done, and
would not go back to the old way of
working roads at all. 1t would pay a
township if they should wear out u
machine every year. Did not know
but that their machine was nearly as
good now as when first bought. The
first road they built. years ago, had
stood perfectly since without re-grad-
ing
Note by Mr.. Periam.-The roads ex-
amined were perfect in shape, and in
good condition for travel.
MIR. MORGAN,
Of Ashkum. one Of the ditch commits
sioners. was perfectly satisfied with
the work of the machine. It had
really made that country. The work
by the machine is so superior to that
done by the pillow and scraper. that
comparison would be useless. The
roads stand all right, and are first-class
in every respect.
MR.. MAcKIN's TESTIMONY.
The last person visited was Mr.. Mack
in, of Gilman, one of the Commission
ers of Highways of the towns "The
plan adopted in this town. said Mr..
Mackin, "wsas the town owns the ma
chimes; they place u foreman to, each
grader, the farmers donating the
teams to run them. So well coIivinc-
ed are the farmers now of the value of
their roads, that there is often cOnsid-
cradle strife for the graders
They have between 1873 and 100
miles of graded roads.
The township of Douglass is large
one-12 miles by 6. The machines
spoken of are Wauchope Graders.
In answer to questions put, he said:
"The people now cheerfully vote the
money for culverts and bridges, and
the Commissioners expend it. There
are no roads made by contract. The
farmers willingly furnish the teams
to do the grading along their lands,
since they appreciate the advantage Of
superior roads aud drainage. We" he
said, make big roads, they are more
satisfactory"
In answer to Il question as to the
season for working. he said it might
extend from spring till fall. but under
their system when the farmers donat-
ed teams, they did not usually get
fairly at work Until after harvest, and
hence their season was short.
Transactions of the Department of
Agriculture of Illinois, issued January,
1875. Vol. 10. on pages II. 70. IS and IA,
will be found the following:
Mr. Emarv chairman Rood pooL;pu
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STATEMENT
from the Trustees of Little Sioux Tp.,
Iowa, and other township trustees,
etc.:
LITTLE SIOUX, Jan. 1, 1877.
We, the undersigned, Trustees Of
Little Sioux Tp., Harrison Co., Iowa,
10 hereby certify that for the past 21
years there has been annually expend-
on the roads Of this township $500 to
$500, and still we have had no roads.
In the face Of the above facts we
bought Wauchope Grader, August
II, 1875, Of J. d. Garrison. manufac-
tured by Turner & Wolgemuth, and
in seven days work with said machine
we built more miles of good road than
our township ever had before. since its
settlement in 1855; and we freely and
unhesitatingly recommend it to town
ship officers, fully believing that the
interest of every citizen in the town.
ship will be promoted by the purchase
of one for public use.
M. MURRAY.
ELIJAH COBB,
A.. M. ELLIS,
Trustees OF Little Sioux Tp., Harrison
County, Iowa.
u NT<o. m ryl~.1-
AMEs, Washington TIP Story Co. Ia,
December II, 1876.
This township purchased a Wau-
| chope Grader last spring, against my
wishes and against the wishes Of many
Taxpayers. We have graded more
road with the township money in this
district than has been made with 1t
in the last ten years, put it altogether,
and we have spent no more money
than usual. Next year we expect to
do still better, as the past season was
a very wet, bad year to work roads in
any manner,
w. H. KIRKPATRICK,
i Up. Clerk.
LINCOLN. Iowa, Feb. 2s, 1877.
The Wauchope Grader and ditch
er is complete success, and can
be used to great advantage by any
township. The drainage alone. afford
ed by opening bitches upon either side
Of the road. as made by the Wauchope,
is worth thousands of dollars to the
lands adjacent to the roads and bitches.
S. HARRISON,
JAS. MARSHALL,
Trustees Lincoln TIP.
Can any town afford to be without
the Wauchope Grader?
No. none. Except. perhaps, those
localities where the inhabitants plod
on from year to year without improv-
ed machinery of any kind whatever.
The facts and figures must COM
mend themselves to any intelligent,
thinking business man. Examine for
yourselves the amount of money
/ yearly raised for the purpose of roads
in your town; and the amount of good.
substantial roads built under the old
system. Then remember that If zoe do
mot py00e upon actual trial in your
| tOsDn that the W1UchODe Grader
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The construction of the machine is as
follows:
1t is supported upon 4 wheels, and
operated by means of a plow which
raises the material and casts it upon
an endless belt elevator, running at
right angles with the machine. This
carries it to any required distance be-
tween IA and 20 feet from whence it
was taken from the ditch.
We are entirely satisfied that the
machine fully accomplished what it
was intended for, and would have felt
without further testimony, warranted
in making the award.
[Signed] JOHN LANDRIGAN,
SD. FISHER.
Committee.
REPORT OF MR.. PERIAM.
Having found it impossible to at
tend the trial of road-making and
ditching machines at Flora, ILL.,, in
order to satisfy myself so that / could
speak from experience, / went to Cliff
ton on December "a, that being the
first time Icould get from my regular
labors. From this point, taking a
vehicle. passed through the towns of
Chebanse, Ashkum and Douglass
spending the entire day, arriving at
Gilman. 10 miles distant i'm straight
line, about shutdown. During this
trip ! examined all the principal roads
and bitches in this section. and visited
and conversed with farmers and
Road Commissioners wherever could
find them. The result of which ex-
animation is hereby annexed.
was entirely satisfied that the ma
chine in question, the Wauchope Grad
er and Ditcher, is in every way worthy
of the award. i
[Signed.] JONATHAN PERIAM.
1 CONCLUSION.
We do. therefore, unanimously rec
Ommend that the prize, as specified in
the premium list OF our Board for
1874, be awarded to Mr.. W. j. Ed
wards, the owner and exhibitor of the
machine. the same as though it had
been presented at the regular trial.
All OF which is respectfully present
/. ed.
lkhSACuJ OONAIaAN L ETHAN,
JOHN LANDRIGAN,
@ s. d. FISHER
For want of space we can only give
a short synopsis of Mr.. Periam's re-
port. 1t is valuable as being the ex-
preston of the estimation Of the ma
chine where it had been in use for S
years.
WHAT THE PEoPLETOLD MIR. PERIAM.
In conversation with Mr.. w. B. Par
meter, found the usual width of their
rOad-beds to be Is and 20 feet. and
these roads are 20 to "a inches high at
center, above the level, running to
nothing at the sides, or with bermes as
may be desired, and SO graded that
there is continuous slope to the bot
tom of the way at the edge next the
fence. So Jnar Jne ROAD pea and even
the sides of the ditch make a good
road. The roads made by machines
are better, more uniform, last longer,
and stand wear far better than those
made by the pillow and scraper.
MIR. GEO. H. sP OONER, OF CLIFTON,
thinks the unanimous opinion of the
people of that town would be con-
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beers of the State Board of Agriculture
premium of 800.
The points to be taken in considera
ton will be: the kind of soil, the de
vices adopted in construction, the tim,
in which the work was done. and TIN
cost Of construction.
The road-bed to be made rs fee
wide, and bitches Z feet wide and Il
inches deep. The work to be accom-
plished in three days.
The Wauchope Grader consists Of
a solid frame work supported on
four wheels. The earth is loosened
by an adjustable plow attached
to the frame. and regulated by the
operator. The earth is received from
the mold-board on an endless apron
running at right angles with the
plow. earned up and deposited on the
bed near the center; the first cut Of
sods being placed at the bottom, where
they remain undisturbed, the losse
earth being deposited on top of them,
and finally finished by drawing
heavy timber diagonally across, gra-
ding it down to any desired curve. In
this case it was finished up leaving d
bernie Of three or four feet between
the edge Of the ditch and the road
grade, the manufacturer claiming that
as the road settles and washes down,
the ditch does not so readily become
filled up. The lot drawn by this ma
chine had one slough which could not
be crossed. necessitatiny the throwing
Of the machine out of gear and passing
around it.
The time Of operation was nine
hours and twenty minutes. Horses
employed eight. men employed tao.
Counting thehorses at Is cents per day
and men at $3.50, the total expense
would be $40. or an average Of ten
and a half cents per rod.
The Chicago Scraper and Ditcher
Co. used four Of their scrapers and one
plOw to loosen up the soil, throwing
up the grade in a gradual curve from
the bottom Of the bitches to the center
of the road-bed. They made finely
formed, well packed grade. so that
loaded teams could easily pass over it
at once. The force employed was ten
horses and five men; the time con-
sumed. nine hours. Calculating as
above, the total cost would be 1880,
making an average Of l8iSzd cents per
rod.
This scraper is of peculiar construc-
ton. is fiat bottomed, steel edged. and
drawn or governed by pole holding
the scraper firmly to its work, is ad-
iiiata sl1--. - li \ a--s--a
when filing. and instantly discharged |
when desired. with little labor.
The Grading and Ditching Plow of
VIM. Burton is an A shaped imple-
ment, with long Landslide ana mold
board. After working about twelve
hours it was evident he could not fin
ish the work in the time specified, and
Mr. nnrtnv. ,x,sAl,
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four miles of good road, full grade
road, with our Wauchope Grader
at an expense, including wear and
tear of machine. Of s295.70, as shown
by the Clerks books
The above work We did with
twelve horses and three men in sixteen
days. commencing Oct. 10, 1876. The
same roads could not have been built
with plOws and scrapers in the same
soil (much Of it being the heaviest
gumbo land). for less than $I,1OO, thus
clearing our Grader above the cost.
We would not be without it, as the
drainage alone is worth to any town
ship ON the bottom thousands Of dol
dollars. w. B. WHrTEING,)
LEWIS PILE. Trustees.
j. Il. FowELL,
3. NJ. CAssEEDY, Up. Clerk.
MARsHALLTowN, Iowa, Feb. 2. ~.
TO schons It may concern ~ essrs.
Turner & Wolgemuth built me one
half mile of levee. They did all they
agreed and when they agreed to. and
had the best machine IN the soorld to 40
1t s0ith. J. w. HAMBEr..
The following letter was recently
forwarded to us from Chicago, Mr..
Haakinson having written there. not
being aware that We had become Mr..
Edwards successors in Iowa:
SLOAN. Woodbury. Co. la. April s, u.
w. j. Edwards. 1927. go. 0s1. South
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it0tIs 10 was 6Vtu6HC H6 COuIu HOC hi
ish the work in the time specified. and
Mr.. Burton withdrew from the con-
test IL rannirad ainht l,oraoa nrd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-19
UYFouyDRD FEARS OF CHOLERA.

The death Of Peter Van huen, The letter
cartier Of 40 $40 west For,y->eventlt which excited
much Interest account o the rGmor that V was caused
by Asiatic Cholera. shown yesterday 10 have been
the resu, of an attack OF cholera uOr5us. Dcpay-COr
one Cusisn made autopsy at the Late residence Oi
Van Kuren, which attended by Coroner Eiuger d..
C. T.. HARDWOOD. Ds. CrUikshank and Or Dwyer, Of tae
Board of Health Dr. CusEman sad that thege not
The least evidence in the p0smoren Of any SYMPHONIC Of
cholera although the anteDorteu - Wpous and The his
tory of the sht Ia measure Justly The suspicion
OK HagwVod The disease cert ny cholera lnorbus
Nlen route cttef-caFrirr, he had the priv
r.c Of walking the snady side the street 81
ryng an umbrella. while when transferred - ruEie
where be had he constantly exposed to the
sin Ihls atti meal ut corn and fruit sunday
uigut. made the evidently o1o OF uncommon
cirreicc Dr. ju-hnan ana Dr. Dwyor. OF tie Board or
Health cCuiaend d.. uarWoOd fer calling tire attention
ul iAc sutOItvs 10 The ease * once IDu deeaCn Oi
the COruHer has not convinced Dr. Utrw0gG however,
who stili thinks that the man died OF cholera.