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T. BY 4. o. HOFFMAN, 10th and SITS n ",
Oh "a ave. H. w., Store. $3.50 90
623 Pa ave. q. W., 16 rooms, mod. imps.... 100 90
NI 18th st. q. w.. IL rooms, mod mps. ..... IS On
l0G5 st. NV, 10 rooms, furnished...... 60 90
51k % st. W.. 10 rooms. mod imps........ So 90
Zl41 "a ave. D. W.. IL rooms, mod imps.... 81 %
W ST. a. W., rooms, mod. imps........ IS 90
4S.oddard st. Geo'twn. Ii rooms mod. imps so 90
iSss Eth st; w.. 8 rooms, mod imps.... 20 or
6O4 9TH ST. n W., rooms. 80 90
w Nd. ave. wv, rooms. mod. imps. go. Is 90
A3 81. Sc, rooms, mod. tmps.......... 20 90
O6 " st. s.W., rooms. mod imps. ......... 20 90
oS ST. u. w.. D rooms. Observation-Disclosures. 16 90
lSo In So. q. W., rooms. Is 90
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THAMES W. HANDY,
- Real Estate Agent al d Auctioneer,
6O0 18th street n w


6O8 7ih street NV.
No. OIL 18th st. NV, 16 rooms, mod imps E. .s75
No. 1888 st. nv, ~ rooms, mod. imps. ..... IS
NO 1U3 81 st. NV, 15 rooms. mod. imps. zee. 30
No. go 9th st. W., 10 rooms, mod. so
No. ZIG Q st. NV, 10 rooms. mod. imps...... As
Cor 10th and II SITS. u. W 8 rooms.............. 35
Cor. 3 b and SITS. NV. rOoms.............. Is
No. 5C3 ST. NV, store.... .................. 10
House No. l. In alley, mar Boundary, 4 rs.... 10
Hous+ No. 8. in alley, near Boundary, 4 rs. 10
Money to Loan Real Estate
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L issue on the list and 18th of each month bull
ietin of all property for sale and rent on my books
which can be had on application at my ONCE, or
will he sent by mail IL desired.
Loans
81. 600. $1,000, 81, 500. $500, $3.50, at per cent
NJ Of
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Also, q number OF other Houses, simiiaI 70 the
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

1NR SAL E-Nearly nes aud very ch ,ap FIX
IL TUkES for a first-claSS fancy or Slue Stsr.
large enough for both sides OF a room forty fs.,
det.p. INQUIRE 81 No. 40 oh st NV. mNSD .
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11
Foreign Notes,

One of Lydia ThompSon's burlesque
actresses, Camille Dubois, who Journey
ed all over America, dancing clog
dances and singing nursery rhymes, has
had the good fortune to win the affec-
ton of the Hon. Wyndam Stanhope,
who has welded her.
The spread of fever has lately been
directly traced to attending wakes, and
the medical papers in England are ask
ing the Roman Catholic clergy to use
their influence against them. The cler-
gy have long tried to abolish wakes, but
hitherto with little success either in Ire
land or America.
Some little excitement has been
created in Paris by the publication of
"The Legend of Magenta" in which
the author aims to prove, by the aid of
official documents, that MacMahon is
not entitled to the credit which he re-
ceived for exploits in the Italian cam
paign.
Ten mammoth cheeses from Herki-
mer County, New York, have been
shipped to England for exhibition dur
ing the holiday season. Five were man
ufactured at the Newport factory, and
weigh 600 pounds each, and five at the
White Creek factOry-weight, 500
pounds each.
Gas Wedgwood ware is so much in
present request, it may be of interest to
ceramic collectors" says the London
World, "to know that there exists large
trO,tUatJle of the finest plaques, the To-
cality of which is perfectly asce1tained,
and yet, even to the most ardent of
china hunters, it is inaccessible. In the
suburbs of Birmingham is an old man.
sion known as Heathfeld Hall. This
was formerly the house of James Watt,
the engineer. In one of the upper
stories Watt had his workshop, and by
his will it was enioined that the room
and it's contents should not be disturbed.
SO the room remains to this day as Watt
left it; and in it are various cabinets and
drawers filled, not only with the finest
examples of Wedgwood's plaques, but
with priceless designs and molds, many
of which are by FlaXman, who was one
of Wedgwood's friends, and helped es-
sentially in the models from which
Wedgwood worked. From a merely
mercantile point of view, the value of
these finished and unfinished works
must be immense.
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11
Science and Industry.

The manufacture of hats from the
fiber of the palmetto is new Florida
industry.
Five thousand pounds of artificial
butter are manufactured daily in Pitts
burg.
Three farmers of Patoka Township,
Pike County, Ind, have manufactured
an aggregate of 3, ZOO gallons OF sorghum
molaSseS this season.
AT Chattanooga, Tenn, the Ten
nessee Steel and Iron Company are
working double time to their fullest ca
pacity, with orders for all they can man.
ufacture for some time.
A sack-sewing machine has been
invented at Napa, Cal. 1t cost $4,000,
and took the maker 10 months to per-
feet it, but with two men it can turn out
5000 sacks day.
The superintendent of a factory in
Canada which manufactures paper from
wood says that the process is now so
much improved that the paper can be
made ready for use in six hours from
the cutting of the tree.
1t is said that shingles made of the
Eucalyptus are fre-proof. A tree of
this species exposed to the San Fran
cisco fire of 1876 is still fourishing; and
it is suggested that the prevalence of
such trees in cities may be a means of
checking the spread of fires.
The Oil City Derrick says the re-
cent sitting of the Oil-producers Con-
gress has resulted in checking that
reckless spirit of pushing the drill so in
sanely, and that operators are now
quietly shutting down all new develop
mentS, as far as they can and retain
their leases.
The experimenters in electricity and
electric lights are creating panic in
gas stock in Europe. Jabochkof, who
invented the electric candle, has greatly
improved that illuminator, and it seems
only question of time when electricity
will supersede gas. He has invented
another form of candle, in which no
carbons are employed, the current be-
ing simply passed through a piece of
kaolin, which is thus rendered mean
descent. By this contrivance it is
claimed that the current can be made to
supply number of lights, each equiva-
lent to common gas burner. If this
last discovery proves to be what it ap-
pears, then the days, or nights, rather,
of gas are numbered.
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11

The moon will be nearly in perigee at the
times of Full, in January, February, March
and April; and nearly in apogee at the time Of
Full in November and December.
THE SEASONS.
| Yernal Equinox-March 20, II 80 a. m.
Summer Solstice-June q, S:l3 a. m.
Earth in Apheion-July 2 2:30 a. m.
Autumnal Equinox Sept. p, 1886 p. m.
! Winter SOlstice-Dec. q, 4:5l p. m.
ECLIPSES.
There will be four eclipses during the year,
two of each luminary, as follows
An snnular eclipse of the sur, near two
O'Clock in the morning Of Feb. q; which will,
therefore, be invisible to the people on this
part of the earth's surface. 1t will be partial
but from neither Of the Continents, its north
ern limit being south of the southernmost
capes of Asia and Africa.
A partial eclipse of the moon in the morn
ing Of Feb. II, visible from the United States.
The moon will enter the earth's shadow at 3h.
5215m. a. n., and leave it at Oh. 4S$4m. a. IN.
At 5h. 2lm., the middle of the eclipse, 0.A of
the moons diameter will be obscured. The
time is not favorable for general observation
from this section.
A total eclipse of the sun, July go, visible to
all parts of North America. The line of total
! ity runs through Kamschatka, Behring' Straits,
Western Wyoming, Western Colorado, passing
about l degree southwest of Denver City,
and across Texas to the Gulf Of Mexico, near
Galveston City. At Chicago the eclipse will
be partial, nearly 0.S of the suns diameter
being obscured at about 4h. 4lm. p. M, which
is the time Of the greatest phase as seen from
this city.
A partial eclipse of the moon in the after
noon and evening of Aug. II, partially visible
from Chicago. The moon will enter the
shadow at 4h. 52m. p m, being then below
the horizon and willleave it at III. 44m. p. m,
when she will be littlemore than half an hour
high
THE PLANETS.
lNercWy-Will be at his greatest elOngation
west, rising before the sun, at the following
dates; Feb. (2j1I deg, June2 (2414 deg),
Sept 25 Us deg
Ills greatest elOngatons east, setting after
tie sun. will De as follows: April 10 go deg },
Aug. 10 (271% deg.), Dec (21 dcg) The
! frst-named date will be the most favorable for
observation with the naked eye in northern
| latitudes. Those who, like COpernicus on his
death-bed, regret never to have seen Mercury,
will do well to look for him the evenings OF
/ April a end 15, just after sunset, a little
south from the point where the sun sinks be-
! low the horizon.
| On the 9th of May the planet will transit the
suns disc; the interesting phenomenon being
visible from the whole of the American COnti-
nent. The transit will begin at about Oh. "a a.
m., and end at Al. 5Sm. p. m. the total dura-
ton being hours 81 minutes. At noon the
planet will be very nearly One-third OF the
SUMS apparent diameter below his upper limb
| The first contact will occur 45 degrees east
and the last 100 degrees west, from the (as-
] Economically northern point OF the solar disc
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11
School and Church.

-" Vice versa" is pronounced
"weeky wairsa," according to the rules
adopted at our leading schools within
the past few years.
Rev. L. L. Harris, D. D., Rector of
st. James Church, Chicago, has been
elected Bishop of the new Episcopal
diocese of Quincy.
The Pope has issued a decree con-
demning the substitution of the Russian
language in place of the Polish in the
Roman Catholic Churches in Poland.
The Russian Government had previously
endeavored, without success, to obtain
from the Vatican both a sanction for its
use and declaration of its legality.
"A new sect has been organized at
Allegheny, Pa, called the Body of Be-
levers. They believe not in the Trinity,
but in Jesus, in whose name alone they
baptize. They believe that the soul
sleeps after death until Christ's second
coming, when saints shall be clothed
with immortality.
That distinguished Boston clergy
man, Philip Brooks, is a thoroughly
natural, artless, and sympathetic speak
er. He gives an impression of utter
personal unconsciousness. He reads
rapidly and rather weakly, as if short of
breath and impatient to have done, and
puts himself into quick rapport with his
hearers by an almost anxious fashion of
looking over and among them at every
pause.
During discussion in the Pittsburg
Presbytery on dancing, recently, DR..
Jennings said he had heard that in some
dances it was customary for gentle
men to place his arm around a lady's
waist. He had never seen any thing of
this kind done, but if such was the prac-
tice he was clearly of the opinion it
could result only in evil. The venera-
BILE Doctors lack of knowledge on this
point occasioned the most uproarious
laughter.
Under the auspices of the State Uni
versity of Nebraska, novel essay in
education bas been inaugurated-a mov-
ing camp of students and instructors in
botany, entomology, geology, chemistry,
mineralogy and paleontology. The
perceptorS named are Professors Aughey
and Bailey of the University, Professors
Wilbur, Bruner and others. The school
will start from Red Cloud, Nebraska,
about the 9th of July, and continue its
researches eight weeks. A small tuition
fee, in addition to the ordinary expenses,
will be charged.
President Bartlett, of Dartmouth
College, has put forth an argument
against the mixing of boys and girls in
schools. He says he has found that
"the fundamental difficulty of govern
ing is positively increased among the
older youth by the development of more
unyielding pride, false honor, and
troublesome gallantry." His graver
objection is expressed as follows: 81
should, as a parent, seriously object to
the opportunities for constant inter-
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.

Miss Mary Whiteside Emery now
edits the Peoria Qn) Transcript.
B. L. Farjeon is to give readings
from one of his novels before a New
York audience.
General Hood will publish soon a
history of the campaigns in which he
took part when at the head of the Con-
federate Army of the Tennessee.
Mrs. Augusta j. Evans Wilson, au-
thor of " St. Elmo" "Beulah," etc., is
in New York visiting Mrs. Vanderbilt.
Mrs. Wilson'S home is in Mobile.
1t is rumored that Alexander
Mcclure, of the Philadelphia Times, is
to leave that paper and become chief of
the New York Tribune, rice Whitelaw
Reid, removed.
George Howell, an English author
ity, is preparing book, to be entitled
1.-The Conflict of Capital and Labor"
in which the history and the various
aspects of trade-unions, technical edu-
cation, etc, will be treated at length.
Mr.. James S. Key, of Baltimore, a
son of Philip Barton Key, who will be
remembered in connection with the
Sickles tragedy, has abandoned the law
for the stage, and is to appear in con-
nection with Miss Louisa M. Pomeroy,
in the Southern cities.
There are some things which even
baronet can not do. The London
Times sent out Sir Henry Havelock, NJ.
P, as its war correspondent, and the
excitement of the scene, with his exag-
gerated sense of his own Importance, so
thoroughly overcame him that Mr.. Del
ano had to order him home.
The New York correspondent of
the Cincinnati Gazett describes DR.. Oil
yer Wendell Holmes as " brisk, witty
man, who dresses in the most charm
ingly old-fashioned style, always with a
drab waiStcoat and a coat that seems
too small for him. He looks like a
cross between a Yankee and Scotch
man, and has a dried-up appearance,
very much like an autumn leaf. But
he has a keen eye that laughs when he
laughs. And he enjoys laughing and
wakes you up with his fun"
Julia A. Moore, the "Sweet Singer
of Michigan" is giving readings in her
native State. Dressed precisely as she
appears in the picture on her book, with
wildly flowing hair and a pasteboard
crown, she comes upon the stage and
reads in dolorous whine her own pro
ductions, (which speak of being killed,
died or drowned" At every place she
visits the halls are crowded till there is
not standing room left, and by the time
the "Sweet Singer has concluded her
recitations her audience is in a wild up
roar of laughter. A full brass band
usually adds to the attractions of the
evening, and at the close this band sud-
denly fetches up with tremendous
snort or toot, the whole scene being in
describably ludicrous.
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11
Let the Beard Grow.

The injuries done by dust are among
the most serious to which mechanics
and operatives are subjected. Wher-
ever filings and fine particles of any
kind are produced it is very important
to prevent their introduction into the
lungs; even an occasional exposure may
do harm, and one continued for months
and years will certainly produce fatal
results. A natural protection against
breathing dust is afforded to most males
of the Caucasian race in the beard and
hairs around the mouth. These should
not be removed by any person exposed
to dusty atmosphere, who, therefore,
do very unwise thing if they indulge
in the vice of shaving, which is nothing
less than an attempt to improve upon
natures protective provisions. Three
evils result from this practice: First,
stimulating the continual growth of the
hair, which will become slow and finally
cease if not interfered with, while this
stimulated growth is steady, unneces-
sary drain upon the powers of the vital
system. Second, the removal of the
natural protection against cold from a
place where this protection is more
needed than is generally supposed.
Third, the removal of a dust-protector,
above referred to. Men inclined to pull
monary consumption should especially
guard against shaving, and let their
boards grow as nature intended, only
curtailing a little when it becomes in
conveniently long. Another natural
protection against dust may be secured
by accustoming oneself to breathing ex-
clusively through the nose, and only
through the mouth when speaking
AnaeTtcan Builder.
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11
Haps and Mishaps.

Mrs. Polly Fox, aged so, near War
ren, o., was burned to death from her
clothes taking fire while getting supper.
"A 3-year-old son of Henry Dose, of
Baltimore, was crushed to death by fall
ing from third-story window.
Mrs. Henry Dayton, of Chicopee,
Mass, while suffering from neuralgia,
inhaled so much chloroform that she
never recovered from its effects.
Charles Rhode and William Foure-
sheler, aged 10 and 13 respectively,
were drowned while skating at Cincin-
natl.
An infant child of Michael Slough,
of Union Township, St. Joseph County,
Ind, was scalded to death by the up
setting of pail of scalding water.
Charles Tappan was killed at Burk-
hardt's brewery in Boston by stone
weighing about ton falling upon him.
Louis E. Bower, an Elmira On. Y. }
boy of Z, was choked to death by piece
of apple-peel which lodged in his wind
pipe.
james Cunningham's 7-year-old
daughter, Minnie, was burned to death
at Waterbury, Conn, by the igniting Of
her clothes at stove.
Mary Ann Collins, aged 20, en-
ployed in paper-mill near Pittsburg,
fell through an open trap-door into a
vat filled with hot water and vitriol. In
three minutes she was taken out dead,
her flesh being bleached as white as
snow.
Shooting accidents A man named
Stineiger, while out hunting about y
miles from Eaton, o., was fatally
wounded by the discharge of his own
gun.-Pauline Streicher. aged Is, was
instantly killed at Philadelphia by the
discharge of a pistol in the hands OF
Henry Russell.-Charles Jones was ia
tally injured by his own gun while hunt
ing near Holland, Mich. John Abrams,
of Otisville, Mich. was seriously wound
ed by the discharge of his gun while he
was leaning upon the muzzle.
Michigan contributes the following
quota to the suicidal list: At Detroit,
Ellen, wife of James Mccormick, ended
her life with morphine on account OF
g-continued i'll health. At Manches-
ter, Henry Sibald, a harness-maker,
ended his troubles with dose of opium
At East Saginaw, n. D. Stafford, aged
60, a furniture manufacturer, severed
the arteries in both arms and bled to
death. At Midland, j. L. Fletcher, an
old citizen, cut his throat At Newya-
90, James DeBring, a clerk, took fatal
dose of strychnine.-The wife of Capt
B. Minot, of Topsdam, Me-, hung her
self in a barn.-James f. Campbell, OF
Boston, shot himself three
times in the head with a re-
volver-J. R. Abbey, a traveller, killed
himself with laudanum at a Pittsburg
hotel, having previously destroyed every
thing which might discover his identity
The name under which he registered
was probably fictitious.-Dr. II. NJ.
Hirschfeld, well known chiropodist,
of Louisville, Ky, shot himself through
the heart. He left letter saying that
he was tired of his misfortunes and in
tended to kill himself.-NIrs. Harvey
Freehorn, q widow in good circum.
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11

course, direct and indirect, and for
awakening and maturing personal SYM
pathies and intimacies, increased rather
than diminished by the partial restraints,
which create an air of romance and
leave an essential macquaintance.n
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11
JUNE. DECEMBER.
laniel Webster's Method Of Examin.
N ing Witnesses.

pander tMr. Webster's method of examining
OF 3,go0amesses may be judged from the fol-
feed eVeTving scene which occurred in dis
md loVnted will case. Among the witnesses
But we les bank cashier, to whom Mr.. Web
hat unler said:
will pss You say you think this is not Mr..
une, andft's signature?"
ass occus was cashier of the bank of which
society Wlwas president, and used to see his
male or nature in all forms; and very often to
work, as uigations and notes and bills"
leaves. And you think this is not his sigma
I'm OF soc4P Please to point out, if you will,
ut Of doonTe there is Discrepancy"
to cultvaI do not know as | can tell"
, and mo9But a sensible man can tell why he
ldy domeS ks one thing is not like another"
il and taa Well examining the note), in the u
est positCtop used to be closed"
I, and le,SGentleman of the Jury, you hear:
.merican h'top was closed. Go on
at the end of his name was
LILY kept above the horizontal line
- is below"
de. Veil; any other?n
Not any other"
the artis-. Webster tben +ool, oro o. +ho Al
ed at the Zine signatures which We're in the
bile conneU@t, and stating to the Jurors that it
1vertlse,n,% admitted to be genuine, showed
5e OF AUS j that the very things the witness
estlfled Mr.. Tufts never did, were
le couloh y Y found in this signature, and in
He canVaSsy every instance.
It., and on, Y witness looked cbonfallen and
lf-column dhis Seat; and nearly al tho wit.
, were foored in the same way.
,triumphSuu.t they came to William P. Win
him 1or VI" y. he sat opposite to me and
at MIR. Webster with an air that
You won't get any such answers
He agreeu me-" He took the stand, and
t only leI "a that he did not think the sigma
broke that enuine. ~ "
the gumo}' hyp'' asked Mr. Webster.
tooth SSl'anf tell,n was the reply.
Street, as tneDlt, Col. Winchester, an intelligent
10 to US. pa give reason for his opinion.
developed ~lont give such a statement as
f' tnout Offering reason for it,
ant give reason, but if you will
-- ne to make an illustration will
Bell.
ttainly."
10, in I,vg,,i3pose," said Mr.. Winchester,
bell IN u tno WI distinguished man at home or
| the MIL 'D should be seen walking on
day II "S 3; suppose you were there at
emenG II enTi oT lange; it would be very natural
no, China' ga "a out Daniel Webster and say,
are also s"'s gees the defender of the Consti-
the bell wa, sds Every body would mark him,
in the snauJ oay could mistake his identity.
nd SanscriC loud always know him after
ire surface u but Ii, in the afternoon, some
apanese scnT1T pght me head and two legs
hem. inns III sarms on platter and asked
16 inches arn Imnsntny them separately as be-
le priests Sou% % PANEL Webster, | could not
ening, its nt%g SSr !nem in the same way there
niles down Wv ing about this signature that
Ills in Japan iook genuine; but | could not
sounded py ING particulars Mr.. Web
ID, used liksS 20 q this reply, and told the
ing the bell " nat ne might be excused.
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11
AStrOnOmical-1S7S.

The following are the principal astronomical
phenomena Of the year 1873. The times given
are Chicago mean time, and the appearance is
that presented to an observer in this city, un-
less otherwise stated:
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11

-Pongo, the gorilla, died so suddenly
and Unexpectedly at Berlin, that the
most lively curiosity has been excited
on the subject. Distinguished anato-
mists presided at the post-mortem ex-
amination-Profs. VirchOw and Hart
man; and there was gathering of emil
nent doctors at the dissecting-table.
Pongo's death, it was ascertained, re-
suited from acute inflammation of the
bowels one of the commonest diseases,
and one Of the most fatal of childhood.
In his stomach there were found q
glove button, piece of wire, and some
pins; whether these things had any
thing to do with the Inflammation, the
doctors do not say.
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11

Mrs. Rogers, of Tifin, o., was sit
ting in her buggy at street corner,
when a runaway team overturned the
buggy, throwing her out and crushing
her skull.
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11

[Note.-April 21 (marked with y will be
Easter Sunday, being the Sunday next following
the first full moon that occurs after the date of
the vernal equinox.
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11

When the Empress Eugenia first
visited Queen Victoria after her flight
from France, she threw herself in the
Queens arms and cried, amid tears and
sobs, go! it was all my fault-Louis
did not want the war, but | would have
itl'i
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11

stances, hung herself at her residence.
No cause assigned.
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11
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