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Missouri does not believe in raising educa.
tional funds by means OF a poll tax on voters.
and Minnesota will not pay her Old railroad
debt by appropriating internal improvement
lands for the purpose. Separate votes at the
recent elections in the two states settled these
points.
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II IS with regret that we learn that the work
OF aInassing clues in the stewart mystery has
come to standstIll. That day must be counted
as lost whose Understanding sun sees no new
clue added 10 the select assortment already in
the hands OF the New York police
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FOR SALE-The property of a private gentleman,
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one a Black very stylish and speedy: the ga
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Established In 1866.

The undersigned respectfully invite their friends
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Their facilities for conducting all business pertain
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THE OFFICE OF THE
HOLMAN LIVER PAD COMPANY.
Which has been closed for . few months, has been
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Key of offices in Vernon Row with janitor room 81
issue on the LIST and 18th of each month bulletin
OF all property for rent and sale on my books which
can be had on application at my Office, or Will be sent
by mail if desired.
Loans.
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toA hINi RvrH SMITH
Real Estate Broker, LIE Droit Building,
SO6 street
~ st se, IL rooms, mod. imps. $4,000
i5d6 SC NV, store. ...... ............ 1000
i33U J. Sc NV, rooms, mod. lmps. $500
1882 y st. NV, rooms, mod imps. ........ 25 90
Cor Mass. ave- and I'd St ne, rooms. ...... 35 90
4!3 I'm 81 NV, IL rooms. mod. mps 1910
14e1-35- ST. u W, rooms, mod. lmps. Is 90
Iurnlsned HOuSe, n st. nw...... 5000
Furnisned house, d st. IL W...... 5000
Furnished House, 9th stn.w., one Of the finest
in the city,, 10000
Money to loan in sums to suit at Z, 8 and 10 per
cent. nOy6.f r
E'OR RENT
No 1850 st. NV, all mod inps. ... 800
No SO Missouri ave, gas and water. % rs.... 60
No lOO6 pennsylvania aV., mod. imps. ......... 40
Stable, St, bet 7fh and Sth se......
FOR SALE
81 h9 9g. 4th and a. Sc mod imp 800
n have also for sale number of very desirable
Houses situated on Capitol Hill, having all the mod
ern improvements and convenient to both lines of
''l AUG A. A NICHOLSON. Real Estate Broker,
oct4-Iy 7O8 st. NV.
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E'OR RENT-BY THOS. J. MYERS, Real Estate
y Agent, 1916 st. NV.
frame House. 80S 22d st: NV, 10 rs, mod. impa
Office Rooms in May Building. cor It'll and NV
FOR SALE-Fine Residence and 14.OOO feet of
ground, 9Th St, near L NV One of the finest To-
cations in the city long time. with per cent. in
terest nOv12-tr
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FOR RENT
I B. 81. WARNER,
SIG + street northwest

The Real Estate Review, published at my Office on
the 10Th OF each month, contains complete list of
all the houses have for rent. Call and get COPY
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By W. E. BURFORD,
Real Estate Broker, 708 st. NV.
No. sos 10th st NV, frame, 8 rs, mod. imps 1856
No. $50 9Th St., store and cellar mod imps. 80
Corner Goth and nj sts store Observation-Disclosures. IL
No. 7OS st., Office rooms. ..............$l5t to 20
For Sale.
Special bargains in small twostOry press brick
HOUSES by paying 5000 cash the balance in month
ly 1nstalments to suit purchaser
Also number of large HOUSES from 81 600 to
$4,000. To be sold at great sacrifices and on easy
terms. '
Call and examine my list before purchasing
w. 4. BORFORD,
noSS-tr Real Estate Broker, 7O3 ct,
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PERSON AL.

4 STROLOGIST-airs. DIR. ELLIS, 500 Pennsyl-
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III 10 pm noy1G-tdec7
mr.. WELLS EUREKA SURPRISES ALL
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Teeth For sale 10y all druggists. % cents per bot
DnN tr
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NOHKN'S LOAN OFFICE, cormr Of 7th stress
" and New York avenue, entrance on New %N
IN the city. Money loaned ct the lowest rste0 q
Of interest on Gold and Silver Watches, Piste and
0entlsneuS Clothing. oarpsti. end Oh Article. q
Vo1ua tan1-ly
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John PATCH EXAMINES TITLES sos 10TH
q st. NV, q m to 10 p. ~ reports as to the re-
sponslbillty OF people, with abstracts of real estate
Searches for Chattel Trusts, 81. jyll-5ms
M ADAMEROSS, AstrOtolist a nd Healing Medium
V1 can be consulted as usual at 201 st., corner Of
"a NV aug7-1y
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EOR RENT-That large, handsome and comforta-
bic BRICK HOUSE, with modern conyeniences
situated southwest corner 4th and SITS. se at the
very low rent of $25 per month to careful and re
able tenant worth twice the amount. Apply to {.
WIN. GUINAND, 62S Louisiana avenue. noY2-t
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u OR RENT-Furnished PARLORS and BED
II ROOMS, and ROOMS furnished for housekeep.
ng, and several small BEDROOMS. S54 Pennsyl-
vania avenue. corner ~ ct. marll9ms
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IA ANIED-A young man desires to rent for sew
w eral years, a finely furnished ROOM. in private
residence northwest section of city, best of refer
enGeS produced. If required. Please address STU
DENT. Star office ,,oy1o
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dor RENT Comfortably furnished ROOMS, on
Il first, second or third door; hot and cold water in
every room; bath on two floors; southern, eastern
and western exposure Apply 1027 Vermont avenue,
near Mcpherson Square oct29- Inn
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-05

fear the light might strike the stone
and its sparkling brilliancy attract the
attention Of the robber. / had about
$40, 900 in money belt close TO the skin
and several hundred dollars in my
pocket.
" Suddenly my friend shouted, Come,
shell out, id quick, or I'll send the
devil free lunch"
g L passed out the few hundreds loose
in my pockets, and handed him my gold
watch and chain. They were hefty /
think the chain alone would weigh five
pounds at least.
"There,' said l, there's every cent
I've got. Take it, and let me go on. My
wife is very sick, and don't know
what would happen to her if she knew
what was going on.
Keep your hands up, was the re-
ply, while a second robber received the
watch and money. Then search was
made for the express company's box but
the double -barreled shotgun didn't move.
Its muzzles were withinp foot of my
nose. For my life did not dare to stir.
My nose began to itch. The stiff hairs
of my mustache got up, one after an
other, and it tickled until the sensation
was intolerable. l could stand it no
longer.
Stranger / cried, " 1 must scratch
my nose. 1t itches so that L almost
crazy"
"' Move your hands, 'heshouted, 'and
I'll blow hole through your head big
enough for jack rabbit to jump
through appealed once more. WELL
he answered, keep you hand still and
I'll scratch it for you. l hate to see a
partner suffer-"
Did hescratch it y asked one of Benz
interested listeners.
Sure, said Mr.. Holiday.
HowY' asked the breathless listner.
With the muzzle of the cooked gun, :
said the great overlander. He rubbed
the muzzle around my mustache and
raked it over the end of my nose until ]
thanked him and said that it itched o
longer
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-05
A Human Body Petrified.

TT is fact not generally known that
i the cemetery of the Methodist Church
in Hendersonville, n. c., contains pc
trified human body. About the year
1886 Miss Adeline Byers lived with her
father, Francis G. Byers, fifteen miles
south of that place, in Henderson coun-
ty. She was bright, sweet girl, much
beloved by all who knew her, and her
hand was sought in marriage even be-
fore she was of marriageable age. AT
last she was won by William Pinkney
Murray, whom she had known long
and well. Soon the nuptials were cele-
brated, and the bride and bridegroom
set out in search of new country, fol-
lowing the setting sun to the Mississippi
Valley. There they located and began
the journey of life together in real ear
nest. Prosperity and happiness came to
them, until at an unexpected moment
death cut down Mrs. Murray in the very
prime of life. The disconsoIate widow
er, consigning the body of his deceased
wife to the dust, as he supposed, sought
"surcease of sorrow" in the wilds of
Texas. A few years afterward DIR. Jo-
siah Johnson, intending to return to
North Carolina, whence he had remOv-
ed with his brother-in-law, Mr.. Murray,
disinterred the body of Mrs. Murray, for
the purpose of carrying it back with
him. Imagine how amazed he was to
find it in the coffin just as he had seen
it there years before. The same features
almost the very same expression. But
what he saw was not fiesh-it was solid
stone. The whole body had petrified.
In that condition he carried it to North
Carolina, and delivered it to the aged
father, Mr.. Byers, who could hardly
doubt that his daughter had come home
to him asleep. The news spread that
Adeline's body had been ''turned into a
rock, !" and great was the desire of every
body to see it. Attempts were made, it
is said, to steal it out of the cellar where
the old gentleman had carefully conceal
ed it, but they were unsuccessful. All
through the war it was guarded by the
father as most sacred trust, but few
persons being allowed to see it, About
six years ago, it was quietly buried in
the Methodist Cemetery at Henderson
vile, where, it is hoped, it will be per-
miited to rest until the resurrection
morn"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-05
Ben hOlIaday's Nose.

Il H0NE night" said Ben Holladay,
" "long before the Pacific railroad
was built, L was bouncing over the
plains in one of my overland coaches
My wife was with me. She was sick,
and lay asleep on the bottom of the stage
on bed of buffalo skins. The night
was fearfully dark and a drizzling rain
was falling. Mrs. Holiday and myself
were the only passengers. Several stages
had been robbed within two months, and
the driver was ripping along as though
gang of prairie wolves were after him.
Suddenly the horses were thrown upon
their launches, and the stage stopped
was heaved forward, but quickly re-
covered and found myself gazing at the
muzzles of a double-barreled shotgun
BY the dim light of the stage lamps the
barrels looked as big as nail kegs
Throw up your hands and don't STIR
shouted the owner in a gruff voice.
cup went my hands, and began to
commune with myself The fellow
damned my soul, and then coolly asked
for my money. saw that he did not
know who was, and / was afraid that
my sick wife might awake and call me
by name. My coat was buttoned over
my bosom, but hardly high enough to
hide magnificent emerald that cost me
over $4,000 few weeks before in San
Francisco. / hardly breathed through
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-05
The Wife of Two Husbands.

A Il A SMALL, humble, but prettily
n situated cottage, built in a vale in
a picturesque part of Essex, dwelt
young couple, who had been married
about five years. They were most affec-
tionately attached to each other; and
though they had been united for pc
riod certainly long enough to eliminate
differences of opinion or disparity of
temper, yet they had not once in the
term quarreled, nor, indeed, had there
passed an angry, or even cross, word on
either side. They were blessed with two
children, and these small gifts only
tended to cement their fondess for each
other, and render their union yet hap
pier.
The husband, Harry Milford, had an
excellent situation with farmer, who
owned an extensive farm not great dis
tance from their pretty above, known as
the Valley Cottage, from the circum-
stance of its being the only cot in the
vale in which it stood; and as he was
steady, industrious, and skillful, the
farmer took great interest in him, and
improved every year the value of the
post entrusted to him. The wife kept
her little household in the neatest order
and ministered to the wants of her chill
dren and the comforts of her husband in
a manner which not only made him the
happiest of men, but won for her the
good opinion of all, far and near.
One night as she sat her chill
dren at her knee, watching at the win
dow for the return of her husband, a
man, whom she had observed issue from
the plantation, at no great distance from
the cottage, advanced direct to the win.
dow, and accosted her.
He was ruffianly- looking man -
young, but with grim aspect. His
hair was struggling and matted; his
beard unshaved and grimy; his face
haggard, and his clothes ragged. At
first she took him for vagrant tramp,
who, guessing she was alone, had come
to the cottage with the object of robbing
1t. She was undeceived; for, after he
had gazed in her face hard, and per-