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WHEREAS on the 18th day Of December.
W 1875, 7. O.. Anderson did by his deed,
Wnleh Is duly recorded in the registers Office
page l5s, convey To- William Joynor, %eeriain.
lands therein described in trust To- secure nm.
Indebtedness therein set cut in words and
iguresi and whereas the said trustee. WIN.
Joyner, trustee, has since died and whereas
~ fRe sun OF W Il. Goddard, ext'r, etc, VS..
Chancery Court Of Shelby county. Tennessee.
by decree entered therein December Is, isSS'
l was appointed trustee in the place of the
SAID VIM. Joyner, deceased. Now, Therefore
Of trust, / will on '"iN U0ou
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-02

Drowsincss, biliousness, pains, ache;
and age, Hop Bitters ALWAYS cures.
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Publisher and Proprietor,

Entered at the POstOifice at Memphis, Tenn,
as sec0nd-class matter.l
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! wv. ENGLAND. PubIisher OF The sum. Rev York am.
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Friday Evening. Jan. a, 1850.
The National tribune., 1880-02-01
REFERENCES.

the hands persons with
this House. append hereto specimens
a and military Distinction and widely known throughout
United States:
BELvIDERE, ILLINOIS, October
take pleasure recommending Il
LEMON now Of Washington D. O TO all persons who
ments at washington know him TO be thoroughly qnahed
well acquainted with the laws, and with Department
growing
Quarermasr Offices have had occasion employ for
friends Inine in the soliciting
very active welnome successful
honorable
him strongly to all who may services
:. A HURLBUT NJ. O..
Fourth Congressional District Ninots,
Late Major General q. s. Pots.
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Property taken by the Army ian States
not ian EmsurreceiOra.

Claims of this character viii special attention
In addition the above prosecute military naya
claims
Copyrights attend business before
ana other bureaus of the Interior Department
departments of the Government.
invite all
Of the utmost prompitude energy thoroughness all
matters intrusted TO our hands
GEO L. LEMON
The National tribune., 1880-02-01

List of the Battles of the War of the Rebellion
We continue in this number the publication of an alpha
betca list of the Battles of the War of the Rebellion
from authentic sources b. continued hereafter IT will
be pleasant hope for the old soldiers to again the
and dates of battles in which they their friends
took part
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CITIZEN NATIONAL BANK.

WASHINGTON, ID. O., January II, 1879
Captain LEMON attorney collection
Washington City thorough able
high
responsible believe that the all having
requiring adjustment be conhded hands
JNO A. j. CRESW ELL
President
W. +. ROACH
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House. OF REPRESENTATIVES,,

HoUsE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
WASHINGTON, ID. O., March
From acquaintance with
Lemon, cheerfuly him a gentle
integrity and worth, and well qualified
Bounty
His experience In that lire give him superior
tages.
w. W.P.SPRAGUE, %.
Fifteenth District
JAS ID. STRAWBRIDGE, M C,
Thirteenth DIssrsct OF Pe7lnsyIgGato'
HoUsE REPRESENTATIVES,,
WAsHINeToN, D. g., March J., 1873
undersigned having acquant with Captain
f. and knowledge ofthe
which conducts his extensive busines
reliability fair and honorable dealings
eheeruly him claimants
A. V. RICE, Chairman,
O n Inr0iid Pensions. House
w, r. SLEAIONS, g..
Second District
". Il. LlNDE n.
Fourth District o
r.. w. rOWNSHEND, RI. g.
Nineteenth District Of H.
Any person desiring Information my standing and
viii furnished with satisfactory
reference 10 his yietnt or Congressional District.
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asAny person desiring Information my standing and
respOnhiity will be furnished with factory
reference ip bis yetnit or Congressional District.
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CLAIMS! CLAIMS!
This Claim House Established i'm
S 6 3!
GEoRGE r. II LEMON.
ATTORNEY-AT- LAW,
OFFICES, 6'5 IS Street. tcti1eus National Bank
- Washington, ID. g.
Pensions.

Pensions.
If w2gp4ed injured have any disease how
Heirs.
Wdqw minor children dependent mothers fathers, and
War of 1912.
All surviving officers war whether in the
military or naval service of the United who
period ana the widows Of such who have not remarred
atty is no longer required in these claims.
DeSertiOm
sodiars
but does in regulars the Navy or
Marine Corps.
Increase of Pensions
Pension liberal formerly many are
now entitled to a higher rate than they receive.
Restoration to Pension Roll.
roll whose have been stricken teerom
failure TO draw their pension for period three years.
spending with this house.
Land Warrants.
March 1855 and certain heirs
are entitled to hundred and sixty Of land if already
Land purchased highest rates
and assignments perfected
Correspondence Invited
Prisoners Of War.
Ration money promptly collected.
Furi0NgEa RatiOBs.
delay Such clais.
cannot be collected without the turough.
H0rses Lost INA Service.
Claims of this character promptly attended
Bounty and Pay.
Collections promptly made
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Increase of Pensions.

Pension laws more liberal than formerly and man,
now entitled to a higher rate than they receive
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Amounts due collected without unnecessary delay
cannot be collected without the furlough
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Land w arranas.

survivors of all from 1890 March
entitled hundred
received Soldiers of the
and assignments perfected
Correspondence Invited
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w. P.SPR AGUE, M. O.,
Fifteenth District OF Ohio.
JAS ID. STRAW BRIDGE, M. C.,
Thirteenth DISsr'ct OF Pe7insyIrdaio'
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Restoration to Pension Roll.

Pensioners have unustIy dropped the
roll or whose have been stricken thereom
failure TO draw their pension Of three years
son Of have their pensions renewed
spending with this house
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DesertiOn

does not operate bar pension uolnteer
but does in of regulars those who the
Marine Corps.
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Bounty and Pay.

Collections promptly made.
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Prisoners OF War.
FurlossgEa RatiOr,s.

money promptly collected.
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Heirs.

widows, minor children, dependent mothers fat
minor brothers and sisters in the order named.
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If wounded injured, have any disease
ever slight the disability apply
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w an of 1912.

All surviving officers and soldiers Of this whether in the
military or naval service of the United
fourteen C4 days. or if in battle skrmish
period, and the widows
entitled to pension of eight dollars
atty is no longer required in these claims
, 1880-05-31

bar.aincd ior, imught ana suld. l,artakes
of all the chicanvry, fraud and deception,
winch prevail in stock-tma.d ds and gam
tling hclls 1t canno, he fairly claimed
that either party is free from these con-
taminn,inv influences The Gnethmls ny
which Mr.. Tilden lra6s all competitors
are precisely hose l.v which he has sLc-
ccedctl in accumulating ma,no b fortune
in stock ~gamhlin, superior shrewdness
and tinesse What chance do men of
i,repruaclh.ble pub ic and private ciarac-
ter, hk, Seymour or Bayard. stand in u
convention ma''e up vi machine poll
tirians, against an old black leg like
Til,len9 There seems now no remedy
Tor these manifest abuses which are r"l-
ing away our fabric OF govern ment, but
IN popular uprising which will smash
the machines and return to first princi>
Oles
, 1880-05-31
.'Nluch Ado About NOlhin..' -

n Deui'craur pai,cI, >"-cai.cd. at Port
townsend, assa.is Col. Nash, ChaIr."an
ul the Territorial U,inncraiic Central
Committee, III Ough ar"lumn Ui .ltupcr
alton, with Two or three slide llcks, i"r
uavin. appointed judge kunn Delegate
10 The D,inucr"tlc GrncIal Conv, ntn,L'
the soie Ieas..n Iur which Is, that the
managers ii the ai"resaiA paper are not
p, ,rs"naiy srlendiy to kuln. " hat
pity! lnis appointment, however 1t Was
b. ought about, Is simply complimentary
ticket 10y winch ITS p,'sscssur can get ~
Cess to line hail as a spectator of tine pr0-
ceedlnys OF the Conv-nti.,n, without a
Nash would be much less u gentleman
than H. . cha: acter and department Seem
to indicate if he would refuse so small
courtesy to any citizen OF the Territory
Of reputable soc al standing, recognized
as Democrat both AS Judgs and u
member oi the Territorial Legislature.
The Democratic party OF this Territory
would have no USE Tor delegates to any
convention if its membership was cOn>
fined to those who have the approval OF
the Port Townsend paper
, 1880-05-31
True Nialesil,si Il n sls ip.

1t is many a days since we have seen
paper more clearly setting forth the true
principles upon which our Republican
system of Government was founded, and
upon which it Can only be perpetuated
III accordance with the design OF its
founders, than the letter addressed to
Hon o. Browning by Judge David Da-
Wis. The association is significant. Both
OF thes. gentlemen held the most intimate
and COS tidrntial relations with President
Lincoln, socially and politically, the three
forming personal trio which was re-
sard.d as in. eperable in Illinois. Judge
Browning, who was fine belle lettre
scholar, was Mr.. Lincolns literary m"ni>
tor, ai,iing hlm in overcoming the def
ciencles OF his early education, AMI edit
ing and preparing tor publication his
writings and public speeches, and served
~ his Cabinet.
Jltly,. DAVIS MAS Mr. L;ncO,n's devoted
IIikuu tht NA' sttpi wv
nis last will and testament. 1t is Il sin-
yular tact that nor "niy th.sr two, hut
nearly all "f Mr.. Lnc"I" mos, trusted
friends an,l a;IMirrr>, bath "t"rt an ut
ter he became Pre>ld. III. W re- rft OUT "t
the RcpuhhcAn parry On the ncf' s>i''n ut
Grant and his D,mOc.nIic associates Ia
power. We may m-nti"n lew Ot the
,sost distinguished ot the many WI"
were in thar Category: Ju'i.. B"r>,
Mon, gOincry and Frances p. Blair. sr,i"r
aud junior, SENATOR. Tru.ni'u AMI D"
htil Gov. rnor Palmer an many "ti"rs
OF |, sscr note, from which il - u rrass'n.
able inference that ii MIR l. nc"lm MA
alive now h. would have II" place IN ,br
patty in Illinois dominated by John
Leg,n.
We mention these .nsts 10 sh"w tha,
Senator D2vis's "pinions have m"t bee"
influenced by as>"ciatl"ns With tue Dem
ocIstic party, but they are, nevertheless,
The old Drm"cra,lc Il pnbiic"n doctrines,
under the rule vi which peace aud pro.
prrlty prevailed IN tine Country tor three
quar-. ers ot century. Tn.> mam,ics u oI
Senator DAVIS Oif,Is kcl-hute 1T hope
u rAllyinx ,r"u,r.t /" the pat! rh''.n
..e.p.. ~ ,nis county. 1t the machine
pOii .Cians su, cr,u IN io.S Ing u. Az,
upon the Il PUBLICAN parry as lis c"h'il-
da,e, Anuy . Ike mcails, ai'ie'i t'y mon y,
hasten IIklcn upon tn. D.nn~ral vhrt!
he people snIu.st Lazy III ti,il nj 4"t,
with Dav.u DAVIS a> the,r Nl">ts. .nu
invoke the >plr..s "i J.tI.r>on ana Jack
son and Lihcoln 10 iea,t ihc,n Qua ut
,On,iaSr l., the i"n., Oi hi'crIy c''nS cra,e'i
- turlr u,e b> 4,iiris "i the ltcpu"
, 1880-05-31

A widow. whose husband, mechanic,
had been killed in railway accident.
obtained a Judgment of 5000 damages
against the railway company. 1he same
Court gives a verdict tor $15,0O0 to &c
man who had lost his leg in The same
smash up. The widow ot the mechanic
.hereupon goes t" the Judge, ard pro-
tests against the injustice ot his decision.
"Is a lry," she asks, worth three times
40 much rs n " hole man Z" And thu
Judge responded: "The decision IL
riectly equitable. A man who has lost
lYg cannot repiacr it with another 40
,oni, even for $4,000. But widow
with s., 900 can easily get new husband,
md much better one. probably, thaA
ID. one she has lost"
, 1880-05-31

The ARCTIC EXPEDITION. The pr i.s:
"t taking the North Pole ly seiyv i. now
fairly under wsy. Captain Rowg.,. :
plan has been approved hy the Govern
ment and the Captain has t.yun III,
erection Of an Arctic house on !, vacan,
lot In Washington which is t" be used in
carrying out the plan. After its complies
ton 1t viii he taken to pieces aud supp
et: with the first instal!ment of Explorers
nnrthward where it will be nut up ON the
west coast OF Smiths Sound, about SO4
degrees north latitude. A prrmunen,
depot OF supplies will be establish, d.
there and thence expeditions toward the
pole will he sent out by boat and sledg..
The expedition will De ready to sail
about the middle of NAV, and after
landing the men ana supplies will return
and make another trip next year, the
cOlonists in the meantime working cut
the problem of their expedition rs best
they may.
1t is anticipated that by this means the
men will become acIimated and familiar
with their work and way by slow de
grers and accomplish the tack which has
SO long baffled, yet ever fascinated, arctic
explorers. If persistence, courage, skill,
scientific appliances, aud rnstlnted liber-
ality can wrest from those high ATTITUDES
the supreme secret which still evades the
search of man, it will Yet be learned
The Jeanette, the vessel EQUIPPED by
James Gordon Bennett, is now in the
polar regions engaged in the sa'ar 'nves-
tigatiOn which the Government tXi'or' Rs
will soon undertake.-R Rochester Herald.
, 1880-05-31

seasons His nights are il'um nat" by
~, satellites, which pres. ut .'li.thc phe-
,,,.n, ot uu: n,oun, and mrrt Ire eSuent-
>. .. IN. tu .he,r Sisa'e' sei'cfy. An
,.nsspheyc proi,ahy SUR uuas inns
vlane,; ~ fac,. the ex'si"n'r OF arr 10
,i,.u.n,n,,Is TO his ore fehturss.-
ane,. ,h. ,rt. Icnc. thai MaIs is II habit
able gloi,c appears very obvious ana
ta,r conc lusi"n, and it would t moons
.,.tcnt to imagine that this planet, pros
yid.d, apparently. with all 'nr ''quisits
,.,nr,l t,cili les to render life "a Necessary
and desirable feature of ms snrfact. Is
xnheru at desolatfOn, 4 In;iss o! inert mnt>
ter. which. though conforming to the laws
of uravltatiun, is otherwise etrvInS no
u,,tul enG as the abode AMI sustenancc OF
animate creatures II is tar more III ac>
cordance with analogy md rational spec
ulatien to conclude that Mais IL the
centre Of life and activity, and that his
surface is teeming with living beings.
, 1880-05-31

Is MARS INHABITED ?-Thrre IL n"
other planet of the solar system which
off rs se close an analogy t" the earth IS
Mars. The telescope reveals t" US tte
fiwursa OF bro,,! tracts Of land an *
D. n..s OF aea upon its surface. Tn" dn
rations nt his lay and night alm''st co.
incl,le with our own. His exterior en-
D, rience the alternating changes ot tie
, 1880-05-31

1t is undcrsrm,d in Washington that
G,.n Schnti.li will I've relieved at West
Point and IN Ac,,'lem% restored to zen.
Htucnck's command.
, 1880-05-31
WI. V~rmOm-FrOsa " nns ;. -
rived iss Name ne NA"
Invented - GrOs.

Invented GrOS'
While every American has heard OF
Mt. Vernon, probably not one IN y nun
drc,l knows whence it derived its name.
The unfortunate Duke OF Monmouth had
II private Secretary named Vernon,
prudent, sensible man OF business, VINO,
after the Dukes death. found favor III
influential quarters. and under william
ILL.,, became Secretary Of State. He lett
II .on. Edward. born in 1854, who, great
ly against his fat hers wishes, entered the
navy, aud, serving with early distinction,
rose 10 the ranh OF Admiral. In l722 he
was returned to the House ct Commons.
and having. in July, 1889, declared that
Porto Bcllo might bs reduced with six
sails OF the line, and that !ie would stake
his lie and reputation on the success of
the expedition. He WAS sent off with
squadron to do it, ee1ed, and gave
hi. men $4,000 whEh had just arrived
to pay the Spanish tloops. On returning
home, he received the thanks Of both
Houses anil the freedom of the city of
London. From that aay, however, his
star declined. An expedition to Ca.tha
gena. made two years later, signally fail
ed. Smollet at that time Naval Sur>
geon, accompanied the flret, and has told
the story of it in "R, d,rick Random"
where he compares Vernon and General
Wentworth, who comnand.d d the suxili>
airy force. to Caesar mn Pompey. 1.-THE
one" he says, "w" Id not brook supe-
rior, while the o'htr was impatient Of an
and the insol.nce ri smother the enter
prise Was nisca,ric.i" It Was in the
land tore. III Carthnyrns that i wr, NEE
Washington, Georges elder tt"th,r "
IA years. had served, nnh xrp'r.n,l. he
este, mr,i Vernon, n. he Sav, his name to
his home "u th. P",'m". AM! pf.rnrd
a mid shipmans 5 app'lnm NJ NJ f"s George.
but his m~rhcr'. Int-rp"-ir,"n ultimately
prevented the boys rvai in" hims. II at
it. nIbci, sh- bad vt first rnnsemt~d.-
V,rno2s popularity Was 81 great that
his uniu, Ky expedition "rs not seem to
hav. affected il, and he was Actually
elected I" Parllsm-nt for three plncrs At
once ut hisr turn. Probably his known
nosiiliiy I" the G .vrrnmrnt had much to
do With this In l7tj he Was detailed to
watch the North sea. in view Of n NOV. /.
mrnt at the pretrnd,r'S a"h-rrnts. The
rrxt year n serious >quabhr :..'se hes
rwr, n him aud the Gov. .rnment, result
in. in his producing two pamphlets.
which ST. txnsprrat.d III" al,horiti's
that by the King. express command he
was rnck off the lis. Of Ahmirals. He
died in 1857 vt his scat af Suffolk, and,
NOT wi,hs:andlng his disgrace. handsome
munumrn: to him Was erected IN West
minister A'hey. II was Vrrn0u who
brought into use the custom of mixing
water with the ration o. rum. which got
the name If gr,'g fro n his habit OF wear
ing II groyraln wai>tcoat and hence ms
nickname of "Olh Groy" Altogether.
The man who invented greg. is buried in
Westminster Abbey c"m,nrmorattd t,y
Snollri, anu gave name to Washiny>
rs home. must lie regarded as NO or,li-
ry p' rsOn.
, 1880-05-31

THE BEEF OF ENGLAND FURNISHED
BY AMERICA-T roast Ice oi O,d
E gland is largely furnished nowadays
trnn, the stock Yards of Young Amrrica;
an so with the beef 0f the hO f. In
1875 1000 900 p"nn,ls vt fresh beef were
sent from this Country to Great Britain :
the next v ar the xport jumped t" 3d.
600. 900. the year following t" $4,000. 900,
white for the p,st two yeats it has been
81. 900 900 each. This increase is pros
digious. but it is paralleled hv that of
the export of live cattle. In 1876 there
were 81, ,593 live cattle exported; in 1879
there were 13f,72O In the past tour
years there have been exported. in round
numbers. 800, 900 live cattle nFd 200, ,000,-
600 rounds of beef Enormous as these
figures are, they still increase, and lately
have been supplemented ly great ships
M, nts "f live sheep and fresh mutton
The fact that the last WI years, 1878 and
1919. had almost precisely the same total
exports of fresl, beef, may indicate the
reaching Of u MAXIMUM but an increase
OF 20 per cent. in tbs live cattle export
of 1879 over 1878 may account tor the
back OF gain IN fresh beef. At all events,
the trade is already important and lucra>
tive and besides. "a Col. Sellers would
say, there is all Germany and France that
must one day he supplied. The success
"t the experiment has been IN undersell-
ing British beef; The less agreeable side
of the pict're is that good American
beef can often be bought cheaper ut retail
in English cities than in America.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-14
DESCRIPTION or THE VESSEL.

The Montana is, next to the Arizona, the
largest and best steamer OF the Williams ana "ulon
Line she was built Jarrow Tyne I'm 1872 from
model designed by the supervising engineer
or the company stephen b. Guon sac Is
necporlv shared, with low and hollow
how and before she launched It was pre-
dicted that she would be failure as an ocean vessel
bnt her first trip, from Liverpool to New -horR' was
made In the quick time OF eight days ana twenty hours-
sbe is two.masted iron steamship OF 432l tons bar-
then and Is rated rst-cass vessel IN every par
tcuar Her length over all Is 40l feet breadth
of beam H feet, and depth OF hold 33 feet e.e has
directactiug compound engines with one h%hpressfo
cylinder inverted and two owpressure cylinders, WIN
surface condeuscrs. The first cabin has "ccohin0oa-
ons for 70 the second cabin 100, and the Storage
for 200 passengers
A TO the list of passengers on board attbe time of tho
accident the officers OF the company very recens
Yesterday and declined to give any in'o'mat"p' e1-
cent that the st was as large usual AZ this season
of the year . . ~, ,t
Custom House was M fol ows: 3i.l52 bushels wheat.
7S7 bales cotton. 363 bags sea island cotton 10 noAes
bacon goo fresh beef, 233 barrel, an one case
Iubrtcnting oil, 50 barrels OF si"ich % pach-
aces clocks. IL cases OF oock ulmmnEsj
,err.s Of beet tierccs and barrel, ton-ues p.ek-
ages elegraphc materials. 81 nacka'es maents,i, 70
ewelIcrs ashes 900 bUrdl,s sno.fs la .cs asii-
cultural machlocry packhe,s iuiuhnar' ,4o ':rt'.'
oysters bales dOmcstic- aud eop>I-hme.t @. pei
The vessel was insured ami it ls liob b tia tOne
ali OF the cargo was hSHitu 'N th' s"iPf'' ~ a.
the Insurance vas effected IN London ihe amCu can
not be learned az present. -, -
Captain Henry Gadd the eoWlnenfcr O ih' Si"uldnn
has been IN the employ OF the Gui0u li!c Tor many
years and Is Onsidered or the most couci NC ava
of us officers The who Iclau Win
hm on the stranded vessel. nuuIner &D'hi l'J, anu
were shipped mostly az Liverpool ana z lerhsto"h'
This X the third time that the MOntnu1 bns Zen
cause OF serious alarm In october, IS'D Der cIcets
attempted % race with the Republic n beayi Storm;
and were obliged to % Queenstown ~ dlsDled
condition; and july. 1873, an cXtiaoiulhhflt IOhs
voyage OF fifteen days gave rise 10 beie mat 'ne 'es
se had fOundered at m!dOcea0.
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TRANSPORTATION INTERESTS.

ST. LOUIS, March 13.-Judge McCraIy' IN
th United states to-day. rendered an Important
oo,on I'm the suit brought by the United states against
o Missouri Pacific Railroad for Si350oO taxes falling
due between 1864 end 1871 He ruled that as no assess
ent and demand had been made at tae time, OF until
1877 when the property had lmSsed luio Olhtr ahus
no lien could be established, and his decision was In
favor OF the railroad.
CIycTsSArI March I3-A deed Of transfer under the
recent sale OF the Indianapolis. Cincinnati, ana Lnta ette
Railroad to-day left with the Recorder Tor record
ond olso mortgage frcm the Cincinnati, Indianapolis
=, ,,,,oo,o ps,lroad Compauv the former company \
renrgauized title Mcssrs. George l. MSS al Harvey
Rates trustees To secure the Issue OF $F0OVVOV "a
mortg tge bonds Of the new road
C1Sc1SyArI March 13-The Chamber OF Commerce
to-day adoped resolution approving Substantially the
pendine bin In Congress. known as the Adrich Direct
lmportatiOu bill.