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lUNCANSON BROS, Auctioneers,

i 1oNCANSON BhOS.s Auchoneers,
TRUSTEES SALE OF FRAME HOUSE AND LOT
ON ID STREET. BETWEEN SIX H AND SEW
ENTH STREETS NORTHWEST. BEING No. GIL
BY virtue Of /. deed OF trust duly recorded tnesa
liber No; 755. folio 3S4 Of the land records t3
MRmRs, l viii ssl, in front Of the premises on
SECOND. 1882. at HiLF-PAST FIVE O'CLOCK.
the following described real estate situate in the city
OF WASHINGTON. District of Columbia, and known 6
part OF lots numbered two ca and three, go,
in square numbered four hundred and nfty-sevefi
(457), and being contained within the metes and
bounds following, BEGINNING for the at point on
the line Of north street three feet south
western corner Of sRd lot numbered two CD and thence
running north eigy 600 feet, thence three feet
TO the division line between said lots thence north
along said division line to the line Of said lot
bered three CD and the pub ic alley thence west along
said line twelve I'D feet and six co. nches thence
to the said street and thence east along said street
fifteen ODD feet and six CO. inches to the place of begin
ming together with all the mpr ovemenfs, ways,
msnts rights, priyileges appnrtenancss and heridta
ments TO the same belonging in anywise appertainn
Terms: The amount Of Indebtedness secured by said
1eed trust unpaid, with expenses Of sale in cash. the
Dasnce IN sx and twelve months for which the notes
secured BY deed OF trust the property sold. de-
post OF $3.50 required at time Of sale Conveyancin9
&C. az purchasers cost Terms to be complied with in
seven days. resale the rsk and cost the
oelaulung purchaser after five days public notice Of
sach resale IN some newspaper published in Washing
s9-d&ds ANGELIC GHISSEILJ Trz,stea
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s7-eo&ds
BROS, Auctioneers.

TRUSTEES SALE OF FRAME HOUSE AND LOT
ON DELAWARE AVENUE, BETWEEN I AND
X STREETS NORTHEAST.
BY virtue of q deed of trust duly recorded inHS.,
nber No SI7 folio 126, of the land records for
the District Of Columbia and at the request of
party secured, will sell in front of the premises on
mHuRsDAY. THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF Sep
TENDER. Al. 1882, at FIVE O'CLOCK p. NJ, all that
piece or parcel OF ground and premises situate lying
Columbia, and known end distinguished part of Lot
one Ql, in square seven hundred and fifteen C715)
beginning for the same at q point on Delaware
avenue fifty six feet from the southeast corner
OF said lot one 81. running thence slong said
avenue in direction nineteen 9 feet and
three feet two and inches north of the
vest corner OF said lott thence south eighteen feet
three and a. half inches thence easterly five feet
nine and inches to the place Of beginning
toRether with all the improvements. ways easements
rights PRIVILEGES and appurtenances thereto belonging
Terms: one-third cash; balance in six and twelve
months notes to bear interest and be secured by
decd OF trust on premises deposit of $50 required
SALE Conveyancng and recording at purchaser cost
Terms to be complied with in seven days otherwise re-
sale at risk and cost Of defaultng purchaser after
days public notice OF such resale in some newspaper
published in Washington. D. g.
JOHN ARDEESER, r-
s9-eo&ds GUSTAV GIESIER Trustees.
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~ PROPERTY ON q STREET, BETWEEN THIR-
TENTH AND FOURTEENTH STREETS IN
No. Columbian L
DUNCANSON BROS. Auctioneers.
nUNCANsON BROS, Auctioneers.

TRUSTEES SALE OF wO-sTORY FRAME HOUSE
AND LOT IN ALLEY BETWEEN FIRST AND
NORTH CAPITOL STREETS AND AND P
STREETS NORTHWEST.
By virtue OF deed of trust duly recorded in Ii.
her S72, folio 1885, ct seq. Of the land records
o s is fsan 81 o be WE will sell # gH5S
TENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER. A. d. 1850. at 81
O'CLOCK P NJ, all that certain piece or parcel of land
known and described on the ground plan or plat Of
WASHINGTON city, D. as being parts of lots % and "a
ming for the at the northeast of lot 49,
running thence south So feet thence west "a feet
beginning together with all the improv, ments. ways
tanning.
Terms: $50 cash; balance in six months, notes to
bear six cent interest and to be by deed
trust ceposit Of $50 at time of SALE Conveyancing
&C., at purchasers cost. Terms to be complied with
In seven days. otherwise the Trustees the right
to resell at risk and cost Of the defaltng purchaser
after five days public notice of such resale in
newspaper published in Wa>h ngton. D. C.
GEORGE BAUER, !
AT -eOSda John WAITER In ( trustees.
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Good EXAMPLES.

Thou canst not others letters break,
While thou remain'st a slave:
The thOughtlesS others thoughtleSs make,
The brave make other brave.
And even the weakest in the fight
Wear valOr's nOblest charm,
Who pray not for q sword more light,
But for a stronger arm.
Youths, Com 70niOn
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What Might be Done.

Can't find anything to do. young man? Wen.
we're tremendous sorry for you. Listen to our
advice. Take Oh those tight boots and tighter
trousers. put your fathers fob chain back In the
bureau drawer, give that wsshbowl hat to your
younger brother to play sal lb0at In the gutter
with ana tackle the soil. There are 3,000, 600
arms 10 the country, and any quantity Of land
> price list Of . shovel hoe, scythe and Other
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Ct apy arnt-clam kox6Nero ntoEos
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BROS. Auc6oneers.

FINE AND WE'LL KEPT HOUSEHOLD FURN1.
TURE. BRUSSELS AND OTHER CARPETS,
FRENCH PLATE MANTEL. MIRRORS. WEBER
~ OCTAVE GRAND PIANO. PARLoR AND
CHAMBER SUITES AND SETS. &C.. &C.. CON-
TENTS OF PREMISES NO. 1923 STREET
NORTHWEST. EFFECTS OF GENTLEMAN
DECLINING HOUSEKEEPING. AT AUCTION.
ON MONDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER EIGH-
TENTH. COMMENCING AT TEN O'CLOCK.
In the collection will be found Walnut Dining Room
Extension Table. Walnut Chairs handsome Marble
Top Walnut Bouffet. China, Glass and Plated Ware,
derel Carpet Walnut suite of pieces upholstered in
raw silk extra covers; two large size Walnut Frame
Mantle Mirrors Weber, Rosewood case, IN octave
carved leg. Grand Piano. very fine instrument fine
embroidered Cover and Stool: stylish OUNCE in raw
81 k, Cane and other Chairs. Walnut Library Table,
What Not, MarbleTop Table. &C.: Walnut circular
front Secretary and Book Case, Body Brussels and
Lowell Ingram Carpets halls, starways and cham
bers; Hall Rack, very fine Walnut Chamber siet, 10
Cottage Sets. hartop Spring Mattresses Feather Beds
Pillows. &c. Round Centre Card Table, large Toi
let Sets Curtains, &c, with other goods, all of which
deserves special attention. the furniture &C. nearly
new and i'll excellent order. House open for eXamina
ton Of goods early on morning Of sale only. sl3
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STEAMERS. &c.

VNHE STEAMER ''MATTANo" LEAVES 7rH
II street wharf every SUNDAY, TUESDAY AND
THURSDAY. at seven O'Clock m, for Potomac river
landings. stopping at landings in Nomini Tuesdays
and THURSDAYS Mattox Creek on Sundays and Thurs
days Chapel Point and Rrents Wharf Sundays down"
and Wednesdays up" and Mattawoman Creek on
SUNDAYS down and Mondays .up;" returning to
Washington every Monday. Wednesday and Friday
afternoons.
For information applys1
g. +. JONES. Agent.
my2S 18th street wharf.
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poToMAC TRANSPORTATION LINE.

On and after MARCH 18th the STEAMER SUE Can
tain w. C. GEOGHEaAN, will leave STEPHENSON'S
WHARF. foot Of I'll street EVERY SUNDAY. at four
AnRiver Freight must be Prepaid.
hetufnlnE. arrive in Washington every SATURDAY. night
STEPHENSON BRO. AGENTS.
NILS 6m It'll street Wharf and Cor 18th and Pa. ava
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RAILROADS.

SHENANDOAH VALLEY RAILROAD.
The GREAT TRUNK ROUTE To THE SOUTH
NEST, BOSTON. NEW Y 'RK, PHILADEI-
PHIA, BALTIMORE, WASHINGTON.
NEW ORLEANS, KNOXVILLE AT
LANIA. CHAT ANoOGA
MEMPHIS.
NEW ORLEANS EXPRESS leaves Hagerstown Ga
m, with Pullman Sleeper New York 20 Chattanooga,
and Pullman Sleeper Roanoke 10 New Orleans.
MEMPHIS EXPRESS leaves Baltimore 10 m, via
Western Maryland Railroad. and Washington 10 40
M. via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, with Parlor Car
Philadelphia to Luray, and Leighton Sleeper Luray b
Memphis.
The only route 20 the Peerless
CAkERNS OF LURAY,
the only Cayerns in the world illuminated by the Eeca
tric Light.
NATURAL BRIDGE OF VIRGINIA
One Of Americas remarkable Freaks of Nature
And Popular and Favorite Route to thu
VIRGINIA SPRINGS.
QUICK TRANSIT,
SUPERIOR ACCOMMODATIONS,
NO DUSTl
Aak for Tickets via Shenandoah Valley Railroad.
HENRY FINK. General MANAGER.
Iynchfure Va.
JOSEPH II. SANDS. superinteadent.
- Haeersown. Md.
au2 Lynchburs. Va.
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WALTER B. WILLIAMS CO.. Auctloneers.
VALUABLE PROPERTY. IMPROVED AND rrN1M-
PEOEED. ON FOURTH STREET SOUTHEAST
NEAR PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AT AUG

s. On THURSDAY. TWENTY FIRST DAY oF<sa
SEPTEMBER. AT -FOUR O'CLOCK p. NJ. In frontf3:.3
OF the premises will sell three lots is feet wide 1
TWO q which ara 100 feet deep and the other 72 feet
improved BY . small cottage. The Congressionsl
Library building wiz probably be erected in the neigh
Dornood OF these lots which win make them desirable
sKhteen months for notes bearing interest from day Of
le secured ~ deed OF trust property sold. $50
down on each lot time Of sale Correspondents It pUr-
chaser's cost. =
SD WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO.. Aucts,
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l. Real Estate Auctioneers.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
IN ALEXANDRIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA, OPPO-

TRgsTEE,s SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
STE 4HE ST4 o foESNI offo
Gs Ct irsfs s4 ss
a1sis 81
fISS iasap 2 @
certain tract Of land in said e1sndra county between
Of land records for said county which tract is stu
ated near the south end Of the bridge
and the property of John Burch Each lot contains
Terms of sale one-thrd cash. and the balance in
ct the option Of the purchaser Title retained until
a o at IS Of Ss
Of s sale to be complied u Thp
zas4 asB 1855 SRH
n2s A.Fr Rs2GSsE
O'CLOCK. in front Of the premises. we win sell Il
LOT l, SQUARE 996.
containing 625 square feet fronting "a 712 feet on
on rev III building haa lo
Terms: one third cash; balance in six and twelve
trust Deposit Of 500 required at sale conveyaneins
si5d& Dds'n"Se pu S9sl Bros Auconeers
CHaAANGERY SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
TENTH AND FOURTEENTH STREETS In
THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE CITY.
BY virtue OF decree Passed in the of Red "a
field Redeld ct a., No. 8. 033 equity in the EtS
Supreme Court Of the District of Columbia: shall M
the hour of FIVE O'CLOCK P. M in front of the
premises offer for sale at public auction lot numbered
trustees recorded subdivision OF square numbered
hundred and forty (24Ol The said property is i'm
No 1885 street northwest in the city OF Washington.
D. G.
Terms: One third cash. and balance in nine and
eighteen months from day of SALE the notes of the
chaser being given for the deferred payments bearing
six per cent interest and secured by deed
OF trust on the property all cash. at the option of the
property to be resod after seven days. at his risk An
hundred dollars is to be paid when the property is
knocked down.
HENRY WIS., GARNETT, Trustee
. No. Columbian Law Building.
DUNCANSON BROS. Auctioneers. s14-d&ds
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FOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS.

On and after NOVEMBER Sd. 1881. the steamer
ARROWSMITH will leave her wharf foot of eth street.
at am. every MONDAY, connecting for Mattox
Greek. THURSDAY and SATURDAY for al river
landings. On MONDAY far IS Nomni Ferry. On
THURSDAY, Nomini, Currioman. Leonardtown and
st. Clements Bay, stones wharf, Cobrum and How
town. JOHN R. WOOD,
ma
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NORFOLK AND NEW YORK STEAMERS.

THE STEAMER LADY OF THE LAKE
win leave her wharf, foot of 9th street. MONDAY,
WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY at $50 o'cl'k p. m, touch
ing at Pney Point Point Lookout and Monroe
CONNECTING AT NORFOLK WITH THE BOSTON
AND PROVIDENCE STEAMERS.
First class fare to Fortress Monroe and Norfolk 50
Round trip fare to Fortress Monroe and Norfolk 90
Second fare to Fortress Monroe and Norfolk 50
First class fare to Pney Point and Point Lookout so
Round trip fare to Pney Point and Point Lookout g so
Second class fare to Pney Point and Point Lookout IS
Returning. leaves Norfolk TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS
and SATURDAYS. at FIVE o'clock m.
THE NEW YORK STEAMERS
JOHN GIBSON and e. G. KNIGHT will resume their
tripe, leaving Pier Al, East River New York, every
SATURDAY, at four O'Clock pm, and Georgetown
to agent. 63 Water street, GEORGETOWN.
Tickets and staterooms be secured at general
Office, 613 18th street. National Metropolitan Bank
Buildng b. o. Ticket Office 1851 Pennsylvania ave-
nue.; st. Marc Hotel and at boat.
oc23 ALFRED WOOD. Secretary.
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A LIAM LINE.
Patronized by Her Royal Hghness Princess Louise
QUEBEC TO LIVERPOOL EVERY SATURDAY.
Shortest Ocean Voyage-Ony Five Days from Land
TO Land.
BALTIMORE to LIVERPOOL via HALIFAX. MS.
and ST. JOHNS. N.F.. every alternate TUESDAY.
Extra weekly ships from GLASGOW, LIVERPOOL.
QUEENSTOWN, LONDONDERRY and GALWAY.
The steamers are unsurpassed for safety and speed
and are fitted up with all improvements conducive to
the comfort Of passengers.
Cabin from Quebec. $40 and $780, from Baltimore
SIS; intermediate. $40: Steerage. $28.
Apply TO G. w. MOSS. 225 Pennsylvania ave. JAS
BELLEW. I'll 9TH ct. ID. A. BROSNAN, 6l2 9th ct.
JNO. IL. WILLIAMS. Georgetown. DC. or
LEVE b ALDEN. General Agents,
New York: POT Broadway. Boston, Mass. Is State st.
Philadelphia Pa: NE Corner Broad and Chestnut
SITS. 3eS-th. s&t 1y
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AUCTION SALES.
THIS EVENING.
wALTER B. WILLIAMS CO.. Auctoneers.

XNALTER B. WILLIAMS CO., Auctoneers.
PEREMPToRY SALE OF
GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, JEWELRY, Sill
VERWARE, SPOONS, FORKS. RODGERS
KNIVES, &C., AT AUCTION.
On THURSDAY SEPTEMBER FOURTEENTH at
T0,M0KRoW MORNING, At TEN O'CLOCK and
EVENING at SEVEN AND A HALF O'CLOCK p. NJ,
and from day to day until the ntre stock disposed Of
at our salesreom. corner 10th and streets, facing
Pennsylvania avenue this stock viii be sold and AWARDED
to the highest bidder in let the amount be
what it may Goods will be sold at private Every
person interested should attend this sale, the goods
win be sold at great bargains
WALTER b. WILLIAMS CO.. Aucts
j. 81. ALLEN, Salesman. el4-5t
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II AMBURG LINE.
WEEKLY LINE OF STEAMERS
LEAVING NEW YORK EVERY THURSDAY
AT NOON.
FOR ENGLAND. FRANCE AND GERMANY.
Ia Passage apply to
G. B. RICHARD CO.,
General Passenger Agents
81 Broadway. New York.
Or to PERCY G.. SMITH,
1851 and GIG Pennsylvania avenue.
Send for Tourist Gazette" apl
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NEW YORK. ROTTERDAM. AMSTERDAM.

The frst-class. fun powered. Clydebuilt Dutch
AM HsiSEis6 ' ROTTERDAM. scH1EDAM
EDAM, ZAANDAM, P. CALAND.
w. A. SCHOLTEN. MAS,
Carving the Us. Mails to the Netherlands leave COM
pany's Pier, foot of Sussex street. Jersey City, n j.
regularly every WEDNESDAY for Rotterdam and Am
steriam, alternately.
First cabin. $40: second cabin, $50: Storage $26
b. CAZAUX, General Agent, 81 Sont William street,
New York. For PASSAGE apply to w. g. METZEROTT
CO., 925 Pennsylvania avenue Washington.
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DRIVATE STOCK TELEGRAPH WIRES
BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK
d. a. DODGE
Bonds. Stocks and Investment Securities Bought and
Sold on Commission.
NO. 5ss 18TH STREET. tCoRCoRAN BUn DING. {,
Agency for Prince and Whitley. Stock BrokerA
e4BRoApwAY. NEW Yosx.
Every class Of Securities bought and sod on commits
zion in San Francisco. Baltimore. Philadelphia. New
York. Boston AMI Washington Orders executed on tn,
New York Stock Exchange at eighth OF per
commission. Private and direct telegraph wires -
Baltimore. Philadelphia. New York and Boston, through
which orders executed on the Stock Exchanges
!, those cities and reported back promptly Quotations
otStocks and Bonds and information regarding tn,
Markets received through wires INSTANTLY d.
rect from the New York Stock EXCHANGE. nj
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NORTH GERMAN LLOYD
IN STEAMSHIP LINE BETWEEN NEW YORK. HAvKA,
LONDON, SOUTHAMPTON AND BREMEN.
The steamers OF this company will sail EVERY SAT
ORDAY from Bremen pier. foot of Sd street. Hoboken.
Rates of passage: From New York 70 Hayre. London,
Southampton and Bremen, first cabin, 500; second
FL. For freight or passage apply 70 0ELRICHS 4
SEQ, 925 Pennsylvania avenue northwest Agents for
Washington. jal2
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NUNARD LINE
NOTICE.
LANE ROUTE.
THE CUNARD STEAMSHIP COMPANY LIMITED
BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL.
CALLING AT CORK HARBOR.
FROM PIER 20. y. 2 NEW YORK
Parthta. We'd. 20 Sept Bothnia.. Wea.. IS Oct
GaIa. Wed. ~ Sept Parthia. We'd. Is Oct
Scythia Wed: II Oct servls.. We'd. Nov.
AND EVERY WEDNESDAY, FROM NEW TORk.
RATE OF PASSAGE:
$50 and 500 for passenger accommodations.
Seeraee at low rates. Steerage tickets from Iiv
erpool and and al other parts Of Europe ~
lowest rates.
Through bills Of laden given for Belfast Gissgow
Hayre Antwerp and other ports ON the Continent and
tor Mediterranean ports.
For freight and passage apply at the Copanyss oca
No. Bowling Green. or both Storage and cabin to
OIIS BlGELOW CO.. COS 7th street Warrington.
VERNON 81. BROWN CO.. New York;
Orto 1eesrs OTIS BIGELOW & CO.,
1anl2 COS 7th street. Washington.
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summer outing will find that she now has an ex-
ceiieEt opportunity to study natural history.
Spiders are ALWAYS at hand TO welcome her. and
OF course they and all traces of their habita-
lions are easily destroyed. but other and more
obstinate foes are to be dreaded 1t il An undjs-
puted fact that If powdered boray is scattered
neeiy Mhere the eoekroach has found hiding
place, IL VIII not only prevent its remaining but
will destroy 1t. In the dark and sometimes
damp closets. under sinks and wash basins
they sometimes make their appearance and il
Is good practice to once or twice d year scat
ter little OF this powder in sueh places Moth
ing bur persistent care and absolute and unya-
rying neatness about closets cupbosrds. and
cellar stairs VIII prevent insects of yarious
kinds from finding agreeable homes.
How To PACK PLANTS WHEN TRAVELLING
Many Of our readers In their sojournings BY shore
or mountain will desire to carry home some
foral relics OF pleasant days and by tie follow
Ing simple method they can be easily trans
ported: All that you VIII need is a piece OF cot
ton cloth, colored or white as you prefer Take
mp the plants so as to leave some soil about
Their roots. and ii they are thoroughly wetted
before removal, the earth will cling tightly to
them aud keep them from willing Tear of q
strip or the cotton and wrap it closely around
the earth and roots, leaving the branches ex-
posed. Cover with halt a dozen thicknesses OF
the cotton and pin IL tightly in place or sew the
ends together. Put the roots aud cotton into a
dish OF water over night Next morning wrap
mp in dry cloth. and you can pack the plant in
your trunk or in basket where 1t viii 90 safely
without any injury to its roots. and II they are
wrapped mp in the cloth for a week or ten DAYS
che plants will come out fresh and fair. Sea-
side and raountain ferns can be transported In
CHS manner without any injury to them. Also
oil kinds OF sardcI and house plants. When
unpscked. llace the roots. still In the cotton
int q little warm water. and give them good
bath for an Eour ar more, and then transplant
1hem - nig.lsfall and shade for q few days from
- hot sun, and keep well wafered nightly.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-28
a Confederate Tribute

In au article descriptive of tho battle Of
Spottsylvania, Mr., j. IL. Moore, who was 4
member ofthe'seventh Tennessee regiment,
says: " In conclusion, desire to call the
attention of those who participated in the
battle Of Spottsylvana to what appeared to
me the most daring and desperate act of the
war by any battery. On the morning of
the 18TH while | was within our works,
saw to our right, distant about five hun
dred yards, and about the same distance
Immediately in front of our artilley Fed
eral battery advance atfull speed and there,
in an open field, halt. The artillerymen
Mt once took out their horses and sent them
to the rear, ms much rs to say, We have
come to stay This was within full view
aud within easy reach of our forty
pieces, AS quick rs the horses were
starting back every man of that bat
terry was seen digging, yet | could hardly
think they were III earnest, Tor was salts
fed tibet If our battery would hut once open
on them not a man could escape. Presently
our artillery opened, and as soon MS the
smoke cleared of could see that digging
with desperate energy was kept up by the
survivors. Death and destruction, thought
would { the portion of the battery and its
brave defenders, for 1t appeared at times as
il their very Caissons were literally covered
with bursting shells, yet, strange to say, a
few gallant fellows survived the attack OF
thciOrty field pieces, and amid showers of
shot and shell succeeded in throwing up
tolerablo secure works. They came to stay
and they did remain. This was the bravc.t
act OF the war, and in the hope that | may
vet learn whom these gallant fellows were
mention the Incident
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-28

All stories pale INTO insiEnilicanCc before
the losses and sutlerings sustained by the
army o; Suvaroy in its retreat from Elm
into the valley of the Nordcr Ehein, in Oc.
tobcr, 100. 1t mustered about twenty
thousand men, already exhausted by
marching, badly clad, ill-shod, and INSULT.
GENTLY supplied with food. The way was
hard from the first, aud the further they
advanced the greater became the difficult
lies. The snow was 50 soft that the men
sank up to their hips. The strongest of
them could march only few miles day.
They lost their way among the clouds and
mists that often, in early winter, I'LL the
valleys Of the Alps with darkness and
gloom, Some were pushed over precipiCcs
Ivy the pressure OF their comrades
behind them; cold, hunger and ia
tiguc killed hundreds Terrible
storms besct these uutortuuatcs, and.
while they were blinded with snow and
driven frantic by the frozen PARTICLES
blown about by the tempest, rocks rolled
FROM the heights above and crushed them
to death, The march Of so many men l6os.
ened the snow, and avalanche after ava.
lanChe flung them by the score into un.
timely graves The descent into Graubun.
den was, if possible, still moro disastrous,
whole companies slipped together into the
yawuing abySSos; three hundred mules.
with their drivers, were buried under one
avalanche, and of the twenty thousand
men who set out from Elm, three thou..
and persisted on the way rinslcy's Mag.
aZinc.
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Last Nights Hire

Last night, at 1885, an alarm Of fire was
sounded FROM the downtown station. 1,
was located in a onc.story frame building
on the east side of Jefferson street, lust
north Of Pacific avenue, which proved A
total loss, The house was occupied by ].
J. Dean and family, and was the property
Of Mr.. Moses liaily, Of Fort Worth. Mrs,
Dean had been ironing, aud It Is supposed
that the building caught from defective
nue. She aud her husband had retired
for the night and were awakened
out ofthe house with bed, bedding and
sewing machine, everything being lost in
tho flames. There were four rooms In the
house and In one was stored furniture and
goods OF Mr., Baily amounting TO some
5000, or perhaps more, Mr.. Dean esti.
maieshis loss at 500, and had no Insurance