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AUCTION SALES.
WALTER B. WILLIAMS CO.. .Aucuoneers

WALTER B. WILLIAMS CO.. .Aucuoneers.
FURNITURE. CARPETS &C.
On TOMORROW. JULY FIFTEENTH, at Tt
sra CO 5eton Of FGr1atars 81 &e 7''''''- e'
ALSO, AT HAIsF-PAST TEN O'CLOCK AM.
ihe remaining stock Of Hardware ieft over from T.
It WALTER B. WILLIAMS K Co. Auots.
II FOLLY. Aucti oneer.
Commencing cn FRIDAY JULY FOURTEENTH.
i HAI F p sT TN O'CLOCK !. VI, and EVE Use
u II Ali PAST SEEEN O'CLOCK. I VIII sci the lerre
,"gk OF DGy Goods and Fancy Goods contained IN
Ire No +O3 Ith street until the entire stock Is dis
bsea ami Caored iiEs. Dress Goods of all kinds.
@sshnsJes. Linen Gools White Goods, Furniture Gre
Table Linen, Towels and Napkins Cloths and Cassi-
Holsters. Underwear. Mems, Ladies' and Children's
Corset, Laces, Quilts sun Umbrellas and ParasoIs.
5heet'nes ah4 heis11seeFEg Goods generally.
Ihs being de=rale ami well selected stock for fret
class rStti TIE and must be sod at auction Ladies
jyl4-ot NJ. FOLEY, Auctioneer.
DEREMPTORY SALE
TENTED. 5HfkiDIAN Hi i'll NEAR !,'t C5Lr \
IA ROAD; Also, IWo---S,TQTRY, bRICK STQnE
iH6wAED USIyEK$ITY5 ALSO. Two.sT6R4
ThENfH ASD 1 h!if "a Az "a And II
SLEEEIS NoItTHW .I.,s Also. FRAME EQusl.
AND TLNTH STREETS S0UrHWrST.
ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. JULY NINE 81
TEN II, at SIX O'CLOCK We viii eel liz front Of x,
LOIS u AND 3D. BLOCK T., MERIDIAN HILL,
situated on 10th street extended. near Columbia road,
At HALF-PAST SIX O'CLOCK SAME AFTER
Lon 10. BLOCK 16. HOWARD UNIVERSITY SUB
situated on TrfImhu street near the Government Park
improved ny twO-st0ry brick store and dWellinl-.
On FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY TWENTY
IiRSf - SIX O'CLOCK, viii Sell in front o. the
premises,
LOT T. SQUARE 1885,
situated in alley between 10th and 18th and and NJ
streets northwest. improved by small frame.
At HALF-PASF ~IX O'CLOCK SAME AFTER
NOON, III front of the premises,
LOT %. SQUARE 800.
situated on street between 9th and 10th streets south
west, improved by frame dwelling.
The above properties present good opportunity for
Investment sales positive.
Terms: One-tLird cash. balance in and two years
nos to bear six per cent, payable semi annually. and
20 be secured by deed OF trust. deposit of 500
each tlece sold COnyeJancng and recording at pur-
from sale, otherwise resale at risk anf of the de
fau ing purchaser after five days public notice of such
rrsa IN some newspaper published N Wa-finEtou, ID. G.
jyl+-dSos DUNCANSON BROS, Aucts.
Ts7HOMAS L. WAGGAMAN,
4 Real Estate Auctioneer.
On MONDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY CFT
JULY. 1852, Al SIX O'CLOCK p. IL, will offer s:;
Tor sale, in front ot the premises, Lot II. in
2lS the south side of street, between l4th and
15t, northwest. The lot i 50 10y 1872
Inches deep to 80 foot alley, and is improved by
large Brick Building, formerly tsed Is college.
Terms easy, ana made known day of sale.
jy13 d&ds THOs. l.. WAGGAMAN, Auct.
FI'HOS. j. FISHER Il CO,
aoI ctata AJ7cfi
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A 1IANTIC CITY. OINEY
n This celebrated Cottage, with all modernS &
improvements. will be opened for the recep- YEFA?
ton of guests MAY DOTH. The location being d1.atg
central. nObstrucei view OF the ocean makes il one
OF the most desirable Cottages the coast.
Terms moderate Entertainment Of faIni les spe-
cialty. Mrs. J. PENICKS
1909 Pacific Avenue, opposite Ocean Avenue
my17-5m Atlantic City NJ
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PROPOSALS FOR MATERIALS TO BE SUP
a Piled To THE NAVY YARDS UNDER THE
CuGAlZANCE OF THE BUREAU OF CON
S1RUCIION AND REPAIR.
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FsfHOS. J. FISHER 4 CO.,
Il Real Estate Auctioneers.

PUBLIC SALE OF THE MACHINERY. TOOLS AND
SIQGK OF THE COLUMBIAN BANK NOTE
By order of the board of Trustees of the Columbian
Bank Note Company, conf med 10y vote of the Stock
holders, viii sell TO the highest bidder, THURS
orc OCk, at the building of the Columbian Bank Note
Company, No. sos Pennsylvania avenue, al tie Ma
q oetric Lathes, Transfer Presses, Ruling Machines,
Hand roller Presses different sizes; also. large
STOCK Of Engraving Materials, conn rising original
Shells, Bed-presses and Rolls OF Lathe Work, VICE
Terms: Cash; ten per cent of which must be paid
iyi.-dSds u THos. j. FISHER & CO.. Aucts
pEREMPTORY SALE OF, TwO-sTORY FRAME
STREETs NORTHEAST; ALSO. LO ItN FIRST
s1kEET HkAk nr st G l SoTTHEEAST
AIDA NoRTHEAsT; Also TWO TW " $50
BRICK HOUSES AND ONE TWO-STOEY
Nj BETMEFS F6TRTRESfM AID D F ffF F;
~ TENTH STREETS SOUTHEAST.
TENTH at SIX O'CLOCK, we will sell in front Fl; al
o. the premises Lot square 829 20 feet 100 feet @
proved by two-story and back building FRANC, with
st HALF-PAsT SIX O'CLOCK same afternoon we
VIII sell in front of the premises, Lot "A. square TAO
195 feet loo feet situated 1st street east
On TUESDAY AFTER DON JULY EIGHTEENTH
at SIX O'CLOCK. in front Of the premises. Lot l.,
and s-h streets northeast
At HALF-PAST SIX O'CLOCK, sane afternoon
Of square d55 situated On south taTon 'At Avenue
between IAN and 10Th streets east and improved by
lot Is. ' - 80
This property has to be sold without regard to price
notes to bear six per cent interest payable
nually and secured by deed of trust Terms be
cost OF defaqng purchaser after five days pubic no.
ice OF such resale in some newspaper published in
purchasers cost deposit of 500 required each
lot sold; DUNCANSON BROS,
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TRUSTEES SALE OF THE VALUABLE PLAIN
INei AND SAVING MILL, KNOWN As "DRAF
Frs" MILL. SITUATED AT 1HE ISTt kSLt'
TION or THIRTEENTH AND G ) reefs AND
a ~
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:e9e 60 iya 40. II $50 Lori.iara ayeane n W.

81 TIE ABOVE SAIL / POSTPONED oS &C
count Il III rain until FRIDAY. the FJgETEENI II
DAY OF JULY, ISL at same hour ANA place.
HE>itA T. DAVIS. TRUSTEE
jyl3-2 SO Louisiana avenue y W.
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SECRETARY FoLGER has designated Hon. Richard
Crowley, E p. AIis OF Milwaukee, and James g.
HILL supervising architect, commission to select
sites for public buildings at Detroit. Minneapolis
and Denver 49, 49, - 8
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NR. LEON, THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED AND
~ only reliable Ladies' Physician in the city can be
consulted Gaily at 237 PENNSYLVANIA All Female
Complaints and IRREGULARITIES quickly removed Prompt
treatment Correspondence and consultations strictly
confidential Separate for Ladies' Office hours
10 4 and Z TO y. iy5-lm
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PROF. JOHN NJ. LANGsToN, o. s. minister to Hayti,
has been granted leave OF absence, and is now on
his way home This has given rise to report
that he has been, or is to be, recalled, and
petition has been circulated In Baltimore to the
President asking that Prof r. T. Greener be APP
pointed In his ste ad. Upon inquir1ng at the state
Departmental Is learned that there Is no Intention
OF recalling Minister LangSton.
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NATIONAL BANK EXTENSION UNDER THE NEW
LAw.-The Controller Of the Currency to-day au-
thorized the extension Of the corporate existence
of the First National Bank at Findlay, Ohio, for
twenty years from the close of business Today
The corporate existence of this bank would
have expired to-day. 1t was the first
also authorized the Farmers National bank of
Frank inville, n Y, to commence business with a
bonds. This is the first bank organized since the
passage OF the new act. and ayails itself Of the
provisions OF section 8, which authorizes banks to
the deposit of not less than one-fourth OF their
capital in q. s. bonds. Under previous laws this
bank would have been required to deposit not less
than $780, 600 In bonds.
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lHIFTON HOUSE OPEN. ABOUT ONE HOUR
S - from ,, ~ss!linEton Eve trains daily. -A
hood. Delicious water. Moderate prices. !. ID
Address Proprietor Clifton Station Fairfax CO., Va.
Iny3l-2nl
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VICTIMS OF SECRET DISEASES SHOULD CON-
suit Drs Brothers and Gray, goo street southwest
cure you without mercury! Many have been dsap-
pointed of cure by not calling on US ut first Thirty
rpy1-2
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ASHTON.

Iu writing the history OF this city aud
county am induced first to analyze some
what the topography of the eastern half
of the great territory Of Dakota. Much
has been written and said about the Red
river valley, the Jim river valley and
the Sioux valley without adequately To-
eating their geography. In Eastern d.
kota there arc four principal valleys
which give the name to the section of
country adjacent to them, and IN fact
embrace the entire scope of coun-
try east Of the Missouri,
which river enters Dakota near
the northwest corner and by a very tor
tuous though nearly easterly course,
reaches the center Of the territory at
point north of the forty-seveuth parallel
and thence by southerly course divides it
into two nearly equal parts, till when near
the forty-fourth parallel it inclines to the
southeast and forms for distance the
southern boundary. East of and parallel
with it, finding Its headwaters near the
forty eighth degree and its mouth at its
confluence with the Missouri just east of
Yankton is the James or Dakota river.
On the boundary line between Dakota
and the state of Minnesota and finding
its source in Lake Traverse just south of
46 deg. is the famous Red River Of the
North, which finds its outlet IN Lake
Winnipeg, Manitoba. South of this lake
tTraverse) and separated from it by a
range of hills called the eastern Coteans
which begin few miles west of the
southern end of the lake, the Sioux
river finds its source and its outlet in the
Missouri at or near Sioux City, Iowa. We
have then, the territory divided into
these four valleys. The western boun-
Diary of the Red river valley being the
Pembina mountains, the western boun-
dairy of the Sioux valley being the eastern
coteaus, which, finding their origin near
the head of Lake Traverse, extend in a
southwesterly direction until they reach
the James river. These, and the Penn
bina mountains, which originate north
of 49,, and extend into Manitoba, form
the eastern boundary of the jim river
valley, while the Missouri coteaus which
separate it from the river of that name
and its valley form the western. The
eastward tendency of the Missouri will
its parallel range of coteaus, and thu
western or southwestern tendency OF thu
eastern range of coteaus before described
form wedge shaped valley out OF tn
Jim, with the sharp end at point llttl
way above its confluence with the Ais
souri,. At the upper end of the valley
or at the point where the Northern Pa
cifo railroad crosses 1T, the valleys of tn
Red and the Missouri at Fargo and a
Bismarck have about the same altltud
as it does, but lower down the depression
of the Jim river valley become
marked indeed At Huron, wher
the Dakota Central crosses tn
Jim river, it is 700 feet lower than tn
Missouri at Fort Pierre and $50 feet lowe
than the Sioux at the crossing of tina
stream. On either side of the valley G
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abundance, it has suffered to become
stored there for future use.
Thus it will be seen that, unlike those
sections of the Red river valley or othe r
regions underlaid with a subsoil of hard,
blue clay, through which, in times of
wet, the surplus cannot percolate, and
through which, in times of drouth, the
deep earth moisture strives In vain to
reach the surface, Sphinx county possesses
subsoil infinitely superior and vastly
better adapted for agricultural needs.
CLIMATE.
The climate of the Jim river valley is
subject of great 1nteres as being of q
much milder character than the open
prairie regions of this latitude generally
are. In the first place, located as it is,
especially the southern portion of it, so
much lower than the surrounding cOun-
try, it is not subject to those rapid
transitions from heat TO cold which q
more elevated section experiences. Tho
heavy banks of hills which form its
boundaries effectually screen it from the
severity of those tremendous billiards to
which the mind reverts with terror, and
which are common to the more elevated
districts. Neither does malaria affect
this section. The perfect system of
natural drainage insures the absence of
stagnant water, and the uniform, though
not too severe, wind currents prevent
efectually the accumulation of miasma.
The atmosphere is dry and clear, and
during the winter months of much
higher temperature than any place in
the west of the same latitude. Pulmo-
| m O drcn0coc nd fouorc NJ n dc
are unknown, and under the stimulus
of it's health giving atmosphere the dys-
peptic and ,invalids in general take new
lease of life, and bless the happy inspira-
ton which sent them into the valley of
the Jim.
AS has been already shown, Sphinx
county is well watered. Besides the
beautiful streams and natural springs of
the purest of pure water good wells are
attainable at twenty feet.
PRODUCTIONS.
Splnk county, while favorably circum-
stanced as regards soil and climate fol
the production of wheat and all other
cereals, is especially adapted to sys-
TEN of mixed farming and the raising OF
horses, cattle, sheep and hogs, and fol
dairyiDg. Along the streams the meadow
lands produce from one and half to two
tons of native blue joint grass to the
acre, which contains as much nutrimen,
when converted into hay as the best tame
! grass or clover; while the buffalo or bunch
grass Of the uplands, which frost does
not in the least affect, furnishes the best
pasturage in the world, not alone while
green and succulent, but when it ha,
ceased to grow, and even when the SHOWS
have disappeared in the spring cattle
: feed on it with avidity, and gain aesf
J perceptibly. 1t is estimated 70 contain
as much nutriment per pound, when
cured, as thrashed oats. The entire sur
face of the county, except the blue join
meadows, is covered with this valuabl,
: grass, and until the valley be
. comes thoroughly settled and cul
tivated will prove invaluable TO
/ grazing. The native sod is covere,
everywhere with Wild flowers strewl
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the Jim these coteaus rise up like O solid
wall and mark the bank of the once great
river, which in this latter day has OWN
died into the stream scarce 106 yards wide
that now bears the euph0ncOus name
mentioned. That the entire space be-,
tween the ranges of hills mentioned was
once a vast sheet water, abundant evil
deuce exists from the surface formation
to the deposit of 100 feet below. Float
coal, shale rock, shells and other petrif1-
cations are found all over the valley, and
the soil from the depth Of eighty feet in
its nature and formation indicates the
presence of decomposed vegetable mat
ter, long years ago, buried at this extreme
depth.
SPHINX COUNTY LOCATION.
At the extreme lower end of the val
ley, or at least so far down that there is
scarcely room enough for its southern
end between the hills on either side, is
Sphinx county, D. T. 1t is thlrty-six
miles wide east and west by forty-two
southern border from the foot hills on
the cast into the Missouri coteaus on the
west, which line of hills cut off small
part of the southwest corner.
STREAMS.
Through the center Of the coun-
ty flows the famous Jim riv-
er, while Turtle creek, Timber
Creek, Snake creek and other small
streams fed by numerous springs and fur
nishing the pureSt water, drain and sup
ply the entire county. The surface is de.
lightfully level, broad expanse of prairie
with now and then rise or slight depres-
sion, like the waves of vast ocean at
rest, save as the grand swell of the
earth'S motion or its own current causes
it to rise and fall in smooth and regular
Gndulatious. Unbroken by hill or stone
save where IN the extreme southwest the
valley was too narrow to quite fit IN the
county. Sphinx is as perfect in form and
surface as could well be imagined.
SOIL.
The soil of this county is vegetable
deposit or black loan from Is inches to
4 or feet in depth. Walled in as the
vast body of water which once covered
this valley was by the convergiDg lines Of
hills or coteaus, its sediment, here, at the
point where they so nearly approach eacf
other. became deposited to an unusua
! extent, the force of the current, which
might else have swept this accumulated
richness on southwark to be stranded OF
the famed aliuvial bottom lands of tn,
lower Mississippi or carried into the gulf
being thus broken. To this very natura
cause does this extremely rich distric
owe lis wonderful fertility and depth o
soil. The subsoil of this section deserve
more than passing notice. 1t consist
of light yellow and quite porous clay
entirely free from gravel. 1t absorbs an,
retains moisture like sponge, and unde
extreme and continued surface rain
would permit the surplus moisture, lik
the water poured upon an already we
filled sponge, to pass off into the earth
Into this open subsoil even, do grass @
grain roots penetrate TO draw up tn
needed moisture, and in time of droutf
if such time ever come, will it be foun
to draw, in turn, from deep in the cart
store of water which, in times of il
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north of Yankton, and Is at the present
time the terminus of the Jim river branch
of the Hastings g. Dakota division of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railway.
Passenger trains leaving st. Panl each
week day at 8 a. m, arrive at Ashton the
following morning at 1925 a. m.
WAS PLATED.
1t was plated as town by Charles II.
Prior, of Minneapolis, and contains IN
the original site, forty acres, exclusive of
what was set apart for railroad purposes.
NJ F. Schofeld Is the resident agent for
the town site proper. The town is laid
out alright angles to the road which has a
nearly due north and south course here.
Main street, the center Of the town,
crosses the track north of the depot and
runs due east and west. In addition to
the original town site, 100 acres west and
south of town have just been plated
and placed in the hands of Rogers and
Atwood, and is known as Fowler's addI-
ion to Ashton.
Trains arrived at Ashton for the first
atime October LIST last, and found one
frame building Of very small dimensions
as the on ly indications of town. To-
day, as l stand upon Main street and
look about ME, l can count over 100
buildings, business and residences,
which contains a population of not
less than 400 people. I find the
town to contain q school house,
two good hotels, the Allen house and
Bowman house, a bank, two good news
papers, five general stores, two drug
stores, two hardware stores, two feed
stores, one grocery store, one furniture
store, one millinery store, one restaurant,
three lumber yards, three machinery
halls, three livery, sale and feed stables,
one saloon, one harness shop, one shoe
shop, one butcher shop, one blacksmith
shop, two wagon shops, two law, land
and loan agencies, three lawyers, three
doctors and two preachers. Nearly all of
the business buildings and residences
have been erected since March last, and
both are of very fine class, the residen-
ces being of much better character than
any town of its age in Dakota. The class
of business men who have taken up their
abode at Ashton are such as guarantee q
brilliant future for the town apart from
the grand natural advantages which it
possesses. r.r
They have formed business mems as
SOCldtiOu IOr tuc PURPOSE VI duFduCtuS
the business interests of the town. One
iof the first steps will be to have the town
Incorporated, and also to take such other
measures as will be conducive Of general
public good. !.
LOCAL PAPERS.
The Ashton Bee, George l.. Shoals edi-
tor aud proprietor, neat five column
quarto, and The Sphinx County Herald, a
six.column quarto, A. 3. Rising editor
and proprietor, are both Of them live,
wide awake local papers, and united IN
their efforts to build up model city in
this garden of the valley.
BUILDING.
A school house costing 5000,
to augment the limited capacity
of the one already built, will be
erected the coming season, and two
churches, Methodist and Congrega-
tionalist, are both under way. So it
will be seen at glance that to come to
this young city, as yet hardly aware of
its own existence or importance, is like
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entire length of Sphinx county and to
Ordway. near the center of Brown coun-
ty. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
also entered the valley both north and
south Of Sphinx county, building north
from Mitchell, where their Iowa and
Dakota division reached the river, and
south from Aberdeen on the Hastings &
Dakota division, also traversiDg the en-
tire length of the county parallel to the
other road.
RAPDTTY OF SETTLEMENT.
Sphinx county was organized as such in
1880, and in July last had population
of 40 souls, but from the moment of the
arrival of the cars settlement shot for
ward witha rapidity unknown anywhere.
Towns began to spring up as if BY magic,
and at present it is . very safe estimate
that puts the population at 5000. As an
instance which will show how great the
rush for these splendid lands has been, q
man located in February last three and a
half miles beyond any other settler,
and built his cabin where none other was
in sight. Returning with his family just
four weeks later he stood in his cabin
door and counted eighty-tw claim shan
ties in sight. In 1881 the assessed valu-
alton of Sphinx county was csc, 0OO-1S82
places it at $500, 600. In addition to the
natural advantages Of soil and climate
the fact that no settler can be located
further off from railroad built OF build
ing than twenty miles, insures near
and even competitive market. The class
of people thus far locating are nearly all
Americans Of the better sort, as is mani
tested by the fact of their having already
twenty one organized school districts in
the county, twelve of which have either
built or are building school
houses and also that the coun-
ty is we'll differed by COM
petent and honest men whose admin
istration of county matters has been such
as to render county securities desirable
and taken at once by its citizens.
NO RAILROAD LAND.
Another desirable feature about this
county is that not one acre OF railroad
land exists in the county, and all but the
two sections in each township set apart
for school endowment is open for settle
ment or taken under the homestead,
prescription or timber culture acts
Although there is large amount thus
liable to entry, should person prefer
location nese the lines of road, claims
improved or otherwise can be pur-
chased at from "a to 81 per
acre, much less than. railroad lands
elsewhere, and on every quarter section
in the county one is sure of q good well
of water at an average depth Of 20 feet
From the many points of superiority
named, / am certain that Sphinx county
is sure to become IN the future one of the
most wealthy and populous countiesin
Dakota, and now turn from the consid-
GRAFTON Of the county to that OF its prin-
cipal town and future county seat.
!. ASHTON.
This, the chief point of interest and
the only place of moment in the county,
occupies q beautiful spot of ground
on the west bank of the Jim
river at about the geographical
centre of the county, and exactly on the
same parallel rs degrees) as st. Paul,
Just 300 miles west of that metropolis. 1t
is 140 miles south Of jamestown and $50