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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-15

By OuarIcs 4 McCurdy,
Real Estate Auctionecrs and Brokcrs'
1912 Main street.
COM MISSIONARIES sALEOF TIE ID


COMMISSIONERS sALEOF THE DE.
~ sIRABLE SUBURBAN FARM OF LIE LIE
IATF SAMUEL SUTHERLAND. SITUATED
On THE CRAIGTON ROAD, ABOUT on M
MILE EAST OF TIE CITY OF RICHSiOND
AIJOININCr THE LANDS OF MEssk-. JOIN
n. DAVIS .tWOODVILLE), HECkLER. MI !,
OTHERS. AND CONTAINING SIX ACREs Ok
LAND. UPON WHICH
THERE Is ABOUT 1000 FRUIT TREES MrD
A VINEYARD OF OVER 1900 VINES, ASIA
RAGUs BEDS, NICE DWELLING, &c.
Belvin In the Circuit Court OF the county OF
re. Benrico, decree Of 12ih March,
sutherland 1888.
In pursuance Of the aforementioned decree IN
s.Id suIt the undersigned, appointed special COM
missione. thereby, will offer for sale, upon the pre-
mlses, on
MONDAY, MARCH 20. 1888.
nj x o'clock T.. NJ, the desirable home above men,
TONED. The improvements consist OF nice frame
dwelling two stories high. with hall through the
centre stable and all necessary out-bulldings. Inc
land lies well and Is well watered. The orchard
cops ~ of apple. peach pear. and other trees ms
a fruiy one OF he most desirable suburban homes
near lie city, and should command ut ention.
TERMS: Cash rs to cost aud expenses OF sale una
of suit and suffcencv 10 pay on note Tor ZVu'
with interest from 18th March, 1852; balance
upou credit OF six. twelve. ana eighteen non'hs'
the purchaser 10 give notes bearing legal ,neres'
and the title To said property retained un tne en-
tire purchase money Is paid and conveyance Or
dered by the Court. "A, VI. hEiih., nn,
NH Ia SPECIAL Commissioner.
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A UCTION SALE OF a VALUABLE
"a HOUSE AND LOT IN THE CITY or MAN
CHESTER. NA.-By virtue Of a deed of trust from
Thomas l.. CT iibornc and wife To the undersigned
dated January 2S. 1882 and recorded in the
clerks Office Of the Hastings Court for The city OF
Manchester. ID. b. vol. 4, page 15f, default having
been made in the payment Of the notes therein Sc
cured, 1T the request Of the holder of said notes
shall sell at public auction. on the premises, on
TUESDAY, MARCH 30. 1883.
NJ O'Clock l.. W.. that VERY DESIRABLE
HOUSE AND LOT situated ut the corner of Flew
enth and Decatur streets. Manchester, Va. The
lot fronts lob feet on Decatur street and back
parallel with Eleventh street 1919 feet. The house
Is two-siory frame dwelling, containing four
rooms and halls.
This property, being located In one Of the health
lest and most desirable portions Of the city, should
attract the attention of all parties desiring 10 In
vest In real estate.
TERMS: Cash sufficient TO pay of the said two
notes Of $3.50 each and interest from the 2Sth Of
January, 1888. and costs attending this sale; the
terms for the balance will be made known al sale.
a. l.. AID >MSON. Trustee.
SAMPSON & ADAMsoN, Auctloneers. NH Is
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FREIGHT.

FREIGHT.
Freight received daily for Norfolk, Portsmouth
Smithned, and Hampton. Washington, ID. C.;
NewberB, Washington, and Tarboro', n. c., and
all points I'm Eastern North Carolina; also, for
Eastern shore of Virginia. Old Point. and all regu-
lar landings on James river, at LOWEST RATES,
and through bills issued. l.. B. TATUM,
IN 30 SUPERINTENDENT.
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AT regular pistenRtT trilns SOD Al bon MT.
PULLMAN-CAR SERVICE
on Train so. New York aud Atlanta rfd " ASH
ingtOa aud Danville.
ON Train 52-Richmond aud Danyille, ana
Washington aud Augusta.
Tickets sold % all points south, southeast, al
southwest. and baggage checked through.
Nolay-Oyer checks given en- local tickets.
VI. SLAUGHTER,
General Passenger Agent.
SOL HAAS. Trafhc Manager.
A. a. H. TAICOTT tirneral Manager. inh 2
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NH IL
| TRUSTEE'S SALE OF FURNITURE,
| Il &C. AT TIE CAPITOL HOTEL. ON

TRUSTEE'S SALE OF FURNITUR RE,
FRANKLiN SHEET NEAR TWEsIFTH
STREET.-liy virtue Of deed of trust, dated No
yember Z. 1881. from Leander Fafrarl TO the UNI
dersigned Il substitute trustee, and recorded IN
the clerks office Of the Chancery Court of the city
of Acknowledging having been made m the
paynsnt Of all the money therein secured. and n
certain amount sin due-and the beneficiary in
said deed of trust having requested that sale should
be made Of the Personal PROPERTY there
by conveyed, will sell, by public auction. for
cash. on the premises Franklin street near Twelfth
street, at the Capitol Hotel, on
TUESDAY. MARCH 90. 1888,
commencing at IL O'Clock A. VI. of that d,y. the
Personal PROPERTY enumerated in said
deed of trust consisting of
BEER-PuMP. BOILER. and GAUGE;
| AlR-PUMP and HOSE.
| ElGHT-DAY CLOCK.
is WOOD-SEAT CHAIRS,
u ROUND aud POKER TABLES,
l COMMISSION LARGE HEATING
STOVE. Small. STOVE. l ICE-BON, l MIR
ROR. BOTTLES and GLASSWARE: BED
sTEADS, MATTRESSES, holsters, and Pill
COMFORTS, l BUREAU, WAsHsTAND, IA
Of MARBLE-T0P CHAMBER FURNITURE,
H. {. 6. ZIMMERMAN, Trustee.
NH 1i.15l6.l7.20-5t
by William Goldsmith, Auctioneer,
1914 Main street.
IMPORTERS STOCK OF
i GOLD and SILVER WATCHES.
DIAMONDS. JEWELEY, &C..
at my auctiOn-rooms. 1914 Main street. on
FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 10TH,
at 10Y O'Clock, very large stock of
GOLD and SILVER WATCHES,
DIAMONDS. JEWELRY,
FINE SlLVER-PLATED WARE, sc.
The stock Is irst-clss, and to be sold regardless
of cost. sale will continue day and evening until
the stock j. closed. Every article warranted.
WILLIAM GOLDSMITH, AucilOneer.
MARCY FOUNTAIN. Salesman. NH l3
by +, u. Cook, Auctoneer,
"a Ninth street.
I ARGE SALE OF CHOICE FRUIT
IL TREES, GRAPE-yINES, ASPARAGUS
ROOTS, &C, AT AUCTION.-On
THURSDAY, MARCH 22D,
at o O'Clock, viii commence selling as above a
very large assortment of choice
FRIIT-TREES.
GRAPE-NlNES. and
ASPARAGUS ROOTS.
from the wcll-kuOwn nursery Ot Aicssis. }. Via K
son. who are removing TO another place. IL IS
enough 10 say that the above assortment T. grown
here and recommended by Il firm Of such reputa-
ton.
To he sold In lots TO suit large and small buyers.
SALE POSITIVE.
TERMS: Cash. T.. r. COOK,
NH l4,l5,1S.2l&22 Auctioneer.
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Leave
RIcbm0'dl 2:45 L. NJ. 4:3O A. NJ. 600 y. ".
Arrive al
WtPoIntI 300 r. H. $50 A. y.I q:35 i. VI.

Passenger trains connect at West Point Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays with steamers Tor
Baltimore and the North. 49,
Freight trans leaving Richmond al 4:3o A. "a
and 500 L. VI. will have passenger-toscbes at
tached.
Train No. A connects AT Bnrkevilie with for-
folk and Western railroad for farms'lie, byi Gu
burg, and all southwestern points. ,,.
Train No. 80 (through passenger stops ~ All s.a
lions, connecting at sutheriiR's with MILTON rhu
sutherlin Narrow-taugc railroad tor M,Iton, a.
Greensboro for all points ON Norm CaroIna NV,
sion and Salem Branch; at Atlsnfa Tor Al po,n.s
south and Southwesi; ~ salisbury for all points
on Western North Carolina railroad.
Train No. So Through passenger snd insli( Stops
al An stations connecting at Suiheriin WIN siI-
ton and sulherlin Narrow-,auee raiiroad Tor
Milton; at Greensboro for ~ points ON SaIsin
Branch: al Charlotte with Charlotte, COLUMBIA
an Augusta railroad for Columbia, Augusta,
Sa-aI nah, and Florida points. ,,,-,,
Trains from the south arrive ~ nlcnnV1u ~
West Poin. at 10:20 a. VI. Passenger, aud s;oo
y. NJ and 1910 T.. NJ. iFreightJ
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Bevin In the Circuit Court Of the county Of
re- BenrIco, decree Of 12ih March,
sutherland. 1888.
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MONDAY. MARCH 20. 1888.

In pursuance Of the aforementioned decree IN
s.id srIt the undersigned, appointed special COM
mssiones thereby, Will offer for sale, upon the pre-
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nv onarles 4 McCurdy,
WHAT VERY DEsIRABLY.LOCATE

Real Estate Agents. Auct.oneers, ana brohers'
1912 Main street.
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YORK RIVER LINE.

Pase'r daily Freight dat weight daily
exct SUNDAY llyex. sund'y ev. sunday.
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The CONSERVATION an Owl Made
Clerland Leader.


The action of the Washington monument
Is watched most carefully and Its every move
ment registered. Two plummets are sus.
pended in its inside, one from q height of
260 feet, and the other from height of $50
feet. The movements Of these are COM
pared many times day. The movement of
one should be about one and one-half times
that Of the other, II there were no irregular
internal movement on the part of the street
ufe. But the register shows that the move
ment 10 irregular In both direction and In
size. Sometimes the plummets move In
opposite directions and sometimes in the
same, Sometimes the top moves little,
but Its whole sway since the foundation was
strengthened has been only one quarter Of
IN inch. All Of these movements are very
slight, and some of them can only be de-
tected with microscope. The longer plum
met line Is encased In wooden box, to pre-
vent the atmosphere having any feet upon
II, and since The finding that the spiders had
once drawn the lineout of the perpendIcu-
lar, careful investigation 10 made daily, TO
see thai the lines are not Influenced by out
side causes. Once, when great consterna-
tion was caused by the irregularity Of the
line. It was found that an owl was perched on
the top Of the line. It was caught, killed,
stuffed, and presented TO Mrs. Hayes, and II
y now probably on exhibition q Fremont.
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WHOLE NO. 734
WHY WE LAUGH.

There is one great composer left-mor.
phine.
Kind words are like bald heads: they can
never dye.
Cry ofthe trade dollar "I want to go home.
want see Par"
The mule is apt to be behind in his bus:-
ness.-Boston Commercial Bulletin.
The "crusbed strawberry" nose will be
fashionably worn by yachtsmen this sum
mer.
There are people malicious enough to say
that the rest which Jay Gould wants is the
rest of the railroads.
Never walk on the railroad tracks. Engi-
neers hate TO have their locomotives all
mussed up-Ph,ld. Ne,cs.
It takes ahout thirteen minutes TO lead an
elephant on tram, while it takes twenty
for any kind of a woman to kiss her friends
goodbye and lose the check for her trunk
"why don't that engine start ?" "On ac-
count of a dafunct dog" "How can a dog
stop it?" II don't know, only the engineer
said it was on a dead scenter. ."-Chicd9o
Cheek.
"Pepi, how did you get along in school
today " Badly; papa the lsy,9 teacher gave me
whole mouthful."-Fiiegende Biatter.
GLOW much did you pay for your new
dress" asked Mrs. Smith. eight cents n
yard; they asked ten cents" "Why, said
Mrs. Smith sit is Just like mine, isn't it.
But did better than you. They asked me
eighteen cents, and got it for twelve cents.
got off more than you did."-Boston Tran
script.
While the Legislature was in session we
wrote an Item to the effect that Austin con-
tanned forty.five drinking saloons, but the
intelligent compositor made us say that
which was really only about fourth of the
real number. Fortunately we detected the
error in time to prevent the capital city of
texas from being Misrepresentation
Sftings
He" May call you Revenge??' She
"Why?" He" Because revenge is so
sweet" See" Certainly you may, provided
however, you will let me call you Ven
geance." He--"And why would you call me
Vengeance ?" She" Because vengeance is
mine" And she became his in a few months
after.
A playwright has introduced Il buzz.saw
into his new play as an element of danger.
All the unnecessary characters are supposed
to "monkey" with it before the curtain drops
on the last act. The villain of the play, we
suspect, sits upon the engine of destruction
and becomes split ticket, as 1t were, from
A to lizard. This realism on the stage will
not stop until the introduction of a servant
girl, n can of kerosene oil and kitchen fire
--NorTistOWn Herald.
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Dillon Tribune. Juln 2lst.


The selection Of delegates to the Consti-
tutinnal Convention of Montana, which is
to meet at Hleena next winter, has not, as
yet attracted the attention of the people Of
the Territory. The Constitution to be frarn-
ed by the Convention, will be subject to dis
cussion before adoption, which will give the
people thorough opportunity to discuss IL
and determine It's merits. The selection of
delegates, 1t is presumed, will not be exciting
for the reasons that politics will be unknown
in making a choice. Important questions
are likely 70 come before the Convention
and the delegates chosen should be sound
men. II Is quietly limited that the principal
struggle In the Convention will be on the
formation of what Is termed "a Railroad
Cons.itutionr-that Is, constitution drafted
In the railroad interest. II Is well that the
people be awakened In time to meet an issue
intelligently. That time Is before the selec-
tion of delegates. IL may ha too early to
discuss the question, but II is not premature
TO direct the attention Of the people 10 It.
II has been suggested that meeting be call.
ed 81 Dillon for the purpose Of calling 9
mass convention Of the county to nominate
delegates to be elected In November. Thia
would seem to be the best means Of getting
fair representation and expression Of the
people Of Beaverhead connty. The sugges-
tion Is timely, and should be acted ON with
out delay By calling meeting ct the Court
House Of all citixsDa lnearesssd.
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Illustrated Correspondence Ne,c North Vest
Cincinnatus Hiner Miller, better known
as Joaquin Miller, was born in the Wabash
district Of Indiana, Nov. 10th, 1s41.
At thirteen years of age, he removed with
his parents to Oregon. He then attempted
mining, and lived an adventurous life in
California. He served with Walker, in
Nicaragua, and afterwards lived among the
Indians. In 1860, he began to study law,
and upon the breaking out of the war, pub
lished Democratic paper at Eugene City,
Oregon, in which his expressions of opinion
were of so rank character that the authori-
ties suppressed it for disloyalty. A strong
individuality marked the man at this time
as possessing more than ordinary ability in
certain directions, and a few published
efforts, written in strongly imaginative
style, won for him the name, 'Poet of the
Sierras." In 1864, his attention was attract
ed by series of graceful verses in the West.
ern papers which bore the signature of
"Minnie MYRTLE" whose real name was
Miss Minnie Theresa Dyer. He determined
to meet her, and soon obtaining her address,
called upon her, and after three days
acquaintance, they were married. Domestic
trouble soon became the order of the day
and in 1870, they were divorced.
From 1866 to 1870 he was County Judge
of Grant Co.
He went to England in 1871, and published
a volume Of poems called, Songs of the
Slerras, portion of which had already been
published under the same name in the
United States.
His efforts met with better success in Eng
land than they had done in America
and from this time forward his publica-
tIons met with ready sale. He Is a
most eccentric man and for many years
his long hair, red shirt, unpublished boots and
tramplike appearance were source Of
much comment. After his divorce from his
Pacific coast wife he married into the Leland
family, of hotel fame. 1t is claimed that
the fortune he had accumulated from the
successful sale of his books, was lost o. Wall
StTceJ, anu Luc ldCb tudJ nc bO'uht WOEhb lUuB
and well at ordinary newspaper work, for
moderate pay, leads to belief in the report.
He works as cleverly as ever both in rhyme
and prose, and his hair aHd clothing have
been toned down until to-day he walks
Broadway unnoticed, save by those who
know him.
His work has the easy flow Of natural
and original writer and his poems are full of
fire, yigor and enthusiasm. They abound in
unusual similes and metaphors which at
times are almost wierd In their quaintness
of expression.
His situations are exceedingly dramatic,
especially in the "Songs of Italy," one of
the most popular of his works.
Despite his eccentricity, he Is congenial
and entertaining person; of fine mind, worthy
of even wider recognition than he has re-
ceived. Occasional columns in the N. Y.
papers fiom his pen, where prose and rhyme
are intermingled, bear witness to the good
sense which he unites to lofty and pictur-
esque imagination.
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OLD IPSWICH TOWN.

love to think of old Ipswich Town,
Old Ipswich Town in the East countree,
Whence, on the tide, you can float down
Through the long, salt grass, TO the waiiing
sea,
Where the Maytower drifted off the bar,
Sea-worn and weary, long years ago,
And dared not enter, but sailed away
Till she landed her boats in Plymouth Bay.
I love to think of old Ipswich Town,
Where whItefield preached in the church
on the hill,
Driving ont the Devil till he leaped down
From the steeple's top, where they show
YOU still,
Imbedded deep in the sold rock,
The ind eIible print of his cloven hoof,
And tell you the Devil has never shown
Face or hoof since that day in the honest
town.
love to think Of old Ipswich Town,
Where they shut up the witches until the
day
When they should be roasted so thoroughly
brown
In Salem Village, twelve miles away;
They've moved IL off for a stable now,
But there are the holes where the stout Jail
stood,
And, NJ night. they say. that over the holes
You can see the ghost of Goody Coles.
love 10 think of old Ipswich Town;
That house TO your right rod or more,
Where the stern old elm trees seem to frown
If you peer too hard through the open
door,
Sheltered the regiciie Judges three,
When the royal Sheriffs were after them.
And queer old viIlager once / met,
Who says In the cellar they're living yet.
love to think Of old Ipswich Town;
Harry Main-you have heard the tale
lived there;
He blasphemed God, SO they put him down
With an iron shovel at Ipswich Bar;
They chained him there for a athousand years,
As the sea rolls up to shovel 1t back;
So when the sea cries the goodwives say,
"Harry Main e owls at his work to-day"
love 70 think of old Ipswich Town;
There's graveyard up on the old High
street,
Where ten generations are looking down
On the one that is toiling at their feet;
Where the stones stand shoulder to shoulder,
like troops
Drawn up to receive cavalry charge.
And graves have been dug in graves, till the
sod
Is the mold of good men gone to God.
] love TO think Of old Ipswich Town,
Old Ipswich Town in the East countree,
Whence, on the tide, you can float down
Through the long, salt grass to the wailing
sea,
And lie all day on the CLASSY beach,
And learn the lesson the green waves
teach
Till at sunset, from surf and seaweed brown,
You are pulling back 10 Ipswich Town.
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AN OLD TALE.
ELLA WHEELER,

Starved-starved-starv
Yetqueen of the feast was she,
And Iiveried servants ebony hands
Proffered the fruits of tropical lands
To her on bended knee;
Yet horrible hunger night and day
Was gnawIng her life and her strength away.
Dying-dying of thirst!
Tho at her lightest will
The costliest wines like water flowed,
Foamed in the crystal, and cleaned and
glowed,
But left her thirstier still;
And she felt that the fruit and the wine were
Curst,
For she starved with hunger and checked
with thirst.
Many n suitor wooed
For she was passing fair;
Fortunes were proffered, and jewels bought,
And challenges given, and duels fought;
But what did my lady care?
For she wasted her love and she gave her
heart
To one who haughtily stood apart.
She thirsted for one fond look
She starved for kiss denied;
But he cared no more for her smile or blush
Than the glacier cares for the red-roie bush ;
And she pined away and died.
And true hearts mourned her many year,
While the man she died for shed not tear.
IT'S ever the way of the foolish fair
To dia fnr the one who does not care.
Chicago Tribune.
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PAYING PENSIONS.
A Drain Of $500 n Minute Made Upon the
Government.
From a WASHINGTON Lette

From Washington Letter.
The number of pensioners on the rolls
now aggregates about 800, 1000, the work hav-
Ing been pushed forward with great rapidity
during the past year. If 1t were not for
this pension business" said a Treasury off,
cial recently. "we should make a much
larger showing of reduction In the national
debt. Sixty OF seventy millions year is a
terrible drain on the treasury"
"Yet it goes right out among the people
and is put into circulation again, is It not?"
"Yes, suppose 1t is all right. OF course
shese men and women are entitled 10 all
they get. God knows it is little enough in
comparison to what each one suffered, yet
when sit here and see 1t going ou: In great
bundles, million after million of dollars, a
comfortable fortune for one man going out
every hour of the day, il seems rather tough.
Why, just think of 1t. For every hour of one
business day the year round there Is paid out
s25, 900 or $50, ,o08, or nearly $500 minute
that is, counting 1t our working hours, of
course. It goes In great lots-several mill
| ions at a time-and then our debt reduction
for that month drops down, down, so that,
instead of s15,O00,O00 a month, 1t is only
$, 100000. Yet l suppose we shouldn't be-
grudge the poor fellows or their families
what they get where they are justly entitled
| TO IL, for beside the fact that they have
earned 1t q thousand times over, it is merely
hod nf inp ha int eir In
tion again And 1t is we'll distributed, / can
tell you. 1t goes to 100000 persons in all
parts of the country, In small and frequent
payments, and as a rule is paid out by them
nearly as soon as they receive it. So it is
put into general circulate on nearly as soon
as It leaves the treasury"
"What amount has this government paid
out for pensions since its existence ?"
Something over 500, 100000. The pay
ment of pensions has been going on, you
know, ever since the organization Of the
government. An act promising pensions to
those disabled in the War of Independence
was passed by the Continental Congr ess Au-
gust 1G, 17T6, less than two months after the
Declaration of Independence, and from l7s0
to 1901 the payments on account Of pensions
were S175,000 In 1902 they were over $780,
600. From that date to 1916 they were not
above 100000, except in 1905 and 1908, ant
in 1908 they dropped down to $4,000. In
1916 they jumped to S1SS,000, and have
never been below that since. From 1919 TO
1854 they averaged nearly two millions
year, only dropping below one million year
six times. In 1854 the effect of the late civil
war was felt, and they went up to about five
millions. Next year they were sixteen
millions, the next about the same, then
twenty millions, then about twenty-aIght
millions, and so they ram al about that until
| the arrears Of pension act doubled and
trebled the sum, and now the payments
reach over sixty millions year and still in
creasing."