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TRUSTEES SALE OF yALUABiE REAL ESTATE
No boa ELkNENTh : kkkI MAR PENNSlL-
CHARLES b BAILEY. Trustees
RArcLIFFE, DARR co. Aucuoneers

PEkEMPTQRY sA1E OF VALUABLE BUILDING
b0r On xIHE NORTH SlDE OF : STREEr
BEINkEN llGH TENTH AND NINETEENTH
SHEETS NORTHWEST
On WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER TWEEN
Tl-sICOND, at HALf-PASr FUR O'CLOCk "a.
will sell IL front OF the premises
IOI 81. IN SQUARE 13a
Having mont OF 10 feet the north eide Of sret
between 18th and 18th streets. with dIth OF 100
ieet 20 an alley. An elegant opportunity 10 secure M.
building SIZES In the fashionable quarter.
Terms over and above the two deeds OF trust one
Tor lSOO due January 20. 1891, and one for $500
cue June 1891 both bearing Interest At the OF
per cent per annuml: Cash. A deposit OF 1000 re-
CURED NJ time of Terms TO 10. coiullla ulth IN
hfteen days from the DAY OF sale the rsh; il re-
served 10 resell the property at the risk and cost Of tie
deiauIting purchaser. All cOnyeyaucsng and r,-coFi-
ing al purchasers cost
ol5-d RADCLIFFE DARR A 70 Aur,.
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AZ Napa, Cal. Saturday, Stamboul trosted
against time and lowered his own and Axtslls
record, making mile IN Aux.
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ATTORNEYS,

A NDREW A. LIPsCoMB, ATTORNEY AT LAW
"A date Assistant L. r. District Attorney, second
n0or Kendall Building, opposite City Hail s24-lm
INUGENE +. ARNOLD,
II Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
45s Louisiknasve.
Opposite City hail au21-3m
n 1AhPbELL CARRINGToN, ATToRNFY-ATI1W
- Webster Lsg building. sos st. n W. asuinQ-ton
y. c. Residence. 170l q 81 NV. d22
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II ArcLIFFE. -DAkR a CO.. Aucuoneers.

PEREMPToRY SALE BY AUCTION OF uNrN-
rhoHkD kEL ESTATE on p sTREET BE-
TWEEN TMEN1l-SECOND AND TMFNlY
THIRD STREETS NOR HNEs1.
On THURSDAY AFTERNOON CCTOnF n
TWENTY HIlD, at HALF-pAsT POUR O'CLOCK
we wall sell M front Of the promises
SUI LOTS so. 81, 81 AND :I:I IN SQUARE No 81
each frUnung 1877 feet street and having a
depth Of 80 40 feet 30 9foot alley containing I'M an
TO suit purchasers
Terms 'oNer and above an incumbrance Of 225 90
on each Ot from Sci tember lS.,u, At l. ard 3 years
Win interest Al per Gems Ter annuml cash lepost
OF 100 on each lot AZ time OF sale. Terms stW-
Piled with in ID days the day OF sale or The right
IS Reserved 10 res, the risk and cust 81 the
Ing purchaser purchasers. All Couveyaucing ana
recording at purchaser cost
o15-d - ' hpc,,oD.e-s
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From the Argonaut.
Charles Mathews, one day previous to the
period Of his publicly proclaimed dire bank
ruptcy, invited friend to dine with him. The
walnuts were washed down by some rare East
India sherry
That's delicious wine, )" his friend exclaimed;
'ft must have cost you a lot OF money"
1t didn't cost me anything that / know of, 81
the Eighty comedian answered, with shrug.
s"You had it given to you, then," the friend
suggested.
from Ellis, in Bond street"
but he will charge you something for IL, the
friend exclaimed, in astonishment.
II believe he does write something down in
book" Charles retorted, gravsly; slst's have
another slass. my boy"
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AUCTION SALES.
THIS AFTERNOON.
nUNoANsoN BROS. Auctionesr.

II
1hYs srs SALE s Sg THREE EISE sg1LpESe
kesF On E EACH sfkEf HI af As sSbT' is 3
RI Ssios q DEED s,sn e yin sen
in Fan !. LOIS LOIS 8, "a; AND u, 70: pIoeks 8,
sol. Rgs rsFSFR1.inins about NINE THOUSAND
These are splendidiy situated on Meridian Hill,
being on the highest point overlooking the city They
are situated among the best in that subdivision and
Terms: 0ne-third cash balance one and two years,
notes bear per cent interest. payable seni-an-
trust on premises sold, ali cash at option Of pur-
Snase!: Sonveyancing, SC, ut purchasers cost A
Term. to Be complied with in ten DAYS. otherwise
gnt reserved 70 resell at risk and cost vf
In some newspaper published in washington, DC
olo-dsds HE hE iSS SfkS.s Trustees
tI-.THE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED ON Ac.
DAY, OCTOBER TWENTIETH. 1890. same hour and
GEO. W. sTIcKNEY. AuctiOneef.
PERSEsM Tp SALE OF VERY VALUABLE PROP.
NEST. IMPROVED BY FRAME HOUSE No.
PAY THE sEyESTEhSTH LAY pr OF ocf 70 TX
1880: at FIVE O'CLOCK PM. all of lot numbered
Terms of sale: one-third cash. balance in one and
Win interest at the rate of per centum per
deposit required At time Of sae
will bs resold and cost Of deiaaitins pnrchssef
ol4dSds GEO W. sTlCKNEf. Auctionesr.
ETHE ABOVE SALE is POSTPONED TO MON.
DAY OCTOBER TWENTIETH. same hour and place.
olI-dSds q. W. sTlCkNEY. Auctioneer.
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FUTURE DAYS
VNHOMAS BOWLING, Auctioneer.
SPECIAL CATALOGUE SALE

PRIVATE COLLECTOR OF 81 RARE poRcE1.1Ns.
bRONZES, BhIC:A:BRAC, ARTICLES OF
NlhTU, ANTIQUES, MIRRORS. RICH
- WINDOW DkAPERY, &c
On THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER TWENTY.
THIRD, 1880, at ELEVEN O'CLOCK, at my Art
Caller es lth st. and Penna ave, shall sell Rare
Collection OK the above articles belongn to gentle
man leaving for Europe.
Tie collection will be on view day prior to sale
,a THOMAS DOMLIN6,
Ancfi
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AUCTION SALES.
FurURE DA,s
~ s.O PennsylvAnia ava n y

RArcI1rrE pARR co. Aue,lODe,rs
~ S-V Fennsy4vania ave n.v y.
TRUSTEES SALE or HORSES, nroorrs HAIR.
Mss. PHAErONS kc
lso. q ,Ss l lar. Ef ssS in d aA sSs
pi:,r,Ss o. cSIG@e,. MI e. - pss sac.in
ssyiv.n,s Ave 2 "; ON THUS DAl, ocToBEk TWIN
ff;trhhtf a isse at OH m s 2Sk9
Bar BuG0IEs. ONE PHAETuN wIfR Top one
81 borBLf AID sfNGik AtSNkksIs; s lMs stIs
wHSPs LwkLSf N9bEs TWELVE HALIEKs.
fsntiess in every way and can Iroi INSIDE ~ ,hre:
bar busy. with improvements An % the aioS.
serve THOMAS NJ FIELDS Trn-tes.
ols-d,. RADCLIFFE. DARR CO 3 a AUS ns
nUNCANsoN BROS. Aucuoneers.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
No xSo+ EL III Nl - kkhT MAR PENNslLr
by virtue S q certain eesa o. trust roerasd An
bssre, " g9 los e, , S 81 ths sgd SSs q u:
The secretary Of the Equitable CoVperatiNe building
sale IN front q the premises. on WEDNESDAY. oci4
bkh IMENIl-NlNIH. I $40, 80 fOl Il O'CLOCK T.
coS in square nine hundrea and ninety tour Sa4 a.
pesinning Tor the same foriy-nye ieet t45l south
running thence south forty -four feei 44 thence eat
en- one hundred aud twenty two oslo feet tls2
thence west thirteen 90 feet Il OO) more II
,ess thenee IN northwesiery direction seventy-one
we.t twenty three feet C2S1 thence north two iset
,aa anu Thence west iwentythree feet t23) 90 llth
stIeet east and the ilace OF beeanning
s,n, Que iaira cash. bslance sin. twelve aud
erty per cent pr annaf or ali csh ~ tbe o,sn
y, ue parchaser deposit Of $500 viii he rQuired
piled with Gays after the dAy 81 sale the TrsI
,n, vii re resod At the lsk and coat Of the ds
S S2gsTII r T KsI}Sy rru.,...
olSl62O OF % 2s ~ i-HAo
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MEDICAL. &c.
LID. YOUNG AND MIDDLE AGED.

old. YOUNG AND MIDDLE AGED.
II you suffer from any special nervous disease
pood poison effects OF lnulscertion etc. ETC.
Dr q. h. 1heel, 53S North Fourth St, below Green
LllaleIhla g., stating your aud receive book
'lrlth" explaining how ~ Ket cured ana exposing
Quacks DR. 1heel Is the only Fhy IN the United
etates 10 cure when all others iai
what others advertise. Hours, TO 5. u 10 y. sun
days, to ~ oS-tr
DkofEssIoNAL MASSAGE CAN BE OBTAINED
= with best OF medical reference BY applying sl3
yin ST. NV. O-Slm'
II LAD AND BE wIsE.-DR BROTHERS, sos d ST.
~ sM, appeared before and made that he %
lie Olces Established ExIert kIeclAlIst tLlscity
lno VIII guarantee cure an al diseases 81 men aud
furnish medicine or no charge cOnEuts ton and sd
Vice Tree al any hour OF the aAy. subscribed and
sworn TO before me by DIR. BhOIHEhs. SAMUEL -
MILLS Notary tuDilc az ano IOr Inc district u
COLUMBIA tLis ia day ~ July. 1853. 500 I'm.
ITHAs NEvER BEN CoNTRADICTED THAT
Il Dr. BRoIHEhS is the oldestesta olished sdvertls-
l1g Ladiess Physician in tins city. DR. BhOIHkhs,
sOo b ST. sw. forty-hye years experlence. s2O-lms
M ANHooD REsTUREp BY USING A BOTTLE
ll or two Of Or. BROIHEkS' Ilylsorating Cordial
VIII cure any case OF Nervous Debility. s06 St
e.w. s1O-lms
nR LoBB. 3as \. 18Th sT. PHILAQELPHIA
~ Pa Twenty years experience Send'for book
tsealedD containing full particulars for hOAk CUk
free OF charge. IS
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A Big Alligator Loose on a Steamer


From the St. Louis Globe Democrats Australian News.
There was an exciting scene on board the
steamer Archer when fourteen-foot alligator
broke loose and took charge of the ship At
Normantown the alligator was shipped in a
strong box provided with iron bars OH the top
and placed in charge of three men. The rep
tile was ON its way to Melbourne for exhibi-
ton. At o'clock on the morning Of the I'd
ultimo, while the steamer was ON her way to
Cooktown, the alligator broke the iron bars of
his cage and got out of his box. The box was
on deck about five feet from the door Of the
captains cabin, which is forward under the
bsidse. Capt. Monroe, happening to be- in at
the time. with his door open. has every reason
to congratulate himself on having failed to
catch the eye OF the hungry sduriau. Perhaps
thinking to take the water on his own account,
the alligator ran across the forehatch toward
the rail. On the way, however, he failed to
notice that one of the matches had been left
on, and the next minute he found himself fall
ing to the lower deck, drop of nine feet His
surprise and horror were as nothing to that
OF fireman who. sitting ON the lower deck near
the galley, suddenly realized that fourteen feet
of alligator had dropped from the deck above
almost on top of him. The alligator was too
much astonished to be able to tackle a raw fire.
man at that moment, and he started on q tour
OF discovery, leaving the man to his own re-
sources. Then all hands were turned out, pas
sengers included, to catch the brute. A croco-
die hunt has rarely taken place under such ex-
citing circumstances, but it was hopeless
case for the reptile, and after rushing about In
all directions tor about an hour and a half he
was secured, to the great relief Of oil on board
without having hurt any one.
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DO 9th ct. ".
hAIClltFE, DARK CO.. Aucts. o. eokdi
NHOMAS DOWNING, Auctont

CONTRACTORS SALE OF SEVEN GOOD YOUNG
MULES AND THREE HORSLS
On TUESDAY. OCTOBER TWENTY FIRST 1890
dIEN O'CLOCK AM. in front of my salesrooms
will sell for contractor
Fine Young Mules.
3 Fine Youra Horses
VIII work anywhere and all in rood condition One
Of the horses will he found TO be q fne driver
THOMAS DOWNING,
cfalI-a
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TAoAAs BOWLING. Aucnoneer
SPECIAL IMPORTATION

On TUESDAY, OCTOBER TWENTY FIRST. 1850
~ INELNE O'CLOCK, at my auction rooms shall
Sen acohslgnnent OF Hyacinths Croc, Iulips.
elssus &c. seats provided for those a.tendlng the
SAFE As the time il approaching the planting of
pubs parties interested should take advantage OF
al -
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Boulanger and Nine. x


1t Is now an open secret that the Mime. Z
OF the "Byways of Boulangerism, whose iden-
tity was for long a subject Of curious specula-
ton, is Nine. de Bonnie Main, who inherited
not very long ago sum Of $780, 900 francs in
which, however, she is said to have only life
interest Hence 1t is obvious that it is she who
provides the luxury of st. Brelade's villa.
In appearance Nine. de Bonne- Main is a wo-
man OF thirty-five or thirty-six years. a little
inclined to stoutness, becomingly and some
what ella borately dressed butwith certain air
OF the grande dame about her. The whole
ground-foor suite Of apartments, too. at the
villa is furnished in excellent taste and bears
evident signs of the hand Of a woman of the
world In Its arrangement During the first
months OF the generals tenure of Office he led
the fast life Of a gay bachelor Suddenly, and
for the first time he fell under the destinations
OF clever femme du monde of good social
position, and according to all accounts has re-
manned her devoted slave ever since. After
the Boulanger-Flouquet duel it was Mme de
Bonne-M Main. not Mme Boulanger, who hurried
to the bedside of the wounded soldier and
nursed him through his days of convalescence,
and this proof of affection naturally famed the
flame Of the generals passion.
Thus once more the old saying of "cherchez
la femme" has proved itself true, and the for
tunes OF France have once again been largely
dependent on the accidents of Illicit love 1t
is not too much to suppose that the fear of
separation from Nine. de Boune-Main WAS a
most powerful factor in the generals decision
fatal to his cHreer-to flee into exile rather
than face the verdict of q court of law
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II ATCLlFFE, DARR / CO.. Aucuoneers.
~ go Penn ave. NV.

ADMINISTRATORS SALE OF WALNUT FOLD
ING BED. SECRETARY SHAPE, AND COLI NJ
BlA fAPEhT BICYCLE AT AUCTION.
BY virtue OF an order of the supreme Court of the
District of Columbus, hoding special term for pro-
bate buslness, will sell on TUESDAY MORNING.
OCTOBER TWENTY-tIRST, 1890 at EN- O'CIUCK
II the auction rooms Of Ratclife, barr a Co g5O pa
ave NV the articles mentioned above, and to which
invite attention. THoS HTFnE
ol7-3t Administrator Of Est 81 Ih,, n L.a,s,,.r
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rNkISTEE,s SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
Il REAL ESTATE, NUMBER 445 NJ STREET
NORTHWEST IN WAsHINGTo'. CRY

Under decree Of the Supreme Court District Of
Soiulnbla, passed IN equity No. l2 GAG (Cham-
pm vs. watsonI wil sell at public auction
THURSDAY the SIXTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER.
1880, at HALF FOUR O'CLOCK p. NJ in front
OF the said premises art of Lot numb nine CO. in
Square numbered f We hundred thirteen Is b. par
ncularly described in said suit and having front of
twenty COO feet on NJ street north aud running
back one hundred and eight IlOSD and eight and
one-haIf tS1s) inches anu being improved b. a two
n
Terms OF sale: One-third cash and onethird in one
year ana one-thro IN two years with interest from
DAY OF sale or all cash If desired. deposit 800
VIII be required on day Of SALE Terms he complied
with II nfteen days. and all conveyancin al the
cost Of the purchaser.
JOB BARNARD. Trustee
RADCLIFFE. DARR CO.. Aucts. %. eoSds
THE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED on AC-
eopnt OF the rain until TUESDAY. OCTOBER
TWENTY-FIRST. 1890. same hour and place.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-01-17
Letter from Richmond.

Correspondence of the ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE.
RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 16.-To.day the
Senate passed the bill extending the Time
for the construction of the Falls Church
and Potomac Railroad. The corpora
tors in the company live In Fairfax and AL
eXandria counties and Georgetown.
A bill has been introduced in both
branches of the General Assembly giving
additional powers to county court judges
but there is no hope of such q bill becoming
a law at this session of the Legislature. 1t
will certainly not pass the Senate. One
reason why is that to give additional powers
would mean additional pay, and the law
makers think this is no time to increase
salaries however deserving the case mag be.
The case in the Supreme Court IN which
Gen. MeeD, OF Shenandoah, aud MT. hal
DuIany, Of FaHquier, are interested, involv'
Ing the construction OF the usury statute, i5
attracting much attention. The caee was
argued yesterday and to-day, and the law
yers interested are Judge r.. Q. Burks,
Holmes Conrad. James 3. Brooks and At"
torney General Scott.
Judge Keith, Of the Circuit Court OF Al
exandria, Judge D. A. Grimsley, OF Cui-
paper, and Major Smith Turner, of Front
Royal, are in the city. Judge Keith end
Msjor Turner were members of the hi5l
Legislature held after the war and they have
met others who were also members of that
body and have since their arrival In Rich
mond had some pleasant chats about the
past. 80,
The Chesapeake and Ohio railway bills
have reached the Senate. 1t is expected
that the same fight will be made in that
body that was made in the House. viz: to
force the road to touch Fredericksburg. 1t
Is thought thst the Senate will not locate
any definite point in the charter, but will
allow the company to build the road where
1t best suits them, It may be we'll to add
that these or ether bills will give the
Chesapeake ardOaio q northern connection,
and hence Alexandria is largely interested
In their passage.
Every body familiar with the proceedings
OF this General Assembly must be impressed
with the number of charters that are being
granted to build railroads, end the charac'
ter of the men named as corporators. They
represent more capital than the corporators
in the charters that are ordinarily granted.
Ia fact, nearly all the schemes presented In
this Legislature have the backing OF solid
business men. B. P. o.
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Telegraphic Brevities.

Mayor Grant, of New York, the morniDg
settled the question Of the commissionership
of the street cleaning department by sp
pointing Horace LOOMS to the po,itibn.
Jacob Ettlnger, a conductor on the North
ern Central Railroad, was run owe. at Union
Station, Baltimore, this morning both legs
we're cut of. He died on the way to the
hospital.
Gen. Raum, Commissioner of Pensions,
has requested the removal from efice of
Henry a. Phillips, chief of the middle d.
Vision in the Pension Bureau. Mr. Phil.
lips pension was rersted and increased or
April 23d last, during Corporal Tanners
! administration.
Constable Morgan, of Scranton, who holds tho
warrant for the arrest of Mr.. Powderly, writes
that the officials at scottdalo have Obstructed him
in his proceedings against Mr.. Powde. : and the
other conspiritors.
4 terrible wreck occurred on the Kansas City,
Fort Scott and Memphis road, thrso II les east Of
Mansfield, Mo yesterday evening. na engine
of a freight train left the track carrying Eve load
ed cars with it. The fireman WAS killed aid tho
engineer and two brskemen badly injured,
Peter Henderson, the head of the well.known
seed house in New York, died of la grippe this
morning at his home in Jersey City.
The u. S. 8. Alliance was put In commission at
the Norfolk navy yard yesterday.
Jas. Kennard, better known as tn "st. Paul
Kid" defeated Reddy Strauss, Of Bufa'o, ins
fight to the finish, at Buffalo. N. Y, this morning
Jay Westinghouse, brother of the inventor
died in Schenectady, N. Y today.
Rev. Father sestinc, the astronomer, died To-.
day at the Frederick, Md %novitiate.
The Maryland house of delegates to-day passed
the senate resolution to lease the Chesapeake aud
Ohio Canal.
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N IA Va
FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY IT.

In LITTER to the Manufacturers ne
cord OF Baltimore, Senator Vest refutes the
northern republican ISLANDERS upon the oou'n
with his Characteristic cleverness. he seys
that. according to the Records sh%owing,tnere
ia not In the history of the world a progress
40 marvellous as that of the southern people
since the war, and when we consider The cir
cumstances which have environed the South
aimee the war, the increase OF material
wealth Is without q parallel in the his
tory of nations. If the charges made by
the partisan press Of the North be true
that the southern people are systemati
cally engaged 10 expressing the negro, and
that they spend their days in schemlng Tor
that purpose and their nights in murder and
intimidation, then they are beyond question
he most remarkable race OF people VINO
have existed upon the face of the earth. Ii
these charges we're true it would follow tnat
the southern people are able to violate all
the Laws which properly govern social and
economic conditions, and. at the same time,
attain a degree of prosperity which amazea
the world. -
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FOREIGN News.

LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE funeral Of Marshal
Lord Napier of Magdaia will take place at
st. Paul's cathedral on Tuesday,
LONDON, Jan. l7.-Mr. Christopher Rics
Mansel Talbot, liberal member of the House
Of Commons for Glamorgsnshlre is dead.
He was the oldest member of the House Of
Commons. having sat for the county unin'
%terruptedly for sixty years.
VIENNA, Jan. 1.-THE German.Czach
conference held in this city have succeeded
in reconciling all the differences between
the Czschs and Germans in Bohemia.
PARIS. Jan. 17.-Portugal has complained
to Prince Bismarck that Great Britain has
violated the Berlin treaty. She therefore
asks that a conference be %convoked.
MADR1p, Jan. 1.-THE proposed public
meeting to be held in this city on Sunday,
by republicans for the purpose Of express
ing sympathy with the Portuguese in their
dispute with England has been abandoned.
L1sEoN, Jan. 1.-THE English residents
Of this city who have been victims OF the
public animosity occasioned by the attitude
OF England toward Portugal, propose to ap'
point 8 deputation to wait on Lord Salisbury
to urge that Great Britain adopt a more
conciliat ry policy. The feeling to-
ward England ia very bitter. Many Eoglish
employees of Portuguese houses have been
discharged.
LONDON, Jan. 17.-Irhuenza in a severe
form prevails among the officers and crews
of the American squadron in the Mediter-
ranean. There are $50 cases of the disease
Oh board the Chicago alone.
PoTsDAM, n. Y. Jan. 17.-Six stores on
Market street were destroyed by fire this
morning. TIE loss on buildings and con-
tents is estimated at $40, 900; insurance
S190 900.
DENVER, Col, Jan. IA FIRE broke out
last night in the Merchants Publishing
Company's building, and many occupants
of rooms had narrow escapes. The loss will
be heavy.