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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-09
OHANCHRY NOTICES.

4, W PRIDDY AND W. ". DUNLAP, PART
~. ncrs trading rs rrddy " Dunlap, VINO sue
on behalf OF themselves and all other creditors OF
way lion Company, ID. l.. Despard, w S. Pole,
II. &. Bingham. Alexander Bowman and James
Bow e9Sm,po,.ing the firm Of A. Bowman \
ison, j. X. Greene, j. A. Jamison, W. j. Dill.
worth: Henry Dressler. j. u. Kirk, {. W. Gala.
Improvement Company, w s. Gooch, w. E..
Meador, II. p. Lake. b. D. Downey r. H. Gray.
YIN; L'lrsiord. J.; W Boyd, J; C. Maupin, J. IL.
Shank. j. Allen Watts, E. j. Reed, j. NJ. Trout,
Featherstone Rush U. Dcrr, W. P. Moomaw, d..
9: Moomaw, Thomas Lewis A. j. banks, j. r.
Ellis and g. T.. Ellis, partners tracing as Hills
Bros; T. II. Tanner, James NJ. Watts, VI. Agnes
White, Il; j. Watts, George $, Jack, McH. Booth,
Woodward, partners trading as Nicholas ~
Woodward; John IL Davis, G. L. Carter, $. A.
Gompcrt, John w; Gilmore, Wlmoth u CO., j.
H. Featherstonc, William p; Dupuy, N. a. White,
j. II. IlnEtcr. W. =. Camp. j. p. Lcfbettcr, w. A.
Carr and d. A. CARRIER. dere ndants.
In Chancery.
The above named cOmpaintlnts and de-
PENDANTS will please take notice tina, pursuant to
q decree OF reference entered on the j2ih day OF
Roanoke, Va, in the above cause in ciIanccrv
depending therein, the undersigned, to whom
this, cause was referred as special commissioner
III chancery by said court for that purpose. has
fixed upon TIE lST DAY OF JULY 1sg3 Ar .
O'CLOCK A. NJ. OF that day. NJ the time and his
law office, Roanoke city, Va, us the place 10
take. state, settle and report to said court ~ di
rcctcd by said decree. the following accounts and
Inquiries:
81. An account showing all of the assets OF the
Midway Iron Company OF whatever character
they may he, real estate, personal property,
chooses In action, patcnt rights or otherwise
2: An account showing the debts OF the
PLANTING, together with any other debts against
the said Midway Iron Company, showing therein
the dignties and priortics OF ssid debts ~ liens
on Its real estate, il any; also showing the time
when the debts were contracted.
3. An account showing who are now and who
have been the subscribers or stockholders OF the
Midway Iron Company, and what amount each
OF said stockholders or subscribers have paid on
account OF their stock subscription to the
stock of said company.
4. An account showing what amount each
subscriber or holder OF stock in said Midway
Iron Company il now due on account thereof.
5. An account showing what would I've Il rea.
sonahe attorney fec 10 lie paid the plaintiffs in
this cause.
q. Any other account not specially stated that
may be deemed pertinent by the commissioner
or required by any proper party 10 be stated.
Ana III from any cause said inquiries he not
hegnn on the day above named, or begun and not
completed, the same will be continued from dav
10 day, or time to time, al the place until all
OF SAID inquiries are ascertaiDcd al Il completed
Given uLdcr my hand rs special commissioner
III chancery OF the Hastings Court OF the city OF
Roanoke, Va this the second day OF June. lSa3
ID. 5. GOOD. Special Commissioner
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VIRGINIA NOTES.

A blue carrier pigeon. marked 1000,
having note attached stating that the
bird had stopped at Bear Lithia Springs,
Va, been cared for w. X. Compton and
started on it's way again, came to the
house of j. b. Enders, Berryville, Va,
Thursday. Mr.. Enders attached a
similar note TO the pigeon aDd, after
caring for it, turned It loose. In about
one and half hours time it returned
to his house and Is now in his possess
sion.
Collector Gilkeson. Of the West Vir-
GINA internal revenue, has announced
the following additional appointments:
For deputy in the Charleston division,
comprising the counties OF Boone,
Kanawha and Clay, Mr.. Sam Stevenson,
OF Clay; for stamp deputy at Martins
burg, s. s. Eichelberger, of Berkeley,
aud for gaugers at the same place,
Messrs. FL. c. Berry and G.. c. p. Stevens,
both OF Berkeley county, and William
&. Butler, of Jefferson.
The County Record, the chief emo.
cratic organ OF Shenandoah county, pub
lished by r. FL. Martin, has suspended
publication, owing to lack of support.
AS heretofore stated the Upperville
colt show will be held on Thursday, the
18th inst. The club will give dinner
for the benefit of the Confederate
soldiers buried in the Upperville Gene
terry.
The circuit court of Frederick county
convened Thursday, Judge Robert w.
Turner presiding. While the docket is
not lengthy one several very import ant
cases will be tried this term.
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TRUSTEES BALES.

by VIRTUE OF DEED OFTRG ST, DATED
~ the 18th day OF October. 1891, and recorded i'm
Tie clerks office OF the Hastings Court for n e
CITY Oh ROANOKE, executed to Inc by 4. +. Jami
son TO secure the Roanoke Gas and Water Com.
pany the payment OF the sum of 81, 300 PAYABLE
every four monthe, with interest at per cent. on
each payable every four months, said install.
ments being evidenced by negotiable notes and
default having been made In the payment OF the
sst three or said instamcnts, an0 having been
required by the beneficiary under said deed 80 In
90; VIII On MONDAY. THE 10TH DAY OF
JULY, 1893, AT - O'CLOCK NJ, either in person
or by attorney, oer for sale Mt public auction to
the highest bidder, i'll front of the courthouse for
the city or Roanoke, all those two certain parcels
or tracts OF land lying in the city OF Roanoke
state OF virginia, in that part thereof known az
Gainsborough, that were conveyed 10 the Roa-
nokc Gas and Water Company by L. H. Terry snd
MaryS $. Terry his wife. by deed dated 13th De-
ccmper. 1880, and recorded in the clerks office of
the Hastings Court for the city OF Roanoke Vir.
ginia. in deed book %. page !, special reference
being hereby made to said deed as parI hereof
for Il more particular description of said land
excepting and reserving however, that certain lot
that was conveyed by the sand koanokc Gas and
Water Company to a. +. BrooSs and j. f. Cooper
by decd dated July lith 1s9l and designated and
described n follows:
Beginning AT point on tho north side of
GainshOrough avenue and nj tho sonlhWes, cor.
ner OF property dccdei by +. H. Terry TO the Roa-
nokc Gas and Water Company, thence along
Gainsborough avenue north siXty-tvc degrees
breath feet to point. thence north twcnty-threc
degrees ten minutes west si2ty-four and thirty
nvc one hnndredth> feet To- point, thence south
sixty-fye degrees thirty.n,c minutes west thirty
and one one huudrcdth feet to n post corner of
fence, tHcrce along the westerly hoUutsry OF
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One of the most remarkable legal
papers on file in the archives of the
world is now in the national museum
Of Paris, labeled: Sentence on a hoe.
executed by Justice, in the copyhold of
,larmont-Avin. and strangled upon a
gibbet at that place" 1t is sealed
with red wax, kept under glass case,
bears date .Inne II, 1404, and reads as
follows: so " We, the Jury. i'm
detestation and horror of this crime.
and i'll order to make an example. and
to satisfy justice, have declared.
judged, sentenced, pronounced and
appointed that the said hog, now de-
tanned in the abbey as a prisoner,
shall by the eXecutioncr be hung and
Btrangled on a gibbet, near the gal
lows which is within the jurisdiction
of the monks whose names are hereto
appended, near the copyhold of Avin
In witness OF which we have sealed
this present with our seals" Follow
ing the above are the signatures of the
jurors and the project of the depart
ment dc l'Ainse.
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TRUSTEES SALE-BY VIRTUE OF 4 DEED
or trust dated the 26th da OF March $50
and recorded In the clerks office OF the CITY or
Rosnoke in deed nook "a. page IA from Lidia
Becton ana X: T. Becton, Der husband, Bette w
Bee'on and Chas. Beeiop, her husband re- ,hc
unaersiSncd trustee for the purpose OF securing
to the hoanoke Bnile ing Association and Invest.
m u, company. the sum OF Sl,s'a TO become due
IN monthly ins'al ments OF SEA each with inter.
esI, default having been made in the pay.
ment Oh Twelve or said notes and being so re.
CURED by the beneficiary under said trust deed
shail proceed to sell Ut The front door of the
courthouse OF the city OF Roanoke At IL ID
OCLOCk T.: NJ. ON THE 1ST DAY OF July
1873. the following described property situated
In Tue city or Roanoke. Va.
beginning At point on the south side OF West
harrison street 40 feet cast OF Seventh street H. w
thence south 10 degrees ~ minutes west $50 feet
TO an alley thence with said alley south "a de-
Srees ~ minutes east 40 feet to a point theme
north 10 degrees "a minutes east $50 fcrt IN
Harrison street. thence with the same north ~
degrees III minutes west a. feet To the place OF
beginning, designated rs lot No , in section 10
on the map OF Rogers. Fairfax u Houston addi
ton to the city of Roanoke
TERMS OF SALE: Cash ~ to the SIM of
SOD ant, as to the sum OF $l,W6 upon or, dit to
become due in monthly instsimcnts OF S22 with
interest upon each from the Goth dav of March
ISM, ana IL IL residue upon crcCit a, ono and
TWO years. with interest from day of sale De.
tcrred pn! mcnts to he evidenced by tho notes OF
the purchaser and secured by decd OF trust unon
the premises conveyed L. ii cork Ef
I'll tbs. r.rnstc,
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TRUSTEES SALES.

RY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST sxE.
Scu.ea 90 me by W. II. Horton on the SOL n
gay OF April, 1881, whereby he conveyed the prop
cry hereinafter described in trast to scenic
al. 81. Rogers, Henry Fairfax and T. j. Houston
Tustee' inc payment of the sum OF Sl27 81 pava
oie IN Two equal annual instruments Of S6S 6s
eacn' WIN interest thereon AT the rate of six ner
cent: per annum, payable annually. said nav
ments eelng evidenced by negotiable notes Of
even GATE with said deed, and default having been
mauc IN the payment of said instalncnts wJth
interest thereon as aforesaid, and having hren
tIequireo ~ the beneficiary under said deed so To
JULY lS,3. AT TWELVE O'CLOCK NJ orer for
SAFE AT pubic auction 20 the highest bidder. in
'front.' OF the courthouse in the city OF Roanoke
virginia all that certain lot or parcel OF land
SITUATED IN the city of Roanoke. Virginia. and
SHOWN asslot NO. II, Section 6, ss shown bv the
map OF the property of Fogers, Fairfax X Hon.
Ton on hlc i'll the clerks office OF the Rustinrs
.ourt Tor the city OF Roanoke, Virginia bciug
inc same property conveyed TO the said w. III.
horton by decd bearing date April Aith 1891
TENNIS; Cash as to enough to dcfrav the e,.
penees OF executing this trust, Including trus
"T -, eolssion o. legal per centum and to pay
OH tne Instruments now in default tc getber with
the interest there rs aforesaid and the bal
ance, II any payable in two equal instruments
evioehced by negotiable interest bearing notes
anu 81 cured ny deed OF tiust upon the uro erty
cold. payable in six and twelve months from date
% y Jus u. ALLEN WATTS. trustee
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TRUSTEES SALE.-BY VIRTUE OP A GER.
Il tain deed OF trnsi, dated the 3lst day OF
March. 1870, and recorded on the clerks Office OF
the city OF Roanoke. in deed book ~, page lS3
from Ellen j. Rodruck to the undersigned truy
tee for the purpose OF securing to the Roanoke
Building Association and Investment COMPANY
instalments OF S20.0S each with interest from
date. And default having been made in the pay.
ment OF eleven OF said notes, and being directed
so 10 do by the beneficiary In the said decd OF
irust, Will ohcr for sale. at public auction, AT
tue 'front.' door OF the courthouse. of The city OF
Roanoke, ON TIE lST DAY OF JULY. 1895
Al l22O L. NJ, the following described propert
situated III the city OF Roanoke:
beginning M point on tho forth side of Bull
litt street feet west of belmont boulevard
thence north ID degrees 25 minutes II seconds
west 10 lect 10 an alley. thence with said alley
south ~ degrees - minutes ~ seconds west 10
icet 10 point. thence south - degrees - min.
ntcs - seconds cast l2O feet TO, Iiullitt street
thence with Bulltt street north - degrees a
minutes 10 seconds east 30 feet To the place OF he
snuing, and known ~ lot - section Is ~
shown by the map OF the Belmont addition to the
city Of Roanoke.
TERMS OF SAIL Cash ~ To the costs OF
safe ana the sum of S2iS2, and ~ To the sum OF
gus 30 upon a credit, To become due in monthly
instruments OF $50 Us each with interest from the
3l-t day or March, 1880. and 10 the res duc II
any, upon credit OF one and two years from day
or sale deferred payments to he evidenced hy
inc hotcs OF the purchaser, secured by deed Of
trust upon the PREMISES conveyed
t'ltis Il. 4. SCOTT, Trustee
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by VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRIIsT
- dated September 18th, 1870 executed TO me
as trustee by Leonard Clarke 10 secure TO The
Roanoke Land and Improvement Company the
payment OF the snm OF 81 ,?31 50 payable i'm three
equal ANIMAL instalments OF $412 80 with Interest
on each payable annually. and default having
been made in the payment o, a portion or the
second or said instruments falling due OH the
18th or September. 1892, and the interest thereon
from the 9TH of July, lSga. fthc first and last OF
said instalmcnts with interest having been mid
III nun ana having been required so TO do by the
beneficiary under said deed. will either in pcr
son or by attorney, ON MONDAY. THE III II
DAY OF JULY ls!p. AT 10 NJ. oircr for sale M
pubic auction 10 the highest bidder all that Ger
IAN parcel OF land lying III the city OF Roanoke
a ana nescrthed AZ follows, to wit;
Beslnhln. NJ the northeast rner OF Gregory
ana Wood streets. thence with Wood street north
e"ccrrcs e'-' M iect TO Nadist II street, thence
Wan Madison street south : degrees cast 100 feet
10 u iolnt thence south degree west -? feet 10
gregory street. thence with same north - de
frees west lCO feet 10 tho beginning, containing
2u.tol square feet, more or lcs-, and known a.
OTIS 333 and 33i ward l.
TERMS: Cash rs to enough 10 pay the cost of
GNecnt NC this trust and to pay TO the Roanoke
Land ana Improvement Company the sum OF
f2h.is, with interest thereon from the 9TH day ot
'uly' is'2, and trustees commission OF , pcr
cent ana the residue, il any. In two equal in
stalmcht> nj six and twelve months from date OF
snIe; deferred payments to nc evidenced by ncgo-
uAn!e notes bearing per cent. inicrcs, and
sccnEed hy decd OF trust upon the property Solt
o'tus JOS. |. DORIAN, Trustee.
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TRus1TEh's sALE,-py VIRTUE OF

T'Ru STEE'S SALE.-BI VIRTUE OF \
\ deed OF trust dated tho 18th day of October
1874 nd recorded in dc ed book 81 page no in the
clerk o'icc OF the corporation court for the CITY
OF Kohnoke Va. from Annie {. McNams ra nd,
husband 10 the undersigned trustee, default hav.
ing been made in the terms thereof and bcinr
s sl so TO do by The beneficiary therein
iSS, AT II O'CLOCK NOON, ON the pr. misses
IN the city OF Roanoke olrer for sale the follow
ing described parcel OF land with the improve
ments thereon, consistin. of u dwelling housc:
Fronting abont 60 feet On the north side of
Wells street between Trout and Henry streets
aud running back I3) feet, more or irss' TO nm
alley abutting thereon 81 feet, more or less.
known as lot J, in section |, according to the
map OF Rogers. Fairfax " Houston addition tn
the city or Roanoke, Va.
TERMS OF SALE: Ca.h as to the costs of
sale and the sum OF $3j3.6o. and as to the sum
or S3,5'9 to become due in monthly instalmeni.
or 81? each, without interest ON the Fourth
Monday In July and each successive month there.
after and the residue. II any, upon credit or one
anu two wears with interest, deferred payments
to be secured by deed OF trust.
2tds. W. +. WINCH, Trustee
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E'Rt STEE'S SALE OF HYDE PARK LOTS-
AZ trustee in n deed executed on the 9th dsy
OF March, lS'W. by l.. q Pcdipo and j. k Reich =
ardt 10 me and recorded in the clerks office OF
thc iiustings Court of the city OF Roanoke Va
III ueed book ~ page ia1, to secure to the n ydc
iark Land Company the sum OF 81 100 IA evi-
uenccu by three negotiable notes dated Mnrch ~
iS" ana payable nj one, two ana three ycars
AFTER uate, with interest from date, and default
having pecn made In the payment OF Nil or said
thtcc notes and the accrued interest thereon aud
ncihS required 80 IN do by the holder OF the
salu notes: will, ON TIE 2iIll DAY UFJUNE.
iSt Al ~ NJ. oircr for sale by public auction in
'front.' or the courthouse in the city OF Roanoke
VA, the following described real estate:
beeinnlIS at the northeast corner OF Oakland
avenue ana Seventeenth street, thence with Oak
lantl avenue south is degrees Is minutes clst
~" lect To sixteenth street, thence with Six
tccnth street north II degrees u minutes cast
:'S.' feet to Bucna Visa avenue thence vim
Bucna Vista avenue north ~ degrees west 100 "a
Icct 10 seventeenth street, thence with LATTER
sonth u degrees 10 minutes west lS5 feet TO the
beginning, known a. lots one To eight Inclusive
IN section ~ Us shown hy the man of the II yte
Pork Land Company.
TERMS: Cash enough to paw expenses az
executing TINS trust, including a commission of
per cent TO the trustee and to pay the said three
notes OF $40 each and accrued interest and : to
Tue residue, II any, upon such terms ~ me said
L. & Pcdigo and j. +. Rcichardt shalt direct
ana III ease or failure upon their part to rive
such direction upon a credit q. six mouths. The
purchaser 10 give bond with security for tue said
residue. and toeNccute n deed OF trust on thci
sold 10 secure the me.
OF tds . GRIFFIN, Tru tee.
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RY VIRTUE OF DEED OF TRUST Exs.

II Virtue OF DEED OF TRUST Exc.
- cuted to me. dated the Goth OF NAV, 1890 by
lanes Baylise and Sila, his WIFE, to secure 10
0f sr. Ehaanneey Savage the payment OF q bosd
y! oAmes bayliss and payable five years after
u,'c' win interest thereon from ste at the rate
or o per centum per annum payable eemi .aunu,
any, ana default having been made in the in
S.slment OF interest falling due ON the 9Oth nf
November, 1872, and the whole debt therein
having In accord ,nce with the term of said
beneficiary therein so to do will offer for X, 10
the highest bidder, at public auction in ,roni ~
M. W Se9nrthogse OF the city of Roanoke. Va, ON
a NJ -, a. The 18TH DAY OF JUNE. iSa3.
ot iAno, with the new hotel building thereon
erected, known rs the Continental IIotel In the
saia CITY OF Roanoke. bounded and described as
Dssinning at point or the south side OF Rail
t .oaa avenue . feet east from Jefferson street,
s dsenss along said avenue south 81
corner. thence south ~ degrees Is ,n; IU
west 1CO feet to corner thence nortb
81 degrees IS minutes west SO feet to a cnrner
y, ,nehcc north degrees IS minutes east II feet
and known as lots Nos. 10 and IL, ward 3. beinS
tue same iots that were conveyed TO said James
bsyhss ny Roanoke Land aud Improvement
company by deed dated August L. 1872 and
Oh .ecord ia the clerks office OF the corporation
court or the city OF Roanoke. deed book 10 oaSc
%. And also all the hotel fixtures, furniture
in the said building or hereafter TO he nlsced Nv
.hc saio ouiluing by the said James Bayliss for
ne purpose or lrt pcrly conducting 1t as a hotel
IN ihhMS: Cash as to one-fourth of the purchase
nual instruments in one. two and three ycsrs
from date or sale with 6per cent interest thereon
sail payments to be evidenced by iuterest-bcar-
,,non nr ,S notes secured by deed OF trust
-, -, RICHARD II. BAKER, JR..
GUS Trustee.
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COURTESY AMONG CHINESE.
Americans Liable to BE Surprised by Con
Ito Manners Among the Poor

Americans Liable to BE Surprised by Con-
Ito Manners Among the Poor.
L The Chinese are, as rule, the most
courteous people have ever come in
contact with, says Arena. When IL is
taken into consideration that the ma
jority of the Chinese who come to this
country belong to the lower or lowest
class, their gentle manners are truly
surprising. have seen parties of we'll
dressed Americans go into their stores.
poke about among the goods, or wan
der into the clubroorn, watch the
games handle the Instruments of the
orchestra, and ask all sorts of uues-
lions concerning them. The intruders
were treated as welcome guests, their
Questions answered and tea, confec-
tions and ciSaretteS offered them on
departure. Fancy the reception which
would be accorded to u party of uni
Identified Chinese who attempted to
take II look through one of our own
fashionable clubs! In the restaurants
their conduct is the same. / imagine
chat II three or four Chinese were to
take il into their heads to dine ut one
Of our uptown restaurants they would
be subjected to many unpleasant re-
marks, probably some insolcncc from
thc walters, and, if they should prove
rs awkward in handling the knife and
.orll rs the average American is with
;he chop#ticllS, would cause consider
ibie merrimcnt among the other guests.
But in Mott street the practice of good
breeding is different. Time and again
have seen some good-naturcd Chinese
Iet his own dinner grow cold, that he
night show some clumsy American
stranger who was struggling with tho
ehopStickS how to use those elusive
but useful implements. 1t is very
simple trick after it is learned. and
one which have often found useful at
other places than ut IL table in Chin
csc restaurant. Once mastered with
couple OF pencils one can improvise
very scrviceablc pair of tongs to pcl,
up Doc or struggling worm. II bit of
not metal or any such small object
"hich one docs not care to touch with
one fingers Tho first stick should
oe hcld riEidly, about three inches
from the lower end, between the ball
Of the second finger, the first Joint of
the thumb and the hand, just below the
knucklc joint of the first finger, very
much, III fact. as Il clumsy schoolboy
holds his pen. The second stick should
be held almost exactly as u good pen
man holds his pen, lightly, between
The ball of the thumb and of the first
hngcr slightly resting along and
stcndicd by that finger, to just between
the second and llnucsle joints Chinese
meats arc all served cut in small
pieces, so rs to be readily eaten with
chopStic!<s, thus materially reducing
the labor of dining.