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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-09
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COMMISSIONERS SALE OF VAL.
liable business property in the city of
Roanol;e.-liy virtue of II decree entered
on the 9TH day of October, 1896 by the
circuit court of the city of Roanoke in
the chanccry cause therein pending under
the style of James :. Groves, trustee. vs..
: W. Jamison, trustee, ct. ais, the un-
dersigned who was appointed special
commissioner for that purpose. will, on
TUESDAY,, TIE 2DTH DAN OF DE
CENIBER, 1886 in front of the court
house in the city OF Roanoke. ut II o'clock
NJ. offer for sale ut public auction. TO the
highest bidder, the two following describ-
ed parcels Of land situated in said city
and dcscrihed ms follows.
First parcel. beginning at il point on
the north side of Campbell avenue 1917
feet west of Jefferson street; thence north
, degrees east 81 IL feet TO /; point,
thence north 81 cgrees 10 minutes west
~ feet to Il pDint, thence south , degrees
west - IL feet TO a point on Campbell
avenue. thence with said avcn;ie south 81
degrees 10 minutes east 20 feet to place
of beginning
Second parcel Beginning ut point
on the south side of Salem avenue 1857
feet west of Jefferson street, thence south
, degrees west 725 feet to point,
thence north IS degrees west 10 feet.
thence north , degrees east 81 % feet 10
Salem avenue, thence with Salem avenue
south IS degrees east - feet to place of
beginning
Upon each OF he above described par.
GELS of land valuable improvements have
been erected.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-09
THOS. !. KIRKpATRICK,
CHAS. VI. BLACKBOARD,
II I'd Trustees.
THE COMMONWEALTH or vIR

THE COMMONWEALTH or yIR-
GINA:
To the sergeant of the city of Roanoke,
Greeting:
We command you to summon the West
Roanoke Land Company. IL corporation
chartered under the laws OF Virginia. to
appear ut the clerk 5 Office of orr circuit
court of the city of Roanoke. Mt the
courthouse thereof at the rules to he
holden Tor said court, on the third Mon
day i'll December neXt,to answer Jacob Nj.
Trout who sues for the benefit of Laura
y. Trout and Bette i. Trout. of Il plea of
debt on bond for 81, "a % with interest
thereon at the rate of per cent. per
annum from August 4, 1892 until pay
mcnt. Damage $50; and have then there
this writ
Witness, 5. :. Brooke. clerk of our said
court Mt the courthouse. the 2Sth dav of
November, 1896, and in the lalst year OF
the commonwealth.
5. S. BROOKE, Clerh.
In the clerks Office Of tine circuit court
fer the city of Roanoke, November IS,
1896.
Jacob NJ. Trout for etc, VS.. West Roa-
noke Land Company, corporations In
debt.
Affidavit having been made and fled
that said corporation has no agent in the
city of Roanoke wherein is commenced
the said suit of Jacob NJ Trout for etc.
against said West Roanoke Land Com
pany,and that there is no other person in
said city or corporation on whom there
can bc service of process against said
company. 1t is ordered that said process
he published once IL week for four success
size weeks in the Roanoke Daily Times
newspaper published in the city of Roa-
nokc, State of Nrginia
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-09
JOHN f. PECK, AUCTIoNEER.


Trustees Sale of Valuable Roanoke
City Property. undersigned, trus-
tees under deed of trust executed upon
the 10Th day of November, 1890, and re-
corded in the clerks Office of Roanoke
corporation court, deed book so, page
l2G, from c. Markley and wife, to secure
debt to the Maryland Life Insurance
Company. of Baltimore, and at the writ
ten request of the said beneficiary, will
sell at public auction on the premises, on
THURSDAY. THE 18TH DAY OF DE-
GENDER, 1896, at 10 o'clock II. III. the
following real estate conveyed in said
deed:
y house and lot in said city of Roam
oke, situated on the north side of Camp
bell street, two hundred feet east of
Jefferson street, now occupied by Catogni
BROS. as II grocery store, etc
TERMS Cash as to -. Isl 10, with in
terest from November 10, 1896, and a
sum sufficient to pay the costs of execut-
ing this trust and the unpaid ;axes on
said property. As TO the residue. on such
terms rs the said Markley, or his assignee
or vendce, may direct, and in default Of
such direction, then on u credit of six,
twelve and eighteen months. with inter
est from date.
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Ln&aL NOTICES.

tions, then on n credit Of six, twelve an
eighteen months, with interest from date.
THOS. j. KIRKPATRICK and
CHAS. NJ. BLACKBOARD,
10 ids Trustees
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-09
Chase Your Dollars

Into II house. You have right
d & to II little piece of this earth--you
>. may have it if you will take it.
The money you spend for cigars
T.. for-eh-soda water-if saved,
would buy house in II short
time. Then you'll be safe. In
the storms of adversely you'll have
something to float you until sunny
weather comes again. 1t will
always be there. to stand between
you and the cold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-11
AMERICAN BLOOD IN A PRINCE.
His Grandmother Was n New Jersey
SchOOlmn'nm.

His Grandmother Was n New Jersey
SchOOlmn'nm.
From the New York World.
There was American blood in the veins
of young Prince Louis Napoleon Murat, who
has just succumbed to fever while serving as
orderly officer to Gen. Duchesnse, the COM
mander-in-chief of the French expedition in
Madagascar. For his grandfather, Prince
Lucien Murat after having Tilted King
Joseph Bonaparte's daughter, Princess
Charlotte. married that young ladys hand
some governess, Miss Fraser of Philadel-
phia. This of course entailed a quarrel with
the ex-king, who at the time was living at
BordeLtown, N. j., and the newly married
couple were left to their own devices the
first eighteen years of their married life
being full of strange vicissitudes, their chill
dren being born amid downright want and
something akin to starvation. Thus they
were in such straits for money that Prince
Lucien was actually forced to accept en-
ployment as the driver of a milk wagon in
Trenton, while his wife eked out a scanty
subsistence as a schoolma am.
OF course. the coup detat at Paris and the
ascent of Napoleon to the throne changed
all this, and on Prince Lucien's return tC
France with his American wife he was graf
flied with the title of prince and granted q
handsome allowance by the emperor OF
/ is three children one is the Duchess de
Mouchy, who for so many years was tn,
chief friend and confidante of Empires.
Eugene Another was Prince Joachim Mu
rat formerly general in the French army
and who was engaged for time to Mis-.
Caldwell of Washington, while the third
Prince Achille, famous for the duel which
while = young lieutenant of hussars, h
fought at Marseilles with the colonel Of hi
regiment, the Marquis de Galliffet married
a lovely and wealthy Armenian of the il
lustrious family of Dadian, who brough
him vast estates in Russia.
Prince Achlle, who had been born in New
Jersey, and who. like his brother and sister
| spoke French with an American accent
| committed suicide a few months ago Will
| in Russia, and his young son, who held
| commission of sublieutenant in the twenty
| fifth regiment of French dragons, has nov
| followed him to the grave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-11

breathing. Prof. Van Wagner, whose
lungs were weak, suffered worse than the
rest of u.s. but he kept right on making his
scientific notes. and to all appearances was
enjoying himself as much as he had ever
dcEe in his life. Montgomery sat quiet,
having grown tired of cussin' the professor,
and not having anything to occupy his
mind. I turned around to look over the
side when the hilt of my revolver, which
was in my hip pocket caught In the wicker
work of the car, and gave me an idea.
"'See here. Montgomery 1 said, I cal
let the gas out Of this balloon. but We'll have
to take the risk of its escaping so fast that
we shall land in almost as much of hurry
as we will when the thing bursts
eth take the chances says Montgom-
cry. If you let cut the gas We shall have a
chance even If it is a slim one; but If
you don't let it out we're as dead as Julius
Caesar
"What do you say. professor I said,
for 1 didn't want to act rashly.
Certainly says the professor. BY all
means try your experiment, colonel, though
we reach an elevation Of $1,000 feet, which
| will be greater than any one else ever at
| tained.'
Were high enough says Montgomery
| 1 amt pining to get among the angels just
| yet. Terry firmly is good enough for me-
"'All right says l, and l drew my re-
| volver and fired at the aluminium globe
| OF course, the bullet went through it as II
| 1t was paper, making one hole where II
| went in and another where 1t came out
| This gave the gas the choice of two ways
| of escaping, ard it took them both.
! 'In the course Of the next five minutes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-11

as Judge, and when the morning came we
found we were about GEO feet above the
earth, and that we had drifted out of sight
of New Berlinopolisville.
Van Wagner was in high spirits, and
began wringing out his coat and putting it
on again. All of a sudden he sings out
something which 1 didn't quite understand,
not being familiar with scientific terms.
and at the same time the balloon began to
mount up again.
What has that blasted scientific idiot
dropped overheard now? yells Montgom-
"T happened to drop my purse out of
my coat pocket says Van Wagner, but
that is no excuse for your Objectionable
language
-"I knew it, says Montgomery. Now
we are done for; the sun will be out pres
emily, and then the gas will expand.
Colonel I'm sorry you're in this scrape
but I'm glad you're not a family man.
1T did look middling scary. We sailed
slowly upwards till the sun had warmed
up the aluminium globe, and then we trav-
eled straight up at pace that couldn't
fail to bring up to 10000 10000 feet
before noun. There was only one way of
making the balloon descend, and that was
by letting out the gas. There being, how
ever, no escape valve we couldn't let out
gas. and it didn't seem if there was any
possible way for us to escape. l will say
this for Montgomery and the professor,
that they both showed that they were
brave men. Montgomery cusSed Van Wag-
ener, and science generally, but that was
natural under the circumstances. Van
WAGNER sat quietly on the bottom of the
car watching the barometer and making
entries in his notebook. which he said
would be of immense value to science in
case they should be found. Neither of the
| men flinched a particle, though they knew
that in all probability they would in course
of time have a clean fall of say 10000 feet
| OF the two / was more sorry for Mont
! gomery than for the professor, for he didn't
| have the love of science 10 sustain him
| which the professor had.
I'VE went up and up. The gas expanded
| with the heat of the sun and flowed over
| into the rubber bag, as Van Wagner ha5
| meant it should. and when this happened
| we about doubled our pace. We lost sigh
| of the earth by 8 o'clock in the morning
| and by II o'clock the air had grown Sc
| thin that we began to have difficulty IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-11
DUCKS CAUGHT IN DRIFT NETS.
A Method Which is Bound to Result
In Large Catch.

n Methou h1ch Is Bound to Result
In u Large Catch.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Large numbers Of ducks unmarked by
shot or bullets are sold in the markets ev-
cry day by fishermen. The impression has
always prevailed that the binds were trap
ped and SO they are, but not in the ashton
that one might suppose. They are taken
by chance i'll drift nets out in tie bay while
the fishermen are busily gathering IN the
finny Inhabitants of the deep.
Any one who has visited the fisherme en- s
wharf Gould not but take an interest in the
gear spread out TO dry. The most peculiar
looking net Is what is known as the "tren-
el-mesh. 1t consists of three nets, the
largest having meSheS about eight inches
in diameter and the smallest two or three
inches. The nets ere placed in the water
overlapping each other, the smallest drift
ing in front. Small fish in plunging about
in the small mesh net tumble through the
larger meshes of the big net and become
securely entanGled in the pocket thus
formed. Ducks very often have the same
fate. The net drifts down upon a flock
feeding in shallow water, and as they dive
for food they become entangled in the
smaller nets and are held secure until taken
out by the owner of the net.
| In this way hundreds of ducks are bagged
and sold in the markets every day The
| easiest place to take them is in San Pablo
bay. where the water is shallow. Since the
| opening of the game season many fisher
| men have done a profitable business ir
ducks taken in this way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-11
HER CHECK WAS A CINDER.
There Was Enough Left for Identfh-
cation and She Got Her Money.
From the San Francisco Bulletin

There Was Enough Lett Tor l0ennn.
cation and She Got Her Money.
From the San Francisco Bulletin.
Many curious stories have been told con-
corning bank checks. Some of these relate
to the largest drawn and others to The
smallest One of the largest checks ever
drawn in this city was at the time that
the capital Of the Nevada bank was in
creased from 100000 to s10.OO0,O00. This
check was bv Flood & OBrien for s5.O00,-
| 600 AS to the extreme, checks have been
drawn to the value of single cent. Other
stories relate to the circuit made by checks
before they are finally taken up and de-
stroyed. Some of these migrations have
covered different states and hundreds of
miles. In these journeys checks have gone
over ground several times. Checks are
| wonderful money savers; that is, they save
! the handling Of vast sums of money every
| day. They also serve to minimize the loss
| of money from mistakes, theftS, or other
| causes.
But one of the greatest curiosit;es in the
check line has just come to light in this
| city. A lady brought it to the Bank of
| California to be cashed. 1t was in a paper
box and had to be handled very carefully,
for it was in two pieces and both were
| burnt to crisp. There was not deciphar-
able word on either piece. The lady said
| the BITS of crisp paper represented a check
for $l25. which she had received in a letter
| The check, she said, was drawn by the ma
| tional bank of D. o. Mills Of Sacramento
| She had removed the letter from the en-
velope and had thrown the envelope on
| some live coal in the CRATE. Upon reading
! the letter she found a reference TO an in
| closure of check for the sum named, and
| turned to the fire in the crate with sore
! disappointment The fire HAD done it's work
| The crisp paper lay on the Goals. She care
| fully removed the same placed it in box
! and hurried to the Bank Of California to &c,
| the money before the pieces were further
! crumbled.
| After listening to the story the officers OF
| the bank made careful examination of the
| burnt paper; and by the aid of powerful
| glasses they were able to make out por.
| items of woris from the pen impressions
made on the paper. There were enough OF
/ these lines left to show that ELLA had
| been written, and part of the word ''hun-
| dred" was also made out, with two or three
| letters of the name of the bank. These dis
| coveries correspondent with the story of the
| lady, and the bank officers then commune
| Gated the circumstances to the nationa
| bank of ID. o. Mills & Co. of Sacramento
| and asked for duplicate check in behalf
of the lady. This was forwarded and the
money was paid. The circumstance dig
proved the charge about the curiosity Of
| women. Had there been more curiosity
! about The Enclosure of the envelope tht
| trouble would have been avoiied The prac
| tical application of the story is to be care
| full that what you throw into the fire has
| no further value for you.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-11
A DROP OF WATER.
Pictures Taken of q Splash Show q
Beautiful Process.

4 u
Beautiful Process.
From knowledge.
Prof Worthing.on has been studying
curious phenomenon for twenty years. The
splash of drop occurs in the twinkling Of
an eye; yet 1t is an exquisitely regulated
phenomenon, ard one which very happily
illustrates some of the fundamental prop
critics of fluid The problem which Prof.
to les a drop of definite size fall from a
fixed height in comparative darkness on to
a surface and to illuminate i; by flash
of exceedingly short duration at any de-
sired stage, so as to exclude ali the stages
previous and subsequent to those thus
lcCted. The mum arouS illustrations in the
volume testify 10 the accuracy aud beauty
of his work. The curious results OF the
splash OF drop of mercury from a height
of three inches upon a smooth glass plate
are particularly interesting. Very soon after
the first moment of impact minute rays
are shot out in all directions on the surface
with marvellous regularity. From the ends
of these minute droplets of liquid split off.
The liquid subsidies in the middle, and af
terward flows into a ring. The ring then
divides in such a manner as to join up the
rays in pairs Thereafter the whole con-
trs cts, till the liquid rises in the center, so
as to form the beginning of the rebound
of the drop from the plate. Immediately
the drops at the ends of the arms now
break Off, while the central mass rises in a
into drops. He photographed no fewer
than thirty successive stages of the splash
within the twentieth of second, SO that
the average interval between them was
about the siX-hundreth of second. Re-
ms rkable are the splashes of water drops
falling about sixteen inches into milk. but
mere beautiful are the dome forms when
the height is fifty-two inches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-11
His Honor Has His Joke,


FROM the chic; go lnter-Ocean.
E. r. Lout, second trombone player in a
downtown theater, started out after the
show the other night to see the town. He
secured the services of Cabman H. A Mil
Ter, and, after taking in a good portion of
the town and large quantity of stimulants
as a safeguard against the weather, he
commanded the driver to proceed to his
home at 6G7 Wells street. After reaching
that number a heated debate over the
amount Of the fare ensued, and the horn
blower asserts that Miller beat him over
the head with his own trombone and then
relieved him of his diamond stud.
The cabman avs arraigned before Justice
Underwood at the Armory yesterday morn
ing, charged by the musician with larceny
The complainant brought his trombone
into court and exhibited it to his honor.
IT'S ruined" said Lout, land how shall
get another?"
what did you pay for the horn?" in.
quired Justice Underwood.
Two hundred and fifty dollars" was the
reply.
MY" exclaimed the court, chats 10,
of money to blow in!'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-11
time enough to think of that when we get

time enough to think of that when we get
through ascending
HE was as delighted as child. and
about as capable of looking into the future.
With that he lights his spirit lamp. and
presently the moon begins to rise, just as
he said 1t would.
What do you say to that" says Van
Wagner to Montgomery.
That's all right, says Montgomery;
she'll rise fast enough, but she amt going
to rise no more this afternoon and he
blows out the spirit lamp.
Ivan Wagner was pretty mad. and de-
manded to know what Montgomery meant
by putting out the lamp.
"While that lamp is burning she's using
up SPIRIT amt she" he answered. Well,
that is decreasing the weight in this bal
| loon, amt it? If you'll look over the side
| you'll see that we're rising at this minute.
| and there amt no earthly way OF pulling
| up
Van Wagner and I both looked over
| the side, and we could that we were
| about twice high in the air as We had
! been. Just then the machine took fresh
pretty good pace.
| whats the matter now?' says I.
matter enough says Van Wagner;
| I've dropped my false teeth overheard
| more weight gone says Montgomery.
| Now We'll go up till the balloon buSts. II
I'd known that you had false teeth I'd
/ never have trusted myself here with you
| / might have known that you would have
been heaving of 'em overheard the first
! chance you could get. I never see scien-
| tific man yet that was fit to be trusted.
| "'Do you really mean, said 1, that this
balloon is bound to keep on going up?'
| We've only one chance says Mont
| gomery. If there's heavy fall of dew to-
night it may weigh us down enough te
make up for the professors teeth and the
spirit he's been burning. It's our only
| chance.
ct knew then that was in pretty tight
place. and I'd have given considerable II
| I'd never agreed to go along with Var
| Wagner. However. there was nothing tt
| be done except to wait for the dew, and sc
| we all sat down in the car and waited.
| Luckily there was a heavy dew. Mont
=, somery made US take off our coats ant
hang them over the side, so that they could
! catch all the dew there was. and about
o'clock we found. by throwing over bit O.
| tissue paper. that we were gradually sink
ing. We kept on sinking most of the night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-11
The Latest Thing in Thieves Coats
Lion tI,o a Dill IT

Ihe --latest Ih1nB In Ih1eyeS Coats.
From the Chicago Daily Tribune.
Pickpockets who rob men and women in
street cars have adopted a new device to
escape arrest-one which at the first trial
proved successful. Detective Sam O'Neil of
the central station saw a pickpocket at
work in Wentworth avenue electric car
last evening, and when the thief had eX-
| tracted pc cketbook from the pocket of a
offender. {" ID
The car was moving south over the Madi-
son street intersection and was heavily
loaded. O'Neirs hand closed on the coat
collar of the thief who dashed toward the
rear platform. Like shell the coat of the
offender fell from his shoulders, and the
former occupant had no d 'fficulty in reach
ing the street and getting away from the
detective, no, with the empty coat in his
hand, stood still and astonished. Attempts
to follow the thief were interfered with by
the crowd on the car and in the street, and
the coat was tn only evidence O'Neil could
produce when he entered the central sta
ton.
Ar examination of the garment showed 4
had been slit down the arms and sleeve
holes, under the shoulder blades, and in 9TH
| er places, SO that the wearer could get out
| of it without stopping to take it off in the
regular manner.