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Vot. IV.    No. 9.]        NEW YORK, SATDEDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1869.        [WaojJE No. 87.





■                    J. Johnson, Jr., Auctioneer.

JOHNSON   &   MILLER, AUCTIONEERS
AND REAL ESTATE BROKERS, No. 25 Nassau
Street, corner of Cedar, New York.

^~ City and Country Real Estate nt Public and Pri¬
vate Sale.         ♦
Loans on Mortgage negotiated.
Auction Sales of Furniture, Stocks, Merchandise, &c.

JOHNSON & MILLEE

• home again.

Exchange Salesroom, 111 Broadway,   '

At 12 o'clock,

ON   T.UESDAY,   NOVEMBEE   16.

On this occasion they will positively sell, without limit or

reservation,
300 VALUABLE TWENTY-FIEST WAED, BEOOK¬
LYN, LOTS, SPLENDIDLY SITUATED ON
THE   GEEAT  LINE  OF  IMPEOVE-
MENTS BETWEEN THE
BROADWAY  AND   FULTON  AVE.   EAILRO-A.DS.
The property consists of the           •

Entire-Block—^Bounded by Howard and Saratoga ave¬
nuos, Macon and McDonough streets.

Entire Block—^Bounded by Howard and Saratogn nve¬
nues, Decatur and Bainbridge streets. '

Entire Block—Bounded by Saratoga and Hopkinson
nvcnues,'Bainbridge strcctsj and the Brooklyn nnd Jamaica
Turnpike'Road.      (

ENT.iiirr BLOCK--Bounded by Saratoga and Hopkinson
avenues; McDonough and Decatur streets.

Entire Block (excepting fronts ori.Broadwny)—^Bound-
cd^.by Macon and Halsey streets, Saratoga avenue, and

Broadway.           '                     '      ..........

OxE GouE of great value, 700 feet long, tho entire front
on HaUoy street. :between Howard and Saratoga avenues.
Entire Front.-On west sido of Howard nvenue, be¬
tween Decntur nnd Bainbridge'streets.   Ten lots.

Entire Front—On west side, of-Howard avenuo, be¬
tween McDonough and Mncon streets.

SouTn\VE8T Corner of Halsey Street and Howard
Avenue—Valuable corner lot.

This will be tho Inrgest nnd niost important sale of the
season. The owner nnd nuctioneers intend business, nnd
nnnounce positively that every lot offered will be sold to
tho highest bidder.

The iiropcrty is on thcgrontline of the Twenty-first (late
Ninth) Ward improvements, not farther from New York
City Hall than Central Pnrk, nnd when the bridge is com¬
pleted it will be far more accessible..Many of tho lots are
within a stone's throw of the Broadway Railroad, and all
are between it and the Fulton Avenuo Railroad. Lots in
New York city no nearer to Wnll street than the above
bring'readily from §5,000 to 4i50,000.

Seci)rc at once n mnp, carefully examinethe property,
and attend the sale. Terms liberal. JIaps and full par¬
ticulars at offices of •

JOHNSON & MILLER,
23 Nassau st.. New York; and 157 Montague St., B'klyn.





HEALEY mOlSr WORKS,

Corner North Fourtli and Fiftli Streets,
BROOKLYN,   E. D.

Manufactory of

IRON WORK FOR BUILDINGS.

BILLS, LINTELS,  COLUMNS, GlEDEES, AND ^
EVEEY STYLE OF EAILING.

J, I. & J. P. HEALEY.





GEO. P. FOX'S SONS,
,^'0.-47 Amity St., three blocks from Broadway,
^      TAILORS.

and Dealers in

FINE FOREIGN CLOTHS AND FABRICS.

• SPECIALTIES:
liATEST   FASHIONS,

BEST   FABRICS,

PERFECT-FITTING GARMENTS

LOWEST   PRICES.                       '

Testimonials from celebrated citizens who have patron¬
ized our establishment will attest our claims in the above
specialties.                                             -         .

Save Thirty per cent by walking three blocks froni
Broadway.             '                                            '         '',

^1,14  (RABM.ENTS  WARRANTED.





A. J. BLEECKER,   Auctioneer.

LOIlir,I.A,Ill3    ESTA. T E .

SUPREME COURT.—IN PARTITION.

PEREMPTORY   SALE   OF   3,300   LOTS,

MILL SITES, VILLA SITES, AND DWELLING-HOUSES.

AT

FOE.DE[.i^M    I»A.Il E 3

NEAR FORDHAM DEPOT, WESTCHESTER CO., N. Y.                              :«

A.    J.     BLEECKER,    SON     &,     CO.

Will sell at public auction, on the premises, situated near Fordham Depot, under tho direction of PHILO T. RUG-
GLE3, Referee, on tho SOth day of NOVEMBER, 1869, at 12 o'clock noon,

THREE HUNDRED AISTD FIFTY ACRES OF LAND,

the country seat of tho late PETER LORILLARD. This magnificent property lias recently been topographically sur¬
veyed and laid out by Gen. E. L. Viclo, formerly Chief Engineer of the Central Pork, and will be offered to the public
in Lots and Villa Sites of convenient size.

The mansion" of tho late owner, a granite structure containing thirty rooms, with stone stables, grpen-honse, con-
sbrvntorles, gi-apories, gas-house, and garden, will be sold with about thirty ocres of land, forming a comploto and
elegant country residence. There is also upon the premises a valuable water-power, which will be.sold with the mills
and mill sites.

The property will be sold subject to restrictions against nuisances.                                                            v

Eighty per cent, of the purchase money may remain on mortgage for a term of years.                                *._

For maps and information, apply to                                              ■            '                   •  '                           '

^                                                                       A. J. BLEECKER, SON & CO., 7T Cedar Street:

'     PHILO T. RUGGLES, 39 Wall Street; or
G. TILLOTSON, 46 Exchange Place.





DEMUTH'S PATENT GLASS LIGHTS,

Patented Septembei- 22d, 1868.

REVOLUTION IN TIIE SYSTEM OF ILLUMINATING OF- \i-'^^.^^i^i<S¥iUi.'*^^»
FICKS. BANKS, CHURCHES, JiESTAURANTS, DWEL-  ferf^^^^^^^







LINGS, STEA^U^OATS, AND EAILEOAD CARS;  ALSO r^:
FOR SIGNAL LIGHTS AND LANTEENS.                           '^





INCBEASED LIGHT OF EXftTJISITE SOFTNESS.
BEAUTIFUIi COMBINATION OF COIiORS.

Augmented Translucency without Transparency.

IF FRACTDEED, CHEAPLY EEPAIEED.
Seo .articles in "Scientific American," Oct. 16 and 23,1S69.
For further particulars address

VICTOR E, MAUGER, 110 Reade St., N. Y.







THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING EECEIVED
letters-patent, dated May 25th, 1869, .for their im¬
provement in tho fronts of buildiuM, are now prcpi«rcd to
grant licenses to founders and builders intending toTmako
good work.                                                                 ^  ,

Apply to our Patent Attorney, T. D. Stetson, 5.Tryon
Row, New Yorli.                                            '•

JOHN ALEXANDER,
NATH. J. BURCHELL.   .





The undersigned is prepared to. construct ftonts on this
plan in tho best manner and at the shortest notice. Has a
stockofpatternsnndmacMneiry forflnishirigi   "^   '   "

Apply at the Foundry, corner of Quay and Washington
streets, Greenpoint. ..

JOHN ALEXANDEE.





John H. Austen, Auctioncen     •

HAZARD, APTHORP &'CO.,

Real Estate Brokers and. Auctioneers,

110 Broadway, Ncav York.

Will sell nt .auction, nt tho Renl Estato Salesroom, 111
Broadwny, cverj' description of

REAL  ESTATE,   CITY AND COUNTRY.

'New York Ofkioe,' 110 Broadway ;   Boston Office,
Boston Post EiHtpi|\G; Newport, Bellevue Avenue.





AUCTIONEEES, &a

E. H. LUDLOW & CO.,

EEAL  ESTATE  AUCTIONEEBS,

EstablisJied in 183Q.
MoBRis WxLKiNS, Auctianccr.
OFFICE, No. 3  PINE STEEET.

JOSEPH A. LEVY,

AUCTIONEER,   REAL.  ESTATE,

—AND—

GENERAL INSUEANCE BECKER.
No. 7 Pike Street.

A      D. MELLICK, JR., & BRO.,    -
-^^* Auctioneers and Dealers in New Jersey Eeal Es¬
tate, No. 6 Pino street. New York.

Descriptive Lists issued without charge, complete with
time tables, commutations, maps, and detailed descrip¬
tions of tho towns nnd Yillagcs, and tho property offered
"for sale,