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GENER AL NEWS NOTES. Hera or 'Interest asaeued aom Various In the Eleventh Mfichigan district Sey mour's pluralityis2. The mayor of 0rk has been released from prison. There aretwenty-seven Japanese students at the Michigan University. The funeral services of the late Mr. Cor coran in Washington were simple and im pressive. At Meridian, Miss., the Rasdale House and its contents were bt idpn Sunday night. Loss, $50,000; insurrance small. At .Shreveport, La., yesterday eighteen of the twenty-five prisoners confined in the parish jail made thei escrpe. A fire in Le.w York last night destroyed the Union Sie-Theatre and badly dam aged the ' HO e.-as,$20,000. - - In the Ndi orkCert thecomplaint against Gould and Sage have beenAis missed. Judge Gildorsleeve, of, New Yorkhas decided thitdfamiter Mooney must go to the Utica inSn asylu.* Disordersiinthe St. Petersburg' Universi ty have been -renewed. Students hissed RectorVladislavoff while he was deliver ing a lecture. The wounded at Mount Vernon, il., the cyclone-stricken town, are being well taken . care of. Of seventy-five wounded only two are expected to die. Two bakers in Philadelphia have been convicted of using chrome yellow in buns, and have been sent to the penitentiary for short terms. The constitutional amendment, provid ing for.an elective judiciary, which passed the Mississippi Senate, has been defeated in the Holse. . - Sunday night was the coldest of the win ter at Lynchburg,Va. Yesterday morn ing at 6 o'clock the thermometer registered eight degrees above zero. George H. Clark & Co., hat jobbers, of New York.-the oldest and until recently *.thelargestin the business have suspended. Theyrecently claimed to be worth $400,000. Governor Green, of New Jersey, has vetoed the local option high license bill which the Republicans had passed as a caucus measure. " Five shares of the New York Sun Pub ~=aing Company, par value $1,000 each, 'were sold at the New York Real Estate Exchange for $3,350 each. The astonishing statement is recorded that Justice Gray has drawn 1,000 French novels from the Congressional Library since his accession to the Supreme Bench. It is reported in Paris that the Sleeping Car Company has been -ordered to prepare a train toconveythe German Crown Prince -from San Remo to Berlin. TheNew York Senate committee inves tigating trusts devoted yesterday to the Standard Oil Company. John D. Rocke feller was the principal witness. An avalanche in the valley of Morobia, Switzerland, has killed ten persons and many cattle ad destroyed a large number of houses. A London dispatch states that stakes for -..the fght' between Sullivan and Mitchell bavebeen deposited.- Mitchell won the toss and wil select the battle-ground. Steel was made at Birmingham, Ala., y by the Henderson Steel Works, thke first steel ever made from Birm ingham ore...T his marks' a new develop ment of the SotL. Vail, California, yesterday the a,.'plying between South V -adVallejo, about to start from -South Vallejd, was blown up and thirty persaoern e k1led. At Carthagc,; Panola county, Texas, rha~bmas Forsyth, son of the sheriff, has -confessed the murder of County Treasurer D. C. Hill, and has returned the $6,000~ - Anie Jordan, an insane white girl, wan dered awa'y fromi home in Montgomery, s.la Her bodybhas been found and it is she was murdered by a negro na JakeMcBoye. A lageaudience greeted Sir Henry -Grattaa aonde, member of the British -Paljiament, in Atlanta. He spoke forty - mimue on the Irish question and made a good hip en 'The Wrlsconsin Supreme Court has de clared ipeavethe law enacted by the Legsltu~e 'hich permitted habitual lbe confined in an asylum not toezednfwoiyears. - -Tirenty-eight counties in Michigan have voted for prohibitioni under the local option -,C'aw. The first county to go "wet" is Washtenawr, which voted yesterday by a majoritiof 1,550 against prohibition. SInfyamnan-has come to his-senses after -marniage, and re ied that what he took - for mutnal love was-merely cormanity-of sentiment as to the quality of the b'oarding house fable Mr. Pyne, Mf. P., who was arrested in London, has been convictedat Clonmel,- of offences under the Crimes Act, and sen tenced to six weeks' imprisonment without hard labor. He gave notice of appeal, and -was admitted to bail. The sales of leaf tobacco in Danville, *Va., for February, amounted to 4,100,000 pounds. The total for-the five months was 14,800,000 po'unds, or nearly 6,000,000 -pounds more than for the same time last year. A constitutional amr.endment limiting the Governor's term of office to four years. without '~rih of succession, has passed -thesim' House of Representatives. Then' ents had already begj passed by the Senate. The Mississippi Legislature has passed a constitutional amendment providing that no corporation for pecuniary benefit shall hereafter be granted any special exemption from taxation, and that corporations shall be governed by one general law. At Pittsburg, Pa., the shutting down of Edgar Thompson's furnaces on account of a strike will reduce the production of pig iron over 1,000 tons a day. At present the firm has $600,000 worth of pig iron in stock. The barkentine Samuel Walsh, from Philadelphia to Brunswick, Ga., with rail road Iron, sank on Sunday night twenty miles southeast of Currituck lighthouse. The crew were all saved. The vessel and cargo are a total loss. The London police are endeavoring to prevent a fight between Sullivan and Mitchell, and have been keeping close watch on Sullivan's quarters at Windsor, but Sullivan has escaped, and the police are completely baffled. The Mississippi Senate has defeated the bill providing for the return of convicts in the penitentiary to the control of the State. This will probably end the present sessiop, as the Legislature adjourns on March 10. A alight shock of earthquake was felt at| San Francisco about 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The shock was also reported: from several points north of the city, where it was more severe and caused persons to rush from their houses in alarm. Norman D. Lawshe, a prominent young druggist of Atlanta, committed suicide yesterday by shooting himself through the head with arifie. He died in afew hours wthout speaking a word. It has tran spired since his death that he was mad dened with love and that the young lady to whom he was engaged was un faithful. At noon Tuesday a portion of the roof of the newly completed Midland Hotel, at the corner of 7th and Walnut streets and Grand avenue, Kansas City, Mo., collapsed, and fell with' a crash like a peal of thunder and a tremendous mass of brick, mortar, ground floor, eight stories below. About sixty men were at work on the building. One was killed, a dozen more or less in jured. two of whom may die. The hotel was damaged to the amount of $50,000. On yesterday, about six miles from Ab -beville, a negro abou' 21 years old. named Jas. Wharton, shot a small negro boy 12 years old, named Nathan McClinton. The ball went in at the right shoulder, but it has not been found yet by the attending physician. The doctor considers the wound mortal. There was no apparent cause for the shooting. A warrant has been issued, and it is that Wharton will be arrested this evening. Around Mount Vernon, Ill., the weather continues extremely cold. The homeless have suffered greatly during the past forty eight hours. The finance committee has issued a card to the general public, stating that all subscriptions received will be de voted to the purchase of building material, household furniture and other articles necessary to provide the destitute and needy with shelter. Up to date the committee has received a sufficient quantity of clothes and food to supply all demands. While it has been a well-known fact that Western farmers are loaded down with mortgages. the extent of their obligations was not understood until an investigation was initiated by the department of agricul ture. The mortgages resting on the farm ers of ten Western States aggregate, it ap pears, $3,422,000,000. Ohio leading the list with an aggregate of $701,000,000. Michigan one-half of the farms are mort gaged, the aggregate debt secured by mortgages being $350,000.000. A striking fact of the situation is that the annual net earnings on the capital avested in farms in the United States is butA- or 5 per cent., while the mortgages in question command 7 to 9 per cent. The insurance companies of Hartford, Conn., own $70,000,000 of Western farm mortgages, and the loan companies of Boston hold them to. the amount of $76,000,000. Where General Sheridan was Born. The Chicago Times thinks the following telegrams appear to explain themselves: - COrNTY CAVAN, PARISH KILINV.RAN, Ireland, February 17.-Philip H. Sheridan was born in this county, near the town of Virginia. There is no doubt about this. Mr. Patrick R. Sheridan, his uncle, remem bers the event well. SOMERSET, 0., February 17.-General Sheridan's mother, who lives here, says Phil was born in Somerset. She is sure she is not mistaken about this. HONOLULU, Sandwich Islands, February 17.-General Sheridan's aunt, Mrs. Cristy, who came - here with Captain Cook, says the general was born in Wrtk, Wales. She was present at the time, and knows what she is talking about. LoNDoN, England, February 17.-Allan Quartermain, a half-brother of General Sheridan, says he remembers well when Phil was born. He is very sure it was just before his first journey to King Solomon's mines. Mr. Quartermain is willing to make affidavit that General Sheridan was born in Kukuanaland. ATI.ANTA, Ga.,. February 17 -Joel Chandler Harris says he and Henry W. Grady are positive that General Phil Sher idan was born on the Piedmont fair grounds, near this city. Mr. Harris says he remembers it particularly by the circum stance that Mrs. Sheridan, the general's mother, was at the time visiting friends in New York State. ST. PAUL, Minn., February 17.-Frik A. Carle, of the Pioneer Press, says Gen eral Sheridan was born in the ice palace in this city. Mr. Carle is sure he cannot be mistaken, because, as he says, when he called on the illustrious soldier soon after his birth, he noticed particularly that he did not wear his shoulder straps, and spoke to him about it. WASHtGToN, February 17.-General Sheridan says he was born in Albany, News York. Mr. Corcoran's Will. WAsHINGTON, D. C., February 29. The will of the late W. W. Corcoran was offered for probate at noon to-day. The greater portion of the estate, which ii valued at $3,000,000, is bequeathed te his three grandchildren-George P.. Louise MK and Win. C. Eustis, to be held in trust for them for ten years. Several legacies of $4,000 and $5,000 are left tc other relations, and similar amounts tc -various orphan asylums in the District. -The sum of $100,000 is to the Coreoran Art Gallery, the will stating that $1,500, 000 had already been given to that in stitutioti. Fifty thousand dollars is left to the Louise Home, $500,000 having already been-devoted to it. Judges Drawing Straws. Shocking as it may seen, the judges of dhe supreme court of Florida not only gamble, but they some times put up the office of chief justice as a stake. In fact, the constitution of the State requires them to do it. This is what the Tallahassean says: "The idea of three learned and dig nifled supreme court judges drawing straws to determine which shall exercise the fuac tions of chief justice is so ridiculous, un dignified, and absolutely foreign to every principle of intelligent and civilized govern ment that we can hardly realize that the constitution of the fairest State in the Union contains a clause making such a spectacle necessary. The member who introduced this clause into our constitution ought to go off and bump his head against a post for a solid hour every morning during the remainder of his natural life." Uncle Sam's Balance Sheet. The debt.statement just issued shows the decrease of the public debt during the month of February to be $7,756,366.67; decrease of debt since June 30,-1887, $76, 974,022.20; cash in treasury, $572,390, 989.34; gold certificates outstanding, $96, 697,913; silver certificates outstanding, $184,452,659; certificates of deposits out standing, $11,215,000; legal tenders out standing, $346,681,016; fractional currency, (not including amount estimated as lost or destroyed,) $6,941,825.12;. total interest bearingdebt, $1,041.674,052; total debt of all classes, $1,700,755,778.64. Total debt, less available cash items and less net cash in the treasury, $1,202,454,714.82. A Massacre in Texas. CmICAo, March 1.-A dispatch from Houston, Texas, says: The full particulars of the massacre of negroes at Spanish Camp have not yet been obtained. The latest re port is that seven were killed and one se verely wounded. The cabin was ap proached while the inmates were asleep and kerosene oil poured around the bed ding and then fired simultaneously. The murdering began as the half sleeping ne groes rushed from the burning house. Five were killed as they rushed out and two were shot in the house and their bodies cremated. Only one escaped, and he was severely wounded. PIANOS ANDI ORGANS. We are prepared to sell Pianos and Organs of the best make at factory prices for Cash or easy Instalments. Pianos from $210 up; Organs from $24 up. The verdict of the people is that they can save the freight and twenty-five per cent. by buying of us. Instruments delivered to any depot on fifteen days' trial. We pay freight both ways if not satisfactory. Order and test in your own homes. 'Bespectfully, N. W. TRUMP; * Columbia, S. C. The more heated the discussion between friends the cooler their subsequent rela tions. RIVERS AND HARBORS. Capt. W. H. Bixby Recommends Certain Sums that can be Profitably Expended During the Coming Year-Let the Claims Flow in. WILML.TOS, N. C., Feb. 15, 1888. Editor RECORD, Columbia, S. C. Si: I have lately seen it stated in the papers that the North and South Carohna delegations were not ready to present their claims to the ltiver and Harbor Committea because they had not as yet received copies of the reports of the engineer in charge of these works. For fear that there may be some misun derstanding in the matter, I wish to say that my final reports on the surveys of Lockwood's Folly and Lumber rivers, 1. C,, Little Pedee and Alligator rivers, Clark's and Mingo creeks, S. C., were forwarded to Washington by me on the 5th September, 1887; final reports on the surveys of Yad kin and Catawba rivers, N. C., were for warded in January, 188, and annual re ports on all other rivers and harbors in my district in August, 1887. As these full reports consist of about 370 pages of type-writer Fool's-cap manuscript, it is impossible for me to furnish copies of them to anybody until they shall have been printed by order of Congress (which will probably not be until next October); but these reports are on file in the office of the Chief of Engineers in Washington, where they can always be seen and consulted by members of Congress and other interested persons. In these reports I recommended certain amounts as those which could be profita bly expended during the coming year. (See accompanying table.) In the case of many of the works already in progress, and in order to reduce the total river and harbor bill estimates to the figzures demanded by recent Congresses, the Chief of Engineers has recommended amounts considerably less than the above. In the case of works not yet commenced, the Chief of Engineers has not yet (as far as I know) made any recommendations, leaving the decision in such cases entirely to Con gress, or waiting until Congress shall have decided as to the commencement of such work. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, WM. H. B=rY, Captain of Engineers. Ricer.s and harbrs in North awd Sout Carolina, Office of Capt. -- IL Beby, En gineer in Charge 1887-1888. ? Can be s p e n t - Necessary profitably during t next year as rec NAME OF WOnE. to ommended by Complete. Engin'r Chief of in ch'rge Engin'rs W torke under Improveen.I Pamlico and Tar rivers. N. C. - - - $56,112 61 $17,000 $15,000 $10,000 Contentnia creek, N. C.--- - -34,019 09 37,500 30.000 10,000 Trentriver, N. C.------ - - - 42,031 73 13,500 13,500 11,000 Teuse river, N. C.--- . .---- 220,040 38 141,500 60,000 30,000 Waterway between Newberne and Beau- 36,000 fort, N. C.--- ----- 3,499 25 72,000 72,000 3,0 Harbor at Beaufort, N. C. - - - ,086 19 73,000 73,000 73,000 Waterway between Beaufort harbor and 410 57 40,000 40,000 10,000 New river, C. - . - - 9,992 04 20,000 20.000 10,000 New river, N. C. --- .-. -. ,42 04 20,000 20,000 10,000 Black river, N. C. - - - -42 7 30,500 20000 10,000 Cape Fe.r river, N. C., above Wilming ton.------- --------65,832 94 403,950 120,000 30,000 Cape.Fear river, N. C., below Wilming ton. -- ----- -----1,77:3,946 125 265,000 265,000 245,000 Wacan.w river, S. C.- - - - -45,112 08 88,000 70,000 1,000 Yadcin iver, N. C. - - - - - - -77,265 90 313,000 20,000 10,000 Great Pedee river, S. C. - - . - - 37,358 11 70,000 60,000 40,000 Harbor at Georgetown, S. C. - - - 16,622 50 25,000 25,000 15,000 Winyaw bay, S. C. - - - - - - - 2,575 42 2,481,2501 300,000 Waw r , . . C- -69.999 00 270,750 200,000 48,000 Wateree river, S. C. - - - - - - - 32,782 10 24,500 24,500 22,500 Congaree river, S. C.......4,890 Si 47,000 47,000 10,000 New Works. Lockwood's Folly river, N. C. . - . - - - - 40,000 40,000 Lumber river, N. C... ........ - - - -.. ...35,0 35.000 Little Pedee river, S. C. --- - - - - - 50,000 50,000 Yadkin river, from South Carolina line to the Narrows, N. C. - - - - - -Not recommended at pre sent. Clark's creek, S. C. - - - . . . . - - - - 7,500 7,500 Mingo creek, . C. - - - - - - - - - - 17,000 17,000 Alligator river and other waters connect lng Santee river and Bull's bay, S. C. . - - 183,000 183,000 Catawba river. N. C.-.-.------ Not recomr e nded at pre sent. SOMIE FACTS ABOUT ADVERTISING. President Cleveland in Charleston. - The presence of the President of the There Is Great Art in Knowing How to United States inCharleston yesterday was Advertise Judiciously, not the first time in the history of this city ied to observe that the that so distinguished an official has been Secretary of the Navy applies just busi- here. Several Presidents of the United ness principles to the dealings of his d States have been here since the days of the nprmne with the newspapers in the colony, and besidents, many men of note partmentwe in in the various departments of life; hence matter of advertisements. The issue in- the community was not exceptionally volved was a very simple one, but it stirred by President Cleveland's very brief actually called a ruling by the Secretary consideration of our municipality. This city himself, and as it is an issue which not never forgets -erself in the matter of good infrequently arises between newspapers manners, and, as was her duty, if not her and their patrons, it is worthy of notice. pleasure, received the chief magistrate as Mr. Whitney has decided that where became them as a sensible people. There official advertisements are published ex- was no noisy demonstration, although the actly in accordance with the copy that is streets were filled with curious people: furnished by the department, the news- The military and prominent citizens met papers shall be entitled to pay for all him, and, under a military and civic escort, space and lines used at their sworn rates. he was ridden through the city, which was The decision arose from. a controversy marked with bunting and legends of good with the Second Comptroller, who has will along the route of the drive. The re heretofore held that pay should not be ception was a very conservative evidence allowed for lines and spacing which he of ld people's respect for the head of the held to be unnecessary.nai. There is great art in advertising, and Mr. Cleveland is a short, thick-set man Therile iset artceu in v es of ofuninviting appearance when standing. he will be most successful in the use of His broad, open face and massive head the newspapers who applies the best evince firm character. His recognition of rules to the art. Of course the man who the courtesies shown him along the streets, uses space generously will reap his re- and when from the platform of the car he ward in greater measure than he who interchanged adieus, was respectful, but confines himself to a line or two poorly not demonstrative. exuressed and hid away in the many His wife charmed everybody, although columns of the average daily. But even not a very handsome lady. She is tall, a small advertisement can be made very with a somewhat shaded complexion, but attractiae if the adaertiser will take the she has a face which she constantly time and pains to make it so. And it wreathed in the most irresistible smiles. not se.lom occurs that an advertisement Her habit was tasteful, and her manners which brings no results would have been elastic and democratic. She is evidently a very satisfacto had it been attractivel lovely woman. yust as the cars were we saisfactory displyee B moving out of the depot, a gentleman pre written and proerly displayed. But sented her, as she stood on the platform, advertisers should remember that space with a choice flower. She stooped before costs, because it is the newspaper's capi- the President could reach it, and took it tal, just as the individual who enters a from the gallant giver's hand with a grace store mnust bear in mind that the cost very bewitching. of three yards of silk is exactly three In a few minutes the Presidential party times as much as the cost of one yard. were on their way to Washington, to for. The application is easy. get perhaps, in the demands of high official New and social life, the incidental trip to Charles NwTrusts springing Up. ton.-Sunday Dispatch. Tlie New York Senate committee in- 4.e sabre De. Mon Pere. vestigating trusts Saturday examined J. ODN eray 0- akee 0. Preble, a trustee of the envelope LNoFbur 0- akee trust, known as the Standard Envelope d~uhtrof the Confederacy has been Compny. e sid tat nne ompaiesgiving testimony for four days before Con Compny.He aidtha nie cmpaiessul General Wailer and a commissioner form a part of the concern. Each pays sent from Washingtn, to prove that Ben twenty cents to the Standard Company Butler is a rascal. bhe is Rowena Guadella, for every 1,000 envelopes sold. The now the wife of a prominent London law market price per 1,000 is $1.05. The yer, but during the Rebellion she was a company now controls in the neighbor- Miss Florence, of New Orleans, and a hood of one-half of the envelopes made cousin of Judath P. Benjamin. She claims in thiis country. They have made as that General Twiggs, of Louisiana, gave many as one hundred and twenty and her three valuable swords, one presented to one hundred and forty millions a month, him by the State of Texas, another by the which increases the treasury account by city of Augusta, Ga., and the third by Con about $24,000 or $28,000 per month, gress for services in the Mexican war. Franklin Woodruff, of the Empire Wehen General Butler took possession of Storage Company, showed that a storage New Orleans he made Miss Florence give trust has been established by which it up the swords and -sent them to President was intended to control virtuaI the Lincoln at Washington. Since then she has busiess n Brokly. ~iherebeen fighting to recover them in the courts storage bsnsiBroln.heeeven going so far as to have General Butler are nine companies in this combmnation' prosecuted in New York in 1871. The The committee in in daily receipt of m- case, however, got shelved somewhere in formation of innumerable kinds of the Supreme Court, and has just been un trusts, the latest of which appears to be earthed again In the consul general's office in the glass and watch trade. here by the appearance of the commission ,_____I_____er from Washington. A Prosperous Male Trade. General Butler would have been inter An Alana ltte totheMacn Tlegaphested today to hear Mbs. Guadella tell what says: The mule trade in Atlanta has be en New York abouthld. e Olan. exceptionally large this year, and all the Wrd sale and feed stables have done an immense A PREACHES CURED OF DYSPEPSIR. business. Their proprietors say that the - trade this year in Atlanta was almost MrccoSUEEE, FrE.,Leon Co., July 2b, double what it was last season. South 1886.-I have been a sufferer from indi Carolin' has been a strong market and gsinaddsesafraln ie thousands of head of good mules have been aetnd hand dypepsman fredis au longtie shipped to that State. It is said that the an a tiued byamy frdies, tor yuti good crops made in South Carolina last B. wa induceid mfried, t trynceu year had the effect of creating a demand B. B. B.rcie-oreif u ic for more mules and of the best that can be using it have found more relief and com had. A day or two ago a carload of mules fort than from any other treatment I was shipped to Newberry, S. C., that have used. Hoping you will forward to brought on this market $180 per -head, my address your little 32-page book for which is about the highest price paid for a prescription also evidence of cures. carload of mules this season. The drovers Send at earliest date. 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MooRE, Foreman for Willingham Lumber Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. BoosvrLLs, n., January 25, 1337. I shall ever praise the day when you gentle men were born and shall bless the day that - your medicine was known tomen. I had blood If anyone should doubt as to my being cured, poise from birth, and so much so that all the DAwSov. CiA.. Jm;ne 30. l>7.-Being an old or as to my statements, I refer them to the doctors of my town said I would be crippled man ant sufferiig from general debility and firm I am with, and have been with for many for life. They said I would loose my lower rhenmitisi of ile joints of the shoulders, I years: or Mr. Philip Young, Chattanooga; Mr. limb. I could not stand in my class to recite found diiicilty in attending to my business, Hamilton, foreman of carpentry with W. L. & my lessons, and eleven bottles of your Balm that of a lawyer. until I bought and used 5 bot Co., Chattanooga; Dr. Acre, of Chattanooga; cured ne sound and well. You can use my ties of 11. B., Botanic Blood Balm, c.f Mr. T. Mr. Hugh Whisesides, Chattanooga. Mr. Phil. name as you see et. In my case, there were C. Jones, of 3. t. Irwin & Son,.and my general Hartman, shipping clerk for W. L. Co.; F. B. knots on my shinbones as large as a hen's egg. health is improved, and the rheutnatlsm left Cheek, Chattanooga; Mrs. Cooper, Chattanooga Yours. me, I believe it to be a good medicine. and one hundred others in factory and in city. MIRTLE M. TANN. J. H. LAING We regret that we have not one thousand pages of space to continue our list of certi ficates. All who desire full information about the cause and cure of Blood Poisons, Scrofula, and Scrofulous Swellings, Ulcers, Sores, Rheumatism, Kidney Complaints, Catarrh, etc., can secure by mail, free, a copy of our 32-page illustrated Book of Wonders, filled with the most wonderful and startling proof ever before known. Address, BLOOD BALM COMPANY, ATLANTA, GA. Annual Statement. DIL INE WORKS. THOUSANDS OF THE BEST Abstract of the tenth annual statement onA he for Life Associaearn ofusedgaboutfo0 thetyesAof o3her of the condition of the Valley Mutual W Ae T Life Associataliowa opposedito. IfasorKovil the 8thACMPN A BE OME fDecember Juthat ary and ileM 3 SELLbnG Ig the Comptroller General: manufacturing the Celebrated TOZER CO-OPERATIVE CLUBS. AS5E'r5s PATENT AGRICULTURAL AND This C e the Best, Cheapet, Bonds and Mor8,74 18 STATIONARY ENGINES, noted for Most Convenient, thirgtreat drfurabotityssimpliri's and was5Co~iiv ytmo eligwths Propery (reaandperonal) 13ecntireyi ueal. watchlsorehadracaveryerStemyWrun-s Furniture,......5 . 1,415 scontanintheverassentialytlaccuradyondedboable cured ithafterahavingntriedmalo other remedics Cash in National Valley 86 s Exelen mucosccesanpd design. thatoudi o te ath hy rh Cash in Oce............5777 Ruerng Thuan ityaler an speiltyieve l h nl utamdDmppo(e Cash n hads o agets ad 4,21 4 he onso true Mlo puifier. ad triedrgh in proces ofcolletion..Mth onfoureotb shpurinrs bt tte for B. B.idaa StI ~m to'~ n smls Is the oney one thatyver didamefor mipeaan Totalssets....... 121,09 gooAl woruraneenam Four woh. I oCY$5Wth in wIlron d thisand OWashopeaington Sstmbinunhemwihi also all over Vircnia. R.veryEono. We wantDAN t, esos.ble ,887 duFmes 65 OWanum. fyasIhv uee n Amt.due emal 324~ Sue~~~en. hay prise urateed serlprminveent. actsWte for fll prtias.o aetmdiiesed Netsses~lDec 187, 115507~3usiessMa ingr aPlarg amoun ofoe, Pbu y~etgetting RECEITS AY) DISUnoSMbetter.IIGMy atetiona ank otratdny Cohe Interest onuRedempaon tunde36,87330 O ltLivery9B.QB.iB., PrenimsIadcAnualsre-ed htaking i meey snex proeinddee myelItodayaLellan Advance paymentspbyrpolicy- heinustoytcelebratedeSOUTHER Assessmentsities238,7067BasB. household reedyefor thetpastghal InvestmentspaidtothonueyuinerllgherSoutherodndpWester Bils dscuntd romtie t usnss Maara ad ll isase o th ~ N. . TanA&R. R AFTERETwENTYCUEARS Aggregate~ceiptainl8BL$33nn32. Agaiielthe supreacyooverell tthery boottn. blaedi. npirsn grew er wag DISBRSEETS PILS o th maret.Afte on trand W Bthi fro c: t s ofaan bloodIhav Death lossesusedd.four bott08esoowill 1o1. th, cydfora"GILDER'S' heaLth th:ith haee fenten years.perecommen Paid Agent......8,4904 the Uoted State who.are nw usingst ediiiciiner,. quhavueve Advancendpaymeyntsp6vement3tothem.se o Salaries, taxes and If y~ormrnVt as . Jnotary th, dci1887.emil, n ta oth~Ishlleer pras.~3,3 en 5cnsinstampsa whnto uete Discounte998cine wa nw tome I hadp bloode, Billsnpayableirtom AndsUchUsTA thA. h time to time...o41,00000__ mytownsaid __Iwould-beEXcrieplad Cash onfe.aTheyesaiddI would loose my lower _imbIculdnottan intmy class tonrecit DA* * : *.* * , . . Jue30t0- enera ol ON EEFISTOFOCOBRth an sufrn rom geerY debsil and In clsingthis epor, I chnotfor-sndrignedopendoants ofthnhoers, I bear from tenderugdtoithecBoard ynBOARDINdiHOUSE vnycobusiness, cogauainmnthyrseoscn FIRSTos CASS elvnbtlsofyu amta o ayr ni bugts ans sed b curd e sun an wll.Yo ic n ofyte o .B . rotanBood alm, Mr.InT. diio o te sscitin.Thrcet naleson, see ftheI myomase, theeaer eC Joes . Re. n Son.ladfm geera impovmen-swhchavbenad, no~ts Trnmysino and Peragen asdesg. heath bisna Tmryvd tand teoreuaismlf our ystm ofmangemet hve eimi TheBuidin , mecatbelievehitntotbeaatgood medATJ~Jicin.. ad onevea hundrets of acrd and corner ofWet Irtl E lb sres.a lh fTANNER. J.~ sa.a~ wlN reoedmn cause thaf w havelain t oni oneinl thouand th agsiesfs paet porintinuRIVeS.ourst Epo certi fictes Al wo dsie fll nfrmaionabut he aue ad urcCi of Bloomdois eon, Scu la, thedpartofuou poicwhlerns, Uacrs ofgre, yRe rmtism oiney Coplinse Caarh et.,ca persuderfu tan stheyin havroenof e beforughnow. Iiswtne A ddress, subtct tof ptic test, nua slt eacntmteAaeyofMscad ~ SADRDPN O,8 vr wil the tondtbison tiVll rer butasilrmCuce faltedfeetd lyPae .CtNa q piaoiation Thehousghasibeforhoroehlyear eninnDcmbr.1 1887 H. Sfled aireadfttduhngodsyewt President. newtfurniture.and 81xtures. Actiet anreable getsoal) te1412 in Trsr13nbe. Cato cnvs frtioa Valley Mua. To41 M86 . .RSEL tahe rih partis libalgent actsl will beo41s .S DW RS oferd Adress, withcoll e nce.. halson . .' TtLseEs......... M.l121e,043 CuesDyeeersismheaeColr act.0 6th, 88. 1887.J. Tpremsn sesinnuas one-o h otadbwl.~ae h rtclpro Itt.ere is rdemtionl fewmrunasndoi.Fo aeblldugss ingdnepament and theeficiy o t ______ hofdeacer..a.e.u.s.r.a.s.. an-,93376E. AL AS S Invstmentspaid ime byfor-etrig verylfromscounted from timeECto Pisagret Rcrept in87 date36 of34ALSSADSOW EUE entrance paymentsS 6,875N 83MEN PracialarEKSOsI, tUNIxeEsN FandES Crote, pns.C.-35,737 11elt.~ ~ L TG