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y aiNKSCALES & LANGSTON. . ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22. lSilil. VOLl'MK XXXIV-NO. -J BEST SI IN (.very Hoc of business there is always one BEST. There eau uever w. In the Clothing Business of Anderson there is one Store that is bet |1311 :lU "thers because IT'S A SPOT CASH STORE, and it's the place ?i i,, traue ii you wish to save money, [i has been our ambition to make our business the best of its kind. We iiureeded. If you will come into our Store we can eiiow you exactly ,u. ari able to save you mouey. Thc advertisements we publish will probably sound like bragging. All ?el it be so. Every word in them is true, just*the sanie. You may call gwiiig, or whatever you please. If we can save you money on your Clothing, Hats and Furnishings, li all vou need care about. That's what we eau do. That's what we I .injr for lots of people. We sell our Goods for strictly Spot Cash. We i no hooks. We have no bad debts. We give you more value for 75c. than our competitors would for SI.00 on credit Our way of doing [?ess is fairer than that of any Store we know of. If you make a pur e bore and you are not satisfied we will give you-your money back if t.vaiit it. New Sprin New designs in Neckwear, The newest shapes in Hats, All the latest styles in Clothing. As to prices you know " WE SELL IT FOR LESS." . 0. Evans & Co, THE1 SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. B SPRING SHOE DEPARTMENT li now open for the inspection of the public, and we know we can suit /body in exactly the Shoe you want. In Men's Shoes we have cut prices, are selling high grade, first quality Harvard Ties at $1.00-former price ?. Men's Satin Calf, thoroughly solid Shoes-former price $1.25-our lot at only 90c. In Fine Shoes we have all the latest and newest produc s, io all shades of Tans and Vici Kids, Cordovans and Patent Leathers, can give you any style Toe or any width made. 10 Ladies' and Misses Shoes we are sure there is no house in the city cao compare with us IN STYLE, FIT OR PttlCE. .Ve have everything in Oxfords and Spring Heel Shoes, in Blacks and 5. 11 you want to see the most perfect-fitting, attractive and elegant line of isb and up-to-date footwear ever shown in Anderson come in to see us. We are headquarters for Shoes. Very truly, D. C. BROWN & BRO. wii itv. [RMINT. The Cough and Cold that irritates and tormenta is relieved with TARMINT. 25c. and 50c. pons Mache Powders. Relieve Headache and Neuralgia. 10c. and 25c. lut ?nm Powder, An elegant Toilet Powder. Prevents and relieves chapping and chafing. Sold in bulk, any quanti ty. 60c. per pound. For Rheumatism and Neuralgic Pains rub with our .... Nerve and Bone Liniment. It is the BEST. 25c and 50c. Johnsons Worm And Liver Syrup. Removes Worms, is pala table, safe and sure. 25c. Landreth's Seeds. Just received. Fresh and new. pILL-ORR DRUG CO. Tlic Black Diamond Railroad. Messrs. .1. L. Tribble ami I'. K. Me Cully, who attended a inoetiii?? of thc promoters nf tim Illach Diamond Kail road in Cincinnati ?ni thc 14th iust., ru turned homo last Friday, and report the meeting a most successful and en thusiastic one. Tiler?' were over thirty men in thu meeting from live States. The Cincinnati ll mini rev of the 10th inst., contained the following account of the meeting: "The much-talked-of und long-pro jected 'Black Diamond' Railroad ap pears to have readied a culminating point in the important meeting held nt the Grand Hotel yesterday ol'the Di rectors of the different corporations in the several States through which the system is contemplated. The purpose of the meeting was to raise the balance of funds required to pay the prelimina ry expenses of financing the road in London, Knglnud, which includes the lithographing and registering of thc bonds, preferred stock, common stock, as soon as the legal formalities have been complied with ami the transfer of charters to thu British syndicate. Hot h these objects were obtained hy tho meeting yesterday, and thu $10,000 required was put up in cash and every thing agreed to that was asked from abroad. Hon. T. C. Dickinson, (he fi nancial agent (d' the company, who has buen in Knglnud for two years in its interest, said to the Jim/iiirer man: .'The funds necessary to commence the construction of .*i50 miles of thu road from Clay City, Ky., through thu l ieb coal, iron ami timber regions en route to the magnificent harbor of Port Royal, S. C.. will bu available immedi ately, and we expect to commence thu actual construction of the road within three or four months or earlier. "Mr. Thomas Tancred, the eminent civil engineer, who made a thorough inspection of tin- projected linus last full, has made a preliminary report to his associates in Loudon, and it is very strongly in favor of building this great trunk line, lb- estimates the net earn ings of thc trudie at lo pur cunt, on its net capitalization. I crossed tin* At lantic this time to present in person the conditions upon which the money will be furnished to build this splendid line of railroad, which will be double-track ed the entire route und equipped in first-class modern style in every way. "1 have already expended $W,000 of my own money and have agreed to put ."?20,(K)0 more in the preliminary work, which is practical evidence of my faith in the enterprise. Of course, I expect to get my money back ami much more in the way of commission from the sale of the bonds. The meeting to-day was entirely satisfactory, and 1 shall return at once to London to close the deal. "This road will bu om* of the grand est ever built on this continent. Its seaboard terminus. Port Royal, S. C., is on a straight line north from the Nicamugtian Canal, and when both these commercial highways are com pleted they will shorten the communi cation from China to Chicago and the Northwest 1^.<MKI miles, as against the San Francisco route." Col. Albert E. Boonu., of Zauesville, Ohio, the original projector and promo ter ot* the Black I hillltond system, said : **The whole scheme now passes into the hands of the British syndicate, ami it will own every dollar (d' the bonds and stock, and thu charters will be transferred to it. Kvory dollar that has been contributed tn the preliminary work (d' the road, S?S57?000, will be paid back in cash, with interest,, before ?. shovel (d' dirt has been thrown. Not a dollar of stock will be owned in the Knited States. 1 get my money in the transfer and pass out." The Hun ut vc v of Thursday, Kith inst., says : .Most of the Black Diamond Rail road officials from live States departed for their homes yesterday delighted with the result (d' Tuesday's meeting, which was satisfactory to thuin in every respect. Colonel Albert E. Boone anil Hon. William Kirby remained over to close up some matters of detail. Mr. Kirby, who is President of thu Ten nessee Construction Company, will be made President of all the construction companies of thu different divisions of the system for which he is admirably equipped hy reason of Iiis experience in railroad building in former years and service as Stat?? Railroad Commis sioner of Ohio. He has been one of thu main stays of the Black Diamond en terprise throughout, and his knowledge and reliability have counted big in the successful result attained. He has worked very hard indefatigably, and remarked yesterday that hu felt that a great load had been lifted from his shoulders. Under his competent ad ministration thu road will bu pushed to rapid completion, it being thu intention of thu company to finish up ns much work this year as possible, and have 550 miles ot the trunk line finished and in operation within two years, and it is expected that thu en t ire system of over 1,500 miles will be rounded out in four or five years from water to water. Hon. T. M. Dickerson, the financial agent of the company who has pro moted thu capitalization in London hacked hy the strong report of Sir Thomas S. Tancred, the distinguished English engineer und Baronet, who thoroughly inspected the entire route last fall, left last night for Cynthiana, Ky., to qualify himself as a practitioner ot land in Kentucky so as to lie able to attend to the legal nita i rs of the com pany in that State. He will leave Cin cinnati Saturday for New York and sail next Wednesday for London with the intention of returning to thu United States within thirty days. Hu said yesterday that hu had perfected the organization of thu British syndicate which is to build and own thc road be fore hu left London, and that $20,000, 000 had been subscribed in spot cash available for immediate use as soon as the legal formalities are complied with and tho charters, etc., transferred, all of which was arranged in thu melding Tnesday. THK SURVEYORS UK? J IX WORK. Col. Leu, of Greenwood, has Humped many a mile be hind the surveyor's in struments, and ninny a chain has marked his work. Hu is now engaged in the preliminary survey of thc Black Diamond road from Anderson south ward, and will begin that work in about a week. His first endeavor will be to locate a route to Greenwood from Anderson. The direct line from Anderson to Port Royal, thu tidewater terminus, would take the road through the towns of Abbeville, Edgcficld, Aiken, Barnwell und Hampton, but the hustling people of Greenwood will endeavor to swerve the rond a little east ward, in order that it shall pass through I!I:U place instead ul'Abbeville. I'he preliminar) surveys fruin Aiulersnn northward have been made, but none lui tiler smith than Anderson, ami this will be I he begin ning. In regard t<? the prospects of the road, he said that Mr. Dickinson, the Washington attorney, who had been I sent to langland, had returned quite j hopeful of ultimately interesting for eign capital. Mr. Dickinson had ex pressedhimself as being coiitideut thai the capital would come across the wu ter when the details shall all ha\ e been mapped out. '1 he Mack Diamond is a succession j of roads, converging into om* ut .lollico, Tenn. Ho thinks thal sonner or Inter lhere will he a great freight lim- from the coal fields to the coast, and that construction may not lu- delayed more j than a year. Sonic ol thc promoters think that in less than ihre?* months the work will be begun: bm he i- not ijuite so confident. Ile .says that Cul. Albeit K. Uooiie. j thechiof promoter ol' the road, has one pre-eminently good ipialit\ persist ence. Ile has worked hard tor the success (d'this undertaking, lint such a projet'! was contemplated before I loone was born. Robert ^ . Kayne ; urged it. The Uluc Ridge road, a sim ihtr enterprise, was begun before the war, and there have been different ef forts to revive it since that lime. C<d. Lee was many years ago en gaged in the construction of a road which would have been part of the Ulite Ridge. It is the 1? mile rilli from i Knoxville to Maryville. Tenn. This road is tu operation to-dav.- '/'/ic State, ; Mareil ts. Alabama's Awful Tornade. M KM IMUS, Tr.xN.. March I'.?.-A spe- j cial tj> the Commercial-Appeal from ' llirniinghuiii, Ala., sa.vs: Additional I details of the last night's tornado, neat Ldwai'dsville, were received hen- late | to-day. The following is a list of the dead hud wounded as far as known : | Dead-Lewis Cottee, aged .Vi. tax as sessor of Cleburne County, and the fol lowing members of his'family: Mrs. Cotice, aged Lelia, aged 22; .lames, nged ?tl; Lula, aged 1*; Jacob, aged i:?; j Doveroe, aged 8; Dollie, aged IO; Cro ver, aged fi; .lohtl, aged 1. I nknown j woman, near Meltiu. The Wounded-Bessie Codee, aged I 12, daughter of Lew is ColVee, will die: j Mrs. Runnels, aged 7"i, will die: Myr tille Stanzell, aged ?, will probably die: Mrs..!. II. Carson, Tom Runnel*, Wood Stilll/.ell, Andrew Steipan. ntl seriously hurt: Mary Steipan, Lizzie Runnels, .1. II. Carson, George Stanzell. <James ville Stanzell, Tosh Stanzell. Coleman Stanzell, all badly bruised. Several other persons were more or less seriously injured, but their names are not known. Lewis Coffee's resi dence, a strong, double log house, sit uated on a little hill, was in the path of the storm, lt was swept away and the timbers scattered for a mile. Ten of its (deven occupants were instantly killed. Except the body of the baby, which was found nuder the ruins of the chimney, the corpses of the victims wen; curried haifa mile and nine nf them were found heaped together, livery body had been stripped of its clothing. In the same neighborhood the resi dences of J. W. Wilder. .1. IL Carson. Andrew Steipan and Itel. Stanzell were wrecked, and all their occupants in jured. Near Ileltin, a white woman, whose mime ca;<n< be learned, was killed. and five persons in the same family hurt. It is estimated that about fifty buildings were destroyed; between twenty and twenty-five persons were injured, and over it score of farms de vastated. The storm lost its force just south of Ileltin, near which place a dozen build ings were wrecked, The path of the cyclone presents a terrible scene of havoc. J. II. Carson and his wife were blow n through a window as their house was falling and after the storm found themselves in a field a hundred yards away, both badly hurt. Another cyclone struck in extreme Northern Alabama, blowing down a number of small dwellings at Hazel Green and still another visited the southeastern portion of the State, de molishing the little town of Sellers. Another Carload of Brick. To the i?litor of The State: I notice in your issue bearing date March 18, 1800, a letter purporting to have been the production of a citizen of Black ville, bearing the caption, "Are There Others?" calling attention to a carload of brick shipped to one of the directors of the penitentiary. As I know no other director that got any bricks, the reference is to me. I did get a carload ot' brick and shall make it a matter of investigation at the proper time, as it is suggested by the public prints. But the letter contains these words, "I have heard this week that a member of the board of directors of the much discuss ed institution said in 1807 that he got a carload of brick that had been divided out among the members of the board/' I wish to denounce this statement made to your correspondent as a malicious falsehood, and at the same timi; I re quest his name, as I think it due me. I hasten to write this, because the un challenged statements in correspon dent's letter does members of the board a slanderous injustice. S. l\ J. GAKKIS, Member Board Directors. Smonk's, March 18, 1800. - Mr. John E. Partlow, of Green wood county, in attempting to walk Southern Railway bridge in the town of Greenwood, fell to the ground, about twenty-three feet, badly breaking many bones,-some of which protruded from the flesh. Ile is thought to be fatally injured. He is about sixty years of age, and well known to the people of this section. - A man may have forty aims and still be a poor shot. - -CD ? -g? - STATK OI* OHIO. CITY OK TOLKDO, I LUCAS COUNTY, | ' FRANK .1. CHKNEY malera oath that ho in thc neniar partner of the Arm of 1-'. .1. tUBKKY .V Co , doing husinea* ta the City of Toledo, County and .State aforesaid ami that Raid firm will pay the mm of tl NH IIIJNDRKO IlOLL&ltS for ?adi ?ind every oafc of CATARRH that t-annut ht* t-ured by the use of HAM'S CATARRH CURR. FRANK .1 CHKNEY. Sworn to before ino and auhscrihci. in my pres ence, lbia fiili ?lay of December, A. li isifl. ! SKAL I A. W O CK A SON. .VoMry Publte. Hall'ri Catarrh Cn re is tait?n internally audacia directly on the blood and raucous surfaces of the system Send for testimonial*, ?rec. Address, P. J; CHKNEY A CO., Toledo (>. Soi.l hy Dro^iclsta. 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the I es:. Treat) nf Peace Signet. MAI?I;II?. Mareil IT. -Til?' ijuccii li? - ?'??Ml has signed lite trent) <>! pt ?iee lie tween Spain and Ihe I'niied States. The signed trent) will he turwaided tn I he Kreuch uiiihnssudni at Washing ton. M. .lulo Cumhou, I'm e\?diauge with the one signed '?> Presid? nt Mc Kinley. So decree on the subject will he published in i he I Oficial H n/.cttc. Nv ASIHMiTuN. March IT.-The first new s ?d' the signing of the pea?'?' treat) by the I jileen Megen t id'Spain was con veyed to Secretary Hay an?! ihcntli eials of the Administration through the exclusive bulletin ol the Associated Press. The Secretary was naturally grut i tied at the action, whitdi now makes it possible t?? exchange the rali lientions and thus complete ilu- treaty w it hin t he t line set by the trcnt\ it -s 11 as i Ix- maximum. Ulliciai news id thc action al Madrid was mit conveyed tn ihe Slate depart . ment before the closent the depart ment fm the day. M. t'ainbon culled at the departmeul about ten minutes tu t o'clock, ?iud in thc absence of Sec retar) Hay called upon Assistant Soc rotary Hill. Ile tobi the latter that he believed the treaty had been signed, lt seems now ni ?diable that to the am bassador will ne confined the huimr nf ? losing ii]i lin-task he >ei ?limul seven intuith> ng?> ot bringing twn great nat inns, then al war, to a state ni pence. I'snally Hie rule is for a nation situated as is Spain t?? send a special envoy charged with the special ?luty nf ox ehangiug the ratiticatinns. In this ease the wish nf the I'uited States (?nveruiilelll will be consulted and there is little doubt in view of th? kindly regard entertained tm the am bassador by the Presiden! thal he will elect tn have M. (,'umhon act fort?n last time a-the repr?sentai ive of tin Spanish Hovcrnmciit and ma kt- the exchange. A good reason also fur accepting again the ambassador's . >tli. ?.> in this last function would bethe saving ?il time. The signing ?d' the treaty cannot in any manner ailed the status nf tho Spanish prisoners in Hu- hands nf Aguinaldo, forth?' I'nited States Gov ernment is (bung all that it can tn se cure I heir release. Contrary t?i an expectation that seemed to have obtaine?l credence in sume quarters, the signature nf thc treaty to-day ?l?i?'s mit involve the im mediate discharge ?d' all volunteer soldiers. Il was stated positively at the State department thal legally the treaty does not go int?? effect until the rat iticat inns have been exchanged, ami it will further be necessary for the ! President to proclaim it before the people of the I nitcd States, including the soldiers, before they can know I officially that she war is over. In all other respects, how?*ver, tin* State de partnient will treat the war as nt an end. Butchery of Negroes. PA 1.MKTT??, ?J \.. March ti.-A mob nf loo men entered this town at 1 ??'?dock (his morning and broke into th?- guard house where nine Negroes wen* hold for urson. They overpowered tho guards and stood the Negroes in a row and riddled their bodies with bullets, four ure dead, one is dying and the others ure seriously, perhaps fatally, wounded. The mob believed thiit every Negro was dead Indore it dis persed. The mob was well organized and was commanded hy a leader. Their guns were reloaded ?ind a second volley was fired. The prisoners who were thought to be still alive were shot as they lay upon tin* floor by a detail of several tuen who wen- especiallv assigned to that tusk. Intense excitement prevails and more trouble is feared. Palmetto is guarded by military ordered to the place by Governor Candler. The town is given over to the soldiers, who expect trim ble to-night. All the. negroes have fled from the town, but they are said to be concentrated in the suburbs. Every citizen is heavily armed and the women and children are kept to their homes. Shady Grove Items. There has been sn much rain the farmers have done hut very little work towards another crop. The health in this section is very good at present with the exception of a few colds. The Kev. Mr. Tate tilled his appoint ment at Shady Grove Saturday and Sunday. Owing to the rain Sunday there was not as large crowd present as usual. We have a flourishing school at this place taught by Miss N. Emanuel. She is a splendid teacher, and the patrons are well pleased with her. Misses Annie Shirley and Alice Mat tison, of Honea Path, visited Miss Ellen Acker last Saturday and Sunday. The young people enjoyed a party at the home of Mr. W. H. Acker last Wednesday night. Mr. and Mrs. Acker know how to make the young people enjoy themselves on such an occasion. Miss Emma Cox. nf Honen Path, silent lust week with her sister, Mrs. W. I* Sutherland. Misses Annie Harper and Meta Hen shall, two lovely young ladies of An derson, who have been visiting the family of Mr. J, M. Acker, returned to their homes Saturday. Come again, young ladies, you are always welcome. Theri* was a dance at the residence of Mr. J. N. Sutherland last Friday night, given in honor id' the young billies visiting in the community. The young people enjoyed themselves "tipping the light fantastic toe" until the wee small hours told them it was time to depart. Messrs. A. F. Matfison and S. <>. Shirley, of Honen Path, were in this section Sunday. Messrs. Habib Wilson, Hoyt King and Mulcomb finn iss, of Anderson, at tended thc dance nt 'Squire Suther land's Friday night. M. (i. . mt . mm - The number of people at present who speak English is said to bc 11??. 0011,000. - A little sugar takt-u with water, not too cold, in ease food is not ob tainable, will relieve any feeling of exhaustion and shari? hunger - ? ? - Cheap Printing. Law Briefs at 00 cents ii l'agi-Good Work, Good Paper. Prompt Delivery. Minutes cheaper than nt any other house. Catalogues in the best styli*. If you have printing i?> ?l?>. ii will bi? tu voiir intel'esl tn write I?.* the Press and Banuei. Abb? \ ?He, S. C. ti. ST A TI: NI: WS - Tho State Sunday School Con volition will moot in Spartauburg <<u April 'J''tii. - Tito M.iyor> of South Carolina' will moot in annual convention in New berry in May. Tin' po.stollice at Ninety Six was burne.I last friday. All mail there was destroyed. The Penitentiary Investigating Committee begins work airain to-day after a recess of ten days. - Hannah Owens, a white woman, t?.j years oki, was killed hy a train near Saut in I'ninn County. Tip' farmers of the eastern .sec tion ol' tin- Stat.- ar.- preparing to plant a big tobacco crop this spring. I?. I*. Chatlield has been appoint ed postmaster at Aiken, S. C.. ami A. lt V l'oL-or postmaster at <?all'ney S. C. Capt. M. 1*. l-'oley. superintendent of th.' National Cemetery at Florence, S. C.. dropped ?load on March eiirhth. 1SPP - Col. Kobert Aldrich luis accepted an invitation t.. deliver the Coin meticcmeut Address at Clemson Col loire this Summer. - The people nf Greenville have petitioned the ti overlier to close tho dispensaries in that city until all the soldiers leave there. - An effort is heine made to ha\c all of the veterans of the Mexican war present at the Confederate re-union in Charleston in May. - Governor Kllerbe is very sick airain. Ile is said to be worrying ovei the affairs of his oilice and the peni tentiary in. instigation. Johnnie Peas, a twelve year-olt boy of Keek Hill, had both hones ot his right leg broken in thal city in : collision with a bicycle. Tilt ?nany friends ?d' the Hon Charles H. Simont ?ti will he glad ti learn that ho is rapidly recoventij from his recent severe illness. - Many of the monozitc minos ii Cherokee County are now being work od. and are turning out paying i-nun tities of a high grade of sand. - A. Meyerkort. a merchant of Floi once, was shot and severely wounde in his store one night last week hy negro, who robbed him and left hu has not been caught. There aro between fifty and on hundred oases of smallpox in the v ciuity of lMum Branch and i'urksvilh in the western part of Kdgcliold com ty, about :?0 milos from Greenwood: - Gov. Kllerbe wired the Secretar of War last Friday asking for the rt turn to tlx; State of the Second Sont Carolina Regiment, now encamped i Cuba, and its muster out. The repon to the Governor aro that there arc ll men in the Regiment sick in the ho pital. of whom twenty have typhoi lover. 11 i - now believed tliat t he S< ;'. board Air Lint: Kailnud will lu- i , tended fruin Chernw to Columbia dur iug thc present year and that the r i I will run through lower Chesterfield. Cheap as dirt doesn't apply to Aiken real estate any inore. La-t week Alek Williams, colored, sold the old Iturckhalter place of HW acres t > ii rich New York, r for sin. loll, or *.">."> per acre. The lircenwond conspiracy case will he called for trial at the April term ol' the Federal Court in Green ville. A. II. hean will conduct the defense. Ahial Latino]) is District Attorney and will prosecute the ac cosed. - The residence of Mr. W. ll Spear ' man. near Silver Street, was hum' ! nu Thursday night, '.?th instant. Tin lire was discovered about midnight l<? the family, and it had made -rn-' headway that they had barely time t >< make their escape in safety. .lottri Alston, colored, was shot down in cold blood, in Charleston, by another negro, named Chris Small-. Smalls made a desperate eifert tn cape the police. Ile tired three shots at an officer and was himself wounded seriously before lie was taken. - Ktigene Hughes, the li?-ycar-old sou of Dr. Dock. Hughes, was acci dentally shot and killed at the home of .John Crawford near .Mt. Gallagher, Laurens County, on the 7th inst., by . lames Ihtvenpor'. The young matt lived only about eight hours after th-' shooting. .lames Kiser. white, who was con victed some time ago at the Newberry court for stealing from the railroad at I'umaria ami sentenced to the peni tentiary for eighteen months has been pardoned hythe Governor. Old age and ill health were the grounds ?m which tin- pardon was asked for. --Capt. Gritlith, the new superin tendent of the penitentiary, has ap pointed W. I?. Illaek. of Barnwell, captain of the guard : Dr. L. K. Stiir kic, of Orangehuri:, physician; Rev. .I.C. Abney, nf Columbia, chaplain ; W. W. Adams as sergeant of thc guard and .lohn Taylor bookkeeper. - In thc court at Newberry, a mau was indicted for larceny in stealing a dog. Thc defendant's atttorney de murred to the indictment on the ground that a dog is not property, and therefore, there can he no larceny of a dog. Judge Gage sustained thc de murrer, and the ease was dismissed. - A professional swindler has just done nj) the city of Hock Hill, to the financial loss of several citizens. The man, giving the name of C. Hall, can vassed the town, claiuiin,_r to represent C. S. Osgood & Co., of Philadelphia, and selling agate ironware with patent abestos bottoms. He received numer ous orders, prepaid of course, and the articles were to be delivered within lb days. The goods did not come at the time set. and inquiry developed the fact that the linn of C. S. Osgood & i Cn is ?I in i i h. OUR GRAND OPENING, March 28, Will be a Triumph for our Business ! WK take the pleasure to invite our valuable customers and friends cor dially. We will not say too much, but, if you come with highest expectation, we will not disappoint you. You will find our Store-room decorated by an expert decorator, and a flower garden of beautiful colored Summer Goods. Your eye will never tire gazing upon the beautiful selection of Dress, Wash Goods and Novelties. Our Silk Department will show you a large assortment of Lyons, Ja panese and Chinese Silks, tastily selected. We will display a rich variety of Silk Shirt Waists which will attract your attention. We will show you the finest line of Welts, plain, colored or striped, highest grades made ; dainty Dimities, in white and colors. With delight you will inspect a line of Or gandies, imported-Oriental Designs, in any shade. A beautiful assortment of Challies and light Mohair du Printence. We will display a rich selection of Trimmings in latest styles, and our linc of Embroidery, made in Switzer land, can't be duplicated. Our Lace Department will be the place where you can match with exquisite taste your wants. Our enormous assortment of Remnants, as Duck, in all colors, at. 5; Y ard-wide Percale. 5c Check White Muslin. 4o Simpson's Calico. 4c Linen Shirting only. 5o White Lawn, fine quality, only. 4c White Lawn, 40-inch, extra fine. Ile Welts Pique. Sc Him* fine Striped Pique in colors. liv One lot of Handkerchiefs. 2o Gue lot of large Towels. lc One lot Gentlemen's Shirts.?. 25c One lot Ladies' Undervests. lc 500 dozen extra fine Ladies' Hose. Sc Brings us every day a full house. Our Shoes have no equal in quality and prie?. We sell only reliable Shoes-Wear Holsters and Harrisbourgh Mf g. Shoe Co's. These are the only one-* which give full satisfaction. Wc receive every day New Clothing. Before you buy elsewhere see u> and it will save you money. Ladit s' Mats just arrive.!-a rieh and large .assortment at low prices. Our #1.50 Men - Hat will satisfy von--only 75c. ?ii rs tm iv LESSER & CO., Under Masonic Temple.