TOE ' DAILY EVENINfr TEt;EGRAPn.PHILAtiELPfflA, ' TUESDAY; JANUARY fl,' i 18G7.
BILLHC050ATE AT FIVE IN THE MORNING.
Summer or wlntor, light or darn, rain or
i-blur, it matters uot; n tho clock strikes live,
the bell rings and the maiket opens. Tbe
Clerk of tbe Market, the representative of the
Corporation, Is there, to act the part of rnalor
dorao; the vessels are there, hauled ipia tiers
In the river, laden with their silvery targoe?;
the potters are thero, running to and fro be
tween the ships and the market; the railway
vans and carts are there, with fish brought from
the several railway stations; the salesmen are
there, at their standsor benches; and the buyers
are there, ready to buy and pay. As yet nil Is
tolerably clean. There is, of course, that 'flsh
like smell" which Trlnculo speaks of; but Bil
lingsgate dirt and Billlng'gate vilification have
rjiot yet commenced. The street dealers, the
.Jcostermottfters or "costers," have not yet made
Hheir appearance; they wait till their "betters,"
he resrular fishmongers, have paid good prices
lor choice fish; and then they rush. In to pur
chase everything that is left. It Is a wonderful
scene, even at this early hour. How Thames
street can contain all the railway vans that
throng It is a marvel. From Paddlington, (rom
Camden, from King's Cro s, from Shoreditch,
from Feuchurch street, trom the depots over
the (water, these vehicles arrive tn numbers per
fectly bewildering. Every one wants to get
thejprime of the market; every salesman tells
sM's clients that good prices depend almost as
Auuchou eatjy arrival as on fine quality; and
thus every cargo of fish Is pushed ou to market
V with ss little delay a need be. Pickford obj ur
J'ates Chaplin and Home, Mac'x.namara is
I wratlitul at Parker, every vau Is In every other
I van's way. Fish street hill and Thames street,
Pudding lane and Butolph lane, Love lane and
.uarkbouse lane, an are one jam ana
muddle, hordes entangled In shafts aud shafts
n vi heels. A civilian, a non-fishman, has
no business tnere at sucn a time; woe 10
his black coat or black hat, If he stands
in the path of the porters; he will have
a finny i-prlnkling beiore lie can well look about
Mm; or perhaps the tail of a big fish will Hap in
Ma lace, or lobster' claws will threaten to
grapple him.
It was always thus at Billingsgate, even be-
-' fore tne days of railways, and beiore Mr. Buii-
mng buut tne present inamei a structure not.
without elegance on the river front; but the
street arrangements are becoming more crowded
and ditlicult to manage every year. In the old
days, when trains r.ud locomotives were tin
thought ot, nearly all the tish reached Billings
gate by wter. The broad-wheeled wagons were
too slow to bring up the perishable commodity
in good time; while the mall and pasuengT
coaches, even if the passengers had been
willing (whicn they would not) to submit to
the odor, could not have brought up any
large amount of tisb. At an interme
diate period, say about 1830 or 1835, cer
tain bold traders, at some of our seaport
towns, put on iour-horso fast vans, which
brought up cargoes of tish during the night, and
deposited them at Billingsgate before 5 in tbe
morning ; but this wj a costly mode of convey
ance, which could not safely be incurred except
for the best' and high-priced fish. When it
became an established tact that railways could
bring up hah in any quantity, and in a few hours,
from almost any port in England, the e fleet was
gtrUing; the supply at Billingsgate became regu
lar instead of intermitting; and the midland
towns, such as Birmingham and Wolverhamp
ton, were placed within reach of supplies that
were literally unattainable under the old sys
tem. It used to be a very exciting scene at the
river-side at BlilinRsgate. As the West-end fish
mongers are always willing to pay well for the
earliest andchoicest fish, tbe owners of tbe
" macks and 'other boats had a strong incen
tive to arrive early at "the Gate;" those
who came first, were absolutely certain of
obtaining the best prices tor their tisb; the
laggards had to content themselves with what
they could get. If there happened to be a very
Heavy nam oi any one Kina oi nun on any one
day, the disproportion of price was still more
marked; for as there were no electric telegraphs
to transmit the news, tbe salesmen had no cer
tain means of knowing that a large supply was
ioithcomtng; tbey sold, and the crack tish
mongers bought, the first cargo at cood prices;
and when the bulk of the supply arrived, there
was no adequate demand at the market. In
such a slate of things there is no such process
as holding hack, no warehousing till next day;
the fish mut all be sold if not for pounds, for
shillings; if not for shillings, for pence. Any
delay in this matter would lead to the produc
tion of such attacks upon tbe oliactoTy nerves
as would speedily cull ior the interference of
tbe oflicer ot health. In what way a fclut in tbe
market is disposed of we shall explain presently,
It is really wonderful to ste by how many
routes, and from what varied sources, fish now
reach Billingsgate. The smack owners, sharpen
ing their wit at the rivalry of railways, do not
"let the grass grow under their feet;" they call
steam to their aid, and get the fish up to market
with a celerity which their forefathers would
not have dreamed of. Take the Yarmouth re
gion, for instance. The fishermen along tbe
Norfolk and Suffolk coast congregate towards
the fibhtng-bauks In the North Sea in vuch ntim-
'k bers that their vessels lorm quite a fleet. They
1 remain out two, three, tour, or even so much us
1 six weeks, never once coming to land in the in-
f terval. A last-sailing cutter, or h steamer, visits
the bank or station everv day. carrvioir out pro
visions aud stoies to the fishermen, and brinaing
back the fish that have been caup.ht. Thus
laden, the cutU-i or stuuier tints ou all her
speed, aud biings tbe fish to land, to Yarmouth,
to Harwich, or even right up to Billingsgate,
BCtoiCmg (is disiauce, wind, aud tide may
show to be bet. It to Yarmouth or
(xiarwicu, a "usn uaiti- is iuuue up
every nieht, which brings the catch to
Mi or el itch station, whence van9 earn it to
Ulin2ssate. There used, in the olden days, to
to be tish vans from those eastern part, which.
on account of the peculiar nature ot the service,
were specially exempted (rom post-horse duty.
As matters now are, the fishermen, when tbe
richness of the shoal is diminished, return to
shore ater several weeks, to mend their nets,
repair tiieir vessels, and reiresh themselves alter
their arduous labors. At all tbe fishing towns
round the coast, the telegraphic wire has fur
nished a wonderful ail to the dealers; for it
announces to the salesmen at Billingsgate the
quantity aud description of fish en route, and
tuereby euebles them to decide whether to seil
It aV.Jl Billingsgate, or to send some of it at
nie to an iulaud town. This celerity In rail
way conveyance and in telegraphic commu
nication gives rl'e to many curious
features in the tish-trade. Tourists and
pleasure-seekers at Brighton. Hastings,
and other coast towns, are often puzzled
to understand the fact that fish, although
caught and landed near at hand, is not cheaper
ho than in London: nav. It sometime hap-
51;
ens t bat good tlsti is not ODxamauie emier at n
.irriiTn-.rx.nrinw. The explanation is to be sonsiht
in th fact that a market is certain at Billings
gate, uuceitain elsewhere. A good catch of
jiiackerel otf Hastings miaht be too larse td
command a sale on tbe spot; whereas if sent up
to the rreat ceiitre,the salesmen would soon find
- i i ii t . i tnnt.fmUai.u'ao a fill h.
)iircna-er ior it. n " "": -
ect ot vexation in the salmon districts that tbe
imUnrmlv tent to Loudon as
to leave ouly the secondary'speclmens for local
consumption. The dealers wtu go io mc u--v
market that is open to them: and It is of no
avail to be augry thereat. It is said that few
iamilios are wore iusuflic'eutly supplied with
vcgpti.bles than those living near market gar-iU-iia;
the caube being elmiluito that here under
notice. Perhaps the most remarkable ia t,
in connection with this subject i, that the tub
often uuike a double journey suy from Ki'ghtou
to lii '.l.ngfcsrate and back aifam. The ltmhton
i i. ;t f .; l the Drub ton fishmonger il" not
d 'a I one wllb another so much as might-be
supposed; the one sends to li ill nurses t re nell,
the other to buy end caoh is willing to incur a
bti'e expense tor carriage to insure a certain
market.
Of course the marketing peculiarities depend
in tome degree on tbe mtlercnt kinds ot fish,
obtainable, as tbey are, in different parts of tlie
sea, and under very varjing circumstances.
Yarmouth sends up obiefly herrtugs caught by
the drift net in deep water, or the seine-net in
shallow sometimes a hundred tons in a night.
Tbe north of Englaud. and a lurge part of Scot
land, consign more largely snluion to tbe Bil
lingsgate market. These salmon mostly come
packed in Ice, In boxes, ot which the London
and Northwestern and tho Great
Northern Railway Companies are
intrusted with Urge numbers; or
else in welled steamers. The southwestern la
moie extensively the lino for tho mackerel
trade; while pilchards find their way upon the
preat western. But this classification Is growing
less and loss definite eu-ry year; most of tbe
kinds of fish are now landed at many different
ports which have rail ay communication wiih
the metropolis; and the railway companies
compete with each other too keenly to allow
much diversity tn carriage charges. The up-river
fish, such as plulce, roach, dace, etc., come down
to Bilbngegaio by boat, and are, it is sold,
bought more largely by the .lews than by other
classes ot the community. The rare, the epicu
rean nhitebuit, so inucn prized by cabinet min
isters, aldermen and others, who know tin
mvsteiies of the tuverus at Black wall and Green
wich, are certainly a p scntonal puzzle; for tbey
are caught tn the titrtv part of the Tliatuer
between Blackmail and Woolwich, in the night
time, at certain seasons ot the year, and ate vet
so delicate although the water is so dirty. Tne
ojf-trr tiade was noticed in a former number of
London toviety, in reference to tae remark
able system ot oyster nurseries, th care with
which the beds are managed at Whilstable and
thereabouts, the mode of sending tho oysters up
to Blllinppghte, and the sharing of ihe proceeds
among tne nstiermen. suinco n nerw jo say ma.
tbe smacks and other vessels, when tbey arrive,
are moored in front of the wharf, to form what
is called "Oyster street." The 4th of Aueust Is
still "oyster day," as it ued to be, and is Btill a
wonderful dav of bustle and excitement at Bil
lingsgate; but oysters now manage to reach
London in other ways before thai date, and the
traditional lormality is not quite so decided as
It once was. Lobsters come in vast numbers
even from so distant a locality as the shores of
Norway, the fiords or firths of which are very
rich in that kind of fish. They are brought
by switt vessels across the North Sea to
Grimsby, and thence by the Gteat Northern
Railway to London. Other portions of the supply
are obtained from tbe Orkney and Snetland
coasts, and others from the Channel Islands.
It has been known, on tare occasions, that thirty
thousand lobsters have reached Billingsirate in
one day; but, however large the number may
be, all find a mat ket, the three million mouths
in the metropolis, and tne many additional mil
lions In tbe provinces, having capacity enough
to devour them all. There are some queer
looking places In Dark house lane and Love
laue, near Billlugsgate, where the lobsters and
crabs undergo that boiliner process which
changes their color from black to red. A
basketful ot lobsters Is plunged into a boiling
caldron and kept there twenvy miuutes. As to
the poor crabs, they are first killed by a prick
with a needle, for else they would dash off their
claws in tbe convulsive agony occasioned by
the hot water I Sprats "come in," as it is culled,
about the 0th of November; and there is an
ineradicable belief that the chief magistrate of
the city of London always bas a dish ot
sprats on the table i, at the Guildhall ban
quet on Lord Mayor's Day. The shoals of
this fish being very uncertain, and the
llsh being largely bought by the working classes
of London, tho sprat excitement at Billingsgate,
when there has been a good haul, is something
marvellous. Soles are brought mostly by trawl
boats belonging to Barking, which tish in the
North Sea, and which are owned by several
companies; or rather, tbe trawleis catch the
fish, and then smart, fast-sailing cutters bring
tbe tish up to Billingsgate. Eels, of the larger
and coarser kind, putronized by eel-pie makers
and cheap soup-makers, mostly come la heavy
Dutch boats, where they writhe and dabble
about in wells or tanks full of water; but the
more delicate esls are caught nearer home. CoJ
are literally "knocked on the head" just before
being sent to Billingsgate. A "dainty live cod"
is of course not seen in the London fishmongers'
shops, and still less in tbe barrow of tbe coster
monger; but, nevertheles, there is an at
tempt made to approach as near to this
liveliness as may be practicable. Tbe
tish, brought alive in welled vessels, are
dexterously killed by a blow on tbe head, and
sent up directly to Billingsgate by rail, when
the high-class fishmongers buy them at once,
before attending to other tJsli. We may be sure
that there is some adequate reason for this,
known to and admitted by the initiated. The
fish caugnt by the trawl-net, such as turbot,
brill, soles, plaice. badJork. skate, halibut, and
dabs, are very largely cauzbt in the sandbanks
which lie otf Holland andDeumark. Thetravl
net is in tho form of a large bag open nt one !
end; this is suspended from the stern-of the
fisbing-lugirer, which dregs it at a slow pace
over the fishing-banks. Two or thre hundred
vessels are out at once on this trade, remaining
sometimes three or four months, aud sending
their produce to market in the rapid vessels
already mentionei. Tbe best kinds of trawl
fish, such as turbot, brill, and soles, are kept
apart, separate from the plaice, haddock, skate,
etc.. which are regarded as inlerior.
Tbe "costers" buy the haddock largely,
and clean and cure them ; they ( or
other persons) also buy the plaice, clean
tbcm, cut them up, fry fuem In oi', and sell
Ihem for poor people's suppers. Tbe best trawl
fish are gutted beiore being packed, or the fish
mongers will have nothinsr to do wih them.
Concerning mackerel, a curious elinnge has
taken place within ayeurortwo. Fine large
mackerel are now sent all the way from Nor
way, packed in ice in boxes, like salmon, landed
at Griroi by or some other eastern port, and then
sent onward by rail. The mackerel ou our own
coast seem to have becoiiie smaller than of
yore, and thus this new Norwegian supply is
very welcome.
All these varieties of fish alike, then, and
others not here named, are forwarded to the
mighty metropolitan market for pale. And here
tbe reader must bear in iniud that tbe real
seller does not come into persona1, communica
tion with tho real buyer. As at Mark Lane,
where the cornfactor comes between the fanner
and the miller; as at the Coal Exchange, where
the coallactor acts as an intermedium be-
tweeu the pit owner and tbe conl merchant;
as at the cattle market, where the Smithfleld to
called) salesman conducts the sales from tbe
grazier to the butcher so at Billingsgate docs
the llsh-ealesman make tbe best bargain be can
for the fisherman, and take the money from the
b.shmonaer. More than two thousand years aso,
according to the Rev. Mr. Badham, there were
middlemen of this class, and men, too, of no
little account in their own estimation and in the
estimation of the world. This lively writer, in
bis "Fish Tattle," says: "Great fortune were
otten realized by the Greek salesmen, miny of
whom came to keep villas, and to live in style.
The "name of one great salt-fish seller was en
rolled In tbe city (Atheus 1) books, and his two
sons enioved tbe lite honor. Many o' hers be
sides them, who carried on the same traflie, had
to bless late and the tods that they were born
wbeu the sun was i Places. The craft, always
a prosperous one, has in more modern days
been preatly indebted to tbe Church of Rome
lor its present status and importance. It was,
no douot, the great consumption of tish diuinz
Lent which led principally to the opulence of
the traders, and eventually to tto-e curious
privileges which were enjoyed by their body at
borne and abroad I
We have not tbe slightc-t doubt thst some of
the Billingsgate salesmen do that which tho e
of Greece are said by Mr. liadbain to have done
' keep villas, and live in style." Doubtless
they have good dinners and pood wines, stately
wives and fashionable daughters out somewhere
Fouihgate or Clapton way; aud when papa b is
taken ofi his apron, washed away the flsbsealos,
unri made b'mself otherwise presentable, lie
c funis to the bosom of bis family alter tae
day's labors ave ended, ne is, however, not
lie other city men; be niust be at business by
fl e in the morning, nd his work is ended by
11 or 12 o'clock. They all assemble, many
pcoies of them, in time for the ringing of
the market-bell at 6 o'clock. Each has his
stand, tor which rental is paid to the
corporation; and as there are always
moie Applicants tor stands than stand to give
tbcm, the privilege Is a valued one. Some of
tucso salesmen have shops In Thames street, or
tn the neighboring lanes and Hlleys; but tbe
nwijority have only stands in Billingsgate. Home
deal mostly In one kind of fish only, some tike
all tudi criminatelv. In most cases (as we have
sa 0) each, when he comes to business In the
m ining, has the mean of knowing what kind
and quantity of fl.-h will be consigned to blm for
su e. Tbe electric telcaraph does ail this wors,
while we laggards are fast asleep. Of the seven
hundred regular fishmongers in the metropolis,
how many attend Billingsgate wedonotknow;but
it is probable most of them do so, as by no other
n cans can proper purchases be made. At any
rate, the number ol fishmongers' carts wltbin a
fui loiig or so of the market is something enor
mous. The crack fiBhmonsers go to the stalls
of tbe salesmen who habitually receive cinsUn-nic-nts
ot the best fish; and as there Ls not much
hageling about price, a vast amount ot trade ls
conducted within the first hour or two. Por
ters bring in the hampers and boxes of fine fish,
the fishmongers examine them rapidly, and the
thing is soon done. Of course, anything like a
regulnrprice ol b:-h is out ot the question; the
fuppiy varies gieatly, and the price vanes with
the supply. The salesman doos tbe bet be cau
for bis client, and tbe fishmonger does the best
h? cau for him i-elf.
But the liveliest scene at Billingsgate, the fun
of the atlair, is when the costcrmongers cone.
This n ay be at seven o'clock or so, alter tne
"clous" hove tairen off the tish that command a
hisrb price. How many there are of these cos
termonaers it would be impossible to say, be
cause thp same men (and women) deal in fruit
and vegetables from Covcut Garden, or in fish
from Billingsgate, according to tbe abundance
or scarcity ol ditlerent commodities. Somehow
or other, by some kind of freemasonry
whether Ihere ts a good supply of
in a wonderfully short space of time,
among themselves, they coutitve to leiro,
herring, sprats, mackerel, etc., at the "Gafe,"
and they will flock down thither literally by
thousands. Tbe men and boys all wear caps
leather, hairy, felt, cloth, anything will do; but
a cap it must be, a hat would not be orthodox.
The intensity displayed by these dealers Is very
marked and. characteristic; they have ouly a
lew shillings each with which to speculate, and
they roust so manage these shillings as to get a
day's profit outof their transactions. They do
not buy of the principal salesmen. There is a
class called by tbe extraordinary name of bom
mareesor bummarees (lor what reason even the
"oldest Inhabitant" could not tell), who buv
largely from the leaders In tbe trade, and then
sell again to the peripatetics the street dealers.
They are not fishmongers: they buy aud sell
asain during the same day, and in the market
lUelf. The bommaree, perched on his lostrum
(which may be a salmon-box or a herring-barrel),
summons a group of costermongers around
hiiu, and puts up lot after lot for sale. There
is a peculiar ilogo adopted, only in part intelli
gible to the outer world a Bhoutina; and
vociferating that seem to bo part of the sys
tem. The owners of the hairy caps are eagerly
eiouped into a mass, inspecting the fish; and
every man or boy makes a wonderfully rapid
calculation of the probable price that it would be
worth hia while to go to. Tbe salesman, or
bommaree, has no auctioneer's hammer; he
brines the right palm down with a clap upon
tbe left to denote that a lot has been sold; and
the fishy money goes from the costermonger's
(isby hand into the bommaree's fishy hand
with tbe utmost promptness. Most of the
dried-fish salesmen congregate under tho arcade
in Iront of the market; most of the dealers in
periwinkles, cockles, and muscles (which are
bought chiefly by women) in tbe basement
story, where there are tubs of these shell-fish
almost as large as brewers' vats; but tbe other
kiuds of fish are Eold in the great market
a quadraneular area covered with a roof sup
ported by pillars, and lighted by skylights. The
world knows no such fishy pilliars elsewhere as
these; for every pillar is a leaning-post for sales
men, bommarees, porters, costermongers,
baskets, hampers, and fish-boxes.
And now the reader may fairly ask, what is
tbe quantity of fish which in a day, or in a year,
or any other definite period, is thus sold at Bil
lingsgate? Echo answers the question, but the
Clerk of the Market does not, will not, cannot.
We are assured by the experienced aud obser
vant Mr. Deering, who hn. filled this post for
many years, that all statements on this particu
lar subject must necessarily be mere guesses.
No person whatever is in possession ot the data.
There are many reasous lor this. In the first
place, there are no duties on fish, no customs
on the Imported fish, nor excise on that caught
on our own coasts; and therefore there are no
ollicial books of quantities and numbers. Ia
the second place, there is no regularity iu the
supply ; no fisherman or uVhmou'er, salesman
or.bommaree.can tell whether to-nioriow night's
catch will be a rich or a poor one. In th? third
place, the corporation of the city of London do
not charge market-dues according to the quan
tity of fisb sold or brought in lor sale; to ru ich
pir van or wason, so much per smack or cutter,
so much per stand in the murket tuee are the
items charge! for. In the fourth place, each
sale-man, knowing hi own amount of business,
is not at all likely to mention that amount io
other folks.
Out of (say) a hundred of them, each may
lorm a guess c-i tne exieni ot uusiuess trans
acted bv the other ninety-nint bat we should
have to compare a hundred different guesses, to
test the validity ot each. .Nor could tbe carriers
assist us much; ior if every railway company,
and every boat or steamer owner, were even so
communicative as to tell how many loads of
tish had been conveyed to Billingsgate in a
j ear, we should still be fur from knowing the
quantities of each kind thut made up the aggre
gate. Ou these various grounds it is believed
that tne annual iraue or uiiiingsvate cannot bo
accurately stated. Some years airo Mr. Henry
May bew, in a series of remarkable articles in the
Morning Chronicle, gave a tabular statement of
i be r rooable amount of this trade; and about
tve or six years later, Dr. Wynter, in tho
in the Quarterly lUxntw, quoted the opinion of
erne Billingsgate authority, that the statement
whs probaLly not in excess ol the truth. We
will, therefore, give the figures, the reader b -lng
quite at liberty to marvel t them us much as
H' likes:
Balmon
cou, live.
bat relied.
salt.......
Haciaoc.s....
ginokvd..
o e
Mackerel
20,000 boxes, 7 in a box.
400.000, averaging 10 lb. each.
10,000 barrels, 60 to a barrel.
1,000 000, srerariug 6 lb. each.
2.470,0i0, at 2 lb; each.
65 000 bsrr-ls, 8oo to a ban el.
t7.D20,OO0, at i lb. each.
23,020 COO, at llh. each.
260,000 l-arrols, at 150 each.
100.000 barrels, at 6 O each.
HfiilPpe
rod
tloaiere.
Etle
I. mug
1' aice
1 ttrt ot
Unll
2C6.O00 baskets, at 160 each.
. . . . u.ueu uuu at o to i lb.
.... lT.OliOOoO, ateoz each.
. . . . 80.600.000, at 1 lb. eaob.
806.000, at 7 lb. each.
' J 1 200 000, at 8 lb. eaoh.
. .'. .600,000 000, at 400 to a reck.
600 (M
.... 1.200,000
. ... 12 tons, at 120 to 1 lb.
102 205 gallons, at 820 to a pint.
llulut
Ovsters...
C'-utm
IxibsteM . .
1 1 anus , ,
tin lit, 1)6. ,
Tlirse figures nearly take one's breath away.
What on "earth becomes of tbe shells of tne
five hundred million osters, iiinl the hard red
cents of the eighteen hundred thousand lobsters
und crabs, besides tbe shells of the mussels,
cockles, and winkles, which are not here enume
rated t Another learned authoritv. Mr. Braith
unite Poole, when he was goods manager of
the Lonaon and North v etera Hallway uoru
pauy, brought the shcll-u,h as well as tho other
ttfVln'o his calculations and startled us with
such quantifies as fifty mill loo mussels, seventy
m lliou ccckles, three hundred million peri
winkles, five bumhed mil. ion shrimps, and
twelve hundred million berrluL's. In fhort,
putting this and that together, he told us that
about lour thousand million fish, weighing a
ciunr'er of a million tons, anl brlngiuir two
million ftetlivcr. were sold annually nt billings-
ente I Gencially speaking, Mr. l'oole's figures
mske a tolerably t.t-sr spproach to thate of
Mr. Mayhew, snd therefore U my possibly bo
Hint tho Londoners men and womn, boys,
eir', and babies a;ter supplying country folks,
eai about two fish eaeb every vora day,
tnk mg our fair share between turbot, salmon,
ami cod at one end of the series, and sprats,
periwinkles, and shrimps at the other. Nat a
linle curious is this Ichthyophagous estimate.
II Mr. Frank Buckland, Mr. brands, and the
otlirr useful men who are cndeavoilng to Ira
prove and increase tho artificial rearing of fish,
should succeed in their endeavors, we shall, as
a nmtter of course, make an advance as a flb
entlng people. And on this matter we may say
that, it the reader wants to know where to get
tmi-rate fish, well dressed, and well served, he
mav wend his steps some day to one of the fish
ordinaries at Billinesgate, at such hostrlries as
the "Three Tuns," the "Queen's Ilea l," or the
"Antigalllcau." London Society for December,
18GG.
RAILROAD LINES.
N1
EW AND SHORT ROUTE TO THE OIL
itK.aioN.
WAHRFN AND FKANKLHI RAILWAY.
Trains will run on tliis road follows :
UOINU Srar.'TH.
7 30
A.M-.Thmritti Ttaln. Lrv IrvinMon. t Juno-
tli.nofP AK R K., topping t principal itatlon,
nrniM at uicopons at io lu, ana at cmi enj ai it a.
M., coLiiectiug wlUi traius tor I'rauUla and other
Ixiinla.
1 111
r. 11 , i niouKii train. i.imvrs imrrnon, -"mm
at ull i nnCifal aiatlom, arrive at Oil (Miyai hW
r. i.
7 30 A.M., I'ltliolo AcoomiMxtation. Le e Oleopolls ;
a' rives at oi C'lt atS-lo x. M
C'40 A. M , Hthole Ateommodnllon. Leaven Oloonolis,
Mini arriciat Oil City at 8 If. A.M.
(iOlNO NOKIH.
0-40 A. M., Plthoto Aocommouutlou. leaves Oil Cl'y,
arrh es at Oloopoila at 7 tf A. H , making close lon-
nt-ction for Fllhnle.
913
A JM.. Tronijli Train. LtavM Oil Citr, ito?plnirat
all principal station, arrives at Irvlncton at ii 41 1'.
M , ruakiiifcolose toimoction with trains ou I. & E.
K. K., txHiiid 1 Bst and West.
12-M
P. M., Through Train. Loaves Oil City, stops at
all Drlnclnal stations, and arrives at Irvinetoo
4 10 tnakliifr close connection lor points West,
and connci'tliig with lntter train Kaston 1'. & K.U. It.
6-40 P.M., l'ltholo Accommodation. Leaves Oil City
arrives at Oleopolls atO-d P M., making close con
nection lr l'ltliole.
By this route, passengers leaving Philadelphia at noon,
ariiVo at Irvmcton a 6"i!i A M., have au hour for break
last, and arrive at Oil City at 1100 A. 11 , ot X2 hours from
ihetimeof starting. . . .
FaBseni;otsleaTlns;Erleatl0 2r, reach Oil City at 4-60
1'. M.,orcantopatTUlionte and return to Erie same day.
Passenpers leaving Oil City ot 9 30 A M., arrive ot Plilla
dclplila at 7 'CO A. M. next day, or at Er.e at 4 00 P. At.
sumo day.
Pamci gers Jeavlnir Oil Citv at 18 W) P M., arrive at trie
ntti-061'. M. same afternoon, or at Philadelphia afternoon
ol the loliowing dy ....
All trains south leave Irvlncton after arrival of trains on
PhiiRdeinhla nnd Krle Railroad, connect at Oleopolls for
I'ltnole, and at Oil City with trains fur Frunkliu and other
pouts.
All trains North leave Oil City after arrival of train from
Franklin, c nmctliiK at Oleopolls with trains for Pit hole,
(lid at livineloL w ith trains bound both East and West on
P. A E. It. It. JiATltAMKli r. MUHAKT,
(ieneral Superintendent,
f Warren and Franklin liallrouds.
EW AND MOST DIRECT ROUTE TO TBE
OIL HEtJIONS.
WARKN AND FRANKLIN RAILWAY.
lFliB. WIN'IEK ARRANGEMENT. 18W
From Thursday, November S3, IMS. train leave
Irvlneton (at the Junction of the Philadelphia and Erie
xtftllroad, 3W nines irom rnnaaeipn a;.
tiOIMl t-OIIIUlOOILCITT.
6-6S A. M. Mall Train arrives at Tidlonte at 7 M A. M
Ulcopoils at u lu A m. ; ana um uiiy at s ou &. m.
1-Mi P. M. Expreiw Train arrives at Tldmute at 2 30 P,
M l Oleopolls at 4 15 P. M. ; and oil city at 4 90 P. M.
OOINO NORTH TO I U VIS ETON.
Tinlna Ijiava nil ritv a fnllnwA !.
Q.lll A 14 l .hHM Train anjvM at OlAOnOl Is at fl ftO A.
M. ; atTldlouta at 11-60 A.M.; and at Irvlneton at 11
noon, making close connection wltn P. and E. Railroad
trains lor Philadelphia, and all points, bot.i East and
West. Passengers lor Philadelphia by this train arrive
mere at i a. ai.
1-20 P. M Mail Tram arrives at Oleopolls atl-55 P. M.
TiillniitA 1 SA l. M i and at lrvlneion at 4 1 P.M..
making close connection tor the West. . Philadelphia
pusHeugers by ihli train temain at Irvlneton uuill a U
U ...Ivlna .1 V filial a1 nll ! 1 '911 V- tA.
All trains golig Booth leave 'rvineton after arrival of
trains on 1 hllodelphla and Erie Baliroao, connect a
Oieot oils lor Pit-hole City, and at Oil City with Atlantio
and Ureat Western Hallway trains ror iteno, irauaim,
and Meadvllle. and with trains ot Farmers' hallway for
houstville Humboldt, Pmmer, Rynd, Tarr and Btory
k'nrn a 1AttitlaitirM inntrA
All trains going Nonh leave Oil CUy and Oleopolls
...! ' ,..n IMm .hnD. nnllltjl
By this route pasengors can leave Philadelphia at
noon arrive ai irvlneton at o-ju a. m., u.riuo wmiu-
utes for breaki.st and arrive at Oil CIyat.n-4 A. m
Time through' only 1 hours Or passongers can leave
Vhiiaitainhia ! I Ml p. M. arrive at Irvlneton at 4 '13 P.
W. next day, remain over night, and take the 6 54 A, M.
4-. In Snnlh
At Irvlneton passengers will find four comfortable
Hotels, and fln'-ciasa aintng saioon in tne uepov.
lie sure to obtain through tickets and baggage checks
at Peniiavlvania Railroad I'enot, West Philadelphia,
via Warren and Franklin Hallway, the great short
rmitA in thA Oil ltpolnn
ISAAC BLAKBLEE, Superintendent.
BEVERLEY It. KEIM, Oeueral Freight and Ticket
Agent. t
VTEW FREKJIIT ROUTE TO TIIE SOUTH
XN AND SuUTHWEHr, via the Philadelphia Wil
mington, liaitimore and Ie aware Kailroad Lines to
Cribuekl, Mary. aud,. thenoe by tbe Great southern In
land Hteam Navigation Company's btettnets. to Nor
lo:k. Virginia, connecting with the Great Virginia and
Teune see Air Line Railway, to Meuipbl , Nahvlile,
Atlanta and all points South and Houihwest
This route oilers advantages over all competing bans
portatlon lines Shippers by this line save both tltns
an ! money Tne marine risk betweea CrlMlcld gad
Norlolk ls a-suned hy the ompany. tuus ottering the
Inducements ot an all rail bill of lading with guaranteed
time from Philadelphia to ail prominent boutuoia and
Bouthwe s'Bin points.
F eights 'or Nonoik, Richmond, Petersb irg ana all
fiolnts In Virginia and North Carolina, lorwaided at as
ow rates as by anotnei line
Freights delivered at tl e Depot or P. W. and B. B R.
BUODanUPRIME8treetB, beiore 8 P. M., wl.l teach
Nor.'olk twenty four hours In advance of any oihor
route. This unprecedented desoatoh gives the shipper
ot Houfhern Freights from Philadelphia advontges not
beiore offered by any other line For further Im urina
tion apply to CHAHLES E. DIi.KBs,
AKint Vtrgiiiia and Tennessee Ir Line Kailwav.
.No. 411 CHEHNTJT Htreet.
8 P. WILTBANK.,
Ceneral Fsstem Agent Southern Inland Navigation and
Delaware Railroad Companies
f No CHE8STJT Street
T70R NEW YORK, VIA RARITAN AND DEL A
Jl WAKE BAY RAILROADS. From Ferry loot ol
VINE street. Philadelphia.
6 P. il. Freight tor New York, and points North or
lnlA. M Way Freight.
CioodB delivered at company's Depot Xo 321 K.
WHAHVKd, Philadelphia, by 5 P. M , will he tor
warded by this line, and arrive In New York at ft
0'JwgbVriXd.""PlMWc. 32 North Itlver.N.Y..
by 4-3UP. M., will be ready lor delivery lu Philadelphia
earlv the following morning,
park TO NEW YORK, TWO DOLLARS.
Ticket Office. Vine Street Ferry.
For turther Information apply to Comoanv'i Agents.
1! II. I HIHMAN. Freight Office and Depot, No. 3i0
X IVHARVEM. Philadelphia. .
j B.bl RT. Pierilo 3i North Elver, foot of DUANE
Btreet. hew Jork . ..
(If HI ((Vllfrni r icikui uva & sitocukci vuivo, a ui i-
delnhitt No. 411 CHESNUT Street.
UC 1 ' l 1 lulu VT rT A VTAW
niiiuinui 4... . , . i vi,
Buperlndcudcut, Urfd bank. N. J.
. C. HASTY,
General Freight A gent, Red Bank, N. J.
T. BUkNX hWEARlNGKM,
I General Agent, Pull Au.elpb.Ia.
MEDICAL.
DK. J. 8. ROSE'S ALTERATIVE
THE GREAT BLOOD PI'KIVIKB.
if you have corrupt, disordered, or vitiated blood, you
aie SICK an over, ai mny appear as pimples, so.es, or as
some active uisease, ur it may oniy mate yon leer lan
guid or Ueptessed t but you cannot have nood health If
your blood Is Impure. Dr. Rose's Alterative removes
all ihese Impurities, and Is the remedy that will restore
VCU to ueaiiu.
It Is unequalled for the cure of all diseases ol the-
glands, seroiuia, tuoi rcuiar consumption, aud all erup
tioiu of the sklu. Price 1. Sole agents.
dyott a co.
No 232 North SECOND Street
DIl. DYOTT'8 ITCH OINTMENT
wiM cure every lorm of Itch, and is superior to any other
reu c uy lor the cure of that disagreeable and tormouiiug
icu piaiuu rriv oceuu euut per man, m tents.
DYorr As co.,
Ko. 232 Forth SECOND Street
nit. j. s. nost's expectoham'.
For the cure or consumrtlon. eouchs colds, asthma
CMtorrh, intluenza. spl.ung of blood, bronchitis, aud all
Olsl uses vi me iuuks.
j his syrup having stood the test of many years' ex
peri' nuo as a r. meuy ior Irrita Ion or any lutlatuiuatlon
or tne lungs, lu uai, or uronouia la aoxnowieogea py
all to tie a rvuieuv superior to any other know a oom
.iumi used ior tne ruliei and cure of coughs and cou
suti.puoii. intsti. eoie agents,
DYOTT t CO
-H 'ttn Ko.232 KorthbEcOSiD btroet
pBIV Y" WELLS OWNERS OF PROPERTY
.1. .The only place to gctPrlvT Wells cleaned an 4 1
nlt-cled at sry lo price.
A. rr.Toir,
Msprractarer yf Poudretts) 1
rl( t UOLPSMITus UALI..L DUAlit lJtif
RAILROAD LINES.
PHirAPrcU'TUA, WILMINGTON AND BA1
LMOUE kAIl HOAIi,
0mmnctD tOTCIAV.lecemh.rM. V. Trtlos wftl
Item 1'opnt, corner 0( BUOAls b.rwl&l-d WAHliiNOTUJI
Avct It. ss telle t
Irre.s Trm at 4 IS A. If. (Mondays eepl), lot
III Itimoreand WaallriKtrrn,!)ptiii at t.tieiter, Wl Isling
ton, leiar, 1.1k ton, hotlhfeat. Perry villa, iiovre-oe-
mii, Aberdeen, Perrvman s, fciigewooa, magaoua
Cls .e s are) Htemsner's Ron.
Wy Wall Train at 810 A. M. (Hunaars exceptea;, lot
Poll wore, stopping at aJ regular stations. Cunnsctiug
will: lelawarc ilatUoad at Wilmington lor t'rls'.ieli ana
intermediate stations.
Kacresslialn at 1145 A. H. (Sunaars excepraaj.ror
Baltimore and Washington. ... .
txprcM Train at a P. M. (Sundays excepted), ror i-.sj-Iniore
and Washington, stopping at Chester, ('laymont,
Wllmlruion, hewark, Elktnn, lorthevt, rerrj-'MI,
Ilavre-de-Oraoe, Aberdeen, Ferryman s, t die wood, Mag
nolia, t riase a and fteinmer s Kua.
1 iRht Kxpress alll P. m .(dal yj.for liaitimore acn wan
II tton. Coinectaat Wilmington with IMIaware RallrcaA
lite (Saturdays escepte'l),stoppln at Mldd!etwn,8myrna,
lx,r. Ilamreton. Heatord. Ballbarr. Princess Anne, n
connecting at Crlsaeld with Boat fur Norfolk, Portsmouth,
ar e tnenoutn.
Passengers by Itoat trom nai I mo re tor ronreji ftioo-
roe and Norfolk will take the U K A. M. train.
WILMINGTON ACCOMMODATION TRAHTS.
Plopping at all Stations betweea Philadelphia and W0
mitixlon.
l.tavarnitaaeipnia auz-w, f uu, , ana u taauyi r
M. The 4 (H) P. M. train connect, with lelawaie l'.allroftC
tor Mllford and intermediate stations. The P. M. train
rima tn Npv f-entia.
l eave Wilmington at" IS and 8-30 A. M., 3 and b
(Cully) P.M.
FliOM BALTIMORE TO PHILADELrniA.
Leave lialtlm -le 7'Y.i A. M, Way-mall, 9 i A. M
rxpters. I lu P. M., Liprens. 6 0 P. M., Eiprtw 8 I!
P. M., Kxprens.
nm Kaltlmore to Havre do Grace and Intermedial
nations at 4-10 P. M,
TRAINS FOR HAtTlVORS.
leave Cheater at 4'40 and A.M.. and a: P. M.
Leave W iluuigton at 10 00 and 40 A. M., audi 14 P. K.
feUNIMY TRAIN
Leaves BaltUEor at b it P. M.. stopping at UftTre-de-
l.tiie. Pemvlue). ana w llmtngton. Alaoatopt at e.iktos
and .Newark to take passengers I'orPhlladelplila and leave
parscngers from Washington r lialtliuoie, aud Chester tc
leave passengers irom duiluiiuid or n annuigiou.
j tirouun J ichets le an points nest, oouui. ana routn
WfH, may be procured at Ticket Othce, o. KM Chesnut
iief,r. n ndfr Continental Hotel. Perfor. ou.'r-liasliiff
tickets nt this oftlce can havetiielrbaggage ejected a. Uicil
reticence by uraham s nnggsge Kxpress
. KEXJkEl, Superintend jn.
PASYI-VAKIA CENTRAL RAlLEOAu.
W1NTLU AKUANUEMENT.
lie -i rains pi tbe Pennsylvania Central Railroad leavl
the Depot at Thirty-first and Market streets, which Is
reached directly by the cars of the Market btreet Passenger
Kahway. 1 hose of the chesnut and Walnut Streets Hall
way run witnin one square or it.
On Huudays The Marketstreet cars leave Eleventh anl
Market tuts. 35 miuutes before the departure of each Train.
Mann's Ba gage Express w ill call lor and deliver Bag
gage at the Depot, Orders left at the Office, No. Uil Caet
uut street, will receive attention.
TUA1N8 1.KAVX Pl.l OT, VIZ. :
Mall Train at 81MA.M
Faoll Accommodation, No. 1 A 2, at 10 A. M. dt 11 ) p. M
I ast Line and Erie Express at 12-00 M.
Parkesburg Train at 1-00P. M
Hamsburg Aocommodation at tt'30 "
Lam-aster Accommodation .....at 4 00 "
I litburg and Erie Mall at 9 00
Philadelphia Expteas at 11-00 M
Putkburg and Erie Mall leaves dally, except Saturday.
Philadelphia Express leaves daily. Ail Other trains
daily, except Sunday.
Passengers by Mall Train goto Wllllamsport wlthon!
change of cars, and arrive at Lock Haven at 810 P. M.
Passengers by Mail Train go to Carlisle and Chambers
burg without change of cars.
bleeping Car Tickets can be had on arnllcatlon at th.
TUket Office. No. xl Chesnut street.
TRAINS AKU1VB AT UKrOT, VtZ.
Cincinnati Expiess at 12-50 A. M,
Philadelphia Express at 7-10 "
Paoll Accommodation, No. 1 A 2, at 8 '20 A. M. At 710 P. M
Parkesburg Train.............. at 9-20A M
Lancaster Train ...at 12 40 P. M
Fast Line at 130
Day Express at 6'50 "
Uarrlsburg Accommodation at 9 60 "
Philadelphia I x press arrives dally, except Monday.
Cincinnati Express arrives daily. AU other trains
dally, except Sunday.
, Passengers leaving Lock Haven at 7C0 A. M., and WI1
Uamsport at H'40 A. M., reach Philadelphia without changt
ol cars, from Wllllamsport, by Day Express, at 6-JO P. M.
'1 he Pennsylvania Railroad Company will not asaums
any risk for Baggage, except for Wearing Apparel, and
ilmit their responsibility to One Hundred Dollars In
value. All Baggage exceeding that amount In value
will be at the risk of the owner, unless taken by tuecia'
contract. For further Information, apply to
JOHN C.ALLEN, Ticket Agent, No. G31 Chesnnt St.
KAMI EL H. WALLACE, Ticket Agont, at the Depot.
An Emigrant Train runs dally (except Sunday). For
full particulars as to fare and accommodations, apply tr
1.1? lKAJiC18 FUNK. Ko. 137 DOCK. Strtetg
FOR NEW YORK. THE CAMDEN AND
Amboy and Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad Com
l anv's Lines
FROM PHILADELPHIA TO KEW YOBK
and Way Placts, from Walnut Street Wharf, will leave as
IoiIohs, viz.: rang.
At 6 A. M , via Camden and Amboy, Accommoda
tion $.?
At 8 A M. via Camdeu and Jersey City Express 3 M
At 2 P.M., via Camden and Amboy Expre.s ........ SVt
At 6 P. M., via Camden and Amboy Accommodation
and I migrant 1st class J 2
At B P. M., via Camden and Amboy Accommodation
ana immigrant, zucoss foe
At 10 A- M., il and 6 P. M., for Mount Holly, Ewans-
vine, Pemberton, Birmingham, and Vincentown. and at
6 AM. and 6 P. M for Mount Hollv onlv.
At ti A. M. aud a P. M. for Freehold.
At and 10 A. M . 1.4.&.6, and 1130 P.M. for Fish
House, Palmyra, Ulverton, Progress, Delanco, Beverly,
cogewaKr, Aiurungwn, rurence, uoruenuiwn, etc lus
10 A. M. and 4 P. M. lines run direct through to Trenton.
The 1 P. M Market Line will leave from foot of Market
Merer, pirn-Ferry.
1NES FROM KENSINGTON DEPOT WILL LEAVK
At 11 A. M., 4-30, 6-46 P.M., and 12 P. M (Night), via
Kensington and Jersey city Express Lines, rare tsvo.
The 0 46 P.M. Line ill run daily. Ail others Sundays
ekCDted.
At 7 -80 and 11 A. M ,8, 8 30, 4 80,8, and 6 46 P. M. and
12 Mionignt, lor lirutoi, ireutou, etc.; uiidat loL A, il.
(or llil'-tol,
At 7 SO and 10-15 A. M ,3,4 30, S, and 12 P. M., for ScUenck'l
At 10-lu A. M ,3, 6, and M P. M. lor Eddlngton,
At 730 and io io A. ai . , 4,t,, ara u r. m. ror corn-
wed , lorre.daje, iioimenourg, laoony, urldesburg, and
Fraukford. and at 8 P. M, lr Holtnesburg aud inter
mediate statloos.
At 10 15 A.M., 3,4,5,6,8 and 12P . M for Wislnomtag.
Bl.LVlDERE DKLAWABE1 RAILROAD,
For the Delaware River Valley, Northern Pennsylvania,
auu New i ork state, ana tne ureat t,akes. Dally (sun
navs excepted) Hum Kensington Depot, as follows :
At 7 30 A. M. for Niagara I ails, xut!ak, Dunkirk. Canan-
dalgua, Eluilra, iinaca. uwega, itocnester, Mingnamton,
Oswego, Syracuse, Great Bend. Montrose, WUkesbarre,
Scranton, btroudsburg, Water Gap, eto.
At 7 30 A. M. and V'30 P. M. lcr Belvldere, Eaaton, Lam-
be rtvllle, Fie mlugton, eto. Tne u-w p. M Line connects
Clin-Cl wiu ice train iravuig cjuiou ior oiaucu vnunr.,
AUentown, Bethlehem, eto. lis
A i 5 P. M. tor Lambertvtlle and Intermediate stations.
January 7. m i . v ii.lia ji ti. UA-iX3it.it, Agent.
PHILADELPHIA, OERMANTOWN, AXE
N0RR16T0WN RAILROAD.
ou and utter liiiitBDAi, Aovemoer i, roo, until rtrr
tlitr notice. .
run ur.ujiANiuvrsi.
v - m. fi - A..i.i p. r a I. ir, II 1., A If 1 a. ,
Lrsrv 1 llliaue.A'uiK u, I , o, v, L, u A.U4.,A, s , o .
8J, 4. 6, Ms, 6-10, 7, 8,9,10,11,12 P. M.
Leave uermantownu, i,t,B,ou,v, u A.
1,2.8, 4, 4V,6,. 7,8, 9.10,11 P.M.
'1 in 8 20 down train, and ii and ) tp trail. will not
stop on the UeruuiuUiwn Branch.
ON SUNDAYS.
Leavl rMladelDhla A. M., 2, 7, anl hVi P, M.
Leave Germautowu tiX A. M., 1, C, and 'J V. M.
CHESNUT HILL RAILROAD
Leave Philadelphia 6, 8, 10, 12 A.M., 8, SV,W, 7,1
and 11 P.M. .
l.etre Chesnut inn j iu minutes, s, 'w, u wa. at..
1-41 , 8 40, 6 to, ti 40, b'40, and 10 40 minutes P. M.
ON SUNDAYS. .
Leave Philadelphia 9- minutes A. M.,8 and 7 P. M.
I.iave Chesnut Hill 7'&0 tutnutes A. M., 1-40, MO, an
9"A u lnutesP. M.
1 OR CONSHOHOCKEN- AND NORRI8TOWN.
I cave Phlladolphla,8 81 U&, minutes A. M., IX,
4i, e.. CV.U-Oo minutes, and lli P, M.
! VveNortstwn6 40,7,7-i0u.luuts,8,UA. M., IX
'tHdMit'r!in will stop at Falls,' School I arte. Wis
sl:,c ou.Manayuuk.Bpiuig MlUs, andComlioIiOckenonli
ON SUNDAY8.
le: ve Philadelphia A. M., 2. and 6lf P. St.
Lruve Norristowu 7 A. M., 6 aiidBS f. At.
FOR MANA I NK.
Iei.ve PMladelpliia , 8o5, 11-00 miuutej A.M., I
8) P M. RtTNDAVS.
1 c nve Phfladolrhla tl A. M.,. and6V P. M
Lew e M.n?yunk IX A. M.,.a.id 0 P M.
W.&. WILSON. General Superlnten'teat,
Depot NINTH aud GUEEN Streets
1 1$
I'ARITAK ASH Ur-LAWAUh uai -iaia-
ROAD.-On and after December 13, I88H, trains
will ruu dully, SundsTsexcep-ed trom Cooper s Polut,
Camden, opposite VINE Street Ferry as lollowsi
ll Wa.ljWsy Freight lor all stattorw; passenger
C"lUpCM -Through Freight for New York pasien-
rghVreWed tn Pbllade phla at the Company's
warehouse. No.-SiO N. DELAWARE Avenue, until
nViockP M., reaching New Vork early next moruiti
FreU lit boat leaves Pier No Si, North river. New
Ycrk, foot ol PUaNE Street, daily, Sundays exceoted,
at r ftl., roaeii ns "ii iriuuin j ...w.m.m
1 he 9 A. M. train !rom Philadelphia, aud the 11 A.
tiait ito'u New ioilt, are aL-couiniueji. IlASTy
Cerjioral Fra'ght A?:nt. Red Ban N. J.
W. N. CLViTON,
, BuDCin'enoVni, Rod Dunk, N J
a It II. crilPilAN Agent.
NO 3J W. DP tATlii Avouu i-hl.aciuliiUnt
nAILROAD LINES.
E A
D I N o ni I L
a o a i
l ittiM rtif r.i t.i i l.iiiA m tul rtrrvnme fte
' si LVAM TI,R Bcnim-Mix, huhqtjb-
I .k?VV,K'IU'A0 AND WrOMIBtl Vl
CANADA? 0"U. U0KTEHX3X. AND XUJI
T7U.TLB AARAXOKMNTOF PA88EKOEK TRACT,
hours' U' tbUMU-hU. at th MlOWu
At 7 W A. M., lor Keadlng and lnteVa.iJi,.?:a..-
Retiirolng. leaves EeajilVt' s? dl,U 8Jv "i
Philadelphia at l P.M. r' JTtTt .
A18-HS A.M.,fvr
..III IHnn.A...
MUKHiBio r.TrRF.RB
Reading, lhanon, liarrtsVirrt;,
mmlJ.U-a V ""nk'-r . WUIlTnipTrtr
I :..'V,."L":.''. ".1'u"V"a"",-r. WUIlA.ni.oort.
W.lkasb.rte, H:tstorW. CarlU. CbA.Jri:
llsnerstowo, etc. eto. """uuiwrsoiirg,
1 his train connects at BKADTKO with Kast Penns-rV.
Tanla Kallrxad trains for AUentown, et., and thLViana
Valley train for Darrlsburg, etc., at FOKT CFIntont '
wtth Catawiasa Hal, road trains f"f Williamsburg, lok ,
Haven. Slmira, etc j at HARKIHBUKU with Mortbarm
Central, Cumlie-rlAnd alley, and Schuylkill and Buaqn.
hsnra trains fr Nor hum her land, WUMlamsport, York. '
Chambersbuxg, Plnagrove. etc.
AFTERNOON EXPRESS
Leaves Philadelphia at 30 P. M., for Reading PoHe.
vlhr, Ilairlsburg, etc., oonnectlng with Seeding; a4
Co.i.mbUKaliioad rains for Columbia, eto.
KEADINO ACCOMMODATION
Leaves Re ading at 6iM A. M,, stopping at all way Sta
tions, arrlvUs at Philadelphia at 9 40 A. M.
Beturnitig, leaves I hiUMlsiphia at 4'iW P. M., arrives U
Beading at I Mr, M
Trains lor PhlladelnhM Jeavi TTarHibni'g' at 19 A.' M ,
ann Pottsvllle at 8'4o A. M., arriving in Philadelphia at
1 00 P.M. Afternoon trains leave Harrijhurg at 2-L0 t.
MPv textile at 14o P, M., arrtui(r In Phiiadetpuia at
. ' ' HARRTSBUKO ACOOMMODATTOW t
Leaves Keadirg at l it) A. M., and Harrtsburg at 415 t.
W. Conu.ctliig at Peaoing with Aiternoon Accomsmv.
elation south at 6 HO P. M., arrlvlni in ruOaUdphla at I U
P. M.
Market tratn, with passenger ear attached, leaves PhtU
delpbia at 12-4A noon lor Heading and all way lUtMn.
Leaves Reading at U 20 A. M , and Dowaliurtown at UN
P. M lor Philadelphia and all way stations
All the shove trains run daily, Sundays exoepteel.
Sunday trains leave PottsvuVe at fc'Ov A, Mand PMlx
delphia ai 8 lx P. M. Leave PbUadelphla for UeaJiru at .
SWA. M., retiunli.e from head.n at 4 2." P. M.
llir.S'ir.K VALLbl KAJI.KUAD.
Passengers ler Downlrgton and Intormedtats B-lotl
take the 7'30 and 8'lfi A. M. and in p.-Mi trains tram
Pt iladelphla, returning from DownlcgVjwn at Its) A. kt.
and 12-uci noon.
NEW YOKE EXT RES 8 FOR PITTSBtrsa AND IU
. WEST
loaves Hew York at 7 and 9 A. M.ard g-OOP. at ..pMstng
Beading at l W and 11 U A, M and 143 P. M., and con
necting at Harrtsburg with Pennsylvania and Northern
'ntisi Kailroail express trains for Iltuburf, Cblcs-e
Wllllamsport, Elmira. Baltimore, etc.
Betunnng, express train leaves Uanlsbonr on arrival
the Pennsylvania express from Pittsburg, at 8 and 9 0 A. '
M.and!H5P. M passing Reading at 449 and 10 61 A.
M.. end 11-80 P M., and arriving In New York at 10 A. AC.
and 8 40 P. M. Sleeping rare accompany these trains
through between Jursey City and Pittsburg, without
Changs, -
A mail train for Few York leaves narrtshnrf at HA t.
M. Mail train for Harrtsburg leaves New lock at U At.
SCHUYLKILL VALLEY RAILROAD.
Trains leave Pottsvllle at 7 and 11-30 A. M and T li P.
M , reiunung trom Tamaua at 7 30 A. M. and 1-40 ana
415P.M.
SCHUYLKILL AND BUBQTJEBA NNA RAILROAD.
Trains leave Auburn at 7 Ml A. M. for Plnegrove ael
Uairisburg, and l'&o P M. for Plnegrove and Tremoot.
returning from Ilarrisborg at 8 Jo p. M., and trom Tre
mont at 1 of A. A4. and t-W P. M.
TICKETS.
Through first-class tickets and (migrant tickets to afi
the principal points In the North and West and Canada.
Tbe renewing liciets aie ootatntDte oniy at tne onus w
8 BhADrORD, Treasurer, Ne. SV7 bl. FOURTH Sut.
Philadelphia, or of G. A. N1COLLS, Genet ai Supartnteu.
ent, BeaUuig :
COMMUTATION TICKETS.
At 23 per cent, etu count, between any points JeitreJ, (K
lamliles and arms.
MILEAGE TICKETS.
Good for 2000 miles between ail points, 852 SO eech.fitc
families and firms
gCABOlf TICKETS.
For three, six, nine, er twelve months, for holders only,
to all points, at reduced raws.
CLERGYMEN
Residing on the line of the road will be furnished carts
entitling themselves and wives to tlekets at half tare.
EXCURSION TICKETS
From Philadelphia to principal stations, good for Bat ar
ray, Sunday, and Monday, at reduced fare, bo be had ooir
at the Ticket oOlce, atTBiRTEENTH andCAXJXIWIULi.
Streets.
FREIGHT.
Goods of all descriptions forwarded to all the above
points from the Company's Fielght Depot, BSOAJ) and
WILLOW Streets.
FREIGHT TRAINS
Leave Philadelphia dally at 6 30 A. M , ti 45 noon, and
6 P M., for Reaalng, Lebanon, HanUburg, PotUvLUe.
Port C Union, and all points forward.
MAILS
Close at the Philadelphia Post Office for all places on Hut
road and Its branches at 6 A. M and for the principal
tatlons only at 3-10 P.M. 1 ki
FREIGHT LINES FOR NEW YORK AND
all the Stations on the CAMDEN and AMBOY and
connecting Railroads. JN CREASED DESPATCH.
1 HE CAMDEN AND AMUOY RAILROAD AJfT
TRAN8POKTA1ION COMPANY FREIGHT LIN Eat
for New York will leave WALNUT Street Wharf at
o clock P. M. dally (Sundays excepted).
Freight must be delivered before 4, o'clock, to be for
warded ti e same day.
Returning, the above lines will leave iTew York at 11
noon, and 4 and 6 P. M.
Freight for Trenton, Princeton, Kingston, New Bruns
wick, and all points on the Camden and Amboy Rallroal;
also, en the Belvldere, Delaware, aud Fiemlngtoo, the
New Jersey, the Freehold and Jamesburg, and the Bur
lington and Monnt Holly Railroaas, receive! and for
waided up to 1 P. M.
2he Blvldere Delaware Railroad connect! at Phillips
burg with the Lehigh V alley Railroad, atd at Manua
kachunk with all points ou the Delaware, Lackawanna,
ana Western Railroad, forwarding to Syracuse, Buiiakt
and other points in Western New York.
The New Jersey Railroad connects at Elizabeth with the
New Jersey Central Rallread, and at Newark with the
Morns sna k.ssex nauroau.
A slip memorandum, specifying the marks andn-jahers,
sl.ipreis and consignees, must, In every Instance, be sent
w HI: each load of goods, or no receipt will be glvea
N. B Increased facilities have been made tit the
transportation of live stock.. Drovers are Invited to try
the route. When stock is furnished In quantities of tw
curloads or more, It will be delivered at the foot ot Fortieth
street, near the Drove Yard, or at Pier No. 1, Nortk
1 'ver. as the shippers may designate at the tuna Ot
shipment- For terms, or other Information, apply to
WAL1 ER FREEMAN, Frelelit Agont,
1 1 No. 220 8. DELAWARE Avenue, PalUdelpliiA.
VTORTH PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
J Depot. K.W. corner BERKS and AMERICAN Bta.
For BETHLiJiEM.DOYLESTOWN, MAUCH CIUN4.
EAMON, W ILLJAMbPOKi', aud WILKESBARKE.
At 7'4.r A. M (Express), tor Bethlehem, AUentowfi,
Mauch Chunk, Hazleton, Wllllamsport, aud Wlikesbarre.
At ii i! P. M. (.Express) (or Beihiehtm, EMUia.ew.,
reaching Ea'ton at H i P. M.
At I io P. M for Bethlehem, Atlentown. Maach Chunk.
For Doyle-?-town at '. A. M ,8 c6 ai.d4 W P. M.
For Fo:-l Wfc:t i ton at 101 5 A. M. and 11 W P. M.
For Lamdaie t. 2 P. M.
Fifth and fcixt-. trtets, Second and Third streets, aui
Luioii lines ol I as.tnger t ars run to the new depot.
TRAINS ARRIVE IN PHILADELPHIA.
From p.ethiet.ctn at o-lo A. M. and -,) and 8 40 P.M.
I'niu I cy estown at 8 6 A.M., o IS and I 06 P. At.
I'rtiu I ausdale at 7-S0 A. M.
Flout Fvit Washington at 11-50 A. H., and 3 Oi P. K.
ON SUNDAYS.
Philadelphia for Bethlehem at 9-80 A. M.
Philadelphia for Doyleitown afi 06 P.M.
Do le-town tor l htladelphla at 7 S I A. M.
Detiilehtm for Philadelphia at 4 P. M.
Tt.rungh ItcWets uiitst be procured at the tlcketoffloe.
I ij ELLIS CLARK, Agent.
Qaa -Philadelphia and erie rail
J.OOU.ROA1.. ihls great Une traverses the North
ern and Northwest Counties of Pennsylvania totheOrtf
ol Er'e on Late Erie, le has been leased aud is operate!
bv the I ennsvlvania Railroad Company.
TIME CP FASbENUEK TRAINS AC PHILADELPHIA.
Arr e East" aid Erie Mail Train, 7 A.M.) Erie Exprnea
Tram, l"20 P. M. ; Elmira Mall. 6 rO P. M .
Lei.ve Westward Erie Mall, 9 P. M.t Erie Express
Train, 1.' M. i Elmira Mail. 8'0U A. M.
Puf eniter curs run thiougn on toe Erie Mall and Express
trains vlthoul chaLge bout ways between PulladlluA
ana trie. yOBK CONNECTION.
Lsnve New York at 9 A. M., arrive at Erie 10t A. M.
LeaveNewotkat5-0ijP.Marrlveat Erie 7 15 p. If,
Leere Erie at bob P.M., arrive at New York 4-40 P. M.
Leaie File at 9-10 A.M., arrive at New York 10 10. A M.
pie; ant Sleeping Cars on all the nUht trains.
For information respecting passenger business, apply at
corner THIRTIETH and MARKET Streets, Fhila.
And for freight business, of the Company's Agents, 8. B.
Kingston, Jr., corner Thirteenth and Market streets,
Phiiui clphlat J. W. Revuolds, Erie: Wuuaut Drown,
Agent N C. It K., Baltimore.
H.H. HOU8 IOM, General Freight Agent, PhDa.
H. W. GW YNN ER .General Ticket Agent, Phil.
1 35 A. L. TYLEB, General Sup.,WUuantsport.
T.Y7 EST JERSEY RAILROAD LINES, FfiOK
V f xrt of MARKET Street ( Upper Ferry).
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA AS FOLIOW8:
For lirldgeton, Halem, MlllvMt.e, and all tntenne-llkte
gtatk lis, at A. AI. Mail., g uu P. M , Paneutor.
1 oi Woodbury, 8 A. M., 8 M) and 6 P. M.
1 1: Cap Ms y, at boO P.M.
RETURXiNG TRAINS LEAVE
W -)dotirv at CIS and b'40 A. M., ael 4 6t P.M. ' '
tl Jneton at 7 06 A. M. and 8-SO P. M. Freight. MP. K
t-u imatC f O A.M. and h t P.M. Freight, fi'4A P.M.
1! i .'.v luo at 8 k A. M. and !'0i P. M. Freight. 6 10 P. AC.
e i : May at ii'45 A. ti.,PaAs6Ug jr and Frobjht.
Fr-i.;lt v.111 be received at First Coveted Wnsrf'
Rboi i Walnut street, from 8-C A. M. until e-00 P. S4,
T1.JI rc''.ed before CCA.E, v-Ugothronththssaind'A.
F'-;.,lilDAlivry i. tli S Dl-'LAW ARk Aveuue
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