THE EDITORIAL EXCURSION
1 ..aha, Its Location , Growth and ,
Future
Prospects_How Business is Done in the
, - 'West—The Learned Professions—Fami
liar Names—Public Buildings - and I'm.
. provennents —The Railway Car-Shops
and Their Work—An Hour Among the
Mormons-,-A Sad Fncloent—The Power
of • Modern Delusion—Ahoriginal InveS
• t tigations:-Life Among the Lo-ly—The
Condition of the Indians and Their Fate.
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(Special Correspondence Pittsburgh Tette.)
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OMAHA, July 23 h, 1868.' ,
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Omaha, like all the' flourishing cities and.
towns on the Missouri river, is located Or
the west side-of that stream.. It is a pleas- .
ant and heartsome . city, possessing a popa
k
- . C lation variously estimated from fourteen - to
seventeen thousand souls, and transacting
)
Manually a trade which, in agireiate '
amount, would put Many more metrapoli- 1
• tan cities in the shade.. The rivalry be='!
. .tween Council Bluffs and Omaha. has been
,
, productive, of but qne result—the strength
• eniiat, of an erroneous opinion: abroad of the
rue importance of either place. While
• . there is much to commend the former place
to the emigrant, and while it promises to
I- become a very important city when-the
IL P. RR. shall have been completed, still
• Omaha must certainly take the lead in the
march of time. It is eligibly situated, while
\
Council Bluffs is -almost lost four miles back
of the eccentric Missouri, and from fiequent
- . rises in the river -which inundates the bot
tom land fronting it, is prevented from ad
_ .
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• • ranting its line to the margin of the stream.
Omaha has the start.of its rival, and will in
evitably keep it for many years to come. A
.
r ' . paragraph has, been floating around the
) sea of journalism,. - setting forth in-, a
- ' plausible way that . this young giant
, .
• city.' of the. West• was losing prestige,
,
I
and that ruin stares its tnercharts, dealers'
:".. ' ' • ' and traders in the, face ; that.hill the busi
'less houses were to let and the streets green
„ . grown with grass.' - Such. is not the case.
During the stay of the Editorial party in the
city a careful examination into the buiinesb
of the city and its financial health and stand
ing revealed the. fact that Omaha, instead I
of languishing, is daily gathering strenth I
and her trade-is in sound'condition. ' Therei
-are poSsibly five or six stores . offered for
Tent, the previous tenants having lately va
cated them for more elegant and conamodi
. ous new structures whith. would grace our
Fifth street. _There are houses in Omaha ,
\.• which count their • sales by Imndreds of
thousands per annum, while some show bal
. ance sheets
higher than a covering sales! Vaulting much
, Persons w'p
. ; strict attention tmoillion.
theirbusiness must ho
proays
... • per in any of -the Western towns; but at
tention to business in the West means'much
, more thhn what the words mean imply atl
home. They must watch all corners, keep ,
their shoulders constantly at the wheel, neg.
,1
lect nothing or nobody, 'else the machine
. ' will rapidly run' down. Thus it is that lag.
lards who at home have not enough busi. •
- . . . ness brains and tact to make both ends
. - meet, come hither, and alter brief experi
dice, in which they are necessarily unfortti
. nate, return home to curse the wild 'West,
• forgetting, however, to state' that there are
. . men who hard in a comparatively short
• . time grown rich out of sheer industry and
close application to business.
As is all new cities, the cOmmunity at
. . Omaha has been more or less victimized by
the operation of land speculators, or in the
. • lingo of the west "corner lot jobbers."
l The business is legitimate enough, but it
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retards the growth of the place; driving
small °cent:milts into other quarters for ulti
' - rnate settlement, The land speculhtors have
had their day, and it will tie nothing to the
-:- discredit of the city, nor evidence of its-de
cline 'to say that both rents and real estate
are on the descending scale. There is no
. good reason why business 'sites here should
- command such enormous figures of from
- I two hundred -to five hundred dollars per'
' ' front .foot 7 being higher • figures than at
which are held lots in some of the good
business streets of Pittsburgh.
Orinaha dates its foundation hack to 1854,
when, by act of Cbngreas, the Indian title
,to the site on which built, was extinguished.
It was laid out into lots in 1855 by a few'
capatalists of Council Bluffs, who have not
, . only lived to reap a large fortune out of
- their enterprise hut likewise to see what.
they originally intended• as a :village of
secondary importance expand into is thriv
' ing city of large business and population'
and brilliant prospects. Up till 1858 there
'was but little interest manifested in the
town ; the settlers being content to rest un
der the fostering care of Council .Bluffs, but
an influx of eastern capitalists and progres
, sive men gareinew impulse to the town, and
the grand prospect:of the completion of the
iron band to join the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans together gave tone and strength to
their exertions. -Within a decade of years
the city has gradually obtained its present
, importance, and who can tell what it will
be ten years hence ? Or-who-can look into
the future and mark out on the map of our
great country the many towns and impor
tant cities which will spring up Aladin like
to dot with'hivei of Industry the line of the
•Union Pacific Railroad ? There are indica
, tions to denote the spots where possibly
such places will grow, ljut as yet, all is
doubt as to the certainty of locality, else
the field of speculation in the West would
prove an Eldorado never before surpassed.
There is no reason for believing to the con
trary that the mighty West will one day
:_rival the East. It is an outlet for all other
sections of the'country. The New England
. and Middle States, the Southern and North,
.western States all turn' to the rising country
- before_ and behind the
.Rocky Mountains
- . .and see their own stars paling, and are
•-• forced to realize the truth of the-p,onhetic
words of Bishop Berkley:. "Westward the
,' star of Empire .takes its *ay."
•But to Omaha. The city contains the se
lect'numbei..of filly-four lawyers, who find
plenty of work to; keep them busy and to
line their pockets with the needful. Amony,
the most prominent, Indeed the most prowl
nent, is John I. Redick . , Esq., who is well
known in,our city, having married one of
our most gif kd daughters. A gentleman of
large learning, refined .tastes and liberal
ulture,,thoroughly read in legal lore, he is
ustly termed a representative lawyer of
ebraska. High honor undoubtedly awaits
im in the State, to the welfare of which he'
as contributed •so much, obtaining for it
igh position amongst the loyal, Common
.ealths of the Union.',lt is given out that
will be sent to the United States Senate,
d in our humble, opinion the Btrite could
no more sensible thing . as the Repubb:
n members ofthit body need just such;an
,•,ztelding . .and. patriotic, gentleman 10
- rn their rauitY. -
"lye• doctors find a livelihood iip
..otigh 'the city and neighbor
' .healthy.. There gre,sortie
''it,'-hownver, in which the
holds, sway, but, these are
3 city . has three Rational
rokers' otliees, a-number
t, drug houses, dry goods
, rough freight nary ari 4ll
language' to them, ' inasmuch as - they
sunny clifne. The remainder of the Mor
of our party who could talk the beautiful
dd
e tzun a ' bo m os M es g to ho d us w es en . d In s7---7--""nmnuilillpalatial stol-e
on Farnham street we found Mr.; Mark A.
Kurtz ; a gradqate of het well known Pitts
burgh house of Eatdn, 3facrum 47 , •C0. at
the head of a wholesale jobbing establish
ment, and doing a - large share of business.
The- Union Pacific Railroad has ',estab
lished in Omaha a Car work-shop, where are'
Made, cars which far surpass, an point of
neatness, durability and excellence,' any
manufactured at eastern points. Fully ten
hundred persons are constantly employed,
receiving wages aboat equal to those paid
in Pittsburgh—po(taore. I The shops are
built `of brick, (which are made -in large
!Anantityin Omaha,) and remind one very
-forcibly of those-at home, such as the Matt
"cheseer - Loco Motive Works„ , being thor
oughly complete and extensive. Much of
the iron used is _brought from 7 Pitts-
Ilurgh. as - the quality is justly reckon
ed :superior. to any manufstctured else-
Where. • The capacity' of the works pis
threacars
,per them. - It Is proposed in a
short -time to .mandfatture locomotives _at
this point, but at the present they can be
brought from otherpoints at cheaper rates
than they can be made here. ''ln these
Works every bolt; rflit, screw, wheel, axle,
and Other parts of a car are made, and as a
result of
.the cornbintd labor, are turned
forth car:Sin which'it is a luxury to ride. It
is a mystery - to the writer to 'account for the
superior character of the cars used in the
far West on the Union Pacific -Railroadover
those emplbyed on the Eastern roads. That
such * Should be the case we knew not why,'.
but that Such is the case is a fact. Possibly
on the Eastern roads it is no object to en
courage travel by accommodating travelers;
probably it is ,an °by& an the -new roads
of ,the West. At best the roads outliers do
recognize the fact that the 'traveling com
munity are Worthy of grent consideration.'
Here we also met Mr. Charles F. Hender
son of Allegheny, and Mr. Joseph P. Fen
lon of Latrobe, both old schoolmates; The
former is engaged in the luniber business
and is doing' admirably ; the latter is chief
clerk for the Superintendent of Indian /if
'fairs: They took-special pains to t render
the Pittsburghers comfortable during their
stay in Omaha.
It is singular thet we meet-Pittsburghers
so liberally scattered throughout the west,
and it iagratifyingt to know that of the dozen
or more old friends we met between Omaha
and the other side of the Rocky mountains,
all are doing, well and prosPering, and still
retain a warm side for the home they left, to
find their fortunes elsewhera
Omaha - has a driving, park, a race course,
sulphur springs, several cemeteries and all
the appoititments of a first class city. It
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boasts of three or four first class hotels, the
most prominent Bich is the tent
House 'where, ort arty put up, an were
admira ' bly aired or. In Conclusi n we'
Iwould say that Omahatls a well filled vOl
ume of evidence going to show • what the
U - hion Pacific Railroad will accomplish. for
the towns along its line. Ibis now a first.
class, live and progressive city and promis
es to become a still greater one.
OmauA, July, 6, 1868. ,
During our stay in Omaha we were fel.-
iturtate enough to come across, eleven huh.
fired Mornums . en route to Salt Lake City.
They came from England, Wales and Italy.
The latter country was represented by• but
a single family, and their isolation from the
others, whose language they could not un
derstand, was painful to an extreme. One
language ,of Rome, ascertained that they
were ofi,the Roman Catholic persua-
1 sion and had been won over to the belief of
the immortal Joe Smith b active mon
i
I ries sent out n . l Englund to convert the people%
1 Hof France, Spain and Italy They were
I,ervid enough in their belief in, the new doc- -
trine, but claimed the . right to yet perform'
their prayers and self-imposed penances in
accordance with their church. They were
overwhelmed. with delight on hearing oar
interpreter (i. 1 e, Mr. Clark, of , the
1
New Ybric. Post) speak in their own
were the first intelligible words which
broke upon their ear since leaving their own
mon immigrants were of the lover classes of
Englanst and Wales, although here and
there we met with some . men and wo
men who bore evidence of culture, reading
and refinement. ' One pretty woman, about
Itwenty years of age, was especially fasci
nating, and although she imagined the Lord
called her to Utah, still we beheie a hand
some Young infidel of Pittsburgh or any
other where might have coaxed her with
considerable ease to pay little heed to the
bidding she had received. There were
many handsome women in the lot, but the
great majority were old hags who travelW
hither fondly expecting Brigham' Young Or
some miter Man to call them to their house;
hold. . The Whole number were filthy, verZ ,
1
min -covered and dirtx. Theirpassage across -
the ocean they proclaimed as disagreeable
to an extreme, Crowded in close 'quarters,
ihalf fed, uncared for, with no physicians,
much less 'nurses' to look after them.
their journey was accomplished under the
most distressing circumstances, And yet
their faith gave
• not away. They felt that
they were guided by the finger of the Lord,
and confidently hoped for better times in
the land of Young and -youngster& Mor
monism is peculiarly a religion of entliusi
asna. Its advocates and devotees are firmly
convinced that their salvation depends on
their embracing- the awful doctrines of
Polgyamy, and nothing can intervene to
prevent the consummation of their desires
to unite with the holy head of their church.
They set forth 'with full knowledge of the
lot in store for them in this country,—one
of labor, toil, privation; and sacrifice, but
their zeal was , equal to the occasion, and
without a murmur they passed onward, in
f of the Union Pacific Railroad, where they
I
were to be met by the Disciples in rough
wagons to• be carried to great Salt Lake
,•City. • One of the most painful and soul
I
1
moving incidents we have ever met with, 7
and we have met I with many—was the
death, at the Omaha depot, of one of
these enthusiastic immigrants. When
she arrived in Omaha, good wife like, she
1 ( helped her husband in transferring from
one depot to another a heavy chest, which
awe. presume Contained all
.their earthly
i goods. But the wicked sun of Omaha,
1 beaming down with terrific" violence, was ,
too much • for her poor, weak frame, and,
there 'she lay prostrate—dying from , the
ieffects of heat and over exertion. No phy
sician ministeredto her. A few old women
dosed her with spirits of peppermint and
bathed her arms with lukewarm water.
Near by was her husband, an, intelligent I
looking Englishman, wringing his 'hands
and frantic with sorrovv, while at her knees
' were two bright little boys and an infant of
two summers. There under the scorching
sn, on the rail,, with no one of the
outside o Grid to:- cairn for her, none
to.
properly minister .to her wants, she
expired, in the greatest agony. As she,
rolled back , a. • corpie, her , husband
and children who had Watched
with, tear( . antiel l y.her last gasping breath, uttered such
a co; as to startle. the whole lin e of immi
grants: We were Powerles s to doted ying
}woman good. • There • was no ice conven
ient, no drugs near. Placed in a rough box
and• copsigned' to- an -Unknown grave slit
was• left alone. Her dream ofhapn
piess
cut short; hex expectations blotted out ;
leaving' a 'happy Wine In Lamellas/tire ime
GAZETTE :
.71
.T1T419:4Y, 'JULY
_40,-„,14681
met a painful death on the soil of Nebraska.
The train moved on, bearing heavy hearts
aboard:(This was not the only case of the
Character. \Others died in _ Omaha. Idr.
Brighani• Young did not pay the attention
due those -who came so far to place them
selves under his protection and to embrace-'
the doctrine he represents. -
- The only Indians we have seen on our
travels were a dozen or more of scallywag _j
representatives of the Pawnee tribe, -who, 1
wandering from their * reservation, in the I
northern part of Nebraska, found their way 1
to 11- camping ground back of the State
House in Omaha. Our ideas of the noble
Lo and hissfamily were seriously Marred By
this exhibition of redmen in their native de
generaey. The males were clad in a coarse,
filthy looking blanket
around thrown 100 sel
around them, which left unconcealed the y
greater portion of their bodies, presenting
to the refined taste a loathesome and indecent
appearance. The- females had a cloth
wrapped loosely around their waist, and a
loose fitting gown dropping, from - their
shoulders down to their knees, barely hid
ing -their nakedness. - Some of them had
papooses (whifh means- unwashed 'copper
colored babes) lashed to their backs
with legs, drawn forward over the breasts
of the mother. They begged I Just think
Of it, the noble,Aboriginees of our country,.
for whom we have been taught a high rev
erence, begging for a pittance ! A wickeder,
or more debased and - vicious lot of human
beings we hive never seen huddled together.
They. presented- no one redeeming feature
excepting, perhaps, that they could stirke
down with an arrow a five cent nickel
placed on the end of a stick by one of the
visitors, at some twenty yards distance. All
along the route, from Chicago to the end of
the Union Pacific Railroad, we saw but one
trifling camp of Indians, and those located
at a considerable distance from the rail. We
were tßld that the great masses of
red me were south hunting Buffalo. We
were anxious to see the red pests of the !
forest unless behind did bayonets of soldiers,
for there is no dependence to be placed in
their friendship for the whites. They are
treacherous and deceitful; and would, take
a scalp with ds much impunity to-day as
their forefathers would have done one hun
dred
ar e years ago. (Sub rosa we would say
they all copperheads
We remember an editorial in the GAZETTE
schne time ago, written.hy Iflrs. Swisshelm,
in which she strongly advocated the using of
vigorous measures in dealing with the race
which offers such impediments to the march
of civilization, and we believe she was'about
halfiright: Much has been said in poor Lo's
favdr, put we, at home, cannot properly ap
preciate his character. The Indian outrages
perpetrated on the whites who settle in the far
West, a..e generally served up in gilt-edged
style to the general reader, losing their true
color of awful demonism and acute wicked
ness. The Indian Agents are lareel re
. sponsible for the depredations of the tribe's, be's,
as they deal.dishonestly with them, and in
order to carry on their nefarious business
more successiblly; incite them to deeds of
Horror against '• innocent parties. But Fate
has decreed that this race,of men shall die
out, and they are rapidly approaching th
end.. The iron horse has swept theml before eir
it, turning their hunting grounds int smil
ing gardens and fields, and leaving them no
place =secure from-the avenging hand of the.
pale face. Perhap3 one hundred years hence
there ;will not , be iii, the United States a
single representative of any of the Indian
tribes Which now give so much annoyance
to the Government Slowly,- steadily they
fade away, ;leaving no evidence of their ex
istence belrihd them, ' Alas' Poor Lo I
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pROPOSAES FOR PAPER.
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A SUPPLEMENT to_nn act: requiring the Superin
tendent of Public Printing to advertise for pro
phsals for supplying the State with printing and
bill paper, approved April tenth; Anno Domini
one tbdusand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
SaeTiqle 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and louse
of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, in General Assembly met, and ills hereby
enacted by the authority of the saint, That hereaf
ter the person Or per4ons bidding for the.contract
toe ar furnishing the State„With paper, as provided In
ct approved April: tenth, Anno Domini one
thousand eight Ifundreit and sixty-seven, be re
quired to execute a bond to the Commonwealth,
with at least two' sufficient sureties, in the sum of
ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful
performance of the conti l a r ct so allotted, which said
bond shall be approved by the Pre!,ident Judge of
the Court of Commot Pleas of the district or . dis
tricts In which such sureties may ri2slde; or lit case
of the absence or other inability of such President
Judge, by the, Associate Judge of the county in
which such suretlers may resdde; Pr‘e4fdtd That the
bonds, with the sureties of the sevi4al bidders, Shall--;
be duly executed, sealed up and" delivered with the
proposals fur furnishing said paper, and to addition
to the condition above required, shall be condition
ed that In'ease the bidder or bidden; to whom the
said contract shall be awarded shall neglect or re
fuse to accept the same at hls or thelr,bld, the said
bidder or bidders, with his or their sureties agere.
said, be liable to the Commonwealth for the
difference between the amount of the bid of the per
son to whom the said contract shall he aw—a?ded
after such neglect orrefusal: And provided further,
That the nuperintendent o'f Public Pr!nting shall
award said contract upon the sanie'day the bids are
by him opehed.
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ofticc-of,'the Superintend cut of Public Printing, for
Supplying thOtate with Printing Paper.
Said paper to be BOOR PAPER, measuring 25 by
40 inches, and to weigh respectively 40 and 50
pounds to the ream. Also, DOUBLE FLAT CAP,
measuring 17 bvi26 Inches. welt:fling 2N pounds to
the ream. Bitis'inqii be received for each kind sep
arately. Said Proposals \to be opened In presence
of holders: on SATURDAY, the Ist day of August,
1868, at the Nike of the Superintendent. Contract
to run from Lkeitember, 11 9614, to .kugust, 1869.
The successful bidders wi❑ he required rigidly to
conform to samples which will be fUrnlshed upon
application at the °Mee of the Superintendent. No
proposal will be considered unless; accompanitd by
a guarantee that the bidder or bidtlCis, provided his
or their proposal shall be accepted, will enter Into
an obligation with gnotli and sufficient security, to
furnish the articles proliused for: and each proposal
must be accompanied by satisfactory evidence that.
the pert:oils making said proposals are manufactu
rers of Or clealera In the description of paper which
be or they propose to iticnish.
Superintendent Public Printing,
1)-14:t9 75 Market Street. Harrisburg,
PITTSBURGH PAPER MANE.
IFACTUJCING COMPAIsiY, .:klauufacturere
of
PRINTING AND WRAPPING PAPERS.
(ILINTOS7
°nu).
3111,L—NEW 13 RIGHTON, Pet
OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE,
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N 0.82 Third Street, Pittsburgh, Pa,
. Orpr cEnS — Al7(iLTST HA RT.IR President.
.INo. 11. LIVINGsToN, Treasurer.
SAMUEL. RIDDLE. Secretary.
DinneYons—Augest Hartje, John Atwell, S. II
Hartman, John It. Livlngton.
Cash paid (or Paoer Stock. '
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E XCURSIONS.
SLIMIER lEXC EIRSIONS.
T.HE PENNSYLVANIA CENTII A L
RAILlii/AD COMPANY have on sale at their
°dice, Union Depot, Pittsburgh,
ROUND TRIP ,EXCURSION TICKETS,
TO ATLANTIC CITY AND CAPE MAY,
Enabling parties to visit these Popular bathing re
sorts, and return hUtne at a moderate -cost.
CAPE MAY P ASENGERS can purchase Tickets
to go and return by all Railroad, or they can arrange
to take Steamer in either direction, between Phila
delphia and Cape May.
EXCURBION TICKETS are also for sale at the
above Depot to NIAGARA FALLS, THE OIL RE•
LIONS, Ii ETTYSBURO, and numerous point] in
Pennsylraniaand New York.
PA3IPHLETB, containing flail descraptions
;of the various Excursion Routes by this Road, can
be had on application at the Ticket Office, In the
Union Depot.
W. H. BECKWITH
TICKET'AGENT.
ivl:B2Et
HAIR AND ?ERPUMEEt Y.
JOLL Y
PECII*, O rnatnental kali
HAIR WORKER AND PERFUMER.. N. 133
ird street. near Strilthileld, Pittsburgh. •
Always On Mud, a general 1 14 1 6ortment of Ladies'
AN, CURLS; Gentlemen's Wkiel, TO
pEpi soma's, Humic CHAINS, HHAcxt,vre,,
ac. it A good Price'in cash will be given for
RAW AIR. ,
Ladles' and G entlemen's Hair Cutting tfonei
the neatest manner. •
nitama
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SUMNER GOODS.
Boys', Youth's and Children's.
BUMMER cesenrEßE
LINEN SUITS ,
DUCK SUITS
FLANNEL SUITS
ALPACCA JACKETS,
Alpacca aria
,FLannel Coats, &c.,
APER
JOIN (.4.EARY
JOHN YOI7MGMBN,
Ja?.3:o88
EUREKA AX3iONLATED BONE,
SFPERTHOSPHATE Or ME
The Allegheny Fertilizer Co.
SR WARD ft CAMPBELL,
Office, 850 Penn Street, Pittsburgh, Pa.
The best Zerttilser in use, and recog. rafted y
Farmers who have given h a trial, to be the stand
ard for raising large crops of - Wheat, Rye, Oats,
Corn, Pots toes, de. We have published for gratu
itous circulation a psauphiet containing Interesting
and valuable statements of this FertlHzer, copies Or
which will be sent free to; ;
any sending ua their ad.
dross.
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PMSBURGII lIIPORITN E,
' SCHMIDT- & FRIDAY,
M'S AND LIQUORS;
No. 409 Penn Street, Pittsburgh,
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Would direct the attention of the public to the fact
that, pa sessing super sor facilities through several
large Wine and Liquor Houses In Europe, and
mak.ing tnelr importatimis direct, they are enabled
to oiler the various grades ef choIce.WINES AND
LiguoßB at prices less than Eastern rates. Ex
aminations of qualities and comparison of prices
respectfully solicited.
A choice assortment of pure OLD RYE WHIS
KEY con:smutty on hand
WlETV3affii.
CLARET, WHITE AND SPARKLING.
Chateau Lafitte,
Chateau Margau ,
Chateau La Rose x ,
ht. Julien,
t. Sauternes,
'hateau Sau terns,
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Laubenhelmer,
n e rgt h e e t .
1 1)20:o86
Mosel /lochbel Muscatel, quality; Scharzburg,
mer's euperlor
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CRA-11.ri*.A.G.N.7E. •
Moet & Chantion,
Imperial, Epe a: . : i n i llertine,"
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Vernezay, Heldsi ye
Chambils, ' i — and oth ck,
her brands.
Also, a layke assortment of BRAIVDIES, WHIS
KIES and WINES, of all descriptions, constantly
on band, at
W3l. MILLER'S,
(LATE MILER di, RICKETSONoi '.,
221 and 223 Liberty Street, Pittsburgh. '
Jyt;:s92
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JOSEPH S. FINCH Ar. CO., I Xii - Agen ts wanted. Apply as a4oveitri.,r.r°
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Nor. 186, 1 87,189; 191, 193 and 195, ____ \
f FRANKLIN . •
FIRST STREET, PITTSBURGH, ) B EY
MANt7PA4URERS OP
a
Copper Distilled Dare Rye Whiskey. I INSURANCE COMPANY,
Also, dealers In FOREIGN WINES and LIQUORS, •
HOPS, sc.
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inb.ns3
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Caiai AND COKE.
Office in Franklin OSCAR F. Savings Bank Buildings,
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& CO. ' ~,,,
0... LA4
COAL AND COKE.
OfOce, Sandusky Street and P. F. W. er. C . 1 HE NRYIRWIN. ..
R. R., Allegheny City: GEO. D. RIDDLE: ......
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supEßwa
DIRECTORS:
. Henry livrtn, D. L. Patter.on . Hen Ge
Geo. I.', IthiTte Jamb Fran-z: ':GuttrYlelb FVasg,'
Youghiogheny Coal and Connellsrille
-_ .r. it. Suitt!), Jarob Rush,
Coke, : Vh . p n Q t ru ..... ,
ijos.,,,fie.luLie.srt,•Ctz. P. Wllston, 'Joseph Craig,
r, ;li.J. Gin/Land, ,Jerenpah Hobert,
ap10:03.5 -
In=7 I STATr
AT LOWEST MARKET RATES
JP- Orders promptly attended tn.
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COAL! COAL!! COAL!!!
- DICKSON, STEWART & CO.,
Hav!ng removed their Office to
1
NO, 58 7; i. 1.13.• II a-sy .sTi - t..P.'r, j carnal ;;,iz *i, is 1;;.:;.;...;;;',; g — t -, ; --------- -V OO . 0 0 0 Go
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1 rn
Iniuhis and bkcouur - ........... 3 .} ) , " 11 ) ",_°
~9„.0
(Lately City Flour Mill) t3E C 9 _.!.; 1 J FLOOR. . - I Pahl Return Premium,: .: . :::::.. ..
:. . -- - li= r ; go'
: • Expense. Includ'g Taxes . .1:.. Cuin.Ml:;'i 3 • 4.61 71
Are now
~prepr,rll to flirnls l h good. Yo L 7(4 F4O . Gti.E .. l i I.o,ses pald ........................... : 5 . 67._3 38
A re L,I.T.NIP, .Z., LT COAL (Mt SLACK., at the lowest Amouu: ..f 1 .h..i.., tanding lilklis ...... . 75 7 . 0)08 33
morkel price. •
All orders" leillat their office, or addressd to •
them thro . ugh the mall;Wlllbeattendecito promtly Cash on hand .. • - -A-94:T5 ... . r
~,....:54 , 2 ,
____, 1 ,<. 6 ,1...A,.,,0 un .... :. .. . . .... . ..........
rILIARLES El. ARMSTRONG ,;'-'.5:". Piiii,'l.;:-:•1-1`t';Ir.;.'"' ..... •• • ''•
v,,,
, Stuck Notes, payai:d .. c...n . Sli . e . MYLn:ii .
. ,
YOTrGinpaLLNY AND 'CONYEMPTELLE COAL,
An,i Manufacturers of I eertyy that the forezoing Is correct.
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COAL, SLACK. AND DEsuirutimmED . j v 2.3 : t.li:l
COKE. 1
' NATIONAL INSURANCE CO .,
Office and Yard-CORNER OF BUTLER AND
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BORTON STREETS. First yard on Liberty and i OF THE' CITY OP ALLEGHENY.
Clyrnerstreets. Ninth Ward, and otCsecond street., I
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near Lurk No. 1. Pittsburgh; Pa.
, Office. In ALLEGHENY. TRUST COMPANY'S
Families and llanufacturers supplied with the ' BUILDING.
bert article of Coal Cr Coke at the lowest cash rates. 1
Orders left at any of their offices will receive
prompt attention.
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A RAISTRONG 84, HUTCHINSON,
Successors to
—I.rItILADELPIIIA AND YOrGIIIIOOBBNT COAL CO.,
11-English,
MINERS. SHIPPERS AND DEALERS, BY RAIL- Jno. A.I vier,
ROAD AND RIVER, of superior Youghiogheny Ja4 T. L. Gr•lharn•
.
, Jno. Brown, Jr.
CAS AND FAMILY COAL. i - n ''''''' lr ' u t ; l , r
,
021ce and Yard — FOOT OF TRY STREET, near WP-A-N'YEOFTIIITaSHIVCI
_the Gas Wo_rk_s. _
__ 1 LEXANDER XIMICII, .P 7
SIPE lOICCOA L. lis If. P. REF:BERT, sec tr; ______
~,r1,,,i4,1,..N.1.ernCti,.E COAIN
. . ; CAPT?GEoRGE NEELD, Geiieral Agent.
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; °dice, 93 Water street, Span t. Cu.'s Ware
- C. crr.E.Rivr ez co.. . house,
tup sta,lrs., Pittsburgh.
r.ittlircnit.Vibit all , kinds of Fire and Marine
Miners and Shippers of PITTSBITRGH GAS, TORGE
o w I , t n .) . a l
n r e,
Directors
and FAMILY COAL, NITT.(7OAL and SLADE. I lii l l l sks
, ; who a're "ivil k:MI,I-stt tTla n 'eo ni m a ,n n u a , g ,4 l i t' l.
Coal delivered promptly to all parts of the cities I 'determined by prom ot nesti and-ilberaFlit'yn'ti
at the lomest market rates.
Larlittnthellia,r,aciter which they have• assumed as of
(mice and Yard—CORNER FOURTH AND WAT. 1
protection to . those who desire to be
SON (formerly Canal ,),STREETS, Pittsburgh.
I Insurtd. the best
'P. 0. BOX 1292.
oft
, • DIRECTORS:
Alexander Nimick, 1 qonn R. MeCu ,
SAFETY FIRE JACKET. R. Miller, Jr..
iJames MeAipey, I Chas. J. Clarknee
1 William S. Evan,
i Joseph Kirkpatrick,
SECURITY AND COMFORT FOR ! ± nlelr ; d A r cil iee , r ' , Phillip Reymer,
1 David al. Long, . I Win.. Morrison,
iTHE TRAVELING COMMUNITY, • ! D..llmit•eti.
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. TDIENIVSYLVANLA.
J. B. HARRIS' SAFETY FIRE JACKET 1 -uINSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTTSBURGH
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d OFFICE, No. 1 67 , 4 WOOD 'STREET, BANE OP
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Car Heater and Moderator, CO3I3IERCE BEILHING.
This Is a Home Company, and insures against toss
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• ' by Fire exclusively.
For SNIOKE AND HOT'
,AIR FLUES, dispensingby
I LEO.NARD WALTER, President.
with the use of Stoves and Fires let r,about the . C. C. BOYLE. Viet! Pre:Aleut.
Patesenger or Baggage Cars., with the attachment to„ ' ROBERT PATRIC-N, Treasurer.
graduate the heat to any t emperate:re that may be i HUGH McELHEN I', Secretary.
desired without the possibility of tirlng.the car or '
D/RECTutt.t,:
cars to which the Jacket may be ;et tached. ' Leonard Walter, ! George Wilson,
Itavlng obtained! of the Untied States Letters Pat- IC. C. Boyle, , Geo. W. Evans,
rat for a Safety Jacket which Is warranted to resist d Robert Patrick, Je 'C. Lalitec,
the most Intense beat that may lee adielled to It In : Jacob Painter,
,I. C. Fleiner,
the position :deed purpose for which it is Intended. ! Josiah King. John Voegtley,
It is a sure protection from by nee, orhti- I Jas. H. tionkins, A. Ammon.
nating from defective flues,. accidentswhede iron t a ipes art 1 Henry Sproul,
used as conductot s for smoke or heat. It appild -
le to all piping that may become overheated, , elf, DEmNITy
and Is warranted to give perfect satlsthetton where. 1 1 - -
wood or other cc- dnimstltele material may be placed I
in close proximity tberedo. I am now ready to ap-
ply my Invention to stores, dwellings, faeteries, 1
ships, steambm.ts,. railroad:di earl, .tc., wherever
pipes as conductors are made dangeroim by being
overheated and security diesiseel. I will sell, on ap
plication, rights to manufacture or to use the above
Invention; also, territorial rights, to such as may
wish to engage in settling prlT:leges, either by State
or connty.
J. U.
W R
oMee at the "NP. PLUS ULTRA PAINT
OKS," corner ()I'M-orris btreet
e:15:840 and the Alletkhe,
ay Valle y Railroad, Ninth i lVa rd,.Plttshurgli, Pa.
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FERTILIZERS
TO "'au
AT (MOWERS.
MANUFACTURED By
. P R 4 E ) Pii.TETORS,
WINES, LIQUORS, 'ske
ESTABLISHED 11330
I MPORTERS OF FOREIGN
CLARET.
I MedoC,
Margaux '
! St. Jacques,
Paulilac.
WHITE
Chateau Latolir Blanc
h
.chateau YuuL e
.110c1.1 NVIN_ES.
i No. 43 Ohio St-.
C. DAY7B , Allegheny.
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A HOME COMPANY, managed by Directors well
. • known to the community, who trust by fair dealing
i to merit a share of your Vatronage.
DEALER TV
FRANKLIN INSURANCE CO. OF PHILADELPHIA.
OFFICE, 435 A: 437 CHESTNUT ST., Niter{ 5274
Chai•les V. R D IHRCTORS .
ncker, 31ordecal.H. Louis
Thblas Wegn a
er, i David S. Brow n ,
Samuel Grant.
_, , 'lsaac Les,
1 Jacob It. smith . i
„Edward C. Dale,
rreorge W. Richards. r George ales.
CHARLES G. RANCHER, President. • •
EDW. C. DALE, 'Vice President.
W. C. STEELE. Secretary,peo tem.
J. GARDNER COFFIN, AotsNx,
North West corner Third and Wood Streets.
inhZ:tris
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A M
LLEGENY INSURANCE COB/.
I'ANY OP PITTSBURGH. • .
OFFICE. No. 37 EIPTH STREET, BAL‘tit BLOCK
,Insures against all kinds of Fire and 3larine Risks. •
JOHN IRWIN, Jn., President.
dORN D. .AfcCORD, Vice President.
C. G. DONNELL, Secretary,
OAPT. Wit. BEAM, General Agent.
DDLECTOne:
Crpt. Wm. Dean,.
B. L. Falmestock,
W. Everaon,.
Robert IL
R. Davis,
-.Vrancls Sellers, i • '
Capt. J. T. I:Rockdale.
John Irwin, Jr..
John D. McCord,
C. G. Hussey,
Harvey Childs,
HT. oskinson.
Charles Hays, -
110111EOPLES' INSURANCE COM..
_IL VAN x.
OFFICE, N. E. CORNER MOOD k FIFTH 8713.
A iloine Company, taking Fire . and Marine Risks.
DX/ 11 42'0Ra:
Win. Poißips, Capt. John L. Rhoads,
John Watt, Samuel P. b
uckle,hrivr,
John E. Parka. Charles Arb
Capt. James Miller, Jared M. Rruh,e
Win. Van Kirk, Wm. F• Langs,
James D. Verner; Samuel AleCrlekara
WM. PHLLLIPS, President..
JOKR WATT, Viee President.
W. P. GARDNER Secret
CA.E.T, JAS. Gosilol.T. einiena Agent.
ACADEMY. OF, music.
MAVA
! e The above eie
! for a short mcriod gant-,
place of amusement will oPen
1
ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 1. ' •
A series of brilliant light comedies, fairy specta
cle's ind comic p an tomimes. in which a ea:croy
selected Company, will perform. The renowned
FOSTER 13 ROTHERS, , from the New . York and
Philadelphia theatres, will appear in their great.
,
condo characters.
NUMBER NIP; OR, TOM-TOM THE PIPER'S SON
A wonderful pantomime, will soon be pruduced.
For full particular s see bills and future advertise
ments.
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psvRE YOUR LiFE IN THE
GUARDIAN
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.,
OP XE TORR.
No. 10:2 BROADWAY.
ASSETS• RAPIDLY INCREAS6G, OTER
.81 000 0000 -
4,1 S
This Company is the Guardian of a Sacred Fund,
whichith Is to p
the l rovide for the Widow and the Father
east, w
possible burden to the Insured.
All Approved Forms of Policies Issued.
P
Liberal modes for the payment of Premiums.
Profit cies Non-forfeiting by their terms. The Entire
s of the Company till:lced equltably among the
Insured. Lust. Return of Prbmium, PIETY PER
Qp...NT.
bin.cr*-43.4: ! .
Hon. John A. Piz, . : E. V. Haughatrout,
Hon . James harper :. William Wilkins,
John JCrane, , Julius If. Pratt
William T.,Hookei-,' .- 7 ' William W. Wright,
Wm. M. Vermilye, - Charles J. Starr,
Chas. G. Rockwood, ' Willies
Alen,
lion. Geo. Oodyke, ! Geo. W. Cuyler,
3llnot C Morgan, . Geo. T. Hope,
Thomas Itlgney; ! John H. Sherwood,
BenJ. B. Sherman, !
.Edwardli. Wright,
Aaron Arnol,-,47 i Geo. W. Farlee,
Rich'd H. Bow‘ue, I! Wm. L. Coggswell.
WALTON 11. PECEHA3I, President.
HENRY V. GAIIAGAN, Secretary.
LUCIUS 31eADA3.1, Actuary.
I. ELITE? AVIVIDLLIN;
GENERAL AGENT FOR WESTERN PENN.I4I
l oom No. 2, Bank of Commerce Ro ll a.
g, corner of 61.xth and Wood streets,
10.1 aa'S_131.7.11G r ix,
OF ALLEGIIENT, PI.
MENT OF THE
Ben Franklin Insurance Company,
For the year euthug JUNE 30Th, 18614:
Total AESCtS
CEO. D. RIDDLE, Sec'y.
FIRE INSURANCE ONLY.
NV
i JILS.,E. STEy IV MA ESSON., Se.c7eta;yPTEsi, President,
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DittEcToßs :
,0
, . H.P. Williams tin°. Thomp so n,
iitaozi;t.L,rekahart, Jo,. Myert,, l Gto. tiers 1, • ( . - io (- 0 .. 1 ) 1,4117;
AGAINST LOSS EY
13
oMMMMU
..... .... :WARMS kr:SR.
C. FOSTER,.
INSIIkAi — Tok.
11 : .1 ^ 6 . 1 1clexit.
Secretary.
••S 3,715 00
976 63
• • 1 3,631 85
• 1 ,955 00
8 0.000 00
'01.251148
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