TUE POTTER COUNTY .TOTTRUL Cmdersptht, Wedneiday 1 , % 1863 Local and ,General. m.See New Advertisements: niessne in our next issue. lorThe Dome of the National Capitol 7111 be finished during tho ensuing year. Mir Local items are as scarce as—gold in a printer's pocket. 16.1 Sleighing is gocid in and around the village; Ili:it:not so good in many places in the county. , iter The sendqraitor Etayara, of c Aware, has been re-elected to the Senate for iyears from t -tiateb 4th. , • • • jfir The reported death of &x-t v. Packer bas proven false. A Williamsport paper says that he was on the street on Friday last. MrHerschel V. Johnson, who ran for the 7 - Vice Presidency on the Douglas ticket in 1860 has been ulected to the traitor Senate by tlie Legislature of Georgia. • ' ..Considerable nlnrm wasrecentlrcreat ed in 'Charleston; 'S.' C.; by diicovering that Tretroes were secreting arms: Nineteen of the most intelligent(!) were hung. ler The lion, Zechariah Chandler, a sound Repub • lican,ivaA on Thursday of as week re elected to the T ?qi ted States Senate by the Legislature of Mi * chigan, for six years from the 4th oT March next. • SerJ.A,W9 - odTttd hai become 'assticiated with P:C.tanGeldee in• tho • publication of the Willhurturrt Bulletin. The size bas been reduced to siz•columiis owing to the ail;auze in printing materials. • , :ligCPresident Benson, of Liberia, who'has recent4l:4iton.'n - iisit to London; has 4ego *lMO with Minister Charles Framers Adiiinia commercial rreaty with the United States,pla -.eing eitizens:on a footing with citizens of the most favored nations. serThe P,ena i rt Legislature met this lyeek. The Senate elected Geo. V. Lawrence,lllep.o Speaker and George W. liammersley, Clerk. The Mouse elected John Ccssna,Dem., Speaker and Jacob Ziegler, Clerk. No business °r-im portance hes ',yet been transacted. .; Tta—The Loncester Union—tine of the 'most valuable of our etehtinges boa been itnited 'with tile ,Ezoininer 4- Herald. There cnn be no dOiihrtiiiita union of two such able papers 'wilt restt. in adrattage to the Ilepublienn party ns, , well s irtereasea psoftt to the Pro- are indebted to. some peyson, un known to us, for a Catalogue of ihe turd College of l'enusylvaula. It contains also 11, succinct history of Agricultural Educrt- Eutnp : tind America, together with the cir vutnstances of, the rise -and prtgress of the Agricultural College, &c. 12a...tattiiort—This is a 4angerous period of the year for colds. People should be care ful: *.rs. Partington says she has got a ro mantic affection- in the shoulder Abe neurology in her head, and the embargo in the region of the jocular vein ; land all from orting_.the 'window to throw a bottle at a - couple of belli gerent cats on the shed. MAtihrit'S the matter? The, loco papers are terribly 4eeeisea about tlre recall of Gen. Butler. One writer considers him a martyr, etiilc another pronounces him the most in- Tamous wretch of the Come, Come, ye satanic scribblers; don't fight about "trnele Btu," contact with, the peeullarinstitutlim you love so much and for which you would sacrifide your•couetry has . made him a rang nificelat abolitionist l la,,Mr.tutchins, of Oliio,tim successor:of Mr. Giddings, offered a resolution in the . House 1.0 give tine gold medals to the volunteers who crossed the Rappahannock in the small boats at Fredericksburg. It was a perilous under taking, yet the -whole movement depended on it. Medals would be one acknowledgMent of thew bravery, but a better one would be hon orable promotion. That's what the soldiers desire and these brave fellows de§eive it. ' tier 'What rattling of the knee-joints, what cold sweats, what hideous night-mares, what —horridArri l igeiq ?past ;inconstincy,. arc pro duced among tile blear-eyed butternuts of Pennsylvania — by the approaching Senatorial election. Reports from Harrisburg seem to indicate that the brimstone heaped togethet during the fall bits taken fire and some weak nosed locos threaten to, leave their quarters if it is not extinguished. Poor, deluded mor tals, having become sensibly conscious of the rottenness of their party-carcase, constantly fear that some loyal wind: may Wow it to the ground. That Davici : Wilmot may be elected is possible pet hardly prdb'able,still from What we hare heard ice would not - lie surpris d he' was. • • .„ Itel. The parriOurg T,etegropheays that the Tax ortßetil Estirte is Lebo reduced to (Me mill on the dollar', according to a recommend. ation t of Messrs.' William McClellan, of bersburg, Robert B. MoCiiith'd.tiawieitte and M. Russel Thayer, of Philadelphia, the , Commissioners to" revise and codify the State _ . revenue laws, who have been for some months engaged in their duties and have now. nearly niched their. labors.: . ..l'he important result attained is that they ire, able to recommend redaction of the State* Tax' on real estate' to ope mill on the dollar, which is a reduction of more than.one-haifpa the old sates.. This will be welcome news to the 'holders of real estate,' which hiki heretofore beau .heavily taxed. net :detibt,that. the reduction recommended will he adoTted.-. . • 1 , . 14tosa"ot the Pottei Coitatjr boys who joined Tioga Compatiekvere wcraxaledla the late batelet:-•; fierDon't jet -to try the new tap-tattier! One Vox 'Saikcinlfier'wprtnake 'tnoral'and bettor,, Beep than a cart:load of aahes, and withmhalf the trouble. - SmsmsaTss.s. 7 .--The merchants Of toniler sport will'refeise to take ail ForeigkShiuplas, "ten after the Ist of February. HEur.-- 7 Sonie one has written the following as suitable forkle 'traitors at the South : "Hemp 'on the throttiof them, Hemp round - the neck of them, _ • Hemp under the -ears of them,. Twisting and choking;' Tag s.3o.—Tlieltordan has a letter from a member Of Col. Ellumker's Regiment, extol the bravery and services ; of the gallant 53d. From all acconnts that reach us our boys be-. hared nobly in the Fredericksburg battle.. • ItEslotEb.-2d Licat l Hurry Baker hes re signed Ids position in . Capt. Jones' company "and returned borne. " Our young friend, Serg't .Arthur B. Mann, will be most likely promoted% -Awell.deserved-und....well-earne4 promotion. TEM. -AGITATOIL-Hugh Young retired front the * Tioy n Agitator last ireek." May success attend him in his private life. M. H Cobb has again returned to be cditoritil Chair. We welcome him back to the "Northern tier" and hope that his peti'ma's , accomplish much good in times future as it has iri ; times past. far By an Act •approvet-AWeightit day of April, A. D. 1862,.a portion of the tax hereto fore raised for Military purposes is now appro priated to the Relief Fund of the county..-The amount of this tax so to be appropriated will be about $3OO annually. The balance of last year's tax, amounting to $7O, has been so ap plied. arThe Wellsville Deo lies el guifig his intention of visiting our village next week to offer his professional services, to. those. •tvho have aching, decayed or Ili) Teeth: Mr.Shee rar.is acareful operator and will use his best elTortslo satisfy* his patients.,' We would-ad vise all to. give.him &gall., His prices have not raised. Inquire at Mr. Glasscaire's. I se'The friMids of Rev.l - James Blakeslee are invited to a Donation Party for his benefit, I to be held at the house of Luke Darling in Allegan), Friday afternoon' and evening of this week. Committee of arrangements: Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Bird, Mr. an ' dMlrs.C . S. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. W, D. Cutler, Mr. and Mrs.A. F. Smith, .31r, and Mrs. W. S. Raymond, Mr. and Mrs. L.B.Morley, Mr. andltri.Amos Raymond, Misces Angelica 'Darling, Elizabeth Moore, Estella Bishop, Elizabeth Presbo, Marlon Nel son, 4.tnd Messrs. Clarendon IDarling,,Proctor Maynard, Javae - s Morley, Fordyce Nelson, Eli Nelson. SIDE-WALSS.-A petititat has been sent to the Legislature for tbe passage of an Act to enable the Burgess and Town-Couficil of this Borough to repair or make new sidewalks be fore the property of persons who refuse to keep them in order, and to collect the cost of the said repairs or side -walks the same as unseat ed taxes are collected. This is simply justiCe ' and will no doubt be granted. The condition of some of the sidewalks this winter is shame ful and a decent regard for the safety of those compelled to be out at night should make cer tain persons along the main streets repair their broken walks. . VTHE INDEPENDENT—This weekly Religious, Literary, and `Ettnily Journal, edii ed by Rev-Ileury Ward Beecher, Rev. Joshua ; Leavitt, a D.. and Theodore Tilton, having a circulation, it is stated, more than double that of any simildi neWspaper in the world, gives notice in its issue of the first of January, that its subscription price will not be increased nor its size diminished—that the dame terms : viz : Two Dollars per annum, will beeiontinued, notwithstanding the great advance in white paper. The same array. o( distinguished con tributors, including illirriet BeeTher Siowe, Rev, Messrs., Hatfield. and- Cuyler, Horace Greeley : Whittier,fhe_Poet, and others, also, a Sermon by Mr. Beecher, will continue to en rich its columns. , • W.LEMCI UP FROM THEM DRlCA4ls.—Whisky is .tClling in Augusta; 'GAL, according to the doleful -complaints of the Sentinel at 50 cents a dritik. Tbe,Sentiuel..adds "None but a Congressman or a Major-Geng can afford to get drunk at present prices. Any poor man who made hit:itself .a toper for the lack of sense, will have to become sober for the lack of emits." ;. Possibly, this state of thingi May account for the .'peace" rumors which have been coin ing- up from the SOlith recently., The "sober second thought" of the tab long intoxicated rebels, Pt-glut to Assert itself ", There must, *e, suppose, be aminterval _of ”',sore..beatini" but with " whiskey fifty cents a drink ; " re pentance - dra*s nigh in the Squib. • NEilr:AmzurcAs -CycLomo7.k.-1-to call the atteattoa of our readers:to the aonexed:cfrdi lar of the publiiheiti cif this great work t New Yoas, Nov;`?, 1863 Sot anillgoachulingvolnute Of:the New Ainericait 4 oyelciptediarbelag . non' in press, and shortli - tohepabliehedift ispro per to advisor:id that • after the publication and delivery to Subsdribers of that volume,the price wilLbe adVatteed SO Cents a volume to all , future irdtistriberi.: - .Thfs -,, locieased price is rendered necessary by reason of the advance pr :paper and material - in the - manufacture of she- work, as-alsti .the very great expense of the literary lair,mitch exceeding the esti mate made when ye first issued Our terms.M stibscribers &clears" hare faith fully kept 1,0 our engagements. giving to the subscribers more than We promised; and 'we taint tbosewbo have failed to t proeure the work Miring its'prekreas will not regard the increased price as Unreasonable.' • - • Ver; l ,-Reapectfall y t, • - D.Arrtztox & Co. Tat' Tail" Tetx:;;-nlae lake tett with yeti," said Mrs.A. tciiirskt. the.other evening, “becauiii)iislirays have :iti# nice biscuits How 40 Yolrinske the m .' " It is avy to make gooeldscuits,TlVas thli reply, "il you have the right materials. .An indispensable ar c e is Deband.:s 6hemical Salaratus, wauldn't use any other is I went ten miles onfoot to get :And Whit's more I would not patron ize a grocer ; who did not keep it for sale !" 'All the ladies present concurred in the opinion of Mrs. A., that 11:M.biscults were the _beat, they ever saw, and with lifrs. B.,lhat the tihemical Saleratus was an indispensable artiale for making diem. , MI In Romer, Jan. 2, bf‘diptheria, WALLACE ELTON, son of Jacob and Eliza A. feet, aged 10 years, 11 months and 13 days. - This boy; when told his end w,as nigh, ez= hibited no fee . ; hut with singular discretion divided his little property, chose one to Preach his funeral 'sttraon and calmly awaited death. The Savior lQves.thnt boy and, will crown him with an tin - tiding- n. c. .43f-diptla . M:iaiA. D. 1862, ebildren'of D. D. and Sarah CoicSoo, of Holier :: MART Lizr.ss, Oct. 21 : aged 3.years, 6 monthsand 21 days. Inooz:in,B., Roy. 4, age 4 6- years, 5 . months and . 6 -dayii...asteen AtiEme, Dec. aged 12 years and 4 Months, And, Mitio:s R.; Dee'r 28, aged 1 - 7 sears, 5 months aud,s days.: "That infant is a seraph now l I Those danghtetskteelbeforg the throne 1 That beatteous boy,with'harp and crown, Exellting,'sprea'di bis silver wings 1 • Thou almost hear'st those perfect strings, Whose music is to thee unknowa l Sound where the glad immortals bow, Where children cast their honors down, Where elde.rs,and apostles meet ' At hens feet. Think, parents .I while sweet tears are shed, How blessed are the.early ,dead Divorce. Noir-cc. LIEZETZIAEL TEEO,. 'No. 99;.June-Term, 1862. vs. Libel in Divorce. &nen A. TEED.: To. Sunlit A. Teed, Respon dent, pleasa l take notice that a subpoena and alias subpoena having be6e issued and return ed niht7, you, Sarali;A. Teed, respondent . ' are notified to appear at our next' term of COurt, to answer the etiMplaints of yoursaid husband, Ilezekialt Teelkandsbow cause wily iiiivorce a. u. m. should not be granted. -• . •D. C. LARIIAitEE, Shff. Sberiff'S Ofilce, :July 14,_1863. SAPONIFIER I SAPONIFIER THE GREAT SOAP MAKER! 11 FOR SALE AT STEBI3INSI- PRICE CURRENT. Corredted every Wednesday by P. A. STEB BINS & CO., Retail Dealers in Groceries and Provisions, opposite D. F. Glassmire's Efoi4.li • Coudersport, Pa. 1 ' Apples, green, la bush., s37i 1.0 75 do dried, " 100 200 'Beans, ii • • 100 1110 Beeswax, 70 lb., 25 • 30 Beef," II 3' 4 Berries, dried, 'l3l quart 6 12i Buckwheat, 'IR bush., . 377} 44 Buckwheas Flour, 100 2 25 i Butter, `ll lb., • . 16 18 Cheese, " " '1 10 -- Corn, 'l4 bulb., 75 • 88 ' Corn Meal, per cwr., - 1 t.O 175 Eggs, v dos, 12 Flour, extra ' !jbbl., 700• 7 50 do stiperfi ne "" " •6 00 ''6 50 Danis, "4? lb., ' 9 12i ' Hay, v ton, COO 700 Honey, per lb., ' 10 12i Lard, it 10 I'4 l Maple Sugar, per lb., 'lO 12- Oats, '3 bash% ) . 44 -50 Onions; 1 50 75 Pork, %7 bhl. ) - 15 00 17 00 do ij/ lb., 8 9 do in whole hog, 'l4 lb. - , 6 •. 6 Potatoes, per bush., 15 3711 Peaches, dried, 10 lb., - 25 Poultry, `f , lb., : 5 7 .' Rye, per bush., 63 75 Salt, 11 bbl., ' 4 50 do 7tl,sack, . 2d Trout, per i bbl., 450 500 Wheat, 'l7 bush.,• • 100 125 White Fish, `f bbl., 450 •5 00 Grain, and Wanted, on teconnt ; at ibis Office T 1 Confessions and sLI XPERIENCE of an Invalid. Published a' • for the benefit and as a - warning and a caution.to young men who suffei fitiom Nervous Debility, Prematute Decay, tic., suppl,yint at the same,time the means of self-cure. By one who has cured himself after being put to great expense through medical imposition andquack ory. By enclosing a post-paid addressed en velope, single eopies may be had of the author, NA.THANIEL MAYFAIR, E'llit, Bedford,Kings county, Vbw York.—Marlpspnly. COURT. PROOtANAtION, NATHEREAS - the Hon. Robert G. White V President Judge, and the lions. C.' S. Jones and G. G. Colvin; .AssOciate Judges or the Courts of Oyer' - i Teri: Liner and General Jail Delivery; Quarter Sessions of the Peace, I Orphans' Court and Court of Common Pleas for the - ;C(inrity - Sof liacci issued their precept, benring,date the eighteenth day. of Dec., M in-- the- year •of ) (Mr LA Oie"thou , sand eight, hundred. and ailty-two, and. to me directed,for holding a Court of Oyer and:Tett iner and: Gtneral:Jail =Delivery; Quarter Sea-. sions .of the Peace, Orphans' Court, and Court of doriim'ori Pleas; in theßoronglic:f Couders port, on MONDAY, .the, . 16th' day - of' Feb'.next, and to contirine on' week,: , ' Notice is therefore hereby gis'en' tit the Cor oners, Justices of the 'Peace and Constables within - the County, thatthey be then and there in thei r proper persons, at 10 o'clock: said day, with' their rolls, records, Inquisi.: dons, examinations, and other remembrances, to do those things' which to their offices ap pertain to be done: 'And those Who are bimand by thqir TeeOgaisactoes .tor prOsecute: against the prisoners.thak are or .ehaill be in the jail of said county:of - Potter, are , to bethearindthere to proseeate agehist theme& wtlf be; inst. Dated at COurrotrisr;our, . - Jan . ., - 5c 1863; and the 84th yearofth e Independenco Of the Vnited States of InieriCa. '. ". ;• . : D. G. LARMITEt., Shrift DIED : Wood, =II ctitaki: attar! lir am ordered to dekviebne or two Bearsll pair. of. _Raccoons, tatiiiters, Black Sqiiiir rele;Vlyitig Squirrels,. OA 'tiny kind ;of !wald saitnrds!--I4VLNG--and Tathe if.possible.l Anyone_ who wishes - to sett please let line know the conditions, and direct to '7; B. TBEIS Gerinttria, Pa.! ; They are wanted immediately. 1 • To the Publio. t( I'; H. TALLMAN would inform the *l6 ; velh2ig public that he has rented, tftb Eagle. Hotel opposite C. H. Simmons' Block at Oswayo Village, Penn'a, which ,has been newly refitted acid furnished, where ;he I intends to keep a First Class Hotel. Parties of pleasure and those wishing a quiet hothe 'ever Sabbath, will find, this house equal to any in this vicinity. The tables will always be well eupplied.'und the barns well furnished with hay and oats, and 'no, pains spared ,fOr the coiuTort of guests. ' . WM. H. TALLSLIN. Oswayo, Pa, : Dec. 25, 1862. .The Mag i d Time. Observer, THE PERFECTION OF MECHANISM, 1.1 F p BING. a Hunting and Open Face, or Ladyls ILP or Gentleman's Watch Combined. One of the prettiest, most-convenient, and decidedly the best and cheapest timepiece fcir general and reliable use, ever,oltered.. It lies tt..and - connected with its machinery, its own winding attachment,-rende ingiZkey entirely cinnecessaryi the casts of this Watch are composed of tWo metals, tbe,buter otid being flne.l6 ca s iat gold. Itbas the ruby action lever movement, and is warranted an.accurate timepiece., Price, superbly enL grayed, per. case of a half dozen, $204.601. Sample Watches, in neat morocco oozes, for those propdsing to buy at wholesale, s3s,sent by express, with bill payable on delivaryi Soldiers must 'rerillt payment ildftnee, a we chrirot' collect from those In 'the Army Address IIIiBBAIID BROS. 'Sr. Co., Sole Tniporters, ' Cor. Nassau k John Sts., New York. The New York Tribune 1863: THE NEW YORK TRIBITNE. first isstria 'fit fB4l, now in its twenty-se - tonci year, has bb:- tained it larger and more widely diffused ciliation than any other newspaper ever pub, , ! lisped in Atiterica. Thougti it tuts suffered, in 'common With other-journals, froakhe volH unteerieg and departure of tens of thousand's, of Its • patrons to serve in the War for the' Union, its eireulation'on the 6th of December, .1.862.,.is as follows: DAILY 50,113 SEAT-WEEKLY 17,230 WEEKLY 148,000 Aggregate ' 215,375 i'rominentlY a journal of News and Literature; The Tribune has political convictions which are weltcharacterized by.the singlci word Rs-i i PCIIILICA.N. 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VIE PRIDE OF NEW YORK. lOritttd Mirror of American, Genius. aCorreet Frith spirit eloquent with ease, I:ntent reason, or polite Co pleases" The New York M'ereUry. FOR THE NEW YEAR. ft ih With no feat of War's effect upon their literary fortunes, that, the publisher& of The New York Mercury acknowledge the imirav ring loyalty of the two hundred thousand gubsCribers, and announce to, tbein and to all, that The New York Mercury for this year 0863) willibe richer in'every loamy of Po-1 lite Literature than ever before. It is no up-j speculation, no temporany "sensation," but a first-class literary, otekly, which .has been_ familial- to the United States fora quar ter of a cehtury ; and while the wishy-wasby Prints of yesterday are cutting down their talent even while they raise their subscription pitce,t The Mew. York Mercury mdiatains all its great Staff of Romancers, Poets, Humor-, ists, Essayists, Story-Tellers, and Editors,and promises ter -make it still greater t0r.1863. It 0 the . one - paper for every home. Its for ty colemns of reading-matter Per Week con stitute an unparalleled, conservatory.,of the entertaining; and. its ovels, Miscellaneous Thles,ltieilities of Verse, trossip, Pei:Widens, Eroadsides of Ilumor, and Polished Editori- WO, combine to epitomize all the charms of wit and sentiment l The husband reads it to his wife, the mother to her children, the lover 61 his weetheart, the soldier to. his comrades, and the village schoolmaster , to the circle around the, stove. It is familiar to the eight etleverY man, woman, and ORR hi our corm try, and has; regular subscribers several countries of Europe. The New York Afere . nry k is!hiso identified with the grandest patriotism of the "age, tor several members of its brilliant Stair tiold•high rank in our noble army, and have Made themselves as "famous with the Sword as With the Pen. The great illustrat_ ing artist or The New York iMeteury, the in iniitable Darley, gives the paper the highest attributes of :Pine Arts and yet this largest literary: weekly of the . day . pioraiies surpass itself in all theta respects during the Nevi Year! II The first ire* York Mercark Novelette for therNevi Year, to. be Commented in the 'issue of I ,latinary. 3,1 It'd, is tailed VICTORIA ; or I The Lieirests of Castle Cliffe. By Cousin May Carideo, /tether of "Lipsey Gower," "S,ybik Caelphell," "Ermine," "La 3litsque," 1 :.1• • • $ 3 The Productions' of this distinsfpect thoi.eis need no eulogy. PubLic °plaice torq since prOnolibiect.thom s:;,r,erior to. It*. other novelettes pa - Wished,: ea this Side or_tbe At. lan - 0C; and the ti:.iritest of their merit is found in the fact tlatill they are eagerly repialdeed, after the l Lipahtientioae in the Mercury, by the Eni*'...h I press. We as l• add that the dew; vital iateie4 and; depth of plot 1 - talither of those which hare, sectkred so large a share of public approval, and itre cats, earnestly recommend it fag/tato , ry-icadefs.: ' ' The Ni 4 York:ternary is sold by ell news.; menjand periodical dealers ire Etraer:ka- To subaCrihera is regniastj mailed every Satur day,: morning,' for 2 a year three copies for . $5 !six copies; for 9 ; eight- copies for $ll, tQlth ea aitra cow, free r to the fetter tip" the Cie& ! Si*monthisubScripti'mwsreeeived. Atid‘r. rirrite }plainly the nalteof par Post of: free,l cotio sate Vir telt the motes of. Alt iqteaat banks at par. • lia2ntent . Molt in rariila,,, diadein ideas:re: kaL,S,pecitun Cont Ant sri aiplipents- *LUC'S ail teiterti inflienditanees post pack to. OItit.DWEIZ WEISTRZY,. Preprieteers oft rat .i3retc rortmc m ir rA itZ Felten st,S..T.Cit,7„ , . New Goods t New Goodwill New:Goo4l! 4! 50 io 1 1'5 per cent. savid, *Ai istibtf by buying your goods at Spons' *HOlit,SAht &RETAM itEGiLLATINOR, Ch!iako inliagepilatter • I -We are ititAly to infonn all tbosp ln wa nt of Choice and Dordeitfc Gooda 4 that ;we have a stock of some ZlO 000 9 Wrnrtf: anfl Linda of DRY "OODD§ tir3isEßlEg i BOOT'S and StfOES• • I. BATS; CAPE, CROCKERY 113Anowitiii, ani everything usually kept in aktoutitiir store; We arc prepared to sell at neatly the old prices ) notWithsfanding the eat rise of gootlil in New Yotk. Our facilities are now main that we are prepared to furnish all those in want of goods at less prices than cab nr will be sold by any dealer in this section. Belotlr we gilt you some of óer yrices, and also the prices, the same goods itie sold tot by most of our neighbors. Good Siteethr" 6 s, 12 to 14 cts. . • sold by most dealers for 16 to 22 ctsa 1 , Very nice bleached Goods 10 to 14 15 to 20 A large lolt of Sleep's Gray and Cas sinfhrs, from 31 cts. up Good Apron Checks and Check Shirting, 121 to 15 cts. 16 to 30 Good Gitighams, 121 to 15 , 16 to 23, Beautiful DeLaines and Poi de Chevres, 12 to 20 ' 2O to Olt Nice all Wool MeriOs,63.worth. $1,25 61,1 ittite assortment of Black , 1 BB to $1,13 1,25 to ,7! ,Pine Black Silk Shawls, $6,00 8,00 to 9,00 ld a large stock of Black Silks fircilia 76 to be worth from $1 50 td $1 15. Good Soritgue,s, Merritt:ads DunneHi lil' many other grades of very nice ‘Prinik styles,. warranted fast colors, Herrass and others, for II id Ai :cts, nothing i49er 4 worth 15 to 20 cts, 17.1 SHOES WE CAN SAVE it" II A VE LARGE PER CENT: Good erMineled boots, 75 ets,worthsl3 MUG. Good hal moral bootees, $1,04. Women's goodealf b00t5,75 to 1.46 1.0btt57.83 Men's do $2.75 i.15044,-75 Warranted Kip BoOts, home-made], • $2.75 2.1111i84.10! CLOTHIN4i 1•. , . We Call yoitr attention in this line, as • 1 from 50 to ]lO per cent. below mostmostOi ii t tl . er dealers—the Jews, so much noted for itching cheap, flat excepted. , . ,_, We will sell you all Wool Fine Blank Doe skin Pants for $3,50, worth $5.00. Cobil Snits of Black Clothes: Cast. Test, Pants;tiat, Soaks, Pocket liandkifatief, lc., far $10; *milt $lO. G - ROCigiilESe In the line of Groceries Ire offer • eboieti variety of Teas at 50, 75 and .sl.oo—at'd Oaf liollar Tea can't be beat. • Good Sugar few 1D cts. Coffee Bagiti I cis; T to 5 ets. Bar Sat, Core* IS cts. WEI Troul6 *Teo fpm' tt rut. iFrtt we aro got 6tobiishad in our isimcr giti=4thoar, the largest, f.ti Otis serhom—au4 ftsel eater to ga rret. Also! the large hoihNegd . acliiaWaig ces a 3424 D p 143 fcle sterege.seemaa. THE BIGI3V3t 'RIG'S PAID Fait - • itrITEE, erd ettlet.rraksee, Set cam restiiiii vertetl Et*. Cash.. , - On* Acnci the twiimgmtetlitki one Gegi4e-frear WI:Mc - wig* bereAvets , *way 3741 evete p*r ikeedred, wi•a tlfr- ectliorr esti:Km:slat:4 szadtl; l 4e got aced targssr poets. V- IL 8131110%, OS 'A 0 'REGITLATitii4 was, Is F9sl. .4 - - 4 ' ...A, • • - • ••• ^ • • . 1 ,
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