The Daily Review. Towanda, Pa., Wednesday, Feb., 18, 1880. BDITOBH : e. W. AJLVORD. NOBLE N. ALVORD. • Daily Rrvfrw" oafy 25 earnlt par mmmnth. Try it. The Old Postage Stamps. A friend inquired of us the other day how he was to transmit to the Post Office Department a quantity of old postage stamps removed from refuse envolopes, stating that a relative had been in formed that they were redeemable at a certain price, and had collected several hundred. The following taken from an exchange will give our interrogater and all others information on the subject: Within half a dozen years a business in connection with postage stamps has grown up, causiug at times a very aggra vated amount of worriment and labor. Some one informs a child or a benevolent adult that the sum of one hundred dollars will be paid for a million stamps that have been already used on letters. The use to which they are put is not generally ex plained. Sometimes is is solemnly stated that they are for the manufacture of papier mache. At other times it is solemnly stated that they can be sold to persons whose lives are devoted to the endowment of hospital beds at one hundred dollars apiece. Again it is said there isanextra ordinary demand for canceled old stamps in a part of China where they are used to paper houses, the style of decoration having some mysterious effect In averting calamity, and especially in saving the lives of little children who would be devoured by their hungry parents or friends but for the saving charm of the old stamps on the walls. There is prob ably scarcely one of our readers who has not assisted in the collection of old stamps to make bp the million that some friend has undertaken to gather: but no one has able to ascertain that is has yielded a hun dred dollars which have been applied to a real or pretended benevolent object. A strong presumption exists in reasoning minds that there is a fraud in the busi ness. Every one knows that many stamps go through the mails uncanceled, or with the canceling marks so indistinct that they can easily bo removed. Probably at least ten per cent, of the whole number used could be made service able a second time. In 1,000,000 old three cent stamps, costing SIOO, 100,000 could bn used over again and these would be worth $3,000 to the parties buying the million stamps for SIOO. The profit from the business is thus seen to be enormous. The British postofflce department has for some years found that the umouut of stamps upon the letters It carries exceeds the umount issued to the public' and of course the excess must consist of old stamps from which the cancelation has been obliterated. A new penny stump has been devised, printed with inks that are intended to set at defiance the various de vices by which an old stamp is made to look as good as new. Whether the plan will succeed is unknown. But the fact that more stamps are used on letters in Great Britain than are issued by the de partment shows that the fraud is exten sively practiced,aud leads to tue inference that a considerable number of each million of old stamps collected and sold are used again on letters, instead of helping to en dow hospital-beds and save Chinese chil dren from cannibalism. Philadelphia Bulletin. Gen. Grnnt and the Presidency. Senator Cameron has wethin a few days talked very plainly to his friends in regard to matters of General Grant's nomination. He says that his own purpose is to support that candidate, whoever he may be, whose chances of election seem best. As to General Grant, unless those now manag ing his case become convinced before the convention proceeds to business that he can be nominated on the first ballot, his name will not be brought before the con vention at ail. Further than this, unless his friends still feel sure when the con vention meets that he can be elected if nominated, his name will not bo present ed. As to the Harrisburg convention, he says that the indorsement of General Grant would not have been attempted in view of the shape things took for a period immediately preceeding the convention, if it had not been necessaay in order to pre vent his (Cameron's) defeat. To avert this, he had the help of quite a number of pronounced Blaine men among the dele gates whose loyalty to himself in state af fairs they placed before their support of any Presidential candidate. As to the nomination of Mr. Blaine ( he did not con sider it an expedient thing to do.— Boston Advertiser, Feb., 14. BUSINESS LOCALS. JACOBS is selling clothing cheaper than ever. All kinds of fruit at FITCH'S. OVERCOATS so cheap that you can afford to buy two or three, at ROSKNKIBLD'S clothing store. ®2TAt MYKR & DEVOE'S market is the place to get tender steaks and nice roasts. UQf'Myer & Devoe are receiving freeh Oysters daily, at their market, Bridge St. J3TMYKR & DEVOK keep the largest and best assortment of Fruits ami Vegetables in town. If you want the best vegetables, the largest oysters, the best cuts of meat, and the finest sausage to be found in Towanda, call on Mr. MUI.I.OCK, at the old Market, just south of the Ward House, Jacobs is selling Overcoats all the way from $2 up to any price you are willing to pay. Cigars of about every known braud at FITCH'S. J. A. MAN VII.I.E. Towanda, Pa., will sell strictly first class Pianos and Organs at great ly reduced prices for the next sixty days. Pianos and Organs Tuned and Repaired. Office with C. M. MANVII.I.K, on 3d street. The continued mild weather has maucea ROSENFIELD, the Clothing merchant, to re duce the price of Overcoats and other winter Clothing. Call and secure bargains. There will be plenty of cold weather yet. gptflf you want a stylish hat, cheaper than you ever bought one, call at ROSKNKIKI.D'S clothing store. Prices way down in Gents line and coarse boots and shoes. All goods warranted as represented, at BLUM'S. For a good, durable and neat fitting shoe, go to BLUM'S. Loyal Sock coal is clean, free from slate, does not clinker in the stove, retains fire long er than any other coal, and is from one dollar to one dollar and twenty-five cents cheaper than Anthracite, at MALLORY'S Coal Yard. "Where do you get your groceries so cheap." "Why I buy them at GEO. ROSS' Ist Ward Store. You can buy them cheaper of him than anywhere else, and they are all first class to." FOR SALE.—A two-seated sleigh. Enquire of J. J. GRIFFITHS. Ask for one of those dollar-and-a-lialf switches, all Hair. 30 inches long, at Mrs. M. A. FLETCHER'S, NO. 4, Bridge street. WANTED TO PURCHASE.—A good trsct of timber land. For particulars, call or address this office. RIAL LlST.— February Terra, 1880 THIRD WKRK. ! Munah, guard, va P I. Ward, et at eject K C Hwce.t, amd'x, va A J Lay ton II H Kllborn, admr, va Hartford Fire lna Co Elizabeth I)aakc vs H H Fanaworth eject Brad L & B A of Athena va F A Koot act fa Chuuncy Wheeler va J F Woodruff. appeal Guy C Hiollon va Klhanan Hmith appeal Win M Mallorv va JamesT Clark et al .. .partition A Lodcr va Elhanan Hmith aaapt J C Blum va Andrew J Layton treapaaa .Tno F Meana va Lycoming lna Co aaapt E T Fox, aaaignee, va V E Plollet aaapt itoac Vincent va I's It N Y R It Co aaapt C A lleavencr va David Hervener'a exr aaapt J B Bradley va Alonzo Hill et al ejectment M Cunningham va David Whipple Daniel Jaggera va Lewia Bilea et al treapaaa Joaepd McKinney'a uao va Jno M Myer aci fa J L Elabrec va Hugh Clark Leonora Heath, et al, va John Carroll treapaaa J W Ifollenback va II B Ingham eject Wm H Barnea VB Wm M'' treapaaa Hiram Ilorton'a uae v, Eraatua Hhcpurd sci fa Hamc va sume aei fa Hamc va aame.. aci fa Hubpoenaa 9in week returnable on Monday, February 9th, Hubpoenaa, 3rd week, returnable on Monday, February lfl. 1880. # i£o. W. BLACKMAN, Prothonotary. Towanda, Jan. 2, 1880. N BW I I i JOB ! I 1 PRINTING OFFICE, j I ( j We n\*i>eeiful]y invite pnblie attention to I i oar ( I OOMPT.KTTt 70r. PRINTING HOUBK t Corner Main and Pine afreets, over the Music Store. . I COMMKKCIAI. PRINTING AND PRAMPLKT I I WORK A SPRCU.L.TY, | LKTTKR, I j notk ANT) KTI.L HKAPS, NNYKLOPKS, TAGS Neatly executed on the shortest notice. BUSInfKSH, PARTY ANT) CALLING CARDS printed to order. ALVOHIJ 4 SON. QOAL! COAL ! CHEAP FOR CASH The following pricc will be charged for TMMMUaCMTB CfM Mi injthe yard, in all the yardu signature* hereto attached, until furthe notice: STOVE, $4 25 CHESTNUT, 4 25 GRATE, 4 25 EGG, 4 25 M&- Cartage, FIFTY CKNTH I'Kii TON IN addition to above, and an EXTRA CHARGE for carrying in. W. M. M ALI.OICY, Towanaa. HENRY MERCUR, • NATTIAN TIDD, K. B. PIERCE, •• BARTIJSTT BROB., Wywi, • At JHjE*W,OK V# formerly Phi* ney's: Sullivan Coal, LARGE STO VE, $3 00 SMALL STOVE, 3 25 CHESTNUT; 3 25 EGG, 3 00 GRATE, 3 00 SMALL CHESTNUT, 2 It With same additional ehargaa for cartage. W. M. UALLOBT October, 34, 1879. Great CROWDS! at J. L. KENT'S. and an IMMENSE STOCK ! DRESS GOODS, CLOAKS and BHAWLB, GLOVES and HOSIERY. 3 button Kid Gloves only 75 oenta, j worth a dollar. I SHEETINGS and SHIRTINGS, of the best brands, cheap! | CLOTHS and CASSIMERES of all quali ties and prices. RIBBONS and FANCY GOODS, the beat selection ever offered in this market. FLANNELS and BLANKETS in endless variety. In fact, my assortment of Dry Goods is complete and is not excelled by any establishment in the country. In prices I DEEY COMPETITION! and cordially invite inspection of my goods and a comparison 6f prices. Col. Mean's mammoth store, second door south ol Mclntyre Brothers hardware store. •J. L. KENT, Nov. 14. Agent.
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