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Norwalk, Conn, Monday Evening, August 17, 1896.
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Price One Cent.“
SEASIDE BURt‘LARS.
Blow Open the Safeat Phipps’
Beachside Hotel.
giver $2,000 Gone .With Them.
This morning shortly after 2 o’clock,
Patrick Reagan, the watchman at the
'Beachside Hotel in Greens Farms kept
by J. H. Phipps, saw several men sit-
ting 'on the benches in front of the hotel.
The seats were some two or three hun-
dred feet fromthe house andas Patrick
sat on the hotel porch smoking, his at:
tention was attracted to the spot by the
continuous lighting of matches.
Thinking perhaps some of the guests
were out, Patrick left the hotel porch
and walked toward the benches. He
had reached a spot within a‘ few feet of
a bench where he could see the forms
of four persons sitting, when suddenly
a man sprang from behind a tree and
clutched —him by the throat, throwing
him to the ground. His assailant
wanted to know if he had \the keys to
the house; also if all the guests were in.
Patrick gasped out that he had no keys
and that he knew nothing of the guests.
A handkerchief 'saturated with cloro-
form was then placed over his face and
Patrick knew no more until found by
the guests an hour later, bound and
gagged, and tied to a sofa standing in
the hotel hall.
The burglars, as such they proved to
be, and five in number, gathered about
the watchman and one of them suggest-
ed that they shoot him and' throw him
into the Sound, but to this the man who
held his throat objected. They then
picked Patrick up and carried him to
the hotel and deposited him upon the
sofa as described above.
The party had no trouble in getting
inside the hotel,but the doors to the of-
fice, in which stood the safe were locked.
They‘ then went outside to the wrndow
leading from the porch to the ofiice and
taking a chisel soon pried the window
' open and entered. The oflice door he-
..hi-nd mike-dashes!”lockedi-fromthain. .
side and this was opened to allow the
hall light to illuminate the'room and
allow-them to command a full view of
the main stairway leading to the floor
above. ~' ,
A Herring safe stood against the wall
in the office and the burglars soon
drilled a half inch hole in the door
directly over the knob. A charge of
dynamite was inserted and exploded,
throwing the door across the room and
, facing one corner of it entirely through
the opposite wall. The burglars then
had access to the interior and thor-
oughly cleaned it out taking everything
in the shape of papers found in the safe.
, The loss "will amount to over $2000.
Mr. Phipps had nearly $1000 in checks
which he was to have deposited to-day
and between $625 and $650 in cash.
Kirk'e La Shelle, of New York, of the
”Wizard of the Nile” company lost
8401, and J. R. Radley of New York
lost 870. There were also three en-
.volopes containing money belonging to
the servants about the hotel. the total
amount” of which could not be ascer-
tained. ‘
Before proceeding with their work
upon the safe, the burglars cut the
telephone wires leading to‘ the long dis-
tance'phone as well as the wires leading
to a private telephone that connects the
hotel with the stable.
The noise of the explosion was heard
"by quite a number of guests and Miss
Grant, daughter of Frederick Grant of
the banking firm of Grant Bros., N‘. Y.,
and a maid came out of their new;
above and started to descend-the stairs.
They were confronted by one of the
burglars who with arevolver ordered
them back, and they lost no time in
obeying. Mrs. H. B. Smith, ofNew
. York, also came out to see what was
going on. - _ _
Mrs.Smith had descended the stairs
more than half .way when the burglar
saw her, and pointing his revolver at
her ordered her back. Mrs. Smith was
plucky, however, and wanted to know
what was the matter. Another order to
go back accompanied by" a threat to
shoot, caused Mrs. Smith to reluctantly
retrace her steps upstairs to her room.
The hotel was pretty thoroughly
aroused by this time and the burglars
made their escape, going down the road
toward Southport carrying their booty
with them. ' _
Mr. Phipps firedhis revolver out of
~ the back window and aroused the
stable hands and two teams were quick.
ly harnesse’d.‘ One was sent to West-
port, from where telephone messages
were sent to this, city and other towns
down the line. while the other team
went to Southport, from where Bridge;
port was notified.
A Gazarrn reporter interviewed Mrs.
‘ ' Smith this morning, andthe latter de-
scribed the burglar she saw as being
young, good looking, and. exceedingly
‘v
well dressed. He wore a small mous-
tache and had on a soft felt. hat, which
he turned down over his face'. The des-
cription of one of the other men, as
given by Patrick, was that of a man
about5 feet 10 inches in height and
stout of build. He had a smooth face
and also wore a soft felt hat.
A son of Mr. Phipps found the handle
of a chisel on the road leading to South-
port this morning and Supt. Birming-
ham and Captain Arnold of the Bridge-
port police found the blade between
Southport and the hotel while driving
over this morning. .
’ Beyond this slightclueand a crow-
bar which was found leaning against
the back door ‘of the hotel at 8:30
o’clock last night, the burglars left
nothing behind them.
It is thought by. some of the guests
that the burglars were at the hotel Sat-i
urday night during an entertainment
for the benefit of the Herald free ice
fund, and acquainted themselves with
the premises. At this entertainment $78
was realized which also went along to
help the rich haul made by this morn-'
ing’s visitors.
Among'the papers taken were the
certificate of incorporation and the
charter of the Beach Lawn club which
had been organized at the hotel.
As far as could be ascertained, it
was just 2:40 o’clock when the explosion
occured. -
“Lean” Was Mad.
“Lean” Sherwood was looking for
Ofiicer Morehouse this . morning. He
had an overcoat on his arm and a fine
growth of whiskers, and said that he-
had just returned from a week’s outing
at the Greens Farms onion fields.
When questioned'as to what he wanted
of Mr. Morehouse he replied, “I just
asked Ike Selleck, the selectman to
send me to the Town Farm and goldarn
him he wbuldn’t do it. Just wait until I
see Rob Morehouse; Ill get there and
don’t you forget it. Selleck is not boss
of the whole to wn.” If he happens to
meet Mr. Morehouse he may succeed
in getting housed at Bridgeport.
COO
Do You Believe It ?
_.A young woman ,who has _ been em-
ployed in a hat factory for years is .‘now:
out of employment. She had been in
all the shops‘seeking employment, but
without success. She learned that it
was apparently the rule that the mar-
ried women had the preference, so she
went to a married friend and asked if
she might orrow her husband for a
couple of h" rs so she could get “shop-
ped.” The married friend took the
matter seriously, which of. itself was a
joke, and objected to the loan. Her ill
success discourage her from making an-
other attempt to borrow a man and the '
young woman is yet idle.—Danbury
News.
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Bryan’s Definition of IS to I.
Bryan~ gives this as his definition of
the 16 to 1 scheme, in a speech at Pitts—
burgh on Monday evening:
. “Sixteen to one means this, that if
you owe a debt you can go out into the
market and buy silver and have it
coined, and use that silver to pay your
debts. ”
That is, if a man owes you ten dollars
for wages, he “can go out into the mar-
ket and buy silver” for about $5.30,
have it coined into ten dollars, and
force you to take these 53-ccnt dollars
in payment of his debt to you.
. Recent Deaths.
Robert Holt a well-known'resident
of Winnipauk died yesterday, aged 70
years. He leaves a wife and two chil-
dren. The funeral will be held Wed-
nesday afternoon. Revs. S. B. Pond
and C. M. Selleck officiating.
Mrs. Betsy L. Morris, widow of Ste-
phen Morris, died in Danbury, Satur-
day, aged 83 years.
J abez Mead, a batter, died in Bridge-
port, Friday, aged 73 years. His
funeral was attended at Bethel, yester-
day.
The Ivy Missing.
The ’96 ivy which came from the
grave of Gen.Robert E. Lee and was
planted at the library building on the
Yale campus last commencement, is
missing.
Political Buttons.
A Waterbury concern has been mak--
ing campaign buttons, modeled after
the United States quarter eagle and
the govenment destroyed the dies. The
firm is now making the buttons after a
design of a Canadiancoin, which very
much resembles thequarter eagle.
Hol For Narragansett.
' Don’t forget the phenominally cheap.
and delightful 81.50 excursion; to Nar-
ragansett Pier, Wednesday.
Bole &. AmblerAssipn. '
’ The firm of Cole & Ambler. hat man'uu
factnrers, of Bethel,. made a voluntary
assignment Saturday.
LEAVE, FUR NIANTII}.
Norwalk Soldiers Start i..-
. Camp Graham.
Large Amount of Hustle at the Armory.
Two thousand citizen soldiers of Con-
nectreut were up with the sun this
various trains that were to transport
,them to their beautiful camp- grounds
at Niantic. These men of our National
wishes ofhall patriotic citizens as well as
wives, sisters and sweethearts. .
It is the judgment of our best mili-
tary men that Camp Graham will this
year maintain the high record of excel-
lence won at last year’s encampment.
To these men. constituting a grand ag-
gregation in all. the states, the Nation
must look for protection in time of
trouble, and so far as the National
Guardsmen of Connecticut are con-
cerned, there is naught to fear but that
the people’s rights and tranquility are
secure. '
The entire brigade will be encamped,
the organizations being the same as last
year, With the exception of the Second
company, colored, of Hartford, which~
has been disbanded. Capt. Lathrop’s
command, the First Separate company
of New Haven, will be the only colored
organization in the field. It will be
quartered on the extreme: left. The
routine of duty is substantially the
same as last year and the men 'will be
fed by the state through ,caterers, the
plan which has proved so successful the
past few years. An innovation this
year is the requiring passes to admit
male citizen visitors to camp during the
week except on Governor’s day, when
the gates will be thrown wide open. No
restrictions have been placed upon the
visits of the other sex, who will be ad-
mitted without passes with or without
male escort, from reveille to‘tattoo, as
understood.
Thescveral sections of the Brigade
Signal'corps'willgo to camp on their
wheels, establishing signal stations for
heliograph signaling so as to communi-
cate with camp.
Everything was hustle and bustle
about the Armory at an early hour this
merning. The final arrangements for
the departure of Companies D and F
for camp had in the main been previous-
ly completed, and the baggage en route
- for the railroad station sometimerbet‘ore
some of the brave boys had arrived at
the rendegvous.
Both Companies had nearly a full
complement of men, and as they filed
out of the Armory and marched to the
depot theypresented a very soldierly
appearance.
Captain Rose was in command of
Company F, and Captain Wilcoxson of
Company D.
Early risers were attracted to the
street by the suond of martial music
and one enthusiastic young lady was
heard to remark. “If there is a single
solitary one better looking company in
camp than they are, I’ll miss 'my'
guess.’. Sub rosa. Her best fellow
belonged to one company and her
brother was a gallant member of the
other. '
Her opinion, however, was voiced by
others. Reaching the station there
were the usual leave-takings, hand-
shakings and tears, as the boys boarded
the cars and sped away for “work and
fen at camp.” -
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A Memorable Season.
A phenominal summer of 1896 will al-
ways be memorable for the fatality ofite
best. For nine successive days, ending
with the 13th inst. the torrid weather
continued over almost the whole coun-
try east of the Mississippi, showing a
persistency of intense heat for which it
would be hard to find a parallel in the
weather-annals of the United States.
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, Festival at Lewisboro.
The Ladies Of St. John’s church
Lewisboro will give an entertainment
at the Rectory on Wednesday evening
of this week. A Brooklyn lady spec-
ialist, will give a tamborine drill and
refreshments will be served. The night.
it clear, will be meonlight and numbers
are expected to ride up from Norwalk,
and lend their aid as the function istor
the benefit of the church‘ work in
Lewisboro. -
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Telephone Company’s Purchase.
The Southern New England Tele-
phone company have just purchased a.
telegraph line formerly used by the
Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph company
between Manchester and Putnam in
this state, a distance of 32,1niles, and
morning and on the march to their '
Guard will ,carry withthem the best -
the affectionate solicitude of mothers, _
- HERE AND THERE.
An‘Evpitome of Happenings of
of Interest to the Public.
Garnered with Scissors aniljencil.
There is talkof a married men’s bi-
cycle club in Danbury.
The Sons of St. George “will hold a
regular meeting to-morrow night.
Bishop Tierney dedicated the new St.
Peters convent at Danbury on Saturday.
> Mrs. R. M. Rose and daughter, Fau-
netta, of Isaacs Place, are at Niantic,
this week.
Jarvis Kellogg sta‘rted “in as time-
keeper on the Mill Hill improvements,
this morning.
The lawn in front of the town sarco-
phagus on lMill ‘ Hill,‘is being sheared
with a scythe.
The Merwinstreet shirt manufactory
started up this morning, to the delight
of hundreds of people.
The Central Labor union of Danbury
has concluded to hold their Labor Day
picnic at Lake Kenosia.
Mrs. C. W. Wilson, of Westport ave-
nue, has returned home from a visit
with friends in New Haven.
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Allen of
Main street,» celebrated their tenth
wedding'anniversary Saturday.
Mrs. Edelbcrt Osterbanks is visiting
friends in Greenwich. She is accom-
panied by her holes, Miss Edna Brown.
Elie bans of marriage of John Mc-
Mahon and Miss Mamie Gehebe were‘
called at; St. Mary’s church yesterday.
Miss Naivcomb'of Orange, N. J. ar-
rive; _at Siiii'th’s’lsland on Saturday,‘a
visior to her uncle, Hon. John S. Sey-
Go‘rdner‘ IR ach.‘ was: engaged this
morning in repairing a break in the
Cross street water’main, near the Elec-
tric Light station. ' -
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k» at... Ant. _
The Pain'ters’ Union will‘take an out-
ing at Gregory’s Point! to-morrow 'ev'e-
ning, which will include one of Land;
lord O’Sullivan’s shere dinners.
At Detroit the Rev. Thomas E. Sher-
man,‘ son of {the late General W. T.
Sherman, 'made the final vows and
joined the Jesuit order, yesterday.
The strike of the New York employee
of the Adams Express Company con-
tinued, but the officials made favorable
reports of the way business was going
on. -
There was alarge crowd at Gregor y’s
Point Saturday night, and the same
was true of yesterday. As a pepular
summer resort the Point a . glittering
and wholesome . -
Miss Augusta Trowbridge of Brook-
lyn, who has been visiting at the
Stiles Curtis residence goes to Ridge-
ficld for a short visit to-day and from
there will return to her home.
The K. D. D. D. pronounced “Katy-
did,” consisting of Frank Kelly, Vina
cent Dwyer, Joe - Dwyer and Harry
Dwyer, sailed to Rock Island yesterday,
where they enjoyed a clam roast and
bath.
W. J. Bryan, the Democratic candi-
date. passed a pleasant Sunday in Irv-
ington, listening to a sermon in the
morning, taking a drive to Sleepy Hol-
low Cemetery in the afternoon and
meeting the neighbors of his host.
Ex—alderman George A. Lockwood,
of Newark, N. 51., who has been stop-
ping at the Norwalk hotel, returned
home on Saturday. Mr. Lockwood is
anative of Norwalk, and was born in
the house now occupied by Dr. C. W,
Many, on North avenue-
Ridgefield will have another town
meeting to act upon the bicycle ques-
tion, to-morrow afternoon. The resi-
dents ot the village are divided as to
whether bicycles should be ridden on
the sidewalks or not. It is expected
that a compromise will be made and the
wh’eelmen will be given the use of the
sidewalk with certain restrictions.
Rev. Mr. Watkins and family re
turned’on Saturday from their two weeks’
sojourn at Ellenville and are at present
comfortably ensconced at the Grace
pass a further§outing to some cool and.
restful retreat, having given up their
contemplated visit to Washington in
Litchficld County, because of a fever
having broken out at: the quarters where
will use the line in connection with re].
ephonc business. .’ ‘ -. ,
they had engaged boards» .
Church Rectory. Later on they pro- ,
PIONEER WON.
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The Norwalk Firemen Play ‘s‘aii With the
Stamford Department.
The Pioneer base ball team went to
Stamford, Saturday, and played ball
with a nine composed of brother fire:
men, representing the department of
that city. The game resulted in the
scare of 14 to 2 in favor of the Norwalk
players, they shutting the Stamfords
out without a run until the eighth in-
ning and playing the better game
throughout. Brewer pitched for "Pio-
user and was simply invincable, strik-
ing out fifteen men and allowing but
four hits to be made. Chief Bowman
of the Stamford department who is also
Chief of Police of that city, played with
his team, and while George is “not as
young as be used to be,” put up a
game that threw in the shade that of
any of his "colts.” He also made three
of the four hits of Brewer. The con-
test was witnessed by about two hun-
‘dred people and was free from squab-
bling throughout, not a protest. or
“kick” being made by either team dur-
ing the game. After the game the
Norwalk boys were handsomely enter-
tain‘ed at the engine house. A return
game is to be played at Norwalk Park
in the near. future. The score by in.
nings was as follows:
Pioneer 0 2 7 4 O 1 O 0 0—1
Stamford 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 1 1-— 2
Mill Hill.
Road Superintendent Kellogg has
fifty men at work digging down Mill
Hill to-day and twelve carts removing
the dirt. He will deposit 100 loads of
gravel on High street, is to fill up Hub-
bell’s lane to a .good roadbed grade,
Morgan place also, and when he gets
his out down through to the west front
of the bill, will fill and grade Smith
stre’etwith the balance of the dirt.
To-morr0w the Street Railway com-
pany' expect to commence the work of
connecting their tracks now down on
.East avenue, ‘and to bring the rails
westward. just as fast as the city’s work
of excavation will permit. The laying
down of the car rails as fast as Kellogg’s
force of shovelers are out of the way, is
going to be one of the most expeditious
and complicated pieces of street car
track. laying ever attempted in Norwalk.
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- Lord Russell Arrives. ,
Lord Russell of Killowen, G.‘ C. M.
G., Lord Chief Justice of England,
reached New York, Saturday.
In America, Lord Russell is, without
doubt, the best known in America of
/all English lawyers. Fortwenty-two
years before he became Lord Chief
Justice of England he wore the silk
gown of a Queen’s Counsellor, and his
eloquence and adroitness won him suc-
cess and fame which reached wherever‘
the English tongue is spoken. He is
an Irishman, and the first Irishman ~[as
well as the first Catholic since the Re-
formation who has reached the place of
Lord Chief Justice of England. He is
here to attend the American Bar Asso-
ciation convention which convenes at
Saratoga, this week, and for which
Judge ‘Woodward is enroute.
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Street Railway Notes.
Superintendent Everett F. Kyle of
the Street Railway ‘ line hasgone down
the harbor after tautogs. He was ac-
companied by Charles A. Acton, who is
to locate the fishing rocks. Mr. Kyle
left word that the construction car
meet him at South _ Norwalk on his re-
turn to bring the “catch” home.
Conductor Milton Clark and Motor-
man Fred Andrews have returned home
from a trip to Portland, Me.
Conductor Joseph Bucknam is taking
a week’s vacation.
Utilityman Joseph J. Healy was the
victim of a loaded cigar yesterday.
The illumination would have been
grand if “Joe” had not lighted the '
cigar before darkness set in.
Motorman Henry Matheis is taking a
week’s vacation. ,
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Congressman Hill Heard From.
Mr. E. J. Hill, staff correspondent,
betimes, of the Norwalk Horror, writes
that paper under date of Montreal,
August 14th as follows:— ,
“Throughout Canada, the street cars
contain signs reading as follows: ‘On
and after this date United States silver
will not be accepted.’ It is not a ques-
tion of discount. Cars, stores and
banks, decline it at any price. Hotels
take it in change and doubtless will for
the excursion season. The sentiment
here seems to be one of surprise that
the United States should even consider
the-question of the debasement of its
own coin. I did not find in eWisconsin
and Minnesota anything like the free
coinage sentiment ,which I had sup-
posed existed there.”
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I —Advertise in the Guza'rru.
Darwinian?
Thetates'iAds-received Be—
fore Going .to Press.“
By the People and For the People.
EOE SAII‘E.
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£6 soon,a lot of used brick.’ Apply) aft thoi;
OR SALE—Bicycles. guaranteed $75 1896-
models, seamless steel tubing, drop
forged steel connections, choice of tires. $39.75
at Sou'rn Nonwanx HARDWARE 00. 1'25 ti
(:5 -i§As:alll§;-Benedict.1¥ortw%lk. mewsdleal-
. .lganexceen ou '
and Holder for 25c. Call and, see it. n animtfgm
. 1'0 RENT. .
TO’RENT—Cottage, No 14 Maple st t1
. . All the modern improvement ree .
of.0. E. Wilson, No. 3 Gazette Buildingnqume
O RENT—The lower floors iii two hou
, ’ on Cross Street, ' Possession given 8;:
Angus. 1st.. Apply to F. ST. JOHN Locxwoop
Trustee. J 24 tf
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ANTED—CaptainOliver S. Clark. 2
; . Merwxn street3w11l' take out parties for ‘
egaiigitrliliégrnfisguli crudises in his yacht "Three
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his servrces are desired.p P a. l as 19.2.3335:
‘NIANI‘ED—SOLICITORS FOR LIFE OF
MAJOR MCKINLEY, the next presi.
dent. by Murat Halstead, Chauuce Depew,
Fern er. ohn Sherman and Mar Hanna,
Wll‘h biography of Hobart. Contains speeches.
and platform. A bonanza for agents. a gold
mine for workers- Only $1.50. e only
authorizedbook. 50 per cent. Credit given.
Freight paid. Outfit free. Begin now with
chmce of ’ territory. Permanent. profitable
work for, 96. Address, The National Book
Concern. Star Building Chicago. J'Z'tf
P.A.BETTS,
Successor to Betts & Farriiigton.
-— Dealer in —
FINE GROCERIES,
Foreign and ~
Domestic Fruits.
Corner Wall and Water Sts. , Norwalk, .
J. D. Jennings.
UNDERTAKEK
a K‘niglitsueet. opposite
Street Railway Depot.
N1 GHT BELL A1 OFFICE.
‘N’I YI’ "I H- & "IR-R-
Special Limited Excursion to
NARRAGANSETT PIER,
Rhode Island’s Popular Seaside Resort.
WEDNESDAY,- AUGUST I9.
Observe the remarkably low fare; Only
$1.50 $1.50 $1.50
For the ROUND TRIP.
Excursion Tickets. the number of which
Will be STRICTLY LIMITED, Will be good only
on the special train and date as above. and
must be purchased before taking the cars, or
regular fare Will be collected. .
Sp'ecial Express Train, with first-cla,ss
equipment, leaves Stamford. 7:49; Noroton,
7:48; Darien. 7:50; South Norwalk. 7:58;
Westport, 8 :04; Southport 15:14; Fairfield. 8:17;
Bridgeport. 8:30; Milford, 8:45. ‘ Due Narra-
gansett Pier at 12:20, noon. N 0 change of cars
- Returning. Special Express Train will leave
Narragansett Pier at 4 p_ m.. thus affording”
ample time for sight-seeing. ocean bathing.
Etc" etc., and a return home at a seasonab 0.
our.
0er. figATT,'d’ t PGEO. L. ‘iQNgOfi'
en uper n . .asse er ’ ’ .
C. T. HEMPSI‘EiD ta 0 gr
Gen‘l Passenger Agent.
Raymond & Son. .
Successors to George H.Raym(.nd.
Furniture Dealers and General Funeral
Directors.
l6 and ‘48 Main Street Norwalk 0
Residence, Berkeley Place,
Telephone No. 7 7-4
HAVE ARRIVED.
My newline of _3 ring and
Summer Suit rigs, which
W111 be made up in the latest‘
styles and at the lowest ossible
price consistent with go work.
Call in and inspect them.
F. KOCOLIR,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
II North, Main St. South lloivalli.
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» MB?) GEORGE W. BRADLEY. (den liter
f the late Wm. a. . Nash ) Rives e e
and satisfactory instructions (in the. Haifa 1:: .
her home No. 193 Main street.
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