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HEIR TO A BIG FORTUNE.
A NEW3PAPE v MAN OF PHILADEL
PHIA IN GREAT PROSPECTS.
Waking Up to Suddenly Find an In
heritance of Over $700,000 Staring
His Family in the Face—His Share to
Be Over $lOO,OOO.
From the Philadelphia Press.
There is a fortune of $700,000, now held
by the State of New York, to which a
voting newspaper man of this city, with his
brothers and sisters, some of whom are in
England, are legal heirs. In the last week
they have laid formal claim to the mousy,
and their lawyer, Nelson G. tVaterbury, the
veteran advocate and politician of New
York city, is confident that in a short time
he will prove his right to restore to the heirs
the fortune that for twenty years has been
accumulating compound interest in the
treasury of New York. .
The romantic story is that in 1819 a great
uncle of the presumptive heirs, who was
Colonel of the Fifty-eighth English Regi
ment, was ordered to Canada, lie went aud
took with him his two motherless boys,
Edwin aud William. A few years later the
regiment was ordered back to England.
The old Colonel had grown to like the coun
try during his stay and decided to leave the
two boys there in charge of a French
Catholic priest at Amherstburg, Ont., with
whom he had grown very iutimate. The
priest w as to educate them, and finally they
were to be sent homo to their father in
England. After a stay of two or three
years with the priest the boys tired of the
life and ran away. They were never hear ,
of afterward by the old Colonel, who used
every means to trace them, and he died a
few years later in England, without ever
having heard from the missing children.
It was learned long afterward that Edwin,
the older brother, went to Michigan, where
all trace of him has bem lost. William,
from whom the fortune comes, came to
Brooklyn. He was known to his neighbors
as a crank and a miser, and he lived alone,
for he had never married, in his big house,
and grew very rich in speculation. His
neighbors supposed him to be a Frenchman,
for ne spoke English with a French accent
—a relic of his early Canadian training un
der his priestly tutor —and to encourage
them, and to further conceal his identity,
he slightly changed the spelling of his name.
This, too, would have remained a secret had
he not in his will made a bequest to his
brother, whom he said spelled his name as
do the present heirs.
In 18(17 Will.am died, childless so far as
known, leaving $300,000. The property
consisted of the house in which he had lived
for years, money in bank, government and
other bonds and stocks; $14,000 was left in
various sums to servants and other people
whom he had known; $20,000 was be
queathed to his brother Edwin, whom he
had not seen after their escape from Am
herstb.irg, and from whom it is supposed he
had never heard. The remainder of the
large estate w’as to found an orphanage.
The will was broken by the courts, because
of some informalities in execution, and the
orphanage bequest was set aside.
No heirs to the old man appeared and the
money was locked up in the New York
Treasury. Eigh- years ago an advertise
ment for heirs ap;> aired in a New York
paper, and a li'-A c people of ail sorts of
names put i cminis, but their rights to the
fortune were not proven, and the matter
was again forgotten.
How the PiiiJadelphia newspaper man
learned of his right to the money is interest
ing. His brother is an editorial writer on
the New York Herald. A month or so ago
a story was written for them about the es
tate, and was deemed so un i m|x>rtant that
It was not printed. A friend in the office
told him of it, and > sent home to England
inquiring about it.
The old family lawyer kne •> of the ex
istence somewhere in America o .• Canada of
the children of th ol 1 colonel, who, dying,
had told the story of the boys who had run
away. He cabled the positive proofs of the
relationship of the presumptive heirs, one of
whom is a newspaper man of this city. He
at once engaged counsel, and hopes in a
short time to be in possession of tbe money
to which an accident revealed his right.
THE FIFTY-POUND NUGGET.
Excitement It Has Create i in the Vic
toria > '-"d Fieids.
Ballarat (Aug. 23) Letter to Melbourne Argus.
This morning an extraordinary incident
in the recent mining history of the colony
occurred, when an immense nugget, weigh
ing about fifty-one pounds of pure gold, was
unearthed in the now famous Midas mine
at Sulky Gully. To-day’s discovery
eclipses anything of the kind that has been
known for many years in Victoria. The first
public intimation was obtained in a rather
curious manner. A man was observed by
the large crowd of shareholders who congre
gate at the corner to Sturt
street carrying a sack containing what to
appearances was like a small pig, but his
strange burden was soon found to be the
nugget, and he was followed by an excited
and questioning crowd across L’ydiard street
down to the corner to Messrs. Stoddard &
Binney’s office, where he displayed the con
tents of his bag. It was immediately
placed on exhibition in Messrs. Stoddard it
Binney’s office. The nugget is flat and has
something the contour of a colossal hand
held open, with the thumb and fingers close
together. Its greatest length is 12l j inches,
and breadth inches, and varies m thick
ness up to 2 % inches. It is apparently
pure gold, and weighs 617 ounces, ft
was found iu the northwest main
drive, in the direction of the No. 2 shaft,
120 feet from the surface, and at a spot
about .V) feet from where the Lady Brassey
nugget was rocently found. A cast will lie
taken of the nugget before iffis broken up.
It is estimated to contain fifty-one pounds
of pure gold, worth about £5l j>er pound,
and tbe find represents an addition to the
company's revenue of about £2,600. The
nugget will be exhibited at Messrs. Kilpat
rick & Co.’s, jewelers, Collins street west,
Melbourne. Lady Loch has consented to its
being named after herself. It is probable
that the nugget will be forwarded to Eng
land for exhibition. Subjoined is a list of
the previous remarkable nuggets discovered
in tfie Victorian gold fields:
Weight.
When Found. Lb. oz. dwt
Black Hill Oct. 14, 1851 7 6 0
Canadian Gully . . .Juu. 20. 1853 93 1 11
Canadian Gully. . . Jan. 22, 1853 84 3 15
Canadian Gully lan. 81. 1853 134 11 0
Canadian Gnlly Feb., 1853 30 8 0
Canadian Qully Feb., 1853 30 11 2
Eureka Feb. 7, 1854 52 1 0
Dalton’s Flat Can
adian—Lady Hot
ham Bept. 8, 1854 98 1 17
Bakery Hill March 6, 1885 47 7 0
Bakery Hill March, 1885 40 0 0
Union Jack. Bunin
yong Feb. 38, 1857 23 6 0
Black Hill Lend
Nil Despernndum.Nov. 29, 1867 45 0 0
Bakery Hill-Wel
come June 9, 1858 134 9 16
Koh-i-noor Claim . July 27, 1860 69 6 0
Koh-i-noor Claim—
Sir Dominic ualy.Feb., 1862 36 0 0
M ol lagul—Welcome
Stranger. Feb. 9, 1869 190 0 0
webbville— Bunin
yong Aug. 1, 1869 12 0 0
Hideous in Every Guise,
Whether it be the best known form, chills anil
fever, or else bilious remittent, double ague or
ague cake, is that abominable disorder involv
ing the liver the bowels and the kidneys, known
as malaria. Every complaint classified under
thiß generic, though erroneous appellation, is
destructive of the nervous system, but is, un
happily, not to be subdued, or even Checked, by
the use of ordinary nervines, febrifuges or
tonic3. There is, however, prompt relief and
ultimate cure to be found in Hoste tier's Stomach
Bitters, foremost among the proprietary reme
dies of America, and widely known in other
lands. Not only disease's born of miasma, but
rheumatic complaints, superinduced by ex
posure in iad weather, inherited of
incurred debility of the kidneys or
bladder, dyspepsia and an irregular
yudi tion of bowels, are curable--nay, certain to
ca cured by this deservedly esteemed and pror
bessionally sanctioned corrective.
BAKING POWDER TESTS.
Official Anal sss of the Chief Brand*
Sold In the South—Their Strength and
; Value Ascertained—A Large Num
ber Impure.
The Ohio State Dairy and Food Commis
sioner, Gen. S. 11. Hurst, has made pub
lic (Circular No. 6) the results of the Com
mission’s investigation of baking powder.
This Commission was formed by the Legis
lature, with instructions to make an exam
ination of the food supply of the State, and
to give a report of such examination to the
public. The examination ot the baking
powders was made by Prof. H. A. Weber,
State Chemist, and relating as it does to an
article of daily use in the food of almost
every one, is of particular interest.
The rather startling fact is brought out
by the report that of the thirty different
brands of baking yowder analyzed, compos
ing about nil those sold in the State, twenty
of them are made from alum, a substance
declared by the highest medical authorities
to be injurious to health when used in food.
The Commissioner classifies the baking
powders into three general divisions, ac
cording to their value:
Ist. Cream of Tartar Baking Powders;
2d. Phosphate Baking Powders;
3d. Alum Baking Powders.
The object of baking powders is, when
mixed in the flour and subjected to mois
ture, to generate a leaveuiug gas in the
dough, which will arise the bread and cause
it to be porous and light. The Commissioner
explains that the best baking powder is that
which, the ingredients being healthful,
gives off the largest amount of leaveuiug
gas and leaves the smallest amount of
residum in the bread. A small amount of
carbonate of ammonia, which is considered
healthful, is used in some of the cream of
tartar powders to give them a higher
strength. The Commission say that pure
alum is undoubtedly a hurtful salt, and that
the resultant salts from its combination
with soda as formed in the bread, can
scarcely be less hurtful. The report ranks
the powders and shows the amount in each
of inert resultants, which in using it would
appeal - as residuum in the bread, as follows:
CREAM OF TARTAR POWDERS.
Per Cent, inert.
Name. or Residuum.
1. Royal 7.25
2. I)r. Price's 12.06
3. Pearson's 14.39
4. Cleveland's 10.18
5. Snow Drift 17.54
6. Upper Ter 0.22
7. De Lund's 32.52
8. Sterling 12.63
PHOSPHATIC BAKING POWDERS.
9. Horsford's 36.49
10. Wheat 86.33
ALI'M BAKING POWDERS.
11. Empire 34.26
12. Gold 30.34
18. Veteran 23 30
14. Cook's Favorite 31.92
15. Sun Flower 35.60
16. KentoD 3H.17
17. Patapsco 40.08
18. Jersey 16.05
19. Buckeye 29.85
20. Peerless 26.28
21. Silver Star 31.88
22. Crown 16.69
23. Crown (Special) 25.09
24. One Spoon 58.68
25. Wheeler’s No. 15 27.73
26. Carleton 30.94
27. Gene. 30.57
28. Scioto 18.25
29. Zipp’s Grape Crystal 11.99
30. Forest City 24.04
The large amount of inert matter or resi
duum in both the phosph ite and alum pow
ders will be noted. T ;is in the phosphate
powders is largely of lime; in the alum pow
ders it is chiefly alum. It will be gratif ving
to the public to observe that tbe powder in
most general use, the Royal, is also the
purest. In comparing the first two powders
on the list, for instance—the Royal and Dr.
Price’s —the inert matter in Price’s is seen
to be about five in seven more than in the
former, a difference of 71 3-7 per cent., the
Royal being purer than Price’s by a corres
ponding figure.
The carbonic or leavening gas produced
by the powders indicates their strength;and
their true value may lie ascertained by con
sidering the amount of this gas in conn
tion with their inert matter or residuum as
shown above. The higher the percentage
of gas and the lower the percentage of resid
uum the better the baking powder. These
percentages, as found in some of the most
familiar powders, are given as follows:
Per Cent, of Per Cent, of
Name. Leavening Gas. Residuum
Royal 11.80 7.25
Sterling 11 12.63
Price's 10.50 12.66
De Land’s 10 32.52
Gem. Alum 8.45 36.57
Forest 0%, Alum 7.80 24 04
Silver Star, Alum 6.90 .... 31.88
Kenton, Alum 6.20 38.17
Patapsco. Alum 6 40.08
Empire. Alum 5.80 34.26
Cook's Favorite, Alum . 5.80 34.92
One Spoon, Alum 5.75 58.68
With the foregoing explanation the study
of these figures will readily give consumers
a knowledge of the comparative value of
the different brand.;. To illustrate with the
percentages given the two powders before
compared: the Royal containing 11.8 parts
of leavening gas to 10.5 in Price’s, its excess
of strength is 1.3 in 10.5, or 12.4 per cent.
Royal is therefore 12.40 per cent, stronger,
as well as 71 per cent, purer titan Price’s,
etc. The relative strength and purity of all
the powders can bo computed in like man
ner.
CURIOSITIES OF COURTSHIP.
Love-Making Episodes of an Odd or
Striking Character.
The Elmira, N. Y., Gazette has made a
collection of condensed love stories, as fol
lows:
There is a veritable incident on record of
an old Scotch dame, toothless, and nearly
bent double with the aches aud pa ns of ad
vanced years, who, when asked at what age
women gave over thinking of marriage, re
plied:
•‘Deed, ye maun een gang and ask some
ane mail' auld than me!”
And we can give as a companion to this
instance one equally authentic of a small
American damsel of 4 years who, being !
once chided bv a grown-up sister for talk
ing of marriage—with the admonition that
such little girls should not think of get
ting married—replied with the utmost
amazement at her elder’s ignorance:
“Whv, I thought about it when I was
only 2!"
Sir Arthur Helps gave it as his belief that
since the world was created no two couples
ever made love alter the same fashion. And
since “it takes all sorts of folks to make a
world,’’ they may be fairly supjtosed to do
their courting iu all sorts of ways. For in
stance, the courting of the aboriginal of
Australia consisted simply in knocking the
woman of his prefere .ce down with a club
and carrying her off. This form of wooing
was as efficacious as brief, and was certainly
commendable on the score of enonomy,
since it subjected neither party to the ex
pense of lights, fires, oyster suppers, ice
cream. < laborato dresses. dowers, etc., which
are the usual concomitants of civilized love
making. The method of the Australian has
been tried by other than dusky savages. It
is an historical fact that William the Con
queror conducted his courtship in a similar
manner. Having fallen in love with a
Flemish maidert, he had told her of his pre
ference, but received m return only scorn
and indifference. Becoming enraged at
this, he one day attacked the damsel in the
open street and puramoled her unmercifully.
The result was that she consented to his
suit, and made, when married, one of the
meekest wives imaginable. In civilised
countries of our days this courting cere
mony is, strange to say,sometimes used after
marriage.
Some very curious courting customs pre
vail in Africa. In one tribe of Eastern
Africa it is regarded as the nut plus ultra of
gallantry for the lover to parade before the
hut of hi, inamorata astride of,a huge boar.
Mungo Park tells of a tribe in the interior
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1887.
where custom compels women to carry a
calabash of water to the man who has ex
pressed a preference for her. Seated on a
mat before his door he washes his hands in
the vessel, and tiie woman drinks the water
as a token of her affection. Less repulsive
"as the act of the lover among the ancient
Persians, who burned his hand or check to
prove his devotion and then showed it to his
lady-love. If she was "willin," she bound
the injured part with a silkeu scarf, but if
obdurate she sent the man to a physician for
healing salve.
Among the Moravians it was the system
for the ministers to select wives for the men
of his congregation. If a '‘sister” had any
objection to the “brother” selected for her
life partner she was permitted to state it,
but it was generally overruled by the
priest's eloquence. Strange to say, the his
torian tells us that these marriages were
generally happy.
In Greenland the services of the pastor of
the flock are also called in. A man who
has male up his mind that his worldly cir
cumstances warrant him in indulging in
what has been called “the abstract desire of
every man to furnish board and lodging to
some young lady,” and has decided what
young lady he wishes to tie taxed for, calls
on the reverend father and states his cast'.
The inquiry is made whether the girl knows
of the suit, to which the man replies that
he has tried some preliminary love-making,
which was not very kindly received, but
adds: “Thou the ways of man
kind.” In Greenland, tie it remarked, it is
an accepted fact in social philosophy that
a woman’s no means yes. The priest calls
upon the young woman and pleads the .ause
of her lover, assuring her that he is a good
man, that he catches many seals, etc. It
is the custom for the woman to reject all
proposals at first, but to yield at last an un
willing assent. If the priest thinks she is
tooobstinate he generally remarks: “Ah,
well, it is no matter; I can easily find an
other woman who will have such a good
provider,” and turns to leave, which action
brings the stubborn maiden to terms at
once. In St. Petersburg, Russia, a custom
prevailed for many years—though declined
greatly in importance, it has not gone en
tirely out of use—which was designed to
stimulate the laggards in courtship. On
Whitsunday there was held in the Summer
Garden, one of the city’s paries, a fair of all
the damsels of the city who wanted hus
bands. Dressed in their best, with ail the
ornaments at command, atid holding silver
spoons or other ware in their hands, to show
that they were not whollv portionless, th y
stood in rows under the trees, attended by
parents or guardians, to insure propriety
of behavior, to faciliate matrimonial liar
gains The men in search of wives strolled
about scrutinizing all the candidates at
leisure. When the man saw one that pleased
him he usually introduced himself to her
custodians, and if bis statement of family,
business and prospects were satisfactory he
was made acquainted with the young
woman and invited to her residence.
After this the nuptial ceremony followed
as speedily as the would-be bridegroom de
sired.
Wo find a custom precisely like this still
in existence in a district in the south of Ire
land. There it is known as “shrafting,”
the name being derived from Shrove-Tues
day, the day on which it was held. On that
day all the marriageable young people of
both sexes are marshaled on the village
green by their parents—the girls in all the
glory of Sunday gow sand gay ribbons, as
lovely as fresh-blown roses, evidently en
joying their best attire, looking as foolish
as only the male human can look on exhibi
tion. The two sexes are stationed in line
apart from, each other, and the parents pass
between to vouchsafe proposals or to receive
them, and to haggle over marriage por
tions. The preferences of the young people
are fully understood by the elders, and
commendable effort is made to gratify
them, the main object of the parents being
to secure as good a set-out as posssible for
the young couple. As this ceremony occurs
on Shrove-Tuesdnv it is often a brief wooing
to the willing victims, for Lent beginning
the following day, which perforce post
ooues ail marriages for six weeks, the ma
jority of the couples are united by the priest
the same evening.
Happy is the wooing
Which is not long doing,
the sentiment of the ancient Celt, was also
the belief of the famous I)r. Abernethv.
This gentleman, when he made up his mind
to marry, was no longer young, and he
went about the business in an eminently
practical manner. Having met frequently
at the home of one of his i laiients a voung
woman whose eomelines.-.and amiability had
quite pleased him, he sought a private in
terview with her, told her he would like to
marry her, if she had no objections, but had
no time o spend in courting her. If, how
ever, she would marry him. and could bo
ready in two weeks, he would call and. take
her to church for the ceremony. She was
ready at the time appointed, and neither
ever had occasion to regret tiie very brief
preliminaries to what proved to be a most
suitable union.
All persons, we may suppose, have not
like opportunity with these two to be as
sured of the worthiness of the object of their
choice beforehand, but there are instances
where even bolder suitors than Abernethy
have been favored by fortune. A California
miuer, having amassed quite a fortune, was
returning by ship to New York to revisit
old friends and to find him a wife. A young
woman on board the ship, serving in the
capacity of nursery governess to the family
of a merchant on board, pleased him much
by her neat and modest appearance. He
therefore introduced himself one day, and
broke tiie ice of his purpose with one reck
less plunge: ‘-Madame, my name is ,
my parents and family reside in Now
Hampshire; I have property amounting to
$•.300,000, and expect to ons-ag ■ in business
in . lam a perfectly tempera; e man,
and I could give you good reference to tes
tify to my general upright character lam
unmarried, and want a wife; will you marry
me?’’ The lady took the character of her
suitor at once." “Thank you,” said she,"!
will,” and on landing they were forthwith
married.
However, whether this law was ever
placed on record or not, the practice of fe
male proposals was never adopted and seems
never to have been more than a tradition.
There have been instances, of course, of a
“woman who dared,” but not many, for the
risk of a refusal was too serious a one to
run.
How the Princess Lo-iise, of Savoy, ever
recovered from her humiliation after having
offered herself in marriage to Charles, Duke
of Bourbon, only to receive a grave but
positive refusal, few women can understand.
Ladies, however, are permitted to assist
a bashful wooer when
Either he fears his fate too much
Or his desert too small,
Who fears to put it to the touch
And win or lose It all.
Such was the case with tho young lady
who assured her lovor that she could make
a beautiful cake, all filled with fruit, with a
ring on the top and when the astonished
swain exclaimed: “Why, that is a wed
ding cake!” replied: “I meant wedding,”
anil which brought matters to a crisis im
mediately.
More shrewd still was the young lady—
and more daring—who told her admirer
that she was a mind-reader, and could read
what was going on in his fliind at that mo
ment; that he wanted to propose to her but
did not know how to do it, which, of course,
relieved the young man from his embarrass
ment parmanently.
Avery bashful man having succeeded in
winning a wife, a lady relative teased him
to tell her how he over plucked up courage
enough to propose.
"Now. tell me the truth, N ,” said
she, “did not the lady have to do the court
ing for youf ”
“N-no,” answered the gentleman: “but I
own she smoothed over the hard places for
me.”
And this seems to be the ladies’ mis
sion in courtship—to smooth over the hard
places. ,
A Standard Xmas Gift
is an assortment of Colgate’s unrivalled
toilet soaps and perfumery. Now ready.
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ITS BRILLIANT PROGRAMME FOR 1888.
SIBERIAN PAPERS—“LINCOLN IN THE WAR.”
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CS It A 1> l)IN PLAY
West’s China lialaoe
OTP
New Mat Gold and Beautiful Decorations in Haviland & Co.’s Celebrated
China. Pompadour Shape all the Rage.
New Borogue Ware. Satin Ware, in all Shades and Colors. Celladonna,
Burmese, Brilliantine and Beaded Ware. French and Belgian
Rich Cut Glass Wire Ail of our own direct importation.
Gas Shades in all the Most Delicate Shapes and Tints.
We are receiving on every steamer NEW GOODS from all countries, suitable for WEDDING
and HOLLIDAY PRESENTS. Call and Inspect the immense stock of STAPLE AND FANCY
GOODS at
WEST’S CHINA PALACE,
lfhT BUorioiiToisr street.
FURMXUBE, CARPETS, MATTING, ETC.
CARPETS! CARPETS! CAP PETS!
Now is the time for Bargains in Carpets.
A fine selection of Cotton Chains, Union’s Extra Supers,
AH Wool, Two and Three-P ys, Tapestries and Body Brus
sels just arrived. Our line of Furniture is cmn| l*te in all
its departments. Just received a carload of Cook in? and
Heating Stoves. So call on us fur Bargains. We don't in
tend to be undersold, for cash or on easy terms.
TEEPLE & CO.
BRICK.
Wm. P. Bailey & Cos.,
BRICK MANUFACTURERS,
KEEP CONSTANTLY ft* HAND. In large
quantities at imv y4rd on tUe SPRING
FIELD PLANTATION, liy<f will deliver the mime
in uuy part of the city upon the shortest notice.
The best
Well Brick, Pressed Brictk, Hflrdßrown Brick,
Gray Brick, Soft Brown Brick.
Office— Comer Bull and Broughton, at SI
MON GAZAN S CIGAR STORE, where aU or
der* will receive prompt attention. y
WOOD.
A. S. BACON,
Planing Mill, Lumber and Wood Yard,
Liberty and East Broad sfs., Savannah, Ga.
A LI. Planing Mill work gwitw :tiy and prompt
ly done Good stock Dressed and Rough
Lumber. FIRE WOOD, Oak, Pine. Llghtwood
and Lumber iQri things. , •„
IKON WORKS.
mm & Hi;
IRON FOUNDERS,
Machinists, Boiler Makers and Blacksmiths,
STATIONARY anti PORTABLE ENGINES,
VERTICAL and TOP-RUN NINO CORN
MILLS, SUGAR MILLS and PANS.
AGENTS for Alert and Union Injectors, the
simplest and most effective on tne market;
Gnllett Light Draft Magnolia Cotton Gin, the
best in the market.
Ail orders promptly attended to. Send for
Prioe List.
PLUMBER.
l. a. McCarthy,
Successor to Chas. E. Wakefield,
PLUMBER; GAS and STEAM FITTER,
V- Barnard street, SAVANNAH, UA.
Telephone fi'J.
DRY GOODS.
le-opened at tic (111 Stand!
David Weisbein,
153 BROUGHTON ST., SAVANNAH,
Announces to his many customers and the public at large that he has re-opened business at hi*
former place, 1.13 BROUGHTON STREET, so well and favorably known, and which
has been patronized to such extent that it became known as
THE POPULAR DRY GOODS HOUSE.
\\ T E have in stock every quality of goods up to the VERY FINEST, and our prices will be found
▼ ▼ to bo far lower than they have ever been, and by far lower than the same qualities ran be
purchased any where. New York city uot excepted. We are aware that this is a tar reaching as
sertion. but we mean exactly what wo say. Call and test us. We are willing to risk our %)puta*
tion that this is uot an advertising dodge. We stake our honor upon its trutinulness.
Wc Insist That What Wc Say Arc Indisputable Facts and Easily Proven.
OUR DRESS GOODS STOCK y ' and
OUR RLACK DRESS SILKS A - r * > best Wearlnp: in any znarUet. and one-fourth cheaper.
f|ITR Nil k r VFI VRTN I'l RNURN Plain ami Fancy. Moire Satins In all shades, and all the
Util Olba TLLILIO, lld oil GO, novelties of Trimmings in Jet and Braid are the latest styles
and at remarkably low prices.
OTTII 11! A V I, FT ni'PAHTMRVT ls complete In every sense of the word. We hare White
ÜbU LI LA Alt 1,1 1/ LI all 1 .Ul,' I planters as low as 86c. apa r and up to £JS. We especially
recommend our $5 Blanket; they are simply immense.
MIR Ft A WPI nRUAHTMFVT Contains every grade, style, quality and color, from the
übll 1 LA.til Id. Dul All 1 JIIjA I bumble t grade to the iinest Eiderdown, and we are sure our
prices are very low.
IHIR FVfiMSH WAim lIfHtFTN Wra P. Circulars. Jerseys, Children's Cloaks are im-
Übll 1--'b 1,1. II HAUVIAU 'lo' ALl questionably the best, nv >st fashionable and elegant in
the market, aud tue prices by far lower than elsewhere.
OUR KID GLOVE DEPARTMENT
BOe. t-Button Rid cannot be matched anywhere for less than $!. We are
fully prepared ia every style of Gloves for La lies. Gents and < hildren at
the very lowest prices Gentlemen desi iug a good Dress or Driving
Glove will And au immense variety and NOT fancy prices.
nUR r\nFRWRAR DRIMRTMRNT fror Dailies. Children and Gen’s contains every variety
ULR LA DEMI II i.iill Did All) iUL.t I from the ordinary to the very best. Children's Vest as
low as loc. for a very fair quality. Gents All Wo >1 Scar et. Un lersnirts
and Drawers as low as 50c, We direct also attention to our very su* crier
line of Haif Hose aud Stockings in Wool, Merino, Cotton, Silk and Usle
Thread.
CD V T ARIF rifITHN Damasks, Linens of all kinds, Sheetings, Calico Comfortables, Mar-
OUil\ lAUlili vbUlllo, seilles and other Quilts an IBe 1 More ids In fact, every article neces
sary for housekeeping we liave in th • lar c-st vari -ty and at the lowest
prices. We offer full width New York Mills Blenched Sheeting at l^c.
(H R niniFNTIR nRIAIIT\IF\T Is beyond doubt unequaled. We offer the celebrated Lons-
ULII BUciLc llt DHiIaH I ItILA 1 dais Bleacael Shirt 11 . yard wile, genuine goods, by tlia
piece at He. Also the well-known yard wide Fruit of the Loom at BX<*.
Splendid Canton Flannel as low as se. The very best Standard Calico at
5c.; sold elsewhere at Bc.
LADIES’ MUSLIN UNDERWEAR, Wb*from 4toll year, in large variety at nearly half
OURBAZAR
Will be opened on SATURDAY, the 29th October, and will
contain the best and unapproachable bargains in Fancy Goods,
Hosiery, Buttons, Toys, etc. We will inaugurate this open
ing by a Special Sale of Towels. They are warranted to be
pure linen and worth 25c. each, We will sell them on Sat
urday, Oct 29, and Monday, Oct. 31, at the uniform price
of 10 cents.
DAVID WEISBEHST.
FURNITURE ANU CARPETS.
A TOUW^^TORY!
This is the way our competitors feel like treating themselves, or have someone else
do it for them, when they find out that we have taken another of their customers away
from them. THE CUSTOMER feels like they ought to be treated in the same manner
for not coming to us sooner, but console themselves with the fact that it is better late than
never. We do not think that it is our winning ways altogether that does the drawing,
but the BEAUTIFUL SELECTION OF GOODS that we are offering, and at such prices
that enable people to buy them. We want you to call and see the elegant line of BABY
CARRIAGES that we have just received, and inspect all the other BEAUTIFUL
GOODS at same time.
LINDSAY & MORGAN.
MILLINERY,
KR OtJ SKO OT*S~
Opcniiig of I Fall Season 1881
However attractive and immense our previous season’s
stock in Millinery has been, this season we excel all our
previous selections. Every manufacturer and importer of
note in the markets of the world is represented in the array,
and display of Millinery goods. We are showing Hats in
the finest Hatter’s Plush, Beaver, Felt, Straw and Fancy
Combinations. Ribbons in Glacee, of all the hovel shades.
Fancy Birds and Wings, Velvets and Plushes of our own im
portation, and we uow offer you the advantages of our im
mense stock. We continue the retail sale on our first floor
at wholesale prices. We also continue to sell our Celebrated
XXX Ribbons at previous prices.
TO-DAY,
500 dozen Felt Hats, in all the new shapes and colors,
ftt 35 cents
S. KttOLSKOFFS MAMMOTH MILLINEKV MM
BROUG-tIXOX STREET.
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