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Old Series— - Vol. 25, No. 122.
Railroad Schedules,
Revised and Corrected by B, F. Brown, Gen
eral Ticket Agent, Planters’ Hotel.
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PORT KOVAL RAILROAD.
Leaves Augusta—4:2o a. m. and 8:20 p. m.
Arrives at Augusta..? :25 a. m. and 8:00 p.m.
Arrives at Port Royal 3:00 p. m.
Leaves Port Royal 9:30 a.m.
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Lea ves Augusta at 8:45, a. m. andß:ls, p. m.
Leaves Atlanta at 7:00, a. m.and 10:30 p. m.
Arrives in Augusta 3:30, p. m. andß:ls,a.m.
Arrives in Atlanta at 5:45, p.m. and 6:25, a.m.
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
Leaves Augusta at 9:00, a.m. and 6, p. m.
Arrives Augusta at 5:15, p. m. and 7:50, a. m.
MACON AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD.
Leaves Augusta at. 10:45, a. m. andß ;15 p.m.
Leaves Macon at. .6:30, a.- m.and 8:00 p.m.
Arrives at Augusta. .2:00, p. m. and 8:15 a.m,
Arrives at Macon at.6:40, p. m. and 7:40 a.m
CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Leaves Augusta at 9:95, a. m. and 8:0£>, p.m.
Arrives at Augusta at 4:00 p. m. and 6, a.m.
CHARLOTTE COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RAIL
ROAD.
Leaves Augusta at 9:30, a. m. and 4:15, p.m.
Arrives in Augusta at 8:05, p.m. and 8:45, a.m
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1875.
[Memphis Appeal, Feb. 20.
THE CURSE OF CREDIT.
Southern Planters Pu suing a Suici
dal Policy—More Bread and Meat,
and Less Cotton, Their Only Salva
tion.
When the spring birds begin to twit
ter in the groves, and the frogs to
croak in the swamps, the Southern
journals commence the same old song,
“Plant less cotton.” This advice has
been given for the last thirty years,
and it has recently made its appearance
with the accustomed regularity. In all
the Southern States the newspapers
are united in urging upon the farmers
to plant less cotton, and more corn and
oats, the coming spring. They show
from the statistics that at present
prices it does not pay to raise cotton,
and it is folly to sacrifice everything
for cotton, as has been the custom for
years. There can be no question that
the best interests of the South would
bo materially improved if the farming
community would give more attention
to the raising of the necessary articles
of food required for home con
sumption and less to the speci
alty of cotton. Cotton is now
quoted about as low in Liverpool as at
any time since the war. This informa
tion should certainly induce farmers to
plant more corn and raise all their
other supplies. Indeed, with cotton
below the cost of production, farmers
will be compelled to raise their own
supplies. But this never would bo
done if cotton remained at eighteen
and twenty cents, and corn and bacon
even at the present prices. Heretofore
it has been useless to urge this system
of farming among planters, but now
the price of cotton will be an argument
to the farmers that will be irresistible,
and it comes just at the right time,
when preparations for the coming crops
are about commenced. The plautiug
of less cotton will do away with the
suicidal policy of getting supplies on a
credit, which has been an injury to the
merchant and planter. We have seen
this fact recently illustrated in an ag
ricultural paper from an actual bill, as
follows :
3,000 lbs. of bacon at 15c $450 00
Interest and for advancing for
nine months 112 50
Total $562 50
Now, we would ask, in all candor,
any farmer of common sense, how he
could expect any fate but the poor
house by such an arrangement as the'
above? It is no wonder farmers are in
debt, and will keep in debt, when they
do business upon such a credit system.
It is no excuse to say they cannot make
their bacon, and cannot make their
crops without it. If they caunol make
corn and bacon enough to work two
hundred acres of laud, then reduce
your surface and work one hundred
acres, and do not, we beseech you, go
in debt for your supplies. No business
in this country will stand up under
such a rate of interest and advancing,
by which you will become poorer and
poorer each year. The advance and
interest account on the above bill
would astonish any farmer outside of
the co.ton States, yet it is an actual
true bill, and only a specimen of hun
dreds of every day occurrence. How
long! O, Lord, how long i will the
farmers of Mississippi continue to
make of themselves mere “hewers of
wood and drawers of water.”
Butler in a Fix.
A special dispatch to The Chicago
Tribune dated Cincinnati, 0., February
18th says : Ben Butler was shown up
to-day in the United States Court of
this city as having, while a Represen
tative in 1865-’6, taken $5,500 from
Joseph Frounstein, a rich merchant of
this city, to get a cotton claim of SGO,-
000 opened up and speedily allowed by
the Secretary of the Treasury. The
fact came out in the course of a
suit by John A. Wills, of Washington,
an attorney, to recover from Froun
stein $5,000 and interest on two notes
for this same work. Frounstein first
contracted ith Wills and gave him these
notes. Then, learning that Butler
could put it through for him, he gave
him the money and went square back
on Wills. The defense set up the claim
that the notes were given for a corrupt
purpose and could not therefore be re
cognized in law, and Froumstein ad
mitted in his testimony that he went to
Washington to use money to grease
this through, and that he had employ
ed Wills to use $4,000 in greasing the
thing. Verdict for plaintiff for full
amount of notes and interest.
How Foker is Played, —One of the
distinguished officers of the army, who
died a few years ago immensely rich,
was a great poker player. His luck
was equal to his skill, and a large part
of his priucely fortune was said to be
due to his success in the game. Being
eminently respectable, he was healthy,
merry and temperate—requisites for a
first-rate player. One night, having
discarded four cards and drawn a “full
hand,” one of his ruined opponents
exclaimed: “Good God! V ,if
you drew to a pair of shoe strings you
would get a tan yard! ”
I have known a party of distinguish
ed citizens play poker two days and two
nights, eating and drinking from trays
held by servants. One of them was at
one time winner of $75,000, but at the
close of the game the loss and gain
was not great. I have often come
down from the couch of innocence to a
nine o’clock Washington breakfast and
found the same party of men playing
away just as I had left them the night
before. —Springfield Republican.
Bed Hot—The trade mark letters on
a warm stove.
Mt) (Eomfitntionalist
[Washington Chronicle, 28th.
THE LATE SUICIDE AT THE CAP
ITOL.
Funeral of James McMahon. Palli
ating* Remarks by the Pastor. Last
Rites at Mount Olivet Church.
“ Knell out drearily.
Measured and wearily,
Sad old bells from the steeple gray;
Priests chanting lowly,
Solemnly, slowly,
Passeth the corse from the portal to-day.”
In snow and sleet, and such a state
of the elements as only was calculated
to render a scene cold and uninviting,
all that was mortal of James McMa
hon. the victim of the suicidal leap
from the dome of the Capitol on Wed
nesday last, full particulars of which
have already appeared, in the Chronicle ,
was yesterday afternoon deposited in
Mount Olivet Cemetery with the im
pressive ceremony usual in the Roman
Catholic Church.
The remains, inclosed in a handsome
black walnut casket, were removed
from the residence of the father of the
deceased on N street, between Fourth
and Fifth, in the afternoon at 3 o’clock
to the Church of the Immaculate Con
ception, corner of Eighth aud N
streets, from whence the funeral took
place. There was no one present but
the relatives and immediate friends of
the deceased.
Rev. Father McCarthy, pastor of the
church, read the funeral service, and,
at its close, in referring to the circum
stances by which the deceased came to
his death, took occasion to say that it
was well understood by the authorities
of the church and the near friends of
the deceased that at the time of his
death his mind was not only affected,
but w T as in such a state that he could
not be held accountable for his acts,
and was consequently entitled to Chris
tian burial according to the rites of the
Catholic Church. The reverend father
concluded his remarks by impressing
upon his hearers the uncertainty of
life and the eternal glory awaiting
those who act with virtue and upright
ness in the paths of true faith.
DECEASED AS A SCHOOL TEACHER.
The Baltimore Gazette, of yesterday,
says : “ James McMahon, the young
man who committed suicide by jump
ing from the dome of the Capitol at
Washington, on Wednesday, was in
Baltimore the day previous, and called
upon Rev. Father Curtis, at Archbish
op Bayley’s residence, North Charles
street. Some years since he entered
St. Charles College for the purposs of
studying for the priesthood. After
remaining a short time he was kindly
admonished to abandon that idea, and
he removed to Georgetown, where he
taught school. His earnings for two
years he intrusted to a friend in Wash
ington, but by the business failure of
that friend he lost the entire sum.
This preyed upon his mind, aud proba
bly led to the rash act that terminated
his life. On leaving Father Curtis on
Tuesday he appeared in good spirits,
and said he was going to try and se
cure another position as teacher.”
[Atlanta Herald.
Let Us Have Light.
We should dislike by much to see
another gas company organized in At
lanta, for the purpose of entering into
competition with our present company,
provided we could without this compe
tition get gas at reasonable or even liv
ing prices. The city is hardly large
enough to support two companies.
While one can thrive and make money
at three dollars per thousand, two com
panies can hardly make money at any
price.
But when we are charged five dollars
per thousand for gas, in a city of 35,000
inhabitants, ve think that we are suf
fering from that oppression which mo
nopolies too often bring. When gas is
so high that the Post Office Depart
ment, the Governor’s rooms, the hotels,
the printing offices, and probably two
thirds of the private houses are lit
with lamps, gas light ruling so high as
to be above reach, we are in favor of
getting the price reduced by any means
that strategy may suggest or expe
diency offer. The Herald used gas for
a long time, its office bills never get
ting below S9O, and frequently running
up to $l3O a month.
We tried, in view of our being large
consumers, to get a reduction in the
price. This' being refused, we were
forced to resort to the use of oil and
lamps. Our light account dropped at
once to $lB per month. We have been
using the oil for over a year. Our
printers are perfectly satisfied with the
light. It is pleasant, safe and suffi
cient, The post office managers fol
lowed suit; and so did scores of oth
ers who preferred gas, but felt that its
price was excessive and the burdens it
imposed too grievous to be borne.
This is short-sighted policy on the
part of the company, it seems to us.
The expense of running gas works are
so distributed, that it costs very nearly
as much to furnish 100,000 feet of gas
as it does to furnish double that amount.
After sufficient amount has been sold
to cover the settled and current expen
ses, all that may be disposed of after
wards is almost entirely profit. Hence
it should be the policy of a wise manage
ment to introduce the gas widely, and
put it into all available build
ings. This our company has failed to
do. It has exhibited an indifference to
the acquisition of new customers, and
a carelessness as to when its old ones
dropped it, that made it very unpopu
lar. It has held its prices at $5 per
thousand, when it could surely furnish
it at a much less cost, and still make a
reasonably large profit. We have be
fore us a list of some twelve or fifteen
cities, scattered throughout the coun
try, many of them not larger than At
lanta, in which the price of gas was
from $2.25 to $3.50 per thousand.
Now, there has been a charter ob
tained for anew company, which pro
poses to start business soon, and
pledges itself to charge only three dol
lars a thousand for gas. If this com
pany gets finder way, it is the duty of
every citizen of Atlanta to sustain it,
even should the other company drop
to its prices. And if the old company
does not at once drop the price
of gas, it is the duty of the citi
zens of Atlanta to see that the new
company does not lack encourage
ment to go ahead and put compet
ing works in operation. We trust that
the Atlanta Gas Light Company will
see the wisdom of reducing their
prices before the new company has
started to build, and thus defer, if it
does not kill, what must become a very
disastrous competition. As sure as the
new company gets to work, and offers
gas at three dollars a thousand, the
old company will have many a meter
rusting in idleness. It will be too late
to reduce the price then.
It is better to be alone in the world
than to bring up boy to play on the
accbrdeon.
AUGUSTA, GA.., WEDNESDAY MOUNTIN'Gr. FEBRUARY 24, 1875.
How They Waltz.
A Put-in-Bay correspondent of the
Cincinnati Times furnishes the follow
ing lively description of the style in
which girls from different States and
localities waltz, as shown by the hope
of that pleasant resort:
People may say that a waltz is a
waltz, but it is a mistake ; as much as
to say that a dog is a dog, for there
are dogs and dogs, and there are
waltzes and waltzes. With one person
it is the poetry of motion, with another
it is about as awkward q performance
as putting yourself upon a level and
going through the motion of running
up stairs would be. A Kentucky girl
is a natural waltzer, and she does it
with a charming chic and abandon. An
Ohio girl’s waltzing is easy, graceful
and “ melodious.” If she happens to
come from Cincinnati, and across the
Rhine, she swings dreamily round
and round in the endless “ Dutch
waltz.” If she comes from Chi
cago, she throws her hair back,
jumps up and cracks her heels togeth
er and carries off her astonished part
ner as though a simoon had struck
him, and knocks over all intervening
in her mad career around the room. If
she Is from Indiana # she creeps closely
aud timidly up to her partner, as
though she would like to get into his
vest pocket, aud melts away with
ecstacy as the witching strains of the
“ Blue Danube ” sweep through the
hall. If she is from Missouri, she
crooks her body in the middle like a
door hinge, takes her partner by the
shoulders and makes him miserable in
trying to hop around her without
treading on her No. 9 shoes. If she
comes from Michigan, she astonishes
her partner by now and then working
in a touch of double shuffle, or a bit of
pigeon wing, with the waltz step. And
if she comes from Arkansas, she throws
both arms around his neck," rolls up
her eyes as she floats away, and is
heard to murmur: “ Oh, hug me,
John.”
Small Editions of Humanity.
The Troy Times says : “ The little
two-pound specimen of humanity that
was mentioned yesterday as having
been reported before the Medical As-'
sociation, was born in this city about a
month ago, and when the child first
appeared into the world it had much
the appearance of a very aged person.
Its skin was shriveled and its eyes
covered with a film, as though age had
dimmed them, but, by careful nursing,
these peculiarities have disappeared,
and its skin is now smooth, its eyes
bright, and it has every promise of long
life before it. Its proud mother can
entirely hide the little one from view
by covering it with her outstretched
hands. But this is not a solitary in
stance. There is now residing in
South Troy a lad seven years of
age, stout, rugged and hearty, who
at the day of his birth weighed only
one and three-fourths pounds. A phy
sician residing in the city relates an in
stance of a child being born in Janu
ary, 1874, that weighed at birth only
two pounds. It was well formed, and
was doing well until seized with the
croup, which terminated its life.” And
the Boston Journal .adds to this record
of minature humanity: “We know a
bright, iatelligenu little miss, now re
siding in this city, who is eleven years
old, and weighs about sixty pounds,
who, when she opened her eyes upon
this world, weighed less than one
pound and a half. She was the tiniest
piece of humanity which we ever heard
of. The nurse, in washing and dress
ing her, used to lay her in the palm of
her hand, and the first few days of her
life were mostly spent wrapped up in
cotton-wool, and placed in a basket
beside the stove to keep her warm.
Her head would go into a small sized
tea-cup. Can any one tell of a ‘small
er edition of humanity’ that lived and
grew to be a bright and promising lit
tle lady ?”
How a Little Boy Died.
The Virginia City (Nev.) Enterprise
of January 12th has this little para
graph :
“Little Eddie Nye, who was run over
by a flat car last Friday evening, and
was so badly injured that he died next
morning, was a rare, bright child, and
one of the best children in the city.—
Just before he died ho sang “ The
Beautiful River” with a voice as
though he had caught the tones from
the softer shore on the brink of which
his spirit was then trembling. After
the song he repeated a little prayer
which his mother had taught him. —
The child all his life had a lisp, but
this last prayer fell from his tongue
without a halt or quaver, but rather,
steady and clear, and yet with a far-off
tone, as though another’s voice of infi
nite sweetness had seized upon his lips
in the supreme moment, to leave an
echo in his anguished mother’s ear's
which should last as long as life. —
Shortly after the little prayer the sun
ny eyes closed, and little Eddie was
gone. On Sunday his funeral attracted
the whole city, and there was not a dry
eye around the dear child’s bier.”
An Economical Husband. —Some days
ago a couple from lowa, on their way
East, had to stop in this city, owing to
the wife’s illness. They went to a
hotel, and for the first day or two the
husband didn’t complain of the cost,
but when his wife grew worse, and a
doctor was called in and a nurse em
ployed, he began to hang on to the
dollars which were demanded. On the
fifth day the doctor looked serious and
said that the woman would probably
die. The husband consulted with the
hotel clerk and with a freight, agent,
and going back to his wife hff leaned
over her and sobbed :
“Oh! Sarah Jane, you musn’t die
here! ”
“ I don’t want to leave you, Philetus,”
she replied, “ but I fear that my time
has come,”
“ Don’t! Oh ! don’t die here! ” he
went on.
“If my time has come I must go,”
she said.
“ Yes, I suppose so, but if I could
only get you back home first I’d save
at least forty dollars on funeral ex
penses, and forty dollars don’t grow on
every bush! ” — Detroit Free Press."
They have an iconoclastic clergyman
in the Glasgow Presbytery, Scotland.
At a recent session he objected to the
opening statement in Bishop Heber’s
well-known hymn:
“By cool Siloam’s shady rill
How sweet the lily grows.”
He said that there is no shady rill
there, and no lilies grow in the neigh
borhood. Therefore, he thought the
statement a topographical and botani
cal falsehood which it is improper to
sing.
They tried to scare a man in Mis
souri by threatening to tar and feather
him, but he replied : “ Com on with
your old tar; I’ve been there six
times, aud I’ve got a receipt for wash
ing it off.”
Railroad Schedules.
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
Charleston. February 5. 1875.
On and after SUNDAY, 7th instant, the fol
lowing Schedule will be run on the SOUTH
CAROLINA RAILROAD :
Between Charleston and Augusta.
DAT PASSENGER TRAIN,
Leave Charleston 15 a. m.
Arrives at Augusta 5:15 p. m.
Leaves Augusta 9:oo a. m.
Arrives at Charleston 4:45 p. m
NIGHT EXPRESS TRAIN.
Leaves Charleston 8:30 p. m.
Arrives at Augusta 7:50 a. in.
Leaves Augusta ....6:00 p. in.
Arrives at Charleston ....6:30 a. m.
AIKEN TRAIN.
Leaves Aiken 9:10 a. m.
Arrives at Augusta 10:20 a. in.
Leaves Augusta ....2:45 p. ir.
Arrives at Aiken 4:00 p. m.
NO DAY PASSENGER (COLUMBIA) TRAIN,
NIGHT EXPRESS TRAIN,
Loaves Augusta 6:00 p. m.
Arrives at Columbia 6:30 a. m.
Leaves Columbia 7:00 p. m.
Arrives at Augusta.. 7:50 a. m.
Night Train out of Augusta make close con
nection at Columbia with Greenville and Co
lumbia Railroad. Passengers for points on
the Greenville and Columbia Railroad will
avoid a tedious delay and hotel expenses at
night in Columbia by taking this route.
Elegant new Sleeping Cars on night trains
between Augusta and Charleston.
S. B. PICKENS, S. S. SOLOMONS.
General Ticket Agent. Supt.
febo-tf
Magnolia Passenger Route.
POltT ROYAL RAILROAD,
Augusta, Ga., December 2d, 4874.
THE FOLLOWING PASSENGER SCHED
ULE will be operated on and after this date:
GOING SOUTH.
NIGHT PASSFNGEIt TRAIN. NO. 1.
Leave Augusta 8:20 p. m.
Arrive Yemassee 3:15 a. m.
Leave Yemassee 2:20 a. m.
Arrive Port Royal 6:toa. m.
Arrive Savannah C:3i)a. m.
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. NO. 3.
(BUNDAYS EXCEPTED}.
Leave Augusta. 4:20 a.m.
Arrive Yemassee *12:00 m.
Leave Yemassee 12:15 p. m.
Arrive Tort Royal 3:00 p. m.
Arrive Charleston 4:15 p.m.
Arrive Savannah 3:30 p. m.
GOING NORTH.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. NO. 2.
Leave Savannah 10:40 p.m.
Leave Port Royal io:30 p. m.
Arrive Yemassee i:3O a. m.
Leave Yemassee 1:40 a. m.
Arrive Augusta. 7:25 a.m.
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN, NO. 4.
(SUNDAYS EXCEPTED).
Leave Savannah 9:05 a. m
Leave Charleston 8:10 a. m.
Leave Port Royal 9:30 a. m.
Arrive Yemassee *11:32 a.m.
Leave Yemassee 12:02 p. m.
Arrive Augusta 7:65 and. m.
Note —Trains Nos. l and 2 make close con
nections at Augusta with Trains of Georgia,
and Charlotte, Columbia aud Augusta Rail
roads. from and to the North and West; and
at Savannah with Atlantic and Gulf Railroad
from and to ail points in Florida. Pullman
Palace Sleeping Cars are attached to these
Trains, and are operated between Augusta
and Savannah, without change.
Through Tickets sold aud Baggage checked
to all principal points.
•Dinner. R. G. FLEMING.
TANARUS, S. DANANT, Superintendent.
dec3-tf Gen’l Fr’t and Pass, Agent.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE
UN THE GEORGIA AND MACON AND
AUGUSTA RAILROADS.
ON AND AFTER SUNDAY. JUNE 28. 1871.
the Passenger Trains on the Georgia and
Macon and Augusta Railroads will run us
follows:
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
DAY PASSENUEB TiiAIN WILL
Leave Augusta at 8:45 a. in.
Leave Atlanta at 7;oc a. m.
Arrive in Augusta at 3:30 p. m
Arrive in Atlanta at 6:45 p. in.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at . 8:15 and. hi
Leave Atlanta at io.3u p. m.
Arrive in Augusta at 8:15 a. in.
Arrive in Atlanta at 6:25 a. in.
MACON AND AUGUSTA ItAILBOAD.
MACON PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at ...i0:45 a. m.
Leave Camak at 2:15 p. m.
Arrive at Macon 6.40 p. m*
Leave Macon at..! 6:30 in
Arrive at Camak i0:45 a. m.
Arrive in Augusta 2:00 p. m.
BERZELIA PASSENGER TBAIN.
Leave Augusta at 4:15 p. in.
Leave Berzelia at 7:30 a. m.
Arrive in Augusta at 8:40 a. m.
Arrive in Berzelia at 5:&o p. m.
Passengers from ATHENS.WASHINGTON
ATLANTA, or any point m the Georgia liail
road and Branches, by taking the Day Pas
senger Train, will make close connection at
Camak with trains for Macon ana all points
beyond.
Pullman’s (First-Class) Palace Sleeping
Cals on all Night Passenger Trains on the
Georgia Bailroad.
S. K. JOHNSON. Sup’t.
Supebintendent’s Office Georgia and Ma
con and Augusta Baileoads. Augusta.
_ june 28, 1874. ]Q2B-tf
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Charlotte, Columbia* Augusta It. It., )
General Passenger Department, >
Columbia. S. C.. Juno 27th, 1874. )
THE FOLLOWING PASSENGEIt SCHED
uIe will be operated on and after SUNDAY,
the 28th instant:
GOING NOItTH.
Stations. Train No. 2. Train No. 4*
Leave Augusta. 9:30 a. m. 4:15 p. in.
Leave Grauiteville*lo:23.a. in. s:ii p. m.
Leave Columbia
Junction 2:13 p. m. t9:05 p .m
ArriveatColumbia 2:2$ 4 p. m. 9:17p. m.
Leave Columbia. p. m.
Leave Wiunsboro.. 2:58p.m.
Leave Chester U:34 p. m.
Arrive atCharlotte 6:oo p. m.
No. 2 Train makes close connection vip
Charlotte and Richmond to all points North,
arriving at.New York 6:06 a. m.
Train No. 4 makes close connections via
Wilmington and Richmond to all points
North, arriving at New York at 5:15 p. m.
GOING SOUTH.
Stations. Train No. l. Train No. 3
Leave Charlotte.... 8:30 a. m.
Leave Chester ll :02 a.m.
Leave Wiunsboro..l2:3B p. m.
Arri’e at Columbia 2:42 p.m.
Leave Columbia... t2:52p. in. :4oa. in
Leave Wilmington
Junction, t3:i7p. m. 4:15 a. m.
Leave Granite villa. t7:15 p. m. *7:48 a. m.
Arrive at Augusta.. .8:05 p. m. 8:45 a. m
♦Breakfast tDinner. tSupper.
South bound trains connect at Augusta fur
all points South aud West.
4ES-THROUGH TICKETS sold and BAG
GAGE CHECKED to all principal points.
as- Sleeping cars on all Night Trains.
A. POPE.
General Passenger and Ticket Agent
JAMES ANDERSON.
myis-tf General Superintendent
PROPOSED SALE.
Residence on ellis street no,
185. Terms—One-third, cash, balance
within live years, payable semi-annually,
with interest at 7 per cent, per annum,
secured by mortgago on property.
feb2l-sutf W. W. BARRON.
BUI (111 TUB BUST.
HOWE’S
U. S. STANDARD
SCALES.
REPORT of the Judges at the Georgl
State Fair, held at Macon, Novembei
Ist, 1873, and Atlanta, October 25, 1874:
“ We, the Judges, agree that the HOWE’S
are entitled to the Premiumfor the
BE'T AND MOST ACCURATE SCALES."
ALSO,
TWO PREMIUMS
At the Savannah Fair.
PAGE & CO.,
General Agents.,
3 PA UK PLACE, New York.
Full line of
Scales, Weigh-Masters and Cottoi
Beams and Frames
constantly on hand.
MOORE & CO.,
AGENTS,
AUGUSTA, <4A.
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NOTICE TO FARMERS!
PLOWS!
ITHE undersigned has on hand a Fine Lot
of Ready-Made STEEL and IRON
PLOWS, which will be sold at very reason
able rates.
The ALLEN PLOW of both Steel and
Iron, nicely stocked, with turned handles,
and very superior, will be sold at a price to
suit the times.
SOLI > and WING SWEEPS, of all sizes,
SCOOTERS, SHOVELS, HEEL BOLTS,
RODS, CLEVISES, and SCOOTER-STOCKS,
all of which will be sold low for Cash.
Persons who have been annoyed by hav
ing work badly done, as well as material
wasted, will find it to their advantage to
call and examine my work before making
their arrangements.
JOHN J. EVANS,
Cor. Bay and Centre streets, Augusta, Ga.
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GRE A T
TEXAS LAND
DISTRIBUTION!
FARM FOR #3!
A Fine Dwelling, a Splendid Badness
House, or a Building Lot, for $3.00.
$300,000
Worth of Real Estate
WILL be distributed among the ticket
holders at Houston, Texas, March
15,1875. The first gift will boa Fine Brick
House, on Main street, rental SI,BOO, valued
at SIB,OOO, and the smallest gift will be 40
acres of Land or a Building Lot. The dis
tribution comprises over 60,000 acres of
good land, in thirty-eight growing coun
ties. The press of Texas and the South
west commend it to the kind attention of
the public. The State authorities en
dorse it.
Circulars, giving description of the prop
erty, the plan of drawing and other infor
mation regarding Texas, will be furnished
on application.
Every Postmaster is authorized to act as
local agent. Tickets, $3. Ten per cent,
discount allowed on a club of ten tickets or
more.
We refer to all Banks, Bankers and busi
ness men of Houston.
For tickets, agencies and full particulars,
address WAGLEY & LOCKABT,
Managers, Houston, Texas.
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LOOK LOOK!
$1,200,000 IS PRIZES!
Tlu- Or mutest Single Number Scheme
011 Record, will be drawn in Public in
St. Louis on March 31st, 1875.
Capital Prize, $100,000!
MISSOURI STATE LOTTERIES!
Legalized by State Authority.
Murray, Miller & Cos., Manaqers,
ST. LOUIS. MO. __
1 Prize of SIOO,OOO
1 Prize of 50,000
1 Prize of 22,500
1 Prize of 20,000
5 Prizes of 10,000
10 Prizes of 5,000
20 Prizes of 2,500
100 Prizes of 1,000
And 11,451 other Prizes of from $1,500 to SSO.
AMOUNTING IN THE AGGREGATE TO
#1,300,000!
Whole Tickets, S2O; Halves, 10; Quarters, $5.
Prize payable in full and no postpone
ment of drawings take place.
Address, for Tickets and Circulars,
MURRAY, MILLER & CO.,
P. O. Box 2446. ST. LOUIS, MO.
jans-tuthsa&ctilaprs
THE NEW STYLE!
Neat and Light, Pretty, Cheap !
HOME SHUTTLE
JUST received and on inspection at
Rooms 148 Broad street.
Call and see it before buying any other
make; it is to your interest to do so, and is
all I ask. It lies flush with the table,
makes the Elastic Lock Stitch alike on
both sides, precisely the same as the high
price Machines, and does every variety of
work done by any Machine (no matter
what the price paid for it) or no sale, and is
the most simple and durable in construc
tion of any in the United States. Money
refunded, after one week’s trial, if disap
proved of.
Six different styles. Price, $25 to SBO.
Sent to any address on receipt of price, or
by Express C. O. D. Address
A. B. CLARK,
148 Broad street,
ec!3-suwefr&ctf General Agent.
Notice to Shippers.
ALL COTTON shipped over the Port
Royal Railroad to Savannah, Charles
ton and Port Royal, is covered by Fire In
surance, in the Fireman’s Fund, of Califor
nia, represented by Messrs. Read Cam
eron, of Augusta. KER BOYCE,
Agent Port Royal R. R., Augusta.
Charleston News and Courier will adver
tise for one week, and sen 1 bill to this of
fice _ dec2-tf_
HENRY JAMES OSBORNE,
OCULIISTIC OPTICIAN.
NO my, BROAD STREET,
Under tha Augusta Hotel. aug2o-tf
China Tea § Coffee Store.
I, ,
A good cup of Tea gives to the housewife
cheer,
To the laboring man solace,
A clear head and refreshing sleep for all.
its votaries.
AV CARD.
CHINA. JAPAN. AUGUSTA
A CARGO OF TEA generally pas-es
through the hands of five or six par
ties before reaching the consumer, and, of
course, has to leave profit with each, thus
making very “deargoods.”
1 have a large assortment of TEAS, and
make a “ specialty ’’ of them in my busi
ness, regarding the quality and price.
They are bought from the IMPORTER,
direct from CHINA and JAPAN, thus get
ting them from first hands, with only
freight and United States Receiver’s com
mission added to cost in China.
1 would say to the public they can rely on
the quality of my TEAS, and the price will
be LOW, because there is only ONE instead
of several profits, as is generally the case.
Retailers furnished in chests, at as low
rates as the same quality can be bought in
large cities.
One Dollar Will liny
Two pounds of good Green or Black Tea,
four and a half pounds of Rio Coffee,
three pounds Gillies’ celebrated Crushed
Coffee, 5 pounds of the best Cream Cheese,
two and one-half pounds good Goshen But
ter, four pounds pure French Mixed Candy,
six pounds pure Stick Candy, six pounds
assorted Nuts (JL’ecans and.Brazils), twelve
gmnds good Carolina Rice, twenty bars of
otclikiss’ Best Laundry Soap, sixteen
pounds of the best Soda Crackers, eight
pounds of Sugar, Cream, Lemon or Milk
Crackers; two gallons California Nectar
Cider; and last, but not least, of all, we give
five gallons of the Best Kerosene Oil.
Respectfully,
jan24-tf R. N. HOTCHKISS.
BARGAINS!
For REAL BARGAINS see
Christopher Gray & Cos.
THIS WEEK. Notwithstand
ing dull times, we are deter
mined to show the way in
Prices.
We are about to give extra
ordinary inducements, and
will offer the following Goods
at bottom prices:
SHAWLS, Newest Styles
and Best Makes.
BLANKETS, C ASSIMERES,
JEANS and FLANNELS re
gardless of cost.
Ladies and Gent’s Under
wear, Hosiery, Handker
chiefs, Corsets, Ribbons, &c.,
25 per cent, below old prices.
Our Mr. CHRISTOPHER
GRAY has arrived and is de
termined to make prices to
suit the times.
COME AND SEE HIM.
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Fall and Winter, 1874!
C. J. T. BALK,
No. 136 Broad, below Monument Street,
HAS NOW IN STORE a full assortment
of Dry Goods for Fall and Winter.
Great bargains in Jeans and Cassimeres.
Great bargains in Black Alpacas.
Good Black Silk at $1 per yard.
Velveteens, in black and colors, from GOc.
up; 1,000 Ladies’ Felt Skirts, the cheapest
in town; the best 25c. Towel in the city;
Cotton Goods lower than ever; 500 dozen
Coats’ Thread, at 70c. per dozen; the best
assortment of Calicoes, Bed Ticking, Blan
kets. Linseys, Flannels, etc., cheap. Look
for No. 130 Broad street, between Monu
ment and Centre street. Special induce
ments to wholesale buyers. Orders care
fully attended to. My one price system
(prices being marked in plain figures) se
cures the same advantages to the most in
experienced buyers as to the best judges of
Dry Goods. Goods cheerfully shown and
samples given. C. J. T. BALK.
sep2ft-suwefrtf
Dyeing and Cleaning.
The undersigned would re
spectfully announce to the citizens of
Augasta, and vicinity, that he still con
tinues to do Dyeing and Cleaning in all its
branches.; gf
Ladies’ Dresses, Shawls, Sacques, Capes,
etc., dyed and cleaned in the best of stylo.
Ihe cleaning of Gent’s Clothing a speci
ality.
N. 13.--The above work done in the best
manner at low prices.
All ei iersleit with me on south side of
Broad‘ treet, between McKinne and Mai
bury, will receive prompt attention.
'lari.litw'V 'D O f? MODfIF.
UAIIDWAUK
1,000 KEGS nails.
1,000 DIXIE PLOWS.
2,000 PAIR TRACES.
150 TONS IRON.
50 TONS STEEL.
100 DOZEN AXES.
PLOW SHAPES, SCOOTERS, SHOVELS,
TURN PLOWS
A. IV I KVVEE PS ,
Heel Screws,
Clevises, Grass Rods, Plow Handles,
And a general assortment of
HAEDWAEE
EOR SALE LOW FOR CASH.
MOORE & CO.
243 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
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THE WATT PLOW.
UNTIL further notice, we will sell the
WATT PLOWS at the following re
duced Prices, CASH:
A and B, small one-horse $6 00
A and B, No. 3, one-horse 6 25
M and N, two-horse 9 00
febl7-d&w2 J. H. VANNERSON & CO.
NOTICE.
EDWARD T. MILLER has this day
made an Assignment to me of all his
stock in trade, accounts and evidences of
debt, without preference, except such as
exist by operation of law. All persons
holding claims against him are requested
to present the same to me for classification
and pay ment pro rata.
F. M. STOVALL,
Assignee.
February 3d, 1875. feb4-clm
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
BALTIMORE FEMALE COLLEGE.
Incorporated in 1849 with authority to con
fer degrees, and endowed by the State of
Maryland in 1860. The College Is beauti
fully situated in a grove, witnin the city
limits, on a lofty eminence that commands
a view of the country, the city, and river
and bay for many miles. The College has
a good library, chemical and philosophical
apparatus, cabinets of minerals, medals,
coins, gems, &c., and the course of instruc
tion is thorough. Board and tuition $250
per annum. N. C. BROOKS. LL. D.
President.
DOLLARS
TO THE AMOUNT OF TWO MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND are to be
distributed on the 27th FEBRUARY by the
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY, upon
the occasion of their FIFTH AND LAST
CONCERT.
Drawing; Certain or Money Refunded.
One Grand Cash Gift $250,000
One Grand Cash Gift 100,000
One Grand Cash Gitt ) 75,000
One Grand Cash Gift 50,000
One Grand Cash Gift 25,000
5 Cash Gifts, $20,000 each 100,000
10 Cush Gifts, 14,000 each 140,000
15 Cash Gifts, 10,000 each 150,000
20 Cash Gifts, 5,000 each 100,000
25 Cash Gifts, 4,000 each 100,000
30 Cash Gifts. 3,000 each 90,000
50 Cash Gifts, 2,00f each 100,000
100 Cash Gifts, 1,000 each 100,000
240 Cash Gifts, 500 each 120,000
500 Cash Gifts, 100 each 50,000
19,000 Cash Gifts, 50 each 950,000
Whole Tickets, SSO. Halves. $25. Tenth, or
each Coupon, $5, Eleven W hole Tickets, SSOO.
For tickets, or information, address
THO. E. BRAMLETTE.
Agent and Manager Louisville, Ky.
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY.
Death of Gov. Bramlette Action of the
Trustees—A Successor A ppoi nte<l X o
More Postponements Drawing Certain
February 27th.
At a meeting of the Trustees of the Public
Library of Kentucky, January 16, 1875, it
was resolved that C. M. Briggs, Esq., who
under the late Hon. Tho. E. Bramlette \> as
the real Business Manager of the Gift
Concerts already given In aid of the Public
Library of ..Kentucky, be and he is hereby
authorized to take the place made vacant
by the death of said Bramlette, in the man
agement of the affairs of the fifth andlast
gift concert, and that the drawing an
nounced for February 27, 1875, shall posi
tively and unequivocally take place on that
day without any further postponement or
delay on any account whatever.
R. T. DUKRETT. President.
John S. Cain, Secretary.
Hereafter all communications relating to
the Fifth Concert should be addressed to
the undersigned, and I pledge myself that
the drawing shall come off February 27th
or that every dollar pqid for tickets shall
be returned.
C M. BRIGGS, Agent and Manager,
Room 4 Public Library Building,
Louisville, Ky.
HUSBAND’S
Calcined Magnesia
Is free from unpleasant tastes, or rough
ness to the touch or palate. In one-third
the dose of common magnesia it relieves
Sick-Hoadache, Sour Stomach, Costiveness,
and other diseases of the stomach and
bowels. The World’s Fair Medal and four
First Premium Silver Medals awarded it as
the best in the market. For sale by
druggists and country storekeepers, and by
T. J. HUSBAND. Jr., Philadelphia, Pa.
Advkrtisixg S Cheap s Good: Syste
matic. All persons who contemplate
making contracts with newspapers for the
insertion of advertisements, snould send
35 Cents to Geo. P. Rowell A Cos., 41 Park
Row, New York, for their PAMPHLET
BOOK ( ninety-seventh, edition), containing
lists of over 2,000 newspapers and estimates,
showing Advertisements taken
for leading papers in many States at a tre
mendous reduction from publishers’ rates.
Get the Book. _
(jkrrpr A week to Agents to sell an
vjp t) article saleable as flour. Profits
immense. Package free. Address
BUCKEYE MANUFACTURING CO..
Marion, Ohio.
%S)nn a moth to agents everywhere. Address
EXCELbIOR M’F’G CO.. Buchanan.
Mich.
tn *4*l G P er Day to Ladies or Gents.
/ lU patent Novelties. Address
H. D. BRIER & CO., Atlanta. Ga.
66 T>SYCHOMANCY, OR SOUL CHARM-
X ING.” How either sex may fasci
nate and gain the love and a (lection of any
person they choose, instantly. This art all
can possess, free, by mail, for 25 cents;
together with a Marriage Guide, Egyptian
Oracle, Dreams, Hints to Ladies, etc. 1,000,-
000 sold. A queer book. Address
T. WILLIAM A CO., Pub’s, Philadelphia.
rrn Ifl—The choicest in the world.—lm-
I lii ll X porters’ prices—Largest company
1 liLlUm America—staple article—pleases
everybody—Trade continually increasing
Agents wanted everywhere—best induce
ments—don’t waste time—send for Circular
to Robert Wells, 43 Vesey St., N. Y.
RO. Box 1287.
(t> C ~ (ton P er day at home. Terms free.
ipU Address, Geo. Stinson A Cos.,
Portland, Me.
ft* mam mm A WEEK guaranteed to Male
11; 'MM and Femaie Agents, in their lo
g a cality. Costs NOTHING to try
InJ a a it. Particulars Free.
P. 0. VICKERY & CO.. Augusta, Me.
aprs-suwdfr&ctf
FIRST AND FINAL
POSTPONEMENT
OP THE
(IRANI) GIFT CONCERT
mo HAVE been given in the City of Greens-
X boro, N. C., on December 81, 1874, for
the purpose of erecting an ODD FELLOWS’
TEMPLE, has been postponed until
Wednesday, March 17th, 1876.
At which time the Concert will certainly be
given and the DRAWING GUARANTEED.
A partial drawing could have been made
at the time appointed, but numerous letters,
from Agents and ticket-holders, urge the
Manager to make a short postponement in
order to secure a full drawmg.
THE GRAND GIFT IS THE NEW AND
WELL-FURNISHED
BENBOW HOUSE,
WORTH #60,000.
Grand Cash Gift •' $ 10,000 00
Real Estate Gifts 81,000 00
Cash Gifts... • 1 82,500 00
Grand Total $104,000 00
References.— We refer, by permission,
to the following gentlemen or our city, ana
would be glad if the credulous would write
to any of them:
R. P. DICK, Judge U. S. District Court,
Western District of N. C.
THUS. SELTLE, Judge Supreme Court.
T. B. KEOGH, Register in Bankruptcy.
RO. M. DOUGLAS, U. S. Marshal.
W. S. BALL, Editor “ New North State.”
DUFFY & ALBRIGHT, Editors “ Patriot.”
CHAS. E. SHOBER, of firm of Wilson &
Shober, Bankers.
JULIUS A. GRAY, Cashier of the Bank of
Greensboro
R. M. STAFFORD, Sheriff of Guilford.
J. D. WHITE, Postmaster.
ODELL, RAGAN & CO., Merchants.
J. W SCOTT, Merchant.
Price of Tickets, $2.50; Number of Tickets
issued, only 100,000.
How to Remit.— Money should be sent
by Registered Letter, Post Office Order, or
Express, with name. Post Office, County
and State, of the purchaser, written plainly.
For further particulars apply to the
Manager, Box 8, Greensboro, N. C.
CYRUS P. MENDENHALL,
Manager.
AGENTS WANTED.
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.New Series— 'V'ol. 3. No. 37
TRUSTEE’S SALE.
By C. 1. W ALKER, Auctioneer.
First Tuesday In
MARCH, 1375 b at the Lower Market
House, in the city of Augusta, between the
legal hours of sale, pursuant to the deed of
trust from Win. H. Goodrich to me. dated
December 3d, 1374, and ratified at the meet
ing of cred tors December 21st, 1874, the
following described property :
All that Lot In said city known as No.
271, on the north side of Broad street, be*
tween Campbell and Jackson streets, front-
Froai street twenty-four feet, more
oni rnmfirlL rui , mn e back of equal width
to an feet * more or less,
overhead from' January "rhte
s2® y 8 rt ’ nted above aAd below to?
ierius—Oae-third cash; balance first of
July and November, 1875, with interest
f day or sale. Titles by bond or by
deed and mortgage back to be at the on*
the t *nnE tee and at expense of die
tffpoUdei P n^H onybJ 16 insured an "
JmS 601,1 at th ° rl3ku,the
2. All that Warehonse Lot in said city,
on the north side of Reynolds street, be
tween MeCartan and Campbell streets
having a front on Keynold street of one
hundred and thirty-one feet nine inches
more or less, and running back of equai
width a distance of forty feet, when it in
creases in width to one hundred and fifty
™o S back of this width to a line
paiallel to He> nolds street, and two hun
dred and thirty-four feet six inches, more
or less, distant therefrom. At present oc
cupied by Pollard A Cos., and Robert A.
Fleming. This property is rented until
l, 187 j, and rent i>aid to that
Terms—Cash.
3. Those two Lots of Land, with tene
ment houses, known as Goodrich’s Range,
below the southeast comer of MeCartan
and Reynolds streets, in the city of Au
gusta, each having a front on Reynolds
street °f twenty-five feet, more or less, and
running through of equal width to Jones
street. Each house has eleven rooms and
Slw’ these tenements is rented at
a anc Die rental will be the prop
erty of the purchaser. Possession wifi be
occupied l lmmediatel y ° r the tenement not
Terms—Cash.
4. I hose two Lots of Land, with tene
ment houses, on the northeast comer of
Reynolds and MeCartan streets, in the city
of Augusta, each having a front on Rey
nolds street of twenty-nine feet, more or
less, and running back of equal width one
hundred and thirty-two feet, more or less,
fbe house*, are rented until October Ist,
1875, at $475 each, and the rental from Jan
uary Ist, 1875, will be the property of the
purchaser.
Terms—Cash.
5. Those two Lots of Laud, with tene
ment houses, on the east side or MeCartan
street, between Keynoids and Bay streets,
m the city of Augusta, each having a front
on MeCartan street of twenty-six feet,
m. o . l '® or lets, and mnning back of equal
width ninety feet, more or less. These
houses are rented until October Ist, 1875, at
$240 each. The rental from January Ist,
1870, will be the property of the purchaser.
Terms—Cask.
0. All that Lot, with improvement there
on, on the north side of Reynolds street,
below MeCartan street, fronting forty-six
feet nine inches, more or less, and running
back of equal width one hundred and thir
ty-two foe;, more or less. The house Is
rented until October Ist. 1875, at S3OO. The
rental from January Ist, 1875, will be the
property o ' the purchaser.
Terms—Cash.
7. All that Lot,with improvements there
on, on the north side of Reynolds street,
between MeCartan and Campbell streets,
with improvements thereon, consisting of a
large three-story dwelling house and out
houses, known as the residence of WLliiam
H. Goodrich, having a front on Reynolds
street of seventy-one feet, more or less,
and running back of equal width two hun
dred and ninety feet, more or less.
Terms—Cash.
8. All that Lot, on the north side of
Reynolds street, between CampbeU and
Mei artan streets, having a front on
Reynolds street of sixty-four feet six
inches, more or Jess, and running back of
equal width one hundred and thirty-two
feet, more or less, when it widens fourteen
feet six inches, more or less, on the west
and extends oi this additional width fifty
one feet eight inches, more or less, when it
widens nicety feet, more or less, on the
west to MeCartan street, and thence back
with this additional width to Bay street,
widening also on the east, after proceeding
two hundred and ninety feet, none or less,
to the rear of the lot on which the dwelling
house is situated, seventy-one feet, more
or less, so os to have a front on Bay street
of two hundred and sixtv-live feet, more or
less, together with all the improvements,
consisting of Machine Shops, Carpenter
Shops, Blacksmith Shops, Gin Shops, Kilns,
Store Houses and Servants’ Houses there
on. Also, .-ill the Machinery, consisting of
Engine, R unning Gear, Ac., Ac., also, all
the stock of material on hand, to be sold
separately, and the amount determined by
experts. 'The plat of these premises will be
exhibited at the sale.
Terms -Cash.
0. All that Tract of Land, in Richmond
and Columbia counties, known as tae Sum
mer Residence of Wm. H. Goodrich, and
containing one hundred and fifty-four acres,
purchased from Edward Perrin, February
21.1860.
Terms—Cash.
10. AJI that Tract of Land, in Richmond
county, kn awn as the Cliett place, contain
ing one hundred and sixty-five acres, pur
chased from Edwin Perrin, September l,
1860.
Terms—Cash.
11. All that Tract of Land, in Richmond
county, on the Milledgevilie and Murray’s
Mill Road, known as the Haywood place,
containing fifty-five acres, more or less,
purchased from E. W. Doughty', August
18th, 1866.
Terms—Cash.
12. All that Tract of Land, in the county
of Richmond, on the north side of the Co
lumbia county road, about three miles
distant in a westerly direction from the
city of Augusta, containing about fifty
eight and three -quarter acres, purchased
fiom E. B. Goodrich, June 26th, 1871.
Terms—Cash.
13. All that tract of Laud, in Richmond
county, containing forty-one acres, more
or less, bounded north and northeast by'
lands of Emma DeLaigle, cow Harriss,
south by land of Sileox, and west by land
formerly August Kempse, deceased, and
being a portion of the estate of Charles
DeLaigle, deceased, purchased by Kempse
from the heirs of DeLaigle.
Terms—Cash.
This sale is to pass the title free from all
encumbrances or taxes, except taxes on the
city'land fjr 1875, which the purchaser is
to pay’ as we J as expense of conveyance to
him. FRANK H. MILLER,
feb3-tf _ Trustee.
RECEIVER’S SALE
AT COST!
BY virtue of an order of Hon. William
Gibson. Chancellor, granted January
16th, 1875, ✓
Will be Sold at Private Sale at
COST PRICES,
In the Store of
GREENE & ROSBIGNOL,
ON BROAD STREET,
The entire Stock of Goods of said Greene &
Eossignol, consisting of
Drugs , Druggists’Sundries
PAINTS, OILS,
WINES, LIQUORS,
SOAPS, PERFUMERY,
Bohemian ware, Statuary,
&cc., &c.
Fixtures and Furniture.
Prescriptions carefully compounded at
low prices.
BE©. A. WHITEHBAD,
jan2o-Hn Receiver.