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VOLUME XII
Into Indiana.
; That th$ Indiana counties, of
Lake, Porter, Starkjand Laporte
within the next year,or so will be
come the permanent trekking
grounds of many ; Transvaalers
and Free Staters who are intent
f .,
Upon leaviiig
Enabled Brown to got Away With
About $200, ,000.
Cincinatti, Nov. 19.—The ex
perts who have been working to
day with Receiver Tucker on the
books of the German National
Bank at New port. Ky., place the
of Frank M. Brown, the
»is going to be the most remarkable sale Gainesville has ever seen. The price cutlet has been
through every department iii our Vfig' ‘ a^d sillied prices fprjtlns tug sale. This
sale is going to <meIo as,.mg$nnine>mt piace saleT^nd in which prices are real
ly cut. It will‘ be absolute extravagance to ttade elsewhere and everybody is invited to come
and share in thelbeuefits, to be derived from trading witlj, us;
South African
. - t * . i f ... .. v 7 : . , ;* t
republics seems probable. Owners
f f land in, the, Kankakee valley are
reported to have combined for the
purpose of sending agents' to South
Africa aud Holland to- encourage
settlement of their lands bv fhe
disappointed republicans,
x Within the last few months sev
eral agents of the Afrikanders
have come to this country to look
into colonization schemes suggest
ed by the Northern Pacific, the
Great Northern and the Canadian
Pacific railroads. Some of the
roads offered to give land to the
Boers and to dp much toward de
veloping the property.> Owing to
the severity of winter 10-the terri
tories traversed by the. lines , the
schemes did not "appeal /trongly
to the agents. The Boers are Joolp
ing for lands aaapted to the rais-,
shortage
assistant cashier and individual
bookkeeper, at $191,500.
According to reports from those
w ho were with Brown when he left
last Tuesday night, he had less
*han $500 with him. Brown’s sal
ary was only $1,500 per yefir.
Cases are now cited where he spent
more than that in one day. His
bond was for $10,000, and it is
.good far as it goes.
United States District Attorny
Hill will arrive from Paducan,
to-morrow, when it is said crimi
nal proceedings will be begun.
The federal detectives have cer
tain persons under surveillance
and there are reports to-night
.about arrests that will follow on
the arrival of District Attorney
Hill.
During the run on the German.
National "Bank atr Newport
last Saturday $200,000 were se
cured in Cincinatti to bridge over
the trouble. This was returned
to-day and Receiver Tucker had
other money’s and papers also
transferred to Cincinatti.
Brown’s system required a won
derful memory. The experts sav
he carried in his head the figures
■ . ■ t **fr . • « *■'' ‘
■’that enabled him to call off cor
rectly a lot of false entries in a
way to throw the clerks who were
doing t,he checking with him off
the track. A depositer would put
in $8,100. Brown would enter
for proper amount of the deposit
in one bo jk and enter it as $100
in another. He would take the
■difference. $8,000, himself. Then
when it came to checking up, he
would handle one of the books.
Another clerk would check and
Brown would call off. Instead of
sailing off $100, which appeared
Jyu We have the biggest and best stqek of
medium priced Jackets hod Capes' to be
found in the city. They are all made in
X : ^the latest styles and shades and our pri-
ees speak for themselves.
The Capes begin at 50c and go up.
^ mmmm Plush Capes (silk, not coton) up from $2
Jackets in all colors and at all prices. *
BLANKET SALE
^LADIES WAISTS
We are going to have a special Blanket sale. This
will be an interesting event to housekeepers, coming at a
time wheu piankets will be in demand iu ashort time.
Had you rather buy your blankets and Comforts now and
save from 10 to 20 per cent, or wait until a norther tomes
Whistling down a few weeks hence? Then you’ll be glad
to get them at any price; ‘Every Blanket as it should be
”7—all wool where wool, is best for your money-—cotton and
warp and wool filling where, that is best, We have .them.
iromlSOer—of cburseitisall cotton —to $5 pair—great big
these waists are special bargains—They are, all wool
and co£he in all colors—They are well made and trimmed
with braid—Several different patterns. The prices are
$1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 r ^
We also have them made of best quality French
Flannel, plain at $L0O, and beautifully appliquedat $4.00,
also a black silk, made of best quality taffeta Silk at $3. %
ing of cattle and to general agri
cultural pursuits. Some of the
Indiana railroads, it is said, are
showing a marked interest in the
scheme; to have, the foreigners col
onize the Kankakee valley.—Chi
cago Record.
deuce now for women as for men. To
meet the growing demand we have
brought on this Fall quite an extensive
line of Ladies Tailor-made Suits. . Tiles
suits, although moderately priced, are not
on the cheap order by any means. They
are made.up oven this Fall’s designs and
ate frona the very best manufacturers.
They have the fit and, that sty lish appear-;
ance.of the most costly suits, and the tail-
|s perfect. It’s Hard to put. .values in cold
11 appreciate them properly. . Come ip and
Up stairs—our Clothing depart-
mentis running over with new
nfl I winter Clothing for Men and Boys.
\cjj T We have clone some vigorous price
ml ■ v-fliBrWj > cutting here. If you are going to
buy a suit or an Overcoat yon Will
MmK.lgU I) thow away dollars by not coming
. Lj|!-■ ■ , . i here; In overcoats we have every-
• . . thing that could be wanted. The
great big heavy bister and the lighter weights-Overcoats
from $3.50 up: We nave the bfest overcoats in Georgia
for'$5.C0."- '■ ’ . '
The incorporation ot fhe Amer-
icau Rice Growers’ .Distributing
Company of Chicago, has been an-
The capital stock is
UNDERWEAR
bounced
$15,000,000, of which $8,500,000
is reported paid in.
Local grocery circles credit John
W. Gates with being thb prime
mover in the new corporation,
principally to control the ship
ment of the Southern rice crop
over lines of railroad in which he
is interested.
The scheme contemplated is to
buy the bulk of the domestic rice
uuder contract with the growers
to sell their crops for a stipulated
figure for a period of four years,
with the privilege of extending the
contract an additional four years.
Guaranteed prices to growers are
understood to be somewhat in ex
cess of present market prices.
Are you well supplied with heavy underwear ? We
are. We have every thing that man, woman or child, will
need this winter. We have the very heavy cotton with
fleece lining and the medium and heavy weight all wool
for men and boys. Also shirts, pant« and union, suits for
womenv misses and children. Ladies’ heavy ribbed vests
like other stores ask 25c. for, we ask only 15c.
Ladies’ heavy union suits, Oneita style, suits 50e.
In our Shoe Department we have no t held back fro m
price cutting. We have an enormous stock of Shoes, but
at new prices lots of them will walk away.
Have you seen the new Monarch Put for men? It is
away aboye the ordinary Patent Leather in quality—
they won’t break through—and away below in price,
$3.50, lace aril buttons. We also have a Patent Leather
for Ladies that for quality and beauty is unexcelled ; and
the price is only $3! 00.
What cash and close buying can get in a Shoe we get,
it. We have our Shoes made by the best manufacturers
that we know/of, and made with a guarantee on jbhem.
and when we sell you a pair we know what we are selling"
and will tell you.
We want to call special attention to our. Black Dress
Goods. Knowing that black is one of this Fall’s fayon-
ites, we have an unusually large stock. No need to tell
in detail what is here, for every weave is represented.
We havent let black take all our attention, as will be
seen by an inspection of our colored Dress Goods. Gray
is another favorite this Fall, and our Grays are espeeiat
That Bicycle
We nave discontinued giving bicycle tickets and all
out will be redeemed by us.
Czar Keeps Improving.
~ Liyadia, Nov. l9.^The Czar
con tinues, impi*pye lri health.
The bulletin issued by the physi
cian today says:
“The emperor passed a good
day yesterday, At 9 o clock in
the evening liis ‘temperature' was
101,2 and hiapulse 72.. His maj
esty passed a very good night.
This.morning his condition is ex
cellent. At 9 o’clock this morn
ing his temperature was 100.7 j
of Tobacco:^
Eugene . Duftyv f whp_ lives in
Williamsburg, and was employed
as an elevator man in O’Neill’s
dry goods store, at Twentieth
street and Sixth avenue, fellow
Ten years in the Millinery business in Gainesville
A woman will always be reason-
a ^iy happy so loug a3 she has
®riougb things to worry^abouL
IN GAINESVILLE,
A woman always feels good and
charitable right a fter she has giv
en away some of her husband s
old clothes. ■. ; ; - :
®an never ^ thinks what t he
before he gets married, nor
what he thinks afterward.
