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THE
POST.
DUBLIN GA, NOV. 27. 1878.
Terms, $1.50 a year in advance.
The Organ op
Laurens County. — Circulation over
600.
Local Aflkirs.
Read the Ordinary’s Ferry notice.
Mr. Temple of the Atlanta Nursery was
in town last week delivering fruit trees.
Mrs. B. F. Mason,, a most estimable Indy ;
of this county, died on the 18th inst.
Mr. W. M. Roach presents the Post the
biggest sugar cane of the spason—OJlbs.
Thanks. • • f Y
Thigpen, presents the_ Post
ito, and says' he has plenty
Mr. Richard
a 5} lbs. potato,
more like it.
The Savannah News thinks the Post
irreverent to. speak of-llie Jldn. Alexander
H. Stephens as the man of little skillet no
toriety.
The exercises of Gordon Institute in
Dodge eounty. under the supervision of
Prof. John T. Lee, formerly of this coun
ty, will close ,on the Otli of December .with
an exbibitioii’at Wight.
For the bdhefrt bf oiir numerous renders
who somdtirriei 'engage in the timber busi
ness, we ciiiiiftAm the Timber Ga-ctte some
valuable , iifAixidtioU to timber cutters.
Read it in ddbtl'ier'column.
At a recent meeting of the manufacturers
of fertilizers it was agreed that the price of
a ton of standard fertilizers should be five
hundred pounds of middling cotton, deliv
ered in Savannah by the farmer.
The Atlanta Constitution sees it announc
ed in the Post that a tin shop lias been
opened in Dublin, and on that fact buses
a prophecy that Dublin will some day be a
great city.
Master Tilman Wolfe has been very sick
for several days with pneumonia. He is
one of the most talented and promising
youths in the community, and it would be
a sad blow, not only to the family, but to
the community, if his attack should prove
fatal.
We invite" attention to the clear, calm,
dispassionate view of the whiskey question
in this issue of the Post by “Critic,” Avliose
heart and pen are ever active in the living
issues of Ins county.
. Read This!
You will save money by paying your
notes and accounts by the 10th of Decem
ber ; after then will be turned over to
attorney for collection.
Dublin, nov 18-3t T. II. Rowe
Erratum.—We printed about a hundred
copies of the Post last week before we dis
covered^jliat we had m ula the lion. Neil
McLeod^s proposed Whiskey tax $200 In
stead of $2,000, as it should have been.
Mr. Ed. Holmes, Jr., swapped his horse
to a mule drover last week for a good mule
getting $15. to boot, and the horse died in
less than twelve hours with grubs. Mr.
II. says he is ready to return the $15.
We had quite a pleasant call on Monday
from Judge M. L. Burch of the Easttnan
limes. The Timex is one of the b£st Con
ducted country papers on our exchange
list, has a large circulation in Laurens, the
old home of the Judge and is the only pa
per of which the Post is jealous.
The minor that Mr. It. T. Dorniny is no
longer a candidate for Tax collector is un
founded. lie requests us to say to his
friends'and the Public generally that he is
still in the field soliciting their support,
and will in no event oonjc down. 2t
It will be impossible for us to give per
sonal attention.to our collections in John
son, and we hope that our subscribers in
that county who have not yet payed, ev
ery man of (1mm, Will call upon our agent,
\V. P. Hicks and settle at once. tf.
We want the party who takes Mr. S. J.
Kellam’s Pd.Sr from the post-office to bun
dle up a dollar and .u Half, come over and
subscribe. Mr. K. says he never gets his
paper; and we know we always mail it
every week^ JW(ymi^pjeased to know that
the Pofr*4^wecfityl; bat it pleases us a
little too.ifel\!fo^opB tp'! appreciate it so
much that he cabbages a copy that sonic
one else lias paid for.
We are glad to learn that our represent
ative, Mr. Bureliv -has. been . placed on the
Wild Lands Committee. It isnu important
committee for several reasons. Its business
is to look into the most odious swindle ever
perpetrated on the wiregrass portion of the
State, and the land grabbers will lie ready
to buy up all purchasable members. Mr.
B. knows how to represent his outrageous
ly wronged constituency,' and no money
can buy his vote.
Hon. C. S. Guyton, tlic chairman of the
mass meeting of the Sth'instT, was in town
last Saturday for the first time since the
meeting. In answer to our inquiry as to
what he thought of the disputed vote on
the whiskey question, lie said he thought
the anti-whiskey wing had a clear majori
ty; but that the action df the'meeting on
the whiskey question was worthless, be
cause the meeting had fallen into confusion
after tlic settlement of the principal ques
tion for which they had been called togeth
er, and were not prepared to deliberate on
any other, -He added that he had written
to onr repreSontafhY'Hon. H. M. Burch,
advising him of the^e facta,
10,000 Tickets Per Hour.
Candidates in Laurens and Johnson are re
minded that the office of the Post is the
place to get their tickets priuted with neat
ness and dispatch. We arc prepared to
turn out 10,000 handsomely printed tickets
per hour. tde
ROASTED ALIVE !
The Old, Old Story—A
Babe Lett in a House Which
Burns Down On It.
On the evening of the 20th ii.st.
about sundown the alarm of fire was
raised in the extreme South part of
town. The source of alarm was
found to be a negro cabin afire, on
the place of Judge Kitjncs. The
wife of Joe Moore who lived in the
house hud gone to the. Judge's,
about a quarter of a mile distant, to
take home the week’s washing of
clothes, leaving her three children,
(one an infant) in the house. While
their mother was gone the two older
children got to playing in the fire
which resulted in firing fchp build
ing. When tiicy saw the house \Vas
on ; fire they had sense ouough to get
out, but not .sufficient to. take out.
the infant that was left, i^ing iii tiff 1
cradle to be roasted to death. No
one reached the scene of conflagra
tion iu time to be of any service.
OUR RIVER DISASTER.
The Steamer Colville Gets Seven
Holes Snagged In Her Bottom
ami Sinks in the Oconee—
Is Rcsurected After Lying
Three Days in her Watery •
Grave.
On the morning of tho 20th instY
the steamer Colville left the D.ublip
wharf with seventy bales of cotton
for the Central Railroad. She pro
ceeded prosperously up the river till
about three miles-above town, when
the bow struck a rock causing the
store to dip and. the prow to sheet
up, and fall with great violence on
the rocky bottom. Seven holes were
pierced in the bottom and the
water soon rushed in and filled the
boat. She sunk, or rather lodged,
in water about five feet deep, leu -
ing the lower dock above the water’s
edge. The cotton being put ashore,
and men and buckets sent for, Capt.
Henry set to work to patch np and
halo out the water. After working
three days and two nights, he suc
ceeded in again setting her afloat,
and returned to Dublin with her.
An effort will be made to repair the
boat at the Dublin wharf,
Dublin Nov. 18tR 1878,
Ed. Post.:
Yielding to many and repeated
solicitations and especially’; the one
published in tho last issue of your
paper, I hereby announce my willing
ness to again become a candidate for
Sheriff of Laurens county. Thank
ing ray many friends' for the ctmfi-
dcnce they repose in me, I pledge
myself, if elected, to disclnirgo tho
duties of the office to the best of my
ability. , Resptfully,-
tde. DeNnis AfelifcNdon.
..—;
Condor Items.
Ryner says rolling down stock at
the mill one day has satisfied him.
Mr. Frank Guinns a lad of fifty
summers, was recently married to a
Miss Register of Pinotucky.
At lu^tyw’o’yq gofc into Billy ISea’s
sfcqret of raising chickens. He gives
them Simmon’s Liver ’ Regulator,
salts, oil, &o.
Whtui oiir projected school houso
is mentioned pocket books swell up
big as a jay bird’s hefil’t.
Cioe; o and . Braxtou, Bea,chain
wanted a fat horse to drive to ftiuvk-
insville, so they piled in about three
bushels of corn to him and had to
borrow, another horse to drive iioine.
“Matliy” Graham must be out of
his latitude.' Speak to' him lio grins
out “boy,” and darts in the house to
see him again.
L. C. Beach am, the prince* of mer
chants, saw-mill men and farrpqrs
now proposes to go one Hundred'dol
lars, double his share, in tlic school
house.
Why don’t some one start a bar
rel factory, tlnr demand right here
is eleven hundred in excess of the
supply.
A Live Red Fox in Dublin.
On last iSiiturcliiv
nraay morning Mr. S.
FFTljaniei found that one of his
geese had been caught tlic* night-be
fore and its head eaten off. Ho sup
posed the depredator to bean owl,
and oil Saturday night set a stcel-
fcrap baited with a portion of the car
cass of the goose which had been
killed the night before with a view
to capture lus ‘supposed o wish ip,
But on Snnday morning, instead
of an owl, he found in the trap a
largo red fox. The trap caught him
by the lower jaws slightly fracturing
one of them. He was brought to
town iif a box and placed out in
front of the Post where he soon at
traeted a large crowd. He was pro
nounced by ail to be a genuine red
fox. The upper portions of his ears
and portions of his legs were j
black and the end of his tail snow
white. Several old fox hunters who
saw him agreed that lie was one of
tho largest foxes they had ever seen.
Mr. Wm. Jones bought him and is
taming him. Dublin will soon' be
able to start a menagerie.' We have
F or Tax Receiver.
Believing that Mr. W. G. Wright will
make an efficient officer If elected, we here
by submit his name to tlic voters of Laur
ens county as a suitable candidate for the
offico.of Tax Receiver,
tde. Many Yotkhs.
FOR SHERIFF.
Wrightsvillc, Ga., Sept. 80th.
Ed. l\>xt:
Please announce my name ns a candidate
for Sheriff- of .Johnson county. If elected
I will discharge the duties of the office to
the best of my ability.
sept 30-1 f Jacob T. Snell.
For Tax Collector.
Ed. Post:
Please announce Mr. W. W. O’neal as a
candidate for Tax Collector. He is a
worthy citizen, and eminently qualified to
fill that oifiee with credit to* himself and
satisfaction to the Public. :
Aug. 28-tf Many Citizens.
OATS FOR SALE.
500 bushels of Yellow Rust Proof Oats
for sale, cheap for cask. Apply to,
DENNIS KEA,
Sept. 18-tf. Holmes’ Cross Roads.
For Tax Collector.
Believing that the ofllcoAJf Tax Collector
.was never tilled more faithfully, or with
more general satisfaction to lax payers than
by Mr. B. B. Linder for many years, wq
hereby suggest him ns a candidate for that
office, subject to Democratic nomination If
one is held. Many Voters.
Johnson Items.
in
The Hon. Neil McLeod was
Wrightsvillc yestorday, (Sunday.)
Jackson Page son of Mr. Jolm D.
Page died lust Friday.-
Charley Jenkins, brother of Evan
Jonkin-, Jms recently died in Tex
as.
Mr. James Stunner, son of Mr.
Wm. H. Sunnier, was married to
Miss Elizabeth Davis, daughter of
Mr. Jolm R. Davis, last Wednesday
night..
If doctors charge for visiting
well people, acoitain young lady of
this comity will bo indebted to a
Laurens county M. D. pretty largely.
If wo don’t got an invitation to
some of the weddings around here
we will report every one of them be
fore they cotne off.
Tho Sheriff says ho had an invita
tion to some of the weddings this
week, but we think he went to serve
a summons on some one thoro. lie
says he lmd a nice time and plenty
of nice things to eat and wo suppose
he eat them, too.
Hon. Wm.’L, Johnson is at home
ut this time ; but leaves this morn
ing. He is on the committee on the
penitentiary, and is out inspecting
convicts.
Mr. Thomas Carter, son of Elijah
Carter, was married last Thursday
to Miss Martha Sumner, 'daughter of
Mr. Wm. II. Sumner.
Guardian's Sale.
GEORGIA—Laurens County.
By virtue of an order from the Court of
Ordinary of said couuty, will be sold be
fore the Court House door in tho town of
Dublin in said county, on the first Tuesday
December next, within the legal qotirfe
of sale to the highest bidder, the undivided’
interest of C. M. aud IT. A. It. Weaver
(minors) the same being two fifths, in 208
ucres of land on the cast side of'tho Oconee
Ivor, adjoining lands of ’J. M. Donalson,
W. Maddox and estate of James Stuart
and others, sold as the property of 0. M.
and #11. AY R. Weaver, minors of W. F.
Weaver deceased. Terms cash.
G. F, WlCAVElt,
Nov. 4, 1878. 4t Guardian.
Macon,
THOMiS" "WOOID
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•.^.•Georgia,
DEALER IN
Furniture aud
COFFINSand CASKETS
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‘!«1 JttK
I’l'iti i fl-l/tft
of every description and price, in Wood and Metal. Call and examine
Goods and Prices. KgT'All at exceedingly low prices. ...
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Next to LatilerHonSe.
VISITORS TO MACON
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While in the city, should 119b Tail to call and exiittiino tho oxtonsivO stook of of,’
STOVES, TIN-WARE, CUTLERY, <■<
LAMPS, CROCKERY, . \ "
GLASS-WARE, WOODENWAftE
1 ' ' AND
General House-Fuinisliiiig Goods,
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GEO. W. BURR’S
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No. 87 Cherry St.
IMtlCiijS, DOWN TO LOWEST NOTCH.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
The Grand Charter Oak and Farmer
Repairs for the above always on hand
hit
oct. 80-8m
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TRADE NEVER
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500 Cooking and Heating Stoves- daftaMY
.fitil fli It
NOTICE.
Will he sold before the Court House
door in Dublin, bet ween the usual hours,
nmthc first Tuesday in December next, the
homestead and plantation belonging to the
estate of Mrs. Koclucl B. Freeman, lale qf
Laurens county, deceased. ’’
Terms: some cash will lie required, the
balance on time of one and two years.
Bond given for titles.
2t Heirs of the Estate.
Administrator's Sale.
GEORGIA—Laurens County,
By virtue of an order from llie Court
of Ordinary of said eounty, will be sold
before llie Court House door in the town
of Dublin in said county, on the first
Tuesday in December next, within llie
legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder,
lot of land No. 80, in tho 2d district of
saiil county, containing 202| acres, more
or less, sold its the property of tlic estate
f John Strickland, deceased, for thoTion-
eflt of tho heirs aud creditors. Terms
cash. Wm. L. Strickland,
Nov. 4, 1878. 4t Administrator.
NOTICE.
Will he let to.the lowest bidder, before
now,, a .red fox, a raccoon and sever-1 me Court House door, in the toWn of Dub
ai squirrels.
Tli (T folio wing. Judges’ Havjg bosn
elected by the Legislature:
Augusta Circuit, Cluiborn Snead;
Ocrinilgee Circuit, Tlios. Lawson;
Macon Circuit, Thomas Simmons;
Johnson, Hansell aud Harris arc
their own .successors.
The papers all over the State be
lieve that the present legislature will
give us the Boll Punch.
The Pope congratulated King
Hupibert on his escape from the pon
iard of the assassin A11 the 17th inst.
Gen. Gordon was reelected to the
U. S. Senate unanimously by the
Georgia Semite and lacked but five
of carrying tho House solidly.
These five were pouting Feltonites.
The Chronicle says bacon is lower
at Augusta than it has been for thir
ty-seven years.
Atlanta expects a large influx of
moneyed immigrunts frorti th6 yellow
fever districts.
Tho house of the Tax Collector of
Appling county wav robbed of $225
of the public funds on the 5th iust.
Iin, on Buturday the 21«t day of December
next, tlic keeping of Blucksliear’s and the
Dublin Ferries for the year 1879. Tho
contractors will bo required to give bond
witli good security in the sum of one thou
sand dollars for the faithful performance
of tiieir duty und for all damages to persons
and property that may occur through their
negligence or carelessness at said Ferries,
Said bond to be given the same day, or the
bid will lie void,
John T. Duncan,
Nov. 21st 1878-4t Ordinary,
FOR RENT.
By virtue of an order from the court of
Ordinary of Laurens county, will be rented
for the year 1879, before the Court House
door in the town of' Dublin Gie highest
bidder—on the flint Tuesday in December
next—all llie lands (dower excepted) !>c-
louging to the estate of John Peny Jr.
late of said county deceased. Terms: Rent
Notes payable Octolter 15th 1879.
J. J. Bowen,
Nov. 18th 2t. Aministrator.
Election Notice for County
Officers.
An election will beheld at the several
precincts in Laurens county on Wedncs
day, the first dav of January next, for
Clerk Superior Court anil Treasurer, Slier
Iff, Tax Collector, Tax Receiver, Coroner,
and County Surveyor for Laurens county
This notice published in accordance with
Section 1322 of the code of Georgia,
tde John T. Duncan,
Ordinary.
SliurilFs Sales.
W ILL lie sold before the Court Houso
door in the town of Dublin, Laurens
Couuty, Ga., on tlic first Tuesday,in De
cember next, within llie legal hours of sale
the following pronhrty "to-Wlt : Nine hun
dred acres of iand, more or less, lying on
the east side of the Oconee river, in the
52d Disk, G M., of said county, bounded
on the east by James Johnson, on the west
by Columbus Gillis, on (lie south by Israel
and Newton Johnson and on the north by
James Beasley, sold as the property of John
A. Jonnson, to satisfy one mortgage fl fa
in favor of W. H. Tillery, issued from the
Superior Court of said county in favor of
W. II. Tillery against sold John A. John
son.
Also ut the sume time and place will he
sold two hundred two und one half acres
of land, in tho.C2d Dist. of said county,
east of llie Ocopce river, adjoining lands of
James Johnson, Jasper Johnson and Israel
Johnson, sgld as the property of John A.
Johnson io satisfy one mortgage 11 fa in
favor of W. H. Tillery, issued . from
Superior Court of said couuty against s
John A. Johnson.
Also lit the . same time and place one
thousand und fifty uqres of land on the
east side of the Oconee river, iu the forks
of Big Creek and said river, adjoining lands
of Lwider and pliiars^sold ns the property
of John Al. Stubbs to satisfy ope li fa from
the Superior GLurt of said county In favor
of E. Crocket* s. J. F. Itohinson and said
J. M. Stubbs,
Also at the same time and place lot of
land No. Sin the 17th Dlsfrlctof saul eoun
ty. sold as the property of Jesse Vickery,
to satisfy one tf fa issued by It. T. Don)!
ny, Tax collector of Laurens county
against said Jesse Vickery for bis State
and County lax for llie year 1877.
Also at the same time and place lots of
land 229, m, 25*0. 251, all ill the 22d I)ist.
of Laurens county, each containing 202i
acres more or less, levied on as the prop
erty of Hie -estate of Mary A. Harvard, to
satisfy a Superior Court fl fa issued from
Laurens Superior Court in fuvor of Mary
II. Burkweli through her husband, John
W. Burkweli vs. 6. L. Harvard, W. C.
Harvard and Wm. A. Gainey, Executors
of Mary A, Harvard. Property pointed
out by plaintiff’s utt'ys.
dennis McLendon.
Sheriff.
For Sheriff.
The undersigned take’pleasure in an
nmuicing the name of J. C Scarborough
as a suitable candidate for sheriff for the
ensuing term and are assured from his
promptitude in business he will make an
efficient officer ir elected,
nov. 13-tdo Many Voters.
Emumlod and PiainBGmtoa, Timvm-o f<|r all donmnds. .f Fuil-liuo pf. (
ood and Willow Wuro. Tito largest, and bent lino of PLATED GO.Ol)$ r{ , ( ,
CROCKERY, (} LASH WARE and
House-Furiiisliing Goods
Wood
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for sale by
"oct 80-8m
Oliver Sc 1STo:r?t3o:CL
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43 Third Street, Macon Ga.
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Conic and see the finest assortment of Crockery, French China, American
China,
1-IOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS,
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Stamped and Tin Ware, Toilet Sets, Aguto Iron Ware, &c. ChL
lory of all kinds, ^goiifl # the oelpbrated
Excelsior Hot Blast Cook Stove.
Also, Charter Ouk, Sunny South, Cotton Plant, and other desirable pat
terns. oct 80-8n]t
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For Tax Receiver-.
Edr, Pont:
Please unnouiicu ^fr. A; J. Hlllnm as a
candidate for reelect Ion to t he office of Tax
Receiver at the ensuing election. He bus
filled Hie office satisfactorily to the public for
Application forXeave to 8etf 1
Land.
Gicoiioia, Lauhhnh County.
Ordlnnry’H Office Oct. 25,1878
WlierciiH, Ashley Vickers, guardian of '<■'<•
PPuiinnrimH-ni-i)- Mark F. Vickers, lias filed his Application ::1
the past two yeurs, und wp recommend him for' loilvw the undivided interest of. ,
to the fiivoriible consideration of the voters htojward, the same being <»ue half of Jots, *
of Laurens county.
Sept. 4-tf
Many vmkrb
of land, Nos, 107,108,100,110,
and 182, in the first district of,!
For Tax Receiver.
Early, now Dougherty county, containing
1750 acres, more or less, and known as the
Tumlin place.
These uro, therefore, to cite and ad
monish all persons concerned, to. show
I hereby respectfully submit my name
to the voters of Laurens county os a candi
date for Receiver of Tax Returns ut Hie cause if any they have, why said order
ensuing election. ,
oct 28-t<le If. J Walden
Application for Leave to Sell
Land. ■
Lauhhnh Court oy Ordinary,
November Term, 1878.
Whereas, Q. L. Hurvard, Guardian of
David J. Harvard, hah filed his application
for leave to sell lots of land N«k. 22Mnfl]ymi to tho Tjtft of m
228 in the 22d district of said county. sirnilar treatment. V
(These arc, therefore, to cite and nd-
monish all persons coneerned, to show
cause, If any they have, why wild order
should not be granted the applicant on this
first Monday in Decemlier uext.
Given under my Offleiul Signature
John T. Duncan,
nov. 4-4t Ordinary.
Moneyl '
Parties indebted to tiie undersigned for
medical services are requested to come for
ward promptly and settle, I have served
Executor's Sale.
GEORGIA—Laurens County.
By virtue of an order from the Court
of Ordinary of said county, will 1m: sold
before the Court House door in the town
of Dublin In said county, on the first Tues
day iu December next, within the legal
hours of s4l0, to tho highest bidder, the
following described lands, viz': tho krtitli
west half of No. 247 In the 1st iHsIriel,
said county, containing 10B acres, ami
197* acres of lot No 248 in the 1st district
of said county, sold as the projicrty of the
estate of John Perry, Sr., deceased, for the
benefit of heirs und creditors. Terms cash.
Edward Pitiuty,,
Nov. 4, 1878 4t Executor'.
10,180,181,
&
should not be granted the applicant on tho
first Monday in December next.
Given under nty Official Signature.
John T. Duncan,
Ordinary.-
and «xi
f erbutn mt.
I. H. Harrison.
For Tax Receiver. * }{ii
Believing that tiie Rev. J. L. White
will, if ejuvtolb discharge t|ic (jutles qf ; (lie
office tq the sutlsfiRtlon of the Public, we
hercliy announce I he name of that gentle ' v
man as a candidate for Receiver df Tax
Returns of Laurens aunty. . \
Aug..28-tf Many VoTtfita.
Laurens Court of Ordinary,
„ , October Term, 1878.
Whereas, G. F. Weaver. Guardian of
C. M. and II. A. It. Weaver, bus tiled his
application lor leave to sell tiie undivided
interest of his wards; Hie same being two.
fifths in 268 acres of land on the East side
th of the Oconee river, adjoining lands of J:
0 , M. Donalson. J. W. Maddox, Estate of
■James Stewart and others.
These are therefore to cite and
all persons concerned, to
any they have, why said o
lie granted the applicant on the first Mon
day in November next.
Glveu under my official signature,
John T. Duncan.
oct 0-4t Ordinary