Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 21 January 1869 — Page 8
THE-«€ITY.
LOCAt .. BBJFEVOUBXT ORDERS.
Crawfordirille Chapter, No. 40, R. A. M. Stated meetings Tuesday
CHURCH SERVICES.
St. John's Church, Protestant Episcopal) Isaac A. Hararv Roeftor. Sunday service 10i a.m. ana 7 p.m. Sunday-school 9 ».m. All seats free.
Methodist Episcopal, Rev. T. S. Webb, Pastor. Sunday services 10% a.m. and 7 p. a. Sunday-School 2 p.m. Class-meetings ta.m. Prayer-meeting Thursday evening.
Presbyterian, (0. S.) Rev. R. F. Caldwell, Pastor. Sunday services 10U a.m. and
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Sunday School .9 rf.m. Trayer-meet-on Wednesday evening. Center Church, (N. S. Presbyterian) Rev. JohnSafford, Pastor. Sunday services 10% a. a. and p.m. Sunday School 2 p.m. Prayer-meeting on Wednesday evening.
Christian Church. Services irregular, tunday School 2 p.m. Baptist Church, Missionary) Eld. Robert Moore, Pastor. Services 2d and 4th Sunday in each month. Sunday School 9 a.m.
St. Bernard's (Catholic) Rev. E. P. Waters, Pastor. Sunday service* at 8 and 10 a. H}. and 3 p.m. Sunday School 2 p.m.
lisnUvlll*. New Albany Chicago R.K. Trains arrive at Crawfordsville daily as follows:
GOING NORTH:
Accommodation, .9:09 a.m. Express, p.m. GOING SOUTH: Express,: -9:09 a.m. Accommodation, 6:34 p.m.
All paid /or Notices MUST appear under the head of "Business Mention"Local Matters," or "Business Notices.'' 'The notices elsewhere are such 03 the editors give gratuitously. The rule that paid notices are w.luded from reading matter admits of NO HBTCEPTION.
ANOTHER HOIW waa taken from a hitching post on the nor*!i side of the Court House, last Tuesday nig! t. The practice of riding horses rrithoi the consent of the owner it getting to be toe i'lnon. a «.»
FIRE.—Late lust Taesusy night afire was discovered in the store c' C. E. Fullenwider & Co. Th« alarm w.s givea and the door forced open before any seriou* damage was done. The fire was burning in four or live different places, and rvas evidently not the result of accident. Coal oil was found on several pieces of goods, and there was every indication that the person concerned, in the business was preparing for a big fire.
The Montgomery Bible Society will hold its Anniversary Meeting at Center Church, on the last Sunday of this month, at 7 o'clock p.m. Rev. John Thompson, Agent for the State, and other gentlemen will be present, and address the meeting. It is earnestly detired that the friends of the Bible, in our community, turn out, and make this a meeting of great interest, as well as prpfit.
Itia a matter of tradition that there is an Ordiiiance "prohibiting riding and driving on sidewalks within the limits of the incorporate cityof ©rawfprdsville,'' but the fact is generally unknown. We think it would be a good idea to devise some plan by which those liable to incur the penalties of
the'OHlinance
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evening
after the
fWl moon, in Masonic Hall, Main St. L- A, Voote.H.lK: P. Cr. White, 8^cretarv. Montgomery Lodge, No.60, F.A.M. Stated meetings Saturday evening on or before the (Oil moon, in Masonic Hall,Main St. M. D. Hanson, W.M. L. A. Foote, Secretary.
Crawfordsville Lodge, No. 223, I.O. O.F.
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eets every Saturday evening at Odd felHall, Green St. P. C. Somerville, N. £.: B.A. Hightower, Secretary.
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Betheida Encamptaent, No. 15, I.O.O.F. Meets first and third Tuesday of each month st Odd Fellows? Hall, Green St. James Owen, C.P. J. M. Kelsey, Scribe.
Tahoe Lodge, No. 384, J^O.Gr.T. Meets •very Monday evening, at Good Templars' Hall, cor. Main and Washington Sfcs. F. E. Bills, W.C.T. A. H. Loagley, Secretary.
should be informed of its ex
istence. The assertion of many to the contrary, notwithstanding, there ore sidewalks in Crawfordsville. They can be found in the summer season.
Henry Vincent.
This distinguished lecturer, whose repu
tation
extends over two continents, in fact wherever the English language has been spoken, will lecture in this city, under the auspices of Wabash College Lecture Association, at McClelland Hall, on Saturday evening next, the 2Sd inst. Those who are so fortunate as to hear his lectures never forget their force and beauty, and we trust that none of our readers will fail to enjoy this rich intellectual entertainment, which the Lecture Association has provided for the citizens at so great an expense.
Don't forget the time and place—McClelland Hall, Saturday evening.
The Fire Department.
The
work of organizing the Fire Department is progressing in genuine Crawfordsville style. At the meeting on the evening of the 18th, a committee wai appointed to solicit subscriptions from our property holder to aid in the purchase of the necessary apparatus. This committee went to work in earnest and by hard work have succeeded in raising the princely and munificent sum of f0,000,0c0!!! That sum is almost sufficient to buy thread to make one of the 'canvass sacks'' recommended as a part ot the equipment!
At the meeting of the Couneil on Monday
evening,
a committee was appointed to as-
certain the cost of engine, Ac., and a house. There seem* to be a desire on the part of several members of the Council to purchase what is necessary aud then^levy a tax for its payment. This is the proper policy the matter admits of no shilly-shallying. Let the Council have the''backbone" to do what is necessary, without fear or favor, and their action will be cordially sustained.
At the meeting of the Fire Company, held on Tuesday evening,' the followfug business officers were electad: T\ D. Brown, President: J. V. Keeran, Vice-Presidentj W. IT. Ryker, Secretary Paul Hughes, Treasurer.
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"I am a heavy stone,
Roll'd up a hill by a weak cfcUdj Inlove
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A liitle up, and tumble back again." Not everybody, for most persons stay where they are, or continually roll down. The lines remind UB less of the class which they were designed to illustrate, than of another class to which they are not at all applicable. Wc occasionally think of the fey whq roll themselves up the hil^ of life —a little ofteneroftiiose who make others roll them, but always live with those who neither roll themselves nor allow others to roll them..
The wo^ld is,ove^un with /'good, clever fellows," men of moderate ability, without will or motive. They are good humored and kind hearted, but indolent and indifferent, loafers and menof tmall business—the "Paul Fry^who"knows everybody, and the obseure individual whom nobody knows men who never roll any. They are the centers about which men of distinction revolve, and upon which they look for commendation. These "good, clever fellows" don't move—it is not their nature to move. They don't do anything, for they never see anything to do. They think of things after some other person has already done them. They are sometimes marvels.of wit and impudence, but "good hearted" at all times, the best of mimics, for a good dinner. They know whose cigars to smoke and whose books and overcoats to borrow.
But what will you do with them? You can't turn them off and say you have no use for them, for they are "good, clever fellows," and you are, perhaps yourself "a heavy stone," &c. But suppose you are not, what then will you do? Perhaps you are one of those whose native force continually rolls you onward and upward. If so, you are one of the "few." Besides the class to which you belong there is one other small one, and all else arc "good, clever fellows." Poverty furnishes the force that rolls that other class up the hill, and the weight that drags the millions down, to become "good, clever fellows." Custom, society, education arc making "good, clever fellows," but who are making the men?
The question is not, "How shall intemperance and rowdyism be cheeked?" It covers a wider field. Hew shall the child become a man? Crawfordsville has not a few, belonging to that same class of "good, clever fellows," who have no occupation. They live well and dress well, and how they do it is a mystery to all save the hardworking parent. Paternal and maternal indulgence is swelling the great aggregate of "good, clever fellows," who "live" in the world, and leave it for their friends to write them into everlasting life when the sod is smoothed over their graves. The selfishness of poverty and the luxury of riches combine to defeat the true ends of manhood and make the world a show. Labor and thought are regarded as unnecessary appendages of life. Fashion makes the private sin a public virtue. If others do not roll us up hill, we stand still or roll down. But we are all "good, clever fellows."
Lane Sunday-'
PRESBYTERIAN (O. 6.)
In the morning the pastor, R." F. Caldwell, preached from Ezekiel 3#th chapter, and 26th and 23th verses. The great things God here promises to do for His people, are in order to their fitness,for the work to which He has called them. lie proposes te cleanse and purify them, to put anew spirit within them to take away the stony heart, and give them a heart of flesh order that they may walk in H^j^atu^sk.^||i4.Jj^p! His judgments and d© them. The statute contained in the word ofthe'Lortl furnish the only sufficient r,»l.£ ^christian character and conduct. j|
In the evening-, the Pastor gave an/expdsitioa Qfy&e Jlrst fite verses of thelistEpis tie of Peter. ...
QKNTKR CHURCH.
Mr. Saffotd punched from 1st Corinthians, 16th chapter^ and-58th verse. Inherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as je know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. This was the closing passage of Paul's sermon on the Resurrection, and was not an idle theory or dream, but a wonderful reality. First, we must be steadfast in respect to God's dealings with us, and must walk by faith. Second, wc must be steadfast in regard to mens influences upon us. Dr. Guthrie the celebrated Scottish Divine says these words have a war-like ring, and are like to a charge given to a Regiment drawn np in line qf battle. "Work" in the latter part of the text, means a? Christ meant it to be, viz: to seek and save the lost. We have opportunity to abound in this work, and it will be be. useful, not in vain. J'
The text of the Lecture in the evening was from James, 1st chapter. 12th and 13th verses. The figure in the text evidently refers to the ancient games of the arena. The wrestler successfully vanquishes his antagonist, and outruns his competitor in the games. In like manner the Christian can conquer such enemies, as poverty, riches, and the various temptations of human nature. In the games the wrestler was responsible for victory or defeat. So the Christian is responsible for his own course, and cannot say he is tempted of God.
I MISSIONARY BAPTIST. In the morning Rev. J. Browji, of Terre Haute, preached from Romans, 1st chapter, 16th verse, 1st clause.
In the ieVening, the text was Rev., 3d chapter, 20th verse. There have been daily evening services at this church, conducted by this minister, for the past two Weeks.
VINCENT lectures at MeClelland Hall on Saturday evening, the 23d. ....
Board «»fCity Improvements.' The Citjr Council haye "hit the nail on the head" in Ihc passage of the following Ordinance. We ask that it be perused carefully, and rejoiced over aB a progressive step of our city towards a high standard of material advancement:
An Ordinance establishing a Board of Public Improvements for the City of Craw fordsville, defining its powert'atfd'duties, regulating the construction of building* within the city limits, and affixing penalties for violations thereof.
SECTION 1. Be it ordained by the. Common O&uhcilof the Oity bf Vravyfordsville, That it shall he the duty of the common council, at its next regular meeting after the taking effect of this Ordinance, to elfect, ^y ballot, from among its own members, three Commissioners of the Board of Public Improvements of the City of Crawfordsville, who Bhall serve until the first regular meeting of said council after the annual election in May, 1869, when their successors shall be, in the same manner, elected and thereafter it shall be the duty of said council, at each recurring first annual meeting after the annual election in May, 1869, to elect, by ballot, a similar board.
SEC. 2. Such Board of Public Improvements shall meet as often as once a month, at the office of the Mayor of said city, and shall have power to select from their own number a President of the board, who shall serve for one year: Provided, That the President of 6aid board shall have power to call a meeting whenever, in his discretion, such meeting may be necessary.
SEC. 3. The city clerk shall be the clerk of such bosvrd, but shall receive no additional compensation for such services other than the fees fixed and authorized by this Ordinance.
SEC. 4. Said clerk1 shall attend all meetings of the Board of Public Improvements, record their proceedings, keep the proper account and other books pertaining to liis office, carefully preserve all papers, profiles, or plats tiled in his office, make such reports to the common council, in writing, as the Board of Public Improvements may direct, and issue under his certificate and seal all permits or licenses which he may, by the ordinances of the common council and the orders of the Board of Public Improvements, be required to do, and keep a register thereof.
SEC. 5. The said board shall have the immediate charge of the execution of the orders of, the common council relative to the construction and repairs of public buildings, market houses, bridges, culverts, cisterns, sewers, and drains the improvement of streets, alleys, sidewalks, market spaces, and public grounds: Provided, Said board shall first subtiiit their plans, with an estimate of the cost of any proposed work, to the common council, and receive its approval: And provided further, They shall not, in any case, incur any expenditure for any of the objects herein named, except under and by virtue of the express authority of the comihon council.
SEC. 6. The 6aid board shall require its clerk to keep correct accounts of all expenditures incurred by them, or by any officer of the city, acting under their initruetionr by order of the common council, in the ex ecution of any public work which they may be authorized to superintend or control andvthey shall, through their clerk, make monthly reports to the common council of all sueh expenditures.
SEC. 7. It sh2.ll be the duty of all officers of the city, who may be ordered Jky the common council to -do or hax^ '-iione -any work of the kind named in th£ fdurth sec. tion of this ordinance, to report to said board for instructions which instructions the said officers shall strictly conform^ to, unlesrthe iaikie'srh&H'bc inconsistent with •their duties as defined by the general law for the incorporation of cities at the time in force, or the ordinances of the common council. They shall, also, make reports of their expenditures and operations, and file the same with the clerk ofthe Board of Public Improvements.
SEC. 8. The civil engineer of the city shall project and lay before the Board, of Public Improvements plans for the construction or repairs of public buildings, market houses, and bridges, and of all improvements of streets, alloys, sidewalks, culverts, market •paces, sewers, and drains, and of all other public works of said city, which may be in contemplation, or which be may deem necessary for the public good and convenience, together with the estimated cost ofthe same. All applications for public improvements shall first be made to said council, and then shall be referred to said civil engineer and Board of Public Improvements, who shall report thereon to said council, adding to such report the plans and estimates of such as may be approved, and such other improvements as they may think fit te recommend. The said board shall receive and present, for the approval of said council, all proposals for constructing or performing any public work. They shall examine and consider all plans proposed for any market house, bridge, public building, •ewer, or other public work, and report to •aid council such of said plans as may be approvefl, together with the estimate of the whole cost thereof, and their opinions and recommendations concerning the same.
SEC. 9. E*ch Commissioner of said Board of Public Improvements shall receive, in addition to their pay as councilmen, fifty dollars per annum, to be paid quarterly, as other officers ofthe city are paid: Provided, That nothing herein contained, shall prevent the common council of said city from regulating the salary herein provided for, as to amount-, as the salaries of other officer* are regulated.
SEC.-10: From and after the taking effect
-of tilts
vdr"d?nance,
it shall not be'lawful for
any person or p'ereoiia tberect, construct, or build, or cause to be erected, constructed, or built, any brick, iron, atone or wooden house or building, barn or stable, outhquse or shed, or any house or building, barn c»r {(Stable, outhouse or shed, composed partly of brick, iron, stone or wood, or to alter sueh building so as to make it substantially a new building, -without first obtaining a wrijbten permit from said Board of Public Improremente, attested by the certificate of the clerk of •aid board. The party receiving such permit, shall pay to the clerk a fee of twentyfive cents for: each certificate issued, in pursuance of any order of said board. .The said board shall also have power to grant permits to drive across sidewalks, or to dig away earth from the same, to enable build-•enr-to trttftgtitftf buiiaing material*'"or to excavate cellara, under such restrictions as the board may see proper to require.
SEC. 11. When any person or person* shall be desirous of erecting, constructing or altering any house or building, he or they fr uaitanake application at the office Of the Board of Public Improvements for a permit for that purpose, and he or they shall be required to furnish a written statement of the proposed location, the dimensions and manner of construction of the proposed buildings or.edifice, together with the different stories, and the materials to be used in such house or building, and the probable cost ofthe same.
SEC.12. It shali not be lawful for any person or persons to remove, or attempt the removal of, any frame or wooden house or building from any point within the city limits to any other point either within or outside of the city limits, without firsthaving obtained a permit from said Board of Public Improvements. Such permits shall specify the timte within which, and the points from and to whieh such removal shall be made. The clerk of the Board of Public Improvements shall issue all such permits when ordered by the board, attesting the same by a proper certificate, and shall be entitled to charge a fee of twentylive cents for each certificate so issued.
SEC. 13. All permits issued by the clerk of the Board of Public Improvements, under its direction, for the erection, construction, or alteration of any house or building shall particularly specify the amount of space in the street upon' the line of which such proposed house or building fronts, to be occupied by the builder with building materials: Provided, That no permit shall be issued allowing the use of any greater space on any street than twenty-five feet of the width of such street immediately fronting the property proposed to be improved, commencing at a point not less than five feet from the outer edge of the sidewalk. No permit shall be issued allowing the placing of building materials upon any alley in such a manner as to obstruct the free passage ^f vehicles.
SEC. 14. Any person who shall erect or construct any house. or building, or alter any house or building, so as to make the same substantially a new building, or who shall remove any frame or wooden building from one point in said "city to any other point therein, or to any point outside of the same, Without first obtaining a permit, as required in sections 9, 10,11, and 12, or any person who shall fail tQ comply with any other requirement of this Ordinance* shall, upon conviction th#P^1Tl^^e'|he. fined in any sum not lesi than five dollars, nor more than fifty dollars.^r^w^
SEC. 15. It shal^^thl dluty of the clerk of the KfiTard oi Public Improvement* to keep a register of all applicatiods for permita to construct,.repaid or renlove buildings, show ibg.iii^ sizej description, and estimated coet' of tfte aameyjfte date, of appUcatipif for and'the dateof gr a pting eaeh permit) and the ifo&rd of Public Improvemeqto shall eause to be prepared therefroui and reported to the cohimon council at it* second sleeting in April, of each year, a statement of the number and cost of all the buildings authorized to be constructed, together With shell other statistical information as it may see tit to present.
SEC. 16. The Chief Fire Engineer, if there be one, or, if not, thiil the President of the Board of Pablic Improvements shalf have power to inspect all buildings in course of erection or when completed, and report to the Board of Public Improvements any that he may deem unsafe, from any cause, and the Board of Public Improvements shall notify the owners thereof, and require them to construct the same iu such manner as to make thein safe from fires, by correcting defective flues, or from falling down by strengthening the walls, or otherwise.
SEC. IT. Any person wishing to erect any soap factory, tannery, tallow chandlery, or other building or structure in which to carry on any noxious trade or business affecting or likely to aftcct the health or welfare of the city, within its limits, or within two miles in any direction from said limits, must first apply to the Board of Public Improvements for a permit «o to do and the said board shall have power to issue a permit therefor, or to direct the location thereof, or to refuse to issue such permit, whenever, in its judgment, the health or welfare ofthe city shall so require. And the provisions of this section shall be construed to apply to any person wishing to convert any building now standing in the limits of the eity or within two miles in any direction therefrom to the Uses of such noxious trade or business. And if any person shall erect such building or- so convert any building now standing as aforesaid, without a permit from the said board, or against its direction or prohibition, he shall be deemed guilty of a violation of thii Ordinance, and upon conviction thereof before jthe Mayor,
•hall be fingd not exceeg^hg .fifty dollars, and for every day'* continuance of the work of ejecting any such, building or ofr said noxipus trade, after such .first conviction, he shall be fined jn any,Bum not exceeding if a
Snci 18. This Ordinance to be in force from and after its passage and publication for two consecutive weeks in the CRAWFORMVIUI JOURNAL.
Passed January 18th, 18W. JOWN SPEED, Mayor/ Attest: T. D. BROWN, City Clerk.
For the Crawfordiville Journal.
Ladles' Beading AMwetatten. In compliance with the request of several ladies who have been mieimformed in regard to the rules and regulations of the "Ladies, Reading Association." I wish to make this plain statement: The "Ladies' Reading Room," formerly known as Kenyon's Gallery, is open to all ladies, married or single, school girls, or Indies of society, on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons. The room wi),l be found comfortable and pleasant. Some of Mr. Kenyon's best pictures are on the walls, and on the tables will be found the Atlantic, Eclectic, LittelVs Living Age, The Galaxy, Hearth and Home, London Times, (Illustrated) Every Saturday, The Independent, Sural New Yorker, Sorosis &c. Any of these can be read in the room. In addition to this we have organized a Book Club, members retaining books one weeks, and exchanging them on Saturday. The price of admission to the privileges of this Club, is three dollars.
Conversation is prohibited on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday afternoons, are dovoted to Readings and Discussions.
Wc do not refuse donations of money, books or magazines. Many of our ladies assure us that they sympathize with us but that they have more books than they can read, at home. Surely, my friends, if a kind Providence has provided you with such a feast, you should at least send us a crumb.
We have received much kindnesp and assistance, and would express our thanks to the gentlemen who gave us such efficient aid in our "Entertainments," to Mrs. W. C. White, for her invaluable services, to the Editors of our city papers, and to the public at large for their generous patronage.
L. M. B., Secretary.
The East and West Railroad. The I. C. & D. R. R. continues to approach completion. The track is now laid for a considerable distance beyond Jamestown, in Boone county. It is a question if the managers of this road are not censurable for delay in its completion. The corpB of office' seekers from Montgomery county might have been saved a considerable expense in the way of passage for themselves and friends, if the road had been completed before the opening of the present session of the Legislature. It is too bad for a man to be compelled to go to Indianapolis via La Fayette or Oreencastle, for the sake of getting a little office for which he cares nothing
SEX the card bf Dr. Theodore McMechan, who is "going ft alone'* in the Dental line, at his hew rooms next to the Post Office, up stairs* Call up and see hiin.
MARRIED.
MAC#—EPPSRSOS—On Wednesdays January 13, by Rev.T. S..Webb, Mr. Wil» liam Mack and Miss Elifcabeth C. Epperson.
The fair Bride has t£e thanks of the JouRXAL'fOlk* for her kindly remembrance of them. May the life journey ofthe happy1'! pair be overflowing with
Pure, open, pro«pe»aslove,
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That, 'pledg*a on earth, and seal'd above^ Gcows in the world's abptoVing eyes,
7- In frfeodahip's smile, ana home's caress, Collecting all the nearfs sweet ties Into one knot of happiness. a
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ROYALTT—BRITTON—On the tOth of January.de 1869, by Rev. 3 Brown, ofTerreHaute, A. J. Roy-,:. alty, £eq., of Bristte Rldge, and Mies X6Uie Brltton, of this city.
Ota, Jack 1 what will "Mrs. W." say May everjj|(.y blessing that fldls to tke lot of mortals here below, be meted to oar friends who have joined their hands andfmrtanesi n:•*»
COMMERCIAL MEWS. Crawfordsville Markets.
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Corrected Weekly br J. Jf. Darter & Co., Grocers,' corner Washington and Main Streets. jr CRAWFORDSVILLE, Jan. 20. Wheat— P" IHay, per ton, $14 00
No. 1 White, $160* Wool, per lb., 20a30c. White«fe Red $148 [Chickens, doz., $2 75 Corn, 45c. Flour, best, $7 00. Coffee—
Rio, best, 30c. Common, 25c. Java, 38c. Ground, 30c. Sugar—
Star, 30c. Pressed.
Salt, $3 25.
Beefsteak, 12 J^to 15c. Roast, 10al5c. Pork, 15c Butter, 30c. Eggs, 25c. Bacon—
Sides, clcar, 16c. Rib, 14c. Pickled Meats, 14c,'
Common br., 16c. Crushed & gr., 20c. Orleans, none. Extra 'C' 18J£ Syrups, N. O. jflal 25 Teas, $2a2 50. Coal Oil, 50c per gal. Candles, per lb-
Shoulders, 14«\ Hams, 18c. Lard, 20c. Hogs $7 00@8 00. Hops, 75c. Brooms, 30a50c., ,. Prunes, 20c. Raisins, lOc. Turkeys, per lb lOe.
FINANCIAL.
First National Bank, Crawfordsville.
Capital $100,000 OO iurplim #40,000 00 DIRECTORS. KW* W.H.DURHAM, 8-BINFORD J.. A. THOMSON, R- RAMSKY. J. S. BROW*. G"KEY,
JNO. M. COWAN. OFFICERS.
W. H. DURHAM, President. BTNFQRD. Vice-President.
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WASSON, Cashier. ja21w4