Bloomington Courier, Volume 9, Number 37, Bloomington, Monroe County, 14 July 1883 — Page 1
Vol. IX.
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, JULY 14, 188
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Local Facts and Fancies.
Kothing now in the McKiuiiey matter, John MeGec and his grip-sack
took the train last Monday.
tor some place,
1 Thomas Buskirk of Paoli, was t visiting his relatives here this
BIG LIBEL SUITS I A! Father's Pight for the Reputation 1 of His Daughter ! He Asks th Newspapers to Come : : Down with $10,000 Apiece.
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week. -
The Buskirk femily will hold their annual re-nnion at the Old Settlers7' meeting at Gosport, August 9th. . Mrs. George Bollenbacher, and h3r son Sain and daughter Fannie, have been visiting Mrs. Mary i Northeot, at Vevaj, -Ind, The young couples who weie married last week aire gsUititt
along as well as could be expect- . ed under the circumstances.
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It is now fashonable to
down to the springs, and stay a
few days, then come back home greatly improved in health." The Bee Hive grocery delivery wagon was kept running until midnight, last Saturday night, del ivering goods to city customers.
This is pretty hot weather, but you can make us comfortable by handing us, 75 cents for the Conner, for the balance of this Jim Floyd, of Indianapolis, spent the? 4th here. It has been suggested by Jim's friends that ; he settle the matter at once, and thereby save considerable in the i way oft car fares and hotel bills. . The freight train hands now lay over here, and the trains will lay, over as soon as a new turn- , feibie is 3 built on the grounds i where the new shops are to be located. ' Orders have been given f; to hegin the work at once. i Conductor McCoy, who was killed on the railroad, near Bed- : lord, last week, was to ha ve been - married on ike Fourth of July, f The remains were taken to Beda ford, -where they, were neatly ; dres?ed and placed in a handsome casket, at the expense af the railroad company, and taken 1 f t ) Orleans for burial. : Sells-Brothers big circus and i i menagerie will be in Biooming:r ton on August 7th: This is offi
cial, as Carter Pefing, railroad agent here, has received notiee ivSm headquarters to have sufficient-side tracking for the circus trains on that day. The show conies from the Norths and goes from hpre to Salem, . Bedford Star,-please copy. Our country friends? should embrace the opportunity oifered by the cheap excursionr to New Albany next Tuesdayonly 1.50 iorthe round trip. Train leaves here at ( o'clock in the rooming. Make your arrangements to ge. Josh Howe and Mose Kahn will-burn gas in their new3store "rooms.' . ' .t
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Two car loads of people from Bloomingion, Harronsburg, and Guthrie?, passed through yesterday - morning on their way to Mitchell to- celebrate. Bedford Banner: I : Major J. L. Mitchell and wife left this week for the Sanitarium, Clifton Springs, N. lr., where they' will spend the summer. Indianapolis Herald,.
Mrs. Coffin and daughter, of
Bloomington, were here visiting John Coffin WednesdaY--Spen-cer Democrat vMiss Faletha Keek, of Bloomington, is visiting Miss Inea Mc Knight .of this place; Bedford Banner. - Maj; Perry and wife have taken rooms in the McNutt property, and will remain during the summer at this plac-Elletts-vilie Citizen. Misses Sallie Cherry and, Debbie Allison, of Bloomington. have been here on a - visit to .&indp and relatives.--Spencer Democrat. ' ' ' . .? The band festival last night
was well attended. The. ring
was voted Miss Eflfe Matthews,
and brought about 870. ThjU
net proceeds was $110.00. Ellettsville Citizen. " Before moving to his now -room, Wm. Blair proposes to sell off his present stock of boots and shoes at whatever they will bring. A?J1 on ban in Mcndgissohn.hall
The Sequel to the Ellettsville Shook Scandal. On last Saturday, attorneys
East and East filed in the Clerk's office of the Circuit Court com
plaints against the Indianapolis Times, The Indianapolis Sentinel,
and Walter S. Bradfute, editor of
the Bloomington Telephone, wherein damages in the sum of
10,000 in each case is claimed
for the publication of an alledged
libellous article, the lull text ef
which will be found printed be
low. It seems that Mr. Brad
fute, whom it is claimed is a
correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, sent the article to that paper, and it was printed. The Indianapolis Times and Sentinel took the article from the Tribune, or some other paper. The arti
cle also appeared in the Cincin
nati Commercial Gazette, and the St. Louis Globe Democrat as a dispatch from Bloomington. We learn that suits will be instituted in the District Court at Indianapolis against those papers.
The New Albany Ledger also published the dispatch, claiming they got it from the associated press reports. Suit has been brought in tho Floyd Circuit Court, against the Ledger, for 10.000. The alledged scandal was a current rumor at the time, but none ot the Bloomington papers had much to say about it. The suit against Bradfute is for sending it to the Chicago Tribune. Buskirk & Duncan have been employed by the Sentinel, and Louden & Miers by Bradfute. We publish the complaint against the Indianapolis Times. The other two are of the same purport: ' ' The1 Slate of Indiana, Moo roe county as: In the Monroe 'Circuit Court, September term, 1333. Lla Shook by John If. Shook, her next friend, va Walter 8. Bradfute
ami Uic' Indianapolis Times Com
pany. The piaatiff Ida Shook, who sues by lier ftext-friond John If. Shook, conptftiug of W alto r S. .Bradfute and the liidianopolis Tunes Com pan and says that prior to her greivances hcre-iw-a ftr alledged the plant iff was a resides t of the Town of ElleUsviUe, Maiuoe county, Indiana, and that .she was a person of good reputation lor honesty and virtne, an 1 was highly respected by all her neighbors and acquaintances, ami she further alledges that on the 26th day ol May, 1883, the defendant The Indianapolis. Times Company was the owner .publisher, proprietor and printer of a certain newspaper of general ekc-tth.vtion, called the Indi ana pol is Tunes, printed and published at the city of Indianapolis, Marion county Indiana, and that on the said 26th day of May, 1883, the said defendants Walter S. Bradfute and he Indianapolis Times Company wrote4 pnatcd, published and circulated, and caused to be written, printed, u Wished and circulated in t he said papmMa wit: Tho Indianapolis Times, of and concerning this plaintiff the following scandalous, defamatory, slaaderous, libelous words, to-wit.:-STRAKGB INFATUATION. The BeUe of an Indiana Village Beserta Her Parents for the Embraces of a Negro. Bloomington, In d., May 24. The neighboring town of Ellettsville, eight miles, above, is thoroughly excited over the mysterious disappearance of Miss Ida Shook, one of the
first young ladies of the p!ace, who
mysteriously left on a night train for unknown parts, and it has since come to Hgbt that during the year past she has been corresponding with a negro. The facts alledged are that over a year ago a troupe of colored
gone
stepped 6a a car and was
The parents were immediately in forme:!, and the telegraph was uset
wituout result, it uow turns out
4hat she has been receiving letters
weekly through another's" girl's name
It is supposed that she has gone to
an out of the ,way place and marriec
the negro. She took with her $15
and a gold watch. Heretofore she tins had a hiirh standing, owing to
her fine looks, she being the acknowledge belle of the town. Her parents
are a! moat heart-broken'
Therefore plaintiff demands judge
ment for Ten Thousand dollars, and
all other proper relief, .East fc East;, Atty's for Plaintiff. State of Indiana, Monroe county
s.s:
I, John H. Shook, father of the
plaintiff, Ida Shook, hereby consent
to-act as her "next friend in this cause, and to be responsible all costs which may b adjudged against liar. John H. Shook, June 7, 1883. The Buckeye Reaper and Mower, at W. J. Alleys. The Bloomington orchestra will play at the Mitchell Normal School Comuiencemen, J uly 26th.
taking
John B. Buskirk has been
a little rest at Fsench
Lick, Orange county.
While in Terre Haute, recent
ly, we met Hal Cookerly who is night baggage master at the union depot." C. F. McNutt is practicing law and doing well. David Taylor is deputy prosecuting attorney, and Tom Mobley Is still at his old place in the National House barber shop.. BEDPOESBIG BLOW !
A Little Celebration, for a Cent. Several citizens of Bloomington went down to Bedford last week to get a little coiantry air and celebrate the Fourth. They found a pretty large crowd in the village, but the celebration was not visible to the naked eye. They did, however, have what they call down there a grand procession." It is consisted of a hogshead and a stove-pipe, labelled ew Albany's. Gift to Bloomington." It was a,bot the nearest thing to a steam fire engine Bedford will ever get. There was no music hekM; even a snare drum. The best thing of the day was a speech by George O. Iseminger. At night a dozen sky-rockets and a few romnn. candles were burnt. Thirteen Chinese shooting crackers were also fired off to represent a salute for the thirteen original states. It was a big day for Bedford, and tho whole thing must have cost as much as .$12. The dozen principal business, houses on 'the square (saloons) did a rushing busiuess.
SETTLED !
Contract Let for the New Turnpike. Last Monday was the day set for letting the work of constructing the new turnpike to run six miles North on the Martinsville
road. Tho following were the
bids filed; Patrick Kerr, 621
cents per foot for sections 3 and
4: Wm. Burke, ir., o8 cents
per loot for sections 3 and 4:
David W. Buskirk and Joseph Skelsey, $1S,495 for all six sec
tions; James Small, 19,592 for
all six sections; John Campbell,
$18,350 for all six sections.
Mr. Campbell was the lowest bid
dor and contract was awarded
him. The macadamizing is to
be nine feet wide, and the road
is t be completed by September,
1885.
Frank Mulky will teach the
Dubois county young idea how
:o shoot.
John Waldron will have Men
delssohn hall remodeled, enlarg
ed and repaired, this year.
Charley Hopkins and sister,
who have been visiting here since Commencement, retarned
to their home at Evans ville, on Tuesday of this week.
James Green, who works at
Small's saw mill, on the railroad,
n the Neath part of town, had
a finger and thumb of the left
land amputated by the infernal
buzz saw, last Wednesday eve
ning.
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This week Peter Bowman, the
druggist succeeded in closing a
trade for the small lot on the
corner of the alley, west side of
the square,' which was vacated
by tho fire, and is now at work
putting up a building to be uni-
orm with the rest of the new
!loek.
Tho Buckeye Beaper and Mower, at W. J. Allen's, Special bargains in summer Dress Goods, at the New York Store.
- -Fire prices for boots and shoes, at Mendelssohn halh
Auditor's Report for the Year Ending May gist, 188:
UKCKa'TS.
There has been received as follows
EXPENDITURES
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The plate glass for the new corner block has arrived. Dr. William Lyon and family have removed to Grawfordsville. Miss Hattie Keep, of San Francisco, is visiting vliss Clara . Leftler. '
Mrs. George P. .Bollenbacher is visiting relatives at Worthing-ton.
The Texas horses- were taken to Nashville. There waa not nuch of a demand tor them here.
Albert Sewaid and wife, ' of Cincinnati, are siting here at the residence of Hon. W. B. Seward.
singers knowa as the Wilberfotce Concert Singers visited Ellettsville and gave an entertainment. Among the audience was the girl. During the singing she engaged in a flirtation with, this gentleman who was performing, and at the close of the eatertaiameat gave an excuse to get away from a lady companion, met him at the door, and he accompanied
her home- Her-parents found it out
the nexl morning and severely upbraided her She repented, and it was thought ail ever nutil several months later a letter was found that evidenced she was dead in love with the negro.1 The other evening she went to the depot with some associates. The train pulled in, only halting when without .a word she
The Pering farm, Southri of
town, has been thought by 0. R. Purdue for $4;799.50y and Mr. P. will soon turn granger. H I l Pi it Cal Worral and his bride spent this week here, visiting Gals parents. We have'nt seen them,
jnor havowe seHi any cake. .
On last Friday, Dr. J. D. Maxwell and wife celebrated the 40th anniversary ol- thoir: marrage. The relatives wero all invited to a dinnei and ; the occasion was a very enjoyable: one. The new city hall building to be erected at one. on tfe northeast corner of the Court-house lot willie ?8sby 58 feet, and two stories hihwith Va bell cupola The first. floor will be the engine house, mayor's office, and a city jail with twoJargp cells:
The entire second .Horn- will be.
hall tor fire-company, and other meetings. This-i& a dUlU season of the vear, but things seam to be pre t-
Ity lively, at the New Yotb Store.
All the great sights of the
cities around the falls to be seen
by going on the excursion next Tuesday morning. Let all the children go they will be well taken care of.
Judge Solomon Claypool has been here attending a special term of the Circuit court this week. He is one of the best lawyers in the state, and is truly a pure statesman, if he could be induced to make the race for Governor, the Democrocy of this county wowld be a unit for him, and the state could not have a better man at the head of affairs.
The household of Billy Blair are now happy over the advent of a big baby boy. Grandpa John Waldron is better natqred than ever.
A. B Tresslar, of Greensburg Ky., as good-natured and courteous as ever, is here among his old friends.
i A special term of Court convened here last Tuesday with Judge J. C. Robinson, of Spencer, presiding. The cases to be tried were those connected wTith the Smith Hunter estate. J udges Haines and Thompson, of Lawrenceburg, were here, also Judge- Claypool of Indianapolis, and Rip Harrison,, of Martinsville.. The first case was that oi Mrs. Taylor a creditor of the estate, against H. C. Duncan, a former adminstrator of the es-
Itate. Duncan's attorneys filed a
demurer to the. complaint which demurer was sustained, and that sends the case to the Supreme Court. The next suit w?as that of the same party against Milton HigBt and Joseph Handy, the present administrators of the Hunter estate, for the life insuran ce they collected,- abont 7,51) 0; Of our local attorneys, Louden & Miers and J, W. Buskirk represented Duncan, and East & Bst represented . Mrs. Taylor. The Lawrenceburg attorneys also represent Mrs. Taylor. A church in this citjr has adopted a novel device for soliciting donations. Solicitors are each provided - with a card ' on which are printed numbers representing sums of money Irom five cents up. . If you donate five cents, ypu will be handed a pair of punchers ibr you to punch out a figure five, and any' other sum you rmay give you-can punch outin the same way. . When the solicitor returns his card , it can. soon be seen how much he has collected. The cards should be placed in the hahds of some good looking girls.then all the boys in town would be puncliing holes.
THE FIRK FIEND GETS IN
WORK!
ITS
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING f
Account of Dog Revenue, del, Account of Local School Rev., Account of Township Revenue.
Account of Road Kevenue, Account of Special School R:er, Account of Redemption of Laud.
Account of Turnpike., Revenue, Account of Turnpike Bpuds said Account of County Revenue, as follows: November Installment, d up. KS81, 11152 12 April Installment, dup. 1882, 18481 87 Refunded by State for amount pard special judgea, 150 $9 Refunded by Sup Poor Farm, 75 00 Refunded Tp. Trustees, road tax nd. 1591 8& Refunded bv Lawrence co. iurv feet, 561 00
Jury fees paid by clei Ic ct, uourt,
Broker's License, Alvertising paid by delinquents, Miscellaueou&,
Damage and coet school funt?sale
Docket fees. -ci v eui
535 08 47 250(5 ia 11057 5 J .
5G40 U $23057 18
S7 36
783 83
1000 0(3
18 00 100 00 88 50'
U 90 $32235 24
51 00
Total, Balance in Treaa-nrj, Juno I, 1882, Total Receipt, Redeemed' by County Treasurer,
$58087 21
23617 81
$81705 02
67099 82
DKSTRUCTIO-N OF THE NEV
UNIVERSITY BUILDING,
WITH
ALL ITS VALUABLE CONTENTS.
LOSS $2Q0,O0(X
Balanee in Treasiwr
Outstanding orders Juue, 18S f 31035 88 Bal. in Treasury Juue, 18S3, 14605 20' Indebtedness of the county, $10430 68
$14605 20
There liave been warrants drawn ou foiloiTiag Rtcottnts Dog Revenue. ... . ... $M Mr fl V ....
Ton ushipRevcnne. .2508 lft
Koaa Kevenne . Local Schttol Revenue, trustees,
Specific School Fund
Redem ption of Lands ... . . . .. ' Docket fees C, C. pd. State treas. Fen and salaries ,
Jurors - . . .
Bailiffs
Poor . . ,. ... ,.-,. . . .... . .
Specific ,
Criminal .......
Public Buildings
Coroner's Inquests. . . . , ,
Road s and High ways . v . . . . Poor farm, . .... .
lf ctions
Books and Stationery
fnsane ....
Printing: and Advertising -v;
rnrnpike . . ; . . . . . . .
Bridges ........ . - . . House of Refuge . . . . . .1 .
Fox Scalp Bounty. . . . . . . .... .
Interest on County Orders . . . i
.. .... Total issuoc?,
Outstanding orders June, 1882,
11057 53
3269 47
(340 04 $23067 .18
" " -". " 897 3ft .
2637 95" 331 50 4190 84
2203 S 542 5)5 238 10 ; . 24 95 3462 tfr 1640 45 17
S236 9S
1100 00
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1766 -56' 1717 II
120 OCF1' 2204 1G 532337 0 $56453 ; 41682 04
Total warrant's t'o bo redeemed.
Deduct outstanding orders, Juttq 1883,
9813570
Total warrants redeemcf,'
Respeetfully sufemitted,
R. A. FULKMuditor .Monroe?oant3
. ;,Ou Thursday night about halt
mst ten o'clock a fire broke out n tho new college building in
'hich is located the .museum,
library, laboratory, etc. It was
some time before the alarm became general, but within twenty
minutes after the first tap of the Court-house bell the steam lire engine was throwing water from the cistern in front of the school house. Owing to the head-way made by the flames it soon be
came apparent that the new
building could not be saved, so the main efforts were directed toward saving the main building. The water in the school-house cistern soon gave out, and some valuable time was lost in moving the steamer to the creak on Walnut-street, where she had plenty of -water' all night. After the citizens began arriving at the scene, efforts were made to carry out some of the museum, but on
ly a few cases of specimens of
minerals and some casts were, removed. The steamer soon had two streams on the fire, and these, with a stream from the hand engine, did effective work. It had been raining since eight o'clock, and this fact saved the main college building, which would have burnt anyhow had it not been for
the steam engine. The Avails of
the burning building soon began to totter and fall, and the slate on the roof cracked like thousands of Chinese shooting crackers. The air was filled with a million burning leaves of books which w:ere escaping from the li
brary windows, and the roofs of
the houses North were, in danger. Had tho roofs been dry there certainly w7ould have been serious results, and there is no telling
where the devouring flames-
would have stopped. Over a thousand people were in and about the campus, and never was there a fire in Bloomington that caused so many sad heavte- Assoon, as the fire was under control, a general sigh of relief went up from the vast throng, and it seemed to be aocompaniedby the words, "Thank God, the college building is safe." THE LOSS. It is bard to give an exact estimate of the loss at this writing. Mueli of the property destroyed can nerer be replaced by money. The fine museum, with the celebrated Hobert Dale Owen collection, which alone cost the State $20,000, was entirely destroyed. The loss in this department is fully $100,000. The great libraiy, with its eleven thousand 'volumes, is also a total loss. In it were many rare bocks which cannot be replaced, many of them being. out of print. 5,000 will hardly coyer the loss uf. tfie library. The fine labratory is nlso gone. Prof. Jordan's - eoliectkm of fish, the third finest- collection in the United- States, was also devoured by the unrelenting liainos. The building destined wan-erected in 1872. It was built for the mnseu in, library, law department, etc. By looking at the cut, printed above, the new building will be seen on the right hand side. - This building cost the State about $30,000,, although it might have been erected for less for a-i private individual. It was three stories high, and built of brick, with stone facings. It was iasured- for $22,000 For some '.tune past the question has been agitated of erecti fig. a fir c-p roo f b uikling.i sola ted 1 rom the main building, for I ho museum, library, etc., but it never could be actcomp 1 ished. I Iowever, renewed dibits were to have been made in
that direction', now that the University has been endowed. NOTES. Again we can thuuk New- Albany the steamer did nobly. Dr. Moss was- at Rochester,, N. Y., and his son telegraphed him-. Prof. Jordan is m Europe. Josh Howe, engineer of the steamer, did his work well aud proved himself to be the right man for tha place. He was the- coolest man at the fire. James Hooper had his wrist badly cut by a glass 'ia a- museum show case. Some of the vrnUs ol the burnt building are still standing. The whole thing-will ba rebuilt at once. The big turtle of the Ward cast was saved. The steam fire- engine has already returned ail she cost. The fire will not interfere with the
wt n k at the Uni vers i ty. Every th ; ng
will bo in good order by September. The fire was caused by lightning being conveyed into tbe building by the means of a telegraph wire. Mr. Lewis Bomi;a was greatly exercised over the fire; and denounced the newspapers -and citizens oft Bloomington btcaiise t?he valuable' property was nop, in a fire -proof, building. James Ilowa wat one of t he first to discover the fire. Wh ile he ran to give the alarm some concealed person threw astono at him. " It was-amusing to see men spr i n kl fng water with t h eir hands on the roof of the old building. Thera was nobody to bek"BaTed' this time, consequently we will not hear so much talk about who saved him. The Sue cabinet was carried
and saved.
Summer Silks, Trimming
t, Ladies'
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These Goods must be sold bofore entering x)ur uestof
let them bring what they inay. - fr f -.; ' -v- ,r
Call early to secure tliese. bargains: ' ;' "
PROGRESS BLOCK.. ; MeCAIiliA & feOi
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mrmtF , , , mnni inn mmjm iii hum ' i inn i in mm i i ' '
Wirnlow Shades . & ;FixtureS
wagc&m I mgk ' ' mi '-iaBk
Respectfully announces to hia old patrons ntki tbe public generally that
he has- a- s-plendid assorotnent of the- above named 'goods; r Papers embiivee NEW STYLES of great BcautV, surpassing
any ever before oifered in this ptaec. Among the Windowt- , Shades wiil.be found-lLXQUISim DESIGNS, in v::
ana i raiispareneies
Also, Poles in Ebony and Gilt
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?he whole stock must be seen
gWLadies and all other Jo verarpf the botuttjfal, wiirnotiail iL d inspect-our Stock.
Bob. Miers, one of the Univer- j $0tAlhidbe- soUhai prices' that cannot fail to giv& mtiaacfAoh-
sity trustees, was one ofth hawlest workers at the fire.
An amount sufficient to bore ;an artesian well in the Courthouse jard has already been raised, and correspondence has been opened w7ith contractors. "Bedford papers, please copy. The best and cheapest excursion of tho season will be that given by th-e M. E. Church, to New Albany, next Tuesday. Only think of it! Only 1.50 for
the round trip. Children between 10 and 16 years, $1.00. Children under 10 years, 50 cents.
Also, WuUJPaier -iSaanagcd the Ifcjfc Fire ;J0$
art a 4Krcat Sacrifice '
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Notice of Ueporn of Enumoraiion. Notice fa liereby ; u; iven that tho Trustees of the scy oral Townships , of Monroe county, Indiana, have fiTed' in tho office of tho Auditor of said county, their report of tho enumeration of the white and colored male inhabitants of said county, over tho age of Twenty-one years, which reports are open for inspection and correction, by any citizen of said county. ..
The number of Voters ?eported,j are as
follows:. Bean Blossom Township 335 Washington, 229 Marion, 11C Benton, 212 BJoomingtorsy 770 Richland, 395 Van Buren, 234 Perry, 400 Salt Greek, 148 Polk, .321 Clear Creole, 318 Indian Crcok,.. 234
Total July 11-83.
3612 RICUAUB A- FU1,K, A. M. C.
KOTIE TO TRUSTEES. K Tho Trustees of the sevora'l "Townsh ips, nlso of the City of Bloomington antf-Town of Ellettsville, will meet at the Court House, in Bloomington, on the 1st Mon
day in August, 1S83, at 0 a.m., to submit to tho B&ml thoir annual Sotllement and report of receipts and I)isbursement&. Blank repors on file in the Auditor oilico. lUCEAUD A. FULK, July 11-33, A. M. C. FO 11 SALE
For sale or trade a first class
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J. E Anderson & Co. 's CASHSTOKEf
Is tho best place in the eity. for. Family- Supplies; JC larga -l stock of groceries nations; ; queens waice; ' . country probuce, And all to be sold at lew-wa prices. SAVJB ilONE Y bkig 3 Grocories of us.' Firmr7 eorxjr of JAiblio Square;
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