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Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29
LAND OFFICE MONEY.

Bills ofMe foHowing Banks are receivable at III
Land Office in Edpardspiile.
Bank of the United States, and its branches
Bank Of Illinois, Shewan@town,
Bank of Edwardsville, Illinois,
Banks in Boston,
Banks in the city Of New-York,
Banks in the city Of Philadelphia,
Bank of Baltimore,
Bank Of Maryland,
Banks in the District of Columbia, (excer'
The Merchants & Franklin Banks Of Alexandria
Ranks in New-Orleans,
Bath Eank, Bath, Maine,
Cumberland Bank, Portland, Maine,
Cheshire Bank, Kcene, N. Fl.
Merchants Bank, Salem, Mass.
Newport Bank, Newport, RI.
Bristol Bank, Bristol, RI.
New-Haven Bank, New-Hayen, Conn.
New-London Bank, New-London, Conn.
Mechanics and Farmers Bank, Albany, N J.
Trenton Banking Company, Trenton, N. j i
Easton Bank, Easton, Pa. N
Harrsburgh Bank, Harrisburgh, Pa.
Branch Farmers Bank of Delaware, N. Castle
Bank of Augusta, Augusta, Georgia.
Bank of Virginia and branches.
Bank of Missouri, st. Louis
II Bills Of branch banks, ercept those cnasat7y
I'd IN TIE atole l2sf, are no. rerefpa5's,
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29
I BY TIE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES

STATES.
NETHEREAS by an act of Congress, passed
Nv on the Sd of March, 1917, entitled
An act to authorize the appointment of a
Surveyor for the lands in the northern part of
the Mississippi Territory, and the sale of GER
tain lands therein described the President
of the United States is authorized to cause GER
tain lands to be sold
,rborefo,., ro,ros >,onroo pros;da,+ of
tbn Tn;ted . st ~ Do i barab1 declare and
make known, that public sales shall be held at
Huntsville, in Alabama, for the disposal FAC
cordine to law) of the following lands. viz
On the second Monday in October next, for
the sale oftownships 10 and IS, in range 9,
Il. +ovnshins 10 II and IA in RANGE 3 f. +.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29
LAND OFFICE, ,
EdZYaTdSviike, June l9, 1920. {

EGUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given
to all persons who have claims to
lots in the village of Peoria, that the fol-
lowing act of Congress has been passed
for their relief, viz:
AN ACT for the relief of the inhabitants of
the Village of Peoria, in the state of Illinois.
Be ii enacted by the Senate and House
Of REPRESENTATIVES ofthe United States
J.America, in Congress assembled, That
every person, or the legal representa-
tives of every person, who claims lot
or lots in the village of Peoria, in the
state of Illinois, shall, on or before the
first day of October next, deliver to the
Register of the Land Office, for the dis
trct Of Edwardsville, notice in writing
of his or her claim; and it shall he the
duty of the said Register to make TO the
Secretary of the Treasury report ofall
claims filed with the said Register, with
the substance Of the evidence in support
thereof; and also his opinion and such
remarks respecting the claims as he
may think proper to make; which re-
port, together with list of the claims
which, in the opinion of the said Regis
ter, ought to be confirmed, shall be laid
by the Secretary Of the Treasury before
Congress for their determination. And
the said Register shall be allowed TWEEN
ty-hve cents for each claim on which
decision shall be made, whether such de-
cision shall be in favor or against the
claims; which allowance shall be in
full for his services under this act.
II. CLAY,
Speaker Of the Hontse Of Representatives..
JOHN GAILLARD,
President ofthe Senate pro tempore.
Washington, May Is, 1920. Approved,
JAMES MONROE.
And I hereby give notice, that I am
ready to receive evidence of claims,
agreeably TO the provisions Of the above
recited act.
EDWARD COLES,
Register Of the Land c0ice at Ed
s0ardSUUle.
June 9O-56tf
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29
POETRY.
TROUT FISHING,


The following apostrOphe, taken from Poem
aserbed TO thelate DIR. WoIcoTT, proves hin
10 have been no friend to episcatory amuse
nents.
Why Hiest thou away with fear
Trust me, there's nought of danger near,
I have no wicked hook,
All cover'd with staring bait,
Alas to tempt thee to thy fate,
And drag thee from the brook.
Oh! harmless tenant of the flood,
do not wish to spill Thy blood
For Nature unto thee,
Perchance hath given tender wife,
And children dear to sweten life
AS it hath done to me.
Enjoy thy stream then, harmless Fish;
And, when an Angler for his dish,
Through gluttony-yile sin
Attempts, wretch, to pull the out,
Heaven give thee strength, o gentle Trout
40 pull the rascal an ;
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29
To Net or lease.

V>HE subscriber has just had finished large
u and commodious BUILDINGS, suitable
forpubllc entertainment, in the town of ALroS,
on the bank of the Mississippi, near the Foun.
tam Ferry, on the main road to Boon's Lick
and Salt river. He is disposed to let them on
moderate terms, when suited with a tenant
From its local situation there can be no doubt
of its becoming one of the best stands in the
state.
CHARLES w. HUNTER.
Alton, Illinois, .Nov. 18th, 1819-tf29
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29
Nathaniel S. Benton,

.4TTOR.NEYG5 COUNSELLOR. aTL.4W,
HAS opened an Office in the town of CAR
III LYLE, county of Washington, and will
attend the Courts in the counties of Washing
ton, Bond, Madison, st. Clair, Monroe, and
Randolph and also the Supreme Court at the
seat of government, and the District Court OF
the United States for the district of Illinois.
DEEDS, and other instruments of writing,
will be executed on the shortest notice.
Carlyle, 22d Feb 1890.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29
Strayed er Stolen

INROM the subscriber at Bridgewater, (near
IL Harrlsonville,) Monroe county, about the
first of May last, A DARK BROWN HORSE,
about foui teen hands high, six years old last
spring, marked with large star and snip in
his face, several saddle spots onhis back; large
but rather faint.-The said horse | think was
raised in the Marine Settlement, near Ed
wardsville. Whoever will give information to
Mr.. VIM. H. Hopkins at Edwardsville, where
said horse may be had, shall be satisfactorily
rewarded by me,
ELIAS R. COOK.
.aggzst 8, 1820.-633t
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29
WHOLESALE AND RET.4IE
DRY GOODS SYORE.

7EVHE subscribers respectfully inform the in
a habitants of st. Louis, and the Merchants
of the surrounding country, that they have re-
Gently arrived from Philadelphia with an ex-
tensive assortment of DRY GOODS and
HARDWARE. Their Goods having been
purchased at auction for cash, they are enabled
to dispose of them by wholesale at very re-
duced prices. Being connected with very
extensive house in Philadelphia, they calcu-
late on receiving from time to time a continual
supply of all kinds of Goods suitable for the
market. They wish by industry and attention
to their business to merit the patronage of a
generous public.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29
STATE OF ILLINOIS, }
.HQdison Cou7,tU. IS.

nANIEL WHITE, being duly sworn de-
Afposeth and saith, that he the said White,
entered with the Register of the Land Office,
at Edwardsvlle, the south east quarter Of Sec
ton thirty-five, in township two north, in
range five west, on the sixth day of May, 1918,
and received certificate therfor the same
day numbered 1425-and he, the said White,
further saith, that he hath lost or misaid said
Certificate, so that it cannot be obtained.
DANIEL WHITE.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 18th
day of August, 1890.
JOHN Y. SAWYER,
Justice Of the Peace.
NOTICE, is hereby given, that shall APP
ply to the Register of the Land Office at Ed
wardsville, for duplicate of said Certificate,
agreeaby to law.
DANIEL WHITE.
.4ueust 15.-64 ST.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.


WHEREAS, by an act of Congress passed
w on the 18th of March, 1920, entitled can
act to authorize the President of the United
States to appoint Receiver of the Public Mo-
neyS and Register of the Land Office for the
district of Lawrence county in the Arkansas
territory" is enacted, that any person, having
a claim to right of prescription within the
said district, shall make known his claim and
location, according to the provision of the laws
now in force to the Register at least six weeks
before the time TO be designated by the Presi-
sident of the United States for issuing patents
to the soldiers of the late army, entitled to
bounty lands in the said district:
Therefore, | James Monroe, President ofthe
United States, do hereby designate the fourth
Monday Of November next, as the time at
which patents as aforesaid shall commence to
issue.
Given under my hand, at the city of Wash
ington, the eighteenth of April, 1920.
JAMES MONROE.
BY the President,
JOSIAH MEIGs,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office
Printers who are authorized to publish the
laws of the United States, will insert the above
once aweek till the first OF November next, and
send their accounts to the General Land Office
for payment.
May 23-51
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29
Public Notice.
June 9O--56tf

ME subscriber fatters himself, that,
Il on the first day of July next, he
will be able to manufacture MER-
CHARITABLE FLOUR, to supply our
market, also ST. Louis market. He
hopes by that means to prevent the stran-
gers from glutting said markets any Ion
ger and by that means the citizens of
our state will have a chance of market
for their wheat at said mill. Good Mer-
charitable Wheat will be received, pro-
vided it weighs 62a pounds per bushel.
Those who prefer to have their own
wheat manufactured, can be accommo-
dated at the reasonable price Oft dol
lar per barrel, but will not manufacture
less than fifty bushels at time. The
public at large can receive, at my mill,
-four for wheat, and corn-meal for corn,
as far as practicable. The mill will &C.
morally be closed at sun set.
The subscriber has also for sale a
large quantity of ASH PLANK, the
greatest part we'll seasoned, which he
will sell at two dollars and fifty cents per
hundred feet; SHEATHING at two
dollars per hundred; Walnut PLANK
of the best quality, and SCANTLING
of every description, at the reduced price
of three dollars per hundred feet; also,
CHERRY PLANK and SCANTLING
for cabinet-makers, at FIVE dollars per
hundred feet. He has also a COAL
BANK, of the best quality of any other
in the state, situated in the bluff, about a
half mile above the French village, be-
tween George Swaggart's and the sub
subscribers farm, which he will sell at
twelve and half cents per bushel, at
said coal bank, or twenty-five cents per
bushel delivered in the town of ST. Louis.
NICHOLAS JARROT.
Jarrot's MI, June s, l82o-558t*
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29
Notice.
May 16-51tf

FsFiIE public are acknowledgement purchasing
a the one half OF the S. T.. quarter Of section
90, town north, range east and also the
half Of the s. w. quarter of section %, town
A north, range cast of the fourth principal
meridian OF military Bounty Lands, which are
advertised for sale by John Wallace. \ deed
for the above lands was obtained by John s.
Stutson, through fraudulent pretences, from
the late Aaron I. Crane, deceased and John
S. stutson has probably conveyed it to the said
John Wallace, who is his son-;n-aw. The title
to the said lands will be contested by the re-
representatives. of the said Aaron I. Crane. The
public are therefore cautioned to avoid legal
difficulty. VIM. NJ. O'HARA,
AB'M. BECK,
ADMINISTRATORS cfthe estcte Of aaron 7.
Crane, deceased.
ST. Louis, May 10, l920-51tf
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29
Notice.

4 SHALL apply to the next COMMISSIONER
Court of Madison County, to be holden at
the Courthouse in Edwardsville, or the first
Monday of September next, to settle the estate
Of George Coventry, deceased; all those in
debted to said estate, are requested to settle
their respective accounts without delay; and
those having claims to present them duly
authenticated.
SALLY COVENTRY, Administrators.
.fise-1st 10, 1906 ct
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29

London Superine and Common Cloths and
Cassimeres,
Habit and Pelsse do do.
Valencia, Marseilles, Swansdown, and Toilinet
Vestngs,
Plain and Figuered Canton Grapes,
Silk, Tabby, and Cotton Velyets and Cords,
Bombazettes, assorted,
Booking Baizes and Flannels,
Irish Linens, Brown Holland,
Fur, Cotton and Wool Hats,
Cotton Cassimeres,
India, Book, Null, Jaconet and Leno Muslins,
Nankeens, Senshaws, and Sarsanets,
Madras Handkerchiefs,
Extra super Match Ribbons,
Cacoes Of all kinds, Linen and Cotton Checks,
Linen Cambria, and Long Lawn,
Flag and Bandanna Handkerchief,
English, India, and Italian Servings,
Cotton Yarn, silk and Cotton Shawls,
Merino and Waterloo do
Buttons, Hose, Suspenders, Tapes Twist,
Pins, Needles, Nuns Thread, Scotch do.
Gloves Of all kinds,
Mems and Womens's Silk Hose,
Spotted and Plain Cravats,
Cotton and Silk Florentnes, Artificial Flowers
Competing, Hearth Rugs, Twilled Bags,
Paper, Iron, Trace Chains, and great variety
of other Goods, too numerous to mention.
az A liberal premium will be given for
eastern and southern Drafts or notes.
PAUL & INGRAM.
CT Their store is situated on Main street,
ST. Louis second house below that occupied
by March & Ober.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29
BENJAMIN. MIXIAS,

ATTORNEY 1T L.4U, VANDALIA,
AFFERS his professional services to the
" citizens of Bond, Madison, St. Clair, and
Washington counties.-Busness entrusted to
his care will be executed with fidelity and
punctuality.-Fo the purpose of adjusting
some affairs of an individual nature, he will re-
main, for few weeks, at the residence of
Doctor Perrine, near Greenville.
AUGUST 9Th, 1820.-64f
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29
BY TIE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.

BY TIE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED
STATES.
EXTHEREAs the President of the United
w States is authorized by law to cause GER
tain Lands of the United States to be offered
for sale;
Therefore, / James Monroe, President OF
the United States, do hereby declare and make
known, that public sales for the disposal, agree
bly, to law, of certain lands, shall be held as
follows, viz
At Delaware, in Ohio, on the first Mondays
in August and October next, for the sale OF
the lands which have been surveyed in the
district of Delaware, being As townships and
fractional townships, viz:
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29
HAND AGENCY.

nANIEL D. SMITH leepsa General Land
NJ Agency Office, for the exchange and con.
centrating lands to suit the propretors. Let
tiers, (post paid) enclosing deeds, with the cash,
will be recorded and returned at three dollars
each. A return will be made to the Auditor
and the tax paid for 81 each, where the num-
Der of deeds are less than fifty: provided the
cash for tax and agency fees are enclosed
United States Lands will be selected and en]
tered, on moderate commission.
a Register is kept of improved Farms
Town Lots and nonresident Lands that ard
for sale. Information to soldiers and settleri
will be freely given.
CT \ MAP Of the state of Illinois will sooIl
be published.
Dec. 25-31tf
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29
THE SUBSCRIBER

NAS commenced the PRACTICE OF THE
III LAW, and will attend the Circuit Courts
of Madison, Bond, Washington, and St. Clair,
and the Supreme Court, at Kaskaskia.
T. w. SMITH.
EdwarlsuiHe, 29h Mar, 1919.
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29
Mills, DistiAery, sc.
FOR SALE.

ID ENG DESTROYS ofremoving from the coun-
I'D try, / offer for sale the following very
valuable real estate, viz:
One undivided half of the unsold part of the
town of MILTON, in which a FIGURING
MILL, two SAW-1llLLS, and a valuable
STEAM-DiSTILLERY, calculated to work
25 bushels per day, are comprised. To the
Distillery is attached a small Horse-Niill.
The tract on which Milton is laid off contains
500 acres of first rate land the whole of
which, excepting the town site, is timbered,
and is watered by Wood river, running
through and propelling the Flour and Saw
Mills. The town was run out in the fall of
1918, and has already progressed considerably
in improvements.
Good movable property will be received in
payment, at fair prices. The remaining half
of said town property can be purchased, fire
quired.
| will sell, on accommodating terms, three
quarter sections of timbered Land, lying ada
cent to said Mills. Also, the N. w. quarter
of section 90, town Is n. r. 9 E.; one half of
s. f. quarter of section 90, town N. r. 5 f.
on which is good mill seat and one half of
S. w. quarter of section IS, town 4 N. r. 5 +.
Of The fourth principal meridian, of Military
Bounty Lands.
JOHN WALLACE.
Nov 16-fftf
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29
The People IF the State Of Illinois,
TO STEPHEN EASTON,

WoU are hereby commanded to be ard ap~
IL pear before the judge Of our Washington
circuit court, on the first day of the next octo-
Der term of said court, to be held in the town
of Coyngton, on the second Monday in oclo-
Der next; then and there to answer Polly Eas-
ton, in libel for a divorce, pending in said
court and this you shall in no wise omit.
Witness, William Fl. Bradsby, clerk CT
str. said circuit, and seal OF said court.
.sr5ssGN5s.. at Coyington, this seventh day Of
SIG 81 July, in the year of our Lord one
..sassg % thousand eight hundred and twen-
sgtriS' ty, and of the independence ofthe
United States the forty-ffh.
VIM. II. BRADSBY, c. W. C. c.
July 25-6I8t
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29
FOR SALE.
ST. Louis, May 10, l820--51tf

A VERY VALUABLE FARM, ono
"a mile from the courthouse in Ed
wardsyille containing SOY acres, with 90
acres under good fence, and 70 acres in
corn; the balance is good timber and
good land There are a good hewn-log
house, one and half story high; a los;
stable; good well Of water, and fifty
peach trees. In proportion to the real
value, this farm will be sold great bar
gain. Apply to
JAMES MASON.
July, 25-6l
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29
Notice.

Z SHALL apply to the Commissioners Court
4 of the County Of Madison, at the next De-
cember Term, to settle the estate Of Joseph
Mason, late Of said county, deceased All per-
sons indebted to said estate are requested to
come forward and settle their respective &C
counts-and those having demands against it.
are requested to present them, duly authent.-
Gated, for settlement.
JOHN CLARK.
August IS, 1820-643t
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29
EdwarAsviNe Hotel,
SIGN OF GEN. FLASHING TON.

=" C. VIRGINS, informs his friends and
w the public, that he has p.ned a house
or their accommodation in the brick building
on the north east side of the Public Square,
where he will be glad to accommodate those
who may favor him with a call.
Edwardsville, Nov. 90, 1819-26tf
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29
NINE.

A NY quantity of good unslacked LINE, may
m be had for Is cents per bushel, at Alton
on the Mississippi. Apply to
MATTHIAS T. RINGER & co.
Feb. 15--39f
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29

AT Jackson, in Missouri, on the second Mon
day in Superintendent, for the lands surveyed
in the district of Cape Girardeau, being thir-
ty-five townships and fractional townships.
AT Franklin, in Missouri, on the first Mon
day in November next, for the lands in the
Military Bounty tract north of the Missouri
river,) which could not be distributed TO SOL
diers, being chiefly quarter sections and frac-
tons, too small or too large for bounty lots.
At Cahaba, in Alabama, on the first Monday
in November next, Cor the lots IN the towns of
Claiborne and Jackson, and for townships -
and II in range 90, and for township Is in
range 10, which were advertised but not offer
ed for sale in March. 1919.
Each sale shall continue three weeks and no
longer; and each sale will commence with the
lowest number Of lot or section, township and
range, and proceed in regular numerical order.
The lands reserved by law for theus ofschools,
and for other purposes, will, as usual, be reserv-
ed from sale.
Given under my hand, at the city of Wash
ington, the eighteenth day Of April, in
the year 1920.
JAMES MONROE.
BY the President,
JOSIAH MEIss,
Commissioner ofthe General Land Office
Printers who are authorized to publish the
laws of the United States, will insert the above
once week, till the list of November next
and send their accounts to the General Land
Office Cor payment.
May 2S-51
Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-29

At Piqua, in Ohio, on the first Monday in
September next, for the sale of the lands
which have been surveyed in the district OF
Piqua being 80 townships and fractional town.
ships.
AZ Broolvile, in Indiana, en- the first Mon
day in October next, for the lands which have
been surveyed in the district of Brookyille,
being SO townships and fractional townships.
At Jeftersonville, in Indiana, on the first
Monday in August next, for the lands lately
surveyed in the district of Jeifersonville, being
81 townships and fractional townships.
At Terre Haute, in Indiana, on the first Mon
day in September next, for the lands which
have been surveyed in the district Of Terre
IIaute, being 43 townships and fractional town.
ships.
At Edwardsvile, in Illinois, on the first Mon
day in October next, for the lands lately sur
yeyed in the district of Edwardsville, being SO
townships and fractional townships.
At Arkansas, in the territory of Arkansas,
on the first Mondays Of August and October
next, for the lands surveyed in the district of
Arkansas, being So townships and fractional
townships, viz:
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-03-03
400 Dollars Reward.

ID AN AWAY from the subscriber, living
NJ in Pomonkey Neck, Charles county,
Maryland, opposite Mount Vernon, very
likely negro man, known by the name Of
JAMES HOOE,- of dark complexion, about
5 feet 9 OF 10 inches high.-He is very po-
lite negro, of easy familiar speech, and is a
good waiter, carriage driver, and carpenter.
His clothing is not known. Whoever will
apprehend said negro, and secure him in any
iai. so that get him again, shall receive
thirty dollars, if taken in Alexandria or the
City Of Washington, or thirty miles from
home-if fifty miles, fifty dolars-and il in
Pennsylvania, the above reward.
1t is probable he may be about the City OF
Washington, or Baltimore, endeavorlDg ~
make his way to Philadelphia.
Dec. 16 6w THOMAS MARSHALL.