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ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
REWARD.

I'D ANYWAY from Level H. Snowden.
10 living in Louisiana, Avoyls Parish,
two negro men, named, Harry and Moses
HARRY is near six feet high, of yellow
complexion, one of his arms little stiff, mods
his heads when spoken to, is about &c years
old.
MOSES is dark complicated, somewhat
taller than Harry aud heavier, one of his
little fingers has become stiff by cut on his
hand; he is 81 years old. bought them of
Samuel Burke, in Jefferson county, Ken
tccky, near Louisville. They got away
from me at James Herrings' wood yard
near the little chain on the Ohio river in
Kentucky-they are brothers | will give
500 if delivered to Ward g. Ensmings in
Vienna, Johnson county Illinois, or $50 if
taken and safely lodged in Jail so that can
get them. The taker up or Jailer will please
write to Ward 81 Ensmings they so can get
them. M. S. ENSMINGS, Agent for
l.. Fl. SNOWDEN.
Vienna, Ill., August 81, 1S3l.---lS--tf.
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A PROCLAMATION. -.
9QOO REWT- ARD.


NET HEREAS, it has been represented to
wv me that ENOCH HAWKINS. is
charged with the murder of one Abraham
Moore, of the county of Hancock, and that
the said Haakins was committed and escap-
ed from custody; the said Hankins was of
the following description to wit: About for
ty years of age, five feet nine or ten inches
high, light complexion, gray eyes, gray hair.
very much peck broken from having the small
pox, down look, speaks slow, and smiles
when talking, il in good humor, and a
grea. hand TO boast and brag, and withal a
great drunkard, and when drunk will lie
and Drag to great excess. He was former
y from Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh, and
has lived in Indiana near Indianapolis.
Now therefore, I John Reynolds, Cover
nor Of said State, by virtue of the power
vested in me by law, do offer a reward of
THO Hundred Dollars to any person or per-
sons, who will apprehend the said Hankins,
and secure him so that he may be brought 10
trial before the circuit court of the said coun-
ty Of Hancock.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto
subscribed my name and caused the
LIS. great seal of State to be affixed at Var
dalia, this 4th day of September, 1893.
JOHN REYNOLDS.
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SALE OF THE VERMlLION
SALINE RESERVE

IN pursuance of an act Of the Legislature
IL Of the State of Illinois, approved 10Th of
January, 1929, and the act of Congress,
approved on the Goth day of March 1888 |,
the ndersigned will offer at public sale in
the town of Danville, Illinois, on the fourth
Monday of November next, the following de-
scribed lands, situated on said Vermilon Re-
serve, viz: Sections IS and II in township
10 north, of range u west, on which are sit
uated Salt works now IN full operation; tim
Der and ineXhaustlble quantity of stone coal
are on this tract 1t will be offered for sale
in tracts of eighty acres, beginning at the
lowest number, and continue until it is all
offered.
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r. z r w S..

The Work will be printed as soon as
five hundred Subscribers are obtained.
1t will contain between three and four
hundred octave pages, printed on good
fair paper, and furnished to Subscribers
at 81 50 per copy, bound in sheep-skin.
The printing and binding shall be exc
cuted in the best manner. Any person
procuring nine Subscribers, and becom-
ing responsible for the same, shall be en-
titled to a copy.
Vandalia. Aug. II, 1888.
N. B. Copy right secured.
o. Persons obtaining subscribers will
please return the same by the 18th Of Oc-
tober. r. G.
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AMERICAN, EUROPEAN, AND FOREIGN
AGENCY OFFIrE


No. So, Main Street, basement Story, betvoon
Front and Second streets, Cincinnati, Ohio,
ENOR the sale and purchase of Real and
Personal Estate of every description,
Agricultural Implements and Farming Uten-
sis, Live Stock, Provisions, &c.
The Directors of this Office have entered
into arrangements with experienced and es
tabished land Agents. permanently located
in different parts of the United States, Eu-
lrope and the Canadas, 10 aid and assist in
etfectlng sales of such property as may be
offered for sale, exchange or lease, &c; al
SO will afford every facility towards forward
Ing the views of Emigrants, Capitalists and
others, and give them every Information and
assistance they may require. Therefore,
through the medium of these arrangements
and the assistance of the several agents mem
toned, many sales can be effected, and many
advantages insured to emigrants, capitalists
and others. An established Branch Office
will be opened in the city of New York for
the accommodation of such emigrants and
others as may arrive Ito our care and direc-
tion) from the Canadas and Europe, &c. and
particularly such as may desire to locate and
settle in the Western States, make purcha-
SEES and investments, &c.
N. B. 0HrTO LAND HOLDERS.-Own-
ers of unimproved arabic lands, farms, plan
tations, building lots, coal and other mineral
lands, mills, mil-seats, sc. can now embrace
very favorable opportunity for disposing Of
Real Estate and other property to good add
vantage.
IS. Persons at distance will forward per mail
post paid drafts, and correct written descriptions
of all or any property they may wish to sell, ex-
change, or lease.
H. L. STONEMETZE, (sen.) & Co.
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SCHOOL

For Young Ladies and Gentlemen.
VMSHE subscriber respectfully informs the pub
III lie, that he intends opening School on the
first of June, at ATTENTION, Peoria county,
where he will teach the different branches of
Science usually taught in schools and academies.
Particular attention will be given to the mental
and moral improvement of students-such a course
of instruction will be pursued is calculated to
bring the latent powers of the mind into exercise,
and facilitate the acquisition of knowledge. TUT
ton from So to 81 per quarter.
SAMUEL ALLEN, A. B.
N. B. The town of Attention is of recent loca-
ton, at the head of Lake Peoria, Oh the east side
of La Sale Prairie. This site is healthy and
beautiful, beyond description There will be a
public sale of Lots in his town on the last Satur-
day in May. S. A.
January 90, 1888. 44-ly
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HARDWARE AND CUTLERY.

ri ME subscribers, importers of hardware
i and cutlery, are now receiving direct
rom Birmingham and Sheffield, and from the
american manufactures, extensive additions
o their stock, comprising EVERY variety of
rticles in the business-which are offered on
LIBERAL terms, to country dealers and Others
Among 7vhich ore
Table and pocket Cutlery: Razors, Scis-
sors, Shears, &c.
Bread, butcher and shoe Knives,
Mill, cross-cut, tenon, pit, hand, PANEL and
other Sa,rs.
New York and Cincinnati bench and
moulding Planes.
American and imported Edge Tools.
Files and Rasps, Ibbotson's and common
make.
Building and Housekeeping articles gen.
orally, gilt and mahogany frame Look-
ing Glasses.
Fowling Guns and Rifles, flint and percus-
sion locks.
Cabinet Hardware of every description,
tin'd and iapann'd Saddle,y mems and
side saddietrees.
Wood and iron Hames, elptical and cradle
carriage Springs, brass, copper and Iron
Wire.
Sickles, and grass and cradle Scy thes, to-
gether with a general assortment of ia
PANIED Fancy and Military Goods.
ALSO
Flat, round and square bar Iron, hoop and
sheet do.
Nail and brazier's rods, American, Eng
lish, blister, German, spring, Crowley
and cast Steel, of the most approved
brands.
Common, Birmingham s. mousehole An
nils, bickhorns, stone, sledge and hand
Hammers, black and bright face patent
cast iron and cottial keyed Vices, Pitts
burgh and New York BelIoms, assorted
sizes.
Log, trace, trap and halter Chains
English and American Shovels and
Spades, carolina hoes, common and rivi-
ted corn do.
English and American and Pittsburg cut
and wrought nails, spikes and brads.
Boston crown window glass.
Tin plates, brazier's copper, spelter, SOL
der rivets, &c.
Hollow ware and castings.
April 5.-l3-ly Us. PEASE, g. Co.
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CAeDk REWARD. Runaway from the sub
OGeV scriber, on Sunday last, the 3lst of
March, negro man named Harry, color black,
about six feet high, very stout made-will weigh
80 or 100, orprob-ably near 200 pounds, lisps a
little, pretty heavy beard, and about 30 years of
age: clothing not recolIeced He formerly be-
loneed to VIM M. Haden of Madison county,
He may attempt to return to Madison, but cir
cumstances induce the belief that he is lurking a
bout town in order to get some steam boat to
make his way to free state. Ten dollars re-
ward aid all reasonable expenses will be given for
his apprehension ami delivery TO me, or confine-
ment in any Jail that get him, if taken in the
state, or twenty-five dollars if taken out Of the
state. JOHN SLATER.
Vicksbnrg, April 3, 1888. 1876.
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L RlESTCRAFT OUTWITTED.-An Italian
noble being at church one day, and find
ing a priest who begged for the souls in
purgatory gave him piece of gold. '!Ah!
my lord,' said the good father, ''you have
now delivered soul" The count threw
upon the plate another piece. 'Here is
another soul delivered," said the priest.
Are you positive ofit?' replied the count.
''Yes, my ord,' replied the priest; 81 am
certain they are now in heaven
aThen," said the count, ''Tl take back
my money, for it signifies nothing to you
now; seeing the souls are already got to
heaven, there can be no danger of their
returning to purgatory."
NICE DIsTINcTIoN.--''It is very hard,
my lord" said convicted felon at the
bar of Judge Burnet, "to hang a poor fell
low for stealing horse" -s'You are not
TO be hanged, sir" answered the Judge,
s'for stealing horse, but you are to be
hanged that horses may not be stolen"
DANGER OF Mallet, the
poet, was so fond of being thought scep-
tic, that he INDUCED this weakness on all
occasions. His wife, ii is said. was COM
pie convert TO his doctrines, I'D even the
servants stared at their mast RS bold ar
guments, without being poisoned by their
influence. One fellow, however, was de.
termined to practice what Mallet was Sc
solicitous to propagate, and robbed his
masters house. Being pursued, and
brought to justice, Malet attended, and
faEnI hi cavoratv with
dishonesty. Sir said the fellow, 81 have
often heard you talk of the impossibility
of future state; that, after death, there
was neither reward for virtue or punish
ment for vice, and this tempted me tc
commit the robbery. "-"Well; but, you
rascal" replied Mallet, ''had you no fear
Of the gallows?' -"Master," said the cul
prit, looking sternly at him, ''what is it tc
you, i'll had a mind to venture that? You
had removed my greatest terror: why
should fear the less?'
BURNs.-Than Burns perhaps no man
more severely inflicted the castigation OF
reproof. The following anecdote will illus
trate this fact. The conversation one night
at the Kings Arms Inn, Dumfres, turn
ing on the death of townsman, whose
funeral was TO take place on the following
day, s.By the Bye 'said one of the com
pany addressing himself to Burns. 81 wish
you would lend me your.black coat for the
occasion, my own being rather out of re
pair" .sHaying myself to attend the same
funeral" answered Burns, 81 am sorry
that l cannot lend you my sables; but car
recommend a most excellent substitut
throw your character oper yor shoulders.
that will be the 6lackest coat you ever wore
in your life timem
SAGAcITY OF MAD DoG.-A member
of the French Jacobin club said to bis col.
leagues, 81 have been very lucky this
morning; mad dog passed between my
legs without biting me-" "That is not
surprising" replied member; s'it was
because he knew who you WERE"
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NOTICE.

NNTAS committed to my custody, on the
w 10Th inst, a NEGRO MAN, who
calls himself Major, and says he belongs to
a widow Metcalf, who lives near Springfield,
Robertson county, Tennessee. He is 35 or
40 years old, tolerably well made, rather thin
visage, small eyes, about feet 8 or 8 inches
high, and of rather a yellowish cast of COM
plexion; no scars or marks perceivable on
his hands or face. Said negro will be hired Out
at the time appointed by law, unless proven
and charges paid. JOHN LANE,
|20-6w] Sheriff Gallatin county.
Equality, TIL. Aug. 20, 1888.
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In the Coles County Circuit Court.
JOSEPH BARBoUR,)

IN inc CoteS COuWy CTcuu court.
JOSEPH BARBoUR,)
vs.. On Domestic Attachment
X. l.. ROBBINS.
Office is hereby given, that heretofore
= on the 22d day of August, 1888, an at
tachment issued out of said court at the suit
OF Joseph Barbour, against the estate of the
said X. l.. Robbins, for the sum of twenty
seven dollars and fifty cents; and the same
having been duly returned levied, and is now
pending in said court: Now unless the said
defendant shall appear, give specia! bail,
and plead within the time limited for his ap-
pearance in such case, judgment will be en-
tered, and the estate so attached will be sold
In witness whereof, l, James P
SEAL.] Jones, clerk of the said court, have
hereunio set my hand and affixed
my private seal, (no official seal having been
provided for my office, this Goth day of Au-
gust, 1888. 7. 20-4t
J. p. JONES, Clerk.
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The series will be commenced with Theo-
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NOTICE.

"A MAT at the term of the Probate Court
a for st. Clair county, to be held at
Belleville on the first Monday of February,
1894. / will attend before said court to set
tie and adjust all claims against the estate of
Ninian Edwards, deceased; and all persons
having claims against said estate are request
ed and notified to attend at said term of the
court for the purpose of having the same ad-
iusted. ELVIRA l.. EDWARDS,
2l-4t Erecutrir.
Belleville, Aug. 30, 1888.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

J
n the late conhagration of the Treasury build
q ing, nearly all the correspondence of the Sc
cretary OF the Treasury, from the establishment of
the Department to the 3Ist March, 1888, was de-
stroyed including, well the original letters and
communications addressed to the Secretary of the
Treasury, as the records of the letters and COM
munications written by him. With to re-
pair the loss, as far may by practicable, all Of
fcers of the United States, requested to cause
copies to be prepared, and authenticated by them,
of any letters excepting those hereinafter alluded
lto) which they may at any time have written to,
Tor received from, the Secretary of the Treasury
and all those who have been in Office and other in
Idividual throughout the United States, and else
where, are invited to do the same. That this cor
respondence may be arranged into appropriate
books, it is requested that it be copied folio
foolscap paper with sufficient margin all
sides to admit of binding, and that more than
one letter be contained on leaf. 1t is also re-
lquested, that the copies be written in plain and
distinct or engrossing hand. Where the original
letter can be spared, it would be preferred. The
reasonable expense incurred in copying the papers
now requested, not exceeding the rate of ten cents
for every hundred words, will be betrayed by the
department..
The correspondence which has been saved, and
Of which, therefore, no copies desired, are
the records of the letters written by the Secretary
of the Treasury to Presidents and Cashiers of
banks, from the lst October 1919, to the Goth Feb
ruary, 1888; all the correspondence relating 10
Revolutionary claims under the act of 18th May,
1913, and to claims of Virginia officers to half pay.
under the act of 5th July, 1892; and to applica-
tons for the benefits oftbe acts of the I'd March,
1881, and 18th July, 1882, for the relief of certain
insolvent debtors of the United States. Copies
of some circular letters and instructions, written
by the Secretary, have also been preserved: and
it is requested that, before copy be made of
any circular letter or instruction, written by the
of. ,f tba fbn Iata doh f,lf
the circular be first stated to the department, and
its wishes on the subject ascertained.
LOUIS MCLEAN,
April %, 1889 3m Secretary OF the Treas'y.
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JAMES R. M'H)ONALD.

LOTTERY AND EXCHANGE BROKER.
Opposite the Jefferson Hotel, 81. Louis.
HDURCHASES Notes of all Banking lnstitu-
H. tons in the United States.
ALSO
Foreign and American Gold.
Drafts and notes of hand on all the principal cities
in the United States, collected on the most
able terms.
Tickets and shares in all Yates g. M'Intyre's
Lotteries, constantly for sale.
AZ Cash paid for prizes as soon as presented.
st. Louis, November, 1882 36-ly
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A. WILLIAMS, Reg.
WILLIAM REED. Rec

Danville, ILL.,, August, 10, 1933.-lS-3m.
0T The editors of the Journal, Indianopo-
lis, Indiana; Gazette, Cincinnati, Ohio; and
the Focus, Louisville, Kentucky, will please
publish the above advertisement twelve times
weekly, and forward their accounts this of
flee torp ayment-and also, forward the first
and last paper containing the advertisement
to the Register at Danville
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NEW PERIODICALS.

The SELECT JOURNAL OF FOREIGN PERIODICAL
LITERATURE.
aDUBLlSHED quarterly by Charles Bow
u en-, Boston, each number containing
$50 pages, making volume of 1000 pages
annually.
Price $500 per annum.-Subscript:ons
received by JAMES G. ESSEX,
l3-ly Book Seller q Stationer Main n.
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A TAKEN UP,
nc kaMIV R 10Y William Piper, living
VIZ n Gh D on Cahokia creek, above
TAKEN UP,

Iu"HTUsFf Tft, IffH'IISV7Tf VUUII
ty, a chestnut sorrel MARE, l3 or IA years
old, IS hands high, the right hind foot white,
and running sore Just above the left eye.
Also, a bright sorrel HORSE, Is hands high,
supposed to be i years old, small blaze in
the face, right hind foot white half way up
the leg, no other marks or brands perceiva-
BILE. appraised to sixty dollars by James
Rosberry and Thomas Kell. before me, July
10, 1888. WILLIAM KEEL, J. P.
Copy attest, 20-3t. J. Il. LUSK, Cl'k.
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POETRY.
S T A N z A S.

"7Hey aril be still Praising thee"
Ask of the ocean waves that burst
In music on the strand
Whose murmurs load the scented breeze
That fans the summer land;
Why is their harmony abroad
Their cadence in the sky,
That filters, with the smile of God
In mystery on high?
Question that 'cataract's boiling tide,
Down STOPPING from above
Why its proud pillows, far and wide
In stormy thunders move?
Is it that in their hollow voice
A tone Of praise is given,
Which bids the fainling heart rejoice,
And trust the might Of heapen2
And ask the tribes, whose matin song
Melts on the dewy air
Why like stream that steals along,
Flow forth their praises there?
Why, when the veil of eve comes down
With all its starry hours,
The night birds melancholy lay
Rings from her solemn bowers!
tits some might of love within,
Some impulse from on high,
That bids their matin song begin
Or fills the Evening sky
With gentle echoes all its own
With sounds, that on the ear
Fall, like the voice Of kindred gone,
Cut off in Youths career!
Ask of the gales that sweep abroad,
When sunsets fiery wall
Is clothed 10 many a painted cloud
A gorgeous cornnal--
Ask why their wings are trembling then
Der Natures sounding Tyre,
While the far, accidental hills
Are bathed in golden fire?
Oh! shall the wide world raise the Song
OF Peace, and Joy, and Love,
And shall mans heart not bid his tongue
In tuneful praises move?
Shall the old forest and the wave,
When summon'd by the breeze,
Yield a sweet flow of solemn praise,
And man have less than these?
Oh, ifwithin his tuneless heart
Some chord doth not rely,
When there Holy Spirit breathes,
Where can the unransomed fly
When with voice which mets the skies
And bids the mountains nod
The funeral anthem of the World
Peals lromthe trump Of God
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GOING TO CHURCH,

Some 60 10 church, just for walk,
Some go there to laugh and talk,
Some 90 there to see friend,
Some go there their time to spend,
Some go 10 learn the parsons name,
Some go there to wound his fame,
Some go there to sleep and nod,
But few go there to worship God.
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TAKEN UP,

M EDY Larking johnson, liv-
&c rr7sS5S ED ing in Coles county, H.
GIpH .ok Iinois, one bright bay horse,
thirteen and half hands
high, four years old past, both fore feet and
the right hind foot white, and star in his
forehead: appraised to twenty dollars by
Charles S. Morton, Andrew Clark and Will
lam Jeanes, before James P. Jones, Esq, on
the Goth day Of July, 1888.
Teste: l6--3t.
n. ELLINGTON, Cl'k,
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BY the Governors:
A. P. FIELD,
2O-3t.
Sec'Y OF Slate

SU-ot peCy OF State.
The "Chronicle,'' Beardstown; "Journal,'' In
dianopolis; and the ''American,'' Pittsburgh, w
publish the above three times weekly, and forward
their accounts to the Office of Secretary of STATE
Vandalia, Illinois.