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ANN OVERTURE.
-Administratrix.
TO CONSERVATIVES

'o1sampdve sufferers viii receive a
valuable prescription for the cure Of
Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, and
all throat and Lung affections, Tfree of
charge by sending their address to
Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON,
Williamsburg,
Kings Co,
D months New York.
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DEIZR MONEY.-A DATEfulI list
i PRlSES PAYABLE TO GALL

can be seen at the officers. These and
all other claims against the Governmen,
promptly collected.
AN OFFICER IN THE ARMY WRITES ;
"At inspection I noticed that large
proportion of the mems knapsacIs con.
tanned 4 box of Troehes, being generally
used by them for colds, ETC." "Bro,oaI 5
Bronchiol 7Rrockes," should be 10 every
soldiers knapsack or pocket, to be used
upon the first appearances Of a oold OF
co1sb
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CoUGHs, BRoNCHIT1s.--The entire
freedom from all deleterious ingredients
Ingredients render "Br0wn's Bronchial
T'oches," or Cough and Voice Lozenges,
a safe remedy for the most delicate fe.,
male, or youngest child, and has caused
them to be held in the highest esteem
by Clergymen, singers and Public
Speakers generally.
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New Advert isements.
JOHN w. BAILY,
) GEoN DENTIST.

st. Mary's Elk, County Pennsylvania.
viii also practice in the towns of
kdgway, Centreville and Wilcox. 1t
is his purpose to visit the above places at
stated periods Of which due notice will be
given.
Artificial teeth inserted, Extracting,
filling &C., all Operations performed,
warranted to be just as they are repre-
souted.
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H ISf of Retailers Of Foreign and Do
\ ~mestic merchandise, Liquors, &c, in
Elk county for the year 1864, subject
to the payment of License.
Name Residence Closq tn mn
D. 3. & r. Wins.
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east ly warrant, No. 5300 ,rd 5SGl On
the south by warrant No. 5604 ard on
the west ly warrant No. 1865, ccnfair-
ing ig't hundred ncrcs be tho game
more or lesa. unon which there is cree.
ted one saw mill sixty feet by eighty
feet and containing q gang Of saws. one
unliaht and one circular saw md shin.
gle machine. Four dwelling houses
two Of which are about twenty four feet
BIZ forty feet md tw1 abonf 18 bv twen.
tv feet. one Franc barn about ;ven,o
four feet square and other ont building,
and two acres improved.
Seized taken in execution arl to Is
sold a9 The property of !. /. Ella, ss
the suit Of the President. Directors ard
company Of the Hopsintcn Bank,
Westerly Rhode Island.
Also
! Al the ri9ht title intores. and claim.
of John j. Y. Thompson, tho defendant
within NAMED, Of in ard to the following
real estate to.vit: All that certain piece
or parcel Of land situate end being in
the township of Spring Creek. Ekl'coun.
| ty Pa, known 5s warrant No 1865 and
containing sol acres and 20 pcrchoa.
iro hundred and one acre and twenty
perohcs. more or lcs3 uYinDrovnd.
Sci2ed taken in execution. and to hn
sold as the property Of John J. 7.
Thompson, at the suit Of Josopl, Raea
Ingorso}l, and John Craig, Trustees oF
the estate which was formerly of VII,
liam Bingham the elder Deceai and
| Maria Charlotte Ch4t;in Dc Loot Bir.
mirc Bingham owner owncr o two
other ffthc thereof.
Sheriff. Oi6co,
Ridgway, Penna.
P. ". HAYS, Sheriff.
Ridgway, Aug 9th 1861.
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
NorIoE i9 hereby riven that tha
Partnership. Numbering business here.
torora carried on By the undersigned
under the firm name Of Hoton. Ely g.
Co., il this day dissolved b. mutual con-
sent.
CHARLES HORTON,
p. T. Ely.
ISAAC HORTON, Jr.
Ridgway, July l7th 1853.
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REOORHEAD HOUSE. Main ST.
vi Brookville Pa, G. n, Krcta. Prop'r
This house has been reittei and furnish
ed in a neat style, and is evcr7 way
adapted TO the wants ofthe public.
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First Monday in October, 1884

Notice is therefore, hereby given to the
Coroner, Justices of the Peace, and Con-
stables in and for said county of Elk, to
appear in their proper persons, with
their rolls, records, inquisitions exami.
nations and other remembranoes, to do
those things which to their Offices. and
in their behalf, pertain to be done.
Given under my hand at Ridgway
this 10th day of September, in the year
of our lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty four.
PHILIP W. HAYS, Sheriff.
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G. KRATZER, President.
LAURIE J. BLAKELY, Secretary.

Ridgway Pa, Sept, 9Th 1864.
Upon consultation it appears that the
amendment offered by Mr.. Painter of
Forest, to the motion of Mr.. Short of
Clearfeld in the Representative confer
once held to.day, was not lost, although
by misunderstanding so announced
The delegates from Elk and Forest coun-
ties, having voted for it. The under
signed delegates to the conference hav-
ing met at the Hyde House, at seven
o'clock p. m, decided, however to change
the place Of holding tho meeting to Lu.
shcrsburg, Clearfeld County Pa.
D. ELDRIDGE,
JAS. PAINTER,
COL. HUNT,
Forest County.
7. W. HAYS,
J. M'CAULEY,
L, j. BLAKELY,
Elk County:
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a Nare Cb NC fCapitalis 10

- Eafe Cp ance fCap;talis t.
For sale, about 800 acres of land ia
and around the Borough Of St. Aiary's
Fix county Pa.---A!so thirteen town lo,3
in said Borough, close to the ?. 81 Err.
Depot. The P, Il +. r. r takes .le
greatest portion oftho lands. Price l3y
and terms cash o. o. time, g...a ro,I
security. Apply %
MRs A, HAssELBRRGER.
81 L,g1t Street. galtimora Nd. or .
LII! : lsiast<aA@:S ., D.
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M Painter of Forest, moved that the
Time OF holding said conference, be the
lst Friday in September next, which
was carried.
IL was moved by Mr.. Short of Clear
neld that the proceedings Of the Confer
enco, be published in the Elk County
1doocate, Clearfeld Republican and
brookvillo Era and Je6erSonidn.
A committe of three, having been
appointed consisting of Messrs. Nc
Cauley, Hunt and Short to inform DR.,
Boyer Of his nomination, that gentleman
appeared aud thanked the conference for
the honor conferred on him.
Mr.. Painter of Forest, moved that
the Chicago Platform, be endorsed by
the Conference, which was carried.
On motion, three cheers were given
for Mcclellan and Pendleton /; three
for Hon. VIM. Bigler and three for DR..
Boyer.
On motion adjourned.
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Court Proclamation!

WHEREAS, the Hon. II. W. White,
President Judge Of the court of common
pleas Of the nineteenth Judicial District,
composed Of the counties Of Potter,
Tioga, Mexican, Elk and Cameron, aud
lion. E. G. SchuItze aud Hon. V. s.
Brockway, Associate Judges Of Elk
county, have issued their precept, to
me dirceted, for the holding of court
common pleas orphans court, court of
quarter sessions, court of oyer and tcrmi.
ner and curt Of general Jail delivery,
at Ridgway, in and for the county Of
Elk. on the
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Omnibus ruuniny to and from tie Depot
free Of CHARGE.
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NJ. J. ROBINSON, Proprietor,
GEO. W. STEVENS, Treasurer.
ALEX. ROBINSON, Hanger.
I. WHETTONY, Equsstr,an Xdnsger.
PROF. 3. WAHLE, Lesder Of Or.hestro.
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CHARLES HORTON,
p. F. Ely.
ISAAC HORTON, Jg.
Ridgway, July I7th 1858.
g q r. s. :. fF D o USE
EGCEk HAVEN. Pa.

Z, ". RTGONY, Propyigtor
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-ALSO-

Warrant Number two thousand nine
hundred and sixty three, situate in the
township of Spring Creek in said county
OF Elk, state Of Pennsylvania and boun.
ded snd described Gs follows viz: On
the north, by T4r,aa. 10. 29YL .. y,
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The anneaT VIII be ne!d AZ tho Court
House in Iiidgway on tho 20;h dag Of
juno at | o'clock.
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: correspondent Of the New York
Hcra. Who represents himself as a refu.
gee from rebel persecution. gives the fol-.
loving account ot a Ee. implement Of
warfare, which he dcsignates as stink
balls
Before leaving the dcfsaces Of Rich.
mcnd ! must mention n new and novel
invention by Capt. Holden, of the rebel
army. K i nothing more or less than q
stink call designed 10 he fired ia,o the
works ot besiy.e.s 10 stinl. them out
About the middle Of April, was one OF
several civilians who. accompanied a
party Of officers to Atlee's, a station Oh
the Central Railroad ten miles from Rich
moud. 10 witness some experiments with
this ball. The bail : an IRON shell. cen-
tainIng com ustIbie and destructive ma.
teiial, rs well as odoiferous natter.and in
appearance : similar TO the stink.ball in
Use many years ago. J. is designed 10
be thrown by rlortars, bat in the tests OF,
the occasion referred ts. the fuse WAS
lighted, and the shells allowed 10 fu!min
ate where they were placed. The stencil
"aicli followed the explosion WAS the
Hne,t ie;id and vi!laiDsus that ever outs
ls2ed the ol&:actories CT man. Coler!Gg =,
sad that hr counted IN Cologne seveuiy>
seven
well defined and several s,iuk,."
Bat # he had been at Atlees on the dav
O: the experiments alluded 10 be wouiI
have recognized them all, and seventy
seven thousand more. The concentrated
stink of all tho pole cats. nic.eTs. pitch,
suipbeg. and ra>r"d horses huots. bu: Ut ia
fire, assa.gri!dd. feru.a and bug weed, ia,
the world could no. equa! the slne!. emit
tea by these tails. But hot only Is tha
smell! IN itself ntolers bic. hu. il provskes
sneeziug and coughing, and produces nau>
sea, rendering II i!npo>-.b Tor men IA do
duty within reach Of il. \ single hall
VIII inlpreGrate the atmosphere for fifty
yards round ard the t"'i-l compound, en-
teri"g everything it touches, emit, the
stencil tor = long time. The opinion Of
all VINO witneSs 4 the experiments was
that these tails were Il fair offset to Creek
lire; aud Gen. Winder, and several o,he.
officers ot rank who were present, rx-
pressed the teisf that it would prove
nlofe ett'ctire for driving of besiesers
than any thing ovSr i"~""tc.I. Dc .i.:S 90
II may. i Richmond is ever threatened
by II siege. the ''sn+ezers rs the inventor
taceIious!y calls his balls, will form
prominent feature in the defensive opera.
tions'
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EXTRACT

from "a address o! Hon. D " Eoor-
hses. o. Indiana, recently addressed 20
his constituents, dsclInin; to 0e a candl-
date ior Reelection 10 Congress, reviewing
ms oil!c!a! ca.eer, and the preseet Scndl-
ton OF our national difficulties tie .sys:
But you may ask, IN this connection,
and IN view OF the fact ID - war las failed
10 bring Us restoration, and has resulted
IN go much destruction 81 life aad treasure
whether am willing TO :. We uu the Tn
ION aud surrender 10 the doctrine OF State
secession. | answer that | aui not
shall cling 10 tie las; 70 the hope CT bgin- 2
Ins these once happy, but now bleeding,
and ee.hseGent states lEto harmony and
peace.
The doctrine that state has = right
under the constitution 10 leave the gov
ernnent az ITS own pleasure is the doctrine
OF suicide and cannot be defended. But
the means adopted by this administration
10 cure that evil are. 10 Rly mIrd, the
wO!,t that could se devised. would ~ -
you new and better way, ! would deal
with this question not III wrath but IN the
spirit Si christianity. | would rvCos Il Ze
peace on eAIth and good Will towards men
as the coIEerstsns 10 restoration and I'm
ION. l would pause and take time 10
make candid appea! IN the face ot the
civilized world 10 tbs reason OF my mis-
guided cSgUtryiusn. | firmly believe
that such an appeal even yet would te
needed 10y The masses Of the South, and
that They would return 10 20, not a. prio
eners "' war, kU; "a iaS-auidin. citizens.
renewing their allegiance when s-ur, d OF
safety ana protection IAis would be my
esuise haa the power 10 act, ana j nave
10 doubt that II would q. g crowned with
An"l success. But as you aud | are pow>
eriess 1" give direction /" ths policy which
ought to be- pursued, 'raat Is stiil cur duty
as cltszens as Irins - 8:0.aDts the general
welfare ava iHSu:e tie domestic tranquil
iiy? ! have ta.cn for IN. rule Of action
obediesr2 Ia i&w, LJi usuI1atiol. but Law.
Submits on - i.T l.! Z Tree government
can ECv.- gc perm "eu, hardship, Tor the
people ma thc.. owa laws, aud can re-
peal, alter, q. IN end tbem II they are
found orpreslve or unjust. There is Il
peaceful mo,is oi revoiutien against such
enacineutS-;lc ballet bcX--aud there i
no Justification iu. "A rca..rt To any other
while that = 'r.l stIuetod. But If
the people are teptiged = force or fraud
oi this high constitutional remedy, then
the fist and paIana naoun, uuty et those who
are worthy to be free is TO remove ali ob
stacleS ST all hazards and restore the prin
ciples OF republican government"
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Job IUtcrprc.eG.

The kiuderhook Rc,.gk -Ne:es gets of
the following joke about job
1t Is supposed by many unthiIkins
persons who read the Scriptures in tn .
same careless mannerthat they rHn through
newepaper-takIng everything they read
IN s. !!teraI ssnse-tEat old job WAS sctu-
ally afflicted with boils and sores Now
TO the casual reader, this deduction is
plain enough; out when his occupation is
taken lat" consideration, very dItieren,
Conclusion sill be arrived at
job it Will be recollecied, was printer
or, what % atou, the sane thing. he
'wshed ms words We're printed in a book,
and those bo!ls were nothing mere than
his nom. ay,ng subscribers. the thought
OF whose dthnqurncIps were really
plague to i.I1, heuryer a bill foI Eaprr
a. ether materials. came in, ~ these sub>
scriptioms We're depended upon TO realize
the amount que Yet they merely prove
the evidence Of things hcpe6 for, but the
substance OF things not sem.
Then these comforts r. that surrounded
him-ihey were creditors, whose continual
cawing for pay was enough TO make u man
10 creep into an ash heap, aud scratch
himself all over with pot hook or clam
she'll by way of working oft the extra
bile. That's what the matter was with
job
We can sympathiss with him, for we are
often placed IN the same fix, and have
even got such spell on now. Nothing
but lew greentacks will remove it.
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shernian'5 .Z0ve1nent.-AlIa

The progress Of Geueral SnER .ASs army
mas Teen steady and rapid. i..s objective
poIu- - Atlanta, which AT last uces.uts kS
was fast nea:..g. We give sketch of
'hat pace, which oar Icadevs may find ir-
;srestIug:
Atlanta has population Of ,-vepty-six
Thousand inhabitants, among whom are q
No'eni spTinkiInS # EortherEers. who ur,,
the most uSmOn>tratiIe aad extre-x.e Sc.
cessiorirt- Ia the tewu 1t Is located in
an elevated and - ubrieus soc ton @. the
State, upon the d!v!aing linz III Fulton
county, set"een the cotton growing aud
gram producing reE cns, and 10 ii.ree hum
urea ana Ten miles from Savau ual, three
hundred @"d seven mics from Charleston.
| oh- Hu"aIeu and seventy five Il.!!es from
Moai grhe:y, Alabama, one hundred =aa
th!!tF Elk u.!.rs from cAa;tan.o "a, ,hie,
hundred and Twelve mills nom Knoxville.
aHi seven hundred ana ninety MI q,
iroGl E.cAHo"d. -Four railroads coglau-
Licate with Atlanta, and f,:m IA junction
tAeIe-tne u e.tsgu OF Grorr,, Sta,. rail.
road, tn. N-cpu amd Western railroad.
anu the Atlanta. gom.ry railroad
In the spring .. .-JJ JOIN G. Gallon
On his return from tus Con:nerci Con-.
'enl!Cn AZ Memphis, .tsipeo several day,
al atlanta, and predicted then that il
"ou!d DC the greatest inland city Of tho
Svuth, and al; 10 distant uay the capi,sl
oi the South III Con!ederacy the corner
s.oEe OF which, he maii.taI .cd would bs
African s.atery. Although the rebel capi.
II! Is at present IN Richmond, the public
sentiment OF the SJult. has already loca.
tea II permanently At Atlanta, provided
the CCu!,.~'a-y Il Jes not collapse.
!here are qu.rries Of the very fines.
granite at >:Cnc Mountains, sixteen mile,
!Iom Atlanta, Oh tue Georgia lai!. uaa nd
HE people OF that city determined when
th!o cruel war = over. 10 rear structure,
more magnificent than those OF Greece or
Rome, la. a. tLe lowe- OF Babel and
more dur~L.e than the Pyramids.
Atlanta Is the great military depot 0.
Reboidom, and it Is here that the naval
supplies are stored. There j. All a:n.ory
at Atlanta chemica! laboratory, and q
s"o.i :acto;v. Shells, SOLID sAe;. siege
guus, TED ?! ces and mountain howitz-Is.
are cast there Percussion caps, Cavalry
saddles, artillery harness, gun carriages,
ambulance, army wagons, tents, aud ali
the shoes ana clothing for the Western
Department, are made at Atlanta. The ar.
u-oiy turns slt Ilu,kcts of TIE Sprln.fie!i
pattern, aud Ioi..:s mills stretch The rlate,
!'F me .7t4>c.sds La!.r olau.t.es OF
IL, =. packed ,hs:e r2r the ARMY.
J: ''..5 wsi! Ce termed Tho pc,t -four
isA.-G CITY q the Southern Con.,.!eracy.
though :Ar first house WIS built ther, a,
LATELY as lSi1.-N L-ais HpmJf:sn, 30tA
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Josh Biiim.s' Narlla! DE- .L.nalA '

'Onluce the dogs oy WAY but muz>
ale the darUed hritters: If YOU don't
soa. body viii ct hunt
War ov exierminash un'-;hls fraza
oeiors' Io!ey IN kommi>ara Department
advance ""ld this i gard tina hav
tu keep our ieilers. when they are sur
r"un"'d' rom pItchin IN ~ the enema
o'' WARDS
A"' quiet on the fot"fmuck -tAIs
s"'" "h"' perfect sno!eeshun our isiiers
air Under.
a successful ra.le cutting oph a
turnpike wIth'n the enenlas lines, and
o'ihs.h i" b!ina mule and nisgers tn
bosid
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Coon ADvIcE-Jane Eyre says: 81
know that If women wish "a escape the
stigma of husband seeking, they must
look like marble or c;ay-coid, expression.
less, b!Hodless. for every appearance of
feeling, of joy. sorrow, triendines>. auiipa.
Thy, admiration, disgust, are alike con-
strucd by the world into the attemp; L.
hook husband. Never mind, well
meaning women have their own conscien-
ces to comfort them after all Do not
therefore be too Ruch afraid OF sh owing
yourself as you are, atiectIonate and good
hearted, do not barshly iepress sentiments
asd feelings excellent in themselves. be-
cause you fear thai some puppy may fancy
that you are letting them come out
TO iascinate him do not condemn yourself
to live only by halves, because il yo,
showed 10 much imitation, some pragnst
ical thing in hreeches might take it into
his pate to imagine that you deigned 70
dictate your life to his insanity
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OCR TEETH i, is often sail that teeth
OF the present generation are much imie-
rior 10 these who have passed. We wish
that some of our many dentists would
prove literary enough to give us dental
history. We should be astoni>hed, prob
ably. at the dental evils Of other days
Evidences of the use of false teeth by the
Romans two thousand years ago, were
found among the ruins of Pompeii. Three
hundred years ago. Martin Luther conf
planned of h-achc, and a German en-
bassador at the Court of Queen Elizabeth
spoke Of the weakness and imperfection
OF tCe English peoples teeth, which he
attr out'o. - their custom Of eating
great dea, oi sugar. Shakespeare makes
one OF his characters speai, OF being kept
awake by a raging fang Roger VIII
hams was struck by the imperfect teeth
OF the Naragansett Indians whom teo,h>
ache and decayea teeth troubled exceed.
lnrly. George Washington had set Of
artificial teeth for which he paid five hun
drel dollars. Such are very few facts
which come up in our poor memory con-
cernin. q somewhat interesting matter.
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Years ago. when the capital of Suck

Years ago, when the capital of Sucker
dom was somewhat smaller than how
when Lincoln, Douglas. Baker. john Cal.
hou,l, McDougal and others used 10 play
ball and leap frog where the state house
now stands--that rare character Judge
Thomas G. Browne, infested the place -
lie was rare character in his way-as
dry AS the ''remainder biscuit of lon.
voyage, but amusing and sometimes cut
ting withal He went to California, since
which time we know little of HIM But
never mihd-if death has not found him
one Of Uncle Ahes tax-gatherers will.
His ideas of the perils Of practising law
in Illinois, in early times, was rather
graphic. Instances On the occasion, ar
ter he had changed his residence to feo>
ria, he came down to Springfield on visit
IN the bar room of tho American. one
evening. he casually spoke of attending
court in Peoria.
Are you acquainted much in Peoria,
sir inquired person near.
Pretty we'll.
DO you know lawyer up there-Mr.
Yes
How Is he getting along?
oh, first rate-devilish lucky man
Hes getting considerable land, isn't
heY
'Yss-a good deal-devilish lucky man
'Has pretty large practicef'
'Yes-large-devilish lucky man.
Look here, judge, said the man. evil
IDENTIFY puzzled. what do you mean by
~ Aeir. devilish lucky
'--ean Why. call any lawyer lucky
thst practices law in Illinois nine years
without getting into the psnitentiary.'
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g. need hardly tel, you that the game
OF Silliirds consists fpunch'Dg rory balls
atou; on big table, covered with green
cloth, that looks like half an acr. of mea-
dow land, with an India rubber fence
around It; that tie balls are punched VI b
long wooden ramrod>, with wax on the nd
to save tho wood, aud leather put on 1"
save the wax, AMI chalk put on to keep
the leather from wearing out You take
YOUR rainrod and iub some chalk on tho
little end; then you lean over the table;
then you squint; ana YOU lift up your
leg then you fiddle little on your left
hand with your ramrod the you punch
you- ball; il your ball runs against the
other mans ball, youvs done big thing,
and you poke UP y lot of buttons that ar.
strung on wire. This is all there ISL
billiards. ANYBODY can punch billiards;
l can, and may be yeu could. III esstets
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Five Persons Drowned at EICin, Ill.

gentlemrn who witnessed the cataS>
trorhe, informs us that four ladies and a
child Were drowned in the Fox river at
Eleln. last evening at seven O'Clock. A
party, consisting oi eight persons, embark
ed IN a small bOet--mucn to- sm:.i II Is
said, f such a1-tor a pi4asure iide
upon the river. " hen in the center O.!
the POND above the dam, the boaI ca usz
ed, and before assistance could be reno ar
ed five nf the party were drowned These
were Mrs Haley and child, Mas Mary
Logan, aged seventeen, Miss Ryan, aged
sixteen. and Miss Flynn. The saved were
Mr.. and Mrs Powers, and Mr. Haley who
chung to the boat until assistance arrived
from the shore CHI. JournoL
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-06-04

'GROws Ikea WEED"-It is calculated
that single pieweed, if left undisturbed.
will ripen more than 10000 seeds. each
capable Of producing a successor The
seeds of the dock sometimes number over
$4,000 on a single plant. and the toad fax
leaves provision for more than $4,000
plants the following year Burdock will
multiply $1,000 fold. and the common
stingins nettle ripens 10000 seed r,a-ce
" q weed comes TO maturity wi;ao - "a
tering from 1000 to 10000 seads, - iI.Jure
cops aud annoy the cultivster.