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ELECTORAL REFORM In ENG

The demand for an euensIon Of the SUI
dage in England grown stronger. Tho reform
movement Is taking on large proportions,
All doubt about the intention of. the Russell
ministry Is set at rest by the semlof1clai an
uouucement in the Elobe-Pa1mcraton' old
organ, which declares that Her MAjcaty's
Ministers have finally decided upon int1pduc-
ing / bill in the ensuing sessfon for the
amendment Of the representation. This SPEC
tafor adds that the measure will abe sup-
ported by the whole weight Of the Govern
ment," and thinks that the time has arrived
when the country should indicate its wishes
as TO the character Of the bill. The Spectator
says that 8 800 franchIse in the counties,
$50 franchise In the borough and house
hold suffrage ID the cities h the
utmost the Government ought To Yield
and the least the people ahould
consent 10 accept. THIS measure Of reform
would rather more than double the present
number Of voters. Onc'in seven Of the men of
Great Britain now vote The proposed ro-
form would confer none In three Of the adult
males The elective franchise. But It will
hardly satisfy the labor1ng masses, or progress
siye Englishmen, retaining, as the proposed
plan Of reform does, 80 many Of the existing
inequalities and anomalies in the electoral
system. Rotten boroughs arc not di.turbed,
and village With 100 voters will still be
allowed To return m many members IS great
cities with their tens ofthousands Of voters.
The reason for not proposing to abolish the
rotten boroughs Is to avoid their opposition
which might prove fatal to any reform bill.
But once the franchise Is extended, 1t will b.
In the power Of the Liberals to ,d1sfranchisc
all the rotten boroughs, and equaltzo repro.
sentation.. The policy adopted IL TO ask for
but one thing at time. But II may
be spprcheuded that the pocket constituent
cics viii ioresee the effect on themselves Of
enlarging the franchise, aud resist 1t, But
the masses of the people aud the great
Reform party seem 20 resolutely determined
on having m extension Of the franchise TINT
the ereat governing families may deem II
prudent to concede something rather thsn
risk an open rupture with the growing Eepnb-
Ican element. But 1t they conccdo much,
the Liberal party will be able thereafter to
control The House Of Commons aud do shout
as they please- One reform will follow an
other In quick succession. The elective fran
chise will be. extended still farther, and
eventually placed on the basis Of of"manhood
suffrage; :" the State will be divorced from the
Church, and the laws Of primogeniture and
entail be established. Let The Retormers
carry their first point Of sttauk, and the clta-
del Of caste and oltgarchy will soon be within
their eragp
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Singular Death Of Two Rrothers.
On Thursday of lsst week an accident oc-
cnrTed On the Oil Creek Railroad, near HYDE
Town, BY which an old resident named Peter
Titrs was killed. he II as on his way to visit
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Urfn1ehftoH Of tho Public Adm infstrn-
Tor Mf New York Clty-s1s1,0 900 3.o>s IA

n 4
Eunors have prevailed IN political cfruiss
for three or Tour iays past. thst = d.nrst n -
heen sitSoe1arrd T., fSE srr,n.. aSuetn ~
EsSJ ~ hn - .Is tounts ~ 0r. oeao-
4Iso, tue tubuc -Aaalln4a1S Stof, anu yesterday
eatefnoon It was annonnced tnat he had heea
removed, and Murray Hoffman appointed IN
his p1ace. The otIIce Of Public Administrator
Ia 4 hurrau in the law renartucnt ~ az
rft- snd fhe a1r,4rt-,.uf + 3,dr.a ~
ehs5.,s. sun u ~" 1pPolnt9ens y lounu p kas
s.I 80 - NV HA"o' ~ Aos wa P'' "N''n eoua"
~ ....-
ln5 "otpMg tne tollo"nE communication
Afs'm ". Bradford W65 sent to tho PfctadD&4
oI tht Board Of Aldermen and Councilue4 re-
HpeettHeIy;
=, III fn,..u.-
o.,sN se'.Nso% 1oS4etl q ~ LEY o. .fsS foFes
oenuemen: regret 10 lnfoznryon that ths m.
naai SPo.t II, o. sns iuee adnstn;strator ior the
ytaf !soo Wig saoM dstess OF beraeen thrty.avs
ano sorfy hGnsand dollars In that o:1co ThIa
amount 11a neen Improperly used BY ms whils
holding tnat once, md now lost II stock tpeea}a-
tons In! " al ttzeoe-
It ~ due 10 the pe1soos employed IL tho offlco To
esy ths they art entirely Innocent Of any kporIotTe
Of the nIs1ppruprianon OF tho funds Of 1he oflee.
The defA1casiou WAS entirely tfom tha nse al sccuff
hes belonging to various estates. which were depos
tied IN tho safe In tha Office and taken hssercn ~
ne aud hypothecaled NJ margins On stock opera-
lions.
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cut hia own .throat with malignant JOY, and
thrown his body 10 The dogss
Congress Intends that The I've millions oi
dis loyal wlll.es In tho eleven secedsd States
shall do tusticc to tho four millions Of loyal
blacks, before recovering their abandoned
seats III the Capitol Congress intonds that
some security for the future peace, credit aud
welfare Of The country shall be obtained.
7ht basis Of representation requires adjust
ing, the payment Of debts contracted for tc-
brllion must be forbidden. The Goedom tnd
political rights OF all classes Of citizens, In
all parts Of tic Onion. Tor all TINS to come,
must be secured by Constitutional e:taranii$s.
.1hrse art matters for Consruas to attend to,
and the Executive has no right TO dictate br
iuterfcre but u he follows the foolish pro-
.lasGy advice Of persona like Weed and
salisbury, he will bring on hlmself-nof on
Congress, 3tswNt and eure destruction"
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NlARAnSf.

had been less successful &hnn 1t was, would It
have FASTENED II 4 momeut
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hls b1os saer. NJ; James Titus, wno vsx lying
5saa S7 2, q hls =, Esa,ssssc s ssen shref. james
ate4 ~ tpe ~ both vrro bnria1
don't, passes awoI toge.hef. .Jo n ,hc .,id
Pioneers and carly settlera Of ills c1un:TT.
who hare lived to sec dense and inarce.,;his
wilderness become. ~ It wcse, 4 scaateTed ci:v
and speopl.d wish thousa1da. Tuslr 70.
kpcefive a-es were. Peter Mtas, cG years !:
james Ittus, 50 Yiara-pI ;AshrGa C.zttfs a
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-12-25

"PEa-LEe SMITH. THE San Francisco
Morning Call announces the death in that
city of noted mountain character, Thomas
L. Smith, who was Kentuckian born, and
nearly seventy years Of age when he died.
The Call says of him.-"In early life he
became member of the American Fur Com
pany, and for nearly thirty years trapped
beaver, hunted buffalo and fought Indians
on the frontier and in the iastnesses of the
Rocky Mountains. While leading the life
of mountaineer, he visited nearly every
portion of the country lying between the
Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean, and
the Red River of the north and Mexico on
the South. he acquired the language of the
Pawnees, Sioux, Shoshones, Utah, Pahvsns,
Crows, Blackfeet, Navajoe, and other tribes,
and became chief in the Utah tribe In
1927, while trapping on the headwaters Of
the North Platte, in company''with four com-
panions, his party was attacked by band
of rowing Indians During the battle that
followed Smith was shot in the leg, the
bones of which were shattered so badly that
he became satisfied that he would die unless
the leg was amputated As none of his
companions had the courage necessary to
undertake the job, Smith performed the am
putauon himself AS wonderful as it may
appear to the professional reader, Smith s
leg healed and formed very good stump.
1t was this fact that gave him the name Of
"Peg-leg Smith" In 1880 he visited Cali
fornia for the first time, and was so pleased
with the climate that he returned here short
ly after the country came into the possession
of the United States. -Four or five years
ago ''Peg-leg' was habitue of Montgome-
ry Street, and was always to be found at the
"Old Corner" About three years ago he
began to decline, and was finally compelled
to take up his abode in the City Hospital,
where lie fingered until he died from old
age"
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-12-25

WOMEN VoTING IN NEW JERsEY.-Dur-
ing the debate in the Senate, few days ago,
on Cowan's amendment to strike out the
word male in the Franchise bill for the
District of Columbia, inquiry was made OF
Mr. Frelinghuysen whether women ever
voted in New Jersey. His reply admitted
that they once did so "in local elections. -
But the fact is that for many years, women
were recognized there as voters on precisely
the same terms as men. Lucy Stone and q.
B. Blackwell, citizens of New Jersey, have
made an investigation, the result of which
is remarkable, and proves that previously to
1776 only men voted, but that, in 1870, the
original State Constitution conferred the
franchise on "aH inhG5itGnts' Omen or
women, white or black) possessing the pre-
scribed qualifications of ESQ clear estate and
twelve months residence, and this Constitu-
tion remained in force until 1874. In 1890
the Legislature, in an act regulating elections,
used the words he or she' in reference to
voters In 1897, another act relative to
elections repeatedly designates the voters as
" he or She" In the same year, 1897, 70
women voted in Elizabethtcwn for the Fede-
raj candidate. In 1900 women generally
voted throughout the State in the Preslden-
tial contest between Jefferson and Adams
In 1902 a member of the Legislature from
llunterdon County was actually elected, in
II Closely COulesleu eleCtlOu, Dy the votes oil
two Or three women of color. In 1907, at a
local election in Essex County for the location
of the county seat, men and women gener-
ally participated, and were jointly implicated
in very extensive frauds. In the following
Winter of 1S07-S the Legislature, in violation
Of the terms of the Constitution, passed an
act restricting suffrage to free, white, male
adult citizens, and in reference to these vir.
tually abolished the property qualification OF
$50, thus extending it to all white male tax
payers, while excluding oil women and ne
groes. In 1920, the same provisions were
repeated, and remained unchanged until the
adoption of the present Constitution in 1874.
1t thus appears that women and negroes
possessed and exercised the right unquestion-
ed under the Constitution Of New Jersey
from 1910 to 1907, 81 years, and that from
1907 until 1874 they possessed the right, but
were arbitrarily deprived of its exercise 81
years more. This is, we believe, fact un.
paralleled in the political history of the
world, and was probably due to the strong
Quaker influence in West Jersey, then, as
usual, exerted in behalf of Equal Rights
New Jersey enjoys, we believe, the distinc-
tion of having been the first State which con-
ferred upon MI its citizens equal political
privileges, without restriction Of sex or color
--RsV York Tribune.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-12-25

DAMAeES FOR EXPULSION FROM TRAIN.
in the Richland county, Ohio, Court OF
Common, Pleas, George W. Hauk has recov.
cred a verdict Of four hundred dollars from
the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railroad, under the following circumstances
Major Hauk, in travelling from Mansfield to
Crestline, failed to purchase ticket before
entering the cars, the price of which was
fifty cents. The conductor in collecting the
fare, demanded eighty five cents, which is
the rate fixed by the company between the
points, when the passenger has no ticket.
Mr.. H. refused to pay the extra thirty.five
cent, whereupon the conductor rang the
bell, the train stopped, and he was put off.
Before leaving the cars Mr.. II. offered, in
the hearing of the passengers, to pay the
eighty-ive cents demanded but the conduc-
tor told him that it was too late, and that he
must get of, which ne did, and was com
PEELED to walk to Crestline, distance of four
miles, for which he now receives S400, or
800 mile for the distance.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-12-25

REvERsEs OF RTUNE.--The sale of the
famous Steel oil farm, on Monday week, for a
Government debt of $11, 900, is one of the
most striking instances of the reverses of for
fune, says the Erie Despatch that has occurr.
ed in some years. In 1864 this farm, when
left to John W. Steel, was returning an in.
come of &2, 900 per day, and in the safe, kept
by Mrs. McClintock, who left the property,
was $40, 900 in gold and 100000 in green.
backs. Steel and Slocum (Steel's partner)
were famous names in the oil region, while
their money lasted To-day Steel is impov-
erished and Slocum is serving out term of
imprisonment for brutal assault on an un.
offending man. The descent of those 'oil
princes" has been as rapid as was their &C.
QUESTION Of almost boundless wealth. A his
tory of the past three years of their lives
would read very much like romance, and
show that truth is stranger than fiction. .
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-12-25
WEIGHING THE RABY.

How many pounds does tho baby Weigh
Baby, who came but month Ago'
How many pounds fiom the eroWning curl
To the rosy point Of the restless toeln
Grandfather ties the kerehlsf's knot,
Tenderly guilds the swinging weight,
And carefully over his glassaa peers.
To read the record "only eight
Softly the echo goes around
The father laughs at the tiny girl
Ths fair young. mother sings the words,
While grandmother smoothss the golden curl
And STOPPING above the precious thing,
Nestles kiss within prayer,
Murmuring softly Little one,
Grandfather did not weigh ysu fair.
Nobody weighed the baby's smile,
Or the love that came with tile helplssn one
Nobody weighed the threads OF care
with which a woman's life is spun
No index tells.the mighty worth
ofa little blby's quiet breath
A soit, unceasing metronome,
Patient and faithful unto death.
Nobody weighed the baby's soul,
For here on earth no weight there be
That could avail; God only knows
Its value in eternity.
Only eight pounds to hold soul,
That seeks no angol's silver wing,
Bat shrines 1t in this human gulsS,
Within so fair and small thing.
0, neither, laugh your merry note
Be gay or glad, but don't.fo.gst
from bAby's eyes looks out soul
That claims home in Eden yet
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-12-25
ID DEsToRE YOUR HEALTHI
A BALM FOR THE AFFLICTED
MRS. DIR. FOSTER,
No. 6l2 WEST FRONT STREET.
VlLNlNGTON, DELAWARE

WILNINGTON, DELAWARE
Announces to the citEeus OF Wilmugton and YIopitv
that she at continues the practice OF Medicine In ali IL
branches She is prepared treat old chronic Of
Conehs Coldr Rheumatism Neuralgs ErysipelaF spnsl
Aheetions, Dyspepsia, Hyseria, Ser1fuA aud the umar.
Gus other Ills TO which sh is heir. She VII riye par.
t'aar attention to The tre4lment Of diseases females
MIs III sssSea at ther residences II desired
Medical University, and her DIPLOMA may be seen al b.
oiee she invitea the afflicted call and see her a.
she ehafges nothing fr advice and from her complete
kn9wedge Of the human system latters herself that ne
can shSd than great rslif II not permanently cure
'nvm' oola-tf
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-12-25

No blanket round his wasted limbs,
undsr. the rainy sky he sopt.
While pointing to his onvomonsd shafts,
Around him Death, the archer erspt
lie dreamed of hunger, and held out
His hand to clutch little bread
That bright angel with torch
Among the living and the dead
Seemed bearing, smiling as he vent;
The Tisien.wAked hin. and ho spied
The posl-boy, followed by a crowd
OF famished prlsonirs. who erlsd
For letters letters from their sfrieudi;
Crawling upon his hAnds. and knees
lie he ars his own name ca led, and lei
A letter from his wife he ssesl
Gasping for breath he shrleked aloul,
And lost in natures. .blnd. .esiipis.
faltering amid the supplisnl crowd,
Caught 1t, and pressed II to his lips.
A guard who followed, red and wroth,
And hourishins 4 rusty brand,
Eevlled him with tauntlng oath,
And snatehel the letter from his hAnd.
First ray the postage, whining wretch"
boHpAtA hAu maui tho pilsoutI bfANt-
"rhen give me back my money, sir
I am captive, not = slave
You took my money and my clothes
Take ms life, too,-but let ME know
How Mary and the children are,
And will Hess you ere Co."
The very moonlight through his hands,
As he stood duplicating, alone;
And his sharp features shaped themselves
Into prayer, and such tone
OF anguish there was in his cry
For wife and children, that the guard,
Thinking upon his own, passed BY,
Aud left him swooning on the sWArd.
Beyond the "dead line fell his head;
The eager sentry knew his mark,
And with a crash, the bullet fpol
Into his brain, and all was dark.
But when they turned his livld cheek
Up to wards the light, the psle lips smilsl
kissing picture fair and meek,
That held in either hand a child.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-12-25
CHRISTMAS HYMN.
ny WILLIAM CULLEN BETANr.


Thou hast put all things under His feet.
oh, North, with all thy wales of green
Oh, South, with all thy phlmsi
From peopled towns, and hslds between,
uplift thy voice of psalms;
Raise, ancient East, the anthem hIsh,
And let Tbs youthful West reply.
Lo, in the clouds Of heaven appears
Gods we'll beloved son;
lie briggs train Of brighter yeais;
Ills Kingdom is begun
lie Oomes guilty world to blssl,
With mercy, truth and rlshtsouInsst
oh, Father haste the promised hour,
Whom at his feet shall lie
All rule, authority and power,
Beneath the ample sky;
When he shall reign, from pole to pole,
The Lord OF every human souli
When all sball heed the words He said,
Amid their daily cares,
And, by the loving life he led,
Shall strive 10 pattern theirs;
Aud lie who conquered death, shall wis
The mlghtier conquest over sin.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-12-25
$500 REWARD.


will pay $500 to the proprietor OF any msdene that
can show greater number Of genuine certificates OF
cures effected by IT, the place where Ia than
MIsHLERB HERB BlTTERS-of Consumption Dys.
pepdA, Liver Complaint, Bloody Rlux, DlaIrh@a, fy.
phoid, Intemltent and Bilious RsveYa Fever and
Cholera Morbus Yellow JGundloe serofua, Running or
Sore Legs, Cancer, Abscessi Neuralgia, rheumatism
Coughs Colds, CrAnp In the Stomach Chronic Darrhms
Piles letter, eeald Head 0phnems falling away sick
peculiar to children Leuohorrh0a, Falling Of the
Womb ali obsructionb to the due Of nature in
fomAel all venerAl diseases, and all complaints arising
from impure Blood weak aud disordered state OF the
Stomach Liver Kidneys. Certificates Of OF the
yellow Power In Mexico also be furnished
Rsr.sMbfr II II does not cure, the money will be re-
funded BY the proprietor.
BENJAMIN MIsIILER,
8. B. Corner OF Centre Square,
Lancaster, Pa
Females AFFLICTED with Irregularities will mud this
msdsine very beneficial.
For sale wholesale and retail by
A. AITKEE 4 CO.,
General state Agents.,
No los WSst Front Sf.
And by all Druggists and Merchants.
Families should not be without IL. ost2
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-12-25
MEDICAL ELECTRICITY.

DIR. G.. II. LAW TON,
Prom PhilAdsphA would say to his friends and The pu
lie, that he has opened az oaleo at
ol5 MARKET STREET, WILMINGTON,
and Ia prepared to treat all kinds of nervous chronic and
uterine diseases on electrical principles and tho
scientific manner. Nervous DiseiHas Rheumatism Neu.
ragla, Paralysis cured In onshrd Of the time usual
required by the ordinary appliances Nearly all cases Of
chronic diseases be esSually cured and there are
none but that can be greatly benefited.
In Uterine Diseases its value not be estim ated
Proapsus Msplaeemsnts Uloerisns and all other dis
easos peculiar to females promptly relieved and perma
nently cured, In an incredibly short space q time
N. B.-PATIENTS TAKEN BIZ CONTRACT. AND
CURES 6UARAKTERD.
REFERENCES
Washington RUSSELL 81. D. Chrlstana Del. Wsitsr r
southgAts christana, Deli John r simmons Christlans
Del; W. Harris ~ John street vi j. Plstt O25 Walnut
PHILADELPHIA iylO-tf
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-12-25

The Paris Monde, the organ of the Catho-
lies, describes at great length miracle
which recently took place in that city at No
II Rue Villedo. A servant girl was lying at
the point Of death, as the story goes, when a
confessor rubbed her eYelids with a small
piece of the Pope's white flannel shirt She
was on the instant restored TO state Of
comparative health, and at once demanding
food, Sat with great Vorasity
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-12-25
PICTURE TRAMHs, 30.
n n. GARRATT,
wHoLHsALB AND RETAIL
PICTURE AND FRAME STORE,
NO III KARKET STREET,
WILMINGTON. pKLAwApE

ThO subscriber 10 the dABsns OF WHINING
ton and vsinty, that he still eonnuss 70 kssp sonsa
ly on haud all kinds Of Prnta aud AnUravnEs, square
and Oral Branes also, Gilt KoswOod and Walnut
Mouldlnga which he will dispose Of the most TsAson.
able terms Picture lramss and Alrrurs made lo order
and nnthsd IN style To suit he tAa, At the loEeat
ptiess Framing to ordes In s mos. approved sy
the public TO his slaFant aSsoftsn q al kinds Of Pie.
tues, whlsh he will sell on aaeommodAihK terms. All
kinds Of Horns pelishsd and nrnamsuked iu the most
astetal manneF. siss HIN ell bsasN PaasslQE sss.
Whgro Ugt1lem
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-12-25
DAVID MEREDITH.

WlLHTN0TON, Oct 2bth, 1855.
4. At.eR & Co., Agsnt for DR.. o. MishlsrIs Biiisrs
II affords pleasure to say that your Blttsrs are very
valuable in Of cramps. somewhat sublsst t.
them. Your Blttsrs gave me relief iumsdlAtsly.
CHARLES SIMMONS,
No. 2l6 West Front etreet
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-12-25
TrHE ARTISANS SAVINGS BANK,

INHE ARTISANS SAVINGS BANK,
No. COT MARKET STREET,
Wilmington, Delaware,
Open to receive deposits daily Sundays sxsspedl dur
Ing tho usual business hours, and on Tuesday and
Saturday evenings from to o'clock, r. n.
All the profits Of the bank amer the payment OF
necessary expenses devoted 10 the heneht OF the
dspouitors, and dividends made ssmlAnnuAlly In
April and october Since the orsanisaon OF the Bank
In 1891 the dvd9nds have uniformly been at tbs rate
Of SIX per Saut, per Annum.
Dividends not drawn regarded deposits, and at
onee become entitled to participate n future dvllends
No manager i allowed to borrow any Of the funds Ia
trusted 10 the BAnk.
MAEAGERs.
WrAldAh 9. HiLLEs BDwARp DLRLpaIos,
oHoRaH w BUsu, ,losBPn W. DAY,
". r. Bassos IIEaRT P. DuRE,
h@FAkn bETrs, CHARLEs W Rowland,
VIZ. II. BILLAsY Jon y. JACKSON,
oAaAsa s, CAPELlA CLEMENT II sMYIH
WM 8. HGLLEs, PAEuDEET.
das W BUsa, Wee President,
NDty JoHa r. hoLAls, Treasurer,
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-12-25
GEORGE 0OUERT,
No. 10 B 9th street.
P. W. a B. n R.

WfLhNaron, Oct. 20th, 1884
kessrs. A. ARea go Agsns for Dr. MfsAlsri Redfeins
blRs:--l have been subjeet for time to severe
ehia and fever, and advised to try your medicine
did 3d. and Ia Justice TO you II cured me entirely. I
can be found At the above place any tms during day
70 glVe any information that mAy be desired Ia Of
your valuable medicine.
Yours truly,
DAVID MKREnITu
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-12-25
fI7HE GREAT REMEDY OF THE AGE
FEVER AND AGUg CURED IN as HOURS.

MRS. D R. FOSTER,
MAnuiaetures Ipsedc for this TERRIBLE malady which
Is warranted to the most obstinate OF Fever
and Agus, in many Instances il 4s hours II has baen
used by Thousands and failed t1 afford relief
Druggsts and ds.ers would eonnt their own interests
by keeping 1t on hand, as IL l. rapidly growing public
favor and is beeomng the great remedy Of the age for
these dissases. ool6-tf
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-12-25
300 REWARD,

will pay to any Doctor member of the Medical Fra
tsny the Of 800 for any compound that
more medicinal virtues and curative powers than
Mlshler's Herb Bitters.
B. MI5HLER, Proprietor,
s. B. Corner Of Cent Square
Lauuastar pa