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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-07

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Loss by Portland Fire. July 4th
rNHE fatal nmannt nnvarnd br tho A1tn. po

rTHE total amount covered by the Htna PoIi-
u cies on property destroyed or damaged is
$2O6.S54, on which salvage will be about fvo
Der cent. Our total loss will not vary much
from Sal0OOO, and was promptly adjusted and
paid. This sum 10 five per cent. upon the Com
pany's assets, figure but slightly exceeding
our Government and State taxes paid last year,
or proportion equal to a 5000 loss for COM
pany Of Sl000O0 assets
The necessity for insurance and the value of
wealthy, strong corporations is fofcby IL
lustrated by this IRE. Several weak insurance
companies are destroyed. Portland has a
population of 3.000-was handsomely built,
mostly fine brick or stone structures--proteeted
and screened with onward of 1000 shade trees
bounded on three sides by water-indoed,
literally, almost rising from the ocean--and
with steam fire department-yet il has $10,-
OOO,OOO OF property consumed in a few hours
upon holiday when its people are least occu-
pied-from the very insigniheant cause of a
contemplate hrecracker.
Remember the trihing origin Of fires that
sweep away in few hours the earnings %
years. Consider your best interest aud give the
Atna Agent a call If you need proper insur-
ance security. Pay fair rate Of premium for
a good and genuine article, and with these
lights and experiences before you, procure
your insurance with shrewd Judgment.
Applications for insurance promptly attended
to By II. A. LITTLETUN & CO., Ag'ts.
VOLS .kr No. p Madison street.
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eeY- An exchange says: The British
wh .ie fisheries have been diminishing in
production for some time, and now yield
nually but one-third the product OF
six J years ago. The seal fisheries are,
wever, growing in importance and
value, and it is stated that a single
steamer sent out from Dundee, Scotland,
last year, caught $500 seals, yielding 29O
tons of oil.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-07

.B0rThe laborers in the coal mines at
La Sale, ILL.,, are upon a strike, and a
riot is apprehended If their demand for
IN increase of wages is not acceded to.
The Governor of the State has been ap-
Piled to by the employers to take the
matter in hand. u1f
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16~ A young man named Harvey
Bradford was struck by lightning and
instantly killed in Knox county, Illinois,
on Thursday last He was moving at
the time in On open field, and probably
his scythe attracted the electric fluid.
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A DOCTORS WORDS.
LIST TO WORDS OF COMFORT.

CoFFEEvILLE, MISS, Feb. %, 1867.
MEssRs. j. p. DROMGooLE a Co., Memphis,
Tennessee:
Sins: We are having a heavy demand for
your ENGLISH FEN ALE BITTERS." |
thin k il is all il processes to be-a good efleotua
uterine tonic, one that has been long needed in
suffering with diseases of the womb, that have
resisted the treatment of almost all practi-
TONERS of the country. ITecommend II at the
counter and in my practice. without any fears
Of Of certiacates If needed. Your opf seryt y'r
j. A. p. KENNEDY, M. d.
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e65- A story is told by the Frederieks-
burg (Va) Nescs Of man in that town
who actually eat a pound Of tobacco one
day last week. The editor Of the Nstrs
yonches for the truth Of the statement
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S1- Kentucky has truly covered her
self with glory. Her entire Conservative
State ticket is elected by not less than
$4,000 majority--nearly every county
having been heard from officially.
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n9-T The political campaign in Ohio
was opened on Monday by the candidates
for Governor Of the two opposing pohi
ical parties, Judge Trueman, Conserva-
tive. and General Hayes, Radical
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DROMGoOLE & CO.'S r
Red Diarrh9a Remedy.

One Bottle will cure several ordinary cases OF
Diarrhea, Nausea and Vomiting, CRAMPS,
Cholera, Cholera Morbus, Pain and Gripping.
1t is exceedingly pleasant, children love it, il
c0Ols the stomach, quiets the nerves. relieves
the pain. vomiting and cramps. checks the
bowels, etc. Il Is unsimulating in its effects,
possessing Soothing medicines which give tone
10 the stomach and bowels.
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Cotton Planters Voice.

ABBEyILLE, MISS. May q, ls67.
MEssRs. J. P. DRoMGooLE q Co., Memphis
DEAR SIRs Permit me to speak in behalf Of
your ENGLISH FEMALE BITTERS."
honestly think it the greatest discovery Of the
age, and that its equal for the treatment Of
female coTnPla nts is not known TO the civil
ICED world. The use of TWO BOTTLES has re-
loved my wife of n distressing female com
plant. for which had spent hundreds of
dollars without benefit. / cheerfully recon-
mend 1t as wonderful compound, possessing
rare virtues for the siokly females of our
JOHN P. FLETCHER.
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"a The United States mail and Uni
led States express were robbed Rear
Mayview, No, on the "a. The money
packages taken from the express con-
tained Sll4O in gold and sl6O ia green
backs.
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BG~ A locomotive exploded on the
Alabama and Florida railroad on Satur-
day, instantly killing the engineer and
fireman and wounding number of pas
senpers.
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B@- The State eonstables of Massa-
chusetts invaded three club houses in
Lynn Saturday night, seized liquors and
gambling implements, and arrested
thirty four individuals. enc
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G2rA Texas paper proposes Mayor
Hoffman, Of New York, fr the htx'
Presidency, and General Aousse. ., Of
Louisville, for the Viqe Presidency.
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10~The cholera has completely disap-
peared from Ellsworth, Kansas, where it
was raging to an alarming extent a few
weeks since.
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From an Editor.

KoscrUsRo, Mss, May 2s, 1867.
MEssRs. J. P. DRoMoooLE & Co., Memphis:
This is TO certify that the ENGLISH FE-
MALE BIrTERS, prepared and sold by J. P.
Dromgoole Co., Of Memphis, Tenn, is high
ly recommended by the Medical fraternity at
this place and in the surrounding country.
From conversation with several friends, as well
as from my immediate experience, it is thor
ough and effective medicine. 10
c. II. M0RGAND,
Editor Koscusko Chronicle.
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B@- Rumor says the. General Palmer
and staff have gone TO hs City OF M4&-
leo to demand the person Of SAnle Anna,
and to ask for the dy ~ Maxiniian.
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R@- Strong opposition is being made
IN ST. Louis to the increase of fare on the
street railroads. Most of the companies
have raised the fare from five to six cents.
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B6r A Mrs. Danhotf died in Louisville
on Monday, from the effects of bee
sting, which she received While gather ng
flowers the Saturday previuu4
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B1r The steamer Resaca, which ars
rived at Panama on the I'd, had sixty.
eight cases of yellow fever on board
during the voyage
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-07

ReA- The Round Table of the current
week notices, editorially, the growing
taste for gambling in this country.
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pT-The Rev. Edward C. Tovue, who
is recommended as lecturer BY Messrs.
Wendell Phillips and Ralph Waldo En-
erson, announces a lecture on John
Brown: a Lesson Of American Man
hood"
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s@-The widow Of General stonewall
jackson is at the New York Hotel /
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RAJ W. N. White, Esq, editor of the
Southern Cultsator, died at his resi-
dence at Athens, Ca, on Sunday. OBI
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nG- -Idlewild, the home of the late poet,
N. P. Willis, viii be opened next month
as young ladies' seminary.
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p9"By fire among the oil wells at
Petrolia, c. W, on Monday, $8O,OOO
worth of machinery was destroyed al
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Doctors Don't Disagree

OPE iXOUR EARS.
.1 M CARRoLLToY, Mss, March 70. 1867.
MEssRs. j. P. DRoMGOoLE & Co.: fs.
GENTs We take pleasure in using your
+" "ENGLISH FEMALE BITTERS " in our
practice, and recommending it to all suffering
females who are in need Of genuine uterine
tonic. 1t is admirably adapted to the various
female complaints Of this country, and sells
we'll here. Your friends,
DRs. VASSER & MCKAY,
GEO. ST0VALL, NJ. D.,
rra Il. DALE, NJ. d.
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need no better medicine than this. A few doses
checks the bowels and relieves great suhering.
Il is no far fetched remedy, il is no patent nor
secret. but Is prepared in your midst by physi-
clans who are practicing medicine In your
midst. aud who are willing 70 show the recipe.
aud tn
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-07

B0~ General Michael, commander Of
the Canadian forces, has resigned.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-07

Hd~ The Bolivar Bulletin speaks of
the corn crop in Hardeman county as
Wonderful"
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B0-Itis said the Prince of Wales has
signed the pledge. srtrsr f-eg 3
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From swamps OF Arkansas.

GRAND GLAZE, AK, June 8, 1867.
MRssRs. j. 2. DRoMGOoLE & CO.:
GESTs Your " GREAT SOUTHERN PRE-
PARATI0NS" are taking well here, and will,
no doubt. soon become more popular than any
medicines ever introduced in this section Of
country. They will recommend themselves
wherever tried. and will very soon be able to
fan their own 1Ame independ dent of all other
agencies. Your "ENGLISH FEMALE BIT
TERS" acts almost magically in curing female
RICHARD WALL. MD.
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D@ General Sherman was in ST. Louis
yesterday.
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Diarrh@a

is our most troublesome complaint during the
summer molths, hurrying many, old and
young, to untimely graves. Thousands OF hu-
Of the RED DIARRHGA REMEDY on hand,
10 be given at a moments warning
- Children Teethinn
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in each and svery case. Do not use any more
Of those powerfully stimulating and hot rene
dies put up by those WHO never rraciiced mcdi-
cines. Out try our Remedy. which issQ pleasant
coolinE. rcviving. unstimulating and immcdi-
ate in its effects. Old OF young, children OF IN
fanfF use IL with deiirht.
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souls member Of your family might Be taken
with the Diarrhna at late hour some of these
dark nirhts. and had yru not better send and
procure one bottle oi RED DlARkHkA
RENEDY, and have IL on hanif Price. 81 o.
Der bottle. ~ sir bottles for s. 00. For sale By
Drurrisis In city and country, and b.
j. p. DR0MGOOLE A CO..
5-l4 No. Sal Main street.
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l'''' IO Richard WALL, NJ. D.
EENEALE DTREARFR

Which are prostrating so many females all
over the country, can be so easily remedied by
using the ...
ENGLISH FEMALE BITTERS.
used it? Can you doubt the possibility Of
being cured? Do not despair. kut send a. once
and procure one or more bottles. Price, 81 so
per bottle, or three bottles for So: For sale by
J. p. DR0MG00LE. X CO.,
39l Main street.
ss- Also to be had of principal Druggists in
City and County.
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A5- The Company is now prepared 10 issue
rance, and respectfully solicit public patron
nRo. k-23
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DOUSH 4 CUNNINGHAM, BLACk.
III smithing and Wagon making. cor. Mon
roe and Des0io streeis 10
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M EDIcAL.
TRUTH Is MIGHTY
AND WILL PREV ALL.
FACTS FOR FEMALES.

LIVERY HUSBAND WHO HAS A WIFE
u suffering with any of the following COM
plants, should not fail TO read: Irregular,
painful or suppressed menstruatien, LeUcor-
rhma or Whites Failing of the Womb, ulcer
alton and irritability of the womb, Mysteries.
Chlorosis or Green Sickness, Palpitation of the
Sick Headache, Pains in the Back, Side and
Loins. Irregular Appetite, Geld Feet and
Hands. Melancholy, Smothering Sensation,
Pale Checks, Nervousness, and all others pecu-
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TYNOH, JOE T., PHYSICIAN AND S SUR-
i J geon, SOL Main street. up stairs.
NTADAME ANNA, F0RTUN E-TELLER,
iNl No g. Gayosp street. IL. l09
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English Female Bitters

and be cured. You need not be afraid Of 81, as
it prepared by regular, praetieing physicians
with great accuracy. from pure and select
Drugs. 1t is not secret tcompound-any ply
sician can call at our office, No. 39l Main st.,
and examine the recipe. Please read
'2 A FEW CERTIFICATES, sj
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USSELb, GROVE & CO., GAYOSO PLA-
IL ming Mill, 2l2 Adams street. east OF the
BAYOU,
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CTEINKUHB. JACOB, DEALER IN ALE.
- Beer and Liquors, 2S0 Third street.
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CHULTz, A. o.. L0OKSMlriI, SAFE MA
- ker. etc. ll9 Jefferson street.
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DOCCO, Il. 81 CO., CONFECTI0NERS,
IL Garner Madison and Second streets.
DOGRRS 4 PURNELL, PHYSICIANS
IL and Surgeons. cor. Main and Madison sts
..r.. Il
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DAY Il WEIGH, ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Ia No. 297 Main street, up stars. rt
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DosT0FFICB, COR. JEFFERSON AND
/ Third streets r. G. Gist, Pos master.
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HREENWALD 4 LACE. DRY GOODS,
W ETC., OBS Second street.
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AFUSIC, PIANOS, CABINET ORGANS,
chandise. M n. Katgenbach's, BIT Main st.
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DOYSTER, TRtHBNANF z CO., AUG
IL tioneers, 276 Second street.
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nWRN, MOORE x WEST, INSURANCE
~ Agents. N. W cor. Main and Madison SITS.
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CWAN d FOUrE, ,ATr0RNEHS-AI- LAW,
- DesotO Block, Madison street.
C'TRATMAN'S SWIMMING SCHOOL.
- foot of Union street.
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D0LICE COMMISSIONERS OFFICE, No.
~ Madison street.
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i q Madison street. 81 -.
r OWRY q sMOOT. HOUSE AND SIGN
Il Painters 2S5 Second street. M
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4 ONO RAILROAD DEPOT,
IAL InnLI e NJ nira cArnof
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nAOKFR, II. b., DAALER IN PITTS
49, coal No ib0% Main ST
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CPToRR. ANDERSON Il co., GR0cERs,
- No. a12 Main street.
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TUKFs, 4. s., TIN, COPPER AND SH EET
81 iron Worker, 2s3 Second street.
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INSURANCE. LINDSEY 4 vRRDEN-
| PURGE hgeftis, II Madison Street. l5g
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MILES & S SC0DDARD, AUCTIONEERS,
INI southwest corner Main and Gayoso SITS.
NToNSARRAT 4 MONTGOMERY. .ACC-
iNA tioreers, 272 Second St. AyIes Building.
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nAILY, REUBEN, U. S. COMMISSION
l j er 3i0 SccOnd street INM
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HLAPP, VANCE q. ANDERSON, ATToR-
" neys-at-L Law. .sslden Building. ID Madison
atroet Memphis Tenn.
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UORTE a. MoDONOUGH. GAS FITTERS,
n Plumbers ETC., 344 Second street.
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uATLMAN, S. FRED, SADDLRR. No. 90
TeffprkOn street.
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DOOLEY, BARNUM & CO., JEWELLERS,
atc 265 Main street.
, 1867-11-29
(Flom the 81. IHomas Times, Norembcr %
OBITUARY.

DIED,-In this town on Thursday morning
the 9TH instant, after a short and severe illness,
Miss Frederick Huyghue, native of st. Croix.
A kind, affectionate sister and dear friend.
The deceased has left a lasting memory
amongst her sorrowing relatives and friends.
Her christian character wasstrong and deep, and
none who knew her could resist the influence
she exerted for good in the daily life she lived.
The funeral ceremonies were kindly performed
on the same afternoon by the Reverend Mr..
Allan, in the absence of the Rector of All
Saints Church.
BLESSED are they who die in the Lord for
their works do follow them.'-Com.
, 1867-11-29
NOTICE.

Royal Insurance Office, St, Croix Agency,
9Th October 1867.
The figures which represent its enormous
progress are certainly remarkable.
It's Fire Premiums 10 Years since 100000.
and this Year likely much above &40O,O 600!
Its present total Revenue more than $500, 600!
It's accumulated Funds invested nearly
One Million and u half Sterling!
and its Life Revenues adding to its Funds from
100000 to GI2O,OOO annually!
A person assured with profits in 'the Royal"
between September and December 1854 for
e. 1000 would have had added to his policy at
the end of 1864 a Bonus of 5000, making his
$1,000 Policy in little more than 10 Years a
policy for Sc 200.
Yours, truly
E. MONEFELDT,
Agent.
, 1867-11-29

gllHIS Society, which confines its bust
"a ness exclusively to assuring the lives
OF persons resident in the West Indies,
presents advantages such as no other AS
surance Company, %labouring in the same
field, can offer. It's scale of Premiums.
although considerably lower than that Of
any other Company, has nevertheless been
found quite adequate to provide for the
risk OF life in the West Indies, and sufi-
cient 10 create large SURPRISES, out of
which ReyerSionary Bonuses, averaging
p per cent per annum upon the amount
assured have been distributed among the
Members of the Society.
Its career, during a period of 27 years,
has clearly demonstrated the fact that the
lives of persons residing in this part OF
the world, are, when carefully selected,
almost as valuable as those inhabitiug
Europe, and that they do not demand
such excessive Premiums as are charged
by every other Company.
The following abridged Table shows
the Premiums required to assure 500,
for the whole term, upon Il single lile:,-
, 1867-11-29

Assurances Of every description on sin
gle lives are granted by the Society for
any sum from 100Doliars to 10, 900 Dollars.
Premiums are received Quarterly, Half
yearly or Yearly, at the option Of the
Assured.
Assurcrs wishing to discontinue the
payment of their Premiums, may either
dispose of their Policies to the Society
upon equitable terms, or obtain a free
Policy for Il reduced amount.
loans are granted to Members on the
Security Of their Policies.
All claims occurring by death are
promptly met within 3 months after salts
factory proof Of such death has been re-
ceived by the Society.
Strict Investigations into the position
of the Society are made quinquenniaIly,
and the surplus then existing is allotted to
the Members, after a sufficient sum has
been set aside for the purposes of the
Reserve Fund. The next investigation
and Division of Profits, will take place at
the 31st December, 1870.
The Society has Agencies in nearly all
Of the British West India Islands.
1ctuarY-ALEXR. S. BURNETT.
SecTcta1Y-HENR1 CRUMPION.
MEDICAL EXAMINERS:
DR.. Won. BRETON. DR.. HOLM.
Forms Of Proposal, Prospectuses, and
every information may be obtained from
F. B. GRIFFITH,
AgeRt.
, 1867-11-29
BARBADOS
Mutual Life Assurance Society
ESTABLISHED IN 1910.

INCORPORATED BY SPECIAL ACT 1851.
, 1867-11-29
CHIEF OFFICE:

No. 20, HIGH STREET, ~BRIDGEToWN, BARBADOS.
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Aniun and 1ispatfh.
largest oirculaiion in City and State.
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSsLP

PrOpOsitiOn 20 Adjourn Ihe Extra ses-
siOn-The Impeachment QuestiOn-
Southern Radicals and 1he Presi
deHy-APpOtHt3eRf OF Hon. Edmund
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PRIZE RING COURTTKa.

"John Paul, in the Springfield (Mass.)
Republican, thus " does love scene in
the language of the prize ring
Twas night, and the aromatic Arabella
and the fuligiuoas Fitzfoodle, in accordance
with a previous arrangement-play or pay
being the word-Were seated in the garden.
Both Nere in excellent condition, and
showed the benefit of good training.
Arabella was a little too much flesh,
perhaps, but Fitzfoodle didn't carry an
ounce of spare weight, and stepped smil
ingly into the ring, looking confident Of
winning.
The moon in the far heavens looked
smfiing and serene, ike bottle holder,
while the stars looked down with their
spectacular organs, seemingly ready to act
as referees.
A clock in the neighboring Kitchen called
time
4 Little was lost in preliminary sparring;
side by side sat the amative amateurs,
grasping each others maWleys. Indeed, it
was beautiful scene, calling back memo.
ries Of the haloyon days when the Cohoes
Chicken had a mill with the Skeneateles
sockdollager.
A counter or two, and Fitzfoodle neatly
got his left fin round Arabella's ribs, his
right still grasping her small and delicate
bunch Of fVes.
as your money mine ~ asked Fitzfoodle
in tender accents.
No reply was heard; it was ey ident that
this self>winder had knocked the breath
all out of Arabella.
But the demonstration was hut moments
sry. II don't see it," she said, getting
her left fin out of chancery.
This was one on Fitzfoodle's mob. He
went down on his knees to avoid further
punishment. At this there were cries Of
"fowl," fowl" in a restaurant near by,
and the victory was claimed for Arabella.
Bnt Fitzfoodle refused to give it mp. and
both retired to their corners.
Arabella came mp looking game TO the
backbone; Fitgfoodle, Notwithstanding
bis la.e punishment, still smiling and com
6dent
"Myparenis are wealthy" he murmured,
and again got his left duke in on Arabella's
ribs, and Ghbed away until there was dan
ger of row ontside the ropes.
"The figures" she gasped.
; "A peach orchard in New Jersey" he
returned, and with that put one in on her
potato trap, which she returned with inter-
est on his kisser. There was lively
round Of sounding on exchanges, and. it
was plain that from that time forth Fiiz-
foodle had the fight all his own way.
Finding it useless to longer hold out,
Arabella now threw up the sponge, closed
her lovely peppers, and reposed her lovely
knowledge box peacefully upon Fiizloodle's
manly bread basket, utterly regardless OF
the fact that huge mosquito had tapped
her bugle, and was drawing the c'aret at a
fearful rate.