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An old man VINO mas had seven wives
Is banging around the Court House, at La
fayelte, waiting for an order to release
him from . the. bonds that bind" In
order that he may try the eighth. Poor
old soul, he ought TO emigrate to Brigham
Yoting's kingdofn. - FT&h
There Is TO be a wood-sawing "tourna2
ment," at Lafayette, shortly. Nine
young men of the Y. NJ. g. A, have agreed
to do The saving, each to gut up faScPFd OF
wood, honest measure; the faateat SAWYER
10 have a suitable prize awarded. The
wood il for the poor ofthe eitg.G
Charlie, an infant SON of John II. and
Loretta Canadian, OF Wheatonville, was
so badly burned stas few days amysthwt be
died shortly after. lie was playing near 4
heap OF burning logs, and his clothes took
1re. Before assistance conld be rendered.
he was most horribly burned. !
Frank sherry. who Is n travelling agent
OF "A Cincinnati SILK House. IN ms OF de-
Hreum tremens made several attempts TO
end his existence' by jumping through a
window ut the Oriental HouSe ut Indian
apolis last Tuesday. 6.tAN8 4 ~
A little stranger, neatly wrapped In dry
goods, was fouad in the Ctty Cemetery at
Terre Haute by lady last Wednesday.
There was note attached; Little Alice
Hebor was born September %. DO take
care OF her. IL you. please" On one OF the
articles about thepefsoh of the child was
stamped In stencil. Adele New." i
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INnrANA ITEMS.

Peru is talking about street railroad
for that place.
The indianapolis Heratd announces that
gored dresses are all the so now, IN that
city. a -.sss
.l Hon. Charles Sumner win deliver his
lecture, Are we a Nation?" at Greencas-
tie on she evening OF the alst inst, in the
College Chapel. ttsfAJ
= Assistant Bishop Talbot win return
hofie to tndianapolss, from the Pan An
glican ConYenttor, the first part of next
month. HeSviI leave England next week.
Mrs. Eafng. aged l0l years, died ut her
s-uFesfdenee-fn- esaREolaa 0ouaty=oz last FhurSr
~ day. Her h asbAnd WAS q soldier fIgF the
= war or 1872, and was kIIedi In bettle.&.
The County Auditors of the State are
quite backward in making their settle
ments this year. Not more than one-half
9 the counties have been heard from.
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SON at Toronto. They tell him they
are in Canada for the double purpose
Of selecting lands for the colonization
of their friends who will emigrate
from the Southern States in case negro
suffrage shall be established there by
Congress, and Of keeping watch on
the frontier for any outbreak or
disturbance in the United States that
shall give them aSchance 20 break up
the Government and establish a
Southern Confederacy. These men
seem to have plenty Of money. A few
days ago one of sthemy (BFeckiRFidge
/ think received a donation from q
brother rebel of ten thousand dollars,
because he was said to.be poor This
was, doubtless, out Of the gold fund.
sent TO Thompson by the Rebel Cow
eminent during the war, to enable
him to launch his raid upon us from
Canada. j. M. Mason, now ait. To-
ronto, is especially bitter against
Congress, and vows all sorts of
vengeance and destruction in case
his pompous self is not allowed
to return to Virginia. jeff Dagis is
having fine residence bt.ilt for him
at Toronto, doubtless Outiof the same
fund-a fund pilfered from Southern
banks during the rebellion, = e
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is fitting that the man who, on many
bloody battle fields, crushed an in
famous rebellion, should be pitted
against the man who, protected by
the Government be sought to over
throw, did all he could TO paralyze
the efforts of the Union armies. 1t
will be the old contest of, the. blue
against the gray. The Republican
party, with General GRANT at its
head, can move on the euemy's works
with eSarys Aeshraso5 az eaccoss.
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"Reminiscences.

To those members of the Republi-
can party who have gone crazy on the
subject of. negro suffrage, the New
York Times makes the following sug-
gestiensa gs1f3 t0e syoT
1t seems to be a well authenticated
historical fact that the republic did
get on quite comfortably for something
ike eiqhtuziedy-s, sr9iile the blacks did
not fight our battles nor control oatr
elections. 1t is true there were a good
many things that were not exactly as
sthey should have been but HeverFhe-
less the country pr0spered; the crops
aQere- QQodi-the -klerties Of The people
acre projected; We went through one
war with Great BFitian and another
with Mexico very creditably; commerce
fourished; tdnation aoos light; zoe
paid oar national debt ] foreign nations
enUied as, and we, in turn, and for
the purpose of keeping up good fell
lowship, .despised 'them-and on the
whole we got along very comforta bly,.
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Important 10 AdYertIsers.

The circulation Of the JOURNAL an
the 'CFtg Of Evansville 10 three times
as large as that Of any other neaospa-
per.
Oar circulation ia -LndiGmG and
Illinois IS greater than dny ether nea0s-
paper published IN tha Oty.
ui In Kentucky ills more than al the
other EUansrtlle papers combined.
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-. -T[Forthe E va nsville j ournal
: ~ re W ABs4NH' FYsFRND.+

.'TislnepS PTightRr1ora- ~tfe brsezes brihl
A gracious fragrance on their wings;
Autumnal dowe Of various hne, :,
Are glitterlngin the early. dew;
And pafflmss rise frorhshan and dale,
Borne onward by the gentle gale,
Lilxe.spifits offthei blessed nownG
Yet am sad-for thou art gone,
ccfhgvufb
TITS eve, hallowed eve-the sunset sBies
Are paiptsd Ger with Eden dyes;
The stars peep forth and trembling show
7Their pale. soft light on earth below;
Nestled among the leaves, hear
Sweet music from the feathered choir,
Ecf Ing around our pleasant home
Yet am sad-for thou art gone.
s884It@ f@1tA Ounce eEHA4saY.
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KENTUCKY ITEMS.

They have organ ICED q joint stock coreGi
pany ut Lexington, with capital OF 90
900. the object Of wbich IL to establish a
pillow mandatory At That place. 81
A few days ago person In the Paducah
District filed petition for tnd benefit of
the bankruptlaw. whose isabiifties EXCEED
100000. .4..s,3 45,43 .s5sffnsra
a fast young man waseaned elegantly
In Louisville a day or two ago by an in
furiated female who was keeping grog-
gerry" oPise Aehlad no pQetA to pay for
the drinks. T. rss
Col. r. q. Burton OF Richmond, has been
appointed tI4a4tsd-statss Commissions for
the Eigatnc opggeFfien al piAiri sct by Judge
Ballard. Il
On the morning OF the 28d, DIR. Fox
worthy, OF wheatland, johnson County,
got on the train TO go to Indianapolis. At
Greenwood the Doctor imprudently carpe
out Of the coach and stood on the platform.
While the train was running at a nigh
rate of speed he was thrown of. and so In
IuFed that his ltfels despatEed eff 1o3 II
A few days ago, says the Shelby Sentinel,
Mr.. ]. X. Logan, a wen known citizen OF
that county, while driving an OK team In
endeavoring to replace a plank In the
WARO&Ar IG0 AnAb Lis D&AAfAGR3s e&AAu
becoming frightened, ran, and upsetting
the wagon, inflicted such serious Injuries
on Mr.. LIS person that he died in abont
three hours. Fl
The Bowling Green Democrat learns that
navigation VIII be open through To that
city on or about the 18th of this month.
A great deal of work has been done on
Green and Barren Rivers, snd 1t il said
they are now In better condition than for
many years.
During the past month. says the licking.
ton Reporter and Observer, 6SS pension
vouchers were examined, approved, and
paid their semi-annual allowance by Alex.
IL. Adams, Esq, Pension Agent, sol ,939 %
being disbursed. His agency consists OF
forty-eight OF the Eastern counties OF this
State, having one thousand 1--WE hundred
names on the books as pensioners. g
A meeting was held at Elizabethtown,
Ky, on the 22d, TO take into consideration
the building of railroad from that place
to Greensburgh. at which the following
resolution was adopted; 80. 81
ResolUed, That we heartily agree with
the citizens of Green and Larue Counties
in the deep interest they are manifesting
for said enterprise, aud that we Will co.
operate with them in every way 10 accom-
piish IL.
The Grand Lodge OF the /. o. o. F., for
the State of Kentucky, at a recspt session,
held in Louisville. elected the following
named officersi R.W Grand Master, We
t. Curry, of No.i5; r. w. d. Grand Mas
ter. E. w. Turner, No. IA; r. w. Grand
Warden, A. ERahhaerss No. sl4g; r. vs.
Grand Secretary, W. White, No. j; r. w.
Grand Treasurer, @. w. Morris, No. 25 r.
w. Grand Representatives. +, u. y, NJ. j. 3
Durham, No. Sc; and the Grand Encamp-
ment, the following; Pat. Peter Beal. Of
No. .ls IA. Ews Hap. :APat. ]. c. WEIGH, of
No. n, M. e. q. II. p. Pat. George Yates,
of No. 6, r. w. q $. W.; Pat. John b ::sar-s
gent, of No. 4, r.. w. q. j. W; Pat. NJ. s.
Dowden, of No. Is, G. r. G.. T. U. s.; Pat.
W. White, No |. Grands Scribe; Pats. w.
Morris. ONO. 25. Grand Treasurer - |
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NEWS ITEMS.
Gold CLOSED In New York yestorda

Gold closed In New York yesterday
at lATS.
"a The election ofJuarez u eonnrmed.s1
It is said that IL is Santa Annals inten-
ton to leave Mexico for Havana. lie was
TO have left on the Bath. 81 81
II is stated that Jose Maria Ia GAIA, one
of Maxilian's Ministers, who was executed,
embalmed and buried by the newspapers,
tsalive and well in Havana ~
Seven thousand five hundred naturali-
cations have taken place in New York
under the auspices of the Democratic Gen.
trail Committee. and five hundred under
the auspices of the Republican Committee.
Major ]. G. Elston, father-in-law of Sen
ator Lane and General Lew Wallace, died
in Crawfordsville, ON "Wednesday. He was
an early settler there, having taken mp
his residence in Indiana before the admis-
sion OF that State into the Union.
There is new magician in London,
named Rubini, one OF whose tricks is TO
cut Off the head of "A young lady and carry 1t
to the back of the stage. where he unveils
it, and where, at his bidding, 1t addresses
othe audience moral and dfdactic SEN
gtAuees,1 - = Fl q = = Z f. w
AS far as heard from the election at
Richmond, tile Convention. viii be com
posed of forty-two Conservatives, sixty
stbrees RAdieslss and ttarty threa negroes.
Twenty-Five negroes voted the Conserva-
tive, aud thirty whitesthe Radical,
ticket. General Schofleld is denounced
for iseeping he polls open Ion gertnan the
order for election specified
The complaints made by citizens of
Georgia, in relation TO the appointment
of members OF the convention in that
State, have induced General Grant to re-
commend 10 the district commander,
Genefaf Pope, that, If not too late, the APP
pointmentshould be changed, so as to give
the counties their proper representation,
Instead OF grouping them according to the
arrangement or Senatorial Districts.
n The Cleveland Leader advises Ben. Wade
not TO seek a nomination TO succeed Gem
Garfield in the House, 1t says; III he at
teinpts 70 contest nomination. with Gem
eral Garfield. he win miss his mark
The people OF the Nineteenth District APP
preciate the military services, the distin-
guished ability. the COMMUNICATIVE
and the legislative experience OF James A.
Garfield too highly 70 exchange him for
b +. Wade.H'
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Agents for the Journal.

JAMES l.. THORNTON, Princeton, Ind.
Capt. LEVI FEnuusor, peteusbuTKh, Ind.
n A1tRY r. SMITH, Washington, Ind.
w. J. L. HEMMENwAY, Boonville, Ind.
q. X. DEIiKULER, Newburgh, Ind.
JoHH NJ. LooKwooDsMt. Vernon, Ind.
j. NJ. FOSTER Fort Branch, Ind.
J. w. WEAVER, Poseyville, Ind.
=. II. CoRw1N, Somerville, Ind.
Capt. WHITING, Cynthiana, Ind.
T.. j. ROGERS, New Harmony, Ind.
@. A. HARPER, OYgenAVflle. Inds
HARVEY BorD, Hngleton, IND.
THos. MCCuTCuEN. Handersville, Ind.
URntT MARKS, Black Hawk Mills, Ind.
They will also receive and forward tc ms
orders for Binding and Job Printing.
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The R.ebeI LeafIars.

1t is profitable, now and then, to.
turn ourieges toward Canada and see
what the distinguished rebel leaders
eohgregated there are doing. A late
mum berof' the Philadelphia Press con-
tains letter from a gentleman resi-
ding in Detroit, Michigan, and ad
dressed to the editor of the Great.I2e-
public newspaper in Washington City,
which gives US some light on this in
teresting subject. From It we learn.
Than the-reheL chiefs have plenty of
money and are enjoying themselves.
hugely in Toronto. They take a
lively interest il our elections, and
look forward to the day when the
Southern Confederacy will be revived
and they stand at its head The fol-
lowing is the letter:
Z f-ta 2 DETROIT, Oct. 3. 1867.
Mr.. EDIToR-It has come TO my
knowledge from a perfectly creditable
source that the rebel chiefs in Canada,
Jefferson Davis, Jacob Thompson,
Toombs ,hBFeokinridge, and Others.
zhaVeanutagiReu up their hopes or their
plots for - Southern independence. ~
My Informant is an American. resi-
dent in Canada during the last fifteen
years. He has recently coRversed
very freely with Toombs and Thomp-
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Wy AUTHORITY OF HI. MeCUL-
80 LOCHy eHecretaaY OF the Treasury
through con tract GOVERN the wreckIng of
gunboats &c. In the Tennessee River,
hereby hqtifY all parties or party con-
cerned In removing machinery, ordnance,
DC, from saii boats, thatthey must make
a report to fffe, fhtbset1fdtetB of The amount
removed OF machinery, ordnance, DC, and
III sold To report To me, In VALUE. j have
Information that parties In st. Louis, Lou
Isvtlle, Cincinnati, Evansville, and john
sonville, Tenn, have been concerned in
this removal. IL is hoped that these par
ties will attend 10 this. matter Immediately
and save legal process. fL -
GEO. f. WALLACE,
oc3 diff Contractor.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

RwVMR UN DERSI6aN EsHl "a EACH E%
{ @PRAeTIGAL ARITHMEFICT thor
oughly and efficiently, aoeordfng to a
Bysfsmi ao6 his own. Penmansntp,j Book
Keeping, DC, taughty .Iff desired. Terms
very fiberal..sI 10 s4mat~ oHusYsH a
For further information Apply to
SAMUEL /. ENBTEIN
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oc25 dim
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RYOTICE - HEREBY GIVEN, that
~ Will apply 10 the Common Council
of the Cisyao OF Evansville for permission TO
erect frame kitchen on Lot Xg, Donation
Enlargement~of the. City Of Evansville
said but Iding to be u by 10 feet
oc23 dl0t LOUIS METZNER.
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rdlah --Ta1fT

Our YOUNG Folks. -" " jamie
Again" a sketch by GAIL HAMEL-
TON. ~ /" Cast Away in the Cold, an
exciting chapter Of DR.. HAYES adj
mirable story. William Henry's
Letters, to his Grandmother" two
more letters of charming series, by
Mrs. A. M. DIAz. Will Crusoe and
his Girl Friday" by JANE G. AUSTIN.
" Round-the- World Joe," a lively
sketch of the wonders and beauties
of the Indian Ocean. Other excellent
Stories and Poems, by MARY LEON
ARD, HELEN q. WEEKS, ELIJAH
KELLOGG. EDWARD EGGLEsToN; a
Song, by EMILY HUNTINGTON MIL
LER, set to music by j. r. THOMAS.
A full-paged colored illustration,
numerous other illustrationss by the
best artists; and capital Enigmas,
Refuses, &C.. in the Evening Lamp"
and Our Letter Box.
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SOME comic paper represents Gen.
Butler as a manager before the FOOT
lights, apo.ogizing to the public, and
saying that. q Owing to a break in the
machinery, the farce of 9Impeach-
ment is 1navoidably postponed"
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r Our readers are aware that the
County Of Allen, in this State, is
muchly Democratic. ALEX. WILEY,
- Democratic Treas urer of the county
was discovered not long since, to be a
defaulter IN the modest little sum OF
S19, 0O0. Mr.. WILEY was appointed
by the Board Of County Commissioners
to lookover his books and ascertain
how the thing came about, He did
SO and presented bis bill of 1920 for
the investigation Of bis. books proving
the defalcation. The. Gomnpissio ners
promptly allowed it, The Commits
.sioners of Allen County. of7oourse are
all Democrats. They think 1920 is
not too1much to allow man for prov
Ing himself a.defaulter 10 the sum of
$4,000. What does the Courier
think Of this ilegint way or doing
!. things
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The ATLANTIC MONTHLY contains
the eleventh installment of The
Guardian Angel" by 0; w Holiness;
"Opinions-of-t te-Dr.-Nott,- re.
speeding Books. Ese1diesG and Ora.
tors" by Prof. Il, d, Sanborn; Gre
tan Days. by WI. iStilluian, u. S.
Consul in Crete; "Chanson without
Music" by o. w. Holmes; The
Rose Rollins" Part second and last,
by Alice Cary; Are the Children at
Home III TN Btbs Gray Gofh.e BY
Miss +. Stuart Phelps: Busy
Brains" Chapter of Literary An
ecdotes, by Austin Abbott; The
Autobiography of a Quack," con-
cluded; THE Lie, +" by Charles
Sprague; "The Bowery at Night,
by Charles Dawson Shanly; stephen
G. Foster and Negro Minstrelsy," by
Robert p. Nevin; 1.-THE Feast of
Harvest, z by EsIO. lStedman, "A 4
Great Public Character" sketch OF
the life, character and services Of
the late Josiah Quincy, by James
Russell Lowelli THE Conspiracy at
Washington" Reviews and Literary
Notices. Z,
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UNLBsszMadame Rumor is agreater
liar than she has the credit of being,
the Honorable CHARLES SgMsER,
Chairman of the Senate Committee
on Foreign Affairs, has a most diff
cult and unpleasant case of foreign
interference IN the domestic affairs of
this country in charge. which will oc-
casion him serious trouble to dispose
of satisfactorily. 1t seems that
Barren Holstein, an attache of the
Prussian Legation, has been recalled
at the request. of MIR SUMNER 1.-THE
New York World significantly de.
clares that the Baron and Madam
SUMNER have both left for Europe.
A Boston paper insin yates that ahos-
tile correspondence took place be-
ltweea the BAfoniand the Senator be-
fore the departure of the former. 1t
is to be hoped that the entente cordidle
between the United States and Prus-
STA is not jeopardizsd BY these rumors.
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servatiye candidates expenses were
returned at a trife over f5,000, or
$25, 900 in gold, and great deal more
in our currency. OF this sum, So, 600
were absorbed in professional SER
vices. Nearly $1,000 went for cab
hire, and there is long and not very
clear account Of incidental " outlays.
In short, every. vote thrown for this
Conservative asprant cost on an ave-
rage between nine and ten dollars of
our currency. We will be content
with our lager = hereafter, and not
aspire TO the election privileges of the
English aristocracy. =
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ROCKPORT COAL.
Coroner's Inquest No. 20,

NU4U4U4 4H4 UUoEt r4SUs- III
-ELD ON THE B0SBY or PAUL
80 me STRAUB, whose body wss
found at gGaapf1a ehiEntpeli's, in Union
Township, VanderburRh County, State Of
Indiana, ON the 23d day OF October, 1857.
The jury, being uly sworn, find from the
evidence that the deceased came to her
death by her clothes taking FIRE ACCIDENT
ally. AT the time or her death she was
about years old A feet inches high.
SA MEUL r. HAVLIN,
Coroner Vanderburgh County.
Evansville, Oct "A, 1857. loco dl'W5t
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VICTOR HUGO has quarreled with
his whole family, and lives now ia a
small villa in the neighborhood of
Brussels. He has two new volumes,
one in prose, and one in verse, ready
for the press. One of these volumes
will be entitled, The Spirit of Three
Revolutions" Madam VIcToR HUGO,
after living happily with the great
poet for nearly half century, has
separated from him, and taken up her
abode in Paris, Great efforts are be-
ing made by the friends of the family,
to reconcile them. The whole blame
is laid upon Victor HuGo's shout
'ders. It is said that he is already
sick of his harsh conduct toward his
wife, and viii invite her soon to- re.
turn to HIM. w hat is the reason great.
men cannot live quietly and peaceably
with. their Wives2 The pumberless
instances of family troubles in the
homes Of genius, almost induces the
belief chat genius is a blood relative
OF meanness, IA 4se-esH 1ol1a9
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-04-18
Agricultural notIcc.

The following persons, comprising
the Board of Directors of the Morgan
County Agricultural Society for the
present year, are respectfully request,
ed. to meet a. the Mayors Office, in the
town Of McConnclsville, on
Wednesday, April "a, 1867,
Al one o'clock, P. NJ, fer the transact.
ion Of business for said Society for thc
coming year =
P~ssident, H. DHnSmoor,
Vice President, A. s. Dickey,>
Secretary, John s. AdRir.
Treasurer, FordSill.
Managers, James ], Hufmsn.
Ross W. Gray.
JOhn Il. Thomas.
John X. Wore.
ChAies 2. Scott.
BY order Of the Pres,
John s. Adair,
Secretary.
March IL, ls67.--lW
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-04-18
small

OfAll things, the one most essential
10 the prosperity of this community /;
to Its increase in population and, con-
sOquently, in wealth to tho iurtheranco
of much talked Of railroads, pikorosds,
bridges, boot and shoe manufactures,
80, &C. is Sic erection on the hne
building land whiee surrounds US Of
small tenement houses. The labor re-
qnisite TO carry into execution any of
Of the many projects for public ad.
vancement must have some place
wherein Il can rest its weary body
after the labor of the day, or Csc it
will never place itself within the limits
Of our town. Our rentals arc so ex-
horbitsnt, aRs buildings 80 hard 10
obtain sven at tus prices, that, annual
~, more or less OF our native born
population are driven to the necessity
of seeking homes in more favored 10.
O%ali,ieS. Without an idea Of tho i'm.
portaRcV OF placing the town in a
position which would invite smigra.
ton here, our capitalists allow our
born and bred citizens, not fortunate
enough TO inherit the homestead, to
give the benefit Of their energy. fru-
Sality and labor to the building up
and pcopling Of other places. But it
is said that the land cannot DO bought.
We have heeard that tAe possessor of
ihs land accused Of ~"hemming IN the
torn ever scinco our childhood. We
are convinced that this is all nonsense
Mr.. Mcconnell is willing to cooperate
with any Of the citizens Of this place
in anything that will tend to enhance
pnbllc advancement. Hewill sell the
land ifany one will become the pur-
chaser, We hear that there are par
Tea that desire to purchase and to lay
cut lots to be Immediately built upon.
1t it ia an epsy matter to get together
Aad to make offers. If parties are sin
sers they will lose no time IN doing so.
II would be quite Il public benefit if
they should do no,