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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-05-08

We hope our young men will at
tend the meeting, this evening, at the
Presbyterian Church. for the purpose
of organizing Young Mems Chris
tian Association.
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CLfIIs .aIsfd Fever. n5 5snepsia
Liver Complaint, and Kid
ney Diseases Cared. q .
MIsHLER.s HERB BfrTEns.

MIEHLER'S HERB BfTTERS.
Has cured more diseases where 1t has
been used, than all other Medicines com
bined.- 1t is the only remedy that really pun.
fes the bio cd. and has never failed in curing
Dyepspsis. Fever ard Agues, and Diseases o.
the nferss az div iIoW e5 Oi Z
Sold by Druggists and Dealers.
DIR. s. B. HARTMAN & CO., Proprietors,
Lancaster, Pa, and Chicago, Illinois.
NAV l,o6Oe3dm.
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A small boy, a son of Mr.. jacob
Reese, had his arm broken, by fall
ing from the top of o fence.
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Superior Imitation Gold
! HuIrHe CASE wfrcHFs
The Oreide Watch Factory.

oRRlDE GASES. 4 new discovered compost:
tfon, precisely like gold i'm appearance
keeping its color as long as worn,
and as well finished as the best
Gold ones.
EySaxsopY NEEDS gsod watch, and wish,
AZ TO get 1T at the lowest possiblesprice. In
order to supply this universal want. we have
eucceeded after several years experiment
ing. in perfecting this superior composition
for watch cases, in exact limitation OF gold
by which every one may have an opportunl'
tv of obtaining frst disss lims keepers at a
price thatali can command. Ie'
ThesezNatches are made at our own lac.
tory. from the best materials, Of the latest
and approved styles, are 5eweRed and well
nnished, with q view TO the best results IN
Yrpsrd towoar and time: and are equal "
appesrance' to the best gold ones, They are
Manufactured expressly for the United
States, being, frst-class time Keepers. In
tended to stand hard usage and srdden
For Sessnoe IN appe arsnca, aecuracy in
tins, and dbrahil they hfFe meyer been
ca ousued.bYEafehef costing five tinaes as
much. Every one Is warranted TO Keep ac'
curate time.
The movements sfe made Of the ezbest ma
terfsls, are je~eiled IN every p4rt Requiring
it. and are csretplly adjusted, y d elegplatsd
under our own immedfate DIRECTION.
we are making now only our best watches
o., raAf of1
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UzLU&UJ 11G !
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LEUCORRHEA.

Or, Whites which follow local debility anc
constitutional weakness. can be effectusHy
cured by the use of Robsck's Stomach Bit
tiers. Do not let ths druggist seE you any
other remedy. as these Bitters are prepared
with especial reference to this complaint
and ase warranted to cure Sold by Frey q
Ettinser, Findiay. Ohio. s-.4
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BENTON ITEMS.

The officers of the Benton Ridge
Lodge, 1. o. G. t., were duly in
stalled on last Saturday evening"
The hall was crowded with specta-
tors and friends of temperance. Af-
ter the installation, Rev. John Pow
ell, Adam Wagner, Isaiah Brown
snd others made some appropriate
remarks in favor of the good cause
of temperance, all of which were well
received.
QUARTERLY MEETING
Was held at the Wickham Church
last Saturday and Sunday. Quite a
number Of persons were baptized.
INFORMATION WANTED
In reference to the letting Of the
contract for building the Poor House,
having understood that the County
Commissioners gave the job out for
several thousand dollars more than
was bid by some other party. Who
will give us light
- TRIUMPHANT AT LAST. 3 :
Benton is determined to get out OF
the woods. Messrs. Wagner 4 Crofts
are erecting a Woolen. Factory and
contemplate having il ready for op-
Grafton by the Let of June. John II.
and Thomas j. Saunders, have jnst
opened out a Boot and Shoe Store
While the ladies are not found lack
ing in enterprise, as hiss Sarah
Brown and Miss Elyina Plotts have
each opened out a Millinery Shop
All this is new business for our town.
| ~. ACCIDENT. d. 5Sf
A small boy, a son of Mr.. jacob
Reese, had his arm broken, by fall
ing from the top of . fence.
On the 9th inst, by Esq. Boards
ley, Mr.. Ezra Powell and Miss Cor
della Baldwin,all Of Hancock eoun
ty. OBsERyER.
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Thanks.

Thanks.
VIM. Mungen, NJ. c., will please
accept our thanks for 2 good supply
Of public aocuments. 81. IS
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just received a large lot Of Denni'
sons Tags. We are prepared to fur.
nish and print them for'shippers at 9
reasonable price.
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MIA BEVERAGE.

Unlike most of the -bitters Of the present
day, DR.. Roback's7 are not intended as
pleasant stimulating whisky beverage, but
are perfectly medIcinal contaf afntng only
suficient pure bourbon Whisky 70 hold in
selu.ioa the medicinal 1sxtsactiEe matter
firm which they are composed. Frey &
EitinRer. Wholesale Agents, Findiay, ONO
no5l3m.
- LII ErTTEr & u y
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and when they started out on the ex.
cursion were drunk. Porter during
this time told Lookabaugh that be
had made several such "strikes" be
fore, at one Of which he got some
&6SS. pe+-4 iaoi sslli 1yIiIE
About two miles from town they
met Byl, but no "Reck" WIS pres
ent. They sat down and made theil
arrangements. They were to demand
entrance and il it was not granted
tthe door was to be broken in. Por.
ter was to keep guard while the 9th.
Ter persons went in to do the work
They went on to within shout TWEEN
ty rods Of the house snd there light
led come paper to burn cork with
which to black their faces. Looka
|baugh aud Ryal blacked their faces
but Porter did not. The latter pu
Jon Lookahangh's hatand gave hin
I|h,s cap. They came oto the hous'
and demanded admittAnce.i The III
mates wanted TO knoY who was Their
land told them to lesve. { After de
J manding sdmissioA three times, By
A Tia ~7rSur -;fh-u~o,sox>v,-,,
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Mite Society.
The Presbyterian Mite Society
will meet at the residence of Mr.. A.
r. Belden, on Tuesday evening.
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On the 9th inst, by Esq. Boards.
ley, Mr.. Ezra Powell and Miss Cor
della BaldwinCall Of Hancock eoun-
ty. OBSERVER.
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Fine stock of goods at Houpt Il
Byars.
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In the District Court of the United
States for the Nort1ern District of
Ohio $50. - - d, .-.
In the matter of Beverly Hall Bank
rupt- In Bankruptcy. - =
To whom it may concern. The
undersigned hereby gives notice of
his appointment as assignee of Bev-
erly Hall of Lima, in the county of
Allen and State of Ohio, within said
District, who. has been adjudged a
Bankrupt upon his own petition by the
District Court of said District.
Dated April 29th, 1865
E. T. Dunn.
maylno50w2
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'"Enterprising."

Under the aDOve hcadlng, the ven
able -Glessner made an attack upon
us in last weeks paper because We
saw fit to publish the testimony in
the Winnelf- Conkle case, and men
'tioned that papers contnining it were
for sale. He says we would not
have had the testimony at all had not
Mr.. Henry Brown allowed us the
use of his notes. That is very true,
and Mr.. Brown received our thanks.
But Glessner would not have had the
testimony had it not been for the
kindness of Anderson, & Shafer, and
also Mr.. Henry Brown. He farther
says we did not give the testimony
in full. We did not, simply because
the testimony of several witnesses
was exactly alike, and could not see
the use in publishing the same mat
tertwice; and then ourreport was
not quite so. fun fromlthe fact that
our readers don't have d. a.craying for
shameful vulgarity as do many of the
readers. of the Coutier-besides
which we did not want our subscri-
bers to abuse US for publishing things
unworthy to be read inztheir fami-
lies, as some of the best of the
readers of the Courier did its editor
for admitting into its columns such
stuff = - FGssi % zEs,
In this connection we would return
our thanks t6.DE. s. il Mills, who
took down the. testimony for the de
fense, for fayors granted.
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LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.
Giubs

Clubs.
As we shall soon commence ths
publication Of History OF Hancock
County, We would like to receive
many new subscribers at once, thai
all may commence with the first
chapter.
To any person sending us q olut
of ten new snbscriberssat our regu-
lar rates, we will send the JETFKRso.
MAN free for the same length of time
for which the club is made up.
Go to work and see how easy it is
to raise a club. )
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- u 81 = ~ LsaA4 .ae t.far- A--
-yHq 6 a5zR bad sds m6dW 10 ycd
roT ssolof ssT / ,nss'sg esY .sssds
.seao4ssT 3naliE2 sd1 sEW ',bsinz
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Fine Chemicals, Fluid Extracts.
And Sugar Coated Pills, to which we invite
the attention Jf Physicians. - - d.,
4.1 sa WI MILLER & Co,
q, Opposite Court House.
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They Come. sss .gas,sA
We stated a few weeks wd ago that
we intended sending out bills to those
who we're in arrears for subscription
if they did not pay up soon. Quite q
number did call and square accounts
without grumbling. Others paid no
attention to it, and to these we send
this week bills for what is due, and
expect the money on them. We ex-
pect that some will get mad and stop
the paper but we can't help it. What
we dun for is our just due. and il
our patrons get mad. because we send
it all right. We don't publish pa
per for fun, never have, and never ex.
pect to. So pay up and continue your
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H35 Mkarket stFeet' CT q ~
mar6noa2 3m al IL

Pure Liberty White Lead
ls the wHrrssr, the MOST pgRABLE, and ee0ao
saicui wHrrK LEAD in the inarket.I s'sgit
IT will do more and .beiier work, at a giver
cost, than any other Lead. ESD 7c EEitr
sYurranfea tor Give 1Salsfaetion.
Buy it and you will have no other
Manufactured and patented only by -
zIEGLER &osMTTH, Phs1sdelphis
For sale by RUTHRAEFF & CORY
Dealers in Hardware, Paints, IOils, SC.
Findlaf, Q. . 20 parlsP4s :em.
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PRICE, SI3.

For this small sum any one can have an
excellent and beautiful watch. equal in ap.
pearance, and as good for timefas . good
one costing $50. The price has been placed
al this very ioE fgcre, in order the more
certainly to insure rapid sales, and thus in
ifoSuca our wsfche5 befcre-the- public in
the lsp eed;esf manner possiple.T q
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Errors 81 Youth.

A Gentlemen who sufered for years from
Nervous Debility. PreDature Decay, and al
the effects of outllful Ind iscretion. viii fol
the sake of suffering humanity. send free t.
all who needlt. the recipe aud ddirecfions fol
making the simple remedy by which BE- wal
cured. Sufferers wishing TO profit By tht
advertisers experience. can do so By ad
dressing, imperfect confidence,
JOHN B. OGDEN, ~ Cedar Street, N. Y.
may31ly s.N PxcO.
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HATRONA SApoNIFIER.

A new article for making SOAP. Try it. 70
sale at w. L. !. .ILLER j Co.'s. --rr.
Opposite Court House.
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We msnufactureYsiso, 0REIRE GHAINs, o.
the handsomsA {A6erns. and 9ace as well
in every respect as the finest gold ones
the best Judges. Prices 81. So, 81 and s., &C
cording To the hhish and weight Our s!
chains al superb disappearance, having al
the elegance of design and beauty of con
sirustion OF gold chains costing $75. u
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TheA Aaneofk Seffersomiau

s6Circulation double that Of any 9TH
er paper in Hancock County.
FRIDAY, NAY 8, 1868.
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w.,cbes and chains, will be. sent by ex
press 10 any address, securely packed In
sawaIry cases, on receipt Of the price. Re-
nittsncss .msy be nsde' by Eest ONO Money
Droer, that being He ssafestfgnd lmosi pre-
ferab,e mode. Address.
.far-aa ~. C.. ROBBINS - CO., -
Gag .s,r,rrf, street PhfiadeIpbia, Pa,
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iGEAGD 99aE2 SzI ssSTo 4 tacsl
.Q1kES SE.IG
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ILLINOIS.
CHICAGO, Dec. l

CHICAGO, Dec. IA.
Generals Grant and staff, Sherman,
Thomas, Schofield, Mcdowell, Logan,
Terry, Stoneman, Barry, Hartranft,
Ingalls,. Butterfield, and other distin-
guished soldiers, arrived here this
morning, and are Quartered at the IRE
mont and Sherman houses. Tonight
Lieut.. Gov, BrOss will give reception
TO Grant, Thomas, Sherman and their
associates, which will draw together a
large crowd of our leading citizens.
Our city is already beginning to fill
up with soldiers, who came TO take part
in the grand reunion tomorrow and
among the large mum ber that are now
here; Gen. Grant and staff. Lieut.. Gen.
Sherman and family, Major Generals
Negley, Palmer, Curtis, A. j. Smith,
Giles A. Smith, Belknap, Hinkenloop-
er, A. H. Terry, Meredith, McClernand,
Tower, Bowman, Logan, George II,
Thomas, Pope, Buckland, Slocum. Ell
liot, Vaudorn, Gilman, Sawtell, f. Bar
mum, wiIlich, Gibson, Macarthur, Jor-
dan, Ingalls,, Buttertield, Mcdowell,
Cogsweli, Bloomfield, Dunn, Cox, Sec
reIHry Schofield and large number of
lesser military lights. A large number
OF our citizens called upon Gen. Grant
mont House to-day, TO pay their re-
spects. Tonight they are the guests OF
Lieut.. Governor Bross, at his residence
on Michigan avenue. A large number
OF army officers and hundreds of our
citizens, with their families, are present
to pay their respects.
A dispatch from CarbOndale says that
early on Sunday morning, John Wee
ley, who resides just outside that town,
was found dead sitting in chair in
his house. wi'h his head split open.
How be came to his death is a mystery.
His wife testilies that she came home
some time after midnight, and soon
after heard blow, and looking out,
saw Ii We black men who threatened TO
kill the whole family. She screamed,
and they fled.
David price fell from the Peoria and
Warsaw RllrOad bridge, Mt Peoria last
night, and was almost instantly killed.
z. 5. kuOles, of Jacksonville, ILL.,,
WAS robbed of check for S9,07G, at the
Union stock yards, on Saturday. The
check was drawn on the Third National
bank of this city. When be discovered
the robbery, Mr.. Knoles started for the
bank, but when he reached there he dis
covered that the thief was ahead of him,
and had drawn the money. Mr.. knoles
kept quiet about his loss until this
morning, when he made il known to
the Iolice. No clue to the robbsr.
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RAsHISGFON.
wAsu1SaroS. December II

WASHISdroS. December ii.
Tne Committee on Reconstruction
this morning examined the Republican
Committee from Mississippi, relative to
the alleged frauds in that State at the
elections.
The Committee on Elections will this
week take up the contested cases from
Tennessee and Missouri.
The President to-day nominated to
the Senate Henry A. Smythe, to be
Minister to Russia, and Alexander
Cummings, of Pennsylvania, Com
missioner of Internal Revenue.
SecI etary Schofield has directed the
adjournment of the Dyer Court of In
quiry until January 11lh.
Post Master General Randall has
sent TO the House estimates OF money
required for the service of the Depart
ment for the year ending June, 1870.
The sum total is twenty-Iour millions
and half. OF this the inland mail
IranspC rtation, including overland aud
sea mail to California, requires nearly
thirteen millions and third.
The Secretary of War sent a commu-
nication TO the House to-day stating
that it is impraclicable to state with
sufficient accuracy the amount expend.
ed during the year ending June S0ih,
1865, on account of the Indian war.
Among the cases argued in the Su-
preme Court TO day, were those from
New York, including tho question
whether the certificates OF Indebtedness
are securities of the United States, and
nre therefore exempt from taxation by
tho St0ta
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NEW YORK.
NEW YoRK, December II.

NEW YORK, December II.
The Times says a scheme is on foot to
have the tax on whisky again raised 10
two dollars and that Congress Is being
quietly secured in support of 1t.
The Times denies the reported story
relative to the Alaska purchase money,
and says seven million two hundred
thousand dollars were sent from this
city to Russia last August. The five
millions referred to as having been sent
from London were in payment for Rus
sian railroad loans.
The steamship City of Paris, from
Liverpool, has arrived.
An important news dispatch, prepaid
at Havana, for the New York Associ-
Rted Press, has been suppressed by the
Cuban authorities. From this it is to
be inferred that the insurgents In the
Island have won some important sue
cesseS.
The Tribune editorially says. We are
confidently advised from Washing
ton, that the Supreme Court is pretty
certain TO adjudge the legal tender act
unconstitutional. We are told that
there will probably be but one dissenter
from the Courts Judgment.
Money is active. The Commercial
says that half a million in currency was
sent West to-day, by one bank. The
reported intimatiOn of the Supreme
Courts decision on the legal tender act
causes some anxiety in Wall street.
There are rumors on our streets of a
coming complication between England
and our Government, but bonds are
steady.
The drain of gold and currency 10
the West and South continues. One
bank alone, this morning, had orders
for half n million currency from Chi.
cago, and the remittanCes TO all Sec
tions must reach four millions per
week. A move has been started by the
City Bank in favor OF abolishinE the
present system of making quarterly re-
turns to the Comptroller of the Cur
FanCy
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mitted to go to the world without Inn
mediate protest, might be understood
to be the sentiment of the people OF the
United States, and of the Representa-
tives in Congress; therefore,
Resolved, That all forms and degrees
of repudiation OF the national Indebted
ness are odious to the American people.
and under no circumstances will their
representatives consent to offer the
public creditors as full compensation,
less amount OF money Than that
which the Government contracted to
paw.
The rules were suspended, and the
resolution adopted; ISL against 6.
Mr.. Lawrence, OF Ohio, presented the
memorial of the Union League OF New
York. and offered a resolution for the
appointment of select committee OF
seven TO investigate the Irregularities
and frauds therein alleged to have CO.
Cured in the city and State of New
York, affecting the recent election for
tors for President and Vice President,
with power to hold sessions in the Slate
of New York and elsewhere by Il quo
rum or by sub committee, and to send
for persons and papers, &c.
Under suspension OF the rules the res
OlutiOn was adopted.
The Speaker presented message in
reply to a resolution of the House offer
fered by Mr.. Wood, calling for further
correspondence in reference to the Ala
bama claims. The Secretary OF State
says he is OF opinion that the publica-
lion of such correspondence wonld be
premature and Incompatible with the
public interest. Referred to the COM
Inittee on Foreign Affairs.
On motion of Mr., Lynch, the bill re-.
ported by him at the last session from
The Committee on Banking and Cur.
rency for tho gradual resumption of
specie payment, was made the special
order for the first Wednesday in jan
uary.
Adjourned,
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new York Cattle MARKET.

SEW DEC lAs
CATTLE-ReceIpts for week 66St becves:
20 9os Bneep and lambs, and 3l77i hogs.
BeeVes ON hand Wednesday OF last week,
with light arrivals, being about sou heaJ, and
active and in demand. The market Tor beef
catte was nrmeT and prices higher fancy
steers sold at TX q &c; prime 1919 I1c; fair
to good lI9 l6c; ordinary l36l3i<, aud infer1-
or To Somnon 9SI2c On TnuIsuay trade was
slow, but prices unchanged. and during the
balance OF the week the market though quiet
was quite steady ut The quotations above.
Moderate arrivals to-day, with about Z, $40 on
sale and in fair demand. The market WAS
quite steady at quotations.; the major part OF
toe offerings was common: we quote extra at
l71<6T71Sc; prime lB5S4l1c; lair 10 EoOd l51aS
l6LC; ordinary 1876 inferior log lie.
SHEEP AND l.ASIus-Aarket mode Fately
active and firm up 70 Thursday. when with
about 9 5OJ head on call, and active demand
prices advanced fuzzy &c; common TO
prime sheep at 81 2IGT 10 ana lambs at the
aame price during the remainder OF the
week. Arrivals THir and demand heavy,
possibly active; prices further Improved &c;
cIusirg at 5Gl7I<c to-day with lI.ut TecelpUS
which matuIy composed Of extra stock, AID
fair demand pIic,s much higher ssl.es be-
ing Mt "a T5G9 10.
SwISE-On the day FLOWING our last re-
port the market advanced fully &c. owing
10 arrlv ais and the active demand; sales De-
ing S5SGS9, on Wednesday prices ugain Hd-
vanctu &c, ranging nj 9g ~, AT these prices
the market ruled quite s.ealdy up to SatuF-
day, when II was IOwer, prices current Ge-
ing NJ SxS9c for mmon to prime Stock;
to-day Ins market Is quiet at S1z9S4c.
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MIS6OURI.
ST. LOUIS. December Is

Oh AOOADt bUSCA4DVt AZ
Gen. Sherman and most OF his staff,
Smith, and number of other officers
left here for Chicago yesterday AFTER
noon. Several other officers will leave
for the same placs this evening.
An Omaha dispatch of yesterday,
saws the weather moderated considera.
bly, since Thursday. The thermometer
Ia. o.night is 15 degrees above zero. The
railroads west and southwest are clear
of snow, and are running regularly.
Most of the freight that accumulated
OH the east bank OF the Missouri river
has been transferred over the bridge.
A dispatch from Regan Station to-
day ssys that intelligence has been re-
ceived there that large quantities Of
overland mail matter has been stolen
from a coach near Fort Bridges, the
robbers having cut open the boot. A
portion of the mail matter has already
been recovered. Strict inquiry will be
instituted as to the manner of carrying
these mails.
An iron tank in the cellar of Emo,
Saunders Il Co.'s drug store, under the
Southern Hotel, exploded early this
morning. and damaged the store about
80, 800. The force OF the explosion Fass.
ed upward through the heating register
in the floor above, and broke twen-
ty panes of glass In the windows
Of the store. and pressed one OF
tho side walls out of plumb, but did
not disturb bottle on the shelves. The
tank was simply used as receptacle
of steam and waste water received fr ON
the steam heating apparatus OF the
Southern Hotel, and the explosion cam
not be accounted for on any known
principle.
The reports that the boilers OF the
Southern Hotel had bursted, doing
great damage to the building are en-
tiEely unTounded.
The weather has moderated great
deal since Saturday, and brisk thaw
is now progressing. The river Is still
full OF heavy Ice, but it is expected thai
navigation TO the South will be resumed
in two or three days.