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Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-30

Tas BEsr Is rHE CHEAPEsr.-Since So
ans Ointment and Condition Powders
have earned 50 great reputation, snd sell
90 readily. several persons in different
parts of the country have commenced imi
tating them by manufacturing spurious ar
tioles. Al frs, they will recommend their
preparations as superior TO sloane ard
when they find that won't 60 down, they
will toll another falshood by saying that
their Ointment and Condition Powders are
made from Soan's receipts, and that they
sell larger quantity for less money.
Don't be persuaded to purchase any..oth.
sr article with the promise that j. is Just ~
good as Sloans. Hold fast to that ~hich
you havs proved TO be COOL" and by 20
doing they won't fool Won with their hum.
bugs. nor inJure the reputation Of Sloan's
preparations.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-30

MoIiSs SrRssr RAILwAY.-It is nov a.
most certain that this line will bs built.
Yesterday afternoon . meeting Of the stock
holders Was held, at which 250 shares were
represented. and 8 per cent. paid in pre-
vious to an organization. The following
directors we're then elected Nsssrs.
Harper, Dart. Robinson, NcMasters, and
Keator. A series Of bylaws we're adopted,
and tie company are now ready for work.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-30

Auction Sale.

Auction Sale.
nN FRIDAY NEXT, ArrHE RESIDENCE
" OF DR.. Harrison, on Main ST.. between 5,h
end eth, Parlor, Dining Room, bedroom. and
Kitohsa Furniture. Bedding. Csrpets. Stove.
Tablo ware, Ae. Sale At 10 o'clock A. \.
jy1odSt n VAN TUYL, Aucsiopeer.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-30

ANerHBR VIcrix. .-Sunstroks does not
appea- to be confined sXelusivsly TO the
human family divine, for day before ysster-
day large. bony steed, hitched
to post in front Of Regnier's grocery, fell
fat As founder in his tracks. lie was
taken into the quiet retirement of CONNER.
cial Alley, tsnderly cared for, and in time
recovered sufIicisnt strength to resume bis
journey home He is doing as we'll Is can
be expected, and will probably recover.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-30

Osr dollar looks like very little sun to
pay for . preparation ths, Will effect such
wonders as ale Always achieved by Tar
Tstt . Vegetable Hair Restorative now so
popular throughou. tho entire country.
Let no one be without IT, This 10 the only
hair preparation that received the First
premium" Of silver medal At the State
Far in ls66.-4 Man chester N. H. Union.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-30
KELLEY u WOOD
WHOLESALE & RETAIN
DEALERS IN
NHELE y HE.Svy
HARD w ARE
No. 8 West second ~.

DAVENPORT. IOWA.
WE RkSPkUTfULLY ASK THE Atm
" ticn Of the Public 10 cur large ard .sw
etsss bsosk. scsistinS in part Of
NAlLS. FENCE WIRE, PLOwH,
FARMING TOOLS. MANILA AND
TAAkkD kOPA, WINDOW GLASS,
foTrl LLNHEkD OIL, TuRPENfiNRs
...,. wMdTn LkAp, LEAD PIPE.
TAbLE AND POCKET CUTLERY.
silver Plated w nr~. u.~aei>~ a~A
9oo0ee ascissua.
Bku0HkS. COTTON AND HEMP rwlNAr
bRoOM TW1N4N. BROOM wIRx.
HORsE sHOEk. HoRss saiis
PUMPS, PISTOLS sHOr POUCHES
POWDER FLASks, PQRCELAiS
klffLka AND 0AOCE PANS, HOUSE CAR
PDNfkRS', SHIP CARfESTERs' MA
CnlNl6fB AND OOOPkRs' TOOLS.
Asd kssssal assortment Of rocds is our i,se
which vs offer st WuOLISALE d RETAIk
q the
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-30

TO One who will Under0tan0 11.
Like . porcelain vase with the light shining
through,
faH face without blemish appears
Use kXlLrsroS, Miss, and the mirror for you
Shall reflect such an image for years.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-30

KOWOoV N10HKtt R0vCN,
A0BNTN FOR
FAIRBANKS SCALES
And Dulerd'e Premium PloWs.
- seustsy nsssAasts will and Il - tAsis
sA.antaes 70 call cad price our goods bsfsss
psrcAasins elsewhere. = - can offer supesiss
Inducements os.oDs cash buyers
DAVID KELLEY. KWOOD.
TOBACCO 4 AEGARQ.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-23

The following list Of machine shops, with Their
respective locations, will doubtless prove o.
interest and convanience to considerable uum
I Der OF our readers:
RALROAD SHOPS
Illinois Ceutral railroad shop, corner Of
7 Fourteenth street and Indiana Avenue, South
Side.
Rock Island Railroad shop, between T-c'fth
and Thirteenth streets, on Fourth Avenue,
South Side.
Rock Island Railroad (new) shop ct the
I Junction, six miles on the Rock Island railroad
| line.
! Pittsburgh and Rort Wayne Railroad shop.
between fifteenth and Sixteenth streets. near
the river. West Side.
| Galena Railroad shop, corner Of Hasted and
Einzie streets, West side
North Western Railroad shop, corner Of
Chicago Avenue and the North Branch River,
Vest Side.
PRIvATH NAcEISE SHOPS.
Eagle Works, corner Of Canal and Washing
ton streets, West Side.
z. c. Prebls & Co, opposite the Eagle
Works.
Columbian Works, and Palmer and Plsmon-
DON corner of Madison and Clinton streets,
West Side.
Cards Machine Shop, corner Of Clinton and
Monroe streets, West Side.
First National Work., between Madison and
Washington streets, on Clinton street, West
Side
Franklin Works, opposite the above.
Small Baird's, corner Of Canal and Polk
streets, West Side.
North-W estsrn Manufacturing Company, cor
nsr of Randolph and Jefferson streets, West
Side
Holmes and Pyott's, opposite the latter.
CAlsdonian Works, corner Of Halsted and
Carroll streets, West Sid.
Vulcan Works, corner Of Carroll aud Jeffer
son streets, West Side
Excelsior Works, corner Of Canal snd Carroll
streets, West Side.
Murphy l. Tarrant's, John Peties' and Wal
worth and Conveys, corner Of MicI gan and
Franklin streets, North Side
Goods Shop. Michigan street, between Frank
lin aud Market streets, North Side.
Wilson 4 BuekhArt's, North Pier.
Fox HowArd's shop, Bridgeport
Richard Iron Works, Washington street, near
Franklin
Fuller & Ford's, corner Madison street. near
the bridge.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-23
Compiled from the London Bee
FROM the OLD WORLD.

THE Cab Drivers Of London are at present
on a strike.
TIE Bricksetters of Stockport have struck
for an advance of twelve cents per day.
THE REJECTION OF WAGES IN THE IRoS
rRADE.-The accounts from the iron dis
tricts during the past week have been very
contradictory. One dav it has been asserted
IN the organs OF the employers that the strike
may be considered as over, 80 large num-
Der of men have commenced work at the re-
duction and the next day the same paper
contains a paragraph regretting the "obsti-
nacv" Of the men in holding out, and their
"folly" in beng duped and misIed by the
"union leaders" From all we can gather
from letters we have received it would appear
that while at some Of the less important
mills few non-union men have gone in 81
the reduction, the great body Of The men,
union and non-unTon, ere still out determin-
ed to resist the reduction. At Wolverhamp-
ton, Dudley, Bilston, and Brierley Hill,
meetings have been held daily during the
week, at which the whole positions Of affars
have been carefully discussed and consider.
ed, and the determination has been almost
unanimous to keep out against the reduc
ton The men in the northern district Of
the union have pledged themselves to sup
port the men in Stafordshire. The millmer
are as equally firm in resisting the reduc
ton a are the puddlers. The millmen keeE
their own counsel and their own funds, ant
those belonging to the West Bromwich Unio'
on strike are said to be receiving lbs Pc
week.
THs strike Of the miners in South Lanca
shire continues. On Wednesday, April 18th
the delegates from the association met q
Wgan, to the number Of lao, Representing
no less than $500 golfers. Tue debate
we're. carried On with great warmth, an
eventually it was decided that the strik
should 90 on, and that there should he n
surrender
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-23


Mr.. Evsrts is grandson Of Roger Sher-
Dian.
The city Of Waterford, Ireland, proposes
10 erect q monument to Thomas darcy
McGee.
Paper money lately issued by the govern
ment Of Italy, was engraved in the United
States
On Msy-dav, 1920 loads Of furniture went
across the ferries out Of New York, and 295
loads were brought In.
A tablet in memory Of tae late Thomas
DARCY MCGEE has been placed opposite the
spot where be was killed. The inscription,
cut into the stone Of the building, runs as
follows:
Here fell, on the 9th OF April, 1868, by
the assassin's hand, the Hon. Thomas
d. Arcy Mc7ee."
Gen. O'Neil, OF the Fenian Brotherhood
has made a contract with the Colt Manufae-
turing Company, for large numbers Of the
Gatling battery gun, Berdan's rifles, and
Colts pistols.
The Americans at Port su Prince, Hayti
are refused protection Of their persons anC
property by President Salnase, and ID,
\ American Minister there has sent for Amer
lean and British war vessels Tor prosecti0n
One British war steamer, ct last accounts
hae lust arrived.
An army Of IL, 900 men are now buildin
the Pacific railroads.
SrRAwBERsEEs sold for 81 % per gallon /
Louisville.
Rich GoLDFIELDs.- advices from Cd
Cape of Good Hope state that gold6elds q
great richness exist between the Zambcs
and the Transvaal In the Mekonos countrJ
I These fields are described as only 90 mile
in length aud 20 in breadth. From spec
mems which have been obtained from Il
quarts it was considered that the yield
gold viii exceed the Australian and Califol
nian averages.
A COMPANY Of miners were recently pro
pectiDg on the Rio Henda, Tributary ef a
: Rio Grande, in New Mexico, where the
struck some old Spanish dikgings viii,
were worked several hundred years ago, an
on opening IN old shaft, they found the AXE
. eton re man, standing upright with mil
t ing tbJl in his hard. and in his pan q bier
BILE prospect. The Indian trai-ics stat
D that be was one Of large body OF the Spa
. ish miners who were buried alive there Viii
at work 5s
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-23

par sxcsllapce- -snsptvsn gu ths,s 3ap, III
While tbes we're enthusiastic for SIS 'xgeal
captain Of the ags,' they wsre sqsally dssssmia
Cd to secure tho nOmInallOn Of Fsntoa.
The PsESSrLVAEIA delegates exhibited qulsi
selfpossessed look. as much an 10 say ''Custin
10 our choice, and Il Is wasting time for any par.
ty 70 expOslulate or argue with Va" HOney
seemed to be the controlling spirit, and where
ever be went he was regarded as an oracle.
The VERMoxr delegates exhibited more pa
triarchal, honest. ''mean-to~do-right" faces than
New York and Pennsylvania combined There
was less OF the fox or wire puIler in their coun-
tenanccs than In those Of any other representa-
tivea Nothing seemed to taken for granted ;
and there was an entire absence Of that boIstey
Gus hilarity which characterized the proceedings
Of other delegations. Do all things deceutly aad
10 order, was the motto upon which all their
proceedings were transacted
ONO was represented BY the most noble look
ing men in the convention. As might have been
expected, "Old Ben" was their hrst and last
choice, and although his opponents we're naner
ous and active they failed to make any impress
sion on the delegation. II the height and weight
of her representatives can be accepted as 40 evi-
deDee OF superiority, Ohio has reason 70 feel
proud O. her delegation.
MASSACHUSETTS was true ~ yer record,
sharp noses and hairy faces, occupying nearly
every seat in the space allowed her delegation.
As body her delegates exercised as little inau-
e0ce as any in the convention.
The southern delegates we're in no sense re-
preventative men, being, with few exceptions,
such as Gov. Brown, recent importatons. The
same was true, to great extent Of . majority
Of the western delegates, yet il was evident to
The most indifferent observer, that 10 point Of
energy, ability and common sense, they had no
,uperiors in the convention.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-23
TRADES ASSEMBLY.

The regular meeting Of the Trades Assem-
bly, was held in their hall, 2S7 Randolph
street, on Monday evening, May 18Th. The
meeting was called to order by the president,
Mr.. G. n. Newiand.
The minutes Of the preceding meeting
were read and approved.
Messrs. Cameron, Walker and Massie, ap-
pointed committee on credentials, reported
in favor Of receiving Messrs. MulreanY, Ha-
Eleton, Scott, O'Connell and Slower, from the
Bricklsyers, and Mr.. George Syme, from the
Puddlers Protective Union.
The report was accepted AID the delegates
declared members Of the Assembly.
The reports Of the various trades was then
received, and with few exceptions, we're Of a
highly encouraging character.
Mr.. Massie moved that committee be APP
pointed to revise the constitution Of the As
sembly, with power to make such amend
ments as they deemed proper.
The motion was opposed by Messrs. Cam
eron, Ozier, Walker and TOmlinson, and
favored by Messrs. O'ConnelI and Tracey
The motion was lost.
Mr. Cameron sug esfcd the propriety Of
holding a general mass meeting Of all the
trades, aud after several delegates bad ex
pressed themselves in favor OF such action
on motion of Mr.. Tomlinson, the delegate,
we've requested to bring the matter before
their respective unions, and report ut ~
early day as possible.
Mr.. Ozier suggested that as the 4th Of July
was fast approaching, the question Of bold
ing picnic at Wrighfs Grove be also re
fsrred to the local unions. The matter was
so referred.
Mr.. Cameron stated that it was propose
10 hold Fair under the auspices Of thu
Mechanics Institute, in the month Of Sep
TENDER, and thAt the cooperation Of th
members Of the various unions was earnestly
solicited.
Messrs. Walker and NewlaUd also urge,
the importance Of the mechanics Of C5;cag
taking an interest in the matter.
On motion, Mr.. Selix was instructed t
rent the rooms Of the Assembly TO any assO
ciation desiring them for $500 per day.
Adjourned. W. ]. OvKRIcKEs, Sec.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-23

1
FLoUR.-fhe demand for aoar 10 limited, IN c,ase-
qusnce II the msintnanee Of previous -, with
standing the decline in ~heat The Market necessarily
has quiet and marked the speculative
movements.
Spring Extras Fancy brands 81 IS Low grades SO -
per barrel Spring Supernnes, $3.50 10 $s75; White
Winter exuas. slS.s5 to SIS 10 per brI.
kTB FL0UR, $500.
BUcKwHRAT, $3.50.
wHaAr-spnne, No. I. s9oT to $40 per bush No .,
81. % 20 81 81.
oos.-is arm. With sales Of No. l 81 sasss to ssets
No. 2, % eta 70 9icts.
CoKn MHAL g. par ton.
Oars o. sed a. ia a 72cta.
Rys, No. i. Sis a $lS5
BARLsY, - Is 70 s34A
BaAH, On track, s2I.o0 pr ton.
fnovsIoss.-But little activity has been manifested
In the provision market, notwithstanding favorable ad
vices from the East.
Mass PoaH vas duh and nominal a OF 90 a $3.50
fALLoW 12cts.
Lam lSess. per D.
DnAHs In fair request II 90 90 for choice grades.
saDs-Clossr, S2.o0 % $500 per bushel; Timothy,
n.oo o o.
PoTAroEs, 1.e5 a al 90 per busheI
BgrrsR. 2octa q 2sets. for c1oice 49, cts. a 25cts
for fAir.
Eass. 1ecta. q l7cts. per dozen.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-23
FRUIT CROWN Gs

An easy way Of making money out Of the soil u 10 the
culture Of Fruit In Southern Illinois The peach region
extends 900 miles North Of Cairo and from II Is supplied
to the markets Of all the cities the Upper Mississippi
ana the Lakes the products Of the n of the Of
all kinds Of fruits and berries. Golden fortunes are
being made this business patience and Industry
being the heavier portion Of the capital required
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-23
FOR GRAIN OF ALL KINDS
AND STOCK RAISING,

theseands advantages. Farmer
from the densey settled portions Of older states
are selling their valuable farms and nov MAX
Ing investments In these cheaper lands which produce
with larger profit and 70 greater extent the sApl'
crops common to all the Northern and Middle statea.
Among the profitable Of wealth 10 that o.
cattle raising, and the business has become immense
Out Of cattle received last week In his New Yori
Market soS from Illinois, and the beef tattened OF
these prairies conceded to he the best in America
Sheep thrive well, requiring fodder but short reason
and cheese factories being successfully establishes
along the whole line.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-23

HoNE ASSURANCES CoNFASr. This new aspirsnt
for public favors is under the immediate control
Of some Of our oldest and most respected citi-
zens Its aim is to do a solid ana substantial
business upon solid and substantial basis. It's
secretary, Mr.. Buckley, is one Of the most &C
com0dating and agreeable gentlemen il Chicago,
ana win be very aapp, 10 give every informa-
ton a. to risks, &c. OnIcE, lSg Madison street.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-23

"Tbe double-thread fraternity, pcrceiving
its great merit, very naturally became alarm
ed. With the exception Of mss Il, the adsan-
tage was all their side. Thsy had thousands
OF agents scattered ovor the country. who
would open the mouth at their bidding ;
while The Wilcox q Gibbs, with here and
there solitary exception, ~ yet bad mona.
The word was given, and The keynote sound
ed;--sA singls th1eadP "A single thread r
And ten thousand agents voiess echoed -
"A single thread s-Repovf ~ Grand Trial.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-23

he mas also. in connection with bis business,
Foreign Passage and Exchange o nee
Pc remtng TO their friends desiring TO bring
them from Europe and those Wishing to eigrate to Cal
horniA, would do well to give him g call.
Passengers carefully forwarded ~ Is agent IN New
York 10 their drstn~toa by best routes their
rival In Chicago are forwarded By himself In person.
kKTERRNcEs Rev bshop and Rev. Clergy OF
Chicago, and Diocsses; Right Rev. Bishop o. Fort
Wayne, AHd Very Rev. X sorn- Metre Dame. Indiana
N. B.-Psrticuar attentisn paid to bookbindins and
picture framing.
Agent for the Maria the Cbtholic Worid and the
Cath tic papers.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-23

COOPERATIVE MACHINE SuoP.-We are pleased
to announce that several members Of The Socie-
ty Of ANAL am. ted Engineers, &c, of this city,
have recently established a CO operative machine
shop On The corner Of Carroll and Halsted
streets, and that 50 far they have hA6 all the
work they could POSSIBLY put their hands To-.
Beins practical mechanics, and frst-class ones
at that, those pstrouzing them can rest satisfied
that all orders entrusted 80 their care will be
promptly and satisfactorily filed
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-23

THE GRElr EASTERN TIA CoNPASr opens it's
branch store, 10 South Clark street, this morn
ing They propose to sell their teas at rs per
cent below what the same can be obtained in
any store 10 this city, and as they import di-
viii be roasted and ground fresh IVHRr DAY, so
that the taste Of the most particular spicure
car Re gr4tided. To ~orkingmen clubbing TO-
geEher especial inducements will be offered, aud
IS a penny saved is a penny gained, We feel sa
tished they will make note Of this announce
ment
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-23

TIE D LEsArIosG-rhe following notes Of
the personnel Of the delegates to the Republican
Convention we're dotted down during a recent
visit to their headquarters;
The NKw YoRK delegates we're perhaps the
most marked In the convention, nearly all O
them possessing that fast, knowing, cant teacl
me my business look, so peculiar TO the peOpl'
Of that section. This was especially 90 Of thOS'
from the metropolis itself Here and Their
might be found sober, earnest looking face
but tie age majority had touch Of the $40
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-23

The terms of the seven Republican Sena-
tors voting "not guilty." on the eleventh ar
ticle Of impeachment, expire as follows:
Fessenden, Of Maine, 1871 Fowler, Of
Tennessee, 1871; Grimes, Of lows, 1871 ;
henderson. Of Missouri, 1889; Ross, OF
Kansas, 1871 Trumbull, Of IlliDois, 1879
Van Wrinkle, OF West Virginia, 1850.
Ex-President Buchanan ID lying IN q very
critical condition, at his home in Lancaster
He 10 confined 70 his bed, and bis physician
allows no one to visit him. Owing to bis I'D
vanced age, il is feared that his prostratior
may terminate fatally.
A Port Au Prince letter says pillage o
the town took place on May 5, in which Mr.
J. B. Hepburn, native Of Virginia, was sho
and severely injured In his own store, nm,
the hoc.e OF Mrs. Hamilton, an America
lady, was Tiddlsd with balls. although ID
j American Gag was raised over the door.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-23
SHIoAGo, SATURDAY, MAY IS, lss,
CITY MATTERS.

Go 70 rHs Busr.-Dyhrsanmihs WOrkinrnans COZ
ege acknowledged 20 Be the best training school iSr
young in The country. Book keeping, PenmanAhip'
Commercial Arthnetic, CosrsercIsi Law. corresPon-
dsnes aad Telegraphng. are .sssha shoronsh'y. tof
papers, eirculArs As. address oyhEenfurths WorGne-
mans College lls Randolph street. Chicago. Ill
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-23

NorIcE TO Boss BRIcKLAHEAs-No.icei is here
by given that on and after the FIRST day Of June
next the wages of the bricklAyers Of Chicago
will be five dollars per day for good workmen !;
notice Of which is hereby given to employers
PER 0EDkR OF THE UNION.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-23
TERMS or PAYMENT.

These lands are nov offered at from 81 to s19 per
acre with some few tracts higher agures rated &C
eerd.ng to quality and to stations The sales
during the past year have been 2lO5OO acres TO ASS
actual settlers The lands remaining unsod are equal
In every respect TO those already disposed o.
These lands are sold on credit for cash. dedue-
ton Of per cent from the credit price b made 70 thoss
who purchase for cash.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-23
Important TO CITY subscribers.

Owing 60 the continued complaint of our city
subscribers about the irregularity with which
The ADVOCATE has been received, on and after
NAY j st, all our West and North side patrons
will be served by MAIL cAERIHES. By this means
We hope TO remove En evil We have long stEiven
TO remedy. Those Of our Subscribers changing
their place Of residence III please notify
our collector or call at the ice.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-23

Those Of our subscribers who receive their
papers marked X IN blue pencil, may accept il
as notification that their subscriptions have
expired, and that unless renewed their papers
viii be stopned III IL With
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-23

{. F. RIsBY, 50 Randolph street, has ose of
the largest ana choicest assortments Of wall pa.
per, curtains, &c, in the city, watch be offers At
prices fifty per cent below last years prices.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-23
CHICAGO. NAY goth. 1855.

GESTLEnES,--ln reply to the resolution and
circular Of the echancs' Institute, issued May
18th inst, We beg to say that we shall be glad
to cooperate with you in holding Fair next
September, and will place at your disposal, at
that time, several new and improved machines
Of our manufacture. We are very respectfully,
y3s Yours, &c,
f~S@ BtBKHART, VAN SLICK Co.
Excelsior Machine Works, North Water street
North Pier).
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-23
A Special Fruit Express Train
REFRIGERATOR CARS

Chicago, leaving Southern Illinois every evening
During the strawberry daily average Of ve cars
received and the peach crop supplies from fifteen
TO twenty-five cars. Of about 500 boxes each, every
morning, 70 the Chicago market alone
800 900 Of land suited to the growing Of fruits
and the finest wheat yet for sale.