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The Portland daily press., 1869-05-03
NEW HAMPsHIRE.

VEhDIOI FUR MALI FhACIlOh'
CONCORD, May I'm the case of Ordway VS..
DIR. Haynes, for alleged malpractice, the jury
agreed upon verdict at IL O clock last night,
after thirteen hours session. The verdict will
be opened tomorrow morning. 1t is reported
that the plaintiff will recover damages some
where below $1,000. At the previous trial the
,Judpe awarded $2200
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Notice of appeals.
United States Internal Revenue,

United States Internal Revenue,
First Collection District Of Maine,
Assessors Office, SO Exchange Street, Portland,
April 19, 1869.
NOTICE is hereby given that, at the Office of the
IN Assessor of said District, in Portland, in the
County of Cumberland. on Tuesday, the 4th day OF
May, A. D. 1869, at nine OF the clock in the f5re-
noon. appeals will be received and determined by
me, the undersigned, relative to any erroneous or
excessive valuations, assessm or enpmerato s.,
by the Assessor OF said District, by the Assis-
tant Assessor Of any division dist let
within said First Collection District, returned in the
annual list for the year 1869.
The law prescribing the duty Of Assessors in rela-
tion to sppea provides that "a Appeals to the
Assessor shall be made in writing, and shall spec-
fy the particular cause. matter thing respecting
which decision is requested, and shall state the
ground or principle of error complained Of"
The 9th Section of the Act of Congress, approved
July 13, 1866, amending what is known the Inter-
nal Revenue Law, requires each Postmaster to whom
this notice is sent TO post the same in his office.
NATH'L G. MARSHALL,
Assessor First District of Maine.
Apr 22-ood& W.T. May4
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NEW YORK, May 1.-Cotton more steady: sales
1900 bales; Middling uplands 2s3c. Flour-receipts
TIA bbls.; sales 1900 bbls.; State and Western
shade frmer for low grades; superfine State so a
80; extra do 90 q 90; choice do 10 a 20; fan
cy do "a a 30; round Hoop Ohio 90 a. 80;
choice do 50 a 80; saperine Western is S3 Is;
common to good extra Western S5 a 6 10; choice
do 8 20 a. 75 choice White Wheat extra so a 00
Southern quiet; sales 800 bbls; common to far ex-
ira 30 q 85 good tochoice 80 q II 70; Califor-
MIA quiet sales $50 sacks al 90 q 75 Wheat quiet
and slightly in buyers favor; No. at A deIivered
Amber Michigan l. 65; White California 6S a l 20
Corn-new q &c better; old closes shade frmer;
sales $4,000 BUSH; new Mixed Western So a Ssc,
afoat. Oats firm; $4,000 BUSH; Western s31 "a s45c
in sore and 84a q Soc atoat Beef heavy; sales l50
bbls new plain mess 8 90 g 16 co.; new extra do
80 so q 81 %; old do 30 rs; prime 25 75 a.
26 co.. Lard heavy; sales 900 tierces; iierces i q
Isle for steam and 1s4 a 1870 for kettle rendered
Butter steady; sales Ohio at 25 a 33c; State 20 a
3Se.. Whiskey frmer; sales 80 bbls; Western "a q
9,c free. Rice dull. Sugar heavy; sales 125 hhds.
MCscovado at III a 12c Coffee firm; sales 800 bags
Rio on private terms Molasses dull. Naval Stores
Spirits Turpentine weak at At a 4sc Rosin firm at
3 % g go s99: Petroeum qpiet; crude 17Ic refined
tavor of buyers al 45 q 56c fer domestic fleece
Freights to Liverpool declining; Cotton per sail Id
Wheat per steamer Id.
20. Wheat quiet; No. at 143 q 10; No. 2 at
l l0l; market unchanged. This afternoon Corn was
trmeE; No 5sY g 5sc; No. 2 at 55s g 55sc; new
vance Of q ic; No at 5sa q 5sc. Rye quiet at
l 16 q 1st. Barley dull and nominal at 675.-
Highwines frmer; SOC asked and $50 offered. Mess
Pork 80 80 g 81 90 Lard dull and nominal at III q
175c. Sweet picked Hams nominal at 10 a 1870;
Cumberlands 143 short ribs 151c short clear sides
152c. Live Hogs dull at decline of a 1Oc; sales
at go a 25 for fair to good.
CINCINNATI. May 1.--Whiskey dull at 80 a 9te
Provisions dull and nominal with no demand. Mes,
Pork held at 81 90. Bulk Meats held IL a 14Jc Ba-
con Is, 163 a 17c; concessions Of a 3c were
sary to make sales. Lard held at 1Sc for prime ket-
tie; but little demand.
MILWAUKEE, May Flour dull; choice Mime
sofa % q Is; choice Wisconsin and Iowa 25 q
W; medium do 90 a 25 Wheat unsettled; No
at ia; No. 2 at os Oats dull at 57t a 5Sc fol
NO. 2 Corn nominally unchanged. Rye nominal al
10 a a. Barley quiet at so q 1 So for prime.
AUGUSTA, May 1.-Cotton market nrmer; sale
$50 bales; Middlings 264 q 26ac.
SAVANNAH, May 1.-Cotton market closed firm
Mddllngs 24c; sales $50 bales; receipts s75 bales
exports coastwse 551 bales
MOBILE. May 1.-Cotton quiet; sales 900 bales
including 200 bales after close OF market yesterday
low Middlings 264 g 268c receipts 1i5 bales export
none.
NEW ORLEANS. May 1.-Cotton active and q +
higher Mddlings 2s4c sales 34O0 bales; receipts S.
bales; exports 4276 bales.
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GREENHOUSE
Plants and Flowers.
A Fine Assortment OfPlants
FOR SPRING SALE

Which am able to ofss this year at Ercssdingly
Lou Prices.
DARTTCULARLY would l call attention to nice
IL collection OF Roses, Verbenas, and large
Towering Zoneal Geranums, Pelargoniums, Fleneh
Truffants Asters, Gilifowers, Pansees, Variegated
Cad ous Bulbs and Dahlas, all of which are in
healthy condition. of strong and vigorous growth.
Orders for Bouquets and Funeral Designs executed
at short notice.
ALBERT DIRWANGER, Florist.
Munjoy Hill Greenhouse, corner of North and Mon
treal Streets. ap30d1w
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GEORGIA.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS,

MlSCELLANEOUS NEWS.
AUGUSTA, May 1.--Havy rains have fallen
this afternoon and evening
The health of Alexander H. Stephens is
much improved to-day.
The crop accounts from all parts of the State
are favorahla
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RAILROAD SURVEY ABANDoNRD.
LOUISIANA.
D1sAsrERs rRom rHu sroRM.

/ NEW ORLEANS, May IA severe westerly
gale yesterday at the mouth of the Mississippi
swept away the galleries OF the lighthouse and
ightkeepers dwelling. At South West Pass
1t destroyed the lighthouse boats and blew five
feet of water into the lighthouse and dwelling.
The buildings settled one foot. The storm also
damaged the rigging of the vessels at the Pass.
ARREST FoR FRAUD.
A warrant for the arrest of j. G. Fobes of
the "brig Colson frauds fame has been issued
upon the affidavit af Supervisor Creecy. He
is charged with fraudul0ntly branding 5000
boxes of tobacco shipped from Augusta, Ga.
The Supervisor left for Mississippi tonight to
examine into other alleged irregularities.
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PENN sYLvANIA.

SCRANTON, May 2-Notice was given ysster-
day by the miners organizations to the coal
operators Of this county that no coal would be
cut or loaded after May 9Th.
ROBBERY OF SAFE.
At Wyoming, on Friday night the safe of j.
G. Shoemaker & Son was blown open and
robbed OF $1,000 in Government and Lacka-
wana & Bloomsbury Railroad bonds; also 5000
in currency. A reward of $500 has been Of
fered for the arrest of the burglars
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IOWA.


CHICAGO, May LA fire this morning de-
stroyed whole block in Des Moines, Iowa.
Loss over $4,000; insurance $4,000 The fire
is supposed to have been the work of an incen-
diary
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Treasury Department,

Office Of the Light House Board,
WASHINGTON CITY, April 27, 1869.
GEPARATE Seale1 Proposals will be received at
this Office until one O'Clock p. m, Friday, the
2sth DAY of May. 1869, for building and equipping
two Lght-vesses of the following dimensions:
Length from fore side of rabbet Of stem to
aft side of stern post 9S feet.
Extreme breadth. % 6-12 #.
Depth of hold from inside of floor timber,
to under side of deck plank, amidship, II 3-12 #.
Drawings and specifications, and any other desir-
ed information concerning these vessels will be
nished npon application writing to the undsrsign-
ed at this office. W. B. SHUBRICK,
ap30d2aw3w Chairman.
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NEB RASK a.

81. LOUIS, May 2-An Omaha dispatch says
the steamer Mickwell from St Louis to Fort
Benton. struck a snag below Brownsville, and
sunk. Most of her cargo viii be lost.
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Imported PercherO3a Stallion
sCONOUEROR.,.


- This celebrated Stallion will stand for
N7< the season of 1863, at the stable of the
~ Ssubscriber on NORTH STREET, NEAR
-s4-l-l- THE ?. S. & P. DEPOT, IN SACO, ME.
He is years old, stands II hands high, and weighs
1900 pounds: of splendid figure and action; beau
itul dapple gray; perfectly sound, and believed to
be the best horse of his kind imported kind to
ride or drives will work in all harness; was import
ed at great expense by the Massachusetts Society for
Promoting Agriculture. and was purchased by his
proved breed of Draft Horses in this State.
Notwithstanding his size, he has uotted q single
mile in four minutes, twelve miles an hour, and
walked five miles an hour This latter feat is be-
leved TO be unprecedented in horse of his sze and
is very valuable feature in draft horse, and one
that he imparts to his progeny in marked degree.
Terms, S25 for he seas ON to be paid at the
time of service. As it is desirable to leave only
perfect class OF stock from this horse he will serve
only such mares as are sound All mares sent from
distance will be furnished good pasturng at 81, ,25
per week. and will be received at the depot boat
and taken to the stables free of charge. While
cry attention will be given to their safety, the SUBJ
scribeI will not guarantee against theft accident
will pay the following prices for the two best
at the Maine State Agricultural Society's Fair in
HORACE WOODMAN.
Statement Of Thomas Motley, Esq, First Vice Pres
ident Massachusetts, Society for Promoting Agri-
culture.
The Percheron Stallion Conqueror was selected by
of the veterinary surgeons OF the Royal French
College, and sent to this country by Messrs. John
Munroe & Co., of Paris under express orders from
the Trustees of the Massachusetts Society for Pro-
noting Agriculture" and arrived by steamer from
Havre, in New York, in July, 1864, and arrived at
my stables July 5, 1864 He was considered one of
the finest horses to be had.
THOMAS MOTLEY 1st Vice President
Mass Society for Promoting Agriculture.
Will also stand at my stables, the celebrated Ham
sMOUNTAIN tBOY,o
grandson of Rysdyk's Hambletonian." He is
four years DID, blood bay, stands sixteen and halt
hands high, of fine figure and action, and weighs
1850 pounds. Terms $40.
Also the splendid bay Stallion
HSAUNTERER,'.
Sired by sNed Davis.' the by "Hiram Drew'') who
trotted his mile i'll 237-dam ssSea Foam" who made
her mile in 2.35. ssSaunterer is five years old,
good stepper, and kind in harness. weighs $50 pounds
and stands fifteen and quarter hands high.
Terms, $1J.
This stock has been selected with special ref
orence to the improvement of the breed OF pleasure
and draft herses and the terms of service have been
fixed at price which is within the reach of every
who desires to raise good colt.
For further particulars address.
HORACE WOODMAN,
ap21eod3m Saco, Mainc
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Drains 81 Sewers

The most Desirable made of Cement Pipe
The most Economical are made of Cement Pipe.
SPRINGFIELD Mass, Aug II, 1868.
Inc City OF Springfield as been using Hydraulic
Cement Drain and Sewer Pipe for the last five
years. and is now using it exclusively for all Sewers
for which sizes they are made, and in all cases we
believe 1t has proved entirely satisfactory.
y. Y. A. SEXTON, Supt. OF Streets.
VIM. B. HARRIS City Engineered
G. A. WINCHESTER, mayor.
1t is rapidly coming into general use by all cities
where it has been introduced. Among them may be
mentioned Spring field, Worcester, Lowell, Boston,
Pittsheld and northampton, Mss; New Haven,
Bridgeport and Norwich, Conn; New York City,
Brooklyn, Albany. Troy Syracuse and Rochester
New York Portland, Maine; st Louis, Mo; Ports-
among the Railroad Companies using it for Gull
VERIS, Sc may be named Boston & Albany Con-
necticut fiver, New Haven Hartford & Springfield,
Troy q Greeufelf, Portland & Rochester Portland
s. Kennebec, Portland, Saco & P, rtsmouth, Belfast
a. Moosehead Lake, &e.
This Pipe is made by j. W. STOCKwELL & co,
l6S DanIo. tn s., and sold at the works. Also sold
by n. M. PERKINS q Co., Dealers in Hardware,
Orders received by VIM II. JERRIS, Real Estate
Agent. ap30 div
ssAstcntien the whole Read and ponder
Or i. may be your chance a good bargain
TO miss -
Wishimgto Leave the state, 1 soiu Offer for short
1.-TWO 5-octave Cabinet Organs, single reed $75
l. each. 6-octave Piano style Melodeon, Rose wood
case $15. 5-octave portable Melodeons $55 each.
Having M oeen used but short time, are warranted
No IS First Parish Church.
Enquire of j. D. CHENEY,
or Small 8 Knight, 16 Market Square, Portland. Me
ny-All indebted to j. D. CHENEY, will please
call as above and settle without delay. ap29d&wlw
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II. X. HUNT.

Commission Merchant and AuCtioneer,
NO 316 Congress Street, will, on Thursday even
IN ing, Feb H. at O'Clock, sell at Auction large
consignment of Staple and Fancy Goods
Auction sales every evening. Goods will be sold
prices. Cash advanced on ali DESCRIPTIONS of goods
Consgnments not limited.
february II, 1868. diff
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PENNs YLVANTA.

PHILADELPHIA, May 2.-The rain storm
which has continued for the last two days, was
interrupted this morning by fall of snow,
which lasted for an hour
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THE DOMINION OF CANADA

AMHERsTBURG, May 1.-The propeller Do,
minion collided with the schooner Il. w. Head
last night, carrying away some OF the upper
works and breaking the steam chest. Suisse
quenty while off Point au Pelee, the propel-
Ter was again run into by schooner Bigelow,
doing further damage.
ICE OUT OF THE LAKE.
PoRT CoLBoRNE, Nav Wind East The
ice moved off this morning. Ahont two bnn-
dred vessels left here yesterday.
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CONNECTICUT.
e,usn"n an .-r~rr.-1

NEW HAVEN, May 1.-The printers Of this
city are on strike, demanding from forty to
forty-fiye cents per thousand. The employers
refuse to pay the scale.
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SOUTH AME RIGA.
.nuhv

LONDON, May 2.-Advices from Paraguayan
sources represent that President Lopez, with
10000 men, is preparing to take the offensive.
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NEW XORK.
CITY AND xIcIN1rx

NEW YORK, April 2.-Sinee yesterday morn
ing until this evening severe northeasterly
storm has prevailed. Up to 6 f. NJ. rain fell
steadily and occasionally in torrents. This af-
ternoon there was thunder Storm and since
that the wind has veered round towards the
northwest and the storm is apparently over,
although the weather is quite cold and the sky
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-03

This Company offers the following advan-
tages:
1t is national Company, chartered BY spe.
cial act of Congress, 1868.
1t has paid-up capital of 81 100000.
1t offers low rates of premium.
1t furnishes larger insurance than other
companies for the same money.
1t is definite and certain in its terms.
1t is home company in every locality.
Its policies are exempt from attachment.
There are no unnecessary restrictions in
the policies.
Every policy is non-forieitable.
Policies may be taken which pay to the in
sured their full amount, and return all the
premiums, so that the insurance costs only
the interest on the annual payments.
Policies may be taken that will pay to the
insured, after a certain number Of years, dur
ing life, an annual income of one-tenth the
amount named in the policy.
No extra rate is charged for risks u pom abe
lives of females.
1t insures. not to pay dividends to policy
holders, but at so low a cost that dividends
will be impossible.
Circulars, Pamphlets and full particulars
given on application 10 the Branch Office of
the Company, or to
" a G9.EpIFS G9hk5Ss and the Board of Directors
Merchants Exchange, State St., Boston.
General Agents for New England.
j. p. TUCKER. MANAGER.
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Ferelgn Mnrknts.

LIVERPOOL, May 1-Afternoon.-Cot closed
quiet; middling uplands IT'D; do Orleans 12td sales
to-day have been 5000 bales Common Rosin s. ga
Spirits TurpentIne 29s 3d.
5-2O's closed at 81.
FRANKFORT, May 2.-United States son,s are
quotei to-day at s72 a s6k -
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DESTRUCTION on a CHURCH, by FIRE.
CALIFORNIA.
CENTRAL. PAcIFIC RAILRnAn.

CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2-The Central Paci-
nc Railroad Company yesterday finished this
portion OF the road with the exception of the
two connecting rails, which Gov. Stanford will
lay Friday or Saturday of the present week.
A celebration of the event will be held in this
city and at Sacramento for which extensive
Preparations have been made.
1.-THE WRECK OF THE BARQUE JOHN BRIGHT
The further survey of the Salt Lake and
Columbia River Railroad has been abandoned
for the present, and the surveyor has been re-
called.
RAILROAD SURVEY ABANDONED.
Gov. Seymour of British Columbia will pro-
seed to Nootka Sound in the gunboat Sparrow
Hawk to thoroughly investigate the eirc um-
stances connected with the wreck of the barqus
John Bright and the murder of her crew by
the Indians.
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Horses, Carriages. sc. at Ancti.
House and Land on Myrtle street.
at Auction

IN Monday, May 10th, at o'clock P NJ, shall
" sell the desirable House and Lot No 26 MYRTLE
ST; said house contains rooms, finished through
out, and In good repair. Large cistern OF filtered
house can be examined any day before SCI le.
This property is located in the center OF the CITY
minutes walk from City Hall, in a good neigh.
borhood and will attract the attention Of Real Es-
tate seekers.
maystd +. o. BAILEY, Auet.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
MlSCELLANEO
WASHINGTON MILLS,
LAWRENCE, MASS.
Ga SCOTCH CHEVI0TS.
1860.

These goods are known to the Trade as CHE
vIOTS" and "BANNoCKBURNS," and are the
strongest and most durable woolen fabric which can
be made, as it is impossible to make them of shoddy
or anv other material with which the manufacture
of wooens has usually been cheapened.
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Commission of Insolvency.
Notice.

"E, the undersigned, having been appointed by
w the Judge OF Probate for Cumberland County
toreceve and examine the claims of the creditors Of
the estate of Stephen Merrill, ae Of Gray in said
county, deceased, whose estate is represented insol-
vent give notice that six months commencing on the
ST. tn day of April, A. D. 1862 have been allowed
creditors to bring and prove their claims against
said estate; and that we will attend to the service
assigned us at the office of Aaron b. Holden, No
229A Congress Street, Portland, the last Thursday
Of the months Of May, June, July and August, and
the 9th day OF October 1862 from 10 o'clock A. M. to
II M.
Dated this 9th day of April. A. d. 1869.
A. r. holden,
THOMAS HANCOCK.
April dfaw3w&w
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Rrnncr1on or roI1s.


BUFFALO, May Ia committee of which
Hon. Israel 7. Hatch is chairman, wasappoint-
ed by the Board of trade this morning to visit
Albany and cooperate with the commercial
convention at Chicago to secure from the Leg
islature reduction of tolls ON eastward bound
grain on the Erie canal
Eight propelIers left here this morning for
Chicago; one, however, has returned, being
unable to get through the ice.
DESTRUCTION OF CHURCH BY FIRE.
ROCHESTER,, May about half past this
evening fire was discovered in the tower of the
First Presbyterian Church, in the rear Of City
Hall. The tower was destroyed and the inte-
rlor of the church badly damaged before the
flames were suppressed. The chapel adjoining
was somewhgt damaged by the tower of the
church falling upon it. The fire was the work
OF an incendiary. The church was in process
OF demolition and the organ had been rsmov-
ed. Ihe insurance is $4,000; more than
enough cover the loss
FIRST ARRIVAL FROM THE LAKES.
OswEco, May 1.-The propeller st. Albans
arrived here last evening from Milwaukee with
a cargo OF wheat This is the first arrival from
Lake Michigan since the opening of navigation.
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AUCTION SALES.

900 Choice Fruit Trees at Auc :
tiOn.
{ D. tuesday May 4th, at ton O'Clock A NJ,
cSo,cs Es3 IS Exchange st, shall sell about 500
DwatL Nv rear, Apple and Plum Trees; these trees
az are =; m cioee variety and true to name They have
VIII be taken up the day before sale Tbe.S rs..
nave an been selected with great care and on, ia
poses. ''' ''neh Por-
apzstd FO. BAuEv A..
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Boston StOck Ltss,
Sales at the Brokers' Board. Nav
Italian Bees.

JAnIlES depending upon me for Bees are in
If Ma tnat they will arrive about the Sd or 4tn
- may anu VIII be ready TOR immediate delivery.
III. u. PALMER.
April 3Oth-d1w
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Washington Mills,
LAWRENCE. MASS.

CHEVHOTs, for Spring and Summer Wear,
BANN0CKHURNs,f for autumn and winter,
nave been copied from the hest Scotch styles, and
manufactured from the imported Wool which alone
can give the proper effect to hem.
AT INST it was thought by the parties who con-
tracted tor the goods, that they would sell better
without the distinctive mark of the Washington
Mills; but it has been found that in general appear
anee and durability they are quite equal to their
foreign prototypes therefore the largest
have requested that the regular Washington Mills
ticket should be attached to every piece; and in or
der that purchasers may be protected from the pos
sbity OF having interior goods sold to them in gar
ments under the name of the Washington Mills
Chevots, the following named parties hereby adver-
tse to the trade and public generally that they have
given the preference to these goods, and will have
them constantly in stock, And No Inferior
Grades will be offered as substitutes.
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CLARENCE H. CLARK, President.
JAY COOKE, Chairman Finance and Executive
Committees
HENRY ID. COOKE vice-President.
EMERSON w. PEET, Secretary and Actuary.
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Where the general business of the Company is trans
acted and to which all general correspondence
should be addressed.