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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-04-07
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We 'rGRt goal rciiaJlc agents l., ,,-..
part ofthc Country By employno,or,
spare time to Iorn, clubs anil sgni.1,,.
or(crs, yoW can attain the most Ai,ygl
commissions, eWcr IN CASH or NEP
cha NDISE, amt al goods sent igs,
CW dee as represented, and We ypaglsl,
Satisfaction To cce'y oae de1iig rM ..-
house
agents d0pld COLLECT ten cents rgm no.
~ customer, and f1rrayR 10 as T., ,,l,,,.,
far Descriptive Chccks ofthc go93s ,s. .G
Tie hohicrs attic Occks haze n. ,5t..
Hege II either P"rcho@py the oriir'- t,,.
on dcscri6ed, or Of erchaay'og J.ropg o..
Hc(e mentioned on orr Catalogue, auml,r
ing occr 500 dbeycm o,1iclcs, naioae,t
'ohich can be purchased IN tic ugal 49,,
tor Tie same money.
The odcantages If first scn3'pg ne
Checks are these: We are constautlg bsy
ing small IotS ~ eery roiuoLie ggo}s. plal
are nat on our cHtdiogteS, anil J5rirlii
zee issue chccES TIL all are soH L..at
4" eCery ciub, zee 1sWpuf E.rWArcr.
rs, uILTsIBLANKETs, DRESS PATTERNS,
ar some of,er orticie ofcqnai rd'e
Ue do mt oV'J' - 1I,gk Grficle OF mrr.
chaniae that c0H he soH BY rcyulir dca..
ers at mr. price, ~ an MT ash Daro
hEy 9oois Jrom uS uhi,ss ,rc cop aNa.i
cheaper Than Rrv ran o5biu than I'd ca,
otte, ~1Y,-'eite H. yrDatp p1rtoJ 49,
ypo1s are sold az nLoat
One half the Regular Rates
mr. s'DcE consists, IA part. oJ lie JH.v.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-04-07

was promenading that popular thoroughfare.
The boys particularly found world of in
terest and amusement in this Brobdina-
gian specimen of humanity, evincing an APP
probation that would have thrilled the very
soul of Barnum with infinite delight
sammy is about eight years of age, weighs
in the neighborhood Of three hundred
pounds, and is altogether most promising
baby -Petcrs6urg Courier.
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Ne'o Advertisements.
WALTHAM
w A L G. I'll r s .

The extensive use Of these watches for the last
fifteen years by Railway Conductors. Engineers
ana Expressmen, the most exacting Of watch wear
eis' mas thoroughly demonstrated the strength,
ste~diness, durability and accuracy 90 the Wal
'ham Watch. To satisfy that class in all these
respects is to decide the question as to the real
value of these tme-keepers.
More than 100000 Of these watches
are now speaking for themselves in the pockets
oil the people-a prcof ard guarantee of their
superiority over all others.
The superior organization and great extent of
the Company Works at waliham, enables them
| TO produce watches At price which renders com
petition futile, and those who buy any other
watch merely pay from % to 80 per cent. more
for their watches than is necessary
These time pieces combine every Improvement
that long experience has proved Of real practi-
cal use. Having had the refusal OF nearly every
invention in matchmaking originating in this
country or in Europe, only those were finally a
dopted which severe testing by the most skilfuf
artisans in our works, and long use on the part
OF the public, demonstrated to be essen ta to cor
rect and enduring time-keeping
Among the many Improvements we would
/ particu!arize
The invention and use Of a centre-pinion of
| peculiar construction, to prevent damage 10 tie
| train by the hreakHge of Iuain-suiings is orgi-
nal with the american Watch Company. who,
having had the refusal Of all other cortrivances,
adopted Fogg patent pinion as being the best
and fauliess
Hardened and tempered hair springs. now uni
/ ycrsally admitted bv watchua!,crs lo be the best
are used in all grades u Wolinam Watches.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-04-07
R1nn1NG Avn M1NK1Nn Ar Arcr1nN.

BIDDING AND WHINING At AUCTIONS.
Smith, the auctionecr, is a popular man,
a wit, and n gentleman No person is Of
Tended at what lie says, aud many hearty
laugh has he provoked by his humorous
saying. He was recently engaged in the
sale of venerable household furniture, and
'ixings.' He had just got to going, and
half, half, going" when he saw "A smil-
ing countenance, upon agricultural shout
ders, wink at him. a wink is always as
good as nod to a keen sighted auctioncer :;
so Smith winked, aud they kept going, GO
ing, going. with lot of glassware, stove
pipes, carpets, pots, and perfumcry, and
finally this lot was knocked down.
TO whom said Smith, gazing at the
smiling stranger.
Who? heighr said the stranger. d
don't know who
Why, you sir, said Smith.
FWho? me ?
Yes, yes; you bid on the lot, said Smith
"Me? hang me if [ did, insisted the
stranger.
why, did you not wink, and keep win
king?"
"Winking? well, l did, and so did you
at me. | thought you were winkins at
me rs much as to say, keep dark, III
stick somebody into that lot Of stuff and
/ winked as much as to sly, III be hang
ed II you don't mister"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-04-07

Eg-T Talk about getting a good deal out
of little place Of land! exclaimed Simp-
son-'why, bought an acre of old Mr.
Ross, up at goose Fair, planted one acre Of
it with potatoes and t'other with corn.
q thought you said you bought only one
acre, Simpson = remarked listener-.how
could you plant twoY
Very easily, sir--I stood it up on the
end and planted both sides of it,
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lR a II a RT,
AT HIS
Machinery Depot,
Cl1riSsbur%, w. Va.

These are easily attached to Saw Mills or any
other Power, aud warranted to grind Flour and
Meal of a superior quality at greater rate of
speed than any other Mill and 90 il without
heating or any other difficulty. Weight 400
lbs, and occupies 3 feet square OF floor 30-inch
Mills are warranted To grind 20 bushels per hour
aud many do grind from 30 to 60 bushels per
hour. Price, S275.
p S.-lf within 30 days, for any reason, the
mill should not be entirely satisfactory, il will
6e taken back and the money refunded, and all
railroad and steamboat charges paid both WAYS
first-class CIRCULAR SAW MILLS and
CARDING MACHINES on hand aud made to or
der. TClarksburr March Is ls7o
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WIT AND HUMOR.

re a deacon 10 Illinois objected TO tho
organ purchased by his church, and when
called to close the service with prayer,
said Call on the machine IL it eau
sing tho glory of God it can pray, too Call
on the machine I"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-04-07

s0-A little girl was saying her prayers
not long since, when her little brother came
slyiy behind and pulled her hair. With
out moving her head, she paused and said
Please, Lord, excuse me minute while l
kick Herby."
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TIE IL M - .

When The moacy Is sent rrM HE or7cr
IRE slip 'cjh all Jrcgdt chorgs pycpod rs
far as 7te N'sa~siPpi ar sent e. q d., IN
reccPt y h9y tie aD'oatt, and ciqyges
dddcd
l.. PERKINS g. co.
81 king Srcei, HHmingl9u, Dl.
Nov %, 1S70.-.1y.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-04-07

EsIn the Wisconsin Legislature are
two members named respectively, 'Koons,
and 'Coons,' and, when the clerk calls the
names, he says, 'Koons NIT X or 'Coous
init c., as the case may be.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-04-07

ES y boy in Detroit has killed sixty
seven of his ncighbors cats to get money
to buy his mother set Of false teeth. lie
has made quiet neighborhood where once
was bowling wilderness.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-04-07

ES-A Irish census-taker has visited a
German settlement in Illinois He reports ::
livery mothers son av thin towli me his
name was Nichtsvurstay, and that he was
nein years of age
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-04-07

G5-'Charlcy what is OSCILLATION 2
'Osculntion Jenny dear,
Is learned expression, queer,
For a nice sensation
l put my arm thus, round your waist,
This is approximation
You need not fear
There is no one here
Your lips quite near
! then
oh, DEAR
Jenny, that's OSCILLATION
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-04-07
y AMCY DRIMK

Made OF Poor Rum, VVhiskey, PROOF Spsr-
its, and Refuse LIQUORS, Ooc,urcf. ,p..- .
and sweetcusd u please tuo taste, ca led 81 uu.,5
" Appetizers," Restorcrs," &, that loalt.o
tiprlcr on to drunkenness aud ruin. but nro q tr1
Medicine, made from tho Native Roots and
Herbs Of California, FREQ from nli a lcoholi1
PURIFIER and LIFE GIVING L'ELrJ-
ClPGH perfect ke1oTatoc out lax. EUrltCr
OF the system, carry ;of al po,-oHoas matter,
and restoring tho t-oolt u y healthy condition.
No person can tako th"-o BttCrs, aclorllr.. 20
direct. ons, aud remain ionrUnwcl.
800 will be given for an IucurahlN coco mo-
vdiag tho bones arc MOI destroyed ~ mineral
posons or other means, and to y.,AI orgL-j
wasted hegond tho point oircpair.
matism, and Gout. Dyspepsia, or Indi-
&c stion, Bilious, Remittclt. md Inter-
mittent Fevcrs, Diseases OF tho Blood,
Liver, Kidneys, and Bladder. those Bit
eases are caused by Initiated Blood, Which
il GENERALLY produced by delangeInens OF thu
They invisorato the stcrnlc5. and stimulate
the torpid liver and bowels, which render them
OF uuequallei h,lcy II cleansing tho bloc ot
all impurities ana impa.tn5 now !it5 and yigo.
10 the whole system.
-Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Headache,
Pain in the shoulders, Ooug1s 'VlFHtuc.s az ina
CHEST. Dizziness, Sour Stomach. Bad Taste in
the Mouth, Billions Attacks, PalDitation OF tie
Heart, Coplous Discharges OF C.ue, Pain ia
tho regions ofthc Kidneys, and r hundred other
Dyspepsia are cured by thcso Il,tc.s.
Cleanse the Nlttatcd boo whenever Won i'Nl
its impurities bursting through tho sil.nil PM
ples Eruptions, or Sores; cleanse T. when l. il
foul, and your feelings viii tell you when. Keep
the blood pure and the health OF tho system VIII
follow.
PIN, TAPE, and other WORMS. lurking IN
the system of so many thousands, arc eifoctually
destroyed and removed
For full directions, read carefully tho circular
around each bottle, printed IN -FOUR languages
En-lish. German, French, end Spanish.
y. WALKER, 81 d 81 Commerce street, y. Z.
Proprietor. X. n. MCDONALD & co,
Druggists and General AGENTS.
San Francisco California, and 81 aal5i Com.
niece Street y. Y.
BS- SOLD by ALL DRUGGISTS AND
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: ) : 8 ) J } ;

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Boys and girls earn nearly as much as men,
That al who see this notice may send their ad-
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we viii send 81 to pay for the trouble Of writing
Full particulars, a valuable sample which will do
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free by mail. Reader, if you want permanent
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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-04-07

4 void gun C.I6ss-A victim Of early
N iudiscreton causing nervous debility, pre-
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New York.
* Il EAT NJ q dicaI Book and
~ 4 I'cDch ccTctS for Ladies x
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Il Co., Cincinnati, o.
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or gentleman can make 81 900 n month Sc
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obtaining PSYCHOMANCY, FASCINATION, or
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NoucE.-Any person willing to act as agent will
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capital is required, all DESTROYS of genteel en-
pluymeut should send for the book enclosing
10 cts. for postage, to I. ". EVANS Il Co.. Al
South Sth ST., Philadelphia
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-04-07
CONSTITUTION RENOVATOR,
OR
BLOOD CLEANSER,

/ / Wis IS no idle remark that make. II is
/ now known 10 all that the majority of those
/ brave men who fought the Southern battle for
| freedom, are combating a much more serious
enemy now lurking in their veins During the
! late war thousands of men were vaccnated with
all forms OF deases under the pretense of guard
! ing against that fell DESTROYER. Small Pox
/ Vaccination is a boon to mankind when the
vaccine virus is pure but when il is taken from
the arm Of patient who has Scrufnla, BOTL
! PERSONS ARE TAINTED ALIKE. II i
perfectly notorious that vaccine matter has and
Is now being taken from the bodies of negroes
and white men, full OF mcrcurial and kindred
dieises. The remedy now 50 well known for the
cure of Scrofula,
Henry Constitution Renovation,
is offered to all with the strongest assurances Of
PERFECT < MOST COMPLETE CURE
For
SCROFULA. SKIN KRUPTIONS.
SALT RilBUM, SYPHILIS,
BOILS, PIMPLES,
WASTE OF VITALITY,
RHEUMATISM,
ULCERATED
THOATS, and
CONSU MPTION.
Henry's Constitution Renovation
cannot be cquallcd by any other preparation Of
the day. lfanv person should be skeptical about
this, let him ask his neirhbor about our remedy
NINE HUNDRED Il NGNErY-NINE
men out of thousand know Of this remedy. and
cannot find words enough for their praise Be
low we print few samples OF letters we are con-
stantly receiving daily:
EXTRA CTS FRON LETTERS.
81 tcos racciHafcd NJ The LEoSpifaE at
E'chsJuy Jor Small P3.c ,cas necer
sick be/iqe Since then, until fricd II Jof-
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Ayers Cathartic pills,

FOR all The purposes Of Iaxativs
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TERMS 10 CLUBS
THE sENI-WEErLY srv.

1--WE comics ore year. separately aeire-sed
r,-...,.. Eight Dollars.
len c--Irat orc rCrr rcrarafrIv arer.....f I.f
90 extra copy 30 Fctter DO IN cI1t, '''i
Sixteen Uoftnra
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THE DAILY SIN, Sc = YEAR.

n prominently readable newspaper. win fte
iAlL93s. circulation iu the world free l1ae,
el4eHL' aLu ltirle.t Duo politics. ID the ucyvs
ron eycrywhere Two cents IN c01y Nv I',fi7
90 ce1ts month, or So year. - '--aN'
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''''i'N 'C '''''i'A ~ thN bllifI preparation OF
the day. lfany person should be skeptical abou t
this, let him ask his nerhbor about our remedy
NINE HUNDRED * NINErY-NINE
men out of n thousand know Of this remedy and
cannot find words enough for their praise Be
low we print few samples of letters we are con-
stanty receiving daily
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~ LHhL - SUN, 50 4 YEAR,
Oh the same sizo ana general character as
lhH WEEKLY. b1t with greater variety Of
insect hneons reading, and furnishing the nov,
to its subscribers With greater freshness bscause
HeomoS twice week Instead % once only.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-11
Foreign Affairs.

General Changarnier is seriously ill.
-Bonapartist meetings in the French pro-
vinces are numerous.
Much trouble is anticipated from the
Montmartre insurgents.
The anti-German league in Paris is
rapidly growing in strength.
Generals Ducrot Chanzy, and Faidherbe
are working for an Empire in France.
The London Conference did not meet
yesterday, as was previously arranged.
The French navy has been greatly re-
duoed and foreign squadrons have been re-
called.
There are now four candidates for the
Presidency of Mexico, and two more are
spoken of.
Private companies have rented the dock
yards of L'Orient and Rochefort from the
French Government.
-Thiers, it is reported, will soon dissolve
the National Assembly, and appeal to the
people to decide a future government.
General Vinoy, military commander of
Paris. threatens to bring a large force to
bear against the National Guard should they
attempt to make an unwarrantable demonstra-
ton.
General Palladines on Thursday received
the officers of the National Guards of Belle
Vile, who, at the conclusion of the interview,
appeared satisfied with the Generals republi-
can assurance.
"A long train of cars, filled with German
wounded returning home, was run into, on
Thursday, by freight train near Puteaux, on
the Paris and Versailles Railroad, and nine
teen passenger cars were broken to pieces.
The number of killed and wounded is un-
known
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"A contemporary says, "The first printers
were Titan" There are a good many tight
uns" among them still.
The first locomotive ever run out of Boston
on the Boston and Worcester Road is now run
ming on road in Maine.
I'm New Haven the police arrest every boy
between the ages of six and sixteen who Is
found on the streets during school hours.
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FINANCIAL.
sAFEi PRoF1TABLEi PERMANENT
We oner for Sale at Par, and Accrued interest," the
FIRST MORTGAGE LAND GRAND GOLD BONDS
OF THE
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD CD.

OF THE
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD CD,
These bonds are secured, Thy First Mort
gage on the Railroad Itself, It's rolling stock and al
equipments second, by a Fir Mortgage on its en-.
tire Land Grant, being nore than twenty-five
Thousand Acres Of Land oeach mile OF Road.
The Bonds ere free from United states Tax; the
Prnclpa at the end Thirty years and the Interes.
emlsa1n1nually, at the rate OF SEVEN AND THREE
fEETHS PER CENT per annum.
rney are issued in denominations Of 500, $500,
I0CO, ,s5O00 and $40, 600.
The Trustees under the mortgage are Messrs, Jay
Cooke, OF Philadelphia, and j. Edgar Thomson,
President of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad
These Northern Pacific 7.sO Bonds will at all times
before maturity, be receivable at Ten per Cent.
Premium (or ll0) in exchange for the Companys
lands at their lowest cash price.
In addition to their absolute safety, these Bonds
yield an income larger, believe, than any other
drst- class security Persons holding United States
5-2Os caD by converting them into Northern Pacihcs
increase their yearly income one third, and still
have pc rfectly reliable Investment.
Persons wishing to exchange stocks or other bonds
for these can do so with any OF our Agents, who
will allow the highest current price for ALL MAR
JAY COOKE Il CO.,
Fiscal Agents Northern Pacific Railroad Co.
For sale in Philadelphia by
ID, G, WHARTON SMITH & CO.,
No. 12l South THIRD Street.
GLENDINNING, DAVIS " CO.,
No. As s. THIRD Street.
BOWEN s. FOX,
No. 10 MERCHANTS EXCHANGE.
SEVENTH NATIONAL BANK,
N. w. cor. FOURTH and MARKET,
T. A. BIDDLE 81 CO.,
No. $40 WALNUT Street.
WNI. PAINTER & CO.,
No. SO South THIRD Street.
BULL & NORTH,
No. 121 South THIRD Street.
BARKER BROS g. CO.,
No. 2s South THIRD Street.
EMORY, BENSON & CO.,
No. G South THIRD Street.
Blk. JAMESON & CO.,
NV. corner THIRD and CHESTNUT.
IS. PETERSON 81 CO.,
No. 80 South THIRD Street.
TOWNSEND WHELEN & CO.,
No. 300 WALNUT street.
CHARLES b. KEEN,
No. 395 WALNUT Street.
JNO. S. RUSHTON & CO.,
No. 80 South THIRD Street.
NARR & LADNER,
No. 80 South THIRD Street.
M. SCHULTZ & CO..
No. A South THIRD Street.
BIOREN & CO.,
No l5o South THIRD Street.
JOHN X. WILDMAN,
CHARLES T. YERKES, JR., 81 CO.,
No. 20 South THIRD Street.
| WILLIAM T. ELBERT,
No. 32l WALNUT Street.
j. H. TROTTER,
No. s22 WALNUT Street.
8. M. PALMER g. CO.,
No. 2s South THIRD Street
D. M. ROBINSON & CO.,
No. 1873 South THIRD Street.
SAMUEL WORK,
No. 81 South THIRD Street.
GEORGE j. BOYD,
No. Is South THIRD Street.
III. II. WILTBANK.
No. 300 WALNUT Street.
RALEY q WILSON,
| No. Al South THIRD Street
WALLACE & KEENE,
| No. l4S South THIRD Street.
STERLING & CO.,
No. ITO South THIRD Street.
WILLIAM @. MORGAN q CO.,
No. % South THIRD Street
G. g. w. Y. HEBERTON,
No. 50 S. THIRD Street.
JAMES e. LEWARS & CO.,
No. 20 s. THIRD Street.
JACOB K. RIDGEWAY,
No. b6 S. THIRD Street
w. Fl. SBELMERDI NE,
No. 10 s. THIRD Street.
126 tuwthfs40t
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rgHwa suna MARY.
CITY Affairs

CITY Affairs ..
The officers of the Plumbers League for
the next year are William r. Pidgeou, Presi-
dent; b. f. Sisty and William f. Flanagan,
Vice Presidents and Martin Walsh, Secre-
tary.
The men in the ordnance department of
the Navy Yard, 21 in number, we're discharged
yesterday.
John j. Murphy was yesterday held to
answer for bigamy by Alderman Kerr.
John O'Donpell, for attempting to throw
William p. Sanderson from the tug Glance at
League Island, on the 29th of January last,
has been held in bail by Alderman Kerr.
The accused failed in his attempt, and tried
to cut Mr.. Ssnderson's throat.
Domestic Affairs
The United States SupremessOourt has
taken a recess until the 20th instant.
The Chicago Colorado Colony has been
located at Longmont, Colorado Territory.
The best block of buildings in Richmond,
Ky, was burned on Thursday morning.
General Schenck entertained the British
High Commission at dinner last evening,
after which they were received by Secretary
Fish.
Secretary Boutwell, has received advices
that the national loan was put in the London
market yesterday, and that it was there re-
garded as good as the 5-20s of 1862.
Serious troubles are reported as having
occurred between the white people and
colored militia of Chester and York countless
S. O., resulting in the killing of several on
both sides.
George Francis Train was arrested and
j mI ris oned in Chicago on Thursday night on
the charge of owing bill-posters $40. Yes
tesday morning lie was released, it being
shown thai he was not a debtor to his ac-
cusers.
The Illinois river is now higher than
known for several years, all the lowlands
south of Peoria being submerged, and many
of the warehouses are so thoroughly sur
rounded with water that business has to be
transacted from the second stories.
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DUNN BROTHER
BANKERS,
Nos. 81 and SO S. THIRD ST.,

Dealers in Mercantile Paper, Collateral Loans,
Government Securities, aud Gold.
Draw Bills OF Exchange on the Union Bank OF
London and issue travellers letters OF credit through
Messrs BoWLES BROS q CO., available in all the
cities OF Europe.
Make Collections on all points
Execute orders for Bonds and Stocks at Board Of
Brokers.
Allow interest on Deposits, subject to check at
sight ~