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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-10-13

4 NEW way of cheating at elections
was developed in the recent contest in
San Francisco, California. On num-
ber of ballots, nitrate of silver was ap-
piled to the name ofthe taxpayers can
didate for Assessor. This substance
produces no immediate effect, SO that
the voter would deposit the ballot with
out supicion. BY the time, however,
that the box was opened to count the
vote, the name was entirely erased by
the chemical action Of the drug on the
ink. This does not match the game Of
the Ring" officials in this city. They
not only deprive the man of the vote in
whose favor it was cast, but they count
1t for his opponent. This is better than
nitrate of silver--Philddeiphia Age.
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Local OPTION ABANDoNED.-Iho
Temperance men of New York have
put State. ticket in the field, and have
boldly declared in favor of separate
political action. In thoir platform they
denounce both of the existing political
parties, but the most remarkable clause
in the document is declaration of hos
tility to the idea which recently met
with so much favor, that the voters of
counties or towns should be authorized
by law to determine whether licenses
for the sale of liquor shall be granted or
not. The convention declared that the
State has no right, either directly or in
directly, to legalize the traffic in intoXi-
eating liquors, and, consequently, no
right to endow any number of citizens
with the power to make that legally
right which is morally wrong. That
seems to us to be a logical conclusion,
and we suppose we may expect the
Temperance men Of Pennsylvania to
bandon the idea of local option, which
they strOve to have passed into law
last winter.
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"Pnners with Borrowed BoMcls."


Colonel ALBERT CLARK, of the st.
Albans Messenger, thus sharply criticiz.
Gs the patent outsides and insides ~
which have come SO generally into
vogue, and which he charactcrizcs with
the above title:
Within very few years companies
have been organized in some of the
western cities and in New York for ed
iting and printing one entire side of
full sheet, and then, instead of sendug g
it out rs other city papers do, to actual
subscribers, they furnish it to certain
feeble country Offices cheaper than reg.
ular publishers can buy their blank pa.
per. The companies can afford to do
this because they secure remunerativo
advertisements, for many business men
are green enough to suppose that they
enjoy tremendous circulation. The
same half printed sheet is furnished to
a large number Of different Offices, so
that the cost Of editorial labor and of
composition is saved. TO suit all the
different shades of opinion, certain
number are worked off containing one
or two strong Republican articles, then
another batch with those articles left
out and strong Democratic articles,
written by the same pen, inserted, so
that at length these ready.made opinion
moulds have actually advertised their
productions as either Republican, Dem
ocratic or Independent, to suit purchas-
crs.
"Such an accommodating disposition
would hardly secure them much patron
age If they had to go before the sturdy
people for it, but it serves them a prof
liable end, since their only patrons arc
those country publishers of prostituted
principles, who are willing to deal out
the products ofsuch hash mills at secon(
hand. What is it that people take
paper for? Partly for its news, partl,
for its views, and partly for its adver
tlsements. And yet the news Of thes
insides is always week older thar
that of legitimate papers; their view
are those of men who publicly proclaim
that they ride three horses in diflpren
directions at the same time, and thei
advertisements are of necessity all fol
eign from the locality where the pape
purports to issue.
Therefore, so far as one entire haI
ofthe paper is concerned, it falls far be
low that standard of interest whic
freshness and newness always give, an
as for the other half, it is what migl
beexpected from men who find it i'm
possible TO make whole newspape
and are therefore willing not only [
deceive their patrons but to disgrace III
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EDITOR COLUMBIAN AS the Street
Commissioner is opening Centre Street,
l would like TO inquire if he side walk
narrow enough at ali tines, is to be
kept encountered with steps, boxes,
barrels, hogsheads, and such like, to the
constant Inconvenience Of the public?
4 few citizens gave one h,nd,c1 dol
ldrS q foot for the ground thus occupied
for public street, and gave it to the
public. Mr.. Commissioner, let us have
street and side walk, as the lawyers say,
in fee simple, whatever that means
and clean Off all membranes.
a LOWER ENDER.
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Vote Of IlNOnlSburg,

EAST DLOoMsuURG = McCandles s,
lSS, Stanton, los; Brock way, 202, Rob
ison s.; Dcrr, l70, Lake, 10; Bryson,
lGj, James, 1870; Lamon, 10i, Evorltt,
%; Shalicr, 10, Shive, 10.
WEST BLOOMsBURG - McCandesS,
%, Stanton, 13O; Brockway, III, Robi.
son, 40; Derr, lO2, Lake, 9S; Bryson,
SO, James, 1873; Lamon, 11G, Evcritt,
%; ShaifGr, Sc, Shivc, 125.
Maioritio5 in the town are therefore
as follows :-McCandless, I3; Brock
way, llS; Derr, lOl; lanes, 20; La
mon, III; Shire, 80.
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AT the recent State Fair held at
scranton, Hon. PETER Est drew the
premium for The best -four. IL was
made at his millncar Light Street, from
Columbia county white wheat. Mr.
ENT's flour is highly spoken ofby all Of
our citizens who have used It, and we
arc gratifcI to see It pronounced the JcSt
IN Me iSfcic
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THE FAIR
will be continued on
SATURDAY, in consc-
Uucncc of the rain.

TEMPERATURE or SEPTEMBER, 1871
at Bloom.hurg, Pa.-Maximum Sc
on the 9th at . p. m. Minimum 3j' on
the Dist and 22l, at "a. IN. Average
modn) C0io II. y.
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TIE newspapers say that a. +. KApP,
Esq, Of Northumberland, has an AL
dcrncy COW that has averaged If pounds
of butter per week during the past sea-
son. We know that Mr.. KApP, has a
splendid herd Of Attorneys and we are
not surprised at the result stated above,
but it is well to bear in mind that his
cattle are fed plentiCulIy on the most
suitable food and ares carefully looked
after as are horses by most farmers
They are well fed, comfortably housed,
cleanly kept, and treated with the ut.
most kindness. II need scarcely be ad.
ded that that is the way to make cows
prOiltablC.
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, DMINI6rRArONi3 NOTICE.

N ESTATE or WILLIAM aa.iTH, DECD,
Letters OF iuimiuislmtiou ON thC estate of VII.
liam -luilu, late of Locust township, Columbia
county, deceased, h7yo boon granted by the
liggistCr Of hulu county to benjamin Adams, OF
Locust township. All persons having cluiinS
against the estate Of tuU Gpccdeut are requested
10 present them for settlement, and those ia
dcbted tY tho estate Co make payment t0 the un-
GCIsisuCd, administrator, Without delay.
BENJAMIN ADAMS.
septS7l--0t.t Adruiu5tra.0r.
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|, DMINISTRATORS NOTTCr.

IA ESTATE or GEOEGE ". TEAUEH DEg'D.
Letters OF administration on tho estate O
George W. Geager, late of Locust twp, Columbia
county, deceased, have been granted by the
Register OF said county 20 Margaret Ielger aud
Reuben FGhrnger, OF Locust TOWNSHIP, I1um-
bia county, PA. All persons having claims
against the estate of the dcccdent are requested
TO present them for settlement, and those iu-
dc6ted TO the estate TO make payment 20 the I'M
uurslBnCd, administrators, without delay.
MARGARET NEAGER,
NLUBEN FAfIkINGER,
tCpL t.5l-9w' Administrators.
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WE are unable to givo a satisfactory
table Of the returns of this county IL
this number Of the COLUMBIAN. Next
week tho official return will be given.
The whole Democratic tickotis elected.
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In Bloomsburg The following local
officers were elected on Tuesday, viz;
ConSto6LeS - NJ. G. Woodward, l.. B.
Bidclman.
,SchoOI Directors b. f. Harr, j. X.
Eyer.
assessors -- Lewis bernhard, II. j.
Morris.
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1 DMINIsTRATORS NOTICE.

LI- ESTATE gF GEORGE NAsEEus, Decd.
Letter, OF administration, ON the estate OF Geo.
Masters, late OF Greenwood township, Culum.
hia county deceased, huya been granted by
the Register of sud county to VIM. Masters Of
Nillyille. All persons having claims against tho
estate OF tine CtceHgut ARE JugstCd to prosuuO
thom for s"ttieueut, and tIusg indebted to tho
estate to mako payment to the uudersi gnud, ud-
uluIstratJr, WlllJuj delay.
WILLIAM MASTERS.
sent ~ II Bt
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Purson's Pugtirc Pats will greatly relieve, II
not entirely cure, dyspepsia when ever ything
else falls. They have been tried in some dcspCr-
ate cases, and have given more relief than any
other medicine.
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MANY valuable horses die from tho effects of
collie The best thing to do in case of this kind
is to pour bottle of JohHSons Anodyle LhiilieHi
into n long necked junk bottle, add half pint Of
molasses and water, then pour the whole down
will begin TO eat.
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The COLUMBIAN
Bloomsbury, Friday, Oct. I9, 1871,

Gro.P T.. RowELL& co. 40 Park Row,arc our only
.antbnrizcd Advertising Agents I'm New York.
tur. WETuERtLL& q CO., No. OW Chestnut street
a.e our only AUTHORIZED Agents in Philadelphia.
O. q. MURPHY, ESQ. Is our authorized Agent ut
Crutrnlia to transact any business pertaining to
tlH COiUMntAN Oihcc. .
r5. Al advertisements for the foregoing locali'
Ties must he endorsed by thuau Agents, or thcy
viii receive no attention. u.
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=. O. a. y. UAGLENAE , Ia the Court Of
VI. -tUI14.uIl PlD.s OF
SAMUEL LSCiTWEpIESlIEISEE) Columbia County
Nend. EN, No. of September Term, A. De- 1871.
Notice is hereby given that the undcrs izned,
auditor, appointed by said court to make dlstr-
but on of the proceeds oil the Shcr'u's sale had
under said writ, Will proceed To- the discharge of
tne duties OF his appointment at the Office of
samuel kuOrr, Esq, iu E.uomsbUrg, ON Friday,
the lOth day vi November next, at 10 o'clock III
the forenoon, when aud where all persons hav-
ing claims upon The fuut arising from said sale
axe required 10 presen- them TO the auditor, Or
W. WIRr,
oct, G,'7I-iw Auditor.
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A GENERAL assortment of SCHOOL BOOKS
and STATIONARY, wholesale and retail at 4.
ID. WEBns Book store, opposite the Court
House. Miscellaneous books portmonales, stcr-
eoscoplc pictures. games, picture-books, blank
book OF all kinds, etc, etc. n8s.tL
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WE clll attention to IIEvRY IuPPrNGas'S cs-
tablishmcnt; in the line of Watches clocks
jewclry, ctc hc is an expert and in spcctlclcs
etc, he has IA large selection with ripe cSpcri-
once,to promptly III tho reQurod tocus
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a ESTATE OF THOMAS W. uUTCuIN8, uECip.
Letters uf naturalization on the c4flte Of
Ihumns W. Hutchins, late of Mlnlin township,
columbia county, deceased have been granted
w the Register OF said county TO samuel treasy,
OF same township. An persons having claims
or demands against the d0cedent aro r-Il'sted
to mako tnom known, and those indebted ID
mako payment without Iuav.
sopt5TlGt' NIuiul.Ittir.
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LOCAL NOTICES,



NEW Rochelle, Gawton) Bla cltbcrry vines for
sale, S. per hunir Cd, Ly JOSEPH GARRISON
bloomsbury Pa.
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a sEwand elegant assortment of fall and win-
ter goods has Just been received by s. II. MILLER
Il son, which they offer at very low prices. Also
all articles usually X cpt in a dry goods store.
Their friends ard the public are invited to call
and examine them.
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NJ. F. CONNER is authorized to trans
act amy business connected with the
COLUMBIAN office. TT.
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legal Notices.
A DMENIsTRATORS NOTICE.

~ tsrATE or ISAAC GROovER, DEr'p
Letters OF administration on tho estate of
Isaac Groovcr, late of Centre twp, Columbia
county dcc a., nave boon granted by tho Esgister
Of said cpunts. TO samuel Neyliard " same
place. All persons having claims or domnuda
against tho decodont nre requested to make
thcm known, and those lulohtod Co make pay
mcni. SAMUEL NEIHARD,
sopLs, s,7l-0w. Administfat5r
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pUBLIC NOTTCN.-Whereas, by tho

DUBLIC NOTTCE.-Whereas by tho
L lllA SECTION Iiha Act ot th. General As
atiuu.S pi iul Commonwealth ut PCuusvl yauia,
approved M1F a.. a. d. l-.i entitled "Alslct for
lur pro lection ol%lmau, black b1ss aud other
IJDd HsACS newly introduced, or to he iutrDiuc.
ed, INTO Tie rivers Delaware and Surquchunna
ana iA,lr tributaries; for the protection also OF
me introduction OF predatory LStts into trout
streams, ana Tor other germane purpoScs;" IL is
made Inc duty of the several sJherinS of the
Counties of said Commonwealth having iuris-
NlcuDn OF Tho streams thereof, whenever thcv
sl3lI discover on bo informed of the existence
Dl@ny cuntrIyauCe for tHc catching Of fish, such
os arc commonly known as fish baskets eel
NrliS, Riddles, brush or iJscIue nets, or any
other permanently set means O. taking fish. in
me nature uIa Some, TO give len days notice in
Two newspapers of their respective counties That
the satd CunulNanctS are known to exist, ANA
HIn declared common uuisuurcs, and To order
them to Dee Gismautlod by their aWuuIs uu mun-
tsrr>- therefore. in COZ lurWIlE % said Uct, /,
AARON SMITH, sheriff of Columbia county,
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Railroad Timo Table.

uACitAwANNA & BLooMsBuRG Il. r.
,t,u li,iiN. NJ. S:j7 =. NJ
,o,,,,,,, ,l,,,,i',,, oi iini, S;OiA. NJ. 4.2jp NJ.
C'i- 4 W. i''-' 4''''
CATAWIsSA Il. II. FROM RUPERT STATl0N.
Going NORTH Golns Soulh'
i:l2 T.. NJ. iy'Uo ~ W.
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SA RAILROAD.

ls7l. SUMMER ARRANGEMENTS. ISL
Passenger TT, ms ON this road will run as fol-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-14

Inhabitants or less shall be permitted to
take out license for one month by pay
ingA privilege tax therefor Of twenty
FIVE dollars" Provided further, that sec
ton seventeen of an act passed March
L 1869, be amended so as TO read, after
the words "for each establishment
opened" Provided, that persons or
companies opening or keeping theatrical
establishments in cities Of 10000 inhab-
itants or less, shall be permitted to take
out monthly license by paying privi-
lege taxtherefor of forty-hve dollars.
Sec. Is. Be it further enacted, That
the privilege tax on plumbers and gas
filters is hereby repealed.
Sec. l6. Be it further enacted, That
all laws Of the State in reference to
taxes, except as altered or repealed by
the provision Of this act, shall remain
in full force and effect; and the public
welfare requires that this act take effect
from and after its passage.
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MEMPHIS THEATER.-There was an
other large attendance at the theater
last night The Abbott Pantomime
troupe presented the Three Hunchbacks
in good style. The tricks Of Abbott the
songs and dances of Cohan, the Sail
or's Hornpipe" by Misses Herbert and
Ravel, the skating by the Moe Brothers,
the Dutch character songs, and the fancy
dances by Harlequin and Columbine
make up a most interesting and anus
ing performance. In the song by Conan,
when he performs the Lingard changes,
the verse introducing the representation
of General Lee was evidently written for
an audience of more Northern cline
/" The statue Of an enemy that we do all
respect" This is an amusing expression
to use in this latitude, where the memory
of General Lee is revered. In iutrodu-
cling the great gift taker," Conan per
petrates, unconsciously, another huge
Joke, when he refers to "0ur Illustrious
President, General Grant" The Three
Hunchbacks will be presented again to-
night
Broom s. --Mirth, music and melody
RACES at the Jefferson Street Opera
House every evening. Tonight there
will be presented jig and clog dan
ces, sentimental and comic songs, fancy
dances, negro eccentricities and farces.
The song, Old Black Joe, by Marsh
Adams, is immense. Miss Lucy Adams
will appear in her artistic lightning
changes tonight.
OLYMPIC TARlETIEs.-Manager Lusk
flourishes nightly at the Olympic on
Washington street. Tonight there will
be fine programme presented Mana
ger Lusk has splendid troupe of vari-
ETY. artists engaged, consisting OF vocal
lists, burlesque performers, specially ar
fists and ballet dancers. The Can-can
Tonight.
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WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, December l4.-An effort
will be made this winter to induce Con-
gress to pass law directing the refund
ing Of the cotton tax collected in 1865.
A memorial from the New Orleans Cham
Der of Commerce is now before the Com
mittee on Ways and Means. Other Pc
titions will be fled soon.
The Appropriation COMMITTEES has de-
cided to recommend to the House the
appropriation of $4,000, to reimburse
the Office department.
Republican Senators were again IN
caucus yesterday for two hours. The
result of their deliberations was that q
Committee on Retrenchment should be
appointed, same as other committees
but not joint with the House nor with
the movers, as contemplated in Senator
Trumbull's resolution.
The Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue. states that no assessment will be
made against distillers for Christmas
day, provided that all work is suspended
on that day.
Capt. Egbert Thompson has been or
dered to the command of the Cananda-
qua on the third OF January next Com
mander Thomas Selfridge has been de-
tached from the special duty connected
with the Darien expedition, and ordered
as lighthouse inspector of the First
district. Commander A. E. Blenham
has been detached from duty as light
house inspector of the First district,
and ordered to be ready for sea service.
Treasurer Spinner received a letter
to- day inclosing check for 500 which
the sender, who is anonymous, states
was left in his hands by employed ne
groes of the Quartermaster's Department
when he was acting as Assistant Quar-
termsster. 1t was never called for, and
isltherefore returned to the Government,
to which it properly belongs.
The President has received no intima'
ton from Minister Schenck that he in
tends to resign, or that he wishes to be
relieved. SO far as the officials here are
concerned, the status of the English
/ Mission is just the same 1t was when Mr.
sehenck accepted it.
Observation-Disclosures presented
memorial from the Venezuela Naviga
ton Company. asking that a United
States war vessel be sent to demand thu
release of their vessel now detained b.
the Venezuela Government.
Sumner said the Company was in tn
wrong.
HousE-Burchead introduced q resc
. lRtion requesting the Secretary OF tn
/ Treasury to transmit to the House
statement Of the number of persons en-
ployed in the collection Of customs, wit
the amounts paid the same for the yea
r closing the Both day of June. Ais
I to give the number Of revenue cutters j
!. service ana expense OF same number
! buildings used, rental thereof,etc. Adop
: ed. The House then went into a Con
! mittee Of the Whole or the apportior
ment bill
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Is THIS TRuEl

psrhaps no other single fact better IL
illustrates the extent to which men have
become demoralized, than that stated
by Boston journal. 1t says THE dis
filters in this country are now agitating
the question of the distillation OF spir-
i,s from the garbage of cities. In this
new process the garbage is gathered
from the houses of citizens, dumped
into watts boiled, the grease skinned
off and the pulpy mass fermented and
distilled. A barrel of garbage yields
four gallons of proof spirits" Highly
interesting news this to drinkers of spir-
ia. viii they submit TO it9 Will they
swill svill, or will they demand the pure
article2 Alas how can they distin-
euish it from the doctored poison we
are. it seems, to run nlt win
a race of whisky,Borgias. The highly
respectable individuals who wear dia-
mond pins and make whisky Of garbage
are good subjects for the Ku-klux-
Northern Ku-Klux. May we not trace
TO the use of this villainous stuff many
of the tragedies that shock communi-
ties and put all law at defancef May
we not if we investigate the crimi-
nal records Of the country, trace
through its volumes the bloody
trail of that engine of murderY TAX
of the French guillotine, of the cholera'
of the yellow fever, Of war-ot all the
dreaded instruments Of destructionl
They are not so destructive to our race
as is the use Of the beverages now manu-
featured. You may quarantine the epi.
demic, spread your disinfectants far and
wide. make stout resistance, and, per
chance, conquer; but you cannot quar-
sntine nor disinfect the poison that rum
in rills from the garbage down the throat
of the people. We denounce all asSump
tons Of arbitrary power; we detest ty
ranny in all its forms, whether 1t COO
like the dove or roars like the lion, bu
if we could be induced to look with toI
erance upon tyrannous exercise :
power, it would be that which shout
execute every man, company and corp'
ration proved to have sold to the peopl
for consumption, poison instead of pun
spirits. Let the law look to this matte
else let the Ku-Klux mask and ride fort
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LATEST TELEGRAMS.
specials 90 the Ledger.
AnuoAn Pnnss ASSOCIATION. VIA .. p. q a.
TnLnaRAPK COMPANY.
FOREIGN.

LONDON, December l4.-The follow
ing is the morning bulletin from the
Princes physicians at Sandringham;
The Prince of Wales slept quietly at in
tervals. The symptoms are now less
grave.
The following is the noon bulletin:
Prince of Wales remains tranquil and is
improving.
The maintained improvement OF the
condition of the patient, as indicated
by bulletins from Sandringham, produc-
ed very general feeling Of hopefulness
as to his final recovery. The prevailing
opinion seems to be that the dangerous
crisis Of the fever has passed.
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A TREASURY 1NHoRMER.

The Washington correspondent Of the
Savannah (Ga. News writes, December
8;
G.. B. Lamar, Of Savannah, through
his counsel, John d. MCPHERSON, to-day
entered suit in this District against
Samuel G.. Cabell, to recover one hun
bred and fifty thousand dollars, the pro-
ceeds Of cotton taken by Cabell in Flor,
ida short time after the war. Cabell
was Treasury informer at that time, on
the lookout for Confederate cotton, and
II is alleged tnat at the time he seized 4.
Lamars cotton be was well aware that 1t
was not the property Of the Contederacy-
Cabell made large amount OF money,
while acting as informer, and lives here
in fne style. 1t is thought he will be
forced to disgorge.
1t would be an excellent thing If every
cotton thief could be made to disgorge
1t is worth a trial, any way.
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Among the many insurance compa-
mics, none are more popular with the
public than the Merchants Fire and
Marine Insurance Company, located at
No. IL Madison street, in the companys
building. The stock of the company is
owned exclusively by our own merchants
and property owners, men whose inter
ests are entirely identified with the best
interest of our city. The officers of the
company are well known merchants.
The present officers are; E. McDavitt,
President; J. T. Fargason, Vice Presi-
dent; and R. A. Parker, Secretary.