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The Cadi's Decision

A poor Turkish slater, of Constantinople, be-
ing at work upon the roof of house, lost biz
footing and fell into the narrow street upon 6
man who CHANGED TO be passing at the time
The pedestrian was killed by the conclusion
while the slater escaped without material In.
jury.
A son of the deceased caused the slater to be
arrested and taken before the Cadi, where be
made the most grave charge. and claimed ample
redress. 500
The Cadi listened attentively, and in the end
asked the slater what he had to say in his de-
tense.
Dispenser of Justice, answered the accus-
ed, in humble mood, sit is even as this man
says but God forbid that there should be evil
in my heart. | am poor man, and know not
how l can make amends
The son of the man who had been killed
thereupon demanded that condign punishment
should be inflicted upon tie accused.
The Cadi meditated q few moments. and
finally said: '--O-''''' '''N
SIT shall be So
Then to the slater he continued
''Thou shalt stand in the street wboro Tho
father of this man stood when thou did, FIJI
upon hin" ~,''- 80"
And to the accuser he added
s'And thou shalt, if it SO please thee oo
upon the roof, and fall upon the culprit. even en-
as he fell upon thy father. Allah is great
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Lat2Gcb f02. HaS22a07s5sts.

Eleven editors have sunk from life of honest
poverty to Congress.
A hundred cents will make dollar, but a
million dollars won't make good sense.
Female compositors get through their COPY
very rapidly, being anxious to get the last word.
A sea horse is a sea horse when you see him
in the sea; but when you see him In the bay
bay horse then is he.
Since ladies have taken to using newspapers
for bustles, publishers complain that their fair
subscribers are more in arrears than before.
Miss Anna Dickinson makes it evident that
Joan Of Arc was not Of the same family with
Noah of Ark. In fact they had noah nc.,oro;r-
lance.
2 SchooImistress- Jobr,,v I'm ashamed Of
you When | Wa your age could read as /
60 ~" :. ohnny-"Aw! but you'd diff
,eacher to wot We m got II
+, 81 think, +" said doctor, that you have an
caused it, doctor?" asked the patient. Bad
board, no Doubt" said the doctor.
s A friend who did the Colorado mountains
last fall, has informed US that he got as raven
Gus as raven among the ravines, and sat down
in one of the gorgeous gorges and gorged him
SELF ---,@. ~ r~.-
1t was so cold in Chicago short time ago
that a cooking stove belonging to the editor of
the Chicago Journal froze up and he had to
battle its feet in warm water before 1t would
draw. s fa I8Yo Is ssssta sgef
A Missouri horse thief was hung to tele-
graph pole while on his waysto an election, ard
according to the Providence Herald, "that
manner of polling voter is calculated to deaden
ones interest In town politics.
=
The writer of an obituary of an estimable
lady said that the bereaved husband was
shardly able to bear the demise of his wife. =
Imagine his disgust on reading in print that
the bereaved husband was hardly able to wear
the chemise of his wife. r8f'a 5a
"Mack,'t of the Chicago Republican, is cred
tied with the witty remark, that the difference
between Nero and Thomas's Orchestra at Chi
cago, lies in the fact that, ''the former 6dded
while Rome was burning and the latter roamed
while their fddes were burning"
This is the way Troy reporter congratula-
ted friend on his marriage:
~-- "One more unfortunate,
Weary of life,
Rashly importunate,
Taken wife.
1t is fortunate thing to have large ears
sometimes To show why we take for instance
geUtleuIdu HViug III LIES nOIneS; iowa. WHO
went skating on the Raccoon River and broke
through the ice and his ears saved him by be-
ing SO large they would float him before letting
him sink.
a poet on the seasons thus subHmely relieves
himself f 0EE
DEFENDERS come and now the breezes
Howl among the lfeess treeses;
Now the boy with ragged trowsers
Shiverng homeward drives the cowses
His boots are old, and torn his clothes is,
And bless my soul, how blue his nose is.
A Dutchman whipped his son and set him
down in corner. The lad continued to sob
and wbimper, not being able to get over his
grief of the castigatlon soon enough to suit the
impatient father, when the latter said
Hans, wot you thinking p
Nothing, daddy"
'Hans, you lie. you are thinking dam, and
I'll whip you again.
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NREAT ATTRACTIONS
TT New dxssesesS New sENNssSs

VT New Goods New Goods!
Having received large and full assortment Of
STAPLE DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES,
some of them at Joe0er figures than ever offered
by us IN this market, consequently we call the
81 attention of the
public, and especially of merchants and farmers,
to their own interests, assuring them that we are
selling our goods, of real intrinsic merit, at very
moderate prices. Oar stock consists in part OF
rs pieces of Kentucky Jeans, at various prices
10 : - Satinets Sleeps Grey, Tweeds and
Cassimeres- chiefly of Charlottesville man
ufacture-some of which are lower than last
year, notwithstanding higher price of wool.
pieces of Ga fulled cloth of Winchester make
. plaid Linseys,
5 g Osnaburr.
Grey and white blankets, unusually cheap,
Bleached and brown Cottons and Drills.
Shifting Stripes, Tckings, Bamoral Skirts,
Flannels-Red, White and Grey
Ginghams, Crash, Table and irish Linens,
Mourning and Fancy Prints. and many 9TH
er articles IN our line Of business.
Our Groceries will be sold at small adj
vance on prime cost. As they were purchased
from first hands and importers, FOR Cash, we
feel justified in claiming the ability to sell to
merchants at Baltimore prices, freight added
We name:
3 hogsheads P. r. Sugar,
TO barrels white Sugar-coffee crushed, granu-
lated and powdered
2 hogsheads z. Z. Molasses
Is barrels syrups, of various grades,
% bags of Coffee, 300 sacks of Salt, also
30 kegs nails, 500 lbs nail rods,
Is kegs horse shoes, 500 lbs horse shoe nails
10 tons of Superior rolled and hammered iron of
A2l sizes, with considerable variety of Hard
aoare for builders.
SO boxes of glass, Is cans putty,
Horse Collars, patent Bames,
Sole Leather, Grindstones Cranks, Teas,
Spices, Oils Tobacco, axle-grease
10 boxes prime cutting cheese, crackers,
WOODWARD, brooms, baskets, &c.
BAKER BROTH ERS,
t,cA at Railroad Depot.
subscriber having associated
Ia with him in his business from the 10Th of
Sept. last VIM. F. SUMMERSON, the busi-
ness will be conducted hereafter under the style
of A. Hz. Taylor az Go.
They are now receiving large stock of STA
PIE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, BOOTS.
SHOES, HATS, GROCERIES, sc,
making their stock very complete, which they
are determined to sell at the lowest possible rates
to cash buyers, or on short time to punctual Gus
toners. All kinds of Lumber and marketable
produce taken in exchange for goods.
A. f. TAYLOR & co.
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II. R. Re-
RAILWAYS READY RELIEF
Cures the Worst Pains


IN FROM ONE TO TWENTY MINUTES.
NOT ONE HOUR
after reading this advertisement need any one
SUFFER WITH PAIN.
Railways Ready Relief is A CURE
FOR EVERY PAIN.
It was the first and is
THE ONLY PAIN REMEDY
that instantly stops the most excruciating pains,
allays Infammations and cures Congestions,
whether of the Lungs, Stomach, Bowels, or 9TH
er glands or organs, by one application, IN from
one to ta1enty minutes, matter low violent OF
excruciating the RHEUMATIC, Bed-ridden,
Inirm, Crippled, Nervous, Neuralglc, or pros
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Inflammation Of the Kidneys,
Inflammation Of the Bladder,
determination of the Boacels,
Congestion Of the Lungs, Sore Throat,
Difficult Breathing, Pazpitation Of the
Heart, Mysteries, Group, Dyptheria, Ca
tarrh, Influenza, Headache, Toothache,
Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Gold Chills,
Ague CRazZs.
The application Of the READY RELIEF to the
part or parts where the pain or difficulty exists
will afford ease and comfort.
Twenty drops in half tumbler of water viii
in few moments cure Cramps, SpGsnas, Soar
| Stomach, Heartburn, Sick Headache, Dia7rhoa
Dysentery, Cole, Wind IN the BOroets. ana Gtt m
| ternnI Pains
Travellers should always carry bottle of Rad
| aoays Ready Relief with them. A few drops IL
water will prevent sickness or pains from chang
of water. It is better than French Brandy o.
| Bitters as q stimulant.
FEVER AND AGUE.
Fever and Ague cured for fifty cents. Their
| is not a remedial agent in this world that vii
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| Bilious, Scarlet, Typhoid, Yellow, and other Fe
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VEvHE FIRST OF THE SEASON.
Z Davis A. Kayser has just received nice
lot of New Linen and Lace Collars, Cuffs
Sleeves, French Muslins, Tartins Hamburg,
Val. and Italian Laces, Harris, Seamless Kid
Gloves" Bleached and Brown Musins and
Sheetings, Spring Prints, and other new things.
Those indebted would confer great favor by
making prompt payment
Feb Is st
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1874. FALL TRADE. 1877 !.
GUNS. GUNS. GUNS. !

GUNS. GUNS. GUNS.
Double and Single Barrel Guns, Breechloading
and Muzzleloading Guns, of English,
French and German manufacture,
at all Prices.
Single Guns at $3.50 $500. $500, $500, .$12
to $40 each. Double Guns from ST. 90 to 5000
Pistols. Pistols. Pistols.
Smith & Wesson, Colts, Aliens, Sharp's, and
all the popular and approved kinds.
AMMUNITION FOR GUNS, PISTOLS AND
RIFLES.
SPORTSMANS GOODS OF GREAT
VARIETY
Best Qualitg and at Lo,oest Prices.
Country merchants and Spcrtsmen are invited
to call and examine our large and well selected
stock of the above Goods, which we import di-
rect and buy from the manufacturers. We guar
antee quality equal to- and prices as low as any
responsible house in this country.
Orders by mail filed promptly, and sent by
express, @. O. d. sos
~ POULTNEY, TRIMBLE & CO.,
200 W. Baltimore, street, Baltimore, Md.
+ a1lCQ-7rn = +
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TRIUMPHANT!
1860. 1879.
GOLD and SILVER
MEDALS

CHARLES NJ. STIEFF for the best Pianos
over IA different makers of Neao York, BALI
more and Boston Manufacturers Office and
new Warerooms, No. 9 North Liberty Street.
Baltimore, Md. 81 ,r
The SfIef's Pianos contain all the latest
improvements to be found in a first class Piano.
with additional Improvements Of his own inyen-
ton not to be found in other instruments. The
tone touch and finish of their instruments can
not be excelled by any manufactured
A large assortment of Second hand Pianos al
ways on hand, from $75 to $500. -''-'O %
Parlor and Church Organs some 20 different
styles on hand from $50 and upwards 'i-'
Send for illustrated Catalogue. containing the
names of over 1000 Southe1ners, 600 of Which
are Virginians,) who have bought the Stieff Pi-
ano since the close of the war. =
For Catalogues and prices. apply to
au29-tf Stannton vo
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celebrated Norwegian Cod
I've Liver Oil
Wilbors Cod Liver Oil with Phosphate Of
Lime,
Pancreatised Cod Liver Oil,
Fougera's Co. Iodized Cod Liver Oil, at
DR.. WAYT s. BROS drug store.
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The people never tire Of hearing these glorio us
announcements, these harbingers of
Truth of Plenty.

RUNNING HIGH PRICES.
The people never tire of hearing these glorio us
announcements, these harbingers of
Truth of Plenty.
They have heard the oft told story They
have bought the goods, and the fact is we'll es-
tablished that here they get them the Cheapest
This is what brings to our doors hundreds of
people every day.
THIS ARRAY OF FACTS
The daily accommodating increase of business is
an argument too ponderous to be broken down.
Too mighty to contend with.
Notwithstanding the great advance in many
goods, we shall 8 AL still continue to offer our
WOOLENS AND DOMESTICS
at the same low prices
as heretofore.
From this Date
we will weekly be in receipt of Goods fresh FROM
the New York Markets. All we ask of
the people is to read this adver-
tisement and then come
and see these
O. d. Cd ID -.
If you can buy them cheaper anywhere else
it is your privilege to do so, you save mon
ey with us. it is your advantage to patronize
5. ID. T1MBERLAKE.
Read these lines and come and see for your
selves and be convinced that we mean business.
CLARK'S COTTON, IS CENTS PER DOZEN,
or seven cents spool.
Crowley's cord Cotton SOC. per dozen.
Eagle Cotton, 123c. per dozen.
IA Shirt Buttons, for cents.
Hooks and Eyes, only cents.
Pins only cents.
Stephens Needles, equal to Blood's, 5 cts
Ladies' Hose, only 12a cents.
Gents Wooden Socks, only 10 cents.
Jet Jewelry, at Is, 25, 40 and so cents
Splendid Toilet Soap so cents
Very best Calico, only III cents yer yard
Best heavy A brown Cotton, 123 cents.
"A bleached Cotton, only 121 cents.
Hickory Stripe, only l23 cents.
Carpets, below New York prices.
All wooden dress goods, and Gents Cloths and
Cassimeres, marked down 10 to % per cent.
below market value.
Remember this is the only place where you can
get the genuine bargains.
rs Country Merchants will do we'll to look
through our stock
S. D. TIMAERLAKE,
Staunton, Va.
J. I. RICHARDSON.
@. l.. COOKE, Statesmen
FAYETTE CoYLE, Feb 90
YEvHE FIRST OF THE SEASON.
Davis A Kavcnr hos inst raoaivad a n oo
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ENCOURAGES EEo,sae ENTERPRISE

ENCOURAGES HOnae ENT&EgP RISE.
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MOdats Oper13aM !:

1HOtCU5 OD6Tto71UV
A large Ledger will be opened on January
LIST. 1872, and page or pages devoted to each
cash buyer. in which strict entries OF all pur-
chases during the year will be made bills will
be furnished each purchaser, SO that he or she
may know at any time the amount of goods pur-
chased, and the Ledger will be open for public
inspection, and on
JANUARY 1sT, 1873,
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c goods during the year 1872,
Il First Glass St5ef Piano,
Worth $4,000.

Having met With great success in business du-
ring the six years of my residence in Staunton
and desiring to return my thanks in substan-
tial manner to my many patrons, I make the
above promise, in good faith, whether the gross
amount of sales of 1872 be less or greater than
in 1871, which will, I trust, meet with the appro
baton of the generous public to whom I am SO
much indebted for their encouragement and
support.
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DERSONAL NOTICE. take this occa-
u sion to thank my many friends for their lib
eral patronage since the establishment of Burke's
Iron Works, and it gives me great pleasure to
announce to them, the association of Messrs. E.
McMahon and I. K. Menifee with me in the
future management of the business, and that it
is our intention to make it in all respects first
class establishment and l hope you will con-
tlnue that liberal support to the new Company
that you have given to the old
w A. BURKE.
z. S.-The accounts due w. A Burke and
Burke's /. w. Co., are ready for settlement and
must be closed at once. w. a. B.
Feb 20 3mo--City papers copy
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nHN St6 UubSO
c. d Cd d -

If you can buy them cheaper anywhere else
it is your privilege to do So if you can save mon
ey with US, it is your advantage to patronize
S.. d. TIMBERLAKE.
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GEO. EYLER I HENRY COOPER. 7 VIM. J. NELSON.
vayEFE sO-PARTNEsSHA of Parkins
I Nelson 6 Co., having been dissolved by the
the establishment having come into our posses
sion, we appear before the public with improved
facilities, and with determination to please in
Price ssEaa style OF Work.
We respectfully ask from the people of Vir-
ginia and the South, fair share of patronage.
We propose to manu- tacture and repair porta-
BILE and stationary Steain Engines and Boilers
aw-mills, Mining Mac hinery, Hydraulic and
Car Trucks, Shafting Pu lleys and Hangers.
We keep on hand a full assortment of repairs
for the Pitt Threshing Machine, which we will
furnish fitted upon short office.
We also manufacture P lows, Plow CASTINGS.
Hay Rakes, Hay Presses, Straw Cutters, and
A gricultural Implements generally.
Address,
EYLER, COOPER & CO..
mar20-H Staunton, Va
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Commanders of the Dry Goods Market.
aNH E CH E "a REST CASH &E0RE n

4 Staunton is that of B. T. HARDWOOD,
on Main street. He pays cash for his goods, and
is therefore enabled to sell at the lowest cash
price. He respectfully informs his friends and
the public that he has now on hand, and recev-
ing dsily, GEN ERAL ASSORTMENT of all
kinds Of goods which he is offering for just what
they are worth in cash. Give him call. No
one can sell at lower price ju4
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IA "a 4 KIM OF bOOts OF Shoes OTUeTt U OI HtNI'-
oc17 II. B. HEN DRY.
M OtIons. Hosiery, Gloves, Trimmin Is. La
! y ces, and Fancy Articles, for sale by
ocl7 n. B. HENDR !.
B AzsEES, Do you want fine, durable, c. om-
- Portable and fashionable shoe? If SO, cal
and examine my goods and find the article de-
sired. N B. HENDRY. !,
= have large stock of Boots and Shoes of my
d own make-all guaranteed to give satisfac-
tion n. B. HENDRY.
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VnUTTY AND WINDOW GLASS OF
all sizes to be had at
G. @. YEAKLES
de5 drug store.
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from This Date
we will weekly be in receipt of Goods fresh from
the New 4ork Markets. All we ask of
the people is to read this adver-
tisement and then come
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-05-02

Markets To-day.

BALTIMORE, May Virginia skies, coupon,
old, 80; West virgnia's, Il. Virginia CONSOLE
dated, 5Sk bid to-day.
Low middlings, 2Sa3. Flour quiet and
unchanged. Wheat frm and unchanged. Corn
steady: White southern, ~; yellow southern,
69a10; mixed western, 6s. Oats dull: Western
Sass; southern, 56a5S. Rye quiet, s5c.asl.05
Provisions quiet: Mess pork, s1sS asia. Bulk
meats dull: Shoulders, SASS; rib sides, es asa
clear rib sides, sash. Bacon quiet and un-
changed Sugar-cured hams steady, I3al3H
Lard dull, 9k. Western butter active and un.
changed. Whisky quiet, 50.
NEW YORK, May 2.-Stocks firmer. Gold
steady, 12K. Money firm, Z. Exchange, long
9S; short, 1e%. Governments dull and steady
Virginia skies, so; new, IS. North Carolinas
NEW YORK. Nav Flour dull and in buy.
ers favor Wheat quiet and heavy. Corn dull
and heavy.
LONDON, May 2, 1880 a. m-Consols opened
al 93a for both. Bonds trmer: lS62s, COZ;
leG5s, 81 1sG1's, 93a; Ia 4o's, S9H.
FRANKFORT. May Bonds opened at 96 for
the Issue of 1862.
PARIS, May 2.-Rentes opened at 81 francs
q confines.
LIVERPOOL, May 2, 2:SO p. m-Cotton closed
firm: Uplands. Halls; Orleans. IL 4 and II 4
Sales, 10000 for speculation, and for expor:
2yGOO. Breadstuffs quiet Pork, 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-05-02
THE COURIS

POLICE CoUkT, Judge Sael-To-day, Mary
Han was charged with stealing quantity of
trimming worth 50, a pair OF SCISSORS, aud $40 in
currency from Anna Sands. Mrs. Sands testi-
FED that she hired the girl rs a servant on Sat
uTday. and on the Monday following she missed
the money and the articles. No one else had
been in her house, therefore the girl had taken
them. IL was shown by witness that Mary
spent SO at shop for tTinkets on that day, and
the articles were found in Mary's possession;
fined so, or sixty DAYS in jail. Mary Curry,
threats Of personal violence to Josephine Getz.
Mary Is An elderly lady, and Josephine a gen.
feei young woman. W no stated that Mary threat
ened TO murder her, and she was afraid that She
would carry her threats into execution. AnOth-
er witness testified that Mary came all the way
from Philadelphia with long knife TO kill ,Jo-
sephine. Mary told the judge that Josephine
was the one who made the threats, and she
(Mary) was on her way to get warrant when
was arrested. There seemed to be streak of
jealousy in the case. Mrs Curry's husband be-
ing mixed up in it Mary was fined 50 and costs.
Henry Shelly, keeper of grocery shop, charged
him with q weight, breaking his nose; fined 80
and costs. Yesterday, a gold watch and chs air
was stolen from Mr.. Rom anus Rudehardt, re-
siding on 9Th street, by colored washerwoman
named Susan johnson, who took it from q
bureau drawer and concealed it under the bed.
The watch was soon afterwards missed, and sus-
pecting who the thief was, Mr.. Rudehart called
in Officer Shepherd, who recovered it, and took
the woman in custody. On the way to the
station she confessed the larceny, and this
morning she pleaded guilty, and was
committed for action of the grand jury.
Horace and Jim Washington two little boys,
charged with playing ball on the street; fined 81
each. Margaret Carpenter. assault on Emma
Daniels, both colored, by clinching her by both
ears and hutting her goat fashion, MASKING her
end battery on Lee Carpenter. This was a cross
fire growing out of the same fuss aud Mr. Gloss
entered nOle prosequi. John Murphy, car.
rying slung shot; fined $50. John Cough in,
John Murphy and John Sutton. disorderly at
Junneman's beer garden; four policemen testi-
fed against them; fined SIS each. Bridget
WEIGH. charged with vagrancy, said she was
not; that she was looking for a situation. The
officer who made the arrest said she was begging:
workhouse ninety days. Issac Newton, profan-
ity: tinen 80. VIM. X. Hunt, a sailor cursing in
Georgetown; fined So. Some half dozen cases
of drivers of carts without license were DISPOSED
OF by fniIg the offenders SIS each.
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A l. E x A n RIA.

PROPERTY SALEs.-The lot on the southeast
corner OF Dnke and Henry streets, belonging to
VIM. Gregory, esq, formerly the site of the
ticket office of the o., A. & NJ. r. R., has been
sold to Mr.. Michael Normile for 81 ,215, cash.
lot on the corner OF Princess and Patrick
streets. also belonging to Mr.. Gregory, has been
sold to Mr.. Bernard McCann for Si15.
SHIP BUILDING.--Mr Thomas Berry is build
ing at his yard, between the two lower ship
yards, for Captain Kersey, a light draught steam
tuE. An enterprising builder has also establish
ed yArd 1t -Four Mile Run and has already
commenced the construction Of four canal boats
there.
FIRB.-The alarm of fire about a,i.arter after
five o'clock yesterday evening, was caus.d by
the burning Of the roof of the warehouse, No. 10
south strand, belonging to Messrs. Lambert and
Mckenzie. and occupied by the former as a
storehouse for rubbish The fire caught, it is
supposed. from sparks from the chimney of the
spoke factory near by. There was no insurance
on the building, but the loss was small, u>ssrs
X. nj. Latham and j. M. Buchan.n. of the Re-
lief Hook and Ladder Ce.1ipany, fell through
nc nc ::iSjiuries.
A CAI LOAD of English immigrants passed
,nrough here this morning, via the o., A. s. NJ
X. R.-Gdzette, last erening.