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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-02-24

COLD SNAP.-Winter has come back to
give his parting sting, probably. Sunday
opened with snow-storm of the widest
character. Sunday night and this morning
the weather was singing cold.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-02-24

COOLEST DAY OF THE WINTER
This morning is SAID to have been the
coolest of the winter in this latitude, the
mercury indicating ten degrees at nine a.
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~ Writing Desks and Work Boxes ut 81
Albums at 80 cents, at EDWARDS Third and
Broad streets
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LOCAL. MATTERS.
sJCIfON S4LEs.


W. II ALLDERDlCE, as assignee OF ID. O.
Mayo, will sell Ihis tay, Oh the premises. ut
y III the valuable tobacco fac ory corner
lain aud Event, f1f streets, together wi
the machinery, fixtures aud Office furniture
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-02-24

SUPREME CoURTs.-The special SUI
preme court of appeals will convene on
the first of March, and the supreme court
of appeals on the fifth of March.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-02-24

FINES CoLLEcTED.-Fines collected in
the police court to- day, $3.50.
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Marine Intelligence.

New YORK, February 23.-Arrived-
Europa, Great Western, WeyboSset and
Metropolis. Georgia, Herman, Livingstone
and City of Galveston.
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REMOVALS.
VALENTINE & FRANKLIN,

IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEAL.
ERS IN NOTIONS, WHITE GOODS,
HOSIERY, FANCY GOODS,
HAVE REMOVED to their large new ware
rooms, No 1913 MAIN STREET, opposite
tneir old stand. fe 2l-d sw&w3t
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
nay WILLIAM A. WYATT,
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER,

No. 7O4 F.. GRACE STREET, CORNER SEVENTH.
Having cen engaged in the above business in
this city for the past twenty years, / am pre-
pared to fill all orders with promptness and in a
satisfactory manner. My old customers and
public generally are invited to extend me their
patronage.
SCREAMING, WHITENING, COLORING,
&C., PROMPTLY EXECUTED.
ia 30-3ml
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-02-24

SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN PRESS AS
soCIATIoN.-The Southern Republican
press association will hold meeting in
Washington on the Sd of March.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-02-24

lNSsALLhENs ," ORE.
THE ORIGINAL
INSTALLMENr HOUSE,
l4Ss MAIN STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA..

offer for sale the following goods for cash, or
by weekly or monthly payments. For cheap
ness, quality, and variety, second to none in the
market; for accommodation, surprising any !:
2,um Lithograph and Steel Engravings; Chro-
Looking tIlasses, in great variety Photograph
Frames, large assortment. Frames of all de-
scriplons made at the shortest notice. A large
stock OF Picture and l4ooking-4ass Mouldings
always on hand, sold cheap. by the foot OF man.
ufactured. Special contracts made for large
orders ana dealers. Clocks Bibles, Window
Shades, 'arpets, Rugs, Mating, Oil Cloths,
Walnut Extension Tables, and other goods.
Parties IN want of any of the above articles
will consult their own interest by giving me a
call before purchasing elsew here.
no rs '72-3m WILLIAM DAFFRON.
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ne The Largest Assortment OF Holiday
Goods to be TO und in the city n EDWARDS
Third and Broad strerts
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MEETING To NIGHT.-The Republic
cans of Monroe ward are requested to
meet at Third-street church tonight for
important business.
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PERsoNAL.-We regret to learn, as we
do from private letter, that Hon. G. Y.
Thomas is i'll at his residence in Henry
county,
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-02-24

az Wilcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine
This machine is a"Virginia institution" by In.
ventior and patent, and Is greatly admired by
all who use it, There Is no style of work that
cannot be done on it. 1t requires but single
thread, and toH not rip. This we absolutely
warrant, and can satisfy the most incredulou~ in
moments time of the truth of what we state II
they will call and examine our work. We are
constantly receiving certificates like the follow
ing.
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LOCUST DALE, MADISON COUNTY, VA
We have been using Wilcox Gibbs Machine
for three years, doing all the sewing for large
family. 1t has given perfect satisfaction in ever,
respect The work done on il is no more liable to
rip than work done by hand with the same care
We have examined many other kinds of ma
chimes and their work, and have no hesitation in
saying We consider the Wilcox Gibbs decidedly
superior to any ofthem. LUCY H GORDON.
ELLA J. WILLIS
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have long desired Wilcox Gibbs Ma
chine. We have double-thread machine, but
cannot manage it. propose to exchange for one
OF vonrs. VI CARTER
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]. L. WHITAKER,

Improved Fire and Wafer Proof Felt,
Cement, Composition, Gravel Tin and Slate
ROOFER,
No. 1917 GARY STREET,
BRTwRRS THIRTRRSTB AND vIRaIsIA STREETS.
RICHMOND. We
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MEGo to EDWARDS for Toy-Books and
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WANTS.


WANTED o a a sosSm GooK With 4o
such a OIL liberal wages will be given. APP
ply to d J. MCCORMICK, Central House, laos
Main street, between and O'Clock a m.
fe f4-3t
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-02-24

HoUsE.--Speaker Hanger called the
House to order at IL a. m. No prayer.
A number of bills were reported and
put on calendar,
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FURNITURE.
FURNITURE.

We have now on hand q large and a
superior stock of FURNITURE and "
MATTRESSES made by the most exp-ri- ~
enced workmen. All In need of goods In
our line will find 1t to their interest to examine
our Stock.
Any style of Furniture made to order.
HARDWOOD RITTER.
fel9-d&w6m Governor st, Richmond,Va.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-02-24

House bill to amend the act in relation
to the payment of the capitation tax by
fathers whose children attend the public
free schools came up, when Mr.. Deneale
moved to amend by striking out so much as
required the prepayment of this tax by the
father for the preceding year before his
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-02-24

PASSED.
The following House bills were passed i:
To amend the code in relation to interest !:
to authorize the county school board of
Elizabeth City county to borrow money for
the purpose of erecting a high school in the
town of Hampton; to incorporate the
Masonic relief and banking association.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-02-24

DARN HANDS WANTED-Two coed
Il colored FARM HANDS can get steady em-
ployment by an early Applicant IN at The JOUR
NAL OFFICE. References required
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24
Driving Hens.
A MANS WAY AND 4 woMAs,s WAY.

When a woman has a hen o4riEs ~ 4, ,.,ss Sne
coop she takes hold of her HOPS WI .ha
hands, and shakes them qujIiy owS The
delinquent, and says, ''She~! tnere. tner..r;,ce
hen takes one look at the object 70 c9nsmoo ,ns
herself that it's woman, anu lheh s;ssr., s;sa of
jestically into the coop ia sriec. u'I6 81 goes
the sex. A man don't do thafA&ss. aobodv
out of doors and says, ''It Is singulas
and, picking up a stick OF wood, he hurls 1t
at tie offending biped, and observes, Get in
tn re, you thief'' The hen Immediately
loses her reason, and dashes to the opposite
end of the yard. The man straightway DASH
es after her. She comes back again with her
head down, her wings ont, and followed by an
assortment Of stove wood, fruit cans, and coal
clinkers with much putting and very mad
man in the rear. Then she skins mp ON the
stoop, and under the barn, and over a fence
or two, and around the house, and back again
TO the coop, all the while talking as only an
excited hen can talk, and all the while folio y
ed by things convenient for handling, and by
a man whose. coat is on the saw-buck, and
whose hat is on the ground, and whose per-
spiIation and profanity appear to have no
limit. BY this time the other hens have
come out to take hand in the debate, and
help dodge the missiles-and then the man
says every hen on the place shall be sold In
the morning, and puts on his things and
goes down street, and the woman dons
her hoops, and has every one Of those
hens housed and contented In two
minutes, and the only sound heard on
the premises is the hammering by the
oldest boy, as he mends the broken pickets.
-DdRbury Netcs. s.-'gi 'tA q &.s
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24

DONNIE COMFORT.-There are many who
hold in blessed memory the sainted DR.. Can
non, Professor of Pastoral Theology and
Church History in the Theological Seminary
of the Reformed Dutch Church. He was
indeed gentleman of the olden time, pre-
serving even to the last the costume Of
hundred years ago. He held the relation of
a brother in affection to Dominic Comfort, of
the Presbyterian church of Kingston, New
Jersey. On one occasion he heard Mr..
Comfort preach, and and at dinner re-
marked:
'Brother Comfort, overheard an old lady
saying this morning the dominie's sermon
was very comforting"
To which the said Comfort responded,
'Only natural consequence, my good
brother. But, pray, who ever heard of COM
fort coming from Cannon's mouth?"
This Dominic Comfort was great wag.
He was little, 1.-the old man aud we well
remember on one occasion when he was on
the New Brunswick boat, then commanded
by Captain Fisher, that a carriage backed up
to the gang-plank, The door was opened,
and out came, rather gingerly, delicate
looking young man. The old dominic ran up
the plank and assisted the passenger on
board, and then, with youthful air and
flourish, said it always gave him pleasure to
render any assistance to the aged and inflrm.
Editors Dra,cer, In Huper's Magazine
for Mdrch.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24
STATE OF MAINE.

CUMBERLAND. IS.
Upon the foregoing application by Nathan Webb
Attorney of the United States of America it having
been satisfactorily made to appear to me that the
said applicant is q duly authorized agent of said
United States to make the same, and that the mat
ters of fact therein set forth true and that 1t con-
tains accurate description of the lands proposed to
be purchased by the United States for the erection OF
fort and battery, together with the names of all
known or supposed owt ers of said lands, it is
Ordered, That notice of said application be given
TO all persons interested in the lands therein de-
scribed, and especially TO Benjamin B. Dyer therein
named as supposed owner, requiring them to come
in the County of Cumberland Tuesday, the eighth
day Of April A. D. 1878, being the second Tuesday
of April next at IL o'clock in the forenoon, and le
their objections any they have to th proposed pnr
chase by the said United States ofsad escr bed lands
by publication of true and attes ed copy of the
same application and of this order thereon, in
each week for the space Of four months in the Port
land Daily Press, newspaper published in Portland
nearest where said land es the last publication to
be at least week before said eighth date Of April
Dated at Portland in the County of Cumberland
the thirtieth day Of October, A. d. 1872.
c. w. WALTON,
Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
A true copy of application and order of Court
thereon.
Attest:
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24
REFORMED c CARp-PLAY1Ne.--The Spring

REFORMED CARD-PL.AYINe.-The Spring
field Republican was shocked beyond meas
ure, the other evening, on going into the
reading-room of Young Mems Christian As
soclation, to see company OF immortal be-
ings, ranging in age from sixteen to7thirty-
five, playing a game of cards! Yes, they
were genuine pasteboards. But our surprise
grew intense as we saw in place of the Jack
that little devil--and the queen, and his piebald
majesty the king, such prosiac creatures~a as
John the Baptist, John G.. WhittieFs Miles
Standisf, and others. 1t panied us to see
John the Baptist-whose raiment was Of
camel's hair apti' whose meat was locust and
wild dhoney-mnistering to youthful disslpa-
ton. All! we sigh fol the past, when we
used 10 retire from the too close observation
of our fond parents to enjoy good game of
High-Low-Jack in the haymow. Out upon
such calls over the table as s.Tale of Two
G ties" s'The Last of the Mohicans.' &c.i
Give us the sweet old sounds, II beg" II
pass, ,""Make it T' But the boys did seem to
enjoy themselves over those regenerate cards,
last evening. l1altece1 1fE5.a 3sgHt q. sn,
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AvENGING A HEN. An Essex street man
killed hen that belonged to nsighbor, be-
cause it few into his yard. The neighbor
made no demonstration. But he went
among the Juveniles, and told them that the
one among them who could say, s'Shoes and
socks shock Susan," four times running, with
out a mistake, would receive 50 from the hem
killer. SO they went up to the house in the
guileness of childhood, and filled the hall and
the stoop, and crowded the yard, and made
up their minds they would earn 81 or DIE.
And they sailed in, and the man tried to
drive them off but couldn't, and then he went
up stairs, but they followed him. The air re-
sounded with "Shuwack snoozen socker,"
with hideous variations in the shrillest Of
voices, keyed to the highest of pitches. In
vain the victim appealed for mercy with ink
bottles, hot water, and mustard boxes. Bis
arguments were unheeded and bis cries were
unheard, and he finally scaled fence and
fed, pursued by what he was firmly convinc-
ed were score of demons. The hen was
avenged.-Danbury Ne,rs. ~ 3,
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24

''Why do you spend so much money on
your wife's funeral ?n asked man of neigh
Dor. ''Ah, sir" was the reply, ''she would
have done as much for me, and more too,N it'll
pleasure" -t.5 si.59l a.'lz3 iaa1-r. q.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24

A daughter Of George Sand is going to
marry an ex-Catholic priest, wis is wv pro-
prietor of livery stable at Tours, France,
and reputed to lie quite wealthy. aL sdl
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24
STATE OF MAINE.

CUMBERLAND. S.: W.,
Upon the foregoing application by Nathan webb,
Attorney Of the United States Of America, it having
been satisfactorily made to appear to me- that the
said applicant is duly authorized agent OF the sad
United States to make tho same, and that the mat
ters of fact therein forth true and that con-
tans accurate description of the lands proposed 70
be purchased by the United States for the erection OF
fort and battery, together with the names OF all
known or supposed owners of said lands, it is
Ordersd that notice of said application be given to
all persons interested in the lands therein described
and especially to George G. Thompson, therein
named as supposed owner, requiring them to come
forward in the Supreme Judicial Court in Portland
in the County of Cumberland, Tuesday, the eighth
day of April A. D. 1873, being the second Tuesday of
April next at eleven o'clock in the forenoon and file
their objections, if any they have tc the proposed
purchase by the said United States of said described
JANUS, by publication of true and attested copy of
he same application and of this order thereon,
IL eaGn week for the space of four months In the Port
t lam Da.y 5ress, newspaper published Portland,
nearest 10 where said land es the last publication to
be at least one week before said eighth ay of Aur
| next ' " f
| Dated at Portland, in the County of Cumber,and
the thirteth day of October, A. D. is72. -'''u'
c. w. WALTON
A true copy of application and order Of Court
thereon.
d. W. FESSENDEN, Clerk
nov5 oawW4mt ap8
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

Carpenters and Builders.
WHITNEY & MEANS, Pearl Street, cp-
pcsite Park.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24

He NEVER SMILEs.-The Christian Lead
er presents a portrait for the contemplation
of the minister who "never smiles:''
He is a man of ability and of no mean ac-
quirements. He breaches we'll, and his life
does not belle his doctrine. But he has the
habit of taking severe view of nearly all
questions, and of everybody's conduc. he
is very serious. He maintains an impene-
trable rgidity, an immovable sobriety. The
convection grows on his people that he be-
lieves mirth the unpardonable sin. He some
times breaches about cheerfulness, but il is
always in way to make 1t seem the most SOL
emn ofsubjects. In word, be has allowed
himself to become an embodied moral cloud,
casting an unwelcome shadow over every
hon Le ent ri and moving about his par sh
a. a.griW extinguisher Of light and joy, when he
should be the inspirer OF both.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24

Cord Wood Choppers Wanted.
GOOD CILANCE-$l PER CORD.
CtASH every Saturday. Good boarding places near
" and chance to camp out Fare laid on railroad.
Also Teams wanted to haul out wood.
Refers to w. H. Turner, Supt. P. & X. r R., Port
land. b. g. JORDAN,
feb15dtf Bar Mills.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24

One Mrs. Mary Newton, of Worcester,
Mass, recently arrested for appearing in pub
lie in male attire, has been discharged on her
plea that she assumed the disguise in order to
discover the whereabouts of one of her
boarders, whom she suspected of paying par
ticular attention to a young LADY, in an adj
joining town. If the legitimate province Of
the landlady is to extend from controlling the
appetites of her boarders to supervise their
love affairs, what chance has poor bachelor
of ever emancipating himself by means of
matrimony from the thraldom of hash?
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24

SToP IT Now! Not tomorrow, when it may
have settled dangerously on the lungs, but to-
day, counteract that cough, heal that irritated
throat, and prevent the progress of pulmonary
inflammation with Hale's Honey of Horehovra
and Tar. Soldby all Druggists oaI
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24

There are some things It won't do to lrife
with-for instance, woman's opinion and
the business end of wasp.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24
MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES.

In the truest and deepest sense Duponco's
Golden Pills are the BALM IN Gu.EAD to those
delicate ailments to which the gentler sex are
liable. feol9-eod3t&wlt
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24

The influence on the system of SMoLANDsR's
BUcHU is such, that no case of kidney, bladder
and glandular diseases, mental and physical
debility, exhaustion of the vital force, ,lassitude
lack of nervous energy, debility, and maladles
incidental to the female sex, can withstand its
curative properties. 1t renews the nervous
svsten, 70 a. sanitary state. feb1S-eod1w
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24

Frank Wheat, of Maryland, threshed Bill
Baker out of IS, and Frank is now in that
bin where all such wheat is stored.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24
d HE PR ESS.
MONDAY MORNING, FEB. "a. 1874
Gossip and Gieanings.

A New York milkman goes to the peniten-
tiary for one year for selling water without a
license. ,...t...- ..... ..t-e.l ..1 .r
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24

The Milan correspondent Of the Swiss
Times writes: "Last Sunday evening tFeb. 81
series of distressing accidents occurred at
the Scala. The clothes of the ballet dancer
caught fire, and but for the immediate aid Of
the scene-shifters she would have been burned
alive; a modiste fell down the stair-e Sc lead
ing to the wardrobe, breaking her leg; a stage
assistant fell dead, stricken with apoplexy,
and musician in the orchestra went raving
mad and was forciby conveyed to the hospi-
tall
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24

Pixies Toothache Drops cure in minute
feb21eod1wS5w1t
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24

70. pp,SrNa.-Every description Of JOS
JOE JOE aarscnted promptly, aud at the loweer
Prln.ing :, he Daily PREss Printing House, lo9
Exchange St
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24

! A new paper in Texas starts out with the
announcement that sin religion we arc con-
servative, and we intend TO adhere to the
cash system.' m Fl, fi4af.r4 IS yi
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24

A large brick store in the Racklef Block, corner
n of Middle and Ceurch streets-basement and
first oor elegantl, finished and adapted to jobbng
Wy e0ou1 Ann,v M vs- to '''", ALLEN HATNES.
Pp' sept11dtf
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24

ADVERTISERS naturally seek the means TOT
reaching the largest number OF Ieaas',. De-
those of the best quality. The Dahy
f;lls the bill in both particulars better '"~" "H'
other daily journal in Maine.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24

After all the usual re nedies had failed to
restore amin tion to man who had been
picked out of a canal in Brussels, they applied
iron platss at white heat to the upper parts
of the body near the vital center, which soon
set the drowned man squirming He has re-
covered from the drowning, but complains OF
the burns.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24

Practical person (who fondly imagines that
fiddles were made 20 be played upon).-
"Well, but what sort of tone has it got %
Rural connoisseur (who knows better.)- y
"Tone be hanged! What's that got to do
with it! Look at the varnish, man! Look
at the double purpling! Look at the exquis-
ite curves of the back and belly! Why, l
could gaze at that violin for hours, and
wouldn' part with it for hundred pounds
Punch.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24
A FIRST CLASS NEWSPAPER.

The Publishers congratulate themselves that their
efforts to make the PRESS acceptable to its patrons
are appreciated from the conclusive fact that With
out special efforts its list of subscribers has been in
creased to greater extent during the last six
months than for any similar period the past SIX years.
AS an advertising medium the DAILY PRESS stands
first among Maine journals.
TERMS: So year in advance; 81 for six months;
50 for three months.
Liberal commissions will be paid those who will
secure subscribers with prepaid subscriptions.
B-Orders from News Dealers promptly filed.
Address
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24
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SPECIAL NOTICE,
NOTICE TO MANUFACTURERS

FOR SALE OR RENT
DUILDING 35 80 feet. two stories and large
ID attic, finished and well lighted, good cellar, des-
irably located near the depot, exempt from taxation
10 years as a
Also Machinery, Tools and Fixtures, and some un-
manufactured Stock; now occupied by the Thomas
ton Boot and Shoe lnu featuring Co.. will be sold
rented low an inducement for parties to estab-
lish here. Also on hand
100 CASES THICK BOOTS,
of superior quality, stitched and sided by hani and
warranted Also mems russet slippers. Will be
sold low and in lots to suit purchasers.
For furteer particulars address
E. A. ROBINSON, Treas,
feb7eod1m THoMAsToN, MAINE.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24
EDUCATIONAL.
Navigation school !

n i54 Exchanpe street. March Sd, TO be under
the charge Of CAPT. Edward Brecn and G. H. Farley.
instruction will be given every afternoon by CatT.
Farley. The course will begin with DECIMAL arithme-
NC, and well comprise Plane Traverse, Parallel Mid
aIe LATITUDE sailing; the of Logarithms; the use
a ano ayastment of Nautical Instruments; Latitude
~ po oun anu Stars and Longitude by Chronometer
but will be taught if desired. 10 I : 2 II
The evening instruction vii, ha ,;vep baf,re tbo
wnoe class, W, when the various problems involved in
nasigaon nay w pc worked out upon the blackboard
and the use and adjustmeat at Of Instruments espain,
ed. Subjects collateral to navigation such as Mete
or0]gy Ocean Currents &C., will also be introduced
at the evening sessions. For terms apply to q. TT
Farley, No. Exchange street. feb19tf