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Middletown transcript., 1873-04-26
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A correspondent Of the Eerg Essaing from
Georgetown, after giving an aceoan, OF the pro-
ceedings in the Burton case which resulted In
the conviction Of the prisoner, closes his letter
with the following well deserved compliment 10
Attorney General Lore
The community will remember with gratitude
the fearless and iorrible manner OF the proseeu-
tion, "Wel done good and faithful servant"
Middletown transcript., 1873-04-26
4 Little Girl shot by n BOY.

un Tuesday Asl a negro man and his wfr,
living near NeDonon.b, ia this eountv. wen, a.
"IE hum h4ue letin. iNo children. buv
n,iurA J8ln Robinson, al ont 10 or Il Years old
aud gtti hls sister wear or Two Younger, in
the hegst NurH lies returned IN the e'cuinc
lie litic ,rl MAS missing. and, questioning the
boy, ihof could learn nothing from him OF her
mhcf.ai oats Selfrlt brjHs iu.timtcd the dead
tuAf OF ihe lost ,hdl aas laGHi lting in u
4ttelt. MI hr from the house ller hui aud
Rri.l ll1 hren shat uf aud appearances inhi-
eaiel Tina an attempt had been mada 10 hide the
body.
As tbs hoy wts known to have had gun, I,
is SUPP o.id liza, hr either accidentally or inlsn-
ttOnal' sboi hc girl, and hccomin. frightened
thr,s her Ii tic ditch, where she disd
Middletown transcript., 1873-04-26
A Loving Son.

yoHug man nanicl Norris Meno@cA sJu II
phtiP Mcdowell % ilmiuht0G, w6. eaAl.I.i.
ted to New rsi.c on rursdat, oa ,lr ,lHf-a %.
threatening tie lt1 ot hs hihgr. Ite ttH3
gentleman stated tin, On Monday evening His
son entered his tcd.roanl MAyu us Nas 10 ueA.
heiug 4nwcll. carrying pistol JH uue M,li Iai
i paper in tie other, aua demanded " I'll. p-
icfnd relation tha, be- ,heU,d ,tsn the paper
whiCh be held IN hs haHd Threatening tlii 10
lie refused he would Nil him Tie Oh gentle
man, however, did tciusr, aad escaped from tie
room aui had h., ii.iA! offspring ARRESTED
On Tuesday morning tua Mayor gave lhs
young nau hearing aud iued hm the costs Of
the suit and held hm to bali ia TIC sum -
.,uO 10 keep the peace, but tie youthful haru
leld His Honor that he had ueiisr send him iu
Jail, for he would certainly Kill bis father u Ii,
dad not rs he MS father hat sAindipi tim out
OF considerable property. The Mayor IJos hm
Al his word, and sent him up
Middletown transcript., 1873-04-26
smyrna & Del. Hay Il. u.

V l.. Lehry. contractor to build the SMYRNA
and Delaware Bay 4 Il passed through Middle
town on Thursday, with % drausht horses en-
route TO SMYRNA % commence work on that
Railroad His carts were sent down the Del
L. K The work on this Railroad is being
pushed forward with great energy, and i. he.
gins 10 look n. though Jay Goulds promise 10
finish it 10 90 days would be fulfilled. All he
asks is tho right Of way
Middletown transcript., 1873-04-26
narrow Escape.

\ son o. cH.Sbcrif Herbert, Of New Castle,
AMI another al. while out boating on the pe!l-
ware river, we.c capsi1rd aud narrowly escap.i
drowning Sour fshermcn happsaci To be fish.
iug close hy a The lime aul naiicng tie upset
ting ai tie tdsi ia whith the loys were sailing,
went Immediately ia the rescue. au succeeded
III saving Vie lads from their impending fate
They suffered no damage further than a thorough
Ncitng aai lad fright
Middletown transcript., 1873-04-26
Eikton and ,iassey's.

The Directors of the E!klon aud Massey
Railroad met, on Tuesday last aud had aU IL.
lerNicw WIKI Mr. Ningaic. The engineer. ami
consultation respecting tht .ariuus routes 10 "a
surveyed. The Directors, accompanied d., H.,
engineer rccuun9itcyvd the different lucauon,
where II has beca proposed 10 eater the town,
namely the central route oN,r tho u,d -i.dyl
lacA acruss the lanes oi SIR. BarrOi, thence D.,
bril.e over the marsh and crossing over tNe
Lawn OF Mr. Partridge direct 10 the lhlad,lph.s
Wilmington Baltimore Railroad station Oue
al the eastern vnd ui the tOWE, over Lands .t
Mcssts. Mtinutct Brtt0n aud OtAcss ID thr
Philadelphia, " s,mlHs styu Baltimore Railroad.
aud unc at the Western vud VI town, over laud-
OF Mrs Mafi,, pr. Mitchell auI ulhr.s Th-
preference mas dcciacd tor tide central route aud
the engineer MS instructed TO make the slvy.s,
With u view ~ entering ElA,ou at ,Itt luHt.
The suilcrt oi - locality tag tie .owrr liatt ~
the road MAS also discussed Nut tae tu. mers lu.
siructed 90 MAKE survey % a route as icar direct
possible aud also Que ~ aPpvutcN 49, NEAR ti.u
village OF Ceciion IS l'osslt c.-- tl,i B,aa-r3,.
Middletown transcript., 1873-04-26
Sentenced 10 ss saans.

The negro brute, Joe Burton, Who committed
a hendish outrage on little white girl In Snssex
county, has been convicted Of the crime sad sen
fenced TO be hung oa the aoth Of June nexs.
Middletown transcript., 1873-04-26
\ Correction.

w lafe Teen requested to say iha, DR.. Cham
trrldn stable tmcnlioned among other i'm
proyemcu's lHst week Has hot built by Mr. Nor
risun hgi Ay ilasae Halt. As these are young
men. who commenced business year ngo. II Is
not fir 10 gfe their ltnres, however small the
woft. 10 others They have the reputation OF
doing their work IN neaS worGmanlise style
aud hr. { says the work done for him Is done
10 an excellent manner. ". wish them nhnn-
Annt sNraraa
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rer.., rr..s,,.r... chn..h.

On SUNDAY last the Rev. Mr.. Todd, according
to announcement in the TRASscairr, treated this
congregation 10 a remarkable discourse from the
words ellis mother made him u little coat" ist
Samuel, II Chapter, 10 verse.
We call his sermon remarkable because from
such plain unassuiniug words the Rev. gentle
man proceeded 10 draw remarks iuat included
in their extent u short account OF the o!fce seek
ing propcnsiues and dissatisfied dispositions OF
the people OF America, but particularly Of New
England, showing TIM, the native population
was fast Icing crowded out hy Foreigners.
Wide WAS the ground over whlel, he ranged,
manifcstiag most indnhi,air the profound harm
ing and intelligence OF the distinguished speak
We like 10 have ministers preach from these
eccentric ieSis II shows thai they have much
more ahilii' thtn the common ran Of their hreih-
rcn. uho never think il worth while to notice
thcsc liltp sisiirs.
We once heard minister preach a long SER
mon from the request o. ;! Paul 10 Timoih, to
hrns him his cloak when he came from Truas
when the former gentleman was in prison, and
a most eccentric pnrson uf the VI T. persuasion
is said To have once preached IN the church nj
Newark from tie words Top Knot come down. y
Henry Ward Heeehcr is credited with mskng
usc at many uncommon TO the pnlpit) subjects.
The ability with which these gentlemen handle
their sui ccis IL shown in the fIci that their dis
course would apply TO any other text or subject
{
little coat sermon was not unlike all the rest.
Nrst Door to Death.
A MAS Conscious OF ms PREPARATION ros TnE
CRAVE.
The Republican is responsible for the follow
ing
Thomas Nandcgrfi, young man residing AT
Red Lion, in this county, while visiting some
friends in Wilmington, few days ngo, was TAX
en- I'D it'll supposed congcs,ive chlls When
ihc chill passed On he was eii 10 state Of entire
exhaustion, aHd without power TO move even a
inusslr ~ ns'ieulnic syllable, although accord.
. ing 10 ~. own statement, perfectly conscious oi
an Jhat was erug On ~ Uul him While in
this sti,r. hi, ircni5 surprising him to br dead
after sending for physician, set about prcrat-
ing The holr nr lural aud had their work well
nisl performed when the Doctor arrived, and
gpon examination found signs Of life Slightly
r-tctp'iaie anl after waiting ani watrhin. a
short time thy Young nan recovered sufficiently
10 cnt,ll, ..'a 20 speak rise aal depart in time
10 e.sape 'hr impending horrors OF being buried
alive II. is moss raiotine good hrslth, and
I acDhtic.a Spgu,s,rs, 'ery highly the gre :,
value r' ,iug
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itusnored u. u. Change.

A rumor is in circulation. with what fonnda.
finn We euunot say. that the management of the
Philadelphia, " ilmingion K Baltimore Il. Il. isa-
bout to he transferred TO the Pennsylvania Gen.
irAl Il Il. Co.. that arrangements are now he
ing made, aud will Lp completed Tor ths trans.
fer about tbs middle Of may Messrs. feiion
and kenncy, l, Is said are TO be elected direc,
tors Of The Pennsylvania Central.
Middletown transcript., 1873-04-26

r. schee Merritt, Esq is erecting large sn,
handsome dwelling on his valuable farm "Eldo
rado. near Salem Church, Appoquinimink Hid
u replace the old ,hrcc-story mansion recent,
destroyed by FIRE.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-23
SEW YORK HERALD FRIDAY a. ls7s-r1p1E SHEET

O new city charter of practical reforms from
our present Legislature, We have some hopes
OF such charter from this Legislature before
its final adjournment. In any event. through
general uprising of our honest citizens in
favor OF city reform, that corrupt Ring, which
was supposed to be oil powerful in the city
and State, has been dislodged, and a revolution
in the city has been accomplished which has
revolutionized the State.
80 much for the union and cooperation of
our honest citizens of all parties in the cause
OF city reform. Let us have union of this
sort among our city property-holders, tax
payers and mon of business of all parties and
all sections of the island in behalf of rapid
transit. Let "a strong committee, representing
our different Assembly districts, be appointed
to submit to the Legislature some common
scheme of rapid transit, embracing immediate
and permanent relief, and we shall secure the
bill. The first step in this direction is, of
course, a general meeting of oitizens-east
side, west side, centre, north end and south
end-to consult together upon some general
plan of operations. The subsequent stages
In the movement con only be shaped from
meeting to meeting as the work progresses.
But it is said that tho property holders of the
central districts of the city are indiffer-
ent or opposed to all these schemes of
rapid transit. If So they need only
little enlightenment to convince them that
their interests are identical with those of the
property-holders of the east and the west side
and of the north and south ends Of the city.
The whole city, in all its parts and in all its
material and moral interests, will share in the
good fruits of rapid transit upon q plan en-
bracing the general relief of the island from
its present distractions and detentions in get
ting into and out of the mouth of our city
funnel
Meanwhile, we care not to enter into the
discussions of the projects of east or west side
associations or underground, on the ground
or aerial railroads. for, SO long as this commu-
nifty is divided upon many schemes, so long,
we fear, from the confusion and cross-pur-
poses of the lobby and the Legislature, will
all our rapid transit agitations be waste of
time, labor and expenses. As this business
now stands, the united action of our citizens
is the first necessity.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-23

THE FIVE PER CENT LOAN, so far as tho
placing of the remaining three hundred mil
lions at the disposal of the Secretary of the
Treasury is concerned, has been awarded in
equal shares to the representatives of the two
great banking firms that have been at war
for the large profit to be realized on the
Syndicate transaction. These firms are
Jay Cooke & Co. and Morton, Bliss &
Co. The profit amounts to one and three
quarters per cent in ALL and is very money
making brokerage. Whatever objection was
hold to one banking house having monopoly
of the national business will now be met by
saying that there are two on the road to for
tune. To the undisciplined mind this will
not seem very great difference. That
wider range of facilities for putting the new
loan on tho market has been gained is, never
theless, undoubted, and this is about all.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-23

IHE PEOPLE OF BIRMNanAM, ENGLAND.
have come out in support of the cause of
emancipation in Cuba, and for the abolition Of
the African and Polynesian slave trade. The
municipality of the town advocates the effort
for freedom in the Spanish Antilles. This is
encouraging for the Cubans. Birmingham
has already given powerful and effective aid
TO the cause Of modern enfranchisement in
Great Britain, and her present missionary task
may DO Just as successful
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TRIPLE S HEE T.
New York, Friday. Jan. "a, 1873.
THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY.
To-Day'S Contents of tin e
Herald.

N'OUR WAYS, MEANS AND PROJECTS FOR
RAPID TRANSIT THE UNITED ACTION OF
OUR CITIZENS THE FIRST NECESSTTY'-
LEADERSHIP PAGE.
FATAL COLLISION IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
AN AUSTRALIAN EMIGRANT SHIP RUN
DOWN AND SUNK BY A STEAMSHIP 321
SOULS LOST APPALLING SCENES ON
THE SINKING vEsSEL-SEvENrH PAGE.
RUSSIAN CONQUEST IN CENTRAL AsIAi THE
AIN OF THE PRESENT MOVEMENT OFF,
CIAL DENIAL OF RUSSO-BRITISH DISA-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES PAGE.
BRITISH MASS MOVEMENT AGAINST AFRICAN
AND SPANISH Slavery SUPPORTING
AMERICA-GENERAL AGUERO'S EXPEDI-
TION TO CUBA-SEvENTH PAGE.
BY CABLE FROM EUROPE THE ENGLISH BANK
AND MONEY RATESl MANTEUFFEL'S EU-
LOGY OF BAZAINEl MONTPENSIER DIS
CARDS THE ALPHONSISTSi THE BOURBON
FLAG-SEvENTH PAGE.
ANOTHER GREAT SNOW STORM THE VISTA
TON IN THE WESTERN STATES-MARINE
NEWS-TENTH PAGE
a SYNDICATE TRIUMPH THE UNIFIED BANK
Frs OF THE SYNDICATES TAKE THE
ENTIRE $500, 900 900 REMAINING OF THE
FIVE PER CENTS THE SAME TERMS
SEVENTH PAGE.
A TERRIBLE PLAGUE RAGING AT THE FED
ERAL CAPITOL NAMES OF THE DISTIN-
GUISHED PERSONS STRICKEN WITH 1T
THEIR VIRTUES EXTOLLED IN FAMILIAR
METRES TOO MUCH &C. Mu-TuIRD
PAGE
,AMES' BROTHER TELLS WHAT HE KNOWS OF
UNION PACIFIC-CREDIT MOBILIER PLAC-
INGS-THIRD PAGE.
SADNESS IN THE FEDERAL SENATE THE
HOUSE GIVES THE POLAND COMMITTEE
NTH M nnu
SPECIAL ITEMS OF WASHINGTON NEWS
THIRD PAGE
THE MURDER OF HONEST CHARLIE PREFER
HIS FUNERAL TO OCCUR ON SUNDAY
THE GRIEF-STRICKEN wIDOw-FIFTu PAGE
NEWS FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLOBE
JAPAN AND CoREA STILL AT LOGGER
HEADS CHANGE IN THE JAPANESE
RECKONING OF TIME GRAND CELES
TIAL THRONE ASCENSION AMERICAN
INTERESTS IN CHINA-ELEvENTH PAGE.
ANOTHER DISTINGUISHED JOURNALISTIC LIGHT
COME WILLIAM CASSIDY, THE LEADER
OF THE ALBANY PRESS, SUDDENLY EX
PIRESl THE GENERAL REGRET-TENTn
PAGE.
HOW THE CUSTOM HOUSE REPUBLICANS PRO-
POSE TO CARRY THEIR CHARTERi HAVE
MEYER DEMOCRATS SHOWING A STRONG
HANDi THE OLD UNDERGROUND RAIL
wAYi ALBANY NEwS-THIRD PAGE
AN AUDACIOUS THEFT OF BONDS AND vALUA.
BLES IN WALL STREET $40 900 STOLEN
IN BROAD DAY, AND THE THIEVES ES.
CAPE-FIFTH PAGE
BOSS TwEED'S TRIAL THE BROTHERS GAR.
vEY TESTIFY AT LENGTH FOLEY's
FIGHT THE OLD OCEAN BANK ROBBERY
IN COURT OTHER NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
PAGE
ESCAPING FROM JERSEYS JUST PUNISHMENT
EIGHT PRISONERS RELEASED BY A CON-
vICT DOORMANi PATERSON IN A FER
MENT-EIGHTH PAGE.
NO SAFETY AGAINST FIREl INVESTIGATION
DEVELOPING LAX PROBATION IN HO-
Tells AND OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
PAGE.
WHAT A CUBAN THINKS OF MR. O'KELLY'S
RISK-PORTO RICO SLAvERY-SAD ELOPE-
MENT-LOCAL ITEMS-EIGHTu PAGE.
STOCK SENSATION THE NEW YORK CEN
TRIAL SHARES ON A FLYER UNION
PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC MAIL DISABLED |
WALL STREET ITEMS-NISTH PAGE.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE MUNICIPAL BOARDS
RAPID TRANSIT BEFORE THE ALDER
MANIC BODY - THE METROPOLITAN
BANKS-ELEvENTH PAGE.
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bility, erect some OF its proudest fabrics and
most enduring monuments of power and
wealth; for, while long supposed to be too
inhospitable for numerous population, these
remcter sections ara blessed with o marine
Climate less rigorous than that of our lake
bordering and Eastern States and incompara-
bly, finer than that of Canada Indeed,
traveller who should ride across the Continent
from San Francisco or Portland Oregon, on
the parallel of either of these cities would pass
by gentle stages from Summer to Winter tenn
peratures.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-23

Tho Disaster I'm tho English Channel.
be found report Of a terrible disaster which
took place in the English Channel on Wednes-
day night. 1t is sad story, but it is easily
told. An emigrant ship named the North
feet with four hundred and twelve passen-
gers on board, exclusive of the crew, sailed
from the Thames few days since. The ship
was bound for Australia. About midnight on
Wednesday, off Dungeness-a jutting promon-
tory on the coast of Kent-the Northfeet
was run into by an unknown foreign
steamer. The collision proved fatal to tho
NorthAeet, which was cut to the waters
edge OF the four hundred and twelve pas
sengers, not speaking at all of the crew, only
eighty-five persons are supposed to have been
saved. The most painful feature of the whole
affair is that the steamship, which might have
rendered assistance to tho unfortunate vessel
and her still more unfortunate passengers,
proceeded on her course leaving the sufferers
to their fate. Naturally enough, the scene on
board the emigrant ship after the collision
was alarming in the last degree. The
passengers, most of whom were in their
berths and asleep at the moment,
rushed on deck and wildly and vainly
fought for life. The agony of the situa-
ton was aggravated by the disorderly conduct
of the crowd on board The Captain, strange
to soy, lost his temper. and, finding words
useless, fred upon the terror-stricken people,
roroa IF whom wora xyoupdod ord oro MON Z,
said to have been killed As we have said, it
is sad, sad story. It adds another to the
many tales of horror associated with the deep.
The steamship which worked all the misery,
and which with Satanic Indifference held on
her way, must be found out. The Captain of
that vessel, whatever his name and whatever
his nationality, has much to answer for; and
unless he can explain what seems inexplicable
he had better find his way as quickly as posi-
BILE to parts unknown. If the interests of
trade and the demands Of employers have
made sailors, who enjoy the reputation of
being kind-hearted, Indifferent to the value of
human life on the high seas, our boosted
modern civilization has reached point of
wickedness worse a thousandfold than we had
deemed possible. The Yokohama affair was
bad, very bad; this Northfeet business is
worse, infinitely worse. The Captain of the
unfortunate vessel must surely have lost his
senses when he fred upon the passengers.
Captains of passenger ships ought to have
cool as we'll as clear heads How differently
the London was managed, some seven years
ago, when she went down with her living
freight in the Bay of Biscayl This disaster
demands investigation, and it ought to result
in better laws more effectively enforced.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-23

officers faithfully perform their proper func-
tiors, in promptly trying and convioting the
murderers who have lately made life in New
York SO cheap, we may count upon the
Court Of last resort to do its duty by refusing
new trials and unwholesome delay of execu-
ton to convicted murderors Our law has been
framed to protect society by Furnishing crime,
and our highest Courts have not surrendered
to the control of reckless alefac ors
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-23

HE SPANISH EMANCIPATION MOVEMENT is
progressing with great vigor and effect in
SPAN, as will be seen by our cable report from
MADRID. The Committee of Cortes estimates
the Porto Rico slave-owners' compensation
money at one hundred and forty millions of
reals. The great cause of freedom is in
destructble
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-23

The LEGISLATURE. the State Assembly
yesterday Mr. Blumenthaf introduced good
bill making it a misdemeanor topoint firearms
at any person, and making it State Prison
offence when shooting follows. The Bribery
and Corruption Election bill was ordered to
third reading. Mr.. Babcock introduced reso-
luGons. which were laid on The table under the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-23

rules, charging the late Superintendent of the
Insurance Department with using his last
annual report as vehicle for sels-decence and
personal attack. A petition from several
thousand Brooklynites, asking for an increase
OF pay for the Brooklyn police force, wns pre-
scented.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-23

OLYMPIC THEATRE. Broadway, between Houston
and Bleeoker strcets.-ALBAMBkA
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.

THEATRE CoMIoUE. 5li Broadway.-KESo AND
Tor
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WOODS MUSEUM. Broadway, corner Thrtieth St
Wup CAT Afternoon and Evening.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-23

BowFRY THEATRE. Bowery.-TuE CARPENTER OF
RnuRs-JACK LONG.
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GRAND OPERA HOUSE Twenty third st and Eight
av-CArARAcr CT THE CANOES
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-04
FOR SALE.

- TWO Valuable Market street properties, one
40 feet front, 100 feet deep, the other ~ IT. 'front.'
running through TO Shipley Street, and will be
sold on easy terms.
House, No. 703 Tstnal street. rooms, lot 10 by 30,
possession at any time.
Two Houses ON Wilson street, Nos 1929 and 1911, 4
rooms each, lot l6x64, for 800 each.
Store property. corner Fifth and Madison streets,
good location for business
House, No. 4O5 East sixth street, rooms.
Two FARMS FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE, 6
miles from city, one OF acres the other IA
Buildings upon both new and in good repair. Great
abundance of fruit.
House, 62l west Sevesth street, rooms, new and
in good order. Lot 4 x8l.
Store property COZ no. OF Elm and jackson streets,
for less than cost.
House No. 4O7 East Sixth street, rooms lot 16xT4.
Two houses, 6rooms EACH on Orange street, above
Sixth. Lot lSxlG. Cheap. Terms very easy.
For Sale or exchange Tor q farm. A three-story
brick house. II rooms; store and bakery attached All
modern improN einents. Good location for business.
A number OF other properties, including some fine
nrm close to the city. Call and examine list. ofce
open ~ the eveniag. L. PENNINGTON,
Iioom No. Almond Building,
ie9-ti Cor. Eighth and Market streets.