davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1874-07-18

A fair country demnnd waa reported, but thero ID
llttla inquiry from the local trale. prlcea wore un-
clalIgcl, III follows: ........-
se5 20 common, s3'.oo95u00; Gull, $20.oo@
$3.50 flooring, sS0.00.
Aal-0iear. $3a. .0UGa 1000 common, go. 90
Gull, $4,000 i6.Ou flooring, S30. .00@e 1000.
O4k-CIear. &as.00a40.0V camuluu, S16pot9at.00;
Gull, $a. a.00@15.0Q.
S5.O0 GILL, Sl2.p0@18.00.
Msnle-6lpnr, fsJ.oo@3s,oo; common, slo.ooaaasoo;
Batternut-0lcar, sas.oosso.eo; common, s2o.oos
5000.
chorry-Clear, s4o.0o@eo.oo; common, sls.0o@
vi Whlso@wood-Grar, @ Sso.oo@ao.oo; common. s2ooo9
a5.00; Gull $4,000 l6.Do.
Wagon stock-llckory ax1cs, per set, 81, ,00@l 30: :
Florida rod oetlar, $50 pur fl ; mahogany, 80@40e i;
do counters, 60o rosewood. b0880o white holly, 3oe
, 1874-07-18
DoSDs AND GOLD.
Preston, KeAn q Co. report As folloWs;

LATEST.
NEW YoEK, July l7.-Mouey easy at ~:
choieo mercantile paper can bo aold as low as i
and vi. but ruling quotations for prime paper
are C@)7,
Imports Of drz goods Tor The week, sl,aA2,-
14S. Customs receipts, $3Gi, ,00D.
'terling dull at 4sG11@ts7 for Go-days, md
4s9}44 dslS91155 for sight.
GolI 10D;a@110, closing at the latter figure.
Cntying rates, ! aud 2.
.lNe Aahistant Treasurer disbursod s2ia000.
Clea-ings, $17,0O0,0U0.
Governments atoady. State bonds quiot Rail-
roads dull.
1t il said TINT tue German Syndicate purpose
offering to tnko $50, 900, 900 Of the now per
csuts. with G call on the remainder for thrce
months.
,slooks aotlve md Irregular untii after the soo-
ond Eoard, when a sharp advance took place and
tho highest prices OF tue day woro realized. 1n
the Inst hour Of business the market was dull
and neglected, The features we're Western uu-
loi,. Pacific Mail I.aka Shore. Wabash, Union
Pacific, and Eric. the Inter being strong not
W,thhtanling the decision in the Boston, Hart-
we've 1900 Weasorn Quion, 1s,o0o Pacific Meil
12.OUU Erie 10000 Lake Shore. 1000 Union
Pacific 5000 st. Paul, and LOCO Wabash.
, 1874-07-18

plttsl,pra OIL Market.
prrTapupou. Pa. July 17.-Orudo tirmsrt quoted
ut $1,nak retiueI arm Ut 1870 bid.
, 1874-07-18

CHICAGO,
fK1pAY EVENING, July II.
The receipts Of liyo stock durlng tho Sesk havo
, 1874-07-18
REAL ESTATE.

The following Instruments woso hlod for record
IN Friday, July II;
CITY PROPERTY.
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Ayers Sarsaparilla,
FOR PURIFYING THE BLOOD.

This compound OF the
vegetable alterativ es
sar>aparilla, Dock, Still
lipgia aid mandrake with
the iodides of Potassium
and Iron makes a most
:, Gectual cure of a series
of complaints which are
very prevalent and afiiict-
ing. tip rifles the blood,
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No.
/ With rs Large Three prachm Walls,
Ro>lWUoD CASE and Humphre,
Hon. q Opathic Mentor, NE" ttook,) u O.
With ~ s.a, ge Three Drachm Walls.
MOROCCO USE, and specific llumG.
op;th,c Manual, 10 o.
Wi II rs l-ais Ihree nraChm Walls.
MOROCCO 81, aud Specific llomU-
optthlc Manual, GU
Win 80 Large Thre. Drachm Walls,
MUkOt co NSt, aud Sptciuc IIom9-
opnthlc Manual, q 90
} With ~ Large Three Drnt HIM Walls,
PAfkh CASE, and Specific Hvn@opath-
c Manual, ) OF
Single large Walls, 50c. aud u
sent by nal or express, free, on receipt of price
Address
Humphreys homeopathic Medicine Co.,
Onlcc l. Depot 562 Broadway N. Y.
II. TiiCOMB, Augusta, and ny Druggists general
y. 6m47
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No. Cures. Prices in BoTes Cents
| Feyers, CONGESTION inflammation, %
, Worms, Worm Fever, worm ColIc, %
} -" Cryng-colic, or 1ecehing of Infants -
d" Diarrhpa, Children or Adults, %
: " Dyssnterv, Gripping, Bilious Collie, %
" Cho!era-Morbus, Vomiting, 25
" Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, -
" Neuralgia, ToOthache, Faceache, %
. " Headaches, Sick Headache, Vertigo, %
10 80 Dyspepsia, Bilious Stomach, p
IL Suppressed, or Irregular Periods, %
II Leucorfhea, o Pr0nise Periods, 25
Is Group, Cough, Difficult Breathing, p
/. Erultions Salt Iheum, Erysipelas, %
Is ." Rheumatism Rheumatic Pains, -
rs 20 Fever and Ague Chils, Fever, Agues, 80
II Piles Bliud or Bleeding, D.
Is Z" Op,halmy, and sore or Weak Eyes 81
10 CatHlrh, acute or chronic, influenza, so
20 Whoopmg-cough, Violent Coughs, 81
a I" Asthma, Oppressed Breathing 81
,. Ear Discharges, Impaired Hearing. 5,
y ScIoiula, Enlarged I'll Inds, Sweliings, 1T
"a General Debility Physical Weakness, 81
- Dropsy and Scanty Seer tons, d
20 " sea sickness. oicknesss from Riding, 81
- Kinney Disease, Gravel, 81
y Nervous Debility, Involuntary Dis
oh Ifges | 0G
20 Sore Mouth, Canker, 30
30 Urinary Weakness, Wetting Bed, Z,
81 Painful Periods HysteIia
81 81 suffer- Ks aC Change OF Life, IN
IS " Epilepsy, Spasns, st. Nitus Dance, ! 90
80 " DI nth, ria, liberated Sore hIoat y,
81 90 CHI onic COMPOSITIONS, and Eruption
Price IN walls, large size 5Uc. and 90
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purges out the lurking humors in the system, that
undermine health and settle into troublesome dis.
orders. Eruptious Of the skin are the appearance
on the surface OF h imors that should be expelled
from the blood. Internal arrangements are the
determination of these same humors to some inter
nal organ, organs, whose action they derange
and whose substance they di ease and destroy.
AYERS SARsAPARILLA expels these humors from
the blood. When they are gone the disorders they
produce disappear, such as Ulceration' ofhe Lirer
Stomach, Kidney, Lungs, Erupt,ons and Eruptire
Diseases Of the skin, st. Anthony's Fire, Rose or
Erysipelas Pimples, Pustuies, Blotches Boils, Tu.
mors, letter and Salt Rheum, Sca'd Head, Ring
norm, Ulcers and Sores Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Pain in the Bones, Side and head, Female Weakness
Sterility Leucorrhea arising from internal ulcer
alton and uterine disease Dropsy, Dyspepsia, Ema.
citation ana General Debility. With their departure
health returns.
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table for inspection, "kurtseys ana goes,
to her seat. George Francis sprain'
says the teacher. and a spruce looking
chap. whose hair is goose oiled into curiit
ness. steps boldly to the front.
George likes this business-he is going
TO make lawyer--and in a shrill vol e
he commences: Not many generations
ago. where YOU now sit enclrcled by all
that embellish civilized life. the wild tox
nodded in the wind, and the thistle dug
his hole unscared"--and SO he goes on,
transposing sentence occasionally, but
mainly right. We have seen George
since he arrived at mans estate; he now
stands in the police court and defends
"drunks'' for fifty cents case, win or
lose, and has acquired such reputation
that Judge always comes down harder
on his client than on any others.
Miss Eiizabeti, Branaeth steps forward
and in Susan B. Anthony style reads a
hilalutin' description OF country life-how
ain the spring, when meadow larks are
warbling, and geese squawking she loves
10 go out into the fields and Gull butter
cups and see the little lambkins gambol-
ing on the green grassy banks (green
faro banks. her mother said she meanO,
and then return back 20 home again once
more and help her mother stuff sausages.
Then "Charles Bashful'' starts for the
stand, accelerated in his motion by a pin
thrust, as he left the seat. He bows and
seeing the boys making faces. commences
to smoker, until the teacher comes up by
his side and raps his head with ferule !;
this causes more mirth, then more raps un.
til he forgets his place and is locked up in
the wood box in disgrace.
The minister's son. Melville Wnterblos'
son." is then called to show the scholars
how a good boy should speak. Melville
looks as solemn as vingar jug, his "pece,
has been selected by his parents, princl
pally for its moral tone. He says
Il do most earnestly wish that coule
induce all youthful individuals to dives,
religion of its gloomy and repulsive asso-
cations; but, my lords, | ask no respite
from death; am ready to die for my coun-
try. and sink, or swim, survive or perish,
/ am for the Union. one and inseperable
My lord. were | IN American as an Eng
lishman"-here the teacher, who has beer
trying 10 fiud the original of the orator
remarks. stops the medley, aud Melville
takes his seat. He had been crammed will
so many pieces that he had not been abb
to distinguish between them, and thus de
feated his parents aims. But why con
tinue this subjects The good little girl re
cited "Mary's Lamb" nicely, aud thu
''good little boy spoke his anti-tobacc'
piece as follows:
''rll never chew tob lco-no
Maid Ia Raa
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fTyHE GREAT AMERIC AN COFFEE POT dists
i Coffee as clear as amber; extracts all ITS
strength retains all its nutritious aroma The best
Cnll and see it in operation send for illustrated
circular Territorial rights for sale. DEWITT T.
RROMN & co G1s Broadway, n. Y. apfI64W
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"l'll never chew tob lco--no
Said little Robert Reed:
III never put II in my mouth,
Ii l. a filthy weed

BY the way, we saw this good boy few
days ago; he now chews plug of tobac-
CO like horse, and smokes IL clay pipe
night and day. But it would be such Il
consolation to know what has become of
the rest Of that tribe of district school ORA
tors, who "spokc their pieces nearly a
score Of years ago.
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Adamson Don't fail to try IL. Basam
The following are few OF the names of those
Hon. james W Bradbury, Arson p. Morrill,. ex-
Governor of Name Mrs Col. Thomas Lambard,
Mrs. Col. Thomas Lang, Hon. j. }. Eveleth. MAYOR
OF Augusia, Rev Dr. Kicker. Rev. +. +. Martin,
wood, Col. r, NJ Drew, Secretary CT State: Hon. j.
L. Woodward State Librarian: Col. ,,eo. W. Stan
ley, President First National Bank: Hon. &. II.
Cushman, President Granite National Bank: 5. W.
gor; Charles &. Natter, Esq, 81 fremont street,
Boston; William IL Taylor, beacon street, Boston /;
Emory Cook and many others in Providence: w.
F. Morreil, ESQ.,. Portland, and 1ty thousand 9th.
ers too numerous 10 mention.
From Alonzo ). Weed, Publisher OF lions Her
aid 50 Brbmli.ld street Boston, June IS 1873:
JR. FRANK ", hISSMAS-Dear Sir several bot.
ties of your 'ADAMoON'S BOTANIC COUGH
BALoAMr have been used in my family with the
most gIstt!fvin,: results. We esteem IL OIL the
best O. medicines. a. 5. WEED.
voice from Beacon Street.
No. ;, BEACON, STREET,
Boston, sept. ), 1872.
Mr.. FRANK ". kISsMAN Augusta, Ne:
Tear sir am very anxious to say word re-
gard to YOUR Adams ms Botanic Cough Balsam.
have been great sufferer from cough tor nearly
u year, Ivy ing great many cough remedies and
costing large amount OF money. Hound them
ali useless until met friend VINO mad been irouo'
led as 1 was, and he rec omlIended Adamson'e Bal
sam, saving that he had been cured by it; conse.
Qucntty procure II bottle at once, and used II
according to directions. Alter using one bottle
my cough and cold ieit me Immediately, as by
ma2ic. | have since recommended 1t to others IN
like circumstances, aud all cheeriuliy recommend
Adamson's Cough Bal-auIa as being the best remedy
that has ever been produced Tor coughs and colds.
Respectfully yours,
Large Bottles 80 ~ "a Cents.
FOR SALE BY ALL DkuGGIsTs.
octll. eodXWewiy
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Young Lambert.

By Daniel Lambert, by Ethan Allen, by Black
Hawk; dam by st. Lawrence. Record, 2:a
RI lsiives 10 Pocahontas, 2:l7x; Ethan Allen, 10,
double: Honest Allen, 10; Sensation 81 4 Ho
Spur. .: 3tS Biliy Barr, "a; Major Allen, % !;
Gomez. 2:.7; Nouesuch, 2 :23; Fanny Allen, 20 ;
Warwick, year, old 2:,s; and hos, of others
who Can in-at 80. Lambert is four this summer
and can speed IN = 40 gait; finely formed beautiful
ly gated, and as near perie rs horses caa be
made by careful study of the source of all trotng
blood from which the best of trotters have slrHng
1t will be seen that the animals offered are each
of the very beet troIting blood ana eciilly l."
cross with KuaX mares. They ave put al very i"w
figures induce persons to breed from som, thing
that will pay. Gentlemen give us n visit.
Mares sent in our i'll Iecei, e lie best OF at
tention. We viii lake few pro uising colts to
handle and inn iove sell &r. iiors and COLI
kept hy year at low rates. For further particulars
address
mnss.tMw&s&wtf F. \. f. ADAM,
BowdolL ham.
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BY Fearnaught, out Of the
fast and well bred mare.
Lady Dix. Drea in"ught
was purchased OF Wright y
Norci oss tor twenty thull-.
and dollars $50 Oh }, when
3 yeas old. He is Il perfect
copy of his sire, and can trot
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Daniel Drew /!

BY old Drew, dam the celebrated Turner mare by
Huntoon Messenger by Palmer Horse by Winthrop
Messenger by imported Messenger. Drew is by,
10 hands high. weighs llOo can trot in 80 bred by
N. n. Spaulding and has been kept private. This
Is his frst season. J. E. Maynard. ESD of Boston,
and Dan Mace of New York. say he /, the best bred
horse to get trotters from that they of. Ifyou
wish .ze, color and lrotting blood, this horse.
5000 for season; next year tree, if not in ioal.
We will be at BRUNSWICK Mondays, Tontine
House; BATH, Dunning's Stable, Tuesdays
FARM, ednesdays and Thursdays; RICHMOND
Hotel, Fridays;
GARDINER, Saturdays, Johnson
Stables.
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The Mild Power Cures.
Humphreys Homeopathic Specifies.

HAVE PROVED, FROM THE MOST APPLE
Ill experience, an entire success. Simple, prompt
efficient, and reliable, They are the only nedi'
cines perfectly adapted to popular use-so simple
that mist ikes cannot be made in using them; So
harmless to be free from danger; and SO efficient
az to be always reliable. They have the highest
commentator from all, and will always render
IL
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APPLETON'S
AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA,
New Revised Edition.

Entirely rewri, ten by the ablest writers ca every
subject. Printed from new type, and illustrated
with Sever-l thousand Engrayings and Maps
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CONSUMPTI0
which can be cured by q
timely resort to this stand
ard preparation, as has been
proved by the hundreds of
testimonials received by the
proprictors. 1t is acknowl-
edged by many prominent
physicians to be the most
reliable preparation ever IN
troduced for the relief and
cure Of all Lung complaints,
and is offered to the public,
sanctioned by the experience
of over forty years. When
rcsorted to in season it sell
dom fails to effect a speedy
cure in the most severe
cases Of Coughs, Bronchitis,
Group, Whooping Cough,
Influenza, Asthma, Colds,
Sore Throat, Pains or Sore
ness in the Chest and Side,
Liver Complaint, Bleeding
at the Lungs, &c. Wistar's
Balsam does not dry up a
Cough, and leave the cause
behind, as is the case with
most preparations, but it
looscns and clcanses the
lungs, and allays irritation,
thus removing the cause of
the complaint.
PREPARED ny
SETH W. F0WLE & SONS, Boston, Mass.
And sold by Druggists and Dealers generally.
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The Lives Insured by the Society are carefully
selected in different parts Of North America and
Europe, furnishing. by this broad field OF opera
tons, an additional and exceptional safety to the
Policy holders. The assurances are made only on
the Mutual Principle. The Surplus Premiums are
returned annually to the Insured!
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faster than he could at the same age. His owner,
Col. n. s. Russell, Home Farm, Milton. n so owner
Of the famous stallion smuggler, has pltced hin
in the stud for a short on, to the wshc> OF NJ
friends c aiming him TO be the beat sto horse IL
New England Breeders may rest assn cd thai
they dispose OF this horses get at double the
price of another stock of horses. His get are very
large. Col Russell has Il yearng, and speaks OF
him as the best colt he has of any horses get.
Only 5000; three month, credit. il not in
foai next year free.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-11-25

sI'IE gleter iIossl. sltusled on fbe f.lrhmond
aBd Dautlls Railroad. 4 IN esrry respect 4
FIRST CLISS HOTEL,
TIlk IAgLEwllla q Al times b. supplied w,,h
ihg he't tlie sin0kff anord. "A'
Tee nnnny Tgsseisf ean alps,s fsif IN ri.
ihg an,r,D hhAL, hed sl1fif time eivcn %
Fwrs tne sane Y. " HAWKINS.
frvffistof.
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L standing rule 10 mr. church.
said Que clergyman 70 another. a. ne
sexton 70 wake ans man iba. he may see
asleep Il think. returned tie oshsr.
that i would be much better for ihescr.
ton. rhsocFer man goes 70 sleep under
!yar presiding " sass you pp
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4 CoLoREo BisHoP. Tile conssera.
tion took place last night a. Grace church.
Sew York city. Of tie first colored bishop
recognixsi 81 the profesiaus Episcopal
church. Ils sill represent tie foreign
church IL tls isiaDd n Hayti. Which ior lie
fnt time j. q have bisDsp. and On whom
The :. succession" !. u " conferred ~ The
american cpiscopste. The candidate is
Ter. james Theodore Holly. u. ID; IL Port.
iu.Pfince. native llayiisn clergyman Of
rars sttainmsHis. whom the colorsi church,
men of that island have ,elecied 10 occupy
the new Office 10 their bOiy. d.. Hollis il
genuine co'ored psr.ou. about fort y.yesrs
II age. and ilnprcsses thOse who hase neser
met lslp mat f1yofsbiy. The Episcopal
church 10 HaJti contains aboat sfiesn
clergy men and parishes. and IL tie largest
religious body there. By tie eoaseefsiion
II Dr.. Holly the Episeopal church 10 this
country does not assume any responsibility
b. iIayti, bot only becomes The parent
church" 10 making bisl,op for Il. Tie
ineidsni i regarded q pseO!iatIy ibtsre,.
iing.
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The New York herald., 1874-10-24
NEW JERSEY.

Monday evening next, Tor the benefit OF the town
library.
In the Newark Court yesterday two alleged
brutal assailants OF Of1cers Prout, Huser and
HeaIey, in Coombs' alley, last July were tried and
found guilty. The ringleader has managed TO
steer clear OF Jersey justice. He has not been
seen in Newark since.
the Essex county Grand Jury adjourned yester
day for two weeks to give the County Prosecutor
time to prepare for trial on indictments found
Nothing IL known outside that body wnat disposi-
ton has been made OF the case OF Ralph Jenefson,
the alleged ballot box stuner.
The passengers OF the Delaware Lackawanna
and Western Railroad will feel more comfortable
on learning that some OF the gang OF boys who
used to pelt them with stones through the car
windows have been disposed OF. TWO OF the
urchns were brought before Recorder B0hnsedt
In Hoooken yesterday, and committed ioT thirty
dAIe " the cQpQu Jaw, !,
The New York herald., 1874-10-24
KINGS COUNTY LIQUOR DEALERS.
Mass Meeting NJ the City Assembly y
Rooms-Prohibitory and sumptusry
Lava Denounced.

Mass Meeting NJ the City Assembly
Rooms-Prohibitory and sumptuary
Laws Denounced.
A large and enthusiastic meeting was held last
evening ., the City Assembly Rooms, Washington
street. under the auspices OF the Liquor Dealers
Protective Union OF Kings county. The hall was
crowded 10 excess long before eight O'Clock.
The rooms were handsomely decorated by
the nags OF many nations, and the Fort Hamil-
ton band discoursed choice music at intervals
during Ine meeting. The meeting was called 10
oane y Jonn 3 maj o
coming forward, denounced the present Excise
law as ryrannical in the extreme, and cited
several instances OF it's operation as illustrative
OF the truth OF his assertions list OF vice
presidents and secretaries WAS read. message
was received by the Chairman rom General J. 7.
Catlln asserting his sympathy with the objects OF
the meeting.
Major samuel J. Brevoort was the next speaker,
and brieny commented upon the injustice OF the
which they entalled upon respectable and law
abiding body OF citizens VINO are engaged in the
prosecution OF Just and proper business He
legislative enacrment. and told ms audience that
II they stood nrm IN tAelr demands for repeal OF
the law, no party dare put itself on record as op-
The secretary then read long preamble and
resolutions emb0dying similar sentiments, which
were unanimously adopted.
and P. Ready, Of Brooklyn, Followed in effective
speeches. claiming that the present laws OF the
State unjustly oppress and harass the dealers In
liquors. worthy and patriotic class OF citizens-
and encouraging their efforts to obtain o change
OF the obnoxious laws.
The Secretary read letters from Governor Dix,
Ex-Governor Seymour, s. >. Cox, II. Roher, Rev.
DR.. Porteous, william Dorsheimer and John K. Fel-
lows expressive OF their regret at being
from attending the meeting. Remarks were made
by Mr. Eschweige and Others, after which the
meeting ad journed