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"A :Po1soner,x Mu:c-3sook.
Il tttrions IocUuaelt, Of ffsbecial iniefest 70 tie
studGdta of psychology, Is i nots-bo0k .c0nEain-
Ing the last thoughts AUD Reflections ct MnIeau,
tie herbalst, Who was Ieesntly Rulotfn6d fne
poisoning Lis two wives 'Sabtoined Are d faw
e1srdcts ....
"Sept. tt have 20 more hope but should
like to die plucklr. 6hal1 suffer after e1ecu-
ton7 Does the body or the head FEEL ant hing
after? Il il aaid that when the knito falls Jtu
are already dead. It is Higntful!
"sept- III hAye no gsudgo against the e1e-.
eutioner. He merely docs bis duty- 1Hlf Ask
so:shaks his band, TO show that forgive him T
don't know him, but should Ike to know Rhst
.scpt. III knew Heindrech, ths former a.
eeufioner, Tely veil Ia WAS very polite and
very gentle. remember that rhen be -gufho-
tined Lapommerayo he addressed him rs Mon
iaur''tBeveral tiGes-- 1a!so saw him Euillotius
Troppmann, who resisted. He said to him, Nov
be quiet Like aeood boy I But don't know my
e1ecntlouer. What Terrible Thing It md5t b.
When ho puts bis ha1d on your shoulder!
"Sept. GIT Will soon be'orer, perhaps to-
morrow. They hays been very kua to ma
They hare taken of my strait jacket to let mo
write They lent ma hooka- However, yeste1~
day, when asked for the Der1sier Jour dun
Gonddmne, they refused 1t me. . -. -~. =. 49,
,-~Oct. al sboald Like to know what tho
Figaro and Gauiois ssy ahous me. They must
have ferresed ont my existence, IL they alwaJa
do. Who would have said should ever ta n
those paperr?" ....~-
.LeFfgdro, from which these e1tracta,are taken-
adds :: ..Th1eo days slatez the head OF :Mo1eau
fell into the basket"
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Tho Gun Club have Club shoot on the 22d at
their Club grounds, commencing ut 10 4. m. The
Club has been diviaed into three grades Is fol-
lows.
First Grude-H. N. Sherman, E. T. Martin. J.
J. Gillespie, F. ". fap.ih, 8. Il. Turrilt: +. L..
Judd, Y. Il. Bice, A. II. Hoffman,, J. Il. Clarke,
A. 81. Decker, Thomas Stagg, @. Mof7a. Il. F.
OrviB, ". B. Wilcox. II. J. Edwards, N. G. Hihs-
dale, R. Phillips, r. Kenny, p. H. Hawkins, J.
D. Watson, Greene Smith, II. Phillips. L. c.
Barclay.
Second Grade-John Ennis, A. smole, Leo
Meyers, g. D. Mil1Igan, Wm. Morgan, s. T.
Orumb, II. Batou, 8. H. French, Henry Hami1-
ton, H. 3. Pickett. r. A. Howe, William Porter,
T. G. Wilson, William Turtle, Wigglns, 10.
THOMPSON, E. s. Jordan, E. Shipman.
Third Grdde-M. H. Guer1n, G. Z. Wiley, r
E. Williams G. F. Smale, J. Stookman A. Will
Jams, T. s. 6praeue, g. II. Gross D. F. paveu-
polt, William Lowo, n. r. Willard, 7. G. Cott-
,ell, William Solicit, J. Heiland, Dr.. Coyne,
Charles Petrie. F. L. Bowen, T. c. Banks, Matt
rice Ptindtv,l!e, o. McChntucS.
Each grade will contend for silver cup. three
OF which have been fnrnlshed by Watson Il Co.,
and are valued at S35 each. Tho shooting will
be at five single and hvo pair OF pigeons. There
will also BIZ several matches Hhot 1t H-birds
during the day.
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BILLIARDS.
brI.LI4nps IN ENGLAND.

bfLL1ARDa IN ENGLAND.
Advices by the Adriatic bring tho results Of the
fnal games for the billiard hAndicxp played in
London from Jan. Is to Feb. 4, both days. III.
cltdoa, duribs which twentl-niue games Mere
played, OF which ]. Robetts, Jr., thu e1:cham.
pioh Of England, won bi1 gamss a. Bennett,
the Midland champion, won i've gameb ".
Cook, the present champion Of England, aud s.
" Stanley, OF London, sud T. Taylor, OF
London; each won four eamss L. Kilkenny,
champion OF Yorkshire, three gaines; ". Tim
bell. Of Liverpool, two games; and Joseph
Bennett, e1-thampioh Of England, one
game. The interest in the playing con-
tinucd up 10 the last gah1s, the room
being crowded every afternoon and even-
ing. The decldlnE Ealde for the Hrst ptiz6 be-
tween Roberts and Bennett, after tic Of fTe
gaines ach, created immense interest. At first
Bennett leu, but leaving the bills well together.
Roberts, made run Of III points, which gave
him such lesd that he finally Won the game by
14D boidih.
on the evening Of Feb s. r. Cook, the Eng
lish champion at billiards, defeated T. Taylor in
q match Of 1000 points up tor E100 slde, in The
Bennett Rooms, London. Cook gnyo Taylor 200
points, and won the gatne BY score Of I. 900 to
526. Cooks average Was 81 1923, and bis best
runs 96, 10e 1871, SO, 1873. majority OF which
uero spot hazards. Taylor's best run WAS lis.
Tie match tas played ia ons hour and fifty
saSen minutes.
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4 PFiz6 light between these Wofthies tnAy be
considered one OF the certainties. Rockies chal-
lenge to fight any Inau in America WAS accepted
BY Arthur Chambers in behalf Of man not
named, but understood to be Tom Allen. Tho
latter, being interviewed by St. Louis feportof
and having the lear Of the Missouri Law bsfore
his eyes, was yery cautious in bis talk, and
though be left it to be inferred, would not admit
that be was the man chosen by Chambers to fight
Eobke tbs match has been unde for s., 500 i
sids, aud the parties met last Wednesday
at HAIRY Hill's, ID New York. to put mp the pre-
liminary installment Of $3.50 each In the cohtae
Of the talk, Joe Ceburn, on the part Of George
Rookie, said that be was ready to make the match
Arthur Chambers, Who represented Tom Allen,
was Oh hand, saying for the lnfot NATION Of those
who we're present that his unknown Was Tom
Allen. Coburn then stated that Rockies backer
could not get to New York before to-day at
o'clock. He wished to gay, however. that be
would have tho requisite amount Of funds-$250
really to make the match il Chambers would
agree to the proposition. Chambers responded
briefly 4pd to the point, saying, - All right,
Coburn, TIL be here ready to put up Tor Allen as
time will show" Rooke, ID characteristic
speech, said, "Gentlerneh. I'd rather Eight Allen
than any man living" Rookie .Eas loudly ap-
pl2uded.
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THE OXFORD AafDn1DoE poi1-aAox.
With the receipt OF challenge from the Or.
ford University Boat-Club BY this Cambridge
University Boat-Club. and the fixing Of Satur-
dav, tho goth Of March, as the day for tho an
nua1 1ace the interest In the university racA Tor
1875 may bA said to have fairly begun -.
cAMDR1Dax.
Again, as during the last few yoar5, the CAM
bridge crow was the first to take to ths watet, i
crew first appearing on the Cam On the 18th Of
January. Nor did they begin any too soon as
in evets probability the boat this year will hAvs
six aod perhaps seven new hands. The trew 1t
present ia constituted n follows:
Bowl. J. Briscoe; St. Cathtrines, 1A na.
No. o-W. g. Michel E1rst Trinity, 173 ts-
No. -; E Rssbods, EHt Trinity, 166 ~ n.
No IA E. Phillips, Jesus, III ibe.
10 g. Aylmet; First Trinity, lei lba.
10, &c. G. Dirke., First Trinity, 1es ~.
saote7;A 3. Woodd: F15st Trinity, 14s ttA-
OF theso only Mr. Aylmer roAad in The VIC
VICTORIOUS crew of 1878. It il understood. how
ever. that Mr. Rhodes, President Of the G.. .. b
c., who etroked the crews in 1879 and 1874. viii
scain 90 into the boat-sowing ut Z. The stroke,
MI. Woodd, il 4 neM hand In the university
boat. but IN old ha6d at the position. He
ettoked the successful triu eight id 1873, as
Tel} Is the first Trinity crew, which W3s ct the
hkhd OF The river last year. which crew Bubse-
ouootly carried OF the Ladiea Plate as Henley.
He eeenns 70 g7ve the critics Satisfaction with
long, STEADY stroke II 26 to the minute:
But they fpd great fault with HE swing md
sliding of ths crew as i Fheles hu4ts shat Faa
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;coHsuEtn,

sT1s dsar uttlc hand,
:. Hs1f 1ssistiig
NY kdortto nss til xgatn,
That, at the hast nonlr1t
Haa!stiIg.
Mtew! makes 'ny e71 gle With pkA
TigeIoyrly blue eye,
-. t1atf asacnttny
When TAX for ~ kl*s sts IL;
And ripe, p0utuY hps,
Not dissenting,
: Tempt tf1a' On to u k1ss md anI62s
But tk4tdes{ Att.e hsnd,
IoEing, coa1es;
Thc4e yeiVet bps pout fu1l of bt1fs5
a1uI soon ind TIE tl5Ts
Are 1,.:t hoaxee.-
:. Little sttngs "to add zest 70 ! k1as.! 50
'CHucA6o. G7ynuE ReHx1
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Of loud-smelling fur. The machinery Is now
complete. The dog is placed upon the ticking,
Which il to protect bis fest and the pole IL rap
Idly pasted over and Gloss the ticking, but =!
Ways kept out Of reach Of The dog. In the dog's
efforts to catch the fur he jumps and runs, and
trlngs into vigorous exercise his entire muscular
system. THIS is varied sometimes by filing a
bag half-full Of straw, and letting the dog see
you PLACE cat On top Of the STRAW. The Dag Is
then hung up at convenient height, out OF lne
d'gs Teach. Thu cat IL frightened IT the
dogs jumping ut and biting The oaa. which
only serves to ,ncreaae his te1oclty. Either OF
these exercises IL continued sor several boura,
varied every few DAYS BY the most e1tett
"t1ainers," by tossing seveEal defence'ess pup
pies. or worthless dogs, to the dog IN training TO
be killed and eaten,
Tho VARIOUS processes continue from one to
two months, ths length Of time depend'nR very
l.reely uuon the constitution OF the dog. Ihe
dor IS considered ''t1ained" and in fighting
tim when La has been
REDUCED N WEIGHT
nv the nrocessea to the lowest possible point. 4
doe weighing from 80 to IS pounds is e1pected
10 be- reduced from Is to 20 pounds,-the
hghter the better. A dog falling to yield to any
Of .he many processes OF "tiaintng." which Is i
rare case, although having "iahstood the Sc
ye,ps: Of tests, is not regarded ~ available for
,he "pit." and is one on which no fancier would
dare take any risks, OK On which he would stake
any money.
When tho training is complete. which ID
only when The poor creature has suffered near
unto death, ha Is
WEIGHED AND " "mArcuED~
for tbs horrors o! ths "pit." II he ia found to
exceed in weight the dog against which he il
matched" q further reduction OF Eelght ls
fesorted to 1t once which is accomplished by
administering purgatives, even to an extent hor-
riple to contemplate. Tie ''match" being ohoe
made, The lass stage Of cruelty is reached n the
pit," around which are clustered mAn With
scared conscleaces. and the rubbish OF society.
Simultaneous with The fight In the "pit gem
orally commences the fight among the spec'a-
tors. The death OF one Of tho dogs, the pound
ing Of one or moro Of the loosets-on, and q
black eve for each stakeholder, Is fitting close
to the scene 80 wicked In it's conception, and 50
british ID its ya1ions sages.
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An entetprisfnE reporter, who Was aent to re-
por@ M execution, =aaked the pinioned criminal,
who WAS just resdy to be worked Of, )" be
would be hind enough ITO wr7Egie bis little
fingers while he was conscious, 30 that The re
porter could form some conception OF how long
i man falt that hs was baiup hanged"
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to move awoke me. And now am 10 tired
don't want to get up"
II lankhed 1t her," continued Mr: Goodwin
'tnnd made = joka Of the whole xhxir: Now
part OF that dream has bean Sehded- Yesterday
number Of people vera hefe, and among them
Drs. Thomns aud EtteT. They sat nEhile bJ the
bed. got mp and felt every folnt, nnade evezy ex-
head, where it vas said that warmth had BEEN
felt. During this time others cdne IN, and the
doctors ftat over 70 tha Ieg corner shs had
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! and two t0EetAe1 ~ Hei 10 A4uas PeoPA1s
Well better than some, perhaps. NON, look
| here nv boy. You'll have marriage in this
house before many weeks arc OYER"
Whit do you mean :" taid.- ,..:z,,-D..
! Then this great observar simply nodded hla
! nesd, md gave uttarance to monosy1ab1e-
| 1~tnots,i In the direction indicated. a number
Of people we're gathe5ed round tha piano. at
| anu Eentlen1an was bEnd1Hs Hboye 11er kfec-
tlonately xnd pfepariug to Turn over the music.
The lady Has Aunt ;Jana, aha Tie gentleman was
91efo ~ tbe performance which followed. Twill ny
nothing. I am charitable man- Ihe fde4 ofa
marriage between Aunt Jane aud .Uncfe joe did
ndt give me unalloyed pleasure I spoke to my
| wife about t. Size tteated the announcement
NJ ..ht theif age," .she eaid, "it 1ou1d be too
ridiculous" Nsvertheless that night Emily said
"Cou1dn't We peieusde Uncle Joe to tale
lodgings eomewheYe-at least, while my aunt il
hefe2 Hs habits re g a9ei;zsa aaa Aunt
I failed to perceive fhat Annt James sensitive
natnra vas sbocIed. and could not zee my way
clear to turn my unclo cut OF the house; but my
| mind was troubled.
I'was in the office one morning, Mnen "as
surprised BY 7tdt tron cur family solicitor,
..Yot bavo a person calling himself Joeeph
Courcy residing with you ut pressnt7' be said-
sYea, Of confse-Unclo joe
tHum! AFRO yuu sure he 1s the person No
represents himself TO BE- 5' ..~--~--r :,
:. Why, OF course 1 am. He my uncle. He
''.e @ipdaea! Id s Then allo1 no to lnfofm ron,
have Strong reasons TO believs that this man Ia
IN impostor." ..,-,
am the first place, this Is : much younger
than than :your Incls would be; md, n'thegec-
oud place, I happen 70 know that your uuclo has
been dead for ted yeara.- ~,
- Dear mel And for these, reasons you think
this man cannot bo my uncle I" --
For these reasons, l think this man cannot
1reaected seriously. for Soma minutes, and
could not but admit tnat The lawyers concIaaion
Was Just
him as an uncle-as more than a uucie. Alas!
how fev real uucaes 10 well deserve tho nxao."
Tie LAWYER looked puzzled
ssKnow," said I, "that he whom you 30
cruelty stigmAtize xs IN impostor has conferred
upon me the grestsst of b6ne1ts~ He has
promised TO mako me heir to al ha wealth.
The lawyer laughed.
,-"so.he has been humhugxiuR you. too, has
b.? don't behers the fellow has fire pounds
IL the world"
II an suro he has," I said. aHe haa won
Wore than that of mo 1t caIds.n
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-17
THE WHARF LEASE.

In accordance with an ordinance Of the
City Council adopted May IS. and promul-
gated May 20, Hon. ]. o. Landry, Admins
traitor of Commerce, has advertised. during
the twenty days prescribed, for sealed pro-
posals for repairing and building the wharves
and levees, and for the payment of debts con-
tracted on account Of them. These proposals
viii be opened this day, June II, at II o'clock,
at the Administrators Office
II he finds the most favorable proposal
satisfactory he will adjudicate the lease to the
person, firm or company making it, under
such stipulations and with such bonds,
pledges and guarantees Of fidelity andability
as the ordinance points out.
The lessees are to meet the interest on the
Wharf Improvement bonds as it falls due,
semi-annually, and pay the principal, about
$3.50, 900, at maturity, besides assuming paying
all other wharf liabilities of the city. The
wharf bonds are to be redeemed in equal
monthly installments. The lessees, moreover,
undertake to pay the Cannon judgment
$50, OOO-in sixty equal monthly installments
and within the term Of the lease. They are
also to pay the monthly sum OF $500 to
cover the expenses of police, lighting, ana
the salaries of the officers and employees OF
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-17
RAILROAD TALK.

The weather is warm, almost too warm for
politics, and it is, therefore, good time to
talk business-and the business that all of us
are, or ought to be, most interested in, is a
railroad to Texas. Let us all, therefore, talk
railroad, and not merely talk but act, for it is
not possible for us to overestimate the advan-
tages that will accrue to New Orleans when q
railroad shall have been built. We have slept
long enough while our more spirited and far
seeing rivals have been prosecuting enter
prises that have successfully sapped our trade.
deprecated the value of our real estate, and
ruined many of our merchants.
It behooves US now to act like brave and
sensible men brought face to face with fact
which can not be any longer disregarded, but
which must be met and dealt with at once.
Every merchant, every small trader, every
man in New Orleans should be prepared to
act in concert and harmony when the proper
time comes and to give material assistance to
whatever project shall receive the approba-
ton and Endorsement of our citizens. Rail
roads can't be built with words. No man yet
ever constructed foot of road by talking
merely. It takes money, and plenty of it, and
all of us should be revolving in our minds
the question of just how much cash we can
afford to subscribe to a railroad to Texas.
There is no use putting the matter off to
more convenient season, for the occasion de-
mands action.
Those who own real estate should bear in
mind that they can better afford to subscribe
one-half of what,they own to secure this rail-
road than they can afford to do without it, for
the remaining half will certainly be rendered
more valuable. Merchants who do not want
to see red flags futtering before their doors
some of these dull days, should be prepared
to subscribe literally to get back all aud more
than all the trade which has been diverted
into other channels.
A railroad means renewed prosperity; il
means an active city, and contented, happy
and hopeful people; it means bright future
in which we can afford to forget the horrors
and poverty of the past Let everybody,
then, think railroad, talk railroad, and gel
ready to subscribe to railroad.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-17
+, A POLITICAL HUMORIST.

People who enjoy that indescribable. yet
delightful thing called humor, do not, as a
rule, turn to. the proceedings Of political con-
ventions fol, the qualification Of their taste,
but it must be confessed that the brilliant
wag who wrote the platform" of the Radical
ofice-holders in ess and IN posse who met ct
Lancaster, Penn, Oh the 26th ult., is no un-
worthy pupil of Dickens and Thackeray, and
should at once be rendered frst-class posi-
ton on the London Punch, the Paris Charicari
or the New Orleans Republican.
We are doubtful if any of the facetious con-
tributors Of these world famous comic papers
could successfully compete ona fair field, and
with no favors asked, with the luminous ge-
MUS. who evolved out of the depths of his
radical consciousness and artistically wove
together the resolutions emphatically rebuk-
ing Grant for his third.term aspirations and
eulogizing in the same breath the policy and
the administration Of the man just
before implicitly denounced as an
arrogant and impudent prstender.
The pill was sugar-coated to be sure, but il
must, nevertheless, have been bitter one for
Ulysses Simpson to swallow, particularly
when we take notice of the fact that whilst
the declaration that the Republican party
"points with pride to the Administration Of
o. S. Grant as among the most brilliant in
achievement in our annals failed to elicit
solitary cheer from any one of the enthu
siastic applicants for the usual post-oftices
or Philadelphia Custom-House appointments
who made up the bulk of the Lancaster Con
vention, the much more significant and impor
tant averment that these disinterested ane
pure.ninded patriots are unalterably op'
posed to the election to the Presidency o
any person for third term was greeted with
uproarious and overwhelming" applause
In spite of the highly-scented resolution
"pointing with pride" to the great deeds o.
his administration, We scarcely think Boss
Shepherds bosom friend will take it as good
joke to be gibbettedas ''any person" and sum
marily sentenced to political death under
that unceremorious and not over compli
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morous writer of the platform went out OF
his way to praise the great American gift and
back salary grabber for his strenuous efforts
to g feret out and bring to punish
ment' his own chosen friends when
he found out that Democratic
House of acknowledgement Of over
curious members had just been elected by the
neonle. and with requisite, but cruel irony,
embodied in the aforesaid platform OF prin-
ciples." the astounding revelation that the
Republican party ''favor honest men IN office
men with brains enough to know dishonesty
when they see it, and courage enough TO ngh'
it wherever they find it.
Asa New York journal. not affiliated with
the Democracy, we'll puts it, this declaration
ia s.tne most unkindest cut OF all Tor Gen.
Grant. It has long been the lament OF MS
political friends that he is strangely apathehc
to charges affecting the personal honor and
nub,ic integrity of those to whom he gives his
favor and countenance. He stood Dy Leet
and Stocking in their exactions upon the
New York merchants, despite thousand
protests. He stood by Boss Shepherd and
the Washington Ring in the face of exposures
the most overwhelming. He believed In the
innocence Of Harrington, a tool OF the ring,
though Harrington could not prove his inno-
cence to even Washington jury when put on
trial for the most fagitious of conspiracies.
He believes in the accuracy Of Gep. Bah
cocks tape-line measurement Of public work
done under the Shepherd dynasty, though
nobody else, at least outside OF the contrac-
tors association, appears to have much con-
fidence in the liberal allowances OF the easy
going commissioner. As the paper from
which we have just quoted appropriately re-
marks:
We are quite willing to concede to our Re
nubIican friends the honor of having recently
discovered that for many years they have had
on their hands, without discovering it, q
whisky ring of most unexampled proportions.
We only ask that they shall not make merit
of the depredations they can no longer hide.
In like manner we are willing TO concede to
the Pennsylvania Republicans all the credit
that may be due for reaffirming the prece'
dents Of nearly century in regard to the
Presidential succession.
We only ask that they shall not afront SO
| decent respect for the opinions Of mankind
BY assuming to be paragons OF public virtue,
because they cannot stand third term OF
President Grant When the sea wrought and
was very tempestuous around the ship which
carried Jonah in its hold, his comrades had
small scruple, and claimed no merit, in throw
ing the prophet overheard to save theil
own lives. We do not read tina
they passed any complimentary resolu
tons on the heorism with which they
consigned their troublesome passenger to the
tender mercies of the deep, and in thro wing
ga tub to the whale the Republicans o
Pennsylvania have but emulated the selhsf
prudence of the old biblical navigators from
Joppa to Tsrshish. It remains to be seer
whether the Republican Jonah, like his He
brew prototype, will. after all, come to th'
haven where he would be in spite of perils by
land, perils by sea and perils yfaIse brethren
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-17

The crops in this and adjoining Ssates-in
fec. throughout the South-are represented
Is being in Q most promising condition. In
some sections the corn is considered made,
the yield being very large. The cotton and
cane are unusually thriving; there is an in
creased acreage, and large crops Of both Of
these products are confidently expected. Our
people have good and substantial reasons to
feel encouraged at the present outlook. and
on all sides is to be observed more hopeful
and buoyant spirit than we have seen foz
several years past Large crops this year
will enable our planters to e1tricate them
selves from debt, and place them on the high
road to wealth and happiness.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-17

SUMNER EXCURSION RATEs.-Those of our
readers who design spending the summer at
the North or West, would do we'll to read at
tentively the advertisement in another
column Of Mr.. s. E. Carey, General Passen-
ger Agent, and Mr.. E. D. Frost, General
Manager of the 'Great jackson Route. y
They give notice that excursion tickets can
now be obtained at the Office, % Camp street,
to all parts of the continent, at rates lower
than ever before known. On this route there
is double daily line of Pullman cars.
Travellers would do well to call at the Office,
consult the guide book, and learn the rates.