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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-01-12

TIE Fredericksburg Herald announces the
death Of WILLIAM n. HAHsBRoUGH, o: STAT
ford c,nn.y; aged about seventy-fyc. Dir.
HAxsruoUGu represented The county OF Stall
ford tcr >evcral years after the war, and was
noted ;or his good.heartcdness and simplicity
~ wcii AZ excellent molher.wit lie VIII
never br forgotten By those who heard HIM
d9!iyr: some OF bis brief, suggestive, ana
honcst spaeches 10 the House of Delegates
He VS. indeed full Of pleasant gcuIallty as
well as anecdote, aud was, as the Herald
says, as honest as the day : long," He
va. n lnil .pecmcn of q class Of Vigginians
thlt is disappearing, rather too fast. 4 sensl-
bic, good. coniding, unsuspecting, and faith
fui citizen and friend.
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Special NOTES.
az AT COST / AT Cosr! AT COST

! viii offer for The next sixty days my entire
stock OF DRY GOODS. NOTIONS, &C., at and be-
low cost, preparatory to taking inventory, as de
not believe IN Carrying goods over from one
to another. Customers can get extra bargains by
giving me call, as goods must and will be sold
cheap IL effect sales. Come one and all to the grand
sale or
DRESS GOODS of all kinds ans prices,
BLACK hLPACAs, CACHMgREs. MERIN Os,
HENRIETTA and CREPE CLoTEs,
BLACK and COLoRED SILKS and POPLINs,
PLAIN and PLAID FLANNELss
WHITE, GRAY, RED, BLUE, and CHECKED
FLANNELS, for shirts, &C.;
WHITE, RED, and GRAY TABLE-LFSENs and
NAPKINS;
BLEACHED and BROWN sHEETINGS, Pill
LOw-CASE CUTTONs, BED-TICKINGs,
GINGHAMs. and JEANs-extra cheap;
BLANKETS, white and colored, at cost, TO close
them out;
sHAwLs, BALMoRAL and BOULEVARD
SKIRTS, very low;
CASsIMgRES, JEANS,
WATERPROOF and BEAVER CLOTHS ut cost
to sell them out-great bargains;
NOTTINGHAM LACES,
TIDES, TOILET SaTS,
NUBIAS, HOODS;
Ladies'. Misses and Gentlemen's MERIN0
SHIRTS and ORA WERS-extra cheap;
The largcs; stock or KID GLOVES In the city at
the lowest prices;
SCARFs, RIBBONS, HANDkERCaIEFS, CAM
BRIO EDGINGS and INSERTINGS, &C., extra
cheap.
Don't forget, now is the time 10 save money, and
the place is at WILLIAM THALHiMERS,
I'LL COL Broad street.
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DEATHS.

Died. on Monday, January 10th, at 3 O'Clock A.
NJ. at his residence, on Tenth street between De
catur and Stockton streets. Manchester, Captain
X. ". ROBERTS, OF the Old Dominion steamship
Ills funeral Will take place THIS "wednesday
AFTER NOON at O'Clock at the Manchester Pres
hvterIau church. The friends and acquaintances of
the family are respectfully invited 10 attend.
The Bridgeport, Conn.,, papers and the New York
Herald viii please copy.
Died, on Tuesday morning the ! til instant, d rs.
GRACE SCOTT, widow CT the late James scott,
In the Seventv-eghth year or her age.
Her funeral will take place from her late resi-
dence No. sGuth Fifth street, THIS (Wedn. sday)
EVENING Ut O'Clock. The friends OF the family
are invited TO attend.
Died. in this city, ON the oh instant, OF typhoid
pneumonia, Mrs. MARY a. ROSE, wife of Re-
bert Rose, formerly OF King and Queen county,
VA, In the tif,y-fourth year of her age.
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NEW GOODS!
20 DECORATED CHINA DINNER SETS, from
New York auction, to be closed out at less than
cost or importation:
Fine TEA and TOILET SETS; HARLEQUIN
TEA ami COFFEE SETS; Rich DESSERT
Sets; WHITE CHINA TEA and DINNER
SETS, very low.
French Coffee Machines, Walnut Backing Cases,
Wall-Pockets, Brackets, Towel-Racks, Corner Cup
boards, Flower Pot tands and Tables from 81 up;
Coal-Vases and Holds, Plate-Warmers. and Fire
Sets; also, full line Of Fancy and Staple Goods
suitable 10 the wants of the wholesale and retail
trade ut lowest rates. Z. B. TAYLOR,
del 1e1l Mail street. opposite post-olhce.
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n GREAT REDUCTION
COIisN BROTH Frs.

COHgN BROTHERS..
All goods reduced In order to close stock for this
season. Their stock Is the fullest ever offered this
season Of the year.
NOW Is THE TIME TO SAVE MONEY.
They will commence January the 1st and con-
tinue uatil their stock is reduced.
DRESS GOODS, DRESS GOODS, DRESS GOODS
rrtucedat least 25 per cent.
Great reduction In all SILKS:
COLORrD SILKS at astonishlngly low marks to
close for this scason-their stock Of SILKS is
almost complete Ia every variety Of shade;
PLAID and STRIPED SILKS at an extra reduc-
ton;
Also, great bargains In BLACK SILKS, both TAT
FETA and GROs-G RAIN;
CAsRMERES, BOMBAZINES, TAMISE, AUS.
TRALIAN CREPEs, and other
MOURNING GOODS
at less price than known;
KID and BUCK GAUNTLETS reduced TO CSC.
worth fully sl.25-olher GLOVES reduced;
Good ALL-wOoL FLANNEL reduced to zoe. E
yard;
A large stock of HAMBURGER EMBROIDERY
purchased at various auction sales during the
past season Is reduced 10 an as:onishingly low
rate;
Two cases good CALICOES reduced to 5Ec sell.
Ing generally at 64c.;
Best make Of CALICOES reduced to exc;
Three cases of YARD-WIDE BLEACHED COT
TON, equal In quality to Androscoggln, at &c.
Four bales of USBLEACHED COTTON at &c.,
cheap at 10c.;
CARPETS, OIL-CLOTHS, and all other goods
greatly reduced to close for this season.
COHEN BROTHERS,
305 Broad street,
js3 between Third and Fourth streets.
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MT BOTTOM KNOCKED OUT OF
DRY GOODS.
TIE HOLIDAYS ARE OVER, AND DRY
GOODS TUMBLE.

sYCLE BROTHERS will, in order to close out
their winter stock, from this date offer DRY
In order 10 close out IN overpus of HAMILTON
TYCOON RIPS which we have In stock we viii
offer them ut only zoe, which Is one cent below
1900 pieces of the BEST STYLES PRINTS at
81, s9 and lQs; per yard;
BLACK ALPACAS at 20, rs, 80, 80, 40, so, e2S,
20. Soc, ard 81 per yard.
These goods are Of the very best brands, and we
call special attention to them. rs they have been
marked down from Is to 90 per cont. ,,o
We have the largest line Of sILk.FlNlSH1 No No
BLACK FnENCH MERINUs, CACHmEKEs,
AUsrRALiAN CREPEs, BIARlIz' &C.
Don't fail to look at these goods If you want to
OK ckE Fl" yElLs and CREPE coLLARs--a fine
BLACK md COZ Oksb Sill KS at PRICES to as.onlsh
Exn nG D"t our BLACK SILK at 20, which Is ac
knowedged the best goods for the price in the
ely by or best judges Of silss l6. 90
500 anu peces PLaID FMESCH CAMBRiC
yara wids M 1os TSf n1ah9P?sea INF
All AIT brands OF GROWN and BLEACHED COT
TONS and SHE sTINGs retailed at case prices;
CONSTABLE cAMBRic 15c:, reduced from one
4 fa 1i' line Of PLAIN and TwILLED FLANNELs
wH frTf'' io :: BED-BLANKETs at SO, reduced
from s475: -
HOMT-MADE CALICO COMFORTS at S1.40,
81 so, and S1,7j, nude of the best material:
UNSLEACHED kNITTlNG-COTTOS at SOC.
BLFF PA RiFI KNITTING COTTON and COTTON
YARNS IN all Nos
An excellent TWO-BUTTON COLORED KID at
75c. worth Sl.2J;
CO.'S ITS NJ all prices:
LINEN TAbLE-CUTHHS, NAPKINS, TOW ELS,
LINN and COTTON DIAPERS, reduced IN
prices; -
LINEN COLLAR and CUFFS. PLAINahd Fl EN-
STITCHED HANDkERCH1FFS, BRGAk-
Fast SHAWLS, HOp DDS, SACQUES, CARS,
&C. very low;
RICH SILK SEA :.FS at ] S and zoe. worth so and
60c.;
Full lluc If TOILET SOAPS:
A large stock of FURS CARPETS. and OIL
CLOTHS TO be closed out regardless OF cost:
HUNDREDS Of 9TH r articles marked down, which
we have OF space enough to cnumcrate.
CONE UNf, COME Att, 10 the cheap dry-2oods
establishment of SYCLE BROTH EkS.
.429 Broad street, between Fourth aud Filth.
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Resumng Specie Payments is the way
the Pittsburgh Telegraph heads lis lists OF
failures, assignments, and bankiupis.
And here is more oft:
"Two Hundred and Fifty Petitions IN
Bankruptcy in Western Pennsylvania dur
ing 1S75-Debts nearly S12,0Oo,COO-Assets
less than $4,000, 900"
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r ICORICE PASTE.

.GAUTI0N.-It having come to my knowledge
that Licorice Paste has been cKered for sale IN
Richmond aud elsewhere purporting 10 be Of my
manufacture, the present ~ TO gay that hereafter
all eases coutaiuing my Licorice will oe branded
with my trademark, without which none Is gem.
inely mine, ana to counterfeit which Will bring the
ia 7-2W ~ JIG. MoANDREW.
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understand the temper OF the people and
have over-estimated tho strong desire of %
all to pass the anniversary of our indepen.
dence with entire forgiveness aud entire
u ace in the land.
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MARRIAGES.

Married, on December 9Th. at the residence OF
the brides mother, by Rev: n. ). Mlchelsacher,
WILLIAM GOODMAN, OF ReidsVille, n. u, 70
Miss HANNAH ROSE, daughter of the late Benja-
min Rose, Esq, of this city.
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PROPOSALS.

\ } " L " > n -
FOR THE
CITY PRINTING AND ADVERTISING.
IL accordance with Law, sealed proposals for AID
YERTISING, PRINTING, RULING, and BIND
ING for the city of Richmond will be received by
the Committee on Accounts aud Printing until
January Is, 1876, az IL O'Clock ~ Contract to
commence February !, 1875, and to cad on the
31st January, 1877. Proposals. must be made for
each branch separately, as follows:
ADVERTISING:
Advertising per square each Insertion.
BOOK AND PAMPHLET PRINTING.
Plain composition Of type per thousand ems;
Press work per token OF 200 impressions or less.
Jon PRINTING. BINDING. &C.
Composition OF type per thousand ems;
Press work per token OF $50 Impressions;
Folding, ruliag, ending, and stitching.
The committee reserve the right 10 reject any or
all bids.
Contractors viii b. required 10 enter into bond,
with security, tor the prompt and faithful execu-
tioc Of their contracts.
WILLIAM Fl. WILLIAMS,
Chairman Committee on Accounts
and Printing, Council Chamber.
j. 5,7,10,1214&l5-6t
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= F. WATsON's FURNITURE q,
WAGONS, CARTS, &c.
FARMERS. and OTHERS

The subscriber has 90 hand WAGONS and CARTS
OF various descriptions that he Wishes to dispose Of
on very moderate terms and Is still manufacturing
OH ers, and soicits call from all in want OF any
article In his line.
His wagons run easier, carry larger loads, aud
longer, and sell cheaper than any other wagon
In the market.
Good workmanship aud titst-rate material L
guaranteed. Liberal discount to merchants. An
work warranted. Particular attention paid 10 re-
pairing. A. 3. LlPSCoAB.
Cary between Adams and Jefferson streets,
ja 7-eol3m&wSt
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GROCERIES,, DC.


NEW CROP
Just received, the largest, cheapest, and best as
Ortment OF
GUNPOWDER,
YOUNG HYSOS,
IMPEhIAb,
OLD HYSON, JAPAN,
ENGLISH BREAKFAST
tDLOSG, AVID
THEA NECTER TEAS
evtf brought TO this city.
GOLDEN CHOP GU NPOWDER TEA at 81:
ORANGE PrkpE 90 -ONG TEA at 81
and others as cheap In proportion at the Virginia
Tea and Coffee Store, corner Main and Eighth
streets, III. W. SHELTON,
n 5.Im Proprietor.
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BUSINESS CHANGES.

TONFECTIONERY.- person dcsl.
" rous of establishing himself la this business,
on one Of the most frcqu"ntcd ihororefarcs OF me
city, will do we'll 10 cali nj No. ninth srtc, near
Main, where he Will meet with L bargain. rs the
present owners are about 10 SCI cut, OWN" 10 the
iaa'ily Of one Of the tirh To attend !" NE ~ J.
u it-ot"
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MEETINGS..


Y NIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.-The AIA
In members Of JEFFERsO,s. 10 DGE. SRA
No. IS, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIaS. willtsl 81 kl
attend regular ventinn of their Lodge (SI.IH
At their castle hall THIS (wedBesdRyl SE2
EVENING, 18th instant. NJ z O'Clock. S.I
The ccers for the ensuing term VIII be ns,aileo.
1s12 It's Keeper OF Records and Seal.
THE UNDERSIGNED, UPON CON.
l. sULTATION among themselves, being deeply
impressed with the importance or conslds ring Ia
general meeting of all the Methndsts OF this city ana
sIanches'er subjects OF vital importance to Meth
odism I'm our midst, earnestly request meeting OIL
all the memBers OF the Methodist churches nj
Broad-S;reet church on TIL URSDAY the 13ihin-
slant, at ~ o'clock p. ". 70 consider The SAME
THOMAS BRANCH,
Centenary church;
WHOLT RICHARDSON.
Broad-Street church;
Il. Fl. WHITLOI K,
TRULY church;
T. WILEY DAVIS,
Union Station church;
GILBERT j. HUNT,
Clav-Strcet church;
j. THOMPSON BROWN,
sidney church.;
ROBERT PEKDUE,
Manchester church;
DAVID PARR,
Nicholson-Sreet church:
CHARLES HAGAN,
iss.td Oregon Hill church.
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MErALS.-100 tons best REFINED
171 IRON, assorted;
SWEDES aud NORWAY ISOS, assorted;
Ss1LO.'S CAST SrEEi,-fnt, square, and octs-
gon:
ENGLISH ard AMERICAN BLISTERED STEEL;
PiG-LEAD, PiG-TIN,
sPELTER,
RUSSIA and AMERICAN SHEET-lRON;
lIUsakSHOES, duRSksHOE NAILS,
SahET ENC, SAlL-hOUS,
PLOuGH-PLATES, &c. For sale by
" I4-eod2m Z. j. y. WQGTILAA 4 co.
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MULES, EaSRSE$. as.

MULES! MULES! GNc
M HOR-FS. HORSES ~
have just arrived with fory he, ~ eo9i
HORSES and Mills. .uJ viii sell. CHEAP.
Parties In want Of stock y Ill do ~ II 10 give mo !,
call a; j. {. ,JChnSous stab Is. No. 1900 FrankiH
street. THOMAS a. EN- Ems
la 10 st
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TUST RECEIVED, A LOT OF NEW@
~ PATTERN BED-LOUN6ES and fine -
BOOK CASES. Also on hand the finest PAN ~
LOR CHAMBER. and DINING ROOM FURSI-
TUE that have ever kept, with all the lower
grades OF goods kept iu brst-class house. invite
buyers 10 examine my stock. and they will be salts
fed that they are cheaper than any goods OF the
same quality ever offered Ia this CITY.
4. GaTHRIGHT,
jag I6Goyernnr street.
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METALS, dc.
IRON AND STEEL WAREHOUSE.

JAMES & JOHN n. GORDON
offer for sale at lowest rates, at Nos. and Four
teenth street, near Exchange Hotel,
REFINED BAR HOOP, aud BAND IRON;
SwsDE S aud COUNTRY HAMMERED Iron;
HORSESHOE IRON. NAIL RODS, IgoS AyLES;
SMALL HOUND, and SQUARE, OVAL, HALF OVAL,
aud HALF ROUND STAEL-rr giish and American
Cast and English and American Btlsiered;
HORSESHOE NAILS. BALISG WIRE, TIN PLATE,
PIG and BAR TIN, SHEET ZINC,
SPELTER, 1NGOT COPPER, 1ISSEHS' SOLDER,
{ ct NAILS SRISDSToNES,
STAR and TREpEGAR horse and AULESnOES,
TuisfBLE SKEINS, WAGON and CART-BoXES.
Ia \ pnA
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BUMGARDNER l. CO.'S
r BUAGARDNER'S
OLD BYE wHIsKEY.

OLD BYE WHlshEY.
The undersigned, SOLE manufacturers Of u,
celebrated Virginia brand, desire TO MORN -,
public tina, we have NO AGENCIES OR ssA.o ~.
HOUSES In this State, and CAUTION heta us'
ONLY genuine BUMGARDNER Whish asnr
such AS has been known 10 the country ioi AM,
years, can only lie obtained p!aEcr sFoth w. =
warehouse AZ S,aaston, Va. soSs
Proprie.css.
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ABUSE MENTS.

D edmond THEATRE.
THREE NIGHTS ONLY
JANUARY 18TH, 18TH, and l4TH.
THE WOELD-RENOWNED BRYANT'S
MISSTRFLS,
from Bryant's opera !.cuSe, New York.
TWESTY-FOUR STAN ARTISTS
THE OLDEST AND MOST COMPLETE COM
PASY IN TEE WORLD.
LOOK AT THE LIST OF STARS:
NEIL BRYANT.
LEW BEN FDICT,
r.. NJ. HESGLER,
GOSS and FOX,
ADAMS and LEE.
THE CELFBRATbD CALIFORNIA
OF RTETTE,
composed Of yelling Brothers and j. W. frcctn.
Brilliant Orchestra and Brass Hand-ten In num-
Der
Admission, Soc; ramiIy circle, Csc; reserved
seats lat WAITS nusc-storel, 75c. Ia 1O-3tN
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ClTRON, RAlaINS, ALMONDS, &c.

500 pounds sOPT-SHELL ALMONDS,
800 pounds PECAN NUTS,
600 pounds FILBERTS,
500 pounds PALMSUTS,
900 COCOAEUTS,
$50 boxes and drums FIGS,
5 boxes CITRoE,
LEMONS, and VIRGINIA HAMS. NJ
VIC. DANDRIOGE Sc CO.'S,
dc IA S27 Broad stree,
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-02-09

gathered around the grave. The
Iudge removed his hat, and, as the
Captain uncovered the faces of the
dead, he commenced:
"I am the resurrection and
life Why, there's the horse thief
now, Colonel! l beg your pardon,
ladies and gentlemen. He that
believeth in" !
Just then. the Judges eyo fell
upon the dead woman's face, and he
screamed: "And there's the Sher-
if's assailant :"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-02-09
The Lost Babies.

Come, my wife, put down the Bible.
Lay you glasses on the book,
Both Of us are bent and aged
Backward, mother, let US look.
This is still the Same old homestead
Where brought you long ago
When the hair was bright with sunshine
That is now like winters snow.
Let us talk about the babies ~
a e As we sit here all alone,
Such a merry troop of Youngsters;
How we lost them one by one.
Jack, the first of all the party.
Came to US one winters night, -r.-..
Jack, you said, should be parson,
Long before he saw the light. -..
DO you see that great cathedral,
Filled, the transcpt and the nave.
Hear the organ grandly pcaling,
Watch the silken hangings wave
See the priest in robes of office;
with the alter at his buck
Would you think that gifted preacher
Could be our own little Jack.
Then girl with curly tresses
Used 10 climb upon my knee,
Like little fairy princess
Ruling ut the age of three.
With the years there came wedding
How your fond heart swclled with pride
When the lord of all the country
e. Choose your baby for his bride -
Watch the stately carriage coming,
And the form reclining there
Would you think that Brilliant lady
Could be our own little Clare
Then the last blue eyed yuungstet--
can hear him prattle now
Such strong and sturdy fellow.
With broad and honest brow.
How he used to love his mother I
All ! see your trembling lip;
He is far off on the water,
Captain OF a royal ship. -r rt
Sec the bronze upon his forehead,
Here the voice Of stern Command
That the boy who olung so fondly
To his mothers gentle hand 7
All my wife, we've lost the babies,
Ours 80 long and ours alone
What ara we to these great people,
Stately men and women grown!
Seldom do we even see them
Yes, bitter tear drop starts,
And we sit here in the fire light,
Lonely hearths and lonely hearts.
All their lives are full without us;
They'll stop long enough one day
Just to lay us in the churchynrd,
Then they'll each go on their way.
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The Carpfsi Ciiutiis.

The Carmi Chums was tho nam,
they went by all along the river
Most other roustabouts had each q
name of his own /; so had the Car
mi Chums, for that matter, but the
men themselves were never men,
toned individually,--always col
lectively. No steamboat man who
wanted single man ever attempt
ed to hire half of the Carmi Chums
at time,-as easy would it have
been to have hired half of the
Siamese Twins. No steamboat
mate who knew them ever attempt
ed to "tell off" the Chums into diff
ferent watches, and any mate who,
not knowing them, committed this
blunder, and adhered to it after ex-
planation, was sure to be two men
short Immediately after leaving
the steamers next landing. There
seemed no possible way of separat-
ing them; they never fell out with
each otherin the natural course of
events; they never fought when
drunk as other friendly roustabouts
sometimes did, for the Carni
Chums never got drunk; there
sprang up no GOODNESS between
them because of love for the same
lady, for they did not seem to care
at all for female society, unless they
happened to meet some old lady
whom one might love as mother
rather than sweetheart.
Even professional busybodies,
from whose presence roustabouts
are no freer than church members,
were unable to provoke the Carmi
Chums even to suspicion, and those
of them who attempted it too per-
sistently were likely to have a diff
Guilty with the slighter Of the
Chums. This man who was. called
Black, because Of the color Of his
hair, was apparently forty years Of
age, and of very ordinary appear
ance, except when furtive, fright
ened look came into his face and
attracted attention. His compan-
ion called Red, because his hair
was Of the hue Of carrots, and be-
cause it was occasionally neces-
sary to distinguish him from his
friend, seemed OF about the same
age and degree Of ordinariness as
Black, but was rather stouter,
more CHEEKY, and the use the fav-
orite roustabout simile, held his
head closer to the current. He
seemed, when Black was absent
minded las he generally was while
off duty) to be the leading spirit
of the couple, and to be tenderly
alive to all his partners needs;
but observing roustabouts noticed
that when freight was being moved,
or wood taken on board, Black was
where he could keep an eye on his
chum, and where he could demand
instant reparation from any wretch
who trod upon Reds toes, or Who,
with shoulder-load Of wood graz
ed Reds head, or touched Red with
box or barrel n9l ''
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Vol. H.-No. 27.
IL. H. DYER,
LAND HUNTER,

Pine lands examined and carefully estimated.
10000 acres OF Farming Lands for
sale. from one 10 twenty-five miles from Alpena,
and payments from one 10 five years time. Pro-
duce, tanbark. posts, etc. taken in payment. Best
of references given.
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The COw-EEunters.

The Iowa State Register has The
following story: Two young gen.
tlemen of Polk City, on pleasant
afternoon few days since, had
sailed forth in search of some cows
and found themselves upon bank
of the Des Moines, while the OBJ
jects OF their pursuit were quietly
grazing upon the other side. The
youths soon divested themselves of
clothing, and, breasting the rip
ping waters, swan to the other
side, whereupon the cows, alarmed
at the sight of these original Adams,
fed into the brush. The Polk City
gentlemen followed in hot pursuit,
and soon came all unwarned upon
a picnic party of young ladies who,
of course, were greatly terrified by
the sight of these strange animals,
similar to nothing they he'd ever
seen before. The young Adams
rapidly withdrew, stopping not to
apologize or explain. They now
determined to abandon the search
and resume their store clothes as
soon as possible. With that end
in view, they began TO retrace their
steps toward the river and had ac-
complished about half the distance
when they were attacked by a fe-
rocious bulldog and compelled to
betake themselves TO the top of q
fence for refuge. In this position
they attracted the attention OF two
old maids living in an adjoining
house. The ancient damsels ap-
peared upon the porch, and were
soon lost in animated discussion
as to the nature of the singular
creatures perched upon the fence.
The young Adams contracted them
selves TO the smallest dimensions,
and waited for something to turn
up or the dog to leave. The latter
event-the departure of the dog
occurred about dusk, and the
who were by that time con-
siderably chilled, started for the
river in search of their clothes.
But by this time the shades of night
had fallen to such an extent that
they were unable to find the place
where they had disrobed. Naught
could be done, naught could be
said, but do their best to get home
to bed. In about ON hour they
found themselves on the outskirts
of Polk City somewhat the worse
for scratches, stumped toes, and
frosty weather. They started eau
tiously down back alleys, and after
cutting their feet on broken bottles
and old barrel hoops; after being
chased by small dogs, and terribly
frightening an old lady who was
feeding her COW in the alley, after
.hese and other disasters they
'ound themselves in the back yard
,f one of the twain, ensconced be-
mind store box. Here they call
ID Justify for help, and the kitchen
ioor being opened, one of them,
with his head elevated above tho
box, explained the situation and
asked plaintively for clothing
The request wa complied with, and
these two youths now fully apprca
ciate the Biblical words, II was a
stranger and We took me in; naked;
md we clothed me-