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STAUNTON.

.lEkEAi. >EIv!CES-C0URT RECoGD--MAJOR
HANGERS DEFEAT, &C.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatchl
DECEMBER !, 1877.
The funeral services Of the venerable
John Way;, oi whose death wrote, were
conducted Yesterday afternoon at the First
Presbyterian church, OF which Ire was an
cider. By Rev. William Z. Baker. Rev. W.
!. Richardson, and Rev. J. |. Miller. and
were witnessed by a large concourSe OF
persons. Among the pa.l-Dearers was Hon.
!. II. II. stuart.
Judge Mclaughlin closed his November
Term yesterday, having been sitting nearly
IKE weeks. In that time be made 49S de-
'rccs IN chancery cases, OF which l45 were
hnas, and decided 30 law cases, leaving only
= case, on the law docket. Petitions. signed
~ almost everybody to whom they are pre-
'cnl"d, arc being circulated in this city and
county Tor the Legislature to reflect him.
HE county board OF supervisors have al
ready signed similar petition on their own
account.
The defeat OF Major Hanger for the
,pcdk"r>hip is taken Very hard here where
Il was hoped that his marked fitness for the
post and his fairness in exercising its pow
'i> would have Gutweiyhed the objections
"I lho>c d!ttcrin" from him on the debt
question.
The weather has suddenly changed here
. o!tlfr cold. PENN.
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TiIden aud Hendricks.
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE DEFEATED yICl
PRESIDENT,

AN INTERVIEW WITH THE DEFEATED VICE
PRESIDENT.
INDIANAPOLIS, December 7.-To.day's
Daily NeUS contains report OF an inter-
view with Ex-Governor Hendricks in refer
ence to rumors that Mr.. Tilden took the
oath OF Office last year, and would soon be-
gin contest for the presidency.
Mr.. Hendricks said 81 know nothing
whatever about the statement. OF course,
/ cannot know 1lr. Tilden's actions, what
he has done, Is doing, or what he intends to
do. So far as l am concerned, Mr.. Wheeler
has been sworn into the office OF Fice-PreSi-
dent, and he will stay there for four years.
When he was sworn In that ended it."
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NEW YORK.

VIEW 1UNT.
NEW YORK. December 7.-Gold opened at 102k
No0n.-StockS firm. Money Oh call, G per cent
Gold. 1929. EXchauge-Long, 4S1Y: short, 4S1h.
Governments STEADY. State bonds steady.
.Ecenlny.-Momcy. 8 per cent. Sterling frmsr
andunchan2ed. Gold strong At 1929. Governments
Eriu; new Ewes. 10G7s. States quiet.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE. December 7.--Eirginia 6's, old. 32 !;
North Carolia 6's, old, 20; new, Q; special tax, /.
Bid to-day.
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THE WlFE'S STATEMENT.
uaHwICu, MASS, September %, 1877.

IIhEWiClI- MASS, ScpIcIHDsf II, TO n.
AR. StsceaS:
dear Sir-I feel must say few words about the
yrGETINE The physicians said had 80 many
com nlaints that they did not know what 10 give
J'hev said had "A bad hnmnr aud had the kidney
conipIsiut the Iver-complaini, my heart was very
weak; and don't think there Is any one VINO suffer-
All said It was no use for me to take medicine |
could lot live through the month or May. truly
1h,mE The EKGETISE has saved my life, and my
neirNsors say that the VEGETINE has really accom-.
plishcd a wonderful cure in my case aud l. tell
every one whom meet il Is the best medicine III Inc
"o'" MRS. j. L. BUTLER,
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vEGETINE.
RELIABLE EVIDENCE.

Mr.. H. r. Sterens:
Dear Sir-I Will most chcertuily add my teStimo-
nv to the great number You have already received
TISr for do not think enough can be said In Its
nraisc for was troubled thirty years with TINT
drra full disease Caturrh, and had such bad cough
inp snes that It would seem rs though could never
breathe. any more, and VEGETINE has cured me,
and do feel 10 thank God all the time that there Is
it one of the best medicines for coughs aud weak
sinking feelings mt the stomach, and advise every
body to take the VEGETINE. for can assure them
il IS one Of the best medicines that ever was.
Mrs. L. GORE,
corner Of Magazine and Wslnn, streets.
Cambridge, Mass
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South Carolina.
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.

COLUMBIA. s. c., December john
Sheppard, OF Edgar county, has been elect
ed Speaker of the House in place OF WAL
lace, elected circuit Judge.
A resolution to forward the investigating
committees report in reference to Senator
Patterson to Washington was referred in
the Senate to the Committee on Federal
Relations. Another. instructing the COM
mittee to report back the resolution in five
DAYS, was defeated by large majority.
The commission investigating the bonded
debt will not report for ten days.
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The New York Excise Law.
THE Who'll ESALE ARRESTS FOR VIOLATIONS OF

THE WHOLESALE ATHEISTS FUR FJULATlU SS OF
THE LAW.
New YORK. December 7.-As n conse-
uuence OF the wholesale arrests last night
for violations OF the excise law there was a
great rush OF liquor-dealers OF both sexes
to the Board of Excise Office to-day to pro-
cure licenses. There are two thousand So
loon keepers here who have never yet APP
piled for licenses, as well as others who
have made application for licenses and been
doing business upon receipts issued by the
Excise Board.
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xLVTH CONGRESS- Second Session.
WASHINGTON, December :, 1877.
SENATE

SCSaIE.
Mr.. Mtchall, OF Oregon, called up the
resolution to extend the time for the COM
pletion OF the Northern-P Pacific railroad.
A discussion on the resolution occupied
the greater portion OF the day.
Nj. Morgan, OF Alabama, presented petit
tons OF citizens of Alabama asking the aid
Of Congress in the Improvement OF the nav
ication OF Mobile bay. Referred to the
Committee on Commerce.
By Mr.. Harris, Of Tennessee: a joint
resolution authorizing and directing the
Secretary of the Treasury to cause the Gus
tom-house at Memphis to be constructed OF
Tennessee marble. Referred to the Com
mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
Mr.. Edmunds. Of Vermont, called up a
resolution submitted by him directing the
Acknowledgement to communicate to the
Senate as soon as may be 4 list OF all crimi-
nal prosecutions commenced IN the courts
OF the United States in the district Of South
Carolina since the first day Of January,
1876, for offences against lives, property,
eivil-rights or the. right OF suffrage OF any
person. with the names OF the alleged
offenders, and statement OF the disposition
of said prosecutions and the dates thereof
Agreed to.
The Senate concurred in House joint
resolution to adjourn from the 10Th De-
cember to the 10th January.
There was brief executive session, with
no combinations.
Adjourned to Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
AR. Shelly, of Alabama, to-day intro
duced bill relative to Chinese immigra.
ton. 1t imposes fine Of $3.50 per head on
each Cbinaman coming into the United
States after January. 1879. This amount is
virtually proscriptive. General Shelly does
this to protect the colored laborers OF the
South from the perils that are threatening
the white laborers OF California, who are
reported to be approaching starvation from
the demoralizing competition the Chinese
offer. So.
Bills were passed removing the polltlea
disabilities OF William A. Cornwall, o.
Georgia, and w. L. Evans, OF Louisiana
for the relief OF the city Of Macon, Georgia
for the relief OF the Eagle and PhnniA
Manufacturing Company OF Georgia.
Adjourned till Monday.
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RICHMOND TOBACCO EXCHANGE.

FRIDAY, December Z, 1877.
There wcle 10 breaks offerings and conse-
quen,y no sales Yesterday. The attention OF the
trade entirely occupied with the sale OF loose to-
bacco at Slockoe and the Patrons warehouses. The
sales of loose yesterday were the largest Of the
week Very good prices were realized.
The break for tomorrow at the Tobacco Ex-
change already comprises some5 hogsheads.
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Flour.

Fine. $50: supertne. $3.50: extra supcrinc.
$3.50: common tainilv. S7MS7.50; fancy family
aud City Mills, SSISS.25, aud Very dull.
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lie NuFfE1T PCNCu.-We understand
NAT Mr.. Iialchett, the extensive liquor
merchant ol this town, agrees with Major
Il. K. Hooper in regarding the MofIett re-
GIslcr a. highly advantageous to the trade
y l. daily becoming more evident that the
Micged dislike Of the liquor merchants to
NE punch exists, il ut all, only in Rich
Aond, Petersburg, and Norfolk. FARM
we Mercnru.
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The New York Tunes says: Another blow
:, % BE struck At the export trade OF New
ioFk by the diversion OF grain and provis-
,vAs dispatched frem Chicago to Liverpool
y! way Of New Orleans. The Illinois Cen
Isl railroad has made an arrangement with
we TS New Orleans and Liverpool Steamship
t.he by which grain can be carried from
.!eaSo 10 New Orleans at forty cents per
"1ndfed, and to Liverpool at seventy cents.
q Ire broke out about midnight Thurs
n.' night AZ MiIlers.own, Batter county,
a.. ard was still buEniugat tAe latest adj
, I've. Two blocks in the business part OF
~, Pa, Io~n had been destroyed, including the
'"''k House, large hotel.
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COMMERCIAL.

CUGN and FLOUR EXCHANGE.
RICHMOND, December 2, 1877.
OFFERINGS REPORTED TO SECRETARY.
WHEAT White, l62 bushels, of which "a BUSH
els we're reeXhibitcd Red, 1920 bushels Of which
LAP bushels were rc-cyhiDitcd.
CoRN.--IFhite.9 7S bushels.
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DEADwoop, D. T., December G.-This
evening Samuel Curley shot and killed his
wife and then shot and killed himself. Jca-
lousy was the cause.
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EENU Ylpk<

NEW YORK, December 7.-Cotton quiet: uplands,
1lkc.: Orleans, 13c; sales, $40 bales; receipts for
the week {netl. 1918 bales gross. 32,S69 bales :;
2420 bales sales, IL balcs; stock. bales.
Flour-Low grades OF shipping extra 5G LOG. better.
with good export inquiry: other kinds dull and In
buyers favor superiine western and state, $50
1926, Closing strong for low grades shipping ex-
tras dull and heavy: Other kinds southern -four un-
changed. Wheat about &c. better and quiet, with
moderate export milling demand. Corn 1c. better,
with good export and hOme-t trade demand and light
speculative Inquiry Oats sh adc stronger and quiet.
Coffee firm and In moderate demand; cargoes, 16@
zoe. gold; job lots l6@s2lc. gold. Sugar dull and
heavy At 7S72sc. for fair logood refining; 7Hc tor
lasses-Foreign nominal; New Orleans III buyers
favor: new crop, 3394Sc. for common to choice:
Rice quiet and unchanged. Petroleum dull and
nominal; refined, l3c. Tallow steady. Rosin quiet.
Turpentiue hrm AZ 33be. Pork grmer, with better
inquiry: mess, sl3.50&sl3,75: Lard higher and
Ing at $3.50. WhiskeY quiet at sl.lQ@sl. 10k.
ErniyhtS shade NrIner.
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United STATES MARSHAL AssAssINATED.-
u. Lous$, December G.-John Cochran, who
a4s acted L, deputy United States marshal
"a Ripley county, this State, and been very
'c'iVc in ierreting out illicit stills in that
county. was waylald when near Doniphan,
IN Ripley county. this evening, shot In the
head, aad lnor,aily wounded. No arrests
LaQr,
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VrGETINE.

VEGRTISE IS great panacca for our aged fathers
and mothers for it gives them strength outlets their
nerves, and gives them Natures sweet Sleep
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sErNEsTnREAD.
TIRsT IMPORTATION. >e
sEISE-rHaEAp.

l.. LiCHTENsTEIN begs leave to announce that
he win have, of his own Importation, large 10: of
all Nos. OF sETNE-THREAD, which has arrived Ia
this country aud Will be In bond In Richmond IN
few days. He will be pleased TO see bis patrons AZ
the old stand. 1905 and 1907 FRANKLIN street.
.le Am .E AZ
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,JgSERAL sYATERs, DO.
WATER.

BETHESDA WATER. 81
4 fresh supply Of this celebrated W ATEb. direct
from, .ho curing al Waukesha, " ls Is tst 70 nais
As q specific for any disease ateenng tue ktuhssS
nr urinary organs lie Is unsurpassed ~
For sale ON daught or In larger 9gansisisss, ny
1s-1m Mail and Eleventh Streets -:
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M f Il 4 l. $

VI E 7 A L 5.
BEST REFINED IRON-comprising an assort-
Iaent OF Rounds, Squares, Flats, Horseshoe,
OvaIS. Half-Ovals. &C.;
SWEDES and COUNTRY-HAMblERED IRON,
RUSSIA. AMERICAN, and GALVANIZED
NORWAY NAn.-RODS and NORWAY SHAPES,
SHEET-ZINC. SPELTER and BLOCK TIN,
NtYLOR'S CAST-STEEL. assorted sizes;
MACHINERY and GERMAN STEEL.
ENGLISH ana AMERICAN RLtSTERED STEE
HORSE-SHOES and HORSESHOE NAILS, &C.
Tor sale by
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BALTIMORE.

BALTIMORE, December 7.--Flour dull and
unchanged. Southern wheat quiet and steady;
red, good TO primo, $l.35Gl$1.42; amber, u .A5@
Sl.50; No: western winter red: on spot and De-
rIsry, Si.47; No. western water red, s1.35.
Southern corn steady, firm. and quiet: western
frmer and higher;i southern white, 64@83c.;
yellow. 54@62c. Oats and rye quiet and steady.
Proyisions-Round lots, nominal; order lots easier;
mess, 1890. Bauon-Shoulders, 6@ 6Sc.. clesr-
rib, sG94c. I.ard-Eehned, one. Couee strong
and higher; Jobs, l6aGg2le. Sugar lower AZ
aa9ac. -,x,, -, 80
CINCINNATI, December Flour easier but not
mand at aO&42c. Oats IN good demand and shade
higher at 30@33c. Rye strong and higher ct $50
07c Barley mo ierately active aud higher, good to
inand at St2@Sl210. Lard strong and higher !;
steam, S7.a5; kettle, ss.62A@s8.75. Bnlk-meats
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FANCY, GOODS. NOTIONS, &c.

FANCY GcoES. NoIGONSs &c.
THE LATEST NEWS.
For the next thirty days ISAAC II1RSClI VIII re-
tail at wholesale prices bis entire stock OF
FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS and
GESTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS.
Call soon and secure your bargains.
ISAAC HTRsCH,
, no 26-lm 1909 Main street.
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TIN PLATE.

We have in stock and now .orriving by direct
steamers from Liverpool over
5000 BOXES
2Sx20 ROOFING-TIN,
Of all grades and th!cknesses.
importers and dealers I'm SHEET-IR0N, MET
AIS, WIRE, SOL DER. and GESERAt. SUPPLIES
for the trade. Your CORES pOnieDce solicited.
Offices Branch street between Third and Fourth
ana Race and Vine, PHILADELPHIA.
J..a- - EThtDe2O
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Y T. G. + Z / \ L :.

SELLING AT AND BELOW COST.
Call early and secure bargains ut 525 Broad street.
l. argest assortment 10 the city. de 6-1m Is
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NJ E'TALS. &c.
ESTABLISHED IN 1910.

NJ Il G.. TAYLOR CO.
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thy CITIZENS RASK--AcTI0N OF THE STOCK
~" ',,t nrps--ruE coLLEcroR's ofFrcE-aR.
,,,cu,pps TO RE REISsTATED-C II Il II
NH ING--THROUGH TRAINS.
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There are also on hand, counted as coin, the
following:
Fractional currency redeemed in silver. 496 20
Coin certificates in Treasury offices. ST. 436 420 90
Coin interest. coupons and checks 49,. 37O696 SO
Notes of Natl NAL Gold Banks reducing
circulation, &c. ...................... 1928 So
silver COLI. &C., IN transit. ........ 1929 81
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Receipts-4,0OO bbls -four, $4,000 bush wheat. &c.
600 bush corn 14o0 bush OATS II 900 bush barley T.
coo bush rye.
DETROIT, Nov. 15.-F Flour firmer at 80. Wheat
steady; extra White Michigan at | 1854; No White
Michigan at 300 for cash; 3p4 a / 800 seller for
peoem0eri 5Of seller all the year. orn quiet and
3Ose; NO MIXED at 2Ssc cash; 29c December.
heceipGs-Z9GO hbls uouT. $1,000 push wheat, 49, :
COO ush corn 1900 hush pats ~
Shipments-225O bbls -four 68, 900 bush wheat g 700
bush corn, 1910 bush oats. "
MILWAUKEE,, Nov 15.-Flour Is onet and firm
Wheat 1rm and closed dull; No Milwaukee hard at
l 155; No Milwaukee soft 1874; No 9 Milwaukee, at
093; November at 0Ss; December OLA; No 3 Mil
waukee at %. Corn dull; No at 4se Oats quiet ;
is weak; No 2 Spring at So "a 64c. Provisions are
frmer; Mess Pork at 10 So Lard-prime steam s:
kettle 81. ''-1
Freights-Wheat to Buffalo &c,
Receipts-e,000 bbls flour. 40 900 bush wheat.
Shipments-13,O 900 bbls flour, $4,000 oush wheat.
NEW YoRR, Nov. 15.-Cotron steady: middling nm
lands at l5c. "p
MEMPHIS, Nov. 15.-Cotton is quiet; Middling up
lands at 10ac.
| SAVANNAH, Nov. 15.-Cotton is in good demand
| Middllng uDands at 1O1c.
GALVESTON, Nov 15.-Cotton easy; Middling up
| lands at 105c. ~
NORFOLK, Nov. 15.-Cotton quiet; Middling up
| WILMINGTON, Nov. 10 Cotton unchanged; Mid.
| ding uplands at 10Ic.
MOBILE, Nov. 15.-Cotton quiet and easy; Mddline
| uplands at 103c.
AUGUSTA, Nov. 15.-Cotton quiet; Middling up.
| lands at 101c ~
New ORLAENs, Nov. 49, Cotton easy; Middlins
uplands 10ac.
| BALTIMORE, Nov. 15.-Cotton firm: Middling nm
| lands at logo. W
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Full bench of the Supreme Court of Massa
chusetts has sustained the verdict rendered
June s. 1876, awarding Mrs j ulla Weston. w.
calist, $1,000 for injuries received by falling into
the hatchway of the store belonging to VIM.
w Churchill & Co.
1t will take two weeks to pump out about
two-thirds of the collieries in Schuylkill conn
ty, Penn, on account of floods and The recent
rams.
The Vile Marie bank of Montreal is re ported
seized for debt of $18, 245,
It, Robert Kiuhle, of the quarterm aster's de-
partment, has been sentenced to three months
in Jail at St. Louis for forgery.
The committee of the cigar makers of San
Francisco, have notified the committee in New
York of their detention to discharge several
thousand Cinnamon and give whites from New
York their places 1t is reported that one or
der for 500 men was given.
V. p. Cropsey, one of the st. Louis whiskey
ring, was pardoned by the President Wednes-
day.
Emmons Raymond, President of the Pas
sum psic railroad, has again been arrested at
New port VT, on an action brought by the
Southeastern railroad. He was balled 10 $10,-
600.
The barn of VIM. Thornton of West Brad
ford, Mass, was burned by ipcendIaries yester.
day morning, with its contents. Two horses
and a carriage were stolen. Loss $4,000; in,
sured for $1400.
The postoffice block in Prairie City, ILL.,, was
burned Wednesday. Loss $4,000.
Newman & Capron's hardware manufactory
10 New York was burned Wednesday morning
Loss 100000
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FRIDAY MORNING, NOV. 1e.

drink his health. Instead of bringing custom
ers this experiment brought a mob of rougbs,
VINO TOOK possession of the shop, and carried off
about SlOOo worth of goods The police inter-
ferred and closed the shop.
Governor Hubbard of Texas has sent letter
to Governor Williams of Indiana 10 behalf of
the surviving mem bers of sthe English Texas
regiment, asking him to sendi back the
battle flag of that regiment which was lost Oct.
10, 1864, 10 the battle near Coosayille. Ga. and
is now 10 the library of the Indiana state house.
Governor Hubbard adds: NOW that the war
is over and ancient friendships are being re-
stored, it would be a souvenir of,the dead whom
this command left on the field of honor to have
their old standard returned to them. 1t will be
another evidence that we are indeed friends
again, and have clasped our hands in fraternal
union.''
According to the New Orleans Times, the
leading editorial writer's on the London Times
get 2OOO guineas per annum, which is very
iair salary. The largest salaries paid in
America are not quite equal to this. DR.. Con-
merry, the managing editor Of the New York
Herald, receives $4,000; Whitelaw Reid of the
Tribune, $4,000; Charles A. Dana, editor of
the New York Sun, $4,000; Hurlbsrt of the
World, $4,000. The Boston newspapers pay
we'll. Haskell, editor of the Herald, getsi$1O,-
600, and has just received years leave of
absence to go to Europe, bis salary being con.
tinued. The Western press pays very fair sal
aries. The leading editorial writer on the Chi
csgo Times gets $1,000; and the managing edi.
tor $4,000; Watterson of the Courier-Joarnal
$500. aid an interest in the profits; Sheehan
of the Chicago Tribune $4,000. The largest su m
paid 10 America to any editorial writer is that
received from the New York Herald by Charles
Nordhof. He gets $4,000 year, and writes
when and what he peases.
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VI precautions, the wisest is that which is taken
against disease There is safety in timely medication
great peril in delay One maady often begets others
Tar more dangerous, and if it does not any abnormal
condition has tendency, il unremedied, to become
chronic and obstinate. Trng disorders of the som-
aeh, liver bowels urinary organs may speedily de-
Velop into formidable maladies. Check them at the
outset with Hoste ter's Stomach Bitters, which, al
though it is wonderfully effective in overcoming dis
orders of long standing, is like any other medicinal
preparation, more advantageous in the infancy Of the
maadies to which it is adapted than after they have
become chronic. Among these are dyspepsia, liver
complaint, constipation, intermittent and remittent
feyers, govt, rheumatism, nervous and general deb-
ity and urinary troubles, The Bitters are capital
appetizer. induce sound repose, and counterfeit the
effects of fatigue and exposure. eod&w1w
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BY TELEGRAPH,
MAINE.
MAINE.
BuckfeId e. Rumford Falls Railroad
Meeting,

BuckfeId & Rumferd Falls Railroad
Meeting.
LEWISTON, Nov. 15.-At meeting of the
Buckfeld & Rumford Falls Railroad Com PAW
at Canton, Wednesday, the following directors
were elected:
Israel Washburn. Portland; Otis Hayford
canton; .. Y: Andrews. Portland; A. G. Deni-
son, Mechanic Fails; E. G. Harlow Dixfiald
l. Z. Swazey, Canton; James Irish, Hartford :
n. L. Marshall, Paris; J. 81. Decoster, Buck,
field.
Mr.. Hayford stated that company formed
in Portland had purchased the majority of the
bonds OF the old Portland and Oxford Ger trail
bonds, aud would bs able to put the road into
operation.
sun against the Universalisf Society Of
Kitiery.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 15,-The York Comfy
Saviogs Bank of Biddeford, Me-, has brought
SUIT against the trustees of the Universalist
Society of Kittery for note held by them
against the church.
Shipbuilding.
Capt. Daniel Marcy of this city and Others
have contracted with John Neal of Ktterv tn
build q fine ship at Meals ship, ard, keel to be
laid early this winter
Large Real Estate Transaction.
FAIRFIELD, Nov. 15-Ex.Gov. Abuer Co.
burn has sold to E. j. & G.. W. Lawrence of
this town the Lowell town track, near the
boundary line, contaiuing $4,000 acres, togeth-
er with his interest in the Somerset booms at
Pishon's ferry and store, dwelling houses aud
water power; also the Somerset Mills. The
purchase amounts TO $4,000 The Messrs
Lawrence own one of the best mills on the
Kennebec and intend doing more extensive
business in numbering.
laundering Operations.
Moseley & Wheelwright of Boston, who are
numbering on the Jerusalem township got
their drive of 10, 900 600 into the booms at Au-
gusta yesterday. They have had nearly 100
men at work on their logs since last April Low
water has been the cause of the delay in getting
in before.