Daily Republican., 1879-02-05
BREVlTIEs.
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Soon be time ts put away Ice cream.
q. 5. Humphrey, halter, N8 Market st.
Cupping and leeehing at ri King street.
sun rlses7.e5 ....."........S Sun sets 523.
Penny postage was t1rst established in ls4O
Eight cents a line are charged for all adver
tisements In this column.
The profits Of Sing Sing IN. Y. y prison from
It's / ,7l2 convicts during January were IS, ,45s.
70.
The boy who has turned grindstone or
ianning-mill all day doesn't 10 much on tn
adage that zone good turn deserves another.
10000 cigars for sale at 2l3 King street TO
$l.D. sl.1 and $l.4o per lOc.
Friday, the l4th inst, Is st. Valentines day
Girls don't forget to send US II pretty one.
Six more weeks and then you may sins
'Spring, Spring, Beautiful Spring"
LUCKMAN'S STRING MUSIC for balls
parties, etc. 81 Tatnall street.
DR.. DarmOn has arrived in this citv and car
be consulted at the Washington House.
McLear 4 Kendall, carriage builders of thi:
city, are hreing nearly all OF their old hands
They have fair prospect of plenty Of work.
The REPUBLICAN, is the only paper in Will
mingtOn that reaches the masses. Adyertis
| ers that Is what you are after.
Fine large oy sters at Reynolds, los E. End
street, rs and 80 cents per quart.
| Pusey, Jones & Go. have received contract
| for building two iron cotton boats, or knock
downs, as they are termed. They are to be
built for South America.
1t is said certain uptown editor was run
| out of a prominent store on Market street. q
few days ago. Shoe, George, don't show me
the toe of your polished boot.
For iewelry repairs. go to Holingsworth. a
PRACTICAL JEWEl.ER, 3o4 Shipley st.
John wants to know how the ark was pre-
PEELED. We would say to John that the ark
was row boat and was propelled by Noah.
Time is u file that wears and makes no
noise.
Call at Megratten's dining rooms, 5N Mar.
ket street, south side, Philadelphia, to get
good dinners.
The Ravels give their 18th annual enter.
tainment at the Opera House on the evening
of the llth inst.
The Herald reporter thinks the Dover ban
quet had Uetter be dropped. Yes, he was at
the supper, and bis clothes could attest to this
fact.
James Smith has the best tea in the city,
and will sell 1t at No. 404 Shipley street 1T
greatly reduced prices.
The ground hog surely must have seen his
shadow on Sunday.
The Levy Court sits in session all this week
at New Castle.
Notice to the public that will half.sole and
heel boots and shoes for 81, and other mending
in proportion, at s. W. corner of Seventh and
Tatnall streets. John f. Bailey.
1t is estimated that there are 5000, 900 horses
In the United States. This doesn't include
dead horses, saw horses, or those ola hobby
character.
The citizens meeting. that was held at the
corner Of Third and Market streets, last even
ing, was large and enthusiastic.
Samuel d. Long, plain and ornamental
plasterer. jobfing, calsomining and cement
ing Orders left at the shoe store of ]. Z.
Bailey, 5. ". corner Seventh and Tatnall
streets, will receive prompt attention.
Bring your job printing to the REPUBLICAN
office.
The Market street merchants had better let
the King street market people alone. They
caused them to be removed from Market
street. Now give them rest.
The FIREsIDH CoMPANIoN-The Ereside
Companion, No. SOL, with supplement, will be
out next week. The supplement will contain
the concluding chapters of Mary Cecil Hays
story, "THE SORROWS OF A
SECRET 1t will also contain the words and
music of the comic song and chorus, his
SISTERS, HIS COUSINS AND HIS
AUNTS." This song and chorus is the most
humorous part OF the new, popular, comic op-
era H. M. s. PINAFORE, which is now the
rage all over the country. A popular piece Of
music Is given away every week with the pa
per. The Preside Companion is for sale by all
newsdealers. The subscription price is three
dollars year. Address George Munro, II to
II Vandewater street, New York.
THE SONG OF THE cREMATIoNIsT.
Don't put me on the river bank
Among the grass and flowers,
Nor where the grass is watered
BY the early summer showers,
But put me in the kitchen range
And open wide the damper,
And then my yapOr0us remains
Can up the chimneY-scamner