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Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-20
waterbury's Destructive Fire.

The Burning of Holmes, Booth X Hay
 demss spoon MamuRactOry -- Loss of
 Stock Valued at SIOO, ,OOO-Tetai Loss
 SIPS, ,OOO--An Insurance of sS2, coo.
 The largest fire in Waterbury for ten years occurred at midnight Wednesday night, when the spoon manufactory, part of the exten- sive works of Holmes, Booth & Hayden, was destroyed, the fire not only destroying the factory and machinery to large extent, but ruining stock in progress of manufacture and finished valued at fully $1oo, 900 and.:perhaps more. How the fire originated is mystery. When discovered by the watchman it was confined to the second story near the stairway in about the middle of the building. He en- deavored to get the best of the flames with the aid of patent fire sxtinguisher, but it would not work satisfactorily. He thereupon in formed the watchmsn in the other factories across the track, one of whom blew the gong and the other pulled the automatic signal con- meeting with the telephone office. A police man heard the gong and immediately sounded the Oity Hall alarm. The fremen worked faithfully and devotedly, but were at disad- vantage for lack of sufficient pressure of water. The devouring element made sad
 
 shop, rendering entirely valueless plated spoons, forks, knives and other fiat ware, sleigh bells, lamp burners, shade rings, cigar lighters and braided ware The company had just commenced the manufacture of the last mentioned ware. The damage to the machin- cry in the lower story was mostly caused by water, and it will have to undergo thorough cleaning before it can be used again. Previ- ous to midnight high wind prevailed, but happily the gale had subsided ere the fire broke out. Still enough breeze was stirring to keep the air filled with sparks, and men were | stationed on the roofs of the other factories to prevent them from igniting those buildings. It was after 6 o'clock before the burning debris had been sufficiently soaked to render it i'm possible for the flames to break out anew and the tired fremen were dismissed.
 The walls of the building to which the fire was confined are standing, but will doubtless have to be replaced by new brick when re- built. This building was erected about 1e years ago by the Army and Navy Button | Company for the manufacture of buttons
 epaulettes, etc., and afterward passed into the possession of Holmes, Booth & Hayden, I and was converted into shop for the manu. facture of spoons and other plated flat ware. It was 13Ox3o feet, three stories in height, the first being used as the making depart ment, the second for plating, burner and stock room, and the third for furnishing, fin ishing and shipping purposes. The company l have not yet ascertained their actual loss, but estimate that about $1Oo,O 900 worth of stock was destroyed, while the loss on the building and machinery will probably reach if not ex- ceed $25, 900. The total insurance on stock, building and machinery is $s2, ,ooO, divided in some 30 companies. Over 100 hands were employed in the burned shop, some of whom have been set to work in other parts of the | works
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List Of Patents

Issued from the United States Potent ONce Jor the toeeE ending February IT, 1880, for the State of Connecticut, Furnished by John E. EarLe soEic- itor of Patents, New RGusn, Conn., Benjamin F. Culver, Derby, castor. Timothy D. Hotchkiss, Cromwell hanging lamps. Oscar T. Earle, Milford, hose band. John E. Wightman, New Britain, assignor U North Judd Mfg. Co.,, snap hook. Henry Berry, Birmingham waiter. Purmont Bradford, New Haven, assignor to Sargent 6E Co.,, flush bolt
 Irving F. Burdick, North stonington, vehicle sand band.
 George W. Coy, New Haven switch for telephone e1- changes.
 J. Phelps Davis, Middlstown, artificial stone. James L. Glover, Windsor Locks assignor self and George Glover, jr., circular wise. Joseph Kintz, West Meriden, assiSnor to self and Patrick J. Clark, lamp. Joseph Kintz, West Meriden, assignor 10 self and Patrick J. Clark, drop handles. Thomas Langston, Meriden, assignor to Edward Miller & Co.,, lantern. Thomas B. Osborne, New Haven, assignor of one half to Kingsland Smith, New York, middlings purt- fer.
 TRADE MARKS. Blake Orush'r Co.,, New Haven, stone cruahsrs.
 LABELS. Charles H. Beers, New Haven, "Besrs'" celebrated cough caramele
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The Railroads.

The Naugatuck Valley Sentinel says survey ors last week began the layout for the propos- ed Parallel road at this end of the line. They started out from the Derby road short dis tance west of the Allingtown cut and are at present at work near the Housatonic river.
 Mir. George M. Eggleston, formerly con- ductor on the Connecticut Western railroad, but for the last four years passenger conduc- tor on the St. Louis and South Eastern rail. way, has been offered 8 prominent position on the New York and New England road and will accept. MT. Eggleston was clerk in the Bridgeport postofice for several years.
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nal Local News See Sd and 4th Pages. ]
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

Brief Mention
 The interesting lecture by Prof. Dubois on lighthouses will be found upon our fourth page.
 Tuttle, Warehouse and Taylor's annual is a handy tie compilation, always valuable for reference.
 The Bridgeport Board of Trade will hold' their fifth annual banquet at the Sterling Hotel in that city, Monday evening.
 The schooner Henry Sutton, Capt. Manson is carrying ice from Maine to New York, un- der charter of the Knickerbocksr Ice Go.
 The lens of the Saybrook lighthouse, re- ported as damaged, has been repaired, aad the proper arc of the horizon will be lighted as usual, beginning last night.
 MT. Nichols, of Trumbull, was found lying upon the ground near his home, Wednesday night. He had been kicked by horse in the face. He is doing well.
 The horse shoers met last night in Lawyer Kenyon's office on Church street, and agreed to raise the price of shoeing horses twenty five cents on set after March 1st.
 We have received from Mir. P. Ferry s Pioneer Bakery, No. 50 Church street, sam pie of his delicious Angel Cake. It Is very
 
 delicate and is meeting with a constantly in- creasing demand.
 Bridgeport parties have purchased the old locomotive Edwin Marble, formerly used on the Derby road, and will break it up into old iron. The locomotive was about thirty years old and had been worn out in service.
 MT. Geo. Bradley, very large carriage dealer in Chicago, H., is in the city making extensive purchases for the spring trade, and is the guest of his brother John 0. Bradley, cashier Merchants Bank, resident of East Pearl street.
 A milk team belonging to MT. William Fowler, of East Haven, ran away yesterday morning. The wagon was upset and milky way created at the corner of Poplar and WooIsey streets. The horse was caught after it had run about ten minutes.
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College Notes. Rutgers has conferred the degree of Ph.


 Rutgers has conferred the degree of Ph. D. upon Edison.
 Dartmouth is to have Law school. General l.. P. di Cesnola has received the degree of IL. D. from Princeton. All entries for the winter athletic games must be made at Beers on or before Satur- : day, February Fist.
 It Is officially announced that there will be no recitations on the afternoon of February 22d, that being the natal day of the historic George.
 A Harvard student in the recent canvass of the university voted for President for 8 sec- .ond term, s. J. TiIden. He was wise youth. Williams College has been canvassed with the following result: Grant, S4; Blaine, 52; {; Sherman, 37; Garfield, 25.
 There will be university meeting Monday evening to decide finally on the action of the Yale delegates at the coming base ball con- ventiOn.
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Chicago COMVentiOm-The Dark Horse.
 While the renomination of General Grant by the Chicago convention seems now to be as absolutely sure as any moral certainty can be, there are ''straws' apparent that indicate the 'swind may blow" in another direction, :. e., that this same General Grant may, at an op- perfume time, decline the nomination and may actually name the man whom the Chica- go convention will announce as their candi- date. Such moves have been made and were a success, and can again be made successful. General Grant is known as the sfsilent man, '' yet to such personal friends as G. W. Childs, DrexeI Brothers, General Patterson, and the lately demised ex-Secretary of the Navy Borie, he has ever unbosomed him. self, and talked freely. These have from time cate as above stated. Some of these have been known to have expressed themselves openly to Grant, and have 'sadvised him to take counsel of his own better judgment and to refuse to allow himself to be dragged through the mire of Presidential cam- paien." It is a matter beyond dis pute that the best element of the Republican party would like to hear him say in plain language, 'I will not be candidate" Were he to do so, this ssbest element would say, name your man. That man would be Elihu B. Washburne, and is the one to whom Gen. Grant owes larger debt of gratitude than to any other man now living. Gratitude of 8 character, strong, earnest and impetuous, is daily, in person and by letter, being lavished upon H. H. Warner & Go. for the introduc- ton of, and the making so extensively known, their wonderful cures, named as Warmers Safe Remedies.
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VOL. XLVnI.
Friday Morning, Feb. 20, 1880.
NEW ADVER7ISENENTS TO-DA }

NHW ADVERIISENEN TO-DAY y Grand Opportunity-L. Ro;hchild Bro. Angel Cake-At Ferry's Bakery. Auction Sale-S85 State Street. Dr. Bulls Cough 6yrup-At Druggists. For Rant-House-George Gum. For Rsnt-Rooma-P. O Box 729. For sale-Business Horse-S15 Chapel Street. For Sale-Oow-R. M. Burwell. H. H. Warner Oo.-Warner's Safe Remedies. Haverley's Minstrels-Grand Opera House. October Butter-N. W. Moore. Oil Paintings Received-Boston Bookstore. Porto Rico Orapges-A. J. Beers & Go. Removal Sale-A. W. Minor.
 Roberts, Syrup of Tar-At Druggists.' Safe Rennedies-H. Fl. Warner & Go. WMnted-LAundress-Elli Elliott House. wanted-Pattern Makers-Clintonville Agl. Works. Wsnted-Boy-H. M. Bishop. Wantsd-GirI-222 Whalley Avenue. WAnted-SituAtion-H. W. Winesmann. Wanted-SituAtion-533 State Street. Wanted-Situation-19 Summer Street. Wanted-SituatIon-3 Columbus Avenue. Wanted-Situation-24 Bradley Street.
 Warner's Safe Bitters-H. Fl. Warner & Co.
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Person al,

Mir. Thomas Bruce, an old resident of West Hartford, died Tuesday evening at the age ot S2 years.
 MT. George Denison died at Mystic River recently. He was expecting to start in day or two to sail his fathers vessel.
 MT. Wallace Porter has been secured as or. ganist at the Church of the Redeemer, to as- sume the position May l, vice Mir. Ohandle, resigned.
 MT. James Gillick, who was injured 50 se- verely at the Bridgeport depot few days ago, and who it is thought would die, is much better and will probably get along.
 News has been received in Bridgeport oi the death of MT. Frederick Valentine at GIas- gov, who went from Bridgeport few months ago to act as superintendent of the Howe Sewing Machine Co., E factory in that city. He was much esteemed.
 H. K. Porter, brother of Dr. George L. Porter of Bridgeport, and head of the house of H. K. Porter & Co.,, of Pittsburg, Pa., To- comotive builders, has just secured an order for several locomotive to go to Japan, the first ever sent from this country.
 Mrs. Samuel Colt, wife. of Mir. Samuel Colt of Hartford, died very suddenly of cerebral apoplexy Wednesday at her home on Asylum avenue. About nine o'clock in the morning something caused the rupture of an artery of the brain, and paralysis and inconsistencies followed, and about two o'clock she died. She was 61 years old
Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-20

ssThe Best Cough Medicine in the World. :" The Old Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam. Cut ler-R & Co.,, Boston. ..Small reduced to 25c. Large, $1. ja29 3md&w
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much Ado AbOut Nothing.

The hearing at Hartford Wednesday on the petition of Anthony Carroll for the abolish : ment of the New Haven Board of Road Com missioners resulted, as everybody supposed it would, in the decision that MT. Carroll was utterly mistaken in his idea, honest as he uia- doubtedly is in the conviction, that there is ''something rotten in Denmark" The com mittee found that there was no basis for his charges, that they were unfounded. The whole affair caused expense to the city. The members of the Board had battle to fight, preparatory to which they had great mass of figures to prepare and handle, and Mayor Bigelow and ex-Mayor Lewis attended and as- sisted, the latter making an address of some length, and the result is the vindication of the Board.
 The Board of Road Commissioners do not have the handling of the city's money any way, and the investigation scene before the committee would have been wholly farcical had it not been for MT. Carrolrs evident hon. esty of purpose.
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Beef, VeaIs Poultry. Stalls 35 and 36, City Market. Good qual- ity at low prices for cash. f14 It F. s. ANDREW & Go.
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The NEW HAVEN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, PTS Chapel street. Pianoforte and Voice Gull ture taught; terms, reasonable. Send for circular. f18 St
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THE WEATHER RECORD.

WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, wAsHINaToN, D. Feb. 2o-1 A. M.
 Indications For New England, rising barometer, falling temper ature fresh to brisk northwest w1nds clear or fair weather.
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The twenty seventh annual meeting of the stockholders of the Stanley works at New Brit ain has reelected the directors and declared 2 dividend of per cent.
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Use Brummells celebrated Cough Drops. The genuine have A. H. B. on each drop. B. H. Douglass & Son, New Haven, wholesale agents. jan24 2mo
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Why Wear PIasters i?

They may relieve, but they can't cure that lame back, for the kidneys are the trouble and you want remedy to act directly on their secretions, to purify and restore their healthy condition. Kidney Wort has that specific action-and at the same time it regulates the bowels perfectly. Don't wait to get sick, but get package to-day, and cure yourself.
 f18 3taod1tW
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Every variety of meats and vegetables at lowest cash prices at F. s. Andrew & Go. s, Stalls 35 and 36 City Market. f14 It
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From n Prominenf Drug Home.

Porto RiCO Oranges.
 10000 very choice, received this day direct from Porto Rico, and for sale cheap.
 4. J. BEERS & Co.,, 300 and 302 State st.
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Itis actually painful to see child suffering with bad cough; mothers should never fail to keep Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup convenient in order to relieve their little ones speedily and surely. Price 25 cents.
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There will be an Auction Sale of Books, Pictures, &c., Saturday night at 385 State st. Do not forget it. feb2o It.
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weatber-Reaten ToiIers.

The exposure to all kinds of weather, made necessary by life of toll in the open air often causing trifing troubles of the throa and lungs, while not avoidable may be ren dered harmless by the timely use of Roberts Syrup of Tar. Boneset and Wild Cherry This remedy quiets the distressing cough promotes sleep at night, and does not debilitate It lubricates the tubes and passages and allayi all inflammation caused by cold. Sample bottle ten cents, large size fifty cents.
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H. H. WARNER & Co.,, ROCHESTER, N. Y. DEAR SIR Tt is now only three months since we received your frst shipment of Safe Remedies. We have sold drugs in this place for twenty years, and we have never sold 8 proprietary medicine that gives such univer- sal satisfaction as yours, especially your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, and Safe Diabetes Cure.
 We could mention many who have received great benefit in cases of Kidney difficulties, Asthma, Rheumatism, Diabetes, Bright's Dis ease, etc. Respectfully yours, SESSION & Fox, Alexandria Bay, N. Y. f20 eod2w2tw
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25O Finely Executed Oil Paintings Re-
 ceived To-Day at the Boston Book

25O Finely Executed Oil Paintings Re-
 ceived To-Day at the Boston Book store.
 Another choice lot of fine arts were receiv- ed by Gay Brothers this morning to be dis tributed generously as hitherto. It is well known that the hearts made captive by these beautiful landscape paintings could not be otherwise than happy. Please read the fol- lowing list of those that received gifts yester, day
 MT. c. A. Mathews, N. H. Paper Co.,, large oil paint ing, $65.OO.
 Miss Mary Dudley, s9 Henry street, oil painting $37.5O.
 Mrs. A. c. Hubbard, 6s Bhhop street, oil painting $65. .OO.
 Mrs: J. F. Mallory, Fair Haven Heights, oil paint
 K. T. Smith, 292 Morton street. Cents gold chain. Miss Cora Judd, Madison House, oil painting $25OO
 W. J. Bailey. s7 Wooster street. oil painting, $6500
 Paul Veil, 236 Chapel street, oil painting, $4500. H. N. Hills, contractor at Fitch's, 352 Orchard street, gold chain.
 D. W. Baldwin 272 Orchard street. painting S65. co E. Martin, at H. B. Armstrong's, painting, $65 CO.,
 F. D. Inghann, ,postmsn, 27 Garden street, painting | $50 %.
 ohas. G. Quinley, s2 Gill street, with Sargent Co .O0.
 Miss Paige, 137 Olive street, gold bracelets, $S0O To day will bs great day for Book Buyers, 25 atraaf
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Spetial autites,

\, brCtZte|dcrS s
 GREAT CLEARING OUT SALE.
 SIP Chapel Street. SIP Dolmans for s4.95. BretzfeIder s2O Doimans at si1 9s. BretzfeIder S10 Diagonal Cloaks $4 AS. BretXfelder $12 Black Beaver Oloaks $6.98. BreIzfelder Misses Cloth Listers s2.50. BretZfeldert Waterproof Cloaks s. BrelZfeI der Ladies' Cashmere Suits s. BretXfelder Beaver shawls $4 9S. RretZfelder Rich Paisley Shawls $S.75. BrelZfeIderI Dress Goods g. 10, 1216c. BrelzfeIder Matelasse Dress Goods 1216c. BretZfelder Colored Cashmeres 12kc. Rretzfelder Black Csshmeres 19c. BretZfelder Black Cashmeres 46c, former price 75 BretZfelder Black Silk Velvet $l. BretZfelder Black Silk Velvet, 27 in wide, $2.98. BretZfelderi Black Velveteen 35c. BretzfeldeT Heavy Black Dress silk 75c. BretZfelder Good Black Satin 65c. BreaZfelder Real Torchon Lace Sc yard. EBrelzfelder Hamburg Edging Sc yard.
 
 BretZfelder Trimming Edgings 1c yard. RrelZfelder Ladies' hemiss 29c. BretZfelder Ladies' Drawers 29c. BrelZfelder Ladies' White Skirts 29c. HBretXfeBderi Ladies' Scarlet Vests S. RrelZt elder Ladies' Scarlet Drawers S1, BretZfelder Mems Scarlet Drawers 75c. EBretZfelderl One Dollar Corsets at 39c. BrelZfelderl lOorsets 75c, worth $l.25. B BretZfeIder Alexander Kid Gloves 85c. BretZtelder6 Is button White Kid Gloves 75c. BreIZfelder Misses Fleecy Lined Cotton Hose 7c. HretZfelder Shaker Flannel 15c. BrelZfelderl Cotton Batting g, pound. RretZfelder Heavy Chevtot Shifting Sc. BretNfelder Good Bed Ticking 5c. BretZfelder Bingham Umbrellas 35c. BretZfeIder Silk Umbrellas $1.50. Rretzfelder Double width Waterproof 49c. BretZfeiderLa Large Oomfortables 75c. BrelZfelder White Blankets 78c. BrelZfelder Gray Blankets 4Sc. BreaZseIder English Table Oil Cloth BOG. BretZfelderl Huck Towels, 1H yds. long, 10c. RreiZfel der Twilled Towel1nR 4c a yard. Rre1HfelderI Linen Napkins 65c dog. Bretzfelderl Linen shlrt Fronts Sc. BreI der Irish Shrting Linen 25c. BrefZfelderI DiaperiDg 75c piece. BretZfelder Black Worsted Braid Pc piece. BreaZfeIder Corset Steels Sc each. BreIZfeldeF Garter Elastic 5c yard. BretZfelder Pins Sc paper. BretZfelder Hair Pins 1c paper. Bre1Zfe lder Safety Pins 5c doz. BretZfel lder Twilled Tape 1c roll. BretZfelderl0 100 yards spool Silk 5c. BreaZfe1der 800 yards Machine Thread 4c. BretZfeldeF hite Pique 7c. BretZfeIder White Swiss Muslin Sc, BretZfelder Plsid Nainsook l256c. S. BYetZfe1deY's
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DRY AND FANCY GOODS.
 F. & L. LYONS
 Arc Compelled to Sell Their Entire Stock ofover $50, 900 WORTH OF GOODS

Dress Goods. Twilled Cashmeres I2%c. FsnSy ssyss 20 aas 250 Our $1 25 ack Cashmere at 95c. Our $1 % Black Cashmere at 75c. Our S5c Black Cashmere at 65c. Our 75c Black Cashmere at soc. Good Black Cashmere at 26c. Oolorsd Cashmeres the same reductions. Black Alpacas 12H, 15. IS, 20 and 25c. Black Brillisntines fine at 25, 30 and 3716c. Black Grape Cloths at 25 40 and 45c. Remember we have to sell.
 Black Silks. A good chance to buy Black Silk. Good Black Silk st TO- sO s0c s1 sl25 s1 50 and $1
 ColOred Silks at 65, 75 and s6c. 1000 yds Remnants of Dress Goods for mere song. Remember we have to sell. ClOaks, Cloaks, Cloaks, at s4 s5o s5 se ss.5o, s7 and s. Just half of for GhiId. ems oloaks at s1 .5O s. s2 s. s4 and s5 Children's Dresses at $l.50, $2 and $2. 50. Ladies' Calico and Cambric Wrap at TO- s5 9Oc, and ST. Remember we obliged to sell.
 Shawls. Fine Paisley and Broche shawls at s $s $1O $12 $15 SIS $2O and S25 We have them in Long and Square, Open and Small Centers. Ladies' Single Wool shawls at 75, s5o s1 s125, s15o Ladies Double shawls s, ss.5o. s4 ands5. % Shoulder shswls 15, 20, 26, 50. 40 and 800. Black Thibet Shawls, single and double.
 Ladies' Undergarments. Ladies' Skirts at 25 3o 50 75c, $1 and $25, in plain Tucked and Embroidered. Ladies' Chemises 35, 40, 50 and 75c. Ladies' Drawers 40. 50 and 75c. Night Dresses 75 85c and $1. Infants Robes and Short Dresses from soc to s150. lnfants Merino Coaks and ospes at 75c, s1, $i.50, $l. .75, g and $2.50. good chance to buy these goods now. Remember we are compelled to sell everything. White and COlOred Aprons Il Q and
 Domestic Goods. 2, 500 yds Prints st De- {, 900 yds Prints at Go. beached and Brown Cottons for Sheetings Shirtings and Pillow Gases, the best brands, which pur- chased before the rise. We have to sell them legs than the market price. 1000 yds Cheviot Shirtings. Remember we got notice 10 quit our premises.
 Housekeeping Goods. Fine Table Linen from 95 to 5Oc Turkey Rsd Table Damask from 50 to 75c. Fine Linen Napkins from 40c to $1 50 doz Linen Towels from l0c apiece up. Linen Toweiing from 5, ', 8, 1Oc yd. Remember we are forced to sell.
 Felt and Flannel Skirts will be sold less than the cost of material.
 Table and Piano Covers. Wool Table Covers 70, 85c and s1 Fine Embroidered Covers S1 25 S150 $1.75 and $2. Turkey Red Table Covers 65, 75c $1 and $i.25.- Stand Covers 25, 35, 40 and soc. and Honeycomb Quilts 1t 50, 75, s5c. s1, s1 25, s1.50 and g up. ! grand chance to buy now. Jolored Bedspreads at half price.
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SPEcIAT, NnrrnE

The manager of the Strakosch Opera Com pany desires to inform the public that the three front rows and all seats back of o in the parquette, and all of the dress circle seats back of the seats sold at the time of the opening of the doors, will not be reserved, but will be for those having admission tickets.
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TRADE MARKS,
Entertainments.

LABELS. Charles H. Beers, New Haven, "Besra'" celebrates cough caramels.