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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-07-14
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.


DR.. w. Oswald shows that the gradua-
tion of burettes is almost inaccurate as
they come from the manufacturers.
According to Maciejewsky it pays bet
ter to manufacture overgrown wheat into
spirits than into bread. The best results
are obtained from unbruised wheat.
Bars of steel obtained by the cementa.
tion process in the works at Unieux fre-
quently contain crystals in those portions
exposed to the hottest portion of the
furnace.
Professor Vogler considers that part
of the duty OF observers at meteorological
stations should be to ascertain the guam
tity of oxygen in the air from time to
time, as he believes that the percentage
of it varies or is intimately connected
with barometric changes.
When carbonic anhydride, says Prof.
| E. Noack, is passed over heated zinc
| dust contained in combustion tube it is
almost completely reduced to carbonic
oxide, the last traces of carbonic anhy-
bride being easily removed by passing
the gas through some soda solution.
A specimen of preserved milk sealed
| by Nageli in 1872 was opened lately. It
had become brownish, and It had
| acquired bitter taste. The milk-sugar
was converted into lactose and dextrose.
/ Sufficient proos was obtained that heat
ing to 100 degrees under pressure from
two to four atmosphere, is inadequate to
destroy germs.
In constructing the photo-electric bat
terry DR.. Borgmann places a number OF
q tubes in black box having removable
sides, and fills the tubes with per cent
solution of sulphpric acid. the light be-
ing carefully excluded. Silver plates
iodized on the surface by electrolytic
means are immersed in the acid. On ex-
posure to light an electric current is set
up.
i Experiments have been conducted by
DR.. Masure on the evaporation of water
from the soil. The soils tested were
Loire sand, chalky soil, consisting Of
sand, 4 per cent; clay $3.50 per cent;
garden soil, consisting of sand. 81 per
cent; clay 90 per cent, and clsy manure
i 5.3 per cent. The action of the sandy
and chalky soil was very rapid.
This employment of dried potatoes is
recommended by DIR. Kohne: First they
are sliced and then dried in chiccory.
kiln, whereby Ga to 65 per cent of their
weight is lost. A mash made from such
dried potatoes ferments normally. It il
expected that this process will be en-
ployed with advantage should there be
| any great outbreak of the potato disease
,l All mushrooms, DR.. G.. Dupetti finds
contain poisonous substance when nm
cooke1. Fresh sap taken from the
"Boletus edulis' administered to rab-
bits, guinea pigs and rats by subcutane-
J Gus injection caused their death. The
sap of Amanita cssarea," !" .sAmanits
J yaginata," I" "Amanita rubecens, sAgari
Gus campestris,' etc., has similal
/ action. The poisonous action Is due II
, something in solution, and not to extra
aeous microbes.
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Work for Mr.. Bergh.

A correspondent of the. Chicago Trib-
une, writing of the abuses of mules in
the mines of Bracevil!e, ILL.,, and other
places in the west, says:
In some of the mines land it is not
very uncommon anywherel there are
roads so low, through which mules must
go, that the hide is rubbed off their
heads and backs day after day, yet it
seems that the rocks that iniure them
will soften ere the hearts eff the respon-
sible persons will relent. Only to-day
inquired of friend as to the number of
mules employed in the mine where he is
atwork. sOh,' he said, don't talk about
mules; they are only fostering mass of
corruption. This, of course, is an exag-
geration. yet the hyperbole corroborates
what have said. The same friend-also
informed me that three of the animals
gave out by 10 O'Clock one day last week,
in consequence of which portion of the
mine was thrown idle. This happened
in the mine known as No. 1. In No. 2
two mules have had their legs broken
within the last three or four
months owing to the declivity of the
roads in certain parts of the mine.
Between the ties the roads are muddy
ana wet ana uneven, ana with the
knowledge of that fact and in view of
the fact that there are up and down
grades for the animals to go without
brakes and without light, other than
perhaps the faintest glimmer of the
drivers lamp, who is crouching between
the cars, the cause of such accidents is
at once plain and obvious. The mule,
failing to extricate himself from the
mud, or getting his foot fast between the
ties. is overtaken by the flying trip and
injured. There are frequent accidents
of this kind, improbable though it must
be. One of the two mules that had their
legs broken was shot after they brought
him out of the mine. The other is now
pasturing. After working all day ami
mails are often taken indiscriminately
from the stable and worked all night and
the following day. In Bevier, No.,
worked in Mine No. 2, where I heard
driver, David Morgan, say that he had
known certain mule to have worked O
week at a time day and night, with only
the two hours between shifts OF. inter.
mission"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-07-14

have sat down and cried, SO little
strength or spirit / had left to front the
pressure of my circumstance. It was
got through in the end, this new hubbub,
but when my husband proceeded TO oc-
cupy his new study, he found that devil
q bit could he write it in any more than
beside the piano; sit was all so strange
to himl" The fact is, the thing he has got
to write--his long projected life of Crom-
well-is no joke, aud no sort of room can
make it easy, and he has been ever since
shifting about the saddest way from one
room to another. like sort OF domestic
Wandering Jewl He has now o fair
chance, however of getting settlement
effected in the original library, the
young lady next door having promised
to abstain religiously from playing till
10 o'clock when the worst of the days
work is over. Generous young LADY,
But it must be confessed the seductive
letter he wrote to her the other day was
enough to have gained the heart of q
stoic.-Jane Welsh Carlyle.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-07-14

The monument erected in Market
Square, Germantown. Pa, to the mem
ory of soldiers and sailors, was unveiled
July 4th. The monument, with the
statue, is thirtg-three feet high. and is
surrounded by railing of musket bar
rels and with bayonets captured from
the rebels during the war. The four
corner posts are of cannon captured
from the British in the war of 1872.
Germantown was crowded with visitors,
and the procession to the monument
very long and imposing. General Joseph
A. Beaver. orator of the day. was over
come by heat while delivering the ad
dress. The statue was unveiled by
eighteen young ladies, highest honor
scholars from the different academies.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-07-14
Cne Of Carlyle's Rampages.

Carlyle returned from his travels very
bilious, and continues very bilious up to
this hour. The amount of bile he does
bring home to me, in these cases is
sometimes lawfully grand" Even
through that deterioratiny medium he
could not but be struck with certain
admiration" at the immensity of needle
work had accomplished In his absence,
in the shape of chair covers, sofa covers,
window curtains, ETC., and all the other
manifest improvements into which / had
put my whole genius and industry, and
SO little money as was hardly to be con-
ceived. For three days his satisfaction
at the rehabilitated house lasted; on the
fourth the young lady next door took q
fit of practicing on her accursed piano
forte, and he started up disenchanted in
his new library and informed heaven
and earth in peremptory manner that
ssthere he could neither think nor live,
that the carpenters must be brought
back and ''steps taken to make him q
quiet place somewhere-perhaps best OF
all on the roof of the house." Then fol-
lowed interminable consultations with
the carpenter, yielding for some days
only plans-wiId ones-and estimates.
Up went the carpets which my own
hands had nailed down. In rushed the
troop of incarnate fends, bricklayers,
ioiners. whitewashers,. etc.. whose
noise and dirt and dawdling
had SO lately driven me to despair.
Down went partition in one room, up
went a chimney in another. Helen, in
stead of exerting herself to stay the tor.
rent of confusion, seemed to be struck,
(no wonderl with temporary idiocy, and
nv husband himself, at the sight of che
uproar he had raised, was all but wiring.
ing his hands and tearing bis hair, like
the German wizard servant. who has
learned magic enough to make the broom
stick carry water for him, but had not the
counter-spell to stop it. Myself could
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-07-14

but it apparently lasted but q year or
two, nor was there general system till
the year 1900. These contrasts are men-
toned for one sole purpose; to show that
no single community unites all virtues,
and that it was at that period very hard
for religious liberality and good school
system to exist together.-Harper's Mag
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-07-14
The Lumber Supply.

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When the amount OF standing white
pine timber in the country Is considered
in connection with the annual produc-
ton OF lumber, 1t becomes apparent that
without an unforeseen, unexpected and
disastrous business panic amounting to
veritable cyclone In It's banetul lni1u-
ence, unsettling values, there can be nut
very little prospect OF any tutnre decline
IN the price OF white pine Jumper. eisner
IN the near future or tnefeafteT. Inc
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-07-14

Dannenberg, in preparing silver nitrate
from Ia marks in 6O.pfennig pieces, OBJ
tanned Ave to six mgrm. Of gold. His
statement that when the mark coinage
was introduced into Germany the gold
contained in the silver was not removed
is erroneous. as after the introduction OF
the wet process in 1926 the Hamburg
parting works refined more than half the
silver coins collected, while the others
were worked up at Frankfort onsthe-
Main, Munich. Carlsrune, and atutt-
sayt.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-12-12

There are no persons selling beer, etc. in this
county by virtue or otherwise OF treasurer :
license, and if there were their cases wouiu
have been before the Grand Jury OF last week,
as the Supreme Court bas decided against these
licenses, and the Auditor General has not.hed
all the District Attornies Of the State of the de-
cision The opinion that the Supreme Court
affirmed was in the case of the Commonwealth
against Henry Flacke. of Warren, Pa, VINO
was indicted for selling without license. In
conclusion the opinion of Judge Brown states,
that, "If the law is, as claimed by the counsel
for defendant in this case be correct, then any
and every person. citizen and non-cltlzel, tenn
perate or incorporate, honest or dishonest may
engage in the business of selling malt or brew
ed LIQUORS by the drink, simply by paving the
Treasurer the sum of dfty dollars, provided
only, that the drink shall be furnished IN a
bottle instead of glass, and that II snail De
drank outside the premises OF the vendor m
stead of at his counter or table. we thlnK
that such is not the law, and say to you, under
the admitted facts of the case, the defendant is
guilty as charged in the fourth count OF the IN
dictment" Under the above 1t Is now con-
strued by the Auditor General that bottlers
must take out license once in year, as DO
the hotel and restaurant keepers, and through
the same channeis.
The large audience that assembled IN the
Court room last Tuesday evening, to near Mr.
Munkittrick, of New York-one OF the editors
of, or writer's for Puck - learned that
a man, a would -be-lecturer. could be so
Supplied by conceit as not to realize or compre'
hend that he was an object of pity and rldlcule
to his audience-of pity to the men and women
who bore with him as long as possible before
leaving the room, and of ridicule to the boys,
who always try to take the conceit out OF a
fraud. The few stale jokes that Mr.. MunkIt-
trick mumbled over were audible only TO
those who sat near him-their sole virtue-and
when the audience began dispensing, the boys
began hooting and bowling, he seemed to mis-
take their ridicule for applause. In this mat
ter our Lecture Association were imposed upon
by the Bryant Literary Union, of New York,
which in turn seems to have been deceived by
III, c. Bunner editor of Puck, Robt. j. Burdette
j. w. Riley and the editor of the burlington
Haarkeye, whose enthusiastic endorsements OF
Mr.. NJ. are published in the circular sent out
by the Union" The next lecture OF the
course will be on the 9th, inst, by Hon. Geo.
r. Vending, a gentleman whose face IS
already familiar to us, and who as Lecturer
is we'll liked here His subject will be Satan;
or Who, What and Where is the Devil, and
those of our readers who choose to attend can
RELY upon it, that his lecture will be something
more than a mere personal illustration of his
subject, as was Munkittrick's of hls-"Ihe
american Goat"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-12-12
Court House News.

SURETY PEACE AND DEsERTIoN CASES.
Geo. F. Weir, desertion, Elizabeth Weir
prosecutriY-case heard, defendant discharged
and costs put on the prosecptrlx:
John McCafferty, desertion, Plhlly Schnel'
der prosecutor Case heard and defendant
ordered to pay his wife, Kate McCatferty, two
dollars per week for support OF herself and
child, and committed.
John Dulity and VIM. Donovan, surety
peace, Antonine Sales, prosecutor. Settled and
defendants pay all eoste
Henry s. Walters desertion; case hearn and
defendant ordered to pay Sarah Walters for
support of herself and child one dollar per
week. Each party to pay theiriown costs.
GRAND JURY PRoCEEDINGs-TRUE BILLS.
Commonwealth versus
Perry Stoughtop top-horse-stealing.
Samuel Sloan-larceny.
Abraham S. Stauffer-seduction.
James Hughes--larceny by bailee.
p & w. K. R.-nuisance in neglectlng to re-
construct public road.
Wm. Benninger. Darrell Hewitt and John
Wilson-horse stealing.
Henry Pfaf-seduGtioI.
Gellard Goehring- g-fornication and bas-
tardy.
James McWilliams-larceny and receiving
stolen goods,
Rebecca Diggs-adultery.
J. n. Misunderstanding public road.
&C. Kerr-forncation and bastardy. No
arrest.
Augustus Blatt-F & B., no arrest,
James Ogden f. & b.. no arrest.
The case against John W. Lowell was contin-
ed till next sessions.
NOTES.
Kennedy Marshall, Esq, has been appointed
Court Auditor for the ensuing year.
Buffalo township wants 10 borrow 500, for
the purpose of buildings new school house,
and has received authority from the Court to
do so.
A. NJ Cornelius, Esq, was appointed Com
missioner in the case of John Dongherty, of
Butler, an alleged lunatic.
A new trial was granted in the case of Croft
versus Ziegler & Stamm, as far as the Stamm
estate is concerned, upon their paying costs to
date.
sHERIFF'S SALES.
Sheriff Donaghy sold the following proper
ties last week and made deeds for same.
All the right. title and interest Of
P. F. Porterfield in so acres, more or less, in
Allegheny township, to r. P. Scott, for 1880.
R. c. McAboy in one-sixteenth of 147 acres
in Oakland and Concord townships to J. n.
Purviance, $500.
J. K. Vincent, in 9S acres in Marion town.
ship to j. N. Cubbison and Joseph Blakley for
$1400.
James and Eliza Suter in 20 acres in Win
field township, to Stephen johnson for $50.
Henry Walter in 27 acres in Jackson
township to j. A. Walters for So.
Henry Walter in leasehold on lands of Jno.
Stewart to j. A. Walters for So.
l.. Delameter in 10 acres in Donegal town
ship to C. F. Peirce and f.. II. Bradley, $40.
c. p. johnson in lot and house in Pros
pect, to G. w. Critchlow, S..
John NJ. Miller in house and lot in Butler
to Butler Savings Bank, $40.
All other writs on the list were either stay
ed or settled.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-12-12
5ury List for January Term.

List of Traverse Jurors drawn to serve in tn
term of Court commencing the frs
Monday, being the 9TH day, A. D., 1884.
Henry Allen, Franklin twp, farmer.
b Benninger, Centre twp, farmer.
Chas Beatty, Petrolia boro, pumper.
John Burtner, Jefferson twp, carpenter.
r l. Black, Marion twp, farmer,
Thomas Chantler, Middiesex twp, fumer.
w Crow, Forward twp, farmer.
Wash Campbell, Fairview twp, farmer.
A B Croll, Brady twp, farmer.
Stephen Cooper, Marion twp, farmer.
Levi Campbell, Parker twp, farmer.
Isaac Davidson, Slipperyrock twp, farmer.
j B Edmondson, Franklin twp, laborer.
James Flanagan, Oakland twp, farmer,
John Falkner, Buffalo twp, farmer.
David Fisher, Muddycreek twp, farmer.
West Flemming, Cranberry twp, farmer.
J l. Groves, Slipperyrock twp, farmer.
William Gallagher, Butler twp, farmer.
j F Halstein, Lancaster twp, shoemaker.
Thos s HGtchison, Concord twp, farmer.
John Henchberger, Butler twp, farmer.
Chris Harley, Butler boro, shoemaker.
Robert Kidd, Adams twp, farmer.
Robert Lewis, Marion twp, farmer.
VIM Latshaw, Jackson twp. contractor.
Matthew Morrow, Concord twp farmer.
John Mcconnell Slipperyrock twp, farmer.
James Mayer, Brady twp, farmer,
AbS0lam MONKS, clinton twp, farmCr
James Orr, Adams twp, farmer.
Wm (of ThCs) Park, Middlesex twp, farmer
w r Patterson, Penn twp, farmer.
r Patterson, Penn twp, farmer.
David Park, MiddleseX twp, farmer.
John Shepard, Midllesex twp, farmer.
Dennis Shields, Cleartield twp, farmer.
A J Stoughton, Concord twp, farmer.
Jacob Shafler, Ieiencple boro, barber,
John Seig. Lancaster twp, farmer,
J N Thompson, Brady twp, farmer.
John Vincent, Marion twp, farmer.
William Woods, Clinton twp, farmer.
Ford While, Franklin twp, farmer.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-12-12
At 8 Cents,
case Standard Ginghams, at


| case Standard Ginghams, ut
RITTER 4 RALsToN's.
The Largest Stock
of Fancy Holiday Goods, at
RITTER & RALsToN's.
Red Shaker Flannel,
at RITTER & RALsTON's.
AT $3.50,
Fine French Felt Pattern Bonnets.
former price, So 90 All kinds of Mil
linery at greatly reduced prices, at
RITTER & RALsroN's.
At L. Stein & Sons,
New stock of Black and Colored Cash
meres, extra value.
Hops! Hops! Hops!!!
A bale of York State hops just re-
ceived at the City Bakery, Nogely
House Block. nOV29-4t.
At L. Stein & Sons,
Ne W Dress Goods, New Dress Goods
all shades, all prices.
If you want a good Lunch, Square
Meal or an Oyster Stew 60 to Morri-
sons City Bakery. If
Notice! NOTICE! Notice!
Underwear for gentlemen and boys,
Underwear fof ladies and Misses.
In Scarlet, Gray and White at bargain
prices.
Largest stock to select from at
A. TROUTMAN's.
Until the Holidays,
We will sell Carpets at the following
low prices:
AT 30 cts, Cottage Carpet.
At % cts, heavy Ingram Carpet.
AT 40 cts, Extra heavy Ingram.
At Is cts, double Weight Ingram.
At G5 cts, good Brussels Carpet.
At IS cts, Better Brussels Carpet.
At 50 cts, Higgins Brussels Carpet.
At Sl.OO, Best 5 ply Carpet
At Sl25, Best Velvet Carpets.
Everything in the Carpet Depart
ment marked down to the lowest pos,
sible prices. If you need Carpets t1ke
advantage of this SAL, at
RITTER Il RALsToN's.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-12-12
The Famous TenneSSeeanS are
Coming.

Donavn's Famous Ten !esseeans, Colo ed
Concerters, who were organized by tneir pres
ent manager in 1873, under the control and
auspices of the Freedman's Aid Society, and
the same company that so materially assisted
in singing up Central College at Nashville,
Tenn, are TO give one of their novel entertain
ments in the NJ. Il. Church Tuesday evenin G,
Dec. 18th,
Their last visit East was in 1877. They ask
the people to judge by their testimonials,
among which we notice one direct from Nash
vile and signed by the best men of that city,
whether they are not far superior to the many
insignificant ubileesingng troupes that have
perambulated the State with poor printing and
no testimonials at all, comparatively. These
Tennessee Jubilee Singers were frauds.
The Tennesseeans are not Jubilee singers"
but are thorough, cultivated musicians, and
give varied entertainment.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-12-12
Picture Of Gettysburg.

The formal presentation of the above pictur
to the Grand Army Post will take place OF
Thursday evening of this week, at the NJ. E
Church in Butler. Let all old soldiers
their friends and people generally, come an,
see the picture. Speeches will be made, ol,
army songs will be sung and a general goo,
time for all.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-12-12
AL. Stein q SONS.

ALL. Stein & Sons,
White and Colored Canton Flannel, al
lowest prices.
-Spang New Family Sewing Ma
chine for $4,000.
-Spang New Family Sewing Ma
chine for S22 90.
Insurance.
Geo. W. SbaiIer, Agent - Office
with X. Marshall Esq, Brady Block
Butler Pa mayl7-tf
ALL. Stein & Sons,
Just received large line of new Fall
and Winter Skirts, in very handsome
styles.
Al 80 Cents,
Extra heavy Cord for Men ana Boys
Y ear, at
RITTER & RALsToN's
AT rs Cents
and up, Bed Haps, at
RITTER 4 RALsToN's.
turS
selling regardless Of cost, at
RITTER & RALsToN's.
Call and look over the immense stock
of goods, at
RITTER & RALsToN's.
Bargains in all lines of goods, at
RITTER & RALsToN's.
Go to j. O. Fullerton's store on
Jefferson street, below Berg's Bank, for
blankets, hannels and yarns, manu-
factured from pure Butler county wool.
Jersey Red Boar for Sale.
The undersigned has for sale, at bis
farm in Centre township, choice
Jersey Red Boar 2 years old. This
pig took first premium at the Fair.
GEORGE w. NARNUM,
McCandless p. O., Butler Co., Pa.
FITS All Fits stopped free by DIR. Kline's Great
Nerve ReStoTcr. No Fits after first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 500 trial bottle
free to Fit cases Send TO DIR. Kline, 3l Arch St,
Ph1la., Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-12-12
THE NOVELTY IRON WORKS
Just Opened--On Mif1lin Street

Having erected new buildings on Mifiiin St.,
and furnished them throughout with new ma
chinery and tools of the latest and most i'm
proved pattern, and employing only the most
skilled mechanics, | am now prepared to fill
orders Jobbing and repairing done to order
Steam Engine and steam Pump Work special
ty. Patent right work and model making of
every description. Brass and iron castings
furnished to order A full line of pipe and fit
tings on hand. Safety and satisf action guaran
teed. Threshing machines, horse powers and
all kinds of farm machinery repaired.
Manufacturer of Kuhnes motor with
pump attachment-the greatest boiler
feeder of the age-it has no dead
center, therefore it is cheap, simple, durable
and the most reliable boiler feeder ever invent
ed. Your orders solicited, Shops and office
on Mifiin street. opposite Klingler's Mills.
c. II. KUHNE, Sole Prop'r.
Oct31 ,3m. Butler, Pa
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-12-12
ALL. Stein r. SONS

At L. Stein & Sons,
Ladies' Gentlemens' and Childrens'
Underwear in white, grey and scarlet,
all qualities.
At L. Stein & Sons,
Blankets from SIPS up, Bed Comforts
from Sl.25 up to finest grades.
At L. Stein & Sons,
New Black and Colored Velvets
and Velveteens, very low.
--Spang New Family Sewing Ma
chine for $l1.00.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-12-12
]. F. I. STEHLE.
EEecliG7. Notices.

The annual election for - Directors of the
Butler County Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany will he held at the office of the Secretary
in Butler, Pa, on the second Tuesday of Janu-
airy next, being the Sth day of the month, be-
tween the hours and o'clock, P N.
II. C. HEINEMAN, Sec'y.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-12-12

-BUCKwHEAT -four at S350 per
hundred pounds, at George Walters
mill, Butler, Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-12-12
FARMERS AND BREEDERS MUTUAL LIVE
STOCK INSURANCE ASSOCIATION.

The annual meeting of the members of the
Farmers and Breeders Mutual Live Stock
Insurance Association of the United States,
will be held at office of Secretary in Butler,
Pa, on the last Tuesday (29th day of Jan
uary, 1884, at 10 O'Clock \. NJ, at which time
officers to serve for the ensuing year will be
elected. By ORDER OF THE DIRECTORS.
JNO. +. BYERs, Sec'y,