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Middletown transcript., 1884-02-22

As the stern parent stood with a
whip in his hand, he remarked "I'll
teach you, Henry, to tell me lies. :"
" Never mind, pa" said young hope
full C understand it noW.'
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THERE are rumors that another
effort will be made to start new daily
paper in Wilmington.
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FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEB. %, 1884.

ANOTHER call for ten millions of
Three Per Cent. bonds was issued yes
terday.
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THE MARKETS.
MIDDLETowN GRAIN MARKET.

MIDDLEToWN GRAIN MARKET.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY ISAAC JONES & co.
WHEAT CORN
Amber, 10000 Yellow, O0@5S
Timothy Seed 250i White, ;, O0@50
Glover Seed, q II @lO4l Oats, OO@4O
MIDDLETOWN PRODUCE MARKET.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY s. NJ. REYNOLDS co.
Eggs, % doz. O00lSc Chickens, 12@l2
Butter. ~ h 21620c Potatoes, 40d50
Lard, new y Ii lO@l2c Ducks, Il@l2
Turkeys. lG@l5
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.
PRIME MHaApd red, lOo@l Is o9eEm 2eliow, so@e1
Timothy Seed, $50 White 5000
CloverSeed, 7RBl315 I5c Oats (Dela're) 42@H
BALTIMORE MARKETS.
WHEAT CORN
Good to amb. l56a1 III White. $1,000
OATS Yellow, 67@5S
Southern, 1896 Rye. 65g67
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Miss ELLEN TERRY seldom drinks
wine, on account of nervousness.
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THE average pay of the working
women in Boston is 1884 per year.
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A COLD WATER advocate would find
the Ohio Valley an unhealthy lecturing
ground just now.
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PHILADELPHIA has returned to her
idols, and the Committee Of One Hun
dred can now go a-fshing.
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For Sale

O0O BUSHELS OF POTATOES. of two
OOO sizes, of the following varieties Early
Elephant and Early Rose. These potatoes
are pure us named. 1 would be pleased to
give prices and take orders early.
febl5-2t* MiddIetown bel
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TERMS OF SALE.

All sums of $40 and under, Cash; all sums
over that amount credit of 10 months will
be given by purchaser giving a bankable
note with approved indorser, interest added.
RF The public are invited to call and look
at Stock before the day of sale.
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Ieaal Aotites.
D EGISTER'S ORDER.
III REGISTERS OFFICE
NEW CASTLE COUNTY. DEL.
JanuarX 2Sfh 1854

DEGISTER'S ORDER.
III REGISTERS OFFICE
NEW CASTLE COUNTY. DEL
January 18th, 1884
Upon the application of Chas. Beasten, Jr..
Executor of Charles Beasten, late of ST
Georges hundred, in said county deceased
it is ordered and directed by the Register
that the Executor aforesaid oivn -
upon the estate of the deceased with the
date of granting thereof by causing adyer.
tisements to be posted within forty davs from
the date of such letters, in six of the most
public places of the county of New Castle re-
quiring all persons having demands against
the estate to present the same. or abide nv on
act of Assembly in such case made and nro 20
vided and also cause the same to be inserted
within the same period in the MIDDLEToWN
TRANSCRIPT, newspaper published in Mid
dletown, and to be continued therein two
months.
Given under the hand and seal OF office of
the Register aforesaid, at Wilmington, in New
Castle county aforesaid, the day and wear
above written. ). Z. BIGGS, Register.
All persons having claims against the estate
of the deceased must present the same duIv
attested to the Executor, on or before Jan
uary 2Sth, A. ID. 1885, or abide the act of Az
sembly in such case made and provided
All persons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment
CHARLES BEAsTEN, JR., Executor.
Address, Middletown, Del, feb.I5-2m
or, 4s st. Paul St., Baltimore, Md.
ID DEGISTER'S ORDER.
IL REGISTERS OFFICE,
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DEL,
January 18th. 1884
Upon the application of KATE F. WELLS.
Administrative of HENRY H. WELLS. late
of Blackbird Hundred, in said county. de- |
ceased, it is ordered and directed by the Reg |
lister that the Administrators aforesaid give
notice ofgranting of Letters of administration
upon the estate of the deceased, with the date |
of granting thereof, by causing advertise. |
ments to be posted within forty days from |
the date of such Letters in six of the most
public places of the county of New Castle |
requiring all persons having demands against |
the estate to present the same, or abide by an |
Act of Assembly in such case made and pro- |
Vided; and also cause the same to be inserted |
within the same period in the Middletown |
TRANsCRIPT, a newspaper published in Mid |
dletown and to be continued therein two |
months.
Given under the hand and Seal of Office of
the Register aforesaid, at Wilmington, in !
New Castle county aforesaid, the day and |
year above written. s. @. BIGGS, Register.
NoTICE.-All persons having claims against
the estate of the deceased must present the
same duly attested to the Administrators on or
before the 18th day of January, A. D., 1854 or
abide the Act of Assembly in such case made
and Droyided KATE +. WELLS
jan.IS2m. Administrative.
Address GREENsPRING, DEL.
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To Horse Owners !
Greendale Nurseries I
V wholesale and General
Dealer in
-ns Trees, Plants, Shrubs, ROses.
Bulbs, Seeds. &c.

- DuAoss See0ss cScs b
~ ~ concord Grape Vines, sent post paid a m
10 TXH1ssTFry or versailles Currants, post pd / 90
L N Causter Greggor Cuthbert Rasp,
1So i0O SIl6efry or Versailles Currants yrs m
i00 i00 IA Cluster Gregg or Cuthbert Ras1iy I m
600 70 MY 0(Ioi OOhoFer' s Colossal, l 90
100 first-class 1,o,a1. n. 800
l LAY yay $ Prolihc Red Currant soc a do7' 40O w
new champion or Tree Ounce w. so
1a n new imported Gladiolus Bulbs SN
~ ~ Fackets Assorted Choice Flower Saeds 81
marry tbr6a snrnb fdl Vines and Roses, assorted.
Trumpet Vines, Wisterea and wbi4co lOO
Clematis, three for '0 niUe ~
iF9cfia9ngton @ai9 New White Grape, post "
l MaaTes da Early Grape, Brighton or Wor- ~
New Grape, Early Dawn orr ve,.oc,oc % %
new Grape, Amber Queen, %
4he,,r send send in your Wants and let me Pr,ca
'Aenl Ior you. Send for Catalogue +i00
OSCAR CLOSE, Prop'r.,
Worcester Mass.
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MInnIETnMN PRODuCE MARKF
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.
9eu advertisements.

Glover Seed, Timothy Seed,
Seed Oats, &C.,
In Large or Small Quantities.
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GIBBS & BROTHER,

Ill North Water St., PHILADELPHIA,
feb.22-2m
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IIOHAo OA EN- DLhs
5. NJ. RNos, Auctioneer. febl52t
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II " VI >
Thirty-two head of extra fine SHOATS, Ches-
ter White and Berkshire Mixed
Ten head OF FAT HOGS, TO be sold for Cash.
CARRIAGES AND HARNESS:
One Double-seat Family Carriage, in good
order; York Carriage. nearly new; l Mill
Dearborn, with top; l Carriage Pole and
Yoke, complete l set of Double Harness, 2
sets of Single Harness, all i'll good order
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Aublit Sales.
Public Sale :!

The subscriber intending to relinquish
farming, will sell at Public Sale at his resi-
dence on Bohemia Manor, five miles from
Mill
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-24
Poetry and Religion.

have heard it said that the saga
cious and admirable naturalist whom
we lost not long ago, once owned TO n
friend that for his part he did not ex-
perience the necessity OF two things
which most men find so necessary to
.thcm-poetry and religion; science
and domestic affections, he thought
were enough. To a born naturalist, |
can well understand that this should
seem so. So absorbing IN his occupa-
ton with nature, 50 strong his love for
his occupation, that he goes on acquir-
inc natural knowledge If and reason
ing upon it, and has little time or in
clination for thinking about getting it
related to the desire in man for con-
duet, the desire in man for beauty, He
relates il TO them for himself rs he goes
along, so far as he feels the need; and
he draws from the domestic affections
all the additional solace necessary.
But then Darwins are very rare. An
other great and admirable master Of
natural knowledge, Firaday, was a
SCANDINAVIAN. That is TO say, " re-
lated his knowledge to his instinct for
conduct and to his instinct for beauty,
by the aid of that respectable Scottish
secretary, Robert Sandman. And so
strong in general is the demand of re-
ligion and poetry to have their share in
a man, TO associate themselves with
his knowing, and to relieve and rejoice
it, that for one man among us with the
disposition to do as Darwin did in this
respect, there are fifty, probably, with
the disposition to do as Faraday.
Education itse,f lays hold upon us by
satisfying this demand. Prof Huxley
holds up to scorn med Rval education,
with its neglect of the knowledge of
nature, its poverty even Of literary stu
dies, its formal logic devoted TO ''show-
ing how and why that which the church
said was true must be true" But the
great medieval universities were not
brought into being, we may be sure, by
the zeal of giving jejune and con-
temptible education. Kings have been
their nursing fathers, and queens have
been their nursing mothers, but not for
this. The medieval universities came
into being because the supposed know
ledge delivered by scripture and the
church so deeply engaged mems hearts,
by so simply, easily, and powerfully
relating itself to tie desire for con-
duct, the desire for beauty. All other
knowledge was dominated by this sup
posed knowledge and was subordinated
to it, because of the surprising strength
Of the hold which it gained upon men 5
affection by allaying itself profoundly
with their sense for conduct and their
sense for beauty. -Natthe'0 Arn0td, IN
The Manhattan for Aprtt.
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An Astonished Cat.

Gautier, the French writer, had a
cat which slept on his bed nights, on
the arm of his chair daytimes, followed
him when he walked, and always kept
him company at meals. One day a
friend left his parrot in Gautier' S
charge during his absence. The poor
bird sat disconsolate on the top OF his
stand, while the cat stared at the
strange sight. Gautier followed her
thought, and read there clearly:
1T must be green chicken. "
Thereupon she jumped from his
writing table, crouched flat, with head
low, back stretched out at full length,
and eyes fixed immovable on the bird.
Parrot followed. all the movements,
raised his feathers, sharpened his bill,
stretched out his claws and evidently
prepared for war. The cat lay still.
but Gautier read again in her eyes:
mo doubt, though green, the chicken
must be good to eat.
Suddenly her back was arched, and
with one superb bound she was on the
perch, when the parrot screamed out
Have you breakfast, Jack!
Pussy was almost frightened out OF
her wits She cast an anxious glance
at her master, leaped down and hid
under the bed, from which no threat OF
caress could bring her out for the day.
our Uunl6 dfLinldS.
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For a Starter.

"Well, son. did you get any cases
to-day?" asked a father of a son who
had been admitted to the bar about six
months ago.
mo, father; none yet. / am very
much discouraged.
perhaps you don't use the proper
method OF getting cases. You should
never appear on the streets without
carrying in your hand sheet OF cap pa,
per folded up 20 as to look like legal
document; rush about as il you were
loaded down with business. When in
your Office and any one comes In, be
busy writing out deed or something.
and when in court never fail TO cock
your feet up on the table, brush az
your hair and look wiser than tho
Judge. il you can. That's the way
those fellows that succeed Ia law so vel
all do. - Sunny South
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-24
Tagging Salmon.

1.-The Progress of Fish Culture" is
set forth in the April Century by Fred
Mather, who describes as follows the
method of marking fish: ain the mode
of obtaining salmon eggs, great step
in advance was made by Mr.. Atkins,
on the Penobscot, when, instead Of de-
pending on the accidental capture OF
salmon with ripe eggs, he found that
he could keep the fish in pens, in fresh
water, until their spawn ripencd, and
thus could obtain a hundred-fold more
than had been got before. AT Bucks
port Maine, after the eggs are taken
from the salmon, metal tag with a
number on it is attached to the poster
Tor part of the dorsal fin. A record is
kept of the sex, length, and weight OF
each fish, and the date of its liberation,
thereby showing what growth is made
up to the time of their second capture
A reward is offered for the return OF
these tags accompanied by statements
of the time and place of capture, the
weight of the fish, and other informa-
ton. A female salmon, liberated at
Bucksport, November 10. 1870, which
weighed sixteen pounds after spawn
ing, was captured two years later, and
was found to have grown foot IN
length, and to have increased eight
and a half pounds in weight. MIR.
auckland also marked salmon by
punching holes in the second dorsal lin
with conductors punch, but we have
no records of their subsequent capture
and rate Of growth.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-24
WHAT POTATOES TO PLANT.

A theory has recently been advanced
that potatoes of the early varieties, for
planting, should be grown specially for
seed by very late planting the previous
year, so that they will not become
fully ripe. In this way, it is claimed
that seed may DO had that will not
sprout in spring until it will be time to
put it in the ground. We attempted,
writes the editor of the NeoO England
Farmer, to try the experiment last
summer, and up to the present time it
appears successful. A quantity of po-
tatoes which had been kept in table
condition by frequent tumbling in a
barrel, to kill the sprouts, were planted
upon good garden soil on the third day
of July. They were up in a very few
days, and beat anything in the potato
line, for rapidity of growing, that we
ever saw, and although no rain fell to
wet the soil, the vines nearly covered
the ground, and produced large
yield Of what would be graded as
''large-sized planting potatoes. Al
though standing in barrel in mod
erately cool cellar. by the side of other
potatoes that were ripe when dug, and
which have made long sprouts, these
have remained perfectly dormant. We
have been told that in ATTITUDES little
south of us, as in southern Kentucky,
the white or Irish potatoes can only be
grown successfully by planting late
grown seed raised as a second crop.
This theory is worthy of attention.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-24
Hair In a Walnut Tree.

While two farmers living in the Peti,
Jean Valley, near the Rocky crossing,
were chopping down large walnut
tree one day last week. they came
across, five or six inches from the outer
rim of the walnut, two inch dog wood
pin, on the other end of which was O
good sized bunch of red hair. They
were at first considerably nonplussed
over their find. One of their neighbors,
however, explained that many years
ago, when Yell county was first set
Ting up. there lived in that vicinity 9
noted faith doctor, and that one OF his
efficient means of cure was to take ,
lock of his patients hair, fasten it ts
the end of a wooden pin, bore hole in 9
tree, drive the end of the pin with tn,
hair on it in the hole. thus closing tn,
hole. 1t is supposed that the fiery loci
found was the relic of one of the doc
tors red-headed patients.-DardaneI'
(Mo. )Hespcridn.
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sheep on his place writes to me Cou'a-
try Gentleman: The best and cheapest
fence that can be built, where lumber
can be had at $l5 per NJ and posts at
81 or IS per 100, is two boards and TWO
or three wires, if pigs and colts are to
be pastured. Half the posts should be
6. feet long and be driven into the
ground p feet, just far enough apars
tor the boards to reach from post to
post. Nail the boards on firmly with
ten-penny nails. The nails are much
less liable to break or draw out II heat
ed. Ii beauty is not cared for, nail the
ends on alternate sides of the posts.
Six-inch boards, to stop pigs Of thirty
mounds, must be six inches from the
ground and six inches apart. That
makes fence two feet high. The md
die posts should be four feet long and
driven down to the top OF the upper
board in the center between the long
posts. This is better done after the
boards are on. For cattle, sheep, and
hoes two wires are sufficient, but for
horses and mules three are better.
Commence putting on tho wire by
winding it around the first post, ana
then one man must stretch the wire
and one drive the staples after the
wire is strung along. Put the wires
alternately on opposite sides OF the
posts; then in case the wire becomes
loose it will drop on the next wire be-
low, or on the boards. Otherwise
they will fall to the ground, and stock
will get their legs entangled in them
and receive much damage. In WIS.
consn, if drawn too tight cold wealth
er will contract the wires and break
them A claw-hammer for stretcheI
is the best and most convenient OF any
thing | have found yet. Hook the
claws of the hammer on a barb, and
with the hammer part pry across the
post beyond where the staple is to be
driven. Where the ground Is level the
,tretcher can 90 ahead six or eight
posts. The staples should be driven
so as to bed the wire into the wood, so
that it may not slip back when the
hammer is taken of. If three wires
are used put them eight inches from
the board and eight inches apart. If
Two wires are used, eight and ten inch
es will do very well. Such a fence
will turn any ordinary stock, and
stand the highest winds. Without the
boards sheep will pull their wool on
The barbs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-24
TREATMENT OF OLD TREES.

Old trees, writes DR.. Halstead, are
not always profitable trees. The soil
of the orchard may be rich, deep, and
mellow, and the trees remain unpro-
ductive. 1t is difficult to make q
whistle out Of pigs tail. Some fruit
trees are not fruit-bearing. and have
little use as foliage plants. A farmer
can not afford to grow wood in The or
chard; the wood lot is the only proper
place for such a crop. All unproduct-
i've trees either need to be cut down
and cast into the wood pile or engraft-
ed with new blood and new life. Much
may be done in an old, rundown or
chard by a thorough trimming out of
the dead branches and scraping the
bark free from all insect pests. But a
tree that is thoroughly bad, which is
known by the poor quality of fruit Cor
its entire absence) needs to have its
nature changed by grating. This
work is n simple one, which any farm
or may do. He needs to know that
grating is the planting OF piece OF
one plant in part Of another. The
cion is cutting set in. n tree instead OF
in the soil. The cions should be cut
from healthy trees of the best varieties.
Cut only twigs of last years growth. a
foot or so long, and tic them up in
bundles with labels. These twigs
should be obtained before any signs of
spring life is seen in the trees, and the
grating should begin when the buds
are swelling. The operation is a
simple one. The writer grated sue
cessfully when Z years old, and any
other person can do as well. 1t is
more OF an art than anything else, and
although not easy to describe it can
easily be understood by watching an
expert graft a few stocks, and little
practice will soon give the knack.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-24

Elegant Day Coaches, Parlgy Cars, with Re
Ginning Chairs (scats free, smoking Cars wit!
Revolving Chairs, Pullman Palace Sleeping
run daily toand from Chicago ana Kansas City,
Chicago and Council Bluffs Ci icago and De4
Moines, Chicago, st. Joseph, At hison ant'
Topeka without change. Only through line
running their own trains between Chicago,
Lincoln and Denver, and Chicago, Kansas
City and Denver. Through cars between
indianapolis and Council Bluffs, via Peoria.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-24
Built TO Fight Arctic Ice.

The sailing steamship Bear, which
was purchased recently by the United
States as one of the vessels for the
Greely relief expedition, was considered
one OF the strongest sailing vessels IN
the Arctic sealing fleet. She is three
masted, barkentine rugged, and divided
into three water-tight compartments.
Her dimensions are: Length. 1870 feet
4 inches; breadth of beam, 20 feet 9
inches; depth of hold, Is feet inches;
gross tonnage, $50 tons; net tonnage,
469. She was built in Dundee, Scot
land. in 1874, and has compounded en-
gines, with cylinders of % and 5O
inches diameter, respectively, and ~
inches stroke.
Her hull proper is built of GA k, with
iron fastenings, and she is sheathed
from the keel to above the water-line
with green-heart-a very hard wood
exported from Demerara, West Indies.
The forward part of the vessel. from
the stem for about fifteen feet aft, Is
built I'D solid with oak timbers. The
stem is broad and cut away diagonally,
so that the tendency will be for the YES
sci to run up on the ice until her weight
tends to break it down, thus making a
channel for the vessel. This gives her
a great advantage over ordinarily built
vessels in encountering ice foes. There
are several thwartship braces OF stout
timber to enable the sides TO resist the
pressure of ice. Other braces have al
SO been added at the navy yard. bel
propeller wheel is of composite metal,
has only two blades, and is protected
from the ice by skeleton frame: Il
can be raised at any time for repairs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-24

COMBINATION FENCES.
A farmer in Wisconsin who keeps
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-24
A Sure Cure for Piles,

The first symptom of Piles is an intens,
tching at night after getting warm, Ihi,
unpleasant sensation is Immediately relieved
~ an application of DR.. Bosmko's Pile Rem
edy. Piles in all its forms, itch, salt rhcum
and ringworm can be permanently cured by
the use Of this great remedy. Price ~ cent,
Manufactured by the DR.. Bosanko Medicine
Co., Piqua, o. Sold by Forbes * Lory.auy.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-24
An Elkton girl proposed marriage to

An Elkton girl proposed marriage to
a young farmer, and upon his refusal
to accept her offer, she attempted to
carve him with razor. II leap, year
'confers such privileges upon the fe-
male sex. it is high time for the young
men of this country 70 form protective
associations and petition Congress to
enact law to change the almanacs,
so that the 29th of February will come
only once In seven million yesrs.-Nor-
0sst0Un Herald.
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GOING NORTH AND SOUTH.

Solid Trains of Ele ant Day Coaches and
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars are run da ~ to
and from It. Louis; via Hannibal; Quincy,
Keokuk, Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Alber;
Lea to ST. Paul and Minneapolis Pnrlor Car
with Reclining Chairs 10 md from 81. Loui-
and Peoria Only one char ge of cars between
st. Louis and Des Moincs, Iowa, Lincoln, Ne
brlska, and Denver Colorado.
1t is also the only Through Line between
ST. LOUIS, MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL
1t Is known as the great THROUGH CAI
LINE of America, and is universally admit
ted to lie the
Finest Equipped Railroad in the World TO-
all classes Of Travel.
Through Tickets via this line tor sale at al
Il. r. coupon ticket offices in the United State
and Canada.
4. j. POTTER, PERCY Al LOWE ELL,
Vice-Pres. Gen. Nj, ager. GcnPass.Agt,C hcn-.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-07-11
Administrators Notice.

Estst. of William O'Neil, deceased.
Notice IS hereby given by the una fgned al
mini trat r of the estate OF Wi! lam . Ntil, de.
ceased, the creditors Of and all pers MS having
claims against the said deceased. to exhibit them
with the necessary ,hers, WITHIN t n months
af, the first Publication # it- notice 70 the sad
rutor, at his Office in Hatlev,i IT, count.
of AlturAa. j. VI. BURhEiI,
Adm'n strator Of estate Of Wan O'Neil, dec a.
Dat d at DALEY Id 4ho June u. 1884. je2'