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The Penn's Grove record., 1895-07-19
PENIS GROVE. n. J.. FRIDAY. JULY 10. 1896.

County Commissioners and Poor ID
rectors of Schuykill have petitioned
Court to authorize the erection oil a
county hospital. .
There are Is men in Luzerne County
Jail charged with murder.
To kill his dog Shenandoah miner
tied a stick of dynamite to it, blowing
the canine to pieces.
Accused of robbing the Roland Post
Office, Edward Hannahan, of Altoona,
and James O'Neil, of Williamsport,
were captured at Bellefonte.
A piece of glass, which a into her
foot, caused death by blood poisoning
of Jerome Bixler's daughter, at Millers-
town, Clinton County.
Pottstown saloonkeepers complain
that the trolley roads greatly injpre
their business by taking all convivial
men to neighboring parks every night.
1
Slot machines at Royersford have
been shut up.
Rabbi A. NJ. Bloch, of Knoxville,
Tenn, has been chosen pastor OF the
Easton synagogue.
Egey Lazze confesses that he was the
footpad who attacked Robert Kennedy
at Pottstown and is in Jail.
Little Charles Hawk, son of Samuel
Hawk, at Catasauqua, drowned in the
Lehigh River while bathing.
As the result of a quarrel at Cole
Creek, Mexican county, a man named
Button dangerously shot young Lee
Phillips.
A respite from August l to Novem
Der 6 was granted by the Governor to
Frank Beck, the Lackawanna county
murderer.
The father OF William Weber visited
the young murderer in Reading jail,
and learned from his son that he ex.
pected to escape the gallows.
The Pennsylvania Railroad began
the construction of an iron bridge or
the Trenton Cut Off, near Bridgeport,
where a trolley a broke down the
wooden bridge recently. 2
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lie Was Dry Yet.

He was the hardest drinker IL
Creede- of that there was no doubt,
and he was drunk again, of which
there was also no doubt, though ii
was early in the day. He had evil
IDENTIFY commenced the evening before
and had kept it up all night, and he
lay in the ditch doing.
Two miners passed on their way up
the town, one of whom was an old
acquaintance. He said To his com.
panion;
"There's a man who once was well
dxed. He has drunk up a business
block and two ranches In the past five
years"
The inebrlate raised himself on his
arm and said In an approving tone:
"Ya-Ss, that's 80. Two ranches
bizness block, and dry yet."-Great
Divide.
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A PATRIOT.
ph1eomotic Philosophy of a Famou
French Statesman.

French Statesman.
Few men. not endowed with b%rlllian,
.bility, have left behind them a more
honorable or distinguished record than
M. victor Duruy, q French statesman
, and scholar who died recently at the
age of So. His life was an exempliGca.
ton of the rewards which may walt on
the faithful obedience Of the ScrIpural
maxim, whatsoever thy hand 1udetf
to do, do 1t with thy might"
He began, as many another young
scholar has begun, as a teacher. Here,
, in the performance of his duty, he once
had occasion to turn out Of his class
Victorien Sardou, who afterward be.
came a famous writer. Young Sardou
had failed to get some part of a lesson
in Egyptian history, and had said to
Monsieur Duruy that he Thought he
might proftably omit It"
"But l." said Duruy, "as your teacher
am the sole Judge as to that"
"And I, since 1t Is ! who have to learn
ought to have some choice IN the mat
ter" Sardou answered.
This impertinent remark earned foA
Sardou the suspension which he re.
ceived. Sardou, as q man of genius, OBJ.
tanned early the literary distinction
which caused him to be chosen a mem.
Der of the French Academy-the forty
immortals;'' and when Duruy, in his ole
age, as the crown Of a laborIous life
was proposed a member of the same
body, Sardou supported him cordially
.nd he was elected.
Duruy, as an eminent and practical
educator, was wanted by the Emperor
Napoleon III. as minister of public In.
struction. The emperor sent for him
and proposed to him to enter the min.
istry.
"But your majesty" Duruy an.
swered, 81 have taken very little par.
In politics"
$50 much the better" said the EN-
peror.
"And what part I have taken has beer
against your
"No NATTER" said Napoleon; you arr
the mar I want for minister of public
instruction"
Duruy took the place, and worked
aard in 1t, still doing with all his might
the work that came to his hand. In
the war with the Germans IN 1870
there was no political work for him tc
do. For the time, after the surrender
Of Napoleon, all who had been in the
government were discredited. So. nj
the age of 90, Duruy enlisted In the
National Guard, as q private soldier.
One evening in September, 1870, Julei
Simon, then minister Of public instruc
ton. was entering the ministry wher
he thought he noticed that the soldier
on guard at the door, who presented
arms to him, had = familiar face. III
paused and looked steadily at him.
"DuruyT be exclaimed; as tina
vou?"
an is IApuruy." the soldier an
swered.
"A common soldier2"
"A common soldier. One can't be 4
minister always"
But I see that one car always scrvt
's an example"
Duruy smiled, and stood ut salut
while his successor entered the build
Ing. 1t was not until fourteen year;
after. that he was elected a member o,
the academy-the highest honor. in lit
erature or learning, that q Eronchmar
can hope to attain. 1t is possible tina
the fact that Duruy had always STOOD
ready to do his duty, no matter in VIVA
direction 1t lay. had much to do Wit
his elevation to this honor.
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Force DeveIoned sy picyolists

A French experimenter has deteh
mined the force developed by blcyciists
n races. Windle and Zimmerman ex'
erted for six seconds a force equal 70
n and one-quarter horse power ahd
developed two-thirds horse power ioi
TWO minutes at d time. 1t was alse
found that q runner works three tinled
Is hard as a bicyellst at moderate
speed, but that, as the speed increases
@eir laborN BECOME more equal.
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Too Exelus va.

'Oh, Name, pye loahd a lovely
place for a tennis court. ats just
round the corner"
"Do you mean that lot with a high
board fence all around it,"
eyes"
"Humph. / don't think that would
10. Why, nobody could see our ten.
mis- costumes from the street.
Washington Star.
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First Young Lady--If you say so i
;an get you a position In a telegraph
office, where you will have an easy
time OF it.
Second Young Lady-Oh. that
would never do. / am too easily
shocked ever to become a successful
telegraph operator. You forget l ap
from Boston.
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oldest Newspaper In the World.

The Pekin Gazette. even If 1t does n@
late really from the tenth century be-
fore Christ, is probably the oldest pa
per now In existence. The oldest Euro
pean paper Is the Frankfort Journal
1ating from 1915; the Gazette de France
dates fron 1881; the London Gazette
from ICES. The Viedemost, Of st
Petersburg, was started in 1902. The
Worcester Spy Is the Oldest paper 10
this country, as 1t was published FIRST
In 1774. The Montreal Gazette date
from 176A
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Aannerannu. ons.tinn,

Doctor-You wish me to tell you the
ruthf
Patient tfeebly)-Yes. Doctor. II 700
please.
"You are not afraid Of deathf'
81 have been q baseball umpire."-
Judge.
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1t takes more than a coat of paint to

1t takes more than a coat of paint to
makea lie white.
The conquests Of reason are more
glorious than the victories of the
greatest armies.
Satisfy one desire, and you will ind
that 1t has broughta large and hungry
family along.
True greatness has no need to carry
a. flag to attract attention to itself.
When We do not give according to
our Q we do according to onr
meanness.
Putting arnor on a coward makes
him look bold, but it puts no heroism
in his heart.
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Professor Holden, of the Lick
Observatory, California, says that
lunar photography has advanced IS far
as POSSIBLE, until photographic plates
Of greater sensihveness and liner gndn
are invsntsd.
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c.a,am.,s w~,rkIe.-

"Gwandma," said Mollie, looking AT
the wrlnkied forehead of the dear old
lady, 81 finks you ought to go to the
laundry and Diet your head ironed."-
Harper's Bazaar.
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Sod was cut at Calumet. Mich, for shafi
No. s. Tamarack mine. The shaft will BE-
large enough for eight compartments and
viii extend vertically almost one mile into
the earth before striking copper lead. 1t will
| require four years working, day and night
with powerful dynamite to reach the VEIN
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At different agss says Jvdy' mar II
most fond of,
1. His nurse.
q His mother.
10. His holidays.
ia His liberty.
20. His-er-sweethsare
30. His wife.
40. His children. Ell
60 Peace aud quiet
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A Painful DfscOVerysf
whats the matter, Mollief Is thers
anything wrongr =
"Yeth; my new doll-house-
"Isn't broken, I hopef"
"No; but there amt any plumbin' N
I to freeze up an bust"-Harpera
Bazaar. 1
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A match has been made from leather
pulp.
The man who is modest from policy
Is tn Q most dangerous custoEheP VIC
have to deal WITH
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-30
GLOVER MEDICINE co.
Offered Inducements TO Remain in Augusta by
City Government.

AT special meeting OF the city COVER
nment, Tuesday evening, the following
order wac n,es,5.
w,
o.'sl.' eno Siofer 'ieaicine U.s. d
- poia.ioii NO. uoih, business III lhe c',y
- a u '',' Auaine' mas 'his nay iiaue
~ sdueso " 'Lio ausus,1 ooafo u .r'sae' 70
s.ie eieo' ,ias .he 'i.i'is'tioh OF the sii'a
=. pe iiAeu ior term oi years
'neie,ole'
ofuereu' Aha' 'he valuation Oh the
oio,er "eoiciiie oc., ior tne purposes OF
~ uhicipai TAXATION, DC hAea at *looo iof
.,ie peiiou VI ~ .eifst commencing WIN
thc current IDuDlclFai year. SAID Ndlua-
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ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING

While several states are at present busy
voting on state flower Florida is out
after state song The Teachers associa-
ton of that state, in annual convention,
resolved that the state needs IL patriotic
state song, and offered IL prize of S25 in
gold for the best song of this description.
italian patent medicine makers pursue
their fellow countrymen even to America
and advertise in American newspapers the
virtues of Ncapolitan blood purifiers and
Roman salyes. The Italians, like all
southern peoples suffer in the climate of
the north from affections of the throat,
nose and lungs, and medicines designed to
cure such ailments especially attract tho
attention of Ital ian workmen.
Remarkable stories are current of wages
in southern Florida, and it is true that q
skilled orange packer, boy or man, can
earn sit day, but the employment is
not permanent. 1t is true. too, that 1850
an acre has been made in single winter
from tomatoes, but here again a little cap
itol and considerable knowledge are re-
CURED. 1t is unsafe to seek employment
in southern Florida without some sort OF
guarantee.
There is, of course, quite as great q
temptation to coin privately American
silver dollars as the Spanish peseta, OF
which 2A0O0, 600 are reported to have been
nut into circulation from private minis.
The American inventor of machine for
casting jewelry undertook to demonstrate
the excellence of the InGtrix by casting
several silver dollars, and the result was a
coin that seemingly differed in no way
from the minted dollar save slightly in the
ring The inventor asserted that the cast.
ing of a dollar would give proht OF
nearly 100 per cent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-30
Cushnoc Social Clubs Fair.

The first evening of the Cushroc Social
Mconian hall was well filled
The rendering of the drama, 1.-THE Jail
Bird " by Cobbosseecontee Club Of Hal
lowell, was IA splendid entertainment,
and every character was satisfactorily
portrayed.
Tonight will be the jubilee time and
the fun producing piece, Paddy Nc
Fling or Joining the Tinpanites, will
be given by the Cobbosseecontee Club.
Douglass orchestra will supply music,
and fine time is expected. The dis
trihution of presents will be one of the
interesting features.
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Poor Indeed

The prospect of relief from drastic cathar-
tics for persons troubled with constipation is
poor indeed. True they act upon the bowels,
but this they 90 with violence, and their OPP
GRAFTON tends TO weaken the intessines, and
il pr Judicial to the stomach Hostetters
stomach Bitters is an effectual laxative, but
it neithe + gripes nor enfeebles. furthermore
II promotes digestion and regular action OF
.he liver and the kidneys. 1t IS an efficient
barrier sgainst and remedy for naaiariai com
n,aints and rheumatism. and is OF great bene-
At to the weak, nervous ard aged. As medi-
;xa, st;mulant il cannot be surpassed. Ply
SCANS cordially recommend it, and its pro-
fessionaI Endorsement is fully borne out BY
popular exper ace. Appetits III, aha ser are
and Alternative.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-30
Maine Non.Forieiture Law.

During the year the Union Mutual has
paid % death claims upon policies pro
tected by this law. In every case the
policy had iapsed for non payment of pre-
MUM, but the insurance WAS continued
in force until death by the automatic ac-
ton of this invaluable law
These lapsed policies aggregated in in
surance more than $40, 000 ana the period
of time intervening between lapse OF
policy and death of insured varied from a
minimum of one month to a maximum OF
twelve years and eleven months.
Under the provisions Of this law there
has, from the date Of its enactment until
December 81 1894, been paid to bene-
ficiaries of policy holders in this company
264 claims, representing in insurance
$685. 1876. A.
BY action of the Directors, the bcne-
fits of the Maine Non Forfeiture Law have
been made applicable to policies issued
prior to its enactment Policyholders
of no other company are protected by this
law
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Economy OF Management.
Financial.

There remains yet to be found board
Of trustees constantly receiving large
sums of money for Investment, composed
of individuals who are SO wise that they
are able to avoid shrinkaga and loss in
any of the various securities acquired by
them in the exercise Of their duties as
guardians of trust funds.
A decade Of good times. = during
which railroads. manufacturing com
D ,nies. and business corporations Of all
kinds lind it easy To show large EARNINGS
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H..
bbls, ~ aai sapks. sales. 100 pkgs; duh.
weak: --------------
low extras Al q5a2 IS: CITY mills SO 20a3 IS;
81 a5a2 IS; fair TO fancy. SO 5Oa2 rs; patents,
2 75a3 l5-Minnesota clear, 50 35a2 20:
stroiebts 3ooas 8o; patents. 2saI 10; city
mills patents, 80 eOal 10; rye mixtures. 2 25a
20; supporting. e5a2 70; fine. ! 9oa2 90: 10
fair extra, 81 9Oa2 80; good to choice. 00a3 40.
RYE FIoun-duIl, steady; VI S2.60aS3.V0.
BuoKW fLouns-Si 65al 70.
BucKwHEkT-i 9a55.
Corn MHAI-dull, steady; yellow
Western. 81 SOa2 90: Brandywine, 10.
Ryr-nominal; Western bOa5;.
BARLEY nominal;--No. 2 Milwaukee. eia
"a: western, 63a67; two rowed state. 63ab5; No. 2
Toronto, Sass.
BARLEY MkLT-dull ,--westorn, T0aS2;
two rowed state, 70a75; six rowed state, SOas5,
city made Canada, 0UaJ e5.
WHEAT Receipts, 1850 bush; exports, % ~
sales 272 600; more active, &c lower, closing
firm;
No red. store and elevator. hGia56i; ----~-
-- ahoat, 57iadS; fob 57aa6Si elevator,
57l; for old, So; for new; No. l hard, fia7li;
No. 2 spring. 77ia7s; No. northern. 6b!as6i;
No. 3, northern, bJ,a--; no milwaukee, sola
70i; No. red, a; No. spring, SiaSOi; I'M
graded red, 50a55; No. white, 53i.
CoRE- Receipts. 1890, exports. SOS; sales.
2f2, 600 more active, wcak---------------
No. j, 45sai5s, elevator; i9aio aaoat; No. 2.
steamer afoat, a; yellow. a-40c: ungraded
mixed, 45a45a; steamer mixed, f5lai5!; No. z
white, 42la-.
OATs-keceipts, 1850; exports, 81 bush;
sales, $4,000 bushels; dull, weaker; IL
No. 2. Sia3il; do white Ha6i; NO. Chicago
3ila3iJ; No, 3, ga; DO white, BY ia35i MIXED,
Western, "a JAYS; do white, dlai0i; whiie state
BEEF-dul, -------------------- ------..-----
family g.75aI2.0b; extra mess, fI.jDaS;
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The Listing Bill.


There was % quite largely attended
hearing before the special committee on
taxation. The first speaker was Senator
Wiggin. He gave an outline OF tho
history of the bill in the previous Leglsla
ture, in which it lacked SO little OF re-
cciving q passage He pointed out thai
this is exactly the same bill. He told the
committee who are asking for this legisla'
ton. He specially represented the agri-
cultural portion Of the community, ana
as master of the State grange, the l1,oo'
organized farmers in Maine who ask ion
the law. He briefly but pertinently dis
cussed the bill. The essence of 1t lay In
the change Of the word may to shall
in prescribing the duties of the assessors
relative to obtaining lists of personal
property.
Hon. a.. nj. Spear spoke for the bill.
He was in the Senate two years ago. he
took the ground that the constitution, as
amended in 1875, demands such
measure. The constitution declares that
the assessors shall tax the personal
property, and this bill provides way for
them to do the duty that they have
1 neglected
III Judge O.lG. Hall was the next speaker.
He said ID sppatanee:
al No tax law II populnr. None can be
made that IN work with perfect equity
incvery dnstancc The American system
taxes prope aluQa raj Ind personal,
and in every stHtes Theorists oppose 1hi'
form Of taxaflon The Maine system Is
to tax real and PERSONAL at its Just vaiue
and to request Lists OF taxable property
from taxpayers. This bib compels such
lists to be made. Is it$ necessary Inc
personal valuation of the State is SHRINK
ing. 1t was last year less than quarter
of the whole. Three quarters OF the taxa
ton of estates fall on real estate.
Twenty states of the Union have
rigorous listing system, because, Ike
Maine, they think best to adhere TO the
4 American system of taxing all values
Vermont has the most rigorous system
and its personal estate valuation mas
largely increased under it, 1t has been III
force II years Governor Woodbury. OF
that state said in his recent message,
Our system of taxationi is probably as
nearly equitable as it can be made at
present.
In this State we have the listing system
with no adequate means to enforce IT.
This bill provides the means. II we arc
TO continue to tax personal estate some
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Dse. 30, DEC. 81,
Railroad bonds, 1851 All 40 sI,02i,s1, os
United States bonds, None. ~ 315 20
State, County and
City bonds, 9f7,.,39 - l,O8i4 Al 81
Miscellaneous COrp'n
bonds, 2352 O6 735 PA 81
Mortgages real estate, 1.a102566 So 1929 SIS
Collateral Loans, IS $50 80 J69.129 W
During the year a portion of the first
floor of the Union Mutual Building in
Portland has been rcmodeled at an cx-
pensc of about sl3, 600. aud it win be OBJ
served that this expenditure mas been
made without increasing the valuation
placed upon this property in December,
1898.
The corner of Exchange and Congress
streets has been made into the most at
traotive and convenient banking rooms In
the State, and is occupied by the Portland
National Bank.
The Congress street 'front.' first floor
and basement. is occupied by the Union
Safe Deposit & Trust Co. and its large
burglar and fire proof vault is Of the latest
and most approved design and construc-
ton. The treasurer's room, the recep-
ton room, the ladies room, the commit
tee room, and the numerous coupon rooms
are very attractive and commo,lious
The change which has taken place dur
ing the past two years in permanently cs-
tablishing these two large and pros
porous financial institutions in the space
formerly occupied by retail stores has
added value 70 your Portland property
beyond the amount represented IN the
rental income which Is paid by these cor
porations.
Notwithstanding the year will be re-
mcmbcred as period of financial and
commercial depression and liquidation,
to the Union Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany Il has been one Of great prosperity.
No high pressure methods have been
used to procure applications for insurance,
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Eastern Maine Insane Hospital.

The Joint committee on Eastern Maine
Insane Hospital had meeting and voted
upon the resolve appropriating $50, 900
for an eastern Maine insane hospital. Ii
is understood that the vote stood Il for,
: against. and not voting.
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AT hearing before Judge Stevens,
Tuesday, the will of the late Susan G
Farnham, carrying about $4,000, was al
owed, and the executor, Capt Fl. f.
Dlapchard, required to file a bond of $4,000
r. W. Soule will have the Sturgis store
open, this evening, for business
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Chicago Produce Market.

CHICAGO. Jan. %.
FLouR-weak, especially for higher grade
prices favored buyers.
WHEAT-lower; -A-------------------
MOI spring, 53sa5ii; No. 2 red, 43safo!.
CoRs-lower; 10. 2. 4itaili.
OATs-loTer; No. 2, 274a2s-
RYE-No.2, 90.
BARLEY-No. 2, 55a5G.
FLAxsERD-No. 1, sl.f1a1.43.
PoRx-59 - iaSI9.52.
LARD-s6.53ass.5O.
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Total Payments 10 PoIicy-holders.

The payments to Policy-holders during
1894 amounted to S134, 2S104, making
the total payments to Policy holders from
date of organization of the company to
December 81, 1894, $27, S4S, 904.41.
New Business.
During the year there has been written
So, 1863, 354 of new insurance. The finan-
cial depression existing throughout the
country has affected the writing of new
business with the result that small poll
cies have been the rule, and although
there is decrease shown as compared with
the business of 1898, the character of the
business secured is most excellent.
The issues of new business during the
last five years were as follows:
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and discriminating consideration has
been exercised in the selection of new
business.
Economy to the fullest degree consis-
tent with proper attention to, and trans
action Of, the company's business has
been rigidly practiccd in every depart
ment.
The organization Of every branch of
the company's service has been harmoni-
Gus and efficient and the record Of 1891
showing rs il does the Improvement in the
character of the securities the handsome
increase of S144, 026. "a in assets making
their total So, 597 1886. sc, and the excellent
gain of S130, 400 l6 in surplus, which now
amounts TO 1852 7S3. IL. gives gratifying
assurance that the Union Mutual Life
Insurance Company will continue To
merit and receive the confidence of its
policy holders and the public.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSIAH IT, DRUMMOND,
PERCIVAL BONNEY,
FRED f. RICHARDS,
THOMAS A. FOSTER,
MARQUIS +. KING,
EDWARD A. MOVES, : Directors.
FREDERICK ROBBIE,
FRANK +. ALLEN,
SELDEN COMMON,
DAVID G. HAMILTON,
ARTHUR l.. BATES,
j. FRANK LANG,
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The committee of arrangements fol-
Lady Henry Somersets lecture have
learned with CONSERVATION that :here are
some among the representatives who have
not received supplementary tickets, They
wish all these gentlemen to know that
aside from the special tickets sent to the
30 supply every one of the members of the
House and the wives of members so far
us their presence in town could be ascer-
tanned. Per order committee.