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Washington Letter.
Washington, Feb. r, IS!

Washington, Feb. r, 1896.
 Speaker Reeds reputation as a con- gressional prophet has been greatly en- hanced by recent occurrences in both sen- ate and house. It will be remembered that he said when congress first met that this session would pass no important leg islatiOn outside of the regular appropria- tiOn bills. The prophecy was .at that time hOOted at as expressing merely the wishes of a presidential candidate, and being contrary to the urgent demand of the country for some sort of financial leg islatiOn which would put a stop to the periodical issuing of bonds, alleged to be for the maintainance of the gold reserve of the treasury. No matter what prompt ed Mir. Reed nobody is doing any hooting at the prophecy now, and things will have to undergo radical change to prevent it's turning out to be correct.
 So far as financial legislation is con- concerned, the house and the senate are in a deadlock, the latter for free coinage and the former against it, to the tune of 215 to 90. It looks as if it would be the same with the tariff bill, since four of the silver republican senators bolted the cau- GUS decree and voted against taking up the tariff bill. As that measure now stands it has been passed by the house and free coinage substitute for it has been reported to the senate. The action of the house on the free coinage substi- tute for the bond bill has shown that it will be a mere waste of time for the sen ate to pass the free coinage substitute for the tariff bill, and unless the republican senators can get together, and get some p0pulist support, the tariff bill cannot be passed without the free coinage substi- tute. So there you are. Tied up as tight as you please. As Representative Ding ley, republican leader of the house, put it, when discussing the probability of an agreement in conference on the bond bill and free coinage substitute, the difference between the hOnse and senate is so radi- cal that there is no middle course to lead to a compromise.
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At $5.

The lot includes garments from several prominent American makers and num- Der of imported garments. The fabrics include cheviot, beaver, boucle and astra- khan OvercOatings. Some are lined throughout with satin rhadame, some are half lined. Some have high standing col lars; others have coat collars with re- vers. There are black coats and blue coats and brown coats mostly the form CT. But no matter what the earlier value was the price to-day is five, and the sell ing is arranged at all hour likely to be convenient for almost everyone
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$2O, ,OOO worth of cloaks-and most of it at halfi

C1OahS-duu most
 of it at half!
 We've divided the clOak-rOOm into two sections to make trading easy.
 Section One-any garment -95 cents.
 Five hundred garments wom- mems medium weight jackets, misses reefers, fur neck scarfs, muffs, children's sets, and a thou sand wOmen's wrappers--anything, 95 cents garment
 Section Two-any garment -$1.95.
 A thousand garments: women's and misses silk-lined jackets, and wOmen's mackintOshes anything, $1.95 a garment.
 Section Three-any garment -$2.95.
 Five hundred garments: wOm- ems boucle $5 jackets, fresh from the makers; figured mohair skirts with big sweep and lined through out-anything, $2,95 garment.
 Section Four-any garment -3.95.
 Five hundred jackets, new and full of style; double capes of heavy English serges with velvet collars ; Golf capes of Scotch cheviOt mixtures and black fab rics, all with silk hoods-anything, i $3.95 a garment.
 Section Five-any garment -$4.95. This section includes every jack ct that has formerly been $1O and $125O; silk-lined, single plush capes with Electric seal trim mings women's newmark e t S, mems mackintOshes that have been $1O and $12-anything, $495 a garment.
 At $6.75-
 We have put in every 3O-inch best French coney fur cape in the store; at $7.5O every 33-inch best French coney cape. At $9.5O- 1 We include single and double plush capes with silk lining and black thibet fur trimming; capes that started the season at $15 and $16.
 Here's a couple of bonanzas- best quality sealskin furs
 $55O .jockets, $250,
 $25O capeS, $175. Main floor Pynchon-street building.
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SMITH & MURRAY.
WOmen's Coats, $5.

At 9 o'clock this morning we will start the most interesting selling of Women's Coats that has occurred in many month.
 All the lots recently offered at $7.5O- including garments that started the sea son at $12 to $25 are grouped for your easy choosing
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Died.

San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 27th, sudden ly of heart disease, Major Wilbur F. Huestis, 60.
 Springfield, 18th, Mrs, Electa J., 93, ry J. Spaulding, of Monson.
 Westford, 18th, Mrs. Mary J., 72, wid- ow of c. F. Burrill.
 Stafford Springs 10th, Geo. Mussoux, 68; 10th, Benjamin D. Benton, 87.
 Hartford, 18th, Samuel Stanton, 81. South Coventry, 17th, Chas. Richardson. Florida, 14th, Dr. John H. Ripley, 59 of New York, formerly of South Coventry, Stafford Village, 18th, Michael Moore, 30
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It is reported that Dr. Nansen, the artic explorer, has reached the north pole, and is on his way back to civilization. Scientists and explorers cast grave doubts upon the authenticity of the reports.
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Judge of Probate Clark of Willimantic has appointed E. Frank Bugbee trustee of the assigned estate of the Model Print ing Company of Willimantic.
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MUSLIN CURTAINS, made in our own workrooms, dotted and figured mus lins, with inch ruff1e, double fullness. from $2. 50 down to $1.75.
 FISH NET CURTAINS-S splen- did values in these popular draperies.
 $ss0O $ss00OO pair down to ss,OO, REMNANTS and SHORT LENGTHS of muslins, Cretonnes, Fish Nets, Silka- lines, Silks and Furniture Coverings al less than cost.
 SILKALINES at 6, 10, 1213 and 15 cts. yard.
 FIGURED SILKS at 374, 50, 621 and 75 cents yard. No end to the variety, worth third more
 FRINGES-Beautiful silk fringes from 10 cents a yard up. Furniture fringes, all colors, from 9 cents up.
 CHENILLE SQUARE SPREADS-A large assortment of patterns in fringed chenille spreads to be closed out
 A size at 50 cents.
 64 S 8716 $
 Remember this sale on our CARPET FLOOR.
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Liiuokalani, ex-queen of Hawaii, has been granted an almost unconditional par don for her participation in the uprising of January, 1895.
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Born.

Stafford Springs, 10th, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Huett.
 Union, Feb. 11th. daughter to Mr. and Mrs Daniel Gerome.
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DISSOLUTION 0F PARTNERSHIP !.
Mr. Forbes E2etiFeS from the Firm on account of III Health,

half the Goods quick them. That big ordinary markdown big department in the
 Springfield has had sale before anywhere equals this importance
 mmensy the thing be gathered from this a vertenen; of will told
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Resolutions, obituaries or cards or thanks h. serted at one-half advertising rates. Births, marriages and deaths inserted free. Communi- cations received without signature always con- mitted to the waste basket without attention.
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Women's Gloves.


 We have put in for this sale a quantity of
 8-button Suede
 4-buttOn glace
 7-hook lace
 Shook lace gloves in tan, brown, black and gray shades that retail at $1, $1.5O, $175 and $2, at
 79 cents pair! - actually. Not everything in stock at those prices, but enough of an assortment to make trade a cyclone.
 $1.25 lined and fur top kid gloves, S9c. pair.
 $1.5O three-clasp lined glove, $1 a pair.
 Our famous French mousque- taire Suede kid glove for this sale $1.5O a pair-instead of $175;' South store. Linens.
 Think of gold dollars for 50 cents! or fresh new linens like this! Bleached damask =
 at 37hc. usually 45-58 inches
 at SOC. usually 65-64 inches.
 at 75c. ; usually 87N-68 inches.
 at 85c. usually S1-72 lnches
 at $1; usually 1.25-S1 inches. at $1.25; usually $1.5on81 inches.
 at $50; usually $2-72 inches. at $1.75 usually $2-S6 inches.
 at $2; usually S25O-S6 inches. Unbleached at 25, 39, 50, 75 and 874c. a yard, 62 to 72 inches wide. Napkins, 25 inches square, slightly soiled-nOt damaged
 att s2.95; usually $2.75.
 at $3; usually $3.5O. at $50; usually $4 and $4 D. at $4; usually $4.5O and $5, 2O-inch bleached, $1.50; usually S2, Towels
 huck, at 1Oc.; usually 12h. huck, at 121Gc. usually 15 and F. huck, at 19c.; usually 9. Crash, etc. all linen crash, brown, 5 ccnts
 white crash, IS inches, 819.
 Scrub cloths, 5 by 3a inches, 61(c each.
 Fringed table sets, all white cloth and dozen dOilies,
 at $2.5O; usually $3-9-1O size.
 at $3.50; usually 4-S-10 size.
 at $4 usually 4.5O-8-10 size.
 at A.5O; usually 5-S-1O size.
 at $3 usually 3.5O-S-13 size.
 at $4 usually 4.5O-S-12 size.
 at 4.5O; usually 5-S-12 size.
 Can't tell to-day of all that is going on here. Main floor of Vernon-street building.
 But we c1a't lose money indeti- nitely, of course. This sale will last only as long as it suits our
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FORBES e WALLACE
 Main, Vernon and Pynchon Streets, Springfield.
MERGHAND1s1NG!

We Men and Young Clay W Smtsf or because o oignai h a la we are n h ~ o the in
  or the anne thing gey cut in sizes fy form md give cout ous d tedsntqu to GUS t ,f ten cost y nsp pin dn bout obuya yasutii iwothyo to u all
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Married.

Stafford Springs, 15th at Grace church, by Rev. w. H. Morrison, George Ginhold, Jr., and Miss Selma Lemska, both of Stafford.
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upon the authenticity of the reports.
 Ebenezer Porter Dyer, aged 56, man. aging editor of the Springfield Union, died at his home in Springfield, Sun day morning, of pneumonia and other complications. MT. Dyer was born at Stowe, Vt., November 9, 1889. He was graduated from Amherst in 1861
 One of the noted prize Holstein oxen belonging to James D. Avery of Green field, Mass, died Monday morning of in- f1ammation of the stomach. MT. Avery's handsome black and white oxen were ex- hibited at the Stafford fair last fall. The last time they were weighed they tipped the scales at $500. MT. Avery had re- fused large offers for the two animals. He will try to get another OK to complete the pair.
 A cable dispatch received at the~state department Tuesday afternoon from Mir. Terrell, United States minister to Fur key, contained the intelligence that the efforts of Miss Clara Barton, president of the National Red Cross Society, to obtain the permission of the Turkish govern ment to distribute relief to the suffering Armenians had been successful. It ap- pears from MT. Terrell's dispatch that Miss Barton received assurances of full protection and aid for her agents in dis pensing charity Her assistants will go at once to the interior. Miss BaItOn's headquarters will be at Para. The total amount received and forwarded to Turkey for relief work thus far by Frank H. Wig gin of Boston, assistant treasurer of the American board, is $7O,522. The vast territories covered by the massacres and the fact that heads of families and young men have been largely chosen as the vic- tims make the destitutiOn of the surviv- Ors, in the face of cold winter, says MT. Wiggin, more appalling.
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Cottons, Sheets,
 PilloW-cases, etc.
 Things as staple as wheat or Hour-or gold almost, and yet there's a saving to be made on 'em. Five cases of Fruit cotton, 61c. yard.
 One of the best 9-4 unbleached sheetings, 134c.
 A couple of cases of white fan nelette at 4c. 8 yard, and a couple of cases of white wool fannelette at 1Oc.
 Hemmed sheets of New Bedford cotton-best made-going for less than the plain cotton would cost:
 ah by s76 yard size, 72c
 2k by 224 size, 78c.
 9A by 3 yard size, S4c.
 2K by 216 yard size, TIC.
 21G by 2a1 yard size, s4c. 276 by 3 yard size, 9Oc. The above are the best made, of Fcourse. Low-priced ones, too. Here's a few to illustrate :-
 2by 21I yard size, 39c.
 276 by 218 yard size, 4sc.
 Bleached pillow-cases, 45 by 36 inches. g and 124c.
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Suppose man comes to me and says, Fl wish to borrow $10 for two weeks ttme what will you charge me for the accommodation?
 ''Oh! only $1.5O," answer, which is a mere nothing, 15 per cent"
 What" he exclaimed, ''15 per cent. for two weeks. Why, man, it's downright robbery"
 ''Now look here, my friend it's nothing of the kind, say, as it's such great help and accom- mOdation to you when you are in need. Besides, have always let you have all you wanted in the past, and never charged you over 20 per cent. for my trouble and risk. Then q wish to be can- did with yOu) you know that trust large num- Der, and every now and then some of them for get to pay me, so must charge those who do pay enough more to make up for the losses.
 "Yes, I understand, but 15 per cent. for two weeks is 152 per cent. year, and-and-well, 8 man can't hardly be accommodated at that rate."
 The above is the true working of the "credit system" as the one accepting credit must pay well for the losses caused by those who won't or can't pay, besides paying legitimate profit. It is nice thing to be able to borrow money on "ttme," but the paytng-''ah! there's the rub"
 All those who feel that they have no money to throw away will come to the Chicago Grocery and get prices before buying goods elsewhere. My experience Of seventeen years as a com- mercial traveller has put me on to the "tricks of the trade,' and enables me to buy goods as low as the lowest, and freely give the public the benefit Of my experience, asking only a fair return for my labor and capital invested.
 respectfully invite all to come
 tn hn
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Dress Skirts.

Did you ever consider what an advan tage it is TO YOU to deal at d success full store?
 These skirts are an illustration. We are selling NOW more dress skirts than most stores would consider good business in the height of the season. The best makers are eager to combine with such a business as this; and so your custom en- ables us to offer you especially good things which you could not possibly get at less successful stores
 YOull not fail to see these: At $1.50-Figured MOhair Skirt, cut full. lined with cambriG, bound v'ith vrl- veteen. Sold elsewhere as a bargain at $2. 50.
 Figured M0hair Skirts, &2 50 Figured MOhair Skirts, $3.5O Black Serge Skirts, yards wide, lined and finished perfectly. $3.75.
 Black figured Silk and Wool Skirts, ] yards wide, perfect hanging skirt, $7.50.
 Black Brocade Silk Skirts, . wards wide, well made and lined, 411.5O.
 Black BrOcade Silk Skirts, Silk lined throughout, artistically made, $2OOO.
 If you bought the materials and had your dressmaker make it the cost would not be less than $3000
 New Silk Waists. l New Creations, Persian designs, Jac- quard effects Types cannot explain. | See them.
 Second floor. take elevator. New Spring Dress Goods. The counters are now getting very in teresting. Of the new styles, here are some that you MUST see now or later and 'now" always has great advantages SMITH x MURRAY
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THIS Paper and The Connecticut Courant IweekIy) furnished for $2.2O per year.
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Dress Goods.
 These goods are cheap Cheap is a good word, and we don't abuse it.
 All-wool navy diagonal cloth, a yard wide, 19c. yard-but not 8 thousand yards.
 All our all-wool cashmere stuffs, 35 inches wide, that were 29 cents, at 19c. a yard
 A thousand yards of dark fancy stuffs, 19c.
 Twelve colors of 36-inch all wool serge, 21c. yard
 The same, 45 inches wide, 29 cents.
 Fancy mixtures, 25c. d yard until now 374c. Nine mixtures of a 38-inch all wool fancy fabric, 37tc instead of 50.
 soc. henrietta cloth, 39c.-ffteen colors-three thousandyard only
 Nine mixtures of a dollar 5O- -inch golf cloth, 49c.
 All-wool fancy stuff, 38 inches wide, soc. instead of 75-seven mixtures.
 75c. henrietta cloth, 49c yard twelve cOlOrs.
 All short pieces and odd pieces of fancy stutfs in stock that have been 75c.. $1 and S1,25-5Oc, a yard Left aisle.
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MCLAUGHLIN & SON, PUBLISHERS. s1.5O year. If paid strictly in advance, ,S1 .25
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Where our DRAPERY DEPART MENT now holds forth, owing to EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS now being made in the rooms formerly de- voted to this branch of our business.
 This sale means THOUSANDS of DOLLARS WORTH of GOODS to be converted into money in short or der.
 THE PROFITS ARE YOURS,
 As the following will quickly prove.
 Be early in the field. Surprises await you on every hand. Unheard values in all the lines. FURNITURE COVERINGS.
 Let these stand for the many more even greater bargains Fifty inches wide at 374, 50, 624 and 75 cents a yard.
 CORDUROYS-Plain and figured were $1 a yard, down to 75 cents.
 TITAN VELVETS in wonderful colorings. Plain at 624 cents, figured at 75 cents yard.
 FRENCH CRETONNES-a spec ial line reduced to half price. 50 cents now 25 cents yard.
 CHENILLE PORTIERES, never sold for SO little. No regard for QuaI-
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I5 Per Cent. Discount
 ON ALL Heavy Suits, OvercOatS

Or Heavy Weight Clothing, from our regularly marked price. Many of our goods will be found marked at 30 per cent discount.
 This will be found to be quite a run on Clothing, and the run ought to turn to race.
 Prices are as low as they ever were for good, clean, straigh, Clothing,
 Remember, this is for Goods bought this season, and is no uli stock that has been nawked all over the country, but that the quality is good.
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But we cs1a't lose money indef- nitely, of course. This sale will last only as long as it suits our purpose-no longer.
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New Spring Dress Goods.

The counters are now getting very in teresttng. Of the new styles, here are some that you MUST see now or later and "now" always has great advantages
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LACE CURTAINS-T knife has cut deep in this line. Take Nottinghams ten patterns-some of our best, they're
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New Silk Waists.

New Creations, Persian designs, Jac- quard effects. Types cannot explain See them.
 Second floor, take elevator.
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HERE IS WHAT THESE SUITS ARE
T R I M M I N c s

These Suits differ from the or dinary suit inasmuch as they are lined and trimmed in a manner equaled only by the tinest-made goods. Farmers satin Things, piped edge, thoroughly canvased on the inside, and will hold the shape.
The Delta independent., 1896-11-04

Tso weeks ago the Uaited States his
tory classes went on an excursion TO
Windsor to open some Indian graves.
A typical SKULL was secured. together
with some beads etc. Several Of the
teachers accompanied the party. The
daywa beautiful and an enjoyable time
was reported.
A lively interest. is being manifested
in athletics this fall. Tho tennis courts
have been in constant use by students
who were preparing to enter the tonrna-
ment. The tournament began las; Wed
nesday. The singles were played last
week and the doubles will be played this
week. Most OF the members were defeat.
ed in the preliminary games.
The foot ball team he's been getting
ready for some games. A game vas
played with the Manual Ira ming school
of Denver at the Normal grounds Sat
urday. Neither team scored. Next Sat
urday they expect to play the Laramie
team on the normal grounds and the
following Saturday will play the School
Of Mines at Golden.
A large consignment Of books has just
been received Tor the library
The Clionian Literary Society gave ar
open meeting Thursday, Tho program
was well rendered and the house appreci-
ated hard debate.
The Delta independent., 1896-11-04
PROPOSED AMEAndENT
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The Delta independent., 1896-11-04

Whereas. william j. Jackson; f,rmersy os the
county Of Della, C.ipe,d hy his certain deed ol
recorded In the Office II the r,corder OF said
county. on the seventeenth day af May A. u. is9s
un mage nine Of rook thirty Of the recons Of aid
county. did convey to the public trustee Of .aid
county the f,llovi dess'ribed real estate, si'u-
ate. lying and beinx In sait cunty, to-wir The
se,ti.,n fur in township if.~en SOUTH uf rnnrc
ni..ety FIVE ives. of the sixth priuci,ai meridian
g.vernmen survey, tNgct;ier with any and all
bitches and ditch rights and privileges ali water
premises or that rai-ht be aeunir'd thcrra fter
fSr u.e on aid lad: In tru & 10 secure the pay.
mcnt OF one certain proIni ssory note, payabii tn
the ogsser Of DANIEL 4 Bald win And desc fsed in
s.tid deed Of trust together wilI the interest on
said note as provided therein and in said 4. ed ~
trust, and whe cos said note has been assigned
by said Dariei - BALDWIN 10 Isu-a r. Hills.
who i new tie legal ho'der the reo,. and whereas
IL Is al o provided In snid n .,e and in aid decd
Of truss that II default ~ male in tho payment
OF any i.stallu,eut OF Interest on The ssIl note