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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-09-22
SPECIAL PRE- MIUMS
Awarded by the Lake County Fair at tt
Recent Exhibition.

Mrs. Thos. Cary, layer cake, one years
subscription to Daily Sentinel, F. L.
Mease.
Mrs. P. Marquart, handmade quilt,
dress pattern, McGillivray Bros.
Mrs. F. j. Mitchell, pair bronze tur-
keys, -four bin, value "a, Kundert &
Fitzgerald.
w. A. Logan, best display hogs, plush
couch, value 90, F. d. Fits.
Geo. B. Wall, peck yellow dent corn,
bushel basket, Mcdonald Bros.
John Foley, pair pigs, clothes wringer,
Mcdonald Bros.
Geo. B. Wall, exhibit corn, 50, DAILY s.
Mackay.
Geo. B. Wall, largest ear corn, raised
in Lake county, pair pants, Chas. Kauf-
man & Bros.
Mrs. j. B. Johnson, LIST best display
fruits raised in Lake county, clock, val.
ue SO, Geo. Cook.
A. Norby, I'd best display fruits raised
in Lake county, 4 cord pine slabs, F. j.
Fox.
w. A. Logan, 8 year old cow, suit
wooden underwear, j. A. johnson.
Mrs. w. A. Msckay, loaf bread from
Madison -four, 100 pounds paten: -four,
Coffey & Larkin.
G. F. Tuttle, best COW for Lake county,
100 pounds patent -four, Coffey & Lar
kin.
Adolph Steele, two field pumpkins,
pair shoes, d. McKinnon.
Mrs. NJ. Doolittle, two winter squash,
one shaving ticket, Doughty & Elwell.
Noble Rounds, peck early potatoes,
one years subscription Madison Out
look. The Outlook.
E. r. G. Gross, tub creamery .butter,
100 cigars, F. Kurth.
G. Courser, home made butter, $1,000
life insurance for elk months, +. G. Ball.
Chas. Bive, 5 pounds home made but
ter. one years subscription Independent,
The Independent.
Mrs. John Smith, I'd best loaf bread,
bread plate, G. A. Kelly.
w. A. Logan, dairy COW, 80. G. B.
Kennedy.
Thos. Burns, best breed beet cattle,
one ham, Stark 4 Abraham.
j. NJ. Duff, 2 year old colt, driver, one
horse blanket, Nick Bjornstad.
James Hepburn, 2 year old colt, draft,
one horse blanket, Nick Bjornstad.
Mrs. Frank Palmer, display fancy
work, one stand lamp, value "a, Frank
| Smith.
W. r. Reynolds, yearling bull, pair 5A
horse blankets, P. Nj. Lame.
W. r. Reynolds, 2 year old heifer, 81
E. w. Ketcham.
W. r. Reynolds dairy butter set
knives and forks, value 90. Christ
Rensch.
Mrs. w. X. Reynolds, 5 pounds home
made butter, l pair shoes, value $3.50,
The Fair.
w. r. Reynolds, 5 pounds home made
butter, so cents, NJ. Willard.
W. r. Reynolds, jar preserves, one
years subscription to Weekly Sentinel
and Chicago Inter Ocean, F. L. Mease.
Mrs. w. r. Reynolds, mother OF most
children living under 4 years OF age,
baby set, value $3.50, G. Fl. Wood.
w. r. Reynolds, jar butter, water set,
Morse 4 Munro.
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THE CITY.
G BREVIrIEa."

LOCAL BREvITIEa.
Found, crochet hook and ball yarn.
This office.
Geo. r. Farmer returned on the train
from the north.
Father Stetcher OF Howard visited
with Father Flynn toby.
Weather report: Fair tonight and
Wednesday with rising temperature.
Gilbert Langland and Geo. Van Lam
ningham Of Howard were passengers for
the Sioux Falls fair.
Hon. Melvin Grigsby who holds forth
ct the opera house tonight arrived on
the evening train.
Willis jerks has returned from the
Black Hills on his wheel and will spend
a few days in the city.
Arrivals on the evening train were
Mesdames F. N. Palmer, 1hoe. Rae, D.
M. jerks and X. B. McClenon.
j. g. Sommers brother-in.la law OF Thos.
Tierney who has been visiting the latter
for three weeks returned to day to Madi-
son, Wis.
The Lakeview republican caucus last
night chose as delegates to the county
convention, J. w. Thompson, VIM.
Kumpf, Hans. johnson.
Henry BOIL, who moved from his
farm, four miles northwest OF town, to
Milwaukee, four years ago, is moving
back to-day, bag and baggage.
Hon. H. T. Saberson Of Alta, Iowa, is
the guest Of DR.. j. S. Johns IN, while he
looks over our new state. He will go
northward to Bristol to- morrow.
Last evenings caucu in Herman Sc.
lected the following delegates to the
county convention to morrow: H. c.
Cole, w. R. Reynolds, c. T. Westaby and
Duncan McGillivray.
John Larkin,> Chas. jerks, Jerry Gran.
ey and mother, were morning passengers
for Sioux Falls to witness the fair.
Chas. jerks will enter the bicycle races
and Jerry will be his pusher and hacker.
The family OF the deceased Mrs.
Mathles Of Miner county send express
ions Of gratitude to the people of this
city who lent kindly assistance to the
sick lady while here and especially to
Mrs. Caldwell who cared for her 60
a~ssiduously.
The. city gold republican caucuses last
evening were very tame affairs and Slim
ly attended, resulting in the First ward
in the choice OF D. D. Holdridge. A. E.
Fuller, J. w. Golf and j. H. Williamson
for delegates to the county convention.
The new ward committee is A. E. Fuller,
G.. Z. McCallister, A. H. Marstand.
Delegates from the Second ward are D.
McKinnor, Geo. r. Farmer, CD Porter,
j. M. Duff, Elmer sheridan. Commit.
tee, @. ]. Porter, j. NJ. Preston, w. z.
Daniels. From the Third ward, VIM.
Whitmore, r. G. Jones, Chas. Bingham,
Sid Lee and W.. McLain were chosen
delegates and the committee is VIM.
Rae, VIM. Whitmore, O. r. Fuller.
Fourth ward delegates, Frank Fintzel,
Fred Kurth, s. Colgrove.
The final hearing of E. C. Meisse,
held here for abandonment Of bis wife
snd children, came up for hearing be.
fore Justice Murray last evening and No
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Mrs. W. R. Reynolds, hand sewing, a
dozen cabinet photographs, John Nun
son.
Mrs. w. r. Reynolds, best button
holes, p dozen cabinet photographs,
John Munson.
Louis Zimmerman, sucking colt with
general purpose mare.
H. G. MURRAY, Secretary.
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Local Time ahle.
Chicago, Milwaukee q 81. Paul Railway, which
;ook effect, sunday, Sep: 6, 1856:
TRAINS coke EAST.
Passenger, TO. 4, departs II 100 q. m.
Freight, No. %. departs 6:45 q. m.
Freight, No. "a, departs 1880 p. m.
TRAINS come WEST,
Way freight, No. 81, departs 4:ls p m.
TRAINS FRom THE EAST.
Passenger, No. 4, arrives 4 100 p. m.
Freight, No. VI, arrives ? 90 p. m.
Freight No. IS, arrives AIS q. m.
y TRAINS PROM THE WEST.
Freight, No. gs, arrives 10 40 o. m.
ALI the above trains carry passenv.rs; bnt
.reights only when passen gers are provi led with
tickets.
Passenger trains going east make connection
1t Egan for all points south.
MADISON d RRIeroL LINE.
ger gel NJ north. departs 1i:3) q. m.
Passenger from north arrives, 2:45 p. m.
H.. X. Wool. Local gent.
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Nubar i'asha Donates.

LONDON, Sept. 22-The Daily News
announces that Nubar Pasha, the we'll
known Egyptian statesman and for.
merly president of the Egyptian coun.
Gil Of Armenians, has donated e46 to
the Armenian relief fund.
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The Discovery saved His Life,

The Discovery Saved His Life.
MIR. G. Caillouette, druggist, Beavers.
vile, ILL.,, says: $40 DR.. Kings New
Discovery l owe my life. Was taken
with La Grippe and tried all the physi.
cians for miles about, but OF no avail and
was given up and told that I could not
live. Having DR.. Kings New Discovery
in my store, / sent for q bottle and began
it's use and from the first dose began to
get better, and after using three bottles
was up and about again. 1t is worth it's
| weight in gold. We won't keep store or
house without It," Get a free trial bot
tie at G. Fl. Woods drug store.
! Lost-A crochet sack and other art.
cles pinned in a napkin-Leave at this
office.
Choice groceries, delivered to any part
OF town. M. WILLARD.
Miss Lizzie Grinager will give an
Opening display of her fine new stock
Friday and Saturday of this week. The
ladies are especially invited to come in
and inspect the latest goods and styles.
Buchlin . Arnica salve.
The Best Salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe,
YER Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill,
blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
| and positively cures Piles, or no pay re-.
CURED. 1t is guaranteed te give perfect
satisfaction or money refunded. Price
ten cents per box. For sale by c. H.
Wood.
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one appearing against him and no evi.
dence being produced on which to hold
him, he was dismissed. The grievous
charges alleged against Meisse for crook
ed financial operations back east appear
to be not we'll founded and the whole
difficulty out here appears to have arisen
from a family quarrel in which Meisse is
attempting to get away from az uncon-
genial life partner and keep possession
OF his children. Otherwise, he is said by
those who claim to know him we'll to be
a man in goad standing though no great
means which he is trying to preserve
from an avenging Nemesis of a wife.
Col. Balm was greeted by a magnificent
audience last evening and he entertain.
ed it right royalty. The Graces sang a
few temperance selections. Rev. DR..
Wolff offered prayer and President
Beadle introduced the speaker in a ring
ing speech for prohibition in South d.
kota and especially in Madison. Col.
Bain's lecture is hard to describe unless
you give it entire which We can not do,
and then it would still lack that persuas-
~iveness, pathos and enthusiasm which
only a Balm can put into it. It was pack.
ed full Of fact, figure, illustration and
metaphor at every turn. His argument
in favor OF prohibition is simply In
| answerable and carries the hearer ire
sistably with him. There seems to be
no argument under the sun hat he over
looks, and how anybody after hearing
him a be anything else than a prohi-
bitionist is one of the m, stories OF the
human mind. He is just as great a host
in raising funds. The subscriptions for
the AUS at the close of his lecture was
S12S, OF which Se8 was in cash.
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on easy terms, the residence property of
DIR. E. L. Clark, on west Center street,
Inquire of F. R. VanSlyke or A. II.
Marsland.
For rent, half section far m, about
200 acres under pillow. Good
buildings. CHAs. B. KENNEDY.
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No. S11 Il street southwest. On Thursday,
June 25, he did not return home in the
evening" and through other boys il got
runOred around that Willie was drowned.
One boy named Sorrell said that he had
seen Willie fall into the ba sin where Officer
Breen was drowned, near the bathing beach
Upon the strength of this Information the
officers from the harbormaster' office
dragged the basin unsuccessfully for hours
The following morning n boy was prowl-
ing about in the mud ut low tide at the
dock, foot OF Eleventh street. He was
almost frightened out of his wits when
he suddenly came upon tody, standing
perfectly upright in the water, ard ap-
parently gazing at him with CLASSY, staring
eyes. 1t proved to be the body OF the un-
fortunate little fellow for whom search
had been SO diligently instituted.
THIS WAS A BAD DAY
The same day that Willie Newton's
body was found, Friday, June 26, a col
Ored boy, nineteen years old, named
Harry Richardson, Went fishing off Zen
ming bridge.
larry was an epileptic subject. Shortly
after he began fishing, while sitting on
one of the stone piers OF the bridge he
was seized with a fit, fell overheard and
was drow ned.
Word OF the accident was sent to the
harbor masters office, and a row boat,
manned by Officers Lewis, Perry, Fergu-
son ard Howard, was soon on the scene.
They had been dragging but a few mo-
ments when a hat bobbed to the surface
This Indicated the spot where the body
lay, and 1t was soon recovered, tangled in
lot OF old wire and pieces of rope and
other rubbish.
Another Sunday drowning was that Of
Joseph Tolls. n. colored boy, who was
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Ray, was discovered snoring off the
effects of frolic on an iron bench in the
Third precinct station-houSe. Judge kim
ball sent Ray to the workhouse on the fol-
lowing morning, as an habitual drunkard.
A SAD INSTANCE.
On bright Saturday afternoon, June 20,
little Eddie Hilton, seven years old, his
brother, few years older. and another
small @boy, left the Hilton home. at 1852
Second street southeast, and Went down
10 the wharf at the foot OF Third street,
where the big schooner Daylight was dis
charging her cargo.
The youngsters We're soon engaged in a
lively game OF play about the decks and
rigging of the schooner As it began to
grow late, the elder Hilton boy told Eddie
II was time to go home, but this the lad re-
fused 10 do, until the mate of the Daylight
told him to go with his brother.
The mate watched tn EN- until they
reached the gang plank, when he returned
TO his duties about the deck Soon he
heard u splash and the boys cries. Eddie
had fallen from the gang plank between
the schooner and the wharf, and sunk.
If he arose again he must have come up
under the vessels bottom.
The Blackburn went around to the East
ern Branch and dra gged over the spot until
dark. on the following day, Sunday, the
Tie Ine
wharf by a tow line, and search was re-
sumel until evening, when the body Of the
little fellow was found at spot beneath
where the schooner had heen lying.
on Wednesday, June "a, some culored
boys got boat and went fishing in the
Eastern Branch alongside Of an old dredge,
and in quite shallow water.
One of the number was Malachi Williams.
Malachi accidentally dropped his knife
overheard, and got out OF the boat to
search for it, by feeling the soft mud
at the bottom with his toes.
He waddcd around for a while, until he
walked off the edge of the shoal into the
deep water of the channel. His companions
saw him suddenly disappear, and as he did
not rise again, they at once sounded an
alarm.
When the Blackburn came upon the scene
the boys showed the officers where Will
Jams had disappeared. After dragging for
a few minutes only the body was recovered.
Willie New ton, ten years old, lived at
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years old. He was not an ordinary boy,
but possessed some peculiar accomplish
ments. lie could chew glass. For this
reason he was known among his acquaint-
ances as the glass eater" 1t was
source Of amusement for him to take
broker lamp chimneys and tumhers and
eat them before the other boys.
He was also an expert swimmer, and
prided himself upon his staying qualities
in long distance swimming. II was this
latter accomplishment that was the cause
of Elias death.
HE WAS 4 SWIMMER.
On fo, Sunday. A ugust 8. Horsey and
some ether boys went swimming at place
called the Devils Elbow" in the Eastern
Branch They soon started in to see who
could swim across the branch the greatest
number of times.
Soon the other boys became tired, and
dropped out of the contest, but Elias kept
on When on his nth trip across he was
seized with cramps and sank before aid
could reach him. The officers OF the
Blackburn dragged in the boiling hot
weather for two days for the body, but N
vain. At the end OF the second day the
body of Horsay was found floating near
Lickun Banks. nearly a nile away from
the spot where he was drowned The body
of dorsey was in the worst condition of
any found during the year
James Freeman was a cuiored driver
who lived ut No. 1927 Cedar avenue
northwest on Saturday, August 90,
Freeman drove down to Stephenson's
wharf, foot OF L street, TO meet some
passengers ON the steamer Potomac. due
that night. Being unfamiliar with the
wharf he walked off the end of the pier
and was drowned
His horses and carria ge were found on
the dock where he had left them. After
dragging for fifteen hours his body was
found on the outside OF the steamer, hav-
ing floated along the bottom of the river,
clear under her keel.
on Friday, November %, the harbor-
master received word that the body of a
man had been found near the south end of
Long Bridge. When the Blackburn went
to the bridge it was found that the body
was at Little River, quite distance above
the bridge. The body was that of an un-
known white man, probably thirty-five
years old, and rather neatly dressed.
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the basin for a short time Breens body
was recovered at 3 O'Clock the same
afternoon.
Sometimes the humorous element crops
out even in this gruesome work.
On June Is hat and coat were found
on the bank of the river near Georgetown.
In the pocket of the coat was a card to
John II. Ray, a resident of Foggy Bottom,
from q lady requesting him to call and
do a certain piece Of work 1t was at
once surmised that Ray had committed
suicide, and word to that effect was
quickly transmitted to his mother, who in
turn notified the harbormaster's office.
The Blackburn went up the river off
Foggy Bottom, and found Mrs. Ray. A
steady rain came pouring down upon the
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LIVES LOST IN THE RIVER
Eleven Bodies Recovered by the
Police in the Past Year.
APPARATUS FOR THE WORK
1t Is an Unpleasant Occupation for
AnybOdy-SOme of the Cases
Recalled.

one of the most disagreeab ble duties of
the harbor police, and at the same time
one of the most imperative, is the re-
covery and handling of the bodies of per-
sons drowned in the river or its tribu-
taries.
Besides the hard labor necessarily er-
tailed in the effort, the recovery of the
body of drowned person is always at
tended by unpleasant sensations, no mat
ter how accustomed one may be to the
experience. The officers of the little police
boat Joe Blackburn are no exception to this
rule. Rain or shine, hot or cold, a summons
to attend to this distasteful duty must be
obeycd.
blackburn is provided with all of the
necessary apparatus for searching the river
bed for bodies, and rubber gloves are worn
by the officers in handling them.
the summer time is the busiest season
in this direction for the river police, and
Sunday seems to be the ill-starred day of
the Week.
Sometimes these officers receive two or
three telephone MESA ses to search for as
many different people, all in opposite di-
rections. Accustomed as they are to this,
kind of work the men are often keenly af-
fetted by the terrible death scenes they
at times encounter.
There have been eleven bodies of drowned
people recovered by the harbor police
this year, brought to the harbor masters
office, and from there sent TO the morgue.
All of these bodies have been fully
Identified, except the last one recovered
The first drowning this year occurred
on Sunday, February 8. on that date
William Littlehalcs, a lawyer, about
thirty six years old. left his mothers house,
No. 92S Twenty-third street, to take "A
customary afternoon stroll. The same
evening, as John Kilene was driving over
the Aqueduct Bridge, colored man called
to him that n man had just fallen from the
bridge into the water. Jumping from
his wagon, Killenc could just distinguish
dark form struggling in the water
below.
Can you SWIM" shouted Killene.
Mo- replied the drowning man.
DO you want help?" again cried Kill
lene.
''No.' came back the answer.
When Killene had got boat and rowed
to the spot where the man was last seen
he had disappeared.
Word was sent to the harbormaster's
office, and while search was being insti-
tuted for the body at the Aqueduct Bridge,
the officers received a message that O
body had been found floating at the south
end OF Long Bridge by man named
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drowned in the Potomac, near Alexander
Island, on July 12.
Tolls, it is supposed, went in TO bathe
and wadeG Off the shoal bank into the deep
current of the channel His clothes wer.
found upon the bank, and led to a search
being made for his body. but it was not
recovered until the following day, and
after long and fatiguing labor in drag
ging.
on Saturday, August 1, Mr.. John Lcrd
found body floating in the Georgetown
channel, near the end of the Long Bridge
The Blackburn was notified and came
around TO get it. While they Were getting
the body in the boat, one of a group of
colored boys upon stone wall cried: "Oh,
there's his clothes, now" and pointed to
a pile of clothing upon some rocks on the
shore.
1t was Il lot of boys searching for Charlie
Harris, fourteen-ycar-old colored boy,
living at 113 K street southwest, and who
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The Texas,

The remarkable tendency of the Texas
for the land suggests that she be turned
over To the War department to lie used a IS
fort. II Is apparent to all that She III ust
lie placed where she cannot sink. She is
hoodc oed. The only way 10 drive supcrsti.
lion cut Of sailor is to kill him. If the
Texas goes to sea again | should ot lie
surprised to hear that she has hecn scut-
tied 10y spirit. The battleship is named
for fifty-cent dollar State, anyway; so
what are we to expect from her, miracles?
Run her ashore, Bunce, and give her to
Miles. ltwun'tcost more than 81, 600 600
10 convert her into fortification New
York Press
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1t was very much decomposed and identi-
hcatiun was almost impossible.
This completes the list of persons who
have met death by drowning during the
present year, all or the cases being more
or less pathetic because of their surround
ings and extreme suddenness, and the youth
of some of the unfortunate victims.
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officers as they toiIca at the oars for long,
weary hours, near the spot where the
body was likeiy To be-
They worked hard until dark. when they
gave up the search intending to resume it
again in the morning.
Refore morning dawned, however, the
object of all these anxious efforts, Mr..
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Cleveland. 1t proved to be the same man
for whom they had been dragging at
Aqueduct Bridge.
Tie Officers OF the Blackburn were mys-
titled as to how the body got away down
TO Long Bridge from the Aqucduct, until
examination revealed the fact that Lit
tlehales had a cork leg, which prevented
him from sinking. and floated him down
stream with the ebbing tide.
MICHAEL BREEN'S DEATH
Nearly everyone in Warrington knew
Mounted Policeman Michael Breen. Yet
on Sunday morning, May "a. lie embraced
his wife and left his home, No. 1857 U
street, secretly kno owing n his own heart
that lie would never see either wife or
home again. He rode around the city,
and OF his way up Seventh street spoke
TO Mr.. Lewis Of the harbrmasters office,
who was standing in the doorway.
1t was only few hours afterward that
Mr.. Lewis formed one OF Il party drag
gng for Breen's body. Someone told Po-
liceman Brown at the bathing beach that
a mans hat and coat We're hanging on
the bushes near the basin, short dis
tance from the beach. Officer Brown went
TO the place and in tha pockets of the
coat found a postal card addressed to
Police Surgeon j. Ramsey hewitt
In this note the writer thanked the
doctor for his efforts to alleviate his suf.
ferings, but stated that they had become
more than he could bear. and as he coulJ
not sleep he had resolved to end them
This note was signed by the initials NJ. b.
When shown to DR.. hewitt lie identified
the writer rs Policeman Breen, after
consulting his books. The harhormastcr
was at once notified, and after dragging
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Poor Old uumhups.

''What churnps these old-time fellows must
have been They used To write and talk by
the hour about the value of collegiate
education
..Weu?"
And they never heard OF footban"-
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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You know what an immense building ours
is-one of the great floors is given up entirely
10 the display nf Floor Covert igs Every
pattern Is new one-iuost of them exclusive
-and best qualities. There are Wiltous,
AKIN nsters. Velvets. Tapestry and Body
Brussels. Ingrains, Art Squares, Japanese
Rugs, etc.-all the most fashionable aid SER
viceable Sorts We guarantee that our prices
are lowest-yery much the lowest-and in AL
tion TO that We will MAKE, LAY and LINE
FREE.
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Reception Chairs.


h u sefurnishers
We must have a
complete line of
every d description
in all sizes from
the lit lie chamber
stoves to the
great, big fancy
Il a W in groom
heater. The range
of prices is a.
long as the va
riety- The cheap
est that will do
the work. and
give You satisfsc-
tion. to the cost
liest that there's
i values TO warrant
you in paying for.
In this sale regu-
lar price, are lost
sight of.