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RAILROAD WORLD.

New York Commereial A story from Nashville quotes an official, said to bs connected prominently with one of the largest systems in the country. as saying that a merger of the Southern and the Illinois Central is not unlikely owing to the Rock Island- -seaboard deal.
 The industrial department of the St. Louis and San Francisco has published a pamphlet containing a comprehensively arranged list of opportunities on It's own and it's operated and associated lines for the manufacturer, business man and in- vestor There Is a classified index of these with an additional index of cities and towns so that examinations of the offerings the book contains can be made with facility.
 The valuable information afforded as well as the facts concerning localities has been compiled from the latest and most trustworthy data obtainable and Is of a conservative character. The list of oppor tunities is remarkably large and of so great variety that there should be no dif- ficulty in finding something desirable.
 A Pittsburg dispatch to the Globe-Dem- ocrat says: If the indications promising high water holds good, 60,OOO tons of steel rails will start from Bessemer in few days on their way to the Gulf The shipment Is now being loaded on seventy barges. Much of this steel is for relay ing track on the Southern Pacific rail- road. Some is bound for Mexico, and portion Is shipped on European orders for foreign countries. The fleet will go to New Orleans. where the transshipments will be made.
 On the same stage of water another fotilla, carrying 175.0oO tons of iron cot ton ties will go to New Orleans, this ma terial being prepared for the Gulf de- mand for next seasons cotton crop.
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BoARDERs WANTED.

PLEASANT rooms with board and all conveniences. IF s. 20th street
 10-9-3t- fr-sli-wed
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Clinton Franklin, travelling freight agent of the Kansas City Southern, was In town yesterday.
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B. N. Cullom. J. H. Taylor. Smith Cullom. President. Manager. Sec. & TreaR
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MORE NEW BARGAINS FOR SALE. $450-100x144 in East Birmingham less than block from car line; $100 cash. bal ance $50 per quarter.
 $s5o-Will pick up nice piece of property in Jonesville; under lease at S12.50 per month; one block from car line. $10O0-Terms $250 cash. balance easy terms for store and house combined; good lot. well. etc.; in Avondale. $1S00-5-room cottage; bath; city water, etc.; Johnson station. Woo5lawn; s250 cash. balance long time
 s. E. THOMPSON & CO., Phone 24 223 Fist Street.
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M. M. Richey, superintendent of the Birmingham division of the Southern Railway, gave a luncheon yesterday to
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-04-02

Book No. I on Dyspepsia,
Book No. 2 on the Heart.
Book No. 3 ON the Kidneys,
Book No. 4 for Women.
Book No. s for Men, (sealcd),
Book No. 8 ON Rheumatism.
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living in Alabama. When the Union
troops entered that State he with two
brothers and brother-in-law Joined Co b.
18th Ind. One brother was killed at
Chickamauga and his brother-in-law at
Selma. Ala. Comrade Weatherford served
over three years, and was mustered out at
the close of the war.
Miss ID. u. Dunlap. Of Essex Center,
VT. writes that she is the sister of two
soldiers, and that one brother. Robert A.
Dunlap. Co. III, 9th n. Y. Cav, was n
Belle Isle prisoner, and while in that
prison kept diary. which she still has.
w. r. Shaffer Co. ii. 5Sth Pa. Waller.
Pa, would have Washington made per-
manent Encampment city, as he thinks no
other city has the same attractions for the
old soldiers.
William Fl. Clark, Rowan. Iowa. writes
vigorously in opposition to the placing of
the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee in Sta
tuary Hall, Capitol.
Thomas McElwain, Pratt. Kan, asks
for the name of the man who responded
to Gen. Losan's call for volunteers to
throw hand grenades to drive the rebels
from the position they occupied after the
blowing up of Fort Hill, May %, 1863.
Comrade McElwain also wishes to know
the company and regiment to which this
man belonged.
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Eattle of TuOelO.

First Lieut. J. o. Vanarsdal. Co. X,
4th Iowa Cav, Belle View Ranch,
Springfield, Col. writes: "Gen. Raum's ar
ticle in The National Tribune of Jan. 10
was of special interest to me. l was rear
guard from Tupclo to Old Town Creek
some five miles from Tupelo. About one
mile from Old Town Creek the rebels at
tackled Co. X, 4th Iowa Cav. We were
compelled to fall back. We expected sup
port, but judge our surprise when we
came to the creek and found no prepara-
ton TO meet the enemy. who was upon
us with two briGades, Bells and CrOs-
lands. Our whole army was going into
camp on the north side of Old Town Creek
in plain view of the enemy. The situa-
ton was desperate. / heard an orderly
deliver instructions to the Colonel to take
charge of the rear and hold the rebels in
check until reinforcements could come up.
a second orderly delivered like instruc-
tons, and still no preparation was made
to meet the attack. 1t was then that l,
without orders, dismounted my company,
counted off, and prepared to make resist
ance. Gen. Winslow arrived at this mo-
ment Lieut.. Fap,' he said, pointing to
a position, take your company and hold
that point in spite of everything About
this time Gen. Forrest came on the field
with two brigades and Reevess rebel bat
terry. A few volleys from our Spencers
caused the battery to seek shelter For
rest said afterward that he rode out to
his left. across an open field. l have dis
tinct- recollection of ordering a volley fired
by Co. X in that direction, and no doubt
his severe wound was inflicted by a bullet
from one of our Spencers. According to
FORESTS report my company alone
checked for half an hour, until reinforced
by Cos. ID and G., two full brigades of
Confederates. Forests report says we
fought behind breastwOrks. All the pro-
lection we had was few rails piled up
by my company as we advanced to the
position assigned to us. We went into
this fight with from 10 to 100 rounds EACH
and came OUT without single cartridge"
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We remained in the pleasant and beau
tiful city during the holidays, having a rea-
sonably good time.

We remained in the pleasant and beau
tiful city during the holidays, having a rea-
sonably good time.
ON THE OCEAN WAVE.
Jan. 6, 1865, we marched out of Savan-
nah and boarded a vessel bound for Beau
fort, S. C. Not being sailors, it seemed to
us that the steamer was encountering an
awful storm. The winds blew and the
waves rolled high. We became seasiek
and lost our rations. About a. m: the
next morning, we disembarked at Beau
fort, somewhat to the surprise OF the IN
habitants. By this time our stomachs were
demanding to be filed. The hotels and
restaurants were ordered to prepare break
fast for 1000 "bummers." Unhesitatlng-
" the proprietors undertook to cater to our
clamorous appetites. This was not so dit
ficult, as they coulG easily rake from the
bay an unlimited quantity of fresh oysters.
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Jan. I've marched out of Beaufort
and went into camp, where we remained
several days. We then moved seven miles
further west, and, going into camp, made
preparations to stay while. However,
our stay was brief. Again marching west
ward, we crossed the Broad River. There
after n spirited fight, we captured the
rebel Notifications. Capt. Kellogg, of Co.
A, 18th Iowa, and number OF good men,
were killed. We then moved to Pocataligo
and went into camp. The enemy clearly
manifested disposition to oppose our
campaigning in South Carolina. We were
forced to so slow. Adopting Gen. Hal
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GUARDING JEFF DAVIS.
A Contemporaneous Account in Letter Writ
ten by Comrade HealeY. =.

tcu ny Coiuldue ncdIcy.
Comrade Geo. w. Healey. of Dubuque,
| Iowa, has forwarded to The National Trib-
une letter written while guarding JEFF
Davis. The letter is as follows:
| Atlanta, Ca, May IS. 1865.
! "My Dear Mother, Sisters and Brother:
| Your kind letters reached me yesterday,
which brought gladness to my heart.
had not heard from you since left East
| port, Miss.
1T is useless for me to give you full
account of the march. as you will have
heard the particulars ere this reaches you.
''There is no doubt this expedition has
been the greatest of the war, and for
| fighting we have done our share and have
always been victorious.
''We have charged breastworks under
heavy cannonading, like Columbus, Ga.
That was a night assault by our division,
which the following companies We're in
of our regiment: Cos. E, L, and NJ. It
was taken the first assault. When the
rebel cannon opened on US with grape,
canister and shell, You ought to have
seen Us hug mother earth for a few min
utes. However, 1 will drop this, and give
something later. Glorious news. JEFF
Davis, President of the Confederate States
| Tor so called. with family and assistants,
were taken in out Of the wet by the Yam
kee cavaliers. X was about the 9th of
| this month. 10 miles below Macon, by the
4th Mich. Cav.
He and his family were brought here
and sent to Augusta. Ca, escorted by 100
men of Cur regiment. l was on the de-
| tail: every time 1 had the opportunity I
would look at him: he seemed to take it
! perfectly easy, for one who was liable
to suffer death.
His wife is large woman, fair skin,
good features; judging from her personal
appearance one would take her for a very
kind lady; she seemed to be very uneasy.
| when the train arrived at the station
ut Augusta, thousands of people were
there to look at him for the last time.
ITO keep him from making his escape,
the family was put into two carriages,
Jeff Davis, wife and servant in one, and
daughters Winnie and the married one
! AIrs. Patterson, her name was, believed,
: into the other.
THE separation from his children
brought tears to his eyes; l did net think
the hard-heartcd devil could cry.
AT every station on our way down
were large numbers of soldiers and citi-
Zens, to see if it was true that jeff Davis
was our prisoner.
They would ask us what we were
going to do with him. The answer they
would get was Hang him. and hang he
will, no doubt, although he and his fam
lily Were treated with respect by us.
| Your son and brother
Geo. w. HEALEY."
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Muster Rolls and Snan-

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The 9th
Ill. M'td Inf. was one of the 800 fighting
regiments and stands fifth in battle losses.
This famous organization was recruited
in the Counties opposite st. Louis. Mo-, and
had in it nearly GOO Germans; in fact, the
first four companies We're all Germans, and
that ideal company of Alton, Ill. (Alton
yeagers), 100 strong, under Capt. Kuhn,
was already armed and equipped when
the war broke out, and forthwith offered
their services to Governor Yates, were ac-
cepted, and the company assigned to the
9th ILL.,: becoming Co. A. This splendid
body OF patriotic men took part in no
battles and skirmishes. many of which it
fought entirely by itself. The first fight
was at the little town of Saratoga, Ky,
Oct. 10. 1861; three men were wounded
The last fight was at the crossing of Neuse
River. n. c.. April 10. 1865. At the bat
tie of Fort Donelson, Feb. IL. 1862. the regi-
ment lost 30 killed and 166 wounded: at
Shiloh. April 6-7. 1862, it lost JOB killed
and 2S7 wounded: at Corinth. Oct 81,
1862, the loss in killed was 30 and the
wounded numbered 81. After this battle
the 9th Ill. was reduced to mere battal-
ion, and in the Spring of 1868 it was
mounted. 1t was with Sherman through
all his campaigns. first serving in the Six
teenth Corps, then in the Fifteenth Corps,
and on the march to the sea Gen. Frank
T. Blair. of the Seventeenth Corps. made
a requistion for two companies of the 9th
ILL.,, and Co. ID, of which was Captain,
was one of those attached to the Seven
teenth Corps, and we were at the head Of
this famous organization until the great re-
bellion was crushed and we finally turned
our horses over to the Quartcrmaster-
General at Georgetown. d. G.
At the Grand Review, May "a. 1865.
this regiment attracted attention by its
unique appearance; all our baggage was
on pack-mules; no army wagon or ambu-
lance was given us.
This famous body of men through its
entire service of four years and three
months, travelled thousands of miles and
stampeded many rebel camps under the
leadership of that illustrious soldier, Jesse
j. Phillips, of Hillsboro, ILL.,; but in all
the travels and raids in which we took
part, beginning with Paducah, Ky, and
ending with Raleigh, N. c., we never
found a muster roll or bar of soap
L: X. WAGNER, Captain, Co. D, 9th H.,
Warrensburg, Mo.
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Mnh Aaetd wilf C1aG6a15
80 - s'1Yad1
WS< By DAVID M. STRAIN.
By DAVID M. STRAIN.

Nov. 16-Marched at Z a. m. and ell
camped at $50 p. m. near McDonough,
Ga. Rapid marching.
Nov. 17-MOved at 5 a. m. Camped at
p. IN. on Sandy Ridge.
Nov 1S-NIoved at n. M, stacked
arms at 2 p. M, and marched again at
IL 80 p. III. Crossed the Ocmulgee River
and went into camp at 1890 a. m.
Nov. 19-In motion at 8 n. m. Camped
near Monticello, Ga, at p. m.
Nov. 20-Marched at 6 a. m; camped
at s p. m. Passed Hillsboro, Ga. About
$4,000 soldiers are marching through
Georgia, cutting n swath some 80 miles
wide We are devastating the country
and devouring everything that hungry men
can eat. Gen. Sherman's march is SO ar
ranged that his entire army can see him
once or twice week. The army marches
/ by several nearly parallel roads. There
are about four separate bOdies-three of
infantry and one of cavalry. Gen. Kill
patrick's cavalry, divided, scouts in our
front and protects our TANKS and rear.
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.Say=="I'nl Sick
And l Will Supply You With
Cure.

l ask for no money-just postal; just
say that you need help.
l will mail you an Order-gOod at any
drug store-fOr six bottles DR.. Shops
Restorative. You may take it a month
on trial. If it succeeds, the cost is $3.50
If it fails, l will pay the druggist my.
self-and your mere word shall decide
it.
Over half million sick ones have done
what l ask of you; and 80 in each &C
have paid for the treatment gladly, be.
cause they We're cured.
l don't know your condition, nor how
difficult your case. That doesn't matter
If you will make the test, and be fair
with yourself and me, 1 am willing to
take the risk.
My success comes from Strengthening
the inside nerves, which operate the vital
organs. l have spent my life in learn
ing how to do it. A weak organ means
weak nerve power. 1t is like weak
engine that needs more steam. To doctor
the organ is useless; what it needs is
power to act. My Restorative alone
brings back that power, and in most of
these diseases no other way can cure.
My book will tell you why.
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Simply state which
book you want, and
address Or. ShO0p,
Box 5al, Racine, Wis.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON C THURSDAY

My company enlisted In October, 1861;
consequently it had been in the service
three years and 10 months.
years and years the grass has blossomed,
Faded, died their graves upon:
Years and years, yet not forgotten
Mem'ries such as theirs live on"
CThe end.)
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Mild cases, not chronic, often cured by one or
two bottles. At oil druggists.
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OPENING AND CLOSING OF MAILS

Northern mails, week days, close at ~,
90 and 10 20 a. M, and>1 Is, 2 40, 6 40, 25
and 10 45 D. IN. Open at s 90 a. m, 12OO IN.
and 4S0 D. m. On Sundays Northern mails
close ut 8 80 a. m, / 30 p. IN. and ~ p. III.
Southern mails via Charlottesville close at
7 70 and 10 40 a. M, and 2 so and 10 45 p. m.
Omen M 90 a. m. and 230 and 30 p. m.
Southern mails, via Richmond, close at
1886 a. M, and 90, $50 and lO45 p. m.
Open at s a. m. and and 4 p. m.
Manassas Division mails close at Z 20 a. m.
and 3 40 .. m. Open at 1900 m.
Alexandria and Round Hill mails close al
7 80 q. m. and 4 p. m. Open at 9 W a. III. and
800 p. IN.
Chesapeake and Ohio mails close at 2 45 p,
~ and 10 45 p. IN. open at 500 a. m. and
30 p. m.
Washington mails close at 730, $50 and
II 10 a. m, and 1 IS, 40, 40, 8 % and ~ Al
p. m. Open at s 90 a. M, II W m. ana 1oO p
m. and 4 30 p. m.
Office Hours-.Open at 800 a. m. Close 81
600 p. m.
Sunday HOurs-Oren at coca. m. Clos
at 10OOa m.
Carriers Schedule Collection made on in
side routes--6 80 and 10 90 a. ID. and 3 90 enc
| 530p. IN. Full rOute-6 30 a. m. and 80 p
ID. Sunday collection 5 90 p. m. Carriers
window open Sunday 900 a. IN. and clos
1000 a. m.
Deliveries made 8 90 a. m, p. m. and All
p. m.
All mail should be in the Office ten minutes
before our indicated time for closing.
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JUMPED FROM TRAIN.-Wcsley Hed

JUMPED FROM TRAIN. N.-Wesley He'd
ges, travelling on Big -Four train, ac-
companied by his wife and three children,
en- route from jacksonville, Fla, to La
Harpe, ILL.,, suddenly became deranged
while on the train, and after arriving at
Charlottesville, Ind, held the police at
bay for long time. While the train
was running fifty miles an hour, Hedges
suddenly gave a wild scream, and seizing
one of his children plunged through the
car window into the darkness. His
wife grabbed the boy just as the man
disappeared The trainmen stopped the
train, and with the assistance OF the
passengers torchlight search along the
track was made. The Searchers soon
came upon Hedges lying near tele-
graph pole He was picked up for dead
and placed in the baggage car and taken
to Charlottesville. Shortly after arriv-
ing there he began to show signs of life.
Left in the station, unguarded, Hedges
again became violent and sprang out Of
the station and ran down the street, pur'
sued by the entire police force. Will
large stones which he picked up he KEEP
his pursuers at bay. He was 6nall!
overpowered and taken to Jail.
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JUMPED FROM STEAMER. The mys-
terry surrounding tbs disappearance OF
Sampson II. Levy in New York was
cleared up last night, when Detective
Heidelburg received a telegram which
stated that Mr.. Levy had committed SUI
eide by jumping from the Fall River liner
Puritan. Mr.. Levy was an insurance
solicitor for the New York Life lnsur-
ance Company, was prosperous and bore
a striking resemblance 10 Admiral
Dewey. He left home Saturday after
noon and when search was made Tor
him he was traced to the Fall River line
pier. The barkeeper of the Fall River
liner Puritan, which left for Boston last
Saturday, said that Mr.. Levy had been
a passenger on the steamer. "He got a
drink from me,' said the barkeeper.
"Mr Levy, whom knew well, present
ed a check, but l did not have the
change, so he did not pay for the
drink" About 10 o'clock that evening,
while the Puritan was in the neighbor-
hood of New Haven, the cry OF "Mau
overheard p was raised. The deck
hands had seen a passenger rush from
the cabin to the railing and jump into
the sound. For nearly two hours the
steamer circled around the spot where
the passenger had disappeared. Two
powerful searchlights were played about
on the waters, but no trace could be
found Of the passenger. The two deck
hands recognized the picture OF Mr.
Levy as that of the man they had seen
commit suicide.
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AIFXANDRIA Va FRIDAY EVENING OCTOBER 8, 1908
AIexan0ria Gazette.
Entered at the Postofice Of Alexandria, Vir-
ginia, as second-class matter.
TREATY CONCLUDED.

1t was learned in authoritative quar-
ters in Paris yesterday evening that the
terms Of the general treaty Of arbitration
between France and Great Britain have
been concluded between Foreign Minis
ter Delcasse and the authorities in Lon
don. All the substantial features of the
treaty have now been settled. The for
malities are so far advanced that the
treaty is considered to be an accomplish
ed fact. The treaty follows the general
lines of the Hay-Pauncefote arbitration
treaty, which to considerable extent
served as a model. 1t is pointed ont
that the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. although
rejected by the United States, now serves
the useful purpose of giving basis for
this important Anglo French treaty.
The officials also view the negotiations
as evidence of the sympathetic attitude
of the United States, France and Great
Britain OH the practical adoption OF the
theory of arbitration. The treaty IS
mainly significant in being the culmina-
ton Of the rapproachement between
France and Great Britain after centuries
of warfare, the maintenance of defensive
armaments and the recent animositles
growing out of the Fashoda incident and
She South African war. Itisalso signii-
icant of the tendency toward a rear
rangement of the European political
alliances. The treaty is mainly the out
come of the exchange of visits between
King Edward and President Loubet and
the visit of Baron d'Estournelles de
Constant and the French parliamenta-
rians to London. French feelings, here
tofore, has been rather sceptical over the
practical realization Of the treaty, and
when its advanced stage is known it will
occasion widespread attention and dis
cussion in France and throughout the
rest of Europe.
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DRY GOODS.
Inaugural Sale
AT-
BENDHEIM' S.

Monday the great fall campaign officially
commences at this store.
Powerfully, speedily, irresistably we are
driving our ship through the sea Of mercan-
tile competition and cleaying its waves with
the prov of Interchangeable values. We today
thunder our prices TO the public OF our city
and, confident Of the sOundness OF their Judg-
ment, await their appreciatiye verdict.
36-inch New Fall Wool Suitings, S9c values
at 25c yard.
All-wOol Zibelines, in all the new shades,
at soc yard.
ss-inch Cclored Suitings 35c values at i5c
yard.
All-wool Cheviot, navy and black, SOC value
at 39c.
Navy, black and garnet MOhair, SOC value
Fancy Mohairs for shirt waist suits at SOC
yard.
All.wool GRANTEES, colors and black, at 49c
Black Popelins and Black Melrose, 75c and
81 per yard.
50-inch Black Mistral at zoe per yard.
Black Voiles, 50c 75c, 81 and sl.25 yard.
Black Mohairs, SOC, 75c, 81 and $i.25 yard.
52-inch Black Sicilian at SOC yard.
Big Lille Cloth Skirting SOC yard.
All the new 54-inch Novelty Suitings $l.25
yard.
wide, 81 yard
New White silk Mercerised Waistings at
49c, soc and 75c.
Fleeceback Piques at l9c and 25c.
Ladies Flannelette Shirt Waists 49c.
All-wOol Flannel Tucked Shirt Waists,
black and colors, at Csc.
New line Ladies' Neckwear at Csc.
Ladies' Lace Collars SOC to So.
New line Lace Curtains, Zoe, gSc, Sl.S9 TO
$40 pair.
Big line Carpet Rugs from 59c TO $5SS.
200 Sample Mating Rugs at l5e.
These items probably the best Offer
ing for this season:
Large Single Gray Blankets 29c.
Good size Bed Comforts 59c.
Large double White Blankets soc, CSC, S1.25.
Special values in White Bed Spreads at 5Sc,
zoe, 9Sc, sl.25
Ladies' Flannelette Wrappers, CSC value at
zoe each.
One entire counter of Wool Dress Goods
Remnants at big sacrifice.
Light Outing for gowns special, at DC yard.
Daik Outing Flannels at 35c yard.
Flannelettes, Ice value at 75c yard.
Yard wide Heavy Brown Cotton, &c value
at 79e yard
Heavy Brown Cotton SC yard.
English Long Cloths, 12ic value at SIC yard.
Yard wide Bleached Cotton, sc value at 7Sc
yard.
Heavy fo-4 Bleaehed Sheetlne' 's' Value AZ
23c yard.
Once case Indigo Blue Prints, sc yard.
One case Fancy Dark Dress Prints, Ssc
yard
One case Redand Black Figured Prints, &c
yard.
White Shaker Flannel Ssc yard.
White Wool FLANNEL l2zc yRrJ.
All-wool Red Flannel l6c yard.
Canton Flannels, extra good values, 4ic and
73c.
Ladies' 25c Vests for this sale 2lc.