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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-20
H,o,,n,eward Bound.

B Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Smith are eli
route nome from their honeymoon OF
two months spent In touring the oil
country. Mr.. and Mrs. smith sailed
from Amsterdam. Holland. on satur-
day, July the 18th. on the steamer
"Nordland.". and are due to reach New
York on the twenty-sixth. Tney will
come directly from New York to this
city and will take up their residence
on Quincy street.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-20
Going to Ohio and Michigan.

Mrs Lucy Lee Watson and tlauEh
ter. Miss Dora. left this morning for
n trip through Ohio and Michigan.
They Will visit friends ut Astnbula and
Cleveland. Ohio. and Detroit. Michigan,
for several weeks. after which Mrs.
Watson will 20 to MhckInaw Island.
where she will stay until early fall.
Miss Dora will spend several weeks in
Ohio and Michigan.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-20
Returned Hcmr.

Mr.. and Mrs. Houston Con- Young
and little son. Houston Chesney. left
this morning for their home at
Charleston. They were accomuanied
home by Mrs. ]. w. Chesney. Mrs.
Young and sor have been here for sew
eral weeks. guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Tuscn Morris and Mr.. Young came
here Saturday night and accompanied
them home this morning
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-20
HORSE SHOW RACES

WILMINGTON. Del. July 2o.--
Three races daily wlll.lbe held during
the first exhibition of the Delaware
Horse Show Association. which open
ed to-day and will continue through
tomorrow and Tlursluy. :5s1Tt
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-20
The "Y,sn to Have picnic.

The "Y's'' will hold picnic at
Eureka Park. Mt Downs, on the Man.
nington Street Railway ON Thursday
of this week. The crowd will go to
the park on the three O'Clock car and
will return later In the evening. All
the members nre urged to attend, this
picnic and to take some friends along.
Arrangements nave been made to
make this most enjoyable affair.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-20

In compliance with Chapter "a of
the Municipal Code OF the City or Fair
you arc hereby notified to present
yourself ut the Office OF the City Clerk
OF tho said City of Fnlrmont, Mt 2O3
jacobs Building. on or before the 18th
dry OF July. 1909. register your dos
and procure tag from the said clerk
for the same.
Respectfully.
L. d. ,CATSKADON.
City Clerk.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-20
An outing Planned.

AL the regular meeting OF Fairmont
Lodge "A. F. and A. NJ. held last even.
Ing. plans were discussed for the ont
Ing to be held by the lodge and Its
friends In the near future. The affair
will probably be held ut Traction
Park. the. date yet to be decided
upon. A committee was appointed
with G. l.. Musgrave us chairman.
to make arrangements.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-20
. Picnic al fRosstp~,n,l..3

IS The Reed family OF this city Will
nave o family picnic tomorrow at
Rosstown. About sixty members OF the
family will go5to the grove near the
country home Of Mrs. Frank Reed and
will spend the day there. returning
here late In the evening. "A most en-.
JOY 1ble time Is anticipated. e. i-,5;s3i -
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-20
NOTICED

Owing to the annual inspection o.
the steamer |. C. Woodward at Pitts
burg on Friday. July 90. the Wond-
ward will leave the local wharf nj
6:30 n. III. OH July 10 instead OF $3.50:
n. m. hcr regular schedule time OF
& FAIRMONT PACKET
COMPANY. ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-20
. a
sGuGGENHElMER FUND.

Union Associated IPrcss.l
NEW YORK. July 20.-In memory
OF the birthday anniversary OF her late
husband, Mrs. Randolph Guggenheim.
er today established scholarship In
the Washington Irving school. ~ The
fund will be used to assist worthy stu
dents. .t5I { i;, N. III (, L 81 a.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-20
l52l S,:0llc'IEle:E.y


Mr.. and Mrs. clarence watson leave
tonight for lakewood Park. i, L. where
they will attend the Bay Shore horse
show several OF their famous horses
having been entered for this event
Mr.. and Mrs. Watson will return here
In about week. XII
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-20
! Porch party.

Miss Generleye Race. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. l. g: Race. is entertain
Ing number OF her young friends
this afternoon from three TO Ave
o'clock ut ner home on CASTOR ave
nue. vita a porch party, complimentary
To her guests. Misses louise and. Vir-
GINA Davis and Virginia Thompson,
all OF Clarksburg. ,i
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-20
..wHEn.i MAKING PLANS

for a house. pass the specIf ications to
us for our estimate. You might as
well get the best prices. quality con-
sIdered. The building season is here.
and We are prepare 81 To- max esti-
mates with contractors and shutldera at
prices not to DO competed with.
Ruberoid continues to be The favor
lite roofing for all kinds or building
kELLEY.FlNLEY2Lu CO.
y KELLEY.EiNLEY 4 ula1ER co.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-20
The Seasons Best
Waist Values


Onoiof the sensations of this sale is
the remarkable value in Waists-in
Lingerie. Lace and Silk. Sizes may
be broken the first day so 1t bchuoves
you to be here early.
q 5ec for 75c and CSC Lingerie Waists.
esc for 81 and $1.25 Lingerie Waists.
VI s1.1s for SLAB and $1.75 Lingerie
Waists.
st.54 for Sc and s2.2s Lingerie
Waists.
sl.7s for s2.4s and 50 Lingerie
!Waist1.
1924 for $3.4s Lingerie Waists.
1925 for SAB Lingerie Waists.
Z. $5-44 for $3.50 Lingerie Waists.
$3.50 for ss3.9S to SIS Lace Waists.
= $500 for. 81 Lace Waists.
g $3.50 for SIS Colored SILK Waists.
Il $500 for 5000 Coloreh Silk Waists.
2.45 for $3.9S Black Jap Silk Waists.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18

tthe Civil War.
1t was then that patriotic MeXicans
were able to carry on the rebellion
against Macmillan, beat him, court
martial him and shoot him for in
sading their territory.
President Diaz is n strong man
part Indian and part Spaniard. He
| is patient. conservative and taciturn
| He has welcomed American capital
| into Mexico, done all he could to en-
courage Americans. He has tried to
!promote good feeling between the
Mexicans and Americans, and
sometimes he has done this at great
cost, because some of the Americans
in Mexico are no credit to the United
States. nor to humanity itself, for that
matter
Before DiaZ came, there was "A rev
lolution i'll Mexico at every change of
tho moon.
The republic has been girded with
railways. and the law is better en-
forced there than here. Murder is pun
ished, and the man who robs a bank
certainly goes to the penitentiary, and,
for these reasons, there are few muir
ders and few robberies
1t Is we'll that the Mexican republic
remain forever separate from the Uni
ted States, but the two republics
should go forward as friends. and as
business partners in encouraging and
Republican institutions.
We hope that Mr.. Taft's visit viii
have a pleasant effect upon our neigh
bors of the south.-Commercial-Ap-
peal
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18

crowd GREETING DIR coog IN oopEs-
HAGEN.
I'm this course 10 find game for food
and fuel The Scottish whaiers enter
Lancaster sound and touch NJ Port
Leopold. The distance to this point
| was shorter than that to Greenland,
and by this route hoped that | could
return 10 Europe during the same year,
1908,
Passing through Hassel sound be-
seals were secured, and slowly we
moved southwark over Norwegian bay
into Wellington channel The ice was
small, there was much open water. aud
progress was slow, but the drift car
ried us along.
At Pioneer bay we were stopped by
jam of small ice over which shedding
was impossible, Unable to wait for
the ice to move because no large game
was here secured. we crossed In early
July TO Jones sound, Here. again, no
big game was found. There was much
open water. and the folding canvas
boat was spread for use.
Unable To feed the dogs, they were
given the freedom of their wild pro
genitors. the wolves
One Sled was left here. the other WIS
taken apart and placed In the boat.
Then followed Il long and perilous al
venture by boat and sled, during which
our last ammunition was expended In
securing birds for food. After that.
by looped lines and slinSshots, birds
were still captured.
Early in September we were heset
on the shores of Ratin bay with neither
food, fuel nor ammunition New i'm
piemcnts were shaped. and we return
ed westward to Cape Sphlllo to seek
place To pitch a winter camp An
underground den was built of stones.
bones and turf. ana With our primitive
weapons we fought the walrus. tho
bear. the musk Ux aud other animals.
Thus food. fuel and skins were secur.
eddand death by famine was averted
The winter and the night of 190S-0
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18

fires Of the homing passion kept tho
eye open.
At the Eighty fourth Parallel.
On Maya the sky cleared long enough
to give us IL set of observations We
We're on the eighty-fourth parallel.
near the ninety seyenth meridian. The
new lands were hidden behind low
mist The Ice WAS much creyasaed
and driftcd eastward.
The pack was sufficiently active to
give IA considerable anxiety. though
pressure lines and open water did not
then seriously impede our progress.
There remained Oh the siels scarce
ly enough food to reach our caches un
less We averaged fifteen miles daily.
On the return from the pole to here
we had only been able tn make twelve
miles daily Now our strength, even
under fair conditions, did not seem 10
be equal 10 more than ten miles The
outlook was far from hopeful to me.
thongh the sight Of the cleared sky
Infused new courage into Etnkishuk
and .Ahweiah
Trying to make the best of our hard
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18


taking Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to see what it would do,
and i am restored to my natural
health. Mrs. ETA DONOVAN, Box
200, Willimantie, Conn.
The success Of Lydia e. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound. made from roots
and herbs, Is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who. suffer from displacements, infiam-
nation, liberation, tibroid tumors, ir-
regularities, periodic pains, backache,
bearing-down feeling, flatulency. indi-
gestion. dizziness. or nervous prostra-
ton.
For thirty years Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering worlen owe 1t to themselves
to at least give this medicine a trial.
Proof Is abundant that 1t has cured
thousands OF others. and why should it
not cure your
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18

The Short Talk" contributor this
morning makes a strong argument in
favor of the Registration Law from
the ward heeler's'' point Ut view.
Granting what the contributor says,
that under the Registration Law the
citizen who wants good government
viii not exert himself to see that the
friends OF good government are regis
tered, while the ward heller viii
see to it that all his friends are listed
en- the book, 1t will have to be adj
mitted also that the Registration Law
would give the man who wants good
government n better chance TO get it
than he has now, for it would enable
him to ascertain in good time before
election day, how many OF the ward
heelers" friends whose names appear
ed on the book are candidates tor the
penitentiary on account of fraudulent
registration. Moreover the contrib
utor loses sight of the fact that per-
haps one of the strongest reasons
why the man who wants good govern
ment does not take more active inter
est In elections under the present sys
tenn Is that he has little or no chance
against the ward heller. This would
be changed under the Registration
Law, which would give him chance
ii he chose to take it.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18
IN MEXICO.

The meeting of President Taft and
President Diaz is an historic event.
President Roosevelt stepped. from
the Panama canal zone into the repub.
lie of Panama
President Taft crosses the Rio
Grande. and sets his foot ON foreign
soil
There has been a tradition that the
president of the United States should
never go beyond the constitutional
boundaries OF this cnnntry. The idea
was sosprevalent that some thought it
was law, inst. as manySthink that II
is unlawful for the president of the
United States to hold office three con
secutive terms. \.
The Mexicans have never forgotten
the war of '4S. 1t was war Of con.
quest on our part pure and simple.
We not only assisted the Texans but
our people went further; and took
away from Mexico all the west eoun.
Try.
However the development OF that
country has made defensible an act
which at that time was wrong and un.
justifable.
California under the United State.
Is far different from what California
might have been under the Mexicans
The eMexicans felt that II we had
desposled them once. we might do /,
again, and this idea was never
changed until the United States forced
the French to leave Mexico following
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18
TihiG CARD CAIRO ELECTRIC RVS

Rolf line cars due to leave Second st. 60
etks DthaN Ing north on Commercial Ava
every 10 minutes from b u. M. to II y. m.
doing north on walnut Stevery Is minutaa
from 6os q. m TO 1853 p. III.
Poplar 81. Line 10 issSs s ass g, dS'
Ing north on holhrook- At b;i7: B.27; B4I 6b7
7:i2 a. III. and on the same minatea every hour
until i0:42 and ilI3 y. III.
Going west on Twenty Els nth ~. Ut ba9;
6i9: 6.A, s;4S aud f:0i a. M. and on same min.
utes every hour untl, i0:S4 aud ,i:04 p, M.
Poplar st. ears due to pass IT. Mays park
10 mfnuiea AFTER leaving Reccnd Sc
Bell Line Owl Cars i uos,h On m. Want ,s.e !.
NJ, 80 n. M; 2'n L. M; Stn a. M; ts0 4. N
6:ag a. III.
North on Contnsrcial 80 ~ y, N. 3 m. IN
IN A. IN. A. IN. d a. III.
Belt and owl cars are sac 10 Eksa Wca
1nIrtY-tnartn kt 10 ninusnA &fAor tsavin
Bec I'D 80
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18
LEGAL DECISIONS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

obstruoting Sidewalks by Fruit
Merchanta--lts sidewalks being occu-
pied by sinners Of shoes and vendors
of fruit. city passed an ordinance
making it unlawful for any person to
erect any booth, shed, stand, or any
other obstruction upon the sidewalk
for the sale of merchandise, or to be
used for shining shoes, BY those new
y acquired citizens wnom this regu-
latiOn affected ii was bitterly assailed
in Chapman V. City of Lincoln, III
Northwestern Reporter, $50. Plain
|titfs complained that other merchants
We're allowed to use the sidewalks for
the display of their goods. The Ne
braska supreme court held the city
whose free right to the streets and
sidewalks could not be taken. Be
cause it, perhaps illegally. has seen
fit to allow its merchants to display
upon the walk in front OF their stores
samples Of their wares, it does not
follow that it was ever the intention
oil the city to allow such merchants to
convert the Sidewalk space set apart
for the public into : source of reye-
nue. by subleting to obnoxious per,
CONS who use it for crying ont. en.
gazing their services, and selling
tAeir wares.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18

and we found ourselves far down In
Crown Prince Gustav sen, with open
water and Impossible small ice rs a
barrier between us and Helberg is
land.
With the return to Annootok rem
dered impossible by the unfortunate
westerly drift. our only alternative WIS
TO go south with the Ice, We hoped
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18

were spent pfelMblng food and equip.
'ment for the. return
On Feb. lS, 1909, we started with n
rcmodeed sled and reached our cam
at Annootok In the middle Of Apri
Here ! met Mr.. Harry Whitney am
told him of our conquest of the pole
because ship was to cntue after
Mr. Whitney to take him direct to
home shores, most of my Instruments
were intrusted to his care Anxious to
gain u few months in the return honle
proceeded by sled over land ana sea
southwark to Upernavik and from
there onward to Copenhagen by Dan
ish steamers.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18

Although Ii is advertised to take
place, more than likely there will be
no parade in connection with the
Wild West show watch is to appear
here next Sunday The giving of a
circus performance on Sunda is a
sufficient innovation in Cairo To at
tract attention without any street
demonstration, although it need not
disturb the peace OF mind of any one
who does not want 1t to be dis
trrbad 1t is different with a parade.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18
Not SO Very Dear.

AT an assi2e court a Juror claimed
exemption from serving on the ground
that he was deaf. The Judge held a
conversation with the clerk of ar
raigna on the subject and then turn
Ing to the man, at whom he looked
lntently, he asked in whisper, Are
you very deaf?" Very was the I'M
guarded reply. 80 perceive" re-
joined the judge; very deaf. but not
whisper deaf. You had better go into
the box. The witnesses shall speak
low - Dundee Advertiser.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18

lot, straight course was set for
the musk OK lands of the inner cross
ing
At the eighty-third parallel we found
ourselves to the west Of large tract
extending southwark. The Ice chang.
ed to small fields. The temperature
rose to zero, and n persistent mist OBJ
scured the heavens.
With few lines on paper to regis
ter the life OF suffering, the food for
quarter ration, while the difficulties OF
ice travel rose to disheartening heights,
At the end of a struggle Of twenty
days through thick fog the sky cleared.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
Cure, Alexander County, iilInsiA
Population fs,1A7.

St0ukyy sUtN~iS
Population 1917.
Mayor, GEoRrv PARSONS.
Clerk. X. A. HATCHER.
Treasurer. FRANK r. ARM.
SfRON
City Attorney. HUNTER BIRD.
coInptroller. ERNEST WORKMAN.
Magistrate, ANDREW WHrTCAMP.
Cntsf OF Police, M. 8. EGAN.
Alexander County, Population 37,4Ur
County Clerk. JESSE n. MILLER
Circuit Clerk, ALFRED BROWN.
Sheriff. FRANK X. DAVIS.
States Attorney. ALEX M. WILSON.
County Superintendent OF Schools,
PROF. s. E. GOTT.
Assessor and Treasurer. wRKD n
NELLIS.
Cor,aer. DR.. JAZZ. M'NANUs
EssrH OF County Commissioner
J. J. JlcNNELia, Chairman.
C. v. ,sEFr
Ds. EDTfN CAUSE
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18
September Circulation.

The above is correct statement
OF the circulation Of The Cairo Bulle-
tin for the year 1908 and for the
month OF September 1909.
CLYDE SULLIVAN.
Business Manager
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day OF October, 1908.
EMMA S. RILEY,
Notary Public.l !
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18
Heraclea Coal Lmnure.

Although the Heraclea cold fields
extend along the shore Of the Black
sea 40 miles and extend 200 miles in.
land, the coal contains SO many i'm
purities that mining is Improbable ex-
cept at one point, from which only
100000 tons year are taken.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18
Long Delays by Open
Water Drifting on
Floes Dogs Sacrificed
and Sheds Abandoned
TWELFTH ARTiCLEl

tons had been possible, and our loca-
ton could only be guessed at,
The maddening struggle was daily
forced, while the spirits We're pressed
to the verge of extinction. Now that
the object of our trip had been accom-
plished much of the Incentive was
gone at times it seemed as IL our
life's work had been accomplished and
to have lain down for the final sleep
would have been easy. but the feeble
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18

walk upstairs
without stopping
on the way. |
tried three differ
ent doctors and
each told me some
thing different. |
received no benefit
from any of them,
but seemed to suf-
fer more. The last
doctor said moth
ing would restore
tau baAitb n la-n,x
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18
The Conquest of the Pole
BY DR.. FREDERICK A. COOK

Copyright. 1903. by the New York
Herald Company. Registered In
Canada In Accordance With Copy
right Act. Copyright In Mex
leo Under Laws of the Republic
Of Mexico. All Rights Reserved
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18
The Bulletin 10 on sale al the
lowing placAs:
coieman's, s214 Eighth street.
Halliday House News Stand.
Blue Front Restaurant.

The Bulletins historical editor is
again at his desk after some weeks
vacation. He is now 'waiing
through" the 1880 files of the paper,
the first installment OF notes appear
ing Sunday.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18
tcptered n the Cairo Postoffice a secont
Glass Mail Matter.
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number of complete AMI
perfect copies of the Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the year 1908. -. 2Os4
Average number of complete and
perfect copies or the Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the month of Sep
TENDER, 1909 .........., 80. 2o4f
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18

Nm my wakeful watches to get q
peep of the sun ut just the right
II moment was kept awake during
much of the resting period. and
for pastime my eyes wandered from
snorting dogs to snoring men. During
one of these idle moments there came
Il solution of the utility Of tho dogs
tail. topic with which | had been at
play for several days It is quoted
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18

Advertising in The Bulletin pays the
advertiser because it circulates among
the people that have money to spend.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18

own children is an inalienable right
of every parent, II seems to be the
only pleasure lot of parents get out
of them. Memphis Scimitar.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18
CAln0 & ST. LOUIS RAILWAY co.
UNITE RURHAN LtNE.)

TIME CARD.
Cars will leave Second street, Cairo
for Mound City and Mounds as fol.
lows:
First car leaves al 4:30 a. m.
Second car leaves at 4. m. and
every hour thereafter until 8 p. m.
Last cars leave at 9:40 p. m. and
1890 p. m,
C.. e. ARMSTRONG,
General Superintendent.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18
AFTER
DOCTORS
FAILED
LydiaE. pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound Cured Her.

Willimantic, Conn. For five years
l suffered untold agony from female
troubles, causing bac1aehe, irregulari-
Ties, dizziness and nervous prostra-
ton. 1t was impossible for me TO
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18

The only Cairo paper with the ser
vice OF the Associates Press Ia The
Hulletin.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18

The Cairo Bulletin N the only Cri.
= paper with the servics Of the Ass~
niatsl ErnoA
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18

AT a mortgage sale ON January l..
Smith 4 Brinkmeyer bought the
house and lot on southwest corner of
Eighth street and Washington avenue
for 81 500
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-18
CAIRO IN 1880
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

An annual report of the Alexander
County Bank published early in Jan
uary showed; Bills receivable sos,
$50 10, cash on hand s21 ,5lS.13; capi
tai stock paid in SS25, 100; surplus
So, 1869; and deposits So, 1878.
Dennis Devine, a resident of Cairo
since 1852, died on January 9Th.
Valentine Resch sold his stock OF
groceries on Eighth street to John
q. Broderick