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Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty ®ml Law) No Favors Win us and no Pear Shall Awe." VOL: I7. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1891. NO. 13 PUBLISHED EVBBY WIDVUDAT BT •jr. v jln m l y it IDITO& AND PBOPBUBTO* Office in Bishop's Block, " --©iwosiTS PniT * Own** TERMS OR SUB90BIPTIOH. toe Tear (In Advance) QLSO -KHot Paid within Three Months IN gj, an ascriptions reoeived for thrM or tlx W. mouths in the same proportion. Kates of Advertising. We anneance liberal rates for adrartlsing n the PLAINDB\LKB, and endeavor to state hem so plainly that they will be readily on erstood. They are «•« follows: - I Inch one year - . #00 3 Inches one year -• 1000 8 Inches one year • . IS 00 X Column one year • • 80 00 if Column one year- .... 60 00 Colamn one year - - - . 100 00 One inch means the measurement of one Inch down the column, single column width, Yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have tbe privilege of changing as often as they choose, without extra oharge. 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MOHEHRT, III.*, April 1st, 1898, I would respectfully invite the Public to call and examine m 7 stock of Horses before making arrangements elsewhere. No busi- neaa dime oa Sueuajr, N. 8. COLBT K'HUHBT ILL The Police Gazette, Is the'>nly illustrated paper In the world containing all the !at,e«t sensational and sporting news No Salo<>n Keeper, Barber, or Club Room can afford to be without It. It always makes friends wherever it goes. Mailed to any address in the United States securely wrapped, 13 weeks for $1, Send Five Cents for sample copy. BICHAKD X. T0X JTK4HKUV SQUABS, New York UN States ffar Clitin Agency -OF- WM. H- COWLIN, Woodstock Illinois. Prosecatoaall claesssafid tcliftds of claims against the United states lor ex-Soldi«rs, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heir®. A specialty is made in prosecuting old and rejected claims. All communications promptly answered tf Postage Stamps are enoiosed for reply. WM, H. COWLIN Office at Residence, Madison St., Woodstoca, Illinois. 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Call on or address FKANK COLE, , SPRING QKOVB, ILL, Spring Grove, 111, Nov. IS, WM. ATTENTION ! Farmers and Oairymsii, It will pay those looking for CHOICE COWS Fresh milkers or springers, to call at BT premises before purchasing. I can furnish suoh by the ear load or single oow. POBTEK H. WOLFRUM, ^ OHSMUM* Farm about four mllea northwest of Harvard. Illinois. PENSIONS! ThePlsablllty Bill Is a Law Soldiers Disabled Since the War are Entitled* Dependent widows and para*ts now de­ pendent whose eona died from tbe effeata of army services are included If you wish yourolaim spoedily and successfully prose­ cuted, address JAMES TANNER. WASHINGTON D. a Late Commissioner of Pensions. 42 v. X* Barbian» J. J.BarUai BARSIAN BROS. Wholesale and Betail DEALERS nr FINE CIGARS, Bavin South Me HENRY ILLINOIS* ing leased the brick building one door of the post office, we have opened a retail store, where, at all times can be found line cigars of our own manufacture, together with smoking and chewing tobaoco of the beat brandB. ^ Pipes a Specialty. We have a very large assortment audi some V*ry handsome patterns. CALL AND SEB US. iuiua»»N M nH»*rc, V/ii-nmNi-lWh. (WW 1 Bay Colt; 15 3-4 hands high Foaled May 11.1888. WEIGHT, H 50 POUNDS. SIRE, ALROY 5715, The sire of Al'.aul 2:28*. Atlas [8 vears 2.28*; Allspice, 2:29^; Alztppa. 2:10; Alsioa, 2:4IK> and otlkr good ones, 1st dam, ANTREM, the dim of Choral, one of Waters' Snest brood mares. Anthem, by Cnvler 100, sire of Elviaa 2:18#, Chanter, 2:20K, Edwin C,, Day l»ream, 2:21X. also sire of dams ot Patron, 2:14V and others 2nd dam, AUGUSTA, <l*m of Chanter 2-20& Shallfross, trial, i 23 [half in 1:10]; Augusta, Anohem and others. Augusta by Bvsflj ke s BellfoBnder, sire of the dam of Kingsley, son of Hambletooian 10. [sire cf Dexter 2:17*, Nettle 2:18, Orange 3irl 8:90, and W others in the 2:30 list, aad grandsire of 8» performers]. ______ ACCIDENTAL, will mak* the season at mv stables in the village of Richmond, at <35 to Injure Season begins Feb. 1st* Os« SDO i«e him before breeding yonr mares. aH.HECE|j SALARY Mi Commission to UUs Agents, Men and Women, Teach­ ers iin l niergvmen to Introduce • new and popular standard-book, MARVELS of the HEW WEST new Agent sold 70 in one week. Ag*nPt profits, f ISC 50 Over 350 original engravings, 10,400 copies poid in one week, Exclusive territory. Endorsed by the greatest men of our country. Apply to THE HENRY BILL PUB. CO., Sonde*, Coim SIMON STOFFEL, AGENT FOR---- Phctnix, of Brooklyn, V. Y. Capital, 0,008,318. 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Cciited by WM. H, COWUN, WOODS TOOK, at~ "7b oars for him rtho Hat borne the battle, and for Mi Widow and Orphan*." --LlNCOUf. "FYiendsfup, Charity. Lay aits/-- Worthy son* of Patriot FBTHEI I " G- A. R. Directory. MUEKKT HMT KOW Ml. Meet* the First and Third Tltarrtey even L. S. BsmiTT, Con. lags of each month. C£DiiLiWN STOCK FAB1, HEBBON, ILL. Phillips & Richardson, BBKBDEBS OP High Grade Jersey Cattle, (REGISTERED POLAND CHINA H039, AND PURE BBED POULTRY. "MlvevT.acctl Wyandottefs, T.lght Bramas, Ply. month Rocks, S. C. Wlnte aud 8, C. Brow* teghoniB, Patridge Cochins, and other Varieties. Mammoth Bronze and White Holland Turkeys. PeklB Ducks and White Guineas. We have a lew high Grade Jersey Oftttle for sale from choice selected stock. Our Poland China Hotrs are of the best and choicest strains. We have some very choice spring Pigs for sale at very reasonable prices. An inspection of them is invited, or write us your wants and we will quote you prices. All pigs eligible to any register. Poultry for stle at reasonable prices. Ergs during season, We have some very choice Poultry of all kinds at Fall prices. All orders for Pigs, Birds or Eggs receive prompt attention. Our stock has been carefully selected and Is strictly pure, and we Guarantee It *s such. Our customers may rest wen red that we shall ship only such stock as will reflect credit upon ourselves an I them also. Correspond- ence cheerfully and promptly attended to and respectfully solicited. Visitors welcome any day but Sunday, and we extend an invi­ tation to all to call and see our stock. Hoping to receive a share of your patronage, and assuring our friends that we will labor to plaa*e you, we await your favors, Tours Respectfully. PH LLIP8 A RICHARDSON, geptember, W90. This TraSft Mark to on Tie M Watemroor Coat In tlM world. lies, jnalble men lor gen­ eral or State aaents. No can­ vassing, but to tafre chmye of loea! aaents; territorr rights re- served; business too large to be managed from main office. Instruction and transportation FKiEE to rieht par­ ties. Address Treaa. OASKELIi LITERA­ RY CLUB, 251 Frank­ lin St., Chicago, 111. „ V " WOODSTOCK TOST, MO Ml Weits flrst awl third Monday evenings of «ch month. A. S. WB'OHT, Com. irtrwDA TOIT, iro U8, Meets the second and fourth Tnesday evenings #f eaoh month P. E. Cos, Com- HABVARD POST, TO 90S. Moots the second and fourth Monday eaen tags ot each month. „ E. N. AcsTiir, Oom. KUINO POST, NO. MB, Meets every Second and Pourth Friday evenings of eaoh month. S R. Moras, Oom. WAVOOMDA POST. MO. 868, Post meets every second and fourth Satur­ day evening In Q. A, R. Hall, Main St. A. L. Priob. Com. Alraff Qte Skirmish Line The Illinois Division, Sons of Veterans, has 6,269 meuibers'in good standing. Mr. H. E. Wells, ol Iralay City, Mich., who enlisted in a Michigan regiment and was captured during the war, has not shaved since he left Andersonville prison. His beard is now Ave feet, nine inches in length. The number ot men in llns/ including the Sons of Veterans and the naval vet­ erans, who marched with the G. A. R. at Detroit is variously estimated from 28,- 000 to 40,000. There were probably 30,000 men in line. "That's the way we looked at the be­ ginning of the war," said a veteran on the reviewing stand, when the Sons of Veterans marched by at Detroit. "Thous­ ands of us were mere boys, and not one man in fifty was over thirty-flve years old." Pension money is raised by taxing whisky and tobacco, and those who can afford to use these articles ought not to And fault with the list of pensioners, even though it may increase somewhat on ac­ count of the act of Juaa 27, £880, which made a liberal provision for disabled vet­ erans and their widows.--Woodstock Sentinel. Though the late General IMckene, of South Carolina, was the youngestConfed erate colonel, the youngest Union soldier to attain that rank, it is stated, was Colonel "Billy" Hobson, of the 13th Ken­ tucky Infantry, who was promoted from Major to Colonel immediately after the battle of Shiloh. He was then under 22, and at the close of the war he was a full Brigadier, though then only 26. General Pickens was 25 when he was made Colonel of an Alabama regiment. Two widows of Revolutionary soldiers are living in Pennsylvania and drawing pensions for service rendered in the field by their husbands. One, who was tbe third wife of a soldier of seventy-five sum­ mers and bore him three children, is now 97 years old, hops up and down stairs with the liveliness of a cricket, and de­ clares her willingness to marry again, pension or no pension, if the right sort of a man presents himself. The following anecdote of Gen. Sher­ man is not new but is readable: Out at Port Bayard there lay, for a long time an old cannon of no use to any one, but which had greatly taken the fancy of an old Apache chief. He daily asked the commander for it, but was pnt off with the excuse that it belonged to the gov­ ernment and, could not be given away. One day Gen. Sherman arrived at the fort, and the request of the chief was re­ ferred to him. He examined the cannon, saw that it was worthless, and told the Indian that be might have it. Then, put­ ting on a grave air, he said to the chief: " I am afraid you want that gun so that you can turn it on my soldiers and kill them." " Umph! no," was the unexpect­ ed reply; "cannon kill cowboys. Kill soldiers with club." : Official Colors of . tbe Confederate States. Tbe official flag of the Confederacy was promulgated just thirty-six days before the surrender at Appomattox. I was as follow: Width two-thirds of the length, the union three-fifths of the width of the flag, and so proportioned as to leave the length of the field on the side of the union twice the width of the field below it. A red ground and a blue saltire therebn bordered with white and emblazoned with mullets, or five-pointed stars, correspond­ ing in number to that of the Confederate States. The field was white, except the outer half from the union, which was a red bar extending the width of the flag. The flag originally adopted by the provisional congress of the Confederate States consisted of a red field with a white space extending horizontally through the centre, tbe union blue ex­ tending down through the white space; in the centre of the union blue a circle of white stars corresponding with the States of the Confederacy. This flag was used, though it was not formally adopted. The difficulty in distinguishing it from the Union flag militated against its use as the popular banner Strange Positions in Death. During the late civil war a detachment of United States soldiers foraging around Goldsborough, N. C.,came suddenly upon a small band of Southern tropps who had dismounted. These latter immediately jumped into their saddles and all scam pered away except one, after being ex posed to one round of firing. The soldier who did not escape was seen standing up­ right with one foot in the stirrup of his saddle. In his leftf hand he held the bridle aad the horse's mane, while his right hand grasped h'is rifle near the muzzle, the stock being on the ground. The horseman's bead was t urned towards the right shoulder, apparently watching the approach of the enemy. Some of the Union soldiers were preparing to fire again when the officer ordered them to desist and to make the defiant man a pris­ oner. The man was then ordered to sur­ render, but he made no answer. When he was approached it was found he was stone dead and perfectly rigid in the at­ titude described above. It took consid­ erable of an effort to force his left hand to release the horse's mane and to re­ move the rifle trom the right hand. When the body was laid upon the ground the limbs preserved the same position and the same inflexibility. The man had been struck by two balls fired from Spring­ field rifles. One of these had entered to the right of the spinal column and had made its exit from the body near the re­ gion of the heart. It had left a slight in­ dentation in the saddle and then dropped to the ground. The horse remained un­ hurt, having stood the fire because tied to a tree by a halter. The following is another incident: At the battle of Williamsburg Dr. T. P. Reed examined the body of a United States' Zouave who had received a ball in the forehead just as he was climbing over a low fence. Like that Goldsbor­ ough case above, this man had preserved the last attitude of his life. One of his legs was half over the fence, while his body still remained behind. One hand was raised level with his forehead with the palm forward as if to ward off some imminent danger.--St. Louis Republic. lata on Pension*. Commissioner Raum truly says: "The paltry dollars which a soldier receives as monthly pay for his military service in time of war, cannot be considered a suit- ableequivalent for his patriotic services. General Raum is also of the opinion that "hereafter the descendants of those who served in the civil war will venerate their ancestors' names all the more because they were pensioned for their honorable services." It has been a great disappointment to the calamity croakers and pension shriek- ers, of which many have been heard howl­ ing in this immediate vicinity, that none of their predictions about bankrupting the National treasury have come to pass. Uncle Sam has had plenty of money to purchase all the bonds offered and for all other purposes. The soldier-haters will now have opportunity to invent a new scare and another stock of lies to open up all along their lines.--Sentinel. lillr He Wat Hot Hanged- 'My God! can the dead be alive?" Such was the exclamation of Col. Sam Lowry the other day in the Pacific hotel, as he saw a tall, blonde man, probably fifty years of age, register, "William Doane, Dallas, Tex.," says a Milan, Tenn., correspondent. The man who had just finished writing bis name looked up into the eyes of the Colonel, and a surprised expression played around his lips. 'Are yon not the William Doane I hanged near Lone Briar, Tex., in the summer of 1863 ? " "Yes," said the man addressed, "I am that same William Doane, and as much alive as yon are." "Then how the dence are yon here?" blandly asked Col. Lowry. 'The deuce had nothing to do with it, sir. I was cut down in time to save my life." Seeing a chance for a romance, the idle spectators edged close to the two men. 'Well, tbe trouble is over now, and I am willing to tell you about it, gents," said Col. Lowry. "In the summer of '63 I commanded a company of Texas vol­ unteers and did the bulk of scouting in that State. The Union forces did not overrun the State, and we had the ad­ vantage. About the middle of July sev* era! companies of Union cavalry came in from Arkansas and were sweeping every­ thing before them. Seeing they would likely do much harm if unmolested, I was detailed with my company t" check them if possible. I was one hundred miles away, and we rode three days and nights, only stopping here and there for food and rest, to reach them. When within a few miles of the Union forces we stopped at a planter's house and found a band of guerrillas in possession who were in sym­ pathy with the Union men, and who had been robbing and burning everything all over the border. Wm. Doane here was their leader. They made a small fight but we caught all but one who was killed. There were nine in all. We bound them hand and foot, and then drew lots as to whether we would bang them. Every man of my company said hang them, which was done as quickly as said, and we mounted our horses and rode away, leaving eight bodies, bound hand and foot, banging from several trees. To-day I met Doane, well and alive, and he can probably explain how he escaped." "Yes, Colonel," said Doane, "and I thought it was all up with ns too, but shortly after your men rode away we heard shouts, and in a few minutes a band of Union soldiers rode up. I made signs to them as beet I could, although my tongue was already bulging and my face black. They cut us down as quickly as possible, more dead than alive, and two of my men--poor fellows--were al­ ready too far gone to revive. The other six got well. Three of them are still liv­ ing in Texas. But let bygones be by­ gones. The war is over, and I wish you no harm now, Col. Lowry; but that was a mighty tight squeeze for us, and no mistake." The two men shook hands again and seemed to be very friendly, as they dined together and drove c>ver the city in Col. Lowqr's rarriqge.--.St. Louis Glob&Jto#- OCTI& Ik Hober Army. Do you know," said a well-known ex- confederate officer, " that the confederate government was the only goverment in the world that really enforced prohibi­ tion? During the war the government prohibited the manufacture of liquor in \ irgmia. It was here that the army was, and the same prohibition extended to the other states. This law was made because the government wanted all the people. The further result was that the confederate army was the soberest army that the world ever had. The little liquor that could be had was only ob­ tained upon the prescription of a surgeon. The flrst three barrels of liquor for medi­ cinal purposes were sent under guard through West Virginia consigned to a leading surgeon. They were carted over the mountains and several days were oc­ cupied in the trip. At their destination the barrels were found to be empty. At flrst this was a mystery, but examination showed that a gimlet hole had been bored in each cask, the liquor drawn out and the hole neatly plugged. The whole bat­ talion sent along as guards for this liquor had in this way swallowed it all gradually, and, though a big row was raised, it was impossible to fix the offense on any one.--AT. r. Sim. VOUDOOISM IN FLORIDA. ~ High Jinks of a Typical Voudoo Dootor of the South. He Flourishes for a Season but Finally I«aded in Jail. that the person suspected had to MUM through. An old woman of La Villa, a suburb of this city, was voodooed the other day, so she said, and the neighbors were kept awake for a week by her lamentations over her approaching death, as she felt sure that the spell meant that she was to die soon. Several of the old members of the community got together and said that this must be stopped and that the voudou must be removed. An old ne­ groes who lived on the outskirts of the settlement, and who had a reputation as a witch-destroyer, was called in and the fight began. She chose three old women and two young ones to help her and be­ gan the campaign. The afflicted one was stripped, washed with water as hot as she could bear, and was then bundled up in red and yellow flannel. A chicken was killed and the parte buried around the house, each one of the party burying her share where none of the others could see it. All this time the old lady was yelling and crying that the voudoo was fighting her and trying to strangle her. A big crowd had assembled, and the scores of torches in and around the yard made tile scene a weird one. The voudooed person was next placed upon the floor, and all five danced around her singing, the refrain being tak­ en up and joined in by persons outside. After fifteen minutes of this they suddenly stopped, and all ran outside and three times around the house to chase off tbe spirits that they had cast out. Return­ ing they changed the patient's covering, putting on yellow entirely, this being a fatal color for spirits. This continued for several hours, winding up with a se-* vere beating on the patient's back with switches. At about daylight the five women cov­ ered their heads with red and yellow hoods and ran out among the houses near by. Suddenly one stopped and be­ gan digging near a small cottage. Its . owner stood by with quivering features and clasped hands. Digging down a foot or so in the soft sand she stopped all at once and held up a big bone tied with a piece of blue ribbon. This sign was greeted by the crowd with howls, and a rush was made for the alleged voudooer, who fled. The five then returned to the cottage where the old woman lay groan­ ing and showed her the voudoo. She stopped screaming and tears of joy rolled down her cheeks. All joined hands once more and danced around her, and then the exercises were over. The voudoo was cast out. The crowd dispersed and all was still, as not a negro would venture out for fear of the cast-out, voudoo's taking up its abode within him, as it would do if it caught anybody within six hours alter it had been cast out. The old woman was all right next day, and her jfy YMfr dooism is greater than. ever. •> V 1 • fill ^t| 1 <>\ • > ' 5 i I JACKSONVILLE, September 26.--The arrest here of "Dr." Strovert, a ginger- colored voudooist, mesmerist and healer has revealed a queer phase of negro belief in voudooism. Strovert is a sharp, fairly well educated man, and he has adapted his methods to the wants of his patients. He came here about six weeks ago, and, getting in with the ministers, his plausi­ ble tongue soon won him great influence, while the cures reported to have been done by him brought him numerous vic­ tims. He has taken frogs, snakes, pins, pieces of rusty iron, and many other things from the stomachs of his patients, if hie and their stories are to be believed, and has lived and waxed fat onthesuper- stitious fears of his dupes. One of his patients was a negro named Bell, who had slight fever sores on his body. The doctors gave him pillB made from rattlesnake's flesh. He then had him stripped and laid on the floor. His wife was directed to catch a big rooster, kill it, and after letting it bleed fifteen minutes it was to be cut up in small pieces and plastered all over the man's back. This was done. Next the woman was sent out for a brick, and directed to get one from a certain place. This the doctor had heated, and then made the woman rub it over her back. Taking the brick the doctor poured fluid from a vial upon it and set it on fire. It was instant­ ly planted on the man's naked side, pro­ voking a big howl. A pail of water was then dashed over the man and he was bundled into bed. This treatment was continued for sev­ eral days, but still the man grew no bet­ ter. "It's a bad hoodoo," said the doc­ tor. On his next visit he brought five big feathers, and these were bound around the man's waist. The doctor banished all the watchers to the rear of the room and, seizing a stout sheet, suddenly threw it over Bell, muttering a lot of incantina- tions. He plunged his finger into the man's mouth, and then showed a huge green frog that he said he bad caught in tbe mans throat. More brick applica­ tion followed, and red cords of flannel were tied around the patient's ankles. The next day the doctor pulled out a score of rusty pins from the man's neck, then a small snake. This time, as the patient seemed no better, the doctor said that gold must be used to fight the spell. First a gold $5 piece was given him, then gold earrings and jewelry, and when all the poor man's gold trinkets were gone silver was called for. Finally the doctor said he wanted money, f 28, no more and no less. So the small piece of ground that the family owned was sold and the doctor got $50. He then began all sorts of capers--got the man to get up at midnight and run twice around the house without clothing, to go out and roll in sand every hour after 6 o'clock at night, etc. But just then, luckily for the man, the doctor was arrested, charged with practicing medi­ cine without a license. Many other tales are told of the ridicu­ lous practices followed by him. One old woman afflict id with rheumatism was compelled to get up at midnight and walk three times around the house and then kill a chicken and sprinkle herself with the blood. Another patient was wrapped in yellow flannel tied with red cords to cast, off a spell that made her nearly blind. Still another was told to eat raw cattish three times a week for consumption. One had to sit in a room that was hung with red flannel, not being allowed to go out till after 6 p. m., when the "spell was not so strong." Still another cure was for the patient to go out some dark night and plant a chicken's leg and part of the gizzard in front of th« door of the person who had cast the spell, also hanging up a bit of colored flannel over the door Julia A. Story'a Iiooalsb- • Save money by buying your drngs aad quinine pOls at Julia A. Story's. Candy, just received, fresh and new. - Do you wish to see the best chance to buy a nicet present for25c., it will payjflpa to call. Don't forget that Julia A. Story baa just received the most complete assort­ ment of perfumes'and in tfce latest styles, moulded glass bottles, etc. If you wish for old port or a nice sweet catawba wine for medicinal use, call on J. A. Story. Ask to see the Buttermilk Complexion Soap, whet her yon wish to buy or not, at Julia A. Story's. * Mixed bird seed, with cuttle bone, 10e. per pound. Every lady answering this advertise­ ment by calling or sending a note will be presented with one of Ransom's Family Receipt Books for 1892. at J. A. Story's. Do you use the washing powder COM* pound put up by Julia A. Story ? Call and see the nice liae oi toilet soapa at Julia A. Story's. Visit Evanson's Clothing and Dry Goods Sale, it will pay you big. Don't take our word for the IIIMWII HIHM made in our advertisement, but come aad satisfy yourselves as to the correctneea of it. J. W. CRISTY & Son, Ringwood. We havea few odd Coats, site 36 to 38. Price $2.00 each. Regular price $7.00." Do you need any ? JOHN EVAKSON A Co. CLOTHING FOR MEN. We have just secured an extremely for­ tunate purchase in Suits and Overcoats and urge you very strongly to lay in a stock before they are all gone. They are better goods than you have ever seen in t his town for the same price. Suspenders free with each suit. Also remember our Underwear which is in and ready for vour inspection. JOHN EVANSON&CO, Visit Evanson's Clothing and Goods Sale, it will pay you big. NEW OVERCOATS AND CLOTHING * Of the newest styles, best workman­ ship, and largest variety for men, boys, and children in town. Extra fine Melton and Kersey overcoat*, in medium and heavy weights in blue, green, brown and tan colors from 13.00 to 25.00. Men's ; good heavy overcoats 5.00 to 20.00. Boys' overcoats 2.50 to #12. Choin styles in suits at popular prices. FOR SALE. * TJ Forty acres of Land, rfttiafed'-te' tbe ' town of Richmond, belonging to the es­ tate of the late Chas. Harrison. Is weQ fenced, has running water lor stock, and is a desirable piece of land. Also a few choice Jersey Heiiers aad Cows, and two Bull calves for wile. Also one P. K. Dedrick, Belt Perpetual Hay Press, in good repair and guaran­ teed in every particular. Will be soifci cheap if applied for soon. For furtbgr particulars call on or address, s 8-w4 P. S. HARRISON, Ringwood, HI. Who sells goods the cheapest ? He wko pays no rent, hires no help, and pafiT 5 cash for his goods. Call in aad see his prices. Beloit fine pants only .#4 00 Beloit heavy mixed.. «... 2 50 Men's business suits. 9 60 " Cassimere suits. --... 4 80 Boys'suits 400 Roys' two-piece suits 100 Knee pants 25c, 35c. 50c, 100 Men's Congress Gaiters .$1.50, 185 Ladies" fine shoes ITS Vk; A niee line of Groceries. Hundreds of goods at your own ^ E. LAWLWS. ^ 4' Opposite the Riverside House. #"vl < jlk't 't; -4 - Si". tilt: