THIS
It paokU hed every afternoon, Saadays ex-
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ar.S6 00 8ix months, $2 60 ; Three
oaths, $1 15 ; One month, M cents.
The paper will be delivered by carriers,
fTe of eharge, in any pextof the city, at the
above ratal, or 13 cent! per week,
ldrertising rates low and liberal
Subscribers will please report any and
. failures to receive their papers regularly.
BROWN & RODDICK,
45 market St.
We have just finished takine our annual
-ovuiii of sock, and are now daily recdv-
NKW GOODS from the Northern
Miketsi suitable for tna
FALL AND WINTER TRADE !
t -ur patrons will study thir best inter
it by nuking their purchas-8 as early in
the Season as convenient,as the general in
dications of the market have an upward
trudes cy. We have just received over
20,000 YARDS BEST CALICO !
PrllOK o ;ents.
Wholesale buyers would do well fo look
over our stock before purchasing as we
have a great many t?o ds we are offering
much below THE PRESENT MARKET
VALUE.
Fans & Parasols.
Closing oat the balance at Greatly Re
duced Prices.
riain, Striped and. Checked Nainsook
Aiuslins. The best value ever offered.
Call and examine.
Linen Lawus from 12 1 to 20 cents.
Dress Goods.
Our Variety is Large. Our prices ARE
LOW. 8c upwards.
Bretonne, Torchon and Italian Laces.
We have very much tin Largest assort
ment that has beeu offered in this city and
our prices, either by the yard or piece, can
cot be undersold.
Ouilts.
Domestic and Imported Quilts. Our stock
none up in price, preferring to give our
patrons an opportunity to supply their
wants at the old prices
Tble Linens-Towels
and Napkins.
Our present assortment excels anything
we have ever shown.
Call and give our stock a look over. Our
Bayer Is in the market at present and we
aret receiving many Novelties.
OUR .
6 and 10 Cents
Is situated on the S. W. corner of Market
and Second streets.and every Steamer that
com into this port brings a Fresh Lot of
the most surprisingly Cheap and Useful
no ds that ever were offered in any mar
ket under any circumstances. We offer
great indue ments to Wholesale Buyers.
WTIAtTTlT rt lA1nTflTr
45 Market Street
au 16
Warm Springs
Western North Carolina!
18 NOW OPEN for the reception of pleas
ure seekers an a invalids.
This lovely place ii iltnated in the beauti
ful valley of the Frtnch broad, within eight
ni'le of the rtiroad.
We have a fine band of music, attentive ler
vanw, and all other accommodations to be
found at a first-class watering piac.
thleu
IW. M.
HOWERTON.
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Proprietor,
For Smithville.
gTEAM YACHT ELIZA
BETH, CapL D.W.Chadwick,
carrying United 8tates Mail. Leaves wharf
loot or Market street daily (except fnndays)
at SH P MY Returning, leave Smithville
at lli k. M. R. P. PAUDI80N.
aag lb Agent.
Come I
SEE A VERT FINE LOT OP
BRKTONXE,
ITALIAN,
AND REAL LACES,
The Best fcCf 3SOR8 in the World !
And the bet fitting and fastest
Sellioff CORSET, (Flexible Hip)
BietonneLaoe Ties aid other Fancy Articles
a IJ V, H. 8PRUHT.
Steamer Fassnort,
ilAPT. J. W. HARPER,
Will resume SUN DAT
TKIPS TO BMITHTILLE; Aprii;2T, weather
permlttlnj. Daily Tripe as njual. Leave
Jocatt.sa A. U. v
?i W QEO. UTERS,:AenL
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VOL. IV.
LOCAL NEWS.
New Advertisements.
Thomas E. Bohb gupt-N. Y. A W. 8. 8.
Co. No. ice. M I
P. HaiHSBKaeaa's Bancv Cottem'a Court-
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Hall A- Pk4bsall Complete Btock.
Picnics are on their last legs.
Enough rain ditto moquitops
A shirt front is something to
be stud-
ded.
The best cure for imaginary trouble is a
corn.
A duck of a love makes ! a goose of a
husband.
To ask a man to pay a bill is as easily
said as dun. I ( I
An - anonymous artiel
it's christened. I
baby before
Window Glass of all sizes at Jacobi's
Hardware Depot. , i !
The kind of canned goods
which go off
the quickest gunpowder.
Few young men are afraid of a yellow
jacket when it has 'a
girl in it.
Cobblers cannot
possibly be , Bick
long at a time, siucethey are daily mend"
ing.
Never do auy thing to 1-attract the at
tention of a man who is using a street
hose. i
Mrs. Oatea is booked for Raleigh soma
time soon. Hope she'll
come to Wilmiug
ton.
It is terrible when
a man who was born
in affluence and coddled in champagne is
suddenly reduced j I to poverty and root
beer. i I I
THe thermometer becan thelbusiness
day at 9 o'clock this morning at 72 de
grees but at 8 o'clock had risen to 78.
This in our office.' i'
The city cart force has been increased
recently and the Health Officers have been
bestirring themselves, "in consequence jof
which" the aanitarv condition of our town
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is first-rate. I' ,' I " j
There was but three teet of i water on
the shoals at Fayetteville! yesterday morn
ing: when the steamer Worth left there.
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Steamboatmen are beginning
blue again. i
to look
The Rattle snake Lightship, jwhich has
been undergoing thorough repairs at
Messrs. Cassidej and Ross' ship yard for
some time, is 1 almost ready to be tew
ed out to her station. ' j ,
The FayeUeville mili aj-y, companies
will not go into camp this season, , but
have finally abandoned' the jdea having,
most likely, postponed it too long. We are
sorry as we should like to have seen them
here en route to Smithville. 1
The Americans lead the world in every
thing and especially in last eating; this
has made Dyspepsia our national disease,
though now under: perfect control by the
me of Dr. Bull's Baltimore Pills. Sold
everywhere. Price 25 cents. I t
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Wh n a man sneaks I into the hou e at
midnight and tries t get into bed without
waking the family very stair and flo in
board creaks, like a rusty swinging sign in
a ga'e; but a b irgiar can go ail over the
same htuse as noiseltffsly as a floating
zephyr. ' j." ,
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A man's sign offers a mute invitation to
those only who pas his pj ace of business,
his circular ran only reach those to whom
personal attention is given; but hie card
in a newspaper goes into the highways
an'd byways, finding customers and com
pelling them to consider his argument.
More of Ihc New Crop.
Messrs Lilly & Bro. received by the
W. C. &. A. R. R. ithis morning
the first
bale of new cotton that has reached this
city from South Carolina this season.
The shipment was majie by Col.' C. f E
Stubbs, of,Sumter, South Carolina. The
bale weigns 554 pounds and is classed as
middling cotton. Messrs Lilly & Bro.
have advice also of two more bales of the
new crop that will be down on the C. C.
Railway to-morrow mornirg.
Cured ot Drinking.
A yeung friend of mine was cured of
aa insatiable thirst for! liquor, which had
so prostrated him that he was suable to
do any business. He was! entirely cured
by the use of Hop Bitters. It allayed all
that burning thirst; took away th appe
tite for liquor; made his nervea steady,
and ht baa' remained a sober and steady
mm for more than two' years, and his no
desire to return to bis cupj; I kbRW of a
number of others that have been cured of
drinking by iC-Frod a leading R II
Official, Chicago, 111, i j i !
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST
Large Shipment of Lumber, j -
The scbooner E. S. Powell, cleared from
this port yesterday by Messrs William &
Murcbison, for New York,takes out 400,
854 feet of lumber, which is the largest
cargo ever shipped from the port of Wil
mington. The lumber was sawed by
Mt ssrs Oolville & Taylor at their steam
saw mills in this city. !
You cau get the best White Lead, Paints
and Oils, and lowest prices at! -Jacobi's
Hardware Depot.
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jl Deafh f Mr. Latham.
The Augusta papers record j the death
at Aiken, S. C, on! Monday lant, of Mr
H. N. Latham, formerly a resident of
this city and at one time agent here of
the Southern I Express Compary and
Leader of the Cornet Concert Club. He
was only 83 years of age. j
Mr. Latham married in this city a
daughter of the late Eh W. Hall. He
leaves a widow and several children. "
hy Court. j
Bowden, Mayor
Alderman
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pro tern.
presiding.
One case of drunkenness and disorderly
conduct was disposed of this morning by
the Mayor pro tern., requiring the j guilty
party to reinforce the treasury to the
amount of $5. This was the only case
the City Court Clerk had on his docket
in consequence of which the Court ad
journed without further ceremony.
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Death of a Wilmington Lady.
A letter received in this city this morn
ing conveys the sad intelligence cf the
death at Orange, in Orange county,
Texas, on the 2 1st iDst., of
Mrs. Hester A. Foys, relict of Ithe late
Dan'l M. Foyles, formerly of this city.
Mrs. Foylos removed to Texas in 1873.
She Jeaves many friends and relatives in
this 'city who will regret to hear of her
death. ' " '
Excursion Party Prom Fayette
Tllle. Capt. Albert Worth will bring to this
city next wek an excursion party of
some twenty-five or thirty persons, mer
chants of Fayetteville and others. ' They
will leave Fayetteville on Xonday morn
ing and expect to be on hand here on
Tuesday morning when the probabilities
are that the greater number of them will
go down on ihe Passport to the Forts De
low. t
Opening the Season.
The amusement season is about to
open. The irrepressible Wyman will ap
pear in Petersburg next week, to be foU
lowed by the Fay Templeton Troupe,
who will play Pinafore. .
On Monday evening the Templetons
will open in Norfolk for a short season,
playing "Prince Napoleon, or the Fatal
Field in Zuzuland" on Monday night and
Pinafore on Tuesday night.
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The best Windows, Doors and Blinds
and Lowest Prices can be got at Jacobi's
Hardware Depot.
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Tar River Improvements.
The Tarbdro Southerner sajs; Capt
Chas. B. Phillips, Captain of Engineers U.
S. Army, and Capt. W, H. James, were in
town last week making arrangements to
begin work on the improvement of naviga
tion on Tar river. Capt. James will have
this woik in charge. Capt. Phillips, whose
headquarters are in Norfolk, has all river
and harbor improvements in this State un
der his supervision. Work will begin early
inSeptember. Capt. James is an oldConfed
erate officer, and did some fine engineering
below Wilmington during the late war.
Congress, at its last session, Appropriated
only $3,000 for Tar river, ,which is not
enough by one third. Will have more to
say on this subject hereafter.
Things Worth Knowing.
That boiling water will remove tea
stains and many fruit stains; pour the
water through the stain, and thus pre
vent it from spreading over the fabric.
That ripe tomatoes will remove ink and
other stains from white cloth, also from
the hands. That a teaspoonful of turpen
tine boiled with white; clothes will aid the
whitening process. That boiled starch
u greatly improved by the addition of a
little spermaceti or a little salt, or both
or a little com arabic dissolved. That
beeswax and salt will make flat ribbons
as clean and smooth as glass. Tie a
lump of wax in a rag and keep it for that
purpose; when the irons are hot, rub
them with the wax rag, then scour with a
paper or rag sprinkled with , salt. That
kerosene will soften boots and shoe
which have been hardened, hy water, and
render them aa pliable aa when new;
saturate a woolen rag and rub with it; it
will also remove stains from clean varn
ished furniture, i
Mr. Brown Is Better.
w e are glad to learn by information
received ; here yesterday
afternoon,
atter our paper had gone to press, that
Mr. A. D. Brown, who we spoke of as
being quite ill at Saratoga, was reported
as better. Nothing has been heard frcm
him to day but this fact alone is taktn
by his friends as meaning that h is stLl
improving.
Illness or Mr. Bear.
We regret to learn that Mr.
Marcus
Bear, who has been quite unwell for aome
days past, has at length taken to his bed.
He is troubled with hemorrhages fnm
the lungs and it is not known to-day
whether he is really better or not, only
that he is resting somewhat better. We
trust that we will soon see. him a train at
his post. j
Very Destitute.
We UBderstand there is a family living
on Front, between Hanover and Bruns
wick streets, who are very destitute and
are in want of food wherewith to sustain
life. The mother, father and eight chil
dren are sick and suffering. Dr. A. D.
McDonald was sent for who gave them
medicinej sent them food and directed his
cook to serve them until they are bei
ter. It is one of the many cases ef suffer
ing in the citv and should be looked! af-
ter.
i Personal.
Mayor Fishblate arrived at home this
morning looking well and hearty after a
three weeks absence at the North. We
presume His Honor will mount the bench
at the City Court Room in the morning
and .look down upon " the evil doers.
Paddy's Hollow ought to furnish a good
Court to-morrow to' let the Mayor get in
practice again. He might be rusty after
being absent so long.
Alderman Flanner returned home last
night after several weeks sojourn at the
White Sulphur Springs in Virginia. 1
Safe la Port. j ,
The schooner John A. Griffin, which
had been given up by so many jas lost,
but whose safe arrival at the Bar was
reported by us yesterday, was towed up
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to the city to-day by the steam tug
Alpha, and was moored I to Mr. O. G.
Parsley's wharf at half past 12 o'clock.
She brought her two passengers, Messrs.
Dyer and Davis, the two young men from
this city who boarded her at Philadelphia
en ioute for their homes' here. A large
number of persons were at the dock to
meet them, among them the fathers of the
twoyeung men. There was also a delega
tion from the Comus Club, of which
Messrs. Dyer and , Davis are mem
bers,! who came j down in a
carriage to receive and escort them to their
hemes After a hearty hand-shaking all
around, the young gentlemen entered the
carriage and were driven to their homes
where the happy greeting which awaited
them may be more easily imagined than
described. I
Capt. Slover says he has been out in a
bigger storm than that which he experi
enced this time, but that he was never
before iu so great danger. He was well
out to sea when the storm struck him.
His glass gave no indication of the danger,
but all of a sudden, and in a heap as it
were, a hurricane of wind was upon him.
He could no nothing for it but let' his
vessel go befjre the wind. Suddenly,
when in about five miles of the shore the
wind died out and soon after sprang up
again from the Northwest and drove the
schooneroff to sea again. It was certainly
a narrow escape for if the wind had held
fifteen minutes longer they would have
been driven ashore. ' , . . .
Capt Slover reportshaying left theCapes
of the Delaware on the l5thinst;had mod
erate weather until the 18th, when about
30 miles S. E. of Hog Island, on the coast
of Virginia, experienced a hurricane
from S. E. which lasted six. hours; vease1
was put under close reefed sails, Abou
10 a. m. mainsasl, foresail and forestaysail
were split and torn main bod m topping
ift parted and main boom came down.break
ing both davits and damaging boat?; vessel
being unmanageable, he let her go before
the wind heavy sea running. Bent
storm trysail, but sea so heavy thought
it unsafe to haul up. At o'clock ye-il
in,10 fathom water.sea running very high.
At ;3Q in '81 fathoms water and wind
settled to a dead calm. At 2 wind struck
from N. W. Al heavy j set i struck the
vessel and broke the tiller off close to the
rudder, vessel springing aleafc. '
For bar steal, iron and carriage goods
go. to JacobV Hardware Depot.
29, 1879. NO. 174
i Disturbances in JuDlter.
According to a writer in the Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle, there if
trouble in the giant planet Jupiter, which
is shinning so brilliantly these cool Aug
ust nignts A great spot, estimated: t
be 18,000 miles ii diameter, is connpicu
ouson the planejt s disc. It has been
visible for two yers.'says M. Trouvelot,
of Cambridge, Mass , although its appear
ance has not been generally known until
recently. It is-probable that on the first
discovery of the opot the color was not
stj-ocgly pronouueed, or it would have
been more generally observed. Dr. Swift
of Rochester, saw the spot for Ihe
first time only a few weeks ago. The
onlyexplanation, tljus far given, is that
there is a rent in the cloud-covering of
Jupiter, revealing the red hot body of itbe
planet. This explanation hardly ex-
plains, although it is now generally cun
cedeel that Jupitor is a elowinz mass
git
ig mass
and shines partly by
his
own light.
Many remarkable changes have recently
taken place in the appearance! of Jupiter
Those who search for the red spot cannot
fail to notice the white, cloud-like spots
between the great copper-colored equa-
orial belts. The great j central belt
seems to be broken up into
white cloud masses lying at intervals
along
the Joviau . equator.
Tb(
copper color of the outer belts extends in
some places across the equatorial regions,
usually occupied by a bright belt ol
creamy white. North and' south cf the
great equatorial belts and about half way
to the poles are narrow, irregular salmon
colored belts, that present a very beauti
ful appearance. The blue coloring about
the poles seems less pn.nounced than!Usus
al. It is more than probable that in itbe
mighty changes going on in Jupiter, adds
the Chronicle, we1 are witnessing the phe
nomena of world growth, and that the
giant planet is slowly undergoing, under
our very eyes, the modifications necessary
to fit it for habitation.
Grape Wine for communion.!
The superior quality
of Speer s Port Grape
and entire purity
Wine, of New, Jer-
sey, and the success that physicians have
had by its use have induced them to write
about it, and caused hundreds of others to
prescribe it in their practice as the best
and most reliable wine to be had. It is
held in great favor for evening parties,
and for communion ( purposes. For sale
by P. L. Bridgers & Co., J. C. Munds and
Green & Flanner. ,
Wine and Cake for Evenings.'
Alfred Speer of New Jersev. it should
be known, is one of the most extensive
producers and dealers m f ure Wines and
Brandies iu the United States. He makes
a iuperior! Port Wine, which took the
highest premium at theCentennial, known
as Speeds Port Grape Wine. It is sold
by J, C. Munds, P. L. Bridgers & Co.
and Green &Flanner. Aug-tf.
New Advertisements.
N. Y. & W- S. S. CO.
Notice.
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FTER THIS DATE FREIGHT WILL
be received and Bills of Lading signed at
PIER NO. 3L EAST RIVER; New-York,
instead of at Pier No. )3,' North River, as
heretofore. THOMAS. E. BOND,
aug 29 Sup't.
Hall & Pearsall
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QFFER FOR SALE, AT close pricer, a
FRESH and COMPLETE stock of General
Groceries, consisting in part of
100 BozeD-s Bic!es-
Cg bdis. aew Mess i'orr.
Tubs choice Northern Butter.
Bbls-JFlour, made from NEW
injyj WHEAT and put up in Fancy
Packages. j
3000 BjLsSu Corn, White nd Mixed
30
Bbls, and Hhds New Crop
Cuba Molasser,
5Q Bbls. 8y rupa and Molasses.
aug 29
RancyCottem's Courtship
Hy Major Jones,
OfPineville, Georgia.
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Author of Ma:or Jones' CourtaWp, Maior
Jones' Travels, Major Jones t bronicles
of Pineville. With Liht Full Page
I Illustrations.
In uniform style with Mar Jones' To lit
hip. One VoL Paper Cover Pncj 60ots.
A LARGE LOT OF FINE
AD FANCY BOX PAPElt.
For sale at
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HEIf8BKROER'S.
Noj. 1 39 and 41 Market sU
ang 29
PLEASE 50TICE.
W t1! txm -I. ..i-l' '1 .. A ' I 1
from! our friends on any and all subjects o t
Koucrai mieresi out :
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Tename of the writer murt always
msnea to tnetIitor.
Communications must be written
one side of the'paper.
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Personalities most be avoided.
on only
And it is especiallv and tard Li.i
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etooa tLat the Editor does not always endo i e
the views of corresi-on dents, unless so staU I
m ine editorial coIuttdp.
New Advertisements.'
Burbank's Pharmacy.
PRESCRIPTIONS COMPOUXDED wilh
ca e an 1 auracj by crmpetent hands
Onlr agencv in the
city of Holman
I iver Pd Co'a re ecies.
aug q
Houses and Stores to Rent.
APPLY TO !
THE McKOYS,
Attorneys and Counsellors i at lav,
Office orth hide Market St., bttween 7d
nd3d- aa? 216
Family Excursions
Steamer Passport!
CAPT. J. W. HARPER, ' j
yyiLL CONTINUE THE j ,
. FAMILY IXCCRSIOAS,
FKLDAY, AUGUST 29, and continue each1
fo.lowing Friday nntil further notice, visi
jting Fort Fi6ber, Faithville and Caswell,
Every care and att i tion to cemfort atd
pleasure will be regarded. j
6T" Music for l ancing. j
EB. Bound trip only 50 cents j Children
and Servants half price.
ag 26 QEO. MYERS, Agent
CEBITS lO
'JUST OPENED
A. NEW AND ELEGANT
ASSORTMENT OF GOODS i )
Of various kinds and styles and dessriptioDi'
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Boston 5 and 10 Cents,
Store
ME W GOOD
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RECEIVED EVERY TWO DAYS
For the purpose of keeping the stock ire
plenished and thoroughly up to the mark.
IMo Such Variety f
, AT SUCH PRICES! i I
has sver before been offered in Wilmiagfo-.;
CALL AT ONCE
AND MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS 1 1
And get wondeiful ' bargains at the
Boston 5 and 10 Cents
Store, 1 1
41 N. Front Street. Q
aug 25 ! I I ! .
For Sale.
T VERY REASONABLE P3ICE3,
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THREE NO. 1 BUGGY
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j AND DRAFT HORSE?.
AND SEVERAL BUGGIES.
Apply to
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SOL. BEAR k BROS.
aug 25
COMMERCIAL HOTEL,
"WILMINGTON, N. C.
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P- JBL. 0CZXTJTTJJ, Prop.
THE COMMERCIAL, formerly the "EM
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PIREOUSE",havingbeen thoroughly ren-
orated and refitted is now one of the leading
first-class Hoiels in the city. The table is
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supplied with the best our home and north
ern markets affords. i
Board per Day $2 and $2 50 !
S Large Sample Roomi for ,the Com
mercial trade. ,
A First-Class Bar and Billiard Hall
connected with .this Hotel.
FREE LUNCH daily frm 11 A.'M,
to 12.30 PM.
luly 19-
Eooms and Board.
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T 7FRT FTVE ROD MR AND BOARD cam
V be famished to families, couples, or siif
gle persona, on favorable terms for the Sum
mer, at the pleasant and convenient dwell
ing on the corner ot JFront and Mulberry
atreeta. i - ' f l H
Both transient, permanent and day board
era accommodated at moderate prices. I i jj
For particulars enquire of 1 ( ;
i HJU4.U BOUDTNOTr )
Jose l-tf Cor. Front and Mnlbekry ttt
Ill:
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