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H - * - ; i ask you for goods ; we will guarantee to * ' ' / * "
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H f > sell you the same quality at a less figure. .V'
B - We never brag but . always stand ready to make ;
H our statements good.
H L. LOWMAN RELIABLE & SON , , , ' ,
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HI McCook , - Nebraska.
H We have the most extensive stock in the west of
I Jewelry , Watches , Clocks and Silverware.
I GOLD WATCHES
Hi Are at the same price of'Silver. Watches were never known
Hi to be so cheap before.
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HI Good American watches from $2.50 to $25.00 in gold
H | filled cases. A fine line of canes and silk .sun-
Hi shades. All Gold Heads in 10,12 and 14 carat gold.
H | We are offering a line of Cuff and Collar Buttons ,
H | P118 and Ear rings , at just half price. Everything
H guaranteed as represented.
B MAIN AVENUE , - COKXEK SOUTH OF POST OFFICE.
I GET ON TO THIS !
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This year , we will give away to
I ® jj OUR GASH GUSTOMRRS , | | ®
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H I + * 4-C + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + i + + + 4 + + + + + + + + + + + + " + +
I I 4-t- - -r - - - - + ' - rM - - MM - - MM - + + + + - 4 + + + * - + + - ! • + + + +
II | j Call and learn Particulars.
II ® jj LARGEST STOCK IJV THE COUJVTY , | | ®
l | | Afl ® JtEVEfR UNDERSOLD. jj
J W. C. LaTOXJBETTE & GO. ,
, 1 Brick Store , 4 doors south or J. C. Allen & Co's.
It [ , MAIN AVENUE. McCOOK , NEB.
' [ ; J. H. OSWALT ,
h lias Opened a First-CIass
I" Restaurant § Confectionery
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S. LUMBEK YAUD AND
? SOLI0ITS THE PUBLI0 PATRONAGE ,
" FRUITS IN SEASON.
TOBACCO Sbt WHOLESALE and RETAIL.
i ' DAY BOARD AND LUNCHES TO ORDER.
Give me a Call. ' J0 A OSWALT.
New Store ! New Ooods !
About APRIL lO wo will oe-
< A > k copy our Mammoth New Store ,
t"3 corner lGth and Curtis Streets ,
\ J T7ith an entire new stock of
Dry Goods
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ITsf iDress Goods. Fancy Good * . Jer-
f L \W \ seys , AVraps. Suits , . Millinery.
Bk % Indies' and Gents' turnlsblngs ,
/wxWi ' 'A Boys' Clothing. Carpct , Cur-
L ff7ll W > > A talat etc. . luakinK it the Gem
t If till vfcji Dry GoodsStorcin the West. Do-
F til 11\ V l nend upon latest styles and low
" Mil AU eastern prices. Absolute satls-
llll2\ > faction Kuaranteed to all mall or-
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- / / / im sfwiSSffiff ieS ? " " ?
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I D. D. SMITH , Proprietor.
Livpry , feed and sale stables. Finest turn
outs in the city furnished. Hani , rear Mci
Entee Hotel. >
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A COIHtr.SFONDBNT UtSCUSSKS THE QUKSTION
Or I.KRISLATION AND CONTKOL.
To the Editor of the Onuilia Uepubllcan :
O'Neir.r. , Neb. , July U. I have read , with
much interest , your full report of the meeting
called by the state board of transportation , in i
Lincoln on the 28th of June.
We are too busy in this growing1 western
country to moralize when our material inter
ests are not affected. There are times , how
ever , when it pays to pause for reilection. This
remarkable meeting at Lincoln furnishes facts
of importance , containing much food for re
ilection.
We have in a number of western states
spent much time and labor in making laws to
control railroad rates , under the supposition
that bur interests demands railroads should '
not be managed by the laws that govern other
business enterprises. From facts presented at
this meeting , the question is forjed upon us ,
"Have wo been misled ? " Have we , in a desire :
lor a supposed reform to overcome imaginary
evils , seriously injured ourselves ? It has been
generally understood throughout the west :
that capital invested iu. railroads , has been
made to earn extravagant rates of interest ,
and that railroads are all growing enormously
rich. This is either true , or it is not true. This
is a simple problem that can certainly and bo
easily solved. Freight classifications , and the
proper tariffs , for the interest of all. are intri
cate. Opinions will necessarily differ on
these questions of detail , but there is no mys
tery concerning the following questions : Can
railroads afford to work under low tariffs in
our state ? Can we nffoul to crowd them and
cripple them ?
It was shown at this mooting in Lincoln tint
the branch lines of the Union Pacific railway ,
are being operated at a loss. They are earn-
ing nothing on the capital invested. That the
200 miles of road recently constructed bjthe
St. Joseph and Grand Is'ai.dntihoad , has earn
ed only 1 per cent , on the capital actually in
vested. Thut no railroad company in this j
state is making 0 per cent on the capital actu-
ally invested in construction and equipment. I
It is generally conceded that the Burlington
company hiss been cconomicafly and honestly <
managed , and that it is Hie most successful
raihoad company of our state , and yet it has
shown at this meeting that that company has
earned fiom IfcliS tolSTS inclusive , on its system
west of the Missouri river , less than IVi per
cent , on the dollars and cents aelualiy invest
ed iu consruction ! and equipment , including
all of its through business. These are ail sim
ple tacts. Certainly such statements could
not have been made unless they could be.prov01
en.
en.St.
St. Paul. Minn.
, is an enterprising and prow
gross ! vc city. The St. Paul board of trade has
recently resolved that unrestricted competi
tion , uutrammeled by law , is what the interai
ests of the northwest demand. Leading busiw
ness men , reliable and substantial citi/.ens ,
certainly with the best interests of the state
at heart , from Hastings , Beatrice , Fremont
and Omaha , at this meeting , unanimously urg-
ed our railroad cammission to leave the rail-
roads alone. They desire railroad property
treated justly. They want ro see railroads
prosper. They want railroad construction
to continue. They desire to settle our west-
crn counties , and to build up nourishing towns
in all parts of this great state. They want to
see two million people in Nebraska within the
next ten years. If Iowa and Nebraska and
other western states had not forced any of
their railroads into bankruptcy ; if we had for
years treated railroads liberally and justly , is
it not probablo that we could have been much
further advanced to-day ? Would not capital
ists in the cast , and in other parts of the world
with conlidcnce in the justice and good sense ,
of our courts and legislatures , have invested
millions where they have invested thousands
in railways and many other enterprises ?
Would we not have within our grasp to-day
many advantages that we cannot expect to ac
quire in a life time ? Have wo not allowed
small bore politicians and selfish newspapers ,
ready to sacrifleethebestinterestsof thestate
for temporary gain , to play upon eredulitj ?
Have wo not bcon misled ? Communities , as
well as individuals , sometimes take a mistaken
view of their own interests. Too many laws .
have injured Iowa. Iowa secures but compar
atively few of the emigrants seeking new
homes in the west. Iowa towns to-day are
uriKersally dead. Iowa business men are
flocking to the progressive Nebraska. This
meeting at Lincoln indicates that our business
men have taken warning by the mistakes of
their neighbors.
Mr. Deitrich , president of the board of trade
of Hastings , a large property owner in that
city , a thoroughly competent man , in his frank ,
blunt way , told the boaid of transportation
that they remind him of a young surgeon
recklessly sawing off the limbs of a poor passSc
eager mangled m a railroad collision , with the
only excuse that he has a desperate case on gj
hand. Mr. Deitrich believes that our commis
sion has been over anxious to show its skill at
a time when both the people ami railroads are dc
transacting their business satisfactorily bc-
tween ! themselves and desire no interfercjice. ea
Mr.Deitrieh's remarks were applauded by the t. -
delegations present from all parts of thestate. Cll
Lr-t us thank Mr. Deitrich. This is the time . m
for plain talk. If we have made a mistake
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that has cost us millions , why not confess it , .
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and make reparation promptly and to the full
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extent of our power ? Why not fall into line
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with our neighbors at St. Paul , and to further
our own interests , demand a repeal of all laws
both state and inter-state , that have been
fatheied } by a raise sentiment manufactured
by tii'M niiigdi'nniKotr.i'S.
Ju.vricu A.vi ) PuoaitEss Co.
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D . Cauv's Condition Powders. They tone I
up the digestive organs , free the system or I
worms , jcive i he horse a good appetite , causinir ,
them to shed freely and putting them in uood ul
shape for haid work. For sale by druggists. cu
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| sensational Half-oif , Below Cost , Ta.kc- . 'em-a"wa.y-for- I i
; nothing * Sales. 1 :
Our reputation for selling | I
RELIABLE , TRUSTY , = =
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I Is quite suilicient to draw people to our store , and when | $
| we. have something below ordinary prices , we can al- I
I ways give good reasons for it. We are selling : 8 !
I Dry Goods , Hats and Gaps , J
I Groceries , Boots and Shoes , I '
Notions. EtCo9 1
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i TSiis is not Idlo lifL oorGoods snd Prirss orovB tin Assortioiii !
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1 Established in 1882. THE PIONEER iERGHANT. I
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SOUTH SIDE ITEMS.
One can almost see the corn growing.
C. II. Jacobs' dog treed a large coon , last Fri
day night.
C. II. Jacobs was down to Indianola , last
Thursday.
111 degrees in the shade , the Fourth. How
ish dat Tor high , eh.
II. II. Pickens reports the loss of a flue colt ,
last ' Wednesday night.
Shorty Howies was down fiom his ranch on
tne Medicine , last Saturday.
IT anyone wants to know how the crossing is
on Dry creek , just ask Red Benjamin. .
John Stone , wife and sons , were down bit
week , visiting John's father and mother.
Mrs. W. T. Stone is getting so she can , by the
aid of a chair , get out as far as the door yard ,
which she considers quite a treat. Uxo.
Cure of Cancer and Ulcers.
• Judge T. C. McLouUon writes to tho
Swift g Specific Co. : "About three years
ago , Jerry Bradley had a cancerous
sore on his face , near the right eye. It
caused him a great deal of pain , and ho
lost the sight of the eye. but was finally
cured by tlie us ; of Swift' * Specific.
This : ease is well known m "Wilkes Co. ,
G'a. , where he lives. "
Mr. L. Cox , or Arkabutla , Tate Co. ,
Miss. , writes : UI suffered a great deal ]
from old ulcers f r years. Your mod- ]
cmo ' was recomnicn .e I , and i > ftjr using
B x bottles I was co'iipletcly cured , j i
Tour medicine doc evi n more than you j
ciam , for it. 1n \ ve known it to euro t
cases < which were thought hopeless. " I
Mrs. A. M. CiolJsin.th , Ino. 071Warren.
St. , Brooklyn ' , In. Y. , writes : "I com
menced us ng S. . S. about three yea s
ago. I had suffered from a sore tnroat
for over a year. I used a meat many
other remedies w.fi no good results.
My little girl , a so. had sore lingers ; it
commenced from the quick , and then
the nads would come off. We doctored
her for over two years , and when I com
menced us ngS. S. S. I thought 1 would
see what it would do for her. 1 am
thankful to say that it entirely cured
her. It is the best , remedy 1 know of
for tho blood. I really believe it wa3
the m ans of saving my life. The doc
tor told me I had a throat disease simi
lar to Gen. Grant's. 1 cheerfully rec-
onimend it to all suffering from dis
ordered blood. "
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
loaded free. The Swift Specific Co. ,
Drawer 3 , Atlanta , Go-
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VALLEY GRANGE PICKUPS , j I
Sewing bees are all the rage on South Side.
H. Gale was laid up with neuralgia , the fore ;
part of this week.
Perry Stone's brother is now working for the
South Side dairy.
Miss Lena llnitless returned fiom Omaha ,
Saturday , of Ia = t week.
A much needed missionary work is being
done for the South Side.
The young man who came here from the
east , a few weeks ago , w ith the evident intcr-
tion of teaching the people of this far west the
customs of the more civilized east came very
near being presented with a new dres suit
made of tar and feathers , a short time ago ,
and may jet be fitted out with the much ueed-
garments , if there is not a marked improve
ment in his language and habits. Joe.
A CURE FOR SORE NIPPLES.
Mas M wiv E. Luni.ow , of Manning , Pratt J
. . Kansas , says : Six years ago we lived at j
Columbus Junction , Iowa , and I had a young j
baby i and a very sore breast. For three months
tried \ every thing until nt last I got a box of {
Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment and it
cured them. Sold by all druggists.
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j i % f % \ In f @h Prl'F F0R THREE BEST ]
IjOUU III oiSi ! 1 H * SIS &DW RTISEgaENTS. |
The Chicago Daily News has reduced its from
price two cents to One Cent per copy. j
| I 1 For a year past its sales have been over < { a-million-a-wcek , " and it believes it now sees the way to safely lead in placing an ideal ' 1
American daily paper upon the basis of the lowest unit of American coinage ONE cent.
J ' To successfully accomplish this end two things are essential :
First To make as good a newspaper as the best , if not a little better ; second to let every man , woman and child in the
i Northwest know it's being done , and done at one cent a day. The Daily News believes that it is competent to take care of
. the first named condition , and knows of no better way of meeting the second than by general newspaper advertising. To do the
j latter most effectively it here solicits the co-operation of all who believe themselves competent to write an effective
i advertisement. To induce the best effort in its serwee in this matter Tin : Daily News will reward the writers of the newspaper three best
1 advertisements submitted , with three cash prizes , aggregating Fifteen Hundred Dollars , divided as follows :
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First Cash Prize For best advertisement _ _ _
t , - - , - - $1,000.00 1
Second Cash Prize For second best advertisement
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Third Cash Prize For third best advertisement '
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Total , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $1,500.00 I
The advertisement may be a single announcement , or a series of announcements not exceeding six in number. The 1
space
required must not exceed that occupied by this advertisement eight inches deep , six and one-quarter inches wide. 1
> For the general guidance of all who enter the competition , the following ten points are briefly stated as being those which TlIE 1
| I DAILY News will require to be most prominently brought out. The advertisement must emphasize : "
j
! i That Tun Daily News is first , last and all the time . ' .
, a > 'ra r-papir. ness , but jt has a very positive conviction that it is 1
entirely practlca-
i Because that should be the first and
consideration in the
controlling and
bjc
, desirable
j altogether , to legislate
saloon-keepers into their
j I production of an American Daily paper , and it isn't always so. It 1
proper place , as bcins engaged in a t-affic which herc.as everywhere 1
costs money , enterprise and hard work in unstinted
measure to else in the civilized world , is only tolerated as , apparently , a neces-
make
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a genuine m
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wiro-papcr. sary evil. [ There must lie no uncer'uvi soundoit this pointy •
3 That The Daily News is a daily paper for busy people. Because this is
6 That The Daily
New
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paper. it believes in the
a country of busy people , and the North-west is the busiest part cf
it. Most people haven't the time or patience to read a "blanket- practical rather wisdom of Ix-tog good natured ' : of being generally satisfied 1
sheet " haven't than evcrUstin-jly dissatisfied. 'I he chicnic fault-finder is a |
, they absolutely use for it. a
any Newspaper reading ,
nuisance , and The Daily .
Nrv.swlil ha\e the lea .t of . fl
after all , is but an incident of life , not its chief busings. Ihtrcfcre • ' possible him.
The Daily News is a short-and-to-thc-point-paper 'lhe ' world is letter than it nsed to te , and is getting better e\er\-day. B
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It's a geed place to li\e in let's inaUthe btit cf it.
3 That Tun Daily News is an independent , tnith-tclling newspaper. _
Because the American people are intelligentenough toprcferhenest , 7Tjm The Daily News cons a great deal of money to make. Becaus- I
impartial journalism to the misleading , truth-d cclorinc ; dishonesty . there is sometimes no way ol dcmor.ftratinthe * u-e of a thinjr , to 9
of the " sonje neopic , so conchisn ely as by showii ,
regulation political "organ. Lvcrjoody really to eten in part what it
know thtruth in political matters : the mostiolcct partisan ways dcesr. t costs to make it. There areo = peopleon the regular wreckly pay-roll M
0f The Dailv
want misinformation rora daily diet. And as to editorial expression , Nrws. ard their sauries ranse from < 5.soo to < 6 coo -
even the most unreasonaole partisan will rarely take lasting cfiecce per week , a-grt ating 5300,000 a year , 'the wh-te pape/costa
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at an adverse opinion , so long as he I , confident of the hoesly 0/ anothermovgo a rear. 'I he aggregate expenditures of The Daily
XEWS wHf
fur .
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purpose back ot the opinion. It s not the mere fact cf disagreement van. " - Let a trifle cither way from ooo oco And
that makes trouble , it's the suspicion cf insir.ceritv. [ Male this . , yet . , . , . _
point very ' strongard deart's tccarse Ijie Daily News/vm c „ That Inn DAp i.nvts now costs the reader only Ortg Cent a Day. ' 9
trail it's a-av ' to the confidence cfitsreaders 0eztty ' political'faith Because this is the most wonderful thing in modern
that it has acircitlaiioK ofovtr" a-iuiliioK-a- : . ' "j " deserves telling o'er and o'er. [ I7nrc is little danger journalism cf , and I
. . making
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rr. t. T- -v- • . . too Utuch .
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ThatTun Daily .v- .t
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jvews
4 is afamuy paper. Because this is the age cf * '
the newspaper , a time when evcrjbody read it. andi is . U
? : T.iI-icipor- g TSutt The Daily Nevis now literally '
everybody's .
I
tant that the newspaper should be made with dircctrefercr.ee to the herct-fcre paper. Because
needs of all the - metropolitan daily papers ha\e been too expensive , both fl
members of the . Woman
family. and her interests in price ar.d in time required to read them , to make it
never occupied so large a share of the world's thought atoday a the firmer the practicable for jfl
or mecharic take
to them. Novthis is .
fact be overlooked. changed. The |
not to The moral tone and intlutnce of a daily former particularly s-otld ! tike
paper must also be constantly watched , for children . - . # a daily paper now that it costs but ] H
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rc. > it. The liule more thrt the odtiraevcekly ! , and is condensed
Daily News is for the home and therefore so that he can |
, it follows
also afford the time to read it. He'll sate its j early cost over and jH
5-That The Daily News is against the saloon. Because "the liquor cYera n tnowIagtl.ernarktt prices every day.msteadcf weekly
interest" arrogantly assumes to dominate in American politics , and * '
The Daily News believes that it inot for the country's , good that 10 That The Daily News now inaugurates a M
revoluuon.
Be- H
one interest should thus ovcr-ridc all others muchlc-s newspaper -
any
- , which
- one cause such a combination cf values it
as now offers the reader
stands as the representative of. ilth , is 13 |
< t most un-American amonsus. absolutely without ' ! - !
American
para'amca
The Daily Nlw.s is not the cf . It is ; newspapers , and it is |
prohibition.
organ not sure that bound to make the dry-bosrs rattle. Theresult of this resolution
prohibition is the best thing. Good people who have mae'e this sub- that every English reading person living within daily dis- is -S fl
ject a life-long study do not agree as to the remedy. The Daily News tance of Chicago can now afford , both as to priceand newspaper time have -
, to fl
has no etitopian hope that it is possible to legislate men into good- his city casly. 9
Other points will suggest themselves to the regular reader of the paper itself , an-d may lie introduced according to the judgment of fm
the advertisement writer. Outline illustrations and poetry may be introduced if desired , but they are not necessarily essential to success in Jfl
the competition. The prizes will be awarded to the thn. . * i : r-t successful t'.Mw-i' .r : < , the publisher of The D ILY News being jfl
the sole judge , whatever may be the absolute grade of their merit. AH .eri.emer.U must le received before September 1st
next jfl
and the awards will be made at the earliest date practicable thereafter. Intending competitors must apply for the papers complete , jfl
pectus , and advertisements must be submitted under the conditions therein named in detail. pros- | H
VICTOR F. LAWSON , Publisher The Daily News , Chicago. jfl
IIII QIID h WP C ! erian DesLarzes ,
We ore agents for the following reliable J rSllSTer & Ifity OlIS LlHG ,
companies Xote date of onrani-
zation and splendid assets : jj f T j ,
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.Etna of Hartford. Conn. , ISl'J S0.T = : , 0 _ ! ? rS1S' ' ! fes = w %
[ ltsiir.iuce Co. of X. A. , Pliila. , 1T J4. 5 > ,4T4iV2 : rSS2 i < tffeg #
IMienix of Brooklyn. lbT > : J 5 , : , * fl7. 2. Ueri - § 1 _ t4 = ,
Connecticut of Hartford. 1T 9 2.1SI1.742 C | S 3S = = iir
Continental of New York , iVtl fi.iKl. 'JSl t S S s
Peimsylvania Fire of Pliila. , ISTi. . . 2,7I0SS.
Lancshiie of Manchester , En . , lS.V2 , 1,4 .18,1S7 ' "rp rT T-J-
> - 15u. to and from all trains. Coal Iinulin ?
n/\T irr\r 4 T > im nrte T
iyULiVllM OJ i _ ilil\ll Vy X , and irem-ral delivery. Three ilray * . All
work uruiiintlv ntU'iulcd to. Leave 01 ders at
3IcCOOK , NEBRASIwV. Frees & Hocknell Lumber Yard.
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• DRYSDALE ,
Hasjusi "received an Elegant M
Line of Spring Goods , and he
kindly returns his most sincere- I
thanks for the liberal patronage fl
he has received in the past , and fl
hopes to merit a continuance " ' 9
of the same. fl