The Age. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 114, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 3, 1875 Page: 2 of 4
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THE GREAT FIRE IN SHERMAN.
New Advertisements.
T. J. RILEY.
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Wood Dealer Fifth Ward.
No. 39 and 41 Main Street.
Houston,
Texas.
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Has always on hand
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of Wood.
Subscription'
Z. Emmich’s, Alain Street.
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R. F. PANNEL,
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Won’t, our citv fathers pass another
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charter arendment 1 r
Gas Fitting and Plumbing.
HIGHL Y IMPROVED
PUMPS AND BRASS WORKS.
to me for sale;
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HOUSTON
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dispensed at his bar.
GERMANIA BANK,
PRACTICAL FINANCIERING.
TOM MARTI«,
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Tinner and Dealer in
LOE & S€CHOENNIANN.
COOKING UTENSILS,
Washington Road,
HOUSTON,
TEXAS.
Houston,
Texas.
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FIFTH WARD TRIUMPHANT!
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MIKE HARRINGTON &C0.
REVOLVING LIGHT
Manufacturer oi
BAR AHO BILLIARD PARLORS,
Railroad. Cars
HOUSTON.
TEXAS.
elsewhere in Houston.
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HOUSTON
ROB’T E. LEE
LIVERY, FEED & SALE
PPEINAPLE & HOLNIES,Propriet‘s.
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HOUSTON,
TEXAS.
lower than elsewhere.
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TEXAS.
Houston,
-Texas.
SALOON.
BARBER
Hotels.
AUSTIN,
TEXAS
CHAS. KINSBAGH, Prop.
Congress Street near Main.
By Mrs. Stuart & Hayes,
REVOLVING LIGHT
And Boilers of the
RESTAURANT
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OYSTER SALOON,
Texas.
Houston,
for yourself.”
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\NGNES
orders to
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have made their arrangements to supply any
quantity of goods as low, if not lower, than
Liberal cash advances1 made on all Cotton,
Wool, Hides and Western Produce consigned
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Office in Concrete Building Up Stairs.
WEDNESDAY^- NOVEMBER, 3, 1875.
Liberal terms for half column or column
contracts.
HOUSTON,
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Also agent for O. W. Massey’s celebrated
Cotton G-in and Hazard Powder
Company.
Keeps constantly on hand a complete stock
of Staple and Fancy Groceries and Planta-
tion Supplies, which will be sold at prices
that defy competition.
New Advertisements.
T,W.ROUSE,
The citizens of Dunman’s. Huffman’s and
other precincts, are informed that notwith-
standing the bridge across White Oak is up
—that
R. D. WESTCOTT, Editor.
B. F. HARDCASTLE, Business Manager.
The Home Journal of New Ouleans,
devoted to agriculture and home inter-
ests, is an excellent paper. It is invalu-
able in every Southern home.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
FREEMAN’S DRUGSTORE,
Office, 85 Leonard St. New York.
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“Special attention to the traveling public
Spring mattresses, clean bed clothing, and
the table always supplied with the best the
market affords. The cheapest fare in the
GALVESTON DEPOT at the foot of the
Brick Whatf.
HOUSTON DEPOT in the Market.
Principal orders tilled at Houston where
my interior friends will send their favors.
Extensive facilities enable us to offer prices
Would call the attention of his customers
and the public at large to the following
named articles, which have been
UNDERTAKER.
Has on hand Silver-Mounted Metalie Cas-
kets, OrientalMetalic Cases, Rosewood Cof-
fins, Walnut Collins, Pine Coffins, Hearses
and Burial Robes.
Allorders by telegram will receive prompt
attention.
Place of business, No. 57 Prairie Street,
Houston, Texas, across from Turner’s Hall.
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THE MASTER OF THE TEXAS STATE
GRANGE.
JAMES HARRINGTON,
FOURTH JUSTICE PRECINCT.
Will attend to taking acknowledgements
and conveyancing, such as writing Deeds of
Trust, Mortgages, and solemnizing the r.tes
of matrimony. This will save the people of
Dunman’s and Hoffman’s Precincts trouble
of riding forty miles to accomplish the above
objects. octlltf*
G HI BRINGS SALOON
CHRISTIAN ISENBEE, Prop.,
Second Door from Postoffice,
Dealer in Gold and Silver, and all kinds of
negotiable securities. Buy and sellExchange
on all the principal cities of the United States
and Europe.
Collections made throughout the State.
Accounts of Bankers, Merchants and others
solicited.
Manufacturer of
Sheet Iron and Tin Ware.
Dealers in Commercial Papers, and City,
County and State Scrips.
Preston Street, opposite Dissen House,
Plantation for Sale,
situated south side of Cypress Creek, Texas,
one and a half miles from Westfield.
One Hundred and Fifty Acres
in cultivation.
Good two-story frame building, with eleven
rooms and out houses, a cistern and well in
the yard; Gin House, Cotton Gin and Screw,
and a sixty gallon Copper Still. •
1000 Bearing Peach Trees.
Also Apples, Pears, Quinces, Figs, Plums
and Grapes.
This tract contains 500 acres, 300 of which
is timber. All of which will be sold low
down and on accommodating terms.
J. W. HOBSON.
Cypress Creek, Oct. 14tf
The cheapest place to procure work in this
line in Houston. octlltf
Prompt attention to repairs. Agents for
Steam Pumps, Brass Goods and Fittings,
Self-Feeding Gins, Fire Proof Safes, Machin-
sts’ Tools, etc.
^Corner Main and Preston Sts.,
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
S. & M. ROSENFIELD,
Wholesale and Retail Dealars in
Fancy Dry Goods,
CLOTEING
BOOTS, SHOES,
Hw 8and Furnishing Goods
49 and 51 Main street.
The best Free Lunch in Houston every
morning at 10 o’clock. The best Liquors,
Wines, Cigars etc., constantly at the bar.
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Send in your
O7STER DEPOT,
John H tang. Proprietor.
Wholesale and Retail.
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N. K. McDUFFY.
Saw Miller,
Cypress City, Harris;Co., Texas.
Has a railway running from his Mill to
Westfield. Is prepared to deliver on the cars
of the Great Northern Railroad, sawed lum-
ber of every kind and character, at cheaper
rates than can be purchased at any Mill on
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Corner of Washingtoh Street and Young’s
Avenue.
Fourth Ward, North side Buffalo Bayoh.
P. C "TAYLOR,
Manufacturer of
LIME,
Agent for
Charter Oak Stoves
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Ample supply always on hand. Prices the
lowest and quality the best, of any Lime in
use.
As the only Manufacturer in the State,
who can promise an unfailing supply and fill
any order. oct3d&Wtf
Great Reduction in Prices
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Cotton and Wool Factor,
AND
Commission Merchant,
AND
W HOI ISA 1 HL eritc UER.
57 Main Street,
HOUSTON, - - - ■ TEXAS
SAM STERNE
48 MAIN Street,
in the State. The Tables are all new and o
the most approved ZELLER make, and
the furniture is recherche and elegant.
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First class attention given boarding horses,
always on hand for hire fine horses and bug-
gies; funerals or parties furnished with hacks
at short notice, GEO. AV. LEMMON,
Proprietor.
VOISAN & BUJAO,
BROKERS.
QUATITY
Manufactured by Richardson Brothers, Eagle
Iron Works, near Central Depot,
will excell in magnificence, and in the quality
of the Liquors and Cigars kept, anything
ever undertaken in Houston. octlltf
IMPERIAL
ATLANTIC HOUSE,
P. J. FOSTER, Prop’r.
On hand 30,000 Pairs oi
Boots and Shoes,
of every description, bought for cash down,
and can afford to and will sell them 25 per
cent, lower than any other house in the
city. AVe mean to say that we defy competi-
tion.
Also, we offer our
Dry Goods, Clothing,
HATS and CAPS,
at hard times prices.
L(bEm & SUHOENMANN
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J. II. PEREGOY,
Houston, Texas.
No. 2 Preston Street,
Houston, - - - - Texas.
Fowler’s Cotton Chopper
—AND— |
Combined Cultivator.
This Chopper will do the work of eight
men. The Hoes, or Choppers, can be set to
any desired width, from ten to twenty-eight
inches. It also has four shovels for cultivating
purposes which can be set to throw the earth
on or off the cotton, and regulated to any de-
sired width, and they can be thrown either in
or on the ground without getting off the
seat.
The Hoes can be stopped or thrown out of
gear, and the machine used as a Cultivator
alone.
New Advertisements. y
TONESTARBAKERY,
CHAS. WICHMAN, Proprietor,
Preston St., opposite Market,
Per year $10 00 Delivered in the city at
One Dollar per month, payable monthly-
Advertising:
Per INCH— One Dollar for the first inse
tion. and 50 cents for each subsequent inse
tion. 6b Qp.
CHAS. W. RUGERS,
Has of his own direct importation and under
his own direct supervision, the only stock in
Houston of pure liquors, suited for medical
use, consisting in part of
Sherry and Port AVines Old JaimaeaRum,
Whitc Port Wine, St. Croix Rum,
Pure French Cognac,Holland Gin,
Fine Old Claret, French Cor-
dials, White Wine, Ale
and Porter, Scotch
and Irish Whisky, and Straight Old Whiskies.
IBlackberry WVime made under his
own supervision.
No commori goods kept in stock.
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Market Exchange
c. ALBRECIIIT, Prop.
Begs leave to inform his many old friends,
that having fully recovered his’health, he is
now alone at his old stand. None but the
best Liquors and Cigars in the market are
PATEe FLNH President.
Houston, - Texas.
Receives deposits’. Buys and sells ex-
change on all leading points.
Does a General Banking Business.
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Butt’s old Stand, Cor. Preston & Milam
Streets,
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Reliable Drugs, Medicines, School Books,
Stationery,. Newspapers, Periodicasl &c.,
Perfumery, Toilet Articles and Pocket
Knives.
mar Physicians Prescriptions filled at all
hours. Reasonable prices octlStf
CASINO.
—AND—
Agricultural Implements.
AGENT FOR
30 OOO Yards of
BEST OF STANDARD PRINTS,
at 8 cents per yard.
50 EPieces of
BLACK ALPACA,
from 30 to 75 cents, and an immense stock
of
Flannels, Dress Goods, Shawls
and every conceivable article in the dry
’ goods line at prices lower than any house
in Houston or Galveston' Call and examine
The Galveston News’ article yesterday
on Col. Lang, is richness :
“ Wire in and wire out.
Leaving the matter still in doubt,
Whether the snake that made the track
A Vas going in or coming back.”
Why cannot the News write to the
point? Has not Col. Lang as ranch
right to be Governor as any one, if the
people choose to elect him?
The Democrats carried, in the election
yesterday, Mississippi, Maryland, New
York, and Virginia. They were defeat-
ed in Massachusetts, Kansas, Minnesota.
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin appear in
doubt.
MILAM STREET, NEAR THE IRON BRIDGE
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
0g Board and Lodging by the day, week
or month. Tables always well supplied with
the best the market affords. Sept6 tf.
AT BRENHAM
Stop at the
Peabody House,
Near the Depot.
Let the City Council at its next meet-
ing take up the salary question. ‘The
people demand it.
Good Board by the day, week or
month. Terms to suit the times. aug12 tf.
Eagle house-
, ------ purchased
with great care in the Eastern and Western
markets.
Cotton Press Company
Propose to do
Receiving. Forwarding and
•STORAGE BUSINESS.
a good assortment
Shaving, Hair Cutting,
—AND—
Shampooning
Pillot's Building, Opposite Postoflice.
This is the finest tonsorial establishment in
the city. Gentlemen are promised polite
attention. None but the best artists are em-
ployed, and a clean Shave, perfect Hair Cut-
ting and Shampooning is guaranteed.
J. W. WATSON,
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The best AVines and Liquors always at the
Bar.
Lunch, consisting of the best the Market
affords, at 10 o’clock everyday. octlltf
ing is from a letter written some days
later, in reply to one from the editor of
the Moving Ball,who asked him squarely
if he would allow his name to go ‘before
the Democratic Nominating Convention
as a candidate for Governor:
A nominating convention of the Dem-
ocratic party should consider every elect
tor who advocates its principles or de-
fends its doctrines an aspirant; and select
from its rank and file the one best suited
to the office, regardless of his wishes or
aspirations. I long to see the time when
such will be the course of political par-
ties in this State. I can, therefore,
neither consent nor refuse to have my
name submitted to a nominating con-
vention. While I ask no office, and have
no demands upon the people for office,
yet should the Democratic party in con-
vention assembled, select me as a can-
didate for Governor of the State, I would
accept and serve it to the best of my
ability, and, if elected, will devote all
my capacity to the best interests of the
whole State. This I would do, not
through ambition or love of power and
place, but through a conviction of my
duty as a citizen of the State.
Permit me, however, to express a
great distrust of my capacity to properly
discharge the high and responsible du-
ties of the office with which you have
connected my name.
I thank you for your expressions of
confidence and good opinions.
With respect, yours truly,
W. W. Lang.
We do not well see how a man could
handle the case more delicately than Col.
Lang has done.
The office of Governor of Texas is an
exalted one, and worthy the ambition of
any Texan. No man can be blamed for
thoneing" after it. And we believe
that Col. Lang would make an excellent
Governor. He has this advantage : he
does not belong to the prostitute gang
of politicians. He comes fresh from the
people, and would honestly try be the
people’s Governor. . The Waco Ezami>
ner has shown itself to be a skillful gen*
oral in trying, so far in advance of the
actual conflict, to keep the dead weight
of this Convention off from his coat tail.
A good far-seeing strategist is worth
everything in a grand campaign. Bar-
tow leat ned something by being in John*
ston’s army.
W. J. PERRY, Proprietor,
Corner of Main and Preston Sts.,
HOUSTON, TEXAS,
qetlitt
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”No expense or effort has been neglected
to render this the most sumptuous and ele-
gant
Miiifi
Twenty to one fernenst them is
pretty rough. /sM
QUR-dits fathers have firmly believed
all the time that they were most popular
men ever seen sn earth. What do they
think now I Are they stone blind still ?
W. H. Kendell, of “Addition, Division
and Silence” notoriety, and ex-State
Treasurer of Pennsylvania, out of an an
nual salary of $1800, by dint of frugality
and strict economy, managed to save
in three years the snug little sum of a
million and a quarter of dollars. This
worthy is now a member of the Repub-
lican National Executive Committee for
the Keystone State, and has received a
national reputation as being one of the
greatest financiers upon the continent of
America; and what manner of man
Mr. Kendell is may be judged from the
following letter, which he wrote in
1867 :
“ My Dear Tilton—Allow me to in-
troduce to you my particular friend,
George O. Evans. He has a claim of
some magnitude that he wishes you to
help him in. Put him through as you
would me. He understands Addition,
Division and Silence. Yours,
" W. H. KENDELL."
To Tilton J. Coffee, Esq., Washington,
D. C.____________________________
Mississippi is regenerated forever.
When the Rads once lose their clutch on
a Southern State they never regain it.
Four Congressmen, the Legislature, and
a United States Senator I It is the most
splendid battle fought by the Democ-
racy of the South for many a day. Now
give us that splendid fellow. Lamar, for
Senator !
Consignments of Cotton Respectfully So-
licited,
T. W. House, Pres., A. J. Burke, Sec.,
A. A. Szabo, Superintendent.
All cotton consigned to our care by the
Houston and Texas Central Railway, will be
received free of drayage. Shipments to any
foreign or domestic port, via Houston Direct,
or any other Line, according to instructions,
will be forwarded free of charge, furnishing
Bills of Lading to shippers and consignee.
All we desire is to obtain the compressing,
which is paid by the vessel.
The business will be conducted on prin-
ciples of strict economy and honesty,. with a
view to facilitate the forwarding of the crops
with the smallest possible expense.
Shippers sending us consignments are re-
quested to be explicit in their instructions,
giving marks and weights of their cotton,
and it will receive prompt attention.
Planters desiring to sell their own rotton
can forward their consignments to our care,
will pay freights for, say ten days, free of
charge; will insure the cotton if instructed
to do so; and all the charge will be only for
storage and public weighing, which is sixty
cents, and whatever the insurance may be,
say about eighty cents per bale; and if or-
dered, will make sales for Planters at the
usual commission. Consign to
Houston Cotton Press Company.
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J.H. PEREGOY,
This gentleman has been pestered by
many individuals proposing him as a
candidate for Governor. The following
extracts are from a letter of his,address-
ed to the Washington County Council:
I assure you most positively that I
could be induced under no circumstances
to accept a political position at the
hands of the Grange, and further, it ap-
pears from the preamble to your resolu;
tions that it was thought there was a
political trick being worked by the Pa-
trons of Husbandry for my promotion.
Now, I have this to say, that I never
was a party to a trick of any kind, and
never will be knowingly I prefer that
my acts shall ever be open to investiga-
tion. I here say to you what I have
said to every citizen who has approached
me on this subject, that I am a candi-
date for no public office, nor will I ever
manoeuvre or manage, save by an hon-
est and faithful discharge of my duty as
a citizen of the country, to obtain pub-
lic position of any kind.
* * * *
While the Order of Patrons of
Husbandry is not a political organiza*
■ tion, yet it is the duty of its members as
it is of every good citizen of the county
to go to the polls and vote in the selec-
tion of officers of the Sta‘. In a gov.,
ernment where all power resides with
the people, it is the duty of all citizens
to take active participation in public
affairs, and as farmers constitute a large
proportion of our voting population, it
is not only right, but it is their just duty
to aid in the selection of good, honest
and faithful men for office.
From this it appears that Mr.
Lang would not accept a nomi
nation from the Grangers for
Governor of Texas, and thinks that
a nomination for that office by the Gran-
gers would be illy advised. The follow-
GR"AT REVOLUTION!
GRE\T REVOLUTIIN!
at the New Orleans
Boot and Shoe Store,
BSMb 8
Md 5
Near Corner Milani and Congress Streets
Houston, Texas.
The fire that raged in Sherman Mon-
day night, was the most destructive that
ever occurred in Texas. It left seventy-
five business houses and residences in
ashes, and so rapid was the workjof de-
struction, that the contents of the
buildings were mostly destroyed.
The loss can hardly be less than half a
million, though a large portion of this is
cqvered’ by insurance. Both of the
newspapers offices of the city were ut-
terly destroyed. A special to the Gal-
veston News says •
A number of casualties are reported,
but no lives are positively known to
have been lost. James Telford, a well
known stage man, registered at the St.
Cloud only a few minutes before.the fire
occurred, in a very weak condition, and
was assisted to a room, since when no-
thing has been heard of him. It is thought
he was burned.
The fire is the result of carelesness on
the part of a drunken guest of the hotel,
who knocked over a coal oil lamp in his
room.
Our people seem demoralized, and al-
together the city presents a scene of des-
olation better "imagined than described.
Too much cannot be said in praise of
the citizens of Denison, who came over
in a body, three hundred strong, and
rendered material assistance, Their de-
termined efforts did much to check the
progress of the flames and save the
northern part of the city.
The fire department of Sherman
proved altogether unequal to the occa-
sion; and no wonder, as they had but
one engine, and water was scarce- Sher-
man is full of pluck, and will soon re-
cover from the blow, serious as it is.
Garlington Seed Planter,
Plants Cotton, Corn, or any Seed to be
drilled.
The following testimonial from residents of
Dallas county will speak for itself:
State of Texas, Dallas county :
We, the undersigned citizens and planters
of the State of Texas, have used and seen
used, with entire satisfaction, T. C. GarlIng-
ton’s Cottpn Seed and Corn Planter, and do
recommend it to all farmers as the very best
. machine we have ever seen. The regularity
with which it drops the seed, the narrow
space in which it is sown, and the wav of
covering, guarantee a more certain stand of
cotton and leaves it easier to cultivate than
when otherwise planted. These advan-
tages, together with the amount of labor and
seed saved, render it one of ihe most useful
and valuable inventions we have yet seen.
One great merit of this machine, is its cheap-
nesss anc practicability. AVe take pleasure
in in recommending it to the favorable con-
sideration of all.
Lindsey Floyd, J. T. Ransey,
Wm. N. Sebastian, Thomas Skyles,
J. S. Floyd, D. A. B. Floyd,
James L. Floyd, Robert Floyd.
Fur further particulars regardinfg both of
these machines, address the manufacturer,
MEDICINAL LIQUORS.
MF Keeps constantlyon hand a lull supply
of Groceries and Confectioneries. Oracker
and Flour a speciality. Also keeps Fish
Bread in the Market every morning. Aug-6m
CHRIST CHURCH SCHOOL
A Church School for Girls willopenon
Monday, October 4th, 1875,
at the Hartridge Place, corner of San Jacinto
and Prairie streets.
Further information may be obtained of
the Rev. J. J, Clemens, Rector of Christ
Church; or of the Principal,
Rev. A. ZIMMERMAN. B. A. L. L. B
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TH IMPERIAL SALOON.
In the new Baker Building, corner of Pres-
ton and Travis Streets, opposite the Opera
House, is now open for the reception of
guests and visitors. The best of Liquors,
Western Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, Imported
and Domestic Cigars always on hand.
octll CHAS. C. GEHRING, Prop.
M. J. LOEB,
Main Street, next to Kafenberger’s,
Bremond’s Building,
Dealer in CLOTHING, DRY GOODS,
BOOTS AND SHOES, &c.
Quick sales and small profits; our motto.
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CRESCWSALOON,
PILLOTT’s Building,
ED. MAHONEY, PROPR.
The Bar is. constantly stocked with the
best Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Give me a
trial.
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