Singapore Daily Times, 15 October 1877

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  • 12 1 Singapore Daily Times. VOL, XVIII. SINGAPORE, MONDAY. 15th OCTOBER, 1877. No. 13,302
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  • P. & O. Company.
    • 462 1 Offices—D’Almeida Street. Gopowfs— At New Harbour. This following are me dates on which the Company’s Contract Mail Steamers may be expected to arrive here in 1877 Outward. I Homeward Tuesday 9th Jan. Wednesday 10th Jan. 23rd 24th 6th Feb. 7th Feb. 20th n 21st
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    • 98 1 THe steamers of this Company will be despatched from Singapore for Malacca, jetang, Moulmein, Rangoon and Calcutta cunng the current year at the undernoted d ates Monday, Jan. Bth. Saturday July 14th. 22nd. 28th. Febry. sth. Aug. 11th. 19th. 25th. March sth. Sept. Bth.
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    • 314 1 Thb following are the dates on which the iteamers of the Messageries Maritimes may be expected to arrive here during the current year Outward. Homeward. 1877 1877 Wednesday, ,7 jan. Thursday, 18 Jan. 3i d° 1 Feb. 1 4 Feb. 15 do 2g 1 March 1a 15
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    • 131 1 Agamemnon. Ulysses. Ajax. Patroclus. Achilles. Antenor. Diomed. Deucalion. Nestoe. Glaucus. Priam. Anchises. Sarpedon. Stentor. Menelaus. The above steamers, having first class accommodation and carrying a Surgeon and Stewardess, run regularly every ten days from Liverpool outwards, and returning to London. Through Bills of Lading issued for all
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    • 182 1 Mail service to Malacca, Lingy, Klang, Salangore, Durian Sabatang (Perak), and Pinang. The Steamers of the above Company will leave Singapore and Penang fortnightly,—leaving Pioang immediately after arrival of the English mail, commencing about 3rd June, and returning from Singapore 48 hours after arrival. The
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    • 744 1 The Steamers of the above Company will now ply between Singapore and Bat; via every fortnight, leaving Singapore 24 honrs aftei the arrival of the English Mail from home. Head Office, 13 Austin Friars, London. Passage Money, First Class. From Singapore to Batavia 4*5
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  • Insurance.
    • 401 1 Capital, £500,000, with power to increase. Ok a j at P ar £lOO,OOl Subscribed j 2nd do at 5. pren, £125 00C .k coo 3rd do at 10 prem.£lsoioOO the £75,000 premiums on shares being availjHdfc J° r the maintenance and extension
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    • 72 1 Capital 1,500,000. Paid-up 133,332. Reserve Fund 90,000. General Agents. Messrs. Jardine Matheson A Co., Hongkong. The undersigned, Agents for the Office, are authorised to insure goods by A. I. Sailing Vessels or Steamers to the extent of $100,000 on each bottom, and on the Block and
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    • 97 1 HEAD OFFICE, LIVERPOOL. Robert Galloway, Esq., Chairman. George C. Frames, Esq. Deputy-Chairman. Underwriters. Herbert B. Brayne, Esq., Liverpool. Charles T. Manley, Esq., London. Secretaries. J Ames Paul, Esq., Liverpool. Anthony Radcliffe, Esq., London. OFFICES IN LIVERPOOL, 20 A 21, Exchange Buildings East. OFFICES IN
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    • 48 1 (Berlin-Cologne Fire Insurance Company, Limited, Berlin.) The undersigned, having been appoint- i ed General Agents of the above Company i a 6 A? to ta^e Insurance Risks at the current rates of premium. RAUTENbERG, SCHMIDT A CO. j Singapore, 27th Jany., 1877. u. c
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    • 54 1 E8TABLI8HED 1710. Insurances effected upon almost every R"tZXminr Pert7 lhe Total Sum insured in 1876. £248,980 367 Clannb arranged by the Local Agents! m, paid w,th Promptitude and liberalitv I The jurisdiction of Local Tribes Je- cognised. Singapore Agents. o- MARTIN. DYCE A CO. Singapore, 1st
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    • 43 1 Lordon Oppicr, 2 old Broad Street. 1 he undersigned hare been appointed Agents for the above Company, and are prepared to take risks upon cargo on the customary terms. HAMILTON, GRAY A CO. Singapore. 15th July, 1872 u r
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    • 41 1 Capital 2.000.000. UND8 IN RESERVE EXCLUSIVE OF Capital 3,200,000. Agents at Singapore and Penang BOUSTEAD A CO. Fir. department: Limit £12,000, on a first class risk. one'Ife D rl TmT £2,000, on Singapore, 19th Sept., 1877.
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    • 195 1 Offices. Queen Insurance Buildings. Liverpool. Qneen Insurance Bnildinga, 60Graoebhurch Street, London. Chairman of the Company, Bernard Hall, Esqre. Deputy Chairman > William Hind, Esqre. J Patrick Hunter, Chairman in London, Peter Me Lagan,Esq Deputy Chairman, John T. Fagan, Esqre. The security offered
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    • 64 1 Head Office, Batavia. The undersigned, Agents for the above Company, are prepared to issue Policies covering Marine risks on goods to all parts of the world at reduced rates. They are also prepared to take Fire risks of every description at the lowest current
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    • 56 1 The undersigned have been appointed agents for the above Company and are prepared to accept risk8 upon cargo by steamer or sailing vessel on the customary terms. The usual discount allowed on all risks for coasting voyages and on risks to Europe and America. REME BROTHERS.
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    • 90 1 Financial Position (1875.) Subscibed Capital £3,*****0. Accumulated Funds 1,778.,000. Annual Revenue from Fire Premiums 313,000. Life 133.000. Interest upon Invested Funds *****. The undersigned have to announce that they are the duly appointed Agents for I this Company in Singapore; with authori- j
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    • 29 1 Capital £1.000.000. CHIEF OFFICES. London 79, Cornhill E. C. Edinburgh, 31 George Street. Agents for Singapore. 0 BOUSTEAD CO. Singapore, 22nd Feb.. 1876. (u. c.)
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    • 53 1 Established 1821. Subscribed Capital £2.000.000 Total Invested Funds, upwards of 3.000]000 Annual Income upwards of 400,000 The undersigned have been appointed Agents at Singapore and are prepared to issue policies against Fire on the usual terms. PATERSON. SIMONS A CO. Singapore, Ist April.
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    • 41 1 ALLAINCE BRITISH FOREIGN LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. Capital £5.000.000 Sxerlino Extension op Limits. One F ret class risk 80.000. I wo adjoining do 120,000. Three or more do. do. 160 000* PATERSON SIMONS i’co! Smcrapore. I7th Dec., 1875. fa^)’'
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    • 99 1 Established 1840, and Empowered bv Spe cial Act of Parliament. Capital One Million. Life Assurances of every description granted. Retiring Provisions combined with ui'e Assurance. Free Policies issued which can never altogether lapse through non-payment of preminms. No extra
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    • 49 1 The undersigned, Agents for the above Company, are prepared to issue Policie* covering Marine Risks on goods to all partof the world. Policies payable one month after due notice and proof of loss is given. HOOGLANDT A OO.) Singapore, sth April, 1866. (u.c.)
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    • 68 1 Head Office, Batavia. The undersigned, Agents for the above Company, are prepared to take risks upon cargo by steamer or sailing vessel on the customary terms. 33J o/o discount allowed on all risks foi coasting voyages, and 15 o/o on all risks to Europe
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    • 81 1 London and Edinburgh. I Established 1809. (Incorporated by Royal Charter.) Subscribed Capital £2,000,000 Paid-up Capital 250,000 Fire Reserve Fund... 31st Dec., 1876... £796,747 Fire Premium Reserve 186,021 Total Fire Reserves ~1,082,768 Income of the Fire Department, Net Premiums and Interest... 916,646 The undersigned, Agents
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    • 52 1 Bonus Year. Next distribution at the close of 187? Policies opened this year will be included' in the distribution about to be made The Bonus of 1872 gave an addition of ±.1, per cent per annum to the sum assured. HARRISON CO., Singapore, 2nd
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    • 214 2 FIRE AND LIFE. Capital ONE MILLION Sterling. hatnrun—Alexander Ronaldson.Esq Vi. 4 Chairman —Jas. Nicol Fleming, Esq Secretary —H. Ambrose Smith, f.i.a. CHIEF OFFICES: f5O West George Edinburgh, 17 George Street. C 2 King William f Oriel Chambers, Literpool J Water Street. Manchester, 47 Brown Street.
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    • 104 2 Capital, Two Millions Sterling. OFFICES OF THE COMPANY. Manchester —Exchange Street. Liverpool— 2B, Exchang Street East. Birmingham— l 2, Bennett’s Hill. London— lo, Comhill. Glasgow— 4, South Hanover Street. Bristol —so, Broad Street. CHAIRMAN IN MANCHESTER. John Todd, Esq. (Messrs. Todd Coston,) CHAIRMAN IN LIVERPOOL. Chas. Holland,
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    • 288 2 LONDON LANCASHIRE LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Capital— £loo,ooo. HEAD OPPICE IN INDIA--136 CANNING STREET, CALCUTTA, With Agencies at Bombay, Madras, Singapore, Colombo, and all the Principal Towns in India. CONSIDERABLE REDUCTION IN RATES OF PREMIUM FOR INDIA. The Directors of the London and Lancashire” have the pleasure to announce that, after
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    • 101 2 Capital 12,000,000 Paid-up 400,000 Reserve Fund 564,202 General Managers. Messrs Jardine Matheson A Co. Hongkong. Consulting Committee. A. Andre, iMewra. Melchere, k Co.) J. P. Btrnes (Menara. Holliday.Wine k Co.) A. T. Manger, (Meaara.DongMa.LapraUACo.) H. Nicaue, (Borneo Company Ltd.) J. J. doe Kemedioa, (J.
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    • 139 2 Instituted 1803. Capital £1,600,000. Paid- up and Invested 700.000. Funds in Hand 1,200,000. Directors. Richard J. Ashton, Esq. I Alfred Gouger, Esq. Thomas G. Barclay, William Hawthorn, Robert C. L. Bevan, j George Hibbert, Percival Bosanquet, 8amuel Hyde, James Brand, I William Lyall, Charles Gave. i
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 60 1 NETHERLANDS INDIA DISCOUNT COMPANY. The undersigned, having been appointde A gents (by Power of Attorney dated Bata* via, 19th June, 1869) to the above Company, are authorised to grant and buy bills ou Java, discount acceptances, give money in loan on securities and generally tc represent said Bank at this
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  • Domestic Occurrence.
    • 20 2 On the 11th September, 1877, at the Church of St. Elizabeth, Paris, Charles Poisson, Esq. to Miss. Gabrielle BroCHARD.
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  • STRAITS TIMES MONDAY, 15TH OCT., 1877.
    • 866 2 Singapc re. 15th Oct., 1877. Gambier > 4.40. Black Pepper 7.75. White Pepper 13.50. Sago Flour, Sarawak 3.52 J. Pearl Sago 4.04. Coffee, Bontyne 21 J. Tin. 19.50. 40s. Mule twisi 97. lbs. Shirtings 1.60. 7 do do 1.4/J. 6 do T. Cloth 1.074. 7 do do
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    • 131 2 The War in Bulgaria. Lotylon, 12/4 October. —Chefket Pacha with a convoy of provisions and munitions of war, has effected a junction with Osman Pasha, Commanding at Plevna. Suleiman Pacha has established his head-quarters at Kadikoi, [about 15 miles south of Rustchuk.—Ed. S. T.] Thr
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    • 876 2 (From our Exchanges London 24 th Sept. 29J. —There are sigus of an early and severe winter in Turkey; two inches of snow have already fallen in the Schipka Pass. It is believed that the campaign in Bulgaria is virtually ended. During the wiuter Russians intend remaining strongly
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    • 1114 2 (From the London and China Express, September 14.,) The War. —The Russian forces under the command of the Cesarewitch have sustained another defeat on the River Lom, and have retreated to Biela. The combined Russian and Roumanian armies have attacked the position held by Osman Pacha at Plevna. The
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    • 672 3 To the Editor of the London and China Express.) Sir, —For fifty years past the maladministration of Crown Colonies has been the burden of every writer who has interested himself in those unhappy communities. Sometimes one is tempted to thimk that whenever a new' colony has been
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    • Correspondence.
      • 116 3 To the Editor of the ‘Daily Times. Sir,—Your correspondent P,” would appear to have thought of starting as a Gambier Broker, but unfortunately, his scheme, like those that have already been under the consideration of the Chamber of Commerce, cannot be put in force without a combination on
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 632 2 #rtn 3*bfrt(smtnte. FOR SALE. An elegant Barouche, with all the latest improvement*, quite new, built by Laurie A Marner, Oxford Street, London, apply to POWELL CO. u. c. Auctioneers. GOVERNMENT OF PERAK. The Import and Export duties, receivable for one year from the 1st of February, 1878, at the Custom
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    • 418 2 TOWN HALL, Singapore, Tuesday, 16th Oct. 1877. ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION PROFESSOR THORN, The Royal Illusionist, in his Marvellous, Pleasing, and Mysterious Seances with Instructive explanations, HOW ITS DONE! The entertainment will cons ist of Saloon Magic, Physic, and Illusions. Thorn’s inimitable Card Manipulations. Darstellung durch unsicht'mre Machte, MORE SENSATIONAL THEN EVER.
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  • Notices.
    • 60 3 The Comp ny’s steamer. SUMATRA, Captain CaboarA leaving Genoa on the Ist October, may oe expected here on the 4th November next, and will be despatched on.her return voyage from Singapore, on the 20th November, for Genoa and Marseilles, via intermediate ports. For Freight or Passage apply to
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    • 306 3 Friday. 12th October. British barque Camzal. 598 tons, Organ commander, Cardiff 13tb June, consignees Gilfillan, Wood A Co. German barque Kalliope, 1,490 tons, Oilrichs commauder, Liverpool 16th June. Siamese schooner Leong What, 200 tons, Nacoda bingora 30th British steamer Shuaydagone, 312 tons, Bower commander, Penang 9th Oct., consignees Maclaine.
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    • 88 3 Friday, 12th October. British steamer Ruby, Fox, Muntok and Palembang. Gel in an barque Gerhardine, Hansen, for Penang. Sarawak steamer Raiah Brooke, Pender, for Sarawak. Amer. 3 mtd. shr. Wm. Phillips, Healy, for Siam. Saturday, 13th October. British steamer Burmese, Luck, for Penang and Calcutta British steamer
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    • 1068 3 If 1 H*R N AM KS I CAKT4INB. ..sARlO-' I OF AR- -Vh ERE FEOM j WHERE LYING 'ONSKJNEES OR AOBNT8.JdE8TINATIOR, If RIVALS MEN-OF-VA, H M.'n «tr. 430;Sept. 20Rhio Straits Roads ’Senior Naval OiBcer. Station Swinger L, H t 1*2168 Sent 22 Dindines Do. Senior Naval
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 48 3 NOTICE. RAFFLES LIBRARY AND MUSEUM. The Library and Museum will, until further notice, be open from 7 to 9.30 p. m., every Tuesday and Friday, commencing with Friday next the 12th instant. By order of the Committee N. B. DENNYS, Acting Secretary Singapore, 9th October 1877. (2 was.)
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    • 803 3 I SINGAPORE RACES. AUTUMN MEETING 1877. PROGRAMME: TUESDAY 13th NOVEMBER, 1877. First Rack. The Homo Lim Cup. —Value $l50 presented by Cheang Hong Lim, Esq. For all horses that have never won a race on the Singapore Course, the Roadsters excepted. Entrance $5. Instance once round the Course. Weight for
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    • 59 3 TO BE LET. Entrance from Ist Proximo. The Shops recently erected in Battery at the corner of Collyer Quay. For further particulars, apply to A. L. JOHNSTOI\ T A CO. Singapore, 15th June, 1877. TO BE LET. Two large rooms above the Godown of Messrs. Chib Hok A Co., suitable
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    • 116 3 LOST. A Brown Leather Pocket Book, containing $750 dollars in notes and two sovereigns, yesterday, (Wednesday), morning, near Cavenagh Bridge. Should the lost money be brought to this Office, a suitable reward will be given. Singapore, 11th October, 1877. NOTICE. The undersigned have just received a consign-nent of Ayala Co.’s,
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    • 113 3 PIANOS. We have received only two of Schied* mayer’b Pianos, which are exposed now for sale an inspection of same is respectfolly solicited. KATZ BROTHERSSingapore, 26th Sept. 1877. WANTED. A Junior Assistant Master at the Rafflea’ Institution. For further particulars, apply to A. ARMSTRONG, Singapore, Ist Oct. 1877. N (u.
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  • Docks.
    • 393 4 Thi works of this Company are situated within one mile of the town of Singapore and comprise the following establishments. Whabf. —An extensive Wharf capable of ber+bing ten or eleven vessels at one time, and having sufficient water alongside for the heaviest ships, where neither
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    • 189 4 This Company executes ships’ repairs of all descriptions in the most efficient manner under the superintendence of European Shipwrights and Engineers. No. 1 Graving Dock. Length—4ls feet. Depth of water from 14 feet to 15J feel Width at Entrance 42 feet. No. 2. Graving
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  • 71 4 Capital 10,000,000 Francs. The undersigned, Agents for the above Company, are prepared to take risks upon oargo by steamer or sailing vessel on the customary terms. 33$ o/o discount allowed on all risks for coasting voyagee, and 15 o/o on all risks
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 223 4 GENTLEMEN’S SCARVES AND HOSIERY. Sayle A Co., are now showing a large atock of Gentlemen’s made up Scarves in various patterns. Black made up bows. Coloured do. Boys’ do. Gentlemen’s Windsor Scarves to tie or for a ring in plain black silk and dark and light colors. The Club House
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    • 758 4 NEW GOODS. Saylb A Co., have received Ex: S. S. Loudoun Ccutle a very large and well selected Stock of New Goods for their Upper and Lower Show Rooms comprising. Millinery. —A. very choice selection being copies of the latest Paris fashions. A beantifnl selection of French Flowers mounted and
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    • 666 4 VICTORIA HOUSE. ROBINSON A 00. Milliners, Drapers, Haberdashers, Hosiers, Dress-makers and Gentlemen’s Outfitters. Have always on hand. Black and colored Silks in Gros grains and Glacis. Black and colored Moire Antiques. Black and colored Broch6 Silks for dinner dresses. Colored Foulard and washing Silks. Black, white and colored Satins for
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    • 525 4 ifltscellatuoua. JOHN LITTLE CO, GENERAL WAREHOUSEMEN; Importers op European, China, Japan and Manila Goods OUTFITTERS; Chronometer, Watch, and Clock Makers Jewellers and Goldsmiths WINE, SPIRIT AND PROVISION MERCHANTS. Outfitting Department. Gentlemen's outfiits made up on tbe shortest notice, fit guaranteed, and of the latest fashion. A large stock of fine
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    • 654 4 Glassware and Crockery. Wine glasses, Tumblers, Ac Glass Table ornaments of all kinds. Dinner Services. Desert do. Tea do. Toilet Sets. Chamber Sets. Hardware. Hollow wire of a'l kinds, patent and common; Locks of all kinds, Holts; Platform Scales; Iron of sizes. Cricketing Materials Ac. J A Great Variety of
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    • 591 4 MASON A CO.’S HARNESS. For Rale at G. HIEBER A CO. Pony harness, plated mountings. Horse do. do. do. Pair horse do. do. do. Also. A. few harness brass mounted ridiacr whips. Gentlemen’s saddles, Pony do. The undersigned have received an invoice of excellent. Rordeaux wines, Breakfast Claret, Dinner Claret.
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