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THE ILLINOIS FAKIM^R. 





GEOKGE S. THOMPSO:^, 



■ - ■' ■ ^" .> ' ■ ^ 



i t^J' .; f^Late of Com. Gen.'s Office, 



Attorney for U. S. Military Claims, 



West Side of Public Square, 



- •' '.. .Vi%^ Springfield, HI. 



Entrance office one door north of Banking House 

 of Messrs. N. H. Ridgely & Co. 



Having had much experience in prosecuting claims 



' against the United States, particular attention is 



given to Recruiting Bills made by officers and men of 



• volunteer companies and regiments, for subsisting, 



; and, collecting, organizing and transporting troops 



prior to muster into service ; Back Pay due Resigned 



Officers; Back Pay due Discharged Soldiers; Pay 



:* due Deceased Officers, their Widows or Heirs; Boun- 



' ty and Pay due Heirs of Deceased Soldiers ; Pensions 



IV;.' duo Deceased Soldiers' Widows and Minor Heirs j 



k' Pensions due Invalid Soldiers; Pay for Horses lost, 



v-:^ killed or died in the United States' service; All 



; ■■' Claims growing out of the Present War. 



*. Pensions collected semi-annually, from the Agent 

 • .„ of the United States at Springfield. 



VK Any kind of claims for service, or for property de- 

 - l^troyed, stores or property sold officers of the United 



: ;■ States. 



Would respectfully refer to Messrs. John Williams 



& Co., Bankers; J. C. Bunn, Esq., Banker; Capt. C. 



B. Watson, U. S. Mustering Officer; Lieut. Geo. W. 



. . Hill, U. S. Mustering Officer; Major C. S. Hemp- 



'•-J' stead, U. S. Paymaster; Capt. Ninan W. Edwards, 



• XJ. S. Commissary ; Captain W. H. Bailhache, U. S. 



,.«.. Quartermaster ; Col. P. Morrison, 8th U. S. Infantry, 



: .'^Superintendent Recruiting for Regiments of Illinois, 



'■' Springfield, HI. Major J. G. Fonda, 12th 111. Caval- 



.. : ry. Commandant at Camp Butler. 



>^v August, 1862.tf 



EYEKGEEEN SEEDLINGS. 



$5,00 

 $8,00 

 $7,00 



<L-c., 



.Avery large stock of superior grown Evergreen 

 Seedlings, at less than one-half the Eastern Prices. 



PER 1,000. 

 Norway Sprttce, two years old, 

 three to five inches, 



Norway Spruce, three years 

 old, six to nine inches, 

 - " Scotch Pine, two years old, 

 .; three to five inches, 



Austrian Pine, two years old, $2 per 100. 

 ' . Balsam Fir, Red Cedar, Arbarvit^, <fec., 

 .>. of large or small size, at very low rates. 



A large stock of CONCORD GRAPES, one of the 

 best varieties for the West. 



A large stock of RED DUTCH CURRANTS, the 



best for market, two to three years old, at half the 



tsual rates. 



■^ STANDARD AND DWARF PEARS, of well 



:^'tested varieties, together with a good assortment of 



} J'rnit and Ornamental Trees, Ac, &. 



Bend for Catalogue. ROBT. DOUGLAS. 



Wafkegan, III. tf 



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CLOSING OUT SALE 



k 



OF THE 



FRANKLIN GROVE NURSERY, 



LES COVNTT, ILLINOIS. ^ " ' ^ "' 



A. R. WHITNEY, 



Proprietoe. 



300,000 Apple Trees for Sale. 



ESTABLISHED IN 1843. 



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The subscriber has now in orchard 18,000 Apple 

 Trees, 11,000 were in bearing the past season. The 

 great amount of care now necessary to give this large 

 orchard compels me |[| close out my large. 



Nursery Stock of Apple Trees, 



Which are of kinds which have proved valuable, and 

 hardy, in Northern and Central Hlinois. 



I will sell god selected four and five year old 

 Apple Trees, from 3 to 12 dollars per hundred. 



Three year old trees from 3 to 5 dollars per hun- 

 dred. 



Seedlings 2 to 7 years 2i to 4 dollars per hundred. 



Seedlings thre years' in seed bed, 5 dollars per 

 1,000, just the Jtree to set a border around j our or- 

 chards. To purchasers of large quantities, 



EXTRA INDUCEMENTS 

 will be offered. -'' - •• ■- ■■ ■ 



ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SERUBS 



'.f Is ■ 



in like proportion as to price, ^i-**:^ I " 'Ht 



Full descriptive catalogue furnished gratis. • 



Trees and] plants packed in the best manner* 



Charge, cost of mxterial for packing. Trees and 



fruits delivered at the railroad station free of charge. 



All letters of inquiry will be promptly answered. 



Address, 



A. R. WHITNEY, 



FrarfsUSi Grove, 

 Illinois. 

 February 1, 1863. 3m ' Ji;" "' > " 



