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PERSONAL ITEMS. 
Gov. Hoffman has appointed David A. Wells, 
Lucius Robinson and Edwin 'V. Dodge to re\ ise 
the laws for the Assessment and Collection of 
Taxes. 
Mr. Henry Y. Stuart, father of Gen. C. B. 
Stuart and Mrs. Col. Durkee, died at his resi¬ 
dence at Suspension Bridge on Monday night, 
the 20th ult., aged eighty-live years. 
Gen. T. D. Arnold, oneof the oldestand most 
eminent members of the Bar in Bast Tonessee, 
died on the 20ih ult. He served two terms in 
the lower House of Congress, and was seventy- 
nine yoars old. 
Gen. Hooker Is now at Watertown, N. Y., 
where he intends to remain during the warm 
weather, or uutil about the first of October. Ho 
seems to be in good spirits and enjoying good 
health. 
William H. Seward, in a published letter 
from Auburn, says:—“My health received a 
somewhat severe shock In coming down tho 
mountains from Mexico. It Isslowly improving 
now under summer skies, but it requires more 
care than heretofore.’’ 
Moses Wingate died at his home in Haverhill 
Mass., recently, aged one hundred years and eight 
months. He had served in the Massachusetts 
Senate and House, was a delegate in the Consti¬ 
tutional Convention of 1830, held the office of 
postmaster fifteen years, and has been a promi¬ 
nent Mason since 1800. 
JOHN D. Hoover died in Washington, aged 
forty-eight years. He was Marshal for the Dis¬ 
trict of Columbia under President Pierce, and 
previous to the late war was well known in po¬ 
litical circles throughout the country, both as 
President of the Jackson Democratic Associa¬ 
tion and a member of the National Democratic 
committees and delegations. He laid been in | 
bad health for the last ten years. 
Kev. B. H. Naoat, D. D„ LL. D., Professor of 
Church History in Drew Theological Seminary, 
Madison, N. J„ died suddenly of apoplexy. Ho 
laid been in usual health, and It is not. known 
that there was any premonition of his approach¬ 
ing end. He died as Mr. Beecher said that one 
might wish to die, “ one moment in the full en¬ 
joyment of his faculties, and the next moment 
gone.’’ 
William Heebacu, Commissary General of 
Subsistence ot tho State National Guard, one of 
tho Governor's staff, died In New York city re¬ 
cently. He had been sutrering with lingering 
disease of the heart for some time. Ho was 
about fifty years of age, and had been a promi¬ 
nent leader In the ranks of the German Democ¬ 
racy for some years. Ho was an officer in the 
army of tho Grand Duke of Altenberg, and a 
member of the Eleventh Regiment Now York 
Stale National Guard. 
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Jb'DOB Clifford lias decided in the United 
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The lady principal experiment in tho Dayton, 
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prlucipftlsbips. 
A shark measuring eight feet eight inches, 
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hundred pounds. 
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A Milwaukee fetnalo swindler induced a 
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A family at Ripon, Wis., contains thirteen 
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house of Schleswig-Holstein, a near relative of 
Prince Christian, her son-in-law. 
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that the import of cotton from the United 
States during flic last three months had exceed¬ 
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forty per cent. Ex-King Cotton will, at this 
rate, rapidly regain the throne. 
In St. Paul, Minn., a little girl of seven years, 
while drawing her baby brother about the yard 
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nilinn I QQ Brntw IA/9U COaine Is the only dressing for the liulr used hi m 
UTTIC 6. ” loj DlOaUWdY. family for theiastnight years, It ntuiitmd my wife 
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- I am also under ohllgutlotm to this WMUO Coeouln 
for saving my own hair, which was very rust cumin 
Success the Criterion of Excellence. l " ““ u ;SJft5SW!e ,rtk “- 
.1,0, MITCH ELL, Grocer, Bangor, Me. 
LOS* OF HAIR. 
BOSTON, July 19. 
Messrs. Joseph urn nett & Co.; 
For many months my liulr has been fulling off, 
until 1 was fearful or losing It entirely. The skin 
upon my bead became gradually more and more In- 
ttuined. I commenced the use of year Coeoitlne the 
lust week In June. Tho first opplloatlnn allayed tin; 
Itching und Irritation : In throe or four (lay* tho red¬ 
ness and tenderness disappeared. Iku hair ceased to 
full, and l have now it thick growth of now hair. 
Yours, very truly, SLJ8AN B. POPK. 
HAIR WRECKING. 
[Tlu> following not* !« from lliu wull-liliowll proprietor of Frank 
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New York, Sept. 22, 1800. 
j. biiunett, Esq.—Dror Sir: For Home time past 
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huir from coDilnsf out. imri IficrdAHdd it# growth. 
lam also under obligations tu this same Cocoaine 
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Brldgeamn's Gurduiier'H Assistant. 2 iu 
Hulst's Family Kitchen Gordeaor. 1 00 
Do, Flower Garden.. t 50 
Burr's Vegetable* of America. 5 U0 
Butcher's Domestic Science... 2 50 
Chemistry of the Farm (Nichols). 1 26 
Chorlton’s Grape Grower's Guide. 75 
Oobbett'.s American Gardener. 75 
Cole's American Fruit Book. 7o 
Cole’s American Veterinarian. 75 
Copeland’s Country Life (920 pp., 200 Engravings) 5 n0 
Cotton Culture.... J 50 
Cotton Planter’s Manual (Tumor). 1 50 
Crui'k Shut (Barber). 2 50 
Cultivation ol Native Grapes and Manufacture 
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Dadd’s A merlean Cuttle Doctor.. 1 00 
Do. Modern Horse Doctor.. I 00 
Dana’s Muck Manual. I 20 
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Dead Shot; or. Sporliiinn* Complete Guide. 2 HO 
Downing’s Cottage Residences. 3 00 
Do. Fruit* and Fruit Trees of America (1100 pp.) 7 60 
Do. Old Edition. 3 00 
Do. Landscape Gardening. « 60 
Do. Rural Essays. 5 00 
Drainage for Profit and Health. I 50 
Du BreuB’s V Ineyurd Culture (Warder). 2 00 
Duties and Pleasures of Home, . 2 50 
Dyer and Color Maker’s Companion .............. I 25 
Eastwood’s Cranberry Culture. . 75 
Everybody tils own Lawyer. 1 26 
Farm Dm Inage (H. Ii’. French). I 5U 
Farm Implements and Machinery (j.J.Thoiuus) 1 (0 
Farm Talk (Hruukelt).. I 00 
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Field’s Pear Culture.. 1 25 
Flslllng In Amerlcuu Waters (Scott)... 3 50 
Flagg’s European Vineyards. I 60 
Flint on Grasse*. 2 50 
Do. Milch Cows and Dairy Farming. 2 50 
Frank Forrester’s Field Hport* (2 vols.). 7 50 
Do. Kish rin*l Fishing (100 engravings). 5 u<) 
Do. Manual for Young Mportsmen. 3 ui) 
Fuller’s Illustrated Strawberry Culturist. 20 
Do. Forest'Mree Culturist... I 50 
Do. Small Fruits (Illustrated). 1 60 
Gardening for Profit. . 1 50 
Gardening for the South...... .. 2 bo 
Geyelin’s Poultry Breeding—Ooilnnerclul View. I 25 
Grape Culturist (A. H. Fuller). I 60 
Gray’s How Plants Grow..— 1 25 
Do. Manual of Botany and Lessons. I CO 
I)o. School und Field Book of Botany. 2 60 
Gregory on Suuushes... 30 
Guenpn On Much Cowti... 75 
Gun, Rod and Saddle... 2 00 
Hara/thy’s Grape Culture and Wine Muklug.... 6 00 
Harris *ni Insect*. 190 
Do. on the Pig. I 60 
Hatfield’* American House Carpenter. 3 ,0 
Hints to llorso Keepers (Herbert's). I 75 
High Farming without Manure.. 36 
Holly'* Art ol Saw Filing . 75 
Do. CuriientuT's Hand Book (new). 75 
Hooper'* Dog and Gun. . 30 
I loupe*' Book of Evergreen*..,.. 3 IX) 
Hop Cultare.. 40 
How Crops Feed. 2 00 
llow Crop* Grow... 2 oo 
Hunter and Trapper. 1 00 
Husmtinn’s Grttpcs and wino. l 50 
Indian Corn ; Its Value, Culture and Use*. 1 60 
Ji'iinhigs on Cullle...... 1 76 
l>o. Horse and hi* Diseases..... 1 75 
Do. I lorso Training Made Easy. I 36 
Do. Sheep, Hwlne and Poultry.. 1 75 
Johnston'* Agricultural Chemistry. I 75 
Do. Elements Agricultural Chemistry. 1 60 
Kemp's Landscape Gardening.2 (XI 
Kouilo's Watch Repairer's 1 laud-Monk .. I 26 
laingstroth on the lllvo and lloney Bee ........ 2 00 
LetO'liar’* How to lliiihl Hot-Houses. 1 50 
Liebig’* Agricultural Chemistry. 1 uo 
Do Modern Agriculture. I 0(1 
Manual of Agriculture (Emerson nod Flint)..,.. I 25 
Manual on Flux and Hemp Culture... 26 
Maiiuul ot Tobueco Culture. ... .. 
Market Assistant (lie Vile). .2 50 
Muyliew's Practical Book-Keeping (Single and 
Double Entry). 90 
Amount of Net Cash Assets, Jun. 1,1808. .$10,013,474 45 
RECEIPTS. 
Amount of Premiums and 
Policy Feus. $5,104,040 99 
Amountuf Interest received 
and accrued, Including pre¬ 
mium on gold, Ac. 010,167 10 
- 5,974,798 39 
DISBURSEMENTS. 
Losses by death .. .$707,083 19 
Less received from 
re-insurance. 9,579 12 
- 758,104 07 
Purchased I’ollcles and An¬ 
nuities. 241,890 09 
Dividends to Policy Holders 1,635,399 11 
Commissions, Brokerages, 
und Agency Expenses. 081,324 *12 
Advertising and Physicians’ 
Fees. 92,209 10 
Office and Law Expenses, 
Siilurle*, Printing, Taxes, 
Revenue Stamps and Re¬ 
insurance. 250,724 70 
$10,588,272 81 
ASSETS. 
Cash on hand, In Bank and 
In Trust Co. $839,090 01 
Invested In Llnltod States 
Stocks (market value, $2,- 
643,280,) cost. 2,201,037 49 
Invested in New York City 
Rank stock (market value, 
$18,589,) cost. 41,649 00 
Invested in New York State 
and other Stocks (market 
value, $1,037,405,) cost. 1,024,384 11 
Real Estate In the City of 
New York. 1,510,537 17 
Bonds and mortgages (se¬ 
cured by real estate valu¬ 
ed at $10,160(400; buildings 
thereon insured for $1,231,- 
000,ami the policies assign¬ 
ed to the Company a* addi¬ 
tional collateral security).. 4,570,400 00 
Loan* on existing policies... 910,859 35 
Quarterly and semi-annual 
premiums, dm; subsequent 
to Jltn, 1,1870. 028,150 9! 
Premiums on Policies, hi 
hands of Agents, and in 
courseof transmission.... 533.218 8 
Interest accrued to Jan. 1, 
1870. 05.327 7' 
$3,502 711 61 
$13,025,601 23 
028,156 92 
633.218 81 
05,327 77 
$13,026,601 23 
The EMPIRE has achieved a success unparalleled 
In tho history of Life Insurance. 3,3 19 1’olicien 
were issued iu iho first Twelve Months, 
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Ordinarg Whole Lift Policies absolutely Noil- 
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A.i other Policies Non - Forfeit able after two 
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All restriction upon travel and residence removed, 
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One-third of all premiums loaned to the insured, 
if desired, ami uo nates required. 
No accumulation of Interest on Deferred 
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any class of policies. 
Dividends Accumulative, fli« surplus leing re¬ 
turned to the Policy Holder, equitably in proportion to 
his contributton thereto. 
The business of the Company conducted upon the 
Mutual Plan. 
Example of the Non-Forfeiture Plan 
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Policy. 
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East Middlkuouo, Mass., June9, ml. 5J< 
Messrs. IJuunutt A Co.- My daughter has been 
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She hud used during that time many powerful uppli- > 
cation*. These, with Hit Intense heat caused by the N 
pains, binned her hair so badly that In October, 1801, ' 
It till Clime off She was Induced to try your Cocoaine. X 
and the result was astonishing. She had not, used ,, 
half the contents of a bottle before her head was j ‘ 
covered with u line young liulr. In four month* Urn . 
huir has grown several Inches in length, very thick, 
soft and tine, uml of a darker color Umn formerly. 
With respect, WII..HAM S. EDDY. {,J 
- PI 
BURNETT'* COCOAINE 1* the BEST and 
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Do. Key (to go with above). 90 Excess of market value of secuitties 
Muybcw'K Illustrated Horse Doctor. 3 00 . 
Do. lllustriiU.il florae Management. 3 00 <,ver . . 
MCMahon'* American Gardener... . 2 25 
Mechanic'* Companion (Nicholson). 3 00 t ,. UH . tarn 
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Norton's Element* Bolonilllc Agriculture. 75 , ,. aa „„ 
Onion Culture.. 20 Amounlof Reported Losses, 
Our Farm of Four Acres .. 30 uwll itiug Proof, Ac. 00,500 00 
Pardee on .Strawberry Culture. 70 K ., 0 8U 
Purkmua’s Book of Rose*.I 00 Deposit for Minors. oc 
Pear Culture for Profit (P. T. Quinn). 1 U0 Amount resolved tor Ue-iu 
Peat and it* Uses. I 20 minniee on existing Poll- 
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PUanlotu Flowers. 1 50 qles, Insuring $101.161,180 
Practical and Scieutillc Fruit Culture (Baker)... 4 00 insurance at 
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Practical Htatr Builder (30original plates). 10 00 uilum, $900,725 Ik, , non-p ir- 
Qulnby's Mysteries **f Bee Keeping. 1 50 Ucipatlng.it5percont.Cur- 
Do. Garden Flowers. . 3 00 . iu*> ( .,„.i 
itondaU’s Fine Wool Husbandry. 100 Retain l remlnm 180J ana 
I)o. Sheep Husbandry In the South. 1 50 prior thereto, payuble du- 
Rlehurdson On the Dog... . 30 *>m 7 ian 
Bivers’ Miniature Fruit Garden. 1 00 ring the year.09,7is u 
Rural Studio*... 175 - 
Saunders on Poultry (Illustrated). 40 
Svhnnck's Gardener*' Text-Houlc. 70 
Herlbner’* Produce Table* . 30 T11 . a*.i 
Do. Ready Beckonm- and Log Book. 30 Divisible Surplus... 
Silver’s new Poultry Book (70 Illustrations). 50 • _ 
Six Hundred Recipes. 1 75 
Skillful Housewife.. 7 j During the year 10.717 Policies have 
(riraKory) .. ^ b 
Stewart’s (Jonh) Stable Book ..... 1 50 Insuring $34,440,353 03. 
Strong’s Cultivation of the Grape..... 3 uu _ 
Ten Acres Enough.... , . .* 
Tho Aiwerlcau UouBO Carpenter (Hatfield s). 3 .4 , undivided surplus 
The ll»m-Yard (A Manual). 1 oo 
The Book <*f Evergreens. 3 00 thu Board of Trustees Uu; 
35!<S ,„v,.c.w.on.., 
The Farmer's Journal and Accouut Uook).$l, $2, 3 50 to each participating policy, 
over cost. 30Z.31S 40 
cash A8SBTB. Jan. 1, 1870 .$13,327,921 03 
APPROPRIATED AS FOLLOWS: 
Amountol' Adjusted Losses, 
due subsequent to Jan. 1, 
.. $107,000 00 
Amountuf Reported Losses, 
uwuiLiiig Proof, Ac. 00,500 00 
Deposit for Minors..,. 142 88 
Amount reserved tor lte-in- 
Kiirtuice on existing Poll¬ 
utes, insuring $101,151,180 15, 
participating Insurance at 
4 percent. Carlisle net pre¬ 
mium. $909,725 05; uon-par- 
lici pa ting at 5 per cent. Cur- 
Ralft.$11,213,812 90 
Return Premium 1809 and 
prior thereto, payuble du¬ 
ring the year. 209,718 07 
-$11,057,173 91 
Divisible Surplus.SI ,«70,750 7‘i 
— 
During the year 10,717 Policies have been Issued, 
Insuring $34,440,353 03. 
One Annual Prem. 
Two “ Prem’s 
Three '* “ 
Four ” “ 
Five ’’ 
Will 
continue 
> the policy 
I*** K' 
J forei 
2 yoars and 3 days. 
4 " “ 1‘2 •' 
0 “ "27 " 
8 " "40 " 
10 " “ 56 “ 
Five " “ J force U0 “ “ 56 “ 
FIRST-CLASS AGENTS WANTED In all parts of 
the country. Apply at tho Home Offiee, 
139 Broadway. 
orricziRs: 
G. lllLTON SCRIBNER, President. 
GEO. W. SMITH, Vice-President. 
SIDNEY W. CROFUT, Secretary. 
L. II. WATERS, Actuary. 
TnoS. K. MAIlCY.Af. D., Medical Exnm’r. 
EVERETT CLAPP, Superintendent. 
Thk best Weekly Agricultural and Family New*- 
paper we ever saw la the Rural New-Vohkkh It 
has seven Editors, all men of reputation, besides 
numerous regular contributors, scattered ull over the 
country .—Keutucku Statesman. 
rpiflS IS THK MOST TIIOHOIJGH 
1 blood purifier yet .ll*onv*rcd, aud cures nil 
humors from thu worst Scrofula, to » common Lrup- 
tlon. Pimple* ai d Blotches oil the face, and scaly or 
rough skin, which arc such annoying blemlshc* to 
many young person*, yield to the use of a few bot¬ 
tles of this wonderful medicine. From one tu eight 
bottles euro Salt Itheum. Erysipelas, Scald Head, mug 
Worms. Boils, Scaly Eruption» of the Sktn, Scrofula 
Sores. Ulcers ami “Honker" in tin Mouth and Slum, 
ach. It i* a pure medic!uu! extract of native root* 
und plant*.combining »n hnrruonu Nature's mont sov¬ 
ereign curative properties, which God Im* instilled 
into the vegetable kingdom for healing the sick. It 
la a great restorer for the utrength and vigor of the 
system. Those who are languid, sleenle**, have ner¬ 
vous npprchrttsUmS or tears, or any of the affection* 
symptomatic of weakness, will find convincing evi¬ 
dence of It* restorative power upon trial. It you 
feel dull, drowsy, debilitated and despondent, have fre¬ 
quent Ueitdncne, mouth tastM badly In the morning, 
irregular apartitie and huiaiie coated, you are suffering 
from Tor pal Liver or " lUliaasnes*. ' In many case* 
of " Liver Complaint. " only » part of these symptoms 
are experienced. A* a remedy for nil such cases. Dr. 
PI erne’* Golden Medical Discovery has no equal as 
it effects perfect cure*, leaving the llvtw tirenotheneil 
und healthy. For tho cure of Habitual Constipation 
or the Bowels It Is a mixer-full log remedy, uml those 
who have used lr for this purpose urn loud In Its 
praise. In Bronchial. Throat and Lung Diseases, It 
hus produced many truly remarkable cure.*, whffro 
ether medicines bad failed, ftold by druggists at, $1 
per bottle. Prepared at the Chemical Laboratory of 
tt. V. PIERCE, M. D„ Buffalo, N. Y. 
Tho Farmer’* Journal and Accouut uook).$i, $4, .i on 
The Garden (A Manual), . J 90 
The Grape Vim*. ... t fib 
The Horae In the Stublu and the Field (Stone- ^ 
Thc'Herehoron Horse..... j fib 
Thomas’ Am. Fruit Culturist (480 Ulustmuonu). 3 J)0 
Thompson’s Food of Aulmals. I fib 
Tobacco Culture....*.. .. 
Todd * Country Home*, and How to Save Money 
to Buy It Home.....*.*. ' ’•*[ 
Do. Young Farmers' Manual. f Ik 
'I’rapimr's Guide. . .. fry. 
Vi-ldllutloil ill American Dwellings. M 
Warder's Hedges and Evergreen*. 1 ^ 
Waring’* Earth . 20 
Do. ElouiWilts of Agrlcultiii'a .. • '« 
Watson’s American Home Garden.... 2 00 
Wax Flowers, and How to Make 1 hem. 2 W) 
Weeds and Cxefiil Plants . . 1 7a 
W«*tern FT all Growers' Guide.. • 5b 
Wheeler’s Homos for the People. 3 00 
Do. Rural Home*. . ,,.• ■ • •..•. - fib 
Woodruff’s Trotting Horae America.. 2 25 
Woodward's (Jr»i)eriii» and tlort'l Btillilliig* — 1 ,81 
Do. Country Homes..,— .. } «* 
Do. Cot lug os and Farm Houses. 1 Jl 
Do. National Architect.., .If 00 
Do. Rural Architecture... J M 
Do, Suburban and Country Houses............... 1 50 
Wool Grower and Htock Register, Vols. 1, 2, 5, 8, 
itiiuii.. .i m o*» 
Youman’s' Hand-Book of Household Solencu.... 2 00 
Do. New Chemistry....••.••.,•••••. i bb 
Young Housekeeper’s & Dairymaid’s Directory. 3b 
Address all order* to 
D. I>. T. IIIOOUK, 
41 Park Row, New York, or Rochester, N. Y. 
53?“ From the undivided surplus of $f,67ti,> 
75» 7‘£, the Board of Trustees have declared a 
DIVIDEND, available on settlement of next annual 
premium to each participating policy, proportioned 
to it* “ contribution to surplus." 
Dividends not used in settlement of premium will 
be added to the policy. 
TRUSTEES. 
MORRIS FRANKLIN, WM. A. BOOTH, 
DAVID DOWS, GEORGE A. OSGOOD, 
ISAAC C. KENDALL, HENRY BOWERS, 
WILLIAM II. BEERS, CHA9. L. ANTHONY, 
DANIEL 9. MILLER, SANFORD COBB, 
IIKNRY K. BOGKIIT, EDWARD MARTIN, 
JOHN MAIRS, EDWIN HOYT, 
WM. H. APPLETON, LEWIS F. BATTEL IE, 
ROBERT B. COLLINS, 11. B. CLAFL1N. 
WILLIAM BARTON, 
MOIKRIS FRA^KI.n, 
('resident. 
WILLIAM If. MEKRS, 
VIce-Prss’t and Actuary. 
THEODORE M. BANT.V, Cashier. 
CORNELIUS R. BOGART, M. D.. > Medical 
GEORGE WILKES. M. D., ) Examiners. 
CHARLES WRIGHT, M. D.. Ass’t Med. Examiner 
