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Ex-Skcketary Belknap Is doing a good busi¬ 
ness as claim agent at Washington. 
It is reported In London that the marriage of 
King Alfonso has been llxcd for the 23d of .Jan¬ 
uary. 
ITaknibat. Hamlin and nerschel V. Johnson are 
the only survivors of the four Presidential tickets 
of 1S60. 
Gen. Bedford Forrest, tho great Confederate 
cavalry officer, died on Monday week at the resi¬ 
dence of his brother at Memphis, Tenn., at the 
age or 56 years. 
Prince Napoi.kon Is a young man of medium 
stature, with black hair, regular features, a black 
mustache, and eyes which recall the blue eyes of 
the Empress Eugenie. 
The father of sir Edward Thornton, the British 
Ambassador, was Secretary of the British lega¬ 
tion In Washington, 75 years ago. 
Mrs. .Jefferson Davis i 3 tall and erect. Her 
stately carriage and head of white hair make her 
Imposing In appearance. 
One of the heaviest, Western operators In 
wheat is a man by the name of Stone. We hope 
he will never become the head of a corner. 
The Most Durable Pianos Manufactured 
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iim Advertisers. 
(Trnilu Mark. J & 
Wlll 31 nit o You r ijay, 
Winter and Slimmer, support. Fowls during mnaUltn'. 
Veep them constantly Ju lint* condition, and Inemim 
'heir profit 1'*0 pm* trot. fJ.iir of i he chicks die an mini iv. 
This makes bom-mid tllmcle early. a ml ivillsuve them. 
Package* to mix wltli 50 wclidit ordlrlitry feed, SO ets.; 
•nrger for $1.00 and f2.ro. Sent prepaid on receipt or 
Wee. Also sold by Grocers, Feed Stores, etc. 
-LOCAL AGENTS WASTED.- 
C. It. ALLEN At CO., 2cl Statu St., JlAitTFoun.CT. 
THE HENRY F. MILLER PIANOS 
Are in nn n (net it red Iroin the very lies! stork and mnterials. the workmanship is of the 
highest grade «i excellence t uml although these Instruments tire offered at ns low fls. uros as they can 
bo nhorded, yet the prices for them aro neeesmrUy higher than for the second grade of pianos, with which 
the country Is, at the present time, so well supplied. 
THE HENRY F. MILLER PIANOS 
..One of ei pot lone • and that can command $ 2,000 nr 
fi.OOO-oarh or stock lo take chars e or >* farm of 
1.000 aOr> s, 2,i miles fiom < Incagn on H 11. Plenty 
of bay and grain on farm for wintering sti ck Ad- 
dress G- L. UIIODKH, II. (Mark tst„ Chicago, III. 
(JTR IjS 5 "loo assorted perforated tnottnc*, roudv for 
^ working, lOo. J. W. Rtnscll, Newlou, .Mass. 
Received TWO award* in the World’* International Exhibition, tS7<». No other Plano 
Forte exhibitors, with but one exception, received more than one award. 
Grand, Upright, Scutum and Patent Pedal Upright Piano-Fortes, are manufactured by 
this establishment in a largo variety of styles,and all who are desirous of pure, using a flnely-mad, 
Plano, with an establishedr<yput)iI,(on for durability, and which Is recognized us possessing tho most picas-, 
ing characteristics In tone, action and otyle, aro requested to send for Catalogue, and mention this paper 
Every one interested In Organ .Music or in Organ practice, should send for New Circular, de, 
scribing the Patent Pedal Upright Piano. 
HENRY F. MILLER, - - - Boston, Ptfass., U. S. A. 
Implements: anti iRlaeluncvy 
A new medical Treatise "TitK 
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SQUARE null UPRIGHT PIANO-. A. OR. 
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