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U. J. Bowman i H. J. Bowman at fl.

J. Bowman "Pretty "Prttty 1 at H. Bowman ACo's. "Pretty H. Bowman Co'i.

"Pretty Ruchlng," at u. j. Bowman A Co's. "Pretty Ribbons," at H. J.

Bowman A Co's. "Pretty Tidies," at H. J. Bowman "Pretty Toys," at Co'i. "New Books," at "New Plush Goods," at H.

J. Bow man Co's. "New Manicure Setts," Bowman Co's. "New Shading Cases," at H. J.

Bow man Co's. "New Dressina Cases," at H. Bowman (Jo's. "New Brass Goods" at H. J.

Bows man Co's. "New Work Boxes" at H. J. Bowman Co. "New at H.

J. Bow. man CoV. "New Baskets" at H. J.

Bowman "New Games" at H. Co'a. Klegant Silks" at H. J. Bowman Co's.

"Fine Dress Goods" Bowman Co's. "Beautiful Table Linen" Bowman Co's. "Embroidered Aprons" at H. Bowman Co's. "Warm Mittens" at H.

J. Bowman Co's. MWarm Fascinators" Bowman Co's. "Warm Toboggans" at H. J.

Bowman Co's. 'Warm Cloaks" at H. J. Bowman Co's. "Warm Shawls," at H.

J. Bowman Co's. "Warm Blankets," at H. J. Bowman Co's.

"Warm Comforts," atH. J. Bowman to Co's. "Warm Flannels," at H. J.

Bowman Co's. "Warm Hosiery," at H. J. Bowman Co's. "Warm Underwear," at H.

J. Bowman Co's. "Warm Gloves," at H. J. Bowman Go's.

H. J.Bowman "Pictures given away," at H. J. Bowman Co's. "A Merry Christmas," at H.

J. Bowman Co's. ALTON DAILTTELEORIPH. CTTT. THB TELEGRAM! has the largest olroula- Alton, and jlsors.

WA utt TBLB- at U. at H. J. RAILWAY TIME CARD. OHIUAOOk ALTON.

1887, i Alton, as follows 0 Chicago Lightning Olty Kansas Olty Mall, Sundays "o-00 a Kansas Olty Jacksonville Aeoommodationi TOE ST. LOUIS AND ALL POINTS BOUTlE Oilcaao Alton 12-68 nm Causns Olty R-40n Olilcago 6-35 in Trains leave at. Louis Union' Depot for Al- pm; (8:45 a Sundays only.) tJJxcept Sunday, 8. D. KHEVE8, Supt.

St. L. K. O. G.

NOKRIS, Ticket Agent. MONDAY JAN. 30. principle we believe in a tariff on a foreign goods. The foreign maufac tur.rpaysm, taxes in this country bean of the burdens of citizen ship, and ought not to be allowed sell nil goods hero free of duty companion with home manufacturer who pay (axes here and help suppor tuo government, in common justlc do this at least: make tho outsid( manufacturer pay as heavy a license (or tariff) as tho home manufacturer has to pay in looaUaies on his goods HOHAWAT AUUJDEHT.

Narrow Ibeapes. About 9 o'clock this morning while furniture belonging to Mrs. K. K. Boyle, wai being loadsd at a house on Bblle upon Mr.

Lohr'i transfer wagon, the horsei attached to the wagon became frightened by a passing team and ran away. Tht nnirnalf came Belle street at great and turned east on Third street. Soon after turning the corner the heavy transfer wagon collided with Mr. A. K.

Root's buggy, upsetting it and throwing out Miss Caroline Gotts leib the occupant at the time. Fortunatsly, although badly shikan up ALTON ILLUSTRATED. Sunday's St. Louii Globe liai a live column illustrated article about Alton, Its history and noted points, prepared by C. W.

Sanders, reporter, and D. H. Gibson, artist. Some of our prominent business men find objections to it, claiming that tho illustration of the city at the present day is such a mere outline that it does not include any of the thus ing out some of the most attractive portions alse, that a tone of sarcasm, not complimentary, is manifest in one or two places. On the whole, however, he account, hurriedly written, of courss, is quite interesting.

The illus- rations include Alton in 1837, The Alloa of 1888, these pictures being 'Utline copies of those in Mr. John Buckmastor's cigar store: two pictures the Piasa by T. F. Ladd, ot iVhito Hal), the other by an ariiit snt from the Smithsonian Institute; he first house, one erected of hewn ogs by Col. Eaitou, founder of the ity Piasa Bluff of today an old resi.

enter telling.bow It wai in fall of 37; The old Observer office, the stone uilding on-the north side of Second, a ew doors west of Piasa street; "Ah," said gha, "when John wai courting me ho auod; now we are married, I do the San Antonio Gossip. A labor writer asks: "What luxury can the common ditch-digger claim as own?" Denr man, he can Binghampton Republican. A Belgian scientist sayg that salt conducive to longevity. This Is a roundabout way of saying that fresh people lire soon killed off. Danburu Register.

A man who wants the earth really gets only enough to be buried in, and worms soon come to dispute his possession of even that New Orleans Picayune. The average club man cares very litttlo about music. If he can only strike the key of the door with reasonable accuracy he is Bur- hngton Free Press. Miss Are you fond ol bouillon Miss Yes; In the abstract, dear, bullion is very nice, but for practical purposes give me bank-notes. Harper's Bazar.

I met Charley to-day. He was dressed up so that I didn't know him. You don WK HAVE Gone Through OUR Stock of Cloaks AND at H. J. HEADQUARTERS Auction tonight at It Money to on improved real estate.

Apply to Kudershausen Sonntag, Third street. dtf THE new smoke stack at the Glass Works was completed Saturday. It IB 87 fe.t high. The work on the ovens will soon be finiihed. Money to loan on improved farm property.

For particulars, apply to WHIFFLE SMILEY PAHTT. -The Illinois Glass Packers' Union' Branch No. 3,552, will give their second annual ball at Turner Hall next Saturday night, Feb. 4tk. Rev.

fire loss was adjusted last week. He got $500 on the house, $250 on turniture. Bowman have the contract for rebuilding the Salt tonight at the Globe. It MRS. C.

E. Lippmoott, widow of late Gen. been appointed matron of tho hospital department of the Soldiers' homo at Qumcy, and has gone that city to enter upon her duties. feature connected with the affair was that Mrs. Root and her little daughter had got out of the buggy but a minutes before the collision.

After wrecking the buggy the horses ran diagonally across the street and the wagon collided with an awning post in front of Mr. VY. F. Hoppe's china store. By this time Capt.

F. Rudershausen was at the head of the frightened animals, seized them and, by great exertions, stopped them in time to save. Mr. H. J.

Bowman's buggy which thsy broaght up against. Ur. Root'i buggy was so badly wrecked as to the wheels axles and other parts that it was taken by the occurrence, Miss Gottlelb was joy'g grave; Site for the Love Joy Mon- Another fortunate ument; The old penitentiary; Alton's Carnival; The Old Eagle (Piasa House); Webster's pictured as occupied by Winter Tavern, window, colored auntie. This window is one to Mr. D.

Miller's carriage shop for repairs. The trantfer wagon, a new one, escaped unscathed so far as could be noticed. A LUJUK JGCHPSE. The FOB MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS The undersigned has In store a carefully the best make. Pianos warrauted 'for 8 five years.

Old pianos taken In exchange. Thor ongh Instruction given In piano, organ, bar- rnouy and vocal music; also pianos tuned. JOS. FLOSS, MUSIC TBAOHEB, AND DBALBB IN MU; SIOAL, INSTRUMENTS. At Booth's Jewelry Store, Third street.

lalOJw NOTICE. Sunday Globe- Democrat, containing Alton Illustrated, can be procured at any time of Mrs. Eliz. Johnson. It MR.

Sugerman, late of Memphis, is having the storeroom in Hope's building, Third street, rscently occupied by Cotter's drug store, fitted as. a clothing and furnishing ment. Mr. John Bryan is doing the carpenter work. OF ALL KINDS; LOOK AT THEM.

AT HOLDEN'8. SECOND STBEKT, NBAB HENRY flecfldwly REAL. ESTATE FOB SALE OB RENT, -BY- Rudersnausen Sonntag. For Sale. A 40 acre farm about 8 miles southeast ol Brighton.

Improvements, complete; I'rlce For Bale, A convenient anit pleasant home at a rea- I 0 beln 8 atwo-slory frame house on Blghth street, near Henry. fat 8ale. A oholoe farm of 820 acres, with Hist olnst nprovemeuts, situated 2V miles east ot Brunswlek. Oharlton Mo. For Hale.

'L' ram dwoU'RB house In condition, In Topping's addition to Alton. For Sale Cheap The residence of Oapt. W. 1' oble; two and mansard roofi 12 room 4 halls, closets, collars, etc. 8 acres of gromi Moil desirable proportv in the Fvr Haiv.

Ituaoresof laiut near city limits, 8 twostory brick and Irume Uwo: u. nouBo, both situated on the euu- strew 6 nd 7tu C8M briol! block of "tores on gooon troet, betwoeu Henit and lildge street oown ai Iluntor'i row, Hale. J. M. Gearing has leased for five years Mrs.

Mary MoKinzie's place of 15 acres, on the road 'between Upper Alton and Milton bridge. Mr. Gearing will continue in the poultry business and also engage in gardening. A universal remark by every smoker of cigars: Neininger's Fig and Magnolia are the best cigars in the market. proposition pending in Congress to suspend the coinage of tho little silver cent piece should bo adopted.

The httlt com, in size and appearance, so closely resembles the dime that one is often mistaken for tho other in "making It ia also often counterfeited A big rush a(T the Auction Saturday ihows that while goods sell cheap money in plenty in Alton. It Utis Carrie Me. Cartby was agreeably surprised, last Wednesday evening, at her corner of Eighth and Alby streets, by a large number of her friends from Wann and Upper Alton. Sup, per was aerved at eleven o'clock after which the evening passed very pleasantly with games and othor amusements. eclipse of the moon Saturday was a magnificent sight, though somewkat disappointing at fint.

When the orb of night appeared in the eastern horizon it sesmed partially ob- soured in a rathsr vague and indefinite manner, as though by clouds or imeke, but soon afUr 6 o'clock the lino of obw curation was beautifully defined, the visiblo portion of fair Luna, showing as a brilliant crsscent the unclouded sky. This passed off gradually until finally moon with the slight obscuration at upper portioa remind, ed thi observer of.the Goddess of Liberty, crowned with a dark cap. The resemblance was apropos as being suggestive of tho progress of freedom of mind and conscience throughout the civilized world and the advancement made in the realms of science, especially of astronomy, since the period when most of the nations of the eanh looked upon an with horror and dismay, some believing that a dragon wss devouring the luminary those with more knowledge thinking the occurroncs a prophetie sign of war, peitilencs and famins. from which Danisl Webster made speeeh in 1837 while stopping at the Tavern. The other illustrations are Over tho hills and An historic paU torn shop, tho house north of Mr.

A. Mather's livery stable the place already mentionsd in the TKLEORAPII as the spot where Mr. Woodroof first made models of sleeping cars. The Globe says; "There is not a more interesting place in ihe Mississips pi valley than Alton. It was founded on a rock and the honest ouildings of hewed logs on stone put up by the sturdy pioneers were put up to stay.

Also: "It supports three daily newspapers tho TELEGRAPH, Democrat and Sentinel and a German Weekly, called the Banner," After speaking of some of the manufactories and pubv. lie buildings the account says: "The chief hotel, the Madison, would a credit to any city in the land." And, in closing: ''Above all things the Altonnns insist that the rational point for a railroad bridge across the Mississippi is right there. When that event transpirss, and it is among the probt. bilities, thsre will be a vast through traffic, machine shops, round houses, more manufactories, more people and more money, and all the things that railroads bring to a it will be all for Alton." in closing these extracts we may remark that the Sunday Post- Dispatch also has a two column article devoted to about Lovejoy with illustrations of his grave and the site selected for his monument, entitled "Diodfor Free Speech. A visit to tho grave of Elijah Parnsh mean it! By the way where did he get his clothes? 1 think 1 11 try the same Boston Transcript.

"What do you expect to make of your son when he grows upp" "I hope ho will go to Congress." "But a Congressman isn't looked upon with very much respect, The Epoch. Wife Land? Marked Down ALL -My dear, where is No Man's It's a small strip west of the Indian Territory. Why? The Prices. You will find this the truth, and yoa advantage lies now. in buying what you fnMou Kansas, at and "16 per aoir tespwtivoly-ono-thlrU oasb.balaiioe on ttmii.

For Alarm of HO ocra on bottom laud, all in cultivation, near UadJoon, In this county. A two-story framo dwolUng bouse on It. For Sale, A choice farm of 1W acres, situate mile south ot Bhlpman, Uaooupin oouuty, HI at low treatment FBEB We DITCH TC I rAlhNIo! 778 Mroaa Nowark.N. J. lib V.

A. LBIIUANN Wtuliluginn, it. Bond for circular. inn PBR FUKK lUU DT lo oanvasuari for Dlt. SHOWS UBNUJNKKLKCmtlO BISLT8, UUU6I1KB.

Lady wuutud lor Blaotrto OontoU. Quick saPes. Wrlto nt for terms. Dr. Bcott, 844 Ifdwity, N.

Y. 1 ANTUD Immediately, Lading to work for a wholesale house on Needlework at (Bent any distance). Uood pay made. JCverytulUK furnished, tree. Address Artistic Nee- can be Partlouli dlswork Oo.

The boat hard and soft coal in the city, delivered at lowest market prices. R. Gossrnu, Second street, between Henry and Ridge, or telephone 54, Wyss' drug store, Third street. a 10 tf IT id customary for small IOTTIS offer a bonus to capitalists to establish factories in their midst. This is tquiva- lout to offering thorn "protection." Why do they do this Is it from motives of philanturophr to the manufacturer? By no means.

It is because of the the factory will bo to tho community. A protective tariff Is not a beta fit to tho manufacturer himself so much as to the community whom the factory is located. It Is that which enables the factory to exist at all. We Uot Km Faded, When we put Rubbers at 25o and our Cash Cut Sale makes some of our competitors sick. At Star Shoo Store.

dlt IN looking tbrouglTour city ordinsn. ces wo find several provisions inflicting Ones and penalties upon, or a henry lioonsc from all itinerant or foreign vendors of goods upon our streets. Such ordinances are for tho protection of our horns mer There is on exhibition in the window at Chamberlain's drug store a very interesting weapon, almost 400 years old, with a splendid blade and a basket hilt, the handle, among ornamentation containing a precious stone called the-cairn go- rum. Above the sword arc the following words: "Na MacNeil Clai-mohr." MacNeil broadsword. This sword was carried by many successive Chiefs of the Clan MacNeil, through the wars of Scotland.

It was in the battle of Cullodcn, Moor, 171G, with Bonnie Prince (The Mr. E. T. Bartlett lepresenting Hood's Sarsaparilla, Lowell, in town this morning.g Mrs. Farley and her son, Mr.

R. J. Shooler, spent Sunday with Alton trieuds. Miss Mariner, of Kansas City, after a visit with her relatives Mr. and Mrs.

H. Watson, left for her home this morning. Rev, R. H. Manier of Brighton, was in the city today.

MMY.T. Didlakc is the happy father of a charming littlo daughter. 0, nothing; I was merely thinking what a delightful spot it must be. New York Sun. Mr.

Talifero of Atlanta, claims that he has solved the problem of perpetual motion. Ho, bo; the concert of some men. As though he was the only man in America with a 10-year- old liurdette. A teacher writes: "What will you charge to publish an advertisement of a high school four inches long?" A high school four inches long must be such a curiosity that people will go and see it without Ex. To the tin Trust, the Copper Trust, tho Cotton-Seed Oil Trust, and the Sugar Trust has been added a Mutton Trust What the public wants is a chance to get trusted for mutton and Philadelphia North American.

Chance "Where are you from?" "Philadelphia." "What business are you in there?" "Professor of Science nt a college." "Ah! is that so? What'll you take to give mo lessons in Lincoln Journal. Dr. So Scalpel set your broken arm? Yes, sir. Pel- What where his charges? Patient dollars. Robbery, downright robbery! I'd have amputated it for Nebraska State fournal.

Well, my boy, how did the Sunday-school go to-day? pretty well. Next Sunday teacher wants tho boys to bring boxing gloves. she says all tho ministers recommend sparring as a means of grace. Lowell Citizen. "Whenever I meet a person whom I believe to bo my inferior I treat him with as much courtesy -as though he wore my equal." "But it is so seldom that you moot sucli a person that it Cannot bo much of a strain upon you," Journal.

Stranger to "Why don't you iprmldo some sand on the pavement 3UL here? Half a dozen people have in tho last live minutes "I haven't nuy sand." "Thou sling out some of your sugar; it's just tho same Lincoln Journal. The funniest of tho funny transpositions occurred when a man who wanted to advertise for a "fawn- colored bull-terrier pup" wft made to advertise for a "Kru-alarm bell-tower key. That is what happened right in this ollico yesterday Worcester Spy. Pierson Carr Dry Goods Co. This Week! WE WILL SELL Nectarina Brand Sugar Corn, per 1.10 1.20 1 1 One of Finest D.

Arcker's Trophy Baker's Brand of Sugar Snowflake Coleman Flag California Apricots Few cases ol 3 ib. can Apples left at lOc a can E. F. DETERDING'S, 30 45 1 75 2 90 No. 2 Second st.

Telephone 50 Johnny (passing chants, who pay tuxes and spnnd aioney hero, from outside competition. This Is all right and just. "Humt first, the world afterwards." On tur same Charlie and through the rebellion of 1740 and it is still broadsword of MacNeil." Tina sword now tho property of Mr. George Ambrose MacNeil, who will lecture at City Hall next Friday ove. under the auspices of tho Library Association on "The Scottish Chiefs." The Blnckstone frnpllng.

Fur tho groat Chicago Alton Kailrofcd Co. tins beon using a ful coupling. 'It it coupling that prevents nn accident from broken rails. If you rsmovc six of rail, leaving a vaonnt spaoo, no car osn drop down. No one car can luave tho track.

The curs are coupled togolhor at oorucr. The tram Is one mass. Tho ordinary railroad accident oannol happen with it. One day I was on Hie great Kansas City train going ndy us an hour. A little jar told us we had passsd ovtir a broken rail.

That broksn rs.il would Imvo wreokwd any trmn umng tho old fashioned coupling. WJ.ien the tram was stopped wo found' four feet of tho rail WM out, but slfll no oar dropped down. Each bnre its weight on Hit other Tho Hluokstoao ooiiBliriK iaved many livos thai and the passengers looked wisely at each other and said: "When we go to Kansas City or St. Minis or Sprnmflold or Blooniington.w* will take the train where thu coupling Is a life preserver." If other roads, instond of chuugiBir stovti would go lo tho roof of the evil and get the coupling, ihora would bo no too dents. The Chatsworth A Hreenhouso Fire.

Twk) greenhouses, each about 60 feet long, 1 belonging to (iuorgo Bargen, about a mile east of tho city, burned Thursday morning. There was no insurance on tho property, and it is not known how the lira Spring. field Journal. ONE peculiarity of Mr. Evarts, the Now York Senator, has novsr besn referred to.

This he shares in common with two of his colleagues. Tlieao 1'latt and the only members of tho Senate who onu leg over the other and then rest both feet flat upon the floor. It required a man of somewhat extraordinary physical development to perform thin feat, and not one man in a hundred could do it successfully. Try Photographer (to saw you at church last Sunday, Miss Smith. did you.P Photographer- Ics, and also your friend Miss Brown you could raise your chin a trifle, what an atroclous-look- INK hat who had on.

(After a pause.) -lliuro, Wias Smith, it Is over, and I think wo have caught a very pluasunl New York A'JW. A bpy living on Pearl strout while studying hiu losson in history Urn other night learned tho dutu of Washlnir- ton'H clout)). Addnissing his 89-yuur- old grandfather ho oi-iod: "(iraiulfa- lwl vul)t "ouurrud in "Why, I wan born in that year," unsworud tho old mini. The boy troubled him with no more mios- tioiis in history llujlulo Courier. "Jay (Jould has smoked but ono ol- short bridge disaster could not hnvu occurred on the Alton.

solid Alton trains arc bridges huntat VUy Journal, Jun. 1888, TIIKY don't clean the lee off the sidewalks In Omaha. They simply warn utople against oarryinjj whisky bottles In tlieir coat tall gar in his lifo and iio Is worth 300. Ilo Is probably tho only man in tliu country who has suvod so much money by limiting hlmsolf to one r. Miinv porHons huvo HUVUI! sov- liuiHlrml ilollarri ia tho course of forty yours by nut smoking, but thoy Imvtin t.

tho monoy or unytlilng to show fur TUB Lincoln Herald rives to remark and its language is plain, that "the Duraooratlo twaddle 1 about oarryinr Illinois la rldiouloCs." Hlght, you are a makes call that a sample room, papa?" Mr. by boy, tliats whore thuy manufacture samples of humanity; thoro's one of'em now, trying to leave his measure for a toboggan suit in the Paragraphcr. Hospital and taste tho patient's plum pudding, Dr. Jenkins. Its elogant Dr.

Is this provided by tho hospital? much. It was sent up to case 108 by her friends, but, bloss you, it isn good for her, so wo kept Town Topics. "Woso, doahP Toll you make a memowaudum of I made to you when I was hero bofoahP "No, Charlie, I didn't" 'That's dwoadful, cause, tion't yer know, I cawn't wocolloct myself whether Ipwoposcd to you or Clawa Whitehall Times. Young opera was fine last night, Miss Smith. Miss Smith (a now girl from tho What was the score? Young man looks at her wildly and mutters to Shades of Bluet! Does tho woman think I've boon to a base-ball match? Washington Critic.

Stranger (to Dakota noticed a party of scarred and crip- plod gentlemen at a table In tho dining-room. War veterans, 1 s'poso, enjoying an annual dinner?" Dakota sir; its a pressdliiuor, givon by the Daily Paralyzer to his stafl 1 Epoch. was you wife drossod? had on an absinthe dross, with Clmmbortin-colorod ribbons and a cognac-colored boniiot trimmed with alnsot laco, which on- hancocl tho lustro of hor blaekborry- braiuly oyos. She looked as pretty us a bottle of Town Topics. Tho maiiMioy wanted: "Strangor(to St.

Louis you mo a situation as a humorist?" "Do you write funny articles?" "No, but I havo complete lilos of all tho Amori- oan almanacs sinoo 181JO." "Just take that ohuir until draw up a contract Hvtt vmii'u In any Quantity. THE BEST COSMOLOE, Plain, Perfumed and Carbolated, in any quantity. CARBOLATED VETERINARY COSMOLINE, For Wounds, Galls and Sores on stock. Marsh's Drug Store. Warm Gloves and Caps for live yours.

Hal. Nebraska State Jour- A bright young man who lives in Hart County recently visited a friend of his inolhor. Sho asked about his mother and inquired if she raised a good deal of poultry this your. Tho young man sorutohml his head in por- ploxily uiid then replied: "No-u'iio, ma am. Slio planted a good deal, but tho ohiukonu 'soratohod Buvunnah News.

it all up. 1 WHEN Dakota is admitted as a State it ought to be divided so that its blizs scards will bo only half what they are At AKK AS MUCH A WAUM STOVE. H. M. Schweppe, Ihe Third Street Clothier, has some Warm Caps and Gloves.

Equip yourselves now, BRANCH, Second and Ridge sts. i.

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