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Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Page 4

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ECrtT A I E. Philadelphia; December 18, 177' TVTOTICE is l.crcby given to all perrons oenroa I of contracting for opening ana masing BuVu m.w road lately Purveyed from Frar.Uftown branch of Ju- Min AlJ.pctlW indented to the fuhrcttbc.V arcrr.ct mere rcquefted to make pay merts befoie the firfl "of May next (which Will be twelve months forbear-, ancc finceMs laft adccrtifcment)his frind anu cuf-ttrfners may be allured that the fteceiTity ha -will be Lndcr of corr.mcncitr; fui's at that time sgair.ft his dc- linquent debtors, vill be very tiiftrcfllng to himfclf, und Informs them thatcoantry.picduccof any kind will be received in payment at market price, until the It of June next, utastheprefent contract will expire in that -monthr the demand for produce" will ccjifequcntly ccaie. Nothing but cafli will be received for whatever balances will remain due alter that period. Pittfburgh, March "JAMES niata in Bedford county, to Loxmaiu ty of Weftmorehnd, and from thence down the foutn fide of faid river, to the mouth of the Loyalhnnnon that propofals for making the road will be received at faid. until the firft tiav of April next TT cf a vrit of levari T.

iQ) will be fold by pu! in Grecnlburgb, on Thurfdaytl; of April next, the.fb;lov.ing true fituatc in Pitt townlhip, VVcltmcrti ty, vis. One traft lying cn Forbus's branch of Turtle creek, adjoining kr's land, containing 244 acres ance, more or 7 One other tract fit ate on FcrL about 20 miles from Pittsburgh, on of creek, containiug acre; lowauce, more or iefs. i Alio one other Trad, fituate Breafi works on Fojcus's mad, Lot, ic8. acres and til ww. 9 CHARLES BIDDLE, Secretary.

This road is to be fifty feet in width, except in fuch places as require digging, here it is to be only twelve feet. i the The? Commillloncrs of Board of TrcafiirJ here-. by give notice, TTMlAT prtfpofAJs will be received at their office, I till the firft day of May iucjuilvc, tor the fupply of all rations which may be required for theuCef the United States, from the feconddayof July, 178S. ncc, more or iefs. A he whole taken in Is fl I Dcccrater Z2t 1787.

is the property of Devereux Srniih, be foirf by AVILUAM PERKY; fhefil nil PubhCiod and to be Sold the Vtr': crl lothelall of Dec. 1789, (both dates inclufive) at tht divers inhabitants of the countv of nf1t'ninfln1 FnvtPirK and ntl'Ortrll ii i't 1 1 rr lsedrorc. naverravcu inattneitate ninwar. "At any place or places between Fort Pitt and ForJ IVIntofhonthc river Ohio, and at Fort M'intofh. iirf rtr niarf hrwixt Fort M'lntoln and appointed by afl of aficmbly of the 25th of September, one thoufand feven hundred and eighty-five, mav becocfiimcdandmadcjrood rnd VVIieras the I SB HAL MAN AC RNE II I For the Year of our Lord 1783.

may behad at the Printing Office, rittflurrfr monies appropriated by the faid acl: of alTcnibly, arc infulTiCient for making the faid road ixty feet wide as and council being defirous of comply ing with the faid requcH; as far as the money appi 0-piiated will admit; therefore, Ordered. That fuch part cf the faid ron-l lends wnoieiaie and itetail, on the rnoft rcaronablc Terms. The calculations for this Almanac it- with the greateft exaanefsto anfwer the'e-ridrn ftp the mouth of the river Mutoghao, and at the nuth of 'At any place or places hetwixt the mouth or tne TivcrMuCcinham, -and up the faid river to the Tof-xarowas and at the Tuicarowas; and thence over to the Cayaoga river, and iown thcTaid river to id "couth. r' "At any place or places betwixt the nouth the ilver Muflcingham, and the mouth orScioto-rivcr, crld at the mouth of faid river. ft hf1 Witt thn mOHth Of CClOt tne wciicrn vouuiry.

A J. KST Fine arid AUum'Salt to be foldfor Cam, Wheat, Rye, or Earlev. hv Ifiw i Tiver and the mouth of the great Miami, at the mouth I Craig Co. at their. Ditliilery.

Pittlkurg, Sept. 5, of the ircat Miami, ana irom tnence to me ivapius on I falls of Ohio, and at faid rapids. Af jrv nlace or olaccs bcfwixtthe moutnoi in 'J I from this fide of Sideling Iliii to theoppolite fide of Ray's Hill, in the county of beclearcd and made good and fuIScicnt, to be twelve feet wide on the fides of the or among ibe not lefs than twenty feet wide on the other ground, and. room to be mane for not left than three waggons to drawofF to the one fide iri the narrow places, at convenient diilance for others to pafs by, anJ th waters to run nextto the hill fide. Ordered, That public notice be given that propor fals for doing the aforefaid work, will be received at the Sccretacys Office in Philadelphia, until the tuft day of April next.

"7 i Extras from the Minutes; MES RJMBLE, II onr i -tothemouthof the Tabalh, thence up rne iaia vva- "bnt Poll St. Vincents, at Poll St. Vincents, nd ui Ml I NT I fVindfor Chair Maker. HAS commenced bufinefs in Pitilburgh, ncarthe uprer pndof Front-fcreet, where he makes all forts of Wind for chairs in the mcfl approved manrcr, and is determined to difpofeof them on thcnoarci' fonablc terms. J'or Charles Biddl, Secrctary.v A "before defcribed.

At any place or places from the mouth of the Wa-bafli-rrver to the mouth of the river Ohio. At any place or places 'from the mouth of the Miami river to the Miami village. At any place or places from the Miami Village to and atSanduflcy, and from San2u(ky to the mouth of Cayaoga river. At any place or places betwixt Fort Pitt and Venango, and at Venango. At any place or places betwixt Venango and leBeuf To bb Sold or Rented for a Terjn of Years.

7 Kentucke Boats at.le Bcuf, bctweenlcBciu anl Frefq lllc, at and rwr 0.liKK Plantation, nHEfituation and improvements are fo well known Jl that thofe who travel rhat way arc well fatisfi-ed that it is a profitable ftage, and well calculated with refpeQ to its diftance from the townofBedford and alfo from Ligonier or the Nine Mile for a rcfting frige. I here my be upwards of one hundred and fifty acres of meadow made there is already rhlack-fmith (hop and all the neceffary tools fitti for that trade on theprcmifes the 'tools are new and in Prefq inc, and between Prcf' lflc and the mouth 0 Will he here for fale in the; courfe of next month, by 7r-hiill, Mhnnic Co. in PiitJ- Cayaoga river. the mouth of Cayaoga river, and any place or places on the rtutc from Port Pitt to tkarnouth Cayaoga river, by the way the Big Beaver creek.1 Should-an? rations be required at any places, or with lurgL Feh 19. irtnrherdhlriclsnot fnecified in thefe propofals, tho STRA YED from the fubfiriber, Ilvin- near forks of Xhartiers creek, Cecil townfliip, two iTorfes, theonsacrrsl vita alarge blaze in his face, about 14 hand- ha th pole evil, neither brand nor id a bell guuuumer ana another article makes it Rill more ftone coal, all around it, and I am inrormed there is Come on ihe plantation, tliccoalis tobefound within forty perches of the flVopYand piuc timber plenty.

Thofewhoarc inclined to bur or rent will pleafe to fend their propofals to the fub-fenber the town of Bedford. tt PARD-DOUGHERTY. XX Lt. He has alfo levpral fmnll 1 in irtirit; viz. tied round its neck with a rope thcot! i Dron, about 13 hands high, a fmall ftar in 2 fcrccad, no brand but feveral faddle maris, and a 1 cnthe ham of the right hindleff.

has had the 2nd is the town of Bedford, wcllimpibved, to be fold, or rented. February 20, 178 5. fs i rc One pound of bread or fiour. One pound of beef or3-4lb. ofpQik.

One gill of common rum, -t And, to every hundred-rations, One quart of. fait, Two quarts of.vinegar, Two pounds.of foap, One pound of candles, TJic -paymenfof the provifions delivered under -thjs contract, wiM be made by warrants on fuch lktcs as may be agreed on betwixt the contractors and the Board or" Treafury, at the time of executing the arti-ciof thecontraa; S1MUKL OSGOOD, ALTER LIVINGSTON. funk in the creft, of a chuniy make, and crooked. Whoever takes ur faid hcrf rnd fc- (fures then fo that the owner may have flialf teceive Four Dollars reward an 1 -fcsable .211. charge paid by ''susANiY MarcTn8Vi788: Bedford, February 8, 1788.

A perfons indebted to the fubferiber by bond, note, or book account, ar? requefled to make dgainlT the firft day of April next, otherwife tbey may exped to be treated as the law direfts. Grain, meat or flax will be taken at market price. I BARNARD DOUGHER 7T. New York, Feb. 12, 1788.

YtWlx AS Thomas A pretends to avc a title to the 1c ivc on, and in my poflefllon; as th- Cliambers may perhaps fell it to fomc F-L YA- X. Y. Jilno -curfcof' Gcncrousprice; incafii orgoods, willfcegiven A fcra quantity.of well heckled flax. German Almanacs for the. 17 8 8, for fale at the Printing iccivcmyieit tohavethe befttitletot.

that I (hall hold it until am put out I vy. isnquireot thepnntcrs. 1788. IAN. Tittlburg, March 18,.

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