The Climax, 1887-10-26
The front page of 1887-10-26. 1,462 words, read by machine from the Library of Congress scan and reproduced without correction.
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Began business less than one year ago with the firm determination to make a struggle thrott years to come lor comfort and independence doing business upon the smallest shade of profit ever attempted i the County JIM 10 THOUGH OF OHM EICH IS A BAY We can now look back over the brief period behind us with we trust a pardonable pride at a degree of success rarely obtained by any house in so short a time and an amount of patronage and encouragement That Awakens Our Profoxmdest Gratitude Toward the PEOPLE OF aaMHSOIB AfSD SURcOUD3G COUTiES We can afford to be liberal to the verge of recklessness and all departments in our house are filled to overflowing with bargains All departments are greatly enlarged for this season with the most attractive assortment of fall and winter goods ever seen in Richmond The Dry Goods Department is unequalled in quantity and price Domestics such as Cantons and all wool Flannels lower than for years Jeans and Pants stuff of all kinds cheaper than ever The Clothing Department is a Clothing Store in itself Bargains never known in this market before Suits and parts of suits at less money than you could buy the material alone for Call and examine splendid drives in suits and paata Ladies wraps AH shapes and styles of garments in lavor this season AVe intend to make this Department a gftai feature of our business Do not think of buying a Cloak or Jacket until you have seen Mtr sfcwk and heard prices new ami striking for cheapness
Boots and Shoes We sell almost all custom made work and at the lowest prces ever known even for eonuMOH Kadtan goods You always save from 50 cents toll in a pair of bhoes bought from us We buy them low ftr cash and sell them cheap for glory and a small shade of profit Our house is now the known headquarters for Trunks and Valises We have revolutionised the trail on them The handsomest and cheapest Trunks in the State are shown by us look ami be convinced Blankets Spreadsanu Comforts are piled mountain high on our counters and at prices that dkheartm competitors and capture the trade of the street When it comes to cash down we wrap up a pntr f beautiful blankets for 10 to 25 cents profit and we buy them down low you bet HATS AND CAPS Our record and reputation for selling bargains in these goods eant be matched The cheapest and best hats shown anywhere are constantly displayed on our shelves and counters We never fail to please in style quality and price THE RECORD BEATEN With the splendid name this house has for selling Notions cheap this season will eclipse all past experience We wdl display the grandest assortment ot handkerehie ho
knowledge that it was an old Col Colonial - onial Colonial flag It isnt everybody who would know a Confederate flag nowadays if he were to see one Courier Journal A New York telegram says Miss Frances Isabel Morris only daughter of Mr John A Morris proprietor of the Louisiana Lot Lottery - tery Lottery was married at noon to day in the West Presbyterian church in Forty second street to Mr Thurlow Weed Barnes a grandson of the late Thurlow Weed Ow Owing - ing Owing to the illness of the brides grandmother the ceremony was performed in this city instead of at Mr Morris country place in Westchester The Rev Dr B M Palmer of New Orleans perform performed - ed performed the ceremony Among those in the church were Generals Wil William - liam William T Sherman Beauregard Homes and Hood of New Orleans Mr A Hennen of Kentucky uncle of the bride and Mr and Mrs Jacob Lorrillard Miss Morris was born in New Orleans about twenty two years ago She has dark hair and is a beautiful woman She was educated in Europe Her presents were many and costly The employes in her fathers oflice in New Orleans sent a chest con
The Baltic cotton mill Connec Connecticut - ticut Connecticut burned Loss 1250000 Pulaski Tennessee had a 50 000 fire on Saturday originating in a livery stable The French steamship Britan Britannia - nia Britannia arrived at New York Wednes Wednesday - day Wednesday having on board four cases of cholera A bronze equestrian staluo of Gen George C Meade was unvail ed in Fairmount Park Philadel phia Wednesday At a recent fire in Hankow China one thousand lives were lost and property valued at 3 000000 destroyed Miss Carrie Worthington daugh daughter - ter daughter of Congressman Worthington of Illinois fell from a steamer at Peoria and was drowned Timothy Brothers dealers in dry goods and boots and shoes Nashville made an assignment the liabilities being 201000 The Shakespeare memorial fountain presented to the town of by Mr George W Childs was dedicated last weeK Mrs Annie Lachs who threw a pancake at Mrs Cleveland while the presidential parly was in the fair grounds at St Louis was fined 50 in the Police Court
THE SORTF FIGHT WHICn WINS BL Louis Republican Both in Massachusetts and Ohio Democrats are making a light to win squarely on Democratic prin principles - ciples principles without shuffling or evasion In ninely nine out of a hundred this kind of a fight to win means a winning fight TRICKY REPUBLICANS Schenectady Evening Star It is very queer to hear Kepub cans denounce Democrats free as traders while at the same time the Republicans aforesaid are helping with all their might the George combine that is opposed to all tariff duties AND ECHO ANSWERED PANIC Galveston News It may be worth nothing that Mr Blaine recently said that nothing but a money panic would spoil Clevelands chance for a re election The next day after this remark was printed the New York Tribune began to cry panic It has kept up the cry ever since TLA1N SPEECH OF NEW YORK DEMO DEMOCRATS - CRATS DEMOCRATS -Washington Post Upon the question of the sur surplus - plus surplus and the tariff no convention
Site may be seen on the wall at the Win Winchester - chester Winchester National Bank Every lot is plainly numbered and its exact size and location U shown The ork of grading the streets lias already begun and the work of Macad Macadamizing - amizing Macadamizing them by the city authorities pur pursuant - suant pursuant to ordinance already passed will immediately follow All purchasers are required to plant shade trees in front of their lots and this with the wide avenues and imposing Col College - lege College buildings will make the loveliest res residence - idence residence quarter of the city already beauti beautified - fied beautified by the elegant houses of Messrs Witherspoon Johnson Bcckner McClure and others The lots will be shown by us upon ap application - plication application Payments given if desired For terms and particulars apply to
Among the valuable resources of Kentucky her uliite nik timber is not the least by any means Indeed Ken Kentucky - tucky Kentucky white oak is becoming ns famous abroad as Kentucky stock or Kentucky whiky Ami in quantity it is equal to that of any State in the Union ac according - cording according to number of square miles Millions ofdollare worth of white oak timber from Kentucky is anually sliipptd across the ocean mostly in staves though to some extent In other forms Louisville is the great center of this white oak lumber market the base of operations as it were A number oi firms here handle this class of lumber extensively and exclusively and ship immense amounts every year The husiuesv too is increasing and has grown wonderfully In the last de decade - cade decade doubling jeiliap in the last five years
siery ties gloves and tia thousand other articles uelnl ami beautiful that ran be found many eitr It is a fairy land itself Come and look even if you need nothing We study day and night how mneh we can give our customers for a dollar THE CARPET DEPARTMENT has been greatly enlarged and added to The prettiest paUwns and lowest prices ever heard of You can carpet every room in the house for what it used to coat to carpet one It will doyou good to see how little it will cost Everybody is most cordially and earnestly invited to visit us and see the many attractions dtepfejed whether wishing to buy or not With thanks for past encouragement we are gratefully yours to command RAMSEY OLDHAM june 22 tf ex oct 5 4t 1 col Proprietors Busy Bee Cash Store Richmond Ky
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