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GENERAL CURTIS .GONE. Jbo E.-uvo Old Votaran Passes Away at His Home AFTER 11 VERY TEDIOUS ILLNESS. .\ Sketch of Hifl Honorable Career as u Citizen mid a Soldier? Com ml.scloned a General Ibr Drarcr; in tho .Ksuult on Fort Gregg. AFTEIfr a tedioua iUnesB, ih rough fci _j which, in spite of ,*?y his advanced age, 'JJC' hopes were outerrecov UNI1. cry, ucuciiii ??. ?inin B.Curtis died f . shortly afternoon S^>=^?^^s>}c?terilay at hta liome at West Liberty, Ohio County, aijda seventy years and four mouths. It H a coincidence that lie served with Hon. C. D. Hubbar.!, who was buried yesterdav, in the convention which organized tne Loyal State1 iovernmont in 1801. As a citizen, (ieneral Curtis was universally e-teemed, aud as a soldier he iiiiule a brilliant record for capacity and bravery. He was horn at Shnrpsburj?, Md.f on the Aiitietam battle jrround, April 18, 1MM, iiis ancestors beiutf Welsh on his father's fide and German on his mother*. Hi.* grandfather, John Curtis, won (Ji.-t:r:r:i.?n in the Hevolution and received a pension till his death. In 1832 his parents removed to West Liberty, a:: 1 in ho was indentured to Jeremiah Clemens, in Wheeling, to learn Jin- cabinet-maker's^ trade. In 1S37 he went into that business for himself at West Liberty, lie joined the 31. K. Church in 1M0, and in 184-1 married Hannah M. Montgomery. From 1 >IS to 1802 he kept a country More at West Liberty and was also a justice of tin? pence. In 13(51 ho was a; jneinber of the Wheeling convention to J ortrani/e the State government, and in, .August of that year he raised a com- J jiaiiy of troops whose services were ' l.-ndftred to (iovernor l'ierpont. .A^ain I in lNi- In* enlisted a company of which j lie was elected captain, ami they wont into Camp Willy, on Wheeling Isiand. This eonmany became Couipanv 1) of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer infantry.. On .'une 17,1803, ho was promoted to be major, and in that position had command of iiia regiment until Jtinuary 20, 3xH. when he was commissioned colonel. He retained command of the Twelfth until October, when he was given command of a brigade consisting of tli?* First, Fourth and Twelfth West Virtrinia regiments, doing dutv in the Valley of Virginia. In December, 1804, Iiia brigatie was reorganized, ami later ia the same month he was transferred tu the Army of the James, and his Iriiraiie and another consolidated as the J-ecoml Hrigailo Independent division of the Twenty-fourth army corps. As cummaiider of this* brigade he participated in the siege of Richmond, aii'l on Sunday, April 2, captured Fort (ire>'g, near i'etersburgh. ror its eoniluct in this assault the Twelfth regiment received a bronze eagle, which was afterwards lost and replaced by u duplicate, but the original recovered. It bears the inscription: "Presented to the Twelfth regiment, West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, by their corps commander, Gen. John Gibbon, tor gallant conduct in the assault upon 1'ort Gregg, near l'etersbuzgh, Va., April 2, ISOTi." In this assault there were 715 inun and officers killed and wounded. The twelfth regiment had three color bearers killed in planting their flag upon the rampart. Three of its members. Lieut. J. M. Curtis, Andrew Apple and Joseph McCuuslinhnd medals nresonted them l?y Congress, and Gen. Curtis received his general's commission from the President for gallant conduct in this assault. Richmond was immediately evacuated when this fort surrendered. His brigade followed in the pursuit of Ire. nurched tSnrty-fivo miles on April ?s to get -support of Sheridan, who was in front of !.?e with cavalry, and was vresentand witnessed the surrender,and h"(l tiie honor of receiving the army and colors the lirat (lav, after which he returned to Richmond with the command, anil was discharged June 20,18115. He was afterward elected as a delegate fur Ohio countv to the legislature in ISM, and served" one term; was superintendent of the West Virginia penitentiary in 1S70 and '71; was aide to the department commander of the G. A. R. of West Virginia in 1SS7 and *88, and aide on the grand commander's staff of till' G. A. R.. in 1SSS ami 'Mil. mid fur borne years lias lived in retirement. lien. Curtis was a modest man, but mii< revered by lii.s old soldiers, and his death will cause pain to many a heart. The portrait given above was made from a photograph taken while ho was in the service, lie leaves several grown children, one a lieutenant in the United Nates navy, llo had a brother iu tho fobel army. Dentil "f Mm. l'hlllip bclivnk. Mr". Phillip Schenk, tho widow of tho late Phillip hehenk, died yesterday after a l' :r: illness at her homo in North Wheeling. The deceased was horn in Mioenau, Khenish Havana, in 1835. In b.Vi she married Mr. Phillip Schenk, vim died April IS of this year. The fruit of this union was eleven children, fcf whom six aro still living. Mrs. Mienk was a faithful wife and tender ln-nli-r, and tho many frionds of her children feel tho deepest sympathy for them in their bereavement. The time tor the funeral has not yet been sot. Dentil of Smith Hamilton. Smith Hamilton, boss carpenter on tij'' Baltimore & Ohio tracks between Win lirovo and Triadelphia, expired suddenly on Monday evening at about '/-1 o'clock while sitting in a chair at aw home at TriadelDhin. of lionrt ?1?a ?a>f. ll<? Umvcs a wife and soveral 1 tmall children. llo was a member ol I Mystic K. of P., of Elm Grove I and an tx-soldier llo received a ponI &iun ami carried life insurauco. iWthofMr, Bojrce. I The Naltimoro Sunt contains a bloI graphical sketch of Mr. James lloyce, I jlio died suddenly &t his home near I Tnwrou this week. He was a brotherI in-law of Dr. Curry, of this city, and I P.1?1'the largest coal operators in the I Manias and Maryland. In 1H47 ho 1 W.m,u. interested In the Cumberland I coal fields, and hisbusinea s prow rapidI l.v- lie invented larpjcrty in the bitumlI aous coal lands in Maryland and YirI ?mia, carrying on mining operations in I l'.i - ?>wn name and acting as general I Went ?f a mining eompnny in which he I was interested. He removed to DaltiI Jaorn bccauso of its proximity to the I c,,:,l region?, and was olocted president I ultlhs Franklin Cool company of MnrvI of which he became sole owner in I !I? supplied the government I *ith immense quantities of coal durinc I U* late war, and realised large proilts | tliorefrom. Subsequently lie became fol? owner of the property of the George's Creek Mining Company, and half owner of the Gaston tin* Coal mine. He was the largest owner In another gas coal-minim company. and wga interested in gold and copper mining properties in North Carolina. Many years ago he bought water fronts and erected roal piers on Locust l'olnt, which, have increased vastly in value. FUXEItAL OF C. D. HUBBARD Attended by a Large Concoureeof Friends. The Services at the llouau. Yesterday afternoon the remains of Hon. Chester D. Hubbard were taken to their last resting place. The services over tho body were held at the residence, No. 21:10 Cliapline street. Tho house was crowded with the friends and rclutions of tho deceased, who came to pay him tho last mil honors. The services were conducted by llev. F. N. Lynch, assisted by Dr. C. W. Cushing ami Presiding Jililer Jones. Tho choir, composed of Mrs. George It. Caldwell, Miss Bunkard, Mr. Edgar Bullard ami Mr. Cliurles Zulauf, sang tliu hymn "Hock of Ages," after which Presiding Elder Jones read a lesson from scripture. Rev. Dr. C. W. Gushing offered a fervent prayer, and Rev. F. N. Lynch, the pastor of the church to which Mr. Hubbard had belonged, and in which he had been a power for (rood, delivered a feeling address. Mr. Lynch extolled the Christian life of tho deceased and praised his many qualities of head and heart. At the clorfe of the sorvice the casket was borne to tho hearse by his sons, lion. William P. Hubbard, Dana L. Hubbard and C. K. Hubbard, hiBgrandsous, Nelson C. and Arthur Ilubbard, and his son-in-law, J. C. Brady. The burial was at Greeuwood cemetery. Among those present at tho funeral were a number of officials and employes of the Pittsburgh, Wheeling & Kentucky railroad, and also of other corporations in which Mr. Hubbard was interested. The Friendship Jx>dge of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers attended the funeral in a body. Will Attend the Funeral. Tho Young Men's Democratic club will turn out in a body this afternoon lu imtrim uiu luaurui u? mo iuic viovi go G. Hunnan, whose dentil was announced yesterday. The club aluo purchased n mr-griilicent lloral offering which will be sent to tho house. .Mr. Iiaunan wns an active member of tho club from its organization. The .Board of Kducation will meet at 11 o'clock u. in. to-day by call of tho pronident, Dr. 8. L. Jepson, to take ' suitable action on Mr. Ilannan's death, and make suitablo arrangements to at| tend the funeral this afternoon at 2:30. AUOUT i'KOPLK. I Strangers lu tho City ou t iVhuolluj; Ifolk* AbromL C. L. Ilu^an, of Charleston, is at the McLure llouso. I F. W. Pierpont, of Fairmont, is rogis! tored at the .Stamm House. Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Arklo took in tho Niagara oxcureiou vonterday. Mr. John Ikyha iabroathing tho fresh uuuiury uir uji in uiiuh vicciv. Miss Agnes Williamson is* visiting the Misses Parcel I, at Steuben ville. L. B. Dcllickor, of Parkerebur#, took supper at the Windsor yesterday. A. J. Glassfnrd, advance agent of tlio Custer company, is at the Hotel Behler. A. E. Linch, of Thompson, and R. W. Kennedy, of Grafton, are at the Starnui House. Mrs. Johnson and Miss Mavs, of Pittsburgh, are guests at the St. diaries hotel. Joe B. Anderson and J. II. Swayne, of Louisville, Ky., are resistered at the St. Charles. Mrs. G. L. Miller, of Chicago, formerly of Wheeling, is visit ingfrionds in the city. J. I* Davis and W. A. Davis and wife, of Shinnston, were at the Stain tn House yesterday. ]/)uis Decker, of South Woods street, is out again after a severe attack of pneumonia. J. G. Uowmm, of Manuington, and J. B. Dudley, of Parkersburg, are at the Hotel ttehler. C. T. McKain will leave the city today for Pomeroy, to attend the fu'noral of his brother. Mrs. Mollie Bailey, of tho East Sido, has returned from a visit to friends at West Alexander. Miss Kate Cuff, of tho north End, lett last night for Chicago to join her sister and reside there. Mrs. William Xesbitt left yesterday for Wellsburg to visit her sister, Mrs. HermairGuntner. Mr*. Jenny Bosley and two children left yesterday on tho Keystone Stato to visit relatives at Belpre, Ohio. Mrs. Peddicord, of Baltimore, and Mrs. Ella Horan, of Fairmont, wero at Uio .ilcJ.ure House yesterday. Ilcnry Menkem iller, jr., who has been upending' the summer at Lakeside, Ohio, has returned homo. C. II. Howell and Josophtis Clarko and daiiffliter, of Now Martinsville, woro at the Stamm House yesterday. Capt. W. 11. Irwin returned yesterday from Mountain Lake Park, where ho has been spending his vacation. John Coleman, the popular druggist, left yesterday for Pittsburgh to meet his parents, who have just roturnod from Kurope. Mr. Levi 1'. Cassell, jr., and bride returned home yesterday from a throo weeks' wedding trip to the eastern watering resorts. Charles Hunter, J. II. Davis, George Uhl and C. D. Uhl, of Williamstown, were tile West Virginians registered at the .St. Charles hotel yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wendol and Mrs. AVill Wundel, left yesterday for Neosho. Newton county, "Mo., to visit Peter Weudel, jr., Mr' Peter Wendol's son. Col. P. Itiester, Hermann Grimm, A. lteymann, Prof. Scliockoy, C. F. Hrandfas's and others are spending a couple of days out ut the Jack Bass fishing camp. Louis Sthwalb got homo last night from a visit to his parents in Hungary. Ho was gone a long time and had n very pleasant journey, and looks as if the trip agreed with'him. Mrs. W. N. Lynch, of Marttnsburg, is the guest of her mother and sister in North Wheeling. She will leave Friday for Chicago to attcnil a meeting of the board of hdy managera of the World's Kulr. An Ancient Traveler. A n old chau, who claimed to bo eightyfour years old, and was half blind, apfiroathod Officer Leo Bncli on the street nst night, and asked where he could stop over nitrht. He said ho had the prii-e of a night's lodging, but ai ho was very much travel-stained, and might not have been allowed to enter a hotel, the officer sent him to police headquarter*. It took the old fellow ten minntcs to walk a square*, with the aid of his rrtitchos. llu sava ho ia on hia way to Cincinnati. A LIVELY AFTERNOON Experienosd at tho Police Headquarters Yesterday. THE RARE SPECIMENS CAPTURED By tbe Officer* In a Short Time? Stranger* Who Take Wild Flw on the Street?Mixing People In Other lowui-Robbery Reported. Business was brisk for half an hour just before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the police office. A telephone call was received tyoui the Baltimore & Ohio depot asking that an officer be sent there to take care of a tall, slender, countrified young man who had fallon among evil companions and had gotten CO lull ui llglll ttnu noise mm ill) nuo mi ftorn an agreonblo pcnon to have about tho station. Olficor Frolime went down and brought him up to tho building, where ho gave tho name of Frank Key and liia reaidenco aa Cameron. lie gave Henry a good round cursing on the way up and made quite a spectacle of himself. A low minutes later, the gayest bird of tho season was run in by Officer Lukins. l.ukins was walking down Main street and when near South strcot he noticcd a small man with black and white checked trousers, a stylish cont and vest, a Hat top derby lint, white shirt and collar, gaudy 'necktie, silk umbrella anil a very nobby light overcoat over his arm, and a pair of tan kid gloves on his hands. When the officer first saw him, ho was standing quietly near Scott ltichards's saloon, but in a few minutes lie began to geaticulato wildly and rail about the robbers,thugs, thieves and pickpockets in Wheeling, lie declared himself the best sign painter in America and harangued the crowd about robbers in nn incoherent way till he benamo hysterical. The officer trieu to get him to tell who had robbed him and what Was the inntter, but the dudishly dressod individual could not calm himself and l.ukins carried liirn over to Krb's livery stable and held him in a chair till tho patrol wagon could bo summoned. All the way up street and in tho lockup ho kept up his howl at a high pitch that could be heard a square offi At tho lockup ho said his name was David W. Linloy and that his home was in Washington, Pa. He had $3.84 in his purse and said during a brief interval of calmness that he has been bilked out of 315, in Sleubenvlllo. IIo was cautioned against going to tho naughty town of Steubenville and at S p. m. was still making the little welkin in tho lockup ring with howls about thieves burglars and sign painters, lie has many of the characteristics of a gon tieman ana was iauiucBHiy urruauu. He kept his gloves on in the cell anil wanted a bottle of Florida water to bathe his head and some smelling Raits, and was very much surprised when told that the lockup baudoir did not contain those things. A few minutes later Officers Gans and Damn came in with James Dowden, tho gentleman who keeps the watch box and gates at tho crossing of the B. <fc 0. at .Seventeenth and Eolf streets. Dowden had had some difficulty up on Twelfth street and in his excitement and anger had thrown a rock through the window of Miko Ilearn's saloon. iMJveral people attempted to catch him, and Mi Ice Warner finally got him wrapped around a lamp post at Twelfth and Market streets, and held onto both ends of him till Officer Gaus was callcd from down on Water street. When the ofllcer arrivod, Dowden was unwou;ul from tho lamp post and taken to the lockup. He was obstreperous all the way down, and when in coll No. 3, cursed Linley for being a dude and making so much noise. An Italian Hurt. Yesterday afternoon the patrol wagon woh called to haul Joe. Caraoy, an Italian employed by Paige, Carey &. Co. to his home near tho Top Mill. C'arsov was at work in the south end of the Chapline Hill tunnel, ami let a frog weighing about.two hundred pounds fall on the toes of the right foot, llo was not seriously hurt. People who nre Wuutml. Tho chief yesterday received a communication from tho chief of polico of Indianapolis, Iud.. notifying him of a burglary in that citv in which a lot of viiluahlo jewclrv including two gold watches and a lot of diamonds was stolen. A letter from J. 0. Brown, chief of tho Department of Public Snfotv. of Pittsburgh, given a description of X M. Brou n, of Pittsburgh, who disappeared from there July 1. The following telegram was received yesterday morning: Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 25. Arrest runaway boy, Albert W. Laufmaiii age fourteen; blueoyesjllghtcomplexion; scar on back of left liand; dark grey suit; light slouch hat. Mailed lotter'from your city yesterday; in compony with boy ago sixteen. If found, wiro. J. 0. Bkowk, Chief Dept. Public Safety. A Boy Miming from Home. Thomas Callan, of No. 240,3 Jacob street, called at headquarters last night and informed the Captain that his son, John Collan, eighteen years old, had left homo Saturday, June 22, and hail not boon heard from since. The boy is large for his age, and shortly before his disappearance had a fuss with one of his follow workmen, which his father assigns as the probable cause of his departure. The father was very anxious about his son ami desirous of obtaining information concerning him. Bud Stolen Goods. About 5 p. m. Officor Crnlce found Frank Johnaon Iving drunk on tbo South Side and railed tbo patrol wagou to haul him to the building. Johnson had n satchel with him and when it was opened at tho lockup it was found to contain a coat which, it was discovered lator, had linen stolen from a 11. & U. enpineer living at i'ttM Main street. He will be hold on a doable charge. Bad IIU Band 3Xarht>d. Yesterday Will D. Bell, of North Market street, employed at ttie rolls in the galvanixi ng department of the Whi taker iron works, while at his work not 1>U right hand between tho corrugating rolls, and it was terribly crushed. Dr. llnllard was called and dressed the . injured hand. ! Can They Bold Oat. Messrs. Van Cleary and William Gaus will loave to-day on an extended bicycle trip to Rochester. Buffalo and Niagara Kails. Thoy will pass np Sixteenth street, at 8 o'clock this moraine, and take tbo plko, piing by PitUburgh. For rheumatism, Inmbajo, neuralgia, cramp anil colic ihero la no remedy superior totlie genuine Dr. lliomu' Kcloctrlc OiU LOCAL BREVITIES. fatten ot Minor jHouimoC ia ami Aboal tbo City. Ptecde.vviu.1 is complaining of abutter famine. None exist here. Tni South Side Fishing Club haI broken camp and themembers got back yesterday. They eay they hod a-pleasant time. In the police court yesterday John Carney was fined 85 and costs for disorder and Sirs. Louise Williams $20 and costs on the same charge. Tiie Wheeling motor lines are potting to be quite a nuisance as regards making time. One car was two hours coming from Wheeling to Iienwood 3Iuuday.?Hdlairf Tributu. Tiie ease of Myrtle I.inwood and Jack BurraU, charged before Squire Davis with adultery nnd fornication, was set tied by tho parties pleading guilty and paying a fino of S!0 ami costs each. A ohay lieuvilv laden with hogsheads of glassware liro'ke down on Slain street at the B. A 0. crossing on Sixteenth yesterday afternoon, rolling the packages all over the street and hurting tho driver's foot a littlo. John Skydkr, fonnorly a well known Wheeling innn, and a son of Jacob Snyder, the iron merchant, died yesterday at his home at WoodsficM, Ohio, aged 37. He had been managing u hotel at Woodsllold for some time, lie leaves a wife and one child. The martins have begun to gather in great flocks, covering the trees on the Island nnd elsewhere in the vicinity every evening just before dark. They will continue to do this until the weather bocotncs so cold that they arc obliged to fly southward. A young man In Wheeling purchased a copy of I.ifpincoll't itigaunt for Sept t'liiuur, mm in it iuuuu mu di,i> v* paper, giving* tlio addresses of two young ladies, anil asking that the purchaser of the mngazinu write to them. He Iia9 not decided whether be will write. On account of the colored camp meeting at St. Clairaville, the 0'., L. & W. railroad will run a special excursion to St. Clairaville on Sunday, August 30, leaving Bridgeport at 8:10 a. mr; reluming the train leaves St. Clairaville at 8 p. in. Fare for tho round trip, 30 cents. THE GKIP COME AGAIN. An Epedomlc of Sneezing nnil n Ms? Demand fur Quinine. For several days there has been a general complaint of colds and other ailments originating in colds. ?, The complainants have all the symptoms of the grip, and thcro has been a steadily growing demand for quinino, antipyrine and other specifics for colds and fevers. Tho unseasonably cool weather is supposed to be blamablo for tho epidemic, and there is even said to bo un epizootic of influouzu among the horses, similar to the grip in poople. It is believed that tho complaint is jn-t beginning and that tho epidemic will becomo more general as tho fall ad vances. Tho grip appears to have taken a permanent hom on tho populace. Evkbytiiino in the Shoe line at cost, on Wednesday and Thursday only, at A. G. Wincukr's, J123 Main street. NOTICS ON NAVIGATION. Stage of Water and Movements of Uoats. The River lutero<U. The river was rising last night with 0 feet in the channel. The reports from up tho river were: "Warren, 4 feet 0 inches and falling. Clear and cool. Brownsville, 13 feet and rising. Clear and warm. Morgantown, 8 feet 10 inches and fallin?. Clear and warm. Tho H. K. Bedford lett for Pittsburgh yesterday at 8 a. in.?'Tho Keystone State passed down for Cincinnati at 10:30 a. in.?1The Courier got away for Parkorsburg at^ll :30 a. m. To-day tho Lizzie Bay will loavo for Charleston at 4:30 a. m.?Tho Matt K. Allen will go to Pittsburgh at 8 a. m.? Tho Ben Ilnr, for Parkcraburg, will leave at 11:30 a. in. Frightful Lom of Life. Of tho many disaster* with which mankind ha* beeu visited, ono of tho wont is that class of ailinonts which originating simply with inactivity of the kidneys and bladder, causes such frightful loss of life. Undor this appalling category como lirlght's disease, diabetic, gravel, i r ulu'ary nephitis and cntarrli of the bladder. V i'IavoI organic tnuiadie*. agnl?Kt which inedlta (111 is pitted, so often twines the expert pmc iturner and wis his skill at naught. Easy, is it. huveevur. to arrest theso dliefnl ailments at the start. Thodlruetlonctlou of Hosteller's Stomach Hitters Is just sutHcieut lo ret the bladder and kidneys at work, preserve or rescue them from fatal Inactivity without exciting them. The umncdicatcdstimulairs of comtnerce excite without either strengthening or regulating. UostettcfS fitomnob 11iters does both. It is unfailing for malaria, dyspepsia debility* rheumatism, liver complaint and comtipaMou. VIED. CURTIS?On Tuesday afternoon. August Z\ 1891, at 3 o'clock. OEM. W. B. ClTO, in the ?l*t year of his age. Funeral from his la?e resldenco In West Liberty, Thursday afternoon at 2o'clock. Interment at West Liberty (.' metery. Friends aro re* > upectfully invited to attend. HAKXAN?On Monday, August 21.1891, at 11:25 p. m., GeoiMiC 0. IlANNWN, aged J8 years, 10 months and 7 days. Funeral from bis late rcstdcnco, 2205Cbapllno street, Wednesday artemoon at s:so o'clock. Interment private at Greenwood Cemetery. HAMILTON?On Monday, August 24. 1891, at V:.0 |?. m., Smith Hamilton, in the 54th year of bis a;e. Funeral will take placo from his late wsJdcnce, in Trlndelphla, at 2:30 thU ^Wednesday) oftornoon, under tlus auspices of Mystic Lodge No. 24, K. of P. All raembtr* aro requests J to attend. Members of sister lodge* invited. SCIIENK?Cn Tuesday ruorplug, August 25, j8i>l, at 0:15 o'clock, Catjiaiumk Sciihsk, in her CGtn year. Funeral uotlco hereafter. Wolff's ACM [Blacking UMdbrnMo.wcuMQMylclinamt ^IK-^ON / A 10c. DOTTLE will do ball a dona bifketn, WOLFF * RANDOLPH. VhUadolphl*. PIK-UON b^aatflWcrfb^Uit^L^ valnot, a caoo rector to ??bag?njf. K ?CalMtf paint* Isomer mjapu* G. MENDEL 6. CO-FURNITURE AND CARPETS. p Before Purchasing It will 'be to Your Advantage to Inspect Our EARLY FALL STOCK .ii)A6 ii'llW l>?lia ' r?S,' j > orU lo e?o bo w it ?-OF -.-I'ii i ' ^ > LARGE INVOICES ARRIVINGD AILY. vftoolq wiy-JoS .{it- g, aaim iwiinrfJ B'/nb iftJal ,, r<>?? G. Mendel & Co., No. 1124 Main Street. GEO. E. STIFEL A CO.-NEW STORES. GEO. E. STIFEL A GO. NEW STORES 1154, 1156 and 1158 Main Street. We are in our new stores and dally receiving New and Handsome Novelties in Dress Suitings, Silks, Velvets, Plushes and Fine Trimmings and Buttons. ~ t Elegant Draperies. Curtains and Covers in Silk, Lace and Chenille. 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