GALENA DAILY GAZETTE
OLD SERIES---VOL. XVI, NO. 176
NEW SERIES---VOL. I, NO. 56
Wednesday morning, April 20, 1864


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PEN AND SCISSORS

--"It is believed the South has conscripted half a million of men."

--"A private letter states that the people of California are now
suffering at present from drought. Eight thousand sheep and eight
thousand beeves have died, and the farmers are killing the cattle for
their hides and fat. This drought will prove most disastrous to the
farming and hydraulic mining interests of that State."

--"The Lodi (Wis.) Herald says that on Tuesday last, while some men were
at work excavating a well at Mr. SHONENBERGER's house, a bucket, filled
with gravel, became unhooked, and fell a distance of thirty feet,
striking Mr. Henry BATES, who was at work at the bottom, on the right
hip. As the bucket, which was the size of a half bushel, began to
descend, the men warned
Mr. BATES of his danger, who stepped aside, but could not escape the
blow. Mr. BATES lies in critical condition."

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"D. H. LAMBERSON's Photographic and Fine Art Gallery.
N. 167 Main Street
Over St. Louis Store
Galena, Illinois
Negatives preserved three months."

APRIL 19, 1864
List of Letters remaining in the post Office in Galena, April 19, 1864

GENTLEMEN's LIST.
BAKER, Wm.
BARRETT, Thos.
BOND, Henry C.
COX, John
DALTON, Peter
FISHER, Wm.
FINNIGAN, Michael
FITZPATRICK, William
GREENFIELD, Wm.
GIBBS, Edward
GREEN, G. G. Mr.
GRADY, James
GARDINER, John
HUBBELL, Dr.
HASKILL, Chas.
HASTI, Jacob
KELLAGHER, James
LYNCH, Peter
LIDDLE, John E. - 2
LAWTON, Joseph
LIVINGSTON, Henry
LESLIE, Humphrey
McGUIRE, Edmund
McQUILTY, Alexander T.
McKAY, Jd.
McGUIRE, James
OWINS, R.
PHILLIPS, John--2
ROTTMAN, John
ROGERS, John
REYNOLDS, George
SIDNER, William
STIDWORTHY, William
SULLIVAN, James
SHORTALL, John
SMITH, James A.
SPRATT, John
SUMMERLY, Michael
TRAYNE, Stephen
TIPPETT, Nicholas
THAYER, Levi P.
WHITCOMB, Frank
WELSH, M.
WHITE, S. O.

LADIES LIST..
BENNETT, Nancy
CONNOR, Mrs. John C.
DAVIS, Miss Sarah
DOGHERTY, Miss Ellen
DOOLING, Mrs. Ellen
GARDNER, Mrs. Mary C.
GREEN, Miss Annie
HARTAN, Miss Adelia
HONRE,Miss Jenale
KELLY, Miss Ann
KRUSE, Sophia
MANLEY, Miss Hellen
MAGBY, Mrs. Hannah
MEFFREY, Miss Elizabeth
McLELLAN, Mrs. Ennice
MERRIMAN, Miss Clara D.
McDONALD, Miss Della
SIDNER, Susan
SHANNON, Miss Mary
SHARP, Mrs. E.--2
TURNER, Mrs. Sarah
TAYLOR, Mrs. Mary J.
TARPLEY, Miss Lucy - 2
TERRELL, Miss Lena
THOMIS, Mrs. Jane
WHITE, Miss Eliza
WILDER, Miss Lucy

W.W. HUNTINGTON, P.M.

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REMOVAL

"J. H. BARRY, Justice of the Peace, and City Tax Collector's Office,
removed from 209 to 190 Main St., over T. & J. BIRMINGHAM's Store where
he will attend strictly to all business entrusted to him.
Office hours from 7 A.M. to 7 P.M."

REMOVAL

"John McHUGH, Town Clerk, has removed to J. H. BARRY's Office, 109 Main
street, over
T. & J. BIRMINGHAM's."

A. J. CAULFIELD
"Overseer of the Poor, office 100 Main Street, at J. H. BARRY's."

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W. S. NELSON KILLED

"Mrs. R. NELSON, of this city, received a dispatch yesterday, stating
that her son,
Wm. S. NELSON, had been killed at Charleston, Western Virginia. As no
particulars are given, it is not know whether he was killed in battle,
or by accident."

PHOTOGRAPHS OF GEN. GRANT

"Mr. LAMBERSON has, at his art gallery, some excellent photographes of
General Grant. These pictures were taken by Mr. LAMBERSON himself, and
if we are a judge of these matters, they are finished in such style as
to do him much credit. He has for sale the card size at 25 cents each,
and should have a picture of the great hero of the present age."

SIGNS OF LIFE

"Notwithstanding the fact that some of our own citizens are in the
habit of asserting that Galena is on the decline, and are thereby doing
our city a positive injury, the business prospects of the city have not
looked better for several years than now. Taking courage from the
extensive trade when ___ have done during the past winter, our
merchandise __ purchasing largely this Spring and will doubtless __ a
good trade the coming season.

More buildings will be erected this spring and summer than have been in
the last two years.

Mr. John A. NACK is laying the foundation for a new brick building on
Main street, next to W.W. VENABLE's store, which is to be 16 x 48 feet
and two stories high. The lower story is intended for a shoe store and
the upper story for a residence.

Mrs. ROGERS, of the United States Hotel, is preparing to build a large
brick stable, adjoining the LAWRENCE House, 102 feet long and 40 feet
wide.

Mr. Joseph WELCOME has a new brick blacksmith shop nearly completed on
Market square, just back of the Market House.

Near Mr. WELCOME's shop, Mr. Timothy DINEEN is erecting a wagon shop,
18 x 20.

Mr. William HOUY is preparing to build a brick stable near his Hotel,
60 feet long and 30 feet wide.

We understand that the contract has been taken for building a
commodious Church, on the Hill, for German Lutherans.

These are only a few of the buildings which will be erected this
season. The man who believes that there is no necessity for new houses
in Galena would learn a thing or two by rambling around town a few days
house hunting. We've tried it."

DIED

"In this city, on the 18th inst., Lillie BENNET, daughter of William
and Amelia BENNETT, aged 18 years and 4 days.

The funeral will take place from the residence of Mr. WRIGHT, on the
Hill, this afternoon at 2 o'clock."

DISSOLUTION OF CO-PARTNERSHIP

"The undersigned, having purchased all the interest of Mark W. C.
LEEKLEY in the late firm ___ business of LEEKLEY & MILLS, said firm is
hereby dissolved. The same business will hereafter be carried on by the
undersigned, at the old stand, No. 163 Main street."

--William MILLER