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For Newmarket Junction, Portsmouth, Dover, and Portland, at 8.16 A. M., and 4.25 P. M.
For Suncook, at 9.37 A. M., and 2.20, 4.52, 7.50 P. M.
For Pittsfield, and stations on Suncook Valley R.R., at 4.52 P. M. For Goffstown and North Weare, at 10.00 A. M., and 5.05 P. M.
For Concord and stations on upper Railroads, at 9.37, 10.02 A.M., 2.20, 4.52, 7.50 P. M.
SUNDAY TRAINS-For Nashua, Lowell, and Boston (via Low- ell), at 7.03 A. M.
For Concord and Way-stations on the Concord Road, at 7.30 P.M.
Telegraph Offices.
WESTERN UNION, 860 and 993 Elm street.
Express Companies.
HILL'S BOSTON EXPRESS, 993 Elni street. U. S. & CANADA EXPRESS CO., 860 Elin street.
CHANDLER'S NEW BOSTON & FRANCESTOWN, 860 Elm st.
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STATISTICS.
Business College.
NEW HAMPSHIRE BUSINESS COLLEGE, G. A. Gaskell, Principal, Straw Block, Elm Street.
Hotels.
MANCHESTER HOUSE, William Shepherd, Proprietor, Elmn street, corner of Merrimack.
HASELTINE HOUSE, P. W. Haseltine, Proprietor, Manchester street, near Elm.
CITY HOTEL, Hastings & Collins, Proprietors, Elm street, corner of Lowell
NATIONAL HOTEL, Frank Wetherbee, Proprietor, Elm street, near the Depot.
Principal Halls.
FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS AND PLACES OF AMUSEMENT.
SMYTH'S OPERA HOUSE, Elm street. The largest and best appointed hall in the State; 70×120 ; seats 2,000; brilliantly lighted by patent gas reflectors ; spacious stage with proper changes of scenery; ample and convenient ante rooms, supplied with water and other conveniences ; elegant opera boxes; hall egress from each of the four corners, directly to the strect. A. D. Stark, Agent and Janitor. F. P. Colby, Bill Poster.
MUSIC HALL, Elm street. Seats 1,100. William H. Cate, Agent. CITY HALL. Seats 800. City Clerk, Agent.
Office for the sale of Tickets
For Lectures, Theaters, Shows, Levees, &c., at the Fisk Bookstore, Methodist Church Block.
Notice.
The proprietors of the FISK BOOKSTORE would specially call the attention of the public to the inducements they of- fer to purchasers as advertised in this book. The well- known reputation of this old stand is a guarantee that they advertise nothing but what they can perform.
Thanking you for past favors and hoping for our share in the future, we would be pleased to show our goods, and be- lieve we can make it an object for all to call or send us their order. Yours respectfully,
TEMPLE & FARRINGTON.
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STATISTICS.
Fire Alarm Telegraph.
NUMBERS AND LOCATIONS OF ALARM BOXES AND KEYS.
No. 3-Blood's shop, Elm street. Keys at E. P. Johnson & Co.'s office, and Samuel Colby's residence, corner Elm and Young streets.
No. 4-Corner Spruce and Elm streets. Keys at National Hotel, and Bodwell's coal office.
No. 5-City Hall. Keys at City Marshal's office and Hall's drug store.
No. 6-Engine House, Vine street. Keys at Engine House, Vine street.
No. 7-City Hotel. Keys at City Hotel, and A. F. Perry's drug store.
No. 8-Elm, foot of Orange street. Keys at Hardy & Putnam's grocery store, Bartlett's grain store, and Moses N. Smith's resi- dence.
No. 9-Corner Elm and Webster streets. Keys at residences of G. E. Flanders and J. Freeman Clough.
No. 12-Blood's Shop. Keys private.
No. 13-Corner Brook and Chestnut streets. Keys at resi- dences of W. Jenckes and Lewis Simons.
No. 14-Corner Prospect and Union streets. Keys at residences of W. Ireland and N. L. Hardy.
No. 15-Corner Pearl and Chestnut streets. Keys at residence of John Wilson.
No. 16-Corner Lowell and Union streets. Keys at residences of Rev. John O'Brien and R. H. Hassam.
No. 17-Corner Amherst and Beech streets. Keys at residence of H. P. Watts and James Batchelder's house.
No. 18-Corner Manchester and Maple streets. Keys at resi- dences of H. E. Stevens, Andrew N. Baker, and E. P. Richardson.
No. 21-Corner Merrimack and Pine streets. Keys at A. Mal- lard & Son's grocery and residence of J. A. Emerson.
No. 23-Corner Central and Beech streets. Keys at residences of Mrs. J. Stevens and E. T. James.
No. 24-Corner Massabesic and Park streets. Keys at residences of D. M. Goodwin and A. D. Gooden.
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STATISTICS.
No. 25-Corner Hanover and Ashland streets. Keys at resi- dences of S. L. Fogg and Horace Gordon.
No. 26-Corner Bridge and Russell streets. Keys at McCrillis' shop and residence of John N. Chase.
No. 27-Corner Elm and Merrimack streets. Keys at Manches- ter House, Tebbetts Bros., and Weeks & Currier's.
No. 31-Amoskeag Village. Keys at residence of Capt. J. M. Varnum, and Cheney & Co.'s Paper Mill.
No. 32-Langdon Mills, corner Canal and Brook streets. Keys at Hoyt's Paper Mill, and Langdon Mills Watch Room.
No. 34-Mechanics' Row. Keys at Watch Room and W. W. Hubbard's office.
No. 35-Stark Mills. Keys at Stark Mills Watch Room.
No. 36-Corner Belmont and Amherst sts. Keys at residences of James L. Campbell, Rodney Porter, and A. G. Fairbanks.
No. 41-Amoskeag Mills. Keys at Amoskeag Mills Watch Room.
No. 42-Manchester Mills. Keys at Manchester Mills Watch Room.
No. 43-Namaske Mills. Keys at Namaske Mills Watch Room.
No. 51-S. C. Forsaith's Shop. Keys at S. C. Forsaith's office, Lowell's Foundry, and Freight Depot.
No. 52-Barr's Brick Block, 'Squog. Keys at Barr & Clapp's store, and Merrimack House.
No. 53-Wallace's Brewery. Keys at Wallace's Brewery office, and I. R. Dewey's store.
No. 61-Corner Elm and Hancock streets, Bakersville. Keys at H. W. Longa's residence, and M. O'Neil's saloon.
No. 62-Massabesic street, Hallsville. Keys at residences of Charles Chase and G. W. Dearborn.
No. 71-Corner Cedar and Pine streets. Keys at residences of T. Collins and Daniel Sheehan.
Also keys will be in the hands of all the regular police.
The true time from Cambridge Observatory will be given each day at precisely 12} P. M., and will be denoted by one stroke of the Fire Bells.
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STATISTICS.
Manchester Post Office.
Postmaster, Joseph L. Stevens. Assistant Postmaster, J. T. Spofford. Clerks, James M. House, Charles S. Stevens, Henry D. Soule. Letter Carriers, Joel Taylor, Calvin A. Jones, Edwin C. Paul, Henry M. Pillsbury, Harvey L. Currier. Mail Messenger, Luther A. Ward.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
CLOSE.
ARRIVE.
MAILS TO AND FROM-
A. M.
P. M.
A. M.
P. M.
Portsmouth Way, Portland and East ...
7.30
7.45
North, via Northern and Montreal R.R.
8.45
7.15
7.00
5.10
Sonth and East, via Lawrence
10.20
3.43
2.30
Nashua and Lowell Closed Mail ..
10.20
2.30
Contoocook Valley, Hillsborough and
Peterborough, Concord and Clare- mont, and Franklin, Fisherville, Bris- tol aud Plymouth Way.
1.30
11.00
5.10
Boston and Worcester Way, South and West.
4.20
10.00
8.00
10.20
3.45
10.00
2.30
Lawrence Way
7.30
Candia, Deerfield, and Portsmouth Closed Mail.
3.45
10.00
New Hampshire Central ..
4 20
8.30
Pittsfield and Suncook Valley R.R.
4 20
11.00
Concord Way .
7.15
11.00
5.10
10.20
3.45
10.00
2.30
4.20
5 00
9.00
8.00
Bedford, Mont Vernon, Amherst, North Lyndeborongh and Milford, by stage.
1.30
10.00
Sundays, mail closes at 7 P. M.
8.45
1.30
7.00
4.30
Boston
THE LARGEST AND FINEST ASSORTMENT OF Room Papers, Borders and Window Shades CAN BE FOUND AT THE
FISK BOOKSTORE, MANCHESTER, N. H.
$ 4.30
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STATISTICS.
Table of Distances.
Manchester is on the great northern route from Boston to the White Mountains, and to Montpelier, Burlington, Ogdensburg, and Montreal,-and is
MILES
MILES
57 from Boston.
12 from Amherst.
28
Lowell.
15
66
Mont Vernon.
18 66 Nashua.
15
66 Milford.
28 Lawrence.
22 66 Wilton.
112
Portland.
4 66 Bedford.
41
Portsmouthı.
4
66
Massabesic.
66
66
Plymouth, N. H.
7
66 Auburn.
130
Littleton.
10
Candia.
154
Lancaster.
17
66
Raymond.
112
Wells River.
20
Deerfield Center.
132
Franconia Notch.
22
66
Deerfield Parade.
147
Twin Mt. House.
23
Nottingham.
151
Fabyan House.
23
66
Epping.
157
66 Crawford House.
31
Exeter.
11
66 Merrimack.
25
Brentwood.
16
Hudson.
21
66
Fremont.
12
66 Litchfield.
13
66
Chester.
10
66
Londonderry.
28
66 Newmarket.
12
66
Windham.
50
66
Keene.
17
Hampstead.
162
6.
Summit Mt. Wash- ington.
11
Suncook.
175
Glen House.
14
Allenstown.
132
Profile House.
13
66
Pembroke.
1185
66
Milwaukee.
20
Epsom.
1380
60
St. Louis.
29
Pittsfield.
1500
66
St. Paul.
13
66
Bow.
1246
New Orleans.
18
Concord.
62
66
Worcester.
27
Boscawen.
218
Albany.
35
66
Franklin.
254
66
New York.
23
Canterbury.
14G
Montpelier.
24
Chichester.
188
66 Burlington.
20
Hopkinton.
228
66 Rouse's Point.
12
Dunbarton.
346
Ogdensburg.
25
66
Henniker.
275
66
Montreal.
30
Hillsboroughı.
1100
66 Chicago.
18
Weare.
3500
San Francisco.
10
66 Goffstown.
479
Washington.
15
66
New Boston.
344
Philadelphia.
22
Francestown.
Railroad Guides and Books for Tourists can be found at the Fisk Bookstore, Methodist Church Block, Manchester, N. H.
Manchester is the terminus of the Manchester & Lawrence, Concord & Portsmouth, Manchester & North Weare, and Man- chester & Keene Railroads. The Concord Railroad passes directly through to Boston.
16
Derry.
33
Peterborough.
9
66
Hooksett.
66
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MANUFACTURERS' SUPPLIES
Manufactured and furnished by
TEMPLE & FARRINGTON.
Blank Books, Pay Rolls, Invoices,
LEDGERS, JOURNALS, DAY BOOKS,
Pattern Books, Pattern Sheets,
LOOM TICKETS,
Rubber, extra quality, Rubber Bands, Mucilage, Gum Strips for cloth.
Agents for Dennison's Tags and Gum Labels.
Full assortment constantly on hand, and printed to order, if desired, at same prices as furnished by Dennison Manufac- turing Co.
Draughtsman's Paper and Instruments,
Twines, Card Board in all colors and qualities, Weston's Paper, large variety of Ink and Inkstands, Erasers, Letter Presses, and Letter Copying Books. All of which will be sold at reasonable prices. Orders solicited and promptly attended to.
TEMPLE & FARRINGTON,
AT THE OLD STAND, FISK BOOKSTORE.
THE FISK BOOKSTORE
Book-binding Department. -
We have one of the largest and most complete Book-bind- eries in New Hampshire. Especial attention given to the man- ufacture of
BLANK BOOKS
Of every description for Manufacturing Corporations and firms.
Paper ruled to any pattern at short notice. Old Books and Newspapers Bound in the best manner.
icture frame Department.
We have rooms especially fitted for the manufacture of Picture Frames of Every Description from the
Most Common Rustic to the Best Gold Frame.
Having in our employ one of the best gold workmen in the coun- try, enables us to give our customers as good work and lower prices than can be obtained in Boston or New York.
OLD FRAMES AND ORNAMENTS
Re-gilded in the best manner.
All goods at wholesale and retail.
TEMPLE & FARRINGTON,
PROPRIETORS, MANCHESTER, N. H.
THE FISK BOOKSTORE
Window Shade Department.
Window Shades of all Kinds from the Cheapest Paper to the Finest Gold Band.
PLAIN PAINTED CLOTH, SCOTCH AND AMERICAN HOLLANDS of all widths by the yard or picce.
Odd Sizes Shades Made to Order at Short Notice.
CURTAIN FIXTURES OF ALL KINDS.
TASSELS OF ALL COLORS AND SIZES.
Curtain Cord, Picture Cord, Picture Knobs. WINDOW CORNICES on hand and made to order.
Window Screens Made to Order.
Wire Cloth, Fly Netting, and German Screen Cloth constantly on hand.
ALL GOODS AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Ont en main une librairie considerable Papier de Toute Variete, aussi Tapisserie, Rideaux, Images, Cadres et articles de Fantaisie. Livres Francais, etc., et toutes articles n'etant pas dans le fonds seront ordonnes immediatement.
Toute Marchandise garantie de premiere qualitee et a bas prix.
Temple & Farrington, Proprietors,
METHODIST CHURCH BLOCK, MANCHESTER, N. H,
THE FISK BOOKSTORE.
Book Department.
School, Classical, Medical, Law, Juvenile, Music, and Miscellaneous Books of Every Variety.
School Books and School Supplies
of all kinds used in this section of the State constantly on hand.
Family Bibles,
Pocket Bibles, Prayer Books, Hymn Books, and Testaments.
Newspapers and all the Popular Monthly Publications
always in stock and sent promptly by mail on receipt of the price.
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES FURNISHED AT LOW PRICES.
Empfehlen ihr reichhaltiges Lager: von allen Arten Buecher, Papier, Schreib und Zeichnen, materialien, taeg- liche woechentliche und monatliche Zeitschriften ; eben so : Wandtapeten, Penster-Vorhaenge, Bildersahmen, Kinder- spielwaaren, Nippsachen u. a. m.
Alle Arten Buchdrucker-Arbeiten, Buchbin, den und Bilder einrahmen auf Bestellung schnell und geschmackfoll ausgefuehrt. Waaren nicht vorraethig werden sofort angeschaft.
Wir garantieren alle unsere Waaren.
Bitte besuchen Sie uns.
TEMPLE & FARRINGTON,
NO. 4 METHODIST CHURCH BLOCK,
ELM STREET.
THE FISK BOOKSTORE.
GOLD PENS
-- AND - PENCILS, TOOTH-PICKS, - AND - Pencil Charms,
Writing-Desks, Work-Boxes, POCKET-BOOKS,
Pocket Cutlery, Opera Glasses, BRONZE STATUETTES,
PHOTOGRAPH AND AUTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
Backgammon Boards,
Dominos, Chess, and Checker Men,
and a thousand and one articles too numerous to mention, at Wholesale and Retail.
Temple & Farrington, Proprietors, MANCHESTER, N. H.
THE FISK BOOKSTORE.
PAPER
HANCING'S
PA
House Paper Department.
We keep constantly on hand the Largest Stock of New and Elegant Designs of
PAPER HANGINGS
in the State of New Hampshire, direct from the Best Manu- facturers in the Country.
American, English, and French Decorations.
Low Priced Goods on Brown, Buff, and White Papers, French Grounds, Satins, Plain and Embossed Bronzes, Stamped Gold and Fresco Papers, Oil and Cheap Tints in Great Variety. Borders of all kinds, from the low price of One Cent to the Finest Gold Embossed in the market.
Dados, Friezes, Panels, Fillings, and Center Pieces, ROOM MOLDINGS.
Black Walnut, Walnut and Gold, Black and Gold, Gold and Silver, of all Widths and Patterns, always on hand, at
Wholesale and Retail.
No. 4 Methodist Church Block, MANCHESTER, N. H.
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THE FISK BOOKSTORE.
CRAXI
TOOLS CAF
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Stationery Department.
We have a Full Assortment of Any Kind of
BLANK BOOKS, - INCLUDING MEMORANDUM, BUTCHER,
and Every Conceivable Variety known to the Trade. Copying Books and Presses,
Inks, Cap, Note, and Letter Papers of Every Grade, Playing Cards, Inkstands, Sealing Wax, Pencils, Pens,
and a Full Stock of Everything in this line. All these Goods are Fresh and of Superior Quality.
Temple & Farrington, Prop'rs.
THE FISK BOOKSTORE, Manchester, N. H.
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