MADE MONEY?
It is reported that Lieutenant i
lshorne Cutler Wood, son of (len
pral Leonard Wood. govcrnor-.uen- i
eral of the Philippines, will 'resign i|
his commission soon. He 'in re
ported to Iiuve made nearly a mil
lion dollars in Wall street specula- ||
tlons, and is about to enter the H
diplomatic service.
OXK HtXIMtKO V HA Its ACiO
In 1*24 ?
Abraham Lincoln, a lad of fifteen ||
years, w-i-' working on a ferry boat |
on tlit! Ohio for $6 a month. !
The Marquis of I^afayette visited j
America, ami was received with tre-jl
memlous acclaim by crowds of cheer-.J
ins people wherever he went.
Steam ferries were operated for j
the first time between New York j
and Brooklyn. :i
An epidemic of yellow fever was j
rvigiuK In Louisiana.
The manufacture' of flannel by ?
water power was first started at !
Amesbury, Massachusetts.
An English bricklayer named
Joseph Aapidiu. took out a patent for.
<i" material he called "Portland ce
ment?" naming it "Portland" because
when it hardened it resembled a
gray stone found on the Isle of Port
land off the coast of England. The
name has stuck ever since and the
modern portland cement industry
has been developed from Aspidin's
discovery.
Great I*akes with New York, wafe~
rapidly nearing completion. The
first steamboat passed through the
canal from Rochester to Albany.
Anthracite coal was used for the
first time in New York. C
Yhe Colorado beetle, commonly j
known as the potato bug. made its [
first appearance In Wisconsin. ^
The first three story brick house
had Just been completed in Brook-*
lyn. N. Y. The town had a popu
lation of 7,000. The houses had I
just been) numbered and some of |
the streets paved. ]
M. Niepce. a Frenchman, working
with his countryman. Daguerre. (
discovered the science that led to the
invention of the daguerreotype in
1838. ' |
. There was much excitement
! throughout th?? country over the
presidential election, due to the
large number of candidates. John
Quincy Adams represented the East,
[Crawford the South, and Clay and
? Jackson the West.
WIKMIAOKN THEATKK l(t:ilt ILT
Wiesbaden, January 1 ? The state
I theater of Wiesbaden which was well
j patronized by officers and dough
? boys when the American troops
i were in Coblenz and which was
j biTdly damaged by fire last M?irch.
has been rebuilt and. it is claimed,
i h ?vs the most modern stage in Eu
rope.
Special precautions against another
J fir?* have been ta,ken throughout the
| house. On the stase about 300
; automatic fire alarm connections
have been installed.
I. Serfcwly III '
.Mrs. J. V. Whltehurst is quite ill
at her bouie. 710 West Church
street. Mrs. Whitehurst suffered a J
stroke of paralysis at her houie Sun
day. 1 1
Mrs. Nathan Lehman of Suffolk
and her son. Dr. E. Linwood Leh
man. of the t'nlverslty of V-irglnla.
have returned to their koDio. after
spending Christmas with Mrs. Frank
Sell*. at her home on West Main
street.
The Apothecary Shop . |
l'HOXE 400
A Good Drug Store
A Happy New Year
H e irish to thank our many run- /
turner* for their Mu ral /mlro/iapc ami to
ici?h them er ery one happiness' iti the
Vcir Year.
Rucker & Sheely Co.
Elizabeth ('.ity's Rest Store
Fame and Lebanon Belle Flour
are absolutely flours of quality nolil by the leading grocers.
? Distributed By?
A. F. TOXEY & COMPANY
Water Street.
fit's Moving Faster Every Day |
8 Our Sale Of Fall And Winter Hart |
| Schaffner & Marx and Michael %
Stern's Suits and Overcoats f
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^ The crowd of buvers that descended on us last week over
do
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? we can serve you better in every way. Our tremendous j|
S stock has scarcely been scratched. $
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ZOELLKICS STUDIO
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ELECTitrC LIGHT CO
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