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TIMES-VLSITO
NUMBER 8.813.
RALEIGH, N. C, THUKSDAY EVENING, MARCH 2. 1899.
25 CENT? AMONTH
i THE
BOND BILL PASSED)
House Considers
Bill
School
FOR BETTER ROADS
Addition to Museum Dispensary for
Nash County-No Joint Commit
tee to Investigate the Agri
cultural Department
The House met at 10 o'clock, Hamp
ton in the chair.
The calendar was 'taken up Bills
passed: To appoint additional Justices
for Harnett. To regulate fishing in
Pasquotank. To incorporate Forest
ville, Wake county. To establish a
highway through State lands in Onflow
county. To amend charter of Dunn.
Harnett county. To incorporate
Kn'lghts Templars of Hyde mutual
Benefit Association. To amend charter
of the Bank of Carthage. To Improve
public, roads in Northampton. To al
low Caswell to levy special tax. To
pay Holm of Co. G, 3rd Regiment, State
Guard. To amend the charter of Nash
ville. To amend the .harter of She
Polk County Railway. To establish
graded schools at New bern. To allow
M,t. Airy township to fund bonds. To
establish graded schools at Lincolnton.
To allow Gaston county to levy spe
cial tax. To amend I'nlon county road
law. To amend U mil ford road law. To
extend time for organizing the South
eastern North Carolina Railway. To
reincorporate the town of Whittier,
Swain county. To allow Halifax coun
ty to Issue bonds to pay debt. (Reso
lution to recall from the office of Sec
retary of State the act allowing the use
of dutch nets in Neuse river.) To ap
point D. Worthington a Justice of the
peace in Wilson.
Resolution allowing the Joint commit
tee to sit not over 15 days, and investi
gate, during the legislative re?ess the
Agricultural Department was taken up.
It allows the committee in case th'is
legislature does not meet in 1900 it is
to report to the next legislature.
Overman opposed, saying the new
1 board of agriculture could Investigate
that It would be a Democratic board.
&e. He also said he dirt iked the idea
, of having any committees during a re
cess: that the people had not forgotten
the Arrington committee. The resolu
tion, wihiich the Senate had adopted,
was then defeated.
There was suspension of business
for a few minutes, during which Wall,
of Richmond, presented on behalf of
th" employees of the House a cane to
W. R. Stalleup. the Sergeant-at-arms.
Ray of Macon, on Stallrup's behalf,
lhade the speech of acceptance. He
' took occasion to speak of Julian, of
Rowan, as file best doorkeeper- t'he
. House had ever 'had.
Bills passed: To allow the peniten
tiary to complete the Quaker Rridge
road 'in Onslow -and Jones counties.
(Resolution directing the Secretary of
State to publish the new shell fish
law, ) To allow Orange to levy special
tax 'and Issue bonds. To prohibit trans
fers of cases from one magistrate to
another in New Hanover, except as re
quired by- law. To regulate sturgeon
fisJhing in New Hanover. Trt put
Northampton in the eastern criminal
court circuit. To repeal the act of 1S91,
which forbade the Wilmington and
Weldon Railway or any other person
or corporation shall build any railway
which will comic?! the Wilmington &
Weldon Railway at any point on Its
line with the Virgin! a l;ne or any point
between the Rld'kwat.r liver and
Olarlcsville.
The bill ;to authorize the issue of
lii ii'ls in aid of the panlteutiary u as
taken up on third n adin:,-, with an
amendment ''that llio income from the
two farms nirehased siViH first be an
Mied to the interest on the bi.nd.-). ,The
wh.i'e matter put in- c'harie of the
new Democratic executive board of the
State' prison.
Fonshee explains! tl hill, saying all
leases 'Ought to be abandoned, that four
farms had lost nr.ony annually, while
the Northampton and "Caledonie. farms
liad made money. There is no order
- , to purchase these farms, but it Is left
to the discrr-.8iun of the board. He
added that another bill was on its way
jjj,vWc'h -would , provide' for the issue of
C$M,000 in bond to carry on the penlten-
; Vary during the present, year. . the
do 1 1 ! passed without flebate. The vote
' was yeas 52. nays 13. It carries $205,000,
' of' which 1110,000 ft pay the peniten-
ttary debt, and $95,000 is for the pur-
chae of the two farms- above named.
Bills passed: To protect cat clef rem
pplenfitic fever, effective April 1, next.
To protect water-supplied (with tha
$500 appropriation for analysis by the
State Board of Health jsitrlcken out.)
To suspend the provisions of the act
ic which took'frora the fusion, board of
. . agriculture power.. it i.-ccmatruet Wji d--I
'. li tlon '.to 'the State ; museum." and re
stores It to t'he ttew Teroocratic board,
which goes Into office Ma rch "J.-.,To
dvft Nash county a a'pensary.
as a special order for tomorrow, was
on Cralg'a motion, taken up, in order
that It might pass second . reading.
Thompson, of Onslow, said that the
bill Imposed a tax of 54 cents on the poll
and 18 cents on property n addition
to the amount provided. for in the reve
nue act, 2d this 'he opposed, saying
that he was not willing to pay more
than 'tihe 18 cents in the revenue bill.
He sent up an amendment to strike out
the section.
Williams, of Iredell, said that it was
agreed that where 'a school district
raised $15 to $25 by subscription the
State would contribute an equal sum.
Moore said that only 7 1-3 cents would
be left for county purposes, and 'that aa
a result all the .counties would Jave to
pay a special tax.
Thompson's amendment was adopted
unanimously, and tihe bill passed.
Bills passed to amend t'he act of 1889
regvtrding drainage. To give Edge
r.rnibe additional Justices of the peace.
T.) incorporate tihe Home Circle Mutual
Aid Association. To give ' Jackson
township, Northampton county the "no
liquor" law. To prohibit hunting on
lands Hit another in Rich Square town
ship, except by unarmed fox hunters
with over ;i dogs.
Bill to encourage the use of wide
tired vehicles so that Vi the road tax
will be deducted and applying only to
Alamance, Mecklenburg. Durham,
Rdgoeombe, Haywood. Gaston. Lincoln,
Catawba. Orange. New Hanover, Row
an, Forsyth, Moore and Wilson, was
discussed briefly and then recommitted,
not a few of the members from other
counties having come as widely excited
about it as If it-were a bill to levy a
tax tm dogs.
Bills passed: To abolisih office of cor
oner In Northampton. (Reolution) that
a Joint committee nominate to the leg
islature the 7 members of the new
State flection Board. To change the
court dates In Bladen. To repeal chap
ter 411 acts 1S95. To establish a new
township In Surry.
A bill to require the Supreme Court
to make certain findings of fa.?t in cer
tain cases was tabled on Olarkson's
motion, both he and Allen, of Wayne,
saying it was improper and uneonsti-
tional.
Bills passed second reading: To allow
Charlotte to elect officers under the
present law. To amend the law re
garding tolls so far ais roller mills are
concerned, applying only to those miil'ls
which exchange flour and bran for
wheat. (These roller mills give 3? lbs.
of flour and 14 lbs. of bran for a bushel
of wheat.)
Resolution, that the legislature elect
a Keeper of the Capitol at noon Friday,
was adopted. To give Bethel, Pitt
county, a dispensary, passed its read
ings.
TUB MINSTItKLS TONIGHT.
Tin- saying by blase theatre-goers
mat "All minstrels seem alike to me
will be easily refuted when they wit
ness the ensemble of company and pro
gram of the big Primrose & Docksta-
der's American Minstrels, to be seen
here tonight. No matter what the times
may be, whether adverse or prosperous
one and all need new life infused into
them at times, and these two comedi
ans, ever keeping pace with the times,
have injected the elixir of miiistreisy
into their merry enieijtinmeni. .which
in turn is "relieving that tired feeling"
from a host cf people of the big audi
ences to which this company is this
season playing. Of novel surprises
there will be an abundance, of vocal
numbers 'a Joyous plenty and of come
dian vet nti icitics and hilarity an
abundant opportunity for many a
he-arty laugh. The scenic equipment is
s'aid to he magnificent. All in the com
pany don the burnt cork.
rxiKit this i:i:i itoi.ii':.
The aiiiiou:--cnu-nc will r, "ijoulc be
read with -pleasure that the. great Um
pire Thi-atre success from New York
City which had a run of two consecu
tive seasons will !) the attraction on
Saturday. Man h -lih. at the Academy
of Music. This will positive -be the only
visit here of the company playing this
vigorous, romantic drama, a fact which
,-ttill no doubt Uj- taken advantage of
by our local theatre-goers. Reserve
seats now on sale at 'King's drug store.
LOtfT BOV A SANTIAGO HERO.
Parents Hear fiom Him as He Departs
for Manila.
Bummo'nton. N. J., Feb. 20. William
Jones Is found!" was. the news flashed
through the .city today when word
came that the sun of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Newton Jones, who has been mising
for a number of years, had written
home. On Friday in Mr. Jonc-s' -morning
mail came a letter from his lost
son, which read: "I am Mill alivevand
In the t'lVL-ted States army witn tne
'rKt.n i:mled etateii Infantry. We
leave ttmorow for Manila. I have been
Lbiough t;he Cuban campaign with suc
cess. If all , Is well. I wilt, be home
Chrlf'WlidS. 'iMU.V ..- ; .' ,' '.' "
TeKOng no one of the letter, Mr. Jones
Etarted for New York and there met.
his son only a few hours be-fore the
tran?iort Sheridan ie.ft 'her moorings
vvi;ih tlw re?imnt. v- .-' , "
f Mr,:- Jone returned, today and told
the glad ti-svr to h:a wife and .falrSy,
and to WiUam's many - friends. The
young, w.iin tougra an rnrousn. iw i
ELECTION LAW
Senate Today Passed the
Bill
ANTI-TRUST BILL PASSED
Amendments Adopted Modifying the Act
In Two Particulars Agent for
Bought Trust Goods Not
Amenable.
The Senate met at 10 o'clock, and
prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Bright.
The following bills were introduced:
By Mr. Fields, to appoint C. Thomp
son a Justice of the peace. By Mr.
Daniels, to Incorporate the Kiinstoh and
Jackson Raiiioad Company. By Mr.
Jones, to appo.nt Justices of the peace
in Jackson county. By Mr. Lambent,
to protect trout in Ljnville river In
Burke county.
The calendar was taken up. and bills
passed third reading: To repeal the
law establishing t'he Railroad Oommiis
sion; to change the western crhmmai
circ.u.t court: to amend the charter of
the town of Lincoln-ton; to codify the
laws of the white A. and M. College
and provide that trustees shall be paid
inly mileage and hotel expenses when
in attendance upon board meetings; to
incorporate the Wright Lumber Co.; to
provide for the election of Agricultural
Commissioners by the people and to re
organize the Agricultural Department ;
to incorporate the Carolina Loan and
Banking Co.; to incorporate North-Carolina
Bar Association; to Incorporate
the Methodist Orphanage; to Incorpo
rate the Carolina Trust Co.; to incor
porate the United Mining, Construction
and -Development Co. ; to Incorporate
the Trans-Appalachian Railroad Com
pany: to incorporate the high school
of Brjson City under tihe name of Rob
inson Institute; to incorporate the Me
chanics Dime Savings Bank; to allow
Asheville to Issue bonds to fund its
debt: to protect oysters in Topsail
townsihip, Pender county; relating to
cotton weig'hing in the city of Raleign;
to aid the public schools of Asheville;
to Incorporate the high school of Bry
son City.
The bill to allow Caldwell county to
levy a tax, and build a J-atl passed sec
ond reading.
By leave, Mr. Speig'ht introduced a
bill to make appropriations for the dan
gerous insane. This bill provides that
the sum of six tlhoutand dollars be ap
propriated to fit up the wards at the
State prison for t'he dangerous insane
and for the support of the inmates. It
was put upon Immediate passage and
passed final reading.
Mr. Wilson also introduced a bill to
provide for, improvements at the State
Normal and Industrial College and ap
propriate $ii,0UU to build a library and
gymnasium. Mr. Wilson stated that
the college had received nothing from
the .State save the annual appropria
tion of $:!.".U(m. and was greatly in need
of the appropriation asked for.
Mr. Justice said that he was opposed
to the appropriation of $5,000 ; that it
was nut an absolute necessity, in lS!i:i.
he said, the annual appropriation for
l.li.s college was $1L'.,iO0. which was
de med ample. He was out ana out
opposed to so man unnecessary ilena
tions. Mr. liknn stated tnat if i mM lie
heller that the bill over for c,ni.:,l
eiatlon: thai if 'it ca.me to a v.te now
he would v,?te against the l::i. as he
llllilelstood thai the college i- ill ii, :-
t .- condition than any other i!i-;.,u:-.-m
in the State,
Mr. JuMlce said that lae l,;i a
lo,n.,e anprop; i.tlion for the I'na ;
V"iii i c'jiu' up loiho low, and ;ha. n j
w.uM vc.lc 'against this bill at;, I (. !
ii.ll under consideration, jj,. ,i; -,, , j
think ii i ikIi! at this time that s i than;, i
of our ins; i i irti 'iis .-houlj be itskir.s I', :
money, 'l a,- idii was refcricd I c- :. j
lll-l.tee.
The bill to ille..l'1'ol ate the Cap" r
Tel min-.tl Uailuay Company p. is- :
linal itaJinir. as di-l bills i give i'oio-
bi-iland . -ounty .oi i it :. n;i i tei ai ' . a - ,
.-r'upei'ior Coitrt: to establish a ..! :
school -hi Mt. Olive; to am -n I i'r a
u-r of tlie town of ilaxton. :,. o i
the chatter of the' town of :,p.-l M'l' j
to aitiend the act iucorpoj UiiJ t;-
i.vv n V.i-va i-.i Co an r li iiri z,-- 1 1 1 c?" I
n-.iscioners of the town of Uo,'k.!'-40a
to - Issue builds to cunstiuj. a;i;.'i -works.
The bill to incorporate the f'.i i
and yayc-tteville Coast Line H,.i..
Comi.ar.y passed zoontd reading.
The election law came up as a
cial order.,-
' Fourteen separate amend me ms -. .-
offered by Senator Franks. These ; i
vide for a full representation i f a
RepnbHcans and Populists on the cl -tioii
board, and that the rcjpis-trur sha!'
make'oath before, Justices of the pea.- -to
faLtihfully perform their duties ac
cording to law. Amendments were lost.
. Senator Caimpbell. said that the last
legislature enacted wise and fair elec
tion vaws, and the should stand.' , He
Eave'Wti'ta? itrlumplrtintiythat the
Populist party Is not dead,, and that J
with their ' pop guns ' they would blow
the Democratic party from the face of
the earth when it came to a vote at t'he
next election.
Senator Fuller briefly, and as a con
stitutional right, entered his protest
against the passage of the act.
Senator (ilenn offered an amendment
which was accepted. It provides that
seven instead of five discreet persons
s'ha.ll compose a State Board of Elec
tions. This amendment was accepted.
At some length Senator Glenn now
paid his respects to the Republicans
and Fusionists. He was not compli
mentary in the least. The Senator
stated, among other things that the
Democratic party was -perfectly willing
to accept the responsibility of the act.
It was white man's work, and meant
white supremacy. In t'he conclusion of
his remarks he called for the previous
question. The vote on the bill stood
39 ayes and 6 noes. Senators Campbell,
crisp, Franks. Fuller Goodwin and
Newsome voting -in the negative.
A Joint resolution to appoint one
member from the Senate and two from
the House to nominate the seven mem
bers of the board of elections passed
final reading.
Senator Glenn was appointed as the
member from the Senate.
The Stevens anti-trust bill ame up
at I::io. with a favorable report from
the Judiciary committee.
Senator Daniels said that he wanted
stricken out an amendment -providing
that the act do not apply to agricul
tural implements 'and articles used in
the cultivation of the farm. He be
lieved Uiat this provision as part of
the bill might leave the farmers at the
mercy of trusts and combines.
Senator Brown offered the following
amendment, to be added to section 11:
"But no )crson or firm shall be deemed
to be the agent of u trust because of
the sale of trust manufactured goods.
When th said person or firm buys sa'id
good and ells the same as his or its
own property." This amendment was
adopted. The bill passed second read
ing, 'and was re-referred to the Judi
ciary committee, "for careful consider
ation." The bill tii extend the time for organ
izing ithe Lumberton and Lumber
Bridge Railroad Company passed final
reading, a's did bills to amend the char
ter of Conr-ord; to incorporate Alexis:
to provide for working the roads and
creeks in Sampson county; to incor
lxirate Mint Hill: to incorporate Gran
ite Falls, Caldwell county; to empower
Person county to fund indebtedness: to
authorize Person to 'issue bonds; to au
thorize Davidson. Mecklenburg county,
to issue bonds; to provide a dispensary
for the county of Warren: Joint resolu
tion to elect a Keeper of the Capitol at
VI o'clock Friday.
The Senate adjourned at ::;0.
BODY FOUND
The Body of a Negro Dis
covered in Crabtree
Creek.
Today at noon pai ti'S ;'p :n i h e.ur.i
try reported here that ;lie b...y . f .
middle-aged negro man hat b c:i -.s-eovered
on anisltiaiid in Ci.il-tree ,'n U.
jn.-t below Whitaker's mill. T.n-ii sup
p .silion tva." that tin- man bad h.-.-n
di owned above this p. a e and tic- bii
washed ,( n th- :: Tile -- was
unknown to thcni a;: I n : n id n
tie.l. I r. Me 'uit. :.-. ;.-! . .i r, :is iio.i
tl. -1 -ir.'l he i i i I" : tii - be: wi-..-ii
one and :-:-U. No fur,'.i-r pit-
ti liiars an n- -I until h- r.'tnnn-
leal Hie s a ll -.
! ' l ' I-: i ; 1 1 m: ii d'l;'!
la th'.- .-'ui'i-iia' Court, '...day .lirlg'
IImuii pi.ii,Mig. many a.e w dis
,. sed of which ha.i not b -n pi. I u
.Ii calendar. Tm-y w i jiidg.ic. nts
u:a:niy.
J..iin Strauiian ,i:t- sti.iii:. d a -li-i.
from in.- w if- i .c.a .;iai:gli.
aa.
Voung. Cjvlghtoii an i li?s vs. Q
S. Adams, verdict for piain.iff.
r.u aieUh I'hospli.-t:, .i::d l-'ei ; iii.-r
W.srk vs. ,1. li. J.-.irp. v. i.lo i r..i
p ailHiff.
John Kstes vs. .Mary i i. reimy. jit-ii; -a
- in and non-suit.
.-TU.L KAIlt ANTi. WAIt.MLH.
The forecast for K.iu-tgh an 1 vicinity
-ays: Fair tcnlglu and l'i i.Iay, warmer.
The bun-nit. lev is low liliougiMUt th
entire central valley and west, with
. lou.ly vvMther rep ou t at many sta
tions. The rainfall. ir.Wi-ver.'. has biea
iulte small, gemialiy. except at Cin
cinnati where -over an inch occurred.
The weatriev has b. come quite warm
and spring-like in the South .with tem
peratures over 60. but remains below
f reciting in the upper Lake region and
north wert The lowest 'at S a. m. was
-ikove aero a t Bismarck. The barcm -
lB htn-Uaili - Airor Kfliv Fjsrland- -
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POPE'S BIRTHDAY
His Condition Not Grave
He Spent a Good Night
By ("able to the Times-Visitor.
ROME, Mardh 2 The Pope spent
a good night. He took a little soup
and brandy at midnight, and fell
asleep. The fever 'increased somewhat
during the night, but Dappeni says this
is usually the case after such an op
eration, and sleep will do most to re
store iftrength. Mazzoni will ('ess t'he
part this morning, although the condi
tion of ihe pontiff is not considered
grave.
Cardinal Oreglia and Cardinal Iedo
chowski. who will govern the Papal See
ad interim, in event of the Pope's death,
'iiad a conference this morning. Tiday
is the Pope s eighiy-ninth birfhday.
A dispatch sent from Rome to the
Kigato says that lefore yielding him
self to the surgeon yesterday the Pope
had strength enough to kneel and offer
a short -prayer. His Holiiness suffered
severely during the operation, cries be
ing distinctly heard in an adjacent
room. After the operation 'he turned
to Dr. Papponi and said in a tone of
paternal reproa.-h: "What a hard heart
you must have to nvake an old man of
ninety slitter lige this."
K I PI. INC. HOLDS HIS OWN.
H. th His Little Daughters are Now III
Willi Pneumonia.
By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor.
New YorkgHnrand niidThe sar..6at
NKW YORK. March '.'. It 'is an
nounced by Dr. Doublcda-y this morn
ing that both of Kipling's daugHter.
Josephine, age 6. and Klsie. age 3, are
down with the pneumonia. Kipling is
improving a- cording to Doubleday. The
bulletin Says: "As no rapid change is
expected in Kipling's condition the bul
letin will not be issued until this after
noon after Dr. Janaway has been in
Consultation.
DISASTROUS WRECK.
By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor.
JACKSON, TENS., March 2. News
is received of a disastrous wreck near
Tupelo and Mobile. Ohio. Six coaches
with soldiers were overturned, two kill
ed and six seriously hurt.
CONGRESS.
By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor.
WASHINGTON. March 2. The busi
ness of Congress from now until Satur-
lay noon wiill be done almost alto
gether in conference committees. The
fate of the Nicaragua, canal is in the
hands of six men. representing the two
branches of Congress, unless t'he com
promise suggested yesterday is accept
ed by the Senate. A conference agree
niiii on the canal proposition is not
likely to be reached.
In ihe Senate Hale, of .Maine, pre
sent, d the confer nee n poit on the na
v.r! personnel h'.ii. which was agreed
to.
The I louse passed tiie appropriation
f i; iif a million each for the Buffalo
in.! Toe-,!" exp, siiions.
i -nil rvs on the liver and harbor
icii ;ii;r. to allow to s.and the forty
: .: , nai:u 'I for New York harbor. The
.- ,,re contesting the Senate
a a ii'1 - at every stop.
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My C -b'.t to the Tlm:-VisiMr.
BIICSSKLS. March 2. Ihe. Queen of
the'. Belgian' 1s gravely 111 with ibron-fho-pneunionia.--
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LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Familiar Faces in the Pass
ing Throng
SHORT STATEMENTS
Movement of People You Know Glean
ings in and About theOlty
Snatch's of Today's
Street tiosslp.
Marriage licenses were issued today
to Peter 'Jones and Emma Ingan, amd
David Dawson and Julia Hanes, bot
of Richmond.
The public is invited to attend the
oratorical contest to b- given by the
Leazer Literary Society at the A. amd
M. College tomorow n'.ght at 8 o'clock
in the college chapel.
Mr. R. C. Rivers has returned from
near Rolesvdle. where he went to see
ex-sheriff Ham Jones, who is suffering
from a broken leg. The physician is
unable to say yet whether amputation
will be necessary or not.
The legislative committee hearing the
matter de-aded last night agaiinst the
sale of the Stale's stock in the Atlantic
and North Carolina Railroad to Mr.
VV. J. Edwards for $:!00,000, with a
guarantee to extend it 100 miles.
Tomorrow. Friday, will be donation
day to St. Luke's Home, as will be the
first Friday in each succeeding .month.
The winter having been unnusually se
vere the home has required quite a sum
of money for wood, and we hope the
donations will be correspondingly large.
There will be a voice recital at Peace
Institute tomorrow, Friday, night at S
o'clock, given by pupils of Miss Caspari
and Miss Potter. The public is cor
dially 'invited.
Clerk of the Court Russ stated this
evening that he had not yet api-ointed
ihe two new- county commissioners but
it would be done in time for them to
mceet with the board next Monday.
There will be a meeting at 8 o'clock
tonight of the executive committee of
the Alumni Assorfation of the A. and
M. College at the office of Mr. Chas.
Pearson in t'he Capital Club Building.
All members are enjoined to be on hand
as a matter of the gravest import must
be arranged tonight.
Mrs. Rosenthal and son of Newbern
are the guests of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. (1. Rosenthal on Fayettevill
street. Judge and Mrs. George H. Brown, Jr..
and the guests of Judge vMeonid-nc
are the guests of Judge and Mrs.
Shepherd on North Wilmington street.
Mrs. Chas. Home, w ho has been visit
ing her parents. Mr. and .Mrs. C. H.
I.elvin. returned to Clayton today.
Col. A. H. Andrews and his secretary,
Mr. Vos. I'. iiirned from W.ish'.tif; ton
City -today.
Judg- T. It. Wotnack is back from
New York, and will again reside in
Ita ic'ig'a. UN niauy friends -xi. ad a
!i(-ariy welc one.
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