TWO NEW ADMIRALS.
Promotions of Capts. F. A. Cook and
P. F. Harrington.
Both Have Ecellrnt nrroritn and
Are Worthy of ihr Promotion
Ulir? llnvr Jaal Itrrrlt ed One
j I a Hero of knntlBuo.
The nominations of ("apt. V. A. Cook
ml (.'apt. 1'. K. Ilurrington to be roar
ii mi nils In the nuvy were confirmed
by the senate before its recent ud
Joiiriuneiit. Hear Adniiriil Cook, who commumlcd
the truiser Urooklyn in the Santiago
naval buttle with the Spanish, is mi old
ceuinuii of wide experience and a thor
ough muster of the theory unci prac
tice of. navigation. Jle wan born ill
Korthuinptou, Mass.. in 143, was grad
uated from the high school of ln na
tive town, mid wu preparing for col
lege ut Dudley institute, when, Sep
tember 20, 1 still, he received on appoint
ment to the naval academy. Jle left
the school then ut Newport, 15. I., with
the class of 'u;i, and wus assigned to
duty on the Seminole, then engaged in
blockading Tcxus, Capt. Cook began
service n ensign under I'arragut, who
commanded the golf squadron. Soon
after he was ordered to the gunboat
Tennessee and thence to the Lacka
wanna, on which he remained till lifter
the fall of Mobile. After Lee's sur
render he proceeded to the lirooklyn
navy yard with his vessel, which was
then ordered out of commission. After
a. month's furlough he was ordered to
the Vunderbilt, which, with the Motind
noek, under the command of Commo
dore John Jtodgcrs. made a voyage
around Cape Horn, across the Purine
and return to San Francisco. This was
notable us the first long cruise of an
Ironclad. After this voyage he wan
promoted to muster and transferred
to the Snranne, of the North Pacific
squadron. February 1, lsfl7, he be
came lieutenant, and a lieutenant com-
ADMIRAL F. A. COOK.
(Hli Promotion Gives General Satisfaction
to Naval Men.)
mander in March, IMiS. In the same
fear he was detached from the Pucific
squadron and ordered to duty at the
naval academy as instructor in mathe
matics. In 170 he was t ransferred to
the Pacific squadron. There he served
as navigator on the Siiranuc, J'ensa
rola and Itichmond. Four years later
Cook was ordered to the receiving ship
Babine ut Portsmouth, from which,
after two yeurs' service, he whs as
signed to duty as executive officer on
the Plymouth, and made u cruise up the
Mississippi as far as Yicksburg. In
1879 the J'lymouth went out of commis
sion and he returned to the navul acad
emy as head of the department of sea
manship. In 1 fss:i he was appointed in
spector of the Eleventh lighthouse dis
trict, with headquarters at Detroit.
Three years later he was placed in
command of the sloop Hanger and as
signed to special service on the lower
roust of California. In lHNil lie became
Inspector of ordnance ut the Poston
nuvy yard, and in IS'JU was transferred
to the nuvy department in Washington,
as assistant to the chief of the bureau
of navigation, where he remained, at
taining the rank of captain in lM'.Hi, tin
til he assumed command of the l!rook
Jyn. lie commanded this vessel while
it wus part of the flying squadron mi
ller Commodore Schley, and afterward
when it was attached to Keur Admiral
Sampson's command.
Hear Admiral Purnell F, Harrington
was born in 1H44 in Delaware, He en
tered the naval academy os a midship
man in 1801, was promoted to ensign
two years later and ordered into active
service aboard the steam sloop Tieon
rlcroga. He served with the west gulf
blockading squadron from 1S04 to 1HC5,
and was in the buttle of Mobile bay und
all other operations aguinst. the de
fenses at the entrance to this water
way. During the closing years of the
war and for three years subsequent he
Was with the North Atlantic squadron.
In 180S he was Httached to the naval
academy. He was a master, a lieuten
ant nnd a lieutenant commander, re
fpeetively, in 1K00. 1807 and 1808, and
a commander in 1881. All this time he
wus in active duty on shore and afloat.
His first command after his appoint
ment as commander was with the
practice ship Dale, on which he served
during 1HK1 und 1882. Jle afterward
commanded the steam sloop. Juniata on
the Asiatic station for three yeurs, and
was, then transferred to t lie naval acad
emy, where he served until nnh. Dur
ing1 the summers of 1888 nnd 1880 he
took charge of the Constellation, and
from 1800 to 18!in he was a lighthouse
inspector. After commanding the
Vorkt own for a number of years he
Wur detailed for duty on board the
monitor Puritan. Jle was made n cap
tuin in IS!) 5.
Woman Car Conductors.
In Valparaiso all the conductors on
trolley cars are women.
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HON. LEE S. OVERMAN.
w Senator from Sorth Carolina 1.
I Not a Novice In the Gam
of I'olltlm.
Senator Lee Plater Overman, demo
jr rut, of North Carolina, has taken at '
active interest in public matters in hit
Mate and from the time he left Trinity
college, North Carolina, he has been
associated with the leading polit iciuni I
of his state. Mr. Overman wus born ,
in ISM in Salisbury, N. C, and wai ,
graduated from Trinity college with
Ithe degree of A. II., the degree of M
A. being conferred upon him twoyeuri
;later. Jle taught school for n cotiplr
lof years after graduation ami then
becume private secretary to Gov
HON. LEE S. OVERMAN.
(New Democratic Senator from the State
' of North Carolina.)
Vance, and later occupied the same
position with Gov. .Jarvis. He began
the practice of luw in 1880. J'ive times
he wus elected a member of the legisla
ture, and in 18S7 he was the unanimous
'choice of the democrats for the
Speakership, but was defeated by a
combination between (he republicans
und the independents. He was elected
speaker of the house in 1 SOU. In 1804
ihe was president of the North Carolina
Railroad company. Jn 1895 he was the
choice of the democratic caucus foi
'the United States snatorship. but wag
defeated by Senator Pritchard through
a combination of republicans and pop
ulists. In 1000 Mr. Overman was presi
'dent of the democratic state conven
tion. He is now president of the Sal
isbury Savings bank and for ten years
hns been a member of the board of
trustees of the state university, Mr.
Overman's wife is the daughter of
United States Senator Merriman. lie
succeeds Senator Pritchard.
ARCHBISHOP BRUCHESI.
It amor linn It Thnt llenal of CntholU
CbnrcJi In t'unniln In to He
Made n Cardinal.
In no section of the western liemis
phere is the Koinun Catholic church
held in higher veneration thnn in tht
province of Quebec, Canada. The pop
ulation of t hut section of the dominion
consists principally of "habitants," iu
the French citizens are culled by th
Knglish und Scotch residents. Thej
live under a church government which
although rigid, has been accepted by
them for centuries, and the march of
progress or the increase of prosperity
has not disturbed the feutlnl-like ar
rangements made at a time when Can
uda was still a French province.
Among the famous churchmen ol
Canada none is held in higher esteem
ARCHBISHOP HRPCHEST.
Montreal Churchman Who Is to B
Created a Cardinal.)
than Archbishop Iiruchesi, of Mon
treul, who, according to unofficial an
inoiincements recently made public
will shortly be created a cardinal, a bi(
of information that has been bailee
with satisfaction by the llonian Catho
lies of (lie dominion.
Most Kev. Louis Paul Napoleon Tirueh-
csi wus born in Montreal in 1S55. He
pursued his theological studies at Parit
and Jlome and was ordained priest it
1878. On his return to Canada be wai
(appointed to a chair in Laval univer
sity. In 1803 he prepared the educa
.tlonul exhibits of his native province
for the world's fair, Chicago, nnd wai
subsequently for some years chairman
'of the Catholic school board of Mon
treal. He was appointed archbishop
of Montrenl in 1807.
Mean Hit nt leru num.
A certain Philadelphia clergyman,
who is very highly esteemed for liia
many good qualities, is noted for
preaching Honorific sermons. His con
gregat ion lately gave him a new pulpit,
a very ornate piece of furniture, nnd
it bears this motto: "He glveth his
Ibeloved sleep."
J f'olleite for I'olleeinen.
A eollege for policemen in in exist
ence in St. Petersburg. In the school
us a museum where candidates for the
police force make themselves familiar
Tvith the tools of criminals jimmies,
Id rills, chisels and contrivances for rob
l)injr collection boxes. j
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THE COLUMBIAN,
,ST1UKE SPELLS WAIL
Clarence S. Darrow Makes
Lively Assertions.
Some
Chief Attorner for Conl Miner Calls
Judaea Too In and Servants of
It ailroniln l.nbor t nlons
.ot Perfect.
Clarence S. Darrow in an address
delivered lit Springfield, III., before
the Young Men's Christian associa
tion, on "The Anthracite Coal Strike,"
compared the striking miners to the
colonial revolutionists, denounced
federal judges who enjoined labor
unions as "quite as much the servants
of the railroad companies as their
section hands."
"Not u thing was done by the
miners In Pennsylvania that was not
done by our revolutionary forefa
thers," declared Mr. Darrow, "In
revoutionary times dwellings were
burned, property was confiscated and
100.000 person were driven out of
their country. The refugees settled
Nova Scotia nnd those who drove
tlirm out of tliis country then as now
were denounced as hoodlums, mur
derers, cutthroats, assassins nnd out
laws. Yet they were the respect a
ble people of those days and we are
proud to be known as descendants of
these same revolutionists.
"In a great strike as in war men
stand by their friends, and tt will
always be so as long us men take
sides on great public questions.
"After this strike threatened great
danger President Jtoosevelt sent for
Jlaer nnd the other railroad presi
dents in the coal region anil they
rnme and lied to him. They told him
they paid the miners 50 per rent,
more than they did, and when the
president, asked them to arbitrate,
they said there was nothing to ar
bitrate and asked for more protec
tion nnd more troops.
"The report of the commission is n
great victory for union labor. It
shows that when the strike, was en
tered into it was the fault of the
employers. This whole strike was
brought about because the cniploy-
CLARENCE S. DARROW.
(Chief Counsel of Miners Before Presiden
tial Commission.)
crs wished to destroy the union, nnd
back of the empoyers were the great
corporations of the United States and
oil the railroads. That is what is
meant by these illegal and outrageous:
Injunctions issued by tools of the
ruilroad companies, issued by judges
who are as much the servants of the
railroads as their section men.
"When the union is destroyed it
will mean the end of labor's hopes.
Labor unions are not perfect insti
tutions. They are tdmply u means
to uu end. la some respects lubor
unions are nurrow, exclusive und mo
nopolistic. They ure not ideal. In
mi ideal state there will be no la
1 or union, there will be no boycotts,
no strikes, no wage-earners and no
wage-payers. There will be u general
partnership. Capital cannot combine
and operate together und ask lubor
to operate separately. To usk the
labor union to dissolve is to ask one
army to lay down its arms in the face
of unothcr urmy."
Mr. Darrow devoted the greater
part of his address to the subject of
violence during the coul strike, and
throughout his remarks he excori
ated President Jiuer and the opera
tors. The speaker said only 20 cases had
been proved where dynamite hud
been used, and that in no case did
the strikers or their sympathizers
intend to kill anyone, "They simply
wanted to scare nonunion men by
exploding dynuniite In front of the
doors of these men," expluined the
miners' counsel.
Mr. Durrow said the miners or their
sympathizers killed only three men
while the coal and iron police and
soldiers killed three or four. "None
of the lioniicldes committed by
miners or their sympathizers were
deliberate murders," said Mr. Dar
row. "The operators tried to create
the impression that the minework
ers had committed 21 cold-blooded
murders and they so told President.
Hoosevelt, but he could not discover
more than three cases."
Mr. Darrow said that the Lord by
some oversight liud planted ull the
anthracite coal in the country in it
patch 'of territory 100 miles broad
"und then Daer cume ulong and
took it."
Fence Mnde of KIU Horns.
A fence nearly 200 feet long at Liv
ingstone, Mont., is made entirely of
burns of the elk more properly culled
wapiti. These animals, like the others
of the deer family, shed their horns
once a year uud grow new ones. The
old horns are found in large numbers
in the forests, and are used for various
commercial purposes.
BLOOMS BURG, PA
HAS A HIGH RECORD.
Wlllnm A. Iln-, Itrr-rntlr Appointed
Asulstant Attorney l.enrrnl of
the I nltrd Mates.
William A. Day, whose nomination
to lie assistant to the attorney-general
was recently unanimously con
firmed by the senate, was born in
Delaware, lie Is n graduate of tht!
Harvard Law school. Soon after
completing his legal studies he locat
ed at Champaign, III., engaging in
the practice of law. He soon be
came prominent In both law and pol
itics. He wus elected us n democrat
to the lower house of the Illinois
legislature, and in that body served
as chairman of the committee on ju-
WILLIAM A DAY.
Recently Appointed Assistant to the At
torney Clem-rill.)
diciary and transportation. His
service in this rapacity gave him the
opportunity to become familiar with
natters of transportation. Soon af
ter the close of his term us u legis
lator, though u democrat, he was
elected mayor of his home city,
Champaign, where rcpublieuus were
largely in the majority.
During his residence in Illinois Mr.
Day formed the close acquaintance
of Senator Culloni, then governor of
the state; Joseph W. Fifcr, now
member of the Interstate commerce
commission, and Col. William it. Mor
rison und other leaders of both pur
tics in the state.
Knrly in his first term J'rcsident
Cleveland appointed Mr. Day to the
position of second auditor of the
treasury, und since entering upon the
duties of that position he hns been a
resident in Washington. Upon retir
ing from that oilier he resumed the
practice of law iu Wushinglon. His
study of transportation problems,
taken up during his service in the Il
linois legislature has been followed
continuously, nnd he has been closely
identified with litigation involving
questions relating to transportation
subjects. He has been very frequent
ly employed by the interstate com
merce commission as special counsel,
and has represented that body in
nearly all of the important investiga
tions instituted by it in respect to
rates and practices of common car
riers. He has also been attorney in
many transportation cuses other
than those conducted by the inter
state commerce commission.
Ueeently Mr. Diiy ucted as special
attorney for the government in u
number of important enses involving
trusts, corporations and transporta
tion matters. Jle appeared as spe
cial attorney for the government in
the beef trust suit and in the North
ern Securities merger case. In the
latter case he cross-examined Harri
man, Hill, Morgan and other railway
magnates, dieting the causes of the
panic of May 0, 11)01. His work in
these eases was so efficient nnd suc
cessful as to meet with the full ap
probation of the attorney -general.
COUNTESS WALDERSEE.
Accompanied hy Her Famous Uns
ound. She Will Soon Mnlt I.nnil
of Her HI rll.
Count and Countess Wuldetsee, who
will sail soon for their long-contemplated
visit to the United States, are in
COUNTESS WALDERSEE.
(One of the Most Influential Women at the
Court of Uerlln.)
many ways the most interesting pair in
(Icrniany. The count, as field marshal
of the Herman army, is the foremost
soldier of the empire and won his rank
by a long and heroic service which be
gan 53 years ago, The countess, who
was formerly Mary Ksthcr Lee, of New
York, was t he Princess von Noer hen
she became the wife of (ien. Waldersee.
The countess has not visited the land
of her birth for more than 30 years.
At one time she was considered one of
the most ambitious ns well as brilliant
women in Europe, and.it is said that she
was the only woninn whom Pisnuirck
feared. Toward the close of the iron
chancellor's tenure of office Cuuntcss
Waldersee was identified with every
movement that seemed likely to loosen
his hold on imperial fuvor. It is said
that the countess hns more influence
with the kaiser than any other woman
at the court of Ilcrlin.
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IS TIRED OF LIVING.
Hrs. Olive Cleveland. K'2 Venrs Old,
llors Not Win t
AnotJier lllrtbiln-.
Mrs. Olive Cleveland of Lafayette,
K. Y recently celebrated her one
hundred and second birthday nnni-
1 versa ry, and now declares that she is
I tired of living and, having made her
j ycuce, is ready to die. Few events of
importance that have occurred within
! the lust. 08 years have escaped her
memory, nnd she recalls with marked
vividness early American scenes and
t characters. She has lived under all
the presidents except Washington,
and when she was born Napoleon
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MRS. OLIVE CLEVELAND.
(She If 102 years Old and Doesn't Wish to
Llvt Loni?er.)
Honaparte was the first consul of
France, (ieorge 111. was on Kng
land's throne nt that time. When
she was a girl 15 years old the battle
of Waterloo wjis fought. Florida was
still under Spanish rule, and the
western confines of the United States
scarcely reached to the Mississippi
river.
"I have nged terribly since I was
100 years old," she said, "and people
began to notice that I w-as having
birthdays. When 1 was a young wo
man of 00 I used to do as much work
ns any of them, but now 1 am getting
old. I pray the good Lord thnt he
will not let me live to be 103 vrars
old."
Mrs. Cleveland's parents were
Thomas and Lctsy Newell, whose an
cestors, early in the eighteenth cen
tury, emigrated to this country. In
18:28 she becume Mrs. Norris Case.
One of her two children. Homer Case,
enlisted w.ith n New York regiment
and served through the civil war.
In 1810 she married Merrils Cleve
land, nnd soon nfter located on a
farm, now o part of Syracuse, loafer
they moved to Onondaga valley and
Lafayette.
JOB FOR PRITCHARD.
E-Senntor from Xortli Carolina Ap
pointed to Supreme llrneh of
DJatrlrt of Colombia.
Official announcement has been made
by the department of justice of the
retirement of Edward F. Itingham as
Met justice, of the supreme court of
the District! of Columbiu, and the up
pointinent of Hurry M. Clubaugh, asso
ciate justice of that court, as chief jus
tice to fill the vacancy. Kx-Senator
Jeter C. Pritchard, of North Carolina,
is appointed to fill the vacancy made
by the promotion of Associate Justice
Clabu ugh.
Kx-Senator Pritchard hns been prom
inent in southern republican politics
s 1
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K1
JETER r PRITCHARD.
(New Justice ol Supii ine Court of District
of Columbia.)
for ninny years. He is a Tennesseeon
by birth, a tint ive of Joncslioro, where
he was born in 1857, but went to North
Carolina in 1873. Mr. Pritchard edited
a newspaper, the lioan Mountain lie
publicun, nt llakersville, until 1887,
when, he moved to :hc town of
Marshall. In that year he wus licensed
to pructice luw.
Mr. Pritchard had bct-un to tuke on
interest in politirs, and in 1884 served
a term In the legislature. He was
elected again in Issti mid in 1800, Mr.
Pritchnrd was active in stimulating in
terest in his section in the protective
tariff principle, nnd in 1801 he was
elected president of the North Carolina
Protective Tariff league. He was an
unsuccessful candidate for congress in
1802.
In 1804. when the fusion, movement,
wos in full swing, M r. Pritchard wentto
the front of it and assisted in organiz
ing and directing it. He was rewurdrd
with election to the United States sen
ate to fill the unexpired term of Sen
otor Vance, who had died. Mr. Pritch
ord was reelected to the senate in 1807,
his term expiring March 4 last.
AlnrmlDK Announcement.
A popular dining saloon in the Jlrit
ish metropolis has a sign outside the
door conveying information of an
alarming character: "This is the best
restauruntin London. Our fish cannot
be approached."
f fl,
liow tu t?ow ft Crop of Onions.
With ihr soil cuimbling down to
fineness U-i.caiit ine haish sweep of
these .l.)iM winds, says an exchange,
it is asion mi low quickly it can be
got rea v ".' '"am crops to be
sown. A i- 1 ,s marching blasts
will ilry '! s. i l o r tl the earth almost
to dusti . cm o though no sunshine
shoul I i- '"e. "A peck of such
dust ii v.. in. .i king's ransom," says
an tl I i" ml . which may be taken
to m- it lie irinoval oi super-
abuiiii.o't niiiuuiity enables the gard
ener to get in In" seeds. I will des
cribe the preparation lor sowing a
crop ol onions, as typical of this kind
of woik. The ground lies rough and
uneven, still showing the spadefuls as
turned up in winter, but dry and easily
workable wilh a heavy rake to make
the surface level. It is then trodden
down to assist toward a firm seed bed;
if a small roller is available it will
consolubte belter than the feet. The
ground for most seed crops can be
hardly too deeply stirred underneath,
or made too firm just on the suiface.
Small seeds on a loose soil never seem
to lay hold of the earth, but become a
prey both to buds and the burning
sun. The seeds ate to be scattered
broadcast and scratched in with a rake
to rover as many as possible. The
suiface is then made firm, and ail is
ready for the warm showers of April
to bring up the growth Some gard
eners tlo nol like their seed beds sown
anyhow, but prefer the plants in rows,
or drills, as the experts call them. A
line is stretched across the ground,
and with the corner ol a drav hoe a
shallow channel is made against it,
about an inch deep; some make it
with a rake, and there is also a small
machine for the purpose, which creates
its own track and deposits the seeds
at any desired thickness. All the
operator has to do is to wheel it on
the ground to be sown; the depth be
ing kept uniform and the seeds evenly
distributed, insures a good appearance
to the seedlings when growing.
The grange is pledged to the sup
port ot every agency that will tend
to make this condition permanent.
It looks with distrust upon large
landed estates. In as much as the
small manufacturer and tradesman
are already gone it becomes all the
more important that the small farm
er remains.
JUR0KS FOR MAY 1EKM.
The following jurors were diawn lust
w eek to serve ut May tclin of court :
(IKASII . ll'HollS.
Heaver W. W. Shell.
Kenton borough Joseph A. Cole.
A. L. Mtllcnrv.
Benton township Y. H. Hess.
Jterwiek A. K. JUiotuls, L.J. T
Jown-
semi.
Uleveland Haines Yost.
Cony tighuni John Molmii.
Fisliingereek A. A. l'euler.
l'raiiklin Thonms M. Menseh.
Greenwood M. 15. Hock, Win. M.
1 tollman.
Jlemlock-W. W. Myers.
Locust (ieorge V. Bowes.
Madison S. .1. Kreunier.
Main Theodore Fox, Samuel Goml
mati. Orange-Wilbur Hicks, Abrani Kline.
I'ine-C. It. Kinney.
Koiiringereek I). W. Barig.
Seott J'eter Jaeoby.
Stigurlouf-Jl. j). jole, Josiah Fritz.
TKAVKKKK JCKOHH-KIHST WKKK.
Beuver V. H. Sliunian.
Berwick JI. ('. Luuliach, George
Morton, Jt. H. LuulmcK George
lloppcs.
Hriuicrcek-I). C. Klinetob, C.
Mai tz, M. H. Petty.
t Blooiiisliurg-j(,in, Armstrong, Geo.
S. Allcmaii, John W. Fortner, William
Kaslincr. Albert Moyer, It. F. Vatuier
slicc, Catiiwissu liorough-Tlios. K. Harder
Catuwissti township 11. J. Miller.
Cleveland I. N. Tictsworth,
Ccntrullii John Lmigdon, T. J
Wuigley.
Centre-Levi Fester, F. H. Htigen
bttcli. John Scott, William Shatter La
fayette Trivelpicce, John Welliver.
oiiynghani Emanuel Levan
Fishiiigcreek-Huriiian Hess, Frank
Krvuie.
Greenwood Amos Long, I M
K.vcr. " '
Hemlock-George C. Shoemaker.
Jackson-Klmer Khmer, Wilson J.
Kitchen.
Locust Kiiiaiiiiel Adnnis, A. P
Bitner.
Milllin J. c. Hetler.
Millville J. L. K, 'esc.
Montour (ieorge W. Meats.
johnsu,!;:as,mt-u-M- Jkt'k,r- jr'o-
M)r.i..geville-A. G. Fisher, y. AlJa-
ltoaringcreek-Al.ral.iini Beuver.
Seott William Ent.
Sugurloaf Clarence 'Cole, A 11
1-ntz, Bayiiioud Smith.
TRAVKHHK JUUOKS SKCoNK WKKK. .
R.!buc'k'.rj0hl' 1Ii,lUllitei-, Jr.. 1'hlilp
Jtcntonliorough-Williunij. Yomil.
'tewkh
Bo.nloy;Vt'klsllillh 1'OWor' -fcrcmluh
Cutaw.ssH township-.!. U. ib,
Hit aim-Patrick Qlligley. 3
'IsliliiKHVck-Jol,., M. Buekalew.
John Harrison, F. i,. Lciion.
Greenwood-- E. 0, lUrkcr
llcinlock Iteulicii II. (Juil.l
l'''J!Ht-M. W. J,,iVt.r, Lewis Beuver
'''-Mi Graluun, Geo. Mas
teller, Siniiiicl .iordiin.
Main W. . Smith, W. Zehiier
Milllin-A.HnydeVwH.Mule;
Mt. I'lcusnnt Erl. Jkelcr
Boailngereek--Johu Mourey.