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9HH Jb P te H §§j I ] Ww i mKM r> -- --w-re- • , 8 . ■ ' Mijim (Iriffin i* the beet and meet promlsmgtittja ity in the South. It. record lor the past half decade, it* many n***ntorpri«*> in oper¬ ation, building and contemplated, prove thi. o I • a buainee, statement and not a hyper- bolical deecription. During that time it hae built and put into moet eueeeaaiul operation a *100,000 cotton artery and with this year started the wheel* of. second oi mors than twies that capital. It has put up a large iron and brass foundry, States, aoro V£221* 1 ” “ the greatest system in Central, has secured connec- . ed dirset independent connection with Chat-, ‘...... “ "' ' "' ........* ‘ reak gropnd connecting i aad fonrcolored church- . ..... ^ «e, it has recently completed a *10,000 new Presbyterian church. It has increased its pop¬ ulation by nearly one fifth. It has attracted around its borders •=W-.^} limit growers from nearly W S f S r«pf?ipppw»e v** largest, fruit evaporators in the State. It is the home of the grape audits wtasmakingeapacity has doubled every year. It has successfully in¬ augurated a system of public schools, with a seven years curriculum, second to none. This is part of the record of a half decade and simply shows the progress of an already admirable city, with the natural advantages of having the finest climate, summer and winter, in the world. ; Griffin ip the county mat of Spalding coun¬ ty, situated in west Middle Georgia, with a healthy,fertile and rolling country, 1150 teet above sea level. By the census oH890, it will have at alow estimate between 6 000 and 7,000 people, and they «. all of the right sort—wide-awake, up to the times, ready to welcome strangers and anxious to seen re de¬ sirable eettlere, who will not be any less wel¬ come if they bring money to help build up the own. There is about only one thing we need badly Just now, aad that is a big hotel. We have several small anas, but their accom¬ modations are entirely too limited for onr asias s. pleasure and health seeking guests. If you see anybody that wants a good loca¬ tion for a hotel In the South, just mention Griffin. ‘ Griffin is the place whew the Griffin News s published—daily and weekly-the beet news¬ paper in the HmpirsState of Georgia. Please enclose stamps in sending for sample copies, nriff rtnarriifUTt oamohltt of GriffinJ This brief sketch is written April I2th, 1H89, and will have to be changed in a few months o embrace new enterprises commenced and ompleted. PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY. HENRY C. PEEPLES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ■amm-ok, snonoU. JOHN J. HUNT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, enurriK, oborou. Office, 81 Hill Street, Up Stair*, over J. H. White's Clothine Store. mar22d*wly Tins. «. MILLS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WBi practice in the State and Federal Court*. Office over Georgy 4k Hartnett's corner. novSW JOHN B STSWAM. robt. T. DANIEL. STEWART A DANIEL. ■”L A W , , Griffin, G*. Will p —iliUffiglilll Jkm and D. L PARMER, ATTOBNEY AT. LAW, woods rsv, morgia. Pprompt Attention the given Court*, to all bnstoea*! where WIH practice in alt and "““te**. g^| BINTISTS, 0BIFFIN, » ; { ,t OBOBGU. *r* Money Wanted lor the Stark Plantation —• wcOwanteda nd tim tmred, i Cm for t wood- - of aB i ' - II Ifm Johnstotni, New York/ Ytelted By a Deluge of Water. A Number of Lives Known to Have Been Lost T!ie Baglug Torrent Sweeps Away a Bridge From Which Fully a Score Were Watching the Flood-Just How Many Are Browned or Missing N*p Known at ■tsfeaiK&tiat: Present—In the Vicinity of Amsterdam. Fifteen persons were carried down the Cayadutta creek Tuesday night . Four todies rains Tuesday, have been night recovered. choked streams Heavy and flooded districts. Sohriover’s large mill in this place was carried away. Bridge Swept Away. and humanity. Cries for alarmed the residents. Chief McDotp others organized a searching expedition. Lanterns were the procured, with and parties to went along stream ropes as¬ sist in the rescue. r , - - ing in tlie water near tim Fondm Jbhiis- One tewn and Gloversville mile railroad down bridge. quarter of a stream, as he floatedpast those on the shore, he cried: “For God’s sake, help me." He was swept by in the current so dose to the shore that a man who was in a boat secured to a pile of wreckage got hold of him bnt owing to the swift cur¬ rent was unable to hold him, and he was swept under the floating driftwood. Two other persons came down a mo¬ ment shouting later for clinging help, bnt to a swept plank out and of were Among those in the party who stood on the shore were Superintendent Caton and President Heaoook, of the Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville railroad, who had oonio down on a special train from Gloversville with the intention of transferring railroad passengers bridge and baggage where the was swept made away. No connections had been from the east with the Central railroad. the There were train no and passengers there is or notiikely baggage on to east be any on the train on the Fonda, in¬ Johnstown and Gloversville railroad side of three or four days, and those who want to get back and forth between Gloversville and Fonda must employ conveyances. H . *•>. nodie* Recovered. -a-V - well, At 4 a. m. the of body of recovered Burt Speed¬ from 15 years age, was Albert the debns Cokely at this plaoe. pulled An out hour from later was un¬ der the driftwood that had lodged back of Evans’ mills. Soon after the body of a man named Treadwell was found in the At same plaoe. the body of Charles Frear, 9 a. m. 55 ered years from of under age, a the carpenter, wreck was Evans’ uncov¬ at mills. The bodies are badly bruised. They were removed to police head¬ quarters, where they will be held pend¬ ing a coroner’s inquest. Miraculous Escapes. Charles Abbot was carried down from the where Ferry he went street bridge to down the dam dis¬ over, going a tance of sixteen in swimming feet, bnt miraculously ashore and succeeded escaping Peter without Evin, injury. he a stonemason, others says and went down with fifteen was named Partly Nellis Case and rescued Vosburgh the two by men means of ropes. Remor:*; tho Wreckage. Citizens are engaged in removing the have been lodged, It is believed that the two men who went down on a plank lost their lives at the dam. and that their bodies were earned down the stream and ore now floating in the Mo¬ hawk river. Exact Nam bars Not Known. - No one knows how many people were drowned or who is missing. The flood was so noliclp great and the current so swift that could be rendered without danger. The State street iron and the railrdad lwidgw wm’O both —- tures. tw»y- They were large struc¬ (HWrersvill. A1 m> Flooded. streets, in Gloversville, were flooded with to water. waver* Jk A J number of residences in &SS£n£ bridges ----- on on the the -J of C Central water. the town and The are the two entirely Fonda, iron Johnstown „ and Gloversville railroad at Fond* aregona Pecuniary Low Not Great. The pecuniary loss will not be so very great The railroad and State street class Igidges in Johnstown The were Ferry large street first structures, upon one of Standing the the jflank plank when walks V the that arch ______ was the I away. r. Schnevers is? mill is entirely wrecked eked and will loss of #10,000. buildings in the tially undenainr ruined, * " bridges . . - on oountry thelflohl Some of covered with The loss to prop- AT AMSTERD M. » New Turk Ce*tr»l’* Heavy L Crape stad Building* Swept Aw*y. s. J., July it- ^ MORNING, JULY 12. 1889. Tribe’s hill runs, and noted M o! AMOfaU land farm on ,____ morning, ' Reminded One of the I which flows through the 1 tance or twenty which leet ana lanaea ogams the stable, gave way under th< SreS* 4 ** Low Placed at *100,000. The total flOOOoS,, damage in this vicinity is placed at It will be at least ten days before all the tracks of the Central and Railroad twenty-four company hours are before cleared, about any train can pass this point. In the Hudson Valley. Hudson JsstfiriKl-SttB valley between 5 and 6 o’clock Tuesday and huge evening. volumes lain of fell water in torrents through the streets and choked SSTCJ&2' i growing belt state much damage done to small fruits, especially to plums and grapes. The heavy rain *1*0 spoiled thousands of berry vines. Dis¬ patches from the Catskills say that the mountain streams have overflowed and that roads are washed out, but no seri¬ ous loss is reported. A NEW RELIGIOUS 8ECT. The “True Light Baptists” of South Caro¬ lina—Their Beliefs, Columbia, S. C., July il.—Some years ago a man by the name of Boyle, who had been a Methodist, and who re¬ sided near Lynchburg, in Sumter ooun- ty, conceived the idea of founding a new sect. His followers were at first sailed “True Light Baptists," bnt they are commonly known as “Boyhtes.’* They have spread up both sides of Lynch’s river through Chesterfield Sumter, Darlington, Ker¬ shaw and counties, and perhaps further, taking hold of the low¬ est and most ignorant classes. It is not a large denomination, but its followers are very stubborn in their belief, so that it them. is almost impossible to reclaim one at Tholr Belief*. Their most prominent and popular doctrine is that it is an unpardonable sin for a preacher to receive pay for his work, mid this closes their ears to the efforts have of regular the regular ministers, ministry. but claim They no that every of member of theft church is in¬ spired God to interpret the scrip¬ tures, thus making every one of both sexes ministers of the gospel It is not uncommon them. for women to preach among ■ Another favorite dogma is that they constitute! God, and that the all only other tine denominations followers of are heading straight for the deviL They believe in immersion, but that it must be administered by one of their aoet- munion to be of any avail They reject the OH Testament en¬ tirely, and receive only suoh portions of the New Testament as suit their pur¬ pose, posed rejecting to their peculiar any passages beliefs that are unin¬ op¬ as spired. They claim that the obsurvanoe of the Sabbath Levitieal was law, abrogated and hence along reject with Sunday the as a day to be observed in the worship work oLGod. They perform ordinary on " Sunday, -------- or TlmveSi engage in any sports teat i that d They believe in the infante parents, of who unbelieving, die in infancy. i a, non-Boylito They be¬ lieve in tho social equality of the raoes. Very Ignorant. As * rule, dense ignorance prevails where they flourish. A man who onoo taught taught they a a school school olaim in in the ^ a a neighborhood of thepeo- whore pie as of now their the pupil m SE l his that school only knew two ti their eir letters letters sixty when when they in first i came to him. minister mister Generally, at of the they gospel will not, read per- tee mit a . to to m scriptures es or or engage engage in prayer pray* in their concede that much to him, they laugh and talk while he grays, and pay no attention whatever to DISTRI BUTING R EUfiF, At La*( the Johnstown Sn»r*r* Are .to Receive the Money Intended ter Them. Cresson Springs, Pa, July It—Gov. emor Beaver and the state board of re¬ lief commission had a meeting here Tuesday and decided to distribute #500,. 000 among the sufferers in Johnstown. The money will be paid to the needy survivors in checks aad is the first in¬ stallment of the $1090,000 contrib uted for the relief of the people, which is now ommendation being held by of the the governor. Johnstowq The rec¬ divide board of classes inquiry to adopted. the relief into two was ------- to turn a*'- over money ' to the th, commission, eommraioD, stetesswiff each ed, were the present, people iwte distribution had amission also appropriated; $50,900 maindet will be distributed in other JOHN L ON i TEiR In. Celebrating His Victory He a** oiori«m» Dm*. Jem Smith Wants to Fight Him For $8,000 a Side. Fax toy* Sullivan Win—Billy Mad- don Roady to 1 ; k A.hton ACM*** Belli von—Th* Lute Battle Pronounced • Gigantic Fake—Kilrulu Reported to 8* G,* Badly Injured. n3 |'g n , ■ - splurged fa an auHrlous n club he drank ^t^YoungMtm’s a bottle of wine, . made a speech Muldoon and out got for “happy." rids, hut He the invited latter a refused to go with him, because the champion had imbibed too freely. Warned to Kc*f Quiet. Srfwh^reSi iff John’s quartern.' Muldoon and John- ten were informed that if the big bruiser created any disturbance be would be jugged. Jin Sotflh’s ClutllMf** The news comes from London that Smith would come to this country in case it was theohoice. - % of Sullivan, that if the two men ever come win. together Sullivan will certainly Will Buck Jack Achton. to Billy fight Madden Sullivan will for $5,000 back Jack side. Ashton Sulli¬ a van, however, declares he will never fight again to a finish. Say* 1* Wu* a ••Fake.” Professor Bobinson, of the Southern Athletic club, who witnessed the fight, declares the whole battle was a colossal “fake, " and that both fighters were par¬ ties to it His statement has caused a good deal of comment Kilratn Leave* New Oviean*. Klrain and party left New Orleans Tuesday train. Charlie night via Mitchell the Texas and Paoiflo tile was on train. He oonfesaes that he was de¬ ceived ia Kilrain and that he had been led to believe from Kilrain’s fight with Jem Smith that he could whip Sullivan. Hitohell Catching It Hard. Mitchell comes in for a big round of abuse. pugilist SanFMike •‘Charlie Dogowm, Mitchell—for flie veteran heav¬ en’s sake don't ever mention that name to me again.” Kilrain** Injurle*. A prominent New Orleans physician says the muscles erf Kilrain's breast and feel heart the are effects badly of injured, the fight and for that he will yews to oome. Want* to Try it Again. Kilrain states that he will within a month challenge Sullivan to another fight Very A musing. The great military Mississippi, fiasco of Governor Lowry, amount of of amusement. furnishes The any cannot for tire life of him understand governor why the sheriff of Hancock county did not stop the would fight It the accommo¬ dating sheriff bills which only exhibit those ten ernp $10 blinded his sense of duty there would uo longer be UoroniM Nichols, of Loninifttifl pugilists in chuckling ids because he drove the into brother Orleans governor's state. The New States hu a sarcas¬ tic article on Governor Lowry’s and Governor Nichols’ efforts to suppress strain the fight It la ears ughter it is impossible th fare* to re¬ one’s at e Satiagpd With th* Fight, NbwYorx, Fox’s business July 11.—Manage® (^ark, Mr. manager, said Tues- ^We are perfectly satisfied with the result of the enoounter, as we feel that the battle was fought fairly and square¬ ly on its merits; we have no fault to find miration “I havenothing for Sullivan, but ;the has greatest ad¬ who oertainly shown himself a W wonderful tiS man, pos- -sessed of of the the mast m extraordinary recu- There oan be no is the best man, and : t in the world. ’s future will be is hard to tell, and We I have guess received he does not private know himself. no Financi¬ advices ally of the be shape badly he is off in. he he won't so as gets til per cent of the excursion money. ‘•What will become of the champiou- Sufiivon, ship belt I don’t " know, It belongs to but he must t defend it against want Mr, Fo» it tiie " trophy neoessarily revert* to r ___ ale*. IQ)vain Ha* Opinion*. " Baltimore, July “ 1L—Mrs. Atf Kilrain ring g aad only had The sense faet enough to hold - *■ upT w be was and I firmly believe it The would work at the proper time, “I do not mean to oart any discredit on Mr. Mitchell but Jake was not in I think, 1ssrfipjas Mitchell Nkw CORP ORAL TAN NER. n b Rumored That Hi* Reulgnnttou Ha* Been Dcmandntl. Washington, July It—There is a very strong of. rumor Corporal prevailing Tanner that the resignation as com- of pensions has been re- Authentic confirmation of tho rumor can’t ohiefly be obtained, interested for the reason that those refuse to s^eak upon the subject one way or the Long und Angry Interview. interview ^retary with Npblehivd Commissioner a long and Tanner angry Tuesday, in which ..... the office administration thor- was estion ot „ 4 length. Gen. assistant scorotea;- of the in¬ terior,' presented much to Secretary in the Noble of oho7£f68 something against very the ^niukissioner nature liis on account of rulings a certain cases. ]■ The Investigation. f, The investigation steered clear of any which alleged has scandal lately of figured a personal somewhat character, in connection with th© administration of the pension nniMr office. It was oonftned to [questions ’' l,; of ‘" “ " general administra- • ■ :v " - £rJS iterviow, Secretary ----------- had Noble, a consultation as the result with of the president at the White House, and was to bring the matter up again Wednesday, i V Great Satisfaction. Under these circumstances it Tanner’s is be¬ lieved that the rumor that Mr. resignation has been requested is pre¬ mature. There is, however, great dis- ..... ■* ‘ * the president some of Com- hnner’s actions and utter¬ ances. Kxtra Cabinet Session. lieved that Commissioner Tanner’s ad¬ ministration of pensions office affairs was the subject of discussion at the meeting. AN ALA BAMA SHO OTING. William Felham Shot Bead by Captain Stalling* at Anniston, Anniston. Ala., July 11.—Capt. Stall¬ ings shot and killed William Pelham Tuesday at the comer of Tenth and Noble streets. Pelham and Stallings had a difficulty Saturday. Pelham re¬ sisted arrest and was struck several blows. the the Stallings Stallings Tuesday Tuesday was v morning. arraigned Pelham, before with with mayor mayor doubje doubje derringer derringer morning, wrapped wrapped in a a met Stallings in up a newspaper, con with Officer Parsons later. Tearing tne paper from the pistol with the remark, ‘Thave you now,” he fired, the ball Paraons struck Pelham with his club, fire. which stunned him, Pelham preventing a second Recovering took refuge behind a large dry goods box, and peeped over to get another shot, which he did. without effect. Stallings fired, the ball taking effect under Pelham’s lant native John, of of this Confederate county. Pelham, artillery fame, in a a difficulty ton, shot last summer time* with F. His A survival Thorn¬ wae seven was attributed to his matchless nerve and "will p ower. _ Alarm at Forest City. Lotln Bock, July II .—Reports from felt Forest of Oily outbreak say that at the apprehensions election the ore on on 15th for sheriff and assessor. It will be remembered that Sheriff Wilson was killed in the reoent riot at that plaoe, It is expected the Democrats will run .John Davis tor sheriff and Samuel Ap- person for assessor, and the Fnsionists and negroes will unite on other candi¬ dates. Both the Democrats and Fusion- ists posed have of white military organizations One of com¬ men. these com¬ panies has ' applied to the governor for arms. 1 Mcmocacy’a Battle-Field. Frederick, Md,, July 11.—Tbetweu- ty-fifth anniversary celebrated of the the battle battle¬ of Monocacy field, three was miles from here, on Tuesday. Ex-soldiers were present from Ohio, Kansas, Pennsylvania. Illinois, New Hie York, New Jersey and - party reached here at 10 o'clock on a special train from Baltimore, A National association was formed with the object of raising funds tor a monument for the battle-field. State and National governments will be asked to m ake appropriations, Wyoming W1U Come In. Wyoming Om h ykknr is . moving Wy. T., toward July state¬ 11,— on hood. The election of delegates to the constitutional convention, held Monday, resulted in the choice of thirty-six Re¬ publicans, Independents. sixteen The Democrats and three will convention meet Sept 2. The d*dre for state gov¬ ernment ia gene ral. _ Black Bub* Destroy the Green Midge. Goshen, lad., July 11.—professor F. M. Webster, of Purdue university, has stroying of the the will midges, be and stopped that the work pest soon Killed by a Boiler Kxploaion. Denton, Md., July H. It—James Raisen, foreman in John Thawley’s saw mill near Chilton, was killed by a boiler explosion Tuesday. Tuesday. and The The engine engine was Mown from its bed fell thirty feet from its former position. The building ia almost a total wreck. The Haytlan Republic in Sun Fra-eUoo. San Francisco, Republic July has arrived, 11.—The steamer Haytian six days from New York. She seventy, dam¬ was aged by a paired fire in her Sandy ooal Poin bunkers May 26, and re at t Death of Samuel Barlow, New Yobk, July 11.—Samuel L Bar¬ low, the veteran lawyer, died at 8 o’clock a. m., at bis summer home, Glen Cove, L. L The cause of death was apoplexy. _ Choir Factory Burned. St. Loins, July 11.—The choir factory day night Loss, $$4,000; insurance, "3SS ' PANGANI TAKEN. The Place Bombarded bj Five Otrinau Meu-of-War. Lieutenant WIsaman’a, Actions Seam Unwarranted ■ ...... ........ 5f . v A* No German* Were Killed in tho Ro- eeut Outhr* ak—France in Need of Sev¬ eral New War Ve**el»-Oener«l Grenfell Not at Assouan—The Dervishes Anna© lve--Fereig«* New* Note*. - 1 "-‘< S gSraJlL arnvod 11. - here The i morning from Pangani, and she i wiat that plaoe was shelled five German men-of-war. Four Lieut Wiseman’s expedition dispatch boat Kutcli were also before the town. . , After bombardment, Lieut Wiseman's force, numbering over 1,000, landed, supported by 400 German sailors. In doing so they lost two boats. All the Arabs and black men had* retired. The Germans declared they had no losses, whiohis improbable. Lieut Wissman and No his force have occupied Pangani German was killed in the «ecent out- break, and his ruthless destruction ot the place seems unwarranted. Mombassa is not unlikely to feel the effect, mid the British ship Turquoise is stationed there permanently with her crew under arms day and night More French War V«»el*. deputies £ Parts, Tuesday July tt* Admiral ister of marine, declared that need of several new cost of which would be 000. . . , M. Sallis urged that the government demand a supplementary vote for this ^Premier Timid replied that the gov¬ ernment financial side was bound of the to question, «msider__the ■M sought without to raise tho necessary 1______ recourse to an extra . but failing in this, they should wot hesi¬ tate to appeal to the patriotism of tile chamber for the'required amount Coropifihit* Agatntc Switzerland. Gazette Berlin, July the 11.—The publication North Buudesblatt says of Switzerland’s i SfeSSS'MfM’S Egyptian W: arrived Cairo, July ll.—Ggn. Grenfell has at Assouan. The sheiks have expressed occupied Bimban. loyalty. T «*« very aggressive. fined The friendly BerraT sHaggies have Egyptian picket thirty of has them killed at eleven der¬ An vish foragers. Clyde Labor Trouble*. builders Glasgow, have July announced 11.—The Clyde lock-out drip a of Red Coat* Ordered to Assouan. Cairo, July 11.—Three battalions of British infantry and a squadron of hus¬ sars have been ordered to Assouan. A C ABLE COM BINE. tho Mackny-Bennett and French Compa¬ nies Amalgamate. Halifax, N. S., July ll.—The man¬ agement and operation of the French cables from Sydney to St Pierre, and tlience to France, has been token over by George the C. Mockay-Bennett Word, the Mackay-Bonnett company. New York manager, is now in Nova Scotia superintending the amalgama¬ tion. The French company’s land lines from Lomebarg, where tiie cable landed, to Sydney, have been dismantled, and the cable steamer Poayner-Querties has laid a new cable from the main stand at Louisburg Fox island to to Fox Hazelhtil island. Canso. From cable station of the Canso, the Line, tho distance is four four Mackay-Bonnett miles. The Mackay-Bonnett offices __ plaoe ot the French cable and the connected landing are with "a French cable”—that is, a cable buried in a trench four feet deep at un¬ der water. The Mackay-Bermett and French com¬ panies tion which have will entered into an amalgama¬ be a rival in the oable pool connections They with have the it is Canada Baid, formed telegraph system and Pacific in a few weeks the Canada Pacific land, lines will have oompleted Canso. In connection order to have with tile cables at another inde¬ States pendent connection with the United a new cable is to be imme¬ diately lai d between Canso and Boston. Liquor Legislation. Providence, B. L. July 11.—The general special session assembly Tuesday was to convened enact law in a committee to regulate the created liquor traffic. A special liquor was law. In the to house report July license 18 on a a law was introduced including among its provisions local option, with the license to manufacture or sell fixed at not less than $1,000; the retail license at not le38 than $200, and a general in- -------- ..... ----- ... r - Trains Collide—r*j«*ni?«rt Shaken Bp. Southern, was standing at Oakdale, •n<I.ta.a»po*d.»rKo.» thrown from 1 sengers were their ^umto were^tenmod, uucblrein. to* no^ ot Cmmnnatiana aboard il Uioair wwrji; Pfl Th. Doctor, * 5123 :k-. whicii s** 6S 1 h ^ ; er Sportive Mrs. Catharine I agedlte. mouth, O. Elmon H. ‘ Col9b ^^ N - some I80.0U0. ovm* a box of $ officer* to rid. t Henry M, nicht for the' and *400 a i inc68, gAiaj William HawW recently boreal Princeton, Ky., ja«. It w« B t °| a °*^Xiteat !«— ■ the night In New York year. On 500,000 RAA yWVk antenunmn sojourners. lu a fit of Je, and killed Eva < Kan- Parish was a tow < erlv of Chieairo is nam^ST *%&*-"*!**$ io CfflBVW 23SS-SS, A dispatch says I* J. SC” Charles Mich., In a aged 78. A g to avoid breakage. ' The oldest Unttsd “ wnate hi 1847. 1805, three years t At Hartford City. 1 StttSOAi and tried to break out. 1 mlw and rawed off their DennisDepeva, ah Judge Shep - ___ ^Siatch whiT^ stamp of ^ uromon, ok \ °- ■ C. A.. dler J