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,, “ " <1.50 “ half
So “ quarter “
. " do lib by retail.
o.OOO lib forest nuts, at
LSIcts pound best Almonds.
20 ots pound lie-t llrazlls.
IT!.; etH pound best Walnuts,
l-s ets pound best Filberts.
15 els best mixed nuts.
2o ets potiud best Citron,
10 ets pound best Currants.
I .50 barrels Apples, «5 to 75c peek.
U) boxes Oranges, 25 to 35c do/.,
j 20 boxes Prunes, 15 anti 20e pound.
: 10 barrels Maiiga drapes, 20c lib.
1,000 Coeoanuts,.) to Sc.
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WHITE SERVANT GIRLS.
A GOOD CATCH.
The Burner of Mr. George Council’*
Gin House Captured.
of police
catch
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n SHOE CEN'fLEMEN
1 Calf nnrl I.ncc«l Wufetproof ll?»h
V txeollcnco nnl wuarlna quoiit
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uncqtiall.Hl for «tylr and durability. ,
3 .50 Goodyear Welt I* tho ftnndard C- "**
Mioe.atn iHH.ular price.
IO I'elfcenimrM Hho« l* especially ariajeed
for railroad men. femu rs etc.
A#made In Congress, Hutton and Lae**.
S3 & $2 SHOES la^Is.
nare been most favorably received More lntro<Ji. *d
irul the recent Improvement* make them superior
to any shoes sold at these prices.
Auk your Dealer, and If lie cannot supply vou * id
direct to factory enclosing advertieed price, c-r a
*»tai forordjr J^S, nrock|*»n,
For sale hv • H<»KNTOl’ WllEATLXY,
Americua Georgia.
(’apt. Starnes, ex-ch
of Atlanta, made a
Christmas night.
He captured Richard Hall, a ne
gro who set tire to the gin house of
Mr. George Council the latter part
of October.
(.'apt. Starnes, who now runs a
detective agency, caiue down about
ten days ago, without the,slightest
idea as to who could have done th
deed. In a short time he got to the
bottom of the case, resulting in th
capture of Hill Thursday night.
The negro was brought to Ameri-
cus and given a preliminary trial
before Judge Adderton, at which
he was bound over to appear at Hu*
perior court. Hill 1s a young,
black negro, with no recommenda
tion in his countenance, aud
claimed, set lire to the gin house
out of revenge.
As is well known, The Re-
cordhk has advocated white ser
vants for the housekeepers of
Americua. A landlady in Albany
has tried it, and the Albany News
publishes the following in regard
to the result:
“The dining room of the Hotel
Mayo is now presided over by three
white servant girls, instead of five
or six colored men servants as for
merly. *
“These young ladies are all the
way froi,
ploy
Chicago, and their em
id is
nyth
lOlc
beeli ii
• here fo
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Anicri us, Oa.
• had of
Kldridge,
Yesterday Mr. \V. S. Brown sold
Ills store and bar on Cotton
avenue to Mr. Tom Guice. Mr.
Guice at once ordered a new bar
outtlt, aud as soon as it arrives will
tlx up one of the neatest and pretti
est bars In Southwest Georgia. He
will take possession .luu. 1st, and
Mr. W. K. Harris will be put in
charge.
This makes three store rooms Mr.
Guice is running, aud it is only
about one year since he bought Mr.
Speer’s Interest in the opera house
store. Only a few years ago he
was a clerk at a small salary, but
by strict ^’onimiy he saved enough
money to give him a start, aud now
he does a business of many thous
ands a year, with the best of credit
because he pays his bills promptly.
He pays close attention to ail the
details of his business, auu is u
bard worker, which aeounts for his
success.
Mr. \V. K. Harris is a first class
bar man, aud under bis supervision
the little cosy room in Council &
McGarrali’s warehouse will soon be
a favorite resort. Nothing but the
best goods of all kinds will lie sold
there, and Mr. Harris proposes to
make it the neatest ami prettiest
place in the city.
Mr. Brown lias not yet definitely
determined what he will do, though
he has several Hue oilers open io
him.
A WOMAN CUT.
Officer i’oagin Pursues the Cutter and
Oats Tangled in a Barbed Wire
Fence.
Yesterday the officers were sent
for to go to the house of a negro
woman, Kate .Smith, to arrest a
negro man who had been kicking
up a racket generally, and who
bad cut the woman. They re
sponded at once ami found the
woman in a muchly excited and
alarmed condition, witli her arm
bleeding from a slight wound.
Officer Feugin at once got his
horse and put out after the fellow
who did the eultiug. The negro
had a good start, but information
was gotten as to which way lie
went, and Mr. I Vagin put out after
him.
When about two miles from town
lie caught sight of the negro, and
gave Ills horse loose rein. The ne-
gioran as hard as lie could, and
was leading a good race. When
about‘150 yards from him, Mr. Fea-
gill says lie saw him jump some,
thing, hut had no idea what it was.
Xl»e next moment he saw it w
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barb wire fence. He was too
to it to stop, so tried to niaki
mare jump.
She fulled to
ii«y have
ten day»,
and ho far, the experiment haw
proven h succeps, anil Mrs. .Mayo in
delighted with the change. If they
Continue aw they have begun, the
vexed question of household help,
which Iiuh been the* mean* of try
ing the patience of ninny Albany
hou.-evv Ives, w ill be solved, for
from where they came there is
an inexhaustible 'supply, frmi
which more can be obtained on
short notice.
“ The reporter called on Mrs.
May<> yesterday alternoou, and
asked bow* she liked her new dining
room servants as compared to those
she had bet n accustomed to, and
was met with the reply:
‘“I am delighted with the change.
My new* dining room servants,
three in number, have taken the
place of six negro men servants,
and the service given is a gr.-at
deal more satisfactory. They un
derstand their business thoroughly
aifd obey orders with the precision
of well disciplined soldiers, aud do
not presume upon the fact that they
are white. In service hours they
are strictly servants, aud after Lliut
their intelligence prompts them to
seek amusement in reading* and
other mental relaxations, in the
privacy of their own rooms, which
I provide for them in the house.
** ‘They are more expensive indi
vidually than negro servants, but
the greater amount of work which
they do; compared with that of ne
gro servants, evens up the question
very nicely.’
“ ‘How came you to make the
change, Mrs. Mayo .” querried the
reporter.
“‘I was moved to the change by
the increasing unreliability of my
old help, which I submitted to un
til my patience became almost
threadbare. A drummer patron of
mine called my attention to white
help one day, aud cited me to a
“Help Bureau” in Chicago, through
which lie said I might find relief.
I immediately begau correspond
ence with tins institution, and
these servants are the result.
‘“My night porter is also white,
and Secured from tlie same source,
aud 1 am equally well pleased with
him.’
I have still several faithful ne
gro servauts about the house, but if
they become unreliable, I will sup
ply their places as I have done
those my dining,rooin servants.’
‘“Then you feel that your new
servants l are treasures?’ said the
scribe.
‘“Yes, I do, and if they continue
in their present efficiency I shall
always thank the kind fau* that de
livered them into my hands.’
“‘The reporter then left,promising
to himself to give the public the
benefit of Mrs. Mayo's experience.
He trusts it will be a suggestion
through which otuers may find re
lief from unreliable help.
Letter List.
The following unclaimed . letters
will be sent to dead letter oftlce if
uot called for in tendays. Mention
advertised letters when calling for
ottice:
A—TJ Anderson, A P Ashurst.
B —Mrs. Mattie Bird, J M Herwin,
Lucius Britt, 1) R Barton.
C—WInzer (’lark, A E Cochran
Jacob Clark.
I)—Miss Mariab Davis, K H Den
nington, U v V Densan, Ander
son Douglass, Miss Carrie Da
vis.
K—A F Edwards.
(I—A E (iammage, James (» (lam-
bell.
H—Ninnab Harris, W S Ham
mock, (J if Harvey, H Cf Har
ris, G.xbe Harris, Dr. Abner
Hut.-an, Holmes Harris, Wily
Hurley.
I—Joseph lyett, col.
J.—Silas Jane.
K — (> l) Keiinan.
Ti—It A Lybrowks, Alex Lowery
M—Luuaford T Mason, Thomas
McKae, J P Mitchell, Jas. M
Moon, atty, Jess Morris.
N—Andrial Xaktis U W Nalls.
P—Miss Lida Parker, Miss B B
Pickett.
R—J M Robert, Frank Register,
Itagie Rogers.
S—W S Smith. Jane Sheppard,
Jack Seadkanip, Jerry han
ders.
! T—T-iront Thornton, Miss Pebble
j Thomas.
I W—Mrs Jessie \Yliens, Mrs Mar
garet Worthy, K K Wichart,
Dan Walton.
KoniTH Class.
X—Norton it Bosworih.
J. C. Honey, P. M.
AN UNLUCKY TOSS
STORY .OF A NEW YEAR’S GIFT
THAT WAS NEVER ENJOYED.
Many persons are broken down from over
work or V UfH'holil cares. brown's iron
bitters rebuilds the sy.-tem, aids digcstiou,
removes excess of bile, and cures malaria.
A splendid tonic for women aud children.
Stop That Cough.
# oOO bottles Hall’s Cough 'Hyrup
sold. Not one ha» failed to cure,
hold at Hull's drug store. It re-
leives the “grippe.”
LEMON ELIXIR.
however, and struck it a full speed?
She was thrown, and Mr. Feagin
struck It with his bauds and face.
The horse was badly cut, and Mr.
i’eagin was scratched up consider*
ibly.
The negro has uot yet been
taupht.
Its Wonderful Effect cn the Liver,
Stomach, Bowels, Kidneys and Blood.
Dr. Moziey’s Lernou Elixir is a
pleasant lemon drink that positive
ly cures all Billou-ness, Constipa
tion, Indigestion, all Sick and
Nervous Headaches, Kidney Dis
ease, Dizziness, loss of Annetite,
Fevers, Chills, Palpitation of Heart,
and all other diseases caused bv
disordered liver,'’stomach and kid-
neys,*the tfirst^greAt H cuuse of all
fatal diseuscs.^lou ets. and $1 per
bottle, hold In* druggists. Pre
pared only by H. Mozley,\,M. S I).,
Atlanta, Gn.
LEMON HOTi DROPS.
For coughs and colds, take Lemon
Hot Drops.
For sore throat ami Bronchitis,
take Lemon Hot Drop-
For pueumonia and Laryngetis,
lake Lemon Hot Drops,
For Hemorrhage and all throat
and lung diseases, take Lemon Hot
Drops.
'St cents, at druggists. Prepared
only by Dr. II. Mozley, Atlanta,
Georgia.
President National Bank.
McMinville, Tenn., write*: From
experience in my family. Dr. 1L
Mozley '* Lemon Elixir has few, ii
any equals, and no superiors in
medicine, for the regulations of the
liver, stomach and bowels. Dr. If.
Moziey’s Lemon Hot Drops are su
perior to any remedies we have ever
befell able to gel for throat and lung
diseases. W. H. Mag ness.
President National Bank.
Special Taxes.
Tax Collector Callaway called the
attention of a reporter to the laws
pertaining to special taxes, yester
day, all of which must be paid on
the first of January. Specified
taxes, such as those on billiard ta
bles, teu pin alleys, games, etc.,
must be paid strictly lu advance,
and the name of the proprietor reg
istered with the ordinary, also Ids
place of business. Unless this is
done the iudividual is subject to a
fine of foO to #1,000, and to an im
prisonment of from six to twelve
months. People should take notice
of this and act accordingly.
The Davenport Drug Company
have made a large purchase of W.
W. ('., Wooldridge’s Wonderful
Cure, the greatest Blood Purifier
and family medicine now ou the
| market, for the purpose of supply-
| ing the trade throughout this sec
tion. Send them your orders, aud
nave freights from dis^aut points.
To the Buffering.
Over one hundred columns of
voluntary certificates have been
printed in tiie Atlanta Journal from
such people as ltev. J. B. Haw
thorne, Rev. Sam I*. Jones, Hon.
H. W. Grady, Maj. Cbas. W, Hub-
ner, late of the “Christian Index,”
Geu. James LongstreCt, Col. W.
Avery, late editor Atlanta “Consti-
tion,” and hundreds of proiuineut
divines, editors, doctors, specialists
and others, certifying to remakable
cures performed by Dr. King’s Roy
al Gerumtuer, after eminent physi
cians and ail known remedies 1/Md
failed. Send two-cent stamp to
King’s Itoyai Germatuer Co., At-
iai ta, Ga., for book of particulars.
It i-' truly a great remedy, and
ur«»ly eur*»Hwhen all elss fails
Maguolia Hams.
I have just received a lot of these
celebrated hams and will uow be
able to keep them on the market
from this ou. Ask your merchant
for them and take no other. Every
ham guaranteed pure aud sweet, or
your money returned.
C. H. Bykd, Agent,
McEerran, Shallcross & Co.
Ths Old Adage, "There’s Many • Slip
Betwixt the Cup and the Up." Illus
trated in the Case of m Beggar and
Ills Coin.
lie was a tramp. A miserable, ragged,
min sodden Apology for a man, without
one redeeming feature. He had not
worked for ten years. Ilis was a hang
dog appeii ranee, and now and then he
furtively glanced around as if expecting
a policeman to arrest him for living.
He stood in tho postoffice corridor
and gazed out of a window through the
darkness at Newspaper row opposite,
and pmdered. It was tho last day of
the year. He hadn't a friend, but then
ho did not want one. All he knew was
that he was hungry, and his chronic
thirst consumed him still.
lie thought of the morrow. The new
year caused him no remorse for his wast
ed life.* He never was 61 high estate, so
that his fall had not been mighty. IIo
wondered if lie should go through tho
day, as he had at Christmas, without a
dinner. The jiostoffieo clock pointed to
11. He leaned oh the broad window sill
and dozed.
Through the corridor from the Broad
way side came brisk footsteps timed to a
cheery whistle. Our tramp roused him
self from his lethargic gloom and looked
around. It was a young man, bright
and breezy. Joy shone in his eyes. He
may have just received a letter from
Miranda; mnyl»» he had collected a bad - ocrat *
debt. More probably he had just made j
a lucky strike on tho races. At all j
events ho was happy. Ilis audience did
not appreciate this, however. II«j only |
saw in the well dressed ch:vp j>ossible !
victim. So mechanically lie stepped for- j
wanl, held out a dirty paw and mum- |
bled the well worn refrain in which the
words "hunger—sick wife—five chil-
dnm” could l»e distinguished.
Imagine his astonishment when the
young man paused, after a cursory glance,
pulled out a coin, handed it to the l>eg-
gar, and was off still whistling. Tho re
cipient harried to the light to inspect liis
treasure; ho fairly gasped—it was a dol
lar. He did not pursno the philanthropist
to put the traditional qnery, "Did you
mean to give mo this, sir?” Not he! Out
of the postoffice he ambled toward the
Bowery, that Mecca of nil such as he, at
a faster gait than he had known for many
a mouth.
A short distance beyond the bridge a
thought occurred to him. What should
ho do with his money? The sudden gleam
of paradiso had scattered his wits. Un
decided, wavering, ho sat down on tho
walk under a street lamp with liis feet in
the gutter and mused. He thoaght of
turkey, but tho word was a mockery—he
had not tasted any for years. He now
sketched rapidly an ideal bill of fare;
bean soup, pork and beans, and—ye gods!
—plum pudding to top off! He figured
the cost. Why, he would have enough
left to take him to a theatre, and even to
sit down stairs, for once, like a lord.
Bat now a disturbing thought crept in.
Ho had forgotten something—rum. Ilia
programme was accordingly amended by
the substitution of rum for theatre.
But another question uow arose to per
plex him. Should, ho cat first or drink
first? He drew out the precious money.
Now tho old sporting instinct asserted
itself. He would let chance decide, as
any gentleman should. The coin was to
pay the bills, and it should guide his
choice. If head came uppermost, tho
rum first; if tail, tho meal.
Up he tossed it, high and straight;
down it came in the same path, but miss
ing the outstretched palm it struck the
sidewalk on its milled edge. Impish,
glittering, exultant, it rolled off tho side
walk into the gutter, jumped two or
three little larrows of dirt, dodged an
old cigar stump and disappeared into the
sewer at the corner.
“Como, inovo on out o* that,” said a
policeman /w he whacked his club close
to the man on the curb.—New York Sun.
A Black Female Bernese.
Freedman's Town, a suburb of Hous
ton, Tex., boasts of a female Samson,
who has repeatedly proven herself a
match for any three men that'have pitted
their united strength, .and who a few
nights ago successfully routed Officer
John Baxter and three of bis assistants,
all men of fine physique. The woman
is a negress, as black as night and of a
stature slightly above average, but mag
nificently boilfc and extraordinarily ac
tive. Her grip was such that she was
able to break two of the bones of the
hand of the woman with whom she had
a fracas ♦ecently, and it was on tho po
lice attempting to arrest her that she not
only was able to prevent them putting
the handcuffs on her, but, taking the
officer aud his posse one by one, flung
them out of the house and closed and
locked the door.
Baxter, in particular, is accounted a
man of unusual strength, and is of large
build, but ho says his muscles were as a
child's when compared with those of the
black Amazon. The woman, whose
I name is Caroline Jenkins, is al>out 30
i years old. and is tho mother of seven
! children. She has been seen to iack up
I a barrel of flour and carry it a distance
j of several yard® without appearing to
| overtax herself, and when tested Was
• found to bo ablo to break with case a
I new gr;iss rojie an inch in diameter,
i Since her exploit with tho police it is
i said that a party of gentlemen propose
i traveling with her, if she will go, and
give exhil4^ons of her strength, which
is to l>e ascribed to no electrical or mag-
j netio process, but to her muscular de-
i velopment alone.—St. Louis Globe-Dem-
Ofct rartrldgo Hunting.
"Did you ever go a partridge hunting,
and tramp all day through the brush,
tear your clothes half off, get wetter’n a
drowned rat, fall in tho mud and never
see so much as a feather?” queried a well
known gunner.
“No, indeed. When and where did all
this happen?”
“Up in Sardinia the other day. Ed
Andrews, the crack shot of that town,
invited me to como up there and go
shooting, claiming that the birds were
thicker in the woods along Cattaraugus
creek tlian honey bee3 in a sweet clover
patch. Of course 1 went; but I came
home all broke up.”
“And you didn't get a feather?”
“Nary a one. Tried to shoot a chicken
on a hen roost, but the fanner caught
me at it and chased me four miles with
out a let up. Andrews killed a chipping
bird and a red squirrel, that’s all.”
“But you brought home some birds?”
"Very true, 1 bought them on the
market, the same as the other Buffalo
boys do. Let’s see, it cost me about $20
in cash, and I’ve got to buy a new suit
of clothes and a now hat. -J&et .your
boots 1 don’t go partridge abating again.
Tired? 1 can’t walk; aip latueall over,
and feel like a second edition scarecrow.
Andrews walked me all over four towns;
wanted me to invest iu real estate, too,
and all that; talked about th£ir great
race track and tho metropolitan Sardinia
city of 1900, and filled me so full of
glorious enthusiasm that my bead is
crackod from ear to ear. Fun? Well, I
should snicker, bat ono dose will last the
lifetime of Methuselah!”—Buffalo Com
mercial.
Ileftolutlon*.
I will wear eiudtrr shoos than I did last
year.
If I find thut I have to wear spectacle,
I will.
Another llosr Caught by • Cowcatcher.
As the Louisville and Nashville p.is-
sen^er accommodation was passing
through Wade's cut, a deep und narrow
passage through the rocks, about eight
miles cast of Milan, Tenn., Engineer
George Pendor was surprised to see a
big brown bear come into tho cut nt the
west end, about ten rods itwuy. The
bear stopped directly in tlie middle of
the track, facing the engine. The loco
motive bearing down npon him accmcd
to paralyze the bear, and lie whs perfect
ly motionless until the engine was with
in thirty feet of him, when ho arosO on
his haunches preparatory to u spring.
The train was running at the rate of
twenty miles an hour through tho cut,
and seeing that he might wreck the
train by a collision with bruin Engineer
Pender shut off steam. As the train-
came in contact witli tho boar his hincF
legs opened, and he fell forward on tho
cowcatcher, clnwi i; savagely at the
hard wood. He eecuieil stunned or be
wildered at tho strange occurrence, ami
I will not rcud one-half of the odver- ' did uot manifest any inclination to get
tisements in tho Sunday papers.
1 will think less about money aud
reach out after more of it.—Burdette.
PUBLIC SALE
On the first day of January the
stock of goods of Maddox <k Per
kins, iu Lumpkin, will be sold at
fSherltr’e sale. As the sale Is jhjs-
itiye, dealers who wish to purch.se
goods will find it to their advantage
to attend. The sale w ill be contin
ued from day to day until all the
goods are sold. td
If Y our House la on Firo
You put water on the burning tim
bers, not on the smoke. And If
you have catarrh you should attack
the disease in the blood, notin
your nose. Remove the impure
cause, smt the local efi'ect subsides.
To do liiis, take Hood’s .Sarsapa
rilla, like greH', blood purifier,
which radically und permanently
cures catarrh. It also strengthens
the nerves. He sure to get only
Iinoil’s Sarsaparilla.
Advice t<i Mother,.
Mas. Winslow's Sooth I.vo Syk-
i p should always be used for chil
dren teething. It soothes the child,
softens the gums, allays all pain,
cures wind colic, and is the best
remedy foi diarrhoea. Twenty-five
cents per bottle.
4 New Ynur's Ilevri-in.
Twan a New Yoar's uvo, qplte long aro,
AmlJihiStry was the weather.
#b«n Jess uml 1 eat all alone
Before tho lire together.
Tho wooilen clock ticked slowly on
In roeajnirrd tones and broken.
And all the while wo two sat there
Not one of ua hod spoken.
And as tho (lrelighfl softly strcaimxl
Upon her form so slender,
And played about her slippered feet.
Which reeled on the fender,
I could not help but think and dream
Of liow I loved her dearly,
But UcktM tho rtm to tell Tier so,
For I was iMuhful merely.
Just then a noise camotoour can
That funded grim and ghostly.
And she waa timid, women are
(Or I will venture mostly).
She hastened quickly to my side
And cried, "Oh, do not leave me,
For4»*tt alone in this old place
1 fntr't will sadly griove me."
My courage soon returned at lout,
I suddenly grow bolder.
And in a choked and falt'ring voice
I spoko up Lbeaand tJld her:
My place wua always by her side,
That I'd foWakoher never,
But link my troubled heart with hers
And shield her uow forever.
I took her gently in my arms
And kisHaf her drooping lashes.
Which hid those eyea that tdiono as bright
At lightning's deepest flat&cs.
A crinufon blush o’erSpread her face
And dyed h«»r pretty dimple.
Which made her tuciu a school girl then.
So sweet she looked and simple.
And many times when I'm alone
Ard smoking In tho gloaming
I soolhopast within tho clouds
Which set my thoaght* to rooming,
The night I wort dear Jeasio'sfieut,
With doepaattentWrrfcrftog,
off. He rode into town on tho cow
catcher, and was shot and killed.—Cor.
St, Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Deceiving Safety I’urue,
A safety purse has made its appear
ance over the ocean. It can be laid
down without any fear that the con
tents will disappear. Many women have
an unhappy knack of leaving their
purses about, and it is to these that the
safety purees appeal. They are a puzzle
to the uninitiated. A purso with silver
mounts will Lave tho opening spring
hidden away in ono corner, yet all the
corners look the same. The way to open
another is to turn the spring right round.
Another parse deceives yon into tho be
lief that the bottom is the top.—New
York JournaL
Wav’ratal
The original She of Rider Haggard's
famous story is said to bo a swarthy po
tentate named Majajai, whose kraal was
lately re-enforced by certain unprovoked
captnres from a neighboring tribe. For
this offense she was fined £500, and for
the greater offense of refusing to pay
was mulcted in tho sum of £ 1,000 und
300 head of cattle, which tho native co'rn-
miseioner of tho Transvaal has uow set
ont to collect from this defiant Boudicca
with two cannon and a force of armed
men.
Edwin Booth is much broken in
health. His friends attribute his coudi
tion tooxccssivo smoking. All of Mr.
Booth’s waking hours, save thoso em
ployed in eating and acting, are devoted
to the cigar aud tho pipe.
Stanislauf Sobrinsky began suit re
cently for $10,000 against the Illinois
Malleable iron foundry for the loss of
an eye by the explosion of a molten bon
kettle two years ago.
