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VOL. X.
DYNAMITE'S REIGN.
WILD PLOTTINGS OF THE SOCIALISTS
AND ANARCHISTS.
The Secret of the Cleveland Fire Buga--
PittKburg’ft Scare—Kossa Recovering—
Cunningham Identified—Dyna
mlten* In I’nri*.
New York, Feb. s.—Mrs. Dudley has been
remanded to the Tombs without bail until
Rot*a may be able to appear a ainnt her. She
is indifferent, and has expressed her willing
ness tn take the c< nse ■;notices. She says that
the fl ret shot took effe«<.and Die fired the
other flvatnto the aii
On account of the crowd of Ro.>sa l & friends
which continually hovers around the Uham
liers street hospital, where hr lx*in< cared
for, Ca]>t. Phelan has been ren *ved from that
to the New York hospital for safety. The
physicians post frequent bulletins of Rosa's
condition. The ball r.ab not been found, but
he is freliiqr very well, and is able to walk
about some. He will be dis 1 uirged from the
hospital as soon as the ball is found.
Patrick Joyce, assistant editor of the United
Irishn.an. is in constant receipt of thereat en
ing letters
Sympathy for Mrs. Budlrv.
T.oimojf. Feb. s.—Much sympathy for M re.
Dudley is expressed, atid snlwTiptions have
been started for her defense. Irish national
ists are circulating a report that she was sent
to America by the London police, and is in
the pay of the English government.
Cleveland's Fire Bugs.
Ctfveland, 0., Feb. s.—At the time of
the great hu her fires some w-x-hs ag« '■■■.. was
penerallj behoved that an o*yanized ntt nipt
b -lng i; .ule by someb lx < • bum the
b w’.i. but no chie could be .-I to uuruvel
th* mystery. The Cleveland police being
w eak w inetfident, the board *’f trade took
steps on ita own account, and w hat it dis
covered is not yet even known to the (Cleve
land police or public. The board sot aside
|3,(XM) for the purjMjfe of finding the . guilty
j'arties. A Pinkerton captain was brought
from Chicago at $25 jx?r day and brought six
detectives, who worked here for some weeks
without being discovered by the Cleveland
police. One of them was at one time under
arrest on charge of suspicion, find soma trouble
was had in getting him ch ai -it hunt confes
sion us to who he was The similarity of all
the fires suggested certain things, and a man
who '.as d:c overed to be in to. n, rti, ’ who
was L . .n to Ik- c<>nue< -1 w ith Chicago so
cialists, was shadowe<l for a long tfrne. He
was at. lust seen to go into a drug store and
write out a prescrij ■• n which was filled. The
detectivee secured it and had ft again rssde
up, the result being a coloiless mi.'.c-ur*
This wus applied to a door }>anel
and also tn paper. It left no stain, but
in half an hour began to blaze. This sug
gested the methods of tl.<* man, who could
easily sprinkle his liquid over a heap of rub
bish or on a pile of liyjiber and be (&■<» mil« -
away before the fire would break --U-. Th*
man was closely watched with th*- expecta
tion of seeing him in tflß at, but he in some
way took alarm and lelt the city. The Pink
erton men have his description, and
undo;:I cdly have him under supervis
ion • here ver he is. A boy who
was een with him, and who
was caught setting fire to a Connottqn rail
road car, was placed in jail, and a detective
lodg'd with him as a fellow-prisoner, but
could get no confession out of him. (me of
the Pinkerton force also joined a socialists
lodge on the Webt Side, but nothing was dis
covered that would wauant any arrests.
After the suspect* d man left the town the in
(•• j .l.flj y fires ceased. 'buPTiot until several
million dollars’ worth of property had been
destroyed.
Anothri Explosion In New York.
New York, Feb. s.—An explosion in De
laney street square, at the foot, of Delaney
Fl root, threw the people of that neighborhood
Into a short lived excitement at 8:30 o’clock
1 uesday evening. Watchman Peter Wilmot
who was in the vicinity, says the report was
louder than any cannon he ever heard. It
v.as follow'd by a rattling among the lumber
piW a though caused l>i thing fragments,
ff; s*i :«r». is a broad pavo.l i tace. A huge
p ie of i-n’ iiu'stones bin the cent, r flanked
>n one >:ide by two old boilers and on Iho
other by a little unoccupied shanty. Curta
and tni<'l> stand all around and there are
many piles of lumber along the gutters. The
fa rv buildings and storehouses and stable,
a- d-.e only structures on »h, block, and the
place is deserted after rhshff'll. Policemen
\an Eaii-1 and Summers procured a lantern
ami made a thorough search of the square.
J. trace of any explosives wm foutW. Some
woolen H-nns were the onlv things that
seemed to le m auy way connected with the
explosion. They were rcorched and smoking,
though there wae no smell of powder to be
detected. They resembled pieces of rag car
pet in texture, and it is supposed were
wrapped about the explosive materiaL
I>ynunilti- Excitement In Montreal
Mor rural. Feb. 5. —Some excitement has
t>e> n ceuaed here by the arrest of two men
having dynamite in their possession. Taken
in connection with threats that have been
made recently concerning public buildings
here, the dynamite discovery created much
consternat*>n at polio- headquarters. A full
set of burglars' tools was found with one of
tile men. and this set the detectives on another
scent. The latter now believe the parties are
members of a gang of thieves who, on Tues
day night, entered a hotel at Ixmgue Point, a
few n?. ; from Montreal. They carried the
Iron sate a distance of three miles, apd then
forced it open, taking several hundred dollars,
■with which they escaped. The safe weighed
between 700 ai-d SOO pounds. The hotel keep
er. his family and lioarders were asleep in the
upper stories at the time the safe was taken
away.
Socialists Active in PI :t«>>nrg.
Pittsburg, Feb. 5.-Socialists are said te
have stored in this ft y arms and dynamite,
and are ready for an attack < a capital. iStaub
and Frick, prominent e-cialiste, refuse to talk
on the subj-ct. The . rrner admitted that
Carl Oberman, of New York, lias for some
time beer, organizing iuternationalista here.
Johann Meat, the sociaiht leader, has been in
the Hocking and Mimotmg valleys and in
Pittsburg in conference w ith leaders at these
piints. The presen. acti .ity among socialists
here i c attributable to the successful explo
sions in London without detection by police.
Th- -re is no need for ag, and scare, unless ar
unlooked-for occasion a uses.
DyiUMnfter* in Faria.
PARIS Feb. s.—John Moirisey, of County
Carlow, one of the a Tors in the last Londoc
outrage, has arrived m Paris. He is cunsid
erc'd to be a particular! .• dangerous conspin
ator, long identified with the Irish revolution
ary movement H* was one of the leaden
whoattemp lan insurrection in 1867. The
government set a price upon his head,
anH the troops scoured the county £oi
him. but he avoided arreet and lay hidden foi
several monttß. Finally he escaped from Ire
itato Bag ®
land by tl*e aid of woman known as Kate.
She is also In Paris. She was ronceintMi in
the tower explosion. The English police have
drculated her d<»scription as w ell as that < f a
male companion. A species of banquet has
been held here, to the outrages of
the 24th of January last in Eondon.
Cunningham Positively Uleutified.
London, Feb. s.—('unninghain. the dyna
mite sus]>e.-t. wa. confronted with h number
of persons, some of whom identified him as
the man seen by them acting in a suspicious
mannei in the neighborhood of the under
ground railway explosions. Some of the
brakeman conn- • ted with the underground
railroad pnsi’i elv identified him as having
n-aveled on the train from one of th- tar
wimtows of whi 'h the dynamite j>ackage v'as
thrown on Janmun 2 lart between the stations!
at Gower and Kiifgs Cross, which par;
tial’v wrecked •» al railway earviagefi. and
desu < »yed part of the tunnel w all.
LAROR INTERESTS.
luiportan' <Uo»HtioriM to be DIM-iisMcd by
the Stove 'lttuufactare**.
Chicago, Feb. 5.—A large number of dele
gates arrived on the morning trains from
various pa is of the ( T nit« d IStates to attend
the meeting of the national stove mam.far
turei-s convon»ion. The nutting will boos
imusral inteicst, tx-cause of the questions
which an- to come up for considrralion.
Air-, ng [’ em ft.r:
To w’hfit ext- nt are manufaetnrers 'On
rr.Oil'd bv trades union mles. and the l*e»t
way to obtain relief t. orfi trades unions.
Ihe appro:: • sysie.i-i and what modiflea
tions are iumn-’M in it
TL. g« heriiig of stattscal information.
Cred’T and cash quest ins.
Quesiions of cost of manuiaetnring.
St. i.o ma! mg is one - the industries which,
like the 'star of omi-ii r,” is moving further
".e t. 1 h<*r»- are row o. ere;. lit mi’dion stoves
in use, h.Ui., v 13«>,(NFA s'ove lasts five
veara. Some foundries ioal.e 50c’ different
k nds. The chief so-, e making centers are in
Alban., r JToy, BnTah' I nihuk*'.phia, Cleve
land, ( in- unati, Ijoutsville and St. Louia
Stove- fie exported to sixty-eight foreign
countries, and when a foreign manufacturer
d<i s fttempt to ake r stove he 0opi» after
Amer .ean patterns as much Its possible.
The :•• -ve makers’ un ns have engaged dur
ing the oust ' ' -nr or so u several prolonge!
and bitter contests with employers. Thej
were organized in T .’a . and substa.ittally th*
sa. a* organi aHon exists to-day. A go<*
mnnv of the -,trik<s ha.© fail, d, and the of
gfi r.zation has lost a large pere-entage of its
member h through all--; *d arbitrary con
tr-'l, by wi . , unwise cont.nets were organ
i; -M and inaiiitained.
King ' itrnegle on Soi-iaUsm.
New A’okk, Feb. s.—Andrew Carnegie,
the iron kin ?. < at the V> jidsor Hotel. He
.‘•aid: “I loft l'it< L'.;. j la ev-ning and every
thing ’vr-- Miv eful. I can't imagine what
here in th. report oi anv trouble thor'*
'frade has Rm u very dull m the iron and coal
'iues. but it is p.< , kii',. r up now. The us.-oi
natural gaa thrown many coal workers
• -nt of employment, it is true.”
“Y( 'i ha e b'-cn . div-d ith some aocial
isti-’ ideas ourself,” sa d th* reporter
‘•That is .vijjuut found-.ti- -n,” said Mr. Car
negle. “Swinton started .hat from remarks I
! nde nt a mo 'ing of 1 . ■ Nile teenth ' ‘■enlury
club. ! said ti - brotherho*Ml of num was i.
fine ideal and the v.orkl would be better if i.
mid L put in prax/tioe. That is all.”
“Is there a strong i >< ialis>tk element in
Pittsburgh
”?.ot hat, I know of. I never heard of anv
mov«*uwnt in that direction. I gues>
■his is only an echo from >ur own trouble.
•ir works ha ? B,(MX) men, and all are n a’,
mg good wagi-s. I hear of no discontem
there.”
A Schoolboy Quarrel Ends in Murder.
St. Lorrs, M<> . Feb. 5.—-News has rear!rd
-'.-re of a ind?’ hootm/ a’liay that oei-urm’
.ear (’erbon'File, 111.. e. ■>e s,u’c!ock 'iuorduy
Mb-mc-c re Ling L i a schoolboys’ ip r
- I 'iho par ies to th a fray were Thonuu
Prickett, cig htoen years old, and Alb rt
FeiTy, aged nineteen years. Their families
an* wealthy fanning people and nei; hbom,
and the boys have been companion®
marly all their lives. They attended
bciio-1 together, and Tuesday evening, with
.-ev - ral companions, were on their way borne
when they gd t< qirn ieling. It was agreed
to fl-ht it out ana the other boys stood by to
M-e air play. The toys pulled of! their coats
and went al it in prize ring rty le. After- half
a d ?en blows hrd b**n passed young Priri ett
reaiizmg that he /,a*i i>eing wh ’/red, suddenly
drew a revolver shot Pen- . killing him
in**a*»tly. Perry’" young bri >ther was pri seni
and vhen !ie saw Prickett pull a pistol
grablx'd his arm. but not in t -ue to save hia
brother’s life. The youthful murderer wa**
arrested and imprisomxl.
f!e Bant* (I;s Frese Bark.
VinceN’N T *:s, Ind.. Fel>. s—George Corpse,
jr., o£ Mitchell, Ind., Lar; tor some time been
engaged a w>dowr named Jennie Pope, but
she re<‘ontl’’ gnt jealf-'us and broke the engage
ment. Corpse then filed suit for all money?
paid liar and for ail a&icles of luxury and
value given her d aring th'dr long enyagfiment.
On the docket the following novel
statement: June, 1883, to ea-h leaned, |ls:
April, 1884. t*> cash honed, $5:
Mav, 1884, to cash loaned, *1.50. Than follow*
a list of presents whi'di he go e 1 r. In th*
trial the widow 's testimony and that of Corps*
cfttiFed great amusement. tfcstifl'd
that the bill did not include various small
sums be. had given her with which to bu\
taffy, etc. The jury returned a verdict in
favor of the defendant.
Tj*wv< r Campbell in l oek.
CIN( tnnatt, Feb. s.—'l'he di frirtcburt sur
pris'd every*, mdy when the j »residing jtulgr
announeed t jat tlx* court had derided to set
aside the suspension in th° Camplx*’! disliai
ment case. Th' decision to suspend for tea
da vs, the judge explair -d, had tx-er mark
after only a hasty consultation, and with nt
ma’t:re reflection. After thoroughly disease
ing the matter, the judges haul ti:'r ight bestk
put aside the suspension and <«nlyfinoMr
Campbell the costs, which as all that war
necessarv under the statute to carry the ex
pense to the account of the respondent
A Centipede in the Coffee.
Dallas, Feb. s.—News has just reached
1 lie city that seven wood-choppers went
jjoisoned at dinner Tuesday on Bois D’Ari
tfi’.and, about twelve miles from this city.
William Stroud, John Ha nes, Georre Trips
and Bob McCall are in a 'lying condition, anc
three others, Ju.nee Smeed, Thomas Lawreuc<
and William Bell, are suffering violently.
The p< is- »n was in the coffee that they drank,
and on fevestigntion a centipede w as found ir
the dregs. Physician-; with drugs, etc., have
hastened to the unfortunates.
FliiHband Shot in Self-Defence.
Mobile, Ala., Feb. s.—Family troubles be
tween a German named W icke and his w .fe
culminated Tuesday aftem'xm in thr shootfnf
of AVicke by his wife. The man seized hej
by the hair and tried to lurre her upon a hoi
stove, when Mrs. Wicke filed two shots ai
him, inflicting a serious wound. Pdblic -jin
pathy is with Uie w onion, v. ho has been ar
rested oud is now in the guard house.
COLUMBUS. GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 6. 18S5.
MURDERERS LYNCHED.
AN IOWA MOB WREAK VENGEANCE ON
BRUTAL CRIMINALS.
Hanged in the Public Square Lest Justice
Miscarry Bloodhounds Tracing Mur
ders in Texan—The Leader of the
Punmers, the Criiuinal.
Audubon, Ta., Feb. s.—On April 28 of last
y-ar. Hiram Jellerson, an old. inoffensive
cripple was taken fro: his bed in th ' night
and lum ■ d io a tree. Hri son Cicero, his
son in-law John A. Smith, and Joe J. Wilson,
wore am>tod. when Cicen« made a confession
admitting his guilt and implicating the other
two. All throe were indicted by tlie gi and
jury, but secuud a continuance. On Wednes
day Judge Ln -, borrow convened cottri here,
ami the case was culled for ti ial. The de
feuilants lihxi a iiiotimj for a u lunge of venue
on the ground of prejudice on the part
of- tht ITithout ruling on the
motion th- judge arijourne'l court until Mon
day. on which day Judge Andurson took his
tee and announced ns Judge Loofborrow’s
ruling that the venue be changed to (.’ass
i'ouuty. The announcement ertwited great
indignation, and Judge Loofborrow wa< in
conse< juence compelled to leave town. Tues
tiaA night over 200 eiti 'ens hold a secret meet
ing. at w hich it w tus detonnined t > lynch the
prisoners. Guards wore stationed nt every
street leading from the jail nt dusk, and
mounted men patrolled th<» tewn in order to
frustrate the intention of tlvi sheriff to re
move Lhe prisoners by a special train.
At 4 o'clock in the morning a hundred
armed men battered down the jail w alls.
Jefferson was the fu*st dragged out and he
wa* hanged in the public square. Smyth and
Wilson resisted and after being shot in I heir
cells were then dragged out and hang(*d to a
rail fence. The mob was composed of many
of the lk*st. citizens. The sheriff was on the
scene hut was absolutely powerless. Two
houra were occupied in tlid lynching. All
is now- quiet
Another dispatch says that a man named
Ryan confined in jail for a different murder
w'as also lynched.
TRACKED WITH BLOODHOUNDS.
Kunning Down Two Murderers In Texas
a* ith Savage Dogs.
Rt. Louis, Feb. 5. —The capttire of John
Price and John Knight, the ansasshis of Con
ductor R. A. Frasierand his brakeman, E. C.
Powers, of the International and Great North
ern railroad, has placed behind the barsof the
jail of Smith county, Toxas,’a brace of de -
perailoCs whosfc recotd' for lawlessness rival
that of Jeesb jßjff<*s. Frarier was killed
at Overton, Texas, last Sunday. Powers,
the brakeman, told him that two tramps
were stealing a ride on the front platform of
the exprev*. car, and refused to get
off win a ordered. Frasier said he would make
them gc4 off, and asked Brakeman Powem to
hand him a revolver. Frasier then walked
forward through the train into the baggage
car, and waiic-d there, within ten feet of the
front door, until Powers brought the revolver.
Theh he pulled the bell cord, opi-ned the door,
and ujX)ii tlie platform, followed by
the brakeman and porter. Before there wus
time to utter a word Price placed his revolver
against Frasier’s breast and tired Almost at
t .e same m >ment Knight shot Frasier through
the right wiisU The conductor sank to the
platform and rolled off into the ditch. As he
fefi his ‘lying grasp discharged two ehamlxjrs
of his revolver, the iialls lodging in the roof
of the oar. The brakeman and porrer re
treated under fire. One of the shots took ef
fect in Powers’ hip, and, ranging upward,
lodged in the iniest in- s, inflicting a wound
from which, the physicians say, he cannot
recover.
By this 1 ime the train luul come to a stop
and the desperadoes esoaped. Great excifr>
m<un at once pi evailed among the inhabitants
at O. <1 ton. Scouting parti's on hoi’sebock
started out and hunted in nil directions for
tramps. In these raids no man made himself
more officious than John Price. He was al
ways to the front. Bloodhounds were secured
from Jacksonville and put on the trail, but
they were young dogs and became confused
and proved of no use in following a trail > er
snow-covertd ground. Other hounds were se
en: ‘m! from Ling View and lakon to the scene
of the tra? edy. They sti u< k a trail and fol
low'd it half a mile in a westerly course to a
lane, and ran along iteaswardly under full cry,
ma’.ing a b<-e line for I’ricu’s residence.
A \ hen the dogs got writ bin one hundred
yards ot Price’s home the man in charge of
tin hounds got tired and called them off.
Chief Furlong, of the Gould secret service,
was sent for. He, upoti investigation, imme
diately named Price and Knight as the miu
derers and ordered their arrest. The prison
ers were taken to Fort Wo; th where Powers,
the uounde'l brakeman l*ad lx*' 1 removed
for hospital treatment. Thirty citizens were
taken in at different times liefore Price and
Knight were ushered into his presence. They
came in without shackles or handcuffs, unat
tended, just as other citizens did. When they
were all standing around Power’s bed in
a sort of half circle the surgeon in
charge told him to examine and see if he eould
iden'.ify any of those pr< sent «s tl. i men who
committed the murder. “That is one right
there,” be said, pointing to Knight. Then,
pointing to Price, twelve feet distant, he. said
“There is the other one.” Chief Furlong
stepi>ed over to fchoriff Clinkscales, standing
next to Price, put his hand on the sheriff’s
shoulder, and speaking to Powers said: “This
is the man you mean; this is the man you
identified ri “No,” remonstrated Powers:
“that is not the man. I mean the man on liii
right.” Thus the identification was inwk
p.-rfect.
Price and Knight are known as Kentucky
outlaws. Price killed a storekeeper named
Wheelri at Overton in June last, and then left
there. After staying away quite a while he
came back and gave himself up, and at the
time of the late tragedy was under bond tc
answer for the Wheelie murder at the next
tci-m of the Husk circuit court Since then
he and Knight opened a fusillade upon an edi
tor at Overton and ran him out of his office,
the editor returning their flr<j and hitting
Price a glancing shot the cheek bone. The
newsjiaper man then fled for his life, and b**-
ing temporarily secreted by friends, succee ■ d
finally in escaping from the town with his
life. Since then he has deemed it prudent tc
give that section of Toxa; a wide berth.
Oregon’s War (iovernor Insane.
Portland, Ore., Feb. s.—Dr. Carp'mter,
superintendent of the Oreg<>n state insane
asylum, says that the mental condition of ex-
U m ted States Senator James AV 7 . N esi ilith
continues practically’ unchanged and ttiat hit
mind is rapidly breaking. Ihe general opin
ion is that Oregon’s war senator will never re
cover his lost and shattered reason.
Mutiny and Murder in Peru.
Lima, Peru, via Galveston, Feb. s.—Or
Monday night the Parma battalion, stationed
at (Jhorillos, mutinied, and commenced flrinp
at the guard. Three hundred members of th*
battalion made their escape, but twenty wen
captured near Chosica. An engine with a cai
attached v.as sent tc Miratlores for assist?
once, and the eugmeei wa* aiiot by the umu
ooera
GRANT’S ARREST.
Why He AV as Suspondeil Before the Battle
of Shiloh.
Madison, Ind., Feb. 5.- Mr. George W.
Palmer ma'.< s a statement relative to the ar
rest of Gi uual Grant just before the batue of
Shih mentioned in the February Century,
which arrest, Palmer says, was the cause of
the fata *,ck of preparation at Bitt - burg Land
ing. s -me time Wore this Grant had. placed
W. J. KvwUl . the qua’tcrumster al Cairo
in ‘ harge of simmboat transportation, under
ari 4it for refusing to furnish a boat for a
st-cret expedit-on. Afterward Kountz was
re)' ;>sc I at d se;u to Paducah, where Palmer
vmv his chk'f lerk. In that capacity be cop
ied and mailed to Secretary Stanton a charge
by Kountz against Grant, with 17 spcciflea
tiunsof drunkenness and disorderly conduct,
with names of witnesses. Kountz shortly
afterward told J‘aimer that Grant had beeu
placed un hr arrest, and afterward that he
had been n leased, he thought, on Genera! C.
F. Smith's representation that Grant could
not then be spared. unrz was so chagrined
al his Ailtirft against Grant that he soon alter
left the service.
Giant’s Threat Trouble.
New York, Feb s.—Dr. Frederick Par
ker says that Gen. Grant is steadily recover
ing from the tonsil and tongue son*no» that
was produced by his excessive smoking. The
doctor hasn’t found if necos'-ary to pay the
genera) a visit since lust Tuesday. Gvii.Grant
spends nearly oil his leisure time preparing liis
series of war n .niuescences. He bus become
very fond of the literary work it involves.
AN ASSASSINATION SOCIETY.
The Bloody Work of n Hand of Southern
Murderers.
BuffatiO, Feb. 5. —Alfred Bidwell, a for
mer citizen of Buffalo, in good repute, who
now lives at Sarasota, Fla., is charged with
x'ing a member of the notorious Saras< ta
a-i'-assination &iciety. This organization is
supposed to exist for the purpose of 1 he secret
nurdt-r of political opponents, and is com
pos'd of twenty members, Ixiund togethei >y
terrible oaths to jierlorm the bloody
work of the band and to keep its secrets
Inviolate. Mr. Bidwell is charged with
making his store the rendezvous of the
?ang, Ix'sid?s being a nuunber. lie went
from Buffalo to Florida in 1878, where he has
mgag(*d in orange growing and store keep
ing. His relatives here are in distress over
the report us his arrest, and wholly unable to
tccoimt for it. Bidwell is charged with being
i party to the murder of C. E. Abbe. The so
■iety jias-txl sentence of d< ath on Abbe in
Amril last, but deferred its execution until
iftor the ek *fion. Keveial arrests were
naJe. Bidwell is now in jail awaiting the
» tion of the gTftnd Jury. It i reported that
when his arrest was proliable Bidwell made
in unsue ‘essful attempt to Commit
mil ide. The information received ma'.t's
'.his assassination society one of the nr st
it.recious organizations ever heard of. A Dr.
Andrew was the ringleader. Many rich and
influential men of Florida are said te belong
te it. The murder of one Riley several months
igo, an I of Charles Willard recently, are wild
te be the work of the a ;sassins. The victims
ire supposed to have suffered for private as
well as politfeal causes. In several instance*
?;t.izcns of Muniteo county, Flu., were way
laid, shot, and their throats cut. The Rev.
Mr. Ixiwe, of Sarasota, was whipped by the
asnasslnation society because of a mik
underslanding with his stepson. Many re
ports «>f the bloody work of this society are
received. It is believed here, where Mr. Bid
well is well known as a former prominent and
upright bustnesa mau, tliat he is a victim of
perjury by accusers who are themselves the
guilty pai’tiok Dispatches from Braidentown,
Fla , say the community is greatly arouwri
over the a -rerts, and determined to aift tbe
matter Lo tlie bottom.
For the Agrfcultnral Bureau.
Washington, Feb. 5. —If the agiicnltural
bm can should l»e elevated te the position oi’
finving a cabinet repruenlntive under the
new administration Gen. Ben Le Fever will
probably be the man that will have charge of
it. He has long been in congress, and ropre
4ent.s an almost wholly agricultural district In
Ohio. No matter what the turn politics may
ui'iein the Buckeye state Gen. I/v Fever is
always elected by a large majority.
11 is constituency is thorougly devotzvl
te him, and if he were to go in >
the cabinet his district could only be consoled
for h s loss by the knowledge that his services
would b“ dvon to the a; ri' OlttiraJ interests of
the entire country. He has long taken par
ticular interest in the seed department of the
agricultural bureau, and lias secured some
valuable reforms there, which are greatly aj>-
pruciated by the farmers of the country.
Gon. Le Fevre is a thoroughly practical man,
and is just in the prime of life. He could
probably be persuaded now to accept the
commissinnerahip of agriculture, now held by
Loring.
lie’s Down on Roller Skating.
New' York, Feb. s.—Rev. John Parker, of
the Methodist church in Jamaica, is opjiosedl
te roller skating. According to Mr. Darker,
roller skating has been a liinderance te revival
work in his church. Mr. Parker recently
wrote to Dr. N. K. Dennett, of Brooklyn,
asking bis opinion of roller skating from a
professional standjioint. Dr. Dennett wrote
as follows: “I consider tliat the practice
physically is a pernicious one. Its ef
fect upon boys is bad enough, but
upon girls it is much worse. It
destroys muscular balance, strains un
duly Hie parts chiefly exercised, locates
weakness at vital points, and prepares the
way for a great amount of suffering and
wretchedn'iss. If the cra/z* should continue
for any considerable length of tim i , the facts
which I have named wnl lie verified in the
experience of manv a young lady.” Rev.
Mr. Parker read Dr. Dmneti’s letter to the
young jF ople in his chinch, and hopes it will
keep them away from the rinks.
Cattle Dying by Thousands.
Chicago, Feb. 5.—A correspondent at
Miller’s camp, Indian territory, says: “I
started from Caldwell, Kan., on the 27th ult.
for Oklaho.na in a spring wagon, with a
guide, two runners and four horses. The trail
was snowed un and there were no land marks
1° by. Scattered all along the trail are
hundred of carcasses of dead cattle. The first
night we stepped at ranch 101, known as
George Miller Mr. Miller is considered the
richest cattleman in the Indian territory, hav
ing upward of fifteen thou.-and < att.lo. Many
of them are starving. He now has a large
nuinlwr of extra cowboys gathering them up
and shipping them to the state to feed. Ranch
101 is tw' two miles from Caldwell and
ten miles from the Salt Forks river. It is
stated that there are about one million head
of cattle in the Cherokee strip. If the present
cold w eatho 1 bold out a week longer one-half
of them will jierish. Over a third of a million
aie air eady dead.”
Peneionlng Kx-Confederates.
Raleigh. N. C., Feb. s.—The house passed
a bill to pension ex-confederate soldiers who
lost limbs in the service of this state or by
reason of wounds are incapacitated for man
ual labor, or lor loss of one eye. Efforts have
been made for several years to pass a bill cd
liimla.r purport, but bave heretofore failed.
PITHOLE’S LAST RELIC
OF THE DAYS OF HER SPLENDOR
| WHEN OIL FLOWED FREELY.
Destruction of the Old Duncan lloiiKe--
Keininiscenres of the Oil (!nu«*-How
Wealth Mowed in on Lucky Proa
pectera—A Wildcat Scheme.
Bradford, Pa., Feb. s.—By the tearing
down of the old Duiujan house, at Oil City,
the last relic of Pithole’s palmy days has boon
removed. The house was built in the spring
of lhu r > b\ C. B. Duncan, and cost $40,000.
Duncan was a Scotchman who became inter
ested with John, George and Abraham
Prather in the purchase of the Holmden farm
at Pithole, from which, on an investment of
$30,000, they made $1,000,000 ea<4i in u few
months. The Holmden farm was the pioneer
oil territory of Pitholo. 'Hie farm belonged
te the father iu-law of John Prather, who,
, with his two brothers, kept a small country
store in the village of Plumer. A wildcat oil
company, known as the United States Pe
i troleum Compiuiy, and organized as hundreds
i of others were formed in those days for the
I sole purpt'*- 1 <>f disposing of its stock, the idea
I of actually i : ’din;. 1 , oil not being entertained
by any of its projectors, leased a small
portion of the Holmden farm on which to
base their claims and te proceed with drilling
ojjerations. ‘The Prather brothers believed
i they might make some money on the strength
i of ibt* work being done by the oil company,
i and secured the refusal of the remainder of
j tlie Holmden farm for sixty days. If they
, concluded te buy at th<j end of tliat time they
i were to pay S2S,(XX) for the proj»erty. Dun
i can was then speculating in oil in the Pitts
burg market, and to have the benefit of his
, services in securing a purchaser for the Holm
: den farm, they admitted him into the scheme
i as un equal partner. While Dunean and John
Prather were in Philadelphia looking for a
purchaser for the farm, the drill at the United
States well t ruck the oil vein, and the well
began to flow nt the rate of 300 barrels a day.
The region went wild with excitement. There
was no railroad or telegrapliic connection
with Pittsburg at that time, and George and
Abraham Prather, knowing that the H-lin
den farm was now worth sl|ooo,ooo at Least,
| were rendered nearly crazy at the thought
that their broth< r John might sell the farm
before they <;ould get word te him. George
Prather hurried to Oil Citynrad ttJegrapbixl
to John, but could get no answer. He then
mounted his horse and rode to Pitteb’irg,
without stopping to eat or sleep. From
then* he took the cars te I’hiladelpliia,
where he met his brother and Duncan at
the Girard house. Tliey were about ready to
close Iho ale of the farm to James McCreary
for SIOO,OOO. The news from Pithole stopped
ail negotiation! in that direction. The Pruth
ei-s sold one-sixte»>nth of their farm for $125,-
000. The sale took place the day before the
sixty days in w inch they had the refusal were
up. When they wont to pay Holmden the
S2S,(MK) for his farm Mrs. Holmden refused to
sign the deed unless she was paid 85,000 in gold.
Gold was then at a heavy premium and very
scarce. A small army of men was started
through the country to collect the gold at any
price, and the amount was raised in due
Sf*ason. In two months Pithole was producing
50,000 barrels of oil a day and had a popula
tion of 15,000. Duncan built the splendid
hotel Which became so famous througlioul the
country. He ate' built a Presbyterian church
in Pitliole which cost him $25,000. Eventu
ally he sold his interest in the Holmden farm
for $1,000,000, and, ck. ing out all his ot her
enterprises, he returned te Scot and, where he
died in 1808 He evidently had not heard
tliat Pithole was then but a destn-ted niin, for
he bequeathed $25,000 to the cbui’ch he liad
■ founded in the place.
I The Prather Ixiys remained in Pithole untfl
' the collapse came, and each left the region
with $3.000,(MX). The Unite<l States Oil Com
pany, started as a wild'•at venture, made Hie
fortunes of all who were c< mooted with it.
The Duncan house was purchased by Oil City
parties, taken down, and removed to Oil City,
whore it was put up in iti original form, and
was for years the principal hotel of the oil
metropolis. It was abandoned a tew yean
ago, and became a dilapidated rookery, whict
luts at last been taken down and sold for lire
wood. It original regi ter, I scarin g the ig
natur< u men fame; m this county and riu
roj>e, gnyit actors, cap; iJints, and staLesnrni,
Is now in the jiossession of a citizeut of Pitts
burg.
| ROMANCE OF A WEALTHY WIDOW.
Captured by a Journeyman Barber a lew
Days After Iler Father’s Death.
I Waterbury, Conn., Feb. s.—Social circles
ore interested and considerably agitated over
the w< dding of Mrs. Nellie G. Bloss, a y< U"g,
wealthy and fascinating widow, with Chai lea
H. Tedale, formerly a barber. Mrs. Bio s’s
fatter, Sherman Fenn, a rich grocer, who
i had refused to sanction the wedding, died on
Janury 28, and yerierday the couple
were united in marriage. The wedding re
calls some romantic episodes in the lite o’ the
bride. As a girl, Miss Nellie Fenn was one of
the tetlles of this city and a prospective heiress
to large wealth.
Her first husband was I Valter F. Bless, who
fell desperately in love with her or her money.
Unfortunately, however, he was betrothed to
a handsome and worthy woman, whose only
draw P ick was that she had no money and'
worked in a store. Mr. Bloss looked long
ingly toward the Fenn inneritana, and fin
ally, as he said, left the decision to prayer.
Aft»*i tbe prayer he arose firmly convinced
that he should marry Miss Fenn, which he
straightway did. But death overtook him
quickly, before it ctel the old gentleman, and
left Mrs. Blows an attractive and wealthy
widow. Soon she was again pierced by
Cupid’s arrow, 'i bis time it was the ]>oor
journeyman barber. (Iharles H. Tis
dale. Tisdale was ad-anced to employment
in her father’s establishment; but this m&le
trouble with the business, and the head clerk
resign'd on account of it. Thereupon T !s<lale j
was promoted to that position. Here Mr. |
Fenn found be had made a mistake, and jxjsi
tively refused young Fenn the band of his,
daughter' in n arnugu. Mean hiie, rumor
La-i it, Tisdale übo.sted largely on Airs. Bloss’
Lderailty. Ibe old man died and Tisdale mar
ried Airs. Blobs.
lie Will Not Wear Shackles.
Jouxt, 111., Feb. s.—The Sheriff of Ken
dall county arrived at the state penitenitary,
having in charge four prisoners from that |
county. Among them is William Russell, i
aged twenty-lour, who is to serve one year
for larceny. The sheriff bad to carry Rus- •
sell into the prison on his back, as the convict !
has no legs and but one arm.
Both legs had Im amputated ciot>e
to the trunk and the left arm at the shoulder
joint. This r emnant of a man was deposited
upon the stone floor of the guard room, and
the sheriff produced bis mittimus showing
that Russell was sentenced by J udgu Charles
Kellum, of Yorkville, to be confined m tlie
penitentiary for the term of one year at bard
labor. llu~Aill lost his limbs in a railroad ac
cident. He was convicted of stealing a row
boat of a man in Plano and selling it at Peola.
Russell’s condition is such that he will need
the ser vices of an able bodied convict to take
auru qL him while he is ta £riauo» (
THE CONDENSER.
Fresh, Fitliy News Items Boiled Down for
the Hurried Bender.
The Swaim court martial has concluded its
work.
T'hos. Shipley, Greenfield, Ind., suicided by
hanging.
Dr. Christopher C. Graham died in L’lns
rille, aged 101.
Wytheville, Va., felt an earthquake shock
’ Puivday moiipng.
i The injunction suit against the Cincinnati
cable road has been dismissed.
Liabilities >f Abe! 1). Breed, of Now York,
are $*17,000: actual assets, SBO,OOO.
Mexican Ulegraph conqiany has declared a
four-]x*r-ccnt w*m annual dividend.
The Japam w minister and wife gave their
first reception in AVashiiigton Tuesday night.
It is stated that lai’ge shipments of Ameri
can weapons of war are being made to
China.
Sieve Wiggins, brakeman, tell from a movr
ing train on the C., H. and D., and was in
stantly killed.
A seventy-foiir-yoar-old rich widow of St.
Roach’s. Quebec, married her nineteen-} ear
old coachman.
E. A. Bai nt'.s, principal of a Chicago public
school is under arrest, charged witli brutally
beating a pupil.
In the T. C. Campbell disbarment case, the
court suspended him fur ten days and lined
him the costs.
Michael Horrigan, who murdered James
Cuthone in a saloon at Detroit Bunday, has
surrendered to the police.
I John 8. Jack and Carter B. Page had a
street duel in Portamouth, Va. The latter
was dangerously wounded,
I Thieves are busy in the vicinity of Osgood,
Ind. Air. A. Vine estimates his losses by re
peated depredations at. S2,(MX).
Gen. Slocum, of New York, will lie invited
to act as chief marshal of the inauguration
parade. Gen. McClellan declines to act.
Archie O’Brien shot and killed Anthony
Noeltker in a bar-room brawl, corner of Wal
nut and Canal, Cincinnati, Tuesday night
i Gen. Grant’s relics, military' and civil testi
monials have bwm presented to the govern
ment by Wm. H. Vanderbilt and Airs. U. 8.
: Grant.
i The Wood's Run mill of ()liver Bros. &
Phillips, near Pittsburg, will start up,
giving employment to several hundred
, bands.
At the annual meeting of the Nova Scotia
' Sugar Relining Company it was stated that
the loss on the year’s operations was about
, $200,000.
I At Lucas, 0., Findlay Myers, aged twelve,
accidentally shot hts brother, aged ten, with
a revolver, in tbe left arm. The bullet could
nut be found
Wm. 11. Wood, prosecuting attorney, has
’ been arrested at Anderson, Ind., for disorderly
: conduct. Wesley Harless was also taken in on
i the charge of arson.
i Mr. Holman has intr xluced a bill in the
house requi l ing persons elected or app<jinted
| to oilice to swear that they did not pay or
give money to secure the office.
It is reported in Pai rs that two well-known
German officers and one Frenchman wore
among thr killed on the Mahdi s side in the
recent bailies in the Soudan.
Gen. Grant explains that, in his Shiloh ar
ticle, no reflection was intended on the t»er
sonal courage or zeal of Gen. A. MeD. Mo-
Cook, or the fighting qualities of his division.
A coal mine explosion near Savanna, In
dian Territory, resulted in the death outright
■ of three miners, the serious wounding of
eighty-nine and slight burning of forty-two.
Emilio Velasco and Genalo Raigosa have
been appointed by President Diaz, of Mexico,
to negotiate treaties of friendship, commerce
1 and navigation with England and France re
spued vely.
In the New Jersey state senate a petition
! was offei’ed asking the legislature to induce
Jersey republicans in congress to have a bill
passed making corruption of the bahot-box a
; crime similar to that of treason.
While the Congo conference is discussing in
! long and weary debates tbe proposition to
! grant the southern bank of the Congo to the
International .African association, Portugal
suddenly knock s the association into “pi” by
appropriating both banks of the river.
The inquest in London in the case of Capt
Armstrong, of the bark Wellington, who was
killed by bis crew, has developed that widle
he was a sober man be took a dose of laud
anum (forty drops), feeling ill, and shortly af
terward began shooting wildly at his crew. Id
the attempt to disarm him fatal injuries were
inflicted.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Latent Quotations oi the Stock, Pre. -noe
uiid ( attic Markets.
Niw York, Feb. 4.—Money, 1H P« r <*nt> Ex
change quiet; governments firm.
Alt. ATeireHaute. h» Morris A Essex..'. 118*4
Bur. & Quincy Missouri Pacific... 95- H
Canada raciuc.... 3\ N. Y. A. Erie 12 .
Canada Southern. N. Y Central H-y.-g
Central Pacific Northwestern
Chicago & Alton... 131 Pacific Mail
C., C., C. & 1 32 j Kock Island. 100 4
Del. <S Hudson ... 7(r>i St. Paul 78 4
Del, Lack. AVV .. 92 St. P. AZ. 8. C 2»Jy t
Illinois central 124 do preferred ....
Jersey < < -.tral.. Texas Pacific.... 12 4
Kansas & Texas.. U. Pacific 49 a
Hiicre 02/ B West. Union. . .
Louisville&. Nash.. 24 Nash. & Cnatt .... 3d
GeneraL
Cincinnati, Feb. 4 FLOUR—-Fancy, >4.150
4.50; family, $3.50 ->3.90
WIIICAT-No. 2 red, Me; No. 3,
CORN—-No. 2 mixed, 42c: No. 3,41 o; ear, 13c.
OA'lß—No. 2 mixed, 82 q.3Bc; No. 2 white, 34c.
RYE- No. 2,71 c.
BARLEY—Spring, 55®65c: fall,
PORK faniiiy, $12.25<3i12.37y a ; regular,
$12.02 j.
BACON—Shoulders, 2 : short clear sides,
7/4^<'Ltrd—Keitie— 7 *
CHEESE—Prime to choice Ohio, l(Mllc; New
York, . .'a 18c; Northwestern, . -
POULTRY -Fair chickens, prime,
S3.(XXgiB.2S; ducks, s.Lto; geese, s3.otoU>.uo per
doz.; live turkeys. 7' dresse<k Hi :911c.
HAY—No. 1 timothy, sl2. No. 2, 11.50
(£12.00; mixed. slo.UK<sll.Uo; wheat and rye straw,
$6.U0((i)7.0i; oais straw, s7.Ou(#B.d&
Naw Yoke, . ch, 4.—WHEAT—No. 1 white, 90c;
No. 8 red, Feb., M^^«9;, b c.
CORN —Mi vud western, 4 c ; futures, 48,‘i
&Id 4 c. Oai-s -Western, BOqHvc
Nicw Orleans, Feb. 4.—SUGAR-—Refining, com
mon, 4 inferior, 3yi 2 c; choice white,
te; off white choice yellow, u>.>,’ 4 c.
MOLASSE-*- Good fair, 2 ».<£32c: prime, 31 gDdo;
dioice, 44c; <• ntrtfugal prime, 25033 c; fair, 20c.
Detroit, Feb. 4.—WHEAT—No. 1 white, ott>jc;
No. 3 red, 74 a c; Michigan soft red,
Tuj.u><>. Feb. 4.—WHEAT—No. 2,78 c; No. 1
soft, BikUr<>> 4 e.
Live Stock*
Cincinnati, Feb. 4.—CATTLE—Good to choice
butchers'. $4.00 1.H5; fair, s4.teK<o.2‘>; common, $2
Stockers and feeders, $3 uU; yearlings ,
and calves, $- Aa3.50.
HOGS—Selec t d butchers, fair to
good packing, S4.KXSLM); fair to gcx»d light s4.l}
(014.ti5; common, culls, 3£63.i».
SHEEP—Common to fair, $2.50*03.25; good to
choice, $3. ’tt 25; weathers, $k >oiss. Lambs, »
Common, good $4u54.75
Chicago, Feb. 4.—HOGS—Fair to good, $1 251$
4.60; mixed Hacking, s4.3uq>l.W; choice heavy.
CATfLE- -rtc, $f1.00@5.25; good to choice
■hipring, < (JO; oominoa to fair, $4 o>qpXils|
•tockeib u
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NO. 244
jSTETTEift
•* CUEBWTEO
Si ■
V* 4■ JNA-
'" ai>
b. STOMACH (rfSC
Fitters
By ib- u** cf Ho«to t> t’b stem* eh Biff era the
h’ggared >ipe#'«jce 01 (he ronmenanoe and
H*lio»u»-aoi djgpiptca a e Rupp'aries by a
h a thl-r look, arm '» the food ■ aaalmi'ated,
the b< d i acqu re# fubattree. App't to 18 re
stored, tnd the nerv un pypt* m re re» hed
DDDe* neece 0 ember, thmutf »h* of th<«
u ri'ir'n'*, which 1* * h h’D'flo'a) t pfr«*-r« of
a rheum* i« ten<* nny, and an u*b imable pre«
\ai tative o' f ver and »g ».
F>r aaie by all Uib.gtara and Dea'eil
FlKhl PILBBII FILHBHI
Sure cure for Blind, Bieedlug and Itch
ln»j Plb'H. One box bae cured tbe worst
CHPee of 20 years’ stsndinff. No one nr-etl
snfff'i five minutes after ualnw William’s
Indian Plb’Ointment. It absorbs tumors,
allays Itoblna. acts ns poultice, Rtros In
stant relief. P:spared only for Illes.
Itclilnw' ot 'lie private parts, nofblna ' lee.
Hon. J. M.Coffenbury, of C|< vslund, says;
"I have u-ed secret* ol Pile cures, and It
affords me pleasure to say that I have
never foiind anything which irlvee cuch
Immediate and perm anent relief as Dr.
william’s Indian Pile Ointment." held by
diupalsts ai d mailed on receipt of price,
sl. Foi eale by Brannan A. Oare< n, B.
Oerter, John P. Furrier and Geo. A. Brad
ford, Columbus, Ga.
Dr. FrMler’a Itaot Bitter
Frazier’s Boot Bitters are not a dram
shop be .eraae, hut are strictly medicinal
in every sense. They sot etronaly upon
th> Llv rend Kidneve. ke,p the bowels
open and regular, make the weak strong,
beal the lungs, build up the nerves, and
cleanse I he blood and eystt m of every Im
purity. Sold bv druggists, f 1.00.
For sale by Brannon A Oarson and Jno,
I’. Turner, Columbus, Ga.
Dr. Frailer** Magic OlDtmeat
A sure cine for Little Grue? in tbeSfrln,
Hough Skin, etc. It will remove that
rotuhrees from the ba, de end lace and
make you beautiful. Price 60e. Sent by
mall. For sale bv Brannon A Carson and
John P. Turner, Columbus, Gn.
Chip. E Glover. Hermorselfo, V'xtco,
■lnly 16 1883. -ay; “I take p'earure In
-ddietsli gy<u < t <-e mote, or you have
been of great ber.efle to me. I wrote to
VI u rboti' ore Hid Ore-half V. are no,
turn Arli< n», tor Dr. Wtnb m’s Jrdlan
PI Omtnert. I received it ai d it , ur,d
me ■•nin ly. I B’lll he.d e< me O'ntliient
p map ing, with w Ich I have cmed s, ven
or eight mine. It le wonderiiil.
Saratoga High Bock Spring Water for
aelr hr al* drupgiaee. mtUVenUAw
Male AhD FEMaLE AGADIMY.
CUSSETA, UEOKCIIA.
The wo h nt thio Sci oed will begin again
JANUAHV 6 1885lflrpr Monday)
1 union $1 so S 3 SO and S 3 SO,
According to grad . Board never more
Thmi 88. Per IHontli.
MUSK! SSU. PER IHONTIJ.
LO'A.IoN IIIAt.TH 111.
W.E. AIUKPHEY,
Inniwv-enPwS Principal.
DR.JOHN NOft WOOD.
OFFICE AT
BREEDLOVE & JOHNSON’S Drug Store,
Bandolph Street.
Besldence with H. L. WOODKUFF,
Pnwford, tin ween Troop ■nd Foreittm<et
It. E. ( BIGGS,
Ptiyiician ond Surgecn.
OFfICK:
T. H. EVANN <fc CO. 8 Drujr Store.
Befeideuce, Jackson St., fcast Court House,
jsuß-Jy
w7A.TIdNEfEji7
Attorney At Law.
OBFICB IN GABBARD ItItBING
COrtJMBU% - - - GEOBGIA
Great iiergalu.
At Phillips'New bhce Store, 46 Broad et,
Columbus, Ga. Buck all mw, tine and
heap. dcleAwtf
important”
TO
Farmers, Trucksttrs and Gardeners.
——-u— -
I will furnish on board the Cars at Ucra,
Alabama, a vety
Rich Marl
IT sIX »OL.ft4 PBJil AO.V
O2MHIX I
And a Very JLow Kate of Freight
is oflend by tbe 11, bile A Girard 8.8
By analysis of the State Geologist this
MABL contains from 5 to 8 per cent, ot
Phospnate with otb r lei tinging qualities.
For c< mnostli g and broadcasiu g for
grain Oelde, orcuatds and lawn, it will be
toundl
A Valuable Stimulator.
This is not a Guano, but a UIUH Al ABL
u
Any c rders forwarded to
K. J. OUR, Agent, Flora, Ala,,
: Mobile A Girard Baiiroad. will men with
I r , n , r ,. decll-tf
NOTICE I
ZIXOHOIV MCSC OXf COtJiTY I J.rob
VI UroC, bn>band ot Hot, Brod,, <4 rail
lountj and Bute, barety give nctir. to lb*
inline of my oc' ent tt at tny end wit,. > 0 „
Brod,, ens>l t’b li d b.ooree from and titer tbl,
due • public or tree trader with all e| the
rgbtcutd privllegea undar thetnat te In ,uch
oust rnadond provided. JACOB BHObA.
, S, 1886. gudglm