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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-12-02
The Darisn Surveying Expedition.
I ---t ---H ] -.-. NEW YnnK Dec

---,. i..-a. d NEW YORK, Uec. l,
This morning the Daricn Isthmus Sur.
veying Expedition ship, the Guard, will
leave the Brooklyn Navy-yard, where
she has been fitting out, and will proceed
to Ellis Island to take on board her
powder, and will then proceed on her
trip to the Isthmus on the Pacific side.
At the ISthmus tho Saginaw has been de-
tanned for duty, while the Nipsic will COM
municate between the Guard and Pana-
ma in order to stock her provisions. The
amount taken on board is twelve months
supply for O crew Of 100 men. Only IL
marines will be taken, the remainder OF
the ships company being tirst.class sea-
men. The ship will then proceed to the
mouth Of the river, where various parties
are detailed to survey the route for the
ship's canal across the Isthmus Of Darien.
Commander Selfridge, commanding the
expedition, will sail on the Guard for
Atrato, and get things well under way
before proceeding to the Pacific side 70
inaugurate the main work Of the expedi-
ton, iOn Tuesday q telegram was sent to
Commander E. p. Zull, at his home in
Wisconsin, to Join the expedition at New
York. The following Is the list ofotticers,
seyen of whom were with her on q previ.
Gus expedition: Commodore Thomas Q.
Selfridge, commander OF expedition; Z.
P. Zull, commander Of the Guard; G. G..
Schultz, Lieutenant and executive officer,
], P. Newell, Master; and managers A.
r Candlin, J. 7. Sullivan, Alfred Elliott,
]. L. Hawley; Master Frank Bissell, pass
cd Assistant Paymaster, E. n. Stein, Asst.
Surgeon, passed acting Asst. Surgeon, K.
j. Peck, 6. P. Kunbardt, ]. ]. Hunker, G..
G. salter; ]. n. Buel, Midshipman Will
Berry, Pay Clerk, j. w. Simons, Boats
vain. The civilians comprise tho follow
ing names: A. D. Beach, Asst Surveyor,
Dr.. j. A. Maaik, Of Cambridge University,
geologist, James Bones, Civil Engineer,
+. B. Lake, Jr., astronomer, 4. Soblep,
draughtsman, A. Lesley Dural, Asst. Eng,
John Word N, photographer, and also
Others. The Guard also takes a steam
launch and three hatboats, fifteen feet
long for ascending shallow rivers, which
arc fitted with wheels, and can be used on
terra firmA. -ro,l, rr.lr ..1l aa.l
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Cincinnati MARKET.
oNCNNATI, December /.


CorroN-Dull; mlddllng at 15c.
FLouR-UnchAnged; family at IS 4065 @.
GRAM-Wheat unchanged; old winter At llC9
i6c, Corn Steady Ot 5I669c. Rye hrm at SSln
SC Oats Grm and advanced; No. 2 at 4604sc;
choice white 81 80. Barley steady at 81 COOL 10;
: GRoCERIEs-COfEce in good demand At fall
prices; chOIce lsH62ie. Sugar steady; New Or
leans iO9i2Xc. MolAsses scarce and firm: New
0nS"LI1seCd oil quletat SOC. Lard oil steady
at 81 1901 y.
EGOs-Dull and prices declined at2169Sc.
BuTTER-Dull aud decllTcd; heAVe receipts
have depressed the MARKET prime TO choice At
26830c; choice steady aud unchanged.
SERDB-ClOVcr seed In good demand at OK @t0c,
shIppinE demand tirm 70 Europe. Timothy seed
unchanged at 6A65XC, Flax seed unchanged.
PRovIsIONs-P0rk quiet At $l9. Lard hFm;
steam ike; kettle, 19Ac asked. Bulk meats
dnll and unchanged; no demand. Hams at 100
lOHc latter for lIghS asking HC higher for ahoul'
Hcos-In good demand at fIll prices; all sold
At 60 4068 s..
THBKr-Dull and prices dropping at s23ss.
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GENERAL EUROPEAN NEWS.
Passengers of the Steamer Union
=. Saved. MN
LONDON. December /.

Passengers of the steamer Union
LONDON, December !.
All the passengers of the Bremen
steamship Union, which recently went
ashore off the coast Of Scotland, have
been safely landed. ...tr" ...1.
An Immediate Convention of the
Powers Wanted. al
The ministry are urging the immediate
calling OF a convention to settle the, Rus
sian question, and that itslall also arrange
and adopt peace policy for Prussia and
France. s
Condition Of the French Gable.
New YORK, Dec. l,
+. The French cable still works fairly
westward, but to this time nothing has
been received confirming therepOrt Of the
capitulation of Paris, which is undoubted-
" without foundation. big. lrr
Marine Cable Broken. tgr
bfn., ass '''' LONDON, Dec. l..
The Falmouth, England) Gibralter and
Malta Cable is broken somewhere be-
tween Lisbon and Glbrdlter. Messages
for India and the East are now sent over
land to the Mediterranean coast, and
per cable to Malta, and to Egypt down
the Red Sea and across the Indian
Ocean.
Suez Canal to Pass Into English
t.tI- i#H" Hands. ..,.,'-..
TnNOoN noCnn,haP
The Suez Canal is to pass into English
hands. The Duke Of Sutherland will
probably be chairman Of the company.
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ions, twill be done outside of them.
Competency will not always consent to
be ruled by incompetency. 1t is not in
the nature of things that any class OF
men should. in this age, permit them;
selves to be chained down % the rock oi
non:progression for thevultnres Of vicious
stolidity to prey upon their vitals. The
whole system ofapprenticeship will have
10 be reconsidered and revised. Instead
o! excluding any one who has the desire
and requisite capacity, tho door must be
thrown wide open; and, il need beschools
must be established for instruction, and
perfection, and improvement, IN the sev-
eral trades. Only those whom GoD has
denied the ability to succeed must be ex-
CIuded from any occupation. u,
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7.f qasll4oau 9lIza0h lAaIaT aG9ZaeLIGrM 9ldAGHH

left rear is composed of, the 21st corps.
The whole Of these forces were well con.
centrated during the recent fighting, and
inflicted greater loss than they suffered.
EntrenChed Camps to be formed.
The Government has ordered the i'm
mediate construction Of eleven entrenched
camps, as iollows: at&Se 0mer, Cher-
bouFg, La Rachella and Pas Des Zaveirer,
for $4,000 men; at Cavelie, Neyars, Bor-
deaux, Clermont, Firnand, TOulOise,
Montpelier and Lyons, for 10000 men
each. In these entrenched camps all new
levIes, including the Garde Mobiles and
Eranc.tireurs, will be gathered imme'
diatelY, t8'
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In Marion county Mr.. JOSEPH B. NAY
Republican), and JAMES MoRRow'
DemocraO, received at the last election
an equal number Of votes for a seat IN the
House of Delegates. Mr.. NAY recogniz-
ing the certainty that the House would
give the seat 10 Mr.. Morrow, and having
received notice of contest from him,
declines the contest, and yields his own
claim to tho seat in favor Of his COM
petitor. "a #
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Accident on the Hudson & Delaware
rE.f.' Railroad. ~

The first Atlantic express train on the
Delaware & Hudson Railroad, that passed
this city about 2 o'clock this morning
ran of the track at Swinston, 6 miles be-
low here. No lives lost, nor any person
severely injured. Tho engine and ex
press cars were thrown from the track and
damaged. The second Atlantic & Chica'
90 express trains were delayed some time
The accident was caused by the switch
man being asleep and leaving the switch
placed wrong. All trains are running
regular again. - ------
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Fatal Result of an III Timed Prank
aI CT CHICAGO, December /.

At Monmouth, Illinois, this morning
while an omnibus was at the depot of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad
containing three young ladies, an en-
ploye on the train, which had arrived q
lew moments before, out Of pure deviltry
blew the locomotive whistle, Tho horses
at once started on run. The young ladies
Jumped from the omnibus, but one ol
them In doing so, was fatally injured. The
people OF Monmouth, are highly indignant
at the conduct Of the man, and there arc
threats orlynching him. --.-r
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-12-02

ONE night last week, says the West
Hryinian, some inhuman wretch went to
pasture near Fairmont, caught young
horse belonging to ZED. JOLLIFF, and killed
the animal by cutting its throat. That
wretch will never get his dues till he
stretches hemp
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-12-02

A NoN.SrRIKER REwARDED.-The
Fall River (NIass.) NctrS says that David
A. Brayton, Treasurer Of tho Durfee Mill,
has presenteda cottage house and lot. at
the head Of Locust street, 10 Mr.. Isaiah
Sanderson, one of the mule spinners EN-.
pIoyed in that mill, who refused to join in
the strike Inst summer, and was beaten
therefor by a crowd Of the rioters,g.
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The Broken Ca bles--AnOther Steams
gar a er Dispatched.
HEARrls CoNTENT, De-. /

A steamer will be dispatched from this
point at once in search Of the steamer
Robert Lowe, now engaged in repairing
the cables. The latter steamer was sent
out to repair the Atlantic cable Of 1866
and the steamer which is to follow will
carry tho information that the cable oi
1865 has suddenly ceased working and as.
certain If the interruption was not caused
blythe Lowe graphing the wrong cable.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-12-02
SAN FRANCISCO.
: SAN FRANCISCO, Dec

The celebrated libel suit Of Or. White
against Rev. DR.. Cox for $50 900 damages,
tor alleged libel contained in charges pre-
fcrred by the latter as pastor against
plaintiff, and one for which he was dis
missed from the Methodist Episcopal
Church. resulted in agyerdict for the
plaintiff. s 90 b'.a.s =
Joseph Dion, Of New York, now in
this city, has sent q challenge to a. Ran
dolphe, holder of the diamond cue, to play
three games Of billiards in San Fran
cisco f6rone thousand dollars for each
game. ~ ID No, --l.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-12-02
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD INTEREST
QUESTION. ~

+ The question whether the Treasury De-
partment can reserve for interest due
from railroads to which subsidies Of land
have been granted. the entire amount
payable for transportation, has been sub
mittcd by the Secretary Of the Treasury
to the Attorney General Tho payment
of the railroad for such service will be de-
layed at tho Treasury. A general order
from the War Department says that $50
will hereafter be charged against every
enlisted man who shall lose by careless
ness, or dispose Of, breech.loading mus
ket, Of Sharpe or Remington pattern.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-12-02

AN enthusiastic young politician, while
working ut the polls in Fordham, n. Y,
on election day, suddenly remembered
that he was to be married on that day.
lie forthwith procured his aftlanced,
went 70 u Clergyman 5 house and had the
ottied, and, then returned to the polls,
where he worked till they closed. With
him it was duty before pleasure.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-12-02
New Yo1k Molne!yg. and s.0ek !il.. MARRIED.

NHW IVRNt UvVuHUUF Z
The cable news to-day, both in regard to the
war and foreign markets, has considerably ro
stricted tho operations In gold, which, however
ll0K. Loans to 8 per cent, Borrowing to
per cont currency. ClcaraucCs $1,000, 900. Gov
ernment bonds Inactive to-day, and generally u
shade lower. Money easy at f05 per cent; ad'
vance In rate to6 per cent yesterday afternoon
was entirely artificial; North western speculation
was rather quiet this morning. Tho Western
Union was the fATorite. Miscellaneous shAreSad,
Vanced from 491t043E. State bonds neglected.
BTK1Lnta EXCnAN6E-B Bankers bills lG6k,
Shipments Of specie to-day $2OaOOO ~
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Philadelphia Market.

.r.. .-Ig,,..f PHILADELPHIA, December ].
FLoUR-Dull; extra family IS SOG8 80; Ohio
and Indiana SBO7 2S. il ifLL
-Wheat-Dc good; Indiana red
81 4IoI, ~; Ohio 81 aS1I $S. Rye CSC. Corn
dull aud unchanged. Oats HGD56c for State;
western 66G166c. .... r.s..lsr.. i,
I Provisions Concessions would have to
be made to sell; mess at $S2 60023 00 Lard 13Hc.
0ILs-Pctroleum-Crud I6Kc; refined &c. F
WHIsKY-DemAnd fair At SOC.
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Fire at New Orleans.
NEw OR1EANg, pecember /.

An extensive conhagration occurred
here this morning. The Varieties Thea
ire, John Hawkins store room, schilleTs
coffee house and stable were destroyed
ba fire. It originated in the property
room ofthetheatre. The adjoining build
inCs were damaged. Two flremeD are re.
ported TO be under the fallen walls Loss
$95O,OOO. Insured 100000 in local COM
panies.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-12-02

3 A COMPARISON of the annual reports Of
the public schools in Ohio shows that the
percentage Of attendance at the public
schools in Springfield is greater than any
other city iu the, State, according to popu'
lation. There arc sixhundred more cllill-
dren inattGhdance tlian during auypte.
viOus year.
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CHICAGO, December !.
FLoun-FIrmcr. '5.'"
.GRAIN-Wheat advanced 810sfc; sales at
81 0HS1 05H. Corn dull, and declined &c;
sales at sic forNo.'2 mixed. Oats hrm at AC
higher. closing at 3SKc for No.2. Rye 1rm at
6sXc for No. !. Barley; spring No. un'
changed. v-r uS 70 f10.-I ~ IS .a
HoGs-Drcsscd quiet and firm at 70T1<, dIHid.
ing on 800 lbs; live were sold at IS 60
CATTLE-UnchAnged r rI ....,. t.t
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New York Produce Market.
y WAsHENGroN, Dec.

f s...- NEW YORK, December /.
CoTToN-In fair demand at lower rates; mid
ding uplands l6c.
GRAIN-WhCAt-Dcmaud active and advanced
1c; new 81 IS; red amber & 1901 Is. Rye IN.
changed. Oats arm at GI@62c for western and
Ohio. Corn-No. mixed 75079c; old 7S06Sc.
PRoyIsIoNs- Pork and lard unchanged. ,dJ
EaOB-UnchRnged. ....t....
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-12-02

WILLIAM GnAz1ER's children, in. Bre.
mcr county, Iowa, :nade a playhouse be.
tween two Of his hay stacks. In order
to make tear they needed o fire, and
made big one-out Of fifty tons ofhay
and a large barn near by. One of the
children just escaped with Its life. i
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-aaarElM lAlasa.
EsrnLATEs roR TnE cuRRENr YEAR.

The total estimates for the year ending
June 30, 1871 are $99e, SIC, ,739; amount ap-
propriSted, $272, sos, ,3S7' The total esd-
mates for the year ending June 30, 1879,
as prepared by Secretary Boutwell,, and
which will be submitted to Congress, are
$3.50, ,272 1886. The estimates are exclu-
stve Of all unexpended balances, which
amounted on the Both Of June last to $685.
5000, and which arc rendered unCredit-
able by the filth section of the act Of July
12, 1870 Had these balances remained
available the present estimates would pro-
badly have been between $40 and $780,
100000 below the present figures.
The Treasury Department now prints
II 900 copies Of the public debt state
lnent in German and 1000 In English.
Bankers and brokers at home and abroad
are supplied with copies Of the debt state
ment. The statement has heretofore been
telegraphed TO Europe, but the present
interruption of the Atlantic cables has
temporarily intcrlered with the arrange
rnnnk e..
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Tho PersOnal Rights Of Chlldren.
CHICAGO, December 1

The Supreme Court Of this State, has
just decided that there Is no power to
confne child in reform school, unless
it has been convicted Of crime. This de-
cision will release large number of chill
dren from our reform schools. .d.-3 81
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baltimore Market.
BALTIMORE, December I

E1NEEEIVEtEl1 33uNV14EUVt II
FLoUR-Quiet: family western SO 6G07 %. ~
GRAN-Whcat; demand good at full prices;
l white steady; yellow dull ut 7167sc. Oats
steady at 6l153c. Rye quiet at 16680c,
3 PROVISIONS pork S99 90. Bacon; clear
rib sides lT4l7Hc; hams 2Oc. Lard unchanged,
WMsKT-Stcady at 90c. -oa E4
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-12-02

Albert P. Decker has been nominated
by the lst Pa. Dist. Democrat Convention
for Senator, to fill the vacancy caused by
the death OF Mr.. Watts. The election is
to take place on the Goth. sa.. +.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-12-02

Jim Davis, the notorious can-canist,
of Cincinnati was sentenced to thirty days
in the workhouse yesterday, by Judge
Straube,
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Decision Reversed.


"T-T- Z \ 4NUIHN"E VI440I AR'N'l @SN' ~
The Supreme Court to-day rendered a
decision in tho case Of NRvey s. Glen, con
Victed for the murder Of his wife, revers.
ing the decision Of the criminal court, and
ordered q new trial. Glen has been In
the penitentiary over year. alr
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-12-02
New YORK Dry Goods Market.

NEW York, Deccmberi.
The market, as usual at this season, ls devoid
Of spirit. But little activity Is looked for before
tho middle of January. ati fHs f
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THE CELEBRATED i: H'E.+
@ 4. II 81 i. M p .
STOMACH BITTERS!
Take None but those Manu-
featured in st. Louis.
Endorsed by more Leading Ply
sicians than any other Bitters
ta. ever offered to the Public
r.a as o Tonic, Stimulant
f ID and stomachic. .ra
Every ryFamiIyshOuId have aBOttIs.
Every Family have a Bottle.

We have in our possession hundreds Of the
most hattering testimonials lrom PhySlclAns Of
the highest standing, both Of the Alapathy and
Homeopathy schools, who endorse and prescribe
tho Home Stomach Blttels as O. recuperant,
stOmachlC and tonic, and all agree that they arc
the best remedy known In cases Of Indigestion,
Dyspepsia aud General Debility They area GER
tain preventative Of Fever and Aguc, billlou"ness
and all diseases arising from mnlAriouS causes.
They are not only DELIGHTFUL TO TIE TATsR, but
beneficial 70 the click, the conValetcent and tho
well, imparEing strength to both mind and body.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-12-02

Judge Drummond, Of the United
States District Court, has appointed Hon.
Geo. II. Chapman, Of Indianapolis, re-
ceivcr of The L. N. A. s. c. r.. Rm,ioml
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a Severe Prussian Reverse.
Contempt for the French Army Of
the North.

- 9 III = : BRUSSELS, DEC. I.
The Independence Beige of today, re-
ferring to the orderly retreat of the French
army Of the North towards Arras, says it
will doubtless. occuI y the great qpadlAte-
raj Of ;forttesses Of the North, which is
improbable. ~ " ItSACJl1As' ~
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NEW CROP NEW ORLEANS SU-
IN CARA few hogsheads arriving; also,
Porto Rico and Refined SugArs, on hands and toI
eSleby PAXTON & OGLBBAI.
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After the recent battle, the army of the
Loire retreated in o disorderly manner
towards the north, leaving fOut guns in
their abandoned entertainments. The re-
treat continues. The greater part Of the
French army is completely routed. Prls
oners increase hourly. The German loss
is less than at first reported. 1t will not
reach 10000, gfsg1E.rs. nj /.
French Army of5the North Return
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-11-17
The State Fair.

The second annual exhibition of the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical Society of South Car
DINA, which recently met in Columbia, we are
informed was quite success, and everything
connected with it gave promise of increased
prosperity. While the premiums awarded will
be unsatisfactory to some, We, have no doubt
taat tie great mSority of the contributors will
be-satislied, and that their energies for the fu-
,Ige Yill te ilcreased.
gasae oliica! report of premiums awarded,
we..ot:ce the following from Anderson county I:
Best Butter: Mrs. T. H. Russell-S5.00
trw:& ,ada Of Jelly: Mrs. j. W. Harrison
:a..1.5s.-... So
Wsue, Counterpart Mrs. E. H. Whit
ner- 500.
Needle Work: Mrs. E. T. Glover-silver.
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THE MARKETS..
DIED, in this county, on the soth Of September Msd
JOHN NJ. THOMPSON, after short nlnesa IN the katk


The deceased a native of Anderson District a C.
where he resided until 1843 when be moved to
thence Carroll county, Mississippi where he engaged h
the business Of planting Here he reared large famfIy
of children and surrounded himself with all the Comforts
of wealth and prosperity But the rich lands Of Arkansas
which were then coming into favorable notice. attracted
his attention In 1855 and he sold his plantation I'm o
county, and moved to this county, In the Fall Of that ye
settling in Spring Creek -ToH Hnship. ---,--..
Unfortunately ne selected extremely low lands which
proved unhealthy in consequences Of which, his
family and the trials incident to opening plantation In
the heaIt Of an almost wilderness country subjected him.
for the hrst few years to great hardps, His patient
dustry however, finally overcame the numerous obstacles
he had 70 rlcouhter but the time he began to en-
JOY the fruits Of his lifelong labor disease made inroads
upnn his family fold and 10 the period Of his DEATH he
had buried his beloved wife, and six Of eleven children
Two Of his sansDr James Thompson and Ben
both young men Of fine education and promising talents
died IN the Confederate service These actiye sff6ke1ck
Providence sunk deep into his mind and kaddene him to-
the day Of his death For the past few yeaxs Il NAV he
said. affection had marred his e there was not The
brightness the checrulnes the energy nor the enerbrfss
which characterized his earlier days ~ 1',zi
In his walk through life it be emphacaily said OF
Maj Thompson, he was upright, generous and true No
husband or parent more beloved no neighbor
was kinder no citizen among esteemed for ret-
tude of conduct For many years he member Of tho
hope of higher and better life in the reans o6 eternity
He was buried by the Mariana Chapter of Royal Arch
Mas0ns, of which he exemplary companion Five
children two grandchildren and large circle of kindred
in SOhth Carolina and Alabama survive to mourn his sa
May they find consolation in the good life he lived and
emulate the precious heritage of his good nameHa1aa
Arkdnsqs Monitor. : -