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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-06-21
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A convention of representatives of nj,
me narrow-gauge railroad companiea in
the Cnlted States will assemble at St. Lou.s
on the 18th Of June. 1t is said that this
aSsehoiaSe VIII be composed Of some OF
the most eminent civil engineers and rail.
road builders in the United St.tes "a
that there will probably be a thorough dis-
cuSslon OF the respective merits or the
narrow and the broad gauge railway sys.
tenn, oil the difference in the cost of con-
structlon, operating and keeping them in
repair, the freight tcapacity of the new
system, and its safety and accommodatio1,
Tor passenger traffic, and what general plan
ought to be adopted in its construction and
management to render 1t successful. All
tions. f
The narrow-gausr prineiule il ma. ,s
generally assumed. Of recent origin. Rods
~ 233 inch ana 80 inch gauge hay Le4n
III op ration with success, 10th in ,.ttrlat,d
ana on The continent, for ulaiy years.
"nle the anthraclte mOunilii.s Df l.-.g.-
9ylVanla have been travrrsad }.v narrow
5uagc roads, three feet TO- r-cr,,
tran thirty years Ana these IA.
foauS are Increasing ia ltrpu!arfy.--
In Michigan, Massachusetts. I.Lyd, lgf:.1l.
~ atsas. Colorado, Kcntlckl. I,qi,!et l.
wanna and Mary and narfoy mace ra;lro7,J
some of these States roatis aic rru "a Ak
ave operation. ii is tirt. nat wi. f,,..
exception, the Denver ard ~ Grand 90
road, the projected lines are saori oaes. ard
t tnat they are deemed better a. autf,d for
places that are AOt thickly sotliea E,. II
they possess the advan'a-.s o1rfrl.rd 1,r
Them there is hO reason why ,llev gl:or.if
not be equally succes ssfuI H. th. .,opnle.rs
states. hese advantages rest apoi the
7eneral principle that, with s4fiici IT giG.i,
o1 track for safety and speed, all f;l-1J1cr
inceease of width renders imperative an
Increase in the weight Of engintes Ind cars
IN greater proportion than il H. creases ca
pacity. or IN other words, iLc ssdead weight
OF train increases with The witItl, of the
track The friends Of the ia.ro,y c,r,are
system assert that their roads csr, h.. Ia, iit
! and equipped at a cost not exceeding one
half that Of the broad guage; that tiey earn
as much money per mile as the Latter; that
they are equally rapid in transportation
and far more secure. The st. Louis and
CAIRO railroad has a marrow guage. The
estimated cost Of its construction with a
broad guage was 81 4,240 900; as at present
| constructed its cost was $500, 900. '-
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-06-21
senator HANSON, and Governor Vance.

We publish elsewhere the official pro
ceedings in the United States Senate upon
the bill removing the political disabilities
Of Ex-Governor VANCE. The course of
:he debate and the result are extremely
complimentary TO the distinguished Sena
tor who clamponed the bill, an! the no
less distinguished Sentleman for whose
benefit it was introduced.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-06-21

Hair manure is what a young LADY
inquired for in one of the Reokuk drlp.
stores last week when she wanted bottle
OF hair renewer. .I.I- : > -,
Where once the prairie was traekles.
save Tor the Indian trail, &c now bears
tracks OF Trail which shows what . diS-
terence little dash may make. -,s- !
A lawyer and q constable entering ear
on the Savannah aud Charleston railroad
one DAY last week, a man in the car hasti-
~ rose and leaped from the train, whief,
was going over trestle bridge st the rSa4,
OF twenty > lies an hour. The officer wae
not in pu III of him. ..... ,f,o.f v...
A YAM doctor has eontriyets n .~s-
tract from saIISages powerful tonic. Whicl
he says contains the whole strength Of IT,
original bark. He calls It the sulphste ar
canine. ....I ~ .r7I - z .
The "Bug Eaters is the name Of \
Western base bs1 club. - - :
Four-ffths Of the widowos In Csnads -
main widows not less than thirty rnsnx
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sttII Crushing the rebellion.

On the day OF the nomination at Phila-
1elphia Mrs. Grant received the following
dispatch
Mrs. President Grant My warInest
congratulations on the Generals euthusi-
astic nomination for second term. May
God bless him, and preserve his valuable
life till every vestige of rebellion is crushed
out. GEORGE II. STEWART.
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MI.NT SINE pie.

The session had in the meantime been
further extended until 3 O'clock, and the
time had to be occupied III some way or
other; and rs there were dozrn schemes
in readiness to take money from the Treas.
tIy, it was deemed safest to take Il recess
until Il quarter past eight O'Clock.
Upon rcassemUling afew bills we're pass
ed provision was made for retaining
House employees on the rolls during the re-
cess the usual thanks were voted to the
Speaker, and at nine O'Clock, amid the ap-
plause Of crowded galleries, the House adj
iourucd until December next
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-06-21

Of the han. all the while protesting that her
election was an insult which would be le-
carnf.,I L.
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AGREED To.

It lIaIf-p2st two O'Clock the House was
again called TO order, aud the committee of
conference reported that they had been
unable to agree. The bill was ordered TO
another conference. with the same confer
ees, and at about five o'clock they agreed
to report by modifying the enforcement
act amendment 10 suCh an extent
a5 TO make il the mere skeleton Of what
it was "lien originally put in the bill
in the Scnatc. The Democratic cou-
ferees declined 70 sign the report !;
but at the same time agreed that they
would make no flu tAeT facti0tIs opposition.
This proposition was generally accepted by
the Democrats Of both the Senate and
House, although about - in the latter
branch were disposed 10 keep up the fight.
Messrs. Beck, Kerr, Nib&ck, Brooks, and
other Democratic leaders deemed it best,
however, as The amendment had been
sLorn Gifts worst features, to content them
selves with recording their votes against it
rather than To keep up the fight. If the
Republican majority chose to adopt the
principle ot Federal interference i'll cleo
tiouS, upon them would rest the response
bility. The report Eas therefore adopted
by Z strict party vote.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-06-21

\ wise fellow, and which is more, an officer;
and which Is more, a householder; and which
i, Inorc as pretty a piece OF flesh any i'll Mes
,ina and one that knows the law, go to; and
81 rich fellow enough, go to and a Iellow that
l.qth had Losses. and one that hath two gowns.
and everything handsome about him R"ch
a., tb0pf NOtRf1T.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-06-21

After the appropriation bill had been re-
committed, and the time Of adjournment
had been extended, the House took a ie-
cess from half past twelve until half-past
two. A number of members remained in
the hall, and a number ofvisitors We're also
on the foo~, when Mrs. DIR. Walker, az
rayed in all the glory OF Dolly Warden
short coat and pants, entered the hall, and
ascending the steps to the Clerks desk,
assumed position near Mr.. James W.
CLAYTON, and proceeded to harangrle those
present on the subject of the bill making
appropriation for nurses who served during
the war. AS she could scarcely see over
the top ofthe reading Clerks desk, she
mounted a chair, and throwing off her hat,
commenced a speech in earnest. An 9TH
Ger of the House informed her that she
could not make speech there, when she
assembled to the Speakers chair, whence
she was finally dislodged by order of Mr..
Buxton, the Doorleeper, and marched ont
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L THE WOMEN Of THE LAND,

4. a. ALL THE WOMEN Of THE, LAND,
who had sent her there 10 plead their cause.
Mrs. Walker stated that she had the per-
mission Ct some of the members to make
a ten-minute speech, and she could not
underst and how the doorkecpers could ex-
clude her when she supposed that the Con-
gressmen controlled the House. The i'll
cident created 10 little amusement for
those who witnessed il.
THE CONFERENCE REPORT FINALLY
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that the obnoxious amendment was to b
Withdrawn. lie simply gave 4 history {
the legislation, and beat all about tn
question without once coming to denif
CT the fact that he had left upon the Den
ocrats ali impression that lie was oppose
to the amendment Of which they CON
planned.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-09-26

II is remarkable fact that Germany is
not recovering from the effects Of the late
war as rapidly as France. Her taxat ion
is, of course, somewhat lower; and her
treasury is filed to oyerllowing with the
tribute money of her victim. Neverthe-
less, the prices of all commodities are
steadily rising. Rents have increased
enormously. in Berlin, this increase has
driven thousands of families from their
homes. They are camping out IN and
around the city. Prussia is more nation
If soldiers than ever before. The WEI
showed the superiority of her system, and
it Is Icing mercilessly enforced. To es-
cape milhory service and heavy taxation
and wan, thousands OF men are emigra
ting to America. The Imperial Govern-
ment has just issued circular, threaten
ing to classify emigrants as outlaws, and
maintain rigid surveillance over them.
THIS is said to have had no app~cclabl
effect in checking tue exodus. 1t is idle
fer any European power to punish its sub
.ieets after they become Aunerie an sitizens.
IF this is what the circular meahs, it be-
comes absurd We took Martin KoSzta
from Austria. There will be no more
lIouaul and pereda cases, no mcre truck
lang to Sphin, or any ether power, when
the present Administration has run its
course. s.r.H
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. Stevenson. IN Osl.--.aIss .yrifts murderer,
has rec vered susficientiy to warrant his
removal to the county JAIL "s
Thomas Farrcllwas struck by a train
and seToroiy injured, at Oshkosh. on Fri
day.
The last regatta Of the season of the
Madison Yacht Club took place on Sat
urday afternoon. TIE boats came in as
follows: Pocaiicntas, Lady Of the Lake,
ld!cr, Phantom, Maid, Jessie, N.r;ou.
Mil men at Fond du Lac ffd it difficult
70 find mca enough to run their mills.
P. n. Bovcc writes US from Eeglc that
he recently pluckel AZ random from field
Of three acres Of corn, four cars which
weighed four pounds AMI twelve ounces.
The Whole field he pronoauces equally
good.
At Weodman, Wis, on the Milwaukee
ana Prairie du Chen road, broken
switch threw the engine AMI car loaded
with wheat from the track, smashing the
engine badly, and rendering the grain
worthless. No enc was hurt.
A mason tanned Dyer fell from new
building in Green Bag, on Friday anl sus-
taincl serious injuries.
August Pott, Of tbs Sheboysan Zeituug,
IS dead.
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JEFF DAVIS.
HEow lEca-y vTIIson Gns The s:ar& "a
FFor.scc Grcciey-s:-eciey bHi.rd seq
bat g siSGn Wanted to Ect Slim ga
without isais.


Prom the Cor -res iona! q obe, A.rc p, 1851
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Mr. Wilson, submit the following
resolution, aud ask that it b, laid upon the
Fable and printed
IA c,nearren5 resolution respecting
jefferson Davis.
"WHERE.s, Jefferson DAVIS, citizen Of
the state Of Mississippi, was captured by a
military force IN the service Of the United
States on the llth day Of May, 1855, and
has since been held in confinement as "a
prisoner of war, AM a prisoner of State
in Fortress Monroe, Virginia: and, where
as, the sail Jefferson Davis stands charged
on the highest authority with the hcinoaS
crime of conspiracy to murder the late
President Of the United States, Abraham
Linco!E, AMI Is also inflicted for treason;
and whereas, the sail Jefferson Davis has
persisteutiy declared MS innocence of
the offenses charged against him, and
through his legal advisers, By all means
known to the law, has sought and demand
ed a speedy and public trial by due process
of law, before a CIV ! tribunal c? competent
jurisdiction: therefore
Rss5irsd, BY the Senate, (the House of
Representatives cantlrgicr,l That the
longer confinement Of tic sail Jefferson
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During the last week, cur city las b>en
very much exercised hy tie mysterious
disappearance Of Hubert H. Mills, young
est son Of our esteemed pioneer citizen,
simeon Mills, long President of the bank
Of Madison. Tire were differences Of
opinion a to what had become OF tie
young man, some believing thai he was
drowned, others. that lie has gone SOM
where unlnown to his friends; and the
greatest distress aud anxiety were fclt bv
those Immediately interested, in which the
whole commanit shared. .-.. .ssa
ltappeared that on I thursday, the l2tb,
Mr.. Mills spent part of the evening, in
company with other youug friends, with a
Young lady, to whom he had formerly been
engaged, the engagement BY mutual CON
sent having been broken or some sixweeks
before; and on Friday evening, made her
short call remarkin5 whea he left that
She would probably hear Of him the next
day through til, newspapers. About an
hour after, about 9 o'clock p. H.. boat,to
which lie kept the key, was found BIZ a bbv,
aaoatcn the lake, which w quite smooth
with no signs Of an accident having occur
red to the boat Mr.. Mills family did not
however know this till the next forenoon
when, he no. having been at home at isht
nor made his appearance at tbs Bunk Of
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-09-26
To tisIten tls hair in 'thc sc4'P AMI keep
it from falling OF use Halls Fegeta be
! Siciliaa Hair Icrewef -E ...-


Whie the steamer Manitnwoc was wind
ing areini yesterday morning outside of
the habor piers, William Soule, a youth
Of eighcen years, was upon the hurricane
deck, ind, In an effort to get the win hing
iron annni to the stern ef the steamer, fell
into tlr lake; but, striking out boldly he
swan 10 the north harbor pier, climbed Up
and cane ashore in gallant style. a little
wet, bat seemingly not disguised with life
and its realities.
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The arrest Of ~ Edmond About, the
brilliant, French journalist and novel;
by th4 German authorities, has been once
OF twice referred TO IN the cable DISPATCHES,
and competed with some indefinite rumors
about trouble growing out of this new
complication. The Government of France,
however, viii hardly ospouse the cans9 of
About, without violating the COOL faith it
has promised to observe by treaty com
pact. About is an Alsafian, aud most Of
bis works appertain to the social condition
Of his native province As journalist,
he has always written Violently arainst
any aegmieSeence in the cession Of Alsace
to Germany, and lately he went ttithcr
WITH ;he avowcd purpose of discovering
bow far it had become Grrmanized. In
the large cities, demonstrations were made
in his honor. lie appeared. mt several
meetings, and addressed large au licences in
OPP osltion to German rule. His course
Al last become 50 violent that lis arrest
was or Tered. a. The French Government,
since the conclusion of peace, has seemed
70 be strangely Indifferent rs TO the inter
ests of its literary men, and has banishcI
one Of the most eminent Of them, VI. Rec
las, for offences much less serious than
those for which the German authorities
have arrested NJ 4 bOut * - not rrohalI 40
that any scrious trouble will grow out of
this Gatfair. The German Government
viii nnlpubtclly give u. Abo2t warning
that his services are no longer needed in
A'sace, an. then release him, although his
offences may have been in direct violation
of the treaty between the two countries.
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ncatb sgr,f.,a..,et Cr.,,,,.r. r,a.

This morning on obituary notices con-
yey the sad inlc!ii-ence of the death of
Eliphalet Cramgr, Esq an old AMI res
pected citizen Of Milwaukee. Ia his Tina
be was an active AMI enterprising Business
man, and lent his voiee and means to the
advancement Of the interests Of the city.
He maintained his position as m ac:iye
baSiness rnau until two years as1, when
failing health obliged him to place himself
under leading physicians in the East.
Until now his o!3-tinc friends We're hope
ful taat he wolH again appear among
them, but this has been denied them, and
INSTEAD Of tie senerll gr citing and hearty
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A GENTLEMAN who has Just reached
this city from San Francisco .reports that
the grain crop Of the Pacific SLOPE is some
thing unprecedented, even for that land of
thousand fold returns. The Central Pa
elf; passes through one field, in the Liver
more Valley, which covers CS,oOQ acres,
and has yielded forty bushels Of \ No. |
Hbeat to the acre. The estimated wheat
crop of the Livcrmore and San Joaquin
Valleys is between twelve and fifteen mil
lion Bushels. This has all been gathered
and baGscd. i lies in heaps along the
railroad, awaiting tran spUrtatinn.
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Late Rows ~ farisf.

jacob Tuley stabbed and mortaily wound
ell John Wilson, at Fort .lyagne, Ind,
Friday night .5aa ".-
y c9lored man named Isaiah, was hung
By yigIlagtos GA the road between Blo0m-
ington and Mitchell, Ind. lie was suspected
Of horse stealing. ..s.,t .....a
Albtrt brisbane, for whose system Of
pneumatic tubes Congress appropriated
$4,000 to erect a line between the Cdritol
and the government printing oGice, has
arrived, All has made arrangements to
procce! with It's construction at once
Cornelius Driscoli died in Philadelphia,
on Saturday, as is alleged, from the effects
Of blow in prize fight with Howard
Pnce. The principal and seconds in the
fight have been arrested.
Premature explosion at the west end of
the Iloosac tunnel on Saturday killed a
man namcl Peter Stone, seriously injured
John Smith, AMI Slightly injured txo other
worhmcn
Chicago halronr staJJing 'G'rays on
Sunday, one Of which may prove fatal.
James francis was shot and as is supposed,
fatally injured, near the corner Of Blake
street and Indiana avenue, indianapolis,
Saturday night, by Albert Oberman. 1t
appeared HAT Obernan had been improper
i intimate with the wife Of Francs.
Charles r Henderson was arrested Sa-
tu-day night, hy the police authorities of
Baltimore, c,.argcl with the murder Of
De- Ncrriman cole on the night Of january
s, 1872. HENDERSON was tenalt Of DR..
Cole up 10 within a few days Of the murder.
1t IS stated that there IS evidence very
strong against hin.
\ furious winl-storm passed. oyer
Jacks sayiIlc, Illinois, sunday afternoon,
Elias Keemcr carriaso msaafactcry,-
pro-trafinS slale t.ce, blowing down
chimmies, AMI doing other Gamase. The
storm was o; short duration, but was
terrific while i prevailed ....
The five mile scaling match between
Ellis ward anI John Bislin, nj Nyack, OH
the Hudson, was won by Bislin, who came
ia three lengths ahead.
Joseph Or,li,h, Of California, was robbed
IN n train Of tie Pan Handle Railroad off,
pockGt-hopk containing Sl0OG1 in TreaSu-
ry note. He discovered his loss at New
ard, Ohio, and thinks that he was robbed
1T Pittsburgh.
Jesse Pomeroy, fourteen years Of age,
living with bis mother in South Boston, is
nn3cr arrest foa' dccuying boys OF Eve or ten
years to out oC the-way places, stripping
HON naked, %aEging aud tying them ah,
beating m,t otherwise malrrratiug them.
In many cases he cut small holes under
his victims eyes, dialguring them for life.
and iuilictinG painful cuts and stabS OH va
rions parts of the body. lie confcsscs the
crimes.
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Arrival CT FSauishCd Monks.

The banishcd Capuchin monks Of Guato-
mala arrived in this city on Saturday even
ing FROM San Francisco. They number
Observation-Disclosures patrcs, thirteen
fratres and seven lay brothers. Notwith-
standing that Father To, Of the monas-
terry in this city, received Information of
their coming but an hour or two before
their arrival, lie sent and cared for his
brethren in a manner worthy Of his of;ce.
Fhe patres and fratrcs will remain in this
city to acquaint themselves with our IAN
guage in connection with their philosophi
cal and theological stu,.ies, in order TO Fit
themselves Cor missionary work The lay
brothers, after brief recreation at the
monastery, will be assigned in part 70
Ca'varia, and to monastery in the city
of New York.-4i',eoskse Sentinel, sept
u
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Iargesl ElreceS on Record.

\ farmer named John 5. Goc, residing
near Brownsville, Fayette county, Pa
lately shearcl a flock of sheep, some of
which yielded the largest fecces that ever
came Off sheep's back The feeces are
of one years grc*th, ana nos left Atver a
year rs is often done, to obtain heavy
feeces. One hundred AMI forty sheep
averaged - pounds ounces; 100 Of these
averaged II pounds Is ounces. Several
ewes shearel i q = laAaiss, asgmbas
from II and Is 10 10 pounds each; one
two year buck 81 pounds ounces; another
q pounds 10 ounces; one buck 30 pounds
ounces; one eve % pounds ounces.
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TLa tnG J. }. lidgerm1r, Capt. Lewis,
bound from Bufalo for Milwaukee, put
into this port Oh Fri,lqy evaniag last, hay-
ing, while of the harbor broke tue screws
Of the eccentric rod Of har engine.
There was tremculof> sea runI;nr at
the time, AMI when tie e. ginc broke
down, She blew her whistle Tor all, which,
owing to the KITTY Sm 1ka- be;.,e Ia the
dry dock, was not p s,iblo to b. cXtculc
to hcr. But when dill honest ,j..,!. ever
see % L"ar a >isGa.qf distress bat what he
was ready to lend a hepinS liant John
Welsh, mate Of the Sehr. Conquest, Win
,44pth-r brave nan, whose name We coIli
not learn, put Oft despite the heavy sea,
IL tho tug' : all. Sab con- llct is worthy
of q mIucndatioD, and &c, In.u;i,m it Wit
pleasure. Ey dint Of great cAcrt:o's< III
tug was able to reach port, aua, uR,lcr the
able hands Of A. Z. HaubLe She was
snoa r4;,dyl ior sea. The ilascrra,n is u
handsome boat, AMI ra!icots credit upon
her bailder, Geo. H. NllIlton, Of Buffalo,
AMI her owners, StarL.y K Bros, of Nil
waakcc, who intend to lit her up with
ste am TumpS. etc. ....
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The bear eliuae of the New York stocl


large an am3Int of greenbacks as possible
from .he banks, in order to cause a dcpress-
sion in stocks. A check for sl3l 900, In
the interest Of the clique, was presented
to the Bank Of Commerce; but that insti-
tuition refused to honor it until it had pass
eli through the regular channel of the
Clearing House. 1t appears that all the
banks have greed TO insist upon this for
mality, and the spectators are threatened,
cfectualiy cheekmated. Suits are threat
cncd by the disco,nfited brokers'
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tuA>nlaE, ri Michigan, Hrss<o tins to
r.. Postmaster at Albany: Il an di-
reetel 3 a. Postmaster Gener.,I to say
~ SON thar ard. assistance yoa can give
rae L.a,y,..a a.aeeaea. vii be considered
dome f,r the j .m:u.>.rl,ion.' What
I.,tr fellows are Christian Chandler and
tao1,";u- crasHeli.-ani what stoa.
swearing .ioy must have done whom tic
L,ai>y.aa mover. collapsed ike a
putra>cca. c-g, leaving nothing but a foul
smell asaI. Yet There are a few kaaves,
u1a, '..a'.nS the sr-en.e are fool., are
,s..n- o. e1aginse th,M ...a- pansaa {. Go.
were IL: BOA p. .ai 7ui for by Grant.