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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-03

STE.AN BOHT rs.

EsE=e WASHINGTON "A ALEXANDRIA
POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS.
The fast and commodious steamer PILOT
BOY, Captain Fields, will make regular SEMI
WEEKLY TRIPS from Washington and AL
exandria to Cone river and the River Landings
Leave Washington EVERY tuesday, and
FRIDAY at o clock Il. m. and Alexandria at
7:30 clock Il. m.
Returning, reaches Alexandria EVERY
WEDNESDAY and SUNDAY at & p m.
Superior accommodations for freight and pas
sengers. For information apply to
F. A. REED, Agent,
sep23 No. South wharves.
rLYDE'S STEAM LINES
PHILADELPHIA Fl PROVIDENCE AND
BOSTON.
Steamers leave Alexandria EVERY TUES.
DAY and SATURDAY, at II o'clock m.
Leave Philadelphia EVERY TUES 1sTsa
DAY and S SATURDAY fromlkkkSas
Pier No. North Whsrves, at y O'Clock NJ
This line connects at Alexandria with the o.,
a. & NJ and w. s. o. K. Rs, anG at Philsdel-
phia with the new and popular Iron Line" for
Providence and Boston.
Freight forwarded with promptDess and care,
free of commissions
No charge for transfer in Philadelphia, and
no wharfage III Boston Through to Boston III
sixty-fve hours. Through rates and through
bills of lading given Insurance guaranteed at
less than usual rates.
Agents:
F. A. REED, Alexandria.
WIN. P. CLYDE s CO., Philadelphia.
GEO. F. HYDE, Georgetown, D. G.
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THE GAZETTE.
FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8.

IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.-Most persons
imagine that Imprisonment for debt is abolish
ed 10 England Dickens wrote thereon an &C,
count of the Marshalsea, in Little Dorrlttt;;,
all hearts, and his first efforts in 'Piekwiek'
we're directed to the same abuse. Who does
not remember the sad story Of the Chaneery
prisoner, who was ruined by having fortune
left him, and the life of old Dorrltt and his
daughter dreary ship-shod, moekery of, Of the tn;
of pleasantly. The same also was the actual
fact of Colonel Snow, venerable, white haired,
erect, military, who rather than pay an upjust
debt grew old in a debtors prison. And Capt.
Sbaudop, otherwise William Maginn, and de-
lightful Dick Steele with his propitiaIy epls-
ties to his Dear Prue,' and host OF others
that render the debtors prison and the spoGn,g-
ing houses of London piquautly historical. The
abolition of all Imprisonment for debt has been
agitated in England for long time, and the
Select Committee of Parliament on the subject
has Just recommended that such imprisonment
be abolished throughout the United Kingdom
after certain time.
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HLCTIG.S"EEKS.
NO CURE NO PAY"
NJ ATTN AGUE NIX T U + Z
IVA WILL POSITIVELY
CURE CHILLS AND FEVER!

Baltimore, Md, August 4, 1873,
This is to Certify, That l have this day sold
unto Messrs. Janney Il Co., of Alexandris, VA,
the sole right to prepare and sell the Malln Ague
Mixture, according TO the genuine recipe rs Tor
merly owned by me. ROBERT Ii. BIGGER.
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UNITARIAN NorEs. When Jones's board
bill was presented. he said that he did not have
enough money to pay it, opening his wallet at
the same time. His aDdlady, seeing quite a
number of bank notes, rather doubted his word,
and inquired what denomination those bills
were.
Denomination ?" said Jones. 'Well, l
don't know; but l guess they must be OF the
Unitarian denomination, for they are all ones.
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feb 18-tf No. II King street. AleXandrlA
NJ FOLK A y d BIOS TO n.

~ Q F . l. X A u IS L y \.
The steamer LADY OF THE LAKE con-
Meeting u. Norfolk with the steamers sE-oS
of the NJ ercnants' and Miners Trans
Dortation Company for Boston, will leave her
wharf, No. south whsrves, EVERY MON
DAY and THURSDAY at 2.30 p. m, for Nor
folk Returning leave ortolk on TU ESDAYS
and FRIDAYS, at p M, stopping nj Fort
Washington, Glymont, Piney Point, Point
Lookout and Fortress Monroe.
This line, connecting at Alexandria with the
o.. a. s. M. and w. & 0. K. Rs, and at Nor
folk with the Boston steamers, offers superior in.
ducemcnts for the rapid and careful shipment of
al kinds Of freight to Boston. The rates being
low, the attention of shippers is particularly di-
rected to this feature. All freight forwarded
free of commission, and through bills of lading
given.
For freight or passage apply on board, or to
" f. A. REED. Agent Alexandria.
DORSEY CLAGGETT, Gen. Agt.,
Cor 18th st. and New York ave-,
Washington D. G.
Second class fare to Norfolk, SO; round trip, IS
ap 22-h
<sae. MERCHANTS LINE NEW YORK
SaaAG STEAMSHIPS.
The line consists of the following frst-class
E. C. KNIGHT ... ....... Capt w. S. johnson
JOHN GIBSON. Capt. w. II Winters
AND
l .........SdpL ItutIl
Will leave New York EVERY SATURDAY
for this port and, returning, will leave Alexan
dria EVERY FRIDAY, ut II clock.
All freight must be on the dock by 8 8. III.
For freight or passage apply to
HOOE s. JOHNSTON,
Agents, No. Prince street.
Agents in New York,
GEO. B. MERRICK,
apo 226 South st.. Pier No. 80 East river
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POTOMAC

.sssssasEa TRANSPORTATION LINE,
FOR ALEXANDRIA,, w ASHIN GTON,
GEORGETOWN AND POTOMAC RlV-
ER LANDINGS.
The steamer EXPRESS, Capt. J. T. Barker
will resume her route on TUESDAY, Feb. IS
leaving Pier No. TO- Light Street Wharf, Bal
timore, EVERY TUESDAY, at i p. NJ, for
Alexandria, Washington and Georgetown, stop
ping at the following WAY POINTS on the
Potomac River: Piney Point Stones Wharf
Cobrum, Hazells Wharf, Chaptico Wharf
Chapel Point, To!son's Wharf, Sandy Point,
Liverpool Point, Stewards Wharf and Glymont
Returning will leave Sixth Street Wharf,
Washington EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT, ut
II clock, and King street wharf Alexandra"
at II! a. nj. Saturday morning.
For further information apply to
j. BRODERS & CO.,
feb 12=tf No Ii KIM street Alexandria
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NEW MOSQUITO NETS & CANOPlES.
LACE and SEAMLESS PATENT FINISH
GAUZE NETTING for the largest size Bed
NEW and IMPROVED CANOPIES, the
best and most complete Mosquito Net Fixtures
out.
Long experience in this line OF goods enable
us to maintain our reputation.
j. p. CLARKE,
il 16 No. l5S King st.
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THE Indian Bureau to the contrary
Notwithstanding, there are reasonable
grounds for experimenting general outbreak
of Indian hostilities in Eastern Oregon.
Forewarned is forearmed, and an ounce of
prevention is better than pound Of cure.
Let the government be prepared to act on
the instant. Peace, if we can war if we
must. To the law-abiding Indians, en-
couragement and protection to those who
continue to violate the laws of God and
man, treacherously imbruing their hands in
innocent blood, utter determination.
The latest Geographic dispatches from the
seat of the Modoc war are strikingly tragic
enough, in all conscience. This tribe has
evidently made up its mind to fight tout on
the determination line," If it takes all
summer; and with such trcacherous and
numbering band, the swifter the extermina-
ton the better. Short, swift, and certain
is the work to be done, without regard to
expense, difficulty or danger.
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Leg 1888
TNTHE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
lTED STATES for the Eastern District of Vir-
ginia
In the matter of William ]. Bragg, bank
rupt-in bankruptcy.
Z AT Richmond, on the 9Oth day of December
1859.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Please to take notice hereby. that petition
has been to-wit on the 30th day of December,
1869, filed in said District Court, by VIM. J.
Bragg, of Lunenburg county, in said district,
who has been heretofore duly declared bankrupt
under the act of Congress entitled "An act to
establish uniform system of bankruptcy
throughout the United States" approved March
I'd, 1867, for a discharge and certificate thereof
from all his debts and other claims provable I'M
der said act, and that the 18th day of May, a
d., 1873, at !0o'clock a. m, before w. W. For
bes one of the registers of said court in bank-
ruptcy, at his office in Richmond in said dis
triet is the time and place assigned for the hear
ing of the same, when and where you may at
tend and show cause, if any you have, why the
prayer OF the said petition should not be granted
You are also hereby notified, that the second
and third meetings of the creditors of said bank.
rapt will be held at the same time and place.
w. ". FORBES,
Register in Bankruptcy for the
ap 2S-M2w Sd Cong'l Dist. of Va.
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Important Railroad Dccssion.

The supreme court of the United States,
in a case appealed from the supreme court
of Wisconsin, involving the question
whether state has the right to levy taxes
for the purpose of aiding in the construc-
ton of railroads, expressed the opinion that
railroads were public highways, and that
it is just as lawful for the state to impose
taxes to aid in their construction as it is for
the purpose of building wagon road or
any other public work. In the judgment of
the court, such tax is not prohibited by
that clause of the federal constitution
which provides that private property shall
not be taken for public use without just
compensation. One very important princi-
pie follows as matter of course, for this
decision, and that is this: If railroads are
public highways, then they are under the
legislative control Of the state, and may
be regulated as to their management and
freight and passenger tariffs in any manner
and to any extent that may be demanded
by the interests Of the public. S p.
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RECENT English papers contain adj
dresses and appeals by the large iron firms
to their employees to avoid all strikes and
causes for the further advancing the cost
of iron, or the power which has enabled
Britain to influence and control the mar
kets of two continents, will forever pass
away from the British iron masters. This
admission only confirms previously ex-
pressed convictions that, by uniformity Of
action and mutual conference, aided by
well paid and intelligent labor, the i'm
mense iron ore and coal beds of Virginia and
other southern states will be developed by
American enterprise and capital, with the
ocean and rivers to furnish cheap transit
for supplies TO all parts of the United
States as well as all parts of the world
in time.
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EXCESSIVE importations still continue.
The total valuation of the foreign imports
at the port of New York last week amount
cd to l7,2Ss,32S. Total imports from
January LIST to date, $159, 1868, 34s, against
s114,919,246 in 1871. Exports, exclusive
of specie, from LIST of January to date,
$s1 ,76S, $50, against $64, S01 ,504, corre-
spending period last year. This notable
increase in our exports is an encouraging
item in an otherwise very unsatisfactory
exhibit.
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The Supreme Court of the United States
has just rendered decision involving a
principle of general public interest-to the
effect that where a life insurance policy has
been assigned to cover debt, the party to
whom it is assigned has no right, in case of
death of the insured, to the money derived
from the policy, in excess of the amount
necessary to make good the debt it was
intended to cover,
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III all Washington stories are true, the
immediate effect of the abolition Of
the franking privilege is not of peculiarly
economical nature. The stoTehouses at
Washington, we are told, are being ran
sacked for all sorts of movable property
belonging to congressman, and the same
is being iranked home by mail. 1t is al
legged that during one day last week twenty
five tons of mail matter were franked from
Washington. Ex-senator Nye, of Nevada,
it is said, has franked seven Saratoga
trunks to his home in the Serras, since
his term of office expired. We give this
simply as Washington account of the
close working Of the system which has SO
long vitalized the interests of that city.
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derstood as they are by Mr.. a. Elan, the
superintendent of the Union Coal Com
pany, and Mr.. John Steele, the mining
engineer of the Black Heath pits.
1t has been generally supposed that the
Richmond mines could not be largely relied
upon for permanent supply of coal. The
irregularities and inequalities Of the gram
lite floor upon which the coal rests, with &C.
Casional bikes of trap and porphyry, and
the sharp peaks and sudden depressions, of
which no practical information can be
derived from the broken surface of overly
ing sedmentary deposit and drift. has led
to this unfavorabIe impression in regard to
these mines. But the three men
whom we have named as taking hold Of these
old Abandoned pits-Mr. Marks of the
Union Mines, and Messrs Bryant & Harsin
of the Black Heath and other properties
are demonstrating the fact that the real
work of developing this great local interest
was never yet fairly commenced. They
are now taking out of these abandoned
mines nearly as much coal as was OBJ
tanned before the war from the Midlothian
and Glover Hill mines on the south side o
the James, the Carbon Hill and Dover
mines on the north side, and all the Other
mines worked on the line of the Danville
railroad and elsewhere. in the Richmond
coal-feld, so-called. We were among the
few who descended with Mr.. Marks into
the Union Mines on Tuesday, anC
we are satisfied that whatever
old Jack Heath and the English com
pany to which he sold out his interes
in this deep and rich dip may have accom-
plished in the way of developing thi
splendid mine, they actually never con,
nenced their work. What was done by
them was simply paving the way for thu
looming man" in the coal line, or in tn,
line of developing coal-Mr. Ro. Marks, o
Coazfeld. 81. ........ al.
We take 10 less pride in the fact that MI
Marks was born Scotchman and is now
Virginian from choice, not necessity,
than we do that Messrs. Bryant and Har
sin are yankees" as sectional nomencla
ture now runs among us in Virginia. The.
are energetic, go-ahead business men, al
!, three of them, with as much pride in Vii
ginia as is healthful for good solid work
and Virginians have just as much occasio
to be proud of them as the
of Virginians, and vice versa. In fact
when it comes to question of pride, W
naturally inquire whether it is questio
of profit also ; and if it is not, we conside
= it as thing of spurious growth, and war
but little of it in the matter of developing th
grander industries of our state. Let enel
getic Scotchmen and northern men come [
, Virginia, and they need not stop to enquil
what recognition" they will get here,
a., they will only so to work to make the
. own fortunes and to vitalize tho
Of the state, with her muhifcent prof
> sion of mineral wealth lying everywhe
, ready for the magic wand of industry
: be waved over it in triumph and success
They will then find cause for graduation
admiration, and recognition" enough.
was demonstrated on Tuesday by Il
handsome ovation and cordial good W
G extended to Ro. Marks, esq.,, whom {
= delighted genuinely to honor. IF ...
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THIS IS TO GIVE N0TICE.-That on the
l. 18th day of April A. d., 1879, a war
rant in bankruptcy was issued ont of the Dis.
trct Court of the United States for the Eas-
tern District of Virginia, against the estate of
VIM. H. Vanness, of Richmond county and
state of Virginia, who has been adjudged "a
bankrupt ON his own petition That the pay
ment of any debts, and the delivery of any
property belonging to said bankrupt, to him or
for his use, and the transfer of any property by
him, are forbidden by law That meeting of
the creditors of said bankrupt, to prove their
debts and choose one more assignees of his
estate will be held at court of bankruptcy to be
holden at Tappahannock, yefore John S. Brax-
ton, Esq, Register, on the 9th day of May, A.
d., 1873, at IL o'clock M. ~ ...
fs.r,. l---. . DAVID B. PARKER,
APP 1S-F2w u. S Marshal
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RICHMOND AND DANVMLE r. r
On and after Sunday, December %, 1872.

On and after Sunday, December %, 1872.
.l.a+ GOING wEST) sa
Train No Through Passenger) leaves Rich
mond daily Except Sunday at Gle A M ;; leaves
Danyille at 1906 P. M; arrives at Greensboro
Train No. 6 Gynchburg Passenger) leaves
Richmond daily t9:25 A. NJ; arrives at Lynch.
Train No. 10 Through Mail and Expressly
leaves Richmond daily at ESQ r. M; leaves
Danville daily at l054 p. M; arrives at Green's
boro' daily at E3o A. M.
GOING EAST:
Train No. Through Mail and Express)
leaves Greensboro daily at lao A. M; leaves
Danville daily at 4:32 A. NJ; arrives at Richmond
daily at 12:45 p. M. #g
Train No. Through Passenger) leaves
Greensboro daily Except Sundays) at lilo A
M; leaves Danville at 1862 p. NJ; arrives at
Richmond at $50 p M. raff
/ Tram No. Uychburg Passenger) leaves
Lynchburg daily ate A. M; leaves Burkeville
P. M. i - - - = = =
Trains Nos. and 10 connect at Greensboro
with trains on North Carolina railroad for all
points South. bs '.srF- . Ett&# ss44H
Train No. 10 connects at Greensboro with
train for Raleigh; arriving there at ZOO A. M
Passengers leaving Raleigh at 7:l5 p. M, con
meet at Greensboro with train No. for Rich
mond. @ asa 5rr.EEE Ese.z Z
Train No connects at Burkeville with train
on Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad fer
all points Southwest and South.
Lynehburg Accommodation leaves Richmond
400 +. M, daily, except sunday, arriving at
Lynchburg in time to connect with morning
Passenger Train A. M. & o. r. R. for the
Southwest. Passengers coming East leave
Lynchburg after arrival of A. M. & O. Passen-
ger Train from Bristol, and arrive at Richmond
at 9:4S AM.
THROUGH TICKETS to all points South and
Southwest can be procul ed at the ticket office In
Richmond, and of r.. F. WALKER, Agent of At
Iantlc, Mississippi and Ohio railroad, No. 1895
Main street, Richmond.
Papers that have arrangements to advertise
the schedule OF this company will please print
as above JOHN II. MACMURDO,
General Ticket and Freight Agent.
T nj. r. TALcoTT, Eng'r and Sup't. au24
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THIS is TO GIVE NOTlCE-That on the

THIS Is TO GIVE NOTlCE-That on the
i Path day of. April, A. d., 1878, warrant
in bankruptcy was issued out of the District
Court of the United States for the Eastern Dis
trict of Virginia, against the estate of John
N. Jones, of Stafford county, and State of Va,
who has been adjudged a bankrupt on his own
petition THAT the payment of any debts, and
the delivery of any property belonging to said
bankrupt to him or for his use, and the trans
fer of any property by him. are forbidden by
law THAT a meeting of the creditors of said
bankrupt to prove their debts and choose one or
more assignees of his estate, will be held at a
court of bankruptcy, to be holden at Peters
burg. Virginia, before j. l.. Waterman, Esq,
Register, on the 23rd day of May, q. d.,
1878, at 10 O'Clock a. m.
'. DAVID B. PARKER,
an 62-S2w u s, Marshal
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ap lS-F2w

rI,HIs is TO GIVE NUTiCE-That on the nth
i day of April, A. D., 1878, warrant in
bankruptcy was issued out of the District Court
of the United States for the Eastern Dis
trict of Virginia, against the estate of
Silas Roork, of Essex county, and
State of Virginia, who has been adjudged a
bankrupt on his own petition That the pay
ment of any debts, and the delivery Of any
property belonging to said bankrupt, to him or
for his use, and the transfer of any property by
him, are forbidden by laws That a meeting of
the creditors of said bankrupt, to prove their
debts, and choose one or more assignees Of his
estate, will be held at a court of bankruptcy, to
be holden at Tappahannock, Va, before John s.
Braxton, Esq, Register, on the 10th day of May,
A. d., 1873, at IL o'clock, M. n
rt-E a.. DAVID b. PARKER,
m 1s-F2w u. s. Marshal.
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The cage Of Steel" is the subject of en-
editorial in the Coal and Iron Record.
Singular enough, the article was not writ
ten for the latitude of Washington, nor for
that of Richmond, if everything is to be
"lovely" again in the ranks of the Con-
servatives of Virginia.
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4797
THIS is TO GIVE N0TTCE--That on the

i 18th day of April A. D., 1873, q war
rant in bankruptcy has been issued out of the
District Court of the United States for the
Eastern District of Virginia, against the
ty, and State Of Virginia, who has been
adjudged q bankrupt on his own petition
that the payment of any debts, and the
delivery of any property belonging to said bank
rupt, to him or for his use. and the transfer of
any property by him, are forbidden by law that
a meeting of the creditors of said bankrupt, to
prove their debts and choose one or more
signees of his estate, will be held at court of
bankruptcy, to be holden at the Registers
office, Tappahannock, Virginia, before John S.
Eraxton, esq Register, on the 18th day of May,
a. d /, 1878, at 10 O'Clock a. m. '.... -
DAVID 3 PARKER,
an 22--T2W |.. u s. Marshal
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THIS Is TO GIVE N0TIcE.-That on d

THIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE.-That en- the
i 10Th day of March, A. D., 1878, warrant
in bankruptcy was issued out of the District
Court of the United States for the Eastern Dis
trict of Virginia, against the estate of George
Virginia, who has been adjudged a bankrupt on
his own petition: That the payment of debts,
and the delivery of any property belonging TO
transfer of any property by him, are forbidden
by law; That meeting of the creditors of
said bankrupt, 10 prove their debts and choose
one or more assignees of his estate, will be held
at court of bankruptcy, to be holden at Alexan-
dria, Va, before Lysander Hill, Esq, Register,
on the sth day OF May, A, d., 1873, at O'Clock
A. M DAVID B. PARKER,
an l4-M2w u. s. Marshal,
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SCHEDULE OF TRAINS.

-......... OIL. RlC1MOND,
FREDERICKSBURG AND POTOMAC ROUTE
RICHMOND, FRED'B DO & PoToAAo r. R. Co.,
OFFICE OF GRN'L TIcKET & FREIGHT AGENT, (
RICHMOND February II, 1873.
UP DAY MAIL leaves Byrd-street Station
1P. M. .... -. 4-f-.I..
UP NIGHT MAIL leaves Byrd-street Station
940 p. MI. Except on Sundays.) z-.s-tr..-
UP ACCOMMODATION leaves Broad-street
Station, at 500 p. M. Except on Sundays.) .,
DOWN DAY MAIL, arrives at Byrd-street
Station, at 2 p. M. a f4 EE%ElH fsl
DOWN NIGHT MAIL arrives at Byrd-street
station, at 4:40 A. M. Except on Mondays) ...f.
DOWN ACCOMMOD ALTON TRAIN arrives
at Broad,street Station, at s:S7 A. M. Except on
Sundays.) s-.Nal .l $3.50 5gs'aa4 HE.s
FREIGHT TRAINS leave Broad-street
Station on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and
FRIDAYS, at 6:45 A NJ connecting at Quantico
with the Alexandria and Fredericksburg rail
way.
Returning, arrive at Broad-street Station on
TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATUR-
DAYS, at 4.40 p. M. ...............
By order of the General Superintendent.
. -'t'l" I'D. ]. b. GENTRY,
fe Is Gen'l Ticket and Freight Agent.