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Tho I'rcshet Declining.

NASHVILLE March 2.-Thc freslct In
East Tennessee Ia reported over. The
river Ia falling rapidly. The Chattanooga
has been on stand for several hours,
At Bridgeport, Alabama, tho bridge over
the TennCSscc river Is safe. The damage
to the Nashville, Chattanooga & 81.
Louis road will not exceed three thousand
dollars, aud trains will be running east
Of the Cumberland mountains ms usual
on Friday morning. The Memphis {
Charleston road was not Sefiously
damaged, only two sinai bridges are 70.
ported gore and the track moved at two
other points. Thu trains will run as
usual as soon As tho water subsidies al
bridgeport. The East Tennesscee &
Virginia road, although broken hi h
number Of places, no important structures
have been damaged. The reported
damages TO that road will not exceed
Si0000.
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WASHINGTON.
RIVER AND HARBoR BILL

WAsuISeToN, March 2,-The Senate
Committee on Commerce this morning
decided to report on the river and har.
Dor appropriation without amendments,
owing 70 the shortneSs Of time and the
danger Of the failure Of the bill II much
discussion was occasiopcd by the amend
ments,
APPROPRIATIONS,
The sundry Civil Expense Bill, which
passed the House this morning contains
the following appropriations For pub
lie printing, public binding aud paper for
public printing, 81, 626,5O7; for paper, en-
craving, printing, express charges, &C.,
100000, to bo disbursed under the direc.
ton Of the Secretary Of tho Treasury,
provided the NATIONAL Bank n ltes shall
30 printed under tho direction Of tho Sec
retary Of the Treasury; for printing
Of United States notes, transportation ol
noted and other securities Of the United
States, finished and unfinished, S50,000i
for paper for notes, bonds and other 20.
curities, including mill expenses, trans
portation, &c., S250,00O; for labor by day,
piece Or contract and Othpr speCtaltieg
necessary for carrying on the work Of en-
craving notes, &c., Of the United States,
81, ,l25, 900; for materials other than paper
required in the work Of engraving and
printing, $500, 900; for the purchase Of en-
grayers tools, machinery, 30, $4,000.
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Ohio Legislature.

CohuMbUs, March Ain the senat,
this afternoon the House joint resolution
relative 10 extending The pension laws Il
the officers and soldiers Of the Mexican
war, past. ,u
Abill was introduced 10 protect stock
holders Of railroad companies, by pre-
venting any fAilf)ad official from being
Interested In any way In any freight OF
transportation company,
In The House the joint resolution re-
questing Congress to reduce tho PfeSi'
dehts salary to $2b, 900 was adopted
Bills were introduced to make The
huhiShmenL for forgery from ono Il
twenty Years and to provide thai whett
a person promises 10 pay more than q le
etI intOfest and pays the same be shal
not DO allowed, by law, to bring suit Il
recover the amount Of uSutioua inLercs
40 paid, u
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CAIRo, March 2.-Thc Cairo and Vim
cennes train was thrown down an em-
bankment near Laurel Hill by rail
spreading, L, A. Burris received prob.
ably fatal injuries, ono lady slightly In
LATER.-The condition Of Burris, the
driver who was injured by an accident
on the Cairo & YincenneS Railroad, Is
not as bad as reported, He has one or
two ribs broken, but will recover,
CINCINNATI, March 2-The west bound
passenger train on the indianapolis, Gin
cinnati s Lafayette Railroad was thrown
from the track last night, near Lawrence
burg, by q broken axle, and tramp who
was standing on tho forward end Of tho
postal car was instantly killed. No 9TH
ers were injured,
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PORK pacEinr Report.

CtSclNSArt, March 2.-'Thc official re.
port Of Colonel Sidney D. MAXWELL Sd.
perintcndent Of the Chamber OF Com.
mercc, OH pork packing In Cincinnati for
the season Of 1915, was made public 70.
day. Total number Of hogs cut this
season, 64O,Mi, atlecrease Of 40,9l0 from
the previous Season; aggregate gross
l5O84O,4sS pounds, decrease from the
previous season OF 1884 ,627 pounds
average gross weight per head, 27SI
pounds, u decrease Of q pounds; aggre.
gate yield Of lard from head, gut leaf and
trimming, 22,57l, 100 pounds a decrease
Of 6Od,GS0 pounds; average Yield Of lard,
Al 77.tOO pounds, an increase Of 7-l00
pounds; average cost Of hogs per 100
pounds gross, So 90 l7.lOO, . decrease Of
$2 40 03.i00. Barreled pork produced
mess barrels, IS, ,2G2; prime mess, 0,004;
clear, 2,77O;rump 2,606, Lard producedi
Tierces, 7O,3i3j barrels, 2,Oi3i kegs, O0,60o
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Had a Preliminary Trial.

CHICAGO, March 2,-PatriCk Hassett
charged by his son, Daniel IlassetL with
The murder of q man Whose body was
found In tho south branch Of The Chicago
river three years ago, had q preliminary
examination III the police court to-day
and was held to the criminal court with
out bail, @EpllaR his Eon. lIo testified
more circumstantially to the matter
made public through liis recent answer II
tho statement, describing accurately the
manner In which the murder was com
mittel. sergent Fitzpatrick testified tha
ho discovered tho door Of thOprivy wa,
hacked with marks similar ID what woulr
be mule by aCleaver, which waS the In
Strumcnt young IIassett stated his father
used In cutting up The body Of his victim
The officer testified that the marks on III,
door were indistinctly stained with blood
lie had heard Mrs, nassett say wliCI
drunk, "You killed that man, Pat, Has
~ |NF
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GheGtttelIiastrtea,
The Corrupt Ring at Charleston,

$50 ESNN NHE~N NrNN-I -
The dishonest officials at Charleston,
who, in co-partnership with certain bank
managers, have been misusiug the State
deposits for purposes Ofprivate gain, are
pretty we'll ventilated this morning IL
our Charleston letter, as also in the re-
port of tho Investigating COMMITTEES
which we publish, 1t seems that not
only has Bennett, tho Auditor, beer
pocketing illCgitimatc plumber from the
banks but also from the Insurance Com
panics. 1t is charged that he has receiv'
cd as much as $8,0OO-in an illegal and
clandestinO way from these companies
having received as high as S25O-fees in
some instances, when his legal fee Is
only SlO-This shows that 'hC Is a very
high priced and high toned rascal. Like
Boss Tweed, he goes in for large steal
ings
Tho Treasurer, too, has not neglected
his opportunity. II is limited that he has
put several thousand dollars in his pocket
within the last two years in the way Of IL
licit plumber. IIo Is tho very man to dc
this sort Of thing whenever the opportu'
nifty presents itself. We do not presume
that 1t was on this account exclusively
that the Democracy nominated him, but
it is notorious that his reputation was
none Of the best when they nominated
him. lie is now serving out his second
term at their hands,
Young Bill Burdett seems to be the
most talented finanCicr in the lot. Our pri
yate adyices are to the effect that In ont
way and another he has contrived to pn'
about $4,000 in his pocket in the last
Two, or three years, lie is u sweei
young man for rsenator, BOSS Tweed was
n Senator when hc was arrested and the
parallel between him and Senator Bill II
really striking, Perhaps the resemblance
way bo carried out to the wearing oi
striped clothes.
The State of West Virginia owes it tc
herself to put these dishonest olllcial'
through to the full penalty Of the law
They have been trying for the last ycal
or two to dciamc the motives Of thos'
who were seeking to unearth their rascal
ity, They have been protesting their in
nocencc and accusing other people o
slander. We now see what n preciou
set OF scamps they are. WHAT'S needc'
is an example that will last oil classes o
public officials in this State good man,
years to come.
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A Bro CENrENNtAL CHEEsE.-The big.
gest cheese ever made in this world-or
anywhere else unless the moon be an ex-
ception. Is to be made this summer at
Orwell, Ashtabula county, Ohio, for OK.
hibitlon at the Philadelphia Centennial.
Mr.. ]. b. Phillips, Of Orwell, nm extern
sive shipper Of cheese, Is the protector
Of the enterprise. The cheese Is to weigh
10000 pounds, or nearly fifteen tons. One
days milk product Of 10000 cows Is to
be consumed in the manufacture, The
cheese when doneis expected TO be Of the
finest quality, and II isto be encnsel in
polished nickel plutc arlnCr to protect 1t
against the depredations OF mice and
other deer, large and small, until tho
time for It's exhibition. A car will have
to be prepared especially for its trans.
portation, and Mr.. Phillips passed
through Pittsburgh Monday on his way
East to arrange for one. He expects
the cheese 10 cost him about $4,000 by
the time II isplaced OH the Centennial
GROUNDS; and he proposes to reimburse
himself, in part, BY cutting 1t up, at the
close Of the exhibition, and selling II Out
In thousand pound hunks" to the rep.
resentatives Of foreign nations, thereby
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CINCINNATI, March 2,-The GalsttGS
Springfield, Ohio, special says tho Gin:
cinnati, sanduSky & Cleveland Railroad
Company estimate their loss on the round
house and engines burned yesterday at
$4,000, with a total insurance OF $4,000,
in tho Peoples, OF Memphis; National
Firo and Marine, Philadelphia; franklin,
Wheeling; Firemen'S Fund, San Francis
co; Mercantile, Cleveland, and Westchcs'
ter, New Rochelle, N. Y.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
ENGLAND.

LONDON, March 2.-John Mitchell, is
utterly prOsrated, and has frequent
faintiHg tis, It Is thought he will be
compelled to Withdraw from the election
contest in Tipperary.
By the railroad accidentnear LychAeld
80 persons were injured.
LONDON, March 2.-The London En-
prcss says that the weather during the
past week has been rough, The general
aspect Of the wheat market ia frmer. In
the continental markets prices have i'm
proved shilling. II is thought that the
lowest prices have been reached every
WHARF
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ST. LOUIS, March IA dispatch from
Auguat, dated San Ahtonia, Texas to-day
to Gen. Sherman, says the balance Of the
Kiowa Indians, numbering one bundled
and forty, embracing Lone Wolf, 0ttSi
and other prominent eliieis, Atirfendeted
dslcundltionally TO a scohllng party on
Salt Fork February %. They gave UP
theft arms and ponies and arc expected
10 arrive al Fort Sill March 0.
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pErrESathLs ADVERTISING AuEScY'
For twenty years the 1NrEhLtoEScER
has transacted more OF less business will
the Advertising Agency Of $. NJ. Petten'
gill 4 Co.. No. 81 Park Row, New York
City. The head Of the house, Mr. 8. NJ
Pettengill, has brought to the business Of
his Advertising Agency all that practical
Knowledge which heNcquired as printer
and publisher; which coupled with emi.
nent business talents and unblemiShed
moral character, have put him at the head
Of his profession and brought his Agency
from is humble beginning IN the year
1s4s, up loits present mammoth proper.
tiona. The great secret ot,lie success oi
this Agency ia that they have always
made The interest Of theft customers
their own. They have been careful to
fulfil their promises, and the ptompthcss
and fidelity with which all theft obliga.
tions ore discharged, has given such gen
eral satisfaction that II ia EXTREMITY rarely
that any. dispute has arisen with a
customer. The excellent business judg
ment Of this house is that which makct
this agency most invaluable aid tc
men who wish to spend their money tc
The heat advantage. Whether his .custo
mer should advertise in county or city
paper, in a daily OF weekly, in a littrAty
or political paper, in a journal secular OF
religious, is exactly what Mr., PettengilFi
long experience specially hts him tc
decide.
It is the part Of wisdom therefore fol
those who contemplate large expenditure
in the way Of Adyer.iaing 10 avail them
selves oithe immense facilities which tht
house Of s. NJ. Pe.tonsill 4 Co. Otiei
40 an
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KeiiOea Vetocs lllc Relief nil.

NEW ORLE4Ns, March 2,AGotefnor
Kellogg this morning sent In veto Of
MllWhhh had passed the LegRlatdte tor
The tclici of the LoifliSha Levee Com
pany, asserting that the bill was an
attempt 10 legSiize a million dollars OF
more iot an illegal alleged indebtedness
in violation Of law and the constitutional
amendments. II IL stated that a strong
Ring ha been formed p pAs Tie BILL Otet
bjS SSlo, n jffIFI ~ " Et DftQ
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MtSSEAroLts, MINI, March Ed
ward T. Bartlett, Of New York city, couh.
Bcl fot Tho Pacific Mail Steamship Cos Ia
now here. lie has caused gtlt to be com.
nicnccd on behalf Of The company against
VIM. s. King, 10 recover $l26,0OO paid
the latter by Richard B. irwin, An at.
tachment has been levied on a large
amount ct real estate. Deebe q Shaw
are retained as local counsel for the c9m-
hnnV .Y
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Potk Pncked at 81, Louis.

81. LOUIS, March 2.--ln the absence Of
official returns Of hog packing this sea.
son, tho following estimate Is made,
which Il IL believed will approximate
closely to tho business done; Number
packed, 48l ,Oi7; last year, 463,76Si aver
aye weight 239 pounds; average last year,
POI; lard per hog 81 pounds, which docs
notinclndc Novembers when hogs were
light; last year, "a pounds.
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JEFrERsoSvtLLE, March g4Stike Ldnd
IA years old, while Filibg o4tbg draw
head Of an engine on the ]. NJ III, Rail,
road that was backing down the Pear
street track this afternoon, attempted Il
jump Of slipped and fell between The rails
His body was horribly mashed by the aSt
pan ofthe engine and death ensued before
he could be gotten out. litH lH'Ii
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ALEXANDRIA, Va, MAfeh9.-tn conse.
uuencc q the civil fighb bill and fearing
trouble, both the principal hotels here
have cancelled their license and closed.
BItrfWoRE, March 2.-The ptopfietors
81 tbe Park Hotel closed the house 10.
dav 10 lbe public, to escape incufring the
penalties ol the civil rights bill.
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wAsHiSoroS, March 2.-ThO presi-
dent with Secretaries Bflstow and Bobe.
son and Attorney General Williams was
at the Capital to-day and had confer.
cnce with the leading Republican sena'
tors, In relation to the tax bill laid On
thc table last night, They urged The
necessity Of taking tho bill from tho ta'
Bic and passing 4.
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Weather Report.
ORPIrR OF TlIE Ch.4P slGAAL OPElCER,
WASHINGTON, D. q, March R-&3O p n.

WASllISGroNI D. u March $50 p "
PROBABILITIES,
For the Middle and. Eastern States
northwCStsrly winds, stationary tsmpera'
ture, higher pressure, and partly cloudy
weather, except threatening In Virginis
and Maryland, with possibly rain. h.
For tho lakes nearly stationary press
uro and temperature, nOrthveIt to north
east winds, and partly cloudy weather.
For tho Ohio Valley and Tennessee
slightlywarmer and partly cloudy wealth
or, with northerly winds and rain in Eas
Tennessee. ....... ~
For tho Northwest and thence to Mis-
souri and Kansas falling barometer
northeast to southeast winds, warmer
cloudy weather, and occasionally rain OIL
snow. h'Y
The rivers will rise at and below
Memphis -. aF .BrIT7l
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BALTIMORE, March 2.-Tho officers Of
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
announce that on and after March Sd
they will reduce the fare from New York
to Columbus from Sl7 90 to Sl6 25; TO
GAINESVILLE, from SIG 80 TO Sl5 u; to In
dlanapolisI from S21 90 to SIT 70,
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NEW YoRK, March g.--Gtnetai Fi)t
John Porter has been appointed by the
Mayor a. Commissioner oi Public Works,
vice G, N. Van Norte resigned.
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Arknnsns I.egisIaturc.

LITTLE Rock, March 2.-GhS House
to-day passed ali act approprlating five
thousand dnllarS for the Centennial Ex-
position at Philadelphia next year.
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NEW ORLEANS, Match Eight Con.
sentative Senators took their seats this
nothing at the State House.
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The new Mormon Temple At 81.
George, Utah, i expected to b ready to
foolin two weeks,
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Parties in Montana are to hold q
Railroad Convention at Helena, Montana
ApFil le, next
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Fox and Wisconsin rivers, in the State
Of Wisconsin, Placed on the calendar.
The Senate then took q recess until s
o'clock, when the Tariff bill comes up.
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The discussion was resumed at 1850
o'clock, when Mr.. Thofne came forward
and promulgated the following additional
creed /; HTkere Is but one living and true
God; everlasting, without body, OF parts,
or passions, Of unlimited power wisdom
and goodness; the maker OF all thingS,
visible and invisible"
= Messta. Gudger and Walker, armed
with tho odions pamphlet, made a furious
attack on the disbeliever. We wercSome.
what suFpriscd at finding these young
representatives 40 familiar with the BibIe.
and 40 apt in the application Of some Of
iIs difficult passages. We have frequently
heard the first effort Of theological grad
uales that would not begin TO compare
with tho speeches Of these young baffiS-
lers last night in the way Of a sermon.
Messts. Mondenhall, Norment, Finger
and Pinnix opposed the resolution, and
Mcssrs. Patton, Erwin and Spears ia.
vOfedit,
Amendments we're offered BY Messfs
Foose, and Spears, but pending action on
the same, al 1l;SO o'clock P. N. the House
adjourned. '..
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4 Legally leCted sheriff Displaced By
Feleral TrO, ps-Ihe Courts ST.
lebtiy a-d COmplaceAtly
ACquie ee,

VGCKsBURG, January Major Geo
z. Had, with a squad OF Federal troops
with fxeI bsyouets, and acting, it is
stated, uuder orders from General En-
orr, to-day entered the sheriff's Office
here, aud forcibly elected Sheriff A. J..
Flanagan, who was in possession by vir-
toe OF the rece u election, about the va
iidity OF which there is q constitutional
question. His right to the Office had
not hDwever bzen questioned by any
Legal proceedings. The military appear
o have nc ed upon army orders alone
MAJ r Head reported his action to Chan
ceiipT Hill who was holding court in an
ssh ac.at room, 10y whom. the action Of
the military was countenanced and
seemingly approved. Sheriff Flanagan
also reported the facts to Chancellor
Hill, and appesled to the court to pro-
tect bim M the discharge Of his duties
and was rsfn-ed The chancellor sp-
poi tel w. H. M'Ghee, sheriff pro TEN
2ra ns was placed 10 possession Of the
ode by tie military. MGhee is a
wHire Republican, and was q deputy
Unier Crosby Chancellor Hill, on open
ing court two weeks ago, adjourned it
uuil to-day, in order to determine what
cour-- he soud take in reference to the
sheriff Hsy. Members of the bar pre-
seul. protests against the courts allow
ing and apparently approving Of the
military inference with its offices as
violation 4 all law, and the destruction
Cd. civil government
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Attention, Knights TeDplar.
sEE1 x
MEMPHIS & KANSAS city
RAILROAD.

FL'hE undersigned Will remain in the city f-r
L ten days, 10 take deeds for Arkansas land :
subscribed to tn Memphis and Kansas civ
halIfoad company, and can be found at the
ONCE or hessrs. adams & Dixon, No IL Madi-
son street. ANY parties desiring 10 sub.crl De
lands to the said company, Will please call at
Tue above named office, o! address q Il. IL TO
me undersigned ther-, and he win attend
iRelr places OF business or residences with
blank deeds and stock receipts and close the
sIos 'riptions. There are tens o. thousands of
acres Arkansas lands owned in this CITY that
IL only an expense to the owners, with no
prc,Pect OF It's being Ol lherWise until this rail-
ROAD is quilt, and II would pay the owners to
actually donate one ha Z Of their lands to in
sure is completion, as half would be worth
more than all If it were finished. But the
Company do not ask the Ian as a gifG II is
pay ing three collars per acre for ayaraCa
lands in capital STOCK, and for superior lands
where the textbooks show them diseased tor
That amount, i've dollars per acre ig eFlvan
luis road IL owned and controlled Iarssly bv
MemphianE and Is truly a hemph road II
runs through rich, fertile and uopuIous
country; II runs over the highest and shortest
pTC posed route through the Aissi-stIDI n +
tom, being only forty miles through To ne
fOot OF CIO'ey's Ridge, and during tue high
Eater or ls5f (Which was the highest ever
KNOWN only about twenty miles was ol ar
noWed, and OF that portion that was oyer.
flowed an average elevation OF six feet yronId
have passed the cars over OF drv ground
This Company has unquestiOnabIy the hest Of
any Otner proposed route thrOuzh he h1rto,,,.
IL runs through more dpps.Iy ronnIsta1
country than any other proposed route and is
U Gil lntentS Memphis rGau, and ~ "a 90
tainly TO the interest or MeuphIans 10 snb
sorloe their lands 70 II; There Is already light
lions, aud about one million acres Of ishd
subscribed. All taxes cease from dsta Of sIib-
scrip ion. r n MCc1R ~
Jais subscription Agent.
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From. an coca lonAl 'Orrespnndentl
MAEION CRITTEEDEG COUNTY, ARK ,
January II -rhe more / see aud hear
Of JhIs county, the more am convinced
It will become great mining district 1t
il reported, on good authority, that B
New York company has lately male
extensive purchases of mineral lands in
this couu y, including the mines OF the
memphis company. a great deal Of
or, sJ.-,-tiug wss done last fall with en-
c1u aging results, and much more is
tslkeI % 10 be done at an early day
TIL. report of rich silver ore, lately dis
covered in this county, are confirmed,
aud e one mine specimens have been
obtained that have yielded by assay
f,on two TO twelve End half per cent.
20 tie ton OF lead There are numerous
indications Of copper and iron. Mineral
springs abound l have not heard Of
diamonds being found, but rhere is
good show Of beauty among the fair sex.
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Is Washington City yesterday White
law Reid was arrested 10y detectives on
q warrant issued by the police court at
the instance Cf Ex-Governor Alex. r.
Sh h-pheri Tor libel. The warrant recites
that Reid, in certain articles in the Tri-
tune, had charged him (Shepberd) with
bringing bankruptcy on the District Of
Colum5is FOR the purpose Of extricsting
himself from financial difficulty, and
with awarding contracts for purposes Of
fraud aud contrary to Justice. Reid
gave satisfactory assurances that he will
appear before the police court n that
city this morning.