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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-14
The First Ward Fishing CIab's
REahsFrv.

Hhb0aAFys
At 3 o'clock yesterday morning, q
majority Of the First Ward Fishing
Club assembled at the corner OF Wash
ington and Grove streets, aud q short
time thereafter the merry crack Of the
whip and the rumbllng Of wheels an.
nOunced that the bus was arriving, and
In 8 few moments 1t stopped at the cor-
ner, and the colored Jehu announced
that be was OF the service Of the Club.
1t wac 4 o'clock when the members Of
the Club had assembled and seated
themselves In the bus, and the order
was given to the driver to proceed 10
Thompson's Lake, which he did, and
while on the trip the members RECALLED
themselves with listening TO the mag
niacent singing OF r. 0'Lsary, H. Hal
bach, Professor Cycling, and Harry
Schmidt, assisted by the rest Of the par
", aud looking at the growing crops.
The time was spent pleasantly, and the
ride was enjoyed by all, aud al 5 80 the
camp on Thompson's Lake was reached,
when a majority Of the fishing party
procured boats and crossed over 10
Seaborn Kings house, the keeper of
the Lake, aud ordered breakfast, which
was soon served up to them in style-
the table being loaded down with fish,
Spring chicken, tomatoes, etc., aud
which was pronounced by ell to be the
finest breakfast they had had for some
time, aud which far surpassed any.
thing that the hotels or restau-
rants In town we're in the habit Of lay.
log before their guests. After break
fast fishing commenced, and fish II
was, the members of the Club striving
patiently for three hours to procure
ish enough for dinner; but at last the
requisite number were "taken IN out o
the wet" and were soon In the frying
pan. At II 80 I'm dinner was an
%nounced, and ell hands partook Of thu
meal, which was furnished under thC
supervision Of Mr.. Henry Schiller
Chief of the COmmissary Department
aud reflected great credit on that gen
tleman. While dinner was being die
posed OF, the sky began 10 cloud up Ant
the rain commenced falling 10 torrents
Fishing was tried during the rain, bu
the most Turing bait would not temp
them, and so all hands agreed to g,
home and 1t was 3 good move, as eV
erybody vas wet through, and the las
keg of beer was nearly empty, 80 Of
o'clock the horses were hitched up, an
the party started home, the raj
falling briskly. Spout's Spring
we're reached at 4 o'clock refresh
ments were INDUCED in, and th
party soon forgot their trouble
aud commenced singing, whlc
was kept up until the bus stopped |
front of the Courthouse, when Cap
Jack Flanagan, q member of the Clul
asked the fishermen up to his room
where a basket Of krug was soon dii
posed Of and several magnificent song
sang by the musical gentlemen Of h
Club, including n splendid solo B
DR.. O'Leary, The members Of th
Club returned home about 5 80, We
without any 6sh, but satisfied wi
Thompson's Lake as 0 fishing resoI
, The target shooting did not come o.
owing 10 the heavy rain falling oil Il
afternoon. Our thanks are tenderC
to Messrs. Weimar aud Schiller f
c%ourtesies.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-14
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
GOLD nj sTUUMs.

BERLIN, June l2.-Specie increased
4.S77,000 marks.
NEW ORLEANS, June l2--Gold Ia
IA. New York sight 4 premium.
Sterling bank, 81 80.
INV York, June IL .-NoJn-Gald
opened at lc. Stocks weak. Money
2I6@3. Exchange: long,f4 84js short,
"a SGJ6. State bonds quiet. Govern.
ment securities strong.
Evening-Gold closed firm, |.
Money easy, 2k@3. Sterling steady,
5. Government securities firm ;
new Sc, 81, State bonds steady.
Stocks closed weak New York
Central, 81 09}6 Erie, l4H Lake
Shore,62l6 Illinois Central, S5A Pitts
burg, 8lA Chicago and North West
ern, 1870, preferred, 74Ac; Rock
Island, ll5R Western Union, So.
sUB-TREAsuRY BALANCES.
NEW York, June l2.-Gold, Sl24,-
6S0,599 90; currency, S4l,602,2l9 90.
The sub. Treasurer paid out $4,000
on interest, and $4,000 for bonds,
Custom receipts to-day, $4,000.
COrEuR IN LIVEKPUUL.
LIVERPOOL, June l2.-Noon-CottOT
6rmer. MiddlinR uplands, ED; Mid.
ding Orleans, 6 7.l6d. Sales l000(
bales, 1000 OF which were for specula'
ton aud export. Receipts, 1927 bales
54,lS3 OF which were American. Flu.
lures opened l.32d better. Sales o.
middling uplands nothing below low
middling, delivered June and July
64d July and August, 6 j.l6d; Au'
gust and September, 63Sd; October
q 7.l6d new crop shipped In October
and November, by sail, 6 5.l6i.
300 p.m.-Sales included S,20(
bales American.
$3.50 pm Sales of middling upland
nothing below low middling delivered
June, 6Id; new crop shipped NOvem'
Der and December, by sail, 6 5.l6d.
500 m.-Sales OF middling upland
nothing below low middling, delivere,
June and July, 6 0 32d; July an,
August,6 ii 32d August and Septem
Der, 6 Is 32d September and October
9 ID 32d October aud November,
1921.
Futures closed trm.
COTTON IN NEW YORK.
Nav YoRh, Juns IL -NoOn-Cota
quiet. Middling uplands, ll1sc
Orleans, ll%c, Sales OF 1856 bales.
EveninL-Colton 6rm, Middliu
uplandS, llRc; Orleans, ll%c. Sal.
OF Cos bales.
Consolidated net receipts 1920 bale
Exports 10 Great Britain, 1856 bales
10 France, -; TO the Continent, -
10 the cha"nel, -.
Receipts net, bales; gross, 81
bales.
IhG GLOWING were The change !
NV Iork futures
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-14
Arrest OF IN AmsTisan Commissioner
to the p sFfa EXPOSITION.

Arrest of an AmsTisan Commissioner
70 the P sEis Exposition.
New York, June l2.-GeOrge P.
Hart, Commissioners from Florida to
the Paris Exposition, was arrested In
BOyonne on a cspess Issued by Judge
Knapp on the application Of Henry
De Seauala, q lawyer Of this city. Il
seems that Hart, seauAla and David
n. Porter, also 9 lawyer, possessed .
claim against the LAthrop Combination
Sewing Machine Company for $4,000,
in satisfaction Of which they received
from the Company 9 note for $4,000,
and 2S7 machines valued at $1,000.
Porter owned Is, SeaDala IS, aud Hart
30 per cent. Of the claim. The ma.
chimes were first stored by Hart with
the Remingtons, but he subsequently
removed them and disposed Of them,
appropristing the proceeds to his own
use. He then returned 10 Florida. He
was stopping on his way to Europe 10
Boyonne, when arrested. Geo. w.
Cassidy, Commissioners of the Supreme
Court, Leld him to bail 10 await trial.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-14
The Potter

WASHINGTON, June 12.--Darrall was
cross.examlned ct great length, the
tenor Of his evidence atill continuing to
place Anderson aud Matthews In close
political relations. Seymour, the No
ary, and the two Witnesses (Dick and
Wilder to the Anderson. Weber state.
ment testified to the execution Of the
paper they knew Anderson, and were,
therefore for the first time made &C.
Quainled with Weber. Gen. Smith,
formerly Appointment Clerk of the
Treasury D!partment,iswas partially
examined without any new develop
menls,
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-14

rescue, but we're driven back by The In
tense heat Of the flames which we're
nov reaching the rear Of The boat. The
woman stood out on the wheel as far
as che could, speechless with fright
aud unable 10 move. Jump !" Jump
cried the crowd on the shore, but the
woman only stood still. Ia the mean
time 3 skii had been put out by some
colored men, who, rowing close 10 the
boat, reached the wheel and pulled her
of, the woman still being unable 10
move. The crowd yelled with delight,
Her name was ROWley, and che was q
chambermald on the boat. All the
other hands, numbering twenty, got of
10 safety"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-14
Nervous Debility.

VITAL WEAKNESS OR DEPREssfoS; a
weak, exhausted feeling, no energy or
courage the result OF mental over.
work, indiscretions or excuses, or some
drain upon the system, is always cured
by HUMPHREYS Homeopathic SPECIFIC
No. %. 1t tones up and lnvigorates
the system, dispels the gloom and des.
pondency, imparts strength and energy,
stops the drain, and rejuvenates the en-.
tire man. Been used twenty years with
perfect success by thousands. Sold by
dealers. Price, 81 per single vial, or
IS per package of five walls and 81 vial
of powder. Sent by mail on receipt Of
price. Address HUMPHREYs' HOMEo.
PATH1C MEDICINE COMPANY, 100 Fulton
street. New York. aplS-eod&wly
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-14
Card.

To all who are suffering from the
errors and indiscretions Of youth, nerv.
Gus weakness, early decay, loss of man.
hood, ETC., | will send q recipe that will
cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great
remedy was discovered by g Mission
airy 10 South America. Send a self.
addressed envelope to the Rev. JosEPH
T. INMAN, Station ID, Bible House, New
York City. oc4.eed& WY
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-14
Executors Notice.

WTHEREAs, LETTERS OF EXECU-
w torship on the estate OF John A. Nc.
Neill, deceased, were granted TO the I'm.
derSigned, on the Both day Of May AID.
1878, by the Honorable Chancery Court Of
Warren county, STATE OF. Mississippi: Now
oil persons having claims agalnst the es.
tate OF said ~decedent, are hereby request
cd to exhibit the same within the time
limited by Law, Cr the same will be barred.
i~e1S-altWlm +, 3. BUTTS, Ex'r.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-14
Delicate and IleIicIonn

The Pet Rose, Alista Bouquet, Yling
Ylaug, Musk Rose, aud all OF the odors
made for the handkerchief aud toilet
by Dr.. Price, are not only delicate and
delicious, but fragrant and persistent.
DR., Price's Unique Perfumes are GER.
tainly as sweet as the flowers from
which they are made.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-14

1t Is we'll known that while DR..
Pic p Cream Baking Powder has been
made for many years without reducing
It's standard Of perfect purity, there is
not another baking powder in the mar
ket that can stand the test for purity.
Chemists aud physicians use DR.. Prices
Cream Baking Powder in their own
families,
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-14
BARNES HOTEL
Mississippi City.
NEW MANAGEMENT r.

WE HAvE LEASED BARNES Ho-
w tel for i've years. II 10 the finest
hotel Building on the Gulf Coast. Ac.
this place. Bathing and Fishing unsur-
passed. BIZ iards, Ten.pins, and all other
amusement for Ladies' and Children. A
full Brass aud string Band. Magnificent
Picnic and Encampment Grounds Of df.
teen acres, Live Oak Shades, and Springs
OF Pure and sulphur Water. Bathing and
Fishing privileges FREE OF CHARGE.
Barnes Hotel will be irst.class In every
respect.
TkRMS-Per Day, $3.50; per Week, Sl5
per Wees not less than ioue weess) $l2,
CHAS. h. SMEDEs,
JN0, +. ROWLAND,
je9.d&Wlm PrOprietors.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-14

THE following letter is selected from
hundreds on file in tie office Of Messrs.
FERsLEw & Co., PtOpIletOrs "%Jurgiele
VICES Anti. Rheumatic MIXTURE 2, o.
box l,4Q6, New Orleans:
Mr.. S. LczAno, Magnolia Plantation,
parish OF Plaquemine, La, says:
please send a bottle OF your Anti
Rheumatic Mixture to Mr.. Morris Lon
derburgh. You know, on my visit Ia
the city, | bought a bottle OF your med
iclne, which | gave TO q man that had
been laid up with rheumatism for siI
months at Buras Settlement, and be Il
now perfectly cured" d&Wlt
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-14
TURNIP SEED.

7 ANDRETH's TURNIP sEED.-Flat
IL Dutch, PUmeranean Globe, Rcd Top,
Amber GLOBE, Improved Yellow Ruta Ba.
ga, in quarter and halt pound packages and
ten cent papers. Cabbage and all Fall
Seed at wholesale, By
iela.dKw LEE RICHARDsON &CO.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-14

The Rev. D. N. Vanderveer, pastor
Of the Union Park Congregational
Church in this city, yesterday rendered
his resignation on account Of q reduc-
ton Of salary from IS 900 to $4,000 re.
Gently voted by his church. -[ChiCago
Tribune,
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-14
REPORT

or The City Of VickSburO, for the ueek ending
Monday, The l0th day Of June, A.D. 1878,
At y O'Clock m.
June 3-Armstead Whitlock, colored, l9
years, apOplexy, Warren county.
June 4-GeOrgie 5. TO kes, . years / day,
mara,mus VicEsburg, 4ih Wasd.
June Jessie Pannell, | year | month q
days, chatera lSfantGm, Ntcksburg, 4th
Ward
Jgue j Il. Patrick, = years, verdi I
- tae Jury, died Of ~a9,p.ex!, )" Vigxs'
ourg, ith Ward,
June 7-Wm. Dixon, y years, hug 10
tae Warren County jail yard.
June M. J.Louway 81 years months,
consumption, NIcssburg. "a Ward.
June l0-Frede;ick L. Allen, | year !
months, teething, VicksOurg, 81 Ward.
A true copy: J.Q ARNOLD, sexton
I. r.. Woodbury., n. D., Health Uticer.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-14

ROUTH-Died, June 18th, Mrs HELEN S.
RouTH, wife Of the late OctO Routh, Esq,
and daughter OF Gen. VIM. (. starke.
IT New Orleans and PlttsburE papers
please COPY.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-14
Futures opened drmer, and closed
firm, with Gales Of 5000 bales.
UOTTON IN NEW ORLEANS.

Nav ORLEANS, June l2.--Cotton
Arm, with sales of 2,l00 bales, Or.
binary, 91Sc; good ordinary, 9%c; low
middling, l0kc; middling,llAc; good
middling, l2c, Receipts: net, 248
bales; gross, 543. Exports: Coasiwise,
1889 bales. Stock GU hand, So. $50
bales.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-14
DIED.

HENDERsON-Died, at Diamond Land
ing, Warren county, Miss, on Saturday,
June ID, after a brief illness. ETTIE LEE,
infant daughter Of Fra K and sallie Hen.
dersOn.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-14
VICKSBURG
DAILY AND WEEKLY


the fifteenth year Of les publication, and
established itself in the esteem and con-
hdence Of the people, by the plain has
fearless manner in which It deals with ell
public questions, edItOrially; Its success
and enterprise in gathering q great variety
and extent Of news by special ~telegraphlc
correspondence outside Of the full reports
of the Associated Press; by the attention
which 1t gives to the material needs and
the development Of the natural resources
the South, particularly Of u own
State, and by its manifest determination
to hold no second place In the ranks Of
Southern journalism.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-14

The hull Of the sunken German iron.
clad 6roSser Kurfurst hes broken In
two.
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4AGVGGlyHGraId

Is an eight page, forty-elght column
paper, containing careful selections from
the editorial, news and miscellaneous mat
ter of the Daily edition, with the view
giving Its readers in the country an cpl
tome of the weeks history, and making IL
TIE best FAMILY PAPER n TIE SFEEE.
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PLAIN and FANCY
JOB PRINTING
Done at short notice, at rates and in style
that will rot fail to give entire satisfaction.
BIND RY
AND
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fitted Book Bindsry end are prepared b
manufacture to order every variety Of
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-10-30
THE EVENING STAR.
October 30, ls7s.
Sending from England 60 America
for English Products.

Olive Logan, in a late letter from London.
tells the following good story;
In Paris. last summer, saw friend OF mine
who lad just come over using pen OF peculiar
those untidy persons who, like myself. ink their
myers when they write. NOW, my friend Is a
man whose hands are always as white as lilies,
With flnGer-nails like rosebuds In tint; notice.
abe hands, even remarkable. considering tina.
ne Is an elderly man. and one who occ iSionally
EelpS with the lighter work on his farm In Ne
oraSka. Catch him linking his fingers,
ny, where did you get that nice PEN" I
asked MIN, vista OF blSSful exemption from an
uninhed middle finger opening on my Joyous,
eNpectant mind.
I'm Omaha" he answered. "It'S the incest
thlng-l used 20 Ink my fingers before got tti-
He did, He linked his fingers That was enough
Tor me. got the name OF the merchant from
whom he bought the pen, the price OF IL, and In
closing the money sent from Paris 90 Omaha
Tor that pen.
BY the last steamer it came 10 me, There had
been little delay. The stationer at Omaha was
out OF them. but he sent up TO Sioux city 20 the
man mat adNertlSeS them for another lot. And
now here Is where the laugh comes in, SO pre-
pare 10 pucher. The pens are an English inven-
ton, and tons OF them can be bought In London,
u desired. Al the stationer'S next door could
nave got what L had sent after Ia Sioux CITY
But how could know that. dealt with the
man that advertise
am so glad that there are some people in the
world who are StronE-minded enough Ia put A
disputed matter TO the test OF law on principle
The irresistible tendency with the great m as of
humanity is 10 leave bad enough alone and the
lse," expresses in five words the disposition ON
the part OF most people 20 submit 10 a wrong or
an eNtoitlon, or what not, rather than 90 ID any
additional trouble or expense about IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-10-30

cz-Snow fell on Saturday in Western Missouri
and different places in Kansas, the earliest tall
In l6 years.
cE- New orleans is a well-drained city, SD
far as its treasury is concemed.-lN. q. P5cay-
Uae.
- Gen. Trevine, commanding the Mexican
forces on the Rio Grande, has already dispersed
several bands of marauding Indians found on
the Mexican side.
81 Boston street car conductors have been
caught using fraudulent bell punch which
locked and rang like the genuine article but
made no hole In the slip OF cardboard.
cS~A boy lately died at st. GALL in France, In
consequence OF swallowing over dozen stones
of prunes. They were found clustered in one
spot in his inteStineS after death.
sE-''A beam upon the face OF our democratic
Waters-a perfect Sky-Scraper in all our cleo
tioES,' is what Kentucky paper calls its pet
candidate Tor acknowledgements.
81 Henry c. Work deserves a firSt-class
funeral after he is dead. He wrote Grand
latnerS Clock" He ought TO have about 60
days in the work-house now Cost. Post.
es-"A Eeirophant whom it were the --LATEST
sort Of baseneSs TO call a duodecimo" is what
the Baltimore Gazette calls a democrat who
doesn't vote.
cE-After piously caring for the grave of his
dead father for twenty-six years resident OF
Kalamazoo, Mich, found that the body had been
stolen years and years ago.
Sc There is a terrible famine In Morocco
War, peStilence, and famine flourish as brishly
In the nineteenth as in any other century,
sF-An odd feature OF the PENNSYLVANIA cam
paign Is the advertising by the republicans or
their speakers appointments the list being
some columns in length in the Philadelphia
Record, a democratic paper.
eg-In gambling room i'm Nevada the tanitor
on opening the place ia the morning, found a
man sitting dead at table, with the cards still
in his hands. lie had been Shot at poker by his
adversary, who had fled.
es-Rev. John McCullam of the Church OF the
Sacred Heart, New York, has been sued by John
McQuirk for $780, which he alleges his mother
placed in the hands OF the priest before her
death, and which he claims as her heir.
CO The Memphis Aualdache praises the blacks
for the good care taken OF the residence proper
ty of the absent whites, though many OF them
were destitute and had to be supported by pub
lie charity.
The German Socialists have been discus
sing the ACCESSIBILITY OF an emigration en- maSSe
TO the United States or Asia Minor, where they
can profess their political and social faith in
peace.
EJohn Carpenter, who stabbed Mary Lyons
In church, In New York, short time ago, endeav-
ored TO commit suicide in Jail by cutting himself
in the abdomen with table knife. His Chances
or recovery are slight.
sE The Russian government has forbidden
several ladies who have gained medical diplo-
mas TO practice in the province OF Novgorod
Russian women doctors are usually very adj
yanced In political ideas.
81 MIX is found TO be an antidote 10 lead
poisoning. The Journal de Medicine states that
after each operator at some white lead works
received quart day, no collie or harm TO
health occurred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-10-30
DUNCANsON BROS, Auctioneers.

TRUSTEES SALE OF TWO-STORY FRAME
HOUSE, No III H STREET N0RTHEASTr.a aD
By virtue of deed of trust to us, bearing IA
duly recorded IN Iiber No sil, folio 5, one cot Of
the land records of Washington county in the Dis.
trict of Columbia, and at the request. Of the
ton. in front of the premises, on TUESDAY, the
9th day of November, A. d. 1878, at 4:3O O'Clock
pm, all that certain piece or parcel Of ground
known as part of original lot numbered ten 5pt lO
IN square numbered seven hundred and nineteen
CID, beginning for the same at point on the line
OF north street distant eighteen (18) feet west
from the northeast corner of said lot and running
thence west eighteen (1S) feet; thence south one
hundred 1OO feet; thence east eighteen (I8) feet
and thence north one hundred 1O0) feet to street
and place Of beginning; and also the free use and
privileges forever OF alley not less than 80 feet in
width running westwardly along the of said part
OF said lot and opening with the into Delaware
avenue 10 feet in width also the of one nd-a-
halffoot 90 alley on the eastern boundary line of
the said part of said lot said part of said lot ten m
being piece Of the ground conveyed to Thomas
Dronsy by Bennett II. Hill, February 20sh 1864; to-
gether with the improvements, which consist of a
tMostOry frame house No III III street northeast
Terms of sale: One third cash balance in six twelve
eighteen and twenty -four months with interest at
per cent notes to be secured by deed of trust on the
premises sold. 800 deposit at time Of sale Convey.
ancing, &C. at purchasers cost If terms of sale ara
not complied with within five days the Trustees re-
serve the right to resell at the risk AMI cost of the de-
faultins purchaser after aye days. lSertsament
ocl8eod&ds THOMAS HYDE : 1sostea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-10-30

\ GIRL Transfer ~ BoOTS-For several
months past. among the many wood-chOpperS
working for the railroad company al and m the
vicinity OF Poplar Blufl there has been one a
trim. very SmOoth-faced fellow especially no
ttceable. He WAS popular with all his aSso-
ciateS, owing. perhaps. 10 his bOySh WAYS and
his straightforward bearing. He did not tn
dulge in the use OF intoxicating liquors. and
night after night, aS the men were grouped
around the campfire. his CHEEKY voice as he
sang the rude ballads 81 his companions
made tie forest ring. About ten day, since he
tell victim 10 the chillS and fever. and while
deltriOuS. his attendant made the starr ling dis
coNery that their fatofite was not what he
claimed. but a woman i'm disguise. Al night on
the return OF the choppers la the camp, the in-
formation was impaired and the next day the
girl was carried To Poplar Blum, where, under
the care or the physician, she soon recovered
Her occupation gone, she found herself an OIL
Ject OF suspicion and curiosity. Unable 10 Oh
tain work suitable for her sex. few nights
since she donned her ''Old clothes and as we
earn from Conductor Welsh. came 10 JudSonia
where she is again at her old occupation-driv-
ing team. The girl, when questioned as 10
her reasons for leading the life she does an
SWefed frankly that she cannot obtain employ
ment suitable for woman. and that as a man
she receives much larger pay than she would as
a common domestfc.-ILiuie Rock Democrat.