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Lin e and Cemenfs.
HOW BUILDING TONES HAVE REEN JoINr
TOGETHER INCE ANCIENr TIMES

How BUILDING TONES HAVE BEEN JOINED
TOGETHER INCE ANCIENT TIMES.
,od rroi; Mallet, Of the universityof Virginia,
Iectufed yesterday afternoon &C the Johns
Hopkins univel sity on Lime and Clements. y
Going back of Authentic history of buiI,Iinv
used py man was the placing of heavy blocks
together DIV their own weight. We find the
RUNS OF such structures in many parts of the
M Sndins and Id ind nd ssvages of our own time
mates and at particular seasons of the yea .
the idea of stopping up chinks between stoner
WIN moss and clay presented Itself, ultis
a marley re eading to the adaptation of similar
IN Egypt and Assyria Kindred bricks were
ustu ia D9lidlng, and were Joined together by
imiolstehed clay. In China, stone lime and
Ilnie III ade from the shells of mOlluSks were
known and used thousands of years ago. The
Chlnese not only used such cement as is used
now ana much as it is used now. but they also
unlike anything known here, one of these.
made OF lime and paper pulp, mixed with an
OIL answering to our iinSeed. This is used not
Only IN houses, but in the caulking of ships
Ihen there is another water-tight cement
mixture, used for coating vessels of bamboo
and pal er, SO that liquids may be carried in
sheni. Inc same cementS are used in Japan,
Uut IhlS, IKE nearly every other industry of
Ghe japanese, originated with the Chinese In
indla the use of lime and mortar dates back to
Inc very earliest times. Gypsum was also
known very early, and was used in the decor
ation of temples, especially i'm Egypt where
there was no lime. I'm Assyria we meet with
the origin and development of modern cement
IN he St ucture OF walls of Sun-dried brick
Her0dotuS is right when he tells us that the
wails OF Babylon were made of BRICK aud
Joli ed t. gether wi h mOiSJened clay. Asphalt
was al employed in the building of this
famous city.
Gyps UNI was used in Egypt and Nineveh i'm
setting alabaster baS reliefS on walls. In the
81 eat cities OF Greece at period long ante
rl0r TO the creation of those palaces OF marble
Which were the embodiment of the taste of
that cultured people, the same sun dried
DrlckS and clay cement were in use. In Italy
seven or eight centuries before the Christian
era we find ordinary lime mortar, and even
hydra ulic cement lai gely used in building the
great aqueductS and other structures. Sue
ceedlng this period there was no change in
GENE ntS for over two thousand years. In the
middle OF the last century an improved mode
OF urnlng lime came into use, and during the
Deell ing or the present century the large
kllns OF Gej many were an eXemplificatOn of
' ne hlgheS development of the industry up to
that time: 1t was in 1856 in connection with
the built ing of the EddyStone light house that
an impoI tant advance was made in the max
Ing OF hydraulic eementS. In 1850 the inveG-
ton OF The Portland cement marked an epoch.
This has since almost entirely superseded |
ydrau lc cementS in use, and is conceded by
q lStlngt lShed architects to be.the best known.
| BG{tiO, ore dnprjcTn
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USES OF 4DTERSTTY.

If none were sick and none were sad,
What service could we render?
i think IL we were always glad
We scarcely could lie tender.
Did our beloved never need
Our patient miniStratiOn,
Earth would grow cold, and miss Indeed,
Its sweetest consolation.
III sorrow never claimed our heart,
And every wish were granted,
Patience would die and hope depart
Life would be diSenchanted
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a SYMPHONY.

PART L.
A the spring wore tn and the weather got
Ahsp'trfrg D sultry and dad hinged hot
The lat. Mr.. Blown decla Ell ned not
Be n cited to des' b in tha. dry goods store,
anG hence ne cone iutled II wear No :lore
The under. hirt he erst had wore.
PART III,
4 little cold in his delic ste lung
A little song by the church choir sung
A little con pSe 20 the graveyard brung.
st. Louis Journal
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SCENE IN A HORSE CAR-Seats all occupied.
Enters a person dressed as a lady. Bright IT,
tie boy rises and offers his seat. Lady drops
into 1t. with an air of slight disdain. Boy
Lady" No, l didn't say anything" Boy
Oh, excuse me; thought you said thank
you" Lady, in high dudgeon-" YOn may
have your seat" Boy (resuming it)-" Well,
I'll thank you" Passengers cOnvulsed Lady
disappears at next street crossing.-IB Boston
Transcript
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@George r. Waterman, the defaultine
Mass, who stole Sill 900, has been Sentences
to twelve years in state prison.
A&C0lumbia college, New YORK. is to have
new building costing $4,000. Work isato be
begun at once, the contract having 6been
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AsThe trottins stallion Bashaw Chief
owned by Thomas ElwOod. and valued at
1850, died at Cleveland, Ohio, Saturday, Of
congestion OF the lungs.
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"Pastor Thomas preached, in the Luz
theran church of Newport, Ohio, that there
was no hell. The trustees met Immediately
requesting him to resign.
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I - ENERAI IRA NSATI ANTIl = -

4 NNllx D1hECT LINE TO EAANCEs
O6ENERAL TRANSATLANTIC <>kSka
COMPANY Between New York and [ENtN
H,yre. Pier q, N. R.. foot Morton st.
VILE DE PARIS, Capt. santelli, Wednesday,
June 8. 8 a. m.
SAINT LAURhNT, Capt. Lachesnez, We'd
pesd sy, June IL, pm.
LABRADOR. Capt SaDglier, wednesday, June
10. "a m.
rice OF Passage in Gold (including wine)-To
Havre, First Cabin, 800; Second Cabin, $685. Third
Cabin, $36. steerage, $36, including wine, bed
ding, and utensils.
Steamers ''PERFIRE, 4" WILLIE DEPARTS, -
and st. LAURENT' do not carry steerage pas
sengers.
LOUIS DE BEBIAN, Agent, So Broadway,
Or g. w, MOSS. 226 Penn. ave.; T. W. BOfE-
ington, DC. feb28 SIN
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KILLED BY MUTINEERs.-The bark J. s.
Wright left Philadelphia for Belfast on Fri
day. While on the way down the Delaware a
mutiny broke out among the crew, in which
while, attempting to suppress the disorder, was
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THE BRITISH AND NORTp AMFpIckN
ROYAL MI STkA MSHiPS

THE BklIlSH AND NOR' AMERICAN
ROYAL MAT STEAMSHIPS,
BETWEEE TEW York IND LfTERPOOL.
CALLING At CORK HARBOR.
.Russis.. Wed, May ss :kussis.. =. Wed. July 8
sey thia;, Wed, june scythia.. Wed. July 10
Abvsstnta, Wed, June ~ Abysstnia. Wed, July IL
Boz HI Ia. Wed, June IS Bothnta. We'd, July "a
Algeria. Wed, june 28 Algeria. Wed, July 81
And every following wednesday from New York.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
By steamers carrying steerage, S80a and 100 gold,
according to accommodations.
No Storage.
By steamers not carrying steerage, $50, y1OO and
$50 gold, according to accommodation.
Tickets to Paris, $1b, gold, additional.
Return tickets on favorable terms.
Steerage at very low rates. SteerAge tickets from
Liverpool and Queenstown and al other parts of
Europe at lowest rates.
Through bills Of lading given for Belfast, Glas-
cow, Havre, Antwerp and other ports on the Con.
dnent, and for Mediterranean ports.
ONCE, No. Bowling Green, or both steerage and
sa6in, to OTIS BI6ELoW, eos It'll street, Wash
t38 ~ CHAS. g. FRANCKLYN, Agent NY.
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YNMAN LINE
IN"AH LINE
ROYAL HILL STEAMERS,
NEW YORK to QUEENSTOWN 4 LIVERPOOL
EVERY THURSDAY Oh SATURDAY.

Tons. Tons.
City Of Richmond. 4, 500 City Of New York.s, 500
City Of Chester; t8e City Of Paris ;....s0
These magnificent steamers, built In watertight
compartments, are among the strongest, largest
and fastest on the Atlantic,
The saloons are luXuriously furnished, especially
well lighted and ventilated, and take up the whole
amidships, forward Of the engines, where least
noise and motion is felt, and replete with every
comfort, having all latest Improvements, double
berths, electric BELLS &c.
The cuisine has always been especially Of this line
Ladies' cabins and bathrooms, gentlemen 9 smok-
Ing and bathrooms, BARRIERS shops. pianos, libra
toJOHN g. DALE, Agent, 81 and 80 Broadway,
N. Y.;J. W. BOTELER BRO, 92S Pa. ave.,
NV; g. W. MOSS, Adams Express. fe13-mwf6m
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PHILADELPHIA, ALEXANDRIA, WASH
1NGTON AND GEORGETOWN
CONNECTING AT PHILADELPHIA WITH CIYDE,s
LJEE FOR BOSTON, PROVIDENCE AND
NEW ENGLAND STATES
Sailing Ray; al ~ N.
Fr rom :9 Hnl,aassSoh-Mondsy, At Ham.
Freghts received daily. Through 49,
BILLS OF lading given TO Boston and EzS
Providence. Consignees wishing
their goods landed at Georgetown wharf will please
nave them marked ''GeOr0etoton, ID. o.
For full information apply to j. H. JOHNSON
& CO., 1902 street northwest, and l2th-street
wharf, Washington. ID. G.; &: e: HYDE, 59 VS.
CO; General Managers, IL South Wharves, Phia-
6elphia, marA0-1y
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= ORTH GERMAN LLOYD.

STR4MSRIP LINE BETWEEN NEW YORK.
SOUTHLAND TON AND BREMEN
The steamers OF this Company will sail every Sat-
aruay from Bremen Pier, foot OF Third <e.-.N
street. Hcboken. Rates OF passage: aTHR
FROM New York to Southampton, Lon sA0szh
cabin, $50 gold; Steerage, $50 currency For freght
'r passage, spply to OELRICHS CO.,
al Ism 9 Bowling Grean New Yoyk
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ELECTRIC LIGHT has been employed for the
first time to illuminate a theater. The An,eri-
can r. gister says the Chatelet Theater at Paris
is lighted on the system in use for the lamp
posts on the Place de rOpera, For some months
past the inventor, NJ JablOchkoff, and NJ Cas-
tellan3, the manager OF the Chatelet Theater,
have been attempting. experiments that have
finally succeeded, and now the dazzling cleo.
trio light throws its brilliant radiance over the
ballets, and the principal effects Of the spec
tacular fairy pieces now being played at the
Chatelet.. On the evening of the 7th of May
an experiment was made of the electric light
from lamp.posts in front of the Mansion
House, and the Royal Exchange, London. The
light was so bright and clear that newspaper
could be read at a distance of fifty feet. To
temper its intensity, milk white shades were
power light. 1t Is coming into general use in
Paris for lighting public squares, gardens and
great are as. railroad depots aud factories.
Bulidlng operations can be carried on under
day.
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IT NOW APPEARS that the students at Hary.
a know ali about their examination papers
long in advance. This premature knowledge
Is rendered imperative by the extraordinary
den ands made on the time of the students
for the study Of base ball and other classics
tHuackege
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THE NATURAL BRIDGE IN BANKRUPTCY.-
Mr.. Asher w. Hartman, formerly of Rock
bridge county, now of this city, adjudged a
bankrupt on his own petition, had two assign
ees chosen for him on Saturday by his credit
the other Mr. Thomas N. Page, of this city. In
the property scheduled by Mr.. Hartman is the
famous Natural Bridge, which, with the land
attached, is valued at $l4,0O0.-[ Richmond
Wig.
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Phiisdelphia to Liverpool, touching atNS&R
Queenstown. -d
cabin, intermediate and steerage passage tickets
can be had at II. d. COOKE, JR. d co. 3, Bank.
ers, 1429 st. Also, agents for the BED Star Line
to Antwerp. my22-d
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AS=The Philadelphia commercial exchange
has passed resolution asking Congress to in.
crease the standing army.
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VERDICT ON A PAYMAsTER's BoND.-At
Hartford, Conn, a verdict Of 81 $50 has been
found against Mrs. Louisa M. Mansfield,
Was for
Paymaster Joseph M. Wade, OF Cincinnati,
whose accounts, after Mansfield's death, were
found 8, 900 short. The bond was pigeon
ceptions were fled by respondents counsel.
The RUSSIAN CRUIsERs.-There are now
twenty Russian officers in Philadelphia In con.
necti0n with the cruisers fitting out there.
The alterations to the steamships at Philadel
phia, under the supervision of Russian officers.
are progressing rapidly. The California has
been pierced for six guns, and some of them
are already in position. Both vessels will he
ready for sea in about a month.
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A NCH0R LINE. eAA
"A UNITED STATES NAIL @fh
STEAMERS, S&S4kS>&S
2ail from No, yorlyf or

GLASGOW every SATuRD.y.
LONLON every WEDN FS1aY !.
PaSs enger accommodations unsurpassed for ella
gance and comfort, All Staterooms on main
deck, and saloon amidships
SALOON CABINS, $65 TO $50, CURRENCY,
sEtONDGABlN,i including all requisites $40.
excursion tickets for First-claSs Passage, New
York to Paris and RETURN Sl36 to yl95, Accord
Ing to stateroom and route chosen.
For Books OF Information, Plans, &C.
Apply to HENDERSON BROTHER
BOWLING GREEN, NEW YORK
or To ANNIE X HUMPHREYS, 40 10th st. n.
W., Washington. ap24- an
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LINE.

NUNARD LINE.
u NOTICE.
With the view of diminishing the chances Of
collision, the Steamers OF this line take a specific
course for all seasons of the year.
On the outward passage from Queenstown to New
York or Boston, crossing the meridian OF 30 at 43
tat., nothing to the north of 43.
On the homeward passage crossing the meridian
Of 30 Ut - lat, or nothing to the north Of 42,
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STEAMERS. &c.

Fen POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS
- The Steamer hATTANO, Capt. 49,
&C IL t. ss's SO WIN Pass mr.
md one 70 MATToX CREEK, stopping at inter-
nfS nation ISon fsnns and turtle,
Md ,DS Once ill4 and sss FennsyTania avenue S
s 3 sh.rf foot 81 f stS aRd sSss AGENT
SUMMER ARRANGE1IENr.
FOR NORFOLK, FORTRESS MONROE AND
rhe swift and elegant i iron Steamer LADY O.,
T TInl. .Ak a1es e'E ssh. s = Sss %
DAY. WEDNESDAY s and FRIDAY THS a. o,cI,s
sna esSefs PsS S
s ssYss TS5sGf every CesE
ieas hsSS cs1sa SoHs
nus of It'll ana 9th street Hneof ears, -ES4A@N
# = m, three times per week, for
tntermediate landings each trip. Days Of sailing.
.S :DR a
he Compsny,s Wharf, foot Of 8t6 street. VI -
i0r sHRGRfn' sR 4 knf FIss E1
r,. STE sTEAMERs FOR NEW YORK.
sGhS and
every SATURDAY at D m. George S2AfA4S
town every MONDAY, and Alexandria same day
Frelght taken 1t lowest rates. For Information
spply at ONCE over Metropolitan Bank 18th street,
or to X. r. 4. DENHAM, Agent, Water street,
ap21- I SAMUEL BACON, President.
STATE LINE.-TO GLASGOW, LIVER
DERRY. AND THE PARIS EXPosiTIoS'
From Pier ~ North River, foot OF Canal street,
STATE OF GE0RGIA. ..... 49,. Thursday, May
STATE OF LOUlS1ANA....-..Thu Thursday May
STATE OF NEVADA. ........ Thursday NAV %
FIRST cabin, $50 to $76. according to accommo-
iatlons: return tickets at reduced rates Sfcond
cabin. S45. Steerage at lowest rates
Apply to AUSTIN BALDWIN q CO., Agents.
c No. " Broadway. New York
PENNSYLVANIA avenue. ~
steeiage Tickets al No. 45 Broadway and at COM
pshy g pier, foot OF Canal ST.. North River myl-Im
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COAL AND WOOD.
JOHNSON BROTHERS,
u WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DE A L Z Rs
COAL IND WOOD.

We desire to call the attention of the public to the
Act that we now have on hand the largest and best
selected stock Of COAL AND WOOD In the Dis
surpassed BY any hrm In the same line In the United
States; that our Kindling Wood Factory Ia the
largest south OF New York; and, indeed, our ADJ
pointments for doing . Coal and wood businem
are complete In every particular.
3, 24S lbs. to tho ton our invariSble Standard
Best Varieties at Lowest Market Prices.
Main onice-Depot MIN and Wharves, foot 18TH,
18th and b streets southwest,
Omcee-lSO2 i, ul2 9th and klS7 TIN streets north.
west. tAnlS-H
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THE DUTCH ARCTIC EXPEDITION left the Am
sterdam Canal on May fOr a six months
cruise under the command of j. j. de Bruyne.
A small sailing vessel, the Wiem BlrentS
has been specially constructed for the service
The object OF the expedition is to retrace the
steps In ihe light OF modern science of the
famous Dutch pilot whose early Arctic work
has been fifty cOmmemOrated in the name
given To the little eighty ton craft which bears
the parry The first point which the expedi-
ton pul POSeS visiting will be Jan Mayen Land
in latitude II deg. n, next steering its course
for the northwest coast of Spitzbergen to Am
steTdam Island. Smeerenburg, in this island
was the principal seat of operations of the
Dutch No thern Co, and some days will be
spent hire in looking out and marking the
graves of Dutchmen, several of whom died on
the island when in the service OF the company
In the Winters of 1888 "a and 1928. 1t IS ex-
pected that about the 18th of July the eXpedi-
uOn viii proceed TO NOyaya Zemlya, probably
Gaming at Bear Island, and after restoring the
Dutch landmarks at these various points, will
attempt To penetrate as far as possible to the
s az the latest period OF the navigable
SEASON, returning home before the Winter.
Inc small corps OF scientific experts on board
tne schooner Will make observations in mag
t he.Isi, me seorology, Zoology. and natural his
the ulTectlon and force of the currents in th
nafeh's sea and surrounding waters.
BISHOP McCosKRY's RRsIaSATroN.-Bishop
Sn ni MAS asked last evening to furnish for
P oStETa',on i copy 81 the letter of Bishop Nc
lltters stc)zd resignation. RiSbon Smi I'm
answered that the letter was a copadenIial
communication, and on that account conld
NOT De made Puolc.-lN: Y Sun, Goth.
Tho sixth wife of Elder Dunford NJ Silt
Lake has obtained divorce, i'm order 10 ha nv
come q e tenth wife of Bishop McAIlister> W
ICongress hall, Cape May N j., has haa,
sod, az sheriff's sale, to II. j. Dobbins ~
Philadelphia, for 500 VI
~A new mansion is to be built by Mrs
Fletcher Webster, the coming summer, on the
ste OF Inc webster mansion at Marshfield
M ass, anu Il Is designed that il shall CLOSELY
resemble the ne recently destroyed by fire.
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THE CASE OF PAYNE, book keeper and con-
fdential clerk for Alvin j. johnson, who.
after being eight years in his employ, has en-
beZzled $4,000 and spent it on women, once
more suggests whether employers would not
apart from any generous considerations, find
it to be to their interest to look carefully after
clerks and keep an eye on their way of life.
The doing SO might prevent an appalling
amount Of misery. To mention one case in
point, out OF thousands: Last year a hand
some, agreeable, married young man was
missing in the best society in Brooklyn. He
lived beyond his means and became a de-
faulter to a considerable amount. His mo-
ther and sister were his bOndswomen. The
house in which they lived, almost their only
property, had to DO sold to cover the young
mans defalcation. They are now in penury
He has utterly disappeared. In the old DAYS
of apprenticeship, and when young clerks
were regarded as part of merchants family,
instead OF being fast young men about town,
these wrecks in life were far less frequent OF
course. modern habits of life would not admit
OF clerks living in their employers houses,
but much more might De done in the way of
friendly surveillance.
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Sparrows, since their introduction into
America, have, it seems, been petted and fed
large towns, under the impression that when
they increased in numbers they would keep
down the legiOnS OF caterpillarS and canker
Wo! ms that infest the trees in the public parks.
1t is, however, reported that the caterpillarS
and Larvae are left to multiply on the trees un-
touched by the sparrows, and that they are as
busy among the buds and fruit trees and in
also said to drive away all the native song
birds, such as the Baltimore and orchard
oriole, bluebirds, purple martins and catbirds.
lean ornithOlogists, states that the rapid in
crease of the sparrOws in America win soon
call for legislative action to hold them in check,
and that the introduced sparrow Is to greater
degree granivOrOuS than most of our own Spe
cies OF the same family and SubSlstS only on
an insect diet exceptionally: With their
known prediction for the buds of fruit trees
and tQr rlpenlng grant to say nothing OF other
depredatiOns they are known to commit, re-
speeding which we have testimony from the
Old World as we'll as at hOme-have we not
burdened ourselves with tenfold worse pest
than the caterpillars prove 10 be-? The spar
rows are hence needless and deleteriOus ad-
dillon TO our fauna it may be no easy task to
eiaIicate Instead OF being pampered and
PEELED, at least left to take their chances in the
struggle for existence, without the advantage
OF the shelter and food they now find SO album
dant through u unwse hum human it toreslght =. +
back numbers of the Garden l mentioned
that the introduction of the sparrow into
America would turn out to be a great mistake,
nd they are now finding this QUIT London
burden.
SANGUINARY FIGHT BETWEEN WOMEN-A
letter from Milford, Del, in the Wilmington
Every Erening furnishes the following IA
sanguinary and probably fatal encounter oc-
cured ON Sunday night at what is known as
colored women: 1t appears that the husband
of each had not observed the sanclity of his
marriage vows, and Sarah Lizzie Fountain
cuseG Nancy Thomas of improper relations
v it'll hef (FOuntaln's) husband. Nancy made
a counter charge and struck Mrs. Fountain
with her fist. The fight then began in good
earnest, and he two women in open meeting
carried on m, s. terrible struggle for short
time, until TnOma :, whipping out a razor
gashed the face, head and neck of her oppo
nent in most Il ri'ible manner, inflictfng
wounds which will probably cause her death.
Her neck and face were gaShed until only
pup OF quivering, bleeding flesh could be
rect gniZed the cue in the neck almost ex-
teno Ing from ear to ear, and Of the depth of
an inch. Her skull was cut open in one place
and the scalp hacked in several places. The
woman was taken to her home and medical
ala summoned, when the wounds were essed,
but there are but slight hopes of her ul innate
rec6 very expressed. There have as yet been
no arrests made, although writs were out to-
day for the woman Thomas. The cOlOred pe0-
pie are very much excited over the occur.
renee,