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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-17
LETTER FROM l0W.i.

DAVENPORT, Iowa, August 10th, ISIS.
DEAR WING: We are Just emcrg,ng
from what is Familiarity known As the heated
term, which has lasted for forty days
Unusual for the West, the heat has been
equally and sometimes more oppressive at
night than during the day, SO that human.
ity could get very little rest during the
night. After an experience of nine years
in the West we have never seen or felt its
equal Since the first of July the mcr-
curry has seldom during the day been be-
low 30 often running over 100 in the
shade. In most of the towns west of Chi.
cage, which we have been familiar with,
tine breeze at times would feel almost As
though 1t was from furnace. Through
ali tins time the rains have been abundant,
but have failed to furnish relief from
the oppressive heat which Is thought to have
had bad effect on the wheat and oats
crop. The straw being very heavy has
been beaten down 10y the excessive rains
and hence the grain is light; ;hc average
yield Will not exceed ten bushels per
acre OF wheat. Barley and oats are com
parativcly not any better.
Iowa IS not u successful wheat growing
State; but for corn, potatoes and onions, we
defy the world. The present crop. which
is out of danger from drought, will, | pre-
sumo. be the heaviest ever grown there
The prospect Is the same in Nebraska for
corn, while the yield Of wheat is better and
the quality much better. Nebraska wheat
ranges always higher than Iowa in the
market the soil aud climate being better
adopted To its growth. Our rich prairie
soil produces very heavy growth of straw
We see your Cecil farmers are gathering
from twenty eight to forty four bushels per
acre.
Davenport grain dealers have been ship
ping considerable wheat direct To Europe.
by way of New Orleans. This is 4 new
enterprise, which bids fair to be very sue
cesSful, only costing aS much as the freight
from here to New York by rail, great
saving 10 shippers.
Politics is beginning to wax warm in some
localities: we have no doubt the Hon
Hiram Price will be returned 10 Congress
from this district. Occasional.
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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
THIS COLUMN Is oPEN To ALL.
For tn I.'iI VIM
Monument 10 Miss Sarah Wilson.
New LEEDS, August 70, 1878.

New LEEDS, August 70, 1873.
There has been some interest excited
here on the subject Of erecting a monument
to the memory Of Miss Sarah Wilson, who
organized Sunday school here about the
Spring of 1916. and which is said to have
been the first one organized in the State
the hrSt one III Baltimore being in the Fall
of lSl6. There is evidence To show that
Miss Wilson had Sunday school IN opera
ton At the Falls of Schuylkill. in 1919. and
that there was but one III the Ia itcd States
that claimed priority, but whether there
was any one prior Is not certainly known,
and Is rather doubtful. Any one having
information of the early organization Of
Sunday schools III the county, State. or
United states, will please communicate
through this paper. y ladies' society is in
contemplation 10 raise funds for the pur-
pose OF erecting the monument, il il is
determined To do so.
y contribution of one dollar from each
school, which they would, no doubt. cheer
fully contribute. would raise sufficient
sum To erect a handsome monument to the
memory of the first Sunday school teacher
in the State, public benefactpr. through
whose humble IuStrumentality this great
cause was lnaugurated in the State.
As soon sufficient evidence is obtained
To establish the necessary facts, a society
will be organized, and an opportunity given
for contributions from Sunday schools and
friends of sunday schools a number Of
whom have already shown their interest in
III such worthy cause. VI.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-17

The Democratic leaders in New Y ork
after all, are beginning to apprehcnd
that the :" National Grcenback- Working
Mems" movement will prove more for
midable than was at first supposed.
Some Of them are expressing themselves
freely TO that effect They do not like
the progress of the " National Safe
organizations, as in the State Of Penn.
sylvauia, where they are nominating
full Congressman, as well as county tic
kcts, through the State, rs that implies
determination on the part of the Green
hackers to 20 to work more svStcmati-
cally than heretofore, with business
methods as likely TO be effective rs those
adopted by either of the old parties
Hence the Democratic journals have re-.
ceivcd quiet notification to " let up a
little on Dennis kcarncy," and to treat
the movement be is advocating " a.
tenderly as possible" as matter of
policv-for the present
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The failure of Banning-the pcrsis-
tent enemy of the Army-to get re.
nomination will not be unwelcomelv re-
ceived by the officers Of the hardest
worked and most efficient military or
ganization in the world Banning has
pursued the army as though its officers
were engaged in some gigantic conspi-
racy to swindle the people. lie has
been carried so far by his monomania,
that his Democratic constituents have
finally concluded to nominate a man
with more than one idea, and that idea
n bad one.
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DIED.

STEWART Near North East. on July
Is. ISIS, Ira D., son Of Charles \. and
VI. {. stewart, aged year, ) months
and days.
Passed from our sight, within the veil,
Oar darling rests more bright and fair;
why should our hearts his loss bcwaila
For 10y Gods grace Wen meet him there.
VI. {. ).
BROW N.-At the residence Of Hon. {. VI.
Jump, Talbot county. ON Sunday NOM
ing, August llrh, 1873, EMMA LOUISA,
daughter of Thomas and Elizabet h
Browa. OF this county, aged ~ years,
II months and Il days
HARTSllORNE.-A his late residence,
in Highland Township, Chester county,
Pa. ON Monday, August I2;h, JAMES C.
lARTsnoKSE, III the S0th year OF his age.
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VI iRRIED.

SIIIVERY-FOWLER-Ou Wednesday,
August 9Th, at Trinity Church Rectory,
Elkton, by Rev. II. \. Skinner. VIII.
LIAM SHIvEgY and MARTHA FOWLER,
both of Cecil county
SOW ERS-CLARK.-On Thursday night,
Angus; 18th, at the same place. and 10y
the Rev. II. \. skinner. ALEXANDER T..
soMEEs and ALICE L. CLARK, both OF
Cecil county.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-17

SECRETARY of the Navy Thompson
is proving what careful, business-like
administration will do for a department
lie has already made almost sure tina,
he will not he obliged 10 call upon Con.
gress this Winter for a deficiency bill.
There seems to have been no little cir.
cumlocutiOn in the methods Of the dc,
partment by which at every turn the
Government lost money Mr.. Thomp,
son has succeeded in changing much OF
this, and what he has accomplished
merely shows how much can be done
by apublic officer who devotes himself
to his Office.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
4 BOARDING and Day school for
Girls and Young Children,
MISS :. i. GOODWIN, Teacher.
MRS. NORRIS. Principal.

TERMS rEE QUARTER FuE DAY rtrllS ~.
olHlin= EEs'i.l, FI,ur.l- Latin aaI Draining. $50
PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT. II
50 r3r. -. Term vii .s-u..il.r V...fs. s.. I'D
LF al I'.-. Main e.. E.k!.'..
w. -
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II the Louisiana liars ever by any
accident tell the truth it is probably
when they are abusing each other.
Here is Legitimate successor to Amber
son and Wch5er, who is no less pictur-
esquc in his language and sublime in his
impudencc. but who nevertheless talks
about Anderson in q way that must
convince even the casual observer that
the new witness is subject to occasion
al attacks Of vcracity. Anderson was
a fellow Mr.. Lcct never took much
stock in" he was " an advcnturer:" he
was sharp little rascal, said KEEL,
logg, and Mr.. Lcct seems to have con
Cured; he was great nuisance in
Louisiana politics there was general
desire that he should 20 to Feliciana.
and Governor Kellogg and other people
said they hoped he would he killed -
Which is the most emphatic testimony
to Andcrson's obnoxious qualities that
We have seen.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-17

The way the Democrats of Louisiana
corrupted witnesses and induced them
to perjure themselves before the New
Orleans branch of the Potter committee
is explained by the answer of one OF
them who, on being reproached for his
perjury said: e What would YOU do if
n man came to you with a knife in one
hand and roll of reenbacks in the
other"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-17

LABOR is capital, and there is no law
to compel laboring man to work for
another without pay nor is there any
law to compel an employer to put his
money in circulation if he believes it to
be unsafe or Improbable to do SO.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-17

THE Edgefeld Is. Co. Advertiser =
saws; "Edgefield was no fool in 1876.
Indeed, she was wise and bold enough
to save the State" The truth as well
as murder, will out some time in this
instance both the truth and murder are
owned up.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-17

PARDON the ku-klux and whisky
thieves and imprison United States Oili-
GERS for doing their duty, is the latest
popular cry in South Carolina. and
Wade Hampton seconds the movement.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-17

THE Republicans of Maine are max,
ing vigorous and enthusiastic canvass
Senators Blaine and lIamlin, and Con.
gressmen Hale, Frye, Powers and Reed
are all on the stump and are greeted by
crowds of approving listeners in all
parts of the State The money ques-
ton is the principal issue, and the oh.
ject Of the campaign is to show that the
State stands on the side of good faith
and honesty.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-17

GERMANY, having tried frce-trade. is
abandoning it as fast as possible Both
the business and finances of the coun-
try have badly suffered, and 1t is now
on the other tact-protecting-with as
surfing hopes of better condition Of
things The tobacco trade, as in France
it is proposed to monopolizc, also to in
crease the duty on leading articles Of
importation. as tea, coffee. sugar and
petroleum. Other countries are moving
in the same direction The truth, so
long patent in the United States, that a
country can never be permanently pros
porous if it will not cherish and pro
tect its own Industries is being recog-
nized. Indeed, any government that
will not do this is not worth preserving
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-17

HERE is pluck. The real Ameri-
can brand The town of Alta, in Utah
having been totally destroyed by fire,
the inhabitants arc going to rebuild it,
and make 4 better town than ever be-
fore the Winter Under the circum-
stances, this beats Chicago.
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NOTICE.

The Central Committee of the Republi.
can party of Cecil county is requested to
meet in Elktop on Tuesday merit. the 20M
instant, to take measures Tor the organiZa.
tion of the party for the Congressional cleo
tion in November next. The followiu ing gen
tlemen form the committee:
THOMAS p. JONES, First district,
GEORGE w. BoULDEN, Second "
Vacant, Third "
ii. ii. kIMBLE, Fourth "
Vacant, Fifth
ii. ii. HAINEs, Sixth &"
THOMAS J. VANNENAN, Seventh I"
THOMAS GRUBB, Eighth 90
JAMES G. CRoTHERs, Ninth "
Executive Committee
J. 7. McCULLoUGu,
GEORGE RICKETTS,.
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much Improvement is promised, for the
price of labor cannot be reduced while
the cost Of living is so high, and the
monopoly of the markets no longer be-
longs to the manufactures in Leeds.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-17
EIktOn Flour Market.


THE PHILADELPHIA CATTLE MARKET
Beef Cattle Receipts for the week / ,sa1
head. The market Is Iirmer and prices are
/ tn Z higher than those realized last week.
sheep were quiet ami less IIrm; II. 900 head
arrived ami sold 1t !c. for best, and . .uc
&c. for medium and fair. Lambs are
quoted At , E6c. per pound for best, and
5 5olr2 FOR stock, per head. Hogs, 900
head arrived and sold at 6iG7;c. as to
quality.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-17

GEN. BENJAMIN HARRISON opened
the Republican campaign in Indiana on
Friday lie said that the fear that all
manner of Southern claims would he
paid if the Democrats obtain both
Houses of Congress is a real one, and
not q campaign alarm.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-17

The personal reputation that has
been most damaged by the develop
ments of the Potter committee is that
of Clarkson n Potter-his witnesses
excepted.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-17

BUSINESS can never be made pros
porous until confidence among the PEG
pie is restored; and this cannot take
place SO long as the financial question is
agitated in Congress.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-17

TrRsoNAi--Mr q. T. Barker, gentle
man well known III Blltimurc. and whore
residence Is ut Ashland Square, has been
troubled personally, and IN AIs family, with
those distresSingiy painful complaints, Ncu-
raigia, Sore Throat and Rheumatism. lie
writes. - can uuhcSItatIu@ly testify to the
remarkable efficiency of krllrr's Roman
Liniment IN relieving and curing these dis,
eases Nothing clua!s il as al iust.ata-
neOus pain extractor aud healer.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-17

A rather significant incident happen
cd at the convention of the Republicans
of Chester county, Penn, on Tuesday
1t was the largest meeting OF the kind
ever held there. When a speaker. who
was making stirring address, alluded
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-17

u Mr.. John Il. King, book keeper with
klpper, Webster u Co., Baltimore. had
been troubled with Constipation aud lis
resulting i'll effects for six or seven years.
when lac gave kcller's Vegetable Life Drups
4 trial and experienced immediate relief.
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An UNDENIABLE THUTu.-You deserve
to suffer, and if you lead Il miserable, uu-
satisfactory life in this beautiful world,
it is entirely your own fault and there is
only one excuse for you,-yoUr unreasoE-
able prejudice and skcpticism, which has
killed thousands. Personal knowledge ard
common sense reasoning will soon show
you that Green's August Flower viii egge
you Of Liver Conn plant, or Dyspepsia, with
all Its miserable effects, such l. sick head
ache, palpitailou of the heart, sour stomach,
h2bltuai c04tiHeHcss, dlZZucSS of the head,
nervous pro-,rai!Gu, iow spirits, sc. Its
sales now reach every town on the Western
Continent and not a Druggcst hut will tell
you of its wonderful cures. You can huv
4 Sample Bottle for 10 cents. Three doses
will relieve YOU.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-17

GEN. EwING's speech in Ohio takes
him half out of the Democratic party
and half into the National party. He
is a Democrat in Ohio in New York
he would he National This is GER
tainly fair construction of his remark
that he has not word to say against
the Greenback movement in those
States where the Democratic organiza-
ton is in the fist Of the money power. +"
But il is evident that he does not pro-
pose to go any further, at present.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-17

WASHINGTON has been rightly term
ed ''the Paradise Of the colored people. "
Nowhere else do they blossom out in
such tropical luXuriance of personal
display nowhere else are they of such
admitted consequence But they have
for these and other reasons rather cover
crapped the National Capital and the
project Of colonizing a thousand Of them
in the West which is shortly to he car
ried out, will be regarded as sensible.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

THE PHILADELPHIA. WILNI~GTON AND EiF.
1INpkE RAILROAD COMPANY
JOIN \. i II sSN Ell. t..i HANNAH! ; CEEs.
Eli. .g.- ..t-- IAN.TS MCINTYRE aa.I MANY 1
Nrl%iiEE. .-e ~fie. EANIl'. -. PORTER AMI
"S''h"t'"Nh PORTER. i.. Nli-: ELIZABETH \
TpErEE. NuNINN e. frgvrrK. V.IIr,u Il
F.'H III $500 "NHY T. PORTER Ia. ~3f.. T..
HARRIS HtAFs EMMA HEsr: WASHINGTON
>tiNET& ltsl JEANETTE : >IARIE IN. "a it,.
IiNja PORTER; HEAP aul EIIyhntIJI uT,p
i..- $50. ss.I ct! Ribs RICHARDS HEAP.
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THE greatest agitators of the labor
question and most blatant labor reform
ers are the workingmen who do not
work.
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NOTICES. &c.
EoIS SAII.
FOR SALE
WANTED.

'IllE subscriber would be glad to hear of
L I"-iif t. Ley ,u she Cell county Pubic
s'i..- ;T iir I'ii ;'sr5i- E.it- ....i ~ an.
A4lrr"~ :. \. CALHOUN.
tlr-a;'- kun iIali q! 60 MI
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DIR. VAN DYKES SULPHUR SOAP,

Ia Look at our $3.50 Boot before you
buy. MCCREEY x BOULDES.
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~ Canton Flannels, all grades, 81, :.
10 and u cents.
NCCEEEY \ BocLrHN.
a Blcachcd and Brown NusiinS. Cling.
hams and Prints, largest assortment. rur-
chased before the late advance. for cash
GLASS FRONT.
:; oar $50 Boot is whole stool; and
warranted. ACCKEEY X BuuLpES.
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- Beautiful Helen no doubt had 4 fine
comPlection, but ii Is more than doubtful
whether IL exceeded III purity the complex
Ions OF the ladies who use that iuimitabie
auxiliary of female loveliucss, GLEN :
SULPHUR SOAR. Sold by all. Druggists
HILLS HAIR X WHISPER DYE, Black
or Brown, - cents.
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ORDER .NIsI.

Til INIAS BREMEN
JOHN 7. MILE: AND wIFE AND OTHERS.
In tie CIssu.i Cnur: TT g..-3l -nau;y In Et-.ry.
" -, y. =.
4 RDERED, This 25th day of July, 1878.
~ shat li~ al. wa!e sHi TyI.-sto-l in tin slt.,,-
r.'t'.-t 'a''~. - NIil. !. ion. htt rr,. f.r TIA,
-. ID Oh. u"-i- teal estate 1T jl,'. T. Miller ~.
F..'. Ia " i.'tuEI All s..' ....r.- u i.r~l: -.
As;.-sa. say. $ S.uJi al vie h.. ra,ta-4 and
'.f4f.-i. E5l-~- -tG.' t. lA- CONTRARY Thereof d.
-.""a ga ~ before tie eth !zy a; September ,-N:
fi.''.. p 1'i' "i ai, Order b. inherited N
ltler printed Ia Cecil UNITY uls. = uark IA on.
30 .1ia ir.'.a. '.Es -1ih Lay .. kH-i,t urA..
Too Il - -tIt-> tie .,r.; .: sails t. Do. s4tt-r
4. MITCHELL clerk
Thu ',.iE tt, 4. ~ MITCHELL
July - l>7>-la4 ,s.fL
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a The body of Patrick Collins. a la
borer, was found at Wilmington, Del, on
sunday morning, in an alley adjoining a
drinking saloon kept 10y Mary McCaun.-
His head and face had been badly beaten
and his skull crushed. James iIaney, Jas.
Mcclure aud three women, including Mrs
McCann, lave been arrested and held tn
await the action of the coroner. 1t is said
that Mcclure has been Jealous of Collins.
30 far no direct testimony connecting any
OF the frequenters of the rum shop with
the murder has been adduced.
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The Milwaukee Scntilel which
is certainly good authority as to the
crops in Wisconsin and Minnesota
says, in its Mondays issue: TIE re-
ports which have been published con
corning the extensive damage to the
wheat crop of the country have been
largely eXaggerations Now that the
threshing is fairly begun, The yield in
nearly every locality turns out to be
more than was anticipated In fact, the
only variety really suffering is that
known as " club wheat, which has
been failing for some years. Other
classes Of Spring wheat yielded a fair
average, and the harvast of Winter
wheat is simply immense"
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NO. |.
S'iuatr 90 Th.ri I-gG..' front. "u tie. ..u:i.-',
-H4. "' e. iUH.. r.tI pa Mill %. ltuas. d,
iHu,.- g ''"' Nit q. E.a..E IlI g iry Hf.a fr..t
y.,.i- :s.. ft.. - s..- SILL g sl~ LIs Mai q, &c.
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- At Dover, Delaware, on "Wednesday,
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church
were much exercised over some remarks
which were used by Chancellor Salisbury
while sitting in the Court Of Chancery
The case under consideration was one in
which j. Il. Quigg, a stakeholder in the
Rehoboth Beach Camp Meeting AsSocia
ton, sought for writ of injunction TO re-
STRAIN the proprietor of The Bright House
at that place, from permitting card play
ing, dancing, and other amuScmeuts to
take place III the house, on the ground
that the same was contrary 10 morality as
taught by the discipline of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, aud therefore 4 viola.
tinn OF the charter OF the place In the
course of argument tbs chancellor gave
emphatic expression to the opinion that
dancing WAS III violation Of the morality of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. When
counsel vcnturcd To dissent from this idea
the chancellor reiterated IT, adding that
there was no doubt in his mind that TIE
practice OF dancing was prohibited by the
discipline OF the church. and that arcu-
ments Of this point would be useless. On
this ground alone he was prepared To issue
the desired injunction. but rs the question
oi jurisdiction was raised the final decision
was reserved until September fst
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casually to General Grant as possible
Presidential candidate in 1850, there
was tremendous outburst of applause
which lasted several minutes. Men
waved their hats aud shouted, and no
mention is made of any dissenting
voices. 1t was kind Of demonstra-
ton which rcfutes the frequent charge
that the Grant movement is confined
entirely TO n few hungry politicians.
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GOLD, within few days has sold rs
low as 3-S per cent premium, and it is
probable it will not 20 again beyond ID
Within six weeks, at farthest it is pre-
dicted that it will he at par with green
backs, when resumption" will be
practically attained. Thus the main
plank of the Greenback- Labor party
will have disappeared. They should
now, one and all, support the Republic
can policy which has broughta bout this
grand financial achievement, and which
has also, by its firm adherence to pro-
tective principles, sedulousIy and sue
cessfully maintained home industry,
upon which alone the country's pros
perity depends.
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Five Acres ami Twenty Perches
Lot OR PARCEL OF LAND
One and 0ne-HaIf Acres of Land

'tir "ni Icing 90 Tie sryst.'h Election district
~ 'f'i ."l ~ g. -t~ stat. NIarvtrt! f.-r III
~. 5'''ih 4 I'm. and Nary 4 lIsur- now reid,