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CINCINNATI May 1.-THE body OF an un-
known man was found at Spring Grove Cemetery this
morning. His head crushed and by his side was
found a club and large covered with blood and
brains No clue TO the murderer has yet been gained
aud no one has recognized the dead man. When the
hudy was stripped the letters g. W. were found tie
right
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BALTIMORE. May 1.-THE second six days
contest OF female pedeftrans closed the Summer Gar
den tonight the score the close stood Bartell $40
inlrs, Douglass 2a3; Horton. 23l miles laps Little
isuoot isl miles 10 laps. stewart lett track alter
having made % miles
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The Austrian Parilament Closed.

VIENNA. May 1.-THE Rechsrath was closed
today by the Emperor, who. abiding 10 the Eastern
question insised upon the preserving the
interests aud prestige OF the monarchy Patriotic Sacr
nces he said enabled Austria 10 consolidate the work Of
Europe.
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James Fawcett. aged 4. OF 109 Harrison street.
Brooklyn was run and almost instantly killed In
TIFFANY place Brooklyn, Yesterday AFTERNOON by an ice
wagon belonging to Patrick Stanlelon OF ~ Butler street.
Bi ookNn, and driven by William TOole aged - OF We.
randall place roole was arrested and held by the coro
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q time at the end OF the FIRST. second. and
days. as reported on tho bulletins. is rs

match is talked about in Gllmore's Garden
between De Noielle. Sr and one Of the great
English professionals.
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BELvIDERE N. j.. May 17,-Ex-State Senator
Cornish who was convicted last week of consprng
TO deirAud Warren County out OF SlOOOO was 10 day
sentenced TO state prison Tor year j. H. Sweeney
the exChie Police Of PhipsbuTg who WAS con.
ycted OF altering county bill. vas also sentenced TO
state prison Tor one year.
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Two Miner. Buried Alive.

EAsToS Pa. May 17.-John and Robert Boas.
miners working in the Glen Iron Company's mines two
niles from here buried beneath the sur.
face TINS morning, by thu cavinp in o the orewashng
pond Robert was taken ont dead ,hortly aerward
Johns body has not yet been reached.
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Charles Scott colored. OF Bay Shore Long
Island, on Friday afternoon, in a NJ OF jealousy shot
Martha brewster colored woman in the right side
Mllh pistol, miicung dangerous wound, scott fled
10 the woods ana has not yet been found by tue ocors
WhOare IN pursuit oi hin.
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WASHINGTON. May 1.-THE Smithsonian In
stuuon reports that Prof Peters OF Clinton announces
the discovery by himself OF planet Of the tenth
magnitude in ~ hours 10 minutes rght ascension de-
gtees 4o minutes north dechnauon, with slow motion
south. N''
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Troop. n. n Delaware Election.

WASHINGTON, May l7.-Debate in the Senate
the Legislative bill turned the use OF troops AYan
election IN Delaware In the war Mcssrs Salisbury
Window, Conklins Edmunds, and Eaton being The chsf
speakers Mr salisbury spoke of Gen Scheuck action
schenek
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Judge Asa Packer Dead.

PHILADELPHIA. May 17.-Judge Asa Packer
died here night 10 o'clock in the 73d year OF his
age. His funeral will take place at Mauch Chunk on
Tuesday afternoon
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Shot Dead by Her Drunken Husband.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, May Fitzpatrick Welsh.
aborer at Amboy, small town near Terre Hante Ind
murdered his wife last night He home drunk and
began to demolish the furniture Mrs Wei attempting
TO quit the house was overtaken by her husband who
after violently kicking her, shot her twice with
YOlver.
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70 ead US astray IL the fact with Humphreys
[srsiAn DIAMONDS upon which neither time nor wear
~ sy ehset They are coating Of diamond, precip
teeu ~ Nolac aeuOn on pure crystal hase. They
ior ssie only al Humphreys leWeTy estabnshment sB
bscAaf Ky corner la!h ST. New York Pneo Last sent
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Long Island Railroad. Hunters Point Bush wick and
FlAtbush ava Trains A. NJ. and I.90 y. n
Mound ulp. ~ eenlG-sAdN
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new bsautiner Is now presented in mask form, and
highly recOmme nded by eminent ply sicans and
chemists II beaches and purhes the skin
10 the weareT blooming and ia less compile Nion Ad
dress for particulars The Toilet Mask Co, 1le6 Broad
way, New YoTk.-Adn
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SPARKS FROM THE TELEGRAPH

Higher pressure. variable winds, slightly
warmer partly cloudy weather, and occasionally oc a
"
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Belard. the handsome waiter OF the Hotel
Brunswick. revived considerably yesterday
His sisters. his cousins. and his aunts flocked
TO see him. and coaXed his languid appette
with dainties. He slept yesterday from in
the morning until noon. when he breaklasted,
smoked u mild cigar. appeared on the track,
and did some OF the hHndsomest and most rapid
riding OF the evening. He guided his machine
with an ease and grace that drew forth plaudts
from the whole audience.
Walsh. who has logged along leisurely. finish
ing his l5Otn mile at noon. looked fresh and
rode much better than at any time since tho
start. At O'Clock he had a bath. dined on a
porter house steak. rare, with half pint bottle
oi claret. and. lighting cigar, expressed him
self well pleased with his condition.
i" The trouble IT," he explained that almost
all OF US. with the exception OF one or two
have come here without any preparatory train
ing. hadn't sat in bicycle saddle within six
months. and had to get rid OF q lot OF super
fuous flesh at first The De Noeles on the
other hand. have for months past had the ad-
vantage OF almost constant practice. and they
were trained down into splendid condition.
There were some fine spurts in the afternoon.
Both the De Nuieiles drove along at their old
rate OF speed. To outsiders It seemed marvel
lous how they could wheel along so rapidly NJ
ter DAYS and nights OF such severe exercise. On
retiring from the track each OF them is labori-
ously rubbed with camphor and laudanum lin
iment The quantity OF liniment used during
the match has been remnrkahle. The cam
phorous smell Of the well l-oiled riders on re-
All OF the contestants use II.
At noon De Noielle had increased his score to
around 45O miles. and the others were trooping
aft m aa
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Trains leave Huuters Point Bush wick and F1atbush
aL iepots for Morris Grove $50 aud IL and 80 y NJ
Hals. l0ana uIR, 70 eenlL- L-AaN
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American "star" SOFT Capsules
Blue wFAppsH Best AVOID inisHsr capsules oasrsd.
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END OF THE TOURNAMENT.
THE SENIOR DE NOTELLE COMING IN
WJNNER WITU 800 MILES.

HI. Son Takes the Second Prize-neIard civ
ing up the Contest Early In the Evening
The Tireless Englishninn sticking to II TO
the Tnd-The Amount OF the Prizes Won.
"There's only one thing that troubles me-"
said the English bcyclist. Rutland. in tho Rink
as he stretched himself on his straw mattress
after doing his 44Oth mile yesterday.
What's that2"
why. the score. NY friends here tell me
It's not being kept straight know that I've
been on the track longer and steadier than
either OF the De Noieles. was ahead Of thom
on the first so miles. and on tho first S0th. too.
Then they showed ahead on the board all OF n
sudden. II doesn't seem straight. and those
who watched the scorers say they have put up
certain parties for more than they have really
made"
Two OF Rutand's friends say that on two dIi-
ierent occasions they have detected errors in
the score. all to the credit OF the De Noielles
Once. It is snid. De Noielle. Sr.. was given s
miles for 27 laps whereas the number OF cir
cults should have been 40. On another occasion
no was credited with IS miles in 40 minutes.
On Thursday night one OF the scorers an
nounced. in tho hearing OF THE SUN reporter.
that one OF the De Noiellcs had made 10 miles
in 10 minutes. When his attention was called
TO this palpably ridiculous error-the best short
distance record being mile in $3.50 or 2:40-he
insisted that il was correct. because the score
said So" The scorers half dozen in number.
are understood TO be members OF uptown dra-
matte clubs. They arc paid nothing for their
services except their meals and refreshments.
Mr.. O'Rorke. the manager. expressed his re-
gret last evening that he had not been earlier
informed OF the charges against tho scorers.
The scorers deny that the record has in any
way been tampered with. Some feeling against
them has been manifested by outside friends OF
the riders and late yesterday brick. wrapped
up in a newspaper. was lung through one OF
the windows back Of the judges. barely missing
the time keeper.
De- Noielle. Sr.. finished his 400th milo early
yesterday morning. A. o'clock he had spun
than 422 miles. His son was less than twenty
five miles behind him. while the score OF the lit
ue Englishman. Rutland. verged close on 400.
The full score at that time was as follows:
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-25
Telephones aud Talking Fish.
London Telegraph.


That the telephone would eventually
Prove source not only of great graft
fcation but of valuable instruction no.
body ever doubted. 1t has howeverre-
manned for some thoughtful scientific
gentleman to utilize it in a way which
will comend itself to all who lovingly
observe nature. One of these anxious
to know how far the animal world as
simulated itself to our own lately intro
duced telephone into some water
which contained fish. To his aston
ishmeDt he found that the creature
alone and unable to talk to anything
else was actually talking to ITSELF E. S.
Pealnow comes forward and, in letter
to scientific contemporary, confirms
this assertion. He, too, has been lis
tening and he finds that the large
"mahsr"-Barbes Mucrocephalus-con-
verse with q peculiar cluck. or per-
suasive sound which may be heard as
far as forty feet from the water. He
has also discovered that large bivalve
exists in some parts CT eastern Assam
which actually ''sings loudly in con-
cert" after this it would he interesting
to know what the bike says to the roach
before swallowing it. If we are expert
enough to read ci pliers, surely we might
without great diff Guilty learn the
language of the jack.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-25

man trial, had been in progress at
Ottawa, Ill. for three weeks came to q con
,clusion last Saturday, says a dispatch
Of Dec. 18th. Chapman, it will be re.
mem bered, was tried a year ago for
stealing $4,000 from the United States
express company al La Sale,
Illinois. He was acquitted on
the charge of embezz]ement, and the
press and people fully endorsed the YER
dict. Since that time Chapman has been
an extensive traveller, and expended
about 5000. He spent this sum in about
six months. He was Swallowed by the
express company, and on the evidence
Obtained he was re arrested on the charge
ofperjury. When>taken into jail and re-.
lieved Of his diamond pin and gold watch,
he coolly denied his guilt. During the
whole trial he has exhibited great emf
dence in his case, alleging that man
could not be tried for the same offense
the second time. Just year ago Friday
evening Chapman listened 10 the verdict
of not guilty, and walked out of the
court room free man. This time the
sentence was guilty, and the jury fixed
his time in the penitentiary at seven
years.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-25
FOREIGN.

CALCRAFT, for forty.six years hang.
man in England, diei on the 10Th inst.
CLAUDE ETINNE MIME, the inventor
Of many improvements in firearms, died
in London on the 18th inst.
Schwabish Hall in Wurtemberg on the
10th inst. caused the death Of twelve
miners.
SEVERAL large land agitation meetings
were held in the west of Ireland on the
18th. The meeting at Bellina was pre-.
sided over by Catholic clergyman.
Several clerg, MN participated as
speakers. One speaker declared that
one cause Of their distress was American
competition.
IT was authoritativeiy announced in
St. Petersburg, Dec. 18th, that the reports
relative to fresh attempt against the
life of the car are grossly exaggerated
although it was admitted that the police
in investigating the circumstances of the
recent attempted assassination of the
car at Moscow made discoveries show.
ing that fresh crimes were contemplated
SPEAKING of the Afghan campaign
the liberal journals Of England, says q
cablegram of the 18th inst, decl re that
Gen. Roberts is fighting for life. His
whole force Of 5000 men is pitted
against the entire Afghan army, the
strength of which is unknown, but it is
admitted to be 10000 strong. Tribes
are rising on every side. The Kohistan
is, who were lately reported as surren
dering their arms, nevertheless send
$500 troops. What Lord Lyt,on called 6
''h"stile Ghuznee gathering" means
1000 soldiers, we'll AIMED and well led
Military critics agree that the Afghan
movements show surprising strategic
ability. Nevertheless, it is believed tina
Gen. Roberts is likely to overcome tn.
present attack, as he holds strongly for
tilted positions about Cabul; but, unless
he is victorious an instruction in Cabu
is certain. Candahar is also threatened
by II 900 troops advancing from Herat
The Candaharees are likewise restless.
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their children who had died with diph-
liberia, their house took fire and Was
burned to the grOund. Two children,
who were sick with the same disease,
were with difficulty rescued from the
flames, and removed to the neighbors.
Mr.. Sweeney has been peculiarly un-
fortunate, the child whose funeral he
was attending when his house was con.
sumed being the seventh he has lost with
in the past six weeks from this disease.
FAYErTE SMITH, Jr., 81 years OF age
son of Judge Fayette Smith, of the com
mon pleas court, was found dead in bed
yesterday morning, says a Cincinnati
stances which lead to suspicion If sui
eide. He retired at the usual time last
night, but the family observed that he
was unusually respondent. He did not
rise at the usual hour this morning, and
when called did not answer. His father
broke open the door and found the boy
dead, aud something like black vomit on
the pillow. The coroner was called, and
will subject the vomlt to analysis. Young
Smith had been employed in commits
sion house, but was recently discharged.
The proprietors refuse to answer ques.
GAOu5 VOACCIuAuS tuC CduSC Va lis uloMl Is.
sal, but give out that they were reducing
their force. The supposition is that the
young man grew respondent over this af-
fair and took poison.
A SPECIAL telegram of the 10th, from
GAINESVILLE. Iowa, says: A fire broke
out in II. FL. Burton's store, and be-
fore the flames could be conquered the
following buildings were burned, involv-
ing a loss of over $4,000: H F. L. Bur.
ton, variety store, loss $4,000; insurance
on stock, $1,000; Schelenger & Hesse,
dealers in hardware, saved none of
their goods; loss on stock, $50 0; on
store, $4,000; on stock in warehouse,
5000; on warehouse, 5000; total insur
ance, $4,000 on stock, $4,000 on store
building, $l,5n0 on warehouse. Joe
Gilbert, drugs and groceries, saved none
of his goods; loss on stock, $500; on
building, $1,000; on household goods,
500; no insurance. Henry Iglenfritz,
dealer in furniture, on building,
$l,700; on stock, $4,000; in
surance on building, 500; on stock,
$500. Judge Palmer, law and insurance,
saved most of his papers and books; loss
by damage, about $50; on the building,
owned by parties in Dubuque, $4,000 ::
James Butler, damage to residence and
on household goods at least $3.50 The
total loss will foot up at least $40, 900, and
gives the town terrible back-set, and
nearly RUNS many of the parties. Bur
ton will at once open up again, but the
others are not yet determined as to the
future.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-25

Ar q Mansion house dinner, London,
the toast-master was desired to propose
the health Of 'the three cousins" rep.
resentatives of distinguished nations,
who CHANGED to be present. He there.
upon proceeded to give out that he was
desired by the lord mayor to propose
me 8 per cent. consols' probably a
toast which came nearer the hearts Of
the audience.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-25
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

THE Continental hotel at Alliance, o.,
burned on the 18th inst. Loss $14, 900.
Partly insured.
The Touring mill Of Allen Lawton, at
Stones Prairie, near Quincy, Ill was
destroyed by fire Dec. 18th. Loss about
$10, 900; no insurance Cause unknown.
AN accident occurred on the Addison
railway at Lairabus Point, VT, on Lake
Champlain shore, on the night of the
10 h inst, causing the death of engineer
0. P. S,inson, fireman Ed. Markham and
bridge tender, D. F. Lyman. The train
left Rutland in the afternoon for Ticon-
deroga, N. Y, and was wrecked just be-
fore reaching the bridge across the lake.
THREE men working in cut near
Plattsmouth, Neb., on the approaches of
the new railroad bridge there, were
buried under an embankment which
caved in on them. When dug out all
three were dead. One man was recog-
nized as Homer Robinson. The other
two were not known. so says dispatch
of Dec. 12 b.
A MOST singular instance Of death
from strangulatlon occurred a ew even
ings sine near Melugin Grove, ten
miles north of Mendoza, Ill says a tele.
gram Of the 18th. A young man named
Ab'es was standing in 'front.' of his horse
while the animal was feeding. The
horse coughed and eje. ted q kernel OF
corn, which flew into Ables' windpipe
He ran into the house, and, by signs en-.
deavored to make his family understand
what had happened. A messenger on
horseback was instantly dispatched; f;n3
u nhvsiCian hit 1Onp htf,.re he arrived
he young Ables was corpse. .s,...s, L.
WHILE tho family Of Mr.. Sweeny, liv.
ing six miles from Belvidere. Ill, were
in town Thursday, says dispatch Of the
18th, attending the funeral Of one OF
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CRIME.

GEO. PRICE, colored, who last summer
shot his employer, Willie Black, was
found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree, by Cincinnati jury, on the 18th
inst.
EDWARD BRODIE shot and killed his
son Frank on Portland avenue, Chicago,
Dec. nth. Frank was hardened char.
acter, who was in the habit of abusing
his parents. On the night in question
he came home drunk and assaulted his
father, who, in selfdefense, shot his son.
CHAs. BRoCKMAN, the son of promi
nent Cincinnati grocer, shot and fatally
wounded VIM. Burke on the night of the
18th inst, after an encounter in which
Burke and his friends had fallen upon
Brockman and beaten him severely.
Brockman gave himself up to the proper
autho tiles.
AT Canton. O., on the 18th inst the
jury found Gustave Ohr guilty of muir.
der in the first degree, the crime consist.
ing in killing, in June last, man by the
name Of John w hattmaugh, near Alliance.
Geo. Maine, who has already been found
guilty of murder in the first degree, was
Ohr's accomplish.
FREDERICK SNYDER, examiner in the
custom house at New York, who was in.
dicted Tor receiving brides, ia. led to ap.
pear when his case was called on the
10Th inst, and / is bail was consequently
forfeit d. It is understood that Snyder
has sought safety in precipitate flight
to Canada, pref, ring to forfeit his bail
rather than run the risk Of q trial:
WHAT is widely known as the Chap
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-25

IMPORTANT alterations are going to be
made at the Paris morgue. An autopsy
room, q frlgorific apparatus for preserv-
ing corpses, astrological laboratories,
chemical and molding rooms are to be
installed, together with a library, a ken
mel, a frog-pond, and in short everything
necessary for school of legal medicine.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-25

ONE of the marked effects of the re-
vival of business is the employment of
an unusually large number of children
in the Massachusetts, mills. This fact
keeps the police busy in prosecuting
owners who are violating the COMPARE
lively new law which defines the con-
ditions under which children may be put
at such work.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-25

The old church at San Salvatore in
Venice has been reopened this autumn
after ten years and eight months spent
in restoring 1t. The curch contains two
works by Titian-the great altar piece
Of the TRANSPORTATION and an Annun-
citation, both works of his later years
as we'll as several other noteworthy
pictures of the Venetian school. -
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-25

SHEET-1RoN covered with gum of the
euphorbiacea, common and luxuriant
in tropical climates, was immersed in
Chatham, England, dockyard, where
everything rapidly becomes foul, and
when taken out becomes quite clean.
The gum is bitter and poisonous; hence
marine animals avoid it.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-25

The latest British emigration returns
show that IS: 019 persons emigrated in
the last quarter.-36 10 were English,
6,727 Scotch, and IL, 1872 Irish,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-25

EMIGRATION Commissioner Kilebrew
of Tennessee, will soon sail for Europe
in the hope Of inducing emigrants to
this country to settle in that state.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-25

SOUTHERN colored people have great
and superstitious fear Of the ground
where anybody has been hanged, and
the proprietor of the lot on which Jor-
dan Sheats was hanged, in Georgia, pro-
poses to make it watermelon patch
next wear.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-25

AS if to beguile her woe with the
fancy that it will bring her nearer to
her son, with whose death the hope of
her life went OUT the ex-Empress Eu-
genie, it is announced in the cable dis
patch, is about to make pilgrimage to
Zulu.and.
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What I hey -ay.

Rev. j. f. Rankin, D. D., of Washington, D. c.,
4 doubt not that it has great virtue" Rev. q.
A. Harvey, d. d.. Secretary of Howard University
tcrtites that for Bright's disease ho other rene
y can be held for one moment i'll comparison
lies that it completely cured him of very serious
chronic liver complaint. J. II. Sherlock, of Roch-
ester, n. T., certies that it cured him CT Brights
iieves it to be the most valuable remedy ever dis
covered. These are samples of hundreds Of other
test imnnaa --I-.----I
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-25

BATH, the city of Beau Nash and
Michael Angelo Bantam, protests
against street railroads as ''uncalled for
injurious and calculated to ipjure her"
The population consists. chiefly of super
animated persons.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-25

CANON FAIR will, it is said, be made
dean of Worcester, with a handsome
residence and $4,000 a year, and then,
although the canon will be bigger gun
than ever, his brethren will take none
of his Worcester sauce on matters in
OQnoraI
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-25
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
A JAPANESE geographical society has
recently been founded at YeddO.
A BILL is before the city council OF
Victoria, British Columbia, prohibiting
the herding together of Cinnamon.

Six THOUSAND tons of steel rails have
cen purchased in Germany for the
Shenandoah Valley railroad, in West
Virginia.