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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-27

NEW ORLEANB AND MOBILE RAILROAD,
IN fM0BILE FAET LINE,
THE SHDRTEbT ROUTE TO EhSTtI
CTTTEH
ONLY LINE WITH DOUBLE DAILY PAB,
EENf4iGR TiiAiNs.
On and after Sunday Novcmbnr ., 1879. trelue
will nIriyo and leave den At. foot Of CRua street
rs follows:
LEAVE. ARRIVE.
No Exprnss To. . Fyprnsa.
daily .7;9o nm daily. 40 an.
no. 3 Express NJ. 4 ExpreRa
daily. 300 pm daily ...-... o.so y Va
Tickets may he Obtained aud R'sari1e I'm
Bertbs secnred IA advance GA application At III
office corner damp aid Common streets. opIG
- - y. b. RoHINRoN. Superintendent.
Oily J. W. GOI f.f'AN Tiebat Agent,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-27
sgiGEEssHDs NOTICES.
SUGGESTIONS OF john and George Crona

we'll.
SUCCESSION or Join CROMWELL, No.
- a .rs5 auacaeainn u .seorg" aromwa |, No.
q hbl-TbS creditors Of the ahoyo entitled cue
ceaeious niS notified to rtea'nt th,ir claims
with evil'nro thereof. WiliH tl9ftrn dnys fram
date h"roof to III" undersigned administrator.
Now Orleans. Deremhtr ", ihip.
FELIN WALKER
lnlA % VI sc liArmnM xln tsMt
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-27
Succession of Pauline @irnudtn. wife !"

SECOND DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
} pntiah nf OrofnR. NJ aa3al Notice II
horoby givnn to tho creditors ~ tha ef-
tan. and {" all oh"r r"rsons her"n intor
oeted. tn show cause within i'm dayH from ~"
Ir"ennt notification. If amy they have or can.
why the account pr,Ssented hv>neEo YlrnTi".
I stnmauttry executor In this estate. should
not bn nrpravod md Neurological. aud the
funds distributed IA accordance theroWi,h
~ order Of tho court.
do 4 ~ 2I+ JOHN TIFRBFRT Cfart
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-27
THE CITY Of Few or,enns Va. .yonn vyeaer

L7IFTI DISTRICT COURT FOR TIE PAR.
~ ish If Orenns. ho. - s3o-By virtue 81 n
writ Of aeri facas, 10 me-, direete by tho hon.
orabIe tho Firth District Court Tor the trsh Of
0r"Mn5. In tho above entitled Cause, fer city
tnyes of 1879. will proo9"@. TO sell At public
aurtsun, ut The Msrrhautf and huc 10 eers' tx
chngHa. Royals r"e. tN Woon G4nal and Chs
tomhDaaa stran'e. In tht Second District Of this
city. % WEDNESDAY, J aHiHry Z, 1890. ut Ia
O'Clock m. tho following described property.
to wi K
A CERTAIN PORTION or GROUND, alt-
ua'ei In the Sixth District @ffh9 ct y n square
number nina' y. aov.J. boIudnd by the river.
Tahoupitouias and Tolad no s reefs and In liz
iana hvrnut. and d"aigult"d IL lptS ID and T..
measuring eaGn thirty tHrsa foot front on
Tchoupitoulas stroot bg eighty-throo f9et n
d, ptn.
uated IN the sixth Datfiat Of this city in fluaro
number two hGGdred aud aeVeu. bounded bg
Constance. Oonstantino, -, Magazine and Aus
terlitz strees, and Designated rs follows:
Part, of lots numbers one. tTp. three four and
III. measuring seventy iiye fo"t front on Con
HtAueo street BY one hundred and fifteen fest In
depth.
Seized In tho above suIt.
Terms-Cash on the spot
]. II. ALCEE GhUTHREkUX,
Civil Sheriff OF th Parish Of Orieane.
doc 10 20 2T iayT
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-27

A large piece OF rock fell from the centre
OF the Horse Shoe Falls At n Agara asst wcek,
changing the app aranec Of tho waterfall
considerably.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-27

The cause of education hhsree"iycf another
setback j. w. Keller, tho best man In tho
Yale College boat crew. has gone into bust
ness,
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Tho sity OF New 0rreana vs.. yysfaw T7nr-
garr' Shoahitn.

H'tI'TIf DISTRICT COURT ron TIE PAR
i iah ,f Orlenua, Np. 1876 BY yirtuo Of 4
writ 81 hari faen4, 10 mo directed by the hon
CRATIC the Filth District Court fnr hn pnrRi Of
Or.aap. In the Hbo9o entitled caIteo. tor city
tnSna Of 1879 I will procoed 10 " Il NJ pnhito
auction. Mt the Merchants and Naetioneers TX .
change. Royal Hre@t. hotwaen Canal md
Custorhouse strent, IN tho Sc, onl District Of
this city, on WEDNEAUAY. January Z 1890 ~
70 O'Clock nS.. tho following described property.
to wit
hGERTAIN PORTION 0FGROUND. situntod
in tho HlSfh Diatrict Of this city in square
nutphar thre" hundred and etghtean. bounded
hV Parrier. JonH. PtaluemtNe md GaIz strHetR
and 3oelgn2tsa Rs lnta numbers sixteen to
twenty. ouch m"nRugiog fhinY feat front IN
PeIriar alrNot by ono nuudred loot Ia lotth.
S.t1nG In tho above Nult
Terms ChRh on tho at,ot.
J X AIrEE GArTHRFAUv.
Civil hhnriR ri tho Parrish # 0Ileang.
doc f. 80 II ii3
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JUDICIAL ADvERrIsENE TENTS.
SHERIFF SALES.
Dominique Giayari- vs.. Wiohel RriEreu
~ RrtUnnnn

BemInian. Glayari- vs.. Michel Rrigreu
or Brignoue.
~IXTH DtRTRIOT COURT roe THE PAR
- ish of Orleans. No gg4o BY virtue Il n writ
81 seizure aud sale. dir Gted To tbs Civil sheriff
Of the parish Of Orieana by the honorable he
Sixth pstilet Court for tho arit If Orleans
In the above entitled canne. ! will prnc8ed to
| se!l nj ruhtia auetiop. at the Merebanta md
Anctoneore' Exchanges, Royal stress, htween
niatriGt Of this city. Oh ahTURDt Y, ite en,ber
~. 1879 N p o'.loeA M. the following daanribsd
prop rty. TO wit
/ A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND. etIuated
In tho Sccord District If tbis city In tho euuare
bounded by Trma. IT, L.mla. Toulouse aud
Maruts .ttre,t. det lgHafed as lpt uun,ber s'x on
n sketch II ~ PLAZA ANNEXED fi rstef, noe TO nm
net paat 81 on he seventh ,lay If August. 1867
bef"r" octave - hrfua, notary puzzle IN this
City, which sstid lot "RDrsa anput Il zen faet
tiv3 if"heR front on Trerto street by q denth
httween latAlicl linas. of eighty ffet four
iDchos, AMI fronting 10 tho rear to u common
hliNv Of tour f@et eleven ibehaa wide, opening
on II. one strnst; together with MI the hu Id
inRa md iuuroyrm III eeon. Ell eumstarct
nni epeDdsnetes, without exception Or resef-
q A LOT OF GROuND. sl'uate1 In tho Sec.
ond Ut tfiet Il Thu CITY, ohio Pauare bounded
by 1fnme. tt. Louis. Toniau~e and MarAa
Rreo, deagn4ted ~ J. : pupher eeveu d
else'eh Of n llun annexed for rainrenea 10 AZ
at rasaet' on August T. 1867. hefofe Octava ~
krHtnR. notary public Ia this city; which enia
lot f',eNe,lree mbotlt fien feut Ava ichaa Fl MI
on Trome street hy u b b"tWoen parable,
linns of eighty foet fGpr HI has and fronting ",
iuehos wiie. "tsninR on a. louis street 10
pehor with all the buildings nnd imprnvatnanta
Thereon Gre msfaneenendd u"ndo4oIes. with
out exception or reservation,
E2tne tl'N anne propetty acquired bv tho de.
t"nd!ut horoin by purchase from Fnemtp
htn' dec Mnher. nOi Uet uEsatd ba orc @
Dreus,. notary public III this civ. on March T.
1863.
FeI2Hd IN thN above suit.
Toms CHsh on The spot
J, X. hiGHL GATTHRF.UT.
Civil sheriff. i Tire Parrish II Orio.tas
nn4e dot ~ II "a u
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Actual not profits. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 7I.bas n
Total asscts- sssl.sls J

The foregoing statc,npnf,t. a Just true NJ i
orreet transcript from tha hooks Ut tn, Cor N
pany. IA M EA l. DAY. PTeal dent
II. CARPENTER. Secretary.
Rwotn 70 and auhacrhNn .snroro mo this TWEEN
ty-seoond day Of january 1879.
A. INQHhsfAM. Notary Public
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-22
RarfxS of the Sea.

The steamer Milanese, Captain Dewdney
from Boston for London, is at Gravesend
with hole in her bow, from a collision on
the night of the 10th inst, of Dungeness,
with the Norwegian ship Bokhara, Larsen,
from Antwerp. The latter sank. All hands
were saved.
The Guion line steamer Arizona, Captain
Jones, which sailed from New York No.
vember 4, for Liverpool, putin at st. Johns,
n. F., on the 9th inst. she struck an ice.
berg on the 9Th, and stove in her bows.
No person was injured and the cargo is all
right. 1t will take possibly three weeks 20
epair the damage to the vessel.
The snip Lady Octavia, in ballast for
New York, came in collision with the
steamer Champion, from New York for
Charlestown, striking the steamer amid
ships and sinking her iG i've minutes.
Seyenty-tiye persons are reported saved and
thirtytwo lost The collision occurred 25
miles of the Capes Heniopen, Delaware, on
the morning of the 9TH. The ship is badly
damaged and was towed to Philad elphia. The
steamer was laden with "a cargo valued at
about 100000.
New York on the 18th inst, brings news of
the loss of the schooner Petrol and fifteen
of her passengers and crew, including the
captain. She also brings SIX survivors, ali
that are left Of q persons. The Petrol,
after being roughly handled in the late ter.
rible gales which prevailed on the Atlantic
was capsized or the 10Th uit,, in squaIl and
fifteen persons were lost, including Capt.
Fisher From the 18th of October until the
Sd of November six survivors chung 10 the
wreck exposed to the cold and storm,
without covering, and kept continually wet
by the seas that swept over them. They
had some food, but little water to drink,
and when relief came were almost frantic
with JOY. The Petrol was 6 small schooner
of only 81 tons. Her master, George Fisher,
was her owner as well. She was built in
1910, in Newburyport, Mass.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-22
Bowen's clock factory al Winstead, Conn.

Bowen's clock factory al Winstead, Conn,
was burned on the 18th.
At Frabaeh, Prussia, sixty houses, includ-
ing the town hall building, dating from the
sixteenth century, was burned.
Oxly & Giddings' gas fixture establish
ment, at New York city, suffered damage
to the extent OF S25, 600 by fire on the 18th
instant.
A planning mill, some lumber sheds and
two dwellings, at Lock Haven, Pa, were
burned on the 18th. Loss $4,000.
A hub and spoke factory at Paducha, KY,
was burned on the 18th inst. Loss $4,000;
insured.
Mann's cotton seed oil mill at Yazoo City,
Miss, was destroyed by fire On the 18th
inst. Loss $4,000; insurance $4,000.
On the 18th inst. q large building in New
York city, which extended from Blocker to
Hudson street, facing on Abingdon square
was burned. The structure WAS occupied
by several manufacturers. Loss $780, 900.
N. w. Blethen d Co.'s extensive steam
saw mill at Tusket, Yarmouth county, n.
s., together with the adjoining residence
and stable adjoining on the 9th. Loss $780,
900; Insurance $4,000.
A large academy hail at the normal agri-
cultural school near Hampton, Va, burned
on the 10th. Loss $4,000; insured.
At st. Louis on the 10th inst, VIM. Hutch
inson in attempting to draw oil from a
barrel alter dark set fire to it and destroyed
$4,000 worth of property. Hutchinson 8
breast bone was crushed and his arm badly
broken
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-22
Death on the Rail.

At Aylmer, Ont, on the 14th inst, Au-
drew Isles, conductor of the Great Western
railway, while coupling cars had his foot
caught in the frog, at the switch, and the
cars passing over him, he was killed in
stantly.
At Kansas City, Mo-, on the 18th inst i,
john W. Dickinson, painter, was literally
cut to pieces by train while crossing a
railway bridge.
Two tramps, while sleeping on the track
of the NOrthWestern road near Elgin, H.,
on the 18th inst, were struck by mail
train. One Of them was literally torn to
pieces, and the mutilated remains scattered
about for rods. The other suffered skull
fracture and will probably die.
At Albany, n. Y, yardmaster Thomas
Baker was run over by the cars and Killed,
He formerly resided in Janesville, Wis,
where he leaves relatives.
At Butler Station, Ind, on the 18th inst,
Mrs. a. A. Sewell was run over by loco
motive, receiving fatal injuries.
Miss Alpha Hawthorne, while walking on
| the railroad track near Hamilton, Ohio, on
| the 10th rstant, was run over and killed.
| A caboose and one car OF the south bound
| freight train on the Virginia Midland rail
| road went down an embsnkment on the
night Of the 9TH inst. Conductor WitterfigId
| and a brakeman named Traverse were seri.
| ously in iured.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-22

ers. There is said 10 have been an old feud
between them.
In Lancaster county, 8. c., on the 9Th
instant, white woman, Mrs. James Adams,
cut the Threats of her five children, set fire
to her own clothing and burned to death.
Supposed insane.
Near Midland, Mich, Louis Melzac, 8
crazy Frenchman, whose family have long
lived in terror Of him, became violent on
the 9th instant, and stabbed his mother-in.
law eight times. His wife fled and got q
neighbor, named Moses E. Marsh, to come
to her assistance. MeIzac closed with
Marsh, and after terrible fight, Marsh kill
ed the lunatie with blow on the head with
an ak. A verdict of justida5le homicide
was rendered. The mother.in-law will prob.
ably die. Marsh is fearfully cut.
Francis Murray, q government teamster,
while intoxicated ct Rawlins, Wyo., shot
one man and threatened others. Sheriff
Ranskin shot him dead, and his course was
upheld by jury
Martin Calpin disemboweled Peter o. Con
mel, in q quarrel at Louisville, KY, on the
9th inst
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-22
Forgery and Embexziement.

John f. Kubely, bookkeeper at Clsusen' 8
crewery, New York city, is in duran ce under
a charge Of forging papers to the amount of
$12, 900.
Charles Fl. Voorhees,, member of congress
from the Fifth district of New jersey, was
arrested at Paterson on the 18th, by United
States deputy marshal, on charge of ab-
stracting from the First National bank Of
Hackensack, of which be was president,
collaterals deposited. to secure private
loan.
Mason C. Hatch, a young man who has
been well and favorably known Chicago
business circles, and who is treasurer of the
Northwestern Trayelin G Men s8ssociation,
and one OF the editors of the Northwestern
TraUeler, is missing under circumstances
that make it probable that he has absconded
with ST. 800 of the associations money, and
forged receipts for the payment of moneys.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-22
The State Finances,

The annual report of State Treasurer
Guenther for the fiscal year ending Sep.
TENDER 30th, 1879, is published, and pre-.
sents the finsnces of the state in a
favorable light. The receipts into the
treasury for the year from all sources
amounted to 81, 8I2, 682SU. Add to this
SUM the balance in the treasury st the
beginning of the fiscal year, October LIST,
1873, S403, 2SS. %, and the sum in the
treasury was $2,215, 971.C9. The dis
bursements from this sum during the
year aggregated 81, 627, JAG. 40, leaving
in the trersury on the 3Oth of SepUem-
Der, 1879, a balance of $58S,S246 90. The
balance in the treasury st the beginning
of this fiscal year, it will be seen, is
$685. $50 81 greater than that in the
treasury at the beginning of the last
fiscal year.
The principal sources Of income, aside
from the various educational funds-or
in other words the principal sources of
the general fund-were, the tax from
counties for the support Of the asylums
for the insane, the industrial school for
boys, and the state university, $777,1S3
tax on railway companies, 1896, 886; tax
on fire insurance companies, 1913, 992; tax
on life insurance companies, S11,7S0;
peddler's and show licences, So, S13; tax
on suits, So, 2lO.
The principal disbursements were
For Supreme Court, $50, 258; for Circuit
Courts, $50, 900; for the state university,
Sal, SO; interest on the state indebted
ness, $l57, $50; legislature of 1879,
S84 $50: state benevolent institutions
1878, 815; of this last sum 1886 8O4 went
to the two asylums for the insane The
sum paid for Clerk hire in the depart
nents was $32,694
The total indebtedness Of the state is
50, 252,05 the bulk of which is owed to
the various educational funds of the
state, as follows: To the common school
fund. 81, 572,70 to the normal school
fund, $515,7 to the university fund,
S111, 500; 70 the Agricultural college
fund, $51 500. The balance of $1,000
is in bonds, $4,000 of which mature
next wear
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-22
Grant at Chicago.

Chicago put on her holiday attire on the
18th inst, the occasion being a meeting of
the Society of the Army of the Tennessee
and reception of ex-president Grant and
party. The streets along the line of march
were profusely hung with emblems of well
come and congratulation, and q dense and
appreciatiye asssmblage lined the various
avenues as the procession moved along.
After the review the General was formally
welcomed to Chicago by Mayor Harrison,
to which he responded briefly.
The reception by the Army of the Ten
nessee OF Haverly's theatre, in the even
ing, amounted to a perfect ovation, and in
response to many calls General Grant made
quite lengthy speech, which was greeted
with frequent applause.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-22
TurderOus Deeds.

Chas. Scheuer was shot and Instantly
killed at his boarding house in Newport.
KY, on the 14th inst, by Miss Anna Hoff.
She called on him, accompanied by her
brother, sud demanded thai he fulfill his
promise TO marry her. He contemptuously
refused, and she fred q pistol which she
held under her shawl and he fell dead.
Miss Hof gave herself up. She SAYS he
ruined her under promise Of marriage, and
she does not regret her act
At the Marshall house, Ludington, Mich.
on the 18th inst, Herman Winkler, engineer
Of the ting Stevens, was shot, it is thought.
fatally, by John Rostley, colored barber.
Burglars entered the house of Joseph
Hensley, on DeKslb street, Chicago, on the
18th, and when cornered by him fred three
shots into his body. from the effects of
of which he died in few minutes. No re.
liaSle clue Is obtained.
Johnny O'Toole, aged IA, and Paddy En-.
NETT, cripple, aged 49, got into a quarrel
on the corner of Seventh street and Clarke
avenue, st. Louis, Mo-, ca the 18th. EN-.
NETT struck O'Toole under the eye with 8
rock, whersupon O'Toole whipped out q
knife and plunged 1t into Emmett's left
breast, inhicting a wound from which he
died while being conveyed TO the hospital.
Aman named Ferguson shot and killed
W. 81. Coembs at Hopkinsville, KY, on the
18th inst Coombs had seduced Ferguson's
sister under promise of marrisge and had
refused 10 fulfill his agreement.
Benz. Brewster, son Of J. P. Brewster, a
prominent halter OF Chicsgo, shot and
probably fatally wounded one Of the female
inmates of . brothel in Kansas City, No,
on the 18th inst. Brewster gave himself up
and was placed under arrest.
VIM. II. Harrington, recently elected
county commissioner of Wicomico county,
Nd was shot and Instantly killed at Sails.
bury, Md, on the 18th inst, 6y ]. Wesley
Turpin, during quarrel. Both we're farm.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-22
Official Returns.

Returns from every county in Pennsylva-
MIA give total vote for state treasurer as
follows: Butler, Republican, $50, 153 ;
Barr, Democrat, 221, 815; Sutton, Green
back, 27,206; Richardson, Prohibitionist,
3,219.
The n " York San has received official
returns from fifty of the sixty counties in
the state. A close comparison between
these and unofficial returns from the other
ten counties indicates that Hoskins, Repub-
lican candidate for lieutenant governor, has
defeated Clarkson n. Potter by about ], 10O
majority That Carr, Republican candidate
for secretary of state, is elected by nearly
the same majority. That Wadsworth, Re-
publican candidate for comptroller, will
have an increased majority over that of
Hoskins, and that Ward and Wendell, Re-
publicans, are also elected as attorney gen
eral and treasurer. The majority for
Horetio Seymour, Jr., Democratic c&ndi.
date for engineer aud surveyor, will lie to-
wards 10, 900. John KelIy's vote is increased
over previous estimates and will reach 76,.
600.
Official returns from 60 out of the ~
counties in Minnesota give the following
majorities for the Republican state ticket
Pillsbury, Republican, for governor, over
Rice, Democrat, 10'969 Gilman, for lieuten.
ant governor, 1920; Won Baumbach, for
secretary Of state, 1860; Kettleson, for
treasurer, 1865; Start, for attorney general,
1000; Marshall, for railroad commissioner,
1865; Meighen, greenback, for governor,
has 1921 votes, and Sstterlee, prohibition.
list, 2,S71. 1t is thought the remaining u
counties will add 1920 to Pillsbury's ma.
jority and 4,400 to the rest of the ticket,
making the former $4,000 and the latter 90,
600. The constitutional amendment limit.
ing the issue of bonds by cities and towns
to per cent taxable property is adopted
by d large maioritv
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-22
Fell Through a Bridge.

The western span Of the st. Louis, Kansas
City and Northern railroad bridge, crossing
the Missouri river at st. Charles, gave way
under the weight of 8 stock train of seven
teen ears on the night of the Sth inst, pre-
cipiteting the entire wreck into the river
below. Five persons were in the caboose
when it went down; of these Joseph Weaver,
e wealthy stock raiser, Mr.. Hyde, of Mon
tans, and a brakeman named Barnpart were
killed. Brakeman Irwin, who was on top OF
the caboose, went down with it also, and
was fatally injured. The damage to the
bridge is estimated at $4,000. Value of
cars and stock $4,000.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-22
C1icaE0.

CHICAGO, November 15.---l 80 P. NJ
Wheat-Opened strong and higher, closed
at S1.153 cash; 81 1873 seller December;
$L17A seller January. Corn Unsettled
now lower st 413lc cash; 40Hc seller De.
cember; 1870 seller May. Oats-Firmer
at $3.50 cash; 325sc seller December; 36c
seller May. Rye-At 71Kc. BarIey-At
7706Oc. Pork-Unsettied and lower at the
close; $1025010.50 cash; 1895 bid seller
December; $40 10 asked seller January.
Lard-Weak and lover; $3.50 bid cash !;
$667H bid December; 56 90 bid seller Jan
uary. Whisky--At 3l.10. Hogs-Reeeipts
$4,000 head; active, firm and Zoe higher !;
light at $360@3.8O; packing al $3.65@4 co (;
shipping at $3.80@405. Cattle-Receipts
1,O10 head good scarce, and 10@l5c higher;
$3.60@4.s0; butchers more active; feeders
and stockers steady; western Texans at
s. 5002. 70.