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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
A Missouri Blizzard.

A very severe wind storm passed over the
town of Reny, Randolph county, No, on
the 9.h inst The residence of Byrd Ryle
was torn to pieces, every. member of the
family being more or less injured and Mr..
Ryle fatally. The house of Joe Patrick was
blown down, and Mrs. Wright, visitor,
fatally hurt. The dwelling of Noah Burk.
head was torn to pieces, and Mrs. Burkhead
was seriously wounded. Several other
houses were considerably injured, and
fences, grain stacks, trees, etc, destroyed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
The Latest Murders.

George Beard, laborer on the farm Of
Luther Watkins, near Pennington, No,
killed fellow laborer named Eli Cunning.
ham, on the 18th inst, by striking him on
the head with hammer.
David Norman shot and killed Morris
Smith, a Wisconsin man, at Plum Hand,
Tenn, on the 7th inst, in an alteration
about the payment of wages.
Charles Brockmsn, g son of a prominent
Cincinnati grocer, shot and fatally wound
ed VIM. Burke, on the 18th, after an en-.
counter in which Burke and his friends had
fallen upon Brockman and beaten him
severely.
Awakened by the barking of dogs John
Irving, colored expressmau, living on
Third avenue, Chicago, proceeded to his
barn about one O'Clock on the morning Of
the 9th inst, and was shot twice and in.
staptly killed by murderer, who was heard
ruauing along the path back OF the house.
On the morning of the 7th inst, the farm
house OF Richard and VIM. Needham, near
London, Ont, WAS entered by masked burg
lars who stole $500 and probably fatally
dubbed the Needhams.
Two deaths occurred on the last voyage
OF the ship Cashmere, now at Boston, from
it is,alleged ill-treatment by the officers, who
are now under arrest.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
How the Afghans Make q Saint.

There is a story told of our friends tne
Khybar Zakhakhels that is very PROG
ably true. 1t was long sore point WIN
them that, while every other section %
the tribe had its particular shrine, no
Fakir had been obliging enough TO ole
among them. They bad been taunlea
about this by the others, till at last they
determined to supply the deficiency. ~
Peshawar lived Fakir of peculiar sane
,i.y. A deputation from khybar pass
waited on this saint, and earnestly III.
yited MIN to pay them VISIT DC
granted the request, and on bis artiVsi
was sumptuously entertained. Al'el
dinner he was informed of The vacancy
in the Khybsr ssint' calendar sna "
the determination of the tribe to pc 10
longer without the means OF having
heavenly agent to forward the prayers u
their souless ones. As his soul was 90
ing straight to bliss, and bis body 10 ps
SO highly honored, he could not possloi;!
have any objection to the srrangemen nS
ANY way, the sacrifice was MADE b;, an
the desired sanctuary secured'-b'a'A
,roosps MaGoz ne.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
Fatal kNptoSfous.

Az Newton, la, on the 10Th, engine No. 4
of the c. r. l. 4 P. T. r., exploded, killing
VIVA. Gibbons, engineer, and fatally scsld-
ing Alex. Jones, fireman.
BY an explosion of dynamite at Tangier,
n. S, on the 10th inst, George Ferguson,
his son James aud nephew Josepl Fergu.
son we're Instantly killed.
BY the explosion of gas in sewer at
Oakland, Cal, on the l0th, several houses
were wrecked and "a boy named Johnny
Leach badly burned.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
Deaths DOinRs.

Commander Chester Hatfield, U. s. navy
died at Vallejo, Cal, on the 18th inst.
August Thiele, editor Of the Waechter GIN
Erie, died at Erie, Pa, on the 10Th, aged 56
Colcroit, for forty-six years hangman in
England, il dead.
Hon. John NJ. Edmunds, postmaster al
Washington, D. c., died on the l4th inst.
Ex.member of congress Amos Turck died
at Exeter, N. H., on the 18th inst.
Jon Sigur Disson, an Icelandic savant, is
dead.
DR.. Enoch Cable Wines died at Cam.
bridge Mass, on the 18th inst.
Brevet Major Rosencrans, of the Six
teenth United States infantry, died at Fort
Riley, Mo-, on the 7th. and was buried with
military honors. During the civil war he
was an aide-de camp at the army of the
Potomac headquarters.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
A Disastrous Storm.

A storm at Aspinwall damaged the Pacific
Mail Steamship company's wharf 100000,
and that of the Panama Railroad company
$4,000; three hundred and twenty.nine
tons of coal were lost by vessels sinking.
Some idea of the violence of the sea may
be gathered from the fact that the A G..
Bonner lost her rudder by her striking the
bottom in six fathoms of water, and her cap.
tain says the sea was heavier than any be
has seen on the banks of Newfoundland. 1t
is expected it will be thirty days before
traffic can be fully resumed on the railroad.
The villages of Gatean and Buens
Vista were swept away, and Bailamono was
partially ruined. In Matachen many houses
were ruined and in those which remain the
floors are covered with mud. In some
places on the railroad track and in the
streets the mud is foot or two deep.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
CounteFf0tter Killed.

Coronel w. r. Cook, a noted counterfeit.
er, was killed on the 18th instant, at his
house near Nicholasvilie, Ky. He had es-
capped from number OF United States dep
uty marshals who undertook to capture
him last Friday, and five marshals sur
rounded his house this morning and de.
maDded his surrender. 1t is ssid he opened
the door with pistol in his hand, when he
He was colonel of Kentucky regimen! in
the Union army during the war.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
Self Murder.

Annie Heemyer, 81 years of age, died at
Chicago on the 18th, from ratsbane, taken
on Sunday with suicidal intent, on account
of family troubles.
Charles W. Merritt, q near relative OF
Gen. Merritt, late lieutenant of Tenth cav
airy, but dismissed by general court martial,
committed suicide in his room At the Com
mercisl hotel, Santa Fee, on the night OF the
18th, by shooting himself through the head.
Rev. W II. Pledge, recently appointed al
the Methodist conference in Augusta, to
take charge Of the church in Atlanta, Ga.
committed suicide at the Markham house
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
Drowned.

Father Doyle, q Catholic priest and Nor.
ris Maynhan, CLERK in q store N Athens,
Ga, were drowned on the night of the IA
while crossing river ten miles from Au.
gusta, Ga. They had been paying sick
cali.
At Penetanguishene, Dat, on the 18th
inst, Joseph Geubro and young lady
named Clotier, while skating, fell through
hole in the ice aud were drowned.
At New Castle, N. B., on the 18th inst,
May Williston, daughter of Judge Willis
ton, and jamie Watt, daughter OF c. G..
Watt, shipbulder, broke through the ice
while skating and were drowned.
Mrs. Neault aud two children were
drowned in North Nation river, Can, on the
18th
Atspoiut thirteen miles north OF Nash
Will, Teun, OH the 10th inst, the dam on an
| ice pond broke and torrent Of water swept
down on cottage occupied by the McCroy
| family. Mccoy, with two of his children
in his arms and leading q third, the young
est, and followed by his wife, attempted
to wade through the food from his house,
which was surrounded by water TO the depth
Of six feet Floating tinber of old ice
houses KNOCKED the little boy out OF his
fathers arms md tore the little girl frors
his grasp and they were drowned. NcCroy
and wife and heir remaining child escaped.
Wash Wiu.ns (colored) was drowned at
Cairo, H., on the 10th inst, by his team
backing into he river.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
a Foolish Father.

A most distressing accident occurred at
Otterville, Buchanan county, six miles
northwest Of Independence, Mich, on the
9th inst, by which German named Welssr,
while plsyfully aiming supposed empty
revolver az his little twc-year-old child, &C.
cidentally discharged the weapon, the con.
tents enteriug the child's heart and passing
entirely through the body.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18

Atlanta, on the 18th, by cutting his throat
He was minister of prominence and
leaves q family.
A student named Hutchinson at Hobart
College, Geneva, N. Y, attempted some.
thing new in the suicide business He got
upon table and placed his mouth over a
burning gas jet, clenched his teeth upon
the burner, and, becoming unconscious,
fell to the floor. He was from Chicago.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18

The main chapel of the Wesleyan Chapel,
London, was much injured by fire on the
9TH inst, and the historic building, Wes-
ley's Morning Chapel, was entted. Wes.
ley's pulpit was saved. The beautiful fres.
coed ceiling is irreparably injured, and
great doubts are entertained whether the
roof can be restored.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
N ew York.

NEW YORK, December 15-3 80 P. M
Cotton-Steady and unchanged. Flour
Dull; receipts $4,000 bbls; sales II 900 bbls
at SIS 00(G6 90 for common to extra western
Sc 25@7.75 for hoop; rye -four firm at S. 10
OF 80. Wheat-Unsettled spring nominal;
winter No. l, he lower and dull receipts
$1,000 bus; sales $4,000 bus; No 2 red sci.
Ter January, by GENITAL at 81 65A@l.65T
Rye--Quiet at 97c. CONDUIT; receipts
5000 bus; sales $4,000 bus at 6i@65kc.
Barley-Quiet and unchanged. Oats
Dull: receipts $4,000 bus; sales $4,000 bus
at 49@5lc tor mixed western 51C355c for
white. Pork-Dull at $3.50. Beef Steady
Lard-Heavy at 81 rs. Butter-At ID 035c.
Cheese and Whisky-U1chan Sugar.-
At 10c. Eggs Petroleum and Tallow-
Unchanged.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
A Red River Blizzard.

There has been severe storm in the Red
river country, the thermometer falling very
low, reports from different points indicating
% to 40 degrees below zero. Brscken-
ridge special to the St. Paul Ptoneer-PreSS
says two children of VIM. Ovens were
frozen to death, and two men, II. q Horder
and james Nolan, are missing, supposed to
be lost in the storm and frozen.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18

Madrid, Brussels, Florence, BOLOGNA, Milan,
Genoa, Venice, Verona and Rome. At
Nantes, the river Loire is frozen. The
municipality of Paris has voted five hundred
thousand francs for the relief Of. the poor
On tie 9th the thermometer Indicated five
degrees above zero in Paris and 10 some of
the suburbs six degrees below. Tie Seine
ia frozen
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18

Freshman, Sichel & Co., hardware deal
ers, at San Francisco, Cal, have made an
assignment Labiht.o. ABOUT 5000; as
sets $4,000. A defalcstion by an abscond-
ing bookkeeper caused the embarrassment.
t. B. Simpson q Co., pork packers of
East Greenbush, N. Y, have made general
assignment for the benefit of their creditors.
Liabilities reported heavy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
Marine Disasters.

The captain and crew OF the bark War
rem Hastings, which lost two men, washed
overheard in gale, landed On the 10th
inst, at Falmouth, Eng. The vessel was
from Lisbon for Philadelphia, and foundered
in gale lasting from the 18th to the 9Th of
November.
The fishing schooner Andrew Lighton, of
Gloucester, Mass, with a fishing crew of IA
men, is believed to have been lost in the
recent gale.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18

Uranium, mineral found in Bohemia,
but never before in this country, 80 far as
known, has been discovered in the Sacra.
mento mining district in Colorado. The
ore runs GO per cent. uranium, worth about
81 ,0G0 per ton,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
ForaiHn.

LONDON, December i5--12:S0 P. M
Liverpool wheat market opens quiet; Cali.
fornia club at lis St@l2s Id; average Cali
fornia at lis 9i@l1s l0d; floating cargoes
steady; on passage quiet; Mark Lane firm !;
arrivals of coast for orders, wheat, moderate;
farmers deliveries of wheat during the
week, 40,0O0@45,oa0 qrs. English and
French Country markets suf.
LIVERPOOL, December 15-1 so p. M
Wheat-Spriug steady; California grades
declined penny. Cargoss in fair demand
hut uuiet
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
Our View Secretary of war,

On the 10lh inst, the president sent to the
senate the nomination of Alexander Ram.
sey, OF Minnesota, for secretary Of war.
Without reference to any committee the
nomination was unanimously confirmed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
At.euuted Assasstnnt

An attempt was made at Calcutta, on the
18th inst, to assassinate Lord Lytton, the
viceroy. Two shots were fired at him while
he was being escorted from The railway sta
ton by his staff The wouldbe assassin
WAS captured.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
Rurned TO Death.

Five Cinnamon we're burned to death at
Lovelocks, New, on the nth. They were in
n stupor from opium at the time.
tolgate house near Rochester, New
York, burned on the 10th inst, and the
keeper and infant child persisted in the
flames,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
Severe weather.

Great Britain and the continent are ex.
perienclng very severe weather. Heavy
snow falls are eported throughout Germany
nd Austrian Switzerland. and froul Paris
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
lay den Not Guilty.

In the case of Hayden, charged with the
murder Of Mary Stannard, on trial at Wor-
eester, Mass, the jury returned verdict
of "not guilty" The verdict was received
with loud cheers. The prisoner wept like a
child
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
Another Inrnda,lom In Hungary.

Pesth dispatch says six villages
have been ruined by floods near Arad.
Many entire families who had found refuge
in neighbcring woods were frozen to death.
Several hundred persons are missing.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE, December 1880 P. M
Flour-Quiet but firm; good to choice
spring at S6.00@675; common at $500
80. Wheat-Dull and lower; No. / hard
at Sl.3lH; No 2 at $1.2SQ1.2SH; No. 8
at 81 1901 1871; No 2 seller January at
81 28k@L293si seller February at 81 3oA
@l3l26. Corn-Dull at Ale; new at 37Ac
Oats Steady at SIC. Barley--Quiet at 75c
cash; No. 3 at SIC. Rye Steady at 7Sc
2ork-Dull and lower at S13 co cash and
seller January. Lard-At 81 50@775 Hogs
Dali ut 50 25G14 50.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
X a rfNl Alive.

At Plattsmouth, Neb., on the 18th inst,
near new railroad being constructed, a
bank oaved in upon ten or twelve men.
Three men were taken out dead and seven
badly injured.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
JudRe McCrary.

Without farther debate or division the
senate, on the 9th inst, confirmed the nom.
ination Of Secretary McCrary to be United
States Circuit judge for the eight circuit.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
Uncle Sam Robbed.

While the Grant procession was passin g
the custom house of Cincinnati on the 10th
instant, and the clerk temporarily absent,
thieves carried off $500 TO 81 600.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
ksiled in a Mine.

Frederick Hay, John Reckler and a boy
named James, we're killed on the 18th inst,
by the falling of a top slate in the Forest
colliery, at Pottsvllle, Pa.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
Fatally Crushed.

Martin Fellow, engineer OF oil boat Ex.
change, OF ST. Louis, got caught in the ma
chinery ofthe boat and was Instantly killed,
at Vicksburg, on the 18th.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18

Box.pIAIrED blouses of nsvy oiue y
sannbi,s flannel are worn by little glrls
The plsits are stitched from the neck he :
the ~ msist but are left anfsstened on INC
skirt.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
The Lost iSand,

The ship Caliope arrived at New York on
the 10th inst. She picked up the missing
boat of the foundered bsak Edith with the
captain and four seamen. They were
previously reported lost.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Disastrous Season.

The fishing season at Gloucester, Mass.
closes With loss of 32 vessels, valued al
over $3.50, 100, and 260 men.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
Chicago.

CHICAGO, December l5-1 80 P. M
Wheat--Weak and lower at $1.29% for
cash; sl.S1 for seller January; $l.3236 for
seller February. Corn--Wesk and lower a,
4o15c for cash; 40Ac for seller January !;
46Ac for seller February. Oats-Wesk At
34ss34Hc for cash and seller December;
SAX for seller January; $3.50 fer seller
February. Rye-Unohanged. Barley--At
90c. Pork-He.7y and lower at $i2 SIN
for seller January; $l3 II 4 for seller Febru-
airy. Lard-Weak and lower at 1926 for
cash; 1875 for seller January; $50 for
seller February. Whisky-At Slip. Hogs
Receipts $4,000 head; quiet light at
81 5o@4 So; heavy mixed packing at S4.5o@
40; shipping at Sh.70@4.S5. Cattle--Re-
ceipts 1000 bead; strong and active ship
ping a. S3.6O@365 butehers at 81 OO@9 50.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
TEE MARKETS.

Reported by CHAJpLRR, Bgows & Co, Commits.
sion Merchants, Milwaukee and Chicago.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18

These are the manufacturers prices
until the next meeting of the association,
which will occur the first part of jan
uary, at which time another advance
NAV be expected.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-18
The Advance in Paper.

Within a period Of sixty days the
prices of print and book papers have
advanced over so per cent. Paper that
wa. being sold in September at 81 cents
per pound is now put upon The combina-
ton price list at 10 cents per pound
At meeting of the Chicago division of
the American Paper Makers association,
held 10 Chicago on November 25th, the
following prices to dealers in car load lots
were fixed upon:
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-07-04
Solid Emery Vulcanite Wheels,

A composition of Rubber and Emery, maxi
ing very hard and uniform substance Of
the nature of stone throughout. These
wheels for grinding and polishing metals,
cumming saws, etc., are the most econom-
ical and effective tools that can be used.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-07-04
How to Catch Sea Lions.
| santa Barbara Press.l

tSanta Barbara Press.l
Nearly all the live seal, sea lions
and sea elephants that have been
furnished Woodward's Gardens in
San Francisco, and that have been
sent to the Old World. and the
Eastern States during the last
fifteen years have been captured
from the Santa Barbara Islands,
across the channel from this city.
Every year there are more or less
of these animals captured on the
islands for the purpose of supplying
menageries in the Eastern States,
and parties engaged in the business
always come to Santa Barbara to
secure men for this purpose, who
have had years of experience in
capturing them.
The mode of capturing these ami.
mails is simple, yet very exciting,
and while it Is not considered much
of trick to cage an ordinary sized
seal, 1t is a big contract to capture
bull that weighs 1900 pounds or
more, without seriously injuring
the animal.
Three or four expert vacqueros
usually approach the animals that
are out on the rocks near the beach,
select, perhaps from a hundred or
more, the big bull which usually
starts for the water, and when the
animal arrives at convenient
place on the sand, If possible three
riatas are thrown simultaneously,
one over the animals neck, one
over either of his front fippers and
one over his rear flippers, making
spread eagle of him instantly.
The RATA that holds his rear
fiippers takes away the mo-
tive power of the animal,
and while his other front flipper is
"lassoed," the riatas are all fasten-
ell to the rocks or trees near by, or
held by the men engaged, while
the large box-which has already
been made--without the cover, is
brought and carefully stood on end
close behind the animal, unobserv-
ed and, with a man on top of it, is
dropped suddenly over the sea lion
as he lies stretched at full length on
the sand. Small ropes are worked
under the box and the animal and
lashed to the top of the box, and,
at a given signal, the riatas are
loosened. the box turned over and
the animal held OH his back in the
bottom of the cage until the cover
is securely nailed down, when the
ropes and riatas are loosened and
the animal free TO move around in
his cage at will. The cages are
made out of strong fence boards,
firmly hailed to scantling in the
corners and on one side. They are
about four feet high, four and
half feet wide, and eight to four
teen feet in length, and always
made before the animals are cap
tured. After the animals are
Gagged, several strong ropes are
made fast around the cage and
blocks hitched into these ropes,
and the cage with the animal is
drawn through the water to the
schooner near by aud hoisted on
board. Fish and water are given
the captured animals, but they Of
ten go from ten to twenty days
without eating.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-07-04

been dismissed for brutally assault
ing Surveyor Sharp in 1877, and
sentenced 10 four months in the
Penitentiary. He presented him
self yesterday to be sworn in, show
ing his reappointmsnt from WASH
ington. 1t Is belle we'd to have been
secured in Sherman's absence.
Rain ny Canadian Indians.
CHICAGO, July Q. A Times
Washington special says: The In.
terror Department has received in.
formation from the Gros Ventre
Agency, Montana, under date June
10Th, that the British Indians at
Targinbo have crossed the border;
that they are destroying the buffa.
10, upon which the Gros Ventres
depend largely for their support,
and that skirmishes have occurred
between our own and the for
eign Indians, with loss of life
on both sites. The British In-
dians are well armed and are
driving the Americans before
them, the latter being in a panic
and desiring to cross the Missouri
river. Fifty lodges Of British In
dians and one hundred lodges of
British half-breeds are reported,as
being near the post. Inform alton
has been sent to the War and State
Departments, in order that proper
action may be taken.
Eianlom.
LONDON, July Cd. d.--Hanlon sailed
to-day on the city Of Chester. On
his arrival at Liverpool Governor
Packard, American COnsul-Gen-
eral, gave dinner in his honor.
The Hanlon Club will become the
custodian of the cup until 1t is chal-
lenged by England, when Hanlon
will be sent to defend it.
Psi,,isn rron Bremcn-Hecaii Of
German s"a.uIs.
LONDON, July 1.-The city of
Bremen has petitiOned the Govern.
ment to admit foreigu-built vessels
aud ship-building materials impost
free.
A Berlin dispatch says the DER
man Government has recalled its
Consuls from Cyprus in conse-
quence of a difference with Eng
land regarding their status.
The Porte refuses to discuss the
question of the surrender of .JanIna.
GaHd Reports Abonf ,he New
Vtc~IOy.
ALEXANDRIA,, July 2d.-It is
announced that the new Viceroy,
Tewflk Pasha, has relinquish half
his civil list.
LONDON, July 2l-A correspond
ent of the Daily Neaos telegraphs
from Alexandria that the new
Khedive is appointing excellent
advisers.