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PROCEEDINGS OF COMMITTEES.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23-'rhe Senate Exodus
Committee held Il very short this pornES. 4.
f. McCoskey a resident OF Terre Haute, Ind testified
10 there being surplus laborers aud mechanics la
his section Of the State.
The House Committee Approp pratt this morning
considered the star Route Service, and decided tlat
some action must be taken at The general iin
preston is that the committee will at perfect de-
aciency appropriation bill, making provisions 10
tinue the star service.
The consideration OF the sugar question viii b9 re-
summed by the Ways aud Means Committoc 60 morrow
and will probably occupy the entire week The House
Committee Commerce spent an hour this morriug
uDon The RIVER and HarbOr DILL It Will hardly be 10
ported 10 the House before the end OF March.
The House Committee Foreign Affairs instructed
its chairman to-day 10 report favoraby 10 the House
the resolution making appropriation Tor the reef Ot
the suffering people OF Ireland The RESOLUTION was
amended by the committee increasing the appropris-
from 100000, the amount originally proposed 10
| 100000.
The committee also agreed report favoably Repre<
sentative Ross bill which provides that no owner.
agent trustee consiguee OF ship vessel duly
fishery shall by virtue o, the aws Of the state OF
New-York be compelled TO take employ. paw pilot
| not voluntarily employed. on entering or departing
from the port OF New-York by way OF the East River
| called Hell Gate.
Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads to-day, and
made lengthy statement relative TO the Louisiana Lot
| The House Committee on Coinage, Weights and
Measures vt It's meeting to-day, directed its chairman.
Representntive Stephens. to present the House bill
providing for the establishments OF ASSAY
before the committee by invitation and gave his
views at length upon the changes which
ures lie favored the retention OF the English system
now I'm use, which employs the foot. yard. gallon.
bushe etc. and. In connection vita these methods
Of mea urement, the Introduction OF The French methoa
M
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REUNION OF P0ST OFFICE EMPLOYEES

About $50 Of the officers and employees Of the
New-York City Post Office sat down to the third
annual dinner OF the Post Office Temperance
Association at the Metropolitan Hotel last
evening. Among the invited guests who
were present were Postmaster L. l.. James.
William f. Dodge. the Rev. DIR. Patton, the Rev.
Dr. Hatfield of Chicago. Fire Commissioner Cor
nelius Van Colt, ex-Congressman h. W. Throel-
morton, of New-Jersey, the Rev. Dr. Dunnell of All
SAINTS Church, Assistant Postmaster H. q. Pear
SON Profe ssor j. L. Hunt and Norwood Bourne. Let
tiers of regret were read from ThurOw Weed. Henry
Ward Beecher, Father Farrell, s. b. butcher and
Others. Ex-Postmaster-General Marshall Jewell
sent Il dispatch from Hartford regretting at the
last moment his inability 10 be present.
When the coffee served Postmaster James
spoke of " Postal Progress" He described the first
Post Office in Aew-YOrk, established III 1872, and
described the organization of the service after the
Inauguration of President Washington. William
T.. Dodge spoke of THE Merchants of New-York,p
and gave some of the "reminiscences Of his sxtyone
years of business life IN this city. b. w. IhrUck-
morton spo 80 for "Our Neghboring COmmonwea
OF New-Jersey" The TempeTancs Cause WIS
responded TO by Professor j. L. Hunt. Fire Com
missioner Van Colt spoke Tor the New
York Fire Department. Among the other toasts
were Our Water Courses" responded to by j. Sea-
yer Page; Our Citizen Soldery,D by the Rev. Mr.
Dunnell, chaplain of the 22d Regiment; The
Soldiers and Sailors of the New York Post Office"
by Captain +. Il. Moran and The Press" to which
the Rev. Dr. Patton spoke Music was furnished
by the Post Office Glee Club.
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OPPOSED To A THIRD TERM.
MEETING OF GERMAN REPUBLICANS.

MEETING OF GERMAN REPUBLICANS.
A GATHERING AT COOPER uYIoN-ADDREssEs BY
FREDERICK HAssAURRK, OF cIxCINSATI. AND
A. j. DrrTEYnoEFKR AND sIGIsMuND KAUF-
Mann. OF This CITY.
German Republican mass-meeting was held at
Cooper Union last evening for the expression OF
views opposed to the third Presidential nomination
of General Grant The hall was full to the doors
and many well-known citizens were present. Res
olutlons condemnlng a third term were adopted
Addresses in German were made by A. j. Often
hoeier. Frederick Hassaurek, Editor of The Gin
ctnnGd VoiksJlah. ana by Sigismund Kaufmann
Letters were read from Matthew Hale and George
H. Forster.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-24
TIE NIANTIC MILLS BURNED

NO1wICH, Conn.,, Feb. 23.-The woOllen
mill OF the Mantle Mills Company, at East Lyme, was
destroyed by lire this afternoon, together with
the store and Tenement The fire orig.
mated In the picker Tho loss Is
not stated, but the nsurances are as follows: Mil
Owners Mutual, $4,000 Enterprise, $1,000 ;
Hope, $1,000: What Cheer $500; American,
$4,000; Cotton and WOOllon, 81 300; Providence,
Washington aud LOrlard companies, 81 200 each on
the stock store Lorlard. 81 900 the Office aud
tenement, and the Windham County $500 the tene-
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WESTERN RAILROAD PROSPERITY.

CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-Thc annual report of the
chicago and Alton Railroad for the year 1879 shows
wonted prosperity and increase In the earnings and
facilities.
Ihe gross earnings we're s5755 677. of which
f4242,791 was from freight, 81 70s from passen
gers and the rest from express. MALE, etc.
Tie increase IN earnings 1873 was
81 0S3,i5S. The operating expenses S3,049 $50
against S25l5134 for 1873 The net rnings were
81, roc, i 50, increase over 1875 of $549 771.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-24
XLVIth CONGRESS-IId SESSION.

REG 5LAR REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS.
THE sESArE ADJouRNs OUT OF RESPECT TO WASH.
/ INGToN's MEMoRY-NFw Bills IL TIL HOUSE
IN REGARD TO COURT OF PESSIO :, THE
GRAIN BLOCKADE, TIE CATTLE DISEASE. SIC.
SENATE. .WAsHINGToS. Feb. %, 1850.
In the Senate to-day, Immediately after
prayer ana the reading of the Janrnai, Mr.. BAYARD
tDrm, Deli moved that IN respect 10 the memory Of
George Washington the Senate adjourn.
Pending the motion Mr. MCDONALD tDem Ind) an.
nounced that he would tomorrow ask final vote on
tue pending Five Per Cent Bill.
Mr. BAILEY (Dem.. Tenu) gave notice Of an amend
ment intended TO be offered by him to the ball adj
hitting, free OF duty, clothing and other
contributions from abroad for the relief OF
cOOred emigrants The amendment directs the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury have sucb goods trans
ported from the port OF the point OF desna-
ton apnrOprlates the to transports
them and provides that the act shall remain IN force
until June 1, 1880, instead OF February l. 1881.
The Senate then adjourned un III Tomorrow.
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OBITUARY..
THE HON. r. NJ. MOORE.

CINcINNATI, Feb. 23-The Hon. r. NJ
Moore. ex-Mayor OF this city, died late this
afternoon. One of the last acts of his life
was The settlement Of deficit in the accounts of W.
L. Debsck his license clerk, by the payment TO the
Board of Revision last Saturday, Of 900 in cash. the
Board taking Debeck's nose for the remainder Mr..
Moore 10 this city from Ireland when quite young
and from poverty grew TO be quite wealthy.
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THE HON. ]. NJ. BRODnEAD.

EXETER, n. H.. Feb. 23.-The Hon. John
NJ Brodhead. OF Washington. formerly Second Con
troer of the Treasury, died in South NEWMARKET
Sunday night I Is understood he has left by his viii
$40 900 establish library IN South New Market
provided he Town will change It's name to hcwhed its
IN
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THOMAS DAWsON.

LONDON, Feb. 23.-ThOmas Dawson, the
veteran horsetrainer and for fity years connected
with the Engish turf, is dead.
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ISAAC W. LANNING.

TRENTON, n. j., Feb. 23.--lsaac w. Lam
Ming an old and prominent lawyer, died here this
ternoon In the SEVENTEEN year OF his age. He ad
mtted the bar 534 elected 10 the Assembly
an ISll was Prosecutor the Pleas 1912. and
reapp0inted 1S47 He the Oldest member Of the
bar IN tins county.
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SUICIDE or A RUSSIAN BARON.

LONDON, Feb. 24.-7he Standards st. Peters
burg correspondent that Baron sphen,
Privy Councillor has committed suicide, his mad being
affected by the explosion In the palace
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-24

"Papa, what makes some printers always
drink 10 hard a. said little Johnnie the other even
ing al Thought they always drank easy enough"
growled the old as he looked from the evening
paper.
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THE REV. j. N. CUNNINGHAM.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23.-The Rev. j. NJ.
Cunningham formerly OF the Tyler Street Presby terrain
Tabernacle, this city, died at Oakland yesterday.
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press dispatch from Boston says both the
Regular and tue Mechanics Hall, Butler Democrats.
celebrated to-day by banques the former at the Parker
House aud the latter at YOung's Hotel. A
committee from the former appointed
TO visit the Butler Democrats ard invite them 10 call
upon the regular Organization. The invitation
copied and some time passed in pleasant converse
tion. There decided political significance i'm this
action although inclined TO believe IL pOrtends
OF the two wings Of that party IN Massa
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JOIN RIG!

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 23.-John Rice, tn
weliknossn builder and contractor died this morning
,lie residence
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DEMOCRATS UNITING.
GENERAL BUTLER's FOLLOWERS FALLING INTO
IINE-A PARTY LOVE-FEAST.


IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRfBUSg.l
Boston. Feb. pa very important measure
begun tonight in the Democratic party of Massa-
chusetts. One year ago last Autumn tho party ship
struck on the rock Ben Butler and split. The Butler
wing headed by Colonel Jonas II. French and COM
prising the rOugher elements in the party was by
lar the largest. but not large enough to elect the
General. This dissensiOn continued during two
State conventions, but tonight reconciliation was
affected, the Butler wing proffering the olive
branch. Whether the old war horses will accept
General Butler as leader not remains to be
seen but il is evident that the TecOncilia ion move
ment was suggested by General Butler himself The
meeting winch was held at the Parker House, was
addre ssed by Judge Abbott the Hon. Lew Wood
bury, the Hon p. A. Collins, Colonel Jonas n.
French, the Hon. Jno. X TarbOn and Mayor
McCaferty 1t was genuine love feast. One OBJ
ject of the scheme is to consolidate tho party for the
coming National contest.
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erck Hassaurek, the Editor OF The Cincinnati VoIkS5at
frequently interrupted by prolonged applause or laugh.
ter. HIS address was in German, were those OF Mr.
Dittenhoefer and Mr.. Kaufman. Mr. Hassaurek said :
We celebrate today the birthday of the Father OF the
Republic, not words only, l hope. but by deeds
too. II is most appropriate this occasion,
and OF great Importance and interest 10 re-
member the many meritorious acts or Washington.
The Father OF his Country accomplished almost
infinitely great things military matters although the
resources at his disposal very limited There was
no regular army In existence he had feeble enemy
TO fight against, but great, powerful Engandj no
country stood behind him like the United
States of to-day, willing sacrifice everything for the
Union. There probably never General who lived
TO see a more pitable day than Washington
saw at Valley Forge; and still he conquered
not by the force OF his resources but through
his VIII power and indomtablo spirit After
having achieved victory he went before the Con
gress at Annapolis mot body constituted like
as Commander-inC hei After the present Constitution
had been adopted he was elected President Of the
United States and on the expiration OF his
elected When his second term drew close, and be-
fore the next Presidential campaign inaugurated.
the memorable words, :" To say nothing Implies
CONSENT" He did not occupy waiting position nor
lO0K for shallow subterfuges: he quoted the public
mind nis cand daey for third term, by assuring
the people that he would retire into private lie.
WHAT did Thomas Jefferson the author OF tue Declara
ton Indope DdeIlce, say this subject He too,
served TWO terms as PRESIDENT but on being mentioned
"A candidate for denomination for a third term, he
lost time IN declaring that no third term should
made a rule. He iintated Washington's example, and
That retire Office at the expiration OF my term
is duly paramount to the faithful administration OF
1t only the friends and advocates third term
who say that General Grant would not accept a. all
sa ns TsaSs TO- they
authority, tho very silence OF General Grant
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UTICA, n. Y, Feb. 23.-The delegaSes from
the MA Assembly District OF Oneca CONT, 70 The ica
Convention are Messrs. p. H. Costello. Frank sarS'
Squire UtIey and Geo. b. Anderson. They are uDih-
stIncted but are Tor General Grant.
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Chappell Hill Locals.
Aug. 81, 1880.

NuS. 81, looO.
Editors Banner:
Capt. i F. Reaville, an old
Texan, and Veteran, died at
his residence night before last !;
his remains were followed to the
grave by the entire community.
Every business house in the
place was closed. Chappell
Hill has lost one of her most
honored citizens.
Last Saturday the "rowdies"
of the precinct held high carni-
val in town, and notwithstanding
Hub had about 10 deputies
present yet they made no effort
to secure quietness.
There is not a night but what
you can hear the report Of the
little bull dogs" and the whiz
of the bullets and yet we have
no officers but what sleep sound
ly, when such breaches of the
peace awake the entire commu-
nifty. Now l do not mean by
this that we have no officers,
in fact we are Overlooking with
"conservators" of the peace.
What | do mean to say is, that
the election or some 9TH
er cause has d wonderful cf-
feet in preventing the enforce
ment OF the law. l do not wish
to reflect upon any officer who
tries to discharge his duty.
No interest whatever mani
tested by our town in the COM
ing election-perhaps we will
wake up before voting time.
L. Z. L.
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STILL ANOTHER.


An impression seems to have
got abroad that the bankers are
working in the interest of the
compress for the purpose of
making it a monopoly. This is
an error, and is not the inten-
ton of the bankers. They Sim
ply require shippers who want
advances to have the cotton
stored at the compress. This
is done as a matter of security
and to expedite business, as up
on the presentation of compress
receipts the railroads will sign
through bills of lading; if the
cotton IS at the warehouses it
must be delivered at the rail-
road depot before bills of lad
ing. will be signed, sometimes.
causing a delay of one or two
days and keeping the bankers
out of the use of their money
Tor that lenghth of time. The
compress enables bankers to
give more accommodations than
heretofore and at the same
time more business can be done
with less money. All cotton
stored at the compress is COW
cred by insurance.
Everyone bringing cotton to
Brennan is as free as ever to
take it where he pleases, to ware
houses or compress as he may
see fit. The bankers will adj
vance money on cotton stored
at the warehouses by planters
or merchants the same as they
always did, provided the cotton
is covered by insurance. The
ofthe bankers only
shippers who want ad-
vances in their shipments.
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Gay Hill Locals.
August goth.

Editors Banner:
On the 10TH inst. the demo-
cracy of this ward" met and
reorganizcd. Mr.. T. II. Lip
scomb was elected chairman
and DR.. II, Upshaw, secretary
Mr.. l. Kirk offered the usual
preamble and resolutions which
were adopted.
The event of the season was
a Leap year lawn party given
by the ladies of Gay Hill; it
was complete success and will
long be remembered as pleas
ant episode in our everyday
country life.
Cotton worms are here In
abundance; some are poisoning
and others are letting them eat.
The weather is favorable for
picking and over halfa crop
will be made any way.
Madame rumor says there ss1
to be several weddings here
this fall; if there isn't it will be
nohody's fault
There are several aspirants
here for official honors, but the
mate modesty. that ever attends
greatness prevents them from
making their wants known
through the BANNER.
We have had an unusual
amount IF sickness with several
deaths.
Our literary society has not
entirely recovered from It's third
anniversary, but next Saturday
night We will meet at DR.. NIL
leF's for the purpose of reviving
it. SANS SoUcI.
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CoTToN PIcKERs.- As early
as 4 O'CLOCK on Monday morn
ing wagons were in town for
the purpose of taking out cot
ton pickers. 1t is estimated
that not less than half d hun
drcd wagons come in. Sandy
street FROM Market TO Ami and
Ant from Sandy to the railroad
were crowded with wagons and
colored people. The profess
sional pickers are usually arm
ed with a hig sash. bidding
was quite lively and as an in
dncement some hirers offer, in
to board two drinks Of
whiskey a day, The average
price offered was SIX bits a hun
dred and board. 1t is suppos=
ed that about two hundred COL
ored folks OF all sizes, sexes and
ages went out. Whole families
go taking the children and
dogs. BY 9 o'clock the streets
were quiet. 1t is next 70 IN
possible to hire darkey male
or female to do any chores.
House servants are particularly
scarce.
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Many young girls are unfit for active life,
and thousands oimolhers drag out mis-
erahl esisianpe On acrout ola peculiar fe-
hale weakness WHICH they absolutely refuse
10 cuFe. They are full Of aches and pains,
are poor, weak, .frail creatures, irregular
every monlh-with pale faces, glaring eyes,
shattered nerves, and almost worn out con-
stitulions. A powerful combination has
been prepared by the medical profession.
for the cure OF these serious female COM
plants, and its action IS prenoupced Won
derlul. Il K l,aoWn as DIR. Dromgoole's
Exe.lSH FEMALE BITTERs.
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l,ellTiIle.

A representative Of the BAN
NER was in Bellville on Thurs
day and Friday. The town is
improving. FIVE new brick houses
hayc lately been erected; bus
mess appears to be flourishing
and cotton comes in at the rate
of about Is bales day; it is
bought by merchants who are
furnished with the "sinews of
war" by Galveston commission
houses to whom nearly ali of
it is shipped. The banking
house lately started is not able
to do much business because
Galveston houses furnish money
at a less rate of interest. Muir
ray & Minton, lumber dealers.
are doing a big business and
are disposing of all the lumber
they can get, They receive
their lumber via the Information
al and Santa Fe roads and sell
it at $40 per thousand. The
worms have put in their work
and succeeded in stripping the
cotton plants of their foliage; a
great deal of cotton is open and
the fields along the railroad look
as if they were covered with
snow, they are so white; the de-
mand for cotton pickers is large
ly in excess Of THE supply. DR..
T. P. Early, formerly of Bren-
ham, is now practicing at Bell
vile and reports a great deal of
sickness in the country.
The friends of Col. Seth
Shepard are quite enthusiastic
and expect 10 carry the county
for him.
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9 A thing Of be,uty is JOY foreypT,"-
What is it! Som thing prey;arsd for wo-
man only, and used by them exclusively.
1t Is adaSisil especially TO cases where the
womb il diSo,dered. and will cure all IT.
regulariti.S OF the "menses" or "mothly
courses hy restoring the discharge,
whether acute III chronic, in every instance.
/ have used for the las. evenly years. the
medicine klaSu as Dr. ]. Bradiiehd's Fe-
,,.a'e Regulator, and consider it the best
combination ever gotten together for the
diseases for which it is recommended,
w; Il. EEEREtI, MD.
DR.. l. RFadAel,l, PfonFietor, Atlanta. Ga.
iFioe, $3.50 per hottie. Sold by all Drug
glsts, and also by X. E. LuHN and
FINKERA & RALSToN, Brenham: Tomn-
son, Sch"tt & Co, Galveston an. Dallas,
and allleadin, dealers
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Coon JOKE, Ell ! On Sum
day last a gentleman living
in the Wesley neighborhood
thought he would take time by
the forelock, so he came to
BRENNAN and loaded his wagon
with Gotten piekefs took them
home so as to make an early
break on the cotton patch Mon
day morning. He was SO pleas
edat the success of his plan that
upon arriving at WesleY he FILL
ed his cotton pickeFs with beer
and they all drank to his health
wishing him a long and prosper
Gus life. The pickers were
then taken home and given
a Sunday supper and ex-
ira carly and extra GOOD
breakfast on Monday morning
so as to make an carly break on
the cotton patch. So far every
thing worked tremendously,
but when the darkeys went to
the cotton patch, every last one
Of them changed their minds,
and one OF them getting oil. the
new and original remark, 81
isn't a gwine ter broke my back
in dis cotton" they all cloped.
The gentleman lost his Sunday
UP 10 BRENNAN, his beer, a
Sunday supper for the mokes
and an extFa early and extra
good breakfast for them, too.
y good Joke, ch! But strange
as it may appear the gentleman
living in the Wesley ncighbor-
hood can't see 1t.
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Mr.. W.. H. GRAIN, of Hal
lettsyille. Layac9 SodnSy, 4 well
known and popular lawyer and
a prominent member of the
state senate in the 18th legiels-
tole, will address the Brenham
Democrat club tonight. Mr..
CFaine will address the peoi.le
at the Independence barbecue
to-day. He is an able an elo-
quent speaker and we hope to
see a large attendance at tie
club tonight,
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$40 Reward.

Lost between the residence ofCol. sam
Stone, and my farm, formerly the Rube
Long place, on the morning Of the 10Th
inst, brown jeans sack coat, in the side
pocket Of which was a Russian Leather
memoranda book, in which l kept daily
record cfmy private business. / viii pays
the above reward for iile book OF any in
formation leading 10 he recovery Of SINE;
The hndeF may keep the coat il be wishes.
DIV u K. A. HAKvIS.
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A CARD.-Tha undersigned
takes this method of informing
MS friends and the public gem
orally, that he can be found at
the store Of Rampell & Harri-
soB, where he will be pleased to
see them. f. L. SALLEY.
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The opera house is rapidly
approaching completion; the
gas pipes have nearly all been
put in and the two great I'M
slightly posts that heretofore OBJ
siructed the auditorium have
been removed and their places
supplied with neat and graceful
iron columns four inches in di-
ameter, presenting a gossamer
or spider wed appearance as
compared with the old posts.
The chairs are already and will
be placed in position as soon as
the artist, (painters) leave the
building, The first engagement
so far is for the nth of October,
but other companies will be
here before that time.