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Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-07-07
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Where the mountains slope to the westward
And their purple chalices hold
TO newmadc wine of sunset
Crimson and amber and gold
IN this old, wide opened doorway,
With the elm-bOnghs overhead
he house all garnished behind her,
And the plentiful table spread
She has stood to welcome our coming
Watching our upward climb,
In the sweet june weather that brought us
On, many and many a time
To-day in the gentle splcndOr
OF the early summer noon
Perfect in sunshine and fragrance,
Although it is hardly June
Again is the doorway opened,
And the house is garniShed and sweet;
But she silently waits for our coming,
AS we enter with silent feet.
A little within she is waiting,
Not where she has met us before;
For over the pleasant threshold
She Is only to cross once more.
The smile on her face is quiet,
And lily is on her breast,
Her hands are folded together,
And the word on her lips is "rGst."
And yet it looks like welcome,
For her work is compasscd and done;
All things are scemly and ready,
And her summer is just begun.
II is we who may not cross over;
Only with song and prayer,
A little way into the glory,
We may reach as we leave her there.
But we cannot think of her idle;
She must be hOmc-makcr still;
God givcth that work to the angels
Who littcst the task fulfill;
And somewhere, yet, in the hilltspS
OF the country that hath no pain,
She will watch in her beautiful doorway
To bid us welcome again.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-07-07
The Great Agent of Progress.

ATtLunh SIuT.
The mining fever is not abated in
the least. While Arizona still keeps
the lead in big finds and rapidly in
creasing bullion output, New Mexico
is stepping well to the front; the min
ing sales which are daily recorded in
our sister territory shows with what
wonderful rapidity she is advancing
forward. This is probably owing more
to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
railroad than any other influence.
That company is the greatest adyertis-
er of the country through which it
passes of any corporation in the United
States. 1t spares no expense in bring
ing the resources to the notice of capi-
tai and the hardy emigrant. Since it
has commenced road-building in
Sonora, that country has been bound
ing forward so that to-day hundreds of
Americans are rushing into the new
field of venture. The travel to Sonora
from this point alone is very marked
and is daily increasing The mines
and other sources of investment are
being eagerly sought after by Ameri-
can capital, and as soon as the road
from Guaymas is completed to this
point, there will be an industrious
American population settled along its
entire line, which will change the
whole face Of the country and be a
marvel as a wealth-producer. Eastern
cities are over.crowded; they are seek
ing an outlet. This will be supplied
by the railroads, and Mexico is the new
field for capital and venture. The
railroads are doing the work.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-07-07


"lIadn't you heard de news? Why
sab, he's done gone dead! Yes sah-
bin dead an buried fur a hull week
OATS de reason he didn't come aroun
any mo- wild his apples an pop corn
"What, your little Joe dead ~
"Dat's de truf sab. Come home ont
day all stuffed up wild a cold, an in
tweity-fO' hours we had him in his
shroud. 1t was awful sudden, an
can't realize dat he's gone. Las night
we foun ourselves waitin' supper fun
him, an in the middle of de night we
woke up an fin ourselves calm his
name. 1t comes powerful hard on rs,
it does, an we can't speak of it widout
our hearts swcllin' up big 'nufT to bust.
lie was de only chile, you know, an
we had built up some powerful hopes
on him.
"Joe WAS Il good boy
Deed lie was. lie never gin us
one hours trouble. an dar wasn't 4 bad
har on his head
There came Il pause and the old man
seemed restless and uneasy. He Started
to go, hesitated and finally said:
"YOu don't know muffin bout hcah.
Ell fur suah, do YOU"
mo"
"Well, has you got any idcas?'
"Yes, Il few
"IOu see, all de wimmcn has come
in to console my ole woman, AZ one
of 'em says dat de big grown up folks
go TO one part of hcaben an de chill'en
to anoder part. If dats true den we
can't iine little Joe when we getup dar
maybe we can't eben see him. OATS
what makes his mother take on 50.
We's got putty old now, an wen soon
git he summons to 90, but if de hope
an 'spectashun of mectin' dat boy up
in heaben am taken away from us, we
might as well hang ourselves up in de
wOOdshed."
"YOu need have no fears. Heaven
is not fenced off to Seperatc the young
from the old
"All piled in togeddcr?'
"Ies, and plenty of room for all"
"Will we know our Joe when we gel
up dar?"
"Yes."
AN he'll know u5l"
"Yes."
Oats de way hold, but lie ole wo.
man she's kinder lrad don't know
fur suah. Say bO3s?'
"Yes.'
"Please do dc ole man favor Take
your pen and write down dat heabcn
am not fenced off, and dat we shall fin
our little Joe clus by de pcarly gates
waitin' and watchin' TO welcome us as
we march in wild de purccssion. 1t will
make dc old woman feel Il heap easier
an help her to bar up under dis heavy
lliCtion.
The "CertiIicato' was witten, and
handed TO him, and he carefully put it
away, and said us he was ready to 90:
"l'm 'fousand times oblccgcd, an
de swellin' in my heart has gone down
obcr half! 1t wrung us powerful hard
to see dat boy on his dyin' bed, but
when we war told dat we shouldn't be
able to git to him up in hcabcn, we
were clean dun fur. Day to you boss.
lie gwine right off home an chire up
lie ole woman wild de blessed news"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-07-07
The Cost Of Funerals.

NNitN1u lllNUUt.
\ young English physician, DR..
Charles W. Purdy, recently delivered
an address before the Chicago Medical
society in advocacy of cremation, in
which he made some striking state
ments as to the cost of funerals. This
argument, if not the strongest which
can be urged in favor of cremation,
may well be used to strengthen Il pro-
test against the wicked and ridiculous
extravaganza which almost universally
Charactcri2es the funerals of the pres
ent day. Following are some of the
comparisons by which DIR. Purdy
sought TO show what a burden is laid
upon society by the burial of the dead I:
"One and Onc-fOurth times more mon
ey is expended annually in funerals in
the United States than the government
eXpcnds for public school purposes.
Funerals cost two and One-half times
more money annually than would buy
the grounds and buildings of all the
universities and colleges in America.
The amount of money expended on
funerals in the United States, if saved
for fraction over four years, would
equal the total sum disbursed by our
government for pensions during the
last twenty years. Funerals cost this
country in 1880 enough money to pay
the liabilities of all the commercial
failures in the United States during
the same year, and give each bankrupt
Il capital of $500 whith which to re
sumo business. Funerals cost annually
more money than the value of the
combined gold and silver yield of the
United States in the year 1880. The
of the Christian world, in
round numbers, is about 40O,000,O00
people, a little less than one-thrd of
the population of the entire earth. At
the average cost of burying the dead
in the United States, the Christian
world would eXpend annually for fu-
nerals $500, 900, 900, at a safe estimate.
Let this annual expenditure of money
be saved, with its accrued interest at
6 per cent, for trile of twenty years,
and it would pay off the combined
national debt of the world" These
figures do not include the enormous
sum invested in burial grounds and
in tombs and monuments nor
from the loss from depreciation of pro-
perty in the vicinity of cemeteries.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-07-07

ty of the friend who had come to her
in her hour of need, and led her out of
the slough of despond. And happiness
made her a different woman. She
learned at last those lessons of pa.
tience and resignation which seemed so
hard and bitter in the first days of her
sorrow. Despair, rebellion and repin-
ing gave place in her heart to hope and
tenderness. She grew at last to have
only tender, gentle memories of the
loved ones who had left her, and she
proved kind, judicious guardian TO lit
tie Hetty, when warm-hearted Miss
Keziah had passed away from earth.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-07-07
Millions for the Shylock, but Not a
Dollar for the Soldier.

illtiSp otlllHtl.
The fact that the pension arrearages
bill has taken and will take from the
United States about $l00,000000 is
troubling a great many people very
seriously! They can stand up and
"point with pride" to the fact that more
than Sl,000,000,000 has been taken
without any consideration whatever
from the United States treasury and
transferred to the pockets of the bond
holders, but it distresses them beyond
expression to think that the old soldiers
can get even a tithe of the amount
that has been given gratuitously to the
shylocks.
Said prominent official a few days
ago in Washington:
"Think of i'll Had congress ever
dreamed for Il moment, regardless of
party, that any such expense could pos
sibly be involved in that bill, it would
never have passed the committee"
Just think of it! What horrible
idea it is to pay the men who risked
their lives and their limbs, who sacri-
feed the comforts of home and endured
the hardships of soldiers life, $780,
100000 of back pensions.
No, there is no probability that had
it been understood that it would have
taken beyond few paltry millions of
dollars, the bill would have ever passed
the committee!
1t only took, however, fourteen days
in 1869 to get a bill through congress
appropriating from six to seven hund-
red millions of dollars to make good TO
a lot of sneaking, cowardly bondholders
the difference between greenbacks and
gold-to give them gold dollars where
they were only promised greenback
dollars; to give them one hundred gold
dollars for bond that only cost them
fifty dollars in gold 1t only took
about fourteen days to get it through
past the senate and signed by
President Ulysus $. Grant And the
same men that applaud that selfsamc
infamous and outrageous robbery are
to-day the lOudest in their condemna-
ton of paying the old soldier a few
of dollars of pension arrear.
ares
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-07-07

stands idly by while the republic per,
ishes is unworthy the name of man,
for he is less than man who loves not
his manhood above all other things,
Manhood under any ma5tership is not
manhood at ali, it is base craving
for existence when existence is a
shame.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-07-07

Evil thoughts are worse enemies than
lions or tigers; for we can keep out of the
way of wild beasts, but bad thoughts win
their way everywhere. The cup that is
full will hold no more. Keep your head
and heart full of good thoughts, tha bad
ones may find no room to enter.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-07-07

No palatal hospital needed for Hop Bit
ters patients, nor large-salaried talented
phlIers TO tell what Hop Bitters will do or
cure, as they tell their own story by their
certain and absolute cures at home.-Nelu
York INDEPENDENT
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-07-07

No man is truly great that is not truly
good.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-07-07

Simplicity is of all things the hardest to
be copied.
Daily Republican., 1881-01-12
Irish A FAIRS.

LoxpoS, Jan. 10.-In the House OF
Commons ts-dsy Mr.. William Shaw,
Home. Rule member for Cork county,
resumed the debate on the address in
reply to the Queens speech. He said
that he had faith IN Mr.. Gladstone
passing good land bill, but If he
would nov propose a commission TO
fix fair rents, such q measure could be
rapidly passsd and q coercion bill
would become needless.
The Globe says 1t Is rumo"ed that II
necessary further debate will be post
poned until after the passage OF a eoer.
Dion bill.
A meeting Of the Irish Liberal NOM
bsrs Of Parliament, as distinguished
from the PArnsllitss, was held Last eve
ming to express regret at the incsmple-
ness Of the changes proposed In the
land system. About forty were pre-
sent.
The Eve members Of the HSuss oi
Commons who aie trsvsrsers will re-
main in Parliament untii the CASE for
the prosecution 10 closed; but II the de-
bate on coercion is uos concluded by
that time, they will allow the defence
to proceed without their presence.
DUBLIN, Jan lO.-Five flying columns
including all arms Of the service, ars
to b. sent out on . two days's march OF
Tuesday.
Daily Republican., 1881-01-12
Canadian Fishery Award j.

Quite gratifying ia it to read that the
British Government is taking an inter
eat In the recent disclosure in reference
TO the Canadian fishery award. There
is q semi-offioial report that the subject
is to be rsopsned, and If II be found
that there has been fraud practiced it
is frankly asserted that Great Britain
will refuse to profit by it. That Is the
right kind Of talk, and, II it is hacked
up by honest action, will benefit EOg.
land and Canada far more than the
,s5, 500, 900 secured from us by an I'M.
fair decision made by an English com
missioner aud concurred In by Bel
gian diplomat, who, for several reasons
could not afford to be impartial. All
We want is n thorough investigation,
and II II Is proved that We were justly
mulcted there will be no further COM
plant.
Daily Republican., 1881-01-12
Massasre OF Catholics.

A New Caledonia pspsr states that
in Mare, one OF the Loyalty Islands, a
party Of Protestant natives were attack
ed last July, without provocation and
while preparing their dinner, by a
party OF Cathalio natives armed with
bludeeons. Tie ProtsstAntS, takeu by
surprise and unarmed, fsd in oonfu-
sion. Next day, Sunday, the Cstho.
lies challenged the Protestants to an en-
counter to determine which was the
true faith. The Protestauts, objecting
to deSecrate Sunday, agreed to fight on
Monday, when they routed their
enemies and hemmed them In on hill.
The besiged were about to cspitulats
and pay an indemnity, when tbs Cath
Ollie missionaries dissnaded them, prom
Using them the aid Of French soldiers.
The viotors, epraged at this intsrfer-
ence Of foreign priests, secured the
country. massacriug all the Catholics.
they met, rot even sparing infants.
Daily Republican., 1881-01-12
HtrnDgo.

Near Paris a peasant girl waS de.
serted by her lover, who had promised
to marry her. Some time sfterward
be called and found her washing
clothes in the garden, near q we'll
They had been chatting 3 while, when
suddenly the girl, IS II by accident,
dropped q cloth in the we'll, and ex-
hibi,ed great grief over the loss Of it.
Her companion volunteered to lean over
the we'll and 6ah the garment out;
but .uhils he was so engaged the girl
caught him by the legs and threw him
In. In reply to his criss, she told him
II he would promise to marry her she
would pull him ont. He promised,
bu. no sooner was he out tsan he
brought suit against her for trying
to murder him. Then at last he with
drew it and married her.
Daily Republican., 1881-01-12
$500 for Discsvorinx New Como,

q. Il. Warner, of Rochester, N. Y,
offers the eum Of $500 in gold to The
disco7erer ota new comet. The oondi-
tions are that the comet must he unex-
peoted and telrscopic, excepting enly
the comet Of 1912, which is expected d
to reappear during the coming year.
The first discovery must be made in
the United States or Canada, and im-
mediate notification must be made to
Prof. Lewis Swift of Rochester. The
telegram must give time Of discovery,
the position, direction and daily rats
OF motion with sufficient exsctness to
ensbls Al least one astronomer to end
it. In the event Of any dispute, the
decision shall be- referred to Prof. Hall.
of Washington, and Prof. Youpg, OF
Princeton observatory, and the decision
shall bs final.
Daily Republican., 1881-01-12
A Team Of HOrseH Take Their Las,
Nun,

On the night of December llth a
team Of horses belonging to Mr.. ]. f.
Pierce, Of Wateriown, Wis, ran away,
being harnessed to a heavy wagon
They we're sesn at IxouA, six miles
cas-. Of Wstertown, the same evening,
running at tull speed. An extensive
search was made, hand. bills were post
ed on every mile post between Water
town and Milwaukee, but no trace aas
discovered of the horses or wagon un,
I'll Sunday, when the horses, still har.
messed to the wagon, were fonnd mired
In q small creek, about six miles south
OF Oeonomowoe, which thay had reach,
ed by an uutrequentsd road. They
mad been dead several asrs, and were
frozen solid in the mire.
Daily Republican., 1881-01-12
Eros.n Kruit Trees.
The Milford News has the following

The Milford News has The following
] From all present indications 1t ap
pears that not only the peach buds arr
killed, but even the trees In many
csses are almost ruined. On this point
there seems no diversity Of opinion
among fruit growers where an exsmi
nation has been made. D. s. Myer, OF
Bridgevills, says the destruction above
the snow line Of peaches, raspberries
and cultivated blaokberries 10 alnOst
complete. Msssrs. Alexander Pullen,
J. J. Rosa, J. w. c. Gardner, II. B.
PiddsmSn, and number Of others ex-
press the same opinion. On Thursday
Messrs. N. q. Davis and Clarence Hop
kins visited several orchards near town,
and examining about 1000 buds, found
every one destroyed, and all wood Of
last years. growth killed. In some
cases limbs an inch In diameter were
found to be dark on the inside, and ara
undou bsedly ruined. Raspberries and
black berries were found killed above
the snow line, 40 also were peach trees
two years from bud In the nursery Of
Mr.. Pullen. But specimens Of un.
grated trees, one year old, we're not
killed. The difference between the live
and the dead wood Is very percsptible,
the different brar ehes being very dark
and almost black. The loss OF simply
a crop Of peaches falls with depressing
force upon the community, but the in
Jury to the trees Is an additional stroke.
Some fruit growers express the opin-
Ion that the only crop Of cultivated
fruit We shall have this year will be
strawberries. In March of 1858 there
came = sudden wave Of cold after
warm winter that had advanced the
peach crop somewhat, and the fruit
germs were not only destroyed, but
many branches Of the trees were frozen
and hsd to be removed. In some cases
1t being necessary to remove one half
the grown trees. At that time young
trees on poor soil were all destroy I'd,
and new the injury to the trees some
what depends upon the age and vitality
Of the trees.
Daily Republican., 1881-01-12
A small Stock Of E.aHieg' IL Misses
FUEis at BEtf.pr1cS.
M. l.. LICYTEkSTElN,
226 MARKET ST.
WILMINGTON, DEL.
ianb.lm
"a AALROAD LlHEB.
LOCAL TAME TABLE.
RaAINs LnAvn WILMINGTON.

gor philadelphia and intermediate stations
T. $40, $40, l0.G0,s. m; $50, 400, 700, 1000,
y. NJ. On SundsYs $40 o. H.; 800, $50,
phjIa. tSpross: go, ., s.t6, lL45L NJ, 1alb,
,or Pnlia. and Nsv York. 1853, a7S, e.SO, r.oO
Q.E6, q. m. 40 20, %l2.43s Ninitod)
$40 p. IN. Sundays, 2.2S q. m., GIT p. N.
For baltimore and way stations: $50 u. M;
Fo' Bsit.Gogs, Warrington and Rsy Line;
63Dp.m
sor t3sitlmore and Washington: lg.6l, aQs
TB5, B.36 2. ra.; H.6b, l.p uirlited) t,bt,
| !.GS ., NJ. Sundays: l2.6l, 2oS a. 10 ,2.lbp N.
For Information apply at depot.
Fer New OSstls; S.0U, $50, q. n., LOO, 8.0C
For Harrington and intermediate stat
| $50 = n.: Lob, $50 ?. M.
EOr Do,mar and iRteEm edia.s stations: 9.8 q.
For Wilmington Il Northern X. e: 100, ..
IN; 8.0J, b0b, y. N. No Sunday trains.
Arrive and 1I.2s a. n1., Bnd 6.4t p. n.
wy ntlGWF-s Wsttern X. r.. :.lS, D.3c, a.n
IS0p. m. Sunday trains, 1920 n. M, 6p. m.
iBAiHa soR WILhJaeT0F LzAYB pAjLApRI4-
FILA
from Broad ssrGe: and Warrington avenue
gs0. 9It. 1880, lI.00 l1.4S 3. H.; l.SO, 1850,
4, 4.9O, 4t6, s.lt, 8, o.4o, 8, 9tS, u.S0p. IL.
Gu Gu1lays: $50 g, H.; 8, $3.50, l.SG 2. 4.
From Thlrty-S5soond and MayFe; gtrsEb: 7.N
T.9n, I1.S5 y, NJ; l2,25, (Limitsdl G,Ao ?. N,
UO Su0dSvSt LOS d 10.
Daily Republican., 1881-01-12
Military Affairs.

AT the meeting Of the House Com
mittee on Military affairs 10 day. Cen
er Il Johnston from the sub committee,
favorable report upon the
bin to place General Ord upon the re.
Wired list with the rank of major gen.
eral. The report was agreed to, and
General Johnston WAS instructed to re.
port the bill to the House and ask ite
passage.
Daily Republican., 1881-01-12
PerAD nal.

Marshal Fitzsim nous, Of dsorgia, Is
going to resign. He was appointed on
the theory that the Illicit distillers
would submit with better grace to be
arreated by Democrat taan Repub-
lican. The theory did not work. The
moonshiners bIsz.d away at Fitzsim-
nous deputies without troubling them
selves to inquire ss to their politics,
Perh APPS II ia just as well that Fitzsim-
mons should retire. He has not been
q success. .., q.
Daily Republican., 1881-01-12
AZ the Opera House.

The amusemepts to be given at the
Opera House are
To-night-"Photos," an opitome Of
mirth and music.
Fidsv nlght--7hs public's favoritss
Nick Roberts Humpty Dumpty.
Saturday piRht-Mr, and Mrs. Geo.
IS. Knight In "Ot.o, u German"
Wednesday, the l9th-DupreE and
Benedict's MINISTRIES.
Daily Republican., 1881-01-12
Tho RaE tlett. Rurdett COutta Mar
RtnKR.

London Letter In Rev York Times.
The marriage of the Baroness Bur
dett- Coutts with Mr.. Ashmead Bartlett
having been "6uaily postponed" "siut
de-" Mr.. Bartlett having applied t
have himself elected member Of thu
Bachelors' Club, the whole business
having been publicly quashed, aud al
ready almost forgotten, am author
izsi to declare, after the manner of the
people in Gilbert's farcjal Wedding
Procession, that ''it is on again." You
may be surs that / take no pleasure in
making the announcement (exoept such
pieasure az oomes from giving you a
piece of exclusive intellieence), seeing
that my last note about the Baroness
was ths ohronijiing OF Mr.. Bartlett'f
intimstion that it was 'sll off,. Per
haps the young Anelo-American sent
10 his name to the New Bachelors
Club in order TO mislead the pre3s and
nut an end to rumor. Be- that as il
may, am in position to inform yon
that next moEtA (nesrer the latter end
OF it than the frs,) Lady Butdett- -Coutta
" i'll b. married to Mr.. Bartlett in New
York Cathedral.
Daily Republican., 1881-01-12
NMX WAL MnFa PaEanar.N

This Ia the title OF neat volume OF
400 pages from the press Of the
American Publishing Co., Hartford,
Conu., written by Marietta Holley,
author Of "My Opinions" land "Betsey
Roberts Samantha at the Centennial, "
&c. 1t Ia written Ia humorous style
and will prove very palstahle readisG
for young America. Agents are want
ed for its sale.
Daily Republican., 1881-01-12
yrNlLADELPHIA, WILHlNCTCL, AMI
Z BALTIMORE RAILROAU.

lyfXLLADELPHIA, WILHlNCPICS AMI
BALTIMORE RAILROAU.
July 20, 1890.
Tnins will leave Wilmington IS foilows:
For Philadelphia and ILtsyGnediate Sta
items, 100, $40, o 10, lo.SO, am, 2se, %oo, 100
1000 .. N.
Philsd8lphia tExpress) $50. 900, p.t6, 1l.4i
a. m, II IL, 2.OG, $50 p. IN.
Philadelphia and New YORK 2.28, o.3C, 100
9.55, =, d., l1.45, l2.&8, $40 p. Ii.
Baltimore and Intermediate St2ttons, s.Ss
\, 10. Asp. N.
BE ltituore and Hay Line, 3)p m.
RaItiiHore and Washington. l3.6l, AGA, 7.56,
ass 4. H., l2b6, l.04, 8. 80 p. N.
T1r.ns Tor Delaware Diytai0n leave Ter;
FeE Castle, 900, $50 q. M, l.cS, 800, o.N
p. NJ. .,oO ~
3. n., I.0b, go p. N.
Dolmar and 1ntermediste Stations, $50 a.
D'., LOS y. m.
SUNDAY TRAINS,
Philadelphia and Intormediats S'2tiol1,
g 10 q. M. 800, G.W, 9 40. $50 1900 p. N.
Phtlsdelphis and New YORK, 40 i. ~. 40
baltimore cnd Washington, 1851, 8.oS, 7.F5
q, a.
Fer further iaicrmstion passengers are 70
ierred to the time tables posted at the depot.
Il. + KEhEEY, Sop