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"A TRULY REMARKABLE, STORY.

C1sc1sSAr1, O., Muy s1-ln 1850 Prof. Crowley,
Of the Mount AuhYrn Female College: in this
city, was assasipated on the street. ut night
while attempting To- defend lady friends who
Ind oeen insulted b rouehs: The men escaped,
and the murder hps since renaiued II mystery.
A man died ia Nashville Il few days ago, who, on
his DEATH bed, for the frat time told the story
Of tho murder. He says himself and two COM
panfons met Crowley after the quarrel. One
of them stabbed Crowley, who placed
bis: hand = on the wound and exclaimed:
"My God! Am killed!'' aud, turning
around three times, fell dead. This is vcri-
fed by the accounts published Mt the time. and
isa II that was known The dying man says he
ndhis companions escaped IL the hills, hid
awny u day or two, and skipped to New Orleans.
Gu the ysry- night vi their arrival thero the
three. while pussing an allcy, were accosted by
II uan pFccisrly Ut tho same dress, size. and ap-
pearance Of Crowley. The maa stabbed Crow
lef's murderer In the same. place as the former
had been wounded, and the man made the ex-
clamation, 's1ly God! FIN killed." turned round
thr1:e times md fell dead, jusS us did Crowley
Another ct tho party wen. West and met hor-
rlhls denth, tho third and last being the party
who died at Nashville and told his story.
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STANTON, va.. May 2l.-1n the Presbyterian
General Assembly to-day Dr. Grardau. OF
South Carolinn, chairman, read 4 long and ex-
haustiyc report on the DInconate in which the
relative functions Of Dcacons and elders were
discussed, The report was snnelaborate arg,l-
mcnt In support Of reform movement
though it was read In direct connection with
that subject The order of the day being
report on retrenchmcnt and reform, Dr. AdEnr
moved that the whole matter be postponed until
Moaday, and taken un after Dr.. Girurdau's re-
port Ind been discussed. Or. Lcfcyre. who Ia
recognized Us tho lender In opposition to
the reform movement, favored postpone
,ncnt Of nction on the DiucouItc report
Until tho next .asrcmbly. After cousidcrabl
discuss. on, participated in by number Of the
most PROMINENT Commissioners, the order of the
day was taken up by in overwhelming vote.
This was looked uuuu us somewhat or Il test
question, u1a its result Is believed to
hnyc CLEARLY foreshud6wed the dcfcut Of tho
rcfortncrS, represented by the minority reporl
Of the Committee. to which tho subject Ind
becu referred uI tho previous iisse,u6ly. Dr..
Hopkins, OF Virginia, then presented the ma
jori1y report on reform. 1t recon mepdcl first
tEnt the tive Executive COMMITTEES Of tho
Assembly be continued as ut present and
that tho Publication and Eduoation Committees
shall hereafter publish monthly acknowledge
mentS OF MI receipts; second, that tho General
Assembly shall exert its influence ON tho lower
courts to bring aouut rigid inspections OF all ac-
counts, and systematic and exact management
OF money matters, BY all DIAGONAL officers.
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a WaltI3u.x Prefcct.

Next to the fight with the Kroumir and the
duel between n. Pous md II. do San Malato. the
disputes ct NJ. Andrieux. prefect OF Police,
with the Municipal Council have attracted tho
attention OF Paris as 1t appeared On the sur
face the quarrel was n matter OF personal and
political dignity. u. Andrieux Thought tho
councii was inclined to exceed Its powers, and
the Council refused to sign ~ Anlrieux's
checks with tho prompitudc that he desired
The yPrefece wanted to establish the system
OF telegraphtc communication between IRE en-
gincs and police stations. The Aldermen held
that such municipal improvements. would in-.
volye q reckless expenditure Mr. *Audrteux
appealed to hts constituents aud :was enthust-
nsticalfy supported BY them. That Is one view
Ut the dispdte. There Is nuother and deeper
one The Prefect. 1t seems, IS extEo,ncly care
fu! OF bis personal appearance He parts his
hair in the middle He attires himself In waist
coats which the more critical newspapers.
tonsieer. "trop jeunes-r Above all, he is much.
E1ren to waltzing- Flo not only Yaltzes ut pt1-
vato parties, but even in public, and he Is re-
ported BY his enemies to hive indulxed hts pas
sien, disguised In false nose, at the late opera
balls. His levtty is considered by the moro seri
Gus members Of the Council to have brought
dtscrcdtt on their body. and they have sto1tiy'
resented it Il Is satisfactory to learn that ho:.
has now seen the folly of his ways, and that tha1
incident may be considered at an end- 49, :
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,
; RG0cOnA0al5.:. .

Lord Reaconsneid, then Nr. Dlsraeli, passed tho
latter's house and saw that the blinds were up
and the owner evidently ut home. j" Thought
"an London is out ~of + town. :<tHow
Is It you are you are here =. !" oh, tho Countess
f5 Ill. cannot leave her. and she cannot
times What have you been readinsg' .sAhl
for the lust week have been reading great
mysterious book I hare never read before, al
And what book IS that7" '':The Fast
End OF London For. the last few days
I have had q cab at the door, and hare
spent tho day In walking about through the
dark slums Of the East. End OF Loadon. That
is tho great book h.vc been reading" The
sense Of the gathering multitules and over
Whelm1nK crowds appeared TO have oppressed
him; ind yet ne did nothing by any measurcto
attempt to rclicvc-nay. the great nctions Of his
life all tended TO obstTuct the relief which mcaa-
Nrc5 nc opposed ~ secure. y - ~r:-:,
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a CANADIAN DUKE.
6pectag Dispatch to The Chicago Trtbuns 4.

etN~T" ~F'"$--
MONTREAL, May sl.-An old man entered tho
Office Of ". F. LiEhthall, Notary, the other day,
and signed his name'to n marriage bond. The
signature was u formidable one, and attracted
attention, as it Is not generally known that
Canada can boast Of many notables bearing
hereditary titles. 1t was: "Arthor de Laronde,
DUO de St. Simon. Paris de France" The DUO is
II hu'e-look1ns man OF 10 years, very
Intelligent, and is Il wei-to-do farmer nr st.
Ceclle: His claim to nobility Is, he alleges, n
perfectly sound one, as he is connected with the
best fnlniies Of this Province and with tho first
nobility ut Paris, Fr:ince: The Due has been for
mnny years fighting far the possession ofn largo
portion Of the land on which1s built the City Of
Quebec. which Is POW Reld bs- the Seminary Of
says that. when Lord ,Dufreriu was in Can
adu. his Lordship helped him very much in
pushing his claims, more than any other man III
Calada, and that he hupes yet 10 obtain his es-
tatcs l,efore he dies. The Cutholio Church hns
opposed him all his life in his claims, be says,
and he will leave Mt his death all bis property to
n Protestant church. lie has followed the Gov
ernor-G General down to Quebec to urge his E1-
ccllency to assist him in his claims: 81.
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CANADA,
- RAILWAY MATTERS.

Special Dlspdtch to Tbs Chicago Tribune
MONTREAL, May: 2l--itailway- -consoldah
appears to be the order Of the day. That
tho Grand Trunk and Great Western will
eventually aulalgamate, seems to be looked
upon rs aforesone conclusion, although tho
English Stockholders OF the rival
roads keep fighting ~.':.shy of each
other and holding out for hotter terms. The
Grand Trunk has takon over the Grand JUNG
ton Railway, pnd in q shurt time will take over
the Toronto, Grey Bruce It's policy seems to
he TO absorb tho smaller roads; and, II the thing
keeps on, it viii be almost without rival in the
country. 4. -. ~
The stock Of the st. Paul. minneapolis l. Man.
itobu Railway has been placed for tho first time
On the Montreal Stock Exchange. The prcsi-
dent Of this railway Is George Stephen, Of
gus, formerly Of Montrcat, hut now Of ST. Paul.
The capital stock, ia shares Of 800 each, is
Sl5, 5,00O61. The totut'lcugth' of tho Inc from
st. :paul to Fargo is e6l miles; and the gross
earnings Of 66U miles operated in the -fonr
net proceeds being $533s,476. Is
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gram was sent to the Assembly of Southern
PEesbyterians. in session at Staunton, Va,
The General Assembly of the Presbvter{an
Church in the United States, ln session a., ,R,,f-
falo, gratesutly acknowledge The greeting Of the
upon ts officers and members the grace. mercy.
a5d pence e. e. from Got II the Father, ana our Lord
Bouru Of MlnIsterial Relief was presented.
showing that 40 families were aided tia past
year.: Of which number ISp werc min
istefs. ls3 widows. and > III orphans.
and 81 .eal3 been expended. limited only ~ the
amount ar the disposal OF the Bonr.d nf Re;oin-
lions, commanding the work of tho Board, an5
..rstns the Church TO 81 tender assistance to the
cause, was adopted The following members Of
were reapno:ntGd: The Rev. Y. D. Roed, tho
Ker.. Thomas Shepherd. apd Elder John c.
Tnrr. Elder .. B. Conlegys was appointed in
place OF William G. Crowctl, tleceased: Ad.
dresses were nado by Rev. Dr.. George
Hale, Secretary Of the. Roari, and the
l;ev. DR.. Hockman. Of Cincinnati. on
the subject of ministerial relief. s
, 1881-05-22
AT ALBANY,
THE PARTY WHIT. ;


Speetat Disodtch to Tbs Chicago Tribune.
ALBANY, n T., May a1:-That peculiarly un::
pleasant sound tho crack and hiss Of the task.
master whip, has at length c IN heard. The
hepuhllcan party OF this State IS ut length In
1of1nea that The great man will not accept a re.
election. but It is due to his great ability as tht
sas1or of the party and the sole elcctor of Gar.
nnld to gracefully indorge his course, and allow
MIN again to resign and elect his successor cex
year. In The meantime, Conkltng is Offering tliie
friends OF ,Tflden TINT the litter may ht
mace Governor, and Roscoe continues to
be the boss. By way of threat
tho Republican party is gravely informed that
y Conkl1ng be deemed unworthy of a seat In the
senate, be must not IN the future be expected
to aid the Republican cause on the stump. and
that he IS tho only man who can save the State
from the Saracens. The legislators are neurly
all In New York City. Verify, I believe about
the only legislator in Albanyis
SENATOR ROBERTSON, -.
who, wherever he was yesterday, Is on tho street
this day. The House has I23 members aud tho
Senate y On joint bullot there urc 1o7 Aepub:
llcaus md 53 Democrats. The Democrats viii
prevent an election on the 31st, but thei:
minority IS sp small It would be of little effect
against the Kepub'icans united. But thoro is
tain OF the Mlttmate tendency Of his Legislative
neIshoor. Tho voices of outlying. districts
nrc. however, commencing to be
beard, 1s ,ds,n as T,,. well as the. sound Of
solutely crowded dowIi with polite denunciation
OF Coukllng- ptatt is never mentioned except
as IN appeIdngc.
FOR MORAL C0WARDlCE,
outside the Legislature, the good old staid
kntckerbpcker or Hendric- Hudson element OF
Albany is unitnpressble. excepting that you
hear in office aud usAnufactories sort Of sigh
OF relief And beynnd this no one seems to care
II school keeps or not The Legislature has
passed its bill for S.590 900 to continue tho con-
strucdon OF tho new State House and tho
ordinary supply bitls, anQ I much doubt
if Albany. outside this particular fact, cares Il
continental copper about tho balance Their
politics seem to be inhcritcl rs nrerbeir houses
and sectnrtau religions. When the Legislature
holds dress parade on Monday evening. as Is
the oustnm, for the qualification OF tho fair
de1noiselles Of tho city, its members will bo
met By y,
A BATCH OF PETITIONS
in regard to the successorship. Personally, I do
not think much Of resolves ut any toWn-meet-
ing, buI 1heI :.nre simply piling in here. Tho
members may have moro respect for them than L
The light commences Monday. There mayo not
he d caucus. II It Is attempted to puck 1t. the
friends Of tho President will not participate,
but will make open nominations in joint ses-
sion. In New York this day they are king OF
Arthur and PlRtt, or Arthur anyway. SO the
private kilograms say in that coqnection. Conk-
ling and Arthur are doomed to be one. His pO-
liticnl future consists Id his returning the Vice
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4 Toad In Her Stomach.

UTICA. N. Y, May 1s.-Bour years ago Mrs.
George Potter, OF this city, who then lived in
living object down der throat while taking
drink Of water, Soon afterward she began to
lave fits and apoplectic symptoms. Her appo-
inss s v" i9cseased G ana Were were net excrneiat- s
ing Many: doctors treated her. but
She got no relief. She pretended to feel the
animal moving In her stomach, and ftually a
physician In this city, adopting Mrs. pottor's
theory, commenced to give medicines calculated
TO destroy animal life tt It existed there About
three weeks ago the movements ceased. The
disturbing cause proved 70 be toad, which had
grown to full size after it was swallowed. Mrs.
Potter experienced Immediate relief,
, 1881-05-22

It1ftst1Il tMkf Journal. - - = -
The respect with which men are now treat
ing animals Is amus[nxly evident In Prnf. Pack
ards introductory paragraph In the american
nerve centre OF the migratory gruss-
hopper: "1n order to appreciate the habits,
and to learn something Of itsgenerai lntclll-
Eence as an insect, Ms compared with other In
Eects, It Ia necessary for us to study with good
- son Of the venerable Greek Professor of
Howdoin College, and, perhaps, Is tho most dig
ttnEuishcd naturalist OF his age now living. He
Is about 40 years old. and whcn IN college wna
chasing butterflies and beetles between tines
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many quests. with me on that occasion, and
among the rest. think, Lord Nusent.
Ihey seemed dreadfnlly shocked, aud could not
eat tneir dinner didn't Ike it much myself,
feelings: must do my duty. -
Wen, the dipner went OF rather gsavely: and
ne1t morning, sure enough. three men IN uai~
form were seen hanging from the branches OF Il
tree close to the hlRh road. II was terrible ex-
ample. and produced the desired EFFECTS. there
was no more p[underng; when, some months
afterwards learned that one Of my staff tooaz
counsel with pr: Hume. and MS three men had
3ust died IN the hosptal they hung them up and
iet tAe three culprlss return 70 their regiments:
!" weren't. you very angry Duke?" - Well. 1
suppose was ut first. but us had no wish to
take tho poor fellows lives, and only wanted
me example and rs tho exAmple had tho de-
sired eHect, MY anger soon died nut, and con-
TSP "a. yon that | am yery glad noV that the
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AT WASHINGTON.
- a REVELATION. =,

\ Special Dtspatch to The Chicago Trshune
| WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 2L--very few Sena
tors remain in tho city. The experiences Of tht
session just closed have not been such IS to ut.
| 1ract thsm to the place. Those who do re-
| main are busy In arranging their business mat
| 1ers, in sending or the LAST public document te
their constituents. and In speaking the last goot
| word for some Of their placen,en. An iudisposi
| ton to tnlk oyer the events of the executive
| session is manifested. A member Of the Repub.
| lican Caucus Committee on the Conkl!ng side
| however, did stop long enough to e1-
plain his views Of the situation, He
| said: : .' We began the session with
fine party prospects. We were an aggressive,
united, powerful majority. We have ended as
discontented, fucional. ridiculous minority.
think Garfield did wrong in.. nominating Rob-
ertson.
/ rI1rKt -roSSHd1Nd Sfd1Nd D1D AaaisEAfkh wnosa
in resigaing. He had no business to play the
trick Of the bog that fired the Ephesan dome,
but we very nearly came to a compromise of all
the difficulties md should. think, have done t
but for the excess Of zeni Of Tom Piatt. A
great many schemes had been proposed.
Conkllng declined TO accept them all One
was that all tho New York nominations
should be withdrawn. Conkling, perhaps.
might have accepted that, but the President
would not. Tho proposition that Robertson
cline, possibly might have been accepted by
both tho Administration and Mr. Oonkling, but
there was never any danger Of it being carried
out, as Mr. Robertson's consent could not be- Oh
tained. But, finally, after the last caucus bur
one, a plan was devised which the President,
think, would have approved, and which Mr..
accept That was that the New York nomina-
ttons, including that Of Robertson, ~..
SHOULD ALL De REJECTED.
I, for one, had expected thar that program could
have been carried out Unfortunately, on the
very day thlt it seemed likely that both sides
would agree to 1t, just at the close Of an e1ecu-
tive session, Tom Pintu was sharp enough to
nj Albany, which was done, and the President
was Immediately notified. That destroyed
everything. The Administration Immediately
took otfense, the nominations were Instantly
witild rnwn, and chaos came. This revelation,
fron one Of the Caucus Committee, illus
trates the character Of the trade and dtcker that
has been going on for two months in tho matter
OF patronage, aud 1t also serves tn show tho tre-
mendous exerrlons which the Republican SEN
ators made to placate his imperial hfghuess,
Roscoe Conkling-
D., KUMons HAVE REACHED WASHINGTON
of the Legislature will vote for ConklinR and
Elatt in preference to any other Republican. In
order to glyo them place and power to continue
the fight against the Administration.
: AT A sE1ENADE TONIGHT
Mr., LoriuQ OF massachusetts, tho new Commits
sfouer of Agriculture touched upon tho sphere
Of tho Agricultural Department. as he should
fcrred to the present political conplica ions, and
very plainy said that the Administration would
expect every man III office to do his duty. and
sustain the principles OF tho Republican party.
, 1881-05-22
TIE TIMBE.-DRIyE.

S2ccaal UApateh to 1he Chicago 7Tlbune.
OTTAWA, May :1.-News from up the Ottawa
indicates that all difficulties feared to be in the
way Of this seasons drive arc ut an end, and
that tho logs In all the streams will come down
without any serious trouble. Even In localities
IS that there will be abundance of
water even II there should be no
more rain for q time. The water is
the Ottnwa has bccn steadily rising 1ur some
anticipated a week ago. Owing to want Of
logs, most OF tho mills which began to run
ut the first of the month have bad
small quantity of logs remaining after the close
Of work last season hns been used up, and those
of the present drive havo not yet come down.
Tho lutter will be on hand bafore many days,
however and then the sawulills will be running
night and day. -
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TllnYs aud AfHieFs.

Franco has officially dfsclatmed ali intention
Tunisiuus 10 her Empire" md In support ut
her assertion that her ID OF Bizerta Is
merely temporary mentts 8 tho vast cost
worth while to recall tho strikIngly slnl-
liar comedy played ut the .cnpturs OF al
Eiers IN ls:o: The ,Dey having. contempt
uousiy brushed his fin across the French En-
voy's face, satisfaction wns demanded and re-
fused. A t1eet promptly appeared betore the
CITY, sent '.solely to- vindicnte the honor OF
Hut Alslers was bombardcd. troops wcrc landed,
the Dey was deposel, nnd the country, whether
"nnnexcd" or no, has somehow been French
territory eves sincc- What hns happened once
, 1881-05-22

A cutting from an apple boueh that lady Of
Chester County Peunsylvanta, stuck into pot
last full to support II ltlJ3 began 70 ouu, ana
now has three green apples. ...r
The original amount paid for what ts now the
richest mine In New Mexico, said to be worth
s;uA0 900. was 50 Ia silver, little gold dust,
and nn old revolver.
Davis Dill of Connecticut has completed bis
studies: His two brothers are named Lecompton
Constitution and Kansas Nehraska BILL
literally three leaves NIL in one, or, in other
words, one leaf divided into three: Two mid
separate into two and one of these latter again
divides forming third conplete leaf. ,,..a I:
In 1850 Nathaniel Hnrris, OF lpsTich, Aass-,
years and more at the TING Of the disaster, but
Supposed bis policy bad lapsed. Upon. looking ss
error; the policy running i've years. and pre-
sentod bis claim The Insurance - company, n a. a.
thus, after twenty years, the old gentleman has
realized on his Investment -. :..u -. -
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was her custom to wear a boot on quc foot and
q shoe on tho other. aud she never took on her
new ones when fairly worn OUT: She always
passed. the daylight hours IN bed, ristug
late In tho evening and occupying her nights
with cooking sumptuQu9 meals for herself aud
her companiou. making q poinr Of finishing her
gepast before dawn She kcpt great many
dogs cats. and eire1s, and caused every neW?-
work On ZOOLOGY to be- purchased for her as soou
a. 1t came out. In this fashion she lived to tbs
age vt y Her Whole property With the exeep.
non Q. q handsome legacy to her faithful oM
her decease, g an asylum for dogs. =
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TINE ST. CRo|x LAND CHANTS.

MADISON, Wis.,. May el--The Supreme Court
Of this State latcly issued alternative writ OF
maudatnus upon the Secretary OF State, in the
meter Of the claim Of Sloan, Stevens s
Norris, i, for legal services rendered. the
State in the prosecution OF timber-trcs-
passers upon tho St. Croix Land-Gsant;
but tho Secretary. proposes to fiio
au answer In August. next, declining to audit
the claim. He will say that 1t Is a claim that
should have been settled by Governor Taylor;
also that he does no believe 1t to
be proper claim against the State.
for the rguson that the grant consists of Iands
given by Congressto aid In the construction OF
RAILROADS, and the State merely acts as an agent,
without tho power to contract debts in protect
ing them+ unless authorized BY the Legislature.
The issue Is therefore. sQuarely brought. and
the Supreme Court will have to decide whether
or not the Secretary be compelled to audit the
claim. =. -. -
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One of the most eccentric old ladies' in Europe
died the other day At her residence in the Sfra-
laue< strasse, Berlin, where she had lived In all
solitary female servant having been the only
human being with whom she had held any per
years: She ~ was we'll = on: and denied
; herself no luxury in the way of; eat
lag and dr1nk1ng,s but would never permit
furniture to be cieansel. 50 that, upou entering
her dwelling after her death, the police author
tiles found everything withta them. except the
kitchen utensils, covered with layers Of vener-
able dust, from two to four inches thick For
many years she had worn 10 linen nor any other
body garment but mans dressing gown. 1t
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CLEVELAND, O., May 2l-At the morning scs-
sion Of the General Synod of the Reformed
Church at Ti1in, To-day, the Rev. J. 3. ,Kriesr
read report on the office Of Deaconess, during
which he earnestly Advocated its restoration.
( DR.. Apple had no sympathy WITH woman's
rights, as advocated In modern times, such US
ordaiuing them us ministers. There was true
sphere for woman, and the church should give
it cirec1on, so that it shall not come into: tho
dangerous currents OF modern Humanitarian"
ism. re-;
After considerable further discussion. which
extended into the afternoon session, tho follow
ing resolutions were adopted:
Res0lred, That we recognize the Importance OF
tho office Of :Deaconess as in existence 10 II the
formed Church Of the sixteenth centnry;
Hcsolued, That com:sittee Of three be ap.
pointed to prepare sorae plan for the practical
INTRODUCTION Of the office In our congregations,
and riiaf the question be referred to said COM
rnittee, 10 report next Tuesday.
y Rksored That tho report he published - the
English and German church papers: !. 80.
The Keys. Hefrer and kopnn and Elders Gross
and McKeelau were appointed q committee.
, 1881-05-22

arranged for o-fnorro@, when plan OF action
would, would ne fully decided uppp. For tha present.
Platt, they said. to place tne1,seIVes in tx
nandf 13 he o. the their frieads That is ther names
VIII SO 70 Albany Monday and begin an active
Ganyass f for tho rcsleetton Of tna Senator's All
this purpose, If after mn active oanrnsS . -
ascertained that the Senators cannot Be elected:
dnen their nnmes win DO Withdrawn with the
they never intended to be candfiiatest irhia ~ -
the plan outlined to- night go =