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Frostburg mining journal., 1883-09-29

Note.-Time here given is Pennsylvania
Railroad Philadelphia time, which is five
minutes faster than Baltimore time.
No change of cars between Cumberland and
Huntingdon. Though cars between Hunt
ingdon and Philadelphia, New York and Pitts
burg Passengers from points east of Hynd-
man, for Somerset, take Express train west,
change cars Mt Hyndman, and arrive at Som
erset at 710 pm. Passengers leaving Somer-
set at ll;05 D, N, make close connection at
Hyndman ftF all points east
Tickets sold and baggage checked by PETER
Noon, Agent. corner Baltimore and Liberty
streets, Cumberland, and at the depot.
]. r. WOOD,
General Passenger Agent.
Il. J.. HOLIDAY,
July 2 Superintendent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03
Police News.

Only one dollar cash was taken in
to-day and 1854 days of work secured
from the unfortunates who appeared
before Judge Hadden this morning
Mandy Dickson, for malicious mis-
chief, in tearing up her front porch to
beat the landlord, paid 81. Theresa
Weik, for assault and battery, was
sentenced to forty days work. Chas.
Brennan, drunk and disorderly, twelve
days work. VIM. Clark, drunk and
using abusive language, forty DAYS,
Mary Jane NlcCulloug Oh, abusive Ian
guage and acting disorderly, forty days.
Phil Dryer, for gambling and general
vagrancy, was fined $50 or 200 days on
the gang. Forty dollars of the
amount was held up, provided he
behave himself in the future.
James Simpson, drunk, was sent to
the gang for 20 day. Charlie Austin,
plain drunk, IL days.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03
Our River Quarantine.

In Health Order No. 20, issued yes
terday by the Board of Health of this
city, it is announced that all steamers
coming up from New Orleans must be
provided with health certificates is-
pEea By the Inspsstog 9f the Sapitafy
C64hcii Of the Mississippi Valley.
countersigned by the Inspector at
Fort Adams, Miss, and also by the
Inspector at the foot Of Presidents
Island. Local and other steamers
from above Fort Adams need only the
certificate of the Inspector at the foot
Of Presidents Island.
The quarantine system thus estsb-
lished Is doubtless welt eHotgh, But
no order issued to date appears to al.
ply to the railway lines. A person too
sick to stand may get On the s7sja *
New Orleans and come here In less
than "a hours without being bothered
and if such person suffered with q
contagious disease its spread would
not be checked by the wise course Of
the Sanitary OegAeilers, unless The
sick man SHOULD neeone deliriotis ahd
board a boat to visit the quarantine
officer and let him know all about it
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03
LEDGER LINES.

Refrieerators at Turnbulls.
zwiebaek at Jos. P. Carey & Co.
New filters, OEaane, penison 4 Co.
Georgia melons. Kirk Allen & Co.
Trotting races tomorrow at Olym-
pic Park.
BrOwB i jones. coal dealers, 282
Main street.
Fresh melons lev 70 the trade by
Kirk Allen l. Co.
The County Court has adjourned
over to next Monday.
Indian pastimes occur down al Aus
tin, Miss, tomorrow.
Car fresh melons in this morning
Kirk Allen 4 90.
Boudoirs at the Cottage Gallery 81
per dozen. New sceneries.
Lake perch at Seessel'S market
Free delivery ip time for breakfast.
A soaking shower iell oyer the east.
ern edge Of Shelby county yester
day.
Good music, dancing, and a COO
delightful trip on the Eckert, 4tf
July.
George W. Holmes and Miss Jennie
Hill we're to-day granted license x
marry.
The suburban highways ere covered
with dust to the depth Of severe
inches.
No cotton reports from New YorS
to-day, and tomorrow all Exchanges
will be closed.
Take your family on the morning
and afternoon excursion on the T. f.
Eckert, 4th July.
The marble front Of B. LoWensteir
& Bros. new store presents a very i'm
posing appearance.
The pleasant and roomy steamer
Eckert gives an excursion 4th July
A good time guaranteed.
The claim in the courts for damages
OF W. j. McDermott against Mir
Milburn has been doubled and is now
$4,000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03
GAS FIXTURES
TSu0s0lng, GAS and Steam FlttEnU
PUMPS, PIPES, HOSE, ETC.
J. W: < BROWNE. 40 Madison Strsess

late Presidents most intimate assa,i.
atea have any knowledge of her Dlans
ana OF her daily life. Her house ia a
plain brick structure situated nm a
small lot in Prospect street She no;J
100000 for it, and regards il more e" in
the light OF an investment thar 90 =
permanent home for hersalf and ali 10 :
dren; The affections OF the Garfield
family are evidently oentered in The
cottage at Mentor, and there il An i'm.
Rressio1 that their residence AZ am
other place will be Temporary Tbe
. occupants OF the city home at
present are Mrs. Garfield; the
iate residents mother: Mr.,
Lars6ie, his sister, who is in fail;'n"s,
health; Miss Mollie Garfield and tbs
younger boys, Irwin and Abram., The S
sSlemn looking footman who usbers
me visitor into the drawing room IL
Sne only oeremonious person In bo.
found In the house. Ia eonsenM ~ ~
OF Mrs. Garfeld's Withdrawal frnro "TI
society, the family USUALLY dino C aIon az
y9;randmSther Garfield seldom sits 4
dinner through. and when dessert Is
served she takes whatever She fsnc;a a
10 her hands and adiourns to the IL
eraFN She is the one occupant Of tbe
SouSe Who is always visible. With
Aer white hair and her whits can. she
can Dc seen at the window, in a little
WICKER rocking chair, busted with her
knitting or the daily newspapers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03
PERSONAL.

Miss Maggie Reinhart returned to
the city last evening after a pleasure
trip to the country.
Thos. H. Wilson, cabinetmaker and
upholsterer. All kinds of furniture
repaired at short notice. 43 j Jefferson. t
Mr.. JOS. P. Carey has been elected
Secretary Of the Planters Fertilizer
Company, lately organized in this city.
luka Springs, delightful health re.
sort, best accommodations. Four
hours from Memphis. Address
III 7. P. AYDLErT, Iuka Miss.
Messrs. G. Dixon Hutton and G.
d. Whitmore have gone to Chatta.
nooga aud LookoutMountain to spend
q week or two in rest and recreation,
Their friends wish them a pleasant
time and safe return.
The Fourth of July will be generally
observed as a day of re,t and enioy.
ment. To secure enjoyment on such
hot day as it promises to be 20 to the
Walnut Palace Saloon, so Beal. for a
delicious summer drink.
, The sOciable and supper announced
for July 4th at the residence of Mr.
John Spicer, No 20 Avery street, by
the ladies of fernando street NJ. 4.
church is necessarily postponed. Holds
ers of tickets will be notified as to fu-
ture date, for which tickets will be
good.
Little Rock Democrat, End: "Mrs.
). II. Mcclellan, Of Memphis, accom-,
panied by her daughter, Miss Mamie
Lou Mcclellan, one of the. reigning
bellies in Memphis society, arrived in
the city Saturday evening, and will
remain several weeks, the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. G. Hall, South End.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03
Experiments III Ensilase,

Professor Henry, Of the Experi>
mental Farm Of the University Of
Wisconsin, has published q report of
an experiment 10 ensilage that was
made last year under his direction. A
pit was made, thirty feet long BY fl
teen wide and fifteen deep, with thick
stone walls, at a cost Of $4l2,l2, and
was filled to near the top with crop
Of fodder corn that had been raised
and cut for the purpose, weighinSS
l5O,222 pounds, and at Ton With second
crop oloyer ,i9st az it came from tho
hsld, all under the inspection OF many
visitors who had been invited to wit
ness the process, "The contents, !"
says Professor Henry, were as varied
as the visitors" AS the weather was
very warm the ensilage heated
rapidly, and when the visitor would
run his hand down Into the mass Of
damp 9Ht iodasr, aud ind It so hal 40
70 Be Uncomfortable" there would
sometimes come shake Of the head
and predictions Of failure of some
sort! VT will burn the barn NM
MAY keep below, but will not On
top" Think it will be all right
above where it can get some air, BUT
below it will make nice manure
heap" The s;ls was loaded down
VIII en- Enusual weight Of stones, ia
order 70 bring the more pressure to
bear upon the long aud matted clover
stalks for tho ihcacy Of the operation
depends upon the prevention of heat
ing by cutting off the access of fresh
air, After the pit was closed, hut
little evidence Of the change within Was
seen, only occasionally a lust discern.
ible Ppt not az all marked odog' When
fhe silO Wsg opened November 26. the
glover was partly deoayed for about a
halt inch down, and mouldy for two OF
three inches below and around the
sides of the pit. This was thrown oui
to be put on the manure hean. The
COWS were little shy at 9gst Of eating
the ensilage, but sfter four oY Eve
tsedg I'll sta it as naturally an they
would hay. Then the clover that had
been thrown away attracted their
attention, ana they ate greedily even
of that which was mouldy. A small
extemporized silo was tentatively
made in the natural ground whore il
was we'll drained, without Wallihg, and
was filed With gresR clover. The
sngildge game out in perfect condition
and entirely palstable. The result
OF the last experiment shows that per.
sons living where the subsoil is very
compact might make a silo with
either very light wall or with none al
all. I'M
susaN VUKVusH
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03
AMUsEAIENTs.
Orphans Picnic To-morrow.


The annual picnic of st. Peters
Orphan Asylum will take place to-
morrow, July 4th, at Fitzgibbons'
Grove, which is one of the coolest spots
in the vicinity of Memphis. Trains
will leave for the grounds at regular
intervals, as published in another coils
umn, and ell are invited to 20 there.
Amusements for old and young, and a
good time is assured to visitors.
The Races.
To morrow at Olympic Park three
fne trotting races are to OCCUR, and
the purses sum up &75. Fine sport
is anticipated, as a number OF .aVorite
horses have been entered. The races
are to be under the auspices of the
Driving Park Association, and large
attendance is anticipated.
River ExcOrsiOn.
To morrow there will be two excura
sions on the river, the steamer 7. F,
Eckert having been secured for the
trip, one of which will occur during
the forenoon and the other in the
afternoon. The boat is we'll adapted
for excursions, having a spacious
boiler deck, and roomy and airy
cabin and being in excellent condl>
ton. Many people will doubtless take
advantage of this offer to enjoy q trip
Cd the river on the national holiday.
MOzartS' COncnPt.
The Mozarts will give a summer
evening entertainment at the theater
tonight to the associate members and
their invited guests. 1t will be the
last concert to be given until next
fall.
Last Nights Concert.
The ballad concert at $40 Shelby
street last night for the benefit
of the Second Presbyterian manse
was a fine success in
every respect. Miss Susie Green.
wood sung Prince Charming" and
Annie Laurie" Miss Hunter rem
dered Kathleen Mavourneen," by
Crouch, and THE Last Rose of Sum
mer," by Moon, also sung in a Duet
with Mr.. G. Knowlton, II Love But
Thee" Miss McNutt performed a
PolOnaise, by Chopin, on the piano
Miss Mosby rendered Come Back to
Erin" Messrs. Yates and Turner
gave a Duet on the guitar, ndMessrs.
Knowlton, Hunter, Ryan and Griffith,
as quartette, rendered Come Where
Ny Love Lies Dreaming" and Good
Night, Gentle Folks" The entertain
ment was under Mrs. Darlington Ma
sons management.
Sham Battle.
Tomorrow at Estival Park picnic
and exhibition drill will be given by
the Mcclellan and Zouave Guards.
The celebration will begin with a
street parade, which is to move from
the McClellan's Armory, 1872 Main
street, at $3.50 in the morning headed
by martial and brass band. The
route is up Main to Market, thence to
Second, thence to Madison, thence to
DeSoto, thence to Vance and thence to
the park, where pleasure will be the
order of the day. The hand bills state
that this is something that promises
to be interesting, and that has never
been witnessed before in this city
during military fame In addition to |
the above exercises, all kinds of |
amusements and refreshments will lie |
on the grounds. 1t is useless to men |
ton the interest the committee will |
exercise in enforcing the strictest |
military discipline to assure order and |
pleasure for the many guests Of this
most glorious entertainment.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03
NEW STOCK CARPETS,
Latest patterns, all kinds, just received at
AMES, BEATTIE l. CO..
1863 Main street 82t
Fresh Dividends.

The Peoples Insurance Company
to- day declared dividend Of A PEI
cent on the capital stock of 5000, 600,
making $4,000 total to be divided
among Its shareholders. The Compa1
ny has enjoyed fine financial prosperity
during the past six months, and its
earnings were fully 6 per cent. on its
capital during the time named. The
remaining 2 per cent. has been placed
to the credit Of the surplus fund. The
Pheaix Fire and Marine Insurance
Company on yesterday declared 5 per
cent dividend, and this clears off the
last of the stock notes of shareholders.
The Company is now very strong in a
financial sense, and its stock is above
par In the open market. The last
sale made some time ago was at 95.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03
THE LOTTERY TROUBLES.
Mail Rights of the LOuiSlana
and Other Lotteries 10 be Con
sidered the tOminE Week.
sPeolal 10 OOarler. journal.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The Post.
master General will consider the Dues.
ton Of the mail rights Of the Louisi-
ana and other lotteries this week. Mr..
Moulton, Of the Louisiana Lottery,
called on the Postmaster General YES
terday and requested that he would
net consider the question until after
the 4th OF July, but, of course, re.
celved no assurances. The matter is
one OF great interest to the lottery
dealers, if not the people. The private
letter deliveries in New York mast
go. The Postmaster General informed
your correspondent to.AigAt that he
intended Tigidly 10 prosecute not only
the companies but their patrons. As
the Do&ds Company will open out
business again to. morrow, the prose.
eution will commence Immediately. II
seems that there is considerable
money in these private concerns and
the owners do not propose to give an
without a big fight.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03
MARCUS JONES.
Wall Paper,
Window Shades and
OecOrRtigS Papers,
296X NeeORg NJ.
Hunting q Husband.

Inc wife d, ?. +. Smith,. from
Texas, arrived mere sseis morplng n
join her husband, but cannot una MIN.
A letter to her states that he works
for j. P. Prince, driving team, and
the lady cannot find any such firm.
The lady is stopping at Mrs. Hopkins
on Main street near the Louisville
depot, and will be glad Of any infor-
nation regarding her absent husbands
whereabouts.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03
Provisions Tn.dau

The dispatch from Chicago to the
Merchants Exchange this forenoon
quotes CIR sat 50 10 per cwt, and Sc
below last evening, Lard 50 and 20
cents of; mess pork is $3.50 and also
lower.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03
Registered.

The following instruments were
filed to-day: j. H. Mcclellan to
Henry Jones, lot No. Z on Dean ave-
nue., near Brinkley College; considers
ton, 1915; Joseph Franklin to Mrs.
l.. Jane Wright, q lot on the corner
OF leSoto and Elliott streets; consid-
Grafton, $500,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03
REJACH'S
Great Sale of Summer Goods,

Great Sale Of Summer Goods,
Superior U Shirts l5c each.
Best bl Drill Drawers 25c pair.
Summer Goats S6e each,
" Pants a5c pair,
Kid Slippers 60c pair.
Good Lawn 4Kc per yard.
Best bl Muslin TIC per yard.
Straw Hats 5 and 10c each.
White Mating l2Hc per yard.
Red Checked Mating l7Kcper yard.
Fancy Checked Mating 221lc per yard
Good Hammock rs each.
Mosquito Bars in all and every style
very cheap at the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03

Mrs. Garfield, says the Pittsburs
Dispatch, has made her home in
Cleveland and selected her surround.
ings in so quiet and careful a manner
that comparatively few, even Of the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03
An Imported Havana
CIGAR,
The Great
PranGadO, 1Oc Straight
For sale only by Sol Coleman,
Importer.
Risks Closing Sale still
Continues

Centingegr
Stoves, tinware, lamps and kitchen
goods, at an immense sacrifice.
Heating stoves at one half the regu.
lar prices. Buy now and save money
ThiV stock must positively be closed
out regardless OF cost 10 eep takC
charge Of the Stove Factory. s'
100 l.. TIFF RISK, 800 Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03

Taken, by mistake, from B. Lowenstein
y Bros ribbon unter, a lady's hand
aachel, Rogtgping S25. The finder will
please returnthe same 10
l07 j. NJ. BOOKER, 1858 Front 81.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03
Beiach Dry Goods Co.
p. CUNNINGHAM,

General Blacksmith,
Manufacturer Of Drays, Wagons
Carts, Cotton Scales, Trucks, etc.
Repairing Solicited.
BTgsies, ety., Rainted 1t low gricss
lQ7
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03

opUBLIG LEDGER bindery and lob
ot6ce, ID Madison street wv
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03

The let Palace,
233 MAIN STREET,
Still in the Lead !
DIAMONDS,
FIrst-Class Goods at Most Rea-
sOnabIe Prices.
Gold and Silver Watches,
JeweIry of Every Description
Novelties In Rolled Plate
Goods Especially,
bracelets in Endless Varieties,
Partisan and Rhinestone Bril-.
hRnls mounted in fine gold, as
Earrings, Lace Pins, Rings,
Gents Pins, Studs, Etc.
OPTICAL GOODS,
Largest Stock in the city for
nearsIghted and weak eyes.
SilverWara and Clocks
We offer above goods at greatly reduced
prices during summer months.
N. GOODMAN & CO., |. ROESCHER,
Jewellers. Manager.
233 MAIN STREET.
-.-------------------
WAMIgp,....,
CMALL improved farm, for cash, near city
y Address + c, No. l92 Elliott st l07 MS
mo BOYS good buggy horses. Addres,
i Business. this Office lOI TO-
NOnK for family. Busby, Toof 4 MoGowan,
" IA front street. 100 Ill
A GOOD Blacksmith and WagOnmaker at
"A No Is South street. los Ill
Isn0 MEN to empty schOoners, at sheri-
lOUU dan 6ou'e. II Poplar street. Ill
TO Misunderstanding for saddle horse,
l lO4I 22g Front st.
GREEN HANDS, with home in the city, to
" learn cotton spinning, in its different
branches, at the Pioneer Cotton Mills. Halt
wages paid while learning. Apply at the
mills, 10Ut
I000 TONS cast and wrought IRON,
lUUU - rags and bones, also old met.
al, feathers and hides, old machinery bought
and sold. Send for price list, Address
SAMUEL GABAY, Agt and Com Merchant.
400 to 4l3 Shelby street Memphis, Tenn. $751;
THOSE AFFECTED WITH PILES, in any
l stage, to use the Vienna salve, sure
81 III 80 BEAL STREET,
HORSES, MULES AND CATTLE PAS
IL TURED.-l have some Of the best pas
turs lands in tho county, with running
water all the year,on which / will pasture
stock at reasonable rates. stock conveyed TO
and from pasture free by addressing
1873 ZENO 7. HARRIS, White Haven, Tenn.
OECOND-HAND CLOTHING. Good prices
u paid. Call on or address
81 ELIAS SHAUL, 496 Main ct.
THF worst cases of Hux, dysenteIy and
l diarrhea positively and speedily cured
with one bottle of medicine. Call at No: ~
Real street. 78t
CAWS ard tools of all kinds repaired by
y HARRY II HECK. l4l Beal street I
GENTS Felt, straw and Manila hats
VI cleaned, dyed and reshaped in the latest
styles. A. D. STA MACK, lSS Second. S5t
TN0 ct old frames with our IMPERIAL PEB-
i BLES, el.5s per pair. MULFoRD Co.
old gold watch cases, silver, etc., cash. J.
ON. MULF0RD 4 CO., SSS Main. 2et
ITO exchange a snail farm near city Tor
city property, improved or unimproved.
10 IKE A OH IsE. 20 Front.I
LOST.
4 SMALL colOred child, . years old, from
a residence $50 WilkinsOn street, East
Memphis. named Julia Turner; burnt mark
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-03
FOR RENT.

FURNISHED or unfurnisbed rooms, with
u or without board. s. Madison.
COTTAGE, s rooms, on fernando road.
y P,ovine Switch, neEt.to Rrb's. Apply 20
NJ Sci len, 287 Main st. lott
QUIT of nice rooms, southern exp9sgTc,
y unfurnished, without board. IS Madison.
1927
TWO nicely furnished front rooms, with
j out board, first floor, % Madison 81. Sll
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IHON WALSH, UNDERTAKER.
MI Second street,
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PatrOnge orthe Public Rsspec1fully SoIiottea
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-12-27

Understandable corn. If the cotton crop had not
pulled up the exports of the country for the
next year would have shown falling off, which
must have been felt in AL departments OF cofa-
merce.
The formal opening of the cantilever bridge
over Niagara River near Niagara Falls, took
place on the goth inst. and was a success. Its
strength was tested by running over it twenty
locomotives and twenty four cars loaded with
gravel The cars extended from one end of the
bridge to the other, covering both tracks.
There wasno apparent detiection. Levels were
taken at intervals by a commissioner selected
from three hundred engineers present. Ten
thousand persons witnessed the test
ABROAD.
Kerrigan, the Irish informer on whose testi-
mony several agrarian murderers have been
executed, was shot on the 18th inst. For
long time he was protected by guards furnished
by the government, he and his guards living in
two iron huts, impervious to rifle shots--The
German navy comprises thirteen ironelads, of
which seven are frigates and six corvettes.
There are thirty one cruisers, of which twen-
ty-one are corvettes and ten gunboats, besides
thirteen ironclad gunboats and fifteen torpedo
boats for coast defense. flames Bishop died
recently near London aged eighty three, from
fall from his caravan, IN which he had lived
without interruption for the last thirty-fiye
the caravan to eighteen sons and two daugh-
tiers, all of whom were reared there. One Of
the latter became the mother of Silina Young,
the female Blondin, who crossed the Thames
on tightrope. The other married show
man, and was mother to twenty-f -four children,
all Of whom were born and reared in caravan.
Bishop brought up his eighteen sons to trades
or the musical PROFESSIONALS. Gladstone
was guarded by policemen while going to and
from church at Hawarden ENGLAND. on the
10Th inst.-Jean Michael Badinguet, who
died recently at Chantenay, near Paris, was
one of the workmen employed at making
! repairs in the fortress at Ham when Louis
| Napoleon was imprisoned there. and he
aided the latter to escape by lending him his
clothes, his short black pipe, and his name,
wearing which, with board on his shoulder,
/ the future emperor passed by all the sentries
unchallenged. Joseph Poole was hanged at
| Dublin, Ireland on the 18th inst. for the muir
| der of John Kenny, on July 4, 18S2---Sarah
Bernhardt, the actress, horsewhipped Marie
Colombier, who had written scandaous book
about her, in Paris on the 18th inst.-John
| Moylan, a farmer who recently returned from
America, was assassinated near Galway, Ire
/ land on the 10th inst. for taking possession of
/ q vacant farm.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-12-27
Meeting Of R.xp Prisoners Of War.

a meeting OF ex-prisoners of war was held
on the 29th inst. at. their hall at Ninth aud d
streets, Washington, d. c., ). III. Kline, presi-
dent. As this society is now a regularly
tered association, with countersign, &C., they
have taken q position not attainable heretofore,
aud new members are coming in at every meet
ing. Letters were read from the national as
ISOLATION, as well as from prisoners scattered
through the country. Bylaws were adopted,
several applications for membership received,
reports from committees read as to progress
made, the new bills presented in Congress dis
the successful prosecution of the favored bill,
and the association adjourned to the nth
proxino. Ex-prisoners are urged to come
forward and aid the winters effort.