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The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-15
washingson's Love Affairs.
Gottrsponaenoe nesteB Pos;

NNftrN fonGcnSr ttctfStt fo>ss
 Waslike sentiments on certain snhleVts still fingered in the heart of Washington on that peaceful morning ioo years ago when he resumed possession of this city As he crossed Spuyten nuyvil creek and made his way upon the island the nigh, before he received a message to tarry, as Su Guy Carleton vas not vet embarked So he directed hls steps Ia grea, im- posing wooden house on Washington Heights. still standing and known as the iutnel place. 1his house twenty seven years before had been his Mecca. Here he oour,ed the beautiful and wealthy Mary rhillipse here for weeks he hn- sered n the ligh, oi her blue eyes he,e he lei, her a, her fathers nll he could hurry od and capture tort Duquesnc and come back, and here al that fatal interval came Captain Morris and captured Mary fhillipse and marued her before Wash lngten's return. IL WAS an awful lesson to the father of his country and he sol. cmnly resolved never to be caught out again m matters es that kind h ~as the second blo~ hrs, the iowland beauty Miss t.nmes afterwards mo,hei of the Lee family. and then the taithle>s Mary. He had somewhat recovered from the lil,Ing on ihis peaceful morning which speak of. for the Morris family had large. ly multiplied lay this tune bu, the spo, was still sore. Tradition has II that he vent over and sat again m the ihillipse parlors and medi,a,ed
 Where Is your masis. :" he inquired ot darkey an the pot, h. ons etning hts former II, al
 He goned wid dc British. saa. wen dc yah fust biuk out sad the humble serNi,of. an mtssus she k eros, de rib- hci and Is very porely. Sah. and mahsa he vas shn, wen hc wa> ,ak,n' Tote Noidcifee down m uhnN, to ycats ago
 The vtItnt knew ,ha, ~rli enough. but he sas fond oi heu,sE [, over agA,n.
 And. mahsa. dep d9 saR lat all his gira, the estate heah Is r~inc to be com hse a,ed by the dcsiish rebels pAeant br. sAh
 Washington ey..ied the .luesitnn Hut year alter the great me estate was con hssa,ed and soid To lnmci by the govern men, and Washington dacs no, seem to have inteiposed te sa&r ' taf Mary and the babies
 He ought to have been grateful to her iot tcae hung hun >u, h noble lesson foi he learned II so well that when Martha by her and didn'i let h~i gc, away from hm- Hut she was d widow and perhaps didn't want in get away
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Pad n Ills Own Com
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Wha, arc yoa paying for potatoes. n1~ : inquired a shsrp-eyed stfAsget of ron s,reet gtoecf. Veil, abs,tg forsy- five eenis. l gpess iog're sattsGed ~i,h large prot.,s instead of snzil oaes. eh ,, po,aioes mus, bring you d, retail gine,y cents or one dollar ~ Oh 70 . I'm wiling to pay abou, innysye cents and don, want 70 make 'aofe'n ten csnis d bus.el on 'em" |" h ,ha, so That makes tifty-hye cents bashel say, you send three bushels to my house lhls morning. ~ill you Here's my address. !" Young man. did you come n here to sell poszioess" 10, sirce came 70 here to boy potatoes. and opened busi- ness by asking you what you pad for 'em.r Well, you've stuck me ,h,s time. and rather than lei this thing ge, oa, you can have 'em tor fsfty-hse cents, bs, I'm blo~esi fl 1 ever give rnyseif away again ' And he ven, in and marked up sugar three cents pound for two seeks for all customers who pa,d by the month.
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How a Life of Trouble was Avolt- d
Eentueky >,4tc 9uff.s

fseHiIcky >tAtc f9Aff4s
 4 few days ago middle-ageG country man walked into the office of prominent >ewport attorney and took Ca when the following took place
 '' called ID to see aboai g,iia di- yOrce from my wife-
 e Ah ~ha, seems 70 be the z: ;.. a '. :.
 Well. me and Ilnny are aiv4,s .aaf- relln. and ,h,ns Il would be seitef i she would go back 10 her folks and Id say where l am. She ken take the 'hree ,hfl. d en with her"
 On ~ha, grounds do 5o- eAn, l. yorce =
 Well. you see it's IS, ,h.s eaj in- ny's the mos, skeeries, woman oi ,rainps ye ever seen. And so when se % D stairs 70 ped. she always ,arnps ia bed first, and then she wants me ;o loos an- der the bed for man. when know there am TO man there 50 you see .ha. r.les me and get mad. and then she gets mad, and then there's a fuss and don !, have no peace .sd can, ge, no seep and I'm a hard worxn' man."
 You can't get divorce or those grounds, s.r.
 ' can't"
 = No. sir.
 Well, then, know ~ha, l'... d.. -. go home and saw the legs of inc ped, dose up. 90 a man can't gi; under. II 1 had thought of that sooner ] migh; hev saved all this time comin' in here
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l better 60 and board at a cheap board ing house. in order to become a skeleton oy the time have promised 10 show. but l guess can ind all the facilities l want al home. Say. let's 60 in partnership. and you be s iorilla. or a wild pirate Nonr head IS flat enough on top. and your eyes look like Eimle, holes in boo, heei-~"
 The boy got out of the store rus, ahead ot a hatS hes, and he went into a candy store and bought some chocolate eafo. mcls to become skeleton on, Pc. ts
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New Way io Pay Old Debts

ie~ persons kno~ that there IS ;, law m Iennsyi snia pun,shine profanity with 4 toe. and that one half ot the hnc goes to the per son making the ehafgr Isui sut s the fat, and hatlts Hoist, d tghi isied if<eu oi the lit>i ward. re mrmbetcd II 'n lia "wn ptoiii and the d,s, onh,nie oi an honest n~tghbof Charles Gdbbs by name and shoemaker by prolcsNon t.4bhs h i A blli of 1 T c. againa, liois, toi shoes made and nentied. Glbbs IS much inclined ,o profanity and inieflafds h.s eonsefsatton with ~ofdS tha, do no, appear well in punt. thhb, IS escnablc. iiols, x cuni as ,ic cambef C,bbs dunned Hoist, who rcpli-d thai the shoes were good for nothing and re fused to pay. Gibbs got mad and began to sweat liois, o0, ~lih his penn Il and marked down every oath aN Il was uttered on the bae oi ard NheneveT t.ibba showed any igns of stopping Hulst pro- voked him ,o obtinac his profanity, unsil twenty four oaths were marked an the scme. Then he he'd hlm ,o the nearest magistrate and dlIrcted his honor 4 ten,ion to ,his las " II any pcfson of the age of siz'een yeafs CT 8pward shall pfofanely curse ot wear by the name of tod, Jesus thtlst of of the Holy '.hosi. he shall forfeit or pay the sUm of sis5- seven cents for every sud proiane eafse or oath And then to the las giylng the lnformer half oi 'hc ines 4 warrant was issued, t..bbs ~as arrested Hols, ,estined to the number pf oaths, and the ines. amounting 10 i'5 pf olleeted, one hsli of winch. i1 D, was psid ,o Hols', the informant who then paid the shee- maker Y c. of !i.h Dsn money. and had forty four ecn,s left, ~ith which he " set 'em ap for the ronstable II thr nearest bee saloon. lislsi ought 10 apply tor a position unde. ,hc l-,@ and Order 5o- cie,y. lie possesses tare quAl'ie. fof an inforoef. ~hta that assoe ia'ion might gfIilse
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-15
Fey Tl< .IrSlassss Tyssslsy.! A TWILIGHT REVERY.
sY \. o. GLocs.

n. m evening fair, I wandered. Aiu,lessiy, along the strand, syhrp ,he stiffness was rneroken save by nipples on the sand. ..r,,v hreathed refresh ing breeses Oyer the fast-gath'ring gloom. And V ere mingled with the ftsgraneS a1aa4 n the honeysuckle's bloom. S;iil through growing darkness sua>ins, ,.onscioas not where footsteps teis, T.1 song from OCT the water
 Through the low wind seemed 10 swell. ,ott the ripple oi the <aters.
 Ai;h the siarligh, all around. Made ,he singing so enchanting
 fsa, feared 10 lose a sound. Twas an ar of; heard in childhood. Thatto memory seemed 10 cling. Yes the song my soul entrancing Mother used to sweetly sng. Now sEe sleeps beneath the willow. In her forest home 0. rest. Were life's cares have ceased ihelr ;rout
 .ng.
 Were her soul with tod Is ble>i. ;9.,h ;ha, ar, almost forgotten.
 Ealing softly On my eAr, Memories. fond ard sweet, oi childhood ,'ore. of days ~hrn shc> was here. n a. thoughts o'ef years did wander into hours once far and bright, Worldly cares were then forgotten ebony spirits were made brieh;. Rie past so brightly shinlng.
 r5ad the vision that eame these- :; evealed again her goodness, And her ever tender care. X ould that 1 were ever worthy
 n her cherished memory. Ahith has of, n time ot iriai
 Been guiding star 10 me.
 almly, then, that vision faded. Darkest night Mas all around >h he song Tn silence ended.
 And the stiffness was profound. !hcn. my homeward way retracing. And aucn. II seemed, I'd hear still, her voice like music, falling
 Faiai!y on my listening ear.
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[Ll;I1IH LANTERNS

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The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-15

| Hoosler at dinner on a Mississippi pAlziizl steamer was about to reach ou, for something before him. but the waiter, checking him. exclaimed That, sir, fs dessert" "O,- said the Hoosier, z l don't care fl i,s wilderness, I'm going to cat II All the same Phiksdei6ki9 Call
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-15

Emperor trAnc.s Joseph says he de spises cards ard does not know an ace from ,aek. There IS something wrong here. When man despises cards i, Is because he kno~s altogether too much of them. ErafGI
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 both without success.
 This IS a paragraph out of history as to the way in which the ancestress of ihe Count of Paris suffered or her dying day through the baGbarogs neglect of her re- gal blue-blood sons and daughters " 4 low and moaning sound o: pam gssued from tha; hard and humble couch. The faithful Mascaii entered he garret. es- claiming Nothing NothIng He had gone forth to procure food. and had o.s- ,alned none. The moaning sound con- ,inued. II was then aga.n win,er. ard the apartment was cold ard cheerless Mascali collected the rags .oge,her which the apartment contained. and endeayored 10 warm the dying queen. There, in pow erty and from actual starvation, in a gar re, ID Cologne. Mary de Medioi, the mos, illustrious victim of the implacable and interruptions Richelieu, ended her mem orable and unfortunate career
 Louis MIL, her weak. unprinoipled, con,emp,ible and imbecile offspring, was, during the best par. of his bad life, a re gal puppet. What Richelieu told him to do, he did unquestioningly. Murder, war, robbery and ii mattered not wha, else ii was he implicitly obeyed the or ders of this seventeenth century Bismarck Thus ia fighting the Huguenots the king instructed his soldiers to massacre them without quarter. A, the siege of La Rochelle il IS asserted that he had 6oc men and women stripped to the skin and unmercifully Hogged for daring to leave the beleaguered city and throw them selves upon his royal and faithful pro,ec- ton.
 Richelieu was the king. and the sover.
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DSes~af vas tnetr All tpc tune, Dtt fiaH no, gpl ready 10 s1e slippkry until 'he high flyer go, loo ~4fm IL ls Ius so ID every
 '' ., say, says the boy, as he saw he grocery man WAS wound up Tor all da, yoa make me weary. Did ,eIl you I was gong into the sho~ businessf"
 so, you don, tell me- sad the gro. eery riaa- What IS IF < eireus.o
 A Ns, not any circus. have been thinking the thing over, and think there $ more money in being living skeieton than anything there IS going, and l have got sn offer from museum, of two hun dred dollars week As soon as can get lean enough, and have qun eating. since Thanksgiving have lost two pounds. and zf that rate will be ready to exhibit about 1hristuzs. X lising skeleton ezn Lay up all his money, 'czuse he don't have 10 ext, and hIs clothes don't cost much, and it IS a regular pie nic. They wanted me to be a man with out legs, but thought that would be bad fl should ever want to qun the sho~ business and then they wanted me to be jorilla. but Jorilia IS only a mammal, and can't go m society. They offered to get wax head for me if l would be a two headed Zulu but don't wznt to be a deception. had rather be a freak oi nature PA is encouraged since I have decided 10 be living skeleton, and says will mount 70 something yet. He thinks
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-15

si sis for t,. Sold bs all esagg,a, rza phlsi free AaSrrss tsf pFoprl-tor. ". F. ArENfs. H. q, Defseai, Aseh. sold in fst ti~ kses s hoiekais and rrtzil, by ". 1T Ha. libsfisf.. aad by df.Kgiass r.sry shsre.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-09-23
SIXTY LIVES LOST
By a Terrible Hurricane in the Ba.
hamas.
Nassau Badly Wrecked-Aany Houses De-
stroyed-Fify Vessels Destroyed
by the Wind,

SANTIAGO DIX CUBA, September pa ter
rible hurricane occurred at Nassau on the
5th instant. Many houses were blown
down. Fifty vessels were wrecked. Sixty
lives were lost. Among the vessels dam
aged was the brig Peeress, Captain Dowse,
from Sagua forlthe Delaware Breakwater,
which put into Nassau in distress, fell over
and was seriously damaged. The schooner
Mary Jane aud Elizabeth, Csptain Gaskell,
from Baltimore August q, fell over, filled
and sank in port. She will probably be
a total loss. The schooner VIM. B.
MackIe, Captain Bowling, from New
York August 81, ran aground,
but got Of with some damage. The bark
Eliza White, condemned at Nassau, and
the schooner William II. Curry, Captain
wark, from Dong Island, Bahamas, for
New York, went aground, but will proba-
bly, be gotten oil. The schooner Melissa
Trask, Captain Trssk, for Boston, was driv-
en- ashore on the sands at Exuma. The is
dismasted. The brig Giles Roring, Captain
Ev ans from New York, August % for Mat
anzas, has put into Stirrup Bay dismasted.
HAVANA, September 2l.-No news has
been received here from either Nassau or
C:enfuegcs regarding the hurricane report
ed to have occurred at the former place on
the Sth inst.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-09-23
A GIGANTIC ENTERPRISE.
Proposed Gilt.Edged Through Rout<
from Boston 20 New York.

from Boston 10 New York.
Bosros, September 22-Negotiations
have this week been concluded between
the New York Construction Company, rep.
resented by II. A. Blood. the former mana
ger Of the Boston, Fitchburg and Clinton
road, and Messrs. Linn and McCarty, OF
New York City, for the building of the
New York ana Boston Inland Railway.
This line, chartered in New York, Con
necticut and Massachusetts,, locations
granted and surveys completed, will be 100
miles long from Boston to New York, ab-
solutely in an air line with no draw bridges
and. no crossings at grade. 1t will be Of
Double Track and Steel Rails,
snd it is the plan Of its projectors to run
through trains between the two cities
without stops and in three and half
hours, the fastest present time being over
six hours.
The line enters Boston over the Boston
and Providence track and New York over
Harlem. The contractors and Mr.. Blood
posed line. Mr.. Blood has been in Europe
Tor four months, and claims to have secured
all the capital necessary on favorable terms.
The Amount OF Capital
required of the contractors 10 about $30,-
oO0, 600 and il is claimed that Linn and
McCarty have furnished evidence OF its
possession and given satisfactory bonds 70
begin work within three months and finish
IL within three years. The work will begin
at both ends of the line within the next
month. Some sections Of 30 or 40 miles
will be tangents, and there will be several
tunnels. Both Linn and McCarty have
been for years in Russia and have made
much money In railroad enterprises.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-09-23
The OARSMEN.

,sr.s. T,-uan. Of Boston, offers to back
.-..y 20 row Ross for $1,000 side.
h. g reported that James Bristor has bet
N9 that Charles Z. Courtney cannot row
re miles IN twenty minutes and four
sa seconds, sad the race will be roWed
!. last day Of the Csyuga Lake Hotel re-
s;a
william Sarblea, Of the st. Louis Rowing
20. has accepted the challenge of Otto
E;kaaa 10 a tub race for q gold medal and
z championship ofthe Mississippi Valley,
ti the rsce will take place this afternoon
| iror; Ct the ST. Louis wharf.
I. is over week since George Hosmer
ta.ensed Courtney to row race, and as
/ Challenge was exactly in the spirit Of
Ls way Courtney dared any person to
EI.enge him, il is safe to presume that
/, Ua,oc Springs sculler would rather
u than row. II is now thought that
|.l:;aey could not beat an egg.
| Tie challenge issued by Peter H. Comfy
Portland, Ne, calling upon Wallace
Icss. ,lr famous oarsmsn, to row him for
B. = side. has been accepted by the latter,
b. has posted SOD forfeit with Richard
FgI, the final stakeholder, who has the
rpo.1iing of the referee and the selection
|. ,ha course. Ross has also offered to row
Lar.-s B. Courtney for a wager Of 81 200
PANS. g. uyU.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-09-23
A WESTERN UNION CUT.
A Decided Reduction In Eastern TeIe.
graph Tolls.

A Decided Reduction in Eastern TeIe.
graph Tolls.
New YoRK. September 22.-The Western
Union Telegraph Company has issued an
order reducing rates in and between the
Eastern and New England States to take
effect October first. The rate Of 25 cents
for the first ten words aRd two cents for
each additional word is made uniform be.
tween cities In Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts,, Rhode Island and
Connecticut. A rate OF Is and two between
Offices in New York State; a rate Of 25 and
two between Offices in New Jersey; q rate
of 25 and two between offices in Pennsyl-
yesaia; rare oi IS and two from offices in
the New England States, 70 New York city,
Brooklyn, N. Y, Jersey City, N. J.: and
Stanstead, Quebec; rate Of Is
and two from New York city,
Brooklyn, N. Y, aud Jersey city,
Stanstead, Quebec, and to Offices in Pennsyl-
vania and New Jersey; q rate OF 25 and two
from offices in New Jersey to New York
city and Brooklyn, N. Y; a rate of 25
and two from offices in Pennsylvania TO
New York city and Brooklyn, n. Y, and
Jersey City, \. Y; also rate of % and two
from offices in New York State to Jersey
City, n. J. The maximum rate between
New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
will be reduced from So to 40 cents for ten
words. The new rates will apply to the
great Northwestern as well as to the West
ern Union offices in the States OF Maine
New Hampshire Vermont and New York.
The present rate between New York, Phila-
delphia. Baltimore and Washington and
the local rates in the oil regions will be
maintained.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-09-23
IMPORTANT INDIVIDUALS.

y-s Ll-c,ry reports many rivals in
b..
J bTLe Empress of Austria is an excellent
slss,r.eEne.
Ez. Speaker Randall says he intends
Bsut.as uis jury tees for newspapers.
Sitting E1ll has been prostrated by an
back yt pneumonia. He has not felt
IsI slce John Logan 'jawed" him.
L. i...e probable that DR.. Mary Walk
would undertake TO command a Greedy
isi II Iiei.,ion if the Government so de-
:sL
Ts.msce the Acroba,ic Gospeller, has
mueac-i saying nice taings about the
f'EsPapers. l, is evident that he is con-
lsap.aIlnS his latter end and wishes TO ap'
(ss' well in the obituary notices.
Professor John lawrence Sullivan, of
cs;o1 i, now sad to be worth $4,000. He
weary Of prize ighting and gin-milling
Et be ;o.i 4 friend the other day that he
Blended next summer TO buy little yacht
ID spend most Of the time on water. He
/ -lc ca. hi, lucger the "Slugger.'
during bis stay in Newport. President
4';hG' will be the guest Of Mr.. Seth Barton
French. While at the house of his friend
Z vii arrange a number Of rare specimens
\ ,ass which he picked up during his trip
1'osca ,I- Yellowstone Park. The Presi-
F.. = . l...e a bugologist; though he never
Har--, that he can see spiders on the
pa q b., b. ue bedroom,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-09-23
Mississippi steamer Burned.

ST. LoUIs, September - About 2 o'clock
this morning the handsome passenger
stesmer Gem City, which has been in win
ter quarters, was burned TO the waters edge.
The boat lay at the foot of Dorins street,
and the flames were seen some time before
sn alarm was turned in. The fire spread
too quickly for the department to be Of
any service, and in less than three quarters
of an hour from the time the fire started
the boat was destroyed. Only the hull,
which is of iron, and the machinery re-
mains The Gem City was built two years
sgo and piled between st. Louis and St.
Paul 1t was the fastest boat on the upper
river and belonged to the 81. Louis and So.
Paul Packet Company, Commodore David
son, president The loss is estimated At
$1,000. Twoof the company's barges were
also burned. The boat was insured for
slmest its full value.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-09-23
TWO SUICIDES,
A Son Of Ex-senator Van Wrinkle
Ends His Life by Taking
Poison,
While Another Prominent Parkers-
burg Man Throws Himself
Under a Train
And Is Decapltatsd---A GhastIy,
Grinnlng Skeleton Found In a
Field Near MoundsVille.
Special 10 the Register.

SpcNEAs ~ tfsS ASeytSteEs
PARKERsBURG, September 22-GodEin
Van Wrinkle, late manager Of the Swami
House, who was found yesterday in an un-
conscious condition in his room, died to-
day. The verdict Of the ooroner's jury
was that he died from the effects OF
morphine administered by his own hand.
The deceased was a son of the late Hon.
Peter G. Van Wrinkle, ex.United States
Senator. He leaves . wife to mourn his
untimeIy death. Mrs. Van Wrinkle is in
the employ Of the Treasury Department at
Washington and failed to reach here be-
fore her husband died.
Another case OF SelEDestructIon.
Ben LsDgftt, ,lformerly a well known citi-
zen, of PaIkersburg, committed suicide
last night by throwing himself under a
train on the c. w. & b. road, at Terch, ten
miles west Of here. w hen found his head
was severed from his body. He had at.
tempted to take his life on other occas-
ions, but was prevented by friends. The
act last night was the sequel TO protracted
spree.
Railroad Wreck.
freight train on the c. w. 4. B. Railroad
was wrecked near Hamden this morning
were knocked into kindling wood.
Track laying on the Ohio River railroad
is progressing finely. Vice President
Thompson and other officials have been
up over the line during the week, and re-
port everything satisfactory all along the
line.
Colonel A X. Leonard, the boss auc-
tioueer Of Parkersburg, is home, after sew
eral weeks absence on business.
Rev. II. G. Blayney, of Raimswood,
passed through here en- route home from q
visit 70 friends in Ohio county.
George l. Spence and Professor Weaver
are at Clarksburg on business.
Miss Lulu Caswell is Yising friends at
Lowell, Ohio.
Some of our we'll known young men
gave a midnight concert on the corner Of
julian and Court streets, last night. They
sar and quoted Shakespeare and other
authors, and in the language OF one Of the
m. dnight jewellers, made Rome howl, and
the night hideous, and more than one per-
son in the neighborhOod was aroused from
their slumbers.
The First Business
done by the Ohio River Railroad Company
was the transportation of two carloads OF
COsl from the E. & y. racks TO the pulp
mills. The company expect to lay down
the track sc the rate of one mile per day.
EI-Msyor Remley is visiting friends in
NIct Olss county.
Msjor A. w. Fitsbsugh, the veteran no
tion salesman of BoltrOw, is here.