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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

Can any ore bring us case of Kidney
or Liver Complaint that the Ele,ric Bi,,ers
will not speedily curc2 We say that they
can not, as thousands of cases already per
manently cured aud and who are daily re
commencing Electric Bitters will prove
Bright's Disease, Diabetes, week Back. or
any urinary complaint quickly cured; they
purify the blood, regulate the bowels, and
az: directly on the diseased parts. Every
bottle guaranteed. For sale at 5oc. bot
tie by Hart 4 BahuScn.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07
HtkBEkI ID. RI.AkEMnnE

ATTORNEY IN PATENT CAr-SES -p.,.
~ huelntss OF all kinds solicited Room ~
Nailo'a, Sank Building. p o Boz f-5 r..
Island. Illinois 81
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

The best on earth can truly be said OF
GrI2g's GlyCeriue SalvC, which is a sure,
safe and speedy cure for cuts. bruises,
scalds. burns wounds and all other sores
VIII positively cure piles, letter and all
SKIN eruption. Try this wonder healer
Satisfaction guaranteed or money refund
ed Only % cents. Sold by druggists.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

YORK, Pa, July john l. Keesey,
resident of this borough, while working in
q harvest field, near town, was Frustrated
by the heat about Tuesday morning,
aud died a few moments afterwards THIS
was hi, FIST days work i'll the field He
was H. years OF age, ana leaves wife and
SIX children
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

MINIATURES, July At Stevens Point,
MONDAY morning, Il fire destroyed 1,rO00O
feet # lumber and u mill of the North Side
Lumber company Loss about SIT, 900: In
surauce, ,oJL Later in tue day the Jack
son house and dwelling were burned at
the same place Loss, $4,000; Insurance un-
known
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

CHICAGO, July 7.-Eckhart & Swans
Touring mills on Canal street were dam
a.ei ,iU,Wp by flames ami water. 1t is
thought that SPARKS from fire works started
the lire The mills have capacity oil tOV
barrels per day.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

SrR1NGFiELS, Ohio, July I.-Professor
Leon, the tight rope walker, fell forty feet
from rope at the fair grounds, here, Mon
day sustaining severe injuries The ian
was caused by the care.?ssnesS OF thosa
handling the guy ropes.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07
DISASTROUS BLAZES.
DENVER, COLORADO, VISITED BY A
CONFEDERATION.
The Academy of Music Destroyed and
$50, O0O-Two Victims of the Chicago
Holocaust-Heevy Loss at Cohces, n.
u. lire.

DENVER, July AT Ills Tuesday morn
ing is people were going home from cele-
brating the national birthday fire was dis
covered in the Academy of Music, and be-
fore the fire department could get to work
ilaRes were leaping through the building in
half asdozen places, and q few minutes later
the building WAS one mass of flames The
heat was SO intolerable that the fire depart
ment were driven from the front OF the
building 1t became evident that the Acad.
envy was doomed, aud the firemen devoted
themselves to saving the Rocky Mountain
News building and the Goode and McCiin-
to: blocks all dining The flames spread SO
rapidly and the heat became so intense
that In less than fifteen minutes after
the discovery of the fire the
wires of the Western Union Telegraph
company whose Office Is IN tie block di.
raCtly across the street from the Academy
were melted in two, and all service de.
-troyed The operators managed to save
tue Wheatstone and other valuable instru-
mentS, though several of the relays were
destroyed by the heat transmitted from. the
melting wires before they could be de-
tached, The fire was the quickest ever wit
messed in Denver. The ground floor of the
Academy was occupied By business houses
in which several men were sleeping at the
time of the fire, all of whom were rescued
by the firemen except Tim Enright, an Old
man. Enrlght retired at IL O'Clock Mon.
day night III an intoxicated condition and
was forgotten until too late
The cause of the IRE is at present I'm.
known As near us could be learned the
losses are as follows T. +. Hughes, on
Academy OF Music, $4,000, insurance
500 o. Rocky Mountain News $4,000. in
sursnce -, j0u. John hlnueavys saloon
5000 insurance 1000: Solomon, clothing,
LOCO, insurance 81, 90 La arus, tailor,
S5,uDJ, no insurance; GooIe block $1,000,
insurance $500; Joseph Meskero 5000,
no insurance; Nc lintoc block S2,jO.
smaller losses estimated at $1,000
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July : In mounted
contest with swords, here, Monday, Duncan
Ross charged SO violently against Captain
Mcguire, his antagonist, rs to throw the
latter from the saddle and render him in.
sensible for several minutes Mcguire hal
been successful i'll all his sword contests
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

CouoES, n. Y, July 7.-North's store
house, containing cotton, wool, and manu-
featured knit goods belonging TO numerous
manufacturers, including Parsons n Co,
and Sillman, Brooks a Co, was destroyed
by fire late Monday night. The loss reached
g., up no
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07
FATHER Is GE1TINGlWELL.

MY daughters say:
How much better father is since he used Hon
Bitters.n
a disease declared ineurable'
And we are glad that he used our Bitters. -
A LADY of Utica n. Y.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

IL accordance with recent act of con
gress, the president has nominated Fitz
John Porter TO be colonel in the army of
the United States from May ii, 1861.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

A mau in Richmond, Va, has built house
by most singular mode of industry. For
many years past he has picked up from the
streets one brick at a time, and year ago he
had accumulated a sufficient number of bricks
TO build him u small house i'll the suburbs. -.
Chicago Times.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

The seventeenth year old daughter of
Robert White. wealthy resident OF
Shrewsbury, N. j., eloped last week with
Charles Billings, brother of Billings, the
jockey.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

LEAGUE ball games Tuesday. resulted
Boston, .; Chicago, 6.-New York. 49,
Detroit. Philadelphia. s; ST. Louis,
l.--Kansas City 10; Washington. 4.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

-0h, Arthur, how happy would be a!"'
sith YOU on . quiet island in the dist.
ocean Have you any other wish, dear,
Ella "Oh. vs., DO get me a season tick
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

The republicans of the Sixth Illinois
district have renominated R r. Hit for
congress,
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

PARIS, July lie Paris confirms the an
nounctment OF the loss Of eight French
e. rye 10 boats in a storm on the Atlantic.
Fifty persons were drowned
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

THAT tired feeling" from which you
suffer so much, particularly in-the morn
ing, is entirely thrown off BY Hoods Sars-
aparrilla.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

For Indigestion, kidney
Compliant
And nervous debility | have just
Returned
From the south in fruitless search
for health. and find that your Bitters are
doing me more
Goodl Than anything else,
A month ago was extremely
"Emaciated
And scarcely able to walk Now | am
Gaining strength ! and Flesh r.
And hardly a day passes but what | am
c0mplimen'ed on my improved appear
ance. and it is all due to Hop
Ri,lersi j Wickliife johnson.
- HiimtHQt0R, U}
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

4 Swiss Paper, The Croix Blene. reports
that laiy OF Neufchatcl, who possessed
fields OF abSynthe which brought her IN an
income of 800 10 1909 francs, On learning
all the evils caused hy the consumption Of
this stimuant, has desistei from It's culti-
vaticn Democrats Monthly.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07
NPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE.

Notice i hereby given To all persons interested.
that the city council of the city Of Rock Island,
hay ing ordered that:
A sewer be and the same is hereby ordered 10 b
constructed along the following route: A fifteen
inch tile sewer beginning at Twenty third street
at or near the intersection of said sewer with the
centre line of Fifth avenue; thence east along the
centre Of said Fifth avenue as near as prICtlCa-
bic 10 the centre of Twenty fourth street: thence
south along the centre line of sixth avenue thence
west to allev running through block two t2D Of
Bailey II Boyle's second addition TO Rock Island
thence i twelve inch tile sewer extending sOuth
along said alley and the alleys through Mitchell a
Harpers addition 10 Rock Island and MiNtcr :
subdivision Of out-lot "A to the north line Of
Ninth avenue.
The ordinance for the same being on file in she
office of the city clerk, have applied to the county
cOnrt of Rock Island county. in the state of IL
noiS. for an assessment Of the costs of sa d i'm.
pruvement according to benefits: and an asses
ment thereof having been made and returned tn
sad court the final hCarin. thereon will be had AT
| the July term of said court commencing on the
,Jh day If July A. ID. 1856.
! All persons desiring may then and there ap-
| pear and make their defense.
| Dated at Rock Island, Illinois this End i ~ of
| July. 4. d 1855.
ALEXANDER STEEL.
:. II KtRR.
:. MATTISON.
Commissioners.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
HARDWARE

4 ARDWARE
Stewart b Montgomery. so -eca'd 4ver.ip
UNSMlTHS.
VI
Wolf, Chas- III Seventeenth street
NEWSPAPERS.
me Rock Island DAul AHaUe. un"if~-.,s. sv't .
s'mlhI 'SnndAy 'Sc"lt.dn in Argus rlu'r NJ.
CITY @''- i''.-i'.
lht MOCK Island WEEKLY ar.au-- rrH''.f.r
every Friday. 4 llua Ioh detar,rraur =r- ttrr.
ton with the Is ShliShIn-gr
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

The Japanese have 800 miles of rail
road in operation. They make their own
cars and build their own lines, bridges
and tunnels.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

Mr.. Talmage has missed but one Sun
day in the pulpit on account of ill-health
in the thirty years of his ministry.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07
Prosecute the Swirdlers.

II when YOU call for Hop Bitttrs tses grrsn olus'
Ter Of H0to The Cbjfs table, the druggist hands
out any stuff called &. D. Warmers German Hol
Biters or with other Hop name refuse it and
ehun that dTHgg-t as you would viper and if he
has taken your money fpr the stnn udtCt him fpl
the fraud and him for the damages for the
swindle and We will reward you literally for the
conviction
See L. :. Court njunct on against c n Wal.
uer, Reading, Michigan. and all his statesmen,
aserts, druggists, and other imitaturs
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

The capital of the Third National bank
al Cincinnati, 81, 100000, is mostly own
ed by women.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

President Porter. of Yale college,
takes a spin in a shell on Lake Whitney
several times a week
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

BY order OF the State Democratic CcntrI Com.
mittee. ALTEBD ORENpoRFF.
W. j. MIzE, Secretary Chairman
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07
CALL FOR DEMOCRATIC STATE
CONVENTION.
At Springfield. Illinois. Aug. ae, 1856.

HEADQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC STATE !
CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
SPRINGFIELD. H., June 10, 1886 )
The democrats of all the counties in the state
of Illinois are requested to send delegates to the
state democratic convention, which will be held
at Springfield, on
Thursday, August &c, 1886
ri IL O'Clock noon for the purpose OF nominating
one candidate for state Treasurer. one candidate
for State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
and to transact sncb other business may be
proper for its consideration.
The several counties in the state are entitled to
one delegate for every 400 votes east for cleveland
aud Hendricks in 1881, and one delegate for every
fraction thereof of 200 votes and over, follows
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

After breakfast at the Lowe we took a
volante and rode to the vale of Yumori
This strange vehicle, the volante, is almost
extinct 1t is not now used except i'll the
country 1t is an elongated chaise The
wheels are very heayy-siN feet high The
shafts are ten or fifteen feet long The
boiy swings on leather straps midway be
tween the horse and the wheels One horse
Is between the shafts, another hitched TO
the left side, with long traces, to an outside
whilietrea. Sometimes only the inside horse
is used, ridden by the postillion. When
second horse is used the rider rides this one
1t requires about an hour TO 60 to the val
ley i forgot TO say the horse in the shafts
pa este other gallops) The road led up
a roxy deiie, winding i'll and out between
them. 1t was originally excaSated out of
the solid limestone, but now is as rough
as the bed of mountain torrent, as it is,
in fact, during the rainy season Here the
wonderful comfort of the yolante is
experienced To ride in any other kind Of
carriage up this road would be torture,
while in this strange vehicle II is as easy as
a rocking chair, neither ruts or boulders
causing any unpleasant Jo.ting DR. f. NJ.
HaleS Havana Letter.
Method of Taking the French Census.
N. jacques Bertillun, head of the statist
icGl office IF the department of the Seine,
has marked ami adopted a suggestion made
not long ago in The Daily News In taking
the census the lists of questions which are to
be al ressed to the head, of families and to
independent bachelors and spinsters wiz
he left in open envelopes, and received
by the officials sent around to take
them when filed up in the same Gov
ers closed Those called on to reply need
not therefore be afra!t of disclosing their
personal concerns to prying eyes and gos-
siFing tongues at the porters lodge, 1t is
supposed that the next census returns will
show an increase within the last ave yeir5
of 30o, 0m souls in the population Of Paris,
notwithstanding the falling oil III the popu-
lation within tie last twelve months Paris
or London News
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07

EMr. Clevcland's portrait is shown in
the new "Almanack de Gotha.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07
Heavy Loss Caused by Fireworks.

NEW YORK, July IA fire broke out
Monday evening in the fancy goods store of
NJ. Strausky at 2293 Third avenue, Harlem,
and did 100000 damage A stock of fire.
works on the sidewalk in front of his store
were ignited by lighted bigar- butt care
lessly thrown among them and caused the
disaster. Two buildings were entirely des,
troyed and two more were Quilted
Justus Cooke occupied the greater part of
the burned buildings as private storehouse
for furniture Two hundred persons had
goods in storage with Cooke and the loss to
them will aggregate 100000 MIR. Cooke
estimates his personal loss at $50, 900.
Strausky will lose SO, 100, and the buildings
are damaged to the extent of 5000
Other occupants Of the building lose SO, 900.
Insurance covers nearly all the losses 1t
was rumored that a girl had been suffocated
within the building, but the report could
not be corroborated.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07
DON Us tliHtl ia 'H'l
TARRANT'S
.FEFFrrS.EET rEiTZEE

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ETERIEIT.
will cure Constipation
sick Headache aud Dys-
prpsia 1t regulates The
bowels aud enables tnusc
Of feeble digestion 10 en-
JOY their food ltrtduc-
e. fever, cools the blood.
is invaluable IMPLIES and
Intlalnlnatpry diseases,
and T. a Justly esteemed
Aperiout for children
Economical. reliable. ple-
giant. 4 should b- found
in every household.
Sofa BIZ Druggists eglry-
Ms bE Tarraut & Co,
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07
THE MOLINE SAVINGS BANK
Chartered by the lie gtsla'ur, of Ilitrcls.'
MOLINE ILLINOIS
Open daily from 3 A. N. to } T. NJ, and or Tue.
day and Saturday Eva aingE from h
u'C'Urk
'nteres sllevss OIL gspoc.is at the rate G.
4rer Cent. psr Anrum.
Deposits received liz amounts OF s.
end Upwards.

SECURITY AND ADVANTAGES
The private property Of the Trustees If rrfpn
-ibe to the depositors. The ofhcersare proht1'ie
from borrowing any ofits moneys. Minors ~
married wume,. protected by special law.
OFrIoERs IS. W, WHEEIook, Pre-. dent Jyr>
coon, Vice President; c. F. HEhEHWAI, ta'!'.i
TEJsTKEs:-S W, Wheelock, Porter SkharI
C. ". Lobdell, Nelson Chester, II " CsuG,.
7. Grantz, 4. S. Wright, c. F. Hemnwsy join
GOOD. J. NJ. Chrlsty c. II stoddsrd.
tF-Thc only chartered Savings Rank koF
Nl.nd County
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-07
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
A Few of the Mishaps Caused by the
Celebration.

DECATUR, Ills, July Quito unexpect-
eily there was a tragic ending to the cele-
bration Monday night While the commit
teeewas engaged in shooting off fireworks
sparks from the rockets set the exposed
works on fire, and there was frightful
explosion, causing a stampede among the
crowd, the flying rockets and mines injur-
ing score or more Of people, mostly boys.
Women had their burning clothes jerked
off them. Some were tramped under foot
by the fleeing men, and some were
slightly hurt by falls on street car
tracks Mrs Greene was run over
by a wagon; Earnest Catlin had his leg
burnt; Mrs Ed Gates had her arm and face
burnt Mrs W. W. Law was injured inter
nally; Burt Hamsher had his arm burnt and
broken at the elbow joint; Clarence Newell,
face burnt, nose and lip split, and right eye
seriously injured; he may lose his sight; al
Hiddock, shoulder and left arm burnt to
the hand; Mrs. f. C. Reese, arm injured;
joe Mausey, burnt on the neck.
People without number were hit in the
back, breast, and sides with rockets The
accident was all owing to carelessness in
placing the works on the platform with
out any covering, and within few feet
of where the rockets shot back their
sparks
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22

ne Arrnn gsmenss 1scing Made Sor Light
ang unrtholdh's ssntue with Elscsrtclts-
The Committee Presented with Co~tl,
Electrical Plant ana Appliances Nv ~
ward %. 0cn- Crowds DAILY Wishing He'd
1os's Bsland.
NEW YoRK. Oct l3.--The work Of lay.
Ing the foundation for the electrical plant
which Il 10 light the statue Of Liberty
was begun yesterday. The vault Ia The
northern angle Of the parapct has been
selected for the engine and boiler room.
The bomb-proof recess adjoining the
vault will be useful Tor the dynamo ma.
chimes and electric plant. A special
electrical machine and electric plant.
capable 81 operating twenty lamps Of q, 0OC
candle. power each, has been presented 10
the com mittee By President Edward n.
GofP OF the American Electric Manufact
unng Company. The dynamos are be.
Ing constructed specially for the lamps.
each one OF which has three times he
power OF the ordinary arc lights used
about the city. strongly insulated
cable will encasc the wires. which will
prevent the mass Of iron and bronze In
the statue from disturbing the current al
electricity. The lamps will be seliacs.n-
with duplex carbon burners. and sur.
rounded by globes Of either plain OF
ground glass.
The first plan Of the committee was L
have the lights inside OF the torch shin.
ing through lenses set In the bronze. Il
10 now decided 10 place eight Of the 5000
candle power lamps Al equal intervals on
the balcony that surrounds the torch, ID
the same fashion as those at Hell Gate.
II IL probable that rehectors will be
placed behind each lamp TO intensity the
light -Four Of these lamps with CON-
bined power OF $4,000 candles will be
visible from thirty 10 forty miles distant
The light will be the first seen BY ocean
steamers approaching New York
1t night. In addition to the eight
lights on the torch there will be lamps
Of equal power at the base OF
the pedestal. These lamps WILDE placed
behind the parapets, out Of view from
the water, for the purpose Of lighting
the outside Of the statue. Powerful re-
Electors will be used to throw the light
upon all Sides Of the statue so that II
will be brilliantly Illuminated from the
top Of the pedestal TO the torch. By OBJ
securing the lights ut the base Of the
pedestal. the outlines OF the statue will
be clearly visible on the darkest nights.
The iron case In the interior OF the pedes-
tai and the passage-way up through the
statue to the torch will be lighted BY
small incandescent lamps.
The cost OF the electric plant Il about
five or ten thousand dollars, which Is
presented by President Coz, with all the
lamps, wires and necessary apparatus.
The crowds OF visitors 70 Liberty Island
have increased 50 recently that the Judd
Field - unable 70 carry them all. The
committee have chartered the large side
wheel steamer Florence, which will begin
running to-day The Jud Field will leave
the wharf next to the barge Office on the
even hours and the Florence on the hall
hours
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THE town Of Passport, Me-. was visited
BY disastrous confagration on the 18TH.
II seems to have been virtually decided
to send Geronimo to Fort Marion, Fla.
GENERAL KAuLBARs left varna sud-
denly on the l4sh on . special train for
Rustchuk. but was recalled by dispatches
from st. Petersburg.
THE late Chief Justice Chase's remains
arrived At Cincinnati on the 18th, ana
were received with due honors.
IT Is reported that the King Of Abvs-
|.inia has ordered his vassals to prepare
for war.
THE steam barge Selah Chamberlain
sank In collision with the John Pridgeon,
|Jr.. on Sheboygan. wis, on the 18th.
THE Journal De 81. Petersb0urg de.
|nounces the manner In which the bui-
|garian elections were held.
LEWIS WEBSTER, twice convicted Of the
murderer Of Perry Harrington at Geneva,
To-. has been acquitted on third trial.
THE German Ambassador TO Russis has
| been summoned to varzin. where Prince
Bismarck Il staying
ADRIAN s. Hrwirr has agreed TO accept
Tsmmany's nomination for Mayor "a
i New York provided the balance Of the
ticket IL satisfactory 70 him.
AUSTRIAN official journals warn Bull
caria agains electi x Prince until the
Powers have agreed upon suitable per-
SON.
BAYARp PUTNAM. chief OF the United
Estates + geographical Survey, committed
suicide near North Adams. Mass. on the
i14th, by hanging.
l Az interview took place at London on
1.-THE 18th between the British Foreign Sec
Iretary and the Russian Ambassador 70
I0reat Britain.
| Two men entered wilmarth's Bank at
| Ashland, Wis, On the llth. compelled the
manager 10 20 into the vault ard then
robbed the bank OF $4,000.
| THE report that Prince Alexander bad
| stated his intention OF returning 70 Bull
| garia IL re-elected IL said 10 have been
pure invention.
| JAcoB WELLER & Co, wholesale peanut
| and pickle dealers, and Stats, Eiwards
Ia Co., both Of Ciscinnati, have failed on
account on the defalcation and flight Of
In. n. Doll. coniidenfial clerk Of the former
firm.
| the Cabinet meeting on the 14th was at-
tended Nv oil the members except Sccre-
ltary Manning. The Treasury Department
was representedlby Acting Secretary Fair
IchiId. The Miles Gercninlo complication
was again under consideration.
rAuxs s. Cooley. for many years .
book keeper for the Republic Iron Works
| q Pittsburgh. Pa. died OF consumption
| on che 18th while officers were on guard
lover the house IN VII ich be lay. His &c
counts were 5000 shost.