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Aezeaesusents hsye i,een mads by which
ehernss-Ts5xlaasxscEa vii BE- sb's %
~ - sssdes : complete snd perfect re-
~ = ~ pepcesdinzs Of shs Repub;icsn
ooaysn1iou y chicsso next wesk- 10
1cffen - De services u The Assoeissed
-, which VII be csnnasd To the
1uul1ns peoceedinxx- We shall have
aDGciai sspost u from I've to sea thousand
usdp saeh day, covering ths notable
eseAss. eurrsnf speculation. press esn-
msna. sonufp. etc. Especial ats~ntioa VII
. efvsn 70 me A,ings Of the Pscffc coAsi
6slssstsu. rbs whole sepdr., special ssd
Asooclsfsd Pres. " expected 70 reHeh .
naily avsrnrs Of twelve thousand words o.
npwsvda
~ secommoa.sc this large amount o.
1nA1fes, lhe editions Of Tuesday. wcdnes
~ and Thursday land Friday II the con
vacation should consinse In session NOR
{ shas two days1wiii be iH the quarto forra--
o1sht pegcs--ths precise duplicate In size
o. ~ regular sunday issus- Double the
uDnal number viii be printed, snd the
papn viii BIZ circulated widely over the
1sfritovy ard elsewhere.
IL shose notable editions advertisers win
! "A nrs opportunity. There win be space
Ioash for al ressenabis Aenasds. xof
~ eonnusl1sss N ~ psbiiessioa
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THE YAKIMA COUNTRY.


Substantial Advancement and Gen.
ersI Prosperity.
Mr. Fred r. Reed. OF North Yakima, aud
Mr. Campbell. OF the Wholesale grocery
firm Of Hall 4 Campbell, Of Tacoma. nre
In the city. Mr.. Reed Is one OF the most
energstic men IN North Yakima. and Il
doing good work In securing emigration
for that country. Several heavy capitalists
have recently purchased real estate Ia
North Yakima aud property Is on the adj
vance. In fact. good, substantial boom
Is expected there a little later Ia the
season.
SEVERAL FINE BRICK BLOCKS
Are 10 course Of construction and general
business Is In prosperous condition. Mr..
coagdon, Of ST. Paul, one Of the principal
stock holders In the sunnyside Ditch Com
pafiy. has just returned from California
with an experienced irrigatiag engineer
and the surveys Of xafious bitches will bt
commenced nj once This i the most ex.
tensiye irrlgating scheme ever undertaken
In the Pacific Northwest and involves the
expenditure al large amount OF capital
The projectors OF the scheme are moueyed
men and have entirc confidence In the en-
terprise. They have purchased cxtensiv.
tracts OF government and railroad land.
Mr. Reed said. I'VE were
ROUND To HAys IRRIGATION.
sooner or later. bat an enterprise Of that
character requires 80 much capital that the
matter has been delayed until capitalists
could I've shown the natural richness OF the
country and what IL would do when water
Was put on II. This enterprise means thai
Yakima csunty Is 10 be the garden fer the
whole northwest, including your cities on
the sound. The SEASONS there are earlier
and the soil the richest ON the continent
once we get water on IL. The prosperity
and Advancement 81 that country win also
contribute largely 10 the prosperity OF the
sound, and tell You we are going ahead
with a whoop this year
To ADVERTISE RAsr.
Later In the season Mr Reed will star,
east with a private ear loaded with the pro
ducts Of the Yakima country and efnigra-
tion literature. He viii make thorough
tour Of the middle and western states. aud
as he Is emineuiiy qualified fer the work.
will doubtless accomplish great deal in
securing emigration to the territory In
general and 10 Yakima county In rarticu.
lar. lie will also disseminate literature
and information concerning seattle II those
Interested viii suppiy hi,n with the matter.
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: positive ae1i0n Of ~ California
4 ~ ltelenska delegations 10 the Chi
go eonvsntion and the expressions
4 Individual delegates from nearly
6yery state In the union, demonstrate
: disposition 10 urge Mr.. Blaine to
accept The nomination in spite Of his
repested destinations. The develop
meats Of the past few weeks. since the
Blorence letter was written, all point
directly 70 Blaine. He. above ali
Others, stands for the great principles
with which issue Is taken by the Dem
ocratic party, and upon which the
nght IL 70 be made. No other man so
fully represents the principle Of pro-
tectIon Of American industry. No
other man so fully represents sound
American policy In dealing with other
nations. In short. no other man so
fully represents the spirit Of the Amer
lean people In It's social. political and
business phases And. abovc all, no
other man 50 fully represents the Re
publican party. Great principles upon
which the highest good OF many mil
lions depend. have the moral right TO
command the service OF whatever man
can best promote them. no matter at
what cost 10 himself. In peace as in
war no man has the right to decline
I service that calls out for him.
and for him above all others. The
people need the service Of Blaine, and
he ought not to fail to answer its
urgent call. In our judgment he viii
not, cannot decline 10 do what his fel-
low conntrymcn and his party cont
mand him TO do.
Blaine Il the man for the present
national emergency. just az were Lin
coin and Grant in 1854. lie ought to
be nominated by voice 80 emphatic
that Il would come to him with all the
force OF absolute duty. such com
mand could not and would not be
declined.
This Is time. when the party needs
it, leader. But II in the Judgment OF
the convention Mr.. Blaine ought 10 lie
allowed to remain In the ranks. then
the best thing 10 do is to look among
the other leaders Of the party for n
candidate. Availability at this time
means a positive and strong man. II
Il not time to seek 10 attract Demo
cratic votes by weak or uncertain
candidate. What Is wanted Is q man
who win stand wholly and solely for
Republican principles and Republican
policy and whose name will arouse
Republican enthusiasm. Such man
Is John sherman. Such man il vii
liam II. Allison. Such man Is Gov
ernor Alger, Such a man Is Joseph Il
Hawlcy. OF these great names. Per,
haps, that Of sherman and Allison arr
the highest, the former especially
standing for the nobility and arhiey
ment Of the party as does the latter for
its intelligence and its manly and pre-
eressivc spirit
We want no negative man--no mar
whose record has 10 be hunted up n,
man who Is assumed Ia stand for tbs
or that Republican principle simp,,
because he has affiliated with the Re
publican party. We want no man VIII,
Il not now. and who has not hecn IL
the past. IN the front rank Of resitiv,
and aggressive party leaders.
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A.ter you hsvs bs-s.snsi for one or NOR.
lsss. shosld Jos. tsr rough sies hes or accident.
o7cssos pressed for m,a~y. yon have oriy 10
prseenf jour CHEEKS AZ the bash add shsy VII
~ eashed cn tue spot for thsir ian face va!us'
Yea ere, Therefore. b. the option snl >, vi
iesss &c easr. lnsnssi against accident. You
are ynur Usascsrr AID banker, asd Il sk- ssus
tine 40 avner Of v4iSsh,e property.
81 I'D yon - any iise. however. rra sent
the eaeeks 81 bzas sr~paym-af thss 81, b.
in3etiste's hanofrs aud for ssrasd . "a ao1
Sea .eeseey aansI sli Eishts VI purchase 4 tn
sad lad
We fser = % IA Opportunity sud advise
you 70 bay COW boat Usi, Tor iire and reg.
,isroee TO sfesa yoa the opportunity Ct sa,iss
] cssssd Laws tsosh' eaeh xbd sseh : los : lev
sa,3lhs ago fos % mach o. cd nss {. IL vcssa %
1uh.
hste " - rc,.ss>. nc tcrfer hew ssnsn ea-n
> Eas b "a. @ss year essnes sacps Lsforr sss
el.oa and bcte els f-Vss he asvxzc..
benae S-tss1s-l fs,issss ara hsa cisx for
seafsse.
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v1th AsAitAy grevtA.
6enersi eezamsrce = fr stale 81 substantial
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srICE OF I.IfE.

Tcachsr- VIVA, Is the plural ~ child
hey promptly Twins - Town Topics.
Strawberries are always quoted at 50
much per box" This II we'll The box
should no; be osoricoked.- Burlington Free
fiess.
Miss Bsaidun Is just bringing out a novel
entitled 'fhe Fatal Three" Wonder II the
scene is laid in front OF a pawnshop.--
iuYorn biude.
That Tennessee clergyman who Inherited
a fortune 81 SS.oOo,os1 now asserts that the
stury OF Dives Is an Interpolation. -
HarsAa's .taesar.t Hssuld.
Stranges=whst is this Ink. pens and
parer--onc thalcrl What writing have you
had 10 do for mes iandiorsi-why. the
hill'-- f7ssqea1s Biaissr.
Woman Ito irampl-"After you've EFT
that pic will you saw little woods''
Tramp seying the pie Yes. ma am II IN
aiiyef - TtTf< stfssays.
Mife--Jehn. do you know II the Rev. pr
Jones church will he open next sunday
Husband lahseus mindesil~-Scs the tide
,ioar viii. Nee iors saR
man In a town not q thousand miles
from Hanger Il trying the experiment, Of
drafting apple sigs into pine tree. Tie
wants u raise pine aPples.-iasg0r c0ss-
a4fnrt3l
Country bride lin uptown hoteil--wkst
The matter with the lciiUce, John. Groom
Tvs no has delayed Is With oil aud sugar.
saiafas wrsng with the dinrei yenega-.
--S0ss fsrt Sas.
MIA punch makers are men who belong
10 the shakers. Champagne drinkers are
oeakcrs in the mArainx- hapttsts want
waier straight Nesltodls's take a sprink
Ting ~ iy.-~Nte pfl1aas fiedvsas.
- -
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Nsw ApysnrusssESrs.
M. ]. B. PlLklNGT0N.

STRaEON, OCUIIST AND MEDICAL
- sssseississ. ~ pssvyiant. Will ~ AZ the
Neslagnsal h,7irl. Seattle. ali DAY TUESDAY
anal "Wednesday. jane 18th AMI .esh. AZ
cAfgs = siisaaSe viii ~ gwen sf-cVlsl cS-
ans aAssea frye bs applying csriy On those
DAYS pycr go c&~eS 81 rs~ctal Iifs'asc.
s,ieh a. f,ils-s. as~ssrVs, hstglas and ryetSi
nisvE1 essSsf IL past tkirty ;z.oaths sstAesi
nues using katie az hEsiars eutscraus
kssx eSss4i,fv reteresss-cs given. teirdA II
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how TO BUY LAND.
CerslAea Checks. Payable NJ sigh
On rhe Puget seuaA y asiOuai
Bank a:svea ~ Security
for uoasv IavssssA.

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.ira-. sna tscaniax property sUners acd land
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IA is1r ~ eat xa7 S-e ~:;h;r. a I'd II II sac
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TAI ~ sozs Of szct AID eve subs<sant pay.
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IMPORTANT TO INVESTORS


CEAfED EDS wfIl. RE RECEIVED Up
- - Els~on or sssarssas. gszfe Is. al ire
cfssre 81 IL ste8nfnass. fssr The haihalng ..
a wharf ~ Sssrt2s scxtfis ~ the Ei-ess-
sapySr Nil Company. fta,zs ss1 s.-Si5-
ezrisssss 2~c IN & X ard sa8 Il. seen ~ TIE
oHscs - H. sseln1aa en- aud kiter v s,.res
..s- LIZ. Il. ~ i4ls
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ZION - he va. however, Frederick 3
f1me Il ma withous the lussfc 81 mill
tsry glory He sas general Of nn-
questioned rneSit- Ineieed, his highly
developed military talent Is the oaly
thing IN his character which identifies
him With The Hohenzoi5erns. 0ther-
wise be differed from the type Of his
race - Hampton differed from crons-
veil, asJ.afaystse from the great Ss-
poIecn. His fathers wefe stern, vas-
Ike, ss1ressive, be vas mid. pease-
fui. conriliatory. Yet be vas no less q
so1dier tlsan they. None Of the Ho-
henxo;Ierns. save the great Frederick
alone. won such glory with the sword
- did the ycnns prinee who saved the
day ii sassowa, and LED the soldiers Of
the fatherland 20 victory On tbs field
|-os woerfh. Fresersek. the .sUnser
Fritz OK twenty years ago, was every
inch soldier. He was the best ard
aidcst Of the group Of generals who
fought by the side 81 Won Molfke in
his great campaigns. and his Hohen-
rollern ancestors can welcome him as
one who has added 10 the wariike
glory Of their race.
The German people viii long renlem-
ber william I with pride and rever-
eBce. Their sorrow for Frederick III
win be Of short duration. and his
memory win never be to them As is
the memory Of his father. YET Fred
erick ~ss the better man Of the two
better morally and better intellect
uaIiy. He vas the greater man. He
felt the spirit OF the age and would
have joined In the great march Of pro-
gress instead Of vainiy endeavoring to
| stay the advance. He was the better
soldier. A comparison Of the two
monarchs win show the superiority Of
Frederick in every respect.
lie was n brave, honorable. generous
man. and be was every inch king.
May be find in death the peace which
I IN life he loved so well.
The city council heard arguments
for and against the proposition 70
destroy Front street, last night in the
interest OF q street railway company
and then laid the matter over for two
weeks. II would have been wiser and
q every way better to have voted the
pfoppsition down q; once. Every
msmber Of the council knows or ought
- know that the proposed road would
b Of no advantage TO the public and
that IL would be serious damage 70
Front street. The delay was shrewdly
managed by the promoters OF the job
who hope In two weeks TO work up
enough votes 10 carry 1t through.
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FURNISHED ROOMS.

DAgTzEs WAITING FURNISHED Rnoxs
/ cxn b. accommodated hy calling AZ
tie .s-TSA House. N2rxsail Bsork. corner
CcsaEerrEal za4 waxhinxsa1 streets.
Everything new aszd css.n, Ereprscf
Aashzsnx. with Al xuu<trrn tEprssxe msnss,
rcsufnsS ~ GsesaH strictly astxatesi ia
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MONEY TO LOAN. IN SUMS TO SUIT.
WI upon improved city and farm prop.
cry al lowest rates. No delay in closing
loans. L. BoWDES. Jog Columbia street
is..s2w
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REMOVAL Prof aud NINE Wiadsoe
have removed ihels archaeological ceusGi
istion nsans frofa keuroa Block. fnsn
strcrt, to the Ariiaglna ho;ef
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rHRENoLosN.


Fref arss Nrse. Niadsor hssr rrr.nxpss
tse.F chronological consultation rssssas
fraaa ksayau hcrE. Frstt ssrest, t<. he
AFi.Exfsa hstel
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LOST AND FOUND
AISCELLANEOUS

SpaRRfSG LEs~oSs.--wANTED, FEW
- pupils in srarring or fencing, by gen
slemaa " he has had ten years experience.
Address ". +. J.. care letter carrier No. I.
w ANrEn. PARTNER WITH saoee TO
w ysin advertiser in manufacturing
business, Immense profits: no limit 10 the
demand fer the cossds, exclusive nlonop-
ely secured BY patent Advertiser VIII put
IN 5 Ike sim Of money. seattle alone Inn
ports over tse surth of thesc goods daily,
whieh cSn tc msde here for less than 80
Investigate this VI. II. NEkiSGroS.
Hotel Brunswick i@i5 81
WANTED SMALL BOYS TO BRING To
w this ofisce all et tAc SET, eottOn RAGS
: they can End STA cents per pound viii he
paid f0r sane. ielsf
nNlSG AND CfEANfNs--IF YOU
~ want ystuf old c'sF,hes etcses'=i or avei
s0d mA5e Ike sew, - a. J. Rremoass
Dye Negse, Els Main strect, Seattle. salts
isrss90 guaranteed Az wosk done.
MONEY 10 inAS-oS LIVE STOCK.
vi hotiss hold furniture. Fserchsnt.iSs. etc
~ prrsasai aste. COMPTON, StLIER &
ca. 3a.ses strs-st. cysss1ssiie Occidental ssr-t
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At the Race Track, Saturday
Sunday, June 18th and l7tA.

At great expense the San Francisco club
have been prevailed upon to visit Seattle
aud play three games OF ball prior 20 their
departure for a tour of the Eastern States
Viii the Seattle public take due notice of
this and support the seattle Browns In
their efforts TO encourage this move on
their part, which Indirectly adyertises the
city and results 10 its benefit.
Special trains win leave the Columbia
and Puget sound depot on the days of the
games at 30. 100, $50, 500, 30
Game at $50 leo
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Il i he intention q
The maaagsmsnt Of the
jackson and I'm streets
Cable Road 70 have same
completed and N opera
ton BY August lst next.
| The completion Of this
limo win double and
treble the value Of prop
erty in the vicinity Of
both jackson and Mill
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100000 Shingles faf Sale,

AZ Maanlnr's Wharf. In NossA >sstt
icssf WI AMES & co.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-05-17

AT a meeting of the delegates of the 10th Con.
gressionai District of Va, held at Lexington
Frazier, as chairman of the district Committee
called the meeting to order. and appointed
Judge j. 7 Patton temporary chairman. Or
committees: Credential. S NJ. Yost, H. P. Hig.
gins M. Holler and ]. j. Moore. On resolu-
tions, Henry Mil er, J. W. q. Bryant, j. Ran
tzation. J. q. Cochran, J. w. Slower, W. r
Watkins and Il. l.. Williams.
The committee on credentials repor ed the
following delegates present:
observation-disclosures A. Frazier, James r. Nc
Cormick, ]. ]. Moore. 8 M. Hileman, H. b
Teton. W. q. watson and ii. r. Higgins.
From Augusta-Jaco5 Yost J. Z. Cochran. j
H. Parkins, z. G. Henderson and M. Holler.
From Amherst-J. F. Wilson, Albert Berry
From Highland-Hon. Jacob Yost.
From BaIh-S. H. McCray.
From Nelson-J r. stephenson.
From Staunton-D T.. Bohan and 8. M, Yo It,
Report adopted.
On organ,zation-Judge ]. 4. Patton perma-
nent chairman, and Jno. H. Parkins, ecretary.
and elected delegates to the Chicago Conven-
ton Hon. James A. Frazier, of Kockbridge,
and Henry Williams, of Augusta. with j. F;
Wilson, OF Amherst, and j. W. G. Bryant, oil
Allegheny, as alternates.
The committee on resolutions reported the
following which were unanimously adopted
district of Va assembled in delegated conven-
ton at Lexington, Va, May 10th, 1888. hereby
publican party as embraced in the platform of
the party, adopted at Chicago in 1884. second,
that they owe primary allegiance to the Law as
laid down by the National Convention and
formulated in the call issued by the National
Committee in December, 1887, for the. National
Convention to assemble in Chicago. June. 1888.
Thai call provides that each Congressional
district in the United states shall elect its del
egates to the National Convention in the same
way as the nomination of q member of Con-
gress is made in said district In obedience TO
this mandatory provision. the Republicans of
elect two delegates and two slternates 10 rep
resent the district in the National Convention
They pledge themselves to an earnest and &C
tive support OF the nominees of the Chicago
Convention, having full confidence in the in
tegrity and wisdom of that great representa-
tive body. They hereby declare against The
amt rule. On motion the mt citing c'iourned,
j. r. PATTON, Perm anent Chairman.
JNO. 81. PARKINS Secretary.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-05-17

A Dispatch from Denver, Col, dated the
l4th. says News has reachsd here that
the '"Thurdel bolt" on the San.e Fe
RtilrOad c0lIded with Il freight train near
Fountain this morning at 6 o'clock. A
Car of powder in the freight exploded
completely wrecking both trains. Later
advices from Fountain state that train
No. 7, known as the "Thunderbolt'' ar
rived at Fountain at 2:4l Il. NJ and had
only been standing II few minutes when a
cab0Ose and some cars. the brakes Of which
had got loose III some way. ran dow n from
side track and struck the train with ter
rifle force. One car was loaded With
naptha. which exploded, throwing the oil
over everything and setting the train on
fire. The trainmen showed the uninjur, d
cars back from the wreck and were irving
TO save the depot when it was discovered
that two cars were standing on the main
track that were not wrecked. The nearest
one was burning and was tagged "pow.
der.''
Shortly afterward the car exploded, COM
pletely demoishing the depot, three dwell.
ings and number of cars. Three persons,
one woman and two men, were killed by
the explosion, and some twelve or fifteen
persons were wounded, but none very
seriously. There is hole in the ground
where the car stood about 80 feet in diane
ter and Is feet deep Two cars were
burned, and sixteen, together with the
locomotive. were more or less wrecked.
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Flood ON the Mississippi.

A dispatch from St. Louis, dated the
18th, says: The Mississippi River con-
tinues to rise, and the highwater mark of
1881 has been passed atseveral points. At
Hannibal. Mo-. the guage read 10 feet 10
inches last night. The break in the Shy
levee at Turkeys Foot caused a flooding
of territ DRY of about miles square, hut
did not inundate the whole of the Sny
bottoms.
The lumber business is practically at a
standstill as all the yards are flooded. The
railroads are continuing traffic with diff
fculty. all the tracks being partially sub
merged.
Three bad breaks are reported in the
Indian Grove levee, few miles north of
Quincy, Ill. The largest crevasse at Turtle
Island is more than one hundred feet wide.
The damage to homes and promising
wheat and corn crops in the low lands is
enormous. The dyke below Rock Island
broke OF 10 O'Clock last night, and the
low lands were quickly inundated discom-
modi1g about three hundred families.
Business is entirely suspended along the
leyee front. Alexandria, Mo-. can be
reached only by boats.
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Cen. Joseph Fjfer.

We briefly referred last week to the
nomination for Governor of Illinois by the
Republican Convention of that State of
Hon. Jos. Fifer. and that he was from
near Stanton. Since then we have seen
a biographical sketch of Gen. Fifer, and
also met with Gen. John e. Roller, of
Rockingham, who made his acquaintance
in Bloomington. H., some years ago. Mr..
Flfer was born near Buffalo Gap, in this
C ,untv, but at an early age his father re-
moved to Illinois. When II years old he
volunteered in the Union army, was
wounded several times during the war;
and came out of it with the rank of colo
mel, bearing distinguished name for gal
lantry and daring. BY his unaided efforts
he obtained college education, working
on the farm and at trade during vacation
to pay his expenses during the session.
After leaving college he studied law. and
after he was licensed to practice soon ad-
vanced to the front rank of his profession
learning. and high character brought him
into prominence IN professional and pOlit-
ical circles, and it was the natural Sc
quence of his successful career that he
should be crowned with the high honor Of
being the Republican nominee for Gov.
ernor, over distinguished and popular com
petitors. He led on each of the four bal
lots taken between him and three or four
other candidates, and on the 4th ballot g
ceived three fourths of the ballots cast,
followed by unanimous nomination.
Gen. Roller speaks of Gen. Flfer as
gentleman of IT tinement and culture, and
a lawyer of research, ability and great
popularity.
He is one of the many prominent men
in the country who can claim old Augusta.
as their birth place. and of whom the
county ana the State should feel proud. The
high distinction he has reached entities
him to the congratulatlon of the people
of his native State.