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The Portland daily press., 1888-12-08
KAW CITY LAND CO.,
OF
Kansas City, Mo.

The following correspondence will be found in
teresting TO those investigating the claims of this
Company, and it speaks so forciby that comment
is unnecessary.
NEW ENGLAND OFFICE AND FACTORY OF THE
METEOR DESPATCH COMPANY, 227 TO 233 Cam
bridge st. BOSTON. October rs, 1888.
MR.. I. I'll EDWARDS, Chairman of Board of AS
SCISSORS, Kansas City, Mo.
Dear Sir,-I understand that the Kaw City Land
Company owns 2,6 acres of land in Sections and
3, Township AZ, Range SO, Jackson County, Mo.
Can you tell ue whether the land is elevated, how
far 1t is from railroads, how far from the Kansas
City post-ofice, and whether IL is cheap at $3.50
per front foot? An early reply will very greatly
oblige yours respectfully JOHN L. GIVEN.
CITY OF KANSAS. OFFICE OF CITY ASSESSOR,
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, November 8, 1888.
JOHN L. GIVEN:
Dear Sir,-In reply TO your lett en- of the 25th Oc-
tober, relating TO the Kaw CT y Land Company,
would say that their lands are as elevated as any
about ansas City. They are in the southern sub,
urbs, six and half miles from the post-ofce,
and three TO five minutes walk from three rail-
roads. consider the land worth $1,000 to $3.50
per acre IN It's present condition. Yours, etc.,
THOMAS Ii. EDWARDS, City Assessor.
The stock OF this Company offers the most desr-
able investment now upon the market The valua-
lion placed upon the land by Mr.. Edwards is equal
TO SO per front foot and is more than double what it
cost the Company; and more recent developments
nave added grea ~ TO the strength and value Of
the enterprise. Full info maticn relative thereto
viii be furnished upon application in person, or by
mail, at the Eastern offices OF the Company,
f13 Devonshire ST., Boston.
oct27 eod3m&eow6tnrm1
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european Markets

By Telegraph
LIVkRPJOI.,. Dec. THE Cotton Market
quiet with a moderate inquiry; American 6Isa I;
sales 10000 bar. s; s ~ ulation ana ext ort 1000
bales; receipts 1000 bales
LIVERPOOL, Dee Y l88S-luotatinns- VIM
ter at IS; Spring wheat at IS Id; G ub Wheat at
IS t11add7s ll1ad. Corn-mIxed Western As sd
Peas al bs Id Provisions, Sc ,-Pors prime Eas-
and 46s Sd for long clear. Che sse SIS. Lard AS
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
PORTLAND WHuLEsALE MARKET.

TONILANDs DEC 1885.
There is but little change to note in the business
situation, and the demand for general merchan-
disc is good. Flour continues dun and steady at
quotations. The market for Corn Is weak, in buy
ers favor and about &c lower Meal is also easier
Pork products unchanged. Sugar is steady and
firmly held at 7Ac for graduated and TIA for
Extra C. Poultry Is easy only a moderate
demand. Cheese is hrmer, without quotable
change In prices. At Liverpool, Cheese has ac-
vanced TO 58s. fla.aae $500 .s.ff sli4- ~ 4
rhe following are to-day's closing quotations Of
nra.n prnvfaians
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Domestic Ports,

PORT BLAKELY- Sid Both, ship Theobald,
Collins. Melbourne.
SAN FRANCISCo-Ar 18th, ship Iceberg. Treat,
New York.
APALACHICOLA--Cld 9th, sch Scotia, shearer
Baltimore.
MOBILE-Cld 9Th, sch Ariadne. Colbp, Matan-
zas.
FERNANDINA-Ar 9Th, brig Kaluna, Blake,
Cardenas.
CHARLESTON-Ar 9Th, schs Arthur Wood
ruff, Tatner, Baracoa; Franklin Woodruff, Bios
som, do
ington, Drinkwater, Providence.
GEORGETOWN, DC-Ar 9Th, sch Eva May.
McDuffy, New York.
BALTiMoRE-Ar 9th, sch Benz f Poole, Charl-
son, Providence.
CID 5th ship Portland Llcyds, Russey, for San
Francisco; sch VIM A Marburg, Haskell, Port
land.
CID 9th, sch G Dun, Crowell, Boston, (and
sailed)
Sid 9Th. ship Portland Lloyds.
PHILADELPHIA Ar 9th, barque Mary q
Reed, Warren, Bahia.
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LIVERPOOL, ENG, Steamship Vancouver
ms cheese 623, 400 do bacon $500 do potash
30, 100 do oil cake 10000 60 copper ore f5'5OO
do poultry 2s, 400 do lard 16 pckgs leather 81 ed
boots and shoes rs bbs pork =" VI
BUENOS AYRES. Bark NJ & E Cann-76s 7e7
ft lumber zoo cs fnnan haddies,
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POLICIES, Protected by the
Popular Maine Non-Forfeiture
Law issued only by the OLD UN-
ION MUTU AL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY, of Portland, Maine.
aug11 sOdtf
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Diseases Of Women, Female Weakness Debility all
Diseases of the Eye and Ear

POLICIES Protected by the
Popular Maine Non-F Forfeiture
Law issued only by the OLD IN
ION MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY, of Portland, Maine.
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National Traders Bank.

THE shareholders of the National Traders
Il Bank. of Portland, are hereby notified that
their annual meeting will be held attheir banking
room on TUESDAY, the eighth day of january
next at ! O'Clock a. M, to choose five Directors
for the ensuing year and to act on any other bust
ness that may legally come before them.
dec7dtd EDWARD GOULD, Cashier
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The Bull Dog and Young

Young Featherly on the way home from seeing
his best girl, encountered bull dog and sat on a
ant cold was speedily cured by Adamson's Botan
Cough Balsam however, aDd he is again around.
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POLICIES Protected by the
Popular Maine Non-Forfeiture
Law issued only by the OLD UN-
ION MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY, of Portland, Maine.
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Manson G. Larrabee
&c cos.
DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT.

In this department We offer the fel.
lowing bargains, which cannot fall to
attract attention and cause the closest
buyers to stop and consider.
Our Turkey Red Damask which has
been considered more than reasonable,
at rs, so. SO, 40 and 80 cents, during
these ten days clearance sale will be
marked at SO, so, 81 l-2, 83 and % CTS.
per yard.
N. B.CThe so cent quality Is an i'm
ported Damask, and was bought ut im
p0rters' price, which we shall put en-
our e0Hnter for the next ten days at
THIS VERY LOW FIGURE.
In our White, Cream and Brown DAM
ask we had defled competition, but the
prices mentioned In our 10 DAYS SALE
must cause the deaf TO hear.
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PORTLAND Dec. 8, 1888.
Receipts by Maine Central RairOad-FOr Port
land LOT cars miscellaneous merchandise flor con.
Meeting roads cars Ill miscellaneous fnerchah-
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NOTICE ~ HERERY GIVEN that the
IN subscriber has been duly appointed Exec
utOr of the viii of
DAVID WYMAN, late OF Cumberland,
In the County of Cumberland, deceased, and
has taken upon himself that trust by
giving bonds as the Law directs. All persons
having demands upon the estate of said deceased,
are required TO exhibit the same and all persons
indebted TO said estate are called upon to make
payment to
E.Du1L Eslm FREEMAN, Executor
Cumberland, Nov. 2Sth, 1888.
1d1awS3ws
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MARINE NEWS
PORT OF PORTLAND.

E@ADa IL DCC.
Arrived.
Steamship Acadia, (Br) Mylieus, SYDNEY. CIR
coal to II & A Allan. - 49,
Steamer Cumberland. Thompson, st John. NIB
Sch Cassie T Bronson, Bennett, Baltimore coal
to Me Cent RR
sch White Foam. oloudman. Lamoiue-ish oil
Sch Z q Willard. Rockland for New YORK.
Sch z w Dexter, Hamilton, Calais for Boston,
Sch Louise Hastings, Bangor for Boston.
Sch Mayfiower, Nutter Steuben for Boston.
Cleared.
, Bargue M q Cam, Foote, Buenos Ayres-w &
Sen Belle HARDLY, studley, Philadelphia-N
Sch Wild Rose. Stanley fremont u Blake.
sch Regulator, Gray. Castine-J II Blake.
Sch st Leon. Perkins. Penobscot-J IA Blake
Sch Annie Kimbal, Kimball, Boothbay-J H
Blake. .
sAILED-sch J Willard
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
WISCASSET, Dec e-sld, brig jennie Hubert
Morang, Charleston.
Dec Tar, sch Pearl, Barter, fer Boston; sloop
Stephed Orr, Jewett, Boston.
FROM MERoHANTs' EXCHANGE.
Ar At Bombay 4th inst, ship Danl Tenney, VIII
SID I'm Glasgow 9th inst. sch Morris W Child
Ar az Buencs Ayres Nov 8, Darque olive Thur
Sid FIN San Andreas Nov 8. sch Relief, for Blue.
fields.
Ar at Aspinwall 9th inst Sibley, Hichborn.
Boston, 10 DAYS. '
Cid at Caibarien Nov %, sch Seth M Todd .Clarl,
Cedar Keys. TO load for New York
Notice to Mariners.
OFFICE OF U. s. LIGHT House INsPECToR,l
First District,
Portland, Me, Dec z, 1885,
Notice is hereby given that the Buoys in The
st Croix and Pembroke rivers have been removed
for the winter season.
BY order Of the L. II. Board,
GEO. w. COFFIN
Commander, U. s. N,
Inspector LIST l.. H. Dist
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Memoranda.

Barque Samuel b Hale, Haven, at Boston from
BueDos Ayres, reports, Nov 28, had hurricane
lasting forty eight hours. Was hove 10 under bare
poles; during which pitched and rolled heavily.
ana shlpped much water Lost maintopsail.
York. was capsizedI off Hatteras Nov 18th. and
the steward and two men lost. The captain and
three men were taken off four days later in a
starving condition. See general news columns,
Provincerown, Dec 6-Brig Mary Mariner.
Wharton, from Philadelphia for Portland, touched
into this port.
Lewes. Dec 6-Capt Dow. of barque Edw Cnsb-
ing: from Apalachicola, died of Chagres fever
to day.
savannah, Dec 6-Sch Cassie Jameson, Collins.
from Woods Hol has arrived here damaged and
leaking,
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Portland Daily Press Stock List.
Corrected by SWAN q BARRETT, Bank ers and
Brokers, 1856 Middle street.

STOCKS.
Descriptions. Par Value, Bid. Asked
Canal National Bank. LOO 1853 I65
Oasco Nat. Bank. ............lo0 l42 IA
First National Bank ........lOO 10 l13
cumberland National Bank. 40 40 go
Merchants National Rank. rs 100 l2l
National Traders Bank. ....IOO 1872 1874
rorliano Company........... A6 100
Portland Gas Compang...... so so or
BONDS.
state OF Maine SO, due 1889 ..Iolh IO2
Portland City IS, Municip'l varlouslOO lis
Portland City IS, K. X. aid 1907. ..l22 l25
Portland City Funding 4s.......lOlH lO2h
Bath City IS, Nun. various. ..,1O2 lO6
Bath City IS r. r. aid various. lOS
Bangor City IS. long X. r. aid. Lis Il8
Bangor City IS, long Num-. ...l2O l22
Belfast City 6s, r. 4. aid,... lo4 100
And. Ken. r. r. 6s, various. lO21a lOS1S
Portland & Ken. r. r. IS, 1895. IC8 Ito
Leeds " Farming'm Il. II. 6s.....1C8M llOA
Maine Central r. r. LIST mtg rs. lie I2l
Maine Central Il. II. Ccusol 7s...l3l I33
Maine Central r. r. Sky Fund IS. IO6 lO6
Portland Water 90. es,due ls9I..lo3 lO4
1S99..1l0 liz
as 1927. 95 81
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California Mining Stocks.

kBy IeIegraph.)
SAN FRANCISCAN. Dec. 7. I8Ss-The follow
ing are closing official quotations of mining stocks
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WIT AND WISDOM.

ION" cried Mrs. Marin, as she and her hus-
bandleft the political meeting and were jostled
seveely by the crowd. Glow you can enjoy such
pushing and pulling don't know. You're just
IKEA man!n
',0uchi" calculated Mr.. Marin, who had been
ndneed TO go present hunting with his wife, and
was struggling TO keep by her side In the surging
appropriately termed the ''third Sex" what
peasu you can get out Of this hnstling and haul
ing can't see. You're Just like a womanp'--
Harper's Magazine.
u you are nervous or dyspeptlc try
carriers Little Nerve Pills. Dyspepsia makes
you nervous, and nervousness makes you dys-
peptic; either one renders you miserable, and
these little pills cure both.
AFTEB THANKSGIVING.
I'm the last turkey gobbler left wandering alone.
Not one OF my kindred is left as my STAY
ror All were deyoured on Thanksgiving day.
They have left me lone one, to pine as l 90.
AS thlnk OF my lost ones my hearts filled with
woe. ~
sigh for my sweetheart. so blthesome, so cav
ohe' too' was devoured On Thanksgiving day.
Though soon may follow tits little TO me.
Eor all OF MY joints are as stiff as can he
Urine Twill be said, know well enough
nc vas Old as Methus'lah, and wrelchedy
tough"
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-08

Railroad Receipts.

sYDNEY,CB; Steamship Acadian-1ooS tons
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The WIsest Gift.

TIC WfseSt CNts !"
II bought my wife a velvet SACK
Thus proudly boosted Mr.. Brown
shell BE-, with that upon her back,
The best-dressed dame in town."
But velvet sack or diamond ring
Can bring no balm to suffering wife.
Favorite Prescription is the thing
To save her precious life.
The great and sovereign remedy, known the
world over, for all female troubles, inflammation,
cruel backaches. and internal dlsplacements is
DIR. Pierce's Fayorite Prescription. 1t is the only
guaranteed cure. See guarantee on every bottle
wrapper.
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-08
Gloucester Fish Market.

FOR THE WEEK ENDING, Dec. g.
We quote large Georges Goldfish at S4s1 q qtl,
and small at S4A Bank s4A and "a; Shore at
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-08
Boston Stock Marker.
sEx-dividend.
New York STOCK AND Nonas Sxssg Z

New York stock and Money asrx~
lBy Telegraph
NEW YORK, Dec. z l8SS.-Money has been
easy, ranging from 2Gzh per cent; last loan at
per cent, closing offered at per cent. Prie mer-
camille paper al 4s4 @61s per cent. Sterling Ex-
change Is dull and steady. Government bonds
steady but dull. Railroad bonds dull and irregu
lar. The stock market closed quiet but firm at
close to highest prices.
f~.iaucti,,Is the stock Excnange .Yel e.
gated 1903. 30 shares.
Ine Iolowlng are today's rotations u Govern.
aQa
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When Baby was sick. we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child. she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria,

Maine Hunter-I'll tell yeou bout bear l.
Experienced Visitor know all about 1t. The
Dear had cub and attacked you, and after using
up all you ammunition you finally drew YOUR pock-
etknife and killed the brute
Mslne Hunter-Wall, now. eff that amt lest the
way u happenedl Who told yeou?
,nAper.ehced Nisitor-No one; but I've heard
.Doul 100 bear stories since I've been here and
IN every blessed case the hero nsed up all his am
munltlon and finally killed the bear with pocket
knuos Inc mystery TO me is why you fellows
DON'T start In with the pocketknife hrst.-Puck.
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-08

During this 10 Days Sale, we shall
show o fine line OF Napkins and Towels
which In the past have called forth
many favorable comments.
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-08
New York Mining Stocks.

NEW YORK, Dec. z, 18sS.-The:following are
to-dayls closing quotat ons of mining stocks:
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-08
Eggs


Elorlda.... a E0os
Valencia a Eastern exF 26727
Messina and Pa Can&Western 25G2e
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Coughing

rs Natures effort 10 expel foreign sub
stances from the bronchial passages.
Frequently, this causes inflammation
and the need of an anodyne. No other
expeetorant or anodyne is equal TO
Ayers Cherry Pectoral. 1t assists
Nature in ejecting the mucus, allays
irritation, induces repose, and is the
most popular of all cough cures.
tOf the many preparations before the
public for the cure OF colds, coughs.
bronchitis, and kindred diseases, there
Is none, within the range of nv exneri-
ence, SO reliable as Ayers Cherry Pee
toral. For years was subject to colds.
followed by terrible coughs. About four
years ago, when so afflicted, / was adj
vised to try Ayers Cherry Pectoral and
to Law all other remedies aside. / did
so, and within week was well of my
cold and cough. Since then 1 have
always kept this preparation in tho
house, and feel comparatively secure"
Mrs. L. L. Brown, Denmark, Miss.
"a few years ago took severe cold
which affected my lungs. 1 had a ter
rible cough, and passed night after
night without sleep. The doctors gave
me up. tried Ayers Cherry Pectoral,
which relieved my lungs, induced sleep,
and afforded the rest necessary for tho
recovery Of my strength. BY the con-
tinual use of the Pectoral, a permanent
cure was effected. '-Horace Fairbrother,
Rockingham. VT.
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IRA F. CLARK.
IRA F. CLARK.
IRA r. CLARK.
NOVEMBER 28th TO DECEMBER 9Th !

To Reduce Surplus Stock the next days. we shall make
the following prices, prior Annual Stock Taking
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Look here" said the lecturer to a boy who was
disturbing him by constant coughing, there's 25
cents to get bottle Of DIR. Bull's.Cough Syrup
20 cts.
No remedy equals Salvation OIL for cure Of
bruises, cuts, burns, frostbites, and chilblains.
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-08
Ayers Cherry PectoraI,

Or. ]. c. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists. Price ST. six bottles, IS.
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They were speaking OF Bounceabout.
BroWn-One thing yon must admit, and that Is
he Is man OF high principles. - - =
foES-fes; bnt he Is never so narrow-minded
as 10 use them In his dealings with his fellow
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-08

ANNUAL MEETINGS.

Spoken.
Nov 5. lat 8 81 N, Ion 20 81 w, ship Sutton
from New York for San Francisco
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order: Mendclssohn's Elijah Handers "Mcssiah'
and Edward GrerI's Missa soemnis' in sixteen
parts cspclla The public rehearsals will take place
March 90. -,
The six concerts of the symphony Society tvhich,
like the Oratorio Society. Will again be conducted oy
walter Damrosch,l are set down for November J and
"a December IS, January 10. February 16 and March
16 with rehearsals the afternoons of the trdays
Immediately preceding 4 symphony will be per
formed at each concert the following selections having
been made First concert-Haydn In G. NO 8. Peters
cditonl and Beethoven's Ervicar; second concert
Brahms in d third concert-Berloiz's Harold In
Italy, fourth concert-Tschaikowsky In {; hith
concert-RaG's Leonore'; sixth conccrt-Beethovens
ID minor g. Chorai, with the help Of the Orstorio 30
clety. Mr.. Damrosch announces that the programmes
have been complied with view toward present.
ing. far possible, the various develop
ments of the symphony, well as OF the
smaller symphonic forms from the line OF Haydn up
TO the present day. Mr. Damrosch VIII continue MS
Illustrative lectures the Berkeley Lyceum, IN west
Forty fourthst, the Tuesday evenings ana "eunes
day afternoons before each concert
The Philharmonic society's concerts (forty-sevenih
season. will take place at the Metropolitan opera
House on the evenings OF November Ia,
December S. January L., February o, March
8 and April 10. the rchearsas, as heretofore,
on the afternoons of the preceding days The SOLO
performers engaged are Nine. FurSch- Madi, Miss
Emma Juch. Rafael Josey. Emil Fischer and Richard
Arnold. The repertory Will include the following
somposifiOns:
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DIED.


BowMAN-At Brooklyn. October s. 1888. Anne Gamble.
Funeral services from her late residence 203 Batcst cor
Clinton. Monday. october s 1855. AZ p ~
Please omit flowers
Interment private
Benz Gleade late commander Of the White Star steam
ship tiermanic.
memorial service will be held on board the Germanc at
Pier 40 North Rver on lues iaF. 3th inss al =. % AZ
which his friends invited 90 D- present
GRAHAM-On Wednesday. october g. John r Graham. in
hi. 73d year. .
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited attend the
funeral at his late residence SlS West 5ths on sunday
october 7. at y.
Interment at Green wood
Please omit flowers.
GRIFFEN-At Purchase Y. Y, SirtE day. Tenth month,
$50 Henry Grifen in his $50
Relatives OF family invited to attend the
funeral residence OF his sonn-iaw James Hsvi
land Purchase ". y on Second day. sth inst at $3.50
p. m. III, T., =, .,,,,ur =. rra s,.,,or - y an,
~ Haven r. r. arrival OF train leaving Grand Central
Depot 1907 q
IntermeEt private.
HEBBERD-On saturday October 6. Lottie S. wife OF
Isaac ~ He0berd. and daughter OF the late William n
Notice OF funeral hereafter
JACKsON-At Yonkers ". Y. october 5. James L. Jack
Funeral services at residence RverdaIe.
ave. Yonkers. sund v. october 7. 4
leave. 42ist depot. hudson River r. r., 255 p M
Interment private
oRTON-Memorn services Of Mr.. Geo. f. orion will be
held l36 Penn st. Brooklyn. suniY
October 7, 1855 at half-past II
wATSON-At Westchester, saturday, october s. Mary,
wife OF Capt James Watson aged 70 years.
Funera late Residence Monday October g.
st3 p ,,-,,. ~. $780,
Harlem r. r. to meet train leaving Grand central Depot
at 1880 y. m.
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THE DEATH OF MISS BARRETT.

The friends Of Judge Barrett and of his WIG learn
with sorrow OF the bereavement and affiction that
have befallen them in the death OF their ehest
daughter Miss Gertrude Josephine Barrett, VINO ded
in Canon CITY. Colorado Thursday, October a, IN
the twenty-seventh year Of her age The g1ei
stricken father was has way TO his daughters bed
side when he received, at Kansas city, the news OF
her death Miss Barrett was beautiful GIRL and not
less amiable in temperament gentle In manner, ana
accomplished In mind than she was lovely In person
From her mother-an intellectual woman and a writer
Of marked abityshe had inherited fms literary taste
and especial talent for music, together with the rare
charm OF rich and dazzling spanish beauty. Her voice
was copious, tender and brilliant, and but Tor The
fatal malady which gradually impaired her consttu-
ton and finally took her life, she might have had
successful and benefcient career a. musical artist
she died Of consumption Her mother the author
a the novel of Naomi and other wIiungs IS now IN
spain and In frall health Death nearly always deals
an irremedsable wound, but IN this instance nothing
seems wanting make AFT elton very bitter ana Judge
Barrett by whom his daughter greatly loved, VIII
be remembered in many hearts with the deepest SYM
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WHO rs THIS PEyyILEss OLD MAN ?

A man about fifty years old, who wore a high silk
hat and fine black suit, walled along Mulberry-st
in the rain yesterday afternoon and muttecd TO him
self like man bcreft Of his reason. He had no
umbrella and he was wet from head to foot When
he got opposite Police Headquarters he gared through
the basement windows az the telegraph operators and
flung a bundle OF newspapers at one window. The
window pane was broken. Roundsman Palmer ran
out OF the building and arrested the old man. ." |
don't cae,7 the prisoner said, ." am tired Of life
anyhow After that he stubbornly refused to say
a word
In the Mulberry Street Police Station, where he was
locked up he made only uninteigibe sounds when
Sergeant MaIone- asked his name In his pocket was
found letter addressed TO 5. H. stepa No "a Camp
ST., New-Orleans, and the letter read. Old man.
you are fool You ought to know better' There
also was a manuscript story of life farm. adj
dressed TO the editor of The Rural New-Yorler.'
which apparently had been rejected BIZ the editor
The prisoner looked like a literary man. lie hdl
no money in his pockets.