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MISCELLANEOUS RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

Raleigh, y. c., Jan. o epccia).-Relable inforns
tlon has been received here that the contract which
has been pending between tho Richmond and Dan
vile Railroad Company and the Union Palace Car
Company for the equipment Of all lines Of tho Rich
mond and Danville system with Union Company
slecpcrs has been definitely settled and TINT the Pull
man sieepcrs now In use on the Richmond and Dan
vile system Will b. superseded by Union sleepers
January c5.
Chicago, Jan. 6-The Managers Committee OF
Five on Reorganization Of the Western Railway As
socfatons nave failed adopt the Executive Board
scheme At Yesterdays meeting OF managers report
recommending that tho present organization DO con
nued was made and the consideration OF tho articles
Of agreement was resumed Adlournmcn, was .sne,
TIL Wednesday the roads. meantime standing redBcn
TO adhere 10 existing rats
81. Louis. jan Cit is announced that the Missouri
Pacific Railway WIFI reduce tho salaries OF all ON
ployos on that system whose pay is 800 month
and over. ten per cent. mis- applies to all heads OF
departments well others, but docs not afcct
conductors. engineers or those connected with the
mechanical departments.
Chicago Jan. G.--The Rock Island officials claim TO
have evidence placing upon tho Gould system tho
responsibility for breaking the "Gentlemcn's Agree
mont.s The testimony goes to show that the Missouri
Pacific broke tho agreement by selling ticket rom
Kansas City TO Pueblo for s15-a cut Of 90 is. The
evidence tho ticket with adavits from tho parties
who purchased It, and copies of the same forwarded
by tho Chicago Kansas and Nebraska people to Gen
crai Manager g. II. H. CLARK, Of the Missouri Pacific
This evidence points TO Mr. Jewett, passenger ana
ticket agent OF tho Missouri Pacific at Kansas CITY,
and Mr.. Pennington, his assistant, rs tho guilty
parties. These gentlemen have steadfastly denied thus
TAR that they sold any ticket at cut rates
Pittsburg. Jan. 5-The freight department OF the
Central Trafc Association will hold meeting at Chicago
ON Tuesday and number Of questions OF Importance
will be considered. The matter Of tho percentage TO be
allowed roads and OF Chicago through freight
will como up again. Rates plgron are also scheduled
but slight advance already been ordered to take
place January H. II Is thought no further change VIII
b. made.
PIttsburg Jan. 5.-The iron manufacturers OF the
Mahoning and Shenandoah valleys held conference
with freight agents the various Iron carrying lines
at the Monongahela House to-day They entered pro-
lost against tho new freight rates which into effect
January I. They attempted to prove that the new
rates would almost, II not entirely shut them out OF
tho Chcac, AMI other Western markets. The new rates
aio asi, OF rs cents per hundred between New
yor. and ChI,ago East and West The old rate was
Ayo cents less
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rsmuxx oyyicx. JAN I'll a m.clcudness with almost
crsuuous rain and brisk norhsastery wind prevailed ~
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raT: ILI.rArkn srEAMEs


posrAssp, Nky le.--The Alaskan
wes hs1i't Ia 1883 az Chester. Pa, b.
Jcan Is,aeh e Son. Tor the Oregon
Rxil~ay q Navigation Company
She was launched August of that
year. bat did not start sar her dessins.
ton for some months. She arrived IN
Portland, after having made . good
passage around the Horn, April 6,
lSst. Her hull VAS Of steei and iron.
The dimensions were. Length. rs
feef: beam. SOC feet depth. IA s feet
gross tonnage. l.7l7.st. net, 30 o.
According 70 the inspectors certifi-
cate she haa iifty Hour ssnsereo1ns. los
berths. and was allowed 10 carry 80
passengers. The fail crrw consisted
81 master. pilot. two mates. two ea-
gineers and thirty nseD. Throughout
she had iron bsslkheads The ma
chinery consist q of low pressure en-
CINE - inehes in iianaescr zrsi Il fees
stroke four boilers III fext icflg and
rs feet III diameter. nastc Of steel xrd
SLOWED 10 carry 50 poanis Of steam "a
shs square inch. Of Iise~saxing ap-
parAsfls the Alaskan had fcnrteen lie.
Eoass, fcnr life rats. sour metal ltfe-
boats and life rressrvxrs. She was
furnished With 6sses steering zrIsi-
xact
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u received Is sssee and comp1ee invoice q Black
5. .ere ever shown ii tie c;3, this week wiIl oe
g, in ~ grades q Black Dress Fabrics
Il Wool Henrieuas from the celebrated firm Of B
c1 rU.d5ud, England
- Sc 81 far the moa desirable and appropriate for
q any dress fabrics in the nzrkes, and very
ii !. 1ubinaion with czape
z y 80 Blsek SHADED s1i<s Wool Panens Diagonal
s3SS1ug ethe q bis nev weaves
= q. - rrr<ived during the paa week large line of
-. i Soie silks These The servceable silks
Z "a especially desirable. they neithe spin, pull
s q 1n,nds Of Black Rhadamez, surah Silks, Sasns,
u this sale SiciIans, BrilIantines and Iusc
s.z 81 ~ and grade
nning quality these goods have, is case With which
-. md free from dust On fhis account, during the
.cnhs. Win be more than satisfactory q the wearer.
o. <un.santIy receiving the latest novelties in Dry Goods,
& "a Gents Furnishings consider om stock as com
Anaue on the coas
Is - s..ys pleased % show our stock
w r BOYD & co.
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0eenn C4azksaxee HtN
- = UAot.
Axxxxx M~~ IA us.A-..s -
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herman. wAS arrested here
this afternooa kor ckalle.tr7.,r q. !
6>.pl uer~w vsst,-~.s .n- ,-ss,s Z z ~ -
- =. -. - - sss Neak-Az1sNH
Asz1nt1ef. u &eW York tEWy1z raffe
mp with : de4ec1ive and one a fhe Ia
cn1 r.nzs<>. sx.~<;-.... - '-.s---ss.
! for - $500 p...sxs. ss.ra.sn
built vounr' man 49, s.,ss.s.s.s -
fore tie rarixfrsfr 6n.Iir rsrsss,rsa
senx3inw 40 rhellsr-. .s.- ~-,a ~sss - =.
vould hsre shcx v;I5,sy1 = s'l =. ~ - =.
: chsnrr He ~r,s,-s5 49, 81 = si.-.<,.h - - - -
prpceesl5n ard sS, ss,rs..x sSss 80
xson thaf f. ~e~ ss~~sr2sss 80 80 e -
The chsIlence ~hi..h - -, s.vs T.. yra
lard 6 vrfffsn Il. - Ss1,... e s.
n - eexv i~vshl. hsra a. 4 1s-~.t$~slkss -
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Esptlst nissionary Convsntion,

Bosros, May l6.-The Baptist Mis-
sionary Union elected the following
officers to-1ay: President, George w.
Northrup, Illinois: vice-presidents,
Francis Wayland, OF Connecticut; !;
Henry n. G. Eddy, OF Ohio: record
ing secretary. IA. =. Burrage, CT
Maine. The committee on finances
reported that during the three-quar-
ters Of century the union had been
in existence it had expended IS .s7O.-
405 for missionary work. The con-
yenticn adjourned sine die.
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radianapolls ofaeiais Ina,esea.

IspIASarul.ss. May 16.-For come
time past there has been more or less
talk Of irregularities N the Office os
Township Assessor Quill The matter
was brought to the attention Of The
grand jury. and that body today re-
turned Indictments against Assessor
Quill and his chief deputy. Charles
Tyler. The pcn arc indicted jointly.
and there are five counts against each
conspiracy grand larceny. obtaining
ncrey under false presenses. present
ing false clsims TO the county auditor,
and presenting false claims 10 the
couaty commissioners. The indiet-
merits are founded On the facts os
dummies being placed on the assessor i
payroll. Roth were released on 500
bxii.
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JUxc7ieN cIrY. Kan. May to-
George EhIer vas fatally stabbed At
tbs depot this morning BY Anton
Maixer, German traveller, whom he
ana his crowd were beating. Mnizer
acted in reIf-<itfcnse. A purse was
raised and he was sent on his way re-
loscing. Ehlef was q rough citizen.
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TRANSPORTATION OF OIL.
The Interstate Commission Ina tbs
Psnnsylvnnia petrcIeum District.

TfTrsvrLIE. May lG.Tke interstate
commerce commission resumed il.
sitting tbs morning, with A. d.
Deming, of Oh City. on the stand,
Deming testified that from lss2 10 the
close of the year 1854. his company
received rebate cf thirteen cents q
barrel on oil sssipped 10 New York. and
twenty-six cents TO Boston. Open
rates at that time were ferty-eighi
cents TO New York and 'sixty-five 70
Ensfen. Witness said: I'VE caanot
afford 10 ran . refinery at the present
rate Of transportation. The StaKsiars
Oil trust controls % per cent OF TIE
business through this means
The rest of the morning xas devoted
10 testimony OF ether retlners-
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1Hotxzxps znx nonxzzss


ogxsxs. May ia aissstrous nrs
broke out early this muxulne n 81
sauveHf. The flames s7read wifk
great rapid;ty through the wooden
district The houses on yalier. cnencl.
st. Peter and s. Marie streets were
burned. Help wax asked from this
city. and the Quebec engines were
quickly sent. bnt owing 10 lack Of
water their own force was crippled.
Battery D vas fnally ealled out and
rendered valuable assistance In lirht-
ing The flames.
While the military were preparing
to blow up houses to check the flames.
premature explosion took plare.
kiiiins Major Shsrt and Sergeanf Wal
ssce q Battery B, who we're buried ii
the runs. The body of Sergeant Wsl-
lace Vas recovered, horribly rnanried.
side. hat ktill burned TOW Ara fhs nsvsS.
vest Inc insurance - comparatively
small The larger nambcr Of the
houses destroyed were small wooden
i Atlp. m. the FIRE was still harninx.
>>tt>@ ~ k<tff<sE MExN EX3&&I&Wf0HA 41{
/ stopping il until the opels rountrv wsn
reached ALREADY 500 hnila;n,.s
/ mostly wooden fenements. have been
burned. and over lO.oro peonye rrn-
dered homeless. The greater norton
are camped In the fields. with What
few effects they were able Ia save.
white a few found shelter with friends
IN this city.
Major Shorts hodv was recovered N
noon. One leg and arm had been torn
rom the body By the explosion. and
We're found Hone distance from the
trunk.
st. SaGveur is scparafe municipal~
ity from Quebec, but is separafed from
The city By only the width al 4 street.
IL has q population OF l5e.oo0. Only
last niEhz the St. Sauseur officials rc~
fused an offer OF the city 70 supply
them with water.
srvEx HUNDRED norsxs nsRxKn.
The fise burnt itself osS about 1
clock, after reaching the limit Of St
sanyenr. The district north and west
OF Fashua and ST. Amboisc streets has
been swept clean, with the exception
Of = portion of Waller street. A5cat
se0 houses were burned. As many of
them are tenements, the number Of
families homeless Is not less than
LOO. comprising [. 6.000 or 6 COO persons.
REIIEs or THE srrEERkns.
Prominent men are interesting
themselves in behalf Of tho homeless
people. Application has been made
70 Sir A. r Caron for use Of the drill
shed and other government buildings
20 shelter those who are Jet cAmped
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SAMOA PENSION CLAIMS.
Depensient lsefativ<s cfthe Lost sea
men Coming Forward.

WAsHiEorox, May i6. Applications
for pcnsi0ns are beginning to come in
at The pension Office from widows and
dependent relatives Of the officers and
men who lost Their lives in the recent
naval disssosr nj Samoa. The widow
cf Captain Schoonmaker filed her
claim few days aso, ard ii has been
Submitted to the proper division for
allowance. Her pension will amount
10 $50 per month Today o eoIored
woman, whose son was employed on
one of the lost vessels, appeared Ut
the pension office aud Eted her claim
for q penSson.
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r fe~nnl1 T1Arww. 8 - -. vEyr.~n
.r.n- Ir,-~tss< 2 .vsrs-.
xs-.. - s.
fok1i@ .ss4f ~ lne ns.s 9. tne
1prolntmeat oG solomon nsrscn- of
this city IS ulinistrf. 20. Turkey sur
prised Tie Repuhlicaris of this city. II
ra.stro.rn fhax ~ haa scs,ehf u.
- -. -. - - -. - 80. -
~ sts.s tsn. - .ens = - e oo - Ta.s ~ -.
~ ~ xr:.s.m - ss s 49, = 81 - - q.
rs..,,ss,- ,xas s1s !, !. .oi-. [ ,s.fIa--. ss =,
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PIrrssuRe, May iG.--A wreck on the
Piststurg. Virginia & Charleston rail-
road near Ormskv, q suburb. this
morning, resulted In the injury o!
eight work men. three probably fatally.
A gang Of nearly 100 Huugnrians were
on the train. and their escape Il con-
sidered remarkable.
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4p0<f ~
IT, ~ @fsss Journal of Seftsef1e
ssaNs sss, will wtan the ss=
~ fAe
sfreaat.g End snd vuSt he
<pnssSu suzhng ~ oAA
&asa others thas We
ss Mexican border We have sssa
81 me
TIE Mediterranean ana
FAsrFtnged Rhine. We hasn uN4hi
smtsd the Old Work. ard he Asw bnf sa
the beauty oi the and scaPe
Seattle 1t Is simply anqns
@ his crest into TIE
sons "a h grandeur ike gud his massive front 81
@ 'front.' Moums Baker another white and fssssns
sa and left Of ne Cascade And the oymp rsss
~ mn sad sak their outline and ever esnga n iar % s sna
- which win at be rapidly pushed 20 compsnon Wiz :
mandy the side zll extend xhAfses anu
factories
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Samoan Conferences Movtne BIowIy.
Lospos, May i6 The Berlin COR
respondent Of the &anderd ssys: The
various reports concerning the
proceedings Of the Samoan conference
have, after investigation. proved 10 be
unfeunded. He Is able % state. how
ever, that the conference Il cemenfine
the friendship between England and
Germany.
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0rrAwa. Ont, May 10. The govern
ment has received a copy cf the treaty
with Mexico, ratified February IL
Canada has two years In which 10 de.
clare whether or not she desires 70
avail hefseIf of IL provisions.
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SAsHvrIEr. Tenn. Nay is.--This
afternoon James Tnrner shot and
rnortxlly wounded :. A. Hciton In 4
quarrel in The osIiee of jar ice q the
peace over fepseviu sslis. Both r1en
aYs prornineyf merchants.
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To succeed Noble. who Rerlaces
Hrillsr.

CuIcAGo. May 16.--The Times Wash
ington correspondent has the author.
ity Of Republican senator. whose
authority is member Of the cabinet,
that the president has decided to fill
the vacancy on the supreme bench,
caused By Stanley Matthews death,
by appointing Attorney General MIL
let. As result OF this. Secretary No
bic will be made attorneys eneral and
Assistant Postmaster General Clark
son will succeed Noble as secretary oI
the interior
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s.s.l~. - n...,.l J. - 1',.s -. - Z za.'s.
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cHfeAao. Mss Id Tenr<-Asare n
d. M Nes York. 0s; Chicago. s.:
So Paul. ss. winnspeg. ~; New Or
leans. %
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wAsasxs-ox, May l6--free deliy-
cry service sill be established July
as Butte City, Mont. Pasadena. Cal
and Fresno. Cal.
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rnE sroRr OF rHE wnEck



Little Resistnnco offered to fhs
waves-seyerni of the Crew Lost.
PORTLAND. May I6.--The steamer
Columbia, having aboard the survivors
OF the wrecked Alaskan, WAS docked
at the steamship wharf At s rs tonight
The crowd taat was on the wharf re
minded one Of carly days, when steam.
ship communication was all Portland
had with the outside world. There
were wives, mothers. daughters. soas,
relatives and ffjenas by hundreds.
S0fsle had come ont Of curiosity, while
many. il not a majority OF them, came
10 gsean tiaings OF friend or felativc
who vas among :lle officers and crew
az the Inflated steamer.
One little fellow OF 10 pecred into
The eyes ul every passenger that sie-
seenaeu the gang plank, and when an
osgirer ahoarsi announced that all hal
gussn ashore he tarss into sears and
cried. sso.al aay father.
.sNhar ID your name. sonnyy" asked
a haifsiranken fellow Who was among
the rescued.
ssStephensun. str.
.Ah- ssy hoy.. said The fellow, "ibs
last | saw nf your father The wind uae
hlo9srsg a llvlpg gale. and the raft he
w.as on was tossing about IN great biz
bsssows. rs high as 3 slaree-stoFy build
4hen the little fellow resumed bis
tears and went home 10 break the
news 70 his mother.
Santasu Bellies. 81 the Columbia.
~ ho xas fsrst seen, said he fetlnd the
tnr yfcslans OF tne Columbia river
h.y aE o o clock this morning, and
took the survivors aboard bis vessel
me vlsilanf had besn lying oil the
s-~ Tor ten hours waiting Tor some
vessel to show up.
AZ axsy rsKY 70 TnE STORM.
The following uiIlrial record Of the
loss Of the vessel is from the log book :
ssneay the Alaskan was eighteen
ua;les of shore. The wind Was In
creasing. the sea getting rough. ire
ship Iabcring and beginning TO snAks
water. She Was accordingly slowed
down. a. Up. N. the main topsni'
Was set 70 keep the sesscs, = bead e
the wind ana sea- IN noaf sSse'
the poss guard began to hrsak
! up ard the aftefhouse began g
work. The water canc IN freely Al
! hands we're then put 10 work 10 stop
the leaks with bedding At q o'eiock
the porf guard went just forward ui
| the wheel, carrying away the covering
heard and huFss:slg osae of t'Ee upper
hasches. Up to this time Captain
uowxs had kept the ship ire The
rusups were reported - doing Nell,
and ~ stufang TIE rents Hita blankets
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AsuLAEp. Wis.,. May 1d--Advices
show that thres 20 i've Inches Of snow
ara now living aii over kcrshern Wts-
eoukin and Michigan.
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AIxxx.roLfs, May ia special 70
the TFibsas reports cold rains III over
the nofthers and central portions Of
the state. Chinch burs, wherever
they exist. are certain 10 ~ chilled to
death or drowned. Farmers and log
gers are juhslant. The larnsers claim
there Il enough water In the ground 10
last fer six weeks or fuo months.
Crops everywhere arc IN zne share
an1 pyofni<e grand harvest II there
II 10 bad Iaek fyom sun1En&g lrusts.
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MoKrmKnx PACIFIC mAxAaEH.
w. 3. Ae1Ies. Of Chicago. Appointed
90 ths 0f15ee.

CHIcasc. May IC--W. 5. Meiienr
general naanaeer of TIE Wisconsin
Central railroad. has heen appointed
general manager Of the Northern Pa.
cific and all lis Isasesi lines. Mr. Mel.
len has teen in the railway servsre for
twenty years. beginning - an Office
boy sor TIE Northwestern road r. tss.
city. His headquarters VIII be IN Sc.
Pnksi
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BxRslx. May 16. Queen Mary, of
bavaria, Is dying Of dropsy and cancer
OF the liver.
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Mrs. Julia ard Howe win be "a
years ole on the sSsh Of this month.
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The tug Vigilance, towing the big
dredger. On her way from San Diego
10 Tacoma. ran across Captain Hoxes
and his party and picked them up.
Captain Bolles OF the steamer Colum-
bia sailed up from san Francisco last
Tuesday at 10 am. When shortly
this side Of Cape Blanco she rar across
the tug and took the passengers
aboard. bringing them up with him.
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Inc Alaskan steamed out OF Victoria
q Iz:U p. m. Saturday. She was
found tor San Francisco, where she
after which she was 10 Be broueht X,
Portland and placed on the roate be-
tween Seattle, Tacoma. Olympda ard
Victoria during the summer senson.
Her crew numbered forty men.
the most competent seamen that could
% picked up in this vicinity. Though
many appiled for passage, the COM
the vessel beside the officers and crew.
No freight was taken. either.
captain Howes, Of Astoria, was in
command, and Pilot Woods, OF Astoria.
Was first officer. Pilot Weeks. of chat
place, was second officer. Nj. swain.
q Seattle, Who was first engineer OF
the T. J. Potter. occupied fhs ssme
position on the Inflated steamer. al
Rhaiee, of Astoria. vas steward
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rWo rOATS MISSING

What the fate Of the others Was is
not yet known. but hopes are enter
tanned that they drifsed landward and
were saved. IL is positively known
that all got into the boats. escaping
from the sinking steamer.
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Ali HANDS TAKE 70 THE BoAre.

Monday morning early found the
steamer riding hard. Three hours
after midnight il Was found that she
was sinking. and al hands took tc the
boats Captain Howes, Captain
Woods and eleven Of the crew were all
In ona boat, and the remainder of the
crew in the others. The wind was
blowing In . southwesterly direction
at the time. and the men were Omitted
toward the land.
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| snnsux fe<s fsx1T. zaxy "
loro rnfse1 s<zfss Gozan
6eSE1. wAzz <5zzf<xe4 : 6Gx11
xf<sGo 931ef ft10 - Ut x1<<E
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-10
TUSCUMBIA.
The Teachers Institute.

The recent session Of the Colored
Teachers Institute here was a sue
cess. Twenty teachers were present
and took au interested part in the
proceedings Mr.. Henry Hopkins
served as chairman, E Chandler,
Sec. and Prot. Councill as conductor
Resolutions were adopted at the close
Of the session extending the thanks
of the Institute to the citizens Of
Tuscumbia for their hospitable treat
ment, and to County Sup't. j. E.
Alexander for appreciated services.
Hon. Solomon Palmer, State Sup't
Of Education made an eloquent and
able talk to the Institute.
AGAINST ALCOHOL.
The following resolutions offered
by Mr. Sterling was unanimously
adopted:
"W Whereas, Alchol is injurious to
the human system. and whereas It's
injurious effects are visible in every
community, Therefore be it
"Resolved, That it the sense of
this Institute that no teacher ought
to be employed to teach in our pub
lie schools who uses alcohol or tt-
bacco.
M. A. B.