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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-24

The music furnished by the Lyons
String Band at the party Monday even
ing was voted to be as good as the best.
No need of sending away for orchestral
music when we have it excellent at
home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-24

Next Monday Mr.. VIM. Pretty
man will sell all the counters, shelving,
and fixtures in their store to the high
continue every day until the stock is
closed out. The sales are large each
day and the stock will soon be closed
out. Now is the peoples opportunity
to oct bargainS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-24
CATARRH,
Catarrhal Deafness and Hay ssss9.
NEW HOME TREATMKxT.

Sufferers are not generally awars that
these diseases are contagious, er thAe shey
are due to the presence OF IiYlng palasises N
fbo lining membrane of the nose and ous-
tachian tubes. Microscopic research, sev-
ever. eSe has proved this to Be fact and the
result is that simple remedy has been for
mulated whereby catarrh, catarrhal deafness
and hay fever are permanently cuFsd In
from one to three simple applications made
AT home by the patient once In two weeks.
II. B.-For catarrhal discharges peculiar 20
females fwhites) this remedy is Specitc.
A pamphlet explaining this new sreatInent
is sent on receipt OF ten cents bJ &. H.
DIXON & SoN, 304 West King ST., Toronto,
CaDada.-Scientifc American.
Sufferers from catarrhal troubles should
.r-o L~o--r.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-24

Persons having either kind Of
property for sale or rent, will re-
ceive prompt attention by placing
it IN our hands. We also assist
persons in the prosecution of Pen
sion claims.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-24

We quote a few DRESS
GOODS prices, this week-prices
so very close-trimmed as to make
it an object for you to send in
your orders with all expedient
haste" We haven't talked to you
much lately about this Depart
ment, but samples are constantly
being sent for and sales being
made therefrom, Notwithstanding.
Reason: Folks in the country las
well as in town. know that ouy
house is a RELIABLE house.
S6-inch FLANNEL sUITINGs.
S6-inch SUITINGS checks and mixtures 45c
96-inch FLANNEL and TRICOT MIX
50-inch FLANNEL SUITINGS..
52-inch LADIES' CLOTHS and TRICoTs75c
56-inch
(best made)
42-inch BROADCLOTHS..........
52-1nch (unsurpassable) 1.50
46-inch HENRIETTAs..
4o-lnch tgrand values,) SOC, 7bc
42-inch RAYURE SUITINGS IA fine corded
mater1aD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 90
A good line of Odd Lots of Dress Goods at
35c, SOC
A lot Of 23-inch DRESS GOODS (he best half
wool goods ever manufactured) REDUCED
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-24
A. B. Crawford, Dentist, New
Dental Rooms on Central Street, Grand
Rapids.

Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy-A positive
cure for Catarrh, Diphtherla and Can
ker- Mouth. Sold at Woods Drug
Store. u.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-24

" Hackmetack," a lasting and fragrant
perfume. Price % and 90 cents at,
Woods Drug Store. ID.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-24
MORGAN'S, MILWAUKEE,.
MOrgan's Mention

To you, We gods, belongs tn merchantl-o'er
The waves, his sails the wide worlds goods
explore;
And, all the while, whenever wait the gales,
The Wide worlds goods sail with him as he
sails
SCHILLER
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-24

Everybody is cordially invited
to inspect our stock for bargains.
No trubble to show goods.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-24

Sufferers from catarrhal troubles should
read the above carefully.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-20
HUNDREDS OF VICTIMS.
Terrible Explosion ia an Ant
Werp Cartridge Factory.
A Great Fire Adds to the Horrors
of the Calamity.

Dynamite exploded a few days ago In q
cartridge factory, in Antwerp, Belgium, and
BY the explosion and resulting fire probably
300 persons lost their lives many of them
factory girls, about 1000 others were in
iured. and property valued at many millions
If dollars was swept away
The factory was situated behind the docks
where millions Of cartridges were being
loaded upon the shipping. Close by were
the petroleum stores. The Bourse was so
near that it was struck bv burning frap-
ments when the explosion occurred and set
on fire. The building was crowded at the
time and panic ensued, in which many
persons were slightly injured
In a workshop in the factory a large num-
Der of men and women were actively at
work breaking up old cartridges, and about
twenty-five million had been partly taken to
pieces when the accident took place. So
rapid was the spread of the flames ths,t it
was difficult to rescue those who had been
hurt, let alone removing the bodies
Of those who were instantly killed. The
police, gendarmes and the troops were called
in to help fight the fire, while priests and
Sisters of Charity looked after heswants of
the sufferers. The force Of the explosion
was such that windows three miles away
were shattered.
By o'clock the fire had spread
over an area of two acres. Flames
were shooting up high in the air,
and the whOlS city was enVelOped In
dense smoke. In the ruins Of the factory
and on the neighboring docks, above the roar
Of the fire there was constant succession OF
sharp reports, supposed to be caused by the
ignition and explosion Of the packages of
cartridges AS the fire spread, two large
Russian petroleum warehouses caught
Eighty thousand barrels Of Oil were burning
at one time NobePs sheds, and warehouses
beyond them, soon became food for the
flames.
TIE shipping was in q position of great
danger, particularly at the Africa and
American docks. Before they could be re-
moved, several vessels were burned. So in
tense was the heat that the hremen could
nowhere approach the flames nearer than 100
wards Many soldiers and wOrkmen received
severe injuries in this fight with the fire.
The Corvlean cartridge factory, where
the trouble began, had been condemned by
the Communal Council, but the DeputatiOI
Permanente had allowed work to continue
At the American docks all the ships were
saved. owing to the favorite direction Of the
wind The dock sheds and hydraulic crane
were greatly damaged. The soldiers of TIT
garrison and large number OF citizen
assisted the fremen. Many dropped from
suffOcatiOn.
The scenes at the hospital we're heartrend
ing. King Leopold sent telegram express
ing sympathy The people are incensed a
the DeputatiOn Permanente for allowing
work to continue in the cartridge factory.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-20
A MEXICAN ASSOCIATION RECORD.
A TERRIBLE FOREST FIRE.
Several Lives and 81, 100000 Worth
of Property Lost in Montana.

Information has been received at Helena
of one of the most destructive forest fires YET
reported in Montana. 1t occurred in the ST
Regis district, Missoula County, and the
Cokeley ranch was made a barren waste in
less than thirty minutes. Cokeley and the
hostess of the ranch mounted horses and
barely escaped with their lives to the river,
less than a quarter of mile away, reaching
the water after having their clothes nearly
all burned from their bodies. They remained
in the water over two hours. and eve" there
the heat was almost suffocating. A Swedish
prospector named Anderson tied his horsc III
fbe trl1Ich about half a mile from the Coke
lev ranch and went up the hills to his claim.
Both horse and man persisted in the flames.
j. c. Veeder, who has returned from the St.
Regis country, says that several men per-
isned in the mountains. The destruction OF
property will aggregate fully 100000.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-20
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

COLONEL NORTH, the nitrate king" IS an
Englishman.
Mrs. HARRIET BEECHER STOVES faVorlte
diet is bread and butter and pineapple
EDWARD BURGESS, the noted yacht de-
siener, of Boston, is forty years Of age
president HARRISON is not a reader OF
books But he keeps up with the news
papers.
WHENEVER Edison, the inventor, appeared
at the Paris Exposition, the Dand pIayeo
"Yankee Doodle"
KING HUMBERT, of Italy, has bought
monograph, by means of which he CORE
spends with Queen Marguerite
MRS. PHILIP H. SHERIDAN and her ci1ll-
dren are living at the cottage IN NOnqultt,
Mass, in which the General died.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL is living at
Whitby, England. His friends deny current
rumors Of his intention to marry again.
GENERAL JOHN c: FREEMoNT Is now
severty-eight years old, and his friends say
he looks good for ten or fifteen years more.
QUEEN VICTORIA welcomed her imperial
grandson. Young Kaiser William, by giving
him two real nice kisses-one on each cheAk-
CHARLES DICKENS, the reader, has long
novel in manuscript which he has never had
the courage TO publish. He<ealizes that MS
work would be compared with his father
and he does not dare to brave the test.
MRS. DELLA STEWART PARNELL, the
mother of the man who has made the
amelioration of the condition of the irish race
his life work, is slowly dying OF Old age and
its attending infrmities in her nome at
Bsrdentown, New Jersey.
IRA D. SANKEY the Gospel singer, who
has been Evangelist Moody's companion IN
much of his work in this country ana Great
Britain, has bought a farm in Suffolk County,
| on Long Island, and will probably spend the
! remainder OF his life there.
F. c. BURNARD, the present editor OF
London Punch, was, in early life, a member
of Catholic ecclesiastical esta bllshment at
Bavswater, near London. His intention was
to become priest, and he was even admitted
| to tonsure and minor orders.
OLD JOHN HANKS, the boyhood friend
and distant relative of Abraham Lincoln
has died at his farm, near Decatur, aged
lightweight years. 1t was on his farm, ano
while in the employ Of Hanks, that Lincoln
became noted as a rai-splitter, and 1t was
old John Hanks who, in 1850, introduced the
railsplitting feature into the excitement Of
the Lincoln campaign, furnishing rails from
his farm split by Lincoln.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-20
TEN MINERS KILLED.
Water Floods the white Ash ana
SmotherS the Men Working in 1t.

One of the most serious mining accidents
ever known in Colorado has occurred IN the
White Ash coal mine, near Golden. An Ole
abandoned mine runs alongside the W hlte
Ash. anil has for months been full of water,
which, without q moments warning, DursU
through into the White Ash mine, filing 1t
full of mud and water. Ten miners are known
to have been at work in the White Ash Inc
at the time of the accident, and not one OF
them could have lived five minutes after the
surging mass broke in upon them 1t VIII
take between two and three weeks before
their bodies can be reached
Work viii be commenced at once by hun
dreds of willing hands in order to pump the
mine out, but old miners who have been
through the mine say it will be impossible to
clear the mine and reach the bodies under two
and perhaps three weeks. Part OF the men
leave families who were dependent upon
them. while the rest were single, and all
highly spoken Of.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-20
TO BUILD NEW SHIPS.
The Naval Secretary Will Recommend
Putting Plants in All Navy Yards.

Putting Plants in All Navy Yards.
It is generally expected at the Navy De-
partment that General Tracy will recommend
in his annual report to Congress an appropr1-
alton Of about $780, 900 for putting ship
building plants into the navy yards. About
800 900 has already been spent at each OF the
yards at New York and Norfolk and
smaller sum at Mare Island, Cal, so that
large share Of the amount will go to Boston
and Portsmouth About $3.50, 900 is the es-
innate for an effective plant, and probably
this sum will be spent at each OF the New
England yards if Congress approves the re-
commentator of the Secretary of the Navy.
At Boston one of the ship houses will proba-
bly, be fitted up for shipbuilding with travel
ing cranes, punches, shears, drills, bending
rolls and the other necessary machinery
There would be special advantages IN build
ing and repairing vessels at Boston because OF
the skilled mechanics who live there and the
close vicinity of machine shops and foundr1es.
workers and carpenters to go South and
work because OF the lack of such amusements
and schools as they have in Boston and Phlla-
delphia.
The policy of the Navy Department is to
have good plants available at all the leading
navy Yards, even though many Of the new
cruisers are built in private yards. 10 have
yards under the direct control Of the Govern
ment is considered essential in war time, be-
cause private contractors could not be relied
upon to make repairs and they would have
the Government at their mercy as to prices
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-20
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

OF We Drummer-The Use
of Words Natures Insanity
The Proper Recipe, Etc, Etc.
Ye drummer stood with grip in hand
And looked the long car DER;
The half-kept seats he closely scanned,
Then left the open door.
A comedy maid Of twenty-three
Leaned lonely in her seat;
We drummer smiled and calamity
Did reach there on both feet.
She sighed and moved uneaslly,
Glanced up as he glanced down;
We drummer questioned quick II she
Lived not in yonder town.
Ye maiden forth n pencil took,
And wrote, It's not my home;
But ask no more by word or look
am both deaf and dumb
Alack! We drummer safe and read
The papers one by one,
4 novlette the Quick or Dead,
And wished the journey done.
One fearful sigh he heaved at last,
AS drew his station nigh:
"a duller day l never passed y
The dumb maid quoth, Nor ~
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-20

Men and Women Leap From Fourth
Story Windows.

Story Windows.
McArdles large bag and general paper
stock warehouse at Albany. n. Y, has been
destroyed by fire. The origin of the fire was
the spontaneous combustion of pile Of rags
on the third story So quickly did the flames
spread through the grease saturated build
ing that the employees, consisting OF fourteen
women and girls at work in the sorting room
and ten men in the Office or about the build
ing were forced 10 jump FOR their lives.
The majority escaped by leaping To the
roof of a neighbOring house. Carrie Swartz,
who weighs over 200 pounds, jumped into
the ward and crashed through the roof OF an
clubhouse, receiving serious injuries. Mrs
Ellen Mack jumped from the fourth story, q
distance of seventy feet and fell upon pile
of scrap iron Her condition was critical.
Richard Gamble, bookkeePer, In his en-
deavor TO avoid the flames fell through the
shaft and was badly cut and bruised The
inhalation Of flame, however, was the direct
cause of his death, which occurred soon al
forward.
Mrs. Ellen Frank, who jumped from the
fourth floor, and Mrs Ellen McShane, who
fell down the elevator shaft, sustained frac-
lures of the limbs and severe bruises, but not
necessarily fatal injuries. Several others re
ceived severe injuries.
Loss about $50. 600: insured
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-20
FISHING FOR PEARLS.
A Find of a $500 Gem in Wiscon-
sin Causes Great Excitement.

The pearl excitement in Albany, Wis, is
at its height Although CLAIMS are getting
scarce and the divers have to dig in the mud
in the bottom of the river, the finds are more
numerous and valuable than ever. The
largest and bv far the most valuable pearl in
Wisconsin was found recently. A New Y ork
buyer offered $500 for it, but his figure was
considered too low.
Hundreds Of small pearls are found and
sold daily. The purchasers are agents OF chi
cago, New York and Paris houses. Visitors
ard clam hunters are pouring into the vii
lage, and the banks of the river for miles
are dotted with tents.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-20
100000 SEALSKINS.

A Years Catch of the Alaska Fur
Company on Its Way to England
Forty car loads of sealskins, in three
separate trains making passenger time,
passed through Cheyenne few days since
over the Union Pacific for the East from
San Francisco. The consignment is the
entire catch of the Alaska Fur Company
for the last year and is bound for England
The time agreed upon for the delivery at
destination is eighteen days from San Fran
in the consignment.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-20
SHE WAS BREAKING HIS SPIRIT.

"Your husband looks like man OF
great self-controI, remarked Mrs. Gadd
to Mrs. Gabb.
s.Weu. he hadn't much when mar
ried him" replied Mrs. Gabb, but,
she added. with cold steel lookAn heI
grey eye, hes getting it."
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-20
NO TIME TO DAwDLE.

she-s'Pa said you mustn't stay SO
late, dear" ..
He-ssDo you think he meant it"'
Shelves. He always puts on slip
pers when he comes home, but he didn't
do so tonight n-Ne1o York Sun
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-20
MATERNAL ECONOMY.

Mrs. Bright lin trainl-"You mustn't
look out of the window
Bobby Bright-'I won't get my head
taken off, ma"
Mrs. Bright-.'It wasn't that | was
thinking about. my little dear. | was
afraid you might lose your hat. "-100n
Topics.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-20
NOT STUDENTS OF WEBSTER.

At a Chicago reception.-Mrs. Mala-
prop-''Who is that little man over
therel"
Mrs. Knowitall -''That IS DR.. Bedam,
the veterinary surgeon
Mrs. Malaprop-''Why, he doesn't look
at all old. does hel"-Io1cn Topics.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-20
NATURES INSANITY.

"Nature sometimes loses her mind"
"Explain yourself" ,,
"Wen, wheat is sometimes a little
cracked. "-Ep0ch.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-20
NOT SOLTSG.

A countryman had consulted fortune
teller as TO his future.
.,You'I be poor, kind sir, until you're
thirty" was the prediction Of the Pytho-
ness.
and them"
"Oh! after that you'll get used to it,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-20
THE M1sERIEs OF POVERTY.

DR.. Bluff-''You stick too closely TO
YOUR desk, Mr. Borrowit. / recommend
YOU to buy pair of Indian clubs.
Poor Jack-"But | live in the city,
Doctor. 1t would take all my salary 70
rent room big enough to swing them
in!"-Llte.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-20
THE Use OF WORDS.

Lawyers Clerk-"Wiu you take
chair, Missl"
Boston Girl-''No, thank you,
wouldn't know what to do with it. But
I'll sit down if may. '-Lte.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-20
A ROYAL OBJECT OF PITY.

Mrs. Fangle-''Tm sorry for Queen
Victoria for one thing"
Mr. Fangle-''What is thatF'
Mrs. Fangle-''E Everybody knows her
age. "-Ep0ch.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-20
THE PROPER RECIPE.

"Wen, Brownie, how do you find
yourself3"
Never lose myself. If l did, sup'
pose I'd advertise. "-Harper's Bazaar.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-20
TIE PULLMAN WAS LATE.

81 say, conductah, how comes 1t that
we've reached ouah destination half
minute late?"
ssFront end of trains on time. Real
ends allus late "-HHTperHS Bdsdr.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-20
ENJOYED THE Observation-Disclosures

ENJOYED ME Observation-Disclosures
Mr.. Kirby Stone Gust down from
town)-s'And are you enjoying Your
camping experience, Miss Gusherton!'
Miss G. (ecstatically)-.Oh, ever SO
much! Everything is 50 lovely and dis
agreeable, you knowH'-GrP.
EVERYTHING TO WIN, NOTHING TO LOSE.
evil you eat a philopGna with me,
Miss Emily2"
"What if I loseP
ssThen | win a kiss"
'And if | win2"
"Then have to kiss you"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-20

BoULANGER IN FRENCH is "BAKER," TOO
Chawley-'Ah! What's the news from
Paris2 How's Boulangerf"
Gawley-"Doing nothing. Seems to
be on long loaf"
Chawley-''I should think he would
need fresh role by this time. "-zo'0n
Topics.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-20

RAIN in the valleys and snow in the mount
aims have extinguished the fires that have
been raging for the past month in Montana.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-04-19
Is nisn nrck Losing His minds

I regret, though / am not surprised
to hear. that very serious rumors are
shoat at Berlin about the health of the
German chancellor, says writer In Lon
don Life. Some say that he is suffering
from o paralytic stroke, and that he is
not likely to recover: others declare that
his mind is not as clear as it ought to be;
but whatever may be the opinion ex-
pressed in different quarters on the sub
lect, every one seems to agree that
Prince Btsmarck is very ill, and
unable to tEanesct pubic business.
Readers of life will no doubt remember
that some time ago suggested that the
true cause OF the ircn chancellors irri-
liability in international matters was
incipient cerebral arrangement, end this
seems 20 be not confirmed. His son /,
Count Herbert, is not so influential at
court ss some politicians believe him to
be, apd il is whispertd d in official orioles
that Prince Hohenlohe is the rising man
as far as German politics is concerned.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-04-19
A Claim, kwina,e-

Sioux City, 1s., April 1.-THE Sioux
City Savings bank disco ,ered that on
the 9th inst. ii was neatly sRindied oct
OF S2.500 by man calling himself B /.
Simpson. At that day he called at the
bank With letter OF introduction from
Rev. itorge Knox, OF this city, stating
shat Simpson Was the owner of consider
able property at Ponca. Neb. Simpson
told plausible story and deposited q
draft for $8 GOO drawn by the National
bank Of Bristol, Tenn. on the National
baak OF the Republic OF New York City.
The arrangement was that $4,000
was to remain on deposit sir months,
and Simpson drew $2.500 in
cash and took certificate OF deposit for
$1,000. He disappeared and no trace O..
him osn be found. The draft on New
York came back protested end is found
to be skilltul forgery. Simpson ap-
peared st Ponoa @ month ago with O
forged letter from the Pfeaby terian
church. on winch be was admitted TO
membership at Ponei. He brought 10
Rev. My. Knox genuine letter from the
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-04-19
These Cannot be Intim,dated

Topeka. Kan, April II "A special
car, bearing fifty cowboys, from Dodge
olty, Ingalls, and Garden Uity. left this
oitY today for Minneapolis, Mimi. "a
take the place OF the strikers on the
street railway. The Minneapolis COM
pany has endeayored to fill the places OF
the strikers with men In Minneapolis
bnt as fast as the men we're put on they
we're intimldated and coaxed out Of SER
vice. The president OF the company
then teleRraphed here for fifty cowboys
and has guaranteed them steady em-
ployment at good salary. The party
was gathered together in 0 few hours.
They are all young men and are dressed
in cowboy uniform, including big SOM
breros. .bnckskin trousers and pistol belts,
In the party are number of tough
characters who have participated 10
county seat fights. and have had many
daring adventures on the plains. It is
not likely that they will be interfered
with when they enter the Minneapolis
street railway service.