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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-13
"a LITTLE NONSENSE.n

THAT was n bad scare Mrs. Parting
ton had the other day." g? ? ," she
went to pantomimo and thought she
bad suddenly lost her hearing. IN. y.
Sun
Times are getting so hard" re-
marked an unsuccessful business man.
that it's getting to be all can do to
collect my thoughts. Washington
Post
"Charlie-"Yes, Mabel, ] like Won.
but there was something about YOU last
night that | didn't like" Mabel
why, Charlie, what was it," Charlie
Tired Somers' arm"
do you guarantee this not to break
down?' sho asked. "Our instructions.
miss" said the salesman, blandIy, ARC
never to guarantee hammoclls when we
sell EN- to handsome young ladies.
She bought it
First Mosquito--"You are looking
plump and well fed. Where do YOU 90
to find such good farce" Second Mos
quito-"I hang around tho haberdash-
ers and follow the young men who buy
ncglige shirts. "-Amcrica.
Shall / take moro beer?
My stomach says Yes My reason
says No My reason is wiser than nv
stomach, of course, and it is always the
wiser one that yields in quarrel, thoy
say-waitcr, another bother. - File
gende Blattcr
u wish to see Miss Elder" said
Mrs. Fanglc, handing card to tho door
maid. She's engaged, ma'am, replied
the girl. "Well, now, I've been ex-
pecting that for some time. must 90
in right away and congratulate herr
Rarper's Bazaar.
old Friend unexpected arrivaD-
And so this is your daughters coming
out party?' Practical Mothcr-"Yes:
and if hadn't put my veto on those
dressmakers, she would have been out n
good deal further than she is.!'-Dcm-
orests Monthly.
- Buriy Party-"Are you aware, sir,
that you deliberately placed your UNI
brella in my ear last evoning?" Little
hiiierton-"Nery careless of me, I'm
sure. wondered what became OF it.
and-would it be too much trouble 10
ask YOU to return it?"-Dry Goods
Chronicle.
Native lin the far WcsO "Why did
you lot that Teller pull you around that
way?' Tendcrfoot-"l Iow could helm
MYSELF" Nativo-"Hc isn't no COW.
boy He amt been here more'n week
an he came from New York City same
as you did Tondcrtoot- "Consarn tho
luckl If I'd known that I'd Knocked
tho spots out OF hIm."-Good News.
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Very Deficient.

Canvasser-I have hero Professor
Blanks latest and most complete his
tory of the United States
business Man examining lido I
understand you to say that this is a
complete history of our country up TO
the present day?
Canvasser-Yes, sir.
Business Man-Then it is very de-
hcient- Some of the most important
events in the history of the develop
mcnt of this glorious Nation have been
completely ignored.
Canvasser-- What for instance
business Mani can see nothing in il
regarding the Sullsvan-Kilrain fght,
the Worlds Championship games. nor
in fact any of the recent important han.
pen ngs. Indeed, Mr.. Sullivan. Mr.
kilrain. Arson, Comistcy and a num-
Der OF other men whose names shorld
90 down to poStcrity are not even men.
oned. do not care for youc book
uooa day. sir Munscy's Weekly.
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FOOLISH AND CONCERTED.
The Less "a Man Knows tho Moro He Talk !
About 1t.

liz l1cSb IL titf1 InuWS tho Moro Talk
About 1t.
The less man knows the moro ho
talks about it. If shadows murmur
where dceps are dumb" they arc like
human beings who have small minds
and are great takers. The man who
talks continuously, and who is not in
intellect above the average man, must
say many foolish things. Tho foolish
man does not know when to keen his
mouth Shut. If ho did he would still bo
foolish, but he would not say foolish
things. An old Alliance man once had
boy who lacked good sense The bow
may be man now and in politics. Tho
old man used to tako his. son to town
with him when he went with n team to
sell load of wood and when noon camo
and the old man felt like taking n min
he would leave the boy in the public
square, saying: Stay right here with
the team, Ezra. Don't You say word
and nobody'll ever find out YOU arc n
fool" by and by people would como
along and commence to dicker for 4
trade. On one such occasion man
SAID: "liow much for the wood?" The
boy smiled stupidity and said never n
word. Tho man spoke again, and
louder: GLOW much do you ask for
your load Of wood?' Tho bow was
still dumb, but soon burst into
tears, and tho surprised man said:
That boy is certainly a fool" Tho
father camc along about that time and
the boy sobbed: They've found me ont.
dad, never said word, and tho man
said was fool!" There is always homo
Tor boy OF that sort. He knows his
weakness, and that is something Tho
man who thinks he knows it all, and
knows much less than many others is
most dangerous He will tackle any
subject and make his hearers very tired
IL would be a great thing if men. in
their eagcrness for notoriety, would re-
traln from meddling with religion. But
so sure as man has brains and religion
In inverse ratio with an enormous con
ceit, knowing he can secure notorietv to
himself in no other way, he tries TO saw
something startling" in religion. A
Baptist thus afflicted recently declared
there is no devil, and now a PRESBYTERIAN
professor in theological seminary de-
clarcs Job is myth and the book of job
was written by Jewish poet during his
exile. His only reason for such asser-
tion is that he has examined the book
by rules of higher criticism" and has
decided that man suffering as Job was
could not have uttered such lofty poet
zeal sentiments! This is case for tho
fool-killer rather than for church dis
ciplinc. Western Recorder.
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Tho county seat of Wythe county,
which was awarded tho diploma with
500 premium NJ the Virginia Exposi-
ton ut Richmond i'll lSSS. III Minerals
and Woods. Population 4 600 Altitude,
=, 3GO feet.
Wythc County has two blast and fiji
teen charcoal iron furnaces, and sew
cral zinc and lead furnceS Wytheyilin
offers FREQ the best sites and greatest
Inducements 10 manufacturing indus
tries of any city in the South. The
Wythcvillc Development Companys
reserve fund for new industries alone
amounts to SlSo.00O. Wytheville Il the
centre of the richest mineral region in,
the South Wythcville exempts ali
manufacturing industries from munic-
ipal taxation for ten years. Wythe-
vile has beautiful and we'll paved
streets 60. 20 and ~ feet in width. Two
electric light plants and three water
systems. Wythcville has the best pub
nc schools and the handsomesb school
building in Virginia; has three female
colleges and two male acadamies. Ow-
ing to its mineral waters, free To visit
ors. which are highly curative for many
diseases, and its great altitude, it has
grown into II great and fashionable
health resort
/ nc NytncVlllc development Com
pany will place ON the market. Septem-
Der 80, 500 residence and business
lots of its property in the new West
End Extension, lying between the
Wythcvillc Cotton MiNs and the Jack
son Park Hotel" on both Of which work
has Just begun. This property to BIO Of
fercd for sale for the first time, Soptem-
Der 30, is the most beautiful property in
Wythcville, and will be priced Mt worry
reasonable figures in order to enconr-
age Investments. Investments in
Wythcville real estate within tho last
ninety days have bourne from 100 to 500
per ccnt..to investors.
The Norfolk and Western railroad.
running from Norfolk to the West and
Northwest, will have on sale ut stations
ON limo and agencies in New England
special excursion round-trip tickets To
Wythcyille, good until October 81
For further particulars, apply to w
l.. iOSr, president of the Wytheyiile
Development Company, Wythcville. Va
sep2l-lm
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OVER The rEA.cuPs.
oliver Wendell Holmes on American Social
and Literary Independence.

oliver Wendell Holmes on American Social
and Literary Independence.
Il confess that l am not in sympathy
with some of the movements that &C
company the manifestations of Ameri-
can social and literary Independence.
do not like the assumption of titles of
Lords and knights by plain citizens of
country which prides itself on recog-
nizing simple manhood and woman
hood as sufficiently entitled to respect
without those unnecessary additions |
do not like any better tho familiar and,
as 1T seems to me, rude way of speaking
OF our fellow-citizcns who are entitled
TO tho common courtesies of civilized
society. never thought it dignified or
even proper for President of tho
United States to call himself, or to be
called by others, Crank" Pierce. In
tho first place l had to look in
biographical dictionary to find out
whether his baptismal name was Frank
lin, or Francis, or simply Frank, for
think children are some times christened
with this abbreviated name. But it is
TOO much in tho style Of Cowper's un-
pleasant acquaintance:
Tho man who halls you Tom or Jack
And proves by humping on your back
How he cstoems your merit
should not like our past Chief Mag
:strates spoken of as Jack Adams or jim
Madison, and it would have boon only
as political partisan that | should
have recounciled myself to Tom JEFF
forson. So, in spite of ''Ben" Jonson.
Tom" Moore. and Jack" Sheppard, I
prefer to speak Of 4 fellow-citiZen al
ready venerable by his years, entitled
to respect by useful services to his
country, and recognized by many as tho
prophet of new poctlcal dispensation,
with the customary title of adults rather
than by the free and easy schoolboy alb
broviation with which he introduced
himself many years ago to the public.
AS for his rhapsodics, Number Seven,
our cracked Teacup," says they sound
TO nm like "fugucs played upon big
organ which has boon struck by light
ming So far as concerns literary indie
pendence, ii we understand by thatterm
the getting rid OF our subsection to
british criticism, such as it was in tho
days when the question was asked,
"Who reads an American book?" wo
may consider it pretty we'll established.
III 1T means dispensing with punctua-
tlon, coming words at will, sclf-rcvcla-
ton unrcstraincd by Il sense OF what is
decorous, declamations in which cvery
thing is gloriticd without being ideal
lied, poetry" in which the reader must
make the rhythms which the poet has
not made for him, then / think we had
better continue literary colonists. T
shrink from n lawless independence to
which all the virile energy and tramn-
ling audacity of Mr.. Whitman fail to
reconcile mo. But there is room for
everybody and every thing in our huge
hemisphere. Young America is like a
three-year-old colt with his saddle and
bride just taken off. The first thing he
wants to do is to roll. lie is droll OBJ
lect, sprawling in the grass with his
four hoofs in tho air; but he likes it,
and 1T won't harm us. SO let him roll
let him roll.-Atlantic.
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Il WESTERN RAIL.
~ ROAD.
Schedule in ofrprt Snrt ar,l 1S0o

~ ohfO1N ~ WESTERN RAIL
~ ROAD.
Schedule in effect Sept 3rd, 1890.
WEST BOUND.
LEAVE ROANOKE
lO:03 a. III. Daily: arrive Bristol 400
p NJ. Stops ut all stations,
connecting at Radford with
trains OH New River Branch;
arriving at Pocahontas at
3:35 D. IN.
$40 p. M Daily, arrives Radford 700
p. m, connecting with New
River Branch ut 7:35 D. M,
for Bluciicld and pocahon-
taS;arrives Pocahontas 1885
p. m. Arrives Bristol ll:2O
p. NJ, connecting with Il.
II. V. Il q. X. X. for all
points south and west las
Pullman Palace Sleeper.
Roanoke to Memphis, with
out change.
$50 Il. m Daily, arrive Radford o:l5
a. m, connecting with New
River Branch, leaving Rad
ford 1.:l0 p. III. Arrives
bristol la:40 p. M, connects
with +. II. V. Il G.. K. II.
for all points south and
west; has Pullman Palace
Sleeper from Roanoke TO
NcwO rlcans without
change.
EAST BOUND.
LEAVE ROANOKE
5;25 Il. m. Daily; for Lynchburg, Pc
tcrsburg, Richmond, via
Petersburg and Il. u; l.. Il.
R..) Norfolk and intcrmc-
diatc points: Connects at
Lynchhurg with V. NJ. II.
X. for Washington and the
East. leaving LynchLurg
7:i0 a. m. daily. Arrives
Norfolk 100 p. m, connect
ing with steamer lines to
baltimore and New York.
1910 a. III. Daily; arrives Lynchburg
1919 Il. m. connecting with
Y. NJ. X. X. for all points
north. arriving Wcshing-
ton ':O5 p. m; arrives Pc
tcrsburg i:20 p. M; arrives
Richmond, via K. Il. L. H.
H., 5:o5 p. M; arrives Nor
folk 100 p. III.
3:l5 p. m. Daily; for Lynchhurg and
intermediate stations: ar
rivcs l.ynchburg $40 p IN.
T:"o p. III. Daily: for Lynchburg and
intermediate stations: ar
rivcs Lynchburg 9:20 p. III.
Cripple Creek Extcnson-l.cavcs
Pulaski S:l5 Il. m. Daily, except Sun
day, and 300 p. M. Daily, arrive Ivan
hoe 9:45 a. m, and 1870 p. m.
Clinch Valley Extension Tin operation
Aug. 3. to st. Paul, 81 milcs)-Lcavc
Blueticld $40 Il. IN, daily; arrive st.
Paul 1898 p. IN.
All inquiries as to rates, routes, etc,
promptly answered
w. Il. BEVILL.
Cent Pass. and Ticket Agent.
CllAS. q. EDDY, vicc-prcsident.
janl General Offices, Roanoke.
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a Nice Laborlous Vacation.

Doctor-So you're all run down! Feel
generally dcbiiitatcd; can't sleep, bavo
no appetite; fever ilushcs. headaches.
and dizziness see. It's not case for
medicine
Patient (frightcncd) What is tia case
for then?
Doctor-For rest.
Patient-But I've just been on my va
cation!
Doctor-You needn't tell mo that
Two weeks active employment will rest
you and make you al right Nothing
like getting back to work after a labor
ious vacation. --Boston Transcrint
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EXterminatcs the microbes and drives
them ont of the system, and when that
IS done yon cannot have an ache or pain.
No matter what the disease, whether Il
simple case of malaria fever or IA combi-
nation of diseases, we cure them all at
the same time, as we treat all diseases
constitntionally.
Asthma, Consumption, Catarrh, Bron-
chitis, rheumatism, Kidney and Liver
Disease, (hills and Fever, Female
Troubles. in all it's forms, and in fact,
every disease known to the human sys-
TEN.
Beware of Fraudulent limitations.
See that our Trade Mark (samc as
abovo) appears on each Jug
JOHNSON IL JOHNSON.
Druggists, Sole agents. or Jefferson
ana firse ave. $. W. junl7-1y
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WY,1HENILL.E, VA.

THE GEM OF THE AILEGUANIEs''-''Iu
SARATOGA OF THE sourun
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lO:lO n. m.

BAD p. m.
TO p. III.
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RAND OPENING SALE OF TIE
~ Wythcvillc Development Company.
Sale will begin September 30, al
o'clock.
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RAILROADS,
SHENANDOAH VALLEY RAIL.
~ ROAD.

). #. Tyler, Receiver.
Schedule in effect June . 1soo
ARRIVE AT ROANOKE.
800 p. III. Daily-NIcmphis Exprcss
from llagerstown and the
North. Through Pullman
sleeping cars from New
York and Philadelphia to
Chattanooga and Memphis
via Harrisburg, layers
town and Roanoke.
TAO 4. IN. Daily-Ncw Orleans En-
press from New York. Phil
adelphia and baltimore,
making connection through
to the South. Carries
through Pullman palace
buffet sleeping car from
Philadelphia to New Or
leans. without change. via
Harrisburg. IIagerstown.
Roanoke. Cleveland, Calcra
and H. Il n. II. r.
LEAVE ROANOKE
3:4o a. IN. Daily-Baltimor Express
from, all points south for
Washington, Baltimore.
Harrisburg Philadelphia
and New York. Carries
Pullman palace .buirct
sleeping car from Roanoke
to Philadelphia without
change, via llagcrstown
100 p. m. Daily-Ncw York and Phil
adclphia Express. from
Memphis, Chattanooga and
all points south. For Phil
adclphia and New York
Carries Pullman palace
buffet sleeping cars through
to Philadelphia and New
York via Roanoke. Iagcrs-
town and Harrisburg.
Ticket agents will furnish all infor-
nation and through schedules upon APP
plication to
O. HOWARD ROVER.
III Il. l.. n L. Agent, Roanoke. Va.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-13
a IIindoo God England.

The famous Ilindoo god, Lngam, is
now owned by an English gentleman Of
culture named Spencer. who paid Sl3. :
QUO for 1T at an auction sale in London
in 1SSS. The curious relic stands but
12H inches high. Small as it is, it is
worth It's weight in first water diamonds.
The base is of solid gold, and around it
are set nine gems which wcxe used as
charms, diamond, ruby, sapphire.
chrysobryl, cats eye. coral, pearl, hia-
cinthinc, garnet, yellow sapphire and
an emerald. Around the apex of this
pure gold and gem-studded pyramid is n
plinthe set with diamonds. On the apex
is topaz 1916 inches in length and
GIG of an inch in depth, shaped like a
horseshoe; in the center of tho horse
shoe the great chrysoberyl cats eye
stands. When Bahador Shah, better
known as bad Shah," the last King of
Dolhi, was captured and exiled to tho
Andaman Islands. his queen sccreted this
god, and it was never seen again until
recent research discovered and brought
1T to the British capital, where it was
disposed OF to Mr.. Spencer, as above
mentioned. st. Louis Republic.
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1heCitizens Bank OfROanoke
Roanoke, Virginia,
Salem Avenue, between jefferson ana
Henry Streets.

Henry Streets.
j. Il. LEVY. President, latc cashier
Commercial Bank Roanoke. Va.
II Nj. DICKINSON,
Cashier.
Accounts of banks, bankers. corpor
ations, merchants, and individuals
solicited. Our facilities for doing n
general banking business are equal to
any banking house in Nirginia Col
lections specially and prompt remit-
tanccs made. Interest allowed OR time
"eositS. mplS-tf.
pOANOkE DEVELOPMENT COM
IL PANI, Roanoke, Va, Oct II, 1890.
general meeting of the stockholders
OF the Roanoke Development Company
will be held in the city of Roanoke,
Va, ut the office OF the Roanoke Trust,
Loan and Safe Deposit Company, on
Saturday, November IL, 1890, at IL
o'clock III. by order Of
A. c. DENNISTON, PrcA
w. 5. McCLANAliAN, Secretary.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-29
PASSENGER LISTS.

SAN Francisco, June 2S.-Tse following
messengers will sail tomorrow on the
steamer City of Puebla:
For seattle-Miss Cora Finch. Mrs. Finch, Miss
Lena Finch, a. F. Norton, Mrs. F. A. Olsen,
Mrs. w Gould, Mrs. McBrayne, C. L. Badger,
n NJ. Badger, L. 81 Edeien, George Garrison
n j McCosly aud wife, Mrs. s. Dousehof, Miss
w. Ryder. Miss o, Larson, j. w. Brown, Mrs.
McHall. C. R. Hay, J. C. Haffer, G. N. Wood,
IT.. DR.. Monroe. Mrs Mary Hshesste. H. B.
cut,erliu. w G. Croker, II. hartman, C.
Uanne. c. H. Pratt, Mrs. S. A. Reed and
slaughter. Lucis McGarty. d. NJ. Johnson aud
wife. Mrs. A. II. Hodges, Mrs. Williams. s. A.
Comnton. Miss johnson, Miss Matte Wells. J..
r Haughty. C. z. Patten. Miss o'Fsrrell. 6.
o'Farreii
For Port Townsend-Miss NJ. L. Carpenter,
Mrs Favor, D. Y. Campbell, Mrs O. Redneld, M.
G. McClinton, Miss Wales. Charles Miller. Mrs.
smith p. r. Pratt wife and son. l. p. wellner,
Mrs. X. White.
Eor Taco-na-N l. Gage. Miss Rosa Dune,
MI Mabel Dunno. L. J. Chard and wife, Miss C.
pow,o.u. H. O. Fuhrheig. Miss Edith Robinson,
ps,rd Mrs Gashull, Mrs. u. Kirby. Mrs. r.
w rurahsm, Ed rreyhie, Miss Right, NJ. Hig-
Gins. A. weiller. r. A. simmons
For yictoria-J. Dean, d. Dean, J. 3 Law
rsnre. ID. g. Davis, Mrs. Z. A. smith, d. A Ra'
~ Miss Mcintosh. Mrs Mcintosh, q. Z. Nc
intosh G. A. Mcintosh. T. A. Mcintosh, H.
E.ssr, and four ladies, Mrs. w. II. Donaldson,
r. O. Donnell
uopsE PLAINS, Mont. June 2S-The
following first-ciass passengers passed here
,,aav on westbound Northern Pacific train
No. /:
" pr.s,ev wife and daughter. Daniel Bilier.
r Ms,hevs. Miss n VI. Right. Mrs. John =.
Nichols and IS second class passengers
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SENATE PROCEEDINGS.


sa<rman, Jones and Harris Silver Con-
ferees-Pay of Census Men.
W.sHryeroy Cry, June 25.-In the SEN
4, 4 message was received from the House,
ssking for conference on the silver bill.
nxs Immediately laid before the Senate,
md On motion of Morrill,. conference
s,s sgreed to. Sherman, Jones OF Nevada,
md Harris, we're appointed conferees on
he part Of the Senate.
Morgan offered resolution, which was
srreed to. calling on the secretary of the
Interior for information as TO Spanish and
MEXICAN private land claims pending in
hat department and the United States
courts.
The calendar was taken up and the fol-
bsing one passed: The Senate bill to en-
abe the state of California to obtain title
10 lsnd in aid of schools in lieu of the six.
,xeuth and thirty-sixth sections, found TO
u mineral lands; the House bill to pro-
tide for the disposal of additional military
reservations in Wyoming. with an amend
uent; the Senate bill the reclassify and fix
he salaries of railway postal clerks; refer
unk 70 the COirt Oh Cidlms M aCcOuHt IoI
tw use by the government of the Tice
spiri. meter; the Senate bill to amend the
unsus act (it provides penalty for giving
siee or bonus 20 . census enumerator or
Supervisor or for receiving the same).
The agricultural appropriation bill was
baced on the calendar.
A message was received from the presi-
dent announcing his approval and sigma
hre Of the dependent pension bill.
The conference report on the postoffice
appropriation bill was agreed to.
NOMINATIONS.
Alexander C. Moore. Of West Virginia,
minister resident at Siam; George w. Fish.
back Of Missouri, secretary of the legation
ct Buenos Ayres.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-29
oENTRAL1A SOCIAL NEWS.
PARTIES, Balls and Receptions In Lewis
County.

Parties, Balls and Receptions In Lewis
County.
CExTRALrA, June 2S.-Mr. and Mrs.
Deney, recently married in Pittsfeld,
Mass, arrived Tuesday evening and have
commenced housekeeping.
Mr.. NJ r. Pittman, of New Orleans,
spent several days in Centralia. the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. r. III. Simpson, and Cap
tain Friday, from San Francisco, whence
he goes to the Yellowstone National
park.
A social hop occurred at Crosby's hail
Friday evening. which was q delightful af-
fair.
Miss Jennie Baker is visiting at The
Dalles, Ore.
Mr. Arthur Miller, cashier of the Bank
of Centralia, returned from Spokane Falls
Tuesday. where he attended the Bankers
convention.
DIR. and Mrs. Minkler are home again
from Olympia, where the doctor went to
attend q meeting OF the State Medical
Board. of which he is a member.
Mr.. w. +. Toles visited Seattle this week
on pleasure and business and returns very
much impressed with the beauty of the
city and the magnifcence of its buildings.
A number OF the Centralia bellies and
beaux have been INDUCING in horseback
rides the present week, enjoying the beaut-
iful weather and fine roads.
Mr.. C. f. Mix has been called to North
Dakota to settle UP his fathers estate.
Great preparations are being made for
the grand ball on the Fourth, at the opera
house. It is being whispered around that
there will be some magnificent toilets on
that occasion.
Mr.. Abner Packard, one of our society
young men, has been on the sick list this
week, threatened with an attack of pneu-
monia.
The ladies of the Episcopal Guild are
preparing for an entertainment on the
Fourth of July.
1t is rumored that one of the best known
aud most popular young society men. and
a yong and dashing Centralia beauty are
shortly to join hands at the altar. 1t is
said the wedding will be the most elaborate
ever witnessed in Centralia, both parties
being quite wealthy.
Hon. Charles Gilchrist and wife left Gen.
tralia this morning for Helena, Montana,
where Mr.. Gilchrist is called on important
business. Mr.. and Mrs Gilchrist will
spend several week. in Montana's capital,
renewing the acquaintance of old friends.
and will return in time for Mr.. Gilchrist to
attend the extra session OF the legislature.