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Market firm.


Chicago Mafhcis
Noesrs. Baldwin and Farmers telegraph
"a Thomas Branch 4 Co. as follows
CHICAGO. April S.-Whcel-Business 10
day has been large. Outside news mas en'
hui little figure: in fact there has been moth
ING of importance outside Of the gossip
about Fraley. At the opening we ihink
good deal was covered in our market ior MS
account, but the principal support has been
the continental buying Of big local opera
Tor. The general feeling has been rathe,
bearisb. Several times today. u looked a. u
we would get break. but ne uneasy ieel-
Ing caused by toe continued ppyina OF Asy
and Jane prevented tDls' BnI AiIle ciOp
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CHESAPEAKE AND ONO RAILWAY. ;
ALTON. NA..June p, 1850.

For some years have been troubled with
n torpid condition Of the liver. / had frequent
headaches. ceiling of extreme lassitude, no
appetite. blood In very impure condition
s6 much 80 thnf only "A slight abrasion of the
skin would develop into sores. Was losing
flesh rapidly. / used different tonics ana
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(FFfrr or TIM COLLECTOR 0F CRY
IANF~. cry HALL.
Bfcuv0ND. VA juno 20 1853.
take pleasure .n saving that have been
very much benefit ei hy the use on Dr. King =
ROYAL Germctuor. For the past ten years
have suffered from % very severe cittii y" 4
affection. and do,paifcd of getting RELIEF, pui
hope davns. now that ! can see iht tipH g.
faefs of the Gofmotnpr. lam now using ihc
SECOND bottle. and am improving very mucn.
cordially recommend Dr. g.. r. king' y loyal
1,efmetuer 90 nu who nrc suffering from ca
tsrrn 4. ~. tyNNINgNln.
Colicc on OF lakes for klcl MonV.
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Having used nr. Kings royai Gcfmciuer
iu my family for the past icw weth, Cor ca
mrfhal infection ana rheumatism. take
pleasure Boo saving tnat 10 has proved bcno-
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Union CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

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70 WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

ep.le .s hereby given that Certificate No.
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'''N lmlunf registered on the looks OF
COM any Boa my name has been lost, anu
cation VII be- made 20 AID COM
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Richmond stock Market.
R1cnMoNp. ~. AnrII 5. ls90.

Reported by John l.. Williams & son
bankers and brokers, No iii Main street.
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WONDERFUL REMEDY

AFFECTIONS SKIN DISEASES
MUCOUS DIAiRrfA BNGHIS
IS NERVOUS DISORDERS
and Genera Debility, deriyei from
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FIRST BOARD.
10 West End Land and Improvement
Company at ~.
GnVFRNAfFNT sECuRITIEs. Hid. 4 Skc9
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Scientific and Honest Medicine the Millions!
Dr.: Kings Royal Gernetuer
CURES WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS.

and a" M Ss gsa 1 Ss
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Onc-half percent o. per cent? commission
allowed To Bankers and Brokers'. lelJ-tl
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CHESTNUT HILL,
Property North-Side Land Company,
-Four Hundred Yards From City Limits,
Opposite Barton Heights

MIST beautifully Richmond The
Company alley Three
share stock S25 cash and SOS
month
Parties buying realize handsome profits When $50 lots sold
will be Stockholders will this profit EVERY
PROTECTION TO PARTIES BUILDING For and apply
j. FOURQUREAN President V. RANDOLPH vIcePresiient
W. II. DUNN
p A. SUBLETT. D.. PRICE
MILES CARY. r. w. BURKE
j TEMPLE, A. F. MOSBY.
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other securities taken in exchange at their
market value.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-23

its weIlcoupped trains on excursions TO various points
east OF the Mississippi Because OF the nahagemenC
and equipment one Of these trains was chosen for
the recent an-American tour through INC Eastern
states II Is because of the wide reputation OF the,e
excursions that their extension to include taii0rnla
is now Of such significance. II Is planned 10 nave
these excursions draw from the great cities on we
Middle States. well from New 0rk phlii1epna
and Washington. 1t Is thought that an ehuieN uIicI
eHt patron.-e from the Raymond organization Whlch
draws cheny from New England, VIII be developer.
one GOOD thing about the excursions Is that thcS
are to run through direct to san Francisco; no. as
many excursions in the past, 10 Los hhecles nrSl'
The managers say they intend make these the high
Grade pleasure tours ever offered 10 inc fmeiIt
public. Iy Of their general excellence theev
hope for success although not anticipating huch prom
for a year 50. The excursions VIII he run a.. sPe-
cal trains through from NcwIOrk to this Guy mere
will be vcstibued dining. sleeping and drawing room
coaches with several assistant, In charge -,
The Ravmonds last year did good work Tor 'all-
fDna. but they plan to do more the coming season.
Their hotel Pasadena will open earlier than usual
owing to some disagreement Del Monte was nOt c0u-
poned By the Raymond people last season. hui inns
has now been satisfaofry arranl I>s0 tina tnow the
Monterey is again the list of chosen hotelS.
The VcndOme at Jose, is also included, as wei rs
the Rafael and the Palace.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-23
GATHERED ABOUT TIE TOWN.

Tho Montague 81 rect IA lIOad Company has adopted
thc mans Of Engineer Lightal, Of tie Third Avenue
Gable Company IN New FORK, for the new caDle To'u
from Court. st. 10 the foot Of MoniaGucsl'
4 special meeting Of the Building Trades Couhcli
will bc held on Monday act upon the attltlde Oh
p ! Carln toward union labor. Work on all the
hudincs for which he is contractor Is StOppeu'
Matthew C. Edey, formerly a broker IN produce III
Nev York died on Thursday at No. go DcGid" ST.
lie was born in Barbados in 1o1d, but hNcd mo>'
Of his life in this country. lie was III Du7l"cos iVi
many years but retired about SIX years ago. i,'S
wife and son survive him. The funeral VIII '"'o
place this afternoon.
The CITY Works Commissioner, Mr.. Adams. has al-
plicd 90 Corporation Counsel jerks for the appoint
mcnt of commissioners TO open the streets lFol fo'
tieth-st 10 Fifty nnth-s south Of Thirdave ana to
0pening of SIXTH seventh and Eighth aVcs., from
Thirty ninth IT. the city line. The Work Is parU
Of the projected improvement of the Eighth Nard ior
which S65OOOO has been appropriated.
The Bedford Building Company has been moor
porated with capital of 100000 10y George Parks
Charles j. sands. Isaac NJ Ward, Lyman T.. warren
and Thomas W. PeytOn. IT Is cOntcmPltlci l" eIco'
buildings and lay out building plols
Rose Reagan thirteen years old. Of No. 1ji Grand
ave. attempted TO kill herself with soHfr insect poison
an Thursday evening, because her aunt with whom
she lives had refused her permission 10 remain out
in the evening She regretted her act as soon as III
was committed, and glad a. be relieved by
stomach pump used by Ambulance surgeon Mosher'
She will recover ,
Robert Frost who was charged with aiding in the
,hes Of metal worth 800 from the Navy Yard provci
bic innocence before United States Commissioner Bel
Iovs Yesterday and hOnOrJbly discharged
Iouis C. Bchmdn of the theatrical firm OF liydc *
Holman was married Thursday to Miss Magic
scott of Philadelphia who has been upon inc stage
Mr. Rehman was once Alderman Of the Eleventh Ward
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-23
NETWORK CITY.

f. J. Ovington, of OvingtOn brothers. Of This city
and Brooklyn. and Mrs OvngtOn after stay OF sew
eral months in Europe. will return on the Etrua on
August 80. Mr.. Ovington has visited many Of the
leading manufactures Of glassware brca-brac, stau
airy, etc, and has thoroughly replenished the hrhS
stock for the fall and winter trade.
The steamer Yumur of the Ward Line. met the
American schooner Annie and Willard while on her
way to Havana. The schooner was out of provisions
and the Yumuri supplied her wants. The schooner
was bound from Pensacola to Wilmington, Del, and
had been out twenty eight days.
James Mc(irath a stonccuter crushed beneath
a block Of marble while at work yesterday in the
marble yard Of Fisher IL Brother, in Houston-st Just
east of the Bowery. lie died a short time aferwari
at Gouverneur Hospital from bis injuries. Mcorath
was thirty-hve years old. lie leaves wife and 1--WE
children at his home No. SIS Bergen-st, Brooklyn
Recorder smyth discharged the August Grand Jury
vesterday He told the Grand Jurors that they had
done more work than any August Grand jury he had
known and he thanked them heartily. Tie tT'id
Jury considered the complaint against the cloalmakers
unions but no arrests were made yesterday as re-
suit of the testimony Of Bernhard Bau, the complainant
Joseph Stein, who stole watch from Louis hreiH'
OF No. 1O3 First-avc., sentenced yesterday by lie
corder smyth TO a term Of seven years ana hVe
months in the state Prison stein tried when first
arragned to feign insanity, but the Recorder told him
that he had shown himself TO be a poor actor
Charles schwed who forged several checks for small
amounts and was convicted of forgery, by which
George r. Iocfele, OF No. 446 East one hundred-and-
sevcnthsf lost small sum of money, was sentenced
YESTERDAY By Recorder smt tn to years in the State
Prison.
The Associated knights Of Py thias will have sum
meningitis festival at the Harlem River Park on
Friday evening next.
Mayor Grant received no reply yesterday from inc
managers Of the New-YOrll Juvenile Asylum IN re-
Iaton 10 the complaint of Mrs Mary sclmalz that her
daughter Lizzie, fourteen wears old. had been III
treated and unlawfully detained AZ that institution
The Mayor said he has never received any hooe
of the meetings Of the Board oil Directors VI "' ~
appears he is an exofcio member.
A. Forget general agent Of the French steamship
Company sails on La Normandc tins morning
The Lincoln Club Of the NlNth Assembly DisTlot
will have its annual excursion on Monday NJ
A. m the steamer Long Branch and the baTscS Naiu9
and Movers will leave Ninctecnth-st. and the East
River for Cold Spring Grove Long Island sound
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-23
JUSTICE MITCHELL Of THE GRAND JURY.

Civil Justice Peter Mitchell sent a letter yesterday
to the members Of the board for the selection Of Grand
Jurors in reference 10 the next Grand Jury list The
board consists Of the Mayor, the Presiding Justice Of
the supreme Court, the Chief Justices of the superior
Court and Court Of Common Pleas, the Recorder. tho
CITY Judge and the two Judges Of the Court of General
Sessions. Justice Mitchell say, that Of the mem
bcrs Of the Grand JuricS for the last year were not
intelligent enough to properly. lie found, this
belief the action OF the Grand Jurics for April
May. who refused TO find an indictment for libel against
T.. l.. GOdln Of The Evening POST on the complaint
Of Mr.. Mitchell Injurious statements in reference 10
Mr. Mitchell made In " The Evening POST and In
a pamphlet on The New Tammany.7 Mr.. Mitchell
declare that before the april Grand Jury passed
the charge against Mr.. Godkin each Of the members
received by mail a copy OF the pamphlet, yet they made
no complaint that an attempt had been made to inlu.
cncc them. lie says that the May Grand Jury only
refused By a vote Of eleven to twelve To find an In.
H. lla,wcll. who Is. MIR. Mitchell says. eighty four
years old though the law that Grand Jurors shall
not be over seventy years old. Mr. Mitchell thinks
that Of the members OF the April and May Grand
.ures should not be placed the list this year. lie
says that there Others on the list who over
seventy years old and that some Grand Jurors. among
whom he mentions william X. Grace and Herman
Ocrchs, never serve. and have their name, placed
the list q avoid service petit Jurors. Mr. Mitchell
hopes that the board will In the selection OF
the next years list lie cites ~ show that the
April and May Grand Juries adopted unusual course
IN calling Mr.. Go9n before them 10 testify Oh his own
behalf.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-23
WORK STOPPED UPON A NEW THEATRE.

The work of construction has been stopped upon
Hcrrmanns new theatre in Fultonst. near ll0yt-St'
pending the alteration Of the plans TO correspond with
the requirements Of the Building Department. The
plans were drawn by Philadelphia architect and were
framed according to the building laws Of that city,
which differ considerably from those Of the Brooklyn
Department Of Buildings. When the plans were filed
a number of changes were ordered, but they were not
embodied in the working plans which tie contractor
had figured upon, and he went TO work under tie
original plsns After the rear wall nearly com
Melted 4, fell and had to be rebuilt according the
iouuiIemcnts of the Building Department with but
trcsses II Is expected that the altered plans VIII
I've received to-day and work viii 20 on again next
week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-23
1T WAS A DAY FOR FITS.

There seemed to be an epidemic Of fits yesterday.
Thomas Welsh hfty-two years old. Of No. BIZ East
Twenty ninth St. had attack in East Twenty e ghth-
st. but recovered ard went home
Fairfield Foster, twenty seven years old, OF No.
rO3 West one hundred and fifth St.. was taken to the
New York Hospital in fl.
William Iae, thirty eight years old, OF NO. 81
south Fifh-ave had a III and fell off his truck at
Ic;.ci and West SIS, iniuring his head. lie was
removed 10 Chambers street Hospital
John Kirkpatrick, Of No. 3i2 East SlxtccnthSt.,
was stricken at Broadway and Twenty fourth ST., and
taken 10 New-York Hospital
John Kavanagh, sixty years old, fireman, OF
Engine Company No. 10. at Wooster and Spring sts..
had 1T in the engine house. lie was removed TO
st. Nincents Hospital.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-23
OTHER ,SUBURB1N TOWNS.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

WE~TCHESTER.-rhc heir, Of the Pclrsall estate
In TN, toy about 10 begin suit against the lhiri
Avenue Horse Car Company of New YORK city Tor
maintaining a nuisance and damaging their property.
Duruy the Lifeline Of Mr.. Pcnr,aII the company leased
the Pcar-al farm ior grazing purposes for worn out
hor-c, The heir, noW >ay that the 'arcaeeca oi deal
animal, not properly buried have caused "ul ouor' 10
Arise about thc farm which j. danaslnE I" heath ana
greatly dcpc, the value 81 The property. DAVID
H. Hunt ~ Whit Plains. J., the plaintiff attorney.
DORCHESTER. wealthy man. owning property
aud living near Belle liavth, On wednesday evening
Lat reached Fort'hc-tcr about O'clock ana Wa i
du,cd by some one 20 visit Fox Island. "hcr ue
Mont sonIcy Icuc, client society Wa having picnic,
and the Connecticut gentleman pirt1oh Of some liquids
which produced bad effect upon him. ana hc WdS
ggd sized roll Of money. ~, gold watch Wa, rr'ov
cred hy policemen. but the diamond pm ana money
are sun missing
RYE NECk.-Thc colorcd peoples camp meeting at
Eyc Ncc viii be- brought 10 close to morrow evening.
WHITE PIAIN-.-rhc Board ot Edu, alton Ia, or
ganlhcd by the cc,toh OF Dr' IT.. L., - ',i'''I a.
treasurer. and William II. liuc>t~. collector. me
,,,r1 has increased the ,a.are, all The teachers.
"'''" '' ~. r.,ptlir,u tlu. az the town o White
Plain. Will assemble iu Moran, Hail next Monday
,,.,p, a. .l,,t fhcc DELEGATE, and three acrnat"s
to the New York state Republican LEAGUE Don'',lon
To- meet "a, % nov, music stand recently erected
In Er,,dway to the care of tie village father, last
night following which a grand opcntur concert Wa
participated by tWo bands from rortchc'cr ana the
local band.
wuIIANSBRfDGE.- Michael brennan. who owns a
store, which be- leased t. liquor dealer named LAIN
Flanagan Ia. had omccr Albert schroeder arr. ''u
for changing Illegal and excessive rcr, growing OUT q"
The cir-tmeut 81 Flanagan from the place
the I,cpubIcan Club viii have rehearsal 90 me new
,.,iiug system neat Wednesday evening Al tlc cum
headquarters NllIdS' lre"S"lc ~ w. "a
nault has resigned.
NoxKEH. several deaths from scarlet fever and
dirhthrria arc reported having occurred N l"c
mont house In NOrth broadway, and the h'Ishu"r,
ttrihutc tho cause to defective sewerage ana ioul
mlors arising from the Ncppcr!an River.
HARRISON -The eighteenth anniversary OF the lIar
rson NJ. L. Chapel viii be celebrated to-moHo" even
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-23
ELIZABETH.

An cjcctmcnt sut against the Pennsylvania KAN
road has been begun in the Union County Court by
the heirs Of John .. searns, who want to recover
valuable strip Of land now in possession al the com
pany. and which 1t purchased some time ago from
Henry Keenan,. a liveryman. The plaintiffs say uat
keenan, had right to sell the property, the deed iOr
which stands in the Of their dead parent, Joh
o. stearus
President Moiictt. Of the Palnicld CITY Councll,
was Yesterday served here with copy OF the WIN 81
ceItlnrar Issued icy Judge Magic ON the application OF
Israel Lewis against the Water Board aud "tcr"ork'
cCmpany 0f Plaln0eld citing them 10 appear before
the November term OF the supreme Court at Trenton
wlae the question viii be argued to the legality Of
the cOmpany's charter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-23
TOO LITTLE SYMPATHY. PERHAPS.

About $50 persons paid % cents each last night
10 attend spirituastic seance@ at Bradbury Hail.
No 900 Fulton-st The entertainment was given
under the auspices Of the Independent Club ana the
"mediumn was a "dudish-loohing" man about thirty
years old, who is known Percy Clifford. lie comes
from the far West, and although he has been giving
private seances" in Brooklyn for several weeks TINS
was his first public appearance there. Mr.. Coons'
vice president Of the club, presided, and at the out
set exhorted the audience TO generate some friendly
electricity through sort of magnetic sympathy for
the medium" Mr.. Clifford also spoke OF the neces-
sty Of their sympathy, and appeared TO be doubtful
of the success Of the performance in advance The
room was then darkened, only one light burning dlmy
in the corner furthest from the medium The CAB
met. consisted merely Of curtains dangling from wire
that was suspended across one corner.
The audience sang hymns and did its best to develop
the REQUIRED electricity. but the best the medium >
could do was 70 produce series Of dismal hguics OF
indistinct outlines that would In front 0f the
curtains Most OF them singulafly similar III
size and height 70 the medium" himself. Occasion
allv also disguised would issue from the cabinet
Afier an hours performance, IL was announced uiat
united effects of the heat ana tic thuhueIeuOTlh
were too much for the " medium"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-23
THE NOEMANNIA'S FAST TRIP.
MANY DOCTORS RETURNING FROM THE BERLIN
MEDICAL CONGRESS.

MEDICAL CONGRESS
The fine now steamer N0rmauna. Of the Hamburg
American Packet Company which !, expected 10
eclipse the record between this port and southampton
within hour Of the best record between these
port, when she arrived here yesterday. Her time
six days seventeen hours and two Minutes Just
an hour behind the Columbia. Of the line, which
holds the record. But the agents OF the line figure
that the time little lc-,.A days. sixteen hour,
and fifty five minutes. Til, is equal 10 six day, and
hfty five minute from Quccn,town. The Normannia
passed the Needles AZ = 80 T. IN. August 10. She
made I-3 miles up the next day. after which
her daily were: 4js miles, 400 40, i-G, 1G2
and 800 10 Sandy Hook. She travcr.cd course Of
3Of5 miles and milntancd average speed OF $3.50
knots hour. The Normanna a trcmcndou,
iceberg IN latitude ~ 30 north longitude ~ "a west,
The berg 800 feet high and about one mile long.
The Britannic and the city Of Berlin also some
icebcrgs. but the German ship Deutschland, sixty
seven days from Hamburg beat all ice accounts for
the DAY by reporting thirty five iccbcrg' which she
passed between latitude - -. longitude 40 81
and latitude 40 30 and longitude ~ "a.
Among tho passengers the Normaunla wer Ed
ward W Back Dr. J. W. Beycr, DR.. J. Henry Carstcns.
DR.. William Cuthc, DR.. C. Cushing Mr.. +. q. French,
Or. W. =. Friedman, Dr. W lie e. Howard Dr. T.. \.
luchn, OK Judge Granville T. Halves, Or. H. jacob,
Dr. L. f. Kelley. Mr. and Mrs George II. Knight Dr.
X. b. Morrison, the Rev Or. J. Mondcl, Prince Hugo
Won salm consul =. l.. Swccny. There were many
physicians the NOrnanuia, the City Of Berlin and
the Britannia returning from the International Medical
Congress at Berlin
the Rev j. j. Corrigan. Or. aud Mrs. T. X. Ecclcs.
&. T.. Fitzgerald, Mr. and Mrs ADRIAN I-clin Captain
Kns.' sir Richard Musgr,,vc. Mr. aud Mrs A. r. orr.
pr. and Mr. f. ID. Patterson, and Major"encI John
Among the passengers on the CITY Of Berlin were
Mis- Annie PAlcy. ". H. lideing. Ni,S sallic Arbuth
Vs. IT, Frost T. G. Frost the Rev. Dr. :. Hunt Colonel
w. II. Lodcrnilk, and Bishop G. G. Petty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-23

REAR-ADMIRAL BRAINf SAYS THE REPORT IS
GROSS EXAGGEEATION.

GROSS EXAGGEIAIION'
A sensational article published YESTERDAY 10 u'
effect that il was said that there was great ds''l'
faction and discomfort among the crews OF tie Ialu
more Philadelphia and Vermont. because OF the guam
,i.v and oualty Of the food furnished to them also
that the crew OF the Baltimore dissatisfied be
cause the vessel was badly ventilated. aud ina" about
200 dcsertions had taken place since she went INTO
commission seven months ago
Tear Admiral Br,iine Yesterday declared inc s''''
10 be a gross exaggcratlon and said that tncrc h"n
been only a few descrtiOns.
An officer who had been detached from the haIu
more said: There has been 10 more complaining
among the enlisted men than usual. In fact have
been I'm the Navy since 1861. and have never been
on board Of q ship that the sailors did not grow DC
c@use Of their food and complain that the snip Wa
uncomfortable and that they did not nave hbcrE
enough The fact Is that when IN port the men get
frch meat fresh bread and vegetables and these are
more economical than the regular ships STORES pro
vded al sea- As 10 the number Of desertoH'' u'efe
have been perhaps thirty since the vessel Wen. lh'o
commissions and this Is a very small number. lhcfe
Arr, more or less dc-crtiOHs on All vessels Nhctc nc
are kent on board and doing only routine WR eNcli
day They get dyspcptic and cross, anu Wy. FI'"i
Eut Won will that this talk ol di0tOIril ~ uP's
the authority Of "a sailor what "" cdll Fi'N f"Il''
,rLc officers Of the Philadelphia ana OF the vermont
denied that the men were poorly fed. bat sdld ulit
,hn, Nd INC Same food a. served other vessel
an the Philadelphia there has been sVnc liicPuIIlN
-, enc,ino ant ratiGns because clio mcs'cs nave hol
icon thoroughly Organized. but tins has not cch NJ
tbe EXPENSE Of the comfort of the men,