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, 1890-12-11

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-The secret tary
of the treasury issued notice this after.
noon that the 4.per cent bonds accepted
to-day completed the amount which he
offered to purchase. and bond redemp-
tions will, therefore, for the present, be
limited to AS. and he will also
purchase for the Union Pacific sink
ing fund any first mortgage Pacific rail
road bonds which are prior lien TO the
subsidy bonds, and pay therefor such
prices as Will realize 4 per cent. per an
mum on the Investments.
, 1890-12-11
Elte NJ Snn ErnncIacn.

SAN FRANCISCO, l0.-The linseed oil
works OF kittle ~ Co. burned this morn
ing. The loss is S2o0oO0i insurance,
500 600
, 1890-12-11

WILLARD STILL CHIEF.
Tas Rec ent stringenoy Did Not Affect
the Northern.

MIwAUKEE, Wis, Doc. 10.--Henry
Willard arrived in Milwaukee accom-
panied by u. =. Wegg, Of Chicago, and
ii. Kreisman, of Berlin, Germany.
Mr.. Willard had little to say to inter
viewers except that the recent financial
, 1890-12-11
A Train Slipped Into tn. River.

PORTLAND, Or, Dec. lo.-About 10
o'clock tonight Union Pacific engine
and five cars loaded with stone, while
passing of the transfer barge to the
incline at the terminal grounds, lost
their moorings and slipped back into the
river. The engineer. fireman and
brakemen jumped and escaped injury.
The sunken effects are being raised
to-day. Nobody was hurt. The accl-
dent was caused by the barge breaking
loose from the incline.
, 1890-12-11
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS
The Business Transacted by
Both Houses.
COEUR D'ALENE INDIAN BILL
Legislation Pertaining to the Pa
cific Coast--Various Com
mittse Reports,
Especial Service OF the REVIEWS Was H.
ington Press Bureau.

Especial Sorvico OF the REVIEWS Was h
ington Press Bureau.
WAsHISoToN, Dec. l0.-A story was
printed in the papers hero this morn
ing stating that the commission to
locate dry dock OH Puget sound or
some other point on the Pacific coast had
been offered money by certain real
estate boomers of Washington state to
locate the dry docks In proximity to
lands which they controlled. This
statement can not be verified, although
1t was asserted that several large capital
lists, intimately connected with ex.Sena-
tor Platt bad SO arranged matters that
they could make good real estate spec
ulation out of the dry dock site, but as
these men are nearly all rich enough,
and by speculatiOns In the money mar
ket or In stocks can make more money
out of 1t than they need, 1t is scarcely
probable there is anything In 1t. 1t is
perhaps true that propositions were
made to the com mission that they could,
by locating tho dry docks at certain
points, secure an interest In valuable
lands, but there is no authority for any
statement that they were unduly in
huenced in their selection.
, 1890-12-11
Seattle Ciesrances

SEATTLE. Dec. l0.--Exchanges. 1882,
67O.6O; balances, $2i, ,246.26
, 1890-12-11
WIN surely he = Washington Man.

Representative Wilson was informed
by the president to-day that even If
John F. Convey did not accept the posi-
tion of consul general to Japan Wash
ington man would be selected but that
he would have TO be a good lawyer, as
no other person could fill the place.
There are a number OF candidates from
Washington state willing to take the
place.
, 1890-12-11
The Boat Railway .. The Daiies.

Although the river and harbor com
mittee of the house to o-day dec ded not
to present bill at this session, at the
request of Mr.. Hermann it was agreed
to mold another meeting for the pur-
pose of considering the boat railway hill
for The Dalles.
, 1890-12-11
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.

Biils Tor the Purchase snd Coinage
of silver.
WAsHINGroS, Dac. Ex-senator Far
, 1890-12-11

President Harrison has been calling to
the White house the republican sena-
tors who are weak-kneed on the force
BILL and has been very emphaticaliy
reading the riot act to them.
"A million people are ready to hold
up their hands and shout as soon as you
pass this bill" he said to one of them
to-day. Each Of these senators has
been given to understand that 1t is very
important TO the administration that
the election bill should pass.
The plea Of the president has not APP
parently made any impression upon
those who have been against the bill. 1t
is said now that Speaker Reed has given
up all hope Of seeing the bill passed.
, 1890-12-11
The Puyaiiup Commission.

The Puyallup Indian commission has
been called to meet in this city on the
18th inst. Owing to the delays and the
other complications growing out OF the
resignation of General Cumbach, re-
organization is made necessary. The
Indian commission has designated De-
cember % as the day when the com.
missioners shall start for the Pacific
coast.
, 1890-12-11
Tho ApportIonment BIll.

Chairman Dunnell, of the census COM
mittee, says that he expects to get the
apportionment bill up Monday, and
sees no reason why 1t should not pass in
q couple of hours. The democrats will
make no minority report.
, 1890-12-11

An attempt was made to-day to call
up the Cour d. Alene bill, but Cannon
protested and asked that It be deferred
until next week, when other Indian
bills will be considered. Cannon said
he thought that the bill carried more
than 81, 900, 900, and wanted to look into
1t. The Indian troubles Of recent date
will no doubt make the passage of this
and other similar bills possible.
, 1890-12-11

Judge Upton, of the superior court,
to-day sentenced Fred Guavauch for inn
plication in stealing cattle, to six months
in the county Jail; Lee Gin. for assault
with deadly weapon, six months in the
penitentiary; Dan Murphy, grand lar
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-08-16
mining Application No go
i,siss For Publication u Esv,usus..
u s. LAND OFFICE AT EUREKA, new
Enrtlka Nnnrda Ne 1aNn 1

O.S. LAND OFFICE AT EUREKA, NEW
Eureka, Nevada, Msy u, 1890.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ Jefferson Henderson, whose PostOtiice
address IL Ello, Nevada, has this day filed
hts application for patent for One Thou
sand Four Hundred sixty linear feet of the
Iripoli East mine or vein bearing gold and
silver with surface ground Six Hundred feet
In width, situated In Railroad Mining Dis
and designated by the field-potcs and official
plat In this office AS Lot No ~. Said Lot No
40 being described as follows, to wit: Begin
ming ut a post marked No U s s No 10, stu
ated on the Northern slope of Bunker Hill
whence U Mineral Monument No OIL the
summit of Bunker Hill bears s u deg 16 min
Red Bird Hill bears y 70 deg o. min w 2sS
feet, post No U S S No 81 on the Hoffman
Lode bears 55 deg a min w pa feet, post
No2US S No 80 OH Standing Elk Lode bears
% deg q min w +67 feet, post No u No
~ on Ttiroli Lode bears South 2l0 feet, Trip
oil East shaft bears Dc deg + 357 feet, and
Tripoli East Tunnel No bears u deg So min
775 feet: Thence, South 146O feet to a post
marked No 2 U S No 40 whence post No
US s No 81 on the Hoffman Lode bears n 73
deg 80 min W 208.6 feet, post No = U s S No AZ
W $40 feet, and post No 2U s No ~ on Trip
oil Lode bears north 221 feet. Thence East
GOO feet to post marked Nos u ISIS No 40.
4U 8 No 40. Thence West 600 feet to a post
marked No U 8 $ o 40, the place of begin
ming, containing 2O:l1 acres This claim is
IOT 1iOU llIledE lSeL Oh Lnc EuSL LOuc,
but excludes the following portions of a pre-
vious survey from its surface ground. EX-
clusion favor Of Sky Blue Survey No AZ. Be:
ginning Mt post No u s S No 10 and running
thence North 30.7 feet; thence S G. deg 06 min
+ 1913 feet, thence West 76.4 # to the place of
beginning, containing .03 acres of No
AZ on Sky Blue Lode, Area of No 40 on
Tripoli East Lode, 20.11 acres; area in con-
flict with u 8 No AZ OIL Sky Blue Lode, .03
ucres; remaining area of s No 40 OH Trip
oil East Lode, 20.08 acres. Distances chained
and courses expressed from the true merdi-
All with magnetic variation 16 deg So min
East. The Location Notice of this mine Is
recorded In the Mining Recorders office of
Railroad Mining District in Book +, page SO
of the Mining Records of said District. The
adjoining clnims are: On the west, the pat
ented claim, Tripoli: and on the south west,
the patented claim, Sky Blue. Any and all
persons claiming adversely any portion of
said Tripoli East mine or surface ground, are
required to file their adverse clnims with the
Register of the United States Land Office ut
Eureka, in the State of Nevada, during the
sixty days period of publication hereof, or
they will be barred by virtue of the provis-
ions of the Statute.
d. HALL,
Register.
1t is hereby ordered that the foregoing No
tice of Application for Patent be published
for period of sixty days or ten consecutive
weeks In the ELKo INDEPENDENT, n daily
newspaper published In Elko, Nevada.
d. ii. HALL, Register.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-08-16

the True Meridian Magnetic Variation, l6deg
53 min East. The Location Notice Of this
mine is recorded in the Recorders office of
Railroad Mining District, in Book E, page
60 of the records of said Mining District. The
adjoining claims are: On the north, the
Sky Blue; OH the South, the Mounted Ledge;
ai.I on the west the Bullion and the Web
Foot. Any and all persons claiming adverse
d iX any portion OF aid Cleveland Mine or
verse claims with the register of the United
States Land Office at Eureka, in the State of
Nevada, during the sixty days period of pub
LEGATION hereof, or they will be barred by vir-
tue Of the provisions Of the Statute.
d. Ii. HALL,
Register.
It is hereby ordered that the foregoing No
tice of Application for II Patent be published
for period OF sixty days. or ten consecutive
weeks, in the ELKo INDEPENDENT, u duily
newspaper published in Elko, Nevada.
d. H. HALL, Register.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-08-16

40 deg O6 min w 377 feet. NSl deg
IL min E 600 feet to post marked
No 3 U S S No51 whence post No
q S s No SO on Cleveland Lode bears
n "a deg 08 min w 1913 feet, post No
3 u 8 S No So on Hoffman Lode
bears n AZ deg o. min w 1144 feet
and Y S Min Monument on Red Bird
Hill bears N 10 deg 13 min w 2291
feet. 5 deg 40 min E 1900 feet to a
post marked No u S s No 81. s 81
deg IL min w 600 feet to a post
marked No U S s No 81 to the place
OF beginning, containing 2066 acres.
Distances chained and courses ex-
pressed from the True Meridian Mag
netic Variation 16 deg So min E. The
Location Notice Of this mine is re-
corded in the Recorders office Of Rail
road Mining District, in Book E page
33 OF the records of said Mining Dis
trlct. The adjoining claim is the
Cleveland, owned by Horace X Thur
Der. Any and all persons claiming
adversely any portion of said Mounted
Ledge Mine or surface ground, are
required to file their adverse claims
with the Register of the United
States Land Office at Eureka, in the
State Of Nevada, during the sixty
days period Of publication hereof, or
they will be barred by virtue of the
provisions Of the statute.
D. H. HALL,
Register.
1t is hereby ordered that the FORE
going Notice Of Application for a
Patent be published for the period of
Sixty days, (teu consecutive weeks) in
the DAILY INDEPENDENT, a daily
newspaper published at Elko, Elko
County, Nevada.
d. H. HALL, Register.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-08-16
Mining Application No. 945.
Notice for Publication il Asvsusu;v

U. s LAND OFFICE AT EUREKA, NEv J
Eureka, Nevada, July 7, 1890.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
~ that Charles Adams of the coun-
ty of Elko, State Of Nevada, wi O 70
Postotiice address is at Lee in said
County and State, has this day fl ed
his Application for q Patent for Fiji
teen Hundred Linear feet of the
Mounted Ledge mine or vein bearing
gold and silver, with surface ground
six hundred feet in width, situated in
Railroad Mining District, County of
Elko, State of Nevada, and designated
by the tield-notes and official plat in
this Office as Lot No 81. Said Lot
being described as follows, tow it:
beginning at a post marked Mol u
8 3 No 81 situated on the southern
slope OF Bunker Hill whence u S
Mineral Monument No l on the sum-
init OF Bunker Hill bears N % deg lS
min w 1907 feet, U s Mineral Monu-
ment No 3 on Red Bird Hill bears N
0 deg 30 min w 1880 feet; the entrance
to No l tunnel bears S deg ID min
w 100 feet. rs deg 40 min w 1900
feet to a post marked No gu s s No
81, whence post on " r cor u s SNo
30 on Bullion Lode bears N Is deg II
min W 1929 feet, post No 9 U S s No
AZ on Sky Blue Lode bears N 1 deg As
min w l0i5 feet and post on s e cor
y ) ) No 40 Web Foot Lode bears "
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-05-14

no YOU WANT CHEAP LIGHT aud at the
IL same time an intensely bright and steady
one? Then buy the ROCHESTER" LAMP.
Don't experiment with some other lamp simply
because it is Is or 25c less price than the 30
chester" bat buy Lamp guaranteed in every par
ticular, and of which every user throughout this
city and the entire country will give recon-
mendation. Remember we are sole agents IN this
city, and we guarantee to cell as low as tho "Ro.
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ep12 E. J. MILLER & SON.
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THE GAZETTE.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY Ia.
Letter from Fauquier.
Correspondence of the Alexandra Ga

rCorrespondenco of the Alexandria Gazette.J
MARSHALL. Nay l2.-We have now the
,ono season ia May in advance of time and
constant showers OF rain, set not The mseries
of some Others. The country never appeared
more beautiful! and the people were never
more prosperous. Now and then the GA
zETTEs sentiments arc re-schoed. ''Sette
the State debt" and thereby encourage out
eider5 10 come and buy land now that the
prioe is at bottom letaa- $40 and $27 per
acre Ex-Governor Holiaday spoke square
~ whea be s&id ''the road to Virginia's
prosperity wss not through the door ofrepu-
diatiou. aud If the people Of The State The
ouahg to haQa added through their !eeisla-
ture) Wereresoived to go back upcn 6 reno~n
untarnished by the tepuGiation OF her
plighted fsitb, they mast fDd some other
than myself to Go their bidding"
Tie present outlook is encouraging since
the Farmers Alliances CT the country may
scatter the selfish politicians and even Gust
than before the 1911 century ends.
The month of May brought with it the
coBing Of The public schoola. The boys and
girls now help TO garden and farm. Bel
mont Classical SchooI AID Belmont Militia
~ Academy get on nicely The same may
be said Of our excellent private shoots at
Marshall
Already bosrdera etd visiting friends
have begun to lccste themselves IN the
neighborhood.
TIE pes7aoss Q: TIE Epscopsl Council
this yeay a. Fredericksburg will doubtless
attrac: I large getendancs.
Quite g stir is going on here among the
American citzena OF African descent; rot
exactly TO joio thu Stanley stsndhrd, for
said citizans happen 20 he host Of cid
darkey women intent only On getting pen
sion. II.
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Opening and Closing of the Mails.

Northern mails close at 1880 and 1870 a. n,
and 12:45 snd 6:15 p. N. and 900 p II. Open
ct $50 a. NJ. 1900 NJ, snd $50 p. M
Southern mails, via Charlottesville, Virginia,
:Iose at 500 aud 11:2O q. N. and 900 p. IN.
Open at $50 and $50 p. IN. and 1870 p. n.
Manassas Division mails close at 500 g. m
and 2:30 pm. Open at 1920 q. IN and 7:30 pm.
Southern mails, via Richmond, Va closes at
1880 a, M, 4.45 and 900 p. m. Open at S45
u m. and u M.
Alexandria and Rolnd Hill, Va, mails close At
$50 a. N. and 40 p, u. Open at 900 a. m and
800 p. IN.
Closed mails to Falls Church, Vienna, Fairfax
CHI, Herndon, Leosburg, Purcellville and Round
ELL, Va, close ut 4:10 p. m. and open at 900 am
Western mails close at 1890 a. ~, 1915 and
800 p M Open at $50 and 1000 a. M, and
800 p. N.
Washington D. c., mails close at 1870 and 1890
8 M, INC 12:45 4:40 and 6:20 p. m. Open
at 80. nj 1000 q. M, 1900 NJ, and 300 and
3lacto Hours-0pon at $50 a. m. Close at $50
p. -. Opon at $50 p. 10. Close at p. M.
sunday Houra-Open at 9C0 a M Close st
8: - &. IL.
CARRIERS SCHEDULE Collections mado on 5.
trip routes-6:30 and 1000 a. M, 1920
2: % and $40 p m. On 3-trip routo-6:30 and
10u0a. N. and 5:45 p. IN.
Deliveries made at 500 q. ~, 2 III. and 800
IN dsy-carriers window open at 900 and
cl g $50 =.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-05-14

Is THIS THE Largest LEATHER BELT p
What is declared to be the largest leather
belt in the world is In process of manufac-
ture at The establishment Of Charles a.
Schieren & Co. in Ferry street, New York.
This enormous Bal i. l60 ;pet ,oag ard 70
inches vide. Il is being made q two thick
nesses OF hide aGd centaira the hides of175
animals The total weight of the BIT when
finished will be two tons. Il will require
the work of twenty men for 8 period Of two
months 20 complete it. This fiy-wheel which
the belt Is to eDoircle is part CT the Ulachin-
cry OF 9 Louisiana electric light firm, aDd is
IS feet iu diameter spd "a Inches in width.
A specia hydraulic press of 400 Coo pounds
pressure ba5 been erected by the makers of
the bolt in order TO squeeze it to2other.
When properly glued and riveted the ser
vices OF twenty five men will be required to
put the belt in position, and one week will
be consumed IN the job The ,otsl cost OF
the belt will he about SO 600 as IL is valued
at SO square foot.
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s,rABLEB g. Co.
yETARFIELD & HALL,
D E q g q s IS.

Corner Prince and Fairfax street.
Inscriptions a specially. English, French
German and Domestic Toilet soaps; Gcnuine
F0rna Cologne: Maqmois, Hodyoamia, Gcranium
spcnges, EaiT Brushes and Combs; best Engliah
Tooth Bruahos full assortment OF Patent Medis
cines, Coze's Gelatinc, Corn Starch Sea Moss Faa
rine spiccs OF all kinds, and select stock Of alI
articles sod By druggists 81 prices ss low as the
came quality can be obtained elsewhere. dec ]
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WARRENToN-Trains Nos. 59, so 81 and

WARRENTON-Trains Nos. %, so. 81 and
and SO connect daily to and from Warrenton.
FRANKLIN DIvIsI0N-Daily, oxceptsunday.
Leave Rocky Mt. $50 q. m, arrive Franklin
Junction 925 a. m; los az 1G GFa1kln Junction
ORDONSVILLE-Train leave Orange for
Gordonsville 2:25 a. m. and $50 p. m. daily,
and 500 a. m. daily except Sunday. Returning
leave Gordonsville for Orange 1000 a. M, 3:15
p M daily, and 700 a. N. daily except Sunday.
WASHINGTON AND OHIO DIVISION.
ALL TRAINS DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Leave Alexandrjs from depot at 800 g. n
and 4:45 p. m; arrive at Round Hill 11:30 G. IA
and 7:20 p m.
Returning, trains leave Round Hill eco a. m.
and 1870 p. m, arriving at Alexardria at 1923
a. n. and 1854 p. m.
The 800 a. NJ train from Alexandria connects
at Round Hill with stage for Blue Ridge, Berry
vile and Winchester, and at Leesburg with steges
for Aldie and Middeburg.
Tho 900 a. m. train and 4:45 p. m. train from
Alexandris connect at VienDs with stages fox
Fairfax Court House.
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
On trains Nos. SO and 81 Pullman Buffet Sleep.
ers between Now York and Atlanta, and At
lanta and New Orleaus.
On trains Nos 90 and So Pullman Buffet Yes
tibule Sleepers between Washington and New
Orleans, and Washington and Birmingham via
Danville, snd Washington and Hot Springs via
Salisbury.
On trains Nos. 90 and 81 Pullman vestibuIe
Seepers between Washington and Cincinnati and
Louisville.
On trains Nos. "a and SO Pullman Buffet
Sleepers between Washington and Memphis.
On trains Nos. So snd SO Pullman Buffet
Sleepers between Washington and Rome Ca,
via Lynchburg and Bristol.
Through tickets on sale at the principal stations
to ali points. For rates or information apply to
any agent of the Company, or to
C. NJ. BoRUM, D. P. A., Lynchburg, Va.
JAMES L. TAYLOR, G. P. A. Washington, DC
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DEARL-ToP oHIMNEYs.

PIrTsBURG, September 18th, 1888.
Geo. A. Macbeth q; Co. Pittsjwg, Pa:
Dear Sirs-I wish TO say for your information
and recommendation Of them that 1 hsvo had one
Of your "Pearl.top Chmneys" on my lamp for
four years and in constant use. Signed
JOHN PARscHE, Pttsburg, Pa.
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We have entire control Of these splendid Chin
neys in Alexandria, and dealers will find it to
their interest TO order OF U.s. Your customers 1ciH
hare them. Get tho Pearl.top There are similar
looking Chimncys, but tho genuine are stamped
"Pearl-top." We have them for all burners
amid e J. MILLER & SON.
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aaILROhDS
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TIE AIszaldtia Gazette

Publishes in condensed but comprehensive form
nOws from al parts of the world, and daily lays
before its readers an epitomo of whatever is going
on around them.
THE GAZETTE enjoys unsurpassed facilities for
procuring ALL THE NEWS, and that, TOO, often
twelve hours earlier thsn tho morning papers, its
Geographic columns being kept open till late each
evening in order to receive the very latest dis.
patches, so that whatever may occur, whoth-
or in this other lands, is almost sure to find it's
way into lie columns the asmo dsy
Its correspondence ia ncwsy and accurate, and
its miscellaneous department is conducted with
eye to the onlightenmont and pleasure of ita
readers, snd no pains are spared to make it at
tractivc in every feature.
Its commercial columns are edited with care
and precision, 50 that the merchant and tho farm
er can always rely upon its market reports.
Aa an advertising medium it has few, if any,
Supporters in Ri this section of country, having an
extensive circulation, not only throughout vir.
gina, but in nearly all the States and Territories
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III agect May il, 1880,

G;,:s.5 Iscc5, S>!sAfDs 2ccee-s:
Ss.sl cf:lg S-essts1>-., sSs..muasz
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ESGABL1SHED 1900
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PROFESSIONAL.
A LIZ. W. swEDBEBG, V. s., V. D.,
STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS.

A MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF
IN THE WATERMELON, PLAINS and ALEX
ANDRIA TELEPHONE COMPANY is hereby
called to be held in Werrenson MAY 10th, 1890,
at II m. All shares should be represented by
person or proxy, as it will be meeting of much
importance to stockholders.
J.BRAD. BEVERLEY. President.
II. n. BRAWNER, Secretary. ap21 I'd
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-09-15
CRAZED BY A RATTLhSNAKE.

An Enormous Reptile Found Coiled on
Young Womsn's Breast.
Miss Louisa RepsdoTph, highly es-
teemed and very popular young lady of
Gastonia, n c., failing TO appear at break
fast one day last week, her mother went to
ascertain the reason of her hardness, and to
her horror found her daughter lying still in
bed, with an enormous rattleSnaks coiled
upon her breast. The young lady was at
first thought to be dead, from her rigid and
ghasIly appearance, and her eyes, CLASSY
and fixed. staring at her hideous bed-fellow !;
but, perceiving that she still breathed family,
the family were confronted by the problem
Of how to kill the reptile without provoking
il, in which case it was probable that it
would attack the girl.
AT last bowl of milk was placed on the
floor in its sight and after few minutes
suspense they had the qualification of seeing
the snake uncOll itself and glide down the
side of the bed TO the bowl, where it was
killed by Mr.. Repsdorph. Efforts were then
made to restore the young lady, but it was
soon evident that she had lost her mind.
When spoken to she betrays no sign of hav-
ing heard, but if disturbed emits sharp,
Kissing sound, which is said to be exactly
like that made by an angry rattlesnake, and
was probably the warning the reptile gave
her whenever she mov,d, so was tie last
thing she was conscious OF.
How long the poor girl had lain staring
into the small, cleaning eyes Of the snake
and feeling its Shiny, cold body next her
naked skin will never be known, but the
ordeal was one to make a strong man Shud-
der. Miss Repsdorph has been seen to make
no voluntary gesture, all food and drink
having to be given her us to an infant. The
physicians say she may recover, though the
chances are slight-Philadelph Times.