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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-09
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
Brief sketch OF the Life of the Dis.in
gatsAed Poet

gatsAed Poet,
Bo>ToS. Oct. Solver Wendell
Holmes. the American poet. whose
death ~ss told in yesterdays dis
patches was born in Cambridge.
Mass. Aug. %. 1899. He used TO
say that he ..sneaked in" with Long
fellow. Lincoln and other famous
men. which tina. memorable year
gave 20 the world. His father was
the celebrated Yale tutor. Rev. Abel
Holmes. and his grandfather. Capt.
David Holmes. served both IN the
French and Indian and in the reyo-
lutionary wars. The family came to
America in 1886. when John Holmes
settled in Woodstock. Conn. He
first enjoyed the common school ad-
van;ages o. New England BOYS En-
tering Phillips academy. Andover.
he prepared himself to enter Harv-
ard college. Distinguishing himself
FOR his metrical rendition Of the first
book of the Enied- He was grad
uated in 1929. In 1880 when il was
! proposed 70 destroy the old frigate
constitution, Holmes wrote his poem
ensign down. which Immediately
gave him great reputation as 4 poet
He studied Law in Cambridge. but
being attracted 70 the profession Of
medicine. he spent several years in
Paris, and in 1886 received his de-
gree. In 1889 he was chosen for pro-
lessor os anatomy and physiology At
Dartmouth college. Relinquishing
his professorship at Dartmouth. be
began the practice of medicine in
Boston. In 1919. removing to Pitts
field. Mass. he became acquainted
with Hawthorne. and their associa-
ton is commemcrated in the Hall
Of Phantasy." in which the novelist
described Holmes as the most viva
cious" of an ideal group Of poets.
In 1Si1 he succeeded DR.. John c.
Warren in the Harvard medical
school and became lyceum lecturer.
His FIRST book Of poems was pub.
lished in Boston in 1886. The estab.
lishment of the Atlantic Monthly in
1857 afforded q good medium for the
work upon which the literary fame
of DIR. Holmes was securely founded
The Autocrat Of the Breakfas,
Table" conversational papers. in
GLIDING some Of the noblest poems
and finest wisdom and humor Of the
author. 1.-The Professor Of the
Breakfast Table next appeared. fol
lowed in course by The Poet at the
Breakfast Table" In 1861 "E,si,
VENEER" the FIRST of DR.. Holmes
ventures into the realm of fiction, ap
peared, and in 1868 The Guardian
Angel"
| His works Of biographical nature
were the memoirs Of John LothroI
Motley and Of Ralph Waldo Emerson
OF his poems The Cham bered Nau
titus" was his own favorite, and b,
general consent one Of the consumar'
lyrics of the language. OF his satit
icsl poems 1.-The Moral Bully" and O
1.-THE humorous pieces The Wonder
Iful One-Hoss Shay" are classics.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-09

On Farm or City Properly il eny eertion Of oorn
Try where property has . fixed marie, value
MONEY ready for tmmeGia-e lo-ns where seccri'y
and title IL good No Commission. We eolici.
apnl,ce',ons- Bla=ks furnished upon eene~s-
ALLEN & CO. 20 . e Broadway. New York
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The End is in Sight.
In few weeks we hope to bid goodbye 20 carpen-
tiers, painters and plumbers. and to open TO our
friends and She public generally 8 handsome new
store filled with splendid stock Of new goods In
the meantime we TRYING TO make things generally
interesting. and this week will prove no exception
Furs.
fur manufacturers complete failure has thrown
in way some Of the most remarkable fur values
ever offered to ANY customer We propose to give the
benefit to our trade. and offer while they last:
HBsek Coney Neck Scarf. vc-;h 81 = resc-
Black eisu. complete ys-y
cheap nG@-
s5FNcch Coney scarfs paerf head ALL
Natural 81 =. Worth "a
n O.
We quality.
The and ether ;rimns poi
lively the osess of loo prices
Fur viii receive We
viii End and
Hcrted
Nar.en collars and edses-.n the proper lenE-hs
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An amusing Story has leaked cut In
connection with ex- President Harrisun's
visit TO this city. One Of the trunks with
which he Is travelling this summer was
extremely well loaded and tasked the
strength and patience Of . bagzaSe
smasher at the Forsy-secund street ssa-
ton TO such a extent that he lost his
temper and made very emphatic re-
mark
BE aiSy. there. I" aid his companion.
That's Aishser BENJAMIN Harrison's
trunk.
"BeguErA thin" answered the irase
Hishnan- hes got his presidential
boom inside Of il New York World
Fair weather and considerable
warmer: sousherly winds Todsy's
temperature. So
+. j. WALz. Observer.
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80 pieces white Dome. Flannel. &c gUz- -. Z,
Is pieces Tennis flannel both dsr. 3 -. q.
Sc quality only SC. H,n6sons new e-ss- 80. .
better quality tennis.
Linen Department.
100 dozen Colored Border Towels --rs- 2 -.
while they last. loo and fhey Won't last lon
Some remarkable items among the neE L - d.
An investigation viii pay you
Yarn Department
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SPORTING NOTES.

Earl Belmopt, trottlng stallion worth
S. 500 was killed by lightning in barn
near Louisville Wednesday.
At the Rochester races Wednesday the
winners were: 2.i9 trot. Cephus. 2:i4t4 (;
2:2i trot, four-vear-olds, saliie, 2;l6j1 !;
2:29 trot, Pet. 2:l911
At the San Francisco races Wednesday
the winners were: Troiting 2-year-olds.
2:41 class, Last Chance. 2:26t4; trotting.
ysAr-oids. Harvey Ne. 2.Z3; trotting. 2:l1
class, wayIand W., 2;i5.
w. /. stimmel and Fred C. Thurman
broke the 20o-mile road record for bicycles
Wednesday. st Buffalo. y. I. They rode
loo miles out and return IN IS hours 50
minutes 30 seconds. The best previous
time was II hours minutes.
The East ST. Louis races "Wednesday the
winners were: SIX fuEEongs, Grasshop-
rer. 1.221S; four and half furioHgs. Cen
sor. .5gs. six and bali fnrlongs. Sister
lone. .29t.. nine furlongs. Vida, 2 :o55a (;
six furlongs, HaTtsaliay, is1A.
AT the Harlem, H., races Wednesday
the winners were: Seven furiongs. Cur
aurov, -: eight furlongs. Ida Piekwtck.
lisa: sir fnrIonRs, Capt Brown. l.I3t4
five and half fnriongs. Lsvins. f:io:
nine farlongs, Bessie bisland, .5sl{; tive
and half fnriongs, Midas. :0ss4.
AT the Tsrre Hsute. Ind. races Wednes-
dav the xineTs were: 2.i0 trot. purse OF
a. 500. Pam!ieo. $50: 2.i5 pses. purse OF
a. 0sa. Directum, 2 IS: 2.t3 tTot. purse II
5000. Cocoon. 2.i5t4; TeTFe Hants purse.
feala OF ESQ. stake s2,00. suicon, 2sl3is
syear-oia pace, purse al sIseS0. Be Sure,
z.fA
At the Jerome Park races Wednesday
the winners weFe. Five and half fur.
longs. cAiifoTnIa. i.i0a.; SIX furlongs.
Mabel Glenn. n: match, SIX fuTiongs.
Ggenmoyns heat stonsveli. lsis: six fur
longs. windKate, In: four furlCngs,
HAIRY Reed. al: six farlongs. Miss Cal
lop, lis
AZ the Saratoga races Wednesday tie
sinners were. Five fgFiongs, Deffargita.
aoEs, fonr and haif furlcnEs. Tough
Iiubsr. .5s5t; slx Earlongs. Miss Annle,
lis. az farlongs. GenEette Edwards,
fsIsi.. seven fariongs. Ga.iiee. ! s@SSs
1z.i.e ard . half over sir hurdles. Coz.
Clay. ..as Pittsbaxg keA, % nsx u De
farxiilA wen slx.eo
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above sea level. The mouth of Beaver
creek in my previous explorations j found
to be 2, 400 feet. This would leave q fall of
400 feet in twelve miles, so that there is no
question about splendid pass having
been discovered. The snow W a. quite deep
In some places, and would bother wagons
at this time Of year unless there was con-
siderable travel. The pass was really
pointed out to US By the flight Of birds,
which generally follow the low ground"
This is the whole substance OF Austin's
report OF the Austin pass, which varies
from the truth IN the following particu-
lars: In the first place, il is neither prac-
ticable for a railroad nor q wagon road
from this side, and the north fork Of
Beaver creek does not head in the pass on
the other side, and Austin did not follow
down Beaver creek fifteen miles, as he
says "to be certain Of it," Ii is nov as
serted, upon the authority Of a member OF
his own party, that the point from which
he retraced his steps Is less than three
miles below the summit. and recent ex-
plorations have proven beyond all ques-
ton that the stream reported By him to be
Beaver creek. aud represented 10 empty
into the SkAgit five miles above the mouth
of RUBY creek, is Baker river. which runs
nearly parallel with the Skagit and emp
ties into the Skagit seven or eight miles
above Hamilton and forty-two miles below
the mouth of Ruby creek. from which 1t IS
separated by a mighty mountain wall. IL
Il forty-six miles from Bellingham bay TO
the mouth Of the Baker river via the south
fork of the Nooksaek and Lyman. on the
9kagit river. with only one divide Less
than /. 600 feet high intervening, while via
Austin pass the distance is seyenty-seyen
miles and over a mountain nearly mile
high. But unfortunately the mouth OF
Ruby creek, instead of the mouth OF Baker
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BASEBALL RECORD.


PHILADELPHIA, Aug. l5-The home
team won easily. Score: Phillies IA; b b.
Is; e, 2 Louisville. 2; b h, 8; e. 5.
Batteries-Buckley and Tyler. Grim, Hem
ming and Weaver.
BROOKLYN. Aug. l5-Score: Brooklyn.
9; b h, 10; e. 4. Chicago, 5; b h. IL; e. .
Batteries-Dailey, Danb and Stein Hutch
inson and Schriver.
NEW YoRK, Aug. f5-Even with their
weak hitting, the Giants would have won
but for misjudged fy by Burke. which
gave the Browns two runs in the third in
ming. Score: ST. Louis, 4; b b, 10; e, 3.
New York, 8; b b, 8; e, 2 Batteries
Twineham and Breitenstein: German and
Wilson.
BosroS, Aug. 15.-In the ninth inning
today, Mccarthy. by one of his great
plays, retired the Pittsburg team in a
triple play. It was q wonderful feat, and.
as was afterwards proven, was the only
thing that saved the day for Boston. Bos-
ton, q; h, IL; e. l. Pittsburg. 8: b h Z;
c, 5. Batteries-Ganzel and Stiyests; Mer-
rirt and Ehret.
WAsHINGros CRY, Aug. f5.-The game
was called on account OF darkness at the
end of the eighth inning. Washington, z;
b h, 81: O., g. Cleveland. @; b. IL; =, z.
Observation-Disclosures Shelbach and Stock
dale: 0'Connor and Cuppy.
BALTIMORE, Aug. l3.-Ihe Orioles won
the game in the first inning. Baltimore.
&; b h, II; e 2 Cincinnati, 2; b b, l.; c,
8 Observation-Disclosures and Mcmahon
Murphy and Fisher.
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The Latter Grow Weary After Seven
Losing Innings.

II took lust seven innings 10 decide the
ball game between the lawyers and the in
sarance men az Madison park yesterday
afternoon. The lawyers wen. and the
score was 2lto 8 The proceeds Of the
game we're turned over 70 the Bureau OF
Associated Charities, and, though the at
tendance was not large, goodly sum was
realized.
The LAWYERS and insurance men about
town were we'll represented in the grand
stand and bseachers and as the two teams
stepped on the grounds gaudiy arrayed
and ready TO do battle . mighty cheer
arose and the game commenced amid q
humping OF benches and a clamor of feet
from their respective supporters
The game commenced With the men Of
the law in the field. Noble was first at bat
and he sent the first bali pitched sailing
way out into left field, where. after an sx-
citing run and 4 graceful leap into the air.
RAwson captured IL Atkinson vas next
A. BAT. and he received sSips in the r1ns
from Morris whirlxind delivery. Faux
enburxh received another swipe, and
Carter famed tie ar. Atkinson vas thea
caught between hrSt and second, snd the
LAWYERS came in. Hart went 10 first on
halls then Babeock and Backus tried 10
see hos quick they could strike out Nor
RS cot hls and Pratt got another, scoring
both Hart and Morris Wrestling thea
made a long drive into Iefs field, and after
a long run. il was captured By Heifner,
and so gracefully was u done lie vas adj
mired f5r several minutes The rest Of the
game vas . smuggling match as far a. the
Iawx~r. were concerned, and they landed
.asslx almost everything that came over
the plate
big" Morris carried or the batting
honors. having out Of SIX times at bat
three Singles and three doubles 10 his
credit He also proved himself 10 be
some pamp IA. Of pitcher. and allowed
b1t six hits "a ISIS delivery. John Wisey
urovsss how easy matter il ass 70 strike
aut By nos touching the tall xlth his Rat
Fred Carter, vho IS fatter than he sas
when he pssyeA hsii years sxa n ads shs
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Austin immediately uass .s
port OF the exploration. ana :, ,.~.-.-s.s.N-
Oh MS distin gui.hed servic.. 49,. -
eonfnissiorsrs named tn. s.r,...,, -.
- n1sssh pass. and had spread upoa
e 80 .stds resolution Mandatory Of the
- -.s.o1 ana directed that copies thereof
crossed and presented to the several
.asaaDefs Of the party The appropriation
Aasa mace without further delay. a.
Is also that Of Stevens county. bat Okaa-
osAa psoerastinated. and Whateom waxed
"a patlent that Commissioner w. T.
-aeDaalsis Was sent over there as mis-
sionarT 70 labor with the hreshren and
persuade them 10 aid IN the good work a.
me law required. which they finally did.
his little expedition cost this county
s-sL2o. and earned for Mr.. MeDanieis the
proud title Of "okanogan Bill" The
Austin excursion cost about 500. 50 thar
altogether the amount iugzled cut Of tnis
county on account Of the wild goose
trail" up 20 date Is nearly 5000. on the
1th OF May Austin vas quoted in the
RsreilIs IS follows:
.'0n April 30 We discovered a pass from
the nerth FORK OF the Sooksack TO the
headwaters Of Beaver creek which lead.
into the Skagit, and we followed Beaver
creek until IL became certain that the
route to the Skagit Is practicable for
wagon road or \ railroad The pass Ia inn
mediately west Of Shueksan. and between
that mountain and two peaks of the Baker
shncksan range, 1000 fee. high. Two
creeks. without canyons, heading in a
table land with scattering timber. rise In
the pass discovered and empty into the
north fork Of the Nookssck. about thirty
eight miles from Thompson's. We fol-
lowed those creeks from the north fork
and reached these table lands. This
was the summit, $3.50 feet above
sea level We found that the north
fork Of Beaver creek also headed in
these table lands and flowing TO the skagit.
aud that our task was accomplished.
although we followed down Beaver creek
fifteen miles to be certain of IL. Where We
stopped on Beaver creek 10 was 2. 500 feet
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their crystal waters into the upper skagit
sbose the great canyon flow over golden
,snds, and the mysterious tales OF
kogsful prospectors have led many
10 believe that the great mountains
rpon ali sides, whose lofty crests approach
he realm OF eternal snow. are vast treas
tn houses of precious metals, awaiting
only labor and capital TO be turned 10
ssa's account. One may quite reason
kly entertain doubt that all these things
m true, and AT the same time indulge the
hepe that they may be. IL is certain,
however, that they have not yet been
demonstrated. Ii Is not questioned that
here is q fine stock country Ia Okanogan
tnd Stevens counties. or that trail over
which cattle might be driven in the early
iall to the markets of the Sound would be-
81 great value to the stockmen. Nor IS II
Questioned that there is some gold above
the skagit canyons, Tor there are placer
dIsrngs along Ruby creek which have
been irregularly operated for many years,
nearly oil supplies being taken in from
British Columbia via Hope. at an expense
which has greatly retarded development.
So much for the known riches OF the two
sections of country which the state road
was designed TO open 30 settlement and
development. Now for brief review OF
the work accomplished in this direction.
Senate bill No. 205, carrying with IL the
states appropriation Of $4,000. was APP
proved By Gov. McGraw March 10. 1888,
pnd on the 23d of the same month he APP
pointed John cryderman and T. +. Hanne-
ssa. Of this county, and Fred ii. Oliver. of
Stevens county, as a commission TO have
charge Of the work. The law required that
Whaieom county appropriate 5000 and
okanogan and Stevens counties each $1,000
% aid the work. The commissioners OF
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syOW ALL SUMNER.
!. The Cascade Passes to the
North of Mt. Baker.
-~.re TRAIL MONEY WASTED.
-, County Also Big Loser
~s.t.ke OF Accepting an I'm
.<t~.tIfe Explorers Report

~,ox Aug. i5.-fSpecial. -Four
-. Of Washington, Whatcom,
60 okanoxan and Stevens, are deeply
-. - IN the success Of the project for
ss.s.ruction FIRST Of pack trail, and
80. Of wagon road across the
-. 49, mountains from tide water on the
= me rolling bunch-grass plains OF
usshow. Okanogau and Upper Colam-
- - go valleys on the east In fact. the
' = manifested by the people Of these
-. seems rather out Of proportion
- prospeetive benefits OF such .
n carried 10 completion. And
-. benefits will he considerable IL
'sss.t has been told IL true. We have
=. EVEN to understand that from
-. he bunch-grass belt meets the for
= s'ne mon the eastern slopes of the
800 Cascades eastward 10 where the
s.ss,,bia river cuts through the ColviIIe
800 reserve 10 the north and east Of
4. Rig Bend country and the wheat
-. Of the inland empire. cattle roam
-, The thousand hills, and herds and
-. Without number will find pasture
: 40 fertile valleys and upon the border
:. foot bills, II direct outlet can only be
..ssred to the Sound. And We are told,
8. hat the little streams which pour
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THE REDUCED GRAIN RATES.
Prom waIIa waIia s4.25 Per Ton-Mr.
Aahton on the Red action.

Ashton on the Eed uctlou.
PORTLAND, Aug. Is. - Especial. l. Tie
new rate on grain from Walls Walla made
by the Oregon Railway & Navigation Com
panv and Northern Pacific is s425 per
ton, instead Of $3.50 as stated last night
TACOMA, Aug. l5-lSpecial. James NJ.
Ashton. attorney for the Northern Pacific.
has returned from Portland. where he at
tended q meeting held to consider re-
ducsion Ia freight rates on wheat. He
says;
.Ths road cannot carry the grain for
less than $3.50 per ton. Ii We reduce the
freight rate the buyers will absorb IL A.
any rate, no reduction can be made until
We have authentic data from Liverpool
"A To the price of wheat The buyers are
the men that the seller should get after. II
we should reduce the freight rate SIX bits
a ton the buyer would cut that much per
ton from the price he would pay. Again.
il We were to put down freight rates IL
would be used as q club at the next meet
ing Of the Legislature to compel the rail-
road TO make still furtheF reduetion.
However. the railroad 10 disposed 10 make
a reduction that will benefit the wheat
grower. in consequences OF the Iow price OF
wheat"
Mr.. Ashton was asked why the seller
did not have the buyer take his grain a.
the country railway station. and thus
leave the matter of freight rates with the
buyer and exporter. He said:
They are not sharp enough They do
not seem to see through the buyer 5
methods. They Jump on the railroads
because the buyer says be cannot pay
more for grain because Of the high freight
rates. In every case ths buyer taxes al
vantage OF the railroads anu t8e seiier.
". viii see what IL the actual price Of
vraln abroad before arranging any new
schedule Of freight rates.
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F,.Y.,s News.

RvxRErr. Aug. ia-Tspecial The city
OF Everett is taking steps 10 bond the city
tor So. 600 for roads and s.. 200 Tor sewers.
The people of Everett are intensely inter
..t~d tu the development Of roads leading
70 tha, city. and while expecting the CO.
operation OF the county authorities are
no, disposed 10 wait on them indefinitely.
The $50 coo 10 be voted viii probably be
used to build plank road, running from
Fvrrett Vi. Machia. 20 Granite Falls, and
from Everett via Marysviiis to stanwood
or Arlington
At the gusiness Meas Association last
evening the COMMITTEES reported thai peii-
t,ons 20 the county commissioner Tor the
removal OF the eounty seat acre nov Being
circulated
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eoanEy, while favorable - the project,
laeilned TO doubt the feasibility Of
~ route 'north Of Mount Baker. as the
- expressly provided. and declined 10
sske the required appropriation untsg the
,. hss Of suitable pass on the route
T. Use shouia oe reasonably determined
secordiugiy. "a April. sent cat
s = " I'VE. Al the expense 81 the county,
ssAge q banning Austin. an expert
- eFaiseF, who was regarded as a thor-
- sompet@at and reliable man. Aad
- a@l previously made some exploTs-
=. = TIE valley Of she UPPER Skagit for
- Nofn~ aA-MIls syndicate. The cthsr
-. -. Of the party SeEe WiiiiAm Gar
y sssiaa Thompson. T. 7. Chase and
Neiis. a. experienced woodsmen.
P&rzy rsszrRsd On tie oh og Nay aaa
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. wor,a.. nsexe,. Record Broken.

DENVER, Aug. b.-Otto Ziegler. OF Call
ifornia, rode an unpaced mile today, with
fiving start, in 200 is, beating The
record by two seconds. The judges were
regularly appointed. and Ziegler's feat
makes the record. All the fast amateur
wheelmsn except Bliss and Tyler are here
for the races. which begin tomorrow. To-
day most Of the visiting wheelmen have
gone on long runs In the surrounding
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star pay OF the game by long running
catch OF Harris lire drive 10 center and
doubling cat John Wiley. who was ryIag
10 scramble back 20 first.
Noble oniy pitched three innings, and
vas then relieved bv s-Bahy" Turner. both
pitchers being hatfed hard.
Popsis umpiriHg Was entirely satisfac-
tory 20 every one. and a. tbs close OF the
seventh inning. BIZ request OF the insaE-
ance men, he called the game. The score:
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Observation-Disclosures Race Postponed.

FREsHwArER, Isle of Wight. Aug Is
The match between the vigiIant and the
Britannia was postponed indefinitely this
morning. A gale made Il impossible for
the yachts TO put TO sea-
RYE, Isle of Wight. Aug. i5-Interest
in yacht racing is declining In the first
race today the Carina sailed over the
course alone, and the Moerna did the same.
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C. Z. Byler. manager Of the Port Blake
ley baseball team, announces series OF
five games to be played between his team
and the Port Gamble nine. The first OF
the series will be played In this city next
Sunday and the remaining games on sue
ceeding Sundays. alternately at Port Gam
BILE and Seattle.
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Tn. renn,. rournamen. a. Tacoma.

TACOMA, Aug 15-The result Of the first
days play in the tournament for the lawn
tennis championship of the Northwest
was as follows:
Foulkes beat w. Bull, White beat At
kinson, z. Anderson beat II. Griggs, i.
Griegs beat Warner. Purdon beat Cresson.
Hnrd beat p. Fransioli, +. Bull beat Sar-
geant. T. Fransioli beat Ramsdell, White
and Pardon beat Thorne and Bull. Fonlkes
aud Cuppage beat Anderson and Fran,
sioli. Griggs and Sergeant beat Ramsdell
and Cresson