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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-10
A CAMDEN VICTORY.


The Senator's hackers Garry tho Wayne
Primaries, but There aIay be Two Dcm"-
CRITIC Tickets Ia tho Pieid-Vinson Will
Give Himself Up To-day.
Special Dispateh TO DE Intelligence.
Huxr1SGroN, W. Va, Sept. 9.-There
was no trouble in the Wayne county
primaries yesterday. Tho Camden and
Wilson people had separate polling
places aud the Camden ticket received
1853 votes more than the Wilson tickets,
which shows decided Camden victory.
G. G., Burgess. the present criminal
Judge, defeated W. W. Marcum, the
Wilson candidate for denomination. 1t
is more than probable that both tickets
will be voted on in November, which
will elect the Republican ticket
Marshal Vinson has been in Louisa,
Ky, since the shooting ARRAY, along
with his deputies who took part In it:
lie will 20 10 Wayne Monday to stand
trial. 1t is Understood the ball cut out
OF Frizzell, the murdered man, was a
4S.calibr while Wilson'S gun is A.
calibre. He claims to have never soon
Frizzell when the trouble occurred.
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nooAL Rt:EpiTles.
Matters Of araor fonsat In aad About
the city.

Matters Of Minor moment II AAu A0eat
:, ossa. ], Horsr this oT'nins-"A Flag
A MrrTrso Of the csancil committee
on claims has been called fos this even
ing
,GorrEsrs HtrsscnEtL was arrested by
Officer Yves. Saturday evening for dis
orderly conduct.
TIE Wheeling steel plant, at Ben.
wood, will not DO At work to-day, but
will start up again tomorrow.
Miss Agnes Kenny, Of Grafton. IL the
charming guest Of her friend, Niss
Della Herbert, Of South Chaplinc street.
THEODORE W. FISK was yesterday APP
pointed receiver OF the estate Of Angs-
line P. Fink. Bond 5000; no security
required.
A GREAT time IL expected Monday
night at the A. o. U. W. hall by the
MoguIlians, who will initiate several
new members and attend 70 other i'm
portant business
liz the police court Saturday morning
one disorderly case from the State Fair
grounds was hned s. aud costs. Barney
brady, plain drunk, was sent 10 the
bill, and six cases were dismissed.
PEriT1oSs for reductions or corrections
OF assessments for city taxei will be
heard to-day by the council committee
on equalization aud appeals, this being
the day to hear petitions from the First
ward.
SATURDAY morning q tubular boiler in
tho Warwick tool works, OIL the South
Side, blew up while it was being
cleaned. No serious damage was done,
rs only twenty pounds Of steam pres
sure was on at the time.
Yesterday Cficer West locked up
William Dolphmier, colored, for disor-
DERBY conduct. He had been fighting
and was so badly cut u doctor had to be
called. G. A. Fisher was put IN by
0'Brisn, also for disorder.
AN unknown man was found Satur-
day by officer Donayin lying on tho cor
nor OF Moin and Twenty-tirst street. He
was evidently sick, and County Com
missioner Vollinger. being notified, sent
him to the county inhrmary.
In another column OF this mornings
paper Mr.. Edward Blumenberg an-
nounces that to-day he will open lee
lures on violin. piano and theory, at 952
Market street. He will be found there
between = and II a. m. daily.
JACOB EpPs, who telophoned to the
police here from Steubenhille the other
day to arrest his wife, came down Sat
urday to SEQ II they had done 80, and he
was himself arrested by Officer West on
an old charge Of abusing his wife.
A WOMAN evangelist held forth to a
good sized crowd ut the coroner OF Mar
ket and Fourteenth streets Saturday
night, and last night I. J. Cartwright
preached at the corner oil Sixtecnth and
Eoli streets to smaller gathering.
TIE council committee on streets,
alleys aud grades aud tho board OF pub
lie works are called to meet at Tenth
and Main streets Mt 10 o'clock this morn
ing to take action concerning the un.
used railway tracks on Tenth street.
TIE executive committee OF the
Charity circus will meet again tonight
at s o'clock at the chamber Of com.
merco for the purpose OF periectiug oil
tho minor details OF the big show. The
meeting will be n most important one,
and every member OF the executive
committee should be present
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-10
EXCITING GATHERING
OF Holiday Post, G. A R. at Its
Hall Saturday Night
IT'S FIGHT OYER RAILROAD RATES
wa.esPas. and Farioas. aud Charges
and Counterchargos are slado-The
Delegation is Finally DirldOd-Jass
now all Roads Lead to Pittsburgh
aud the @. A. r. Eacampmeas

The members Of Holiday Post, G. A.
R. who were present at the meeting
Saturday evening do not remember a
more exciting gathering in the history
Of tho post. The meeting was called for
the purpose of selecting 4 railroad OIL
cially for the trip to tue Pittsburgh
encam pmout this week. The fight be.
tween the Baltimore & Ohio aud Penn
sylyania roads has been hot aud Pas
seuger Agents TOmlinsOn and Lane
were on hand at the meeting OF tho past
The session was long and stormy
one; lots OF talking was INDUCED IN
mostly by tho two railroaders, who en-
gagged in wordy war that was exciting
and interesting while It lasted. The
pair got right down onto tho ground
floor and without gloves waded into
each other. Tho Pennsylvania man
said II Il hadn't been for the Baltimore
& Ohio the old soldiers would have So
cured a cent.a.mile rate. Tho Balti'
more & Ohio man retorted that his
road didn't get people away from home
and then extort money from them to
20. back. The Pennsylvania man de-
nicd the allegation and dared anybody
TO saw his road had broken 8 contract.
Then they clinched (fRurately speak
Ing, Of course) and the fight was on fast
and furious. Finally vote was
taken and the Baltimore Ohio
people captured thirteen OF the TWEEN.
ty.dye members OF the post present.
The old soldiots are about as hot at
each other as the railroads mentioned,
however, and 1t Is said that those who
voted against the Baltimore & Ohio will
20 to the encampment on tho Pennsy!'
yania. Just tho same.
The tide OF travel all over tho coun-
try at present is toward Pittsburgh.
Yesterday both the local roads entering
tho Smoky City carried many people
there, tho Pam Handle taking delcga.
ton oil nearly ono hundred members OF
the Women's Relief Corps. The morn
ing, noon and afternoon trains to-day
viii! take tho majority Of those who are
going TO the. encampment, though
many who want to see Tuesdays parade
will 20 up early Tuesday morning.
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CAUSE OF CHOLERA.

An Interesting. Paper Concerning the
Manner OF Its Spread.
BUDAPEST, Sept AT the session oil
the uygienic Congress, Saturday. an in
teresting paper on cholera was road by
DR.. Ernest Harris. lie argued that tho
disease cane from lho valley Of tho
Ganges, where there is IN utter disre'
gard OF sanitary precautions, and where
the people habitually drink polluted
water. DR.. uarts said it seemed certain
that persons could touch and oven rub
cholera patients with IMMUNITY. The
danger consisted OF the swallowing OF
tho bacillus, which, DR.. Harris con-
tended. live two lives, onein the human
body, multiplying within the patient
and poured forth by him abundantly,
and the other outside the body,
In damp ground, dirty water, linen,
etcetera, to be swallowed by some ono
else in order to start again It's destruct.
i've course. Cholera, headded, is spread
broadcast by pilgrims to Mecca and
elsewhere. Tho government OF India
must watch the fairs aud festivals in
this country and Europe, by intern1-
tionaI agreement should guard the pill
grim tack by isolating early cases. The
Sultan OF Turkey ought to adopt nea-
sures Tor thorough sanitation Of Mecca,
which IL nursery for cholera.
Upon the conclusion Of the reading
OF the paper resolution expressing the
full approval OF tho Congress OF tho
Dresden convention respecting the dis
ease, was adopted.
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Mercer Republicans.

Special Di.pdiet to TIE In,ellIqeHoer.
BRAMwELL, W. Va, September o.
The largest convention ever hold in
this county was held hero yesterday by
the Republicans. James A. White, Of
Oak Vale, was nominated for house oil
Delegates. Mr.. White was elected sher-
il OF this county in 1888. That no 10
tho strongest man In tho county oil nd
NIT. james H. Hnling carried the
crowd by storm when he called upon ali
those who believed in protection TO vote
for him. That Democrats who believe
In keeping open their mines will do
this In Noyem Dor. 10 an undisputed fact
in the great coal industrial section OF
West Virginia. s. @. Burdette address.
cd tho convention in his happy way,
and scored Anderson for talking ono
thing and voting another.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-10
AWAY FROM HOME
Death ofen Unknown Man by SUD-
eide at a wheeling Hotel
THERE is NO CLUE TO IDENTITY
ofths Dead Mao, who Took an Over.
dose of Laadanum as m Early
Hour Saturday Morning Probably.
Dlseoyered Unconscious Saturday
Nieh.-Dlsd sunday at Nooa-cOro.
ner Holds an Inquest.

mysterious case Of suicide by the
laudinum route occurred at an early
hour Saturday morning in a room In
the Huseman hotel on Water Etreet
near the Pan Handle passenger station.
Tic fact that the victim had made the
attempt was not known until II o'clock.
Saturday night, whea the hotel people
broke in tho door Of the room occupied
BY the man aud found him lying on the
bed, dressed and in an unconscious
condition. One empty laudIlum bottle
and another bu. ono.third full told the
silent but conclusive story.
When discovered the man, whose
name Is not known, was not dead, and
uhysicians were hurriedly summoned
Alter an examination IL was given out
that the mans life could not bs saved
the fatal drug had already got in It's
deadly work. He fingered In an unoon'
scious condition until yesterday at noon
when he expired. In the afternoon
County Coroner Schullze was called aud
an inquest held, the result Of which
was that the verdict Of "suicide was
given. Al,
mans name or residence, the only pos
sessions found being carpenters rule,
two bladed knife and pair OF spec
tacles. A portion Of copy Of the
Wheeling Register was found in coat
pocket, which contained that paper
aWool twenty.six cents pound"
break. 1t was suggested that perhaps
the unknown came here TO sell wool at
the Rsgiaer'sgood times prices and upon
finding 1t all myth concluded 10 end
his troubles in suicides grave.
Coroner Schultze gives out the follow
ing description OF the man which It Is
hoped will help in disclosing his tden-
THY: Height, 5 feet 10 inches; weight.
100 pounds; aye, about Us years; eyes.
blueRray; no teeth In upper Jaw. thtee
missing from left lower. and Jour from
right lower jaw; hair, thin gray, origi'
nally Of sandy color; on the right arm
is engraved In India ink represents
tion Of tho cruciaxion and oil the lett
are drawn boy and girl; wore grey
coat, nearly new, marked "Wanamaker.
Philadelphia" vest dark gray, ana
pants q dark color; number 10 shoes,
half-soled; wore black SLOUGH hat. In
his pockets were found carpenters
rule. a two-bIaded knife: q spectacle
case with spectacles, marked "E. A.
Storey, 0ptician, Philadelphia.
The body was removed to the county
undertaker's establishment after the IN.
onast ,vhaTa IL noW remAinB and will
lie held for Identification until this eve
ming. Last evening Mrs. Thatcher, OF the
SouIh Side, looked at the body, thinking
IL might be that OF relative from SHEER
rard, named Medlin. A man W III be
sent out to Sherrard this morning to
see whether Medlin Is missing. The
empty laudinun bottles were from
Eggef, the Pittsburgh pharmacist, and
he has been written to regarding the
affair.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-10
GENERAL NOTICES
GENERAL NOTICES.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Board Of Equalization &AppealS,


CLERK'S OPflCE CITY OF NHEELISU'
Notice is hereby given to nil persons concern
ed that tho aSscSsors Of the City Of Wheeling
huyo completed their assessment for the year
lss, uud made return thereof to my Office.
All persons who desire to appeal from said as
seSsmcnt or desiring nuy corrections made. will
appear before tho board Of Equalization aud APP
peaIs, which board will meet at 10 o'clock H. M.
at tho City building, OF tho following days TO
hear ull objections and rcvise and correct auy
errors which may appear:
First Wnr,l-MUnday, September 10,
SCcOnd WRrd-TucSIlny. September II.
Thirl Wnrd-WCilnestlny September Il
Fourth Wanl-ThurNday, Septcinbcr IL
H,ypnth WHrd-FridHy. september IL
Fifth WHrtl--Muuday, September IL.
sixth Ward-Tuusdhy, September u.s.
Eighth Ward, Wednesday, september 10.
II is ordered that all petitions for reduction or
correction Of any assessment Of property IN amy
Of tho several ward, OF the city. be presented on
tho day hereby set forth for the consideration OF
assessments and correction Of errors in any Of
such wards. The board wIll not return 10 any
ward for the purpose o, making corrections, etc,
after the day hereby designated for tho conSId.
Grafton OF petitions from such ward.
THOMAS F. THoNER,
aual Clerk CITY Of Wheeling.
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ns.nun.l From tho pncp.

BALrlMoRE, Sept. 0.-Captain Moore,
OF tho steamer sedgmoro. reports Sep.
tember 4, at $50 n. m.. latitude 1911,
longitude 1853, picking up two mon in
q dory belonging to fishing vessel IL,
II. b." OF St. Malo. France. They had
become lost from theft vessel during a
fog, and had been drifting seven days
without food aud water; they wcrc OK
huusted when rescued, and had to be
lifted aboard. Their namps arc joan
Marie Brototte. aCod thisty.threo. aud
Allan Mario Arno Francois, aged thirty
seven.
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40 rnaoN or oHoLERA.
The Case Mt Cumberland which Causes
Needless Alarm.

The Case mt Cumberland which Caused
Needless Alarm.
NRw YoRK. Sept. 9.-Health officer
Jenkins sent DR.. B. II. Buxton, the OK
pert bactcriologist, Of the New York
quarantine, 10 Cumberland, Nd, to in
vestisate the supposed case of cholera
in tho person of John Peter Walther,
who was reported to have arrived at
this port from Bremen on the steamer
EIbe September 8, and who died ut
Cumberland on the 9th. Tho body WINS
disinterred in tue presence OF DR.. God
dines. OF tho marine hospital service,
and DR.. Jenkins representative. The
latter made cultures on the spot, and
this morning reported that no trace OF
cholera was to be found.
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WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 0.-Tho
marine hospital service was to-day ill.,
formed OF tho arrival at tho Cape
Charles, Va, quarantine station from
Havana, OF mn American bark with
three cases OF yellow fever on board.
Tho vessel was cent to Fisherman's
Island, n portion OF the quarantine
station for detention.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-10

PARIS, Sept. 0.-Tho Ropublique Fran.
cai,o says 1t regards the reports that it
is the intention OF Japan to attack
Shanghai as proof TINT Groat Britain Is
seeking a protext to intervene in the
war between China and Japan. But,
this paper ndds, tho United States,
Franco and Russia will not permit.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-10
GEO. r. TAYLOR.
REAL EsTare.
FOR 8 A LIE.

Splendid house. i've rooms, Linn street, Del.
House. SIX rooms. brick, EoF street Fila
Splendid ive-roOmed house. lot lOOxl75 Told
House, four rooms Woods Strect Ccuin
Wheeling, on easy terms, $50.
House. six rooms North Market street. Sljl.
House ofSOven rooms Eighteenth street H.lh
sixroomcd house In the rear, lot 3Oxl9, $ 10
ss; itC'-'' " 'A''' ''0i'' ''''>' '''
House Of Q rooms. Foir street between 9.l aud
| sd streets, with troolned house In the reafi
House Of i rooms. ed street. $3.50
Fine improved farm OF sixty acres, ih'ca
miles cast Of Wheeling,
House OF five rooms, Tweniy-thltd stTe:-
Iioa,e Of i've rooms, Chaplno street ceats
House o. Tires rooms, Market street, Contra
Wheeling, s9Ol
House Of iiyo rooms, brick. Fourteenth ssross
House Of four rooms Jacob stree: sIs;a
House. Gve rooms, Woods street, East wh,,'.
Fiae farm, III acro,. three miles from Noaalr
yIllo, with splendid improvements. TAii i'a
10 feet OF land fronting on Mccollosa anl
| Lind streets
Hotel OF fourteen rooms doing good budasiS
| splendid location, cheap
House OF seven r0ous and hall, Chapi1s
| street. Centre Wheeling. Si,9A
Lot east ind Fourteenth stnect Sfl
Lots on lind street, BetredGrc. $50 each.
Lois IN lJehrcns & Spollels addition iilni
lan's addition ~ North B1nwoOd u gyE Hiit
| Caldwell'S Run. Pleasant Valley, Bellevue All
other places Ia aud near tho cltT.
Money 10 loan on city real Oislte: sd, s'H
500 500. s1OO. :, LOO. si.5OO aud SOD
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Thrivos on good food and snnShinc,
with plenty OF exercise Ia the open air.
Her form CLOVIS with hoalth and hor
face blooms with Tia beauty. II her sys-
tom need, tho cleansing action OF lnxa::
tive remedy, nho uses tho Gontlo and
pleasant liquid laxative Syrup Of Figs.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-10
REAL ESTATE.
Rents Reduced

No. 23Ol ChaplIne street. thrce-story brick oil
s roomS, bath room, cellar ond laundry, so 20.
No g9H Twelfth street threc-story, rooms,
bath celfnr and laundry, So 81.
brick house, rooms, rear Ills Chapliue street,
$500.
No 2SaI EOGr street, INIT noOr.
4 twOstory franc dwelling OF i've rooms on
South Elm street
10. 8IiO McColoch street; will arrange for
two tenants or one. aud put In flrst-cRSs order.
No, IS ThirtyScvenih streot. second noor, ".
M. IS3 Zane street, second roor. ST.
No. 90j Main street, twO'story bricE.
No. 3l13 MccollOch street, tW0'Story trame :,
No. SD Main street, large modern brick dwell
luz fourteen rooms.
No, 1877 McColloch street, brick. Sll %
40, PS Ohio street three ROOMS. s. -.
The WadtilngtOu Place. honSe ma . acral
No GIG Main street, brick dwelling.
No 2VG! Main strr1l. FIRST llo0r. three roomN
No IL Thirty.ihinl street, brick. five rooms
Two splendid Office rooms In Masonic building
No Sg2 ChRpllnc street dive rooms, StSOl
No. 1906 Market str9ct, Office rOom&
No, 1871 ThIrty.tIird Street, tiYo rooms SOD.
No g0j Main street, twelve rooms and h1tl
OlICe rooms In IIlbbArd BiOck. 1911 MnrketSs
Store roomsoE South streaL In IIearne TAP
esincIs binding.
MONEY TO LOAN.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-10
TEAS, SPICES. ETc.
VIZ HAVE MOVED

wetako especial pleasure in annOunc-
ing 70 our thousands Of patrons that We
are now occupying our new and elegant
tour-story building. which Is equipped
thoroughly with every modern i'm
provsment to facilitate the handling Of
goods. New spice mills, new and inn
proved coffee roasting machinery. steam
power elevator. Tie largest and best
equipped
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RIcHLASD CESTER, Wis, Sept 0.-ThC
big Muscoda bridge. over the wisconsin
river at MusCoda, was wrecked by cy'
clone last night. Several houses woro
blown down aud unrooipd.
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among the few surviving chief magis.
tratss Of states In war tmeA-Ptt'tarph
Poll
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;
A. NJ. Lane. OF Weston, autographed
at the Windsor.
Prof. Ricardo Ricci expects to DO To-
Gated in Pittsburgh this season.
Ex-Consul l. S. Delaplain has been
down ut Charleston on business.
Miss Linn Salisbury wont to Pitts.
burgh Saturday TO visit relatives.
Mr.. Charles Mather. Of Marion, Ind,
10 visiting his sislcr. Mrs. Z. @. Harry.
Charles Nash, a well known Hunting
tonian, figures on the Windsor regis
tor.
Charles Schultze, of tho postotfice, Is
spending his vacation In an eastern
tour.
Noah Zane, sr., and son, Noah, IT,,
lef, yesterday for months visit to Mt
Clemens.
Mr.. Newton Downs, of Freestone.
Nd, 10 visiting Warren Downs, oil the
South Side.
Alex q. Moore and Leo Raymond.
we'll known CIarksburgers, are guests at
tine Mcclure.
]. Edward Hail and II. @. Merydith,
OF Marietta, autographed a. the Nc.
Lure yesterday.
John o'Kune loft last evening for
New York to resume bis studies at
Fordham College.
W. W. Irwin, the South Sido drug.
giss, is home from Tennessee, whero he
attended his fathers funeral.
Mr.. c. +. Irwin is home from Chi.
cago, where he now has n position. and
will spend somO time with his old
friends here.
Joseph Van Ostran and Carrie Gauz-
man, OF Canal Dover, who have been
visiting Miss Emma GOotzc, have re-
turned home.
Mr.. Charles L burst, Of North Main
street. will leave on m early train to-
morrow morning for hlorgantown.
where hO will attend school.
Mr.. +. W. banner has returned from
n tour OF Groat Britain. While in I:o-
land no made call on United States
Consul J. 3. fancy. ut Belfast.
Tho Misses Ollie Mcmillan and Birdie
Vandcvondor, charming young ladies' Of
parkersburg, who have been visiting ut
tho home Of Dr.. ]. X. Mnnloy, on South
Jacob street, left for tloir homes Satur.
day.
Mr.. viii Doyener. son OF Capt B. d.
DovOner, who has been located at Chi
cayo in business for some timo, has
gone TO South Dakota OIL a mission
which will keep him there several
months.
MIR. Oswald Shick and wife, Of Bridge.
port. who hnvo boon travelling In Ger.
many for several weeks, returned homo
on Thursday. Thoy arc much benefit.
tod in health. especially Mr.. Shlck, for
whose special good tho tour was made.
Hon. L. II. Piorpont, Of Fairlnont, W.
Va, governor Of Virginia, IL tho guest
Of his daughter. Mrs. W. II. Sivitcr, No.
l99 DitlridgO street. Since tho death
81 Ox.Govornor Kirkwood. Of Iowa,
Governors Piorpont aud Curtin arc
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ABOUT PEOPLE.
strangers In tho CITY aud wheeling Folks
Abroad.

Hon. John II. Atkinson, Of Hancock
county, was in the city on Saturday.
No man carries his increasing years
more lightly than Mr.. Atkinson. lilo Is
ono of the "conscript fathers" OF the
state, as the venerable Roman senators
are called. In other words, he was q
member OF tho senate that sat in the
Insly Institute building when the
state was ushered into existence. And
vet bis eye is not dim nor his natural
force abated. He seems good for many
years yet.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-03-09
Some Old Trees.

In the park of Tortworth court, Glou-
cestershire, the seat of Lord Ducie, is
the celebrated Spanish chestnut, which
is said to have been the first tree that
was ever planted in Great Britain by
man. This chestnut is now over II
feet in diameter and was IN old tree in
the reign of Stephen. The Darley yew
of Derbyshire is about 1850 years old,
while the Ankerwyke yew, near which
the Magma Charta was signed. is about
LOO years old; the yews of Fountains
abbey existed at its founding, some 100
years ago the yew tree of Fortingal
churchyard is said to be the Oldest tree
of its kind in the world, and the Green
dale oak of Welbeck, through which in
1924 way was cut and carriage and
four driven through, is about 1,500
years old.-London Million.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-03-09
Thought He'd Need Them.

"When l first visited Kansas City
some years ago." said Manager Tom
Davis, 4 found on the table in my
room at the best hotel box of poker
chips. | had just come from trip
through New England. where a Bible
is almost invariably standard piece of
furniture, and this new layout rather
staggered me. 1 called a bellbOy and
told him somebody had forgotten his
poker chips.
- That's all right, mister, said he.
They belongs here
81 thought perhaps somebody forgot
to take them away after last night s
game, said l.
No, indeed, says he. Chips and
clean towel goes with every ROOM
Then he looked at me curiouslya a mo-
ment and said he guessed I'd need 'em.
Il said / guessed not.
"'You don't look like a preacher
man. says he.
I'm a circus man, said /.
He nearly tainted. New York
Herald.