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atrical standpoint are those which have q
waterfront, as the visiting and money
spending population of such place is
always larger than in the strictly inland
towns. With a first-class company such
q boat could, it is argued be kept busy
form one year end to another, and by
iudicious change OF productions keep on
making the rounds OF The country to an
unendins flow OF box office receipts.
Starting fiom New York such vessel
could make trip up along the north
shore of Long Island sound. stopping at
the towns on the Connecticut. and Rhode
Island coast. Without piercing the New
England country. the boat could steam
back to New York and after doing New
ark and nearby New Jersey towns, could
steam up the Hudson, stopping at the
various places up to Albany and Troy.
From Albany to Buffalo the Erie canal
can be used, and once in the lakes it
ping places before Chicago could be
reached, down at the foot of Lake Mich
igan.
When the Hennepin canal. now in pro.
cess of construction. is completed it will
be an easy matter to get by boat rom
Mississippi river. Once In that river the
we'll equipped theater boat could do big
business. The river, with its countless
navigable tributaries, could keep whole
feet of theatcr boats busy TOR a season.
1t would be an almost endless task to
name the towns OF all sizes which could
be stopped at from the Minnesota cities
down to New Orleans.
Down the gulf the many Texas rivers
can be easily reached, all fringed with
towns which would be gold mines to GOOD
shows. The principal rivers are the Sa.
bine, Trinity, Bfazos, Colorado and Rio
Grande.
Tbis is n,erolv m ont1;pa ~ ybot =,
well-equipped theater boat could do in
this country. The men who are first In
the field will probably reap the rich har-
vest.
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nized size and shape are preserved.
These are dumped into the hold and then
the deck is ready for the dredee again.
Monday morning until Friday is spent
by boat in the bed. Then the market
town is headed for. The eaten is turned
over to the shippers. First. the oysters
are transferred to float where they re-
main under water day and half. to be
cleared of the bitter sea water and to
freshen and fatten. The oysters drink
the partially fresh water. which cleans
them of mud and sand and increases
their size. The "scow gang next takes
hold of the oyster. This gang counts
them and packs them in bag or barrel.
Eight thousand oysters day is a fair
catch for boat.
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Men who push specialization 10 an ox.
IRENE declare that the foot which touches
the ground with an even weight at all
points indicates In its possessor a woll-
rounded. well-balanced mind and especi-
ally GOOD moral character. 1t may be.
as these specialists say, that the thief
wears out his heels in peculiar way.
and that the man who lacks decision OF
character wears away his soles on the
outer edges. We really do not know
much about that, but we do know that
the man who wears out his soles on the
outer edge is bow-legged, that be who
wears them out on the inner edges is
knock-kneed, and that the man who
stands and walks straight on his feet is
straig ht-legged.
By simple but glorious mental opera
tion laugh. US by Lord Bacon we dscov-
er that Grover Cleveland possesses mans
greatest charm straight legs.
1t will be observed that when he fishes
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haps the oyster would some day become
extinct. But they should not worry. The
maternal instinct is developed in the lady
oyster TO rare degree. Every year she
produces 10000, 900 eggs, which In three
years time will have grown sufficiently
to adorn the table of millionaire. There
is goodly proportion of females among
the 60, 000 900, and before they have been
scooped up in the merciless dredge they,
too, will have contributed their quota to
the oyster population.
The great oyster producing section lies
between the southern point of New Jersey
and half way down the North Carolina
coast. South of that the oysters are oven
more plentiful than above. but they have
not been farmed and cultivated as care
fully.
In the regular oyster communities. that
is the villages and small towns supported
by the oyster industry, and there are
scores of them, the care of the oyster is
officially regulated by an association, of
which all the oyster men are members.
Each colony has its annual meeting for
the election of officers. The captain of
each boat obtains yearly license from
the collector OF the association, the usual
charge being VI per ton for the burthens
OF lue CTa1I. ans asSOclatlOn protects
the oyster farms from the depredations
of outsiders and sees that none of the
members take unfair advantage of the
others.
Five hundred .boats1make up prosper
Gus colony, each craft carrying a crew of
four men. Large forces of men are en-
ployed by the shippers on shore, so that
In small place the oyster gives employ
ment to $500 or 1900 men. They make
fair earnings. and. in the main, are old
fashioned, hard-workingfolk, careful and
industrious, whose forefathers were oys-
ter men and whose great grand children
will prob bly, be the same. They have
comfortable homes and are. in the main,
Americans to the core and have an alb
sorbing love and faith in their country.
These folks are interesting, but so is
the oyster. A majority OF people think
that the bivalve is an untamed product
of the sea. AS matter of fact. he is as
by the skllful farmer. The planting
time Of the oyster is in the spring and
the harvesting time in the 1all ana unit il
the next spring. But the plants of one
spring are not gathered until the fall of
three years later.
When the harvesting time is over, at
the end of March. the oysterman begins
TO plant. His first work Is to stake out
his farm. The deck of his sloop is piled
MP with stakes, usually scrub oaks, twenty
feet in length, denuded Of all their
branches except those at the top. The
first work is to select his garden. The
captain gets range by some object on
shore. and then proceeds to stake off
about twenty or twenty-five acres. stakes
are driven ia the bottom at each OF the
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ing along the top, which is attractive.
1t may be doubted whether 1t is dieni-
fled in the chief OF 60, 600, 900 of freemen
to wear polka-dot necktie. Mr.. Cleve-
land wears a rolka-dot tie, but he ties
it himself, holding his chin we'll up as he
looks in the glass, and, while We would
rather sec him wear tie of plain black
or white we prefer his style to the I'M
pardonable ready made store tie of Ben
jamin Harrison.
If there ever was mouth in the world
showing self-contdence, determination
and dissatisfaction, 1T is the mouth of
Grover Cleveland.
At glance any man will see how SUI.
perior the Cleveland nose is to the Harri.
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"I'm sorry" she said gently that I
cannot be all that you wish in your life.
But will always think of you as very
dear friend"
THANK YOU" he said.
''And If there is any way 1 can ever as
sist you by advice or endeavor do not
hesitate to call on me-"
That's downright kind OF you." he
replied. greatly relieved. "You can help
me-"
'How?'
You see. 50 long as you have declined
to be mine, l thought I'd propose to Miss
Binkins. and If you'll see her and put
And that's why she jumped up and
went away hufsy, and vowed she'd never
speak to MIN again as long as she lived.
Washington Star.
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Mr.. Cleveland, Mr.. Harrison. Mr.. Tom
Reed and others who ask for the country's
admiration should remember that big
stomach means one of two things-either
that the appetite is stronger than the IN
tcllect and nerves combined, or that the
owner of the big stomach wilfully and
deliberately allows himself to grow into a
monstrosity. No man was meant to have
big stomach, no man has right to
have one. The Reed. Harrison. Cleve-
land, Mckinley stomachs would not get
a single vote by themselves Whitney
and Hill have stomachs such as men can
vote for with a clear conscience.
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Grover Cleveland tul

can statesman should always hang.
Having said and proved that Mr.. Cleve-
lands legs are straight we may pass
rapidly on to his middle, which has been
much discussed in this democratic coun-
try. 1t can do no harm, however to fiat
ter Mr.. Cleveland by saying that his legs
are very muscular and full seventeen
inches around the calf. The dimension
exceeds that of Corbett and Fitzsimmons,
but it is not abnormal. 1t is highly
creditable
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ming OF TINS article
by themselves. Tnsv
would be recognized
anywhere. They look
as much like Cleve-
land as a picture OF
his entire face woaid
look. They are to
Cleveland what the
enormous top head
was to Walter Scott.
or the satirical eyes
toVoltaire. The Clsve-
land mouth is the kew
to the Cleveland char
actef. The artist who
has taken it so well
and set it apart by
itself is a genius.
Mr.. Cleveland's ear
is not a good ear. 1t
be bigger. al
though it is not so
small as to indicate
smallness OF charac-
aoter. The obel is not
very well shaped,
nor is the anti-tragus
a &c IL ShouI1 ho Tba
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casion TO denounce
big stomachs. There
fore Mr.. Cleveland
must be told that his
stomach is too big, and
that he ought TO re-
duce it. He can reduce
it by riding q bicycle,
by taking long swims
in cold salt water, by
jogging a mile and Il
half or two miles be-
fore breakfast in n
sweater, bnt above all
he can reduce and
ought to red uce 1t by
decreasing and strictly
limiting its supply of
solids and Iinuide
The herald., 1895-09-08
The Birds Sounded the Alarm

The parrots, canaries and other birds in
Holdens bird store had bad time of it
for while yesterday afternoon. The
burner which had been left burning Sat.
u.day night set fire to the window cas-
ing. and the place was quickly flied with
smoke. The birds were making great
noise and some of them were almost suf-
located when :he janitor of the neigh
boring building burst the door in and
let the smoke out. An alarm was sent
In but the fire was extinGuished with o
few pals of water.-New York Times.
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His For ehead and Top. Head

Grover Clevelands eyes are perhaps q
little too near together.
His hats are the regulation politicians
comfort.
by the way, since he may be candi-
date again, it is only fair to say that Mr..
Cleveland does not wear a polka-d OF
necktie all the time. He some times
wears very sensible black silk tie fast
ened by himself. lie wears braid on his
black coats. which he ought not to do.
That is an unimportant detail.-New
York World.
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STAGE FOLKS
TO Go AFLOAT
The Theater Steamboat
May RevOIutionize
transforming
DANGER OF BEING STRANDED
To Be Done Away With..The Floating
Theater Could Leave New York
and Be in Texas by the End
of the Season
DANGER OF BEING STRANDED

Those merry people who inhabit the Ri
alto from June until September. unless
they can secure engagements in some
aummer troupe or concert hall, have been
talking about a new scheme lately, which.
if it is ever realized. promises to revolu-
tionize transforming and one-night play
ing generally.
1t is nothing more nor less than float
ing theater, or in other words. ii big
steam boat, with an interior modelled like
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the loving care OF
others. AT all events
his cuffs are very
W h ! tie, and they
show. They are
m uch better than
Mr.. Harrison g. His
collar is not very
tall, because it can
not be; it turns
down in front with
a fine sweep, and has
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ming cross wise at the
top of it. Luckily for
himself, Grover Cleve-
land has very large
nostrils. These big
nostrils have supplied
Grover Cleveland with
so much oxygen for
the publication of his
blood that he has been
able to maintain fairlj
pOOd health dasu;.n
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cleveland 8 exterior
from top to bottom
and all the way round
are solidity. a lack
of superhuous refine
ment, pudginess to
AN extent til at is per-
maps regretta BILE, but
take it all IN all the
chief characteristic is
sire n ct h. Grover
Cleyeland's feet are of
good size. They are
bigger than Benja-
min Harrison $, and
they look much mere
solid. The instep is
rather high and tho
ball of the foot is
very broad. He stands
and walks so that his
soles and heels wear
out evenly.
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A great many people fall into the error
Of considering every mushroom c. a GER
In order to show what grave mistake
this is, we will say that there are upward
OF 500 species of fungi, toadstool or mush-
rooms, and that only 1874 of that great
number can be safely regarded as edible.
in the whole of the United States there
are only eight species of fungi that are fit
for food and thirty that are deadly
pooisn.
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rms his trousers up.
He believes that this
is que to a desire to
keep his trousers out
OF the wet. We do
not share the belief
of the Tribune that
it is another proof of
his base su bservience
to England. 1t will
he seen that in his
ordinary every day
costume his trousers
are not turned up;
they hang free in all
their natural hide
ousn ess, as the trout
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Perhaps the gentleman
who is here carved up
will be chosen presi-
dent a third time and
enjoy an honor that
was too big for George
Washington. We will
first of all take the
honored feet OF the
president OF the United
States. The artist has
caught with singu-
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qetei mi nation and strength of character.
1t has the rixht SORT of wrinkles rnnn;no
In the direction of the nose itself between
the eyes.
There is no cunning about this
nose, and it has no little wrinkles RIM
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oular hand. and 1t is difficult to under
stand how IT can produce such a very
small, fine handwriting as that of the
president For man of his tempera-
ment, Mr.. Cleveland pays considerable
attention to dress. Perhaps that Is due TO
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picture, which shows them covered by
fishing boots. There is an expression in
feet, and very great meaning.
The Cleveland feet are. first of all, solid
ana useful. The characteristics of Mr..
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as it might be. Its main pecuiarity is a
steady strain on the buttons Of the coat,
Mr.. Cleveland appears in public.
1t is the duty of esery man on every &C.
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The value of the years cotton crop is
estimated at $24, $50, 0U0 but is likely to
exceed that sum. although the crop will
net be as large as was first predicted.
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Although Stanford university, Califor.
mia, is not four years old, there are al.
ready HOO students, 72S being men and
~ women
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1r. CleyeIand's Hand

Cleveland's hand is very broad, decid-
eddy plump. each finger beng protected
on the back by two little fat Cushions.
The bones OF the knuckles do not show.
The hand is Kept constantly Drowned by
its fishing excursions. is a pretty mus
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Fine drawings, made in London, have
been successfully transmitted by telegraph
with the aid of the Gray telautosraph.
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his sedentary and other injurious
habits of life. Grover Cleveland
probably says to himself occa-
sio nally that those nostrils are too big to
be pretty he little knows how much he
owes to them.
Look carefully at the Grover Cleveland
mouth and chin presented at the Begin
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vine, which has flower like the body of
a goose and which smells like garbage.
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PRESIDENTIAL
POSSIBILITIES
OF Grover Cleveland as
They Appear to an
Expert
DELINEATOR OF CHARACTER
He Ought to Reduce His Stomach BY
SicycIe Riding or Other Me thods
out in This Matter There
Are Others
DELINEATOR OF CHARACTER

Let us study dispassionately and with
care the exterior OF Grover Cleveland.
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Hr. Cleveland lar skill the ex-
preston of Mr.. Cleveand's feet in that
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r oS ANGELES aAv1NGs BANK,
IL $50 N. Main st.
J. E. Platter, Pres. r. W. Heliman, WIRES
W. NJ. Caswell, Cashier.
Directors-L W. Heliman, j. L. Platter. II. W.
Bellman. W. Hellman, IT,, W. n. Caswell.
.. Interest paid on deposits Money to loan on
8rst- ass real estate.
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for Infants and Children.

Castoria is 80 well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me.'' H. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
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son nose. Cleveland's nose comes righi
out IN fine curve. 1t is not long enough
for the requirements OF true genius. but
il is big enough to endow lis owner with
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as distinctly marked as Il should be. me
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-15
THE OCEAN VIEW ACCIDENT
The Coroner Will Make an lnvesti-
cation To-day,
The Inquest Will Be Held at the
Schoolhouse in Huntersville This
Morning at 8 O'clock. Wit
nesses Summoned to Ap.
pear in the Case.

Justice Hawks, who is conducting
the investigation to ascertain the re-
sponslbility for the accident on the
Ocean View railroad, which caused the
death Of the two young men, Arthur
Gatewood and Willie Murdaugh, was
at his Office in Huntersviile erday
afternoon at 5 O'Clock ready to 90
ahead with tho examination.
The juries are composed of the fol-
lowing well known citizens OF Tan
ner's Greek District.
Jury No. ], who will render n yer
diet nv to Arthur Gatewood's death
John a. Lesner, William Carmine, w.
I. Stevens, George Robertson, j. j.
Ransome and Harvey Allen.
Jury No. Capt. Ferguson, Capt.
j.. w. Savage. Il. X. Hawks. A. @.
Cromwell, q, NJ. Veal aud William Ii.
Hunter-will hear the evidence boar
ing upon the death of Willie Muir
daugh.
Capt. r. c. Marshall, Commonwealth
Attorney OF Norfolk county, was pres
ent to examine the witnesses.
MIR. Robert Tunstal, of the firm of
Tunstall ~ Thorn. has been Engaged
as counsel for tue railroad,
All Of the gentlemen who compose
the luries were on hand Mt the up.
pointed hour. 1t was ascertsined that
number of witnesses thought to be
important were absent. and after con
sultntion with Capt. Marshall and MIR,
Tunstall, Justice Hawks announced
that the investigation would be post =.
poned till this morning at 8 O'Clock ut
the Huntersville schoohouse.
Capt. Marshall proposed that the
juries meet at the Courthouse in Ports
mouth, but obstinate objection was
made by number OF them and the
| schoolhouse was selected rs the place.
The following witnesses have been
| summoned to appear this morning: l.,
f.. Moore, George A. Stevens, DR.. X.
l.. Barrett, Il. +. $. Carey, w. NJ.
Hnrman, Samuel Forbes, G. Mitchell.
Henry Johnson, y. j. Chalmers, w. b.
Brown, VIM. Sampson, J. Il. peele,
DR.. George ID. Levy, Med. l.. Wrenn.
Justice Hawks said the jury was com
posed OF the best men in the commu
nifty and that they would endeavor to
place the responsibility where 1t prop.
erly belonged. l is thought that 1T
will take about two days to examine
the witnesses.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-15
RICHARDSON'S GREAT LUCK
An Error in the Indictment Sets
Him Free.
SaIlie and Not Fannie Brewer Was the
Woman Shot, The Case Dismissed
on Motion Of the Common.
wealth.

The case OF the Commonwealth vs.
Chas. l.. Richardson, charged with
feioniously shooting colored woman
named Fanny Brewer, wife of Dennis
Brewer, colored, was called in the Cor
poration Court yesterday. The State
was represented by MIR. Baum and
Judge Wilcox, the prisoner by Col.
Geo. A. Martin aud I. W. Eason. With
very little trouble jury was secured,
compoIsed of tho following: j. N. De.
well. A. g. Duncan, G. l.. HudRins, b.
Ct. Pollard, John Adair, q. ID. Butler,
y. Il. Wright, 81. ". Golfer, G. w.
Tyler, Dan Trower, J. Il. Wilson, w.
L. Henley.
Richardson on being arraigned
pleaded not guilty.
Dennis Brewer was the first witness
for the prosecution. He testified that
when the police entered his house the
night of the raid one shot was fired:
that the ball passed through the door
aud his wife, who was in bed, was
struck IN the side.
Il. Thomas and Josh Skinner, who
wero present whom the shooting took
place, sustained the testimony Of
Brewer.
The next witness WAS the injured
Womhn, Wnen questioned she SAID
her name was Sallie and not Fannie, as
charged IN tho indictment. This was
very fortunate error for Richardson, d
mistake of either the police or the JUS
tice, which was sufficient to justify n
motion to quash the Indictment, and
Attorney Baum asked that tho Jury
bring IN verdict of not guilty. winch
request WAS granted and Richar dson
was discharged.
This WAS III no sense trial of the
case on the law and evidence, and
while 1t gives the detective his liberty,
he has not been declared innocent OF
shooting Sallie Brewer.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-15

Mrs. @. Borum, of this city, died
Monday evening in Albemarle county,
Va, where she was visiting her sister,
Mrs. j. NJ. Lyman. Mrs. Bornm had
been sick about week, the result of a
fall. The body was brought to Nor
folk and yesterday buried in Elm.
wood Cemetery. Rev. DR.. Nj. B..
Wharton. of the Freemnson Street
Baptist Church, conducted the services,
The deceased was daughter of the
late Seth March. aud q sister OF Mrs,
i. L. Rogers and Mrs. S. Il. White, of
this city. She was an estmable lady.
and prominent member OF the Free.
mason Street Baptist Church. She is
survived by her husband aud five chil
dren.
FUNERAL OF MRS. BRIDGET FALIoy.
The funeral of Mrs. Bridget Fallon
took place from st. Mary's Catholic
Church yesterday morning at 9 O'Clock
and was conducted by Rev. Father
Doherty. The lnterment was in ST,
Mary's Cemetery.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-15
BRAMBLETON.

MIR. Q. Elmo Bilups, of WillouRhby
avenue, left by the Boston boat yester
day to Join his family, now visiting in
Nova Scotia.
Mrs. Weaver and hor son, Virginius,
who spent some time very PLEASANTLY
with friends in Mathews county, are
again Mt home, Clay and Claiborne ave
nues.
Miss Bessie Howard. OF Clay avenue.
returned yesterday from pleasant
visit of month at Bowling Green, Va.
Rev. j. }. Hall. d. d., returned yes
terday from Old Orchard, Me-, where
he attended Messrs. Simpson and Mer.
ritts great convention, which was
largely attended and characterized by
great spiritual power aud Christian
llbernlity.
Misses Matte and Rosn Harwell,
200 Clay avenue, who spent month
visiting friends and relatives ia Peters
burg and vicinity, returned homo yes.
terday, accompanied by Miss Ruth
Perkins, of Reams' Station, Va.
Tho many friends of little FIorie
Winslow, 10 Wllloughby avenue,
spent very pleasant evening ct her
home last night from 10 O'Clock.
the occasion b0ing birthday party.
There was lawn party on lot corner
Clay and Willoughby avenues last night
for benefit of St. Peters Z. l.. Church.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-15

A, meeting OF the Board OF Health
was held yesterday with Alr. johnson
in the chair.
The inspector reported "a nuisances,
OF which SO had been abated. Five
new cases OF dIphtheria wero reported.
1t was directed that the proprietors
OF Casts barrel factory be warranted
for failing to comply with an order of
the Board to sbate nuisance.
CRANKY Street Methodist Church was
given ten days in which to comply with
an order of the Board.
An opinion of the City Attorney that
it is the city's duty to clean out "Back
Canal, next to the Mccullough prop
orty, was referred to the Street, Sewer
end Drain Board.
CITY MoRuuE.
a communication from the Police
Board, notifying the Board OF Health
OF the necessity for city morgue, was
referred to the Health officer.
1t was ordered that the following
churches be directed to connect with
the city sewers: Disciples; corner Bank
and Charlotte streets. and one on james
street.
The secretary was instructed to call
tho attention of the Local Board of
Iran leton to lack OF drainage on
Brown avenue, which causes Il nuisance
III that section.
nuisance was reported at the east
end OF Mariner street, marsh re-
During two or three thousand loads Of
dIrt-rendered nuisance by Mr..
Jones filling up his lot aud thus stop.
ping the drainage.
The matter was referred to commit.
!
Complaint was made of the unsaui
tary condition of certain old cisterns on
Church street. Ordered to be filled O.
put IN sanitary condition.
Complaint wne made by Mr.. Ghiselin
of the bad stencil from the creek near
North street. Referred to The Health
Officer.