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Rnssia Ready for War.

BERLIN, Dec. "a dispatch from
St. Petersburg to the Cologne Gazette
that it is reported there that seven war
ships and nine torpedo boats, forming
the armed reserve. of the Black Sea
fleet. are anchored OFF Sebastopol It is
asserted in naval circles in st. Peters
burg that a month ago, when Russia
assumed that Great Britain might enter
the HelIespont, orders were sent to Sc
bastopol to arm the vessels. raise their
crews to the full complement and to
hold the fleet in readiness TO sail upon
twenty-four hours notice.
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County, near the Barnwell and Hamp-
ton lines, and was not known gener-
ally in that vicinity until Wednesday
morning, when the dead bodies of two
of the victims, stripped of their cloth
ing, were found-one being an old
woman. They had been taken out and
beaten to death. with buggy traces,
The mans offense was that he was sus-
pected of having stolen a Bible and
some furniture from church, and the
woman's offense being that she was
supposed to know something of 1t.
Liquor seems to be the only incentive
to the deed.
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DUTY on STEEL RAILS.
An Appeal Allowed in a Case at san
Francisco.

An Appeal Allowed in Case at san
Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5.--An ap-
peal to the Circuit Court of Appeals in
the case of the California Bank against
the Treasury Department has been
granted by United States Judge Nc
Kenna. The case grew out of the
Importation in 1887 of 5000 tons of
steel rails by the bank, acting for the
Oregon Pacific Railroad. The rails
We're not used, and were placed in
bonded warehouses. When the bank
attempted to remove them from bond.
and to pay only the duty inflicted by
the tariff then in operation, the Treas
ury Department decided that the bank
should pay the Mckinley rate, instead
of the Morrison tariff, a difference of
81 A a ton. The bank claims that
Judge McKenna is attempting to en-
force the provisions CT tariff which
has been repealed.
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BODY-SNATCHING.
Crime a Doctor Was Sent to the Peni-
tertiary For.


LINNEUS (Mo), Dec. 5-Dr. B. c..
Fox, prominent physician of this city,
found guilty of stealing the body of
Mrs. Gates, was to-day sentenced to
three years Imprisonment in the peni-
tentiary. The case has made a great
sensation in this community ever since
the body of Mrs. Shaw was traced to
DR.. Fox. The doctor had always stood
we'll in this community, and was popu-
lar both in a business and social way.
What made the matter even more
sensational was the fact that every
thing indicates that the body of Mrs.
Gates was not the first one the doctor
had Illegally handled. The trunk in
which the body was found was nearly
covered with the pastors put on in the
Union Depot at Kansas City. These,
when counted, proved that the CHASTITY
trunk had passed through the depot
seventeen times. 1t is believed that
each time it contained a dead body. 1t
is believed, moreover, that this was not
by any means his only method of hand
ling dead bodies, and that the doctor
did big business as body snatcher.
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Venezuelan Boundary Dispute.

LONDON, Dec. 5.-The papers here
viii tomorrow publish a statement
which says it has been learned that the
reply of Lord Salisbury to the recent
note of Secretary of State Olney rela-
tive to the Venezuelan question, which
reply is now en- route to Washington,
discusses at length the history of the
question for forty years, and intimates
that Great Britain does not depart
from the view that the Schomberg
boundary marks the minimum of the
territory she Possesses in that region.
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waiian Consul General of the States of
California, Oregon. Nevada and Wash
ington, has been on Puget Sound for a
week making Investigations. He left
Seattle yesterday, having been sum
moned by wire 10 return to San Fran
cisco at once. While north he visited
Tacoma, Port Townsend, Vancouver,
Victoria and other cities on the Sound.
consulting maps and charts and gath
ering information and knowledge of the
North Pacific Coast. Wilder, who is
accompanied by Lieutenant-Colon
Fisher of the Hawaiian army, denied
himself to- newspaper men. and upon
leaving gave the local Hawaiian Con-
sui explicit orders to disclose nothing
concerning his mission
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Ontwitted the Sheriff.

REDWOOD CITY, Dec. 5.-Pablo
Gonzales, who garroted and robbed
Russell Rand at San Mateo on Thurs
day afternoon last, was overtaken near
Dobe Creek to-day, but succeeded in
outwitting the Sheriff, and escaped in
the direction fo San Jose. The prin-
cipals in the Searsville road mouse hold
up are still at large.
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Six Men Injured.

NEW ATHENS QIl), Dec. 5.-The
boiler in the engine house of the New
Athens Coal Company, one mile south
of town, exploded to-day, injuring six
men. Jacob ENG is mortally wounded.
Henry Sands is not expected to recover.
The other men are William Sands, Dave
HILL Jacob ENG, Jr, and a man named
Keim. The cause of the accident is not
known.
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Death of an Editor.

OAKLAND, Dec BE. b. Pomeroy,
editor and proprietor of the Oakland
Times, died at midnight. He was edu-
Gated at the University of California
graduating in the same class as Gov
ernor Budd. He was at one time Attor-
ney-G General of Arizona He married a
daughter of Mr.. Blake of Blake, Moffat
& Towne He had been in control of the
Times for two months. He had been i'll
for some time, and his death has been
expected for several DAYS
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GENERAL JOHN M,coMB.
He Objects to the Rumor That He is at
Deaths Door.

lie Objects to the Rumor That He is at
Deaths Door.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dee. 5-General
John McComb, ex-Warden of San
Quentin Prison and now Secretary of
the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children, is lying at the
point of death. He is suffering from a
complication of heart trouble and
dropsy. He is IS years old and has
lived in California since 40.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5.-General
John B. McComb. who was reported to-
day in the evening papers as dying with
heart failure, objects to being hurried
in the matter of passing away at this
stage of time, as the following letter in
his own handwriting will demonstrate;
City Editor Call: The Bulletin this
evening announces that I am nearing
the end l am so far improved that I
expect to be back a. my desk by Satur-
day. Yours truly,
"TOIJN NT'CONTR -
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Indicted for Manslaughter.

OROVILLE, Dec. 5-An indictment
for manslaughter was found yesterday
by the Grand Jury against w. ].
Pearne, a prominent wheat buyer of
Biggs, for the killing of Mrs. Dugan
Several weeks ago Pearne, while driv
ing a team in Biggs, ran over Mrs.
Dugan, an elderly lady who was cross
ing the street, killing her almost in
stantly He was arrested to-day by
Sheriff Wilson and put under $1,000
bends December 10th was set for ar
raignment.
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Death Prom Asphyxfatfon.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5.-Pedro
Gotta was found dead in bed at 907 Fill
bert street to-day Gas was flowing
from burner in his room, and it is be-
lieved his death was due to asphyxia-
ton The stopcock was found by the
Coroner to be defective, and he thinks
Gotta was accidentally smothered. Gotta
was 81 years old and a native of Mex
ico. During the Rebellion he served
in the Union army and had of late been
a pensioner of the Government.
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A BIGAMIsT SENTENCED.
VIII Have TO Serve Two Years at San
Quentin.

Quentin.
SAN JOSE, Dec. "a. NJ. L. De Fer
rer was to-day sentenced to pay fine
of $500 and serve two years at San
Quentin for bigamy.
On July 20, 1893, De Ferrer welded
Constancia a. E. Macdonald of Oak
land. About a year later, owing to the
husbands failure to provide, the wife
and baby We're compelled to so home
toMrs. De Ferrer's mother.
De Ferrer, who is a captivating little
fellow and was travelling for an insur-
ance company, soon after met Katie
Patton of Santa Cruz, then il years of
age, and in October, 1894, induced her
to live with him. Two months later the
parties signed a marriage contract, De
Ferrer and his first spouse still being
man and wife
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severe storm.

LONDON, Dec 5.-Dispatches from
Birmingham report that the storm was
extremely severe there. Many lives
have been lost and extensive damage
has been done to property.
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REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
ChiCa6O's Chances Not Overly Bright for
Securing the Meeting.
HER CITIZENS NOT WILLING SUB
SCRIBERS TO THE FUND.

Only Thirty-Four Thousand Dollars
of the One Hundred Thousand Re-
quired So Far Raised-wfIl Have to
Rustic Between Now and Tuesday
if the Windy City People Expect to
Have the Next President Nomi-
mated in Their Town-Californians
in the Meantime Hard at Work to
Secure the Prize.
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HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.
Another Filibustering Expedition Said
TO he ON Foot.

SEATTLE, Dec. 5.-The Hawaiian
Government has information DISCLOSING.
beyond a doubt a scheme to organize
another big flibustering expedition on
the Pacific. Charles T. Wilder, Ha-
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Suit for Divorce.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5.-Mrs.
Rena White, the wife of Lieutenant
Chester White, formerly of the cutter
Bear. who eloped to Boston with an
actress recently, commenced suit for
divorce to-day.
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o.o,.te.. unrrison,s Dnnghfer weddod

CHICAGO. Dec. 5.-The marriage Of
Miss Sophonisba Harrison, daughter of
the late Carter H Harrison, to Barrett
Eastman. son OF Colonel Eastman, was
solemnized at o'clock this evening at
st. James Episcopal Church.
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raoundered in N,td-oceon.

LONDON. Dec. "a telegram has
been received from Captain Patterson
of the British steamer Madura, which
sailed from Hamburg. November 18th.
for Port Royal. s. c., who has arrived
at Corruna. Spain, stating that the
Madura foundered in midocean.
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ALL THE POWERS UNITED.
Determined to Carry Out Their Demands
for Reforms in Turkey.
MAY MAKE A FORCED ENTRY OF
THE DARDANBLLES

Report From Constantinop1e That the
Sultan of Turkey Has Become In
sane-The Porte Sends Note to
United states ambassador Terrell
That New and Stringent Orders
Had Been Given to Prominent OFF,
cfaIs for the Protection of Foreign
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SLAUGHTER OF GAME.
Buffalo at Yellowstone National Park Re-
duCed to a Very Small Herd.
BUT VERY FEW NOW TO BE SEEN ON
THE RESERVATION.

at Oakland Over the Disap-
pearance of a Fifteen-Y ear Old
Girl-Another Filibustering Expe-
dition Said to be on Foot in the
Northwest to Overthrow the Dole
Government in the Hawaiian
Islands.
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THE War IN CUBA.
Spanish Troops Engage United Rebel
Forces and Win the Battle.
A LARGE NUMBER OF INSURGENTS
KILLED AND WOUNDED

A Missouri Physician Sentenced to
Three Years Imprisonment for
Stealing the Dead Body of a Woman
-Pittsburg Bankers Fail to Make
Good Their Offer to Assist the q.
$. Treasury by Furnishing One
Million in Gold to Keep Up the
Reserve
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VIII Allow the Claim Paid.

SEATTLE (Wash), Dec. 5.-FederaI
Judge Hanford announced to-day that
he would permit Receiver Burleigh of
the Northern Pacific road to pay the
81 1000 claim against the company held
by David OBrien, which permission
was recently denied by Judge Jenkins
of Milwaukee. Judge Hanford stated
from the bench that he would not
hand down a written decision in the
matter, for the reason that it would
contain views directly opposite to those
held bY the wisconsin iurist.
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The storm MateriaIized.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 5.-The
storm predicted for to-day by the Sig
nal Service forecast of last evening has
materialized as per schedule. Through
out Washington, Oregon and British
Columbia the fall of rain and snow was
excessive, and the heavy gales which
accompanied the storm on Puget Sound
and the oregon coast tonight are a
grave danger of navigation. In Spo-
kane three inches of snow fell to-day.
From interior California points to-
night come joyfully worded reports of
rainfall in sections where it is most
needed. The storm is moving swiftly
southwark and promises to take an
eastern turn tomorrow.
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An Oakland Girl Disappears.

OAKLAND, Dec 5.-The parents of
a young girl attending the Lincoln
street School reported to the police to-
night that their daughter has been
missing since yesterday afternoon.
They fear she has eloped with young
man about town who does not bear the
best of regulations, and who has also
disappeared. 1t is alleged that the
couple were observed after the young
lady's disappearance. The girl is but 10
years old, though remarkably matured.
The names are kept secret, but sensa-
ton is expected when the facts become
public
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Dastardly Lynching

COLUMBIA Is. CO, Dec. 5.-News of
dastardly lynching which occurred
in this State last Monday night reached
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Some Lntc nrcyitics.

The first meeting Of the Shakespeare
club comes off this week.
Tho house of Wiil iuu'nh""vr. 80 '''-
ed nj No. is Fcnchurch street. was en-
tered and robbed last night
Mrs. w. r. Tillar has returned from
an extended visit 10 the great Southerr
Exposition, and to her parental home II t
Bristol
Mr. Willie Baldwin and bride are
spending their honeymoon ut the Eir-
einia Beach. and expect later on To
take IN extensive Northern tour.
In the window of Goldman a. IIof-
hcimcrs. gents furnishrrs. on Main
street, is portrait of JAS Cochran ESD
the millionaire coal King. Of Putshrrc
painted by c. $. Fitzpatrick, the artist
The Rev. Isaac Taylor. of British
Mettodism. will give lecture al the
Friends Church Monday night ~ 7:ia
o'clock. on his life. From Childhood to
the Ministry" II will he instructive tn
the old and young.
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Enrried In BnIsin,orc.

The many friends of the contracting
parties will be surprised This morninp
10 learn of the marriage in Baltimore
yesterday morning OF Mr. Allan Trow-
er and Miss Esse Adams, both of this
city. II is said that the marriage was
opposed by the young ladies parents
ana Tor this reason the young couple
took the Bay Line steamer Friday
night. arriving in Baltimore yesterday
morning. whore they were married soon
after, Notwithstanding the fact that
the Baltimore authorities had been
tclegraphcd to prevent it, Under the
Maryland laws. however. both partics
We're of age. and nothing ,Ctould he
done. They are expected TO return this
morning. The bride is n pretty and
popular young lady, and resides at
Walke and Mariner streets
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Roys. Gesne1 army Meeting.

This afternoon ut 2:20 o'clock a regular
meeting OF the Gospel Army will bc
held in the hall of the Young Mems
Christian Association. at which every
member of the Army is expected to be
present on time.
Boys who are not members and who
wish 10 join should present their nppli-
cations before 2:i5 o'clock. in order THAT
their names may be acted upon nj this
meeting The membership now mum
ncrs three hundred and nineteen. lcav-
ING room FOR only ciShty-one more
names
Mr.. {. U. Foster. who has so ably as
sisted Assistant Secretary Page in the
organization and management of the
Army. VIII deliver an address OF a few.
minutes to the boys.
~ The O'Clock public meeting n cho-
rus of thirty boys will render n spe-
ciii hymn composed by member of
the Army
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WILKINS WAS nonnED
OF Nearly All of CIotlting aud 0thc.
vRIuRbIes Near Suffolk

Suffolk Va, Nov. 23.-(Spccial -
Henry Wilkins, who lives on the farm
of John Hnrrell about II mile from
the corporate limits of Suffolk. was
robbed between the hours of and )
O'Clock this afternoon of nearly all his
clothing and other valuable wilkins
lives alone in the house. some distance
from that Occupied by llarrcll's family
and this afternoon he closed the door.
and came to Suffolk. ON returning he
soon learned that the house had been
ransacked, Naluablcs being missing lie
suspected two parties of the crime and
Immediately engaged Coustnblr
Branch's services. The latter secured
warrants tonight and expects 10 bag
his game before sunrise Sunday
PRESBYTERIAN GUILD REOR.,
GANlIED.-Thc Presbyterian C;uild
had largely attended meeting last
night with Mrs. John Il. Pinncr for the
purpose of REORGANIZATION. After the
accomplishment of the meetings. object
the assembly resolved itself into a So
cial company, and engaged in Il Dariau
Penny Party. Miss Jennie B Briggs
for solving the largest numhrr or oucs-
tions whose answers were suggested
on Il one cent piece was awarded All
appropriate prize.
CONNlCb'S DElIVERED.-C Captain
Robert r.. Norflcct. deputy sheriff. has
returned from Richmond where he de-
livercd to the pcnitcntiary authorities
victed at the last term Of County
Court: John White. housebrcaking. four
wears: William Jones. grand larceny
three years: George RawlcS. house
brea king. two years: Saphronia Walker
housebrea king four years. This be-
ing the latter's second term she will
get five years extra.
r. u. Pierce. Of North Carolina was
to-day fined S5.l0 in Mayors Court for
being drunk ana disnrdcdly. Pierce is
the man who abused and threatened
to beat II Suffolk lawyer Friday after
noon.
Mrs. w. +. Dcaton. who had been with
her sister, Mrs. Lee Britt. during her i'll
ness, left this morning for her home in
Roanoke.
DR. w. w. Staley. who has passed sew
cral months in foreign tour. started
homeward this week. and is expected
10 arrive about the first week in Dcccm-
her.
Withcrs' Division No. :. T. r.. X. Of
T.. expect to visit Portsmouth next
week and attend the bazaar of Atlantic
Division No. L.
There We're to-day two Mormon mis-
sionaricsI canvassns around SuffAlli
and scattering tracts descriptive of
their belief
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SPECIAL TnIIs WEEK.
wrisht's. 1oe Main street

DRESS GOODS. zss3s ssA
Sc. Half wool cashmers. worth 121ac.s ss
10c. Half wool fancies, worth &c., sytl5sS9
l2lac. Half wool fancy serges, worth zoe!
19c. All wool and half wool dress goods,
worth 25c. sSssts
25c, All wool dress goods. worth ssc.
and soc. iGlsss5s lss5s
4sc. 54-inch all wool serge, navy and
black, worth 75o. isNsss
4sc. SS-inch rich all wood plaids, worth;
60c. and 75c. z; 3 ;5ssss il:
49c. 3s-inch black Henrietta silk, finish.
worth 75c. f,S$S n: :sassssy5pise
1000 dozen fancy dress buttons; iariE
and small, sizes. &C.. 10c., 15c., 2SSS&.s
Soc, dozen. worth double.
500 gents shirts and drawers, at & g6c.sa
each. worth 3Sc. and Soc. fR{ ES
Csc. 26-inch silk gloria umbrellas worth
$l.50 and $3.50. "a .sSS
s1.9s. case white marseilIea quilta.
worth 49, ,assss, s lt593
12kc. Ladies' fine embroideriedS baIs$ $ssS
kerchiefs, worth 25c " + f;s ssr;ss
25c. Ladies' fine embroideried 4haIIis
kerchiefs, worth 3Sc. and soc. ~
Big Bargains in Lace Custains Effe5
nile Portieres, Ladies'. JacketsSa and
Capes. Call and see them. sgs
WRIGHTS, 1861 hainas strsstssSS
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THE TURKS AND AnMENIASs
Arc sun KILLING and Wounding Eaci,
other in Riots and Disorders.

Washington. Nov. 23.--The Turkish
icsation In this city received from the
Supiiine Porte the following cablegram
under to-day's date:
Constantinople. Nov. 23
At the request OF ,the Armenian
Church of Niksar (Sivas) the authori-
ties arrested sixtcn suspicious Arme-
mans.
Thanks to the means taken by the
authorities of Hank the Nnnruuders
ABOUT mat town were arrested and
lhe cltiIehs reopcncd their shops.
The inquest conccrnIg the disorders
AT Ainthl proved that the disorders
there took place In consequence of the
murder of three Mussulmans by Arme-
rian rioters. Perfect tranquility exits
now at Antal.
During the alfray at the villages OF
kournalikinia and Iioypounar (Sivas)
two MusSulmans and one Armenian
were killed and three Mussulmans and
one Armenian wounded
Under the advice given by the nu-
thorltics, the Arneninns who were as
scmbled at irchonkmerzem, returned
to their villages and order was restor-
cd
In the Armenian Church of Kara
hissar-Charki. thirty-ninc revolutions
airy pamphlets Were found.
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THE FAMOUS GAINES CASE
Finally Ended ira tho Supreme Court
orthe GriitcI Stntrs.

Washington, ID. c., Nov. 23.-The fu-
nous MyriL Clark Gaines case. II is be-
iieveu, was finally ended in the Supreme
Court of the United States yesterday
when Chief Justice Fuller announced
that the appeal of the city OF New Or
leans from the Judgment of the Circuit
Court for the Eastern district of Louis
lana in favor Of the United States, eX
rel. w. w. Whitney, had been dismissed
Tor failure to print the record. Myra
Clark Gaines, then Mrs. w. W. Whitney
Cnot the w. w. Whitney lust namcd). in
Stituted the first suit for the recovery of
the property bequeatlled her by the will
of her father, Daniel Clark in the Cir
cult Court of the United States for the
District of Louisiana in 1895 ana five
years later. il had reached the Supreme
Court of the United States From that
date-1Si1-until yesterday. in one form
or another, the controversy has had Il
place on the calendar of the court. In
1886 the plaintiff. then II widow. having
survived both Mr.. Whitney and General
Gaines. whom she subsequently, mar
ried, filed an original bill I'm the Su-
D"cme Court against the city of New
Orleans to recover property held by it.
ana II decision in her favor was render
ed at the December term 1867. The
value of the property claimed WAS csti-
mated in 1851 to be thirty-iive millions
of dollars. Suits subsequently prose
cuted were filed for the purpose OF get
ting possession OF the property included
under the Supreme Court Judgment of
1867. 1t was estimated that she rccov-
cred six or seven million dollars wort h
in all. but she derived little persona |
benefit there from. as ii was largely
eaten up hy the expense Of maintaining
the litigation. She died July ., 1890
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Twice-'T0ld Tale.

Al p IN. on the 9th inst. at Monte
fore Hall. the admirers of musical aud
evolutionary art are promised n rare
treat. An entertainment. for the hene.
fit of the school and ASYLUM will l.,
given by the pupils attending ST Mary )
Ecmal" Academy. The Fort Mour.r,
Post Band Will supply the Instrumental
music and several ladies and gentlemen
possessed of remarkable and well-culti-
Nated voices have generously volun
t"ered their services for the occasion
Admission. 50 cents. Tickets may hr
procured at the Asylum. III Charel
street
Here is n grand opportunity for the
people Of Norfolk To prove their com
passionate charity for Gods little ur-s.
me oIphans. Tor the proceeds OF this dc
liEhttui entertainment will go to build
Tor them a suitable habitation.
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View r.ire GInrn, Rnxn.

Chief KYan. OF the T'lro D,uartmnn,
mas received three new fire alarm
po%rs. numbered respectively ~. IL.
ana w. The first two will be placed on
the Merchants and Miners Transpor-
tation Company's wharf. while No. 81
VIII pc placed AT St Nincents Hos
pital. The latter box is n Gift 10 m.
hospital through Chief Ryan. from the
Gamewcll Fire Alarm Company. while
the former We're bought by the Mcr-
chahts' and Miners Company. Chief
Ryan fears that ii three boxes are
placed on the present circuit the bat
terry VIII be too weak to operate sue
ccSsfully An effort will be made 10
enlarge the battery now in use and
IL possible to rebuild the alarm system,
which is now in n deplorablr condition
and said to be totally unreliable.