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KINGwooD. w. VA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 81 1895.

must have the attention and SER
vice OF all younger. Old age is
reverenced in China, aud is beau,i.
ful to see how grandma aud grand
pa is given the best OF everything,
and the busiest man in the Empire
can fiud time TO reuder some SER
vice TO bis aged parents.
Christian converts change the be.
trothal and marriage customs only
IN that the girls grow up in their
own homes, and both the boys and
girls are consulted by their parents
before the contract ia made. Ike
Christian ceremony is substituted
for tho worship of Heaven and
Earth aud Ancestors.
TENG LENG.
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ONLY A HAYsEED

Ilo may have been hayseed
says the Topeka State journal. He
looked it, but way down deep in his
eyes the second time you looked
You seemed to notice suspicion Of
real "sIickness" that escaped you
ut first.
He held ticket to Tecnmseh
when he got on the train at Topeka,
and he gave it up promptly to the
conductor on demand.
When the conductor came through
the train after he had left Tccumseh
he was surprised to SEQ the same
man sitting complacently in the
same seat.
"Ticket," said the conductor.
"IIayen't got any" said the man.
"Theu you will have to pay"
said the conductor.
Cant do It,"
"Then / will have to put you OF. /"
what, right out here in the
country?"
Right out here in the country"
A great many Of the other pass
engors were interested at once, aud
tine argument continued. The con-
ductor uoticed-hc said afterwards
that the man kept looking out Of
the window as he talked and did not
seem to be in hurry. OF course
the train was running all the time.
The farmer finally went down
into bis pocket and got his purse.
He was not in hurry about il, and
after ho had opened it seemed lost
in thought.
Come" said the conductor, 81
can't fool with you all day"
"Must pay or get OF, eh ?" asked
tho farmer.
"l said that" replied the man
with the punch. here was anoth.
er moments silence. The farmer
took another look out OF the win.
dow
- guess you can put me or, " he
said
The train stopped and the con-
iuei1r went 90 tho rear platform to
Soc tbit he got OF and stayed OF
"-ee that white house over there?"
ssked tho son of toll
The conductor could zee it easily.
"Ihere is whore work." said
the former. "This is the nearest
railroad that comes 60 it. I am
much obliged to you for letting me
of here. Have a cigar" Aud The
gfmger jumped lightly 10 The
ground aud was gone.
the train wac tuo minutes late
before tha conductor could recover
h.s hreafh
"WelI. l'lI be---"' be- said in
tr hamh'e taHe. arl chem ho vent
aH1 klkei fhe neasb8Y.
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Police | ths man
aanFtraHs'g aaaHieI2
lfsH Police surgeon --TRo 0f the
aoanis are mortal bul ib8 third
can BE- cured provided tho man
Keeps perfectly ti Cor at least six
Nteks It'd BIs.
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A CITY OFFICERLESS.
Tho Unique Record OF n Kansas
Municipality.
Evading Debt by a system OF Law
abiding Anarchy.

Probably nowhere else can be
found the unique conditions that
have for nearly two decades obtain
ed IN the city OF Humboldt. tbriv.
ing Kansas town OF 1,S00 inhabi
tants. Daring all that time it has
been growing and thriving: public
mproyements have been made and
law and order been observed with.
out the place having "a legal exist
ence or u legal officer. The city's
government has been solely by com
mon consent and the situation has
been acceptable to all. Every spring
has a red-hot municipal election
taken place. One man has received
the election TO the office of Mayor,
another to Police Judge, and others
to Councilman. but none since 1876
has taken the official oath or
"qualified.
The reason is this: In 1870 the
town, then just started, bonded it,
self for 1915, 900 fora new railroad.
In 1876 it added s25, 900 for anoth.
er, which never got further than
the building Of few miles Of road
bed. TO pay these bonds without
the impetus of railroads meant
bankruptcy. and when the pur-
chaser came on TO collect interes t
he found that there was no one on
whom TO serve legal papers, the old
administration had resigned and
the new refused to qualify. For
sixteen years the bondholders have
endeavored to collect the interest,
but the courts have always held
that there was no method by which
it could be done. 0ne Judge re-
Gently decided otherwise, but an
appeal has been taken to the Ma
tion's highest tribunal.
The extent To which co operation
can be carried ID evidenced by this
city management. When money
is needed the MAYOR, or rather the
man called by that complimentary
title. makes an assessment and the
people pay it voluntarily. The
street commissioners make repairs
and every citizen pays his share.
The marshal keeps tho small boys
IN check, but he has no real power
to make an arrest. The city clerks
orders aud licenses are fat, but they
pass at par. The place Is good
trading point, is well governed, and
its streets are kept clean and pre-
sentable. With the exception OF
the railroad bonds, every debt is
paid and the man called city treas
urer has comfortable balance in
his hands.
The present Mayor is NJ. II. Eek
ert, editor Of the city's paper, and
who has published paper for 20
years in the county. lie says the
people arc willing to compromise
the bond deal in order to get out Of
their difficulty, but that cannot be
done. In two years more the debt
will be outlawed. and then, il the
Supreme Court does not prevent.
the town will hold up its head
again and have an inaugural ball
when its frat officers in twenty
years take Office. Meanwhile the
city enjoys the oddity of their pc
culiar position polIticslly.-Detroit
Free Press.
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DIRECTORY.
state omnials

eOunty.
secretary of State--william L. ohilton, Ka-
eawha county.
Auditor-tsasc V. Johnson. Barbour county.
rctsurer-JOhn ". Rowan, Monroe county.
Attorney .seneral-r :. Riley. Ohio county. .
Asst. Atty Gen--Henry endleton. .Kanawha 90
Supt. OF SchOcis--Vireil A. Lewis. Mason Co.
AdJutant Genersl-Janes A. Holley, Lincoln
county.
state Nbrarian-E. l.. Wood. Kanawha CO.
Private Scc'y TO Gov John B. White. Hamr-
shire county.
chief clerk Auditors ofice-wm. A. Cracraft.
- - Sec'y states Ofice--G. O. Chiffon
4" I" Supt Schools " IT. j. Grass.
q" Tressnrer's a. Percy Rowan
Adit. Gen - "a
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Judge. Third Juiieisi District.
Joseph +. lIoke Kingwood. Preston County.
COuuIsSIoNEus OF ACCOUNTS.
". Goodwin and ID. NJ. WJtring.
COM & ssIONBRs IN CHANCERY.
ID. ". WOtring Neil J. FOrtney aud WIN
%. Dawson and W. B. Parkhurst.
REC IvRR OF THE COURT.
James W. Brown.
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
COMMISSIONERS Comfy COURT.
Portland, John P.Jones. President Terra Alta
kingwoni. Edmund Messenger, Kingwood.
waller. Eiwari ". Hartley, MasontOwn.
Lyon, David y. Walls, Independence.
union, Page X. McCrurn Aurora.
Reno. Harrison Zinn. Fellowsviile
pleasant. Perry Metheney. VALLEY Point.
Grant, X. ID. Waddie, BrandonVille.
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NaVoy- -Wnfam Ffanefl wanear
o1aaeiisses nsvit y wofri.v. ra-aeg A.
siiaas Wssaaa " crsfsas
r8rn s1rEeenf wffis~ n wheeler
societies
uufrkfs ~ rrfhisn- fafrs meets every raas-
dsE egeaI1s e ihsif tsli over Hardware store.
az AZ p'fI1rt
fassn.afssi ergsr ~ osd rsusws-- rss-s
r. eefs every asfsf1ss erfainr AZ the Knishfa
~ pgftia4 haf AZ q ~ a'rlaaE
pnifsn Rsie f1esennrnf Tn s1. r. q n. p
80 asass ln ias o5a rs.lees isf a'n4 s.,.ss e
u'erk
rtstasspssfsst orssra n eoas r.msisrs
tntge aerfs eferr fflfag eVeninr. ia tnc %
@. ~ Hall. AZ go atelork
rsS,,sF. rh.ia fris. .. 20 1, insgeys1 orasr q
..eiaet lr thf Anif1is uf Pftaiaa Haf over
rrfiar eVaninr sf ~ n'rf.rf d. tHa ftfF Fef-
lows ntf in ths Hishan ulert
rrestsn i.,tg.. 50 ~ v sna v weefs
y la the Haletis ~ pyitias naii over naff.
ware store
Churehes.
MF rhGrrh Rev ~ o. cfannaft Pastor
.-ra f
Meet.nF1 a. -H. roans FHifa NrrfIrraf y q.
p rrtysF Meeting every rharsiag evening 81
prs.byierlsa calrcb ner Iro r rusesetf
Pastor ffe1rhlng every sathlfh af.fn.fs
~ a4t farT Wretns
hav eehu.i af ofo b w. rffi.fian Fafn4e..
eabhsth evening ~ f.u Laflr-f u.s.i.r.-r
society meets every rustiag N cseh Month
asprsi Church So rssfar
kM fhHrth aref. sci or Wafsaa rasfrs
ffcaching every ialfth sunday ln ihe moath
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An exchange speaks Of three Of
the most stingy men on record
The first Will not drink as much
water as he wants unless it comes
from his ncighbor's we'll. The
second forbids bis family 10 write
anything but small hand, as 20
is a waste Of ink 20 make large
letters. The third stops the clock
ct nights TO save the wear and tear
OF the machinery. All Of them re.
fuse TO take newspaper on the
ground that 10 is q terrible strain
on their spectacles to read them.
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Sing song Of penitence q fellow
full Of rye, four and twenty SER
pents dancing before his eye. when
bis eve Was opened he shouted for
his life, wasn't he pretty chump
to go before his wife? His hot was
in the parlOr, underneath a chair.
MS boots were in the hail, his coat
was on the stair. His trousers ina
the Kitchen, his collar on the shelf.
but he hadn't any notion whore he
was at himself. When the morning
was breaking some one beard him
call, his head was ia the ice box.
and that was best for all.-Ex.
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an exchange tells of man who
claimed be was TOO poor TO take his
home paper, but al The same be
read g notice in q down east paper
telling how TO prevent borscs from
sloDbcrlng and sent 81 SO for tho
receipt. When che Information
came it said ''feaoa your horses
&C. spit"
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The man who stops his paper
because Of something Of which he
does not approve, and does 10 with
an air ofregret that 10 is necessary
70 drive the Publisher into bank.
rupicy, reminds us Of the train dis.
patcher who demanded an increase
Of salary, and threatened 20 quit il
he did not get it. The superinten.
dent replied TO his request By re-
lating a story. when ] was a
yoong man" said be, II once did
as you are doing. told the super
intendent of The road what YOU
have told me. lie refused my de-
mani and ] quit-aud would YOU
believe it-that id road is run.
ming set.
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supreme Ceurl OF Appeals.

Homer n. Hol, President, GreenbrIer Co.
W. English Mason county.
Henry Braunon. Lewis Co.
NJ II. Dent, Taylor Co.
Col. Charles Hedrick. Crisr. Ranawha county.
o. = Long. Clerk, Kanawha Co.
T. =. Riley. Reporter. Ohio county.
Convcnes AT Charleston second Wednesday IA
January; Wheeling. hrst Wednesday in June
Charlestown, Arst Wednesday In September.
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ran.fahIfs.

Wiugvood. Thomas liawker ard Geo p. nor
nan.
Nsuey. Enaruel nixon and y. watson
ivoa Z. W t'risa and w H. Tayior
Heno. y. " nalbrsttsr AMI q Rtdau0ur
rnian, D. " Hyers and Geo gcissman
Portland W A. Na0inns
Pleasant, = 81. Kelly ant g. NJ shaw
Grant. >. n. Conner and 3. ". Michaels.
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FIRST District-B. B. Dovenor, Wheeling.
Ohio County.
Second District-Aiston Gordon Dayton Phil
tppi, barbour co.
:. raird Dlstriot-Jamcs II. Huling. Charleston,
kanawha County.
:. Fourth District-warren Miller. jackson c.
A.. Jackson county.
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uNIrED sTArRs COuRT

Judge--J. J jackson. Parkersburg, Wood Co
eierk-J. Y Moore, Clarksburg, Harrison Co
u =. District Atty--C. q. Watts. Charleston
Kanawha county.
Asst. Dist. Attorney-stuart Z. walker. Mar
tlnaburg. Berkeley county.
u. s. Marshal-A. ID. Garden, Wheeling, VIVA
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Canrla lonHcnr.

Deoo nber "a.
County cpsrt-First Monday Ia January A pril,
July aud October.
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.giagwooi nistriot, Joseph ". Goodwin and
Nailev. y NJ Martin
LYON. E1grae Huxgips and James McGee
Nano. ~. II Wheeler aud Lucas Forman.
Nnion. luiiHs Srh-er aud " Berry.
Portland. ~ sna W Htll ard Albert a. Mason
Pleasant. levi n. Miller auh n. " Martin
Orant. !. = Bird and ~ II. MoGlbbons.
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West slde-Jamss W white. Kingwood. - -
Sheriff -LeRov shaw.
DKFurg suERIYFs.
kiugwo0t Diitrict-Luther McMllcn.
Naiey-Npne.
Hsno--c. ~ Riienour
Uni0n -ieorge Geiasman.
portlaue-
Graut-Alb r. Fearer
Pleasant-NOne.
Clerk Circuit Courf--Iohn ". watson
Cicrk cpunty Court Ami Martin
Prosecuting Attornoy-p M WOfrlng
County suryeyor-A A. Y. McMillen
Eupt. of SchoOls-H o Whstsei
Assessor -EAsi side. Gabriel Pulliam.
West side. VIM y. Manear
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BEN HILLS TRIBUTE ToLEE

friend without treachery. II soldier
without cruelty, and victim with
out murmur. He was a public oil
Ger without vices, private citizen
without wrong. a neighbor without
reproach, n Christian without hy-
pocrisy, and man without guile
He was Caesar without his am hition.
Frederic without his tyranny, Ma
poleon without his selfishness, and
Washington without his reward
lie was obedient to authority as q
servant, aud royal in authority as a
king. He was as gentle as woman
In life, pure and modest as a virgin
In thought, watchful as Roman
vestal, submissive to law as Socr9.
ties, aud grand in battle AS Achilles. :"
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The following is an extract from
an oration by Robert G. Ineersoil:
lit is ne advantage 90 live in a
city where poverty degrades and
failures brings despair. The fields
are lovelier than paved streets and
the great forests of oaks and elms
are more poetic. than steeplcs and
chimneys. In the country is the
idea of home. There you see the
rising and setting sun; you become
acquainted with the stars and the
clouds. The consultations are your
friends. You hear the rain on the
roof and the rhythmic signing of
the winds. You are thrilled by the
resurrection called spring, touched
and saddened Il by autumn-thc
grace and poetry of death. Every
field is picture, landscape; every
landscape poem; every flower Il
tender thought, and every forest q
fairy land: In the country you
preserve your identity-your per-
sonality. There you are an sggre.
CATION Of atoms, but in the city YOU
are only an atom of aggregation. I"
When there IS no organic weak
ness which is aggravated by the ex =
ertion, it is the easiest and pleas.
antest thing TO walk right into
health. or course there is no vir-
tue in a dawdIing walk. The slow
and languid dragging Of one foot
after the other. which some people
call walking, would tire an athlete;
u utterly exhausts a weak person,
and that is the reason why many
delicate people think trey cannot
walk. TO derive any benefit from
the exercise, it is necessary to walk
with a light, elastic step, which
swings the weight Of the body SO
easily from one leg to The other
that It's weight IS not felt, and
which produces healthy glow,
showing that the sluggish blood is
stirred to action in the most remote
veins. This sort OF walking ex-
hilarates tho whole body, gives tone
60 tho nerves. and produces Just
that sort Of healthful fatigue which
encourages sound. restful sleep.
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House or DelegatesI

East side--wiliiarl Henry Glover. Terra Alta
West Side-James w. white. Kingwood.
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Unified Nlaies senators.
Memhers ofronYress.

ChArles Faulkner. Martinsburg. Berkiel
county.
stephen Benton Elkin-. Elkins, Randolph Co
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state MISREPRESENTATION district.
Judge. Third JuileiaI pistrIet,

william q. WOrley. Kingwood. Preston 90.
samuel II .Gramm. Fetterman, Taylor Co.
Evening star., 1895-02-09
Washington stock Exchange.

Saes-resular caIl-I2 O'Clock Washington and
Georgetown Railroad conv. es, 5000 at lsg: $500
at Iss. washington Gas; p at ~; at 1915, L.
S. Electric Light, > at lS2 ,,,,,
liseS IL did L. s. 4S coupon iii'' asked, T. o,
District of Columbia Bonds-2oyear fund IS. 1e6
IS. 1901. currency, ia bid Water stock as, 1903.
EUR S Id se fannF Ss s BID
Miscellaneous Bonds nds-washington and George
Washington and Georgetown Railroad conv. 6s, ID.
lss bid +S asked , a,Ssd IA 70 hid sony ~
asked ID "s Eckinsen Hailrcad IS, 100 hid Columbia
I.ailroad Gs I09k bid 10 asked. Washington Gas
ss ss series series g. is S @
Company conv; IS, 1$3 bid u s Electric Light Ign
phone IS, 100 bid American Security and Trust IS.
+. and A.. 100 bid American Security and Trust n
Ss A ,s, apd S o. S 100 ba Sn
pany imp. IS, 10 bid Washington Market Com
s"' Is, 1cs bid. Washington Light Infantry LIST es,
1O1 bid Washington Light Infantry I'd as, 100
National Bank stocks.-Bank of Washington. 29o
bid 800 asked Bank of the Republic @ go bid bid.
tral. aS5 bid 2.5 asked Farmers and Mechanics.
1S5 bid. 200 asked. Second 1S5 bid 149 asked.
liz bid West End. IlG bid. IIli. asked. Traders.
1os bid. lo7 asked Lincoln 99zs bid ioS asked
ssp Safe Deposit and Trust COMPANIES National Safe
Deposit and Trust l20 bid. i30 asked Washington
sarig koan and and nif rus @ bid ,' 15s asked
inrton Safe Deposit, 100 asked
Railroad cks.-WashingtOn and Georgetown,
o15 hid 2S3 asked. Metropolitan. % hid. 15 asked.
Columbia co bid, 65 asked BELT, 25 asked. Eek
incton 50 bid. Georgetown and Tennally town, 80
asked. -,
Gas and Electric Light Stocks-Waslington Gas.
4sa. bid 49h asked; GcorseIown Gas. 90 bid L.
$ Electric Light, 1917 bid, 133 asked
Insurance Stocks.-Firamen's. 35 bid. 45 asked
Franklin. 81 asked. Metropolitan. 40 bid, 10 asked
Co-coran 81 bid. Potomac 6S34 bid. Arlington,
155 bid German IA American. 165 bid National
Union. 13Ls bid l51a asked. Columbia, Ia b.d'
1aL asked Riggs ~ bid, s asked. Peoples,
5Ia bid. 5Z asked. Lincoln, SIS bid, s1I asked
Commercial. bid. -,
Title Insurance S.oeks.-Real Estate Title, los
bid I16 asked Columbia Title, IA bid, asked
Washington Title, GA asked. District Title, 10
bid.
Telephone -Pennsylyania, 81 bid 10 asked
Chesapeake and Potomac. 30 bid 52A asked Amer
lean tirapho;hone. bid, AS :sked. Pneumatic
Gun Carriage, "a bid, "a asked
Miscellaneous Stocks.-Washington Market, IL
bid Great Falls Ice. 1s0 bid Bull Run Panorama
IL bid 20 asked. Lincoln Hall, 50 bid Mergcn
,haler Linotype, 140 bid, 160 asked.
Evening star., 1895-02-09
The Amendment In Order.
THE HOUSE.

The Chicago public building bill, with
Serate amendments, was laid before the
House today, and Mr.. Bankhead (Ala), !,
chairman of the committee on public build
irgs and grounds, moved concurrence, but
at the request of Mr.. Sayers Texas) with
drew the motion to give the latter oppor-
tupity to examine the amendments.
A bill was passed for the relief of the
heirs Of Daniel c. Rodman.
Mr.. Van voorhis N.Y) rose to a personal
explanation in connection with the charge
made by VIM. r. Creamer, member of
the British parliament, who appeared be-
fore the House committee on foreign af-
fairs last month to argue in favor Of an
national treaty of peace. that Mr..
Van Voorhis had insulted him.
Mr. Van Voorhis referred rather sar-
castically to the visit Of this peace mis-
siorary from so modest country as Eng
land and then presented letter in which
he reviewed the questions he had asked
Mr. Cree mer in the committee on foreign
affairs to which the latter had taken ex-
ception The principal one was as to
whether England would be willing to ne
gotiate a peace treaty with weak countries
by the terms of which differences would be
submitted to arbitration. To this Mr..
Creamer had made no reply.
Mr.. Van Voorhis, in his letter, dis
claimed any Intention to affront Mr..
Creamer. On the contrary, he expressed
Evening star., 1895-02-09
A Gruesome Exhibit in the Mime
apolis Trial.
TIE BUGGY Used BY THE MURDERER
Effort to Show That Adry Hayward
Has Hereditary Insanity.
PLAN OF THE DEFEN E

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. February 9.-Ihe
buggy In which Kate Cling took her 1atal
ride and the lap robe stained dark with
her life's blood were on exhibition in the
court room when the Hayward trial open
ed this morning. The curious crowd press
ed forward to get a nearer view OF the
gruesome souvenirs.
Emil Ferrant, who occupies nat IN the
Ozark, was the first witness His testimony
was descriptive Of the occurrence In the
fiat after the news of Miss Ging's v1oienI
death had been received, ard OF Harry
Hayward-s behavior at that time
During Ferrant's testimony there was
significant colloquy between counsel
County Attorney Nye said that he hao e1'
pected to put Adry Hayward, the con.
Tossing brother, on the stand To-Day ou'
that Adry was not present as yet.
Mr. Erwin said that he should op1ect ~
Adry testifying today, as ne "ahteu ~
have Insanity experts present When the
brother gave his testimony. Thls state
ment is believed to indicate not only pur-
pose on the part of the defense to claim
that Adry has hereditary insanity, but also,
possibly purpose on the part OF Aory u
give his testimony in such manner a.
shall lead to that conclusion In TINS way
b.. can tell his story as he has already TOTO
it to the state. and yet give his brotner d
chance to escape the gallows.
Evening star., 1895-02-09
A BODY FOUND.
Discovered Today In the james Creek
Canal.

Discovered Today In the james Creek
Canal.
This afternoon the dead body of a man
was found In the James Creek canal near
1st and N streets southwest. The body was
discovered by q person crossing the bridge,
and when the police were notified the body
was taken from the icy water and sent to
the morgue. Late this afternoon or tomor-
row morning the coroner will examine the
body for marks of violence, and will proba-
bly, hold an inquest.
The body has evidently been in the water
a long time, although it is not unrecog-
rizable. 1t is supposed that the body is
that of the shoemaker, Maurice Harmon.
who disappeared New Year night. Harmon
vas about fifty years old, and had been
drinking. When he disappeared 1t was
supposed that he had fallen in the canal.
and the stream was dragged by the crew of
the police boat, but without success. The
search was finally abandoned by the police,
who felt satisfied that his body was not
there. but his friends were still confident
that he had either committed suicide or
fallen in the canal accidentally. Harmon,
it is said had threatened to commit suicide.
John Wood, the plate printer. who SO
suddenly and nysteriously disappeared
Christmas night, is also still missing. The
Police hsye Eeyer been able to find the
slightest Glue to his whereabouts. If he
was drowned 1t is thought his body will
be found ;when the ice disappears.