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The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28

GENTS Driving Horse for Sale, dark bay,
W with black points, is of medium size
and good style, seven years old; sire Win
throp Pilot will be sold reasonable or eX-
changed for land. FRANK W. SPARROW,
No. Arlington street, Woodfords, Me. PSI
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28

MONEY to loan on first and second mortgages
M on real estate, personal property, stocks,
quire af A. c. LIBBY & CO., AZ IL Exchange
street gpr23d4w
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28
LOST AND FOUND.

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for rs cents. cash in advance.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28

n OST-A black whalebone whip. white
~ handle; return and be rewarded to Sal
Congress street. 27-i
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28

A FIRST CLASS Dressmaker wants few
N more engagements by the day OF week.
305 Cumberland street. 2S-1
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28

EOR SALE-Fish Market "a Commercial St.,
IL known as Pierce Bros. A good chance
for man with small capital to DO good bust
ness. For part culars apply to PIERCE BROS,
"a Commercial street, city. 21-1
EOR SALE Double 2,story frame dwellin5
IL house, 4 tenements, 5000 feet land,
overlooks the harbor. VIII be disposed of at
a bargain. BENJAMIN f. HARRIS, Cham
bers, corner Exchange and Middle SITS. 1872
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28

DOR SALE-HOuse and lot,main house 24x26;
IL ell l3x3O; stable 26X36; new and III gool
repair; ono mile from station, near church anu
school, good water; good summer resort In
quire OF BOX No. IL. West BroWnfeld, Me.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28
FOR SALE.

Forty words inserted under TINS hEao
one week for 25 cents. cash in advance.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28

XNyANTED-An industrious, temperate
w young man to work ON q farm a good
mixer; state wages wanted. Reference re-
quired. Address Box 30, West Falmouth. 1872
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28
FOR SALE.
Forty words inherited under this head
one week fer 25 cents. cash in ad vance

E|oR SALE-A general goods business, good
4 clean stock of goods at inventory of
COST trade about all cash. store centrally
yearly rental very low. Apply to j. II.
BARNES of the H. S. MELCHER CO., 517
commercial street, Portland 27-2
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28

FElHE Drink habit-Morphine and Tobacco
IL habits cured by Chloride of G old Tablets
mailed to any address on receipt of 100
package. Address orders to c. E. BEAN,
manufacturers agent, % Prospect street. Port
land, Me. 24-2
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28

w AMI ED-Shoe stitchers, also MCKAY
w stitcher at So Cross street, Portland,
Me. 22-1
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28

for general work in small
w family; good wages; BOZ Congress street,
room i; call or address Exchange street,
Press Office. 22-1
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28

II HAVE lot of summer rugs which ] will
IL exchange for cast off clothing. l pay
cash if it is preferred. Please send letters or
postal to MRS. or MIR. DEGROoT, 76 Middle
street, City. 2S-1
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28
wANTED-MALE HELP.

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for 25 cents. cash in advance.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28

Erred 7. LUNT. 235 Middle street, will
IL make to order stylish suits from $4,000 to
$500. Pants from $500 to $1,000. 23-1
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28

NEN WANTED-At once in every locality
W. to advertise cold Glory securing soap
fences, distribute circulars, place samples,
orders, ETC.; steady work; salary $40 q week
and all expenses. Send 35c. for sample,
with agreement, etc., OLD GLORY MFG.
CO., Cincinnati, O. 25-l
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28

NOR SALE-Full blooded WEIGH ponev.
4 SIX years old, sound and kind; carriage,
sleigh and harness. Sold for no fault. Ad-
dress, John Burr, Freeport, Me- 27-1
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28

EOR RENT-194 High ST., Brick Block
Il between Deering and Cumberland streets.
First fat, rooms, steam heat, SET tubs, hot
MANNING, 1853 High st, mar24dtt
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28

EVANTED-At 131 State street Immediately
w a thoroughly competent cook. No wish
ing or ironing. Good references required. APP
ply between and o'clock p. m. 23-1
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28

Falmouth, April 27.-Mrs. Emma
Lockhart died Saturday afternoon. The
will be buried Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. Raymond of Bethel has arrived
with two car loads of goods, including
three horses and other stock. He is NOV
ing into Mr.. Joseph W. Msrrill's home.
Mr.. George Rose, who celebrated his
eightieth birthday last Wednesday, has
been i'll and under the DOCTORS care for a
few days. He is improving at this date.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28

NOR RENT-Two story brick house No. 26
IL Green street, containing - rooms near
Congress street; has been recently repaired;
large lot; sunny exposure BENJAMIN
SHAW, 81 IL Exchange street. 22-1
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28
MISCELLANEOUS.
BRAVE SPIRITS BROKEN.

How often women wake up in tbs
alr-ling cheerful and happy, deter
;..j7..l 10 do SO much before the day
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-28

MANTED-A capable girl for general house
w work, must be good COOK; good wages.
Apply to Mrs. L. 81. Schlosb berg, 27O Forest
Avenue, WOodfords or 2 FREE STREET,
CITY, 24-1
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-04

HaTpcr's Round Table: Dr. Goldsmith
took the plot 81 She Stops 10 Conquer
from a joke played by IA Lincolnshire
gentleman named Grummli. Late one
night a commercial traveller met Il rum
nit on the road. and asked him where
he might find III" nearest Inn. Grum-
nit said he would gladly "show him
the way 10 quiet. respectable house
OF public entertainment for man and
horse" The stranger was thercupon
conducted TO Grummits private resi-
dence. Everything he ordered was
promptly brought him and in the morn
ing he asked for his bill. and was very
pleasantly surprised TO find he had
been a private guest. Other odd deeds
OF Kindness are related OF Grummit.
Hamlet Is taken from the Danish his
tory OF Amlc;h. by Sayo Germanicus.
1t may b.. but u coincidence that the
word Hamlet" may be formed from
"Amlcth" by placing tn" last letter Of
the latter word before the former one.
The story of Anleth Is said to be very
improbable, and that only genius
Ike Shakespeare would have founded
Il play on 1t. The famous ghost" Of
the Shakcspearian version Is the bard's
own invention. Amlcth. having made
the nobility drunk, sets fire % the
palace, kills the usurpinG king and Is
himself proclaimed ruler.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-04

CHICAGO Business In cattle was
taEly animated at yesterdays range
OF prices, most kinds selling about l5c
lower than on Monday Beef steers sold
| at 50 5Ou4 90 FOR the most ordinary lots
up 10 s. II4j IL Tor choice 10 prime
offerings. with the bulk OF che trading at
81 eJgi So StoCkers and feeders wer, in
active demand, sales being mostly at
s. S0ni 10. oxen sold at s. 25d3 10.
! Stays At s. .5E3 30 and calves at s. 5OG
) 60 :or choice lots Texas corn fed and
meal fed steers from Missouri Weighing
HOO 10 lilo lbs. brought 81 10 10 81 Is.
In hogs, trade was active at an aver
age Improvement Of &c per 500 lbs, pack
ers taking hold freely at 81 OOQ3 30
Tor coarse to heavy pTin; light and me-
dun weights: sales were largely at
s. 25N2 40. with packing lots selling
mostly At 50 1893 80. Sales OF sheep
We're SLOW at s. @j63 40 for common 10
choice ilOckS OF sheep. Westerns going
at s. 13M$ 20. YearllngS brought 81 500
1 % and common 10 prime lambs sold
4; So 2JI5 H. mostly NJ 81 0OG5 90. Re
ccipts-Cattie $4,000 heao. hogs 5000
head: sheep 1900 bead.
EAST LIDERTY-Cattlc steady;
prime 81 j0Hi 20: good 81 @JdI a 10; bulls,
stays ana cows s. 0Oti3 40 Hogs very
dull: prime 81 5,af3 so; best light Yor-
kcrs 81 SOFAS IS: common to falr Yor-
kcrs 81 +oN2 IS; best medium So 80:
heavy 81 30a3 10; rouGhs s. 25d3 90,
Sheep steady: prIm" 81 G0TS 20; good
81 SOT3 so; fair s. 6OG3 10: choice
lambs 81 75di 90: common to good
lambs s. scat 30. Veal calves s. 5OI
-
ClNClNNAr1-lioEs strong at So 4efS
? q: receipts 800 head; shipments 1900
hcAl.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-04
FINANCE AND TRADE
The Features OF the Money and Stock
NlurkstN,

NEW SOpK. Dec 3-Nlorcy on call
,,.y,t ,I,s,I nor c.nr. IsI ian IL, nor
c,r:. closed ar 1i.Ft- nor C.nr prime
m.rrantlIa pnr,.r jG,5 r,.r con; Sterling
nrcb,rra .tanil,- With aC,ual business In
h,rlnr-s, hills NJ {. sal. al Sfa. for. dc.
ma and q SgisG4 Ssz, fnr 60 d,ys
p0s,,.I rates q Sjfri SII' and 81 81. N
tSS Tnnrnarei1I hiiis a SOS, Rlr al
~ SAL S,,,.cr r.r,ia-,,s.. S5i.EiG5a,r
m. .,ocir ,r,rl,.r Io-d1y vas ,uod,r-
n,.Iv ,rrIy, un5n an irregular more
~, and n,oriy hIstributcd volun. az
business 4 number OF the sneclal;Irs
w,rp consplruous for shar-, fluctuations
,rbn change; IN tn. regular oc,Iva rail-
wnv ust we're. rs A r1Ile unirnportunt-
~ ,,,rrrt onan.d welk md lower o,,
foreign selling and the lin(Iyorable re-
n.nrts nr r-ro.S earnings for November
nnhIIshrd by The 81, Paul and Rock Is
ioni rH,Js Neither of The ryhfbiis was
however M dis,ouraginr as The bears
ma fcrargs,.I TN. downward move
,ran. ma moi man. ,nu.h hr.dy.,v. AS
IN. hulls In A number OF Oh. speclaI,ies
,,,J, 81, ,IIy.rsIon which Caus.I nu,,sI-
ness on IN. mart OF tn. shorts In the re-
snar,Iyc rror.arlies and syrnusthclic,
| strength WAS thereby impaired 10 the
..a,er3l lis. Chicago Gas assumed ine
leadership OF the active list and, In con-
npct!on with renewed reports OF the
strong financial position Of the conpa-
| nv and buving. attributed 10 !nFId,. IN
rarssts, advanced II, per cent TO 56i..
| Sugar made some rapid changes and
was unfavorably Influenced by the news
Of the definite arrangements being made.
for the starring OF the Arbuckle rrtin-
,ry Manhattan took on more a-tlyi,y,
Than has recently been noted, and rose
sharply on covering, In antlcipdiion d!
| ,h,. approach OF the dividend distrlbu-
tIon. Profit taking In d number OF
shares gave the market an irregular ap-
pearauce and some stocks rcCrded
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-04
WHO SAYS sol
Everybody Wio Has u'rd Them. and
Some 0fThsm Rrr Wheeling People.

NUUr M 'IIIF IN NIV n .lrI IIuff I'rnulr.
,.,I'
wno S",n 70" So
~ re'S S.,iI .,,r,,..n 1T.
~" VII, MSii, 4 E Itts hli rlshI
a, Sh",,'Vlly u.htts uoSsnt ~
nv nv ,hpl' Spin' people say
,.t LES lntn W. LtHNt'
r", NV '.s"' nl'H "''"'
.r ~ tanc. ~ H,'yr,
n nIht .he ul,cichTr,
nrop'g Mnl' heri'nE fritiehGr,
"a, "lu ,S,i ~. ~ i,ihTeiH Oh HGalth
b. ~ '"a, you ho"I 5 hllnyy rus cure
~. ~ VIZ nlr ''r hiahrtS ul thchi'
n, no says 80 counts mere docSh
nsGmnE pc"lno any 80, ~
n nI We ENs you thelr addresses
S,uupS you may Know .ltln.
NS'N' hN'S pIlhE on hIuHvS fOuDlcS'
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-04

LONDON, Dec. 3.--An onlclol dis.
patch received here from St. Johns,Au-
tiSua. Capitol OF the LccwaNl Islands.
says that serious Hoods have occurred
in this island of MOutserrat. Roads
ana bridges, It Is added. have been de-
strOycd and scventy-tive persons have
been drowned
The Leeward Islands form part Of the
British West Indian Islands. MOntscr-
rat has an era OF about foriy-seven
square miles and population OF nearly
a.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-04
GOING NoRTH-DEPART.,

Electric cars between Wheeling. Mar
tins Ferry and C.. l.. l. ". Depnt T.,
Bridgeport. 80
'DuIly between points marked
:Sunday only between points marked
Other trains daily except Sunday
on Sundays Train runs to l'hrichsv;iI,
only. and Oh same days Train / ana 4
starts from uhrichsvillo instead OF RrIJt,..
port.
Through connections and through .lck ct I
TO nll points. can on agents or address
W. Il. WOoDFORD, Gen. Manager
Cleveland. Ohio.
Cleveland Onto
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-04

ROME, Dec 3.-Thcrc was the usual
imposing ceremony al the public con-
sistory here to-day and red hats We're
bestowed on Cardinal Satblli and the
other cardinals nominated at the two
last ConSistortes. Aftrr the service the
new cardinals proceeded to tn. Sistine
chapel to return thanks 10 the pdnUif.
who on his way back 10 the vatican
was carried on the SeIia Gcstaturla.
amid cries OF Long live the pope. long
LII,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-04

NEW YORK-Staplc cot,ons have
had but light demand. though for COL
orcd and fancy styles there WINS more do
Ing for current and near wants. Spring
spcClaltics. such az printed and. WOODEN
fabrics. wcr" In good order demand for
spring deliveries. Dark prints are in
very small stocks and printers are so
behind In Hight work that none will 10
back to them. Printing cloths at 9n,c.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-04
Wool,
NEW YORK-Wool quiet.


EN- TNTI NV, UUHtTVVU tNN man IN
spCCtaClcs; but l am n surgeon, and
that Is not where the liver Is" Never
YOU mind where hia l'vcr Is" rc,ortcd
tn. other. IF 1t was In his big toe or his
loft car DcWitt's Little EARLY Riser,
would reach It and shake II for him.
on that you can bet your gig lamps"
Charles II, G0ctzc. corner Twelfth and
Market streets: Bowie x Co, Bridge
port: Peabody & Son. Dcnwood s
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-04
Metals,

NEW NORK-PiC iron quiet: south.
crn $40 00Gl2 -: northern 81 OOTl3 90,
Lead quiet and strong: brokers' s9T5;
exchange 81 o.. Copper easy; brokers
llhc: exchange $ll 0Idll 37H. Tin
quiet: *trniGhts Sc 30: plates easy.
Sprltcr Nulet; domestic Me5.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-04
Wheeling & Elm Grove Railroad
Wheeling BRIDGE & Terminal Ry.

Time Table No. &c. TO take effect lc;ol a
NJ, sunday. November 70. 1885.
Leave Whculing-tS:0o 1915. slliO a. m.
to."0, .S.5. 1850. $500 y. NJ.
Leave Pcuinsula-ts;06. 1851. sll &c, n. H.,
i2,.6, '5,gl. fi:36. s9:C6 y. III,
Leave Martins Fcrry-tsI?. 1857, sll:s3
II m. t9:99, 'S:2,. ti:l2, s9:l2 y. m.
Arrive Terminal JunCton-tS:l7. HOOK,
cave Terminal Juncuon--'7:c2. $500 a,
M, p.:iO Il. M, 1919. SI;vj, i5:l4. 1915 D. m.
cave Martins Forry-iI!2S s9.07 a. m.
'l2a5. H:0J. li:l", i5l9, tS:ae p. IN,
Leave Peninsula S9.li a M, sla:sl.
HII. ti:iT. t5:cI iS:5S y. III.
Arrive WhcCllng-t1:io 1919 n. M. 'lc6,,
tlIT, "a *, 1854, i9:oj y. III.
.Daily. tDatly except Sunday. {SurdaYs
only.
Al trains will run or Eastern Time,
J. Y. TACSSlG. Superintendent
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-04

OIL CITY-Crcdit balances 81 OS;cer.
tihcatcs. no bids: shipments 72.a52 bar.
rels; runs SO536 barrels.
NEW YORK-Pctrolcum. pcnnsylva.
MA crude steady; January 81 0J bid.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-04

Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys will!
find the true remedy In Electric Bittcrs.
This medicine does not stimulate and
contains no whisky nor other intOXi-
cant, but acts as a tonic and nltcra-
tive. II acts mildly on the stomach
and bowels. adding strength and giving
tone 20 the organs. thereby aiding ma
ture In the performance OF the func-
tons. Electric B!ttcr3 In an excellent
appetizer and aids digestion. Old peo-
pie lind 1t just cxnctly what they need.
Price nifty cents and 81 90 per bottle at
Logan Drug Co.'S Drug Store.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-04

TIE Old lady was right when ahc
aaid the child might die ir they waited
for the doctor, She saved the little ones
lie with fow doScs OF One Minute
Cough Cure. She had used 1t for Group
before Charles Il. Goctzc. corner
Twelfth and Market streets: Bowie &
Co, Bridgeport: Peabody 4 Son. Ben
wood
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-04

TNTELLIGENCER'S JOE OFFICE
j NEW TYPE SKILLED WORKMES, HONEST
COUNT and TASTY WORK. Send for prices
lNrELLlGESCEH
- aud 81 Fourteenth Styca.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-04

PHILADELPHIA - Butter firm and
in fair demand; fancy western creamery
&c. Egss firm bu, quiet: fresh nearby
2ic; do western 23Q2ic. CheeS.. steady.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-04

ClllCAGO-Whcat pursued an Irrcg-
lliar course to-day, but In the end was
litc above the price II closed At yestcr-
day. The advance was due to the for
e!gu news, which generally was OF a
strengthening nature Corn and oats
were both favorably affected. corn
closing 80 higher, and oats NO higher.
Provisions also advanced a tribe
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-04

TOLEDO - Wheat higher and firm:
No. cash and December 97%c; May
9STsc. Corn active and steady; No. .
mixed -. oats dull: No, mixed
lSi=c, Rye steady; No. cash SIC. Clo-
vcreeed lower and steady: prime De-
cn,nhr- 81 ~
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-04
RAILWAY TIME CARD,

arrival and departure OF trains on and
"'''r nov - 1896. Explanation OF Ref
.foh'a Marks: 'DaIly, iDally. except Sun
"ay' !Dally except Saturday. ;Dsily, cx.
o"pI Monday. gSundays on,y. saturday.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-20
NEEDED REFORM.

The recent report of Postmaster
General Wilson makes IL plain that re-
form is needed in the postal matters OF
the country. and the sooner II * in
augura;ed the better. According In the
postmaster-General it cost between
5000 goo and 100000 every year more
than the receipts OF the department. to
maintain it. when, as a matter Of fact.
1t should be self-Sus tanning postmas-
ter-GeneIal Wilson holds that the
greatest loss IS in the handling of GER
ts!n publications as second class mat
Ter. and protests against the continued
transmission Of such matter upon the
tar.ns ROW fixed by law.
He points out the remedy by urging
that the postal statutes be so amended
as to remedy the abuses which now
creep in and which have proven so ex-
pensive to the country, ana Congress
should not turn deaf ear to his plead
inES.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-20
sOnE OF TIE RESULTS.

The city of Chicago voted for Nc
kinney, IAN honest dollar" and ito re-
store confidence" and from all ac-
counts the results thus far have not
been what the people of that Windy"
town were led to expect 1t is said
that because of the extreme dull times
some of the largest merchants in the
city are going out of business. and ir
they carry out their declarations al
most an entire block of buildings. now
employed by various kinds of commer-
cial enterprises. will be left vacant.
They say the chief cause of this is the
lack OF money and general stagna-
ton of business. with no hope of an
early improvements
Before the late election some of these
very men, who now propose to close
their places because OF the hard times
and their belief that they are not going
to get better soon, were among those
who painted the beautiful times In
store in the event of Major Alckinlcy's
election, but some how the things don't
seem to have panned out we'll for them
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-20
REGRETS sre nAK<.AIss.

The New York World. which did IT.
share towards putting Mckinley ant
Hanna in control, now seems to hav,
discovered that there Is danger aheat
in the formation of II new tariff. Hea
what 1t says:
cit Is proposed to restore the bar
barous and cruel tax on wool. to in
crease the tax on woolenS, to raise
the rates on crockery and glass. TO
reinpnse duties on lumber. eggs. po-
tatocs. onions. cabbages and hay.
but to continue the exemption of
wealth In every form.
I'm 1856 the Internal taxes collect
cd on manufactures. aside from
whiskey. beer and tobacco aggre-
gated $l22,G00O00. They were all re-
pealed
Other taxes collected from wealth
In that year were: From incomes.
SCI .01l 500: from banks, railroad COM
panics. etc. Sl3.a79.l A2: licenses. SIS
03S.O.H: gross reCcip:s--from 21& to
3 per cent.-of publishers. telegraph.
express and insurance companies,
stcabmo9ts. fcriitss. stage-coachcs,
theatres operas. circuses and mu-
scums. $l0.eg2. zoo: lcSacies and sue
ccssionS, $l.i70,91S: stamps. $15,0i4.-
313. All these. one after another
were abolished ut the lnstlgation OF
wealth's lonDy.
There are other small taxes. like
those on salaries of public officials,
on passports. etc, the proceeds of
which bring the total of internal
taxes repealed Immediately after the
war up 10 $40 N00, 600.
This exemption OF wealth left the
whole burden Of the cost nr the Gov
eminent upon cousumptlon--main
of the common npresSIlieS of the
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-20
PERSONALS.

And now they say that Referee 1carp's
fee in that San Francisco prize fight
affair was $500.
y Louisville dispatch says that the
Republicans will contest the election of
Bryan's single elector in that State.
John Morse Field. son of the late
Cyrus Field. is said to be demented. and
was arraigned in New York Friday
charged with being intoxicated.
Judge Witt, of the Hastings Court of
Richmond, the other day appointed MIR.
Walter Christian to succeed the late Mr..
w. y. Lawton, the clerk og that tribu-
nal.
Those people who claim no good can
come from the cibarette are cited to the
fact that Manufacturer Duke has en-
dowed IL North Carolina college to the
extent of 100000, says the Washington
Post.
James r. Roosevelt, secretary of the
United States Embassy in London,
reached New York Friday. He says the
English people do not care one jot about
the Cuban question or the position of
the United States in regard to Cuba.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-20
THE AMERICAN FLAG RARELY
SEEN.

The fact that the American flag is now
rarely seen upon the high seas floating
our American bottoms. save our Gov
eminent vessels. is a matter which
should claim the attention of Congress
and the proper remedy applied. Time
was when the American merchant ma
rine outnumbercd that OF any other
country, but now To see "Old Glory"
flying from the masthead of Il vessel
of that character in a foreign port is
somewhat of IL curiosity. This is the
most progressive country in the world;
we can build the fastest vessels and as
cheaply as they can be built elsewhere.
and our resources for the support of n
merchant marine are as great. if not
better than any other nation, yet we
are sadly deficient In the number of
merchant vessels. There is no uues-
ton that our merchant marine should
be restored to It's former prestige and
importance. The ocean carrying trade
of this country should be owned by us.
and its control should be arrested from
those who now control it at almost any
cost