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Middletown transcript., 1896-11-14

Every true woman who looks at th.
beautiful and stylish creations we offer 70,
laH winter wear, makes that exclamation
There Is an indiscribable air Of elegance about
our millinery. It's knack, and we have It,
Middletown transcript., 1896-11-14
ON SATURDAY,
THE 18th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1895,
at . O'Clock p. m.


the following described real estate, Wig:
AL that certain lot, place or parcel OF land
situate on the northeast corner Of Main and
county Of New Castle and State o. DeIsWsre..
bounded and describ I'd ~ follows to wit
Beginning ct the intersection Of curb
Ca8 streets; thence With. the curb line On the
east side Of CAB street degfees, Weot rs feet
% 8 corner 1or this and lands a. HrS. Hstiids
=: ys3dserin%; 3 thence With nne q nd Van
Of lands q the niddletQMn Academy thence
WITH the line q the eald Aoed9ny ind south
noG$h slde Of Main. street g 1&7noe~ WITH raid
curb line vestvard 9 ~ q g plScS q s.
ginninG; containing 80 eqlllI6 ~ a land.
peEty of 0eoe6e Eehenkod6f 6h6 6nrodine
- ~ nosszs h... = Wiae.' morteeell And tt's
sna go s'aa e PAM. t5rr:i 81 -,
J e'',s q N'!zlzsa -
Middletown transcript., 1896-11-14

MIDDLEToWN. DEL. NOV. IA, 1896
Middletown transcript., 1896-11-14

cHERIFF'S sALE.-BY VIRTUE OF A
Owrit Of Levan Facias, to me directed, VIII
be exposed to public sale at the National
New Castle county. State OF QaIaXare
Middletown transcript., 1896-11-14
CLUB RATES for 1897

am prepared to call sales OF Real fst.4a
and Personal PrUperty-Be glad to efve pr1css
q reference TO any that are going 70 make 3
D. p. HuTCHIsoN,
deeA-u Townsend, Del
Middletown transcript., 1896-11-14

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Middletown transcript., 1896-11-14

CHERIFF'S SALE.-BY VIRTUE OF A
Owrit Of Venditionea Exponas to me directed
will be exposed to public sale at the National
Hotel, at Middletown, st. Georges hundred,
New Castle county, State Of Delaware.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01
FOREIGN.

A theater was burned at Ekatovin-
oslav, Russia, and 40 persons lost their
lives.
1t was stated that q rupture between
Brazil and Italy was imminent owing
TO Brazil's .ardiness in satisfying Ital-
ian claims arising out of the civil war
in Brazil.
Henry of Battenberg, husband Of
Princess Beatrice, the youngest daugb-
ter of Queen Victoria, who went to
Ashantee in a special capacity and con-
tracted fever there. died at the age OF
IS years.
Advices from Armenia say that in
the district of Harpoot 10000 Armeni-
ans had been massacred by Turks and
upward of 100000 were starving and
destitute.
A fire in the Hotchkiss rapid-fre gun
mandatory at st. Denis, France,
caused damage to the extent of 1,0o0,-
OCo francs.
Adyices from the City of Mexico say
that bull fighting has been interdicted
in Mexico after the fulfillment of pres
ent contracts.
1t is anaornced .ha. by the terms of
a treaty signed January Is The Island OF
Madagascar is declared \ french pos
session.
Advices from Constant'nople say
that an offensive and defensive alliance
has been concluded betweeo Russia aud
Turkey.
1t was announced that the sultan had
decided to allow Clara Barton to dis
tribute relief in Turkey TO the Arme-
mans.
Later advices from Russia say that
10 persons lost their lives by the burn
ing of theater at Erkaterinoslav.
The pope refused to remove he Ian
placed by the Catholic church upon
the orders of knights of Pyth.as, Sons
of Temperance and Odd Fellows
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01
pERsoNAL AND POLITICAL.


In Joint session the Iowa legislature
elected w. b. Allison to the office Of
United States senator for tho fifth
term.
Gen. Thomas Ewing. member of con-
press from Ohio from 1877 to 1881, died
at his home in New York from injuries
received by cable car. He was 81 years
of age.
Ex-Judge Edward L. Burton, one Of
Iowa's Irost prominent lawyers and
ablest jurists, died at his home in
Ottumwa at the age Of 65 years.
Ex-Congressman Oscar Turner died
at his home in Louisville, Ky, aged so
years.
james Rogers, aged II, a wealthy res
,dent OF Pomona, Cal, was married to
Miss Ida Nelson, aged IA years.
George liyerson, who was governor of
Lower California from 1880 to 1855,
died at San Diego, aged 70 years.
William w. Upton, ex-judge of the
supreme court of Oregon, and second
comptroller of the treasury during the
Hayes administration, died in Washing
ION, ag.d 10 years.
The silver conference in Washington
decided to put a national ticket in the
field this year, and with that intent it's
adhercnts will meet in st. Louis July
~ next, the same date and place Sc
lected for the national populist conven-
ton.
Congressman II. ID. Money was nomi-
mated by the democratic caucus of the
Mississippi legislature as United States
senator to succeed j. q. George.
The Mississippi Legislature elected II.
d. Money as United States senator.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

ID. Lapponi. physician TO the pops.
saws: IF nothing Unforeseen happens,
the holy fathers constitution Is 50
sound that he may well attain lis iooth
year." i.
Miss Frances Graham French. OF
Washington. has been detailed ~ the
secretary of the interior - study the
educational aspects of the naanafaetnr-
ing industries of the south
DIR. Herman Weber. % London has
given si2,,oO TO the Royal Collcge OF
Physicians to found prize 10 be Of
fered every two or three years for the
hest essay on tuberculosis.
Rev. DIR. John Wiley. professor OF
systematic theology in Drew theoiog-
ical seminary, Madison, y. j.. died the
other day at his home in Madison. Dr..
Wiley was So years of age and held his
place at Drew seminary since 1873.
1t seems to be a striking compli-
ment to fervent eloquence, or some 9th
er peculiar power of persuasion, that
among the conversions made by re-
yivalist at Tekonsah, Mich, recently,
were two deaf and dumb persons, man
and wife.
"A Capuchin friar in the south OF
France named Father Joseph has been
In the habit of firing off cannon to
attract congregations. The cannon
blew up recently. killing man some
distance off, and the f-iar was fined 200
francs for "homicide through impru-
dence."
Mrs. Elizabeth G.. Kelly, of Chicago,
who has already endowed the Cniver-
sity of Chicago with n woman's dor
mitory costing 100000, has decided to
erect on the university campus chapel
to cost 100000. to be known as the
Kelly memorial chapel, in memory OF
Ter brother. The university has no
chapel building at present.
A fierce but somewhat funny war
Is waging in Pontiac, Mich, where the
Salvation Army has its headquarters in
the same building with saloon, the
former upstairs and the latter on the
ground floor. Every man who wants n
drink has to run the gauntlet of n line
of pickets set ont by the salvationists.
and the incidents of the skirmishes and
and-to-hand conflicts are highly in
teresting TO onlookers.
Rev. Minot j. Savage, since 1874 pas
tor of the Unitarian Church of the
Unity. Boston. has been called to the
Church of the Messiah, New York. as
associate TO the pastor, Rev. Robert
Collyer. the salary to be $1,000 year.
DR.. Savage is a leading spirit in the
progressive or radical body. and ispresi-
dent of its council. He has written
many books.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01
LATER.

Theodore Runyon, United States am
bassador TO Germany. expired suddenly
and Unexpectedly of heart failure in
Berlin. He was resident of Somer-
lille, y. j., and was "a years old.
Fire destroyed the rubber cempany's
mill at Lamhertville, y. j., the loss be-
ing 100000.
Rev. +. Il. IIargrove. fell dead in the
pulpit in the midst of his sermon at
the Methodist church in Coldwater,
Miss.
The American residents in the Trans
vaal made an appeal to the United
States for protection.
John ID. Lawson, figure in New
York and national politics for over 80
years. and an ex-congressman, died in
New York city. aged &c years.
Hiram Lester died at McDonough,
Ga. in his roth year. He was born in
North Carolina in 17Gs.
Gen. Weyler. the newly-appo.ntcd
captain general OF Cuba. sailt d from
barcelona for Havana with cavalry
force of 1000.
While insane Patrick Mcmahon In
'ally injured his uncle and aunt. named
Sexton, with an AK in New York.
Phillip Ripley, at one time one of
the most widely-known newspaper mcn
in the country, died in New York. aged
o. years.
Capt. Marcus L. Taylor, L. ~. TO-
tired, died in Philadelphia, aged 40
years.
Lord Leighton, better Known as SIR
Frederick Leighton, president of The
Royal academy, died in London. aged
G5 years.
At the military hospital at Mons, Ger
many, mad soldier, armed with a
knife, killed two patients and mortally
wounded three others.
John Goodwin, an aged and wealthy
planter of Birmingham, Ala, while
temporarily insane murdered his wife
and committed suicide.
John Tyler. the eldest son of presi-
dent Tyler, died in Washington, aged
&c years.
The fishing schooner Falcon, which
sailed from Gloucester, Mass. with a
crew of 10 men November %, has been
given up for lost.
Mrs. Betsy Moody, mother of Dwight
J.. Moody, the evangelist, died of old
age at her home in East Mortified,
Conn. She was 81 years old.
George Thorne and Andrew McDu-
gan, both married, and residents OF
North Lawrence. o., were struck by a
passenger train on the Fort Wayne road
and instantly killed.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01
BIRDS HAVE MEMORIES.
An Incident That Proves the sagacity of
Biackbirds.

An Incident That Proves the sagacity of
Biackbirds.
Gen. Lew Wallace related IN incident
which shows to a remarkable extent
the wonderful sagacity and memory of
blackbirds.
"At my home over in Charlottesville"
said the general, .we have large num-
Der of tall trees on the lawn, and in
course of time these trees became the
roosting place at certain times of the
year of hundreds Of thousands of black
birds. They came in greet, black
clouds, and in spite Of all could GO
they refused to leave. OF course, hey
were n great nuisance. and | was in
despair as to means of getting clear
of them. / stood for days with my gun,
firing into them of an evening and kill
ing hundreds of them, but the rest did
not seem TO be sufficiently struck by
fear or grief to want 70 part company
with me and my hospitality. l then
devised new scheme.
Procuring number of Roman can
dies l lighted them one evening after
dark, when the boughs of the trees
were bent low with the weight of the
croaking birds, and | poured the can
dies into the tops of the trees at a
great rate. The sudden innovation
startled the birds rs nothing had ever
done before. and they became panic
stricken. That night l was free of
them.
THE next evening, however, the hab-
1t of returning to their roost was
stronger than fear, and they began
coming in by thousands as soon AZ the
evening approached. After dark be-
gan with another volley of candles. and
the birds began to realize that there
was determined bombardment in
progress. They fled precipitately and
the third evening only a few returned.
A few last shots put them to flight. and
was troubled no more.
But what do you think those birds
did? My dividing fence runs between
the trees on my property and the trees
on the property of my neighbor, which
are equally high and equally suitable
for home for the blackbirds. When
the birds were driven from M lot they
flew over across the dividing fence 10
the trees of my neighbor and settled.
There was no bombardment over there,
and they have stayed there ever since.
This was long time ago. but never
since the last Roman candle was fired
into them has one of these birds set
tied on my trees. They are 'tabooed'
as effectually as though they were on
fire. The great cloud of birds each
morning and evening fly di-.ctly over
my trees, going and coming, but not a
bird settles upon tree that is on my
side OF the dividing fence.
another strange thing is that If any
one of an evening stands in my L,wn
and makes a slight noise, as slapping
his hands, there will be the widest
oommotion among the birds in the
neighboring trees. They become rest
less and almost panic-stricken. If,
however, the same person crosses the
| fence and stands directly under them
and makes twice as much noise, they
ray no attention whatever to him., He
can even shoot up into then without
driving them from their pcrches-'-
Philadelphia Item.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01
The News Condensed
important intelligence From All Parts
CONGRESSIONAL.
- 60 Gtv-af 2eaaInn.

CONGRESSIONAL
The Proceedings OF the FIRST Scss'on'
Two opposing phases of the Monroe doc
trine were presented In the senate on .ne
aoth-one by Senator Davis (hinn.). from
the committee on foreign relations, ia,o
ing a strong reaffirmation OF the ooe,rine'
and another from Senator sswei w. 80
nrc,ng that the doctrine had been carried
40 Far beyond its scope as TO threaten dan
gerous consequences. :. In the house the
military academy appropriation bill Nf4y-
a7) was passed. bill was introduced 10
make Lincoln's birthday, February ~. y
legal holiday. Resolutions were oheIcu
for the recognition OF belligerent rights OF
the Cubans. and to revive the grade OF iiet-
tenant general of the army for the dement,
OF Gen. Miles.
The senate put aside finance and foreign
affairs on the 2lst and passed many piiis,
among them being the following: Granting
a rension OF $50 month to the WIDOW OF
Rear Admiral English. pensioning the
widow OF Mai Gen. Carroll at E5 montniy
and the widow OF Lieut.. Frederick
Schwatka, arctic explorer. at $50 monthly
increasing the pension OF the widow OF Soi'
Frederick Dent, sister or President GRANT
from $50 10 $50 monthly. and pensionihg
the widow Of Brevet Maj. Gen. Doubleday
az 500 monthly i. In the house the urgency
deficiency bill (s4.4i5.s22) was passed;
bill was introduced requiring Canadian
sailors seeking employment IN TINS couh
try to have domicile OF at least SIX
months In the United States before they
cun be employed.
In the senate on the 22d resolutions were
introduced relative TO the Armenian
troubles, to enable the president 10 veto
items in appropriation bills. and to en-
able congress to pass bills over the veto py
a majority vote, and to create national
reserve. Senator Wolcott COLI spoke
against the Davis Monroe doctrine resoiu-
ton, declaring that the doctrine had been
misapplied and that the administration
foreien policy was Ill advised. In the
house no business OF Importance was trans
acted.
The three subjects most prominently be-
fore the public-the Monroe doctrine,
finance and tariff-each came in for con-
sideration in the senate on the I'D. A bill
was introduced to repeal the refunding act
of 1870 and the specie payment resumption
act of 1875 A favorable report was mace
on the bill authorizing construction or
bridges over the Missouri, MISSISSIPPI.
Minnesota and Illinois rivers....ln the
house the rules of the 5lst congress were
adopted.
After brief but stirring debate the sem
ate on the 24th agreed 10 concurrent
resolution urging decisive action by the
European powers against Turkey, ana
pledging to the president the support or
congress in the most vigorous action he
NAV take for the protection of Americans
IN Turkey and the redress for injuries 10
American persons and property. The free
coinage bill vas discussed. Adjourned TO
the 9TH. In the house Is pension bills
were passed Adjourned to the 9th.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01
DOMESTIC.

Timothy L. Byrnes, of Minneapolis.
was elected sergeant-nt-ar'ns OF the
national republican convention by the
subcommittee of the national commit
tee in session at ST. Louis.
Three children of John Shuman and
two children of George Fo-mas were
playing on the ice at Cuba, o.. when it
broie and all were drowned.
Miss Helen Gould sent check for
$1,000 to Vassar college at Poughkeep-
sic, y. Y. TO found scholarship in
memory Of her mother.
Stephen Andrews, aged so years, the
biggest man in Rhode Island, tipping
the scales at SIS pounds, dropped dead
az Providence.
The little hamlet of Affection has the
distinction of being the only Wisconsin
settlement of any size without wom-
an resident or inhabitant
The entire family of l.. Fl. Graham,
consisting of himself, wife and four
children, were sentenced at Sioux City,
Ia, to IS months each in the peniten-
John Gates and his wife, aged re-
spectively 95 and 9S years. celebrated
the nth anniversary of their marriage
at their home near Olive Hill. Ind.
tiary for the robbery of freight cars.
The will of Mrs. Anna Il. Aspinwall.
of Pittsburgh, Pa. who died recently
in Edinburgh. Scotland, leaves her en-
tire fortune. estimated at 100000 to
the Hospital of the Protestant Episco-
pal church in Philadelphia.
Smith & Stoughton. one of the largest
firms in the shoe and leather trade in
the country, failed in Boston for $500,
600.
George W. Feeney, aged CT years, the
engineer of the locomotive that drew
Abraham lincoln to Washington for
his inaugural in !SG1 and established
then the fastest record made up to Tat
date. died Mt Wilmington. Del.
The general assembly OF Rhode Is
land convened in Providence.
The first annual convention of he
National Association OF Manufacturers
OF the United States convened in Chi
cago.
The Montana Lumber cornpany's
Plant and lumber yards at Helena wire
destroyed by fire, entailing loss of
100000.
John and Thomas Mossergale, want
cd for murder and horse stealing. were
shot and killed by posse in the Rae
coon mountains, Tennessee, while re-
sisting arrest
The building in st. Louis occupied by
Aloe & Co., dealers in surgical instru-
ments, was destroyed by fire, the loss
being 100000, and five flremen lost
their lives in the ruins.
Judge Pugh, of Columbus, o., de-
cided the buckeye law which taxes for
eign corporations doing business in
Ohio to be valid.
The National Divorce Reform league
at it's 10th annual meeting IN Boston
reelected Rt. Rev. William Lawrence
president.
John Grier, hanged for murder in
Minnesota, confessed to having MIR
Lered his brother near Fredericktown,
n. b., six years ago. He burned The
cabin to CONCEAL the crime. cremating
his mother and sister.
Three men were killed by the explo-
sion of a gas receiver in n building Mt
New Haven, Corn, owned by English
Mersick, manufacturers of carriage
hardware. TIE fire that followed
caused loss of 100000.
A. j. McLaurin (dem.) was inaugu-
rated governor of Mississippi at Jack
son.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01

KARLIEsr VEGETABLES ALWAYS fAx'
That's 30, the editor hears Mr.. MAJ
net Gardener say. Well, why don't you
have themp Simply because you don :
man, Salxer's northern growth seeds.
His vegetables are bred to earliness and
thew never disappoint you. Salzeris the
largest grower Of vegetables, farm
.ecds, grasses, clovers. potatoes etc.
III you WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND
Il 10 the John A. SalEer Seed CO.. La
Crosse, Wis, with loc postage you VIII
get sample package Of Early Bird Rad
ish (ready in 16 days) and their great
cataiog. Catalog alone 5cpostage. (K)
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01
Tn Oldeu Times

People overlooked the importance Oh PEI
fed with transient action; but now that II
is generally known that Syrup OF Figs VIII
permanently overcome habituai constipa-
ton, well-informed people. will not puy
other laxatives, which act Tor ume, ous
finally injurc the system.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01

Al Muncie. Ind. Jacob Hobbs. w.
sentenced 70 three years In states pris-
on, fined sa5 and dissranchised for ive
years for stealing three pocketknives
valued Mt IS cents.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01

Garnicht-On what shall you base
your application for n pension?
Annoy Core-I got so scared in
my first fight thGt it stopped my
growth.--Truth.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01

Frrs.-Ar Fits stopped free by DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits after nrst
days use. Marvellous cures. Treatise ana =
trial bottle free to Fit cases, Send 10 DR..
Kline, Q3l Arch St.. Philadelphia, Pa.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01

A PARAGRAPH in u provincial paper reads
ga thunderstorm made Beranger poet
q mothers kiss made West a painter ane
n salary Of 80 shillings week makes US |
Journalist Tit Bits.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01

SHE-.I really don't think l shall take
part again in theatricals; i always feel az
though l were making fool OF myself.
He["Oh, everybody thinks that?'-ricA
Me Up.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01

GENTLE -Charlie-"Dear auntie,
congratulate you on your birthday, and
promise you not to lose the dollar -
Fliegende Blaetter.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01

CHOICE LANDS for sale on the crop pay
ment plan in Iowa, ITO cash, balance
crop yearly to apply on purchase money
J. MuLuALL, Waukegan, Ill.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01

THE Queen & Crescent is the only lin
operating a through sleeper TO Florida vi
Ashevillc, n. &. Three car lines daily Z
Florida Unequaled service.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01

SuE-"why does a woman take mans
name when she gets married' He
..Why does she take everything else he's
gotr'-Truth.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01

"IsS'r he rather fastr' asked the anxious
mother. .'Yes, mamma, in one sense OF
the word. I don't think he can get away
INDIANAPOLIS journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01

GIRLS and billiard-balls kiss each othe
with just about the same amount OF rea
feeling.-Truth.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01

PIso's Cure for Consumption relieves the
most obstinate coughs -REv. ID. BucHNuEL-
LER, Lexington, No, Feb. "a, ~.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01

AcroR., vocalists. Public Speakers prais.
Hale's Honey OF Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01

BEgcHAM's PILLS for constipation 1oc and
25c Get the book (free) at your druggists
and 90 by IL. Annual sales 600, 900 boxes.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01

Mis-. SrBuRB-"I thought you said II was was,
the little boy next door who was making al
the noiser' Little Johnnie-"So was,
ma / was hitting him with SUCK
Tit-RitA
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01

For BRONCHIAL AND AsTnNArTc Con-
PLANTS, .'Brou7a's bronchial Troehes" hav,
remarkable curative properties.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01
Schiller Thea,er, Chicago.

Commencing Feb. I'd, Edward Harrigar
will appear in his own plays. including "Oid
Lavender"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01
| JRE

Blood means sound health. Win
healthy blood, the stomach ana
organs win be vigorous, and thers q
dyspepsia Rheumatism and pen,''
be unknown. Scrofula and salt !.
disappear. Your nerves win ~
your sleep sound, sweet and ~,
Hoods Sarsaparilla makes nn.a
That IL why 1t cures 30 MAN. =
That Is why thousands take !
disease, retain good health. p.I
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-04-04
statement by ZIG. Rogers.

Mr.. II. G. Rogers, who has been con-
fined to his bed as helpless invalid for
several weeks past, sends as the follow
ing, with the request that IL be published:
M0STeoMxRY. La, April 2, 1886. :
H. q. Goodwin, Esq. Colfax.
Dear Sir-I have been requested. TO
make statement regarding Mr.. Shack,
elford influencing the colored voters ct
Meredith plantation to vote for thesrail-
road tux.
/ was present and heard him. (Mr.
Shackelford) tell the colored people that
it would be to their interest to vote for
said tax, to tho effect that it would in
crease the school fund, and that when
crops were laid by they could get work
on the railroad, etc., i. e., after the rail
road was completed, etc.
Yours respectfully,
Attest: H. G. ROGERS.
j. II. Williams,
r. w. Horn.