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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-01

low mlddlIng. l7-s2c.; good ordinary,
iS-Jed.. ordinary. 1-32d. r
y. 4cotton--February z9-eid..
value; February and March. @-etw
sid. sellers; April and May. &-eld.,
ouyers' May and June, 4 5000 1-e$d..
sellers: June and July, SID. sellers;
and September. zi-std.' buvsrs: sspfrn,-
per and October. 4 1i-6ilff 12-eid., sellerss
october and November it'd, sellers
rutures closed easy.
Following are the weekly cotton sta
tistics: Total sales. 6.o0o bales; Amsfs-
can. oiep bales, trade takings, including
forwarded from ships side. 1900 bales.
actual exports. 500 bales: total imports.
stock. l.io9,0oo bales; American. sQ6,opa
bales; total afoat, 1900 bales: American
lto.VD bales; Spectators took 200 bales.
exporters took 10000 bales.
NEW YORK, January M.-Cotton-Dull;
mlddllng CUR. SIC. middIng. SIC
Net receipts. go bales: gross. 1910 bales:
eAports-to Continent. 100 bales forward
ed, 81 bales: sales. as bales: solnners Ii5
bales; stock k5.S25 bales.
Weekly net receipts. 2ll3 bales. gross.
dsvb bales; expOrts-t0 Great Britain.
s,N2 bales France. 2.5 bales: Continent.
t5zl bales. forwarded 36S bales: sales.
f'sn baies: spinners. l,l05 bales.
totals to-day. Net receipts, 155B halfs.
eNports-to Great Britain. 1870 bales,
continent. 2i2.Si0 bales, stock @S. 90i balex.
Totals so far this week: Net receipts.
lH.@2 bales; exports-to Great Britain.
,S4 bales; France, 5,n6 bales; Continent.
Totals since September list: Net receipts
$1,000 bales; expOrts-to Great Britain.
/ l.zfi,olo bales. France, 81 .lf0 bales: Con-
tinent. 1.y1l N7 hale.
Futures closed steady: March. $3.50.
April, $500: May. Sos: June $50: July.
/ sof3; August SSH. September. STA: Ocfo-
Der. S.6o; November. $751;. December, 1851:
sales iif200 bales
/ NEW ORLEANS. LA. January 81 Cot
] ton-futures quiet and steady; sales. 800
bales, February. SIS: March. ysf: Aprfl.
| s"so; MAY. N99: June. 500: July ssW.
august. NN. September El6: October,
@'Si, November, S.a; December. SS2
NAvAL-sToRE MARKETS.
WILMINGTON. n. c., January sf.--
Rosin-Nothing doing.
Spirits OF Turpeniine-Steady; machine.
| &c: irregular. % lie.
Tar Firm, az CSC
Crude Turpentlne-Quiet; hard rot
quoted; soft. N5); virgin. $50
CHARLESTON. s. c., January 81
Turpentine-Market nominal; nothing
Rosin--Firm: no sales: b and C. 81: D.
sll0; p. Sl.2O: +. sl.30. G.. sl.30; III, 81. 70,
j. $50; X, $40. other grades; no de.
mand; prices not quoted.
SAVANNAH. GA, January 3l.-Spirits
OF Turpentine-Ftrm at &c. Tor regulars
sales. 100 casks; receipts. 1sl casks.
Rosin-ftrm and unchanged; sales
5000 barrels
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-01
FIRE IN NORFOLK.
Steam Laundry Burned-Narrow Es-
cape--An Assignment.

NORFOLK. VA. January 3i.-tSpe-
clal)-Early this morning the big steam
laundry run by Mr.. James NJ Kelley.
near Freemason and Church streets. was
burned, together with considerable cloth
ing belonging 10 citizens. that had been
sent TO the establishment 10 be lsun-
dered. The building was owned by Mrs.
w. w. Hunter. and was worth about
5000. IL was insured.
NARROW ESCAPE.
Mr.. Kelley slept In the building. and
had narrow escape from death. As II
was. he received painful burns about
the head. face, and hands. He lost nearly
all of his clothing. and came out OF the
building in his pants and shirt
AN ASSIGNMENT.
A deed OF assignment from John y.
Fulford to Judge w. n. Portlock. trus-
tee. was admitted TO record In the office
OF The Clerk of the Corporation Court to-
day. The grantor conveys all OF the stock
OF goods, furniture, fixtures, etc, In the
retail lquor-store, No. 81 Commercial
Place; also, all OF his personal effects,
now in his residence. No, 90 Bermuda
street. The amount for which preferred
creditors are named aggregates $4,000
Neither the assets nor the Liabilities are
known.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-01
prcuMoNp TOBACCO MARKET.

Richmond. Va, January 81, hs5
No auction offerings on Change TO-DAY.
Private sales: Filters, 49,: smokers, o.
wrappers, IL: dark leaf, Z. Total, u hogs
heads
Revenue collections: Cigars and cigar
cites. sl53.0; tobacco. &.liS.59. Totai, ~
32709
Dark loose sales to-day. 1850 pounds;
and II 1-2c. highest price, which. was paid
for very fine lot Of sun-cured TOBACCO;
Prices were well up on all grades, ana
quality was much better as a whole tnan
yesterday. Sales for week. z63, 40 pounds'
and II lie. highest price.
Bright sales to-day were small, only
one warehouse selling. but that break
was quite good one I'm point or quanty'
and prices were full on all grades.
Several lots Of very desirable wrappers
were sold al good prices. No sales TO-
morrow.
Private sales for MONTH Wrappers. 100;
smokers. 400; fllers. I2i cutters, p. dark
lear. 26S: scrap, III: Burnley s; Tugs, lVf;
stems, y: western, u. Total. 1851 hogs
heads against 1871 hogsheads last month,
and 2,897 hogsheads FOR January. 1885.
The total number OF pounds sold 1T
the premium sale WAS 921VS.
which brought S1i,7SSgJ. or an average OF
a fraction under i6c per pound.
J. w. Hines, OF Rocky Mount, y. c.
was here to-day.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-01
Another Lynchburg suit Against an
English Firm.

IYNCHBURG, VA, January Sl-Cspe-
cisI 1--your correspondent stated some
time ago that a suit had been instituted
in the Corporation Court OF this city
bv Mr. stephen Halsey vs.. T. =. Jose
&. Sons. Of Bristol and Liverpool, England,
for $4,000. This has been followed
nv another suit against the same
Tnelish frm, instituted this time
in the United States Court by
The frm Of Miller 6; Hawkins. for the
sum of $4,000. In the Ealsey suit pro-
go Was served on Mr.. +. =. II. Jose a
nsmber of the English firm. while he was
on a visit 10 the city. II Is stated that
he ohiecf of MIR. Jose's visit TO the city
was to adjust a claim which he pro
fessed 10 have against Halsey Tor S4o,O0O.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-01
Meath of n Popular Salesman.

LYNCHBURG. VA. January 3l-(Spe-
ciai1-C. l.. Pankey, a well-known and
noniIlar salesman. who had been travelling
Tor Slower, Marshall & Winfree died yes
tordav at Greensboro. n. C.. from
pri@ht's disease He was aged about IS
wears. MIR. Pankey was born in Apo
mattox county, but had made Lynchburg
his headquarters for several years.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-01
FINANCIAL.
PROPOSALS
FOR
PiTTSYLVANIA COUNTY CA) BONDS

Nv virtue OF an order OF the Board
OF Supervisors OF Pittsyivania county.
| will receive open bids up to Isl day OF
February, 1886. at my Office. at Chatham.
Va. Tor sn issue OF one hundred thou
sand dollars OF PITTSYLVANIA COuN-
TY BONDS, said bonds 10 be payable
in twenty years from LIST March, 1896.
10 bear per cent interest, payable semi
annually at my Office. Richmond. Bafti-
more. or New York, as may be deter
mined by the board before the bonds are
issued. Bids will state at which OF said
places payment may be desired Tbs
issue OF bonds Will be made 10 retire
the balance OF an issue OF $4,000 ~
bonds made by said county 10 the Lynch
burg and Danville railroad; the balance
~ said issue. less sinking fund, will be
On lst March, 1855. $4,000.
The total assessed values OF Pittsyi-
vanis county, real and personal property.
Tor is95' are Sc, 1851 3i6. The county has
promptly met the interest on Its bonded
debt Ia every instance. and its credit Is
rho bonds viii be issued Ia 500 and
81 zoo denomin atoms. and VIII be ready
Tor delivery at my Office on or before
fsf day OF March. 1885.
The board reserves the fight 70 re-
tecf any or an bids. g. II. YADEN,
Treasurer OF Pittsylvanis county, Va.
Ia S-tFcl
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-01
BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET.

BALTIMORE, MD, January 31.-Vir-
ginia Century, bonds, 90 S-4a6l; Northern
Central. g. bid; Baltimore and Ohio South
western firsts. l02 i-sGlOS; do. income.
b., 20 asked Consolidated Gas, stock,
5ed57: do, bonds, 6's, III bid; do. SIS, 1c3
Q10i.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-01

PORT OF RICHMOND. JAN. 81. 1896.
ARRIVED.
Steamer New Berne, Rhodes. Norfolk:
George w. Allen & Co. agents.
SAILED.
Steamer New Berne, Rhodes. Norfolk.
George w. Allen & Co., agents.
Steamer Pocahontas, Graves, Norfolk:
Virginia Navigation Company.
schooner Warner Moore. Crockett Lam
bert Point. TO load coal for Charleston. s.
c.: Curtis & Parker.
PORT OF NEWPORT NEWS. JAN. 81
(By telegraph)
ARRIVED.
British steamship Dora, Norfolk; Cap
tain Mitchell.
Steamship Il. Thomson, Lynn.
SAILED.
Barge Astoria, New York.
PORT OF WEST POINT. JAN. 81, 1896,
Q3y teiegraphj
ARRIVED.
Steamship Baltimore. Murphy. Baiti-
more; passengers and general cargo.
SAILED.
Steamship Baltimore, Murphy, Baltl-
more; passengers and general cargo.
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LONDON MONEY MARKET.

LONDON, ENG. January s1.-Bar sill
yer. 30 3-4d. Consols. 107 1915, for both
money and the account.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-01

IN eb1tsIh PSi'i"H'
winds.
North Carolina: Cloudy and threaten
,n, weather, with scattered showers;
warmer in extreme northeast portion;
southerly winds.
south Carolina: Partly cloudy wealth.
or. with local showers in northwest por-
tons; southerly winds.
The pressure has fallen from tho Lake
regions to the Gulf; it has risen In
New England and the Southwest. a
belt Of relatively low pressure extends
from Lake Superior southwark through
the Mississippi Valley TO Texas with
slight depression at either end. Inc
Eastern area OF high pressure has ad-
vanced from ontario to New Bruins
wick.
Cloudy and threatening weather, with
rain. is indicated for New England the
Middle States. the Lower Lake regions,
and the Ohio Valley; partly cloudy wealth
or with but little or no rain Tor the
eoutb-Atlantic States. Fair weather is
indicated FOR the Northwest, and fair but
partly cloudy weather in the Southwest
Higher temperature will prevail in New
England. and lower temperature in the
Central Mississippi and the Lower ONO
valleys. with but little change in other
districts.
TIE WEATHER N RICHMOND YESTERDAY
was cloudy during a greater portion OF the
a
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-01

&c.: No. white, "a he; No. mixed,
3; l-2034c Oats--So. mixed. 2fff2a lie;
No 3 mixed z3d23 lie. winter-seed. 80
&c. Rye. 40lt4oc.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-01

GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.
Richmond. Va. January 81, lsS.
Quotationr.-Wh eat-Lonsberty. ioHstc.;
mixed 1s677c.; shortberry. s3Htc.; No. )
red. 20 l-za77c. Corn-White virginia. $50
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MARKET QUOTATIONS.
REPORTS FROM ALL GREAT RUsI-
NESS CENTRES OF THE WORLD.
Prices of Money, Bonds, STOCKS
Grain, Tobacco, Cotton, Sattie,
Country Produce, &C., Foreign
and Domestic.

F. WASHINGTON, January 3l.-tor
DAM cast for Saturday:
""" For Virginia: Showers; warmer
in eastern portion; southerly
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-01

TIE WEATHER IL RICHMOND YESTERDAY
was cloudy during a greater portion OF the
dav and there was slight fall Of rain in
the afternoon.
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MONEY To LEND

At AL IIAE Esr OF NJ SlTf " 'e
:. ~ No asra EEiswy.ia' & sS;s's<
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-01

q Cash quotations; Flour W vas dull but but
wheat, 6766S BIC. No. corn, Il 7-Snzsc.
No. 2 oats. 10 3S4l9 1-2c. AIess pork,
sl030q$1057 l-2c Short-clear SIDES, $3.50.
Whiskey Sl22
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CHICAGO LIVESTOCK MARKET.

wheat, Sass BIC. NO. ? corn, u 1-odAc.
slO3OQslO57 1-2c. short-clear SIDES, $3.50
Whiskey. H.22
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK MARKET.
UNION STOCK-YARDS. ILL, January
d.-Cattle-Receipts. 1900. Market steady;
common to extra steers. <3.604Si5j;
stockers and feeders, S2.5Oqs9.75 cows and
bulls. sl.50uS36O. Texans s2.354S3s 50.
Hogs-Receipts. 1900. Market firm, and
sc. higher; heavy packing and shipping
lots. $i05HA30: common to choice mixed,
$3.50 N25 choice assorted, A2OqyL25;
light, SSs5ast29; pigs, 500 A.l6.
slso.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, ND, January d.
Flour-F'irm.
Wheat-January and spot, 7Sc. bid;
Nav. Y S-iq7Sc.; southern, by sample,
Corn-Easy; mixed. spot, January and
February, 3313 i-3c.; March, 50 La
80 5-Sc.; May, 8, l-2a3 5-4c.; steauer
mixed, 81 7-sGi2c.; southern. - o-i4
oags-ouiet and firm; No. white. west
ern, 25qZ5 l-2e.; No. mixed, do, 2u
Rye-Frm; No. ?, 42gisc.. for nearby;
i5ni6c. for western.
Hay-ouiet and steady. at SIG, asked.
Grain treights-Duil; steam 10 Liver
pool, 30. Tor march, tOth, lof oiieiss
u.s.. I'D, for February.
Conee-Dull; No. 2, y i-Sc.
Other articles unchanged
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS. MO. January 3l-Flour-
Firm; fancy, S3u&.l0; choice, S2.6OQ< $40.
Wheat-Lower; January So lac May.
Corn-Lower. January, pc; May,
26 7-Sa27c; July, Is l-sc., asked
Oays--Lower; January, IS l-sc.; May
Pork-standard mess. 5000.
Lard-Prime steam. S 30; choice. $500
Bacon-ShOulders, 1-2c.: longs. &C.. :;
clear-rib sides, 6 lie.
Dry Sailed Meats Shoulders, 4 3-ic. !;
longs, lie; clear, 5-sc.; clear sides,
) 3-ic.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, January Si.-i2:s0 p. NJ
C0tt0n-Demand fair; prices favor buyers
American mlddling.- o-Sd.: salss. Io.cvo
bales; American, 500 bales; speculation
and export, 1900 bales: receipts. $500
bales; American. 100 bales;
rate, January. ! Ss-siGi s9-Sia4 s5-Sid. !:
January and February, S2-64lii Sl-6id. !:
February and March. 30-6id.: March and
April, 4 S0-6ifii 29-6id.; April and May,
2S-6ift4 27-6id.: May and June 2s-6itf
2e-eid. June and July. 2I-sid.; July and
August. 21-sin4 Rid. August and Sep
TENDER, 2S-sid.; September and October,
Futures quiet. Tenders at to-day's
ciearings. 1000 bales. new docket.
l2:45 T.. M--Cotton-Amer;can mlddllng,
fair, l-i2d. lower; other spot grades UNI
changed; American msddling fair, Sl-S2d. :
good middling, z-a2d-; sniddiing, o-sd.;
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-01

Presidents Turpin and NFIUNtI' y. -
Board OF Aldermen and Common 'oun-
ell respectively, have announced the toi-
lowing special committee on the question
OF dividing Clay Ward into two WARDS:
From the BOard-SIessrs. Evan Snead
and J. r. Mountcastle ,, 60,
N. Blanks. James Caskie. and ;. l.
Bloomberg. - ,,,. .
The committees on Third Market and
st. Johns Burying-Ground, held resuiaI
b,,sinsSs sessions last evening. Nothing
of public Importance was done at either
meeting
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RISING SUN ITEMS.

RISING SUN. March I. 1896.
While A. b. Keen was welding tire. on
last Saturday morning it slipped. and run
ming in his hand, cut an artery. l. bled pro
fusely, and despite the efforts the physicians
it was for three hou-s before it could toe
stopped.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Taylor En;npi13 CAV D..
reception in honor of ilr. an Mr. II. |.
Brumfed on Monday evening Besides
Misses Hanna and Mabel Reynolds there
We're present, Mr. and Mrs Charles S. Pyle,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. NJ. Maxwell. Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Reynolds. Mr.. and Mrs. Eli I. Rev
nolds, Misses Mary Brumfeld and Lizzie
Stephens, Misses Maxwell of Principle and
others,
Lightning struck, on last Friday evening.
the barn Of Mrs. Rachel l.. Foster and buried
it to the ground. There was no insurance.
The Rising sun Cornet Band gave II
drama on last Saturday evening which was
Il grand success. The hall was filed. Tho
evening was stormy. All the actors took
their parts well, the band also played mag
nllcent music. The total receipts were
1850.
Quite number Travelled to Port DEPOSIT
on Thursday evening to see the famous Guy
Brothers Ministries.
Messrs. H. Kendig and brother. of Ian
caster, Pa, brought IA second carload. of fine
hors's to Rising Sun and sold them at II. Z.
Cummings livery stable on Tuesday.
The Chautauqua Circle met with Pros.
Bowers and Tinsley in the Normal School
building on Wednesday evening.
The regular monthly shoot of the Rising
sun gun club was held on Tuesday afternoon
Mr. J. A. Hartenstine won the gold medal
offered 10y the club.
Mr.. William Haine@, OF CoIora, and Miss
Mamie Davis of Rowlandvlle. We're married
on Wednesday evening
The store and contents OF H. Brown an,
Brothers. of Rock Springs. were burned on
Tuesday night. 1t was covered by insurance.
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CECILT0N ITEMS.

CECuroN, Mach 6, 1896.
Mrs, FnSg, of Queen AIMS county, was
the guest of Mrs Crrslru Il few days last
week.
Mrs. Charrs A. stephens is quite sick ut
her home near town with pneumonia ami
the meases.
Mr.. Thomas p. Jones, of Warwick. and Mr..
Charles b. Jones, of Rockville we're in town
last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ferguson gave an
informal dinner on Thursday of last wee /,
in honor Of their aunt, Mrs. Dorsey. Of
Howard county.
The littI, son of Mr.. Man!oyr and grand
son of Mr. Patrick Anderson met with pain
full accident on Tuesday. He was rInnin.;
with n stick in his mouth when he stumpcd
his toe, falling on his face and driving The
stick down his throat almost snvering the
palate. He had to be taken away for treat
ment
The steamer Sassafras has resumed her
regular trips, coming from Baltimore on
saturday but owing to the dense fog did not
reach Georgetown until seven o'clock in the
evening.
The dwelling house on the farm of Mr..
Henry Cochran now tcnanted by Mr. VIM.
II Deshane, was destroyed by fire on Wed
nesday morning between eleven and twelve
o'clock. The fire started in the second story
from defective iluc about the centre of the
building and was burning about an hour be-
fore it was discovered. 1t was not known in
Cccilton until the flames burst through the
roof, then people from town rushed to TIL ir
assistance and succeeded in saving most Of
the household goods. The wind was blow
ing II hurricane in the direction of the out
buildings but the united efforts of the fireman
saved the out buildings.
}. E. Ferguson Jr., has been spending the
winter in Wilmington, under the instruction
of first class funeral director, and is progress
Ing finely in the art OF embalmng, tenderly
handling and caring for the dead, and in the
near future will settle in our midst fully pre-
pared to render good service to any who
may call upon him.
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PROVIDENCE NEWS.
PROVIDENCE. MD. March 5. 1879

PROVIDENCE. MD, March 3, 1896.
John W. Quein has sold his tobacco and
cigar store to VIM Rock, who now has pos
session and is prepared to furnish
his patrons with flrst-class tobacco and cigars.
Mr. Pollard, agent for the Calvert Loan
Association OF Baltimore, started branch
hero last week having sold nearly 100 shares
OF stock. The following officers were elected
for the ensuing term: President, Geo. w.
Bicking; vice president, VIM. P. Kite; treas
urer, Thos. II. Settle; secretary. J. Scott
Jamisen; directors, VIM. P. Kite, VIM. H.
Cloud and Geo. w. Bicking.
Work on the new boiler house and boilers
is being pushed along as rapidly as the
weather will allow, it having been SO cold a
good part of last month they could not work:
The new stack Is up to about so feet.
Fred Marks. who has been Off sick for two
weeks, is back in his old position again,
loading paper.
This place was visited last Thursday even
ing by whiskey distiler from Delaware
with load of whiskey which he measured
out and sold to any one wishing to buy it, at
the same time claiming he was doing lawful
business. II may be lawful to peddle whiskey
here, but not justihable or necessary and il
there is no law to stop such proceedings
there should be vigilance committee ap-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-03-07
CHESAPEAKE CITY ITEMS.

CHESAPEAKE CITY. MD. March 5. 1896.
Miss Elsie Karsner and Miss Emma Reed
are visiting Mrs. +. d. Graves Marietta Pa.
Owing to the heavy lee in the Susuue-
hanna and Elk rivers the Ericsson line boats
were delayed several hours on Thursday.
Mrs Jones and Miss Jones of York Pa.
are visiting Miss Helen Clayton. Mt Pleas
ant Del.
Mrs. Ella Wheeler of Wilmington. returned
to her home this week after visiting Miss j.
H. Brooks
Mr.. Charles Lum is very ill at his home
near town with pneumonia.
Miss Alma Bouchelle has returned home
after spending several weeks with friends in
Baltimore.
Several dogs We're killed in town this week
having shown symptoms of hydrophobia.
Mr.. Harry Ralah moved his family to Port
Herman on Elk river. where he will conduct
n Summer boarding house.
Mr.. Veasy Kirk having purchased the
machinery Of the Chesapeake City Creamery
moved it to his place Of business at kirkwood
Del, this week. II creamery was formerly
conducted by Messrs. Ccnry and Pyle Of this
town.
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two,

wv u
This one is of black cham
bray, made with pointed yoke
back and loose front. Over
the front is a wide plat OF
striped white and black inscr-
ton. This can be detached,
giving one an all-black waist
with just a row of white or
the turnover Numbered collar
and cuffs. Tiny metal studs
close the garment in front.
This one is of bright red
chambray, made with pointed
yoke back and the front fin
ished with a wide shirred ruff
he having a narrow white in
sertion. White collar and at
tached white cuffs complete
the garments. Chic.
Another is Of pink chambray
with two rows of white inser-
ton down front and four mar
row black bands. White col
lar and cuffs complete the gar
ment. They are attached.
The making is good; the
materials are fine and The
styles simply charming. We
limited of three color treat
ments. There are many more.
s., s2.25 and $3.50.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-03-07
FORDS GRAND OPERA HOUSE. BALTI-
MORE-WEEK MARCH 8.

Robert billiard the handsome young
American actor. and general favorite. who
has been SO highly successful this season
comesto Fords week of March 9th. at the
head OF most admirable dramatic company.
presenting for the first time in that city. his
new comedy Lost "a Hours" preceded by
tia charming curtain raiser "The
Littiest Girl adopted from Richard Harding
D'vis's Her "First Appearance"
Mr.. billiard is under the management of
Messrs Barnabee and Macdonald of lyric fame,
who are enthusiastic over the success achieved
by their star.
Mr.. billiard has developed into a come
'ian of distinctive type he pleases always
There Is spirit and dash about his methods
that is charming, his play is admirable,
eleverly constructed. well written, amusing
nd interesting throughout, and Mr.. billiard
with his merry company is thoroughly at
no in its brightest Interpretation.
In "rhe Littlest Girl the young actor
hows artistic versatility his bits of pathos,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-03-07
CHERRY HILL ITEMS.

Sickness still prevails in our community.
Philip Il. Arbucklc is confined to his home
with erysipeas.
Ewood Sebold left on Sunday evening for
Philadelphia, where he has secured II posi-
ton on the P. r. r. as Waterman ut II cross.
ing n9ar Wayne JUNCTION.
Edward Burns and family OF Carriers Bank.
on Thursday, moved to the prop rty recently
vacated by George Burns of Mail y.
Miss Dolie f. Miller is visitin her sister
Mrs. Ppling. of Kiamensiu.
Our board walk and street lam IS need the
attention of the vigilant committee.
Tho mas b. Brown Of BaltmD q. spent
sayera! days with his sister Mrs. Joseph
Cnntwell
Mrs. Joseph Work is convalescing from an
attack of pneumonia.
Miss Mary Jane Spence is the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. &. p Jones.
Edwin knight in company with ID. G..
Work arrived home from johns Hopkil $
Hospital on Friday evening last. He is suffer
ing with n still ankle and knee, from IA
broken limb received one year ago while en-
ployed as machine tender nt Carriers mill.