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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-07

no had found was not the one which lie
had pictured to himself when in RUSSIA.
1--WE In Russia knew nothing of the real
America" he says. "Wo had always sun
posed 1t to DO u land of amenities. n
country where all men were suave ana
courteous and gentle. Want, hunger, dirt;
inequality-nono Of these things was in
the country of our imagination"
His idea Ind been to go to Oregon, where
Hebrew socialstio colony was hcing
formed. But tho scheme had fallen
through before he landed, SO he drif;ed
into the east side Of New York, where he
found n family who gave him his beard
for teaching their. children tho puro lie
brow. LII return he absorbed English. Ho
bought grammar aud studied it con-
stantly until his money gave out. Then ho
got work as tobacco strippcr, and even
experienced the miSerics of the sweatshop.
Each night after his work was done ard
rs long as no could Keep awake he studied
his English grammar, wrestling i'll desler-
ate fashion with the irregular verbs and
striving to master tho language which ho
had become convinced would enable him
to pronounce the "open sesame" before
the door Of fortune.
BY the hardest kind Of work and the
greatest self denial he saved enough mon.
ey TO stop work for awhile and attend
day school. Although q man grown, he
sat beside little l0.year-old boys and studied
from the Same books. Finally he became
SO proficient that he secured position ms
teacher in night school, md he is still
adding to his income by pursuing that &C.
cupation.
While working as day laborer he be.
came Interested In the Socialist. Labor
movement. He was chosen walking dele.
gate and served as q delegate to the Social
LIST congresses i'll Zurich and Berlin. He
was one OF the first to make speech I'm
Yiddish against the sweating system, from
which no had personally suffered He has
not abandoned his crusade and still devotcs
much of his time to helping his uniortu-
nate people.
Several years ago he began writing ar
ticles in English for the New York news
papers Most Of his stories were about the
Hebrews and nihilists. Finally no deter.
mined to try fiction, and "Yeklr is the
result. The story Is based on his own OK.
perienccs and is related in the style known
as realistic. His diotion is not quite go
nop4hed or easy ~ one might. wish. slansy
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A JEWISH NOVELIST.
ABRAHAM CAIAN DEPICTS LIFE IN
NEW Works. GHETTO.

He Was o N.hilist In Russia and Came to
America to Avoid Sibcria-His Struggles
and Successes In This Country School
Teacher and Newspaper Writer.
Abraham Calan, whose rccently pub.
lishcd novel, "Yekl, Talc of New YorI;'s
Ghetto" has been so widely commented
upon by tho critics, Is u Russian jew who
writes OF his own people and tells of them
MS he finds them trtnsplanted into a new
Held and among new surroundings. As for
the book itself, 1t Is enough To Say that
New Yorkcrs who have read 1t find that
There Is In their city lifo to which they
arc strangers Tint proves that Mr.. Cahun
has found u now field and told an original
story.
Thirty-six years ago Mr. Cahan was
born In tho town OF wilma, Lithuanian
Russia. His parents were orthodox IIe-
brews OF the strictest sort. His GRANDPA
ther and his father before him had boon
rabbits, and 1t was intended by his parents
that no should follow In their footsteps.
But young Cahun decided otherwise. He
cared moro for u secular education than for
studying tho Hebrew Biblo and tho Tai
mud So, in spite of political restrictions.
he managed to attend tho public schools
and graduate.
Then ho hccRme u teacher In govern
mont school and in tho natural course of
events becaino member of ono of tho VA
rious nihilistic or socialistic circles with
which all Russian society, from tho high.
est to tho lowest plane, Is honcycombed
For year all went well until ono day ho
was denounced by some traitor to the 60
crct police. IGe had been warned In time,
however, and nothing Of u compromising
nnturo was found among his possessions
This he knew to DO only tho beginning
OF II series of prosecutions which would
eventually end in his being hanged or
transported to Siborin for life, so ono night,
In spite of tho warming of tho police that
it would no useless for him To attempt an
escape while Inc was still under suspicion,
he left for tho Russian frontier.
His escape was made by means of n row
boat, and after u pcrilous ride of 1870 miles
down tho stream on tho spring fool he ar.
rived at Nalesh, where he rested for fe,y
days at tho house of friends From thence
to kicv ho was obliged to mako his way rs
best hc could, always travelling in disguise
and avoiding railroads for the news of his
escape had by that time boon sent broad
cast over tho ompirc and tho whole ma
chinery of tho secret police had been set in
motion to dctain him.
BY good luck ho was successful in got.
ting away from tho clutches of the ear.
He took II steamer for America and land
ell In New York Juno q, 1882. Hero he
was but littlo better Off than ho had been
at home. True, there wcrc no lynx eyed
officials to arrest him on sight and no
Siberia yawned before him. But no had
only about Sa5 in money, not n friend on
tho continent, and no knowledge Of the
language Of the land. The America which
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"a PRINCESS OF eYzANTluM.~
Claims of n Woman Who Says Sho Is a
DcscGndnnt Of Emnrrora

Sihlma OF Woman Who Says She Is a
Descendant Of Emperors.
In modest home in Bayswater, dis
ttlct of London, lives little woman who
has tnken rs much interest in the troubles
In Creto as probably any other member of
her sex. She looks upon tho people of the
Island, in fact, rs kinsmcn in II sense, for
sne Is, according to her story, II dcscondant
of the rulors of the byzantine empire, to-
which Crete once belonged. Eugon.a,
Princess Nicophora Kommcna Palcologa,
known us Mime. Christoforos, has how.
ever, no imperial retinue. She supports
herself by writing articles for newspapers
aud magazines and novels She is, too, an
artist and u sculptor Of some merit and
lends busy liio. But she is proud of the
story OF her ancestors power.
Yes, ~ sho said in II recent Interview,
81 represent all tho dynasties who once
ruled IN Byzontium. The real limo to
which my family belongs is that of the
katakalon-Nice (Eotinintcs). But.
through the marriages from generation to
generation, also have tho blood of the
Dukas, Komnenus, palcologus, Luscaris,
ge-Gatilusios and the Giustinianis, t"
and in proof tho black Dyed woman with
the oriental features pointed to family
trco on N great roll Of parchment bearing
the seal of malta.
II myself was born in Malta, (" she went
on "Our family had been settled there
since 1850, ut which time Prince Emanuel
do Christoforos came to the island with
lIsle Adam, the grand master of tho St.
John order, after the heroic defense of
Rhodes against tho Turks 1 did not al.
ways 1.-Two in Malta, however, but spent a
number of years in India and in Germany,
and settled in England few years ago.
or course tho memory of my fatherlund
was ever with me, and have many things
that recall tho knights of my country.
These vases belonged to Pinto, the grand
master OF the Order OF Malta. l have.
too, few Gobelins. in which is woven his
coat of arms, which Pinto gave my great.
Observation-Disclosures, tho Princess Rosa hi.
mach Bonici"
Prince Theodor iii Christoforos, the ia
Their of the princess after the abdicatioE
OF King Otto, the Bayariun, OF Greece, was
ono OF the candidates for tho vacant
throne. The princess is firm in the belief
that Greco would have been prosperous
had her fnmily become its rulers. New
York Tribune
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EDENTON.

Edenton, N. c., Nov. 6.--(SpeciaD-
Much interest is being manifested in the
battalion and competitive drills by the
companies from Elizabeth City. Hert
FORD. Plymouth and lldenton. which will
take place on Wednesday,, the second
day of the fair.
Bright and warm sunshine has aiken
the place of the clouds and rain.
Raper's mill has been running irregu-
lar this week owing to some of the ma
chinery being out of order
our sportsmen have been enjoying
themselves greatly this week shooting
cartridges.
Mr.. William Badham's residence Is
nearing completion.
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THE HUMBLE TOAD.
His Circle of LILO Described In Prose
Poetry by n French Canadian.

ioetry Dy French Canadian.
In general tho toad is an animal with
which we have little to do and which we
do not like to meet in our path ut night
fall in the country. In the spring rs carly
Us tho month of March the toad gives signs
OF life. He croaks ut evening us loudly us
he can in tho fields and the meadows; he
halls by tho repetition of his song the COM
ing of pleasant weather. BE has but u
single note, yet 1t Is melodious In the 81
icnce OF the first fine nights. He keeps it
up till April, whom tho nightingale arrive
Ard, as In tho case Of tho bird of spring,
his song is not disintcrestetl The malo
alone calls lie wishes to contract u union.
His voice is answered. 4 marriage Is con-
tracted. The ways of toads are very
strange, IL wo may believe Mr.. G. Hart
mann, who has observed these animals for
long periods in different parts of Germany,
amid the Fosgcs mountains, and even in
the ncighborhOod Of Paris.
Matters at Paris proceed, for that mat
ter, ms they do elsewhere. Tho toud who
has found mate embraces her, caresses
her, and she gives him In exchange for
his tenderness u pretty chaplct made of at
LEAST 200 eggs. The toad picks this IN
delicately. twincs it around his hind legs
In tho shape of Il figure s, passing orc foot
through each loop Of tho s. 1t il the we'd
ding ring. Tho malo gocs away delighted
with his ring nd bissfully promcua,les
amid the croahine folk. llo goes about,
hunts, seeks his food and seems as ninhlc
us II he lid not drag about with him his
200 eggs.
One fine day, exactly thrcc weeks after
receiving the Gift, he Is seized with IL sud
den impulse, Nothing can stop him. 1t
Is Irresistible. He casts himself into tho
water, not ia break the bonds he has CON
tracted, not 90 commit suicide, but, on the
contrary, 10 tul.lll his part as . father. llo
Is seen to move about, to wriggin and roll
over ana over like II mailman. AT last llc
stops. That is because ho hns succeeded
III detachinG the chaplct OF eggs that had
become glued to his body. He climbs ND
tho bank again. solmcnly leaving the eggs
In tho wa;m. They soon complete t!ioir
development, and from each cog issuca q
tadpolc. The marriage ring thus provides
geo taupolcsl
The young of the toad spend the fall and
winter in tho water. They fcar neither
cold nor even tic freezing of the water.
Mr.. Hartmann has seen them more than
once frozen III q block of ice. Wien tho
block melted, they once more g.yo stems
of life and took up the ordinary course OF
their existence. Young tadpoIcs live on
animal matter, tho corpsas Of frogs. water
lizards and doubtless some of the lower
plants year goes by; then, between
May and September, they leave the water
and are transformed. Thoy loso their
tails. They live among stones and 20 out
only at night. During this time they feed
on snails, flies, worms and insects. And
then, having become t0ads, they begin
again the cycle described ahovc-narrIu-e
goo eggs and 50 for;h.--S0rclois.
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Walter Sharp, Auctloneer.

BY VIRTUE OF y DEED OF TRUST
rom bartholomew Mayo to th. under.
sEnod as trustee, bearing date on the lSth
day Of December, 1898, and of record in
the Clerks office of the County Court Of
norfolk county,, i'm d. b. 49, D. a. and
OF the request of the holder of the irdebt
ein"Ss In said deed secured | shall sci,
IT public auction. at The Norfolk Real Ts-
tate and stock Exchange, No. lis. old
nNuIer, Main street, upstairs Norfolk
Va. q l. clock. noon. on
TIN lSpAY, NOVEMBER IL. 1896,
thr iplo~ing property, to-w!t:
MI taat certain lot, piece or marcel NJ
iahd, ,iy,i$,s hmS!nF and situate in The coun-
loundfd ard described as follows, to-wit:
bcgnh'ng at point at the southeastern
intersection of Cottage Toll Bridge Road
ana lee avenue. thence running east
wardiy along the south side of Lee avenue
oEe-nIudred and three feet, more or less:
thence southwardly 80 feet more or less
thence wesiwardly one-huHdrcd and three
lvet. more or loss, to the eastern line of
COTTAGE Toll Bridge Road; thence north
Wardly along the eastern line of Cottage
Ton Bridge Road, sixty feet more or
less. to the point of beginning Being
the Same PROPERTY. which. by deed OF 10TH
day of Decemtor 1893, was conveyed to
Ear,holcmew Mayo by John Nicely and
G..arG" Mcintosh, special commissioners.
Ycrns cash.
Oc2i-tds a r SEJDNER Trustee
WALTER SHARP. Auct!cnccr.
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NAI. w. OLD,
Walter Sharp, Auctloneer.

BY VIRTUE or a CERTAIN DEED
- ,iNst to the undersigned as trustee
81! ms 2lth day of October, 1853. and OF rec
o." IN ne Clerks office of the county
ut a " ga y " pnd COUNT IN deed book iSi
81 me iroebt-uness secured by the 81 =
Ta,',i s ta, sell at PUBLIC auction at the
~ 40, (o!d number.) Main street I'm.
yember l2th l'aj at - o'clock noon ,Sa
iohoN!"G prop .ty. or SO much thereof az
G"h,sd i5 neg. ,I"ry to satisfy the said in
OF land with the buildings and improvas
meHts lhereunio belonging, lying. boin,-
, sc,iiG,.,I - virginia. and bounded and de-
S't'n.u " l1llowS, to-wit: Beginning M
= Il, 'psnI On me west side of Cottage Toll
~ me me dividing lots numbered and &
di'1 IiSoTi," IN certain plat recorded in
oiice OF Norfolk CoWmty Court me ana ie ,,t
i8iR M s,.'',ee q %N5ei(twa'dly 4ong the line OF
$ son,Sw IsSi to & Gos9zoa iSsr[
1891 80 5eet; more or less, to the line of
i Ill., H ~ :; thence go eastwardy along the
is he6re con nv !sSi 10 10 Ne ine 1 OF the he
1Gh " TFSwin ag5 a. b. l:s p s61; THENCE
,f., i.4're or less, 10 the line OF lot No. 6;
SGthee eastwaid!y along the line of lot
liz S .; ~ leI}; 'hence Sopthwardly along
more o. less, @ tic line Of lot lot Y No 5ee !:
nHtHNS cnStNdrdlY along the line of lot No
o. NV itHi tc cottage Toll Bridge Road. ami
ihgIce LcliTaldiy along Cottage Toll
liHt%e Road so feet, to the point of he
eh,ni,s hGing q part of lot No /, as
SHOWN on The plat aforesaid. which WIS
,.N:i.u To john G. Growing by AhlonHn
N"ii. 10y her laSt VIII and Testament
nearing daJe on the 2$th day of Nav iSai
ana 81 record in the Hastings Court Of
Ne Guy Of Portsmouth. In will book . ~
on m nlat aforesaid, which, by the viii
o. me AFORESAID was devised TO Jacoh
W oit% agd C!eoihia OTphcln and by then,
5ohf{eEJd 70 John L. Growing by theii.
Ior the purposes Of this sale. the above
property has been divided int, even lois
ana indicated as lot "a" lot "B. lot "f',:
lot y" lot 70, " lot ''r," and lot OF C."
4a sho|n on q Plat OF the property OF
John &. CrowEnE: October 2i;h. 1885,,
M Dc by W. II. Taylor, Jr.. and to to- Be
e%N.ilit' q at the safe w w
p'+chG 5el. one ,hi,d cash and the baianro
IN slN and twelve months the defcrrad
Payments TO he evidenced by the nerotio-
bic r!omsSory notes OF the purchaser Sc
cured cured at ms expense. by deed Of trust on
u =. WARRINGTON. Trustee
WALTER SHARP, Auctioneer.
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ELIZABETH CITY.

y Elizabeth City, N. c., Nov. 8.-tspe-
clad -The fire company will give q drill
Monday night. The present company
has Just been organized and 1t is trying
$fo make an Improvement over the old
'ene.
ID Miss Cora Gard left to-day on the
;j44f;45 train for Edenton. where she will
|$ssit friends.
lit Is reported that the work on the
Dismal Swamp Canal Is being pushed
IEEs RAPIDLY as possible and Is progress
ling accordingly. We hope that the COM
lHany will succeed In getting the canal
sRDened.
81 Misses Saliie Scott and Ethel Scott
fnawe gone to New York. where they
s58,i. spend a month. much to the regret
Es5 their many friends here.
S. Dr. blackwell will lecture before the
landents of Wake Forest College next
e ednesday night on 1.-THE Twentieth
.s&entury's Call for Men"
I'll Ihes game law having passed some
1l>sfne ago. the sportsmen are making 1t
>}Sgseiy Tor the ducks, quail, etc.
Louis selig retucned from New
3 PIX yesterday afternoon.
ionday night the City Council ap-
s2osanted Mr. w. D. Lathrop as fire COM
e9a5iouer. to succeed Mr.. Fred II. Zeig-
VINO resigned TO accept the position
~ 5<4 assistant foreman Of the new COM
Eas sasy recently organized. Mr.. Allen
33S{a mer, foreman of the fire department,
81 appointed fire commissioners.
zte large monument, which will be
s Ga Ted 10 the memory OF one OF Cam
f3flss leading farmers. the late Robert
lllams. is now being made by the
per Marble Works, of Norfolk, Va.
his firm has the matter In hand, a
" finished and highly creditable
Of work may be depended upon.
erb BILE Imported from Carrara, Italy, is
e be used. "a
ffie Elizabeth City fire department
) IIlts give N oyster supper Thursday
Npveirh sr 10, for the purpose Of
ING fands with which to purchase
8'la "a 80 ca ECU ipnnents. The boys
t9 pS seil eotraged In ftasir work.
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Z)R / II CAROLINA
and 1t Is hoped they will be favored with
large Attendance $500

and 1t Is hoped they will be favored with
large attendance
MISS Ida Perkins, of Currituck county.
who has been visiting Miss FLORENCE
Williams In the First ward, for some
time, left for her home yesterday after
noon on the PAS o'clock train
is attending the Atlantic Collegiate In.
stitute. She is boarding with her uncle,
Mr. James b. Blades, In he First ward
me reports of the election, it seems.
cannot be confirmed ut this place. The
hepuoiicans claim McKinley's election,
while the Democrats still have homes for
Bryan. ~
The three-masted schooner Lizzie A.
Wiiiiams, Laurel, Del, is unloading salt
consigned to j. b. Flora & Co., Of this
Mr.. and Mrs. e. Aydlete left this
morning on the e;i5 train for Norfolk,
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colioluialisms being used with great FREQ
dom, but the story told Is ono that Is new
In every particular
MI Canaan says that ho expects to write
action OF better order than "Yekl," but
no VIII stick TO the east sllo of New York
MS place In which to lay his scenes There
isa Mrs Cahan, u remarkably clever Young
Russian .Jcwess, who came to America the
same year US did the author
FRANKLIN PRICE.
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HEREFORD.

HEREFORD. N. c.. Nov. 6.-(speciaD-
David Cox is able to be out on our streets
again.
Are you going to the Edenton fair
next week?
Prof. ]. c. Kittrell will give n holiday
on Wednesday next for the purpose Of
letting his scholars attend the fair.
Mrs. j. b. Davis Is very H.
A great deal of excitement exists
among our ccitizens over election news.
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AUCTION sALrs-ruruRE DAT.
BY John c. N!emeyer, Aucuoneer.


D URsUANT TO "A DECREE OF
the Circuit Court of Norfolk county.
rendered September 25th, 1895, In III.
suit OF /. G. Sykes VS.. Benz. Il. Vaughan
and wife. we Will offer for sale on MON.
LAY, the 10Th day of November, 1896,
az l. o'clock m, at public auction, be-
Tore the front door of the Courthouse Of
Norfolk county, in the City of Ports.
mouth, the following valuable property.
to-wit: -
n RuTYn r INETgERN Son AMP Mp OH p
acres adjoining the land formerly be-
longing to L. n. wilkins and the lands
OF OF .. NJ. Mccoy, c. c. Casteen and lands
iiorme!ly belonging to George T: Wal
t2)-THE CARR SWAMP" contain.
, ,ms ~ acr and situated on the Dis
i'lai swamp Canal and bounded on the
north by the Ballahack road. on the east
~ n ,1MGS formerly belonging to George
- Waiiace and on the west by the lands
Vi sail wallace and said canal.
l")-IHE "NOSAY TRACT" contain.
lhg about GO acres ana bounded on the
norm ny In lands of ]. j. Warren ard
.ne NAN Foad. on the east and south Inv
Inc me ,ands formerly belonging 10 Geo. n
I'iaSe; ana on the west by the lands
CT j. D. Warren, on the following terms.
So much cash as may be nec ee ar, .,
pay IN costs of the suit and the exnen-
> OF sale. the balance of tha ~
cnase money TO be paid In two eanai in
S,d inenis in one and two wears fror,
gay OF sale. with interest for which
BOND are So be takn Of the purcha sers
WI goei security, and tltia OF land to
ne reserved until further order of tho
court bu; the said sale not 10 be off 81
I'VE unless the total proceeds of The sale
Shaii not he less than $4,000. The said
lands will be sold "a who'll or in sepa.
az ~, facts, as may be deemed best.
iIeSe lands are ySlua bl, nc tip,bo,
lands. 'iii'per
NM. w OLD,
FRANK l.. CROCKER.
Special Commissioners
certify that Tin bond required in the,
above suit has been duly entered
de,te;- l.. NJ. Sylvester,
Clerk
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Tax on ptuatacbea.

A Belgian journalist thinks that good
way of increasing the revenue would be to
lay tax upon mustaches. He calculates
that there arc 1000, 600 Belgians who
would not pnrt with their mustaclcs for o
paltry 10 francs, and that the revenue
would thus BIO augmented by 10000 900
francs year.
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AUCTION sALgs-r,,,.

~ f"ieh'ihe d stevens, Auctioneers "a
Bank street. -
WE WILL SELL AT OUR AUCTION
e. 10 o'clock, q large consigiinenn,i ~ y,
aisn and Kitchen furniture, ali good
rHgs, arugSets. etc, also No. / fiat to,,,
oihce desk: Ladies' invited TO attend. 'op
VALENTINE Il STEVIGNS'
-- Auctioneers.
BY The Morris Auction House. Is New
Market Place
ARGE SALE OF FURNITURE, CAR
-, pets: RUGS. Pictures. Stoves. Crockerv-
o,r ware; Clothing. 0yereoats. etc, at
MORNING at 10 o'clock
r. r. MORRIS,
hoI-it Manager.
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In the Shadow of tho NIatterhorn.

~ "1''''HE'''' Oh t'rV 1HHNIt THUkbs
Hc-Did yon enjoy Switzerland?
She (quivcring with enthusiastically
it was lovely! Papa said he never had
such cup of coffee as we got ut Zcrn;.,t.
New York Times.
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BY VIRTUE OF ADDED OF ASSIGN
hoy n't en- IRON Herman kaufman. TO me. |
me store No go Main street (old MOI, and
nave placed Mr.. Solomon Kaufman in
Is taken, the stock will be offered for soi
AT retail IN the usual course of trade, but
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AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES

All persons indebted to Herman Kauf-
man will call and settle their acconnt,
with my agent at the store.
IA a. persons having, claims against the
at my office No. Bank street. this civ '"e
o,,o,o. THOMAS II. WILCOX.
Sses Trustee.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-06-26
McArthur.

Mr.. Violet and family Of St. Thomas
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kraatz were visiting
in Cavalier last week and returned
with their daughter Annie, who was
visiting her sister, Mrs. Unke.
John Laurie and VIM. Johnston
have given the Pcmbina Co.'S fiat
house at this pcinta coat Of paint,
which greatly improves the looks Of
the building.
J. McCaulev has put up a machine
shed 6Ox2O. Evidently Mr.. McCauley
does not believe in leaving his ma
chinery exposed to the weather.
Benson and Walter Lockwood with
their ladies attended the Foreslers'
dance at St. Vincent Oh the 18th, and
report good time.
Seeding is very near completed
around here. TIE acreage is IL great
deal less than in former Years and on
this account there will be great
deal of summer following to do.
Poor John met with serious acci-
dent which came very near marking
him for life, last week while painting
the elevator; he fell from tue top into
can OF paint and was badly distignr-