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Miss Hardenbergh announces a special
course in music for the month of July
and August. The course will be es-
pecially adapted to teachers. and will
include Mason's system of Technics,
Harmony and Musical Analysis. Studio
633 Madison avenue. -
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spot is an ideal one, cool. pleasant and
shady. On this day the privileges of the
grounds are extended to all wheelmen and
wheelwOmen. There will be no extra
charge for wheels of any description. Per-
feet order will be maintained. The price
OF admission will be 10 cents.
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Ommencement Exercises.

The first annual graduating exercises
Of Williams Business College will be
held at the rockingham Wednesday
evening at 7.SO o'clock. A few tickets
for sale at zoe. each at box office, where
seats may be reserved. Students and
patrons freely supplied with tickets at
the college. Call day or evening. ~
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DIED..

RAFFERTY-In Scranton, June 30. 1896,
Mrs. Catherine Rafferty,, wife Of Ter
renee Rafferty,, at her home, 437 Phelps
street, in the forty-fifth year of her age.
Funeral Friday morning at 3 o'clock.
Interment In the Hyde Park Catholic
cemetery.
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THIRD LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT
CALL.

The Republican standing committee Of
the Third legislative district will meet
at tie arbitration room in the court
hous. Scranton, Pa, on Tuesday. July Z.
at 2.90 ,. m. John McCrindle,
Chairman.
J. W. Houser, Secretary.
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and she has been forced to earn her own
living. 1t is not q case like that OF
Enoch Arden. however. as she has
heard that he is alive and well on the
other side of the Atlantic.
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Hotel Warwick.

Ocean end Of South Carolina avenae,
Atlantic City, N. ]. Fine lawn and good
view Of the ocean.
Daniel Coleman. Prop.
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Finest Ever shown.

The olive display at Coursen's. Prices
are lower than ever known. Special
offers of 10 per cent. this week by the
dozen. ~
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The annual excursion and picnic OF
the Penn Avenue Baptist Sunday
School will be July Z, at Lake Ariel
Train leaves at $50 -
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Browns Bee Hive will be open We'd
nesday. Thursday and Friday Uuly 1st,
End and 3D. evenings. ~
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Weber's Barber Shop. 119 Wyoming
ave-. will be open until 12 o'clock p. m.
July 8, and until 1 o'clock, noon, July 4.
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Pillsbury's Flour mis- have q capac.
ity Of 1850 barrels q Cay. -
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DIR, e. M. Green, Dentist,

Drs Es Nc VTeeH, DeHtIst,
Has removed his Office from 321 N.
Washington to third floor Mears build
Ing. ~
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AN IDEAL HOME

Is one which has plenty of
soft, graceful draperies to soft
en- the corners and staring
stairways. They add color,
elegance and poetry to a room.
We have some very beau-
tiful effects-the color har-
monies are exquisitely blend
ed, and varied enough to
please everyone. Then there
are plain, restfl1l colors of all
kinds. Whatever your drap-
find satisfaction here, both in
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The greatest salesman in the world
Is Price, and in this final reduction
sale of
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Ladies' and
Children'S Hats

The prices will sell-if prices ever
did, of course. The cost of making
and material is lost sight Of
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$50 Ladies' and Children's Trim.
med Hats, $500; sale price. 40
100 Children's Trimmed Leghorn
Hats, with fancy edge, s. SO;
sale price G1 40
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Highest Of N n Leavenng Powa-Laset us con- Report
RH!A!!l! a Rsxasgz kRskteg
ABSOLUTELY PURE

was sent to the County Jail, on the
charge of extreme cruelty on the vessel
mentioned.
The story, as related by the seven
sailors who testified against Mate
Smith, is as follows: On January 6th
last, at o'clock in the morning, on
the voyage from Port Townsend to
Shanghai, Smith went on deck to stand
his watch and found William Mau,
German sailor, on watch wearing
coat. With an oath Smith ordered
Mau to take off the coat. Mau obeyed
the order. but was not quick enough
in his movements to suit Smith, who
struck him over the head with a be-
laying pin and followed this up with a
brutal assault. The morning was bit
ter cold and Smith ordered another
sailor to bring out all the clothes he
could find and made Mau put them on.
Then he ordered Mau to get up and
dance and sing on deck, telling him he
did not want him to freeze. Mau obeyed
as best he could, and a few minutes
later, when the mates back was turned,
the unfortunate sailor quickly stepped
to the side of the ship and jumped over
board. He was never seen afterWard.
Captain Sewell and Mate Smith are
also under arrest on the charge of eX-
treme cruelty toward a sailor named
Francis while on the last voyage from
Shanghai to Port Townsend. Hearing
in this case will be held on Tuesday
The Sewell has bad reputation among
sailors, being classed as one of the hot
test vessels in the deep water service.
She has trouble in almost every port
NiSifp ed
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SENSATIONAL KILLING.
The rlayor of Hot Springs Stabs {
Drummer Who Attacked Him.

HOT SPRINGS, May 24-One of the
most sensational killings that ever oc-
CURED in this city took place last night
at 8 o'clock on Wilmington avenue,
opposite the Catholic Church The
principals were w. w. Waters, Mayor
of Hot Springs, and H. H. Martin,
drummer employed by doctors.
Waters, since taking the office of
Mayor, has made a bold stand against
the disreputable doctor drumming ele-
ment in this city, and has had many
OF the drummers arrested and heavily
fined by the City Court. Martin, who
is the recognized king of the drummers,
was arrested several days ago for
drumming without wearing a badge,
and was heavily fined by the Police
Judge.
Meeting Mayor Waters on the street
last evening Martin stopped him and
endeavored to get him to remit the fine
This the Mayor positively refused to
do and started toward his home Mar
tin followed and kept abusing him and
finally caught him by the shoulder A
scuff1e ensued during which the Mayor
drew knife from his pocket and cut
Martin in the neck, severing the jugu-
lar vein. The latter died in ten min
utes.
Mayor Waters Immediately gave him
self up to the officers and it now under
arrest. Tom Matthias, a nephew of
Waters, endeavored to separate the
combatants and was severely cut in
several places.
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BISHOP OF AFRICA.
Colored Delegates to the nethodist
Conference Want a COlOred Man.

CLEVELAND, May 24-To-morrow
morning the Methodist Conference will
proceed to ballot for a successor to
Bishop Taylor of Africa. The vote will
be taken at $50 O'Clock. 1t is on this
election that the color line will be most
sharply drawn, as the colOred delegates
are determined to do all in their power
TO elect one of their number to the posi-
tion, preferably DR.. ]. w. e. Bowen,
President of the Cannon Theological
Institute at Atlanta. Another colored
man who is being considered for the
place is DR.. II. A. Munroe, who heads
the delegation from the Delaware con-
ference. His friends urge that he has
had the necessary experience, having
been a member of the Board of Mana
gers of the Missionary Society for years
and that he has sufficient age to war
rant his selection. About the only white
candidate is Rev. DR.. Hartsell of Louisi-
ana, who has been for some years Sec
retary of the Freedmen'S Aid and South
ern Education Society. DR.. a. b. Leon
ard has been spoken Of, but it is not
thought that he would accept the place
When this matter is out Of the way
there remains one matter of grave i'm
portance to be disposed of. DIR. Buck
ley will inaugurate and lead a fight to
make the College of Bishops coordinate
in power in India with Bishop Thoburn.
The belligerent little Methodist Pope"
seems to have it in for the Missionary
Bishops and he will try to hold the whip
over the Bishops of India as he does
over the College Bishops at home. 1t
was due to him that the conference de-
cided to ignore Bishop Thoburn's re-
quest for another Bishop for India, and
it was due to him that a Bishop was re-
fused for the South American field.
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OHIO DEMOCRATS.
The State Convention Will Probably
Declare for Free Silver.

COLUMBUS (Ohio), May 24-So far
but four Ohio Congressional Districts
have selected their delegates to the Ma
tiOnal Democratic Convention In two
of these the free silver Democrats have
carried the day and selected free silver
men as delegates. The Twentieth Dis
trict has chosen two radical gold stan
dard men as delegates. In this dis
trict the gold Democrats won in the
primaries, but it is understood that one
silver and one gold delegate will be Sc
lected in the convention. In the county
conventions to choose State delegates.
many of which have now been held.
the free silver Democrats have gener-
ally held majorities, and as the result
it is almost a foregone conclusion that
the Democrats of Ohio will in their State
Convention declare for free silver. 1t
is reported here that Senator Brice, who
some time ago announced his intention
of coming into the State to make a fight
against the free silver movement, now
sees the futility of it and will make no
opposition to it.
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BIG OIL LEASE.
Nearly Two r1ilIiOn Acres in the
Usage Reservation Leased.

KANSAS CITY, May 24-During the
last week there has been consummated
the biggest oil lease made in recent
years. After negotiations extending
through two years the Phoenix Oil
Company of West Virginia has secured
a large lease on land in the Usage In
dian Reservation, comprising over L.
500, 600 acres. Arrangements have been
made to begin sinking wells at once. A
few months ago the Usage Indian Coun-
ell finally gave assent to the lease and
the contract was prepared and exc
cuted after the Indian Affairs Depart
ment at Washington had been con-
suited and the Indians assured a roy
atty on the output of any wells that
might be struck. The President of the
company is Albert T. Fancher of Buff
falo and the Vice-PreSident is N. G..
Reed of Boston. Elvin b. Foster of
New York is Secretary. The company
will maintain an office in New York
City, one at Buffalo, and the head
quarters of the operations will be at
Pawhuska, Indian Territory. c. E.
Darlington of Omaha is on the Board
of Directors.
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BURNED TO DEATH.
Nearly a Whole Family in Chicago
Cremated.

CHICAGO, May 24.-Four people were
burned to death and one injured for life
by a fire which occurred this morning at
14S Townsend street. At that number
lived Otto Malm, a carpenter, With his
wife and three children. AT o'clock
this morning Mrs. Malm was preparing
breakfast on gasoline stove, when the
gasoline exploded and set fire to the
building. The structure was of wood,
and the family were all on the second
floor in bed, with the exception of Mrs.
Malm. The fire spread rapidly and cries
of agony from the burning people was
the first warning that outsiders had of
the fire. Before the fire department re-
sponded to an alarm Otto Malm, the
father, was burned to death. The chill
dren, Otto, aged 8, Allen, aged 3, Hilya,
aged 6, were taken out alive, but died a
few hours later at the hospital. Mrs.
Malm will recover.
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It Will be for Reed and Against Nc
Kinley.
John H. Bugbee Dead-Captain and
Mate of an American Ship Under
Arrest for Cruelty to Sailors
Bishop Wingfield Paralyzed-rlan
Crushed by Hay Press at Benicia
Found Dead at PalO Alto.

SEATTLE CWash), May 24.-The
steamship Alki which arrived this morn
ing from Juneau, Alaska, brings the fol-
lowing advices: The Republican Terri
torial Convention was held in Juneau
Nav 14th. and resulted in the election
of Hon. c. S. Johnson and Thomas
NOVEL; of Juneau as delegates to the
National Convention, with Judge Will
lam A. Kelly of Wrangel and L. X
Reedham of Juneau as alternateS. Mr..
Johnson was formerly United States
Attorney for Alaska, and Mr.. Novel; is
an extensive mine operator. The dele
gates go to St. Louis uninstructed as to
Presidential candidates, and stand upon
a platform which is silent on the money
question, being in fact merely a request
for better representation for the Terri
tory in Congress and more adequate leg
islation to meet the growing needs OF the
new El Dorado.
1t is probable that a contesting dele
CATION, consisting of C. A. Young and
c. S. Blackett of Juneau, who, according
to the Mining Record of that city,
are against Mckinley at all hazards
and for Reed if possible" will also go to
st. Louis.
tion of Young and Blackett was brought
about by G. w. Delamater, who few
years ago achieved distinction as Sena-
tor Quay's candidate for Governor OF
Pennsylvania 1t says: About two
months ago G. w. Delamater, formerly
OF Pennsylvania, but now of Tacoma,
Wash, came to Juneau supposedly on
private business The nature Of his mis-
1ar \ n
secure an anti-M Mckinley delegation to
the Republican Convention and to
pledge the delegates for Reed if possi-
BILE. After remaining some time and
employing several trusty heutenants,
he departed, leaving, it is said, an
abundant supply of coin wherewith to
carry on the canvass. A disreputable
campaign was then inaugurated, cul-
minating in the farce enacted in this
city on the 18th instant when a rump
convention elected C. A. Young and c.
S. Blackett delegates to st. Louis"
The Democrats will convene June 1st
and elect six delegates to the Chicago
Convention.
John H. Bugbee City and County At
torney of Juneau, who was District
Judge during President Harrisons Ad-
ministration, died on the 14th instant,
aged 81 years. Judge Bugbee was a
native of Nova Scotia and was widely
known in the West as editor of the
Overland Monthly Magazine of San
Francisco.
Delegate Johnson arrived down on the
steamer Alki and viii proceed East
ward from Seattle. In an interview to-
night with a representative of the
United Press Mr.. Johnson said that
while personally he favored Reeds can
didacy, he would probably vote for Nc
Kinley.
Mr.. Delamater, Reeds henchman,"
said Mr.. Johnson, bitterly opposed my
election because I would not promise
him to vote against Mckinley under all
circumstances
Mr.. NOVEL;, the other Alaska delegate,
is at his home in Boston, and was not
aware OF his election until advised by
wire to-day. He is reported to be favor
able to Reed.
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TORNADO IN KANSAS.
A Village of Two Hundred Souls AL
most Destroyed.

NEODESHA (Kas), May IA tor
nado passed through the western part
of this county early yesterday morning.
La F'ontaine, village of 200 souls, was
almost destroyed. Two business houses,
the Missouri Pacific depot and the
Christian Church were wrecked. and al
most every house in the village was
damaged. A score of farmhouses north,
east and west, were destroyed Aaron
Edwards, a farmer, was fatally inquired
and many others severely hurt. The
aggregate loss on buildings and prop
erty is $4,000. Hail and rain accom-
panied the wind and destroyed every
vestige of vegetation. The damage to
crops is incalculable. The area of the
damaged district is about seventy five
square miles
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YAQUI INDIANS.
Alleged Shipment of Arms From the
United States to Them.

ST. LOUIS, May PA special from
Hermosillo, Mexico, says: Advices have
just been received by the Government
authorities here of an alleged shipment
of rifles, pistols and ammunition from
the United States to an American named
Morris, at Elijos, a small town below
here 1t is said Morris delivered the
guns and ammunition to the Yaqui In
dianS, and the latter are preparing for
a more vigorous warfare against the
Mexican settlers than ever. A band of
about 100 Yaquis attacked the ranch of
Manuel Jernia, near SarinpoSo, and
killed four ranch employees and burned
all the buildings. A large force of Fed
eral troops are in the turbulent terri
tory and have had a number of skir-
mishes with the Indians.
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MISSING HEIRESS FOUND.
She Feared She Would be Put in an
Insane ASyIum.

MONTREAL (Que.), May 24.-Maud
c. Williams the millionaire heiress,
whose mysterious disappearance from
Stonington, Conn.,, caused SO much
anxiety to her friends, has been located
here and will be taken back home.
Last night girl answering Maud Will
Jams description came up from Quebec
by train. Train Dispatcher Dunn of
the Canadian Pacific Railway noticed
her. and having read a description of
the missing lady in the papers, came
to the conclusion that she was the party
referred to- She had in her possession
a card giving the address of the place
in Montreal where she wanted to go
and Dunn noticed it. Later, however,
a lady put in an appearance, who turn
ed out to be Mrs. Montgomery of the
Sheltering Home, and took her away.
Mr. Williams, brother of the missing
girl, who arrived here a few days ago
in search of his sister, on being in
formed that she was found drove to the
home.
The girl made frantic efforts to es-
cape when she saw the cab driving up
and cried, For Gods sake, do not let
them in or they will put me in an in
sane asylum for life
She then made an effort to escape
through the window, but was prevented
by the matron. She finally consented to
see her brother and the meeting was an
affecting one She afterward consented
to return home. In giving her own
story she said she came to Montreal,
giving her name as Jessie Barclay. MY
object was to obtain a situation and
earn sufficient money to go elsewhere.
l first obtained employment in a board
ing-house as a general servant. After
a week 1 earned enough to go to Que
bee, where my money became exhausted
and l fell i'll. I fortunately fell into the
hands of some Christian ladies, who
took care of me, to whom 1 gave the
name Of Jessie White"
Mr.. Williams was very much affected
by the appearance of his sister, who,
he claimed, was only a shadow of her
former self
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CLOUDBURST IN IOWA.
Nearly Mile of Track Swept Away
and Much Damage Done.

MARSHALLTOWN Qa), May PA
terrific cloudburst between this city and
State Center swept away nearly a mile
of the Chicago and Northwestern
tracks, doing great damage to growing
crops and other property. Linn Creek,
small stream flowing through the
southern portion of Marshalltown, sud-
denly became a rampant river. Bridges
were swept away and large piles of lum-
Der were carried down the stream. Only
small buildings were wrecked. but the
damage to property will be considerable
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BISHOP WINGFIELD.
He Suffers From Stroke of Paralys sis
of the Left Side.

BENICIA, May 24-Rev. J. H. d.
Wingfield, Episcopal Bishop of the
Northern Diocese of California, was
stricken by paralysis last night, and is
in a critical condition. A report re-
ceived from the bedside of the sick pre-
late at late hour tonight stated that
his left side was entirely paralyzed,
but that he had regained partial con-
sciousness and there is slight hope
of his recovery. Bishop Wingfield is
possessed of magnificent physique,
and the doctors say he may withstand
4 he shock
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NOVEL SUICIDE.
A Girl Soaks Her Clothes in Coal Oil
and Sets Them on Fire.

JEFFERSONV1LLE Qnd), May "a
Beta Meyer, aged %, committed sui
eide in a novel manner. She recently
came here from Berne. Switzerland. and
lived with her brother-in-law, William
Echenberger. Her sister died lately.
This and homesickness had dera1ged
her mind. and yesterday she slipped into
the kitchen, soaked her clothing in coal
oil, and ignited it with a match Her
brother-in-law tried to tear the burn
ing clothing from her body. and his
hands were almost burned off.
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NINE PEOPLE KILLED,
Work of Midnight Cyclone Near
DeS rlOineS.

DIES MONIES Oa), May 24.-Nine
people were killed and several injured
in a cyclone which struck near this
city at midnight.
The storm struck Valeria, small
town nineteen miles east of here 1t
blew the Maple Leaf depot into splin-
ters, killing four people. Five others
living near the depot were also killed.
Oswalt, a mining town south of Valeria
two miles, and much larger than the lat
ter town, is supposed to have suffered
even worse.
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CHERBOURG MYSTERY SOLVED.
The Young rlan Killed for His Collec-
tion of Postage Stamps.

PARIS, May 4.-It is believed the
mystery attending the discovery near
Cherbourg of the body of a young man
in a trunk has been cleared up. II is
reported that Joseph Aubert and Mar
guerite Dubois. who were arrested at
Courville with the trunk in their pos
session, have confessed that they killed
the young man, whose name was Della
hef, in order to obtain collection of
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Hetty Green Will Buy 1t.

LITTLE ROCK (Ark.), May pa
well defined report reached this city
yesterday that Mrs. Hetty Green will
buy in the Little Rock and Memphis
road at the foreclosure sale of that road.
1t will become a part of the Texas Mid
land line
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A Farmer Commits Suicide.

EUGENE orr, May pc. H. Cot
tie, a well-known farmer living two
miles northwest of town, suicided last
night by shooting himself through the
head with a rifle. He was in good cir
cumstanceS, had no domestic or busi-
ness troubles and no motive for the act
can be learned
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Crushed by a Hay Press.

BENICIA, May PA serious acci-
dent occurred on the Nichols ranch, near
Benicia, yesterday, by which ]. Roberts,
a tenant of the ranch, was crushed by
a hay press and probably fatally in
jured. The press toppled over on Mr..
Roberts, crushing one Of his legs, break
ing his left arm and infiicting serious in
ternal injuries
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Suicide at PalO Alto.

PALO ALTO, May 24.-Late this
afternoon the body of an unknown man
was found on the University campus.
The remains are supposed TO be those
of John Morley, but they have not yet
been identified. An examination dis
closed the fact that he probably sui
cided by poisoning.
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postage stamps which he owned. The
collection was worth $1,000. When
first taken into custody the couple eX-
planned their possession Of the body by
saying that a man ramed Bernard had
asked them to take it with them in order
to save the expense of a coffin. They
gave a wrong address as their residence
in Paris
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CRUELTY TO SAILORS.
rlate of the BENJAMIN Sewell Bound
Over by u. s. Commissioner.

PORT TOWNSEND, May 24-Mate
William Smith of the American ship
Benjamin Sewell was last night bound
over by United States Commissioner
Swan to the District Court in the sum
of $1,000 ball. in default of which he
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Indiana Free=SiIver Democrats.

INDIANAPOLIS May 24.-The Dem
ocrats of Montgomery, Madison, Posey
and Rush Counties held conventions
Yesterday and declared for free silver.
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A Hundred and Seven Years Old.

yINCENNES Qnd.), May 24.-Daniel
Frederick, aged 1O7, is dead. He was
born and raised in this county and was
the oldest resident in the State.
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Ice-cream and cakes, 10 cents dish.
Otto, opposite Plaza.