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The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Wasn't the Cheery Tree.

WASHINGTON: A sad reminder of the
wrecks wrought by the recent tornado
comes in the destruction of one of the
most precious relics that adorned the his
toric grounds of Mount Vernon-a mag
nificent magnolia tree that was planted
by George Washington, and has withstood
the gales of a century.
This tree, planted in the very year of
the death of the "father of his country" !"
presented most exposed front to the
storm and suffered badly in the general
wreck. An effort will be made to revive
the grand old magnolia.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
"TriIby's" Author Dead.

LONDON: George Du Maurier, the
artist and novelist and author of "Trilby,"
died at 2:3O on the morning of the Sth.
His end was painless and he passed away.
surrounded by friends. For days he had
been lowering between life and death.
On his deathbed, to friend who referred
to his success Of "Trilby," he said: '.Yes,
it has been successful, but It's popularity
has killed me at last" One of his frieuds
present at his death said: "He died al
most as tragically as Svengali. He was
taken off by an affection of the heart at
the zenith of his popularity. This was
complicated by an affection of the lungs"
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Uses a Knife Freely i'm a Fight

Joe Price, the young man who stabbed
George Stadler at Cedar Creek, was
lodged in the county Jail at Platttsmouth.
Stadler is lying in precarious condition,
with five knife wounds in his body. He
is resting easy but the physician says he
may yet have relapse. Staddler had
fallen to the ground when Price first
stabbed him, and the knife was plunged
into his back four times while he was
held on the ground by his murderous as
sailant. The quarrel arose over the pay
ment of keg of beer. After the stab
bing Price drove away to the farm of
Fritz Wegener, where he has been work.
ing. 1t was there that he was appre-
hended
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Joliet Steel Works Close.

JOLIET, Ill.,: The works of the Illinois
Steel Company have been closed owing to
scarcity of put orders. About 5000
men will be thrown out of employment.
1t is not expected the works will be closed
for any length of time, as many inquiries
are being received for round lots of steel
billets for delivery the first three months
of next year. The prices bid are not up
to the idea of the sellers, but as buyers
show disposition to advance them it is
expected that good many orders will be
booked early in November, SO that work
can be resumed
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Reekeepers, Association.

The twenty eighth annual convention OF
the North American Beekeepers' AssOcia-
tion was called to order at 1915 o'clock
in the State University chapel at Lincoln
on the 7th, by President Root of Medina,
Ohio. Twenty EIGHT delegates responded
to roll call. A piano solo by Master
Johnnie Heath, aged 13, son of III. E.
Heath of Lincoln, was followed by the
invocation of the divine blessing. The
convention then got down to regular pro-
gram business, and listened first to paper
by Hon. E. Whitcomb of Friend, whose
subject was importance Of Watering in
the A MARY
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Sixteen -Year.OId Murderer.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-: Ezra Rasco has been
arrested for the murder of Mrs. Baumley
at Arkoe. The self confessed MUIR
derer is 16-year-old boy, whose father
is neighbor of Baumleys. Young Rasco
says he went to the Baumley house to
get pail Of water and entered the house.
He made some remarks that angered Mrs.
Banmley. She then forced him out of
the house and locked the doors. Rasco
broke into the house, pursued Mas. Baum
ley to an upper room and beat out her
brains with stove leg. The Jail is closely
to prevent lynching.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Overruled by Spain.

WASHINGTON: 1t has been officially
made known to the State Department
that the Spanish supreme court at Madrid,
after due consideration, has found that
the proceedings of the naval court mar
tial which convicted the prisoners taken
from the schooner Competitor of being
tilibusters and sentenced to death was
erronerous. Further than that nothing is
known officially, but, as this information
is so far confirmatory of the original press
dispatches on the subject, it is assumed
that as therein stated the case has been
remanded for another trial before civil
court, as is guaranteed by the Gushing
protocol
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Bacteria Preys on Worshipers.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind: The state board
of health has been investigating re-
markable state of affairs existing in what
is known as the Rock Lane neighborhood
in Johnson County, where Is per cent. of
the population have suffered at some
time during the past year from typhoid.
1t was found that all of those who had
been ill had been attendants at the Rock
Lane Church, where there is we'll from
which the worshipers have been in the
habit of drinking. A microscopical eX-
animation of the water from this well
shows it full of bacteria and chemical
analysis shows the water to be badly
poisoned. The we'll has been condemned
and closed
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
sILvER,s GREAT SHOWING.
Twenty Thousand Bryan Enthusiasts
Celebrate Chicago Day.

SClCoIdtC NhlCdGO Days
The silver men owned Chicago Friday
night. Twenty thousand of them tramp
ed through the business center with
torches afame, red fire burning and cheer
ing wildly for Bryan and Altgeld They
filled Tattersalls' building to hear free
silver speeches and crowded around the
score of stands which were built at street
corners to take care of the overflow They
formed groups ranging from fifty to 200
persons in all parts of the district, and
discussed the financial issue until mid
night, and long after the cable cars had
stopped running shouts for Bryan and
Altgeld woke up sleepers in all parts of
the city.
so far as numerical strength was con-
cerned, the silver parade was outclassed
by the gold parade of the afternoon. but
in enthusiasm and noise the Bryan men
led the Mckinley men by large majority.
From the moment Grand Marshal Toll
man gave the order to march until the
procession broke up south of TattersaIIs.
the cheering, yelling and hurrahing was
continuous, and every cheer for Bryan
was echoed by another from the throng
which bordered the Hne of march. The
sympathetic enthusiasm of the spectators
was one. of the principal features Of the
demonstration, and women Joined with
the men in cheering for the free silver
champion.
By actual count there were 1,54S men
and women in the procession on foot,
horseback, on floats and in wagons and
carriages. Over 500 women and girls
took part in the parade. and there were
several hundred boys, who carried ban
ners and were members of fife and drum
corps. 1t was an old-fashioned torch
light procession, with some lime lights
and hundreds of transparencies and ban
ners. The silver men were short of
bands, for almost all union bands in the
city had been engaged for the afternoon
procession, and they were compelled to
make up the deficiency with fife and drum
corps, but they were strong on horses,
and the men from the stock yards made
a good showing in their saddles.
a West Side silver club caught the
crowd by shouting, I'VE love Mark Han
ma, nit" ''No Yale dudes in these ranks"
was painted in bold black letters on a
transparency, and others were, Bryan,
Brain and Brawn, against Bonds, Doodle
and Bluster'
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Cattle King Killed.

ARDMoRE, l. T.: Wyatt Williams, a
former CATTLE king, well known in Chi
cago, st. Louis and the west, was mur-
dered on Main Street in cold blood
by Bud Watkins, half blood Indian
aged "a years. The murderer was cap
tured and lodged in jail. Great excite
ment prevails, but speedy trial is prom :
ised and lynching is likely.
Wyatt leaves a widow and four chill
dren. Public sentiment is strong against
Watkins
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
STORM ON THE COAST
TREMENDOUS GALE RACES ON
THE ATLANTIC.
Three of the Roby's Crew are
Drowned and Five are RESCUED
After a Terrible Battle with the
Elements-Other News Items.
Atlantic Coast Storm.

LEwEs, Del: At daybreak Sunday
morning the American schooner Luther
A. Roby from Schiverie, Nova Scotia, for
Philadelphia, with cargo of plaster,
struck near the point of Cape Henlopen,
while terrible northeast gale was pre-
vailing. The force of the sea was SO great
that the vessel pounded to pieces on the
sands before the life-saving crew could
get line to her. Three of the crew lost
their lives and five were rescued after an
awful experience with the elements. One
of the killed lost his life by being struck
by the main mast when it fell.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Saloons in Peril,

ARCoLA, ILL.,: The third attempt to
burn saloon in Arcola occurred early
the other morning, when the restaurant
adjoining M. j. Lynch's concern was set
on fire. The flames were eXtinguished
however, but with little damage resulting.
A large roll of rags, saturated with coal
oil, was found in the vicinity where
the fire originated. Two weeks ago a
barn in the rear of the Lynch saloon was
fired. This fire was followed by an at
tempt to destroy w. r. Stull's saloon
The saloon keepers have offered large
reward for the capture of the fire bug.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Georgia Election Tragedy.

ATLANTA, Ca: Wednesdays election
caused murder and lynching at Mount
junction, in Screven County. Gus Will
Jams, populst negro, struck a ticket
out of negro voters hand. The Demo-
cratic negro struck Williams for his in
science and Williams fired at his assail-
ant but missed his aim and shot and in
stantly killed Engineer Middleton of the
Central Railroad, an innocent locker
on. Bystanders took Williams and
lynched him and riddled his body with
bullefS
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Beaten by Church Members.

KANSAS CITY: A Guthrie, Oklahoma,
dispatch says: Rev. Lang, an evangelist
who has been holding revival at Seward,
twenty miles south of here on the Santa
Fe, delivered a sermon in which he de-
clared ''all women who dance are i'm
moral" Mr.. Lang was chased to the
Santa Fe station by fifty enraged chalrch
members. At the station his face was
beaten almost to a jelly by two farmers
and number of women. Subsequently
he was rescued from coat of tar and
feathers by a Santa Fe train crew.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Spencer Gets Ten Years.

Edward E. Spencer, who was charged
with the murder of John Kicker and
found guilty of mansaughter, was SEN
fenced to ten years in the penitentiary by
Judge Ramsey at Nebraska City. Other
sentences were passed as follows: Chas.
Ferguson, five years for the larceny of
some harness belonging to farmer near
Palmyra; Quiller Beck, convicted of
stealing hogs, five years; Henry Webber,
who dug out of Jail a few days ago, but
was recaptured and brought back, pleaded
guilty to the charge of daylight burglary,
two years.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
MARKET FOR NEBRASKA GRAIN
Great Quantities of Live Stock Will
Be Fed in the State.

James Schulz of Yutan brought in and
unloaded at Wahoo 4S2 head of cattle off
the range near Gordon, which, with 16S
head lie now has on his farm, he intends
to feed this winter. Forty-seven thou>-
and sheep are to be shipped to that place
from Colorado this fall, and are 10 be dis
tributed around through the county
where they will be fed this winter. A
large crop of everything that grows in
this section was raised this season and
feed is plentiful. N. B. Berggren, who
owns large farm near Wahoo, will feed
$4,000 OF these sheep. Some will be sent
to Valparaiso and other places throughout
the county. The first consignment has
already arrived to the number of $500,
which were placed on Berggren's farm.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Insane Woman Meets Death.

Mrs. Elizabeth Falley, an aged inmate
of the Asylum for the Insane at Hastings,
fell from the third story window at a late
hour the other night and died from the IN
juries received. She got out of her room
by taking the hinges Off the door. Then
going into the main hall she pried the
window cleats off with piece of broom
handle, and took the window out. After
tying blanket to the iron bar she tried
to escape by dropping from the blanket to
the ground. A coroner's inquest was
held and the verdict was that she came to
ping from the third story.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Chilli Faces a Crisis.

NEW YORK: A Herald's Valparaiso,
Chill, dispatch says: The Minister OF
Finance held lang conference with the
managers of the banks and heads OF im-
portant business houses with the view
deyising means to stay the commercial
crisis which is imminent. Many foreign
hank managers have urged that the
measures adopted by the Government to
restore normal financial conditions were
wholly inadequate. They declared the
only means of solving the crisis was the
announcement by the Government that it
would maintain the gold conversion law
at ali hazards
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Uses an AK i'll Il Fight.

Fred Rhender, a farmer living a few
m les southwest of Grafton, was arrest d
ON the charge OF striking Claus Roewetter
on the head with an ak. Roewett,r was
attempting te take forcible possession of
road scraper on Rhender's premises
when the latter, who had been chopping
wood, ran at him, striking the back side
of his head with the fiat side of the ak,
knocking him unconscious. The bleeding
was profuse, but the wound is not thought
to be dangerous. Rhender got continu-
ance till October 20, giving $500 bail.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Falls Twenty Feet.

Superintendent James Edmunds of the
Beatrice Electric Company, was seriously
injured while working upon the COM
pany's line at that place. While at the
top of twenty-foot pole, it broke with
him, letting him fall upon the BRICK paw
ing. His head was badly cut, oae arm
broken and one leg badly bruised. He
will recover.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Nav Have a DueI.

ST. LOUIS: A special TO the Republic
from Washington says: Rumors are in
the air to the effect that Senator Black
burn may challenge Logan Carlisle to
fight duel because of the latter's recently
printed card, in which he declared it
would be more of an honor to hold joint
debate on the financial question with a
negro than with Blackburn
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Suicide of a Treasury Messenger

WASHINGTON: billiard F. Ragland,
messenger in the Treasury Department,
appointed from Goliad, Texas, committed
suicide by inhaling gas. He was to have
been married in Atlanta soon to young
woman from Dallas, Texas, but for some
reason changed his mind, and rather than
tell his intended that he was not yet in a
position 10 marry he killed himself. The
circumstances of the suicide indicate that
the act was not premiditated.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago-Cattle common to prime,
$3.50 to 1928: hogs. shipping grades,
$500 to $3.75; sheep, far to choice, $500
to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 66c to Csc;
corn, No. 2, 22c to 23c; oats, No. 2, 16c
to 1Sc; rye, No. 2, 34c to 36c; butter,
choice creamery, 15c to Tic; eggs, fresh,
15c to 16c; potatoes, per bushel, 1Sc to
30c; broom corn, common short to choice
dwarf $50 to $50 per ton.
Indianapolis-Ca shipping, $500 tu
$500; hogs, choice light, $500 to $3.75;
sheep, common to prime, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, &c to Csc; corn, No.
white, 23c to 25c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c
to PIC.
st. Louis-Cattle. $500 to $500; hogs,
$500 to S3.75; wheat, No. 2, 70c to 72c;
corn, No. 2 yellow, PIC to pc; oats,
No. white, 15c to tic; rye, No. 2, 34c
to 36c
Cincinnati-Cattle,s $3.50 to AIS; hogs,
$500 to $3.75; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, 74c to 76c: corn. No.
mixed, 26c to 2Ic; oats, No. mixed, tic
to 19c; rye, No. 2. 39c to 41c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $3.75: sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat. No. red, Tie to re; corn, No. 2
yellow, 25c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c
to 21c; rye, 36c to 3Sc
Tolede-Wheat, No. red, re to 73c:
corn. No. yellow, 23c to 25c: oats. No.
: white tic to 19c; rye, No 2, 3Sc to soc;
clover seed, $3.50 to $5.35.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No spring, 65c
to &c; corn. No. 3, pc to 24c; oats. No.
? white, 19c to 21c; barley, No. 2, soc to
Soc: rye, No. 1, 36c to 3Sc; pork, mess,
1926 to $6.75
Buffalo-Cattle, $3.50 to $4.75; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep. $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. ? red, 74c to 75c; corn, No. 9
yellow, 2Sc to 29c; oats, No 2 white,
&c to 25c
New York-Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $4.25: sheep, $500 to S3.75;
No. 2 red, Tic to 73c; corn, No. 2,
25c TO SOC; oats, No. white, 21c to &c:
butter, creamery, 12c to 1Sc;>eggs, West
Lrn. lie to 19c.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Helping Sick Farmers.

Members Of WOrkmen lodges at McCool
Junction and Fairmont plowed thirty
eight acres of ground for John Collins and
James |. Jackson, farmers living near the
former place, both members of the Work
man order, who, owing to sickness, could
not get their ground ploWed and winter
wheat Gown
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
News of Minor Note.

Frank McCarty, William Harrison and
E. Creelman, desperate criminals, dug a.
tunnel under the walls of the Sacramento,
Cal, county Jail and escaped.
George Ward, aged 81, of East Sagi-
nav, Mich, is missing at New Orleans,
and the police fear he has met with foul
play. He went to that city to attend the
carnival.
n. .. Hopkins, formerly prominent in
Missouri politics, where he represented
Atchison County in the State Legislature
for three terms, died in California, at the
age of 12.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Old Soldier Drops Dead.

A. ]. Williams, aged 81, dropped dead
on the sidewalk at Battle Creek. He was
an old soldier and was born in Underhill,
vt. He joined the Twentieth Wisconsin
Infantry in July, 1862, where he served
till the close of the war. He moved from
South Dakota to Madison County in 1879.
The funeral was be conducted by the
Battle Creek Grand Army of the Repub-
lie. The remains were inferred in the
Union Cemetery. He leaves wife and
five children
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Crushed to Death i'm a Well.

AT the farm of Ed Keller, eight miles
southwest of Rushville, Wes Kirchner, 20
years old, lost his life in well. The we'll
was curbed down only fifteen feet from
the top. Kirchner was at the lower end
of the curbing on a temporary platform
repairing it, when the well caved in.
Neighbors went to work at once to dig
him out and reached his dead body the
next morning. His skull was crushed
and it is supposed death was instanta-
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Go Through Herman Stores.

Burglars visited Herman the other
hight. They forced an entrance into Wal
lace Bros dry goods store and helped
themselves to clothing, dry goods and
groceries. The amount taken cannot be
estimated. They also visited Trueblood's
grocery, but secured little but coffee The
butcher sqop owned by William Rutledge
was also visited and So secured.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Dressed in Stolen Goods.

A negro named Brown was arrested IN
Hiawatha recently and al o 1t $400 worth
of clothing, shoes, etc, s.olen from Sou
der Bros. at Folls c ty, about two W, e6s
ago, were found in his possession. When
arrested he was with young woman and
dressed from head to foot with the stolen
goods
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Reception to Miss Barton.

WASHINGTON: Miss Clara Barton, the
head of the Red Cross Society, was given
a welcome on her return to Washington
from her trip to Turkey by reception in
her honor at the Shoreman Hotel. 1t was
an informal affair, and a number of her
friends turned out to greet her.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15

SALT LAKE: At con erence of the
Mormon Church all the authorities of the
church were sustained, with the eXcep-
tion of Apostle Moses Thatcher, whose
name was omitted from the list. The ac-
ton against Thatcher was for failing to
take counsel before accepting the nomi-
nation for a political Office. Apostle
Thatcher was the Democratic candidate
for the United States Senate last year.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
CAUGHT in a ReyoIvino sbaft

AS billiard Monk, young man living
near Belgarde, was working about a
threshing machine his clothes caught on
tumbling-rod and he was whirled around
with frightful velocity, tearing every
shred of clothing off him and breaking his
leg between the knee and the hip and mu-
tilating him in fearful manner. At
present he is resting easy, with fair pros
poets of recovery.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Castles Remain in Jail.

LONDON: 1t is not thought probable
that bail for Mr.. and Mrs. Walter NJ.
Castle of San Francisco, who were re-
manded to Holloway Jail on Tuesday
last charged with stealing furs from deal
ers in this city, will be applied for before
the case comes up again at the Marl-
borough Street police station, for fear of
prejudicing the case. The Castles will
therefore remain in Jail until they appear
in court
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
New Electric Light Company.

1t is stated upon good authority that a
new electric light company has been
formed in Beatrice and that a franchise
will be asked for at the next session of
the city council, and that immediately
upon the granting of the same work will
begin upon the new plant. The organ
izers have ample funds to carry out the
nrOiect
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Charged With Embezzlement.

MILWAUKEE: E. L. Washburn, secre-
tary of the South Arm Lumber Company,
has been arrested on complaint of w. S.
Morgan, as president of the company,
who charges Washburn with embezzIing
$656.26. 1t is alleged that Mr.. Washburn
obtained the money by rawing on the
company's funds in bank through checks
made payable to himself. The checks are
said TO have been issued between July of
last wear and the following March,
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Weston's Fire Department.

Weston has purchased a chemical fire
engine and organized a volunteer fire
company of thirty members. This is the
first move Weston has ever made in the
line OF fire protection, tLougn the town is
Is years old. The town has had but one
serious fire during all that period.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-15
Polk County's Mortgage Record.

Polk County's mortgage indebtedness
for September is as follows: Seventeen
farm mortgages filed, SIG, lis; nine re-
leased, 900; two city mortgages filed,
$3.50; one released S195; seventy chattel
mortgages filed, 0,745; fifteen released,
81, ,427. A large share of the chattel mort
gage Indebtedness is caused by the large
number of cattle the farmers have bought
to eat up the large crop of surplus corn
the coming winter.