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"You have an immense amount of hay,n
observed the visitor at the Clover Meadow
Farm.
"Ya-as.' said Farmer Redneck; "but
there amt a dang thing t. feed it to but
bicycles
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BANKS.

Peoples National Bank President, G. w,
w Naudain Cashier, Geo. ID. Kelley; Teller.
w. g. Lockwood. Bank Building on East
Main Street.
Citizens National Bank President, Joseph
Biggs; Cashier, John 3. Crouch; Teller, l..
Darlington. Bank Building on South Broad
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Willie Washington was gazing into space
with look of intense anguish.
What is the matter, Willie2n asked nne
of his friends. Have you been havitg
trouble?
.Y-a-a-s I'm afwaid that I've gone aud
made myself vewy unpopular with Van
Diggles and his wife, don't you know2n
"In what way?"
cle."
Yes
"In costume
Certainly"
"And l met them this afternoon. They
passed me one aftah the othah.''
"And didn't you speak to them?" .
''Y-a-a-s: wish hadn't; fob, don't you
know. evewy time think the mattah oyah
Tn half convinced that lifted my hat, and
bowed to Van Diggles and said Hello, old
man, to his wife"
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We aim to, and do, give you
the best and most original de-
signs, independent of all other
dealers, as it costs no more to
have the latest and best de-
signs, which is greatly to your
interest. Estimates furnished
on application and visits made
to the country upon notiica-
ton.
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Dream Ianonagas

Horrible dreams indicate bad condition
OF the digestive apparatus, and the sufferer
should at once set about helping nature to
right it. Correct all irregular personal hab-
its OF diet, and rest, exercise moderately, eat
plain nourishing food, and only when hun
cry, and use DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to
restore healthy action OF the liver, stomach
and bowels. They are unequaled as bowel
regulator and contribute to good appetite,
healthy digestion and pure blood. They never
constipate.
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For over F1ftyYears.

An Old and well tried remedy.-Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used
for oyer fifty years by millions of mothers
or their children while teething. with Pc
feet success. Itsoothes the child. softens
the gums, allays all pains, cures wind collie
and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. Is
pleasant to the taste. Sold by druggists in
every part of the world. 25 cent a bottle.
Ifs value is incalculable. Be sure and ask
for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup and get
no other kind
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iddIetoWn Directory.
MuNICIPAL oiFFICERs.

President g. w. W. Naudain; Secretary,
w. s. Letherbury; 8. 8. HoIten, Charles 81.
Howell, Geo. ". PeyerIey- 81
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Washington
etter

w tiOe 1cCo uOW 0uy
ticket on any platform that could be
gotten up by the Chicago Convention
can prevent the triumphant election of
Mckinley and Hobart. Consequently
the worrying and frttting witch The
Democrats and Popnlists are going
through on account of what the
Chicago Convention may do or not
domerely furnishes Republicans amuse-
ment, as they fan themselves and try
to keep down the humidity which ac-
companies the present warm weather.
This is Republican year. Nearly four
years Of deficits, bond issues and hard
times generally have caused majority,
an overwhelming maj j,rity, as will be
seen in November, of the people to
definitely dec i'd. That the party which
gave the country tweBt weight years of
the greatest continuous prosperity ever
experienced by any country on earth is
the proper party t., have charge of tlris
government, and nothing that the
conglomeration of isms and sore heads
which meets this week in Chicago can
do will change that decision. The
asses may bray, but thai will change
nothing; people prefer capacity to in
capacity.
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CONSUMPTION
AND Ifs cURH

AND lTS cURB
To THE EDITOR ~ have an absolute
remedy for Consumption. By its timely use
Thousands of hopeless cases have been already
permanently cured So proof-positive am I
Of its power that consider it my duty to
send two bottles free to those of your readers
who have Consumption, Throat, Bronchial or
Lung Trouble, if they will write me their
express and postoffice address Sincerely,
Z. A. SLOcuM, N. c., Is3 Pearl St, New York.
pa- The Editorial and Business Management Of
this Paper Guarantee this generous Proposition.
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MIDDLEToWN. DEL. JULY II 1895
MlDDLETowN MARKETS.
PRODUCE.

Creamery Butter, lb. Dc
Country Butter, lb l5c
Eggs, doz ll@l2c
Lard, lb =. 7a9c
New Potatoes. 40cts per basket
Spring chikehs l6c
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"a large sale of hose at half. is the price
way the advertisement read. And when
woman got their disgust was supreme TO
find it was rubber store.
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Harold-Wot do youse tink of all dis
free silver talk2 Is it goin' to help us any?
Y Reginald-O' course it is Whenever
you he ear Of anything dat's free. it's your
duty to de perfesh to help it along. Free
silver, free trade, free drinks, free pie, free
eryt'ing -dem's my sentiments When
we git all dem US fellers will be right in it.
Well be among de lmost respectable people
goin' den. Eyerybody'll be wild usl
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Observation-Disclosures.
Volunteer Hose Company, meets first Fri
day night of each month in Hose House.
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YOUNG MANI THIS Is FOR YOU.
l. Save part of your weekly earn
ings, even if it be no more than quar-
ter dollar, and put your savings mon
thly in savings bank.
2. Buy nothing till you can pay for
it. and buy nothing you don't need.
A young man who has grit enough
to follow these rules will have taken
the first step upward to success in
business. He may be compelled to
wear coat a year longer, even if it be
Questionable; he may have to live in
a smaller house than some of his young
acquaintances; his wife may not
sparkle with diamonds nor be resplen-
dent in silk or satin, just yet; his chill
dren may not be dressed as dolls or
popiiijays; his table may be plain but.
wholesome, and the whiz of the beer or
cha mpagne cork may never be heard in
his dwelling; he may have to get along
without the earliest fruit or vegetables;
but be will be the better off in every
way for this self-discipline.
Yes, he may do all these without
detrimeDt to bis manhood. or health,
or character. True, empty headed
folk may sneer at him ard affect to pity |
him; but he will find that he has grown
-
stout-hearted and brave enough to |
stand the laugh Of the foolish. He
has become an independent man. He
never owes anybody, and SO he is no
mans slave. lie has become master
of himself, and master. Of himself
will become leader among men, and
will crown his every enter
prise.
Young mani lifc's discipline and
life's success come from hard work
and early self-dsnial; and heard-earned
success is all the sweeter at the time
when old years climb up on your
and you need propping up.
II
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BELr1ONT, price $s5

DELfiONl, price S55
The Belmont is standard wheel and lust as
good as any $4,000 wheel on the market.
Equipped with all modern improvements,
wooden handle bars, barrel hubs, pneumatic
saddle, any tire you wish and any color Of
enamel you wish, All wheels made to order
and delivery guaranteed within six days of
order. am agents also for the Rambler,
Cleveland, Robin Hood. Maid Marian, etc. II
you want good wheel at the right price,
come and see the Belmont. also keep on
hand q supply of good secondhand wheels
hanging In price from $500 to $50o, Lessons
in riding cheerfuIly given to purchasers. All,
wheels purchased Of me will be kept In repair
for one year. Call and examine price lists Of
great bargains In secondhand wheels. of1ce
next door to F. B::Watkins' store on Main
Street.
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Wilmington.
Delaware

Come and. examine my stock of Bicycles
before purchasing Don't pay $4,000 for
wheel until you have seen our ia NOUS
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GRAIN.
OF Interest
To Farmers

4OIlOo In ShAOON
You may talk about your learned men,
Your wit and wisdom rare;
Your poets and your painters.
They get praise everywhere;
They are well enough in their place,
But win you tell me how
The world would ever do without
The man behind the plow?
Better set shock out of line than in
depression.
Don't let your wife wear herself out
scrubbing the Kitchen floor, but paint
it for her.
The farmers wife who tolls early
and late should have a share in the
profits Of the farm.
If the weevil are in the grain barn,
stack the grain outside for two years
and starye them out.
If the nuts on the reaper work loose.
screw up and coat the end Of bolt with
varnish. Garry little in theItool box.
Sow crimson clover at the last work.
ing of corn. You cultivate the corn
level, of course. That's the better
way.
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Tas TnAsscnsrr. q per ysar.
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While Governor Mckinley is a strong
and convincing public speaker, there is
general disposition among Republi-
cans to rejoice because Of the announ-
cement that it has practically been de-
cided that neither Governor Mckinley
nor Mr.. Hobart would make any
stumping tours during the campaign.
There wouldn't be the slightest impro-
priety in either of these gentlemen or
both making speeches during the CAM
paign, but somehow most people cam
not get rid of the idea that it is
a lowering of the dignity which should
naturally belong to the candidates for
the high offices of President and Vice
President for gentlemen who are nomi-
mated for those positions, to take the
stump for themselves. The Republic
can Party has plenty of orators to do
the talking, and in November 1t will
have plenty Of voters to elect McKin-
ley and Hobart, and there is no oc-
casion for their going on the stump.
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There is at least one Louisiana DEM
ocrat in Washington who doubts the
ability of the Democrats TO carry that
State this year. He is Mr.. H. Dugas,
and he says = Louisiana is by no means
certain to go Democratic this year,
although the nomination of the free
silver candidate will undoubtedly
strengthen the parGy in The State. A
great many of our people are partial to
Mckinley on account Of his protection
policy. They want protection for their
sugar, and the Democrati: free trade
pro ram is anything but popular
among them. Though lifelong Dem
..crat. l would be glad to see the Re-
publicans carry the State and the
country this year.
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Consul General tp Cuba. Then he ex-
pected that the nominee of the Chicago
Convention would be Grover Cleveland, !,
and hoped that the nature of the report
would be such that he could use it as
basis for action that would result in
arousing such a tidal wave of patriotic
enthusiasm throughout the country as
might re-elect him. Now he knows
that the nominee of that convention
will be man who holds views directly
opposite to his, and that his Admins
tratiod will be condemned by the con-
yention, by implication if not in di-
rect words. Knowing this he has lost
interest in the report, and will proba-
bly, make no use of it until he writes
his last annual message to Congress.
1t is reasonably certain that he will
not use it, or anything else, to help
make votes for the Chicago ticket, even
If he does not publicly bolt the ticket.
It is generally believed in Washington
that Mr.. Cleveland and majority, if
not all his cabinet, will refuse to sup
port the ticket nominated at Chicago.
Mr.. Cleveland is said to personally
favor The nomination OF Democratic
gold ticket, but that is something
which will be determined later. At |
least one prominent Democrat who is
now at Chicago, has suggested that
Mr.. Cleveland lead the forlorn hope by
accepting the nomination of the gold
Democrats.
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5. M. PROVOST, General Manager.
J. B. WOOD. General Passenger.Agent.
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AHS WohiCu opCuu luCD0 uOt d1t6I-
moons on their porches, dressed in
Mother Hubbards, with fan and a
pitcher of ice water close by. and wish
they were menl The men have on
more clothes than it is modest to tell
about, and swelter in stuffy offices or
work in the harvest field. Talk about
women's rightsl We wish we had
some of them.
Mrs. Mckinley, who bids fair to be-
home the mistress of the White House,
was Miss Ida Saxton, whose grand
father founded the Canton Repository
in 1915 aud conducted the paper rntil
his death, half century later. One,
of his sons, James A. Saxton. became
a banker, and his daughter Ida is the
present Mrs. Mckinley. She was du-
Gated at Brook Hall Seminary, Media,
and after her graduation spent soma
tine in Europe with her sister. Mr.,
SAXON believed in giving his bright
daughter the best opportunities for
usefulness, and she became an assistant
in his banking house. where the pretty
cashier was specially attractive to the
Younger del ositors, among whom was
Lawyer Mckinley. They were married |
on the % b Of January, Is71. Two
children were born 70 them, but both
died before reaching the age Of fours,
and the mother has beea an invalid for
many years, sntfs ring habitually from /
aervous prostration.
Atwood lIil.) his . woman under-
sker, who may really be the woman 81 +
whom We ere always reading. Nm
lle or her, q any z1te.
The herald., 1896-04-12
THE WAR CORRESPONDENTS
MAJOR BEN. c. TRUMAN SPEAKS OF THEM
At A BANQUET
rlembers Of the Loyal Legion From San Fran.
cisco Are, With Their Ladies. Treated to
sPretty Luncheon-The List Of Toasts and
Those Who Were Present.

The Southern California branch, military
order of the Loyal Legion, gave a pretty
luncheon at Iilich's last evening. the guests
of honor who sat at the banqueting board
being members of the society from San
Francisco, accompanied by their ladies.
Covers we're laid for ninety persons. the
number of those participating being eighty
three. The banquet room was profusely
decorated with roses, carnations and sweet
peas, Old Glory being much in evidence and
occupying the place of honor around the
festal board. The toast-master was Capt.
Gilbert E. Overton. The toast program
was as follows:
The President of the United States; re-
sponse by Major j. A. Donnell, O. S. ".
Our Worthy Commander; response by
Major William B. Hooper. U. s. V. Our
Guests; response by Colonel Charles Bent
zoni. U. S. A. The Ladies--God Bless
Them! responded to by Colonel H. Y. Os-
borne The War Correspondent; response
by Major Ben. c. Truman. Our War Vol
unteers; response by Major George w.
Merrill. U. S. V. Shiloh response by Gen.
eral h. Bouton, Z. S. A. The Commandery
OF California; response by Colonel w. II.
Smedberx, U. S. A. Taps; response by
Major H. L. Lee, U. S. V.
lnere were army, navy and war songs
between the speeches, the latter being
limited to ten minutes each, excepting the
address Of General E. Bouton, whose sub
ject was Shiloh.
Major Ben. G. Truman's address, The
war correspondent, received the most at
tentIon, itbeing in part as follows:
Ihe war correspondents were not a. q
general thing treated with proper con-
The herald., 1896-04-12

used vile language in the Orpheum. Six
drunkards got nominal fines. Judge
Owens took under advisement the matter
of John Hoffman and Scott Guernsey, ac.
cused of selling liquor last Sunday morn
ing in Turnvetein hall.
H. #. Hollingsworth appeared and plead
ed not guilty to violating the health ordi-
nance by allowing oil refuse to become a
nuisance. There are three cases against
him, and April Ii was set as date for trial.
George Waugh. held for vagrancy, was dis
charged.
A Chinese, Gun Lin, pleaded guilty to
battery upon Officer Lennon when the
latter was raiding tan game, and paid a
$40 fine with alacrity. Charlie Hong. who
assaulted constable Johnston in laundry
on Santa Monica avenue, had his case
transferred to Justice YounR's court as the
affair took place outside the city limits.
Archie PenfeId, the peculating clerk OF
the Bellevue Terrace hotel, who pleaded
guilty to petty larceny, was fined $40. or
this $l4 wac paid ard the remainder was
promised in few days, so Penfield was
allowed TO depart. The hearts of his en-
ployers Lad been softened and they re-
fused to press the case further, although at
first it was intended to prefer charge of
burglary.
The herald., 1896-04-12
POLICE COURT D0lN0S
WorreIl to Have q New Complaint Sworn Out
Against Him

WofreIl to Have New Complaint sworn Out
Against Him
The felony embezxlement charge against
FL. H. Worrell for misappropriating various
articles which he sold as an agent, and
which was on Friday taken under advise
ment by Justice Owens, was yesterday de-
cided by the latter. There not being
sufficient evidence to justify the holding OF
Worrell on the first charge, he was ordered
dismissed, a new complaint alleging mis-.
demeanor embezzlement to be sworn out.
Worrell demanded jury trial end the
case was passed until Monday to be reset
Esteban Juanco and Joseph Carson were
fined each $40 or ten days in jail for fight
ing on upper Main street; while Robert
Sturges paid So for disturbing the peace
in the same neighborhood. Enoch Patton
was up for vagrancy and begging, but ex-
hibited a leg covered with sores and in a
crippled condition. AS he was not O
healthy beggar the justice took pity on
him and allowed him to go although he
has often before been in the dock for
drunkenness and vagraucy.
The battery charge against John Mills, a
deaf mute who hit another unfortunateo
was continued to be reset. This was ais,
the disposition made of the charge of dis
turbng the peace preferred against An
drew McNaiiy, the we'll known contractor.
The cases are now virtually shelved and
will probably be heard of no more.
a fine of $40 was imposed upon John
Guezeles, the italian candy pedler who
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1000 from Resaca, 2OOO from the fall of
Atlanta and eight columns description of
the Thomas great battle of Nashville in
December, 1864. All of these accounts
were in advance of the meagre accounts
sent by commanding generals.
There has lately been monument to
army correspondents built at Gapland. or
Crampton's Gap, South Mountain, fifty
eight miles from Washington. and it will
be dedicated in September next. Two
correspondents were killed in the war,
seven or eight wounded, and many weI Q
captured, notably Albert d. Richardson, G..
G. Colburn and Junius Henry Broune, who
we're in Salisbury IN. ca prison for six
teen months and then escaped"
Major Truman was also All officer on An
drew Johnson's staff, and had pass from
President Lincoln. Henry Watterson."
continued the speaker, 'had great time
with the Chattanooga Rebel, which was
published in about as many towns as it had
circulation. 1t WAS sometimes printed
on wrapping paper and sometimes on wall
paper. In July. 1864, one side of 1t was
published at New Hope church and the
other side at Marietta, and the next issue
came out at Atlanta"
There were present last night: Capt. L.
W. Seeley. Capt. F. de I. Carrington. U. s.
A., Major W. P. Hooper, Col. w. r. Smed-
berg. Gen. 5. W. Backus. Capt. c. A. Sum-
ner. Capt. ]. c. Currier, Gen. A. W. Bar
rett, Capt. Sam Flint. Capt. d. w. and
Mrs. Weliman, Capt. w. c. and Mrs. Coul-
son, Capt. G. M. and Mrs. Kunie. W. S. w.
and Mrs. Cragin. all of San Francisco;
Gen. 4. and Mrs. Bouton, Capt. George w.
and Mrs. Merrill, Major NJ. c. Wilkinson.
y. 5. A., Miss Evangeline Cary Williams,
Capt. George Atkinson, Major J. A. and
Miss Orfilla Donnell, Col. Chas. Bentzan,
U. s. A., Mrs. Won Schlutterbach. Miss
Lis!e, Can't. G. E. Oyerton. U. S. A., Major
In -l-l~u II ~
A., and Mrs. Sxaine, Capt. A. II. and Mrs.
BibDer, Major Ben. c. and Miss Truman,
ch1omsn. MaioF H. s Can't Butler; n. MI Al Ber,y B.
Harry Il. Pratt, E. I. Swaine, Capt.
NJ. J: Daniels, Captain c. w. Hyatt. Gen.
ernl E. 7. johnson, Colonel J. r. Dnnkel-
berger, Captain Carl A. q. Adee, George
H. Stewart, Lieutenant d. W. Field, Prof.
T. s. G: Lowe, DR.. ]. S. Green, Lieutenant
J. c. Oliver, Captain j. f. Cressy, Captain
D. s. Blackburn. Captain F. K. Upham,
Captain w. H. Newman, Major G. Even,
j. c. Lynch, Captain W. N. Monroe, DR..
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d. Ii Force, Charles S. Gilbert. Major w.
H. Bonsall, Major W. c. Wedemeyer, L.
$, A., Major H. T. Lee, Colonel George H.
kimball, Captain j. A. Osgood, Or. H. Nj.
Bishop, Mrs. g. q; Scott, Mrs. Kate
Moore, Mrs A. G.. Bishop, Colonel }. NJ. q.
Marble, Colonel E. w. Jones. Major James
r. Hough and Mrs. Hough. Mr.. Hough and
niiss Hough, Mr.. Osgood, Miss Osgood,
Captain 7. +. Laycock. L. E. Moyher. Col
onel II. u. Osborne and Mrs. Osborne.
The San Francisco visitors arrived yes
terday afternoon. They will go to Echo
Mountain this morning, VIII are Sunday will
be spent. Tomorrow they go to San Diego,
where in the evening they will be BAN
quoted at the Hotel Brewster. There are
in the delegation seventeen ladies and
gentlemen. The start home will be made
from here, either on Tuesday or Wednes-
day
The herald., 1896-04-12

sideration the first year OF the civil war,
and it took some time for officers of the
old army to treat them properly, and their
first descriptions were clandestinely made
UP and sent away.
"Grant was the first general of great
Lincoln declared that the millions of
people who had members of their house,
holds in the army looked to the war cor
respondence in their papers for news from
the front.
Before year had passed the army cor
respondent was to be found at all head
quarters of commanding generals, and 9TH
ers, and number like Cadwallader, on
Grants staff, Buckley on Canby's staff,
Compte de Paris on McClellan's staff, and
many others, were considered as members
and treated as such. Grant, Thomas, Sher-
man, Sheridan, Custer, Fitzpatrick, Nexley
and score of others began TO agree with
was a necessity, and Gen. James II. Will
son, the captor of Jefferson Davis, in one
of his books, paid the following tribute to
the correspondents in the field: They
we're most gallant and patriotic as we'll
as enterprising set of men. and their SER
vices are worthy Of commemoration, and
in such manner as the whole world may
be reminded of them.'
"The first man who described battle for
q newspaper was captain in the English
army named Trueman, the son OF beer
manufacturer in London, who furnished an
account Of the battle of Waterloo for the
London Times. But DR.. William Howard
russell was the first regular war correspon-
dent that was sent to the field as such,
and he made great fame in the Crimea as
correspondent of the Times. Then came
Sala and Forbes, for London papers and
Henry j. Raymond of the New York Times
at Martebello, Magenta and solferino in
1893 in the campaigns of Louis Napoleon.
linen. came our civil war with its
correspondents of all the leading papers,
among whom were Junius Henri Broune,
J. b. Mccullough, Geo. Alfred Townsend,
Whitelaw Reid. Thomas Knox, Henry nj.
Stanley, Tom Cooke, Cadwallatler, r. q.
McCormick. Powers, Sheppard. Shanks,
Smalley. Wilson and many Others with
the northern armies. and d. M. Strother,
John Roberts, Henry Watterson, John
Shirley Ward and others in the south. He
Major Truman) telegrathed 500 words to
the New York Times from the battlefield
of Stone River, 800 from Peach Tree Creek,
The herald., 1896-04-12
Destb of Pew. Jo,enh rlcK ee

At IL o'clock yesterday morning Rev.
Joseph Mckee, who was SO badly injured
by an electric car at the corner of Fourth
and Broadway few days ago, died at his
residence. No. go South Olive street. Mr..
Mckee was a retired divine, having left
the pulpit some fifteen years ago. He was
S5 years of age but in good health and
spriehtly as boy. Barring slight deaf
ness he bore his weight of years remarka-
bly, we'll. At the time of the accident he
was not considered seriously injured, but
he never recovered from the shock. Full
consciousness and possession of his facul-
ties was not reeained and he gradually
sank until his death. An inquest will be
held this evening at the parlors of Kreeelo
IL Bresse, the funeral taking place Monday
afternoon from the residence