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The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-03

st. Louis: One of the houses here has
sold a lot of wheat to Liverpool. Private
cable says wheat demand is increasing.
BradStreet'S: Wheat, increase, 6,303. 900
bushels; east of Rockies, increase, 4, 100, 900
bushels; Europe and af1oat, increase, p
200 900 bushels; worlds corn increase, 955,-
900 bushels; oats, decrease 37S. coo bushels
Puts December wheat, 9334Q937sc; calls
December wheat, $3.50 $3.50; puts May
wheat, 910911sc; calls May wheat, $3.50
9314c; puts December corn. 2614c; calls De-
cember corn, 26szc; puts May corn, 2912c;
calls May corn. zoe.
Chicago: Estimated receipts tomorrow
Wheat, 100 cars; corn, 42O cars; oats, 270
cars.
Liverpool: Wheat 34d higher.
Baldwin & Farnum buying December
corn. Greer buying oats.
Chicago receipts today: Wheat 125 cars,
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liams. The Democrats, pursuing
more vigorous course, received $4,000
votes as compared with 100000 last
year, while the National Democrats not
only came within 100 of their vote of
IA ,164 last year, but actually made
gain of 2 per cent in ratio to the vote
of the state, and obtaining more than
the necessary 8 per cent, will continue
to hold a place on the state ticket.
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sonething Rotten in Denmark.

Copenhagen, Nov. 3.-Cashier Silverberg
of the local branch of the Mutual Life
Insurance company of New York, who
was arrested on September 2S charged with
embezzling A, 900 crowns and with falsify-
ing his accounts. was sentenced to two
years penal servitude
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Died and was Defeated.

Syracuse, N. Y, Nov. 3.-w. G. Cot
tell Mckinley League and Democrat
in the First assembly district of Onon-
dago county, received a plurality of 15
votes over W. J. Bellen, Repu blican,
who died at noon yesterday.
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Kansas City Livestock Market.

Kansas city NOV. 8
CATTLE-Receipts 10, 900. Market steady,
rather slow. Texas steers, So 69q4. 30;
Texas cows, 81 50d3. .25; native steers, SAC
sos; native cows and heifers, $1.25Q4.10:
stockers and feeders, $3.2514. 40; bulls, $3.50
@3.75.
HOGS-Receipts 1900. Market steady.
Bulk of sales, So. 45d3. 80; heavies, So 256
3.55; packers. SO. 3.2563. 80; mixed, So. 45G3. .6O
lights. SO. 50Q36O; yorkers, $S55a3-6 80; pigs,
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-03
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
General Notes Of Society and
Personal Itemss
Recent Social Events In Topeka
and Vicinity.
Items of Interest About Topeka Peo-
pie and Visitors in Town.

CAu communications to this department
must give the full name and address OF
the writer. Anonymous personals ana
descriptions of social affairs Will not De
pubIShed.)
The L. A. W. whist club met Monday
evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
A. ". Dana. The new members of the
club are Mr.. and Mrs. David Palmer,
Miss Jane Nye and Mr.. Clad Hamilton;
the other members of the club are Mr.
and Mrs L. S Ferry, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
w Dana; Miss Grace Whiting, Miss
Rosamond Horton; Mr.. VIII Seller and
Mr.. John Waters. The next meeting
will be with Judge and Mrs. L. S Fer
~. Monday evening, November 10.
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New York Nov. 3.
SUGAR-Raw nominal; fair refining, 81
as 5-16c; centrifugal SO test, 324Q3 13-16c;
refined, easy; crushed, 57sc; powdered,
5 3-16c; granulated, sc.
COFFEE-Weak. No. Z, 61kc.
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of the party system but party disci-
pline and party loyalty are not easily
broken %
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The Attention

Of-the readers Of the Journal is called
to the advertisement of the cattle sale
by the Kansas agricultural college in
another place in this issue.
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Market Gossin

Furnished by the w. A Michael Com
mission Co. Brokers in Grain, Provisions
and Stocks, ITO West Sixth Ave, Topeka,
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The Cotton Market .


New York Nov. 3.
COTTON-Spot quiet, unchanged mid
ding uplands, &c; middling gulf, 6Ac.
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Todav's Range of Prices

Furnished by the W. A. Michael Com
mission Co. Brokers in Grain Provisions
and Stocks, 10 West Sixth Ave, Topeka.
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GOOD GROCERIES AT LOWEST PRICES.
We do not give anything Do not do business that
but we give goods for than store in the
prices will
Come and leave orders telephone We
satisfaction.
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SLATE PENCILS.
What They Are Composed of and Hov
 They Are Made

 What They Are Composed of and How
 They Are Made.
 Slate pencils undergo a number of processes before they are ready for use. and in making them nearly all of the manual labor is done by boys. First broken pieces of slate are put into & mortar run by steam and are crushed to 8 powder, which is then bolted in a ma chine such as is used in flouring mills. A fine slate four results, which is thor oughly mixed in large tub with stea. tite flour and other materials, the whole making stiff dough The dough is kneaded by being passed between iron rollers number of times, and it is then taken to 8 table, where it is made into short cylinders four or five inches in thickness and containing from eight to ten pounds of material each.
 Four of these cylinders are placed in a strong iron resort which has change able nozzle so that the size of the pen cils may be regulated. In the retort the material is subjected to great hydraulic pressure and is thus pushed through the nozzle i'll the shape of long cord. As the cord comes through the nozzle it passes over a knife and is cut into the desired lengths. The lengths are laid on boards 10 dry and are then placed on sheets of corrugated zinc, the corrugation preventing the pencils from warpine during the baking process. The baking is done i'll q kiln into which superheat- ed steam is introduced through pipes.
 The pencils go from the kiln to the finishing aad packing room, where the ends are held for an instant under a rapidly revolving emery wheel, which neatly points them.
 Finally they are packed in pasteboard boxes, 100 pencils in each box, then 100 of the pasteboard boxes are packed in a wooden box, and they are ready for shipment Philadelphia Times
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A STORY OF LoNaFELLow.
Mrs. Fields Tells an Interestina AAsodo4
 ,F fFs EutbOr

Mrs. Fields Tells an Interesting AAecdoAs
 of the Author.
 Speaking of Longfellow. in her vol. ume of literary "reminiscences. Mrs Jane J, Fields says.
 His kindness and love of humor ear. ried him tn Ugh many a tedious inte-- ruption. l generously overlooked tlsN fact of the sabterfuges to which men and women xegorted in order to get an Interview, and. to help them out, mads as much of their excuses as possible. Speaking one day of the persons wbo cam5 to aee him ut Nahant, he said : One man, q perfect stranger, oRna with an omnibus full of ladies' He descend. ed. introduced himself then, returning to the omnibus, took ont all the ladies' one, two threo, four and five, with a little girl. and brought them in. I en. tertained them to the best of my ability, and they staid an hour. They had soaroe- ly gone when forlorn woman in black came up to ma on the piazza and asked for dipper of water. Certainly" " replied, and went to fetch her glass. When brought 1t, she said "There is another woman just by the fence who ig tired and thirsty. will carry this to her. But she struck her head as she passed through the window and spilled the water on the piazza. Oh, what have donep' she said. "If l had 6 floor cloth, would wipe it up. " "Oh, no matter about the water, " l said, If you have not hurt yourself " Thon l went and brought more water for them both and sent them on their way re. freshed and rejoicing.
 It would be both an endless and un, profitable task to recall more of the Gu. rious experiences which popularity brought down upon him. Thero is s passage among Mir Fields' notes, how. ever, in which he describes an incident during Longfellow B last visit to Eng land which should not be overlooked Upon his arrival the queen sent grace ful message and invited him to Windsor castle. where she received him with all the honora, hut he told me no foreign tribute touched him deeper shan the ~ords of an English bod carrier whn came up to the carriage door at Harrow and asked permission to take the hand of the man who ha6 written the 'yoioea of the Night "
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A Massued Ball

The Estelle Social Club gave a masquerade ball Friday night at tteir hall on Main street. The ball room was artistically decorated and the scene was enlivened by the unique and varied costumes of the dancers. Many of the costumes were highly original and much mer- riment was occasioned by the clever make.nps. Al the hour of mid night the masques were removed and many were the surprises ceca- stoned by the disclosure of the coun- tenances hid thereby. About thir. ty-lye couples were present and the ball was one that will live m the memories of the participants as an evening of unaHoyed enjoyment,
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J.FNNI.

A new social club has been organ i2ed to add 10 the gayety ofthe com ing season. This is m exclusive one. exclusively feminine. Four of our popular and beautiful bellies have banded themselves togethor and determined to make life worth the living. and they call themselves the Jolly Four; No More. The club is composed of the following young ladies: Misses Gussie Tag gart, Grace York. Ella Galbrnith and Nellie Collier The club will be en- tertained next Tuesday evening by Miss Grace York. Our society gen. tlemen will have to stand by and watch With envy the enjoyment this band of young ladies will have inde- pendent of the sanction of any auto- crat of the sterner sex.
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TRAPPING CROWS.
uu Not an Easy Matter to Net the wtis
 Birds.

ft Ts Not an Easy Matter to Net the "kzs
 Birds.
 Crows are trapped and sold to sports men for shooting matches, usually nrlng. ing S10 per 100, but, like other things when scarce they bring more.
 It is no simple matter to trap crows, for the crow is a willy bird. and to catch him in net set for that purpose re- ouires skill and patience as well, but the hunger of the crow is always the trapper's greatest aid. One man alone would make but little headway catching crows and would probably sit all day III his little bough house ready to spring his net. but the crows would give ms bait a wide berth because they would know that he was there.
 After placing the carcass of some ani' maj on field the net is set close to 1t by bending poles of saplings, on which the net is hung fiat to the ground, where tbey are held down by triggerlike pegs, and q line run 90 yards or more to 3 house built of boughs, where the trap per is secreted.
 Another carcass is usually laid soma hundreds of yards distant on the same or another field, where there is no nes set. The trappers, usually two in num- her. 20 Into the bough house together before daylight, and when the crows be- gin to assemble on the fields one of them goes out and walks away. The crows, seeing him leave, grow little boldeF and approach the bait in ones and twos, but stop only long enough to get beak' ful of the flesh and fly off again. The carcass where there is DO net set IS of course the best patronized, but the trap per on the outside makes it his business to walk near enough to that to keep the crows from settling on 1t i'll numbers and thus satisfying their hunger with out going to the one where the net ia After awhile their hunger gets the bets ter of their judgment or their fear, and they gather on the carcass where the net is. This is the opportunity of the man in the bough house, who, with q vigorous pull on the line. springs the net over them. Quick work must be done then by the trappers, who rush up to the net, to keep the trapped crows from crawling out at the ends and the front, where 1t is not staked fast to the ground. With their hands covered with stout buckskin gloves, to keep the crows from biting and scratching them, tho captured birds are put in bags ready to be carried of tbe field From 40 to GS are frequently caught at one pull, but it is rare thing to get more than two springs of the net in one day. --Phila- delphia Record.
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A Candy Pulling

A pleasant evening was spent Thursday by a number of the friends of Miss May Hudson at her home on Sixth avenue The numbers of q U recent pecan party were invited to a candy pulling and entertained by Miss lHundson and her deightfully hospitable manner, Those present were: Misses Emma Van Sante, Marion Dewoody, Rcba Dewoody, Martha Valiant, Zuba Thompson. May Hudson, Messrs. Tracy Mills, Geo. <. Talliant, Irl Phillips Henry Russell, ". c. Hudson, Mir. asd Mrs. r. C, Knox.
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Y. NH. 4. Ball.

O. November the 22nd the initial hall of the Young Mems Hebrew As- sociation will Lc given at their new rooms on Second ave. The rooms are splendidly adapted to dancing. The association will give q number of balls during The season and the officers assure an elegant affair for the 22nd. Messrs. Ben Franklin and Harry Solmson have been appoint ed caterers for the Y. NJ. II. A. and promise to make spreads at these occasions that will tickle the pnlates of the most fastidious. Jewish so- ciety awaits the coming of the 22nd inst
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An Elopement.

Chicago society is all agog over the elopement and marriage of Miss Jessie Lincoln and Mir. Warren Beck with, which occurred Wednesday, November 10.
 Miss Jessie Lincoln is q daughter of Mr Robert T. Lincoln. who is n son of Abraham Lincoln. He has recently been elected a director of the Pullman Palace Car Co. to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the founder of the company, Geo. NJ. Pullman.
 Mr. Warren Beckwith is a son of Capt. Beckwith, of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, who is m old friend ol the Lfncolns.
 The couple have known and loved each other since Miss Lincoln was a little girl. Their marriage was ob- iected to by Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln.
 They are very ambitious socially and belong to Cmeagos most eXclu- sive society. and they didn't com slider Mr. BecIwich of sufficient prominence to be suitable match for their daughter.
 Love though. is not polite, and Miss Lincoln determined to marry the man she loved regardless of dis paraties. Wednesday the couple eloped te Milwaukee and were mnr- ricd.
 The mother has forGN cn. but Mr. Lincoln refuses to Dc reconciled and says he will dispose of Mr Beckwith
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Hawthorne .aook Club,

The Hawthorne Book Club was roy ally entertained by Mrs. N. n. Hearn at her elegant home on Lake side last Tuesday afternoon. A most interesting and amusing pro gram was rendered. wherein the members related their trlals at dif- ferent vacations. A so'o was also rendered by Mrs. r. NJ. Hudson, which wi.s highly appreciated. Most delightful refreshments were served and each member cf the club was presented with a small bIsque swan filled with bon hons as Il souvenir.
 The parlors and dining room were most artisticalIy decorated with
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A Grand Ball.

A ball will be given on the 90th inst. at the Blnff City Hall for the purpose of raising funds to purchase patrol wagon The ball will he given by the patrolmen Of the city anu promises to be n magnificent affair. Extensive preparations are being made and the ball wlll be il social event of the season. Tha en- terprise is q most laudable one and eur lovers of the waltz, and citizens generally should attend and lend their aid to the canse while securing and evening of pleasure to them selves.
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Entre Nous Club.

The members of the Entre Mons Club were most graciously entertain cd on last Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. Max Eisenkrnmer. In n style worthy of her reputation Mrs. Elsen- Kramer performed the duty of host ess and caused the moments to fly ere the guests were aW are. Hand. some prizes were awardedi the first being won by Mrs k. H. Franklin and the second by Mrs, ltIsenkramer. The meeting was one thoroughly en' joyed by the guests
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Where a Man Must Speak Up.

] had occasion the other day, for tha trst time, " said a sober minded citizen, 10 go up high in one of the modern tall buildings. called on man in the seventeenth story. 1t certainly was tre. hlehdous the way they hoisted Us uE that shaft, with smooth start and easy stops and lightning between. Bus the most impressive thing about tina Irlp was this: 4 man who got on whers dld at tie ground floor, and who wanted to get off at the tenth floor, sald Tenth, as it seemed to me, the instant We started up, bur the elevator man said This is the twelfth. We'll stop gong down.
 If there is d place ou earth where a man needs to speak up, it appears 10 bs III the modern elevator car ''-New York Sun.
 Doesn't Know It All. ,... What do you study at school, my little mans'
 .,. ,, ! am studying the history of France. . "Indes.i. whatcan you tell me aborA Charlelnagne:' " - =
 oh, sir. we have only got as lar as .AEam and Eve ss- ,li<l,,,s.ll<> sss
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palms, La France roses and other cut flowers. The admirable hostess acquitted herself In her customary charming maLner and the afternoon was one of keen enjoy to the guests.
 Those present were: Mrs, Sebas- tian Geisreiter, Mrs. John M Elliott, Mrs. William D. lIearn. Hrs. William II, Parker, Mrs. sam NJ. Taylor, Mrs. Horatio Riley, Mrs. Alex Turney, Mra. Fred NJ. Hudson.
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The ease of the Stnte vs Aaron smith Is occupying the attention ol the Circuit Court today. The defendant is being heard on writ of habeas corpus. Smith claims he has worked out fine and costs assessed against him and he Is trying to gain his release. Hon s M Taylor repre-. sents smith and Hon $ C Martin the State.
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K of. RaII.

On November the 24th the eheva- Her Division No. s, Uniform Division Knights of Pythias will give their 3rd annual ball at the Bluff City Club Hall. The members of the Division win appear in full dress uni form. The ball will be an elegant occasion. nnd extensive preparations are being made to increase the sue cess of The occasion.
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 improvements.

The office Of the Adams Wilson Printing Co. has been greatly im- proved by n new set of osice fixtures. and it now presents q very neat and attractive appearance. A hrick building is being erected in the rear of their establishment as a press room for the GRApmc.
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Honor ofthc Misses Nix.

Mr. and Mrs. j. T. Brent entertain cd a number of their young friends at their home on South Gum street last Friday evening in honor of their nieces, Misses Bertha and Viola Nix. A very pleasant evening was spent by the young people, quite number attending. Refreshments were served which frightened the pleasures of the evening. At a late hour the guests departed, regretting the termination of such pleasant hours.
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Hom,s Thisq

We offer sl00 reward for any case Of catarrh that can not he cured by Halls Catarrh cure
 r. J. CHENEY & C0., ,2props.. Toledo, 0. We the undersigned. have known F. j. Cheney fer the last h years, and believe him perfectly honorable n ah business transac- lions and financially able to carry out any ob- ligatious mado by their firm, NEST TRuAN. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
 WALDING. KINNAN & MARVIN. Wholesale Druggists Toledo Ohio.
 Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intarnally. acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 7ac. per bottle Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. eE Halls family pills are the best.
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The Lines of the Hand.

They were out driving and had come upon q fine stretch of shady ro,,n Tet,.o t,.,, road eo1iitiy
 Do you believe in palmistry. , be asked" the reading of ones fortuna by the linen in one s handY'' '''''
 beheye,' she said. that if I ' snald see the lines in only one of your ha hss.as eonid foretell that we would have very pleasant drive. -'0 TO immediately caught on ana sfasped ths reins with one hand and a she sltHation with the other. --Comio ,1o
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DIED.

JoHNsoN--At } o'clock D. m. Mon. day, November l5, 1897, WILLIS THOMAS, Infant son of Mir. and Mrs. R. Lee Johnson, aged one month.
 In their bereavement the fond pa- rents have the deep sympathy of their many friends.
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A Pleasant Evening.

A number Of the friends of Miss Anna Cant were delightfully."- enter tained by her at her home on West Fifth avenue last Friday night. The present were: Mrs. Maud Stan ley, Misses Muller, Lou Thompson and May Hudson. AIessrs. NJ. A. Austin, Edgar Jackson, $. F, Key and Dr. F. r. PrY.
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The End of Rool.s.

What brings about the end of booksg Is 1t fire, water worms? As every ghju launched is bound to be wrecked. everv theater to be burned, the finis of ina book is ita reduction to ashes What be. came Of the Alexandrian library9 Did the Saraeens burn it in GAO? There ia this question asked. Was there any Ii. brary at Alexandria containing TOO 900 books? Gibbon inclines to the opinion that there was no such library. Canon Taylor insists that if there had bean i, library 1t was burned in the time of In. ilua Caesar. Tradition seems to indicate
 however, that there was library in the Serapeum. by no means large cal. lection, but whether destroyed by The. ophllus or Theodosius is not known '. looks as If the charge brought againet tne Arabs rested on no foundation Ra cent explorations of Alexandria 18e6.e show no traces of the Serapeum. Tba seaport of Egypt was built on a damn foundation, and, granting that there was a library, if not destroyed by fire
 then the papyri might have suffered rom decay due to water Books of to
 day taken to India, 70 the southern states and to the West Indies nerisb through miideW New York Timas
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Messrs. Alb Knox and Hughes Fay Tor, more widely known as Rastus and Uncle Remus. were out last night with pack of dogs following the tracks Of the coy possum. They succeeded in freeing and capturing i fine large opossums. They gave q game coon long hunt but lost the fri.a
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Mir. Horace Allls returned to Lit tie Rock this morning after spending Sunday visiting the family of Mr. F. II. NJ. Mills.
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Chief Al !. Stewart was receiving the congratulations Of his friends yesterday over the arrival of bouncing baby girl Ut his home Fri day night.
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Mir. Will Scull has returned from visit to Tennessee. For three weeks he was confined in Memphis on account of the yellow fever quar- antinc. and it is needless to say that he is glad to get home again.
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MT. Ed Rosenberg has just received q number of Edison's Graphophones which are on exhibition and for sale at his establishment. If you want to listen to some choice music call around and hear them.
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Mr and Mrs O'leiffhave the sym pathy of their friends in the loss of their little 2-ycar-old son, who died Saturday night. Mrs O'Keiff brought her child over to Pine Bluff from Hot Springs several weeks ago, hoping that change might benetit it, but wise Father has seen fit to take it unto himself. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. NJ. Lucy this morning at the resi- dence of Mir sam Roane, on 4th aye nue.
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Rev. J. L. Caldwell returned from Memphis Friday, where he met his family. who were returning from n visit in Tennessee.
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Rev. C. r. J. Tate and bride return. ed Saturday from their bridal tour and are now at home to their many friends at the residence of Hon. s. NJ. Taylor on West Fifth avenue.
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Mr. II. t, Martin, manager of the Swan Lake railroad, is in the city today. He informed q GRAPHIC re porter that his road has all the busi- ness this season 1t can handle, aud altogether it is the most prosperous period in the history of that rail- road.