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1sPsn D1v1xo M Jznssr 0rTE.
nis Fny.,c,an says 1t,s ths wsrut Case NE
EVER Heard or

HNef HaNAFa We
what's said by como physicians 10 be . gem
uino case Of loprosy and by others q case Of as.
grnvated eczema, 10 attracting the attention OF
q number of physicians in Jersey City. Tho
patient Is Jasper Joy, and he lives with his wife
on tho upper floor Of q two-story house at 1913
Palisade avenue, overlooking the North River.
Joy Is 81 years old. Before tho disease at
tackled him no was n gtalwnrt, ino-looling man,
and was employed as q motorman on the North
Hudson County Railroad. DIR. Charles q. Put
nam, joys physician, said yesterday:
Joy 10 suffering from the tuberculor form
Of leprosy, and he has It in its worst form
His is the most extreme case Of the disease I
have ever heard OF. Ono would scarcely
imagine that q human being could be distorted
and deformed to tho extent he is and live. He
has been suffering from loprosy for about two
years. My attention was first called to him
at q lodge meeting, whom he asked me what
was good for salt rheum. I gave him some
simple remedy and thought nothing more OF
him until he game to me a short time after.
ward and asked me TO look at his legs. On my
lie was discouraged as incurable. He came
in his room ever since. The New York special.
lists did not diagnose the case; They merely
said II WIS eczema, and no doubt there II cor.
siderable eczema. Eczema covers u multitude
stand the pain he endures. He IL. nover with.
out the most intense suffering. His Is O pc
euliar case. We can do nothing to rolieye him
Everything In the nature Of oils and ointment9
has been tried on him, but with no effect. All
the oils recommended for leprosy have only
made him worse. There Is no danger In keep
ing him where he is, as leprosy, while infec-
tious, Ia not contagious"
or ten or twelve ply sioians who have exam
disease Ieprosy. County Physician Converse.
who had charge Of Sam Sing, the Chinese leper
who died Mt Snake Hill about two years ago,
but he Judged from what had been told to him
that 1t was an aggravated case OF leprosy..
He Is In. n worso stage of the disease pr.
Converse said. than the Chinaman was at tho
time OF his death"
The patient is confined TO his room and his
wife Is In constant attendance upon, him. He
Is able to see her and talk to her, but Is not
allowed to approach any nearer to her than
the width of the room. His food Is placed on
u table inside Of tho door where he can get 1t.
A fow friends are permitted, TO visit, him, but
thev stand Just inside the door whilo he sits
at the other end OF the room: He makes his
own bed. waehes his own dishes, and does al
mort broken down. 1t Is only . question ct
time, the physiciens say, when the disease will
BtranKie Joy and nut an end to his guferings.
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THE NORTHWEST REFUNDIye.
sale or $40. 900. 900 OF the Now o l.o Fer
Cent Bonds to . Bankers Syndicate.

Cent Bonds TO . Bankers Syndicate.
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway Com.
pany has agreed to sell to q syndicate made up
by Kuhn. Loeb & Co. 800, 600, 900 of tho ninety.
year bonds to be issued under the mortgage deter.
mined upon at the directors meeting on Thurs.
day. The price at which the sale was made has
not been made public. Tho bonds sold are to
bear GIG per cent. interest.
These bonds are to be used IN taking up the
following issues: Chicago and Milwaukee hrss
mortgage rs, due July 1, 1895, 81, 700, 600;
Peninsula Railroad frst mortgage Ia, due July
!. 1898. S96, oooi Iowa Midland first mortgage
ss., due Oct l. 1900. 81. $50. 600; Escannba and
Lake Superior first mortgage IS, due July l,
1901. S12o,o0Oj Chicago and Northwestern
iowa divisionl first mortgage 4Los, due April l,
1902 S1,411.ooo. and the Chicago and North.
western consolidated Re, due Dec. L, o Sl2,-
336, 600. The total par value OF these bonds ia
Sl7.6l3 900.
II was explained Yesterday that the new
mortgage is intended to provide for tho exten,
sion also Of the bonds of the Fremont. ElkhorI.
and Missouri Valley Railroad Company.
amounting to about $50. o00, 900.
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"BUTeH" PINCBED ON HIS KNEES.
Nabbed for THEFT At a Dowcry Mission Aftsr
His erormatio

NAD0Cu v IhNht ~ - 1VWcE AAA1eAo1 AhbSE
His
When Butch" Seayer said, "T'ell wild de hull
gang, I'm goin' ter REFORM" Yaller Wilson and
tho other honorables of tho Bowery House Of
Lords laughed at Butch and said he was "gittn'
high toned all on = sudden"
Putty soon he'll want ter eat In restaurants"
remarked Pcs Leg Duffy.
"Yeh." added Yaller.
"well. I'm done wild do lot Of yer" said
Butch; I'm goin' ter be q damn good Chris
tian."
Fl ha! hal" laughed the gang in chorus.
Butch picked up his hat, and with q determined
expression on his face left the lodging house
reading room. He went direct to the Bowery
Mission at los Bowery, shufled up tho main
aisle past the amen pews. and took Q scat on the
unwashed sinners bench. This was Thursday
night.
The good lady with the gold glasses who
passed around tho hymn books shook hands
with Butch, and he said Tanks"
Then he Joined in singing the hymn. Hold
the fort for I am coming and as the last line
waited out through the tran.om over tho door.
Detective Cohen OF the Eldridge street station
fGa,Sd in J. and n, as the gang put 1T Butch was
When the detective got Butch out on the side
IWhy in heii didn't yer give me a chance to
cause a fellow hero says yqu stole . watch
from him three months ago" said the detective,
and he just made a complaint at the station
house. His name, is WHITAKER. He claims, ron
and no were on q drunk on the night OF April 10.
and then you stole his watch"
It's q lie" DECLARED Butch; this Is . job put
up by de gang. Inever stole his watch. because
he didn't have none, and because tree months
his watch. He and me were pals. but some ono
must have sickea him up against me-"
when I can read my title clear" hummed
the detective. and then he added: That's the
hymn you want to learn in the morning, Butch"
Its u damn shame dat q fellow can't be a
Christian when ne wants TO" remarked Butch.
as he was led away to = cell.
Yesterday morning when Dutch was arraigned
in the Essex Market Court he was held for ex-
animation by Magistrate Brann In spite OF his
plea that he had not stolen Whittaker's watch.
but that the Bowery lords got sore on him be.
cause he 't'rew de past overheard and decided
to sail on de golden ship OF Faith"
OF de tree great ships, said Butch to the
one. Dc ship of Charity got wrecked a long
time ago, and it looks to inc dat Il a bloke sails
on de snip OF Hope he's lInblo to find her a mean
old craft datll sink dead easy"
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FIRE IN 1.-THE CUCKOO"

10 Causes . speedy Exodus or tho Negro
Tenants OF the West sido Ten"nent.
The tenement at 2l3 West Sixtieth street was
on Gro yesterday morning and great excitement
ensued. It is called The Cuckoo In the neigh
borhood- Only negroes live in 1t. The fire
started in Mrs. Robertson's fiat on the first floor.
The ~tanitor. who lives opposite. smelled 81 fish
cakes" as DO thought. Soon after tho halls
Allied with smoke and the tenants ran for their
lives.
fro escapes, and some climbed to the roof. A
woman, Mrs. Thornton. WIS carried out. One
negro. Leo by name, snored right along through
all the shrieking and confusion. He did not
wake up unit. Fireman Edward Smith had
dragged him clear to the fire escape. Then to
gave a whoop and went down It like q streak Of
lightning. The house was damaged 81 900.
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onnprrAr nrDnAvop AND NO INN


blE AIUlNnCNa - AtLHN bha ny 1euNNELI-
10000 ~strasgcss n aan Hrancisoo.
SAN Francisco. July. a.-Great audiences
were present at the Christian Endeavor meet
ings to-day at Mechanics and woodward's
Pavilions. John Willis Baer was in charge at
Mechanics Pavilion and II. J. Mccoy, General
Secretary Of the San Francisco Young Mems
Christian Association, presided. Mr.. Mccoy
spoke OF the great work done among young
men in this city and Of the influence Of churches
on social life.
The Rev. George w. Coleman Of Boston
spoke on intermediate Society Of Christian
Endeavor," the Rev. Joseph W.. Cochran Of
Madison. Wis, on christian Endeavor Extern
sion in the Country Districts,'' William L.
Turner Of Philadslphia on Christian En-
g; Temple Of seattle, wash. on 'CommittSo
Work" and the Rev, Z, 8. Powell Of Iouisyille
s s5Dr the g cSqistisninod E1 CdbGIanvo PlCdgs:". o PSp fg
the Wide World" and was warmly applauded.
The meeting closed with an address on The
Monthly Sonsecration Meeting" by Robert
Al YOodyarS,s Pavilion President Clark
lows: Ssenior Society Of Chr Christian dHns ESdeSSor,'
iSOhTistisn Endcaver and Sunday ErenIqE;
%end. Ind "Ghrist jan E fSSGS %: an. ndP 2Ss Mid Mid.
Week Prayer. Meeting" by tho Rev. y. w:
lhs Slnlasir P"t EPcn YOUNG 81 T. S Sna The tho q Rev. b Of
Tyler, New York city.
At Mechanics Pavilion tonight there we're an
and an addrois on Christian Endeavor Pro-
notes INSTRUMENTATION Good Fellowship"
delphia,
At Woodward's Pavilion tonight the Rev.
a; ps { iIassnoa5hof J, oston presided. and tho hev.
motion OF DepominationA Loyalty by Chris:
tian Endeavor," and tho Rov. J. O. Ewing Of
Lahore, India, on Christian Endeavor Pro-
notes q Worldwide Fellowship
All the. delayed Endeavor trains will. DO In
this evening. whom 10000 strangers will DO in
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FAILURE CALLED FRAUDUIEyE
AMAiEaneut or william M~acFariaue q Co.,
SILK Manufacturer. SGT Aside.

Wv HAhhutuctuForbS sci aside.
The assignment which William MacFar-
lane q Co., silk manufacturers, OF 81 Grand
street, with a factory at Bayonne, made in
April. 1895. for the benefit of creditors, has
been set aside by Justice Truax of the Supreme
Court as fraudulent. The Justice has appointed
Randolph Guggenheimer receiver. The action
to have it declared that the assignment was
Inade In fraud OF creditors was brought by tho
National Broadway Bank, the Park National
Bank of Holyoke, William +. Milton d. Co.
and Arnold Eelstein, all OF whom had large
cleimD against the defunct firm.
The Arm controlled the National silk Label
Company, OF which Mrs. MacFarlSne was
Treasurer, and she made a bill OF sale Of her
Interest in that property on April "a, 1906. Mrs.
hlacfarlane, who was a pember OF the com.
pany that failed, also transferred some real es-
tate in this city and Ia Yonkers to her daukh-
ter, Mrs. Emma G. Sims. A chattel mortgage
was put on tho hrm's property at Bayonne In
favor of Arthur /. MaoFarlane, a SON of Mrs.
MlaoFarlane. Cash WAC also withdrawn from
tho firm shortly before its failure. A state
ipent made by the firm in February. 1895, to
tho mercantile agencies showed a surplus OF
S1o6,lbs over liabilities. Tho Court says thai
these. circumstances so to show that the as.
ngnmont Wa in fraud OF creditors and was
made after tho diversion, Of part Of the firms
assets.
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TROLLEY CAR HoLD-UPs.
Hishwaynen In Chicago Make Two Desce,tS
on street Cara


CHICAGO. III, July 9.-Three masked mon
boarded tho Berwyn trolley car Of the Cicero
and Provio company about IL o'clock last night
at West Forty eighth street, tho western city
limits, and robbed the conductor, motorman.
End passengers, securing 800 and two gold
watches. One man robbed the motorman, q sec
ond held up and robbed the conductor. Frank
Warren. and the third gave his attention to the
passengers, three in number. At the time Of
the hold-up the car had reached the Northern
Pacific tracks, where the conductor has TO leave
the car and run Oh ahead to sec II tho way
Is clear. The masked men jumped from a
ditch by the roadside and ordered him to throw
up his hands, which he promptly did. The other
robbers boarded the car, securing from two
women pocketbooks and articles of Jewelry. and
from "A man n small sum of money. Conductor
Warren was robbed Of $40 and q gold watch,
and Motorman Albert Eckerham lost a gold
watch and $40. The robbers then jumped Off
the car and disappeared In the darkness.
An hour later Ave masked men boarded an
Archer avenue trolley car at Thirty-eighth
street md kedEie avenue. Covering Conductor
Freligh and MotormRnJ Johnson with revolvera,
they secured $50 In money and FreliRh's gold
watch. They made their escape. Both robberies
were committed IN lonely ncighborhoods. which
are without police protection.
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". d. sEARLs IN CONTEMPT
For Refining TO Answer Questions Here In
Chicago l. lawsuit.

For RerurinE TO Answer Questions Here In O
Chicago Lawsuit.
Whittlesey D. Searls, vice-President of the
Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, was de-
clared by Justice Beckman of the Supreme
Court yesterday to be In contempt of court for
refusing to answer questions In a suit, but pun
ishment was suspended pending his appeal from
the decision. His company sued to foreclosu
a mortgage for half a million dollars against
the Lake Street Elevated Railroad COMPANY
in Chicago. Proceedings were brought to SCI
aside these foreclosure proceedings and to re-
cover damages on allegations that tho fore.
closure was unwarrapted aud that the de-
fondant road had been seriously injured throush
it. A Commissioner was appointed to take
evidence in this city for use In this action II
Chicago. and Searls was ordered to give eyi-
dcnce before this Commissioner He refused
to answer certain Questions -ut TO him.
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WHERE IS MISS srETEYsoNs
she LEFT Home In Broekline. Baaus., on April
no last and Can't no Fouad.

BosToS, July 8.-Mrs. Grace Stevenson Of
Brooklino. mother of the missing young woman
OF tho same name who left her home mysteri-
ously on April 20 last, has sent out 1000 postal
cards to the big cities in this country and Cam
ada, giving a detailed description Of the young
woman and the clothing she wore when fhe
left homo. Besides these cards, personal lot
all over the country. Miss Stevenson Is IS
years old, Of fair complexion, Is tall and slender,
has brown hair and blue eyes. James w.
Clarendon, and OF other valuable real estate.
When Miss Stevenson left home she said she
her slippers and had hut little money with her.
sho boarded q Boston.bound street car, and
nohe OF her relatives has heard from her since.
There " only one clue. Che was a fine singer,
and had often been heard to express an ambl.
ton TO sing In opera. She may have adopted a
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PEEKsKuI. n. Y. July 9.-The Seventy-frss
has had q week Of very hard weather. stil the
work has been very satisfactory. Tonight the
reinsi have been loosened and tho camp 10 o
are brightly illuminated. Company d gave q
reception tonight to tho members Of, tho Third
Battery to mond tho breach caused BY the con.
nict on Wednesday night. Tomorrow the regt-
ment and First Provisional battalion will be re.
lieved BY the Twepty-second Regiment and Four
teenth, Sixteenth, Thirtysixth, and Forty.
seventh separate companies.
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Miss Emma R...st, DccIared uu.nus.

NEW LONDON. Conn. July s.-Miss Emma
Bessett, tho adopted daughter of the late Lsaac
Bassett, who for many years was doorkeeper of
the Senate at Washington, has been living with
Mrs. d. +. Holmes In StoninGton for several
weeks. Lately she has been acting strangely.
insane. She will probably be sent TO the State
Asylum at Middletown.
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Loh,sh valley Ra,lroaa storoAou.s Barned.

HAzLEToN, Pa, July 9.-The general store
house of tho LehIgh Valley Railroad Company
here was burned to-day. The fire started in tho
paint department. Oil, cotton, office supplies.
road equipments, and in~fammable material fed
the names and defed the eKertions of tho fire.
men. The nre departments from MAuch Chunk
and Lehighton wero summoned. A dozen or
moro locomotives which were in the yards
turned streams OF water on the burning store
house: Nothing was saved. The loss Is fully
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Peace AFTER = squnshic on Change.

A digpute ovor a transaction n few days ago
led to hot words on the floor of the New York
Stock Exchange between Charles T.. Quincy
and John ii, Gr!esel. There was n report yestcr-
day that Mr.. Quincy had written IA complaint
10 the officials OF the Exchange of the language
be Investigated at u ,pocinl meeting nf Tho Gov.
ernors next Wednesday, There is good author
tied and that Mr.. Quincy has Withdrawn his
COMPLAINT.
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Three women Burned by an oil stove K1-
pIOalun.

SARATOGA. N. Y, July Gas the result OF tho
explosion OF an oil stove at tho home OF Mrs.
Lewis G. Murray this afternoon, she was
severely burned and will probably die. Her
mother. Mrs. William II. Wells, and a neighbor.
Mira. Hsnserwas. wero also badly burned. Mrs.
Murray attempted to remove the burning stove
became hysterical, and before Mrs. Wells and
Mrs. Housewives could extinguish tho blaze she
was burned about the heaI neck. shoulders,
hand, and her hair is partially destroyed. Mrs.
Hanserwas was burned on the hands and face.
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James Lynch. tho burglar. who was arrested
In Brooklyn on April 81. after attempting TO rob
the safe In Burt's shoe store at Fulton and Hoyt
streets, was sentenced by Justice Aspiupll In
brooklyn yesterday to four and n half years i'm
prisoument in Sing Sing on t.e charge Of car
rying burglars tools. He hnd previously been
sentenced to i've years Imprisonment for the
attempted burglary. Lynch was captured by
Policeman Carroll. al whom he fired several
ahota
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TO yurtLsr CAnaaA,. rrad. with m..,oo.

CITY OF MEXICO. July 9.-Edmund II. Shop
pard OF Toronto. Canada, editor of the Toronto
Saturday Might, has been sent to Mexico by the
Government Of Canada to look into the matter
OF establishing closer trade relations between
Mexico and Canada. He will visit the agricui.
tural regions south of here.
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a RrookIIn Hoy DroMned.

Eight ear-old Christopher Johnson fell over
board last night while pla> .ns on the pier OF the
foot Of Henry street, Brooklyn. Patrick Kelton
after some difficulty managed to reach the
drowning boy and get HIN on tho pier. but he
could not be rcsusilatcd. Tho body WAS 70
moved to the boys home at 5S Cole street.
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Lone BRANCH, N. j., July 9.-Thieyes entered
John b. Doerr's country seat near Branchport
carly this morning and carried of 300 worth
of silverware. Entrance was gained through
the basement window. There Il no clue 70 tho
thieves.
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NOR VIOLENCE WAS FEARED.
Sones, tho Assaiinnt OF Miss Terwiniksr. &c.
cretIy Conyeyed 20 Court.

HIGHLAND FALLS, N. Y, July 9.-Edward
Jones, charged with tho criminal assault upon
Miss Anna Terwilliger Of Walden on last Tues
day morning, was brought from Newburs jail
ana arraigned before Justice Avery this after
noon. Owing to a fear OF mob violence court
was convened In q private house in an isolated
part or town. IIhe prisoner was taken from the
about way to court to avoio being seen by tho
eHasperated villagers, Jones pleaded guilty to
Inc charge ana was committed without bail to
Jury.
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BURGLARS IN HARLEM.
they Rob Two Houses within n Few Doors
from Each Other.

Burglars visited Mrs. f. T. Daniels's house
at 20 East 10th street Thursday night. They
opened the basement door with a Jimmy. and,
on searching the lower rooms, found 1925 In a
drawer in a secretary. They took the money
and left a quantity OF silver plate as being too
bulky to carry.
Tho thieves next visited Robert Gui,c,'s
house at - East l29th street, and broke into
tho basement floor in the same way. They
found meat and bottled beer In the ice box and
bread and cake in the pantry. After making a
hearty meal they took $7o from a desk drawer
both houses.
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CAPT GROO TO BE TRIED.
Chapman May Have to Answer for DissrdsrIy
Houses Moss Kasws or

The charges against Police Captain Groo for
failing to suppress disorderly houses in his pre-
cinct will he served In three or four days. Chief
Conlln said yesterday that he was waiting for
the outcome OF some raids made in the precinct
by Inspector Allaire. II conviction follows, 1t ID
OF itself a case again5t Groo.
What other Captains are next to go on the
rack is u matter O: conjecture. Capt. Chap
man seems 10 teol secure, though Mr.. Moss said
no could put his hands on houses in his precinct
that should be raided,
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BARRETT no ISL OWE $50 600 RENT.
Judgment Taken by Default YeGterday-Dis-
possess Proceedings TO Follow.

Judgment for $4,000 arrears OF rent was
entered yesterday in the Eleventh District
Court against n. II. Barrett, proprietor of the
barrett House, Forty-third street and Broad
way. Tho suit was brou hit by Dewitt. Lock
man & Dewitt OF SO Nassau street IN behalf OF
the defendant nor his attorney, NJ. G. Gray. WAS
present IN court and the judgment went by de.
fault. II Nr. Barrett does not settle he will
city yesterday it was not possible to learn his
Iluns.
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Mrs. Rraua uua,e,oa for Murder.

Mrs. Anna Braun. the young widow who gave
her seyen-yoar-old son Charles a fatal dose of
Paris green in soda water in the drug store at
De Kalb and Clermont avenues. Brooklyn. on
MAY ~ last, was Indicted for murder In the
pleaded not guilty, and was remanded for trial.
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Court Calendars Thls Das

Supreme court-specia Term-Part Hex pArte
matters
Surrogate's Court-Chambers-Ho day calendar.
For probate-Wil OF Walter Pitt, at 1880 An.
City COurt-SpSclal Term-hotions.
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North Shore Limited-New York CentTaI's morning
train To Chicago, Leave Grand Central station 1000,
arrive Bluaio Gao J.. NJ, Chicago next ,mornIng ~
800. BY Michigan CeRtrai.-Idv.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
A PIaasant Wedding.

Robert Murl5er of this place and Miss
Gertrude Hum phrey of Grand Rapids
were married at the home of the brides
parents in that city Wednesday even
ing, Oct 18th, at eight o'clock. Rev.
Mr.. Wheeler, the brides pastor, per-
formed the marriage ceremony in the
presence of about twenty-five of the
most intimate fr lends. An elegant sup
per was served and those who went
from here pronounced it one of the
pleasantest weddings i'll every respect
that they ever attended. The bride is
one of the most F opular young ladies of
Grand Rapids, W lille the groom is well
and favorably known here. The un-
usually large nupuber of presents prove
the high esteem in which both Of the
contracting partie were held. Geo.
Taylor and Albert Olmstead were pres
ent at the wedding. The happy couple
will come to Alma tomorrow where they
will make their future home.