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A Good Work.
(Pasadena NewsN

The Sacramento Record Union" is
doing a good work in calling the States
attention to the need of af rec wagon
road built and maintained by the Gov
ernment into Yosemite Valley. 1t says:
We have in this State the greatest,
most imposing and awe-inspirine of the
natural wonders; the sublimest of ma
lures temples TO God, the Yosemite Val
ley 1t is buried in the bosom of
great national reserve. Over that re-
serve and to that valley we hold that
the Federal Government should build a
good, swift, easy, permanent model free
road, to relate, over the most approved
route, with the valleys of California and
the lines of usual transportation"
A petition to this end is in the News
office. Call and sign it at your leisure
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f their antiquity and historic charac-

of their antiquity and historic charac-
ter.
Leo XIII. is said to have distributed
the bulk of the money gifts sent to him
on his jubilee in fostering the foreign
missions of his church, in aiding poor
dioceses at home and abroad, in inn
proving the condition of the poor
throughout the world, and in general
for the benefit of humanity, but he did
not of course, dispose of the wrought
gifts that were sent TO him by the va
rious nations, nor convert the value Of
such gifts into cash in promotion of his
charitable intentions. These things are
still treasured in the Vatican-and this
is why the palace of the Oldest dynas-
~ in Christendom is still richer than
the frozen gold fields of the north, to
which men are rushing in swarms these
days in a quest for the yellow metal
New York World
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painted white and fastened on thin
board that is sawed to shape and COW
cred with black velvet. One arm and
one leg are pointed so as to be readily
removed and replaced by the assistant
when he is operating on the skeleton.
The tables are made either of wood
of papier mache and painted white
The vases are made of papier mache,
painted white on the outside and black
on the inside. The reason the inside
of the vases are painted black is to
prevent the hand of the assistant be-
ing seen when he places it in the vase.
This is one Of the most expensive Of
stage illusions, costing several hun
dred dollars to properly manage it, but
in magic as we'll as in other business
cheap apparatus is dear at any price
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English as She Is Writ.

The classified ads" of a Chicago
morning paper recently contained the
following, says the Times -HeraId":
''Wanted-A second hand woman's
Columbia bicycle, 1895 make"
On the same day a State street house
advertised 1000 damaged ladies' cloth
capes at &c each"
Was the second hand woman of the
morning paper anything like the dam
aged ladies of the State street store?
If not, why not? They would seem to
belong to the same family" as the
masquerading nephew in "Olivette"
would say.
A Michigan avenue advertiser several
weeks ago announced that he had 1.-TWO
imported ladies' handsome Easter lack
cts cheap" Are these imported la
dies" of the sort that rule our kitch-
ems nowadays?
One of the dry goods houses a few
days ago advertised "$3 black figured
brilliantine ladies' dress skirts 's3
checked woolen ladies' dress skirts''
and $50 plaid ladies' dress skirts"
Were those figured. checked and plaid
ladies similar to the "tattooed ladies"
so frequently found in the dime mu-
seums few years ago?
One Of the department stores recent
ly advertised "all wool boys sweaters. -
'japanned infants bathtubs" and q
solid oak childs high chair" An all
wool boy would certainly need a sweat
er. and possibly a japanned infant
would need q. bath quite as much as
a flesh and blood one. But, seriously,
a. solid oak child" must be tough. IF
a. boy, he is very apt to be a block
head as well, and if a girl she would
scarcely expect to have willowy form
| on growing UP to woman's estate.
Another dry goods house advertised
five cent ladies' extra quality ribbed
balbriggan sleeveless vests" Well,
five cent ladies" are just the ones who
would wear vests" The word west, 2"
when applied to a mans garment, is
almost as bad as that other vulgarism,
pants" but applied to woman's gar
ment it is still more vulgar
The record-union., 1897-10-03
How Wasps Build Their Nests.

In tree in the garden round the
house where [ was stopping was a
Wasp's nest in process of construction.
The busy insects were going back
wards and forwards carrying their ma
terial to the paperlike fabric: but.
though | watched several days. I could
not discover where it was collected IT
happened that the pillars of the YER
anda OF the mud-built house in which
| was stopping were roughly hewn
trunks of the Lombardy poplar that
grows in that region to a good size
ana considerable hight without
branches, and makes a clean straight
stem. One afternoon, while lettering
about the veranda, L noticed that num-
pers Ct Wasps were alighting on the
side Of these pillars that was worn bv
the weather, and then, after short
stay, moved eff again, apparently car
rying away small load with them.
Stationing myself close to one of the
pillars l soon had the satisfaction of
seeing wasp alight on it, After run
ming about over the surface to find
what he was in search of, he suddenly
stopped, and carefully feeling the spot
he was on, he cut the worn surface
with his nippers, and then proceeded in
a workmanlike manner to cut from the
surface of the wood a strip the width
to which he could extend his nippers
Iatarally and as he moved backwards
he rolled the strip up under his chin
with the aid of his forefeet until he
mad as much as he could conveniently
hold, when he gave a finishing cutoff
and flew away Watching the work of
construction afterwards, it was mar
Velous to see how the end of the little
roll was attached to the strip of work
that was being added to, by means of
some WaXy gum eXuded by the builder
and Joined on laterally as it was un-
rolled until finished, and then the work
man would fly away for a fresh piece
Each insect cut off strip averaging
about three-eighths of an inch in
length and little under an eighth in
width, and nothing could be more ad-
mirable than the artistic and business
like way in which they carried on their
Round Table.
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An AnliabIe Plan.

81 see you and Daggett have settled
your old feud. How did it come about?'
1--WE came to terms. He called me a
fraud and I called him a hypocrite; he
said, you're a liar and said you're
another
'Well, I must say I don't see how
that helped matters any,
mo? But it did. 'Well,' says Dag
gett, If we're both liars, it must be
that neither Of US is as bad as the
other says he is.' 1t did look that way,
so we shook hands and called it square.
Good plan, wasn't it?"-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
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GEORGE z. EDMUNDS.
For Thirty Years United States
Senator From Vermont.

The head of the monetary conference
appointed under the instructions of the
Indianapolis Monetary Conference is
George f. Edmunds of Ver-
mont. He is able, quick, astute, strong
in conviction and one of the most sue
cessful lawyers in the land
He began the practice of law in 1849
when he was u years of age. Five
years later he became a member of the
The record-union., 1897-10-03

Vermont Legislature. In 1861 he was
President of the State Senate and in
that same year he was appointed by
the Governor to fill a vacancy in the
United States Senate. He has an un-
broken record of thirty years in the
Senate and retired in 1891, upon his
voluntary resignation. He never gave
up his legal practice, but of late years
has confined it to the United States
Court. Since his retirement from the
Senate he has lived part of the time at
Burlington and part of it at Philadel-
phia.
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It Lasted.

Willy-Did you have a good time at
the party the other night?
Tommy-Did {? Well. I guess had
all I could stuff into me. and I ate 50
much that I was SO sick next day that
couldn't go to school. Good tinlei
You beti-Boston TRANSCRIPT.
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Humor.

"When I see the happy faces around
me- remarked the new missionary, be-
nignly, 'I know that my predecessor
was a good man."
"Cocoanuts!" Kissed the cannibals,
clutching their clubs.
There had been washed ashore upon
their islands no comic papers bearing
date later than 1760, and yet these
savages were doubtless quite CONVEX
SAINT with the general trend, at least,
Of contemporaneous humor.-Detroit
Journal
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The cells in the Jail at Dover, n. H,
are arranged in a circle and revolve,
so that the inmates can successfully see
the country at all points Of the COM
pass.
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The Clunie. new in fact, fresh. clean,
handsome in its blue and gold, and
tasteful in it's new draperies, opens for
the season tonight with Gibney's Dra-
matte Company, headed by Comedian
VIII H. Bray. To-night's play will be
The Rag Picker of Paris.
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An Exception.

An Exception.
like to watch my wife when she's
Crocheting
Or when she's tatting mysteries
Essaying.
I often note complacently
Her Shirring.
Nor does her darning prompt in me
Demurring.
But l am spurred. 7 must allow,
To quitting.
When she her alabaster brow
Is knitting.
The Home Queen
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Jessie Norton. now playing at the
Metropolitan in Elleford's company
will be remembered as appearing here
as a soubrette six years ago. She was
clever then. Now she is one Of the
most versatile character soubrette
in the land She is capable likewise of
assuming grave characters. It is said
of her that she would not hesitate to
play Juliet and Cad the Tomboy IN the
same bill.
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Eis Reward.

Visitor-Does mamma give you any
thing for being a. good boy?
Tcmmy-No she gives it to me when
I ain't.-Boston Traveller.
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clear Case of Vacunm.

Ethel-Well, Jimmie didn't blow his
brains out after all because you re-
fused him. He proposed to Miss Co.
lightly yesterday.
Iaud-Did he? Then he must have
got rid Of them in some other way
New Mexican.
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one anything for music : military

done anything for music - military
bands excepted?
The Elleford Company, at the Metro
politan Theater, in this city, has had
a big success for the past week. Doubt
less it will renew it this week, which
will be its last here. 1t is a company
Of capable people, of versatile accom-
plishments. Tonight it opens the sec
ond week with the drama, New York
Day by Day"
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The Government of Venezuela has
made grant in aid of a conservatory
of music to be founded at Caracas. Has
the United States Government ever
The record-union., 1897-10-03

A publishing house recently founded
in Berlin has engaged Professor Rel
mann rs editor of a series of biogra-
phies Of the great composers: Among
the contributors will be La Mara. Jad-
assohn. Lessmann. Bluthaupt, Germs
helm and Auer.
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Nothing is worse for a city than hav-
ing more orchestral enterprises than
the public demand calls for. The re-
suit is apt to be that none Of them
proves profitable enough to pay for
sufficient rehearsals. Even Paris is no
longer able to support three large or
chestras, for it is reported that Lam
ouraux has decided to disband his IA
nous orchestra. In place of his con-
certs he has a project for building an
opera-house on the Bayreuth plan and
giving III it chiefly Wagner's operas.
In an article on Richard Strauss,
which appeared in the "Musikalischs
Wochenblatt." attention is called to the
fact that that composer, who is but
33 years of age, has already written no
less than thirty larger works, including
the following in the order of their pro-
duction: -Marsch" for full or
chestra. quartet for strings. three
"Clavier-Stucke," pianoforte sonata, c
minor; 'cellor sonata, F major; sere-
made for wind instruments. violin con-
certo, = minor; concerto for horn and
orchestra, symphony F minor; piano
forte quartet, a work for chorus and
orchestra, Wanderers Sturmlied";
burlesque for pianoforte and orchestra;
symphonic fantasia, "Aus Ita1ien"; vio-
lin scrata four symphonic poems,
Don Juan Macbeth" It'll Eulen-
spiege1," " And SO Spake Zarathustra";
one opera, "Guntram" with text by
himself; eleven op., comprising fifty
songs. hitherto imprinted, but executed
in public; suite for thirteen wind in
struments; symphony, D minor; con-
cert overture, c minor
The record-union., 1897-10-03

Tho Tennessee Pardner Company
boasts of having baseball nine among
it's members, though Arthur c. Aston
says that no one over u years of age is
eligible to play on the opposing nine yet
a while.
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-06-30
Fire and accident.

Everybody in the village was suddenly
startled by the alarm of fire about half
past one-o' clock on Monday, and con-
siderable excitement prevailed for q few
minutes. The fire was located at the
residence of Daniel M. Ingersoll, where
the kitchen in rear of the store was
found to be in flames. Quick work with
a couple of hand extiDguishers, by Mr..
Ingersoll and Mark Sanders, prevented q
more serious confagration, and the fire
was nearly all out when the chemical
engine arrived minute or two later.
The latter was on the ground in about
seven minutes from the first alarm,
which, under the circumstances, was
excellent time. Fortunately it was not
needed, but it was on hand and ready in
case of an emergency. The fire is sup
posed to have caught from a gasoline
stove in the kitchen, although there was
no explosion.
While the Chemical engine was being
taken back to the fire house, q bad acct
dent occurred to the ten. year old boy of
Zachariah Jones, who stumbled and fell
while coming down the hill near the
Reading r. r. track. He was struck by
the wheel, partially run over, and con-
siderably cut and bruised. A bad scalp
wound and laceration of both legs were
among the injuries received. He was
Immediately picked up and carried into
DR.. Frick g residence, where his wounds
were dressed. No bones were broken,
and it is thought he is not seriously in
iured.
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-06-30

A very interesting and instructive
meeting under the direction of Rev, L. D.
Stnltz and Prof. Riley, of Mays Landing,
in the interest of Sunday school work
was held in the Smithville M. E. Church,
Friday evening last, with Mr.. Henry
Bates, of Port Republic, as chairman.
Some very important measures toward
advancement and extension were dis
cussed.
Home departments were practically
established in the Smithville and Port
Republic Sunday schools.
Short addresses were given by Rev. A.
j. Gregory and Rev. Theo. Darnell. An
organization known as the Galloway
Township Sunday School Association
was perfected with the following officers:
President, Watson Conover, Oceanville;
First Vice President, VIM. A. johnson.
Port Republic; Second Vice President,
Sarah Smith, Smith vile. Secretary, John
w. johnson, Port Republic.
Prof. Riley suggested that a Sunday
school rally be held in Conover's Grove,
including the schools Of Galloway and
Absecon, which was heartily endorsed.
A committee consisting OF the officers OF
the association was appointed TO make
necessary arrangements.
Date to be fixed for about the first OF
August. Let sll take part and makeit
a grand success.
Sunday School Worker.
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-06-30
Sailed.

June %. Sch. Mary 8. Bradshaw fir
Bath for Phila.
Sch. Fannie Arthur fir Bangor for
Phila.
June 23. Sch. Ida J. Lewis fir Char
lesion s. C. for Baltimore.
Sch. Charles F. Tuttle fir New Haven
for Phila.
Sch. Priscilla Scribner fr Phila. for
Salem.
Sch. VIM. johnson fir Phila. for Port
land.
Sch. P. 7. Barnum fir Providence for
Phila.
June "a. Sch. VIM. Nj. Bird fr Phila.
for Port Castries, StL. ucia.
Sch. Robert C. McQuillen fr Phila. for
StOnington.
Sch. H. & J. Blenderman fir Phila.
for Portland.
June 25. Sch. Ida H. Mathis fr Bos-
ton for Kennebec and Phila.
Sch John Shay fir Bath for Phila.
June 26, Sch. Nettie Champion fir
Newburyport for Kennebec.
Arrived.
June %. Sch. Emma C. Knowles at
Charleston S. G. fir Phila.
June 23 Sch. David Baird at Fer
nandins fir N. Y.
Sch. R. & T. Hargraves at New
New Haven fr Phila.
Sch. Emma D. Endicott at Phila. fir
Kennebec.
Sch. Robert C. McQuillen at Phila. fr
Newport.
June a. Sch. Chauncey E. Burke at
Boston fir Phila.
Sch. Emma L. Cottingham at Balti-
more fir Charleston.
Sch. May Mcfarland at Brunswick fir
NY.
Sch. Mary F. Godfrey at Phila. tr
Wilmington Del.
Sch. Samuel W. Tilton at Portland
Me. fir Phila.
June 25. Sch. Gen. E. S. Greeley at
Providence fir Norfolk.
June 27. Sch. Charles F. Tuttle at
Phila. fir New Haven.
Sch. VIM. j. Lipsett at Phila. fr
Portsmouth N. II.
June %, Sch. P. 7. Barnum at Phila.
fr Providence.
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-06-30
Business Personals.

The best burner blue fame oil stove
on the market 81. 90 at Sanders.
Don't fail to visit Wonderland, near
the Iron Pier, when you go to Atlantic
City. 6 3O-96 tt
DR.. Samuel johnson, dentist, Absecon.
Examination free. Prices reasonable,
1857 tt
large number of shoats for sale of
the best stock and grade at Myers 4 Co.
Bakersville N. J.
For Sale-Small Cat Yacht. Inquire
of E. D. Sooy, boat builder. Somers
Point, j. 16 97-5t
For Sale-Cheap, two carriages, one a
two-seated phaeton. Inquire of Louisa
B. Lake, P. o. Box 4, Pleasantville,
Nj. GIG St.
If wanting good reliable wheel call
on j. E. Blake & Co. who are agents for
the Noxall wheel. 4-2S-97-tf
DR.. M. P. Shoemaker, dentist. Office
1414 Atlantic avenue, Atlantic City,
over post Office. tt
For Sale-Cheap, a jump seat carriage,
inquire of W. f. Brown, 1918 Arctic
avenue, Atlantic City.
$500 sheets of music of about 300
different assortments at 2 for 5 cts. and
up at Thomas variety 5 and 10 cent
store.
A. L. Hammell, graduate Optician.
Office at the residence of Geo. Frambes.
Consultation and examination free.
All glasses guaranteed satisfactory.
3-10-97-1yr.
Farms for sale at bargain during
the next sixty days, only $50 per
acre. Convenient to Atlantic City.
Apply to Peter B. Risley, Pleasant
Don't forget when your wheel gets
sick that Megronigle Bros. are right in
the business Of repairing. Always bring
your wheel to us. Weare bicycle doctors.
Step in and look over our stock of new
wheels and bicycle sundries. SO 81
Mr.. Crowley, of Atlantic City, has
entered into partnership with Mrs.
| Harley L. Warner in the undertaking
| business and the firm will be known as
Warner & Crowley. They are prepared
| to give prompt attention to all orders
day or night. Atlantic City address.
1909 Atlantic avenue, Camblos House,
Atlantic City, N. j, 5-19-97.
Just few more Silk Waists left at
these remarkably low prices: $2.75,
50. 80, So. 100. So 25, $3.50. Also q large
variety of Percale, Lawn and Dimity
Shirt Waists, in all the latest styles,
prices ranging from $1.OO, $125, 81. so,
at j. C. Clark's, Dry Goods and Gents
Furnishing Store, 613 Atlantic avenue,
Atlantic City, N. j. 5-12-97.
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-06-30
ESTELLE COLONY.

Els IELLE COLONY.
[EsteIle Colony embraces Mlmay, Rislsy (for.
merly Estellel and Dorothy railroad stations.l
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Durant, of Tenth
avenue, have gone to Ocean City on a
visit.
Peter Levsen, of Passaic, N, j., has
built house on his lot, 1861 and moved
into it.
Charles Brong is building a new house
at the corner Of 9Th and South Jersey
avenues.
Max Groeber, of New York, is here
with a party of young folks and they
are having jolly time.
P. Pauline, of London, England, spent
few days with Mr.. and Mrs. Grellar
lately and was delighted with this section
of the country.
Mrs. E. Billings, of Boston, was among
our recent visitors. She came to look at
her place on Twelfth avenue and she ex-
poets to build here next spring.
R. G. Bernstein and C. Platt, of
Brooklyn, n. Y, spent few days here
lately looking over the colony. Mr..
Platt was here over year ago and on
his recent trip he was surprised to see
the place making such successful pro-
gress. Their farms are 3S7 and $50 on
tract 5.
The fishing season is just now at it's
height, and the disciples of Isaac Walton
go from here every day over to Corson's
Inlet and Sea Isle City. Fishing will
continue good until cold weather comes.
COrsOn's Inlet is about twelve miles and
Sea Isle City about fifteen miles from this
colony. For the benefit of those devoted
to fishing, the South Jersey Railroad
runs special trains every Saturday and
Sunday morning. William A. Mcdonald,
of our Milmay ward, has caught as
many as $50 sea bass and 40 founders
in one day. Weak fish, blue fish, Cape
May Goodies and other varieties of sea
fish are caught in abundance.
Among those who have bought farms
here lately are: Mrs. ]. Baskerville, 1850
Hickory street, Scranton, Pa, farm
1920, tract II; John Downing, 935
Wood Alley, Braddock, Pa, farm 200,
tract 5; James O'Grady, Detroit, Mich,
lot 1913, tract 8; Olga Lorenx. Passaic,
N. j., farm SO, tract 8; Lewis Slice, 113
Amsterdam avenue, New York City, lots
1886, 1857, tract 8; Patrick J. Noouan.
Halsey Place, Allegheny, Pa, lots 2O33,
2O34 and 2O35, tract II; Robert G.
Cheesley, 8 Westrop Villas, Canonbury,
London, England, lot 8, section ~,
tract IL; Mrs. J. Pickett, Plymouth, Pa,
lot 1895, tract II.
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-06-30
NEWS FROM OUR
CORRESPONDENTS:
Items Of Interest from Hd-
joining Touns.
HApPEHlHes AIoHG THE SHORE RESIDENTS.
WHAT is GOING ON ALONG THE SHORE.
SPICY NEWS GATHERED HERE AND
THERE BY OUR REGULAR CORREsPON-
DENTS. EvERYBODY's BUSINESS.
ATLANTICCITY.

The Circus will be US on Saturday,
July Sd.
The Beach Life Guards go on duty
July 1st.
Miss Cora and Debbie Dennis visited
Stella Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brinkle Gummey are on
@ few days vacation.
Miss Alice Sooy has been visiting Miss
Stella Smith in Atlantic City.
Mrs. John Andrews spent Sunday
with her parents at Pleasantville.
Mr.. N. J. Collins and family spent Sun
day with Isaac Collins at Pleasantville.
Mr.. Frederick Hemsley has purchased
very fine team of horses for private
use.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. W. Leeds and J. II.
Lippincott are on q few days vacation
down in Maine.
Mrs Prudie Smith and her daughter,
j anet, took ride on Sunday to Somers
Point on the trolleys.
There are some "chippies" perambu-
lating the streets evenings who ought to
be slapped by their mothers and put to
bed at early candlelight.
Mr.. James Baker and Stella Smith
took ride on their wheels on Saturday
to ScuIlville staying over night at her
aunt's, Mrs. Japhet Champions. They re-
turned on Sunday.
Miss Nellie Garrison, daughter of the
proprietress of Camblos Cottage. cap
tured hotel beat and sneak-thief by the
nrme of Albert Abrahams on Sunday,
10 4<, hot al nj
the different places where he stopped,
and rings and other iswelry was found
to be missing after his departure.
Among the visiting bicycle clubs here
Sunday was the Greenleaf Social, of
Twenty and Redner streets, Phila-
delphia. They were the guests of the
popular John Mahoney, of the Quaker
City Hotel and were royalty entertained
by that wel[known boniface. The rep
resentatives of the club were Frank
Filsburg, president; John Lovegan, vice
president; Harry Piimmer, c. Kain, C.
Morris and Henry Mahoney.
"Dump' Gale and Louis Simpkins,
the two young men who it is alleged, at
tempted to rob E. W. Money, visitor,
on Friday night, while he was riding in
the bus of which Gale was the driver,
were arraigned in the Police Court, Sat
urday evening, charged with attempted
highway robbery. Both defendants
denied their guilt and were held to ap-
pear at the September term of Court,
the former without bail and Simpkins in
81, 900 bonds. Mr.. Money testified that
after entering the bus he noticed that he
was being driven in the wrong direction
and so notified Gale. The latter said it
was all right and when he, the witness,
demonstrated, Gale attacked him. Money
called for help and after q struggle sue
ceeded in escaping. Gale denied that the
assault had taken place but Simpkins
admitted that his companion did at
tempt to rob the passenger. He asserted
that he did not know Gale contemplated
making the attack and claims that he
told him to stop. Gale has been arrested
several times.