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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-05

rated apples. prime wire tray, 5l-fc. per
pound; wood dried. prime, lie. cnoice'
BIC; fancy. Gas lie. Prunes, Su' &c.
per pound. as TO size and quality. Aprl-
cots. Royal, sac; Moor Park, nc.
Peaches. unpeeled. 6Gsc.; peeled. huifc'
per pound.
Tomatoes-Per box or crate, as to quail
ty, Tn75c.
Cabbages--Jersey and Long Island, per
100 pounds. s2Q$3.
Coffee-Options opened steady and D
points higher. following Improvement IN
European markets; eased off under ,ocal
and foreign selling pressure, heavy Bra
lillian receipts. slack outside interest, ana
small warehouse deliveries: closed steady
net unchanged 10 s points decline; sales,
$500 bags, including September. SoDg
s.. "; December s6.soqs1; April. W.
May. y.2ousI.25. Spot Rio quiet: CordoVas
$50; sales. 500 bags Maracaibo. p. I.
Sugar-Raw firm; fair refining, Site;
centrifugal, Sc degrees test, 33-fc.; re-
fined firm
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-05

Cash quotations were as follows: flour
strong and l5c higher. No. 2 yellow
corn. q 1-2G2Sc. No. 2 spring wheat
rs 3-lc: No. spring wheat. 900 l-2e.;
No red 50 lie. No. 2 corn. q 7-Sd2Sc.
No. 2 oats. II lac; No. 2 white. 10 S-4c.;
No. 3 white. Is l-2n21c. No. rye. ~ LA
43c No. barley +. o. b., &c, No 4,
% l-2a26c No. ] faxseed, 30 lie. Prime
timothy seed. $40 Mess pork. per bar
rel $50. Lard. per 100 pounds, ti.65
Short rib sides Qoose) $500 $50 IL; dry
sailed shoulders boxed, $5.25; short clear
sides boxed, $5GS5.12 IL. Whiskey, dis
tillers' finished goods, per gallon. Sl.ls.
Sugar. cut-loaf unchanged. Butter nIih;
creamery. lGdli l-2c. dairy. 74l2c.
Cheese dun at l-2a9c. Eggs firm at
q f-0It1Oc
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06
Three-Days Tour to Washington.

Washington at the present time is the most
attractive city on the continent. lis archi-
iectural grandeur has often been commented
upon. ard its various departments and in
stitutious arc among the most interesting in
the world. The Capitol. the Treasury, the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the
Smithsonian Institute and National Mu
scum, and the now Congressional Library
are all intensely interesting, and the great
Monument Affords a view long to be re-
ncmbcred.
The next personally-condnctcd tour of the
Pennsl Ivania Railroad will leave New York
and Philadelphia February 18th. Tickets in
cCding transportation hotel accommo lations
and every necessary expense, will he sold at
the following rates: From New York
Brooklyn, and Newark. Sl4.50: Phiipsburg,
n j., 7ll.50; Pottsyl!le 414.30. Cape May,
s12.75 and at proportionatc rates from other
points.
For tickets, itineraries, and full nforma-
ton apply to ticket agents: Tourist agent,
1876 Broadway, New York; or Geo. w. Boyd,
Assistant General Passenger Agent, Broad
Street Station, Philadelphia. 6icb1t
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06
NORTH EAST NEWS.
NORTH EAST. Feb. 5, 1897

NORTH EAST. Feb. 5. 1897.
Mrs. Joseph Summerill and children, of
New jersey has been visiting her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Shippers.
The revival is still in progress at the NJ. L.
Church. About IS persons have prolcssei
conversion.
There will be communion at the NJ Z.
Church, Sunday morning.
Rev. Giles b. Cooke who has been visiting
in Virginia, for two weeks returned houc
this week and will his pulpit as usual next
sunday.
Rev. Mr.. Humphrey, of ITavrc de Grace,
filed the pulpit oil St. Mary's P. L. Church
last sunday.
There have been as high AS 10 people at
CARROT Cove, Using through the ice with lea +
minnow this week and As nigh as IA bus ell
has been caught by one person. On Thurs
day rs high rs 9S people were on the ice at
one time
Mrs. $. A. Sturgeon and boys have returned
from three weeks visit TO Philadelphia
friends.
Miss Annie Jones, of Chesapeake City, is
visiting Mrs. j. $. Smcoe.
Rev. W. r. Hammond is home from Laurel.
Del, where he has been conducting revival.
Mrs. John I. Neasey is on visit to rela-
tivcs at Il distance.
Harry Harvey fell on Monday evening and
cut his hand badly. He has for several years
been afflicted with disease in the bones of
his legs and has been confined largely to his
home. He was coming into the house when
he fell, the large part OF the thumb striking
an axe near. DIR. Worral was summoned
and rendered the proper medical attention.
The Whitaker Cornet Band will give an
oyster and poultry supper on Saturday even
ing the 18th, in the &. A r. hall. The Prn-
cipio Silver Cornet Band and Orchestra will
give Il fine musical concert during the entire
evening. Every one should turn out and
make the supper a success.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06
List of Sales Reported BY ShOckley and
Smith.

Monday, February s-Wiliam Winch,
Quicksll farm Iron Hill. Horses, Cattle and
Implements. 10 O'clock
Thursday, February 11-Mrs. j. Fletcher
Price, one mile south of Bethel Church.
Horses, Cattle and Implements. 10 o'clock
Saturday, February 13-Partridgc Estate,
Elkton, at Court House Door.
Monday, February BE. T. Evans, near
Armstrong; Corner, Delaware. Horses.
Cattle and Implements. 10 o'clock.
Wednesday, February 17-Mrs. NJ. r. Clay
ton, on the "Home Farm. two miles west OF
Mt. Pleasant Horses, Cattle and Imple-
ments. 10 o'clock.
Tuesday, February 23-1Irs. NJ. II. Clayton
on the Spicer Farm, three miles east of Mt.
Pleasant. Horses, Cattle and Implements.
10 O'clock.
Wednesday. February 24-W. II. Cochran,
one mile west of Middletown. 10 o'clock.
Thursday, February 25-Nathan Mccoy,
Deshane Farm, two miles south of Chesa-
peake City, near st. Augustine. Horses.
Cattle and Implements. 10 O'Clock.
Tuesday, March 2-Captain Washington
Foster, Elk Neck, four miles from Elkton.
Horses Cattle and Implements. 10 O'Clock
Saturday, March John HGgan. two miles
east of Elkton. Horses, Cattle and 1mple-
ments. 10 O'Clock.
Tuesday, March 16-Wilam Roberts Getty
Farm, near Childs Station. Horses, Cattle
and Implements. 10 O'Clock.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06
MRS. |. II. LITZENBERG, Elkton, Md
70 Florida via Pennsylvania Railroad.

To Florida via Pennsylvania Railroad.
The midwintcr exodus has begun. The
discomforts and dangers Of wet winter
weather are here, but to the southwafd, from
"A cloudlcss sky, beams beautiful sun upon
a blooming land.
The next Pennsylvania Railroad tour to
Jacksonville Florida, allowing two weeks in
Florida, will leave New York and Phila-
delphia February 9Th.
Excursion tickets, including railway trans
portion, Pullman accommodations zone berth
and meals en- route in both directions while
travelling on the special train. will he sold at
the following rates: Now York, $4,000,
Philadelphia, SIS 90; Cauandaigua, $50. So:
Erie, :jIS5; P.;tsourg, .53 90, and ut pro-
portionate rates from other points.
For tickets. itineraries, and other infor-
nation apply to ticket agents, Tourist agent
at 1896 Broadway Now YorH. or to Geo. W.
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent,
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia. 6feb1t
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06

Simon S. Hartman, of Tunnelton, West Va.
has been subject to attacks of collie about
once 4 year, and would have to call doctor
and then suffer for about twelve hours as
as much as some do when they die. He was
taken recently just the same as at other
times and concluded to try Chamberlain s
Collie, Cholera and DiarrhTa Remedy. He
says: II took one dose OF it and it gave
me relief in five minutes. That is more than
any thing else has ever done for me- For
sale by Il. b. Frazer, Druggist Elkton Md
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06
PRINCIPLE FURNACE.

PRINCIp1o FURNACE, Feb. 5, 1897.
George L. Winchester, Of West Virginia, is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Craig.
Miss Agnes Moore, of Newark, Del, was
the guest Of Mr. and Mrs. Il. S. Seminar.
Mrs. Cecil Craig has been nursing a spell
OF Ia grippe but is improving.
Mrs. Edward Davis who was hurt by being
knocked down by COW is able to be about
again.
Miss Sydney Kane, of Perryville, was the
guest of Miss Annie Morrison.
The Principle Band have postponed their
entertainment until February IL.
Mr.. John Burroughs, OF Chase, Nd, was
buried at St. Marks Cemetery on Thursday,
January %. The deceased was brother of
Mrs. Alexander Jackson of this place.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06

at a store in Warwick, two boys running
horses ran into it bending the axle and dishing
the wheel.
On Thursday afternoon while Mr.. Bert
Redding was out sleighing his horses became
Interchangeable and threw the three ladies' out
but fortunately did not hurt them.
Thomas G.. Dickerson and Maggie NJ Ben
ton were quietly married at the NJ. L. par
sonage on Thursday afternoon. January 2S,
at O'Clock by the Rev. I. Watkins.
Mrs. Perkins and Miss Lizzie Price have
returned to Philadelphia after spending two
weeks with relatives in the neighborhood.
Miss Ella Jones, of Mllington, is visiting
her cousin Ms. Mary Price rear town.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06
RISINGSUN ITEMS.

RIsINGsUN. Feb. D. 1897.
Messrs. Jonathan and j. Gainor Reynolds
are in Washington on official business.
The entertainment given by the students of
the f. n. l. and held in the school building
, every way The building was filed to the
doors, and the program was well rendered.
The regular monthly social will be held at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs w. NJ. Pogue on
Friday evening.
Misses Vioette T. and Halle Ii Haines
entertained IA few friends at their home ON
Saturday evening ut an Conservation Party
and alterward dancing was INDUCED in.
Some of those present were Misses Mabel G.
and Virginia Gillespie, Laura c. Miller. Kath-
arine Pieif1er. Mary Ball, Ann Haines. Ethel
Thompson. Lucretla Blackenburs of Swath-
more College, Bertha Nesbiit of Port Deposit
Addio Smith, Mary l.. Worthington, Messrs
W. r. Nesbitt, Philip Bond, Roy Snyder of
Port Deposit, Samuel Cooper of Colora
Evans Ewing, II. +. Richards and H. l..
Worthington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. L. stephens gave n re-
| ception in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. ID. NJ.
Wright on Friday evening.
The slcighing was good for II while on We'd
ncslay morning and quite number were
out trying their trotters.
The Clatauqua Circle me: ut the NJ. E.
Parsonage on Wednesday evening last.
The Risingsun Dramatic Club will give an
entertainment in the town hall here on Fri
day and Saturday evening, February IL and
10 The club proposes giving two plays, one
each evening, and will be some of the best
ever given here.
Garfield Post held its regular meeting for
election OF officers on Thursday.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06
HARPER s. BROTHERS
p. o. Box $50 n. Y. City,
Harper''s Bazaar
IN 1897.
IN 1891.

The l'uzlr, Il thoroughly up-to-datc period
icu for women, will enter upon its Tnirticth
Volume in 1897.
As Fashion journal it is unsurpassed. and
is an Indispensable requisite for every we'll
dressed woman. katharin De Forest writes
q weekly letter on current fashions from
Paris. In New York Fashions, and i'm the
fortniHhtly pattern sheet supplement, ladies
find fun details, directions, and diagrams for
s9 MdGs EWr"p' and h chidrens clothing
grave the newest and finest Partisan designs
every week.
The serials for 1897 will be: The h, d Bridge
NcEhhorhuod, 10y Maria Louise Pool; and
Father QuinnalliUn, by Octave Thunct Short
stories will be constantly presented by brilli-
ant writers, among whom are Mary l.. Wilkins
Ruth McEncry Stuart. Viola Roseboro, and
Margaret Sutton Briscoc.
What women are doing in various parts of
the Union will orm series of special interest
Other interesting features are The Outdoor
Woman, devoted to hcathfnl sports and
pastimcs; Music, n weekly critical summary
Of music in New York; Amateur Theatricals,
Embroidery and Nccdcwurk, Ceremony and
Etiquette. Good Housekeeping, What Girls
are Doing" Current Social Events and
Personals CLEANED from original sources.
Women and Men. Colonel Il. w. IIigginson
Will regularly continue his valuable essays
Answers to Correspondents. This column is
conducted for the benefit and convenience OF
readers, and all questions received are an
swcred in rotation, as promptly and fully as
| practicable
Art. The Bazaar is notable picture gallery
! reproducing the most beautiful works of
American and foreign artists, us presented in
the annual Paris and New York exhibitions.
| Wit and Humor. Everybody turns for Il
hearty laugh to the Bazar's last page.
! An All Round Womans Paper. What more
| appropriate gift can be made to wife, daughter
! or sister than u subscription to Hmpcrs
| BiEaF Secure il MS IL welcome visitor in your
| household for 1897.
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For one year IS w
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06
CECILTON ITEMS.

CEcILToN, Feb 5. 1887.
Mr.. James j. Hall, of Pennsbury, is spend
ing some time in Baltimore with his daughter
Mrs. Charles Ditman.
Miss Gertie GOWN is visiting among friends
in Wilmington.
Miss Hess Ferguson has returned to Phila-
dephia after spending some time at home.
Miss Kate Ferguson spent several days with
her mother.
While Charles Crawford's team was hitched
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06
Threw Away His Canes.

Mr.. ID. Wiley, ex-postmaster, Black Greek
n. Y, was so badly afflicted with rheumatism
that he was only able to hobble around with
canes, and even then it caused him great
he was so much improved that he threw
away his canes. He says this liniment did
him more good than all other medicines and
treatment put together. For sale at so cents
per bottle by r. b. Frazer, Druggist, Elkton.
Md.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06
Harper'S Magazine
IN 1897
IN 1897

Fiction: The Marian, the new novel by Du
Maurier, tn, eagerly expected successor to
",Trilby,' began in October Number, ls!'b,with
illustrations from the authors drawings. a
new novel by Frank X StocktOn-dcvclopn9
twentieth Century Renaissancc-fu OF hii-
morous situations and chalacteristicallA Illus
tratcd. A Pair of Patient Lovers, by William
Dean Howcs Other striking novelties by
American authors. Short stories by Mark
Twain, Thomas Nelson Page Richard Harding
Davis owen Wister, John kendrick Bangs
Ruth McEncry Stuart, Octave Thanet, Mary II.
wilkins, and other popular writers.
Science: Story of the Progress of Science
during the Nineteenth Century Il series of
papers by DR.. Henry Smith Williams, supple
mcntcd by contributions on special sub, cts
by expert scientists Articles on the relations
of curious psEch4loSical manifestations to
American Features: The Mexico of to-day, II
series by Charles +. Lumm S. splcndidiy illus
tratcd-thr result of recent visit to Mexico
undertaken for Harpcr's Magazine. Mexico is
prominently Il silycr-producing country, and
Its monetary operations rest entirely on IL
silver basis, Owing to the keen discussion of
certain economic problems in connection with
issues of urgent impurtancein American pol
itics. these papers, will command general at
tenton American Historical Papers. Joy Wood
row Wilson, John Bach acMustcr and james
Barnes. The true story of Sherdan's Ride, by
Gen, q, a. Forsyth, Cont mutation of HOwellss
Personal "reminiscences of eminent literary
Americans
Africa and Che East: White Mans Africa. IL
fully illustrated series of papers by POultnry
Bigclow, the result of personal obscl vations
dnrng 4 recent trip to Africa, covering the
whole field of European eXp ,itatiOn of that
country. Illustrated articles by stephen Bon
sal on The transformations going on in Eastern
Siberia, recently visited by the aui hOr. Hun
g.iiun Sketches WRITE Tn and drawn by Hop-
k.nson smith, The fun story of the recent
Coronation of the Gar, by Richard liardinr
Davis, illustrated by X. eaton Woodvillc, who
was commissioned by Queen Victoria to paint
II picture of the ceremony.
orn npt IN cppy n1, ..,ti sn MI
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Il ,irothcrS.
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For one year Si0C
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Address
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HARPER & BROTHERS
p. o. Box $50, N. Y. City.
Harper'S Weekly
IN 1897.

With the end of 1896 iarpci's Weekly will
have lived forty years, In that time II has
participated with all the zeal aud power ut its
command i'll he great political events of the
most interesting and important period in the
history OF the country and il mas spread be-
Tor" lis readers the accD .npIi"hmCntS or
science. aits. and letters fort instruction OF
he human mind ana the amrlioraton of
human conditions and of manners.
What the Weekly has been III its spirit and
purpose. as these have been mani CStcd prlnr-
ally in its editorial pae Is, itwllc ,ntinurto be-
1t is impossible to announce with precision
| all that hc Week ky will contain during the
year 1887. II were as easy to announce what
is about to happen in the world what triumphs
tor good government are to he won, what ud-
ranccs of the people are To be made, what is
10 he IN" outcome of the continuous struggle
between the spirits of war and peace, what j.
to huppcil in the far East, what is to be th,.
state IF Europe twelve months hence, what
new mftrv"lS OF science arc to be revealed, or
what are to he the achievements of arts and
letters, for the Weekly is to be Il pictorial
record of all this.
Cartoons will continue to be Il feature.
Serial Stories. a New England story by
Miss Mary Il. wilkins, will begin in January
A tale Of u Greek uprising against the Turks,
Dy Mr. EF Benson, the author of ',Dodo,"
the Styx." by Mr.. John Kcndricli Bangs, illus
trutrd 10y Mr.. Peter Newell.
Nor short Stories wiIappCar in the Weekly
than II has been possible to pub ish during 1896
Departments: Mr.. W. ID. iiowclis's Life and
Letters" have been amOng the most charming
features OF periodical literature; Mr.. +. 5.
Martin, and others will contribute obscr, IL
ti0ns ON what is going ON in "rhs Busy
World" "AmatcurSport" illrcman the most
important department of its kind in the
country.
The Weekly will continue to present to its
readers the worlds news most Interesting to
Americans. to make important advances in
both the literary and artistic features, and to
retain for itself the leading place in the illus
ttatCd journalism of the world.
NpWSpnprrS are not tO cOpy This ndynrtisr-
mcnt without the express order of
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VI JIit cal ,N
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06

Marriage licenses We're issued this week to-
Harry J. Dinsmore, of Perryvillr. and Mary
Grouse, of Woodawn; William II. Miller and
Clara j. Shanks, both of Colora; Wilson A.
Kimble, Of Risngsun, and Mary A. WINS. of
Coora
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06
Died.

SMITH.-At Appleton, Md.,. on Jan. 0, 1897, OF
dptheria, Walter Kennedy son of George
ii. ana Margaret Il. Smith, aged 10 years, Q
months and days.
Alas how changed that lovely flower which
bOomrd and cheered oar hearts, yet my in
most spirit says Thy will must be done"
How we miss that Gathering tongue which
we did love to hear and see that his place is
empty. Our lovely boy has gone to rest and
our hearts do mourn He was loved by all
who knew him. Gone but not forgotten.
Ills MOTHER
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06

The economy vast operations particular lines merchandise
has been by years of mutually satisfactory trial Thus
large distributions Furniture
Underwear of lines home and personal supplies Plans
formulated months advance and experts markets
place orders advantageous for the goods Sometimes
Our Public almost half judged by usual pcesomemes
'".' " hepfulness worth while?
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06

T7EhuEE frum
atuEk-Takins.
Braided Reveres:
s. ones reduced to SI.25.
SI.75 ones reduced to $I25
Fl ones reduced to Csc.
9oc ones reduced TO soc.
Beaded Reveres:
Sc ones reduced to s..
81 ones reduced to So.
$2.25 ones reduced to 81 so.
$r.S5 reduced to SIPS.
SI.75 reduced to $G25.
One lot of colored and
B cii Braids reduced to &C
and SC per yard.
We have 1000 yards Of the
best quality standard Indigo
b ,e Prints. All new patterns
at &C per yard.
One case Outing Flannels,
Sc quality for SC, and I2Hc
quality for Sc.
Two hundred Gray Blankets
subject to slight imperfections,
I0c each.
Thirty pairs fine White
Extra Heavy Blankets, $3.50
grade, for SIS per pair.
Mnsllns--a new supply.
1000 yards Hill bleached, yard
wide, &c.
1000 Yards Burleigh Long Cloth,
specially nice and fine for under
wear, reduced from 12E to &C.
per yard.
Dimity PIaids and Stripes.
1000 yards in the 20 and 25c grades,
2 to 10 yards for I2Hc. per yard.
Wonderful value.
Silks at a bargain.
Thirty pieces splendid quality
Kaiki Wash Silks, 25c. value
for I9c. per yard.
Tweuty pieces elegant quality
Habitat Wash Silks, 46c value
Tor 29c, per yard.
Bed Spreads.
In Marseiles patterns, our 81
goods for roc.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06
ESQ Bedroom Suites.

Tor several years February has been improved for til
distribution of Bedroom Furniture and today finds better than
prepared Nearly
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06
$l5O,OOO Worth of Bedroom Furniture

Has gathered for this months selling Every has
anticipated There pretty Oak Suites So Curly
Birch In all there hundred fortvone
patterns.
Antique Oak Suites, 5000
Curly Birch Suites, SIS s125
Bird's-Eye Maple Suites, s2s to 5000
Mahogany Suites, $50 o
end of odd bureaus cfonnerS toilet tables
Wardobes.
There need to burden you with further details Whatever
Furniture selling have negeny outdone
This interests every housekeepe and hotel keeper within hundred
and fifty miles of Philadelphia
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-01

ing through the Sou thern fields. Our liberty
Is protected oy law, The liberty of.every man,
press, PLATFORM and pulpit IS protected by the
( law, and every gun fired in the war an
nouneed this fact -. .. = =. -
He then paid a glowing tribute to the
personality Of the old soldier, The women
who wrote and worked tor the cause and
the prophets, as he called Wendell Phil
lips, bralam. Lincoln, Ellsworth, Sher.
mau. Sheridan aud Grant.
/ Genera! n. P. Gnipman, departmen ent
commander OF The 6. a r., related some
OF the early history Of Memorial day and
his work with General John A. Logan. in
promulgating the otder forthe day.. He
was ioLewed by Charlie L. Pierce, divis-
ion commander, Sons of Veterans, who ap-
pealed to the. sons and daughters OF the
old soldiers o JON the organization.
During The evening musical numbers
were rende ed by Mrs. Blake Alyerson.
Alfred Wilkie and the choir of the Eng
sh Lutheran church. The closing ex-
ercises was a."Memorial of Flowers by
forty eight girls from the Durant and
Lincoln public schools.