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The herald., 1897-08-29
RIVERSIDE COUNTY

$50 this morning to get a box belonging
to him. On approaching he saw VIM. Por-
ter. young man employed in a Los An-
geles printing office. in the front yard, and
asked him what right he had there. The
young man replied that he had rights and
proposed to exercise them. Then the
counter assaults took place,
The construction crew for the city cleo
trio light works is at work on the trans
mission line down Victoria avenue. The
line will be run as far as James street or
Mr.. Irving's new residence. The building
of this line will enable Mr.. Irving to carry
out his plan for pumping water from the
Gage canal by electric power for irrigating
mesa lands above the canal 1t will also
enable the residents along Victoria ave
nue. to profit by the city's liberal offers on
electric lights.
The free silverites are doing politics early
in earnest. They had quiet little meeting
today and issued private circular letter
calling a meeting of the faithful for Mon
day, Sept. 18th, 10 unite in closer and more
systematic organization the citizens who
favor free and unlimited coinage of sill
yer at 16 to L. and those who oppose the
usurpation of power by the few and who
favor equality of all before the law.
AT the meeting of the city trustees this
afternoon the city attorney rendered an
opinion to the efIect that the bonds of the
riverside Water company are taxable.
The tax levy for 1898 was fixed as fol-
lows:
General fund Observation-Disclosures. GO. o
Library iunu Observation-Disclosures. .05. o
"i n uJ.U
,oNNSi iuilu 10. %
Street Improvement bond and interest 13. o
Electric light imp. bond and interest :. oG1
Iotal ....''.,'..' ..,'..'..'..'...... Doc.
1t is estimated that this levy will raise
S6I.02S which, with the $500 now on hand.
will meet the estimated expenses of SO. .416
and leave u little balance
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COTTON

COTTON, Aug. 2S-Regular Cores
pondence). After dancing among three
figures for two weeks the mercury has
got down to normal condition.
The Wood Brothers have about complet-
ed a two-story frame residence with eight
rooms, which they will occupy in few
days.
Ernest Merryfed brought to town this
week a melon of the Georgia stripe va
riety which weighed ninety-sX pounds,
the largest ever seen here. Two others on
the same vine weighed 60 and 76 pounds re-
spectivey.
Rev. W. r. Henderson, former Pres
byterian pastor here and at Santa Monica,
has returned and located permanently in
Cotton. He will practice law here.
C. u. CurtE. from Truckee, has taken
the place of Frank Donnaton of the South
ern Pacific freight office.
S. r. Probst Miner Butterfield W.
Cooking and Charles Cotton are going to
Klondyke.
Major Murphy, manager of the cement
works, proposes to illuminate Stove1
mountain, where the works are situated
with electric lights.
Elmer Benner, who has been critically Ill
from an abscess, for several months, has
almost recovered.
Harvey French mother and sister, Miss
Robil have gone to Los Angeles and the
coast for a couple of weeks.
The dead body of the young man found
at Hinckley, was that of Rex Pake, d
young man who formerly ran the Jot
presses in the Chronicle office. He was
overcome by heat and perished.
T.. Duryee of the cement works has gone
down to the clay field near Perris.
There is good deal of opposition to the
Cotton Fruit exchange, and fruit grow
ers are talking of organizing another one
or selling their fruit outside.
G.. NJ. Hubbard went to Los Angeles this
morning to spend a week.
Mrs Blakely of this city left on visit
to her daughter, Mrs. McCaulley, at Sar
Fernaudo station.
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ORANGE

ORANGE, Aug. 2s.-(Regular Corre-
spondence) During the past week the
following shipments have been made from
the Orange depot of the Santa Fe: Table
grapes, 65, 200 pounds; dried apricots, $3.50;
lemons, 1856 boxes; eggs, 43 cases; honey,
cases.
Mrs. John Mccarthy and family are 60
ing to the canyon on Monday to camp
for about week.
Miss Susie Scarrett goes to Anaheim on
Monday to visit with Miss Phebe Jones
of that place.
The Y. p. s. c. E. of the Christian church,
Orange, gave very nice ice cream social
last night. They made $3.50.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Craddick and Miss
Martha have gone to Temescal
Mr.. and Mrs. James S. Dean, who have
been visiting friends in Orange, went to
Fullerton on Thursday. They expected to
return to their home at Redlands today.
Union services will be held in the Metho-
dist church on Sunday evening. Mr.. p. B.
Hall. pastor of the Christian church, will
preach
w. F. Baker has bought two lots on the
southwest corner of Center and Almond
streets.
Taylor Stephenson who has been visit
ing his children at the home of Mrs. M. "
Adams, has returned to his home in Texas
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SAN DIEGO

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 2S.-Condace Ellis, the
10-year-old daughter of William Ellis, liv-
ing near Fallbrook, this county, was prob
ably fatally burned this afternoon. During
the absence of her mother at neghbor' S
she got too near the stove and her clothes
caught fire. She was alone, and rushed
screaming from the house up the hill to
where her father was working. The
flames completely enveloped her. burning
her hair off and burning her face and body
shockingly. Her father was also severely
burned in extinguishng the flames. She
will probably die.
The United States survey steamer Ged-
ney is now here for several weeks, perhaps
months, to come. Lieutenant-Commande
Osborne has not yet received positive Or
ders from the department at Washington,
but from another source, perfectly relia-
be it is learned that the government is
contemplating a very extensive survey of
the bay Of San Diego. the waters off Bal
last Point, off Coronado Beach, and, in
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POMONA

POMONA, Aug. 2S.-Regular Core.
spondence) VIII r. Greenwood a nephew
of Mayor G. T. Patterson and editor of the
Saturday Beacon of this city, bids adios
amigos mios 10 its readers in today's issue
of that journal. Mr.. Greenwood will be
succeeded by Harry c. Cree of the Ontario
Record. Greenwood says of Cree that he
is college graduate, a practical printer
and thorough newspaper man, and as
such should be welcomed by Pomona. Mr..
Greenwood, it is understood, has received
proposals from the press of both Los An
geles and San Francisco to engage in
work.
Pitcher Thurman of Pomona is going
north to play with the Los Angeles base
ball nine in the game with the Reliance
team of Oakland. In his pitching in Los
Angeles last Sunday, Thurman is said to
have struck out eleven men, which so
pleased the Los Angeles team that his
engagement with them followed.
+. A. Reynolds has been engaged by the
board of education as head janitor of the
schools here. Mrs. Moan was appointed
ianitress of the Central-street school build
ing, Edward Arrowsmith janitor of the
Sixth-street school building, Mrs. Rinear-
son of the kindergarten and Mrs. Dudderar
of the Seventh-street school.
Pomona lodge. No. go, A. o. U. w, was
visited one evening this week by the de-
gree team OF the MOnf0Nla lodge.
Joseph Douglas and son, Ernest to-
gether with Mr.. Hoffman and son, re-
turned this morning from d trip to the sum-
nit of Old Baldy.
Misses Ruth and Edna Ames of this city
will leave next Tuesday morning to at
tend Stanford university.
c. c. johnson has returned from his
eastern trip.
Miss E. Reynolds went to Los Angeles
this afternoon.
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Six Philanthropic Efforts

j. Howard Nichols of Boston, has
given a 10000 library 70 the town of
Kingston. N. H.
L. d. Smith, a manufacturer of Meme
sha Wis, has given to the town tract
of land worth $25, 900 for a public park
and $4,000 for public library.
1t is announced, that Mr.. Geo. w. Van
derblt proposes to build In Asheville, N.
c. a hospital for the treatment of con-
sumptives and persons suffering with
contag gious diseases. He will donate
$1OO 900 as a starter for the institution.
A summer school for the employees of
machine shops and operators of cotton
machinery temporarily out of work has
beer opened in Lowell Mass, under the
direction of Instructor Hedrick, of the
Textile School, assisted by Machinist
McDermott. There are thirty-six pupils
attending. The term will continue two
months.
Miss Agnes Weston, known in Eng
land as the mother of British bluejack-
ets,' has done more for the uplifting of
the English sailor than any other
woman. She has established many
rests" and during TIL, thirty years of
her labor has done much for the cause
of temperance among the tars. Her
temperance magazine, Ashore and
Afoat, has met With such flattering sue
cess that the United States authorities
have especially requested her to mail
the magazine to American warships.
Treasurer Howard " Wakeman, Of
the Pequot Library Association, of
Southport, Conn, has received notice
that Mrs. Virginia NJ. Monroe has
placed on interest the sum of $4,000 TO
be credited to the interest of the library
association. The Pequot Library Build
ing is the gift of the late Albert b. Mon
roe, husband of the donor of the last
named sum. Mrs. Monroe is the daugh-
ter of the late Frederick Marquand, who
became well known by his gift of the
chapel to Yale College. He lived for
years in a homestead where now stands
the Pequot Library Building.
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SHNTH BARBARA COUNTY

Mrs. DR.. A. Blair Shaw will entertain
Monday evening at her residence in Mon
tecito. The Spanish band will furnish music
for the occasion.
Henry G. Ferguson left today for San
Jose, where he will spend his vacation.
baseball game between the Y. M. C. A.
teams is in progress this afternoon at the
Montecito-street ball grounds.
The Santa Barbara delegation to Klon-
dixie, known as the j. R. Fisher party, has
left Juneau for the interior AS the mem
bers of the party are well supplied with
horses. dogs. sleighs and provisions, they
are confident of reaching the mines ere
many days.
Mrs. Rebecca Dow gave birthday party
this afternoon at her home in honor of
her niece, Miss Eunice Cooksey The mil
itary band played several selections.
The herald., 1897-08-29

The fact has been fully established that
DR.. Whitman has discovered a reliable cure
for consumption, all bronchial, throat, lung
and chest diseases, catarrhal affections.
general decline and weakness, loss of flesh
and all conditions of wasting away.
Already his new scientific system of
medicine" has permanently cured hundreds
of apparently hopeless cases by its timely
use, and it seems necessary and humane
duty, therefore, to bring such facts to the
attention of all invalids, that they may be
benefited thereby.
The doctor has proved the dreaded con-
sumption to be durable disease, and has
on file at the Koch Medical Institute scores
of heartfelt testimonials of gratitude from
those who have been cured by him. Ex-
tracts from a few are herewith appended,
the entire letters being too long for pub
lication:
DR.. c. H. Whitman: During the past year
I have seen many cases of consumption
cured by your Improved Tuberculin Treat
ment." / know that it is a specific in the
early stages of tuberculosis, and heartily
recommend it to the use of physicians
everywhere.
w. H. SMITH, M. D.,
Office. corner Third and Main, Los An
geles, Cal.
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CHINO


CHINO. Aug. 2s.-(Regular Corre-
spondence) Mr.. Watts, oil expert OF the
state mineralogistss office, has been here
for several days making an examination
of the land in the hills south of town.
where the sugar company is boring for oil.
He reports indications very favorable for
striking oil. The company's first well is
now down 700 feet. While in the hills Mr..
Watts horse was bitten by a rattlesnake
and died from the effects in great agony,
although efforts were made to save the
animal.
The Puente Oil company has received an
immense oil tank of a capacity of $4,000
barrels and will erect it at once. This
tank will be used for storing the residuum,
which is sold to the sugar factory for fuel.
With this new tank the oil company will
have a storage capacity of $4,000 barrels,
and will he in better position to carry on
it's fight with the Standard Oil company.
The Chino refinery is shipping large guam
titles of coal oil and gasoline to the Artic
Oil company of San Francisco
Up 10 date 26,O00 tons of beets have been
sliced at the sugar factory. and the past
week forty carloads of sugar was ship
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M Barber is building a cottage at the
oil wells.
James Dean and wife left for Redlands
on the noon train, after having visited here
two days with j. w. Dean and family and
Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Dean.
Efforts are being made to revive Fuller
toms chamber of commerce.
A cement pipe factory is soon to be To-
Gated at Richfield four miles east of Full
lerton.
The high school and public schools of
Fullerton will open September 9Th.
Miss Leila Pfeninger will return to the
normal at Los Angeles next week.
Lii. and Jim Gardiner and Guy Lowering
killed four goats at Catalina Monday.
Hugh May is hunting in San Diego
county with friends.
Brickey & Reed are establishing sor-
ghum factory in La Habra valley.
G. A. Brunswicker and family have re-
turned from Yeager's mines.
John Hiltscher will erect q building here
next month for his gun store.
Ed. Amerige of this place is now in Eng
land on business trip.
James Heaslip now has a regular run
as brakeman on the passenger train be-
tween San Diego and Los Angeles.
A bright little boy is now a permanent
resident at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Baxter.
L. T. Dldhe sHlpped Ten crates OIL con-
cord grapes to Los Angeles yesterday and
says there is a great demand for the fruit
The A. o. U. w. lodge will give clam
bake in Fullerton soon
Mr.. and Mrs Ed Atherton and Mrs. J.
Stern and children went to Newport yes
terday.
Mr.. and Mrs Schneider of Orangethorpe
avenue are rejoicing over the arrival of a
little daughter at their home.
Mrs. W. j, Smith and daughters Miss
Ruth and Miss Grace, are at the Landing.
Miss Hinrichs, who has been visiting
friends here for several weeks, will leave
Tuesday for her home in San Francisco.
E. Fl. Appling of Modesto is a guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Reed of La Habra.
w. Heaslip and family will move to Los
Angeles soon. and Miss May will enter the
University of Southern California in that
city.
o. II. Schumacher and family went to
Bolsa beach this morning.
Major Klokke came out from Los Ange-
les on the morning train.
l.. B. Benchley and wife. f. X. Benchley
and son, Mrs. Henry Hetebrink and Alex.
Wright left this morning for Newport
Beach.
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SANTA BARBARA

SANTA BARBARA, Aug. 2S.-(Regular
Correspondence.) The members of the
Santa Barbara parlor. No 116 N. S. G. W.,
are becoming enthusiastic over the coming &
Admission day celebration in Los Angeles
and at Catalina Island. AT a meeting last
night Messrs. w. J Steele. e. NJ Burke and
j. r. Janssens were appointed commit
tee to arrange for the attendance of the
parlor in body. The Barbareno natives.
with their gorgeous American silk flag and
beautiful bear flag, will be conspicuous in
the parade in Los Angeles on the morning
of Sept. 9th.
The funeral of the late Mrs. ]. F. Penrod
took place this afternoon from Grace M.
E. church. 1t was largely attended.
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was closed and the men attending out of
respect to him as a citizen and business
man. His age was 26, and for twenty five
wears of this he has lived in Compton
Mrs Claudina, a Spanish woman, died
of consumption on the 9th and was buried
on Saturday.
Judge Leonard. who lately amcably
separated from his wife, started north on
Tuesday for the gold region-Trinity,
I<londike or somewhere.
The American laundry, owned by VIII
Hall and f.. Forrister, was moved from
Los Angeles to Compton this week.
r. A. Henderson. the Racket man, has
packed his stock and stored them. thus
closing the business.
The Pioneer Salvation Army workers are
putting in a weeks work here.
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OCEANSIDE. Aug. 2S.-(Regular Corre-
spondence) Virgil Wilson, little son of
the local jeweler, fell from a wagon Thurs
day breaking his arm. 1t was set by DR..
Nichols and the boy is doing nicely.
Misses Grace and Alice Fultz are eX
pected home today from Lake county,
where they have been visiting for two
months.
The fiesta is now in session at San Luis
Rey, and the usual gambling, horse racing
and drinking is the program.
Miss Hattie Nye of De Luz is visiting
at the home of Mrs. and j. A. Tulip, and
will be here for a week longer.
party was given last evening at the
home of Mrs. Marsh in honor of Miss
Fleming, lately from Topeka, Kas. 1t was
very enjoyable evening spent
Mrs. e. A. Stewart left Monday for the
north after settling her business In this
vicinity.
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Rare Old Whisky in New Bottles

Louisville, ky.-Three thousand barrels
of old whisky are being bottled at the pub
lie warehouse by permission of Secretary
Gage. The whisky was exported to Bre-
men in 1884 to escape the revenue tax 1t
lay in the custody of the German govern
ment until about year ago, when it was
brought back again and put in bond this
fine at the public warehouse.
From age and handling the barrels got
into condition of dissolution, and the con-
tents We're in danger of going to waste.
On the advice of President Coldeway,
Chaplin & Gore of Chicago, owners of the
whisky made application to the United
States authorities for permission to re-
pack the liquor in bottles. Permission was
granted.
The work is now in progress. under the
supervision of b. r Alvord, the surveyor
of customs. The value of the liquor is
placed at $1o0 per barrel, or $500 900 for the
lot.-Chicago Tribune.
All prices of wall paper greatly reduced.
A. a. Eckstrom. 324 South Spring street.
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FULLERTON

FULLERTON, Aug. S.--(Regular Core
spondence.) About three months ago the
Santa Fe offered prizes of from $3.50 down
to $10O to agents of its system showing the
largest increase of business during the
first six months of 1869. Almost every
agent on the entire system. both east and
west, where there had been an increase in
business competed for the prizes, and
among them was Agent Davis of Fullerton,
and private dispatch received here Thurs
day brings the news that Mr.. Davis is
entitled to the fifth prize and that River
side wins the third. these being the only
town in this state that were prize winners.
Six hundred barrels of good grade oil
was shipped from Fullerton the first four
days of this week. This is the largest ship
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MoNRovIA

MONROVIA Aug. 2S.-(Regular Core
spondenceo The water question is stiIl
prominently before the minds of the city
trustees. AT their last meeting it was
decided to sink another prospect well
somewhere in the southwest portion of
town. If water is secured it would neces-
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COMPTON

COMPTON, Aug. 2s.-Regular Core
spondence) Frank Carson of II. C. Carson
& Son, butchers, and one of our most popu-
lar business men after two weeks suffer
ing with the prevailing throat trouble, died
about p. m. on the 25th. The funeral was
held at the home on Thursday, which was
attended by probably the largest number
of people of any funeral ever held in this
community. Every business house in towr
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New Light on Washington

Colonel Lee was once dining at Mt.
Vernon. and in the course of conversa-
ton Washington asked him if he knew
where he could purchase a pair of good
carriage horses, "Why, yes, general" ;"
answered Lee. II have fine pair, but
you can't get them"
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SAN BERNHRDIhO COUNTY

Messrs. McRae. Knowland, Halle and
Bernstein left today for the Good Hope
mine, to be gone a month or so.
II. C. Rutledge has returned from Long
Beach.
Mrs William Halstead and children left
today for San Diego, their future home.
Miss Lilly Nigel has returned from her
visit to the coast
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NO PAY
TILL
CURED

Mrs. j. c. Sheppard went to Los Angeles
today to visit friends.
Guy Lowering and Jim Gardiner came
home on the evening train from Catalina.
Guy Rathbun returned this afternoon
from Los Angeles where he has been visit
ing friends for several days.
The herald., 1897-08-29

Two young fellows, residents of Nor
walk or vicinity, were found guilty of dis
turbng the Holiness camp meeting and
were fined S. and $20 respectively by JUS
tice Phillips on Wednesday.
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CONSUMPTION CURED
A NEW TRIUrlPH

Scores of People Restored to Health
at the Koch rIedical Institute, this
City, DR.. G. II. Whitman's Inn
proved Tuberculin, Combined
with other Remedies Constantly
Saving Human Life
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TESTIMONIALS

DR.. G. Fl. Whitman: Your Improved Tu-
berculin' has been the means of saving my
life, l was afflicted with consumption;
tried every known remedy for relief; finally
placed myself under your treatment with
the result that today am well man.
T. w. WOODWORTH,
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los South Broadway, Los Angeles.

| cannot say too much in favor of the
Improved Tuberculin" treatment, nor urge
too strongly any one afflicted with tuber-
culosis to hasten to begin treatment, but
also heartily recommend to all persons
suffering from tuberculosis, or having
friends afflicted the skill and experience
of DR.. c. H. Whitman, who administered
the treatment to me.
j. D. VAN VERT, M. D.,
No. 426 S. Olive street, Los Angeles.
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Los ANGEI.Es ca1 1ulu I 1soz

Los ANGELES, Cal, July /, 1881
DR.. c. H. Whitman-Dear Sir: One year
ago this month | came to Los Angeles an
invalid, suffering from consumption in an
advanced stage. Today / rejoice to say l
have regained my health, and / owe it all
to you and your wonderful improved tu-
berculin treatment
| invite all people similarly afflicted to
call on me for further information. and
will never cease to thank you for what you
have done for me-
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SAN DIEGO COUNTY
OCEANSIDE

fact, clear out in the ocean half way to
Coronado islands.
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MRS. I. R. BIRT,
No. $40 West Eighth street.

At the time 1 began your treatment my
temperature was 104 deg. Fab, with all the
corresponding symptoms of hectic tuber-
culosis; l began to improve with the first
treatment, and have continued to improve
ever since
After three months, as there were no
more bacili in the sputum. and as all unfa-
Vorable symptoms had disappeared, YOU
advised me to wait and watch results; that
was about one month ago. since which time
my sputum has been examined six times
without finding the bacili.
now feel better than for years. quite
like my former self. and believe you have
entirely eradicated the disase from nv sys-
tenn. Gratefully yours.
w. FRANK STUTT
No 1908 East First street
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". FRANK STUTT,
No. 1905 East First street.

CALL AT THE INSTITUTE and get
facts from headquarters, always remem-
bering that DR.. Charles H. Whitman is the
originator of Improved Tuberculin" and
to him ONLY is the formula known. and
the only place in this city where il is ad-
ministered is a the KOCH MEDICAL IN
STITUTE, No. $50 South Broadway. Los
Angeles, Cal. Hours to 4; Sundays. to /.
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All prices of wall paper greatly reduced.
A. A. Eckstrom. S24 South Spring street.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09
STATE NEWS.

1t is reported that gold has
been discovered on a farm near
Morgan, Bosque county.
-Neuces county has produced
heavy fall crop of cabbage
which is now ready for market.
Half a mile of the wire fence
around the Blackstock pasture,
near Eastland, was cut one night
last week.
Young zeke Ogden, who is
charged with killing Eugene
WilIingham at Kopperl, Texas,
on the night of October Is, has
surrendered to the officers.
Hardy Woods, confined in
the Richmond jail charged with
the murder of his wife at Sar-
tartia, has confessed to having
committed the murder.
The Georgetown Sun says:
A number of the neighbors of
Mr.. Henry Walraven assembled
on his farm near Bartlett one
day last week, and gathered his
corn crop and picked his cotton.
Mr.. Walraven has been unable
to do any work for weeks on ac-
count of sickness in his family.
He lost three children by typhoid
fever in two weeks. The kindly
deed of his neighbors was an OPP
perfume and genuine manifesto
ton of fraternal sympathy.