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similarly disposed of had not help com

similarly disposed of had NOT help come
from an unexpected quarter.
OF this incident Murat Halstead says:
THE British steamer Niobe, Captain
Sr hampton Lorraine, ran at full speed
from Jamaica into Santiago, where the
executions, were taking PLACE, starting
in such a hurry that she left some of
her crew behind. The Captain was
landed in Cuba before his ship was an
chored, and demanded that the massa-
ere should sbe. stopped /. He. claimed to
represent the United States as well as
England, it is said, and even threatened
to lombard sthezotX His vigor caused
the suspension of the sentences still
remaining TO be executed, and the lives
of the prisoners not already put to
death were saved"
During the Peninsular war a Span
ish naval commander, fearing that a
number of French prisoners in his pos
session would be rescued by an ap-
preaching French fleet, bound the un-
fortunate wretches together in pairs,
back to back, and flung them into the
sea, where all were drowned.
During the Carlist- Christine war, a
Christine General captured the aged
Liolilcl u q N1lilsI cHlettd I1S oCiI
word to the son that he would execute
her if the Carlist did not lay down his
arms The Carlist refused. Will it be
believed when We say that the Chris
tino General actually did shoot the
white-haired old lady? But worse re-
mains behind. The infuriated Carlists
captured four ladies, near relatives of
Christine Generals, and one after an
other they were Shot. These blood
thirsty and ferocious acts shocked even
Spaniards, if Spaniards can be shocked.
San Francisco Arponallt
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COMMERCIAL.
A FURTHER DECLINE NOTED IN
WHEAT PRICES.
Spot Barley Unchanged, but Op-
tions Lower-Oats Dull at
the Recent Decline.
: San E,ranniscn May Sd


Wheat opened at further decline of
several cents to-day. owing to a break
in the earlier transa ctions East; there
is scarcely any spot business being done
and quotations are entirely nominal.
Spot Barley is held at yesterdays prices,
but options opened lower; there has
been very little sample trading of late:
only an occasional sale of brewing is
made and no quotations can be given;
the bulk of the Wheat and Barley now
comes from Oregon and Washington.
Oats arc dull at the recent declines. the
market is am9ly supplied and consum-
ers also anpear to be supplied at pres
ent. Fair trading in Corn; considerable
Eastern has arrived of late but it was
mostly sold to arrive; it Is being used
for feed in. some parts of the State
The Hay market has not been very
strong during the week; new Alfalfa has
arrived and has brought good figures;
at the moment. the market is steady for
all EXCEPT Alfalfa. Straw has ruled very
firm and is scarce at advanced prices.
Bran has rgled rathf.e, rather easy and Mid
ally. are cIiet and prices are easy.
The feature of the Dried Fruit market
has been the advance in Prunes. and the
active demand. esaecially for the small
er sizes: the stock of Prunes is fairly wei
cleaned uo and the market rules firm in
consequence. sfH - -
Strawberries, 274 boxes CT Cherries. BLACK
berries from Covina brought f15c per
basket Black Cherries from the river are
lower. strawberries are chea2er; arrivals
brought more than our figures. The Or
ange market has slumaed; receipts have
been much more than trade eanrenent5 n
Seedlings hold up. Currants are expected
s this weel-
The general tendency of Butter has been
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SPANISH FEROCITY.
HORRIBLE SUFFERINGS OF
FRENCH PRISONERS.
Cruelties Inflicted by the Spanish
.r Peasantry-SoIdie Mutilated,
Tortured and Sawn Asunder.

Now that hostilities have actually be-
gun, it will be interesting to note the
extreme ferocity which has been shown
by the Spaniards in wars so recent as
our own century. On July ~, 1ooo'
General Dupont, who had greatly dls-
tinguished himself by his services IN
Holland, Italy, Austria and Germany,
in command Of a French army corps
composed chiefly of young conscrlpts,
encountered near Baylen Spanish
army under Reding, Swiss General,
and Castanos, the General-ln-ChIef.
For ten hours there was fierce hghtlng,
when Dupont asked for an armistlce.
He had been expecting reinTorcements
from two French corps, which We're in
the neighborhood, one commanded by
Dafour, the other by Vedel Attracted
to the spot by the noise of artillery
Vedel made his appearance, and at once
prepared to charge the Spaniards. But
Dupont forbade him to do so. They
had been surrounded by Castanos, and
when no chance of escape was left, fin
ally surrendered, and twenty thousand
Frenchmen and seven Generals became
prisoners of war. By the terms of the
.capitulation they were to be marched
10 Cadiz, and thence sent by sea to
France.
Elizabeth Wormley Latimer, whose
father was at that time a Lieutenant
in the Royal Navy, serving on one OF
the English ships lying off Cadiz har-
Dor, says that when the Government
OF Spain refused to ratify the capitula-
ton. these unfortunate prisoners We're
put on board of huiks and kept in hor-
Iible captivity. Her father used to de-
scribe their march as "one of the sad
dest sights he ever saw, the mob hoot-
ing and insulting them, pelting them
with stones and rushing at them with
knives, the women splitting in their
faces, the children casting mud" Of
their fate. she says:
From Cadiz, after about six months,
six thousand men of the division of
VedeI- were. embarked in ships and sent
they hoped to France, but knew not
whittier. At Palma, in the Island of
Najorca, after a suspense of forty days,
they learned that their destination was
the desert Island of Cabrera.
AT Cabrera the most tried courage
sank under the horrors of the situation.
Upon pile of barren mountain ridges
and sharp rocks six. thousand men Were
landed, almost without clothes, and be-
fore long many We're absolutely, naked.
Scarcely a third of their numbe-, after
a residence of three years on the island,
left its shores.
NO habitation was to be found there
save the ruins of castle built by the
Moors, nor had the French soldiers any
means of building more than few
Wretched huts of branches, brought with
great labor from a few stunted trees
that grew in a remote corner of the
island. They had but bare sufficiency
of water to sustain life, and even that
was a precarious supply. Provisions
We're sent to them every four days from
Majorca, but We're sometimes delayed
either by indifference to their sufferings
or oy the weather. Then hundreds.
already weak, died of famine. Their
allowance at the best was only six
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An Incredulous Young Wife.

! "A wife's unjust suspicious were the
cause of very strained relations recent
ly between young couple living in
| Columbia avenue, near Twentieth
! street. She got the idea into her head
that her husband was deceiving her
when he said, as he frequently did, that
/ he was going around the corner for
! the evening to see a friend" I'm an
| attempt TO do a little detective work
she bought watch pedometer, an in
| strument resembling a watch, which
registers the distance travelled by the
| person who carries it. The next time
! her husband went around the corner"
she secretly slipped it into one of his
pockets and awaited the result When
/ he returned that night she found that
| the telltale instrument registered nine
miles. In vain he attempted to con-
vince her that he simply had been play
/ ing billiards with his friend on the
latter's private table, which was really
/ the case, and that the machine had
counted up the miles as he walked
around the table. Her accusations led
to violent quarrel, which was settled
only after several days had elapsed
Philadelphia Record
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Strawberry Sponge Cake.

Beat the yolks of six eggs with half
a pound of powdered sugar until very
light, then fold in carefully the we'll
beaten whites of six eggs, and add
slowly a cup and a half of sifted pastry
flour. Bake in three layers. While
this is baking, boil together one cup
of sugar and a quarter of a cup of wa
ter until it spins a tread. Pour the
syrup while hot over the well-beaten
whites. of two eggs, and beat until stiff
and cold. When the cakes are cold put
one on your serving dish, cover over
with thick layer of this filling, then
cover thickly with Strawberries, then
another cake, more of the filing, more
strawberries, and at last the upper
cake. Put a thin layer of the soft fill
ing and cover thickly with large ber-
ries.-Mrs, S. T. Rorer. in the Ladies,
Home Journal.
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Gallant and Cautious.

st am not at all sensitive" said Miss
Cayenne. "over the fact that men do
not propose to me-"
ssThere is no reason why you should
be, y replied Willie Washington. They
doubtless prefer cherishings vague hopes
fol. the future to being rendered to-
tally dfsconsolate.''--W Washington Star.
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SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS.
san Francisco. May

San Francisco, May Sd.
Morning Session-Alpha, eSc: Alta, 1sc;
B & p. 2Sc: Chollar. 22Q21c: @ G ". 60c;
Potosi, 24c; Savage, 13c; S Nevada, Sq65c;
Yellow Jacket. &c.
Closing Quotations--Alta, 4ci Alpha, 2Sc:
ion &C.: Caledonia, f5c Chollar, zoe; Conf
derice. 40c: c. c v. 56cs Con Imperial, 1cs
G Point. 10c. G C c., zoe; Julia, 1c; Ken
tuck Ic: Mexican, 10c; Occidental, 81 TO-
Ophir. SIC: Overman, &c; Potosi, 22c; Saw
age l3c: Nevada. SIC; Unicn. loc:: Utah,
&c: Yellow Jacket. &c; Standard. 81 So
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fore and continued after. the Jura-
Trias period, when these tracks were
formed This accounts for the lack of
tracks in the East Longmeadow quar-
ries, where the sandstone is much old
er, and at Dibble's Crossing, where the
sandstone was laid after these reptiles
had passed saway.--Springfeld Repub-
lican s.4szsesak
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Closing Grain Quotations.

New York, May Sd.
WHEAT-May, 81 2311a July, 81 03as; Sep
tember. S79sc.
Chicago May 3d.
WHEAT-May, 81 21; July, 945sc: Sep
tember, S15sc: December. SGlac.
San Francisco, May Sd.
WHEAT-December 81 Ga
RLEY-Decomber 81 20Jh.
CORN-Large Yellow, 81 071aQ1 Is.
BRAN-$20 5DG21
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). Equal te@the Occasion.-Peddfer =
-have,@a msst valuable work to sell.
madam, it tells you how to do. any
thing. Lady lsarcastically)-Doe 1t
tell You to how get rid Of a Fostering
peddler? Peddler promptly - Oh,
yes. madam-buy something Of him
Tit Bits.
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California Driad Frnit

NEW YORK, May 3-California Dried
Fruits, strong. ENaporated Apples-Con-
mon, 5Q7lzc; prime wire tray. &c; wood
SIC. Prunes, 3i5dlSc ApricotsLRoyal' Ga
QSc; Moorpark, Sl2Ql0c. Peaches-Un-
peeled, 5QSc; peeled, 11Q14c
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ON slaughterers to dealers

eases from slaughterers to Dealers:
BEEF-F'irst quality, .H9c: second
quality, 5Q6c; third quality. 4Q5c per fb.
FEAd--4Q5c for large and 4GlGc per 10
for small.
APPROPRIATENESS, 6q51Ac; Ewes. 712c
LAMB-SGS1Ac per 10 for Yearlings and
SQlS12c for spring.
PORk-Live Hogs, &c ID for small and
medium and sac 10 for large; dressed,
51au61a per 10.
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A DAMAGED STATUE.
Venus De Milo Taken for a Very
Poor Piece of Work. ..grtJa =

A swarthy son of Italy stepped into
the office with his basket of wares-nor
bananas and oranges, but statuary, al
legged. Pretty enough the samples were,
stained with light tinge of sienna TO
make them look like a-ed ivory.
"Who is that?" asked one of the boys.
Data Napolyun, Napolyun re gret.
Data good likeness
you make these?',
"Yaas, I mak-a dem. Mak-a de mould,
too. You want-a buy data piece nv
Vognah, de gret moosishin. Dat look-a
| fin on a da piano
What's that?" asked the sporting
editor, pointing to an armless figure.
Data Venus duh Meelo. Thirty
/ cent-a. Dat cheao.''
why, that's damaged, John.
Whatcher trying to work off an old
broken piece like that for? Thirty cents
| Throw it away"
Nah nah! Data no broken. De
staute hav-a no arrums. Dab nevveh
/ fnd-a da arrums. Nobody know what-a
she do with her arrums. Dat no broke. .
"Aw, John. you can't play us for
greenies Of course every woman had
arms. q ike TO nave that Sldlue' J. Aal
woman's got good shape on her, but /
couldn't take a secondhand piece like
that home. My wife would throw it
out of the window. l tell you what III
do. If you make me one of her with
the arms on it I'll give you thirty cents
for it. but / wouldn't give you nickel
for it in that damaged condition"
Il tell-a you dat no damage. Dat
statue de fines in all de worP. 1t ees
wort millions dollas."
| Without any arms?" said the sport.
| Come Off"
''Yessah. Without any arms. Dis-a
good copy. Thirty cents l make it TO
| you foh a quarter.
| "Oh, no, John: / wouldn't buy wo-
man without arms. Got any ballplayers
| in plaster of Daris?'
! John was disgusted and left. He
thought the sporting editor was off mis-
| base.-Cincinnati Commercial-Tribun
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Women's Best Business.

My chief reason for believing that
enter the labor market ). as direct
wage Garner is that, as things stand
now, she has an income as an indirect
wage Garner assured to her by mar
riage; in other words, matrimony is a
profession for which, by nature, tradi-
ton and education, she is better fitted
than for any other. The centuries
have nodded her to that end, just as
by the cultivation of such intellectual
habits as accuracy and application
they have nodded the average man
to the purposes of direct wage-earning
Matrimony is for woman a lucrative
profession-the most lucrative, in fact;
for I know of, no other way in which
she can earn so much money, Under
the present regime only exceptional
women under exceptional women earn
three thousand dollars a year; but l
venture to say that there are in the
city in which I write at least one hun
dred women who annually have the
spending, the control, or the enjoy
ment of that sum-not because they
are the superiors in native ability or
mental equipment or moral endowments
of what are termed self-supporting
women, but because they have been
tolerably fortunate in following wom-
ans natural trade of matrimony.-
Eleanor Whiting, in Lippincott's.
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Frequently Appropriate,

Oft in oblivon's graveyard grim
One epitaph the heart will touch.
And cause mems pftying eyes to brim-
The simple phrase, HE Talked Too
Much" Washington Star.
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downward, owing to the lessened demand
from the north and free arrivals; then,
too. a car of Eastern Butter has just been
received. all of which has caused weak
ness in the market. Cheese is rather easy;
the market is amply supplied and not very
q lower tendency; the market is weak.
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Why do similar opportunities make
a hero of one man and a fool of an
other?
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Meas, Market.
Following are the rates for whole car
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-21
Prosperity of the Trusts.

The daily papers which champion the
Trusts have ceased promising the coming
of prosperity and declare it is abroad in
the land, and they proclaim the truth if
their meaning is rightly interpreted, but
the simple minded people believed they
were to be the recipients of the good
times, promised by the leaders of the
Republican party. There is wherein they
have deceived themselves, or permitted
themselves to be deceived. When good
times and prosperity were promised in the
event of McKinley's election, and certain
disaster if Bryan should be chosen, they
were telling a sacred truth, but the con-
tding masses did not understand the
oracle. Mayor Harrison of Chicago
makes this all very plain in speech re-
Gently delivered to one of the greatest
gatherings of the people ever witnessed
IN that great city. Mayor Harrison ssid
'"The Republican party has carried out
its pledges TO the trusts and corporations
to the very letter. Every whispered
promise and every written pledge has
been treated with the sanctity of sworn
oath. Prosperity has come, it is here
today in every part of the land. The
steel trust, the sugar trust, the railroad
trusts, the banking trusts, and all the
stock iobbing and people robbing trusts
are drawing usurious interest on the adj
vancements they made two years ago to
the high priests of national honor and
prosperity. They are thriving today as
they never have thrived before. They
dominate the courts and legislative bodies
and their representatives sit in the ante
chambers of the White House to see that
nothing gets away from the combina-
tions.''
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-21
Prosperity We Read of.

Whether liquidation under the present
reaction has reached its end in the share
market, in textiles it has passed to the
point where last week a large bank
Tradesmen's-closed in New York on
account of the collapse of the Wool Elk
change and two wooden mills failed in
New England. The Boston wool market
has just had what is said to be the dullest
week in its history. Wool is being ex-
ported because it cannot be sold here.
The WOODEN mills, which just year ago
were looking to prosperous year, have
had one of the most depressing summers
in their history. No prospect of improve
ment appears in any quarter. Cotton
goods are passing through a liquidation
almost as serious.-Philada Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-21
Sale of Old Furniture.

The rare old furniture of the
personal estate of the Partridge
family took place at Elkton last
week. An Elkton paper gives the
following account of the sale:
A large crowd was in attendance
on both days and the bidding was
exceptionally spirited. The antique
furniture and old family silver,
china and bric-a- brac, attracted
many buyers including number
of dealers from the cities. Mem
bers of the family also were strong
competitors for family relics, and
in consequence high prices were
realized. An old fashioned wine
cooler was sold to Mrs. Bancroft,
of Wilmington, for ISL; an old side
board brought $50; one piece OF
family silver sold for $41; and
another for $3.50. Tables brought
from $40 to $25, and chairs as high
as SIS apiece. The sale aggregated
81 ,136.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-21
Orphans Court.

The Orphans Court for Cecil
county was in session on Tuesday
and Wednesday of last week.
Sundry claims against deceased
estates were examined and passed
Bonds Approved.-Bond of Griz-
lila Seminar and Morrison Sent
man, admrs. of Evan G. Seminar;
bond of Philip r. Bond, admr. OF
Jesse F. Fox; bond of William S.
Evans, admr. of Joshua Miller;
bond of Geo. A. Hall, admr. d. b.
n. C. t. a., of James A. Hall.
Accounts Passed. First and
final account of Martha E. Porter,
admrX. of Richard G. Porter and
distribution struck on same; first
and final account of Martha j.
Brickley and Jehoiakim Brickley,
admrs. of James Cameron; first and
preferred account of Frank H.
Mackie, gdn. of Henry Fl. Hogan;
secand account of I. G. Lewis, gdn.
of John r. and Eva o. Lewis.
Court adjourned to meet in spec
ial session on Tuesday Oct. Is.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-21
Health of the County.

DR.. Bratton, Secretary of the
Board of Health Of Cecil county,
makes the following report:
Twelve cases of typhoid fever
were reported for September, with
2 deaths, and 2 deaths from the 30
August cases; one each at Andora,
Rowlandville, Battle Swamp and
Elkton.
Four cases of diptheria at Sylmar,
2 at Harrisville and 2 in the Third
district, only one pupil in the
public schools. Five were severe
cases; all recovered. The County
Commissioners have appropriated
800 yearly for antitoxine for the
benefit of those unable to pay for it i.
There were "a deaths in Septem
Der as follows: Cases unknown, re-
ported by undertakes 4, consump-
ton 3, typhoid fever 4, dysentery
l., marasmus 1, alcoholism 1, cancer
l, Bright's disease 1, heart disease
|, cholera infantum 1, obstruction
of bowels /, gangrene l, inanition 1,
inflammation of bowels 1, pneu-
monia l, scalded l..
Ten were due to infectious
diseases.
Eight additional births for July,
5 for August and 20 for September.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-21

Rev. S. A. Gayley, D. D., O
Wayne, preached at West Noting
ham last Sunday.
Chas. H. Haines, of Philada.
spent several days with his sisters
in Rising Sun this week.
Misses Rosa Caldwell, of New
Valley, and Anna Sherman, Of
Luray, Va, were the guests of Miss
May Rodney last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Brown, Mrs
Lula Dixon and Miss Margaret
Haines, of Philada., visited rela.
tives and friends in Rising Sun this
week.
Miss Hanna Reynolds is visiting
friends at Towson and expects to
make an extended visit to friends
in Washington, Bridgeyille and
other points.
Mr.. j. A. Thompson, manager of
the Rising Sun shoe factory, moved
his family from Phila. to Rising Sun
this week and will occupy a part of
Jos. S. Pogue's double house.
Rev. A. A. Farrant and wife, of
Philada., were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. E. T. Reynolds this week.
Mr.. Farrant occupied the pulpit in
the M. E. church last Sunday, the
regular pastor, Rev. s. j. Morris,
being in charge of the revival SER
vices at Sylmar.
VIM. L. Taylor of Co. E, 1st Md.
Regt., at Camp Meade, spent sew,
eral days with his parents in Rising
Sun this week. After participating
in the Peace Jubilee at Philada.
next week, the Maryland boys ex-
pect to be sent south and from
there to Porto Rico.
The Singerly Pulp Mill, which
has been shut down for a few weeks
resumed operations Thursday morn
ing, having several large orders to
fill which it will take some time to
accomplish.
The above is Elkton news. Last
week similar item said. the works
had been shut down indefinitely.
Republican meetings were adver-
tised to be held at Chesapeake City
Tuesday evening, at Elkton on
Wednesday evening and North
East Thursday evening. These are
all "sound money" meetings,
which means greenbacks, silver
dollars and gold coin. National
bank notes are not sound money
because they are not legal ten
ders. They won't pay a debt if
the creditor refuses to accept them.
The other three will.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-21
Elkton Fair.

The managers of Cecil County
Agricultural Society have made a
report of the business of the last
fair. The report of the treasurer
shows that there was only about
funds enough in hand to pay one
half the premiums awarded at the
last Fair. The report was as
follows:
Cash balanc Sept. l, 1898 sl,4149C
Receipts from Sept /, 1898, to Oct. 8,
1898, being total receipts of Fair 3,Sl11l
Expenditures from Sept. l, to Oct. 10,
being expenses ofFair 4,1S59l
Balance in hand . l,O395(
AS the total amount of the pre-.
miums was 1861 go, and the
amount available for their payment
only 81 ,039.2O, it was ordered that
payment be made at the rate of 80
per cent, which has been done.
The receipts fell several hundred
dollars short of expenditures.
What has become of that State
donation 1t does not appear as
such in the report.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-21
Kennard-St. Clair.
Communicated,

Communicated.
Miss Anna st. Clair, of Port De-
post, and Mr.. Otis Kennard, of
Colora, were married at the home
of the BRIDES mother on Wednes-
day, Oct. 10, at 6 O'Clock, by Rev.
VIM. Bancroft of Chester. The
ceremony took place In the parlor,
under handsomely decorated bell,
the room being tastefully arranged
with American flags and potted
plants. The bride was becomingly
gowned in white brocade silk, with
gloves and slippers to match, and
carried BRIDES roses. The brides
maids were Miss Hannah st. Clair,
sister of the bride, who wore white
organdie over pink silk, and Miss
Mary Kennard, cousin of the
groom, who wore black organdie
over green silk. The groomsmen
were Messrs. Hiram St. Clair,
brother of the bride, and Sam'l.
Kennard, brother of the groom.
A sumptuous repast was served
Immediately after the ceremony.
The bride was the recipient of
many handsome presents. On re-
turning from their bridal trip, Mr..
and Mrs Kennard will reside in
Chester.
There were over one hundred
guests present, besides the men,
bers of the Riverside Cornet Band,
to witness the ceremony.