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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-09-08

Aline-"Wouldn't you hate to be preach.
er's wife" Anna-"No, indeed. Just
think of being able to make him cut his SER
mons short.-Kansas City Independent.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-09-08

Huntey-"Funny thing, that elopement
Of Miss Longwaite and young Shipper" Au-
thor" "Elopement? That was an abduc-
tion!"-Philadelph North American.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-09-08

Laura-"The fortune teller said Miss El-
derly was to be married soon" Flora-"To
whom" Laura-'I don't know. The poor
girl was so happy she forgot to ask!"-Puck.
keep on asking your friends until one gives
the kind you want.-Atchison Globe.
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4 Queer Legacx.

A gentleman who died at Mona. France, left a legacy of $3,OOO to five friends, the money to be spent on din- ners served in different restaurants, and at each meal certain dish to be eaten and certain wine, of which he was very fond, to be drunk. Further more, his memory was to be toasted at dessert, the five companions were to dine in black clothes and black gloves, and enter the room preceded by a flag and the music of an accordion.
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Bad management keeps more peo- pie in poor circumstances than any other one cause. To be successful one must look ahead and pan ahead so than when a favorable opportun- fly presents itself he is ready to take advantage of it. A little forethought Will also save much expense and ualuable time. A prudent aLd care full man will keep bottle of Cham berlain's Collie. Cholera and Diar. ahoea Remedy in the house, the shiftless fellow will wait until neces- sity compels it and then ruin his hest horse going for a doctor and have big doctor bill to pay. be sides; one pays out 9 cents, the other is out q hundred dollaas and then wonders why hls neighbor is get ting richer while he is getting poorer. For sale by W. l.. Dew0ody < Co.,. druggists.
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Don't use Blntttnr Pads.

Said an official at the general writing counter in big post office: Be care- ful how you use the plotting paper"
 Remembering that good plotting sheets could be had for q penny, I inquired .Why2'
 We have more inquisitiYe than ready going visitors" he said. Some who have little or no business to mind take pleasure in acting oyerseer to others. Lots of idle folks drop in here purposely to examine the plotting pads.
 Mot that the examination is profit able to the examiners in the general Sense, but look there-you observe the old gentleman in the blue pilot coat at the central counter? His hobby is to busy himself with other peoples con- cerns. Today he Is quieseent; the pads are new, and offer no amusement.
 1T have seen him. Qn a lowered voice. take up pad after pad, place small hand glass over them, and read what impression the writers have left on the absorbent paper. He is a pest, but we cannot expose him.
 Sorry to say, more than one lady finds amusement in similarly treating the blotters. One, in particular, fingers long in the vicinity of the writing counters. Carrying a small folding glass, she seems to delight in reading snatches of communications which the pads have mirrored on their sheets. When disturbed, she pretends to be in. terested in writing, or filling a tele- graph form. Yes, l warn you not to use the official pads too liberally.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-09
Curious Fishing.

The natives of Kottiar are in the habit of digging every year, in the summer the dry banks of the Vergel river for fish, which they dig out by hundreds, just as they would potatoes The mud Jumps are broken open and the fish, perhaps eight or ten inches long, will always be found alive, and often frisky, as if just removed from its supposedly native element-the water. In the dry bed of several Afri- can rivers a similar practice is often pursued. A kind of mud fish buries itself whilst the bottom is still moist, and remains there all the summer, waking up when the rains commence again.
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 for trial or judgment. It is in the rear of the palace and hangs over the dark waters of the narrow canal.
 The poetic sentiment attached to the bridge, which gave it the famous name it still bears, arose from the belief that many political prisoner, innocent of wrongdoing, was led over this span and down into the dungeons below. whence there was no escape So damp and foul are these cells that they are called wells" Travellers in search of the hideous always visit them. Their gloom and horror have been painted in words in Dickens Pictures from Italy"
 Standing on the Bridge of Signs Byron wrote his splendid poem on the rise and fall of Venice.
 Some question has been raised as to the stability of the foundations of this bridge. It is known of course, that the mediaeval architects of Northern Italy were men of extraordinary ability; but their skill exhibited itself more in the artistic than in the engineering side of their profession.
 In the latter branch they may aImose be looked upon as experimentalists, and in view of the nature of the soil of Venice. the wonder is that their structures have lasted five or six hun dred years, especially when it is re- membered that they did not seruple to add great weight in the way of super structures to buildings which had been erected for centuries without strength. ening the foundations.
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tton Belt B Iletin.

2al Educational Association Meeting sseles, Gal, July fl to II, 1S99 Rate . |s.elass limited fare plus S3.00 for the .Nip. Dates of sale: Tickets may be 'ae Sth to July Sth, 1899, inclusive. Nnrn limit September 1, 1899.
 Prevention B. Y. P. U.. Lonoke. Ark, sHh to 18th, 1899. Dates of sale: June Mli, inclusive. Return limit: June # 0ae and one-third fares for the RFgD on certificate plan.
 Nfr Tourist Rates to SearcV Springs #enden Springs, from May 18th to @feF 10th, good until October 3l, lS99- |@arcy, Ark, & 9. Ravenden, Ark, Nh Meeting Modern Woodmen o1 N Kansas City. Mo-, June 3rd to 9th Hlefale plus S2.0O for the round trip. EA sale: June 3rd and 4th. Return shae 10, lS99
 N Meeting Grand Chapter 0, B. s. of &s Forrest City, Ark, June 27, 1899- [Rle and one-third fares for the round #ue certificate plan, provided there #or more In attendance. Dates of sale, #oA inclusive. Return limit. June #lIonal Convention Baptist Young # ehl9n of America, Richmond, Va, Nsg 10, lS99--Rate: One regular first SEndard fare plus s2.O6 for the round Esss Ol sale: July 10. II and l2, Return |sssegs Will be good for return pass #4g #dg hichmond up to and including
 9 with the privilege of extension AgiuQlng Aug I5, 1899, if ticket is nE fpI q N E5sIt nlles is on or before July 2S, and up- Fzsat of fee of 50 cents.
 Reunion and Grand Lodge Meeting # EsTnt M. ana Protective Order of Elks, ato' June 20 to B, 1S99-- Rate: One
 lss ss, class standard fare plus $2,00 for Eiseiilp' i,sit Date Of sale: June l9 and 20.
 inig' jra Tickets will be good for return [ Is leaVlng St Louis, June 24, 1899.
 soo1ohyention United Society Chris |hpsiaa, sasor, Detroit, Mich, July 5 to I0-
 iiaie siai plus S2,00 for the round trip,
 cte,, gtio, ouiy , to 5 inclusive, Return # ns ,sISs ns WI VIII be good for return pass. 2 s 5s n,!5lt ngtfolt up to and including July zInt tpiIeg tppllyliege of an extension to leave
 tbo. atia ti including August 15, 1899,
 s Dase Dase.iu iucket is deposited with joint mi fd'loie n,I terminal lines on or before
 s4u upon payment of fee of 50 cents,
 no Sgpsson pi SI lS90. Spirit Lake, Ark. E ma piuH ti ili S2.00 per capita for three or
 ipr gp9 no.;et. elcKet. Dates of sale: Daily un- &lgot tsUtilee, tsoieee, Return limit; Two days Esnart narkaasas State Teachers Associa-
 r6e4ts rS0is, Ark, June 20 to g, 1899: Rate, EScsttss LIT fares fer the round trip on
 lSiVo lJle plan. Dates of sale: June 16
 'e' Return limit, June 26, 1899. /
 'S Stb baedical Association, Colum bus
 In0st f to oth, 1899. Dates of sale: EtOreaooSe oe sold so as to enable pas
 IA '9asn ma,. ot. Louis, Cairo or Memphis, {imfa. T pc, on June 2nd. 3rd or 5th. IN mn to Tickets to be good leaving #e f fsra So an ana including June 10, 1888.
 'a'e plus S2 for the round trip.
 1@sic 9andc Teachers Meeting, Little ! JDpea ,5!,5 l5th and 14th. 1889. Dates EQae tstk tEth and 13tk, 1889. Return Ene.tiby ibyi,ni 1899 Rate: Open rate of
 s1'fu fares for the round trip.
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A Emmy Sight.

An English paper says that the hat of a certain short sighted master at Eton blew off one day, and as he start ed in pursuit black hen dashed out of the gateway. The schoolmaster saw the hen, and thought it was his hat, and all Eton was electrified by the spectacle of q hatless and breathless reverend man hunting a black hen from one end of the street to the other.
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Man is essentially doer. If h dorsn't io good. then he does evil.
The older the trousers the better they are prepared for the fray.

1 was seriously afflicted with q cough for several years, and last fall had more severe cough than evt r before. I have use6 many rem dies without receiving much relief. and being recommended to try a bottle oi Chamberlain's Cough Remedy by a friend, who, knowing me to he a poor widow, gsye it to me, I tried if, and with the most gratifying results. The first bottle relieved me yer, much and the second bottle has absolutely erred me. l have not had as good health for twenty wears. Respectfully, Mrs Mary A. Beard. Claremore, Ark. Sold by W. L. DeWoody < Co.,, druggists.
 Ono rru+b iS cloar ,ba+o,or l.; :.
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To Cure Warts.

"An Irish cure for warts is to prick them with gooseberry thorn passed through a wedding ring. So says Herbal Simples: Approved for Mod ern Uses of Cure" Seventeen other remedies are credited by the author with the same positive power. But he makes this comment on their use: By some subtle bodily action wrought through suggestion received by the mind, warts do undoubtedly disappear as the result ef thes" anG many other equally trivial raoee dir xs"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-09
Jews of the World.

The Jewish year book estimates that there are about 100000 Jews in the world, half of them still under Russian Jurisdiction, notwithstanding their wholesale expulsion from the empire. Of the race in general it may be said that. numerically speaking, it is ex- tremely small for it's age. it's chance of getting bigger apparently not in- creasiRg with its years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-09
When new hat is concernad all women believe in love at first sight

Mr. P. Ketchsm. of Pike City, Cal. says: During my brother's late sickness from scia tic rheumatism, hamherlain's Pain Balm was the only remedy that gave him any re- lief " Many others have testified to the prompt relief from pain which this liniment affords For sale by W. l.. Dew oody X Co, druggists.
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Beauty Is Blood Deep,

Clean blood means clear skin. No beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar. tic clean your blood and keep 1t clean, by purities pSs R from @ the @ body. Begin to- today @ to Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Casoarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug, gists, satisfaction guaranteed. Toe. 2hcs 50c.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-09

,. y Lumber Co. Manufactur ialer In all kinds of Lumber. I.. FS' Dnors. Blinds, and all pr 'erlor and Exterior finish. C o' Y s7ouaaIe D prices,
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8Or Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.
 To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag netic full of life, nerve and Yigor, take No-To- Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong All druggists, 50e ur Sl Cure guaran- teed. Booklet and saml freo. Address Sterling Remedy Co.,. ChicaeC or New York.
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Lots of people who cling to the an eher of hope go down Tn the mud.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-09

Female poets are rare for the sim ole reason that poets are born. not maid.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-09

The egostical man is the greatest bore on earth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-09

S1-Ao-'eac to. rIfty Conc.
 ruarauteed tebacro b. 'oit cure. makes w.Sit @t.n trouC blood pure E0e. d. All aruayiss>
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-09

Women always put garden seeC away so carefully that they have tC buy new seed every year.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-09

Educate Your Bowels with Ceseurets
 Candy Catharti., cu .e constipation forever i0c. 25c If z . q fail iruQgists rctlui6 -nope,
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Perfect Content

Perfect Content hnd to be yours when you
 side of one of our faultlessly |kred collars, cuffs or shirt. boIor and finish are exquisite.
 e are no frayed edges or torn h holes to annoy you from #ofk,'done at this up-to-date hy.
 ERIeHN-EXcEbsIoR I laundry Go.
 fsst savFaque St.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-09

One can alwas afford to look after his health.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-09

The otlce never has to seek the man on pay day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-09

Family trees are more or less shady.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-09

A girl seldom troubles herself to fight the gas when an old amecalls.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-09
The country blooms garden and a gr1ve.-GOldsmith
BLOOD CURE SENT FREE. A Cure for Blood and Skin .Dlseases, Ecze ma, Pimpies. Scrofula, Blood Poison,
 Cancer Etc.

By addressing Blood Balm Co., 222 Mitchell street, Atlanta, Ga, any of our readers may obtain 8 sample bottle of their famous B. B B.-Botanic Blood Balm, the greatest. grand est. best and strongest Blood Remedy made. Cures when all else fails. pimples, ul ,ers, scrofula, eczema, boils blood poison, eating sores, distressing skin eruptions, cancer, ca tarrh, rheumatism. Free medical advice in- eluded, when description of your trouble is given. This generous offer is worth while ac- cepting. Sample bottle sent all charges pre- paid. Large bottles. tcontaining nearly a quart of medcine) for sale by all druggists at S1. per bottle. B. B. B. is away ahead of all other Blood Remedies for curing Spring Blood Humors. Try B. B. B. this spring, 156
 Itsomet ines curbs a fast bachelor to bridal him.
 Taste cannot be controlled by law
 WANTED-To buy |. good second hand engine about 5 horse power. Address A. this office, d
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10 Cure COnsraesa Glon roreyer.
 Take Clsearets CaneY Cathartie i0c or 4. f c. C. il to cure. esusgistA IetnuG ar'i.,e
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-09

f you want thing done quickly tell small boy not to do it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-09

The press, confined to truth. needs no other restraint.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-09

One truth is whatever is, is right. Pope.
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THE BRIDGE OF slGHs.
The Famous Structure That Led to Dark
 and Dismal Cells.

The Bridge of Signs spans the Rio della PagDa and connects the ducal palace with the carceri or prisons. The bridge dates from 1897. It is . graceful arch, g. feet above the water. enclosed at all sides and arched over head. It contains two separate pass
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Bad Winter for Wheat.

Springfield, Mass, March %. : The
New England Homestead has compiled
special report from information re-
ceived from correspondents in the en-
tire wheat belt of the country, which
shows that the winter has been most
severe in the whole territory usually
devoted to wheat. The feeling among
wheat growers is that the crop as a
whole can now hardly recover it's
normal vigor, although it is far from a
failure as vet.
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An Evidence of Prosperity.

1t is generally conceded by economists,
who study the commercial situation of the
country, that the great arteries of railway
travel are a sure indication of its condition
A depression in commercial lines means
abandoned business trips and the cancella-
ton of pleasure travel, while a healthy con-
dition of affairs means business trips and an
Increase of passengers on pleasure bent.
A good evidence that business revival
has gone broadcast over this country is the
Lake Shore Limited" the star train of the
Vanderbilt system, between New York and
Chicago, which is daily comfortably filled
With a view to taking the best possible care
of it's patrons, the New York Central has
arranged to increase the equipment of this
train by placing an additional standard
sleeper on the trains leaving New York and
Chicago Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days. To the regular traveller the appoint
ments and comforts of this train are we'll
known, but if you have never made trip
on it, you owe it to yourself to see and en-
joy the advance made in comfort and lux
ury in modern railway travel. Remember
the fare is no higher on this train, except
between New York and Chicago, while the
accommodations and service place this par
ticular train conspicuously at the head OF
the list, when compared with other lines
Albany Journal.
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TERRIBLE OCEAN DISASTER.
steamer Stella Goes Down I'm the eng
Iish CHI nnel with Scores of
Persons on Board.

Southampton, April 1.-The pas
senger steam er Stelli, plying between
this port a i'd the Channel islands,
crashed upon the dreaded Casquet
rocks, near the IslaId of Attorney, in
dense fog and fouldered in ten min
utes, her boilers exploding with ire
mendous report as she went down. In
spite of this, it is said, there was no
panic on boardI The coasting steamer
Lynx, which brought the news of the
disaster here, pickedup four boats and
40 persons belonging to the Stella.
Late estimates of the number of lives
lost range from 70 to l2Cpersons.
The Stella, which belonged to the
London e. Southwestern Railway COM
pany, left outhampton at noon Thurs
day conveying the first excursion of
the season to The Channel islands.
There were about 1876 passengers on
board and the crew numbered 80 men.
The weather was foggy, but all went
well until the afternoon, when the
fog became most dense.
The last thing the survivors saw was
the figure of the captain of the Stella
standing calm y on the bridge and Civ
ing his last Instructions. The captain
persisted with MS vessel owing to the
suction caused by the sinking steamer
being very great indeed.
Many patheticincidents are reported.
In several cases men lifted their wives
and children into the boats and then
persisted themselves in their presence.
One wife who was thus bereaved lost
her reason. A large number of the
survivors arrived here without any
clothing, clad only in blankets. The
passengers all agree that perfect order
and discipline prevailed on board the
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CONDEMN CANNED BEEF.
More Testimony Before the Army
Beef Inquiry Board Mt
Washington.

Washington, April ALL but two
of the witnesses before the army beef
inquiry court Friday were members of
the medical staff of the army who were
in service in Cuba during the Spanish
war. The other two witnesses were
Mr.. George FL. Giddings and Gen. j.
Hale Sypher, who had been interested
in securing contracts for supplying
beef on the hoof and on the block or
the army in Cuba. They testified that
Gen. Eagan had told them that the
secretary of war had asked him to give
the refrigerator beef trial, while Mr..
Sypher said that Gen. Eagan had Gre
ated the impression upon him that he
preferred beef on the block to refrigcr-
ator beef. Their testimony through
out was contradictory to Gen. Eagan's
testimony, and Mr.. Giddings said that
Congressman Hawley was present at
several of his conferences with Gen.
Eagan. A majority of the army sur
geons expressed the opinion that the
canned beef was unsatisfactory as food
for the troops, but some of them
thought it no more harmful than other
meat in the Cuban climate.
Washington, March 31.-There were
two original witnesses before the army
beef inquiry court Thursday, and two
former witnesses were recalled. Lieut..
CAMPER, who was commissary of sub
sistence at Lakeland, Fla, and Maj.
Creighton Webb, who was on Gen. Law
tons staff in Cuba, testified for the first
time. Col. Woodruff of the commissary
department, and Mr.. Morehouse, the
Tampa agent for Armour & Co., who
superintendent the supply of fresh beef
to the troops at Lakeland. were those
recalled. Maj. Webb's testimony dealt
almost entirely with the canned roast
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Stella. The crew promptly took up
their stations when the steamer struck,
served out the life belts and lowered the
boats. The scene at the moment of
the sinking of the vessel was heart
rending. Those who had succeeded in
getting into the boats had narrow es-
cape from being engulfed on account
of the suction caused by the sinking
vessel. The voice of Capt. Rocks, from
the bridge, was frequently heard, urg-
ing the rowers to pull for their lives.
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HOw's This:

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarh Cure.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tons and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, O.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Tortured by Brutal Thieves.

Columbus, O., March 31.-A special to
the Ohio State Journal from Dennison,
O., says: Six masked burglars entered
the house of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Croker. an aged and well-to-do couple,
and bound and gagged them. Mr..
Croker was tortured by having lighted
matches put to his feet to compel him
to reveal the hiding place of his money,
but refused. Mrs. Croker was sub
jected to barbarous indignities. The
robbers secured only $97.
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Kinlang,s Good Luck.

The first story that Kipling writes after
will be sought as eagerly by progressive pub
fishers as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is by
all who suffer from stomach ills of any ma
ture No matter whether it be Indigestion,
constipation, biliousness, nervousness, stub
born liver or overworked kidneys, Hostel.
ter's Stomach Bitters will cure it. 1t is an
unequaled spring medicine, curing and pre-
venting malaria, fever and ague, and all ills
resulting from a rundown system.
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The windsor Hotel Victims.

New York, April 1.-The total dead
of the Windsor hotel fire now number
43. OF these 80 are unidentified bodies
and portions of bodies at the morgue.
The number of the missing is Al. The
funeral of the victims of the fire will
take place on Monday or Tuesday next
at the Church of the Heavenly Rest.
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Blow at Private Letter Box cuisines

New York, April 1.-Postmaster Van
Colt has issued an order in the gen
eral post Office that no letters are to
be delivered to private letter boxes in
this city, but will be detained at the
post Office, and persons for whom these
letters are intended will be required to
give full particulars of themselves and
their reasons for having mail directed
to them through private letter boxes.
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EAund Chilly.

New York, March 31-The trial of
DR.. Samuel J.. Kennedy, the Staten Is
land dentist, for the murder of dolly"
Reynolds at the Grand hotel in this
city on the night of August Is, vas con-
cluded before Judge Williams md the
jury brought in a verdict of murder in
the first degree.