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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
The State win Bring Suit.

State Treasurer Grimes has furnished
Attorney General GODDARD list of the
county, township, municipal and school
district bonds held in the state school
fund ol4 which interest has defaulted.
They aggregate 1913, 795 The attorney
general will begin suits to collect. The
legislature last winter provided him
with an extra assistant to attend to
these cases. The following shows the
amount of defaulted bonds of various
kinds held in the school fund by coun-
tiss:
Anderson, S2O1; Barber, s., 200; Chautauqua,
a., 100; Cherokee, 1854; Cheyenne $1,000; Conan
che, 800; Ellis, 81, 700; Finney. $780, Ford,
81 ,25O Graham, $685. Grant S. 900; Gray, 49, 500;
Greeley Sl2 POO; Hamilton s., PSI; Harper S. 200;
Haskell, S2,400: Hodgeman. Sl,700; Kearny,
81, 600: Lane, S2,400; Logan $500; Marion,
ST., 900; Mcpherson, S162; Meade, S4,7O0; Morris,
Sc 200 Ness ST. 100; Norton, $500; Ottawa, $500;
Pawnee, S245; Phillips, $1,000; Pratt $1,000;
Rawlins, 800; Riley, $1,100; Scott, S}7,450;
Seward, IS. 60O Shawnee, $1,000; Sherman, $500:
Smith, 1915; Stanton, 5000; Stevens, $500;
@Trego, 800; Wallace, S4,70O; Washington, $500;
Wichita, 50 400; Wyandotte, S6,4OO. Total, S213,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
walker Nrax BE Innocent.

Great excitement was created at Ar
gentine when George Walker, a negro,
who is alleged to have assaulted Miss
Perkins, was captured and bro ught to
that city. A mob gathered and would
have hanged the negro had not the
sheriff secreted him. Now comes Ed
Cohn, a Leavenworth commission man,
and certifes that Walker was working
for him in Leavenworth the day the
alleged assault took place.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
Because She Loved Her Mother Best.

Column bus, o., Aug. 17.-Brunc
Kirves, the Dayton murderer, was cleo
trocuted in the annex of the Ohio pen
itentiary this morning at 1921.
Kirves' crime was the murder of his
daughter, Emma, aged % years, in
November last. He was addicted to
drink and while under the influence of
liquor shot the young woman with a
double-barreled shotgun. He said
that he did it because the girl loved her
mother better than himself
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
MINING He Deserves a Pardon.

In 1894 Fuller Rhodes stole a horse
in Sedgwice county and escaped to
North Dakota. Three years later he
wrote to the sheriff of Sedgwick coun-
ty, agreeing to come home and give
himself up for trial The change in
Rhodes was made by conversion to re-
ligion. He came back and in 1898 was
sentenced to the penitentiary. The
prosecuting attorney and all of the
iurymen have signed petition for
Rhodes pardon.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
kansas Anti-Trust Delegates.

delegates to the antitrust meeting to
be held at Chicago September IS:
Congressman-at Large W. J. Bailey; ]. h.
-CubbiSon, of Kansas City; George H. Buchanan,
of Winfield; w. a. White. of Emporia: John E.
BesSin. of Manhattan; c. E. Elliott, of yelling
ton; H. L. Pestana, of Russell.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
Apple Crop WIN Be Light.

Reports at the Office Of the Kansas
State horticultural society indicate
that the apple crop will be about 49, 2
per cent. The total number of bear
ing trees in the state is Z, 533, 35S. South
ern Kansas was less injured by frost
than other sections. Eastern Kansas
suffered greatest, the crop in Doniphan
county being as low as five per cent.
Cowley county reports an unusually
heavy crop.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
Stnkinc Land al Fort Havs.

There was much excitement be-
cause, in spite of orders from Washing
ton. 1000 acres of land on the Fort Hays
military reservation has been stal1ed
for homesteads. The land Office re
fuses to file the claims.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
FiftY Parsons Drowned.

gales and heavy floods continue. Near
Santiago de Chile a train fell into a
river from a railway bridge and so per-
sons were drowned. a house has been
washed away here and its nine occU
pants were drowned
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
McKinIey's Presence Desired.

Peoria, Ill, Aug. fit is the inten-
ton that President Mckinley attend
the big deep waterway convention to
be held in Peoria the first week in Oc-
tober. The purpose of the meeting is
to advance the deep waterway and
ship canal idea and it is believed that
the presence and interest of the presi
dent will aid in bringing the desired
canal enterprise to a consummation.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
Must Be Turned into the Treasury.

Gov. Stanley has instructed Insur-
ance Superintendent Church to compel
his two examiners to turn in all money
collected as fees for examining insur-
ance companies. The money collected
as fees from the companies for exam
nations will be turned into the state
treasury after this and the examiners
will be paid out of the contingent fund.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24

New York, Aug. flight hundred
cloakmalxers, employed in Is shops,
joined the ranks of the strikers yester
day, increasing the number on strike
to a total of 5000. The strikers de-
mand better wages and a reduction in
the working hours.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
Church Riots in Ireland.

Londonderry, Ireland, Aug. Is
Irishmen wrecked Methodist church
here yesterday evening while the Meth
odists stoned the Catholic chapel The
mayor has issued a proclamation ena-
towering military officers to act as
magistrates and additional soldiers and
police have been called out.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
KANSAS NEWS OF RECENT DATE.
Splendid showing of Banks.

The prosperity of Kansas is proved
by figures in the summaries of the
statements from 36S state banks, show
ing their condition at the close of bust
ness June 30. According to these fig
uses the total amount of money now
on deposit in these 36s banks is S24,-
O91, 1896. Similar reports for the
period ended July IA, 1895, showed
deposits amounting to $22, 1874, $50. 81.
The excess of deposits this year, COM
pared with the preceding year, is
81, 696, 78S.74. At the present time the
reserve fund of the 36S banks amount
to 1876 per cent, which exceeds all
loans and discounts reached the sum of
of the business represents SIS, 1O7, O72. 90.
The cash and sight exchange has been
reduced to $14, 233, 475.4S. One year ago
the banks held a surplus of
1892. O5O.31. This now amounts to
81, OO1, 49, &C. At the present time
the undivided profits amount to
'$445, 742.64. A year ago this amount
was 1858, 1855. Last July the indi-
vidual deposits amounted to SIT, $751;
>459.47 According to the returns men
toned the individual deposits now
amount to $19,612, O26. SO. The most
startling reduction which has taken
place in the years history is in the
bills payable. Last July under this
head the banks owed 1892, 1856 They
now owe only $72. 693.16. One year ago
the demand certificates amounted to
81. 299, 433. 90. They now amount to
81, > S5, 604.30
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24

An eastern syndicate has leased the
mineral privileges on about 5000 acres
of land near Solomon in the hills along
Sand creek. Oil and coal are Indicated
along the creek, while a 70O-foot well
on the Red Bud ranch few years ago
produced flow of gas that lasted for
xvaal-S
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
al Citv Attorner En- Tronhle.

impeachment proceedings were COM
menced against o. NJ. Seward, city at
torney of Winfield. Seward was elected
by the temperance people and he is
charged with betraying his trust.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
Cash in the States Treasury.

Kansas state treasury. Of this sum
$6O3, O37. s! is in the permanent school
fund, $2O1 COG. u in the annual school
fund-which will shortly be appor-
toned to the schools Of the state-and
1886, 649. rs in the general revenue fund.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
Hrs. I.anefrv. Inc Actress. Married.

London, Aug. 16.-Mrs. Lily Lang
try, the actress. was married July 20
at the island of Jersey to Hugo Gerald
dc Battle, % years old, the eldest son
of Sir Henry Perciva1 de Battle, Bart.
a retired general and Crimean veteran.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
Frank james WIN start Them.

Frank James. the noted Missouri ex-
bandit. has been engaged by the Wich-
tia State Fair association to start Joe
Patchen and John R. Gentry, two
famous race horses which will appear
on the race course there next month
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
Two Kansas Postmassers in Trouble

Warrants were issued for the arrest
of two Kansas postmasters on the
charge of embezzling government
funds. The postmasters are Capt.
John G. Ellis, of Quenemo, and Ireneus
G. Myers, of Mayetta. Ellis is accused
of being short over 5000 and Myers over
$500. Bondsmen paid the shortage in
each case
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
An Old Soldiers Untimely End.

w. j. Burns, an old soldier at Dex-
ter, Cowley county, was killed by the
city marshal recently. Burns was
drunk and was threatening to take the
marshal's life, it was alleged.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
To Connect Lawrence and Topeka.

w. e. Winner, in addition to trans
forming the Lawrence street railway
into an electric line, proposes to get
hold of the Carbondale railroad and
connect Lawrence and Topeka by
means of this route with an electric
road.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
Biggest Mill in the state.

A new addition to the McGrew Mill
ing company's plant at Coffeyville
makes one solid building. 304 feet long,
so feet wide and five stories high. It
is beyond doubt the biggest mill build
ing in Kansas.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
Wants to Raise a Regimen

Gov. Stanley received letter from
Col. Allen Buckner, of Baldwin. the
well-kEown civil war veteran. asking
that he might raise a regiment for
service in the Philippines.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
The TwentIeth,s Latest Report.

Adjt. Gen. Fox, of the national guard.
received the report of the operations
and condition of the Twentieth Kansas
regiment in the Philippines for June.
The report shows that there were 1, 033
officers and men in the regiment, as
against 1,060 for the previous month.
The loss is due largely to enlistments
in other regiments. There were, accord
ing to the report, 68S men ready for
duty and 242 enlisted men on the sick
list. Following are those who have re-
enlisted in the United States vo1un teer
regiments forming in the Philippines:
Ted Montgomery, a; John j. Johnson, A;
Charles A. Walters, A; William L. Dawson, G;
James A. Lewis, E; John M. Craig, z: Newton
A. Baker, E; John A. CookiIl E; Albert W.
Kinder, E; Joseph A. Miller, f; John A.
Haustman, H; Clarence Amis II; Frank Allen,
II; Peter F. Fleming, H; William Cooper, K;
Elijah Simpson, K; Peter A Griffin, L; Harry
M Parr, L; George A. Peters, L; Olaf Larson,
M; Harry Prouse, NJ
The only death reported for the
month of j une is that of Fred L. Max
field, of company B. Charles FL. Zim-
norman, of company D, was discharged
on account of disabilities. Charles a.
Hammond, of company F, was dis
charged for sentence. David M. Horlz-
man, of company Fl, was discharged
for disabilities. Harry L. Neidert, of
company L, was dishonorably dis
charged.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
Reformatory Boys Paroled.

The board of managers of the Hutch
inson reformatory made the following
paroles last week:
Fred McGruder, of Wyandotte county; Archie
Malloy of Atchison county; Otto BuShler, OF
Sumner county; Frank Rogers, of Bourbon
county; Herman Rowhuff, of Clay county; AL
bert A. Dervade. of Clay county; Charles Dykes,
of Cloud county; Henry Weston, of Woods on,
county; S. V. Whitlock, of Marion county;
James Williams of Cherokee county; Henry
Evans, of Miami county; I. Goodwin, of Wash
ington county; Charles Hetzel, of Edwards
county: Fred kerns of Marion county; Lorenzo
R. Lewis, OF Pawnee county.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
More soldiers Promoted.

Gov. Stanley has issued commissions
for the following officers of the
Twentieth Kansas on recommendation
of Col. Metcalf:
Charles B. Walker, Kansas City, lieutenant
and adjutant, to be captain, vice T. E. Buchan;
j. r. Whisner, Kansas City, first lieutenant; B.
E. Northrup, Kansas City, second lieutenant;
Clad Hamilton, to be captain, vice Glasgow, dis
charged; E. Guy Simpson Beloit, to be first
lieutenant; A. H. COnley, Fort Scott, first lieu
tenant, vice AgneW, discharged; Philip Fox
Manhattan, second lieutenant; O. H. Burton
Fort Scott, first lieutenant, vice Green, dis
charged; Charles P. Barshfeld, Kansas City,
second lieutenant
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-24
Honors for Kansas Volunteers.

In accordance with request from
Secretary of War Root, Gov. Stanley
recommends eight officers of the four
Kansas regiments organized during the
Spanish war for positions in the new
United States volunteer regiments to
be sent to the Philippines, as follows:
From the Twentieth Kansas-Capt. William
j. Watson. of Pittsburg; Lieut. Burton ].
Mitchell, of lola.
From the Twenty-flrst Kansas-Capt. Vernon
L. Everett, of Wichita; Lieut.. Howard N.
Koontz, of Garden City.
From the Twenty-second Kansas-Capt.
Clyde B. Parker, of Oberlin; Sergt. Robert B.
Mitchell. of Florence.
From the Twenty-third Hansas-Capt. Sher-
man A. Harvey. of Lawrence; Capt William NJ
Hawkins, of Topeka.
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THEY wEDDED SECRETLY.

And Announced Their Union When
 Time and Death Disposed of Opposi-
 ton of Relatives
 Simsbury Aug. 10.-It became known to-day through a formal announcement that Charles Case the son of Alonzo Case of this place, and Miss Sarah d. Emo daughter of Aaron Emo of sims brrv and connected with the New York millionaires of that name, were secretly married in New York in May last The attachment of the two young neople was, it is said, strenuousiy op- nosed by members of the Enc fanlly l tbe young wo1nan's parents and JeiIfeS l n Phelps. her grandfather, being par ticularlv disinclined to view with ap- proval a marriage
 Tn May Miss Enc visited South NOT walk and thence went to New Iork wbare~ MT. Case is employed as DOCK ,.eener in Fulton market. The mar riage took place secretly and the young bride returned to Slmsbury' Wliei' ,,o+hine was known of the ceremony
 Meanwhile. the opposition Of the pa vents was modified, but MT. Phelps th' e,randfather. was obdurate. The ia' ter,s death in New York on 0ulloay however. removed further necessity lo secrecy and the young people yeslelue'' attended the funeral together. Retui Il i.or +o sinsbury, the May marriage Wa | oppcunced
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Local Weather Report FOR AUGUST 10, 1853.
Brief Mention.
r to-day, 1:29 a. m.

High water to-day, 1:29 a. m.
 Bargains in shoes at Howarth Bros' Mrs, M. F. Barton of this city Is Vls- iting her daughter, Mrs. Thomas M' Payne, in Waterbury
 Miss Lily Sanford of Reddlng mas .one with her uncle, Albert Hill, ot NeW Haven. to Bedford Hot Springs
 Mrs. Hattie Thomas of RlchafaS Place. West Haven, and Mrs. ffaih A. Jucke of Williams street are visiting Charles w. Scranton of Harlem, N' A' a few days.
 Mise Nellie Cooper of William street. J.eula Warner of Woodbridge ana WIT liam Bali of Boston are guests or Mls' Margaret Woodruff at Burnham farll' Bethany Hills.
 On Sunday new switch locks VIII oe mt on all the switches on the Cell.is l s'. division of the New York, New f1't ..,l and Hartford railroad to conlorlii "i'A' those on the Midland division.
 pev Dr. Goodenough and famlly ol New Rochelle. N. Y, formerly or thl' oitv are at the Grassy Ridge house Rethel. for a few weeks. The taillill snent their vacation at the same piac' last summer.
 The family of Charles Monson' heau of the Charles Monson conlpenS' noa,
 ,11, +bis week for Jamestown, neai Newport, R. l., where MT Mu 1Iu Wnnsor family spent last season. M. has joined them at Jamestown
 A letter was received by the clus 1; srnnTa erv. of Derby yesterday from State HEINZ 4a Commissioner J. H. Macdonalo to .i, effect that Derby will have the ma nlao,,d ,hi am appropriation from the sta.e t,o,,t tnt year, but will have to go w,lnous @ f next year unless there is a chahce ge+ if because of fewer towns looklii for aid then from the state'
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YESTERDAYS STORM.
nn Unusually Severe One on Sounu
 SbiDping.

nn Unusually Severe One on Sounu
 Shipping.
 vos,erdav's storm, while not especlal- sa,,ora on land. was one of the sever es+ squalls of the year on water ,i, anu ,,,snv ot, the tugboat captains assernoleu A. , the harbor last evening congratulatea .,,anosalves ~. on having happily completeaa onntnar bald days labor '''Ie's vt .,.o,,, were compelled to put into thls ,,ort to avoid the fury of sea ana Wln9 ll p and the greater part of them remained for the night. ,,,a ora The big tug Frederick E. Ives hao one ,f the hardest passages She was s'oou' o' ofe prideeport with big tow when the ,,au o struck. She reached here early m +he afternoon and her captain anu eli- ;,,aor reported an unusually fousn tinoe The tug Reeolute from thls DOT, tn New London put in at Sayorook anu tpa Thonas Walp put into south NOT, .,ra,k The big wrecking tug F. A. ocot, sn,Ight shelter from the storm in thlS port. ,.,,v,,, of tho nleas,lre o,aft anchored in the harbor aragseo oncbors and narrowly escaped Solns ashore.
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---- -------- .-,-,r.-,>rrrAr ccATDING WAS ACCIDENTAL'
Verdict of Coroner Mix in the "a'el bury Case Yesterday.

Verdict of Coroner MlA iii
 burv Case Yesterday.
 Coroner Mix went to Waterbury Se +ordav morning to investigate the 9eai' ;,g of little Leah Brill at the liaiiua ol nTsa Caroline Porter about 3:9o O'CLOCK -T1aa,osdev afternoon The coroner, al o.ref,,l look into the case, came to I,. ooro1usion that 1t was an accldehtai ee,ir and that Mrs. Porter will be helu h1on,aless for the death ot the emu ,,,l,;cb occurred at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. r., ;+,, sonoa
 Tt seems that the Brill girl with some o+bers were playing at the rear ol .ne portar home, the back yard ol "llici, baoks upon the back yard or the briii I,oueo when the pail of hot water caile down m the girls from above
 m.a ward in which they were playins |, oonron playground for the sr1al 10 7-.1suo,, of the ueighborhood and is Tn very filthy condition. It was d. III , said that Mrs. Porter opJecteu .o .n, cbildren playing in her yard ana '.ia she tried to drive them orr py tllroWii, i,s , 1o+ water on them. coroner Mlh 7oi' 1ast night that the Porter Wothah Wd washing some clothes coVeleu "'' noint carly Wednesday aftefhooii' aii' as The landlord of her tenement ha' forhidden her to let the greasy f1atte ,,,,, down the waste pipe, she threw
 ,,+ of the window as she has time .an' two aeain. Mrs. Porter said there Wa
 Intention to do anyone injury ana d .oon as she heard the cries or tne HUI n,.;,1 eirI she rushed down stars an ,,,uh+ the little girl in the house, do ing all she could to relieve iei o1 Ne terrible scalds, .., ,.o
 The Porter woman was arresteu %ooo % after the accident took place pu' wa 1,+or released.
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was one of the owners and bookhsepers of the Hartman Brewing company or Rrtdgeport He started in the busliless win 10 c. Stoddard & Co, now stoa- dord Gilbert ,S Go. of New Haven lie wac win McMahon & wren of Bridge port for ten years. He also owns s' | loon on State street in that city. | The Rev. w. II. Phipps ana lan.lIS oA Prospect went this week to E4aSe ford to spend the remalTuei
 month of August. Professor h' l' V ol | tis of this city will occupy ti'e pa So,i age during his absence and suppiS l,ie nu1pit. The Rev. MT. Ely of Iowa. lile father of Mrs. Curtis, will De Witn 4Ni' Curtis family. oo
 Franklin E. Beckley the popular rep ranresentatiye of the Rosedale Cigar lcompanv of Hartford, is at the Sea view
 hotel Savip Rock. :.
 William F. Rockwell of Merldeh is
 rapidly recovering from ms lecehs i-
 ness A trained nurse from NeW hoih
 is in attendance.
 Mrs. Frank Carroll of North Colony
 street. Meriden, is quite serlousis 'Ai
 with malaria fever.
 The many friends of Judge James |
 Platt of Meriden, son of United States Senator Platt, will be pleased to learl
 that he is now sufficiently recovered te ride out. and he is enjoying the pleasant
 weather driving about the cits Ill eo'ii pany with Mrs. Platt.
 Mrs. J. E. Barry and family or her
 iden are staying at Savln ROCK lor
 few days. !. Frank A. Stevens and family or Meri den are spending the month at the III
 dian Neck cottage occupied during Jul.
 bv Postmaster Henry Dryhurst al' 2 family.
 b Orpanist and Mrs Frederick Byro
 Hill of Meriden are spending leN
 weeks at Stony Creek
 i MT. and Mrs George M. Gurus , Meriden have returned from then oton l. Creek cottage, where they have pee
 severa! weeks.
 Elijah Bill Lewis has been appolnte t auditor of the Southern New Englaii . Telephone company, With heaoquai 'e.
 at New Haven, promotloh Wlien U bringing him many congratula'loi T. from his friends. Their only regret 5 the possibility that his new once hia causa MT. Lewis to remove Wlth Il -S family from their Greene avenue non :, to the City of Films. s.-NorWich Buil' . tin. o. E. Misses ualer and Maud Gilhuley
 New Haven were the guests or NH > Eva Hodgetts of Waliingford yeste ft day l Anthony Carroll says he has dste II mined to bring suit for damages again y Superintendent of Police Wrinn ana A | derman Felix Chillingworth on u
 charge of defamation of character al e libelous statements The trouble h II, n been a growing one, precipitated to si climax by MT. Carroll's petitions to L ,n ,l hoard of aldermen and his request to asn permitted to examine the records or | ar ,o,ica department Superintende 1 Wrinn at that time refused perm1ssl ~ ~ and the matter went to the board U nolice commissioners, which decld .u against MT. Carrprs petition, All '' that there was bad blood bstween ;
 perintendent Wrinn and MT. Carrc ee The same condition of things eXls between the aldermen, or some of the o, and Mr. Carroll.
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A JOYOUS OCCASION.
Presentation of a Morris Char Last
 Evening.

Evening.
 Elizabeth conclave, Seven wise Wo- men. had a large meeting last evening" there being an unusually large assem- hlage of the members, as 1t was plelllAeU to surprise the conclave's secretary Mrs. Mary Haut, by presenting her With beautiful Morris chair. AL the aus picious moment the chair was orought forth from it's place of concealment III the Journal and Courier office, the Voice of a diminutive herald, in whose care the chair had been, having been ouly heard. The presentation speech was very happily made by Mrs. Ptannepeck- CT of 76 Franklin street, who approprl- ately spoke of Mrs. Haut's very eilcieh. and painstaking work as secretary ailo her devotion to the conclave's interest Mrs. Haut was delighted with the beau tiful gift and the testimony or tii' lodges regard was received with near tv thanks. The lodge then enjoyed re | treatments and joyous social tune.