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The Penn's Grove record., 1899-07-28

circumstances often nccessitate the
taking off of large limbs that may
have long been overlooked, or may
perhaps have died. It is a mistake to
saw off such branches close to the
trunk. The wood soon cracks, ven
if covered with n cont Of paint, the
water gets in and a decayed trunk
o o results. Cut off the limbs four
inches at least from the trunk, saving
from four sides to a raised point at
the center, as shown in the cut. This
projection is not handsome, but it
will never crack open far enough tc
admit water to the interior of the
trunk.--New England Homestead.
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KRyGER'S LATEST move.
The Willy Boer Offered His Resigna-
ton and Then Withdrew 1t.
HE STRENGTHENED HIS POSITION

The Transvaal Presidents R~esignatioI
Was Only Conditionai-Good Rela-
tions Between Himself and the Raad
Restored-Idea of 1t~esIcninG His Post
Abandoned - End of Conspiracy Case.
PRETORIA, South African Republic (BY
Cable).-Amicable relations between the
volksraad and President Kruger have been
restored. The conspiracy case against the
ex-British officers has been withdrawn, and
the remaining prisoners were released.
President Kruger has definitely abandoned
the idea OF resigning.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-07-28
A LynchinE In Texas.

Houston, Texas (Special). IA few days ago
q church at Fuquax Prairie was burned by
an incendiary. Suspicion fell on John and
Randall Hamilton, negroes. The latter
was first found, and, with n rope around
his neck, he confessed that John burned
the church. jain was found at his homo,
and his answer to Il demand for surrender
was a voliey of buckshot, Van Wright being
fatally wounded and Tuck Moody slightly
injured. The negro escaped, badly
wounded, but was r~eeaptured and at once
strnnDu u
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fenulnU usVeippneuts IHrtuer uIscus-
sion of the Outlanders' demands has been
suspended.
According to the Cape Town correspond
ent OF the Daily Mail President KruSer's
resignation is regarded us a cute move to
create a crisis for the purpose OF tidlng
over the interval until the rainy season
begins, The correspondent says tn Mt the
Dutch extremists ascribe 1t to n deep
British game for the pensiontng of Presi-
dent Kruger In order to allow the seizure
of the country.
The Volksraad, while maintaining Its OPP
position to President Ringers views on
The dynamite concession, is said to have
given Its assurance that 1t still has the ut
most confidence In the President, and he
withdrew his resignation. As TO the diff
ference OF opinion on the question OF the
dynamite concession, General p. J..
Joubert, vlce-President of the Republic,
and the majority OF the VolksrHad favor
cancellation of the monopoly, while Presi-
dent Kruger supports It.
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mhnt a Lenh rencn really Is.

The first thing to be said about lead
pencils is that they are not lead pen
oils at all. Once upon 4 time sticks
Of lead were used for making marks on
paper and wood, aud the name has
survived, though nowadays all the
pencils are filled with graphite, or
p~lumbago. This mineral IS found in
only a few places in the world-in
Cumberland, England, along the
La,ftentian ranges, in the province of
Qiebec, aud at Ticonderoga, vt. The
largest mines on this continent are at
the latter place
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-07-28

General Otis reports to the War De.
partment, Washington, that a detach-
ment of the Twenty.third Infantry, under
command OF Lieutenant Moore, whils
scouting in the mountains of Cebu, was
fired upon by bandits who were in 0
strongly fortified position. One private
was Killed; five OF the bandits were killed
and seven captured.
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Eight young women were recently
admitted to the bar in New York City
The logical sequence of m at tn,
bar is women on the bench. The
woman is doubtless now living whose
portrait will grace the newspapers o
some not far-oT year as that of ''tht
first woman iudgein New York" AnG
the logical sequence of women at the
bar and on the bench will be wome1
in the iury-room,.
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Naturally, the Bicycle Trust will
be the model of 1899.

1t is argued that tho trolley tends
to repress crime by distributing the
population of cities over q larger area,
says the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
ELECTRICITY as a moral agent is an in
tel esting field of study.
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Second Negro Lynched For One Crime.

~BAINBRIpaE, Ga. (Speclal). - Charles
Mack, the second of the negroes who com
mitted the Ogletree outrage, was lynched
Mt Stafford. His crime was committed in
Early County, and citizens of this (Dccaturl
County refused to let the mob bring the
man into Bainbridge. Mack was therefore
taken to Stafford, the scene of his crime, in
Early County, and lynched. The negro
made q Confession.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-07-28

There Is more wealth in the United
States than in any other country il
the world. This fact would be dis
creditable rather than honorable il
the men of wealth in the United
States, or a great proportion of them.
did not use their mouey for noble
purposes. In no nation is so much
given to charitable and educationa
institutions. This record for the past
six years will astonish most OF our
readers. Here it is:
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THE PRESIDENTS VACATION.
He and His Party at Lake Champaign
For "a Stay of Several Weeks.

WASHINGTON, d. q. (sp~ecial).-Presi-
dent and Mrs. Mckinley left Washington
on a special train for Hotel Champlain,
Lake Champlain, for II stay of several
weeks. With the President were Miss
Sarah Duncan, his niece; Secretary Cor
telyou, and a retinue OF White House at,
taches md servants. A crowd OF several
hundred people were at the station to see
the Presidential party on. Secretary
Hitchcock, Postmaster-Genera Smith,
Adjutunt- General Corbin and Controller
Dawes were also at the train to bid the
party farewell,
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GEORGIA TROOPS CALLED OUT.
Governor Gambler Sent Two Companies
of State Militia to cambridge.

ATLANTA, Ga. Especially Governor Can.
der received the following message from
Sheriff Patterson, of Decatur County, dated
from Bainbridge:
Town In the hands Of a mob. Send aid
qnick.'
Governor Gambler at once ordered the
co npanies OF State militia stationed at
Valdosta under command Of Captain Lit
Teton, aud that commanded by Captain
Smith, of bonneville, to proceed with all
haste to Balnbridge.
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The rapid destruction of the spruce
forests CT the Eastern States may be
realized when it is understood that
one daily paper used the growth on
twenty-five acres in two days, the
wood having been reduced to pulp
and turned into pap er.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-07-28

Charles Wolfaugel became violently In
sane at his home in Denmark, Ind, aud
selling q natehet, chopped his two dauGh
tiers and wife to death while they wore
sleeping. He then took n knife and cut
his " throat. II is thought the eldest
girl was awakened wheI her sister was
Killed, as evidences OF n struggle were mp,
parent. The murdered children were elshi
and twelve years Did.
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LONDON (By Cable).-The Hague corre-
,pondent of the Times reports a long con-
gersation with Andrew d. White, United
States Ambassador at Berlin and head OF
the American delegation, in which the
Ambassador, after referring to the earnest
,esire of the American people for a com
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WEYLER HINTS AT REVOLT.
1t Might Accomplish, He Says, the Re-
generation of Spain.

MADRID (By Cable).-In the course OF the
debate in the Senate on the bill fixing the
strength of the army, General Weyler made
a remarkable speech, which is interpreted
rs being a n e1hortation to the popuIaee to
combine with tho army against the Govern,
ment. Abiding to the recent riotous
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80 A.
II the area deFoteu TO mowers IS
small IT Is Detter 10 procure p'ants
and bulbs that so" seeds The hrst
cost VIII be greater, put tne feS"ltS
are more certain, the labor Tess ana
ii proper attention As gwen them' the
first cost Will be the only one az
least for some Tune bN'ps snouiu DC
planted at once. Inc hardest ahd
most snowy are gIadioli' cailaS' tube
roses and hines Many deslfspie va,
rieties OF each OF these are oneteu oy
seedsmen, anu Il glance over some
catalogue VIII enable intending Pur,
shasers to select the coiors pest SUITED
to their taste Iuiips. sno"oroPs,
orocus, narcissus ana lines OF lne
valley must be planted IN t9e lall'
Elephant ears produce SNOWY ioliage'
Fahsies naaNe " pe"".liS
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Thousands of copies of the New resta-
ment have recently been sent into Thibet
by the British and Foreign Bible Society.
The New Testament, Psalms, Books OF
Moses and Isaiah have all been translated
into Thibetan.
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HArTIEsBURe. Miss. Especially. - Henry
Novels, a negro, who attacked Miss Rosa
line Davis, was captured, and was idonti-
fed by Miss Davis, He was Immediately
tied to u tree and shot to death by the
angry crowd.
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This year the apiris of giving ha:
been strong in our men and women
who are blessed with an abundance OF
this wsrld's goods, and by the end OF
the year we shall probably see that
something like S50, 1000, 900 has been
devoted to charity and education by
liberal minded, big hearted Ameri-
cans
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General Gomez is quoted by a Havana
paper as saying that our Silt Of S3,OOo,oOO
is the greatest pleague ever visited upon
Cuhn.
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A TEMP GRANGE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

rhe Man Behind the Bar-How u Young
American Surgeon Observed His
Pledge Under Extraordinary Circum-
stances-A Toast Drunk in Water.
fou rave heard of 1.-THE man behind the
Gun"
And "The man behind the plow."
One gets his worl; from the Captains
bridge
The other is working now.
Bnt one who works both night and day
Mans happiness to mar
The deadliest foe our land can know,
Is 1.-THE man behind the Bar"
-Ramia Horn.
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The first annual report of the Christian
and Missionary Alliance shows the receipts
10 be sIA7, S2O.55. The Alliance has 269
missionaries working in China, India,
Japan. Africa, Arabia, South America and
West Indies.
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LONDON (By Cable).-The South African
question remains in statu quo. Adyices
from the Cape say that President Kruger
resigned only co~nditionallv.
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WHITE TO THE POWERS.
Our Ambassador Says We Cannot
Surrender the Monroe Policy.
AMERICA WILLING TO ARBITRATt.

Ambassador White Says Thai the Monroe
Doctrine VIII Not Hamper Arbitration
in Any Degree-He States That We Can
not Consent to Sweep Away Monroedsrn
Ills Interview in the London Times.
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Mrs. Rich Taken to a Mexican Prison.

Mrs John D.. Rich, who has been in jail
at FL Paso, Texas, since early In May, was
delivered to the Mexican authorities at
Juarez by Marshal Seabrlcht.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-07-28

Gideon j. Tucker. former Secretary OF
State OF New York, died at his home in
New YORK City, at the age OF seyentY-three
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-07-28

Politique coloniale, Paris, France, states
that Russia and Japan are armlng, with a
view to a possible conflict In Corea.
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TX NaYAg0Yz WI
EsG W@G EellMAlNrNssS9NS
W ~ 3E
Cause of Tomato Rot.

Tomato rot is caused by a fungus
which is disseminated from plant to
plant by winds, insects and other
agencies. The best remedy against
this pest is spraying with Bordeaux
mixture. The fungus spreads most
rapidly during warm, moist seasons.
1t is therefore best to commence
spraying before the plants are affected
even, and repeat the operation every
week or two,
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-07-28

When a mar plants blackberries he
has a plantation that with care and
spraying with fuugicides to prevent
blight can be kept for all time. 1t is
very hard to root ont a blackberry
patch, as any who have planted the
wild sorts and who wish to change
for better can testify. But if the best
varieties are secured, this tendency
of the blackberry to sprout makes it
more valuable. At even a very low
price the plants can be sold to neigh
bors SO as to bring in nearly rs much
as q crop Of fLnit.
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Cleveland strikes First Victim.

In the death OF Henry Cornwelt by a bull
lot hred by Ralph p. Hawley. a conductor
on the Broadway line, Cleveland, Ohio, is
recorded the first fatality OF the strike.
Cornweit, the ntneteen-year-old son OF a
butcher, was astfide a horse, and rode to
the side OF the ear for some distance. A
mob followed the car hootlng and other
wise making II unpleasant for the conduc-
Tor. who, becoming Infatuated at the
actions OF the crowd, jumped on the car,
pulled a revolver and shot Cornweit. He
died in the hospital a few hours later,
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Preparing violets For Winter Bloomir

Preparing violets For Winter Blooming
To grow violets for winter bloom
ing it is by far best to plant them
where they are to remain. The
frames may be placed about them
later. Pick off every bud that forms,
and remove the runners, and do not
force them by giving fertilizers. The
ground in which they are planted
should be light and mellow and only
ordinarily rich. What is wanted is a
sturdy, healthy growth rather than a
luxuriant one. Shower the plants
frequently to keep down the red
spider, unless they are where they
will get the benefit of dews and rains.
Put the frames about them in Octo-
Der, but do not cover the plants until
cold weather comes. At that time it
may be well to fertilize the soil some-
what. Bank up well about the frames,
and provide a sash to cover them that
fits snugly. On every pleasant day
after the weather becomes cold lift
this sash q little to admit air. If 1t
is intended to grow them in the
greenhouse, where there are no beds
to plant them out in, keep them in
seyen-inch pots. Clip the runners of
frequently. and do not allow them to
bloom until winter comes. Violets
are not satisfactory for culture in the
window of the living-room.-Ladies
Home journal.
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Foar DE FRANCE, Island of Martinique
(By Cable. General Ulisses Heureaux,
President of the San DOMINICAN Republic,
was assassinated at Moca. The name Of
the murderer Is Ramona sres.
vice-President General Wenceslao Figu.
ereo. Immediately upon the announcement
of the Presidents death, assumed the d.
rection Of affairs.
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GEN. HEUREAUX SLAIN.
The President Of San Domingo As
sassinated by Ramon Cacere8,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

General Heureaux Was Serving His
Fourth Term ms PresIdent-Ue hose
d. the Leader of His PeopIe-His Adj.
venturous Career and Narrow Escapes.
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Pruning Large Limbs.
All pruning ought Of course to be
done when the limbs are small. But
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-07-28

Protestants in Japan.
There are 40, 600 Protestant church mem,
bers in japan.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-21
Death of Mrs. SnjckuaII.

Mrs, Ada +. Spicknall, wife of Hon.
W. Il. Spicknall, died at her home on
South Jefferson avenue Saturday
afternoon att o'clock, after an illness
OF four weeks. She had been bedfast
Tor three weeks. The funeral will be
held from her late home this
afternoon at o'clock, conducted by
Rev, ThOs. Penick, OF the Cum.
berland Presbyterian church. Burial
will be made in Prairie Lawn ceme-
try.
The deceased was 45 years of age
aud was member of the Methodist
Episcopal church. Her father, Judge
|, L. Lawrence of Baker City, Oregon,
her husband and three children, Mrs.
Olive Oven of Colorado Springs, COL,
Q1intus and Hazel Splcknail, survive
her. Mrs. Spickmll was born in JEFF
fersonyille, Ind. Her parents were
natives of South Carolina. She was
nfsrrled to W. R. Spicknall at Tecum.
sch, Neb In April, 1874. She came
to Kansas with her husband sixteen
years ago, taking up her residence in
Wellington. She was surrounded at
her death by her husband and three
children, Mrs, Owen having arrived
from Colordo Springs a few days prev.
lous in response to the news of her
critical condition. The sympathy Of
the community goes out to the strick.
en family.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-21
The "Old and Young Association. -


The "Oid and Young Association.
The colOred population of Yelling
ton has SET an example worthy of en-
ulatiOn by colored people in every
community in the United States. An
organization known as the "Oid and
Young. Association" was organized
recently for the benefit of mutual
assistance in time Of distress. The
object Of the association is to care for
the sick, relieve the distressed and
bury the dead. Many cOl0red families
are so poor that when a death occurs
among them it is necessary to solicit
aid from the more fortunate white
people in order to give the deceased
decent burial. The cOlOred people
have long been looking for a way out
of this unpleasant necessity, and they
have practically solved the problem
by organizing society for mutual
assistance, whose members pay a
small quarterly or monthly member.
ship fee.
The "Old and Young Association"
now has about $50 in its treasury.
The best cOlOred Deoplein Wellington
belong to it, and they are enthusiastic
over the successes that has attended
their organization since it was started.
A charter will be applied for shortly,
and the society will be conducted in
prescribed form.
The officers Of the association are:
Louis Strain, president; George j.
Brown, vlce-president; Mrs. Frank
Roberts, secretary; Frank Cousins,
assistant secretary; Daniel Letcher,
treasurer; Frank Roberts, Rev. L. H.
Griggs and Harve COney, trustees.
fhe committee appointed TO visit
sick members is composed of Mrs.
Amanda Oldham, Miss Matte Letch-
er, Mrs. Henry Burton, Charles Rob
erts, Shearman Teal and Henry
Burton.
The association at present has
twenty-siX members. Meetings are
held every Tuesday evening at the
AN E. church. They have a sick
benefit of $3.50 a week and a burial
benefit of S25.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-21
An Excellent Combination.

The few remedies which have at
timed to world wide fame, as truly
beneficial in effect and giving slti.-
faction to millions Of people every
where, are the products OF the know.
ledge of the most eminent physicians,
and presented in the form most
acceptable to the human system by
the skill Of the worlds great chemists
aud one of the most successful ex-
amples is the Syrup of Figs manufact-
ured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
Unlike host Of limitations and cheap
substitutes, Syrup Of Figs is per-
manently beneficial in its effects, and
therefore lives aud promotes good
health, while inferior preparations
are being Cast aside and forgotten.
In olden times II a aremedy gave TEN.
porary relief to individuals here and
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-21
Real Estate News.

II. G. Strong has bought o. A. A
Churchill and Others, lots I an6 5,
block 10, Conway Springs, for $50.
Nathan B. Smith has purchased Of
A. N. DOdsOn, 50 acres OF land in Eden
township, for 1884.
R. A. McIlhenny has bought l6O
acres Uf land in Eden township Of
Oliver H. Lent, for 81, 500.
Geo. S. Parker has purchased Of W.
A. Anderson, lot IL, block "a, Oxford,
for $3.50.
Tom Hicks Wright has decided to
A. S. Wright l23 lots in Oxford.
W. 5. Ames has bought of NJ, L.
Powell lots l3, II and Is, block 7,
Corbin, for s425.
Chas. A. Freaner has bought 2ie
acres Of land in Guelph township Of
Susan A. Lille.
o. NJ. SaylOr has bought OF A. B.
Harris let 3 in L. NJ. Woods addition
to Wellington, for 81 900.
A. NJ. Walls has Quitclaimed to L.
NJ. Mcknight for s42l, lots 5 aud 6 and
part.Of lot 4, ln block 80, Hunnewell.
Frank E. Knowles has bought of
Robert Robinson l6O acres Of land in
Avon township, for $500.
", c. Morrill, has Quitclalmed 10
Ernest E. Morrill, so acres OF land 10
Oxford township for $1,000.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-21
Stolen Goods Found.

H. r. Wightman, engineer at the
waterwOrks pump house, discovered a
lot of underwear and two shot guns in
pile Of cane between the Rock Island
and Santa Fe tracks near the junction
a few days ago. City Marshal c. G.
Shawver was Informed of the flnd, and
Monday established the fact that they
were part of the goods stolen from
Elmer Mickey and Emory Jacobs OF
Perth last December. Among other
things found in the cane pile were
two shot guns, one a Winchester SIN
gle-barrel gun and the other a breech.
loading double. barrel Richards gun.
TIE latter has been identified as The
gun stolen from the Rock Island depot
at Riverdale few nights previous to
the Perth robbery. The gun belonged
to Harry Shapcott, the Riverdale
merchant. He had loaned it to the
agent.
The Winchester shot gun has been
identified as the property Of Harvey
Winn of Perth, whose store was burg.
larized last December. The under
wear and other clothing was identi.
Hed as belonging to the Jacobs stock
at Perth.
Although the robbery at Perth was
committed nearly three months ago,
the guilty parties have never been
caught. The robbers went to Perth
from Wellington on a late freight and
bound and gagged farm hand who
had also gone from Wellington to
Perth On the train that night, and
threw him into an empty wheat car.
The robbOrs secured handcar and
came back to Wellington. The hand.
car was afterward found near the
junction. No trace of the goods had
been found until the accidental dis
coyery made by Mr.. Wightman few
days ago.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-21
WVvvVV7h

ness Of cement walk. Mr.. French
proposes to build $50 feet Of 4 inch
thick walk 1.-THE very best at cost OF
about $40 or sl2 more than a board
walk would cost. The talk about a
cement walk ordinance being a Bur.
den on the Poor is half rot and half
buncomb. w. R. Savage was present
at the council meeting last week and
made plteOuS plea to the council
not 10 pass the cement walk ordi.
nance, as he was Too Poor to build a
walk in front Of his $50 foot place.
The present walk in frontof Savage's
property is dangerous to pedestrians,
and should be torn up and hauled
away. But Savage's talk was not
what influenced the opposition to the
ordinance; there were stronger mo.
tves back OF the opposition. Anong
the other property owners who are
contemplating putting down cement
walks this summer are Glen Spru-
ance, G. e. Hitchcock, W. NJ. Cope
land, G. E. Elliott, Chas. Hunter,
Will VOils, Col. H. A. Loper and
several others.-Journal, Monday.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-21
SIDEWALK ORDINANCE KILLED.
No Cement Sidewalks at Present-Goed
Walk Advocates Not Discouraged.


The council 10 adjourned session
Friday night defeated the cement
sidewalk ordinance. The vote was 5
for and 3 against. Ready, Lichtenber.
ger, Pember, French and Dean voted
in favor OF it and Smith, Pitts aud
Luening voted against it.
The ordinance was amended allow.
ing vitrifed brick to be substituted
for cement at the property owners
option, and allowing good board walks
to be built on side streets where a
petition from property owners is pre-
sented to the Council and receives six
votes. The ordinance was thoroughly
discussed pro and con and killed on its
final passage.
The advocates Of good sidewalks
are not discouraged by the action Of
the council that night, and propose to
continue working for better walks
until they are secured.