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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15
A Half Million-Doll.r Fire.

Dayton, O., Feb. 5.-Early this
morning q fire, the result of boiler
explosion, in the tobacco warehouse of
j. P. Wolf, threatened for a while to
do immense damage in the manufacture
ing district of this city. The fire was
finally gotten under control, not how
ever, before fully $500, 900 worth of
property was destroyed. The principal
losers are: ]. P. Wolf q Sons, tobacco
merchants; E. Bimm & Sons, grocers;
Benedict. cigars; Dayton Paper Novel
ty Company.
Nightwatchman Snedinger was over
come by smoke and found unconscious
by firemen. Several firemen were
badly frozen, and Fireman Mccoy was
hurt, probably by falling walls.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15
improved Train Equipment.

The o. r. & N. and Oregon Short
Line have added buffet, smoking and
library car to their Portland Chicago
through train, and dining car service
has been inauguarsted. The train is
equipped with the latest chair cars,
day coaches and luxurious first-class
and ordinary sleepars. Direct connec-
tion made at Granger with Union Pa.
cifc. and at Ogden with Rio Grande
line. from all points in Oregon, Wash
ingtOn and Idaho to all Eastern cities.
For information. rates, ETC., call on
any o. r. & N. agent. or address w.
H. Hurlburt, General Passenger Agent,
Portland.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15
Pacific Coast Chat.

Canemah levies q 1l-mill school tax 4.
Reedville school district votes 2
mill tax this year.
Nine workhorses, at Elgin, have
brought $85 to $500 head.
Hon. NJ. Baker, pioner of La Grazde,
has been quite i'll with bronchitis.
At Stafford. Clackamas county, the
mercury recently went down to 2s de-
grees.
R. Hull has sold his farm near LIE.
banon to an Albany man.
A dog.poisoner is at work at Glen.
coe. One man, a physician, has sui.
fered the loss of five dogs.
George Childer's 2OO.acre farm, four
miles from Island City, has been sold
to John Blochland for So, 6OO-sll cash
but $4,000.
The discovery of two cases of scarlet
fever at Weston brought attention to
the fact that the town had no Quaran.
tine ordinance.
At Lower Cove, q disturbance in .
chicken house caused boy to 60 ont,
close the door. and fasten it with q
string button" Next morning the
door was open, with hole in it large
enough to admit mans arm. The
boy had locked in a chicken thief, who
had to cut through the door to reach
and turn the button"
A logging railroad, projected along
the Clatskanie, will not be built be-
cause one or two ranchers unwisely
asked much larger sums for right OF
way over their lands than the enterprise
would warrant.
The people of Tillamook county are
urging the extension of the Astoria &
Columbia River railroad from Seaside
TO their county, but President Ham,
mond has stated that work will not be
commenced until 1902, when it is his
purpose to extend the line down the
coast and connect with the Corvallis &
Eastern at Yaquina bay.
In the year 1899. % divorces were
granted in Walla Walla county, none
Being denied.
The United States pays $65. SO year
for rent in Spokane.
Tacoma's receipts in January were
$24, 1887; its expenditures, $S8, STA, and
the cash balance on February / was
$2O5, 237.
About 80 Occur d'Alene Indians were
entertained at feast at Tekoa the day
after the close of the recent farmers
institute.
Europe's national debt is $23, 000,.
600, 900.
Of Walla Walla county's total tar OF
$l62,892.27 for 1898, all but "a, 955 80
has been collected. The tax for 1899
will be due soon.
The United States secret service
department has undertaken 10 ferret
out q gang of counterfeiters who are
making life burden for the owners OF
slot machines throughout Seattle. The
town is becoming flooded with spurious
6-cent pieces, which 60 into circula-
ton through the medium Of nickle-in-
the-slot mschines.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15

Contrary 10 the general opinion, more
people 60 mad during the summer
months than in the usually gloomy and
dull month"; Of November, December
and January. when times are bad and
the general conditions appear more CON.
ducive 10 insanity. Not only In this
country, but also In many others, IL IL
found more people 60 mad during May.
June and July than during any other
portion of the year, and that suicide
which 10 due to some form of insanity
lis also more prevalent during the
summer.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15
LIQUOR Tramc in Mexico.

City of Mexico, Feb. 5.-The press
continues to denounce the growth of
the liquor traffic in Mexico, and
ascribes to the increasing consumption
of ardent spirits in various forms, the
augmented mortality end crime. The
Methodists here, headed by Bishop Nc
Cabe and Rev. DR.. Butler, have begun
. campaign against intemperance and
the local Catholic journals are exhort-
ing their readers to arouse themselves
to prevent the country from becoming
prey to alcoholism. 1t is reported
that the government will endeavor by
means of public action to aid the tenn
perance movement.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15

An Excellent combination.
The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGs, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIa SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
Is the one perfect strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
70 overcome habitual constipation per-
maneutly. Its perfect freedom from
every Questionable quality and sub.
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
Or irritating them. make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process Of manufacturing fRs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants, by . method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIe SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Compan,
printed on tho front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN TRANcIsco. car.
LoUuvTLLE. ~. NEW YORK. Y. =,
POI sale By all Druggists. Price sc. per bottle
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15
What WA Lacking.

THAT waiter of yours is the slowest
I ever struck" said fat customer.
well, if you had wagon, and the
wheels didn't work to suit you. what
would you do?" asked the restaurant
proprietor.
"Why, I'd grease 'em.''
well, why don't you grease the
waiter?"-Yonkers Statesman.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15
Transfer Of q Sawmill.

The Coping sawmill, at Tenino,
WASH, was sold to the Douglas Lumber
Company of Chehslis, the members of.
the company consisting of L. H. Miller
and Mrs. H. j. Miller. The firm re-
Gently purchased the timber on the
Hogdgen donation claim, mile from
Tenino, and the mill will be immed-
lately moved to the new site and put
in operation. 1t has a capacity of
about $1,000 feet per day.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15
Liquor I'm Groceries.

In Connecticut, liquors and groceries
cannot now legally be sold on the same
premises. For number of years past
many groceries in the state took out
what is called package license under
which they sold liquors not to be drank
on the premises. The last legislature
passed law prohibiting this and now
any grocer who wishes to sell liquors
will have to give up his grocery bust
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15

A miner in Colorado, disheartened
by hard luck, dug grave for himself
with the intention of getting into it
and then blowing his brains out. Three
feet under the surface of the ground he
struck "pay streak" and sold it the
next DAY for $40, 900. If you are think
ing of self-destruction. try digging
your own grave.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15

England can no longer compete with us
This is merely natural. The best wins In
everything. For a like reason. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters has for fifty years ac-
knowledged no superior, because there is
nothing better to cure constipation, indi-
gestiOn, dyspepsia and biliousness.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15

Boston, Feb. 8.-Charles H. Cole,
formerly president of the Globe
National bank, and who is charged
with embezzling and Incorporating
$500, 900, the property of the bank,
waived examination today, and was
held in $50, 900 bonds for the grand
jury of the district court, which sits
March 30. Benjamin E. Smith and
Benjamin Walls, of Boston, were &C.
cepted as surieties. Cole was brought
here early in January from Los Ange-
les, Cal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15

One of the farm journals remarks
that the Indiana msn whose horse ate
up his pocketbook containing sos may
be justified in claiming that it is not
always profitable to have money in live
stock.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their
children during the teething period.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15
Enthuaiaafia old WAeelman.

There 10 IN old adage 70 the effect
that IL 10 never too late 10 mend, and
that seems to apply to the bicycle. or,
rather, 10 the people who ride it. A
Peoria Gil. man learned 10 hide as the
ago Of 81 years and now II ~. During
these IL years he has ridden 60. 900
miles. and il still going. To bonn
memorate his career a. . cyclist he has
erected Q monument over the spot
where be IL to be buried, and ON the
shaft tho figure of q bicycle 10 carved.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15

So far this season about $4,000 boxes
of oranges have been shipped from
Manatee county, Fla.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15
Large Fire In Indianapolis.

Indianapolis, Feb. 5.-Fire. which
broke out at 8 O'Clock this afternoon in
George w. Stout's Wholesale grocery
store, spread to adjoining buildings, &C.
cupied by Brinkmeyer, Kuhn q Co..
wholesale grocers, and the Hendricks
Vance Company, causing total loss
estimated at $3.50, 900.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15

In the Boone county (Mo.) circuit
court saloonkeeper was fined $3.50 for
selling 10 minor. This 10 the first
case ever tried in Boone county, under
the law, BY which damages assessed
in such cases 60 to the party making
complaint.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money If il
fails to cure. E. w. Groves signature
is on each box. 25c.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15

Three dozen bottles Of old wine were
unearthed in the village of Southamp-
ton, L. l., by workmen who were dig
ging q furnace pit in the cellar Of Ed.
ward p. Hunting's house. Tho house
was formerly occupied by Mr.. Hunt
ing's father and it is supposed the wine
had been buried there for more than 60
years. Mr.. Hunting is . teetotaler
and the wine was thrown away.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15

VITALITY low. debiitated or exhausted cured by
DIR. klpe's Invigorating Tonic. FREE 81. Trial
Bottle containing Weeks treatment DIR. Kline's
Institute. 93i Arch st., Philadelphia Founded 1871.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15

Within year eight beet sugar fac
tories have been built in Michigan.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15

On April l next Buffalo carpenters
will get 25 cents an hour.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15

The Republic Steel Company, one Of
the two big steel trusts recently
formed, has Is plants in Indiana.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15

San Francisco, Feb. 5.-The trans
port Ohio, ~ days from Manila, arrived
here today. The Ohio brought $50
bodies and tvvO r,QaoonOora
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15
STATE OF OHIO, CITY or TOLEDO, /,

6TATE o. OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, =.
LUCAS COUNTY.
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he n the
senior parter of the firm Of +. ]. CHENEY Co.,
doing business In the City of Toledo, County
and State Aforesaid, and that said Arm will pay
the sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use of HALLS CArARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this sth day Of December, A. D. 1885,
A. w. GLEASON,
t~} Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure il taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Send for testimonials, free.
FL CHENEY q CO., Toledo. O.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15

At Auburn IN. " the malsters have
gained an increase of wages from 80
per week to $l2.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15

Over one-fourth of Hamburg's in
habitants pay an income tax.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15

In Germany one newspaper Is pub
lished for every IL, 900 persons.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15

Captain Frederick Sparkling Dead.
Washington. Feb. 6.-Captain Fred.
erick Sparkling, commanding the light
house tender Maple. il dead from pneu-
monia. He was . son of Dr.. Fred
Sparkling, Of Seattle, Wash.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15
He Threw Away tho Wine.

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been .
Madison, 24O9 42d Ave-. Chicago, Ills.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15

In round numbers the consumption
of iron and steel in the United States
for the current year will be more than
IL, 500 tons, or five times the amount
Of salt used by the country.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15

In San Francisco the retail carpet
men have organized to regulate prices
and prevent competition. Five Of the
largest carpet houses are in the new
combination.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15
SOLO Dy drugg1Sts, 7oc.
Halls Family Pills are the best

Four hundred Belgian miners have
moved to Russia to work in the mines
ct Donetz.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15

A large cotton mill is being erected
in Mexico at AtotoEcillo on the line of
the inter-oceanic railroad.
Two-thirds of the worlds sugar is
produced from beets.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15
1HodJ SaaIabMM
4 Hard Luck Story.
Never s(H5!l:lJ:lzdE

Hoods Pills cure liver Ills; the nonirritating and
only cathartic to take with Hoods Sarsaparilla:
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15
Portland Market.

Wheat - Walla Walla, sac $50;
Valley, SIC; Bluestem, SAC per bushel.
Flour-Best grades, 81. 80; graham,
$2.25; superfine, SAILS per barrel.
Oats-Choice white, S5@36c; choice
gray, 84c per bushel.
Barley-Feed barley, $15@16.O0;
brewing, $17.5O@18.5O per ton.
Millstuffs-Bran, SIT per ton; mid
dlings, $2a; shorts, SIS; chop, SIC per
ton.
Hay-Timothy, $lO@11; clover.
$7@8; Oregon wild hay, $6@7 per ton.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 50@55c;
seconds, 4218@45c; dairy, 30@371ac;
store, 2aH @27Hc.
Eggs-16@ lee per dozen.
Oregon full cream, 13c;
Young America, lac; new cheese 1Oc
per pound.
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, 5000
400 per dozen; hens, $3.50; springs,
$2.5O@S.5 so; geese, $7.0O@8.O0 for old;
$4.5O@6.5O; ducks, $6.OO@7.OO per
dozen; turkeys, live, 1870 per
pound.
Potatoes-55@sO soc per sack; sweets.
2@2Hc per pound.
Vegetables-Beets, ST.. turnipe, 90c;
per sack; garlic, &c per pound; cab
bage, Nc per pound; parsnips, 81;
onions, $l.5O@2.OO; carrots, 81.
Hops-7@ loo; 1898 crop, 5@6c.
Wool-Valley. 12@13c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 8@14c; mohair, 27@
SOC per pound.
Mutton-Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 4Ac; dressed mutton, 70
INC per pound; lambs, INC per pound.
Hogs-Gross, choice heavy, $500;
light and feeders, $3.50; dressed,
$5.5O@6.OO per 100 pounds.
Beef-Gross, top steers, $4.00@4. so;
COWS, $500 LOO; dressed beef, 6H q
7Ac per pound.
veal-Large, 7@sc; small. SIC
exc per pound.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15


Woots- Spring-Nevada, l2@ 15c per
pound; Eastern Oregon, 12@ lee; VAL
ley, 10000; Northern, 10@l2c.
Hops-189o crop, 1l@13c per
pound.
Butter-Fancy creamery 27@28c;
do seconds, 10000; fancy dairy, %
@26c; do seconds, l8@2lc per pound.
Eggs-Store, 15@16c; fancy ranch,
lee.
Millstuffs - Middlings, $500 Q
81 90; bran, $14.50@15.O0.
Hay-Wheat$ Sc. 500 so; wheat and
cat $6.5O@9.00; best barley 5000
TOO; alfalfa, $6.0O@7.50 Per ton;
straw, 80@45c per bale.
Early Rose, 9Oc@$1; Ore-
,gon Burbanks, 75c@1.1O; river Bur-
banks, 6O@75c; Salinas Burbanks,
Soc Ito per sack.
Citrus Fruit-Oranges, valencia,
81. 75@S.25; Mexican lines, $1,000
500; California lemons 75c@$1. so:
do choice $l.75@2.0O per box.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas, 41.500
$50 per bunch; pineapples. nom-
inal; Persian dates. e0oxe pr
pound.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15
Money to Push Railroad Building.

Money to Push Railroad Building.
The Bellingham Bay & British CO.
lumbia railroad has given trust deed
to its property in Whatcom county to
the Bank of California to secure the
payment of 81 900, 900 in first mortgage
bonds. The deed was executed in San
Francisco on December l, and was filed
for record in the auditors Office in
Whatcom county on January %. The
document is the most voluminous of
any ever filed there, and 1t required
$499. so in revenue stamps. 1t is the
purpose of the company to pay of an
Indebtedness of about 100000 on the
road, and the balance realized from the
sale of the bonds to the Bank of Cali
fornia will be used in construction
work. The instrument calls for the
completion of "a miles of additional
road this year, on which will be issued
in bonds $4,000 per mile. This ex-
tension is the one now under survey
from Sumas to Boulder Greek.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Commercial and Financial hsPPsnhnSs
Of Interest in the Growing
Western States.
Alaska Criminal Code.

Alaska CRIMINAL NooOs
A bill has been framed by Senator
Perkins to amend the criminal code
which was adopted for Alaska at the
last session of congress. In this Dill,
Senator Perkins prohibits the construc-
ton of barbados in streams for the
purpose or with the end of preventing
fish ascending the streams or rivers OF
Alaska. 1t is provided that it shall be
unlawful to fish for salmon except with
rod or spear, above the tide waters of
any creek or river of less than 500 feet
width, except for purposes of propaga-
ton. SEEMING or catching fish in these
streams for a distance of more than q
third of the width of the stream is
prohibited, and no seine or other net
shall be laid within 100 yards of
another. Fishing for salmon in the
waters of Alaska from p. m. Saturday
until 6 q. m. on the following Monday
is also prohibited. except in Behring
sea and it's tributaries. The secretary
of the treasury is authorized to set
aside whatever streams he may desire
as spawning grounds, when he may
consider that fishing operations on such
streams are being conducted so that
the number of salmon taken is larger
than the capacity of the stream to pro.
duce, or if the fishing operations pre-
vent sufficient ingress of salmon to
the spawning grounds, he may estab-
lish weekly closed seasons, to limit the
duration of the fishing season, pre-
scribe the volume of the catch at such
places, or prohibit it entirely; provided
this action is taken after the persons
interested have been given fair hear
ing in their own behalf.
The secretary of the treasury is also
authorized to require the erection OF
salmon hatcheries of suitable capacity
at any fisheries or fish establishments
in Alaska, which are to be maintained
by tie persons operating the fishery,
cannery or saltery.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15
"Saying and Doing
Are T9vo Things. "

It Is not svhat Sve say bat
what Hoods Sarsaparlla
does that tells the story OF its
merit. It's great record OF
cures of all forms of blood
diseases. including scrofula.
rheumatism. dyspepsia, ca
tarrh. proUe its power to
cure you also.
catarh "My throat qoas n such .
condition sanfh eatarrh that ! could hardly
squalzou and had no appetite. found
Hoodrs Sa,saparala an excellent remedy.
and nou hape a good Appetite. NaI
White, Ennis. Texas.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-03-07

* L are, for the present, selling oeautiiul
w Scotch Lawns, exquisite patterns and
very fine material. at 5 cents y; Il. These
were bought by the case early in December
and would cost about as much as we are
selling them for to-day
WARD wide, regular goods in Percales
l. at SIC.
nIMITIES, Pineapple, Batiste, Foulards'
~ seersuckers, etc., ETC.. exquisite pat
terms at the lowe st price thsy have ever been.
But. oh my What will he the price OF the
next lot. Every one ought to buy twice as
many dresses now as usual so as TO carry
them through another year, for the trusts
have the whip handle for at least eighteen
months ahead.
WE can show more attractive things In
w Dress Goods, all bought before the
advance. than we have ever owned. They
range in price from 10o yard to $500, the
latter p ice for Black Silk Crepons.
44-inch Storm Serge at 25e
3O-inch Plaids at 1890.
96.ilch Half Wool Plaids at 25c.
3S-inch so cent Plaids at 35c.
92-iuch Pepper and Salt Mixture at Boo
3S inch blue, brown and red Hairs lines
at 35c.
SO inch all wool soft Spring Shades at SOC.
36.inch Gents Cashmere finished Dress
Goods at sec
40. inch ditto at Toe.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-03-07
RELIEF AT LAST FOR LADYSAITH

London, March $3.50 a. m.-Tho Wal
Once has received the following dispatch
from General Butler:
Lyttleton's Headquarters, March 1. 90,
morning. General Dundonald entered Lady
smith last night. The country between me
and Ladysmith is reported clear of the enemy
l am moving on Nelthorpe."
London. March 1.-7'02 p. m.- Genera
Butler telegraphs as follows:
"Nelthorpe, March $3.50 p. nj have
Just returned from Ladysmlth. Except q
small guard north OF Surprise Hill the whole
OF the enemy lately besleging the town have
retired in hot haste. and to the south OF the
town the country is quite clear Of themi
"The garrison were on half pound OF
meat a man per day. and supplemsating the
meat rations by hores aud mules The men
will want q little nursing before being Fit for
the field"