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SMALLPOX SEXES
THREE PERSONS AND
ONE WILL DIE
At No. SOC Conrad Street, the
Dread Disease Affects
a Household.
ORIGIN IS UNACCOUNTED FOR
DIR. ]. Harvey spruancc, the Attend.
ing Physician, Reports Minnie
Yester Dying, Her Father just
Breaking Out and Annie
Krautcr IN Serious
Condition.

The dread disease smallpox has made
rs appearance in thr city Of Wilmington
and the yellow flag floats from the resi-.
dence u Charles Iester, No. S0j Conrad
street.
The infected persons, all living at No.
608 Conrad street are:
Minnie Yester, 4 yeats old.
Annie Krauter, 20 years old.
Charles Yester, father OF Minnie.
The disease has made such progress in
this household that DR.. J. Harvey Spru-
ance, who is attending the sick ones,
raid last night that Minnie Yester would
die.
How the unfortunate people contracted
the disease DR.. Spruance was Unable 70
say. He decided on Saturday night that
the disea-e was smallpox and immedi
ately commenced treating the patients
for that disease.
The worst case il that OF little Minnie.
1t has made such rapid progress that the
child is not expected to live more than
O day or two DAYS at the most.
Annie Krauter, the young girl who is
suffering with the lohthsome diseased in
a very critical condition, but with the
proper medical care and great deal Of
attention, may recover.
Charles Yesler, the father OF Minnie,
is just beginning to break out, notwith'
standing he has recently been vac
cina% Dr. Sprrance said he was moi
able to tell just at present whether
or not Mr. Yester had contracted tbs
dread disease, but Was under the impres
sion he had He is being treated tht
came as the others. Yester is employed
OF the Harlan & HolliugswoIth Com
psny's works.
Every precaution is being taken by
the officers OF the Board Of Health q
prevent the disease from spreading. Th'
yellow flag, which every one under
stands and avoids, has been displayed
The house has been quarantined and NJ
one except the physicians and Board Q
Health officers are allowed to enter tn
house.
DR.. Spruance notified Secretary Wig
glesworth, 81 the Board Of Health, earl
Yesterday morning Of the existence &
the loathsome disense. II vas about
O'Clock last evening, wheu Wigglesworl
displayed The hig.
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they will not instruct him. II is further
stated that the ether crews OF the Della
ware avenue line will stand by the con
ductor in his refusal. Should the en-
ploye who refuses to instruct the Italian
be discharged, the other crews will run
their cars into tie barn and tieup tue
line.
speaking OF the matter last evening
a conductor on Delaware agenGe car
said, 1T 5 the fret step II tie company
V secure lot ot Italians On tile lad be-
cause they are cheap but we will not
snuait 10 il. We Lave enough u con
tend with now anl every line in tte City
If fixed f3r the resistance 81 Mr.. Lemnn's 5
admission as a conductor " n q motor
nigG. Tie mcu ciaim lLey wi,l certain!i
re ub the Inc II the company attempts
u put John Lemon on as a conductor.
II il farther aileged inat the sand
against Italian labor is bGt the first step
toward organization rs conductor 5
union and that man will come here
from Phi ade phia or New lork about
the uidc!e ot the week and organize the
union.
Therais considerable complaint among
/ the employees abont low wages, and az
soon as organization is effected there
may be strike ard complete tie-up Of
the road
Superintendent Harvey B. Vandegriit
when seen at a .late hour last night said
most enphatically that Mr.. Lemon wa'
not employed by the Wilmington City
Railway and would not be. MIR. Nande
grit did not deny that Mr.. Lemon haC
applied for position but was emphatic
when he said that he had not employed
him and would not.
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Incorporated at Dover.

Dover, Jan. 6.-The following compa-
MES were incorporated here Saturday:
The Wright Zinc and Lead Company, OF
Chicago. for the mining and milling in
Colorado and elsewhere; capital $500, 600.
The Aspen Silver Mining Company, OF
New York city, for the operating and
disposing OF mines; capital 5000, 600. The
Progressive Brewers Supply Company,
Of Philadelphia, to manufacture and sell
brewers supplies; incorporators: j. 7.
Baumgartner, II. J. Seibel, Jr., and W.
q. Powers, ali OF Philadelphia, and John
b. Hagkins, OF Dover; capital 100000
Tie Transportation Development Com
many. OF Wilmington, Del, to buy, sci
ana lease articles Of commerce composed
oi wood and iron; capital $1,000.
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COMMITTEE APPOINTED
By President Of Board of Trade to
Examine Charter Bill.

George w. Bush. Patrick Neary, Will
liam p. Bancroft, A. s. Reed and Jerome
B. Bell have been appointed committee
bv President William Lawton, OF the
Board of Trade, to examine the new city
charter bill.
The committee will report to the Board
OF Trade what alterations, II any, should.
be made in the bill. Two members Of
the committee do not favor the blfl ana
for this reason they we're appointed, so
that an important decision could be
made.
Mr.. Lawton also appointed A. K.
Morrison ard W. d. w. Dimmock dele
gates to represent the board at the con-
vention Of the National Board OF Trade
which opens in Washington, u. q,
January %.
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STELLA TfA9RfKs nST SIf CANE 70 SASE HEn HOME AND SH HatpY

suddenly
She
not elope leaving Whining
Fl
n while
Arlng
land
absurd
Philadelphia r and while
The did tell moerl
Townsend
and have idea where he
returned when he LETT
Fitzgerald clothes and bad shoe with
shoemaker mended All
sclothes and his board is paid date
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COLLECTOR TO TAX
ALL RAILROAD BEDS.
Former solicitor Hartman Says New
Constitution Does Not Exempt
tie Iligit of WAY.

Tax Collectors Saycrs and Legis have
received an important opinion from ior-
mer CITY Solicitor Robert q liarman,
under which they have made an assess
ment 81 the beds of railroads ard rail-
ways within tie city, and viii attempt
to collect from the railroads ard rail-
ways about $6 600 in taxes ior the year
1900 Such property had been exempted
under legislative enactment, but the new
Constitution, according 10 Mr.. tlarman,
charged the status 90 that the exenp-
ton act was repugnaut TO the Constitu.
ton and therefore void. Yet future
Legislatures can exempt such property
when il will promote the public well
fare.
Mr.. Harman holds that the new Con-
atitution opens up again to taxation all
previously exempted property. Ia his
opinion the bed Of railroad, even when
the railroad ha4 only mere right OF
way, ia real estate.
The railroad companies have been
paving State taxes by special arrange
ment, the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore, $40 COO; the Baltimore
and Ohio, @25 009; the Delaware, $1,000,
and the Wilmington and Northern,
$3.50. The Wilmington and Northern,
in addition, pays pes capita tax.
These payments were in lieu Of al o. lei
taxes.
Tie decision of the tax collectors tc
tax the road beds will result in a fight il
the State courts The COUNSEL for the
Baltimore and Ohio and The Philadel
pha, Wilmington and baltimore com
panies say that they will contest pay
| ing this tax, as it was illegal.
They claim the paying OF a specia
state tax and tax on the real estate i
sufficient.
The sun., 1900-01-08
DROPPED DEAD WHILE
WAITING FOR A CAR
Chris u. Wise, Of NEW Castle, Falls
Dead While standing NJ Eden
park Yesterday.

Chris b. Wise, Of New Castle, aged 50;
years, dropped dead IL Eden Park Hne rlly'
after II o'clock yesterday, while walhng
for New Castle trolley ear
Coroner Nandever was notified and
had the body removed to the morgne.
The family, on being notified, had the
bod Y removed to their hoine in New Cas-
tile late in the afternoon.
DR.. j. J. Black, Of New Castle, exam
ined the remains and pronounced death
due TO heart disease.
Wise was barber and had been run
ming barber shop in New Castle for a
number Of years. About q year age he
opened shop in Philadelphia and went
there to run il, leaving a man in charge
of his shop at New Castle. lie was IN
the habit OF coming home every Sunday
on the boat and going back Monday
morning.
His relatives knowing that he was at
fected with heart trouble had been try
ing TO persuade him for some time Il
give up bis shop in Philadelphia.
The sun., 1900-01-08
CITY RAILWAY MEN
THREATEN A TIE-UP
Conductors and lIOt0rmen Have
a Grievance Against John
Lemon. Italian.
RESIST HIS APPOINTMENT
II Lemon Goes 20 Work This Morn.
ing. the Crews Claim They VIII
Run Their Cars in the Barn.
To Form Union some
time This Week.

There is a scrious dsaiiection among
the conductors and motormea Of the
Wilmington City Railway Company
which promises t. end in the organiza-
tion ol d union. The bone OF contention
is the reported appointment Of John
Lemon. an Itaiian, as conductor.
The feeling among the men is bitter
and they have organized to fight against
Mr.. lemons admission as an employe Of
the road either as a conductor or motor
man. They are together in the move
ment and the plan is arranged in such a
manner that the line upon which Mr..
Lemon is placed will be tied up before
the men will agree to admit Lemon.
1t is reported that Mr.. Lemon will be
placed on the Delaware avenue lire for
instruction az conductor this morning.
The conductors object and declare
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What the Brealxwatcr q

Lewes, Del, Jan. THE new bFeal
water at Cape Hsnlopen has cost to dan &
81. .260, 600. The substructure for aboif
a mile is practically finished. The wo2
will be finished in 1901. The deptf q
water on which the sea wall hAs teeu
placed is from twelve TO filty-f 81
according to the varsitions Of sea ogtso'n
The pile is 5000 feet in length asa vii
cost 81, $780, 900.
The sun., 1900-01-08
AUTHORITY oFTAE BIBLEss
God Still speaks 30 the IAsstenIn
Soul Says Rev. Bowser. i


a special evening service was held ifS
the First Unitarian Church last eyenipg
at 7.30 O'Clock, when the pastor, Rev.
Alexander T. Bowser. delivered an isllef
estipg sermon on The Bible, Its Aetia9fS
ity and Use"
He said: "When We have learned tssat I
the Bible is a psrfectly natural bfnk1 Y
book OF human experiences and asIssfsS
tions. and 50 far supernaturalin IN its eflgs:s'
and teaching as all life is influenced by 4
power above nature, and all thought and
activity are expressions OF this power
when we Have fully learned this great
truth abo4 the Bible we shall ssudy its1
pages witfgreater interest and apply ois5
reason to rs teaching with eyer-increas-
ing earne4tness, in order 10 see iQSy1
these people Of olden time came int9
such closE and personal contact wisn Che
Divine Shirt, felt and used the DiTlue
power, Were inspired nnd guided ty tslN
Divine influence.
eThen a.e snail also learn that God
still speaks to the listening soul, and
that we ay hear bis lis ;stsi; ;stsiss;s
consoiop sness speaking to us az IN HRpko.
to trahara and Moses, to David Hnd
| Isaiah, yes and even as lie spoks "
Jesus, whose pure vision revealed tbe|
iatherhood OF God and the sonship in'
/ God OF every human soul.
The sun., 1900-01-08

will some day "come walking into town"
and il must be admitted that this sug-
eestion finds some little credence-base
their belief on the report that a year Or
SO ago Eyre nysteriously disappeared
and vas absent from home about three
weeks. His family and friends strenu-
onslv deny the report He was never
known to be away from home before
(. more than two or three DAYS and then
he was careful % let bis herrlalnta ba
kuOWn
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ARGUED FOR DISMISSAL.
Chancellor Nicholson VIII Hand
Down Hallway Decision Soon.

Argument on the Injunction proceed
inps brought by the Wilmington City
Railway Company against the Brandy
wine Springs Company TO prevent 1t IRON
building a trolley line on Sixth street,
was concluded in the Court OF Chancery
on Saturday.
In arguing for dismissal of the in
junction, William S. Hilles said: "By the
terms Of its charter, the exclusive iran
chise of the Wilmington City Railway IS
confined to the streets named in the
charter" William Salisbury, counsel Tor
the Wilmington City Railway, made the
closing argument in reply 10 that OF Mr..
Hilles.
Chancellor Nicholson will hand down
a decision in two or three days. What
ever his decision may be it is almost GER
tain it will go to the Supreme Court ol
delaware,
The sun., 1900-01-08
GRECIAN LAUNCHED.
winsor Line Steamship Goes or the
ways Successfully.

The steamship Grecian, OF the Winsor
Line. which stuck to the ways at the
works Of the Harlan 4 HollinEsTorth
Company recently, when an attempt
VAS made to launch her, was success
fully launched Saturday afternoon. Only
n small number OF people we're present.
The launch was in charge Of j. Rodney
Cause, and the boat was christened by
Miss Martha Gibbons Smith, the daugh-
ter OF MIR. and Mrs. j. Ernest Smith, OF
This city. Miss Winsor, the daughter OF
the president OF the company, was TO
have christened the boat on the day the
launch failed, but was unable to De pres
ent on Saturday.
The sun., 1900-01-08
No Tidlngs ofRunaways.

No tidings have yet bet been received
Of William Hamilton, aged II years. OF
No. 72S West Second street, Clifford
Bacus, aged IL years, OF No. CPS West
Second street, and Harry shewbrook, y
wears OF age, OF No. ll3 Monroe street,
who left their homes on Saturday night.
The police have been investigating the
case and believe that the boys boarded
sonthbound freight and are many
miles from the city Of Wilmington BY
this time.
The sun., 1900-01-08
Oil Tank Burst.

Occupants Of the Hotel Western VI
startled Yesterday by loud yeport
the bursting forth Of sheet oi
from a room on the third floor. IbeN
bic was caused by the bursting OF am
stove tank. The fire was fextineiisi|
bv the boarders after the carpet q
furniture in the room hadlbeen eorsld
ably damaged.
The sun., 1900-01-08
agowNsoN's sew OFFICERS.
\ Grand Re-nn!on oi' The cid EIein-
bers u bc Held on January II.

bers TO DC itefu on oAuHdFJ i''
At a meeting AZ tie Brownsan Library
Association held yesterday AFTERNOON,
tbe following officers wege elected, who
will serve six months: Right Rev. Bishop
Monaghan, chaplain, Wm. j. Bayley,
president; rhos. Roach, vice president;
Francis Connor, financial secretary;
rhos. Nelly, recording secretary; Geo. W.
Corrigan, corresponding secretary; Ed
ward n. McNnlty. treasurer; John J..
O'Conuor, librarian; john Boon and
James Newell, assistant Librarians;
James Kerrigan, Elxard Moony, and
Dennis Sheridan, directors James
Corcoran, messenger.
4 committee to collect money to pay
OF the debt Of the association was elect
ed. and it ut once went to work. 1t col
Iected Sl25 at the meeting and will go
among all the members until the debt IS
lliited. A grand reunion OF the old mem'
bers Of the association viii be held or
the occasion Of the fourteenth anniver'
sarv of the association on January Il
All oi tile old members are in fited to at
tend.
The sun., 1900-01-08
~. second stroke Of Paralysis,

Jonathan L. shipley, Of No. Al East
Third street. is in critical condition az
his home On April IS, 1898 he received
a stroke Of paralysis and since then sui
iered q second stroke, and but little
homes are entertained OF him living for
any considerable time. Mr.. Shipley is 6S
vcara Of age.
The sun., 1900-01-08
snnn Ne TIot etuH.

A slight fire occurred yesterday after,
noon in the dwelling house No. 23S
Lombard street by the upsetting OF pot
OF boiling soup. The grease spread yer
the stove and floor and made fierce
blaze for while. The fire was ex-
tinguished without the assistance OF the
fire companies.
The sun., 1900-01-08
Accident 10 Park Engineer Leison.

While Park Engineer Theodore A.
Leiseu was riding on his bicycle on the
Park drive near Baneroit's school house
on Saturday afternoon, the handle bar
broke of and he was thrown violently to
the ground. His face was scratched and
his left arm severely bruised.
The sun., 1900-01-08
Firemcn Get oIore Pay.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has increased the wages OF the local ire,
men, which include the Maryland and
Delawaie divisions, to from SS to $40 a
month. The men had applied ior an
increase. bnt feared they Would nos re-
ceiye it They will receive their increase
on Wednesday.
The sun., 1900-01-08
REV. I. b. ANGELL DYING
WITH PNEUMONIA.
At Midnight the New Bp;or Of 81,
Andrews was Not Expected TO
Live Until Morning.

Rev. T. i. Angel, tae new rector Of
st. Andrews Protestant Episcopal
Charch. II critically III Hith pneumonie.
ht a late hour last night he was Very low
and At midnight it Wa- NOT expected that
he would live until morning
Rey. Angel came to Wilmington from
Harrisburg, Ia, about three months
ago, aud succeeded Rev. Loring v. Bat
Tan who Is now in New York city. as
rector Of St. Andrews Church.
Rev. Angell is living at No. 500 ADAMS
street and is being attended by Drs.
James A. Draper and William L. Bull
| lock.
The sun., 1900-01-08
Clenrlngs or the Bank 5.

The cleariugs at the Wilmington banks
for the week ending at noon Saturday
were SS7S, ,046, compared with S99i'o3o
for the same period last year. The reas IN
given is there was holiday 10 the Nsek
This vear.
The sun., 1900-01-08
To cruise in the West Indies.

John Parvis, Of Middletown, recently
appointed TO cadetship on board the
cruiser Dixie, passed through this city
on Saturday in company with a lieuten-
ant and five seamen, enroute for Norfolk
AT the latter place Mr.. Parvis will board
the Dixie. Iu few DAYS the cruiser will
leave for a cruise in West Indian waters
The sun., 1900-01-08
Returned From Baltimore.

George swan, the well known day
tender on the Market street bridge over
the Christiana, has returned from sew
eral days visit to Baltimore. While
thers he vas tbs guest Ct bis brother.
The sun., 1900-01-08
Has Returned Home.

Captain Thomas johnson, OF Reeds
Wharf, Virginia, who came to this city
TO attend the funeral of Nathaniel X.
Benson, has returned home, He spent
q week here.
The sun., 1900-01-08
InterestinR RaiIro4d Ruppr]

Rumors are once more currensi
road circles to the effect that I
sylvania Railroad COMPANY wi
erect new shops in this ey,
the tracks and will also. II Act
tion. 1t is estimated tha tnE
viii cost ss, 900, ,0009f lradss hl
the ri al officials hore W
Ehe spatGsI. y a6ss2$2
The sun., 1900-01-08
A Painters, Union.

There is movement on foot among
the painters of the city to form a union.
There is considerable sentiment favor.
abe to such q step among the local
painters.
The sun., 1900-01-08
To Renresent peIaware.

Former Senator Anthony Higgins will
represent Delaware in the Observance OF
John Marshall Day, on February Z, 1901.
The appointment gives general sstlstac'
ticu 10 the lawyers.
The sun., 1900-01-08
Golden Rule Closed.

The Golden Rule shoe store removed
from No. sos Market street Saturday
evening. Manager Magnus is said to
have moved himself, stock and good vii
within two hours.
The sun., 1900-01-08
4 WE'D ON WEDNESDAY.
Son bf Marshal Short VIII Marry
Miss Harris, OF ridgerille.

Hairy Crawford Short, the son q
Unitsd States Marshal John Cannon
Shot, and Miss Minnie Harris. d
Bridgeville, will be married on Wcdnesi
dav afternoon, January TO- The cere-
mohy will take place in the NJ. e. Church
at Bridgeyille, and viii be performed ty
tho Rev. w. p Keons, the>f<stor Mr..
and Mrs. Short wiIfat once S&aye q q
WEDDING trip.
bIr. Short farms the homce
Marshal Short, between Bridgevi
Georgetown, and is well knog
popular Young man
The sun., 1900-01-08
WilJEIect officers.

The East side Republican Assqtiatlonl
wii hold it's first annual meellogftss.nlgl.' ~. 10
1T ~. 915 kipg street ana ereetf onc7iF'
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PERSONAL MENTION.

q f.. Eurleigh was in Brunswick on
business Thursday.
Mrs. Will Hobbs has returned from
visit t. her ola home in Elliot.
Robert Lyon Of Portland is spending
Il few days at his home in the city
Walter Deliver Of Boston has been
the gut It IF friends in the city for Z
few days.
l.. H. Stevens. who has been spend
ing a few days at his home in Dexter
Mills. has returned.
Orrin J. DicllcY. the Belfast repre-
sentative Of the Bangor News. was tn.
guest Of friends in the city, Thursday.
Hon. l.. T. Carleton was in the city,
Thursday. to look over his mail, return
ing to Portland On the afternoon train.
Mis-. Carleton, who is there, is slowly
improving.
MIR. and Mrs. Louis G. Taylor. VIII"
have been the guests of relatives A.
This city for several months, left for
their home in France, Thursday af-
ttrnoon nr.tc a party Of their friends
were at Ivy train to see them off.
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Daily Kennebec Journal.
AUGUSTA LOCALS
The Taxpayer.

the poor forgotten elf
w nose biography must lngcr on oblivi-
on'S dusty shelf
mere are pomp and celebration there
are poetry ana song.
ltut the man who pays the taxes fingers
out among the thrung.
NOBODY asks about him and nobody
prints his name:
lie never eyer gets a bias, when people sound
mere glitter ANA there's glorY-plaudits
tcholng f1r ANA near
'Ut the man who pays the taxes never
gets single cheer.
There's z big resounding whistle on the
'nSin" when i tolls
None thinks about the water as it bub-
- bltS ana il boils-
mere Is buzz ana there is hustle ana the
people love to gaze
As the prodigy goes onward in it's unre-
sisted Ways.
we quit forget. while watching al the
beauty OF the scheme.
That somewhere out of sight is pcnt the
mighty force uf steam.
lat. despite this lack vi spiendur, 'tis
agreed by men Of Wit
That il the steam We're wanting the ma
chincry would quit
Washington Star.
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SNOW AND RAIN.
Snow Storm Ends in Rain and
Makes Things Very DisagreeabIe.

The third in the series of large
storms of the winter was not so bad
as the preceding ones. but had sew
eral peculiarities all its own 1t was
a kind of cross between a rain and
snow storm with a constant inclina-
tion to become the former and tear
things up in general along the river.
Snow began to fall in the morning in
a quiet, happy-go-l ucky manner. 1t
$ G ldily Increased through III day. and
in the afternoon, was making things
very disagreeable. 1t must have been
a mid-Winter novelty in Old Prob's
stock Of storms. for it was different
from the usual run. The flakes were
large, sfleecy and ladened with mois-
turc. The Oh saw that big flakes make
Il short storm failed. The wind was
strong but tickle all day. 1t toyed
with umbrellas until the owners had to
close them in disgust 1t came from
all directions. seemingly, at the same
time. The snow stuck and meltcu
whever it landed first ana the wind
had force enough to drive it almost
anywhere. 1t got into ones ewes and
mouth ana down his collar. 1t was
sticky. wet. cold and nasty-worse. in
deed, than good honest rainstOrm.
When it began 50 innocently gentle
il was thought no damage could be
done. The snow was too wet ana
heavy to drift ana would improve the
sleighing. II was not SO easy as it
looked. After one had faced il on his
way to supper he was opposed to Civ
ing il another chance at him and all
entertainments scheduled for the even
ing had to be postponed.
The ElectricS entered their third bat
tie with renewed energy ana fought
like Il corncrcd Hoer all day The rails
became greasy towards night. how
ever. ana the heavy damp snow was
no mean obstacles. In the evening the
ears Were stalled. As if satisfied with
its victory over the Flcctrics. the
storm executed one of those lightning
changes for which the winter is deS-
tined to become famous. ana changed
to hail at abnut 10 O'Clock. with prom
Use Of later becoming rain. Between
10 ANA II o'clock. the Electric snow
pillow got through ana cleared the track
for the trips today.
The trains On the Maine Central
Were not hindcred any. All came in
at the usual time during the day ana
night. The ears We're i warm. cosy
retreat from the storm and tn. pas
SengcrS seemed reluctant to leave
them.
The ice operations suffered very lit
tie during the day. The crews We're
kept at work saving ana hauling ana
the houses We're steadily filling They
viii not fare 50 Well, today, however.
The third change in the character OF
the storm came soon after midnight.
when the hail save way to rain. At
the start it was fine drizzle. but with
a freshet warning in every drop
Whether it is To Dc freshct or a
freeze depends on developments, to-
day.