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are many other developments which this
word may take. but it Is sufficient 10 in
dicate its general scope.
When team of oxen IS unna.re S II
from the yokes key they are said CD Re
out spanned.' and wnen they are pu' t.
the wagon again they are ..in-spsUUed-' '
This applies equally to horses or TO males.
Here and there on the cOmmonage O-e
10 the larger towns a notice tOaId may
often be seen displaying the inscription
"Geen Uitspan.' which means that oxen
must not be Outspanned on this SPOT.
When our troops come back from South
Africa the stables through Eng and will
echo TO the familiar expressions "iuspan
ana "outspan.'
In future, no doubt, every little hillock
will be christened ''kopje." 1t is useful
term for any elevation larger than a dust
heap and smaller than a mountain. 1t
comes trippingly off the tongue particula--
ly If it is pronounced in the South African
fashion, 'Foppy." and not. as is often the
case in England "kopgee,' which is abso
lutely wrong and unauthentic.
These and many more words will make
their appear ance before long in current
talk. as they have already done in the col
umnS OF the newspapers. Our grandchil
dren will find them duly inscribed in tie
dictionaries of the period and will even
cease to wonder whence their origin.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
A. B. DUNALL, Attorney.

II TIE 81 PRENF COURT OF THE DISTRICT
Of Columbia sitting as a District Court No.
555. In re the extension of lexington Place.
Notice y hereby given that The Commissioner,
OF the District of Columbia. pursuant to the
provisions q an act OF Congress approved Marca
:. 1899, entitled An act for the extension of
fensl lNanla Avenue southeast. and for other pur-
poses, have filed j petition in this court pray
ing the condemnation OF the land required for
the extension OF lexington Place between o
street and Florida Avenue. TO a full width Of
SIXTY t6O feet. by acquiring the necessary land
below . Street the west eide Of said Eek
lngton Place, shown on 4 plat or map pre-
pared by said Commissioners ard annexed to their
SAID petition and marked ''Ezl,iDit Ne. - and
also praying that jury be summoned by the
maTShai, IN accordance with the provisions OF
chapter eleven CD Of the Revised Statutes of
The United States relating TO the District of
Columbia, to ascertain the damages for and in
respect OF the land proposed to be condemned
tor the widening Of said lexington Place and
10 assess One-half thereof against those pieceS
or parcels Of ground abutting that portion OF the
street TO he opened and extending to depth
OF two hundred (2eo) feet from the westerly
building line Of said lexington Place
II Is ordered this 10th dsy Of April 4. D.
1890. THAI all persons interested in the proceed
iugs he, and they hereby required 10 appear
in this court on or before the 18TH DAY OF
APRIL, 1900, 10 show cause, If any they have.
why the PRAYER Of the said petition should not
he granted and why the proceedings directed in
said act Of Congress should not be taken.
Provided copy of this order be published in
the Evening star and the Washington Times
newspaper, at least six times. and in the Wash
iuGton Law Reporter once before said 25th day
Of April. 1900.
By the Court:
A. b. IAGNER, Associate Justice
4 True Copy Test:
j. r. AOl Nc. Clerk.
By r. !. MEICS. .r Assistant Clerk.
apis, l5l5. .l9.2l.23
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A NEEDLESS PANIC.
Unnecessary f'are of the skipper OF
n E'iShing Schooner.

tFron the New York Commercial Alvg'sisccl
a heavy fog hung over the steamer which
lay rolling at anchor OF Nantucket Shoals.
The decks were wet with il; il dripped
from the rigging and stood in glistening
drops on the coats of the passengers. The
crew worked in their OiIskins. From time
TO time the fog lifted. showing the sea
for miles around dotted with the sails of
fishing schooners. Then it shut in again.
Through the fog came the low. warning
sound of the horns and the sharp strokes
of the bells from off the schoOneTs.
The engineer came leisurely along the
wet deck. These fOgs are treacherous
things, he said to a group Of passengers
standing by the railing listening TO the
foghorns Hear that now, he continued
You can't tell where the blamed sound
comes from. The air seems full of 'em.
YOn know them sirens2 They just come
out OF the fog anywhere and swoop round
and round the whole sky, bowling and
screeching till you can't tell to save your
life where they started
The fog suddenly lifted a little and a
small fishing schooner sailed slowly across
the bow of the steamer. A man on deck
was blowing a large fshhorn. The en-
gineer watched il till ii disappeared.
We met one of them felleTs here last
simmer in Just such a spell of weather
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THE OROGRAPH AT WORK.
New Device for Map Drawing i'm
Government Service.


new device for assisting in map-draw-
ing by surveyors is being used by the Geo
logical survey in connection with its sur
veys of Cuba. Ii is called the ''orograph. -
II costs the Government SO 600, and looks
as much like a perambulator as anything
else. The orograph consist of two we'll
built carriage wheels each ten feet in cir
cumference. one following the other in a
single track. The wheels on one side sup
port a box thirty y-nine inches long. fifteen
inches deep and eight inches wide. This
box contains mechanism.
On the other side of the wheels is a we'll
containing mercury 1t is twenty four
inches in diameter and half an inch deep
4 lever is maintained continually in a
horizontal position by floating in mer
cury-flled well. This lever is twenty four
inches in length and half an inch thick
with floats attached to each end. The pen
ell used 10 indicate altitude moves an inch
for every fifty feet change of level The
machine requires careful handling but
produces quickly map that would take
several skilled surveyors some time 10 pro-
duce. When adjusted the machine is
pushed over a road or stretch of open
land by three men, and the map is drawn
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AN AFFAIR OF HONOR.
IndiEnity Set Aside by Noble
French Count,
CFrom the Cleveland Plain Dealer)

CFrom the Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Vat ees eet jean"
Monsieur. ze doctaire comes today 10
yaccinate monsieur
''Nevaire, | will die first. Eet ees DC
grading, Eet ees an INSULT,
But monsieur, eet ees also re law.
Shameful! How can | suffaire beast
of a doctaire. wi hees brutal weapone 10
stab meme, ze Count de Moo:c1longe?
Nevare'"
But eet ees re law. monsieur
'Perfidious law, All | have eet' | have
eet now. Beautiful! Listen. You will pre-
paire ze swords."
''Ze swords. monsieur?
Prepare re swords. On Ze point OF one
sword. monsieur. re doctaire will rub his
vaccinate mattaire. See? Zen he will dIf
faire from me on ze Dr-r-yfus questiOne.
will feel insulted. | will challenge re doe
taire He will accept. naming swords as zs
weapons. We will fight at once, ard here
re doctaire takes ze prepared sword. See
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as this" the engineer went on. looking
out into the fog. We were three days an
chOred OFF these shoals Sometimes it
would clear a little and We would start
up. but in a few minutes the fog was
down on US again. We had been anchored
for a couple of hours when we heard big
fshhOrn seemingly right under us. blow
ing for all il was worth. The man must
have had the lungs Of an elephant. We
couldn't see nothing. but after the next
blast We heard il bang down on the deck
and a man sing out, That damn things
busted. In a minute more he came in
sight a couple of feet OFF our bows. and
began yelling:
Sc For Gawd's sake don't run me down.
&c We can't. YOU fool, we r. anchored
We hOllered 10 him.
Well. he saws. 1T looked to me as il
yOu was coming about forty miles an
hour
The engineer walked away. That was
about the scardest man ] ever saw, he
said
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OFFICE or THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE pl

OFFICE or THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DIS
TRlCT OF COLUMBIA-Washineton April ,
$500 -Specnl assessment for impioeemen abuttinc
upon the following property, having been cancelled
by the supreme Court of the District OF Columbia
since the passage OF the act of Congress approved
April y. 1896 providing for reassesSrnent, viz :
Petitioners. Eugene W. Howard ct al Eugene ~
Howard. Alice W. ;. Howard. Losceola A How.
ard. w. Herman Howard, and Mary T. Howard
who are the devisees Of Theophilus HowsrdD
square So west half OF lot ). by full dcptb tbpre
Of for sewer IN alley amounting to Si4 so Notice
i, hereby given that the Commissioners of the
District Of Columbia, by virtue Of authority vest
ed in them by said act of Congress pronose "a
reasscss tho above mentioned property for the In.
cal Improvement named Parties interested cro
hereby notified that said Commissioners of tbp hi.
ttiCt Of Columbia viii give a hearing Mt the
District building on the l7TH DAY or April
1909, at IL O'CLOCK 4. NJ. 70 any and ali ner
sons who may desire to object to said rcastess
ment being made. ]. b. WIGHT. J. W ROSS
LANSING H. BEACH, Commissioners, d. C.
ap2.3. Is. .li.em
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CREEPING INTO ENGLISH.
New Words BEING Coined From the
Uocr Nocabulary.
tFrom the London NaiiD

When the war is over and done with,
many folk will be surprised TO see the
number of strange words that have crepe
into the English language and when. II
the process of time. will duly hnd their
place in the dictionaries or the knSiish
tongue.
These words are the direct result Of the
present operations in South Africa. IN
every case when England has had occasion
TO add to her empire some portion OF land
hitherto in the possession OF another power
she has also annexed certain words most
commonly current in that country.
Already there are signs that a dozen
words a least. have been. so TO say, IN
corporated into our language. of which 80
per cent of Britons would have been is-
norant had it not been for the war. Take
a word like commander. meaning TO
annex by force il necessary, but anyhow
TO take possession Of The Beers conf
mandeered'' men. money. guns. horss.
and ANYTHING they found ready to their
hands We shall henceforWard speak or
schoolboys communicating apples from
an orchard. or a selfish traveller com
mandeering' the best seat in a hrst-clasS
compartment
Again. the word "rooinek." meaning
"red neck which is Boer nickname for
AN English soldier. is already used as
term of opprobrium, and new slang eX-
nression to denote a man against whom
one has a grudge. =
Another Boer term that is extremely
evnressiye and cannot fail TO make its
wav even in the English language, which
is so well supplied with adjectives OF
like nature is slim" This means cum
ming sly. canny or smart in the ratner
unpleasant sense of the term as Implying
a desire to get the better or somebody
else General Joubert is called Slim
Piet." and many instances have occurred
during the past few months demonstrat-
ing the fact that one OF the CHIEF charac-
teristcs OF the Boer nation IS that or
'.slimness" 1t is useful word and con-
veys a subtlety OF meaning which is not
fully expressed by any other single word
in cur tongue.
Again. to trek" implying TO travel, to
shift ones quarters. TO move, TO travel
acress an expanse of country, is very
Useful synonym for an operation OF daily
occurrence. The Beers always trek from
one place to another, and with them IT
means a kind Of caravan. which before
the advent of railways, in their country,
was their only means OF progression. We
shall henceforward say. where are you
trekking to this summer? in place OF
Where do YOU mean to spend your hOli-
days or III lS ioh6 "" -,
the snow blocks the train lines. IL VIII
be found an extremely useful word, Win
a deal of local color clinging TO H.
A collection of wagons forming an oD-
long enclosure, and containing the oxen
used to draw the wagons, Is called
"Iaager." and forms a sort OF primitive
fortification which the boers use al nlght
to protect themselves from the raids OF
enemies or wild animals. 'Laager, again,
will be heard very often after the war
is over. Children will build "laagers' at
the seaside with sand, and even the old
proverb may be altered to read Every
Englishman's house is his laager There
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OFFICE Public Buildings and Grounds, Wash
ingtou. u. c. April 10 lg00.-Sealed pro
posals. in duplicate. viii be received here until
: f. NJ. NAY 10 1900, for furnishing curing
fiscal year ending June 80. 1901 Class l. florists
supplies class >, flower pots class 8, paints, otis.
glass etc; class 4. hardware: class ). agricnl-
tural implements, etc; class g. electric battery
supplies; class Z. drain pipe and plumbers sup
plies: class stationery: class 9 manure; class
TO- sand and gravel; class IL, soil: class T. ice:
class l3. limo, cement felt. etc. class IA brick
sash. class Is. use OF teams. No bids accepted
until Congress shah have made necessary aDpro-
rriations Separate proposals for each class de.
sired Each envelope should be endorsed to in
dicatc class for which enclosed proposal is made
Preference given 10 articles of domestic manufac-
ture conditions OF quality and price GncludinE
IN price Of foreign productions manufacture the
duty thefcon) being equal Right reserved to
reject any and all proposals Information can be
obtained hero. TI8E0 A. BINGHAM, Colonel
-.-loI' IL I3 usySg
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PROPOSALS for Ice. Fuel. Forage, and for Wash
Ing Towcls-NaT Department, Washington. ID.
g. April l. 1900 Sealed proposals. iTr duplicate,
viii he received here until 2 p. NJ. MAY 3, 1900.
and then opened for furnishing ice. fuel, and for
age. and for washing towels. FOR Var DEPART
rurut lis bureaus. and offices. n this city, dar-
ing fiscal wear ending june 81. 1901. Information
furnished on application For washing towels.
state price. per dozen. Proposals must be in
envelopes endorsed Proposals for lee, Pro
poSalS for Fuel" Proposals for Forage PRO
I.cSlls foI Washing Towels respectively, and sd
dressed NJ. r. THORP, Chief OF supply Div.
ap7. 1920 25.nsl
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PROPOSALS for Stationery, etc.-Goyornment
Printing Ofice. afice Of the Public Printer.
Washington. d. C.. April :. l9O0-Sealed pro-
posals viii hc ec,ived at this Office until ,
O'CLOCK p. NJ. MAY 3. 1900. for furnishing sta-
tioucry, fuel. ice, hardware. plumbing. and clec.
trio supplies. lumber. CtC.. Tor the Of tie
Government Printing Office during the fiscal year
ending June 80. 1901. The right 20 reject any
and all bids and TO waive detects is reserved De-
tailed schedules of the stationery, fuel. ice, etc
required, accompanied by blank proposals. ami
giving tie regulations Vitb which bidders must
comply may be obtained by Addressing this Office
i. ". PALMER. Public Printer.
ap7. Il. %. 2-.myl
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SEALED proposals viii he received al the Depart
meut OF State until L. O'CLOCK NJ. ON THE
Sd DAY OF NAY 1900 to furnish said Depart
mtit with stationery and miscellaneous articles,
including forage. flags. and ice for the wear end
ing june 80. 1901 in accordance with the schedule
copies of which. together with blank proposals
and other information. may he had upon sppli-
cation TO the stationery room OF the Department
JOHN HAY, Secretary Of State. aDI q, 21.myl
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Street CARS In ENGLAND
A New Electric Service Promised
for Nottingham.

Peculiar Custom I'm the Graduation
of Fares on Account of HiIls-Neycr
snces-The Improved Service Bids
Fair to BE Paying Enterprise.
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PROPOSALS FOR COAL. ICE. STATIONERY.
.LLIL-L nEI LL.S L-......!

PROPOSALS FOR COAL. ICE. STATIONERY,
OFFICE II PPLIES. Etc-UHited states Com
mission Of Fish and Fisheries. Washington. D. c.
April , loG)-Seslcd proposals. 10 be marked
Proposals. viii be received by the undersigned
70 this Commission until TIL RSDAN. THE Sd
DAY OF MAY, 1900, AT O'CLOCK 2. NJ. at which
time and place they viii be opened in the pres
OF attending bidders, for furnishing such coal
Ice, stationery. and general Office supplies may
be ordered during the fiscal year ending June 20,
1901. BIDS are 1so invited for washing towels
The right is reserved to reject any all bids. to
waive technical defects. and to accept any part
OF any bid and reject the other part. Blanks for
proposals. with specifications of the requirements
10 be met in respect to each article and also the
estimated quantities probably 10 be required OF
each, viii he furnished application. GEORGE
NJ. BOWERS Commissioner. app. IS. .20, Pc -nyI
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One-twO-three, Ze GoctaiTe pricks ne
slightly in re arm. Ha. ha. HO2Or is sat-
isfed, | am vaccinate,
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nEpoT oIARTERMAsrER,s oFrIcE. WISH

OEpOT QI ARTERMASTERS OFFIIE. WASTE
INCT0A. D. c., March 26 19oo-seaied pro
rosals. in iripliCate viii be received her. ,irtil
) p NJ. MONDAY. APRIL l6. 1900 Tor furnish
ing and delivering gt Washington Barracks. ID.
c Il artillery horses. bay Information fur
uished on application. Envelopes containing pro-
posals to be marked Proposals for ARTILLERY
Horses" and addressed to MAJOR .. f. TRUE,
QuarteImaster. Inh29, ,3O3l. .aP2, IS,I4
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as the machine is moved forward. Inc
work is being done under the supervision
of the War Department.
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PROPOSALS Viii

PROPOSALS Uil be received al the Bureau OF
Supplies and Accounts. Navy Department,
Washington. u. C.. until y O'CLOCK NOON.
APRIL H.. 1900, aud publicly opened Immediately
thereafter. 10 furnish at the Navy Yard. WASH
ingtou, u. C.. a quantity of charcoal pig iron.
sulphuric acid. slab zinc and iHgot copper Blank
wupo-a's viii be furnished upon application to
the Navy Nard, Washington. ID. c. A : KENNY
PaymasteT General L. < \. apG122O
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II is notable fact that the people OF Wash
..ington have decided preferences for Heurieh's
Maerzen. Senate. and Lager Beer. because they
know that Heurichs brews are the leaders in
purity, age ard strength. Phone Arlington Bot
ting Co. fer a case.
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PROPOSALS,
PROPO> AS for Stationerv and Nj

P6oPO> AIS Tor Stationery and Miscellaneous sup
riI,s--Nar Department. Washington. d. &.
April l. lHeb.->ealed proposals. in duplicate will
bf received here until p. N. NAY 3. 1850,
ahu then opened Tor furnishing stationery and mis-
ceilaneouS supplies tbTooms. brushes soaps.
towels, ctcD, FOR War Department, its bureaus,
and Offices. dming fiscal year ending June -.
l'ol. Information furnished application. Pro
posals must he IN envelopes endorsed ''Propo-ai-
ior sfatorerF.' and Proposals tor Miscelautou,
suppil>. respectively and addressed NJ r.
IIlpRP. taiei Of supply Div. ap7. II 20 27.m,l
PURCHASE or WASTE PAPER-Sealed propo-s ;
VIII lac received until . O'CLOCK p NJ
WAY 8. 1890, for the purchase OF all waste paper
OF The Navy Department during the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1901. The terms OF the proposs d.
gt'-. viii be furnished upon application to the
Secretary Of the Navy, Washington d. C. CHAS
H. ALLEN. Acting Secretary ap7 .I3
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* Co1orrb Your Life's CIoud.-

Is Catarrh Your Ei1eN IIOud.-
Eminent nose and throat specialists in daily
practice highly recommend Dr. Aenew's Catarrhal
Powder as safe. sure, permanent painless, ana
harmless in all cases of Cold in the Head. Ton
silitis, Hoarseness, and Catarrh. 1t gives rellet
in 10 minutes, and banishes the disease like
magic Sold BY +. S. Williams. 9th and + SITS
Edmonds 4 Williams, Sd and Pa. ave
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PROPOSALS for Material. etc Government Print
ing Office Office OF the Public Printer, Wasa-
irgton, d. e. April = 1900 sealed propose IS
Will be received az this Office until 10 O'CLOCK
4. NJ. MAY 4 1900, foI furnishing material, etc,
Tor the Use Of the Government Printing Office
during thC fiscal year ending June 60 1901 The
right 10 reject any aud all bids and TO waive de-
fects is reserved Detailed schedules Of the ma.
teriais. etc. required. accompanied by blank
proposals. and giving the regulations with which
bidders must comply. may be obtained by address
ing this office. r. ~ PALMER, Public Printer.
sp1 T., q. .27,myl
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PROPOSALS.

OFFICE or THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE
DISTRICT OF COLI MBlA. Washington u
C.. April q. 1900. Proposals for Miscellaneous
supplies Sealed proposals viii be received at this
Office until THJ RSDAl. NAY 8. 1890 at ,
O'Clock p. m. foI furnishing tho various branches
of the District Government with general supplies
Tor the fiscal wear ending june 80. 1901. oJmpvis-
iug stationcrE. blank forms and printing, school
books. furniture. hardware. tUusre. plumbers
supplies groceries. boot, and shoes drugs gla>s
Iairt and yarui~hts. lumber. fresh meat, castings
tuel. dry goods ice, telephone supplies. sJddlery
and forage Blank forms OF proposals. together
with all Information. can be obtained upon ap-
pliuation al tie Property Clerk, Office Room So
District Building. l6i Louisiana Avenue uort.-
west Proposals viii not be considered unless
price is set opposite each iJ0m iu the class com
peted for. Contracts VIII be awarded 10 the low
est Tespousibc bidder, iu the aggregate Tor each
class and subdivision oi class. For tHe purpose
OF determining the amount Of the bad. iu award
ing the contract the figures given aS the e,tus,-
cd quaEtities opposite each item VIII Dr. used
The Commis~lpuprs reserve the right TO reject aug
or all bids and to waive defects. JOHN B.
WIGHT. JOHN ". ROSS, LANSING n. BEACH,
Commissioners of the District OF Columbia.
ans l3. %. p. .m1l .cm
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-27
GLAssBoRo.

The holidays passed off quietly without
any jar
The entertainment in the NJ. p church
was held on Monday evening with full
house On Tuesday evening the NJ. T..
church held theirs with an oyer-crowded
house. Both entertainments were fine.
Rev. W. vanKirk, Of New York, filled
the pulpit of the NJ f. church last Sunday,
his text being wine 1t was one Of the
greatest Temperance sermons ever delivered
in the church since its dedication. He con
denned both parties, neither would ever
stop the making of liquor, nothing but the
church could do anything. Mr.. XanKirIy
left his own charge to take up the cause of
Temperance and thought it his duty. He
was connected with the Baptist church.
He held his audience for over an hour He
also explained the difference in fermented
and unfermented wines; its uses and abuses.
He stated all members of the legislature
were elected from the saloon, and instead
of having full dinner pail they had full
beer pail.
Harry G. C. shute is kept busy surveying
and writing deeds. His brother Carlton il
still attending the dental school in phila.
delphia and viii graduate in another year
DR.. F. 7. Clifford, Of Woodbury., spent
Christmas with his parents here.
Henry D. Chew, manager at whitney
Glassworks, is getting things in good shape
He is not yet quite Strengthened out, but
in the course Of a month everything will
be in smooth working order.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-27
BRIDGEPORT.


The Christmas entertainment was held in
the town hall on Monday evening. A full
house and well performed program made
pleasant evening.
Smith Shoemaker is fast recovering and
able to leave his room. He expects to 20
out in a short time.
The following are the elective officers Of
Enterprise Lodge, No. 130, l. @. o. F.;
n. G., J. H. Hewes; v G., Howard Burk
f. S., j. +. Truitt; r. s., VIM. Risler:
Treas. Geo. Iron; Trustees, Geo. iron,
J. H. Hewes, j. F. Trait.
Rumor says that some Of the boys shot
some Wild geese along the creek above the
bridge ON Saturday last. The echo said
they were tame geese astray.
The Board Of Education win meet in the
school house on Friday evening.
Christmas passed of in its usual quiet
way
VIM Hewes, living on the Charles Sails
bury farm, died last Monday evening. The
funeral will be held this Thursday. Inter
ment in Bridgeport cemetery
Preparations are being made for putting
up fire alarms.