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DOMESTIC.

4 counterfeit of the new one-dollal
silver certificate was discovered in
Cleveland. o.
The Mont gomery county courthouse
at Clarksville, Tenn, was DESTROYED
by fire. but most Of the records were
saved. Loss. Sl25,000.
Rich gold strikes are said to have
been made 100 miles from Cape Nome
Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon's first Is
sue of the Topeka Capital begins with
a prayer.
\ safe supposed to contain S11,00C
belonging 10 depositors in the bank of
Hitchcock. s. d.. which was burned
was opened and found empty.
High water near Havana, ILL.,. drove
300 families from their homes and de.
stroycd their property.
". B. Doddridee. after 80 years
services. has retired as general man.
arer of the Missouri Pacific
The visible supply OF grain in the
United States on the 18th was: Wheat
53.G9S .O0G bushels: corn. 21,O60.000
bushels; oats. 6.i0l coo bushels; rye,
1.l7o,GOo bushels; barley, 100000
bushels.
Fourteen lives We're lost in a tene-
mcrt-housc fire in Newark. y. ].
Nearly the entire business portion
of Mackinaw City. Mich, was de-
stroyed by fire.
The Western Baseball league will
open the season May 5.
Rev. c. VI. Sheldon in his second issue
of the Topeka Capital attacks the
whisky advertisements in the maga-
zines.
The United States has made no at
tempt 10 mediate in behalf of the Beers.
IL only asks the terms of peace.
4 new counterfeit frc-dollar silver
certificate. series 1896. check letter B,
plate number 30, has been discovered.
Twcnty-tbree business buildings at
High Springs, Fla, We're destroyed by
fire.
Ottawa. Utica. Spring Valley and
other cities in the Illinois river valley
report heavy losses by flood
Ciraldi Frank. an Italian banker. dis
appeared from Chicago with over $40
Geo belonging to his countrymen.
The next farmers national congress
will he held in Colorado Springs, Col,
August 2I-31.
Kcntucky's warning political lead
c.s agreed on Il truce, pending settle
,ncnt by the courts of the governor
slip contest. The legislature adj
inurned sine die.
Fire wiped out the entire business
portion of the village of Spauldipg,
Mich
The residence Of Henry Speckerman
was burned at Saginaw. Mich, and
two of his children were cremated.
]. 6. PETER. aged 30. son of W. A.
refrcr, ext tnited States senator from
Kansas. committed suicide in Kansas
City. He left 4 note saving he was
tired of life.
President Mckinley has affixed his
signature 10 the financial bill, thus
making Il a law of the land.
The Armstrong steel works Mt
Flint. Mich. were burned. the loss be-
ing $l5C,o6o.
{. h. Cones & Son, manufacturers Of
clot hin:. suffered "a loss of Sl5O,O0u by
e fire at indianapolis.
The plant Of the Davenport Oa.)
Canning company was destroyed BY
frc, the loss hciag sI5o,coo.
Gov. Tame has designated Friday,
April 27. as "AIbor day" IN Illinois.
Fair play., 1900-03-24
LORD ROBERTS DESIGNS.
He Foreshadows Them in a Speech
to the Guards Brigade at
Bloemfontein
PROMISES TO LEAD THEM At PRETORIA.
A Small Mistake Prevented His Head
Ing Them In Their March Into
Observation-Disclosures Drabant
and Clements in Touch and Nov
Ing Up.

London. March 17.-Lord Roberts
success in handling the civil problems
at Bloemfontein, ard the manifest
equanimity with which the residents;
of the capital of the Orange Free State
accept the British situation, momenta-
lily eclipse in interest the military sit
uatiun. 1t is believed here that the
eomman,ler-ir-chi of the British
forces i'm South Africa will soon push
on to Pretoria, but Great Britain is
quite content to listen for few days
to the acclinations of the people OF
Bloemfontcin, and permit the troops
to enjoy few days Iest before ex-
pcctiu:, further success.
Lord Roberts Quaint Speech.
Lord Roberts made g quaint speech
to the guards at Blo:mfontcin to-day,
when, in his first congratulatory words.
he expressed pride in their splendid
march of iS miles in "A hours. and
gave ample assurance of his ultimate
design.
Through small mistake said
Lorl Roberts, Il have rot been able
to march into Blocmfontcin at the
head Of the brigad" as ! intended. |
promise you, however, that | will lead
you into Pretoria"
other Forces Getting In Touch.
Gen. GataCrc is holding Bethlic. and
the whole line of the railroad south OF
BlocmfCntein is now in the hands of
the British, and Gen. irabaEt's col
.,mn having crossed the Orange river
after = forced march. ut .tliwal North
on Sunday. and Gen. Clements column
being .crcss at Nanzyl. the three col
umn,; will form an army of 1000 to
l1.00D men. which is expected to re-
place the forces of LcrI Roberts AT
Hloemfontein as he pushes northward
Just where the Beers will attempt &c
Oppose that march is an important
question, but il can not be easily an
swercd until ticn. Joubert is NOR,
definitely located.
The Mafcking Garrison.
Further news has reached the out.
side world from Mafckine. dated Fri
day. March .. showing that though the
garrison was in hard straits, they wer:
buoycd up by the knowledge that theiI
plucky fight was appreciated at home
aErAIRS At RIO IOEMEONrJ.IN
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One of the largest real estate deal:
recently consummated in south Mis-.
souri, WAS made when McSsrs. Coa; :
and Gering. of Plattsmouth. Nab.. sold
all of their ranch land near Sargent,
Texas county. to George j. Holmes,
son of millionaire farmer of CaSs
county. Ncb. Tn" timber will he cut
of, and the land stocked with sheep.
Fair play., 1900-03-24

Mrs Frank Price. ne jefferson City.
IL the mother of triplets-two boys
and girl. Their combined weight is
fcrSon people will ceLsc Growing when
they learn that Mrs. Patrick i.averv.
Of bridgeport. Conn. astonishrd her
husband with a boy weighing 2iE
rounds.
Fair play., 1900-03-24

A feutl between Homer Bablett and
JEFF l;ilderback. prominent farmers,
eliminated in an impromptu duel
near kneisly's Ford. in the southeast
rrn part of Henry county. Babictt
was killed.
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An Enthuxiastlc scmd.OR.

Halifax, N. s., March l1.-The
Strathcona Horse battalion and igC
recruits to fill vacancies in the first
Canada contingent in South Africa,
embarked on the transport Monterey
Friday. The troops were given u
erander send-off than that extended
tn previous bodies. The troops pa
laded at the armories, and were in.
spected by Gen. Lord William Sey-
mour, Gov. Sir NJ. B. Daily and Minister
Of Militia Borden. Each Of the ofsic-
cials named addressed the troops, cony
pli,nsating them highly.
Fair play., 1900-03-24
The NcHI,it Law.

The state supreme court has declared
the Nesbit election law constitutional
The law applies to ST. Louis. and was
passed by the Legislature last winter.
Fair play., 1900-03-24
MISSOURI STATE NEWS,
Recent Deaths.

Judge J. +. Taylor. III old and much
respected citizen of Upton, suddenly
of heart failure. lie moved TO Boone
county. Mo. from Tennessee, in 1sh.
Later nc becrme Interested in the dry
goods business in Warsaw. Mo. lie was
for those days an extensive pork
packer.
Rev. Francis NJ. Mills, at Neosha.
Father Mills was 50 years old, and had
been Il member of the old Baltimore
conference of the NJ. +. church south
for the past 65 years, and during his
residence at Necsho for the PAST Is
years. He had never failed to deliver
a sermon on the Sunday nearest his
birthday.
Mrs. +. Il. falligan. relict of former
Senator James IIalligan. at her home
in Union. She was one of the oldest
as well as one of the most highly-es-
teemed residents of Franklin county
Frank Gicrse. one of Farmington's
oldest and most prominent business
men, of pneumonia.
SoioHhoh io"crS. aged -. af Nro-
sho. He was prominent in J. o. o. +.
Mrs. Iiollyman. wife of John Holly
man. a manufacturer. 1T Hannibal.
Col. Charles Long. for 20 years a res
idcnt of Kansas City. recently. at the
age of 73. He was ut one time a mrn-
ber of the legislature.
L. :. Wright, aged -, at Odessa. of
pneumonia.
L. j. Wallace. OF Cooper county. 1T
his resi,incce near Hun"cton, al the
age of G3. Mr. Wallace was one of the
largest land owners and most prom.
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Married SIxty-Tvvo Years.

Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob \. Everscn. OF
Mary:illr. celebrated the siN,y-secCnd
anniversary of their marriage. Mr..
Everson is Sc and his wife 50. Both
enjoy good health. Only two of their
nine children are living.
Fair play., 1900-03-24

The rapidly-increasing interest II,
the breeding and raising of Angor.,
goats in the southwest has resulted in
Aie formation of the American An
CORA Goat breeders association. which
will have its headquarters i'll Kansas
City.
Fair play., 1900-03-24

Gov. Stephens has appointed 7. II.
Rea. of Marshall. Il member of the
BOARD of managers of the colony inr
ferhle-mindcd and epilcptics at Mar
shall. vice George Robertson, of McXi-
20, resigned.
Fair play., 1900-03-24

A convict, sentenced to 80 days con.
finement on Blackwell's Island, n. u,
was about to be weighed before put
ting on his prison garb. "Ah!' said
he, as he stepped on the scales. this
Fair play., 1900-03-24

J. $. Finkenbircr, 35:i Washing
ton avenue, st. Louis, found a burglar
in his house The fellow escaped by
going through plate-glcss window.
Fair play., 1900-03-24

The investigation of conditions in
Cuba and Porto Rico by Robert p. Por-
ter and Gonzalo G. Quesada. which re-
suited in the dissolution of the insur.
gent army, cost S13,273.3S.
Fair play., 1900-03-24

The papers in Paris predict blowing
up of mines and other disasters when
British troops carry the war into the
Iransvaal.
Mrs. Frances HoGgson Burnett, we'll
known novelist. was married to
Stephen Townsend. her secretary, at
Genoa. Italy.
\ Manila dispatch says that Flores.
.iguinaldo's secretary Of war, has sur
rendered to Gen. Macarthur, and that
the governor of North Camarines, with
his staff, has also surrendered at Nueva
Caceres and ordered runners sent out
through the c'frntry TO proclaim Amer
lean sovereignty.
The Beers were said to be massing
their forces near the Vaal river in or
der to oppose the British advance into
the Transvaal. Gen. Joubert arrived
at Brandfort, about 40 miles north of
Bloemfontein, to assume command Of
the Beers. Lord Roberts has sent
troops to the Orange river to help drive
the Beers from the Free State.
The Cork and Limerick corporal tic ms
refused to issue an address of welcome
to Queen Victoria and disturbances in
Ireland were expected.
Fair play., 1900-03-24
Want. a New Courthouse.

Butler is struggling FOR a new court
house to take the place, says the Nc
vada Mail. of the old shack that has
been used for years in Bates county.
Fair play., 1900-03-24

Rev. J. ". Crlpeppcr. of Atlanta
Ga, is holning revival services at the
FIRST Methodist church. south. St.
Louis. His son. C'Bourk Culpcpper. is
hymn book entitle Sweet Peppers"
Th" words Of many Of the songs are
arranged to 'he air of familiar meln-
dies like 'OlL Elack Joe" MY Old
Kentucky Home" etc. The revival il
4 success.
Fair play., 1900-03-24
While Wanted a Knife.

Willie Warren. aged five. of St.
Louis, traded his mothers gold watch
TO a stranger for knife. They boy
had been begging for knife.
Fair play., 1900-03-24

The advantages Of good habits are -
great a. the dissdvautssss Of bed easG.
cRsn's HasA
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Little Girl Killed.

Mamie Mener, four years old. was
KILLED by street car near her home,
at No. 26lO Blair avenue, St. Louis.
The fender failed to work.
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AFFAIRS At RLOEMFONrEIN.
The New Regime at the Orange
Free state Capital.

London. March 1..-Gen. Roberts
tvrian is succeeding admirably as gov.
crnor Cf tn" town. lie issued Il prCc
lamatinn requesting the Eurghcrs with
ir 4 radius of ten miles to deliver uI
their arms. assuring them that the.
world lie paid for the confiscatiOn Ol
their property.
Lord Roberts is about to issue fresh
proclamations which. It is considered
will have the effect Di disarming fur.
tier opposition upon the part nf The
Free StatcrS.
Mr.. Ceilings has been appointed
landdrnst. Vice Pap;icnfus. deposed
and Mr.. Frazer will act as mayor.
stores Recovered.
Grca; quantities of stores capturct
at WaS:crfall have been recovered. As
the result OF Hunter and Yves
toms line cutting. the British have
secured 2h engines. ard the E..e ha,
been cleared to the kaffir river. Ru
morS are c,irrcnt that former Presi
dent Stcyn is willing to surrender
population. The burghers drscribeG
the soldiers as locusts. say ing they ar,
Immune rablc, and OF identical colol
with them.
RURGUERs ARE SURkENDERIHG.
Gen. Roberts Reports Excellent Re.
suits from Mis- PrOclnn nation.
London. March I7.-Lord Roberts
has sent the following dispatch. to TIE
war office:
''Bloemfontein. Friday. March 16.
Gen. Clements crossed the Orange
river yesterday. Repairs to the rail.
way bridge at Norval's pont have com.
menced. and it will shortly be really
for traffic.
Gen. Pole-Carew telegraphs his ar.
rival at Springfontein, SO that Blo,n.
fontein now is practically in rail co,n-
munication with Cape Town.
my proclamation is already having
an excellent effect. Several hundred
burghers have expressed their intdn-
tion to surrender their arms and re-.
turn to their occupations.
1.-THE resident commissioner OF
BasutOland reports that 500 Beers late.
~ arrived from BlOemfOntein, and
that further contingent from Ali.
wei North was only waiting ta
know the terms of Ey proclamation
TO surrender. They had refused &c
attend Il council at kronnstadt,"
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attorneys FOR DEFENSE.
A Brilliant Array Of Legal Talen,
to Defend the Alleged Goe-
bel Assassins.
Ex-eov. JOHN YoUHe BROWN At The HEAD
The Prisoners Taken Back From
L0uisville to Frankfort nnd Ar
Palgned-Amendeal Answer in the
Beckham-Tayl0r Case Filed with
Judge Field.

Louisville, KY, March 17.-As re-
suit of meetings held by number of
prominent citizens of Louisville, it is
| announced that ex-GOv. John Young
Brown has accepted employment as
chief counsel for the men arrested for
completely in the murder of the late
VIM. GOebel. Associated with him will
be Hon. George Denny, of LeXington;
W. {. p. Breckinridge. of Lexington;
Hon. j. c. Sims, of Bowling Green;
Hon. A. f.. Wilson, of Louisville. and
| several others. These lawyers have
been instructed to push the cases to
an early trial and, failing in that, to
institute habeas corpus proceedings
in the state and federal courts.
Amended Answer Filled.
Louisville, KY, March 1.-THE
amended answer of the republicans, in
the Beckham-Taylor consolidated suit
involving the governorship, was filed
with Judge Field in the circuit court.
1t has been in preparation by ex-Gov.
Bradley, Judge YOst and other at
torneys since Judge Fields recent de-
cision declaring his court had M
jurisdiction in the case, and that his;
court could not review the action of
the legislature seating Beckham. The
amended answer is made principally
to perfect the record before the case is
taken to the court of appeals.
Arrived mt Frankfort.
Frankfort, n.y., March 11.-Calet
Powers, John Davis, W. ii. Culton ansl
Harlan Whitaker were brought here
from Louisville in charge of Sheriff
Suter and deputies. \ special detail
of police and deputy sheriffs met
them at the train and they wer.
marched to the Jail through tie
streets, which were lined with people.
There was no disorder and the prison
ers greeted their friends pleasantly as
they went to Jail.
The Prisoners ArrnI=ned.
Secretary of State Powers. Capt.
Davis, W. II. Culton and ". l.. Hazlil
were arraigned later before County
Judge Moore. Hazlip was released OH
$4,000 bond. Judge Moore set the ex-
amining trials for Monday.
Fair play., 1900-03-24

At Miamisbnrg, o., fire destroyed the
big Rothschild tobacco warehouse, the
loss being Sl5G.0O0.
While insane in Washington eiof
Pallcsen killed his wife. murdered
Julia 1lengesbach. the thrce-year-old
daughter of Charles +. Hengcsbach, a
mail carrier. and fatally wounded the
child's mother.
The project of forming n gigantic
combination of manufacturers of
thrashing machines has failed.
\ monument dedicated by citizens of
Key West. Fla. to the dcat. heroes of
the battleship Maine WAS unveiled.
Henry F. Corbett. charged with as
sault and intent to kill Rev. David b.
Cheney in Racine, Wis. was found not
guilty by n jury.
James Saunders and Ezra Fleming.
travelling statesmen, were found frozen
to death in the snow ut Liberty Cor
ner. y. ].
Alfred Gregory, a wealthy farmer
near Winsiow Ind. killed his wife and
himself. They leave six children. a
3"arrel caused the crime.
The Standard Oil company disbursed
$23.GO0. Geo of dividends.
The Sans & Maxwell furniture fac
tory at Pcntwatcr. Mich, was burned.
the loss being S3O0.O0O.
Heavy snowstormS occurred in Texas.
Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama.
Personal AND POLITICAL.
Gov. Tanner. of Illinois. left Spring
field for Florida in hopes of regaining
his health.
The republicans of the Sixth Mis-
souri, district have nominated 5. W.
Jurden. of Holden. for congress.
Iowa republicans will meet in Des
Moines May IL 10 elect delegates to the
national convention.
George W. Cromcr has been renom-
mated for congress by the republic
ans of the Eighth Indiana district.
Tennessee republicans will meet in
Nashville April 10 to name delegates
to the national convention and can
didate for governor.
Rhode Island republicans have nom
mated William Gregory, of North
Kingston, for governor.
DIR. Samuel Pennington. who was
the oldest living graduate of Prince
ton college. died at his home in New
ark. y. j.. aged % years.
Mrs Lucinda H. Stone. widely
known as "the mother of womcn's
clubs" and writer and educator of
note. died in Kalamazoo, Mich, at the
age of Sc.
Rev. Thomas X. Eeecher. the elder
and last surviving brother of Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher, died at Elmira,
y. V. aged 81 years. 4 sister died on
the same day at Hartford, Conn. aged
"a years.
Herman Defterman. editor of the
Columbus Wrsthotc. one of the hest
known German editors in the country.
died at Columbus. o.. aged 5S wears.
Democrats of the Nineteenth Illinois
district split in convention and ncmi-
mated two candidates-A J. Hunter
and J. b. Crowley-for congress.
The Tennessee democratic state con-
vention will be held at Nashville on
May 10.
New Hampshire prohibitionists nom-
inated Josiah NJ. Fletcher. of Nashua,
for governor.
Iowa democrats will hold their state
convention in Des Moincs May ,.
IL. - ~, f,l
district renominated William. \. Calder
head for congress.
The republicans have renomiratcd
Louis W. Emerson for congress in the
Twenty-fhirl district of New York.
Rhode Island democrats have nom
mated Nathan ". Littlefield, of Paw
tucket. for governor.
Fair play., 1900-03-24

DR.. j. J. Combs has resigned as su.
perintendent Of Asylum No. !, at Full.
ton. In q letter to the bourd he gives
III health ~ The cause.
The Marshall republican., 1900-11-09

blessings which satisfy the hunger of
the heart. the mind and the spirit.
''1hc parental providence of father
and mother more and more tend Ia
mirror the a~ll.guarding providence Of
our Heavenly Father, and this Is FOL.
lowed by the Increase ~ iilial tender
ness and devotion, and also by the
engagement of the coniiding affection
which binds together the hearts Of
brothers aud sisters.
1--WE should remember with deep
Thanksgiving the growing disposition
oh the part of those who have been
unfortunate In the accumulation of
great wealth /" establish institutions.
the object Of which II To give "a the
whole people, In higher forms. the
riches they have secured by toll and
self-sacriice. The money they acquire
by the application ~ intelligence aud
skill Ia the NV material furnished by
the bounti"s of nature they use to feed
the common mind. through institutions
Of learning, through public libraries,
and through galleries of art. The
culture, the high ideals, and the noble
aspirations fos,ered by such public
institutions tend infinitely more To on
rich u state than more expanse Of ter
ritory, or vast material wealth, un.
wisely boarded for selfish ends. With
science, learning, art and religion
pouring their soft and mellowing light
upon the lives of oil our people,
abundant scope and opportunity will
be furnished for the development, not
only of the richest country the world
ever saw but also for the fullest growth
Of the wisest and the most humane.
That citizens OF our own state have
within the past year given to the cause
Of education amounts oi such magni-
The Marshall republican., 1900-11-09

tudc n to excite the attention al the
world IL cause sufficient Ia thrill the
hearts III all IA people.
1--WE should remember with pro-
found gratitude that we have been
preserved from great loss by lire. or
Hood, or storm, and that VA people
have responded with hearty u%nanimity
tn the calls for help which have come
Ia Us from sections Ot the country that
have suffered.
Therefore, I proclaim Thursday,
the 2oth day of November, 1900, u day
of general and public Thanksgiving.
recommending that the people of this
state suspend their secular avoca-
tions aud assemble In their respective
places Of worship and render CRATE
full offerings Of praise to the bounti.
full givcr Of oil good, with devout sup
plication for his abiding favor and
protecting care. In these services
charitable consideration for the poor
and sympathy for the sorrowing will
not bc wanting. II will he well tn re-
member the words Of the prophet Ne.
hemiah, spoken with reference to u
Thanksgiving day appointed nor than
twenty three centuries ago: This
day Is holy unto the Lord your God;
mourn not, o weep; go your way,
eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and
send portions unto them for whom
nothing Is prepared; for this day Is
holy INTO our Lord; neither be ye sOr-
rowful, for the joy Of the Lord Is your
strength"
The Marshall republican., 1900-11-09
la Grippe aud It's Cure.

II II an undeniable fact that the
great majority Of La Grippe victims
fail to recOver health and strength,
and become subject To repeated At.
tacks each succeeding year.
Our remedies are positive cures for
La Grippe In all the varied forms.
For La Grippe, Influenza, Neuralgia,
head and back-ache, pains In bones,
take our L.aGrippe tablets, 81 and 10
cents per box.
Do you cough Cure IL In u day
with our cough syrup, - and 30 cents
per bottle.
Are you nervous, sleepless, does
your heart trouble yOuy Our
SPECIFIC NERvINf
has no equal for these symptoms. ~
per bottle. Ask your druggist. Take
no other.
DIR. A.. v. BANEs MEDICINE Co.,
ST. Joseph, Mo.
The Marshall republican., 1900-11-09
THANKSGIVING PnOJLAAArlON


Jefferson City. No.. November g.
Governor Stephens tOda. issued his
Thanksgiving proclamation. II fol-
lows:
Executive Department. State of
Missouri, city of Jefferson. The pre-.
zen year CLOSES the most wonderful
century In the history ~ mankind.
The time II most appropriate for re-
viewing, with gratitude, the causes
which, under the blessing Of God,
have, during the past lWO years, con
spircd tn give Us the first place among
the people of the earth.
''fhe fields, mines aud orchards Of
the commonwealth have abundantly
responded during the past twelve
months to the intelligent labor of our
people.
''Ihe countless agencies represent.
cd In shop, factory aud store for send
ing u products abroad and for
bringing, In turn, the Of
other states To ourselves, have been
unusually active. a thousand instru-
mentalities combine, from day To day,
to make every home the center of COM
fort and plenty. All the complex ac-
t~ivities Of commerce unite to place
every person into corresponding re-
lations with all the world has To offer
for food, for raiment and for shelter.
''But better and higher than all the
ministries which supply the physical
necessities Of the people, We should
recognize with profound gratitude the
constant and varied increase Of the
The Marshall republican., 1900-11-09
Superintendent Troy Designs.

Thomas Troy, after being In the
service of the G. 4 a. for the past ~
years. rendered his resignation this
week rs supervisor ~ the western di.
vision, and George II. Webb was APP
pointed rs his successor. Mr.. Webb.
We understand, has been In the ser.
vice Of the ''Big !" and Is u practical
railroad man. The citizens Of Slater
regret To learn Of Mr.. Troy severing
his connection with the road, rs he
was among the last Of the old men left
at the head Of u department at this
place. His resignation Is probably
due Ia the fact that when u road
changes hands It is only u question Of
time when II will also change officials
and employees ut the head Of the vari-
GUS departments. Slater Rustler.