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Weather Forecast for To-day.

Z. u ! - d g.. /. !. D..
For West Virginia. showers and
thunder storms Tuesday and Wednes.
dny: cooler Wednesday,; .southerly
winds. i1 IN ~ IA il5iiFS 81
For Western Pennsylvania. showers
ana thunder storms Tuesday, With
cooler IN western portions; showers fol-
lowed by fnir Wednesday,: freob 10
brisk southwesterly winds and possibly
squalls. "a IS Z. n!
For Ohio. thunder storms and cooler
Tuesday: fair In western; showers In
eastern portion Wednesday; frcsh TO
brisk southwesterly winds, shifting to-
westerly Tuasdny afternoon.
Local Temperature. !
The temperature yesterday. as observed
by c: Schnepl. druggist, corner Market
anu fonrteenth streets was na follows: 5
. a. gm.!.,....,..,,. G ;. ni.,,.,,,s...,..S
l2 m...,.......,.!... s'lWeather clear. n
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WEST VIRGINIA BRIEFS.
No Light Weights in the Fnmil,

NO Light Weights in the Family.
WESTON, W. Va. July "a re-
markable family as to weight lives in
this county, the paternal head OF which
Is Ephraim Norris. His avoirdupois
amounts to 21S pounds. his better half
pulls down the. scales at 225 pounds, and
their thirteen-year-old daughter Is also
a heavy weight, as she tips the beam al
249 pounds. G5
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SITUATION DESPERATE.

fEtI 4 " : ! =" "',''i'-''i y
NJ. !,
-. @ sS !.
-. sAt Ds". Atta anu "A tns ~
s'oute ~ saI ~ l 40 loFe.aklng away
Ifoin E'o1l EMPIRE.
LONDON. July 9, $3.50 q. rn.-The al
lies are not advancing for the relief Of
Pekin. This announcement to tho
house OF commons by William st. John
Brodarich. under secretary OF state for
foreign affairs, was received with ex-
clamations Of astonishment and dis
may
or i'''' 1Asl''''eaa ' M t'artiett inquired II
az! ''''t'o'i l'hu Deeii received from
TUE teset'oi's Ut feki'i or us 70 the com
pos'.'o'' ui'o command OF the renewing
io'.e u''a its present positioh'
-a' W. o'.sf. IGN reaa tl'e uispatciles re-
eeiSe'' eo-uuy una s'ilo tne total aliie'l
ioree uSii'aole i'1. Is now ABOUT l3'Voo' as
.roops '' nave peeh rapidly arriving. add dt.
ins' we don YET Know what ar
ra'ise'''eilts ems nave peen made locally re-
E''itullis t1ic conn command Oh an expeoltioh'
put II nus not yet oeen thousht possible
70 attempt further ADVANCE ihe
co''su's nave pech IN cotilinutlicatio:s q
Win Vlceroys IN thc 1ahs Use. region
anu they are quite a"are. that support
VIII pe given them by her ma1estys
government se'flil IN preserving order. II is
obviously Impossible that the represten-'
th'lVes illN Oh the powers at Pekin should
oe consulted as comfnnnlcatlons are
passing Win thef1' II
Situation Getting Desperate.
1.-THE situation is desperate. Hasten"
These words from the message of Won
Bergen, member Of the German lega-
tloh at PeKin, counters!sned by Sir
ROBERT HART. inspector general OF GUS
toms ana dated nine days ago. are the
theme OIL all private comment. they
are preparing for news Of frishtful
tragedy. Nlne days ago the ammuni-
ton OF the little garrison defending tho
foreigners was running low and their
food was nearly exhausted. whie
around them horde of kan-su braves.
having at their service Krupp guns and
repeating rifles. Pekin was In the
hands OF the revolutonaries. N.
While nothing but sinister news
comes from Northern China, Southern
China Is seemingly breaking away
from the empire. All the provinces
south OF the Yellow river. whose vlce-
roys and governors maintain friendly
relations with the powers through the
consuls, have been informally consti-
tuted into n federacy. with Nankin as
the capital. 3,s
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Biz pecren.s In puhlic neht

WASHINGTON, July 2.-The. month.
~ statement of the public debt shows
that Mt the close Of business June 80,
1900. the debt less cash In the treasury
amounted to $l,10I7ll, Ass, a decrease
for the month OF s14.s97, ,553. This do
crease Is saccounted for by an Increase In
the cash on hand and by redemption Of
per cent bonds. &
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LAW Rigidly Enforced

CHARLESTON, w. Va. July a.
me law requiring eight hours work by
.'e ei'S letter carriers, was rigidly en-
forced to-day, and every man was on
autS Tor the full time, Some routes
may De ENLARGED and the force cut
down. -,
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Sergeant Berry Killed.

PARKERSBuRG, w. va, July "a
private letter received here to-day con-
hrms the report Of the death OF Ser
seant Frank Berry, of this city, who
was Killed In the Philippines while lead
Ing u sqund In an attempt to rescue n
young Philippine girl who had been
abducted by Ladroucs. ggt
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VOLUNTEERS FOR CHINA WAR.
Pennsylvania First to be Remcm-
bered by President Mckinley.


PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 2.-Coloncl
james g. Barnett. of tho Tenth Penn
sylvanla volunteer infantry, has ro-
ee'Ved assurance from the war depart
.'nt rheht mat he shall be the first given n
commission to recruit volunteer regi-
vice. ayI' ~ e'e' 81 - 'si 'E'
The application was mnde through
Senator ioics Penrose, who telegra nhcd
the President nnd secretary of war TINT
tne state treasurer and former lIeutcn.
hlt colonel or thc"Fighting TENTH, was
4 renay ana enger to raise n regiment In
colonel Barnett anid to-day that
snould he be empowered to raise a req.
imeht nc wiz open recruiting Offices in
all the toYns In which the old Tenth
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Harmcr for Senator,

Z eLAlsksBuRG, VIVA, July 2.-It Is
generally thought TINT the Republicans
of this senatorial district vii, select
non, Harvey w. lIarmer MS their can
dldatc for senator. Doddridge county
ms indprscd him ana he is the only
candidate, from Harrison. n
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Deplore Won Ketteler's Deatb

BERLIN. July 2.-The press tonight
unanimously dcplores Baron Won Kette-
ler's death, mentioning particularly his
courage. strong sense of duty. special
fitness for his position, because of his
sixteen years residence In ChlnY.
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All Besscmer Furnaces to Close.

CLEVELAND. O.. July 2.-As the re-
s"'t Oh the meeting of the executive
committee of the Bcssemer AssocIa-
tlon held Inst Saturday. the statement
WIS given out to-day TINT every Bcs-
senlcr furnace In the country VIII bc
shut down M soon rs possible in order
to stlffen the market. - -. - -
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Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse Sails.

NEW YORK, July 2.-The North
German Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse VIII sail from the Cunard linz
pier IN th's city, at 10 o'clock to-mor-
70" morning, on her regular trip. The
officials or the company inspected the
big steamship to-day and pronounced
hef IN good condition. She was blister
cd some by the fire Saturday night, but
this damage has been repaired with
paint u y - : +. y, III
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Old Roilroad Man Stricken.

fAllI'kERsBURG, W. Va. July a.
Martin Burns. the Oldest cmployc Of the
haftt'nore & Ohio railroad in actlv.
service IN this city, was stricken with
pnrulysls To-day. lie viii die. He hua
peen In the service over fifty years. +
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Quiet in Central China.

NEW YORK, July 2.-The Presbyter.
ian board OF foreign missions to-day re.
ceivcd the following cablegram:
SHANGHAI. juno 30.
Morris Kuling:
Central China quiet. Steamer sent
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St. Louis Strike Ended.

sT. LOUIS. July ?.-An agreement
between the 81. Louis Transit Company
nnI i.a FORMER employees was signed to-
inhnt ny representative br tho Transit
eoInpahy und tho executive, committee.
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Movement Of Steamships,

NEW YoRK-Turic. Liverpool.
n lL1VERPODL-Seryia, New York.
. LONDON-Minnesota, Philadelphia, 4
BREMEN-Friedrich der Crosse,
rom New York. II
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his fight against a 16 to declaration, he
said the convention would not meet for
two days. 1t might not act upon the
platform for three days. therefore there
was no reason to now discuss the ques-
Itlons as to what 1t was to contain. Mr..
Hill talked with many men, and quite
u long time with some OF them, but to
no one did he outline hts Intended po-
tsltion or give any lntmatIon us to the
position OF Mr.. Bryan had taken while
discussing the coming convention.
When the matter5of his connection with
the Vice Presidency was mentioned, he
dismissed II IN n manner indicating that
there was not the least possibility Of his
being selected. G yys iii d. > - gi4
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McGRAW FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

West Virginians Will Present the
Man Who Attempted to Steal Seat
in the Senate.
ST. LOUIS, July 2.--The West vir-
glnia delegation held an informal con-
ference early to-day, at which 1t was
decided to present John T. McGraw, OF
that state, for Vice President. The
silver question was discussed briefly,
but the delegation took no decisive nc
ton. The sentiment of the West Vir-
glnla men Is for a free silver plank
without declaring a ratio. To-day they
Will confer with the New York and
other eastern delegations and upon these
conferences will depend their attitude
on the silver question. ,5
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has companies, thus insuring the en-
listment OF the majority Of those who
saw service In the Philippines together
with the veterans OF the Eighteenth
and Fourteenth Pennsylvania regl-
mcpts. "A ti ). "a a, Is n 2'|Il 80.
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Hills Visit Was Fruitlcss.

Tho resolution was accepted rs little
short of notice to other delegations as
to the sentiment of men very near to
Mr.. Bryan. The return of Senator Hill
without tangible results which he was
willing to disclose. made It plain TINT
HIS conference with Mr.. Bryan at Lin
coin hnd come to naught and II served
also to emphasize tho general feeling
that Mr.. Bryan would not tolerate any
temporarlzing on the platform.
But the development OF MIR, Bryau's
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-26

Township North OF Range East.
Macarthur and Cummins Addition.
Q n Y commencing
Intersection
Comstak IT.
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CITY OF OWOSSO
Township North Of Range East.
to beg.....is sRsoes17 . 20 . 90 . 10 SO
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] acre beginning at SO cor.
ner sw 4 thence " 8 rods n
20 rods e 8 rods 8 20 rods to
place of beg. ..... ......-...-..
lot in ne 4 of Sc \, I'd a
by Gorld's land Q by sec
line 8 by Burhans land W
by land of A L Sprir kie. 80
Com. IS $500 chains W Of
SO corner of sec thence " 3
~ 100 chains n II $500 Oh g
q 3 14-l00 chains 8 IA 63-100
chs to place of beginnings
10 2S-100 acres OF Sc corner
Sc u of ne n beginning az
said corner thence n 40
rods W to center OF high.
way 8 and Q along said
highway to place of begin.
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THE RAILROADS.

William Gibson, general suparinten-
dent Of the Baltimore & ohlo's Pitts
burgh system. has been promoted to
general superintendent of transporta-
ton of the company's entire system Ii,
place Of d. F. Maroney, who viii be-
come assistant to General superinten-
dent Fitzgerald, OF the lines east of
Pittsburgh. Mr.. Glbsons present posi-
ton will be abolished and Its duties
assigned to Mr.. Fitzgerald, with head
quarters at Baltimore. The manage
ment OF the lines west OF Pittsburgh
Will be assigned to General superinten-
dent ]. c. Stuart. OF Chicago, and. 1t is
understood. will include the Pittsburgh
& Western -oad. when the absorption
OF the road is completed. In his new
position Mr.. Gibson VIII be the princi-
pal assistant OF General Manager I'M
derwood. and will have charge OF be-
tween 5000 and 400 miles OF territory
in the Baltimore & Ohio system. It is
said that upon the absorption OF the
Pittsburgh & Western Thomas N.
King. president and receiver. will be
made third vice president, with head
quarters in Pittsburgh. his Jurisdiction
to be over the Pittsburgh & Western.
Cumberland Valley, and Cleveland Ter
minal Valley. I'll.
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=,
Liusly For 1900,

Yesterday occurred the enrolment OF
students at the Linsly Institute, on
Fifteenth street. The number of stu
dents will probably exceed that OF last
year, A number Of new scholars have
added their names to the roll and the
Indications promise success Great In
terest is taken by the faculty to en-
courage oil sports, and In the military
camp, which occurs next week, they
have won the favor OF all. During the
camp military laws are observed and
sports are INDUCED In. About seventy
1--WE. or eighty, boys win take part lntshc
camp life this season. and an all round
good time is predicted. A member OF
the faculty Is In attendance at the
school in the mornings, from 1926 to
1850 o'clock. ~
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WASHINGTON
...PRESBYlERY
IST'Ol8MEE;T'l'
Next Tuesday at Mount Prospect to
Vote on the Proposed Revision
Of the Greed.
FAVOR SUPPLEMENTARY CREED
In Preference to a Change in the Con
fession of Faith-List of the
& Questions Prepared.

Next Tuesday. September 4, at Mt
Prospect. Pa. near iBurgettslown, there
viii be n meeting of the Washington
Presbytery. OF the Presbyterian church,
for the purpose of discussing and vot-
Ing on the proposed revision OF this
creed OF the church. Great interest Is
being taken In the meeting and 1t will
be largely attended. 1t is said that
while there Is a sentiment for a shorter
creed, and not for the revision OF the
Confession of Faith. y Z
AT the last meeting OF the Presbyter-
Ian general assembly a committee was
appointed to carry this matter downto
the presbyteries for action. and the
committee has issued a circular to the
presbyteries.
The circular, after reciting the nu-
thority for theappointmento of the COM
mittee TO ascertain the general feeling
In regard to the proposed revision OF
the creed, requests the presbyteries to
consider and answer the following In
quiries:
LIDO you desire a revision OF our
Confession OF Faith? or Z;
"2. Do YOU desire q supplemental, ex-
planatory statement? or ISL
$"3. Dc, you desire to supplement our
present doctrinal standards with q
briefer statement of the doctrines 'most
surely believed among US, expressing In
simple language the faith Of the church
in loyalty TO the system Of doctrine con-
talned in holy scripture and held by the
reformed churces? or s5 ~
"a. Do you desire the dismissal of the
whole subject, SO that our doctrinal
standards shallremalnas they are. with
out any change whatever whether re-
visIonal, supplemental or substitution
al?" +. 4
The circular IS signed by fifteen mem
hers of the committee as follows, the
Rev. Stephen a. Dana, OF Philadelphia,
being the only member Of the commit
tee whose signature Is not attached to
the document: Charles A. Dlckay. Her
rick Johnson, Samuel ]. Niccolls, Dan
lei w. Fisher, William McKibbin,
George B. Stewart. Samuel P. sprecher.
Henry Van Dyke, Benjamin Harrison.
John NJ. Harlan. Daniel r. Noyes, L.
". c. Humphrey, William R. Crabbc.
John E. Parsons. Elisha A. Fraser.
The presbyteries are requested to re-
cord the affirmative and negative
votes.
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In Clerk Robertson,s Office.

Yesterday. in Clerk Robertson's Office.
the following were recorded: 81
Deed made August 30, 1900, by Rosa
welty and others to P. Wclty 6 Co.;
consideration. .5.S25 40; transfers south
one-half of lot II, in square II, In The
Eighth ward. Fl
Deed made July g.. 1900, by G. r, C.
Allen. special commissioner. to L. E.
Sands: consideration, s1,675: transfers
lot % and part Of lot 30. in sDrIgg,s d
ditlon. y
Deed made June 16, 1900, by Gre,n-
wood Cemetery to George Bell; consid-
Grafton, sos; transfers lot 81.
a marriage license was ISSUED to
Harry V. Arnau. aged twenty.seyen,
md Marie NJ. Beringcr.5 aged twenty
five years, OF Pittsburgh. "A a
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REPUBLICANS |.
HOLD COUNTY
CONVENTION.
This Afternoon to Place House OF
Delegates Ticket in the Field,
ts and to Name
THE JUDICIAL
!conferees-Great Interest is Being
Eyinced in the Work Of \,
the Convention. &

& This afternoon at 2 o'clock. In tho
chamber OF the second branch of coun-
ell, city building, County Chairman
Hornish will call to order the Republi-
can county. convention which will select
four candidates for the house of dele
gates and name two senatorial and two
judicial conferees from each OF the ten
districts OF the county. There are
ssixty-seven. delegates to the convention.
, and the districts voting strength is as
follows: Washington, 0; Madison. 81;
Clay, s; Union, 81 centre,7: Webster,
s; Richie, 9; Philadelphia, 6; Richland,
p; Liberty, q The delegates chosen are
the following:
Observation-Disclosures Elliott, G. w.
Otto. Edward Birch. W. H. Muegge, j.
iA.fBritt. Jacob Snyder, Frank Miller,
CT. Rawllng, Edward Fox. Il
Madlson-H. c. Underwood. B. s. Al
!lison, H. L. Loos, w. c. Brown, C. H.
Watkins, ST. ". C. Donaldson. N c..
Hamilton, CIV. Schenk.
Clay-Frank Milligan, Samuel Uscl-
ton, H. w. Fair, L. D. Flora, N. G. Flel.
t B. H. stlllyard. W. L. Jones, Fred
Meyer
Union-Harry Hooking. Thomas Nor
gan, G. NJ. Ford. Martin Pebler, John
Beckett, Thomas Stanley, ]. c. Mans
barger. Samuel Nesbltt
senter-Henry Kerns, c. D. Thomp-
son, Leroy Willard. Jacob Retzer, ]. E.
Reed Frank Kitson. Charles Breum-'
n,er. +. Is
Webster-David Ryan, Charles carp,
d. G. Evans, George Baron, W. John
ston, C. w. Bowers. C. F. schultze. w.
r.. Dudley.
Ritchie-E. L. Armbrecht, Adam Hon
ecker. William thinner. W. G. Meyers,
Wylle Woods. E. P. Wheat. L. c. Drie-
horst, W. P. Rose. L. Miller.
TriadeIphia.-W. P. Hubbard. Charles
selbert. G. W. Humphrey, John Ar
benz, r. Anderson, G. w. Smith. y
Llberty-Daniel Maxwell. S. S. Card
ner. * x. - $50
Rlchland-J. D. Hastings, J. B. Lyle.
Great interest'is being evinced In the
work OF the convention and 1t is likely
that there will be a large number of In
,terested spectators. Messrs. Charles E.
4vanKeuren, George A. Laughlln, Hugh
Sterling and Peter Bachmann are put
ting up a vigorous fight for the bus!-
ness mans place on the ticket; 1t seems
to be conceded that the lawyer on the
ticket will be S. G. Smith; for the coun-
try district representative, Ralph Nc
Coy and Abram Mccolloch are making
the contest, and for the workingman's
place, there are several aspirants. In
Guiding Henry Steck, stogie-maker.
and Jesse Jackson. vice president OF
the National brotherhood OF Potters.
The rumor that Frank NJ. Milligan
would enter the race for the house OF
delegates, which was in circulation yes
terday. was without foundation.
1t was stated last night that Major
W.. j. W. cowden might be brought In
to the race for house OF delegates. Ma.
jor Cowden declines to exert himself
for the nomination, and Is in the hands
OF his friends, who will not present his
name before the convention unless
they believe he has a good chance to
NJ ID ~
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CORNER STONE LAYING

AT New Martinsvillei Attended by the
Wheeling and cyrene comman-
deries Of the Knights Templar, of
heeling--7Impressive Ceremonies.
Yesterday morning some fifty mem.
bers Of Wheeling Commandery No. /.
and ,cyrene conimandery No. I, Of the
knights Templar. of this city, went to
New Martinsvfife. VIA the Ohio River
railroad, to take a leading part In the
laying Of the corner. stones OF the new
Wetzel county court house. and new NJ.
E. church edificc. Upon their arriva, at
New Martlnsville, It was fol:nd that
nearly the entire population had turned
out to extend the community's warmest
welcome to the Wheeling Knights, Who:
headed by the Opera House band. made
beautiful showing. Z u
In the ceremonies that followed,
Wheeling commandery escorted the
members OF the grand lodge, including
DR.. Z. NJ. Turner. who acted as grand
master, while cyrene commandery act
ed as escort. to the blue lodge. &
The corner stone OF the court house
was laid at II o'clock. in the presence
Of a great crowd, and with the impos-,
Ing and impressive Masonic ceremon-
les usual on such occasions DR.. Tur-
ner. as the representative OF the West
Virginia grand lodge. was in charge OF
the ceremonies. Following the laying
OF the stone, there were addresses suit
able to the occasion.
The two communicates. headed by
their band, then proceeded to the old
NJ. E. church, where. the ladies OF the
congregation, assisted by their pastor.
Rev. Mr.. Smith, served dinner to the
knights and visitors.
In the afternoon; the cornerstone Of
the new NJ. E. church edifice was laid
with equally impressive ceremonies, Dr..
Turner again being In charge. After
this ceremony. Wheeling commandery
and the band serenaded the ladies' Of
the church, and Rev. c. NJ oliphant, of
Wheeling, thanked the ladies' on behalf
OF the commandery for the hospitable
entertainment. OF which they had been
the recipients. Or. H. B. Baguley, emf
nent commander, also expressed the
appreciation of the knights.
After the services. the band gave
concert from the lawn of the. home of
Mr.. Jacob Koontz, which was enjoyed
by large crowd. The Communicates
returned to the city on the evening
train, having thoroughly enjoyed the
days exercises, and needless to state
having full appreciation of the bound
less Hospitality Of the New Martins
Vile people.
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Pleasant valley lawn Fete.

The lawn fete OF the Epworth
League of the German Methodist .Epis.
copal church. held on the grounds OF
AIr. George Rentsch. out in Pleasant
Valley. Friday evening, was well at
tended and successful affair and greatly
enjoyed by the young people. Mr..
Rentsch had taken great pains to finely
decorate his grounds with Chinese Ian
terms for the occasion. There was n
sprinkling OF the older people. Among
them were noted Mr.. and Mrs. William
yoeiker. Mrs. John Newman, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred sengerwald and others. y
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First Bale of Cotton.

Every year there Is considerable
rivalry among the railroads for the
honor OF carrying the first bale OF the
new cotton crop. This year the honor
falls to the I.ackawanna railroad.
whose fast freight line this week re-
ce!ved the first bale of the new crop
shipped from Memphis. Tenn, and con-
signed to B. B. Harvey s. Company. OF
Boston.
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Photograph Of Company "A.n

h Mr. C. p. Ref. the photographer; cor.
yner Twelfth and Market streets. has on
exhibition In his show window at the
Market street entrance. IL photograph OF
Company AZ" First Regiment Imam
TRY, WeRt Virginia National Guard, ta-
ken on the old court house steps on The
morning OF It's departure for the annual
5cncampmcnt Mt Camp Spillman." Key
lEer, w. Va. Mr.. Ref Will have; several
OF the Photographic finished by Mon
day, and members OF tho company ran
procure MS many MS they wish. The
photograph Is pronounced ns being Iex-
felent. 1t isabout twenty Inches l9ng.