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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-04

LARD-Ffrm: western steamed si1.co
to s11.o5 July SHES rominai: refined
firm.
RICE-Steady TO firm. domestic fair
TO extra AZ to 81.
SUGAR-Strong; fair refining sScs
centrifugal IS test sS: refined steady.
EGGS-Ffrm: state and Pennsylvania
1914 TO 20. Southwestern ISL 10 Tx.
POTAToES-State and western xz.ec
to $3.50; new southern prime $3.50 to
$3.50.
PEANUTS-Steady: fancy h~andpick-
ed 5 TO sac: other domestic 81 to s.
COTTON SEED oIL-Dull and nomi-
nal. Prime crude ( o II mills CSC: prime
summer yellow IL ia iSc: of summer
yellow a.; prime white IS to ISL: prime
winter yellow IS TO -. prime meal SIS
nominal.
NAVAL STORES
New York. July s.-Turpentine dull.
Rosin steady.
Charleston, July 2.-Turpenane and
rosin unchanged
Savannah. July s--Turpentine hTIn.
44&c: receipts i.s21 casks: sales 500
casks; exports 50 casks. Rosin rrm:
receipts 3.IS5 barrels: sales 3.0ls barrels;
exports I.5s1 barrels. quote A Il G ID +
$1.25; r si.35: G $40: II $40. I $e.o5: X
sass; NJ s3.05: y IS. 20: " G SS.45 W w
Sc. 90.
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THE DRY GOODS MARKE,

New York, July 2.-Tne home demand
for cotton goods has not shown any
change and only a quiet business has
been reported. Brown sheetings and
drills are dull and barely steady.
Bleached cotton are steady; coarse col
ored cottons are generally firm. Prints
and ginghams are quiet at previous
prices. Printcloths are inactive and un-
changed. Mems wear wtolen and worst
ed fabrics are in fair demand for fall
at previous prices.
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RONnS.

SOIXON.
Liverpool, July a. p. m.-Cotton:
Spot good business done, prices flrmer.
American middling 4 1916. The sales
of the. day were 1000 bales, Of which
1000 were for speculation and export
and included II, 500 American. Receipts
5000 bales, nc American.
Futures opened ana closed steady.
American middling G.. o. c: July 4
49-64d@4 50-64d sellers July and August
4 47-64d@4 4S-64d buyers; August and
September 4 41-64d sellers; September
and October 4 29-64d@4 3O-64d value;
October and November 4 22-64d@4 23-64d
buyers; November and, December 4
19-64d@4 20-64d sellers: December and
January 4 1S-64d sellers: January and
February 4 17-64d@4 1s-54d sellers.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston steady at 8 15-16c; net re-
ceipts S33 bales.
Norfolk quiet at SIC; net receipts so
bales.
Baltimore nominal at 9Ac.
Boston firm at SIC. net receipts %
bales.
Wilmington firm>at Sc; net receipts 2
bales.
Philadelphia steady at 91hc.
Savannah steady at sac; net receipts
SO bales.
New Orleans steady =: &c; net receipts
Lie bales.
Mobile nominal at SAC.
Memphis quiet at SBc' net receipts 80
bales.
Augusta quiet n steady at CSC; net
receipts 104 bales.
Charleston quiet and nominal; net re-
ceipts 8 bales.
Cincinnati steady at &c; net receipts
50 bales.
Louisville firm at 9sc.
st. Louis quiet at s 1o-16c.
Houston quiet at s 15-l6c; net receipts
1913 bales.
New York, July Cotton steady at
SIC; net receipts 200 bales; gross S07
bales; sales q bales; stock $50, SIC bales.
Total today at all U. S. ports-Net re-
ceipts 2.315 bales; exports to the CONT
nent 1,117 bales: stock 800. 100 bales.
Consolidated at all L. S. ports-Net
receipts 9,641 bales; exports to Great
Britain 2,949 bales; France 5,293 bales;
to the continent 1859 bales.
Total since September 1st-Net re-
ceipts 7,471,317 bales; exports to Great
Britain 2,9S1, 779 bales; France 719, 221; to
the continent 2~,6S7,134 bales.
Futures closed steady. July sos; Au-
gust S.39; September 7.S2; October 7.SS;
November $50; December 7.79; January
7.79; February 7.79; March $50.
Spot cotton steady; middling uplands
&c; middling gulf 9Rc: sales 81 bales.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Chicago, July 2.-Tkc leading futures
ranged as follows:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-04

President Roosevelt has determined
upon the appointment OF Major Micah
Jenkins, his army comrade and friend
as collector of internal revenue, district
OF South Carolina vice George R. Koes-
ter, who failed Of confirmation.
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THE COFFEE MARKET.

New York. July 2.-Coffee futures
opened steady and without quotable
change, turned easier Under liquidation
Of struggling long accounts and closed
quiet in tone, with prices net un-
changed to 10 points lower. Total sales
amounted to 1886 bagg. Spot Rio dull.
No. z invoice SIC: mill market nrm,
Cordova s to 11hc.
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Wednesday,, July 2.
NAVAL STORES

SPIRITS TURPENTINE = Nothing
doing.
ROSIN-Steady at SI.1o to s1-15.
TAR-Firm at $1.50.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Flrm: hard
$40; yellow dip $3.50: virgin $3.50.
Prices same day last year - Spirits
turpentine nothing doing; rosin CSC and
s1.00. tar $50, crude t~urpe0tine $1.10
and $40.
Receipts today-52 casks spirits tur-
.pentine, 38 barrels rosin, AZ barrels tar,
90 barrels crude t~urpentine.
Receipts same day last years casks
spirits turpentine, 40 barrels rosin. 179
barrels tar. 1872 barrels crude t~urDentine.
PRODUCE.
SALT-100's 4oc: 1905 zoe: zoos S5c:
e T $1.35; IN less than a lots
DRY SALTED SIDES-11hc.
BUTTER-35c.
COFFEES to lie.
FLOUR - Straights $4.2s 70 $500
ind patents $3.50 to a Is: FUN J4.75 to
$500
NoLAssEs-s- House. lsc. New Or
Brights. - to &c. Porto Rico 30
20 &c: Cuba. q to loc-
SUGAR-Granulated A.75; w. C. x
No. s. $4-25; No. q. $40: No. 3. 1886: NO
II, $s.s5.
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Judicial Convention.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh, N. c., July 2.-Wakes dele
cation to the judicial convention at
Smithfeld left for that place today. It
is a foregone conclusion that William
R Allen, of Goidsboro. will be nomi-
mated for solicitor u~nopposed.
President Busbee, Of the State Base
Ball League, appoints John Boucher,
formerly on Wilmington team, umpire,
to succeed Mcnamara, who has jumped
the state. Dolan umpired here today.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-04

The maximum temperature in Atlanta
Wednesday was 50 degrees, but thun-
derstorm late in the afternoon brought
considerable relief. This registration
so early in h year has been equaled
only once before. on June 80. 1890.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-04
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.


New York, July Mooney on "a firm
at i to Z per cent, last loan at 5 per
cent Prime mercantile paper Az to 5
per cen Sterling exchange firm at
S4.S7B for deman6 and at $4.s5S for
sixty days. Posted rates Sass to S4.S6h
and s4.SSk to $4.se. Commercial bills
s4.S44 to s4.S5A. Bar silver 52h. Mex
lean dollars ~. Government bonds
steady: state bonds inactive. Railroad
bonds irregular.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-04
had Storm i'm Virginia.

Richmond, Va, July 1.-Specials from
Farmville and Green Bay, Prince Ed
ward county, tell of a violent WING
storm, which swept over that county
last night. Fences were blown down,
trees uprooted and houses unroofed.
Near Farmville, a negro woman was
killed and a child badly injured by a
tree being blown down upon them. The
damage to crops is heavy. High winds
seem to have prevailed also in several
adjacent COMMITTEES
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-04

Among the appointments by the pres
ident that failed OF confirmation was
that Of j. ". Mullen as postmaster at
Charlotte.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-04

LARD-CTierce Bas!s) Pure Ihc.
Compound SIC.
COUNTRY PRODUCE
PEANUTS-North Carolina "a TO SIC:
Virginia S5 to 75c; Spanish 20 10 15c-
CORN-S3 to S5c.
CORN MEAL-77h.
EGGS-Steady at l5c.
CHICKENS-Hens 50 TO Ssc: ROSTERS
% to soc: spring 10 to g.
y. G. BACON-Hams be: shoulders
DC: sides 10 to lie
SHINGLES-Per LOCO. 5-inch saps
$500: 5-inch hearts. $1s0: s-inch saps
s.. Oh: 6-inch hearts Aon
TIMBER
Per II feet-Ex,ra milling. s7.ooGT5o
Mill prime ....... ......ss.00G6.50
Mi, fair .$4.50G3e.5o
Common A.0oG4.5o
Inferior TO ordinary ......... s3.so94 90
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WILMINGTON Ma RKETS.

Monday, June 20.
Receipts Of cotton today-1c0 bales.
Receipts same day last year-none-
This seasons receipts to date-e7s,25l
bales.
Receipts same day last year-25I,i1o
bales.
The quotations posted at { o'clock to-
day at the exchange:
COTTON-Ffrm.
IOrdinary 8 10-16
Good ordinary
Low Middling S 1915
21lQQ1IuB
Good Middltng .-,--..-.- --..-.--. = l-l6
Same day last year-7x-
w II
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NAVAL STORES.

SPIRITS TURPENTINE - Nothing
Idoin.
ROSIN-Steady at SIG to Sis.
TAR-Firm at $50.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Firm: hard
s. LAO; yellow dips2.50; virgin 500.
Prices same day last year Spirits
Iturpentine nothing dcirg; rosin CSC and
lS1.00; tar $50; crude turpentine s1-10
and $40.
Receipts today-s1 casks spirits tur-
lpentine, 224 barrels rosin, PA barrels
ltar, 173 barrels crude tuTpentIne.
Receipts same day last years. casks
spirits ~turpentine, 352 barrels rosin: las
barrels tar, 173 barrels crude turpentine.
PRODUCE
SALT-100s 4Oc; 1905 roc: COOS soc;
E + s1.35; in less than car lots.
DRY SALTED SIDES-11kc
BUTTED-35c.
COFFEEV to lie.
FLOUR-Stfaights S4.25 10 $3.50 End
patents $3.50 to $4.75; iull si.15 to $500.
MOLASSES-S. House 15C: New Or
Jeans Brights, % to &c; Porto Rice 80
10 Csc: Cuba % to 4Oc.
SUGAR-Granulated $i.75; w. c. X.
No. 5 $4.25; No. Z s4.10: No. 8 s3.95; No.
III s3.S5.
LARD-(Tierce Ba-is) Pure 111kc;
compound 9kc.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina Il to SIC;
Virginia 65 to 75c; Spanish 20 20 75c.
| CORN-S3 to IS.
CORN MEAL-77hc.
EGGS-Firm at 15c.
CHICKENS-Hens so to Soc: rosters
|25 to soc; spring 10 to zoe.
N. G. BACON-Hams 13c. shoulders
Ice; sides 10 to lie.
SHINGLES-Per LOCO; o-inch saps
$500; 5-inch hearts, $3.50: 6-inch saps
$500; 6-inch hearts s4.00-
TIMBER
Per M feet-Extra milling ST .00Q7.5 50
Mill nrime sc nnmR 5nl
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Tuesday, July /.
Receipts of cotton toGay-19 bales.
Receipts same day last year-132 bales
This seasons receipts to date-277. 755|
bales.
Receipts same day last year-257,4SSI
bales.
The quotations posted at 4 o'clock to-
day at the exchange:
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49, NAS A"SS y~NA
NAVAL STORES.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE-Steady 44A
ROSIN-Steady at s1.10 and $1.15.
.TAR-Firm at s1.50.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Firm: hard
is1.40: yellow dip $3.50; virgin $3.50.
Prices same day last yedI-Spirits
lturpentine nothing doing; rosin CSC and
s1.00; tar $3.50; crude .urpcntine s1.10
and s2.10.
Receipts today-60 casks spirits tur-
Ipentine, 211 barrels rOsin, Y barrels tar,
Ills barrels crude turpantine.
Receipts same day last years. casks
spirits t%urpentine, 140 barrels rosin, 179
barrels tar, 1872 barrels crude turpen-
time.
SALT-1OOs 4Oc; 1905 roc; zOe's S5c:
F F s1.35; in less than car lots
DRY SALTED SIDES-11kc.
| BUTTER-35c.
COFFEE-S to lie.
FLOUR-Straights SIC to 1925; End
l~patents $3.50 to s4.75; full s4.75.
MOLASSES-S. House 15c, New Or
leans Brights. % to Csc: Porto Rico 30
to 35c; Cuba % to 40c.
SUGAR-Granulated s4.75, w. x. c..
No. 5 $4.35; No. Z s4.25; No. 3 $40; No.
II $500.
LARD-(Tierce Basis, Pure 111kc;
compound 9kc.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina II to S2c;I
Virginia IS to 75c; Spanish 20 TO 75c.
CORN-S2k to SAC.
CORN MEAL~75c.
N. C. BACON-Hams l3c: shoulders
&c: sides 10 to lie.
| EGGS-Steady at lac.
CHICKENS-Hens 35Q35c: ROSTERS 25I
to soc; spring 10 to zoe
SHINGLES-Per 1000; 5-inch sapsl
81. o0; 5-inch hearts, $3.50: s-inch sapsI
So. co.: 6-inch hearts $500
/
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-12-31
DOMETIC

Washington, Dec. 26.-Mail advices
from Manila state that the customs
department of the archipelago has
unearthed colossal system of snug
Cling that has cost the government
thousands of dollars. The report was
made by Colonel Mccoy, deputy col
lector of customs, and charges officers
and men of the army transport service
with carrying on big commercial
business for their own profit. Snug
CLING has been going on, Col. Mccoy
asserts, in the Zulu archipelago and
= big coast wise trade has been con-
Quoted by certain chartered transports.
Washington, Dec. 27.-An inquiry
regarding the expenditure, of the 18TH
milan canal commission is now afoot
at the instigation of Mr.. Hepburn,
who offered resolution to that effect
in the House of representatives.. 1t
is claimed that more than half of the
commission fund of $1,000, 600 has
been exhausted already 1t is reported
that the investigation will reveal the
drawing of enormous salaries by the
commissioners; and the making of
places for sons of prominent men,
with salaries attached thereto far be-
yond any possiblea value of the SER
vices rendered.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-12-31
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
n constitutional disease, requires u
constitutional treatment Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby des-
troying the foundation of the disease,
and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing its work The
proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers, that they offer one
Hundred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list of testi,
monials. EsVrh
Address. #. j. CHENEY CO., To-
ledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-12-31
FOR PHILIPPINE SERVICE.

The Government is having serious
difficulty in securing the right sort of
men for positions in the Philippine
service and examinations held hereto
fore have not furnished the required
number to fill the want. Another
effort is to be made next month to
find suitable men by means of gen.
eral civil service examination held at
the usual places throughout the coun-
try. Montpelier is on this list and
there will be an opportunity for
young men with inclinations toward
life in our Eastern possessions, to get
in line for positions as bookkeepers,
financial clerks, chemists, electrical
and civil engineers, agriculturists,
etc at salaries ranging from $1,000 to
$1400 year. The examinations will
be held January 30 and 30 at the Gov
eminent building, where further in
formation can be secured.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-12-31
STRETCHED HIS NECK

Chicago, Dec. 81 In an attempt to
relieve the pressure on the brain and
restore dying man to consciousness,
i'll order to secure an ante-mortem
statement, physicians last night
stretched the neck of William +. Hack
EFT, whose throat had been slashed by
his stepson in a quarrel at thei home,
says special to the Tribune from
Detroit, Mich. The last effort failed.
Hackett died The most strenu-
GUS efforts were made to rally the dy-
ing man for final interval of con-
seriousness, wherein he might make
statement. The physicians adjusted
a stretching apparatus to his head,
drawing it away from the should
IS. This was done to relieve the
pressure of the blood clot on the spin
al cord and let the brain revive tenn
porarily.
The weights were put ON and for
hours the doctors watched for some
indication that reason was returning
At times a flicker of life seemed to
come to the face, but it faded again
before anything had been spoken.
Turn by turn the doctors watched UNI
til there was no longer any hope that
the patient could be revived
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-12-31
FOREIGN

Vienna, Dec. 81 Prince Leopold
Ferdinand, who went away with his
sister, the Grown Princess of Saxony,
when she eloped with her French in
structor, has written to friend in
Salisbury that all four of the lovers in
tend to emigrate to America to escape
pursuit, annoyance and public curios-
ity. That is the only country, the
Prince declared, where it was really
possible to start life afresh.
Philadelphia, Dec. 27.-The Phila-
delphia and Reading Railroad Com
pany reports twenty collieries and
four washeries idle today, and ten
collieries and four washeries run
ming short handed be ,ause of failure
Of miners to report fir duty. Too
much Christmas cheer isothe cause un-
officially assigned for thi S additional
complication of the coal stringency.
In addition. five collieries are idle
by reason of high water
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-12-31
VERMONT HAY SHUT OUT.

Albany, New York, Dec, 24.-New
York State has entered a protest upon
the raising of the quarantine in Con-
necticut, and maintains a strict guard
on the Connecticut line. Hay is in
cluded in the restricted articles of i'm
portation in the State, "A decision on
that point relating to hay from Yer
mont.
In response to a telegram from Gov
Odell Secretary Wilson has replied
that there is no disease in Connecti-
cut Federal quarantine remains in
Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode
Island, and the State of Connection t
has rigid quarantine against Massa-
chusetts and Rhode Island. The work
of killing affected herds is we'll adj
vanced -
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-12-31
MASONIC ASSEMBLY.

Barre, Dec. 27.-The fifteenth an
nual Masonic assembly Of Operative
and Granite Lodges of this city was
held at Miles hall last evening. About
two hundred were in attendance and
the first part of the evening was devot-
ed to banquet at which the follow
ing toasts were proposed: The Grand
Lodge of Scotland; the Grand Lodge
of Vermont, and Barrels Grand Old
Man in Masonry, Eli 7. Rice. Len
tini's stringed orchestra furnished
music for dancing which continued
until four a. m.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-12-31
STATUE OF KOSCIUSKO.

Polish residents who have been at
work for eight years to secure the
erection in public park of a statue
of the Polish patriot, Kosciusko, are
about to realize their hopes. A work
ing model of the statue, heroic
equestrian figure, will be cast in
bronze and erected in Humboldt
Park.
Alderman John F. Sumlski, who
was among the first to take up the
memorial idea eight years ago, says:
"The model was designed by Chud-
zinski, Polish sculptor, who for
some time has been in Warsaw He
brought the model to Chicago and
will superintend the work of casting
it in bronze.'
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-12-31
CHILD ATE STRYCHNINE TAB
LETS.

Rutland, Dec. 24.-The little
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Preston of
North Clarendon, died ON Monday of
strychnine poisoning. While the
family were preparing to move the
child secured bottle of strychnine
tablets. Thinking the tablets were
candy, the little girl, scarcely three
years of age, attempted to eat the
contents of the bottle. When dis
covered by her parents the bottle was
nearly empty. The frantic father
and mother applied all the known
family remedies but to no avail. A
doctor was sent for but the child was
dead before he arrived.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-12-31
ABOUT VERMONT.


M. f. Wheeler, the Rutland county
member of The Committee of Fiji
teen, who was in this city Tuesday,
is the gentleman who appeared before
the committee on Fisheries and Game
during the recent session of the Leg
islature and offered to deposit 81 600
to cover damage done to crops by deer,
if the bill extending the open season
for these animals was killed That
he was in earnest about the offer is
proven by the fact that he has de-
posted the sum mentioned with Gen.
W. Y. W. Ripley of Rutland, for the
purpose stated. Mr.. Wheeler is an
ardent advocate of fish and game pro-
lection, and as the chief argument in
favor of longer open season for deer
was that crops were damaged by them,
he offered to pay such damages per-
sonally rather than have the bill pass.
There is an epidemic of diphtheria
in the village of East Barnard and in
consequence schools and churches are
closed There are eleven cases at pres
ent and two have died. DR.. Hubbard,
who attended most of the patients,
has contracted the disease.
Mayor Hawley has called a public
meeting of the voters of Burlington
for January 5, to consider the propo-
sition of DR.. W. S. Webb, with refer
ence to the removal of the Rutland
railroad headquarters and offices to
Burlington, and bonding the city in
the sum of $50, 600 for the same. The
proposition seems favorable to ma
jority of the citizens.
The first six games of the twenty
games in the checker match for the
championship of the Estate, which is
being played at the Y. NJ. G. A. in
Rutland between George G. Ander-
son of the Barre Checker club and N.
A. Bailey of Rutland, whom the
former defeated in championship
match at Barre last October, has re-
suited in two games for the Granite
City man, one for Bailey and three
drawn.
S. L. Cooley aged 55, of Monkton,
fell throuJh a pitching hole a distance
of twelve feet Thursday and broke
his back. Although he may live for
some time ultimately his injuries will
prove fatal.
After legal separation of about
three months duration John f. Nc
Guirk grocer, of Rutland, and Maria
A. McGuirk were united in marriage
for the second time Wednesday even
ing. In September the woman secured
divorce from McGuirk on the
ground of intolerable severity and
joined to keep away from her. The
couple never agreed and their troubles
are we'll known in the local courts.
The annual meeting Of the YER
mont State Agricultural society will
be held at Rutland January s. At
that time it will be decided if the
State fair is'to be held with Rutland
county fair the same as last year.
A south bound freight train broke
apart near South Royalton, Wednesday
morning, and came together when the
forward part stopped at a water tank
at that station. Eleven cars were in
the wreck and two were badly de-
molished.
The annual meeting of the western
Vermont Masonic Association will be
held in Vergennes, January IA.
q The old stone store at Keeter's Bay,
South Hero, kept by Keeter Bros. was
destroyed by fire Wednesday morning.
The loss was about So, 900, insurance
50, 600. The cause of the fire is at
tributed to burglars.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-12-31
A MARYLAND COAL COMPANY.

Cumberland Md, Dec. 26. -Abner
Mckinley, brother of the late Presi-
dent is at the head of "A company just
formed for the purchase of 10. 600
acres of coal land near Stoyestowny
Somerset county, Pennsylvania, just
over the Maryland line and underlaid
with continuation of the Maryland
big vein seam. Engineers have gone
over the tract and preparations have
been begun for active developments in
the spring.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-12-31
Makes Seventy-one Years That
DOWNS ELIXIR

Has been made and sold. During
this time it has cured more colds,
coughs, and all kinds of pulmonary
ailments than any other medicine now
made anywhere in the great wide
round world.
Even consumption has many times
been cured by it. If not already In
your medicine cupboard make New
Years resolution to get it today Sold
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-12-31
LOOK Out for Fever.

Biliousness and liver disorders at
this seasn may besprevented by clean
sing the system with leWit's Little
Early Risers. These famous little
pills do not grippe. They move the
bowels gently but copiously, aud by
reasons of the tonic properties, give
tone and strength to the glands. Rivers
Bros