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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-09
81. Louis Livestock Market.

st. Louis, Mo-, Dec 9.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts today, $500 head: Market steady.
Beef steers, So S0d5.15; stockers and feed
ers. 81 coos. u; cows and heifers, $2-25Q400:
Texas steers. s2.2od3 so; Texas cows and
heifers, 81. 00G2 rs
HOGSEReceipts today, $500 head. Mar
ket SC lower. Pigs and lights. 81. 1904 40:
packers. s. .20a4. 40; butchers and best
SHEEP-Receipts today. 1900 head.
Market steady. Natives, S3.25Q5.S5; lambs,
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Kaneaa civ produces market.

Kansas city, Dec; s--closeooWHaE5.A At :
TeaS 6s1hc: Nav, 6e1zc Cash: No. hard
711SG7S5ae: No 8 hard, 671A971c; No. hard
s1d6ec: rejected hard. 59d62c; No. red
s4l7S41Lc: No. 8 red, S2GS3c-
CORN-Dec-, 371kc; May, 369sQ56Fzc
Cash: NO 2 mixed, 3ec; No. white
os 9siTsoNo. white, SIC: No mixed
Ss B1sffjiTTER-Creamery, zQzsc; dairy, fan
cy Escz5SCSss-Freshs 27hc.
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MARINES ASHORE.
Landing Has Been Made from
Considerations of Health.

Washington, Dec. s.-Admiral Glass.
commanding the American naval forces
at the isthmus of Panama. has in
formed the navy department of the
work now in progress of establishing
a camp of marines from the cruiser
Dixie at Empire. The scheme, as ex-
planned in Washington by naval Off
Gals, is a precautionary and sanitary
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Paid of the Soldiers.

Fort Leavenworth. Kas., Dec. 9.-Au
troops at the post were paid Tuesday
by Major J a. Watrous. who arrived
from Kansas City shortly before 9
O'clock It required about $50, 600 for
the monthly pay.
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Toneka Hide Market.

Topeka, Dec. g
Prices paid In Topeka this week. based
on Boston quotations.:
GREEN SALT CURED FLAT.-......-...7c
NO. 1 TALLOW ............----...........S
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A salina Celebration.

Salina. Kas., Dec. 9.-Mr. and Mrs.
NJ Hageman, of Kansas City. cele-
brared their golden wedding anniyer-
sary here at the home of their son, F.
Hagema1 and Mrs. Hageman, who al
the same time celebrated their twenty
first wedding anniversary.
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who Dvnamited the Water Tank p

of $500 for evidence that will lead to
the arrest. Indictment and conviction
of the miscreant who dynamited the
FL Paso & Southwestern's steel tank
at Rodeo on November L.
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Train Killa an Emnoria Man.

Emporia, Kan, Dec. 9.-Christopher
Redman was run down and killed by a
Santa Fe freight train late Tuesday. Red
man was coming to town on the track.
He was deaf and stepped from one track
to another, intending to avoid the train,
man has worked for the Santa Fe for
fifteen years He was born in Germany.
r..-a...-t,.,a.z reads the state Journal
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NJ. Jarvis, S. B. Hayes, Charles A. Ba-
ker. P. V. Degraw, S. w. Briggs, Miss
Clara Barton and Mrs. John A. Logan.
Miss Barton was reelected president
of the society for life.
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Ranee of Prices on stocka

FURNISHED by ]. E. Gall Commissions.
Grain. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Office ITO West Sixth street Telephone
4S6. Correspondent Christie Grain and
Stock Co. Kansas City. Mol
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Cn1caeo produces Market

Chicago. H., Dec 9-BUTTER-Market
steady. Creamery. 1926: dairy, 14@21c.
EGGS-Market firm, 24026c.
1o1Lc. Twins, 10c: Young Americas, 101zc.
TIVE POULTRY-Marlxet firm Tur-
keys, 12c; chickens, 9991ze; springs s1zc.
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enear and cones Market.

nominal. Fair refining, 31sc; centrifugal.
9s test. 3ssc: nolasses sugar. 25sc- Refined
sugar dull Crushed. s505; powdered, S4-5S;
c sl5Iss FEE2Market steady. No. Rio.
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New York Butter Market.

New York. Dec. 9-BUTTER-Receipts
today, 400 packages MarkeL easy stare
dairy, 15G22c; creamery, 1eaz0c-
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st. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 9.-WOOL-Market
1S@19c; fine mediums, 15617c; fine, 15Q16c.
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CHICAGO, DEC.
Open High Low Close Ye
Kansas City Grain.

Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions.
Grain. Provisions, Cotton and Stocks
Office 10 West Sixth street Telephone
486. Correspondent Christie Grain and
Stock Co. Kansas City. Mol
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Market Gossip

Company, Commission Merchants and
receivers and shippers of grain, o23 Kan
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Cotton Market

New York. Dec. 9-COTTON-Sales to-
dav. 900 bales. Spot cotton closed steady
and 70 points lower Quotations per leo
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Ranca OF Pucas.

FURNISHED by J. e. Gall. Commissions
Grain. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks
Office 10 West Sixth street Telephone
zS6. Correspondent Christie Grain and
Stock Co.. Kansas City. Mol
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Wool Market

pounds: Middling uplands, s12.4o; mid
ding gulf, $1z65
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O.. Anderson & Co.. 30 Kansas ave
nue.l
e oRaNGE Rs@; and Florida, & % %
Pfa 6 badde eif frd s5a256 per box
TEMONS-Califor per box, S275G3. Is.
BANANAS-Fancy Port Limons. 5000
GRAPEs-Cat awba. 2sc per basket;
Malaga, q 1890 per Dbl
CRANBERRTEs-P Dbl. 1880. so
DATEs-5Ag6c per ID;
TURNIPS-Per bu., 40c.
PARSNIPS+Per bu.,- soc.
cARRoTs1Per bu;, soc.
Pod5TfAToEs- Kaw Valley Soc per bu.;
Colorado Pearls Pearls BE 5se per bu
lit HiGu.BBARD sQUAsH-Per doz.. 1850
| oNIoNsEPer bu.. 75as0c; Spanish on
ions, Per Gs eTat Si,i S1sS@ {, q 60 nsr h.,
| CELERY-Blue Ribbon. ger doz., SOC;
0CoC0ANUTs-s4.O0 per sack; 6oc per
0i Hfeo1NlEY-24-rack cases. ss.ooqs.1o
to 9lGp per bos s1oo boRs containing ss
| ID. cartons, per box. s2.6e;
oYsTERs-EExt par selects ss1 Il Per p GAL 81 70:
oer gal sis5; New York counts, per can an.
&c: New York extra selects, per can, Sc:
6ai'1il'o1 FULL Ill CREAM CHEESE
Kansas Y. A., per ID. ia
| New York State, white. per lb............I4a
| LImburger. per D.. .14d
Block Swiss. per b. .1516a
BUTTER EGGS. POULTRY.
BUTTER-Country. BE
FGGS-Case count, 26c.
| POULTRY-Hens, &c h.; BOOSTERS, 15o
| each; ducks, &c h.: geese. &c h.: turkeys
| l2c h.; broilers, &c lb.
L.
Market very dull and weak
NEW PRAIRIE HAY-Loose. -. IS 5067 90
NEW PRAIRIE HAY-Ba1ed.. .... s. 00fI7. %
NEW ALFALFA HAY-Loose.--- 7.00dS. 50
STR W-Baled -. ............-. 5.50lIe %
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Naw york Monev Market.

*Ex-dividend y per cent.
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Everybody reads the State Journal.
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Topeka Marker.


FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
FURNISHED by S. E. Lux, SUCCESSOR to W.
o. Anderson & Co.. 30 Kansas ave
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-23
How Thew Rose.

The kind-hearted lady missionary
was canvassing in the outskirts of
Brooklyn, when she came across two
tramps lying on a pile of warm fur
mace Stag. One of them was about the
worst looking tramp on earth and the
other was an easy second. After the
usual preliminaries, and offers OF
some slight assistance, the kind lady
said:
Now, my men, tell me, please. how
you came to this state"
1--WE walked, num-" said the worst
looking of the pair.
you misunderstood me, my good
man. / mean, how did you come to
the condition in which find you? Tell
me, please, both of you. want to
use the information for object les
sons"
"Oh, yes! understand you now
mum. W-a-ll, have no hesitation
in sayin' that whatever am l owe to
my mother responded the one who
first acted as spokesman.
AN as fer me, miss" said the other
81 own with a degree of pride and sat
isfaction that l am entirely a self
made man."-New York Times.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-23
Mrs. sIosne,s Luxurious Hobby.

Women have their pet colOrs and
their pet furs, but few have their IA
vorite materials, as Mrs. Vim. Sloane,
who rarely orders gown unless it be
of velvet, except, Of course, in summer,
when she is literally forced into dain.
tier clothes. At all other seasons,
even in the morning, she wears the
richest Of velvet gowns. Her evening
frocks are invariably velvet, and even
when duchess satin was the rage and
velvets were tabooed entirely, Mrs.
Sloane persisted in her wearing Of the
questionable goods. She was one Of
the first of the New York women to
succumb to the panne velvet fad, and
when, three years ago, she appeared
on the avenue in a gown of the
crushed looking velvet, she caused a
genuine stir. AS for color, Mrs. Sloane
seems to prefe" golden brown or the
deeper shades of blue. She dresses
quietly, but with certain taste and
richness that only generations OF
wealth or else the worlds greatest
Gressmakers can impart.-New York
Press.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-23
CHAPTER XVI.
Pursuit.


What should he do with himself In
the two hours that must elapse before
Detective Loud could reach Cotton?
This was a question which puzzled
Dick Burt.
He roamed about the beach, his
hands thrust deep into his pockets,
his head bent, his brain Keeling as IL
he had been drinking.
He had a mind to start on alone and
discover what he could at the hut in
the wood, now deserted by Vance
Rothesay; but then he should miss the
detective, whom he must guide to the
spot. If worth a rush, Henry Loud
would run down the fugitive without a
days delay.
And then" chuckled Burt, for my
Lady Kate! All! I'll take that pride
out Of her. I'll make her my slave!
The woman doesn't live that | wouldn't
crush who has used me as she has.
now! She might have been an en-
press. Jove! She beats everybody
else all hollow, and that's why she
shall be Mrs. Richard Burt! She's
under my thumb now, and she may
struggle as she pleases, but she won't
escaped"
The utterance of these words in a
low, savage growl, seemed to afford
some relief to the man.
Half dozen times in few minutes
he looked at his watch, and swore be-
cause the time went by so slowly.
At last, however, it came the hour
when he might go to the railroad
station to meet Loud.
First he called at the railroad of
fee to see if any answer had been re-
turned, and he swore more fiercely
than ever at the thought that some
thing might prevent the detective from
coming.
He did find a message, but II was
this, Coming in next train--meet me
at the station" and Burt strobe on,
already beginning to feel the excite
ment of the chase.
Loud alighted from the train, look.
calm and cold as ever He had been
following up false clue, and had but
just returned when he received Burt's
message.
His self-contained manner had some
effect in calming Burt little, ont
wardly, for Dick was Tuning with agi'
tation.
Beautiful weather for the shore,
remarked Loud as he shook hands,
81 could not resist the temptation to
take another trip down here"
Burt muttered some reply as the two
walked off.
AS soon as they were out Of hearing
of the group at the depot, Loud said
with smile:
(To Be Continued)
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-23
They "WsIted" and "Ssw,"

Warren's Corners, N. Y, April goth.
wait and see-you're better now,
Of course, but the cure won't last"
This was what the doctors said to
Mr., A. B. Smith of this place. These
doctors had been treating him for
years and he got no better. They
thought that nothing could perma-
nently cure him. He says:
my kidneys seemed to be so large
that there wasn't room for them, and
at times It seemed as il ten thousand
needles were running through them
/ could not sleep on my left side for
years, the pain was so great in that
position. | had to get up many times
to urinate, and my urine was some
times clear and white as spring
water. and again 1t would be high
colored AMI would stain my linen.
The pain across my back was awful.
| was TaveEously hungry all the
time.
After ! had taken Dodd's Kidney
Pills for four days my kidneys panied
me so bad ! could hardly sit down.
On the morning of the fifth day | felt
some better. and the improvement
continued until was completely
cured.
This is months ego, and as ! have
had no symptom OF return of my
old trouble ! am sure ! am perma-
nently cured"
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tie, also. and bear in mind that never
leave such debts unpaid. And this
shall be paid, and paid well. When
you are my wife--as you shall be as
sure as we both shall WE'VE may
converse nthis subject again!"
He released his hold on her arm and
burst from the room.
He did not stay his steps until he
had reached the telegraph office and
sent a message to Detective Loud.
From there he went to lawyer and
received instructions as to the steps
he should take in regard to PurcelPs
indebtedness to him, and he set the
matter in train directly.
Then, for the moment, he had moth
ing to do, and he chafed like wound
ed tiger.
ITO think a woman could warn a
man after knowing his falseness like
that" was his one thought-incoher-
ent, but very forcible to him.
He had judged Kate Purcell too
much by his own lower standard of
the powers of human beings, and he
had made a well-nigh fatal mistake in
doing so.
But he would retrieve himself. He
would see Vance Rothesay captured
first, and then he would accomplish
that marriage on which he was re-
solved.
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A Fortunate School Teacher.

Miss Florence Lindley. a school
teacher of Brown county, Kansas,
years ago made up her mind that there
were great possibilities in the Indian
territory. So she saved her salary
and bougnt seventy-two lots In the
little town OF Sapulpa, paying the In.
dian owner a tritie under 81 for each
lot. The Indian rued his action and
wren the courthouse and many real
estate records were burned not long
ago ne brought suit, claiming the
young woman never had paid him. At
the trial after he had testified under
oath that the land was not paid for
Miss Lindley brought forward his re-
ceipt for the amount in full, which
she had preserved. The Indian is on
trial for perjury. The town lots in
question are valued at not less than
$4,000.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-23
CHAPTER XIV.
Hates Answer,

II was not until noon Of the follow
ing day that Dick Burt took his way
toward Purcelps.
Kate, who was upstairs, heard him
come In, ana trembled as she heard.
She was a good deal shaken by the
Incidents of the night previous, and
she looked pallid and worn. She had
succeeded in getting back and leaving
the horse in the stable before the
neighbors were up. No one suspected
her that she knew Of.
When her father had sat down to
breakfast, he had remarked that Jim
Martin was swearing because some
one had had been taking a free ride
on his horse in the night. and had rid.
him like the wind.
Does he think Of any one who could
do it," Kate had asked, and had been
answered In the negative.
Thus far she was safe enough.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-23
The Nation.

Set, sovereign wise, between the I'M
changing seas,
Where hath man seen. in any buried
age,
A broader brighter grander heritage
Than here, where Freedoms banner
greets the breeze?
One land from the remote Floridan keys
To where Superior spreads its mighty
page;
One land from where the Atlantic roll
ers rage
To where the calm Pacific lies at easel
Shall we who through long travail won
the hight
Descend to infamous depths too base to
name?
Besmirch our honor in the whole worlds
sight,
And darken evermore our vaunted
fame?
Rouse, freemen. in your immemorisl
might,
And save the Nation from the brand OF
Shame!
Clinton Scotland.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-23
THE FONT, NOT THE ALTAR.
Mrs. Lanetry's Father, a Clergyman,
Misunderstood Approaching Couple.

Mrs. Langtry's Father, a Clergyman,
Misunderstood Approaching Couple.
Mrs. Langtry was discussing the
other day the recent marriage of the
octogenarian marquis of Donegal with
a young Canadian girl. She said it re-
minded her of an incident in the life
of her father.
Her father was a clergyman and
there came to him to be married one
day a man of seventy and a girl of
eighteen. The minister whispered,
when this ill-assorted couple came and
stood before him:
THE font is at the other end OF the
church"
what do we want with the font?
We are here to be married." said the
old man.
ooh, beg your pardon" the clergy
man rejoined; Il thought you hsd
brought this young girl here to be
christened."-New York Tribune.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-23
GOOD BEER THROWN AWAY.
1Weary WilIies" Should Enter a
United Protest.

At Manchester, writes a London
correspondent to the Atlanta Consti-
tuition, a brewery has been establish
ed where they make beer OF a SUI
perior quality-and then throw every
drop Of it away. Just as much pains
are taken in making the beer as II
1t were destined like that brewed at
Burton last summer for the table or
the king himself, but its inevitable
fate is to be poured into the sewers
with a ruthlessness that would de-
light the heart of Mrs. Nation.
The explanation of the rather sur
prising procedure is that the beer
thus sacrificed is the product OF a
sort of school of brewing run by the
municipality of Manchester. This
provincial city is progressive place,
and some time ago it decided to start
a municipal school of technology, at
which every trade practiced in the
north of England should be taught
practically.
When the school was opened II
40 AOuAIu NhoI NbANC I" - 49,
students were anxious to learn the
brewing business, so it was decided
to add a model brewery, on small
scale, to the rest of the technical
equipment. When the matter was
referred to the government, however,
the Manchester city fathers were told
that they could not be allowed to
start their miniature brewery unless
they would agree that every particle
Of its output should be destroyed.
And at regular intervals since the
brewery was started an excise in
spector has dropped In to make sure
that there is no mistake about this.
The saddest part Of the whole story
is that experts who have sampled
the beverage made by the municipal
students of brewing say that 1t Is
frst-class.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-23
How,s TH,sf

we offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured By Halls
Catarfh Cure.
+. J. CHENEY 4 CO., Props., Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned. have known r !. Cheney
for the last rs years and believe him perfectIy
honorable In all business transactions and inanci-
ally able 10 carry out any obligations made By
their firm.
WEST & TRUAX. Wholesale Druegists Toledo
Ohio; WALDING. KINNAN & MARVIN. Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo. Ohio
Halls CataTTh Cure Is taken internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system Testimonials sent free. Price 7Sc per
bottle Sold by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-23
Go Ahead-EnioX Life.

Take out an insurance policy
against death or expense from appen.
dicitis, you who are nervously in
dread of it, and then go ahead and
eat grapes and all the other things
you deny yourselves now because OF
fear that they may bring on the NAL
ady. 1t is the very latest wrinkle in
the insurance line, and you may as
we'll be among the first to get into
a position to receive benefits from its
establishment If benefits there can
be.-Boston Transcript
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-23
His Time.

Mrs. Jollyman--John, you don't
seem to be in hurry to get to the
office this morning"
Mr.. Jollyman-No. and I'm not
obliged to be. either. My time Is my
own, madam.
Mrs. Jollyman--I guess that's so,
John. | know it's your time you give
when you come home from the Cub,
for It never agrees with the clock by
several hours Boston Courier.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-23
The Only Thinn.

On the occasion of a wedding dinner
in France at which the officiating pas
tor was present he exclaimed after
every course as he raised his glass
MY children, with this you must
drink some wine." The turn of des-
sert arriving, he repeated his injunc.
ton for the tenth time, again setting
the example himself. Pardon, Mon
sieur lie Cure one of the guests in
terrupted, but with what do you not
drink wine?" with water, my son."
was the reply.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-23
The Pnlvnlnf Menu.

La Montt-It is quite an innovation
for that cafe proprietor to have his
menu in English, French and Latin.
La Moyne-Gt's economy. When an
English dish is left over he gives 1t
French name, and If 1t is still around
on the third day he changes it to
Latin.--Philadelph Record.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-23
Unrepentant to the End.

The Hangman-Good morning.
have moose for you.
a Condemned Murderer-What chok-
err you are You'll be the death of me
yet Work me off easy. won't you?
The Hangman--I'll do 1t scaffold's I
can. Do you tumble?
Condemned Murderer-No, drop.
(Which he did, with a sickening
thud. )-Siduey (Australia) Bulletin.
Cautious.
Traveller Ito beggar)--You ought to
take off your hat.
Beggar-What; and get a cold that
Will cost dollar to cure?--L'Araldo
ILaliano.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-23
Very Convenient.

Little Willie was playing with the
kitten when he discovered her claws
for the first time. Turning to hia
mother. he exclaimed:
"Oh. mamma. hasn't httie cot q
handy pincushion7"--Littl Chronicle.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-23
A Cav coauette.

"Is she a good card playerf"
well, yes; she knows how to play
right into a mans hands."-Philaiel-
phia Bulletin.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-23

One night of foolish carousal may
destroy the result Of years intelli
gent labor
Middletown transcript., 1903-01-17
FARM DWELLING BURNED

The dwelling house On the farm owned
by the late r. T. Cochran, and tenanted
by Mr.. A. Wilson Cochran, near Sassa-
fras, Md, was destroyed by fire about
ten o'clock Sunday night last. The fire
is supposed to have originated from the
fiue or chimney in the kitchen part of
the building. Mr. Cochran and family
retired about P. NJ. and an hour later
was awakened by their colored cook,
whose bedroom was over the kitchen,
calling to him that the house was on fire.
Mr.. Cochran was able to save much of
his household effects, but the building
was quickly consumed. This is said to
have been one of the finest farm resi-
dences in Kent county. 1t was insured
for 5000. A small insurance was also
carried by Mr.. Cochran on his household
furniture. None of the outbuildings
were destroyed. After the fire Mr..
Cochran and his family were kindly
cared for by Mr.. Anthony II. johnson.