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TO tTTACH JA\4J S(HEk GOV rs
Tossing Plans Chll suit for ~ 900 Against
the Former Actress.

the Former Actress.
1t is probable that the wardrobe of Nine.
Janauschek, the former actress, which
has been in the possession OF James +.
Tossing a saloonkeeper at 2l5 Reid avenue
Brooklyn, for several years, will be at
tached to-day pending the settlement OF
civil suit which Tossing contemplates,
to recover $1,000 which, he says. Nine,
Janauschek owes him. Tossiny's action
was prompted by the statement Of the
actress. printed in The sun yesterday,
in which she said that she owed the saloon
keeper only a tritling amount
Tossing said last night
II have the greatest respect for Nine.
Janauschek and wouldn't think OF doing
anything which would hurt her feelings.
Last month | was in Saratoga and went
to see her. DR.. Kelley her physician, told
me- that she was very low and hardly in a
condition TO see ANYBODY and he said further
that he did not believe she would ever get
better. talkedabout various matters re-
lating to Nine Janauschek, and he thought
ii wise to sell her theatrical wardrobe Tor
her so that she could pay some OF her debts
Nothing was said about selling anyt hing
belonging to her without her authority.
II was agreed that | should see Mr.. \. S.
Wood her friend, who lives in Halsey street
BROOKLYN, and we We're TO draw up blank
form so that it could be submitted to her
10 receive her power of attorney The
paper was sent 10 her, ana have been wait
Ing to see what she was going to do. am
greatly surprised at the manner in which
She has spoken in reference 70 her ward
robe.
Il never intended touching or selling
a single article belonging 10 her, but, in
asnuch as she has spoken in the way she
did, have decided 10 institute civil pro-
ceedings and get something of what she
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fHF BOSTONIANS CELEBRATE.
Joe Jefferson and col. Henry WaitersOD
speak al Their iyersary

Tie BpsJoulaus celebrated their twenty.
H'h anniversary last night at the Academy
Mlsi", where they are playing Robin
H""d Tie louse was packed with
"a.ri"a. and other folk ~ the end Of
10 Ms at Joseph Jefferson presented a
.N"r .ovng cup 10 Henry Clay Barnabee
sud V II Mcdonald, vino are he proprietOrs
" tie company and vino have been identl-
hrd Tlth il since IT Wa formed Nj
''0"rs0h and toI Henry NAtrersou, who
'''1ped box, mnd -pr,ol es
J. n dizzy vino hts Lrru lhe com
".Fe o0.lr-'rn ra,lp lor twenty years,
''IrH rRnnI ~ h nIsicians and they
,,. o.. ~ a,.,., Ania IAns Syne, lhe mem
.'. singing IT.
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SEW MUSICAL PLAY At DkLY'S
,uPFE LITTLE MAIDS" SCORES
DESERVED SUCCESS.
.,, wu.c var Reiow the Rock In Quality
English Company We'll Received
r. Huntlc, rs an Idiotic Nobleman
and Maurice Farkoa Win Approval.

lrcr, was tune when sneers were
.,.G M what was described As London
,sv,,v BY that was meant gayoty Of
The ,iaic,y Girl" type, of which none is
.sruipe without the name Of George Ed
cards blown in the bottle. But times and
r,,,, have both changed and those who
l,ed to 60 to sneer now go to applaud
We rude Americans are learning to appre-
..ate the neatn-ss, the daintiness and the
rdIv bumor Of the British musical farce
and the Briron, bless him, is acquiring a
.,hter touch and frmer hand.
Inst night at Days Theatre Three
Little Maii-, another of those English
,.lsical tnrces, was presented, and it
achieved an instantaneous success. The
louise was full, the people We're OF the sort
nst know what is what in theatricals,
and the applause and laughter We're hearty.
spon,.nenu- and sincere.
~ course the vapid camorings of the
.rIpjd encore ticLds We're heard and these
,eaturs- did all they could to weary the
,,e part O, the audience; but the enter
.lu,'rl Na- too good TO be spoiled even
Stupidity
Paul R1hans-the new Richard Wagner
a fine gays'v staCe-wrOte the book and
,.,.npo-ed the music of this piece. There
,,.s ,p great labor in the composition
cd. the music Ii was hand-hewed, rough
.,wr and rough planed. In short, it was
tho kind Of music We have all heard from
times inmemorial in musical plays of this
kind
l~ fer "a Oarnhach and Sullivan, and
.oarIjrg ~ 90! girls strum upon the piano
.n.r the music teacher is OUT of hearing.
Bt what ~ that? No one who cares
n,rrrrsir cor -iiers This sort Of thing, and
for jh" other persons-well. no one
,,.,ders them II is not the music which
makes III" Success Of this charming enter
.lrmont Tn" music does not mar it,
q, that must he noted III its favor.
&. j. -'Ic irliglt'U'y dainty and humorous
'.un tle exquisite combination Of refined
cling will not TOO serious sentiment,
=. exploration Of attractive types No'
ng,l-' womanlood. and 'he all-rerVad H."
a'r,0-ih,re - polish and Geitiii'r WHICH
, vel0I,S 'lr performance. Il""' is
n,doreeS 20 vplgaritr a-d no ltNr!1
.t.-,'.a'
The Young women do not attempt &c
their heels over thelr shoulders fol-
pc sake Of exhibiting their hosiery. That
they dii it only once. and then they Were
49, awkward about il As 10 suggest that il
Va a new trick kintroducedfort the American
mNket.
t,oi acting. good dancing appropriate
and tasteful costuning. excellent scenery
,pi perfect ensemble make Three Littls
Maids one OF the best entertainments OF
- KIND that has ever visited Broadway
rothIng can be said OF the singing except
AT mos, OF the women sang as if it hur
ON, ana it probably did,
The chief funmaker was G. p. H'mtIey
Ay ~ 10
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4 penn, -nocAer or HE rrul, Gooa.

H. spuo ~ the rIloguu- by various
emlnenr hands contained IN a circular
Tint accompanies "Ihr Req -ksggers, by
Fngene TlwluR Hhr E'uh-Loycr Presr
ve have unUDtb M +" rs EenIlG"ness
There II d strange return H. the Ln/abeihal
lanulDu ~ th@pe laudarI'ns, anJ u" worthy
gent lrmau hyrrs tuaf be- read the uHuu
h. rlpt three times II Ae "as N doubt as
~ Whether ~ ~ il rl4Duld be pGbllshrd
We oau understand hu
The DD"h s d queen mi1lDI" ~ E""d bhJ
bad lh"rr bro NJ "D@ - rusty ~" uth'
irr DON. ~ 10 ulrnns badly, for instance
- der,ipiDr ~ u log dr'" y" u hr!s,
pofhaps tI,. b"-r Dn ~ me D""h, b" ""n
pafrd si,u NJ a-"SBn bu'rr + 'tuI0
M the sAus sc-n" ~ lLs Blal"d irou.
le Difference bet Vssn real HHd h,nf-l
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says CONRIED rs RIGHT.
hr. Zfegfeld ~f Chicago Fa>ors the Pro-
duct1On Of "Psrsifal' in This Country.

CHICAGO. SEPT. DIR. Ziegfeld OF the
chicago Musical College sympathizes with
Herr Conried in facing the opposition
against tho production of "Parsi'a,7 in
New York.
All music OF that kind is sacred said
l'r. Ziegteld to-day, and if one We're TO
rule off 'Parsifa.' one should rule of other
music which deals with sacred theme.
While | was travelling with Siegfried
Wagner this summer we discussed the
matter and | told him that | believed he
vas making mistake in keeping the great
arama away from the thousands who might
-Aa it and enjoy it in this country but to
whom trip to Bayreuth is impossible
With the same cast and an offer to put on
the original performance in all its purity
can soc no irreverence in giving it in the
Metropolitan Opera House or the Audi
Iorun.
Director Conried OF the Metropolitan
opera House said last night that. so far as
le knew. Frau Wagner's opposition to his
-Parsiial production had not yet resulted
in any application TO the courts He mad
received a letter from her lawyer, Gilbert
Ray iIawes, but had put it in the waste
Ndske'
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"I'' hoDs"'~n Again ~ Nrs port

A'F"H J. I sept Mise lDJoss ys.l
~ .'' VI prrs.drrt koos"ysIf, returi,'d
h'"ppn fJ.ulKH ~ remain here ynul
"" D" h''S' rhOs She 10 the yusrf Df
'"'"i."-s ~ I.kis Hnd her daughter, NIys
'hi"" iIssfmOfr ~ In"haIif
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The Latest Novel?

No. Books that last are the
books that are worth your
reading.
The sun., 1903-09-02

''iMAhILrnA. sept Hr and Mrs
'" u Iothlrr haye snnounced the
'stE"mut 0l their daughter, Lydia IS
'.1."rj lp John Roger Maxwell, DR.,
Jnnp kogero Maxwell Oi BrDoh lyn,
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The Blazed Trail

Stewart Edward Whites splen-
did novel OF numbering life in the West
was published nearly two years ago
In the last ten days 1000 copies
have been sold Si.S0.
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The Simple Life

Charles Wagners beautiful and
noble plea for saner living is three
seasons old. In the last ten days 5000
copies have been sold. Sl2S.
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Emmy Lou

Lmmy Lou
George Madden Martins story
OF an adorable little girls school days
came out abouts year ago. Over 5000
copies have been sold in the last
two weeks. Sl.50.
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\Eil BOOKS.

NJ McCLuRI, PHILLIPS & 60. IN. y
The sun., 1903-09-02

pkAJ1 lSpll ~ bipJOhsl o.
lsl igTS Dnlu.s 5SpirmDs J9'r
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short jump for the electric current and nd
soon President Roosevelt's words will be
flashed along the Indian cable by the ntmble
fingers of the English operators.
message will leave the ocean and take
short cut across Indiaft to Bombay. where
1t will once more plunge beneath the sur
face Of the water on its journey TO Eng
land. by way of the SueZ Canal ana the
Mediterranean Sea.
With its arrival on English SOIL the Presi-
dents message will again come under the
control of the Postal Telegraph and Com
begin the last stage OF the Journey.
BUILT AN ISLAND.
From London it will be sent by telegraph
and cable to Ireland. where it will plunge
into the Atlantic ocean. and in less than
thirty-second of second. the message
will be clicking the sounder at Oyster Bay.
The cost of the Pacific cable was $4,000
OOC, and its length is 5000 miles. An air line
between San Francisco and Manila would be
only a little more than 5000 miles. hut as the
cable follows the uneven surface of the
ocean bed, this fact accounts for its extreme
length.
one feature of establishing cable com.
munication between the United States and
its island possessions that is seldom en-
countered in laying submarine cables was
the necessity of making an island habitable
1t was deemed eXpedient TO land the cable
on Halfway Island. which is practically
in the center of the Pacific Ocean. This
island was little more than sand bar
about one mile in length and about one-third
of n mile at its widest part.
There was no fresh water and not sigr
of vegetation on the entire island. when the
Postal Telegraph Company's ships made the
first landing.
The first step in converting barren island
into a tropical oasis. was to secure fresh
water. A well was started, and although
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-28

London. June 21-Miss Mabel Hackney.
the bride of Sir Henry Irving's second son,
Laurence graduated as an actress in the
English Provinces and the London suburbs.
where her first really important char
acter was in THE Prisoner of Zenda'' with
George Alexander.
A year or two ago Miss Hackney Joined
Sir Henry Irvins's touring company, and
partly on Miss Ellen Terry's suggestion
the clever young actress took up the char
acters of Olivia and Margaret. which Miss
Terry had just determined to resign. More
than once Miss Hackney also enacted with
great success the arduous character OF
Portia during the illness of that character
greatest modern exponent, Miss Terry.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-28
MAN STILL LIVES WHO
KNEW GEORGE WASHINGTON
CentcnRrisn Says He Was Acquainted
With Many of the Nations
Presidents.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
n st. Alhans y. H.. June oI.-Stiles McMil-
IAN of ST. Adams. \. H. at 101 years OF
age. is the only survivor OF family noted
TOR longevity. His father, John Mcmillan,
rdied al the age of l0l: his mother, Mary
Ann Blide. at 20. and two brothers at 96 and
nus
Mr.. Mcmillan was born in St. Adams. Vt.
July 10. 1895. one of eleven children. only
One of whom married. His educational priv
,teses were measer, and when, 10 years old
she went to work as woodchopper among
tThe Green Mountains.
When. the War OF 1872 began he assumed
charge of the humble home in ST. Adams
and his father went to war. Soon after
wards he learned the carpenters trade,
which he followed nearly eighty years.
Mr.. Mcmillan tells with pride of u visit in
company with his father to Albany, n. V,
where as a child he ''clasped the great
bretherly hand of Washington"
Since then he has had passing acquaint-
ance with other epoch-makinS men, lncluG-
ing jefferson. Madison. Monroe, jackson,
Lincoln and Grant he saw Garfield when
the martyred President was canal boy in
the. West.
He knew Admiral Dewey and ibis brothers
is small boys in Montpelier, VT. and often
carried them to the district school on his
bacs-
In. 1879 he visited President Hayes at the
Wnite house. de mas Deem a ISpubilcan
since the formation of the party and has
voted at every presidential election since
1890.
II have seen my country pass through
four wars, said he enthusiastically, land
have not been in one of them.
when my father left ST. Adams to serve
in the War of 1872 l wanted to go. too, as a
drummer, but l could not get in.
- I'm the late forties came the Mexican
War. and i lonsed 10 CO., hut that, time
they said ! was too old, and they made the
TSame excuse in 1884,
q Il tell you. ! could have fought with the
best of them. ] was 65 years old. but they
had no business with me. l will outlive
I them all now
tt,t Mr.. Mcmillan attributes his long life to
the fact that he has lived an outdoor life
,-ifld never married. The latter fact he en-
Z nhasiZes in no uncertain terms.
n, Married? Well, l guess not. never
fixed EN- When he stated that he Joined
1.-THE. Methodist Episcopal Church Just be-
fore the War of 1872 and ii was remarked
&.:You must have been pretty young then.
he replied: Young! I'm young YETI
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The first message to be flashed beneath
the Pacific Ocean over the new Postal sub
marine cable will be dictated by President
Roosevelt at his home tp Oyster Bay, New
York, on Independence Day.
The work of laying the slender steel
thread which will connect San francisco
with the Philippine Islands is practically
completed and unless some unforeseen cir
cumstance arises. the cable will be in
working order on the morning OF July T.
Owing to the necessity of relaying the
message several times during its transmits
sion. it is expected that IT will be about
ten minutes before the receiving instrument
at Oyster Bay begins to record the fact that
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lie parlors, reception-room. hoaruTOOm prtsllellt,
ladies' parlor will be finished in ma w. I. Cal
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CRUSHED BENEATH AN
ELECTRIC TRIP HAMMER

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Hamilton. O., June e7-John Bachman.
blacksmith who operates one of the big
electric trip-hammers at Niles Tool Works.
was the unfortunate victim of a very seri-
Gus accident while at work.
In come manner or other he slipped and
fell beneath the rapidly descending mass
of steel which struck him before he could
recover himself.
He fell unconscious upon the white. hot
iron he was forging. and was frishtfully
burned in addition to having the lower Jaw
bone crushed. neceSSitatinG the extraction
of q piece about inch long. teeth and
all. and the horrible crushing of his left
arm.
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LAUGH AT THE STARVING
SAYS A CHARITY WORKER.
New Philosophy Is Expounded by Miss
Susan w. Hongland of Charity
Organization.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. June 27.-"When you find
family that has had nothing to eat for
week, laugh at it. collectively and individu-
ally. Mirth aids digestion and acts as a
tonic on an empty stomach.
Cultivate a sense of humor by all means
If you are deficient IL you propose work-V
ing among the poor
This new philosophy was expounded by
Miss Susan W. Hoagland. a district agent
of the Charity Organization Society. in an
address delivered at the opening session in
the United Charities building Of the Sum-
mer School of Philanthropy.
You will never succeed as charity
worker without sense of humor." she
explained. .'Mirthfulness Is the handspring
of health. Do not wear a long face and
condole with the hungry and suffering.
Make light of their troubles. Cheer them.
but never encourage them to talk of their
worries"
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tn the Preslden,,s message has eompleted the |

+ the Presidents message has completed the
circuit Of the world
Were it possible to make an unoroken
circuit completely around the world. G. E.
Paine, superintendent of the Western Dis
trict of the Postal Telegraph Company,
states that it would require something less
than one-eighth of second for the message
The route taken by the Presidents mes
sage will be about as follows:
Telegraph from New York to San Fran
cisco without relay From San Francisco
the message will be relayed to Honolulu.
and from there to Wake Island.
Another relay will take the message. to
Guam and from there it will be flashed
to Manila. There the message will be
turned over to the Eastern Telegraph and
Cable Company.
| From Manila to Hong-Kong will be a
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height of IS feet to caves. and a central
dome rising to an altitude of 1l6 feet above
the ground.
The building is designed in the classic
Grecian style of architecture. to be built OF
rock-face white limestone with white cut
stone in the plaster effects and in Greek
portico. buff-sto trimmings. oxidized cop
per cornice and dome and black slate roof.
making one of the handsomest State build
ings in Missouri and one of the most ele-
CANT normal school edifices in the United
throughout. finished in auartered antique
polished white oak Tennessee marble stairs.
granite and marble mosaic tile floors in
halls and corridors, with white marble wall
facinss.
The parlors. reception-room. boardroom
and ladies' parlor will be finished in ma
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hogany, foored IL auartered oak. and floors
in other rooms will be quartered clear yell
low pine
The building is to have combination gas
and electric light illumination and VIII he
equipped with the best sanitary PLUMBING.
set up in Italian marble: served with inter,
heated and ventilated by the fan and
vacuum system.
The Board of Regents will advertise for
bids for the construction of this building IN
about three weeks.
The Missouri State Normal School, Third
District was established by an act OF the
act created a Board of Regents for the
management of the property and school and
the following are the present members hav-
ing charge of the Improvements: Louis
Houck president Moses Whybark. vice
president; Leon ]. Albert, secretary, and
w T. Darlington.
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, bored through the coral, there was

It was bored through the coral, there was
not trace of water.
Just before the engineers decided to aban-
don the shaft stream of pure water was
struck. 1t has slight mineral properties and
flows with great power. denoting a prac-
tically inexhaustible supply.
The island was then resurfaced. Large
ocean steamships We're balasted with rich
loan in addition TO cargoes of portable
houses and trees, shrubbery and countless
varieties of seeds.
1t is expected that within a year or So
the one time barren Halfway Island will be
a tropical paradise.
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The Board of Regents Of the Missouri
Third District Normal School. Cape Girar-
deau. were in session three days last week
considering plans and specifications for the
Academic Hall and finally adopted the de-
sign presented by Messrs. ]. B. Legg and {.
S. Holloway of st. Louis.
This is the building for which the Legis-
lature of Missouri appropriated 100000 last
winter. and will he one of a group of four
to occupy the Normal campus. One of the
buildings will be boiler and power house.
from which the group of buildings Will be
heated and, ventilated.
The Academic Hall is to be n building go
feet front by 176 feet deep with l2-foot base
ment and two stories over same, reaching a
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Laurence Irving. the bridegroom. has not
yet attained as actor to what might be
called the true Irving mark-a mark which
is being reached by his elder brother,
Henry Brodribb Irving Young Laurence
after. like Dickens, writing sundry drawing
rccm tragedies ''at the mature age of. s.
-blossomed forth az an actual playwright
in collaboration with Seymour Hicks, with
whom he adapted James Sheridan lie
Laurence Irving's first extensive dramatic
work on his own account was his tragedy
of Peter the Great" produced by his ia
adapted Sardou's "Robespierre" and later
Sardou's Dante" which has just been pro-
duced with great success by Sir Henry
Irving in London. Laurence Irving was at
one time betrothed TO Miss Ethel Barry
more. but the engagement was broken.
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l5C Printed Batiste Lawns
At 9 A. M. for One-Ha Hour
Tomorrow morning we will place sale IS pcs.
of extra fine quality Printed Batiste Lawns, in
choice white, black and blue grounds;
grand assortment of all the de- = a
signs; not yard of these goods was NH
sold less than 15c; warranted fast
colors; special, sale in basement at our h ~
Wash Goods Department, at a. " "
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-03
ASSESSORS NOTICE.

The inhabitants of the City of Augusta,
and others having taxable property with
in said city, are hereby notified to bring
in to the undersigned. assessors of said
city, true and perfect lists of their polls
and all their estate, real and personal, in
loaned on property, mortgages, notes, due
bills and memorandum or in any manner
so invested that interest or other consid-
Grafton shall be paid or become due there
on, debts due more than owing, and all
property held in trust as Guardian. Exc
cutor, Administrator or Trustee, or other
wise, which they may be possessed of on
pared to suhstantfate the same by oath,
For the purpose of receiving said lists and
administering the oath authorized there
to, the undersigned Assessors of said
city will be in session at their office In
CITY HALL, each day from the 25th day
to IL o'clock A. NJ, and from to 4
o'clock p. M This will afford taxpayers
ample opportunity to look over our books
and have hearings if they desire them.
After May 9Th, when the work of maxi
ing UP the new books will commence,
there will positively be no review of valu-
ations.
such lists will BE BARRED OF ANY
RIGHT to make application to the County
Commissioners for an abatement of any
taxes which may be assessed against
Blanks for returns may be had Of us on
application. or by calling at the Office of
inc o't +. /. HARRINGTON, Assessors
R. ". BUTTON. Augusta.
April 1. 1908.
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LINCOLN:
ALMA.

David Ware is quite i'll.
Mrs. F. L. Weeks, who has been to
Boston for her spring and summer
goods returned home, Monday.
The engagement is announced OF
Miss Bessie Houdlett to Rev. L. W.
Hunter of Round Pond.
Mrs. Sutton Albee, an old resident OF
this town, is very ill at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. E. w. Nash of Damar-
iscotta.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Towle spent
several days of last week in Augusta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Campbell are
rejoincing over the arrival of r.
pound girl who was born, March rs.
George Erskine went to Boston, Mon
day, on a short business trip.
Maud G. Parsons was very much sur
prised on the evening of her birthday,
Wednesday, March 25, by the arrival of
a crowd of her friends. The evening
was passed with music and games. Re-
freshments were served, after which
Miss Parsons was the recipient of a
very pretty present.
Ward Shattock of South Newcastle,
was in town, Sunday.
B. c.. Woodbridge is quite sick. He
is attended by DR.. A. M. Card.
Miss Irene Aver went to Newcastle,
Sunday, for several weeks.