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The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-01
SUGGESTIONS FOR NOVEL AND
PLEASING ENTERTAINMENTS.
Invitations, Decorations, Refresh
ments and Presents at Golden
Wedding-A Clever Gar
den Contest.
The Golden Wedding.

The fiftieth anniversary OF the we'd
ding day is certainly worthy of OBJ
serNtion, especially in this day and
generation, where the ties Of matri-
mony seem to bind SO lightly. The in
vitations are engraved in letters oil
gold; the hours are from TO IL
Decorate the room with quantities OF
yellow tulips. jonquils. carnations Of
the same gorgeous hue, and yellow
roses. There should be an abundance
of yellow candles in holders OF brass
and gilt; in the dining-room all shades
on candle lamps and gas jets should
be of pale yellow Cover the table
with lace spread over yellow. and
for a centerpiece have so golden roses
in brass flower holder, Wrap the bon
bons in gilt paper and frost the cakes
with the yolks OF eggs instead of the
whites, the ice cream may be frozen
egg nog, nodded into rose shape with
the stem of artificial leaves. Have a
wedding cake for the honored bride to
cut as she did so years ago. around
IL pace UU sinai t6uuIts, dllu esh
some of the guests to be prepared to
give toast or sentiment as the can
dies are extinguished. A delightful
feature of the affair would be to have
letters from the guests who were pres
ent at the original ceremony to be
read on this occasion.
At the dinner preceding the recep-
ton. when only the relatives and in
innate friends are present, give the
happy pair gift of gold pieces. as
many as circumstances will permit,
This may be done in a most clever
manner by having the florist make a
ball of wire in two parts, cover it
with ferns and flowers and suspend be-
tween a doorway; place the couple
under this, and two little grandchil-
dren will pull the ribbons; the ball
viii open literally showering the
each piece being done up in
yellow cotton. Have an orchestra
play old-time selections. Or if this
is not practicable, some one can be
asked to sing a number OF old-time
fayorites.
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A Surnrise Party.

Miss Hattie Cummings Of Thigty.
third and Elm streets received an I'M
expected visit from a party of her
young friends Wednesday evening.
Games and refreshments were en-
joyed by the guests who were as fol-
lows: Mise Iona McNulty. Martha
Taylor, Mary Bell, Ada Bell, Angie
Gaunt, Clara Heillg. Ethel Zook Effie
Frazier, Jennie Hail. Sallie Threlkeld,
Messrs. John Morrow. Claude Allen.
Dennis Bell, Arthur Thompson, Fred
Ffelds, Eugene Hibbs, Everett Heilig
Eddie O'Donnell Thomas Dwyer
James Mcleod, Raymond Miller. Max
Coungard, Alex. Meehan and Joe Nc
Nuryss
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LITTLE BIRD PETS
ENGLISH NATURALIST TELLS or
ANTICS OF GREAT TITS.
Enticed by Nuts and Cheese They Be-
come Regular Visitants, and at
Last Consent to Have Pic
lures Taken.

One OF my earliest experiences of
great tits was In this wise. 1t was O
sparkling spring morning, and | was
roaming about an o,d-fashicned hill
side garden, peering into holes ard
creyices in search OF nests. Up this
long ago, rustic steps had been built
half embracing trees huge bole and
leading to an arbour which the tres
had invited by dividing some IL ie5s
from the ground into three strong out
spread upward-curying branches
Here the household had been wont to
gather 40 years ago, before recently
planted trees had Joined hands over
newly made patbsv TO give shelter
from the summer sun. Long disused
the crumbling steps gave but doubt
full foothold, as | carefully mounted
TO explore the Wondering platform
and seats above. AS my head came
level with the topmost step no
ticed cleft in the tree just below the
fork. likely place for nest,
thought, and large enough for me to
insert my hand. The action quickly
followed the thought, but my hand
was more quickly withdrawn, for my
fingers we've sharply struck within
the hole by | knew not what, and
there was kissing as though | had
reused an angry snake. Peering i'll,
could just discern two cleaning
specks and two small patches OF
white below them, and then ther3
was another hiss and a quick stroke
Of wing. | found great tit sitting
upon her eggs. Respecting her
brayely, | did not disturb her more.
Though there were several pairs
of these birds in the garden, 1t was
long before they learned to visit nv
window larder They would watch
the cole tits carrying off bits of nut
and cheese, far in excess of their
present needs, and hiding them up
and down the cIose-cut yew hedge.
Often enough they discovered and
rihed these hidden stores of their lit
tie cousins The great tits much ap-
preciated the cheese, and this finally
brought them to the window-perch
above the hedge. where they could
see big Jumps temptingly displayed,
and where robins, chafiinches, blue
tits, and cole tits were regularly re-
calling themselves. | remember we'll
the first visit of an oxeye TO my win
dow He alighted on the perch with
such a thud that its insecure fasten-
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Matrons, Club.

The Nations club members were
delightfully."- entertained yes erday
morning at "Greenway' the beautiful
home Of Mrs. w. p. Gilbert on Tween.
ty eighth street.
At progressive euchre Mrs J. w.
Wenger won the first prize, hand.
some lace collar The cut prize was
awarded to Mrs. Edward G, Pink who
was not present at The meeting but
who was entitled to the prize by rea
son of the fact that she was the only
one of the club who had not received a
p-t--~ =~'--~---r5
trophy was pretty white parasol
Ices, cake and corrections were
served
Mes danes j. w Wenger. David S.
Lansden, Frank p Aver and II. II.
Halliday were guests of the club.
The club members and their hus-
bands will be entertained next Tue
day evening at the Gilbert residence
the hostess to be assisted by her
daughter Mrs. Miles S. Gilbert and
Mrs. stephen Bird.
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COMING TO CAIRO
Leading Officials Of New York Cen.
trial and c. |. & S. En- Route
On Inspection Trip.

"Wednesday afternoon al ] O'Clock.
New York Central observation engine
No. "a with number of high off-
cials of the New York Central and the
Chicago, Indiana g. Southern roads ar.
rived in this city from Chicago over
the Chicago. Indiana e. Southern road
says the Danville Commercial-News
Among the officials who were aboard
observation engine No. "a were w c.
Brown, second vice president of the
New York Central lines; n. f. Deems,
general superintendent of motive
power of the New York Central: n. f.
Hotchkis'. general manager Of the
Chicago. Indiana a Southern and
Frank Beckwith general superintend
ent of the Chicago, Indiana q South
ern.
the party did not remain long in
Danville. They departed for Lyon
yards a shof- time after their arrival
in thi. CITY. A half hour was spent by
the party inspecting the yards al Ly-
ons. after which they proceeded
southwark for Cairo. H.. over the
Caro- division of the Big Four on
tour of Inspection
The party had not arrived in Cairo
last night
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share of the blame, DR.. Johnson with
his misleading dictionary.
So the refOrmers make declaration
OF independence of printer and die
tionary maker. and they bid all schol-
ars and all sensible. hard headed bus
mess men join hands with them to do
away with our time wasting ana inn
possible word architecture. Statistics
are gathered to show the waste of time
Of school boy and girl. of the waste in
business life, and this appeal is of the
kind TO influence a large number of
people. II the proposed reforms car
~ there will be an enormous saving
In press work. the price Of books
very considerably reduced Henry
Holt, the publisher, says millions oi
dollars would be saved by slmplifed
spelling.
The words adopted by the National
Educational association in 1898 we
have become more or less familiar
with; they are program. tho. altho.
thoro thorofare, thru, thruout. esta-
log. prOlog. decalog. demagog and ped
sgog. These have lost their strange
ness TO many Of US, and are blessedly
easy 10 write.
Foreigners learning the English
tongue consider II comparatively easy
to speak, but when they come to write
the words and find that sound and
written symbol have very little SINH 1
larity they naturally grow liscour-
aged. Our commercial rivals. the Ger I
mans are simplifying their tongue. a
very clever move on their part A /
hundred years ago the Italians simpli- I
fed theirs. and to-day have an abso- /
lutely phonetic language
IL the reformers succeed with the 4
English spelling. assuredly the Eng
iish school children shall rise up
and call them blessed. the English
business man find his letter flies
less bulky. the ~outlandsr" look
with more favor on the English
language.
KATHERItsE POPE.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-01

Combination Of Things and cireum.
stances Cause Artie James to
Be Fined For shootinul

There was all sorts of trouble be.
tween two up town families. according
20 the developments in the IpIice court
yesterday. Ar1ie james has cat and
a garden and gun. and had been get
ting along fairly well with them until
Mrs. Tetweilers dog got mixed up
with them. Just how the mix-up oc.
CURED y a matter for conjecture for
each party fOid a different story about
it 10 Judge Ross Mr.. Jane. says the
dog came into his yard without any
aparenI excuse and seemed to be
prompted By pure cussedness TO de-
stroy his garden. Mrs. Tetwc-lsr avs
Mr. James cat came into her yard and
srched her back and made her hair
stand on end and stuck out her bushy
rail and .'yeowled" At the dog daring
him to follow her into her yard The
DOG only did what any self-respecfing
dog would do under similar eircum-
staBces-and then Mr.. Jane shot at
him.
Mr. James admitted that he shot a.
The dog and the court had to ssszss
fine Of s. and costs upon complaint
q Mrs. Tetweiier that be had dis
carEed IRE arms within the city Limits.
The tns vas paid q
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MURDER TRIAL ON
Case Of Guy Smith Accused Of Kill.
ing Otto eoersehel Begins In
Circuit Court.

The trial ~ Guy Smith. charged
with the murder Of Otto Boerschel on
March ?. 1906. wa taken mp in circuit
court yesterday. A mot on to qua h
the indictment was argued and Wa.
sustained a. 10 the FIRST count and
overruled as 10 the other.
After eXhsUsiing three venires but
five jurors were secured They are
Ben Dexter. George ~. Staten. ID. V.
Frost, J. W. Hancock and A. J. Lol
les
Judge Butler ordered a fourth
venire Of foity-eight men. Court ad-
i0uHned at O'Clock and will recon
yene az 9 O'Clock this morning when
The examination Of juroi= viii be con
iinaed.
Attorney Angus Leek is the defend
ante attorney.
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Ice Peddlers Combine.

Eight of the Independent ice ped.
dlers who have been refused ice from
the factories Of Cairo. have combined
to secure ice from outside sources and
have received car of ice which they
propose to sell to their patrons at the
old price of 80 cents per 100 pounds.
They declare that they will break the
Cairo ice trust If it takes all summer"
They do not require much capital, as
they buy their product in single car
loads and sell ii out almost as quick
ly as it comes in.
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Csiroites at EIco.

Cairo was well repre- ented at the
day. Judge w. s. Dewey gave the
Memorial Day Grafton al the exercises
which were held at Lakewood GENE
terry aud speeches were also made by
County Clerk Jesse f. Miller anc
Prof John Snyder, county superin-
tendent Of schools. Others from Cairo
who were present were County Treas
urer Frank +. Davis, Mr. and Mu,.
c. b. Dewey. Mrs. w. s. Dewey, Miss
Eva Killer. Mr.. Thomas b. Farrin. Sr.,
Mrs. Jesse L. Miller, Mr.. Samuel Rich
ardson,
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Denied a License.

Emmett 7 Burnett of Dallas, Texas
and Mrs. Clara CulIey of Paducah, ap
pifcu al tue cuunty clvt = ohIce YES
terday for marriage license but upon
asking the usual questions the county
clerk learned that the bride was a di
voTcee. having been legally separated
from her husband but week, hence
he refused to issue a license, The new
law provide: that couples can not
marry in Illinois under year after a
divorce has been granted either
party.
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JURY'S VERDICT
Awarded Plaintiff SAYS Damages in
Case Of Emma Sans vs.. c. &
e. I. Railroad.

The jury In the case Of Emma L.
Sans vs.. the Chicago and Eastern 1lli-
nois railroad reached a verdict at 2
O'Clock Wednesday night after a DELHI.
Grafton of tweniy-four hours. The
verdict wa sealed and presented to
the court at ? O'Clock yesterday morn.
ing. IL gave the plaintiff si75 dam.
ages.
Attorney Reed Green for the plain
III entered molten for a new trial.
This case which lasted five days
cost the county 800 for jury and bal
lii fee.
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Ljohts Changed,

Masters ana pilots are notified of
the following changes in lights: Shaw.
neetown Bar /. to be shown as a
float light when there h ten feet or
les ON the Evansville gauge, at all
other times. from its post. New light
has been established in bend below
Cloyerport, to be known as Cloverport
Bend New light has been established
at Galley Hollow, Indiana, to be known
as Galley Hollow"
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IN SOCIETY
Mound City Man Weds.

The marriage OF r. Dudley Mathis
Of Mound City, one OF the popular
bachelors OF that place. TO a charming
Young lady Of Fort Worth, Tex. Is an
nounced as an event Of last Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Mathis arrived in Mound
City last evening
The marriage was surprise to the
bridegroom's friends who did not
know that he contemplated taking the
step. Mr.. Mathis is son
Of Or. !. r. Mathis Of Mound City He
Is druggist, and president OF the
Mound City gaseball club
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ing gave way, and as the branch
sank beneath him he few off il
alarm. ! Immediately secured the
perch firmly and replenish thf
supply Of cheese and mus. In few
minutes the same bird returned
alighted. looked round suspiciously
and after a fiute-like double call t.
his mate in a neighboring tree, invit
ing her 10 the feast, he plunged his
beak into the cheese. Two months
later. when the bird was tanner ant
not 80 easily alarmed. | took a pnoto
graph, hiding behind a screen inside
the room near the open larder win
dow. and peering out of small eye
holes at the comings and goings o.
the birds.
The oxeye has a bad character
given him by writers on birds, ow
ing TO his pugnaciousness and for
m.dable fighting powers. but ] have
never seen him do much harm tC
another bird at the window. He viii
fight and peck fiercely at any bird
that will not give him place at the
cheese corner. and when there he re
sents other birds venturing TO share
his meal on equal terms. A cock
bird even tries A. prevent its hang
ing on and pecking from below. The
hen great tits. though they show
fight even against human intruder a.
the nest, are peaceful enough at the
window. have seen one frightened
away by a hedge-sparrow. the quiet
est and most peace-loving of window
frequenters. The great tit was
standing upon a big lump of cheese
and the hedge sparrow standing or
the perch at one side. in trying for
a morsei Of cheese. pecked one Of the
great tits front ices that were sprea6
out and bent down over the edge of
the cheese cube. This was obviously
an accident, but a very ugly one It
might have proved for ShufHewing
had the bird on the cheese been Mr..
Oxeye instead Of his spouse AS il !
was. the hen great tit. alarmed. hew
on without showing any sign of wish |
Ing TO re;aliate-
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SENT BY THE mIkADo.

Victoria. b. C.. May 31.-The Yoro-
dzu. Of Tokyo. says the imperial family
of Japan has decided to dispatch His
Highness. Prince kamin As special en-
vov to America TO show imperial con-
cern for the disastrous San Francisco
earthquake. Prince Kamin will leave
for America on June %.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-01
Small Boats Under the Law.

Boat owners will be interested in an
order which was received at Louis
willie recently by United State Super
visine Inspector of Steam Vessels E.
L.. Dorsey. The order applies particu-
larly to vess as Of Is gross tons and
under. In the past such craft nave
been free from the surveillance of the
government Inspectors, but linden the
new rule they will have 10 comply
with the laws and regulations of navi-
CATION. The new order provides among
other things. that all vessels Of Is
tons gross or less, propelled in whole
or in part by gas, gasoline. petroleum.
naphtha, fluid or electricity and carry
ing pass engers for hire. shall carry
one pre.arver for every passenger car
ried The boat thus operated must be
pilot. A license for operating sucn
craft may b. obtained without the for
mality of an examination, except a. to
ordinary qualifications. However such
license may be revoked or suspended
for misconduct. gross negligence.
IN navigation. intemperance or viola
ton of the law If revoked, the per-
sons holding .uch a license shall be in
capable of obtaining another for one
year. In cases of vessels Of 10 tons
or under the positions Of pilot and en-
gineer may be held by the same per
son.
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Judge w N. Butler and son, Frank.
returned from Thehes early yesterday
morning where Judge Butler delivered
the Memorial Day address at Thebes,
The exercises were held in the NJ. F..
church under the auspices of the
Brown Cnlley Post No. ST. G. A. r., of
which B. F. Brown is the commander
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Class of 'o6.

The graduating class Of '06 Of the
Cairo High chool will be much enter
tanned next week MisFes Eva and Car
rie Rule will entertain for them
Monday evening al their home on
Twenty-sixth street. Tuesday evening
the Junior reception VIII be held, Wed
nesday evening Miss Edith Suther
land will give an excursion for the
class on the yacht idaho" Thursday
evening Miss Mabel Engler will give
a dance at the park. The commence
ment exercises are on Friday night
at the opera house.
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The Ecypti.

The Egypt. The High School pub.
LEGATION, will issue next week as a
sort of edition de luxe containing
seventy-five pages. pictures of the grad.
yates. articles by the teachers and IL
Illustrations from original drawings. A
limited number will be issued and sold
by the school in order to defray the
expense Of publication.
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THE WEATHER
3vJUVTTTyTyTTJJTITJJTS1y11

The weather was variable yesterday
clouds, little rain and some sun
shine mingling with wind to make the
day interesting for all. The rain was
not measurable during the day, but
at night gentle shower fell which
settled the dust. The mercury marked
81 In the morning and rose to So dur
ing the day, the highest 1t has been
this season, and fell to 6S at 7 p. m.
The wind attained velocity of 20
miles per hour for time last evening.
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Died at Hospital.

A man named Mana died at st
Mary's Infirmary yesterday f'om in
juries received at mill near Charles
ION, Mo, several days ago The re
mains were taken TO Vienna, ILL.,, yes
terday for interment by relatives Of
the decedent.
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Real Estate Transfers.

Parsons & Parsons TO Byron L. Ellis
ct al, $. W. d. city Of Cairo, first addi-
ton, lots /, . and 3, block 50. $500.
Parsons a. Parsons 10 Patrick Ma
honey ct al s. W. d. city of Cairo, lots
SO. "a, IS, &c. 81, IS and 80, block
A. $1,000
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The Citizens q. and L.

At the meeting of the Citizens Build
ing & Loan association this week &c..
600 was loaned for Improvement pur-
poses. 1t was the flrst meeting with
George r Carnes as member Of the
board of directors to succeed the late
NJ. ]. Sheehan.
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A pretty model Of a garter was
brought out for Easter. Only a very
short piece Of elastic. preferably vel
low. Is used. To the ends are attached
satin ribbons TO tie. Three-quarters
Of a yard of five-inch liberty satin
ribbon is used: this is tied in a big
splashing bow just over the knee or
to one side. So soft and plable is the
ribbon that its bulk is Of no conse-
qaenee. The effect is extremely chic
and urettv
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Forecasts For Today.

Cairo and vicinity: Partly cloudy
and threatening viii local thunder.
storms; no decided change in temper
AZURE.
Illinois: Generally fair except local
thundefstorms; cooler north portion
Friday.
M Kentucky: Probably fair; collier I
Tennessee: Cloudy with probably
thundershowers west portion; cooler
west portion.
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TWO DEAD. TWO DYING.

Norihpori. L. l.. May 31.-Cbarles
Pushing Ky and William Dominick.
farmers of West Hills. are dead. and
two etber men are dying as a result
of drinking wool alcohol. A druggist.
who is alleged 10 have sold the alcohol
Was held by the police for examina.
ton.
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River Forecasts.

The Ohio from Evansville to Cairo.
no material change during the next
two or three days
The Tennessee from Florence to the
mouth not much change during the
next 50 hours.
The Mississippi from below 81.
Louis to Cairo. not much change dur
Inc the next Sc hours, with a rising
tendency.
p. II. SMYTH.
Local Forecaster.
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The ThiebesStierlin plano used at
Miss Emma Woodward's reeitals May
30ih. June LIST and End at Stafford Hall.
will be furnished by courtesy Of the
Thiebes -Stierlin Music Company II
St. Louis. and will be for sale after
the latter date
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Washington Bulletin.

Washington, D, c., May S1-fllinois
Showers and thunderstorms Friday;
cooler In north; Saturday fair; fresh
west TO northwest winds
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Worry. loss Of sleep and oonstitu-
tional trouble will cause these sacks
under the eyes. Find the cause and
remove il
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Every little while there appears 9
Tant ad. which Is aimed so directly
at you that II 1t we're a bullet you
would be bit
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
Marriaqe License.

A marriage license was granted yes
terday to William Mcclure OF Cairo
and Rosa Cox OF Paducah Ky,
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Business Meeting.

The regular monthly business meet
ing of the Epworth league will be held
this evening in the parlors Of the First
NJ Il. church.
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There may be a want az. printed n
day which is hunting a job for a man
who ought 70 have been working TO-
you for yeara
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Birth Of a Daughter.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Davidson, nee
Koehler are the parents OF daughter
born early yesterday morning.
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The persistent man usually wins
the ~try again" fellow Is as lucky" In
want advertising as he is in all other
ihlngs
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Sun will rise today .....,.4.37 a. m.
Sun will Sc today ...... .7:1S p. m.
Moon will set tonight .....1:23 a. m,
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Hon Reed Green will 60 to Chicago
Saturday night TO attend the celebra.
tion of the eightieth birthday Of his
aunt, Mrs. Haynie, sister of the late
Judge William n. Green. Mrs. Hsynie
although having lived -four score years
is remarkably well pre.er won
an keen Of intellect, active and
healthy.
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A. ID. House and sons of Gates,
Tenn, are guests OF the family OF w.
II. Harris Of 100 Eighth street.
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Mrs. b. w. Henley of Twentieth
street. who has been i'll at st, Marys
Infirmary, has gone to Mounds on a
visit to relatives.
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Miss Amanda Pierson, housekeeper
at The Halliday left last night for a
brief visit at Memphis.
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The Herman Paepcke brought up
two barges of logs
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The Boeckeler went to Hickman
with an empty barge.