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The thud, thud of running feet upon
the earthen sidewalk drew nearer, and
a panting man rushed by shouting the
alarm.
Windows were thrown up, blimls
banged back and nervous voices beard
calling; ‘Wtaetr? Where f’ buttle
crier had neither time nor breath to
ariewer.
And now other Voice* took up the
alarm and it was sounding on many
tongues down every slumbering street.
Suddenly, i* if th« tenor and sus
pense of the town had swelled to the
point of wilti explosion, there bust
forth the loud clangor' of one of tbe
village bella A great volume of sound
relieves surebarged feelings by furnish
ing adequate expression. The sir' kes
were swift, hurrying, incessant, each
peal throttling its predecessor. They
were like tbe rub-a-dub of the mar-4
shaling drum.
•Where is it?’ ctled the others of
the party, rnshing out from tbe card
tables and back-gammon boards.
’Look there? Oh dear, I’m afraid
it’s the paper -mill,’ exclaimed Mary
excitedly, pointing to tbe north, where
over the tree tops a dull glimm*-!
shone against the low cloud roof, and
now and then a shower of sparks as
cended. Tbe quick Jingle of a small
bell came up ffbm the village. * l ey’re
getting «ut the Cataract. Excuse me,
I’m off,’ said one of the young men
who was a member of the voluo'eer
fir-company of the place, and vault
ing tbe fenco he vauished into the
darkneee. The two other young men
In the party showed a die position to
follow bis example, when Bade said:
•Why shouldn’t we ail gotogethet?,
* Oh let’s do it?’
‘ Won’t it be fun 1*
’ How lucky we’re up,’ chorused the
girls, jumping up and down with ex
citement.
In a tries hat* and shawls had been
donned and the whole party was half-
walking, half-running along the street,
tbo breathless to talk save in ejacula
tions, As they passed along, lights
shone in upper windows on either side
of the street, and from almost every
bouse tbe father or son was sallying
forth half-clothed to join tbs muster.
"Violet had scare ly spoken since the
first alarm, and chancing to touch her
arm Mary found that ahe was trem
bling violently. Such had been her anx
lety about Will for a few days past
that bar heart sunk with undefined ap
prehensions at every sudden noise.
This midnight fire alarm had filled her
with agitation, aa if it threatened some
terrible solution to her namelass fears.
A buggy with a fast-trotting horse
whizzed by, going the other way
.4- hey’ve sent after the Blandvlile
engine,’ said one; • it must be a big
fire.’
Aa tbe panting party turned a cor
ner tbe blaze cams under plain view.
It was Indeed tbe paper mill. Tbe
jingling of the engine bell, the hubbub
of men’s voices, tbs boars# orders of
ths foreman, and now the sound of
band-bra\ee as they went chug, chug,
under tbe arm* of a sturdy crew, cams
from the scene, which was lit up by
fitful flashes from ths burning mill.
At one end of it ths flames poured
forth froai every window, and tbs roof
smoked, but its greater length
still la darkness save for
lantern ftta wttfcto; ns men harried
and for tbe rescue property or op
pose UheUta to tba flames. But even
a* the^ stddfl and gated, a balefOU
glimmer sh' D* from aeveral-windows
a moment btofnre quite dark.
For ball au hour the men fought the
firs inch by toeb. Then the mill pumps
broke down and there was no lofiger
any chance of saving tbs mill. Boon
the flames poured out at all th* win-
dowsaod burst through the roof in
many places. The fire roared like a
huge mill-wheel, and kheshsetof flams
cracked and snapped as It great blan-
ets were being shaken. The belts had
long since ceased ringing. Everybody
was amused, and ths fire had become
Its own beacon, holding every waking
eye for miles around, and irradiating
the chambers of distant hillside farm
houses with a ruddy tight, till the
sleepers awoke in consternation and
chanticleer crowed to tbs false dawn.
8o long as there was a chance of
-saving the mill there Was a feeling of
strain and excitement among tbe peo
ple. The conviction that nothing more
could be dote produced a sense of
positive relief, which was apparent in
a general unbending and disposition
to look around, find acquaintances and
compare notw. Tbe young men who
bad been working at the engine and
hose took ths dppottunity to join the
group of girls, and receive congratula
tions on tbs drenched clothes and
blackened faces that testified to their
public spirit.
But beyond smiling absently when
addressed, Violet took no part io tbe
chat going on around her. Her eyes
were roving every where am'mg tbe
crowd, looking*valnly for WlIL
The magnificence of the conflagra
tion was at its height. The roof of the
mHt bad fallen in and from the jagged
tops of tbe brick walls, as from a gi
gantic brasier. the flames leaped fifty
feet in the air, like genii harnessed to
the earth and striving with frantic
bounds to carry it up with them Into
the empyrean. The low clouds were
msy with the lurid glow and reflected
it back upon tbe houses and streets, so
that the whole village was Illuminated
with a threattlcal red light, Tb* ef
fect. reminded one of a grand spectac
ular acene on the stage. ibeveryat-
tit udea and groupings of the crowd be
trayed a histrionic consciousness. The
entire population had now turned out
aa spectators. Thieves might have
plied their trade undisturbed among
the deserted houses. Some had even
brought chairs. Husl andsstood with
their wives, hl d the young men with
the maidens in groups beneath the
trees encircling tbe mill, the foilage
above them shriveling in the heat
Small boys playing tag, and clusters
pf men about, the engine and hose, oc
cupied the foreground.
A sudden undescribable stir and In-
drawing of the breath among tbe crowd
constricted every heart with terror,
eveu before the cause of it was seen.
A young fellow, a village ne’er-do-well,
with perhaps too much of tbe whisky
aboard which had been circulated
among tbe firemen, had in a fit of bra
vado gone too near one of the toppling
walls and a mass of falling brick bad
struck him down. He lay helpless and
writhing, apparently with a broken
leg. The wall, thirty feet high on that
eide, was evidently on the point of fal
ling outward, and an attempt to reach
the unfortunate would expose the res
cuer to the risk of a horrible death,
with ail the chances against his escape.
The people looked en terrified. Thera
were brave men there but no one
stirred.
Perhaps two seconds had passed,
though they seemed like five minutes,
when a quick gasp from Violet made
Mary look around, and following tbe
direction of her eyes she saw a man
who bad started out from the shadow
of a tree, moving swiftly toward tbe
mill.
* Come back! Coma back I’ cried
some, but he kept oh.
He reached tbe fallen man, and as
be turned to drag him away Mary per
ceived what Violet at tbe first glance
had seen—it waa Will Ronalds.
shuddering ground, while fragments of
brick rolled to the Very feet of tbe on
lookers. A deep groan Went up from
tbe people, only to b* suddenly stilled
as through the smoke and dust Will eTer I’ve ®««n you, I’ve teemed to eee
• I know,’ she went on with Ib'e ¥A-
gerneee of a long repressed utterance,
• I've been sad-faced and dull lately,
but It waa all because of yon. When-
was seen with tbs man In bis hands,
clambering over tbe reoeeeee of hot
brick.
It. seemed Hits a Miracle but was in
reality very simpls. When he saw
that there waa no time to get out of
reach of tbs wail, he bad drawn ths
injured man to a spat opposite a great
window, and as the #ill Ml in one
pises the brick went each side and left
him unscathed.
Relieved by ready hands of his bur-
dsn and looking neither to tbe right
band nor the left, he went straight to
Violet AH the women looked at her
with a baif-enviods sympathy to see
how she would receive him. But Mary
would nof look for it seemed to her
that Violet’s face at that monient was
something sacred. Will drew her a¥ifi
through hla. and led her away down
one of tbs crimson-lighted streets into
the deserted village.
‘ It’s Jut t lik* a theatre,’ said some
body.
For th* next week Will could not
show himself on the street without
having to ahake bands with half a doz
en people anxious to congratulate him
on his pluck. The contest with the
week before, during which he had been
too much ashamed to stir out of doors
tlii after nightfall, was decided testi
mony to the virtues of heroism as a
salve for human frailties. Indeed, if
tbe men and the opportunities could
only be brought together, there are
always Individuals enough who would
be glad to mend ibeir reputations by
risking their lives, to perform all the
heroic deeds that humanity in its daily
experience stands io need of. Perhaps
when society is more perfectly organ
ized this mutual adaptation will b* se
cured.
What part particularly pleased Will
was that he had b*-en re instated in
Violet's favor Without any temperance
lectures, for his principles as to drink
ing had been no more affected by that
croquet party episode, than is a man’s
lasts for driving by a single runaway
accident. It was not drinkiog but care
less drinking that had done it. Doubt-
he would have chuckled with a
1
still more amused self congratulation,
had he known of the plot to take be
nevolent advantage of his disgrace by
fofclog him to take tbe pledge, which
Mary and Violet had Utd, and which
the affair of the fire bad so completely
flanked. For, thanks to that, he had
returned to Violet not as aconsclence-
strlrkeo suppliant, on #bom rigid con
ditions of pardon might b4 imposed,
but os a hero “ trailing clouds of glo
ry ” and laving at his mistress’s feet
as public amends for his slip tbe civic
crown of oak-leaves, that by Roman
custom was tbe meed of him who
saved a citizen’s life.
But oouid he have fully appreciated
all that was touching in her awe and
worshipful admiration of him since he
bad saved a man’s life, he would have
had compunctions in taking advantage
of It Who was she. she asked herself,
to reprove one who for n mere stran
ger’s sake had dared te throw the dice
with death, as lightly ns if he had been
playing forfeits with a girl!
For tbe week or two after ths fire
Will drank a good daal mors than
usual, as a result o? the excitement
and exhilaration of his popularity. He
took good car* indeed not to attend
any more social reunions in an intoxi
cated condition. Of that particular
form of dissipation ha was pretty well
cured. But he called on Violet seve
ral times when she couldn’t help see
ing that he had been Indulging rather
fieely. It began to be said about tbe
village that Will Ronalds was going it
pretty hard again, and the ladies be
gan to talk him up at ths sewing cir
cles and wonder If Violet Hazsn knew
about It. Mra. Hazen liksd Will well
enough but naturally thought her
daughter ought to know about these
reports, and got berself Into hot water
aeveral times by attempts to commu-
Rtin I Run ! The well is falling,’..nicate them to her.
cried a hundred agonized voices, as
the bricks fell In a shower and tbe
whole wall began perceptibly to s*ay
outwards.
Will glancad upwards a* if caloulatiug
tbe danger. Tbe spectators could ass
the working of each feature of his face
io tbs strong glare of the Are. H«
violently dragged the crippled man
outwards about fifteen feet, and then
as if recognising that there was no
chance of escaping be knelt by his aid#
and turned his eyeh on ths peo
ple. They met Violet’s and seemed to
turn her to stone as if they bad been
a Gorgon’s. Most of the women and
many of the men covered their faces
with their bands to shut oat ths horrid
sight that waa coming, hut Violet's
ga» was fixed on Will aa If fascinated.
At first lazily, tbs wall In one mam you be sorry.’
swayed outward, then more swiftly aa
at the last moving like lightning.
Thera was a crash like aa earthquake,
a cloud of dost roe# from the
One day Violet did finally muster
up courage to speak to Will about his
drinking. It wss at ths end of a call,
after be had risen to go.
•What a Puritanical iittla thing It
is?’ be had jestingly replied.
• But you can’t think It Is good to be
—to be—intemperate, dear/ she .said
earnestly, yet fearful lest aha should
hurt his feelings.
•Of course notjhhe replied, but I
don’t call moderate drinking intern-
peranoe.’ • But doesn’t it lead to it,
Will? Bow many people there are
who begin with a little and end with
too much I If you would only make
up your mind to stop, you oouid do It
easily, you are ao strong, and I would
try to make >t up to you by being ulcer
than you can think. I would not lot
la over a modest woman more pi-
It described the middle of tho arc and quant to her lover than when ahe shy
ly yet frankly owns confidence In her
power to make him happy? But ahe
would not lot him Interrupt her.
a horrid death’s bead over your shoul
der.'
* No wonder you haven’t enjoyed my
calls/ said Will, with a rather wry face.
‘Oh, don’t be vexed at that. Won’t
you promise not to drink any more,
Will ? Won’t you please for thy sake V
He drew ber oloee to bis side and
caressed b< r soothingly for a few mo
ments before he replied, and th<*n he
sulci tenderly but decidedly: *1 will
take the pledge on our wedding day to
make you happy. I know I cau keep
that if only by reflecting the happiness
you will give me. And let that be
enough, dear. Pleas* don’t fret your
sweet self any more over this teetotal
nonsense.’
But naturally she did fret herself,
and often enough her pillow was wet
with tears. Forebodtnga were sad
dening tbe betrothal period, that mai
den honeymoon which should bo so
sweet, and her anticipations of tbe fu
ture were clouded with a fearsomeneee
that waa a sad shadow on the day
dreams of a prospective bride.
As I observed at the opening of this
narrative, tbe vlllagp where these
young people and their friends lived
and moved, lay, figuratively speaking,
beneath the shadow of Mt. Tom, and
it had long been agreed among them
that sometime they would make up a
party lor a night excursion to its sum
mit, for the purpose of viewing tbe
sunrloe therefrom. And it came to
pass, about two o’clock one moonless
August night, that eight of them, in
eluding Will, Violet and Mary, set out
In a great pic-nio watfon with this ex
curokm before them.
It was so dark that the fences and
road were Invisible, and as one of tbe
girls was generally driving or whip
ping, there was just enough likelihood
of being tipped over to make it exhil
arating. This, together with tbe fact
that they were all near enough togeth
er to laugh and eing in concert and
talk in discord, resulted In a racket
which must have left an impression
among the awakened households along
their route, that the inmate* of the
neighboring lunatic asylum at North
ampton had broken loose.
Violet alone of the merry party was
silent and sad. She tried at first to
assume a cherry manner so as not to
be a kill-joy to tbe others, though her
heart was nice iwau in tier w*
as soon as she saw that they did not
need her assistance to have a Jolly
time, she gave up the effort and with
drew Into ber own thoughts. To the
loverlikn cares and attentions with
which Will tried to dispel her melan
choly she responded with affectionate
gentleness, but they seemed to be pow
erless to relieve her dejection.
At last he began to be a little vexed.
Of course he understood, and all the
others would understand, what she
was so sober about. It wasn't nice,
and it wasn’t like her of nil girls, to
bring him into reproach by sulking at
him and looking the martyr in the pres
ence of outsiders. But he Was too
generous not to take some of the
blame to himself. He had been going
it rather too hard since tbe fire. Really
he ought to let up a little and he
would. Violet had a right to feel out
of sorts.
It was after three o’clock and still
pitch-dark when they reached the
yoke ot the mountain, the highest
point on the road between Holyoke
and Easthampton t and the spot where
they must leave the wagon. There re
mained a climb of several hundred
feet by a foot-path before they should
reach tbs summit, which was loot to
view in tbe black sky. One of the girls
who was too delicate for ths mountain
climb, and ber escort, were gulag io
continue the drive toward West Spring-
field, returning in time to meet the
others as they cams doWn from tbs
top in the morning.
Tbe lanterns were lit and tbe clim
bers entered a little grove and began
the ascent. At first there was a good
deal of laughing and at last a good
deal of panting, and It was after fonr
o’clock when they emerged from the
shadow of the last tree upon tbe bald
rocky sconce of tbe mountain, aid
threw themselves down on the dew-
drenched rocks to test
There was as yet no algo of tbe sun
in the east, but the landscape below
them was revealed with wab distinct
ness In that weird gray light of earliest
dawn, which reminds one of tbs light
spoken of In Genesis os created before
tbs son. To tbs north and west lay
the farms of ths three Hamptons, look*
log like a vast ebocksr-board with their
variously colored croj*. To ths south
and east the wooded hooks of tbs
mountains stretched away to fibers
a long streak of mist bordered tbe
landscape, beneath which like a Jewel
under its oottoo the Connecticut nett
led.
f*o bb oovfnrncD.]
Vi lla Shall he Speaker.
The qottfmrow repon aWely cafi-
vaas between Blackburn, of the 7th
Rt-ntucky District, and Speaker Ran
dall for election to t£e chair of tbe
House, with alleged probabilities in
favor of the success of Blackburn. fLe
House will run a great deal of risk by
making such a ebaags. Randall's ex
perience, tact, eelf-poseeesion aud
readiness are in valuable St such a c ri
els as this, when-, lu paint of fact, tbs
possession of a reliable working ma
jority of Demobrata is a matter of
some doubt. We are aware some
complaints have been made of Randall,
but be must be regarded aa fortunate
to have held tbs chair so long under
snob peculiar circumstances, and to
have mods so few enemies. He is a
good officer, and the Democrats will
weaken themselves by falling t^hfe-
talu hllfi.
A reason against a change for Black-
burp will also be found in the fact that
he D a Southern man, aud bis election
will play iuto the bands of tbe Radi
cals, while It will be no important gain
to the flouth. The Radicals feed on
srcilonal animosity. In the pending
called session the struggle to maintain
Federal supervielon and control of the
ballot in the States is all io^be fought
on th* hypothesis that a free ballot
comot be maintained in the Southern
States except by Federal bayonets.
Tbis is ths only plea for the defence
of such laws that can possibly be
urged \ and it wllFbe praised vehe
mently with such virulent and section
al misrepresentation as to produce
much excitement and Hl-tetnpeY. This
is what tbe Radicals will strive to ac
complish. It is what thev want. It ia
the line of their policy. Will Southern
Democrats be so Incautious as to put
a boutherti man in tbe Speaker's chair
with such a prospect ? Hs will be
more liable than a Notthenu man (par
ticularly of Randall’s temper) to loose
self-control, and be much more open
to the charge of Southern bias, wheth
er deserved or not. Let Southern rep
resentatives ponder well over tbis
matter.—Macon Telegraph.
*
The A bos' la CotfcFt.
The libel against the LiberlaU bark
Azor cams up before Judge Bryan in
the United States District Court io
Charleston on the lltb lost
An order was signed referring th#
matter to Commissioner E. M. Sea-
brook, to commenos to examine the
oSii? to the
days in which id ptlt Id an answer. A
number of Interventions were then
filed, and the case referred to Mr.
Seatrook.
Tbe aggregate amount embraced iu
tbe libel and tbe intervening petitions
against £be Azor la 20,773 50. In ad
dition to these there are a number ot
other claims of Various character out
standing, ail of fihich will be reported
upon to the Court.
In the course of the discussion it
was hinted by tbs prootor for ths li
bellants that the vessel would not
bring more than tbs aggregate amount
of tbe libels against her, but the As
sociation people seem to be under tbe
impression that she will bring at least
225,000. At any rate tbe pending pro
ceedings will doubtless result In ths
sal* of the vessel, and ths breaking up
Of the Eiodus Association, as tbsy
will scarcely be able to raise the money
to pay the Axof out
t mm m
A Duel with Clubs Declixkd.—A
telegram from Hannibal, Mo., Februa
ry 27, says: The muoh talked of duel
between E. C. Bennett, the editor of
Um Hannibal Courier, and Joseph How
ard, tbe editor of tbe Clipper-Herald,
terminated Ignomioiouely; The par
ties and seconds met last week a mile
from town in i secluded spot How
ard’a party being called upon to name
ths weapons, unrolled ao old map con
taining base ball bats, saying : *• Hers
are ths weapons; take your choice.’’
Tbe Bennett party left io disgust, say
log ths weapons were not recognized
by tbs code. The partis* subsequent
ly met aud after a few remarks had a
knock down and were arrested.
., "titUp ok wpar
•b««u, sad tbs otgret each eUsrty imil-
eoud .by s ternary a#ts wkaa required.
8. A rtloleSfor puMiesthm thee id be Wit
tes in * clear, legible band, aad ea only eae
•ideef tbe page.
4. Ail changes' la advertisement* mast
reach ua en Friday.
—A-
M ENEMAI. NEW*.
A man in Richmond baa tbe brass
spectacles that John Brown wore oo
the scaffold. a
Under the new jaw a GeorgU pistol
to ter was given 12 months in prison
ths other day,.
• ’ ' • - •
Texas, ever boasting In big flgursst
has 8,000 bar-rooms, and with tbe Mof
fett register could feSy ths national
debt in three hours.
In tbs $exas Senate a favorable re
port was made on an amendment td
the constitution prescribing tbe poll-
tax as a qualification for sofflragfe
It Is stated that Gen. G. T. Beaure
gard has been selected to succeed
Hon. Alex. Stephens In the Supreme
Grand Command of tbe Grand Cbn-
sistory ot the Sons of Malta in Ameri
ca. *
The ontee famous country teaidcncu
of Boss Tweed, at Greenwich, Conn.,
has just been sold by his family to Jo*
sepb Millbank, a rich New Yorker.
Private partiee are eontribatlng to
the support of the great number of
Louisianians who have beets dragged
from their homes by Che political ma
chine known as the United States Court
at New Orleans. Congressman Elam,
though comparatively a poor mab,
sends a check from Washington City
for 2500. *
A Kirkwood lady fish horrified last
night upon coming home from church
and finding her twhlve-gear-old boy
executing the green com dance, with a
butcher knife lu one iutnd.aiidaiighL
ed newspaper In tbs other, while bis
little slater Was lashed to the bed-poet
Tbe young hofieful had been tosed
Buffalo Bill Saturday.—Wheeling Stan
dard.
Galveston Newe: John T. Holdman,
a Chicago drummer, met bis divorced
wife and little daughter in Parker
county, where she was teaching school.
Affection of the husband for his child
broke down tbe barrier, which eventu*
a ted in mutual condolence of tbe bast.
They paeeed through, reunited, on the
east-bound train to Springfield, Hi.,
their former home.
The Democrats have everything to
gain end nothing to lose in an extri
session. Tbsy get Immediate and foil
possession of the legMative branch of
the governmftit, with all of iu patron
age in the way of office*, in addition
to the tremendous bower they oah
wield by holding the parse striagfl.
We will count California Democratic
in advance.—Courier-Journal.
terms as they
aim, and they believe they eon starve
dm Into aubmlsoioo. They know that
Hayes is a fieak and ntgativa hum*
a man who will scare easily, and who
not possessed of the holding out or
stlckiog qualities. They say the tte*
publicans, when In posseaeiota of Cbh-
grvss, fought and conquered President
Johnson, aad they see no reason why
they cannot do th* same thing with
Hayes. Anyhow, they feel that the
experiment is worth the trial* and
should it ptote a failure they can back
out iu time to recover loss ground.—
Washington Letter.
There is a disposition on the part of
the loungers around the telegraph of
fice in Ran la, Ohio, on Thursday, td
steal peeps at fihat frasgoing ott with
in. The Rev, N. M. Longfellow, of
Jam®town, and bb daughter, Voshti
B. Longfellow, were standing by the
Inttrameot, while a dosen lady friends
crowded around. The operator at
Wichita, Kansas, was shaken up by
the &eoia operator, who saked it John
A. Health was present in Wichita.
- Prseent and ready/* waa the reply
over the thousand mil® of wire, and
then tbs preacher proceeded to marry
John and Vashti. This it— ionthf
cause youag baritlrcoald set leave his
buslaets io Wichita, and Vasbtlfcpa
rents Insisted that she should be mar
ried before leaving ber Ohio home tor
her hew nest in Kansas. After the
novel ceremony Mrs. Yashti Longfel
low Bmltb, bride, started for Wichita
by tbe nmft train, the crowd at the de
pot cheering her luetiljr. -n y .
the Princess Ionise Margaret of
Prussia; bade adieu to the friends ef
ber youth a* Berlin test Thursday,
preparatory to proceeding to EngUnrf
to Wed HU Royal Highness Arthur
William Patrick Albert, son of Quaen
"Victoria, oo last Thursday. This wed*
ding waa to have taken ptehe in lan-
wry, but the death of tba Duke ot
Connaught’s sister AiDee, compelled
a postponement Some of tbe clergy
of tbe Church of England bate seat m
written protest to Qoeea Victoria
against the celebration of the nuptial*
in Lent, bat the Qoeea Is not very
scrupulous about such matte® aad
usually baa her own way. Tbe Duke
of Connaught baa aa income of 2100,-
002, and Parliament Will have to give
him the customary eitra ailowqpae en
Carolina in IMP, and he then began account of his marriage. The asnui-
bis career as tool of th* carpet-bag- ties to tbe royal family now foot ap
"David T. Corbin (Ku-Kluxj has an
bounced that, having been forsaken by
bis Bspnbtican friends, bs will make
no forth el claim to the seat occupied
by Senator Butler, of South Carolina*
Of course Cofbin knows be never was
elected Senator fro m South Carolina,
aud bis friends also know It, and all be
was after waa tbe $8,000 or 210,000
which tbe Senate will allow hi® foi
hanging around the lobby two yes
as a Contestant. Corbin is a Vermont
man. who Was in the army daring the
war, and after ite oloee tamed op at
Obarleotoa as agebt of that beautifu
Republican Inst Ration, the Freedman’s
Bursae. Grant mad* him United
State* District Attorney for Booth
f?
Kilt:
gers. Hs flhould now form** law part
nership with hla old friend, D. H.
Chamberlain, la New York.—LoaUrUie
Courier-Journal.
82,735,000, but only an occasional growl
to heard over the etpene* The trad*
ding of Arthur William was w very
brilliant aflhlk^. ^
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