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Shot By Constables. Sheppard Sentenced to the Penitentiary for Contempt by Judge Townsend He is Shot by Consta? stables who Ar? rest Him. A Pulisade of Shots on Columbia Streets. The case against William Sheppard, for contempt of court, for selling whis? key in violation of an injunction issued by Judge Townsend, was concluded yesterday, in Columbia, and Sheppard waa sentenced to serve eight months in the penitentiary aod pay a fine of $200. The order for Sheppard's arrest and commitment was turned over to Dis? pensary Constable Speed for execution. The result is told in the State as fol? lows: koon it became known that the force of constables were out io the western portion of the city, aod intended to surround the place where Sheppard was supposed to be. Although Shep? pard bad been advised by friends to leave the city and State early io the morning he remaioed. He was finally found in the place of business kept by his brother on Gervais street, formerly his own place of business. About 6 p. m. a telephone message reached The , State office to the effect that a perfect battle was raging in the neighborhood of Sheppard's place. A representative of The State hastened there, to see the street filled with people of both sexes, all more or less excited, to see a wagon moving of on Gates street, watched by a very large crowd of people ; to find the door of Sheppard's place of business closed, and to get at the facts of the ease. , AU of the civilian witnesses tell prac? tically the same story of the affair. The 6tory told by Mr. Davis Miller, given below, is practically the same as that told by all these witnesses. Ail agree that some fifteen or more shots were fired. Sheppard's pistols, when taken from him by Chief of Police Daly, showed that he did not fire more than four shots, for only four cham? bers were empty, two io each pistol. Inside the store io the partition there are eight bullets that can be seen. UR. MILLER'S, 8TORY. Mr. Davis Miller says that he had been standing by Sheppard;s store door and was talking to William Shep? pard when a negro came along and told Sheppard that the constables were coming. Sheppard said "All right," and stepped back in the store. Miller walked off a short distance. Then Speed and one other constable came along, and stopped at tue door. Jen? kins and Martin came across the street from toward the Hill House. Sneed stepped op into the door. Jenkins on coming up, whipped out two pistols and said to Sheppard, "Throw up your I hands/' and fired. Then he repeated this aod fired again. Once more he fired, and still no fire had come from within. None did come, Miller says, ?ill Jenkins had fired three times. Mil 1er says Jeokins stood there aod fired j five or six times. He heard two shots come from inside. Speed and Sheppard were iu there. He could not say how many times they fired. Chief Daly came up with two policemen and the chief called tc the men to stop shoot? ing, that be could get Sheppard with* out shooting. The chief at first could not stop Jeokins from shooting. Final? ly the chief bari to step aside to keep from getting shot himself, aod theo Jenkins stopped. The chief went io aod took charge of Sheppard, who had a flesh wound through one leg, had his neck cut by a bullet and a knuckle in? jured by another. They brought Shep- j pard out, all the constables coming along, and took him up to the corner where they got a wagon and drove off1 witb him. Miller says further that! Constable Martin ran dowu to the cor- ', uer below about a half block with bis pistol in bis hand. Holloway was with ? Jenkins, aod fired three or four times into the store. The officers wirb Chief j Daly were Corley and Sheppard. He thought about fifteeu shots were fired I altogether. CONSTABLE SPEED'S STATEMENT. ? State Constable Speed gave the fol- j lowing statement of the affair : ..Thia j evening about 5 o'clock the warrant ; for the arrest of Sheppard was plaoed io my hands. I seot my men down ou \ Gervais street aod stationed them along io watch for him. I, with ! George Beach and A. T. Davis aod Henry Holloway, went over near Shep- j pard's dwelling. We looked around there awhile and could not find him. j ? left Beach and Davis there to watch ? bis house. Holloway aod myself came ; back to Gervais street to his place of! business to look for him. When I got j in froot of bis door, I saw Sheppard ? standing about the middle of the front room. I walked in aod told him I had ? a warrant for bis arrest. He told me to stop ; that he didn't propose to be: arrested. I stopped aud told him that I was an officer of the law and proposed to arrest him. He said he'll be damned If he intended to be arrested and im? mediately drew his pistol, which be bad behind him, and began firing at me. He fired twice before I drew my pistol. His first ball grazed the skin on my left band. I fired at him as quick as I could get ready. He dodged behiud the ; counter when I fired, and kept up his firing through the latice work-the ! screen. I also kept op my firing at i Jenkins and Holloway, about that j rushed to the door and began fipng 'Jenkins told Martin about that to go to the back alleyway to keep from comio out, and Martin did stauding there until he was c; j away. When Sheppard fell, I tu i and walked oat of the door thin maybe be was dead. As I walked of the door he shot at me again, mediately Holloway and Jenkins turned the fire. That i? about all a the shooting. We arrested him, him in a wagon, and, with the as ance of several constables, we took j to the penitentiary, and turned over to the authorities to serve out sentence of eight months, imposed him by Judge Townsend for sel whiskey. This is a oorrect staten of the whole facts. One of Sbeppa bullets grazed the left side of neck/' CONSTABLE JENKINS' SIDE. Constable Je uk ins gave the folio? statement of the affair : "I had busit at the State department this eveui I was requested by officials not to le towo, which I had arranged and pected to do later. While at the S House I was met by Lieut. Speed, i informed me of the fact that he ha warrant for the arrest of Wm. Sb pard with an order to carry him to penitentiary. He asked me to gc once to our room, where the other c stables were expected to be, and se< the proper placing of the same to 6 round Sheppard to prevent his esca Mr. Speed was to come in from back way, I and Mr Martin went do Gervais street, while Mr. Beach, ? Holloway aud Mr. Davis went a b: way. After going down Gervais stn I saw Sheppard at bis place of busine We waited tor some time and saw 3 Speed come and turn the comer a go to Sheppard with Holloway. I s to Martin : 'Now we've got him ; le go.' We crossed directly across t street. About the time ? got to t pavement, Sheppard fired at Spe< At the time of the fire Speed dodged the right. The ball grazed my oe< Speed returned the fire, and I fit almost at- the same time Sheppa dodged behind the screen. He jump in an instant from behind the sere aud fired again. I fired bick at hi There were some other 6hots passed, held till I saw Sheppard come from k hied the screen in the attitude of firii again. [ then fired and be dodg back. Thinking that he was shot, instructed Constable Martin to ma for the rear of the building, and if attempted to come out to catch hit About this time, two or three polio men came up and said : "Geutleme cease firing.' I told them all rig h to go io and get Sheppard. The was 6ome parley about thc doo I, after they had got in front of tl door, made for the bac? of the buil iog to make sure that Sheppard d not escape. While there, I was a] prised of the fact that the police bi secured him. I returned to the fron where the shootiog occurred. At tin time I did not knew but what Spec was injured With the assistance i the police, we carried him to the pen tentiary" Constable Holloway made statemeni corroborating the two above state mente. CHIEF DALY'S STOBY. Chief of Police Daly gave a vcr complete story of the affair and he i most capable of telling the story, as b was right on the spot. He says : *' had been over about the Hill House across the street, looking after som matters. When I came out and start ed up street I saw'William Sbeppan and two or three others standing on tb* sidewalk. Glaociog up the street saw Speed coming up from the cornel with Constable Halloway. When thei came up, Jenkins aud Martie crosser, the street from where I was. I came aloog behind them with Officers Shep? pard and Boland I kept, looking around to where Speed and Holloway were. These two walked up the step of thc store. Jenkins aud Martin be? gan to ruo ahead of mc, and Jenkins began to shoot iuto the store, but I can't tell who fired the first shot. 1 did not hear any shots before I saw Jenkins fire Sheppard was inside the store. Speed stepped back off the steps and fired once or twice tato the building. Holloway shut into the store from tbe sidewalk once or twice. I went up and hollered to them to cease firing Jenkins shot once or twice after this Tbcn I went to the door and found Sheppard with a pistol in each hand, the oue in his left hand raised and leveled. He started to shoot at me; not knowing me in the excitement, [ sup? pose. 1 told him to surrender. He replied : 'Yes captain, I surreuder to you, but I won't to anybody else.' I took two double-action pistols with two chambers in each empty, and a razor from him. I brought him out and carried him up to the corner. There be bad to sit down as his wounded leg was weakening. I called a wagon, put him in and we carried him to the peni? tentiary. Speed having the commit? ment paper. He was bleeding pretty badly from the wound in his right leg, the bullet passing through just above the knee. His neck was cut on the right side by a glaociog bullet and the skin was cut on one of the knuckles on his left hand " OFFICE K SHEPPARD. Officer Sheppard of the police force, tells a story almo-t exactly similar to that told by Chief Daily, but he says Speed was inside the store He tes i fies, too, that Jenkins fired three times be? fore he heard any other shot. The j i fourth shot came from inside the store. ? He says that Holloway shot four times. He says thatSpeed did not get ioside the , door till towards the eod of the fusilade. Sheppard OG the way to the peniteo : tiary stated that if the sheriff or chief j of police had come to arrest him he would have surreodered to either of ? them. He was given medical attention j at the penitentiary. His injuries are I not serious. Sheppard will lose his ? thick beard at the penitentiary. AFTER SHEPPARD'S BROTHER. ! In testifying at the hearing of Wm. i Sheppard, Henry Sheppard, his brother, ! admitted claiming some whiskey that I was put off the Augusta train at j Cayce's. As a result of this, he was j yesterday arrested in Brookland for violation of the dispensary law and re? quired to give bond in the sum of ?500 [or his appearance for trial at the next Jte-m of the Court of General Sessions i in that county. He will likely be placed under an iojuuctioo also. Trying Habeas Corpus. Chief Justice Puller is Asked For a Writ. The State authorities have not been ! remaining as inactive in regard to the : cases of the constables jailed by order lof Judge Simontoo for contempt of court in seizing liquor io violation of his order of injunction, as has been be ' lieved. When the constable* went to jail, the State's attorneys announced ! that they would have to serve their I sentences. Now, however, every pos? sible effort is being made to have them j released. ! Attorney General Barber yesterday ; returned to the city and theo it be? came known that he had been to Sor rento, Me., where Chief Justice Fuller of the Uoited States Supreme Court, is spending the summer and that a few days ago he had presented to the Chief Justice a petition for habeas corpus in the case of Lafar, the constable who is confined in the Richland jail Of course, the case of Lafar is taken up, because the decision in that will govern all the other cases. Attorney General Barber stated that : the petition he had presented to the Chief Justice was substantially the same as that presented to the Uoited States Supreme Court io the case of j Constable Beach, except that they are j taking in the amendment made to the bill of complaiot by Attorney Bryan. He stated further that he intended to ; J go to the very last ditch io all these 1 j liquor cases. THE PETITION. The representative of the State could ; J not secure a copy of the long petion ! j presented, but the followiog is the way j ! it concludes, giving in brief form all of; j the grounds upon which the writ is I asked for : j 1. That the Uoited States circuit : judge was without jurisdiction and ex-; I ceeded his authority in granting the order of injunction, in the above en? titled case, and the disobedience of a void order, or so much of it as may be void, caunot be punished as for a con? tempt. *2. That the party Sling the petition in this proceeding of attachcaent for contempt was Dot a party to the rec? ord, and the petition is insufficient to authorize an attachment for contempt, so far as he is concerned and should be qashed. 3. That the injunction is in fact a final one, broader than the prayer in the bill for the temporary injunction, and is void, insofar as it enjoins the seiiure of ales, wines aod liquors of other persons thao the complaioant, i and a violation of so much of it as is j void cannot be punished in this pro? ceeding. 4. That the order of iojunctioo i.< in- I defioite, uncertain, ambiguous and dif ficult of construction and understand? ing, and is not such ao order as will authorize punishment by way of con? tempt proceedings or its violation, es? pecially when a copy of it was not serv? ed upon two of respondents. 5. That the respondent was not a party to the original bili in the case, nor agent nor servant of, nor co-con? spirator with any of the defendants named therein, and cannot be punish? ed for a violatiou of the injunction untii after service of the writ upon him. 6. That the respondent, a- a State coustable under the dispensary iaw of | . South Carolina, is required to enforce the law, and in the discharge of bis of- j 1 ficial duties has not wilfully and defi- i ' antly disobeyed the order of injunction, ? but has acted conscientiously to the ' 1 best of his knowledge and ability, and, j if there has been any technical viola- : ? tion of ?he order, it has beeo the result ! ^ of honest mistakes ou his part, arising j '' from the uncertainty of the order, for j ( which he should not be punished, es- M pecially when so difficult and delicate ; 1 a duty bas been imposed upon him of i 1 determining when liquors are imported \ { for personal use and consumption. 7. That the question of the authority j 1 of the circuit court to grant the order j of injunction has been submitted to the j ' Supreme Court of the Uoited States ; 1 in a habeas corpus proceeding, and : ' that court has ordered the filing of the petition, which decision practically [ renders uncertain at least the validity ' of the injunction, and respondent ought 1 not to be punished for contempt for ' its violation, before the final decision ; in the habeas corpus proceeding ; that 1 action should at least be suspended un? til such decision, ns irremediable injury ' might otherwise result 8. That the circuit judge exceeded his ! 1 authority in adding imprisonment until 1 ' the return of the liquor seized, as this i is requiring an impossibility of pe tioner, as rhe liquor is in the possession of the State. Wherefore your petitioner insists that be is held in custody against law and contrary to the Constitution of the . United States, the supreme law of the land. Wherefore, to be relieved of said un? lawful detention and imprisonment, your petitioner prays that a writ of habeas corpus, to be directed to the said John T. Hunter, United States marshal aforesaid, may issue in this behalf, so that your petitioner may be forthwith brought before this court to i do, submit to and receive what the law ; may require. WILLIAM A. BARBER, Attorney General for S. C., for peti? tioner. MR. BARBER^ STATEMENT. Attorney General Barber had the fol- j lowing to say about the case : "I do ; not kuow whether the constables now in i jail will be released under this pro- ; ceeding or uot, but it raises some quea- | dons not raised in the Beach case. It ! is the purpose of the State to have the issues involved in all these proceedings passed upon by the Supreme Court of the United States at the earliest possi? ble date. It is my view that the ques? tion should be settled, and its early settlement I regard as vitally impor? tant. This office is, therefore, ready to use every effort to have the Supreme Court pass upon and ?ettie every issue raised in thc proceedings in the United States Courts affecting the dispensary act. We are confident that in the end the act will be sustained." Governor Evans made a similar state? ment in regard to the case, and said that rhe State was now attempting to get as speedy a hearing as possible in the United States Supreme Court upon the merits of the dispensary law.- Thc State A Writ Issued to Nobody. The Law Set at Naught by an Angry Judge. COLUMBIA, July 14 -It is very likely that in the course of a week or two Mr. John McMaster, who is ! the attorney of Sheppard, sentenced to the Penitentiary by Judge Town- ! send for contempt, will take some j legal steps to get his client out of prison. Exactly what Hue he pro? poses to follow to accomplish this purpose has not yet been determined, ; but it is probable that the case will bo taken to the United States Courts. I Mr. McMaster is very confident that ! if the matter can be brought to that Court Sheppard will be released. In connection with the arrest of Sheppard by the constables an inte-1 resting legal point has been raised : as to the right of the constables to : make arrest under such circumstan- 1 ces. Judge Townsend in issuing the order of arrest directed it to no one, '. but left that blank. As a matter of fact the papers were given to Consta? ble Speed, who is the chief of the force here, to serve upon Sheppard. ; The statute in reference to such mat? ters provides that every writ that issues out of the Circuit Court must be issued under the seal of the clerk of the Court and directed to the ; sheriff' This being so it is held that, Constable Speed and his men had absolutely no right to arrest Shep- } paid, and that they ate liable for | damages and a criminal prosecution, j It is not known, however, whether: this will be made a feature of the proposed appeal or not.-Xetcs and Courier. > Fire on a Ship. The Eventful Passage of the Great French Liner. La Normandie. XEW YORK, July 14.-The French liner La Normandie, which arrived ; from Havre this morning, had a de- ' cidedly eventful voyage Just after j 1 her departure from Havre, one of the ; firemen, Francois Leflem, was in- . 1 strcted to open one of the coal 1 bunkers. Ile did so, . using a naked 1 light. As soon as the latch was 1 opened there was a rush of gas which instantly ignited from the ; 1 lamp r?ame and exploded with tie- i rnenduus force, instantly killing Lef- : 1 lem and doing more or less damage j * Lo the bunker fittings Lefiem was * only nineteen years old and was a \ native of Brittany. Ile was buried 1 it sea. On July 9th, just after the passen- ! * rers had seated themselves at dinner, j ? ire was discovered in the forehold \ ? ind a fire alarm was instantly sound- j ^ 2d. The crew ran to fire stations ; ind lines of hose were stretched IF ilong the decks. The passengers v svere quiet and orderly under the * circumstances and there was no c panic. Officers and crew worked c iystematically all night long and to- ; wards morning had the fire well v under control. At 9 o'clock on the norning of the 1 Otb the fire was en? tirely out. ( The passengers headed by Bishop \ O'Connell, Mr. James Campbell, f Mrs. Henry M. Sanders and J. Bus- f *at drew up a set of resolutions, , thanking Capt. Oeloncle, his officers 1 and crew for their bravery and j, energy. La Normandie made port \ without further incident. On July , ll, off the Lizard, the St. Louis [ passed in sight of the French t steamer and quickly drew ahead and < emt of sight i t Greenville Under Guard. Fearing the Midnight Torch of Desperate Negroes. Incensed at Lynching of Ira John? son They Threaten to Lynch a White Murderer. GREENVILLE, JU!; 5.-An armed mob from the upper part of this county forcibly entered the jail here at an early hour this morn? ing and lynched Ira Johnson, a negro who killed Frank Langford, a 1 white man, at Piedmont last Saturday week As a result, the townspeople are intensely excited over the report ed threats of the negroes to give a dose of the same medicine to James Lewie, a wb?te man now in the same jail, also charged with murder. The I Butler Guards and the Greenville Guards were called on this afternoon i by telegrams from the Governor, and are ready to quell any pos6;hle dis? turbances. The former company is guarding tlie jail and the latter rest? ing on arms in their armory, ready !o march to any part of the city. Reports have been current all day that the negroes were to congregate at various places, but so far no i gathering has been seen. The color? ed population are avowedly indig? nant, but up to midnight no sign of! trouble has appeared. There are no j negroes on Main street 3nd several rumors of their meeting together to make mischief have been investi? gated to no purpose. Ever}' policeman on the force is on duty and the members of the fire de- ; partrnent are about their machine houses ready for any incendiary fires should this dreaded species of re? venge be resorted to. Except for these and the soldiers, most of the citizens are at home looking out for their property and families. The lynching party are believed to have come from the Marrietta section of the county, where Langford lived, joined b}r a few from Piedmont. Their numerical strength is variously estimated, but probably 100 will j cover the number. They came into town entirely un- j expectedly about 2 o'clock this morn ing and knocked at the jail door with an axe. The jailer. Homer Storey, opened it and in went the leaders of the party and demanded the keys. He stoutly and persistently refused to give them up, but they were final? ly found in his room and the negro secured. While looking for the keys, Sheriff j Gilreath, who was at home and | asleep and who was awakened by a I policeman, came up to the edge of; the crowd, but was stopped by an j armed picket, who leveled a shotgun at his head While attempting to j pass the sentry, the sherill' saw the ; men come from the jail with tho prisoner. They carried him away immediately-some being mounted and some in buggies and wagons- ? out tue Buncombe road to the Perry' place, and there, near the roadside, ; hung him. The party then dis- ; persed, leaving the body hanging. \ lt was cut down by the authorities : and brought lo the city to-day. For a week there have been threats : of lynching Johnson, and in conse-1 quence, an unorganized body of ? colored men have been seen nightly j on Broad 6treet near the jail. Seve- i ral times they dispersed by request ? of th^ mayor, s..jriff and chief of; police, but Thursday night negroes j who were disorderly, were arrested j and heavily fined. The authorities assured the negroes j that their presence was unnecessary and that the man would be protected, I so none were then* last night. It is the failure to do this which lias j caused the excitement among tl^em The better element ol' the race are i disposed to talk gloomily on the situ? ation as an example of justice, while the more reckless are disposed to talk threateningly. However, it is : probable that there will be no trouble j to-night. The scene of last night's tragedy : ?vas thronged all day by curious peo? ple from tho cit}' and adjacent coun- , .ry. The news spread lo the North j karolina line before noon. It was i he topic of conversation in every lousehold and there is no doubt of j ts being a shock to the community Johnson's counsel said to-day that ie had six witnesses who would ?wear that Langford had snapped his )istol at him tw ice before the negro ired. The military companies responded >romptly. The Greenville Guards i vere called out first and afterwards ? he Butlers. Every man on each :ompany roll who is in the city is on luty. The body of Johnson was riddled j nth bullets. THE STORY OF JOHNSON's MURDER. Johnson had been confined in the rreenville Jail for just one week, laving been brought on Sunday, 7th, rom Piedmont, twenty-two miles rom Greenville, where he had that lay killed the young white man, I '"rank Langston The story of the billing as told by bystanders is that langston, in company with several , >ther white men, lound a small white my quarrelling witk a negro boy at he depot at Piedmont, whom they separated, and Johnson coming ?ip , .hen took the part o? the small negro, , and upon being ordered io move on, drew Iiis pistol and threatened io shoot one ol' the white men. Lang? ston advanced on him and told him to put up his pistol, whereupon Johnson turned upon him and shot him twice, and then ried He was pursued and captured, and narrowly escaped lynching, but was finally taken to the Greenville jail. Lang? ston died of his wounds the next day. There were some rumors that he would be lynched, but the author? ities placed no confidence in them, in so much that a crowd of negroes who gathered about the jail for the pur? pose of protecting Johnson on Mon? day, Tuesday and Wednesday nights, were arrested on Wednesday night and the leaders heavily* fined on Thursday morning for not having dispersed when ordered to do sc by the police. A Dreadful Visitation Upon Cherry Hill, N. J. CHERRY HILL. N. J., July 13. A tornado swept over this place at 3.30 this afternoon, and besides ren? dering twenty five families homeless, killed three persons outright, namely, Condar Friedman, proprietor of the Cherry Hill Hotel; a Hungarian named Anton, in the employ of Au? gust Mund, and the eighteen months old-son of Wm. Ahren. Edgar Chin? nock, while attempting to release his horses from a barn, was caught in the ruins and his head badly crushed. The depot of the New Jersey and New York railroad was picked up 3iid carried up the tracks nearly two hundred ieet,and then fell on the op? posite side of the track. Agent Vau Wetlering claims he went along with a part of the depot, and. was found under a freight car. A large beam went through the side of the Reformed church, which edifice was knocked two feet oil its foundation. Condar Friedman was in thc act of closing the up stairs shutters when the wind blew him out of the window and he landed on his head on the hay scales, death being instantaneous M s. Ahrens' baby was found in the ruins when her house and tbat of a neighbor's was lifted into the air together and came down in a confused mass. All the injured may recover, though Chinnock's condition is crtical Kail stones fell at Hackensack, a mile south of here, but the wind storm was not felt. Omahas on the War Path. A Son of Their Great Chief Mur? dered by Indian Police. PENDER, Neb., July 14.-Two of Capt. Beck's indian police are io the Thurston county jail to answer to the charge of murdering George Parker, son of Fire Chief, the last great chief of the Omahas. The crime occurred last night on the Omaha reservatioo. near the tribe's celebration grounds, aud two policemen had a narrow escape from being burned to a stake by the 500 Omaha's that were near at hand. The policemen are Winuebago?. Fratik Ewing and B?ack Elk. Effing claims rhe shooting was accidenta!, but other reports state that he made the assertion that he just wanted to kill an Omaha The two tribes are very un? friendly. People from the reservation will call attention to this crime to prove that Beck's Indian police are not the prop? er persous to be given fire arms. The Omahas are excited over the murder, and a tribal war is possible. ?- ? ? - First Bale of 95-96 Cotton. GALVESTON, TEX . July 13-The first bale of the season, classed as strictly middling, was sold at auction to-day to Kuhn ? Fraussen The price paid was $100. If you would have su abundance of glossy r-air, if yon would have a oran scalp, free troru dandruff and irritating hu ruo rs, or it voui" hair is faded arid gray, "nd you would have it? o** tu ral color restored, 'jsr Ayer s Ha r Vijtiur. !; Is unquesttonanly the oes" dressing. Ayer's PILLS Received Highest Awards AT THE World's Fair AS THE BEST Family PHYSIC NOTICE. I WANT every man and woman in the United States interested in the Opium and Whisky habits to have one o? my books on these dis? eases. Address B. M. Woolley. Atlania, Ga. Box 3S2, and one will be sent yon tree. Claremont Mis No. 64 A. F. M. TBE REGULAR MONTH LY COMMU? NICATION nt" Claremont Lodge, Nc. (54. A. F. V. . will be held <>n Thursday Evening, August I-', at 7 J p. m. Hrr. will tnke due notice and govern themselves (icordinglv. By order. A. C. PHELPS, 'A'. M. H C. MOSES, Secretary. July 10