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STOi’l’lD iii ll FUNERAL

iirs. Schindclcr’s Body Must Be Sub-
mitted 10 an Autopsy.

HER HUSBAND, susrrcrrn

He Is a Doctor,.and :This Is the Third
“’ife \Vho Has 10in In Six Years.
He Says He Has Noth- -
ing to Fear.

JERSEY CI'rV‘, Feb. 3. —-Tho action of
County Physicinun Con101so of Hudson
county, \. J., stopping the funeral of
Mrs. Mary Schlinndclei, wife of D1. Theo-
dore S. Schindcler of Hobokcn, and insist-
ing that an autopsy should be performed
upon the body, has caused an unusu: :1
wave of excitement in the society circle of
which the physician is a member.

All kinds of comments and suggestions
are being made, but the individual who is
most interested in the outcome of the au-
topsy shiugs his shoulders, says there‘ is

nothing in it,” and that he will be dc-,

clarcd innocent of any complicity in his
wife’ 5 death.

Dr. Schindelcr’s conduct after his wife
died on Friday last was the reason for the
action. He had given 1nst1uctions to an
undertaker to airange the funeral for yes-
terday, and ordered that his wife’s body
should at once be cremated.

The cremation part of the order, as well
as one other peculiarity of the case, led the
health ofi‘icials, to whom the usual appli
cation had been made, to lay the facts be-
fore the county physician.

Dr. Schindeler is about 55 years old,
with iron gray hair, mustache and board.
He is a German, and although many years
in the country he has not yet fully mas-
tered the English language. A pair of
spectacles, hiding piercing eyes, lend to
his face a somewhat sinister aspect. Three
times he has been married, and his only
living child is a. daughter by his first wife,
the girl being now 13 years old.

The first wife died about six years ago,
and one year later he married again. The
second wife lived a. little over two years.
Then he married the woman whose funeral
was stopped by the Hudson county offi-
cials.

His Third “’ife.

She was then 28 years old, good looking
and a. 111cmbor of a. well known family.
Almost from the start she began to fade
away, and from a stiong woman she took
on the appcaiance of rapid dcrlii 1.0 It
worried her friends, but she made no oom—
plaint.

This is the way the doctor gave the story
of her death to a reporter this morning:

‘ My wife has ically been ailing for a.
long time, and I had several physicians to
attend her; but thOV did not seem to do
her good The names of those physicians
I will give at the proper time. We lived
from the time of our marriage on Third,
near Hudson street, Hoboken. The house
was damp and leaky. and both of us con-
tracted a. form of malaria.

"She was unable to stay in the house.
So four weeks ago I moved into the house
at 306 Hudson street. Two weeks ago,
however, my wife went to reside with
friends in Boston, and while there she was
also attended by physicians, whose names
I have. She returned to Boston just as
soon as I had moved into the new house.

“I understand that one of the rumors is
that I have tr ated- her myself since her
return from aston. If giving her two
boxes of bottled stout every week means
treating her, I certainly did; but beyond
that I gave her nothing. Neither would
she allow me to bring in a physician to at-
tend her of late, saying that if I insisted
on it she would cut her throat.

“She seemed to get along all right until
Sunday night, one week ago, when I was
called to attend a patient in South street.
It was snowing hard, and she insisted on
accompanying me. From that she got a.
cold from which she did not recover.

How the IVnman Died.

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“On Friday] evening, about 0 o’clock,
my wife left me in my room, saying that
'she would go to a restaurant to get some-
thing to eat. Ten minutes later my daugh-
ter walked down stairs, and on the land-
ing fell over my wife, who was lying there.
My daughter screamed for the janitress
and I ran down s-airs. When I spoke to

,my wife, she made several attempts to an-

swer me, but could not. Then I ran up to
my office to get something for her, and
when I came down again she waswdead.

“There was no time to call in a. physi—
cian, and as I was the only doctor who had
seen her I naturally filled out the certifi-

cate. I gave the cause of death as apoplexy.

“I have no idea. why there should have
been any interference with the fune1al,be-
yond the fact that, like many others, I
have enemies. Some of them, I suppose,
wrote to Dr. Converse. I will not say
whether or not I have. had any trouble with
that gentleman. It struck me as an out-
rage, however, that when my friends were
all here yesterday afternoon, ready for the
funeral services, Dr. Converse should rush
in here and stop everything.

“When I asked him what was up. he
told me something some one had said—that
I was the only physician who had attended
my wife. He said an autopsy would be
necessary, and I quite agreed with him. I
told him to go ahead, but to make it
quick.’

Undertaker Volk, who keeps a morgue
on Washington street, near Fourth, said
that Dr. Schindcler told him on Saturday
morning to take charge of the body and to
have it cremated as soon after the funeral‘
as possible. When Mr. ‘Volk went down to
the board of health’s office, the clerk saw
that Dr. Schindeler’s name was signed to
the certificate, and informed the under-
taker that the certificate was of no use, as

,it was against the state law for a. husband

to attend his wife.

After the county physician’ 5 visit the
body was taken to Volk’s morgue, where
it awaits the autopsy. This, itwas stated,
would not be attempted for a day or tw0,
as Dr. Converse, who wants to be present,
is busy.

Dr. Converse refuses to give his reasons
for stopping the funeral.

Cotell Gets Life Imprisonment.

AKRON, 0., Feb. 3.—Romulus Cotell,
who killed Alvin Stone and wife and Ira.
Stillson, their hired man, at Tallmadge
last March. was allowod to plead guilty of
murder in the second degree. Judge Koh—
ler at once sentenced him to life imprison—
ment at hard lab01.Cotoll was found
guilty on the first trial and was sentenced
to hang Nov. 6.

 

Four llIurderers Resentenced.
SANTA FE, F eb. 3. —Frank and Antonio
Borrego, Sariano Larid and Patricio Va.—
lencia, the‘ roar conspirators who murdered
ex- Sheriff Frank Chav esc, and whose con-
viction was recently affirmed by the United

States supreme court, have been resen-

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EAILROAD M1311 - MEET.

They Demand the Enforcement of the
Car Coupler Law.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2. —-A special meet-
ing of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train-
men has been held in this city, at which
over 700 delegates from the states of New
York, Ohio, 'Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland and the District of Columbia.
were present. Grand \Iaster P. H. Mor-
rissey and Deputy Grand Master F itzpat-
rick, both of Peoria, Ills. were also in at-
.tendance. The session was behind closed
doors, and at its close it was announced

‘ that only matters aficcting the organiza-

tion was discussed,‘ together with some
action on what is known as the ‘ ‘ car coupler
law” and some matters of Rgislation be-
fore congress. Besides this a centi a1 griev-

ance committee and board of adjustment
were appointed for the Pennsylvania rail-
road east of Pittsburg, their duties being
to consider the adjustment of differences,

if any, between the men and the company.
Resolutions of condolence were also passed
on the death of President George B. Rob-
erts of the Pennsylvania. railroad.

The chief topic of discussion was the car
coupler law,V which passed congress at its
last session and is to go into befi'cct this
year. Under its provisions all railroads are
compelled to use ca-Is fitted with patent
couplers calculated to make less work for
the men and to rendei their calling less
dangerous. The brotherhood passed strong
resolutions demanding its enforcement and
calling upon congress to prevent its opera-
tion being postponed.

MURDERED BY MUSSULMANS.

Christians Slaughtered In Greece and
Their Villages flundered.

LOV DON, Feb. 1... ”—A dispatch to The
Daily News from Athens says most seri-
ous news he .s been received from Herak—
lion.

It is stated that ton Christians were
murdered w hile outside the gates of the
city and that armed bands of Mussulmans
leave the town daily for the purpose of
plundering and burningtho villages of the
Christians. The dispatch adds that these
outrages are evidently in accordance with
hints received from Constantinople.

The situation is so serious that the for-
eign consuls have wired the governor gen-
81le of Canon, calling for the badoption im-
mediatoly of stringent measures looking
to the protection of is no people.

Foreign warships are now arriving at
Heraklion with a 1 low of 0317011110 protec-
tion to the Christians there. The Chris-
tians in the districts in the vicinity of
Heraklion are arming and occupying stra-
tegic places for the purpose of preventing
an influx of Mohamincdans to the town,
and a serious collision is feared in the near
future. '

Shot In a Chicago Street.

CHICAGO, Fob. 2.——J. H. 'Mitchell and
W. 5. Worth, clerks, were fatally shot by
unknown assailants enily today Mitchell
and \V crth were on their way home, and
as they approached the corner two men
opened fire upon them. Half a. dozen shots
were fired. Policemen ran to the scene of
the firing and found Worth and Mitchell
lying on the sidewalk unconscious. Both
had been shot in the head, and each had
several wounds.

Denial From Mr. Depew.

IVEW YORK, Feb.” .1. —Chauncey M. De-
pew today denied the report that Mr. Cor-
nelius Vanderbilt had lented a house in
Washington in order to further Depew’ s

. chances for appointment as embassador to

England. “Mr. Vanderbilt has gone to
Washington solely on account of his
health,” said Mr. Depew. “The climate is
warmer there, and Mr. Vanderbilt will be
enabled to enjoy more outdoor exercise. ”

Young Bradley Martin Engaged.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—The engagement of
Bradley Martin, J r., and Miss Daisy Post
will, according to the best authority, be
announced at the fancy dress ball on Feb.
10. The unmasking of the real purpose of
the fancy dress ball shows how hearty is
Mrs. Bradley Martin’ s approval of the
match. Mrs William K. Vanderbilt has
announced a dinner in honor of Miss Post,
her niece, two nights after the ball.

Tree Crushed 8. Cabin.

SPRINGFIELD, 0., Feb. 2. —- Several
gangs of men were cutting timber on Wil-
liam Thomas’ farm, when a. large tree,
which had been almost out through, fell
on a cabin and crushed it. Three men in
the cabin—Thomas Lohr, Evan Davis and
William Bruce—were killed outright, and
David Marsha and Frank Slade were fatal-
ly injured. Two other men were injured,
but not fatally.

Fire In a Seminary.

LIMA, N. Y., Feb. 2.—-Fire broke out in
the boys’ dormitory of the Genesee Wes-
leyan seminary. The fire department was
unable to check the blaze, and the whole
building was burned to the ground. The
loss was $50,000. There were 100 boys in
the building, but all escaped. One stu—
dent was injured by jumping from a
fourth story window.

Died In the Station House.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-—An unidentified
man was found unconscious in front of
263 Bowery today. He was taken to the
Eldridge Street station house. The man
was never conscious and died on arrival at
the station. He appeared to boabout 28
years old, was 5 feet 4 inches tall and
weighed 140 pounds.

Indians Perished In the Snow.

DEADWOOD, S. D., Feb. 2.—As a result
of the recent severe weather on the Chey-
enne agency three Indians froze to death
in their tents, and a number of others will
die from the effects of exposure. Thou-
sands of head Of cattle perished in the
storm.

 

Oregon's Deadlocked Legislature.
SALEM, Or. Feb. ' 2. —-—The temporary or-

ganization of, the O egon assembly held-

its regular meeting. The body has for 20
days gone through the formality of meet-
ing and adjourning. The usual length of
the meeting of the legislature is 40 days. '

Dishonest Postmaster Sentenced.
TRENTON, Feb. 2.—In the United States
district court today Edward S. O’Farrell,
the former Bayonne post-master, was sen-
tenced. The sentence was a. fine Of $1,000
and one year in the New Jersey state
prison. This was the minimum penalty.

A Stranded Schooner Floated.

SEA ISLE CITY, N. J., Feb. 2. —The
*schooner Alicia B. Crosby, from Portland
for Philadelphia, which went ashore yes-
terday on Townsend s inlet bar, was floated
today and proceeded to Philadelphia.

Choked to Death by :1. Rubber Nipper.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—Charles Miller, 6
weeks old, choked to death today at his
parents? home, at 1606 Third avenue, by
swallowing the rubber tip of a. nursing
bottle. .

 

ABAD DAY iOii BANKS.

Burglars and Dynamite Combined
CauseHoavy Losses.

 

SOARE AT HOLLIDAYSFURG.

A Building \Vrecked by Revsngeful Per-
sons—Iowa Safe Crackers ‘Make a
Clean rSweep—An Explosion Un-
der 3 Train In Jamaica.

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa, Feb. 2.——An at-
tempt was made early today to blow up
the bank building lately occupied by the
firm of Gardner, Morrow &. 00., private
bankers.

The building is located in the center of
the business portion of the town, and the
explosion caused the greatest excitement.

A stick of dynamite was forced under
the front door of the bank and then set
off. An explosion like thunder followed. ';

The bank door was burst open and the
floor torn up. No damage was done to the
bank vault or the books, however.

On the opposite side of the street from
where the explosion occurred the front of
the First National bank and many stores
were damaged by the shock, every plate
glass window in the stores being demolish-
ed, and the sound being heard in all sur-
rounding towns.

The dynamiters performed their work
while the watchman was at the other end
of the block.

The motive for the crime is ascribed to
the resentment and hatred of some deposit--
or.

T he bank failed last September. An as
signee was appointed, and it was found
that the assets were insufiicient to pay 20
per cent of the indebtedness.

Youth Charged "Vith Safe Cracking.

YOXKERS, N. Y., Fob. 2.——A youth
charged with safe breaking is in custody
at police headquarters, where he is hold to
await the action of the grand juiy on a
charge of burglary.

He is Horace Pike of Sneedons Land-
ing, N. Y.

He was arrested by Detective Peter Mc-
Gown. Pike has been in the employ of
George A. Bailey, ahardware merchant on
North Broadway, during the past month.

Sunday morning Mr. Bailey complained
to the police that his stOIe had been br okcn
into, his so. e fmccd open and the contents
removed.

Detective. McGowan questioned several
of the employees, and suspicion pointed to-
ward y oung Pike. The detective Visited
Pike’s room in a boarding house on l\orth
Broadway, and 11.111 ncd that Pike 11: 1d left
hurriedly for New York at (5 o’clock in the
morning.

His room was searched, and in a closet.
was found the inside cash drawer of the
safe, which contained Mr. Bailey’s bank-
book and a. package of papers.

The detective concealed himself in an
adjoining 100111.31'8 enteicd his room and
wont to the closet where he had placed the
drawer.

After examining the contents of the till
he again put it away. He was then ar-
rested.

Bur-glare Loot a Bank.

OTTUMWA, 1a., Fob. 2.———Bradlcy’s bank
at Eldon was burglarized early today.
The safe was blown open with nitroglycer-
in and all the funds taken. The bank of-
ficers refuse to state how much was taken,
but they usually kept $5, 000 to $8, 000 on
hand. The burglars escaped with a stolen
team.

Attempt to Blow Up a Train.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb. 1... °—An at-
tempt was made to blow up a train on the

Jamaica 1ailroad.An investigation into

the affair is in progress.

Later it appears that two separate at-
tempts were made to damage a train by
the use of explosives. One explosion did
occur but only slight damage was done.
This led to a search being made along the
line, which resulted in the discovery near
the rails of a large canister of explosives.

The trouble seems to have arisen from
the discharge of some of the employees of
the railroad. Anonymous threats have
reached the newspapers recently intimating
that something serious would happen un-
less the leading ofiicials of the road were
dismissed.

Fierce Fire In Haverhill.

HAVERHILL, Mass. , Feb. 2. —-A fierce
fire, which was probably of incendiary
origin, cut a. swath in the group of wooden
buildings on Essex street, near the Boston
and Maine railroad crossing late last night.
The buildings were occupied by J. 0. El-
lison 13: Co., hay grain, coal and wood
dealers. neveial times during the fire it
looked as if the flames would get a. hold of
adjoining property. The total loss exceeds
$10,000; covered by insurance.

 

 

Eckels Tl'ants a New System.

WASHINGTOX, Feb. 2:—Comptroller of
the Currency Eckels had a second confer—
ence with the house committee on banking
and currency today, which was a; continu-
ance of the meeting of last Thursday. Mr.
Eckels exp] essed the opinion that the only
remedy for existing financial troubles was
a com pletc revision of the banking system,
which would amount almost to a new sys-
tem.

 

Belting Factory Burned.

RocvaLLE, Conn, Feb. 2.—The factory
of the Underwood Manufacturing com-
pany, makers of belting, etc., located in
the small town of Tolland, together with
a. tenement house adjoining and 4-00 cords
of firewood, was totally destroyed by fire
of unknown migin, causing a loss esti-
mated at about “:50, 000.

 

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PHOTOGRAPHING THOUGHT.

Dr. Baraduc Anpounces His Success and
ShOWs the Plates!

It may be rash to pronounce that any
thing is beyond the photographer’s art.
But the communication just made to
the Paris Academic do Medicine by Dr.
Baraduo is so astonishing that if he had
made it before Dr. Roentgen had ren-
dered his discovery public. very few
people would have been inclined even
to inquire into the matter. Indeed, Dr.
Baraduc [affirms he has succeeded in
photographing thought, and he has
shown numerous photographs in proof
of his assertion.

His usual method of proceeding is
simple *enough. The person whose
thought is to be photographed enters a.
dark room, places his hand on a. photo-
glaphic plate, and thinks intently of the
object the Image of which he wishes to
see produced. It' IS stated by those who
have examined these photographs that
the most of them are very cloudy, but
that a. few are comparatively distinct,
representing the features of persons and
the outlines of things. Dr. Baraduc
goes further, and declares that it is pos-
sible to produce a photographic images
at a great distance.

In his communication to the Acade-
mie de Medicide he relates that Dr. Is-
trate, when he was going to Campana,
declared he would appeal on a. photo-
graphic plates of his friend, M. Hasden
of Bucharest. on the 4th of August,
1893, M. Hasden at Bucharest went to
bed with a photographic plate at his
feet and another at his head. Dr. Is-
trate went to sleep at Campana, at a

distance of about 300 kilometres from‘

Bucharest, but before closing his eyes
he willed with all his might that his
image should appear on the photogi aph-
ic plate of his friend.

According to Dr. Bar-aduc that mar-
vel was accompli- -; bed. Journalists who
1121153 examinedt 1.1; photograph in ques-
tion state that it consists in a kind of
luminous spot on the photographic plate
in the midst of which can be traced the
profile of a man—London Standard.

Two “’isc Geese and the Pigs.

A gentleman living in Eastern Geor-
gia 01'. - . 1 pair of geese and some half
g1 011 n pigs, both of which resorted to a
small plum thicket on the hillside to
pick up the fallen fluit.

A small branch of one of the trees was
bloken and bent down to the ground.
and the geese had somehow discovered
that by catching the end of the branch
in theirbills and shaking the tree by
means of it they could bring down the
plums.

The pigs, seeing what was going on.
soon found it was to their inter est to
follow the geese to the plum thicket.

The geese would shake the tree, and
the sound of a grateful shower of fruit
would be heard, but before they could
eat the plums the pigs would have
greedily gathered up most of them.
Greatly exasperated, and with good rea-
son, one of the geese would seize a. pig
by the ear while the other marched on
the other side of him, screaming and
scolding. By this way,; beating poor
piggy with their wings at every step,
they would escort him to the top of the

' hill and there let him go.

Then they would return to shake the
tree again, with a similar iesfilt.

Two Miles a Minute by a. Runaway Car.

A runaway freight car that had be
come detached from a. train caused a
flurry on the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad. It was a box car loaded with
merchandise, and broke loose on the
steepg orrude at Alaska, ten miles east of
Shamokin.

It started from the main line at great“

speed. The express for Philadelphia
was about due, and the trainmen were
horrified over the thought of a possible
collision. A telegraph operator was
summoned; he sent a. message to the
place and the track was cleared. The
train shot by at the rate of two miles a
minute. At Weigh Scales the express
was flagged and the passengers got out.
As the 11 aim was iunning on the south-
bound track, there was no collision. The
1unaway car dashed by the train two
minutes- after the express had come to a.
stop. Messages were flashed over the
divisions as far as Sunbury, and a clear
track was opened for the runaway,
which. owing to a broken wheel and
heavy up g1ade at Snydertown, came to
a stop.

The distance f1 om Alaska to the lat-
to; place is 22 miles, and was covered
in sixteen minutes by the runaway.

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The Requisites of Oratory.

“Father.” inquired little Johnnie
Jenkins, “are ideas absolutely neces-
sary in oratory ‘2”

"That used to be the belief,” replied
.ater, “but times have changed. If
1 man had words and plenty of them,
ticked up by a good wind pressure,
he absence of ideas will be lost sight
1".i11 the whirlwind of verbiage—par-
:11larly if those in the audience are
.:11'1is:1ns of the speaker.”—Buffalo

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HABlTD OF THE CUCKOO.
Much 11111 lli .sence Display ed in Regard to
the 12.- atciiin‘r of Theii Young;

A popular fallacy tells us, says a
Westein d 11y paper, that a cuckoo
lays eggs in another bird’s nest. She
does not.
ground. Out of the eight eggs, five
or six would closely resemble the
hedge—sparrows, the other two might
be those of a titlark, a wren, or a. lin-
net. A male friend—there are about
three or four to each lady—now comes
forward, selects an egg, and carries it
in its mouth to the nest of the selected
foster-mother. Only one, cuckoo egg
is placed in one nest. If he finds a
cuckoo has preceded him on the same
errand, he seeks another cradle, know-
ing in a moment, amid all the eggs
present, the cuckoo pedigree The de-
111ded . mother hatches the intruder
with her own brood; and the
intorloper, having the faculty of being
hatched sooner than the others, is, of
course, the first to come out of his
shell. He manages to wriggle under-
neath his brothers and sisters, and pre-
sents them as a heave—offering to the
expectant rodents below—mice, rats,
stoats, and what not—and within
twelve hours of his existence is the su—
preme occupier of the nest. He keeps
his black mouth wide open continually,
which the father and mother of the
departed young birds as constantly
fill, until his body is .too big for his
home, and he departs therefrom for~

:evcr.

 

Postal Street Cars.

The uses to which electric street cars
are being put in cities are constantly
on the increase. In ,Ncw York, in
Brooklyn, and in \Vashington, the cars

are now regularly used in the collect- - '

ing of letters and packages. Instead
of letter-carriers walking round to the
branch ofiiccs and the street letter-
boxcs, and carrying the loaded bags to
the post-ofiices, postal cars are kept
on the go night and day. “iith a car,
set apart entirely for this postal work,
three men travel. One attends to the
motor; one collects the bags from the
street boxes; and a third sorts the let-
ters. A great saving of time is ef—
fectcd;
central office, all the letters are sorted
and tied in bundles ready for the bags
in which they are to be carried to their
dcstination.——Tid-Bits.

 

Ho Answered the Question.

The following amusing passage took
place between counsel and witness in
a disputed will ease:

“Did your father give you no part-
ing admonition?”

“He never gave much an ay at any
ti me.”

“I mean to say, what were his last
words?”

“They don’t concein you.”

“They not only concern me, sir,’
marked the barrister, severely,
they concern the whole Court.”

“Oh, all right," was the reply.
“Father said, ‘Don’t have no trouble
when I’m gone, Jim, ‘cos lawyers is
the biggest thieves unhung.’ ”—Tid-
Bits.

Q
" re-
“but.

 

Surprise 6anth Sides.

Tcacher—-W'hat great event occurred
on the Fourth of July?

Scholar—Columbus discovered Am-
erica. ’ ,-

’l‘eacher—Nonscnsel

Scholar (in surprisc)-~-i—lc didn‘t?

Teacher—Of course not. 1

Scholar—“7011, then, who did?——De-
troit Free Press.

 

 

S. B. WILSON,

PRACTICAL CONTRACTOR
AND BUILDER.

 

Estimates cheerfully given. Large holding

a specialty. Contracts taken in
any part of the country,

STEAM Mill. AND YARD, OFFIBE
8 GROSS 8L, . 92 WAll St

Norwalk, Conn.
@Plans and Specifications furnished.

HERE’S YOUR CHANCE.

A fine building lot on Wilton ave-

 

nue. If you intend to build, loOk at
this before purchasing.
Water, gas and sewer on the ayenue.

Will be sold at a Bargain. .

w. H. evmcrou,

Real Estate and Insurance
Room I. Gazette B’l’d.

 

J. D. Jenningu

UNDERTAK ER

0 poosite
Street 11111111 11y Depot

NIGHT]? ELL 141' 01-71-11 GE.
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for, when the car reaches the,

 

She lays eight eggs on the

e