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An Alleged Massacre of Women and
Children by Christians.
EUROPEAN WAR IS FEARED.
The Embassadors of the Powers Forbid
the Dispatch of Turkish Ships to
Crete—The Greek Wax- Vessels
Are Closely Watched.
KHANIA, Island of Crete, Feb."11.—It
is ofi’icially stated that 23 Mussulman wo-
men and children have been massacred at
Kisamo and Kastili, westv’vard of Khania.
The Greek warships left here and have
gone to Retimo. No news has been re.
ceived here of further fighting on the is-
land.
KH-ANIA, Island of Crete, Feb. 11.—The
town is now quiet, and the refugees who
Were on board the warships have returned
to land. The behavior of the Turkish offi-
cials is irreproachable.
On the other hand, the attitude of the
Greek warships, which are suspected of act-
ing in concert with the insurgents-causes
disquiet. »
An English man-of-war has arrived at
Sitia, a town at the eastern extremity of
Crete, on the northern coast, 50 miles east
of Candis, for the purpose of protecting
Christians who have been attacked by
Mussulmans.
The Kolnische Zeitung (Cologne Ga-
zette) declares that the attempt of Greece
to annex Crete will not succeed. France,
it is asserted, may favor the design, but
the dreibund and Russia have agreed to
maintain the status quo.
Precautions at Constantinople.
LONDON, Feb. 11.—-A dispatch from
Constantinople says that owing to the agi-
tation of the Young Turks party and the
recent issuance of copies of a. manifesto
declaring that a recourse to force might
be expected rigorous precautions have
been adopted.
The patrols on the street haye been quad-
rupled and all of the approaches to the
Yildiz palace guarded by a. cordon of
troops. '
All persons attempting to pass to the
palace are stopped and examined, even
military officials being compelled to ex-
plain their errands.
The embassadors appear more hopeful
and confident that the insurrection on the
island of Crete will speedily subside.
The representatives of the powers at Con-
stantinople are averse to giving their con-
sent, to the dispatch of Turkish troops to
Khania, as desired by Abdul Hamid, the
sultan, and the porte therefore will not
send the Turkish warships and a. transport
to the island of Crete for the present.
The Athens correspondent of The Times
in a dispatch announces that he is em-
powered to assert that there is full accord
betwaen the king and_ cabinet upon the
subject of the Cretan policy.
He also asserts that during the uproar-
ious debate in the legislative chamber yes—
terday afternoon and last evening the 0p-
position urged the government to take a
stand on the matter of the union of Greece
with Crete at all costs.
Delyannls’ Views.
A Vienna newspaper contains an inter-
view with Minister Delyannis, the Grecian
representative at Paris, to the effect that
unless the powers compel the sultan to
execute Cretan reforms affairs may take a
turn endangering the peace of Europe.
The Greek government, according to
Minister Delyannis, has done and will do
nothing to complicate affairs, but he
claims the present agitation seriously em-
barrasses it. -
During the course of his interview Min-
ister Delyannis asserted that the comedy
or so called conference of the embassadors
at Constantinople must be discontinued,
extricate Christians from an intolerable
position.
A dispatch from Berlin says that the
National Zeitung has made an angry at-
tack on England, which country that jour-
nal accused of being desirious of forward-
ing its own policy by allowing free action
to the Russian-French desire for the for-
mation of a. Greek empire, Great Britain
thus hoping to gain her ends through the
outbreak over the Cretan question.
English Exports of Cotton Yarn.
WASHINGTON, Fob. 11.—As a matter of
interest to a. numerous class of American
manufacturers, cotton yarn spinners, etc.,
the United States consul at Manchester,
England, supplied the state department
with statistics of the kind and quantity of
from the Manchester district during the
year 1896. The table shows that the total
exports in pounds for the year were 1,291,-
474.
Place For General Porter.
CLEVELAND, Feb. 11.—-It was reported
here today that President Elect McKinley
had offered a high place to General Horace
Porter of New York, and that the offer
had been accepted. General Porter was in
Canton yesterday consulting the president
elect in, regard to the inauguration cere-
monies. It is believed that the place is
either that of minister to France or one of
the vacant cabinet portfolios.
'Want Tarifl’ Changes In Manitoba.
WINNIPEG, Feb. 11.—Farmers had their
innings before the Dominion tariff com-
mission here, and the consensus of opinion
was that there should be a. very material
revision of tariff without delay“ Com-
plaint was made that the fiscal policy of
the Canadian government for many years
past favored manufacturers, combines and
large corporations.
\Vants State Bank Tax Repealed.
WAsmNG'pON, Feb. 11.—William R.
Trigg, president of the Richmond Loco~
motive works, addressed the house banking
committee today on banking reform.
Trigg recommended the repeal of the 10
per cent tax on the notes of state banks. I
The national banks, he contended, did not ,
furnish the necessary volume of currency.
Clear-field Postoflice Robbed.
CLEARFIELD, Pa, Feb. 11.—‘—The safe in
the Clearfield postofiicc was blown open
early today and $1,000 worth of stamps
and $300 in cash were stolen. The thieves
gained an entrance into the postoffice by
prying open the door. A hole was drilled
through the top of the safe, and the door
was blown clear across the room.
Passes For State Oflicers.
ALBANY, Feb. 11.-—Assemblyman Fitz-
gerald dropped into the bill box today a
bill to provide free transportation for the
members Of the legislature and state offi-
cers on all railroads in the state’upon' the
cert'iiimi,ir:n_of the secretary of state: ’
THIS IS 'ORUEL.
A Manager of Bruisers Tells “first a Bad
City New York 15.
CARSON CITY," Nev, ' Feb. 10. —W. K.
Wheelock, Dan Stuart’s agent, while
speaking of the attitude of New York on
the Nevada glove contest law, said:
“The stand taken by the people of saint-
ed Gotham o'n prizefights is worse than
ridiculous. The place recently alluded to
in congress as the ‘Manhattan reservation’
is the greatest cesspool of vice in America.
If they would pause in their career of in-
iquity and vice long enough to tend a
few genuine prizefights, it woulc take
their attention away from the teeming 1i-
centiousness, of their lives and renovate
their morals. Look at the Seelcy dinner
episode. Nothing as scandalous could ever
happen in any of the western states. Did
you ever hear of a dinner being given in
Nevada that the police had to interrupt? I
guess not. But let me tell you that this
was only a mild incident. At some of
those dinners given by the swells of Goth-
am, who hold up their hands at prize-
fights, things are done that no gentleman
would describe in a western barroom.- If
I attempted to describe them to a crowd of
cowboys in a. barroom, they would march
out in disgust. Would you take a lady to
one of those dinners? Hardly. But a. lady-
can attend the coming glove contest, and,
while she may see a good deal to shook her
nerves, she will see nothing to shock her
modesty.”
A TRAIN HELD UP.
Plucky Mail Clerk Killed One of the Bob-
bers and the Other Escaped.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10.—-Two masked
robbers held up the Santa Fe west bound
train at a point a few miles from Peach
Springs, A. T.
The train was stopped by means of a
red light. The engineer was covered with
a revolver in the hand of one of the rob-
bers, who ordered him to keep quiet. The
other robber then uncoupled the mail and
express car, and with his companion got
aboard the locomotive and ordered. the en-
gineer to run up the road a bit.
Here the train was stopped and the rob-
bers proceeded to open the door of the mail
car. The door was opened by a mail clerk,
who with a. revolver 'shot one of the rob.
bers, killing him instantly. The other
robber, after seizing a bundle of registered
letters, made good his escape. The dead
robber was taken to Peach Springs.
To Rectify Religious Corporations Law.
ALBANY, Feb. 10. —-Senator Ford has in-
troduced a bill to repeal and change cer-
tain features of the revised religious cor-
porations law, which was amended last
year to allow certain Congregationalist
and Baptist societies to take charge of the
property of defunct churches. The law of
last year merely intended to provide that
this should be done after a. church had
failed for two years to hold services. Cer-
tain other words descriptive of the societies
and their province has now been construed
to give said societies a governing power
over independent church organizations,
and the Congregatio'nalists and Baptists
have been greatly alarmed. Senator Ford’s
bill will rectify the mistake.
Sexton W in’t Ila-enter Parliament.
LONDON, Feb. 10.—Mr. Thomas Sexton
(anti-Parnellite), formerly member of the
house of commons for the north division
of Kerry, who resigned his seat last year,
has written a letter declining to re-enter
parliament. In the course of his letter Mr.
Sexton said, “I am still convinced that
the Irish party must have better discipline
before anything worth laboring for can be
obtained from the house of commons, even
for the most palpable grievances of Ire-
land. ”‘ .
The South Dakota Senator-ship.
PIERRE, S.ID., Feb. 10.—-But half the
Populist members of the legislature took
part in the caucus, and after two ballots
an adjournment'was taken subject to the
call of the chairman. This means there
will be no other Populist caucus until
some of the candidates withdraw. The
motion for adjournment came from the
anti-Kyle forces.
\Vashlngton’s Senator-ship.
SEATTLE, Feb. 10.——The committee that
has been investigating the United States
senatorial election has dropped the matter.
The committee declared that Senator
Squire and Representative Warner con-
sulted about votes and the use of money,
but that there was no evidence to show
that money was paid. ’
Serious Strike In Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 10.—A serious
strike has taken place in the Serpukhof
cotton mills in the Moscow district. The
strike has been accompanied by rioting
and a body of Cossacks has been sent
there. Already considerable damage has
been done to property, and several persons
have lost their lives. '
Liabilities of Lockhart, Sons 3; Co.
MONTREAL, Feb. 10,—Messrs. Lockhart,
Sons 65 00., woolens, of Toronto, who sus-
pended some days ago, have assigned. The
liabilities are placed at $110,000 and the
assets at $112,000, but the latter will real-
ize much less. The Bank of Montreal is a‘
creditor to the extent of $73,000, secured
by paper.
A Woman Elected Chaplain.
BOISE CITY, Feb. 10. — Mrs. Rebecca
Mitchell of Idaho Falls, president of the
Idaho Woman’s Christian Temperance
union, has been elected chaplain of the
state legislature, an unusual honor for a
woman. She was largely instrumental in
securing woman suffrage for Idaho.
The Canadian Cotton Mills.
, MONTREAL, Feb. 10 .—-—It is rumored that
many of the cotton mills of Canada are to
be closed down for three months, the pro-
prietors claiming that they have a stock
on hand that warrants their doing this in
view.of the dull times.
Curlisle to Live In New York.
LOUIvaLLE, Feb. 10.——According to a
report received here from Washington,
Secretary John G. Carlisle has definitely
decided to live in New York city when he
leaves office on March 4.
Five Bake Shops Closed.
ALBANY, Feb. 10. —- Factory Inspector
O’Lcary reports that he has closed five
bakeshops in Brooklyn because they have
failed to comply with the provisions of the
state bakeshop law.
Twelve Men Killed.‘
LONDON, Feb. 10.—Through the collapse
of the scaffolding of a viaduct on a rail-
road in Cornwall today 12 men fell a dis-
tance of 150 feet and were killed.
The Vesuvins'Off to Join Bunce.
‘ PHILADELPHIA, Feb. :30.—The dynamite
cruiser Vesuvius left the League island
navy yard today to join the north Atlantic
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“OPEN DEBATE” MEN HAPPY. _
They Poke Fun at Their Opponents In
the Senate—The Conference Report
on the Immigration Bill Goes
Through In the House.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Ill—The credentials
of Senator Jones of Nevada, presented to
the senate today, have a large seal of silver
instead of the usual golden seal of the
state.
_ A privileged resolution was presented
by Mr.. Hoar and agreed to fixing 12:50 p.
m. as the time when the senate would
prOceed to the chamber of the house of rop-
resentatives tomorrow to participate in the
counting of the electoral vote.
A resolution was agreed to recalling
from the president the bill amending the
timber culture laws for the purpose of cor-
recting an error.
The bill was passed to aid in the im-
provement of the navigable channel of the
South pass by closing the existing crevasse
in Pass L’Outre, in the Mississippi river.
The routine business was cleared away
by 12:35 p. m., and, on motion of Mr.
Sherman, the senate went into executive
session.
The senate went into executive session
on motion of Senator Sherman, chairman
of the committee on foreign relations.
While the main purpose of the session was
to consider the Anglo-American arbitra-
tion treaty, the early part of it was devot-
ed to nominations on the regular calendar.
The question of the publicity that was
given to yesterday’s proceedings in execu-
tive session formed the first topic of dis-
cussion.
The senators who voted for open doors
made humorous speeches, in which they
said that it would be better to have the
treaty considered in public, and there
would then be no question of leaks.
When the preliminaries had been dis-
posed of, Senator Morgan resumed his
speech, which he had begun yesterday in
opposition to the treaty. He was followed
by Mr. Stewart, who also took strong
ground against ratification of the treaty in
its present form, intimating Opposition to
it in any form.
In the House. ‘
Immediately after the reading of the
journal in the house today Mr. Danford
(Rep, 0.) called up the conference report
on the immigration bill. -
Mr. Danford immediately demanded the
previous question. "A number of members,
including Mr. Mahany (Rep, N. Y.), pro-
tested against cutting off debate, but the
house sustained the demand—95 to 18.
Under the rules 20 minutes was allowed
on each side for debate, and Mr. Mahany
took the floor in opposition to the report.
He said that the zeal which characterized
the friends of this indefensible measure
was intemperatc. The bill would effect a.
sweeping change in the immigration pol-
icy of the United States. It would close
the .doors against men of clear minds,
healthy bodies and sturdy patriotism who
desired to cast their lot with the people of
the new world.
If this bill had been in existence 100
years ago, a majority of the members of
the house would not only not be here as
representatives of the people, but would
not in all probability today be citizens of
the United States.
Mr. Bartholdt (Rep, Mo.), who oppos-
ed the first conference report, expressed his
extreme gratification at the turn things
had taken, which, he said, enabled him to
subscribe heartily to this report. The Oh-
jectionable features of the former bill,
against which he had contended, had. he
said, all been eliminated. _
Mr. Keifer (Rep, Minn), as showing
the fact that immigration should be en-
couraged rather than restricted, read some
resolutions adopted by various bodies of
his statecalling for immigrants. He said
there were 5,000,000 acres of land in Min-
nesota which never had felt a plow.
Mr. McCall (Rep, Mass.) concluded the
debate with a two minute speech in favor
of the report, in the course of which, in
reply to Mr. Mahany’s statements, he
pointed out that the Republican party, in
placing this bill on the statute books, was
redeeming a pledge it had made to the
people.
' An Overwhelming Victory.
The vote was . then taken. The majori-
ty in favor of- the adoption of the report
on the rising vote was overwhelming—162
to 14—but Mr. Mahany and the handful
of opponents of the report succeeded in se-
curing the yeas and nays.
Charleston’s Naval Pageant.
WASHINGTON, Feb. ion—The Indiana has
sailed from HalT‘DtOII Roads. the Massa-
chusetts from h cw York and the Vesuvius
(which has bccn thoroughly overhauled)
from League island, all for Charleston to
join the north Atlantic squadron. The
Texas sailed from N cw York for Galveston
without stop to receive a silver service from
the state of Texas.
All Electoral Votes Received.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.——The, electoral
votes of all the states have been received,
that of Montana, the last to be received,
arriving today. '
A Bank President, Arrested.
OCALA. Fla-., Feb. 10.—President R. S.
McConnell of the Merchants’ National
bank of this place, which failed on Jan.
14, was arrested on a charge of falsifying
returns and embezzling $80,000 of the
institution’s funds. The warrant was
sworn out by Bank Examiner J. K. Mc-
Donald, who has been investigating the
institution‘s books. The state lost $30,-
000.
General “'omlford’s Candidacy.
ALBANY, Feb. iri—General Stewart L.
Woodford of llré’ioklyn was in town today
conferring will: steal») legislators in the in-
tereSt of his: candidacy for a place in the
cabinet of l-‘rcsdont Elect McKinley.
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DEATH ' 0P FRANK MAY.
The Err-Manager of the Bank of England
Passes Away In London.
LONDON, Feb. 10.—Frank May, formerly
chief cashier and practically manager of
the Bank of England until he resigned in
1893, is dead.
The resignation of Mr. Frank May as
chief cashier of thg Bank of England, an- .
nounced on Nov. 10, 1893, caused quite a
stir in financial circles in Great Britain.
Mr. May had- held the ofiice for 20 years.
His father was junior partner of the firm
of Coleman 85 May, stock brokers, who
were connected with several trust com-
' panics which collapsed toward the end of
1893. It was reported after Mr. May’s
resignation that the Bank of England had
advanced large sums of money on the se-
curities of these Companies, but the report
was never verified, and it was denied that
the Bank of England sustained heavy
losses in consequence of their failure. The
reason given for requesting the resignation
of Mr. May was that he had induced the
bank to engage in transactions which
were not in accordance with the old tradi-
tions of the Bank of England, and it was
stated that the losses sustained did not ex-
ceed £25,000.
Mr. May was succeeded as chief cashier
by Mr. Horace George Bowen, then the'
chief accountant. A report was circulated
after Mr. May’s retirement that he had
been made the scapegoat for the irregulari-
ties of certain directors and that it was on
their initiative that he accepted doubtful
securities. '
French Pre’ss Less \Varlilre.
PARIS, Feb. 10.—The Paris newspapers
have begun to discuss the Anglo-Egyptian
situation with more moderation than hith- .1
erto.
Lo Solcil said today: “England does
not heed the vain protests of France, know-
ing that they will not be followed by re-
sults. Let us therefore utilize the torri-
torics which Franco already possesses. ”
Le Dixncuviemc Sicclc said: “Diplo-
macy is useless unhss France makes up
her mind to enforce her claims by a resort
to arms. ”
Hanna and ize Senatorship.
CANTON, G. lob. 10.—It is rumored
here that President Elect McKinley has
interfered in the senatorial fight in this
state by sending a letter to Governor Bush-
nell, requesting that Chairman Hanna be
appointed to succeed Sherman. It is said
that the let-tor was taken to Columbus
by Judge lfzzj', and that this was the rea-
son of his sudden appearance in Columbus
a. few days ago. The letter followed the
receipt by the governor of a. note from
Senator Sherman intimating his resigna-
tion.
Gossip About the Cabinet.
CANTON, 0. , Feb. 10.—There is the high-.
est authority for saying no formal accept-
ance of the navy portfolio was made or
that anything new has been received from
ex-Governor Long of Massachusetts. It
has been expected for several weeks Long
will be in the cabinet and probably hold
the navy portfolio, but the best information
is that no formal announcement has been
received. -
The Peace of Europe.
BERLIN, Feb. 10.—The Berliner Tage-
blatt announces that while in Berlin Count
Mnraviefi, Russian minister of foreign
affairs, declared that his chief aim would
be to preserve European peace. He would
regard it as a matter of the greatest mis-
fortune should Russia become involved in
a war with any other country, either alone
or in conjunction with any other of the
powers.
field For Drowning Her Child.
CORNING, N. Y., Feb. 10.-——At Conders-
port, Pin, the coroner’s jury in the case of
the drowning of the infant child of Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Ellsworth has found the
child’s mother, Flora Ellsworth, guilty of
willful and deliberate murder, while the fa-
ther is held as an accessory. They will be
placed on trial at the March term. The
child was put into a. pond under the ice.
“’inding Up Steel Pool Affairs.
PITTSBURG, Feb. 10.——The earnest money
which the members of the late billet pool
deposited with Commissioner Griscom as
a guarantee that they would faithfully ob-
serve the laws of the pool will be refunded
this week. , The matter of refunding the
guarantee money was left to the executive
committee, which has about completed the
task of winding up the pool. '
Boston's Asphyxiation Record.
BOSTON, Feb. 10,—Two cases daily is
the record of gas asphyxiation in this city
for the past four days. _Toda.y‘s victims
were Elizabeth M. Crossby, a. lodger in a
south and house, who was found in an un-
conscious condition and will probably die,
and Margaret Cooney, who was overcome
by gas from a leaky main while at work
in a shoddy warehouse.
Killed by His \Vife.
CLEVELAND, Feb. 10.—George Davies,
for many years a. prominent commission
merchant of this city, was shot dead by his
wife today at their residence. The tragedy
was the result of a long series of quarrels.
Mrs. Davies was arrest-ed. When taken into
custody, she wept bitterly and said her
husband had treated her unkindly and had
called her bitter names. , '
‘ For a. Lottery Law In Nevada.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10.—A plan is
said to be on foot to engineera lottery bill
through the Nevada. legislature. Local
capitalists were, it is said, so impressed by
the case with which a. bill was passed on-
abling the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight to
be held within the state that it is reported
the sum of $100,000 has been subscribed-
for expenses.
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A PesK OF MUSKRATS.”
I‘hcy Eat Away the Larger Part of a. Dam
and Cause Much Trouble.
Oakhurst is a typical south Jersey
country village remarkable for nothing
in particular except its muskrats.
Numerous ponds from springs are
found a. few miles outside of the vil-
lagc. and here the muskrats swarm.
On the shores of the largest of these
ponds, known as Van Gilder’s, are the
Ocean Mills. The waters of the pond
are kept from running away in use—
less streams by a large dam.
This pond was fairly alive with
muskrats. It was no common thing
to see ten or a dozen of them sunning
themselves on the logs of the dam, and
every spring when the rising waters
drove them from their holes the banks
were fairly alive with them. The pres-
ence of so‘many of these animals'led
to the establishment of an industry,
that’ of hunting muskrats.
Time and again the farmers about
the pond have been awakened late at
night by the mill hands to assist in
stopping up some leak in thedam.
through which the water threatened to
tear its way to the damage of the
farms below. Year after year the mill
owner has been compelled to make re-
pairs, but the reason for the continual
wear never appeared clear to him un-‘
til recently he discovered that the col-
ony of muskrats had become so large
- that great holes were being eaten in- the
dam and only a few pilings remained
to hold back the water.
Alexander Ludlam, a farmer, while
waiting for muskrats, noticed the wa<
for breaking through the logs in a.
stream that promised to increase to a
flood if not stopped immediately. Twen‘
ty of more farmers turned out and stops
pod the break temporarily, and then"
the water was let out of the pond
through the sluiceway. Investigation
of the dam showed that 300 or 400
muskrats had beds there, and when
their hiding place was revealed they
scampered away in all directions.
An investigation showed that the
muskrats had burrowed into the dirt
banks to such an extent' that these '
were entirely too weak, and a new dam
would have to be built—New 195k
Sun. __ _ g?
Paints With His Feet.
Lcssing’s of t-repeated question:
"Would Raphael have been a. great
painter if born without arms?’." is posi: '
tively answered by Herr Adam Siepen,
one of the well-known artists of the
renowned Dusseldorf school, whose
portraits, landscapes and genre. pic-
tures, paintings and drawings attract-
ed so much attention at this year’s art .
exhibition in the old Rhenish town.
Some German critics who had come
from all parts of the Empire to view.
the great things and small that one ex.
pects to find at the annual picture dis— '
play in Dusseldorf became so inter-
ested in the Siepen exhibit of minia-
tures on ivory and copper that they
determined to make the artist’s per-
sonal acquaintance in order to learn
more of his work and wonderful me«
thod. They were surprised to find that
the painter was armless, and did his
exquisite work by holding his brushes
with his feet.
Impatient to Know.
A laborer fell from the top of a ten-
story building. He had reached’the
third floor When his comrade leaned,
over the para-pet and yelled wildly:
“Are ye hurtex iHike?”
‘~‘ “Wait—-waitl” gasped the falling one.‘
S. B. WILSON,
PRACTICAL . CONTRACTOR.
AND BUILDER. .
(citatiuf‘; 4.; £11
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Estimates cheerfully given. Large balding
a specialty. Contracts taken in
any part of the country.
DFFIGE
steam mu. one use,
a onoss 81., 92 mu. 8]
Norwalk, gonn.
WPlans and Specifications furnished.
ATV .
W. BAT ES"
42 mm STREET,
can find as fine an assortment of
Miniminiall Ulillfllfll‘l’Wflll
. As can be found in any Yard in the
State. Look it over and get prices
before going elsewhere.
J. D. Jennings.
UNDERTAkEs
. _ Opposite
Street Railway Depot.
yawn 1' BELL A 1' 0mm 61:.
Piano Lessons.
of the late-Win. R. Nash.) gives 9 cent
_ _ satisfactory instructions on the Piano at ,
her home No. 19:} Main street. " ' ~ . ,
£38. GEORGE W. BRADLEY. (dim liter
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