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▲IT PROFRIETORS.
COLTOlBUS, TEXAS:
Saturday Morning, Aug. 21,1858.
(tí^Nb If pal advertisement will in future
%e inserted in the Citizen^ unless accom-
by the cash, as it is harder to colled the
money than Jo make it.
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Election Betnrni.
Ths following are the majorities of Judges
feell and Buckley in the di^rent counties so far
as heard from:
Another Camp meeting !—A camp-
meeting will come off at tire camp ground
ritnatsd at Mrs. Sdsak Rivers, three miles
from Columbus, on the 16th of September,
commencing Thursday before the third
Sunday in the month. vVe are authorized
to say that ample preparations will be
mad* to accommodate'Hhe physical neces-
sities of «II who may attend ; and we are
further instructed to*say' that efforts will
be made to procure the best ministerial
aid the country affords' to minister to the
spiritual wants of the people. F-ora the
manner in which the getters-up of the
jneeting speak, we believe that it is desired
that Mai! creation** should be present, and
the invitation is without limitation.
' Those hating any fcgal badness to
transact are referred to the advertisemeni
of Eowarp Collier, É q., in another col-
umn. Mr. C. is a young gentleman re
cently come among us, and promises that
attention and promptness shall be exten-
ded to all bus i new entrusted to hie care.
The school teachers in this county
are directed to observe the advertisement
of Judge Campbell^to be found in to-day's
paper, and advised to act according to the
instructions.
— ♦
/y The weather for the past week has
been oppressively warm, though w« had
a slight shower on Monday last.
jf3T We would direct attention to the
card of Judge Chari.es 8. Longcope, of
-JIou«ton, which imy be found in another
column. Prom the well known character
of this gen.liman, we surmise that he will
srttend to his business with punctuality.
^Ve recommend him-to-the consideration
<>f those having any business in Houston
jn his line. May be long cope with the,
Houston merchant*.
" - ♦ EL- ?
tW The report that Co!. Matt. Wart>
lias been appointed by the Governor to fill
the place of Oen. J P. IJcsnSRSoy in the
United- States' Senate, is-, contradicted in
the last Austin. Gazette.
"We regret vcy much to see it
stated in our Eastern Texas exchanges that
the cotton crop is being materially injured
by. a want of rain. Not more than a half
n crop will be made, and in some instances
it will be an entire failure. We hope to
•iflar of more favorable accounts. Our
own crop in this vicinity will, we are in-
formed by respectable authority, be a
* olerably good crop, though it has been
injured by the falling off of the squares.
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itizen office
>mbat be*
jrofessions,
Shades of
'gentleman
?n enabled
fcivil
Last Saturday evening
was the arena of a bellM
tween two citizens of hone
living in this communili
Mars 1 how the fur flew ífj
whose length we have nev^.1
accurately to obtain, " pitched into" his
antagonist with his shillaly after the most
approved fashion of L'ra who sings of
" Erin go biaugh," and iu a style npt rec-
ommended as infallible for the preservation
of the cranium, or to prevent blue eyes
from becoming black. After a few blows
•with the cane, the recipient concluded Le
would got something which would some-
what cou'nternct the effects of the stick,
and the first thing he gathered chanced to
be a bucket of "deeply dark" water with
which the devil had been washing the type,
and was proceeding to administer it after
no particufhr prescription, when he was
arrested by the daring intrepidity of the
Senior Editor, who, transfixed .with horror
at the desperate conflict, had ail the while
remaii^ a quiet ppectator until it reached
the " cold water'' climax, to ^Tjibh, Spatch
asserts, he is constitutionally opposed.
The beligerents were separated, and the
matter thus ended. But for the timely
interference of the beforeriietitioned Senior
Editor, there is no telling how this fracas
would have ended. Had the water been
elegantly distributed over our tall friend,
all the pomatum, cologne, aromas and
"sweet perfumes" ot Les'sihg's establish
ment could not have restored " its sweet-
ness" again, nor could all the renovators
and tailors in Christendom have given to
bis garments^their origin#! color, and it is
a matter of doubtful surmise whether the
gentleman could ever have Washed bis
face! He has returned thanks to the
Senior for the great service rendered.
John Mackev, J. P., took an interest in
the case to the amount of a 44 V," which
our tall friend disgorged with cofoftnenda-
ble punctuality.
IfoTics.—There will be divine service
In the Court house by the Rev. Mr. Covet
(Baptist persuasion,) of Lavaca county,
commencing Thursday night before the
second Sunday in September;
" A Snbacritoer,"'
Writing to the Galveston Newt, uses, the
following words:
" You appear to put great «tren upon the fact
"f the receipt of a bale of new cotton at a very
' arly period i tliia is i>y no meant a sure index
"f an abundant crop; it onlj show* that the
-ottoii wan prodneod from poor; Handy prairie
: ;nd, and principally from premature and with- !
sred «talk*; this fact will be attested to by every i
snügbtcü planter "
We merely wish to correct an error
herein contained. The M bale of new cot-
ron" was raised by Judge CampbeJJ, of
Columbus; but uo far from its having been
" nroduced from poor, sandy prairie land,"
it was grown on the finest cane bottom
' >nd of the Colorado valley. The Judge
;r:'brro¿ us that the whole of his field, with
the exception of a small portion of it, in of
'Iiia character of soil—similar to Old
Caney land, though perhaps not so rich;
for Old Caney, being alluvial, is perhaps
r.s rich as the lands on the Nile in Old
Sgypt
With regard to exaggerated accounts of
• í e cotton crop, we have always atat6d
-*hat our most respectable farmers told us
<•>? it. It was at first thought that an
ib:indant crop would be made in this sec-
tic n, but raore recently that it would be a
:...erably good crop only. This fact we
seated in a lata number of the Citizen.
We agree with tho write* that misrepre-
Relations of the cotton crop ai calculated
affect the price, injuriously perhaps to
0:e planter, and discountenance any inch
-i :-ra<*tie«.
f Large majority for Bell.
iSmall majority for Buckley.
gSmall majority for Bell.
Bell reeeived. 6244
Buckley 3683
Total*vote /majorities) 0927
BelP* majority. 2561
We venture to say that the foregoing is
the mos^ correct li«t of the returns of the
eleation for Associate Justice that Las yet
been published. Wc have compared the
different íréwspapérs and approximated as
nearly as we could to the correct vole of
those counties which have been heard
from. According to onr figures Bell leads
Buckley two thousand five hundred and
sixty-one votes. By reference to our list,
it will be fonsd that there are tr.any coun-
ties which have given Bell a majority and
a few which have given Buckley a majori-
ty, the vote of which is not given, because
the precise majority has not yet been
ascertained. But it is certain that the
majorities which Bell has received in such
counties will more tba« overcome the
majorities received by Buckley in those
counties which have gone for him. Thus,
in Brazos, Burleson, Denton and Titus
counties Bell has large majorities; in Cook,
Comanche, Hmderson, Hopkins, Hunt and
Kaufman he has considerable majorities;
while in Panola and Wood, Buckley is
reported to have handsome majorities, and
in Ca«s and Smitlí counties small majori
ties. We prediot th*t the result of the
election will not vary much from the foot-
ing of the majorities we have given above,
and that Bell ¡selected by from twenty five
to thirty five hundred votes.
The Colorado Citizen, one of onr best Ptate
journals, closes volume firat witb its issue of the
7th. We like the paper and its talented conditc.
tors, and we hope their enterprise will cwntiuue
to m^et with s'jcccss.—Crockett Argus,
This we accept as a high compliment, coming
as it di es from one of the ablest sheets published
in Texas,-. We think the editor' is flattering us
•ome, but then there is " friendship in flattery,"
and we aeccpt it with onr best bow and a cor-
dial " thank you," This suggests a thought,
which we will pan down while we think of it,
that is, that many of our country papera would
be lietter and more interesting than they are, if
the incentives to excel were greater and more
stimulating; but we are sorry to say that the
remuneration is so small that in many cases it
does not pay the printer for bis labor, much less
act as a stimulant to greater exertions.
JtST We believe it is generally conceded
On all hands that Judge Bell is elected
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
This will occasion a vacancy in the office
cf Judge of this District. The names of
several have been mentioned in connection
witb this office, but we believe that of our
fellow-towRsraar, Geo. W. Smith, me*ig
with more favor with the people. We
think it is their desire that he should be
elevated to the position. As yet, we are
not aware that he will permit his name to
be used in connection with the office, but
trust that he may be induced to yield to
the urgent solicitations of his friends.
Jgy The law card of R. V. Coos, Esq ,
appears in this issue. Mr. Cook is a well
rend lawyer, a courteous gentleman, and
a'tends to business entrusted to bis care
with promptness.
FRAZER RIVER.
The San-Francisco Bulletin, of tlíe 20th,
furnishes a summary of the California
news, from which we extract the following;
During the past fortjgtfht, Frazer rfvli
matters have contmu^^^^nopolizepubr ««ill a young «pan, bad risen from the hinntile
lie attention. For the *
Afew days after
rhe departure of the las^Eastern mail, the
immigration to the líortíi continued una-
bated. The news then brought from there
was considered unfavorable; avd Hp to the
present this has continued to be the char-
acter of the intelligence. The consequence
has been the immediate cooling down of
the fever that raged so violently through-
out the State for the past weeks. The tide
thitherward has received a sudden '-heck;
and at the present time the number of
Frazer river en ¡grants to be met is not very
great.
This is perhaps exceedingly fortunate.
The number of young men who have hur-
ried off from our State to the new mining
region approximates to 25,000. Many of
these were badly provided with means to
exist any length of time in a country
where the commonest necessaries, of life
are exorbitantly expensive. The waters of
the Frazer river and its tributaries still
continue too high to allow of their beds
being worked. Consequently great suffer-
ing and destitution already begin to mani*
fest themselves in the mines; and the
probability is that much raore will be fell
before the mining season begins:
In the mean time, matters on Frazer's
river continue really in the cond-ition that
all well-informed people expected that they
would be at this time. The river is verv
high, and is kept up by the melting of the
mountain snows during the present sum-
mer weather in that region. This snow,
after awhile, will bo exhausted; or if not,
when the cold sets in, it will freeze; and
the river will go down, and enable the
miners to work the bars, on which the rich
placers are believed to exist. How long it
will be before this takes place, if it will
ever happen, is the question under discus-
sion. Two months, at farthest, say the
sanguiue.
Crooked Enolgu. — Speaking of the
Rio Grande a writer says:
"Imagine one of the crookedest things
in the world, then imagine one t#iee as
crooked, and imagine to yourself a large
river three times as crooked as all these
put together, and yon have a faint idea of
the crooked deposition of this crooked
river. There is no drift wood in it, from
the tact that it is so crooked that limber
cannot find its waj* fur down «'nough to
lodge two sticks together; but few snakes,
because it is not straight enough to swim
in ; and the fish are all in w hi i (pools in
the bends, because they cannot find their
way out. Birds frequently attempt to fly
aeross the ri/er, but alight on 1 lie same
side they start from—being deceived by
the <;rook. Indeed, you may be deceived
when you think you see across it; and
some of the b'lrms say it is so twisting
there is but one side to i"t.M*
H yote'd learn to bvw¿r
man when be bows to ij
wsalth.
jatcb a mean
gentleman of
Texas Items.
O* The tíétinger says a young man about
fifteen years of age come to Clarksvillo recently'
sick, and in a destitute condition. He was kind-
ly taken carc of by the keeper of the Clarksville
Hotel. He was a most loathsome and pitiable
object Physicians pronounced bis disease dropsy.
He died about a week after his arrival in Clarks-
ville. Whencc he was, and who, seems to re-
main in some obscurity. He was partially de-
ranged, and says his name is Michael Moors or
Macklemore.
CP We learn from the Dallas Herald that a
man was found murdered in Collin county, near
McKinney. He was covered in a hole in the
ground, all but one arm, which protruded, and
was the means of his discovery. It appears that
he was murdered by some cattle drovers, of whom
he was one.
(Pr The Austin Intelligencer learns from a
reliable source that some horses were recently
stolen from the San Saba camp-meeting by the
Indians, Also that the Pecan Bayou country is
full of the savages. A gentleman from Mormon
Mills tells us that they shot a dog at the ranch of
his son, but a short time since.
O* Jo. Meadows, n notorious scoundrel and
vagabond, wrs pursued and killed on White
river, in Arkansas, by some men from Texas.
O* Wc lenrn from the frontier Newt that
Gen E. HP. Tarrant died at the residence of Wm
Folidrcn, nbout ten miles west of Wearlierford,
Parker county, Texas.
ID* Crops arc good in McLenma county. The
Democrat states that some of the farmers there
will make one hundred and twenty bushels of
corn to the acre.
O* The Brownsville Flag says that «hiring the
festivities on Sunday night laat, at Ram reno,
three men were killed, and two others wounded.
We have been unable to learn the particulars, but
learn that it grew out of an affair of jealousy.
The parties were all Mexicans, and' thu killing
seems to have been done by Oiie man witli' a six
shooter. Among the victims was his own
brother.
It? Rev. J. W. D. Creath, of Hnntbvilfc, is
engaged in collecting materials for a history of
the " Itisi and Progress of the Baptislsin Texa?/'
Ij" James McCrorv, of Harrisonburg, La , has
a runaway ne^ro which he thinks is in Texas-
and in the possession of a white man. He offers
§500 reward for the apprehension of the thief
ar.d negro.
CO" The San Anton'io Herald says a train of
thirty go re.-n msnt waggons <v me into thi t city
from Fort Bulknap, via F>rt Mason—being part
of the transportation ordered to Leavenworth
sometime since. This train Went as far as Ar
buckle. We learn that the teamsters are pretty
well used up, as might well be supposed—having
been on the tramp for some four months con-
stantly.
O* W. II. Kelsey, of Marshall, Texas; was
killed recently, while starting on a fiihing ex car
sien, by the kicktif a horse. Mr. Kelsey, though
.position of a printer's boy to a rank among the
first of the legal profession in his city. Holiest,
noble and gifted,he won the esteem of all who
knew him. Peace to his remains.
ffjT Mrs. Phillips'house, in San Antonio, wa*
recently robbed of $200,
53* We understand that on Wednesday last.
James W. Bcardsall and James P. Draper were
committed tb the jail of this city, charged with
the murder of Lou hi Vare, near Ft. Lancaster,
in this State. The circumstances, as they have
come to oar'knowledge, are, that in. the begin.
Ding of February last, Vare left Fort I^incaster
accompanied by the prisoners, and that the latter
ter returned on the day they left without the de-
ceased. A short time afterwards the remains of
a man, and by some supposed to be those of
Vare, were discovered about two miles from Ft.
Lancaster^ Deardsall is said to have told a man
of the name of Reagan, of the murder and the
circumstances attending it, and in consequence,
the parties were apprehended and brought to this
city, where, after undergoing an examination be-
fore Justice Jefferson, they were, as before men-
tioned, committed to prison.—5. A. Ledger.
" ü- The Sherman (Grayson county) Patriot
of the 13th ult, lays that Col. Titus, of Nicara-
gua notoriety, crossed Red River the previous
week with one hundred men, well armed and
equipped, on his way, he says, to Oregon, as
an " Independent ' Filibustering' Organization."
The Patriot thinks his object is to join Vidaurri
in Northern Mexico, but thinks Vidaurri will not
accept his assistance.
O* The Austin Gazette says that Wm. Gray
Thomas has received the title of M. A. from the
University of Missouri. Mr. 'I lu mas is a young
and talented member of the Bar of Austin.
O* The proprietors of the Ledger propose
publishing a daily paper in San Antonio, to be
called the Daily Ledger. Tire weekly is a most
excellent paper—one which eomcs very near our
idea of a newspaper, though the editor sometimes
makes slight mistakes, such, for instance, as mod-
estly stating that " Buckley will he elected by
from five to eight thousand majority." We wish
the " Daily" much success, and hope MacLeod
will send it to us once ic awhile, just so wc can
" see how it looks."
Jerrold went to a pn/ty at which a Mr.
Pepper had assembled all his friends. Mr.
Jerrwld said to his host on entering the
loom, "My dear Mr. Pepper, how glad
you most be to seo all your friends mus-
tered !''
In a late Mississippi row, one of the rowdies
"shotatainan and hit a horse." If a rowdy
made a bad shot at our neighbor of the New Al-
bany Ledger, he might possibly hit a horse, but
if he made a good one, he'd bit an ast.—Louis-
ville Journal.
An Arkansas edite complain* that his town for
«ome time past " has heen filled with fishermen
and loafers," and wonders " what they are after A
After the loaves and fishes,no doubt.—I.ouitrilir
Journal
Inciter from Goliad.
[Special Correspondence of the Citizen.]
Dear Citizen: Having set apart this
day to w do up" correspondence, I will
pester your readers with a line or two
about íbe affairs of the frontier hereaway.
We have had an iirtensely hot but healthy
summer; plenty of corn, and beef, and
watermelons more thai* we could waete.
We have had rain enoigb; the grass is
fine, and herbitera flourish
We have nearly serenteeir hundred in-
habitants ya this county, and these four
have died of sickness, and siac di * natu-
ral death by being hung.
You have heard of our vigilance <
mittee and the proceedings thereof;
as some very exaggerated rumors are afloaf.
I will 6tate the facts, " nothing extenuating
nor setting down aught in malice." There is
a band of horse thieves extending from the
Rio Grand to Missouri. From what we
can learn they have a station about evety
long day's journey oh the whole route.
One of their stations, it appears, was in
this county, and naturally enough, as this
is the largest horse market in the United
States. Horse-stealing appears to bo tbeir
priticipal business; but they are a real
Murrell gang, practicing every possible
crime. It was known well enough that
there was a bad set in this coutity, but the
full extent of their iniquity was not dream-
ed of until the facts were brought to light
by the very searching investigations of
Judge Lynch. It has been plain for sonte
tirpe that there would have to be a clean-
ing up; but as "all experience has shown
that men are disposed to bear while evih-
are bearable" rather than infringe the
forma of the law, no active steps were
tkken until last month, when a stray num-
ber of the Waco Democrat reached here,
containing a list of the names of part of
the Murrell gang which had been divulged
by a couple of the summarily dealt with
in that neighborhood. The list contained
the names of two notorious cat«s in this
neighborhood. This Was the feather that
broke the camel's back. The people im-
mediately organized with celerity and
secrecy, and *' went in to win," (excuse the
slang.) The resnlts have been four biting,
two kilted by shooting and four ordered to
leave. This is all that has been done up
to this present writings The names ot
members of the gang have «ome to light.
They have not been publinhed, foe the
re$*oui that part of t
be caught here, and the na
have been sent to committees in other
counties. The two killed were Bryant,
Warwick and Andres~01quin; Those hong
the other from the proximity to Mexico,
and the presence, of so large a population
on odr border sympathising with the negro
thieves. But an equal, if not a greater,
number of criminals of those two daises
have been punished than in any other
Settlement in the State. It is the deter*
mination of the citizens in the~*future to>
allow no gross crime to go unpunished^
whatever it may cost to ferret out the
matter and punish tbe offender, whoever
he pay be.
The election went off quietly, as it al
ways does here. The vote for Associate
Justice being:
Bell $50
Buckley j7
Bell's majority >. .¡JJJ'
The vote for the servile faction being rather ~
&*im. There were not many Buckley men
at 3rst, and oereral of them were huag-
just before ¿he election, as I have already
told you. Bell gets a very large majority
throughout the white settlements; hut
Goliad is tho banner connty of Independa
ence; tbe placo where the flag of inde-
pendence was first raised, and it floats hero
yet—
— " Iiong mayit wave I
O'er the land of the free and the home of tho
brave."
Immigration i« pouring in at fast as we
we wish for; and so far of tbe right sort
generally.
Tbe railroad fiotn Port Lavaca to Vic-
toria has called a halt, but we hope it will
go ahead again, shortly ; the cars ara run-
ning five miles.
Our river is virgin^yet; and I am afraid
will be an old maid.
Artesian wells are all the talk now. If
a good veil can be obtained, it will make
this county truly the garden of Texas.
No experiment has yet been made, but
there is every probability of obtaining
artesian water—the only question being as
to its quality.
And t.o being at the end of the news Of
public interest Adios amipnt.
Goliad, Aug. 13, 1858. M. 1Í.K.
Foreign and Home Hews.
THE TRANS-ATLANTIC CABIX.
Trinity Bat, Aug. 13.—During nesr'y
a week since the landing of the Atlantic
cable t Valentía Bay, Dr. Whitehooer, the
English inventor and chief olectrioian of
the company, has I «en
.his inveutióas and keeling hie
——-tera.:*
US far'
were Michael Wardick, Eli sha Browning,
John Wardick and Jasper Goalman. TÍíose
ordered off were three Mexicans and one
white man, who have g4be llio Grand -
wards.
I have seen a preposterous rtimor in the
papers that two or three men bad been
hung, who were quite innocent and found
traveling in company with tbe Wardicks;
they begged for time to write to their
friends, <kc. Nothing could be more ab-
surd or impossible. The culprits bad a
fair and impartial trial. They were all
clearly and undoubtedly guilty of murder
in the first degree. They had ample
time to write to their friends; make their
will, which they did; and several hours
to prepam for death, which two of them
employed in praying and bemoaning their
fate—and two in cursing and execration.
No innocent man has been molested, nor
indeed can be ; but as for the foul crbwd
they must stand aside. Tbe citizens of
this county are a unit on this question.
VVe are on the frontier, a mark for all the
hideous minors and monstrous ideas which
have, from time immemorial, prevailed in
the east against the west. We are the
out post sentinels of the South, aud the
point at which the spleep and malice of
tbe very strong abolition party of this
State is particularly directed. Stationed
at the cross roads of the two greatest
highways of inland traffic in the S;ate and
exposed to all the evils and annoyances
following in their train, and witb all this
have preserve^ better order than any coun-
ty in the State. £
Since the coming of the white settlers
in 1846, there have been six murders in
this county; and in every instance the
murderers have been arrested and punished
with death. There have l>een three men
killed in affrays. This does not include
the number killed by Indians, which have
been seven in the same time. Only one
party of Indians committing murder es-
caped unpunished by the citizens. One
burglary, the perpetrator of which was
sent to the penitentiary. Tbe only crimes
which have been perpetrated with any
impunity are horse stealing and negro
steading by greasers. Tho former on ac-
count of the prodigious number of horses
continually passing through the countr ;
yearn
Dr. Wbiiehotra declines
formation respecting hie
experimen ts'on tbé' other aide of th*
lantic.
iiugh eís* Printing instrument.
Prof. Hughes* invention—a printing in-
strument which surpassed all others in the
experiments made with the cable last
spring—will undoubtedly prove effective,
wlieu it is properly graduated, and a far
trial allowed it.
Signals are constantly passing- through
the cable without interruption.
LATgft FROM SANTA Fit'
St. Locis, August 14.—Advices 6wb'
Santa Fe to tbe 26th ult. represent tbe
health of the place good, and business was
reviving considerably.
Serious difficulties were apprehended be-
tween the Indians and United States troops
stntioned at Fort Defiance, on account of
tbe Indians having killed a negro of Mm.
Brooks.
YELLOW FEVER' AT CHARLESTON.
Chabucstok, Aug. 14.—Several dead
have occurred here from yellow fever, but
our physicians say that it is not epidemi-
cal, and hopes are entertained that it wi l
not be.
GENERAL WALKER.
This distinguished gentleman passed
through Augusta, Ga., on the 14th insL,-
on his way tv New York.
MISSOURI ELECTION.
St. Louis, Aug. 14.—The raajoritv for
Anderson íp the Second Congressional
District, i 4500.
In the Third District, Craig's majoritv is"
4000.
In tbe Fifth District, Wood Ac has 500
majority.
In the Sixth District, Phelpe has 5,000'
majority.
In the Seventh District, Noell has 3,000
mijority.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
jíew tork MAUKKTS.
New Yoax, Aug. 13.—Cotton his been
dull in our market to-day, and prioee have
declined ¿<§¿c. Tbe quotations for Mid-
dling Orleans are Ii|®12|e, per pound.
In Sugar a fair business nas been doing,
and prices have advanced |c. per pound.
Sterling Exchange has been steady, with
quotations at 9|.
C I H C 111 K ATI XAtltn.
C'jara.n, A.*. U.-FW. $4 7S®S
25 ; Whiskey, 23c.; Wheat, new.
M
LHS 8MH atcf.
YELLOW FEVER IN NEW ORLEANS.
There were 142 deatha in Kew Orfoae
fo? tbe three days op tolas!Friday ITbe
physicians say it is not epidemia, hot if it
should rSge after this (ash km in Columbas
for two or three days, «r« stwsHd lito a
"*ery aÜght". opinio that it wae epi-
demic.] *
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