New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-18

- a Oook was recently returned TO Che Boston
i f9le Library which had been ma m Tor
The steamer Zealandia, which arrived :, G.
francisco on August 9, made the passage fr,o e,s
! IN twenty-four days, four hours ana t,..,, .ey
utes' which her officers pronounce ths oo,c,e., -
record Trey attribuiethe high rate OF snsed - -,
insbsanese bronze propeller with hfoh tl,s s,ear -
hOtVd INST before sailing The blades ov-,rr
Friction ''e'o Is i'Es loss o. power thsosss
Ihe criminal neglect to provide facilities e..
putting out fires which prevails r multitude 81 a.,
ner resorts IS foroibly illustrated nv the stste, -
several boatInen relative 70 the burning ~ III D. =
house at Beach Haven last week "Wednesday 49,
'hey say that whom they FIRST discovered fle IRE $50
"Lleh 800 persons finally escaped in their uirht-dn
Without any loss OF life, buoketnl % water would hava
oHn lSned II but there bucket o. hand a,a
bedo or Two later the flames had gained desfuctsve
snmIrer ~ WOULD DC interesting 10 know how Dony
o,a notSi. Dut OF the most cOmbnstshle materials
I u Fsoneed almost 10 tinder by hot sun and Ioae
m winch flame no bigger than a mans hand conii
saoH mo conhagraon under the very eyes OF men
water ~' N-' '1~' S~eAe'ln OF
The harassed colony at Rugby is in the
grasp of worse foe than drouth sterile soil or nsreDre
sentation, against all OF which 1t has had TO str,cg %
the start typhoid fever has broken ont In the ltta
community and Of it's 400 members tenty arc Reported
TO be sick with this dangerous disease As one after
o'her ieh III the local physician became alarmed and
summoned DR.. Whitaker and DR. Underhil from Gin
cinnati to consutalcn II that the symp
toms, which were similar IN an she cases must be "a
feTTed 10 common cause and hence suspcion nsturan
3Sl upon the drinking water An investigation showed
t1at small reeerN Or, which IN the para failure ~ -
regular supply had been drawn drinking urnsss
Nss poisoned by decsFing animal and vegetable sffsr
ana no doRot remains That the disease cncenderi
IN thr way Thus far only two OF the colony have 5
Mr. Dsyken and Mr.. Chatter. These were ne a.
ueaths Al Rugby and The funeral services las sunl.
were touching and melancholy in the extreme.
private letter dated Hilo, Hawaii. July Il
contains the following description tie aow Of lava
winch has Threatened TO destroy the city TIE lava
nor" continues to be the leading subject OF Interest Tie
wonderful advance It made % than mile IN i,,rea
days June 262s) was the cause OF much anxiety Tia
great surface flow which follows the sake OF the mar
row advance streams has sst reached the extremo
end OF the June 20 ow covering It completely ana
spreading at the time In tho direction Of o IA
was ten days in running little more than a nile Dr-
lug the last twen yfour hours the lava ran abeut -
ieet and ~ now moving AZ the rate OF from fifteen q,
twenty FEET per hour Tvised last night; the scena
was wonderful Ia the extreme. Imagine III you can Tia
appearance OF stream Of lava running at white bea.
SIX rect under water Again fancy the strange effect ~
cascade OF lava equal Ia width volume 10 the -
caue OF seadins water, both pOUriag same bsD
ese sis were not so very high perhaps not than
ten OF twelve Iect yet they rsOndcrfu
stream or lava which seemed 20 be thirfy f n
length running incline OF about nfteeu feg-ees
completely encased with hot water l am fnIly con,
Neeu that water offers slight resistance when coupara
win arr which To the force ,vffb
when Lava has 10 contend. regards the safety ~
Hlo, suppose opinion bc OF little wcrTb ~
must say, should the flow continue TO move onward
Keeping inc same general course at present Indicated N
of Hiio." - $3.50 f'iNNSD