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, 1882-11-18
The Absurdity of the Health Ordinance

During the last week or two, the news
paper man has had occasion To make daily
visits to the health Office, TO make inquiry
of the head official, Dr. Slolu, regarding the
condition Of things In his department II
the inquirer has failed 10 grt IN detail, the
information sought, no b.ame wi,ateve. can
possibly attach to DR.. Sloan. He's governed
by the so-called Health Ordinance, which,
when investigated, is about the NEST absurd
piece of literature in the volume issued by
the City Couaeil Under such an ordinance,
the Health Officer cannot even act or report,
intelligently.
Section Of this ordinance sets forth that
it shall be the duty Of physicians TO report
eases to the Health Officer or the Mayor. It
is fact that the Health Officer IS not noti-
lied Of all the cases, because some are re-
ported to the Mayor, and that official fails
TO notify the Health Officer.
Section > requires tn. ii aith Officer I"
visit persons sick with contagious diseases.
lie cannot carry ont these provisions because
not notified promptly, or at all
Section prov:Ges that the City Marshal
shall make weekly examination Of streets,
alleys, sinks, vaults, and the Ike, and re
port their condition to the Health Officer,
who Is TO order the same elranel "r removed
by the Street Commissioner. We have yet
to hear Of the first report Of this Kind.
Then Section maaes IL the duty of tine
householder 10 report sickness IN AIS family,
and to state the character ot the disease.
Nothing could De Lore absurd than this,
unless it ,s Section 10, which provides thai
whenever any persOn shall die OF dIpE:heria-
smallpox or any of the o.her diseases named
In this ordnance, the clothing shall be buried
or burned VIA. are the diseases. Cholera,
small poI, yellow fever, typhus or typhoid,
measles, scarle. fever and dIphthsrIa- Now
We submit that this ordinance as whole 3
not only absurd as production Of this char
acter, but that its provisions are calculated
to defeat the very object, for which such an
ordinance ought to be framed 1t Is con-
tii.tiuc in its provisions and under it the
Health Officer is wholly unable, either to
make report or know the condition OF the
sick in the cry The City Council would
be doing service to this pubic to let the
Health officer make an ordinance governing
his department.
, 1882-11-18
The Atrocious Cruelty OF Mission
aries in Africa

Newspapers published on the west coast
Of Africa contain reports of the hearing
of charge against William F. John,
Phoebe John, John Williams and Kelia
Williams, Of hogging girl 80 cruelty as
to cause her death. John and Williams
are described as agents and schoolmasters
Of the Church Missionary Society at On
itsha. Oh the Niger Tne female prison
ers were there wives, and the girls whose
III treatment led to the accusation, we're
both persons whom the prisoners had ran
somed. The alleged offense took place
back in 1877, when both girls ran away
from their employers, but were
brought back. As a punishment
for their escape they were taken to the
prisoner Williams house, when the pris.
oner John, having obtained a rope. they
we're stripped naked and tied back to
back The allegations are, not only that
the two male prisoners logged the girls
savagely with their own hands, but that .
number Of natives we're ordered to keep
up the punishment, which they did with
guara whips, canes, ropes and other in
struments- Not content with this, the
male prisoners ordered some pepper to be
brought, and rubbed it into the bleeding
wounds Of the girls as they lay upon the
ground helpless and rolling about in az
ony. This was in the morning and the
girls we're left lying upon the ground un-
der the broiling san during the whole day
without shelter or aid Of any kind. They
were again barberously treated three day.
later, and on the following morning one
Of the girl. died. True bills have been
returned against all the prisoners at Sisr-
"a Leone.
, 1882-11-18
The Price Of Aatches.


Boston Herald.
/ Tie dispatch from Philadelphis, ysster-
! day. stating that the price ct matches had
/ been advanced there from . cents to
| 81 20 per gross. and that notice TO the
same etfee, are being sent throughout the
UNION, caused quite furry among gro
Gers in this city. Most of the grocers
/ and other dsalers have carried small
stocks of matches, Of late, whils it WAS
uncertain whether OF not Congress would
reduce the ,a1 on them. Congress adjourn
ed without making the reduction, and
wh,n the Information came that the price
was to DO increased, the grocers we're
anxious to put in stock. Inquiry among
the match dealers in Boston showed that
dealers and consumers IN this section of
the country have no cause to be alarmed
or to lay in an extra supply. The Ad-
vance in price only ELECTS par,or and box
matches, and these only in the west and
south, competition in New England, with
the exception Of Connecticut, being 50
great that tho manufacturers Of box and
parlor matches. desiring to increase their
sales, do not intend, 1t is said, to have
the advance apply TO the New England
trade. at least at present. The cause as
signed for the advance is the increase in
the price of materials a-d labor-the
wood used costing, 1t Is said. about fifty
per cent. more than formerly, and the
machinery is much more expensive than
that used to manufacture the ordinary
card matches The duty on some Of the
chemicals used in making parlor matches
is also SAID to be very high A member
OF one Of the largest wholesale grocery
firms in this city said that he had heard
nothing of the advance except what he
had read in the Herald Several custom
ers had applied to him for information,
which he could not give, and he did not
thiaL thera was sufficient reason 10 except
an advance. Some Of the prominent re-
tail grocers were also visited They had
received no notification of an increase in
the price of matches, and could see no
reason for IT.
In conversation Nth one Of the largest
dealers in matches in this city it was as
certained that corporation. with caPi-
tai of about 81 ,OO0, 900, h,s been formed
quite recently, which has, practically, .
monopoly Of the match manufacturing
business in the United States. This cor
poratlon, it is said, control the manfac-
ture and sale of all parlor and box
matches, and a company in Portland,
Maine, is the only one Of Importance out |
SIDE The corporation The latter com. |
pany, however, does not manufacture
parlor matches Tae circular giving no |
tice of the advance in prices was issued |
by the corporation above alluded to. and
the rise is from % cents TO 81 90 per
gross, instead of 81 80, as stated. The
trade III BE-. matches in New England |
has increased very much within the past |
few years, although this kind Of match |
has not superseded the card match to the
exten; it has in New York and further
west. The cost Of manufacturing and |
putting ON the market is about one-third
more than that of card matches, and i'm
ported box matches are sold here about
as low as those made this side of the
Matrr
, 1882-11-18
A p.rty Of Ts,.. w.eonsrs. after !. b.,

4 psrty Of Texas wagoners. after hard
days pull. we're chatting around the camp
FIRE While they smoked their pipes "Sam-
bo, me bhoy," exclaimed Pat, . roIlick-
ing 1rishman, to . Jolly dsrkey, "tell us
what makes your nose 20 fat" /" Dun no,
Man Pat" answered Sam, "but / spec
It's TO keep me from poking into other
peoples business
, 1882-11-18

Tie alleged editor Of the matinal effort
docs not give tbs majority of w. c. Pain
ter. The fact that Mr.. Painter, tie can
didats opposed BY the alleged editor,
aforesaid, has . majority Of over 400 /;
about the largest in the list, carries its
own cOmmsnt.
, 1882-11-18

Legge, Bishop OF Oxford, rsshly invited
a couple II wits-Canning and Frere-to
to hear the frs, sermon after his sppolnt-
ment. "weil, said he to Canning, "hoI
did you ike itf Why, / thought it
rather short "Oh, yes, / am aware it
was short, hu. / was afraid of being 'e-
diou.." "oh, you were tedious, said
Canning.
, 1882-11-18

Not only do the Democrats have full
control Of the House. but it il evident
that they have carried New Jersey, and
vii slAe: . Senator in MePher,ons place,
which viii make the Senate abou; an eysn
thing.
, 1882-11-18
,ursllEcTUaL IHTEMPERANCE.
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, 1882-11-18

Last week candidates were expressing
Indignation a. the want Of enthusiasm
among ,otsrs- The people snthussd on
Tuesday
, 1882-11-18

Like Othello, the campaign sritbnet-
'e man" ean exeiain, my oOcupstion's
gone."
, 1882-07-07
Good for Delegate Brents.

WASHINGTON, June 30.-Mr. Brents has
printed n speech in the Record on his bill
for the admission Of Washington Terri
tory as state, with view to having it
made the special order for early consid-
Grafton. He claimed the population of
Washington to be about equal to the
present representative ratio, and the as
sessable value of its property about
$4,000 900, and the true value twice that
amount. He aimed the clause in the
ordinance of 1887, providing for the ad-
mission Of states in the northwest terri
tory with sixty thousand inhabitants was
extended to the Oregon territory, then
including Washington and Idaho terri
tories by the 14th section Of the Oregon
act OF 1S47 He criticized the ratio
principle severely, and claimed it had
never been the rule in the admission OF
new states, and was repugnant to the
spirit of the Constitution. He showed
that nearly every new state was admitted
with less population and wealth than
Washington has today.
, 1882-07-07

TOLEDO, Ohio, June 2S.-The Demo-
Gratis of theSixth District today nomina-
ted w. l.. Hill for Congress.
New LONDON, June 30-The race be-
tween the Harvard and Yale crews was
won by the former by one length.
MINNRAPoLIs, June 30.--By the explo-
sion OF large amount OF fireworks,
nine were today injured.
WASHINGTON, June 2S.--Charles M.
Gorham was today nominated by the
President to be coiner OF the mint III
San Francisco.
LEWISTON, (ME.) June 27.-Tle Demo-
cratic convention today made the follow
ing nominations for Congressionalcan
dates: Samuel j. Anderson, OF the First
district; Daniel II. Thing, of the Second
district; George w. Ladd, of the Third
district and +. Murch, of the Fourth
district. Resolutions were adopted and
the convention adjourned.
DEs MONIES, Ia, June 27.-The Start
Register estimates the majority in fovor
Of the prohibition amendment to the
State constitution, voted on today at
10000.
WASHINGTON, June 27.-The House
committee on elections decides to give
the seat now occupied by Tilman, of
South Carolina, to Small, contestant.
In the Alabama case of Strobact, against
Herbert, the contest was dismissed with
leave to Strobact to withdraw prejudice.
In the other Alabama contested case of
Smith vs.. Shelly. 1t is recommended
that the seat be declared vacant.
WASHINGTON, June Ex-senator Mil
ler has reported bill from the Commit
tee on Revision of Taxes to define the
meaning of the term Indian country, as
had under the revised statutes and other
laws of the United States over which
there has been more or less dispute for
more than thirty years. The bill pro-
vides that the term shall be construed
to apply and include the following
classes of Indian reservation: Land eX-
pressly reserved by treaty or act of Con-
gress, or set aside for the use of Indians
by executive order of the President OF
the United States; lands patented to
tribes, and lands which have been pur-
chased by or conceded to the United
States.
SAN FRANoIsCo, June 29,-The grain
market is steady, with fair demand for
spot and futures. Freights are firmly
held. Some owners are asking rates
which place their vessels entirely out OF
the market. The supply of tonnage is
abundant, little of which, however is
ready for business. The movement of
merchandise from first hands is light as
usual this season.
, 1882-07-07
N. P. R, R. Items.

The Northern Pacific road will be fin
ished to Billings by July Goth.
Already the volume OF freight traffic
over the Northern Pacific is double what
it was last year.
On the 25th Of May, 1S5 miles OF COM
pleted Northern Pacific road were ready
for examination and acceptance by the
Government. On the first OF August
there will be 105 miles more-making q
total OF 300 miles.
The force at work on the Clark's Fork
Division of the Northern Pacific Rail
road, on May 20th. was 2600 Cinnamon
and 1900 "whites." The number will
soon be increased to G000. proportioned
as above between the two races.
The area Of Northern Pacific wheat
acreage, east of Fargo, is twenty-five
per cent greater this year than last
West OF Fargo to Green river the in
crease is variously estimated at from 81
to 80 per cent. II is safe under esti-
mate to say that the increased produc-
ton OF Northern Pacific wheat in 1882
over 1881 will be 33 per cent. The ship
ments last year aggregated over 100000
bushels. This year they will certainly
amount { 100000 bushels, aud rob-
ably to 4,5G0,lj0
, 1882-07-07

The influence of the Oregonian in
the republican politics of Oregon will
probably be put to the test and meas
ured with that of a single individual
in the coming election for United
States Senator, when it is expected
that John H. Mitchell will be a candi-
date. Should the OreDonidn favor his
election it would be virtually confess
ing as false the violent accusations
and unfriendly comments against
him which it has for years promulga-
ted from time to time and without
mercy-often, it is well known with
out Justice Should the OregoRian
abide in silence on the question dur
ing the senatorial canvass it would be
open to all sorts Of suspicion, and
should it raise the black Aag in re-
lentless war against the Honorable
, 1882-07-07

Peck's SIM: I'VE fear the article W.
published two weeks ago in regard to
girls who kiss dogs has been taken
wrong by some We have received a
delicately scented note not scented
like dog, however-from Chicago girl,
who is indignant. She says that she had
rather kiss dog any time than to kiss n
man, That is all right. Its only mat
ter of taste. If the man she refers to
smells like dog, and has fleas, and his
eyes run, and he licks himself instead of
washing, we don't blame her. OF course
she knows more about him than we do
Butt nice clean man should come her
way, man with all the modern improve
ments, who could kiss back--which
dog can't-we will bet she would drop
her dog like hot potatoe and freeze to
the man like the ivy does to the oak, and
would forget all about her dog. Try it
once, sis, and you will sell your dog to
the first butcher that comes along"
, 1882-07-07

Captain Cracks schooner about COM
pleted, and the launch is expected to
take place on Saturday.
On the 3D. inst the Hall Bros. launch
ed a new schoonsr at Port Biakely, for
Cept Crack.
The steamer Phantom has been sold
by Jacob Scotland to ID. X. Howard, who
will employ her in the mail, passenger
and freight traffic of Hoods Canal.
PoRr TOWNSEND, July 3,-Arrived bk.
Gen. Butler, from San Francisco.
PoRT GAMBLE, July 2.Sailed, Bark
Fresno, for San Francisco.
Arrived, Bk. Arkwright, San Francisco
Bark Buena Vista from Sandwich Is'ds.
PoRT BLAKELY, July ARRIVED, bktn
c, l.. Taylor, from San Pedro.
Discovery, July ARRIVED, bk Mary
Glover, from Frisco.
PoRr TOWNSEND, July 4.-Arrived du-
ring last night, Chilian Brig Mirahores,
Autofagasta; Bark Lizzie Marshal, from
San Diego; Honduras Bark Bolombura,
from Callao, Peru; Brig Lucas, from
Guaymas, Mexico.
SHIPS H. S. Gregory and Iroquois load
grain at New Tacoma for Europe.
FINE passenger steamer Hope, Capt.
Gilmore, will leave Port Townsend for
Semiahmoo and way ports at 8, A. NJ, on
Friday, 7th inst.
STR. Dispatch left for Neah Bay last
night. She has been disabled so much
lately that she has been behind schedule
time nearly every trip
, 1882-07-07
SHIPPING NEWS.

poRT TOWNSEND, June 3O.--Arrived
schooner Annie +. Briggs from Neah
Bay
A VESSEL will leave San Francisco,
next month, in charge Of Lieut.. Jas. ).
Powell, for the relief of the expedition
to Point Barrow, the most northern point
of the continent of America.
SCHOONER Champion, Capt. +. IL. Nc
Almond, arrived yesterday cd inst.,) af-
ter a brief trip north. She reports an
unsatisfactory lookout for trading, hence
her speedy return.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 29.-The Consul
lar Court called to investigate the cause
of the loss of the British ship Lammer-
moor will convene here tomorrow morn
ing, and the british Consul, W. Lane
Booker, will preside
The British steamer Cairhsmuir, from
Hong Kong, with Chinese passengers is
due here today; the British steamer Sc
raphisd due from Hong Kong tomorrow
The British steamship Belgic arrived
this morning from Hong Kong and Yok.
ohana, with 595 coolies. One case Of
smallpox is reported and the steamer is
quarantined-
SAN FRANcIsco, June 2S.-The master
OF the ship W. A. Campbell, which ar
rived here yesterday from Liverpool, re-
ports having seen on Jan, 10Th, when
three weeks out from Liverpool, burn
ing ship in latitude 81 degrees 30 min
utes north and longitude II degrees and
3 minutes west. The burning ship was
inspected at close range, but no signs Of
life were seen and the luckless hulk was
left to drift and burn.
ALEXANDRIA, June 28-Now thirty
Two men-Of-war are in the harbor or AL
e1andria, and four more are expected.
PORT TOWNSEND, June 90 Schooners
Annie +. Briggs and Emily Stevens, of
the sealing fleet, arrived from Neah Bay
today.
Bark Columbia from San Francisco,
and barkentine @. L.. Taylor, from Will
mington, arrived this afternoon. Capt.
Balch, Of the bark Columbia reports
speaking the bark Buena Vista from San
Francisco to the Sound, on the 9th,
about l5O miles from Cape Flattery; also
that he was in company for some time
with seven vessels all bound for the
Sound.
French bark Prudent arrived here last
evening in tow OF the tug Goliah lum-
Der laden from Utsalady.
Arrived-barkentine Geo. G. Perkins,
from Guaymas.
PORT GAMBLE, June 2S.-Sailed, schr.
Maria Il. Smith, for San Pedro.
PORT BLAKELY, June 20.-Arrived,
steamer Glamis Castle, from Nanaimo.
Sailed-Bark Carmel for Valparaiso.
PORTLAND, Or, June 30th.-The big
snip President, from Liverpool, with a
cargo Of merchandise for Portland firms,
arrived tonight, forty days overdue.
considerable anxiety has been manifest
ed on account Of her non-arrival sooner.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 30.-The captain
Sl The British steamer Straithairly was
tsned Sll ,l5O by the U. S. District Court,
Ior bringing Chinese passengers in ex-
cess OF the number allowed by law.
PORTLAND, June 29.-The Columbia
crossed out ut noon. The Oregon ar
rived at dark.
HALL BROTHERS, of Port Blakely, have
, 1882-07-07
Irondale Items,

From our regular correspondent
Schooner Mary Parker arrived today
With The first cargo Of stone for the foun-
Jation of thenew furnace to be built here
hv % tbe Puget Sound Iron Company.
Miss Mary McFee, who has been teach
inn school at Chimacum, will spend vaca-
a1 ion nt homo in Victoria with her rela-
i've, y and friends. The best wishes of
tbe many friends she has made in the
short time she has been here with us will
accompany her home.
Miss Virginia Hancock, our school
snperintsndent, has been quite sick with
measles, We are glad to hear that she
i improving. The families of Messrs.
Montgomery and Richardson are com
inc down with measles. A better time
conId not be found, as the weather is
mill and pleasant.
All of those who have lost any bears
NAV find plenty Of them in Chimacum
valley. Mr.. Chas. Clnwsou said he saw
five one day this week, altogether. Sew
eral have been killed.