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The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-01-13
A PICKED GORILLA.

Paul du Chaillu, the discovcrer
of the gor LA, is "vindicated" again,
as he was good many acars ago,
when Professor Owen and other
great English naturalists confirmed
all that the distinguished traveller
has said of the "connectipg link"
The body of an immense gorilla,
preserved in alcohol, has just been
received in Philadelphia, and is to
be dissected by Professor Cope, the
eminent naturalist. The animal,
when alive, was the terror of a
certain locality on the Gaboon river,
in Africa, but was finally killed by
a bullet in the eye, aimed by burly
native. The missionaries there
purchased the body, and securing
a large barrel, packed the animal in
it, filling it up with alcohol. 1t was
consigned to Mr.. Bogers, who sold
it to Professor Cope, 1t was shipped
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-01-13

the soap box and after bathing our
temples they asked If the room was
too warm? We looked at the twenty
dollars in spot chas, got a counterfeit
detcctor to see II 1t was good, and
then showed the money to the fore
man. He was scared, too, and
wanted to lock the door, and then he
went OH the sidewalk to sec il the
police had arrested the man. A
man that we had stood off for a
couple of days for freight bill
came in, and we gave him the twenty
dollars, and from that time things
were different. We had gall and
liver from that day out. Since then,
we have taken thousands of dollars
for advertising without the CULVER Of
u muscle, and could to-day 90
though an advertiser for all he had,
and make him walk home, but that
first twenty dollars was the starter.
1t was what gave us confidence, but
for minute or two 1t was a stand off
whether we asked him twenty dollars,
or offered to do it.for five, and take it
in trade. We never see that quiet,
good naturcd butcher around the
city, but we want to take him in
somewhere and buy him a diamond
ring to put on the big, red, freckled
hand that gave us the first twenty
dollars, but we never have. Editors
are just as ungiateful as republics.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-01-13

Valuable Manuscripts have recent
ly been discovered in Riga, Russia,
by an attempt to rcfit an apartment
on the ground floor Of the Hotel dc
Vile to serve as an additional receipt
aclc for the city archives. The
room was found, on examination, to
he filled almost to the ceiling with
manuscript and books, the bulk Of
which belonged to the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries, while some
thousands dated from the sixteenth,
n large number to the fifteenth and
some even to the fourteenth century.
The most valuable among them was,
probably, collection Of municipal
account-books and similar documents.
1t was hitherto believed that only a
few of the old city books of this once
famous Hansc town were believed to
exist, but about forty of them, of all
kinds, ranging from the fourteenth
to the sixteenth century, have been
brought to light by thissliscovery.
Books of all kinds, such as were
kept, probably, III the Middle Ages,
are here represented-accounts oft he
municipal lime kilns, mills, exchange
of coins, exchcqucr receipts, begin
ming with the year 1882 registers of
incoming ships, with abstracts of
their bills of lading( from the begin
ming of the fifteenth century,; port
dues, lists Of citizens, records of
inheritances, ledger of receipts from
succession duties, records of letters
of convoy, several lctter-books( ono
of which ranges from 1888 to 1925
and others for the end of the fifteenth
and beginning of the sixteenth CEN
tury). Among the other treasures
here discovered is the chronicles OF
the Dunamunde, long believed to he
lost, and u manuscript belonging to
the municipal archives of Lubbock.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-01-13

Junkcting at the expense Of the
public treasury is not approved by
the Chief Auditors department in
Berlin. A couple of months ago au
inferior official employed in a
Government burcau, had put down
and recovered an item of one mark
for cab hire, spent in exercise Of his
official functions. When his bill
finally came before the Chief Audi
tors clerks, it was found that he had
overpaid the cabman to the extent
of forty pfsnnigc ten cents), which
excess was promptly claimed from
and refunded by the generous official
in question. Sharp and ridiculously
"close" as this practice may appear,
considering the inrnmerab.c for
malitics involved, readers will look
upon the matter in a more serious
light when told that the Chief Audi
tors department, by its Spartan
strictness and buckram minutcness,
saves the Prussian Government an
amount averaging upwards of $50,
600 per annum. What glorious
contrast to the junkcting expeditions
of our Government officials.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-01-13

One fthc foreign journals presents
singular statement in regard to
diminished altitudes-thc Andes, it
appears, showing a sensible decline.
According to this statement, Quito
was found by La Condamine, in
l145, to be 9,59e feet above the sea;
Humboldt, in 1903, could only make
1910 feet of it, or twcnty-six feet
less; Boussingault, in 1881, was
surprised to find the the measure.
ment show only 9,567 feet; Orton,
in 1867, found it reduced to $500
feet; and Reuss and Stubel asccr.
tanned, as late as 1870, that it had
actually shrunk to 1856 feet. Quito,
it seems, had sunk 246 feet in l25
years, and Pichincha 21S feet in the
same period. The remarkable fact
appears, from definite determinations,
that its crater has sunk not less than
425 feet during the last twenty six
years, and Autisana 1G5 feet in
sixty.four years. i. el,a Hs.3at
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-01-13
A MISSING POET.

EDO you ever print poetry in the
Tribunc!" asked young lady, rs
she came into the editorial room,
yesterday afternoon.
IL suppose" continued the young
lady, that the literary editor is the
person to whom l should apply for
information, but l thought perhaps
some of the other gentleman IN here
might tell me-"
The horse reporter, who had been
compiling some exciting statistics
regarding the number of animals
that had trOttcd in $3.50 during the
past season, abandoned his fascinat-
ing pursuit, and, after. indicating to
the poet by a wave of his hand that
she was at liberty to occupy chair,
spoke as follows: t.,
" In answer to your question,
miss, may say that notnoly does poe
try sometimes appear in this paper,
but that we now have OH our staff of
contributors some of the most gifted
songstcrs thai the Golden West
has produced, and that they are
allowed to trill their melodies for the
benefit Of our readers ever Saturday
or Sunday. We aim to afford all per-
SONS who feel within their minds hte
surging of a flood of metrical melody
an opportunity of depicting in vivid
word pictures the beautiful image that
Fancy has limncd with delicate touch
upon the rOse-tintcd chambers of the
Imagination. 1t matters not whether
the horny fist of the sweatcrowned
son of toll or the dimpled fingers of
Il patrician maiden guide the pen
which gives expression to these
thoughts-all are alike welcome.
From out the stately chimney that
frets the sky in the rear of this esta-
blishment come forth, in curious
curl and with fantastic quirk, great
clouds of ticccy smoke that wrap the
structure in II white, filmy mantle.
Within one year after the establish
ment of its frcc-fOr-all poetry bu-
rcuu,, the Tribune abandoned the
use of coal fuel. dislike to give
away the game, but you are so pure
and beautiful, and your eyes have
such n wistful trusting look, that l
could not find it in my heart to
deceive you. Go in peace, and by
the way of the stairs, gentle maid,
and take the fruit of the GOdgiven
genius which enabled you to produce
'Savc Our Mothers Hoops for
Clara to some other shop" And,
with Il pearly tear dimming his bright
eye, the biographcr Of Maud 5.
again turned to his work.
HAS any body been in to sec
me!" inquired the literary editor,
as he entered the room, half an hour
later. IL had an appointment with
one of our best.known pOcts.''
s. guess she was here" said the
horse reporter; and may say,
without divulging any professional
secrets, that when yOu pull up your
string of suckers mt the end of the
season there will he one poet
missing. "-Chicago Tribune. T..
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-01-13
SAINT ANDREW.

The following original and
characteristic report of the celebra-
tiOh Of Saint Andrews Day in Call
cutta is extracted from the I.ai0n
Daily Ne,cx. 1t is styled ''ic
chronicle Of Saint Andrew" -
/. 1t came to pass, in the year
one thousand eight hundred and four
score and one, in the City OF Palaces,
dwclt certain wise men from far
country beyond the great sea.
2. Un that year the rulers Of the
city did that which was right in their
own eye,).
3. Now these wise men assembled
themselves together. and they said
one to another, Go to, let us rcmem-
Der our brethren whom we have left.
4. For, behold, We he in far
country, and it shall come to pass
that men shall say Of us. We be
nameless on the earth; We have fed
from the land OF your nativity, be-
cause the land Of your nativity is
poor.
s. This thing, therefore, will we
do; we will make great feast, so
that tho nose Of wllollsOever
smelleth it shall tingle, and We will
call to mind the ancient days and
the mighty deeds Of our fathers.
q. 80 they appointed day, and
many were gathered togethcr-a
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-01-13

via Liverpool to Philadelphia, and
has travelled over 10000 miles in
reaching its destination. The animal
is more than five feet eight inches
high, with arms four feet elk inches
long, and tits supposed that he was
twenty-five or thirty years of age. 1t
is the largest specimen of the gorilla
in the United States.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-01-13

The wife of II Partisan, returning
home, rang at her own door. No
body coming, she rang again. Still
nobody appeared. Finally, Mt
louder and longer ring, the man-ser-
want concluded to show himself.
pray, are you deaf!" said the
lady. ~ beg pardon, madam"
said he TRANQUILITY, SHUT l heard only
the third ring" 'I WI l lyifolg'rn
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-01-13
A lover of his race-'l'he turfman.

A patent has been granted in
England for II sea going vessel which
is intended to skim along on the sur
face Of the water. AIi. Hll9ir VI.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-01-13

An excellent linimcnt for tooth.
ache or neuralgia is made of
sassafras, oil of organuln and half
ounce of tincture of capsicu,n with
half a pint of alcohol. Soak nine
yards of red flannel in this mixture,
wrap it around the head and then
insert the head in a haystack' till
death comes to your relief. uprlJ
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-01-13

Between the ages of twenty and
thirty" says Il cynical philosopher,
. love is an event; between thirty
and forty, it is an accident; after
forty, it is on incident" 81 iHuld
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-02-24
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITS
SIONERS OF BALTIC. COUNTY.

The annual report of the School Commissioners
of the county for the year 1882, when compared
with that of the year previous shows very graft
flying increase in the number Of pupils, the aver
age enrolment and the average attendance. The
number of pupils that attended school at different
periods of the year was 2,425, being about 700
more than the year before, while the average at
tendance was over 600 in excess of that year, and
the average enrolment of pupils had about the
same increase. This may in part be attributed to
the increased number Of visits made by the Exam
liner, which were fifty per cent more than in 1881.
The number of visits made by him were 2IO. The
increase in the cost of the schools was $1995S.09
over last year. The items showing an increase
are teachers salaries, building, books and station
cry, furniture miscellaneous, incdentals, fuel re-
pairs, attorneys fees and the salary of the Assist
ant Examiner. The decrease in expense amount
ed to $685. in the items of Office expenses and rent.
For the first time perhaps in the history of the
schools of the county they are reported as having
a sufficient supply of black-boards. There are
166 school houses in the county and 236 teachers
employed. The value of the school property is
cSIAn4dtcu at uDOub OHO du0AeoA "a 49,
lars. The average cost per pupil for the year,
based on the average enrolment, was S16.36,
which is 60 cents less than the cost in 1872, COM
puted in the same way. The report states that
petitions are filed asking for fifteen new houses to
replace dilapidated buildings, barely tenantable.
Complaint is made in the report of the careless
ness and indifference of some of the trustees in
signing free permits without due discrimination
and thereby seriously affecting the amounts real
ired from the book fees. fFThis evil has grown to
such an extent that several schools have almost
reached period when they are free to all" We
believe the best plan would be to make the schools
absolutely free to all by doing away with all book
fees and making public education and the materi-
ais with which it is acquired free to the chill
dren of the county as the air they breathe or the
water they drink.
Judging from the report the schools are in a
most prosperous condition; but if they made
free, as We have suggested, we candidly believe
their prosperity will be increased beyond the most
sanguine expectation of their warmest friends
Give the proposition trial, and we will guaran-
tee the county will never again return to the book
fee system of collecting revenue for the support
of the public schools.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-02-24

-After all that has been said and written to
the contrary during the past few months, the los
ses of the western stock growers from the snow
and cold will prove very large. 1t is said the re-
cent snow falls and storms have proved so severe
that fully fifteen per cent. of the stock now on the
great stock ranches will be lost. This is a loss
almost unprecedented in its severity, and will tell
heavily on the profits of the ranchmen. In ordi-
nary seasons the profits of stock-raising are very
large greater, in fact, than those attendant upon
any other kindred industry, but tits liable to these
drawbacks. The great profits of ordinary seasons,
however, go far to compensate stock-growers for
occasional drawbacks such those encountered
during the present season. As these losses will
be more or less felt in the meat market for year
two it will be easily that it is not the cat
tIe-owners alone who will have cause to regret
the unfavorable condion of the thermometer in
January and February.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-02-24

THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the sub
i scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court for Baltimore county, letters of Admins
tration on the estate of
HENRY FRYF0GLE,
late of said county deceased All persons having
claims against the said estate are hereby warned
to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof, to
: ba e,bs
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-02-24

u.s. The County Commissioners will soon make
another levy. When they do will they make pro-
vision for Boss Isaac's addition to the Court
House2 Suppose Baltimore city, in the next few
years, takes in the Belt, wont the present Court
House be amply large enough? Or, in the event
of the whole county being annexed to the city,
what use would we have for Court House then
The plain people of the county think the Temple
of Justice is already just trife too large, and
some of them even intimate that if Boss Isaac
wants fre-proof addition he should build it him
self. But then we expect if the Boss insists on
the outlay it will have to be made. If it will
conducs to his happiness the small outlay ofs1O,-
900 should be made, of course.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-02-24

3~0ur Democratic friends already be-
ginning TO look after their fences to that they
are in shape for nextfalrs primaries. From pres
ent appearances the number Of candidates will be
larger than ever before, and many of "the boys"
are at this early day beginning to show their
teeth. Some of them are extremely bitter against
the bosses and publicly swear that if 50 and SO
takes place they will not support the ticket. Let
them all possess their souls in patience. Hereto
fore nomination by a Democratic convention
has been about equivalent to election, but next
fall the Republicans of the county propose to
show the fellows who have been growing fat off
the money of the taxpayers that they are not to
have easy thing of it in the future. Look
out for SQUALLS.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-02-24
LIEN MATTHEW'S,

late of said county, deceased. All persons having
claims against the said estate are hereby warned
to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof to
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-02-24
DEATH OF A GOOD MAN.

1t Is with feelings of profound sorrow that we
record the death of Major William II. Dallam,
Special Deputy Collector of Customs of the Port
of Baltimore, which occurred at his home, Belair,
Hartford county, at an early hour on Thursday
morning last. He had been attending to his du-
ties at the Custom House last week, and on Fri
day complained of feeling unwell. On Saturday
he went to his home and it was hoped that his
indisposition was not serious and would pass off
in few days. This hope, however, was not
realized and he grew steadily after reaching
his home and died as stated above, surrounded by
devoted family and friends.
Major Dallam was man who was greatly be-
loved by all who know him, and his death will
be deeply lamented by very large circle Of
friends. During his life he held many positions
of honor and trust, the duties of all of which
were faithfully discharged, and it can be truth
fully said of him that he was an honest mantle
noblest work of God.
In the death of Major Dallam Hartford county
loses one of her best and most highly esteemed
citizens, and his family kind and devoted hus-
band and father. None will miss him more than
those who were wont to come in daily contact with
him in the discharge of his duties, he being uni
formly kind and courteous, qualities which so
endeared him to them as to make their grief at
his sudden taking off all the more poignant
The immediate cause of Major Dallam's death,
although he had suffered from pulmonary trouble,
was congestion of the lungs. His wife, who sur
wives him, is daughter of the late Gen. l. d.
Maulsby, of Hartford county, and sister of Mrs.
Sarah ]. Yellott, of Towsontown. He leaves two
sons and two daughters.
In 1854 Major Dallam elected States At
torney for Hartford county, defeating Col. Edwin
II Webster He held the office until 1868, when
he was elected Major in the Seventh Maryland
Regiment, of which Col Webster was comman-
der. In 1866 Major Dallam was elected Clerk
of the County Court of Hartford county by the
Republicans, and held the Office until the adop-
ton of the constitution of 1867. Since then he
has been secretary to the Hartford Fire Insurance
Company and Auditor of the Court until he re-
ceived the appointment he held up to the time of
his DEATH He had been lifelong friend of Col.
Webster, and none will feel his death more keenly
than he.
The funeral will take place on Sunday at IL
o'clock from Rock Spring Episcopal church, near
Belair.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-02-24

@~The recent floods in Ohio have destroyed
property valued at millions of dollars. In some
of the rich bottoms along the Ohio and other riv-
ers the farmers were driven from their homes and
their fine houses, barnes and stock swept away
by the angry torrents. Some of these unfortu-
nate people, who before lived in peace and COM
fort, have been redered bankrupt, and the trials
and suffering which must follow will be very great
And the cities and towns have also suffered irrep-
arabic losses. Thousands of industrious people
have been thrown out of employment by the de-
struction of factories, mills, machine shops, &C.
But generous American people are already lib
orally subscribing money to save them from ac-
tual starvation, and to some extent their suffer-
ings are being mitigated.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-02-24

N. J., who prefxes "Rev." to his name, has filed
with the City Clerk very remarkable bill
amounting in the aggregate to $4,000, as follows
To breaking up the rayages of diphtheria, 81, $780,
to lowering the death rate of the city in two
years, $4,000; to stopping the ravages of small
pox, 1900 Total, $4,000. Among his other
idiosyncracies is the announcement through cir
culars of the formation of joint stock company
for the preservation of 10000 lives year. He
also says that he has claim against the United
States Government for services rendered in Presi-
dent Garfeld's ease, having sent q remedy to the
sick Presidents attendants, which had the effect
of proonging the patients life. What is the mat
ter with him, anyhow?
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-02-24
EXECUTOR'S SALE

N =
REAL ESTATE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY.
By virtue of the power contained in the last
will and testament of Warrick Price, late ,F5sse
EssA of Baltimore county deceased, the $500
El undersigned, Executors, will
Central Railway on
Fifth dog (Thursdag), the SM Of 3D. month
(March),
at o'clock P. NJ,
The FARM of the said deceased, situated on the
N. G. R. r., adjoining Glencoe Station, contain
ing about
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ACRES.
The land is of good quality, with sufficient wood
for its use.
. The improvements are a comfortable
ESG DWELLING, A GOOD SWITZRR BARN,
with other outhouses
There is also small Orchard on it. Also, a
WOOD LOT OF q ACRES,
adjoining the lands of John II. Ensor Michael
Crowther, and the Iron Ore banks of the Ashland
Iron Company.
THE TERMS OF PAYMENT are, for the
Farm, one fourth Cash. the balance in 6, II and
Is months
For the Wood lot, J Cash, the balance in G
months. The deferred payments to bear interest
from the day of sale.
SAMUEL NJ. PRICE,
THOS. II. MATTHEW'S,
Executors.
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