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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1883-02-14

DoMINGo q. = FL d!a, vacaEte
para la politica, Sc ha signiticado
con Ia ptrdida de un hombre que
,c hizc ctIebre en- Espaha por su
eSpiritu emprendcdor; hoy ha
muerto en- su possession de Cara
banchel el marques de Salamanca,
c>pccie dc Monte tri>to que deS-
lumbr0 con su iaust0 Y su gene
ro>idad, de que deja recuerdos
inolvidable,. Espana le debe los
ttrro CARRIES Madrid ell ari,to-
crauco barrlo que lleya su nom
bre. Su muerte ha sldo general
mente scntida, como la del mar
queS de Comillas.
El~arte ha erdi'lo tambien uno
de sns representatives: ell tenor dc
IA zarzuela ID. Jose Gonzalez, que
blillo en- los buenos tiempos del
genero, estrcnando las mas po-
pulares. I'll mes de Enero ha ST.
do fatal para nosotros.
Ha aparecido el primer ndme-
20 de la elegante revista Les
.Uatinfes Espagnoles, dirisida por
el baron Stock, seud6nlmo que
asa la famosa escrltora Maria
Letizia Bonaparte, viuda del gran
honibre de Estado italiano kataz-
ii, y casada hoy con nuestro COM
patricia el senor Rute. La apa-
rici5n del periddico Sc ha celebra-
do con un banquete y yelada en-
casa de los senores Rute, toman-
do parte en- la fiesta Castelar,, Ba-
laguer, Hector Varcla, Escobar,
Conca y otros escrltores notables.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1883-02-14

DIA 22. Las seslones de las
Camaras no han ofrecido mas in
teres que la serie de preguntas
con que Sc lucen los diputados y
senadores para que sus nombres
suenen en- los distritos. Debo ci-
tar, sin embargo, por 10 que a esa
lsla interesa, la proposition de
ley que en- el Cong:eso ha apoya-
do el general Daban, pidiendo e'
planteamiento del servicio militar
en- Cuba y Puerto-Rico, con las
mismas garantias, derechos y obi
gaciones del e.jercito en- la',Penln-
sula; ha expuesto razones econo-
micas, civiles y politicas para con
vencernos de que ahi deben car
gar con el chopo los hiJos del pals.
FL ministro de Ultramar, despues
de manifestar que la proposition
enyolvia diferentes caracteres,
tanto en- el orden politico como
en- ell civil, manifesto que no tenia
Inconvenience en- que Sc tomara
en- consideration, con la reserva
dc inhuir en- ell seno de la comi-
sion para que Sc aJustara a su
criterio el sentido de aquella
Bueno es vivir prevenidos, que asi
entendemos 'por aca la asimi(a-
ci0n.
y tambien, por 10 que a uste-
des interesa, copio ese suelto de
tondo de un periodico;
La contradiction pdblica en- Puer-
to-Rico sigue baiando notablemente;
Ell el dItlmo afo 1881 no ha llegado d
las dos terceras parties de la del ante
rior 1880, y otro tanto puede declrse
comparandola con las demas de- quin-
qnenlo,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1883-02-14

do imponerse una vez mas.
/; Que habra dicho, ALA para sus
adentros, Romero Gir6n?
Manana parece que habra gres-
ca en- las secciones del Congreso
ION motive de la famosa PROPOSE
ci6n del general Daban sobre ell
servicio militar de esas islas, pues
la mayorfa rechaza ell pensamien-
to, y 10 creo. Hoy 10 Inico Dig
no de menci6n que ofrece ell Con-
greso es la petici6n que al minis
tro de Hacienda ha hecho el Sc
nor Portuondo de que figuren en-
los presupuestos del Estado los
gastos que Sc refieren a la CO.
lonia de Fernando Poo Y Es-
tados Americanos, rebajandolos
de los de Cuba, Puerto Rico y
Filipinas. 81 Sr. Pelayo Cuesta
ha contestado que esa question
esta en- estudio Y Sc enterara.
DIA 25. Preguntas y mas pre-
guntas en- las Camaras, que 4 We
ces roban el tempo y no permiten
entrar en- el orden del dia. En-
tire elias, debo citar solo la que
degener6 en- Interpolation sobre
ell NAL servicio de correos sos-
tenida por el diputado biz Ro-
nero; entire sus que]as es muy
fundada la relativa d 10 que
ocurre con la correspondence
que d esa isIa llevan los vapoies
correos. pues estos Sc la llcvan a
la Habana, donde vuelyen Il en-
barcarla para Puerto-Rico, como
81 este fuese un pueblo de Cuba.
Ell senior Labra. siempre en- Ia
brecha, ha presentado noy una
exposition de vecinos de Bar
celona, pidiendo Sc ample d
Cuba v Puerto-Rico la ley cleo
coral de la Peninsula. ToIo
sirve de pretexto para la propa-
ganda de la gente avanzada que
no deja en- paz a esa l,las.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1883-02-14

dtol udi 81 dlSo HuC "iuiS - q
mcnos aminore los perjudiciale,
etectos de la eXceSiva importation
de plata mejieana.
Para este fin es tan deSatinado
el e,tablecimiento de un derecho
de Importation que nj diScutirse
debe esto.
Respecto de la moneda provin-
cial, tambien es impracticable, Ell
raz6n a que la tlnica tabrica esta-
blecida en- Madrid LENA pertecta
mente las necesidades de la Pc
ninsula de las Antillas, como
patentemente Sc demuestra oboer-
vando 10 que pasa en- la isla de
Cuba, en- la que no ocurren crisis
como la que aqui nos preocupa,
porque la unidad 8 tipo para sue
negocios Y eontratos es el peso
fuerte de oro, y porque en- la
plaza guarda equiHbrio ell valor dc
la moneda nacional con la extran
jera.
Lo unico que parece practlca-
bic es que, no olvidando e. carac
ter de mercaderia que tiene la
moneda, Sc una el comercio todo
de la Isla para no admitir en- su>
transacciones la plata mejicana sino
con un descuento que nadie me.jor
que el mismo comercio puede cal
cuIar d cuanto haya de ascender.
q: HaciGndolo al V reacunando
EN- Madrid la plata mejicana que
ingrese en- ell Tesoro pubIico, po-
drla mantenerse el equilibrio IN
dispensabIe en- los cambios hasta
que mas duradera y s6lidamente
sc consiga este equilibrio con Ia
adopci6n de las medidas antes
propuestas Y que en- resumeh son
las siguientes;
Il Que Sc continue con mas
abundancia la acunaci6n de ORC,
para atender por este medic a la
circulation monetarla.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-25
The King of Dahomey's Cannon
San francisco Post.


The King of Dahomev received an in.
voice of Krupp cannon not long ago, and
conceived the idea of having them mounted
on elephants backs for use in the field.
With much difficulty this project was
carried out, and at the next military
review the King ordered that one of the
guns be fired Immediately in front of the
royal position, first taking the precaution
to place couple of thousand Of prisoners
about where it was calculated the ball
would strike, so as to Judge of the effective
ness of the shot,
When all was ready one of the biggest
elephants was backed around and sight
ed. just as the lanyard was jerked, how
ever, the animal turned half round to
reach for peanut or something and the
shell took off the Prime Minister'S head
and knocked a hole as big as a sewer
through the palace. His Majesty wouldn't
have cared so much if the matter had end
ed there-as the Minister wasn't very
prime and the palace needed ventilation
but 1t didn't. On the contrary, the
elephant, which had been stood on his
head by the recoil, picked itself up
in afury and started in on the down grade
ahead of its ticket. 1t upset the grand
astand the first rush, slung the grand
chamberlain and past grand carver of
- Missionaries into the next street. 1t then
rk mped into the brass band with all four
as y and if it hadn't got the big drum
ot y its head so that it couldn't see,
es til probably have cleaned out the en-
of fonpngregatiOn. The King was not
ct. as until the next morning, and then,
of wasH down out of a banana tree, he
only erstoOd to remark that there was
Va artillelhlng needed to render his new
at was to kstem an entire success-that
Ahe enemy to adopt it.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-25
A Cockney FIRE Company.

sL0nd0n Letter 20 PbUa1sIpAtr Press.
Near the American Exchange. at the
corner of the Strand and Adelaide street.
is the ChandOs Station Of the MetrOpOli-
tan Fire Brigade. Here are located
manual engine and steamer and twelve
OF fourteen fremen. One day ! chanced
TO he passiug the brigade station when
a Young fellow. all excitement and per-
spirati0n, rushed up from the direction of
Durv Lane and breathlessly exclaimed:
.'Jrrrv up. 'erei There's fire just
hreakin' hout in Drury Lane. Look
sharp. nOw' The engineer who was IN
charge OF the place turned 10 a group oi
fremen and said: AIRY, put on your
'elmet and 20 see WOt it is AIRY pro-
ceeded to don the brigade tunic and 'elmet,
and started of on a run IN the direction
Of Drury Lane. He was gone perhaps ten
minutes. When he hove in sight again
he had his 'elmet in his hand, theperspi-
ration rolled from his flaming brow, and
he was putting Ikea locomotive. "COme
along" he managed TO articulate, "its a
sure enough fire" The engineer deliber-
ately ordered the manual to be hitched
up and while one man went around the
corner to get the horses two others put the
pole in place and the rest of the men
put on their tunics and 'elmets. When
the team was hitehed up they pulled out
and ratified away over the pavement tC
Drury Lane. Do you know what hap
pened nexts Well, they got to Drury
Lane, found that the fire had spread from
an upper floor. where it had started. to &
paint shop on the first floor, and the whole
building was booming. Their manua
was Of no use under heaven, and they rat
tied back to the station after the steamer
When they returned with their steame
Ine nrs had consumed the interior OF tn
building and its contents, and there wa
no use for the engine. So they quietly re
lurned to their quarters.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-25
NEW ORLEANS ON GUARD.
No Fever-Laden Vessels to be Allowed
in the Waters of the State.

No Fever-Laden Vessels to be Allowed
in the Waters of the State.
NEW ORLEANS, July 24.-The various
commercial bodies of this city few days
ago adopted the following resolutions,
which were last night approved by the
Board of Health and forwarded to Cover
nor McEnery:
ReSOlUed, That the Board Of Health be
requested to petition the Governor of the
State of Louisiana to have al infected
vessels now in the waters of the State re-
moved out of the same, and that he issue
his proclamation that hencefOrth 70 YES
sci from any infected port be permitted TO
enter the waters of the State.
Dr. FOrementO then offered the follow
ing resolutions which were unanimously
adopted:
WHEREAS, There is danger of yellow
fever being introduced into New Orleans
through unrestricted communication be.
tween Ship Island and the coast of the
State of Mississippi.
ReSOlUed, That the Governor of the
State of Louisiana be requested to cal
the attention of the Governor of Missis
sippl to this fact, and urge him TO take
| the strongest measures to put a stop tC
| this dangerous intercourse; be it
| ReSOIred, That the General Government
! be requested, through the proper authOri
/ tv. to order that no communication shall
/ DE held between Ship Island and the Mis-
! sissippi coast,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-25
\ HUMAN WINDMILL.
A Boy Whose Arms Grew Out of His
Back.

/ a Boy Whose Arms Grew Out of Hi,
Back.
/ Nor5c.ik Special 20 Netc York Woyld. ,TuIy ED
In small One-stOry frame dwelling
situated opposite the freight depot of the
Danbury and NOrwalk Railroad here. the
" lOrtd correspondent recently discovered
a curious example of human defOrmitv,
whose existence has been preserved a
secret for nearly seventeen years.
At the house mentioned Thomas Har.
don, a railroad labOrer. and his wife live
with their son Tom. This boy was born
seventeen years ago, miSshapen mite OF
humanity. By the advice of thoir parish
priest the sOrTOwlng parents have care
fully concealed him from the public gaze.
When the World correspondent called
at the house to-day the unfortunate
boy was found half-sitting and half-re-
clining in an invalid's easy chair.
He is totally devoid of shoulders. and
from the centre of his back two arms.
with well formed hands, grew from a sin
gle joint. The hands and arms are devoid
Of the power of teeling,a and are also affiict-
ed with a strange, continual motion
sweeping around in a circle like wind
mill, the arms hein& stretched out at full
length and moving in opposite directions
This motion never ceases except when
the arms are tied together, and are COW
cred with scars from contact with the
walls, tables. chairs, etc.
His body is further deformed by the
joining Of the legs as far as the knee.
Here the right leg is turned back and up
ward until the heel strikes the centre of
the back, where it is firmly imbedded in
the flesh.
He is mentally bright. and conversed
freely and ntelligently with the reporter
about the few books his parents had been
able TO provide for him and about articles
he had read in the newspapers, which are
occasionally supplied to him.
"Said his mother: HE is a great care
to us, being unable to help himself at all.
But he is just as dear to me as if he was
like other children. | suppose he could
be exhibited, but as long as his father or
myself have life in our bodies to work for
him he never shall be-
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-25
THE CONVICT QUESTION.
II Text of the Bill Providing Wa,

Text of the Bill Providing War
dens.
's',rT STI VT 'sDondence OF the Nornina Ne,os.
the full text of til. 2S.-The following is
.F. A. Perkins, of b introduced by DIR.
whom no member of the county, than
more experience with the d mas had
properly caring for the convicts of9n Of
gia under the immediate control of tn,
State. The bill is on the same line as GOV
McDaniePs new convict rules:
SECTION /. Be it enacted 6y the General As.
senbty Of the State Of Georgia, That from and
after the passage of this act, the Governor of
this State be authorized and required tC
appoint some suitable and proper
persons as Wardens, one for each
OF the companies now leasing the
convIcts of the State, and known as c0mpan-
les number one, two and three; and a Warden
for the convicts now in charge of the Marietta
and North Georgia Railroad Company, as
long as SAID companies shall have charge OF
any number Of said cOnVicts. Said Wardens
shall hold their Office during good behavior.
subject to removal by the Governor. at his
discretion. They shall each receive a salary
of $1,000 per annum, to be paid in quarterly
installments, out of the fund arising for the
hiring of said cOnvicts, on Executive war
rants, as other civil officers Of this state are
pald.
itydforesaid, That should SAID penitentiary
companies. for their own convenience divide
the cOnvicts IN their control, and establish
other penitentiarY camps. and work said
convicts at points so distant from the prin-
cipal camps that the Warden appointed for
said company cannot, in the opinion of the
Governor, properly inspect said camps and
discharge the duties hereinafter required OF
them, then it shall be the duty OF
the Governor 30 appoint as many As
sistant Wardens as he may deem
necessary; but in no event appointing more
than one Assistant Warden for each camp.
eaid Assistant Wardens shall be appointed in
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-25
FLORIDA


There Is a move ON foot to organize state
Dental Association
4 gang of sneak thieves are operating in
and about Jacksonville.
There are some eases Of blind staggers
among the horses of Madison county.
Chickens are selling for Sl2 10 SIS per dozen
80 Key West, and are scarce al that.
The Cuban Methodists Of KEY West have
started a paper called La IeFdad-Thc Truth.
The death warrant fixing the time for the
execution of Charlie Williams for August the
18th. has been received by sheriff Tucker, of
Gainesville.
The barn of Caleb Garter. an INDUSTRIOUS
coIored farmer Of Madison, was burned last
sunday night together with five wagon
loads ~ corn and a quantity of oats. IL Is
supposed 90 be the work OF an Iucenuiary.
sergeant J W. smith. Of jacksonville. has
received instructions from the Chief Signal
ONCE 90 re-establish the display stations IN
section y. viz: Fernandlna, Fort George
Island and ST. Augustine. which are under
his supervision.
The Board Of Pilot Commissioners Of Jack
sdnville have received the reports relative To
the number Of vessels pIOted over and the
condition of the It. Johns bar for the week
ending last Saturday. During the week they
uilotcd over thirteen vessels. and report from
twelve TO thirteen feet Of water on the bar at
high tide.
The Monticello Consultation advocates the
raising of cattle on a large scale IN Middle
Florida. stating that the supply has almost
been exhausted during the past few years by
foreign speculators. E B. Bailey. of Jeifer
son county. is beginning To accumulate lot
of stock cattle. and proposes 10 20 into the
business extensively
Louise VOgei, of st. Augustine. while on her
way To school Tuesday morning. was as
saulted by "a coIored boy. He took her by the
throat took a ring from her finger and ran.
The mother of the little child. Mrs. Leo
Vo-eL was Immediately notified of the affair,
went in pursuit of the boy. and succeeded in
having him arrested. In the afternoon he
was frieG before Justices Court and SEN
fenced to the county jail for ten days.
Richmond johnson. of Madison, a negro
sentenced to work in the chain gang. received
81 logging last week for letting down farm
er-s feEce in several places and leaving ii
down. After the fiOgging he went TO DIR.
PeeIer's office to have his wounds dressed.
The doctor having important business just
then at the post Office le Richmond iu his Of
Zee until he could return. He later on re-
turned, dressed the wounds, and the negro
left. 4 short while afterwards the doctor dis
covered that in his absence the negro had
stolen two one-dollar bottles of cologne from
him.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-25
OTHER STRIKES.
The Bricklayers' Union Gains a Victory
in Chicago.

CHICAGO, July 24.-The Master Masons,
and Builders Association, which made
such a prolonged fight against the Brick
layers Union early this summer, has de-
clded to concede to certain later demands
81 the Union respectin g the employment
OF non-Union men wOrkmen. The as
soclatl0n explains its action on the
ground that great BODY of the men
Drought to this city to take the places va
Gated by the strikers early in the season
nave since Joined the union.
NEW YORK, July 24.-The locked ont
clgarmakers sent reply to-day to
communication of the manufacturers re-
ccelyed by them yesterday, in which the
former say that they viii not return to
work until the members of the inter-
national union employed ,by Gutenberg
Bros. are discharged and not re-employed'
Inc situation of the dress and cloak
makers strike remains unchanged.
CHICAGO, July 24.-No attemDt has
been made to resume work at the rolling
MIL NH III south Chicago, and the 1000 men
VINO made demand last week for in
creased pay still remain idle.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-25
BIackburn's Platform.



ny Blackburn, who. by the way. re-
for the Speakership an67 Is nj Mr. P9n1
dalrs man nor MIR. Carlisle's nI.n go
he will oppose in the next House
hastv or incOnsiderate action upon any or
the great questions that may come up
Furthermore, Mr.. Blackburn says: IL
shall insist upon reform of the tariff.
putting not less than one-half of the pres
ent dutiable articles on the free list and
reducing the others to a strict revenue
basis, securing to existing industries their
present prosperity, and to labor better
and steadier wages.
Il shall insist upon free ships and re-
vision of the navigation laws to relieve
our people of an annual eXtOrtIOn of $780,
600. 600 now paid England for tTanspOI ting
our dropping commerce.
Il shall strive for the restoration to the
public domain of all lands not earned by
the corporations to which the Republican
party has voted them during its reckless
and corrupt administration, putting these
lands back again under the operation Oi
the homestead law, in the hands of the
people. from whom they have been prac.
tically stolen.
Il shall use nv best endeavOrs to Sc
cure the abolition of the Internal Revenue
Bureau, with its army of spies and super
numerary officers, and place the collec
tiOn of the tax on whisky and tobacco in
/ the hands of the custom house officers
I already established and now maintained
/ in each State. reducing the same as neal
as may be to the present stamp system.
4 Il will insist upon reducing the number
of Federal officers to a strict business
basis. and the expenditure of public
moneys to the least amount necessary fol
legitimate governmental expenses, leav
ing surplus revenue for the gradual eX
tinctiOn OF the public debt.
Il am in favor of the annual aDprOpri
alton, from the surplus revenues, of S25,
GOO.OOO for the purposes of education, tn,
same to be distributed among the United
States, and by them expended in and o
. their common school systems, such dis
tributiOn among the States to be mad
upOn the basis of illIteracy.
Il shall favor and earnestly labor TO
the adoption and maintenance of liberia
policy and fun appropriations for the in
provement of the navigation of the Mis-
sissippi river"
1t would be interesting now to knoV
what Mr.. Randall, Mr.. Carlisle and MI
Cox propose to ''insist upon" in the mex
House.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-25
Newport,s STRANGE Reclnse.

Nelcport tR. II specidL to ". y. World. ED.
In very beautiful house, which stands
in lovely grounds on the second most eX-
tensive fashionable thoroughfare in this
city, resides one of our best known citizens,
or rather he is supposed to reside there,
for so far as any absolute knowledge on
the part of the public is concerned, there
| buIf0e. He has not been outside of the
The rear very long time.
public no one"f- his non-appearance in
say that he is aff1REs to know. Many
| dria. others maintain With hypochon-
love of wealth causes h1il. his. great
a life of perfect seclusion;a lead
not a few declare that there isle
hidden reason for his strange conduct
and which they put down to blighted
hopes in love affairs many wears ago
However important may be a PERSONS
business, it is impossible for any one to
see the recluse; no amount of entreaty
will bring one to his presence. He is
wealthy, and yet rather than transact
business with lawyers and notaries, and
which would enure to his benefit, he per-
mits his affairs to go unattended to. This
desire for seclusiOn has grown upon
the gentleman during the past two OF
three years, previous to which he was
seen frequently in society, and his name
was upon the visiting lists of the majority
of the cottagers. 1t is said by those
around him that his seclusiOn has been OF
such long duration that the sight Of a
stranger, even at a distance, causes him
to have a fit of nervous depression from
which it takes him long time to rally.
The HOrsfOrd Almanac and Cook Book
,oafIod fraa on aupffoof;o, RI fho p,n,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-25
THE PLAGUE ON THE NILE.
English Troops Attacked by the Dis
ease and an Officer Dead.

English Troops Attacked by the Dis
ease and an Officer Dead.
ALEXANDRIA, July 24.-One European
has died here from cholera. Five hun
dred deaths from cholera are reported to
have occurred at Cairo yesterday. There
was also one death from the disease at
lsmalia and one at Suez yesterday.
1t is reported that cholera has appeared
among the British soldiers at the citadel
in Cairo. One soldier has died i'm the mil
ltary hospital at Abassies. The British
Royal Artillery and the 10Th Hussars,
which are stationed at Abassies. are pre
pairing to go to OshmOOneyn.
a British Lieutenant died here from
cholera to-day.
SUEZ, July 24.-Cholera has broken ont
among the soldiers of the British Forty
second regiment which recently arrived
here from Cairo. Two members of the
regiment have died from the disease.
LONDON, July PA dispatch to Reu-
ter's Telegram Company says that during
the twenty-four hours ending at O'Clock
this morning there were 1863 deaths from
cholera at Cairo, % at Zifteh, 16 at Tan
tab, at Shirbin, Is at Mansourab. IN at
Chlbln, 43 at Mehollet, % at Ijhizeh and :
at ChObar. -''