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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-11-15
The HasbrOuck House.

General Washington repaired to New
burgh after his winter in Philadelphia,
arriving on March 81, 1882, and on April
4 he issued an order thanking General
Heath for the excellent way he had pre-
served the post on the Hudson during
the generals absence. The army was en-
camped on the east side of the river at
Fishkill, at New Windsor on the west
side, aud at other points within quick
communication with the commanding
general. Many soldiers we're in sight Of
the headquarters on the hill. The
"Hasbrouck House" where Washington
lived, is we'll known. 1t is in plain sight
from the decks of steamboats, Oh the
river. The tall white flagstaff, with its
gilded globes and weather-van may be
seen from every boat and train that
passes below. The lot was No. 2 of the
original German patent, the first owner
from the patent having been Hermann
Schonman, of the Palatinate of Ger
many. In 1921 he sold it to Alexander
Golden and Burger Meynders, who con-
veyed it to Jonathan Hasbrouok. The
original northeast part Of the house was
built by Hasbrouck in 1850. 1t was COM
pleted as it now appears in ITO. This
owner was the son of Abraham Has
brouck, of Huguenot extraction, and one
of the pioneers in the town Of New Paltz.
Jonathan Hasbrouck was something OF a
man in his day. The first town meeting
of Newburgh was held In this old house
in April, 1868, and its owner, properly
enough, was elected supervisor. In the
Revolutionary war Hasbrouch was a
colonel in command of q regiment that
was on duty in the Highlands.
His house, now q veperated relic, was
popular resort in times of trouble.
Washington occupied the house from
April 4, 1882, till August Is. 1888. After
he had done with it the Hasbrouck fsm-
lily moved in again and occupied it till
1919, when it had to be sold to satisfy q
mortgage given to secure money loaned
by local commissioner Of the United
States Loan Fund. Deeming it o good
time for preserving the property as a
public reminder OF the revolutionary war,
the state bought it, aud in 1850 placed it
by act OF the legislature in charge Of a
board Of trustees. who are appointed by
the governor and confirmed by the SEN
ate. The present board is composed OF
John G. Adams, Joel L. Headley, Ed
ward C. Boynton, James q. Graham,
Peter Ward, Charles s. Jenkins. Michael
II. Hirschberg, A. Smith Ring, J. H. II.
Chapman and David Carson. The money
for taking care OF the premises 10 appro-
priated partly by the city Of Newburgh
and partly by the state Of New York. the
last appropriation by the latter being
$1,000. Two keepers are employed, one
for the grounds and one for the building
inside and for the relics. The house il
now 1873 years old 1t looks ~ II IL
would be on hand for the celebration Of
October 18 1919.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-11-15
AGRICULTURE.

An acre Of land will produce q ton OF
beet sugar.
Tho Massachusetts, cranberry crop 10
nearly failure this year.
An acre OF ground in lawn and gar
den will maintain . COW.
It 10 thought that farmers have seen
the worst Of the potato bug.
The hog 10 sensitive TO cold and should
be we'll sheltered in cold weather.
Pumpkins are good food for milch
COWS. but are OF little value a. fat pro-
ducers.
Ounces require rich, mellow soil.
good culture and annual manuring.
They should not be less than twelve feet
OF the 4.OOO. 600 farms in the United
States, Illinois. Ohio, New York, Mis-
souri, aud Pennsylvania have more than
200, 600 each.
The favor and color Of pears Is said TO
be better IL they arc picked before they
arc quite ripe, and allowed TO ripsn in .
dry and warm chamber.
II 10 said that new rope for halters can
bs made permanently soft and pliable
by boiling in watsr for two hours and
then drying in the sun or In . warm
room.
Buckvhsat, which hss been injured BY
the frost, should be plowsd under; ~
effects on next years crops will. In ~!
probability, pay for the loss sus1rahed
this year.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-11-15
Vancouver Independent.

OFFICIAL PAPER OF CITY AND COUNTY.
Vancouver. Clarke County, Washington
Territory.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-09-07
The Java Calamity.
Milwaukee Sentinel.

The crowning catastrophe of year
cleS of disaster, is furnished by the
great volcanic eruption in the Island
of Java.
In the destruction of human life it
surpasSes the great Lisbon earthquake
of 1855, which filled Europe with
horror, which awoke in the mind of
young Goethe. then a child of 6, as
he records in his biography, questions
respecting the benefcence of Provi-
dence, and prompted Voltaire to write
one of his most remarkable pieces in
verse. The Lisbon earthquake caused
the death of between forty and fifty
thousand people; the Java catastrophe
has brought sudden death to fully
reports can be relied upon, while, in
the wreck and ravage and transfer
nation of the earth surface wrought,
ii far surpasses in extent an awfulness
any volcanic disturbance known dur
ing historic times.
The Island of Java is not as large
as the State of Wisconsin, continuing
in round numbers 49, 600 square miles,
while this state contains SO, 600. Much
of the surface is mountainous, vet the
population is is 10000, 900, or more
than ten times greater than that of
this state OF these, about 80, 900 only
are of European origin, chiefly Dutch,
and 200, 900 Chinese. The natives are
of the Malay race, and nominally Ma
hometans in religion, though the mass
of them are extremely ignorant and
superstitious, and are pagans rather
than MahometanS. Batavia. the capi-
tai, is city of about 100, 600 inhabi-
tants, of whom less than 5000 are
Europeans. The Dutch first obtained
a foothold in this island at the begin
ming of the seventeenth century. and
gradually extending their possessions
after the fashion of the British in
India. became complete masters of it
in 1880. Itproduces large quantities of
rice, coffee, sugar, spices and other
tropical commodities. The disaster
which has just occurred. besides the
enormous loss of life, has brought
widespread ruin upon the industries of
the island, which must be long in re
covering its recent prosperity.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-09-07
FOREIGN.

THE king of Denmark is entertaining
the car and czarina of Russia, the king
of Greece. and the princess of Wales.
AN embassy of two enVovs and six at
taches is on its way from Corea to San
Francisco.
THE British government confeSSes its
fear that trouble will result from the ar
rival Of O'Donnell, as several Irish
Americans have recently made their APP
pearance
THE French Government has inform
ed the British Foreign Secretary that
Missionary Shaw was arrested in NADIA
gascar as Hova dignitary and not as a
British subject.
THE vreiew of tho guards at Berlin,
Wednesday, was a dazzling spectacle
The emperor spent three hours in the
saddle and was entertained at dinner by
$50 generals and staff officers.
AT meeting of the Irish National
league in Dublin. Parnell stated that
most of the English members of the
house of commons, Couccde that home
rule is necessary for Ireland.
THE United States consul general At
Coustautinople, with cholera almost star
ing him in the face, pictures the ditch
draining into the Golden Horn, making
of it II stream which nearly equals Chi
cago river in its iuky horror.
EGERSZEG and three other Hungarian
towns have been the scene of bloody
outbreaks against the Jews. Two thou
sand armed peasants participated. and
fought the troops without tiinching. In
a similar riot at Ekaterinoslay, Russia,
346 houses were sacked and plundered.
The residences of eighty Hebrews at
Berchadi We're fired and pillaged, and
the victims are suffering greatly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-09-07
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
WA ASHiNGTON.

PLANS have been completed at Wash
ington for a silver vault for the New
mint with storage capacity of 500, ,OOO,-
600.
A DUEL was fought near Vandalia, IL
linois, by Louis Phillips and Jacob Ros-
enbrook. Each fired but once. The lat
ter was killed instantly; the former lived
only four hours.
THE lady members of the Pennsylva-
MIA board of charities pronounce the Jail
at Pittsburgh a chamber of horrors, with
cells lighted only by grated doors.
WITHIN sixty days no less than TWEEN
ty-five artesian wells have been sunk in
Denver, each of which is flowing pure
water Their average depth is 325 feet.
DURING the last fiscal year $1,000 APP
plications for pensions were disposed of
by the Pension Bureau. Commissioner
Dudley says the office handled every
case brought before it. All applications
were passed. rejected, or additional evil
dencs required, so no case was left un-
touched.
THE superintendent of the mounted
recruiting service will cause sixty re-
cruits to be prepared and forwarded to
ment, thirty to the Second cavalry and
thirty to the Seventh cavalry.
DISTRICT Attorney Guthridge, of the
Eastern district of Texas. has handed in
his resignation, to take effect immedi-
ately. Special Agent Wiegand has been
investigating the Hough assassination
and other matters in that district.
THE third assistant postmaster general
has adopted dark green as the color of
the new four-cent stamp. The color Is
a shade or so darker than the present
three cent stamp Houdon's bust of An
drew jackson has already been selected.
THE treasury department denies the
recent story about the continuous de-
struction of stills in South Carolina for
a government reward of $500. For the
past five years the treasury has given
nothing for the service named, but col
lcctors are still allowed to pay small
amounts for information leading to the
capture of moonshiners and the destruC
ton of their works.
THE Treasury Department isreceiving
daily called bonds, bearing assignments
witnessed by cashiers or presidents of
National banks, but not verified by
the banks seal. Heretofore the sigma
lures of bank officers has been certified
by Treasury officials after comparison
with the signatures on file in the office
of the Comptroller of the Currency and
known to be genuine. 1t has been de-
cided, however, this practice involves
too much risk, and hereafter when the
seal of bank is missing the bonds Will
he returned to the sendcrs.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-09-07
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

A CoLoKED boy threw himself before
a pidly-moying train at London, Ohio,
and was instantly killed.
FLAMES appeared in tank ut the
South Brooklyn oil-works, and pro
grcsscd until the building was consum-
ed, together with the sulphur-works of
Daniel Gray, the loss being Ss5, 900.
A VEGETABLE canning factory at Clin-
ton, Iowa, which commenced operations
recently was destroyed by fire, with a
loss of $4,000.
the failure of an air brake, passen-
ger trains collided at Colchester on the
Vermont Central road, thirteen trainucn
receiving severe injuries.
A LOSS of 100000 was incurred at Du-
buquc by the burning OF the offices of
the Diamond Joe line of steamers. A
square of business houses at Petersburg,
Indiana, valued at $4,000, was swept
away.
ELEVEN victims of the cycione at Ro-
chester, Minnesota, were buried at Oak
wood cemetery, in the presence of three
thousand persons. A freak of the wind
was the driving of a pine board through
the trunk of maple tree.
AN officer of the coast survey ut San
Francisco, reports earthquake waves a
foot in height on Monday and Tuesday,
simultaneously with the terrible destruc-
tion in Java.
WHILE an excursion train was going
at the rate Of thirty miles an hour, near
Scranton, Pennsylvania. a boy named
John Kerrigau was put off for having
no ticket. He fell under the wheels and
was instantly killed.
WILLIAM SPENCER, colored. jumped
from the fourth story window of Il gam
bling house ON Smithtield street Pitts
burg. Pa. while the police We're ralding
the establishment. He sustained in
iurics from the effects of which he died
At the Coroner's inquest an attempt was
madethe fasten the responsibility on the
police officer. but it proved failure
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-09-07
What They Want.

NEW YORK, Sept. 4--The metropol-
itan industrial league has appointed a
committee 10 wait on the republican
and democratic state conventions and
urge the adoption by both these bodies
of the following principles of the in
dustrial policy:
First-Protection TO American labor
by duties ON the importation Of all
articles of all kinds we can produce
equal to the difference between the
cost of foreign and domestic labor and
capital necessary TO their production.
Second-Increase the duties on
those article that have been discrim-
mated against the late tariff revision
so that all Americans may be impair
tally protected against under paid
foreign competition.
ThIrd-The immediate abolition OF
all United States internal taxes.
Fourth-The repeal of all burdens
upon American ships, and awarding
ocean mail contracts to the lowest
bidders among owners of American
vessels, after open competition.
F'ifth-The abrogation of all treaties
that interfere with the practical en-
forcement of the Monroe doctrine so
as TO secure the removal of any OBJ
stacles that prevent our control of the
trade of the south and central ocean
countries.
6th-The establishment of an eff
cient national bnreau Of labor statis-
tics.
Resolred, That the agreement of
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-09-07
Killed His Stepfather.

CLEVELAND, Sept T. James nona.
hue, aged -, this morning deliberate
ly and without apparent provocation,
shot and killed his stepfather. Michael
o'Connoll, aged IS years. 4 short
time before the tragedy Donahue went
to his trunk and took thewfrom re
volver. His mother urged him To put
the weapon back, but he threatened
to shoot her is she interfered. Then
he sat on a lounge III the sitting room,
revolver in hand. Presently his step
father, large man, came into the
house, and seeing Donahue, said:
James, give me that pistol" Dona-
hue immediately rose to his feet and
fired a ball through O'Connelrs heart
and then lay down on lounge seem
lngly unrepentant and mconcerned.
O'Connell walked few steps and fell
dead. Mrs. O'Connell rushed scream
ing out of doors. Police Seean soon
arrived but Donahue stoutly resis ted
and had to be very severely clubbed
before he could be arrested.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-09-07
CHICAGO Market.

CHICAGO, Sept Flour Easier. not quotabiy
lower wheat-Active. unsettled and lower; 9G74
for seller September; 9s9s for seller October;
1.0Osz for seller November; 1G2 for seller
December: No. 2, Chicago spring, 9S34: No. g.
Chicago spring. %: No. red winter. 1854.
Corn-Excited. unsettled and lower. "a for
seller cash; 4s1xG4774for seller September; 4GE
Q4634 for seller October: $40 4554for seller No
yember; 4i1sG4F4 for seller the year; $40
4514 for seller May. oats-Easier; 3 for seller
cash: 25Gz51z for seller September; &SzGz5H
for seller oct.ber; a51s for seller November; 2sz
for seller the year. Rye-Lower; 5s5z- Barley
-Qyiet: 81 for seller cash: 57a5s for seller Sep
tennber and October. Flax Seed-Iower; I2S.
Pork-Active but lower; 1i-6G1I.7g for seller
cash: II 5754G.I. 60 for seller September: 11671<
CLIO for seller October; 1i-5sGl1Iz5 for seller
November; lass 91Ioo for seller the year; Il. ~
II -50for seller January. Lard-Active and
lower: $50 for seller cash, slaoGs = for seller
September; s-f71xGs. % for seller October; Ts71z
6s-9o for seller November; Ss5Gs-ss for sci
Ter the year: 7soG7 .0s5< for seller January. Bulk
eats-In fair demand; shoulders, SIS; short
nh, &c; ditto clear. 100. Butter-Qiet and
unchanged Eggs Quiet and nnchanged whis-
key3Steady and unchanged
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-09-07
Heavy Frost in New England.

BosToN, Sept. 4.-Dispatches from
various points in New Hampshire and
Vermont, state that a heavy frost last
night did considerable damage to late
crops.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Sept. quite
a heavy frost visited Hampen, Hamp-
shire and Franklin counties Monday
night. The tobacco crop is damaged,
in some cases severely. The loss in
Franklin and Hampshire counties is
estimated at $50, 900 Farmers in that
section have already cut and housed
about half crop.
BANGOR, Me, Sept 4-Reports from
Penobscot county affirm that heavy
frost did considerable damage to crops.
PoUGHKEEpsIE, N. Y, Sept. "A
heavy frost in the Hudson river val
ley this morning. Harvest nearly
ended, and damage light.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-09-07
CRIME.

BURGLARS chloroformed 4 man and
his wife at Greencastle. Indiana. and Sc
cured watches and diamonds worth ST.
600.
GRACE CoURTLAND. known as the
witch of Wall street." has brought
suit at Milwaukee, to force her former
husband to pay 800 alinony awarded
in a divorce suit.
WHEN the circuit court convened at
Grand Haven. Mich, it learned that five
prisoners had Just released themselves
by cutting through the floor and foun-
dations of the Jail.
A SALooN-KEEPER of st. Louis, named
Lemp, was acquitted of the charge of
violating the Downing law. Judge
Noonan holding that the act of 1887
overrides the Downing statute.
ISAAC II. LOCKWOOD. Of New Haven.
was found guilty of using the mails for
fraudulent purposes. He was taken to
the Connecticut peuitentiary for a wear.
and is represented rs completely over
come by the verdict.
JACOB WALpRoN. a farm-hand at Dan
vile, Illinois. killed William Miller in a
drunken quarrel A party of twenty
five officers and citizens are in pursuit
of the murderer.
PAYNASTER Scott. of the Milwaukee
Railroad company, caused one Thomas
Wise's arrest at Mitchell. Dakota, for
forging papers. whereby money was Sc
cured from the paymaster last month.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-09-07
ROTTEN-EGGED.
A Couple of Mormon Elders, in
Georgia, Rotten-Egged and
Chased Off

A Couple of Mormon Elders, in
Georgia, Rotten-Egged and
Chased Off
ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. 4-Mormon
elders are still popping up i'll various
parts of the state. Tuesday night
two elders held meeting at Emory
chapel in the fourth district of Co
weta county. The meeting was at
tended by good many young men,
some of whom went through curl
osity, but there were others who
went from other motives. The meet
ing was opened by singing and
prayer. Afterward one of them got
up to deliver discourse on the beau
ties of Mormonism. When he had
made a few remarks there came a
voice from the audience, saying:
Take him out" The elder paused a
religious worship, and hoped he would
not be disturbed. These words had
not more than escaped his lips when
they were both pelted with a
shower of rotten eggs. They saw
at once that they had met with the
wrong crowd, and, grabbing their
gr:psacks, darted out of the nearest
door, pursued by the entire audiencr,
who chased them as long as they
could see them. The young men,
seeing their inability to keep up with
the Mormons, sent after several
hounds and put them on the lost
trail and chased them several miles,
when all track of them was lost
When last heard from they We're
making bee-line westward.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-09-07
Why He got Married.
From the Detroit Post and Tribune.

lfTou TIE DtlIolJ IuSl anu lIlDulE.
A capitalist of this city, who does
business on Woodward avenua was
sitting in his office the othe, day,
when the door opened and an unlempt
poverty stricken man, who had once
been in his. employ, entered, lat in
hand.
How do you do Michael9 Glad
to see you," said his former employer,
pleasantly. How does the wdld use
you
Badly, sorr; badly. I'm tEst poor
as We see. sorr, l haven't decnt suit
of clothes, nor a ruff 10 cover re head
sorr"
That's hard luck, Michae, said
the gentleman; have Du no
friends,"
''Sorra a wan, sorr, but I'm going to
have one" answered the man I've
made up me moind, and knn to con-
suit We about it. Ohm goh' to be
married, sorr"
Married, man! Why yo, haven't
anything to get married with, have
you!
''No more has she, sorr."
Then why not wait until you are
better situatedl"
An where would be the sinse in
waitin', sorrl I'm goin' to ge married
on purpose SO I'll have somEthing of
me own, sorr.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-09-07
The Presidents Arrival.

CHICAGO, Sept. 4. The special train
which conveyed President Arthur,
Gen. Sheridan and other members of
the Yellowstone party which left the
city one month ago yesterday, arrived
from st. Paul over the Northwestern
road at 2:05 o'clock this afternoon.
a great crowd had gathered to wit
ness their disembarkment, but the
official reception, owing to the TN
certainty which had prevailed as to
the presidents movements, was in
formal A republican committee
awaited the presidents arrival at the
depot in carriages, and the members
Of his party We're at once driven to
the Grand Pacific hotel under an
escort of one hundred veterans. a
formal reception of the president will
not occur till tomorrow night.
The president and party passed the
afternoon quietly In the hotel, and
this evening witnessed the perform
ance of "Cymbeline by Nine. Mod
ieska, and will go upon the board of
trade tomorrow, and in the evening
viii hold a public reception from s to
10 O'Clock.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-09-07
GENERAL NOTES.

PLANS have beencompleted for vault
under the treasury building at Wash
ington sufficiently large enough to store
$23, ,000,0 900 In standard silver.
The last of the reports of the general
land office for the fiscal year have been
entered at Washington. Over 19,000,-
600 acres of the public domain were dis
posed of, 100000 being taken under the
homestead act.
THE funeral of Judge Jcre S. Black
was the largest ever held in York, and
was attended by many men of distinc
ton in law and politics. General Han
cock and Chief Justice Mercer were
among the pall-bearers.
AT Crystal Falls. Michigan. 80 miners
in the Great Western shaft struck
against a change in officers. The new
superintendent turned the mine over to
a deputy sheriff as the men threatened
his life.
HOWARD & DENIG. who undertook to
erect a capitol at indianapolis. have
abandoned their contract. claiming to
have lost over $500, 600 Their sureities
are citizens of Chicago. who will submit
new propositions to the state-house com
missioners.
THE brigade camp at Springfield, ILL.,,
was inspected by Governor Hamilton
and Captain Hampson, of the 10th in
fantry, the latter having been sent by
General Hancock for the purpose.
AL. PRATT, of Pittsburgh, who has
been organizing new baseball associa-
ton. has called a convention in that
city for October u. lie states that clubs
are being made up in Chicago, st. Louis.
indianapolis, Hartford, New York,
Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh.
They propose to engage good players,
irrespective of the eleveu-men rule.
IT is announced from Newport that
Henry A. Herbert, a handsome member
of the British parliament, the owner of
the estate of Muckross and the Lakes of
Killarney, is engaged to Miss Rebecca
Williams, whose father is president of
of the Maryland senate and Il million
aire.
GOVERNOR CRITTENDEN of Missouri. is
represented as highly indignant at the
fight made by the brewers of st. Louis
against the Downing temperance law
and predicts that the saloou-keepers will
find they have made disastrous mis-
take. He says he has under considera-
ton the calling of an extra session of the
legislature to strengthen the Downing
measure, which only strikes at Sunday
sales of liuOr