Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-01-01
1890.

1885,
p.fore 70 fairly say goodbye to The
"a ysar it is well for as to stop and take
of it. In doing 90 We will IN
..s,4.dly find that We on this coast
h.sn blessed above many. This II
-hseher ve compare ourselves with
~, other nations and States, which
-. su6ered from disasters, OK vhethsr
tok At the direct blessings which
-. bsen bestowed upon rs.
!. % disasters, practically vs have
-. vorth mentioning. Bot az some
.,...s.ss arc only appreciated when ve
..s,;,. What condition We would be IN
-, - deprived of them, let u' look at
- otbsr countries.
o. asvnetstsd India until 1t has been
.s...sea that fifteen thousand persons
~ o.riAsd, and Egypt until twenty
q. esoeeand more have died, bat it has
~ - nigh to us. We are not proof
49, 4. for in years past it has been
.zs" fInited States, and has even come
s&;. SosN. Oar freedom from II has
~ - Of the blessings OF the year.
usvs shaken different parts OF the world.
~ isIsnd Of Ischia lost four thousand
- hundred people by one. Asia Minor
~ another which destroyed all the
sc-ns and villages in the region Of the
nm of Gmyyna; and in the Island OF
I'm : hundred Thousand people per-
EAsd this year, alma st a. many 40 there
~ nannle in our Territory. This vas
~ of The earthquakes Of the world.
~ one in Lisbon in 1855 was called
sroat. bot only sixty thousand lives were
n. In Calsbria In 1888 about hum
drad thoussnd we're thus destroyed, but
4 - been seldom that tho record has
m as high az this year. But We have
hoen shared. Sometimes We have telt
~ the shaking Of one, but not this
vear. A merciful Providence has taken
Even in the United States disasters
have come.
FLOODS ;.
Have swept the Ohio valley a. seldom II
.eyer before. Cincinnati has . water
feont Of eleven miles, and this vas sub
noeeed ~ q depth Of thirty feet-the
mnet densely p0pulated part of the city;
vhile all along the river other towns
HkeWise suffered, destroying . vast
sr,cnnf NJ nronerty and ceusing hard
~ % IA q snSs.;rs S; Tin thst beccsrs de-
~. ~. have heen anerad suoh
ssshIss.
cvrmrs
Va. a.v..%.t.a maov of the WeeEern
4s.so sss'.. ."r.;r~ - az iSe snd daGtruc-
5icr ~ nrooertv p oreo4 tha4 % can
Ss,div imsGine Il. In Rooheotsr mia
sesossl mcre than \ thousaud people
~ rsndsrsd hooaeless In 2ve minutes,
lnoina veYy nearly ell they bad that
makes home. !nin! g so1 v1s 1a.
vii TAKE up . seysne, ot,se = ~
into poos, 0co0 y oo1ose - ~ o
see nao0!e Co., to ". cs.1 nS
peooe o. pine g !ncn snsok, 49, - -.
vioe and N - soues ~ usavS nS. -.
IAN ~ !onate snfoeee 49, ns Ss
1neoes u elemetes! Ano 49, -.
49, .G -. Aeo0 a. Snahe W. a0UAH
eow $50 t0t a.ii ~ Inoos SH.s
y p Easss.. sc.s ''A'
~! snsse w!no
Axlsons ~ so"so ~
INDIAN WAA,
While our Territory, whieh has Indians
c.oeeh 20 causs 8 dozen such wars, has
~ spered.
Among the events Of p0aave prosper
u when nave oo., oo.ao W '
oesesel mey % nsusso0'
Pxnu AND CHILE
Hnva n lat uede treaty Of peace. A
- haa RACED there which has been
Iorhed by Extreme misfostuno and ~
v1ri1v and length. and peace will b vel
epnc even TO the conquered nation.
~ completion Of the
,,oor,yr n.rnar
-. - ..,,..
= another marked even!-sn scot.y 80
~ ~ voooers os Out sIu :s,.IS xo..
yoon OF time ano ntsoou mslnon uva,. ssas
~ been spent upon u, anc E nos . ao.,ss
eppearo 20 nave oeeu ussa MpaOpS'y.
nooe STRUCTURES Prove snss s1o .nscu.svs u ~ :
eontus OF our age = as grew - wnen sao
s.sI s sssss ss.Ss =. s s.a;s. -. hriis Tina
- one IN tefl how this work was 40
enmnlished: but q the money Was fur
nishsd and the need Qreat enough, some
~ vould be founl Who vould b. able
to do ~ Of thoee things. L 10 said to
u a easv Ia build 4 pyfNmid a. such q
Gfdee.
~ eompletiOn Of the
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