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The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-16
BANKING NOTICE.

vFHE UNDERSIGNED have formed
Il copartnership under the firm
name of " SPRECKELS & Co." for the
purpose of carrying on'a general bank
ing and exchange business at Honolulu,
and such other places III the Hawaiian
Kingdom as may be deemed advisable
(Signcd) CLAUS SPRECkELS'
F. F. LOW.
Honolulu, Jan. Nth, 1884.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-16
To-MoRRoW'S DOINGs.

MORNING..
Regular Cash Sale, at Sales Room
of Lyons & Levey at 10 o'clock.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-16
WANTED.

A COTTAGE of not less than four
IA Rooms in respectable locality.
Address Cottage this Once. $50 Ivy
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-04-16
CHE 9ailg 8mlletim,
Pledged to neither Sect nor Party.
But established for the benefit of all.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1884.
THIS EVENINGS DOINCS,

Meeting Hose Co. No. 1, at 1880.
Oahu Lodge, No. 1 X. of P. 80.
Bethel Prayer Meeting, at 1880.
Fort St. Church, Prayer Meeting
at 1880.
st. Andrews Cathedral, usual
services, 1880.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12
Ti5 NEWS IN BRIEF.

Edwards opera house at Selma, Ala,
was destroyed by fire
Gen. Butler, in quitting Office, also
gave up the use of tobacco.
NJ. lie Roger has been reelected
president of the French senate.
4 15-year-old boy in the Pontiac re-
form school wears No II shoes
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris is expected
70 visit Washington City during the winter
The Iowa Trunk lines have been re-
fused admission to the Transcont;penta} as
socatlou.
Herr Lasker's remains will be taken
to Germany by Morris Lasker, who s1ns by
the NecBar
Charles Delmonico, the missing New
York restaurateur, has been found in an IN
sane asylum at Holmesburg, Pa.
An engineer at Vienna is charged
with killing four girls after obtaining their
money under promises Of marriage
The English bark Ehnina was
wrecked in Tuos lay nights storm near
West Creek, n. J., and the crew persisted
Mrs. Philip cambridge, q daughter
of Gen. Zachary Taylor, has been visiting the
widow of Gen. Barnes at Washington City.
The Nebraska Bar association, in an
nual session at Lincoln, indorsel Judge L. s.
Dundy for the position vacated ~ Judge
McCrary
At depth of 532 the Roanake I'D
Mining company struck . saltwater stream,
from gallon of which fluid pint Of prime
salt can be produced S2ltworks will lie cs-
tablishcd if further tests prove satisfactory
NJ. Waterman & Co., grain dealers,
San Francisco, have failed for 81 10000
with SS00,0o0 available assets. There are
fears that smaller houses ara seriously af-
fected, but money IS plenty, and the banks
are inclined to render assistance
The New York chamber of commerce
requests President Arthur to appoint Z com
mission to confer with the African Iaierna-
tional association for procuring to ether
countries the free trading facilities on the
Congo now entirely mcnopolized by Purtu-
gal
George Jeffrey confessed at River
Head, r. l., Thursday, that he killed his
step-child by twisting its head first one way
and then another until he broke its neck;
that his only motive for the crime was that
be hated it because it was not his; and that
itprevented his wife from earning money for
him
II am told" writes the "man about
town, in The Brooklyn Eagle, that it is
probable that Thomas Mast, the cartoonist,
will institute a suit against the Harpers. As
the case now stands Mr.. Mast is receiving
$4,000 year from the Harpers on condition
that he will draw a cartoon for them every
week and work for no other periodical He
holds that the non-publication of his work is
@ great injury to him"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12

operations conducted during and preceding
the war were often put together over a din
ner at downtown Delmonico's
1t was in the very building the Delmonico:
used, at Broadway ard Chambers streets, that
the brother of Samuel Colt, the pistol manu-
facturer, committed a murder, | think. The
Cots were men of hot passions, and credi
tor of this brother bothered him, or in somt
way annoyed him, and was killed and the
body sent away, or sought to be sent away
and the man was caught, condemned and
committed suicide on the brink of execution.
But who has kept record of the men who
have eaten splendid dinners at these places
ard fallen off in apoplexy an hour or two
afterward, or perhaps committed suicide in
the relapse of the nights gaiety, under the
conviction of a broken fortune!
The cafe where the spectators and brokers
congregate is an interesting place at night,
false etiquette being laid aside there, and q
rather genial, club-hke democracy growing
up from introductions and frictions. | have
often thought that men were mora communi-
c@tive at Delmonco's in the evening than at
any other place, and it may be because of tie
good breeding observed, even among the
drinkers and smokers; loud laughing and
story telling are seldom heard, and it seems
to be vestibule or halfway place between
the ladies' cafe and the other hotels
The opening in 1862 of the Fourteenth
street house at once eclipsed the glories of all
the other houses, During its continuance it
received princes of royal and imperial blood
the Grand Duke Alexis and Arthur
OF England, sand Dickens ami Tyn-
dali, There Morse received his final
crown from an assemblage comprising
all the distinguished men of science of the
country. On its first floor Gen. Scott lived.
Within its walls Steward spoke and Abraham
Lincoln threw off his jests. Here johnson
and Grant sat down at meals together In
deed, there has not been a president from
1852 to 1881 who has not been a guest at
some one Of the Delmonico houses.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12
BAD Case of Scandal.

CHICAGO, Jan. 12-Christian c. Busse, the
prominent contractor and builder of the new
chamber OF commerce, sued for divorce
from his wife Ida, who, it is charged, sus
tanned immoral relations with a number OF
gentlemen well known in German circles
The case was suppressed, but the facts are, it
is alleged, that in her own lapse Mrs. Busse
has carried down her stepdaughter, girl of
10 1t appears that at a picnic last sum-
mer Mrs Busse and aNIiss Busse
accompanied two men to hotel.
where, as Miss B. afterward
confessed to her father they committed a
grave breach of morals. One of these men
upon being confronted by Busse acknowl-
edged to having had criminal relations with
Mrs. B. Several Other men moro OF less
prominent here are connected with the scan
dial A friend of Mr. Busse said that he had
purchased her ticket Of travel, given her
$500 in cash and a draft for $1,000 more on
Buchler's bank, and that Monday last she
left for Omaha.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12

NEW YORK, Jan. l2-The Missouri, Kan.
sas & Texas railroad has made application to
the stock exchange to list $1,000,
900 of lis consolidated per cent.
bonds, to take up the present issue of
| second mortgage incomes and scrip,
which, according tc resolution recently
passed, are redeemable at par for bonds and
% cents on the dollar for scrip, in these new
iives. The listing Of these bonds is now
awaiting the decision CT the committee as
to whether the entire issue shall be listed
forthwith, or oaly the said bonds as issued
from tine TO time. The bonds number from
1928 to 2S, 2l7, The dates are the same as
the general mortgage bonds. The coupons
draw interest from Oct. I, 1883, with frac-
tiOnal coupons 10 December. The stock OK
change decides the question Monday.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12
THE CELTIC SAFE.
A Long Missing Steamship Spoken.
and All Well.
TOieratiGn for Jews in Russia--
Chinese" Gordon Resigns
The widow Carey Boycott
ted Foreign Miscellany

LONDON, Jan. 12-The steamer Argosy,
Capt Marsh, from New York for this port,
has arrived off the Lizard, AMI reports that
she spoke the steamer Celtic ami took off
several Of her passengers AMI transferred
them to a tug bound for Falmouth.
LATER-fhe four passengers OF the Celtic
who loft the Argosy on the tug have llnded
at Falmouth The Argosy left the CeiUic on
the 9Th instant. 1, $50 miles from the Lizard.
The names of the passengers landed at Fal-
mouth are: John G. Pearson, A. F. Firth, G.
H. Mehaus and r. B. McClea. The rest Of
the passengers remained on the Celtic. All
exe well.
The Argosy spoke the Celtic in latitude 40,
So north, longitude 81, u west. The four
passengers landed ct Falmouth express much
satisfaction at getting ashore, the voyage
having been SO monotonous. They state that
the Celtic sails slowly, but behaves well I'M
der canvas. 1t is expected that she win soon
fall in with another steamer Of the line, and
he taken in tow.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12
TWO DESPERATE WOMEN
One Burns Herself to Death. the
Other Shoots.

BALTIMORE, Nd. Jan. l2.-Mrs Mary
Hubbard, widow living near fredericksburg,
Md, committed suicide by burning herself to
death. She had been very melancholy since
her husband died, several years ago, ana
once before tried to set fire to her clothing.
About dark Mr.. Bowdla at whose
house she was living. missed
her and started out to look for her. Seeing
a fire in the woods he fastened to it, and dis
covered Mrs. Hubbard ablaz9 from head to
foot, rolling on the ground in agony, though
never uttering a cry Or moan Sire had
taken her thick wooden dress Off and also her
bonnet. Her under garments were quick
fuel for TIE flames, Mr.. Bowdle made every
effort to exting;1ish the flames and vas him
self severely burned. The lady lived but a
few hours after being burned
ERIE Pa, Jan 12.-Anna Oft, Young
German actress recently from Saxony shot
herself after rejection of her hand by Max
Droeler, to whom she, taking advantage of
the bissextile privilege, proposed. The
wound will not prove fatal
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12
Slight Odds.
A LATHE Story with Large Moral, One
Man who Knew his own Business.

mo, my dear. said the venerable keeper of a
country store TO a timid little girl whose head
scarcely came up TO the counter, mo, my dear,
haven't any red flannel but we have some first
rate New Orleans molasses ~ Softly limiting that
she didn't think that would answer the purpose
quite az we'll the child went away in search of the
article she wanted.
Have you HEFSON,S CAPCINE PLAsTERS, -
asked gentleman of certain dicggist whose
name could be given were it desired. Il am trou-
blcd inst now with a touch of my old friend, the
lnmbago, and the BensOn's Plaster seems to go
the spot almost as soon as it touches the skin"
Not at present. replied the druggist genially,
but we have lots Of plasters Just as good There
Is Alleock's. the Capsicum and others-won't one
Of them do just as well?"
My dear sir retorted the gentleman, with a
slight show of temper. II say nothing against
those articles, but am a business man, and al
ways ask for precisely what want and for moth
ing else. Imay enlighten you however, when
say that sometime ago, for another disease,
which the Capcine has since cured me, | tried all
those You mention, with no appreciate benefit
Theyare inefficient, every one of them, the mean
est act of the proprietors of some Of them being
this: that they make plasters with similar sound
ing names to deceive the unwary into believing
theyare the same thing Experience taught me
The difference I'll 90 tothe next man in your line.
Good day"
Be on your guard against limitations The gem
uine has the word CAPCINE cut clearly in the
middle Of the plaster. All others are impositions.
Seabury Il Johnson, Chemists. New York
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12
CUSHIONED.IE EAGY GuMS

inclosed in lips that part in smiles lk,
the opening rosebud, the teeth CLEAN Will
dazzling whiteness if the charming pos
SCISSOR uses identifying SOZODONT
which cieanses and blanches the feetl
without abrading their enamel like miner
al preparations designed for the same
purpose. This agreeably odorous and
salutary article not only benefits the teeth
and enhances the beauty of the mouth
but removes canker, and remedies ulcera
ton Of the gums.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12

New YoRK, Jan Max w. Loeb, an
old man, is employed in an uptown cigar
store. A little boy entered the store and
bought a 5 cent cigar, offering a 50 cent
piece IN payment, The boy got his change,
which he pretended to lose on tho
floor, and finally induced Loeb TO kueel
down and ASSIST him in finding it The old
man did so, with his back to the door, AMI
hardly had he assumed a kneeing position
when two men stealthily entered and
pounded his head with lead pipe Loeb
yelled Justify for help, while the thieves kept
hammerins his head until finally help came,
and the thieves and the boy escaped, neglect
ing to take the money drawer, which was
doubtless the object of their attack. The
police hal not succeeded in making any ar
rests at midnight. Loeb's wounds ere very
serious, but not fatal
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12
WASHINGTON MISCELLANY.
Senate Proceedings.

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. ~ - Mr.. Van
Wyck, from the committee on the improve
ment of the Mississippi river, submitted a
joint resolution appropriating s1,00b,0 00 to
continue the improvements begun by the
Mississippi river improvement commission
After debate, it was amended so as to give il
the form of bill, which passed.
Call introduced a bill providing for the
establishment of university of medicine at
the capital of the United States, for the adj
vancement of science and the discovery of
improved methods for the treatment and
cure of disease. 1t appropriates 81 100000
as a perpetual endowment, the interest to be
paid for the salaries of professors and the cost
of experiments One hundred thousand dollars
additional sto be appropriated for the pur-
chase of grounds and the erection of suitable
buildings Allopathic, homeopathic and
electric methods are all to be represented in
the professorShipS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12
airs. stuart no: Guilty.

MONMOUTH, Ill, jar. le.-The jury brought
in verdict of rot guilty in the case o. the
people ", Mrs. DIR. Stuart, which has been
on trial in the Mercer county circuit court.
at AledO, the past week. She was indicted hv
the grand jury last spring Tor the murder OF
DR.. William Brown, OF North He nderson
The theory of the defense was insanity, who
claimed that the God Of justice directed the
bullet. The evidence was substantially the
same as that taken on the trial of her hus-
and, except that relating to the question of
Slu5tA
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan Ex-senator Nc
MILAN, of Minnesota, who is talked of as
Judge McCraly's suee9 nr as United States
circuit judge, says that while he will
make no effort to set the place, and
whle he has no reformation that the
president is thinking of his name
it, t.,at connection, IL Would probably think
f.g.lbie OF ae passion f endetsd, as, while
,s.senaye IS Il We - .aaant place, he thinks
&c prcgo.s ju,acial ~alses, TO which he Lad
bean long accustomol before his election to
no sanotn
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12

LOUISVILLE, Jan. 12.-George Herr, a man
well known as member of a tony family.
has caused sensation by ordering funeral
outfit at Kings undertaking establishment
for his daughter, the bill for which amounted
to 1884, for which he gave his worthless bank
check calling for 500, receiving Sl6 in
change from King. This he spent knock
ing about with the boys, and next day he en-
tered the undertaker's place just in time to
see the casket and stop it IN its course to his
family residence, as nobody was dead there,
and he had only played a trick to get some
pocket change. When King discovered this
fact he considered HerI's arrest, but CON
cluded to inform his wife ana she straight
ened affairs in order to save the giddv nus
band
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12

New YORK, Jan. 12.-Tha Commercial
Advertiser publishes an interesting letter by
one Of the officers Of the fricata Hussar, lost
in He'll Gate in ,7S0, which was originally
printed in The Edinburg Observer and
which esfsctually settles the question OF the
disposition Of the treasure aboard the vessel
The writer says: There was 220, 900 on board,
but before the ship sank it was safely landed
and delivered into the custody of Commissary
General Delaney, and in which operation l
assisted, being then q petty officer of the
Hussar." That being the case, there is not
much danger that the United States govern
ment is going to be cheated to any consider
able extent out Of the contents Of the treasure
chest of the ship. This letter was written by
Fletcher Vets, August IS 1927.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12

PHILADELPHIA, JAN l2.-Inquiry at the
Office of the board of correction shows that
there is no truth in the published story that
Charles DelmOnco was admitted to the house
OF correction, the only asylum for the desti-
tute at Holmesburg. 1t is positively affirmed
that he is not and never was an inmate of
that institution
New YORK, Jan. 12-The whereabouts of
Mr., Charles Delmonico is still unknown to
his friends John Hoey returned from an I'M
successfulSearch for the missing man at Phila.
deiphia. Hoey has men dragging the Newark
canal. \ man answering Delmonico's de-
scriPtion was at the ferry of the Jersey Cen
tral railroad. He took late boat for this
city. This clew is being followed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12
Fires.

BRAZIL. Ind, Jan. I2-John Fellers' resi-.
dence burned; loss, $4,000.
WHEELING, W. Va, Jan. 1 The -four
ing mill belonging to John Stende, at New
Martinsville, W. Va, was burned, and is a
total loss. The value of the, building and
machinery was 12,C0o; stock on hand
$4,000. The mill ana fixtures were insured
for Sd, 600, ana the stock for 81, 800
BUFFALO, n. Y, Jan l2.-Schwartz 6,
Co. S tannely, at Elmira, has been destroyed
by fire TIE machinery was also badly in
jnred The stock was valued at 10000, and
was insured for $1,000, The building cost
5000, and was insured for 2,Sl2
DENVER, Jan. 12'-A $4,000 fire occurred
81 Pueblo. The buildings, including the
Tivoi Variety theatre, were mostly small,
aad occupied principally by saloons, restaur-
ants and hops Insurance nominal
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12
.guHRniiN Di.nniSSrrh

LEBANoN, Pa, Jan. IA few days age
an S-year-old son of john Misller, living al
Schaefferstowr, this comfy, made complaint
to his parents that two boys, nameI Harry
Elser and George Wolf, hal entieed him
into the school-house il that district ard de
Iiberately mutilated his person il a terrible
manner. After the fiendish act had been
committed the perpetrators enjoinei
their victim, with threats of vengeance, to
keep the matter secret, but the unfortunate
lads. sufferings were so great that he was
forced to tell, Elser and Wolf are the sons
of respectable parents. The condition of the
boy was regarded as very critical, and
it is said warrants win be sworn ont for the
arrest of the criminals
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12
WELL REWARDED,

A liberal reward will be paid to an,
party who will produce a case Of Liver
Kidney or Stomach complaint that Elect
trio Bitters will not speedily cure, Brins
them along, it Will cost you nothing fo
the medicine if it fails to cure. and you
will be well rewarded for your trouble
besides. All Blood disease, Biliousness
Jaundice Constipation, and general de
bility are quickly cured. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded Price
only fifty cents per bottle For sale by
HartZ q Bahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12

chusetts, subcommittee to consider
the course of Germany and France toward
this country regarding its pork ex-
portations, and to see what should be done to
put stop to their opposition. 1t was also
ecitel to Tear the argu uent of the rail-
roads on the interstate commerce bill on
January "a, Is and 26 There are indications
that the subcommittee on the pork question
Will recommend the passage OF a bill exclut-
ing French and German wines as retallatory
,tlaoSJ1lp
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12
.spC cen BIZ Lord LanSdnMnc.

TORONTO, Jan, 10. The governor general.
On returning from Niagara FAILS, was enter
tanned at dinner hy the Toronto club In a
speech, he hoped he would be brought
in contact with those who were ready
to extend their personal friendship
to him and to whom he would be
something more than a foreign governor gen
eraL In speaking Of the satisfactory rela-
tlons OF the Dominion and the mo:herland. he
said the reason was not far to seek-it was
because they knew and understood each other
better than they had in years past.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12
Arkansas Nova

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Jan 12-Advices
from the Louisiana border say: Bayou Bar
tholOmew has again been the scene of g
bloody murder. 4 planter named Peters,
while on his wa to Homer, was fired on by
parties in ambush. He fell from his horse
mor5aily wounded. The assGssias robbed
their victim, taking his pocket-book watch
and other valuables The tragedy occurred
in by-path about two miles from Peters
dwelling. There is 10 clue to the murderer,
but they are believed to be the same persons
who last week killed man named Mills,
living farther down the bayou, robbing him
of between $500 and 81 900.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12
Zee Gorge Forming,

BALTIMORE, Jan. pa tremendous ic,
gorge IS forming in The Susquehanna river at
Port Deposit and the people are moving to
the highlands. The situation is grave. The
BRIDGE and depots of the Baltimore &, Ohio
railroad at that place are in danger.
TRENTON, n. j., Jan. l2.-The water men
are watching the Delaware, which presents
marked similarity to that of the winter of
1857, when a back water freshet did up-
told damage on beth sides of the
river. Tuesdays rains and the recent
thaw caused an overflow on the Pennsylva-
MIA shore for a considerable distance inland
Farmers along the river found their horses
and cows standing waist deep in the stalls
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12
rhc Ecsnnia Libel Case.

NEW YORK, Jan. 12-In the Feuardent-
Cesnola art libel case a sensation was caused
by the reading Of an offer from the defendant
(Cesno.a) allowing plaintiff to saw suspected
statues into pieces, to put them into potash
baths, or to do anything with them which
might demonstrate to the jury that they
the statues were patchworks Of unrelated
parts. This sweeping offer the counsel for
Bangs declined, saying Eve will allow the
other side to make all these experients" On
Monday afternoon visit will be made to the
Central Park museum by Judge Shipman,
the jury and the counsel
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12
DELMON!co's RESTAURANT
some Memories of the Days tina: ars
Gone.

NEW YORK, Jan. 12-"Gath, " referring To
the sudden disappearance of Charles Del
monico, the restauranteur, INDUCES in the
following reflection about the famous res
taurant:
II the mirrors could have taken the i'm
preston of the thousands of vanished faces
which have passed before them at those four
restaurants during the period of half cen
fury what types and lessons man might re
ceivel-perhaps to impress him no more than
things of current date. They 1.-THE Delmon-
icosl were the hosts over most Of the fine
men and fine work which signalized this
place. Samuel j. Tilden, it is freely said.
was in the habit of preparing his
schemes by going into Delmonico's at Han
over square with friend, taking a private
room and bottle of brandy, and if the friend
did not want any of the brandy the old man
would drink the whole bottle. Great stock