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The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-17

of the inmates, as well as those who
were in the next house. No news what
ever seems to have been received from
the Val Tournanche, which runs from
the foot of the Theodule pass TO Cha
tilloH, and it Is feared that disasters
have befallen there no less heartrend-
ing than those which have come to
pass 4. the valley of the Aosta.
No avalanehes of Importance are re.
ported from the north side of the Alps,
where the weather has been much less
sever than ON the south side, and the
train service on the st. Gethard rail
way has suffered no interruption. This
is somewhat remarkable as during the
construction of the line it was foretold
that it would be much mere exposed
to danger from avalanches than the
Mont Cents line. On the night of Jan.
Is, however, there arose q storm on
the south side which at one time
threatened serious consequences. Snow
fell fast until 1t lay on the ground more
than three feet deep, when there sprung
up a wind SO violent that it dashed the
snow about in fearful whirlwinds, and
those who Witnessed the scene might
easily have faneied themselves In a
sand-storm in the desert of Sahara.
But the railway company had taken
their measures 8 well that none OF
their passenger suffered Inconvenience.
and only a few of their trains were
slightly behind time.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-17
A Gorgeous Spectacle.

The Vienna Skating Club has just
had a great success with its fancy ball
held on the ice by the light of twenty
electric lamps, and before an audi
ence numbering over 1000 within the
Enclosure and several thousand be-
yond. The ice was thronged with
masqueraders of all kinds. About 200
frst-rate skaters performed a panto-
mime, the scenes for which were forms
ed by grottoes of ice and plants en-
bellIshed with colossal icicles and
frozen spray. A score of lady skaters
personifed nymphs and goddesses. A
gorgeous procession, about half a mile
in length, of cars. like those Of the
Italian carnivals, representing the sea-
sons and other subjects, concluded
the pantomime.-New York Post.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-17
Was He Born to Be Hanged?

During his youth he was several
times rescued from a watery grave.
At the age of twenty-five he was
engaged in a wrestling match, and
had his arm fractured at the radio
articulation. He was shot in the thigh
in the year 1864. My professional
services were first demanded in 1879,
the patient having sustained a COM
pound fracture of the tibia and fibula
by falling out ola wagon which ran
over his leg fifteen miles from home.
He was conveyed home in this condi-
ton with mis- broken limb dangling
about) in a state of ~lntoxication. /
encountered considerable trouble in
the treatment of his fracture, but
succeeded in giving him a good limb,
after resorting to extreme measures
to conquer his intractable desires.
Soon after this while partially intoxi-
Gated, he sustained a dislocation of
both ankle joints.
in January, 1881, ne vas found in a
fence corner completely moribuna
FROM the effects of whisky and cold,
from which exposure his feet were
frost-bitten. had great difficulty in
reviving him from this state. and at
different periods | amputated all the
toes on n foot, leaving two on the
other, all of which was done without
the use of an anesthetic, he positi-
vcly refusing to be placed under its
influence, and showing unparalleled
fortitude during each amputation.
On December 3, 1882, while on n of
his sprees, he fell into the fire. / was
summoned Immediately upon my
arrival an odor of burnt feathers and
whisky greeted my olfactories. |
found my patient sitting On his bed
with his head burned almost black
aad his features greatly distorted.
The burn commencing at the super
ciliary ridges, extended Over the
frontal, parietal, o~ccipital, and entire
right temporal regions also the right
half of the nose and right cheek, In
Guiding the right ear. The scalp of
the muscular tissue continued to
slough until the bones were entirely
exposed. On May rs, (1883) l re-
moved the outer table of both
parietal bones. Iremoved all collec-
tions of parulent matter from beneath
the bones, and the healing process
granulation-set up in the exposed
tissues and continued until the cover
ing was complete. During a short
absence he passed from under my care,
and on my return / found him suffer
ing from erysipelas, due to exposure
prompt and appropriate treatment.
however, soon relieved him of this
disease. After being burned he was
poisoned, the efforts of which still
remain apparent to any one.
Soon after this he received a second
~infiiction of the baking process.
Later still he was shot through the
left index finger. He has, however,
worked during the entire summer
making a crop-and that, too. without
experiencing any inconvenience from
the heat. He does not tolerate the
cold with the same impunity. But
alas at present he is INDUCING il
his old folly-dissipation Mississippi
Vaueq Medical MONTHLY.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-17
Entirely too Realistic.

MI. Woodbury.. who is a Waco
banker, does not live very happily
with his wife. They have frequent
scenes. He does not 90 to the theatre
with her for a change. The other
night after the play was ove she asked
him how he liked it.
at was too much like our home life
for me to enjoy il very much," he
replied.
"What do you meanp"
1T was one scene right after an
other. - Yeras Siftings.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-17

A child recently died in Rye, England, Of
fright caused hg a boy wearing q mask.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-02-03
THE SILVER QUESTION.

The Daily HaaOoii04l is determined
to try to fancy it sees in the action of
the Government and of Col. Spreckels
an Intellectual solution of the cur
rency difficulty, and INDUCES in the
Sibylline utterance "Time will
!. show" All that the ADVERTISER
claims is summed up in the same
words, thine will show" It will be
good thing if the many people who
are at present plaguing themselves
and their neighbors with theories
about the silver question, and who
are personally suffering no incon-
venience whatever from the presence
of Hawaiian silver coins in the coun-
try will turn their attention to some
more practical work and just be
pleased to let Time show. They do
not st present get credit for anything
but bad feeling, and if they are sim
cere in their belief they can well af-
ford to await the event, being as we
have said in no present trouble them
selves, and we may add being in no
danger of falling into any trouble
with silver. Not only do we echo
the Hda0diiaRs exclamation Chime
will show" but we contend that
Time alone can show what silver
coin is needed for the uses of this
population and all the arguments on
both sides will remain unconvincing
either way until one or other of them
gets the testimony of Time in it's sup
port.
AS we have already said those who
still persist in grumbling about the
silver question, while they themselves
have no surplus silver to grumble
about, need not expect to get credit
for honesty of purpose, except it be
one or two individuals who are
known to have long made the silver
question personal hobby, and who
like most cabinet students of social
phenomena, lack the practical ex'
perience, which alone can enable
them to embrace in the grasp Of
theory not only the material thing:
they are dealing with, but the vita
forces which lie behind and control
them.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-02-03

i've Governments, but only to recon-
mend), and next insisted that the
Conference should first settle the
scientific principles involved. and the
kind of meridian desired.
Mr.. Rutherford withdrew his reso-
luton a second time, in order to give
the French an opportunity to bring
in their resolution, which was :: &" That
the initial meridian should have a
character of absolute neutrality, and
should cut no great continent-neither
Europe nor America"
In defence of this resolution, the
French delegates spoke frequently,
and at great length, and used every
expedient to gain time, so that it was
not till the fourth session, and the
thirteenth day, that final vote was
reached in favor of Greenwich.
The delegates were each presented
with a copy of a book by Professor
Chancourtois, embodying the French
view of the subject.
The considerations by which the
French were influenced seemed to
writer to be chiefly of a sentimental
nature.
They insisted that the prime meri-
dian ought to have a purely neutral
and scientific character with regard to
the configura ton of the continents,
while the Greenwich Meridian sis
placed on the globe in hap-hazard
manner, and very incOnveniently
situated for the function that it is to
perform" They claimed that the
passage of the prime meridian through
the middle of country is cause OF
embarrassment, because it introduces
the distinction between east and west
longitudes; and if this difficulty is
solved by counting around from % to
1907, still it is best to avoid the con
trast between numbers of one place OF
figures and numbers of three places
(e.g., 1eand 359e) in the same country
by choosing as nearly as possible al
ocean meridian.
Again, they claimed that the chang,
of date ought to take place in cross
f ing the prime meridian (and not it,
anti-meridian, as at presently, and tina
this condition was incompatible will
it's passage through an inhabited
country.
upon the GLOBE" said Jansen
"nature has so sharply separated tn
American Continent that there ar
7 only two solutions possible in geo
= graphical point of view" The frs
= would be to place the prime meridian
> in or near the Azores (; the second, t.
= make it pass through the Island O
st. Lawrence, in Bhering's Straits.
The ancient geographers-Marinus
of Tyre, and Ptolemy, in the seeon
century-placed the prime meridian
= in the Fortunate Islands, or Canaries
In 1888, Cardinal Richelieu con
vened Meridian Congress of Frenc
> and foreign men of science at Pari:
> and they adopted the extreme cas-
point of the Isle of Ferro, in tn
Canaries.
ITO be cOntiRUed.)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-02-03
THE LATE PRIME MERIDIAN CON.
FERENCE.

abridged from a paper read before the Social
Science Club by Hon. W. D. Alexander.l
The subject of the adoption of a
Prime Meridian and of a universal
day common to all nations has been
discussed at scientific conventions in
Europe.
These discussions prepared the way
for the late Meridian Conference at
Washington, which had more of an
Official and diplomatic character.
At the third meeting Of the Geo
graphical Congress, which was held
at Venice in 1881, an able memoir on
the subject was presented by Sand
ford Fleming, delegate from Canada,
and report was adopted recommend
ing that an International Conference
should be convened at Washington
to settle not only the question OF
longitude but also that of cosmic
time and dates, and requesting the
italian Government to take the ini-
tiative in the matter.
In August Of the following year
(1ss2) the American Congress passed
an Act to authorize the President OF
the United States to call an Interna-
tional Conference "to fix upon and
recommend for universal adoption a
common Prime Meridian to be used
in the reckoning of longitude and
in the regulation of time throughout
the world" and appropriated $4,000
to defray the expenses of the same.
At the same time the permanent
commission of the Geodetic Interna-
tional Association decided that ii
would occupy itself with the ques
ton in the seventh general confer,
ence of the association, to be held al
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-02-03
NOTICE.

Frsm and after this date MR.. A. NJ. MELLIs
Will take charge of the entire distribution of the
daily and weekly PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADvER-
TIER forlths city and suburbs.
Subscribers changing their residences Will please
notify Mr.. AIellis In writing.
Papers will be left where requested by sub
scribers, and In order avoid errors I'm delivery
the carriers instructed to adhere strictly to
this rule.
Papers sold on the streets for cash only.
Commercial Advertiser Office. October 1. 1884.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-02-03

Ind not to individuals.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-02-03

1t takes 1000 people to run Queen Vic
toria'5 palaces, and their maintenance
costs 1855, 900 annually.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-02-03
NOTICE..

'VNHE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE KAP-
iolani PARK Association will be held at the
ArmOry to-day Thursday, January 18th, at l PM
AT ull attendance is requested.
ii. MACFARLANE,
400 Jag Sec'y Kapiolani Park Association.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-02-03
Aftu 90Osrtl5tments.
NOTICE.

An ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE
n Star Mil Co. viii be held At the Office of
Vim. q. Irwin & Co., on Wednesday, Feb. 18th, at
10 AN.
VA. q. IRWIN,
4S7 fei Secretary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-02-03
NOTICE.

ON AND AFTER THIS DATE ALL OUR
~ accounts will be rendered MONTHLY instead
Of quarterly, as heretofore.
S. J. LEVEY & co.
Honolulu, Feb. End, 1885. 4s7 If
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-20

A movement is on foot TO make the
Cincinnati Wesleyan College univcr-
sity for women, with technical depart
meuts.
From present indications it does not
appear likely that the manufacturers
and iron-workcrs in the Pittsburgh re-
gion will reach an adjustment ofprices
for next year.
Michael Mulaney, an inmate Of the
WestmorelaDd county Pa almshouss,
has confessed to the murder Of James
Tearney, who was killed in Pittsburgh
in January, 1874. Mulaney brooded
over the crime until his mind became
impaired.
William r. Morse, formerly the
book-keeper of the National Suspender
Company. was arraigned in court in
New York Monday on charge of forge
nv to the amount Of $4,000. He was
held in default of 100000 bail. Morse
is member Of the Knickerbocker Club,
and owner Of the yacht Oracle. lie al
mitted his guilt.
Mrs. Keochleion, wealthy and aged
resident Of Matinsville, Somerset coun-
ty. n. j.. was seated before an open
fireplace last Friday, when she was
stricken with paralysis and fell into the
fire. She was found by ncighbors with
her clothes in flames, and, although
they were soon extinguished, she died
an hour afterward.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-20
AUCTION sALEs-guture neys.
by sutton a Co.,
Real Estate Agents end Auctloneem,
lies Main street.
,RUsTEEs, SALE OF DESIRABLE

TRUSTEES SALE OF DESIRABLE
Il IMPROVED PROPERTY SITUATED
ON CANAL, SECOND. BYRD, AND BEL
VIDERE STREETS. BY virtue OF certain
deed OF trust executed 10 the undersigned
trustees, dated February 10, 1882, and OF
record In Rlchmsnd Chancery Court ONCE
ID. Il. 100 4, page 46,, default having been
made, and being required 10 10 do by the
beneficiary, we shall proceed TO sell IT pub
lie auction, upon the premises, on
FRIDAY, MAY az. 1855,
commencing at 3 o'clock L. NJ. so much OF
the above-described property rs may be
sufficient 10 pay OF and discharge tho debt
secured by said deed.
313, on south side OF Canal between Third
and Fourth streets, containing four rooms
and kitchen with two roons-lot fronting
80 by $50 feet TO an alley.
Second. BRICK DWELLING No. 2ls, on
west side OF Second, between Canal and
Byrd streets, containing seven or eight
rooms with lot fronting 40 by $50 feet.
Third. SMALL BRICK HOUSE NO. ia,
on north side OF Byrd, between First and
Second streets, with about four rooms-lot
fronting 24b by so feet: -,
Fourth. FRAME DWELLING No. 60i,
on east side OF Belyidere street. containing
four rooms. with lot fronting 80 by 100 feet.
All the above property IL now rented and
offers good opportunity TO parties wishing
to invest.
TERMS: Cash as to expenses OF sale and b
November 10. 1854; balance upon terms 10
be announced at sale.
G. II. SUTTON,
Trustees.
SUTTON & Co. Auctioneers. my Is
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-20
KorTOwAY'S SENSATIONS.
VAS THE BoY BURIED ALIvEe


re late ys~snv Rsbssr, ana she Case
81 she Nssss Cripple -rsssrssrs News
GssmA
tpoussvcndence Of the Richmond pispasch'l
PETERSBURG, VA, May 10, 1888.
Il 10 learned from Nottowsy county
that q. r. HAYDN, who several days
seo ran off from Blscks-and-whites
with about goo worth Of watches.
j<wslry, &C., belonging TO Mr.. W. q.
Robinson, Of that place, but who was
arrested with all the stolen property IN
his possession at Appomattox dcpos
has Been travelling and working ander
several aliases, and from the informa-
ton received from various quarters
about him he Is believed to be an ac-
cumplisbed handler Of other peoples
property. II Is said that he made
determined resistance TO the officers
who arrested him, and attempted to
use q pistol that he had taken from
Mr.. Robison's store. When brought
back TO Nottoway he made full confess
sion Of his guilt, and expressed willing
ness 10 suffer the penalty OF his crime.
He said he committed the offence while
under the influence OF liquor.
Citizens from Blacks-and-Whites to-
day report that all the indications point
TO the deliberate and brutal murder Of
The colored boy, Samuel Stokes, whose
body was found buried near that place
two or three days ago. The boy was
only about ten or eleven years of age,
and was so much Of cripple as to be
Of little use. As has been stated in
the Dispatch, the body, which was dis
inferred for examination, bore marks
Of cruel beating, and the belief is that
after the unfortunate boy had been
beaten by one or the other Of his pa
rents into state Of Inconsistencies,
the body was hastily doubled up and
buried in a small box, and that death
actually occurred after burial.
A French silver coin about the size
Of our standard dollar, and bearing the
dats Of l767, was dug from the ground
by a colored man while excavatmg
several feet below the surface on Hin
ton street several days ago. The let
ters and the imprint on the coin are
very distinct. The finder tried to pass
il off at one Of the markct-houses, but
no one would take il. A gentleman
who saw him with the coin purchased
il for one dollar. 1t is believed to have
been lost here during the Revolution.
The collector Of the revenue has
not vet been notified from Washington
Of the appointment Of his successor,
but is expecting the official papers in
the case by every mail. Meanwhile
great interest is expressed about the
postmastership.
The teams belonging to the Virginia
and Carolina Railroad Company lately
working on this end of the line have
been idle here for some time. II is stated
that the only work now being done on
the line between Petersburg and North
Carolina is at Stony creek, in Din
widdie county.
The High Constable has caused quite
q stir during the last several days among
q certain class of our people who have
not conformed to the license laws, as
we'll as among the agents of firms
elsewhere who have been guilty of
some technical violations Of the State
laws in selling goods here.
ROBIN ADAIR.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-20

SUTTON & Co, Auctioneers. n
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-20
NAY 90. 1885.
Auction sALEs--Futurc DAYS
by N. w. Bowe,
Heal Estate Auctioneer.

Hkcut fHtHtt Autti'bCSh-
A TTRACTIvE, wELI-SITUATED,
"A AND VALUABLE LOWER WEST
GRACE-STREET RESIDENCE AND
GROUNDS AT AUCrf0N.--At the request
OF the owner. who has determined to sell.
viii offer by public auction, on the pre-
misses, on
THURSDAY. MAY al, 1885,
nj o'clock j.. NJ, the very attractive
DWELLING AND GROUNDS situated at
the southeast corner OF Grace and Jefferson
streets, fronting about as feet and running
back about f34 feet.
The HOUSE Is well built and convenient
~ arranged. and contains double parlors.
dining room, &c, ON the first floor, and In
the second and third stories there are seven
chambers-all with freplaces. The halls
are Wide, and, Ike the rooms, are well
lighted and ventilated aud OF good pitch.
The GROUNDS are very handsome, and
are well set In grass and shrubbery, ana
contain several handsome shade-trees.
The servants accommodations are ample
and comfortable.
This PROPERTY, situated as II Is In the
rapidly improving West End, though not
too far removed from business, churches'
and places of amusement. and right In the
midst OF the best society, and on the pref
TEST square on Grace street, should Tor
these reasons. as well because OF Its intrin-
sic value, Its beauty, and It's comfort, at
tract the attention of those wanting resi-
dence i'm section OF the city that Is daily
enhancing in value and attractiveness.
TERMS: At sale. y. W. BOWIE,
my l4&18&td Auctioneer.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-20
IT Is A FACT.

Hundreds OF letters in our possession
copies of which may be had by return
InaiD are our authority for the assertion
that Skim, Scalp, and Blood -Humors,
whether Scrofulous, Inherited, or Conta-
CUTICURA REsOLvENT. the new Blood-Puri-
fer, internally, and CUTICURA and CUTI-
CURA SOAP, the great Skin Cures and Beau
filters, externally, in one half the time and
expense of any other season.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-20
CAvED HER LIFE.
RIDGE. MCINTOSH COUNTY, GA.

RIDGE. McINTosH COUNTY, GA.
DR.. J. Bradfeld: Dear Sir.-I have taken
several bottles Of your Female Regulator
for diseases OF sixteen-years' standing, and
Yyealiy believe am cured entirely for which
please accept my heartfelt thanks and most
profound gratitude. know your medicine
saved my life, so you see cannot speak too
highly In It's favor. i have recommended II
TO several Of my friends who are suffering
ss was. Yours very respectfully.
Mrs. w. Il. STEBBINS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-20
NOW is THE TIME TO CURE
IN SKIN-HUMORS.

IL is at this season when the Pores are
clogged and the Blood and Perspiration are
laden with Impurities that Dishgurlng
Humors. Humiliating Eruptions. Itching
Tortures Salt Rheum or Eczema, Psoria-
sis, letter. Rlngworm. Baby Humors,
scrofula. Scrofulous Sores. Assesses and
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Itching, Scaly, and Pimply Diseases OF the
Skin and Scalp are most speedily and eco
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DIES.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-20
GREATEST ON EARTH.

CUTICURA REMEDIES are the greatest
medicines on earth. Had the worst case
Salt-Rheum in this country. My mother
had IL twenty years and, i'm fact. died from
IL. believe CUTICURA would have saved
her life. NY arms, breast. and head were
covered for three years, which nothing re-
lieved or cured until l used the CUTICURA
REsoLvENT internally ana CUTICURA and
CUTICURA SOAP externally.
L w Ala Nc NpNNnrk 0hin-