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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-02
Coal and Lumber Facts.

BALTIMORE. Dee. 24.- Major E.
w. S. Moore, Secretary of the West
Virginia Central & Pittsburgh Rail-
way Company, has received from
Agent Harrison, of Piedmont. an in
teresting report of the industries and
Improvements on the line of the road.
The report treats of every station on
the line. beginning with the coal in.
terests.
At Window the Big Vein Coal
Company's mines, Baltimore en-
terprise, have capacity of $50 to 500
tons per day, and employ 100 men.
The Atlantic mines, twelve miles
from Piedmont, operated also by
Baltimore capital, have a capacity of
800 tons and employ l25 men. Elk
Garden, w. Va. G. & p. railway
mines have three openings. capacity
1880 tons. 275 employees. The IA foot
vein is worked by all of the above
named.
At Thomas the mines-eight-fOot
yein-recently opened 10y H.G. Davis
& Bro, have had their capacity in
creased to 200 and $50 tons per day,
employing Is to 20 men.
the DAVIS mines. two miles from
Davis. the present terminus of the
road, are operating the 1l.foot vein,
or lower Kittanning seam. They are
new mines and the present capacity
is one hundred tons. The coal Is
shipped principally West for smith
ing purposes, and is on excellent
steamer coal. II. G. Davis & Bro.
are the operators and fifteen to TWEEN
~ persons are employed.
The lumber interests are very ex-
tenslve. The saw mills at Empire,
owned hy d. S. Jones d Son. Phila-
delphia, have capacity of 10000 feet
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than one hundred to two hundred

than one hundred to two hundred
pounds"
And in regard to the fabulous for
tunes locked up in chancery, he saws;
ITO judge from the letters received
at this legation from the United
States in reference to the unclaimed
funds in Chancery, many of our
countrymen must imagine that insti-
tuition to be Il depository of incaIcu-
liable millions. goodly share of
which can be easily withdrawn upon
the mere institution of Il claim to the
same by the American Minister, and
without requirement by the court of
any particulars as to the name of the
suit, the relationship Of the claimant
to the parties mentioned therein, or
to the original owner of the estate
claimed. 1t is very rarely that In any
communication sent us on this sub.
ject Il smaller sum is mentioned than
several millions, and frequently our
correspondents state that they are
entitled to twenty, fifty, and even
more millions. It will doubtless
cause some surprise and disapl,oint-
ment to such as these to be informed
that the whole amount of money in
the custody of the Court of Chancery
at the present time is about 4s4 ,O0O, :
900, # which esq. 100000 belong to
owners who are known, .leaswalg
about Ell 600. 900 only of unclaimed or
dormant funds"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-02
Baltimore Live Stock Market.

CATTLE. There was an exceed
ingly light offering to-day. nne Of the
lightest for years. even at this season
Of dizziness. Trade was quite slow,
as may well he understood, hut prices
for the better grades were h(0lc.
higher than they were last week !:
while the other grades. quality con-
sidered, show little. If ANY, variation
from the prices realized then. Quo
tations 2i(G5lc., with most sales from
81 tn st.
HoGs.-The receipts show large
falling off from last week. hut there
are quite enough Hogs for the raih, r
moderate demand, az dealers think
there Will he some lpit over unsO d.
The quality hardly averages ~ good
as last weeks off rings. two dealers
reporting II falling uff in their qunl
ily. Sales are made ~ 4}@ 5lc net u.
Same time last year hogs sold at j40
&c.. net.
SHEEP The receipts are very
light. hut the demand is ruIip slow.
me on rings being iully 'Gual 10 the
~ry inml"ralr demand. Tn uuniity
j. about ~ the saIne general raup ~
last week, with the exception ri
Few extra shttp sn!d Ia ON" nl our
nom" butchers on Irivar" tern,~, TN
SUI p'-t"' IT, hr about 5lr + e. =
generally ter >h"'t ~ 90 tlol u q
80, aNt lni l. n,h- fr"u Is
Same tilit last year h n soAu a. ZOO
43c., and Lambs at 3(Q51.
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SATURDAY. JAN. 2. 1885.
Pay Your Subscription.

A large number of our patrons are
allowing their subscription accounts
to run from year to year without ap.
parently giving this, to US, important
matter, any consideration atall. This
10 not right. We are obliged to pay
cash for paper. labor, any many other
things that go to make up news
paper, and sometimes, as at present.
find it almost impossible to meet our
obligations, while we have over one
thousand dollars standing on the SUBJ
scription account alone, ranging from
$3.50 to $3.50. Don't put off pay
ment any longer. but come forward
at once and help US.
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He Didn't Know his Strength.

There is an old soldier employed
in the Government Office in this city
who has had some queer experiences
with an artificial limb. his having
been taken off at the knee. Among
the most amusing was one with n
sleeping car porter. On one train he
struck an uppish sort of Il porter who
stood around with a languid dignity
that would make a street corner dude
sick. at heart. This man with the
wooden leg made up his mind that
he would wake that niger up" be.
fore he Clipped in his quarters. He
told couple of men in The car his
purpose, and they joined in with
him. He wears his shoes firmly
fastened to the wooden leg, having
no need 10 remove it, and having
fallen once from loose shoe.
After his berth had been made up
he went to the dressing room and
unstrapped his leg, keeping hold Of
the strap, and then going to his berth.
Then he called the porter "I'vegOt
the rheumatism and can't bend
over" he said. land l wish you'd
pull off that shoe" The porter I'M
tied the shoe and tried to pull it off
but it wouldn't come. "PuIi hard"
said The passenger. The darkey gave
another pull. 20, brace against the
berth and pull" said the passenger.
The porter had blood in his eye. He
put his foot against the berth and
pulled like Il dentist. The passenger
let z" the strap and the darkey fell
back with the sho" and The leg. My
God J" you've pulled off my ley ~
shriekeh the passenger The porter
dropped it, and with his eyes bulg.
ing out and his teeth rhattering, he
broke. from the car. H.. concealed
himself in corner of the baggage
car. and pretty soon the two other
conspirato"s came in, pretended they
didn't know where he was. sat down
on a trunk, ana talked over the aw-
ful condition of the man whose leg
had been pulled Oft. and about the
penalty the darby would have to
suffer if caugh. The porter was Of no
service t" anybody that night.-Mil-
acdukee Sentinel
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The Midnight Horror.

Group! What father, what mother
does not trembIe at its name. You
awake and find your darling vainly
struge ling for breath the harsh rasp.
ing cougi strikes terror to your quiv
ering nerves. Something must be
done quickly, as the deadly mem.
brane is last cutting off the little ones
breath. Parents, provide yourself
with a bottle of DuLac's "SwIss BAL.
SAM" The Great Cough Remedy for
children. and its u-e will cause the
croupy cough to loosen. the danger.
Gus membrane that WAS forming oven
the windpipe will be- cut away. and
in a few moments your child will he
sleeping swPc.ly h, You side. This
valuable remet y is sold al Sturgi ISIS
drug store, at Is and 70 cents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-02
New York's Prohibition Fight.

NEW YORK, Dec. %. With the
opening OF the New York legislature
next week, what will probably be the
hardest of fights for and against rum
will begin. 1t will be characterized
by struggles between factions on each
general side, and the professional
statesmen are distracted by the intri-
cacies and difficulties of the situation.
The issue can hardly be put aside,
because the Prohibition vote defeated
Ira Davenport, the Republican can.
didate for governor. in the last cleo
ton, and the Prohibitionists, thus
encouraged, are organizing for further
destructiveness. They have estab.
lished a Prohibition Lecture Bereau
as Il means of furthering their cause.
and the scheme il new and curious.
Total abstinence orators are to be
provided in abundance, and these
will not be mounted on the political
stump, nor reserved until Il political
campaign, but placed on the lyceum
platforms, in pulpits. and anywhere
else that intelligent audiences can he
reached. To this end, circulars haye
been sent to all the churches, young
mems associations, fire companies 8,
Grand Army posts and other organi.
z''ions likely to require lectures. A
list of speakers is given. and some Of
the names are very attractive, while
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-02

Under the Act of 1884, which au-
thorized the issue of bonds to cover
the debt of the School Board, there
Is clause which prohibits county
school commissioners from contract.
ing or mourning any Indebtedness ex-
ceeding the amount appropriated for
the use of the Board. This prohibit
ing clause was hardly necessary. be-
cause it was we'll understood prior to
the passage of said act that the School
Commissioners had no power to con-
tract debts and thereby bind the coun
ty to pay their obligations. Certainly
there can be no excuse offered by the
School Board for contracting debts
beyond its means to pay after the
passage of the act referred to. If we
are to be guided by the published re-
port of the School Board in making
up our opinion we are forced to the
conclusion that at the end of two
years after the passage of the act of
1884, the School Board is largely in
debt, the law to the contrary not
withstanding. Now, it may be a
matter of some Importance to some
persons TO know how this debt is to
be paid. or whether it is to be paid at
all. It is certain, absolutely certain,
that the School Commissioners in
contracting debts, issuing due bills.
executing notes and having them dis
counted at bank, did not bind the
county, and had not the power to bini
anybody but themselves. If new
Board should be appointed will they
assume the Indebtedness incurred by
the present Board? If they do they
can only bind themselves personally
to pay such debts. A new Board
will have no more power to bind the
county than the old one had. This
debt question may. therefore. become
a very serious one at an early day.
Is it not time for the Commissioners
to call a halt and ascertain where
they stand. At the commencement
of the year 1886 we suggest that the
School Board take stock, make up a
balance sheet showing assets and liza
bilities, and when that is done pub
lish the result as required by law a MI
let the people know how their money
has been spent. 1t may be we'll, toe,
to consider the question Of indebted
ness, for unless we are mistaken the
Commissioners who contracted this
debt will be held Individually liable
therefor. The people are not in a
mood for trifling upon this subject.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-02
News in Brief.

Louisville has had twenty-five
murders in 1885.
Smallpox has ceased to be an epi-
demic at Montreal.
The LIST of January. 1886, will be
celebrated very generally as Ednanci.
patton Day.
In view of Indian troubles in the
Southwest, reinforcements have been
sent to the army in Arizona.
Large numbers of New York cigar
makers have started for San Francis
co to take the places of Chinese at adj
yanced prices.
The aggregate deficit in the Nation.
al Soldiers Home accounts Is some
thing over 1920, 900 according to Gen.
R',secrans' account.
President Cleveland. it is said. now
proposes to hold Senators and Repre-
sentatives responsible for their rec.
ommendations for appointments.
1t is said the Governor Of Arazona
favnrs the organization of n ranger
force To fight the Indians, as the U.
S., army cannot be depended on.
! Investigation shows large mum.
Der of pnSlmasters to have been sus-
pended from service without causes
being assigned. and contrary to IT,
Civil Service law.
Members of the Chinese order of
Free MasOns to the hummer Ot hum
dreh, held meeting in Baltimore to
receive visiting high dignltary. The
ceremonies were peculiar.
Regarding the silver question in
the National House. it Is said that
many OF the members are in doubt,
and the opinion is pretty generally
expressed that neither side has ma
Ijoriiy rs it now stands, but that the
balance of power is held by those
who have not yet made up their
mind.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-02

day and employ fifteen or twenty
men. Near the Atlantic mine, RI
S0mmerville has mill with daily
capacity of 5000 feet; fifteen to twen-
ty employees. At Chaffee is II. G.
Davis 81 Bros mil. capacity 5000
feet fifteen to eighteen employees.
AT Schell is the shook and saw mill
of G. w. Wilson capacity 5000 feet
employees eight to ten. AT EIkins il
the saw mill of G. J. Lee capacity
5000 feet eight to ten employees.
Two mills, belonging to McCul-
Tough Brown and Sol. Clark, respec-
lively. are at Bayard, and have a
capacity each of 5000 feet. and eight
to ten employees each. G. W. Wilson
has a secUnd mill at Camden, which
has capacity of 5000 feet and EN-.
pIoyes eight or ten men. The j. L..
Runbarger Lumber Company oper
afes "A mill at Dobbin capacity 90
600 feet 45 employees.
M. E. Howe has two mills at Ham,
bletOn filing contract to cut spruce
and hpmlocK for Miller & Lowering,
Philadelphia. and il turning out 90.
900 feet daily with fifty employees.
The Fairfax Forest saw mills are at
Wilsonia, with a capacity of q. 600
feet aud working 50 men. These
mills have a planer attached and are
making spruce flooring. M. L. Howe
operates another mill at Fairfax Ca
pacity 10000 feet; Is to 20 employees.
Two miles above Fairfax is another
mill belonging to Fl. 6. Davis Bro ;
capacity Is 600 feet; 20 to % EN-.
ployts. Shingles and laths are also
manufactured here. William Evans
has two saw mills at DAVIS; capacity
Is, 900 feet 20 employees.
At Davis the j. l.. Rumbarger
Lumber Company is preparing to
erect large saw mill of $50 horse
power with pIaner and sash factory
attached and will employ so men
Fayerweather & Ladew ale also
making preparations to erect a steam
tannery of tbs largest capacity al
Davis and will employ 400 persons
They have bought the timber right
of 10000 acres to supply bark ant
have contracted for 80 tenant house,
tn be finished by next July. The w
Va. G. & P. II. II. have built ma
chine shop here 13Ox60 feet and will
operate ii in the early spring. They
have also laid the foundation for :
hotel and will build foundry 130x6(
feet.
A country road is being constructed
from st. George, the county seat o
Tucker county, w. Va, tn Thomas
which will give an outlet to large
and rapidly. developing section o
country. There is Il United State
mail route over the railroad to Dayi,
which has been extended to Other
points by county road into Ran
dolph county, giving IA daily mail Il
a large section of country heretofore
served only weekly, and the road ha,
also given n natural channel tn mar
ket for an extensive grazing country
and Il large number of sheep and cat
tie have already been shipped East
and West from Davis.
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In speaking of recent occurrences in

In speaking of recent occurrences in
Dakota Judge Holman, of Indiana,
said that he thought the time had
probably come when it was right that
Dakota should be admitted as State.
The House, he said, had no right ia
consider the political bearings of the
case. The only question that occur.
red to his mind, were whether the
population was sufficiently settled
and permanent to make 1t better for
them to be under State form of COY.
eminent; whether the school laws.
&C., could be sufficiently secured .anG
the question of the government Ia.
terests in the reservations.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-02
A Massac gardner last Spring

A Massachusetts, gardner last Spring
tried the following experiment in
potato culture: One hill was given
a large whole potato, the second
half of potato as near like the first
as possible, the third had an under
sized whole potato. and the fourth
hill half of one similar in size to the
third. The results are as follow: The
FIRST hill yielded 1915 pounds of
large sized potatoes the second
smaller sized ones and only 1 14-16
pounds; the third proved almost
Identical with the second, the weight
of the yield being exactly the same,
and the fourth produced 10 ounces OF
small potatoes. The hills were near
together aud their treatment was the
same. .
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Incidental Expenses Police De-

Incidental Expenses Police De-
partment .........,...,... S5,0OO
The hon. member said this was a
new item and one that was neces-
sary. He did not know out of what
appropriation the telephones on Ha-
waii were paid for. They came to
$500 a year on that island alone,
and this item would cover the ex-
pense for telephones not only on
that island but on the other islands.
The sheriff on each island ought to
make regular trip to see how his
deputies were getting along. The
expense incurred would come out of
this new item.
Rep. Aholo said that if there was
some report as to how much it would
cost for telephones it would be a
guide as to how much to insert. A
report ought to be made in this
matter.
Rep. Kaunamano said that if they
went into telephones it would en-
courage laziness. The police will
want to serve summons by tele-
phones. If there was some esti-
mates he would probably favor the
item.
Minister Dare did not feel that
there was any call for the appro-
priation. Such telephones on the
other islands as are used by the po-
lice, and are paid at monthly
rental out of incridentals of Attor-
ney-General's department. At pre-
sent he was not advised of any con-
dition of affairs to render this item
necessary.
Rep. Kaulukou withdrew his
motion.
Rep. Kaunamano moved the COM
mittee adjourn to | 80 o'clock.
Minister Gibson said he had an
item to insert which would no doubt
cause discussion, but as it was so
near twelve o'clock he was in favor
of a recess.
The committee at II: 80 adjourn
ed to 80.
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AN INDUSTRY TO BE ENCOURAGED

The South Sea Island trade, by
no means thing to be sneered at,
is no doubt increasing year by year,
and will in time assume those pro-
portions due to enterprise, and be-
come an object of consideration to
all trading countries. As it is now,
the traffic there is greater than one
would suppose. Brigs, brigantines,
and schooners, chiefly from Hong
kong, Australasia, the United States,
and Germany, visit the Islands and
trade extensively in copra, coral,
shells and shark-fns. Stations have
been established at various points
on the Islands, and vessels have
only to 60 there and load, as the
station keepers do all the gathering
of the trade produce. The Pacific
Navigation Co. of Honolulu have
made many efforts TO establish trade
between the South Sea Islands and
Hawaii. Copra in large quantities
has been brought here by the Pacific
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Navigation Co., shipped to Germany,
there converted into oil, and sent
back to Honolulu. That is like
grinding down a crowbar to make a
needle. The oil is considerably used
here in many ways, and if it were
cheap enough would do away with
the Chinese peanut oil to some ex-
tent. The oil-cake, (copra after the
oil is pressed ouD is in demand here
by stock owners, for fattening pur-
poses, but is not easily available be-
cause of its expensiveness. Could
not factory he put up here? There
are several parties in the country
who would gladly take the matter in
hand, if they were encouraged by the
Government. They would put up
proper works for manufacturing
cocoanut oil and oil-cake. They
would spend thousands of dollars in
the country, not only in the building
and machinery, but by employing
labor and purchasing all the cocoa
nuts grown on Hawaii nei. 1t would
stimulate cocoanut planting, in
crease the trade with the South Sea
Islands, and convert cocoanuts, that
are daily going to waste, into hard
cash. What more could be asked
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Punahou Preparatory School,
40 Beretania street, Honolulu, H. l.,
MISS E. v. HALL, Principal.

The Trustees have added year to the
former course, making it to correspond
with the best Grammar school courses
or the cities in the United States. They
are happy TO announce that they have
secured a corps of experienced instruc-
tors TO assist the Principal, consisting of
the following ladies':
Miss Agnes MOoar of Oakland, Cal,
takes the Fifth and Sixth Grades.
Miss Ella b. Snow of Ware, Mass,
takes the Third and Fourth Grades.
Mss Mary Stuart of Oakland, CAL,
takes the Primary Grades.
The School opens at Q o'clock MON
DAY, September IL, 1856.
eRs- For additional information ad-
dress O3 ivy REV. w. q MERRITT.
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sionary life in China, having had
abundant opportunities of seeing the
evil effects of opium, l would
most heartily endorse all that has
been said above by my friend Mr..
Damon, and join with him most sim
cerely in the hope that the importa-
ton and sale of opium may never
be legalized in the Hawaiian Islands.
Yours sincerely,
X. LEcHLER,
Ililo, Hawaii, Aug. go, 1886.
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Oahu College,
HONOLULU, II. l.,
Fall Term Opens September 13, 1886.

The Faculty of the past year will he
increased by the addition of Mr.. Q. w.
Severence, A. b., who comes to us from
the Manchester SUhool, Manchester, VT.
Mr.. Severence has made special study
of the French Language in Europe, and
will take that branch in the College
work together with ElocutiOn and kind
red subjects The Boarding Department
will be under the same management as
last year, and offers Il pleasant school
home 10 all who may desire to live at
PunahOu.
Those planning to join the school for
the coming year are requested 10 com.
municate Mt an early date with the Pres.
dent, REV w. q. MERRITT.
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Northern Assurance Co.,
. ESTABLISHED 1886.
Accumulated Funds a3,00O,O0O Ster.
ling.

THE Agent of this Company in Homo.
l. lulu has received Instructions TO
reduce the rates of LIFE INSURANC
in this country to minimum rate,
without any extra premium for resi-
dence in the Hawaiian Islands.
Among the principal advantages at.
taching to Life Policy in the North.
ern," attention is especially drawn to
the following:
Surrender values Of lapsed policies
are held at the disposition of the as
sured for six years.
Immediate payment of claims without
deduction of discount.
Abolition of restrictions ON foreign
travel and residence.
II 6tl THEO. ii. DAVIES, Agent.