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The Florida agriculturist., 1889-10-09
FOR AND AGAINST.
THE wATERWORKS DISCUSSED
BY THE TAX PAYERS.
Sewers-Mr. BOhanmOn Does Not
Will I'hey Benefit the Majority or
Only the Business NIem.
To the Editor of the SUPPLEMENT:

To the Editor of the SUPPLEMENT:
We asked for the proposed figures
showing the benefits [of waterworks and
sewers] to those outside of the business
portion of the town. We receive in
stead of figures the bare, unsupported
assertion of Mr.. Wright. All his views
may be at par with the council, but as
sure him they are not at par with the
tax payers, as he may see by the large
petition against his views.
In his estimate on insurance he shows
a saving of $170, but he fails to tell
what the person will have to pay for use
of the water; let him charge that in his
account and strike balance and then
see if there will be $1.7O net profit as he
says.
He tells us our direct benefits are in
increased value of lands owing to prox-
unity t. the thrifty, go-a-head metropo-
lis of Volusia county. Suppose we do not
wish to sell our homes and be on wheels
all our lives! Our tax would be increas-
ed and our product the same, and if he
is correct we would be the losers. But
we deny his assertion that properly
would be increased by so doing, and give
the following as proof. IA few years ago
sold my farm in Kentucky for $5 per
acre. A short time after the county vo-
ted tax of 5000, 900 for the construction
of railroad; year or so afterwards this
same farm was sold for $50 per acre.
The capital of the county sought invest
ment out of the county, and capital out
was careful to stay out. The result was
real estate deprecated in value. Wright
is wrong. I have letter of gentleman
from Indiana, sent to Texas on a pros
pecting tour in the interest of himself and
his nelghbors. Aft ar giving an account
of climate. products of the land, soil,
public buildings, church and school fa-
cilities, he adds "this reminds me of the
taxes you wished to be advised as to the
rate flax. lis 80 cents on the 500, prop
erty valued at one half its real worth" /"
Suppose it mad been over So per 800, as
ours is, would any man with brains
enough to acquire property ever go there
to invest? They would not. When
electric lights were being discussed this
same argument was used. Where is the
citizen who has been attracted here by
them, or the property thathas advanced
one nickle in value They can't be found.
l know man who has purchased three
or four groves around town. asked him
why he bought so far from town; his re-
ply was that he did not wish to pay
town tax. This will suffice to show that
men of capital have an eye to taxes.
Now these benefits begin somewhere
and end somewhere. Can these points
be determined definitely? I think so.
The most enthusiastic advocates would
not say Enterprise or Orange City were
benefited by waterworks in DeLand.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-10-09
OUR COI]RT CLOSES.
AN EXPENSIVE TERM CLOSES IN
ITS THIRD WEEK.
Six victiOmS OnIy-Semtemces
PaSSed-SummaryO OfIEBuSineSS-Ap-
pea1ed CaSeS-It was a Steer not a
COVV-The Famous Representatives,
Case Goes UP.

The fall term of Circuit Court ad-
journed last Saturday afternoon. Dur
ing the term many criminal cases were
tried, but there were few convictions
Each conviction during the term cost the
State about $500.
AS mentioned last week, the jury re-
turned verdict of ''not guilty" in the
case OF the State VS.. Asa Wingate and
Peter Stone, larceny of animals. The
Indictment charged the parties with steal
ing "cow," but the evidence showed
that instead of being a COW the animal
was steer, and the court charged the
jury that if they believed from the evil
dence that such was the case to return
verdict of "not guilty." which they did.
Hampton u Harris was tried for as
saut with intent to murder and acquit-
ted.
D. B. Dibben, having IN open court re-
nounced allegiance to every foreign
prince, power, potentate and sovereignty
and especially to Victoria, Queen of
an American citizen.
Lewis Smith was tried for assault with
intent to murder and acquitted.
Abram Howard pleaded guilty to
breaking into house in the night time
with intent to commit felony. This is
the promising youth who sometime since
broke into dwelling house at Highland
Park, and stole a rare collection of old
coins and other things.
Amos Jordan was found guilty of as
sault with intent to murder. Amos lived
near Enterprise, and in the romantic
environments of Volusia county's former
seat of justice, wooed and won damsel
who bore the name of "Glass.N By his
cruel treatment he broke her brittle heart
and she returned to the paternal roof.
Amos objected. He had an idea that
old man Harry, the girls father, caused
the trouble. He thirsted for revenge
and the old mans blood. He armed
himself, and one night went to the old
mans chicken house and raised row
among the sleeping "hiddies." The old
man thought 'varment" was after his
chickens, SO seizing his gun he rushed
out into the inhospitable night. This was
what Amos wanted, and he opened fire
upon his father-in-law, shot off the end
of the old fellows gun and frightened
him into 'duck fits" Amos goes to the
turpentine farm for two years.
S. P. Hays was admitted to the bar as
full fedged attorney-at-law.
The case of the State VS.. William
Jackson was taken up ndemurrer to the
Indictment Jackson was charged with
making false affidavit to bill present
ed to the county commissioners for de-
livering ballot boxes, l. g., it was claimed
that he had charged more for his work
than the law allowed, and swore to the
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-10-09
MRS SINNER FAvoRs wATERwoRKs

To the Editor of the SUPPLEMENT:
am in receipt of the following from
your city: "Please instruct Mr.. G. A.
Miller to sign your name to petition OBJ
jecting to bonding this city for water
works and sewerage as proposed by the
city council. Sign name and mail imme-
diately if you do not favor this matter of
additional tax"
Not knowing the authorof this request
I am unable to reply direct. recognize
the fact that no replyis called for, unless
it be in accord with the wishes of the
author of this request, and then it is 'fto
instruct Mr.. Miller to sign my name,"
etc. Since it does not meet my views to
so INSTRUCT" and since it is my dispo-
sition to "answer back beg permis-
sion to reach the author through the me-
dunn OF your paper.
Having been, since April last, absent
from your city, during which time have
been too pressed with business to read
carefully your valuable paper, am not
well informed as to the arguments that
may be in use for or against this meas
ure hence my answer to Mr.. Blank is
without prejudice or bias from any
source.
have spent six winters in your city,
and hope soon to add the seventh. From
the first winter there [ have felt the need
of, and have advocated persistently, a
system of sewerage and waterworks as
of the first importance for the health and
prosperity of your city. Indeed, so
strongly have | felt on the subject that
have many times said to myself would
not take home in the thickly populated
and lower parts of the city as a gift, and
be obliged to occupy it the yea round
for any number of years. cannot un-
derstand how any thinking person can
for moment doubt the necessity of, or
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-10-09

that the att1davlt charged TO nave Deen
false was extra judicial (2) that the law
did not specify what price should be
paid for the delivery of ballot boxes, and
the person had right to charge what
he thought proper-the payment of the
same being matter of discretion with
the commissioners.
Motion for a new trial was made in the
case of the State VS.. Eldridge; the mo-
ton was denied and the case will be
taken to the Supreme Court.
The case of Ropes VS.. Eldridge, suit
on a note of $50, bearing interest at the
rate of q one of per cent. per day, will
also be carried to the Supreme Court.
The case of w. H. Lockwood VS.. At
lantic Coast, st. Johns and Indian River
Railroad came to trial, and the jury rem
dered verdict of 81 500 in favor of the
plaintiff.
The case of the State VS.. Joseph Boyd,
breaking into house in the day time,
was continued.
M L. Ivory, charged with the malic-
ious burning of railroad cross-ties, the
property of A. HI. Pelton, of Lake Helen,
was tried and acquitted.
The case of the State vs.. Lawrence
Goodwin, aggravated assault, was the
last case OH the docket. Two indict-
ments were returned against Lawrence
for assault with intent to murder, but
were quashed owing to an error in the
name. Two informations were then
filed against him for aggravated assault,
and on one of these be was tried and
convicted. The other was mol pressed.
PRISONERS SENTENCED.
Saturday at noon the prisoners who
had been convicted during the term we're
brought into court and the following
sentences passed upon them:
L. III. Eldridge, criminal libel, $4O0
fine and cost.
Thomas Martin, adultery, six months
in the State penitentiary.
Abram Howard, entering house in the
night time to commit felony, five years
in the State penitentiary.
Amos Jordan, assault with intent to
murder, two years in the State peniten-
tiary.
Lawrence Goodwin, aggravated as
sauIt, 800 fine and cost
Jessie Goodwin, carrying concealed
weapons, 500 fine and cost.
Floyd Austin, manslaughter in the
fourth degree, three months in the
county jail.
Court then adjourned for the term.
SUMMARY.
Out of the 46 cases on the criminal
docket, three we're mol pressed, four
continued. There were seven convict
ions and six acquittals.
OF the seven criminals convicted, two
were white and five were negroes.
OF the 81 cases on the civil docket,
fourteen were continued, seven dismiss
cd, eight went to trial and three were
nonsuited.
One hundred and thirteen witnesses
were summoned by the state, and they
were paid for their services $1308 45.
Seventy-nine jurors were in attendance
and we're paid $1276 SO. Total for jurors
and witnesses, $2584.95.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-05-22
BASEBALL---ANOTRER SUCCESS
TI0M.

EDITOR BULLETIN The season
for our baseball games having only
commenced, | would like, in all due
humility, to make another sugges-
ton, which may save life. All
those who have been out to said
grounds Gin carriages) will lave
noticed that at one end, toward the
grand stand, the road is all open for
entrance or exit of carriages Z; but at
the other end, on Makiki street, it
is still obstructed by a kind of a
fence and two half gates, one of
which is generally on an angle of
say 45 degrees. This state of
things, need not say, is very dam
gerous. A number of carriages
locate Ga la American), themselves
without fastening, so as to allow the
occupants to look on the game.
Now, if horse or a Wagon did
start, or get frightened, what would
be the RESULT | dare net contem-
plate. Or if two Wagons met,
coming and going, without room TO
do anything, to turn or back |
would merely call attention to this
state of things, that the officers of
the League may advance, before
next Saturday, cause why said ob-
struction should not be removed
forthwith. That being a public
road, there is no cause why the evil
should not be remedied at once,
Although | know all suggestions
are ignored, as a general thing, still
as this is neither political nor religi-
Gus, it may be attended TO. l note
with some pleasure that my last sug-
gestion, although ignored at the
time, has since been attended TO, in
the fact that last Fridays BULLETIN
gave the names of players and their
offices for the next days game, and
a number Of persons ayailed them
selves of the advantage thus given
to enhance the pleasure. kHA.
Honolulu, May 81.
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The Free Traders OF New South
Wales, having won signal victory
in the elections, are about to carry
free trade to its logical conclusion
by wipipg out all specific duties and
replacing them with direct taxes.
While this will be the most thorough
test of the question as it affects the
industry and commerce Of 4 nation,
it will at the same time enable the
people to see and to feel just what
the burden Of supporting the govern
ment amounts TO. knowing to a
penny what The state housekeeping
expenses will be to each of them
personally, they will be fully i'm
pressed with the duty Of seeing that
affairs are administered efficiently as
well as economically.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-05-22
A DIPLOMATIC TRIUMPH.

In her new treaty with Japan the
United States has evidently scored
diplomatic triumph, which has al
ready been admitted in plain terms
in London. A correspondent of the
Times SayB:---
The Information respecting the
new treaty between Japan and the
United States is interesting in the
highest degree, because it shows
that Japan is taking steps to settle
the treaty revision question in a
manner which may not he alto
gether pleasing to all the treaty
Powers. The method now adopted
seems to be that of negotiating
separately with each Power, and a
beginning has been made with the
United States, as the country which
has always been most friendly to
Japan, and which has always ex-
hibited its Willingness to grant her
the revision of the treaties which
she sought. 1t Is probable, there
fore, that in the new treaty with the
United States 1t will be found that
the latter has granted TO Japan those
rights respecting jurisdiction for
which she has all along contended,
and that United States citizens will
obtain in return rights of trade and
residence all over Japan, which
have been offered already by the
Japanese Government to all the
Treaty Powers if they agreed 10
the required notifications.
After giving the opinion that to
such an arrangement as this the
favored nation clauses of the pre-
sent treaties could not apply, the
Times correspondent cites the bene-
fits to be gained by Americans from
the compact:
Thus American citizens will be
placed in a position Of great com
mercial advantage in Japan; they
will be able to travel without pass
ports, TO reside throughout the in
ierior, carry their wares to the peo-
pie in place Of waiting at the open
ports for the people to come TO
them, and will have the privileges
usually accorded to foreigners in
Great Britain or the United States.
Meanwhile their rivals will be con-
fined to the few treaty ports, and if
they do business in the interior it
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-05-22
TINE CoEMORANT.
she Departs Cor England via CO.
quimbo.


Punctually at nine o'clock this
morning II. B. M. S. Cormorant
weighed her anchor, unfurled her
homeward pennant (4O0 feet long)
to the breeze and left the port of
Honolulu homeward bound, via Co.
uuimbo. The scene on board for
au hour previous to departure was
lively one. Floral offerings ar
rived in large numbers and soon the
officers cabins looked like flower
gardens. On deck the men were
making all preparations for sea.
Chief Engineer Harding was very
much pleased with the collection of
toys, illustrated books and maya
zines, papers, ETC., he had received
for distribution at the different ISL
ands the vessel will touch. He
showed us a room full of parcels of
one kind and another.
About twenty minutes to nine the
tug Eleu, with the Hawaiian band
and large number of the friends of
the ship on board, left her dock and
lay alongside the Cormorant playing
popular selections. The fife and
drum band on the Cormorant res
ponded by playing" Aloha Oe, (which
was heartily applauded by those
on the tug. A large number of
people were assembled on the differ
ent wharves. AT last the Cormor-
ant blew her syren whistle and
slowly steamed out of the harbor.
Her crew gave three hearty cheers
for Honolulu and three more for the
Hawaiian band As she passed the
Espiegle, the latter's crew gave
three parting cheers, which were re.
sponded to by the Cormorant crew
A number of the merchant vessels
dipped their flags, which was ack
nowledgcd by the departing vessel.
AS the latter passed the light hou Sc
the band played Auld Lang Syne
After passing out the channel the
Cormorant took 4 southerly course
but had not got far when she wa;
seen to turn round, and boat from
the Espiegle was making toward;
her. She received the boat anc
then went on her course. Th,
officers and men of the Cormoran
have made many warm friends il
this community who regret her de
parture.
The Cormorant will touch at Pal
myra island May 30th, Washington
the 3lst. Tanning June I'd, Christ
mas 4th, Jarvis 9th, Penrhyn 10th
Rarotonga 10th, Aitutaki goth, Her
vey 2lst, Takutia 22d, Atiu 22d
Mitiero 23d, Mauki oath. Afte
leaving this island she will go baci
to Rarotonga, touching there on tn
2Sth, Tahiti July I'd, Pitcairn tn
18th, Easter 29th, and expects t
arrive at Coquimbo August 2Oth
From there she proceeds to Eng
land.
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Whatever reverses the American
pioneer may encounter, he seldom
loses his rich fund of humor, A
wagon passed through Kansas City
recently, bearing the following in
scription on its canvas cover -
"Chintz buged in Illinois, sicloned
in Newbraska, whitecapped in In
diana, baldknobbed in Missouri,p pro-
hibited in Kansas-Oklahomy or
Bust
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While Hawaii has looked at sill

While Hawaii has looked at silk
culture and then gone to sleep over
1t, the industry has been making
rapid progress in the States. A
State convention of silk cu!turists
largely attended was lately held at
Wichita, Kansas. Philips Walker
of the Department of Agriculture
stated that Kansas last year raised
one fifth of the cocoons of the United
States. This year he estimated the
cocoon production would be two or
three times that of last year.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-05-22
POLICE COURT.
"WEDNESDAY, May

"WEDNESDAY, May %.
Kekaua (w.) paid Sc and Kapeli-
ella $500 for drunkenness.
John Hapa brought up on remand
charged with malicious injury to q
COW was fined $40 with S420 costs.
Appeal noted.
Six natives were charged with de-
serting contract service with Will
der's S. S. Co. Settled out of
Court.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-05-22

The new Inman Line steamer
City of Paris made the passage from
Queenstown to New York in six
DAYS and nineteen hours. As this
is the fastest "first trip" across the
Atlantic on record, the new ship is
likely to make astonishing time when
her engines get into full playing
order.
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muet be through American citizens.
1t is easy TO see that this state of
things cannot last long; other
Powers will gradually come to the
same arrangement, and thus the
problem of treaty revision will be
settled in the manner desired by
Japan. If seventeen Powers all
together cannot agree upon salts
factory treaty with Japan, each one
will probably be brought to agree
upon one satisfactory to itself.
Japan has applied the old story of
the bundle Of sticks, and she has
found ready assistance in the United
States.
The writer goes on to say that,
for rhatever the other Powers may
lose from being behind the United
States in this matter, "thcy have
only to blame their diplomatic re-
presentatives in Japan, whose alb
surd tinkering has forced that coun-
try to strike out course for her
self" He denominates the treaty
asa reproach to England, that has
while leader in Japan stood off the
japanese Government in the latter s
appeal for treaty revision. "1f
Japan has succeeded in cutting the
Gordian knot in this way" says the
correspondent, "most people in this
country who are acquainted with
japanese questions will heartily re-
joice, and their only regret will be
that this first treaty is with the
United States, and not with Great
Britain" "
The Times in a leading article
pursues the same strain as its cor.
respondent, using the following
language:
No Government is more jealous
than the American of the mainten'
ance abroad of due respect for its
citizens. If it has gladly accepted
the invitation of Japan to give VI
extraterritoriality of persons in eX
change for the resignation by Japal
of its title TO insist on eXtraterritor
iaIity of merchandise, it doubtles
is because the old privilege is obso
lete and worthless. Any step tha
American negotiators have taken il
that direction Great Britain ma,
take too without loss of self-esteen
on account of the act itself. Th
regret will only be for the tim
which will have TO be chosen, an
the delay. As soon as the condi
tions of the American conventio
are promulgated there will be
general sauce 9m peu among tn
fifteen or sixteen remaining State:
1t is not honorable to British diplt
macy that it should have to join
promlscuous stampede.
There is no predicting the ia
reaching consequences of the achievt
mcnt of diplomatic leadership t
the United States in Japan. Man
bright scions of japanese arist'
cracy are even now gathering store
of special knowledge in America fl
application to the heightening acti
tiles of their native land. At Il
lapse of another quarter century Il
great Republic may be found don
mating the industry, commerce al
civilization of the "Land of Il
Rising Sun" There must in tin
be much larger outlets found th;
at present exist for surplus Amer
can wealth and energy, and it W
not be surprising if they be found
uraat port in the Orient
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-05-22
TII m
WEDNESDAY, MAY %, 1889.

Will "a blasted Britisher" please
send his real name? We positively
decline using any communication,
however innocent in itself, without
having the real name of the author
in confidence.
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NOTICE of REMOVAL.

r w. MCGUIRE having moved his
u. place of business from the Office
of the Hawaiian Transfer Co., to the
harness shop of Il. Phillips, No. 92 King
street, begs to notify his friends and the
public generally that he is ready 10 con-
tinue the express and diny business
under the name of j W. Mcclure. Bell
Telephone No. Ill, Mutual So. $50 If
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-05-22

BY the time the report of the
seizure of the c. d. Bryant reached
the East over the wires, the opium
find on board Of her was magnitied
from "sixty tins" to "sixty tons"
News does gather moss as it rolls
al
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-05-22
NOTICE to CREDITORS.

NOTICE is hereby given TO all per-
~ sons having claims against tho es.
tate of Nancy Writ deceased, to present
The same to the undersigned, executor,
within six months from date of This
notice or they will he forever barred
The bills presented TO me as agent of
said Nancy Writ, during her life time,
are not sufficient.
w. O. SMITH,
Executor Will of Nancy Writ, decd.
Honolulu, May IS, 1880 255 81
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-05-22

Baron Alphonse de Rothschild
is said TO have lost Sl5, 900, 600 by
the collapse of the copper syndi-
cate. But he can spare the amount,
and it has done much good in Amer
lea by adding TO the profits of cop
per producers.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-05-22
NOTICE of REMOVAL.

A LEX. FLOHR, Lock & Gunsmith,
"A has removed opposite in the pre-.
misses occupied formerly by Max Eckart
as jewelry store, next door to Hoif.
schlaeger & Co., in the Damon Block,
Bethel street. 240 I'm
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-05-22
VETERINARY.

A r. ROWAT, Veterinary Surgeon,
IN. Office and pharmacy al Hawaiian
Holcl tables; corner Hotel and X cl,ard
lrcets. Scientific trcatmcn in all dis
eases OF domestic animals Or"crs for
plantation and ranch stock promptly
,,iendcd t.. Mutual Telephone 354,
p. O RoX 32G. NH 1889
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-05-22
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Removal of Barber Shop.

M p. JARDIM has removed his
IYls shop from King street 10 McCar-
lnS's Billiard Parlors, Fort street, where
he is prepared TO serve with the best
care and neatness the ayOcation OF his
art Solicits the kind patronage of all.
NH 23S9.1y
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Mrs. Ill. MACMILLAN

UAS commenced Dressmaking, Cut
Ii ing and Fitting, at her residence
No 1874 Nuunnu Avenue, next to Eagle
House, Brll Telephone $50 24S I'm