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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-02
sInss Aecspxsr OF rnE YEAR.
Ansss 81 Coasters ssees with Serious
N44hnfs


- Atst acesdent al $50 Ia Seattle oc-
sired n ths northern part 81 the city. just
p minute after che birth 81 tie new year,
~ IL cane near being most serious
ssslg- IS 4 was. two Of the parties we're
|nsg seriously hart and three more we're
1 ~ bruised up considerably.
INV young men we're coAssing on Bat
~ street between Fourth and second,
~ Tuesday night As IL was only a few
Nsases Isisil Il O'clock they concluded 10
fni anti they could take one slide in the
~ rear Tsssir last descent took them
- terrible force directly against the
essfie light post Al the corner Of Second
na kattery streets. Tie collision smashed
Y Isst and scattered The OCCUPANTS az
3 schooner in sll directions They we're
Z huft % badly thai they could not gat
y and they were carried into the livery
hasss across the street. DE-. klober was
sssed q once. lie Eounsi that Henry 4.
- chief clerk oi MetcAif. Turner q
ssiHlsh, bad sustained \ severe fracture
e kass cap, and that Mason nodas, 81
. Bellevue house restaurant, had 4 badly
Fainsa ankle and confused leg. The
go thres we're not so seriously hurt, hut
= re- TIE effect Of heir New Years ride
= sssesai DAYS. Mr. Lind and Mr.. Tssslis
. = lad un for tgo ~ three weeks nt
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-02

A.si'a ogiaeeF fsFaat Yesterday rectea
4 sfsass tasaily. neaF tlst II West
~ IA which there i . lase q
s='atsis, e rsmain Al home 80 "a kaep
- 5sana ths uelehbAsfs Tae1 tire in E
~-asf sstiied eemmualsy az II = neaIle.
sae eTes8 8Ssese shoes i,seegaa
- there wesl9 hs = &sanea for
- asEs'ss. - ta1 the menahers Il fAe
- AAse Saved IA xefy cIokeiy. Aasi %
-. szssN q iF56 Tie roiag COMMITTEES.
= Ne " C z. a.. asa a,slne ths faresFy
s II so thN thev So nas seasg a.r
- = vale eaafssszt and rFAcslg Ally qaAr.
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sxArrLs. Jan. T.

SEATTLE, Jan. T.
To rHs EpsTos In addition 70 the gen
eTAl Information concerning iHfiaenza
given by your p3peg IN the recent inter
views w9gh medical gentlemen, il may be
desired 80 mention few remedies which
have bsen found useful in the treatment
Of the disease ard which may be used IN
safety sn connection with the usual domes-
tic remedies ard ordinary methods used 10
~hreak = cold =
For the fever and pains give four grain
doses ct aHtipyrlne, one dose every three
hours tsli the skin becomes moist, the
fever subsidies and the pain abates- Two
or three doses usually suffice 10 place tine
fever under control. after which the medi-
cine should be given only as needed For
the debility and neryous prostgation give
capsules Of quinire and iron phosphate,
two grsnns OF the former with Eve grams
Of the latter one capsule three or four
times 3afiy for two or three days. after
which time fewer doses viii suffice. In
addition 10 these medicines the ared
should take wine unless they have scrupies
againstdoIng 80. in which case unusual care
should be taken TO make their food palat-
able, stimulating and nutritious.
II the tongue be very much coated = if
there be very positive indications OF she
presence Of pneumonia, or If the patient
be very old or very feeble. il Is really not
aayissDl 10 try 10 get along without a
doctor" Each case should be met more
directly than can be indicated in an article
Of this kind. Tablets OF cocaine lodged
IN the recesses OF the nose. piIooarpine i'm
iected hypodermically and other remedies
which have used them. but they require
the presence of . physician 20 regulate
their effect. The remedies / FIRST mem
toned viii, with some mild laxative. be
found sufficient for ordinary eases.
IL CIR nanr ~ n
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i'sssss 8 FsYnaeafh CongFee aslanal
49, - sssf George A fewksauFy. ssil
) - sIfslAl ssTT5ea AZ tAs eA9teA. ear4es
@'.st 49, University streets. gais ey.n.
80 lbs sgv,ea sia have special
- g kae observance og ease Lssgs's
- 3 tASe psce seat sAHAssA. aisA 70
e fAe2esssH Mem hers - tAe
-, sAis sAose intending g. unite. are
9 = present IN sui nanaesrs.
=. :. sssisa esss 81 Size congregation sss.s
.'ss&s arr eerasaliy invited A
e. - even 81 Ela nAsiae.
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BREyIrIEs.

The open cars on the Electric railway
have all been taken off FOR the present.
Mrs. 81. Russ. state organizer Of the w. c.
T. O., is recovering from BIZ late attack Of
nervous prostration.
Steps have been taken toward heating
the city Jail. the prisoners having suffered
greatly FROM cold recently.
Attorney Thsmas II. Cam has been pre-
scented with handsome silver-haadef cane
by his friend. Albert Hansen. she Jeweier.
The following novel advertisement api
pears upon the front OF a North Seattle
dwelling: This howse fer sal chepe. In
guir next dure. I"
Owing TO financial troubles, the Hooking
msn, a Seattle weekly labor paper, has
been obliged 20 suspend. Its last number
was issued December %.
Charles Johnson was arrested early yes
tsrday morning for disorderly conduct.
He enjoys the distinction OF being the first
man 70 he EobbIeG by q cop" this year.
c. E. Rowland and John Spencer com
plain 10 the police of the loss Of some SIS
worth OF carpenters tools. Tie city now
seems 70 be infested by gang OF petty
thieves.
Mr. Harry Beaie, who lives aear Fourth
and Pike streets. and who suffered severe
sprain in the ankle by coiliding with the
toague Of hack Tuesday. is sin laid Up
with the injury. lie expects to be oat IA a
few days, however. IS web As usual
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Rzllara
Ballard.
EaalAs8
RAIlsrf gitY
Stasex hy ne score
bosses BIZ the bundled
Nils, shsp-sassis factories su tsct. city IA
MsxgE And sha owaers "a SAiHann Fay sac0na
aa3flleB SAP pfsces masf us s6eanee8 On the
Issa ga uat Rod prizes dawa. a. tas oWne1s
knaw they sas wosta aoGble shs price D ne
sEess By osir eoatrseg caa sal s0tS 70 oar
efss1nHargs ~ &c 50 kn4 1sa - 81 fSs lzta.
cal early snd aanhse ard treble YaBE money
nANfYI fnNEs 4 % % @eenna Hfrhef.
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Tea nasnlls asa Edward Mauiton came
a. sssssle fsssna spaaeusash county and
commenced esEpsnseElng lie hseame siek
a shosk sifsse aso amo wrote s0 hss friends
~ saFse ara tAke care ~ him. YESTERDAY
Malsan nessnlssn 81 tsrAeu station. eNnae
b. sestfss te see Maalton bst sheagh he
has haasea Airh Sad sgu al ever tha city,
a. IA. - h.nn .Ala q tn hl.s
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TRYING 10 eArcn ur.
n Postal e'e,A. rss e Bay )

ne Postal CLERK. rst Ia a Ra.y New
Wears nay.
ssf ssaSiefsiee - closed ali day yestsr-
s. via he sxeeptlaa oi the noon hour,
sFhlHd tae esaeed wgnaews and doors
E decreased taroe was lahortax hard 4,
- ~ oH TIE accommodating mass oi mai
ss.snsasssf krookss has hal two extra
= 2 she otteo fer The past month and
= ae~ pat ga another 60 heip untsl the
- eseF. II tbs influenza patients re-
- soee and return 80 work. the nRice
Aele 60 ksep up pith the w4k after
,sszrie az veaha
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Only three eahle ears we're run on the
Front ssFees oasse road Yesterday. Travel
Was lighter than on any day in long time.
The ns2 cable fer thls road Is e1pees Ted 10
sffiys tosiAy. Il vii require euly a fs2
hours te put the cable ia when Il rarnes.
but on account Of some ether repairs ths
company intends "a shat down Tor twensv-
sanr hours when the change is made. which
all probably he next SausaAy
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vans - - lana oesss neestx.r.

The numheg "a applicants for the pc.
sisson q reeeyer * she land Office. Go ae
vacated March / hs Matss j. r. HAYDEN.
is ssF aallY growing The latest i Ansel
Il. ball. special tssaheE agent Toe the seattle
district Il IS said thsi NJ. RaH depends
eEsoH ths aaaence ef certain Nebraska
p,sssioiaa& n T. also reported thAs Ia,
eausa usan sseks she posfsien. ma&Sas ia
Al ~ Anf5lEranfs
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- - b -.

ne Nsstzsp / a1an Ee.sErana f0gnn8ny
hAs osagsesega - s&ssaeh = eoppeF Wtrn
frrra Seattle - puss.srS. whsrh, Il i
claimed. Wiz greatly ieesltsfe transmission
,f ssxsszrvs. fszues ~ WtFe stretsAeTz hare
started ssEeas&Asassnsly a. a}aezsns Yeauss
os tAe Glar assA 4 Ike werx $ mex lasxr.
lsre3 slsa. ths nsw ARE uila be rvaay iog
80. -, saess - a.sAx
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INIT ". RAsTNs FUNERAL.
~ VIII He Held To-day Under the Aus
pirex Of the Bar.

pieces Of the Bar.
Today at ii o'clock occurs the funeral OF
Unit NJ. Rasin. The services viii be con-
Quoted by she bar association OF this city.
Of which Mr. Rastn was a member. and
will be held at Bonney a Stewards under
taking establishment on Columbia street
The body win be Inferred in the Masonic
cemetery. Dir, Rasinss brother in Spokane
Fails. has wired Judge Burke that ali ex.
pensez incurred will be horne BIZ him.
Full arrangements Tor the funeral viii be
perfected this morning by the attorneys. OF
which large delegation Is "a tern ont
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atsaFatv JeAn & s3aae yesterday Sc.
ceiYa4 sssssvasa tFa@ 1uars Teserh *.
Mcfanmen, u NasA.sstaa egGy. saat fae
isserias asrsrsneut voa,3 nss cnsssser
ihs esssassses tslssaane sesp ease. Aas
alAs 4 =lss.slea NsNat hs s2eeesel ia ssa
aags Tee taae fer resNsva ~ sssastlassal
lsscss - ssaAsf * tie sp hssts has e.
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1uK rtKE nrPARrMFNr.

Too Geld for the Engines New Ypr's
Day 0atrtly Ohsea we'd.
The weather was 50 cold Yesterday that
IL was found necessary to build freyfanaer
the engines 81 headquarters 20 preyfnt the
water IA them from freezing.
The tsTemen passed the day vsfv quietly
and IN the evening had good Il ae ia their
social hah
The giag - iloaied al half 6tan yester
dav as . mark Of respect for ihe laie Unit
NJ. Rsssn, wbo had iasmeTiY been pgeal-
dent ~ the FiFenen Volunteer Axsocia-
ton and VS. : fayorsse With ali
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LA GRIPPES- GRIP.
A Fatal Case Of Influenza at
Renton.
NEARLY EVERYBODY HAS II.


The tirss fs3ai case Of lnHaeaza in the
state 81 Washington occurred a. Rsnton
yesterday moTniEs Miss VIVA Davis,
agsa se&ys snd menGn. was attacked
seyeFAI days ago with THE prevalent disorder
AID = ply irsan nas called in Her symp-
tomas ard bar Condition we're exactly IN ac-
c07eaase With those Of the new disease NOW
Tresaseiat- At7saSa N. yesterday she sic
cufnhsd 20 fAe disease. Her funeral wiz be
held IL day OF tEo.
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IRs rotsFeszs - RslseA asegs ze@ ef3as siaases
2'te9 Be- tNs Wos Seaa ss8aT@ ssRs 81 ssT8aeers
p gssarsHsrr& sAss psf sfss sea ksaw TrAs iasf.
e&aas % rFag&s pl re&l Tssgs - sxe eeEsQuAs
EsF2G8s SD q - gC8 : IS = tfF5esaa wn8na - aE
fsesFa sA&& ga TIE esssssv&r5 fsu saE new
artos lae iasorzs&stos - asasgasgsess Rsva
81 &saE@ h1acR
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I.a,sh Tsmes, Last Friday our first term
oi school closed in the district known as
Bethel. Miss Seva Cobb, cur teacher, has
proved herself 70 be quite proficient teach
ing the young iaeahow 10 shoot
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fsreen take : the nAfHrsl pace faF seattle 5
caoiesss suemfh What etty hAs EHeh lovely
body II water De s. Is ss8ssglsss quarter
fat AXE has 3 shaee una 81 oysg ioBT miles,
Ana boulevard t1A ss4s wise 10 being halas
szssDG e. tsssd ssaiaz sxse aaAtlBg assa sas
skzs wisE &Ikrsct toe p@oE,so scr pF8pe-ty "a tie
a&a zgEsTIas Fcagzg NslRFn ffssrk
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ssastis Transfer COMPANY ii :
- q Ne ssrvsa0Fs hxsa TaeSsav
- So. Declared ax ead AZ rs. p4s
49, nsasts uEasa a.ssaes, and ssere.
e.. @ Ass'e,se was zstaesred ts fssy
49,. alssa tss baa Hata fmfahsF
'~'ss tissEs Tie tssAyss u 3 Fs..8,s-s.
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Nj A. H. Hawasiion q The Ellenvhurrh
tsg1ssl Is IA the city
NJ III & Clark q Olympia sp<ut New
Years day IA shss eigy,
Mf :, r. Paes~oass. ex sheriff al Ksstltas
constr. j. - TIE RassaI hoazs.
At. George Ssagth and daughter ~
paFf Angeles are so59grniag at the
Rainier,
NJ foAa s. HAFsoa. Mrs. f. Evsrshaun
sna Miss Anpse Esersham wel kssown
residents q Hoqalans. are a shs Easrier.
NJ pay8s of Ehe firun 81 Payot TFhA-s
4 csAapAsy, book sellers. ssasgners AMI
petlas ssefe II S&n Francisco - az the Ras-
ssl aaase.
Pyofs ur Jahn =. Atksnsan iest Lass
uisss 80 sssead ne annual uasesfag ~ he
ssam IcaeheFs' assaesAtAsa whscA eonYenes
50 kIsensaarsA ;os.ag.
p7essssos III. g. ssrara berg. pF5neinAs "A
tAs Nea MestsusnsfeEs = g. kieh sehssa Fis
sEeaaa IS ass tesia&y vas&iiaa IN thss city.
. gaest q Tie Gassssi hessl
Mm isf. IA IL Haxssy has esne 10 al.
bsn'f tSFs.. where slr N1H Visa azaaar
trtsEsas go eaek ~ sea- savs. = slaa she
ai - }o.ness - hes hasasrs saa sogessseF
shex VI START aa ssaf * sasstherm Cssl.
tvrais, AfsscaA ara Wexsna
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TIE RSsew vesssr&&v Asar4 q aaeAa "a 81
TIE eae@ex aas sasaaaeaass. bat w6sa -
- assesyxEea il wAs CAV = e&ss * esA4
3Yaak.
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Bay on . tess&haa glus 81 transportation Hav
20 sesssle oalY assulevan,i. Eay en- Sc shore
o5 tsfHea A&sN - AEse caa yaE ENk& sHE& a
CANNING AoGse - Sc WpeA = i Ikw8s3se
Yea eaa has - pleasas @ira sae prpp~rsy ~ she
ofsxsA sss5ecs saz fsrEe1 ArEsg .. he&ssg Gzfr
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woKK or rnE rarseK.

Nsaxsy Fear Thaneand Arrests Made
BuFfng Tire Year.
Police Clerk 4. II Kent mss prepared the
Tep5Ts ~ arrests uaaSe ~ the police daring
DeceEneeg, whieb Chief Mitchell VIII sab
NIT 20 tie council tonorr9w night The
tesas nnmkseY Of axrests for the rarnsh i
80 agAip8s 80 Tor November ard IS FOR
October. Causes assigned Tor axYesss are
aA fossaws
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We remove to our elegant building on Front
street next month For the next 20 days we ban
ish all hope of profit and shall sell men or boys
CLOTHING and GENTS FURNISHING GOODS at
unheard of prices.
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HR#a4Fe Fa42s&E xss8 Cd es4 sseeE@a1 aa8 AsS
g sars. szs@ ASST azea*z& ta@Essss saesees
1FeEs Sc s4 Asss "a NaFsANxs kaGaEn RAJ
ssasas 1855 p Sssssas& sksse- asiszaa Se9aN
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that the committee had chosen location
for contemplated home Of the company
the stock holders at once made prepara-
ton to emigrate. About fifteen families,
mostly stockholders, came to Wisconsin
in the summer and fall Of 1885. A part
Of these settled on lands in this vicinity
with the view Of engaging in agricultural
pursuits. The population during the first
winter consisted of thirty-twO persons,
including children. The habitations of
these persons were rude shanties
built of logs and covered with bark.
The first frame building in the town
was erected by n. r. Allen and John
Bullen. All improvements were made
at risk, only the settlers pledged
themselves to protect each other
until the government brought the lands
into market, four years later, 1889. The
early settlers were not permitted to enjoy
quiet in their homes; scarcely were they
comfortably lodged in their cabins before
they were annoyed by intruders on their
rights. No one had u legal title to any
lands, and the country was travelled in all
directions by Adventures intent on sEecu-
lation and money getting. There we've no
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there was no road to Milwaukee, the journey
at that time was usually performed by fol-
lowing Indian trails; sometimes on foot,
sometimes on horseback, and occasionally
on a small schooner. At Milwaukee they
found small collection of houses, mostly
of temporary character, and a mixed
population of whites and Indians. While
at Milwaukee the committee learned there
were points on the lake shore towards Chi
cagO, capable of being rendered of COM
mercial Importance which were possibly
unOccupied. The first in this direction
that claimed notice was Root river, now
Racine. The lands at Racine, it was
found, had been claimed by Capt Knapp
and others who had already made prepar-
atiOns for laying out a town. Negotiations
were entered into for purchasing the claim
of Capt. Knapp and others, but failed On
the 18th of June, 1885, the exploring
committee came to Pike creek, that being
the name where the city of KenOsha is
now located. Here with less imposing
ceremonies than attended choosing the site
of imperial Rome, was chosen the begin
ming of the city of Kenosha.
AS soon as the news reached Hannib&',
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dent of schools in his History of Educa
ton, says that in 1886 there were eight
priCate schools in Wisconsin, with an at
tendance of seventy-fve scholars; this
gave an average of little over nine schol-
airs to each school. The population Of
Wisconsin was then 5000.
In the winter of 1835-'36 Miss Laura
MaIthy col ected about a half dozen
scholars and opened u school on the
north side Of the river, within the cOrpO-
rate limits of the present city of Kenosha.
The place was then called Pike; after
wards called Southport and still later, in
1850, changed to Kenosha. About the
same time of the opening Of Miss Malthy'S
school in Pike, Rev. j. Lathrop opened a
school in the neighborhood known as
Spring Brook, i'll Pleasant Prairie.
The first school house built in the
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courts to which wronged persons could
resort to seek redress for their grievances.
The exciting incidents were many which
occurred during the period the country
was without the protection of the law, but
the much space given to other matters
precludes giving them now in this paper
WESTERN EMIGRATION COMPANY.
the history of which has been given in
the past in the TELEGRAPH-Co COURIER. was
dissolved in December, 1897 1t proved
a losing speculation to most of the
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A MORAL COMMUNITY.
FIRST SETTLEMENT IN KENOSHA.

FIRST SETTLEMENT IN KENOSHA.
The story of the location and first set
Element Of what is now KenOsha, has been
often told, and all the earlier inhabitants
were familiar with it, but there
are hundreds of the more recent residents
here to whom many of the leading Incl
dents Of early history will be interesting.
In December 1884, a gentleman in the
town of Hannibal, Oswego County, n. Y.
invited number of guests to an entertain
ment. At the supper table the great and
but little known West was made the sub
iect of conversations its beautiful prairies
bright skies and productive soil became
the theme of discussion. The enthusiasm
of the party was increased as each one re-
hearsed the reports he had heard from eX-
plOrers of the country west of Lake Mlchl-
gan During the evening the party re-
solved on a plan for the organization Of
an association, in which those becoming
members should be aids to each other, ard
mutually share profits and losses in tie
enterprise of planting a colony in the yet
partially-eXplored country west Of Lake
Michigan. Subsequently a general public
meeting was called for the purpose of
making known the general plan Of organi-
Zation, and inviting the cooperation of all
who desired to undertake the enterprise.
This was accordingly done, and the pr
anticipated approval. Rev. Jason Lath-
rop. who, in after years was the pastor of
the Baptist church in this place, presented
constitution for the proposed organiza-
ton. which was named the Western
Emigration Company" Elder Wocdin, a
Baptist clergyman, was chosen president,
but he didnot ONE West.
In the spring of 1885, the company APP
pointed committee to explore the
then but little known regions of the
West, with the view of finding suitable
location for this prospective town. The
committee left Hannibal on the 10Th of
March, 1885 The day of their departure
was one of much solicitude for their SAFETY;
there were affectonate hand-ShakingS and
leave-takings between wives and husbands,
children and parents. The exploring COM
mittee were destined to visit unknown
regions of country where life might be i'm
periled by encountering ferocious SavageS.
The committee had specific instructions in
writing The explorations of the com
mittee in search of a favorable location are
fully described in the Historical Societys
collections at Madison. The COM
mittee was given instructions to proceed
to Chicago and from thence examine the
country north along the lake shore to
Milwaukee. with the view of finding a
suitable location. AtChicago they learned
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Albert and handed him paper, which had
been prepared by Col. Frank Col. Albert
having carefully read the paper, said:
''Mr. Durkee, can this be relied upOn"'
Certainly, replied Mr. Durkee where
upon Col. Albert said: Then the harbor
must be located at Southport. Great re-
jOicing followed this announcement; town
lots at Southport had suddenly a new i'm
parted value; the price of lots at Pike
River fell fiat, and all the buildings that
had been erected at that point in a short
time disappeared, and the place has been
bare Of any building Improvement ever
since.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
No county in the state has better
record for early attention to education
than this. President Whitford, of Milton
College, and formerly State Superinten-