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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-11
JAMES G.. DARLING.

James G. Darling. one Of the Oldest merchant Of
Newark ~ D. died last night. lie for years carried
on the iron business in this city. but OF lar NrafS
had lived a retired life lie Wa- also a prominent IN
sIrancc man. He about seventy ioui wears on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-11

PHILADELPHIA AND ERIE'S ANNUAL MEETING.
Philadelphia. Feb. 10.-The annual meeting OF the
stockholders the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Com
pany one OF the Pennsylvania leased lines was hold
to-day. resolution adopted that the incoming
board Of managers he requested to examine into the
balance sheet the company. and. If found practca-
ble 10 rcadlust the construction account by charging
to that the debt to profit and loss, as it now
appears on the books and take such other measures
will accomplish the object properly and with due
regard 10 the interests Of the company and their legal
responsibility managers.
The annual report of the company for 1889 shows
that the gross earnings were $iGs0137, an increase
Of $4,000 as compared with 1885, and net earnings
81 us ,j73 an increase Of $122,723. The number OF
passengers carried 1,29l,9i4 an Increase OF
lll,15;}. The freight tonnage 9330,Ol0 tons, an
increase OF ejOG92 The capital stock outstanding az
the end of 1Ss0, including 524OO,OOO special Stock
$4,000 Sunbury and Eric first mortgage IS, was
Sl9.41i 900. The income account shows balance
after paying all fixed charges. OF &GJ,S1l O3 Tie
amount paid account Of JOhnstOwn flood losses was
Si21 0sl g. less s971 ~ allowed for transportation
Of diverted traffic
The following managers were elected: W. Hazel
Wilson, j. " Du Parry. Wi,tar Morris. samuel GaNtle
Thompson, y. Parker ShOrtridgc, Henry ID. Welsh.
William j. Howard. william J.. Ellns Amos l.. Little
and j. Bayard Henry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-11
DEATH OF WILLIAM n. COWAy.

Providence Feb. 1O--Willam ". Cowan' for many
years at the head of the Whiting Manufacturing Com
pany. of New-Nork. and since George H. Bliss u'
manager of the Corlss steam Engine "orA'' ui'u W
night.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-11
APPRENTICES DEMAND HIGHER WAGES.


Salem. y. j., Feb. 1o-Ju,t "a the ilrc' IN an inc
Craven brothers gi., works had been started, and
everything working smoothly. the boy~ struck tai,
Morning for an advance of one dollar week. Work
I'M all the factories has again st"ppcd ana the streets
are nllcd with men aud boi' thrown "Ut oil WORM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-11
40 RE v1CrI.REsIDEXr OF 4 GEoRGIA re

savannah. Feb. lO.-Thc Central Railroad directors
10 dav elected John G. Calhoun vice president Of tho
road 10 fiji vacancy which has existed for two
years.
RESIGNING MANAGEMENT OF MICHIGAN LINES.
Detroit Mich. Feb. 1O.-J. u. Mulliken. vi"c
president and general manager of the Chicago and
West Michigan and Detroit Lansing and Northern
Railroad has sent la his resignation. 10 take effect
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-11
A sHoRr LINE FROM TIE WINES TO TIE 81

SHORT LINE FROM THE MINES TO TIE SEA
Baltimore, Feb. 10 (Spccian.-A new railroad deal
in connection with the proposed lease of the Che'a
pcalc and Ohio Canal to the Cumberland and Wash
ingon Railroad came 10 light today. The Drum
Point Railroad. partly constructed line between this
city and PatuXent River, at the lower end Of
Southern Maryland. it is said, will be corrected with
the Cumberland and Washington. \ bill IS now be-
fore Congress for the extension OF the Drum Pont
Road through the District of Columbia. This would
afford direct connection with the canal at Georgetown
The harbOr at Drum Point IS almost equal 10 Newport
News and the largest vessels could he accommodated
The PatuNcnt River cmpticS into the Chesapeake BAY
at Drum Point Tie distance from the Point 10 the
capcs j. only about Unc-half that from Baltimore
BriumnOus coal from the Cumberland fields ana West
Virginia Central mines could thus be transported 10y
a quicker rUutc 10 the scabOld than now. The Drum
Point Road Is principally owned in Ncw-lork. II Is
the proposed connection with this rOd That causes
the baltimore and ohio 20 strongly 10 oppose the
lease of the canal To the Cumberland and Washington
Road. The schema 4, causing anxiety amOnS Inc
coal shippers here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-11

Lancaster Penn. Feb. lo.-Thc ChcM"s, Penn.
.ylyaui, rolling mill resumed operation, thl, after
noon after a long suspension. About ifty men are
employed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-11

March /. Mr.. Mukens successor will be Charles
VI. Head, formerly OF the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-11

Henry Iavemcycr and &. Doan, Of Philadelphia.
will shoot AZ 100 birds for 5000 side al the 'IuD-
grounds today
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-04-16
In Edison's Laboratory.

But l tell you we have lots of fun
IN the laboratory. Some time ago
had forty-two men working with me
on the incandescent lamp in a big
building. | hired a German to play
an organ for us all night, and we
worked by the music. About 1 O'Clock
farmer brought in our lunch, and
we ate from long table. At first the
boys had some difficulty in keeping
awake, and would go to sleep under
stairways and in the corners. We en-
ployed watchers to bring them out,
and in time they got used to it. After
awhile | didn't need forty-two of
them. and | discharged six of them.
Well, do you know, I couldn't drive
them away. They stayed there and
worked for nothing.
Oh, we enjoy this kind of life!
Every now and then l hire a big
schooner, and we go down the bay.
my men and myself. to fish FOR few
days. Then we come back and buckle
down to it again.-Interview in Pitts
burg Dispatch.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-04-16
Conductors of Sound.

general rule, the greater the den
slty OF a substance and the more elias
ITCHY it possesses the more perfect is
It's conductibility Of sound; thus it has
been found that while sound travels
at the rate Of 1,125 feet per second in
the ordinary atmosphere, it will trav-
el 4,7OS feet per second in water. This
was proved by experiments in the Lake
OF Geneva. The travelling power of
sound through solid substances may
be stated generally to be more rapid
than through either air or water. The
metals, on account of their elasticity,
naturally stand at the head of the list.
The French philosopher, Blot, by
means OF the empty water pipes of
Paris, proved that sound will travel
through iron at the rate of 1882 feet
per second, or about fifteen times fast
er than through air. It has been
proved that if bell be struck in a
vacuum In an air pump, no sound
whatever can be heard, and that If
hydrogen be introduced the sound is
hardly perceptible. In fact, hydro
gen, which is the most rarefed of all
gases, is the worst conductor of sound.
While iridium, the densest, is the best.
This latter is very scarce and conse-
quently difficult to experiment with,
so gold and platinum, which are
among the densest of bodies, are COM
monty called the best conductors of
sound. New York Telegram.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-04-16
Sea DOGS.

We associate this name with those
veterans of the merchant service and
OF the fishing squadrons whose appear.
ance makes picturesque the seaport
wharves and landing. If the sugges-
ton Of Mr. Wilfred Powell were act,
ed upon, it would give the term a new
application and a new meaning. In
writing of his explorations among the
South Sea Islands, he says:
There is fact well worth mention
ing with respect to carrying dogs on
board vessel in these parts otherwise
than the mere fact of their use as a
watch. 1t is that they are very SEN
sltlve to an approach to land or reefs;
and found that whenever our dogs
began to sniff over the side it was a
sure sign of there being reef not far
off; and not only that, but they will
continue to do this until the danger is
a long way off.
They will detect the smell of a reef
even at night whilst asleep, and will
awake and run to the side of the vessel
and whine, so that they are of as much
use as a lead is in other places, for
many reefs here are so steep that the
lead is no guide.-True Flag.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-04-16
He Got His Half.

Capt. John Allen was one of tn,
famous men of the times when the
British held possession of Penobscol
bay, In the early part of this century
lie was presented with a sword 70,
gallant conduct in capturing a British
prIyateer. Many stories have been
Iolo ABOUT the dashing captain, and a
new one is now related by the Brook
Iyn correspondent of The Mt. Desert
herald. While the English were in
Castlne, commanded by Gen. Goslin,
Capt. John had occasion to visit that
town. He was accompanied by his
wife Sally On the road near the
neck ne met the general out on a
sleigh ride. With customary AFRO
gance the general kept the middle of
the road, expecting Capt. John to turn
OUT. But our redoubtable captain
only gave the customary half and
when they met there was a halt After
a moments pause Gen. Goslin con-
manded him to turn out and Lot him
pass, saying: do you know who !
a L No" Numbered Capt. John
well, he replied, II am Gen. Cos,
iin." AT that Capt. Johns ire reached
fever heat. Get up, Sally" said he.
ana from under the seat he drew the
Old sword. Unsheathing it, he waved
it aloft and said: do you know
Who | ama" Somewhat surprised at
what he saw, Gen. Goslin answered:
No" well, " said he, 81 am Capt
John Allen, and l am going to have
half the roadr' And he Immediately
got it.-Lewiston Journal.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-04-16
A LEM PlRE.


2osina, they say. is but just seventeen,
Yet She crushed at blow ell the fopS OF -
town
The very first time she appeared on the scene
In something she calls 9directory gown.
t is cut in the picturesque fashion Of old,
With limp cinging skirt and the seamless
waist
And wandering over its soft silken fold
Are garands of roses enchantingly traced
They have faded. perhaps, since the wonderful
night
When grandmamIna danced at the emperor's
ball
dinpled young beauty who laughed with de-
light
To hear herself whispered the fairest Of all
And fingered her pink lowered frock as she step
ped
Through gigVe and gavotte with gay cavalier
Whose passionate VOWS. never meant to be kept
Fell now and again on her innocent ear
There's q tiny spot still on the ancient brocade,
Where the posy she gave him had lain at her
breast
And there ct one side where the satin is frayed
The thick jeweled hilt of his sword may have
pressed
But the Prince-ah Rosina, revenge is so sweet
That, for grandnamma's sake, am glad YOU
look down
With scorn on the handles who sigh at your feet
Whenever you wear that directory gown.
M E W., in The Century,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-04-16
70 SOMETHING NEW. IN

y Ladies' 'asstd. Embroidered Suits. i,
boxes, fine and very cheap.
Ladies Balbriggan Under Vests, Soc ca
| Lambrequins, formerly 49, now 75c.
White Flannel all wool, Soc yer ward.
White Flannel, all wool, &c. per yard.
Ladies' Silk Gloves, asstd colors, long
| and short, so and 75c.
Dress Goods, Cotton Flannel. yds 8,
Pink Marsalles, 10 a, III, 1871.
Honeycomb, l0H liz, 1214, asstd cheap.
Black all wool Merinos, so to tOc yard,
Black Spanish Lace, 81 yard.
30 In. Mosq. Netting 10 yds. at 81 80 a
piece.
Best White Cotton IS yds. 81.
80 in. of White Sheeting at &c. a yard.
Brown Cotton Is yds. 81.
Fast Colored of New Prints 16 up to Is
yds. 81.
Brown Linen yds. 81.
White Heavy Moleskin at SOC. ward.
26 in. Grey and White Flannel 25c. ward.
Chinese POngee Silk (yellow and blue)
IS piece.
60 in wide White Figure Linen Table
2x1zs White Figure Linen Table Cloth
- a piece.
11zx1ss White Figure Linen Table Cloth
Toe. a piece.
1Hx1H Garnet Figure Linen Table Cloth
81 SO apiece.
F!ne Colored Satin at SOC. yard.
Fine ColOred Satin at 75c. yard.
Fine Garnet Velveteen at SOC. yard.
Gents Unlaundried Shirts at Soc piece.
Boys Unlaundried Shirts at 35c. piece.
Gents Socks embry. each side 2Oc. a pair.
Grey and Merino Socks 25c. pair.
Gents India Gauze Undershirt SOC. piece.
Gents India Gauze Undershirt Csc. piece.
Gents Balbriggan Undershirt 75c. piece.
81 q suit.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-04-16

line cOat-Of-arms or LON Daruv con-
tanned three spheres, and is said to
have been the origin of the pawn
brokers' sign. as Lombardy was the
home of some of the first of this class.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-04-16
Grand Clearance Sale!

Gents New Silk Umbrella cost 81 IS 50 so
Ladies' Umbrella cost IS $3.50.
Ladies COlOred Parasols 81 25 each.
Children's Colored Parasols 81.
Ladies Balbriggan fine Stockings embry
each side 3Oc. pair.
Ladies' Balbriggan fine Stockings embrv
each side 25c. a pair.
Ladies' Balbriggan fine Lisle Stockings
embry. each side 25c. pair.
| All COlOred of WOrsted low price
window Curtain by yard and pair below
! cost
Gents & Boys Colored Shirts 35c. to Soc
each. w.
| Ladies Fine Wooden Shawls 75c. each.
All kinds of Wooden ShawIs $2.5O So.
Large Size Col. Double Blankets 81 to SIS
81 %. " ~
Large asst. Plain Hem st Silk Hdfs. and
colOred border SOC. to 75c.
Ladies' Kid Gloves (white) 75c.
Ladies' Colored Mitts all kinds, chean.
Ladies' Col. & White Lin. Handkerchiefs
All kinds Ostrich Feathers 75c. to 81
All kinds Ostrich Tips SOC. to 75c.
All kinds Embry. Laces sale below cost
Chinese Pajamas Suits So so suit.
Chinese Cotton Pajamas Suits 81 so.
Gelts. Suits, Goats Il Pants below cost.
Gents White Suits, Goats g. Pants 50 80
Gents Light Coat & Vest$1 90.
Also large assert. Diagonal, Blue Serge.
Black Cloth suitable for suits, etc.
Coiored Mosquito Netting at SOC. DC.
10 yds. piece.
Ladies q Children Straw Hats all kinds
color. ~ AA''uo
Ruching in Black and white below cost.
3 yards for 25c. s''
Ladies Bags (all size) and assert. Fishers
black and cream.
Large assert. Satin Ribbons (all colors)
Gents Plain & Embry. Wooden Shirts
Ladies' Chemise Night Gown g. Draw.
Large assert. Crockery, ETC., ETC., Etc.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-04-16

THE BUILDER, FIELD AS CON-
to of
building
bearing that a
Thanking the public past favors
1 remain respectfully yours,
GEO. W. LINCOLN
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-04-16

advertisements.
Builders Of Steam Machinery

In all it's branches.
Steamboat, Steamship. Land Engines l. Boilers
High Pressure or Compound.
STEAM VESSELS of all kinds built complete
with bulls OF wood. iron or composite.
ORDINARY ENGINES compounded when ad.
visable.
STEAM LAUNCHES, Barges and Steam Tugs con-
structed with reference to the trade in which
they are to be employed. Speed, tonnage and
draft of water guaranteed.
SUGAR MILLS and Sugar Making Machiner,
made after the most approved plans. Also, ali
Boiler Iron Work connected Herewith.
WATER PIPE, Of Boiler OF sheet Iron. of any
size, made In suitable lengths for CONNECTING
together, or Sheets rolled, punched and packed
for shipment, ready to be riveted on the
ground.
HYDRAULIC RIvETING, Boiler Work and Water
Pipes made by this establishment. riveted BIS
hydraulic riveting machinery, that quality OF
SHIP WORN, Ship and Steam Capstans. Steam
Winches. Air and Circulating Pumps, made
after the most approved plans.
SOLE Agents and manufacturers for the Pacific
Coast Of the Heine Safety Boiler.
PUMPS-Dtrect Acting Pumps for irrigation O,
city works purposes, built with the celebrated
Davy Valve motion, superior to any othe,
pump.
Ism Room No. 8. upstairs. Spree els Block
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-04-09

People told him that the company
must have prejudice against him for
something. Every one pitied him and
felt sorry for him. Finally we got to
working the same thing on him in other
directions. We would ask him what he.
paid for his dinner and his other meals.
Then we would find out that he had been
robbed again. We would buy fruit of
the train boy, according to previous
arrangement with him, at price at least
90 per cent. below what he could get the
same goods for. Then we would go over
and feel sorry for him, and ask him if
he had ever been suspected of being a
Nihilist or of belonging to some other
denomination that was unpopular that
people picked on him so, until finally he
got so mad that large scaiding tears of
vexation ran down over his red beard
and fell on the rich tapestry of the car.
His only solace at this time was to turn
frequently upon his wife and curse her in
corduroy profanity such as is only found
in Russia with fur trimmings on it.
He was the meanest old brute | have
seen since Mr.. Bender dropped out of So
ciety, and / was not sorry to help him
while away tedious journey by touch
ing him gently, ever and anon. on the
only place where the old pachyderm
could be touched without the aid of a
bomb, viz, his sensitive little inside
pocket
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-04-09
GHANCERY NOTICE.
STATE OF ILLINOIS,

STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Rock ISLAND COUNTY,
In the Circuit Court
Louis Merchant vs.. Christina Travirse. Abraham
Merchant. Albert Nelson, Mary Merchant,
Susan Leary, E. N. Merchant. Mary Zahniser,
Elizabeth simpson, Jessie Smith, sarah A Nc
Clellan, Bird Smi b, Annie snyder. Phebe
Smith, Lucinda SilVeris Mary Eta Miller,
Julia Smith, William NJ. Crlll, Lizzie Fyffe,
Minnie Grill Lonise Horner Eva A. Wheeler,
Albert Merchant James Nelson
Affidavit having been filed in the Office Of the
clerk OF said circuit court that the said defen-
dants and each of Them are non-residents Of said
state OF Illinois, notice is therefore hereby given
that the said complainant flvd his bin of com
plant in said court on the chancery side thereo
on the 2Sd day OF August, A. d, 1859, and there
npon summons issued out of said court, in said
cause, retnrnanle on the first Monday in Septem-
Der, A. ID. 1889, a. is by law required, the same
being the first day OF the next succeeding term Of
said court
Now unless you, the said defendants shove
named, and each Of you shall per- onaly be and APP
pear b. fore said circuit court the first Monday
IN May, 1890 next. and plead. answer or demur 10
the said complainant bill Of complaint. the same
and the matters and things therein charged and
stated, will be taken as confessed by and agains'
such OF You A. do not appear aforesaid and
decree entered against Won accordi 10 the prayer
of said bin.
Rock Island, H., March 26 1890
GEORGE ". GAMBLE. Clerk
ADAIR PLEAsANTs, Compisinants solicitor.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-04-09

After long, severe argument, how
ever, wiser eounsels prevailed, and the
price was stricken out. The trans
Missouri country will enthusiastically
go in for good showing, and viii also
attend the fair prepared to figuratively
knock out the eye and gather in the
Etrusoan pelts of the great nations of
the earth.
California, among other salient feat
ures. is the proud possessor of what is
called an average rainfall. Every child
even knows what it is now, what 1t was
in 70 and as far back as history extends.
Fourteen to sixteen inches will do the
business in agricultural districts very
well, but this year it has been from 40 to
10 inches, according to the locality. The
Santa Clara valley has wetness enough
to last for four years, and yet only in
low parts of the country will crops be
delayed or injured by the great rainfall.
/ asked a well known railroad man the
other day what he thought would be the
general effect on business if the govern
ment should take charge of the railroads
and telegraphs. He said he thought it
would be anything but soothing. 'In
such an event." said he, "business would
be subverted to politics, l think. On
election day trains would be delayed and
voted in the doubtful states. Washouts
would give large party gains to the rul-
ing powers. Telegra ms would be affected
more or less in the rapidity of their
flight by their political tenor, and the
or F,1i t.ff 10 oh 10
get Sunday trains for its mammoth edi-
tons, while the opposition paper would
run off the track or be held for orders.
We can get all the corruption we need,
l think, without extending its scope or
possibilities. l would hate to see a Hes
ter street heller rewarded by being made
q government train dispatcher on my
road. You can educate a postmaster
pretty well in four years, but you take a
dispatcher or division superintendent
out of him and you are liable to be bit
terly disappointed in him."
We had last week on the train a stvle of
passenger common to this free country
He was a Russian by birth and had made
some money in this country by happy
accident in the price of rags or the sud
den advance in old clothes Doubtless
in his old home across the ocean he had
slept at night on heap of straw and
eaten the brunette bread of the plain peo-
pie. Here he had made money under
the fostering care of our free institu-
tons and rode in "a sleeping ear. Vul-
garity had early marked him for its own,
and so, even with a silk hat and ar over
coat with fur collar on it, one could see
that he would be more at home sleeping
in the loft of livery stable with his
whiskers full of barley straw.
He found fault with everything, and
in half an hour had won his way to the
hearty and cordial hatred of every one in
the car. He asked me what | paid for
my berth to San Francisco. told him,
but told him two dollars less than the
price because he was well calculated to
call forth that kind of an answer He
was wild. He wanted to jump off the
train and go back to the office TO get his
two dollars back. l then posted the other
passengers, and they came and pitied him
till he frothed at the mouth.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-04-09
SHERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue of an execution and fee bill No 6S04
is-ued ont Of the clerks Office of the circuii
court OF Rock Island county. aud state OF Ilinoi-
and To me directed, whereby am commanded 10
make the amount of n certain Judgment n Gently
obtained against onis Bender in favor of John
Peetz for use OF George Wagner. ont Of the lands
t. nements, goods and chattcls of the said defend
ant. Louis Bender, I have levied upon the fol-
lowing property, to-wii:
The east ole-han ~ Of the northwcs; ouarter
ca OF section thirty-six, t36) in township nine.
teen, ds), north of range Two east OF the fourth
!ithl principal meridian. in the county Of Rock
Island anu state of Illinois.
Therefore, according TO said command, shall
expose for sale. at pubic auction, all the right,
title aud interest OF the above named Louis
Bender in and to the above described property, on
Monday the 2lst day of April. 1890, at O'Clock
y. m. al the north door of the Court house in the
city OF Rock Island, in the county of Rock Island
and state of Illinois, for cash in hand. satisfy
said execution and fee bill.
Dated at Rock Island, this 9th dav OF March
A. D., 1890 T. :. SILVIS.
Sheriff of Rock Island county. Illinois.