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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-28
Not So Smart.

An uptown Scranton man thought
a great deal of his old mother cat for a
little while after he reached home the
other evening. He saw her carry a
dead English sparrow from the front
yard to the back of the house. and on
the back porch he found thirteen more
dead sparrows in heap. The cat
dropped the last one on the pile, and
the man praised puss for her remark
able work. 1t tickled him so much
that he went right away and told his
nearest neighbor all about the cats
feat of catching fourteen sparrows in
one afternoon. His bliss was of short
duration, for the fact of the matter
was that the cat hadn't caught single
one of the birds alive. The neighbor
to whom he was Dragging about the
cat had shot every one of the sparrows
from his window with q little rife,
and the birds had dropped into the
other mans yard. : Scranton tPa)
Letter.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-28
SCORES OF VICTIMS.
Hassayampa Valley and Its
Deadly Dams.
AOOURIER TELLS AN AWFUL STORY

Another Deiuge sweeps Down and Sends
Over 1870 to Eternity, Dc0s1ss Those
Drowned ut Walnut Grove-Details of
the Catastrophe sim Meager-Wick-
enberg All Right = suffocatcd I'm a
Watchhouse-Fatal Accident in Ger
many.
PHOENIX, A. T., Feb. ga courier has
arrived from the lower dam on the Hasa
yampa river and reports that another tre-
mendous mountain of water came down the
Hassayampa about 2 o'clock Saturday morn
Ing, aud that l34 men were lost at the lower
dam where they were at work. They were
sll whites except three Chinese. He reports
Wickenberg all right. The loss of life in the
valley between Wickenberg and the dam
may not be known for some days, but will
be thirty or forty The courier states that
the upper dam had undoubtedly brckcn and
carried the two dams below Down with it.
President Van Buren,, of the storage COM
papy, and his family are SAFE
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-28
Lincoln's Boot.iack.

Among the hundreds of historic
relics in the Libby prison war museum
there are few more interesting than
Abraham Lincoln's bootjack. 1t is
interesting because of tho inscrutable
mystery surrounding it. The museum,
it is true, is filled with old bricks with
jackknife autographs ON them, and
also teeth marks, where the prisoners
attempted to gnaw their way out.
There are also many old bullets and
handouts and things, and pieces of
flooring with chcckcrboards carved
on them, but they fail to furnish the
food for speculation afforded by the
bootjack.
1t is a common, hard wood, hand
made bootjack, with cross cleat
nailed on the under side at the foot of
the jaws, just like any other boot
jack. 1t has small tuft of short,
brindle hair sticking to one of the
jaw points. When boy Mr.. Lincoln
made the bootjack and always used it
to pull off his boots. 1t is now stained
with age and the nail heads are rust.
ing in the wood. For nearly twenty
five. years it has been reverently kept
in glass case, where it was never
once profaned by the touch of vandal
hands. 1t is still in the case and has
never been used for any purpose what
ever since the days of Lincoln. There
fore it would interest the world at
large to know just when and where it
was that Mr.. Lincoln threw his boot
jack at the brindle cat.-Chicago
Times.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-28

IL is quite true that many Friends"
live long. II is equally true that GER
tam circumstances in their history
initiate against long life. Among
these latter intermarriage is perhaps
the most important of all. The follow
ers OF George Fox have been very
numerous, but until late years they
have been extremely exclusive. The
lnevitabbc result OF that has been ex-
tensive intermarriage throughout the
whole community. The consequences
OF the frequency of intermarriage
have been, and are still, very evident.
Suakers, as a class, are not muscu-
iarly robust; many of them are de-
cidciy apamic, and not few mentally
feeble. Yet, in spite of these practi-
cal and serious drawbacks, the
Friends, as class, do more than their
proportion of the worlds serious bust
ness, and they manage to attain to a
high average of longevity. Now, this is
exactly the kind of fact that true
medical science likes to get hold of
and to interrogate and learn from.
What is the reason. asks the sensible
man, why Quakers, with SO MANY UNI
doubted disadvantages attain to such
high average of success in all that
constitutes worthy life, and also sue
coed in enjoying their success to an
exceptionally old agc9
Inc reason, we are convinced, is to
be found in their quiet habits and dis
ciplined life. An ordinary doctor, or
even layman, would probably have
felt much more interest in the subject
at this point if we had been able to af"
firm that the Quakers owed their sue.
cess and long life to certain drugs, as,
for example, to arsenic, phosphorus,
strychnia and the like; or, to certain
methods OF feeding, as vegetarianism,
or meat eating, or fruit eating, or wine
drinking, or teetotalsm, or smoking,
and so on. But we submit that that
shows want of real mental capacity.
For what, after all, is the true impor-
lance of the subject? Does it not con-
sist in the undoubted character of the
results9 The results are really the
things to be considered As a matter
of fact the Quakers are successful in
life. AS matter of fact they do live
long. Then, surely true science will
not curl the lip of scorn because these
results are obtained by what may be
called natural and simple" processes,
instead of by elaborate preparations
and out of the way methods. Hos
pital.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-28
Novel Case Of Asphyxiation.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Feb. 25.-When a
Vandalia railroad street crossing Waterman
opened his watch house yesterday morning
he found the dead body of Charles Hanley, a
young man of dissipated habits, and the UNI
conscious form of viii Dodson, his COM
paniou. They had climbed through a win
dow during the night, and were asphy xiated
by gas generated by the forcing of oil
through the air pump that operates the
street crossing gate, and which had accumu-
lated in the watch house during Sunday,
when the Waterman was not on duty.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-28

A swallow had caught its foot in
sling which was hanging from the
water pipe ON roof. 1t futtered and
pulled and tried to extricate itself, but
got tired out and hung helplessly down
by its leg. Presently all the swallows
of the neighborhood assembled round
it and gave the alarm. After good
deal of twittering and parleying one
of the birds struck the sling with its
beak; the others followed suit, and af-
tee an hours work the thread was cut
and the prisoner freed.--The Intelli.
yence of Swallows.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-28
The lIacsluH XIII.

An English princess doesn't marry
an earl every day, and especially an
earl who is q direct descendant of that
Macduff who has been requested to
LAY on" by every tragedian from
him who delighted the gallery gods
in the Bowery to him who received
kid glove applause at the swell play
house. If you have any sentiment at
wise it for mem, you will appear in a
kilt skirt of Macduff plaid-it is a
beautiful rich plaid, red background
crossed by dark blue and green lines
you have kilt of this and wear with
it a scarlet cloth coat, and on your
head q scarlet felt hat caught up at the
side with the blacklist of blackbirds
that ever was shot or served in q pie.
You can then try and think that you
own the castle of Wemyss pronounced
Weems) where Mary, Queen of Scots,
met and loved Darnley-that you own
the old house near East Wemyss, where
Macduf was born, and you can think
that in the castle sweet Mary Beaton
talked with the other Maries of their
gentle and lovely lady. You can
keep saying over to yourself those four
lines that tell their names:
Yestre'en the queen had four Maries,
The NIGHT she'll haze but three;
There was Mary Beaton and Mary Seaton,
And Mary Carmichael and me.
If wearing the Macduf kilt would
only make the average girl as woman
ly and sweet, with as little knowledge
of things better left unknown, as had
three of these four Maries. it would
be a good idea for the United States to
buy two or three cloth factories and
devote them to the making of the rich,
warm plaid, that the women of the ma
ton might be clothed in it, and catch,
not the fever of discomfort, but the
glorious summer of sweetness. amiabil-
ity and love. - Cor. Philadelphia
Times.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-28
Two Ladies' Killed in a Runaway.

ELIZABETH, N. j., Feb ga team draw
ing carriage containing three ladies ran
away on tho boulevard between this city
and Newark Saturday evening The occu.
pants of the vehicle, becoming frightened,
jumped cut Miss Mary Ellen Tyler, aged
80, al 276 Sumner avenue, Newark, was in
stantly killed. Miss Carrie E. Tyler, aged
%, sustained injuries from which she died
two hours later Miss Ella Tyler, aged 49,,
was badly hurt Theadies were sisters, and
belonged to one of the leading families of
Newark
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-28
Canght Under His Engine.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb 26.-The fast mail
ON the Evansville ard Terre Haute railway
ran into the gap left by bridge washed
away at Kelso creek, a few miles north Of
Vincennes yesterday. Two men were killed
the engineer, Al Lyon, and his fireman,
Lewis Bowden. Both resided in Evansville
and Lyon had been ON the road twenty eight
years. No one else was hurt except Con-
ductor Cooley, and he only slightly.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-28
Fata, Fire ON a CanaIboat.

NEW YORK. Feb 24--Fire in the cabin of
the canalboat A. c. Chandler lying at the
foot of West Sixty-frst street, late Satur-
day night, severely burned five persons, one
of whom died. The youngest child OF Capt.
Daily died yesterday. Mrs. Daily made he
roic efforts TO save her children, and re-
ceived severe burns A lamp exploded
while the family were asleep.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-28
TWENTY-FIVE MEN CAUGHT
by Boiler Explosion, Resulting In the
Probable Death of Five.

By Boiler Explosion, Resulting In the
Probable Death of Five.
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 24.-Saturday morning
IN explosion occurred at the Armour Cudahy
packing house, at South Omaha, which re-
ju'ted in the instant death of one man, the
subsequent death of another, and may be
followed by the death of others The ex-
plosion occurred in the boiler room OF the
old packing house, the outside boiler of a
battery of nine bursting, tearing great holes
in the walls of the machinery department
adjoining, and setting the building on fire.
Beneath the ruins perhaps twenty-five men
lay wounded.
Recovering the Dead and Injured.
The fire department soon quelled the
flames and a large force of men went to
work rescuing the living and taking out the
dead, Of whom the following is a list: Jack
Tigh, head firemen, instantly killed; Hans
Olesen, coal wheeler, died from inhaling hot
air. Sam Gibson, burned about the head and
face, probably fatally; Ed Miskel, taken
from the ruins with fractured skull and
severely burned, injuries probably fatal;
James Black severely burned and his skull
fractured, will probably die; James Sher
idan, badly scalded about the head and
neck; Al. Harder, scalded and burned in
juries not regarded as serious; James Nc
CURE, severely burned about head and
hands: George j. Meahan, burned
about the head and eyes; j. Lanahan, not
found, and believed 10 be dead and lying be-
meath the ruins; Mike Harrahap badly
burned about the head and hands; James
Armstrong, burned badly about the head.
Other men injured were: - Leonard, Billy
Dunklin, John Peterson, and Dan Harland.
Many others were slightly injured. Many
narrowly escaped from the falling walls.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-28
BAD Luck for the Com pany.

New YORK, Feb. 25.-It was said yester-
day by a gentleman well acquainted with
the works on the Hassayampa river in Ari-
IONA that the dam and fume had but re-
Gently been completed, and the company was
just getting in position to sell rights and get
some return from a large investment. It
also intended to go largely into the n.y.
draulic mining business, there being a very
rich gravel available. The village of Wick
enberg has of late years lost nearly all its
population by their going to other mining
towns and there were only few families re-
naming there, so the loss of life at that
point cannot be very great.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-28
Two Coaches smashed to Pieces.

DELPHI. Ind, Feb. 25.-Yesterday VIII lie a
train of twelve Pullman sleepers and two
immigrant cars was standing on the track OF
the Monon line, at Pleasant Ridge, ten miles
from Monon, a north-bound freight ran into
it. and reduced the two rear cars to splint-
ers. No passengers were on board, and no
oue was hurt
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-28
The WRONG Man Loses His Life.

CnEsroN, Ia, Feb. 26.-Cob Nevins, a
desperado, attempted to criminally assault
a young girl at Murray Monday night. Sec
ton Foreman Franks, Of the "Q' road, won't
to the rescue, and was shot and killed by
Nevins. The murderer was arrested and
lodged in Jail.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-28
Fatal Fall of "A Roof.

HAMBURG. Feb. 25.-By the fall of roof
of the new Flora concert hall yesterday
large number of Welsh workmen were killed
and many more were injured.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-28

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The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-04-23
APPEAL TO the TEXT.

1.-The Ignorance" of the BULLETIN
in regard to "the whole treaty sub
iect," the Advertiser considers
something extraordinary, not to
say inexplicable." We are charged
with having, in 4 brief note OF Mon
days issue, presented 1.-TWO totally
mistaken notions" The first is
"that the Cabinet ever proposed to
bind the country not 10 withdraw
without the -'permission' Of the
United States" and the second is
"in supposing that the treaty which
the Cabinet now wish to negotiate
still contains the Article objected
to-" With regard to the first of
these points, the Advertiser fatty
contradcts itself Immediately after
stating the point. Here are its
words, portion of which we ital-
icise: "rhc proposed treaty like all
permanent treaties is teimiuable
only Jy 'mHt"ol consent. " What
is the difference, in this connection,
between ''permission' of the | ntcd
States and "mutual consent which
includes the consent of the United
States: Touching the second point,
the Bulletin, believing the Advcr-
tiser had access to the treaty draft,
directly challenged that journal to II
denial of the continued existence Of
the ''mutlal consent provision, on
the 10th instant, or seven days ago.
Our contemporary maintained abse-
lutte silence on the matter until to-
day, when it came out with the as
sertion that the present shape Of the
document is "a treaty of complete
free trade just such treaty in fact
as the. BULLETIN specifically ap-
| proves. 1t contains no concessions
Of any kind whatever" Now, as
the Advertiser presumably has ac-
cess to that famous document, which
we have not, let that journal pub
lish it in full, so that the public as
well as ourselves may know what il
really does and what it docs not con-
tain. 1t is matter in which the
whole people are directly interested,
and should not be hidden from them.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-04-23
TELEPHONE SUGGESTION.

EDITOR BrLLETIN:--
We lately read about some of the
i'll effects of the constant use of the
telephone, and there are eases where
the non-use OF this great invention
might he very dangerous, especially
where the patient was accustomed
to the using of it, for instance:
Imagine yourself a patient at the
Receiving Station, separated for the
first time from your friends, but
thank Gcd and Edison you can tcle-
phone 10 them from one yard, but
there are two yards and betwiXt them
the gulf that the telephone does not
span. Let the vilest leper use the
telephone. SuGGEsTIoS.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-04-23
The OAHU RAILWAY.

There is no doubt that the Oahu
railway is destined to be great de-
ycloper of the resources Of this is
land. Those whs expect to see the
waste lands through which it runs
suddenly become blooming gardens,
hourishing fields, and happy homes,
will certainly be disappointed.
These are results which do not
spring up in a day. They are the
growth of time. But they will most
assuredly come. The railway makes
them possible, and they will gradu-
ally become realities. The develop
ing process will take years but the
developing agent, the railway, is at
work, and will continue operations
until complete development has been
attained, after which its purpose
will be to maintain the condition
reached. Beyond its present termi-
nus are vastly greater natural re-
sources than any through which it at
present passes, and it is to be hoped
that every reasonable encourage
ment will be given the company to
continue extending the line until
the circuit of the island is complete.
Even leaving out of calculation the
prospective benefits of development,
and considering only the present con-
yenienccs it furnishes to the people
living along its course, added to the
advantages afforded for health,
pleasure, and recreation to the resi-
dents of Honolulu, the Oahu rail
way Is an incalculablc boon. Be-
sides, 1t furnishes the means OF
livelihood to many who have to earn
their bread by the sweat Of their
hrow-mcchanics and laborcrs--an
is one of the principal sources OF
supply of the circulating medium
which keeps local trade alive and il
motion.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-04-23
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1890.
PROJECTED SAILORS HOME.

The ladies' initial move in regard
to the projected Sailors Home is
commendable, and their continued
efforts are certain of success. A
sailors home is a special require
mcnt of Honolulu. Our shipping,
foreign and inter-island, is consider
able, and the sailors, coming into
our port numerous. Many of them
have their homes and families here,
and are of course at home when
they get ashore. But many are
strangers, and need such place of
resort while in port rs the projected
home. At present these stranger
sailors have no place to'spcnd their
evenings but in liquor saloons. a
commodious and comfortable home,
such rs that projected, will he an
inestimable boon to them. As Mr.
+. w. Damon intimated at the
ladies meeting, those who aid the
project are not working for Sec
tional or denominational cause, hut
one OF cosmopolitan concern. SO
that it is a project which all can and
should unite TO promote. The ladies
have taken in hand to provide the
necessary means for furnishing, and
are sure to accomplish their object.
There is no doubt their appeals will
be met by the public of all classes
and creeds with cheerful and liberal
responses. Let us hope that the
projected building will soon be com.
menced, and the home he got il
readiness for the reception of those
in need thereof with as little della,
as possible.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-04-23

preserve, and comparatively little is
done to restore, About the only
effort at restoration is what the Gov
ernment has done in that line on the
hillsides at the back of Makiki. The
prospect is before us of hillsides
and valleys bare Of forest from end
to end Of the island, and following
that al aridity which will render the
land an unfit habtation for man.
after us the dcluge," is the article
Of faith to which we most cordially
and universally subscribe. This
forest question, which has been
many times discussed by the local
press, is again merely hinted at with
the faint hope that some reflective
mind may peradvent,re be induced
to give it serious thought.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-04-23
ADMITTED PROPOSITIONS.

That the existence of forest vege-
ialiOn, within reasonable distance,
is an essential condition Of the sue
cess of what may he termed domes-
lie agriculture, and that the disap-
pearance of forest growth, by effect
ing unfavorable climatic conditions,
is sooner or later followed by gen.
erai stcrility, are propositions pretty
generally admitted by the intell-
gent of the present age. 1t would
he well if their truth were realised
by our own people to the extent of
influencing concerted and intell.
gent action towards forest preserva-
lion and restoration. Ii is pa pa
bic fact that the forests on most, if
not all, of the islands OF the group
are rapidly disappearing. Cattle
and other animals, by destroying
the young growths, do big share
in the work Of destruction. The
hand Of man, to supply the needs of
man, slaughters old and young.
Any one who has had any lengthcn-
cd acquaintance with the numerous
valleys ard intervening ridges within
n few miles OF Honolulu can testify
how rapidly the work of denudation
progresses. No attempt Is made to
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-04-23

YOU can get II good dinner at Jun
l. tIcc's Tor - cents. $50 II
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-04-23
POLICE COURT.

Two deserving contract men were
dealt with this morning. A China
man was reprimanded for being un-
lawfully on the premises of another.
A native charged with having insult
licient lawful means of support was
discharged. There were three con-
victisns for drunkenness.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-04-23

Near the flag tower of the queens
castle ut Osborne there is II large
vine of myrtle grown from q sprig
taken out of the wedding bouquet
of the princess royal of England,
the mother of the empress of Ger
many.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-04-23
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The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-04-23
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