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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-11-07
IOWA..

burlington lays claim 10 IN organized gang
% Burglars.
An electric ligh, company is being organ
lied ut Spencer, and il is expected the plant
vii: hc romp'ctr'i and in operation before
SNOW tl:rs.
Thrt"'iar Rapids boar, nt i."niln declares
that diplihrln is not prevalent in tia: city
although there hayr been Il .rcn many
deaf !ia rom Tie disease.
\ chemists mortar mad" ur some Kind o:
white metal and i"ariu:. Latin inscription
aud the dat" oi 1000 WAS "unl in n mass of
old scrap iron nj Dubuque til" o'Iler day.
Patrick linn"y. aged los. died ut Dnvcn-
port. 1t is he,irv'' ilr WAS the oldest person
in Iowa His faculties Ncr. retained in Il
wonderful decree 10 he ia>t.
Mr. Gnuz u. bnbu pu" ,iin, IL large timber
woii will" hunting near hat r;:y the other
day, iriDg The first vol seer, in hat vicinity
for many years.
Nrar iIiG,i"n III" othc. day well dig.ers
struck II HnwE. vel Al Il drit!i Ui l., feet.
Tie water is >pou'ill. Will, great forcr thirty
Sect into 'hc mir. and lIniloGls o. people are
luokin. tn see he wonder.
.Iol.n llinrl.. II .;lrn!cr li,iuyncar Kingsley,
his year harvested :; 700 bushels of potn.
toes from fifteen acres OF ground, for which
lie received ~ cents per husAcl. or Sl.GSO
for lie whole crop, considerable over 800
per "cic.
Som. Cedar Rapids parties who owned II
lnre" area ul.l"m,! in the north part of Tie
state lt'ld it >owcl % Han last spring. The
expense ui raising :n harvesting the crop
WAS very small, hut til" net profits on the
SEQ nctrs Of land vii amount to about
+o1,rro.
Whlr tli">Aing on tho arm OF Chester
Gordon, near Marion. Grant Met rrerv frll
from stack of grain QUITO an up,uincd
pitch ork, the tires entering his abdomen
ard making :, anulii Which renders lis re-.
covrry cxtrrmcly doubtful
y little rli'! ui i,;uNh Fiery. living iour
| miles east OF Early. met death ina pecuiinr
manner the other iav. The little one was
playing around = p!ow wl,rn in some way
he implement upset. the hnndlr falling
ncross the chihl's throat and causing death
by strangMlation.
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4 New Spanish Treaty.

MADRID. Srccial.-CnbHn mani adviccs re.
poi' tia; Tie Mckinney Law la, already had
II ranc.ml effect in Cuba. Forty of the
smaller tobacco factories lave been closed
n:iu y lar.c number oi operatives are Idle.
Premier Canovus del Castillo announced To
The queen at IL council o! ministers tina,
there was reason to hope that Prrsi-
dent Harrison would agree to modify the
'ar!ii'i in favor OF Cuba, and in view OF the
hostility to the tariff that was beginning to
grow in America the premier thought that
Spain would not iindi il diiic,lltt to negotiate
= new treaty,
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.,arttelot's Character.

LONDON, Oct 3l.--IIcrbcrt Ward, who was
Il member Of the Stanley expedition, says
he knows nothing about the alleged facts
upon which Stanley based lis insinuations.
H.. l.vcd with Barttclot several months,
and is unaware of anything that
would dctract from his character a,
all officer and as u gentleman.
The Tih,cs publishes Il parting interview
with Henry N. Stanley. Stanley adds moth
ing to his previous statements. lie accuses
ing vague charges. lie says that all the rear
officers were offended by his first report to
the Emin relief committee on the condi-
ton in which he found the rear column;
that he cannot modify til" ccnsurc he then
expressed. and that it remains for those
officers to tell their own stories.
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4 bridge Wrecked.

WIxNIrEG. Special Tclc.ram
Passengers arriving on the Pacific express
this morning report n narrow csca, from
Il serious accident. They report that The
trrstlc work OF one of the bridges east %,
Schreiber has Slid out OF position. carryin.
the bridge and track down with it. Mrr
are already at work building n new str,irt-
urc, and to overcome the difficulty u:,sscn.
gers and baggage are transferred.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-11-07
BALEoun IN coNNEA1AnA.
Ono of the Poorest Districts of Ireland
Visited by the Chief Secretary

Ono of the Poorest Districts of Ireland
Visited by the Chief Secretary.
DUBLIN, Oct. 3l.-To-day Mr.. Dulfour
Travelled 'ro kylcmorc distance OF fifty
miles to Carraroe one of the poorest villages
in IL typical congestci district. lie drove
through the widest part of Conncmara
aboundinp in lake and rock scenery. Dur
ing the latter part OF the journey Mr.. BAL
iour rode on the outside of the cars. The
journey was without interest. The Few
people seen were apathctic. Mr.. lIalfour
will visit Galway tomorrow, and will
thence proceed to Dublin.
AT "a league convention in Limerick to-
day JolnO'Connor warned Mr.. lsaltour not
to misln,crrret Irish respect and try to
make capital out of his visit, or he would
he treated rs the prince of Wales was.
United Ireland publishes All article to-
day in which j: discrclits the rcroris that
MIR. Baliour, while on his tour through the
West O; Ireland was received in a friendly
manner by tllcpcople, and quotes the words
in praise OF Mr.. Baliour which TIE '0bFy
press attri ibntes to several priests in order
10 give the latter IL chance to vinaicatc
their characters by IL prompt contradiction.
The paper says that if the iorbcarancc of
the people from expression of their feel
inss against Mr.. Baliour is to be nalig-
iiantlv misconstrueG some of them may he
provoked To make things quite plain hy
giving Mr.. BalIOur II taste ofthc drtcs,a.ioa
with which he is regarded blythe Irish lco-
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---D'o.--
ln.inh liS flun Lie

ST. IomSs, Quebec, Special the
l,ma!ic who is SAID TO have escaped recently
from the Michigan .syluni, and vino was in
ia! here for m,rderolsly assaultin., tyo
co'l>tablcs on Wednesday last was this
morning found dead. having committed
suicide during the night by twisting pieces
IT his siee: into ! rope, with which he
s,-pciic,! himself rom an iron bar in the
tu-riunr
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Ennl Play Susnccled.

NEW EoEE. Srccial.--A man vino regis.
tered at the Getty house at Yonkrrs as
George Smith of New York, was found
been identified as those OF James ii. Edgar,
Il wealthy druggist of England, who has
been visiting his nephews in New York.
4 letter giving reasons for the at was
found in The room. but not in Mr.. Edsars
writing, and, as he was kuowntn have con
siderable money, foul play is suspected.
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-1s . II 49,
A Atn,l KING

THE lIAcrE s;rccial.-I, has transpi"e'l
,nn'!,ion ot the King of Holland by the
,!".,ors and the minister were untrue
r!.c kings physical health Is good but lie
:. :. lsna,ic. Ii has been decided that the
..u,nril ofs.alc will exercise ruling ,mwcr>
tu' !, month. and II there is hen nn sign OF
Improvement, Queen Emma will be form
u, !; invested Will, the regency.
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WISCONSIN,,

James BraseI. of Beaver Dam. WAS n
brother of tile victim of the recent Chicago
murder.
l." Roy Clarke shot n golden eagle at Lake
koshkonong. whic!i measured seven feet
from tip to tirof wings
About $1,000 is to he received ly persons
in t!in town oi ltushtord from The overflow
payments by the :ovcrnm nt
lnrins J. Rodgers, wanted Mt Indian.
npoil., Ind, nr clnl,czz!cincnt, was caught in
Racine.
l'lnlt"yiilc's City tounc refuses tn allow
IN clccrir Ugh, mast o he erected on Main
Street.
o. Is. Hutchinson. Of Ipnlr,ou, cmut"l n
hrros"n" r;ln upon " rri.nut iir.. The zrpil.
yrs will not daily Will, h,s h.nri any NOR" !.
M Madison the Owner % IL vn,.nnt 10; who
nlowcd Till posters to put up bills Oh his
fen" drew the lin" at paper tor II blonde"
show.
Mrs. i. Il. Riley, % superior ran AWAY
from HON" after quarrel with her husband.
but WAS ,l'tninrl II! 81, i'aul, when she al.
tempted sur!i".
Fourteen Winm"'agn In,Iinns from Bl,lrl;
River Falls have been imlu,,",l to go to
PENNSYLVANIA to attend tn" government
school.
La Cr"Ss" liquor men say they viii max"
more mo ncy ont Of He original uarii;lue
business. Their ng"n,s Il w. ;Iliru " gone.
to work and liquor h. had in any of
the pronIition state, III bottle. jugs and
kegs.
superior wa- terribly sw.n,;rI Il fr,y days
sIir. 4 cuupr nj fellows went 10 tho uro.
pie living out sd. the roe delivery limit aud
sold them mail h"xrs n, = rani To those
who refused 10 hry they said ll.r law in.
posed II penalty for ini ,ire tp do So Tnrv
disposed o.. ,oJ 10 500
Til" secretary ni In interior liit. approved
the proceedings OF the rnrinril u the Meuoiui
liz" Indians in Wisconsin. asserting 10 he
provisions OF thu nrt nfluur IL. lS9o for
TIA" sale %! tl,"ir timber. aud has appointed
G"nrg" W. Giins %, Tpinnll:wl: as s,pcri,l.
tcnr'"mt of the logging operations of the In.
dlans.
Nicn u train cam" along lie Other ,lay
AMI killed John Cnliiian he latter was
stun4n. in E,ii Claire County, but when the
engine struck Inn lie WAS l,usi,. across il,
III" Chippewa district Tie officials %: tn.
latter county took til" cas-. in hand. but
I coroner Shave. went over from Eau tnire
AMI success uiy insisted that 1t was his case
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1rOullln Alnnny Sullallh.

KEY WEST. Fla, Spccial.-.Juan Garcia,
who on Thursday night made an unrro-
voked assault upon the Spanish consul,
scnor Francisco dc Bagncr was arraignctl
to-day before Cuban Justice of the peace
Garcia pleaded guilty and was fined $lU.
This lenicncy has created the greatest in.
dignatioh among all classes here. In con.
sequence the consul has been ordered TO
close his consulate. He leaves tonight for
Ilnyarn
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-11-07
: MINOR ACCIDENTS.

WlNon NSSlDENIS ..
ghundred and eighty thousand gallons
later confined in steel stnndpipe ut
emple. Tex, broke loose mud flooded the
wn, causing henvy damnge.
A runaway accident occurred in Washing.
Y b by which Mrs. MargaretGantt. widow OF
TIE lutte Lieut.. CAN'T. of the navy, was
maj jlled, md her daughter, Miss Glare CAN'T
.ut seryseriously injured.
VI At bethlehem, Pa, large vessel in the
converting department. Of the Bethlehem
Iron company containing molten metal tilt
ed over nnd horribly burned Michael Dugan
who cannot recover.
Fire in the Geo rye Weilmap Brewing COM
pany's establishment in Newport, KY, de.
stroyei n large warehouse containing OO.-
600 bushels OF hurley md malt. Loss, S1OO,.
600: iully insured.
Tile wreck of the two freight trains OH the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & indianapolis two
miles east of Oxford, Ohio, took fire imme.
diately after the collision, and the ears with
their contents of merchandise were burned
The loss is $4,000.
At Matsonvilie. Cal, n saw mill and cabin
burned. Two young men slept in the cnbin.
The body of one, Frank Soto, was found
umonS the ruins, md the other. Charlie
Mancnmnn, was found wandering around
the hills last asleep.
At Creston, Iowa, an extra freight train
going west jumped the track and was run
into by un other freight. The cnpinc and
seven cars were wrecked, and Engineer Ciapp.
Fireman Maartnny and Brakeman Erwin
were badly srade,l.
Tunnel No. ), where the terrible disaster
occurred in Kentucky. partlytcaE.rI in an d
injured Wi'inm Kelly: Tom Poore, John
Davis and Sherman Wallace, who were Mt
work in tho tunnel at thr time Several
Others were at work at thu time nntl it is
not known but that some are still under the
debris.
The machine shop, blacksmith shop and
aportion ofn lnrge stock house belonging
to the Youngstown tohio) Rolling Mill
company was consumed by fire. The cause
ofthe fire is unknown. The loss is about
Sloo,o0o s;lii to be fully insured. A singll-
lar coincidence is the net thut II few years
ngn nt the same hour and ON the same day
1.-THE week the mill was entirely consu med.
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nry, member of parliament for the l.odmin
division of Cornwall, who has just returned
from Il protrac,cd tour in Ireland, in an all
dress to his constituents to-day said that he
was more than ever convinced that home
Iulc was not paiacci, but ne agreed
with Mr.. Pnrnell, Mr.. Nor cy, Lord Spencer,
ana others that the land question ought to
vcntnred TO make an urgent appeal to men
oi all political parties to assist III moulding
Mr.. Hilnur's bill into mcasurcthat would
give satisfaction to all. He strongly al-
viscd the government to drop the rroscc,i-
ton OF Mr.. Dillon und Mr.. O'Bricl, which.
he said Was a great mistake.
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Avoiding u xi,uaaer,t.adin.

McCorkle Did tell about a ii,b
swallowing II snake. that saw VIII,
away on my vacation?
McCrackle-No; but before you H..
gin want to ask you ono question.
"All right"
us this Il snake story Or flsi
stOry1n
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[eIr s1tuutIUllS WItH tHe COn1pHHV.
RETURN TO WORK.
AA1 Cr,n1.is,l tEolo.xnu...

OMAHA, Special Telegram. Oct. 3O-The
operators who were discharged by the
Western Union Telegraph company on ac-
count OF their connection with the tel
cgrapilers' brotherhood. to-day promised to
sign an agreement withdrawing from that
and all similar organizations. Nearly all
will enter the service of the company at
once. The company refuses to take back
a lew men who were especially active dur
ing the recent difficulty.
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SNOW In Wiscnnxin

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 3l.-I.epor:s from the
Northern par. of Wisconsin state that u
heavy snow storm was in progress ycstcr-
day all through the northern row OF co,ln-
ties. A heavy snow fall is reported from
Eau Clare, Portage and Wausau.
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wARDwEll Z THOMPSON, pab,,.A...
Subscription. q Per A.,,,.i, A1,,,..
THE NEWS DIGEST.
Interesting News of the Week
Boiled Down and
Classified.
The NATIONS CAPITAL.

The statement has been made that the
1acancy on the supreme court bench will not
Al illed until the meeting of congress in
coi, her. Should Secretary Noble lie
Atenv sn the bench it is regarded as quite
my chat Gen. Cnrkson will lie given the
tn department portfolio. This is not
IN, time that Gen. Clhrkson has been
IN as II possible member of President
cabinet, but up to the present
hns been no vacancy to which lie
appointed.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-11-07
NO STRIKE AT PRESENT.

Brotherhood Operators Ordered to Re
turn to Work.
CHICAGO, Oct. 3l.-Thcrc will he no strike
by the brotherhood of Tclegraphers at
present. Grand Master Johnson of Louis
vile has Issued all order that all members
of the order must remain at work. Those
who went on strike at st. Paul and otllci
cities are commanded to return to their
employment, and those who have been dis
charged Tor their connection with the or
ganization are urged to regain. if possible.
their situations with the company.
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FROM FOREIGN SHORES.


An epidemic offever prevails in Killarney.
Ireland. The disease is attributed to the
use of bad potatoes.
=. The total seai catch of tile twent seven
schooners thaticft victorin. b. C., this year
for Behring sen and Northwest coast was
1856, making n value OF about $4O4 900.
The prorurator of the holy synod has I'D
vised the cznr 10 hanisl, all foreign mission.
aries from Russia and to suppress foreign
worship, except in the Baltic provinces, where
the Lutheran religion is o he bravcly tolcr.
atcl.
The London Times Vienna correspondent
says: The Austrian cabinet considers it pre-.
mature to take decisive resolution now re-
gardng the new American tariff, and that it
ls better to wait and See whe American
consumers themselves ask for it's repeal, and
also to see tile practical effect of the act.
The Birchnll trial. nowin Ontario. Canada
excited considerable interest in Crewe Eng.
where the defendant is said to have.bccn Mt
rector of CopTenhalI. The wedding was
twice postponed, and it is related "tllc lady
died suddenly, evidently ofa broken henrt.
She was buried in her bridal dress with a
wreath of orange blossom on her head"
Further particulars have bcen received
from ST. Petersburg concerning the insanity
of the Grand Duke Nicholas. lie was seized
in the most acute manner during the Noly-
na mnnTuvers, and his deplorablc condition
aroused the pity of all observers The rzar.
to cover the matte from the world, address.
ed n public letter of reorganization to the
grand duke, on the success OF the nanuu-
vers, although the grand duke had not been
in chief command. Afterwards. the condi-
tion OF the grand duke became so critical
that the truth could no longer be hidden.
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was decrease in the shipment Of heel cnt.
tie 'iom the Montana mud Western Dakota
ranges OF 2S,05G head. This was due In
part t" the lingering results of the severe
winter OF 1sS6.S1, in which great inroads
were made upon tile supply OF young cattle,
and also in rart 10 the poor market, which
discouraged cattle mca from culling their
prime hecrcs c'nscly Mt the fall roundup.
The hop shipments decreased from 4,s15 to
1000 tons. The Indications are however,
TINT the crop of this year will exceed that of
lSSS. which was the largest ever raised.
According To The report OF Land Co,nmis-
s'"ner i.''mb"rn ilrr" were sold hy his tic.
p;'rtmcnt during tho year, :i9:i, 10 ncrcs of
land, for 81 $50 $50: town lot sales nnttcd
S''!'S.9OI. and timber saas. coal royalties.
etc, SlO9.261. making the total receipts OF
the department $2,37s ,227. Divided ac-
cOrtlinT to The st t;ltrS thc land sulcs worn.
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SOUTH pAknrA

SO UTH DAKOTA.
Hutchinson county is in good condition
linnnr;allv 1t has on hand in cash and
notes Sl6,31",is, and owes bu, si,O5n.3l.
lh"i" is II town mt he junction oI,lr thcy-
ennc aud Northern aud the l.lkhorn consist
ing nj II saloon aud two sl,acks. The 'ound
ers ask $3.50 n lot, an'l claim they will have
$1,000 people insilc of Il year.
Thr report is current that j. George
Wright has nccn suspended az agent mt Rose
bud agency rs ,hr result oI h. investigation
relative To the Indian census. The Indians
have hc"n uneasy t;ui The result of this ,us.
pension is awaited quite anxiouslv.
>. IT, Newell. who lives t!if,c miles south OF
Howard. raised this year i',y bushels of
oats. forty bushels Of barley. twcnl y.scven
oi rye aud fourteen bushels oi wheat per acre
This grain w,ls all suwn with n drill and
sow"d dep.
An old gentleman, foreigner. ir | his little
hoy int 'l,r Eas, Pierre school house one
uay recently, into oln uf the prmnry
rooms. wls"r" the little elbow pointed out
another hoy as one who did it, and right
Then cnl tl'c'" the old man ru,,nrcI upon
INN and r.o;r'i the little fellow hard.
y. i. Hro"mlry. OF Er.itiel,l la, done some
iniining after nll his yrul--r;in or no rain.
He tlr,h",i about l.JOu bushels uI wheat
from about 2bD a-rrs. besides, hr obtained
''n, bushels %! h.il,y from twenty-five acres,
II ';lir crop u' corn IRON loo acres and cut a
good crop "i mi!l't from sixty nrrcs and cut
Il iir crofo >rwr,l rurn rom forty acrcs
Indians ou la,iiau creek in he Elnck Hill,
county. about 200 in nunIb"r, on II hunting
"Nr'lr>lnn are engaged in stealing cattle und
horses, They took II horse belonging to
Ioc"kl"r Bros painted lin for the purpose
ni Disgusting h!m, Int til. Xurck!ers were
ab'", notwithstanding. To identity the ami
mai and took possession u! i'm.
7 Eilk l.ll"'Son. ~ prosperous farmer living
in The Lon" Eoris n"ighbnront, Moody
county. died las splug. His widow was
appointed ;,lmni-,r;ttfix uI the estate. At
he time OF his death lie has! .irguine,l or Il
piece "l land for which l4c was to pay 81 900,
bit had not paid for ii, Mrs Elr'sun has
out "i this years crops paid for til, land,
ii,vin. raise! nea:ly enough iiIx ON tla,
ilrnilral r!rrc to- pay tur ii, .Inl.e Pratt
SAYS She has handled tho busincs. of the,
ci'n" in Tar hclt": sa;i" than the average
administrator and that lie i,lstanrrs are
very var" wl,cr" I Ii" accounts; have been kent
III us good shape US Mis-. ElIufsUu has dom.
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NORTH DAKOTA,

W. Bills, of Grand Forks, has been ar,
rested for driving IL ,lrny without fits, OBJ
tanning y license
The rooms Of the athletic and sorin cu h.,
AT Jamestown, were formally opened recent,
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Frank Eerastrom. n ma tive of Sweden nnd
an expert iorgcr who has been wanted by
the Chicago police more than two months,
has been arrested He succeeded in passing
about sixty checks ntri securing about
81 600
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The AermOtOr.

In the store of the Hawaiian Hard
ware Company, Fort street, may be
seen small model of the Aermotor,
a wind mill that does work that no
other mill can. The sails are made
of cold rolled steel, Lighter than wood,
and the work this mill will do is
something extraordinary. 1t is at
tached to fitting tower, so that a
child can lower it, and do the neces-
sary oiling. The superior advantages
to be derived from the Aermotor
when thoroughly known will bring it
into general use. A number of
orders have been received by the
Hawaiian Hardware Company, from
whom all particulars can be learned
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Base Hits.

Manager Hogs had his team
practising yesterday afternoon at
the old baseball grounds. There
were quite number of our local
players present to watch the visitors
chase the sphere. Among the num-
Der were Harry Whitney, w. Lucas,
j. W. Winter, Robt. Parker, Chan.
Wilder, Gardner Wilder and several
other players.
The visiting club has excited more
than ordinary interest, and large
crowd will be present to witness the
opening game next Thursday.
The umpires for the first game
will be Morris X. Keohokalole and
William E. Wall.
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Mission Children's Society.

The regular meeting of the Ha-
waiian Mission Children's Society
was held Saturday evening at the
residence of Prof. W. D. Alexander,
Punahou, and drew out a large at
tendance. Mrs. Dillingham; read an
ode to Diamond Head. Mr.. G. j.
Lyons gave his experiences as sur
veyor forty years ago. Prof. Alexan-
der read a paper on Damascus, and
Prof. A. B. Lyons one on his recent
trip to Layson Island, A letter was
read from General Armstrong. The
next meeting will be held at the re-
sidence of Mr.. b. +. Dillingham;.