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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-02-20

Putney.-J r Harding leaves ne,t week
for A few months In Omaha and other parts
of the west where bis brother is now located
There will be concert at the town hall
Putnsy, on Friday evening, Feb p for the
be netit of j w Shelley. The following local
musicians will assist IN the program: Mr. ana
Mrs Ii l. Pierce, Miss Hougbton and Miss
Robertson ~ vOcalists and Miss Davis as
reader. Everybody invited to attend.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-02-20

Sick Headache and relieve all the troubles Incl
dent to n bilious state of the system such as
Dizziness, Nausea. Drowsiness. Distress after
eating. Pain in the Side. &c. While their most
remarkable success has been shown in curing
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-21
Lassoed q Bear.
Maferxille Emnire.


Friday afternoon Plat Corbaley, out riding
along the road on Badger mountain, came upon
Ben Akers. Ben was guarding a tree in his
usual unruffled manner Questioned concern
ing his unusual amusement he placidly in
formed Platt that he had q bear corralled up in
among the branches. Sure enough there sat q
full grown black bear stolidly surveying the
scshe and only awaiting Mr. Aker's pleasure to
move on, TO come down from his perch. When
requested TO descend from his roost, bruin
maintained dignifed silence. The Pierpoint
boys and several other residents of the neigh
borhood were attracted to the spot at the pros
pect Of q little excitement, and II was deter
mined to attempt to lasso the clumsy
beast up the tree. An ak was
procured and the pine cut down.
Mr.. Bear with proper respect for the laws OF
gravitation, came down with il. He fell with
the tree on top of him, but not minding little
thing like that, he shook himself loose and
started for another perch. The ropers pursued
him closely, but were unable to make a capture,
and bruin once more settled himself on a
pine branch some sixty feet from the
ground and looked down TRANQUILITY On his
would be captors. The tree be had chosen this
time was too large for the axman's patience, and
quicker plan was adopted to bring his lordshp
back to terra firma. Frank Pierpolnt sent bull.
let between his bearships paws and the limb On
which they rested, and the shock and surprise
brought the black monster down In a
hurry. He was chased into a clump
of bushes, and there Patt Corbaley
and AL Pierpoint each threw n rope around his
neck end aiteward pinioned in a similar man
ner bis hind legs, and thus at their mercy they
pulled the forest rambler up into a wagon and
took him down to Ben Akers' ranch. The brute
caught Al Pierpoint slap, tearing his buckskin
logging, but not reaching his skin. His strength
was such that he would snap in two without
difficulty stakes held out at him six inches in
thickness
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-21
f course, the Ledger simply lies.

In July last we took only about one-quarter as
much pig iron from the United Kingdom as in
July, 1880. and one-third as much as In July,
1889. Our receipts of British hoops and sheets
were only about one-tenth of the quantity re-
ceived in July, 1880, or 1889. Impo-tations OF
British tin plates were only 4,S23 tons In July.
against nine times as much in July, $50, and
nearly six times the quantity in July, 1889 Re-
ceipts of old iron in the month named also
dropped to only two-ffths the quantity which
came mere in July year ago. Exclusive OF TIN
plate receipts there were received into the United
States of British iron and steel in July, 1891,
only s,2S4 TONS as compared with 25,IS2 tons in
july 1880, with q OO5 tons in July, 1885, and H.
720 tons in that month, 1888. For the seven
months receipts of British crude iron aggre-
gated only 2463l tons, against 64,92S tons in
seven months OF 1890. 65,2ls tons in like por-
ton of 1882 and with co. 20 tons in 1888. Hosp
and sheets receipts this year to August l aggre.
gated 27o4 TONS against II 255 tons in 1890, IT,
$40 tons in 1882 and q ,723 tons in seven months
OF 1885,
July's iron and steel exports from the United
Kingdom declined from 394,724 tons in 1890 to
$50 SOB tons this year, falling of of 103 92l tons
about rs per cent In value they fell from e.
9i5404 In July Of last year to e. 40 this year.
decline of f766, 954, nearly &c per cent. AS ex-
planned by the London Iron and Coal Trades Re
ptslc, large percentage OF the decrease shown in
July must be attributed "to the sharp decline in
the exports of tin plates, which dropped in July
from 46005 tons $3.50 1853 in 1890, to 1909 tons
(fIJ9,5I9) IN 1891. The United States are answer
able, from well-known causes, for falling off
OF nearly $4,000 tors IN bulk (neasly 00.000 in
value)' of the British tin plate export trade.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-21
Lassoing Bears I'm Yakima.
Yakima Herald


Some weeks ago Mr.. Fred Parker had an en-
counter with bear that came near turning out
to his serious disadvantage Instead of his
getting the bear, the bear came within an ace
OF getting him. Mr.. Parker wasn't satisfied, and
determined upon revenge for the mental and
bodily discomforts 10 which he was subjected,
so one day last week, in company of Nicholas
Mccoy he started for the Columbia river. In the
vicinity of Coal creek bear was sighted. He
was nothing more than a goodsiZed cub, al
though he looked as big as a mountain TO the
boys, for Nicholas, although he had seen his
Goth year, classes himself in that cate
CORY. council OF war was held and
Mr.. Parker's plans Of capture by the
larist prevailed over his companions advocacy
of short work with the gun. Then the chase
commenced. Bruin showed speed and bottom,
and was not overhauled until point about two
miles beyond the Mckee home ranch was
reached, where Mr.. Parker succeeded in throw
ing his rope over the bears forequarters, and by
a dexteTous twist sent him over on his
back. Nicholas then showed the value
of his training in mountains and on sage-brush
plains, for he quickly had his lashings around
the cubs hind legs, and then his submission and
capture was an easy matter. He was loaded into
wagon, brought TO this city and presented to
w. Wallace Atherton, of the Hotel Yakima,
who has had q pen constructed and a
climbing pole erected, where bruin daily
disports himself TO the amusement of an adj
miring throng of sightseers. The use of the
lariat In this section of Was hington is growing
In popularity. Several bears have thus been
caugh this season, and it is still green In the
memory OF our citizens how the Mckee cowboys
roped mammoth cougar On the banks OF the
Columbia
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-21
WHICH SHALL 1T BE9 BUILDINGS
OR BRAINS?

SEATTLE Sept. 10. 1891
To THE EDITOR: understand that the land
and building commission of the State univer-
sty will, on September q, open bids for the con-
struction of the first of fourteen buildings which
it is proposed to erect In the course of time on
the new university site, and that this frs build
ing alone is to cost about $4,000. Before
beginning its work on a large scale, it is TO be
hoped that the commission will ascertain with
certainty where the money is coming from to
carry its plans to completion. Such an extern
sive project may well arrest the attention of
every thoughtful citizen, especially those who
remember the history OF the present building.
During the ten years that I was
member of the board Of regents we all labored
earnestly to keep the institution alive in face OF
continued financial difficulties The grant OF
land originally made by the government was
sold az about government prices In cur
rency, at a time when currency was discounted
for 40 cents on the dollar, and the entire pro-
ceeds were put into the present building long
before II was either needed or demanded. The
in titution was thus left dependent los its main
tenance on the occasional gifts OF individuals
and the appropriations made by the legislature
These latter were always insufficient in
amount aud given grudsingly On ac-
count of the deep-seated conviction
that early mismanagement had sacrificed for
trifiing price the largest and best part of mag
niieent endowment in land, which would now
probably DO worth million dollars. Those
members OF the territorial legislature whom
local jealousy prompted to oppose sufficient ap-
populations found an argument ready to their
hands in the miserable remnant of this grant,
The programme now seems to be to repeat this
folly-to put al! the money in sight into build
ing TO waste the assets in architectural isplay,
plateglass and polished marble and other things
to correspond, and to trust to the generosity of
each succeeding legislature, subject to the
caprices and exigencies of politics, for the
means of maintaining the institution on st.
ting scale.
What we want is not expensive structures;
rather let US have plain, substantial, commodi-
Gus buildings and put every cent remaining
German students do not flock to the universities
having the finest buildings, but to those having
the best teachers. Their ambition is not to
study in marble-p paved halls, but TO sit under
the most learned professors. For the same rea-
son the intelligent student in this country goes
TO Yale and Harvard, Cornell and Ann Arbor.
Marble halls and palatial structures will
crumble into dust, while the creations of culti-
waited, trained minds may become immortal
The question presented to US is: Which shall
we choose? Expensive buildings and impress
sive architecture, or men and women fitted by
the best intellectual training to stand fully
abreast OF the times, able TO grasp and worthy
to control the destinies of the great state bear-
ing the name OF Washington? G. A. WEED
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-21

had he won it as would be the knowledge
today that the "man in the moon" was
reality. Every line of that inexpres.ibly
pathetic diary of De Long, eloquent with
heroic endurance of . fate as horrible as
it was hopeless, made every thoughtful
man curse that immoral enthusiasm for
mere adventure that would be willing to
see q great statesman cut loose from q
balloon at an altitu de that meant death II
the parachute failed to work
To risk the loss of line of battle ship in
order TO land q missionary on q savage
coast would be inexcusable, but il is not
more unjustifable than sending hero in
quest of new discovery in Land that pro-
duces nothing but iceberg and aurora bore
ais only 10 see him perish as miserably as
a poisoned rat in q hole walled ont from
light and heat and food. This Arctic folly
Is burned out with most persons with sane
thought and humane feeling, and after
Lieutenant PeaTy and his wife are ''res-
cued" next summer, We hope ali future
projectors OF Arctic adventure will be
served with notice from the public that
they will be supposed hereafter to pay
their own expenses both ways 10 the Arc
tic circle and to get out the way they got
in as best they can Gallant men are too
much needed for splendid fields of sane
enterprise and daring adventure TO be
treated as If they were merely food for
powder; they deserve to be husoanded and
uprightly utilized. not wasted in feats of
useless daring, fraltless endurance and
barren suffering.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-21


The London correspondent OF the New YORK
Sun, under date OF September II, writes as foi-
lows of theosophy:
Mrs. Besants modesty has so far prevented
her from formally assuming the mantle OF the
late lamented Bavstsky, but she Is aIfeaay
dealing Driskiy in that astuie womans stock IN
trade. Last night she lectured fors the mrs.
time in public since her open rupture with the
Secularists, and large audience assembled 70
listen 10 her. she tai ed well, but the majority
OF her hearers were plainly unable TO follow
her in her explanations OF theosophy, Wnlch
were as fantastic and as full OF Jargon as
chapter from the works OF the late BlaVatsky.
Mrs Besant asserted that she was entitled 10
belief because she had never knowingly told q
lie. and seemed hurt when somebody IN the nan
laughed at such a pretensIon. That irreverent
person NAV have been Dr. Arthur Hopkirk, VINO
enjoyed the honor OF Nine. Blayatsky S acquaiut-
anee and who writes rs follows TO the evening
newspapers today:
Whatever NAV be our opinion OF NINE bia-
vatskys pure life there is no doubt that she GER
tainly had not pure mouth. We all Know thhI
our army swore terribly In Flanders, out she
could have given that army or a inodera urSSo u
loug odds and still have won easily. Mr.. W. j.
stead could be witness TO this II he chose, n ne
used to 20 to her Sunday afternoon receptions
at Norwood, before she went 10 Avenue roau' III
order perhaps, to be near those OF pure lie and
pure mouth A.,
As TO theosophy, il is we'll summed up IN the
words OF the eminent Assyriologis., MI. 81. chau
Boscawen: This miserable creed without
hope, this bo.tom.ess pit OF platltudes, when
is SO well fitted to he the propaganda OF charia.
tan and the sOporitic consolation Oh terr4nea
skeptig"
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Agency. Being man Of unusual deter
mination and force, and knowing, further
more. that the public Jail and not Sulli-
vans private den was the proper place for
the prisoner. and that his only chance of
seeing the prisoner was 70 have him taken
away from Sullivan and turned over to the
proper authorities, he instituted habeas
corpus proceedings, which resulted as he
expected. The detectives were forced
TO release their prisoner, and he was put
into the Jail where he properly belonged.
In the course of proceedings in court
Judge Shattuck, an able and eminent
iurist, whose judicial service in Oregon has
extended over q period of nearly thirty
years, took occasion to comment with ut
most severity upon the outrageous prac-
tice of detectives in assuming the duties
and powers of regularly constituted
officials.
We recite these facts again because the
Tacoma Ledger, with characteristic men,
dacity, has called this proceeding "a move
by the PosT-ISrELLIGKNcEk to aid a con-
fessed thief"
OF course, the Ledqer simply lies.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-21

VICTORIA, sept Is, 1891.
To THB EDITOR: As it is a common saving
here, If you want news of Victoria read the
Seattle PosT-ISTELLIGENCER, beg the favor of
inserting this in the PosT-INTEILIGESCER
which is so much read by our citizens
We have in this city an electric car sytern
controlled by prominent political men The
president OF this company is the speaker of our
provincial legislature, and the attorney general
think, IS second in command.
Now, what want 10 complain about is this
AheFe are great Improvements taking place in
the grazing OF some OF our streets, more espe-
cislIy the street on which the attorney general
has his residence. This street, lar as l am
aware, was IN an excellent condition Tor ordi-
nary traffic, but was hardy s1itabie for laying
down & ear line Now il seems very strange that
tie council should go 10 WORK and grade this
street, lay water pipes anu sidewalks
az an enormous expense when some Of the
streets In the busiest part of the city are reauir-
iuE repair in the very worst Kind of q way
notice today the rails and poles are on the
ground aud al that the Car company REQUIRE is
10 place tie ties on the graded road, lay their
ral.s, and then they have csr service running
lor the convenience OF the attorney general.
Sat who pays Tor all this grading! Why the
poor taxpayer of Victoria
his L. not the only instance of ths kind
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CHANCE FOR A GOOD HAUL.

About two weeks ago the schooner
Moonlight, after cruise off Cape Flat
terry, arrived at Ballard with a cargo of
nearly one hundred tons of fresh Goldfish.
which is now being dried and prepared for
market. Yesterday the schooners Alice
and Anaconda arrived at Seattle with
full loads of food fishes. The Alice was
whole week coming up from the straits.
but as her cargo was packed in ice
it was in splendid condition.
The wholesale price of fish in
this market for shipment East,
is three cents per pound and
the only reason why it is not found i'm
mensely profitable is because the vessels
in the business lack refrigerating machin-
cry and steam propelling power. The
heavy cost OF ice, the loss Of time in going
and coming, and the occasional incidental
loss through the spelling of the fish after
IL IS caught, make the business hazardous.
Vessels properly equipped with retrigerat-
ing appliances and with steam power
would run no risk from loss and could
make easily three round trips each
month to the fishing banks. 1t is
very easy to see that this business prop
erly carried on would be very profitable.
There is practically no limit to the market.
for there is not city in the United States.
excepting a few Immediately on the At
lantic seabosrd, whose market is fully sup
piled with tish.
The halibut, cod, sole and other fishes
caught OIL Cape Flattery are the very best
OF their kind. and they exist in quantities
unknown in any other available sea. The
business of taking and marketing them
offers exceptional attraction n rani+aI
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Bears in the Big Bend.
Waterville Democrat.

WatefvlIe Democrat.
A bloody battle occurred one day last week on
the Longaere ranch northeast of town between
the Titchneal Bros treshng crew and black
bear. The pitchfork brigade soon surrounded
and after desperate fight slaughtered the mon
arch OF the Cascades. The boys and the neigh
bors know from experience that bear steak is
good.
On Wednesday last another bear came to in
specI sam Robins steam thresher few miles
north OF Watsrville. Tom Clark shot and
wounded him. The infurated brute then made
for the threshers with jaws and claws fully ex-
tended. The 'pitchfork brigade was ready for
the assault, and Ed Fitch, who was little in
advance OF the others, with his strong arms
split his head open with an ak.
Bears are very numerous around Badger
mountain. Two were seen last saturday even
ing-onc said 10 be very large-in the Payne
canyon on the east side OF Badger by boy hunt
ing cows.
Last week while riding on the south side OF
Badger mountain Messrs. Album and Jennings
came on to a black bear. The boys had no Are
arms. but determined to capture the brute with
their lariats, and started in pursuit Mr.. Album
made cast which landed fairly over Bruins
head and brought him TO q sudden halt Jen-
Mugs then threw his rope around the bear and
fastened the end 10 tree. Album then pulled
in the opposite direction and Jennings killed
the animal with q club
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Sullivan Thugs Must Go.
Slallrhtar Sun.


Last Thursday evening as w. E. Bailey, pro-
prietor OF the Seattle PressTtmes, and K. b.
Albertson, prominent attorney, were walking
the street Of that city they were kidnapped by
Detective sullivan and one of his men. Both
gentlemen were placed in a carriage, which was
driven rapidly towards Black River Junction,
where they expected TO board the train. The
news OF the outrageous proceeding spread like
wildhre, and soon a crowd collected and gave
chase, number OF friends boarding the train,
who rescued the men and took them back
10 town. sullivan's excuse for the arrest was
that Albertson was wanted in Tacoma on a war
rant charging him with completely in the recent
robbery of the Fidelity bank, Of Tacoma, by Ed
ward Albertson, a cousin of the attorney. It
was high-handed outrage, and Is so pronounced
by the people of the entire state. with possibly
one exception. The methods followed by these
Wouid-be detectives are becoming daily more
obnoxious 10 the lberty-loTing people OF
America. and an example should be made of
this man Sullivan and his thugs that will deter
Others from following such practices.
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ANSWER TO MIR. JAMES HART, J.P.

PUYALLUP. Sept 49, 1891.
To THE EDITOR: In your issue Of sep.ember
Il there is letter from James Hart J. p, which
is evidently an adverse crit cism of my articles
on the hop situation. II is very apparent from
the tone OF his letter thai he has fallen into the
trap OF supposing your Puyallup correspondent
to be q prominent hop growing and buying firm
"com bIned," as he puts it, 1t may interest
James Hart, J. p, TO know that ain not hon
grower, nor hop buyer, nor in the employ OF
any one dealing in hops, yet will say to James
Hart, J. F., that have access to the best hop re-
ports ana statistics available in the state of
Washington. II James Hart. J. p, will only
leave his narrow circle at Slaughter and come TO
Puyallup We can show him many SAMPLES of
choice 1891 hops. By what he SAYS about prices,
freight, etc, it is evident that his knowledge of
the hep question is very crude.
The object of such letters as his is plain II
Is 70 encourage the growers 10 hold on TO their
crops and thus force the BUYERS TO give them
large prices. Quite anumber of growerstwhom
could namefollowed James Hart, J. P's. advice
last yea-. and when buyers were Offering to give
40 ceats ss;d they were holding for 80 cents.
They are still holding, and serve them right
Let growers bsware of following the advice of
noylces in this matter, and when thew are
offered a fair price for their product, take it
Respectfully,
pUYArIUP CORREsPoSDENT POST- T.,r,,,,or~-zr,
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Numerous streets in and around the city have
been and are being graded for the convenience
OF the car company ct the expense OF the tax
payer.
Another thing. The conductors and motor
men OF this company lad Q strike couple OF
weeks ago. The point OF contention was as
70 whether the men should work twelve hours
per day or not The car company made
no concessions, but instead took on
an army Of green hands who knew nothing
regarding the running of electric cars Ii was q
common occurrence 10 see three or four cars of
the track at time. Life was not safe, as ii was
about an even chance that car would
Jump the track a. every corner in
stead OF making the turn. Especially
dangerous was it to take trip TO Esquimalt,
where there is an elevated track part of the way,
and IL the car were 10 leave the rails at that
point 1t means certain death to some OF the pas
sengers In a city Iks Seattle / feel sure this
kind OF thing would not be tolerated. The first
thing the car company knew they would have
their charter Cancelled.
You will pardon me asking you the favor Of
inserting this In your columns, but as the
papers here appear to be controlled by the same
parties who are interested in the extension OF
the car system, am afraid the chances OF ven
ulaiing this in any of our own papers are very
small Yours truly, SPEAKER