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The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02
Isaac Thorpe is very low, his recovery

Isaac Thorpe is very low, his recovery
being doubtful.
Three delegates to the Baptist associa-
ton were entertained by G. j. Banks,
two at Horace Banks S, two by Hanford
Lyon, several by j. Nichols.
John Ogden had COW badly choked
with an apple, twice in one week; both
times it was relieved by the assistance
Of kind neighbors.
Edward Bevans and wife and Mrs
Charles Roberts have been guests of Le-
vi Hall.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

visited Miss Mary Treadwell; Edward
Treadwell has sold a pair of fat oxen to
a Bridgeport hatcher.
Tuesdays rain was a welcome guest, as
many had to go quite distance for wa
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02
ASPETUCK.

j. Grammar and James Donnelly are
laying nice faced wall in front of the
new lot bought to enlarge the Aspetuck
cemetery.
Union services will be held in the Cen
ter Street M. E. church, Sunday evening,
4th.
The infant daughter of the late Annie
b. Sturges is very sick with cholera in
fantum. DIR Gorham attends.
Mrs Catherine Osborne has been quite
sick.
Mrs Laurinda Grammar is visiting in
Aspetuck.
Hezzie Elwood, our genial butcher,
who seriously wounded himself with
knife, is able to be out again.
Mrs w. H. Grammar is visiting her
parents in New Jersey.
Mrs Amanda Gill of Bridgeport spent
Sunday at Moses Wakeman's.
MIS- E. Scribner of Weston recently
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02
SPORT HILL.

Improvements are being made at the
commodious residence of B. II. Beers.
Stairs have been built on the back side of
the house, with balcony.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02

w. M. Terry's old ice house ON the
Newtown turnpike was burned, Thurs
day morning early, at a loss of 5000, in
sured.
Mr. and Mrs b. d. Pierce, Jr, are re-
ceiving congratulations from many
friends over the arrival of young
daughter.
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WOODBURY..

Died, September 30, Samuel r. artree,
IN
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The proceeds of DR. Hovey's lecture on
the 9th are to be applied to the church
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IN DANGER.

VII en- the Democrats of New York saw
that Republican Senate stood in tile way
of contemplated measures they were at
first dumfounded, but soon rose to the oc-
casion. Looking over the field, they dis
covered that three Republican seats could
be contested on legal grounds. Several i'm
portant discoveries were made within two
days alter the election. In tie Fifteenth
Senatorial District the Republican candi-
date, Dean, was declared elected by ma
jority OF ~. But the discovery was soon
made that all the provisions Of the new
ballot reform law had not been complied
with in the selection of polling places in
one precinct There was, as is now re-
ported, a bar-room in the building in which
the voting was done, in the town of Phillips
town. This town gave Dean 80 majority,
and II the vote can be thrown cut Osborne,
the Democratic candidate, will have ma
iority Of votes. In the Twenty-fifth Dis
trict Republican named Peck was elected
by the returns. But it was discovered that
Mr.. Peck, though born and reared in the
town IN which he now resides. for some
years taught school in Canada The report
Is that while resident Of Canada lie voted
at one or more elections. The fact is not
denied that for many years he has been ex-
ercsing citizens privilege in his native
town. Still there is prospect that Mr..
Peck will have to go. The third case is
based upon the admitted fact that Sherwood.
the successful Republican candidate, held
the Office Of Park Commissioner of the CITY in
which he resided. AS there is a statute
which disqualifies one who holds any other
city office from being Park Commissioner,
the Democratic mind jumped at the con-
cluson that Park Commissioner could not
hold any other office. This delusion is al
ready dispeled by judicial decision. But
if two Democrats can be seated in the place
of two Republicans elected the Senate will
he Democratic.
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EXPLOITATION IN AFRICA.

If the report of the death of Count de
BTazza is confirmed. geographical science
will have suffered a severe loss, and Africa
will have TO mourn one Of its most intrepid
explorers. Nearly twenty years have
elapsed since NJ. de BraZza undertook the
task of opening portion of that continent
to civilization. During that period he has,
so to speak, created the country known as
French Congo and has been the pioneer of
nearly all the expeditions which have car
ried the French flag into the heart of the
Soudan. lie has founded couple of score
OF trading stations on the African rivers
in the heart of a country whose people, be-
fore he came, killed and ate travellers as a
matter OF course, but are now on excellent
terms with the French. While Stanley was
tracing the course of the Congo and its
afiigents, DE BraZZa was rendering the like
service for the rivers northwest of Congo
State, and in his way was doing as good
work for civilization rs the founder of that
comT onwealth.
His field of action was in the country to
which the Arabs long ago gave the name Of
the SoudaD. This is strip OF country
about a thousand miles wide, and stretch
ing from Senegambia on the west to the
-Abyssinian Mountains on the east. 1t con-
tains large variety Of races, but the Ber-
berS and Other Arabs predominate--both
fanatic Mohammedans and fierce fighters.
North of them stretches the Desert of
Sahara, and south of them is the region Of
the Congo, in parts densely populated with
negroes. From that region, as from points
in the Soudan, west and east of Take Tchad,
the Arab slave-traders have been in the
habit of obtaining large proportion of
their stock. AT least ten caravan routes,
starting from different points, converge at
Kuka, on Lake Tchad, where tile slaves
aie sold to traders, who undertake to trans
port them across the desert for sale In
Morocco and Tripoli
Lake Tchad and Kuka have been visited
by several European travellers, but always
under circumstances of great peril. More
than one has lost his life there; the last of
these was Lieutenant Crumpe, of the
French Army. 1t appears that De Brazza
resolved to visit the dangerous spot, both to
form his opinions on the hest way TO check
the slave trade, and to study the peculiar
physical geography of the region. Lake
Tchad is undoubtedly the remains of the
great inland sea which once covered the
whole Sahara. In the rainy season its area
sometimes reaches $1,000 square mi es, but
under the fierce heat OF Africa its waters
evaporate when the rains cease. and it
shrinks to an area Of 10,00o square miles
The French propose some day to extend the
railroad system of Algeria across the desert
SO as to strike Lake Tcnad. and tap the
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WEATHER FORECAST.
DEPARTMENT or AGRICULTURE, !
WEATHER BUREAU. :
Q.N Ey.N-,rSco Noyaniber 10 1891 J

SAN FRANCISCO. November 10, 1871
weather Conditions and General Forecasts.
The winds in Arizona Indicate that the storm
trough is passing rapidly northeaStward over \ ew
Mexico and Colorado. Scattering light rains fell in
portions Of Southern California from this depres-
SION san Diego reporting nearly tenth of Inch.
A disturbance continues 10 exist north OF Washing
ton. ana brisk to high southwest winds Will blow
over Puget Sound tonight, with cloudinesS and
scattering rains accompaniment.
a nigh pressure area is approaching on the Uppe T
California and Lower oregon coasts and, although
cloudleSs weather prevails the North California
coast and interior stations. yet cOudiness and fog
are anticipated for this vicinity by this advancing
wave Of air.
The rams of the past twelve hours on the North
Pacific have been confined to Western Washington
aad averaged about a tenth OF an inch for that
section. Cloudness was. however, general through
cut oregon ana Washington, but clearing condl-
tons are looked FOR in Southern Oregon.
At Fresno and Barstow the temperature was from
1872 to 40 lower than at the hour last evening
In Mort hern Nevada and extreme Western Cali
foruia there was fall of from a to 50. In the
Sacramento Valley it from 81 To lOo warmer
than yesterday. but elsewhere It was about sta
uonary.
Forecast Until 3 r. II. Friday.
For Northern Calitornia-Fair, but cloudy and
tossy coast; northwest to west winds, brisk on
station airy temperature, except cooler In the
Sacramento valley and warmer in the san Joaquin
Valley
For Southern CalIfornta-F Fair weather; north to
west winds; slightly warmer.
For oregon and Washington-Fair. except scat
tering rain in Northern and Western Washington
and northwestern Oregon; south winds becoming
westerly; cooler preceded by stationary tempera-
ture in eastern portions and Southern oregon.
For Utah-Llght rains or SHOWS; cooler
KoBERr ( hERKAM. Chief of Division.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Senator Stewart declares the farmers are
growing poorer, but lie obviously overlooked the
e great railroad blOckade of the West and its
cIuses. Perhaps he had not perused Secretary
Rusk's estimate that 100000, o0o-equll TO a
go0d-siZed national debt-represented the i'm.
crease In the value OF this years crops over that
OF the crops Of last year. "For all time to come
the present generation of farmcrs,n according to
The New York Telegram, Twill have occasion 10
gratefully remember the harvest OF 1891 Ii
has brought them permanent accession OF ease
indep eudence, dignity. contentment and respect
for their vocation. 1t has Drought them de-
liyeiance from debt and an ampler llfe--new
gowns for the girls mole schooling for the BOYS,
cosier and more or acious II not staeler homes
and. let II be hoped, more leisure, more apprc-
citation and less drudgery for those heroines OF
this land, the farmers wives. Bettet tiltb,
more generous and systematic mode OF cultiva-
lion for all time TO cone--though not, we trust,
more reckless acreage--he fruits OF this fat year
wifi have brought to tile soil whence they
sprang. Then there are the farmers creditor
These will be The immediate partners In his
prosperity. First among these are the merchants
OF The yfcinage-the provincial merchants.
These will be fully paid. Their trade vii! be en-
iafged. Their credit will be strengthened. Then,
loo. the whole series of agents OF mercantile ex-
changes in the various cl,Ies will participate In
these new impulses. From thence the Impulse
will extend to every branch OF manufacture. 1t
Is, In The last analysis, the prosperity Of the
farmers that makes tire wheels OF trade, of
finance, OF transportation and OF industry 20
round. And so The railroads will be Kept busy
from this time on, carrying our surplus produce
of The soil seward for the feeding of hungry
Europe, and carrying merchandise, the produce
OF mills and artisans. back to the liners, who
are their main customers"
There Is To be poultry convention held In Los
Angeles In February next. At least the annual
meeting OF the American Poultry Association Is
to be held there. This is an important society,
and the visit Of a large number of Its leading
members 10 his Coast ought to profit US. For
some reason difficult 10 be defined the poultry
industry In this State has been strangely ne
elected. Last year 100000 worth OF eggs were
imported into California, and throughout the
Stale |: Is well-nish impossible for The village
dweiler who desires to feast upon chicken TO OBJ
tam The necessary fowl short Of sending for II to
the nearest city. We have seen dressed chickens,
bought in tile San Francisco market, carried
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BANK DEPoSITORS.

There is disposition to ridicule bank de-
p0sitors who show undue anxiety about the
safety OF money in banks that are known
by experts to be solvent. 4 few weeks ago
there was a run upon the Five Cents Say
irgS Bank in Boston. The depOSitors in
fye-ceut banks are mostly working people.
They do not have time nor the opportunity
TO inform themselves as to the solvency of
banks. Consequently, when there is a re-
port that a bank in which their little all is
placed is uns0und, they rush for their
money without much regard to the proba-
biIiteS as to the truth or falsity of the re-
port Tie Boston papers condemned what
they called an unwaTranted run upon the
Five Cents Savings Bank the more severely
because when the Board Of Savings Bank
Commissioners announced that the Fiys
Cents Saving Bank was solid as rock" the
depostors continued to call for their money.
The journals which think the depositors
should have returned home when this notice
was posted DO not seem to remember that
the Maverick Bank had been declared
sound but few months before il failed for
a couple Of millions. 1t is true that q
National Bank Examiner had declared the
Maverick Bank sound, and that State Com
missoners made a similar declaration for
the Five Cents Bank, but the depositors in
the latter bank seem to have held the
State Commission responsible for the report
of the National Bank Examiner. In factthey
had no means of knowing that the opinion
Of one was not as reliable as the opinion OF
the other. W hen there is no deliberate dis
honesty, the condition of a bank often de-
ponds upon the market value of securities.
When there is q considerable fall in the
bonds and stocks which national bank may
invest in, the bank may, without guilty
misuse of funds, pass from solvent to
an insOlvent condition. But most of the
State savings banks are prohibited by law
from investing in these fuctuating securi-
ties. Their officers are not allowed to specu-
late with the money iBtrusted to them. Con-
sequently, when there is financial furry,
the Commissioners can tell almost at
glance if the bank is sound. If the Boston
depositors in the Five Cents Bank had real
lied tile difference between the securities of
a national bank and those to which savings
banks are limited, the assurance of the
Commissioners that the Five Cents Bank
was solid as a rock -" would doubtless
have carried more weight.
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THE WEIGHTS Al MEASURES ACT.

The reply Of Secretary of State Waite to
a correspondent who seemed anxious TO
have the Weights and Measures Act put in
operation is a good example Of executive
integrity and ability. Mr. Waite points out
the constitutional defects of the law. shows
that if it were in operation it would serve
as method of robbery, and concludes that
from the nature of the law its purpose was
to create places at the expense of business
of all descriptions. There has been no
co mplaint that dry goods are measured off
by short yard-stieks or that gTocers weigh
goods with light weights. Mr.. Waite refers,
in tone of sarcasm that illustrates the
principle of ''temperpg the wind TO the
shorn lamb" to the ambitious effort of our
late lawmakers TO perform duty that the
Constitution of the United States devolves
upon Congressional of establishing uni
form weights and measures for the whole
country. The advantages of this CORE
spondence are obvious. The men who
formed the Weights and Measures Act will
thereby become familiarizcd with at least
one provision in the Federal Constitution.
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productive portions of the Soudan. 1t will
be n tremendous undertaking, but when it
is completed it will probably be equivalent
to anneXiDg the whole Soudan to the French
possessions on the west coast of Africa.
That humanity and civilization would be
gamers by the change, there can be no
question.
The twentieth century will witness such
transformations of the face of the Dark
Continent that maps of to-day will seem to
students in 2091 as queer as YespuccPs or
Columbus maps of America now seem
to us. The railroad past the cataracts Of
the Congo is nearly completed When it is
done travellers and goods can be shipped
from London to Stanley Pool as easily as to
Minneapolis. Whenever the ultimate po-
litical status of Egypt is settled there will
be railroad past the cataracts of the Nile
and the great river will be dredged and
dyked from the last cataract to Albert Lake,
so that the whole of that vast plain, which
is now chiefly tule land and marsh. but
which fed the civilized world in ancient
times, shall again resume its work OF pro-
ductiOn. 1t will take some time for the
British East African Company to build
their road from Mombasa and Zanzibar
to the border of the Victoria Lake; but it
will be built some day, and when it is the
fertile country which drains into that lake.
and which is densely peopled will be added
to the living sections of the world.
These changes are not likely to involve
such sacrifices as followed the occupation of
this continent by white men. There is a
wonderful vitality in the negro race. His
natural Increase in regions not suited to him
is small, as the course of population in the
Southern States and the West Indies shows.
But in Africa the raids of the slaye-traders,
which have gone on for centuries, and which
occasionally depopulate a whole district,
have made little impression on the aggre-
gate population of tie country. The negroes
grow up like weeds wherever soil and eli
mate are suitable. 1t now remains to civil
ize them, and that is the task of the Euro
pean nations. If it can be performed with
due regard for justice and liberty, no one
eau give reasons why the enterprise should
lp
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ROYAL coURTEsIEs.

The Gar of Russia recently travelled con-
siderable distance out Of his way to avoid
meeting The Emperor of Germany. The
Emperor of Germany was equal to the occa-
sion. When the silver anniversary OF the
wedding Of the Gar came round mass was
celebrated at the Russian Embassy In Ber-
lin. and every foreign sovereign and state
was represented, with the sole exception OF
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the Emperor William. The latter might
have emphasized the slight lie intended to
convey by his absence by sending an aid
de-camp to the fete, but he did not even do
that. This implies unfriendly personal feel
ing. Wars are often waged for political
reasons when there is no ill-feeling between
the rulers of the countries thus gagged, but
in this case the rulers will 60 10 war. when
they do, with their hearts in the contest. 1t
is pity they cannot agree to fight it out
between themselves as kings did in the
old times, when kings led rather than di-
recIed their armies.
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THE CALLS CALENDAR.
NOTICEI
NOVEMBER. 1891.

A,y Of our patrons lelo fail to find THE
MORNING CALL for sale By trotn-boys
ViH confer a faror Jg notifying this office OF
heJact, naming the date and train.
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625 Montgomery street. pear Clay open until IL
o'clock =. n. BRANCH OFFICES: no Market
street, Kearny open until IL O'Clock midnight;
$50 Hayes street. open until $3.50 O'clock; sos
LarkR street. open until e:30 O'Clock; 25lS Mission
street, open until o'clock P. N; and ll6 Ninth
street, open until 2 20 p. II
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NAPOLEON BoNAPARTE. - Donald Downie
VIII deliver an illustrated lecture, under the
auspices Of the Society OF California Pioneers.
Tonight at Pioneer Hall. His subject Will be
Napoleon Bonaparte and The French Reyolu.
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AUCTION SALES TODAY,

FuRNIruBE-By Chas Levy al 1875 Market
ST.. 81 O'Clock.
FrRSIruRE-By Chas- Levy x Co.. at $40 La rkin
sr ! "a
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J-F.CUTrER'soLD BoURBoN.-This celebrated
whisky Is for sale by all hrst-class druggists and
gIoceIs- Trade maTk-Star within shield
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THAT feeling of weakness and languor which is
often the foreTunner OF serious disease is entirely
overcome by Hoods Sarsaparils. Take 1t before
it is too late. Sold by ali druggists.
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SOLD LOTTERY TICKETs.-The case OF w. p
Oakes, charged with selling lottery tickets was
heard by Judge Joachlmsen yesterday ana tht
defendant was lined 500 on his plea OF guilty.
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DOT Ten Years,

Charles Petersen, who pleaded guilty of
an assault to rob. was sentenced to ten years
III Folsom by Judge Slack yesterday.
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PLATED Pudding Dishes, fire. proof lining, from
81 20 each upward, at Nathan, Dohrmaun &
Co.'S. 1872 1872 Suffer street.
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HELD FOR SMUGGLISG.-Peter DAILY was held
yesterday for smuggling before Commissioner
SAWYER
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THE MORNING CALL
PUBLICATION OFFICE

Ees a larger circulation than any other
newspaper published in San Francisco.
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Mrs. U'insIow,s sootbin~ sv-rr

Mrs. Ninslow's soothing Syrup"
Has been used over nifty years by millions OF moth
ers for their children while teethIng with perfect
srccess II sOothes the child softens the gums al
lays PAIN cures wind collie, regulates the bowels and
is the best remedy for diarrhea whether arising
from teething or other causes For sale by drug :
Rsts In every part OF the world. BE and ask
Tor Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing syrup. Twenty-Five
cents bottle
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R A. o. II. Ball,
W. Thanksgiving eve.-Reg
uIar meetinz OF the Board OF Di
rectors and committees from the
various divisions In Irish-Amer.
lean Hall THIS (FRIDAYl
EVENING, Nov. Goth, at !
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THE GOOD REPUTATION OF Bro,rl's Bronchial
1Fochcs FOR the relief of Coughs, Colds and Throat
Diseases has given them favorable notoriety.
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BEFORE purchasing holiday groceries call at
Sbarboro q Co.'S, grocers, 53l Washington street
Send for catalogue.
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JOINT Dali TO take pace IN Grand Opera Hail. Thanks
giving eve Admission tickets can be procured
st. prompt attendance Is required. by order
NJ +. DoNLEAvY, SEQ. It'll T. j. CARR, g. d.
~ Special Meeting of Stockholders
b~S Notice is hereby given that spe ciaI meeting
OF the stockholders OF the Silver King Mining Com
pany Will be held at the Office of the company $40
Pine street Rooms 10 and 7, San Francisco Cal on
THURSDAY. December 10. 1891 Mt the hour of
O'Clock, NJ for the purpose OF taking Into consider
alton the ACCESSIBILITY Of selling distributing among
the stockholders. or otherwise dispos.ng of the
shares OF the capital stock of the company now
owned by aud in the treasury OF the company ami
taking such action may be necessary 10 carry out
the wishes OF the stockholders in reference thereto
and for the Transaction OF such other blu sInes, as
may come before the meeting.
Transfer books VIII close on Saturday. December
D.. 1881. nj IL O'Clock NJ By order of the Board Of
Directors. j. w PEW sec
:, oiiee-3l0 Pine street. Rooms 10 aud IL, San
Francisco. Gal. uo2O I'd
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NOTICE OF MEETINGS.

E1rRA mlnce pies swAIs's. 2ls Suffer street.