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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-14
CHARTER REVISION.

The Special Committee on Charter Revi. sion will meet in Room 10 and II, City Hall, on Tuesday, December 15, 1S96 at T;3O D, ms. for the purpose of considering the following:
 Whether the form of charter prepared by the charter commission appointed by the General Assembly in 1893, as amended and approved by the Court of Common Council of 1894. is adapted to the present needs of the City, and if not, what amend ments thereto are desirable
 At the hearing tho Committee will take the proposed charter as approved by the Court of Common Council of 1894 as Il ba- sis, and will consider proposed alterations and amendments thereto
 Notice of the proposed application for q revision of the charter must be given by the corporation counsel by advertising on or before December 16. 1896
 All persons interested in the foregoing are hereby notified to appear and be beard thereon without further notice
 Per order: ISAAC BROMLEY,
 Chairman. Attest EDWARD A. STREET. dig St Assistant City Clerk.
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"Sunsetr 'Tours

F. F. Currier, of No 3 State street, Boston, Mass, is the New England agent for the Sunset personally con- ducted tours to the Pacific coast. Leaving Washington every Saturday in Pullman tourist sleeping cars the trav- eler is transported through the south ern States, and reach Los Angeles in four days and San Francisco in five days without change of cars or attend ants. The route precludes the possibi- lity of delays which are sometimes in evitable in the northern States during the winter months, and every detail of arrangement for the safety and com fort of the patrons of this line Is look ed after in the most careful manner by competent and courteous officials. Port land, Tacoma and Seattle are reached in seven days, with but one change Of cars. after a delightful ride through the garden state of California.
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The Chatfield Paper O. ste}s ses-ssoa stssst.
 Most'Compete Line of Paper and Irvine in the State.
eMtsIeIlamHnms.
Horse Blankets,

FINE ALL WOOL S4x90 PAWN AND FANCY PLAID BLANKETS FOR $3.65. STABLE BLANKETS FROM 6S cents UP STAY-ON STABLE BLANKETS FROM $1.00 UP. GUARANTEED TO BE THE LOWEST PRICES IN THE CITY.
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BROWNS HARNESS STORE, 153-457 George Street.

District of New Haven, ss. Probate Court,
 December 9th, 1896. ESTATE of ARTHUR J. HALE of West, field, N. J., owning property in said District a minor.
 John T. Sloan, guardian, having made written application for power to sell cer- tain real estate, as by said application on file in this Court more fully appears it Is Is heard and determined at Court of Probate to be held at New Haven in said District, on the 18th day of December, 1896, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and that said appli cant give public notice of the pendency of said application, and of the time and place of the hearing thereon, by publishing this ing circulation in said District, and due return make.
 LIVINGSTON ". CLEAvELAND, d11 St Judge.
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DEATH OF FELIX DE FONTAINE,
Well Remembered by Many in New Have

We'll Remembered by Many in New Haven
 New York, Dec. 13.-Felix DeFontaine whose letters from the front during the late war interested thousands of readers, died yesterday at his home in Columbia, & c. MT. De FOntaine went to Columbia several months ago to republish his war letters in magazine form, and the first nuln- Der reached an exceedingly large circulA tiOn. Mir De Fontaine is the man who fur nished the North the first news of the at tack ou Fort Sumter. Since the war he has been connected almost continuously with the New York Herald. He is the author of several books, including "Cyclopaedia of the Best Thoughts of Dickens" "Cleanings from Il Confederate Army Notebook, and Birds of Feather Flock Together. or Talks with Sothern."
 He comes from distinguished French par cntage, and was born in Boston siXty-fOur years ago. In the recent cold weather in the South he went into the country with some gentlemen OH q hunting expedition. He contracted pleuro-pneumOnia and went to bed on his return never to rise again. His son and daughter Mrs. Schuyler) are on their way from New York, having been summoned before his death The funeral services will be held in Columbia Sunday. He at one time in his early years of man hood was resident of New Haven
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District of New Haven, ss,. Probate Court
 INnno nlanr.

District of New Haven, ss Probate Court,
 December 10th, 1896. ESTATE of WILLIAM GAY of New Ha-
 ven, in said District, assigning debtor. An assignment for benefit of creditors made by William Gay of New Haven, in said District, having been this day lodged for record In the office of this Court of Pro- bate at nine o'clock and seven minutes in the forenoon, and James II. Mcdonald be- ing In said assignment named as trustee of the estate of said assignor it is
 ORDERED-That the 21st day of Decem- ber, 1896, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, be md the same is hereby assigned for approv- ing or appointing trustee of said estate, and that public notice thereof be given by publishing this order three times in some newspaper having a circulation in said Dis trict.
 d11 3t Judge.
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NOTICE.

To Whom It May Concern ::
 Notice is hereby given that there will be men, Room No. 2, City Hall, Tuesday, De cember 18th, 1896, at 7:30 D. m, for the purpose of considering the application of the Fair Haven and Westville Railway Company to construct double track electric railway on Derby avenue from the New Haven city line westerly to the Orange town line. The proposed location and shown by the accompanying map now on file. both of which may be seen at the Selectmen's office.
 By vote of the Board. Attest:
 FREDERICK l.. PERRY. Clerk. Dated at New Haven, December 10th, 1896. all 4t
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s1.4S1, 9e1.7 $878, 1OS,S3 1,567, ,15S. B

s1.4S1, ,961. Y $373, los, S3 $1 ,567, 1856 Decrease clearings week of 1896, SS5,- t9679.
 Balances week of 1895, $3O1 655,97. Increase balances week of 1896, $71,- S6.
 Clearings week of 1894, $1,35O, 4919 94 CIearings week of 1893, $1,955, 753.44.
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E. sCHoENBERGER x SON

Will have one more Bargain Saturday, before Christmas, when they will offer the finest of Sparerib at a price never before sold for in New Haven. Six cents it cost and will be sold for six cents pound. Sau- sages 7c, Corned Beef %. Legs of Lamb Sc and 1oc, Turkeys 12c, Chicken Sc Bro1ers Joe. Fresh Shoulders 6c, California Hams Tc. Game on hand at low prices. High land Creamery Butter. E. SCHOENBEK- GER & SON. 92, 94, 96 George street, and n, 2, 3 Central Market.
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District of New Haven, ss. Probate Court,
 December 10th 1896. ESTATE of WILLIAM X JOHN GAY, of
 New Haven, in said District, assigning
 debtors.
 An assignment for benefit of creditors made by William & John Gay of New Ha- ven, in said District, having been tms day lodged for record in the office of this Court of Probate, at nine o'clock and seven min. utes fin the forenoon, and James H. McDon- aid being in said assignment named as trustee of the estate of said assignor, 1t Is ORDERED-That the 21st day of Decem- ber 1896, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, be and the same is hereby assigned for approv- ing or appointing a trustee of said estate, and that public notice thereof be given by publishing this order three times in some newspaper having a circulation in said Dis w LIVINGSTON ". CLEAvELAND,
 d11 3t Judge.
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8, 10. I2 Church Street.

District of New Haven, SIS. Probate Court,
 December 10th, 1896. ESTATE of MARY F. SMITH late of New
 Haven, in said District, deceased
 The administrator having exhibited his administration account with said estate to this Court for allowance, it is
 ORDERED-That the 17th day of Decem. Der, 1896. at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at a Court of Probate to be held at New Ha. ven, in said District, be and the same Is ap. pointed for hearing on the allowance of ministrator to give notice of the time and place of said hearing, by publishing this or. der three times in some newspaper having a circulation in said District, and in the same town, and due return make
 LIVINGSTON W. CLEAVELAND, d11 St Judge
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ARE yoUAToBACCo sLAyEY

Do you want to quit this practice? You ought to dc it for the sake of your Heart your Nerves, your Lungs. Every chew, ev. cry smoke, hurts you. If you want to stop there will be a struggle and you will fail unless you have help. "GOOD-BI" will do it easily, thoroughly. No experiment, no fake no injury. A sure, safe, speedy cure Try it, it will not fail
 apA If Agents for New Haven.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-07-11
Joan of Arcs dirlhood.

Joan Of Arc was a happy little girl
beloved by all the people of Donremy
and with an earthly home life as simple
and apparently uneventful as that we see
today in that quaint old village" writes
Emma Asbrand Hopkins, in an article on
The Home and Personality of Joan 1ot
Arc" in July Ladies' Home Journal. ..She
arose with the birds, with brother or
sister made the fire, ,pattered barefoot
across the grass to the brook for water
and assisted in the preparation of the fru-
gal breakfast. MONDAY found the family
afieId, for in the peasant home the work
is divided among old and young, and all
have to share 1t. With the other chill
dren she rode the horses to water, and, ais
it came her turn, drove the focks andSthe
herds Of the village TO a common pastur-
age ground in the meadows toward Neuf-
chateau. AT the age Of 13 Joan saw her
first vision while IN. the meadows near
her home, which, ,4as she grew older, ap-
pelred to her frequent Y. Some of. her
stories, based upon the revelations Of the
voices at last reached Joan 's father, who
was naturally very much surprised. and
angry, not only to feel his bright itflu
daughter was becoming the laughing
stock Of the village, but to think that
perhaps. she was losing her mind In$ ne
uncertain manner he reproved the girl
calling attention to the presump she
was showing in urging her ability to "a
to war and command armies He warned
her OF the moral dangers which lurked Ia
the camp Of the vi men-at -arms and
I Ethreatening, IL she did not cease her fool
e. =, i,fui - -, ~
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-07-11

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spent two weeks I'll sn the British lines,
had the results in the shape Of wings
of fortifcat tiona and obserVat iops 5, Wri tte1f
in Latin, safely sto ID away between the
soles Of his shoes. He WAS on the way
back to the army when he was ecognizett
by a Tory and captured. eFrest: is we'll
known The treatment of the brave boy
by the brutal English Is a matter OF his
tory. He was condemned to be hanged i
sunrise, and was refused the last: :consola-
tion of religion Yet despite the iglIo-
minious manner of his death, Nathan
Hale died like, o hero. gs. 8
He stood a moment on the steps Of the
gallows, looking upon the British spl7
diers. His arms wsre pinioned. his shirt
front omen and his white throat barred in
readiness for tn y har gnlan' ropa. Stand
ing thus with his bright brown hair 5Wav-
ing upon his shoulders and his dark blue
eyes brilliants and smiling as ever, the
boy spoke his last words.
'I only regret that have but one life,
to lose for my country" 5sss
The story of the young hero's death !s
graphically told in Father F'inch's beau
tifM poem:
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06
sHERIFF,s SALE OF REAL ESTATE.

By virtue of an order of sale issued out
of the Superior court OF the state of Wash
ington for the county OF san Lean, al 10
me directed and deli yereu, Tor j..
ment rendered in said court on the SUN
day of January, A. D., 1896, III favor oI
The Northern Counties Investment Irust
Limited9 corporation. plaintiff, ana
against William Emch and Carrie Emch,
his wife, defendants, for the sum of 81
1856. 80 with interest at the rate OF y per
cent per annum, from said 3Oth day OF
January, A. D., 1896, and the further sum
of S-attorney's fees, and $l5.S5 costs OF
suit, I have levied upon he following de-
scribed real estate, towlt:
Lots numbered three 81 and four l4 of
section four ~ in township thirty-slx 800
north of range one Cd west, and the south
half of the southwest quarter of section
thirty-three (33) in township thirty-seven
(37) north or range one ~ west OF the
Willamette meridian, containing one
hundred and sixty and 32-lOO tl6O;5z)
acres, situate, lying and being IN san
Juan county, state of Washington.
Notice is hereby given that ON Monday
the 9th day of March, A. D., 1896, at the
hour of one o'clock p. m. of said day, at
the court house door, in Friday HarbOr,
in said county of San Juan, will sell all
the right, title and interest of the said
William Emch and Carrie Emch. his
wife, defendants, in and to the above des-
cribed real estate, at public auction, to
the highest and best bidder, to satisfy said
execution and all costs.
Given under my hand this 3rd day OF
February, A. D., 1896.
NEWTON JONES,
Sheriff of San Juan County, Washington.
Date offirst publication Feb. 6, 1896.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06
The Production of Gold.

In the December Forum, the noted
French economist, Leroy-Beaulieu,
says: "Since 1888 the production of
gold has advanced considerably. In
1894 it exceeded Sl6O,OO0,000, in place
of the average product of 100000, 900
from l8S1to 1888. This production leaves
far behind the average of the great
auriferous period of 1850 to 1870. A
new age of geld is opening, which will
strikingly eclipse that which followed
cries about 1850. The production of
gold is increasing i'll all cOuntries-in
the United States, Australia and Rus
sia; and it tends to become prodigious
in South Africa. Sir Edgar Vincent
returned a few weeks ago from the
Transvaal, and gave it as his opinion
that that country contained SIS 900, O00,-
900 in gold, to be extracted in twenty
years. In 1895 the product of the
Transvaal alone will probably reach
$4,000, 900, and will probably reach
500, 900, 900 in four or five years, if not
sooner. In few years South Africa
will produce as much gold as was pro-
duced in the entire world in 1888 or
1884. In the meanwhile, the old au-
riferous countries, very far from being
exhausted, are augmenting their pro-
duction and revealing new deposits to
prospectors.
"Within two or three years the
world will yield more than $500, OO0,-
600 in gold-probably even S240,0OO,-
000-annually, and this will continue
for twenty-five or thirty years, if not
fifty or more.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE.

By virtue of an execution issued out
of the Superior Court of the State of
Washington, for the County, of King
and to me directed and delivered, for a
judgment rendered in said Court on the
7th day of July, A. d. 1891, in favor of
A. p. HOtaling Company, corporation,
plaintiff, and against Kenneth Mcdonald,
defendant, for the sum of $685. with in
terest at the legal rate per annum, from
said 18th day of July, A. d. 1891, and the
further sum of S-attorney's fees. and
Sl6.2O costs of suit, [ have levied upon the
following described real estate, to-wit:
Lot seven ~, and the west half of the
southeast quarter IS. E Il, and southeast
quarter IS. E. y Of the southwest quarter
IS. w. II section eleven (11), township
thirty-fve, $50 north of range three 81,
west of the Willamette Meridian, situate
lying and being in San Juan county, State
of Washington.
Notice is hereby given that on Monday,
the 10th day of February, A. d., 1896, at
the hour of one O'clock p. IN. of said day,
at the Court House door, in Friday Har-
Dor, in said county of San Juan. will
sell all the right, title and interest of the
said Kenneth Mcdonald, the above
named defendant, in and to the above
described real estate, subject to any and all
prior leins and encumbrances, at public
auction, to the highest and best bidder, to
satisfy said execution and all costs.
Given under my hand at Friday Har-
Dor, this Sis day of December, A. D.
1895. NEWTON JONES
Sheriff of San Juan County, Wash.
Date first publication Jan. 2, 1896.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06

IT is reported that stupendous lum-
Der trust has been formed including
''every lumber mill OH the Pacific
coast" and that an order has already
been issued to advance the price of
lumber $500 per thousand. If the
combination has the effect of advanc-
ing the price of logs and the wages of
men employed in the mills, yards and
logging camps, there will not be much
complaint. 1t is probably true that
for several years lumber has been sold
on Puget Sound at little more than
actual cost and wages in one of the
greatest industries of the coast have
reached lower mark than any one five
years ago would have believed possible
in so short time. 1T will be an excep
ton to the rule, however, if better wages
follow the birth of the wooden octopus.
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NOTICE FOR ORDER OF SALE.
In the Superior Court of the State Of
Washington, in and for San Juan County.
IN PRORATE

In the Superior Court of the State OF
Washington, in and for San Juan County.
IN PROBATE.
In the Matter of the Estate of Lucy
Gray, Deceased.
Order to show cause why an order OF
sale should not he issued to sci real es-
tate to pay debts.
John w. Gray, administrator of the es-
tate Of Lucy Gray, deceased, having filed
his petition i'll said superior court, before
the undersigned court commissioner, duly
verified, praying for an order of sale of a
part of the real estate, the community of
said deceased, for the purpose of paying
the debts of the community and the costs
and expenses of the settlement of said es
tate.
1t is therefore hereby ordered that all
persons interested in said estate of said
Lucy Gray, deceased, he and appear be-
fore the court commissioner of said
county, on Friday, the 2lst day of r'ebru-
airy, A. ID. 1896, at one O'Clock in the after
noon of said day, at the court house in
Friday HarbOr, San Juan county, state of
Washington, to show cause if any they
have, why an order should not be granted
to the administrator of said estate, to sell
so much of the real estate sdescribed in
community debts against said deceased
and the costs of settlement of said estate.
And it is hereby further ordered that
true copy of this order be published for
four successive weeks in THE ISLANDER,
a weekly newspaper, printed and publish
ed in said county, and it is further order
ed that a copy of this order be served up
on all persons in crested i'm said estate, by
sending them copies of said notice.
Dated this Goth day of January, A. D.
1896. j. E. TUCKER.
Court Commissioner
w. II. THACKER, Attorney for the Ad-
miniStratOr.
Date of first publication January 23rd,
I 2Qts
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06

LORD SALISBURY, the English pre-
mier and minister of foreign affairs,
seems to have "openee1a mis- mouth and
put his foett II it" quite conspicuously
III his address at the recent BAN
auet of the Non-Conformist Unionist
Association in London, if we may
Judge by the tone of the sharp editorial
comments of the London papers. His
brief reference to the Venezuelan con-
troversy and his utterances on the Ar
menian question are particularly CO.. :,
demned. Even the Times, the staunch
supporter of the Salisbury government
says: "Lord Salisbury's tone with re-
ference to Armenia was apologize and
his explanations rather unusual" The
Chronicle takes "leave TO tell him that
he is playing with fire again. He
should have said less or more. His
confession of failure with regard to
Armenia is most ignominious admis-
sion." The News is even more en-
phatic and says: "The little monster
who gloats at Constantinople over the
butcheries will receive Lord Salisbury's
statements as glad tidings. 1t will be
read with inexpressible shame by
thousands of decent men and women
in England. We might at least abstain
from encouraging the sultan in his
hellish work"
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NOTICE.


1 take pleasure in notifying the peo-
pie of Friday Harbor and vicinity that
/ am running a f1rst-class barber shop
in first-class manner, where you can
get good, clean shave or stylish hair
cut, that will be sure to suit you. My
shop is furnished with first class chairs
and appliances, and is kept clean, warm
and comfortable, for the convenience
and benefit of my customers. You will
always find me at my shop, sober and
clean, and ready to give you the best
service in my line. l have a family to
support and respectfully ask for the
patronage of the good people of the is
lands. will take anything in pay for
my work that can be used in family,
at the market price. My motto is live
and let live, and to render my custom
ers good, clean, wholesome service, call
on me and be satisfied.
Respectfully yours,
E. STURGEON, The Barber.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06
Cost of Bad Roads.

From recent statistics compiled by
the department of agriculture it APP
pears that the cost of hauling farm pro-
ducts over the country roads is twice
the amount Of the entire expenses of
the United States government each
year. Returns from 1900 counties
show that the average wagon load
hauled on the country road is one ton,
and the cost of hauling is rs cents per
ton per mile, amounting in the aggre-
gate to 1916, Ala $50 per year.
The department estimates that two
thirds of this enormous sum is annually
wasted; or say $60O,OO0,O 900 thrown
away every year in foolish attempts at
lettering the public roads of the coun-
try, but in eilty not benefiting them
to any appreciable extent in most
Nin.es. This sum is equal to per cent
interest on about one-half of the .1ealth
of the entire country, and if capitalized
would represent a sum sufficient to
bring every house in the United
States within half a mile of a maeadam-
lied road.
The stupendous folly of the present
management of the country roads is
clearly shown by these figures, which
are startling in the conditions which
they reveal.