James Metcalf says that a few nights ago…
source date: 1888
availability: public-domain

James Metcalf says that a few nights ago some one exploded dynamite in his Mangas lake and since then probably 7000 dead fish, weighing from half a pound to three pounds each, have come to the surface. The owner says that whenever the parties who did it, or others, desire fish he will furnish a seine and freely give them all they catch. It is a shame to cause such useless destruction by the use of explosives.