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Portraits Painted in Oil

Portraits Painted in Oil
kNKOM LIE, or from the smallest picture.
Il photographs Colored in ali styles. Also;
Lessons given in Drawing and Painting.
Apply at Bryan q McCarter'o bookst0re. or
at the residence Of Prof. WIN. a. ORCHARD
norner OF Laurel and Henderson streets.
y au 40 !. -, 3mO
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TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.

ehe capital; all, Of the profits are divided
amongst the policy-holders; the stock bears no
sucn Iiarket M prlce as is charged, and as no un-
lawful gains can be made thereon, the owner
snip OF the STOCK can only be desirable'for the
protection OF the Company The provision as
to stock management is not concealed from
policy holders, but, on the contrary the Direc-
tors are of opinion that i forms one of the
greatest safeguards of the Company.
IA In conclusion, the undersigned desire to
say. that they are unable to find an honest mo-
tive for the presentation of the charges to-
tally unfounded This investigation has shown
only an honest and efficient management OF the
Society The Massachusetts Commissioner,
with Professors Theodore W. Dwight of Colum-
ba College Law School. and Junius b. Whee,,
er of the West Point Military Academy, VIII
at once proceed to examine the details OF the
management of the Society from Its 1onhua'
ton, and Messrs. Upton, Spaulding, Latasa
Kelly Schwab and Fogg will examine its as
sets and investments which the undersigned
will report upon as soon as the Investigations
are concluded. From the wide publicity given
to these charges it is thought best to make TINS
report upon them at once. Ihe uhderslgheu
desire to express their unqualified approval OF
the action of the Society in resisting tne az
tempt to extort money from it under color OF
these charges And finally, the undersigned
take great pleasure in bearing their unanimous
testimony to the faithful and successful man
agement by the Trustees and Officers of the
Society of the great trust reposed in them.
JULIUS l. CLARK,
Insurance Commissioner of the Common
mi wealth of Massachusetts.
lsr HENRY +. SPAULDINe.
L GUSTAV SCHwAB.
GEORGE b. UPToN.
WILLIAM III. FoGG.
FELIcIANo LATAsA.
EUGENE KELLY.
IrH DAVID Dows.
NORRIS X. JEsUP.
JUNIUs b. WHEELER.
THEODORE w. DWIGHT.
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What is Water!

l suppose some of my readers are ready to
make the Dogberry-like reply, water, sir, is
water" That certainly reaches the point by
a very short cut, but to the thinking, inquir-
ing man it is not quite satisfactory. Let us
answer the question from the standpoint OF
the chemist. Water is rust. The red pow
der that falls from iron which has long been
subjected to the action of moisture, Is rust of
iron. 1t is the oxide of meal, and so is wa
ter. Water is the rust of hydrogenium,
true metal. This wonderful element no hui
man eyes have ever looked upon, and proba-
bly, never WILL as in its free state it exists on
ly in the form of an invisible gas. Quite re-
Gently, science has demonstrated experiment
ally, what has long been suspected, that ny
drogen gas is metal, and capable of assuming
a solid form in alloys. Oxygen, by uniting
with this gaseous metal rusts, oxidizes, or
burns it, and water is the rust of ashes. This
strange metal, hydrogel liuin, and its oxide,
play an important part in all the operations
of nature. 1t is not alone confined to the lit
tic ball of earth upon which we live, but It ex-
lists in the stellar worlds above us, and III
those misty points of light, the nebulse, which
have so long puzzled and perplexed the as
tronomer and men versed in the physical SCI
ences. The recent discoveries by means oil
the spectroscope, have proved that this ele-
ment enters largely into the uniformed, cha
otic masses of matter, moving in space, oil
which the worlds are made. 1t is ready,
when the formative act is fully accomplished,
of taking its place, in combination with oxy-
gen, as water, to aid in the sustentation of
animal and vegetable life upon spheres so far
distant that our imagination even cannot
reach them.-Fireside Science. sft .. i.
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Clippings.

A female smnggler of silks, who had just
been convicted at Buffalo and sentenced to
the Albany pententiary, while on h way
thither got the officer in charge of her drunk
and escaped into New York city. ..
The Illinois Legislature refuses to under
take to guard people from swindles in the
cars and in other public places. A judiclous
use of common sense by each individual Is
better than alllegislation and will be encour-
aged by the absence Of it. lus NJ .a
Duluth, having completed its cemetery, has
turned its energies in another direction, and
now announces that it is about to discover
few gold mines of unexampled richness. Be
tween the two features it offers great attrac-
tions to immigrants whose ''dream OF happi-
ness is ore" .fl A t-s.
Detroit will unvel soldiers monument,
today, which she has been erecting piecemeal
for some years. 1t is a granite column with
a bronze figure OF Michigan on top, in all SO
feet high, with bronze figures of the four arms
of the service below, wrought by Randolph
Rogers. 1t stands on the Campus Martids
and cost S5S,000. .s t5. ~
Another woman's journal is to be started
in New York to advocate universal suffrage.
1t will be called the New Times, and win be
edited by Mrs. l.. d. Blake and Mrs. J. c.
Croly, better known as Jennie June. The
financial manager is also to be a woman, and
one of considerable journalistic experience.
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Let Me Speak Once More

,,, T. thanking the good people of Portland
w for their kind patronage through the last sea-
son. would invite any, and an who are to have any
See II will not give them the best satisfaction both
as to price, style and promptness of work have aso
on hand lot OF excellent Hose which shall sell at
reasonable rate; old ones also neatly repaired
X. MCDONALD, 200 Fore St,
ap9dlm --. Foot Of Plum st.
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Island to LET.

A ISLAND 13 miles from Portland and two
IA miles from main laad, containing about 40
acres together with the buildings thereon consisting
Of new Dwelling House, Barn, Sheds, and Fish
House, all in perfect repair. 8, -
This is a good location for either Farmer or Fish
erman. The land is excellent-sea-dressing and
muck abundant. The harbor is good and in close
proximity to good fishing grounds which with several
markets near at hand make it rare chance to carry
OH the market fishing and lobster business. Terms
moderate.
For particulars apply to
PORTLAND STAR MATCH CO.,
West Commercial Street, Portland, Me.
iaa 4rrutf
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FFyHE fine store, numbered %, west side Of Ex-
Il change ST., Thomas Block, adjoining Merchants
Reading Room. Store about 20 feet wide by so deep
with passage way in the rear from Fore st. The cel
lar well lighted, cement floor, and Sebago water intro
occupant, who soon removes to Commercial ST., to
Elias Thomas I'd, Commercial st., or w. w. Thomas
at Canal National Bank
Also to let coInmodous Office in the I'd story OF
the above store. mch266
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For Rent.

@ TORE No. 1877 Commercial St, corner of Union
- St.. occupied by George NJ Small. Suitable for
Flour and Grain, and heavy Grocery Trade.
Double counting room in I'd story. For terms ap-
ply to EDWARD FOX.
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Desirable Stores TO Let.

MO. 11S Commercial ST., and and Long Wharf,
IN foot of Exchange street. Suitable for any bust
ness. For terms and to inspect premises call on
CHASE BROTHERS,
apr2eod1w 12O Commercial st.
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Ground Land Plaster
STATE OF MAINE.

Augusta. April =, lS'z. rs "a,
be held at the Council Chamber, in Augusta, on tues
day, the 23d day Of April inst at 10 A. a.
anteo. Secretary Of State.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Advertising Agents.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Advertising Agents.
ATwELL & CO., IVA Ia Middle 81. Ad-
versisements inserted in papers i'm Maine
md throughout the country nj the pub
! lishers' lowest rates. .-4-.tf 5e sf ,-I--t
Agency for Sewing Machines.
w. .. DYER, No. 979 Middle ST. All
kinds of Machines for sale and to let.
Repairing.
w. c. Cob b, No. II Pearl 81.
Booksellers and Stationers.
HOYT, FOGG e. BREED, No. % Middle
Street. .G.U .e
saca4 Book Binders. ,- --
VIM. A. QUINCY, Room II, Printers
Exchange, No. III Exchange ST.
SMALL & sHACKFORD, No. 3J Plum
Street. AitA 4 f .
Bonne' and Hat Bleachery.
. SAWYER & CO., BIeacbers, No. 13l
Middle Street. s s
Carpenters and Builders.
WHITNEY & MEANS, Pearl Street, sp-
posl1c Fark. ------------------- ----------------..
Dye.House. iafr n.
II. sYMONDs. Ind;. a.. y.lxet Gl..Ls
sx.x "a a,;.a.a -
- --------0---
Dentists.
DIR. w. Il. JOHNSON, No 13 III Free Sc.
------------------ - ------ --------
WALTER COREY & CO., Arcade, Ne.
IS Free Street. ,Tir .s-1 4 - n
change 81. UphoIssering Of all kinds
done t. order.
Eurn;fu,o and Uouso E,,yv,,sh,rg Gaods
BENZ. ADAMS, cor. Exchange and Fed
erni streets.
T~... 60. !, ~ ~ -
T.. r. WOyT. ..r1 prebre Street. uJy.
-".-M "o-..'r-.s .o.e :. .-"o-. ..-----------
Furniture and UphOlstering.
DAVID w. DEANE, No. 50 Federal -.
to order. 37g sa1 re5slHra7 III stea
u..- O. - T-.I.. .-...I..
nan i "oVuS an" Aoii0' AZ i'ioAoS'
>. r. SHERRY, No. Clapp's Biock>
Congress Street, opposite Old City Hall.
Jewelry and Fine Watches. s ra
ABNER LOWELL, 3O1 Congress Street.
Agents for Howard Watch Company.
Manufao .urers Of Trunks, Valises and
E1 Carpet.Ba s &
DURAN q JOHNSON, III Middle and
ZIG Federal Streets. tei
--------------
ur~r"M non !" rsS
----- -------- - II -------- -
Organ and MelOdeOn Manufacturers.
sm 4 xNuc1r NJ. rnA Excn.nye
Street.
n. xU...aI cl,.an. .,,a
weather STRIPS.
change Street. 80 rsi}ntlus
p Photographers.
q nAyus g. co. M. s0 vU;ddle street.
UmUavUsON axo vu;aaa. q. cor Cross
- 1-,------ D,-----r.---
= Every descripuon .. "a'er riA'ufo'
ranse" nm" se' W IN ING VS.
Plasterer, Stucco Worker, sc.
saus n H.
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TpRICK Store No. 149 Commercial ST., recently oc-
ID cuped by Messrs Puringtou & Butler; suita-
bic for wholesale Flour or Grocery Business. Cas-
Water and all modern conveniences. Apply to
A. +. STEVENS & Co..
jan16tf "a lag Commercial treet,
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For Rent.

FUyO gentleman and wife, a second floor front room
Il and bedroom, with board at SO STATE ST.
E mch17eodtf
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FirST- lass H0useS tn 1. .et.

70 sold previous to Oct LIST, the two end houses
l in the brick block of tour, on the corner OF
Neal and Pine STE, will be rented on favorable teSms
These first class housea in every respect, con-
aiang IS rooms. having all modern improvements
and Sebago water. Apply to JOHN L. HULL, IS
onion ST. sep16
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TO LET. fi
Room To Let.

WITH board suitable for gentleman and wife, Oh
w two gentlemen. Also a few table boarders ac-
coInmodated at 80 Free Street. jn4-6
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BONDS.
THE
Chicago, Danville and Vincennes
RAILROAD,


RAILROAD,
IS A FINISHED LINE,
Running through of the richest portions of ILL
nois, and connecting Chicago by the shortest route
with the celebrated Block Coal fields of Indiana and
by way of Evansville and Nashville with the entire
South Its mortgage debt is 500 900, or about ST.
500 to the mile Although the road is but just open
ed it is already earning, after all operating expenses
are paid,
MORE THAN THE ENTIRE INTEREST
on all its bonds. While railroad bondsmay be plenty,
those upon finished and paying lines and for SO small
sum to the mile, are seldom in the market
We do not hesitate to recommend them as
unusually safe They are attended with none Of the
uncertainties Unprotected enterprises and the prompt
payment of the interest, and the final payment of
the principal, certain as any future financial
event.
The Bonds are for 1000 each, have forty years to
run, and bear interest at the rate Of per cent pei
annum, payable on the first of April and October,
both principal and interest being payable in gold in
New York. ,f4 Ha2
We are selling them daily to the most careful in
than one forth of the issue.
Fun particulars furnished on application in person
Or by mail, to
Messrs. Swan & Barrett, Bankers,
PORTLAND, MAINE
w. b. SHATTUCK 4 co, Bankers
5i~ GENERAL AGENTS,
s4 % Nassau Street. New York,
~ jan16d&w 3m is sTssaTlf Il .ri- si
An UndOubted Security,
PAYING so PER CENT.
MORE INCOME 9a
THAN GOVERNMENT BONDS,
a ! , . ~. 80. ..
as L II sst
-Erpsp .,opr, bnp sy,rp1,,1, r,,,,n corn
Hg BONDS OF TIE
sLcgansport, Charlottesville Charlottesville and
Olana. t'ii A4i
1sTEsEsT, T11aa PAY .AT1sIE 1a.. egAE, n;
OF GOVERNMENT TAx. AND
- sss
ed Block and Bitumnous Goals Of Parke County, as,
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Furniture and House Furnishing Goods.
BENZ. ADAMS, cor. Exchange and Fed
crai streets. ,-5 .-,-
HOOPER & EATON, Old Post once,
Exchange Street.
l.. r. HOYT, No. II PrebIe Street. Up
hoisfcring dome to order.
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tHE Store % Middle street, now occupied by Hoyt
Il Fogg and Breed. Apply to
MATTOCKS & FOX,
mar28df SO Middle street.
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Dentists.
DIR. w. H. JOHNSON, No 13 IL Free 81.

Furniture Wholesale and Retail.
WALTER COREY & Co., Arcade, Ne.
IS Free Street. ~ ~
GEORGE A.. WHITNEY,, No. SO Ex-
change ST. Upholstering Of all kinds
done 10 order.
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Agency for Sewing Machines.
w. 3. DYER, No. 979 Middle 81. All
kinds of Machines for sale and to let.
Repairing.
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ATWELL & co., IVA IL Middle 81. Ad-
vertisements inserted in papers i'm Maine
md throughout the country nj the pub
lishers' lowest rates. ..4-.ff E -t
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Hair Goods and Toilet Articles.
J. r. SHERRY, No. Q Clapp's Block
Congress Street, opposite Old City Hall.
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A Balloon Voyage Across the At.
luNtic.

The Philadelphia Star says: Prof.
John Wise, the well known eronaut, has
it in contemplation to make balloon
trip across the Atlantic next summer,
preparations for the great aerial voyage
being in process of arrangement now.
The Professor, it will be remembered,
made the famous air-trp from st. Louis
to the eastern extremity of Lake Onta-
rio, distance of over twelve hundred
miles, in the short space of nineteen
hours or at the rate of about sixty.three
miles an hour. He feels entirely conf
dent of his ability to make the quickest
trip on record across the Atlantic
Quite number of scientific gentlemen
have made application for permission to
accompany him in this greatest of all
ballooning expeditions. As showing
how far America is ahead in eronautics,
so far as distance travelled is concerned,
the longest trip ever made by Euro
pean balloonst was only four hundred
miles, while that of Prof Wise's was
three times that distance, and, what is
more, the greater portion of it was ac'
complished in the midst of a cyclone,
and with three passengers besides him
self.
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ALABAMA MUDDLE.
Attempt OF Governor Lewis to
Break Up the Capitol LegisIa-
ture--Federal Troops Under
Arms

MONTGOMERY, December 11.-About
l O'Clock to-day, while the Capitol Leg
is.ature was in session, Sheriff Strobach
appeared in the Senate and said he had
a warrant from Governor Lewis 10 take
possession to- the Capitol; whereupon
the Senate ordered the Sergeant-at-arms
to arrest the Sheriff for contempt, and
hold him in custody for forty-eight
hours, dating from noon. The Sheriff
did not resist arrest, but explained that
he was merely acting under orders, and
on apologizing to the Senate, was re.
leased. For few minutes the excite
ment was intense, and the Federal
troops stationed near the Capitol got
under arms, but no necessity for action
appearing, they dispersed to quarters.
The Senate authorized the Sergeant.
alarms to summon a posse of military
to guard the Capitol against all except
Federal forces, and adjourned.
The Sheriff appeared before the door
of the House, but the Sergeant-at-arms
refused admmittance except to Federal
forces, and the Sheriff withdrew.
The Legislature in the Courtroom
admitted to a seat another person who
had, according to official returns, beer
defeated by a large majority.
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From the New York Times.

Mr.. Greeley was much younger than
many men whose names are associated
with his own in American political his
tory, or who have been on the stage OF
public life during the whole or a portion
of his career Mr.. Seward lived to the
age of II, and Mr. Thurlow Weed still
lives at the age of IS. MIR. Webster was
70 when. he diee, and Henry Clay, to
whom Mr.. Greeley was devotedly at
tached, was IS "Old Ben Wade en-
ioys very fair health at the age Of 72,
Mr.. Chase is Sand Mr.. Sumner is only
Mr. Greeley's age. The late James Cor
don Bennett was II when he died, and
Martin Van Buren was eighty. The
newly elected Governor of New York is
older than Mr. Greeley by 13 years. II
we look to other countries. and turn to
the men who have led very active and
hard-working lives, we find the compari-
son equally striking. NJ. Thiers is 10
Lord Brougham lived to the age OF SO
no doubt an exceptional instance but
the present Premier of England, Mr.
Gladstone. is 63,and his great opponent,
Mr. Disraeli, is 67, six years Mr.. Gree
ley's senior. Palmerston lived to the age
of 81, and the present Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Robert Lowe, is only Mr..
Greeley's age, and is expected to great
deal of hard night work, to say nothing
of his incessant attention to office duties
during the day
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Hsr. CrceIey,s Work.
From Charles A. Dana's Article on Horace
Eraalav I

From Charles A. Dana's Article on Horace
Greeley.l
From the first, when child in his ia.
theirs log cabin, lying upon the hearth
that he might read by the Pickering fire
light, his atterton was given almost ex-
clusively to public and political affairs
This determined his vocation as jour
nalist; and he seems never to have felt
any attraction toward any other Of the
intellectual professions. He never had
thought of being physician, a clergy.
man, an engineer or a lawyer. Private
questions, individual controversies had
little concern for him, except as they
were connected with public interests
Politics and newspapers were his delight
and he learned to be a printer in order
that he might become newspaper ma
ker. And after he was the editor of 8
newspaper, what chiefly engaged him was
the discussion. of political and sociaI
questions. His whole greatness as q
journalist was in this sphere. For the
collection and digestion Of news, witt
the exception Of election statistics, he
had no great fondness and no specia
ability. He valued talent in that depart
ment only because he knew it was essen
tial to the success of the newspaper he
loved His own thoughts were always
elsewhere
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.. 3. supreme Court Decisions.

The United States Supreme Court
rendered the following decisions on the
10th inst:
sin the case of the United States VS.
SurQer and others, from the Illinois Cir
cult Court the Court, decided that dis.
tillcrs may be taxed for quantity o
spirits equal to eighty per cent. Of the
producing capacity of their distillerIes
whether the amount actually manufac
tursd equals that quantity or not.
In the case of Perham VS.. Way, from
the Circuit Court Of Indiana, judgment
was affirmed. The case grew out of
suit by Perham TO make the sarelies or
n Marshars bond liable for false re-
turL, in which |, was decided the Mar
shall was liable
In the case of Croy, from the East
District Of Pennsylvania, Court affirms
the judgment below, that on the sum re
allied by the advance In the value ot
Government bonds held by the party,
the defendant was not subject to tax a:
gains.
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FRANCE.
New Ministry Appointed.

PARIS, December 9-The appoint
ment of Goulard as Minister of the In
terror, Leon Say as Minister of Finance
Fourier as Minister of Public Works
and Colmont, as Prefect of the Depart
ment of the Seine, are officially publish
ed, though their ministry is regarded as
transitional.
The above appointments indicate s
termination of the crisis, as they secure
to the Government the support of the
Right Centre and Left Center.
PETITIONS FOR DISSOLUTION SEIZED.
The police entered several wine shops
yesterday and seized copies of peti.
ton for the dissolution of the Assem-.
bly,, which were circulating there fol-
signatures.
ADvICEs OF THE FRENCH MINISTER Al
WASHINGTON.
New YeRK, December "a special
from Washington says: "The Due de
Noailles, the French Minister, has in
formation from France by cable that the
present crisis will end peaceably, and
that President Theirs will be sustained
not, however, without his first making
some concessions to his opponents.
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The Great G len, swindle.

Mr.. w. NJ. LENT, of San Francisco,
has brought suit against PHILIP ARNOLD,
JOHN SLACK, and other parties, recently
engaged in the Colorado diamond swim,
die, for the sum of s350,oo0 The pc
tition sets forth that, "No such dia.
monds, rnbies and emeralds were found
upon or in the land sold to LENT, but
we're placed thereon and therein by said
ARNOLD and SLACK. and their confeder'
ates, for the purpose of deceiving and
defrauding plaintiff and the public al
large, by inducing the belief that said
diamonds and other precious stones
were found upon and in said lands in
their natural formation and production. u
These swipdlers will be prosecuted
until they viii be sorry that they erel
heard, or knew aught Of accomplished
swiudling.
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A Terrible FAN.

A leading miner in the vicinity Of
Central City, Cal, few days ago
thought he would pay his mine visit
Arriving on the ground he stepped into
the bucket and was let down During
the descent, the rope broke and let the
bucket loose Its occupant seized the
upper end of the rope and hung sus-
pended. The engineer, unaware of his
predicament, lowered the rope until he
supposed his employer had reached the
bottom of the shaft-it being some two
hundred and fifty feet deep-and then
stopped. Meanwhile the victim clune
to the rope and shouted wildly for help,
but none was near. AT length, wheu
exhausted, he INDUCED silent prayer
in the expectation of being dashed to
pieces by the fall about to take place
and, closing his eyes, let GO, and fell
about eighteen inches When found BY
the engineer he was in state of uncon
sciousness, having lain in that condi
ton since his fall.
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~The contested seats In the next
Congress will number between twenty
and thirty. Three fourths Of the con-
testants do not expect to obtain seats
but are after the $4,000, each, expenses
of contest, mileage and pay for time
The pay is amply sufficient 10 pay foi
their jolly good times while awaiting
the Committees decision. This practice
of contesting has become one ct TIN
baldest swindles connected with officia
doings.