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The Republican journal., 1873-07-24
Daring Robbery of Railroad Train.

Dies MONIES, Iowa, July %. An ex-
traordinary and daring robbery OF rail
road train was committed last night four
miles west of Adair, On the Chicago.
Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
At this point there is a sharp curve, and
here the robbers placed heavy limbers
across the track to throw the east bound
train off. The engineer, John Rafferty,,
saw the obstruction in time to reverse his
engine and apply the brake, but the rob-
bers observing the movements, fired at
him from their ambush and shot him
dead.
The engine struck the logs and went
off into the ditch, followed by one of the
baggage cars, the others remaining on
the track. Several passengers were bruis-
ed, but none seriously.
The robbers, who were masked, after
opening and emptying the safe OF the ex-
press messenger Of its contents rode off.
Among the passengers were thirty Chi
nese students en- ro,ae to Springfield,
Mass.
The Republican journal., 1873-07-24

The Bangor Commercial, in giving an
interesting description OF the sights seen
by guests at the new Fort Point Hotel
says
Yesterday there was a remarkable mirage
witnessed at the Point. Long Island appeared
inverted, with the tops of the trees and the
chmneys OF the houses upside down, while a
new island appeared to have sprung up sudden
ly from the bosom of the bay.
Mr.. Hichborn, the well known temper
ance apostle at Stockton, says he had the
promise of the proprietors of the new ho-
tel that no liquors should be sold on the
premises, and now witness the fultilment
OF ms worst fears. 1t is too bad-too
bad
The Republican journal., 1873-07-24

The fight was being fought out on the old
line, and even the anxious friends of the
crews being distanced could spare glance
at the grand race between Yale and Har-
yard Ii was for time close match.
Amherst and Wesleyans competed for
the next place with frenzied exertion,
gaining but little on each other, however,
and only serving as secondary attrac-
ton to the main race. All up and down
the river the yells resounded but in a few
minutes Yale took the lead and walked
right AWAY" from their rivals, in a style
which called forth expressions of won
der from ali, and yels Of approval from
the wearers OF the blue on the shores.
The Republican journal., 1873-07-24
Generaiities.

IL mas been decided at Richmond, Va, that
as cleanliness is next to godliness, BARRIERS may
shave on Sunday.
The estate of the late Cakes Ames is valued
at 81, 1854 ,24.4l not including his interest in the
great works at North Easton.
Game to his death by being hit on the head
by Il spider in the hands of his wife, was the
verdict in recent case in Illinois.
The New Orleans Picayune believes that
there are more youths receiving military educa-
ton in the South at the present time than in
the North
The negro who was hanged at Suffolk, Va,
the other day. remarked. as he was going to the
gallows: Il wish dey had put it off till after
watermelon time.
Miss Linda Gilbert sued the Chicago Post for
defamation of character in that it said she was
pretty but a crafty female, and the Jury
AWARDED. her six cents.
Hon. Reuben A. Chapman, Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, died in
switzerland, June 18th, whittier he had gone
for the benefit Of his health.
The Oracle says that an Edgecomb maiden
lady recently rode horseback to Bath went to
Boston on the kennebec boat and then mount
ing her steed rode out to Fitchburg, fifty miles.
1t is sad that the contract between the east
ern and Maine Central combination and the
consolidated European and North American
railway was signed in Bangor on Saturday.
man named Isaac A. Gould of Yarmouth,
has been lodged in Portland Jail, charged with
'ie Iiine VI incest iof some time past Wiln ms
daughter, who is but thirteen years old. The
man Is iorty-hye years old and is a wi4ower.
Soc-Francis, son of Governor Francis, of the
Passamaquoddy tribe, WAS accidentally shot at
e,f f'n' ioa, on 1haTsoay' ",e taxing ms
eye, killing him instantly,
Hattie Fillebrown OF Lewiston was bitten nv
a dog recently THURSDAY afternoon another
dog threatened her in a like manner and in her
fright in pndeayorino To esrane sha Gau hranL
ing TWO bones Oh her r'gh wrist
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60 'us ~. ~ - - oi'c'pohueht Sitea an a.
.o.Iul " ~ ulS'oyeiy ~ province OF me a
s1 i isep'p'lI y 2 %u. ilihe, Naid 70 pt me
mine is said to have been sold for Il hundred
mutton dollars.
Ni.h.al pnol,,ou .,,,,u,..o. a..
Rurtsnor, sn RanCro,. pailr d''', VI tlls
last ,,ight with the f'nls ;ntnatoa ~ hiI -,
pay the employees. A liberal reward is offered
by the contractors for his apprehension and the
recovery OF the money.
p,;,,,t, ,l,,;,as fro,, yio,r, ,.ol ,t, ,-,,
sav HIT ~, to tbat ti", thera ,i Ia e1 n's
of' rboIar, ranortad 40 of WIN h.d ,,,.o,laj e.
taI In .noIa hofai tharl, war, 10 ,to,o,,s ~
lacked with symptoms OF cholera and six chill
uFeii had ded. Inc hotei was closed,
Four Maine seama,, died of vallo,v favor an
hoard .nh Ia NJ Pilav ,ybi,, srri,,aa ~ Na,u
Work III inst ram ,,nh, .Er.nt NJ KaI,av
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a." iriGno.'' VI 'i,'ip Jug rs Dens
Rrayar Thraa farai'rn aan,n,, ai.n 1;a3 a. tt'a
same disease.
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The Republican journal., 1873-07-24
The Aroostook Movement.

The mass convention at Bridgewater,
in Aroostook County, of which we last
week published a report, seems to prom
Use more of political reform than any
demonstration of the kind in our state tor
some time past. 1t is movement in and
of the people, and this fact gives the larg-
est hopes Of success. When a prominent
man here, a well known politician there,
or an active partizan elsewhere, publishes
letter proclaiming the necessity OF po-
litical reform, there is generally to be de-
lected under it all batfied ambition or
wounded self love. When party ceases
to be useful to Il mans avarice or ambi-
ton, he is apt to discover that it is shock
ingly wanting in patriotism. Therefore
have individual plants of this character
following.
But when a movement arises among
the people, and is taken up and borne on
ward by popular approval, and a sense OF
the need of reform pervading all classes
an earnest, honest and determined effort
tor 4 better state of things in the affairs
of gOvernment-then is there meaning
and purpose not to be mistaken OF this
character manitestly is the recent organi-
cation of the Peoples Party in Aroostook
County. The call was signed by over
700 OF the best citizens OF the county, and
they went forward to their organization
with a steadness of purpose and deter
mination which sheW that it was no sur
face movement, but had its impulses deep
down in the needs of a fair and honest
administration Of the government
Great results sometimes arise from
small and often despised beginnings.
The most acute observers cannot always
detect the direction and force of the pop
ular currents. 1t may be that in the county
OF the state most remote from its political
and territorial centres, there has been in
augurated a political revolution in the af-
fairs OF Maine. If distant it may come
near, led by the needs OF the whole people
If weak, it will grow and strengthen like
the river as it recedes from it's source. 1t
surely is a move in the right direction,
and should have the countenance of all
friends of reform and good gov eminent.
The Republican journal., 1873-07-24
Murderous Assault IN Portland.

Wednesday morning, about halt pa st
seven, Mr.. Charles II. Merrill, a promi
nent lumber dealer on Commercial street,
Portland, was going to his place OF bust
ness by way of Maple street, when John
Carln, formerly painter and gazler in
that city, who was lying in wait near the
steam mill of Messrs. Littletield and Will
son, stepped within eight feet OF him,
drew revolver and fired two shots at
him, the first taking effect in the rear of
the head, and passing near the base OF
the brain, glancing from the skull and
passing out on the opposite side. After
the first shot, Mr. Merrill, who had not
perceived Carlin, turned sharply around
and asked him why he was firing at him
The reply was that Merrill was scOun-
drel and had attempted to drug Carlin.
A second Shot was then fired which tor
tunately did not take effect.
Mr.. Merrill then started to run, and
Carln left in the opposite direction. Quite
soon the excessive loss OF blood from the
small arteries near the base OF the brain,
caused him to feel faint and he was taken
in charge by people near by, and carried
to his residence on the corner of Henry
and Deering streets, where Dr. Weeks at
tended him. The wound was Il severe
one, and blood flowed freely from it, but
no serious danger is apprehended, unless
inflammation sets in The patient IS kept
very quiet and no visitors are admitted to
see him, lest the excitement consequent
thereon should cause brain fever.
Carlin was immediately surrounded by
a crowd of excited men, who attempted
to arrest him. He made strenuous re-
sistence, but was at last taken in charge
by eX-pollceman Hanson, and carried to
the police station, whence he was soon
afterwards taken to the county Jail
Investigation shows that Carin was in
sane, and believed that Merrill was try
ing to poison him.
SHOWER OF PEBBLES. Last Friday
evening" the steamer New York Capt.
Winchester, OF the International Steam
ship Company's line, running between
Boston and st. Johns, when about thirty
miles east of Portland and eight miles
from land, Ell route for the latter port, it
then being between to O'Clock. expert
enced a storm which, for novelty, is wor-
thy OF note. The wind blew from all
quarters, and the clouds, which through
me effects OF the lightning seemed to be
n lurid sheet OF flame, appeared to meet
overhead A deck boy having occasion
to 90 upon the trunk deck to hoist the sig
nal lights. experienced storm of small
stones, Of which about threequarters were
afterwards collected, and which were pro-
nounced to have come from the bed of a
fresh water brook, and had evidently
been taken up by a whrlwind and rained
| down upon the steamer.
The Republican journal., 1873-07-24

The Progressive Age says that we re-
gard Collector Roberts as removed, and
are looking about for successor. That
privilege will devolve upon Congressman
Hale, we think. The appointment ought
of right to go to the local press support
our neighbor kicked his dish over when
he charged Mr.. Hale with corruptly using
his power Of controlling appointments.
The Republican journal., 1873-07-24

Political bankruptcy inadequately expresses
the condition to which the Maine Democracy
has been reduced by its persistent misbehavior.
Bangor Wing.
And moral beggary exactly defines the
condition Of the radical party in Maine
and elsewhere. The Credit Mobilier bus
mess, the salary steal, the paper credit in
iquity in Maine, and the unclean brood of
which it is the constant progenitor, havn't
LETT it bit Of the robe of charity as big as
ones thumb nail, to cover its nakedness
The Republican journal., 1873-07-24

DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. We
learn by telegraph that the call for the
State Convention has been issued for
Tuesday, August 18th, at Portland, al
though We shall not receive copy in sea
son for insertion in the Journal of this
week AS the time will be short, our
friends can at once make arrangements
for choosing delegates. Next week we
will publish the call.
The Republican journal., 1873-07-24

The Howdon boys, in the late lTniver-
sitv boat race, fell far behind their splen-
did record Of last year, when under the
raptaincy OF Dudley A Sargent, they led
the fleet tor 4 mile and 4 half and lost
only because of a man becoming disabled
This year they imported a trainer from St .
John, and came in seventh on the list. A
change il not always an Improvement
The Republican journal., 1873-07-24

We notice that the administration pa
pers are busy in figuring out that large
proportion of the Democrats in Congress
voted tor the salary grab. Suppose they
did, isn't it fact that Grant sanctioned it
when, as the representative of his party,
he wrote at the bottom OF the whole
wickedlrecord approved, u s. Grant ?"
How IS that?
The Republican journal., 1873-07-24
Let Hercules himself do what he may,

The cat Will new, the dog will have his day
are the words which the great poet puts
into the mouth OF Hamlet The question
which recently arose in Washington was
whether the dog that has his day shall
have the hight also. Caleb Cushing, the
distinguished lawyer, and the man Of
whom ii is SAID that he knows everything,
and if made aware that there is some
thing which he don't know will Sit up all
the night and learn it-Caleb has for next
door neighbor Fernando Wood, M. G,
OF New York. Fernando is away cooling
at Long Branch or some other
place by the sad sea waves, but his coach
man keeps or kept a bowling eur, that
made the night hideous to all the neigh
borhood The quiet, scholarly and studious
Caleb was driven nearly insane. He
could handle a question of ethics, equity,
or international law, grapple with the
Alabama question, or dress down Cockb burn
but that dog was IN issue that he couldn't
bring his encyclopedia to bear upon
But he determined to see what the courts
would say about it, and so caused an
action to be brought charging Fernando
with maintaining Il nuisance by the act of
his coachman, under the legal maxim that
what one does by another he does him
self And he prevailed, the court declar-
ing that the dog was a nuisance, that
must be abated, And all the neighbour
hood gives him thanks. G,
The Republican journal., 1873-07-24

ne OHlclal inquiry at f1allfaS, INTO the
conduct Of Captain Phillips, Of the wreck
ed steamer Washington, has resulted in
suspending him from command for one
year.
There is not timber enough in New England
suitable for railway ties, to supply one hundred
miles of track ten years. Portland State
II the State wasn't paying particular
attention to that sort of thing, we should
think the assertion rash But we will
risk good suit of clothes on the state
ment that single county in Maine can fill
contract of that kind, and not half try.
Since Walworth went to prison, an
other New York youth attempted to shoot
his father, and was only prevented by the
bystanders. That form of remonstrance
with severe parents seems to be getting
popular.
The President is reported to be fright
ened at the popular Indignation concern
ing the salary grab, and so badly that he
wants congress to repeal the law. AS by
the constitution his pay cannot be in
creased or diminished during the term, he
is out of reach of the tide. Ulysses can
look at repeal with the most virtuous
calmness.
"A portion of the editorial fraternity of
Maine are off on an excursion to New
Brunswick. Our prayer is that they may
not be led into the temptation OF snug
Cling brandy and such means of dissipa-
ton.
Bangor offers hundred dollars re-
ward for the detection of the pestiferous
scamps that set its pest-house on fire.
A paper issued by the students of the
State College is to be called the Crucible.
1t is supposed that the editor will fire.
quently be in the melting mood.
The people of Calais are excited over the
offer made by party Of Cambridge gentlemen,
to purchase quite large tract of land and erect
a hotel.
And Belfast is longing to be excited in
the same way.
This is the way a Michigan paper
filings it at us
The Maine law people are disconsolate. The
ten murderers whom Maine has produced with
in the last four months were all temperate per-
sons.
Dover is to be connected with the
rest OF the world by telegraph, and is
happy.
1t is reported that the President will
next week visit Speaker Blaine, at Au-
gusta.
The Republican journal., 1873-07-24

With a hankering after pies, the
Dover Observer rejoires that the editorial
squash vine recently grew II inches in AZ
hours
The Republican journal., 1873-07-24

A man up in Iowa, by the name Of Silas
Chew, was married the other day to a girl
named Good. The most obtllse person would
instantly call 10 mind the scrptura Injunction,
rs. Chew that which is evil, cleaving only to
that which il Good"
The Republican journal., 1873-07-24

Fryeburg correspondent OF the Port
land Press gives the following account OF
the Wanderings in the woods of An old
lady, and her rescue
Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Hannah War
rem OF Denmark, widow of John Warren.
eighty years old, went out about tour
o'clock to pick a hemlock broom. Not
returning in the course of an hour her
son lchabod Warren, with whom she was
living, went in search of her. Not being
able to find her, and night coming on, he
aroused the neighborhood, which, with
lanterns searched the woods, calling tor
her, but getting no reply. Wednesday
morning, as the news spread that the
old lady was lost, people came in from
other parts OF the town and the search
continued through all day Wednesday.
Not even trace of her could be found,
and various were the coniectures as to her
disappearance. Word was sent to other
places, and Thursday large number
gathered, determined, if possible, to find
her, thong not expecting to see her alive.
About four O'Clock Thursday. Carlton
Walker and George Booth discovered
tracks near the Saco river. about one and
one half miles from where she lived.
Hastily following the tracks over bitches
and through mud and water into large
swamp, they found the poor old lady alive
but nearly famished. She had been two
! nights and one day in the woods. without
any food, and it is wonderful that she was
alive when found. Tears OF Joy flowed
down her wrinkled face, as men gathered
| around her and bore her in their strong
arms back to her home. She said she
had given up all hopes OF seeing her
friends again and would soon lay down
and die
A Mrs. Lincoln, of Dedham. Mass,
whose husband was shot and wounded
Sunday night, has been arrested for COM
plicity in the affair. 1t is thought he was
shot by a man named Henderson, who
was a former lover Of the woman, but in
tit of anger some two months since, she
married Lincoln. After the marriage she
became friends with Henderson, and it is
thought that it was at her instigaton that
the shooting was done. She had invited
her husband to take walk, and while he
was seating her on rock the shots were
| fired
The city of Washington makes six steam
| ships OF the lnman line which have been lost
nf arriar
The Republican journal., 1873-07-24

An interesting and important decision
has Just been rendered by Judge Batch
ford OF New York, in respect to the rights
of the public press and therefore of the
people. 1t seems that the recent criti-
cisms Of the New York Sun upon the To-
cal government OF the city Of Washing
ton so exasperated certain radicals inter-
ested, that they resolved upon daring
outrage upon the freedom of the press
and of the citizen. Claiming that the
law OF Congress establishing the new ter
ritorial government over the District of
Columbia gave jurisdiction to bring be-
fore its courts any editor or writer who
might be accused of libel in any publica-
ton coming into the District, an attempt
was made to arrest and convey thither
Mr.. Dana, to answer before Washing
ton police magistrate! Judge Blatchford
OF the New York court, before whom the
matter came, promptly decided that no
citizen Of New York could be carried
out OF its territory on any such pretence
Certainly no more monstrous assumption
has been set up in the name of law. The
New York Express well says
The decision is both timely and righteous
one, and will find approval everywhere beyond
the circle of those who would drag the accused
before courts created by party leaders, sitting
under the shadow of party power, and dispos-
ed to use it to defeat the freedom of the press
This is not, therefore, the case OF one editor or
one journal, but of the right of the people
against abuse of power and of corruption in Of
flee. The right to criticise such abuse of pow
er has been disputed by men represented by
the Blisses and DavenpOrts, the appointees and
shadows of the Administration and who if
men of higher grade, would be ashamed of
the work in which they are engaged, for wheth
er in this city, at the State Capital. or in acts
emanatng from the Federal Capital, they are
against popular right and just administration,
and always upon the side of patronage and
usurpatlon. If the President, who was in town
to hear the result, stand this sort of defence
so can the press and the people find refuge I'M
der a decision which recognizes justice and the
true intent and meaning of the Federal Consti-
tuition. Messrs. Cooke and Sheppard, there
fore, have leave to retire to Washington abash-
ed, while Mr.. Dana receives congratulations
that through him The freedom of tho press has
been indicated.
The Republican journal., 1873-07-24

Subscribers are requested to take notice of the
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The Republican journal., 1873-07-24

The Prog. Age lays great stress on the
assertion that the law under which Coller-
tor Roberts is called to account is IAN old
obsolete law" That is no defence. The
ten commandments are gooddeal older.
but they are not generally regarded as
having lost their force on that acco unit.
The Republican journal., 1873-07-24

VIM. P. Whitehouse, esq, Hon. N. G.
Hichborn, and Josiah e. Coburn, COM
missioners on the new insane hospital,
appointed under resolve of the last Legis-
lature, advertise for the locate of a new
insane hospital. The advertisement will
be found in this paper.
The Republican journal., 1873-07-24
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The Republican journal., 1873-07-24

The city of Washington makes six steam
ships of the Lnman line which have been lost
in its twenty years of ocean carriage.
The Republican journal., 1873-07-24

The official inquiry at Halifax, into the
conduct Of Captain Phillips, OF the wreck
ed steamer Washington, has resulted in
suspending him from command for one
year