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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-10-30
POLITICAL.

And now the Democrats want to have Allen
inaupurated as Governor of Ohio on the ami
yersary of the first battle of Bull Run.
The registration in New York city is twenty
five thousand short of last year, which indi-
Gates deficiency of any figure from one
hundred and fifty to two hundred thousand
in the vote of the state.
Political discussions continue to be carried
to great lengths in Mississippi. Gen. Ames
spoke at Greenville last week, and the jack
son Pilot prints the following story in that
connection; "Gov. Alcorn made his appear
ance there, arranged for an out door speaking,
secured band, and drummed together quite
an assemblage, but when it was known to the
people that Gen. Ames was to be heard at the
Court house. so many left Bombastes' circus
that he had to adjourn his meeting and go to
the Courthouse also There Gen. Ames made
a most mastery effort, commencing at
o'clock and closing at night, giving the oppo-
sition thorough overhauling, which rendered
it necessary for Alcorn to hold over until the
next day, when a rain came up, throwing ad-
dtional cold water upon his cause, and making
his attempt eRtirely abortive and nugatory.'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-10-30

around their noble forms. The embryo
with the lower portion carried away don't
seem to relish the sudden change; and when
their mothers arouse them to perform their
matutinal ablutions they wall meurnful re-
hearsal of the death song of their tribe.
correspondent of the New York World,
writing from Florence, giving description OF
various studios of American sculptors, says
The studio of Mr.. Meade, gives signs of
livliest activity. The Lincoln monument for
Springfield and the Fisk monument for Brat
latter consists of marble shaft on which is
to be placed portrait medallion of Fisk as
Colonel of the Ninth. Surrounding the base
are four young women. One has on her dia-
dem carved model of sound boat, supposed
to be the Plymouth Rock; in her hand she
holds a book, on which is the word Steam
boat Another has on her diadem an Erie
train and on her book is written Railway.
The third is crowned with huge chaplet and
armed with musical instruments, symbolizing
the Grand opera mouse ana opera Bou1e.
The fourth is holding bag full of money
with one hand, and, l believe, symbolic
Commerce. The monument is satire in
marble 1t extols Fisk's greatness in most
equivocal manner"
Rev. Jacob Scales, one of the oldest Con-
gregational clergymen in New Hampshire,
died at Plainfield on the 10th, in his eighty
sixty year. He was native of Freeport,
Me, and graduated from Dartmouth in the
class of 1917. He has not preached regularly
for a few years past, but was occupying the
pulpit on Sunday the 18th, when stricken
down with his last illness.
AS an instance of the longevity of birds, the
Sterling Journal says that one of the IA
nous prize breed of geese at Blairdrummond
died the other day at the respectable age of
three score and ten years. This bird has been
on the estate for sixty years, and was said to
be abont ten summers old when it joined the
flock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-10-30
GENERAL NEWS.

Elis,sn .us1a.ss P.-ssr Of Illinoi. died sud
'tssIast Mshaag-
4 MhspIat 1ssusAs Ii 81 L,sgss, worth SIS,
~ II ssa3 D39, IL 70 be sss6 81 azctson to pay
1i,s'ss yhp as,nD--t money 81 .sls5 Il
Par ID gllse r.s va f9u13 in the Nam
u,sSts rpgg,s, ul1,.s Ii Tass2s. Utah, strongly
unprecedented WIKI esg;',,sr. s1s 5a,k containing
I'll i.e, tssIt-
Tlns ilsa.suta.aEr= Of elk IL the United
sSLGass Dgs xlrss ss1y29yl ,-ns 20 more hands
lhnI Sns s1r trade o: France. and shows a
progress. ssyoDa sAss u any other European
.sYuu~F-
Il as ss5i ihas The Brooklyn police have clues
vNses viii LEAD 10 the arrest Of every one
connected sish the Goodrich murder.
The plot Of a convict TO overpower the War
den and officers Of the Rhode Island State
Prison, and thus effect an escape, has been
discovered and the chief instigator placed in
irons
1t is said that nearly all the wire for the
new Atlantic cable between England and some
point on Long Island, N. Y, is complete, and
Mrs. Stanton believes the time will come
when we shall be as much ashamed of head
ache, dyspepsia, scrofula and pneumonia as
We now are of committing perjury, theft, bur-
glary or arson.
1t now appears that the British American
Claim Commission gave no opinion with ref
erence to the origin of the burning of Column
bia, S c., when deciding upon the claims tor
losses of cotton growing out of the burning
of that city.
In test case brought before it. the Su-
preme Court of Indiana has decided unan-
mously that the State law, in its sections re-
lating to the granting of permits to sell intox-
icating liquor and prohibiting the sale without
permits, is constitutional.
An exchange pertinently asks "How can.
any person with common sense (mother or
servant girD push the baby carriage toward
the rays of the sun. along whole street? 1t
seems incredible; yet we see it every sunny
day. When the baby is twenty years old, it
will have weak eyes-snd wonder why"
The sudden cold snap, says the Reese River
Reville of Nevada, seems to be rough on the
Indians They huddle around the street cor
ners like cattle seeking shelter from the wind,
and shiveringly draw their blankets closer
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-10-30
BUSINESS IN NEW FORK.

The New York Times publishes grea;
ness men of nearly all the leading classes in
that city. We take the following from its ed.
itorial summary of the facts gained:
"We think il may be said in candor, and
without reserve, that there Is less gloom in the
prospect than might reasonably have been ex
pected, and that many features are unmistak-
ably bright. There is, for instance, very
slight evidence in the reports from the various
lines of business of overtrading. The stocks
are not over-iarge in any direction. While
there was great deal at the opening of the
Fab to induce the belief that tradr was likely
to be active during the then approaching sea
son, there is little indication in any of the i'm
portant trades of nything approaching reck-
less speculation. On the contrary, there is
much to support the conclusion that the tend
ency for twelyemonth or more past has been
toward more and more caution in extending
credit and pressing sales.
Another feature of the report is the notice.
able absence of anything that may justly be
called the expression of an alarming feeling.
No general fear OF a widespread and perma-
nent inability to meet oblip atoms is expressed.
On the contrary the difficulty which exists is,
IN almost all cases, regarded as temporary,
while in some important sections OF business,
the utmost confidence is expressed in the gen.
eral sOundness of business men throughout
the country. and in the gradual return of the
usual activity to trade. 1t will be noticed
that the fact is specially apparent that the
banks throughout the country are able and
willing to extend generous aid to the mer-
chants.
| American railways still remain as a whole
solvent, are sound and well managed. Their
debts are large, but their average profits are
mach more than is needed to meet the inter
est on their debts. Their stocks are badly
watered, but their business is substantial and
growing with the growth of the country. All
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Sill YER AND CURRENCY.

The use of silver for currency is fairly mi
tiated. The beginning is moderate and
cautious but the measures taken indicate that
the attempt will be steadily pursued.
The silver which is to be paid out by the
Treasury Department is of the new coinage
under the law passed last session. The
weight of this coinage is twelve and half
grammes for the quarter dollar, and two and
a half grammes for the dime. The silver
dimes weigh exactly the same as the nickel
five cent pieces now in circulation. The
value of the half dollar of the new coinage
is one-quarter of cent more than the same
piece of the old coinage.
There is at present about $500 900 in silver
coin in the possession of the Government,
which, it is thought will last some weeks. but
the work of coming will still be continued,
though not more rapidly than heretofore.
There is an abundance of silver bars in the
country, and the capacity of the minis is suf-
fcient for the coinage of about Sl5 900, 900
per annum in silver without interfering with
The Controller of the Currency says that
none of the national banks, so far as known,
in the interior of New York, New England,
and the West, suspended payment of curren-
cy during the panic. He has received returns
from all, with very few exceptions. Many
failed to continue the payment of currency
in the South, and most of the banks in the
large cities did the same. The Controller
says the interior portions of the country are
supplied with currency.
According to reports made to DR.. Under
man, Director of the Mint, the amount of gold
to be coined during this month, at the Phil
adelphia Mint, will reach 10000 900. This,
it is thought, will place the Treasury in a
strong condition, so that it will be necessary
to coin 81 900, 900 month for several months.
The Pacific coast being abundantly supplied
with subsidiary silver coin, the minis at Car
son City, Nevada, and San Francisco will be
run on gold coin and trade dollars. The de.
mand for the latter coin from China, but more
particularly from Japan, is increasing largely.
The Philadelphia Mint which has been run
ming to its full capacity on gold, has been di-
until further orders be occupied in the coin
age of half dollars, quarters and dimes at its
full capacity of about 500, 900 per month.
The Government is i'll possession of silver
.slllasA .zEe.=os to run the Mint a, this rate
liz s+rs-tl zsgsG1s 10 come.
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THE SPRAGUE COMPANY

The rumor started that the A. & w.
Sprague Company Of Rhode Island are in
Q precarious financial condition, and that a
meeting Of their creditors was about to be
held, appears to have had no foundation
whatever. Though feeling the stringency
Of the money market they are abundantly
able to meet all their obligations. have not
suspended. no meeting Of their creditors
has been held, and if they needed assist.
ance to pull through the hard times they
could obtain all they wish. The repor
was the creation of that spirit of suspicion
which is abroad, or malice. An article ii
in another column gives particulars which
shows how weak is the basis upon which
the report of their embarrassment rests
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-10-30

the elements requisite to their enhancement
in value exist unimpaired.
On the whole, therefore, we think we are
justified in saying that the outlook is fairly
encouraging. We have lost much profitable
fall trade, but there is nothing essentially
unsound in the condition ofthe country which
time, and probably moderate amount OF
time will not remove"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-10-30

An exchange says ''they are telling the
story Of an uneasy little boy whose motbe,
tsiei 70 quiet him On Boston and M,;,o
train the other day by telling him the con.
ducsor sometimes swallowed naughty boys.
Inc ooy astonished her few moments after,
- the portiy form Of Conductor Tucker an.
Psarsd 1t the door, by creeping behind he,
end sxclaiming in whisper, "Ma, / CUES,
- has swallewsd enc already"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-10-30
In the District Court of the Uni
States, for the District of Main
In the matter of
j. X. MANCHESTER, In Bankrud

In the matter of
J. X. MANCHESTER, In Bankrud
Bankrupt.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, SIS:
Upon the application of Charles K. jose a sd
OF the estate of J. X. Manchester b nkrupt,
ORDt RED, That a third General Meeting I
Creditors of said bankrupt be held at Angus
SAID District, on the thirteenth day of Novemb'
u. 1873, at ten O'Clock, A. NJ, at the Court II
before John w. May, one of the Registers In |
ruptcy in said Di -trct, for the purposes nan
the twenty eighth section of the Bankrupt
March :, 1857.
AND 1T Is FURTHER ORDERED, That III
signee give notice OF said meeting by sending
ten or printed notices by mail, postpaid,
time and place of said meeting to all known
tors of said Bankrupt; and that he also not
Bankrupt to be present thercat; and he sha
publish notice of the time and place oil said m
once u week for Two successive weeks IN the
paper called TIE ID lily Kennebec Journal an
in the Weekly keunebec Journal printed
gusta, at least ten days prior to said meeting
Witness the Honorable fDW I'D FOX,
OF the said COurt, ana the seal thereof,
land, in said District, on the sixth day O
Der, A. ID. 1873.
VIM. Z. PkEBI
Clerk of District Court of said Dis
t23-ilaw2w&wlt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-10-30
CITY LAUNDRY
Corner State and Winthrop SITS,
AUGUSTA, ME.

The building known as Waverly Hall has been
fitted up by the undersigned with all the necessary
appliances OF frstclass laundry and he is now
prepared to do all kinds of Laundry Work in the
Best Manner at Reasonable Rates. My ia
cilites such that am enabled TO do all kinds
of work cheaper than it can be uone in any other
way, and without the Inconvenience of washing
day. shall collect articles every day from my
patrons, and deliver them when ready, Free OF
Charge, thus saving all trouble in that direction.
Every precauti0n will be taken to prevent loss of
articles. Printed blanks will be distributed thus
ena ling every one t." keep their own account.
hold myself re ponsible for all articles lost or in
jnred beyond the usual wear of washing, and shall
no acids or compositions which save work and
njure clothes. ask of the public fair trial OF
my work, and am determined to make that my best
recommendation.
Orders lief al j. +. Perce's Bookstore, in Angus
ia, c. Spaulding's Bookstore, in HallOwell, Palmer
h Co.'s Bookstore in Gardiner, or at the Laundry
will ieceiye prompt attention.
w. A. WEBSTER,
Proprietor.
Augusta, Oct. 49, 1873. oct20-ttf
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Latest Announcement.

7 AWYERS should use the printed Claim Eh.
IL velope." A very convenient thing TOT sale
at PIERCES BOOKSTORE.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-10-29

TO PRESERVE FENcE-PosTs. The
following Is French receipt for pre-
serving fence-posts from becoming
rotten after they are Embedded in the
earth. 1t is said to be especially good
in low. fiat grounds, along swails, etc.
This is the process: Take linseed oil,
boil 1t and mix it with charcoal dust
until the mixture is like ordinary
paint. Give the posts single coat Of
the paint or mixture before putting
them in the ground, and no.farmer, it
is averred, will live long enough to
see them rotten. Wood is thus reli-
dercd more darable than iron itself.
The discoverer Of the process, says that
posts of soft wood, removed after re-
maing in the ground seven years, were
found as sound as when first put into
the ground. The only precaution nee
essary is to see that the posts are well
dried, before covering them with char
coal paint.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-10-29
Mrs. Surrasi's Case.

The following letter, written to the
Bulletin, speaks for itself:
IITLsBoRo, October 25.
EDITORS BULLETIN: When in town
to-day | got copy Of the lStae Rights
Democrat, published at Albany by Mr..
Martin Van BlTen Brown, formerly
of Iowa. Out of one Of its columns |
cut the small extract pinned to this,
which appears to have come from the
editor:
Mrs. Surratt was hanged amid a
howl of exultation. in which nobody
howled louder than Holt, Bingham,
Speed, Stanton, Howard, and the rest
Of The clique which ruled in Washing
ton at that time. Bat every man Of
them has been trying to wriggle out Of
his share of intimy ever since"
may be misinforined as to whether
the Mr.. Brown who has the Democrat
is the same person | used 10 know, but
have strong reason to believe he is,
During the rebellion he was \ volunteer
in the Union Army. distinctly re-
member hearing him yehemen,iy curse
"Old Mother Damnable," rs it was
the fashion then to call Mrs. Sirratt,
and saying that she deserved hanging
as bad AS any of the assassins OF our
great lamented Lincoln. have not
changed my ideas oft, but if this is
the SliRe Mr.. Brown, he appears to
lave changed his very much since then.
If the rest who then condemned her
have got to wriggle in iiiflmy on that
account, don't see how he can expect
10 escape. Oblige me by publishing
this letter.
AN Iowa UNION MAN.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-10-29

PRESIDENT GRANTS DEPOSIT The
story that President Grant had large
deposit IN the First, National Bank at
the rlme of its suspension is denied.
General Grant had not ''specal de-
posit" at the time OF the First Nation
al Bank suspension. And it is also
the fact that his account only covered
his own personal salary, it having
been the custom OF former Presidents
to instruct some ban, to collect their
salary froM the Government, from
MIR. Buchanan,s time of service to
General Grants. Grant OILY instruct
ed the First National Bank to collect
his salary account, and, Instead of his
having special deposit to bis cred
it, his personal account was actually
overlawn ($71), and this hls since
been paid to the receiver and the ac-
count closed. He did have "a little
tin box" In the bank Of Jay Cooke Il
Co., containing his valuable private
papers. and, among other things. the
Rawlins bonds, which he holds in
trust, but not II dollar in money on
his own account. Washington Cdr0n-
ic'e, oct. 10.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-10-29

The telegraph reports the death Of
John G. Heenan, the "Benicia Boy, "
an ex-pugiIist, on the cars, near Green
River station, last Saturday, while on
his way from Colorado to California
for his health. lie fought Morrisey
in the prize ring and got whipped; he
alsofought 'Pom Sayers, Champion Of
England, without satisfactory decision
In lis favor, the mill creating the most
intense excitement at the time ID both
countries.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-10-29

During the absence Of Isaac 0zen-
baugh from his 4lsme In Fort Wayne,
Ind, one night recently, burglars
tried to break the door down. Mrs.
Ozenbaugh armed herself with an TX,
and her son, a boy Of fourteen, grasped
q revolver aud then opened the door.
A man srrang AT him and triedto stab
him with i dirk. Ihe boy sptang
aside, tired, and missed. Tllen he
placed tie Huzzle OK tlie revolver close
TO the fellows shONder and tlTedagain.
The man fen hack Into the arms 0f Q
companion, wllo. dragged him away,
and lie boy nlosed the dooE ll
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-10-29
SPECIAL GABLE DISPATCH.
From the Worlds Fair

vienna, AUSTRIA, Aug. 20, '73.
W. G. WILSON, ESQ, President
Wilson Se,ciag Machine Company, Cleec-
land, Ohio The Wilson Sewing Ma
chine received the GRAND PRIZE MED
AL for being the Best Sewing Machine,
and Grand Prize tnetlal Of honor
was awarded to the wilson Sewing
Machine Co. manufacturing sewing
machines in the best manner, from the
best material, and by the best known
mechanical principles. These cele-
brated machines ar now on exhibition
and for sale at the store of
lift. BLAIN, YOUNG & co.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-10-29

A dispatch from Havana, dated Oct
25th says: The brig Casca'ella has ar
rived at Sagua La Grande. She re-
ports having picked up on the 9th
instant man, sole survivor Of the
crew of the English brig Gamay, from
Fortune Island, bound for Boston,
laden with salt. which fouadered At
sea. The Captain and crew Of the
British bark Cmnoa haze arrived here.
The vessel was lost in storm off La
basco.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-10-29

Mrs. Yano, wife Of the japanese
Charge d'Affi'lrS at Washington, ar
rived at San Francisco OH the steamer
Of October the 27th, en- route to join
her husband 1t Washington. She
il the first wife Of Japanese ctflcial
who has ever lett her native country tc
take up her residence with her husband
ia foreign lands.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-10-29

The etfeJt of The financial troubles in
New York are beginning to affect the
working classes. IN many trades
large numbers Of operatives were dis
charged at the close of last week.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-10-29

"A telegram from GeldiborOugh,
North Carolina, states that NEST
important capture Of counterfeiters
was effected on the 24th inst, by y. S.
Deputy Marslnls. The gang consisted
.of William Black, John Moore, WASH
lngssa Broadley and William Bryant.
Blsck was the supposed chief.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-10-29
scientific Facts.

! Research and Investigation are con-
stantly developing new facts in the
scientific world, and old theories are
as constantly being exploded. The
most curious as well as interesting
developments have been made in phys
iology. A profound scientist with a
name as long as flag-pole, who has
made the economy of man the subject
ofa life's study and research, gives
the following as the resuk of his inves-
tigations and calculations so tar as he
has got. lie says;
When we pour milk mt0a cup of tea or
coffee, the albumen of the milk and the
tannin OF the tea instantly form leather, or
minute flakes of the very same compound
which Is produced in the texture Of the
tanned hide, and which makes II leather
as DISTINGUISHED from the original skin:
In the course Of q year y tea-lrmker, OF
average habits will have imbibed leather
be put into the proper shape for the pur-
pose.
We are about TO make an original
remark: A great many things so into
the mouth! This is scientific tact
that none dare dispute, therefore we
claim a patent OH it, Aside from the
originality Of the remark, it is certain
ly an Alarming fact. Just think Of it
each of us, young aud old, big and
little, male and female, drink, in the
short space of one year, enough leath-
er to make a pair of boots. Astound-
ing. Wecarry III our blood although
of the F. +. V.'s-enough iron to make
a good horseshoe. A dozen good-siz-
ed bricks could be made from the clay
we carry in our mortal frames, were
it properly separated and burned.
Our lager beer drinkers, unknowingly
Iit may be, have commenced tlte map-
utacture of material fer hats-they are
simply making hat factories out Of
their stomachs. The malt OF the beer
assimilates with the chyle and forms a
kind of felt--the very same seen in hat
factories. And as we proceed further
with our scientist, we are informed
that every adult person in the course
OF eight months, requires for the sup
port Of the bones in the body, TO be
fed lime enough to make a marble
mantle. This mar of science sumsup
as the aggregate of articles charged to
account OF physiology. to keep a man
in fair working condition through
life Of three score and ten years, as
follows.
Mems boots, at one raira year for 70
yearS...........-...... .................''. ~
Horse-shoes, one month for 10 years
as our artcrial system reneWS its
blood every new moon. $40
Bricks, at II per years. 10
Hats, not less than II peryear. ar.......... $50
Mantles, at ~ per year. r...,.............lOj
1t will be observed that we eat as
many boots as we wear; deyour a.
sufficient number Of hats to supply a.
small orphan school; that we float in
our blood vessels enough iron to make
horse-shoes for Il large livery business;
that We tote" around clay enough to
make a good sized fue, and that our
bones contain marble sufficient to
make several large double-medium
imposing stones.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-10-29

A Memphis dispatch Of the 9th
says: From noon Saturday, toSunday,
twenty-six yellow fever deaths. From
noon Sunday to noon to-day there
we're thirteen deaths--a decrease of
thirteen.