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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-07-24

Three colore.l men charged with
murder We're brought to Donaldson
Vile from the parish Of Assumption
yesterday and incarcerated in our par
isl, Jail for safe-keeping, the AS
sumption Jail being insecure. Two
Of the men, Emile Sonier aud Onezimc
Richard, were concerned in the kill
ing OF a store-keeper, Mr.. Emile Cir
ard, at Labadieville, on the 4th of
July. The third man, named Jos.
Ovens, murdered q colored man about
four years ago, and was captured at
Berwick's Bay !. short time since.
District Judge Beattie acted as COM
uniting magistrate and ordered Sheriff
Helluin to transfer the prisoners to
the Douallsonville Jail, where they
will remain until next session Of the
District Court in Assumption.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-07-24

The proceedings Of a special meet
ing of the Town Council, held last
Saturday, are published in another
column, and they disclose the impor-
tant information that after the town
fathers authorized the entry of a claim
against the United States government
for 600, value Of property de-
stroycd during the war, they felt rich
enough to direct the Treasurer to pay
couple OF gentlemen the regal sum
Of S.. We learn incidentally that the
gentlemen referred to suggested the
claim against the government, and
the s. is an entrance fee," or some
thing Of the kind. connected viii, the
matter.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-07-24
The AMATEUR l;UITARIs,I

\ collection Of Favoriie Songs, Choruscs,
and Instrumental Guitar Music, by Haya.
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ID j. GREEN,
House, Sign and Ornamental
Painter,

Donollsonriiie, La.
GRAINING. Glazing. Marbing. Kalso-
mining and Paper-Hanging in all thcir
branches Work intrnsted to my care will
receive prompt attention. aug lily
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The Largest and only Complete Inatruc.
toni Book for this f:,yorife Instrument.
Price, 50 ~, mailed, postl,aia. es
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-12

The constitutional commission was composed
of men who were conversant with the political
history Of the state twenty or thirty years
SINCE About the time of the senatorial cleo
ton (there has been One) two of these gentle
men reverted to past like occasions. Said No.
l, who belonged to the Democratic party then:
Senator never was elected by the legs-
lature 1t was very close and the vote was by
ballot, and the ballot of the convention was
counted in the judiciary room. One OF the
committee to receive, sort and count votes, col
lected.hs part and started to the room ahead
of his associates. To the surprise of all, -
- had a majority and one or two to spare.
A canvass of the Democratic members showed
that the above gentleman did not get major
ity. The inference was that committeeman
No. 1 who hastened out changed ballot or
two or added as many. This inference was
strengthened by the fact that as soon as the
Senator was we'll in his seat, said member OF
the com mittee was appointed to sinecure po-
sition which he held through the term of his
Senator and was turned over to that Senator'S
successor. In fact, he was cared for all his
life" The other party. who was Wing then,
remembered the fact. And, do you think it, L
have heard the Senator elected thus, since talk
of corruption at elections and the purity of the
old Democratic party. Such is politics.
For once would have liked to hold seat
in the House for five minutes, and that once
was on Tuesday when speaker tainted the
gentleman from Madawaska that school COM
mittees in that portion Of the state could not
write their Names There can be no doubt that
+bo I'm IL ic hpcominp less
frequent The town of Grand Isle has school
committee composed of as intelligent men and
as well educated as any town in the state OF
the same number of voters. The same is true
of Fort Kent and of other towns and, in the
whole section, young men are arriving at an
age when the municipal affairs will be man.
aged as intelligently by them as by any OF our
town officers. 1 would have liked to have re-
piled to this uncalled for fling at people who
are quiet, law-abiding and making progress.
For more than century, the history OF that
people, is story of outrage, cruelty, and wrong
hesped upon them by their English masters
Now. that they have become citizens of Maine,
and are evidently doing as well as they can, or
as any people with dffent language and diff
ferent customs, could be expected to do,
wouldn't it be both patriotic and Christlan TO
encourage rather than taunt?
The people of Fort Fairfield. Lyndon and
other towns in that vicinity are making Wig
orous effort to secure railway communication
with the rest of the world. They have sub
scrbed as literally to the enterprise as possible
and have an agreement with the Provincial
railway people who have aroad built to Tobique
N r.. by which branch to Lyndon about Is
miles, can be built within two years or less.
They now ask that the land belonging to the
state in the towns and plantations interested in
the enterprise may be donated to them to as
sist its completion. These lands amount to
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-12
STATE NEWS.



Muscle Ridge channel is blocked with ice,
and there has been Accommodation with Dix
Island for four days. The buoy on Sheep Island
bar has gone adrift.
A little daughter of Sabin Lord of Rockland,
met with severe accident on Wednesday of
last week, while coasting. By some means
her foot became eDtangled in the rope OF the
sled, and she was thrown off, breaking the
thigh bone and also iIjurng the bone of the
knee.
In the Rockland city c,uncl Wednesday
evening. the bill of G. A. Lynde against the
city, claiming 1876, 900 damages for placing a
small pox flag on his hotel, was voted illegal
and oppressive.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Mrs. Eben @. Fessenden of Fryeburg, fell on
the ice Tuesday, the 9th inst, while going from
the house to the barn, and broke her wrist on
the right arm.
PENOBsCoT COUNTY.
Samuel Bradley of South Dover. committed
suicide Thursday morning. Feb. 4th, by hang
ing. He was about 30 years of age and hal
been married to his second wife about five
weeks No cause is assigned for the deed. He
was found by one of he household who went
to call him TO breakfast.
WALDO COUNTY.
Capt John Small, Jr., died at Cardenas,
Cuba, of yellow fever, He was formerly a
resident of Searsport.
The railroad bridge in Belfast has been some
what damaged by ice lately. The ping at the
northely end rests upon mud-sills, and the ice
freezing underneath them, raised the bridge
some three feet for a distance of forty feet OIL
more. Trains crossed until Monday, when it
was deemed unsafe About forty men were at
work Tuesday cutting away the ice, and it is
thought trains will cross in a few days. In the
meantime the cars have stopped at the cross
ing on Bridge street. The engine, which can
not reach the turn-tabe, has to perform its up
ward trip backwards, pushing the cars until il
reaches City Point, where it Can switch off.
A child of John Whitcomb Of Waldo, two
years of age, was so badly scalded one day last
week, that its life is despaired of.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-12

THAT BoNANzA.-The Portland people, men
toned in Wednesdays issue as having the refu-
sal of tract of land near the Newburyport
silver mine, have made purchase of eight
acres adjoining the Boynton lode, paying there
for $4,000. They will form stock company
aud begin extensive mining operations in the
spring. The purchase was made by George L.
Bailey and George L. Hodgdon. for themselves
and other parties. The Kent farm of about
four hundred acres. purchased by Messrs. Shaw
Chapman & Kelley some time since, it is re-
ported has changed hands at higher figures.
The Chapman lode is now about forty-fve feet
deep, and this week they have commenced to
use dualin with much success The specimens
taken from this lode grow richer as the mine is
worked, one assay of the ore taken out this
week yielding 1874 worth of silver to the ton,
the vein showing less indications of lead as
they work deeper. Steam machinery is to be
introduced as soon as it can be procured. On
the Lawrence lode they have two steam en-
gines, having expended about $4,000 for ma
chinery. They will soon commence operations
with diamond drill
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-12
~ Aes
Master schooner HIATT
BuSineSS Notes.

C. 2. Carter of Belfast, will build the coming
season for himself and Capt. E. ii. Herman
ship of 100 tons burthen, the model sor which
is now being made in Boston. She will be
very superior vessel in material and workman
ship, and is intended to be fast sailer.
Mr.. j. L. Coughlin is driving business at his
factory, near Vests Mills, Industry. He is
now employing nine men, and during the COM
ing summer will employ from twelve to fifteen.
He expects to manufacture $4,000 dozen shoe
knife handles, 100000 slaves; and when WORK.
ing at his regular business, which is thread
spool manufacturing, will turn out about 2OO
gross per day. The factory annually consumes
400 cords of birch and poplar,
The Dwinel Mills, Oldtown, have been leas
ed by Mr.. A. w. Daggett of Bangor. A large
force of men will be employed in the manutac-
ture of laths, capboards and shingles.
The force employed by the Bodwell Granite
Company at Vinal Haven consists Of about
four hundred and fifty stone cutters, and one
hundred and fifty other workmen-6OO IN all.
From 1900 to 5000 cords Of bark are expected
this season at Midway, hauled by teams. Some
thirty to thirty-fve pairs of horses are hauling,
bringing in one hundred cords per day. NO
more than about eight hundred cords VIII be
boated, teams hauling from three to six miles
to Midway taInery.
Hubbard Brothers Of New Limerick, propose
to build starch factory on the same stream if
one hundred acres of potatoes are guaranteed
them.
Watson & Palmer of Waterford, are having
a large amount of birch and poplar drawn to
their box mandatory. Cobb & Hapgood are
having quite an amount of oak and hemlock
landed at their mills. The bucket factory OF
A. Stanwood has stopped manufacturing for
the present.
Reuben Mansur & Sons intend to erect a
starch factory at West Houlton the coming
season. 1t will pay farmers to raise potatoes
and sell to the starch factory for rs cents per
bushe
Jesse Drew Esq of Fort Fairfield, is giving
employment to a large number of teams in
hauling plaster rock from the Tobique river.
Mr.. Drew has now at the mill three hundred
tons ready for grinding, and has contracted for
two hundred tons more.
A granite quarry in Bluehill has recently
been purchased, and is to be worked by the
"Collins BIuehill Granite Company" The
stone is pronounced among the best in the
United States, as regards color, freedom from
stain, capablity of being worked to an arras,
and durability and compactness. 1t will stand
the enormous pressure of 10000 pounds to the
cubic inch without yielding. This granite lays
near the surface in sheets of from one to TWEEN
ty feet in thickness, thus rendering it feasible
for the company to fill orders for the largest
blocks of granite without delay, and at prices
below those usually asked
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-12
Brief JOttimgs.

Another runner was caught in the Boston &
Maine track at the foot of High street bridge
yesterday. Injury slight.
An old gentleman named William Gray was
caught in the betting in machine shop on
Fore street yesterday, and had narrow escape
from death.
Raymond's public assembly at Army & Navy
Hall was we'll attended last evening.
The lecture of Rev. s. f. Jones at Pine
street church this evening should be well at
tended. Mr.. Jones is a talented gentleman, a
finished speaker, and will deliver very inter-
esting lecture.
Only one session of school was held yester
pay, owing to the storm.
The drift ice from Fore river filled the har-
Dor yesterday.
Boston harbor is once more cleared of ice so
as to allow the Boston boats to run as usual.
The afternoon train over the Grand Trunk
did not leave Island Pond yesterday, owing to
the storm. The passengers will arrive on the
early train this morning.
The Jewels presented by the Providence to
the Portland Odd Fellows will be on exhibition
at Lowell's for few days.
Wicked boys amused themselves yesterday
by sharing snow birds and offering them for
sale.
A cake of ice struck dory filled with fish at
the end of Custom House Wharf yesterday,
and completely crushed it. The fish were lost.
Mr.. George Curtis of Cape Elizabeth owned
the dory and fish.
The old folks concert and antiquarian supper
to have been given by the Free street Baptist
Society last night was postponed, on account of
the weather, until tonight. Supper at
o'clock; concert throughout the evening.
This is excellent weather for Morrison, the
wakist.
The thermometer changed 10 degrees yester-
day morning between s and 8 o'clock.
The brig Eudera of this city is ice bound in
Long Island Sound. She is on her way from
Port William to this port with coal.
1t is said that Mr.. Alvin Neal, the Demo-
cratic nominee for Alderman in Ward 1, will
decline the nomination.
The quarterly meeting of the st. Andrews
Society was held at the rooms Of the Overseers
of the Poor last evening.
There was to be a social gathering at the
engine house of No. last evening, but the
storm prevented it.
Officers Bell and Bates found Bridget Turner
at house on Newbury street last night max
ing a disturbance, and were obliged to carry
her to the police station.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-12

At Templdrs' Hall, No. 1OO ETchdnge street.
CoUNcIL-Maine, first and third Mondays In eacn
month.
TEmpLE-Forest City, No. 1. every Wednesday
evening.
Coop SAMARITAN BROTHERHooD.-Eastern Star
Assembly No. sa IN M meets at Sons
Temperance Hall Saturday evenings
MAINE CHARITABLE MECHANIC ASSOCIATION
Corner Of Congress and Casco streets. First Ihurs-
day In each MONTH
YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION Corner
Congress and Casco streets. Every evening.
PORTLAND FRATERNIr1-No. 1881 Congress street,
Every evening.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs-Bramhall Lodge, No. 8
Thursday evenings; Munoy Lodge. NO. ., Moi
ttheir Hall, G..>=rs9's Block. Market Square.
PORTLAND ARMY AND NAVY UNION Corner
Congress and Brown streets. First Tuesday In each
month.
PORTLAND TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, No. 75-Cor-
ner Congress and Casco Streets Second saturday I'D
each month.
PAYsoN LITERARY SocIETY.-Meetings every
Monday evening, Browns BLOCK, cor. bro"h anu
Congress streets, at u O'CLOCK
MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, Congress
Hall Block. Second Monday in each month. DehV-
cry Of books, 2 to 6, to 8. day and evening.
evening in Mechanics; Hall, corner Of Congress and
PA PATRIOTIC ORDER Sons OF AMERIcA-CampsN No
1894 convenes over the Eastern Express once,
Plum Street, Tuesday evening; No. at School
House, Turner's Island, Cape Elizabeth, FRIDAY
evening; No. on Wednesday evening, anI N 90, :
on Monday evening at Temperance Hall, NO. 3olt
fN6EPENDENr ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARs-,A!ilr A, :.
Monday Mission sIee Mvsc thurs
Iron Clad, Thursday, at West End.
civ Building, Open and free to all from 10 to 1
2 to 5 and Z to 8.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-12

LARGE CoNTRAcT.-Noonday Rock, in the
Pacific Ocean, thirty miles off from the Golden
Gate, the entrance of San Francisco harbor, on
which the clipper ship MONDAY struck some
years ago. is to be removed by the government,
and the bid of Col. Edward Moore of this city,
is the lowest. He will leave in a few weeks
with his men to remove the same. There are
25 feet of water over the rock at high water,
and it is proposed to make AZ feet at low water
over the same. There was large number of
bids, but it seems that the COlonePs was the
lowest and he has the contract, which is said
to be a fat thing.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-12
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.
PORTLAND POST OFFICE.


j. W. YORK ASSISTANT POSTMASTER.
Once Hours.
From 500 a m to $50 m, Sundays excepted
Sundays open for Carriers and General Delivery
from to 10 a m.
City Delivery.
The public are requested to adopt the house doer
letter. boxes the use of which will result IN greatly
increased rapidity in the delivery OF letters.
Free deli very of letters by carriers VIII ~ sece
by having them plainly addressed to the street and
No person need call at the office for all may have
mail matter left at their residences regularly with
Three deliveries will be made daily, in all the dis
tricts viz; at and 10 a. M, and at p m. ana IN
heart of the city, additional delivery at lS0 Pm
Collections
Are made on week days at and 11.15, a. m, and
at and p. m. On Sunday one collection at Sp.
Arrival and Departure of Mails.
Boston and intermediate offices. Arrive at LOO
and 500 D m. Close at $50 m, and 24O and soo
Boston and the West Arrive at 500 m.
intermediate or Way Mails via Boston and Maine
Railway. Arrive at 100 and 500 p m. Close at
Great Southern and Western Arrive at 100 m.
and AS IN. Close at $50 m, 2.4O and 800 m.
Bangor, Mattawamkeag, and connecting routes.
Arrive at 3 m. Close at ~ m.
Augusta and connecting routes. Arrive at 9.O5
and ap m. Close at ~ m and 20 pm.
Express, Augusta, Bangor and the East. Arrive
Skowhegan, intermediate offices and the north.
Arrive at D m. Close at IL m.
Canada and intermediate offices, via q. L. X. Ar
rive at D m. Close at 1245 m.
Morning Northwestern by g. I. r. Arrive at 9 a
m. Close at $50 a. m.
Lewiston and Auburn. Arrive at 9.05 m, and
$40 D m. Close at g. Is m, IL M and 7.20 pm.
Rochester, N. H., and intermediate offices. Arrive
at 10 10 a IN, and 1.25 m. Close at 7.30 m, and
LOO pm.
North Conway and other offices on the p. q 0. r.
r. Arrive at 1880 IN, and 500 m. Close at 100
a. m. and LOO pm.
BY the Bridgton Stage. Arrive at p m. Close at
$50 m.
Eastport, via each steamer. Arrive at m.
Close at 4.30pm.
Castine Deer Isle Sedgwick, Mount Desert, Mill
bridge, Jonespert and Machias, via each steamer.
Arrive at 6 m. Close at pm.
Nova Scotia and Prince Edwards Island. Arrive
Thursday at 6 m. Close Saturday at $3.50 pm.
Foreign Mails, via New York, day previous to sail
ing OF steamers. Close at $40 m.
Foreign Mails for Allen Line from this port close
every Saturday at pm.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-12

about 5000 acres and are of little present val
ue, being timber lots which have been stripped
of most OF the lumber valuable and are OF ht-
tie consequence to the state and will eouDtless
fall into the hands of individuals for little OF
nothing. 1t would be more desirable to have
road extended from some point on the Euro
pean & North American Railway but such an
enterprise would require large expenditure 10
money which it seems impossible to secure from
any source.
The senator who has from time to time
amused his associates by senatorial cartoons
appears to have suspended in that direction. IL
is suggested that his cartoons of Senator Ham
lin have been so badly drawn that the Garcia
turist will never draw pay at the seat OF GUS
toms in Bangor, which he longs to do. ).
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-12

A FINE MAp.-Mr. s. Haagensen, assistant
engineer in the Office of Gen. Thorn, has just
completed large map illustrating the work
done by the U. S. government in Portland har-
Dor, viz: Building the breakwater; dredging
the channel through the middle ground; deep
ening the harbor in front of the Commissioners
line, and excavating the channel in Back Bay.
The map is one of series of maps drawn by
the government representing the work done in
the principal harbors of the United States.
They are to be heliotyped and exhibited at the
Centennial.
The work is done in India ink and is fine
piece of artistic work, and reflects great credit
upon the author.
The depth of water is shown by figures on
the map all over the whole front and back har-
boz, Each wharf is shown with the name up
on it. In one corner Ct the map is an excel
lent map of Cape Elizabeth.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-12
The "Harmonious,, ward.

Mr.. EDIToR:-"The various ward caucuses
were harmonious in their actions last evening"
So says the Argus this morning, and they acere
certainly, so far as unusual proceedings and
complicated actions were concerned. Why! in
the fourth ward flor We looked in upon them,)
the meeting seemed to be wholly under the
supervision of mi nors and children in their
teens, and the few legal representatives of the
ward had poor chance, if they suggested
anything tba: did not suit the approval OF these
seemed pleased with the goings on. gave sort
of musty countenance by their presence, for
they did not seem to take any active part in the
meeting They had evidently arranged mat
tiers beforehand, and yet the Argus says every
thing was harmonious. If they are all present
on election day and vote early and often the re-
suit cannot be questioned.
A DEMOCRAT.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-12

CRANBERRY ISLES NoTEs.-At chopin e
match at Cranb berry Isles, the 9Th inst, Sc men
and boys, knights of the axe and saw. welded
those weapons vigorously, did ample justice to
substantial supper, and wound up with a
dance in the evening.
The Oldest inhabitants of Cranberry Isles are
Joseph Newman, about 81, and skipper"
Thomas Stanley, nearly the same age.
The Coolest inhabitant' is nonplussed.
"Never see such weather" The ice crop is in
no danger of failing.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-12
The Schooner Hattie Ellen.


To the Editor of the Press:
notice in yonr paper that the schooner
Hattie Ellen, recently ashore at Little Gram
berry Island, was given in charge to W. T.
Preble. Let me state that no person but my
self had charge, but the vessel was got OH py
assistance from Col. VIM. and Capt u. l.
Hadlock and the revenue cutter Levi WOOD
bury. The vessel went ashore on the night OF
the 31st ut., in thick snow storm, when
Judged she was two miles off. The captain
was thrown down and cut severely. No lnsur-
ance on the vessel; owned by j. Murchie q
Sons, Capt. Ashford and others. The deck
load of slaves and one hundred and fifty thou
sand laths was lost overheard.
Yours respectfully,
S. r. ASHFORD,
Master schooner Hattie Ellen.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-12

A PROFITABLE INvEsTMENT.-A short time
since we'll known merchant on Exchange
street received large lot of canned tomatoes.
They were very nice and he wanted to sell
them, and like wise man he told his custom
ers and the public SO through the PRESS. 1t
was but few days before be disposed of every
can. He doubled his order, but they, like the
restswere soon purchased. Yesterday morn
ing he received ten more cases, and at the rate
they sold during the day be will have to order
another lot soon. This man has an opinion
that advertising in the PRESS pays, especially
in dull times.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-12

ACCIDENT TO A PORTLAND VEssEL.-A dis
match was received at the Merchants Exchange
yesterday from Key West, announcing that
Tho schooner Marcus Hunter had put into that
port in distress. ,oo -
The NJ arcus Hunter is vessel OF loz IONS
burden. built in 1864, and owned in Portland
and was com handed by Capt. Hen!y OF Cape
Elizabeth. No particulars have been recei'eo
nv the owners here.