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MEMORANDA

Sch Fred Warren, of Bucksport, in ballast, came
to anchor off Chatham 30th with signal of distress
flying, and the steam collier Allentown went out to
her assistance. One account says the crew were
taken off, but others say The steamer failed to rescue
them. The schr was not in sight next morning and
it is supposed she was blown off in the gale.
nSR-See telegraphic columns.
The Portland daily press., 1875-12-03
Cards, Tags, &C., printed ut short
Sherif's Sale.

CUMBERLAND IS.
HNAKEN on execution and will be sold at public
u auction, to the highest bidder, on Thursday, tho
thirtieth day OF December A. ID. 1875, at ten
O'Clock in the forenoon, the Sheris office in Port
land in said county, all the right In equity which
johnson NJ. Quinby, of Westbrook. in the County of
Cumberland, has or had on twenty-fourth day Of
July, A. ID. 1875 at o'clock and five minutes in
the afternoon when the same was attached on tbe
original writ, in the action which said execution
was obtained, to redeem the foowing described mort
gagged real estate to wit; certain lot Of land, sit
pated in said town Of Westbrook on the nOrtaerIy
side OF the Old county road leading from Saccarappa
village 10 Portland, and bounded westerly by land Of
sald Quinoys Vile; northerly by Presumpscot river
easteriy by land of Caroline A. Howard and souther,
~ 3y SAID road. have also taken on said execution
anu snaii sell at the time and place above named, all
Tue rght IN equity which said johnson NJ. Quinby
mas OF had ON said twenty-fourth day of July, A ID.
1910, at one O'Clock and five minutes in the afternoon
when the same attached the writ aforesaid TO
redeem the following described mortgaged real estate
situated in said town Of Westbroox, the opposite
side of said road from the land above described and
bounded northerly by said road westerly by land Of
one Anderson and George and l.. p. Warren, south
erly by said Warrens' land and the Portland and
Rochester railroad, and eastery by land Of Charles
A. Haskell and another.
Dated at Portland this twenty-seventh day of No
vember, A. d. 1875. w. IL. DRESSER,
w3w4S Dep'y Sheriff.
The Portland daily press., 1875-12-03
NEWS.
PORT OF PORTLAND,


Thursday, Dec. 2.
ARRIVED.
Steamship Prussian. (Br) Richie, Liverpool
passengers and mdse to II g. A Allan.
Steamship Franconia, Bragg, New York,-passen-
gers and mdse to Henry Fox. Renorts, 3Oth Oft Chat
ham, saw sehr with signal of distress flying. and
steamer collier went to her assistance [See Menu
Steamer City OF Portland, Pike, st John, NIB via
Eastport for Boston.
Sch Sarah Atkins, Atkins, Gloucester.
Sch Reindeer, Merriman, Harpswell.
CLEARED.
Steamship Franconia, Bragg, New York Henry
Fox.
Brig Helen o Phinney Boyd, Havana-A L Hob.
son.
Sch A Bailey, Hutchinson, Sagua-J Lord.
Sch Island Belle, StinsOn, Eastport-N Blake.
Sch Fair View, Alley, Wiscasset-Chase Bros.
SAILED-Schs Fred jackson, Anna S Conont,
John Bird, Odell, Emma Hart, Charles E HELLER,
Olive Elizabeth, Owen Kinds, Alamo.
Launch-ways have been placed under schr Abbie,
ashore Cupboard Island and she is expected to
come off to-day. An attempt was made to start her
yesterday, but it proved unsuccessful.
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FOREIGN PORTS.

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For Sale.

N Lewiston, Merchant Tailor's stock and busi-
Il ness with fixtures in store Good reasons for
selling Address P. o, Box 924, or j. T. SMALL,
Real Estate Agent, Lewiston, Me. oct29eodGw
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FOR SALE,
Steam Engine and Boiler

f1VHE ENGINE an upright of about six horse
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Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-07-17

Tho sudden death of Mr.. Abel
w. FairbrOther at Coventry, week
before last, should Impress upon
every one the Importance of great.
or care Of the human system. Mr..
Fairbrother, after working in the
hot sun aud getting his body In Q
heated condition, went into a cool
cellar to put up a load Of potatoes.
The change of temperature was so
sudden and so great that pr0stra.
ton ensued and death followed IN a
short time. Such sudden changes
of condition ought always to be
avoided especially during the heat
of summer. Drinking ice. water
is a very common but dangerous
practice and should never, in our
judgement, he INDUCED. The pub
Usher Of this paper has occasion
to remember its fatal effect one hot
day in the summer of 1871. Better
by far drink water that has stood
in the sun an hour. The thread OF
life is brittle indeed and sometimes
II slight violation Of the laws of
health is sufficient to snap it asun.
der.-Farmcr.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-07-17

AN INDIAN ROMANCE. In forth.
coming book Gen. Brisbin tells a
story relating to the Sioux Chief,
Spotted Tail, which in romantic in.
terest equals any fiction ever writ
ten about the red man. Briefly,
tie story is as follows: Some years
ago the family of this chief were
living at Fort Laramie, garrisoned
at that time by companies of an
Ohio volunteer cavalry regiment.
One member of the family was the
chiefs favorite daughter, u girl just
entering upon her wOmanhood.
The girl fell violently in love with
one of the Ohio officers, a fine look
ing young fellow, who did all he
could to convince her that her af,
lection was foolish and hopeless.
Day after day she hung around his
quarters, waiting hours to catch
sight of him, and perfectly happy
if only able to follow him about. 1t
puzzled her that she, princess,
was not able to win the love of this
young soldier. At length her fa-
Their learned how matters stood, and
coming for her sent her away among
friends in the Rocky Mountains.
There she gradually pinned away till
finally the chief was summoned to
receive her dying message. When
he reached her side she urged him
for his own sake and for the sake of
bis people to be at peace with the
whites. This message given she
died. Her father had her body con.
veyed to Laramie and buried among
the pale faces. Spotted Tail often
speaks Of his dead daughter, and
once in a great council with the
whites said, "Were not the hope
lessneSs of resistance and the die.
tates Of policy sufficient to restrain
me from acts of war, the pledge ]
made my dead child in her dying
hour would cause me to keep at
peace with your children"
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-07-17
Bradford, VT, July II, 1878.
CONCLUDED FRcx FIRST PAdE.]


With swift motion she seized the
weapon, wrenched it from his grasp,
and as she came down the cabin to
the table at which the gambler sat,
and around which half a dozen men
yet fingered, her blue eyes were full
of fire.
The gambler looked up.
The hammer Of the revolver came
up with q double click.
A white arm stretched out, and
the muzzle OF the revolver looked
straight into the gamblers face.
He turned pale; the men fell back
For half a minute the deep 81,
lence was broken only by the faint
splash of the paddle wheels.
"GOv she said.
He looked into her flaming eyes
as if he could bluff her.
coop
lie rose up and reached for the
money.
"Leave it !" she whispered, max
ing threatening motion with the
revolver.
He retreated back.
She followed.
Foot by foot he backed across the
cabin, the muzzle of the revolver
always on a line with his face. He
backed through the door on the
promenade deck, and the railing
was there.
"Jump!' she whispered.
The boat was running along with.
in three hundred feet of the shore.
Over the rail to the water was a
terrible leap.
"You can have the money" he
said.
"JunpV she repeated.
IL will nOt!
The arm came up little, and the
light from the cabin showed him a
cold, strange, determined look on
her face. He turned about, SILVER
ed, and was over the rail, leaping
far out and unable to suppress a
cry of alarm as he felt himself 60
ing down.
The boat swept along, her arm
fell, and, entering the cabin, she
sat down, leaned her head on the
table and wept bitterly.
The passengers said she was a
"brick."
Was she p Vicksburg Herald.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-07-17

PROF. JANNEY, the geol ogist
sent by the Government to examine
the Black Hills, has reported to the
Secretary of the Interior that gold
does not abound there in sufficient
quantities to make it profitable.
His report, which was received at
the =, Interior Department today,
will greatly disappoint the gold
hunters and border Spectators.
Prof Janney practically refutes all
the sensational stories which have
been published about this region.
He says, after having spent
month in careful investigation, that
he believes the mining woult. 10
pr9itless. Gold exists, but in s.asll
quantities, and scattered over in.
msnse areas. He tested the sail
where it was said to yield q csn.s
a ran and found it worth only CT.
ceEt aud a-qnarter per pan. In the
be- rock, where it was said to b.
very rich and abundant, he cor i !
find no trace of ore.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-07-17

AN Indiana paper wants to bear
no more about E. B. Washburne,
or any other Illinois man, for the
Presidency, because that State will
have had that Office, excepting John.
sons semi-term, sixteen years, land
it is time to rest"
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The best lndeliblo Marking Ink
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Probate Courts.
BRADFORD DISTRICT.
Han II Nv llAlIlLX I..d~>

Hon. III. W. BAILEY, Judge.
Probate Courts will he holden within and
for the District Of Bradford.the ensuing year,
as follows:
At the Trotter House, in Bradford. on the
Second Tuesdays Of January, May, July and
September.
At Fosters Hotel, East Corinth, on tho Sec.
ond Tuesdays Of February. June, August and
November.
At the Probate Office, in Newbury. on tho
Second Tuesdays of March and October, and
last Saturdays of January and August.
At the Probate Office, lin West Fairlce, on
the Second Tuesdays of December and April.
and last Saturdays Of February and Septem.
ber
ALvAH BEAN, Register.
West Fairlee, Dec. !, 1874. 2Syl
, 1875-11-30

tortions nre enforced by an army of thieves,
murdcrerS, and conyicta. The iails and
penitentiaries Of Spain aro emptied to prey
upor tho Cubhtls md enforce tho Spanish e1-
tortions by crncitics TINT nrc scarcely second
to those Of the 1nqnisition. Tie Cuhans
1,avc, therefore, entered upon fight for life
that tl1cy will never give up short Of crter-
mination. Their causo to-slay Is corntor-
rart Of tho American cat'se. the glorous sue
crss Of which is slortl; to hnye centennial
celebration.
IT TIM United States Government IN forced
into nu interference between Spain md Cuba
bv an tnfraction Of Tho AfoxHoE doctrine, or
by any invasion on tho rnrt Of Srhin of
American rights, the similarity OF Tho Cuban
ca,,sc to tllnt for which tho American forefath-
ers fought will not fail to impress itself upon
thu Amcrienn people in degree heretofore ig.
nored. and it will create nh Intense American
rartisanslip for the people cursed by Spnni;1.
oppression and spaniall cruelty. This ravti-
sanship will bo further strengthened by tho
selfish desire to improve ctr own trade REIN
tions with Cuba, which will 10 incidental to
tic liberalization Of tho ialand, autl tho un-
selfish desire that tho last vestigo Of human
slavery shall be cradicated iu Asnericn. The
arrogance, intolerance, corruption, greed, me-
cossity, aad proverbia1 obstinacy Of the
Bourbon race may betray Spain into giving
the United States M occasion for Interference
that canuot md ought not be resisted.
, 1875-11-30

Another humbug Of 5p,htusltan has eeen
completely smashed, and tho EDDY brothers, "ho
hare 10 long dtluded tho credulous, have gone
10 mset KATIE K1ao. For long time saey nAse
besu giving splrtlnaa manifestations ~ s1e9
home, spiri. yalc, Ch1ssndsn. VI, and have
drawn crowds Of people the1e to witness shesa'
They have been regarded u ths great American
mediums, psve written hooks on sptntaallsu,
and large rewards have bstu offered 10 any one
who would show thst their manifestations and
m,tnrIalizatlons wore deosptions. Al no ono
con IA do II. becsuse 40 ono had control Of tbs
oondljons nj epiris Vale, phltteudsn. IT., s1csps
tha EDDY b,othsss themselves, they ~sut along
sv,mntne,y. md the xal!s caraa BY hund1eds
and s1A,5orad the tnpostuEa, At last quar-
r.l bxoke out In the EDDY household snd
EXPOSED Tho cheat. Tha Boston 0lobs saYs;
"The cahinst, which wss long narrow closet
built .gainss / hugo chimney 1t one end Of the
aesnos-soona. bad sliding door. and ons side Of
tho big chimney formed \ secret psssa9s from
the Kitchen below, through which four o. 6ys
uais and female oonfsdsratss Of tho msdium
wAsa won't to ascend and descend In THAR ~"
s,oua cossumsa 70 play the pats ot ths dant.
Eana of tha othas world aud To b. reaogn1zsd 10
ths dim light b. thsn anxious fzieuda." II II
Astonishing that apparently sensIbas psogls
ahoul1 bs dscalved any looksE With these
epinsuAliauo hombuEs. Ops altar snothax thsJ
A4ys bsaa axpossd. and yst shs Tssy nsxt shar-
}Atau HAa Rtkss hla AppsAssaos Md aanotn*>s
, 1875-11-30

Tho honest and respectable classes of peo-
pie iu this city aud county will hail with tho
livelicss satisfaction the announcement that
two Of the repeatera ut the late election wore
yesterday convicted in the Criminal Court,
Ono Of them, CuA,11xs SAITH, was proved to
havo voted four uuacs in tho Twentieth Ward,
and the other, W11t1An HAMILTON, twice in
the Sixth Ward Each OF them pleaded guilty,
and Judge JAa1EsoN imposed tho full penalty
Of tho law,-S1.ooo fine end Qua years.
Imprisonment in each ca2a. VOL dono,
thus far. We trust. however, that jus.
tjce will not content herself with this siu-
gle effort. There azo other 1epeaters to be
tried. There are Judges Of election charged
with fraud and corruption. Let jusdca 10
thorough with them also. There arc uumer-
ous other rspeaters and ballot-box suffers.
and The Citizens Association should not let
up In their efforts to approhsud them and
bring them to prompt Justice, The aurest
hope Of an honest election next spring and
the only way to prevent repeating IL to get
tie repsaters into jail. The Criminal Court
has commenced wall~.ith them. We hope 1t
will keep on until ovcry one Of the sooun.
drsls and these who put them mp to It a1e
convicted.
, 1875-11-30

A Chief~Justice OF the United States shonld
step from bis home to the Bench across the
grayo Of every partisan ambition he has at
any time entertained. Every such ambition
should be buried too deep for any resurrec~
ton. It is matter Of public moment and
public congratn1ation that Chief-Justicc
WAITE Inns already formally refused tic
urgent request Of injulicious friends who
asked him to allow hin name to be presented
us TINT Of candidate for tho Presidency.
a1r. YATES reply laa already been male
public. It is straightforward and manly,
md shows TINT he intends to avoid tho error
which is toying with that Of Justice DAVIS.
Tie judicial mind is not usually fitted for ad-
ministratise politics, and i1npartiality
cannot bo preserved when a nan il tossed
in tho whirlpool Of party passion.
4 Judge who decides questions between
commonwca1ths, between the nation anl its
several parts, who exponntls tho Constitu-
ton, from whose decision there is no appeal,
should bo above all personal ambition. If he
drags his ormine in political miro, ho is unfit
to wear the stained robe. A man with his
duties must not be m adept in the lies Of the
caucus aud the tricks Of the ca1npnign, must
not be maker Of slntcs promisor of
Offices, l.uckstoring politician. This would
bo unscomly and wrong. It will be IN evil
day for tho United States it the Bench Of our
Supreme Court is ever degraded into q nero
atepping.stono for tho Presidency. A1r,
WAITE Is wiso when Lo prefers to re-
maiu for life tho sixth Chief-Justico OF
tho United States rather than to try to be-
como for brief four years the
nineteenth President. He ia tho Sixth Chief
Justice, although ten appointments were
mnde To the office before him. OF tho mon
appointed, Jous RurLEDaH, Of South Caro-.
lima, though ho presided over the Supreme
Court, In 1905, during recess Of tho Senate,
WIS rejected by tho latter body WILLIAM
CuszuSa. Of Massachusetts,, M Associate Jus
tice, appointed aud confirmed in January,
17o6, declined; JouN JAY, the first Chief
Justice, reappointed and reconilrmed in
1900, declined; and GEonoE Fl. Wr111AMs md
Cl1En CUSHING, appointed In 1874, were boil.
rejected. What ,nay be called tho "regu-
lar tickat". Of Chiet-Justicea thus containa
only six names,-thoso Of JOHN jar, OLIVER
ELLSWORTH, JonN MARSHALL, RoaEn d.
TAxEx, SALMON P. CHASE, and Mona1soy R.
WAITE. Only ona, Mr.. CHASE, WIS ever
stung by the gadny Of ambition for tho
Presidency.
, 1875-11-30


At reception given by tho New Orleans
Chamber Of Commerce to tho Hon. j. W.
FosTER, onr Minister to Mexico, somo ten
days ago, the guest OF tho evening spoke at
1ougth on the commercial rclatious Of tho two
countries. Even with tho present very lin-
tied means OF intercommunication, Moxlco
exports to the United States nearly $12, 000,-
000 worth Of goods yoar out of total ex-
port Of about S39, ,00o, QUO. or this. SO, ,o00.-
900 is in gold and silver, so that we take only
81. .0o0 600 worth Of her coffee, sugar, oochi-
neal, vanilla, tobacco, and fine woods We
could probably use ton imea this amount
Mexico'a imports from us are varied in kind
but small in quantity. They comprise,
among other things, bar-steel, agricul-
turM implements, quicksilver, mining
powder, railway rolling-stdck, conl, books,
printing materials, machinery and ap@
pnratus, cotton, woolen, linen, and silk
fabrics, thread, groceries, Qhis il the largest
single item). hardware, md druga. Tho total
valuo is triao moro than $1,000, ,000 The
completion Of railway communication be-
tween tho two countries, nnd the increase Of
the carrying -trado between New Orleans and
tho Mexican coast. will certainly increase the
interchange Of commodities ten-fold. Mexico
ought, in tho nature OF things, to be one Of
our largest ot1Btomers- She needs our manu.
factured gooda; We need her tropical prod
ucts. Il chnnte or war cutB OF tho Cabau
supply Of sugar, Mexico may be ahle to sup
ply ii. she cnn, it ia olsdmed, proftAbly taks
the p1ace Of Brazil in providing uswith coffee.
Ier tariT is low. The first ten articleB in tho
list Of her imports alxeady given arc admitted
duty-freo. Tho Mississippi Valleyis especially
Interested In the development Of this inter-
national business, and tho whole country hns
no common stake In 1t. It would not be
worth while, howove,r-we may parenthet-
icalIy se.nask,-to grant anybody countless
milliaua Of dollars to build the Podunk l.
chthuahua broad.gaugo continental, steel-
rail, double-track railroad. Il A1r. FosrRa Ia
trying to engineer any such scheme, he will
do tho country more service by posting back
to Mexico.
, 1875-11-30

4 Sin4ular diaDatEfl coMca fr0tn DoY1in to
tbs effect thst tha Court Intsudant las issued
a circular to tho theatres In Berlin, directed
to the feua1e artists. and forhiadino them INV
1onver to indu1oo in extrayaoanco in tlregs. Az
TIM ba}}ot1lnncers can hardly be- chareod with
cxtrayaqanco in dress, the circular Ia eyi-
IDENTIFY aimed at hipher gone, and must app!y
to tho actresgea of The dramatio and the primo
douno Of tbs lyr;c stage, who in Berlin. Is
in fact TIM world over. aro wont to indulge
in estrayaoant bncr:v, ,rharo Ia n acoroe of
consistency in tho action Of the Gcrmon
critics, who proclaim that puro art il oiy-
;np wav To tia art of Tin moijsta nnl tho
mil1lncr. Il ia pa,nfu1lv eyIdont an our own
stu1e. Some American manaoera navert,so
tho i'rossa4 ~ thoir ator ,u1lv aa ,n,c,, aa tbo
'stor hernc,f mud ali along tha oroot ;1istanoa
from O,1vr rna,a 10 C,.n. Monn1a ord
frou, Tim cboyns ,oo.,sr tn c,,n1sr,v. Mr. seov
,he ,,rosuaa ,oc,u and ;o,vo,rv ~ tho ort;a,.
oro mods - rro,n;ran, a,,a otrons;,a yaot.so
~ .t,oo o,.vaxt;a,,,, o,, ,,o,,o,o.;., ,,.o,,,,,
c;auortoa rha nr;1ant rnrnose NJ tba nar,ir
frorr+ 1utan,on. IL ~ sts;,,o ~ f.oh,a.
.r,,ioh In, ,,ao1 ,,o~~os.oa 49,, 1,nu,. ,r1a
t,,h,o.. ,,h,.h - 49,. 49, 49,, L.
md tl,anco snrood nvo, tha ,vn~lI 49, 1 10
sro,, ,,o atnao MIA, 49, .t,a ~o.,,1ta ~
. oo,o,,i-oo, ,,a,,,aa1 H. n,.,,,an.s ,n,
tha t1rsss,notora Tta ,at.ar s eat .ta;r 49,
80. -. ..a-,. ..., ,".,;o" s..n.s ,~as.
~ ~ ..;ra,>t~~, ,r.,sa ,a..~',
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~ H. es.a 1'.' es..'s.. s p'''e' ~" - ~
1919 na.,.s ~ 49, n'.s.us .,a.s ,a.,saS
, 1875-11-30
TIE TRIPLE ALLIANCE.

Tho tnya when the Holy Allianee ruled all
Europe with uuho)y despotts1n are past.
There looms up In the near future another
league Of monarchs,-the three Emperors Of
Itussia, Germany, and Austria, this
triple alliance bids tair to play most COM
mandiug purt In tho struggles OF tho next
decade. It is destined to mike history. It
is now becoming plain that tLo recent meet
ing Of tho three Emperors meant great
deal, despite the Efforts Of the scared French
md English press to show that the meeting
was only matter of courtesy, with no polit-
ieal weight Whatever. An agreement was en-
tered into there, OF which an apparently well
informed correspondent Of the Nation c1aima
to give the datails. Ne follow Ills general
statement.
ltusaia Is to push her boundaries to tho
Bosphorus and towards Angio-IndIa. Austria
Is to swallow up tho Valley Of the Danube.
Germany is to bs LETT to pursue plans Of an
mention in tie northwest. The Duohy OF
Luxembourg would mako q good mouthful,
and would serve as perpetual threat against
Frauce. Holland would double the possible
commerce Of The Empi1e, and Belgium would
round out its boundaries beautifully.
This plan, 1t will be noticed, provides for
tho growth Of each Of the thrce Empires,
without elther's interfering with the possess
aions Of the othera. They have unitel to
prey. The booty is ready. It only remdns tc
grasp 1t.
Tho process Of saizurs in the East presents
few difficulties. France cannot interfere