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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-07
NEW YORK.
Cattle Disease.

Rochester, September 6. A disease similar to
the old epizootic has broken ont among the cattle
40 have died within two weeks, twelve dying yes
tertlay
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-07
NEW ia rSIilkE.
The Turf.

The Turf.
Concord, September 6. The proprietor of the
Rockingham park, Portsmouth, offers $500 in
purses, for trotting Sept Dist to 2iih. The Great
Falls troting association offer $1,000 in purses sor
Sept. 2Sth to 30th.
Accident.
Hon. b. /, Prescott, secretary of state, jumped
from his wagon, at Epping, to catch the morning
train, fell and severely spraned if not dslocated
his knee
Telfgraphic.
The new cable at Rye Beach was completed
Sunday morning, and congratulatory messages to
and from LordOn were transmitted
Suicide.
Nashua, September 6. The wife of Ira z.
Goldthwait drowned herself last night in the ca
nal Her body was recovered.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-07
STATE OF MAINE.

LINCOLN ss.-Supreme Jadiciat Court, AprH
Term, 4. u. 1873.
EDWIN FIVE, OF NEWCASTLE, N THE COUNTY
OF LINCOLN, PLFF., rs. AUGUSTUS n. LINsCOTT
OF CHICAGO, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, Def.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-07
Winthrop Locals.

The rain Of the 4th came at the right time, as
the pastures began to suffer. Large quantities of
the second crop of hay have been cut-the most
for years, and some complain that they have not
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-07
Political.

New York, September6. VIM. NJ. Crafts will
accept the nomination of Attorney General by
the rep. State convention, and the Hon. Caly il
T. Hubbard will be nominated for comptroller by
the same convention.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-07
CUBA.
Famine Feared.

New York, September 6. A Havana letter says
the country near Puerto Principe has been so
thoroughly devastated that the inhabitants
tamishing, and the government of the city is at
Havana consulting with the Captain General for
measures to prevent a famine.
Military Matters.
Another small folt has been captured in the in
terror
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-07
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE
Daily Xenaebee yoarnal.
ROCkLAND,
Marine News.

Kockland, September 6. Schooner Allegheny
Flye, Of and for this port, collided with schooner
Chas. f. Moody, Arey, hence for New York, in
Muscle Ridge channel, near Ash island yesterday
afternoon The Allegheny had her bowsprt and
jib boom carried away. The Moody had her bow
stove, breaking several top timbers, aud put back
here for repairs.
Narrow Escape.
a sail boat was upset in our harbor, yesterday
afternoon, but no lives lost.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-07
Criminal Matters.
NEW JERSEY.


Morristown, September g. The Roman Catho-
lie priests of this neighborhood, from their pulpts
yesterday, called upon each Catholic voter to
scratch four of the proposed amendments to the
State constitution. They relate to the public
schools, forbidding the appropriation Of public
moneys for sectalian institutions. There is con-
siderable excitement, and i, said the Protestants
will gather in force in favor of the amendments
above specified.
Elizabeth, September g. A fire this morning
destroyed the Spelter refining works; loss on the
stock, $1,000; no insurance; on buildings, 49,
000 partly insured
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-07
Beecher.TiltOn.

Ex-Judge Morris, Tilton's counsel, is busy pre-
pairing papers for the second Beecher trial. The
case is No 40 on the present calendar, and will be
reached about the third Monday Of this month.
Criminal Matters.
Sheriff Lyons of this city yesterday endeavored
to help three card monte gambler to escape,
Rockaway beach, after being arrested by officers
frnIn Jamaica
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-05-26
BEAUTIFUL SUN PEARL

VIII be produced unexcelled by any in the
world. Pictures from LIFE-SIZE TO MAChC-
SCOPIC taken equally we'll. VIEWS OF a'A
kinds taken at short notice. oo,
fe29 II L. NJ "ooO'
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-02-11

MARBLE Top TABLES UNHEALTHY.-It
seems strange that these elegant articles
of furniture should be considered I'M
healthy. But the Herald of Health
says of them:
''They are cold, and rapidly absorb
heat and vitality of the body, roobing it
of it's life We have heard of one inva-
lid whom the doctor could not cure. till
one day he noticed she used a marble
stand, and suspected it had something
to do with her i'll health. So he forbade
her touching it. Soon she was cured.
We know healthy people who feel the
twinges of pain in shoulder by sitting
near one. They are handsome, but I'M
healthy for all that
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-02-11

A CHATHAM street dealer had what he
called army brogans and cavalry boots.
An ex-soldier purchased pair of the lat
store within few minutes, complaining
that the soles were of paste-board and
had already soaked to pulp. "Vot you
vos done NIT dem boots % asked the
dealer. 'Why, [ walked two or three
blocks % s'VoIk You volk in dem
boots? Wy, dem vos cavalry boots -
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-02-11

Docs AND BOOKS AS VEHICLES OF
DIsEAsE.-A case of scarlet fever has
recently happened in England, in which
the disease was communicated to two
children b. q dog. It is believed that
the animal, which had been the constant
companion of a scarlet fever patient, had
had It's hair impregnated with contapi-
Gus matter. This suggests the posi-
bility of dogs, cats, and other household
pets transferring the malady from one
house to another, and renders it adyisa-
bic to keep them out of the way during
prevalence Of the fever. Another little
considered source of disease NAV be
books III public libraries, particularly
volumes which are freely circulated and
which cannot be prevented from reach
ing the hands of patients afflicted with
contagious diseases.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-02-11
THE TRAP-DOOR SPIDER.

A Boston boy, who has in his cabinet
of crriosities the nest of one of the queer
spiders that have their home in India,
gives this interesting account of it, and
it's builder s'The trap-door spider is a
native of India and Australia. It is
about an inch in length. It digs hole
in the earth or clay of the country,
and lines it with silk almost the same
as the silk with which the common
spider spins it's webs. In the top
of her little house she forms little trap
door-from which she derives her name
of silk, and stiffens it with gum, and
on the outside it is plastered over with
clay, SO that when it is shut it cannot be
distinguished from the ground around
it. It is hung on a little hinge Of silk.
The spider sits with the door open en-
joying the fresh air and sun, and if she
sees or hears any one, she closes and
holds down the door. There is another
kind which collects ten or twenty thorns
and gums them to gether In q circle with
the sharp points down. Then it spins
its nest or cocoon in it, and closes it up
when it has laid its eggs in it. There is
a curious water spider which lives in the
water. It's house is built of silk some
thing the size and shape of q thimble or
little bell, with the open side down.
But spiders need air as much as we do
SO this spider goes to the surface of the
water and dives down again with bub-
BILE of air and puts it into the house
this is repeated several times until her
house is full of air, and she can live there
way down IN the water, as we'll as we
can up above
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-02-11

CURE FOR CATARRH.-A medical au-
tLority asserts that the severest catarrh
cold can be removed in about ten hours
by mixture of carbolic acid, 10 drops,
tincture OF iodine and chloroform, each
TO drops. A few drops of the mixture
should be heated over spirit lamp in a
test tube, the mouth Of which should be
applied to the nostrils as volatilization
is effected The operation should be
repeated in about two minutes, when,
after the patient sneezes a number Of
times, the troublesome symptoms rapid
ly disappear.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-02-11
B. S. GIRLIN.

The custom of American and English
lady tourists of visiting certain motor
ious places in Paris, calls forth from the
Register of that city q word on the su-
perior sense of propriety held by the ma
tive Parisans. 1t says: so far are
these sights, even the commonest and
most frequently visited of them all, from
being looked upon as conventionally
proper by the residents ofParis. thati is
we'll known fact that no French woman
of any character, no matter what her age
or standing may be, is ever to be seen
there. An English lady would as soon
think Of visiting the Argyll Rooms, or
an American lady of going to ball on
Mercer street, as would a French lady
of visiting Mabille or Valentino. AS to
a young French girl, were she to be
seen in such a place, no matter how es-
corted, her character would be gone
forever
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-02-11

SCARLET FEvER-In this disease the
parent and the school teacher are often
concerned to know how long time must
elapse before it is safe to admit the con-
valescent children to mingle with other
children. And the answer is that for o
month, at least, the body af a scarlet
fever patient is casting off scales from
the skin, and from the nose, throat,
bowels and kidneys discharges which
are poisonous and convey the disease.
The chief danger, however, arises from
the skin, as this is the main outlet for
the blood poison to escape; hence every
scale it throws off can carry the infec-
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-02-11

AND now comes Washington scribe
and says that Pinchback, the colored
Senator elect from Louisiana is coouat-
ting with the Democrats, promising
them that if they will only permit him
to take seat in the Senate he will carry
the colored vote over to the Democratic
Republican party if Pinehbaek a and % s e1e
eral score like him would go over to the
Democratlc party; and the former
could well afford to give as bonus all
the votes he can take with him.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-02-11
"Gentlemen, continued the rosy-facd

eeGentlemen,' continued the rosy-facd
man. cit is true bill, as we say in our
profession !; and I beg to present you
with my card-Theodore Chitty, Coun-
.seilor at Cav, II IL Littleton Court. I
will be glad to keep any appointment
made with your lawyer, Mr.. Bane, for
the purpose of settling the accounts OF
the estate"
Gas for me- said the Reverend Jabez
Lucky, rising to keep up the continuity
of the revelation, 81 have only to say
that the happy couple before US were
united in the holy bonds of matrlmony
according to the tenets Of our Church,
by me, about three hours ago, and from
what [ have seen of them since, l must
say they seem to enjoy married life-and
I trust you will join me in wishing them
happy New Year, and many eqnaly
happy returns of the day.
cit is devilish conspiracy y roared
old Bane, whoup to this time had merely
stood paralyzed with establishment,
while his tnoon-face flushed and swell
led with apoplectic threatenings, t'and
I'll break the marriage, and the will too,
if the property goes to all the animals
IN
''Say Noah Ark" interrupted Tom
Bubbles.
'sYoure a scoundre1 % exclaimed
Jabez, shaking his fist at the latter, but
lodging quickly behind the table as a
pugilistic attitude was assumed by Tom.
ssMy dear Uncle" now said Madge,
getting np from her seat beside the con-
tented and amused Harry Caverly,
and holding out her hand toward Bane,
''let us be friends am sorry my mar
riage does not exactly please you-I am
sorry if Mr.. Jarbey feels that the answer
which I am now fully prepared to give
him, and must be disappointment. But
let us be friends, and let by-gones by
by-gones. A new year has just opened
and let us hpoe it will end as happily
for you as the last one did for me-"
The old man seemed suddenly to wilt.
In half-dazed way he gave his hand to
Madge, and without word walked from
the room, followed by Jarbey. The
latte. Individual could not be persuaded
to remain until morning in the house,
and so plodded YEARLY down In thor
oughly frozen condition until the first
train for the city came along. It Ger
tainly was not a happy new year to him,
and so it would be idle to follow him
further
But as for Madge and the happy Harry
Caverly, they are still residents of the
grim old stone house, but propose taking
foreign trip as soon as accounts are
adjusted. Tom Bubbles is to accompany
them, as well as the faithful Kitty, and
if what the wind whispers is true, there
may be very happy new year for them
also.
Madge has told me in confidence (per-
haps I'm Tom Bubbles), that there will
be no trouble with her uncle, but that
everything will be SO arranged that even
he will join us all in having and wishing
a happy New Year.
B. S. GIRLIN.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-02-11

ssDEAR GEORGE, how sweet and wavy
that wheat is - exclaimed fair your G
lady, looking languidly from a car-win-
dow. eyes, love, how beautiful - says
dear George, more intent on insinuating
his arm around Neutrality-suspicious. cor
set. chow like a-a-how like a dweam."
How like oats = retorted disguised
Granger, ''them's oats, young man -
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-02-11

FROM a parliamentary paper just pub
ished, it appears that. Irish publicans
are less in the habit of adulteratlng
whiskey than of dlluting it scandalously
with water. OF Lightweight samples
analysed By the city of Dublin analyst,
eight only were alulterated The rest
were pure, but implied much whisky of
bad Natural quality.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-02-11

THE British Great Northern railway
recently killed a Mr.. Pym,-a defendant
of Long Parliament P,ym- andhad to pay
S75, 900 to his widow. Pym was ''tenant
for life of an income of SO. 900 and his
death left his widow without resources,
so that the sum, large as it seems, is only
an assessment OF three years on the VIC
TINS life
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-02-11

Gam I not little pale ~ inquired a
lady who was short and corpulent, of a
crusty old bachelor. ''You look more
Ike a big tub,' was the blunt reply.
National Republican., 1875-06-02
AEACOsTIA AND POTOMAC RIVER R +
sDseisl Kestine of the stockh. .;esr,


Pursuant to a call "F the PRECEDENT, the stock
holders Of the AZacostIs and Potomac River
Railroad Company held meeting last night, at
the Board Of Trade rooms at which there was a
large representation Of those interested In the
growth Of this infant enterprise. DR.. Noble
Young was called TO the chair, and Mr.. Borer
secretary.
Remarks were made by Messrs. H A. Willard.
Mr.. Guinan, the president, the chairman and
Others, with regard TO the lack Of business enter
prise IN the locality through which the road is to
pass. They spoke of the desirable building ad-
Vsntages in the vicinity Of UniOntown and encOur-
agingIy Of the ultimate suecess Of the venture,
urging upon the owners and occupants Of the prop
erty adjacent the good that would accrue to them
by coming forward and subscribing to the stock
Of the company, both as a dividend paying in
Yestment and as means Of appreciating property
along the line.
These remarks were enthusiastically indorsed
by all present and on motion a committee Of five
Neutrality-suspicious.. Thomas A. Richard ThOs.
SmithsOn, Reuben b. CLARK, John Webster and
H. A. Willard-Was appointed to make a report
at the next meeting, embracing a review Of the
charter, an enumeration Of its provisions and a
general and exhaustive treatment Of all matters
pertaining to the road.
On motion, the committee was enlarged to six
members, and Mr.. Edward Temple was added to
the committee and chosen chairman.
After some miscellaneous remarks the meeting
adjourned.
National Republican., 1875-06-02
Pennsylvania AVENUE.
The Movement for its Repairmen

Inc movement lor lts hepalrment.
Yesterday a very important conference was
held between the Commissioners Of the District
and a committee Of the signers to the petition tor
a new pavement on Pennsylvania avenue between
the Capitol gate and the Treasury Department.
The interview was most agreeable, the Commis
siOners preseut-M essrs. DennisOn and Ketcham
-remarking that they had given the matter
good deal Of consideration, and that they fully
appreciated the Importance of the subject, and
while they were not then fully prepared to finally
commit themselves, they would soon take the sub
80 consideration.
ISEL up IUI IIII@. .-... -
The committee mGde q complete sJAISiAsn' Oh
the case, setting forth therein the views OF the
petitioners, and the unanimous conclusion to
which they have arrived, and it is not too much
TO say that the committee left the Commissioners
with the impression that the work so much needed
and so desirable would soon be commenced. The
committee had 40 particular pavement to recon-
mend, and no Interests to subserve except those
Of the community, and they lntimated that the Sc
lection OF the kind Of pavement to be used would
be wholly left to the judgment Of the COmmis-
siOLeTs.
National Republican., 1875-06-02
THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
Another Suggestion for Soliciting subscrIp


To the Editor Qf the National Republican:
SIR The action Of the Supreme Lodge knights
OF fPythias Of the WCrId, and OF the Great COun-
Gil Improved Order of Red Men Of Pennsylvania,
as published in your columns, would SHOW that
the completion Of the Washington National Mon
ument is a subject in which the country is deeply
interested.
1t seems to me to be the duty Of every man to
give this matter especial attention. and no doubt
every citizen Of W Washington will be glad to aid
and cooperate in the effort. l have obtained the
form Of subscription used, and would suggest,
through your columns, that the reader cut the
form out and send it to acqUsntances in remote
from every State and Territory in the Union in
the governmental departments here eace one of
whom could render great service in the active
measures being put forth by the society BY car
responding with friends at their old homes giving
the history Of the monument its present condition
and the plan adopted for raising means TO CON-
pIete it, If the citizens of Washington Will first
make up their minds that the monument shall be
finished and give very little Of their time and
earnest attention TO 1t, they can greatly aid the
society.
No more simple and comprehensive plan could
be submitted than that adopted. The contingent
subscription, payable in installments, direct to
the order Of the treasurer Of the society," renders
1teasy for sIbscTibers, makes it certain that the
society will get all the money paid, and that
when work is again resumed, the shaft will be
omPleted-indeed, the character of the subscrip-
ton is that each one is the one that will put the
coPestone on the monument
There are many Of our citizens who are fdenti
fed with the secret and beneficial organizations
Ito whom the appeal Of the society is more espe
eially directed) who have acquaintances in kin
dred organizations In other parts Of the country
whom they could interest in this patriotic work
Let us all lend helping hand, and the pride
each viii feel when he shall behold the finished
monument will more than repay for all the time
and labor expended.
The following is the form of subscription:
J. Carroll Brsnt, Secretary Washington National
SIR: This will advise you that t--has SUBJ
scribed - dollars towards the building Of the
Washington National Monument. This amount
TO be paid in accordance with the terms adopted
by your society," viz: On being offieially notlhed
that the contingent subscriptions have reached
an amount necessary for the completion Of thai
work then one half of the above amount Will be
forwarded to the order Of the treasurer Of the
society, and the balance in two equal payments OF
six and twelve months from date OF FIRST payment
Respectfully, &c,
National Republican., 1875-06-02
II GEN. sHERMANs MEMOIRS.

But Sherman only claims that the enemy lest
sos in killed and wounded during the entire as
iDalIy induced him to leave. but the "fianktng."
And this was just as practicable before the as-
sault as after e, and was subsequently made with
The above dispatches and extracts suggest all
needed comment. Indeed, If the records do not
overthrow the positions of General Snermsn,s
book mere comment will not and they will stand.
sLUR UPoN THOMAS TOTALLY DIsPRovED.
Says General Sherman, in the extract from his
book quoted at length above:
''Satisfed of the bloody cost of attacking in
whole army 70 point tFulton7 about ten miles
below Marietta. - General Thomas, as
usual shook his head, deeminE 4 risky to leave
For this false insinuation there is no excuse.
The following is the cipher telegram from Sher-
man to Thomas, proposing this very move to the
latter:
"HEADQUARTERs, June q, 9p. IN.
GENERAL IHoHAs: Are you willing 70 risk
rOad2 1t would bring matters to Q crisis, and
SchOteld has secured the way:
maj. Gen. COmmsudIng."
In the first place, as General Sherman commu-
nicated with General Thomas upon this subject
by telegraph and in cipher 1t Is evident that
Thomas could not have so shaken his head,
through that medium, as 10 make Sherman aware
of an actual shake, and second, while q fYurRtive
shaking might have been communicated in very
plain terms, the dispatches show not only that
this indication Of dissent was wholly wanting,
plan in the following exceedingly suggestive and
emphatic manner:
"READQUARTKRs DEPT OF CUMBERLAND, /
GENERAL SHERMAN: What force do you think
of moving with? II with the greater part OF the
army l think it decidedly better than buttinR
against breastWorks twelve feet thick and
strongly abatised.
''GBo. H. Thomas, NJ G., u S. ""
Immediately after the above Thomas teIe-
graphed the following inquiry, having evidently
in view the possibility that his pontOOns might
be needed:
JUNE q.
"GHNERAL SHERMAN:-HOw far is Fulton from
the crossing of Olleys creek? VIII we have TO
cross any other streams Of much size? When do
you wish to start?
"GEo. H. THOMAS, NJ. g."
And yet with these kilograms ia the record,
showing prompt approval OF his move and dis
position to Immediately cooperate in it, General
Sherman ventures the above contemplate fling
at General Thomas.
The dispatches thus far quoted have been at all
times accessible to General Sherman, and are
quite sufficient to show that the inside history Of
the battle at KenesaW is by no means set forth
in these Memoirs. II. V. b..