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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-09-09

The nomination Of Capt Alfred Watts
| ion Senator by the Democrats of Knox
| County places before the people u good
| Democrat and a worthy citizen--tl man of
| thorough and economical business ideas,
Just such rs should be introduced into the
| public affairs OF Maine. OF course the
| Captain viii be elected Messrs Carroll
and Sherman are also cXcellently qualified
tDr Commissioner and Treasurer, ana will
receive popular endorsement at the polls
The Bangor Commercial is giving to
the sheriff Of that County some deserved
lashngs for his policy OF hiring men for
money to be inlormers against liquor sell
ers. That is to say, the spy induces the
seller to violate the law, and is rewarded
for it. while the less guilty dealer is pun
ished That's the boastel morality OF the
Maine Liquor law!
The Progressive Age iavors the green
back imitation policy. Consequently, in
its report Of llale's speech in this city last
week, it omits all that portion which
charges the Democrats of the South with
lavoring the same policy, and as therefore
Enthusiastically. Hale gave the Age Il ter
rible rasping over the backs of Ohio Dem
ocrats, and it naturally wouldn't care 10
put it on record.
The Trial Of Harris, charged with
being the leader Of the contemplated negro
Instruction in Georgia, resulted in his
acquittal. The defendant introduced no
witnesses. The acquittal was simply the
result Of n failure of the prosecution to
produce any proof of a criminal intent
The Rockland Opinion is probing the
affairs Of the granite islands Of Penobscot
Bay, and showing them to be very rotten
concerns We have long regarded them
as great radical vote factories, run at the
expense of the people for the purpose of
thwarting the popular will.
"A correspondent OF the Argus, writ
inc from Kendalrs Mills, says OF recent
meeting there
John l.. Stephens and Seth l.. Miiken adj
dressed about % persons here this evening. 1t
was the competest lizzle that ever was seen in
this town. And this is the old home of Gen.
Conner. The bloody shirt was shaken to the
breeze.
--Ex-Speaker Blaine is to speak in this
city this Crhursday) evening The way
in which the local managers are sending
out postal card invitations urging the at
tendance OF wavering brethren through
the county, indicates big scare on their
part They have evidently heard from
California.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-09-09

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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-09-09
California,

The tide OF Democratic victory has no
retiring ebb. Something was expected
from California, but not the glorious re-
suits which the telegraph brings. 1t is a
victory the Importance Of which is be-
You'd computation in its effect upon COM
ing elections.
When we consider that the peculiar sit
uatlon OF the state in respect to the rest
Of the union, and her Independent posi-
ton in regard to business, leaves her al
most unaffected by the causes which have
produced business depression and hard
times on this side of the mountains, 50
decisive II result at the polls was not to
be expected. 1t must be attributed to
condemnation of the evil practices which
affect so disastrously the rest of the coun-
try, and to which the great Pacific state
IS compelled to be an indignant spectator.
AS we write. the returns justify the as
sertion that the Democrats have made a
clean sweep of Governor, state officers,
delegation to the late Congress consisted
of one Democrat and three Republicans.
In the Presidential election of 1872, Grant
received the electoral vote of the state hv
large majority. At the last state cleo
ton, Two years ago, the Republican major
| ity was 10000 1t has been wiped ont,
and full 80 900 majority scored for the De
mocracy.
| Ii will be seen from this how thorough
and complete the revolution in popular
opinion has been. Like causes produce
! like results California sends her greet
ing towards the rising sun Of Maine, and
asks response from her people, who are
q hundred times more affected by the mis-
rule of radlcalism. And Maine will on
Monday night respond in voice that
will be head all over the land in favor OF
| CHANGE
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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-09-09

/ went to. West Virginia shortly after
ward and remained there for FIVE years,
during which time | heard nothing of
Miner, and he slipped out of my MEM
ory When Ereturned, inlS57, came
to New York to reside. One day / had
occasion to visit Philadelphia, and
while there 1 inquired about Miner. |
learned that he had studied medicine,
was graduated, and had set up prac-
tice in thriving Western town. And
that was all learned then.
He turned up again, not in person,
but through paper in 4 Western med-
ical journal, which he sent to me, q
very able monograph, and through a
colleague of his, a well-informed ply
sician, who had visited the East. The
latter informed me that Miner, though
a Young man, stood in the front rank
of his profession in the town and was
very much liked by bis medical breth-
rem. He had some peeuliarities, how
ever, one of them being a habit OF pre-
scribing, whenever possible, indigenous
remedies instead of those imported.
ssIs he married - 1s1llE@ t42-
eyes, very well, and IN a romantic
way. He attended rich young girl
and got her out of dangerous attack of
typhoid. They fell in love with, each
other. and married = The girl, who
was Just of age, settled her whole for
tune on him, though he know nothing
Of it until the morning after the we'd
ding ''a- af Hl 20 .e--
ga rather dangerous experiment. "
'''He thought so himself i fancy, for
he turned around at once and settled it
all back on her-all the real estate, that
is"
ssIs his mother living?"
''Yes, but quite inirm. She resides
with him, and the wife is very fond OF
her. - TE
Why 1 came to give these points in
his history is this: | received infOrma-
ton of his death the other day, the re-
suit of sickness acquired in the too ar
dent pursuit of his professional duties.
| The facts were stated in a letter from
the executor, who Informed me that by
directions in the will of the deceased all
the botanical works in his library were
to be culled from the rest and forward
ed to me INDEPENDENT. .s-- . ,....
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-09-09

asa brave Polish officer in the. United
States service during our civil war. On
my left hand was a dignified oldlgentle-
man, spoken of as the right reverend.
The repastwas Spartan inits simplicity.
Conversation took a curious tone. For
ei9n events, which are simple to us
now, the reasons for them, which were
hidden then, were treated with judg-
ment which seems to me, after q certain
lapse of years, to have been almost pro-
phetic. We separated early. "There, "
said Quasi, as we We're alone, ''now
for a quiet talk of but few moments,
for / have to work far into the night.
1t is the person we addressed as the
reverend who takes my place here.
That pious gentlemanis the son of one
of Poland's martyred priests. Tonight
my work here draws to a close. You
would be surprised did | tell you the
amount of money | have collected and
transmitted abroad for. the sacred cause.
Clerks at Brown Bros. 'and Belrnonf's
were amazed at the appearance of a
miserable looking object ike me buying
such bills of exchange. Now there'wiH
be war between FRANCE and Germany.
If France is successful, she incms the
enmitv of Russia: if Germahy.ce
it viii be the same thing. But we won't
90 into politics of the highest grade.
All we. care for is that there is going to
be trouble in Europe, not for the next
few years only, but for twenty years
to come, and when thieves
fall out there may be a chance for Po-
land. Remember me always as Quasi,
who robbed an IrishwOman of her goats
milk. What delicious draught it was!
Now, adieu, y and we shook hands and
parted. s-.
Some months ago | was on an ocean
steamer, bidding a friend goodbye. In
the steerage | passed an old gentleman
quietly sitting on a trunk, who was So
lacing himself with pinch Of snuff. l
recognized him as the right reverend of
Quasi's farewell dinner. ''And Quasi, +"
l asked, ''what of him? | met you,
sir, once at dinner with Quasi"
"Quasi,' said the old gentleman.
"Ah, yes, remember him! yes, that
was his name here. | had almost for
gotten about him. Oh, he was shotby
the Prussians or French, | forget which,
for spy. Quite capital kind of
person; you were friend of his? Quasi
bore a name illustrious in our unhappy
Poland. He made the twenty-siXth man
in the same family, in this century
alone, who gave up his life for his
mother 1t would be of no use to tell
his name. You Americans mangle our
names. You have hardly yet decided
how to spell the names of our Polish
heroes who died in your revolutionary
times. Yes; | am going over for the
cause. Things are moving. | may not
live to see our mother free; even you
who are younger may not, but your
children may. So you knew Quasi,
and have thought of him? Goodbye,
and never cease thanking the Almighty
that you are free And saying this,
the old man, with trembling hand,
drew breviary from his pocket and
was soon absorbed in its contents.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-09-09
A Matrimonial Horror.


a very mysterious case has Just come
to light in the town Of BoOnton, n. j.,
which, it is asserted, exhibits one of
the most brutal and fiendish cases of bar
baritv that has occurred for years in the
vicinity of New York. 1t appears that
one Philip Cook, Il carpenter by trade,
residing in the above place, has for a
long time lived on unhappy terms with
his wife. 1t is moreover alleged that OF
late he has been ON terms of improper
intimacy with another woman, and he
sought to get clear of his wife by starry
inc her to death. To accomplish this
purpose he is alleged to have locked her
up in an upper room in the building oc-
cupid as the family residence, and has
there kept her confined for nearly three
weeks. Cook has three children, and
the sudden disappearance of the mother
led several of the neighbOrs to inquire
as to her whereabouts. The children
finally told them that their mother was
kept locked up in room by their IA
ther. Cook was then asked as to the
whereabouts of his wife, when he stated
that she was sick. This did not satisfy
some of the citizens, so on Thursday
evening about twenty of them forced
their way into Cooks house, and to
their astonishment found Mrs Cook
lying in an insensible condition on a
bare floor. They removed her to an adj
Joining room and sent for Il physician,
but rs vet she has been in such q cOndi-
ton that but little hopes are entertain
ed for her recovery. She has been I'M
able to make a clear statement of the
brutal treatment she has received.
Cook has, therefore, been arrested and
committed to the County Jail, without
bail, to await the recovery or death Of
his wife .--NelO York Herald, Aug. 26.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-09-09
A Wonderful Cave.


A remarkable discovery was made on
an island in the Mississippi, eight miles
below Davenport, Iowa, August %, by
some fishermen. 1t was a subterranean
cave, hewn out of the solid rock, which
was covered by huge rock, and which
was reached by stone steps. The floor
of this subterranean cavity, which had
undoubtedly been made thousands Of
years ago, was thickly strewn with
ashes, the charred remains of bones
and a substance which they took to be
dead leaves, first wetted, and then
pressed together, and resembling in
color and solidity the cake from Oat-
meal. Among the dry ashes they pick
ed up three tusks about the size OF
boar's teeth, and still lower the boat
hook came in contact with 4 hard sub
stance which proved to be Il skull,
brown as polished walnut, perfect in
every respect, and of extraordinary
size. On further examination almost
complete skeleton was discovered.
But the most singular part came to light
in the hardened and almost petrificd
leather straps, bronze buckles, and Il
wooden leg which continued the right
extremity, that limb having been re-
moved about midway between the hip
and knee. This is a very interesting
discovery, proving that a knowledge OF
| bronze was among the learning OF the
aboriginal Americans, aud that me-
chanical surgery in those days was equal
at least to the adaptation of timber
extremity. .-ChicGq0 Tribune. ID
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-09-09
An Extraordinary Mechanical Feat.

A new and interesting experiment in
house-rioving was successfully perform
ed yesterday morning at ZIG West
Twenty-fourth Street, in the presence
of number Of prominent builders,
General District-InSpector Talhnan and
Inspector McGloiu, of the Department
of Buildings. About Il month ago the
Society ST. Crescent de Paul deter
mined to build on the vacant lots in the
rear of their Twenty-third Street build
ing. A surYey. of the land being made,
it was discovered that the wall of the
five-storv brick livcry-stable adjoining,
occupied by 5. c. Mott, eneroached Is
inches on their property. The owner
was notified to remove the wall to the
eastward, and Weeks n Brothers,
builders, were authorized to tear it
down and rebuild Mr.. Weeks did not
like to pull dowmthc wall and hit upon
a plan for moving it bodily, which he
submitted to +. -& =. +. Goodwin,
house-movers, and II. \. CheSner.
The plan was ratified by the three firms,
while other builders declared 1t could
not be safely or successfully y carried out.
No where could be found I'm the history
of building or hOuSe-mOving an instance
where a brick wall had been detached
from a building and moved. The wall
was so wears old and built of second
hand brick, 20 feet HIGH, about the
same length, 16 inches wide NJ the base,
and about u inches 1T the top. Its
weight was 2jO tons.
Ten yellow-pine timbers, l. y L
inches, planed on the upper surface,
were let in horizontally under the wall,
ut equal distances, just above the toun-
dation, ut right angles to its face.
ssNeedles'' builders call them. The
upper surface of each needle was pro-
fuselv creased, and smaller needle,
planned surface down, inserted along
each larger one. Spur braces fixed ut
the foot of these upper timbers held the
wall plumb. Ten jack-screvS, working
horizontally, were set at the ends on one
side of the ten Upperneedles. This be
inc done, an 1S-inch slice was taken OIL
vertically from the stable building Just
inside the wall. At O'Clock yesterday
morning man at each jack-scrcy be-
can to work it, and the wall moved in
an inch safely. eco on, SdId the
boss, with some little excitement, and
this time one of the ten men did not
work his rack as much as the rest. The
Overseers were a little nervous at this,
bat the wall carried the Lazy needle
along with the rest. BY 10 O'Clock the
( 900 square feet Of wall were pushed
up tight against the open side OF the
stable, and the whole was perfectly
plumb and unshaken. men IN the
stables pursued their usual ayocatlonS
during this performance, which at
tracted a crowd of Interested spectators.
--NciC York World.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-09-09
The Late William c. RalstOn.

A San Francisco dispatch to the Chi
cago Tribune gives the following inter-
esting sketch of the late President of the
suspended Bank of California:
The news of RalstOn's self-deStruc-
ton spread like wildfre throughout the
city, and was the occasion of universal
comment. Ralston, personally and So
cially, was extremely popular, and, al
though the act IS characteristic of the
man. bis suicide has created general
sorrow. Hewas lavish of his money,
a liberal patron of talent of whatever
sort, and entertained like a European
potentate. Next to the Bank of Cali
fornia, the City of San Francisco was
his dearest pride, and the pains he took
to do the honors to visitors from the
Eastern States will not soon be forgot
ten, either by the recipients of his
splendid hospitality or the city of his
residence.
Ralston's celebrated country-Seat, g,
where several thousand guests have been
entertained during the past ten years
was about % miles south of San Fran
cisco, in the San MateO region. The
house has the appearance of a great
baronial hall. 1t stands back in the
small valley called rBemont, - with
in a few minutes walk of the
San Jose Railway. A grove of live
oaks surrounds it, and the recesses and
hills hide it from the winds. The grass
and neighboring meadows are irrigated
by means of wells, windmillS, and force
pumps. In the stables are stalls fol
forty horses, and about twenty driving
vehicles. twas the habit of the pro-
prietor to drive to the city and back, a
matter of 50 miles, nearly every day in
the year, holding the reins himself. His
mansion is tastefully ornamented with
pictures, marbles, , and furniture from
California woods, and it contains about
forty bed-chambers.
Ralston's leisure was chiefly given to
impressing strangers with the resources
comforts and climate of California
and he never appeared to, be SO happy
as when showing foreigners. or Eastern
men of influence the road and the
scenery. His hand was in every I'M
provemenf and institution of the me-
tropolis, and yet he had dislike OF
general publicity, and could in no way
be sooner offended than by newspaper
adulation. People who lived for them
selves looked with astonishment upon
the spectacle of his flying team, carry
ing to his private hospitality travellers
from all nations; but as to himself, his
possessions, or his "reminiscences, he
was hniforHly reticent. -res
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-09-09
4 FRIEND IN NEED.
BY PFLEG ARKAFRFGHT. !

By PELEG ARKNRt6HT.> ~
Good dog! Come rest thy mazzIe on m,
knee : g 49, ~ 3 N
Thy stesdfsst love is IL that's left for me;
Thou ar friend indeed,
Forever true; God knows my bitter need!
Thou art so honest in thy gravity
No dimpling smiles and laughing mods from
thee.
BY heaven! it makes me wild ---
To think how fair her face was when she
smiled!
Can / forget the sweetness Of that mouth
Sweeter than roses from the rose ate South
Her low, clear voice. 10 me,
Was Ike soft music heard by night at sea.
Dost thou remember, Pluto. how one day
She took thy shaggy paw with banter gay?
Her charms thou didst not see,
Her beauty had no kill to madden thee, 3
But I-Oh, Pu.O, how loved the girl!
Her soft brOwnllairand every little curl,
And bright Cor all nytems- ~
A face TO wonder at through weary years.
Pluto, my friend, thou loollest up to me
With blinking eyes. but full of sympathy:
Dumb, loyal. loving, brave,
j know thou will be faithful to the grave.
Had she been faithful-ah! the very though
But deepens all the misery she has wrought
And darkens my despair.
1t was cruel God made her so fair.
Is SPEECH denied thee. Pluto? Better so, 3D.
For thou mighl'st learn TO lie. In accents
low
She said she loved me we'll
Such lies they whisper each 10 each in he'll
Come, let us 60 and leave this grief behind
Somewhere a little peace we yet may find.
Alas and vet, alas .s
| know the maddeGing vision will not pass
Graphic.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-09-09
She Padded Her Own Boat.

The train was approaching Atlanta .,
and the obliging conductor went up to
the hOmely Old lady who was evidently
travelling alone, and said:
"Madam, have you any cOmpanion?''
"Oh, yes, sir; Martha Ann made
me fetch along her little black ridicule
that she calls a kHmpaniOn."
"Nol no! Imean an escort :"
ga what, sir?'' and she looked at
him hard enough to break her specta-
cles.
ga fellow-traveler with you, eX-
plained the conductor desperately.
She arose. Her uplifted hand looked
deadly in its black mitten garniture.
"You good-for-nothing scamp! no,
sir! The idee of me, lone woman,
with no naturl protector but sheep
skin kivered New Testament, haT-
inc a feller travelin' with me! Your
mother ought to weep over your impu-
dence, young man; and III have We to
know that l kin git along in this world
about as well as any sixty-year old wild
ow that you ever struck agin.''
BY this time the conductor was out
on the platform, wiping the perspira-
I ton from his. face, and swearing that
the old lady might ''gO it alone to
her hearts Ontent.-AttantG CorstitH-
tiOH.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-09-09
A Castor Oil Episode.

She had had her mind made up for
two or three davs that the boy needed
some castor oil, but she knew that she
must approach hinr gently. Sheplaced
the bottle where he could see II, amt
when he turned up his nose she said:
ats just like honey, my darling.
He seemed to doubt her word, AMI
she continued: .-s ......
eff You'll take some I'll let You goto
the circus. -
s'How much?''--hs-cautiously in
1uH9d !soh, only spoonful Just one
spoonful - she replied as She uncorked
the bottle. s.r ra-
ssAnd You'll give me some sugar, be-
sides?r he asked. 7l
.s.Of course villa big lump
He waited until she began pouring
from the bottle, then asked.
''And you'll give me ;ten cents,
too?'' -r
eyes, of course ...,.
tAnd you'll buy me a shoo-fy kite2'
he went on, seeing his advantage
s.N0o kite--no ile," he said, as he
drew back. .r
s.WelI, III buy You the kite1F she
replied, filling the spoon clear up.
tsAnd a velocipede?"
ssI'H think of It -
ssYou can't think no castor oil down
metz he exclaimed, looking around for
his hat.
'sHere-I will, or I'll tease fatherto,
and l know he will. Come, now, ,swal-
low it down" -.
".And you'll buy me a goats''
yes .sH
ssAnd two hundred marbles"
ssYes. Now take it right DOWN
- And a coach dOg?n t1s
81 can't promise that"
.. All right--nO dog, no ile,"
ssWen, I'll ask your father2'
s.And you'll buy me pony2'i
s'Oh, l couldn't do that. Now be a
good boy and swallow it down -
"Oh, yes, I'll swallow that stuff, L
will, . he said, as he clapped on his
hat 'sYou may fool some other boy
with circus ticket anda lump Of brown
sugar, but it II take adhuBdred dollar
pony e FQt that castor oil d9Yn my
1 fAad1he went dut 20 see If the neigh
bor' 5 eat had been eanght in the dead
fall he set for her.-DetTo1 Free Press.