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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-06-21
Congregational Conference.

nual meeting, at the Granite church in this city,
this weck-Junc 22d, 23d and oath. sermon
will be delivered at the church this evening, by
Rev. VIM. Hart.
The following is the programme Of exercises
for the several days;
MONDAY, 2lst.
7.4j p. NJ. Sermon-Rev. VIM. Hart Of Bath
TUESDAY, ODD.
A. NJ. Organization and Devotional Services.
II Conference Sermon-Rev. A. p. Tinker
of Auburn.
IL Praise Meeting.
230" Report of Corresponding Secretary,
Rev. f. H. Byington of Brunswick.
Is - Does the condition of our churches nd-
cate the need of any change in our
methods of management and labor ,
Rev. Geo. 7. Dickerman.
The Classical School. Report and adj
dress.
100" Devotional Services.
s I" Notices Of deceased ministers, Dea. T.
+. Duren of Bangor.
SIS" Maine Charitable Socictv-Rcv. J.. +.
Cutter, Sccy.
WEDNESDAY. 23d.
sl5 A NJ. Devotional services-Bnsiness.
|9 /" Anniversary of Maine Missionary So
cety-Sermon; Rev. J. ID. Emer-
II PM. Report of Committee on Systematic
Benefcence; Rev. J. Z. Adams
Z3U - BoWdoln CoNeSe. bangor lheoiogi-
cal Seminary.
$50 Benevolent Societies.
80 Maine Branch of Education Society.
Is What can be done to strengthen
feeble churches; Rev. W. III.
Fem; Prof. L. l.. Paine.
THURSDAY, 2ith.
Sis A. NJ. Devotional Services.
o.45 Reports of Committees and of Dele
gates from corresponding bodies.
General Business.
10 g Report Sunday Schools; Rev. g.
n. Marden of Pennington.
1920 The Religious Education of the
Young.
, 2. NJ Sacrament Of the Lords Supper.-Rcv
G. +. Adams, D. D., Rev. +. Y
Hincks of Portland.
SUNDAY SCHOOL GATHERING.
A Children's Meeting will be held on Wednes
day, at 2.30 p NJ. in the W nthrop Street Baptist
church. Hon. j. s. Wheelwright, chairman.
Woman's Board of Missions-Thursday, $50
A NJ, in chapel.
Reception to Conference in Classical School
Building, Hallowell. on Wednesday. Special train
will leave Augusta depot at 3 p. NJ, returning at
100.
Prayer Meetings in Chapel, on Wednesday and
Thursday mornings at $50 A. NJ.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-06-21
local ano State Mems.

Speaker Blaine reached home on Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-06-21

At the Annual Assembly Of Key Stone Council
No. Q, in China, the following officers were elect
ed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-06-21

The Twenty-seventh Anniversary of the Dread
Collegiate Institute, at Worcester, Mass, takes
place on Friday next This is a select and most en-
cellent school for young ladies' The graduating
class this year consists of ten members. In the
number is Miss Jennie A. Philbrook of this city,
who is also graduate Of the Augusta high school.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-06-21
Appeal Sustained.

Geo. Reynolds was found guilty Of polygamy
at the last term of the district court, under the
T. S. law of 1862, the first conviction in the terri
tory. He appealed and to-day the supreme court
decided that his conviction was null and void. the
grand jury being composed of % instead of Is
grand jurors as required by the territorial stat
utes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-06-21
The postponement and the bad weather COM

The postp0nement and the bad weather COM
bined, r,vcnted large gathering at the Festival
given by the grammar school, for the benefit of
the Reform Club at Granite Hall, on Saturday
evening; so that the affair could not have been
pecuniary success. The entertainment was really
better than that given ON a former occasion-the
sllegory, farce and gypsy chorus running smoothly
and exciting the deep interest of all present. Lus-
cious strawberries and cream, and small noun
tains of ice creams melted away at fabuously low
prices. The children were very happy, and that
is good point gained The children of the gram
mar school and other children present were fur
nished with ice creams or strawberries free.
We should say that the caterpillars had become
a nuisance in Franklin county The Chronicle
says that recently freight train was brought to
stand-still by them, and it was only by sanding
the rails that it was able to 60 on. The caterpn-
lars crawl out from the woods towards night and
gather In large quantities the rails, as they
warm. A foot each side of the rail was covered
by the mutilated bodies of these pests. There is
strip of poplar woods about half a mile long,
short distance from Pennington, and there cannot
be found single leaf upon tree in the whole
strip. tEA Htt
The schools in the Village District of this city
will close this week with the annual examinations.
We trust that the parents and friends ofthe schools
will take pains to attend these examinations and
make note Of the progress that is being made by
the scholars. They and the teachers will be glad
to see them. The school examinations will take
place this week. as follows Primary and Inter
mediate, Kendall street, Monday forenoon; Pri-
mary and Intermediate, Crosby street, Monday,
forenoon; Primary and intermediate, Orchard
street, Tuesday forenoon; Primary and uterine
diate, Grove street, Tuesday afternoon; High
school, Wednesday Grammar school, Thur sday;
High school graduation exercises, Friday evening
at Meonian Hail.
List Of Patents
Issued from the United States Patent Office to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-06-21

The Pullman cars may be rough on the railroad
tracks, but passengers like them, and they have
been missed from the Maine Central track since
the day palace cars were taken Off We under
stand from Mr.. Tucker, the superintendent that
the day Pullman parlor cars will commence rum
ming all through trains, to-day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-06-21

The County Commissioners have ordered the
building Of road in West Waterville, running
from the Ten Lot Road, near Stephen Hersom's,
through land owned by the Dunn Edge Tool Co.,
G. W. Hubbard, s. J. Blake and others, to the old
Logging Road.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-06-21

Powdered white HellebOre,
For the destruction of Currant Worms.
At PARTRIDGE'S DRUG STORE.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-06-21

Dublin, June 10. The fire which broke out
here last night, has been entirely extinquished.
.sThere,s Death in the POt.V
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-06-21

The Turf.
New York, June 10. In the Jerome Park races
to-day the purse of $500, for 3year.olds that had
not won race this year, was decided as follows:
Matte A,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-06-21
The Border Troubles.

A naval force, with steam launches, will be Or
dered to the mouth of the Rio Grande, to look
after our interests there and cooperate with the
army in the suppression of Mexican raids.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-06-21

| Fourth race, free haadicap sweepstakes of $25
each, if not declared out, with $500 added; l.S
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-03
EOREIGN.

The tenor OF all European dispatches re-
ceived on the Goth, was to the effect that the
Herzegovinian troubles would soon be sup
ers had agreed to compel Seryia and Monte
negro TO remain neutral
Rear-Admiral Napoleon Collins, command
ing the South Pacific fleet, died at Callao on
the 9th inst. Rear-Admiral Reed Worden
has been ordered to the command of the
South Pacific station.
The wheat crop in Great Britain has been
harvested in much better condition than was
anticipated, although the yield is sr.all. The
crops upon the continent are gener Ally much
damaged by storms, and ia France the yield
i unusually meager. Official reports show
that the wheat crops in Austriaand Hungary
have fallen OF in quantity snd quslity.
Commodore Goodenoush and q bospscrew
from the British corvette Pearl were recent
ly attacked BY the natives in Carlisle Bay
SAINTS Cruz Island, and the Commodore and
seven men were hit with poisoned arrows.
The Commodore and two OF the crew suisse
quently died from the effects Of the poison.
The Pes-l, in retaliation. shelled and burned
the vilisge. Commodore Goodenough wa.
commander Of the British squadron in Aus
trslian waters.
The foot and mouth disease has broken sut
with great violence in Deyonshire, England
where twelve thousand animals are down
with ii.
A Paris journal announces the intended
marriage Of King Alfonso, OF spain to the
oldest daughter OF the Duke de Montpensier
The following particulars Of the assassin
alton Of Garcia Mareno, President OF Eur
cador. are given by a correspondent: The
assassination took place in the palace ut
Quito, and was committed By an officer,
Captain Rsyo, who had recently been dis
placed by the President, assisted by twoyouug
men OF Quito, called Cornejo. Rave first
struck the President over the head with a
machete. and was instantly run through by
the sentry, who fired his piece Of the same
time, killing the assassin Immediately. The
two young men, after Rayo had struck the
President, fred On the latter with their re-
volvers. The President fell on his face
MORALLY wounded, asd died soon after. The
two young men escaped.
Captain Webb, the Englishman. has per-
formed the hitherto unprecedented feat OF
swimming from Dover to Calais without a
float or lift-ssving apparatus OF any descrip-
ton. He was 81 hours 40 minutes in the pas
sage, and was In good spirits when he reached
the end Of his journey. Capt. Webb failed
in his first attempt.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-03
Letting Loose a Small Volcano.

Last week Mr.. Joseph Hahn, who
lives three or four miles west of Marine
City, Mich, in small place called
Cottrellville, was engaged in sinking an
artesian well, and used for that purpose
a derrick, consisting of three pieces of
timber fastened together at the top, in
the shape of a tripod. This derrick
was fastened by means of heavy log
chain wound around the timbers at the
top, attached 10 which was an auger for
the purpose of boring the well, which
was turned by horse power. The first
portion of the we'll, for distance of
twenty feet, had been carefully bricked
up, and the boring continued from
there. The diameter of the well is
thirteen inches, aud on Monday night
the auger bad penetrated distance of
l2j feet.
The next morning gas chamber was
penetrated. and upon the removal of
the auger the wooden tubing shot out of
the well, Immediately followed by a
stream Of gas, water, mud, and stones
that rose 10 distance of nearly two
hundred feet in the air, W lille the ground
shook as if an earthquake had convulsed
it. Stones weighing from ten 10 twenty
pounds were projected in the air and
fell in all directions, some Of them
cras hing through the roof Of Mr.. Ilahn's
house and barn, and compelling his
family to seek another habitation. The
heavy log chain binding the derrick was
cut by the flying missiles into dozen
pieces, and tho farm, upon which
stone could not have been found pre-
yious to this phenomenon, was literally
covered with large and small ones.
The velocity Of this discharge con
tinued for eight or ten hours without IN
termission, when the monster was found
to have spent his fury, and the stream
and noise gradually subsidized The
crops Of Mr.. Hahn were completely de-
sroyed by the falling debris aud the
streams Of water which ran in all direc-
tons. Many people visited the well,
and many are still coming, and Mr.
Hahn, TO restore rs nearly rs possible
his loss, has inclosed the well within "A
rail fence, and charges the moderate
sum Of five cents for the satisfaction of
individual curiosity. The water, still
bubbling, may be seen AT great depth
by the aid of mirror, which reflects
the suns rays into its depths .-Chicago
Times
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-03

A writer in the Metropolitan SAYS:
We once asked an old Winnebago
squaw how il was that she cured ner
sick family by simply covering them
every day with fresh earth, leaving only
a breathing spot for their noses, and
She said: Earth our mother. Earth
make she, and earth take good care to
make she papooses strong squaw-moth-
er make she papooses sick; earth-mo'h-
or make she papooses well again. She
can I tell white squaw any more. Now
this poor Indian woman was wise sac
cording to her lights Without know
ing why, she saw that the earth was a
friend to her children, and therefore
gave them to its healing embrace. If
the mother be fortunate enough TO live
in the country, she has the cure for
many Of her children's ills quite at hand !.
Encourage baby to play in the fresh
earth, preparing it properly for IFS en-
joyment and cure, with as careful an
eye to the comfort Of the little thing as
You would if it were to take any other
sort ofa bath. If it has no old dresses :,
make II suit Of cheap print, tie upon
It's head a light cap, that will protect its
ewes from discomfort and give il freedom
10 delye i'm the warm, soft earth, where
the sunshine can comfort and inyigorate
il. II it is a city child, and circum-
stances forbid trip to the country for
tue sake of the weak convalcscent, have
a Sand-hcap made on the warm side Of
your yard. Instinct will teach il to dig,
and digging hardens the muscles and
gives strength to the bones, while from
the heart Of the earth rises a subtle and
strong power Of healing that we can
neither explain nor understand for our
selves, though we have both seen and
felt its potency.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-03

ner invited me TO address annual meetings.
Yesterday received a printed paper. being n
protest Of number OF your fellow countrymen
against the action OF your board In their invita-
ton "a me 10 make the annual address at the
county meeting. Thereupon l sent 10 YOU the
telegram Withdrawing my acceptance ~ the In
yItatson, under the conviction that 4 would not
be useful or agreeable toparticlpale In the meet
ing, and now hope neither your assoc iation nor
your directors viii sufer harm by the delay In
procuring an orator. or by the correspondence
which has caused IL
8. II was my object TO crafty wish. long en-
tertained 10 see Ia its cultivated dress country
known 10 me as a trackiess wilderness. but that
being merely personal qualification. az may he
indulged IN at my convenience or postponed in
definitely. 1 can believe the cause which has
changedmy purpose was ~ unforseen by you as
by we, and you may be assured that feel no
dissatisfaction towards the directors or yourself.
and have suffered no personal embarrassment
from the event AS the invitation was uneNpcct-
ed, and only acceptable as an expression OF gen
eral good Will. SO my only regret is the loss Of
an opportunity TO promote public interests with
which the welfare Of your community IL idcnu-
fled. Again expressing the hope that neither the
directors or yourself may suffer injury or annoy
ancc. and thanking you Tor the Kindness and con
sideration you have manifested, | am respect
fully yours, JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-03

Chicago. About 5000 feet high. A gale
coming from the northeast. Balloon Is get
ting out of order. Gas escaping fast. Can't
remain up much longer. VIII surely land In
the lake. Fearful storm.
[Signedl DONALDSON
An excursion train between Geneva Lake
and Rockford, Ill.,, was thrown from the track.
on the 23i, and one passenger Killed and sew
eral wounded, some fatally.
The prosecution of the Franklin County
Qll) ku-klux is TO be undertaken by the
United States authorities, under the so-cslled
ku-Klux law.
TO deliver an address at the coming fair ofthe
Kansas City Exposition Association.
j. T.. Miller, formerly United States
Gauger, and who is an important witness
for the Government against the Chicago
whisky ring. was shot at and wounded in
that city, one night recently, by some person
unknown. II is claimed that the shooting
was done by an emissary of the ring, and
that the intention was 10 assassinate Miller
in order to prevent his testifying against GER
tain parties.
The st. Paul express train, due at Sioux
City on the night OF the 25th, went through
4 bridge about four miles south Of that city,
and A. w. Lock, conductor, Lorenzo Mann,
engineer, and Ed. Kelly, fireman, were in
,tantly killed. A few passengers we're
slightly bruised
A session Of the National Agricultural
College will be held At Cincinnati, Sept -
20 "A.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-03
Luck Was With Him

a Massachusetts, paper says that n
drunken man actually drove horse and
wagon NJ llo'clock Of recent evening,
on the Boston and Albany Railroad
track from Spencer, three miles, to
East Brookield, without harm, beyond
dropping his groceries and boot boxes
by the way. He crossed numerous cat
tle-guards, and finally ran his wagon
down a bank, and reused up Agent
Adams to help him out Of the prcdica-
mcnt. lie lodged all the night freight
and owl passenger trains, and AYERS
that one of them "turned ont for him. !"
"A can Of powder exploded in burn
ing building at Ann Arbor, Mich. inju-
ring some 30persons who were near by.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-03

The memphis papers OF the 18th pub
lished the following letter from Mr..
Davis to the Secretary of the Winnie
bago County Qll) Agricultural So
ciety:
MEMPHIS, TENN. August Is, ISIS.
Hy. II. kimbal, Secretary OF the WInncbago
County Agricultural Society, Rockford, Ill
DEAR SIR yesterday sent 70 you a telegram
announcing my revocation of the conditional
ceptance of the invitation 10 address your asso-
citation at the annual meeting In September next.
The long period which has elapsed since the
cept OF your fret letter, and the considerable
courtesy which has marked your correspondence,
makes i duty 10 the board and ~ myself that
sufficient explanation should be given OF this
change of purpose. Three Ob iccts mainly induced
me 20 accept the invitation
!. The hope that personal intercourse n.ight
remove some Of the prejudices which had been
generated by partisan iactione, and nurured by
individual and sectional hate. Anxious now az
In former years TO promote the interests Of our
great valley Of the Mississippi, and believing
that with mutual confidence and co-intellige nee
much could lie done for their advancement.
only delayed my acceptance OF your invitation
until II became reasonably probable II could be
met.
The productive capacity Of the Northwest needs
for Its development cheaper and safer transporta-
ton 90 the markets OF the southwest, and also TO
those OF foreign cOuntries In England especial
y earnest attention has been directed for several
years past 20 more direct and economical trade
with the Mississippi valley. In this connection
there was a desire 20 confer with the Patrons of
Hutbandry in your rich and prosperous section,
10 discuss with them questions involved In Sc
curing better means OF transporting your farm
products to the most favorable markets, and OF
providing agencies which should insure larger
returns to freemen. and by such conference TO
learn the views Of one member Of the family Of
the Mississippi Valley-a family the chief in
terest OF a me members ~ which, IL agriculture,
but the cultivatorr OF ,uch various crops as 70
make the trade among themselves extensive ami
lucrative, while II stamps upon each and all the
same in6rests and the same policy as 10 their
foreign trade. To render such conference e.
fectllal therr must needs he n disposition to at.
tend 10 the subject under consiieration-eurely
not purpose 10 smother 10 b. the interpOe itiOn
OF matters having no just relation 10 IL.
.. IL was my wish 10 recognize the courtesy Of
your board and was encouraged 10 believe
that your reception OF m would be beneficial
rather than Injurious " your association. This
WAS the more supposable because several other
agricultural societies OF Illinois had in like man
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-03
CURRENT NEWS.
EAST.

Gold closed in New York on August -, at
us IL.
York on the 2iSt, where grand reception
was given them by their comrades Of the Ma
tionsl Rife Association and q. large .nurnber
of invited guests.
For the year ended June 80, 1876, there
was decrease of $4,000 in the number Of
immigrant Is to the United States. rs compar-
ed with the previous year.
Three hundred and filty Mennonites left
New York for the West on TIE 24th.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-03
A Letter from Jefferson Davis.

The Memphis papers of the 10Th pub
lished the following letter from Mr..
Davis to the Secretary of the Winnie
bago County Qll) Agricultural So
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1875-05-13

hauevef. ve aoly envy tHe eblArea
ths mealtIy haFpsesa g. Esa d
70 "a
Suusu Han MtT. The three bfzh.
i.ces fhst iabk oUi frsm che apcHIaF
page af the Nay uambtr of Sraaef8
mauthIf. ara aaIg Different views "a aaa
grItsb bead tle sti living heroine at
a tragedy which will Dee remembered
As long a. the name Of Napoleon is
iau8ca add rey8cl among mea, The
picture here sklH'ully reproduced is
Gilbert stuarts ibreeiali portrait Of
Madame Patterson Bonaparte. Of Balfl
more, one uf the most conspicuous vie
tins Of the great haPoIeaBs selfish
and unscrupaIous ambition The &C
c0mpaayiaE sketch af The Baltimore
Bouspartas7 is "a authentic history 81
this Interesting family which may yet
give France It's Emperor The Hew
Paris Opera House is described With
pen and picture, SO the same number
The present description l- rapid and
uncutical, bot gives a good idea Of the
general style. aud Of the most curious
and striking features Of this Temple
of Song" A paper entitled 'Drog-
makeril' gives a carefully prepared
account of the drainage Of Haarlem
Lake, This paper, which includes the
entire subject Of drainage 10 Holland, is
particularly valuable to engineers and
those interested in low lands along our
coast but the subject is so simply
treated that the general reader viii
Snd IL as interesting as a romance, The
two serials, Or Hollands The Story
of sevenoaks," and Jules Verne's
Mysterious Island" arc continued,
and two short stories comprise the iic-
ton Of the number; while, for the rest,
there is an article by Dr. Ward, Of the
Independent, on recent "Assy rian Dis.
coveres brief but thoughtful
criticism Of "5ome Recent Women
Poets; a paper entitled Yung Wing
and his Work ; which tells about the
Chinese Educational Mission Some
Old Letters :" and Both Sides Of the
Shield" A new department entitled
" The Worlds Work, " takes the place
Of Mature and Science" and "Etch-
ings' gives way to "Bric-a.brac -
Thus Scribner enters upon its tenth
Volume