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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-11-19
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HallOwelI Post Once.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Western Mail arrives daily, Sundays excepted,
at 3.A and Is p. M; closes at ii 40 A. NJ, and
for the night Pullman train at p. M.
Eastern Mail arrives daily, Sundays excepted,
at 5.57 ana ll.57 A. NJ; closes at $3.50 and s
7. Nj.
Litchfeld Mail arrives on Tuesdays, Thursdays,
and Saturdays, at 10 A. Nj; closes Sundays.
Tuesdays and Thursdays at s p. Nj.
Office Hours from 7.30 A. Nj. to 8. 80 P. M. As
no mail arrives on Sunday, the Office will remain
closed on that day. Mails made up on Sunday
evening for the Monday morning trains.
l.. ROWELL, p. NJ.
Hallowell, October, 1877.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-11-19

The Lives Insured by the Society are carcf, "
selected in different parts OF North America an.
Europe, furnishing, by this broad field of opera.
tons, an additional and exceptional safety to the
Policy-holders. The assurances are made only ON
the Mutual Premiums Principle. The Surplus are
feturncd annually to the Iasured.i
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-11-19
AUGUSTA POST OFFICE.

AUGUSTA POST OFFICE.
OFFICE Hours.
For delivery OF letters, from 7.3O A. NJ. 10 So
T. NJ.
On SUNDAYS. fram 9.l5 A. Nj. to lO.l5A.M,
ARRIVAL AND DEpAHTURR OF MAILS.
MAILS ARRIVE.
Boston, Portland, and West, 2.30 A. Nj. 405 ant
800 Z. III.
Lewiston and Auburn, 4.05, 6 and 500 + Nj
Bath and Rockland 400 snd 800 L. Nj.
RocklaEd stage, via Washington, D L. NJ.
Walcoboro Stage, via Jefferson, d +. NJ.
belgrade, West Wateryille, Nolrldgewock auc
Madison, I.50 Z. NJ.
Winthrop and Monmouth, d +. NJ.
rarmington stage via Readield, l.30 7. NJ.
Belfast, IO.l2 a. NJ. anu 1898 L. Nj.
belfast stage, 1000 A. NJ
okowhegau, 1912 A. Nj.
Grand Trunk X. Il. and Canada, 4.05 ami SOC
p. M.
soldiers Home 1900 A. NJ. and 100 +. Nj.
MAILS CLOSE.
Portland, Boston and West, $50 and 1000 A. u
l0P NJ.
lewiston and Auburn, 5.3J, $50, 1000 A.. NJ.
sth and kockland, $50, anu 1000 A. NJ.
'cAiand stage, via " asnington, 100 A. Vi.
w adoboro stage, VIA Jefferson, 100 \. NJ.
BE grade. West Watervilie, Norrlas sewock, Al,
.dson, 80 L. M.
u
F,rnlnston stage via keauheld, i.5V L. II.
B,tiast, $40 Z. NJ. and 1000 +. NJ.
Il ;iiast stage, 3.4o Z. Nj.
Siowhegan, $40 +. NJ.
u. and Trunk Il. X. and Canada, $50, 1000 AN
Solners Home, A. NJ. and 3.45 L. NJ
DOMESTIC POSTAGE
Drop Letters, per IL OF. cent.
Y Mai Letters per IL oz. cents.
"A Books, transient newspapers, and other transient
printed matter,lexc unseaied cnculars) IL pack
ages not exceeding lbs. iu weight, per ounces
cent.
Unsesled circulars, merchandise, and samples
n packages not exceeding lbs. in weight De.
ounce 1 cent.
All matter not prepaid vt letter rates must be 5,
wrapped that II can Oe examined, and must COL
tain no writing whatever, except as follows:
The sender of any article of third class mail
matter may write MS OF her name or address
therein. OF on the outside thereof, with the word
IRON above or preceding the same or may
write briefly or pint ON any package the number
and names OF the articles lnclosed.
Liquids, glass and explosive chemicals are ex.
Guided from the mails.
MONEY ORDER OFFICE.
Especial attention called to the Money Orde,
system a. u safe and cheap method OF transmitting
mall sums OF money through the mails. Orders
are issued tor amounts not exceeding $50. Larger
amounts can be sent TO the same person at the
ane time by additional orders.
RATES
Orders not exceeding pl5, lOcents
over Bl5 and not exceeding $50, l5
SoO }" % $40, 20 "
$40" S5O, rs
Money orders are also drawn by this office OIL
Canada, Great Britain, Germany, and Switzerland
REGISTERED LETTERS.
ILetters, and other valuable packages, may bt
registered to any post-ofice in the United States
on the payment of letter postage and fee OF teu
cents. HORACE Ii. HAMLEN, p. M.
Jane IL. 1877.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-11-19
Kennebec Savings Bank

This Bank Is not required to make
returns to Assessors.
Deposits made on or bsfore the l0th day of any
month soiU be dated back to the first dav of The
same month
On First Monday in May and November of each
year dividend will DE made on all deposits sand.
ing at those dates, which have been on deposit one
full month
Money deposited in Savings Banks is not to be
taxed TO depositors hereafter,
Dividends as coon as declared are adued to the
principal tins compromising the interest every six
months.
Loans made to depositors on depositing their
Bank Book as security.
iOmcs I'm Freemans Bank Building.,
8. b. GLAZIER. Treasurer.
W. r. HALLETT, President,
Augusta, Jan. 2s. 1873. iap2g.tAwtf
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-07-12
Extraordinary Career of DR.. Johann
Friedrich Won Herder.

The Cincinnati Commercial says: The
most important event in the history OF
the German Pioneer Association proba-
bly, occurred last evening at their regu-
lar meeting, being the advent amongst
them of an old Prussian soldier and
physician, nearly hundred years old,
who has served in most of the great wars
of the last and present century. His
name is Johann Friedrich Won Herder,
and his age is 81 years. He was son
of one of Frederick the Greats famous
generals, and at an early age served as
military physician in the Prussian army.
At the battle of jena he was wounded
and taken prisoner, and after recovering
his health, accepted a position on the
medical staff of the French army, after
ward being appointed staff physician to
the great Napoleon. He followed the
giant of battles through all his subse-
quent wars. He saw the great fire of
Moscow and endured the awful suffer-
ings of the immemorably disastrous re-
treat which followed. He was in Egypt;
beheld the celebrated charge of the
Mamelukes upon the French squares,
and heard the famous exhortation of the
Petit Corporal, telling his soldiers that
forty centuries were looking down upon
them from the SUBMITS of the Pyramids
He saw Waterloo, the charge of the
Cuirassiers, the defeat of the Old Guard,
| the slaughters of the terrible pursuit.
Afterward he joined the Turkish army
and continued in the service of the Sultan
until the time of the Greek war and the
| massacre of Scio, when his sympathies
being enlisted in the cause of humanity
he Joined the Greek forces as an army
physician. After the war he again went
to France and joined the French army.
He went to Algiers and served there.
He subsequently returned to Germany,
| got married and took part in the revolu
ton of '4S, and had to fly the country.
On coming here with his wife and chill
dren he went to st. Louis; and receiv-
ing $25, 900 soon after from the remain
der of his fathers estate, started in the
nursery business near the city. He
failed in this, and at last, having lost
nearly all his fortune, returned to the
practice of his profession. Then came
the war for the Union, and the old man,
together with his five sons, joined an
Illinois regiment. Four of his sons
were killed in the war and the fifth sub
sequently died. his wife also died, and
now the old man desires to return to
France. The Pioneers Association
having heard this story, voten him $50
to help pay his expenses. He is now
on his way to Europe. He yet seems
vigorous, and told his extraordinary
story last evening with remarkable
precision and distinctness.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-07-12
The British Army.

The military strength of England is
viewed with interest at this moment.
Considering the vast extent of the Brit.
ish empire, and the number of warlike
and semi-civilized nations under its
guardianship, the standing army of
Great Britain is very small. The army
is composed of 81 regiments of cavalry,
80 brigades of artillery, and 113 regi-
ments of infantry, besides staff corps.
Three regiments of cavalry, the First
and Second Life Guards and the Horse
Guards, and four regiments of infantry,
the Grenadiers, the Coldstreams, and
the Scott Fusiliers, are guards of the
royal household. Seven regiments OF
cavalry are known as the Dragon
Guards, and four are Independent corps
while 81 regiments of cavalry, all the
artillery, and 102 regiments of infantry
constitute the British line.
The infantry regiments are composed
of battalions the cavalry of squadrons
A regiment may consist of one battal-
ion of no men, or be increased to foul
battalions of 1880 men each; total OF
4,120. In this way the strength of the
army may be more than quardrupled
without a new regiment being created
Each battalion is divided into 10 com
panies The cavalry regiments are aug
mented by increasing the number o.
troops and squadrons, The ordinary
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-07-12
Salem Witchcraft OutdOne.

The young daughter of Elijah Nichols,
a blacksmith of Herdstown, N. j., is
afflicted in the most singular and myste-
rious manner. She predicted evil
against her 18th birthday, which befell
on the 18th of October last, and since
that date she has been bed-ridden and
paralyzed. At times there appears
under the counterpane of her bed a
presence as if a rat, a rabbit or a cat,
swiftly moving from place to place and
eluding detection. In vain is the bed
stripped, or the patient removed to an
other place; the "presence" is only
powerless to act when the mother sleeps
with the child. The physicians, no less
than the clergy, and the common folk
of all the countryside, are baff1ed.
Crowds come daily to see the mystery
On one recent occasion, Mr.. Richards,
Mayor of Dover, held his stiff hat above
the presence" and the hat received a
blow that crushed it. Violent blows
have been given to the hand, to a cane,
and to other objects held out over the
place where the presence" was, and
needless to say, attempts to grab the
presence have failed. All the while the
girl lies moaning as in terror or pain
and her position in. the bed would bt
plainly such as to show that the mystic
rious movements were not caused by
her. The girl has been known to alb
stain from all food for the space of 1;
days, and for some weeks past she ha
only received little milk daily, yet he
face is fair, and, when the visitation il
not nigh, her sleep is apparently health
full. Her parents are plain and homes
people, who view this as an affiictiol
not to be turned to account for notorie
ty or money. The neighbors, unable tt
account for it in any other way, hav
solemnly decreed witchcraft against al
old woman living among them, ant
charms are in active demand.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-07-12
New Farms Started Within a Year.

Does any one know how many new
farms were opened in the States and
Territories last year; how many log
cabins have been built; how many
acres of virgin soil plowed up for the
first timep 1t is not probable that any
one does know with exactness, but there
is little table in the report of the Sec
retary of the Interior, presented to Con-
gress some time ago, which furnishes
the material for an approximately cor
rect answer to these questions, During
the year ending with June last, there
were taken up under the homestead law
1,S75,909 acres. New land taken up
under the homestead law is for actual
cultivation, and is generally taken in
lots of 160 acres. 1t would appear,
therefore, that more than 1900 new
farms were commenced last year, under
| the homestead law alone. But this is
not all. There were sold during the
year GAG, 1861 acres for cash, and 1877 $40
acres were allotted on military land
warrants. 1t is, no doubt, true that
portion of these 1881 acres were
bought or entered by other than actual
settlers, by spectators, or by persons
VINO mdu6 investments Oh UIllS UatuTe
for future purposes. Itwould be fair to
estimate, however, that one-half of the
778,3 acres were purchased or entered
for the purpose Of immediate settle
ment or cultivation; and this calcula-
ton would give up {, 2,433 more new farms
of 16O acres each. There were also
p, ,O48 acres entered upon the Sioux and
Chippewa half-breed strip, and 607, 1884
acres taken up under the Timber-cul-
ture law: Leaving these two latter
items out of the calculation, we have al
aggregate of about 1880 new farms
commenced during the year. This
means 19, 500 new homes. In five years
from now these 19,500 farms, under
good management, ought to produce
annually some 100000 bushels of
wheat, some 46, 100000 bushels of corn,
and some 400, 900 head of cattle or swine
making provisions for more than
enough to furnish meat and bread for
New York City for a whole year.-Bal-
ti7nore american.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-07-12
Saved by his PantalOons.

On Saturday morning last, about 10
o'clock, the Quarryville Railroad Com
pany came very near making us a real
live local, had it not been for the efforts
of conductor. "A six-year-old son of
George Simmons, engineer of No. 3
mill, residing on South Water Street,
undertook to get aboard the train that
goes south about that time, and in doing
so he fell from the platform, and was
seen to 90 down under the cars. Those
who witnessed the accident shuddered
and turned away their heads, expecting
after the train passed to find the boy
strewn promiscuously along the railroad
track. Luckily for him, however, as he was
falling his pantaloons came in contact
with projecting bolt under the plat
form of the car, and there he hung sus-
pended between life and death. He
could not release himself, but the watch
full eye of the conductor saw the young
ster's peril and ran to his rescue. Pull
ing the bell-rope with one hand, he
reached down under the platform and
caught the lad as he wa:
dragging along on the ground
That was very close encounter the
youth had with death, and we are glad
to know that he has escaped, but as il
is he is bruised very considerably and
his father will have to buy him new
suit of clothes, for those worn by hin
at the time of the accident were com
pletely ripped to pieces.-Lancastei
(Pa.) NeW Era.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-07-12

General, it is Virginia herself, through
the Governor, her highest constituted
authority, who asks you to continue in
her service. 1t is our old mother State
who makes this appeal. She has been
rudely smitten on the cheek, and forced
to summon her sons to stand by and de-
fend her from further insult and injury.
viii YOU turn a deaf ear to her solicita-
tions?"
Such, substantially, were his remarks
as he continued to traverse the room;
until finally, after he had thus given full
vent to his feelings and resumed his
seat, | reminded him that it was grow
ing late; and that, as l would have to
leave Winchester by daylight on my re-
turn to Richmond, I hoped he would not
let me 60 back utterly disappointed in
the result of my interview-that if he
would consent to remain in command
of the Valley District, [ would insure
him against any further interference
from the Secretary of War, that l would
do every thing in my power to have his
force increased, and the disaffected por-
ton of his troops replaced by those
which would be more reliable and eff
fective. told him then of the arrange
ment which the Governor had made to
have no action taken for the present on
his resignation.
After appealing to him in this way
for some time, to allow the Governor to
withdraw his resignation, l at last got
up to go; and when | took his hand to
bid him goodbye, said:
"Well, what message am I to take
back to our good friend, the Governor,
in answer to his letterp''
He was silent for some seconds, and |
saw that there was conflict of feelings
within him, but, finally, ruling his spir-
it and thus proving himself to be might
ier ethan he that taketh city," he
slowly replied, pausing between almost
every word:
"Tell m-that-he'll have to do
what he thinks is best-for the State
And thus it was that Stonewall Jack
son consented to remain in the army to
make
| -h;a Valley march tO fame
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-07-12

peace footing of British regiment of
cavalry is eight troops of from 65 to 20
men each. In time of war the regiment
may contain 16 troops cf 100 men each,
though more than II troops arc rarely
put into one regiment. The artillery
brigades are 81 in number, of which six
are horse brigades-that is, the can
noneers are mounted-while the other
25 are field, or foot artillery. The peace
maximum of an artillery brigade is five
batteries, of six guns and $50 men, and
the war maximum II eight-gun batteries
of 200 men each. In this way the
British army may be raised from 120,-
600 to $50, 900 men, without new reg
iment being established.
The force now under arms is 208, ,92O,
of which 1920 are cavalry, and 28,S00
artillery. OF this force, $4,000 are in
India, and $4,000 in other places abroad,
and 100000 in Great Britain and Ire
land
Behind the regular army are the mil
itia, aggregating about 100000 men,
who may be called out by vote of Par
lament for home or foreign service, and
the volunteers, more numerous than the
militia, but not subject to service out
side of the United Kingdom.
conscription is unknown in England,
and the militia has been called out but
once since its organization-to the cam
paign which ended at Waterloo. Great
Britain was never in better condition foI
war than at present. Its credit is
good, and men are plenty, and there is
no reason to believe that the British
have lost any of that unyielding' stub
bornness which has brought them Out
ultimately victorious from every Euro
pean conflict in which they have partici
pated for centuries past.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-07-12
A Wei. Managed Swindle.

Yesterday man clad in the garb and
having the general style of frontiers
man called at Mr.. Eppstein's pawn
brokers' Office, on the corner of Wood
ward and Jefferson Avenues, and said
he would like to make dicker.
"Well, sir, what can do for you?"
inquired the urbane attendant.
"I've got some gold here" said the
stranger. "I'm hard up and want to
raise some money on this ere pile.''
He took from an inner breast-pocket
a small pasteboard box, carefully lifted
the cover off, and disclosed to the pawn
broker handful of goldnuggets.
"Where did you get that?' inquired
the pawnbroker.
"Dug 'er myself" was the reply.
How much do you want for it?''
"Ohp" returned the miner, 81 don't
want to sell it; only want to make a
temporary raise. l guess $3.50 will see
me through for few days, and when l
git home I'll send for it,
The pawnbroker tested one of the
nuggets, found it twenty-one carat gold,
and after weighing it and finding the
pile worth $174, he offered to advance
800 on it.
"'Twon't do, mister" said the
visitor. 81 must have $3.50 or nothing" ="
"One hundred dollars is all l can
lend you on it, replied the pawnbroker,
handing back the box and its precious
contents.
The owner replaced the cover and his
treasure back into his pocket and start
ed toward the door. At the threshold
he halted, appeared to be debating with
himself for moment, and at length
turned again to the pawnbroker.
"Well,'' said he, with careless air,
/" take it and give me the 800. I'll
make that do.'' With that he handed
out the box once more, received ticket
and 800 in cash, and disappeared. An
hour later Mr.. Eppstein thought he
would have look at the gold, and took
it out of the safe. To make assurance
doubly sure, he again tested it. The
first nugget proved to be silver, very
neatly gilded. Another and another
were examined in like manner until the
whole had been gone through, and every
nugget was found to be of the same
character, the whole being worth a
fraction over 81.
The trick was now transparent. The
pretended miner was in reality very
clever swindler, who had two boxes
one containing the pure gold and the
other the gilded silver, which he ex
changed a. the time he pretended to de
cline the offer of 800. He made hi:
escape, and Mr.. Eppstein philosophlcally
pocketed his loss of S96.-Detroit Free
.. Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-07-12

THERE is one advantage DIR. Mary
Walker has over the rest of us fellows
who wear trousers. When she sews on
suspender button she doesn't harpoon
her thumb every time she jabs the nee
die through, and then finds out, when
the agonizing job is done, that she has
sewed the trousers, fore and aft, so tight
together that the whole thing has to be
wrecked before she can get into them
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-07-12

A. SAN FRANCISCO firm has contract
ed to pay 40 cents apiece for the unli-
censed dogs slaughtered in that city.
The skins are to be tanned for glove
making, the hair will be used in plaster,
the bones ground for clarifying sugar,
and the fat manufactured into oil,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-06-09
Great Oil Strike Near Oil
City, Pa.
Disastrous Fire and Loss
Of Life in Bridgeport,
Conn. = &|s
Protest of Mexican Minis
ter in Reference to
Border Raids.
Washington Items.

WAsHINaToN, June S.-John Tyler,
jr., son of the late President Tyler, has
been appointed Inspector of Customs at
Richmond, Va.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
declared the fifth dividend of ten per
cent. in favor of the creditors of the
Ocean National Bank, of New York,
payable on Monday, the llth inst,
making In all dividends of eighty-fve
per cent.
The rumor telegraphed hence that At
torney-Genersl Devens will be Minister
to Russia, Secretary McCrary transferred
to the Department of Justice, and Gen
Banks appointed Secretary of War, is
declared at the executive mansion to be
untrue.
Minister Kasson was at the Depart
ment of State to-day receiving his in
structions preparatory to starting for his
post. His present intention is to sail
from New York on the 4th of July.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-06-09
Peter Cooper on the Adminfstra-
| tjOu's Financial Policy.

New YORK, June 8.-Peter Cooper,
candidate Tor President of the United
States at the last election, has just sd-
dressed a long open letter to President
Hayes, criticising the past financial
policy oil the government and also mark
ing out proper course, In his opinion,
10 he pursued in the future. Cooper
begins his letter with the words:
ALLOW me to offer you my heartfelt
thanks for the wise and independent
urse you have adopted In the discharge
OF the responsible and difficult duties
that you have been called on to
perform. Mr.. Cooper argues:
Our national currency must be made re-
ceivable for all purposes throughout the
country, and interconvertible with 3pcr
cent government bonds. Such currency
would have been worth more to the
American people than all the gold mines
that have ever been discovered on the
continent of America. He advises that
the silver be Withdrawn from circulation
and used in the purchase of foreign
bonds, the fractional paper currency to
be revived
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-06-09
Cabinet tIeeting,

WAsBIHGToH, June 6.-At the Cabl-
net meeting, the Utah troubles were dis
cussed At some length, and the opinion Of
United States Attorney Howard, Of that
territory, who is now here, IN regard ~
prosecutions tor completely IN the Noun
tain Meadows Massacre, fully considered.
II was agreed that the United States au-
thorities OF that territory should proceed
with tirmness IN these prosecutions, and
all offenders be brought TO justice.
Should the Mornons make M attempt 10
prevent the punishment OF their leaters,
the government will zee that n sufficient
force Is sent there 70 enforce the DEGREES
OF the courts, but it 10 not believed there
will be any trouble.
The Secretary Of Stste read commu-
nication just received by him from our
minister 10 Mexico 10 the effect that the
Mexican authorities will cooperate with
the United States authorities on the Rio
Grsnde TO prevent RAIDS into Texas and
in breaking up cattle stealing in that sec.
ton
No foreign appointments whatever
were agreed upon.