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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-06-30

Thursday eve ming the commencement exercises
opened with prize defamation Of the Middle class,
in the Baptist church. The house was filled to
overlooking, notwithstanding the conflicting at
traction of circus Many of the speakers did
very finely, and the class averages quite good.
Billiards. Orchestra of Lewiston, furnished the
music. Following is the programme:
puAyppp nv Rry I'm Su,u
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-06-30
FINANCIAL & COMMERCIAL,
New York Money Market.

New York. June 20, ls1.
Money was easy at ha2 per cent. ON Gull. For.
eign exchange advanced to asa Tor bankers lohR
aud +5S14 asJ1s for 1ealund. oold opened at 1851
aud closed al iu5k Loans "a luz per cent
Customs receipts, $40 300. Treasury uIsbursed
silver.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-06-30

Mr.. B. Libby and family Mrs. II. l.. Fuller, ant
Mr.. Fowler of this city, are soiourning at Ole
Orchard Beach.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-06-30

The sum Of $50. 900 Portland city bonds, to run
IA years, to take the place of bonds whose time is
soon 10 expire, were awarded TO Swan g. Bar
rett, Wednesday, at 8.65 premium.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-06-30
The Taxes.

When we come to examine the list of taxes,
published in yesterdays Daily, every candid per-
son must give the Assessors credit of doing their
duty impsrtally. They have without doubt, in
some cases. erred in judgment, but to err is
human.
The largest individual tax is paid by J. W.
Bradbury, S2,53j.25. The largest corporation tax
S6,2570O. is paid by the Sprague Company. The
individuals and corporations paying tax of $1,000
and upwards, are; Portland & Kennebec X. r.,
Sl,05s5i; james &. Blaine, Sl.537.75; Allen
Lambard 81 ,65757; j. w. North, s., 4Sl Al; X.
ID. Rice, 81 ,444.65; Geo. w. Stanley 81, l42. go;
Joseph II. Williams. 81 ,0394l. Darius Alden
escapes paying tax of one thousand dollars, by
just two cents-paying S999.9S.
Those pay ing tax of five hundred dollars nd
less than ore thousand, are Z. c. Allen, $3.50 "a
Augusta Gas Light Co., Ss3s.40; Henry W. Brad
bury, S57l 03; Mrs. Sarah b. Bridge, S7G6 .6l S.
S. Brooks $40 40; Berj. ii. Cushman, $3.50. 06
estate of A. B. Fsiwell, 5l7.99; W. T. johnson.
S5l6 90; Mrs. Jane 4. Judd, S765.56; Thos. Lam.
bard, 500 so; l.. w. Lithgow. $40. 93; Lot NJ.
Morrill, S629.93; Frank L. Hamlen, S572.sl ;
Marshall Withheld, S56S.25; Ann NJ. Williams,
S65306; w NJ. Thayer, S50l .02; Wyman 4 Son,
S53lS5. The following gentlemen and estates
narrowly escape being included in the FIVE hun
bred dollar list estate of Samuel Cony, Si75 20
John Mrlliken. Si9l. IS; Kicker, Osgood and
others, S4952S; All Staples, S4S5.72.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-06-30

Rev. Mr.. Curtis exchanges on Sunday wit
Rev. IL. c. Munson of Skowhegsn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-06-30

Our school Examinations during the present
week, as we understand, have proved satisfactory
and the advancement made has been marked 10
many cases. The advance class in Miss G.lman's
school, presented 10 her token of regard and
ptecistion, which was well deserved. Other
teachers were also recipients of tokens of remem-
brance from their scholars. We regret that abb
sence from town pieven ed our attendance upon
the various examinations at the close of the pres
ent term, the last of the school wear.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-06-30
DtRp.

In Dysart, Iowa, 2sth ut., of consumption, NJ. b.
ID. Wethern, formerly OF Pennington, aged 80 yrs,
and Il DAYS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-06-30
NallomelI local Nems.
Baptist State Convention.


The annual session of the Maine Baptist Con.
vention, held in Tbomaston on Tuesday, Wednes-
dfy and Thursday of the present week. was one
of the most interesting and profitable for many
years. All the important business connected with
the onward progress of domestic missions, educa-
ton, and kindred objects, was conducted with the
utmost harmony and with no little enthusiastic
zeal. Reports of conversions in all parts of the
State were unusually indicative Of healthy growth
and prosperity. Notwithstanding the stingency
of the times, and the difficulties in the way of
raising funds for benevolent other purposes,
the hnancial outlook seemed less discourag in z
than many Appreciated. Tue work of the various
socie ties embraced in this convention will be pros
ecuted during the coming year with undated in
teiest. As biief report of the convention has
already been published, will not rehs arse in de-
tail the doings of the various organizations there
with connected. The people OF Thomsslon en-
tertsined the members OF the convention with
liberal Christian hospitality, char acterstic of that
people.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-06-30

The melon-colic days are fast approaching.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-06-30
Eoral ann State Nems

II was this very summer
That an honest old farmer
Told me twas Plummsr.
Aud never was Palmer.
And that he must be numb or
Dull as hammer,
Who denies 1t wss Plummer,
And asserts 1t was Palmer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-04-13
An Aggravated Case of Mother.in-Law

A widower in st. Joseph, No., had two
charming daughters; widow had two
agreeable sons; these were married to
those; the widow lived alone: the young
sister and her husband went to house
keeping; the old sister and her husband
boarded with the widow The older sis
ter invited the younger sister and her
husband to make visit at the widow g
house. The widow was wroth She
locked up her boarder and the baby in
their room, and when the guests arrived
escorted them to another room and turned
the key upon them. Then she led her
older son into her boarder's room and ac-
cused her of smothering the baby,
whereupon he struck his wife and gave
her ferocious beating, the mother-in-
law kicking the PROSTATE woman and
cursing her. The younger son, hearing
screams and uproar, burst open the door
of the room in which he was imprisoned.
and restored peace in the household by
drawing revolver and threatening TO
shoot his mother and his brother. The
older daughter has returned to her faith
er's roof the brothers are sworn enc
miles, the widows older son drinks whisky
from morning till night and swears at
his mother. AS the local chronicler lust
ly remarks, ''the mother-in-la law has turned
the sweet wine OF conjugal love into Il
bitter drink "
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-04-13
A e3O.OOO Bank Note.

An extraordinary affair happened
about the year 1740. One of the Direc-
tors of the Bank of England, a very rich
man, had occasion for EDO, 900, which he
was to pay as the price of an estate he
had just bought. To facilitate the mat
ter, he carried the sum with him to the
bank, and obtained for it bank note
On his return home he was suddenly
called out on particular business. He
threw the note carelessly on the mantel-
piece, but, when he came back few
minutes afterward to lock it up, it was
not to be found. No one had entered
the room he could not, therefore, sus-
pect any person. At last, after much in
effectual search, he was persuaded that
it had fallen from the mantel-piece into
the fire. The Director went to acquaint
his colleagues with the misfortune that
had happened to him; and, as he was
known to be perfectly honorable man,
he was readily believed. 1t was only
about twenty-four hours after the time
that he had deposited his money; they
thought, therefore, that it would be hard
to refuse his request for a second note
He received it upon giving an obligation
10 ftSUOTe Ulle ITSU uOle ii III should ever
be found, or pay the money himself if it
should be presented by any stranger
About thirty years afterward (the Direc-
tor having been long dead, and his heirs
i'll possession of his fortune), an unknown
man presented the lost note at the bank,
and demanded payment. 1t was in vain
they mentioned to this person the trans
action by which that note was annulled /;
he would not listen to it. He maintained
that it had come to him from abroad, and
insisted upon immediate payment. The
note was payable to bearer, and the
EDO, 900 was paid to him. The heirs of
the Director would not listen to any de-
mands of restitution, and the bank was
obliged to sustain the loss. 1t was dis
covered afterward that an architect, hav-
ing purchased the Directors house, had
taken it down in order to build another
on the same spot, and found the note in
the crevice of the chimney, and made his
discovery an engine for robbing the bank,
in which he was completely successful =
National Repu6iicdn.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-04-13
The Whirligig of Time.

The Prince Imperial was 81 years
old on the 10th. These twenty-one
years show strange political changes
Russia defeated and Turkey triumphant;
France and England victorious in field
and siege, and Turkey admitted to the
public law of Europe; Sardinia making
her first appearance as European
power; Prussia excluded from the Con-
gress of Paris, where Sardinia takes the
vacant seat, in 1856. In 1877 we have
Turkey in bankruptcy, anarchy and ruin;
Russia pressing exactly the same COM
plant as in 1854 the French empire
gone; Sardinia expanded into Italy
Prussia absorbed into Germany, and Ger
many chief master of the Continent.
And in 1856 the names of Bismarck and
Ignatieff had never been mentioned; to-
day they are the two most eminent diplo-
matists in Europe Yen York Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-04-13
Cuba and the United States.

The Cuban question has slumbered al
Washington during the absorbing events
of the past year, but it seems likely to be
brought forward again as proper sub
ject for decisive action by the admins
tration. The proclamation of Gen. Cam.
pos, giving notice that after MAY / the
rules of civilized warfare will be sus-
pended in the treatment of captured in.
surgents and deserters, who will be
promptly tried by court martial and shot.
has aroused public interest in Cuban
affairs, and it is expected TINT the Gov.
eminent will at once adopt settled
policy with reference to the question of
Spanish barbarity and misrule in that
unhappy island. Secretary Evarts is
known to favor energetic measures for
the correction of these abuses. and the
Cuban business is in a fair way to be
handled with something more Of vigor
and decision than was the rule under
Secretary Fishs regime. - Chicaoo
Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-04-13
An Accused Locality.

A blighting curse seems to have fallen
on everybody who had anything to do
with the Mountain Meadows massacre
even the country seems to have suffered
from the same cause. The Mountain
Meadows are dreary, forbidding waste
of sand and sage brush, cut to pieces
and quilted through by heavy storms.
At the spring near where the emigrant
camp was located is scene of desola-
ton. The luxurious grass which tempt
ed the emigrants out of the main travelled
road is no more to be seen, and the
spring is sunken pool of Shiny, filthy
water. Few persons now pass through
the meadows, all holding the place IN
adherence and dread.
Even here in Cedar City the hand OF
an avenging power is shown. The resi-
dents of the town of 1857 who took part
in the massacre have nearly all disap-
peared, and blight has followed them
and their work. The houses and families
of Haight, Higbee and Stewart are here,
and are objects of interest. 1t is thought
that they have left the country, never to
return. 1t is said they have entered into
an agreement TO never be taken alive,
and their friends say that they are des-
perate and brave, and will live or die by
their compact.
Lee has always preserved close,
friendly relations with the Indians, and
they are much interested in his execu-
ton. Some of them seem to think they
have lost friend but have yet to con-
verse with the first white person here
who does not feel pleased that the great
criminal is no more. Salt Lake Herald
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-04-13
The Protocol.

The "protocol has been signed-and
Europe is Just as uneasy as before. The
pleasant suggestion of England that Rus
sia should agree to disarm has been po-
litely declined by the latter power; still,
the protocol has been signed. The
amount of peace TO be secured by the
signing is thus estimated by the London
Times: "Were Russia really anxious
for war some weeks or some months
hence, she would not be barred by any
thing in the protocol. The value of the
protocol depends on the disposition of
Russia herself" This being the case,
the ingenious reader may ask, Why
should the protocol have been signed at
all? If it leaves things just as they
were, what is its use? Since Russia pro-
posed it, what gain did Russia expect
Since England accepted it, what induce
mept did it offer to England l-NetC
York Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-04-13
A MOuse's Theft.

Some months ago Mr.. j. Skidmore
Higbie, of Springfield, l.. l., put $50 in
greenbacks carefully away in closet
where his wife kept her mince-pies.
When he went to look for his money
some time afterward it was gone, and he
gave it up as lost after fruitless search,
supposing that some thief had stolen it.
When his wife took the last mince-pie
from the upper shelf, however, she was
surprised to find mouse's nest in the
middle of it, and further surprised to
find that it was made of the missing
greenbacks, which had been torn into
pieces so small that not a single bill
could be properly reconstructed. " Mr..
Higbie does not suffer any loss, how
ever, as an influential friend has obtained
from the Treasury Department the full
amount of the money. - Ne1c York
" OrJd
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-04-13
OUR PAPER CURRENCY.
Over 1894. 100000 of Greenbacks and
Bank Notes In Circulation.

Over 1894. 100000 of Greenbacks and
Bank Notes In Circulation.
The issues of national bank notes for
the month of March were 81, 979, 100, of
which 80 per cent, viz, 81, 5S3, $50 in
greenbacks, were destroyed leaving the
outstanding legal endercirculation$ 1862, :
500, 2O4. The Comptroller of the Cur
rency says the above issue is the largest
amount of additional circulation paid
out during any month for the past two
years, and that about two-thirds of the
amount was reissued to banks which had
previously retired their circulation and
taken up their bonds. The amount of
national bank circulation outstanding on
Jan. IA, 1875, was 1851, 100000. The
act of that date authorized the issue of
circulating notes without limit, subject
to existing laws, and also provided that
an amount equal to so per cent. of the
additional bank notes issued should be
retired if legal-tender notes. Since that
date $57, 600, 900 of national bank notes
have been retired and surrendered, and
$24 ,000,0 600 of additional circulation is
sued, making n total decrease of $685.
600, 900 of national bank notes, the
amount now outstanding being $685.
000,0 If the amount of legal-tender
notes on deposit for the purpose of re-
firing national bank notes, amounting to
$16,000,000 be deducted from the
amount of national bank notes now out
standing, it will leave $500, 000, 900, which
is but slightly in excess of the $500, 00O,-
600 authorized by the National Bank act
of June B, 1874. The total amount is
sued under the act of Jan. ii, 1875, to
date, was S24, 179, 745, so per cent OF
which amount, or 9,343, 1876 in legal
tender notes, has been retired by the
Secretary of the Treasury, leaving the
amount of legal-tender notes now out
standing 1862, 656, 204 The Comptroller
says that considerable amounts of doubt
full paper, of which, however, a greater
or less proportion may reasonably be ex-
pected to be recovered in future, are be-
ing charged to the accumulated surplus
of the national banks.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-04-13
Story of a Tramp.

This is the story that tramp told to
reporter of the Journal, in Dayton, O.
He went to Brazil in 1864 and tried his
luck in the diamond fields. His COM
panions committed robbery, and he was
so much implicated that he shared their
fate of being sentenced to death. They
were glillotined together, and afterward
he was surprised to awaken to conscious
ness and find that he was alive. He felt
a strange sensation at his throat, and was
unable TO stir. A man was bending over
him. Then he became unconscious
again, and the next that he knew he was
abed. The man whom he had seen be-
fore explained that he was a physician,
and had obtained from the Government
permission to experiment on the bodies.
He had quickly joined a decapitated
head to body, and made the two grow
together. The patient recovered fast,
but he soon discovered that his body was
not the one he had previously possessed.
The physician had blunderingly joined
his head to the trunk of Pedro, Brazil
ian. $50 you see," said the tramp,
"my head is all right, but my body has
all the laziness of Pedro, who was a
shiftless vagabond. You don't believe
it? Look here" pulling down his shirt
at the neck, "don't YOU see that line
around my throat? Above it the skin is
white, but below it the color is dark. :"
The reporter, however, was unable to
discern any mark or difference in color.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-04-13
Life,s Allurements.

The unhappy man who has been lured
all winter to take chances in lottery
for Granddaughter drowned in bushel
of hot-peppered milk, at 80 cents plate,
is no sooner rejoicing in his emancipa.
ton from church sociables than the
pious ladies of the congregation begin
to plan strawberry festivals. A lady
who is considered an authority on such
subjects writes that this springs fashion
in short-cake will have more sawdust
than usual in it, and will be cut bias and
trimmed with one berry to the piece.
The most fashionable tint will be two
shades of saleratus yellow.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-04-13
A Legal Firm.

There were two lawyers in partner
ship, with the peculiarly happy names
of Catchem and Chetum. People laughed
at seeing these two names in juxtaposi-
ton over the door, so the lawyers
thought it advisable to separate them by
the insertion of their Christian names.
Mr.. Catchem's name was Isaac-Mr.
Chetum's, Uriah. A new board was or
dered; but when sent to the painter it
was found to be too short to admit the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-04-13
POcahOnfaS.

A certain clerk said, lately, in CONVEX
sation with friend, Pocahontas was q
good man a noble, kind-hearted man y
" Hold on" exclaimed the other, whose
knowledge of biography was more accu-
rate, Pocahontas was n woman. "She
was, ell 2" returned the first speaker, not
at all abashed "Well, that's just my
lucknow can be expected to know
never read the Bible u
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-04-13
In the Corner.

An exchange says: There is some
thing refreshing in the absolute aston
ishment visitors to printing Office
sometimes display at the commonest
things. "What is that black looking
thing standing up in that corner ?" is
sometimes asked by an unsophisticated
observer, and the nearest typo answers,
"That is the printing-office towel we
always stand it up in the corner"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-04-13

JOHN PERoT, who died last week i'll
Shockapee, Pa, was the Oldest inhab.
liant of the county, having nearly fin.
ished his 9th year. Born in the North
of France in 1871, he enlisted in the
army when lad of IA, saw the burning
of Moscow, and received an ugly saber
cut at Waterloo. N .. He came here in 1926.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-04-13

Christian names at full length. The
painter, therefore, put only the initials
before the surnames, which made the
matter still worse than before, for there
now appeared 81. Catchem and U.
Chetum
The New York herald., 1877-02-07
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

State Treasurer William b. McCrcery, OF Michigan, 10
at tho St. Nicholas. Professor w. P. Trowbridge and
G. NJ Ingersoll, Of New Haven at tho Albemarc.
Henry Adams, OF Boston; G. b. Wright, President OF
the Northcrn Pacific Railroad Company. and Freder-
lex Billings, Of Vermont are at tho BrevoorI Ex-
Senator Charles Stanford. Of Schenectady, and Henry
G.. Parker OF Boston, are at tho Windsor. Nathaniel
Wheeler Of Connecticut, and Harvey G. Eastman, OF
Poughkecpsc, are at tho Fifth Avenue Stanton Blake
OF Boston, is at the Brunswck. William Henry Gill.
ford OF Portland, Me- Is ut the Westminster. Maxwell
woodruff, OF Washington, Is at tho ST. James. United
States Marshal James N. Kerns, OF Philadelphia 10 ~
the Grand.
The New York herald., 1877-02-07
THE PENNSYLVANIA RIVERS.

LATEST REPORTS or THE CONDITION OF THE
ICE.
Lock HAVEN, Feb 9, 1877
There has been no change In the river since noon
HARRISBURG, Fob g. 1871
The river is clear OF leo this point and Is about
1vo feet above low water mark
CoLCNBIA, Feb CO p N.
The gorge at McCaIls Ferry extends five miles back
to shanks Ferry, and this hour there are no signs
OF q break.
KEAryo, Feb o, 1877.
The water here Is still falling, IN the absence of
heavy rain there Is no apprehension Of dagger
LEwisnuRG. Fob. 8, 1877.
The river has risen about eighteen inches since five
O'Clock this evening" ana the ice has moved slightly
NoRTHUMBEnLASD, Feb O, 1871
The river is very hgn here and full OF ice Al Drv
and sull gorred. Below this point the ice moved
slightly this afternoon, but is now stationary
PHiLADELPHfA, Feb. q, 1877.
The Delaware River near this city is quito clear of
The Schuylkl ~ stil frozen above the citv but
no danger rs apprehended
PoRr DErosr. Nd, Feb G, 1877,
The Ice gorge In the susqucnannah abreast OF this
town remains The same, and the great mass OF ice be-
tween this place and avre do Grace IL still uubrokc
All accounts from above are favorable to a peace.
iul gong OF The icc The fears OF the peoplc
assumed their usual activity. North OF here there ,s
very little Ice In the river for fourteen miles where
OF Tues Eddy there Is quite heavy gorge but no
damage has been done
The New York herald., 1877-02-07
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.

wAsnISGroS, D. c., Feb. 0, 1871
A THEORY REGARDING THE ACTION OF THE
ELECTORAL COMMISSION IN THE FLORIDA
CASE.
The most plausible theory given OF the conclusion
OF the Electoral Commission in tho Florida case is as
iollows:--it Is known that II was agreed on
Monday TO SIT today I'LL o vote was reached
The hrst question TO be decided was s.Can
the commission 80 behind the certificate Of tho Gov.
ernorf Had this been decided In the negative the
other questions dependent ON II would, of course.
not require dcIibcration, for . negative vots
would necessarily cut them all or Assum, ,pe then
tha, . vote bad been taken II must hive bocn
decided afIrmatvcly aud thereby opened the door
almost limItlcss 70 how far behind they
should So Carrying out this theory n
is inferred next that the Commission will dcc,dc 10
take the certified copies Of all tho papers before the
Florida Returning Board now In possession Of the
House, and placing themselves In the position of the
State Csnvassers, endeavor to reach Juss and legal
decision.
This the democrats say, will surely elect TlIden
but the republicans rejoin that the Board OF Canvas
were compelled, under the law OF tho sta,c 70
throw out Clay county; which was irregular and unp
teigibe, and that II Baker county should be left in
the Hayes electors still have small majority.
CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE on THE ILLINOIS DE-
cIsIoN.
chief Justice Waite said day that there was n m,s
apprehension IN regard to recent decision of the
Supreme Court so far as II applies 10 the continuance
OF an Official in once and ns bearing upon the