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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-06-12

SMOKERS can find at Partridge's Drug
Store, Augusta. a Choice Havana Cigar
for Five Cents; also, Nice Cigars by the
box as low as $3.50, mp to the Finest I'm
ported Grades. Snuffs. Tohaccos, and
Smokers Goods.-Partridge Bros, under
Granite Hall.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-18
pErnNp1Na THE coMpIA1Nr book.

TO THE EDITOR HERALD
on oroakers may say what they will about the
.Compiaint Book" but IT cannot tor moment be de-
MED that your course in keeping such space open
Tor .public nurmuring has already done much good.
Therefore, let the good work 30 aud the story "be
continued In our next" BY the way, Mr. Eaitor,
there is ono affair which would Ike call your at
ton to as it has already attracted tho attention OF
others There Is a deep holc-crushcd, perhaps, vssh
agc-in front or premises No. l37 Perry street, that
should at onco be repaired IL gives .he neat little
street bad appearance and is somewhat dangerous
tor horses who might by chance go In that directions.
IL is indeed, with great diicuy that wagons and
trucks cap pass without fans into this horse trap,
and the curses of the drivers .'Iow but deep
better imagined than described. Attention, Street
Commissioners! CHARLES.
70 rAa EDiroG or TIe HERALD:--
wonder II "lllnover''--who in Friday "Compaint
Eook'' objects this department, in his own Ian
guagc to sthc OF nearly entire column Tor the
publication of parcel of uugramnatical SILLY and
sometimes untrue grows'--evcr read Gays iabesr
In other faults can spy,
ana ta@o ae mote nat ,,s d@s Their oya;
10 stronger errors blind
Now, | make bold to say that there has never ap.
pcarcd in the 'compiaint Bookna more silly or nm.
true or ungrammalcal .growP' than 's'Hanover's."
Hs grow IS untrue IN charging that The complaints
daily published silly. 1T Is silly ia declaring that
the complaints sometimes untrue, since knowledge
10 Justify his could proceed only from
nisciencc y - unsranmatcui IN two obvious re-
spccts aud presents a soecism that wo1ld I'LL u stu.
dent OF syntax with disgust
The .'CompIalnt Book" Mr. Editor, should not be
abolished. 80 lcDg there Is nuisance 10 be abaed,
an abuse correCted convenience 10 be provided,
IT'S mission Will continue. IL has become one ol tho
Important ana interesting features Of tho HERALD.
IL IS already gcncraly recognized both ny tue people
and our officials u sanitary Insti,ution Tho public
and individual good ~ has thus iar effected In and
beyond the city Is inestithnDie Hanover" must 10
the oDtuscst Of mortais not 10 perceive benefits SO
manifest NEBlTAS.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-18
THE PARIS EXPOSITION.

The following cttor in reference to tho possible par
ticpation OF American manufacturers in next yoar's
Universal Exposition at Paris has boon received by
American firm OF this CITY, 1t VIII be found Of inter-
est .H# N Feg.st r.#s ~
UNITED STATES LEGATION, PARIS, April IS, 1877.
GESriEnKx--Mr kraniz Commissioner General OF
tho Universal Exhibition or 1878, has referred your
letter OF December Is to this legation. The comms.
sion docs not admit deal With foreigners except
through representatives appointed by their govern
menls The United States has not yet appointed
commission, nor accepted formally the invita-
participate in The Exhibition, and yon will have
10 wait tor the action OF government whrh ~ Is
hoped viii not be delayed longer the forthcoming
extra session OF Congress.
Very respectfully. your obcdcnt servant,
r. r. htTr, Charge d'Afaircs az Interim.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-18
ANSWERS.
THE DECORATION pAnADE.


To rHE EDITOR or TmE HERALD
In this mornings issue OF your valuable paper my
attention was called, the column entitled sour Com.
plant Book to a communication headed tsrhe Dec
Grafton Day Parade" un 1cr tho signature OF "Cor-
poral d. This communication Is, tho writer
intends IL should DO, public iault-nnding o: tho
orders trelativc parade OF the FIRST Division,
NG,SN.Y. y lately issued by General Shacr, com.
nauding tho same, aud his grievance las stated
in III, oocasioned by the issue OF the orders
IN question, IL that Thereby no is 10 lose
"a holiday. Fault Is found with the day aud
the hour Of parade With tho first because OF It's
uejus universal holiday and with the second be.
cause the time previous TO and following The parade,
owing the atencss 81 the hour rendered useless.
IL very clear every National Guardsnan who
read heard tho orders in question thoronghiy-and
u Will appear the same 10 Corporal d. II he VIII
consider lie matter aor0usly-that no holiday mas
been lost, and that this action OF General Shacr Is
sensible one. THIS parade Is ordered IA substl-
tutc Tor the usually held on July !, u national
holiday OF much greater Importance and interest 10
every American tnan May 80, Decoration Day.
consideration OF the matter Will also prove tho
objections To tho hour UNREASONABLE, as IL Is the same
The assembling on July !, and as early as u could
conveniently 10 fnade-.iz seven A. w. /, for one,
HEALTHY morse the Change PRIVATE Il.
To TuE EDIroE THE HERALp:-
In regard to my article which you so kindly pub
shed reference to the Decoration Day parade per-
mt me 10 state that | mn entirely In error. since
submitting my article nave received Official orders
parade nj al earlier hour than halpast SIX A. NJ
CORPORAL D.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-18
AN AERIAL SHIP TO BE PROPELLED
BY ELECTRICITY.
HrLrsroy, NEW Sorrn WALES. |
AUSTRALIA, Fob. 10. 1877. !

HILLsroy, NEW Sorrn WALES !
AUSTRALIA, FOB. 10. 1877.
70 THE EpTox or THE HERALD N
will thank you TO insert in tho next issue Of your
valuable paper the following informal That tho
undersigned, in possession oi tho knowledge how
to construct an aerial csrriagc Of which hold tho
plans OF my own invention. The machine will 60
through The like vessel foutiug the aud
VIII be able 10 convey passengers rom nation 10
nation; II Will be worked by un engine propelled nv
electric fund Inc lavcnlor ~ dcsIrous oi the neces-
sary asssiance " carry out bis invention, ard calls
upun The pubc OF the United States to assist him
his Undertaking. Amy private capitalist who will adj
the sary capital the inventor will Literally
reimburse. Address to the undersigned,
ANibEIS Ia SOEENSEN,
Hiilston, New south Wales, Austrulia. IS
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-18

A BROOKLYNIrE MISSING.

Application has been made and receiver appointed
for tho estate OF Benjamin r. Osborn by tho Supreme
Court, on application Of his wife. sir. Osborn, who
was provision dealer, carried on business Tor many
years in Court street, Brooklyn, and was member oil
the Pacific Street Methodist Episcopal Church. In
March last, nc beng then widowcr and having sew.
era children, married cs,imab!c lady. Few Gays
alter his marriage hc aDftntcd himself from home Tor
ai,ot week, aud during his absence his creditors
soized his store. When ho returned hc remained III
Brooklyn but few days, whom Lo again
suddenly departed, and a couple OF weeks
later he wrote TO his wife from Pr indclphia for
mouey. which was sent to HIM. He returned TO his
home again, but disappeared after couple OF days
sojourn and has not since been seen or heard from
His friends believe that no 10 dead. He Inherited
from bis father, Joseph Osborn, $40, 600 and house
IN Cranberry street.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-18
A DOG COLONY.
,iroa or THE HERALp:-

To TuE EDITOR or THE HERALD:-
Having exhausted my supply OF old boots, porter
bottles &c aud US for coal 1t Is becoming an add.
tonal expense upon my household in vain cndcavors
scare away the dogs tnat hold real carnival IN tho
lots occupied by stabng opposite my house IN Fifty
first street. between Ninth aud Tenth avenues apply
t. you, us before, when my complaint was kindly
noticed But tho parties to wnom IL was intended 10
roach seem my annoyance, and TO tho hideous
acchanaan That nightly take place. II appears
to me- that several families OF logs residing in the
stables opposite be closely related TO each otner
as all good terms and engage IN friendly con-
cert but seemingly up to the present titno not
aware OF the tax imposcd upon them by bcnevo-
lent CITY Fathers. or think they would not mako
themselves so pubic. For the sake OF humanity will
you please be tho Of sending some city func-
toEary here to act missionary TO this circle Of
happy dogs and either bind them TO keep tho peace
with their ouman neghbors to vent thcir joy and
cxubcraIcc Of spirits with those who ought TO pay
their taxosY l.. Il
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-18
A NEW EHTEEpR1sE.
EDITOR or THE HERALD

To THE EDIroR OF THE HEGALD.-
went 10 my grocer to-day and ordered marketing
for sundays dinner TO be sent homo. Among tho
order uo par OF chickens, and tcu minutes after
groccr's clerk left tho articles young man. about
twenty-five years OF hgc, five feet six inches high. slim
built dark HAIR and musache, felt hat and short dark
rang the door bell ana said the had made
mistake IN the weight and he would bring them back
to the store and thea return them but since then
havo tho chickens or the man. When lie
called he had large turkey III baseet no doubt be-
longing to some person who VIII be without their d.
ncr morrow Another called to-day and in.
sisted gong through tho house to tokc tho census
Now, II any oil the above gentlemen Will make a re-
turn call the crrunl u NO. 30 Charlton street,
they Will be warmly received. LOST CHICKENS.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-18

To THE Epiron THE FaRALp:--
Through your 'Compnlnt Book will you please rs.
sst the police? Your reporters will vouch for The
condition OF the policeman yesterday-that whlo on
march at rcsthc compelled to mop his face with
his while the rolled down hts cheeks
aud spoiled his Picadilly and IN the evening while
standing under lamppost writing out the repors slip,
the sweat would blind him and lie would have resort
to asnin. VIII you please suggest to the Police Com
to allow us TO return 10 sour old Panamus"
any other hat ol light material IN the day time aud
oDge THE POLlCEf
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-18
BROOKLYN'S STRIKE.

Most OF tho Brooklyn laborcrs are at work. Nessrs
Lamb " Rulan, contractors oil the new municipal
buding consented to the terms OF tho aborcrs yes
terduy morning. ana ten Of tnor former bands COM
mcucca work again. Tho remaining eleven, however,
refused TO do the ground that they vout be re-
CURED 10 carry maicrui 10 brtkiaycts who were Lot
society men. There no disturbance Of any Kind
number o. policemen guarded the employed work
men the premises Iii SAID tho brickluyers also
contemplate striking Their demand VIII DC ~ per
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-18

To THE EDITOR iiEEALp:--
Permit mo 10 contradct the statement 10 the HERALD
about the sircetnmp IN Fourth and l26th s'rco
The plaut says tat the lamp has not been lighted
for two weeks have seen II burning every night tps
ten days past Perhaps they don't want 10 see tho
lamp non't lie mIsled by fasc. statements made N
the gas conrany'a interest, but keep up your GOOD
work In opposition 10 aii monopolcs. Yours, iruy,
N IL
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-18
THE LEoN-MAssAMI ASSAULT.

Anton Leon the liaiiu who rnuricrously assaulted
his young married daughter, Rose Massamipo on tho
18th o. February Last her residence, No. ~ Prcs
den, street Brooklyn was sentenced yesterday In tho
Kings County Court Of Sessions 10 one year In tho
PenitentIary.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-18
srop TIE WATER WASTE.

70 THE Eprroa HERALp:--
Wli you please call tic attention Of tho Department
OF Public Works in reference hydrent situated at
the northwest OF Forsyth and Delaney Streets
SAID by orant cvntnuaiy running and thereby over
flows great portion OF the walk aud street.
LAFAYETTE.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-18
sTREEr oBsrlUCTIoNs.

To EDITOR THE HERALD
Can YOU INFORM me why 1t IS that twenty-five
wagons and trucks allowed to stand in Nineteenth
street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues? wonder
ftwcnty-two trucks wonid be permitted to stand in
Twcniy-second street, between Sixth ana seventh
avenues w. II. X.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-18
OUR COMPLAINT BOOK.

lNoTE.--Lcttcrs intended Tor this column must bc
accompanied by the writer's aIl and address 10
insure attention. compiainants who unwilling TO
comply with This rule simply waste time in wri.iag--
Ed. HERALD.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-18
EIEvAr7D RAILROAD DANCER SIGNALS.

To THE EDITOR HrRALb:-
some days ago noticed letter In your "Complaint
Bookr from a corrcspondcnt-"C II. KIN which 1t
was suggested that would be good idea to have dan
ger signals attached to the Elevated Railroad Tho
matter should here; should be carried into
effect Can you not use your powerful influence and
strive TO accomplish that obecty BEROMEO.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-18
Mr. COMMISSIONER, PLEASE ATTEND,

TnE EpToa or Tns HHHALD-
Will You please call the attention or tue DEPARTING
OF Public Works to the very dangerous condition OF
the end OF East Filty-second s,rcog A hori.
yontai prcc,pcc about eighty high needs fencing
in TO prevent This spot needs attention at
once. 1t Is quite resort for children during
evenings MANY RESIDENTS
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-04-14
A Russian Merchants House.

When a Russian merchant becomes
rich, he builds for himself fine house,
or buys and thoroughly repairs the
house of some ruined noble, and spends
money freely on inland floors, gigantic
mirrors, malachite tables, grand pianos
by the best makers, and other articles of
furniture made of the most costly mate
rials. OccasiOnally-especially on the
occasion of marriage or a death in the
family-he will give magnificent BAN
quets, and expend enormous sums on
gigantic sterlets, choice surgeons, for
eign fruits, costly delicacies. But all
this lavish, ostentatious expenditure does
not affect the ordinary current of his
daily life. As you enter those gaudily-
furnished rooms you can perceive at a
glance that they are not for ordinary
use. You notice rigid symmetry and
an indescribable baroness which
inevitably suggests that the
original arrangements of the uphOlster-
er have never been modified or supple
mented. The truth is that by far the
greater part of the house is used only on
state occasions. The host and his fami-
ly live down stairs in small, dirty rooms,
furnished in very different, and for
them more comfortable style. At or
binary times the fine rooms are closed,
and the fine furniture carefully covered.
If you make a risite de p0litesse after an
entertainment at which you have been
present, you will probably have some
difficulty in gaining admission by the
front door. When you have knocked
or rung several times, some one will
probably come round from the back re-
gions and ask you what you want. Then
follows another long pause, and at last
footsteps are heard approaching from
within. The bolts are drawn, the door
is opened, and you are led up to a
spacious drawing-room. At the wall
opposite the windows there is sure to be
Il sofa, and before it an oval table.
At each end of the table, and
at right angles to the sofa, there will be
row of three arm-chairs. The other
chairs will be symmetrically arranged
round the room. In few minutes the
host will appear, in his long double
breasted black coat and well polished
long boots. His hair is parted in the
middle, and his beard shows no trace of
scissors or razor. After the customary
greetings have been exchanged, glasses
of tea, with slices of lemon and pre-
serves, or perhaps bottle of cham
payne, are brought in by way of re-
freshmelt. The female members of the
family you must not expect to see, I'M
less you are an intimate friend; for the
merchants still retain something of that
female seclusiOn which was in vogue
among the upper classes before the time
of Peter the Great. The host himself
will probably be an intelligent but total
" uneducated and decidedly taciturn
man. About the weather and the crops
he may talk fluently enough, but he will
not show much inclination to go beyond
these topics.-From Russia, by ID. Nae
kenzie Wallace.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-04-14
The Wipe Manipulators.

Those silk handkerchief the ladies
hang out of their chip pockets look
very pretty, but they are great tempta-
ton to the street arab. That chip"
pocket fashion has given an immense
impetus to the silk "wipe" trade.
Every body uses 'em, and it is remark
able how many the average boot-black,
news-boy and street boy generally pos
sess. The historian made reference to
this subject little while back, and
since that time has taken close observa-
ton, resulting in the belief that those
gaudy appendages are not for actual
use. This assertion is based on the
fact than an ordinary cambria is
generally carried beneath it and
used when necessary. If the
"fashion' is to continue, why not make
the article fixture by means of n pin or
few stitches and so save considerable
loss and annoyance? On Saturday after
noon lady of fashion was passing the
alley west of McVicker's Theater, when
out dashed a nimble-fingered gamin,
and in moment "the quickness of the
hand deceived the eye;" that elegant
silk rag changed owners, and the kid
had darted back again up the alley from
whence he came. Mrs. Starkweather-
the lady in question-was informed of
her loss, and securing the services of a
policeman she entered the alleyway, and
discovered a little herd of some fifty
boys, each one resembling the other so
closely that it was impossible to attempt
to sample out the thief. Ladies, beware.
Take 'em out, or sew 'em in.-Inter-
Ocean.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-04-14

bed with pain in the shoulder and arm.
DIR. Carroll was called to attend him,
and administered powerful anodyne.
The patient grew worse, and at 1C
O'Clock that night the physician was in
formed of the circumstances of the bit
ing, and Crosson was told that he must
prepare for death. He continued to
grow worse, and at 1 80 o'clock on the
29th sprang from his bed in a delirium.
Four men could scarcely hold him, and
he died in an hour after from exhaustion.
The peculiarities of the case to the medi-
cal profession are that the patient was
kept under the influence of anodynes,
nitrate of amyl being given, and NOR.
phia. The patient did not froth at the
mouth, but complained at all times OF
extreme dryness of the mouth. The
usual contraction of the muscles of the
neck ensued when liquids were brought
near the sufferer. His mind remained
clear to within an hour of his death.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-04-14
Bad Spelling.

Our educators, as rule, do not pay
sufficient attention to the study OF
photography. There are great many
school teachers in this country whose
spelling is bad enough to bring a blush
to the face of a ten-year-Old boy. We
are constantly in receipt of communica-
tons in magnificent penmanship, and
the worst spelling that ever daZed the
eye of an unfortunate cOmpOsitOr, or
made sad havoc with the limited time of
a managing editor. Many of those COM
munications possess real merit, and we
desire their writer's to bear in mind that
we are glad to receive them, bad spelling
and all. 1t is much easier to publish in
teresting facts when we get them, even
in ungainly attire, than it would be il
we did not receive them in any form.
If a gentleman comes to our Office with
an account of an accident that occurred
six miles in the country, it is none of our
business whether he made the journey
in an OK cart or laundelet. The news
is what we want, and we are glad to re-
ceive it in any shape. Our criticism on
the photography of the country cor
respondent, who is in nine cases in ten a
school teacher, is made in the very best
of good nature, and in the hope that it
may, in the end, prove beneficial to all
concerned. We have before us an other
wise well written communication from
liberal sOuled gentleman who insists
on spelling ''scholar" with superfluous
a." and seeks to add emphasis to the
word "much," by injecting ''t'' into
it. To be certain that he has made
things ''sure" he inserts an CHI into
that word where he thinks it will do the
most good, and spells ''knife" without
a "k.' Connection" he sends adrift
without the second ''n," and atones for
his niggardliness, by kindly bestowing
the missing letter on ''pianO," in addi-
ton to the one considered indispensable
to it. Not long since lady who felt
called upon to write a description of a
church entertainment she had attended,
assured us in faultless penmanship,
and on sweet scented paper, that
the little girls whose parents had
dressed them in spotless white
for the occasion, resembled dear
little angles A gentleman from Ko-
holuO "1uCS 10 llldt Shtu 10 VII tLc
increase in that village, and that " skan-
dial" is not as I" frekent'' as formerly.
From Delphi comes the cheerful intel1i-
gence that full ''corpse" of experienced
hunters are in search of some animal
that has been comiting'' "debreda-
tons" in the "naborhud." Lafayette
comes to the front with an account of a
f" sooiside'' resently'' attempted, but
not "purfected." All, or nearly all, of
this bad spelling is attributable to care
lessness. The gentleman or lady who
has brain enough to write readable
article for newspaper, could very
readily spell their words properly if they
would give the matter proper attention.
There is no shortcoming that places
person to such disadvantage as bad
spelling. Our young readers should
bear this in mind, and not be in too
great a hurry to drop their spelling
books, to take up French and Latin
Logansport (Ind) Pharos.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-04-14

ion of his order. His sense of individ-
uality was strong, and he did not believe
in its repression or expansion according
to fixed rules of partisan opposition. In
his eyes man commanding genius,
who thought for himself and acted upon
his own convictions, was far more
dangerous foe or a far more useful
friend than one nursed in a certain par
ticular creed and merely the spokesman
or the disciple of party. 1t was the
indiridual and not the policy that he be-
lieved in. ''Men, not measures
these three words the political creed of
George Canning is summed up. 1t mat
tered little to him whether man was
Wing or Tory, Papist or Protestant,
provided that in seasons of crisis he
knew how to mold circumstances to the
best advantage, to inspire confidence in
his followers, and to do battle against
the common danger till it bites the dust.
London Temple Bar.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-04-14
An Abdominal MOnstrOsity.

John Lynch, residing in the Fifth
ward, 123 Marcellus Street, has been for
many months complaining of disease
that baffled medical skill. He suffered
at frequent intervals with severe pains
in the abdominal regions, and strange
sensations would at times seize himNa
feeling as if some living object were ira
versing his alimentary canal. He was
positive it must be large tape-worm, or
animal of some kind.
Saturday afternoon he was taken with
violent pains, and soon after voided a
nondescript animal, resembling party a
rat and partly a weasel. 1t was desti-
tute of hair, the integument resembling
that of human being. 1t was about
six inches in length. Hundreds of peo-
pie Saturday visited the '.animile," and
went away wondering what next would
happen. The doctors, several of whom
visited the house, are unable to solve the
mystery.-Syracuse Courier.