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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-11-26
STATE NEWS
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY

ANDROsCOGGIN COUNTY.
Mrs. Melen of Auburn has become satisfied
that the weight of the coffi q supposed to con-
tain Der husbands remains was not unusual,
and will take no further steps to investigate
the matter as she Intended.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-11-26


Meesrs. Dyer & Hughes organ business at
Foxcroft is still on the increase, aud the mum :
Der Of hands employed is fourteen. On Tues :
dav the firm sent off eight instruments to
different parts of the country, aud orders are
received for them nearly every day. For a
used at this maui actory has averaged over
$400 month
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-11-26

NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 1873.
To THE PoLIcY-H0LDERs OF THIS COMPANY:
"ShGU Corporations shape and manage their oson
if2,, o ''N' "'NN'''SN
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-11-26
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
REIGN OF TERROR AMONG THE CLOTHIERS

llLlWI UT IUllllVIC HIVNW lUU UIV t1IEhN
Beyond doubt the weather for the past two
mens. Thousands and thousands VI dollars worth
heaVy<sarmeDfs are piled that
w er no
agreat surplus of stock o another
TrenQendou Loss
BY The mon viii
vhic mn be
apparent all,
The Greatest Slaughter Of Clothing Oh Record !
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-07-06

The Queen of Spain. wife of Ming
AlQbsnss, did last week, having
just cempIcfed lssr eighteenth year.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-07-06
Letter from China.

From "Our China Visitor. April LIST 10
The New Orleans Felicity street
Sunday School Missionary Society,
has again sent the sum of $77,75
for our boys boarding school in
SuchOw. We thank them for theiI
untirlng efforts to aid us in the
good work in China. We hope
some, if not all these young men in
this school, will rise up some day
aud call them blessed. A Sunday
School at Ocean Springs, Mission
sends us 500 for little girl III Mrs
Lambuth's school. Many thanks to
these dear children for their help.
We assure them we highly appre-
ciate their efforts and pray Gods
richest blessing to rest upon them.
Bro. Downer ut Newton Miss
writes me, the Sunday school at
that place has determined to help
US in the work among the heather,
and has organized itself iutO a Mis-
sionary Society. A good Brother
writes from CovingtOn Tenn and
says the Sunday School there has
organized itself into Il Missionary
Society, and is anxious to help sus
tain Sunday School in China.
Dear children send US your contri>
buttons, and tell us what you wish
done with them. If you wish them
used to support a Sunday School in
China, it shall be done. God bless
tho dear children and give them
much of the Missionary Spirit
Another good brother writes from
Lisbon La-and says 81 have been
in sympathy with you ever since
you have been in China, and 1 now
write to tell you about tho sLittle
Workers for Jesus" They are
ready to help you, and have already
collected some money to send to
YOU" That is right. help US all
you can. Pray for us, too. God
bless tho dear sLittlc Workers for
Jesus" Let us hear from you, dear
children all over the South. l
Judge that is we'll organized Socle
ty at Lisbon, La. Adelaide Pickles
is president. My dear young friends
as Workers for Jesus you have my
prayers. The sum you have raised
SG,65 would help on in the good
cause a great deal. Work on and let
none discourage you. Pray for
Missionary Spirit and ask God to
give His Holy spirit to you one and
all. Brother Wilson of Pennington
North Carolina, writes me, the Sun
dav Schools there are deeply inter.
ested in the work in China and are
helping right nobly. Dear "Little
Workers for Jesus" We are just
commencing q little paper for
Chinese children and Church mems
beers called the "GOspel News"
| am just getting out the second
number now. We want all the help
we can get every month, as it is to
be once each month, containing
eight or ten pages. Any one who
can help me in this little enterprise
will DO doing good Work for
Jesus. Let me hear from you, and
we beg you to pray for us and for
the spread of the Gospel in China.
j. w. LAMBUTH.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-07-06
# is said that the inhabitants of

It is said that the inhabitants of
Liberia are clad according to the
primitive fashion of the first settlers
i'll the Garden of Eden. The gov.
eminent is republican in form and
modelled after that of the United
States. Finances there are in a
bad way, there not being $1,000 in
the hands of tho government. The
national debt amounts to a million
dollars, OH which they can't pay in
terest. The current expenses of
tile government are more than they
realize fiom taxes. The natives are
very poor, content to remain SO,
satisfied if they have enough to cal,
blessfuI in their ignorance that the
world affords anything better. They
hate all intruders, which they cons
slider those to DC who come from
America.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-07-06
Gall for Democratic Convention
-Ah District.
CANTON, Hiss June 9th, rs.

CANTON, Miss June 9th, rs.
In. accordance with q request Of
the Democratic Executive Commit
tee for the 4th Congressional Dis
tiict of Mississippi, which met at
Canton Mississippi, ON Tuesday,
the 35th day of June, 1878, Dem.
ocratic Convention for said District
fs hereby called to meet at Merid
fan, Mississippi, OIL
Wednesday, the 28tA ddv Of august,
1873,
at IL o'clock, A NJ, for the purpose
Of nominating candidate for Com
gress OF the United States, to be
voted for at tine next ensuing cleo
tion. Tho Democratic Executive
Committees of the several counties
composing said District are hereby
requested to take steps to Have their
several counties represented by the
proper number of delegates at said
Convention. Rof3T. POWELL,
Chm Dem. Com, 4th Congressional
District.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-07-06

Gen. Van Dorn's children are
advertised FOR by Gen. Joseph
Wheeler, of COurtIanl, Lawrence
county, AIa. Amy one knowing
the whereabouts OF these children
are advised tirat they may do an act
Of Kindness to them by commanica
ting with him at that point, as it
may be tire means OF greatly ~bcno-
fitting them. Southern papers are
requested TO publish these facts.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-07-06
Tuesday, July 2,l, 1878.


Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment. Were present: j. X. Powell,
Geo. j. Hume, Z. Ii. Green, j. l..
f. Moore, members; j. I. Priestley,
sheriff; K. S. Jeffrey, clerk. Absent i:
Robt. s. Cheek, Pres't.
Upon motion OF j. L. F. Moore,
j. L.. Powell was unanimously elect
ed President, pro. TEN.
Ordered, That the report of the
committee appointed to examine
the report of JAS. NJ. Anderson,
County Treasurer, for the quarter
ending June 3O,h 1873 be received
and spread upon the minutes of this
Board, and that the report of said
Treasurer be recorded as required
by law.
To the Hon. Board of Supervisor
OF Madison County, Miss:
The undersigned committee ap>
pointed by Your Honorable Board
to examine and report upon the
quarterly report of JAS. M. Ander-
son, County Treasurer, now Oh file
for the quarter ending June 3Oth,
1878, begs leave to report that they
after carefully examining the same
and comparing the vouchers there.
with presented, find the same in all
things correct as stated, all of which
is respectfully submitted.
l.. II. GREEN, (co,
L. S. JEFFREY, o'
Ordered, That The following NAM
ed persons be allowed the sum set
opposite their names for services at
= l.. l.. Il L
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-07-06

The Washington Post says that
Mrs. Agnes jerks is the toughest
and "wireiest' peice of femininity
ever brought to witness stand.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-07-06

Ordered, That Andrew Brooks
be allowed the sum of $G5, 20 for
building bridge across Bear Creek,
near Vernon.
Ordered, That =: 81. Green, SUI
pervisor of Dist. No. 8 be author
lied to have the bridge across Bear
Creek, near Calhoun Station, repair
ed; said repairs not to exceed one
hundred dollars.
Ordered. That Robt. Parker be
allowed the sum of ten dollars on
account of taking care of Harry
Shotwell, pauper.
Ordered, That Carroll Smith be
appointed overseer of road No. %
vice w. W. Reardon, removed.
Ordered, That Jno. Erickson be
allowed the sum of 16, 80 for hauling
lumber and repairing bridge.
lowing to the late hour at which
we received a copy of the proceed
ings, and their length, we are CONS
PEELED to continue the remainder
II our next issue,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-07-06

Ordered, That The following nam
ed persons he allowed the sum set
opposite their names for services at
inquest on the body of Lila Love:
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-07-06

OUR jon OFFICE is unexcelled
by any outside the cities, and we do
job work at city prices. Cards
Bill heads, Letter heads, Blanks
Funeral Notices. &c. q SnecialitY
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-07-06

list of Jurors and fling same in
Circuit Clerks office.
Ordered, The following named
persons be allowed the sums set
opposite their names, as petit jurors
and state witnesses:
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-07-06
Senator Bruce OF this State wa,

married on the evening of the 9th
uIt., to Miss Josephine Wilson of
Cleveland, Ohio. The bfide and
brides groom are both bright muIat-
foes. They left for Europe on q
iAeoHlh's tour
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-07-06

Ordered, That the final settlement
of County taxes for the fiscal year
1877, of j. 7. Pricstley, Sheriff and
Tax collector of Madison county,
Miss, be received and approved,
and whereas, it appears from said
settlement that j. L. Priestly, sher
if and tax collector has Overpaid
into the treasury of Madison county
the sum of S174.90. 1t is therefore
ordered that warrant on the gene
raj county fund be issued to HIM
tor said amount.
Ordered, That J. T. Priestley,
Sheriff and tax collector of Madison
county, Miss, be allowed the sum
of 53,l2 for amount Ovcrpaid into
the County treasury Oh account of
land redempi ions.
Ordered, That Il. f. Mann, assess
sOr of Madison county be allow. d
the sum of 5000 ior making out
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-07
A Boys Pockets and Girls Pocket.

Tommy is IL years old. His sister
Mary is sweet 49,. The other morning
Mary accosted her mother with, "Ma,
see what lot of stuff 1 found in
Tommy's pockets" And she deposited
on the table the following articles, to
wit: Eight marbles, one top, a broken
bladed knife, leather strap, buckle,
bunch of keys, fishing line, piece of
lead, smooth stone, four pieces of
slate pencil, a worn-out pocketbook, an
oyster shell, wounded jewsharp, a
piece of blue glass, rubber ball, lump
of chalk, two dried fish worms, sling
shot, piece ef India rubber, two corks, a
fractured comb, piece of icorice root, a
song hook, two medals and juvenile
land tortoise. Tommy looked thought
fully as the contents of his pockets were
deposited before the eyes of his mother,
and sullenly remarked that lit was
none of Sis business, and he just
wanted her to let his trousers alone"
Next day Tommy captured the out
side pocket of his sisters dress, and,
carrying the contents to his mother,
sarcastically observed in the presence of
Mary: "Ma, just see what lot of
trash 1 found in Sis pocket !" and he
produced from his hat the following
knick-knacks, viz. : Three hair-pins, a
soiled glove, piece of chewing gum,
three cards, broken locket, elastic gar
ter, piece of ribbon, two slate pencils,
another piece of chewing gum, photo
graph, piece of orange-skin, love-letter,
broken toothbrush, more chewing-gum,
thimble, piece of cotton saturated
with white powder, one nickel, two sour
balls, gaiter heel, ivory ornament be-
longing to a parasol handle, handker-
chief perfumed with jockey club, gaiter
buttoner, withered geranium leaves,
ivory-handle penknife with broken blade,
a fan, five visiting cards, belt-buckle,
box of rouge, another piece of chewing
gum, fragment of looking glass, peach
stone, a cigar-holder stolen from "Char-
ley" piece of damasse silk of the pat
tern of her friend Lucy's new dress, an
artificial flower, horsehair ring, a long
brown hair entangled in hunk of taffy,
and slip of paper containing directions
| for handkerchief firtations.
Tommy placed the last article on the
table and slid from the room with grin
of triumph on his roguish face. His
sister made an Intellectual grab for him,
and, as he passed into the street, he
heard her voice calling, "You nasty
little brat, if you get at my pocket again,
I'll slap your face" Tommy thinks
honors are easy.-NOrristOaon Herald
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-07

CAPT. BATES thinks that men and
women are not deteriorating in physique,
and he ought to know, for he is the tall
est man in the world, and his wife the
tallest woman. They were at the
Palmer House, Chicago, not long ago;
and how these Chicago people did look
at them Capt. Bates is Kentuckian,
7 feet Ill inches high, weighs 496
pounds, measures IS inches around the
chest, wears No. 8 hat, 26-inch col
lar, No. Is boot, and 1T 80 years of age.
He dresses neatly in black, wears a
massive gold chain, attached to which Is
gigantic watch-a present from Queen
Vlctoria-wears q massive diamond in
his shirt bosom, and fashionable col
lar and scarf; has ruddy, healthy COM
plexion, pleasant smile, and is a ready
talker. Altogether he is, as the reader
can very well see, an extraordinary giant,
for your mammoth men are generally
slovenly, dull, ignorant fellows. Mrs.
Bates is a native of Nova Scotia, OF
Scotch descent. Her height is exactly
the same as that of her husband. Hei
weight is $50 pounds. She is well
formed, and can hold her own in con.
versation. For the benefit of the female
reader it may be stated that it takes six.
ty.fve yards of goods to make her 9
dress. Capt. Bates while in England
devoted much time to investigating facts
about giants, and giantesses, and found
nothing to substantiate the legends Of
persons said to be over eight feet high
in fact, not an authentic record is to be
found of any one as tall and well formed
as himself and wife.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-07
A City Under the Water.

In past ages, as the deacon once told
some of his elder boys in my hearing,
the people of some parts of Europe used
to live above the surfaces of lakes, in
huts built on spiles driven into the
water.
Well, now I hear that somebody has
found, under the water of Lake Geneva,
whole town, with about 200 stone
houses, large public square and high
tower and, from the looks of the town,
the shape of the houses, and the way
the stones are cut, some say that place
must have been built more than 1000
years ago
Now. can understand how men were
able to live in the way the Deacon de-
scribed, but it strikes me that this other
story has something in it that's harder
to swallow than water.
Who ever heard of men living in cities
under the water, as if they were fishes 2
e-Pulpit," in So. Nicholas
for June.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-07


Todes is kinds Garden hop todes
an bull frogs. Garden todes is deth on
fly and fat inseck jes tickles him to
deth. Wunce they was polly wogs al
wore tale but shook the tale
fur tales is trippers when you
jump you bet. They is difference
from cats cos they can't jump thro hans,
but theys got back feet like the big goriler
wot travels with circusses and tents.
Bull frogs got eyes like targit but tar
gifts don't wink wen you poke en- with
stick. Bull frogs got more slime than
branes fur they bite a bair hook an
the slime says nix j no Yer. Jim Sin
ners dog wont 60 neer no frog coz hes a
Trade. Ben, hes my brother ben says
nights they go off on booz, that's why
they holler Set EN- up Set EN- up-must
be tru fur up An up is pottery an emmy
fool knows that. Todes an. snales is
roots to put on the gals neks they hollar
like they see spider. Calls is fools
emmy how fur they think fish wurms an
cows bites wot stoopidy. Me an the
fellers cot boss bull frog an we cut off
leg like he was war solger an then he
thot he cud swim away but we said no fur
he swum in a ring till Hank Gillis went
to see if he had purls in his stommic like
oister as he foted on his back.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-07

THE Russian head of the police de-
partment, Gen. Trepoff, after being shot
by the girl Vera Sassolitch, thought
himself MORALLY wounded, and made his
will, leaving about 100000 to his
family. This caused his dismissal, and
not public sentiment. The Gear had
always considered him poor and honest,
and was shocked to find that man who
he thought was serving him through
personal devotion had shared In the CON-
mon corruption of official life.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-07

THE portrait of Mrs. Joseph Aston,
Burr's Beloved daughter Theodosia, is
soon to be received at Washington. The
picture was washed ashore at Hatteras,
and was probably the only relic of the
vessel in which Mrs. Aston sailed for
New York, never to arrive there. The
ship doubtless foundered at sea, though
for long time it was asserted that she
was taken by pirates, and that her crew
and passengers shared the inevitable
fate of prisoners of these corsairs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-07

MANY of the prominent friends of
Gen. John G. Fremont are urging the
President to appoint him to some posi-
ton BETTING his former rank and sta
ton, as the first Presidential candidate
of the Republican party and as Cat one
time) ono of the leading military COM
manders in the civil war. The state
ment is reiterated that the General is in
quite reduced circumstances and would
be glad to accept the Governorship of
one of the Western Territories.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-07
Utilizing Frogs.

We have q story from Middletowp,
Conn.,, that eclipses the marvels of
oleomargarine. The people of that
place have accidentally discovered how
to utilize bullfrogs by converting them
into churners of butter. The discovery
was thus. reached: A farmer in the
neighborhood, having placed a pail of
milk in a spring of water to cool over
night, went there the next morning, and
found, it is solemnly asserted, instead
of the pail of milk, large bullfrog sit
ting in contemplative mood upon a roll
of fresh butter. The sole explanation is
that the frog had jumped from the water
into the pail, and, in trying to extricate
himself, had, by diligent and continuous
strokes of his long legs, churned the
milk into butter. Such a thing might
happen in rustic Connecticut, but
we will venture to assert that no bull
frog, however energetic and trained, or
however agricultural in instinct, could
in any given time convert the aqueous
kind of milk we get here into butter, or
even into tolerable buttermilk. There
fore, as we can receive no benefit from
the discovery, we shall not attempt to
put it in practice. We shall continue,
in our usual barbarous fashion, TO eat
the hind legs of frogs, and leave it to
Middletown to employ them as natural,
spontaneous, self-acting churners. 81
NeaO York Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-07
The Origin OF CONSUMPTION.

In 1853, when Hanover and other
parts of Northern Germany were visited
by a very malignant kind of smallpox,
the great anatomist, LaAgenbeck, tried
to discover "the peculiarly of organic
structure which disposes one man to
catch the disease, while his neignbor
escapes" 81 have cut up more human
bodies than the old Man of the Noun
tain with all his accomplices, he writes
from Gottingen, in his semi-annual re-
port, and speaking only of my primary
object, 1 must confess that I am no
wiser than before. But, though the
mystery of smallpox has eluded my
search, my iabors have not been in vain;
they have revealed to me something
else-the origin of consumption. am
sure now of what 1 suspected long ago,
namely: That pulmonary diseases have
very little to do with intemperance or
with erotic excuses, but are nearly ex-
clusively Gf we except tuberculous ten
denotes inherited from both parents, I
say quite exclusively produced by the
breathing of foul air. The lungs of all
persons, minors included, who had
worked for some years in close work.
shops and dusty factories, showed the
germs of the fatal disease, while con-
firmed inebriates, who had passed their
days in open air, had preserved their
respiratory organs intact, whatever in
roads their excesseA had made on the
rest of their system. If should go into
practice and undertake the cure of con-
sumptive, should begin by driving him
into the Deister Ga densely wooded
mountain range of Hanover), and pre-
vent HIM from entering a house for q
year or .two."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-07


FIFTY Austrian emigrants, consisting
of men, women and children, were late
ly arrested at Pittsburgh, en- route to
Nebraska, for passing counterfeit
money. Before sailing from Hamburg
they were made to believe that bank
notes only were current in the United
States, and they purchased about $9, 900
worth of the spurious paper. When
they reached New York they paid for
their railway tickets with this money.
The counterfeit was not discovered until
they reached Pittsburgh, and then the
poor creatures found themselves stopped,
charged with crime they had not
dreamed of committing, and penniless
in strange land.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-07

AMERICAN cotton is being shipped
from Liverpool to India, where it will
be manufactured for consumption. The
native cotton of India, production of
which was greatly stimulated during
the Southern rebellion, does not seem to
be adapted to the manufacture of grades
of cloth most in demand in that country.
English manufac turers will suffer from
this new movement, their fabrics being
subject to import duties in India, while
the raw cotton is admitted free.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-07
Meeting Death COOlly.

The aristocratic victims of the French
Revolution accepted their fate for the
most part with the GOODNESS and calm
ness characteristic of high. bred persons;
for it is perfectly true that those bred
from infancy to repress display of emo
ton take calamity coolly. Thus the
Duke de Biron, when his sentence was
pronounced, in 1893, ordered, on return
ing to prison, oysters and chablis. The
executioner entered as his Grace was
enjoying the repast. "Just let me fin
ish my oysters" said the Duke, "and
meanwhile take glass of wine with me,
my friend; you'll need FLIP for your
work." and then he filed bumper for
the turnkey and himself, and presently
went off to be guillotined.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-07
A Great Engineering Work.

A bridge of such proportions as the
world has never yet seen is proposed by
Sir Joseph Bazalgette for the purpose
of connecting the two banks of the
Thames in the vicinity of the Tower, and
the plan has received the approval of the
Metropolitan Board.
The operation contemplated by the
board consists in building up structure
of steel crossing the Thames in one ire
mendous span, clearing the water at such
an altitude that three-fourtbs of the
masted ships which require to do so will
be able to pass under the elevated road
way without any hindrance, while the
remaining fourth will merely have to
lower their tormasts.-London Stand
ard.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-07

The decision of case in the United
States Court at Indianapolis, Ind, is not
calculated to carry comfort to stockhold-
-ers in banks. The defalcation of an of
fcer in the First National Bank of
Franklin, Ind, caused the bank to col
lapse, and it went into the hands of a
receiver. A test case was instituted to
try the liability of the stockholders,
one of whom was sued by the receiver,
and the court has decided against the
defendant to the full amount of his in
terest in the concern-S22, 26O.