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To the Honorable the Court Of County Com.
missioners Of the County OF Hancock, Rert
at EHs,eorth, on the sth dag Of April. 1878
uUMBLY shows Reuben Curtis, and Quintus
IL Wardweli. OF the town of Penobscot. that a
town way from Reuben Curtis and Quintus Ward.
wells TO Charles r,eact's In SAIL town OF Penab-
scot, would be of great public convenience; that
the se~ctmen of said town of fenabscot. Aiter
due bu,iee and hearing of the parties have iait
out such town way. and reported the same TO the
town, at public meeting II the inhabitants, dul ,
not ned and warned yet the town has unressOn
ably refused TO allow and approve said town wAy
as laid cut by The selscmsn azores aid and 10 pat
The same on record. Wherefore your petitioners
con- iiertng themselves aggrleved by such della g.
and refusal, pray that your Honor would agree
ably to law in such case made and provided 80
oept and approve said way, and erect the same
~ he tiuly ftrpyded
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-One hundred acres Of Sugar bssts VII
=, paanted IL he vicinity q Bairos1.
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SptfiaI Aotifts.
--
Jacks0n's Catarrh Snuff

DELIGHTFUL AND PLEASANT nESkpr IN
csiarrA. H.aaaeAs; Bat Brean. Hoarss-
ssss. !1stAssa, BroacAihis. Cos9As,
Dsd/s<ss, &C..
And all Disorders resulting from COLDS in
Head, Throat and Vocal Organs.
This Remedy docs not "Dsy sp'' a Caisrrh
but LOOeGNs 10. frees the head Of all offensive
matter. quickly removing BAD Breath and Head
ache; as1oys and soSshes the 6osatag heat
In Cstsrrh Ia so mild and agreeable Ia II. ei-
iects that Il positively
Cures without Sneezing
A. TsoeAe Powders pleasant to the taste.
And never nauscstss when swallowed. In SANITY
gives to the Throat and Vocal Orgausa
DELICIOUS SGhSArioa Of c00iMISS and COMFORT.
l. the best Voice Tonic in the woridt
ny Il! SAFE. Reliable, And enly IS cs.ss.
Sold by Druggists. or mailed Tree. address
COOPER, WILSON & Co., Proy'rs, Phila.,
W. W. whipplc a Co., Portland, Me-, t.cs. L.
Gosdwin a Co. Rn.k Bros. 4 Bird. weel. 4
Potter. Boston. wholesale Agents smssB
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For. Rent.

The desirable store on Main Street. now occu.
Riea ~ AIoert I. Jeiiison, IS a clothing store.
Gent reasonable, Possession given when Lessee
desires, apply 10 Henry b. Jordan.
II. w. JORDAN.
Ellsworth, May 9Th Is7s Io,f
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WOOL cARDlNG
M. At TIE CARDIEG IllL,
SURRf VILLAGE, NE.

Having PLACED ny machine in good running order.
oy adding what new eArds are nsosssary and by
using the best Of Lard on, Am now fprepared
- WOOL lett = Henry WNtine 3 Sens
Store ellsworth, J. =. HincklsyS DluShin. A. r
ConarIs. BlaaAiu fails. asd y. q. Has1isss
ooulh 01yry.
- Wool viii - oaAsa fssa ~ sSsvs
paaees ed retarDsd hse ~ sADG1oe,
u ry1eoo ro6D0od ApA ~ 49,
sasYy. ApGn -, lO3o, SV11h
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Report Of the Condition
-oF rHE
euCkSP0R1 NATIONAL BANK,
At Bucksport.
IN the State Of Maiae. at The close ofbassess
Nay 1. ISIS.
At BuckspOr

Iotai...- t.tl hs u
| srArG oS MAINE. COUNTY OF HANCOCK, S..
!. Edw. swascy, Cashier Of the aDoye.named
tank, do ssiemnly swear that the above state
nicnt 10 true TO the hes; Of my knowledge and be
hef.
EDw. swAsEY Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me thu. 9Th
day OF May. ISIS
o. z. CuSSrSGHAN
Justice Of III Peacs.
GOEaECT- Attest:
THO. L. WoaDxAxl
sEwAIL II. swAzEf,Y Dtr.cto r..
AMBROSE WHITE.
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WAR OF 1921

OURvIyOkS and widows entitled to u pen sion
y OF 20 per month. Under The act OF Conxre -
OF March sSh. ls!S. Fourteen days service fs re-
quired to give title 70 pension. and . land Jar.
rant, If legally obtained. u prima faoie evidence
Of title. Applications in ALI cases required to be
taken before . court OF record. No charge unless
successful. Applicants unable to come to my
once VIII De visited 1t their homes and their
claims legally executed and filed before Court
OF Record Please write me in all csses when
you would Ike to have visit you at your
MONIES. And remember that no charge IL to b>
made unless your claim is established. An ex-
PeIience OF niteen years enables me 10 pros ecute
All mefitc nous cases. An agent near at home l.
most desirable, az he can save applicants extrs
expense, trouble aad annoyance
A. y. BURNHAM,
. kllswerth. April I'd, ISIS. istf
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Bucksport SAVINGS Bank,

DIVIDEND Of 10 per cent. will be paid TO the
"A depositors on the hrrt day Of July next. Per.
sons calling for the dividend must present their
ceruecatss. or II depositors prefer they may give
to any one an order in writing, with the certificate
accompanying.
TIC. wOOOAAN, Receiver.
0ucksport, NAY ], 1878. 3wl9
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T HAVE just received lot OF
Canada White Oats.
FOR SEED,
which will sell low for cash; also,
Northern Herds Grass,
for ts.oo per b1shei.
~ Clover, Field, and Garden Seeds. OF all des
cs1puons. lsf j. 7. CkIPPEN.
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Caution

caution.
hereby forbid all persons, harbo ring or tru st.
ing my wife. Ellen Liuehan, on my account, as
shall pay no bills )f her contracting AFTER this
date.
MICHAEL LINEHAN.
Ellsworth, May H. 1878 3w20s
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VOLUME Cd.

REAsURER's OFricE

y kEA6ukkk's UffiCk, !
Augusta, April IL, 1878
TTPON the following townships or tracts of land
II not liable to be taxed in kny tewn. the follow
ing assessments were made for County tax OF
1874 by The County Commissioners of Hancock
County, on the tweniy-dnh day of Feb, ISIS. viz.
No n North Division. ...........-...,....... Sc n
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Copper and Silver TIPS.
and they are applied chiefly to ehiisiren's heavy
shoes many Parents obJeetias TO the locks 81
Assoi TtPs -
FINE SHOES.
All such viii Be happy to know tha, this com.
pany have ~ last perfected
BLACK TIP
which adds 10 the Seassy 81 sAe ane.s, sAss.
the toe remaining neat until the sAoe 10 worn out
These Tips are stamped L. S. T. co.
The more costly the shoe the more important
the Tip, as 10 at least doubles the Wearing yalue
o. me shoe RAoeNTs: buy no Chilirens
Shoes without the Metal or This nice Black Tin.
and thus REDUCE YOUR SHOE BILLS MORE
THAN O>E-HALY
ASK YOUR SHOE DEALER FOR THEM.
lUl
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NOTICE
Notice.

any person removing the bars. fence or any
part thereof around the pasture OF Miliiken 4
DeerinS' VIII be dealt with according to law.
- J. I. CUSHMAN.
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BosroS. MAY |. lI,s.
The CopAftnership her etoIore existing between
%. .ubseribers under the nrm Of FOSTER,
sw ALL . CO Is dissolyed this day by the
Withdrawal Of HENRY u. sWAZkY
ALEXANDER FOSTER Is authorized to sign
In liz uidAtion.
ALEXANDER FOSTER.
HENRY u. swAZEY.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-05
That Steer Story.

An Auburn gentleman was talking with
townsman of the great greenback leader ON
Friday at the Maine Central depot lust before
the arrival of train, and Solon Chase. ESQ.
stood near by. "Mr. Bearce," said the Auburn
man, "your neighbor has won wide reputa-
ton; have you ever seen those wonderfully
shrunken steers which he describes in all of
his speeches as being worth S1OO two years
ago, and now contracted to $5O?'' "Ob, yesp
said the Turner gentleman, 'I am personally
acquainted with his steers as we'll as with him
self"
"Don't you think that they are undervalued
at S50-the amount he states they have
dwindled to in two years?'
Il would willingly give him S1OO for Them
replied Mr.. Bearce.
The Auburn gentleman after further conver-
satlon requested Mr.. Bearce to try aud bargain
for the steers with their owner. Mr.. b. COM
piled, and the Auburn gentleman relates that
the following scene occurred between the
Turner farmers:
Mr.; Bearce.-"Mr; Chase, what will you
take for your steers?'
Mr.. Chase-T don't know as L care to sell
them at present.
Mr.. 81 will give you one hundred dollars
for them anyhow; and if they look as we'll as
they did when L last saw them, will give Won
$1l0.'' Mr.. Chase, who has persisteptIy adyer-
tised his steers at $50 far and wide, declined to
trade and the gentleman's offer remained un-
accepted. Solon's tender attachment for his
faithful steers AMI their pathetic shrinkage
overpowered the love of gain which is supposed
to &c inherent in all mortal breasts; and this
rock, the foundation upon which rested the
weight of the greenback structure, has
and the omens would seem To indj-
cate that the himsily constructed movement
VIII collapse IN consequence.-Le1oiston Jour-
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-05
LParis Correspondence of the Chicago Times
A Work Of Art In Six Minutes.

We were at the Cafe Chantaut the other
night. 1t is building somewhat larger than
tue Corcoran gallery of art in Washington. u
is great place for music, songs and dances
There was one very amusing feature.
During one of the entr'actes they brought on
an artist VINO was billed TO paint a marine view
10 six minutes, all finished for hangins lthe
picture, not the artist) N''
Tue canvas was brought on
oue came the artist, quiet, ferrous .lookipg
young man, about thirty years of age
ms colors were all upon the palette, and his
brushes were in his hand. ~-'- -''
Attention" cried out tie director
Ine artist seized huge brush.
AT the signal the orchestral band strucL nm n
ciashlng, maddeniDgy nervous waltz.
AS the hrst note was struck the artist dashed
mass OF yellow upon the upper part of tbe
canvas. linen DIT OF blue, then white, dash
OF clean brush, dark blue sea is dashed in
against the horizon.
Two minutes gone.
The waltz goes on faster and faster. The
brush keeps time. A huge rock is sketched in
with burnt sienna and black. A lighthouse
W..a WI "a Vermlion range light is dropped upon
Clash, crash, one. two, three, a boat under
1uil sail Is thrown into the dim distance.
Clash, crash, one, two, three, and another boat
IS dashed in. Light upon the waters is thrown
IN with free, steady hand. A huge brush
and with profound bow the artist turns To
cheering audience, gratiied that he is through
on time
And the wonder is that the picture il start.
ling good in its broad effect. 1t is strong and
clear The colors are good and not muddily
mixed. IL was as good novelty as | ever saw
at any show. and it beats all how it amuses the
French people,
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-05
letter from North Conway.

NORTH CONWAY, June 2, 1873
1t is said that "Nature never hurries' in the
matter of the change of seasons, growth of veg
citation, etc.. an exception has always been
wanting to prove the rule however, and this
year that lack is supplied. The change from
spring to summer is startling. There has
been no plodding, no slow and deliberate un-
folding of bud and leaf and blossom one BY one
We thought the reign of Boreas hardly over
in our chilly region, aud 10, summer bursts
upon us, not summer in embryo, not
the shivering rheumatic summer we are so
accustomed to, but summer iE full mature de-
lightful beauty. The great variety of wild
flowers in the woods, the delicate fronds of the
waving ferns, the pleasant green shade and
subtle delicious aroma of the pines are most en-
ticing, but alas for busy people we have no
time for the longed for idleness, for ''the
boarders" are coming and the air is redolent of
the resinous juice in another form than that
greeting us in our shady retreat. Tarpentine
is the prevailing odor in the village and we ara
warned of fresh paint wherever we CO. Every
body is getting ready for summer visitors, of
whom greater number than usual is expected.
This has been an ideal June Sabbath L
attended the baptismal service of single per-
SOD, young lady at the Saco this afternoon,
and it seemed to me that the solemn and beau
tiful sacrament was rendered more solemn and
beautiful by the perfect weather and lovely
surroundings. The sivery sound of the rip
pling river, with serious faced people on its
bank. the luxuriant valley shut in by the YER
dant sides of the mighty cloud-capped mount
aims, the wild imploring fervor of the hymn,
the clergyman's musical voice and the sweet
face of the young girl blended in scene not
easily forgotten.
Flies are raging on Rattlesnake Mountain.
They shoulder in haziness by day, but at night
they flame up gloriously, assuming all sorts of
fantastic forms. Tonight they are scattered
along the mountain side at regular intervals in-
voluntarily suggesting the tent fires of power
full and relentless enemy in their "night en-
campment on the HILL" No danger is annre-
hended from them, l believe.
The North Conway Improvement Associa-
tion has accomplished great deal this season,
10 planting shade trees. Those in the park,
(the park, try to write tin humility are look
ing finely.
Our Dramstic Association played "Caste" at
Tamworth Village last week, and were very
successful
have reserved my sensation ill the last.
a gold mine has been discovered on hiarsarge
Mountain. AT least we all believe and pray 1t
is gold mine. Mr.. Van Wight and other
New York gentlemen are interested and car
load is 10 be sent away to be assayed: With
out doubt it will prove to be the genuine prec-
ious metal, and [ prophecy an epidemic more
contagious than the gold fever OF '4S.
ELLEN NJ. MASON.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-05

"Ihe uery man OF all others acho has the
deepest interest in sound currencg, and
,oho suffers most By mischieuous legislation in
money matters, IS the man agho earns his da;-
ly bread By his daily toll. a deprecated cur
rency, sudden changes of prices, paper naoney
falling betaoeen morning and noon, and faI.
ling still loacer bet,oeen noon and night, these
things constitute the uery haruest time of spec
ulators, and Of the achole race Of those acho are
at once idle and crafty. y " Il disor-
dered currency is one of the greatest political
euils. HAndermines the uirtues necessa,yfo
the support Of the social system, and encour-
ages propensities destructive to its hnppixess.
1t acars against industry, trugality and econ
Ony, and 1t fosters the eoiL spirits of ertrac-
agance and speculation. Of all the contyi-
odaces for cheating the laboring classes of
mankind, none has been more efectual than
that achich deludes them aoith paper money.
This is the most efectaal Of Intentions to fer
tilize the rich mans fields By the s,ceat Of the
poor mans orow. Ordinary tyra,eny, oppres.
sion, ercessiue taxation, these bear lightly ap-
on the mass OF the community, compared Nth
fraudulent currencies and the robberies COM
mitted By deprecated paper" ."-Daniel
Webster.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-05
She XOuldn,t Saw UYas.,,

There was a strange scene at Cincinnati one
day last week. A respectable aud intelligent
young lady was engaged to be married, and
made the discovery that her affianced was in
the habit of drinking, ana told him what she
had learned. He promised never to drink
again, and she forgave him. What followed
the Cincinnati Times TINS describes: The
wedding day was subsequently set, aud all
went well until the morning appointed for the
performsnce of the ceremony. During the in
terval he made his usual visits, and though he
drank at times his betrothed never learned of
his faithlessGess until it was nearly too late TO
punish him for it, They were standing side
by side, and moment more would have made
them man and wife, when he turned toward
her and his tell-tals breath spoke of whisky,
When the minister propounded the usual ques-
ton to her, the response came family mo"
In surprise the question was again asked and
this time the response was clear and decisive
"No." She then turned to her lover, accused
him of drinking, reminding him of his prom
Use to her. and said that a man that would
break promise SO solemnly made could not be
reued upon, and she feared to trust her future
to such man. ExpostulAtions and entreaties
were all in vain, and the little eyes" still re-
mains unsaid.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-05
Current Comment.

The New Orleans Times of May 10Th calls
Anderson "a disreputable party scullion -
and says that every one in New Orleans must
cordially endorse the statement that his ties.
timony is worthless.
One of Mr.. Potter's committee is sick and
resigned. The country viii be kept together,
however, for Springer has been appointed in
his place, and Springer never gets sick or re
signs anything.-PhiladelphiG Times.
La the PRESENT State Senate of Penrsyl-
vania twenty-one out of twenty-four Sena.
tors who hold over are Republicans, so that
the Democrats even should they carry the
State, have slight prospects of securing legis-
lative control of it.
At Norwich, Conn.,, during the Decoration
Day exercises the Rev. L. T. Chamberlain.
brother of Ex-Governor Chamberlain Of
South Carolina denounced bitterly the pres.
ent temper of the South, where he declared
'the spirit of rebellion is as rife as If was
during the bitterest days preceding the civil
war;"
Ii the Democrats had kept out of the inyes-
tigation muddle, we don't believe the Repub-
lcans could have gained the next House.
The disgust which their performances have
already aroused, the suspicion that their con-
tued ascendency might mean serious at
tempt to reopen the Presidential controversy.
have probably done the business for them.
Springfield Republican.
Representative Oliver of Iowa, leader of
the Greenback movement in that State, and
elected to Congress as such two years ago,
has written "a letter declining denomination
on that platform. In his letter he states
emphatically that in the present situation of
affairs the Greenback movement is out of
place, silver having been remonetized and
resumption being practically provided for.
lie argues that resumption will unlock vast
quantities of gold and greenbacks now
hoarded, and make money plentiful, and
revive business prosperity and good times.
A long and lively campaign in Michigan is
predicted. All the tickets will be in the field
before the close of the present month, and the
Congressional nominations will also be held
from four to six weeks earlier than has been
the rule in Michigan in the past. The green.
packers hold their conventions first. There
VIII be two of them. One, under a call
headed by one Ralph E. Hoyt, behind whom
IS Brick Pomeroy, is to be held at Grand
Rapids to-day, and the other an hour later at
the same place under a call signed by
men who claim to represent the ssna-
tionals," and denounce the other crowd as
"traitors." The Republicans meet on the
18th in Detroit, and the Democrats in Lam
sing on the 25th.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-05
The Investigation.

The very dramatic opening of the Potter
investigation shows the possession of con-
siderable histrionic skill by the Democratic
members of the committee. Mr.. MacMahon
is said to have arranged the method of ex-
animation by which the testimony of the
witness Anderson was so strikingly brough t
out. He even seems to have anticipated the
questions put by the Republican members, and
schooled his witness to so answer them that
the effect of the testimony was heightened
by the Interruptions. The room where the
Investigation is held was chosen with the
same view to dramatic effect: it is the cham
ber in which the Credit Mobiier committee
met, and people have learned to expect that
regulations would be smirched and charac-
tiers destroyed by the testimony taken there.
So far, however, but one man has been in
jured, and that is Anderson himself
The testimony of Anderson is of course
utterly worthless. The statements he now
makes are in direct contradiction of those he
has before made under oath. The latest
statements rest in the main upon his unsup-
ported word. The previous statements have
been confirmed by many witnesses. One
thing, however, is made clear, and that is that
during the dispute over the Louisiana count
he was in correspondence with the Demo.
cratic leaders and was willing to sign any
papers they wished him to sign if they would
pay enough. They would not give him his
price and so the bargain was not completed.
Ihey seem to have raised their bids lately
and thus secured the badly damaged piece of
goods which they had so long coveted. An
derson's hatred of the Administration that
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-05

EARLY IN JUNE.-Sum aer beoins non,
ABOUT week past. with the expanded leaves
tne shade and warm weather. Cultivated
helds, too, are leaving out, that is. corn and
potatoes coming up, Most trees have leaved
aud are now forming fruit Yopno b,r,;as 49,
are forming, and birds are being hatched'
DornEgs and other insects have come forth
sue nest warm evening after showers. The
etr6s nave now iall?l come, and no longer n q
10 Hooks. The hylodes are no longer heard.
tasi tne iouii-lrogs begin to trump, Thick and ex-
eonsive iogs In the morning begin Plants ara
rapidly growing, shooting Hoeing corn has
commenced. Tie first bloom of the wear is
over. lt IS now the season of growth. Have
not Wild animals now henceforth their young,
a9u nsnes too? The pincashon gals on young
wnlte OAKS are now among the most beautiful
OBJECTS in the woods-coarse, woollv. wbite
spotteu with bright red or crimson on the ex-
posed side. 1t is remarkable that mere gall
Wnicn at hrst we are inclined to regard as
something abnormal, should be made SO beam
tiful, as if it were the flower of the tree: that
uisease, an excrescence, should prove, per-
cnance, the greatest beauty, as the tear of tha
pear; beautiful scarlet sins they may be.
through our temptations, aye, aud our falls,
many poet, we see that beauty exhibited in a
gail which was meant to have bloomed in
nower unchecked. Such, however, is the ac-
c9mpnshment OF the world. The poet cher
lsnes his chagrin and sets his sighs to music
Ihis gall is the trees Ode to Detection. How
OF u chances that the apparent fruit of a
shrub, its apple, is merely gall or blight
HOW many men, meeting with soma blast in
tne moist, growing days of their youb, so that
what should have been a sweet and palatabis
Iruit IN them becomes mere puff and excres-
Gence, say that they have experienced religionl
thelr fruit is gall, puff, an excresceuce. ror
raan.S MANI OF moderation and confluence, So many
reoet'S Journal IN atlantic Monthly.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-05

MOUSE on line of Horse Railroad in Woodfords
Ia Corner containing seven rooms all in good re-
pair. Enquire of j. II. REED,
my4dtf Woodford's Corner
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-05
Convention of the Reform Clubs
OF THE
STATE OF MAINE,

The Quarterly Convention of the Reform Clubs Of
tie State of Maine will be held at
Norway, ON Wednesday and Thursday
June 9Th and 9th.
Fully appreciatjng the good results arising from
our earnestness and sincerity in this great and gor-
GUS work. we earnestly hope that all the Clubs in the
State will be fully represented, keeping in mind our
motto, "Charity for all, and malice toward none"
One and one-third fare for the round trip on the NJ
G. r. R.
Return tickets will be furnished by the Secretary
for the Portland & Ogdensburg Portland g. Roches-
ter and Grand Trunk Railroads.
Per order State Committee
FRANK KENDRICK, President.
GEO. w. MURCH, Secretary.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-05
TO LET.
no Let.

ANE of the best offices ON Exchange Street.
" Enquire of GEO. A. WHITNEY g. CO.,
my14dtf No. 46 Exchange Street.