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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-10-31
A Horrible Tragedy.

INDIANArOLIs. Ind. Oct 10Th. The
Journals special from Nincennes gives an
account Of the murder OF John ID. Nace-
let wife and Two sons, two miles south OF
that city. Pierre Provost. " no lived with
them as farm hand, gave the alarm to
the nearest neighbOr, about half a mile
away at / o'clock Thursday morning. hay
lug come to them in his night clothes
saying in broken English they had hell
OF a time over at Nacelets Going to the
house the neighborS found the two sons.
aged | / and II, in bed the father living in
the doorway to an adjoining room, and
the next room the mother in her bed, all
dead. The deed was evidently done with
an axe. The head and throat of the vic
tins were gashed and cut by such a weap-
on. Two or three bloody axes were found.
Provost is under arrest and can give no
satisfactory account Of the affair He
claims to have also been attacked by the
murderers and escaped, but this is al
ready proved untruer Circumstances are
entirely against him. Threats of lynch
ing do not seemingly disturb him, and he
preserves an astonishing amount of com
pOsure amid the excitement
NEW YORK, Oct % Pierre Provost.
who was in prison at Nincennes, Ind, for
the murder Of the Nacelet family of four
persons, last Wednesday, hung himself in
his cell on Saturday night. He undoubt-
eddy would have been taken from the Jail
on sunday and hung by the citizens had
he not suicided
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-10-31
The United States Object to the Fishery
Award

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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-10-31
The Halifax Award.

LONDON, 70.
\ letter dated pct. 18TH, reports the
British foreign minister, Lord Salisbury,
had been invited by the american gov
eminent to consider seriously the very
decided objection which it is opposed to
make to the payment Of the Halifax
award, in view of the new circumstances
created for both governments by the re-
cent report Of Capt. Sullivan Of the Brit
sh ship Sirius, sent by the British GOV
eminent to investigate events of Jan. IS,
when a number Of American fishermen
violently driven from stations on the
Newfoundland coast, had their fishing
tackle destroyed and business broken up.
Capt. sullivan reported the outrage
justified by the local laws, and Salisbury,
it seems, accepted the report as embody-
ing government views, and 50 informed
the Cnlted States.
The American government then in
formed Salisbury that the question as to
whether American fishermen pursuing
their business under terms Of a solemn
treaty are liable to violence at the hands
of petty local authorities for infringing
local regulations not embraced in the
treaty, is too important to be settled by
the British government for itself than by
the report of the naval office. AS the
time fixed for paying the money ordered
by the award will expire the 9th of Nov,
it is obvious that this matter must be
sharply and Immediately pressed upon
the attention Of her Maesty's govern
ment by the United States, as to pay the
money without the etlectual breaking
down of the construction Of Salisbury as
to those offences, will put the United
States into false position, and seriously
embarrass their diplomatic action. The
situation has become decidedly uncom-
Portable within the past few days, and
correspondence on the subject between
the two governments has assumed a seri-
GUS character.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-10-31
A Belfast Sea-Captaln Pummeled with a
Pitcher by an Angry Woman. What
Came of Divorce Suit.

From the New York World
On the llth day of last March Mrs. Elizabeth
Hill, formerly of Hong Kong China filed III the
office of the Clerk OF the Superior Court for Fair
held county. Ct, petition for divorce from her
husband, Charles Hill. a merchant Of Hong Kong.
and native of Belfast Me
Mrs. Hill was an American lady, who, about
eighteen Years ago at the age of eighteen went to
hong Kong to marry HIM. She came OF wealthy
family, and was accomplished and attractive. She
has relatives still living IN Syracuse y. y SlN
or seven years ago She returned from China,
bringing her only child, boy OF about lo who is
being educated in the Bridgeport schools, Mr. Hill
Is wealthy. and kept her supplied with funds She
mad an income from property owned by Mr. HI
IN Maine and elsewhere amounting to about 500
per molth. and she travelled much. stopping at the
best hotels and making wide circle Of acQuaint
anceS
When her petition for a divorce was fled, lthe
ground being adultery. Mr. Hill was duly notified
he occupied prominent position in social and
commercial circles, and was naturally much averse
to having any scandal made public in connection
with his name He accordingly wrote to Mrs
Hill making her an offer of :, ) 600 in money add
tlon 10 the - too per annum previously mentioned
and an interest in certain reality OF value. as
consideration for quiet and privacy in the divorce
ment proceedings. On tins point several letters
were lnterchanged, but no agreement was reach
ed and the failure TO agree led TO the fling OF
new papers IN very unexpected way. These later
proceedings have given the entire history pub
helty which 1t otherwise would not have had.
On the nth day OF the present month. NJ. y
ilber, OF Bridgeport the counsel for one Captain
NcGilvery OF Belfast Me drew up a complaint
against Mrs Hill for assault and battery on Cap
tam McGllyery averring therein that the said Mrs
Hill had assaulted the said McGilverv with porce
lam or other pitcher. causing injuries, &e and
placing the damages at S0U00 On the same dav
the counsel fer Mrs Hill Messrs A ) Treat and
Henry ). Sanford OF Bridgeport, filed counter
suit for assault anu battery against Captain McGi
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-10-31

One good result of the Centennial Ex-
hibition appears in the orders received by
the Baldwin Locomotive Company. They
have Just shipped for Australia by the
clipper Colorado three powerful locomo-
tives, one of which is intended for the
passenger service. The freight engines
are of the heaviest type used on American
roads, weighing l02, 900 pounds each
The Australian railroads are owned by
the colonial government, and its repre-
sentatives were SO compressed by the Ameri-
can locomotives at Philadelphia two years
ago that they reported favorably, and it
has been thought best to send round the
world for specimen engines.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-10-31

Mr.. \. K. Dunton, for many years
known in this region as teacher of
writing, publishes in the Camden Herald
long statement concerning his connec-
ton as an expert with the Hart murder
trial He says that he at first believed
that Hart wrote the anonymous letters,
but that he discovered that the specimens
submitted to him as Harris writing were
not genuine, and was obliged to change
his opinion. He says
After discovering that had been given wrong
standards, did in all honesty what could to re
pair the wrong But as could not testify against
Hart, having discovered that Hart did not write the
standards upon which | relied almost wholly to
prove the authorship Of those anonymous letters
the papers were taken from me and was forsaken
by the County Attorney
From his own account, Mr.. DuntOn had
a hard time all through this case. He
declares that the Boston experts swore to
that in which there was no truth that
County Attorney Staples tried to bride
him to keep still that Montgomery,
counsel for the prisoner, used him I'M
fairly; and that Chief Justice Appleton
denied his reasonable request that he
should have an opportunity to explain in
open court He appears to be certain
that the witnesses, the counsel on both
sides, and the presiding Justice conspired
to ruin him, and send al innocent man to
prison for life , But 4. r. ALWAYS did
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-10-31
The Manhattan Savings Bank Robbery.

The gigantic robbery in New York Saturday
night has caused most profound sensation in
banking circles. From an early hour Monday
crowds Of depositors have surrounded the bank
building. The police answered all inquiries by
saying that the bank was closed on account of the
burglary, and the depositors were told that they
could not get any money for 60 days. The fact Of
the anitor possessing the combination to the vault
door was severely commented upon. The janitor
and night Waterman were both around the bank
Monday, helping out. 1t is denied that either is
under arrest, or that any arrests have been made.
The outside safe only fire proof vault for
keeping the bank books and articles of minor val
ne. 1t is the rule and not the exception for JAM
tors of bank buildings to be in possession of the
combination of the outside vault. No expense or
pains spared in the construction Of the vault
and it was made as secure possible. Owing to
large space between the door of the vault and
that Of the inner safe, it not strange that the
burglars could carry on their operations without
being overheard, as they could close the outer
door and have ample room to work The solid ma
ture Of the wall and foundations wound naturally
prevent the sound from being heard any distance
The directors in secret session Monday. 1t
is understood that large reward will be offered
Nineteen thousand bushels Of peanuts will be
mad nnad in North linn biuu
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-10-31
The Loss of the Ship A. 8. Davis

WASHINGTON, Oct 18th. Lieut. Shoe
maker, of the Revenue Marine Service,
who was sent to investigate the circum-
stances OF the wreck OF the A. 5. Davis,
below Cape Henry, telegraphs: | have
examined the fragments of the wreck.
She was perfectly sound vessel. She
struck the beach head on, and the sea in
instantly boarded her, making a clean
breach over her fore and aft, breaking
her stem, filling her and driving the whole
ships company. 20 in number, into the
rigging to which they chung until the
masts went by the board. The citizens
of this vicinity say human effort could
avail nothing, SO violent was the tempest.
Life saving crews here did their whole
duty. VIM, Fl. Minton, of Red Bank, n.
j., is the only survivor. Those lost were
Capt. j. W. Ford, Of Searsport; Mate c.
p. Quinn End Mate, Berry, of Bangor,
Maine; and seamen Thos Dwiney, Thos.
Thomson, John O'Connor, Mathew Simp-
son, and Harry Grover; Boys, George
Reynard, of Rochester, N. Y, and Rob
ert Jones of Liverpool; also five seamen,
cook, steward, carpenter and cabin boy,
names unknown.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-10-31
Generalities.

About SIX inches Of snow fell at St. Paul, Mimi,
Monday.
One man has sold 1000 fruit trees in Aroostook
since June
The English iron ship builders on the Clyde are
on a strike
Mr.. Greenhalgh has closed for the season his
Arcadan Hotel, at Castine.
A New Bedford whaler is being repaired in
Thompsons dock, kennebunk
The appearance of the Colorado beetle in the
Russian province of Posen has been officially re
ported
Thomaston teacher was fined one dollar by a
trial justice for Shaping the face of Of her girl
pupils.
A laborer was struck by brick which fell from
a hotel building at SuncoOk. n H. and injured
probably fatally,
a sale by auction is to be held at Bangor, Nov
2lst, of the remnants Of State settling lands some
ten thousand acres
Patrick Wal sh, well known lime burner abou
% years OF &c, dropped dead in lime shed
Rockland on Monday,
The schooner E. II Hartman sailed from Bucks
port Friday bound south where she will engage in
the cattle carrying trade.
Great damage has been done ia Egypt by the
oVeluo" OF prahch OF the River y lie S2,'oc 900
Even bets are beng made IN London. says
correspondent, that England and Russia viii be en-
gagged in war in less than one year
Bv tha de.th of his .on 1.,f.rsou l. r.e
Davja i Iaft UitboJt tI7 ri,i. Il ~
liz lit tatniI ~Hu "neH Ne
80 "'1''' "''' 0eeoi1' eN''NN'
Eight steamers from South Bristol are fishing
for porgies in Cape Cod bay. Last week 2G0o bbls
Of fish was sent to Portland to be pressed
NJ anu Nrs. y, y. Mor''and OF hockland' nave
lotuIHoG 70 lueiI Hohe ~ maj clty' aI'et All an
se"'e u IoI'h'sh' on oFluaI tour
The sardine business HI Eastnort i rarv rood
northwestern part Of ontario, Canada, Sunday
n'Sh'' DONG great damage 70 fruit and other trees
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-10-31

of the season.
If the promises of the seasons are to be ken,
we are yet to have the Indian summer
Lecture at the North church next Sunday I've
ming, by the pastor. Subject Moral Ideals
Monday night was the coolest thus far Of Vi.
season. The surface Of the ground frozc and c.
made of considerable thickness
The walls OF the new National Bank bull.a.
are all up and the roof on 1t will BE- when cum
pletod very handsome building excellent
adapted for its purposes.
The Indians in the canvas tent. below the Slr
ford wharf, suffered in the gale and rain Of .,.
week. BY constant watch and proyenter braoq,
the tent weathered the gale
Mrs sally + Lewis, widow Of the late Freay.
lex A. Lewis died in this city last week at e-
age of IS, She was "a lady held il nigh esteea
and Tor many years prominent in social life
James Morrow, formerly Of this city, i ala
to remove from Bangor to Washington Last wee.
his friends surprised him by an evening gather.
at hls home on the twentieth anniversary Of a
marriage
The crew aud passengers Of the abau1..y
steamer Den. Barnes a. noticed In another
agraph we're transferred from the seh N 81
Drew to "a fishing smack Oft Charleston { .
arrived safely u port
We we're obliged u Send second paeka-
the Journal 10 Brooks subscribers las, wees
the frs, QUE failed 10 reach them The ms,..
one made IN. anpaaranrc tyyo 1uvs ls+ar ~ .t. ..
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ally strengthen and enlarge that reserve,

ually strengthen and enlarge that reserve,
and to provide for such other exceptional
demands for coin as may arise, does not
seem to me work of difficulty If wise
ly planned and discreetly pursued, it
ought not to cost any sacrifice to the
business Of the country" But the Argus
is wise above what was written by the
Convention and candidate; wise above
what the Maine Democrats have repeated
ly resolved and with "a reticence as del
icate as it is discreet" declines now to
maintain the position it accepted and
praised in 1876, on question that is still
living one.
The Argus desires to know whether
the Journal favors or opposes the substi
tuition of greenbacks for bank bills This
is not question of great Importance. But
the Journal said, as long ago as last
March, that 1T may not be very OBJ
jectionable to substitute greenbacks for
national bank notes, if there were no in
tlation Of the volume Of the currency. nor
infringement of its value"
Very many other OF the hard money
journals have said the same, including
the Argus neighbor, the Press. Banking
can be as we'll done on greenbacks as
with national bills. At present there is
small profit accruing to National banks.
Nine banks of this kind in Boston paid no
dividends the last half Of this year, and
the average dividend amounts to less than
,! per cent. for the last six months. Al
though banking is free, there are no new
ones, and the old ones are not doing a
largely profitable business. The Casco
bank, right under the nose of the Argus,
has surrendered its circulation, because
it did not pay to retain it. There is a
great deal Of nonsense in this cutlery
against the banks.
The Argus intimates Gt seldom says a
thing directly that papers like the Jour
nal are "hurting business and industrial
interests of every kind" We beg leave
to differ. The papers that are injuring
the present business and future prospects
of the country, are those that change
their policy with the shifting theories Of
the hour that are blown about by every
wind of doctrine Such things are deadly
hostile to business recovery, which de-
mands unyarying good faith, and a steady
hand on the helm. The need Of a circu-
lating medium, based on metals valuable
in themselves, available alike for internal
business and foreign commerce, and good
for its value to every holder. Is a prnci-
Pile too valuable to be made a football in
the arena Of party politics.
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SUBSCRIBERS remittng money or desiring to
have the address of papers changed must state the
Post Office to which the paper has been sent, as
we'll the office to which it is to go.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-10-31
The Jauitor's Story.

The following is the story of the jantor
Of the Manhattan Savings Bank, robbed
last Sunday morning, as related in the y.
Y. Herald
''keely, the night Waterman. raped
at my door at six o'clock this morning to
let me know that it was time for me to
get up and take charge Of the bank.
live in the rear Of the house, on the floor
over the bank, and the entrance to my
place is on Blocker street. replied to
the night watchman's summons and cot
up. was in the act Of putting on my
clothes when heard noise in the sitting
room. Ny wife who is sickly. became
frightened and she called out to me to 90
into the next bedroom, where her mother
slept, and see if anything was wrong with
the old lady.
With that several men. wearing masks,
crowded into our bedroom. When my
wife saw them she screamed aloud, but |
told her to keep still or they would Kill
US. They told us if we kept quiet and
did not make a noise that they would not
harm US. They then handcutfed me and
my wife one of the men, who was a
stout man and wore black mask, asked
me for the keys of the bank. | told him
they were on the table He then asked
me for the combination key Of the safe !;
refused to give it up, when they threat
ened to kill me. told them that the
combination key would be of no use to
them, as they would not know how to
turn the knob. one of the men replied
that they knew how to turn the knob
well enough, and they again threatened
to kill me if did not give them the key.
| at last surrendered it, and five of them
went down stairs, while two remained
with us to prevent US leaving the house
or raising an alarm. do not know what
they did in the bank. The two men
stood guard over US until twenty minutes
past nine, and when they left | ran down
to the barber shop with my hands mana
cled and told what had happened"
The indianapolis Journal says Of the recent cam
paign in that State that Governor Hendricks not
only approved of the Greenback coalition but
made soft-money speeches, and Endorsed the in
fatlon communistic sentiment Of Voorhees, from
first to last. Governor Hendricks was the head
and front of the soft-money victory and as such is
rightly dstrusted by Eastern Democrats His
chance in National Democratic Convention will
be about equal to those OF Texas steer in con
venton Of shorthorns and thoropghbreds
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-10-31

The guests at the Maplewood boarding house
Glmanton \. H., were treated to fresh green pease
on Wednesday, the dainty vegetables being the
product of seed raised from seed sown in april last
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-10-31

A Greenback paper at Patterson, n. j.,
was suddenly changed into hard money
Democratic Journal, last week. During
the absence of Hoxie, the editor, the pub
Usher brought it out squarely for sound
currency, and forbid the editor entrance
to the Offices The fat of the man in pos
session will prevail.
A company for getting out ice has been
formed at Bangor, with a capital Of $l0,
600. They believe, if the Kennebeck-
ers can make dollar in the business,
that the Penobscot folks are smart enough
to make one too. The business calls for
some experience, considerable Judgment
and no small amount of money
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-10-31
Miss Dora WHY anthnriles the Ranrl

Miss Dora Wiley authorizes the Bangor
Wing 70 deny the report that She has
married Will r. Pitman, the bicycle rider
Dora is a sensible girl, and when she
marries, win want a man with an ambi-
ton more exalted than to display him
self on the highway, astri,s OF his grand
mothers spinning wheel
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-10-31

The Bangor Commercial has had the
bad taste to make series Of personal at
tacks upon Hon. Hannibal Hamlin. The
years to which that gentleman has az
tanned, the high Offices he has filed, the
esteem in which he is held, no less than
bis unstained personal record, should
shield him from such detraction. Mr.
Hamlins public career has been honor
able to himself and the country We
have not agreed with him politically but
we hold that a man who has been in pub
lie life for over forty years, who has been
called to many places Of trust, from the
humblest to that of Vice President of the
United States, and who was never charged
with the malteasance of dollar, should
be suffered to retire to the enjoyment of
a modest competence, without being pur-
sued by party hatred.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-10-31

There is again troublesome aspect of
affairs over the water, with a strong
probability that war may break out again
An influential London paper declares
that the Berlin treaty is a failure, and
that no permanent peace can come out Of
it. The Pail Mall Gazette says, peace
must be commanded by commanding the
arrest of the reckless power which has
kept Europe in commotion for years past
and now threatens to break away from
all law and all restraint On the other
hand the st. Petersburg Goos, which is
believed to speak by authority, talks as
though Russia was ready for anything
that may come, and that 'if the Russian
people were consulted they would unhes-
itatingly decide for a renewal Of the
struggle"
If here is not the material for a revival
Of war, it would be difficult to find it any
where in the wide world.