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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-11-21

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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-11-21
NEW DESIGNS.

The Princess and the Mathilde walking
costumes, are both quite new and tasteful;
either one combining well with the Octavia
sacque, in case an outside garment be
added The Zeine visite is another street
garment Of recent Introduction. but this is
cut in circle shape. The Panier polonaise,
showing the new bouffaut back. is hand
some design for house or carriage wear.
For the benefit of ladies who make their
own garments, will mention that j. & p.
Coats have received the gold medal at the
Paris Exposition, for their spool cotton,
This however is only a confirmation of the
awards of ali Expostions, where they
have invariably obtained the highest
prizes. The Willimantic Linen Company
have taken only a second class prize-the
silver medal.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-11-21
Correspondence.
New York Fashions.
BONNETs-NEw DEsIGSS->OCiRTY TOT
lETrES


Piquant little iclts are in garnet or wine
shades, trimmed with satin Of correspond
ing colors aud completed BY garnet or
wine co,ored flowers and leaves. These
are worn with walking costumes OF garnet
or wine color, and the tout ensemble is
pretty enough assure you. Birds have
come up again, and perched on both hats
and bonnets bear witness to the fact that
female perversity is more than a match for
vast amount of sermonizing. We say
scissors" to the last, especially there
is no fear of drowning for il. But what is
OF more consequence than bird upon your
bonnet, i a pair or perhaps two pairs Of
strings tied under your chin Perhaps
you may compromise by tying the bow on
one side. but somewhere or other the bow
You must have. for a bonnet is not bon
net without a pair OF strings. We find
quite run made on felts, and the fav0rite
mode of trimming is to lay the ribbon on
plainly, Except AT the top where some
what extravagant bow gives finish. The
many colored ribbons OF the day, show
prettily IN the dark felrs.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-11-21
THE SCIENCE OF LIFE;
MISREPRESENTATION.
OPPOSITE EnEVERE HOUSE

pWbitshsd and for sale only bs shs
Peabody Medical 1n.stsate. No.
0ub0aeh street.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27

safely do 20. the -.maA! amount that
will be divided ar.ong the shareholders,
should no sinkir., fund be created, will
be 8 per cent OH the nominal value OF
the stock, $4,8S3,795. If the bill we re-
port becomes law, this amount would
be diminished by the amount required
to be paid into the sinking fund, say
81, 400, 900, leaving IS, 4S3, 795 after the
payment of all expenses and interest
and the payment into the sinking fund,
to be divided among the shareholders,
being 6 40 per cent on the nominal
value Of their stock.
The committee says of the other sub
sidized roads: "The condition of the
Central Branch Union Pacific railroad
company, the Sioux City 4 Pacific rail-
road company, and the Kansas Pacific
railroad company is SO different from
that Of the Union Pacific and Central
Pacific, and there being questions pecu-
liar to each of those three companies,
we think it advisable to strike the pro-
visions relating to them out Of the bill,
with view to report hereafter bill or
bills adapted to their circumstances and
the rights Of the Government"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27
An AffectiOnate Wife.
Los Angeles Star.

We know an old woman who poison
ed her husband. The old man was
rather tough and did not die before the
alarm was given and the neighbors
gathered in, and a doctor was called.
The old woman acknowledged she ad.
ministeIed the poison. but when told
that if the old man died she would be
hung, she began to abuse the doctor for
not curing the old man, and finally told
the doctor that if he left her dear hus-
band die she would prosecute him to
the law, and, if the law failed-she
pointed to a shotgun in the room and
said: "That never fails"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27
Chicago Journal.

Ex-Secretary Belknap, of the War
Department, is now living in New York,
and report says is heavy operator on
stocks. He can be seen almost any
dav at the brokerage Office of Henry
CIews, who, it will be remembered,
married his niece two or three years
since. Belknap's friends here claim
that while another was the cause Of his
downfall, he refused to disclose many
things extenuating his ofiense, because
they would reflect upon his person. He
preferred to go to perdition, SO far as
his reputation was concerned, rather
than reveal anything which might
compromise the one he loved. He
acted, SO these friends assert, a most
manly part, and is entitled to credit
and consideration to that extent.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27
COnkling, Thurman and Davis and the
Presidency.

Senator Edmunds, according to a cor
respondent of the Buffalo Commercial,
gives the following picture of the pro-
ceeding Of the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee:
"On the day when the committee
meets Conkling will come in first, and
find slim attendance. He will sit a
little while, impatiently, and say: Well,
l don't suppose there will be quorum
this morning, and have other matters
to attend to. If Davis and Thurman
would drop their Presidential aspira-
tons and attend to committee business
we could do something And he will
go out.
"Then Thurman will come in and
ask: Where's Conkling? When told
that he had been in and left to look
after other matters, he will say: Where's
Davis? Davis hasn't come WELL
Thurman will say, 'Conkling and Davis
have got the Presidency on the brain,
and of course we can't expect anything
of them. Call me when you get quo
rum And he will go out.
Then Davis will come in and say:
well, Conkling and Thurman are abb
sent again. Those two men are so busy
working up their Presidential campaigns
that they neglect their Senatorial du-
ties And so it goes, every week"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27

THE Norristown Herald tells OF
Pennsylvania man who makes over
500 day. He makes them in mint
at Philadelphia, where he works on
salary Of $14 week.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27

BAYARp TAYLOR said the secret of. his
enormous power of work Is an unfailing
appitite. Ours is a small salary and II
large family. Emira Gazette.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27

An agent of the Peruvian Government
recently purchased $1,000 pairs Of bro
gans from Philadelphia parties.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27

DOES any one know Of anything that
can make more noise than load Of
strip iron OIL a moving. .dray?
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27
HARD TIMES IN SPAIN.

A Madrid dispatch of the 18th says
most of the papers discuss the cause of
the crisis in the manufacturing districts
of Catalonia and in the business centers
on the Mediterranean coast, where
numerous failures have taken place.
One hundred and nineteen factories
have been closed, and 1900 workmen
thrown out of employment. Ministerial
papers advocate the policy of entering
into commercial treaties with reciproci-
ty and to open new markets as the best
remedy for the crisis.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27
THE PACIFIC ROADS.
Extract from the Senate Report on the
Sinking.F Fund Bill...T The Present State
Of the Account with the Union and Cen.
trail Pacific.
BY Telegraph to New York Tribune.

By Telegraph to New York Tribune.
The Senate Committee on the Judic-
larry, in its report accompanying the
Pacific Railroad Sinking Fund bill, pre-
sents an outline of the arguments in
favor of the measure. The following
statement is given to show the present
condition of the account between the
Government and the Union Pacific
Company:
Capital stock, all paid. ... 80. t36, 49,, 400 %
Government lOan principal .... Sc, 80, Sic. 90
Interest paid by Government. -. Is, 800, sol As
Total. Observation-Disclosures. $l3. 2O6, 363. As
Interest repaid Government nv half
transportation account, and COW
cred into Treasury. ............. 5,l34, S21. "a
Balance due Government Jan. 81,
1879, exclusive of its claim for
interest upon the interest 1t has
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-27

Balance due Government Jan. 81,
1879, exclusive of its claim for
interest upon the interest it has
nui1
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-05-24

sided, the body was removed TO the
hearse by twelve soldiers, the
pail bearers being Associate Justice
Strong, W. w. Corcoran. Admiral
Rodgers, Gen. Humphreys, Geo. w.
Childs and Joseph Patterson, of Phila-
delphia, Surgeon General Barnes Cant.
Carlisle Patterson, superintendent of
coast survey, Prof. Guyett, Prof. New.
comb, Gen. Poe and Prof. ]. c.
Willing. The procession moved 10
New York avenue church, where the
funeral services were conducted hy
the Rev. DR., Mitchell. There
were present in addition TO tho family
and immediate friends sc the deceased,
the board of regents of the Smithsonian
Institute, the lighthouse board, en-
ployees of the institution, president
and vicc-president of the United States,
representatives Of the executive de-
partments, members of congress, the
supreme court of the United States, the
judiciary ofthe District Of Columbia, the
court of claims, Sir Edward Thornton,
the Japanese minister and others Of the
diplomatic corps, the academy of uatur-
nj science, the philosophical society Of
Washington, the alumni Of the assoeia-
ton of Princeton college, officers of the
army and navy, the Washington
monument society and large con
course of citizens.
Among the prominent gentlemen
were Prof. Asa Gray, Harvard College;
Prof ; Guyott and stephen AleNan-
der, Princeton College; Prot. Marsh,
Yale College; Formau Rogers and Prof,
McLanc, formerly president Of Prince
ton College, and who, when VICE prcsi-
dent of that institution forty years ago,
invited Mr. Henry 20 y professorship,
The remains We're Inferred i'll Oak Hill
cemetery.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-05-24
WasllingtOIl.
HAYES on INVESTIGATION.


Washington advices of the Goth inst.
say that President Hayes while main
tang his natural equanimity i'll temper
was not inclined to look lightly on the
house proceedings of the past week
He did not think it was matter to
treat with indifference; great events i'll
history had sprung from smaller begin
nings. Tracing the movement from
its birth the president has been struck
with its rapid growth. He points to the
significant circumstance that such indie
pendent and Influential men as Alex
III. Stephens are already powerlcss to
stay caucus mandates. Whatever the
result Of the investigation might be,
whatever disclosures might result there
from, the president said he entertained
no fear that anything could be brought
home to him, if any person made any
promises III his behalf or entered into
any bargains, they did % without his
knowledge, and he hoped their act,
would be exposed. The president re-
CARDS the action Of southern democrats
in supporting the investigation scheme
as ungrateful III the highest degree.
When he assumed the executive office
lie found the south, or ut least large
portion Of it, distracted and torn assun-
der by political strife almost bordering
on revolution
The president claims lhat he gave
the south peace; especially South Caro-
lima and Louisiana we're restored to the
rule Of the native population and the
carpet baggers ceased TO be IN ele-
ment III southern politics. The presi-
dent asserts that he acted from a strict
sense Of public duty and claims no re-
ward ut the hands of the south for doing
what he was bound in conscience TO do,
but he cannot avoid being witness 70
the ingratitude evinced by the
representatives Of the south TO the
man who above ain others has had their
welfare and happiness in common with
tho rest Of the union sincerely at heart.
With reference to BIZ title the president
conceded that it could be contested but
there vas only one way 70 test the
question, and that was by writ quo
,tdfraro which was the only
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-05-24
The Earth Not II True Globe.
Good Words


Our nlnnot ic not n true globe, bceutlSp
the formation and cooling Of tho sur
face. When the globe was soft it wax
more OF less yielding, and then the rota-
ton of the earth to which | have re-
terred tended TO drive OIL, w it were, the
matter IN the equatorial region; 40 that
the distance through the center Of tho
earth between the two surfaces M fnr
~ possible removed from the poles Of
rotation, or those pnrts Of the earth
which the imaginary axis comes
through, is rather greater than the dir
tance between the two points where tho
axis comes to the surface. The reason
OF that fact, and TINT it must have been
SO, has been beautifully established by
several experiments. That tho earth
was once hotter than it il now il there
fore proved, both by tho irregularities
Of its surface, and by its shape ~ II
whole. We must not imagine, however,
that there has been hut one change.
The minor Irregularities are MI grad
nally changing by inner energies and
the action Of mir and water, and il may
be that even the largest ones are young
compared with the age Of the planets
surface. Nor does the change end
here; the equatorial protubercnco itself
may but after MI mark point in agreat
cycle Of change, which has compelled
the earth 10 rotate now about one exis
and now about another. Mathcma-
ticians consider it highly probable that
the axis Of the earth may have been in
ancient times very differently situated
from what tits Mt present, and, indeed,
that il might have gradually shifted
through 10, 20. 30, 40, or more degrees,
without ut any time any perceptible
disturbance Of either land or water"
Thus il appears that nature prevents
catastrophes by the very hugcness Of
the scale on which she works.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-05-24
Rosy Cheeks IN England.
london Correspondence Of the Baltimore Amer.
team,

toudon Correspondence or the Baltimore Amer
team,
You seldom meet u young ERcliSh
girl who has not bright rosy cheeks.
though they do not o(len retain them
after marrying. Whether il comes
from the climate or tho exercise they
take it is difficult to decide. They
mostly walk " great deal, ride but
little, and take an abundance Of OPEN
air exercise, which is probably tho
cause Of this healthful coloring, So
much desired Ivy tho sex. | know Of
four Young Baltimore ladies who have
only boon here week. but who have
spent most Of their time out Of doors
and i'll the interesting hut ahorious
work of Sightseeing, whose checks
have bright cOloring that they never
Ind before; who come back hungry
eat moro i'll day than they did in
several days ut home, and sleep So
soundly that il requires II long tattoo on
their doors ut : o'clock III tho morning
To awaken them, The gentleman who
has them III charge told their parents
that he would cndeavor 10 bring them
home with some score Of pounds added
to their weight, and his prescription il
simply that they must SO to bed tired
and sleepy every night They enjoy il
and are growing strong and ruddy, ara
daily gaining in weight, and have moro
spirit and animation than they ever
possessed before, They arc also re-
quircd To he Jolly and to laugh and
capcr like school girls during II holi-
day, They must take the world M
they find it; he kind and loving to each
other, and allow nothing to trouble
them in mind or body. A sen VOYAGE
and six days in Old England have
worked like II charm, and four months
more of this vigorous exercise in Paris
and on the continent will, il il to bo
hoped, establish them in health for the
balance Of their lives. At home they
spend but ten or fifteen minutes II
their meals, while M hour now scarcely
sutlices for breakfast orsupper. They
all ate to-day the heartiost dinner they
ever partook of in their lives, but the
table q IA carte ut the Midland Hotel IN
the perfection Of culinary art To
morrow evening they will en-. their
dinners iii Paris, after II nine hours
ride, including the crossing of the
Channel.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-05-24

PAY YOUR DEBTS. Clean hands IN
matters Of money among the young
certainly ought to be the Indispensable
condition Of gentlemanliucss. No man
who borrows and does not pay, and
does not care whether nc pays or not,
is n gentleman, no matter how witty, or
gay, or fine he may be. TO speak in
good plain English, the man who dress
es himself at another's expense, not
knowing how 10 pay, not caring whether
he pays, IL II gcntecl scoundrell and yet
such things are done by good-natured
folks, by kind-hearted people, by per.
sons who never probe them morally to
ascertain what their tendency is, and
what they lead 70.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-05-24

Stone, Isl; J. Howard Jacobs, 50.
The nominations for secretary Of in
ternal affairs were Robert l.. Mcclellan,
of Chester; A, X. nunkel, of Phihdel-
phia, and ] Il Danley, OF Green. The
last named was withdrawn before tho
second ballot. 1t resulted; Dunkel,
122; Mcclellan, LOG, Dmkel became
the candidate. Gen, Heyt, candidate
for governor then made an address,
and the convention adjourned sine die.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-05-24
A Good Account.

To sum it up, six long years Of bed
ridden sickness and suffering, costing
5000 per year, total, $l,200-all OF
which was stopped by three bottles Of
Hop Bttcrs, taken by my wife, who
has done her own homework for year
since without the loss Of day, and
want everybody to know il for their
benefit" "JoHs WEEKS, Butler, N. Y"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-05-24

remedy provided by law. When
he became president the act ere
ating the electoral commission Speci-
ally declared that nothing therein
was to be construed rs impairing or af-
fecting any right then existing under the
constitution and laws to question by
proceedings in the judicial courts of the
United States the right or title of HIM
self and Mr.. Wheeler II any such right
at that time existed. The presidential
mitted that Mr. Nldens only remedy
1T present is 10y u writ Of QUo ,Nurunto
and such writ or prerogatiNe writS are not
obtainahle us matter OF right hut only
Ill the discretion Of the court and he
doubted whether any court would grant
it, The president also comedies the
power of congress topasS Il retroactive
law to provide othermeanS of testing the
title 70 the presidency, MS the office can
never be said To hein the past but is al
ways III the present Asto his impeach-
ment being ordered by the house, he
said he had not the remoteSt idea
that such m occurrence is among pos
sibilitieS; but he is alive TO The exigen-
cies that may arise, and he says he will
see toit that the public peace is main
tanned and laws enforced nj whatever
cost. lie proposed to follow the policy
already marked cut by his administra-
ton and will take no backward step.
l.ERIto AnHERENTS.
Washington adviccs Of the 18th say
information has reached this city
that the adherentS Of lerdo, i'll Mexico,
have abandoned efforts tC incitc rcyo-
luton. Our government has commu-
nicatcd 10 Minister Foster the facts con
corning the depreciation en- American
territory 10y Indians who cross the Dor
der from Mexico, and Foster will in
form President Diaz.
RECEIPTS OF THE PATENT OFFICE
from January LIST to May Is, 1873, were
$263,963 The expenditures for the
same time. exclusive Of $4,000 for
repairing of models injured by
the fire, We're $lSS,577 - an
excess Of receipts over expenditures Of
$50 ,5S5. AT this rate the surplus for
the year would be $266, 155; II much
larger amount than has etcr been de-
rived i'll Il single year. Last year there
was $3l 900 surplus. Thu amount in
the treasury to the credit If the patent
office is 81 ,1S9,S01
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-05-24
Pennsylvania Republican State Con,cn-
ton.

The republican state convention Of
Pennsylvania met ut Harrisburg on the
10Th inst. After selecting temporary
chairman and the appointment of the
usual committees the convention ad-
joumed until afternoon. When
the convention had been again
called to order, Mr.. Peck, chairman Of
the committee on permanent organiza-
ton, reported Il list Of permanent Of
tcers, ut the head Of which was the
name Of Mayor Stokely, OF Philadel-
phia. Lucius Rogers, of Mclean coun-
ty, was nominated secretary, with fifty
vice-prcsidcnts and ms many assistant
secretaries. The report was unani-
mously adopted. Mayor Stokcly
being conducted TO the plat
form, amid enthusiasm. urged
such conduct on the part Of the convcn-
ton rs would insure one Of Pcnnsylvn-
mas old fashioned republican mujori-
ties. Mr.. Cessna, chairman of the com
mittee on resolutions, submitted II plat
form, stating that the committee adopt
ed il unanimously.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-05-24
THE INDIAN HVRIAu


Washington advices Of tie 18th, say
further investigation intothe unfavor-
able reports affecting the Indian office,
which were outlined in Yesterdays dis
patches, goes to Substantive Tire proba-
blity that convincing roof Of ms
management. cannot mucl longer he
kept from the public. 1t may be already
said to he almost certain hat the bu-
reau will be transferred to the war de
partment. Feeling agains the bureau
among western senators and represent
tatives, who have given the mbj Get atten-
ton, is universal. Commissioner lloyt,
they say, has declared that no western
man is tit to have anything to do with
Indian affairs, and they say also that
his management by n system Of espion-
age Is utterly repugnant o American
ideas of fair play and necessarily tend
ing to corruption. He his appointed
Interpreters and other MINOR officials
whose appointment the law expressly
gives to others. lie has il several in
stances ordered payments 10 he
made that were not warranted
BY law, and has several times
violated plain treaty stipulations.
Allmite in saying that his ignorance of
the laws and treaties pertaining to the
Indians is uncommonly dense and that
things have got into suchn fix that the
quickest and best way To straightcn
them out is to send the whole bag and
baggage 70 the war department.
4 MODEST CLAIMANT.
The senate committee ON patents
gave hearing to-day to DR.. John b.
Reid, in support of his claim against the
government for ST., 900 for the use of
his inventions and Improvements III
projectiles for rifle and cannon dur
ing the late war This man secured let
tiers patent from the confederate states
for these improvements, and his pro-
jectiles were used by the rebels for the
purpose Of killing union soldiers. He
now comes before u committee Of the
United States senate MS loyal man,
and prefers his claim for SIT 600 for the
use Of this projectilc by the govern
ment in It's effort TO suppress the re-
bellion. He asked, and the request
was granted, thatno one but the com
mittee should be present to hear his
argument.
TREATY RATIFIED.
The senate in executive session to-day
ratified the treaty between France and
the United States, providing for con-
venton ut Paris the present summer
with q view To the adoption Of the me-
trieal system Of weights and measures.
wEfTzEL's SUCCESSOR.
Advices from Washington under date
Of May 18th says the president has
nominated Amos Smith, ir., Of Gin
cinnati, collector of internal revenue,
for the Isl district Of Ohio, vice Vert
eel, to lie removed; q. ST Gem, survey
or Of customs at st. Louis; and Jno. II.
Smvth, Of North Carolina. 70 be minis
ter resident at Liberia.
PROF. HESRY's FUNERAL,
Attic funeral of Prof. Joseph Henry,
to-day were many beautiful floral trib-
utes 70 the memory Of the deceased.
After brief religious services in the part
of the building where the deceased re-