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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-10-15

Philip Phillips will give one Of his unique song
services in the Granite church. in this city, this
Tuesday evening, at eight o'clock. From the
"Heraldry Of Sacred Song we should judge that
this iii be a service elevatng and ennobling in
tone, and eminentlv worthy of patronage. Dur
ing the last ten years Mr.. Phillips has travelled
in his own land and n other countries over 300 :
900 miles, singing everywhere his sweet songs.
The price of admission tonight is only IS cents.
We have received copy of the Minutes of the
Maine W. c. T. L., containing record of the
annual meeting at Old Orchard. yearly reports
constitution. &c. 1t is the purpose Of the Evecu-
tive Committee to place copy of this pamhlet in
the hands Of some officer Of each auxiliary Union
and Aid Society in the State. Those of the latter
organizations not receiving the same. are request
ed to send Immediately. Other parties desiring
the Minutes will be promptly furnished on receipt
of ten cents. Address Mrs. c. c. Hunt Cor. Sec
State w. Z. T. u, Augusta, Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-10-15
DIR. Costello's
HAIR REVIvER
Is Taking the Lead OF All other Prep.
aratiOns for the Hair.

LIST, Because it cures All Diseases Of the Scalp,
Graduates All Scurt and Dandruti, tops all Itch
ing of the Head.
I'd, Because it Stops the Hair from Falling of,
Promotes its Growth, and restores it to its orgi-
nal color for a certainty.
Sd. Because it does all of the above better than
any other Preparation.
Finally, Because chemists have analysed it,
and hundreds who have used it pronounce it per-
fecty harmless and free from all those objection
able properties contained in all other Heir Re-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-10-15

y The following decision, recently rendered by
Green b. Raum Commissioner of Internal Reve
nue, is of Importance to those dealers who sell
Hostettor's Bi'ters and brakes Plantation Bitters
as after the first Of November, they will be subject
to special tax:
After a careful inqnirv into the nature and use
Of "lostetter's stomach Bitters," and "Drake'-
Plantation Bittors," am of the opinion that, for
special tax purposes, they should he treated as dis
lied spirits or wines, and that the pers N who
sell, them or oilcrs them for sale, either by the
dfink or BY unhioken package or bottle, should
be required to pay special tax rs liquor dealer
and that persons who manufacture them recti
fets, and subject to special tav such This
ruling being revocation of previous rulings of
this office with regard 10 these particular biters
it Is deemed advisable that it should take effect,
and he enforced only on and after Nov | 1873.
Persons, therefore, engaged in selling such hit
ters, or off ring them io sale on aud after that
date should be required TO pay special tax liqror
dealers for the remaining portion Of the special
tsxtyear ending April 80, 1879.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-10-15
Boston Stock List.

Sales at the Brokers' Board,l
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tour' and fou md them To he the most ysn,al anS
companionabe couple in the party. He was re-
turning from a trp 10 lne " hite Mountains by
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~ are TO be congratulated on having so able and
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Our readers may remember that on the night of
Sept. 2Sth, Fred Donnels of Windsor, had a horse,
wagons and harness stolen from his barn. He of
fered q reward of $50 for the apprehension of tn
thief and the recovery of the property, issuing
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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09
THE LOSSES.

The estimate now is that Indiana is
suffering to the extent of two applications a
day for the benefit of the bankrupt law
This would give 600 unfortunates during the
year. Suppose the average liabilities are
$4,000, which is probably low enough, then
we have the grand sum total Of $4,000, 900 as
Indiana's annual share in the losses which
find their way to the records of the bank
rupts' court But it is well understood that
only small fraction of the losses sustained
by the blighting curse of contraction are
made public in any form. The man who
ten years since had property valued at say
100000 finds today that his property il
worth only $4,000. The 100000, though ir-
recoverably gone, is not included in the
statistics of losses. Mortgages are
daily foreclosed, and property, the result o.
years of toll, passes to the ownership Of loar
agents or their principals. Farmers arr
driven from their homes by their inability
TO pay interest, and estates are daily chang
ing hands. Sheriff sales multiply, and thu
sherifTs hammer is hourly falling will
crushing force upon the homes and estates o
the people. We have shown in these col
aims that by the census reports of 1870 thu
true value of the real and financial propert.
of the United States exceeded Thirty billion
of dollars. 1t has been held, and the estimat
is not controyerted, that the shrinkage il
values amounts to fully 40 per cent, o
$4,000, 00O, 900.
But this is not all of the losses. TIL
-sf.rinkaee of values has arrested the annua
accumulation Of wealth, estimated atfour pc
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09
sound silver TaIH-

The Rothschilds were deemed good author
ity on money matters. No men in Europe
were supposed TO be shrewder longer
headed than they. Here is what the French
member OF that great house said before q
monetary convention in Paris in 1869:
The simultaneous employment OF the two
precious metals Is satisfactory and gives rise
TO no complaint. Whether gold silver de-
dominates for the time being, it is always true
that the two metals concur together in form
ing the monetary circulation of the world, and
il Is the general mass Of the two metals COM
bined which serves as the measure of the
value of things. The suppression OF silver
would amount to veritable destruction OF
values without any compensation.
And NJ. Rowland, governor of the bank of
France, said at the same conference:
We have not to deal with ideal theories.
The two moneys nave actually co-exiSted
since the origin OF human society. They CO.
exist because the two together are necessary,
by their quantity, 10 meet the needs OF circu-
lation. This necessity of the two metals, has 1t
ceased TO exist? Is IL established that the
quantity of actual and prospective gold is such
that we can now renounce the use OF silver
without disaster?
Let the falling prices and rising multitudes
of unemployed men answer these questions.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09

cent, or 81, 2OO, 900, 600 annually, which in
eight years amounts to $4,000 OOO, 900, giving
a sum total of losses to the country of $21,-
600, 100000. AS we have shown, this shrink
agea nd these losses are the bed rock of the
present business and financial depression.
The sum total is so vast that it is difficult to
grasp it. 1t is so colossal as almost to stag
ger belief. 1t is so cruel in its blighting
effect as to arouse, not only opposition to
the causes that have created il, but to
obliterate party lines and to bring
the people together in a determined
effort, if possible, to remedy the evil. The
course the people have pursued to bring
about a more favorable state of affairs is
eminently wise, prudent and patriotic.
Suffering patiently they exercised forti-
tude and waited their opportunity. Bending
and breaking in the sweep and force of the
storm, they heard the sheriff's hammer fall,
when every stroke was like funeral knell.
Still they endured the curse and bore their
burdens. But at last the day of election
rolled around, and they chose representa-
tives to carry out their will. AS a result We
have a bill before congress to repeal
the resumption law and a bill
to remonetize silver. These are
the only measures proposed. In the
national hoUse of representatives 161 votes
were cast for the Bland bill and only 81 votes
against it, and the bill to repeal the resump-
ton law was almost equally popular. These
measures represent the aggregate wisdom of
the people. They are strictly in consonance
with the popular demand. They represent
the wish of fully 81, 100000 of the people.
Indiana is solid in their favor. Indiana in
6orses these measures and demands their
passage. In 1870 the value of property in
Indiana was set down at 81 ,26S, $4,000 If
the shrinkage has been 40 per cent. then
the loss to the state amounts to
So, LA, 5000. This amount ought to satisfy
the Shylocks. But this is not all of the
losses. for the shrinkage has not only created
a direct loss, but has arrested all gains,
which, If estimated at four per cent. year,
would give 4,1O1 ,776, 900, which added to
the shrinksge would give 1929, 1876 600 as
Indjana's share of the curse of legislation to
promote the welfare of the Shylocks. 1t is
not surprising, therefore. that Indiana is
solid on the bill to repeal the resumption
law and the Bland bill. The more those
measures are discussed the more popular
they become with the people of all parties.
The Sentinel is fully committed to the
advocacy of measures of relief. Bankrupt
cy and ruin has had its day. Shylocks have
ruled long enough. The peoples voice
should be heard, and will be heard. Re-
sumption on the LIST of January. 1879, is i'm
practicable. The RECOMMENDATION of silver
is constitutional, IN consonance with law
and justice, and the right will eventually
prevail
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09
The silver Bill.

The silver bill, as passed by the house, re-
stores the coinage and the legal tender
character of the silver dollar of 4l21S grains
to what they were before the adverse legis-
lation in 1873 and 1874. The senate commit
tee have reported amendments (yet to be
voted on) making the dollar legal tender
again, but limiting the coinage to not less
than 81, 600, 900 nor more than 81, 000,000 a
month, and the money to be coined on
account of the government. Gold is now,
as the silver dollar was before 1878, coined
tor any person who should deposit the bull
lion, q charge being made sufficient to cover
the cost of coinage. The amendment, so TAR
as it limits the coinage to four millions a
month, will have no practical force, because
that sum exceeds the capacity of the minis
to coin. The restriction, however, in the
hands of hostile administration, might
confine the coinage to the minimum. There
is no more reason for authorizing the free
coinage of gold than there is for the free
coinage of the silver dollar. For a few
months, perhaps, the government might
make profit by buying bullion and con-
verting 1t into dollars, but the price of silver
bullion would rapidly advance to what silver
will be as coin.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09

1t is impossible to exaggerate the deplora.
bic condition of business affairs throughout
the country. A reign of terror has COM
menced. There is business alarm every
where. Anxiety is written on every face
The curse of contraction, worse than war,
pestilence and famine combined, is daily
growing more cruel. The bondholders' pol
icy, like the arms of the devil fish, has laid
hold upon every interest, and the people are
almost powerless. Struggling in the grasp
of power that has been warmed into life by
the most infamous legislation that ever
backened the statute books of any country
under heaven, there is nothing left for them
to do b6t to appeal to congress.
The aggregate wisdom Of the peO-
Plies representatives acting under the
solemn obligations of their oaths has pro-
posed two measures of relief. What are
they? One is to repeal the resumption law.
Why? First, because 1t is impractical 70
resume on the day named, January l, 1879.
The best minds in the country declare that
the day named is premature. Second. be-
cause to make resumption possible would
the process OF contraction, that with
resumption, universal bankruptcy would
result. The facts to support these propo-
sitions are multitudinous and irrefraglble.
To reach resumption contraction has been
going forward for years. and the shrinkage
of values has kept pace with it.
The sum total of the losses reaches an i'm
mensity almost incompatible. The curse,
confined to no special locality, reaches from
the center to the circumference of the
country. 1t touches every industry. II
lays Its cursed hand upon every branch of
business. 1t smltes like thunder bolt. 1t
skaters like an earthquake. 1t engulfs like
tidal wave. 1t withers like a desert blast
The aggregate wisdom of the country, speak
ing by authority, and by sucn an overwhelm
| ing majority as should command respect, has
decided 10 repeal the resumption law, post
pone resumption, arrest the shrinkage oil
values, and give the people some hope of re
| lief. What are the obstacles to this measure
of relief? Hayes and the bondholders
Hayes, the product of furnace where FRAUD
and perjury were melted in hellish fires o
sectional hate and partisan wickedness, pro
poses to arrest this great measure of relic
by the veto power. This is done in the in
terest of bondholders, who, TO advance theI
wealth would cut the pound OF flesh neares
the Nations heart though every man. woman
and child should bleed to death. Upon thi
branch of the subject it is not difficult b
determine what the verdict will be. TIL
people demand relief from the crushin
curse OF contraction. They believe that th
repeal of the resumption law will in som
measure, at least, aid the solution OF tn
business problem and tighten their burdens
and no amount of sophistry will chang
their decision. The other measure OF relic
proposed by the peoples representative,
the free coinage of silver, and its unlimite
legal tender. Upon this measure the peopl
are united. They demand the restoration
OF the silver dollar TO its old place as coir
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09

nor will they retire an inch from their adj
vanced position. 1t would be as easy to
hush the roar of Niagara with a tin whistle
or remove the everlasting hills by jackass
power such as the Journal employs as to
change the verdict of the people. The de-
monetization of silver was simply a swindle,
trick, an adroit movement to put
money in the pockets of bondhold-
ers. 1t was in antsgonism to the
interests and welfare of the country,
and has aided indefinitely in bringing about
the business disasters that now aflict the
country. Those who are opposed to the re-
enactment of the law as it stood prior to
1873. should be able to state in what country
on Gods green earth silver dollars have at
any time been productive of disasters to
business, how silver dollars at any period
since the dawn of authentic history embar-
rassed governments, jeopardized their credit,
wrought ruin to business, hushed the
mrsic of machinery, made the fore
closure of mortgages and sheriff sales a
necessity or sent men into bankruptcy
Have silver dollars at any time stopped the
pillow in its furrow or endangered the farm
er's possessions? Have they hushed the ring
of the anvil, the click of the shuttle or the
hum of machinery? If silver dollars have
not done these things in the past, why, in
the name of all the gods at once, assume
that such disasters will follow the remoneti-
cation of silver in the United States? The
verdict of the people is for the silver dollar
of the fathers. 1t is for the law as it stood
prior to 1873. We like it and indorse it.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09

THE day of wakes In Ireland is over, and
they will henceforth be things of tradition.
The Roman Catholic hierarchy of Ireland
has forbidden any but the immediate rela-
tives of the deceased from being present at
these watches. No liquor is to be used in
any way on these occasions. If this is dis.
obeyed no priest is to be allowed to attend
to the funeral services, nor can the dead be
buried in consecrated ground.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09

close this letter without teliinA our northern
frinds that 1t is a first rate plAIe TO stop
Captain Neavitt, the proprietor, as genial,
whole souled southerner mot meSce nary IN
the least) and does everything for thu COM
fort of his guests In our next we will ~ lte
more fully of Austin health resort, AM
of life and society as we find it here at the
capital. MABEL LAWRENCE.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09

OAKEY Halls lecturing tour having proved
failure, he is going back to New York to
practice law. Despite the free advertising
the press gave him, he did not succeed on
the lecture platform. Although very reticent
on the subject, his friends say he is much
financial endorsements
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09

POLITICAL prisoners banished to Siberia
grow so forlorn and sad that after few
years scores of them lose their minds. They
are gentle and tractable, but entirely incur
able lunatics After much solicitation the
government has erected asylums for their
care and accommodation.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09

THE citizens of Newport have a plan by
which the convicts in the Kentucky peni-
Tertiary can be put to work without inter
ferIDg with legitimate mechanics. They
could be put to improving the rivers of the
state by deepening the channels, removing
distractions and making dangerous places
navipable
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY.
"The MILK I'm the CocOanut. s.

To the Editor OF the Sentinel:
SIR am astonished at you for lashing
the Journal for its sinuous course upon
the financial question. The Journal is
is governed by Its antecedents. 1t is
controlled by men who loan eastern
money, and get TO pocket money for ad-
vertising banKrupts. The most convincing
argument that it makes upon the money
question is the notices of bankruptcies. Now,
square the main spring of its action by its
antecedents, and the money IL gets is It's sub
sequents. Go slow, there's money in 1t.
PLEBEIAN.
Terre Haute, JAMS 3.
Oh, yes, everybody understands what's the
matter with the Journal. That il has sold
out to the bondholders and money sharks
admits of no doubt whatever. But Indiana
is not entirely sold out to eastern capitalists.
and there is a disposition to speak out in
meeting. The people are opposed to the
Journals platform, and they do not propose
that few Indiana postmasters shall lash
them into the support of the veto power to
defeat the will of the people and increase
the business distress of the country.
RICHMOND, Ind, Jan. 5, 1873.
To the Editor OF the Sentinel:
SIR-Hundreds OF voters. republicans, demo
Gratis and independents, indorse the course OF
the Sentinel on the financial questions. No
body approves of the course OF the Journal
Your application OF the lash meets with un-
qualified approval. ONE OF THE PEOPLE.
Evidently the Sentinel is right. We ad.
vocate the repeal of the resumption law and
the free coinage of silver. The Journal
Is generally understood TO be nincumpoop
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09

THE school children of st. Louis are to be
so trained by the teachers that in case of fire
there will be no loss of life. That this can
be done has been proved by experience, and
the discipline is of incalculable advantage in
case of fright causing panic, no matter what
may be the nature of the alarm.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09
WINCHESTER, Ind, Jan. ), lS7,

To the Editor of the Sentinel:
SIR--Everybody asks what price the Journal
demanded for its treason TO the people OF Indi-
ana, when il sold out to eastern capitalists2
Republicans with scarcely exception de-
nOunce its infamous course upon business and
financial questions. If we can not arrest the
crushing curse of contraction half the farmers
i'm Indiana will be sacrificed before the close of
the year. The sentinel has taken the right
chute. Give us thunderbolts daily.
REPUB
@We have no idea how much the Journal
received for its treason to the people of
Indiana" but we presume it was sort of a
Judas transaction. We shall keep it in the
pillory and subject it daily to the scorn
and contempt OF the people.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09

THE tramps fitted up cave near Water
bury, Conn.,, and have lived there for
months. A few days ago it was examined
by the officers, and report made to the
town marshal. The cave is thirteen feet
deep, is fitted up with a stove, swinging
chandelier. There were a stove, table, cup
board, hunks, stools and other household
furniture
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09

TIE house of representatives of Maine is
not composed as such bodies generally are.
There are only u lawyers members of the
house, while there are 90 farmers and II
shopkeepers The grangers can have it their
own wav once
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09
MUNcIE, Ind, Jan. 8, 1873
To the Editor of the sentinel:

To the Editor of the SentineI:
SIR-Let me assure you that the Sentinel is
doing good work for the people of Indiana.
Democrats and republicans alike approve OF
your course. The Sentinel is winning the In
dOrsement Of prudent men of all parties. Go
ahead. ANTI-BOSDHOLDER.
lutely right on financial questions. Fully
100000 of the people are with it. We
demand the unlimited coinage of silver and
an unlimited legal tender of silver dollars.
We demand that the hlighting curse of
contraction shall cease. We are opposed to
the Journal A paper that advocates the
policy of eastern Shylocks is a traitor to
Indiana.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09

SEVEN prizes were offered this year to the
most successful students in political
economy by the faculty of Cambridge ami
versity. OF these five were secured by
women pupils
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09

The poet Stedman lost 5000 by the de-
falcation of Bonner. The matter created
some surprise, as it was not known that he
had the money to lose; nevertheless, he has
received much sYmpathY.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09

thousand calls on New Years day. People
always patronize free shows.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09

llI1INIl-iI9Ii MI IoIFs
To the Editor of the Sentinel:
SIR-Your course i'm regard TO the finances
meets with the unanimous Endorsement of the
party in this part OF the state, and also of the
press generally. Some few of the resum ption
editors growled somewhat awhile ago, but
most of them are becoming quiet as they find
that the people are not with them. Keep on,
and as General Taylor said, give them h.
We propose to make it exceedingly warm
for those who are opposing the welfare of
Indiana that Shylocks may increase their
wealth.