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The Red Cloud chief., 1879-05-15

Mr. COLLIDE, the naturalist, who ha~
passed Is months in New Guinea, has
among other matters, informed the Bis
bane Courier that his party came in
contsct with . tri5s Of natives in the in
terror whose custom "uxxested To him
the probable origin Of the mmors shs,
hsse been always current Of q race Of
tailed men IA some remote corner Of
The globe These natives wear ar,i6.
eial tails Of soch cunning construction
As 70 entirely mislesd . casual observer.
They Are entirely naked, except for TIE
esndal ornament which Is plait Of
grass fasseoed around their loins BIZ a
hne string. and depending behind 20
about bali way down their icRar
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-05-15

JACOB BExxErT, Of Meridian. Inr-
ham County. Mich, has . boy veighinr
soi pounds, who viii be Is years oId
Asy y, and . girl IL years Of ags vho
weighs nearly 100 Kelley Briison. a
Charlotte, Eaton County, has . daueh-
ter i. years Of ago Who weighs Cos
pounds.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-05-15

band.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-05-15

-sdu keep something % yours
foa sesresiy tell 90 oey."
but donr seal up The windows Of yoar
soui too tightly. Il nseas an occasional
anng--Bossos Daaserlp<-
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-05-15

- SAS V0Es
ran down the steps and caught hel
friend in her arms. "YOu darling!" she
said, with enthusiasm, /" we have jus,
been reading your sweet, sweet poem,
"A Mothers WALL Welcome to the
homestead"
SHOW beautiful il isl" said the little
woman, clasping her dainty kidded
hands, and speaking in q clear voice
perfectly audible 70 the listeners above
IS she turned toward the river. "That
glimpse of the water! the grand old
treesi the fragrance of the air! and"-
raising her beautiful eyes" the glori-
Gus sky with q catch in her breath
:" SO like the eyes OF my lost, my darling
boy!"
In less than . week every man in that
house was more or less in love with
Mrs. Montgomery Montague-the Cap
tain, the pork-merchant, the old clerks,
and the young clerks.
And the woman-well, the women
didn't like her As well as they did be-
fore she came.
"She's pretty enough and clever
enough" said Mrs. Dusenberry, "but I
for n am getting tired of her blue
eyed boy. As I said in a letter of mine
to q distinguished literary gentleman
upon reading it he enroll
ed himself among my band of admirers
IL have lost children, lost them In the
grave, but I never bring my shadows to
cloud the sunshine of my friends.'"
And, to do h0r justice, she never did.
On the ~c0ntrarv. an unc0mmOn!v voll
did she bear her bereavements that one
could scarcely believe she had ever been
bereayed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-05-15

1t will be seen that in the six years
the principal of the bonded debt was re-
duced S40S, 4G3, 600, and the annual in.
terest on 1915, OO0, 600 had been reduced
from 6 to 5 per cent.
On the 1st of January, 1879, the bond
ed-debt statement showed the following
figures:
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-05-15

On the ist Of July, 1876, these figure:
had been changed TO the following:
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08

To the Boston Adoertiser the strangest of
all the strange ideas that ever entered de-
tective's head is 'that of committing suicide
by giving one's-self heavy blows upon the
head, by choking one's-self by rope around
ones neck, stacking ones hands behind
ones back; and then locking one's-self in an
air-tight box, and this, too, by one perfectly
familiar with deadly and quick poisons. To
pick lock. to release one's-self from irons,
or even pick pocket, requires natural ad-
dress and years OF instruction, when the OBJ
ject is money. But is there any record of a
man who merely wished TO shuttle off this
mortal coil going through such laborious
process? The coroner's inquest stated that
the blows upon the bead of Barron would
have rendered him insensible; that his hands
were handcuffed behind him, &c. The de-
tective-an expert-shows how expert rogues
or craftsmen do such work; but Barron was
not a craftsman. According to the detec.
tives he wished to commit suicide. Can any
QUE suppose that chemist would have been
so foolish as to resort to the detectives
painful mode?"
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08

A CORRESPONDENT of the Hartford Cou-
rant has this interesting suggestion to make:
Some time ago the bauk with which the
writer is connected was threatened with bur-
glars. The attempt to rob it was made and
one Of the burglars was caught in the act and
is now serving out his term at Wethersfield
At this time and for many mouths after it
we kept secreted in our vaults, candle, a
monkey ,orench and a scre,o dricer to the in
tent that, if we were locked in the vaults we
should have the means at hand OF lberating
ourselves. What damning evidence this
would have been If we had been murdered.
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08

THE letter of c. ". G.. concerning the
Dexter case, contains the very useful
suggestion that the originators of the foul
aspersion on Barron's memory he prose-
cuted at law for the offense. There can be
no doubt that many persons would gladly
contribute TO fund which should be used o
indicates desire to institute proceedings
against the detectives and such OF the bank
officials as have been parties to this bad
business. The reference of G. W. G. to the
capital punishment question is entirely un-
necessary to the purpose of his letter; but
then it would be just as impossible for him to
leave it out as it was for Mr.. Dick to omit
mention of King Cha"les's head.
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08
Recent Publications.

The biography Of Robert Dick, Baker, of
Thurso, Gsoiogist and Botanist, is volume
illustrative of the great motive-power of s. f.
help, aud is written by DR.. Samuel Smiles
(New York: Harper Bros.; Portland: Lo ing,
Short & FL ,rmou) RIbsrt Dick was born in
1910; his home was in the village of Tulibo y;
where, in the midst Of romantic LANDSCAPE,
the Devon river rises and the Forth flows. He
was sent to school aud was an apt scholar
After his schooldays were over, we find Robert
Dick appren.iced to baker, and before long
puzzled often to guess what connection with
the art of bread making his long tr4mps OF
thirty or fott5 miles could have little symps-
thlziDg with the A. dor OF this self-tsught nst-
uralist. Robert Dick was sound thinker and
a canny Scot. to JUICE from some of bis say
inss recorded in This volume. Hts experience
and science Of b)iany and natural history were
recognized, and be won macy friends by their
meaDs. But the limits of a brief review can
only hint at the msnv foe and interesting
points of this mem lir of man whose industry,
humility and sincerely high character Were
united to extraordinary Attachments iu his
chosen branch of science.
Dick inds, or the Boy Captain New York !:
Charles Scribner's Sons; Portlapd: LoIing
Short s. Harmony is book thoroughly to be
commended. 1t is indeed one Of the superoly au-
dacious embroideries upon science that one asso-
ciates with M Verne's work. Bat it is little
surprising that resent criticism-whlie 1t de-
plores the undesirable tone of lswlessness and
the low moral srand ard that prevail in much OF
the literature for young men-is not more
prompt to praise the unfallingly high tone and
honorable sentiment of everything NJ. Verne
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08
Mr.. BRAGG Of Wisconsin is not iavorite

Mr.. BRAGG of Wisconsin is not iavorite
in the South. The Okolano, Mississippi,
Southern States, a paper with bad attack OF
the rabies, mentions him as bragg, pre-
tended Democratic Congressman from Wis.
consln, has been doing all that lay in his pu-
ny power to stir up bad blood between the
northern and southern wings of our party.
He is a bloooy-shirter of the bully rag pat
tern, aud bis speeches are feeble imitation
of the internal blasts of Jim Blaine. Let him
be summarily snubbed, and kicked out of the
party camp"
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08

THE detectives are now investigating the
most famous case in the annals of crime.
Their theory is that Abel committed suicide.
The doctors noticed symptoms of morphine
poisoning at the time, but didn't like to
speak OF it for fear of making a row in
the family.
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08

THE Democrats are already objecting to
the ''radcal violence "ot Mr.. Reeds question.
Ing of the cipher despatch witnesses. They
say he is seeking to opeu the old issues. In
the interests of conciliation they contend
that the attempted bribery of South Carolina
electors should be left uninYestigated.
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 8

We do not read anonymous letters and communl.
cations The name and address OF the writer are in
all cases Indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as q guaranty OF good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
municati0ns chat are not used
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08

THE House is willing to give 100000 to
the promotion of the Mississippi levee
scheme, but not another cent until after the
election of Democratic President. 1t Is
hoped $3.OOO,0O0 will stay Southern hunger
for year, but the estimate is based on thsuffi
cient knowledge Of the Southern nav.
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08

In the House at Augusta the other day
Mr.. Wallace of Belfast quoted the fall in the
price OF hay as the reason why the salary OF
the judges should be cut down. Mr.. Wal
lace spoke from his own standpoint, bethink-
ing himself that hay is the fodder of asses.
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08

EVERY regular attache OF the PRESS Is Furnished
with Card certificate couDtersigned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. ALI railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent eur
Ournal.
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08

THE Christian Mirror intimates that it
may be able next week, to lay before its
readers some facts not heretofore made public
in discussions of the Barron case, concerning
the ingenious detective Dearborn.
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08

M. WADDINGToN is the second Protestant
premier France has had, at least since the
days Of Henri Quatre. The other was Gui-
Nf
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08

SENATOR WHYTE of Maryland, boasts that
he voted against the Fifteenth Amendment.
Hus-sh, Mr.. Whyte. you are iDjuriDg
"the cause"
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08
ENTERTAINM ENTS.
SPARRING ENTERTAINMENT.

Grand Complimentary Test mOniaI
To BILLY EDWARDS. ARTHUR CHAMBERS and
PATsEy SHEPPARD Light Wei ht
Champions Of the Word, at
Lancaster Hail Saturday Ev'g, Feb. Sth.
The following talent will appear:
Billy Edwards and Arthur Chambers.
Patsey Sheppard and Billy Ed ards.
Arthur Chambers and Patsey Sheppard.
Joe Co.'s, Champion of England, and Geo. N.
Briggs.
Prof. John Connolly, of Boston, and Prof John
Carroll, of Northampton. Mass.
Kelly Brothers, of Boston, assisted by Local Tai
ent of Portland.
WIND UP in Grand Scientific Display Of the
amanly art" in Full Ring Costume, between Billy
Edwards and Arthur Chambers, Light Weight
Cham pions of the World
General Admission, 35 Cents; Reserved Seats. so
Cents. Doors open at 7.3O O'Clock. Performance at
8.15. feb7d2t
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08

THE fiery Chalmers, OF Mississippi, has
been practising with dumb-bells. Mr.. Bragg
will govern himself accordingly.
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08

A WHOLE flcck of 'em First goat enacted
by Mr.. Weed, second goat by Me-. Pelton. Is
Mr.. Marble to be third? We already see
horns on the head of that Noses.
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08
AGAMENTICUs.
The. Oldest City Of America.


Where rises grand, majestic, tall,
AS in d. cam, the wering wall
That sc0rns the restless, surging tide,
Once spanned The mart IN street and mall,
And archef the trees on every side
OF tbis great city. once In pride.
For hither came a knight y train
From o'er toe sea with go ge rus court;
The Mayors gowned in robes of state
Held brilliant tourney on the plain
And massive ships within the port
Discharged their load Of richest fe1ght.
Then wheo al night the sun goesdown
Behint the western hill apa iree,
The bowls were tilled-th. toast they crown,
'sLong live the City h the scar
Now sailless drift tne lonely seas,
No shallops load at wharves or quays,
But huiks dte strewn al, ng the shore
Gaunt skeletons indeed are these
That lie enchanted by tue roar
OF ocean wave amt signing trees!
Oh tell me W wnere he pomOous squres,
The liant at eve the matin prayers,
The kni yhts in armor for the fray?
The mayors, where, and couttly sires,
The eager traders with their wares
How went these people hence away?
And when the evening sua sinks down,
Weiru voices come from bill and tree.
Yet tell no tales this toast they crown,
''Long live the Specter by the Seap'
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08

And speaking of utilizing early historical
incidents for literary purposes. Argosy eau
not help thinking that as people we are
sadly ignorant of our own early history. We
speak in the most erudite way OF the progress
we have made as nation, aud not blessed
one knows minutey our social, moral or
physical condition. We talk vaguely of their
ride to church tore and aft on horse, their
cold winters etc. The ''etc." covers mine
of inexcusable ignorance that becomes
more prominent when we consider the
facilities we enjoy. Argosy uses the
pronoun I've" collectively. and thinks
he is gradually emerging from the gen.
eral darkness, having become quite fa-
miliar with the tale of Names early history.
He can second Yorck's statement that the
cd parchment volumes at Alfred are a reser-
voir of interesting and instructive matter.
1t is proper for Yorick to say, since
Argosy negects to mention it. that the poem
Agamenticus republished in Mr.. Long
fellows collection, is by Argosy himself.
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08
Asse is, january Ill 1879.

AssFts, =, 1873.
Cash on hand a. d 10 bank ........ =. $474,S29 SO
Unite States Bo, DIS, per cent, tar.. 6,0650O 90
State, City and Comfy Bonds, par. S,Sil ,5S4 IS
First Mortgage Bonds, Newark aud N.
Y. R. K. full issue, $500 .tOO) guaran-
teed ...........: ............ :. $4,000 90
FIRST Mortgage Bonds. Pemberton aud
N. Y. R g., guaranteed by United
Companies n. .J..................... $4,000 90
First Bonds aud Mortgages en- Real Es-
tate ...............:.. =. ::...:. -. 9,S5s,322 Al
Real Estate. Company's Office building.
Newark. 80. ...... .......... 2ss AL 81
Real Estate, taken on foreclosure, New
York and N. .J...................... 1875, ,3O3 so
Premium Loans on Policies in force.... 4,SJ3623 78
Balances due from Agents. ............ T,077 IS
$32, ,692 35
Interest due and accrued. :. .S747, ,1C8 16
Premiums due in Dec mber
and Deferred Premiums. 186,9S1 II
9Slss9 90
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08

Messrs Hougbton & Osgood portland: Lor-
ing, Short s. Harmony publish another volume
of Rev. Joseph Cooks Monday Lectures, en-
titled Conscience. Mr.. Cooks rapid and strik-
ing style is SO well known as to need no de-
scription here. Each Of the ten lectures in
cluded in the group has Prelude on Car
rent events. The lectures were reported for
the Boston Advertiser, and though revised by
the speaker, contain the incidental notes of
Applause. Sc, the publishers believing that
the signs of the sentiments expressed by the
hearers of the lectures win interest their read.
ers.
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08

Mrs Merriam's Scholars tB,ston: Roberts
Brothers; Portlsnd: Loung, Snort s. Fl ,rmon.)
is one of E. E H.le's well known and favorite
stories of the work of the "Wadsworth Club"
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08

Mr.. Henry Jsmes's pleasant and we'll written
International Episode is published IN Me.srs.
Hirper's tasteful and compact little Hau-aour
Sres portland: L)ripg. Short & Harmon.)
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08

The American News 90. of New York pub
lsN Tue Chatterbox, an illustrated msgazioe
for children. IL is reprinted from the Engllsh
edAtlon and contains good matter, AMI many
.wDodcuts; but is very far below the st tludard Of
tqose exquisite publications, ST.. Nicholas aud
The Nursery. The perfection of taste brought
TO pleasure the children nowadays, renders the
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08

writes. 1t may be objected that he lends ths
facts and figures of science to iaucy-bus In
these days of rapid and amazing discovery, 1t is
h 'rd to say precisely where the immaterial
meets the real, where the rainbow touches the
earth Bot to return to the Boy Captain.
DICK Sands courage, fidelity and readiness will
have po weriul hold of the mind of the reader;
the periis he escaped, and from which be saved
his friends. are of the most exciting character;
and the variety and astonishing turns of the
story may only be imagined in recalling M.
Verue's usual wonders Of ingenuity in that
line. The very elegant binding, paper and
type, and the spirited illustrations add to the
attraction of the volume
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08

Jaeps Daughter aud Other stories; aud Lind
says Luck, are two paper-covered volumes by
Mrs. E. H. Barnett, aud are published oy T. B.
Peterson & Co, Philaielphi4 (Portland Cnis-
holm Bros, News deslers). These stories are to.-
eraby written, with more than average refue-
mens and hints of the force aud grace that ara
so,apparent 10 Mrs. Burnetts later work; but
apart from the large sale that her name as au.
thor will secure for them-it will not add to
Mrs. Burnett's prestige to have revived these
first essays of hers 10 fiction.
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08

Messrs ID. and j. Sadier: New York, publish
aVoiume, translated by Mrs. Agnes SAdisr
from the French of Paul Fsvsl; and entitled
the Jesuits. 1t is written with much zeal; aud
is In defense of the society of Jesuits. For
sale by T. P. McGowan.
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08

As 1t May Happen philadelphia: Porter
& Coates) ia story of some power and orlgi-
Dslisy, and of at least average merit The am
btious lawyer and his comic clerk are tiresome
after awhile; the heroine Is very prettily drawn;
the old miser is to be praised for uniting affec-
ton to his avarice; and the minor parts are
fairly taken. The story is earnestly written
and merits share of praise. 1t will have many
interested readers.
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-08

Little Doriuda New York: D. g. j. Sadlier)
is lively little story that one likes despite Its
shortcomings. 1t is foil of the animal spirits
of literature AMI is as entertaining as squirrel.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-10-25

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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-10-25
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25.. 1879.
oficiaiP Paper ofthe County and Village


The following from the the Toledo
Commercial is of rather more than ordi-
nary interest: During the boom in
wheat to Buffalo short time ago the in
quiry was frequently made at the local
custom house as to whether a Canadian
vessel could take wheat to- Buffalo on
payment of tonnage tax as penalty.
The opinion of Collector Fuller was that
If done, while the vessel would be obliged
to pay the tax, the cargo would be cons
fiscated, and the law was cited to main
tain this point. The anxious masters,
however, imbued with the idea that they
could do as they thought, and claimed
that the Canadian schooner China was
continually engaged in that kind of
trade. The schooner in question has
been in port once this season at which
time she appeared in the honest tele-
graph pole trade. But as warming, word
was sent to Buffalo to intercept all in
territorial scheming in the way of Cana
dian vessels entering the commerce of
the United States. 1t now appears that
the rumOrs against the China were true.
On last Monday she arrived at Buffalo
with cargo stated in the manifest as
2SO,OOO feet of pine lumber, shipped at
Sault Ste. Marie and consigned to Buff
falO parties, Upon arrival of the vessel
her master promptly reported at the Gus
tom house, and the case was referred to
the customs collector of the port. The
result was that he seized the cargo for
the government, and as the prescribed
penalty for carrying it subjected the
vessel to fine of so cents per ton, the
offense being that the China, a Cana
dian vessel as before stated. had illegal
ly engaged in the carrying trade between
American ports. The cargo was unload
ed under the authority and supervision
OF the collector, and the case reported to
the proper authorities. The owners of
the lumber will no doubt appeal to the
government for relief, and it is not i'm
probable that it will be granted on the
ground that the violation of the law was
not INTENTIONAL; but even if the case ter
inmates in this way it involves no con-
siderable expense to them. The seizure
can hardly fail of doing good service in
bringing the owners of vessels to full
understanding of what trade they may
and may not engage in"
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-10-25
Death of Mrs. Geo. R.bI,u

The many friends, in Cheboygan, of
Mrs. Robin, will regret to hear of her
death. She, during residence of in
our midst for several years, made many
warm friends. The following notice of
her death we take from the Daily Onta-
rio, Of Belleville: $ig5
AngenOra N. Baker, daughter of Sand
ford Baker, ESQ.,, late of BellevilIe. was
born in Adams, Jefferson county. New
York state, Dec. 10th, 1886. Her father
moved to Canada in 1849, and i'm con-
nectiOn with the late James Morton. of
Kingston, purchased the Baker island
in the Upper Bay. She was married to
her now bereft husband in 1856, and en-
tered thoroughly ON the solemn respon-
sibility of life, and her husband found
in her help meet indeed. She had
been carefully nurtured and brought m
according to the forms of the PresbV-
terian faith, but had never been enabled
clearly to realize her personal accent
ance with God. About fourteen wears
ago, in gracious revival at RedneryilIe.
under the labOrs of Rev. f. Coleman.
she was enabled to cast herself unre.
seryedly on the infinite merits of the
SaviOur's death, and was made the CON
sciOus partaker of the grace of life. She
then cast in her lot with the Lords
people, and, along with her husband. be-
came member of the Methodist church.
Her hdellty to God was manifest i'm all
the relations OF life, and especially in
her constant and faithful attendance ON
the means of grace. In the latteryears of
her life her place in the Sanctuary was
seldom vacant, and even when the fatal
consumption had marked her for its vic
tim, and she was wasting beneath its
terrible power, she might be seen at the
head of her family at the house of pray
er.
When the final summons came she
was we'll prepared to go. Seldom has
there been witnessed in life's last mo-
ments such tranquility of spirit, and
such perfect readiness to "arise and de-
part" With very strong attachments
to earth, at an age when she might hope
to reap the autumn fruitage of life.
leaving behind her a cOnfiding husband
and an interesting family that still
needed her guardian presence and a
mothers tenderest care, it might seem
hard to sever the bond; but, by the grace
of God, she met the last enemy with the
most heroic fOrtitude. She cOnversed
freely with her family about the future,
gave to all words of wise and thought
full counsel, that will be treasured as
precious memories Of the dear departed.
and then peacefully fell asleep i'm Jesus
on the morning of September 9th. 1879,
aged AZ.
Her funeral was attended by large
cOncOurse of people, who gathered to
pay the last tribute of respect to. her
memory. j. G. A..