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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-13

GEORGIA is in some danger. Mr.. Homer
Virgil Milton Miller wants to be Governor
of the State. Here seems to be a clear neces-
sity for the use of bayonets at the polls
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-13

THE ''so-called rebellion" Sunset Cox
styles the war of 1876. How long will it
be before the assassination of Lincoln is
styled the so-called murder?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-13

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with a Card certificate countersigned bv Stanley r.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every claiming to represent our
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-13
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 1s.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publica
tion but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-13

THE fellow arrested for completely in ''Red
Leary's' escape has been set free-perhaps
he knew too much about it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-13

THE Okolona Southern States is at if AGAIN
1t says: David Davis made speech in the
United States Senate on the 22d, in which he
alluded to the late notorious Abe Lincoln in
terms of the most fulsome flattery. We hope
that the Senate chamber will never again be
disgraced in this manner. The day is past
for eulogizing the infamous traitor who
plunged our country into bloodshed. Let us
have no more of it,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-13

A CHICAGO hide-dealer has received ga lot
OF Chinese dry hides" The skinning was
probably done in San Francisco, and now
California has adopted the new constitution
the trade ought to be a flourishing one. The
hides are said to be Somewhat smaller than
ours, but in excellent condition" Eastern
dealers should turn their attention to this
new industry. There are a dozen or two
Cinnamon here-enough to experiment upon
and as they, after the economical manner of
their people, have already gone and got
their hides tanned, our traders will certainly
save something in bark Let us skin them.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-13
CAS- QRIA

The great success of Pitchers Castoria is be-
cause of it's power to assiniilate the food in the
stomachs of children. Thus, sour cure, vomiting
wind-colic and diarrhoea are prevented. Castoria
contains neither mineral, morphine nor alcohol.
Unlike Castor Oil it is as pleasant take as
honey and unlike narcotic Syrups, it is harmless.
1t alays feverishness, and is death to worms When
the child has health, the mother can rest
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-13

WILLIAMS, the negro boy, has been re-
leased from New York Jail. He was ac-
cused of being robbed by hotel clerk.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-13
IMPORTANT SALE OF
SHOE FACTORY AND WATER POWER !
AT sPRENGvALE, MAINE,

THURSDAY, May rs, at 4 O'Clock p. W.,
never fails in the dryest seasons estimated at fifty
horse power; Factory 6Ox26, three stories and base
ment heated by steam; Building erected eight years
ago. and been used for the manufacture of boots and
shoes; has good water wheel, main shaft, boiler,
force pump and steam piping, all of which in
good running order; water carried through building;
well lighted and well adapted for manufacturing
boots and shoes, hosiery carriages &c. We have the
assurance from the Springvale people that to the
right parties there could be addition made to the
building of nearly the size free of cost to the
buyer. The factory is located nearly in the centre
of the village, containing about thousand inhab
itants good schools and churches the depot on
the Portland & Rochester road. Any party looking
for such place should not miss the sale. This prop
erty is free from membranes, and large part of
the purchase money can remain on mortgage at six
per cent 5000 at sale. Inquire of
HOWARD FROST, Springvale, Me.
John ID. FOGG, East Rochester, n. H.
% I'll. d. VINAL, II High St., Boston.
myS eod3t
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-13
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A SPECIAL Meeting of the Stockholders of the
N Waukeag Silver Mining Company will be held
at the office of Charles p. Mattocks 81 12 Exchange
St. Portland, on Thursday, May 22d 1879 at one
O'Clock p to if the stockholders will vote to
sell the assets of the company to trustee or trustees
to be appointed at such meeting) to be held i'll trust
for the stockholders and to be by such trustee OF
trustees conveyed to corporation to be organized
under the laws of the State of New York for the
purposes this company, for cash or for stock in
said new corporation upon such terms and at such
rates as the stockholders of this company may de-
eide at said meeting said trust to be void and said
trustee or trustees to reconvey in case said new
poration is not organized within thirty days after
the meeting hereby notified.
my8d2w W. OSCAR ARNOLD, Secretary.
OFFICE OF THE SULLIVAN SILVER MINING Co,
PORTLAND, May 8, 1879.
A SPECIAL Meeting of the Stockholders of the
N Sullivan Silver Mining Company VIII be held
at the Office of Charles 2. Mattocs, 81 2 Exchange
st. Portland on Thursday, May %, 1879, at one
O'Clock m. to see if the stockholders will vote to
sell the assets OF the company trustee or trustees
TO be appointed at such meetng) to be held in trust
for the stockholders and to be by such trustee or
under the laws of the State of New York for the
same purposes as this company, for cash or for stock
in said new corporation upon such terms and at such
rates as the stockholders of this company may de-
eide at said meeting said trust to be void and said
trustee or trustees to re-convey in rase said new cor
poration is not organized within thirty days after
my8d2w w. D. LEWIS, President.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-13

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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-13

The following report report from the Con-
gressional Record, of the debate on the COIN
age bill, will be of interest to Maine readers:
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THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS,
Published every day Sundays excepted by the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING co,
THE MAINE STATE PRESS

AT 100 EXCHANGE ST., PORTLAND.
TERMS: Eight Dollars Year. To mail subscrib-
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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29

in The murderer and connived in the mur'

With the murderer and connived in the muir
der.
A band 4 ten OF twelv outlaws are com.
nitting mi Jder and arson in the vicinity OF
Milledgsvjhe, Ga, and openly defy arrest.
Thsy have plenty Of arms and money and
hold absohte control over the terrorised
populsce. On the night of the 18th inst,
the outlaw attacked the premises Of Luke
Robinson, ald burned his barns, stables and
gins. Two men, standing guard, were 6red
at and drivea Of, one being wounded. The
hsuses ware then burned, the figures Of the
outlaws bsing plainly seen - they stood
Laughing aad shouting in the light Of the
tsrs ne Villains IL 1t takes 8 regiment ii a.; 81
soldiers.
At Madison, Ind, ON the 10th inst, VIM.
Howard, ex.city treasurer, was shot and
mortally wounded, BY Major John Simpson,
editor of the Star. Howard died ON the
l7th.
The dead body Of G. J. Winfree, OF Rich.
ard, Va, was found upon the railroad track
at Columbus, O., on the 18th instant. 1t IL
supposed that Winfree was murdered, rob.
bed and placed upon the track to convey
the impression he had been killed by pass.
ing train.
Near Mendocino, CAL, on the 18th inst,
the sherii's posse in search of cattle thieves,
was fred on from the bush by outlaws, kill.
ing Thomas Dollsrd, fatally wounding vol.
unteer named Wright, and slightly wound.
ing others.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29

brought in verdict Of criminal negligence
on the part of E. T. Colwell, yard master,
and censured switchman Joseph Sawyer
and Robert Jones, engineer Of the switch
engine.
A passenger named n. Narmils was run
over by the cars on the Wisconsin Central
road at Green Bay, Wis, on the 18th inst
His death was instan taneous.
A collision between passenger and freight
trains on the Chicago 4 Northwestern road,
occurred at Baraboo, Wis, on the night Of
the l4th inst. Both engines and Ave can
were badly smashed, owing to the engines
having been pretty well stopped, none Of
the pas.enaar.. xanA S3.1umping, and the
engineer and fireman consider ersbly bruised.
The accident was due to carelessness on the
part of passenger conductor, John Mont.
gomery, who pocketea dispatch and for.
got it.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29

The Springfield (Mass.) Union says:
The control which q good locomotive
engineer has over his engine is something
remarkable. A long time ago some of
the depot attaches noticed that the 1:15
train from the south seemed to stop
daily at TIE seltsame spot when coming
to standstill at the depot, and about
two months ago a mark was made to
designate the precise locality. Since
that time the train has not varied six
inches from the mark, and some of the
friends of the engineer have presented
him bouquet in acknowledgment of
his skill.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29

GREECE is doing as we'll as could be
expected. Its first census was taken in
1888, and its latest about month ago.
The population of the little country is
now 1,679, ,775, or double what it was in
'38. At that time Athens WAS q village
and Piraus nething. Ten years ago
Athens had $4,000 population and Pi-
rsus II 900. Now the capital has "a, 600
inhabitants and the port of Pir@us o..
600. Greece is sliding along towards
prosperity.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29

THH English parliamentary commits
don last week vidted Mr.. Dalrymple, the
great wheat farmer Of the Red river Of
the north. The members Of the com
mission could mot understand how he
could manage $4,000 acres Of land, NOR
how he could raise wheat at b cents .
bushel. Nj. Dalrymple explained his
processes minutely. He showed how
EASY It was to divide 1t into lots Of 5000
acres each, and hold 4 superintendent
reeponible for the work done on that
diyision. Il was not di1cult 70 harvest
ths crops when there were, - this ysas,
IFS self-binding reapsn employed, nor 70
threGh It whom twenty-one steam th.esh-
On, averaging 1000 bushsls > day, wer
nd. The discunaon On fSeights VI
the lakes was terminated with this NJ
marx: "I could ell wheat IN Nsw
York for 76 csnts per bsahsl and not
loss anything" n was fgursd p o.
Of ~ party that wheat froa tn iasn
eoph be sold IN Liverpool at = esaM
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29

horse load" The peasant goes to .
friend, borrows his friends horse and
bitches it to the cart beside his own ami
NAL, and returna Peasant" Here 10 =
two.hor.e load, madame" Lady" Ah,
that is more like il. How much"
Peasant" Twenty-Five francs, mad.
ame." Lady" Very we'll; / will take
it." (Note.-This is very much like the
procedure of the average bar-keeper who
being asked if that is rye whisky, affects
to be covered with confusion, puts the
bourbon bottle into the ice under the
counter, rattles it, hands it out again
and beams upon the customer, who says
appreciatively, "Ah, that il right-al-
WAYS give me rye"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29

A dispatch from the province of Murcis,
Spain, says the police estimate the damage
caused BY the foods at fifteen million
pesctas ($3, ,000, ,00O.) On the subsiding of the
foods 80 dead bodies were found but it il
believed that over 100 persons perished.
Further inundations have occurred in
Spain. The loss of life is now placed at
1 900. 1t il said that $40 bodies have al.
ready been recovered. Damage estimated
at 50, ,00O, 900 francs.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29

The new bridge over Big Walnut Creek
for the Lunday Greek valley railroad, about
ten miles from Columbus, o., fell on the
evening Of the 18th inst. with . terrible
crash q distance of forty feet into the water.
Eight workuen were on the bridge at the
time, and their escape from death was smlrac.
ulous. Five of the men were slightly injured.
A defective trestle cause the accident.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29

Hon. 8. A. Corker, prominent lawyer and
former member Of congress, died at Angus.
IA, Me-, on the 18th, Of paralysis.
Rev. VIM. r. Whitinghall, Episcopal
bishop of Maryland, died At his summer
residence at Orange, N. j., on the 18th inst,
aged a. He had been confined to his house
for nearly year.
DR.. Uriah A. Boyden. inventor of various
improvements on the turbine water wheel,
and possessed of other valuable patents,
died at Boston on the 18th inst, leaving q
fortune of between one and two millions,
the greater portion of which is bequeathed
to various public institutions in Massachu.
setts.
Robert Campbell, one of the oldest and
most prominent citizens of st. Louis, died
on the 10th Instant Mr.. Campbell occupied
many positions of trust and prominence
during his life, and was we'll known through.
out the country % Indian commissioner
under different administrations.
Carl Eckert, the composer and conductor
Of the royal orchestra, 10 dead.
Louis Belmontet, poet and politician, il
dead.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29
Destroyea By Rfra.

More than one.ffth part of the town of
Ufa, Russia, has been consumed by FIRE and
many persons killed. Loss of property
enormous.
The tauneries of Webster Bros, and
Lincoln Miller, together with several
adjacent stores, at Malone, N. Y, burned
on the Goth. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$4,000. Two hundred persons thrown ont
OF employment.
A fire at Samarcand, Independent Turks.
tan, destroyed the great bazaar, seven car.
avansaries and seventy shops.
At Big Rapids, Mich, on the 10th inst,
the Mason House, and three stores were
destroyed by FIRE. Loss $25, 200.
A large barn and outbuildings belonging
to Charles Leggatt, near Springdale, Hamil.
ton county, Ohio, we're burned on the 29th.
Loss $15, 900; no insurance
At New York on the Goth inst, the Ex.
change steam mills and grain elevators suf.
fered damage by FIRE; also lawrence 4 Co.'s
salt house. The loss to the mills and elevs-
tors amounts to over $100, 900.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29
VARIOUS TOPICS.

SsvERAL Of the minor Paris papers are
liscu, ing the chances of Mrs. Wood.
hull being elected president of the
United States. They treat the idea of
her being put in nomination - perfectly
serious, and represent her as having the
reat oratorical success in England.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29

LoHaFELLow, the poet, Il fond of
calling attention to the exceeding beauty
of Indian corn, and says he is surprised
it has not found place in architecture,
explaining how the stalk could be rep.
resented in iron, combining grace with
strength, and how beautiful the blades
20 wrought would appear.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29

Toe county jail At Breckenridge, MINI,
burned on The night Of the 2cth inst. Henry
Wilson. . colored man, and the only pris.
oner, was burned to death.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29

LEE Meuphis Avalanche proposes that
'ne oio town be entirely depopulated
ana Destroyed, and that a new Memphis
% built ct place known - Bartlett,
~hHdf Edoxsn 'isilr1an tracks" could do
all the transportation between the new
city and the river.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29
Had Harvest In Hungary.

The distrees in Hungary ON account of
the bad harvest 10 very great. The govern.
ment has suspended the collection Of taxes
until the next harvest has been gathered. In
ffty-sevcn towns and villages in Temss
county, the greatest distress prevails. In
Sards county where some cases of starva.
ton have occurred, forty parishes are threat
ened with famine. Frightful accounts have
been received from the counties of Aleauj,
Heves and Zemplin.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29

the order of the postmaster general
regarding the prohibition of all letters
addressed to lottery companies from the
mail, is being rigidly enforced. All such
Letters are sent to the dead letter Office.
The department Is pursuing an investi.
CATION as to the extent Of the business
done, and the methods BY which the
statutes and the recent order are evaded
BY the lottery companies, with view to
determining whether any postmaster At
any Office of delivery, who has judicial
notice of the business engaged in by the
companies and their agents, can hold let-
tern which arrive in large numbers ad-
dressed to person whose connection with
tho lottery company is not openly
stated.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29

TIE story is we'll known of Senator
Sharon stepping in and assuming
Ralston's debts For q time he was 80
crippled with this burden that it was .
toss from day to day when he would go
under, but q hard struggle has brought
him slowly out from under the $ll ,0OO,.
600 debt cloud that hung over him. For
this reason he spent little of his time in
his seat in the senate. Absence at certain
times would have lost it all for him.
They say he only draws his pay, but he
spends all of it and more in entertaining
his congressional friends at Belmont,
some of whom 60 up to bed in the eleva-
tor between two servants, and some save
themselves from aiding under the table
BY stumbling out by the kitchen door.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29

The magazine at Bala Hissar has been
blown up. Twenty.seven Of the British
force, and many Afghans were killed.
Joseph r. McCIintock and Edward Swaine
were blown to atoms in Boston harbor on
the 18th, while experimenting with . new
explosive,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29

A NOVEL phase of the labor question
has just been developed in the South
Carolina cotton fields. The colored pee-
pie in one section held an excited meet
ing, extending through Saturday night
and Sunday, and adopted resolutions
binding themselves, their wives and their
children not to pick cotton for less than
80 cents per 100 pounds, under penalty
of whipping, member of the organi.
zation to ply the lash.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29

In accordance with his last request, the
remains Of DR.. LeAoyne were taken to the
Warrington, Pa, crematory on the 10th,
and incinerated, only the immediate rala-
tives of the deceased witnessed the cere.
mony.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29
A Frfghtful Plunge.

At Cleveland, O., on the 2lst, while FIRE
engine No. was going to FIRE, it plunged
full speed into the river at the Columbus
street bridge, drowning both horses and
badly injuring three men. John Sewell
was badly cut about the head, and had An
ankle sprained. Oliver Harbell, fireman,
was injured in the breast, and Henry
Delany, the driver, had both legs hurt. The
bridge was swung and the draw.gates out
Of repair. The driver could not stop his
tam.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29

The Austrian and Hungarian govern
ments have accepted war estimates for the
maintenance Of an imperial army At an
effective force of 100000 men for the next
ten years. The Hungarian government has
submitted with this estimate q statement
showing that when the military systsms
now in progress are completed, Italy will
have 2,000,00 soldiers. France now has
l,8l6, 900 soldiers, and in 1892 will have
2,723.000, and Russia already disposes Of
1855, 900 soldiers, while Austro.H Hungary
has l, 1,19S, 900.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29

Five thousand dollars worth of United
States bonds, stolen from the Asnhattan
bank, New York, were received for re-
demption at the treasury department,
Warrington, ON the 18th inst.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29

TIE newest service rendered BY mon.
keys to mankind was recently illustrated
in London. In ono of the school dis
tricts too many parents reportel no
children in their families. ~ In order to
ascertain the real number of children In
the district the school officers reeorted TO
an ingenious measure. Two monkeys
were gsyly dress put in . wagon, and,
accompanied BY . braas band, were car
ried through the streets OF the district.
At orce crowds Of children made the.E
appearance. Tho procession was stopped
in park, and the school ol8cerA began
their work; distributing candies to the
youngsters they took their names and
addresses. They found out that ovel
dxty parents kept their children from
school The ingenious measure brought
to the schools about 200 boys and girls
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29

Commander George w. Bailey, Of the
revenue cutter Rush. was lost overheard on
the 9Th instant, during heavy gale of Cape