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The Portland daily press., 1879-04-02

SOME ten years ago, when the new celebrated
Pratts Astral Oil was first introduced, the re-
tail price was sixty cents per gallon. 1t can
now be procured at about one-half this price,
and it still maintains its reputation as the very
safest and best family Oil. W. W. Whipple &
Co, 81 Market Square, Portland, are the agents
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-02

For local intelli ence from Biddeford
sacO, Bath, Augusta, HallOwelI, Rock
land and ThOmastOn see fourth page.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-02
PENOBsCOT COUNTY.
YORK COUNTY

Limerick has recently been thrown into q
state q great excitement by the attempted
one of the oldest citizens Of the town, had some
trouble with his nephew, who was living with
him. and during dispute few days ago Nor.
rill took loaded gun, and presenting it at the
young man pulled the trigger. Fortunately
the gun missed fire. A day or two after an
other quarrel occurred, when Morrill, again at.
tackled tho nephew with knife. in1icting an
ugly wound. Saturday Morrill, was arrested
and brought before the trial justice, but the
examination wos postponed uatii next Satur
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-02

Adamson's Botanic Balsan will not make
new lung, but will prevent the disease from
spreading throughout the whole substance of
the lungs, thereby facilitating recovery. Price
35 cents. Sample free. mar29-S&W2t
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-02

They cure all diseases of the Stomach, Bow
els, Blood, Liver, Nerves, Kidneys and Urin-
airy Organs. and $500 will be paid for case
they will not cure or help, or for any thing inn
it, See "Truths" or Proverbs" another col
umQ,
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-02

LADIES don't forget that Carlton Kimball is
having ten days sale at fearful slaughter in
prices. OF
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-02
Deeriug.

DeeftnR.
At ihe Deering town meeting held yesterday
afternoon $1,000 was voted for the erection of
new school-house at Nason's Corner, and 5000
for the Aims House.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-02
$500 REWARD!

CHEW JAcKsoN's BEST Sweet Navy Tobacco
de28S&W&w1y
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-02

CARRIERS DELIvERY.-The following shows
the mail matter collected and distributed during
the month of March:
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-02
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. APRIL 2.
THE PRESS.

May be obtained at the Period Depots of N. G..
Fessenden, Marquis. Brunei & Co.. Andrews,
Armstrong. Cox, Wentworth. Hodsdon. Hayden,
Waterhouse corner Exchange and Fore St.; Welan.
der Boston & Name Depot, and Chisholm Bros,
on all trains that run out of the city.
Saco of L, Hodsdon and III. b, Kendrick,
Bath, of j. o. Shaw.
Lewiston, of Stevens & Co,
Biddeford, +. M. Burnham
Brunswick, B. g. Dennison, and W. H. Marrett.
Richmond G. A. Beae.
New Castle, A. W. Southworth.
Woodford's Corner, H. Moody.
New York, Brentano's Literary Emporium, 80
Union Square.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-02
STATE NEWS.
ANnR1.snosaIN COUNTY.

The clergymen of Lewiston and Auburn have
adopted new and excellent custom of holding
weekly fraternal meetings, Monday mornings.
The attendance at these meetings is large, and
clergymen from other places frequently attend
them. The meetings have been SO successful
and interesting as to warrant their continu-
ance.
The City Marshal of Lewiston reports the
total number of arrests by the police, from
April 1, 1873. to March l, 1879, at 279; SO of
these for intoxicatioD, II for transportip z
liquor. City Marshal Quinby has spoiled, dur
ing the year, 1176 gallons of confscatad liquor
The sum Of $86 20 was realized from the sale
of vessels containing the confscated liquor.
Postmaster Little of Auburn, moved into his
new office in Golf block, March 81. 1t is an
elegant Office and Postmaster Little is to be
congratulated on the change.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
There have been six deaths from diphtheria
in Windham since the first of January. The
number of cases of that disease has been quite
large, but only six have proved fatal.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
W. M. Thayer Of the Franklin House, and
Andrew Smith, late manager of the Penobscot
Exchanges, have leased the latter house for a
term of wears,
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-02
TO LET

A FIRST-CLASS rent at No. IL Paris st. Sebago
"A and Gas. Inquire at No. Exchange St.
ap2f ID. w. NASH.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-02

DELIVERED,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-10
Tragedy At Davenpor., Iowa.

A very remarkable and tragic occurrence
took place lately at Davenport, Iowa. A
young man named Harry Wat, . cigar
maker, and considered an honorable man,
was called up about midnight by his wife,
to help her sister, who had been taken sud.
denly and mysteriously sick while in bed.
He got up to go to her and then returned to
his own room. No sooner had he reached
his room than he fell to the floor, and died
In a few minutes.
His sister.inlaw, who had been taken
sick, whose name is Louisa Filter, grew
rapidly and mysteriously worse, and
within FIVE minutes from Watts death, wal
also a corpse.
Miss Filler was nineteen years of age, and
had lived with her sister, Mrs. Watt, and hel
husband for about q year.
1t was shown fully that it was a ease of de
liberate suicide, as Watt had purchased
prussic acid at a drug store not long before
The cause for the deed is that illicit rela
tions existed between Mr.. Watt and Mis-
Filter. She took the poison first, and b
Immediately after, SO that the deed mus
have been pr~earranged between them
Several months sgo Mrs. Watt was shot b,
a revolver in the hands of her husband
accidentally, as it was supposed. 1t is MOI
believed that this shooting was Intentions
and that he intended to shoot his wife t
! get her out Of the way.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-10
rr,ctc End erLire IN 3 Prison.

There was a. tragic suicide at the House
of Correction, in Detroit, recently, the vic
tim being a prisoner named Thomas Collins.
About dark he was locked into a cell for
the night. After the guard had departed
with the key he sat down upon a stool, with
his right foot on the floor, and his left rest
ing easily upon ano'her stool, L GATED at q
convenient distance. Then opening the
blade Of a small penknife, which he had Sc
GREETED about his person, with two or three
sharp, quick incisions he. cut the main
artery of lis left leg just above the knee.
A few minutes later and the walls and
floor of the cell were sprinkled with
blood which spurted from the leg a distance
of several feet. All this time the guard
was walking back and forth through the
corridor, but nothing occurred in Coilinss
cell to attract his attention. The prisoner
sat quietly, leaning against the wall, appa
rentiy lost in meditation. At eight o'clock
q new guard came on duty, and noticed o
thin pool of blood oozing from under the
door of Collins's cell. Upon investigation
the latter was found sitting bolt upright
against the wall, but had evidently been
dead nearly an hour. The bed showed signs
of having been occupied.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-10
Eliuabsth Pniter.en nou.parte.

Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, widow of
Napoieon,s brother Jerome, died In Balti-
more April4, at the age of n~inety-fve. Her
departure had been imminent for some
days, and her health had been declining for
several weeks. Until a year ago her health
was excellent for so old a person, and her
belief that she would complete q century
did not seem i'll founded. Growing weak
ness and an inability to swallow anything
but liquids were followed by sue.
c~essive attacks Of paralysis, TO which she
finally succumbed. Her history is as ro-
mantle as sad. The daughter of a rich mer.
chant of Baltimore, her beauty and iiyeli.
ness won the heart Of Jerome Bonsparte,
then a French naval officer in his nine.
teenth year. He was equally handsome,
and his relationship to the First Cosul no
doubt added to his attractions. Her parents
were not anxious for the union, for they
sent her out of the city to check his pursuit.
Their mutual love proved too strong, how
ever, aud on the 9th Of December, 1903,
they we're married by Bishop Carroll.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-10
n,x F,re I'm Phnaaerphia.

A ire broke out in Philadelphia in the
basement of a ive+story brick building on
the northeast corner of Crown and Race
streets, occupied by the Philadelphia Bur.
ring Machine Works of James Smith & Co.,
and j. 81. Proctor and s. G Gaylor& Co.,
manufacturers of hat forms. The first,
fourth and fifth floors were also used by the
Burning Machine Works, the second floor
by Chesterman & McHenry, manufacturers
Of passenger fare enumerators, and s. R 4
F. Hanselli makers of fringes and ~tassels,
and the third floor by ]. F. Wagner & Co.,
shoe manufacturers. The building cost
$780, 900 and was owned by James Smith &
Co. The loss to the Burning Machine
Company is between $4,000 and
$4,000. The FIRE spread to q
number of buildings in the neighborhood
and the following is a partial list of the
losses and insurance: James 8. Smith 4
Co., on building, 1920 900; insured fol
sos, 900. On building corner Fourth and
Race streets, owned by the Harrison estate
$4,000; insured. Philadelphia Burrin,
Works, 100000 insured. 1. R. & F
Hansell, $4,000; no estimate of the insur
ance. J. F. Waffner & Co., $4,000; NJ
estimate of insurance; s. G. Taylor 4 Co.
s25, 900, NO estimate of insurance; VIM
Waterfall 4 Co., $4,000, insured; Ignatiu
Kohler & Co., $4,000, insurance $2o,0Ct
H. Muhr's Sons, manufacturing jewellers
had six safes packed with unfinished jew
elry and precious stones. These were pre-
eipitated from the fourth floor to the Gel
lar. II not recovered the firms los
will aggregate $4,000, with al
insurance of SIS, 900. Kuhn & Koblent,
SIS, 1000, insured; George Misch, 5000
insured for 81, 500; Cox & Sons loss s. ,0Ot
insurance $1,000; A.. W. Stewart & Co
sl7 1000, insurance $40, 500: whithaD, Tatel
& Co., $4,000, insured; Swift & Courtne,
and Becher Match Company, 5000, n
insurance; j. E. Hoover & Co., $1,000
insurance, $500; Shoemaker & Co., SIC
900, Insured. Minor losses, $4,000, wit
insurance $4,000.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-10

The Sioux City Journal of a recent date
has startling reports of the ravages OF de-
structive prairie fires up the Big Sioux
Valley and throughout Southern Dakota.
The fires were Of unusual force and destruc.
tive beyond precedent. Poles on the tele-
graph line on the Sioux City and Pembina
Railroad were burned so the line has been
down and reports from that quarter are
not full, and a merchant of Eden, in Sioux
City, tells narrowing tales of the
losses in that quarter. From his
store door (the town occupying an elevated
position), he counted thirteen farm houses
in flames, and he says more than forty in
that vicinity nave lost everything-houses,
barns, seed, grain, etc. The flames Travelled
with such rapidity that people were unable
to save anything. The stricken people are
dazed by the terrible blow that has fallen
on them.
A large Norwegian Church, five miles
from Eden, was burned. In the same
neighborhood a child, it is reported, wss
fatally burned, and its father wa terribly
burned in his efforts to save the child's
life.
Northwest Of Beloit, a Norwegian named
Nicholson, while working to save his prop
erty, was caught in the fire and SO badly
burned that he cannot live. 1t is reported
that two other men in the same locality
wire burned to death.
In the vicinity of Port'andville, tits said
that not less than twenty farmers lost their
hay, grain, etc.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-10
Fay nent OF Pension Arrears.

Senators and members of Congress and
persons of all grades of official life are re-
ceiving quantities of letters of inquiry as to
when the payment of arrears of pension
was to commence. Applications have been
coming in with great rapidity since the bill
passed, and clerks have been at work e1-
aiming them. Some are all ready for pay.
ment, and each day sees the approval of
more. In answer to an inquiry Com
missioner Bentley said he hoped to begin
paying claims under the arrears bill about
the 10th of April, and continue to pay them
from that date on as fast as they were ex.
amined and approved. These claims will
be paid by a check on the Treasurer, of the
United States, payable to the order of the
pensioner himself, and will be sent to the
post-ofice address of the pensioner by mail
No attorney or claim agent will be recog
nized in the matter.
No application under the bill will be re
ceived through a claim agent, and the pen
sioner receiving the money is prohibited
by the express provision Of the law from
paying any portion of 1t to an attorney OIL
claim agent. Pensioners in all parts arr
being imposed upon by claim agents, VIII
represent that the services Of an expert
enced attorney are necessary to obtain thil
money. All that is necessary is to send II
the Pension Office or the nearest Pension
Agent for blanks, and after filling them GU
return them to the Commissioner Of Pen
sions at Washington.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-10
Everyfhipg Goes Wrong

In the bodily mechanism when the liver
gets out of order. Constipation, dyspepsia,
Contamination of the blood, imperfect as
sanitation are certain to ensue. But 1t is
easy to prevent these consequences, and
remove their cause, by a course OF Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, which stimulates the
hillary organ snd regulates its action. The
direct result is a disappearance Of the pains
beneath the ribs and through the shoulder
blade, the nausea, headaches, ~yeNowness Of
the skin, furred look of the tongue, and
sour odor of the breath, which characterize
liver complaint. Sound digestion and
regular habit of body are blessings also Sc
cured by the use ST this celebrated restora
tive of health, which imparts a degree o.
vigor to the body which sis best guaran
tee oil safety from maiarial epidemics
| Nerve weakness and over-tension are re
lie we'd by it, and it improves both appetite
| and sIeep.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-10

ton of q large tank and several stills, and
the burning to death Of one man and the
injury Of two others, one Of them fatally,
were involved in the results. The scene Of
the accident was w. L. EIkins & Co.'s
oil refinery, at Mifiin.street and Long
lane, in the southwestern part Of
the city. At the time Of the occurrence,
Frank Callahan, Charley MacCrea and John
Greaves, employees, were working at a
still. Superintendent Charles F. Miller
saw the still was leaking, and gave the
alarm. At the same moment the explosion
occurred, throwing the men several feet
away. The burning oil instantly commune
Gated through the underground pipes with
the large tank of crude oil twenty rods
away, and the whole burst into flames. In
escaping, the Superintendent and EN-
ployees ran past the burning tank, when
strong wind carried the flames against
them. The Superintendent received fright
full burns on the hands, but with MacCres
and Greaves escaped with his life. Gala
han fell a prey to the flames.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-10
brother Gardner or the Weather.

3Let me say, right heah, at de ford
eand Of desc purceedins," remarked
Brother Gardner, as he rose up at the
last meeting of the Lime-Kiln Club,
adat I doan' want envy talk in dis club
about de wedder. You can't meet a man
desc days but what heam squintin' up at
de heyins, and wonderin' what time de
mex snowbank win arrove. De snow,
an de rain; and de polar waves, an de
slush, an de mud viii come just de
same, an all de anxiety, an worry. an
talk, an lookin', an lynn am froam away.
Just let de wedder alone and keep yer
feet under kiver. Let de liars go ahead
and say dis am de hardest winter known
for a million years. Let dem state how
de hot-water pipes froze up elus to do
stove, an icicles sebenteen feet long
hung from de chimbly. Let dem tel
how de frost split hitchin, an up
sot city-halls; an doan' set in an try te
tell a bigger lie. Half de populashun O.
dis worI Will be shet out of de better
lam for no udder reason dan lynn about
de wedder for eight months Of de twelve
an growln' at de Lawd de balance
Detroit Free Press.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-10
Denth of the Ocean.

Soundings in the Atlantic g have
shown a depth of $4,000 feet, or about
three miles and a half; those taken in
the Southern Atlantic, to the west
of the Cape of Good Hope, showed a
depth of $1,000 feet, or more than five
miles, and then no bottom was found.
At a point 300 miles from the Bermudas,
$500 fathoms of line were played out
nearly six and half miles-and no bot
tom found. Near the anne parallel bot.
tom was found at less than half the above
depth. Midway between the islands Of
Tristan d'Acunha and the mouth of the
Rio de la Plata, the bottom was reached
at a depth of 7,706 fathoms, equal te
1926 feet, or eight miles and three
quarters. The. time occupied by run
ming out the line was nearly three hours
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-10
The Last Feather.

While the monkey of an organ-grind-
or was quietly sitting upon a barrel in
full costume, a terrier dog made a dash
at him. The monkey awaited the on
slaught with such immovable tranquil
lily that the dog was nonplussed, and
stopped short within a few feet to re-
oennoiter. Both animals stared steadily
1t each other, but the dog finally recov-
cred from his surprise and was about to
make a spring. At this juncture the
honkey lifted his hat by way of salute.
Fhis mixture of the ways Of monkey
and man was too much for the dog. His
tail dropped and he ran away.-Mont-
real Witness.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-10
compiasu,nr Ponca..

Chicago TribunSs Omaha special
he band Of Poncas now here held
! with General Crook. Standing
Buffalo Chips drew a dismal pic
their sufferings, wrongs and mis-
ess a~ndqrotested against being sent
the Indian Territory, but acknowl
ged that they must obey and go. They
hly asked that General Crook furnish
ZEN money to bury those Of their number
kcznuSt Gle IN route of fatigue and unac
astomed heat Crook said all their sac
tory was known in Washington, and al
help must come from there. He could onlJ
fish rations for their southwark journey
Poncas now here are already ill.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-10

The Galveston Ners special says a shoot
ing ARRAY occurred at St~ephenyille in which
sAessrs. Ross, Keith and Robinson in at.
4snpting to serve a writ of arrest on one
Halliday, were shot and killed. Three
others were wounded. Another fight fol.
lowed. resulting in the death of two others,
Halliday, with his followers, were sur
~Eoundedin a barricaded house, and repulsed
~ efforts to dislodge them. The Sheriff
and posse, at last accounts, had left fol
the scene.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-10

The body Of George R ockey, whose home
i near Addison, 0hio, was found in a sill
nar his home early the other morning
ned TO a crisp. 1t was only identified
By the papers found in his clothing that
had escaped burning. 1t is not positively
known how he vas burned, but, being
found near a log heap that had been burn.
ing, it Is supposed he had gone to it to warm
himself, aud had fallen in. He had been at
Addison the day before, and was under the
influence Of LIQUOR.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-10
West Of Elk Point, Fri Richardson lost a

West of Elk Point, Fri Richardson losta
large amount Of grain. A school-house,
with al the books and contents, was also
burned.
At White Swan, opposite Fort Randall,
the telegraph Office with all Its effects was
burned, as the operator reports from the
Yankton Agency. At the same place the
Government stables were burned, but the
stock was saved.
Altogether, immense damage has been
done, and the hardship to the settlers is
particularly severe. The grass grew very
rank last year, and the protracted dry spell
has made it powerful food for fire.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-10
Heroisim Rewarded.

Ida Lewis, "the Grace Darling of
America" has been appointed keeper Of
the lighthouse at Lime rocks, in the
harbor of Newport, r. L, at a salary Of
$3.50 per year. Her mother has been the
custodian of the light since the death of
Ida's father, a few years ago. The lat
ter, by reason of her age, was induced
to resign, throughth influence of United
States Senator Burnside, who had Ida
appointed in recognition of her services
in saving life. Secretary Sherman, in
his letter conveying the appointment,
says: "This appointment is conferred
upon you as a mark of my appreciation
for your noble and heroic efforts in saw
ing human life" The keepership of the
light, therefore, is retained in the fam
iLy. The salary has been increased $3.50
for Ida's benefit. Her mother will re-
main with her.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-10
The phy.,cal Parade.

It has been said that the blood is the
source of life" 1t is as truly the source Of
disease and death. No life, that's to say,
40 healthy tissue can be generated from
impure blood, no organ ofthe body can nor
mally perform Its functions when supplied
with impure blood. The fluid that should
carry life and health to every part, carries
only weakness and disease. Blood is the
source of life, only when it is pure. If it
has become diseased, it must be cleansed
by proper medication, else every pulsation
Of the human heart sends a wave of disease
through the system. To cleanse the blood
of all impurities, use Dc. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative
Pellets, the most effectual Alternative, tonic,
and cathartic remedies yet. discovered.
They are especially efficient in scrofuIous dis.
cases.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-10
Tsrrisle Ace.asn. 10 a Farmer.

A terrible acciient happened a few miles
est Of Columbus, Ind, which came near,
Jay yet result in, the death of James
tt. he, with other farm hands, was
up stumps, and placed some powder
n to assist in raising it, and, after
Big a while for it to go off, went up and
IN blowing at the FIRE, when the powder
nited and exploded, blowing the stump
} to atoms, and breaking one of the young
hans jawbones, forcing one of his eyes
rom the socket, and literally tearing one
side Of his face OF, as well as injuring his
-ck and body. The injuries were regarded
) necessarily fatal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-10

bm Davis City, Decatur County

bm Davis City, Decatur County
E citizens, in view of She long
klessness and crime by a gang
Hoes, led by Irving Tucker and
Tar, on Monday banded together,
Tucker, and hung him. Tartar was
captured, and said he was ready to
ing if he was allowed to kill Toplif and
Flrisbie, two citizens against whom he had
8 lgrudge. But he was taken from the mob
aud placed in jail. The mob then went to
the bagnio of Martha Mclean, tore down
Che house, and destroyed its contents. Dur
Ing the fray sympathizers of Tucker and
Tartar set the Commercial printing Office
FIRE. Much excitement prevails, and
lore trouble is s~nticipa'ed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-10
AcrIdea. ON The Grand trunk.

The engine, tender, ba~ggage-car, and
INST coach of the ~east-hound night express
on the Grand Trunk Railway was ditched
near Ri~dgeway, Michigan. A brake.
man, Robert Wilson, wa killed instantly.
Thomas eowan, fireman, was severely
FsceIded, and altsrvard died. The engineer,
Walters, raj scalded, but not seriously.
2 passengers we're injured. The accident
ghs caused BY the removal of a rail. Henry
Hines and Michael King, section men, re
gently discharged, were arrested on sus
ion Of being, the guilty parties. {.