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, 1879-08-09

WV Sr1s1 and family have arrived
safely at heir destination, in Waila WALL
and are, we learn, highly pleased with
their new home.-YYeks Union
, 1879-08-09

LExoNs.-Before using lemons for any
purpose always roll them awhile with
v.,ur hand on a table This will cause
them to yield larger quantity OF juice.
, 1879-08-09

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS is prospect
inc. The other day he stepped into the
coolness of his own shadow and froze his
feet.
, 1879-08-09

SEVERAL English girls at the seaside
have determined to wear on their feet
bnly the old ron,an sandal sole, with the
strap.
, 1879-08-09

Many men resemble the clam. for yea en-
zee al there Is in them vhsa they opn wlde
their moathR
, 1879-08-09

O., ,ur P,srt-Do not beat them Jill
SIS - .-I not heard.
, 1879-08-09

cu.11x MosrGAsrs a. this o6cs tor sala
, 1879-08-09
DIR. RIIPHEIAT.

fDEUTSCHER -iRTZT
OFFICE OVER WELLS, FARGO &
~ rn.'> Express Ofice. Consultations in
GERMAN, ENGLISH, FRENCH, ITAL-
IAN AMI SPANISH Diploma and Certifi-
cate nt Registration can be seen st the Office
Will M.lla. .Inlv L. 1879 2S-3m
, 1879-08-09

AL kinds Of Job Printing done At this Office
, 1879-08-09
I'm syindled I,

Don't yoq know you said e man
couldn't be too tricky in sellin mine on
Wall street ;" inquired Old Sawyer, and
only true Christian, such as are reared
in PYRAMID district, can understand the
feelings of pious eletipn which BrothaE
Sawyer experienced as the gentleman from
Wall street, accompanied BY his experts,
drove furioasy off for Reno, blasting the
blossoming sage brush along the route
with their fiery laRguage.-Pir. Chronic's-
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01
A Modern Romance.

Who .sy. tina, the day. Of romance
ara sndsd n.sJ, 10 read ths str,nee bis.
torv Of 4 Scottish plouphman who has
,s,,,ns5 to nj. NATIVE bsstb .ft., . one
s,iI.' Twenty wears AGO a farmer In
O,ln.v hirsJ . younv man 10 40 farm
yo,L Ths nlouobm.n touched tbe
t.nc, NJ Nh. ms.tsr'. daughter. and ths
,ssni, VA. thai in a runaway f.shiop.
.na in onno.ition N ths will NJ tbe natri.
.,ehsI farmer. the two BEGAN. man and
wife The old gentleman was furiou.
and turned his back dstermipedly on hi,
son.in.l.v. Ths Young plouehman
kis.sJ his wife. left her in her father.
rms and sailed for Australia, whence
he soou ceased 10 write. His wife be-
came a mother and remained in a state
of suoh wretcbed suspense that her
f.ih.r bscsn 10 repspt OF tbs treatment
N Which he h.d .ubiected her husband.
Eso,ts rsrs then mad. 10 trace the
vhsre.bouts Of the lattsr bv msans OF
s5va,t;.in, IN colonial psn.r. ami otber.
10 bu, iii IN no pnrpo., Hs had
coma 10 Lmsrica- Year, ps,.sd. This
sr.nason grew nm 10 manhood. and. moi
iikin, f.,m wo,t hal. .d;sn IN O,k.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01
Sensational Clock.

A Columbus machinist has been at
work eight years OF . clock. At the
first quarter hour . locomotive runs
across an open space. ut the second. .
miniature bell il tollsd in Independents
Hall. and Warrington walks into sight;
al the third. the twelve Apostles bow to
Christ, Peter denies the Lord. and q
cock crows. at the ave hour there Is
music. and q skeleton hastens along,
bearing the legend. "Time flies"
Every noon Lincoln appears with the
Emancipation Proclamation. and q slave
falls on his knees as his shackels drop
on. When the Ohio man completes his
machine IL will show an eight to seven
Electoral Commissions making q new
President. and q Republican rooster In
the act OF growing az Justice slowly
closes the book OF the Consultation aud
steps up to . side board for refresh
msnts.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01
tn. In =.

The San Francisco Stock Report Of
March 3lst contains q six column article
descriptive Of Esmeralds Mining Dis
trict. giving . detailed account OF lis
arst discovery. its once famous mines.
mills. ETC.. and statistics Of former hui.
lion production, mining Developments,
present prospects and operations and
many other items Of interest to not only
old residents Of that district. but to
everybody else interested in the mines
Of the western slope Of the Sierra Ne.
vada. The article 10 we'll and ably
written and Is from the pen Of W. II.
Bunker. q Of the editors and pro-
pristors Of the Stock Report. who has TO
Gently made . thorough personal inspse.
ton Of the EsmerAlda mines and there.
fore knows what he writes about. The
article 10 we'll worth preserving for
future reference.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01
THE CoMsroCK LODE

The prospectus OF . new history Of
the Constock Lode 10 received. and the
work itself will soon b ready for Is
suancs. II 10 BY well known sIpsr-
fenced and competent authority on the
subject. being NO other than John A.
Church. Professor Of Mining in the
Ohio State University. and the publish.
srs are John Wiley & Sons. IL Astor
Place. New York City. The work 10 to
consist Of ons large quarto volume we'll
illustrated by maps. diagrams and en-
cravings. and to BE- sold only BY sub
scripton. ct Sc per volume. Il will
contain . lucid explanation Of the true
position OF the ore bodies In the lode.
the relation OF the rich TO the barren
quartz. the reason for the concentration
Of ore In particular localities. the true
sonai arrangement Of the rich and bar
rem ground. exhibiting the cause Of the
long continued poverty Of the portion
nov worked. and the prospect OF future
Improvement. Many other interesting
questions considering tho geological his
tory Of the lode. mode OF working the
minss. the important problems con-
neotsd with the engineering Of sIeava-
A.. 4. A.. hns ,o.l foxmaltan A.. ala,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01

Tua great shower OF angle worms
which fell upon Virginia and Gold Hill
last night or this morning was no April
Fool sell. Fully seventeen wagon loads
must have fallen. judging from the way
they were beautifully strswed ovsr the
houss-tops as well as the streets
and hillsidss and nobody could give .
satisfactory explanation Of the phenom.
snou. The early bird might have gorgsd
himself most Rorgsously on . worm
breakfast. but he wasn't around. He
saw too much OF good thing most
probably.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01

MAN in st. Paul took out . life in
suranes policy for 5000. one Of the
printed conditions being that the com.
pany need pay nothing 10 hs committed
suicide. He became insane. and killed
himself. His widow sued for the S. 900
on the ground that. being driven to SELF
s~lsuehisr BY ~insanity. . d~issass. does
not constitute . violation Of the suicide
clause. which can Be applied to criminal
sslf-dsstruetion oaly. The Minnesota
Supreme Court decides for the widow.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01

MAURICE SraAzosa Is reported to have
psrpstraisd the following sketch Of the
Pacific Coast Chinaman The China
man 10 rather saturnins in his average
moods. but he does somstimes laugh
heartily when be sees anything to laugh
at. Cinnamon In California do not
laugh much. % their existence there is
no laughing matter. and the average
hoodlum does very little TO smuss them.
II 10 understood. however. that - soon
As Chinsnsn get back 10 Canton they
generally indulge in . little laushtsr-at
the boast Of the Mshkan man that he
iivss in . free country where every we'll
behaved person 10 entitled to the pro-
lection OF law.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01
written for the Gold Hill ssus.i
AFTER THE WINTER.
IT xprTl rRkxcis.


w, o''e
Oh, duh. gray clouds In the heavens.
Grown chill With snow and rain.
What joy may We Ind In living
Through dreary days OF Storm
No blss..d light 10 cheer us,
Nh ann N OLA and warm.
An. heart ! when tne v'n'' A
Into . noississs wet
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01

ELI PERKINS having been accused Of
abandoning . daughter says: I aban-
donsd . daughter years ago when 1 was
about eighteen years old. She was the
daughter Of . merchant, young. bean.
tiful and wealthy. I did not abandon
her on my own account. but hsr father
sams to me with q shotgun and asked
me to do Il. II you had seen the man
and the gun you wouli have abandoned
Q whole drove OF daughters. But even
then. IL she had urged me to stay /
should have picked out the buckshot
and continued to board with her father
and mother.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01

SCIENCE aud m~icroscopical researches
declare that water is full Of horrible
snimalculss: pork abounds in trichina
worms: sugar is also alive with minute
bugs and crawling nondescripts; tho
skins Of apples and pears contain crude
diphtheris. and last Of all II Ii dis
covered that cucumbsrs are afflicted with
tape worms. What are We to do Pork.
wormy; apples got the diPhthsria; Gu.
oumbsrs got the tape worm; sugar. full
OF bugs; water. full OF dsvilish wig.
glsrs. People must not starvs. The
best way is TO 20 ii blind. eat what you
choose. and then drink a little good Bo.
die whisky to kill all the bugs. worms
viaglsrs.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01

AMEsIciSs will soon be prepared. II
they are not already. to compete for the
honor Of being the richest people In the
world. They are fast gaining the race.
and will oon pass France and England.
No country has become rich ~ rapidly
a. this in the past twenty years. The
last three census give the total (uot
assssssd) valuations Of real and per.
sonsl estate. exclusive Of Government
property. in all the States and Ter
ritories. a. follows ; 1850, $I.l35. $780,
22s; 1860. SIC. l5G. GIG. O6s; 1870. $780,
O6s, SIS. 507. Between 1850 and 1860
the wealth OF the United States more
than doubled.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01
Tur dearly beloved VIC Of . French

TIE dearly beloved wife Of . French.
man recently deserted him for another
man. Did he follow her. and. falling
on his knees, besesch her for their chill
dren's sake to rsturn2 Did hs take
down the old double-barrsl. shoot his
vile and her lover and then knock
himsslf on the bead with the stockf
Did he set himself up for . misanthrope
or woman-hatsr. or institute suit against
somebody for ever 20 many ciphsn'
damsgesf Not much. He merely
caused 10 to b Published that be had
drawn $50 900 in . lottsry. and his wife
Was back NEXT morning before break
fast.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01

Last Saturday the Enterprise said that
on Tuesday today Sierra Nevada
would be selling for 800 per share.
Eleven Gold Killers. understanding how
these Eiiopri's points always work. i'm.
msdiaiely put in what few dollars they
had, or could borrow. shortins the
stock. and to-day they filed. clearing
from $4,000 to $50. 900 apiece on the
racket. They are now waiting to cop
per the nsIt Estsrpris stock prediction
and become BONANZA kings.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01
lnafhar Suicide.

WALL wALIA. Wash. Ter. April L.
Charles F. Brown committed suicide at
the City Hall. Lewiston. yesterday. BY
taking morphine. He wa under 5000
bonds to make his appearance at the
NEXT term OF the Court In Shoshons
county for killing Strsetor last Fall, and
bad told parties he would eve 60 back
10 ntand his trial.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01
Shooting lRray.

Los ASorLrs. Cal, April LA shoot
ing ARRAY took place at Pusnta mills.
about twelve miles from this city. on
Sunday, between Louis Leonard. Q
Frsnchman. and Psncho Alvistrs, o
half.bresd Indian. In which both re-
csiysd wounds which may prove fatal.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01

A PATENT medicine man the other
morning posted bandbills in every avail.
able spot In the village Of Turner'S
Falls. and according TO the Reporter Of
that place. "before night fifteen goats
had enough medical information In
them 10 run an eclectic college"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01

Suicide.
CAsrRovILLr. Cal. April IAN un.
known man was found dead in . freight
car at the depot this morning. A SIX.
shooter. with three charges out, was
lying 10 his lap. Coroner Childs held
inquest. but nothing was developed
to the mans identity. Deceased was
about forty years Of age. Ave feet Ave
high. and weighed about $50
pounds. A note was found on his per-
son. stating that be was . stranger. and
that what be had been would never DO
known-
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01

GovKRxoR FHsxoSr il extremely en-
thusiastio concerning his territory Of
Arizona. He talks Of its wonderful
mineral wealth. its rich soil. it, timber.
its excellent grazing regions. and its de-
iightful climate with great pride. He
thinks that Tucson 10 to become the
great railway station for business b.
tween this country and Mexico.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01
noricE TO -cANDIDArK..

All candidates for once q the coming town
election viii pleas bear In mind that announce
msats and all other election printing must Be
paid for h. Gdrdnos This has always ben On
,,taSlished rdle With US, and cannot be depart.
ed from 10 favor anybody. All contestants saAll
have an equal Ishov % Tar - 90 are concerned
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01

THxsx 10 . world Of difference be-
tween an smbexzlsr and thief in the
eyes OF the Law. but the money goes just
the same.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01

d anuc PoR MILL MlnINo AND
bluyHO Companies Manufactured q u
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01

TIE game Law goes into effect to-day.
II should be observed,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01
DRILL

BY ten picked msmbsr Of the VIRGINIA.
TIGERS, ten Of the I'm NET GUARD Virginia
star company and ten OF the WASHINGTON
GuARD.
The Lightning Drill will form q lovel and
special feature OF the evenings entertainment.
and will be worth witnessing, both from IL
perfection and newncss In military maneuverS.
Tho virsiuia Tigers are . nevly-orx.nifed COM
pany. They have introduced q NRw DRILL,
never before exhibited hsrs. and viii exefciss II
on this occasion for the nnt time In Virginia
They arc mot member u the stats militia, and
are eudesvoring 70 obtain . foothold In this
community - Q military organization. They
are composed Of young en-Vifgtniss best-
intelligent. handsome. engaging. and every ons
Of them soldiers par ex~cellsscs.
TICKETS, ol-Can Be- procured 81 all the
Book aud Biationery stores In the city. OF sny
member Of the COMMITTEES Of Arrangements,
and Al the door on the svenins OF The eone.rt
and ball. 21d
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01
WESTERN DISPATCHES.
Suicide.

,r,erIL TO TT. soLO -uL pArIr mwsl
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01
FOR TOWN TREASURER.

J. o. DUNLOP
p ESPKOrFULLY ANNOUNCES TO THE
- public that he 10 . candidate for the once
Of Town Treasurer Of Gold Hi. kleetion,
Nay 8. 1879. 21tds
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01
eORN.
MARRIED.

swARr-In Dayton. March -. 70 the wife Of
"a ID. Swart. q BON.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01
FOR TOWN TREASURER.

u R~sPRCTPULLY ANNOUNCES TO THE
III public that he 10 Q candidate for the once
Of Town Treasurer OF Gold Hill, subject 70 the
decision Of the people: Election, Nay 9. is1s.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01
FOR TOWN TREASURER.

3. 4. THURMAN
p RsPRCTHULLY ANNOUNCES HIMsKLf
II 70 the voters Of Gold Hill ~ . candidate
for the once Of own Treasurer, TO be slerted
on Monday. Nay 9Th nsxt. 77tds
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-01

ngPosirs ofc0Is OR BuLLI0N received.
~ either on open account or 70 Issue CkR.
TlRlcATKs therefor, payable lat the option Of
tho holdcr) In Gold HIN or San Francisco; TO
mako collections, purchase Bullion u the most
favorable rates, OF advance coin ,hereon when
forwarded TO the Parent bank In Ban Francisco;
sslls bills OF kxchAnge, and transacts General
Banking Business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-03-26
SHERIFF'S SALE.

kENNEBEC, IS.
|I>AkEN ON EXECUTION and will III, solid Nv
4 public auction on saturday, the twelfth da, of
Arrii. y H. lN1', nj ten O'Clock in the forenoon MT
the Once Of II Blake in liallowe in said County
All ne right ia equity which John Mclaughlin OF
shld iiallo"ell. had AT the timcof the attachment of
Tie same on the original writ, or now Inns tO redeem
me iouN ng described parcel of real estate situated
IN laid lIallOwcl, to Wit c.rtnin ln, If land wiz,
the building thereon situated in said Unllow,l md
bounded ~ follows: westerly bv the county rond
leading toward Gardiner norihetl, b, land dow
'forgr " W hitr, caStrIlV hy krmch,r river mud
souihctlt by lahd 0f !. H. Bodw ell and Charles Vii
son Being lot of land thirty feet wild. on tl, rond
ANA extending the same width to low wafer mark an,
kehnthcc river. Also the right Of easing and re-,
passing from said county road to said low water
marx ON strip of land about twelve feet wide no
norm ot me premises said premises being the ,ame
convened to said Mclaughlin by Mary j. Bean by
deed OF "hrani"c, dated Feb. l., lN:ii and recorded
in book BIB page = III the kennrhcc Hcristry
SAID premises being subject to two mortgages the
hr' recorded in said krnncbcc Registry Of DEEDS
book ~, page zoo, given by said Mclaughlin to The
laluMtll savings Institution of laid HulIowelI Ia
secure the payment OF four hundred dollars In tour
pronl.."r\ notes Of one hundred dollars each nil
uaitd March >th. M, PAYABLE in one wcsk iron,
~ datt The others il one two and three wears there,
after with interest AT eight per cent.
Sild second mortgage recorded in laid R,Ri,trv
DOCK "oi Iag" 20, given by laid McIauuhliu to laid
savings Institution afores said TO ,ecur, me un,mrut
OF a n9tior my dollars dated september Ill., ~.
payabr IN one year, with interest at eight p,r "a nj
The amount now due said hr.t mont gug- is about
Slj6. The amount due on said second Irnrtrnp. il
~,
Mar. ), 1879, awIi
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-03-26
Argal ADVERTISEMENTS.
Notice of Second Meeting of Credito,
STATE OF MAINE.
Il IN y EBEC, IS.

COURT OF INSOLVENCY
IN me case OF Harrison Baker of ,uyust, II, ,I
said uuntN, lnsokcnt Debur ' :" ''''
N !, , Is hereby given that petition has On
' , ,niru Jay OF March, a. H. ls.o been pr
s'hteu TO sald curt for >ud COUNTY by I,,r,i' -,
huh'r OF augusta, III tn" tounty of kcnu,bcr n,,,
ing 'hNt ne may b" decretd to have full d..,ts
from All ms debts prov under the Iusul,rnt L.,
VI the Ntatt "i Maine, approved February u ~
ana upon ,aid Petition. II Is OhEEUI.p h, .nij
said Court, at the Probate One. in Angus, IN iI
"un'l oi hchnehec, on the fourth Monday of March
" ~ lsH al TWO O'Clock in the afternoon: and thmt
no,ic" thereof b" published IN Daih kenn,b,r Ian,
nal II newspaper published in said ,ouuty of k,n.
hrbtc' once awerk for three successive weeks th.
iaS' Enumeration 10 it three days before the ,av of
hearing and that all creditors who huN, ur,,,,j H.
"b,s, ana other I"rson> interested NAV aptour NJ
Sni" pace ana time, aud show cause, an, they hay,
why discharge should not he granted snid i.hi, >
according to the PRAYER OF his petition
. Attest :- HAkIE> HEMINS
h'sl>'rr "i sald 'osr of said County of k.nn, bee
fuIur> l., ~ ~ ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-03-26
SHERIFFS SALE.

hENNEBEf, IS:
TNAkEN ON EXECUTION, and will be sold by
day OF April \. ID. 1879, at ten o'clock in the fotc
noon, at the Office of &. C. Nosc, in Augusta, in
said '"unty, all the right in equity which Evadne
Wiggin-onc of the within named drbtor,-hnd n,
the time of the attachment of the san. on TN,
original writ, 10 redeem the following described
real estate, situated In Augusta, in said County,
ana bounded aud described as follows, viz Bepinuing
At n stone monument on the north line Of Cont
street, eighty feet west of the west line of State
street. thence nor!htrly parallel with State str, of
ninety hve feet thence westerly preserving the width
of ninetSiNe feet from Court Street. eighty ia ,
stone monument thence southery parallel with
state street ninety five feet to Court street th.nr.
eastcrly ON the north line of Court street eighty
feet 10 the point of beginning, together viii Nh,
right ofpas> 20 to and the we'll situated on n,
f. on the plan Of the division Of real rs;ut, h.,
tween the heirs Of Francis Butler decreased which
plan Is recorded In the Registry of Deeds for krnnc
bee County. Book l,i3 page 3i; 50 long as the pro
mictor of Lot f. shall choose to use il for n we'll
The lot hereby described being Lot marked F. ON said
plan, and II .li< ss;r% 7'tseytd 20 said Ey.,n, wiz.
gin by Charles Mclaughlin. said premises heinz
subject TO a mortgage, recorded in said KemneL,c
Registry OF Deeds, Book az page a5i given Ly said
Eyadnc Niggin to the Gardner savings Iustitutinn
OF Gardiner, In said county. to the payIsent
OF proissory note for nine hundred and ttty dol
lars, dated May 9th, 1871 payable in two wears from
date, with interest ut seven and thrcc.tenths per
ceh'um per annunl, payable semi. annually. TIE
amount due on said mortgage will be mad. know n
at the time and place of said sale.
VIM H. LIBBY, Sheriff.
March Il, 1879. twls
Courts OF insolvency.
NOTICE is hereby given, than Courts Of Insol.
~ vcncy, will DO held At the Proba q Gnl,e in
Augusta on the second and fourth MONDAYS in
each month, at two O'Clock in the afternoon until
othewise order ed.
NIX. BAKER, Judge,
CHARLES IIEwINs, Register.
Nov. !. les. tXv,f
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-03-26

WHY THE FINGrEs ARE not ur 4
LENGTH-A master. in illustrating ON
this question. made hi, scholar grasp a
ball Of ivory. to show that the fingers are
equal. 1t would have been better. says
Sir Charles Bell, had he closed his fingers
upon his palm. and then asked whether
or not they correspond. The difference
in the length of the fingers serves n thou
sand ends, adapting the form Of the hand
and fingers 10 different purpo>r>-a, for
holding a rod. Il switch, a sword ham
mer. pen, pencil, engraving tools. etc.
in all Of which "A secure hold and freedom
OF motion are admirably combined.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-03-26
T.. W. WiIITElIOU>E and : other,
STATE OF MAINE.

hfNNtBEf NS.-Bodtdof fonntv CommiSe ion
tfS' D"tmh'r NtSsi"H, 1885, hed b, adjoura.
ment, FEB. 2O;h. IN70.
~ me foregoing Petition. satisfactory tS idence
having been received that the Petitioner. ur, r.nn
shlc and ought 10 b" heard touching the matter -.
iofth III ,hid Petition. il i bisiIREp, that thirty
dAN prev ions notice be given that tn, County COM
inlss"ntr- viii meet at their Office AZ the Cour,
Se''h Augusta on Tuesday, the eighth dav OF
Apfii next al clock T. VI. and thence proceed TO
view the route mentioned in said Petition and i'm
me'iiai"lt afterwards hear the parties and their Wit.
neSs's, and then akr such further measure. in th.
premises A. may be aduge proper Said notice 10 be-
given by serving an atr>tricopy of said Petition and
tls order thereon upon the city Clerk OF the civ of
Augusta. ana 10y posting up such copies in three
phbc place, IN SAID city. and by publishing the
same IN the kenncbec Journal II public new paper
printed i'll said Count! that All persons and con ,ru
Mons non, Interested may attend and be heard if they
think proper.
Attest: WM. VI. STRATrON, Clerk
true copy OF the Petition. aud order of CONT
thereon. Attest VIM NJ SITUATION ,l.rk