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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-03

Speaking of the action taken by Damaris-
Gotta, toward refunding the bonds loaned in
aid Of the Knox { Lincoln Railroad, the Bos-
ton Daily Advertiser says: "The town of
Damariscotta. Maine. was one of the unfor-
tunate municipalities that were drawn into
the disastrous enterprise of the Knox Lin
coin Railroad. With a valuation which is
now only S460. 900, it made loan of its
credit to the amount of $780, 900 to secure
the building of the road. OF course. the cit
liens never expected to be Obliged to pay
a dollar either of interest or principal, sup
posing that the railroad would do that. As
matter of fact, the town has been compelled
to pay about four per cent. on an average
every year-almost ten dollars on a thousand
in valuation. Wiscasset, which was in a
similar predicament. has practically repudi-
ated the debt. Damariscotta has kept faith
with its bondholders. and intends to do So
But, as the burden is too great to be borne it
proposes to issue new bonds at four and
half per cent. to pay the cash obtained for
bonds sold to all holders of the six per cent.
who will surrender them; to exchange new
bonds for old with all who will consent to
that: and to raise by taxation 81 900 year
in addition to the interest that must be paid.
to act as sinking fund. The whole sum in
volved is comparatively small one. but it is
much for small town like Damariscotta, and
the effort to manage the debt without repudi-
asing il is highly creditable.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-03

ing in Readsville y. c., finally succeeded IN
making engagements with two Young men. to
one of whom she was married last Thursday
night. The rejected lover met her by chance.
accompanied her to neighbor's house anu
arranged an elopement with her. A convey
ance was hired and the bride of night BAN
ished from the bridegroom's sight.
There is an undertaken out West whom the
bows nickname .Old Mortality" One day
he had the body of a colored man to remove.
Saws he. II stepped out moment. after tax
ing off the lid to look at the body, and two
friends of mine in here clapped hideous,
though comical mask on the face of abe
corpse and ed down the lid. l suspect
ed nothing, and putting the body in our wagon
started for the home of the deceased. On
arriving there it was nearly waylaid by a
crowd of bowling friends, who wanted to look
at the corpse unscrewed the lid and the
taking sash, glass and all. and never stopped
until | struck home, and l lay low for a
month afterwards.
A reporter of the Philadelphia Times in
te-viewed Capt. Shirley, of the Salvation
army, while the evangelist was at dinner with
his lieutenants. When the scribe had put up
his pencil and was about to take his leave,
Mrs Shirley startled him with the query,
Now, my brother, how is it with you? Have
YOU given your heart to God?" The reporter
was nom plussed, and tried, laughingly, to
evade the question. But the earnest woman
was not to be put off. Laying one hand on
the shoulder of the reporter and grasping his
right hand with her own, and looking ear
nestly into his eyes, she said: eve never
let an opportunity go by. We never meet a
person without trying to lead him to the Lord
even those that we meet and talk with on the
street. We are going to pray with you be-
fore you GO And pray they did with fer
vor that would have excited camp meeting
assemblage, all the female lieutenants join
ing in the responses, and interspersing the
supplications with snatches from Moody and
Sankey songs. The newspaper man AYERS
that he finally escaped from the most peculiar
and trying experience of his life, in avery
heated and flushed condition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-03
General News,

Francis Murphy has begun another temper
ance campaign at Philadelphia.
Gas shares in Montreal have fallen eight
per cent within a week, owing to Edison's
latest invention.
On seeing house being white-washed. a
small boy asked, "NIaH. if you please. are
Won going to shave that house,"
monument to the late Prince Imperial
will be Erected in South Africa bv the British
Colony
A little girl in Cincinnati was choked to
death on Thursday by swallowing toy bal
loon which she was trying to initiate with her
breath.
General Garfield is building him hand
some and picturesque new house at Mentor.
Ohio, having torn down the old one.
Feathers will be very much worn on large
summer bonnets that will be worn at water
ing places. For small bonnets flowers will
be preferred.
bright little girl, who had successtullv
spelled the word chat was asked bv her
teacher what would remain after the 81 had
been taken away. ''The dirty cups and sau-
GERS was the reply.
letter wandered into the Dead-letter Of
flee the other day, on which the writer. lady
had placed two-cent stamp and half of an
other of the same denomination. Her aritb-
metic was correct, but her method of making
change had not proved acceptable to the Post
Office authorities.
Senator Thurman, since his recent illness.
has been forbidden BY his physician to smoke
more than two cigars day. He has been a
devoted aud persistent smoker. 1t is NOT
thought that his illness will have any serious
effect upon his constitution. He is a rebel
lious patient and utterly declines to obey the
doctors command to stay in bed.
A young lady who had recently been dirt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-03
Mrs. Windows Soothing Syruu.

Rev. Sylvanus Cobb thus writes in the
Boston Christian Freeman We would bv
no means recommend any kind of medicine
which we do not know to be good particular
ly for infants. But of Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup we can speak from knowledge; in
our own family it has proved blessing in
deed, by giving an infant troubled with collie
pains quiet sleep and unbroken rest at night.
Most parents can appreciate these blessings.
Here is an article which works to perfection.
and which is harmless for the sleep which it
affords the infant is perfectly natural and the
little cherub awakes as bright as a button. -
And during the process of teethng. its value
Is incalculable. We have frequently heard
mothers say that they would not be without it
from the birth of the child till in had finished
with the teething siege, on any consideration
whatever. Sold by all druggists. % centsa
bottle. janet -nionw edsat
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-03

Mr.. Fellows is daily in receipt of letters of
enquiry, from various parts, respecting his
Syrup of Hypophosphtes. One recently re-
ceived, leads to the belief that the public
mistake his meaning in reference to its eff
feet in imparting superior energy to the mind
Where the intellect has been impaired by
overwork or by kindred causes, the use of
the Syrup, together with proper precautions
in the use of food, clothing, exercise and rest,
will restore full power to the brain and
nerves. Superiority of genius consists in
great capacity of brain for assimilating ma
terial from every quarter. and of developing
in proportion; but as by far the greater num-
Der are not well endowed by nature, conse-
quently lacking this capacity, it would be
quite impossible to find Uranium space for
material necessary to constitute the brilliant
genius. Hence, although the Syrup will as
sst in restoring the mind which is lost, it
cannot change a natural born idiot into an in
telligent man. mar30+eod&w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-03

HENERIErrA, Monroe, Co., N. V, Jan. 8,
1880.
II. II. WARNER & Co. :-GentlemeH Il
am man G7 years of age, have lived in
Monroe County, n. V. most of my life, and
believe there is no man of my acquaintance
who would doubt any statement l might
make. have been a terrible sufferer of Ca
tarrh of the Bladder FOR years. Hearing of a
number of cures from the use of YOUR RENE
dy. and after taking a few bottles of your
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, | was not only
relieved but found myself cured.
THOMAS OWENS
March, 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-03

ie endured by bilious and dyspeptie subjects
who neglect to avail themselves of the relief
afforded by the use of DIR. Grosvenor's Liver
Aid In many obstinate cases it may be nee
essary to prolong the use OF the remedy.
but that il will do its remedial work thor
oughly 10 beyond all peradventure. Ladies
adlicsed with those functional irregularities
peculiar to their sex, as veil rs that class of
invalids troubled with liver, bowel and
stomach complaints, derive great and speedy
relief from this pure vegetable remedy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-03

The great erain-producing districts Of the
United States have entered upon the growing
season with excellent prospects for good
crops. An analysis Of the Signal Service
Weather Reports from December l, 1879. to
March l, 1880. shows that all these districts.
except California and the Upper Missouri
Valley, have received an abundance Of water
from the Winter rains and SHOWS. The ex-
cess Of water over the average for the Winter
months were - follows Upper Missouri Val
ley, los inches; in the States bordering on
the upper lakes, S65 inches. Minnesota, Ia
inches; Lower Missouri Valley, - Of an
inch; Tower Mississippi Valley. SIS of an
inch; Ohio Valley, s.sl inches; Tennessee.
SCI inches; in the States bordering on the
lower lakes, 3.&4 inches; Oregon. s.SS inches
and New England, 80 of an inch. In the
other districts the deficiencies we're as fol-
lows: Middle States, Al Of an inch; Upper
4issoari Valley, about one inch: California
ceaak $50 inches; Eassera Gulf States (in-
eau1lag Florida, where the excess vas So Of
- lncA). ass inches; and Western Gulf
0e11ee, S.09 inches.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-03

Wei De Meyers Catarrh Cure. The most
important medical discovery since vaccina-
ton. An absolute Cure for Catarrh by ABB
sorptIon. Sold by all Druggists, or delivered
by ID. b. Dewey & Co., No. &C Dey Street.
n Y. Pamphlets with full explanations and
overwhelming proofs mailed free
MarI3tsat
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-03

Why throw away much money trying
worthless medicines, when for 81 cents
remedy can be procured that will cure Coughs.
Colds, sore Lungs and Group: Give it
trial. -4damsoa's Baisdm will do it, Trial
bottle, 10 cents. mar30ieod&w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-03

THE BEsr CouGH MEDICINE in the World
The Old Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam.
Cutler Bros. Co.. Boston. Small reduced
to 3oci Large, 81. Jan.3Ot&w3m.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-03

DR.. C. W. Be, SONS CELERY and CHAxoxIIE
FILLS are prepared expressly to Sick Headache
and Nervousness, and will cure any case. Price 20
cents. postage free. Parsons Bangs Co., Portland.
General Agents
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-03

He talked - IL he had ..ffos in his
throat" bat b vas only hoarse; single
bsesle ef Dr.. Bull's Cough Syrup relieved
the xouhle q once. IS cents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-03

Aiss S1yyer.s saive - now prepared IL the hes,
faee = esafs- july3t&vd
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-03
The veltaic R.lt Co. M.r.h.lI. MICH

Will send their celebrated Electro-Voltaie
Belts to the afflicted upon so days trial.
Speedy cures guaranteed They mean wha,
they say. Write to them without delay.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-03

Rings Vegetable Ambrosia restores gray hair to
its original color, prevents the hair from falling out
and is of the finest dressings for the hair in the
market. Parsons, Bangs & Co., Wholesale Drug.
gists. Gen1 Ag'ts. juy22t& xtfs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-03

Dr.. Cutters Shoulder Braces correct the habit Of
stoopiAe. FarsOas, Baags Co., Wholesale Drug.
gists, Portland. Geaefal Agents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-03
Pre,idential preferences Thus Far.


Assuming tndt twenty VI tne oSiSS
from this State to the National convention
arc NOT far Grant and probably for Blaine,
and that TWENTY-FIVE of the delegates from
Pennsylvania are equally free from INA
chime, control las the PHILADELPHIA Press
declares) the Chicago Tribune makes up
the following table of delegates thus far
cbos.o.
Erarxv
Maine "A
Indiana =
View York ALBANY Journal esrimate)
psa1 49,. i"'sip"A- ''
Texas, 2
District of Columbia /
1o., -
sKAx1.
View York. %
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-03
SAFE FOR SALE.

TINE safe formerly in use BY n. n. Swan, 49, ~
Il Ter. This Il . large safe good - -, q b.
Be sold very low. Inq1ire Of 9. G. VOL III Si : 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-03
NOTICE..

IfyOu wish to buy silver pIases@s
knives, forks, spoons, &C., GU
ON NJ. e. HERVEY, JeweIer' -
pOsfte p. o., Augusta. Roger
Bros, Reed 4 BartOm's ana esn-
er first class goods at the Lowess
Market Prices, 0nd emgravea ~
Of charge. Heavy plated se
spoon for $50 per dozen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-03
Assessors Notice.

10 the Iax-Payers of the City Of Augusta:
lou are hereby notified to bring in true and co,,
plefe lists OF ur polls and estates real and ersoi
not by law. mpf from taxation Of Which, rs' sv.a''
on the first day Of April 1850 and also M
Executor, Administrator, Guardian or Trustee For
purpose OF receiving said lists and
tAe oath authorized thereto, the undersigned Asse
sors o. said city, will be in session at their once IN
"a BLOCK each Saturday, before or on the 18th
e.s u IA next from to II O'Clock A. n and from
to and including that date u~'s up
alng 70 bring In such lists, you will thereby he
OF any nght to make application to the Conn
y commissioners for an abatement Of snv tsxss
"nlcn may be Assessed against you.
Blanks for returns may be had Of MS ON .ppI,..,,.
or BY calling 1t the City Treasurer's once
JOSEPH A. HOMAN Absences.
ERASTUS HASKELL, Of
ASA b. TOWNSEND. ! AuSrst.
Augusta, March q, 1850. marx2 ttfIir.s~1x
Maine Standard and GOSPEL Be,,er 49,.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-03

Malt Bitters build up anew the nervous,
osseous (boue) and muscular system
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-10-20
NapoIeon's First Battlefield.
from the London Saturday Review.l


A railway is now open in south Italy
which not only offers the strai ightest and
shortest line from Paris and Turin to
some Of the most beautiful spots in vest
ern RIVERA, and includes a new passage
through the charming scenery Of the
Apennincs, but has the merit Of leading
the traveller through q region which can
not easily be surpassed in historical and
military interest. The line is one which,
starting from Turin, divides into two
branches, one passing through Allies
sandria, as far as which place it is iden-
tical with the main line from Milan to
Bologna or to Genoa, and the other
through Cherasco; these branches climb
the Apennines by distinct routes fr.m
the north, unite near the summit Of the
pass of Cadibona, as it is sometimes
called, and together descend upon Sav-
;ona, where they join the we'll known line
which connects Genoa with Nice. Saw
>ona is an interesting and picturesque
town, about five-and-twenty miles west
of Genoa, and has ON excellent hotel.
The spot. where the two branches join
is the exact center of operations which,
in the month of April, 1896, first dis
closed to the world the energy and gen
ius of General Bonaparte.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-10-20

Sol. Smith Russell sings a song,
"The Chilly Man" which is enough to
set ones teeth on edge. He must be
the friend of of the fellow described by
the Washington Republic:
The utterly cold man with a consti-
tuition like a fish sometimes has ambi-
tion in an icy way. He wishes that he
and his family should enjoy all the
pleasures of the society around them
without any effort toward warmth on
their part. They occasionally give cold
parties, and the supper is like cold
breakfast to tramp. No one warmly
hurrahs over it, and the cold hosts
wonder why they have invited a chill
and-fever hospital. The music is cold
the very strings of the piano send forth
frosty tones, the frigid waitress chills
the ice-cold lemonade, the conversation
is so frozen that ladies shrug their cold
shoulders, and men who are carefully
asked to go into such q room for little
brandy feel that they must not take
much because it costs silver dollars.
They go away not wishing to return to
that refrigerator, and the host wonders
why, after such an entertainment the
admiring guests do not marry all the
cold daughters.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-10-20
Democrats and Germans.

From the Knoxville Register, which supports
Hancock
PrrTsBURG, October 5.
To the Editors Of the Pittsbatrg Conn.,
neercial Gazette:
Here is an item which explains itself.
It shows the love the Solid South had
for the Germans. A vote for Hancockis is
a vote for the men who would have hung
any German they caught several years
ago. e. L. S.
HANG THE DUTCH SOLDIERS.
Knoxville (Tenn.) Register, June II, 1861
OF late. in all battles and in all recent
incursions made by Federal cavalry, we
have found the great mass Of northern
soldiers to consist of Dutchmen. The
plundering thieves captured by Forrest,
who stole half the jewelry and watches
in dozen counties in Alabama, were i'm
maculate Dutchmen. The national odor
of Dutchmen, as distinctive of the race as
that which, constantly ascending to
Heaven, has distended the nostrils OF the
negro, is as unmistakable as that Pc
culiar to a polecat, an old pipe or q
lager beer saloon. Crimes, thefts and
insults to the women Of the south invaria-
bly mark the course of those Sinking
bodies of animated sourkrout. Rose
Grams himself is an unmixed Dutchman,-
an accursed race which has overrun the
vast districts of the country of the north
west. It happens that we entertain a
greater degree of respect for an Enthio-
plan in the ranks of the northern armies
than for an odoriferous Dutchman, who
can have no possible interest in this
revolution.
Why not hang every Dutchman cap
tured? We will hereafter hang, or
shoot, or imprison for life all white men
taken in command of negroes, and en-
slave the negroes themselves. This is
not too harsh. No human being will
assert the contrary. Why, then, should
we not hang Dutchman, who deserves
infinitely less of our sympathy than Sam
bo? The live masses of beer, kraut,
tobacco, and rotten cheese which,
on two legs and four, on foot and
mounted, 90 prowling through the
south, should be used to manure
the sandy plains and barren hillsides OF
Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia.
Whenever Dutch regiment adorns the
limbs of a southern forest, daring cavalry
raids into the south shall cease. x \
President Davis need. not be specially
consulted, and if an accident of this sort
should occur to plundering band like
that captured by Forrest, We are not IN
clined to believe that our president
would be greatly disgruntled.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-10-20
The Beautiful Snow.

western Minnesota and eastern Dakota swept
over that region on the 10th and 18th inst. All
the cuts along the railway line vest of Failmount
were packed even full of snow, and so hard
that teams could cross over them. Passenger
and freight trains were buried in drifts of snow
from ten to twelve feet deep. Many head of
cattle horses, hogs, etc., are reported as having
persisted.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-10-20

Governor Pitkin, OF Colorado, has sent to Sec
retary Schurz report Of the circumstances of
the killing of Ute by Jackson, and of the sub
sequent capture Of Jackson, while in custody,
by the Indians. The United States attorney at
Denver has instructed the United States com
missioner at Pitkin, to issue warrants for the
arrest of Berry, the Indian agent, and the
others implicated in permitting Jacksons cap
ture, with a view to protecting them from tie
Ptkin objects to any interference by the gov
ernment in behalf of the Utes or of Berry. Berry
has also forwarded q report, accusing jackson
of killing the Indian without provocation, and
exculpatjng himself from the charge of permit
ting the Indians to capture Jackson.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-10-20
Boiler EXnIOS3Ons.

A locomotive exploded on tho 10th inst, at
Barring Cross, Ark, severely iniuring two men.
The boiler in Powel's South Branch distille,y,
corner of Morgan and Twenty-second streets,
Chicago, exploded with terrific effect on the 15tl,
inst, killing seven persons, the victims being
buried under the brick. mortar and timber OF
by flying debris.
boiler exploded at an oil well south of Brad
ford, Pa, on the 18th inst, and injured Amos
Story, the fireman, from the effects of which he
died,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-10-20
Business Wrecks.

Wright Smith, manufacturer of silk goods in
Paterson, N. j., has failed, much to the sur
prise of his creditors who supposed he was
financially sound. He employed $50 men and
turned ont goods at the rate Of $50, 00O to $40,
600 per month. Liabilities about S25O,OO0.
special from Providence, r. l., says that
Geo. r. Wilson, formerly of the Rumford chen,-
ical works, has made an assignment to Newton
D: Arnold, treasurer of the Rumford works.
The amount exceeds S5OO,0O0.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-10-20
Uu1f2itRlflllS Servan,ts.

Frank Hammer, assistant postmaster at Allen
dale, Mo-, is under arrest, charged with ritling
registered letters and stealing ordinary letters
and packets. He admits stealing photograph
which was found in his trunk, but denies rifing
registered letters.
wick, n. j.. treasurer Of the Union loan ~ asso. o
ciation, has embczzled 1913, 600 of stock holders
funds. He claims to be able to pay back the
amount
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-10-20
A pOiSOnesl Well.

A bag of Paris green was found in well at
Barksvllle, Pa, q mining town near Pittsburg,
Pa, on the 18th inst. The well supplies nine
families. The affair caused great excitement,
as OIL the Sunday previous the wife of miner
named McKcnna died from what is now sup
posed to have been the effects of Paris green
poisoning. There is no clue to the scoundre
who poisoned the WELL
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-10-20

J. H. Hardness distillery in Robertson county,
N. Y, containing over seven hundred barrels Of
whisky, las been seized for violation of the rev.
onue laws. The whisky and property is valued
at $3O.OOO
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-10-20

rule him as thoroughly as it ruled Mr.. Buchan.
an-while the administration of Gen. Garhesd
will be conducted by man of independent
views, entirely familiar with every branch of
the government and With every question of the
day. Gen. Garfield will continue and complete
the work already performed by Lincoln, Grant
and Hayes, and viii secure You financial honor,
public credit, peace and safety.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-10-20
A bad Salute.

At Republican demonstration in louisville
N. Y, on TIE night Of the 18th inst, Charles
Nutting, Nellie Wclting, Chas. Thomas, John
Fay and Frenchnan name unknown, were in
jured by the explosion of cannon. Nutting's
leg was shattered, Wclting's left arm torn to
pieces, Thomas, aged eight, had his leg tom te
pieces, and Flay and the Frenchman we're in.
iured slightly.