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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-02-11

massage 10 be eu2rossed. was tabled to DC
urin.ed on motion Of Mr. DiDgley-
Bill an &C. to enable the Cumberland ana
Oxford Canal corporation to make sale OF us
procertv. to be used for railroad purposes,
coming up on its passage TO be engrosseu.
Vas Laid on the table, on motion Of M dAE-
RS
The Senate then adjourned.
PETITIONS, BILLS, &C., PRESENTED AND hE-
FERRED.
Bv Mr.. SrRrcKLAxp-Petition Of j. Cary
and others. of William McAllister and others
of Philander s. Good and others, Of Levi Day
and others. of A. L. Ireland and others. OF
W. A. Vaughan and Others and Nathan ;.
Lufkin and o,hers-all asking that the Feb
uarv term of the Supreme Judicial Court OF
Aroostook county, NAV be held at Carbon,
in said county. Referred to the Judiciary
committee.
By same OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF Free
man G. Pierce and others Of Reed pianta.
tion, against making valid the doings Of Reed
plantation.
Bv Mr.. ArwELL-Petition for an act 10 IN.
corporate the Lake Dam COMPANY Referred
10 the committee on Interior Waters
By Mr. COoNBs-Remonstran of Samuel
Bibber and others, against the repeal OF Inc
poryv law Referred to the Committee OF
Fisheries.
By Mr.. ArwELL-Petition for the incorpor
alton Of the Ragged Lake Dam Company
Referred to Committee on Interior Waters
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-02-11
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

TUESDAY, Feb. III.
! Senate met according TO adjournment
| PRAYER bv Rev. Mr.. FoGG of Augusta.
Papers from the House disposed of in con-
currence.
! A communication was received from the
printed report of the State Treasurer, which
was referred to the Finance Committee
| On motion OF Mr.. PARcnER.
| Ordered, That the Committee on Legal
Affairs be directed to inquire into the exped-
iency of so amending chap. %, sec. II. that
| the commissioner TO furnish towns with pure
| liquors, be paid a salary, and not by copmis-
sions
| On motion of Mr.. BARRETT,
Ordered. That the Committee on Financial
| Affairs be instructed to inquire into the ex-
peliency Of repeating the Insolvency act.
MIR. SMITH from the Special Committee to
take into consideration the Governors mes
| sage and to assign its various topics, reported
as follows
That so much of the Message as relates to the
National condition. and usurpation of power,
he referred to the Committee on Federal re-
lations.
That so much of the massage as refers to
State Finances. taxation and economy be re-
fcrred TO the Committee on Financial Affairs
That much of the message as refers to
State valuation be referred to the Committee
on State Valuation.
That so much as relates to Biennial SEES
sicns be referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
That so much of the Message as refers TO
Education. Free High Schools, and Normal
Schools, be referred to the Committee on Ed
ucation.
That so much of the Message as relates to
Temperance, be referred to the Committee
on Temperance.
That much Of the message as relates TO
the Military. be referred to the Committee on
Military Affairs.
That so much of the message as relates To
the Agricultural College be referred to the
Committee on Agriculture
The report WAS tabled to be printed.
On motion o: Mr.. EMERY.
Ordered. That the Committee on the Judic-
larry inquire into the expediency of ametiing
the iaw IN reference to hawkers and peddlers.
READ AND ASSIGNED.
An preventive destruction of .melts and
ecls in Salt pond creek in the town. of Blue
hill. Scdgwiek and BROOKLYN: an act to compel
certain officers whose terms have expired TO
deliver money aud other property to their
successors: an act to authorize the inhsbi
'snts of Carbon to build and maintain piers
and booms for the protection of the bridge
over the Aroostoek river in said town: an
act additional TO the act Of 1865 chsp. 4ss to
establish ferry across the Penohscot river.
between Ayers Falls and Marsh Rips: Tin a
new drssf and tabled an act to regulate the
taking Of fish in Dexter pond.
PAssEp TO NE ExGRosskp.
An act extending the time for the COM
pietion Of the Bangor and Pisca,aquis Rail-
roads m act to amend an act to incorpor-
Ate the Richardson Wharf Company.
Bill IN act TO consolidate the Hampden |
Silver 0ininG COMPANY. coming mn ON h.
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9ailu Atnnfbtf Sournal.
Augusta, Wednesday Morning, Feb. IL.
0olf1nTTEE NOTICES.
Ce..sssee .. cs..sy Estimates.

Aessrs. Partridge Of whitsfeId. Emmons
Of Limington. Go-s Of AHbarn, Hills Of MON.
Oouiding Of West WaferviIIe, Thomas Of
Harrington. Gilman Of Aeddy bemps. Je~ett
Of Richmond, Lord of stzndisii, Long Of Fori
Fairfield. Lewis Of Springfield, Gray Of Honss
son, Whitten Of PittsfeId. HGssey Of Brooks,
Wasson of Brook.riIle, Davis Of W oodst0ck-
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iofEe.

Nofire IL hereby xfvea that the Judiciary Commit.
tee will give hearing Wsssess,ay Feb i. 10 all
tntsrsstsd 10 order which has been introduced
lsftvs % the better protection of holders If life In
saFssc> policies. Per order.
nebb A.. BEADsIYEEr, see.
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Railroad Committee H,nrlna.

The Railroad Committee all give hearing on The
gnest0n Of granting p~rInis,ion 30 build railroaf
ffoM Brfdgton 10 Forilsnd, Thursdsy next. At 81
y. ~, In ifs committee room.
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PA.sEp TO NE ExeRosskp.

An act extending the time for the COM
pietion Of the Bangor and Pisca,aquis Rail.
roads m act to amend an act to incorpor-
ate the Richardson Wharf Company.
Bill IN act TO consolidate the Hampden
Silver Mining Company, coming up on IN
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-09-09

Every important influence, the church,
money power, is against u.s..
THE republicans of Colorado have re-
nominated Governor Pitkin. The rest of
the state ticket is as follows: Lieutenant
governor, George 3. Robinson; secretary
of state, n. H. Meldrum; auditor, S. c.
Davis; treasurer. w. S. Saunders; SUPER
nell.
The republican state ticket of Texas is
as follows Ex-Governor Z. J. Davis for
governor; 4. Siemering, lieutenant-gover-
nor; }. +. Williamson, for court of APP
Peals; }. -. McAdoo, attorney general; S.
d. Wood, comptroller: w. Thomas.
treasurer, Jacob Keuchlev, commissioner
of land office.
A TERRITORY with only one congress-
man, and nc a delegate, will get up
more "politics" than :; state like New
York. At present Dakota is in the throes
Of selecting her republican candidate for
delegate, and all the railroads, and cliuues
and clans are alleged to be spending more
money than has yet been dug out of the
Black Hills.
y. WYATT AIKEN is the democratic can
didate for congress in the third district of
South Carolina. The Fifth South Carolina
district democrats have placed Georg d.
Tillman in the field for congress. Hon,
John S. Richardson has been rcnominated
by the democrats OF the first South Caro-
ina district.
THE democrats of Massachusetts,. have
placed in nomination the following state
ticket: Governor P. Thomp-
son; Lieut.. -Gevernor- Z. Thomp-
son; Secretary OF state-Michael +. Dono.
hue; Treasurer-Travers J. Parker: Aud
itor-Chas. r. Field; Acknowledgement
P. A. Collins; Presidential Electors
large, Josiah G. Abbott; and Jonas H.
French.
The joint discussions which the repub-
ican and democratic state central commit
tees have finally agreed upon and definite
~ arranged between Judge Porter and
Frank Landcrs, the opposing candidates
for governor Of Indiana, have been fixed
for the following dates and places. One in
each congressional district:
September South Bend.
September Sort Wayne.
September 4-Dunkirk.
September 6-Frankfort.
September 7-Terre Haute.
September S-Greencastle.
September 9-Fairland.
September l0-Cambridge CITY.
September l1-Brookville.
September l2-Vernon.
September l4-W;nnamac.
September 15-Vincennes.
September l6-Boonville.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-09-09
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

A TwENTY-F1vE-THoUsAN OIL
tank was set on fire by lightning, at Brad
ford, Pa, August 80.
The Norfolk, Va, knitting and cotton
company's factory was burned on the End
inst. Loss partly covered by $4,000 in
surance.
OVER one hundred Indians having died
Of smallpox at Upper Gatlnearu, Canada,
the red men are moving north in small
parties, leaving their dead unburied.
THos. Sroo1EY's barn in Pontiac, coun-
ty, Canada, was burned Aug. 80. His two
children, boy of seven years and child
of nine months, burned to death.
A CYCLONE in Dodge Center, Mimi, de-
stroyed the Baptist church and the steam
grist mill, and unroofed and damaged
many other buildings. Loss $4,000.
SIX million feet of lumber, the property
Of J. G. Cameron & Co., John G. Meyer,
Knapp, Stout & Co., was destroyed by
fire at St. Louis, on the 9th inst.
JUST before the democratic speaking
commenced Saturday evening, at Darling
ton, Ind, an anvil which was being
fired, exploded, seriously wounding six
boys. Two will probably die.
A LARGE hotel, the property of Mrs.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-09-09

ONE Of the extraordinary and unac-
countable panics which every now and
then break out in different parts of In
Ola appears to be now prevailing in
Madras city. A rumor has got abroad,
and is firmly believed in by the lower
classes of the natives, that the govern
ment is about to sacrifice number of
human beings in order to insure the
safety Of the new harbor works, and
has ordered the police to seize victims
in the streets. So thoroughly is the
idea implanted that people are afraid
to venture out after nightfall. There
was similar scare in Calcutta some
seven or eight years ago, when the
Hooghly Bridge was being constructed.
The natives then got Of the idea that
Mother Ganges, indignant at being
bridged, had at last consented to submit
to the insult on the condition that each
pier Of the structure was founded on a
layer of children's heads.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-09-09
VERY LATEST NEWS,
4 Record RI Important Events,
Domestic and Foreign.
WASHINGTON.

COMPLAINT is made because the presi-
dent has gone to the Pacific coast in the
midst of the campaign.
GEN. SHERMAN is said to have recently
shown General Boynton, his bitter enemy,
little favors which indicate T. desire to
patch up all their difficulties.
TIE eads ijetties are giving satisfaction
to the engineers appointed to watch them,
and Captain Eads has received another
quarter payment of $4,000.
JOHN NJ. LANGsToN, United States min
lister to Hayti, is in Washington. He is a
colored man of great attachments, and has
come home to spend two weeks in making
speeches in aid Of his race and the prin-
ciples of republican government.
GEv. MCDOWELL telegraphs the follow
ing from Fort Mojarc, Arizona: furious
storm. Company quarters blown down,
three men killed, and several others
wounded. Officers quarters DESTROYED, and
the hospital and storehouse much damaged.
The storm is still raging"
THE understanding now seems to be that
Creary will not be dismissed, but will be
suspended for one year without pay.
Senator Ferry, of Niici gan, has been hard
at work to save Creary the disgrace of a
dismissal, recommended by the general
court-martial.
SOME time will elapse before Il successor
to Gen. Myer, the late Chief of the signal
service, will be appointed, owing to the
controversy as to the exact status of the
bureau over which he had charge. The
great development of the science of me-
terology has introduced into the orce
strictly military duties of the army signal
corps vast amount of work purely of q
civil and commercial character. An effort
will be made to separate the army signal
corps from this new outgrowth, and make
Il separate bureau for the meteorological
portion Of the business.
GEN. MYER owned a very handsome res
idence in Washington at the corner of
Connecticut avenue and Fl street. The
house was formerly occupied by Sir Ed
ward Thornton. The house was then
rented by John Chamberlain, and was con-
verted into a palace gambling establish
ment. The house in its new character not
only broke many Washington politicians,
but John Chamberlain also, and the house
and its magnificent furniture were sold at
auction. The house was purchased by
General Myer, and was thoroughly reno
waited and refurnished, and here he lived
a happy life with his family, when away
from official labors.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-09-09
CRIME.

AlouN.; man named G. a. Van Duzen, of
Passaic, n. J.,induced u shop girl at that
place to elope with him. At Cincinnati
he took her money, and deserted her.
JOHN HAMILTON, rich farmer of Ionia,
Mich, was shot dead by y young nephew
on the LIST inst. 1t was deliberate and
unprovoked murder.
REV. d. NJ. De HUGHES, Of New jersey,
disappeared from Il ferry-boat at Philadel-
phia, on the LIST inst, leaving the impress.
sion that he had suicided by drowning, but
it is thought to be trick, and that he has
eloped with a Camden girl.
A CoLoRED man who was violently as
sailed in his humble cabin by four young
white bloods in disguise, on the 2Sth inst,
near Cochran, Ga, shot two of them dead.
The coroner's jury returned verdict to the
effect that it served them just right.
FIVE young men who attended picnic,
passenger car in a train bound for Lowell,
for the purpose of securing a free ride
When the train passed under bridge.
near their destination, they were all swept
off and killed.
was murdered in Brooklyn, y. Y, on
going home, when two women, vino were
being followed, asked his protection. He
escorted them several blocks until the des-
pcradoes came up with him, and after a
brief alteration. stabbed him to the heart.
Two burglars entered the room occupied
by MIR. and Mrs. Gait, at Sterling, Ill.,, on
at the heads of the occupants, and were
about to search for valuables, when Mr..
Gait caught one of the rufians by the
arm, and called Justify for his son, who
promptly responded. The burglars then
beat very hasty retreat, and jumped on a
west-bound train, but were Intercepted at
Clinton and arrested.
Ar picnic on the 31st inst, at Shan
nondale, Charlton county, NJ o.. two me-
groes had quarrel and one shot the other
dead. Shortly after, Pat O'Brien. a
constable, attempted to arrest the murder
er, but he resisted, and swore that no
man could arrest him or take his pistol,
whereupon O'Brien killed him with shot
gun.
A MAN just dismissed from the employ
of Elton, undertaken of Chicago, informed
the police that, that gentleman had on
his premises number of corpses which
should be buried. An investigation es-
tablished the truth of the complaint, the
remains of several infants in various
stages of decomposition being found slowed
away in soap-boxes. Elton was at once
placed under arrest. He explains the
matter by stating that the bodies are those
of infants given him by physicians for
the purpose of testing several processes of
embalming. The bodies were fostering
in the cracker-b0xes within the CITY lin.
it's
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-09-09

STATE FAIRS: Those of Iowa at Des
Moines, Wisconsin at Madison, Kansas,
at Atchison, and Minnesota, at Mime
apolis, week beginning September 6;
that of Michigan, at Detroit, during the
week beginning Monday, September IS;
that Of Nebraska, at Omaha, from Sep
TENDER 20 to September 25. Those of
Illinois, at Springfield, and of Indiana,
at indianapolis, from September 81 to
October ?. The Interstate Exposition
will open at Chicago September s, and
continue for six weeks; the Information
al Sheep and Wool Exhibition, at Phila-
delphia from the Goth to the 25th of
September; the National Fat Cattle
Show, at Chicago, from the. 18th to the
Goth of November.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-09-09

Wodyechowsky, a widow, and a baker
shop, bar-room, and dwelling houses, the
property of Mrs. Bischer, also widow,
were totally destroyed by fire at Lebanon,
ILL.,, on the End inst.
The Touring mills Of Galbrail, Kelly and
W. II. Humphrey, at Mt. Morris, n. Y,
were fired by an incendiary and destroyed
on the 2Sth inst The loss will reach $780,
600. The insurance of the burned proper
ty aggregates about $4,000.
A DISPATCH from Memphis says DR.. c.
A. Rice. inspector of the National Board
of health, at Vicksburg station, telegraphs
that he has taken five sick people from off
the tow-boat Raven which arrived Satur-
day evening from New Orleans. but that
the boat proceeded up the river against his
protest. The health authorities here are
on the alert and the Raven will not be
permitted to land at this port.
AN excursion train, down on Housa-
tonic railroad, was run into the express
freight near Parlor Rock, on the 31st inst
Both engineers were fatally injured. A
special train left Bridgeport Immediate
" with physicians, bedding, ETC., for
the scene OF the disaster. It is reported
that several arc killed.
CHARLES Mol1LER, a Swcde, employed at
the sugar-works, fell from third-story
window at the Peoria, ILL.,, Lake house, on
Aug. the 31st He struck on the ledge Of
the gravel roof, and bounded Of to the
ground His head and body were severely
cut and bruised, but no bones were broken
and no internal injuries received, and he
will probably recover. He says he was
sitting in the window, and went to sleep
there.
Il s1CKEN1SG accident occurred at He'd
strom & Co.'s coal yard, at Racine, Wis,
on the 18th inst, by which a son, Is years
old, of Lewis Ledget, was terribly man.
line shaft used for hoisting coal, when his
clothing was caught in the shaft and he
was for several seconds hurled around the
shaft, which was making two hundred and
fifty revolutions per minute. His head
was smashed and his right arm broken,
and large hole was cut in his side. The
engine which drives the shaft was stopped
as soon as possible, but not until the above
probably fatal injuries were inflicted.
Il TERRIBLE storm visited Richmond,
Va. on the LIST inst. Shockie Greek, in
the lower part Of the city, was swollen to
" torrent which oyerflowed its banks and
flooded the whole vicinity. Many cellars
were filled and buildings bordering on the
creek were inundated and the occupants,
mostly colored, were awakened by the
rush of water into their houses. The
scene in the neighborhood of the swollen
stream was terrible. Women and children
were at the windows holding lamps and
screaming for help. The night was very
dark and often cries were heard from
points where no one could be SEEN Men
waded about in the water saving lives of
members Of their families, while their
property was being washed away.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-09-09
FOREIGN.

ROBERT MITCHELL, the well-known
Bonapartist deputy, announces his adher-
ence to the policy Of Gambctta.
The retirement of the Grand Duke
Nicholas from the command of the I'M
perial Guard is officially confirmed
In the house of commons, the bill to per-
nit the burial of dissenters in all church.
yards and cemeteries without church of
England service passed its third reading.
A CoNsTANT1NopLE dispatch says there
is no sign of inclination on the part of the
Porte to abandon the policy of obstinate
resistance.
A LAND meeting was held at Gragne
Mockler, Slieyenamon, at which O'Conor
Power was vehemently denounced for not
mons.
Thirty Turkish officers who have de-
serted their flag and joined the Greek
army, claim that whole battalions of Otto
man troops would do likewise if their pay
should be guaranteed.
D1sCoURAG1NG reports arc received daily
from the British forces in Afghanistan.
Some of the dispatches are believed to be
incorrect or exaggerated, but that the stu
alton is desperate admits Of little doubt.
A B1LL for the sale of about 100000
francs worth of the crown Jewels will be
introduced in the French chamber of dep
uties at its next meeting. The proceeds
will be devoted to the purchase of works
of art.
IT is thought in Berlin that the Emperor
William will not interfere with Prince
Charles Of Roumania's desire to make the
hereditary prince of Hohenzollern his
heir. The latter prince is the same gentle
man whose candidacy for the Spanish
throne precipitated the war with France
in 1870.
D1scUsslSG the anticipations of the
United States treasury, concerning the
import of bullion from Europe, the Lon
don Times says: "Nobody on this side can
say what the bullion movements will be
q fortnight ahead. still less for a month.
Known statistical facts are moreover de-
cldedly against the assumption that the
United States can take anything like the
amount they took in 1870"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-09-09

If any are disposed to doubt the Wis
dom ofthe rapid construction of branch
lines and feeders now being carried on
by several Of our great railway compa-
mics, remembering that very many
similar roads have always been I'M
profitable, they should remember that
the new lines are built at far less cost
than the older properties, and are OPP
Grated far more economically than if
they were independent systems.
Wholesale prices are less than retail in
railway construction and operation, as
well as in ordinary business.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-09-09

AN East Bridgewater, Mass young
man being in Kansas, recently, and de-
string to get home but minus the
means, resorted to the ingenious device
of having telegram sent to his friends
saying that he was dead and desiring
money to forward the body. The
amount required was raised with diff
Guilty and sent on, but when the body
appeared the friends thought it was q
pretty lively corpse.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-09-09
GENERAL NOTES.

GEN. GRANT will be in Madison, WIS.,,
during the state fair.
STRIKING miners at Coalition, O., are in
timidatinp non-union men. and the sheriff
has called for troops.
Prof. VENNoR predicts another warm
spell, and then very cold nights with
sharp frosts.
A STORM in Arizona destroyed the mill
tary buildings at Fort Mojave, killed three
soldiers, and wounded several others.
The Ute Indians are quarreling over
Ouray's successor, and the commissioners
almost despair of securing the ratification
Of the treaty.
SECRETARY RAMSEY denies the report, ex-
tensively circulated Of late, that Gen.