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The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05

The Tribune has again been feeling the
popular pulse, and here is its report: Our
Washington dispatches add another to
the innumerable striking examples of
the popularity of Mr.. Blaine as a can
didate for the Presidency. A canvass has
been made of large number of weekly news
papers, scattered over the whole country, to
discover their preferences for Presidential
candidates. This has been done for busi-
ness purposes, and without any design to
exert an influence in favor of any candidate.
Of the Republican newspapers which re-
sponded, there are PIG which prefer Mr..
Blaine's nomination, while only 80 speak for
General Grant. No doubt there will be dis
ingenious politicians and newspapers to
declare, as they did of the Tribune's canvass
of Pennsylvania Republicans, that the show
ing is manufactured, that friends of Mr..
Blaine were carefully selected and friends of
General Grant as carefully excluded from
the canvass. Every attentive reader of the
Tribune knows how far this is from the
truth. The Tribune sent it's circular to
every Republican county and township COM
mitteeman in Pennsylvania, and has printed
the replies impartially as fast as they were
received. The Washington newspaper can
vass is less complete, and yet the business
necessities of the case furnish a guarantee
that it was honestly made.
The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05
A Doomed Town.

The town of Covington, Iowa, is literally
doomed city, Situated ON the bend of the
Missouri river the banks are gradually being
eaten away, and the ground on which the
court house stood year ago is now covered
with many feet of fast flowing water. The
cutting away is done by fits and starts. A
week ago Sunday, says the Sioux City Journal,
the current set in shore and took off a strip of
land 80 feet wide in few hours. No inva-
sions were made for another week, when
another slice was cut off. Then about half a
dozen buildings were moved back some 80
feet, and the next day the land on which they
had stood was all gone. The citizens have
tried to moor trees and logs to the bank in the
hope Of forming barrier for the flood, but the
current is so swift and the water so deep that
these attempts have failed. TO give an idea Of
what the town of Covington has suffered in
the past five years, tue case of the ferry house
and principal hotel may be instanced. Two
years ago there were 600 feet of land between
the buildings and the river bank; now you
can toss stone out of the hotel window into
the river, and the buildings are now being put
on rollers for removal.
The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05

A WRITER in the Washington Sunday
Herald has been visiting the Senate gallery
at the Capitol, and says: "The doorkeeper
tells the curious that the man in the Senate
whom strangers appear most anxious 10 see
is Blaine OF Maine, who is superb speci-
men of manhood, and though he has just
celebrated his tiftieth birthday is much
younger in appearance. His figure is well
preserved, he dresses with care and is of
handsome personnel. He has made use of
no means to conceal the ravages time and
anxieties have made upon his hair, which is
white and worn close cut, the color making
all the more noticeable his dark eyes, which
glitter and flash with temper or grow lus-
trous and beam forth amiably, as the
mood is on him. He is full of activity and
quick thought, has more magnetism than
nine-tenths of his colleagues; has an irasci-
BILE disposition, and in debate is irritating
beyond all power of endurance, but is nev-
ertheless personally popular with his polti-
cal opponents. An announcement that he
will speak crowds the galleries, fills corridors
and the floor of the Senate Chamber with
fascinated audience, who will sit for hours
and listen with delight to him, the Senator
from Maine There is always snap and fire
and provocative matter in his speeches, and
something sure to ruffle the serenity of
the other side and give satisfaction to his
own party. He has hearty, generous
way that favorably impresses all brought in
direct commuI ication with him.
The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05
VeniSon on Brasiers.
A MAINE DISH INTRODUCED INTO
MINNEAPOLIS.
What the Minneapolis Tribune Says OF
Portland People.

The Minneapolis Tribune gives the following
Alexander Tyler, formerly of this city, and
well known to our society circles, to a number
of the elite of Minneapolis:
On one of the prominent streets of Minneap-
oils, in one of the handsome, almost suburban,
residences live Mr.. and Mrs. Tyler, gentle
man and lady extensively known among us
and as widely famed for their hospitality. Lit
tie knots of mutual friends are often enter
tanned here, in a quiet, simple way, yet with
such earnest grace and sincerity, such sumptu-
ousness-heart sumptuousness-tha the too
quickly gliding hours arc always filled with
real solid enjoyment and afterwards remem-
bered with delight which inspires longing
for their return. One charm of their enter
tainments is excellent music. Piano and voice
lend aid to the frequent friendly symposiums
here. And among the bright pictures one
sees there-if the hourbe not too late--pictures
one never forgets, are two child-faces, impart-
ing as much essential interest to the house.
hold scene as Raphaels cherubs to the canvas
of the Sistine Madonna.
The most unique, if not the most enjoyable,
OF my "reminiscences connected with the above
named host and hostess, was the extraordinary
dinner already referred to. They invited me,
in company with other of our leading citizens,
to 'dinner of venison and brasiers" or per-
hapS they said "venison t1 brasiers." ''Veni-
son in brasiers'! What is that? / say to my
self, never even heard-a proof of my great
ignorance it may be- of such dinner before.
We arrived at the house; we were conducted
to the dining-room; we sat down at the table
With curiosity sharpened to the EXTREMIST
point we surveyed what was before us. The
table had green appearance. We showed
our confusion. Three only of the company
were in the secret, the host and hostess and a
sister of the latter. These three cast significant
glances at each other, and seemed rather to ell.
joy our embarrassment.
In the centre of the table was an enormous
plate filled with raw bloody slices of venison
What does that mean we asked, silently. Dc
they think we are cannibals? or Esquimaux? OF
that we have foresworn the sin of Prometheus:
Covered dishes here and there seemed to con.
tain variously prepared vegetables. In front
of each guest was three-legged tin vessel-or
of some such notwithstanding above and
astride of an alcohol lamp. These were the
brasiers, of course. These seemed to be oul
plates, also. The host soon proceeded, in q
very bland manner and with an interesting
smile on his face, to place on each ones plate
brasier-a generous piece of the uncooked
The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05
GAST0RiA

Pitchers Castoria especially adapted to
children. When the child has health the mother
can rest. Castoria is a vegetable substitute for
nauseous Castor Oil, and the deleterious narcotic
Syrups sometimes used. Containing neither min
eral morphine or alcohol it has received the endors
ment Of physicians and its sale is constantly and
rapidly increasing. 1t seems to be natures renl-
edy for assimiIating the food in the stomach,
causing proper digestion and preventing sour
curd, vomiting, wind-colic and diarrhea. This
gives natural sleep. Castoria is not narcotic.
1t is as pleasant to take honey. 1t relieves tho
stomach and destroys worms 1t allays fever and
very eficacious for Group. Every mother should
have it. Babies cry and grow fat upon Castoria.
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The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05

meat: the hostess, equally polite and smiling,
followed with spoonful of something, gela-
Uniform something, which we soon learned
was an elaborately multitudinously prepared
gravy, designed for flavoring the venison and
to facilitate its cooking.
confess to a considerable fear generally of
out-of-the-way dishes I have not unfortun-
ately, very adjustable taste. Ny appetite. if
permitted, keeps along steadily in the old
road looked on these unexplained prelim-
| inaries of the feast, therefore, with dubious
forebodings l was afraid of the sanguineous
venison; and afraid of the uncertain mixtures
which saw approaching. "Perhaps you will
not like our dinEer," said the hostess with
peculiar twinkle of the eye. We none of us
dared to reply that her suggestion seemed
plausible.
However, we put on bold face. Like Paul
at the great crisis of his life, asked, ''What
wilt thou have me to dO?' "Cut your meat
into five pieces" was the reply THAT il NAV
cook more easily" cut my meat into five
pieces. All did 50. What next?" "Light
the lamp under your plate-brazier." This
was done. "Now stir your meat 10 keep il
from burning" We all stirred our meat with
our forks. 1t soon began TO brown; it cooked
rapidly; it cooked beautifully
The brazier before me seemed like all ep-
curian censor, and the breath of the yenison
like delicious incense. The viscous savory
mass OF gravy began to melt and the stag's
round began to swim.
Each guest sat before his venison altar; each
stirred and watched his meat; each saw the
process of browning; each enjoyed the fragrant
vapor; each INDUCED i'll his own imaginings
concerning the final issues of the dinner
The first advantage which struck us in this
dinner of venison on brasiers, or venison in
brasiers, was that each guest being his own
cook having full control of the culinary flame
could have the venison done to his own taste
that is, "well done" or 'rare" as he pleased.
When the venison had reached certain
point in the cooking, a spoonful of mashed po-
tato was laid on the side of the brasier, then
spoonful of cranberry jelly. When any guest
expressed the opinion that the browning of his
venison was sufficiently advanced to suit his
or her taste, the order was given to "blow!''-
that is, to blow out the lamp.
Finally the eating began. Each guest was
self-served from the brasier before him, which
braser was at once o cooking range and plate
The rest of the mystery was left for our appe-
tites to solve.
Does the reader inquire how we liked our
"dinner of venison on brasers," or "venson
in brasiers?" Exceedingly. We never before
tasted venison so perfectly cooked, so delicious
ly favored, so fitted to our taste as this Every
one at the table-who felt right to express
an opinion even the two cherubs, the enldns
fdmale, voted that the novelty OF the repast had
been equalled by the pleasure it had given
The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05

The New York World tartly remarks:
1.-The Republican municipal tickets have
been very generally successful in Maine, and
according to Bath despatch in the Times,
many prominent Democrats assisted by
their votes in securing this grand result.
No doubt. And who, remembering Mr..
Iilden's endorsement of Garcelon, cIn
blame them?'
The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05

DIR. HAMMOND, the leading specialist in
mental diseases in the country, says the
puzzle of ''15'' is upsetting minds all over
the country. ''The doctors feel" said DIR.
Hammond, ''as the Scotch surgeon did when
he child boy for breaking his windows.
My father is glazier and Pm doing it to
make his trade good,' said the boy Then
I'll make my trade good said the surgeon,
as he hit the boy on the head, fracturing his
skull. The puzzle is good for our practice. -
The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05
cE n TAuR

Centaur Liniments are the great pain-extract
ing remedies of the world The sale of them is
thing immense. There no pain, swelling nor sore
ness which they will not alleviate and but few which
they will not cure. The White is for Family Use
and the Yellow for Animals For rheumatic
affections, strains, stiff joints, wounds, gals
skin eruptons, itch, scratches, burns &c., they are
quick, thorough and certain; soothing, healing and
emollient.
The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05

THE State Democrat has a correspondent
who feels quite hopeless since the munich
pal election, and in the exaggeration of his
sorrow declares that 'Saco will probably be
found two hundred millions of years hence
voting the Republican ticket" We have
faith enough in Saco to believe that
The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05

The statement Of Mr.. Wallace White has
created a very favorable impression. 1t is
clear, straightforward, and bears all the evil
dences of sincerity. His word is as good as
that of his accusers and as well substantiated
If his testimony be accepted he must be re-
garded as the victim of as vile conspiracy
as was ever concocted
The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05

THE Boston Post has funny Augusta
correspondent who asserts that the recent
municipal elections in this State were un-
favorable to the Republicans. Perhaps the
letter was intended for the All-Sorts column
and got misplaced in the makeup
The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate signed by Stanley Pullen,
Editor. Ali railway, steamboat and hote managers
will confer favor upon us by demanding credentials
of every person claiming to represent our journal.
The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05
THE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 5.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer in
all cases Indispensable necessarily for publica
ton but as guaranty Of good faith.
Ne cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munlcatlons that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05

THE Tilden boom in the Argus office re-
vived yesterday. The Argus also started a
Harrington boom.
The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05
The Virginia Cases.

The three decisions rendered by the Su-
-ae.s.-s ef etatro U1Irs weeK
as to the validity of the Federal laws forbid
ding the exclusion of colored citizens from
the jury box are made none too soon. The
opposition to :he laws of the reconstruction
PERIOD active and determined from the first,
has become of late audacious and aggressive
For long time the attempt was to disre-
gard the spirit of the constitution and the
statutes while protesting submission to the
letter. The attempt was so far successful
that the South, emboldened by the impunity
it enjoyed, has ventured to make direct
onslaught upon the laws and to declare,
through its State Courts that it would not
be bound by them. The claim was made
that the legislation enforcing the constitu-
tonal amendments was unconstitutional,
because in enacting it Congress had gone
beyond its jurisdiction and encroached up
on the reserved rights of the States.
Such was the claim put forth by the
Judges of the Virginia courts who under
took to exclude colored citizens from serv-
ng on juries before which colored men
were put on trial. An appeal from the
State Judiciary to the Supreme Bench of the
United States was taken, and has, after
some delay, been heard and acted upon.
The tribunal of last resort holds that such
exclusion is denial of that equal protection
guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment,
and that the Federal laws, providing, in case
of the denial of such protection, for the
transfer of the case to the Federal courts,
are constitutional and cannot be nullified by
any action of the legislature or the judiciary
of State.
So the old extreme doctrine of State
Rights, whose legitimate outcome is nullif-
cation and secession gets its condemnation
from the Court. The constitutional amend
ments and the laws passed in pursuance
thereof must be respected and enforced and
+ can no longer be disregarded under pretense
that they are not upheld by the Supreme
Court.
The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05

New YORK Tribune: Maine rises to say
that she is not proud of stealing, if Garcelon
is.
The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05

THE declaration is authoritatively made
that Tilden will be candidate.
The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05
THE BLACK LIST;

| Here is the list in black letters of the men
who, by an unhappy accident being in
important official positions, deliberately
abused their trust, perverted the laws which
| it was their sworn duty to execute justly and
impartially according to their spirit and in
tent, who sought by wicked trickery to
thwart the will of the people as expressed at
the polls and who not only brought. dis
grace upon themselves but smirched the
fair fame of the State whose officials they
unfortunately were. Their names and places
should be known of all men that they
| may receive the just punishment of being
regarded as infamous by all good citizens
and that the rising generation may learn by
their example the folly of being wicked.
To this list is appended the names OF such
other men as have taken offices to which
they knew they were not elected, and who
become equally guilty by taking advantage
tors
GOVERNOR,
ALONZO GARCELON. Lewiston
COUNCILLORS,
FRANK M. FOGG....... Auburn
SIMON 9. BROWN. ........... Fairfield
JOHN B. FOSTER. ............ Bangor
CHARLES HI. CHASE. 80. Portland
HALSEY HI. MONROE........ Thomaston
vu<n
F. G. PARKER. Presque Isle
APPENDIX.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
WILLIAM IL. .SKILLlN..No. Yarmouth
SENATORS.
DANIEL w. TRUE. ..............P Portland
WILLIAM R. FIELD, -. Brunswick
EDWARD A. GIBBS, .... Bridgton
ISAAC Il. HOBSON, ,........ Wiscasset
IRA >. LaBBH,...... Limerick
JOHN Q. BENNETT, .Bid.leford
RODOLPHUs p. THOMPSON. ...Jay
JAMES IL. TALBOT. East Machias
REPRESENTATIVES,
LEONARD HI. BEAL, ,........ Durham
JOHN HI. BROWN. :. .HaynesviIle
ALFRED alias Afford CUsH1IAN,
Sherman
SAHHS w. w iii E..'' '.'..W AtOh
GEORGE w. JOHNSON, .... Industry
JAMES FIVE, ............ ...Sullivan
JAMES w. CLARKE alias j. w..
CLARKE alias JAMES CLAIRE
alias j AMES w. CLARK, .NObleb0rO
OSGOOD BRADBURY,...... Norway
F. w. HILL alias FRANK w. HILL,
Exeter
HARPER ALLEN,...... -. SmithIeld
JOSHUA e. JORDAN. Stockton
AARON HI. WOODCOCK,.... -. Princeton
LINCOLN H. LEIGHTON. .Cherryfield
JAMES M. LEIGHTON,......" Perry
STEPHEN d. LORD, Lebanon
The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05

The Promoter and Pcrfector of Assimi-
latiOm.
The fseforner and yitnlizer of the
Blood.
The Producer and Invigorator of Nerve
and Nnscle.
The Builder and supporter Of Brain
Power.
The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05

By increasing Nervous and Muscular
Vigor, it will cure Dyspepsia, feeble or in
terrupted action of the Heart and Palpita-
ton, Weakness of Intellect caused by grief,
weary, overtax or irregular habits, Bron-
chitis, Acute or Chronic, Congestion of the
Lungs, even in tile most alarming stages.
The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05

Fellows Compound Syrup is composed of
Ingredients identical with those who con-
stitute Healthy Blood, Muscle aed Nerve
and Brain Substance, whilst life itself is
directly dependent upon some of them.
The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05

By it's union with the blood and its effect
upon the muscles, reestablishing tie one
and toning the other, it is capable of effect
ing the following results:
The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05

It cures Asthma, loss of Voice, Neural
gia, st. Vitus Dance, Epileptic Fits, Whoop-
ing Cough, Nervousness, and is most won
derful adjunct to other remedies in sustain
ing life during the process of Diptheria.
The Portland daily press., 1880-03-05

Look out for the name and address, j. 1.
FELLOWS, St. John, n B., on the yellow
wrapper in watermark which is seen by
holding the paper before the light.
Price $1.50 per Bottle, six for $3.50.
Sold by all Druggists.
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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-13
REPLY To "CITlZEN. y

Editor Bulletin
Please permit me through the columns of
your paper to remind Citizen who calls
SO loudly for remedy for the morals of
the city, in your Sundays issue, that he al
ready has the remedy laid down in the city
laws and ordinances, and now all he wants
Is city officials who will sec that the laws
are rigidly enforced--mayor, aldermen, po-
lice force, Justices and all who have the
good name and welfare Of our city at heart I;
paramount to every other consideration.
Men who have no "axes to grind in keep
ing on the right side Of anybody against
right and morality. If this cannot be done
by our present officials second the motion
Of Thomas who in Saturdays Argus pro
poses to dismiss the whole force as a set too
pusillanimous to be in power, and give the
management OF the city affairs up to wo-
men and see IL there would not be clean
ing out Of those vile dens and dcpraved
characters. Yes sir; you need not smile
incredulously, but you'd see the
streets lighted also, and the morals of the
place so much improved that you would
notrccognize II as the same place In a
month or so. Just so long as men like
Citizen" are in power, who can 20 all over
the city and see nothing to deplorc IN the
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-13

existing state Of morals, just SO long will
the morals remain unimproved. There are
noneso blind as those that will not or dom
want to see, Mr.. Citizen. Oh, you'd like to
have us all shut our eyes, ears and mouth,
too, and make believe that there is moth.
ing rotten in Denmark and that every
man OF you are doing your
whole duty for the good name aud welfare
OF our city, but you can't hookwink us, we
are after you and don't intend to let up I'M
I'll you have all turned over new leaf and
this place assumes decidedly different as.
pect Of affairs. Call us "Chronic grum.
blers" it you like, you will find that we arc
worse then that If the laws are not enforced
and those depraved wretches, both white
and colored are either made to keep within
bounds or driven from the city. You
thought you'd scare us out by accusing US
OF indulging in "loose talk" because we
were crying shame on the present state OF
affairs, but you reckoned without your host.
We know what Is right and we are going to
have it or know the reason why A year
ago last fall we prided ourselves with the
thought that we were going to have great
improvements in everything-streets all
lighted and in better repair then they had
ever been-outcast women and men sup.
pressed and morality predominant geuer-
ally, but alas, how our hopes have fallen,
matters have grown worse and worse and
now we don't intend to keep silent any
longer until every man IN power shall do
his duty. This is what we want and moth
ing more, Now, Mr. Citizen, have spoken
loudly enough2 If not I'll speak louder
next tlme PAULINE.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-13

WHAT FRANK LEsLIEs ILL., NEWSPAPER
SAYS A good piano at fair price is one
OF the wants OF the times. An instrument
that is durable, that is substantially made
and has all those qualities of tone which
make irstclass piano, can be had from
the MENDEtssoHN PIANo Co., Fl East Fiji
tenth street, New York, from $40 TO $500.
For over thiry.seyen years their factory
has been producing pianos. and adopting
every new invention which has proved Itself
TO be valuable. They can be compared by
an expert with the instruments of the high
est name and fancy price, and the result is
surprisingly satisfactory. The Piano is
warranted for five years, and no purchaser
has ever made complaint. From personal
knowledge and critical examination we caa
recommend any one to send for catalogue
to the above mentioned manufacturers,
July Goth, 1879.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-13
DEAD IN SPRINGFIELD.
Springfield RegIster,

Springfield Register,
Drowned in the mud
With eager feet
She skipped across the treacherous street
And as she skipped,
She tripped
And slipped
And fell with dismal, pitiful moan.
And groan,
And hollow, sickening. ghastiy thud
Into the mud, the mud the mad.
"Drowned in the mud"
The thrilling cry
Rang IN the ears OF the passersby;
They saw her stop
And drop
And flop
Into 10 the Keeling. surging rush
Of slush-
They saw her mingle her crimson blood
With the baleftll brown OF the mud, the
mud,
drowned in the mud"
o maiden gay
Tripping across tue street to-day,
Beware your grip
You'll trip
And slip
And sink ike Ieadan plummet down
To drown
Deep in the depths Of the murky food,
The helpless prey OF the mud, the mud.