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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28

Mrs. Louisa G. Allan, of Richmond, Va.
one Of the Oldest and best known ladies of
that city and leader in society there during
the ancient regime, died on Sunday aged So.
She was a first cousin of Mrs. Gen. Winfield
Scott. She was born in New Jersey, her
maiden name being Patterson. of the family
formerly owning the land upon which the city
Of that name is built. Deceased married Mr..
John Allan, wealthy Scotch merchant Of
Richmond. Her husband, after the burning
of the Richmond Theatre in 1851, adopted
Edgar Allan Poe, the parents of the then in
FAINT having lost their lives in that disaster,
so others
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28
The Earthquake in ScIO.
SCENES OF DE>oLATIO> AND HoRgOG-A
VIVID DESCRIPTION OF THE C,L,uITy
SENT FROM THE RUINED ISLAND.

The temperature on the Sd was heavy and
oppressive. and the horizon was broken by
broad flashes of light that seemed to denote a
coming storm. In all this atmospheric dis
turbance, however, the inhabitants saw moth
ing extraordinary. and were far from being
alarmed by what tbev fancied would result in
a thunder storm. At ten minutes to in the
afternoon a terrific shock was felt bringing
three -fourths of the houses in the town to the
ground like SO many packs of cards. and
burving Il thousand persons under the falling
ruins. Then commenced fearful scene Of
horror. The ground rocked and danced,
kneading the ruin already formed into an un-
recognizable mass of stone. The survivors
ran hither and thither, not knowing where to
fee to escape the horrible fate that menaced
them. and were tossed and flung about by the
heaying earth. like feathers in a breeze. On
every side the sinister rumblings Of the earth.
the noise of falling buildings, the tearing
asunder Of the walls Of houses, and the
shrieks of the wounded, lent fearful horror
to the scene. All sought to leave the tow n
and get into the plains, in order to avoid be-
ing buried under the falling buildings. but
even those who gained the open country were
BY no means safe. The earthquake attacked
not only the towns and villages, but worked
its ravages in the 0hills and mountains Of the
island. Enormous masses Of rock and earth
came rushing down the hillsides, carrying all
before them, bounding far into the plains,
and tearing roads into the solid rocks of the
mountain such as might have been formed
by a torrent a thousand years old.
Some time elapsed before any of the sur.
| vivors recovered from the terror caused by
the shock sufficiently to be able to compre-
bend the extent Of the catastrophe, or to think
of lc,k IN for fyands nr vol st;It xsrJo
alive beneath the ruins. The town presented
| pitiable spectacle. Great fssures and crew.
ices yawned in the streets. walls were falling
With crashing report, and entire buildings
crumbled in fragments TO the ground. In
many places whole streets had disappeared
and il was hard 70 say where the different
J we'll known buildings had stood. No one
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28
Human Nature i'm the Country
Store.
From the Chicago Alliance.

4 great place in which to study human
nature is the village store, and if the minister
does not nibble at the crackers, or steal the
raisins. nor sample the evapOrated apples
nor allow the current talk to drift into the
boundaries Of the impure, he can get and do
a sight of good sitting on the cracker bar
rel once in while. The sort of man he is
who does the occasional sitting, determines
the good or evil Of it. And there is deal OF
rest and fun to be gained around the counter
of the village store. Here the crops are dis
cussed, and the Sundays sermon, and the
doctrine of predestination, all with equal
daring; here the witty salies fly, and here. il
may be said, is settled the fate Of the Nation.
We read in this paragraph: 'Tbe boxes and
benches were good deal cut up with knives"
The happies. days Of all Of us are notched
into memory with jack-knife. The old
schoolhouse on the country hilllsidc--how it
was hacked up! You have left your mark on
many tree in the forest where you used 10
camp out when boy. Perhaps the bark has
not yet grown over Olivias name, carved on
some tree with exceeding care. And
what companionable Sam Lawsons those
idle cuts on the bench Of the village
store may signify. Your Sam Lawsons
made out to be. The instructive wisdom Of
nature often sits idly on cracker-barrel.
Genius and good humor incarnate and ac-
guaintances well worth cultivating are these
idle fellows sometimes. Not all the wisdom
Of the world-nor much of it, we had almost
said--is packed away in books. The village
loafer who knows all about the ways of the
chipmunks and the foxes who can designate
every bird at glance; who knows the best
bait and the best holes for trout in the brook !:
who can locate the boDe-spavin of every horse
in town, and is familiar with every bit Of vii
lage gossip, can give the minister many val
liable hint and illustration 40 he whittles sway
the slivers from the boxes and benches of the
village store. And if the preacher can not
find chance to read Sam and his compan-
ions short but effective sermon once in
way, he 10 not worthy Of his vocation. 1t
may be that the preachers Of our time mind
their books too much and talk with sinners
in familiar sympathetic way too little. It
would seem that if minister could not sit
down and talk in kindly way with even the
worst Of men without receiving mortal moral
injury his people shouldput him in glass case
lest the dust Of this world get into his del
icate ethical machinery and ruin It, The
minister misses an opportunity Who does not
make it point to be about and among his
people in = companionable way, even to the
extent Of going a-6shing with Sam Lawson
or sitting among the losfers on the boxes Of
the village store--af least when the mail
comes IN.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28
NO. 100.

knew where Ia look for family or friends.
The ground stu heaved and tossed, bringing
fresh buildings TO the ground at every mo-
ment, and hnrrving innumerahle victims to
destruction. The people seeking to escape
were caagh, in the staircases OF their houses
by falling wills, or were crushed by the en-
tire walls falling IN on them as they crossed
the threshold. IL is Impossible to say what
the Number of victims would have been If a
second shock had not displaced the ruins
| formed by the first and thus permitted thou
sands of sufferers to escape or TO he rescued
by others from the horrible imprisonment in
which they had been condemned In the town
the victims have been very numerous. The
quarters most damaged are the citadel. the
Atxikeies quarter. and the industrial quarter.
Beneath the ruins of the. citadel alone 500
victims alone must be buried. Among others
there are forty Turkish women who were en-
gagged in PRAYER in an oratory situated in a
court of the castle. The Government pal
ace and buildings. the telegraph office. and
the mosques, are little better than tottering
ruins. Hardly mnaret in the town remains
upright. The Frank quarter may be said to
have suffered the least of any. but even here
there is not house the walls of which do not
exhibit one ar more ominous-lo looking crew.
ces. All the assures and crevices run from
east To west. In the industrial quarter hard
ly house remains standing, and whole fami-
lies of from ten To fifteen persons have per-
ished, orsmust perish beneath the ruins.
In the country the effects of the horrible
upheavai have been even more terrible than
in the town. Here the victims may be count
ed by thousands instead of by hundreds. The
monastery of Neomoni is completely razed
to the ground. and sixty monks lie buried be-
meath its walls. The site of the village Of
Nenita presents the appearance Of disused
stone quarry. Not trace of building re-
mains. The inhabitants have disappeared.
II is thought that the number of victims in
three villages (Calimassis, Thimiana, and
Neochori) is over 5000. The total popula-
ton of the three districts is between G,o0o
and 1000 souls. have just visited Carda-
mails. Pythios aud Davenona. which are en-
tirely DESTROYED. The number of victims is
unknown, but il is very considerable. At
Tohesme ! 900 houses, half of the town, have
been destroyed. Five dead and fifty wounded
have been discovered at kato Panaya. Every
house, and there are 900, is in ruins. Twenty
three dead and l50 wounded have been found
hitherto. The aspect of the plain Of
Nounaki is heartrending. Between forty and
fifty thousand persons of all ages and both
sexes are campcd there, on the open ground,
and there are as yet but few tents to shelter
them, and old and young, sick and well. the
dead even in some places, are scattered in
Iiscrimiuatply about the ulaiu. Parents wan
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28

The friends of Stanley Matthews are in
dignant at his treatment by the Senate Judi
ciary Committee in no: acting upon his nomi-
nation at the meeting last Saturday. The
nomination will probably go over to Decem-
b..r
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28

The planting of elm maple and other forest
trees at proper distances along the highways
increases the value of adjoining property and
adds to the beauty and comfort of the section.
In Germany fruit trees adorn the way sides.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28

Josiah Quincy says that sin the early days
of the Sound steamers, decanters of brandy.
free to all, were placed on the table as part
of the provision necessary for meal"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28

One of the prevailing rumors at Washing
ton is that Riddleberger has promised to with
draw if the republicans will present the name
of any other competent Virginia readjuster
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28

p. r. Barnum has sued the Philadelphia
Sun for libel laying damages at one hundred
thousand dollars. The Sun had said that
Barnum had no proprietary interest in the
show bearing his name, and had sold the use
of his name to the real owners.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28

The Rev. Edward Everett Hale says that
it is not true that he has been offered the
Plummer Professorship at Harvard College,
opinion that it ought to be given to some
man not over 40 years of age. Perhaps the
Overseers of the College might look with ad
vantage to the pulpit from which they took
the Rev DIR. Peabody 20 years ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28

When an orchard requires fertilizing it is
best to do this all over the ground, and not
to apply only near the trees. This produces
large growth of roots close to the trees, for
roots grow where soil is richest. Orchards
need lime and ashes more than manure. and
these soon produce healthy, smooth bark
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28
Dailp kennftel Journal.

Secretary Blaine was entertained at the
Union Club House, in New York, Monday
evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28

Mrs. Lincoln. the widow of the President.
is now in Illinois, but will soon return to her
former home in Pau, France.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28

Ii is again asserted that Carl Schurz is
soon to become editor of the New York Even
ing Post
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28
Daily Kennebec Journal.

Issued every morning, except Sundays. Itcontain
he latest news by telegraph and mail, gives reports
Of Markets, and has carefully prepared political and
zeal articles, and generous amount OF farming
home and miscellaneous reading with full compila
,ion OF State news.
Terms, 81 per Gnnwm in adrance, $S If payment
is not made within the year. Single copies 3cents to
h. had at the bookstores and at this Office
Advertisements inserted on reasonable terms Rates
may be had on application ut this Office.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28
The Latest Yet.
But the Same Result.

So, Norridge rock, Me-, Feb. l, ISL
Asssrs. Morris & Ireland, Boston, Mass:
Ihe safe bought of you last October. was IN q
.so y. story wooden building. which burned January
% The building teok fire in the night and the saIe
building, and its contents, fell into the cellar
rue Of dry WOOD making u hot fire which astee Iot
Yen Yen hours The outside Of the safe was heated req
ine contents consisted of watches, jewelry.
~. sus.erware. books, papers, ETC., all of which came m
IA, IN good condition. Papers lying against me III
s o. the safe were not injured The saie ,sh
s NJ aseif what it is, and ! feel well satisfied Wnn
nst i has done. Please write what you can allow
o. +. HALL.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28
MORNN GAPRLM 90

Isl. and accepted call to Palmer, where he
has built up large and fiourishing society
free from debt. He is not 80 years old.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28
Warrant.


y v;rture of authority vested in me as ei.rh VI
the village School District of the {, +,
Ia; m..;, Qualified hy law TO vote in city ahairs
to % meet at the High school Room IN arn snd ISL at
on .i, ~ - m TO act on the following arucies' VIZ
To choose Moderator.
ia choose Clerk.
TO enoife If the District will vote to choose two OF
NOR or. r.nort of Directors and act upon suca
D. matters as may be presented therein r hrhoo. re.
To raise money for the support oi IA shate.
y ra;rs of schoolhouses. discounts sa a,,ac.;ng
p,anis Of taxes and commission ior co''e'''''s
r., sa. n the District will make any discount '''
- taxes paid within a specified time. ..ssed by
r. Jctermjue in what manner taxes -
.. :" ,h. nsfr:ct shall be collected:
aSF ss ds and 'na &c Of
:u.arast ~. on tkv District debt ,,, hs
''.. mon any other business which may y
legally transsGE.r GEr. E. MACOMBER, Clerk
uH Village school District.
.,.,s,s Apri, 23d, 1881. --- -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28

Since the first of January more than twelve
millions pounds of fresh beef and six thou
sand carcasses of mutton have been shipped
from Boston to Europe. There have also
been shipped more than fifteen thousand live
cattle, seven hundred hogs and four thousand
sheep.
Secretary anil Mrs. Blaine had the fourth
of their series "f card receptions Saturday
evening. This was more numerously attend
ed than any of the others. The Secretary,
his wife and son, agreeably entertained their
guests with the valuable assistance of Miss
Dodge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28
Weekly Kennebec Journal,

Published every Wednesday morning, IS the larges
folio paper in the State containing news, political ar.
cle agricultural and scientific matter, tales, poetry,
anecdotes, household matter, markets, &C., &c.
Terms, 8, per in ddrnace.
Transient Advertisements, $500 per inch u first
week 0cents per week for each subsequent in
Special Notices, $3.50 per inch for first week; so
stnts per week for each subsequent week.
Business Notices, In reading columns 20 cents per
for first insertion lO cents per line for each sub
s-queut insertion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28

The Board Of Trustees of the Fourth Uni
versalist Society of New York, Monday night
decided to extend call TO Rev. Charles +.
Eaton. of Palmer, Mass. to succeed the late
DIR. f. II. Chaplin, former pastor of that
church. The church debt of abont $4,000
was entirely wiped out by subscriptions re-
ceived that evening. 1t was decided to give
Rev Mr. Eaton salary of 5000 Mr..
Eaton is one Of the youngest and most prom
ising clergymen Of the Universalist denomi-
nation He is the son of the late Rev. Henry
A. Eaton, formerly Of Worcester, and being
left an orphan was adopted by f. w. Draper
Of Roxbnry. He was educated 1t Dean
Academy, Barre, (yt) TUFTS College and
TUFTS Divinity School, and preached before
graduation 1t Berwick. Me-, and 1t Palmer,
With great acceptance. He was ordained in
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28
Notice.

pr. crookes h. moved y acses = ssasi q Old Cs.h
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28
champion Record in the Great Bos-
ton Fire in 1879.

to,s send for prices and descriptive catalogue DC
'e purchasing elsewhere
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28

Capt. George w. Lane, of Faulkner, town
of Maiden, who has been appointed a coast
missionary by the American Sunday School
Union, started for his field of labor on the
Portland boat. lie will commence work
among the islands and ont of the way places
on the coast of Maine. travelling with a sail
boat During the summer he expects to visit
the Provinces, and if successful. as he doubt
less will be, the society intend to purchase
boat suitable for the purpose and worthy of
the cause. and during the winter months his
field of labor will lie along the Southern coast.
There was an extraordinary bail-storm in
Washington county, Ark, recently Prof.
Conrad. of college there, saws that the
average number of hail-stones that fell upon
level ground was l3j to the square foot and
that many of them were of uncommon size.
one measuring inches in circumference and
weighing ounces. and another being nearly
3 inches in diameter and weighing 10 ounces.
The stones. he says, were formed by 10 to IA
concentric layers of snow and ice around
siugle nucleus. the outside layers being
chiefly snow and the surface deeply CORFU
gated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28

The project of propelling Chicago street.
cars by means of endless cables has received
an impetus from the visit of Superintendent
Holmes to San Francisco. whittier he went
for the purpose of examining the system as it
is there employed. He has returned enthusi-
astically in favor of adopting it in Chicago.
and preliminary trial will soon be made.
Without donbt it will cost more to propel
street-cars in this way IN Chicago than it
costs in San Francisco. owing to heavy SHOWS
and freezing weather, compelling a larger
outlay to keep the cables in free working or
der. but Mr.. Holmes does not anticipate any
serious obstacle from this cause.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
Cambridge. Mass.

-, lima examinations for admission to Harvard
Inc 'u .sa Tawrence Scientific School, the Law
Soteee' ND the Medical school. will hereafter ef
held j. ca%e,dse E1e1s esie.eo and
New rc;sco .o, on the Thursday, Friday. and Safur
Ssr following the last Wednesday in june; iney
ajy .l;i, becin this year THURSDAY. june en' ~
csna;d.tes M may present themselves upon part o
'ns s., reoent examination papers and nlsher 5
mstion address the Registrar . srss..,ts.es
Camhridge. Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-28

sulphur Bitters will bnild you up and make yo,
strong and healthy.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-06
Entertaining the Firemen.

The Gold Hill firemen, to the num-
Der of about one hundred and fifty, and
representing Liberty Engine Company,
Liberty Hose Company, Yellow Jacket
and Junior Hose Companies, spent the
Fourth in Carson as guests of the War
rens. The Gold Hill fire laddies were
received by the Warrens at the depot
in the morning, escorted down town,
and at noon were treated to a fine col
lation at the Ormsby. In the afternoon
there was Notification at Warren
Engine House, where speeches and
beer and beer and speeches were sand
wiched in until it was hard to tell
where the one commenced or the other
was to be dropped. The Gold Hill fire
boys were well entertained, and went
home in the evening even better salts
fed with Carson than ever.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-06

James Riddle, a miner in the Ken
tuck, was shot early Monday morning
last in front of the Ell Dorado saloon,
on North G street, Virginia City, by
Samuel Collyer, another miner. The
parties had quarrel last winter, and
on meeting the other day the row was
reopened. Collyer fired twice, hitting
Riddle once in the right arm. The
wounded man, who appears to have
forced the recent trouble, snapped his
pistol twice at Collyer, the cartridges
failing both times to explode.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-06
Fire at the Mint.

Yesterday forenoon fire was dis
covered near the roof of the Mint build
ing, and in very short time quite a
number of people collected about the
building. The fire, which looked dam
gerous for time, but was put out be-
fore much damage was done, had its
origin in wooden fue leading up from
the refinery. Running up parallel with
and close to this flue is chimney from
the deposit melting room, and the fire
from this chimney undoubtedly caught
in the f1ue, which latter had not been
in use for some time past, and was dry
as the traditional powder house. A
pretty fair scare and a tolerably close
call" only this and nothing more"
The admirable arrangement of fire hose
in the upper hall, the work of Superin-
tendent Crawford, came in good play.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-06

Our Fourth of July Committee o
Arrangements acted wisely in abandon
ing the contemplated celebration in Car
son. When the news of President Gar
fields attempted assassination reached
this place, and almost simultaneously
with the shock of the dreadful tidings
our people appeared to be of one mind
in foregoing the proposed national fes-
Invites. On Sunday evening the Presi
dents condition was reported improved.
but the kilograms during the night and
the following morning were discourag-
ing, and Monday at an early hour the
committee held meeting and with a
full appreciation of the proprieties
abandoned the idea of having process
sion, literary exercises, etc. A delega-
ton of the fire department was at the
depot to meet the firemen of Gold Hill,
who arrived by the 10o'clock excursion
train, which consisted of seven coaches
and contained the firemen and their
friends numbering in all probably five
hundred persons. The visiting firemen
were taken charge of by the Warrens of
Carson, and were well entertained dur
ing the day. The regular local train
from Virginia City and Gold Hill ar
rived at the usual time, and brought
about two hundred persons from the
ComstOck. The morning train from
Reno brought over quite a number of
of our Washoe neighbors. During the
early part of the day the streets of ear
son were thronged with people from
abroad, who seemed to enjoy them
selves in quiet way. But with the
Angel of Death lowering over the head
of the nation, and with general dread
that the next news from the National
Capital would be that of the Presidents
death, Monday was day of fearful
suspense and was a national holiday
only in name. In the afternoon the
races, which are elsewhere reported at
length, called out large attendance.