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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-08-22

That must have been dramatic scene in
the Interior Department yesterday when the
Sioux Chief White Thunder turned proudly
to the Secretary of the Interior, as we may
imagine, and said: ''You asked me to have
pity on these poor Poncas, and they have
begged and prayed me to do so. How can
have pity on them and yet take their money !?
No; that is not what want. They are well
come, and we will charge them nothing for
the land they need." And this is the ''sav-
age Sioux" who knows as well how to be
kind and generous as to avenge in blood a
real or fancied wrong. Now and then the
Indian shows grandeur of manhood which
puts the white man to the blush and suggests
that we spoiled good raw material when we
made fiend of him. Even now policy of
justice may yield results honorable to us and
profitable to both ces-Phiiadeiphia Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-08-22
THE PRESIDENTS WOUND.
A Parallel Case in Army Life,
nv Dr, David Kennedy. one OF the sur eeT"'
IN Duty at the U. g. .General Hospn@i
Ncst PhiladelPeia, Now OF
RondOut, N. u.

In the issue of the Philadelphia Record o. th the @
% ~ San, William Palmer. now Quartermaster second
Brigade jersey state National SuI!a East Tenaes
W in vinter of 1868. In that article the strsInS
of the case to that Ct % anihorx
Gu n shs ss,sfement being the brave csptain himself
stili better authority is Dr. DAVID ph;,s.,nhis
snraeon II. s, General Hospital, West fniiaae,pn
who had charge Of the and performed ;ne Epesx
tion of removing the detached bone, ana ;ng rer
stls snecessfn-Capt Palmer living to this daI IN
the bloom of health Dr. Kennedy des ,;,sr Mo; and
20 saw that MANY of his patients both IN mi,aIy anu
civil practice owe their lives to the wonderful
and strengthening powers OF nj: ;r uossession Of
an letter from Capt ramsr 10 s med
i!InsHssa"aEsyorite Rrmedy"-which he says mas mas
doubled the obesOn se felt tS the n0c;of i0'
Wh;se Dr Kennedy is engaged in the fntroduct.on
Of Favote Remedy hs ss continue snn Ii the
%,nor q Wen a capital operations Of ssfss. A.
dress - above.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-08-22

If the platform laid down by the Hon.
Benjamin King in his letter consenting to be
candidate for the governorship of Mississip-
campaign, but to be lived up to in practice,
he is just the man for the place. He says
that he is ''neither a greenbacker, republican
nor democrat, but a conservative, pledged, if
elected, to use all the executive power for
these fundamental principles Of republican
form of government, free ballot and fair
count, and free speech and equal protection
by the law of the persons, property and rights
of all citizens"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-08-22
Summer Arrangement---'
Augusta, Boothbay and the Islands,
Touching at all intermediate Landings.
The New Steamer MABEL =.

viii, on and after Monday. june 20. run as follows;
TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS tround trip days.
leave Aueusfa at g. Hailowen go, Gardiner z. for
Mouse. CAPITOL and Squirrel Islands, Ocean Point
and Boothhay RETURNING, will leave Boothbay
At 80 p M. for Ocean Point, Squirrel. Mouse and
Csnitol Islands. leaving Bath at p NJ, for Rich
mnpd, Gardiner Hallowell and Augusta.
WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY leave Augusta
10. is. Hallowell 1910 and Gardiner Ills A. ~;
Islands. Mouse Capitol and Squirrel Islands. Ocean
Point and Boothbay.
MONDAY and THURSDAY. K%etarnins. % iesse
Wouse and Five Islands. leaving Bath q TO- Ter
Richmond. Gardiner. Hsllowell ssd AsS.ustrr. rs.x
DAYS DOWN-August. % 1ootnosy-iee'ess'
DAYS GP-Boothbay to Anglsta--Monday, Iees-
day, Thursday and Friday. Jays
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-08-22

According to the Census Bulletin just is
sued at Washington. the town and city in
debtedness of the country is S7l0,53S, 924.
New York leads with bonded debt of 81.
,31S, and sinking fund of S3s, $50. 800.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-08-22

A Kansas woman took her life because she
bilious people had thought of that what a
slew of literary rot the world would have es-
capped.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-08-22

During the harvest year which begins with
September, England is likely to take from
abroad l2n, ,O00, 900 bushels of wheat, or but
100000 less than the quantity imported dur
ing the harvest year just closing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-08-22

Dailp kennebn 3ournaI.

The American Bar Association have
adopted resolutions recommending three
years course of study in all Law schools.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-08-22

Hartmann renounces his allegiance to the
Gar. Thought he did that when he helped
to kill one Gar and went booming around
for another
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-08-22
The Latest Yet.
But the Same Result.

=. So. Norridgewock, Me-, Feb. !, 1881.
Aessrs. Morris & Ireland, Boston, Mass:
The safe bought of you last October, was IN
Two story wooden building, which burned January
building. and its contents fell into the cellar upon
pie ofdry wood, making n hot fire which lasted ior
Yen hours. The outside of the safe was heated RED
1e' not Ii melted the handle and dial of the door.
ine contents consisted of watches, jewelry,
ss.erware, books, papers, etc, all of which came
s IN good condition. Papers lying against the IN.
Iaf Itself what it is and feel well satisfied with
saat II has done. Please write what you can allow
''' towards new one, and obige,
.. +. HALL.
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Advertising Agents.
FOR THE
Kennebec journal,
Daily AND WEEKLY.

The following Advertising Agents authorized
10 receive Subscriptions and advertisements for the
SssyEBGC JOURNAL:
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Gbe 4ennebef 9uurnal.
ou,,;.hed at AUGUSTA, MAINE, Water Street, foot
,fcourt, BY sPRAGUE Son.
Daily Kennebec Journal.

,..,ed every morning, except Sundays. Itcontain
,Issest rews by telegraph and mail, gives reports
awykets and has carefully prepared political and
:" al srticle., and generous amount OF farming,
. oa. and miscellaneous reading with full cempila-
''ga Term. AZ per annum in adrance, $s if payment
~, made within the year. Single copies cents, to
y ~ IY' had Al the bookstores and at this office.
nts inserted reasonable terms Rates
,,ar he had on application at this Office.
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weekly Kennebec Journal,

Published every Wednesday morning, is the largest
o paper in the State, containing news, political
~. agreuura and scientific matter, tales, poetry,
inscio,es household matter, markets, &C., &c.
FERNS ~ per dnnum im ddrance.
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champion Record in the Great Bos-
ton Fire in 1872.

SeSend for prices and descriptive catalogue De-
'ofe purchasing elsewhere.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-03
BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1873

F. A. Bonito, with John /. Adams e.
Co., AZ Peter street, hunting-case
watch $40; w. H. Ford, bar-keeper,
Crescent Hall, handsome lady's enameled
watch, $25. Among the fortunate pur-
chasers who received valuable presents
previously were Capt. Ned Israel, steve
dore, shronometer watch, $40; Mrs.
Charles Stel, 531 Baronne street, boys
stem winding and setting watch, valued
ut SIS; w. C. Ragan, manager Of Sin
ger mandatory, Thibodaux, La,
American watch, $40; Brad. P. Barker,
81 St. Charles street, hunting-case Swiss
watch, SIS; Hon. B. F. Morris, Mayor
of Clinton, La, stem-winding and Set
ting watch, SIS; Ed. Morgan, clerk, II
Front street, one stem-winder, SIS;
lady, name declined, selected horse-tim-
ing watch, valued at $50: George Don
nelly, who found watch in a can OF
coffee Monday, came in for can of tea
and selected can containing q chrome
meter -winder. This company has
appointed more than forty agents in
various cities, none of whom are now
giving presents (the time having ex-
pired), yet each agent has large aud
rapidly growing trade as the superior
quality of their goods become known.
Their only terms are: Single cans
81, II cans for $40, % for $40, 60 for $50.
Orders by mail promptly forwarded.
Money or postal orders must accompany
orders, and be directed to the Importers
Tea Company, No. $50 Canal street.
Remember the place-sign, q red flag.
Selections made by disinterested per-
sons
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-03
THE TRANsvAAL WAR.

DURHAM, January 29.-Official details
of the engagement with the Beers have
been received. They show that the
Fifty-eighth Regiment, partially noun
ted, drove the Beers up a hill after a
very hot encounter, but the Beers,
strongly reinforced at thetop of the hill,
opened terrible fire ard compelled the
British to retire. The artillery covered
their retreat with hot fire. The came
is held by $50 foot and 80 seamen, with
Calling guns, and is commanded by
three strong redoubts.
An official dispatch says: Sir Geo.
Colley moved out with 800 infantry, ITO
cavalry and six guns. Five companies
of the Fifty-eighth Regiment, cavalry
and artillery supporting, attacked the
enemy's left. After gallant and nearly
successful charge, in which, Col. Deane,
commanding, and all his staff and NOM,
ted officers were shot down, they were
driven down the hill. The casualties, as
far as known, are Col. Deane, Maj. Pyol
and Lieuts. Elmore and Baltic killed ;
Major Bingeston, Lieut.. Lovegroove and
Lieut.. O'Donnel wounded, and le1 men
killed, wounded and missing.
The beers fought with determined
courage; they captured the colors Of the
Fifty-eighth Regiment and killed ten
officers in charge of them. The colors
were recaptured at the point of the
bayonet. An eyewitness says the
Beers were shot or wounded through
their heads as they lay. If the Fifty
eighth Regiment had been supported by
another thousand men the position
would have been taken. Col. Deane
and Capt. Inman were among the kill
ed. Forty Beers fell close to the British
lines.
Parasitic Temps publishes the fol-
lowing as the CHILEAN conditions OF
peace: The cession of Antofagasta to
Chill: surrender of the allied fleet, and
paying Of indemnity of thirty millions
of dollars, whereof Peru shall assume
ten millions of dollars and Bolivia ten
millions Chill to occupy Callao and
work the guano deposits and copper
and saltpeter mines until payment OF
the indemnity is made.
Sr. PETERsBURG-Gen Skobelef tel
egraphs that his losses at Geek Tepe, on
the 10Th inst, We're four officers and
fifty men killed, and eighteen officers
and 236 men wounded. Ofthe wounded
76 men were but slightly injured.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-03
MAKING HOME ATTRACTIVE.
How True Wife Set About the Con
version Of Her Husband.
Evansville Courier,

Mrs. Higginbottom, as a first step,
visited her husbands fayorite concert
saloon under the protection Of dis
guise and detective officer. When she
had learned what were the attractions
which most powerfully appealed to Mr..
Higginbottom's mind, she proceeded to
produce them us far as practicable in
her own house. She had the parlOr car
pet taken up and the bare floor sprink-
led with beer and cigar stumps. She
removed the pictures from the walls,
and hung in their places caeap and
gaudy chromos representing impossible
young women in undesirable costumes
Two dirty wooden tables and supply
of wooden chairs from the kitchen COM
pleted the furniture Of the room, and it
began to assume a really attractive ap-
pearance.
Before the hour of her husbands re-
turn from his business, Mrs. Higginbot-
tom hired man to play on an accor-
deon and another to torture violin, be-
sides three professional drunkards Of
great indecency Of appearance and con-
duct, and notorious bur lar, kindly
furnished for the occasion by the police
captain of the precinct. There were in
the kitchen two Irish girls who were
decidedly ugly, but who were clean, de-
cent and modest girls. These two she
instructed in the art of serving beer and
spirits, and dressed them in costumes
that were extremely vulgar, hongh
they could not be said to be improper.
Having thus arranged all things she
met her husband Mt the door and es-
corted him to the dining room, where
he ate his dinner, unconscious OF the
| transformation that had been wrought
/ in his front parlor.
After dinner Mr.. Higginbottom lit biz
cigar, and remarked that he must &c
! out an hour or two to see friend. Hi
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-03
PRESERVING THE BALANCE.

Old Capt. Stanley, who lives down IL
tho middle Of Kentucky, was good old !.
Hard-shell Baptist, who occasionally
would toll story at the expense Of some
Of the brethren. Many years ago they
were not 80 conspicuously orthodox on
tho temperance question a. they are in
our time. ION one OCCASION" said the
captain, "brethren down in my region
were about to have . grand church
gathering, and ell the faithful in the
neighborhood were expected to exert
themselves to entertain suitably and
Hospitality the visiting brethren. Two
of my neighbors met each other just be-
fore tho grand gathering, ono Of WHOM
said
"'Wbat are you going to dor
"Well,' replied the man, I've laid III
gallon Of first-rate whisky
GA gsllonp retorted his neighbor,
with look OF contempt. Why, I've
got Q barrel; and yen are just as able to-
support the Gospel as l am"
In those days you could always tell
a Hard-shell by looking at him from be-
hind one Of the skirts Of his coat would
hang lower than the other--the one in
which be carried his bottle. But the
captain said there was one old brother
down there whose UNCONVENTIONAL views
couldn't be ascertained in that way his
skirts hung even--a bottle in each
pocket.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-03

wife, with sweet smile, told him that
lie need not 60 ont, for she had anAlly
discovered how to mako homo sttractivs
for him. 50 saying, sho allowed hin
into tho parlor and led to : seat 81 80
Of tho dirty tables. Tho fiddler and -
accordeos player immediately struck o.;
tho drunksrds, at sign from Nm. Hig.
ginbottom, began to swear and wranglet
and tho burglar sided up to NJ, Higgin-
bottom and invited him to drink. The
two Irish girls brought beer and spilled
it on Ar. Higginbottom's table; they
called him ''Desr," and asked him =
s'opes : bottle Of wine,'' and Mrs. Hiy-
ginbottom spologizing for tho fact taAt
they woro undeniably decent girls, -
sured her husband that nevertheless sAs'
was confident that she had finally lsarn-
cd how to mako homo attractive, that.
she hoped to spend many jolly evenings
/ 4 ~ :. 80
with him, and would like hot whisky
without any further delay.
Mr.. Higginbottom was FIRST complete
| " dazed, but In few moments he re-l
covered bis REASON. He ordered the
girls to 60 into the kitchen and stay
there, and he pitched tho drunkards out
! Of the front door and ordered the nusi-
clans and the burglar to follow them.
He then informed bis wife that he had
been an idiot Of the very largest size,
and that IL she would restore the parlor
to its former condition he would stay at
home and make no further complaint Of
its want Of attractiveness.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-03

uOb uodl iuFODVlS nuV1S uuO WAiou Vu0J
tried to cover up with the greatest care.
When questioned about their past his
tory, they would relate that they had
been married in Boston, and that they
had lived in that city for two years
after their marriage.
One morning the good people Of the
fourth district, then known as Lafayette
city, were electrified by the Intelligence
that the husband, who was known to
the public as Henry Hilderbrand, had
been murdered, his throat cut from ear
to ear with q small Italian dagger,
which was identified as belonging 70 biz
wife, who was then missing.
A note explained that she, Mrs. Hill
derbrand, had murdered him. krs.
Hilderbrand had been seen on the night
Of the murder in carriage, with . man
who appeared to have known the family
before their arrival in this city, and who
was constant visitor at the house. He
was military engineer and that was all
that was known of him except, that he
ha6 stated to q friend that be was going
to run away with his friends wife, and
that he was going to kill Mr.. Hilder-
brand. Every effort was made to bring
the criminals to justice; detectives were
hired to search the country up and
down, but to no purpose. When the
war broke out in about two years after
the occurrence, the subject was forgot
ten.
"The shades Of Hamlet, watch over
me now" These were the words that
greeted the ears of the reporter of the
States as he entered the front door Of the
city insane asylum yesterday evening,
and confronted the speaker, an aged
lady, dressed very neatly in black.
| The reporter was informed that this
was Mrs. Vaughn. She had been in the
institution for years. No person ever
visits her; no person knows her. She
was committed to the asylum in the
loug years ago. She had been found
1
wandering about the streets and wss
pronounced insane.
A moments conversation would al
once convince person that she was the
same, were it not for the strange fire in
her eye, and the exuberance Of hel
words, which flowed in constant stream
from her lips.
She it was who, as the daughter o.
the great fnancier of Brooklyn, rar
away from home and her affianced hus
band, to share the life of man whom
she afterwards murdered, in order to re.
turn to her former lover, only to marry
him, and then to see him die upon bat
tie field. The memories of the above
scenes weakened the mind and made 8
child out OF woman, who could have
the will to desert father and lover an(
then kill husband. She, the once
petted member of society, is now and
forever the inmate of an insane asylum
mental and physical wreck, floating
upon the broad waters Of the sea Of time
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-03

Franklin Sun: On Tuesday morning
news came to town that Mr.. John Wall,
residing in the Ogden neighborhood, had
been shot by his step-son Elisha Will
liams the night previous, and was lying
dead at his gate some 100 yards fromths
house. 1t appears that Wall aud bis
wife had been on bad terms for some
time past, aud Mrs. Wall had, at the
last term of the District Court sued for
and obtained separation Of bed and
board The property on which they had
been living was paraphenal property
and belonged to thew wife. Between dusk
and dark on Monday, Wall rode up to
the house. He was told by Mrs. Wall
not to come in and to get off that horse
he was riding which she said belonged
to her. After some alteration, Wall
rode off a little way cursing, but return
cd towards the house and fired off his
pistol three times ut the house. When
Wall fired the third time, Williams dis
charged one barrel Of his gun at him,
and running through the picket fence
20 yards from the house, fred the second
barrel as Wall shot the fourth time. He
and his mother then went into tho house
barred the doors and remained till morn
ing when Wall was found dead by the
gate.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-03
70! A !s|!ll|Y n! WORLD.
SAD RECORD OF A BEAUTIFUL
WOMAN. ONCE A MURDERESS
AND NOW INSANE.
A STORY BROUGHT FROM THE
CITY ASYLUM.

"Why and whittier p These were
the words that flew swiftly from mouth
to mouth in Brooklyn just twenty-eight
years ago, when Jessie Hilderbrand, the
only daughter of the then T. Hilder-
brand, left her fathers house and was
heard from no more under that respected
name. Jessie Hlderbrand was then only
seventeen years of age, tall and beauti-
full the petted daughter Of wealth and
refinement. Curiosity in this case was
heightened, when, the morning afterher
disappearance, note was found, stating
that she had left with the man she loved,
never to return to the home of her father.
The strictest search failed to reveal the
girls whereabouts, and after the papers
had spoken on the subject, and the gos-
sips had made the occurrence nine days
wonder, all was forgotten about the
matter, until it became q thing of the
past, and was only mentioned " the
gray-haired father, stopped with age
and sorrow.
One person alone seems not to have
forgotten the occurrence, and that was
Captain Vaughn, of the United States
army.
Captain Vaughn, while on leave of
absence had met Jessie at her fathers
house. Falling desperately in love with
the daughter, Captain Vaughn was a
constant visitor at the palatial residence
and it was not long before he was looked
upon as the accepted husband of the
fair and beautiful girl, heir to over five
millions of dollars.
Vaughn was himself well fixed in the
worlds goods, his father when he died
having provided handsomely for him
out of an immense fortune.
Jessie had been seen occasionally in
the company of q well to. do and rising
young merchant, who was looked upon
by many as a suitable match, as persons
would say now -a-days. Tall, dark and
handsome, he was a man to take the
heart of o maiden by storm ; so when he
disappeared shortly after Jessie, Cos
sips put their heads together about the
matter, and jumped to conclusions.
In the year 1854, just one year sue
ceeding the great epidemic, wherein SO
many persons died, a strange and beau
tiful couple made their appearance here
and settled permanently in the Crescent
city. The husband entered the drayage
business, which was then one Of the
most profitable of any of the many in
which enterprising men were engaged,
and soon by his hard work and saving
habits, and with the help of his wife,
amassed quite snug little fortune, and
| became the owner of one of the best eS-
tablished businesses in the city.
The couple joined the church, visited,
and became well-known about the city,
A casual observer would, however, have
seen at glance that there was some
thing connected with them that would
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-03
BACKBONE.

When you SEQ fellow.mortal
Without fixed and fearless views
Hanging on the skirts Of others,
Walking in their cast-off shoes;
Bowling low to wealth and favor,
With abject, uncovered head,
Ready to retrace or waver,
Willing to be turned or led;
Walk yourself with frner bearing
Throw your moral shoulders back
Show your spine has nerve and marrow,
Just the thing which his must lack.
A stronger word
Was never heard
Than this-backbone.
When you sec theologian
Hugging close some ugly creed,
Fearing to reject all question
Dogmas which his priest may read
Holding back all noble feeling,
Choking down each manly view,
Caring more for forms and symbols
Than to know the good and true
Walk yourself with tirmer bearing;
Throw your moral shoulders back,
Show your spine has nerve and marrow,
just the thing which his must lack.
A strong word
Was never heard
Than this--backbone.
When you see politician
Crawling through contracted holes,
Begging for some fat position,
In the House or at the polls;
With no sterling manhood In him,
Nothing stable broad or sound,
Destitute of pluck or ballast,
Double sided all around;
Walk yourself with firmer bearing;
Throw your moral shoulders back;
Show your spine has nerve and marrow,
Just the thing which his must lack.
A strong word
Was never heard
Than this--back bone.
A modest song, and plainly told
The text is worth mine Of gold;
For many men must sadly lack
A noble stiffness In the back.