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, 1881-05-18

Dr, Nnrvin Green Was cross'examlncd. and
testified tllat The American Union telegraph
Company had yaluRble contracts with vart-
uns railftnd companies. III WHICH the latter
IN su,ne Instances ugrcc.l to Lnnke repairs OH
the line. The American Unlon was fOrt-
,lInte 1t. securing contracts from rallronl
cotnpuncs. til tnnfy nf their Directors we're
largely Interested IN tho ct'.tt'anlcs frnn which
sia1aces sitm % ths westcrn unn" t:tnpNay was cut
IN In It's wlsc, and wus obliged 10 hrtnr twenty
s espsnsve ,iaa.ton'ss sHs.,h r. r,1h,, yF9as a. @
y scttlins The difficulty, aad af,es ys- Y,
s ss' ske4t .sed hs .s be;osc ,ss
roiiintiop he war President of tho American
Gnlo,. which at that sltns was 3nst PnytnF x, sx,
consolidation tho Western Unlnn did ,lot nc1lnire
Msw lines. ns M,th compahlcs connected Win
the suN,e pluccs.
sEctEsspC1. RAILROAD LOAN.
The Ersntuu Iast nays: "1'ho *:lUoDtN0 forty.
{Ess EauRan e. es"t ws.sern ss oi d e tees
teay o.F for puDao t H. a. nr,1
WAS To. ndvnpceti to los. Jlef0rc nntt to-day
tho cntIrc scfnhlnder. was taken. ~ that the
!" day sna TX hais, IL 1 snd patt II IN advance Of
g3s per ceut.'
pnizE pIatiT.
Tho long. pr!zc s'Rht between John Z.
S9yan hs naed pusss e ti1s !, % ano u, oa ,h
Hudson River. nine miles nlx've fmnkcrs The
men fought on Loasd hnrge. Sullivan won !n
s pusaIst,inx % bm n fenrtsliy. Sullivan viii now be
tnatched n1alnbt Paddy Ryan. nf Troy
4 utf.L. E0MM1Ts SUICIDE.
Ellie Person, II girl af IA yenrs. shnt and Killed
hcraelf this morning because her fntlttF. VIM
had Inst money, accused her of taking 1t. She
feared Atfest,
, 1881-05-18

Tho esthesln erRzs which has gradually prog.
reased from England to thjA country, and ID
mov.ny on Jupan IKE any other epdr,nc. has
eutne Ut the chAtAetnFistlcs vt either forms Ut
lunucy. A young woman In New EnRlxnd bad
u bad" her passton I 1ou!a not bs satiGd VIII
palnsng Impossible let ,, ~ china 1 s sna a:traotr .
lovely pcrsun fur tho exercise Ut ner rigging pas
siun tor excetteHcu IN art. A hup- vino was made
arbutlla bedccked the uthsr. VaIIeXated peon.ea
and Augu suniuwuF wore alsplaycd upon her
dIsiriuuIed. Flnks, pAnsles. anu dAhtsas urtla.
t,rltcd her lovely buck. and wfenths Ut luusel
tntertwined With 9ypreH and rosos of yarte.
6eeu lOveiy to look upon. Evidently tho esthsl-
IL cruzo neele to be lDOked atter Thoss at
tiloted should be passuuded to st,ck 10 china
, 1881-05-18
iAondrtcks on Hancock and EnGlt.h

Ex-Guv. Hendricks, of Indiana, wns in Kansas
City, No.. the nttnr dny, aHd In conversaton
With II nGwspRper reporter Expressed hthstlf
very freely. He said that hu thought Presit!enr
Eartleid was right In tilu preseat complications
ut Washington, but dtd not believe thAt hD Will
nntnxunzu cunkItnR further than tu tilstst upon
the contrmNtiun VI Robertson. SpeNkny ut
Wtllfnin II. English md tho conduct OF tho Inst
Presidential cHtnpasgn. he satd "IIe Ia living ia
indianapolis, al usual. Tho sturIes ut bid vast
*cnlth arc grcaty naRn.ucd. suppose he IL
Now worth nhoIt $l.0JO.NJ1: cgrtntnly lu more.
ills nomination fur the Vice Presidency wna not
Il fctieltuls Ulle. 1t cr'nted no enthusiasm.
There was nuthng IN c1l1ssuun 6ctwern him
hIth tho Krf,nt f1lNFs ut people. Why, he
didn't sceln tn knnw hDw IL conduct
himself befuro bis nomination. During the
caHpdllGi1 hundreds Of gentlemen visited In
d.AHlI,ulta who wert entitled to little courteY!e5
ut h!s nands. What. to mHM Ut hIs III cans,
would hny1 been tho expenditure of f2,QNu ur
<aUGJ fur The entertainment 0f Kucsta? And vet
hu entertained nIllthiy, mt erun to extend the
usual cn,Irieses to thusc who cMate& upon him.
lien. ifMnrs,ek is II very different aOrt VI nun,
tbGrlI, hDanttne. ,llHi sUch. tln not b1ltoyU be
was tho kind nr lnnterht for a Presidential CAM
tttdAte. for tue rens!M tfNt. having M1wMys been
III tho Artny. ht. bad ncFrr been identified with
tho lcf:Mtt a1,d virlorIes Ut Ills purity. ne la
urOnt Generii md t,nolv nun. but he WIS mt
kf10w! ITS working Democrat. Now, the pnrry
wrcnt solder httt also II vigorous. aggressive
elected. Ills drfcnt must huvo hurt hin, terri.
bly, mn glad he didn't resign HIS place In tho
urtny, forl understand his means arc somewhat
Itnk e,tts ~
, 1881-05-18

THE AuCTIoNEER's HAMMER
knocked ntr. on Wednesday last, tho furniture
Of the lato Fernando Wp}'l. II tsMs all mtlcrn.
snd much Ut II hsh bec,, mntfe al,r,md expressly
for Mr. W,hxl The walnut dining -rt"pa t"h!c.
nrcnnd wtlct =, many polltical tt'agnates haye
gathered, was bought by SIR. pempse for $eI ~;
Wtsrnlcy. tne c0It'ref1 caterer. paid 81 cnch tnr
the lcather.cnyerrd dining. rtM':a gfairs: the
It bt!re hIs monogram: and Col. lsupk we'll sc-
CURED tho great .puHeh-sH,w! III *s}. Mrs. Blaine.
old neIxhbor, lsnd ltoesstc. mine hnst ut tho Ar.
lingtnn. bnfeht nearly all nf ttc glassware.
4 0EoR1ErOwN PRESBYTERIAN,
who owns flour-tnIlI+ petitt0ned tho District
Commissioners tU stnp Col. Iiub tnKersulis Sum
day lectures. and than referred Ill. petition, I q
District. Attornuy Rtldlc. lie says. In bis opIn-
inn, that thg CommI .s!oners have nothing e @ DO
ny u stop grinding 1t hs mill on sunday, or pnr-
n,it Col. inacrsoii 10 lecture TN TINT siny. nl-
Of Congress. makes 70 pounds o. totncco tho
clusIon. he says. that tho lal'ors nf Col tnEcr-
soil. "and a1l others IN the fields Of scicacr
0rn1 theOo4y. and philosophy. n1ttkt rcmnitl I'm.
der tho nctaerhl supcrytslon Of Intelligent pa',-
he op4non !.ided ty the criticism uf Nm enllvht-
ancd prcss' hACOHIEun.
, 1881-05-18
FIGURING UP
t,oxuttyu's CHANCES

....tol Dlspateh 10 7m cnsea1o '''e''"@
80 % Wnnx. May 17.-An ALBANY special
NE" ,.'a .nvs. AFTER n careful exat'l'na.
% s0e .' ,hs situation, tho position to-tl'Klt
ton .. ha .hout this: III order to nominate
.eems .e.n., !" IN tha Republican causus 1t requires
ss1a.o's s.'", vo,es. there being one hun
t0J'tou. I'd s,x Republicans IN both
dfea s. of The Legislature. There IS
aFanenes eRs.,;ou M but the Stalwarts can
no *. nnmber Of votes In n caucus, but IN
r! w, - eisrt. the candidates must have
otaH t.aens " yutes, a majority Of all the msme
aN", !, the Legislature In case OF
ets ', s,,snSance, Now the Democrats
iu!l sWv.four seats In both branches,
mh,rh n1 leaves twonty'seSeli votes 1or tae hali.
s.ss,,. ss to control, In order TO prevent any
.s ssoce No one will dispute that they VIII
s.ys s.y,.s st least twelve Of these votes IN the
s..sts ss,s " tho probability being that they WILL
retfoufssea. ..
.u.r carefut canvass, uh satisfied TINT ~
N.ss w.. twrnty.fye Republicans will join with
y. ,srslye hslf-breeu Senators In refus!ngto
W. s,,,o any caucus, This will give them,
.s.n more than the necessary number
a'sD' n,aypnt an election. providing the
%.nosrs,s " nut up and support candidates OF
ths1r own. Of which there aoes not .eem " w
.ss s!tgase.t doubt now. the a;s only 'e,as !,na,
apod "a'ea .,orla ha rho aurronJar
slth other taeuon' ~ so'utor, ,rhis
b them OF one Q. eas Sena'.. r'',
n,uho, Of the Republican iaeaons can ano!u
mdu Taxing this vlew of y. ne fcsolt mnts
r.. If the Legislature gees into az eteuuon.
deadlock similar 70 that OF TUG fennss'saals
LeTlIlature last wutGrs
TIE ONLY WAY
.,nt,h IL cou1d DO prukon would be by tho
,s5'imS.xsi uf Conkliug and FiAst. Speaking
s!,n. ."rntnds me- Of u rumor thn& IL whispered
y ss,s ans ttn.nivht, to ihe enert that, w!th,n
tSe'' ,stt forty-ejRht hours a lettcr
s1u tsnn, A' seuntur ConklLn9 will b.
!se !es In GUy, Cornell, In which he
I'll IN ooattyety refuse to alI0w bis nHmc to b1
r.sd foT a reelection. VI course. ahhutd this
- Tone II viii at unGe greatly simplify 1untterk,
;Sonuh a lender OF tho huIl.breels to whom
%suonsd it, eaiA TINT the frtonds Of the Aa-
,ntnIstrstjot would not coneent to sending any
, 1881-05-18

-. ne,nr forced upon him there
n.tns, n[.b!s Dus % Course for hin, to purs.'o ,'a,
~. b. s,ssyet ss es s, ses, tlnk they o. s ss ss
hs As:y seesi eiai" jass G. l.c.ixs *sEsre 81
ma1s,e ~ lie mt yeiSv ~ T. With a visw. t., the
y mInotae oat M't ,ss, " t;artlcii having bce!t ".
l!GIsastinn III lsM st,o, viii The lraders nf Ills
tsssd 4 ""isct, le is IS dead NJ. as ','' t!%Sr,
xii t the qhey,.' i:,a 'a,,usltiun to the Admins.
Gankling, ~ ,,1aye.! IN III surh hostility toward
s. 9 sa II ow siae, s,|s ,te 3s eS,u ss Witt Witt
tsment the pesstY asrnt ja11,es q. Inns killed
Houss; u Wn,nn ann stonc, and hasn't been *.
g. %s H. ,5s S.tsse" ;s sp?4Sssts 4ss ss1
gspers here sus1" ~ Ees York Senators have not
soe tnas .,ep IN st1cy have without nayluE pos''
, 1881-05-18

OorNfIl CoFrfapoal*Nts New York 17N!fs,
Progress has been backward, not forward.
Ten ysurs nEo tho Untvorsity cntaiox called for
8O0 students, and the second olass that entered
NJ Fee8hlp0n numbered 3N mon. To-day tho
a0till number Ut students Ia only 800. OF whom
fuurteen are teatdpnt graduates and sixty ar0
ladies', while tue Freshman cIHss numbers only
LIT. There we're no resident Graduates ten years
ago. and III, la.iy ssudents, 30 that comparatively
We have only SIS siudsnts now. as u4linat a9 In
l87u-'1l, or little MVro thin onu- hulf tnany.
Tuition hero tur u fur yCnts' course III any le-
parltuent IL only sS00, Or $.6 per term, while
from each Assembly a!strlot N this stnto que
ali tuition. About 10 students Of the N9 arc Of
thls latter cass+ OF Assembly districts thars arc
lk3 la the 6r4e. and II they all aunt oue atudent
each year tdure would bU 6l4 Btate atutents ut
Cornell. instead at loO.-more by III than tho
total nutuber OF atudHnla-
, 1881-05-18
INDIANA 0DD-feLLOWS,

Epft1aI Utp0leh 70 I'M Ehtea9o 7F1bIH&.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May lS.-The Grand En-
canpment Of Odd-Fellowa etootod the following
officers to-day: Grand Patriarch. Richard Hor-
gor, Munoie; Grand High Priest. H. o. IIichert,
Frankfort; Grand Benior Warden. ". II. Jacks,
Logansport; Grand Junior Warden. E. y. Porter,
Ir,, QrsonhurR; O. I'D scrl,e. Il, F, Faster. In.
dlanopol!s: Grand Tro4surer, Thoodoro r. Hugh.
ey. lndIanap0tLa. Representative TO tho
Sovereign Grand Lodge, 4. u. Holly, Jefferson
villo: Grand 9entitlvt, Chsiatopher Faley. MHdi-
eon; Deputy Grand Senttnul. Joseph 8. Watson,
indianapolis. 4 proposition was made TO re-
duce the dues Of subordinate EHCAMPnenta
from = to por uont. Tho Grand Lodxa meets
tO-IuOrrOW.
, 1881-05-18

A correspondent or tho London Echo pictures
a subject of the 10y Ut Iuuls ~ the most
ycnal rain, which 10 his pny Joy tn iita. 10 llka-
wise hs greatest !n!sury, fur 4 tho heascns Arts
favorable dnd the poor fttet'w n9t,tlas y 9otM
iu headquarters. Tho harurotl ed .oltlery OF .hu
ley anon sxonp iowu upon It's aclds, ns.d he
Nn} ills gh ItdrUll llFe rnbbed lncrcliUslY bt tuor
breat,, whuh Ia taken trull t!!els very manths uu
thu pretentg of rue0scrilig Ala Mnpnld tHxes.
"lhu Tunlsnn ArnAy,'' says the Efh"s eotra.
spunueui, "n wrvtchGl troup uf raxucs, nus had
siu uthur tustnuss Tor tho last few dccntes bur
thu 4,-outlc4 COLLECTION Ut tho heQuAt's laxvs.
II u n,uu bus nu cr,ipS he IL uilIissutbed; tho
lucky nan wh0se Iisl4s hayo proved fruitful u
probably the unlliek!eal 0f All"
, 1881-05-18
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE,

Special Dlspaffh 70 ThS EAItaeo 1TbNns.
LANs1N1. Aloh., May T.-Th0 Governor has
sgued tho bill providing for tho appointment of
a Commission to draft 4 new Tax law, Tho sen-
nte passed d resolution to adjourn Juno 4, tho
Hills passed pr9vldInf for tho sale Of tax lauda
and amending the bill relative 10 tho refoFu
school for girls.
, 1881-05-18
tatstorar.l Tree DESTROYED.

An hiatortcn! tree hAa lately beeM destroyed In
Grrece-a cypress, uescrhed by PAuaali'As 4oo
Year, d. T., and one 0t lAo two l1rKtst IN the
Felupounesus. Hu.na l5l feet hiRh. the tree bad
llaIuetur a the UAAe Of ten feet, aud ctrcuul.
Eetance Ut twontY-tlye foet 1t ulAa's hlyht. 1nd
oped. S.,fAx earpleaa Gspsiss camping !n Ha
shaLa set nre ~ tho tree MOI vestigo surviving.
Now this oHly giant tree left In the Province IL Z
huge pluutain ncAr NAup4ctus, VI lhu 0uIt ~
Lspa,itt. which II equally large, but some slx
centuries yuuukur-
, 1881-05-18


VINO was In his best humur, lending and
listening 10 a witty conyrraat,on nu his az
nrrtences viii, Tim MARYLAND rnnr,a t,.vt1a.
dn,nnot,on. and tha Jattrr.,iav religion, the
REPORTER introduced u,4 subject of the Cmk.
lin. sensation, Which resulted IN the follow.
inv Interview. which, IL plypn yerbatIm.
"Wnet do you think" asked the repurter.
"of the recent action Of Senators phtt and
Cunk1lnr in rcstrnine thelr seats IN thc San,
ate. especially with reference 10 C,onkIinp ~
"flOw on enrth did you lnpuen to reverae
ll,e names In your question: / supposs YOU
Intended to say Conkilnr md Platt. Tn tell
you ths truth: haye not thought muet.
aooat tnls mater, W. wlat Nt;le nave
tno"gh. nas ! f9fead , me 70 ths conclusion t1as
;rba resignation settles ,,othina 'op ont = r;sirc.
t,nn wl1l r"y. rho ] uo,,t1a"a H, i,.. ~ v,are .hav
were. It seems to Inc that the President is
saest sean a sor i' Of s @ r. a.s maze en1 e
,vi, t,,,, i,,s. ~ on,,,,"r,. al h., ""s
he. ,t,,,"t ~ ,,,s, .o '1 na5 s"'s
paeK W'tnoaL lslunt ConKlthR ms flskeo
Of improving his position. II he should fail
IN the Leslsjaturs. The last cn, of Mat man
,v,,1 ta ,vorso ~. - tl,a t,s., ~ oa,,ss H.,
W'!a oe Wosse than the llfst' u course 70
nor KNOW all tlat ne may have sunerett. lle
had hard time during llnyes' Adminiatra-
tton, and at that time was on ConklinR's
si.ip. b,,t tfat ,vns hrca,,sc + disjtked tJayrs
It Alr. conkllng VIII think over his speeches
during the last campaign, he will remember
that he did not take any particular palms to
say good and Kind things Of Gen. Garfield.
iae ~'l' se', see 'i.ae .ua ne even !ook pans
MOT TO stEST1oN THE NAME
or the Republican candidate. and then
, 1881-05-18
THE SUCKERS.

LlulN4
E,o,~ a ~ Dt'sattA to 7As Chicago T.1buna.
ken T. su, ~, Nay l7.-Public sentiment
ai.a w HSs',naed, but not evenly, on The step
ao,to, y p,o ,osnatos conkllng and Ills Junior
aan1 49,. sas't' Wht!e the lordly Roscoe has
4s,eot'a..a m aantrars here, the drift OF pub
III 1e.isns.!h 1is.h even Ut his supporters, ia that
~ dt..Ve.iass do not hesitate to ohs sracteei4e az
huis Of ~, md retreat In ito 1lidst OF ths
arss' every Uaiut,urat applauds Il,
, 1881-05-18

IINO 3 F7F6II,
Or. O. ". Pcntnn Slydor, OF This city, was born
AIuy II. 1S4M aud sntistt,t In CoMpnnv A. Third
Regiment Delaware Volunteers, april u, l6G1 At
thts aye of l3 ysurs II uHM.hs ami inys. lp
cnpl.irel If thv nattic 1t Uravun ltun. ~,
March II, lsa5. Ec uLsn sBw this whlle lax
hui*trl by thu IuhniI!es Ut Appssn,,ttox. md tke
, 1881-05-18
~. ooH lNGEI,sOTI.

1 rslu,,sx,aE I'M VEINS ON 7mE SITUATION.
Snad paelGo representative called at tho
Ab<n q sInss,not notsl lust evening on Col.
sssu Ia ,ha sssell, as.ll, who was found in Ills
"apaAy ot = number Of friends.
, 1881-05-18
>oe PENNsYLvANIANs.

E,pe,s. eoaFoilT For coSK.
u. A!sx.aeaho. pa., May l7.-In The Senate
.,Rts{sa, nu offered tho following:
~ - heaTttlxs1 s1s seHate 1T tho House eoucur)
esatliag id Eng lfdorse the cs,urss Of Bcnstort
rnsaesn oI shs ,a a., - resiRntne sheir sssts "
IsSeatad senssanss' s'9 o. The United gtates, md
Mas'nstred 70 ~ NJ. Copper tho resolution vat
"os'aecf,te. ee' comm'ttee ut,m posed eAtIraly
, 1881-05-18
ITEMS.

THE TELEGRAPH CONSOLIDATION sulT.
New Yollk, May l7.-Tha suit OF William
8. Williams against the Western Union GlM
other Telegraph colnpaules continued to-day.
, 1881-05-18
Assertion that Gould Has Not
Disposed of His Southwest
ern Interests.
The Couutry's Prosperity al Evidenced
by the Demand for Rail-
road Supplies.
No Shop In the Country Can
Keep Pace With Its
Orders,
The Publication Of Pretended Changes In
the Revised New Testament
Causes Amusement.
STREET TALK.
FREIGHT CQSTJtACTSs

STREET TALK.
FREIGHT CONTRACTS.
speetdl Dtspateh to Tia Chicago Tribune.
New YoRK, May r.-Speaktng Ut the
Jersey Central freight contract, a leading |
broker said to-day: II understand that MI !
agreement In the Jersey Central through |
1ins trade with the Pennsylvania Company |
has been reached. 1fr. Haven and one or |
two others have been over the Erie and low |
graLe roads very carefully. within n few |
days. and 1t may be that the agreement las !!
beeu already signed. II not. It will be very |
soon. an told that the rise IN Central yes |
tertlay was due to putting up the |
prico on prominent operator who Is
supposed to be short of the stock.
Whenever any broker who was suspected Of
buying for this operator bid for the stock the
price was tut I'D BY the pool. II Is said that
Jersey Central will bo carried to TO-"
1.-THE POOL IN WESTERN UNION"
said leading operator this evening, has
been reorganizcd, and 1t fairly Jumped the
stock to-day. They claim that they Will put
the new stock nbove par. The company IL
certainly earnings per cent OH Its capital,
and 1t Is estimated that tie business obtained
from the new telegraph companies will lu-
crease earnings 50 that the company can pay
10 or 1a per cent Tho American Cable CoMl-
pnny will coma IN for a considerable share
Of the llew business"
"The exposure Of the falseness Of t1le
charge that Mr. Gould has been
selling Missouri, Kansas & Texas"
said broker, Inns had goou
effect upon the stock to-day. The fact
Is that Il large proportion OF the buying for
the past week has been by Mr.. Gould and Ills
ll.enus' % ine exp'satloh OK . large 1.l'noee
o. Ct e1s to-day ;tl has a,o helped tile stock Mr.
MISSOURI PACIFIC 1!sxs VIII s,;ono 90 HIGHER THAN
lv 3 na soan1 VI o ond ~. ''ases an
Iii Ill.,. aan.,,. ~ NJ.
sourl Pacific is the favorit Gould stock. Just
~ er f '},vasna ~ ,hs w ,tsrssso uiu
Is among the things talked Of for the stock"
A ratlroad official remarked yesterday;
"Thcre is one evidence Of the country'a
prosperity which seems to have escaped
nswspaper notice. out to my mind 1t Is Tue
oest esaenee. msan ne aen'aha upon
companies manufacturing ratlron1 supplies
and cauIpments. It Ii n fact that our road
cnunnt uet ns ,nnnv loco,nnttyee M ,ve npei
tne shops7 are @ 70 oyerrun Win orders. !
eo"l @ this year aay n'ors t}Inn tnisl its cor
rns pE,tAsD ron EeurrAEsrs
crops and n,anufactnfsd products which
iastiiIty TO speedily Transport .aii tho freight
offered. You !nny rest ASSURED that when Tlils
.Prominent rsiiroaa mon unite n II aaytns that
iheir roads. Thare arc sIway. ,,nfaIuo s'nns ~ II
, 1881-05-18
LIFE IN WASHINGTON.

u
feared arrest.
---~0-----
LIFE I'M wAEH1NGTON |
Tho President and Conk1tnK MRS.
Garaeid'' l''nes.-ns,aIia and sess-
s' ..,.n ,.s.'...'1r'-ns..
NATION VI STANLEY Mst.neWs-Depar.s
lor,at. = Chlpcse Naval strength
sJauanese 1nslructors-x4oyya Car
roji,. Sved.tma-Des., Of t;obriei,t-
Seer 'larlcn Lincoln ana Aaubt-Wlh.
dom's success-s1ustc nnd the Drama
Visit or knight Temptars-Up the
ufyer-s,ar- II on se pefeudcrs-Art aud
Artists sale or Fernando yyoadss
r,n.ni...s~,n 0v.rr,.,,,rs.
s...n' nl 's.s ~. 49,. m+...
Wnsm1so7os. uI se's."tI b. c.. May % iswrhs life of
tbe l,resftlrnt--tlke that OF the policeman I'll
tie M oncraM" ia mt n happy one.n Uar,lly
llNA he been tpaugutateSh wien my Lord
W,,sooo o,,oi,ap.,.I nia rIrht tn vovar, and
Noseoe ''n'.e"teu W. Atss ~ '4's
upwards VI Two months l'ilVe beeh WasNa
BY the Iii the contest over onccs.
which has beet the o8tenyible bone of cON-
tantiou. Int In moves OH ttu wlitIcnI clcss-
board. Thu New York Custoll'-lloasc, Win
It's enormous patronage, has been the stake,
md the " pearuek % Of a Senator" has atirolt,
rops of ,bs old cectop s and the o
polntulcnt OF new one. Inc senate nut
uraily sided, openly or at heart Will,
It's paadin, and the President has been ener-
i ft,w tlays more viii decide tbs question.
nnd Nr. Robertson viii be confirmed. unless
q number Of Senators 60 to their homes and
leave the body
WITHOUT A QUORUM
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-06-22
Cumberland Bone Company,

At q meeting of the directors of the Cum
berland Bone Co., held June 21st, the follow
ing was unanimously adopted:
Whereas it has pleased an all wise Provi-
dence to remove from US by death our esteemed
friend and most valued associate, Hon. Samuel
F. Perley, Vice President of this Board; there
fore,
Resolued, At this, our first meeting,
since his death, that we deeply feel the loss.
We gratefully remember his genial compan-
ionshlw shis1wise counsels, his strictiintegrity;
and shall ever recognize in him, in all his re-
lations-social, civil and political-the we'll
rounded life of an honest man, "the noblest
work Of God"
AT subsequent meeting of the stockholders
the old Board of Directors was reelected, ex-
cept that R. B. Dunn, of Waterville, was
chosen in place of S. F. Perley, deceased.
Later the Board of Directors was organized
by the choice of II. A. Jones as President and
Business Manager, Leander Valentine. Vice
President, and F. D. Ellis, Treasurer.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-06-22
Germania Band Concert.

The Germania Band of Boston, twenty-six
pieces, under the leadership of Mr.. Rietzel,
gave an out door concert in Congress Square
last evening to an enormous audience, which
not only completely filed the great square but
also crowded the avenues for some distance
leading into it. To say that notwithstanding
the cold wind, and the malapropos tolling of
the bells of Free street and Plymouth church.
es, which almost drowned the first number of
the programme, the music was most enjoyable,
the tones full and rich where needed, and in
others delicate and silvery, showing how adj
mirably this celebrated band color and shade
their hsusic. The following was the pro-
gramme:
(New. first time) dedicated to the Germania Band
Oyerture-Light Cavalry ...................Su ppe
WaDzer-Au der schooner blauen DOMAIN. Strauss
Reverie.Suite Algerrenne. .......... Saint Saens
hIarcn-Font OF P1nes.. w. Rietzel
New, first time)
U"iop -1Alllachs. .hietZel
1t is no wonder the music is SO good where
De Ribas, Eegenstein, Jules Eicher and others
Of like repute are the soloists. The public are
deeply indebted to Mr.. Payson Tucker.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-06-22
The Second District.

The Bath Times makes a strong appeal to
the Sagadahoc delegates to the Second District
Congressional convention to unite on the can.
didate favored by the majority of the delega-
ton, Mr. j. w. Wakefield of Bath. "The
nomination" it says, must be brought to Sag
adahoc. The rank and file of the Republicans
in this county are united in earnest in this
matter. They know their rights, and will not
tamely submit to any course that will prejudice
their enforcement. The farm, the workshop,
the factory, the shipyard, contain mass Of
Republican voters, second to no similar classes
in character and intelligence, men who have
discussed this question in all It's bearings, men
who demand recognition of the just claims
OF this county, and who expect and require
any and all sacrifice on the part of their dele.
gates, that will insure the desired result. Our
claim is futile if we are not united. With GU
delegation acting as unit the convention will
stamp with its approval the justice of our claim
to recognition, and the nomination of our can.
didate is assured"
Every town in Androscoggin county has
elected Dingley ..elegates and the same is true
of all the towns in Franklin which have had
elections.
Waterford, Bethel and Fryeburg have cho
sen delegates in favor of Hon. Euoch Foster,
Jr.; Hartford and Canton in favor of Hon.
John p. Swazey. The Oxford Democrat SAYS
Mr.. Foster will have majority of the county
delegation.
The convention will be held tomorrow.