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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-11-04

The Boston Advertiser estimates that il
will take 500, 200. 900 to complete the rail
roads begun about Pittsburg.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-11-04

Dailp kennfbtr 3ournal.

A Mormon proselyte has been imprisoned
in Germany for trying TO make converts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-11-04

The following Advertising Agents are authorized
10 receive subscriptions and advertisements for the
KESsEBEC JOURNAL:
BOSTON : :: 5. NJ. PErrENGILL Co. 10 State
street.
S. Il. NILES, No. 2Je Washing
ton st.
T.C. EVANS, fremont Temple.
HORACE DoDD, 265 Washington
street.
NEW YORK :: :DAUCHY & Co.. u Park Place.
GEO. Z. HOWELL Co., 10
Spruce Street.
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PHILADELPHIA n. W. AVER SON, Times Bid g.,
Chestnu: and Sth streets.
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Railroads ano Steamboats,.
Maine Central Railroad.
Change Of Time.

On and after SUNDAY. OCT. 10th. 1851.
trains will leave Augusta
For Portland and Boston at 800 A. n. and 95sA
NJ; 1885 +. NJ.
For Rockland, go A. N. and q is A. NJ
For Farmington, 9.5e A NJ.
For Bath, 600 A. Nj, 9.5s A. NJ. and ARP
For Lewiston and Portland, 600, 95S A. M, and
PAP and 1895 Z. NJ.
For Waterviile 2.25, 9i5 A. NJ, and 3.3s P.M.,-
(S.05 L. NJ. on Saturdays.)
For SkOwhegan, Belfast, Dexter and Bangor 332
r. NJ, and 2.25 A. NJ.
Night Pullman Trains each way every night, Sun
days included
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. p,,ase BLOCK. water st. Recently repaue0
NC. n;cs sieenine roons. Inquire Of ,pos
k'evea a'es F. GOULD. or DOUGHTY shoS'
tapein
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The Latest Yet.
But the Same Result.

So. Norridge ock, Me-, Feb. l, 1881.
Messrs. Morris 4 Ireland, Boston, Mass;
The safe bough, Of you last October, was III
two story wooden building. which burned January
10 The building took lire in highland the safe,
building aud its contents, fell into the celiarup
pile ofdry wood. making hot nre which lated 10.
ten hours. The outside o: the safe was ~ ateo reu
hot. Il melted the handle a.d dial on tue "'of'
The contents consisted oi watches, l'"r"!'
silyerware, books papers, etc. all Of ~hs" & cam M;
out in good condition. Paiers lying asa'us' VI. [ M
Tor itself what IL is aud | ieei well sati h'u wl.h MN
what IL has done. Please write what you can aiio"
""S u" u. y. Il ALL.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-11-04
Gbe Aerrnebee Journal.
Published at AUGUSTA, MAINE. Water Street, foot
ofCourt, by SPRAGUE Son.
Dailv Kennebec Journal

Issued every morning, except Sundays. Itcontaihs
,hs latest news by telegraph and mall gives reports
a. Markets. and has carefully prepared political and
iocal articles, and generous amount of farming,
Some and miscellaneous reading with full cempila
tion of state news.
Terms. az per annum in ddrance, es If payment
NOT made within the year. Single copies cents. to
:. had at the periodical stores of J. +. Pierce Au-
gu.ta: C. l.. epaulding,} Haowell, W. G. Palmer
Gardiner J. s. Carter, Waterville, and this office
Advertisements inserted on reasonable terms Rates
NAV be had on application at this Office.
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Champion Record in the Great Bos-
ton Fire in 1872.
aS-Send for prices and descriptive Catalogue W.
lore purchasing elsewhere.
Morris z ireland ,
GA Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass.
MAINE CIVIL OFFICER.
FOURTH EDITION.

This work has been carefully corrected revlseu'
improved and new matter added. BY BYRON u. 'hk-
KlLL, Esq. The revision includes all amendmen's
Of the Revised Statutes Of 1871. and acts sddonA.
ther-to. passed at each Legislature, dnciuGne 'n..
fls7s), and notes all decisions of the Supreme Cos
TO the present time. Sent postpaid ON receipt
l0RIne. SHORT 4 nARn0N.
PORTLAND. NE.
Jamestown alert., 1881-11-11
WEEKLY RECORD OF CASUALTIES

at St. Louis the ThGnix planing mill, at
Twelfth.and Spruce street, was totally destroy
cd by fire Loss, $50, ,OuO; insured for 1885,
OOO. The mill was owned and operated by
George Breckinride. Following is a par tal list
of the insurances: Transatlantic Of London,
So, 600, and 81, 900 each in the Amazon of
Cincinnati. New Hampshire Star of New York.
Northern New York, Long Island, Metropoli
tan and Peoples, Newark Wkile this fire was
progressing another broke out in the llrd re-
linery of John King, $50 North Main street,
and damaged it to the extent Of about $780,
900; insured 500, $50. .
A German named Joseph Schneider, living
in the town of La Crosse, five miles west of
Huron Lake, was accidentally shot in the mouth
while blowing in the muzzle Of q gun loaded
with buckshot to find out if the piece was
loaded. The barrel was detached from the
stock, and he had just held the nipple over
light and looked in the muzzle to see if light
shone through the nipple; he then placed it in
his mouth 10 blow, with tho result as afore-
said, l5
Sixteen cases Of small pox are reported from
Bellevue, sixteen miles south of Dubuque, and
that city threatens quarantine against the af-
flcted town g. aEt!E5 .1 ..'f"
Jacob Reese of Illinois, injured by train on
the river division near Lamoille, died Sunday
at Winona, where lie hal been sent for treat
ment rls Hf o. F8.E.. .f.'# ..0t
VIM. Forwood and John Guigly residents OF
,Brandywine, Pa, were killed at a railroad
crossing +
AT Milwaukee, the residence of Henry Ram
inen was damaged to the extent Of So 600 by
fire.
Jamestown alert., 1881-11-11

away from homo. He got rid OF this dif--
fcnity only to encounter another. At the
window of a train standing ON side-track-
directly opposite the one he wEg in sat ",
man for whom he had Just been working at
Baltimore. by good luck the man a1a noe n I
reaching philadelphia he inquired the woy
TO the New York trains, and arrived there'
on the 4th of September. 1888, free mat. 14
But his troubles were not over; IN new
York he found that it was hard TO una
trustworthy man even OF his own race.
Largo premiums were offered Tor the
return of runaway slaves, and teW OF
the miserable darkies in the city couio
withstand tho temptation to betray
brother For days Douglass wand erea
homeless and hungry through the str ee,s.
Finally he found good Samaritan who d-
rected him to the house Of David Ruggle,s.
one of the officers of the underground fala,'
road. who lived on the corner Of Church
and Lispenard streets. There the poor
runaway was hidden for several days, an&
there he was joined by his intended wife,,
d free woman from Baltimore, and they
were married by a Presbyterian minister
From New York the newly married couple
went to New Bedford, Mass, where their
free life began in earnest. 1t was IN New
Bedford that Douglass, on the advice of
colored friend, changed the name given him
ut birth to the one he now bears. Fred
erick Augustus Washington Bailey was his
original name. His friend, having just
read "The Lady Of the Lake" Suggested,
indeed insisted, upon Douglass as the ns"
surname, and Douglass it,was 7nado .
Jamestown alert., 1881-11-11
RAupOAD RI1mnr,INes

The st. Cloud & Lake Traverse road is being
rapidly graded from Morris east and parallel
with the Little Falls Il Dakota to Lake Whip
pie, dis tance from Morris of eighteen miles.
These two lines are only abont three miles
apart, and jerry Mccarthy, of st. Paul, has
his Tsf, contract for grading eight ie Of the Lit
Martin Gradine has commenced stfit against
The st. Paul e. Duluth railroad to recover S1O,-
GOO damages. He charges that lie WAS riding
In tho cars on that road when through the
carelessness of the officers of the road the cars
wore thrown from tho track and LIE was in
jured. gE 80 g
. AChicago' dispatch says that the Northern
Pacific will probably effect an entrance into
the city through an arrangement with the Chi
cago & Evansville. which has just secured right
OF way on the north side and contracted to
have the track done by August Of next year.
The granger roads continue to show improved
earnings, ST. Panl's for October being $ $780,
OOt; increase $96.3SO. Northwestern same
month, $2,3O5, 500, an increase of 1900, OGO
Jamestown alert., 1881-11-11
THE WAR EAGLE wREDKED.

The Steamer War Eagle Runs Against the
Bridge at Keokuk, is Badly Shattered and
Sinks-RepOrted Loss of Lite.
On Friday evening the steamer War Eagle,
which left st. Paul for st. Louis on monday
night, met with terrible accident AZ Keokuk.
The boat was about to attempt to make q land
ing at the levee, but became unmanagable just
above the bridge and swung around, striking
the bridge sideways, tearing away the wheel
house and crushing in the stern Of the boat
The steamer was crowded with pass engers
Almost a perfect panic instantly ensued. des-
pite the efforts of the officers to perserve order
Nearly 100 passengers jumped from the boat
10 the bridge, while several, the number
not being known, leaped into the river, and it
is thought eight were drowned. But very for
tunately the bridge is wagon and foot bridge,
safetyo it; otherwise the loss Of life would
probably have oeen terrible It was o'clock
when the accident occurred, and up to
a late hour many persons were MISS
ing but all except the eight drowned are sup
posed to be safe. The War Eagle foated help
lesely down stream to point . few hundred
yards below the elevator, where she was
beached, and the passengers who remained on
board were taken to the shore in skihs. The
officers and crew were cool, and thus saved
many lives.
It would be impossible to estimate anything
like accurately the amount of damage done o:
the Insurance. There is an insurance OF about
$5, 600 on the boat, which is valued at 4S4O,-
coo. TIE cargo consisted of a little of every
thing. She carried an immense trip and there
Was large amount of potatoes and grain
aboard
Jamestown alert., 1881-11-11
Tie Grant Family Reunions.

Gen. Grant and his children are to have
a family reunion at his new residence in
New York, on Thanksgiving day, and sew
enteen people will sit down to dinner. A
New York correspondent says that the par
ty will include Gen. Grants mother, q
dear little old lady with white hair, lively
memory, and who lives IN Jersey City with
her daughter Mrs. Corbin; Col. Fred Grant
with his pretty, dark eyed wife and chill
dren; Jesse Grant, who is playfully called
in the family "Miss Jessie, because the
reporters would always get him down Us
that when child, with his wife and chill
dren; Ulysses, Jr., and his wife will be
there, and Mr.. and Mrs. Sartoris, with
their children, will sail for England in timo
for the festival" Mrs. Grant is always ad-
mired by those who see her surrounded by
her big sons. whose devotion and Difference
is something beautiful, and, grown men as
they are, she has had the tact to keep item
thoroughly 1her boys,
Jamestown alert., 1881-11-11

HE recommendation of the commission
er OF internal revenue that taxes be taken
of Of number Of articles, ought to be heart
lily seconded by congress and the people, as
also the suggestion of the assistant secreta-
~ OF the treasury that the free list of i'm
portations be enlarged. Taxes are now
levied on a host of small articles,
the aggregate amount Of which is not very
large, and could very well be dispensed
with, owing to the constantly increasing
suiplas in the treasury. The abolition of
vexaious taxes, that on friction matches,
Tor instance, is demanded by every consid-
seration ofsound policy. The people are
entitled to this relief, and would have it
very soon, if they realized the fact that
every dollar received into the treasury came
from their own pockets.
Jamestown alert., 1881-11-11
PENSIONS.
The Enormous Amount OF Money Required to
Pay Them. ..t

The Enormous Amount OF Money Required to
Pay Them. F
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.-The commissioner
Of pensions recommends that congress be asked
to appropriate 500, 900, 600 for disbursement
by his Office during the official year ending
June 80. 1883, in payment Of annual and ac-
crued pensions, and also that an immediate de-
ficiency Appropriation Of $40, ,OOO, 900 be re-
quested for the purpose Of paying al arrears
Of pensions to claimants whose cases have been
or may be favorably adjudicated the current
fiscal year. The commissioner estimates that
10000 pension claims will be
further increaee in the current bureau as
many as GO, 900 may be disposed of next year.
Fully two-thirds Of the pending claims carry
arrears Of pensions amounting to nearly 8 500
for each claimant, and the commissioner be-
lieves the interests Of the country will be pro-
noted by paying of arrears as rapidly as pos
sible. bring up the total pension disbursements
to $40, 600, 900 this year, and 500, ,OOO, 900
the next, in order to reduce the annual charge
upon the treasury more speedily hereafter
The estimated aggregate annual value of
United States pensions at the close of the cur
rent year will be about $33, ,OOO, 900, and
that the total pension roll, excluding first pay
ments or arrears, will never exceed $40, ,OOO,-
600
Jamestown alert., 1881-11-11

THE mes brothers are not likely to die
with their boots on, unless detectives sharp
er than the present force take the field
against them. Ths latest attempt to kill or
capture them has proved total failure.
Sixteen men selected especially for cool
courage, and armed to tho teeth with revol-
ers, Winchester rifles. and double -barreled
shot guns, were organized by noted Cincin-
natl and Louisville detectives. solely to
capture the famous outlaws. Arriving in
the night, this formidable force laid seige
to an-old farm house, and waited for dsy
light. When at last the terrible fortress
fell into the hands of the eager officers, not
q trace of the James boys could be found.
Thus runs the story, but we expect 10 hear
that the bandits all this time were safely on
their farms in Texas, because this is usual
" the outcome of every effort to capture
them anywhere else.
Jamestown alert., 1881-11-11
THE GIyER AND THE TAKER.


1.-THE following ia an attempt to versify
literal translation Of poem by tho Hindot
writer, Tinevaluva, who lived, it is supposed
in the third century Of our era. He was re-
markable for his hatred OF idolatry aud caste
and for his almost Christian conception Of Goo
and human duiy:l
Who gives what others may not see
Nor counts on favor, fame or praise,
Shall find his smallest gift outweighs
The burden Of the mighty sea.
Who gives to whom hath naught been given
His gift in need, though small indeed
As ia the grass blades wind blown seed.
Is large as earth and rich as heaven.
Forgot thou not, q man! to whom
gift shall fall, while yet on earth,
Yea, even to thy sevenfold birth,
Revive it in the lives to come!
Who, brooding, keeps wrong in thought,
Sins much, but greater sin is his -
Who, feed and clothed with kindnesses.
Shall count the holy aims as nsusht.
For he who breaks all laws may still
In Swans mercy be forgiven;
But none can save in earth or heaven
The wretch who answers good with i'll!
John G. Whittier.
Jamestown alert., 1881-11-11
OUT Of BONDAGE.

Frederick Douglass Tells the Sorry or Els
aay5 Escape From Slavery. i.0&lG
In tho forthcoming number of the Gen.
tury Magazine Frederick Douglass, for the
first time, relates the story Of his escape
from bondage. Nearly fifty years ago,
when the flight was made, it was the cus-
tom in the state Of Maryland to require
all FREQ colored people to be provided with
"free papers, "SWitkcut wlitcht were not
permitted to travel. ,Adescription of the
person was given in these papers, ,sand the
person was examined very rightly to make
good his identity. A slave answering the
general description would sometimes .bor-
row or hire his papers from a free negro,
but this was critical thing to do and often
resulted disastrously to both the ownersand
the borrower. Douglas answered no de-
scription papers he had seen, SO that plan
a friend-a sailor-who was provided with
certain government papers that had at least
an official look. Baltimore 4washis starting
point. lie arranged with a friendly hack
man to take his luggageto the station, and
arriving there himself just in time to jump
aboard the train, hoping in tho confusion
attending its departure, to avoid exciting
suspicion. The story is best told in Doug
lass own language.
"In my clothing was rigged out in sail
or style. had on a red shirt and tar
paulin hat, and black cravat tied in sailor
fashion carclessly and loosely about my
neck. My knowledge of ships and sailors
talk came much to my assistance, for knew
ship from stem to stern and from keelson
: to crosstrees, and could talk sailor like an
old salt. I was well on the way to Havre
i de Grace before the conductor came into
tho negro car to collect tickets and examine
the papers Of the black passengers. This
was critical moment in the drama. My
whole future depended upon tho decision
of this conductor. Agitated though wns
while this ceremony vas proceeding, still,
externally at least, was apparently calm
and self possessed. He went on with his
duty, examining several colored pnssen.
gers before reaching me; He was some
what harsh in tono and peremptory in
manner until he reached me, when. slnnge
enough, and to my surprise and relief, his
whole manner, changed. Seeing that I did
not readily produce my freepapers, as the
other colored persons in the Car had done,
he said to ME, in a friendly contrast with
his bearing toward the others"
Il suppose you have your free papers?"
To which I answered.:
mo, sir; I never carry my tree papers to
sen with me"
''But you have something to show that
you are freeman, haven't you?"- a.
+, yes, SIR" answered; Il have paper
! with the American eagle on it, and that
will carry me around the world"
=, At Havre dc Grace he met young COL
ored man VIII I'm he know, and who seemed
curious to find out his business SO far
Jamestown alert., 1881-11-11
The st. Louis Millars.

c,1
ST. Louis Republican. 4th. :.
Owing to tho present price of. wheat and arr
unusually large stock Of flour on. hand ut the:
various trade centers,. some Of. the Largest
m ills in tie country have shut down tens
of lour cah tha' worked off. The Milwauliee
milleis met fow, days fgo and resolved nnan-
iplously. to shut tdoMn; aud IT lis now reported
Ant bonlo of tho st. Louis mills will follow
shit In fact, several of the mills here are
only grinding enough to fill orders, butnear|y
all of the St. Louis mil are as yet Funn11ss.
One or two Of them are closed for repairs and
the largest and. strongest firms wish to avoid
thetnecessityof shutting dowu at all, though
they may conclude to do SO if. they see there
is no mouoy in grinding at present. Mr.; J: =:
NJ Kehlor; Of tho Lacled mills. saId last
night thathe had hopet'there would be some
concert.of .actip4,a1d that allthe mills would
agreeTo cease grinding until trace picks ND,
.sif sthey.l6 not, many of them will be forced
to shut down." flF.
1t was also currently reported on 'chanGe
yesterday that.e number Of the country mills
had quit grinding and that the Minneapolis
mills wore about to take tho same steps. rs
sest and best posted Hour dealers iii the city,
ssaid last night that the crop of wheat Ill
the - Northwest was, snyggeatlys A .tam-
{ aged; and gthe flour g.ound$ s.. 'onl
that wheat and now stored in warehouses IN
tho East is also said to be unsound, that ls, a
.lg are part Of the stock Then, a.nin he sup.
ply in the East is extra large: :an,l tic domand
isinot as great as the snpply# SINCE the. first
of tho month freight rates have::ad,n a c ID from
40 to Sc conts per barrel from here to BustoIa
and Now York. and this advance has material
effect on tho market 1t causes the dealer to'
ndd the 16 cents on the price Of flour per bar
rel. If there was no demand sufficient to-
werk Off stocks before the- advance in freight
rates, the advance itself throws another damper
on tho thing This dealer also says that ho
understands that therois q movement on foot
by the mlllers to- bring about a universal
Shutting down Of the mills for thirty days, in
which time tho supply would be reduced
throughout the United States.
At present the stock in St. Louis, as reported
by holders to the Merchants exchange, is 49,
COG barrels. 1t is pretty generally understood
though that iffully reported the stock would
exceed these figures. Some of the large hold
ers Of flour either fail at times to make reports
or arc careless in giving in tho figures. The
dealer then went on to tell something about
the flour shipped to New England, ground
from spring wheat. Ho said that tho very fact
Of so much of it being unsound. it would be
natural to suppose there would be created a.
demand for st. Louis flour, ground from good
wheat But then the question arises, if that
damaged -four is being sold at large discount
because of its unsoundness: may it not force
the st. Louis millers and dealers to reduce
their superior aud sound grades in order to
meet those prices? This he regarded as a
serious question, and it is being carefully con-
edered here. e.
Jamestown alert., 1881-11-11

TIE people of the west have got to take
back seats in the White House, or else the
newspapers and fashion writer's are wofully
misinformed; for they tell us that the line
IS to bs drawn between eastern culture and
refinement and the breezy freshness of
the west which has hitherto, or for nearly u
quarter Of century, predominated in the
executive mansion. But those eastern
chaps now at the front will get an occasion
nj reminder that q good deal of voting is
done at the west and more to come. Those
who want votes are apt to be civil,
Jamestown alert., 1881-11-11

IHE nations dead" to the number of
sa7 $50 lie buried in seventy y-nine national
military cemeteries. OF these the names
OF III, s02 are known, while 147, ,56s are
marked unknown" OF. the total number
only 400 were civilians. The total also
embraces also $1,000 confederates, 6,1Oo of
whom are known and 5000 unknown
After making reductions for civilians and
confeder ates, there are gathered in the
various cemeteries the r enaiDs fnearly
500, geo men, who wore the blue, and yield.
ed up their lives in defense of the govern
r1ent
Jamestown alert., 1881-11-11
OuR CR.MINAl CALENDAR.

John ckmsn deputy sheriff Of
Mount Vernon, Ind, with an order for gun
which Cotton Lad taken from a negro who had
bought it from d white man, to whom Cotton
bad sold it Aquarrel ens,led. Cotton shot at
Hickman without effect, when Hickman shot
Cotton, wounding him, it is believed mortally.
Baldwin and Nusent were not the only bank
wrecl1ers concerned in the dcspoiling OF the
Mechanics bank at Newark Henry p. March
bank, formerly corresponding clerk OF the bank
was arrested, and charged with having robbed
the bank of over $4,000.
Massey Bill, colored, who attempted to rape
a little girl near Manchester, Tenn, was taken
from Jail by mob, and lyrched.
Ole Oleson, of Stoughton, Wis, committed
suicide -.r.-.- So ..l
Jamestown alert., 1881-11-11
Slavery and Religion In Egypt.
.pm the Pau Mall Gazette

A recent traveller in Egypt sends US the
following illustration of the endless difficult
tics the khedive has to overcome In the
slow progress of interior reform. lndlg-
nant that slavery should still flourish in his
realm, Twfik Pasha wished to decree its to-
tai abolition in advance of stjpulations of
our treaty with Egypt, which gives them un-
Ill 1884 and 1889 respectively, but before
taking such an important step he sent and
consulted the Sheik- ul-Islam. Though
fully sharing the views Of the temporal ruler
that slavery was an abominasion, the
eclesiatic objected to its wholesale abolition
On the ground that the emancipation cfindi-
vilusl slaves was one Of the most meritori-
eps OF acts, and that the prophet had con-
ceiled this right to his followers as means
81 alonin4 for their sins. In other words,
stfn& slnvery must be maintained, as slaves
- required = human conscience money
1S - isawa1h 7Eun3msn backsliders, and
iiS 49, - 10 the power to deprive
- e divine privilege. This
- q recently q July Last; Tewfix
S6ka I'D % sabmit, and 10 zenounce for
- pesssnt his proJsct Of immed date eman-
eraf5on.