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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-04-28
NUMBER 36.
Rcappearancc OF the Great Plague
Wh.cl. Devastated ;.ie Mid.
die Ages.


Already Europe is becoming alarmed
at the appearance of the plague, or
black death in the east, and fears are
entertained that 1t may spread west
ward. The London Standard states,
on pathological grounds, that 1t Is .
"malignant form Of contagious fever"
which breaks out suddenly In certain
localities and spreads with frightful
rapidity, and that the present type"
is as viruleEt as that Of the middle
ages. 1t Is characterized by swellings
OF the lymphatic glands and by car
buncles and beyond doubt one seizure
seems to afford no security against q
second attack. This is, however, =
point upon which physicians have not
often had a chance Of studying, since
"the pest" does not usually leave the
same individual chance of expert.
encing its symptoms twice. 1t has
been cOntended that ii Is not cOnta-
giOus, but in almost every case of an
outbreak the disease has been traced
to persons who have come from in
fected districts. In the Astrakhan ep-
idemic Of 1879, and in that of III,
which cut offlOO, 900 people in Moscow,
the pestilence was known to have been
brought, in one instance, from Central
Asia, and in the other from Choezin.
Again, during the latter outbreak, the
400 inmates OF the Imperial FOundl-
ing Hospital, who were isolated, and
in 1913 the town of Jegla, in Malta,
which was shut oiffrom Vallett, where
the disease was raging, entirely es-
capped. Quarantine, however, as .
preventive against the ravages OF the
cholera has been proved to be utterly
futile, aud it is very generally allowed
that it is not much more potent as .
barrier against the plague.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-04-28

[St. Louis Globe. Democrat

Secretary Lincoln IL most beset Of
the new cabinet officers by those who
wish to pay their respects to him.
This class OF visitors is much more
soothing to the spirit than the horde
Of Office seekers that are pounding At
the doors of the other secretaries, and
as the son of his father, every old
freedman In the city wants to see him,
and many Of them walk miles over the
Virginia turnpike to shake his hand.
A legion Of the lowly are waiting in
the corridors of the war department
every day, and when the secretary's
door is thrown open they reverently
shake his hand, look upon him with
devoted eyes and withdraw. A thou
sand blessings are called upon him,
and with the same kind heart and con-
sideration that so endeared his father
to these people, Robert Lincoln has
time and kind words for the poorest
and most inflrn, Of them.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-04-28
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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-04-28
DiphthsPla in Oid Times.
From the Boston Journal. |

In the year 1875, New England was
visited 10y a most destructive and cx-
tensive epidemic, called the throat
distemper. The throat Of the victim
swelled, white or ash-colored specks
appeared IN the fauces, and an erup-
tiOn on the skin, accompanied by gen.
eral debility. Its ravages commenced
in this town in May. The first victim
was child, who died In three days.
In the course of n week II appeared ut
a place fonr miles distant, where three
children died IN one day. OF the first
10 seized In New England not one re-
covered. In Exeter ia died, and At
Hampton Falls twenty families buried
all their children. In New Hampshire
alone 1000 persons died Of the epidemic.
and 500 Of them were under q years
OF age.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-04-28

The Chronicle learns from Rev. q.
w. Henning. the state board, having
in charge the care OF freedmen coming
from Southern States to Kansas, that
the board has received, cared for and
distributed over 10000 Of these people
since the exodus began, and have been
the means OF turning 10000 more into
other states. Mr.. Henning also states
that the board has done all In its
power to check the incoming Of COZ
ored people from the south, spending
much money In the effort, but with
out avail. They are bound to come,
they say, to Kansas, the home OF old
John Brown. He further said that
the exodus has begun, and that large
numbers of these people are now NOV
ing or preparing to move. The board
has received tenders from southern
commercial centers Of un m IL d
means to check the exodus, but this
Mr.. Henning says Is beyond their
power.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-04-28

Santa Fe IL now full Of enterprising
men from the east, intent on mining.
1t Is the great center of the rich min
ing country Of New Mexico. Until =
comparative recent date the gold and
silver have been too inaccessible to
warrant large operations; but now the
Atchison, Topeka h Santa Fee road 10
transporting thousands Of traveleru
down the valley of the Rio Grande to
the border Of old Mexico, and will
soon carry them into that country:
Freight trains heavily loaded with orc
aud silver bricks are rumbling along
the Rio Grande, where two years ago
the silence OF nature was undisturbed.
Towns are springing up In = night,
easy of access to mountaips full OF
precious metals, awaiting the muscle
and pluck Of the prospector.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-04-28

r. w. Youmans, who lives at Clack-
amas station. on the q. h c. II. r.,
was engaged In blasting stumps out Of
\ lot near his residence. Late In the
afternoon he put n heavy charge into
a large stump which stood some eight
or ten rods from the house, and ex-
ploded with telling effect. A large
section of the stump-nearley one-haIf
was blown out, striking the end of
his story and q half residence, mashed
a hole into IL considerable larger than
the stun,p; Il then rebonndesi, striking
a picket fence some three rods away
and demolishing section of 1t. Mr..
Youmsn's family-a wife and two chill
dren--were IN the room near whore
the stump struck, and although they
were not hurt, they will hereafter go
to the neighbors when stump blasting
10 In progrssA.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-04-28

The influx of immigrants into the
United States IL remarkable and the
ratio IL liable to increase rather than
diminish, hecaus of the continued state
Of unrest In European countries. II
II now believed that the number Of
arrivals for the current year will ex-
coed 5pO,O00. Castle Garden records
show that during the past thirty-nve
year, there have reached this country
by the port OF New York 2, 1883 Irish
end 2,90o, ,S7l German immigrants.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-04-28

IMMIGRANTS CoMING.-From the
New Jersey Courier, Of March 3Oth,
we make the following extracts:
As a number Of families in this
county are contemplating joining the
New Jersey Colony which II now be-
ing formed for the purpose of settling
in Washington Territory, the follow
ing information In relation thereto
will be Of interest. We learn that be-
tween forty and fifty families, from
different parts Of this state, (princi-
pally, however, from Hudson and
Bergen counties, have made arrange
ments to settle there. One party left
last week, and another will go in
about . fortnight. From 4 private
letter received by one II our citizens
few days since, In reference to the
matter, we learn that arrangements
have been made which secure reduced
rates of fare when several families go
In company. The writer goes on to
aay: "rhOse who wish to make > new
home cannot do better than to locate
In Washington Territory, ~ II has 40
many resources that any honest work
man is afforded ample opportunity to
do we'll. Gov. Newell has written
some very flatteriug letters to parties
here In reference to the country. and
the prospects 0f settlers, the fertility
of the soil, heaithfulness of the eli
mate, etc. Those who propose going
should start as early "a possible IN tue
spring, In order that they may be able
to put IL their crops aud get fair
start"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-04-28

IMMIGRANTS CoMING.-From the
New Jersey Courier, Of March 30th,
we make the following extracts:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-11-24
NO. 277.

nual transportation, los. 52l, 229 miles; an
nual cost. Sll l,6l3. .36S (including 81 1854. .l07
for railway post-office car service,) about
ll.22 cents per mile.
Steamboat rontes-Length, ,l3S miles !;
annual transportion, 5,o46. .50s miles; annual
cost, $3.50, l65. about l+.92 cents per mile.
Star" routes, ON which the mails are re-
quired to be conveyed with celebrity, Ger
tainty and security Length. 23l, ,299
miles; annual transportation, 79,557, ,ee96
miles; annual cost, $685. ,SS5, about S.74
cents per mile.
In 1915 the first reduction in letter rates
was made. and, to provide tor any .empor-
srv deficiency resulting therefrom, $450, 900
was appropriated. but with provisions re-
strictng the amount of expenditure. In
1851, rates were again lowered Ito ) cts).
There were also reductions in I'd and Sd class
matter. The result was greater diminu-
tion of revenue than had been expected.
Then the great overland mail service was es-
tablished, and, little by little, the annual de-
fciency grew. till in 1860, it was more than
ten and half millions.
The compensation the government receives
for the reception, transportation and delivery
of second, third and fourth class matter is
far below the cost. The revenue derived
from letter postage and other sources 10 more
than consumed by the losses sustained on
second third and fourth class matter.
If certain reforms are carried out, Mr.,
James thinks reduction of letter postage
from three to two cents will be possible with
in three years. He favors il even if postage
on third and fourth class matter has to be
increased.
The Postmaster General refers to the Star
route and other abuses, and shows what
measures he has taken to put the postal service
on an economical business basis; and closes
with a recommendation tor reform in the
method of appointment so as to make fitness
the main requisite.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-11-24

Few people imagine the enormous income
derived from shooting and fishing preserved
by the lairds of Scotland. There are 700
preserves. and the entire rental equals $780,
600. At the passing of the Union the rental
of Inverness was $1,000 per annum, out of
land, now its shootings and fishngs are
worth fl00,0O0 year. One American
gentleman pays Lord Lovat fIO,OO0 per
annum. There are fifty preserves in Perth
shire rented atf500 per annum each, and the
entire sporting rental for the county equals
f65, 900. The rental of Argyle reaches f37,-
900; the rental of Forfaris set down at fl6,-
600. Owing to the enormous sums received
by the landlords as rentals and what money
is spent around shooting lodges, people will
fail to convert the moor and heather into
sheep farms, as a greater number are en-
ployed and more money spent in the district
by sportsmen than would otherwise be by
struggling herdsmen.
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How a Confederate Scout Heard
His Death Warrrnt Read While
Hiding.

The scout was surrounded. He took in
| every thing at a glance and determined to
cut his way through and risk the chances
But the ladies represented to him that this
was certain death. They could conceal him,
and $ assented The young ladies acted
promptly One ran to the window and
| asked who was there, while another closed
the back door-that in front being already
fastened. s. was then hurried up the
staircase, one of the ladies accompanying
him to show him his hiding place. All had
| taken place in few moments, and the Fed
eral troops gave sudden evidence of their
estimate of S. They fired volley
| through the front door and the bullets
whistled by the young ladies'. Then the
door was burst in and the troopers swarmed
into the house.
S had been conducted to garret bare
of all furniture, but some planks lay upon
the sleepers of the ceiling, and by lying down
on these man might conceal himself
$ mounted quietly and stretched him
self at full length and the young lady re-
| tired and returned to the lower floor. From
his perch $ then heard all that was said
in the hall beneath.
"Wbere is the puerilla?" exclaimed the
Federal officer commanding the detachment.
"What gucrilla?' asked one of the ladies
1.-The rascal s."
Gle was here, but he has gone
am no, 70 no tr;Gea with shall se.rch ,h;.
bou.e Rut 6rst road ,he order. 20 ,ha man ;.
ho aJdeJ ,urn;rg 70 . .or,oan,
Tho Sergeant obevod and g d;.,;no,,,
overhoard ,hn re,d;na os hi. Jo,,,, ,...r.n,
Tho nanor rhronicle5 h;s ox,,n;,s aona,,naoi
t;,,, ~ ,,,a.,;iia a,,1 h,,.I,.t'.','.'s ~,
roc,.d ,ha, no shor,d NO, hn ,.Ia" .,,,a a. ~.
mon were exnressIr orJorod :" In, h;,, nn,
to take him prisoner Tb;. was mot rca.sur.
inc 10 the scout concealed nnder tho raftors
ahove uwas nrohabie ,I,o, ho -,o,,id r..
discoverod IN which cosa do.,h ~,n,,Ia se.I
low There w,. but ono ,b;ng 20 A. 20 .o,,
h;s life doarIy Af,or ron.arL;n 60,
room on tho f;rst and second Aoors ,5e Eaj,
oral ,roons ,scopded ,o ,ho a.,ro, ,rha ,aa;a,
b.d at,on,,,od ,o d;y.r, ,h.;r a,,ar,;o,, e.,
il but one of ,bem .sked
"Wbat room ;s thu, nm ,horo,.,
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The POstmaster-Gener Report.


The report of the Postmaster General, for
the last fiscal year, ending June 80, has just
been published:
The total excess of expenditures over re-
ceipts, is S2.4SI 1885. The value of ordi-
nary postage stamps issued during the year.
is S24 .040.627 the number of postal cards
was sos, $50, 500, valued at $3,OS6, sos The
total value of stamps including the above and
stamped envelopes of different sorts. ETC..
was S34, ,625, 435 81. The amount of postage
collected on newspapers mailed to regular
subscribers, at cts. per pound, was 81 1893, :
04S.64. OF this amount. 27. per cent was
collected at New York; 5.95 per cent at Bos-
ton; 4.65 per cent at Augusta, Me.
DEAD LETTERS.
The whole number Of letters mailed in this
country. in the last fiscal year, was .046,-
l01. .34s. The number reaching the Dead
Letter Office during the same period was 3, :
1923 62l, or one in every 3l5.
The total number of letters and parcels
registered during the fiscal year was 1898
9I9. consisting of 6, l59, 297 domestic letters,
Gas, 2l3 domestic parcels, 3I2, ,553 letters and
ll,759 parcels to foreign countries, and =
2l0. .096 letters and parcels of official matter
for the government, by law exempt from the
payment of registry fees.
The number of mOney-Order offices at date
Of this report was ;, 499.
During the year claims were filed in thiity-
six cases on account of alleged improper
payment Of money orders. The amount Of
all these claims was S767.07. Their number,
compared with the total number Of payments
made during the year is as ] to 2ll ,ssl.
The receipts and expenditures Of the
domestic money order system for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1881, are reported by the
Auditor as follows: receipts, 1867 ,772 90 /;
expenditures. s715, ,45s.29. The excess of
receipts is S252. .3l464.
The value Of unclaimed money-orders is
estimated TO be 81, ,250, 900. There is now no
provision Of Law which this unclaimed money
can be disposed of. Accordingly it is rec
commended that certain time, five, seven,
or ten years. be fixed by Congress, during
which a money-order shall be valid. After
that time, the amount of unpaid orders to
| accrue to the L. s.
A-system Of Postal-orders for sums less
than S. 10 recommended. These would be
sold At 3 cents, but the sender is obliged to as
| sumo the risk. In connection With this, il
1 10 advised that the rates for money-orders for
sums not exceeding s5, be lowered from 10
cents to ) cents. .;ss''t ~
| The service was divided a. follows:
Railroad routes-Length, 81 500 miles; an.
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KENNEBEC COUyTY.-Tn Probate C'our1, hefd
at 4ngHsfn. fkc fourth Monday Of Oct, 1881.
rALVIN HOPKINS, Guardian Of George w.
~ Hammond, Of Mt. vernon. in said County,
MINOR. having presented his second account Of
Guardianship Of said Ward for allowance:
OEDERgD. That notice thereof b. Gix<H three
week successfully prior tile fourfhNonday oa Nov.
ember next, in the KenneLec Journal, a newspaper
printed in Augusta that all persons interested may
attend at a Probate Courr then to be- held si
should not be allowed.
EMERY o. BEAN. Judge.
Attest: HOWARD OWEN, Register. 3w46s
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Mr.. Walter +. Adams, of Westboro, Mass,
writes: '.For years l suffered the horrors Of
dyspepsia and Indigestion. They seemed to
weaken every organ of life, and completely
shattered my nervous. system. At night
when lay down felt I could not live until
morning. Heartburn panied me most
terribly. / fried Browns Iron Bitters; it
suited my case precisely, and now my stomach
digests any kind Of food. and my sallow
complexion and other symptoms Of iii health
are all gone, and at night enjoy most re-
ffeshing, dreamless slumber." nov25d&wlw
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General News.

The New York hackmen want to give mp,
but don't like to. The stable keepers refuse
to go higher than Sl2. it3li
Eight persons were drowned in Eel bay,
st. Lawrence river, Saturday.
The mayor Of Richmond, Va, has vetoed
the city ordinance requiring all the citizens
Of that place to be yaccinated.
Mr.. Maxwell Han has succeeded in estab.
fishing regular system Of meteorological
observations throughout the Island of Jamai.
ca AMI both shipping and agricultural inter-
ests have the benefit of weather forecasts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-11-24

Apropos of the immense immigration to
this country this year, Mr.. Walter of the
London Times tells his countrvmen that he
wishes more Englishmen would cross the sea
to this wonderful country, which before the
close of the next century would have in his
judgment, 2OO, ,0O0, 900 inhabitants.
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Maine Central Railroad.
Change Of Time.

ON aud after SUNDAY. OCT. 10th, 1851.
rains will leave Augusta
For Portland and Boston at 600 A. NJ and 8 IS A.
NJ; 1875 Z. NJ.
For Rockland 800 A. NJ. and 9.5S M.
For Fa-mIngton, g.5s A. NJ.
For Bath, 600 A. NJ, 9.5s A. N. and 2.i2 P. NJ
For Lewiston and Portland, 600, 9.5s A. NJ, and
PAP and 1855 +. VI.
For waterville 2.25, 9.i5 A. NJ, and 332 P.M.,-
sos z. NJ. on Saturdays.)
For Skowhegan, Belfast, Dexter and Bangor, 3.32
Z. NJ, aid Z. % A. VI.
Night Pullman Traius each way every night, Sun
DAYS included.
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Thursday, Nov. gath. A. d. 1881,

The effort to kill out rum shops with cheap
coffee houses has been made in New York,
and failed. Coffee has long been euchercd
by toddy. 1t is not question of thirst for
drink, but of thirst for stmulant. Abolish
the rum shop, and the coffee house would
have mission.
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FARM FOR SALE.

SITUATED IN HALLUwELL, two miles from
tho post ofce nice farm. Contains about TO acres
cuts 30 tons Of hay, and would make good milk
farm. Produces about 75 barrels grafsed fruit Forty
OF the farm are woodland Viii be sold at .
bargain. Address ARNO LITTLE,
tf47w HalloweH.
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PILESl PILESl PILES!
A Sure Cure Found at Last
No One Need Suffer!

a Cure for Blind Bleeding, Itching and
liberated Piles has been discovered by DR.. Wiar.
ian Indian remedy,) called DIR. Williams Indian
Ointment. single box has cured the worst chronic
five minutes after applying this wonderful soothing
medicine. Lotions instruments and eIecfuaries do
more harm than good. Williams Dinfme Mt absorbs
the umors. aays the intense itching, (partcularly
at night after getting warm in bed,) acts poul-
tce gives instant and painless relief and prepared
only for Piles, itching Of the private parts, and for
nothing else.
Read what the Hon. J. NJ. Cofinberry Of CIeye-
land says about DIR. Williams Indian Pile 0int-
ment: I have used of Pile Cures, and IL
affords me pleasure TO say that / have never found
anything which gave such Immediate and perma
nent relief Dr. W lam's Indian 0intment,
For sale by all druggists, or mailed on receipt of
price. 81 90
hENRY 4 CO., Prop'rs, CLEVELAND, o.
Geo. G. Goodwin & Co., Boston,
WHOLESALE AGENTS
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NOTICE
XSODERS :s::: s:s :. ,=:': :::: {; ::::s

narer. THE WORLD AND SOLDIER. published at
Washington D. c. Ii contains stories OF tho War.
Camp Life Scenes from the Battlefield. and thou
sand things of interest to our countrys defenders
II contains all the Laws and Instructions relating TO
pensions and Bounty for soldiers and their heirs
Eight paees, forty columns, weekly. ~ year
sample free. Address WORLD AND SOlDiEh
Box sSs. Washington, d. {. noslofSW
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ELYS' CREAM BALM

ELYS' CREAM BALM
HAVING gained an enviable local reputation. dis
placing all other preparations in the vicinity OF dis
coverv, is on its merits alone, recognized as a won
derful remedy. 'ar trial will convince the most
skeptca of its curative powers 1t eiectually clean
the nasal passages Of Catarrhal virus, causing
healthy secreiions allays Inflammation and irrita-
ton. protects the membranai Innings Of the head
fro additional colds. completely heals the sores and
res the Of taste and smell Beneficial
ts realized by few applications. A thorough
treatment directed will cure Catarrh. As hr use
hold remedy for cold in the head and snufies IL Ii
unequaled. The Balm is easy TO and agreeable
Sold by druggists at 30 cents On receipt Of 50 cents
will mail package. Send tor circular with full in
formation. tHa
ELYS' CREAM BALM CO., Owego,N. Y.
For sale by the Augusta druggists
and by Wholesale Druggtsts generally.
ocf3weow fe0wevdiy
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DIRECTIONS.

For Catarrh, Hay Fever,
Cold in The Head, Ac.,
ins. IT with little finger
a particle of the Balm
into the nostrils; eraw
strong breaihs through
the nose II will be ab-
sorbed, cleansing and
healing the diseased
membrane.