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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-08-24
AUGUSTA POST. OFFICE.

4UuUU1A 1UUA vi AVos
July Ist. 1881.
Office Hours.
From "a. II. to sP NJ Sundays excepted.
sundays, open from PTS to lois A. n, for Csniers
Money order once opens at A. ". Closes at
Registered Letter Department open. at : A. NJ
Stamp Once opens at A. NJ. Closes at SPIN.
.4rrirai and Departure Of Mails.
Portland. Boston and Southern and Western Nail:
arrive e., At ~; u A. NJ an. and 81 aaa ' 0'e
Portland and intermediate efhoes; arrive at s-2a
and 7.is r. VI.
Rhode Island, Connecticut and southern and vest
states close at 20 p. NJ
Lewiston and Auburn and in5ermedlaie omee "a
arrive II A NJ, 325. and AS +. NJ close al -s0'
and e4O 4. NJ, and 10 z. NJ.
Bruins wick. Bath, Rockland, Squirrel Island, Ocean
Point Boothbav &c, arrive 325 and 7.4e r. NJ
Close 5. 70 and $40 A. ".
arrive 10 A. VI. and II Pm. Close at BIS and 10
Showhegan and connecting routes arrive 10 A. N.
and II r. VI. Close 3. ID and 10 r. NJ
searsmont and intermediate Offices arrive Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at 10 A NJ Close II 80 +.
u. Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Belfast and intermediate Offices arrive DAILY (Suh-
day exceDted) AT 10 A. VI. Close ,. 10 T. NJ
Wadoboro and intern ediate Offices, arrive daily
SUNDAYS exceptedl ai +. NJ. Close 6.o A. NJ
Liicified and intermediate Offices arrive daily ex-
cept undays, at 10 4. N. Closes BIS r. NJ
Winthrop arrives daily Sundays excepted) or NJ.
Closes 2 A. VI.
Manchester, Mt. Vernon, W. Mt. Vernon and No.
Vienna daily texcep, sundays arrives Il VI. Closes
IP.M
Belgrade, ". waferville, Somerset r. X. and con-
Meeting routes arriye daily Sundays exeepsed) at
u 10. Close at LIS.
Weeks Mills and W. Windsor arrive daily Except
Sundays) at 10 A. n. Closes at 3.l5 r. NJ
National Military Home Togus, arrives 20 A. VI.
and Z F. NJ. Closes z A. NJ. and BIS r. NJ.
Carriers deliveries made daily sun
business portion of the city, at 730 and
10 A. NJ and and 2. VI. Deliveries made
10 all parts Of the city within the delivery limits.
twice a day Sundays and legal Holidays excepted
at 30 A. VI. and p. VI.
Collections from the street boxes are made on
week days : follows The boxes on Waterr state
Winthrop, Bridge, Green, Grove, corner of Chapel
and Court .treef- Maine Centa X. r. Station, East
End kennebec Bridge, and ut corner of Bangor and
Cony streets collected at A. NJ, go and T NJ
All other boxes collected at 9 A. NJ. and r. NJ
sundays and legal Holidays, collections are made
at ~. VI.
All Letters delivered free by carriers when adj
dressed to the street and humber. People should
inform their correspondents of above, and have their
letters addressed accordingly.
Any irregularities in the Carriers Department
should be- reported TO the Office.
j. II. MANLEY, T. VI.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-08-24
$50 Reward |!

STOLEN FROM THE SUBSCRIBER, on or abou,
July lsi, lot OF Calfskius with the heads cut off
sailed and dried crossways over o board and some
over i've inch joisf. The above reward win be-
Of the thief.
A. L. SIMPSON. Tanner. So. windsor.
ang2W1Ws
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-29
Not At All Alarmed.
Noble Register


Notwithstanding the fact that work on
the Panama canal has ceased temporari-
ly on account of the death of M. Blan-
Chef, the engineer in charge of the pre-
paratOry surveys, yet III. De Lesseps
seems to be making every preparation to
go ahead with his gigantic undertaking
as soon as the weather is favorable for fur
ther operations. We are told that digging
will commence before long, and that the
chief engineer of the Suez canal is on his
way to the Isthmus.
III. De Lesseps does not appear to be
gentleman who is easily turned from his
purpose. Congress has resolved, and a
large number Of the journals of the
United States have Numbered in favor
of strained construction of the Monroe
doctrine. III. De Lesseps reads attentive
ly, smiles politely, shrugs his shoulders
and goes on with his work. Mr..
Blaine addresses letter to our Minister
at the Court of st. James, asserting that
no canal should be constructed across the
Isthmus, unless guarantees are given
that the interests of the United States
will be held to be above those of any
other country, or, in other words, unless
it is virtually controlled by this country.
NJ. De Lesseps puts his hand to his heart,
bows profoundly-and gets ready to
dig.
1t must be acknowledged that this NJ
De Lesseps is very provoking old gen.
tleman. When the able editors of metro
politan journals informed him that the
Monroe doctrine must and should be
maintained, even though oceans of ink
were shed in doing so. this enterprising
Frenchman should at once have hum
bled himself. When Mr.. Blame warned
the nations of the world against tres
passing on domains over which the
United States have no control, M. De
Lesseps should have trembled in his
boots, and acknowledged that the doc
trine of NJ. De Monroe was especially
enunciated to prevent him from digging
across the Isthmus. Thus would the
American Republic have been glorifed,
and the proud bird of freedom, no
longer on the watch for aggression,
would have sought its home in the set
ting sun.
As matters stand at present M. De Les
seps is a thorn in the side of American
diplomacy. If he persists in digging,
how are we going to stop him? The soil
on which he proposes to dig is owned by
the United States of Colombia. Shall
not that country do what it wills with
its own2 1t appears TO decidedly favor
NJ. De Lesseps' project, and to have no
sympathy with American antagonism to
it. We shall therefore await the pro-
gress of events with considerable inter-
est. At present M. De- Lesseps seems to
be much more afraid of sickness and the
rainy season than of the great North
American Republic.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-29


THEY WoNT SoUEAL.-A prominent
post office official, who had been follow
ing the star route qualifications, said to
Redfeld that there was not SHADOW OF
doubt in his mind of the guilt OF Gen.
Brady. -,
"Have you thought so all this timer"
he was asked.
mo; frankly, at first | was disposed
to doubt it. like Brady, and was 10Th
to believe him corrupt"
"Do you believe, now, from all the
evidence at hand, that Brady actually
received money from contractors
whose routes he so enormously ex-
peditedf"
Il do"
do you believe it can be proved
against him2"
II doubt it,"
whats the weak point2'
"Why the fellows who divided with
him won't squeal, and unless they confess
how are we to prove that they paid Brady
a consideration for his services in expe-
diting routesP"
Haven't you a hope that some of them
will make clean breast of it2"
eyes, a hope, but that is all. l hope
they'll squeal, but don't believe they will.
1t is likely to be an instance of honor
among thieves. If l, as public officer,
give you fat contract, and you slyly di-
vide the profits with me, and neither of
us can be made to tell of it, how is it to
be provedT
This is the weakness of the star route
prosecution. Those who have profited
by the robbery don't propose to enlighten
the public on that point and get them
selves into the penitentiary. They will
not expose each other, and there is moth
ing but a train of circumstances to ex-
pose them, which may not hold water
when put to the legal test
But the routes were expedited" and
the money is "gone.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-29

Fifty years ago not single locomo-
tive engine had been built in this coun-
try. The number now in use is Is, 445,
all made in America, valued at $164, $50,
900. Railroad cars of all kinds number
498, OO0,- costing at low estimate $780,
100000. The total value of locomotives
and cars, therefore, is 1894, 450, 000
Locomotives have also been built for
export to all parts of the world, as the
superiority of the American locomotive
is everywhere recognized. Canada,
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince
Edwards Island, Mexico, Costa RIGA,
Nicaragua, Ecuador, Central America,
Chill, Peru, Argentine Republic, Brazil,
Cuba, Porto Rico, Jamaica, Norway.
Finland, Russia, New Zealand, New
South Wales, Victoria, south Australia
and the Sandwich Islands, are some of
the countries where the American iron
horse is the favorite. From So to 96 per
cent. of the locomotives used in the
English colonies were built in the United
States. Sixty million dollars worth of
cars and locomotives have been exported
since 1870
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-29

President Gonzales, of Mexico, has
issued proclamation fixing the prices
at which the public lands WILDE sold in
the several States, the price designated
being for each square league: Sonora,
$40; Colima, $1,755; Durango, 1868
Campeachy, s1O5; Chihuahua. 1910
Chiapis, $S77; HidaIgO, $2,6S3; Jalisco,
81, 755; Guerrero. $1,S16; Guanajunto,
$3,511; Coahuila, $21O; Aqua Calienta,
$2,6S3; Michoacsn, $1,755; Morelos,
$3.511, Mexico. 1851; Nuevo Leon,
$26S; Oxaca, $1,S16; Puebla, $S,511i
San Luis Potosi, $1,752, Sinaloa, 1915
Tabasco, $s77; Tamaulipas, $263; Vera
Cruz, 81, 755; Yucatan, $877; Zacatecas,
81, 755; District Federal, $3.50; Tax.
Gala, $685."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-29
Recent Bank Failures The Need of
Cauti0n.


The colossal crash in the Mechanics
National Bank, of Newark, so soon fol-
lowed by the collapse of the Pacific Bank,
of Boston, is calculated to shatter the
confidence of depositors and business
men in banking institutions, and beget
fears of financial disturbance.
The directors and Presidents of many
of the leading institutions are. little bet
ter than dummies" and cashiers have
abundant opportunities to do as they
please with the funds entrusted to their
charge. There is abundant evidence to
show that bank examinations, as a rule,
are farcical, and cover rather than ex-
pose breaches of trust. 1t is more than
probable that shareholders and deposi-
tors. who have taken alarm at the warn
ings recently given, viii endeavor to
bring about a change in the management
of banking concerns, with the view OF
securing officers who will do something
more than receive the assurances of their
subordmates as to the safety of their
charge and who will satisfy themselves
thoroughly in the premises.
1t is uncomfortable to think so, but the
tremendous crashes of the past three
weeks are ominous, and those familiar
with the signs of monetary disturbances
are Justly alarmed, and are convinced
that the time has arrived to be prepared
for whatever may come.
The bell has been rung," said the veteran
John Thompson, Of the Chase National Bank,
recently, 'and it will be well for banks and bust
Tess men to exercise more prudence, Tor IL IS
evident that there is danger in the atmosphere:
Depositors In banks are apprehenslve, ana
while cannot yet believe revulsion is upon
us, vet few more Of these disasters such IS
have overtaken the Newark and Boston banks
viii precipitate panic, and panic will lead
into a reYulsion, and = revulsion viii essentially
break up the prosperity of the country. Ihess
failures demonstrate. the fact that there IS
vest deal OF reckless gambling being carried on
throughout the country, which mad its first Inn
pulse in the profits wnen the boom was on
aud almost everv venture yielded pron6 we
are going too fast. refer 70 TINS because IN
the delinquency Of bank officers 1t Is often
shown that the defalcation is the outcrop or a
venture. Banks that undertake heavy negotl'
atoms which, IL fortune favors, viii yield enoe-
frowns bankruptcy is inevitable, must always
stand in the category ef doubtful institutions"
A radical remedy is needed. Though
the majority of directors simply allow
their names to be used as advertisements
for the corporations with which they are
identified, they are none the less morally
responsible to depositors and others who
are caught by their complaisance. A
bank director accepting the trust con-
fided to him should be held strictly ac-
countable for a breach of that trust.
When this practice shall prevail subordi-
mates viii not have the opportunity to be
dishonest, and when the opportunity
does not present itself, neither will temp
tation.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-29

Recent elections in England to I'll va
cant seats in Parliament, and even mu-
nicipal elections, have generally gone
against the Liberals. The reason, as
alleged, is the Irish policy of the govern
ment; but the Tories have all along been
prodding the Liberals to use extreme
coercive measures in ireland. Since
those measures have been used, the
Tories have been charging the govern
ment with deliberate plan to 'confis-
cate" the property of all the landed pro-
prietors of the United Kingdom. They
have made many voters believe this, and
hence the political changes at some of
the elections. The election of Mr.. Gait
at Stafford is attributed to the Irish vote,
but the Irish have little to expect from
the British Tories, unless that party, to
beat the Liberals, suddenly changes
front and advocates Irish autonomy
not a probable course for them to take.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-29

Unfortunates who are seeking TO renew
their health are many. So often have they
been deceived by the advertisements of
worthless compounds, that many are dis
couraged and refuse to believe anything
they read IN the papers. Therefore, the best
advertisement OF q really good medicine is
the reputation it has gained in places where
lis being sold. No other remedy ever dis
covered has grown so rapidly in public favor
as that true medicinal tonic called Browns
Iron Bitters In localities where its extra
ordinary merits have become fully known
and realized by those who have been in Ill
health, the sale is unprecedented. One
druggist in our city reports the sale of two
hundred and thIrty-eight bottles In one
week. It is. indeed, wonderful, health
giving, fe-saving preparation. It is sooth-
Ing and refreshing In its effect, and strength
ems every part of the body, ard creates
healthy appetite and digestion, even when
the system is almost DESTROYED by the many
hurtful cathartics so commonly used.
Reader, bewarel duty demands that you try
Browns Iron Bltters, II your health Is poor
n
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-29
A Foe 10 COMBINATIONS.

Mr.. E. J. Baldwin, San Francisco
millionaire, is determined foe Of cor
porations, and CLAIMS to have the ability
to paddle his own canoe. He owns in
San Francisco a magnificent hotel, the
finest theatre in the city, market house
and blocks of splendid business houses.
To save insurance he made his hotel al
most fire-proof, and then provided it
with an elaborate system of fire appa-
ratus at cost of 100000. He claims to
have already saved $500, 600 by not pay
ing premiums to underwriters on his
San Francisco property. He construct
ed gas works for the Baldwin Hotel,
and saved in one months consumption
of gas $2,567. He says after he
has used his gas works for six months
he intends to publish comparative
statement of what gas cost him when
bought from monopoly" and what it
costs him to make it, and he ''thinks the
figures will open the peoples eyes. " By
driving wells and running steam pumps
he succeeded in saving $6,9S1 on water
bills in eighteen months, and determined
also to steer clear of anything which
looked like monopoly. Mr.. Baldwin
went to work and put up ice works,
from which he gets all the refrigerating
material he wants at cost of 50 per ton,
instead of paying an ice company $50
per ton. Mr.. Baldwin evidently does
not mean to swell the dividends of the
San Francisco corporations.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-29

WHAT FOLLOWED THE SHAPING OF A
UNITED STATES CoNsUL's FACE.-At the
request of the State Department
the United States man-of-war Ranger
was, short time ago, ordered
by telegraph TO proceed to Cape
ST. Lucas to protect United States
Vice Consul Dexter, "who had been
threatened with personal violence. The
Ranger was caught at Acapulco by tele.
graph aud proceeded to Cape st. Lucas.
The following telegram was received at
the Navy Department on Wednesday
from Capt. Phillips, who had returned
with the Ranger to Acapulco: Gre
turned from lower California. Consul
Dexter left that country two months
ago." 1t appears that Vice Consul Dex-
ter got into some trouble and a man
slapped him in the chops. He jumped
the place two months. afterwards. A
United States man of-war was sent to
Cape st. Lucas to protect him.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-29

1t is reported that the purchase OF the
New York EceHing Express BY Cyrus w.
Field is part of scheme to get the con-
troll of the New York Associated Press
into the hands of the great capitalists
and monopolists of New York city. 1t
is known that they have now three out
of the seven papers that govern the asso-
citation, and that the fourth will soon be
gathered in. When that is effected they
can control the market reports and the
main lines of telegraph, and the public
will be entirely dependent upon them
for news
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-29
4 DESPERATE DUEL IN ROME.
A One-Armed American Painter
Discounts a Fiery Italian.
Mem York Herald.


A correspondent of the Paris Globe
sends the following from Rome: Capt.
George Butler is a fine specimen of
American manhood. He fought very
bravely in the war between the North
and the South, and was severely wound
ed at Gettysburg, losing his right arm.
This casualty compelled him to leave the
service and devote himself to other pur-
suits. He now resides at Rome and is a
painter by profession. He is as clever
with the sword as with the brush, not
withstanding that he has only his left
hand available. Capt. Butler the other
day was walking out with brother ar
list, also an American, when Signor
Mosso, an Italian, accosted Capt. But
ler's friend. Capt Butler said, Do not
answer him, for he is tipsy, and imme-
diately received slap in the
face A challenge followed
The antagonists met at 5:15 on the
afternoon of the nth at spot outside
the Porta Cavaleggiera. They were at
tended by their respective seconds and
surgeons, and fought with long Italian
rapiers, terrible weapons in the hands OF
strong and skillful men. being very thin
and sharp at the point as razor. They
penetrate with wonderful facility, and
are rarely used in duels unless mischief
is meant Although Captain Butler had
had no previous grudge against Signor
Mosso, he seems to have espoused his
friends quarrel, and to have been de-
termined to wipe out in blood the insult
of the blow received. Signor Mosso is
the son of an italian officer, and
is employed in the government
tobacco department. He wears
eyeglasses. Although an excellent
fencer and possessing the advantage of
right arm, it soon became evident that he
was no match for his antagonist. After
a few passes Captain Butler aimed a
thrust at Signor Mosso, striking and
smashing his eye-glass, breaking the
steel rim. The rapier glanced little
aside and penetrated the flesh between
the eye and nose. The wound was not
dangerous, but it gave an excuse to the
seconds and surgeons to terminate the
conflict, an arrangement which gave lit
tie satisfaction to Captain Butler, who
had intended to punish his adversary
much more severely. The real motive of
the quarrel lay between Signor Mosso
and Captain Buffers artist friend. OF
course, a lady was the teterTInlG cGuSG.
This affair has caused great excitement
in American society at Rome, especially
among American artists.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-29

In advocating an abandonment of the
policy of paying of the public debt be-
fore its maturity. and a reduction of
taxation, the Boston Transcript CRepub-
Iican) advances a new point, as follows:
s'Within the past three years the prices
of all articles of food and clothing have
steadily risen, and it is question if these
advances have not been partly the result
of overtaxation. 1t cannot be denied
that one effect of taxation is to advance
values. The farmer who pays heavy
tax on his clothing and tools must and
viii demand higher prices for his pro-
duce. And the same is true of every
producer and manufacturer. Thus, the
cost of living is increased on every side,
and this burden is rendered unnecessa-
rily heavy by the indefensible policy OF
paying off the public debt before Its ma
turitY.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-29

The latest case Of graveyard insur-
snce" reported from Eaton, Pennsyl-
vania. is that of an old lady, eighty
wears. Mrs. Mary Ockenfuss. She died
last week, and it is discovered that
SPECTATORS had placed policies to the
amount of $4,000, perhaps more, on
her life. OF course, it is all swindle
upon the members OF the associations
which have granted the policies. There
is a dispute, however, about the genu-
iueness of the signature of Mrs. Ocken-
fuss. Her daughter says it is not genuine.
but the agents say that she is angry be
cause she was not let into the secret.
It seems almost incredible that sensible
people are willing to become members
of assurance societies which may assess
them upon the death of other members
taken in secretly" while lettering on
the verge OF the grave. and insured for
the benefit Of spectators and agents.
The EXPLANATION must be the pro-
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-29
Plan to Pay the Pension Claims.

Mr. Edward Atkinson makes the sug-
gestion that the tremendous burden of
pension arrearages, which nov threatens
to absorb all the available cash in the
Treasury and thus postpone any meas
ures for the relief of taxation, may be
distributed over a series of years by the
sale of terminable annuities. Mr.. Elizur
Wright, the distinguished actuarY, cal
culates that 800, 900, 900 of 81 per cent.
annuity bonds, terminable in twenty
years, could be paid by yearly charge
of 81, O36, 800. If the bonds bear per
cent. interest they could be extinguished
in twenty years by yearly payment OF
81, 1855, 400.
The demands upon the Treasury this
year for pension claims willbe $12O,OOO,-
600, and in the next three or four years
the sum will be swelled to an aggregate
of 5000, 600, 900 or 800, 900, 900. If Con-
gress does not take steps to curb and
limit this frightful drain upon the re-
sources OF the country resort to some
scheme of borrowing will be necessity.
The advantage of the scheme proposed
by MIR. Atkinson is that the principal
of the debt will be extinguished and the
interest cease when the pensioner dies,
while in the meantime the Treasury will
pay only yearly interest. instead OF call
ing on the people for the principal"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-29


A number of prominent citizens of
New York met at the Union League
Club Tuesday night to complete arrange
ments for raising money to build the pc
destal for the Bartholdi statue of Liber-
ty. 1t was decided to secure the CO.
operation of representative men in every
State. About $500, 900 will be raised,
and the pedestal on Bedloe's Island will
be completed in time for the erection of
the statue in 1888. The citizens of
Francehave already contributed 5000. 900
to pay for the statue. The hand holding
a torch, which has been on exhibition in
Madison Square since 1875, wiz be sent
to France to be Joined to the figure.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-29
Anybody who has paid any attention

Anybody who has paid any attention
to the matter will agree with this recon-
mendation of the New York Herald.
1--WE trust that in his coming message
the President will urge upon Congress
the necessity of doing something to re-
lieve the Federal Supreme Court of the
pressure of business that burdens its cal
endar. The court is about three years
behind with its cases, the Judges are
overworked, and justice is denied to liti-
giants. The neglect of which this tribu-
nal and those having business before it
have for years been the victims amounts
to a gross public abuse. The entire Fed
eral judiciary needs attention, which
cannot longer be deferred without seri-
GUS detriment to the public interests.
Let the President remind Congress of its
duty in the matter, and let Congress iced
the reminder.