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The Portland daily press., 1881-07-06
City OF 0rtEand.

NOTICE is hereby given that the ",Joint Stand
to whom was referred the petition of j. D. Fessen-
den and others praying that Poplar street may be
laid out from Cumberland to Congress street. will
meet at the junction of Poplar and Cumberland
stree.s on WEDNESDAY, the sixth day of July
pext, A. ID. 1884, at three O'Clock p. M. to hear all
parties interested and then and there determine
and adjudge whether public convenience and neces-
stiles require that said Poplar street should be laid
out and if they should SO adjudge will then and
there lay out said street and fix the damages as
required by law.
Also said Committee will meet at the Mayors Of
flee in the City building, said WEDNESDAY,,
the sixth day of July next, A. D. 1881 at O'Clock
2. NJ to hear all parties interested in the petition
of James W. Bracket and others praying that Is
land Avenue on Peaks Island be continued around
the edge OF the gully or the Hilborn and Welch
properly, and in front of the house occupied by
Mrs. Mary A. Adams, to land of james w. Brack-
ett thence easterly over land given by James w.
northery side line of his land; also on petition of
Henry Trefethen for continuation of street Peaks
Island around the shore on said Peaks Island and
then and there determine and adjudge whether pub
lie convenience and necessities require that said
Island Avenue should be SO laid out and continued
and if they should so adjudge will then and there
lay out said continuation of Island Avenue and fix
the damages required by law.
WILLIAM SENTER,
ALBION LITTLE,
EDWARD FL. SARGENT, Committee
JA1RUS TALBOT, on Laying out
VIM. MCALENEY, New Streets.
RICHARD K. galley.
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SPRINGFIELD Republican: The historic
cal assassination most nearly parallel to the
attack on President Garfield is the assault
on Spencer Perceval, then premier, May II,
1872. Perceval was at the head of an ad-
ministration more than usually successful
and personally of high popularity On a
Monday morning, as he was entering the
lobby of the House of Commons, Belling-
ham, bankrupt merchant, with clai m
the ministry had refused to grant, stepped
forward, shot the prime minister with
short, heavy pistol and at once surrendered
himself with the cry, 81 am the murderer"
He had no accomplices and no confidants;
he acted alone with full knowledge of the
consequences and made no attempt to es-
cape. His father had been Insane, he had
been himself in an asylum and his son went
insane, all at the same age. Bellingham
himself had been brooding long over his
wrongs and his singular conduct had been
remarked; but he made no threats and his
act was plainly the deed of man insane
over personal grievance. All this did not
prevent his conviction on the Friday follow
ing, and his execution on the next Monday,
a week after the assassination.
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Notice OF Foreclosure

WHEREAS George Prout of Freeport, in the
w County of Cumberland State of Maine on
the twentieth day of December, 1879, by his deed
of mortgage of that date, recorded in the Gumber-
land Registry of Deeds, Book 463, Page 1872, con
yeyed to the subscriber certain tract of land with
the buildings thereon, bounded and described in
said deed as follows; certain piece or parcel of
land with the buildings thereon, Situated in Freeport
in the county aforesaid, bounded South-westerly
by land of Ezekiel Philbrook, james E. Frank and
Charles Soue North-westerly by land of 4. e. Jor-
dams heirs and George III. Jordan; North. eastery
by land of the said George Prout, to the County
road, thence Northerly by sale to land of Leonard
Limit, thence North easterly by said Lunts land
and land of George G. Morse and Thomas j. Curtis
to the Thomas Pennell farm, so called, thence
South easterly by said Pennel farm and land occr-
pied by Samuel Wilson, containing one hundred
acres more or less being the farm on which / now
1--we, and Tor a more extended description of said
premises, reference is hereby made to certain
quit claim deed from Timothy Prout's heirs to
George Prout, dated the twenty-third day of Octo-
Der, in ie year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty, and recorded in the Cumberland
Registry of DEEDS, Book 260, Page 1852 to secure
the payment of a note of hand therein described
and as the condition of said mortgage has been
broken, claim foreclosure of the same according
to the statutes in such cases made and provided
and give this notice for that purpose.
Portland, June H. 1881.
Jel4dlaw3wIu SAMUEL A. HOLBROOK.
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N Meantime the throng surged in front of the
White House waiting. The President was
perfectly conscious and talked freely with
those around him. One of the telegraph
Garfield asked him if there had been many
messages regarding his misfortune. The oper-
ator replied: "Yes sir, many expressing SYM
pathy for you" Said the President good
naturedly, Excuse me for correcting you, but
sympathy with me would be better. Just be
careful of your government"
The assassin Guiteau is we'll known at the
White House. He is short, broad shouldered,
fiat chested and looks as though he might be .
loafer about the police court. He has light
moustache, rather watery blue eyes and cool,
vacant stare. He looks neat and dresses in
blue. From his appearance he might be any
thing. Undoubtedly he is or was "shyster
lawyer" His being lunatic is not undoubted
by any means, but he seems to have been every
wnere regarded as an eccentric, irresponsible
creature, crack-brained. He is inclined to chat
ter and will probably do great mischief in this
way to himself or others. He visited the iai
week before he committed the crime, 'to
see," he says, what sort of place 1 should
have to stay in" He called to see the Presi-
dent shortly after his Inauguration, and since
that time has been an almost daily waiter for
audience. He has also haunted the corridors
OF the State Department in search of his con-
sulsh1P: He was in the habit of writing notes
to the President, of which this is specimen:
Il regret the trouble that you are having with
Senator Conklng. You are right and should main
tain your position. You have my support and that
OF all patriotic citizens. l would like an audience
of few moments"
He would sit for hours without speaking.
Then he would approach one of the clerks in q
verv humble manner and try to make himself
agreeable. At times he was insolent. He was
considered harmless. He used to seize upon
the White House stationery, carry some Of it
to convenient corner and there write count
less letters He also utilized blank cards by
writing his name upon them sin case he should
ever need them" This was finally stopped.
he has not been at the White House for
week
Evidently Guiteau was much afraid Of the
pubic. All his preparations show plan of
defence based upon insanity real or pretended.
The idea that it is pretended is gaining ground
In many quarters. His request to Gen Sher-
man for troops to protect him in Jail is in
amazing contrast to his easy assertion in the
White House letter." that "a human life 10 of
small value"
AS write the message comes that the Pres
ldent's condition is less favorable than during
the past twelve hours. The attending physi-
clans, as usual in important cases, are both
praised and blamed. Many criticiso sharply
the hasty removal of the President to the
White House. 1t is thought he should have
been moved quietly and on q stretcher The
end we cannot see. MISC
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The President.

Yesterdays dispatches from Washington
and the bulletins of the attending ply
slcians give some reason to hope for the re-
covery of the President. His strong con-
stitution, his temperate ways of living, and
his firm will come to his aid and promise
to carry him through struggle that would
exhaust most men. The fortitude and
cheerfulness with which he endures his suf-
ferings are admirable.
He Is still in most critical condition,
and the chances for living are greatly
against him. That he will master his
wound is the eager hope of every American,
except the man who shot him.
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-06


Boston Traveller: 1t is unutterably
shameful. inexpressibly sad. Every friend
OF reaction, every champion of strong, abso-
Lutte government will take announcement
from this iniquitous deed. 1t is plea for
the rule of the Romanoffs and Bonaparte
presented at the bar of history from the
land of George Washington. Every citizen
OF the Republic will feel to-day the hot
blush of shame On his face and deep sense
of irreparable wrong at his heart. 1t is a
crime utterly without excuse, cruel, base
and damnable. Words will wholly fail to
give expression to the feelings that will
crowd for utterance from every ones hearts.
As the news of this outrage upon the human
race spreads from one branch to another of the
family of nations they can but sit in silence
and nurse the bitter wrath which they can
not hope to adequately express.
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-06

ALBANY Argus: The criminal can be left
to the law, to the law which elects Presi-
dents and tries their murderers, to the law
which receives in the composure of our peo-
pie under such prodigious circumstances,
the proof of the power and stability of free
institutions, of institutions which so easily
and gently rest upon all like the impartial
sunlight Of the serene Heavens; that he
who waited to seek to overturn them even
by the murder of the Executive finds that
though the President dies the nation is
indestructible; that liberty is immortal an d
that the Republic forever lives. In the alb
horrence of the assassin, in the purpose
never to let it be naturalized here as a
means to vacate offices or to wreak the re-
venges Of displaced men in respect for the
rights and persons of our rulers; in the re-
solve that murder shall be made as unprofit-
able as it is infamous; in adherence to the
law and to the officials chosen by the law,
we are all Democrats and we are all Repub-
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-06

HARTFORD Courant; There is probably
no Government elsewhere that would be SC
little disturbed by such crime. The com
plicated wheels of the Executive machinery
will hardly be checked for an instant if Gar.
field leaves us. Should General Arthur be-
come President there would be changes,
but they would be chiefly in the mere per-
sonnel. In matters of general policy-not-
ably in affairs of inance-he is in total ac-
cord with the present Administration,
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-06

The pension list now absorbs two-fifths of
the whole amount expended for the support
of Government. Yet still more than hun
dred million dollars of the public debt has
been paid off during the fiscal year just
closed, and the payments for several months
past have been at the rate of one hundred
and fifty millions year, and are still in
creasing in volume.
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-06

APRoPos of his recent address, the In
dianapolis Journal says: "What avails it
for Mr.. Watterson to speak of the Republi-
can party as Sin religion alternately Phari-
see and a skeptic, and in devices by turns a
mountebank and bravo His party friends
must be forced to the conclusion that his
opinion is worth no more about one party
than the other, and thai he, word-monger,
has mistaken his vocation when he assumes
the role of statesman and PHILOSOPHER.
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-06

A HoT SPRINGS, Arkansas, item says:
'Hon. Daniel W. VOORHEES, is enjoying the
pleasures of our water resort much more
than he expected to when he came. 1t
seems that the ladies have taken possession
OF him, and scarcely an evening passes that
he is not visiting and partaking of the hos
pitalities of some of our society ladies' y
Pity the women couldn't keep him away
from Washington for all time.
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-06

NEWSPAPER men are not so forgetful as
many folks suppose. All of them remem
Der Donati's comet-though it's latest ap-
pearance was while some of them were pull
ing in their mothers, arms, and others un-
needing the curfew or putting patient love
to much harder tests,
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-06

The Chicago Tribune believes "there is
an active conspiracy making to discard sill
yer as part of the worlds money! In dis
cussing the store and standard of value the
Tribune is as light weight as the dollar it
advocates
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-06

THE latest and brightest thing in copper is
Frank La Flesche, the young Ponca whom
Secretary Kirkwood has made clerk in the
Indian Bureau. La Flesche was caught
young, like Johnson's supposititious Scotch
man
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-06

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate signed by Stanley Pullen,
Editor, All railway, steamboat and hotel managers
VIII confer favor upon US by demanding credentials
of every person claiming to represent our Journal
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-06

Mr. JOSEPH Cook has completed his lee
ture course in England and has gone 10 Ger
many From there he goes to India and
Australia on his way round the world,
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-06
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 6.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for pubica-
ton but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve com
municatons that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-06

THE sins of the fathers are visited upon
the children. The descendants of Pollock
who afflicted mankind with "The Course of
Time," are living in dire poverty in Scot
land
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-06
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS
City of Portland.

CITY MARsHAL's OFFICE.
June 20, 1881.
kWNERS OF Trucks, Drays, Wagons, Carts or
" other vehicles, which shall De used in this Guy
for the conveyance from place to place, within the
city, OF wood COAL lumber, stoue bricks, sand clay
gravel dirt, rubbish, goods, wares, furniture,
chandise, building material or any other article
thing whatsoever. are hereby requested to present
censes and numbers for the year commen ing July
1, 1881, at the Marshal's office, from the 9th 40
the slth of .5uly. 1854. 4 failure to comply
with this notice will subject the delinquent to a
penalty. G. X. BRIDGES, City Marshal. Z
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NNTRGE.

FEIHE Ship Carpenters of Portland demand nj n
Il hours per day of work on repairing vessels o
and after July 9th, 1881
Jy4d5t~ Per order Committee.
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REAL. ESTATE.
FOR SALE.

GIFUATED in Cape Elizabeth on the road to the
- two lights, and within five minutes walk of
the Ocean Beuse, a cottage house containing ten
rooms. Lot contains two of land. Very desir-
able for summer residence. Apply on the premises
of
d. W. FESSENDEN. Esq,
my14 dtf 81 IA Exchange ST., Portland, Me-
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HOUSE LOT
.E II @ y. T. "

4 IN Pearl street, Woodford's Corner, one of the
" pleasantest building lots, ON high ground over
looking the city and harbor, with easy drainage.
viii be cold very low and on cay terms. Apply to
S. HI. COLESWOKTHY, JR., No. 100 Exchange St.
Also bookbinder's cutting machine cheap
jun7eod1m
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Brick House For sale.

AN the corner of Elm and Oxford streets, con-
W tains eleven good rooms gas and Sebago water,
cellar floor Gem nted and sewer drainage lot large,
enough for another house, only quarter of purchase
to lease after July LIST. VIM. II. JERRIS, Cahoon
Block, ie1Sd3W*
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PORTLAND, June 27 1881.
nN the foregoing petition it is ordered that
" hearing be had on Tuesday, July 9th. at IL
O'Clock NJ, at Browns Wharf, and that notice of
the above petition together with this our order
thereon be given by publication in two daily papers,
printed in Portland, for seven days proceeding the
hearing.
[Signedl
JACOB MCCLELLAN, Harbor
TIMOTHY B. TOLFORD.} Commits
CHARLES MERRILL, sioners.
ju2S div
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-06

CARDINAL MANNING hates tobacco and
wants to put out the pipes of the priests.
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-06

JUNE 81, 1881.
r.. the EyarbOR Commissioners, City of
Portland.
FSsHE undersigned desire permission to build
n solid bulkhead between Browns Wharf and
Berlin Mills Wharf on line with the bulkhead
row between Browns Wharf and Merchants
Wharf.
[Sigoedl
JOHN RAND, ,,.
PHILIP HENRY BROWN, iruslees.
JOHN MARSHALL BROWN
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City of Portland.

City of Portland.
CITY MARsHAL's OFFICE,
June 25, 1881.
OWNERS of Hackney Carriages are hereby re-
" quested to present their teams for inspection,
and to receive their licenses and inspection cards
for the year commencing July 1, 1881, at the Mar
shal's Office, Wednesday, SuIy 6fin frera % to
as and from = TO g O'Clock ID. rn,.
c. X. BRIDGES, City Marshal.
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FIELD of Grass for sale in Deering, Me. il
IN applied for soon, belonging to estate of Jas
McGlinchy. Call at Nos. 15S Danforth or l Plum
streets. jly2d1w*
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Two Good Brick Houses.

a Morrill's Corner, to be lett ten rooms each
IA all in good repair, very pleas mt location, and
near horse cars. Apply TO G. L. Morrill,, on the
premises, or VIM. H. JERRIS, Cahoon Block.
ia1S S2,r&
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For Sale.

PORTLAND, June 27, 1881
YSHHE house now occupied by the subscriber, 81
a Pine street. The house is well arranged for a
Physician and is one of the best locations in the
city, The house can be examined daily for one
week from 10 to IL a. m.
III. FASSETT, Archt
jy2d1w
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY .

Accountant and Notary Public.
GEO. @. GOODMAN, tsasce Nc. ss4 rss.sdEs
Street, Portland.
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$500 Reward!

WE will pay the above reward for any case of
Liver Complaint Dyspepsia, Sick Headache Indi-
with Vests Vegetable Liver Pills, when the d.
rections are strictly complied with. They are
purely Vegetable, aud never fail to give satisfac-
tion. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing 80
pills, rs cents. For sale by all druggists. Beware
OF counterfeits and limitations. The genuine manu-
factured only by JOHN G. WEST & CO., "The Pill
Makers" 101 1S3 w. Madison ST.. Chicago,
Free trial package sent by mail prepaid on receipt
OF cent STAMP. sep6deow&weow1y
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-06

Ao6 9Aiucl0 ottScls
LAWYERS.
Tie following are members of the Cumberland
Bar Association:
s.C ANDREWS,
'NsAf..0A a I5s ssh alisa.ls ssrse.
IA w.E.ANTHoNE,
4s Exchange St.
Q BIoN BRADBURY,
couNsELLoR AT LAW,
"a Exchange Street
r NATHAN & HENRY B. cLEAvEs,
COUNCILLORS AT LAW,
80 Exchange Street
2 ARDoN W. oooMBs,
COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
SO Exchange Street
r JOHN c. COBB,
COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
s11a Exchange Street
n DRUNMOND s. DRUMM0ND,
coUNsELLoRs At Law,
SO Exchange Street.
JAMES D. FEssENDEN,
coUNsELLoR AT Law.
172 Middle Street.
E J.H. FoGG,
COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
421a Exchange Street.
[ NJ. P. FRANK,
coUNsELLoR AT LAW,
1879 Middle Street.
Il CLARENCE HALE,
II COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
SO Exchange Street.
u AARON B. HOLDEN,
COUNSELLOR AT Law,
39912 Congress S rect.
| SETH L. LARRABEE,
COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
100 Exchange Street.
| P. u. LARRABEE,
COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
199 Middle Street.
1 Id LYNCH,
ooUsELLos AT LAW,
"a Exchange Street.
/ LOCKE & LOCKE,
coUNsELLoRs Al fAw,
+ IT'S Middle, Cor. FAonange Streets.
/ WILLIAM H. LooNEY,
CoINsELLoR AT LAW,
5l1a Exchange Street
WILBUR r. ,LUNT,
Post 'oHco Building.
Al C.P. MATToCKs.
III coUSsELJoR AT LAW,
sI1s Exchsnge St.
N JAMES 7. McooBB,
VI BENJAMIN KINGsBURy,
So Exchange St.
n JAMES o'DoNNELL,
oOUNsELLoR AT LAW,
119ls Exchange 81
o HENRY G. PEABODY.
coUSsELLoR AT LAW,
100 Exchange Street
0 RAY s. DYER,
ooUNsELLoRs AT Law.
q THOMAS B. REED,
COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
SO Exchange St
D EMERY S. RIDLON,
ooUNsELLoR AT LAW.
513a Exchange st
Q FRANK W. ROBINSON,
coUNsELLoR At LAW,
34Exchange Streets
g STROUT, GAGE s. STRoUT,
3i1s Exohang ge St
T THOMAS s. BIRD,
3s Exchange St
191 Middle ST.
Ia FRANK S. wATERHOUsE,
COUNSELLOR At LAW,
93 Exchange St
MUSIC TEACHERS.
Y II. KoTZsCHMAR, .
PIANO, ORGAN AND HARMONY,
Stockbridge's Music Store.
o a. E. PENNELL,
VOICE, SINGING IN ALL RRANcHEs
Tenor Soioist, 81 Gray Street.
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-06

WHO has worked on Crackers and wants per-
w manent situation, at BLAKfiS Bakery, Con-
gress street. jne29dtf
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-07
SHARP TRICK.

"WbiIom," correspondent of the
Washington wilkes county, Ca
zette, writes that paper an amusing
account of an exciting chase after a
man who was ARE sted at the instance
of young girl on breach of prom"
ise to marry, and who, after promis>
ing to make lis promise good, want
cd to fly out of bis contract The
young man was held prisoner until
court could convene, when the mar
riage knot was to be tied, and he
was to have been released, While
in charge of an officer man rode
no to where the officer and prisoner
were, who got off his horse, very
careIessly throwing the bride down,
and began to talk with the baihtf
about a civil case he had before the
court. The prisoner seeing his OPP
portunity, sprang into the saddle
and rode off. Then there was hot
haste, and the officer was soon to
horse, AID now began the John
Gilpin race over the hills and far
away" For three miles the most
exciting race was run, which ended
in the prisoner succeeding 10 finally
GLIDING the officer and escaped.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-07
POUR DAYS IN Her GRAVE.

Some days ago Mrs. Banks, of
Lyncbburg, Mason county, H., was
buried, though some persons present
at The funeral thought they saw
signs Of life in the supposed corpse.
A Charleston, H., dispatch to the
Indianapolis Journal gives the seqnel
as follows: THE day after the fun
eral the grave was opened and the
casket cover removed, when il was
seen that the hands. which had been
tied together and placed upon the
bosom, were lying by he eide. Sup
posing her to be dead, no further
sigus of life being visible, they rea
adjusted the hands, and closed and
lowered the casket, and covered it.
A few days later friends pursuaded
the husband to have the remains
examined again, which he did, and
again found her hands lying by her
side, and, also, her hair dishevelled.
Still there seemed no signs Of life,
and the third time the body was COW
cred 10 the grave. BY this time the
excitement began to intensity in the
community until, on the fourth day
after the burial, the body vas again
exhumed the same evidence of pro-
tracted life as formerly were plainly
observed. The body was taken home,
medical aid called, and restorative
agencies applied. The last account
We have Of the case is that the pa
tent is recovering, and will proba>
bly, soon stand before the world q
living example Of a person who has
lain four days 10 the grave"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-07

A great deal of curiosity has been
excited over the fact that the sub
scribers to the last Grant fund have
declined to give the object Of their
charity the money outright, but
have preferred to put it in the hands
OF trustees to be invested, the ia
come only TO be given the ex Presi~
dent. The question naturally asked
ia why have the donors done ibis.
especially since they give the donor
power to dispose Of he property b.
will The reason is plain. Grant
has had half dozen fortunes given
him and vel be is hard up. and, as
be has TO be supported by his friends
they are getting tired of the constant
drain upon their purses. Hence, to
protect themselves, thes have arr
ranged this fuod so tina. the great
national pensioner cannot run
through it. They eviden'iy think
that Grant ard his money are too
soon parted.