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Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-02-14
Explosion on u Steamer.

The steampipe on the steamer City of
Stockton exploded on the San Joaquin river
below Stockton on Thursday night, scalding
VIM. Hurley fatally, Chas. Lyons, Richard
Stanton and an unknown passenger, all very
hadly
Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-02-14
BarQue Ranger.

Nrw loRN, February -. The barque
Ranger. whose crew were brought here last
night by the barque Nasa, was from Doboy,
Ca, for Amsterdam. She was almost COM
pietcly wrecked in gale January :, her
provisions and water all swept away, and
the crew, when taken from the sinking craft.
were completely exhausted from work and
want of food and water. The Ranger was
owned by Dennis Il Doanc, of Yarmouth,
n :.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-02-14

That ScEPrRE LrcHr.-Tha ~ :.
Register started story which h.. .a. e''
'e,y copied in regard to strange ,;oh,
"'e oeeh seen on the railroad tr.cl
between Gardiner aud Halloween -,
superstitious people have attribu,ea .
n" a, causes. Several explanation, have
oeen advanced as to the cause of the ..obo.,,-
-'''of appearance in this cold world :.
scare people out OF their senses and
passenger trains. etc, but We ,b;nL .,
mystery has at last been solved
ing IN Farmingdale and in the en,rIo, ae
.apt' Rich, made up his mind ,ha, he won,a
investigate this matter, and ACCORDINGLY y n.aa
preparations to carry out his ob;ec, ~.
night last week he stationed b;ms.,f;.
'e"ieh' position and waited for his MAJESTY
10 appear He had not long to wait before
nc observed the Light coming towards hin,
anu waited until it got near enor,b h.
Sprang out and captured s.Mr. Ghost " xh;oh
p'o'eu 70 De small reflector lantern carried
oy young man resident in that vicinity
a"o carried in such manner as to comnls,e-
~ conceal his person. The man savs tho, :,
gave very large and weird light, and would
readiiy be mistaken for a locomotive be,d
hght- The young man who has caused al,
this commotion allowed that he xas on,v
having little fun with no intention of ;n;,r
'"S any one, and the ''spectre light" will
prooaoiy not appear any more in this vicinity.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-02-14
Marrifb.

In Rockland. Feb :. Mr.. I. D. Willis and Miss
:. AchOrn, both Of Rockland.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-02-14
Local ann State Nttus.

St. Valentines Day.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27
Another scorwi. Repuhlican.

10 inc EHHOT % 1hS hepE0s'cuH.
Inotice il this mornings paper "a Com
plaint from Georgia" 1t seems to me, as South
erner, that B.. strikes the key note of the South
ern problem There can only be two parties In
this country. and President must be party man
in appointments just surely as he is elected by
the money and efforts OF party men. Why the cry
for immigration, OF" go South" and build up North
ern ideas and civilization if the Northern President
is to stultify every Northern effort made III the
South by bona fde Northern residents In the Re
publican ranks? Is it not bad and wretchedIy
sectional enough for Southerners to cry carpet
bagger and insult an Americans right OF
locomotion and change of domicile without the
Executive. elected by Northern votes and money,
insulting every Southern Republican by the course
he takes in abondening them to the
merGies of the tender footed converted con-
federates? The President should appoint,
regardless of birth place, regardless of sectional
hate or camor Now, Mr.. Editor, let us apply this
sectional State-hae idea to the senatorial Offices
soon to be filed. Mr.. Gorham, of California we
hope will be chosen Secretary of the United States
Senate. Should war and outcry be made OH him
because he comes from California? Could Mr..
Gorham be all things to all men an in all places
at once? Is he omnipotent? Does any one deny
his right to remove from California to Washington
TO reconstruct an Oldfogy newspaper 1ntoa breezy,
newsy, political force? Then why should North
ern hepuDlicallS IN the SOtltn oe ulsqueiuieo lIoa
receiving and holding Office because they are not
Ito the manner born?" In this administration we
have threatening policyat the start ANorthern
wing of the party is detied; Southern wing is to
be abandoned and crucified. Let US hope, as Don
Cameron says, both parties will pause IN their mad
career. Ventilate this subject; 1t needs il.
AUGUSTIAN.
I'VE give "Augustian say in our columns, but
do not agree with him. If there were no Federal
offices to bestow in Georgia, we should have more
hope of harmony among all sorts of anti i-Bour-
bons, and possibly ultimate success.-ED. REPJ
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27
" Ffrrsp Fiuikhp6e -

David Firm, of Rankin County, Missis-
sippi recently arrested by agents of the Secret
Service Division for counterfeiting the gold and
silver coins of the United States. He gave bail,
and was awaiting his trial for the otfense. David,
though an old man. was very smart and ingenious
His base coin was all struck up in steel dies and
he claimed that the manufacture of set of such
dies by him was but the work of few hours. His
customers for dies and counterfeit coin were
numerous, and embraced the names of persons
well to do in his own and adjoining States. sus-
picion got abroad that he was giving information
concerning some of his confederates but this
David denied. On dark evening recently he was
standing on the porch of his residence, Quenching
his thirst from gourd filed with water from an
adjoining spring, when load of buek-shOt tore
the gourd from his hand and the life from his
body. David has left young wife and twenty
one children to lament his tragic fate. The acci-
dent furnished a reporter for county paper of an
aliterative disposition an opportunity for its in
diligence. His headlines, introducing an account
of the transaction, were tersely and simply, Firm
Finish ed,''
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27
Can Such Things Rec

If what San Francisco paper says is
true, really great discovery has been made, which
may convert the far Western deserts, where naught
but the cactus now grows, into the chief wine
growing districts of the American continent
man inserted cuttings from some vines into the
trunks of the cactus plants and the result that
the vines grew forth as luxuriousy as on the most
fruitful land, and this without cultivation or water
ing. Not only did he succeed in raising fine grapes,
but he also found that melons, tomatoes, and
eucumberS could be grown on the cactus. That
hitherto much abused plant may now prove one
of the greatest blessings of man, and the arid and
sandy desert may yet become more productive
than the rich. well watered prairie. Here is an
other argument to prove that everything in this
world is made for the good of men, if men only
knew how to use it.-Nt,O York Graphic.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27
The Shield Of War.

The king took his deathful spear and
struck the ply-sounding shield; his shield,
that hung high in night, the dismal sign of war.
Ghosts fed OIL every side, and rolled their gathered
forms on the wind. Thrice from the winding
wales arose the voice of deaths. The harps Of the
bards, untouched, sound mournful over the hill.
He struck again the shield; battles rose in the
dreams Of his host. The wide -tumbling strife is
cleaning over their souls. Blue-shielded kings
descended to war. Backward looking armies fly,
and mighty deeds half hid in the bright CLEANS
of steel. But when the third sound arose, deer
started from the cefts of their rocks The screams
of fowl are heard in the desert, each few fright
ened ON his blast. The sons of Selma half rose
and half assumed their spears But silence rolled
back on the host; they knew the shield of the
king. Sleep retFrned to their eyes; the field was
dark and still.-sOssidR
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27

( WASHINGTON, April 2j.-The announcement in
these dispatches on Saturday of the pressure on
the PoSt-0 Office Department and on the President
70 let the staT route scandal drop with an exposure
and without prosecution, in orderto avoid danger
Ous consequences TO the party, seems likely to be
verified. Ii is now said that prosecution could
be brought only upon suspicion, and that enough
eireumStantia1 proof could not be adduced to Sc
cure conviction in a criminal sUit, although a
mere recital of the facts would be morally con-
Vincing to any one who chose to read ii. < =
Kinds, the disappointed contractor who recently
mace fuss in the papers, is here full of facts and
vengeance, which he is doing out in quantities to
suit TO New York paper. He has shown no signs
of giving out and may be depended upon to keep
on deck so long as the ammunition lasts.-TeleqraD
10 NttU York World.
1t 'cot.ld be rather embarrassing to at
tempt a prosecution solely upon suspi-
eiOn " created by Hinds, arho is, and has
for years, been on the black list at the Post
Office Department, and arbo Is not aUOwed to
ete,s BID for mail contracts Enough cir
cumstantial proof could not be adduced
TO secure conviction" says the HCrEfs
correspondent Kinds "recital of the
facts" is morally convincing" And
this is the basis for the present infamous
crusade upon gentleman against whose
integrity there is not syllable of evil
dence. The polecats of the press are in
deed having festival. The Postmaster
General disclaims any participation in
the dirty business. What powerful in
fiuence is it that secures access for Hinds
TO fhe telegrapbic columns of metropoli-
tan papers?
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27
Cotton is King =

Oh, yes, farmers, cotton is king! A
merchant in this city sold some cotton in sayan-
nah last week at ~ that he bought last septem-
Der and lost $50 per bag on it. But cotton is king
Meat is ten cents cash, corn going up gradually,
cotton down; but the farmers don't heed such
trifes as these cotton is just the thing of course
men and women and children and horses and
mules can eat cotton and grow fat on it. Put in
more cotton, farmers. Four or five cents pound
now, who knows but what it will open next fall at
three cents? Plant more cotton, plant all cotton,
and get rich-HiHedgcrlle Recorder
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27
Mcclure.

Gorham certifes that Brady is pure
and honorable man, and Malone can probably be
persuaded to give Gorham certificate of charac-
ter Then who is there to vouch for Mahone?-
AcCRure's Philadelphia Times.
There was time in the annals of Pennsylvania
when footpads did not meddle with politics, when
loafers were not sent to the Legislature and when
gamblers did not attempt to edit public opinion.
But there has been no such time since A. K. Nc
Clure turned his blushing cheeks to the wind. 1t
is strange how long it takes great State to dis
cover that the sinking fish always come to the
top of the Water-Phladelphid Record lDea.l
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27
2SanfeS --2aiscellaneo,ls.


WTANTED-T0 BUY SECONDHAND COPY OF
w Graham's Handbook of Photography" Ad-
dress ]. W., Box As, Republican office. ap27-3tS
UTANTED-THE USEOF A HORSETHIS SUM
w mer for his board, or to purchase one by paying
part cash and rest in monthly instalnentS. Address
RELIABLE, Republican Office. apr
"TANTED-BY GENTLEMAN AND WIFE
w Board in the country. Must have daily to
the city Address ri. W., Republican office. ap27-3t*
VTANTED-EVERY INSURABLE MAN AND
w woman to take Policy in the Washington Life
Insurance Company. Call at No. g. st. Cloud Build
ing. apT
INSURABLE MAN AND
w woman to call for that Beautiful Almanac issued
by the Washington Life Insurance Company. ap27
VITANTED-A BABY CARRIAGE; ONE BUT
w little used and in good order. Address L. E. NJ.
Republican Office. ap2G-3t<
WTANTED-EvERY 1NSURABLE MAN AND
w woman to investigate the ad vantages offered by
the Washington Life Insurance Company. ap27
WTANTED-s3 -s3OO-FAIR DEALING, GOOD, HON
w est security, and satisfaction given that money
will be pad indOrsod by real estate security. Ad-
dress SATISFACTION, Republican Office ap253t*
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27
By Thos. J. Fisher s. Co.,

SALE OF VERY VALUABLE BUSINESS PROP
ERTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PENNSYL-
VANIA AVENUE BETWEEN NINTH AND
TENTH STREETS WEST, AT AUCTION.
By virtue Of deed executed by the late Mrs. Sarah
Hamilton appointing the undersigned trustee for the
purposes therein set FORTH dated the 18th day of April
1871 and recorded III No. SI9 fol- l3 of the land
records for Washington County, ID. e., VIII sell at
public auction in front of the premises to the highest
bidder on TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 3, at 5
O'clock parts of lots Nos five 5 and six (6 in square
numbered three hundred and eighty $50 improved
by three-Story and attic dwelling with back build
ing being premises known as No. S2i Pennsylvania
avenne northwest. This property fronts 20 feet on
said avenue with depth of about So feet connecting
with lot D. which frGnts II feet inch on street; in
al, about 1,s95 square feet.
Terms of sale: One-fourth cash; balance in IL Is,
and "a months, for notes bearing interest at per
cent, payable Semiannually, secured by deed of
trust on the property A deposit of 500 will be
qured at the time of sale. If the terms of sale
complied with within days from day of sale the
property will be resold at the risk and cost of pur-
chaser All cOnveyancing at purchasers cost.
THOMAS MCtiILI, Trustee.
THOMAS J. FISHER & CO, Auctioneers,
ap23.27-ny3 l223 street northwest.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27
A Word for q Friend.

IO UI6 IztLtlOT y IHt htpIUstt(I7t.
In deciding the case of Chiles against
Porter ct al. in the General Term of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia, on Tuesday
last, Judge Wylie is represented by the press as
saying that Mr. Chiles was an ignorant, illterate
adventurer." 1 do not believe Judge Wvlie would
knowingly do injustice to any one. One of two
things must be true-either Judge Wylie was mis-
informed or the reporters have done him an in
justice. l am well acquainted with Mr. Chiles,
and know him to be an accomplished scholar and
an able writer, as well gentleman. 1 am
ignorant of the merits of the case decided.
WARWICK MARTIN.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27
A Ean,iIx GraUaxard

There is nothing like the convenience
of family graveyard on ones own farm. There
is lady III Calhoun County, Illinois, who, al
though seventy years old, hes recently married
her sixth husband Her last deceased husband
was named Race, and the man she has Just mar
ried is named Farris \ romantic feature of her
last matrimonial venture is that Mr.. Farrs her
first love, but cruel fate interviewed and prevented
their union. All of her dead husbands are buried
in the family graveyard upon the farm on which
CHI
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27
A Naval Relic.

A piece of timber from the frigate
Philadelphia is now on board the Wyoming, to be
shipped to the United States. The Philadelphia,
while blockading TripoH harbor October 81, 1903,
grounded on a reef not laid down in the chart,
and was captured by the Tripolitans and after
ward sunk. The piece of timber now coming to
this country has been in the water since the date
above mentioned
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27

SENATOR FARLEY ought to give Senator
Brown, of Georgia, some more Central
Pacific Railroad papers to read from as
Republican. Won't the Sacramento
Record Union be mad, though, at being
called Republican? Itgoes with the rail-
road, wherever that leads.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27
sIanderers. Take Notice

IF tenth part of what is published
about General Brady's late administration of the
Second Assistant Postmaster Generals Office is
true, the law officers of the Government ought to
be taking steps toward his indictment for NAL
feasance. So long as such steps not taken, the
statements sent out from Washington must take
their place among the great crop of sensational
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27

The &ar knew Saturday that caucus
was to be held on Tuesday, and that W.
A. M. Grier had not declined the Office of
Third Assistant Postmaster-General.
Now it knows that there was no caucus
on Tuesday, and that Mr.. Grier has de-
clined. "The Star is always right" ex-
cept when left
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27
2fucfiom Sales.
j. 7. COldWell, AuctiOneer.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED


PROPERTY ON NEW JERSEY AVENUE, BE
TWEEN D AND E STREETS NORTHWEST.
By virtue of deed of trust dated April 1874, and
recorded in Liber IA Folio 2S5 of the land
ords for WASHINGTON County, District of Columbia;
and at the written request of the party secured
thereby, the undersigned will sell at public auction in
front of the premises, on THURSDAY, APRIL 2S,
1881 at o'clock m all that certain piece parcel
of ground in Washington City known and dIstin-
guished part of original lot numbered three g.
50 numbered six hundred and thirty ESQ., which
is comprised within the following metes and bounds,
to wit:
Beginning for the same at a point on New Jersey
avenue one hundred and eleven (IlIl feet eleven (I
inches from sthe southwest angle of said square and
running thence north with said avenue twenty COY
feet; thence at right angles with said hun
dTed and nineteen (l9 feet; thence seutheaStwardly
twenty 20l feet eight (Sl inches; thence to nterseet
New Jersey avenue with line perpendicular to
said avenue one hundred and thirteen Q13) feet ten
(0) inches to the place of beginning; improved by
three-story and basement brick dwelling, with store
room and large brick stable.
Terms: By the OF the trust the Indebtedness
and expenses of sale shall be cash. balance in six
and twelve months. These terms can, however. be
modified at the sale, should any bona-fide purchaser
desire it.
One hundred dollars shall be paid down when the
property is struck OH. COnveyancing cost Vf pur
chaser.
WILLIAM B. TODD, rrr,s.oo.
ALFRED II. LEE, AAuSUees-
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27
BeaconsHeId-s Picture.

Lord Beaconsfeld gave Millais only two
sittings for his portrait, but the artist worked
quickly enough to catch the sallow, pungent face,
thin black locks, black hair tuft beneath the chin
exaggerated salience of under-Gp refined aquiline
mot JEWISH nose, capacious forehead, and extra
ordinary eye, like no other eye ever seen. The
pose is nearly profle-an indication of lank,
slightly bowed, black coated figure.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27

TYPE-wRITERs are coming into very
common use in the Departments and else
where in the city. A correspondent
writes that he fears that in his case the
use of one has injured his eyesight. He
attributes it TO the constant agitation and
quivering Of the white keys.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27
SafiAfRcfl0R.

Buffalo Bill is not so great an actor as
salvini, but when he dashes upon the stage, kills
seven Indians puts thirteen to fight, removes q
quantity of scalps lined with red flannel, and res
cues the lovely maiden who ischained to thestake,
the audience appears to be perfectly satisfied with
him.-Ptilddelpkia Bulletin.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27
No RarRniu.

Senator Malone says frankly that he
has made no bargain" with either party and that
he is absolutely free to vote as he pleases. Now
will Senator Brown tell us freely about the bar
gain" he tried to make and couldn't and the other
one he made with the Democrats in return for per-
mission to aspire to presidential nomination =
Iyor TL-fI,,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27
All Hail. Mahone!

The Republicans of the North hail the
independence of Malone as one of the indications
of a break in the dominant party of the South
which has denied justice to the enfranchised race
and shown disrespect for the Federal authority
Mil,raltkee SantiRel (RepuJlEcdal
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27

DEMOCRATIC Senators will please under
stand that when THE REPUBLICAN says
anything which can be construed into
disagreeable personalities toward them
we desire to be considered as speaking
in purely Pickwickian sense.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27

IT is suggested that if the Senate would
adjourn to Coney Island good nature
would speedily be restored, and that the
Democratic Senators, with their old-time
courtesy, would soon consent to a vote on
The pending resolution.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27

FRENcHMEN are proyerbially enthusi-
astic. One of them, reading the accounts
of trichine in American pork, asserts
that it is all nonsense, and to prove it
agrees to live three days off pork alleged
to be diseased. Evidently the French
are not to, be kept from emigrating to
this country by the hog scare.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27
What TO Call If.

They want to call the American side
of Niagara Falls Cataract City, although we think
Catarrhville would be more euphonious-Ne,r
York Commercial ADVERTISER Call it BaIaklava-so
few people survive the charges Cgetesund Herald
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27

YES and it looks little like that constitutional
majority" consisting of Malone would be broken,
too, for the Republican majority is breaking down
under the dead weight it is attempting to carry,
although it is only ninety pounds avoiTdupois-
LgBchbtrg EiFgiRjdR,
Ofcouse, the Republican party is al
ways breaking down." but we notice
that each time just before it goes down
it kicks the brethren higher than " Gil
deroy's kite" See history of the United
States for the last twenty wears, pagsim.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27

MR. JAY GOULD is credited with being
in Chicago with an idea of buying the
railways running from that point to New
Orleans. Heretofore his operations have
all been in latitudinal lines, but this
scheme proposes the purchase of longi-
tudinal one, with the idea, no doubt, of
diverting the grain traffic between this
country and Europe from Eastern to
Southern ports. This has been tried
divers times and is favorite theory, but
has not yet met with any reasonable sue
cpCc
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27
No Wonder.

About twenty thousand immigrants ar
rived at Castle Garden last week No wonder the
governments of the Old World are alarmed at the
way their subjects are leaving them.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-27

BY what great and dire command has
the usually sedate and eolorless Associ-
ated Press been induced to telegraph as
news the list of star routes On which SER
vice was expedited, which list was fur
nished by General Brady to Congress two
years ago? And how were the usually
careful and circumspect agents of the As
sociated Press persuaded to telegraph un-
founded differences from the increase of
mail service that General Brady had done
some great wrong? Do they not know
that he acted under the law, and was
twice sustained by Congress in doing
the very things complained Of?
And do they not know that the
whole thing is an old story, which
was examined into by President
Hayes, Postmaster-General Key, and
Acknowledgement Devens, as well as by
Congress? 1t will be well for the
Associated Press and for the high repu-
tation it has as a fair and reliable histori-
ographer of the times if its agents here
can show some authority for the dis
patches it has sent out concerning General
Brady. 1t is not decent to leave it resting
upon the authority of Hinds And as to
Detective Woodward, was he directed to
gather facts for the President or for the
Postmaster-General? And was he di-
rected to report to the Department, to
the White House, or to the newspapers