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Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-04
ME AND BETSY

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~ one day Il bear walked out OF" tlie
woods and, all uninvitcd, entered the
humble home where the man and his
wife Betsy were sitting. At sight Of
his bruiuship the lord Of creation
arose from his chair with avid yell
of terror rand without thought Of his
wife, fastened to climb TO II placeoro
refuge on top Of al, old Dutch clock
that stood in one corner Of the room
The moru valiant Betsy STOOL tIlel
ground, and seized a long poker and
ticrcely attacked tlie bear, aud did
not desist, III spite of tie game defence
| which he made, until she had stretched
him dead ut her feet. Her lord ;ln(
.master from his safe perch watched
the combat between her and the boa
with evident interest, and ever ant
anon kept shouting, 49,. '.iiyeitip Tin
Betsy" 'IIit him aiiotl'cr wip'
across the lead, p"smasll his ihfeak'
skull" etc. Az soon az lie bee;lp
satisfied that H'c brhtewas lead an'
there was no danger hiss s:esdlip!
to- he fastened Is descend from TIN
clock and summon all the ncishbor
for miles around, saying to all thos
whom lie met, 81 want you to com
to our house and sec the bear tina
Ne and Betsy have just killed. aa
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-04
THE RADICAL PROGRAMME IN
ito" . THE FIFTH DISTRICT.

New Orleans Picayunc: -Geh-
eral J. Floyd King received some
days ago from B. H. Lanier, deputy
collector Internal revenue, u notice of
contest for the congressional district.
The document lis long, violent and
denunciatory of the election officers
and Democrats of this district. Every
parish of the district is, singled out
for attack, the charges being frauds
i'll registration, frauds in count or
bWM0sins and the like4&5 ja53A2
III each parish Lallier undertakes
to give The number Of Registered Re-
publican and "regsteled Democrat
isn votes, but as no such register is
kept it is understood that he is pro
oeeding on tho color line or race
division, and assumes that the
negroes in II body antasonlzc The
whites and ought TO control.
This document is evidently gotten
up OIL the theory that tbenext House
Il Representatives will be organized
by the Republicans, aud they will in
all tire congressional districts where
there is q negro majority assume that
the Republicans have the majority
and proceed to throw out the sitting
member, if he bc a Democrat.
Il is said that instructions have
been sent out by the Republicans to
have every district in the South con-
tested where il prctext can be found
for such d proceeding. il ae....r..
1.-THE color line be applied ~ the
congressional districts, the next ia.s
cal step will lie to reconstruct the
State governments SO us to give
African ascendcncy IL al the collll-
ties and towns where they bayc the
prepondeTince. .at " .a.....
Iii not so certain that ate game
Of turning out the Southern Demo
cratic members will bc deemed adj
yisable by the Republican leaders,
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-04
LIME KILN PHILOSOPHY.

i''Down oh de Central MatkttEI dc
odder day." began the old man, II
hearn a man lonsiu' for Il chance TO
become Il hero. He wanted TO pcrI
form some brave act. He wanted ~
have hissclf pintcd outlas . big sSulI,
aud lie screwed hckase de tlay bi
heroics had passed. ! moved aro'il'
him an looked him ober. He bad On
a shirt two weeks ole. His hair WIS
long and greasy,Ts lHllss ilaaceSsan LII
chillen war bal'futed an his wife
obleeged to take in washin'. He wal
signing to be Il hero, an de chance
war right befp him Few oi ts'klll
be on de spotin time to save railroad
trains, steamboats, and hotels from
fire and kolishun. We can't diskivel
plots to blow up opera houses. DE
water am SO cold dat we hate tic
jump into de ribber an save de lives
of skuIel,ouse full of chilen. But
since ] saw dat would be hero IL,
been wonderiD' if de- man who works
steadily, takes good keer OF his fam
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-04

y3sz...>., An endless variety of Marselles and
q sis1, Honey cG%G 4tss h from 90 cents
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-04
LANCE DE LA, COMMUNE
NY. Herald.

The fact seems to be that the star
of Rochefort is waning before the
rising glories of Louise Michel, the
sclloolmistress Ut Noumea. IlEs
strange woman has again caught the
ear Of thecticlkle Communists. She is
Reported to be,a modern Joan Of Arc.
She loves humanity. Her ear is al-
WAYS open to the cry of misery. "A
recent caricature has represented her
as a red Sister Of Mercy, armed with
a musketInstead Of a Cross, and the
symbol of Masonic fraternity instead
Of rosary. She was born III 1873,
in the Haute Marine. She studied
history and discovered that each evil
epoch it would have suificed 10 sup
press one man in order to save the
country. Charlotte Corday, in as
sassinatiils Marat hoped 10 save
France. With the same object III
view Louise Michel, while u school
mistress ut Montma'tre, wished to
kill Napoleon III. The idea was
deeply fixed in her mind. She had
her photograph taken, standing at a
table with one hand resting on .
deaths head and the other hand
raised and pointing upward in tras-
ic attitude. At that time Louise Mi
chel wore mourning for Liberty; she
dressed entirely in black, with the
exception of II red rose i'll her dress
or in her bonnet. la 1870 Louise
Michel became an anbulalIclerc.
During the siege Of Paris by The YER
sailles troops, she fought dressed us
Il national, guard and picked up the
wounded with the bullets whistllns
round her cars, During the Com
niune, excited By the fever Of the
first siege, she offered the ills'urec-
tional government TO so and shoot
Theirs IL Versailles. The govern
ment refused at first, telling her that
she could go TO Versailles. To show
that it was possible, Louise Niche
went there aud returned. she lla'
rot attempted TO sec Tlliers, having
civeu her word this time. IIIel
Ferrc disaimcd her, saying that thu
revolution must not bc established
vn a crime, At the time OF the re
preston Of the Commune Louls'
Michel denounced herself. She WI
tried before |, council Of war ant
sent to New Caledonia, where SIN
taught the children Of the exiles Az
hooked after their sick. A mont
ago she returned to Paris amnestied
She now lives with her old motlle
at Conclles, on the Marine. Louis
Michel demands for women the rigll
Of voting and eligibility. She DC
lieves in the equal division Of good
and in a future when the wicked sllal
have disappeared. In short, she is
rictin of, Victor Hugo. Her hea
has been turned by Les Chatiment<
aud for want of I'LL opportunity sll
has remained a platonic Chariot
Corday.u Still, if she did take it int
her head one day to assassinate Gam
BETA or Gen. Gallitet, no Parlsia
would be surprised. .. I'll
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-04
A CURIOUS CHARACTER AND HER
. D.. ...a,r ppTpC rrFri i'
lhlD1, ss. f.ft ll,IS
Middlctcwn, n, y. Argus.

Margaret Conkling, better known
us "Old Mag. d worthless I,ag who
was at the head Of ii large tribe of
worthless characters and lived on the
mountain, above Mongaup valley,
west Of Monticello, WIS found dead
in the woods, about two miles from
her house, last week. "Old Mag
was about sixty five years Of age,
and was u woman of immense size
and strength, measuring six feet nine
inches IN height. She was last seen
alive iii the latter partof October, at
which time she visited the Monga,ip
valley, telling fortunes and laying ii
o stock Of tobacco and whisky. Last
Wednesday three hunters who were
cllasing q deer, came across the dead
body of Mag under a chestnut tree.
The manner of her death was esi-
dent. She had climbed the chestnut
tree, osImke down some burs, hoping
to find ssmenutsistilI nstllepi9 Whcu
near the top Tie |iWb to which ,shc
was holding br.Asg and sim WIS hllrl-
ed to'tliea ground, adisti,lec Of about
twenty-five feet, \ jagged stump
under The tree caught her body rs it
fell, aud one Etfge sllilltcr,of itl was
through herbaek and extended afopt
beyond her body, Sic must have
died instantly The; peYs of her
death soon spread among her many
relatives, the Gonklings, DGroats,
Hinksscs and Henions, and they
gathered in force to attend the fl-
neraii iast Saturday. They INDUCED
in drunkenness ard noise for several
hours, and at midnight departed,
after setting fire to the cabin. What
they did with the, body mo one can
tell, oF It istbe custom of the, tribe
to leave no trace Of tiAle grave of one
of its members. Several years ago
one Of the ,DeGroats was buried ~
the Sparrowbush cemetery by Hhe
poor authorities Of the town of Deer
park. Orange county, and three nights
after the burial a band of the De
Greats appeared at the cemetery, dis
inferred the body and bore it away
into the woods. In the case Of '.Old
Mag" they buried every article that
had belonged to her, and it is thought
they cremated her body il her burn
Ing cabin.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-04

BLACK CASHMERE so cents
ID per yard, and fine Embroidered Capes at
i. FE1BELMAN'S.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-04

TO THE oi.A !AADIES-Go to RosenfcM's
comfort they are unsurpassed. - Ittuar, !
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-04

LIME WALTHAM WATCHES, in solid gold
I cases, from $40 upat JOHN JOHNS0N'S.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-04

N0UEI TV PAPEP FASTENER, FOR
yUYLLl l Binding Books, Papers
PamI4iete. etc. Cali and see at Mrs. G. BON.
ING,S BOOK, Music and Variety Store. MIN
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-01
Park Street Society.

AT the close of the services yesterday morn
ing Rev. Mr.. Alger announced to the congre-
CATION that there would be no services at this
church during the month of August and
further that he had accepted the invitation of
the parish to become its permanent pastor in
accordance with the following correspondence:
PORTLAND, July 30, 1881.
ReU. Wm r. Alger:
Dear Sir:-At the adjourned parish meeting
holden July rs, 1881, it was unanimously de-
sired, in view of the great success attending
the re-opening of the church under your minis
trations,s that the pleasant relations existing
might be continued permanently, subject only
to the contingencies existing under all such
relations of pastor and people, and to set at
rest all donbts we beg yonr formal acceptance
of the pastorate.
Very respectfully.
EDWARD A. NoYEs, p,u;,h
THOMAS A. ROBERTS, cor, ar;sn
M. N. RICH, OoninlI1ee'
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-01
Supreme Judicial Court

LAW TERM-wEsTERN DISTRICT, 1881.
SATURDAY.-The full Court adjourned finally af-
ter announcing the following decisions:
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.
Charles H. Graves, appellant, VS.. Frank Kilgore.
Exceptions overruled
CUMBERLAND COUNTY,
John Given vs.. Amherst Whitmore. Exceptions
oyerrued.
Inhabitants of Cape Elizabeth VS.. George H. Lom-
bard Exceptions overruled.
Weston Lewis ct ais. Vs. +. Latner and f. 0. Bal
ley ct ais, trustees Trustees discharged
Charles Hammond VS.. William M. Reynolds and
wife. Exceptions overruled.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
State vs.. Timothy w. Kurdish. Defendant dis
charged.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
Inhabitants of West Gardiner vs. Inhabitants of
Manchester. Judgment for plaintiffs.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Melville A. Allen VS.. William G. Morse ct al. Ex-
ceptions overruled.
YORK COUNTY.
John Linscott vs. Noah Weeks and others. Judg-
ment for plaintiff for $40 damages and costs as
awarded by the referee,
Charles W. Snow VS.. Albert P Gould and another.
Exceptions overruled.
Under the law of last winter relating to equity
the following Masters in Chancery were appointed
for the several counties comprising the Western
law district:
ndroscoggin-Franklin NJ. Drew, George G.
Wing, John A. Morrill, Asa P. Moore A. R. Savage
Cumberland-Edward M. Rand, Daniel w. Fes
sender, Edward P. Payson, Geo. e. Bird, Ardon
w. Coombs.
Frsnklin-Samuel Belcher, j. 3. Severy, Philip
II. Stubs, Elias Field.
Oxford David e. Hastings George A. Wilson
York-Hampden Fairfield. John M. Goodwin
Amos L. Allen, Nathaniel Hobbs.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-01
PORTLANDPOST OFFICE.
Sune "a, 1881.
OEFICE HOuRS.

From 7.30 a. m. to $50 p. M, Sundays excepted.
Sundays, open for Carriers and General Delivery
from to 10 a. m.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston and intermediate ofices-Arrive at 1915
p. N. Close at S.l5 a. m, 1890 and 500 p. m.
Boston and the West-Arrive at 12.15, 5.10 $40,
and II. 10 p. m. Close at S.15 a. M, 1890, 500
Intermediate or Way Mails via Boston Maine
Railway-Arrive at 1910 and $40 D. m. Close at
s.15 a. m. and IL. p. m.
Great Southern 81 Western-Arrive at 1915 $40,
500 and 900 p. m.
Bangor and connecting routes-Arrive at 1.15 p.
Augusta and connecting routes-Arrive at 900 a.
m and LID p. m. Close at 11.45 a. m. and 4.45
Morning Northwestern, by Grand Trunk Railway
Arrive at $40 a. m. Close at $50 a. N.
Lewiston and Auburn-Arrive at 2.05 and 100 a.
m. and LILO p. m. Close at $50 and II .45 a. m.
Castine, Deer Isle, sedgwick, $. W. Harbor Mt.
chias, Millbridge and Bar Harbor, via each steamer
Arrive at a. m. Close at 8 p. m.
Eastport wa each steamer-Arrlve at 600 a. m.
Foreign mails, via New York, day previous to sail
ing of steamers-Close at 8.15 a. m.
Express, Augusta, Bangor and the East-Arrive at
2.o5 a. m. Close at 900 p. m.
Skowhegan, intermediate offices and the north
Arrive at LIZ p. m. Close at 11.45 a. m.
Skowhegan also closes at 800 D. m.
Canada and intermediate Offices via G. I. R.-Ar-
rive at 1850 p. m. Close at 30 p. m.
NOVA oColld anu fi1nce EuWdruS lSland-Cl0Se at
IL. Asa. m. and 800 %. m.
Swanton VT, and intermediate offices, via P. & o.
r. R.-Arrive at 10 p. m. Close at 7.45 a. m.
Bartlett, N. H., and intermediate offices, via P &
o. r. R--Arriye at S.55 a m. Close at 1900 NJ.
Worcester, Mass, and intermediate offices, via P.
n r. II. R.-Arrive at 1.2O p. m. Close at 12.45
p. IN.
Rochester, n. H., and intermediate offices, via P.
& r. II. R.-Close at 700 a. m.
Carriers deliveries made daily SUNDAYS ex-
cepted in the business portion of the city at 700
and 1000 a. M, and 1.30 p m. In other sections
made on week days at 700 and IL 90 a. M, and
400 and 500 p. m. On Sundays at 500 D. m
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-01
The Infanticide Case.

Saturday morning the PRESS stated it was
announced that Miss Written had been ar
rested, had confessed her crime, and named
her betrayer, whom the police knew and were
looking for in this city.
Miss Written was arrested by officer Allen
of Biddeford at Dover, N. H., Friday night
She did not go to Mrs Moody's, but connected
with the Boston & Maine at Rochester and
proceeded to Dover.
Saturday morning Sarah F. Written was
taken before the municipal court at Biddeford
for the murder of her child at Kennebunk on
the 18th instant. She pleaded guilty. She
says Richard D. Day of Alfred, formerly of
Fall River, was the father, and advised her
course, furnishing her with money for the pur-
pose. Day has disappeared. He is % years
old, Short thick set, has light blue Dyes, brown
hair and moustache, and very small feet. A
reward will be offered for his arrest
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-01
Arrival of the Portsmouth

The training ship Portsmouth, of the o. S.
navy, arrived in this harbor last evening. The
following is list of her officers as given in the
Navy Register:
Lieut.. Commander-W b. Hoff
Lieut.. Commander and executive officer
Albert S. Snow.
Lieutenants-Albert Ross navigator; J.. R.
Selfridge, e. III. Taunt and Whitman Sargent.
Masters-D. f. Wilson and r. f. Nicholson.
Ensign-Louis w. Piepmeyer.
Midshipmen-John E. Grower, Geo. Spar
hawk and A. G. Almy.
Surgeon-R. A. Marmion.
Asst. Paymaster-A. X. Michler.
Chaplain = Thompson.
I'd Lieut.. Mariners. j. Logan.
Boatswain-A Milne.
Gunner-R. HI. Cross.
Carpenter-Geo e. Anderson.
Sailmaker--H askins.
The Portsmouth is sailing vessel of 70
guns, S46 tons and 1,225 displacement She is
last from Salem and will stay till Friday, when
she will proceed to Rockland, Barbor Harbol
and st. John.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-01
Sad Accident at East Baldwin

On Monday three young men, aged about
II years, Eddie Rich harrison and Freddie and
Josie Jackson, twin brothers, came down from
Boston to East Baldwin for weeks recrea-
ton, in the family Of D. T. Richardson, in
tending to return on Saturday.
Friday. about o'clock. while Eddie and
Freddie were ouut sporting with their guns,
the ramrod in Eddie's gun stuck and he re-
marked he should have to blow it out. Fred
die thought they could draw it, and took hold
of the rod, while Eddie held the gun by the
breech. The gun was loaded, and, as it hap
pened, was cooked. The gun was discharged
and the rod driven entirely through the body,
holding only by the button on the end. The
boy, holding the rod (ron rod) in his hand,
walked a mile to Dr. James Norton's, where
he lay on the lounge and had the rod removed
by the aid of lance without finching. DR.,
Norton removed the rod. DR.. Charles Maber-
ry was soon in attendance, and, in about two
hours, Dr. Cobb of Standish.
THE rod passed very near the large intestine
and the bladder, but it is hoped neither Of
them was hit. Saturday morning the boy
had rested we'll the night previous and his
pulse was 80. Sunday there was no great
swelling compared with the severity of the
wound
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-01
Business Troubles.

Herbert re-. Files, stoves, Gorham, is re-
ported failed.
The assets of J. S. Tapley furniture, Lewis
ton, are about $500 and the liabilities some
$4,000. The creditors will probably receive %
cents on 81.
James B. Crawford, groceries, &c., Castine,
is reported in insolvency with liabilities of
about $1,000 and nominal assets of $500.
Walker q Sampson, lumber, Houlton, are
reported failed with liabilities of about $12,-
900 and assets of about $4,000. They will prob
ably settle in insolvency.
A meeting of the Boston creditors of Charles
D. Todd, furniture dealer, Newport, was held
in Boston, Saturday, George S. Harrington
acting as chairman George x. Hooper, who
has been to Newport to investigate the failure,
was present at the meeting, and reported that
he found things in very unsatisfactory state,
and that many OF the circumstances connected
with the failure have very suspicious look.
Mr.. Todd persists in the statement that he lost
$500 on his trip to Boston, but is obliged to ad-
NIT that he made no effort to trace the thief
and that he did not once mention the loss to
any of his acquaintance while here. After
Mr.. Hooper's report was made to the meeting
matters were discussed by the creditors in an
informal way, and the universal sentiment
was that unless Mr.. Todd comes forward with
satisfactory offer by way of compromise, he
shall be put in insolvency, and matters carried
to extreme against him. The mortgages upon
the debtors property, which now amount to
$3.50, have not been running so long but that
insolvency proceedings will vacate them, 50
that the creditors can, in case they see fit,
compel the mortgages to share pro rata with
the other creditors. The unsecured liabilities
are $1,000, the assets consisting of $1400 in
stock and 5000 in good accounts.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-01
STATE OF MAINE.

CUMBERLAND SIS.
At the Court of County Commissioners begun
and holden at Portland within and for the County
of Cumberland, on the first Tuesday of June
Ammo Domini, 1881, to wit, at adjournment
thereof on the first Tuesday of July, Ammo Dom
mi 1881.
On the foregoing petition, it being satisfactorily
shown to the Court that the petitioners respon-
sible and that hearing is expedient, it is hereby
ORDERED, That the County Commissioners will
meet at the store of P. G. Pinkham in the town Of
Freeport, in said County, the thirteenth day OF
September, 1881, at 10 o'clock a. m and that
the petitioner give notice to all persons interested
by causing attested copies of said petition and this
Order of Court thereon, to be served upon the
Town Clerk of said town of Freeport and also by
posting up copies of the in three public places
in said Town and publishing the same three weeks
successfully in the Maine State Press, newspaper
printed in Portland, the first of said publications
and each of the other notices to be at least thirty
days before the time of said meeting at which time
and place, (after it has been satisfactorily shown
that the above notice has been duly given,) the
Commissioners will proceed to view the route set
forth in said Petition, and after such view
they will give hearing to the parties and
their witnesses at some convenient place III
the vicinity, when and where all persons and cor.
porations interested may appear and show cause, il
any they have, why the prayer of said petition
should not be granted.
Attest A. A. BENNETT, Clerk.
A true Copy of the Petition and Order of Court
thereon
Attest, A. A. BENNETT, Clerk.
w3W3l
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-01
A ShOckinr Siuht

Yesterday morning about 10 O. clock officer
Thrasher discovered a man in the alley-way
that opens into Pearl street, opposite the Gus
tom House. The man was PROSTATE and bleed
ing from cuts in the head. He had been
drinking heavily, and all he would say was
that he went into liquor saloon in that vicin-
ity to get drink. The crowd wanted him to
treat, but he would only pay for his own drink.
Then they pitched into him and beat him.
Thrasher took HIM to the station, where DIR.
Merrill dressed the wounds. The man had a
cut that must have been four inches long, on
the right side of the head, and the scalp was
badly torn. The mans name was John
Morris, and he belonged on the S. B. Green
leaf of Gloucester. The vessel sailed in the
afternoon, and he was allowed to go on her.
His head presented terrible sight.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-01

Five hundred dollars reward for better remedy
for the relief o coughs, colds sore throat, whoop
ing cough, consumption, bronchitis etc., than Dr.
Graves Balsam of Wild Cherry and Tar. 1t gives
immediate relief, is pleasant to take, and occa-
sions no unpleasant nauseating feelings. Sample
bottles, only 10 cents; large bottles, so cents.
DR.. Graves's Blood Purifier eradicates all impuri
ties from the system, ceanses the blood, renovates
the liver and stomach, which from being torpid and
inert, by its use become unusually stimulated, and
in fact gives healthy tone to the entire system
Price, 81.
Improved Family Cathartic Pills are the best pill
ever given patient by physician, and they are
frequently prescribed by them. They give prompt
are entirely vegetable When you desire a prompt
movement of the bowels, give the Improved Family
Cathartic Pills trial. Price % cents per box
DR.. Graves remedies are for sale by Druggists
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-01

PORTLAND, July 80, 1881
Edwdrd Il. Noyes, M. ". Rich, r. A. Roberts:
Dear Brethren-The six months for which I
engaged to serve as your minister ends to-
morrow. During this time the large audience
the rapt attention, the expressions of Ehigh APP
probation and personal kindness which have
constantly encouraged me are so gratifying
that | am glad to accept your invitation tc
consider myself regularly installed in the
Passionate of the Park ST. church. May God
bless our common effort to make our mutual
relation as satisfactory in the future as it has
been pleasant in the past.
Sincerely your friend and servant,
y WILLIAM r. ALGER,