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To the creditors of GEORGE W. COOkSON, of Unity.
In the county of Waldo and State of Maine, In
nnhinn

NoI ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED. That with IN
A approval of the Judge of the Court OF ln,o
NehcN Tor said County of Waldo. the second NEE
ing of the Creditors of said msolyent is appointr
to be held at the Probate Court Room in Belfast, Il
SaIt County Of Waldo ON Thursday, the 10th lH
~ March, \. d. 1881, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon
You will govern yourselves accordingly
Given under my hand and the order of Court th
10th day of Feb A. ID. 1881.
CHARLES PALMER
Register pro tenn of the Court of Insolvency u
Sald County of Waldo 3WS
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THE subscriber hereby gives public notice to Ill
1 concerned, that he has been duly appointed
and taken upon himself the trust OF Ntmustra
tor of the estate OF
in the County Of Waldo, deceased, IN giving bond
is the law directs; he therefore requests all per
sons who are indebted to said deCta,edS estate IL
make immediate payment, and those who have any
demands thereon to exhibit the for settlement
to him. GEORGE l.. II ANE\ER
Feb. TO- lSSl.
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February, 4. D lsSl.
A MANDA +. BOWDOIN. Administrative of the
N estate OF JOSEPIIt : ROGERS, late of Frank
fort in said County of Waldo, deceased. having
presented her second and final account for allow
ancc.
Ordered. Thatthe said Administrative give notice
to all persons interested by causing copy of this
order to be published three weeks SUCCESSFULLY in
the Republican journal printed at Belfast. that they
may appear at Probate Court, to be held at Bel
fast within and for said County on the serond
Tuesday Of March next, at ten of the clock he
fore moor, and show cause, any thcN have, why
the Same should not be allowed.
JAMES ID. I.AM>ON. Judge.
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MUpGETT 4 LIBBY, Of Prospect,

in the County of Waldo, by giving bond As the law
directs he therefore request all persons who are
indebted to said Geceased'S estate to make imme-
date payment, and those who have any demands
thereon, to exhibit the same for settlement to
JOHN +. LIBBY. Surviving Partner.
Prospect. Feb. -, 1881.
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At Court of Probate, held at Belfast, within and
for the County of Waldo, on the second Tuesday
of February, 4 ID. 1881.
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r NJ. PARTRIDGE. Administrator dc boni, non
IL. of the estate of HENRY STAPLES, late Of
stockton, in said County of Waldo deceased, hay
ing presented his final account for allowance.
ordered, That the said Admins traitor give notice
to all persons interested by causing copy of this
order to be published three weeks Succc>~ively in
the Republican Journal printed AT Belfast that they
may appear At Probate Court, to be held at Bel
fast, within and for said County, the second
Tuesday of March next, at ten of the clock before
noon, and show cause. II any they have, why The
same should not be allowed.
JAMES -. IAM~O\. Judge.
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the County of Waldo, on the -troni Tuesday of
February, A. ID. 1881
4 NNIE l.. MCkEEN, ADMINISTRATIVE of GEO
"A W. tt CkER, late of Belfast, in said County
final account and her private claim against said dr
ceased for allowance.
Ordered, That the said Administrators give notice
to all persons interested by causing copy of this
order to be published three weeks successfully
in the Republican journal printed at Belfast, that
they may appear at Probate Court, to be held ut
Belfast, within and for said County, the second
Tuesday of February neNt, at ten Of the clock be-
fore noon, and show cause, if any they have, why
the same should not be allowed.
JAMES II. LANi~O\, Judge.
4 true copy. Attest: a. \. FlErt nER, Register
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rNHE subscriber hereby gives public notice to all
i concerned, that he has been duly appointed
and taken upon himself the trust of settlement,
aS surviving partner of the business OF the late
trl,ln of
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At Probate Court held at Belfast, within and for
the County of Waldo, on the second Tuesday ul
February. A. ID. 1851.
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ESTHER JELII>ON, late of Monroe,
in the County of Waldo, deceased, by giving bond
the law directs; he therefore requests all per
who are indebted to said deceased'S estate to
make immediate payment, and those who have any
demands thereon, to exhibit the same for settlement
to him. r. l.. PALMER.
Feb -. ISSl,-3WS
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At Probate Court. held at Belfast within and for
the County of Waldo, on the second Tuesday of
February, A. ID. 1881.
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IANE~ y. LNN~ON JudJt.
y true copy. Attest.-A. \. FLETCHER Register

At Il Probate Court held al Belfast, within and for
the County Of Waldo, on the second Tuesday Of
February 4. d. ISL.
- AAlUEL klNG>BJRY Administrator of The
= estate of GEORGE MCKINNEY, late of Wal
do, in said County of Waldo, deceased. having pre-
~ented his first account of Administration fur al
loWancc.
Ordered, That the said Administrator give no
tice 10 all persons interested ~ causing Il copy
of this order to be published three weeks success
sivcly in the Republican Journal printed at Belfast
that they may appear al Probate Court To be hello
ut Belfast within and for said County on the see
ond Tuesday Of March nest, at ten of the clocb
before noon, and show cause, if any they have why
the same Should not DE allowed
JAMES u. HANSON, Judge.
\ trut copy. Attest "A. \. FIET' HER, Register
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BENZ. +. STEVENS President.
JOSEPH Nj. tiIBBENS. Secretary.
MARCH II, lSS0.-lyrI
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STATE OF MAlNE.--WALDO s..

TO the Hon. justices of the supreme judicial t0ur
next to he holden nj Belfast. within ana for The
county of Waldo, on the first Tuesday of Janu-
AIRY. Annn Dnmini vi
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The man who comes about solely to kill time
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The man who struck an attitude has not yet been
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\ true copy. Attest "a. 4. FLETCHER, RegSte
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THIE subscriber hereby gives public notice to all
L concerned, that he has been duly appointed and
taken upon himself the trust of Administrator of
The estate
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i'll the County of Waldo, deceased, hy giving bond
the law directs he therefore requests all persons
who indebted to said deceaScC's estate To make
immediate payment, and those who have any de
mands thereon, to exhibit the same Ton settlement
to WIN. II. MI DECEIT. Atnr.
Prospect, Feb - ISL
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fINIIE suhscribrr hclcTN gives NublC n0tirr o all
i concerned, that She has been duly appointed
and taken upon herself the trust of ENecutri\ of
the will Of
THOMAS :. IlMEBrKNER Iatc of Belfast,
in the County of Waldo, deceased; She therefore
requests all persons who indebted to said de
ce;lsed'e estate to make Immediate payment, and
those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit
the same for settlement to her.
HANNAH T.. LIMEBl 'RNER.
Belfast, Feb II. lsSl.
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The National tribune., 1881-11-12
YARDS OF RED TAPE,

Capitalization and red tape seem to have
reached their most perfect development in Bur
NAH. off says the AHahabad Pioneer, "a chimney
smokes in the barracks at Rangoon, the officer
commanding the troops who occupy the building
refers the matter to the proper staff officer, who
ever he may be; he communicates with the mil
itary staff at Madras, and the commander-in-ehief
at that presidency brings the question to the
tice of the local Government. The Government
of Madras then addresses the Government of
India at Simla and the papers on the subject
travel about that station for a while in boxes
There dispatch is prepared, and finally sent to
the Chief Commissioner of British Burmah, who
sets the machinery of his administration in
motion, and then the officer in charge of military
works at RangOOn sends for maistTee, and the
chimney is set to rights. Some impatient reform
ers want to alter the system, but the army organ
ization authorities of the Indian office declare
that the greatness of the British empire in the
East has grown under the existing system, and
that it is better to let well alone"
The National tribune., 1881-11-12
A HEALTHY SENTINEL,

Throughout the siege of Standerton we had
given girls name for the countersign. The men
liked it. Every night some of them felt that the
garrison was watched over by her he loved best,
and it came to be the evenings topic with them
who she was to be when the orders were read out.
1t put us about little to find Names but we did
it, only standing out against Jemima, and pub
lished fresh name every night. The first name
we hit upon was Alice. Many of US had an Alice
we loved at home, so we put her in the front rank
Later on, when the fort was clean enough, we
christened it after her, and Fort Alice is now the
official title of the fort which held Standerton
MANY were the discussions the men had over
these names. Violet was one, and remember hear
ing an obstinate fellow silenced ON Directing that
it was flower, not GAL" by comrade, who
explained that Violet is the flower we all know
that, but girls called Vioette with he"
Another time, when the password was Mag, the
following conversation took place outside the fort
between a sentry and a late conner: Sentry
Who comes there? Late comer-Friend Sentry
Stand, friend. Advance one and give thecoun-
tersign. Late comer-I don't know it. Sentry
Why it's Mag. Late comer-Oh, Mag. Sentry
Pass, Mag, alls well.-Black,cood's Magazine.
The National tribune., 1881-11-12
WHAT NEXT2

The daily papers give description of the cast
ing by the Reading Iron Company of model
Lymann- Haskell accelerating or multi-charge
gun. When completed the gun is to be tried at
Sandy Hook. 1t is % feet long, with six-inch
bore, and along the bore are four additional
chambers for powder, the latter being successfully
discharged after the initial charge of powder in
the chamber has been fired. 1t is claimed that
40 pounds of powder will throw a solid iron
projectile weighing $50 pounds at least ten miles,
and that it will go through a solid mass of
wrought iron nearly two feet thick. The pockets
are loaded in the same manner as breech-loader,
each pocket to contain % pounds of powder.
The chamber is to contain Is pounds. A velocity
of 5000 feet per second is claimed as attainable
with the new gun. In report on this gun, made
June II, 1878 Major-General W. Mckee, Ordnance
Department, U. S. A, gives it as his opinion that
1.-The gun can be made strong enough to be per-
fectly reliable and safe in firing" He declares
his belief in the feasibility of totally extinguish
ing windage in the gun. The difficulty he fore
is in loading the gun with sufficient rapidity
lough when loaded it can be fired and given
creased velocities.
The National tribune., 1881-11-12
A TERRIBLE COMBAT.

perpendicular old rock which rises in the
middle of Lake Champlain, near Plattsburg, is
called Little Independence in reference to the be-
lief that during the struggle for independence the
British squadron passed close to the old rock
Mistaking it for a vessel the commander hailed it.
but received no reply. He hailed again, louder
than before; still the rock was silent. Hang the
Yankee" muttered the commander; give him a
broadside" The brOadside was fired accordingly.
but the shot poured back from it's side among his
own men. That's your game, is it ?" said the COM
mander. "Give them another" which they did,
and again the old rock hurled back the British
shot. 1t was only as the light grew stronger that
the commander recognized the nature of his an
tagonst, and then he withdrew to St Johns to
refit.
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HE KNEW HIS DuTY.

During the siege of Paris in 1870, NJ. Arthur
Rance was Mayor of the Ninth ACCOMPLISHMENT
One night, when sortie had been made, the
streets were crowded with people anxious to learn
news from the battlefield With great difficulty
M. Rance forced his way to the door of his office,
but there two sentries crossed their bayonets be-
fore him. "NO one can pass in here without an
order from the Mayor!" "But / say I'm the
Mayor" That makes no difference-you can't
pass in here without an order" Thereupon Mr.
Rance gravely drew out his pocket-book and
wrote ON leaf: "Allow me to pass (Signed),
Rance Mayor" which precious order he handed
to the sentry. "Ah, that's all right Pass in,
sir Our orders We're imperative, you know!"
The National tribune., 1881-11-12
SIXTEEN YEARS AFTER.
THE BATTLE OF SHARPSBURG.

20 eaal ia l-.- free Press
#ha-.aas.-
-a. ra .-aa street enough .4e gaain.
old -.s- a rHa ..z. of the ridge 81 which -0T
stands National Cemetery, anu from UnIs point
the eve can see where every brigade and division
fought on that memorable 18th day of Septem-
ber 1862
Pope had been crushed at Manassas, and Lee
had invaded Maryland. General Mcclellan, re-
tired in disgrace to Alexandria, had been sum-
moned TO his old command, and if he could not
reorganize PCpe's shattered and disheartened
forces, overtake Lee and win a victory, the Union
was doomed. All felt it, and knew it. McClel-
Ian was the only bulwark between Lee and a
Northern invasion. In week Lee was brought
TO bay on the hills of Sharpsburg. But for the
disgracetul surrender of Miles at Harpers Ferry
his army would have been bagged, and but for
the Secretary of War Miles would have been re-
placed before the surrender by one who would
have held the stronghold.
Here, then, on the 10th of September Lee had
his back to the Potomac and his face to the
mountains of Maryland, with his headquarters
in the very building in which l write. McClel-
Ian had his back to the mountains, and all was
The battlefield is the most beautiful Landscape
the eye ever rested upon, and it looks to-day
almost exactly as it did when the sun rose on
that beautiful autumn morning to be lost sight
Of IN the clouds of smoke and death You look
down on wheat-fields, pastures orchards farm
houses, hay ricks, and highways. There are
hills and valleys and groves and patches of for
est. and Antietam Creek winds in and out and
rushes and gurgles just as it did that morning
when Generals Lee and Jackson stood on the hill
behind me and scanned the fields with their
glasses. 1t was the grandest battlefield of the
war. Even Gettysburg did not afford such posi-
tiOns for artillery and the plains of Manassas did
not offer such chances for the movement of in
lantTy. Hooker began the fight on the right almost
before it was light enough for the men to see to
dress their battle lines. He had StonewalI Jack
son in front of him with not over six thousand
men. JacksOn's left rested on the Potomac to
cover a ford. Hooker was to drive him down on
Lees centre, and the first grapple took place in
the woods along the HagerstOwn road. Hooker
carried into action at least thirteen thousand
men. and Mansfield was right behind him with
full Corps.
After nineteen years / rode over the ground
with men who fought on either side in those
grim woods that day. There are fence rails along
the HagerstOwn road in which one may count
from ten to thirty bullets Scarcely tree is
missing from the forest, and scarcely tree can
be found which does not bear the scars of that
awful grapple. Limbs are lying where they fell
that morning as solid shot tore them away.
Trees were riven by shells, and stand there as
dead sentinels appearing to the past. Shot and
shell and grape-shot searched for men in blue and
gray and finding them not, spent their fury on
the forest and left wounds which nineteen long
wears have failed to efface.
The National tribune., 1881-11-12
THE COLOR-BEARER.
II. H. BROWN ELL.

lHoTE.-During the assault on Vicksburg brigade
which had been ordered up support failed TO follow
the storming party of hundred and fifty men, who
becoming discouraged, eventually rereated to raVn
all but William Trogden color bearer private
of Company b, Eighth Missouri, refused to retrac
a single step When his comrades left him. he dus
a hole in the ground with his bayonet, planted hi
in it within twenty yards of the enernys rifle
pits and sat down beside old Glory" where he re
manned all day-Reporf of the Assault on Ftcksburg.
Let them go they are brave, know
But berth like this, why it suits me best
can't carry back the Old Colors to-day,
We've come together long, rough way
Here's good a spot any to rest
No look, ! reckon, to hold them long;
So here, in the turf, with my bayonet,
To dig for bit, and plant them strong
Look out for the point-we may want it YETI
Dry work but the old canteen holds fast
A few drops of water-not fresh
So for drink!-it may be the last
Here's my respects to you Mr. Seceshl
No great show for the snakes to sight;
Our boys keep 'em busy yet, by the powers! =
Hark, what a going on TO the right!
Better luck there, hope, than ours.
Half an hour you'd swear twas three)-~
Here, by the bully old staff I've sat
Long enough, as it seems to me-
Now and then they sputter away;
A puff and a crack and hear the ball.
Mighty poor shooting, should say
Not bad fellows may be, after all
avchance of course isn't worth a dime
But thought 'twOuld be over, sudden and quick.
Well, since ii seems that we're not on time
Here's for a touch of kilikinick
Cool as a clock and, what is strange,
80 I,iS of nd ais
This wild hard week of battle and change
Out of the rifles deadly range
Ny thoughts are all at the dear old farm.
It's green as a sward by this, know
The orchard is just beginning TO set,
They moved the home-ot a week ago
The corn must be late, for that piece is wet
I can think of one or two, that would wipe
A drop or so from a soft blue eye,
To see me sit and puff my pipe
With a hundred deaths heads grinning hard by.
And wonder, when this has all passed DER,
And the tattered old stars in triumph wave
Through street and square, with welcoming roar,
If ever they'll think of us who gone?
How we marched together, sound sick.
Sank in the trench DER the heavy spade
How we charged on the guns, at double-quick,
Kept rank for Death to choose and to pick
And lay on the bed no fair hands made.
All. well at last, when the Nations free,
And flags Tapping from bluff to bay,
In old st. Lou what time therel be!
maynt be there the Hurrah to
But if the Old Rag goes back to-day,
They never shall say twas carried by me:
The National tribune., 1881-11-12

man, uUyo rIey IaIu MN
on the ground preparatory to removing the gun.
Grave man; it is pity we had to kill him."
"The gun, with its death-mark of lifes blood,
was drawn away by the confederates, and used in
a dozen different battles, but no one ever washed
off the blood. Once when an officer asked one of
the men why he did not wash his gun, the soldier
related the circumstances of Reeds death "Let
the blood remain; it is a mark of respect to the
memory of a brave man.
Just before the close Of the war Captain Reed,
the name applied to the eLn was dismounted by
a cannon ball After the battle the soldiers ten
derby buried the heavy iron. The rains of heaven
or the hands of man had not washed off the blood
-Neu York Ners.