davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-10-28
HedgesvilIe.

Mr.. c. A. Miller took his de-
parture on Wednesday last for
Ohio, where he makes a protract-
ed visit to friends and relatives.
The late popular landlord of the
Mansion House, in this place, Mr..
z. j. Mussetter, is sojourning
among us, and has been much
benefited by a residence at and
around Evansville. Md. Mr.. w.
l.. LEVEL, rector of Mt. Zion Epis-
eopal church, also spent "A short
tim9 il the village.
Mr.. VIM. Ronk las the represent
tative from this lodge, of the |. O.
O. T., has gone to Charleston, w.
Va, to attend to the interests of
that organization.
b. L Heberlig, our enterprising
dealer in and manufacture OF lum-
Der, has gone to Parkersburg, and
if rumor is correct we viii at some
time in the future loose him as a
resident OF the village.
Jacob Hobby, an employe of the
firm of b, +. HeberIig Il Co, has
changed his place Of abode from
Hedges vile to his former home in
Pennsylvania.
On last Tuesday tie Rev. Mr..
Gilmore at Failing Waters church
changed the condition Of Miss
Virginia Speck and H. Sperow
from one Of single blessedness to
matrimonial bliss, and we trust
that unalioyed happiness may be
their bosom companion in all the
trials and sorrows of this transito-
ry life.
Chas. BroWn, formerly with II.
A. Jacques, will soon enter upon
cabinet making at the shops OF
jacob Hull, and being s&illful
mechanic will be prepared to sat
isfy public demands in all articles
pertaining to the trade, both as to
quality and price, his work COM
pairing favorably with that else
where for durability and finish.
Among improvements at Depot
we observe the laying OF a new
platform by the railroad company,
which add considerably to the APP
pearance Of things at that point.
r.. A. Jacques will take possess
sion of his new home during the
week, and with the many changes
made about it, will make COM
Portable as well as handsome resi-
dence.
Rev. Gilmore took his departure
for Washington on Monday last,
and will be absent from home for
an indefinite period, under medi-
cal treatment.
Jacob Naylor and wife have
gone to make their friends and re-
latives visit. We wish them
pleasant trip and speedy return
to the mountain village.
Charles Colston, our colored con-
fectioner. has replenished his
stock with all articles to satisfy
the most fastidious-both as to
rates and quality.
The officials OF this corporation
have made the first feeble step to-
ward matchmaking the streets,
and we presume that 'ere the re-
turn Of another summer grazing
on them will be out of vogue, for
flint and asphalt will be the sub.
stitute for grass and dog.fennel.
The Editors many friends are
glad TO hear of his cOnval essence,
and the only harm they wish him
is an everlasting absence of the
ills human flesh is heir to.
REPORTERS.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-10-28
An Oversight to be Regret
ted,
INDIANAPOLIS Sentinel. Dem.

Indianapolis Sentinel, Dem.
The Republican bosses have bust
ness up Salt River this season. The
noted stream should have been re-
membered in the river and harbor
bill.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-10-28

Chambersburg's Indebtedness i;
$99,123.
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-08
That wonderful serpent story.

WooDFoRDs, nEERING, Feb. 7, 1882.
MR.. EDrToR-In looking over the columns
of the PRESS this morning, noticed the mar
velous snake story on the third page of the
paper. I have often read or heard related
wonderful fish stories," and it is possible
may have myself repeated (never originating
one, and have supposed it was right not to
be disputed, or hurled into the shade by any
rivalry in behalf of snakes, enjoyed by all
honest anglers to lead off in relations pertain
ing to whatever may belong to the fish family,
if it be only big eel.
However, don't think we lovers of the
"gentle art" need be jealous of our rights, for
1 honestly think the story of the down east
monster referred to is founded on misappre-
henson. The idea that such an animal actu.
ally has haunt or an abiding place in the
quarter where those indications on the surface
of the ground were discovered, does not seem
to me probable, at best cannot accept it un-
less the place is SO located as to admit of the
animals going to the ocean at his own pleas
ure, for, consider this fact, that an animal
weighing $4,000 pounds would require more
food than all the woods and fresh water within
30 miles of him would contain, not once in a
great while, but every day. Such an animal
would devour half a ton of moose deer, rab-
bits, etc., every dayl Why, the poor creature
would have to take light breakfast, "pick-
ed up dinner, and go supperless to bed at
night
But, it may be said, how do you account for
the track of the animal, or for the trail so
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-08

clearly indicating beaten path OF some mon
ster of snake like habits of locomotion on land?
Well, I don't presume to account for it, but
suggest that so far as anything in the story APP
pears, the trail may have been made by small
animals in passing from one place OF resort TO
another, or in making journeys through the
woods. i know that several amphibious ami
mails, as the common muskrat and otter, have
their "carries," so TO say, from one pond or
soft bog to another, and of course in lapse of
time those trails will Re worn down to several
feet below the outside surface. and especially
will the trail be deep where the surface is soft
or rests upon body of water a little below,
and these trails are often sinuous like the trail
OF serpent, turning now this way and now
that to avoid rock, a log or the root OF an up
turned tree. These animals never employ an
engineer, nor do they appear to take what
might seem to US the shortest cut or the best
route, but when trail has been commenced it
is followed by the next animal without any
struggling until it becomes the highway over
which all like creatures of the forest and the
waters will pass. Moose, deer, caribou, espec-
tally the first named two, have like habits, but
generally their paths are on harder ground
and do not make so deep and well defined
trail.
conclude this paper with the remark that L
shall be much more surprised should future
discoveries sustain the supposition of the men
who have given origin to the story, than |
Shall be, if upon further investigation it shall
appear clear beyond question that there is no
larger animal connected with the facts in the
case than muskrat; but SHOULD it be in fact
as the discoverers of the trail in the woods
seem to be sure, shall expect to hear OF his
being "taken with fly" by some lucky dis
ciple Of ''honest old Isaac early next June.
Yours truly u. L.
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-08
Superior Court.

FEBRUARY CIVIL TERM-BEFoRE JUDGE BoNNEY
TUEsDAY.-The February civil torn begun this
morning. No chaplain present. The traverse jury
is the at last term and is constituted as fol-
lows x<
John T. Lawrence, foreman, Pownal; Samuel Alb
bott. Harrison; Frank III. Chase, Portland; Frank
K. Demerritt, ,Gorham: Jason NJ 1ower, Westbrook;
Ephraim A. Harrington, Brunswick; a bner q. H1l
Cumberland; Charles Jones, Windham; Thomas j.
Mann, Freeport: John w. Minott, Cape Elizabeth;
Jason NJ. Carleton Joseph E. Badger. admins
TRAITOR of the estate of Loretta Clark of Augusta
Action upon account annexed to recover for
professional services as lawyer in relation to the
will of the father of defendants intestate from
June 18th, 1875, to October, 1876, and Tor re-
tainer $780, In addition to this is $3.50 for inter-
The services claimed to have been rendered were
In the known the Abbott will case, tried in
Augusta at the March Term, 1875, which occupied
about sixteen days. Abbott was the father of Mrs
Clark this defendants intestate, in whose favor the
will was made The estate amounted 10 about
twenty thousand dollars, and the verdict OF the jury
sustained the will The claim of this plaintiff Mr..
Carleton, is, that there was special contract be-
tween him and Mrs. Clark, through her counsel, N.
M. Whitmore of Gardiner, by which Carleton was
to paid three hundred dollars for services in the
formerly G resided and practiced law, and Vicinity,
and for services counsel in consultation and pre-
paraton Of the case and that If they were success
full in establishing the will he might be considered
further.
The defendant claims that the demand is exorbi-
tant; that Carleton never was employed as counse,
never acted as counsel either in out of Court
no such bargain as claimed by Carleton was ever
made by Mrs Clark or by her authority; that Mrs.
Clark was represented in that case by such eminent
counsel as Hon. j. w. Bradbury and Hon. Joseph
Baker of Augusta, and had no need of Mr.. Garlic
toms services as counsel. Defendant admits that
Mr.. Carleton was employed to look up few wit
nesses in Whitefeld, the same as any person not q
lawyer might be employed and for such services as
he rendered defendant admits the estate is liable
for and no more.
Evidence out and arguments concluded.
Hadlock with s. l.. Carleton for plff.
Bion Bradbury with j. E. Badger for deft
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-08
Personal.

Hon. j. w. Bradbury, of Augusta, was at
the Falmouth Hotel yesterday.
Mr. j. P. Carpenter, SO long the efficient
Secretary of the Union Mutual Life Insurance
Co., has connected himself in business with
Mr. A. F. Saunders, SO long proprietor OF the
New Haven House, New Haven, and Crocker
House, New London-first class hotels-and
the two have taken the Hotel Burns, at Syra-
cuse, N. Y, which they will make one of the
best hotels in the country. Mr.. Carpenter is
man of remarkable ability.
Hon. John Berry, a prominent citizen OF
Gardiner, died Monday noon of paralysis OF
the throat For several terms he represented
Gardiner in the State House of Representatives,
and was for several years a member OF the
State Senate Since 1861 he has been postmas-
ter at Gardiner.
The President sent to the Senate yesterday
the name of Francis w Rice, of Maine, to be
Consul General at Aspinwall.
The Boston Journal says Mr.. j. B. Collins,
formerlya well known business man in Port
land, died on Sunday at the residence OF his
son, Mr. j. P. Collins, in Somerville. He was
born in Salem April 3, 1909.
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-08
Tba state library.

Maine has about &C, 600 volumes in her State
library at Augusta. Many of these books are
legal works, such as text books, laws and iu-
dicial decisions of the various States, United
States laws, United States and Circuit Court
reports, etc. AS reference library it is very
useful to lawyers, and members of the legal
profession come to Augusta from all over
Maine to consult its treasures The State ap-
propriates only $500 annually for the purchase
of new books, which is not enough to keep up
with the times. Mr.. j. S. Hobbs, the present
librarian, is lover of books, and delights to
spend his time among the ponderous tones.
During the past year he has wrought quite a
transformation in the interior of the library,
arranging and classifying the books, hunting
up missing volumes and getting tattered mem.
bers of his book regiment rebound.
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-08
Rav. @. O. Mason.

Rev. G. G. Mason, presiding elder in the
Maine Conference of Methodists, whose home
is at Hallowell, in this State, on account OF
long and serious illness and still failing
strength, has rendered his resignation to the
Bishop of the church, who has reluctantly ac-
cepted it and appointed successor Mr.. Ma
son was brought up in this city and is one OF
the alumni of the school of Master Joseph
Libby. He has been for forty years Jealous,
active minister among the Methodists, and for
the past four years has held the post of presid-
ing elder. His loss to the ministerial corps
will create vacancy which will be deeply felt
by his coadjutors. Methodist ministers in gen.
what we know of Mr.. Masons circumstances,
a remembrance from his old friends in this
hour of trial will be properly appreciated and
gratefully acknowledged. Cor.
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-08
The Grand Trunk Elevator.

Yesterday Mr.. e. P. Hannaford, Chief En-
gineer, and Mr.. W. f. Spicer, Superintendent
of the Portland division of the Grand Trunk
road, arrived in the city and took quarters at
the Falmouth Hotel. The first of the after
noon they inspected the company's property
here and looked over the old elevator. They
also examined the various sites for the proposed
elevator. Later Gen. j. Marshall Brown and
the gentlemen had long interview in regard
to the proposed new elevator, and, as we under
stand, a lengthier one in the evening. II we
are not misinformed, the contract between the
Grand Trunk and the proposed elevator COM
pany is liable to be prepared and signed before
ten days are over, even if it was not signed by
proxy last evening. We hear that there will
be no trouble about the Grand Trunk paying
the rate of est-mentioned in a former
issue-but the money must be raised in Port
land, and, we understand, the gentlemen here
stand ready to furnish it. The only question
is that of rights and privileges, but that is an
important question. For instance, if the Port
land Company property should be selected, it
has been stated that the company would only
require the use of the wharf in summer and
the Grand Trunk in winter, but there is 400
foot steamer now lying at the present wharf OF
the company, in the company's business; and
again if the road should wish to do summer
business there they might incommode the
Portland Company. Still, all these questions
can be, and we hope will be, favorably adjusted.
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-08
Land League.


Mr.. J. G. Donelan, a banker of Galway, Ire
land, will address a meeting of the Land
League of Portland, this evening. Mr.. Done
Ian has just arrived in this country where he
will remain at least for the present He sue
ceeded in mortally offending the English gov
ernment, and so concluded to leave Ireland.
The police pasted up one Of the proclamations
of the government on his private gate, and be-
fore the eyes of the officers he removed it, A
policeman tried to stop him and he made him
understand that mans house is his castle, in
particular when the owner of the castle hap
pens to be man of strength, and does not
mean to be trifed with. For this offence Mr.
Donelan was cited to appear before the court,
and well knowing that long confinement
would follow, he, at moments notice left
home and started for the United States.
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-08
PORTLAND POST OFFICE.
December s, assI.
OFFICE HOURS:


From 800 q. m. to $50 p. m, Sundays excepted.
Sundays open for Carriers and General Delivery
rom to 10 a. m.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston and intermediate offices-Arriye at 12.45
p. N. Close at S.15 a. M, 1926 and 800 p m.
Boston and the West-Arrive at l2.45, 10. 9.1O,
and lilo p. m. Close at S.15 a. M, 1926, 800
Tntermediafe or Way Mails, via Boston g Maine
Railway-Arrive at 12.45 and 80 p. m. Close at
Sis A. m. and 1925 p. m.
$40 and lilo p. m. Close at 8l5 a. M, 1925,
500 and SEQ p. m.
Bangor and connecting routes-Arrive at I.2O p
m. Close at 1.45 a. m.
Augusta and connecting routes-Arriye at 900 a.
a. and l.20 p m. Close at 11.45 a. m. and 445
Morning Northwestern, by Grand Trunk Railway
~.2rrive at $40 m. Close at TOO a. m.
Lewiston and Auburn-Arrive at 2. .05 and Zoe a.
m and I2O D. M Close at $50 and 11.45 a. m.
AS and 800 p. m.
Castine, Deer Isle, sedgwick, $. W. Harbor, Mt
Desert Jonesport, Machias, Machiasport, East Ma
ehias Millbridge and Bar Harbor, via each steamer
Arrive at a. m Close at 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 s.1b a; m.
Express Augusta, Bangor and the East-Arrive at
2.0S a. IN. Close at 900 p m.
Skowhegan intermediate offices and the nortn--
Arrive at 1.20 p. M. Close at 11.45 a. m.
Skowhegan also closes at 900 p. m.
Canada and intermediate offices, via 6. t. R-Ar-
rive at 1925 p. m. Close at LOO p. m.
Nova Sc0t1a ana Prince EuWaruS lSlanQ-Close aJ
11.z5 a m. and 800 p. m.
Swenton, VT, and intermediate offices, via P. & O..
r. R.-Arriye at 6.45 p. m. Close at 7.45 a. m.
Bartlett, N. H., and intermediate offices, via P. 81
o. r. R.-Arrive at 11.15 a. Close at 200 p. m.
Worcester, Mass, and intermediate offices, via P.
q r. R. R--Arriye at l.36 p. m. Close at l2.25
p. m
Rochester N. H, and intermediate Offices, via p.
8 r. X. R.-Close at TOO a. m.
Carriers deliveries are made daily Sundays ex-
cepted In the business portion of the city at TOO
and 1000 q. m, and 200 p NJ. In other sections
at 800 and 1l.45 m, and 500 p. Collections
and 200 and 500 p. m. On Sundays at 500 p m
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-08
BROWN. the Embez zler.

The Lewiston Journal says: The Portland
papers of Monday contain an account of the
arrest of one Charles W. Brown for embezzle-
ment from w. Ell. Chase & Co., a Portland
firm Brown is we'll known in this city. He
spent last winter here, in big bnffalo coat
and pair of low shoes and red stockings. His
chief business was roller-skating, and when he
left town, he left an Auburn boarding house
keeper in mourning. His exit was made some
what Suddenly. A Lewiston man holds the
big fur coat as security for claim. Brown
claimed to be connected with the Lewiston
Journal while in that CITY,. Yesterday Browns
mother arrived from Taunton, Mass, and pro-
ceeded to give bonds for his release.
Mrs. Brown we hear, settled the claim of
w. P. Chase & Co., against her son, last night,
by giving two notes for the amount. This
morning Brown will be brought before the
Municipal Court, waive examination and be
bound over to the May term of the Superior
Court. His mother will be oneof his bail.
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-08
Brief lettings.

The st. Stephens sociable is postponed to
next week.
The subject of the Unitarian Young Peoples
Union for this evening IL Scott's Lady OF the
Lake.
The PRESS is indebted to the purser OF steam
ship Hibernian for late files of London and
Liverpool papers.
A brakeman on the Grand Trunk named
William Ross, was crushed while shackllng
cars at Bethel Monday.
The Art exhibition at Williston chapel is
well worthy the inspection of all interested In
art
Edward Boyd and William Cutter, youths
of IL, living on Ford street, Lowell, Mass,
left home Saturday, bought tickets, and went
to Rockland. A telegram to that place secur-
ed the boys and they were returned home.
Rev. Mr.. Alger's lecture before the M. G.
NJ. A. patrons tonight will not fail to prove an
able, brilliant and polished essay.
DR.. Spalding's lecture on Hearing in the
Young Peoples course at the Second Parish
tonight will be well worth hearing
The High School Cadets will have grand
time at City Hall the 21st inst Collins band
will furnish the music.
The grand double exhibition OF fancy skat-
ing by Prof Field and Miss Ella Stetson at
the roll er rink Thursday night, will crewd
the house.
Ex-foreman, W. R. Gribben, gave an oyster
supper to Washington Hook and Ladder COM
pany Monday evening.
Cloudy with snow yesterday. Mercury A.
at sunrise, 900 at noon, 20o at sunset; wind
west, north, northeast,
The Acton Mining company adjourned its
annual meeting yesterday to 230 p. M, Febru-
ary 18th, to give time for the committee to ar
range preliminaries.
The Union Back Bay Land company ad-
journed yesterday for want of quorum.
The Ontario of the Dominion Line is daily
expected.
The Bill-Poster's Union will give dance at
Congress Hall to- night.
The ladies of the Pine street M. e. church,
will give social, musical and literary enter
tainment lin their vestry this evening. No
admission is charged.
A new bell has been placed on Centre street
school house.
A. Martin, the the evangelist, is preaching
every evening at Williston chapel, corner
Danforth and May streets He is delivering
lectures on the Acts of the Apostles this week.
Services begin at IL p m. The public are
cordially invited to attend these meetings.
1t is reported that the Eastern Railroad
Company have ordered an extra brakeman to
be put on every one of their trains In ac-
cordance with the order seven new brakemen
were engaged in Portland and put on trains
yesterday
A strong smell of gas escaping from the store
of A. Little & Co. last night attracted the at
tention of passers, and the police notified Mr..
Little. He came down from his house and as
certained the odor was caused by the naphtha
which had been pumped out, and is used to
keep the gas pipes from freezing.
The children of the Abyssinian Society will
give concert and neckuie festival at their
church Thursday evening
The fnneral services of the late John SWEET
will take place at No. IL Myrtle street this af-
ternoon at 2.30 o'clock.
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-08
A niffarence of oninion.

Mr.. EDIToR:-The question on which there
is difference of opinion between your cores
pondent A. B. M. and myself is this: Is the
use of the phrase "compostion writing sup
ported by the authority of writers of acknowl-
edged eminence? I claim that il is not, that
the expression is Pathological, consequently
faulty. He takes the opposite view, presume
bly,. In his article printed in this morning s
PRESS, A. B. M. says, 81 maintain that parts
of the verb 'to write may be correctly used in
connection with the noun composition, when
the noun has particular meaning" and furth-
or on he remarks dropping the first person
singular, and adopting the first person plural3
"We have found in Hart's Rhetoric, the text
book used at Yale College, the expressions ITO
write compositions and writing compost
tioDs,r In KerI's work upon the subject, oc-
cur the phrases "the writing of com mpositions"
and "to write compositions"
The foregoing expressions, it must be borne
in mind, are cited to show that the use of the
phrase ''composition writing, differing from
them essentially in grammatical construction,
is isapproved by good authority Does this not
look like begging the question? In the phrase
"to write compositions the word compositions
is used as concrete noun meaning, according
to A. B. M, that which is formed by putting
together Granting, for sake of the argu-
ment this to be the meaning, and that "to
write compositions is correct expression
Now in the phrase Composition writing A.
B. M. must admit that the term composition is
used not as concrete noun in the objective
case, as in ''to write compositions and SINH
lar expressions, but as an abstract noun, mean
ing the act of combining ideas and committing
them to paper or otherwise writing them. In
other words by composition" alone, in the
sense employed by A. B. M. the act of writing
is implied. That this statement is true no
scholar will for moment question. 1t has
been SO construed by every author of note who
has ever used the word in literary sense.
Why then will A. B. M. try toprove the phrase
composition writing" not pathological by
quoting (?) from text books on Rhetoric such ex-
pressons as 'sthe writing of compositions, etc.
The fact is A. B. M. is in error in this matter,
and no searching of rhetorical works or the
pages of any author can get him out of his
self-imposed dilemma.
Portland, Feb. Z.
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-08
RoWdoinhann.

Mr.. EDIToR;-The ice mania has somewhat
abated since the violent cold snap, which bids
fair to give much ice upon the Hudson, and all
new companies formed before that time have
abandoned the project, for the present at least.
l took trip upon Cathanoe and Kennebec riv-
ers few days since, and have a very correct
estimate of the amount upon the Cathance
and Kennebec rivers, on the Bowdoinham
frontage. Upon the Cathance river 5000 tons
or about the entire surface of the river will be
housed On the Kennebec 225,000 of the
amount. On the Kennebec all is stored in
Bowdoinham, except 5000 tons at Twing's
Point in Woolwich.
If the prospect should prove good the amount
will be largely increased Most of the ice bus
mess upou the Kennebec is governed by the
amount cut upon the Hudson. Many compa-
nies are ready to build when the prospect is
flattering enough to assure a margin. do not
hear of any being sold yet.
The past week has been unusually favorable
for-cutting ice j. P. Norton at East Bow
doinham put in $4,000 tons the past week
"S.''