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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-12-21

A Democratic Prohibitionist is an anomaly
for whose existence there is no excuse. Ban
gOr Commercial.
This is copied into the Augusta Age without
comment, which is perhaps Il tact approval.
If the Democratic papers choose to make anti
prohibition one of the planks in its platform, it
must expect to be whipped in Maine, that's all.
No matter how much the people of Maine dis
like bossism, they like rum less. [Gardner
Home Journal.
Advertising does pay. Not many months ago
a merchant advertised in the Reporter for a
boy. He said he hardly expected to get one but
thought he would try, and sure enough, before
daybreak the next morning his wife presented
him with bouncing lad. We won't guarantee
to be as prompt on every occasion and still we
believe that persistent advertising does pay.
somerset Reporter.
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Both are fond of reading and never before hud
they seen SO many beautiful Juvenile looks. such
binding Such profuse and costly Illustrations
and 80 cheap. Here were all the old favorites ana
the new ones; standard books in sets, with fine
bindings; books of poetry-all the best collections
Wedding Day Books and Birthday Books ongfel-
low and Emerson calendars, the Golden Floral
books; great variety of photograph albums, ana
Of Christmas cards, with an assortment Of toy for
the little ones. The children loft goodly portion
of their pocket money here. On leaving Pitchers
Mrs. s. Mad gone into
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-12-21

1t was announced editorially Saturday morn
ing that the price of the Boston Morning and
Evening journal will hereafter be two instead
of three cents. The reduction it is stated. is
purely matter of business policy The an
nouncement i, accompanied by ahdavts OF the
foremen Of the mailing and press rooms, show
ing that there has been no decrease in circulate
ion for the past two years. The daily will be
sent TO subscribers for So per annum postage
included, and there will be no change in size or
quality and nothing cheap about it except the
prize.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-12-21

FISH AND FISHING. The Damarscotta Her
aid says: Smelt fishing opens well this year,
with good prices. Smelters have caught as high
as 60 lbs. or more daily. They bring u cents in
New York market at present. The net cod
fishing fleet of Gloucester are having great sue
cess this winter. The fishermen use nine inch
mesh nets fifty fathoms long and two and Il
half fathoms deep. These nets are lowered to
the bottom where the fish mesh the same as
herring in surface nets. This kind of fishing
has been in vogue in this country but a short
time, and was Il total failure last year. 1t was
only tried this winter on account OF the scarcity
of bat.....The catch of the Gloucester fleet Of
vessels for 1882 will amount to about 81 800 600
DR.. Bliss saws that he will accept the $1,000
awarded him by the Garfield claims committee
The President has nominated j. Bancroft
Davis of New York, to be jud &c of the court of
CLAIMS
Hon. Godlove S. Orth died at Lafayette, Ind,
Saturday night of blood poisoning. in the Goth
year of his age.
The business quarter of Kingston, Jamaica,
was burned Monday week. and hundreds left
homeless. Loss Sl3 100000.
Fourteen of the twenty-three counties liz
Maryland have local option laws for the regu-
lation of the liquor traffic.
The penal code was dead letter in New
York Sunday. Nearly all who chose to do bust
ness did so without police interference.
''Webb" says that the prospect is good that
practical and adequate Civil Service Reform bill
will be passed by Congress at the present SEES
sion. Democratic Senators, however. are balk-
ing badly.
Beck's resolution for the investigation of
political assessments with Mr.. Hale'S amend
ment to investigate the political assessment
business of both sides, has been referred to the
Judiciary committee.
At meeting of the Directors of the Maine
Central Railroad Company, held at the Augusta
House Thursday evening. Payson Tucker was
unanimously reelected Nice-Presdent and Gen
Company.
| 1t is believed by careful observers in Wash
| ngton that the Democratic leaders are not sin
| cere in their cry for civil service reform. They
| evidently prefer to postpone any measure cal
culated to make present offce-holders reasona-
| bly, secure of their positions.
| Sunday was the 10Th anniversary birthday of
| the poet John Greenleaf Whittier. The poet
spent the day quietly in his room at Hotel Win
| throp in Boston and received numerous callers.
| He had received IL communication from his fel-
low citizens in Amesbury asking that he pass
| his birthday at home and hold reception, but
! could not attend on account of cold Many
| beautiful floral tributes were sent during the
day by friends.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-12-21

SUBSCRIBERS RENTING money desiring to
nave the address of papers changed must state the
Post Office to which the paper has been sent, well
the Office to which ii is to go.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-12-21
The Public Debt.

The reduction of the public debt during the
month of November was smaller than in any
month since the calendar year 1880. This was
due, not to any falling off in the revenues-in-
deed, the revenue receipts show an increase of
nearly S2,000,00O, compared with November of
last year-but to increased expenditures. The
enormous appropriations made at the last SEES
sion of Congress are beginning to have their eff
feet. Mr. John NJ Carson. clerk of the Commit
tee on Ways and Means, for many years Wash
ington correspondent. and who has made close
study of the national finances. thinks that the
monthly average reduction of the public debt
will hereafter fall considerably below what it
has been for the past two years. He says:
The expenditures during the seven remaining
months of the current fiscal year will be largely
IN excess of the expenditures during the CORE
spending months of the last fiscal year. There
Will be increasing demands upon the Treasury
for pension payments and payments on account
of public works and miscellaneous items. The
prospect is that during the remainder of the year
calls for bonds will be few. The fact is that the
Secretary of the Treasury will have about all he
can do to find surplus revenue sufficient to re-
deem the fifty millions of bonds called and
which are now or will be matured during the
next seven months. He has already during the
present tisca! year anticipated a surplus of over
one hundred and ten millions. He has discount
ed any reduction of taxation to that extent. OF
this amount he has during the last tive months
applied tifty-two millions to the redemption of
bonds. If the Pension office continues to grind
out claims sufficient to make a demand on the
Treasury of one thousand dollars per minute
during the six working hours of six days in the
week. as was the ease last month, Secretary
Felger will likely be forced to draw heavily
upon his resumption reserve before the end of
the fiscal year, in order to redeem some of the
bonds already called hut not yet matured.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-12-21

next attracted the attention of the shoppers and
entering they found the interior even more attract
i've than the exterior. They loud in their
praise of the handsome fittings, Of the large and
elegant stock Of goods and Of the courtesy shown
them. Mr.. 5. contented himself with looking about
while Mrs. ). examined the line stock Of silks and
dress goods, the table linen and the general
ment of fancy and staple articles She had intend
ell TO look about before making her purchases but
before she left the store black silk dress pattern
for herself, worsted jacket and hood for her
daughter, with number of smaller articles, had
been bought and paid for Mean lille tin children
were inspecting the many useful ami pretty things
O be 1nunh at
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-12-21
G. W. HANEY' ).

where he found a fine assortment Of furnishing
goods and ready made clothing. 1t did not take him
long to select neat and serviceable suit of clothes
anG pair of warm driving gloves for himself, and
then he was ready to join Mrs, s. ana the children
t he
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-12-21

The amusement season has opened IN this city.
ON Tuesday evening the old folks course of assem-
hlies began. On Wednesday evening Neil Burgess
was here There will be masked bail and carn-
the evening Of the 10Th the MI club give grand
bali with Chambers band from Portland One fea
tnre Of tue evening viii be concert, including mu
sir by The band and singing by Misses Coburn and
MilIiken, Of Belfast, AMI +. O. Thorndike OF Bos-
ton.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-12-21
LADIES EXCHANGE.

Mrs = had not been idle meanwhile. She had
been upstairs and down, had inspected carpets
rugs blankets, and the tempting variety of dry anu
fancy goods heaped upon the counters and display
Ell upon the shelves. The total Of her purchases
Would have made most men grumble; but a new
carpet for the sitting handsome rug for the
parlor, pair of blankets at STA real bargain
and some smaller articles paid for without
murmur, and the lighter articles slowed in The
pung. 1he handsome new store of
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-12-21
DWIGHT L. PALMER

in the journal, and said he must 90 and have Il
look at the new store and new goods; and thther
the party wended their way Here they found a
choice selection of standard books, scrap books,
Bibles and albums, Christmas cards, panels and
fumes and many other useful and ornamental arti-
Giles. They then visited
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\. L. MANSFIELD'S.

next door, where Mrs. 5. saw a good deal to at
tract her and she found il impossible 10 resist
opening her purse when examining the handsome
handkerchefs, in silk and other erial, the lace
goods, towels, etc. Mr.. S looked good natured.
ly except when he heard tides mentioned, when he
almost frowned But believe Mrs. s.. purchases
included al least one tidy; and she was almost
tempted to buy another black silk dress pattern
from those submitted for her inspection OF course
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-12-21

Where AI were alike pleased at The tempting lis-
play OF china, glass, plated and other ware The
manner in which the goods were arranged 50 that
everything can be easily examined, was voted to
be decided Improvement, and Mr.. earle was
greatly compiimentcd on the hne appearance Of
his store Nothing could be prettier than the new
style dinner and tea sets, while the Old patterns
We're in stock for those who preferred them. Mrs.
:. had intended to make but few purchases in This
line, her china closet being very well supplied but
one thing after another attracted her, that quite
bill was soon run up. But she said rs she went
out that she couldn't have done wen in Boston
and that is the truth Mr.. S had noticed the adj
Vprti of
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-12-21

ADMINISTRATORS, EXECUTORS AND GUARDIANS
desiring their Probate advertising published in the
journal, will please state to the Court.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-12-21

where the children joined her. While they were
Inspecting the dozens upon dozens of dolls. some
in very primitive and others in elaborate toilets,
and ;he great array Of holiday toys and making
purchases for their Christmas tree, to which tneil.
ncishbora We're invited, Mrs ) was raNeliug III I'M
millinery department, so attractive to all her SEX.
What charm there can be in hat a bonnet, Of
how feathers flowers and plumes can 50 captiyate
the genter SEX the lords of creation fail t. compre-
hend. But nevertheless, Mrs. 5. had long inter
view with Mrs. Wells which was highly satisfaeto-
ny t. both parties, and the children were SO inter
estea in inspecting and selecting toys that the time
passed quickly to them. Mr. ;. all this time iii
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who advertses "unparalled bargains in Christmas
goods could not be passed by, and the watches,
the silver ware, the jewery of all kinds was look
ed over and priced, and some excellent bargains
made; but If all the purchases were enumerated it
would be thought that the Simpkin's were mil
lionaires in disguise instead of plain Waldo coun-
tv people out for holiday shopping. Where should
the party go leaving Masonic Temple but di-
reCtlN arrOSS the street O
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-12-21
GOOSE STORY.

They have some very keen Sport>men in >aco.
The other night man in that city heard the
loud honking of a flock Of geese, and thinking
that they We're wild geese, >prang out Of bed,
snatched his gun and ran in the direction from
which the sound proceeded. He did not Shoot
any wild geese. however. for he soon found
that the noise he had heard had been made by a
ear lead of fat Thanksgiving geese which mad
been detained at the railway station all night.
He Went home disguised and goo>elesS.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-12-21

THE ALlIAriA HEAL CASE. Coroner j. \. Me
Clintock, of Belfast and his jury met at Centre
Linconyine on Saturday last, agreeable to adjourn,
mcnt It will be remembered that the body of Miss
Heal was eNhumct one month ago and post NOR
TEN examination had, as the young lady died under
suspicious circumstances. The stomach was re
moved ana sent to Brunswick for ANALYSIS. The
report Of the physicians has not yet been received,
80 there wa nothing for the jury TO 10 but TO fur
Their adjourn. which they did, to the first Monday
in May. 1888, at 10 A. NJ. The day was set far ahead
in order to thoroughly investigate the matter, also
to await the recovery of The mother who is now
confined III the insane asylum ut Augusta.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-12-21

In three towns in Sa@adahoc county returns
are made for Seth u. Mifliken, which depriycs
him of 81 votes. Boutelle and MilIiken each
lose u votes in Argyle, Penobscot county.
they being returned for Philip Wilson and
Thomas H. Wentworth, the Republic candi-
dates for the Senate. In Brdgowater and Ma
pleton. AroOstook county, the returns are UNI
lose 99 votes each.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-12-07
uinar lWishaps.

A boiler in pap, mill at Middlotown. o..
exploded on the IL. int, killing Adam For.
ester and seriously III: :.rlnc iohn IeIler.
By the premature explosion of a blast al Val
latama, Mexico, two men were killed and an
other injured.
Two chlldren Of Hiram Berkeypile pcrshed
III burning house at Johustown, Pcnnsyl-
yanla.
A derrick used IN constructing bridge at
Plattsburg, \. Y, fcl Oh the 30th, killing VIM.
Hetfsrmann and seriously njurns two other
wOrkmen. James Murray is supposed 10 have
been knocked into the river and drowned.
The family Of labcTcr named Sullivan were
poisoned at San Francisco on the 18th 10y eat
ing fish. Two children were dcad and bird
not expected 10 live at last accounts.
William Wright and wife, residing near st.
Louis, heard the report uf a gun IN their house
while they were at work IN a field. They soon
discovered that Their 6-year old son had play
fully drawn loaded shot gun upon his younger
sister, actually blowing away her head.
On the evening OF the 25th as Rev. +. W.
Terrence with his nephew, aged 5, aud four
Pa, one Of the horses baked and precipitatei
the vehicle down an embankment. All were
badly injured.
At Springfield, o , on the Goth ID. II. Roche
and i. c. Case, railway agents went into the
vaults at the general office Of the !. B. 4 W.
Railroad. Somebody had blown out the gas
and the accumulation Of the combuEtible eX-
ploded on the appearance Of the above named
gentlemen with lamp. Both were dangerous
ly burned.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-12-07
DEAD LETTER OFFICE HINTS.

The New York Mail and Express in
alluding TO the auction sale of the ac-
cumulation of articles at the dead-let-
ter Office in Washington, makes the fol-
sowing, timely remarks: "The season
OF the year is approaching when null
titude of people will usc the mails to
send holiday presents to their friends.
1t is Therefore a good time for a sugges-
uon as 10 the manner of addressing
packages FOR mailing. A glance over
the 256 pamphlet columns of things to
bo sold shows that carelessness has de-
priyed many thousands of people of
presents, and unused much less to their
intended benefactors. A great variety
Of articles, books and iewelry being
promineAt among them, are on the list
for sale, aud it is probable that few OF
them will be identified, so that their
price can be recovered, Had the per-
sons who mailed them taken the trouble
to write their names and addresses upon
them, they would have been notified of
the failure to reach the persons for whom
they were intended, and small expen-
diture in postage would have secured the
return of the articles. The hiut given
10y the dead letter office sale should re-
suit in the appearance, in plain letters,
of the addresses of both the sender and
the intended recipient of every holiday
package sent by mail this year"
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-12-07
A TALE OF HORROR.
Story Of FIsttsrs Expedition into Afries.. .Dsfsst
Dssth, and Misery Almost Unparalleled. Hungry
Men Reduced to Csaaiba,ism.

Dssth, and Misery Almost Unparalleled. Hungry
Men Reduced TO Csnaibs,ism.
We find in French periodical the re-
port Of the Flatters expedition towards
the Soudan. The annals of travel by
land or by sea have few records Of
greater misery than that of these men
wrecked i'll the desert. On December 4,
1880, Colonel Flatters set out from
Ouargla, in the south Of Algeria, with
96 persons, including guides and camel
drivers The column was not organized
On war footing, III order TO deprive the
Touaregs of any pretext for hostility; as
If the African tribes needed any pretext
for hostility. "When you have taken a
stick to your donkey-boy,' said the
Egyptian Arab, "he will understand
what you mean, but that Is the only
language he understands" The
Touaregs are not better linguists. The
natural result followed. Colonel Flat
ters was drawn into an ambuscade and
murdered, with several OF his COM
paniOns. The rest OF the troop, retreat
ing north, imprudently accepted dates
offered by these very Touaregs, and suf-
fered severely from poison, though
no one died, but the arrows
Of the enemy we're more
fatal. The ambuscade was on February
l6; by March 10 the expedition com
manded by PObeguln was reduced to
thirty -four men and four camels. A GER
tain Belkacem- ben -Zebla had secured
Colonel Flatters' sabre, and seems to
have kept the others in terror by it. In
the next eleven days they killed three of
the camels and ate them; SIX men de-
serted, two of them taking the last
camel: the troop found camel putrefy-
ing, and ate it, and one man killed a
viper and ate it. On the 22d they found
well. Several men went out to hunt.
Soon shots we're heard, and the smoke
Of fire was seen. Presently they re.
turned and offered Pobeguin piece of
cooked meat. He saw that it was
human flesh and refused to take it.
They had killed one of their number.
They were then only three days dis
tance from their goal. They might rs
well have been thirty; they could not
march. The next day, finding that no
one came, few men who could stand
set out, but hearing shots behind them
at the well, they returned and
| Ipuuil 'lldt lNp men DttH
killed in e quarrel; two others
died of hunger; the survivors ate
all four. Then Belkacem- ben Zebla,
who had always been the butcher, killed
one of the survivors, on pretext that he
had been concerned in the murder. This
time Pobeeuin ate with the rest. On the
9th two men were killed and roasted.
On the 18th another man was killed.
Pobeguin claimed the liver and the
heart. The bones we're picked clean. In
the night two man were killed. They
were 80 lean that they gave very little
food. On the 29th two more men were
killed. On the 3lSt PUheguln was so
weak that BeIkacem-beI Zebla decided
tp kill HIM. One man tried to defend
him. Bekaccm killed both and cut
them up. The next day friendly Arabs
found thcm, and they were saved. There
were only thirteen meh left of the
ninety. seven who had left Ouarglae four
,n,p,l- lag,r..
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-12-07
st LOUIS
In a Russian Prison.

In the cells OF the upper aud middle
tiers are put the least compromised
criminals. All the cells are of the same
size ten feet long, seven feet broad aud
twelve feet high. The doors have each
two openiugs-onc large enough for the
daily food and drink to he put iu through
IT, and the other OF smaller size to serve
as Il spy.hole for the iailers. The doors
are also fastened with two padlocks-thc
key Of one being III the jaIler's custody,
while that Of the other remains i'll charge
of the commandant Of the fortress. The
dish from which the prisoner eats is
pushed III through grooves cut IN "A plate
of iron, which projects from the interior
of the door, at "A height Of about four
| feet from the floor. The dish cannot,
! therefore, be removed by the prisoner,
who must take his food standing against
the door. and this with spoon attached
to the plate. The drinking water Is put
into sort of jug, hinged to the door.
| When the prisoner wishes to drink he
must get down on his knees and turn
thus vessel upon It's hinges or plvots.
Food lis supplied at IL o'clock in the
morning and six in the evening and or
iinarlly consists Of oatmeal Cruel and a
quarter of Il kilogram of meat. beside
this there is a daily allowance Of IA kllo-
gram of rye bread.
The prisoners bed consists Of a plank
six feet by three, with u straw mattress,
a sheet 80 strong and coarse that IT is
Impossible to tear 1t, and IL covering OF
felt all Of which articles are taken away
during the day. The dcess consists OF a
gray WOODEN jacket quite short and tight
fitting; short pautaloons of the same
color, aud long felt boots. For women
the jacket is supplied aud gray skirt
added. The prisoners must get up at
six o'clock and go to bed again at eight.
IT has been ascertaIned by means of the
secret observations which are constantly
taken through the peep-holes, that as a
general rule the prisoners spend their
long hours from their rising until their
breakfast III pacing to and fro in their
cells; after this they are wont to remain
quiet for an hour or so, only to give way
next to au excess of desolate despair
which their pitiable situation may well
ms nj ra
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-12-07
CENSUS RETURNS OF MANUFACTURES

The latest census bulletin gives the
statistics of manufacturers in the United
States as returned in 1880. The aggre-
gates are as follows:- Number of estab-
iishments, 1884 capital invested,
81, 100, 223, 500; average number of
hands employed, 2,73s, $50; paid in
wages during the year, S3.394, B, ,340, ,029;
value of products, $5,3G9, ,6G7, FOG. Com
pairing these results with the cores
ponding returns for 1870 we find that
that there has been during the decade an
increase Of nearly sixteen hundred i'll
the number of establishments and near
iy seven hundred thousand in the num-
der Of hands employed. The capital in
vested in 1880 exceeds that invested in
1870 by six hundred and seventy-two
million dollars, while a hundred and
seventy two million dollars more III wages
was paid lii the former than in the latter
year. The increase in the cost of ma
terials annually used is more than nine
hundred million dollars, while the ad-
vance IN the value of products reaches
the enormous figure of billion one hun
drcd and thirty-seven million dollars.
Now, as i'll 1870, New York heads the
column of manufacturing states. The
value Of its products in 1880 was 81 0S0,- :
63S, G96, which is more than fifth of the
aggregate value for the entire United
States