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The Portland daily press., 1882-05-11
Newspapers and Criminal Evi
dence.
Providence Journal. ]

4 lRr0VlQence journal.
1t would, of course, be unfortunate or wrong
if newspapers should misrepreseut or mistake
the circumstances of an alleged crime so as to
give wrong impression against q suspected
person, which might conduce to his or her in
jury during trial before court or even at
the bariof public opinion, and too much care
cannot be exercised in this respect. l. But this
care cannot be supposed to involve the sup
preston Of notorious facts or even the state.
ment Of suspicious circumstances. when they
are evident andindisputable. It is the duty as
well as the privilege Of newspapers to give the
facts in criminal cases, when they are correct
ly stated, and with due respect for morality and
consideration for the rights OF individuals, and
they would be derelictif they did not furnish
information or give warning Of such affairs.
As matter of fact they usually sift and ascer-
tain tho facts in definite form and give them
in accurate and moderate statement, prevent
ing the distorted stories and wild exaggerations
that would inevitably result if the news were
left to be spread from mouth to mouth, and in
the extravagant and restless form of street or
country gossip. The newspapers, SO far from
damaging regulations by misrepresentation
as a general thing protect them by stating the
facts without exaggeration, and although, of
course, they diffuse the news more widely,
there is no comparison as to its accuracy with
the distortions of gossip or the inventions of
scandal. The circumstances may count against
a suspected person unjustly, but they are a
part Of his or her misfortune, and the newspa-
pers make them no worse by stating them, 30
long as they do SO correctly. 1t IS hard TO con-
vince such persons of this, and they are apt to
attribute to newspapers, the creation of an adj
verse opinion, when, in fact they have fnadeIit
more moderate and reasonable than. if it had
been left to form itself without, the restraint of
journalistic responsibility and intelligence. 1T
is, Of course, the duty of Jurors to discharge
their minds of all knowledge or opinion
regarding a case, aexcep. what they receive
through 1.-The evidence but what reputable
newspapers publish concerning crimes is gener-
ally SO moderate in statement and reliable in
fact as not to mislead any juror who is fit to be
in the box. M s
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-11

We do not read anonymous letters and commun-
cations The name and address OF the writ are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for ublica
ton but as guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
municstions that are not used
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-11
Ready-AadeCIothiug
DEPARTNH EMF. /

Gentlemen intending TO psIr-
chase n Spring Suit, Over Sack or
PantaEOOns, made zap ready for
immediate wear, should not fail
to inspect the large and carefully
selected assortment of fine, me-
dunn and low priced Clothing,
which we are now showing 10 Giae
trade. We are sole manufacture
ers of all Clothing sold by sas, and
our prices compare fagOFably
with all cOinpe ing houses.
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-11
Custom Clothing
HDEPAEsH'lvH EMF. 4

Tlae large increase of Business
ina this Department of our store,
since orr removal from Middle
street, stands proof that to-day
we are showing the finest styles
and giving most excellent fits isi
gemtseEnen's fine clothing TO asseas-
uHre.
A choice lime of imported Over
c0asimgs, SuIiings saFad PsallfalOOn-
ingS is ROW open and San inaspec-
ton of same invited. BY oar
system of cutting we positively
guarantee a fit. lo
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-11
MISCELLANEOUS
SPECIAL. BARGAINS.

White Quilts,
Hemstifched handkerchief,
French Real Kid Gloves,
Open X Schrim For Curtains,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-10-27
Chiei OF ordlnanoseis Bepota,.

Washington, &c. Ger. S. Y. Benet,
chief of ordinsnce United States army,
in hiE report for the year ended June 80,
1882, gives the fiscal resources of the
year at S2,733, 622, expenditures 81, $685.
276. a chapter is devoted to the sub
iest of the armament Of Notifications, in
which Gen. Benet saya, with the very
pressing need for sea coast armament
constantly before u.s.. it should seem
expedieni TO take advantage of our OWL
resources to hep to provide for our
wants. It will doubtless be practicable
for US to produce rifed guns of moderate
power, even from cast iron, provided the
cast iron be suitably strengthened with
steel hooys, or better, with hoops on .ex-
terior and steel tubes on the Interior.
Gensel Benet also. ssSs it is believed
thst 1 btl proper encoprsge cement, field
! CUR, The be made here without the
necel chad going abroad for steel. ISL
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-10-27
ihaedereal az NatIVes.

o New Bedford, ga letter received
from CAPTAIN Cropo, of the lost schooner
Satrprlsl b Of this port, at Basket Island.
near Poht Arena, gives the particulars
Of the lss and says > bost'g Grew that be
left at tie island was subsequently, nasS
sacred b. the natives, with the exception
OF a Portuguese boy. He also says o
boats eBw belonging to The British bark
R0SeheGh, which fonadered at sea, con-
tanning he mate and four men, were alEo
Murdered by the. natives excepting the
mate VINO vas afterwards rescued By
soma fr6ndly, Indians a16 sent to Val
paraiso, where he has arrived. A third
bost's crew had also besn m 7ssscFeed by
natiYesat, this point. - 9n2
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-10-27
Je,aslnneate Iialqsuirryy,e

Z Washington, 26.--In the CJea1uletts
beard of inquiry to-day Lieutenant
DaRenlower told the story Of the wander
ings and psrils and sufferlngs of the man
on the journey from Bennett Island,
August 9th, till September 9Th. when
the party left Zeinevnoyski Island in
their beats for veysge ACROSS the open
water, IS It was believed but little more
ice would be Encountered. The story
has, in effect been tod before in the re-
ports tef Danenhowes and Melville, sad
IL the diary Of belong. esdsib hi :
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-10-27
+ DIR. Ira 4 ii LYONS 50

Has permanently located in salt
Lake City and viii continue to give
the most thorough treatment to all
diseases OF the Eye and Ear. The gen
tleman S extensive experience in Eu-
rope and the East enables him to
determine at once whether.a case. is
durable and guarantees the most ef-
felent treatment. Office in Cliff
House cottage, two doors swest Of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-10-27

asFOE AGED men, women ard
sickly ehildren9 without a rival! |
Viii not eanse headache. a Browns
Iron BittsrS.o ssoi Ell It's 81
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-04

one, and there is no reason why it
should not be. Because the acreage
for this year is not so large as that OF
last Is no reason whatever why the
yield OF this year should not be at
least one-fourth larger than that of the
previous one, taking into consideration
all the conditions. Last year was not
good and fruitful one in a great
many particulars; this year is a good
one, we might say. in every particular.
Thousands of acres were planted last
year which yielded practically nothing;
every acre planted this year will yield
beautifully. Last year there was good
reason why many farmers should feel
down in the mouth; this year there is
none, but, on the contrary, they should
feel exactly the other way. II we led
the list of wheat-growing states in
1873 with our 100000 bushels, what
can be expected of US in 1882? With
the vastly increased acreage of 'S2
over that Of '78, and with every con.
dillon fully as favorable now as it was
then, there is no reason why Kansas
should not this year cause not only
this country bat the whole world to
open its eyes = hen we submit to public
inspection our wheat returns.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-04

Mr.. CHARLES L. BRACES article on
WOlfrearCd Children" in the May ST.
NICHOLAS. Will tell the stony Of the
street waits of the metropolis from
the time they first find refuge in the
Newsboys' Lodging houses till they are
provided Wi h homes among the farm
ers of the Western States, where, in
many cases, they are growing up to
become thriving farmers themselves,
ready to provide homes for the next
generation of newsboys. Mr., Brace,
as Secretly of the Children's Aid Soci-
ely, has had opportunities to thoroughly
master his subject, and it is said that
his paper, aided by the twenty pictures
which Messrs. w. NJ. Chase, Share,
Birch, and Pennell have furnished,
will be one of the most striking that
ST. NICHOLAS has ever had. In the
same number Mr.. James c. Beard will
have some comical pictures of the
baby elephant.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-04
CARUCK STATISTICS.
What Is Shown by the Canadian Gen.

sus.
The first volume of statistics for the
Dominion, just published, contains SIX
tables. The table of supericies and
population gives these totals: Area,
3,470,392 square miles; on this area
live 812,136 families; while Of the
whole population, 2,188,S54 are males
and 2,l35, $50 are females. Nearly TO-
600 dwellings are in process OF con-
struction, and the large number OF 49,
$50 dwellings are reported as unoccu-
pied. The occupied houses number
763,017. The picture Of home life
which is opened by these figures Is
Swallowed by the statement that there
are in the Dominion 100, 435 widows
and 50,S95 widowers. Pathos and jest
ing alike can borrow material from these
figures. In the total population of
about 4,250,000 the men outnumber
the women by about $4,000. The re-
ligious preferences are given with
elaborate exactness. The Roman Catho-
lies lead numerically with 1871, 982
members. The Presbyterians report
676, los members, of whom about 49,
900 are classed as Reformed Presby-
terians, and $4,000 as Scottish Presby-
terian5. But the Presbyterians are
outnumbered by the Methodists, who
have 748,107 persons in their parishes.
The Church of England is fourth on
the list, so far as numbers are con-
cerned, with SASS members. The
Romanists thus come short of equaling
the combined strength of the three
communions just mentioned by only
about one-tenth. The Baptists report
rather more than 100000 in their COM
munion, and the Congregationalists
$4,000. Nearly 5000 are catalogued
as having no religion. The religious
preference was not given in $1,000 in
stances.
The people being placed in their
homes by the census, and religious
belief being assigned to them, the
question of nativity is considered in a
table which furnishes interesting de-
tails Of the origin of the population.
First Of all, it is recorded that the
nationality was not given in more than
10000 cases. The Chinese have over
run the Dominion by the presence of
1000 or more representatives of that
race. The French nationality is most
largely represented, there being we'll
nigh 100000 persons of that origin.
The Irish are next, with an aggregate
Of nearly 100000, while the English
have about one hundred less than the
Irish, and the Scotch have nearly
100000 accredited to them. A quarter
Of a million of Germanic origin are
included in the table. A little more
than 10000 Africans were found in
the Dominion. When the place of
birth was to be given, Ontario and
Quebec were found to be the native
provinces Of almost 100000 of the
population. About the same number
were born in England as in Ireland,
respectively 169,504 and 1885. In
the United States were born 1873 of
those now resident in Canada. The
enumerators failed to ascertain the
birthplace of citizens questioned in
more than 5000 instances.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-04
Cleaning Horses by Steam.


a curious machine, which cleans
horses by steam. is in daily use at the
Third Avenue railroad stables, replac-
ing the curry comb. Its standard rate
is 100 horses in ten hours, hut yester-
day it cleaned Up between 7:30 a. m.
and 5:4O p. M, with an hours inter
mission for dinner. To test it, extra
speed was put on, and one horse was
actually cleaned in one minute and ff-
teen seconds. and more thoroughly
than by the ordinary process.
The horse is led under bar. from
which depend on each side of him
arms with universal joints. Turning
on the arms are brushes foot in cir
conference. These are revOlved by
steam through the arms and croSs-bar
at an ordinary rate of 500 revolutions
minute. which can be increased to
l,OOO. A man on each side takes hold
of the arm c,ose to the brush, and ap.
plies the brush to the horse. The
steam that whirls the brush makes a
noise a good deal like the kissing of a
hostler. The universal joints allow the
arms and brushes to be moved in any
direction.
Beginning at the head the men move
the brush along the sides. back and
belly, and down the legs of the horse
to the feet. A cloud of dust arises in
the air, and in two minutes the horse
looks like a different creature. The
horses were a little nervous at first, but
after few seconds all appeared to be
pleased with the operation.
At the Third Avenue railroad stables
IL takes six men thirteen and one half
hours to clean, or half clean, l2S horses
by the ordinary process. II the steam
brush Is passed over the horse at a
moderate speed once, each square inch
is actually brushed more than il an or
binary brush had been passed over it
400 times. The dust settles on the
door, accumulates rapidly and is
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-04
The Wheat Outlook.
Topeka Capital, ApIil24.

Topeka Capital, April -.
1t is customary, with tie coming OF
every season, for the newspapers to as.
sert that the prospective crop will be
'the largest ever known in the history
of the state" or at the very least zone
of the largest" 1t makes no differ ence
what the past season may have BEEN
whether drouth, or chinch bug, OF
grasshopper has played havoc with
everything and everybody, the prophecy
is always the same. 1t need take but
glance backward, at any time with
the facilities now possessed for obser-
walton, to become not only reasonably
well acquainted with things as they
then existed, but to foretell the future.
Therefore, when the assertion is made
that the wheat prospect for 1882 is
very flattering, the same can be backed
up not only by the reports received
from different sections of the state,
but from analogy as we'll. Every
condition now existing with reference
to the wheat crop of 1892 is almost
similar to that of 1873, the great wheat
year of the state, when the production
was in the neighborhood of 32.000,000
bushels, and Kansas led the list. The
general appearance and condition of
the wheat crop in that year was SINH
lar to this, at this season, End there is
no reason to doubt that the outcome
for this year will be as favorable as
that, with the single exception that the
acreage now is great deal in excess
of what it was Their.
The creage of 1882, in wheat, how
ever, will not compare to that of 1881,
the area probably being One-fifth less.
There are many reasons for this, the
principal being that as last season was
not a specially propitious one, the
farmers were more Or less discouraged
to use the very strongest term posi-
bic i'll this cOnnection-and turned
their attention to other things besides
wheat. The prospect at the present
time is acknowledged TO be bright
one. The rains of the present season,
which have been universal within the
past two weeks. have been sufficient to
carry the wheat crop through even if
not another drop should fall between
now and harvest. The ground is now
IN perfect condition. Last fall there
were generous and copious rains, which
soaked the ground thoroughly. Dur
ing the past winter there was no
weather which could have any sort of
bad fleet upon the ground; no high
winds to blow moisture out of it and
no freezing and thawing which are so
often disastrous. Everything has been
favorable and now, to cap the climax,
comes this last splendid rain, falling
upon ground so well conditioned, and
that we should have splendid harvest,
one of the finest this state has ever
seen. Is but the result of a natural or
der of things.
The Kansas wheat crop for 1882
indeed promises to be a magnificent
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-04
shoveled into a wheelbarrow and car
ried away.
CLOSING A CREVASSE.
How a Break in the Mississippi Levee
is Repaired.


How Break in the Mississippi Levee
is Repaired.
The crevasse at Live Oak plantation,
says correspondent of The Boston
Herald, broke through the night before
we went down the river, and two days
latter, on our return, we stopped to
examine the manner of closing it. a
large supply of material, 3x4 and AKA
joints, inch boards, bales of hay, and
empty bags having been collected, two
men having reputation for judgment,
experience, and skill are chosen captains,
with dictatorial powers. These divide
the forces into two gangs, one for each
side of the break. Firss, the broken
ends of the levee are protected from
further denudation by bracing of lum-
Der and coverings OF tarpaulin, and,
when the nature of the ground will
permit it, row Of stakes is driven out
side the levee to prevent driftwood
from washing through and hindeIing
the work. Then, starting from points
twenty or thirty feet from the break,
so as TO allow for accidents, four rows
of piles made from the joists are driven
firmly into the soil. These rows do not
project directly across the crevasse, but
at an angle o. As degrees from the in
ner side of the levee. Between the
first and second row, and between the
third and fourth, the distance is about
three feet, while from the second to
the third row it is six feet. The piles
themselves are driven three feet apart,
and as fast as driven are firmly braced
together by boards spiked on laterally
and disgonally so as to strengthen them
as much as possible, while loose boards
laid upon these braces serve as plat
forms on which the men stand while
at work. In this manner they feel
their way along until the outer ends of
the two cribs are within ten feet Of
each other, when the line is driven
straight across and the two are con-
nected together.
All this time great care is taken to
allow free passage for the water be-
tween the stakes, and to disturb the
bottom as little as possible; neverthe,
less, it often happens that the PREACHER
Gus soil gives way and big section of
the crib goes sailing off into tie field.
In time, however, the decentralization
is completed and holds firm, and the
process of filling in begins. First, the
space between the first and second
row of stakes is filled with armsful OF
loose hay that is carefully matted to-
gether and weighted down with bags
of earth. Through this the water
leaks as through sieve, but the rush
of the current is stopped. Next, the
broader space between the second and
third row is packed solid with bags
and filled with earth, and rammed
down till not a drop Of water can
ooze through. Finally, loose earth is
shoveled and rammed upon the rear,
until not only is the third compartment
filled, but the bank slopes back fully
ten feet beyond the inner row of piles
and not until then is tie work declared
safe and the crevasse conquered.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-04
A NEW OCEAN CABLE.
How the Cables Were Laid by the
Steamer Faraday.

How the Cables Were Laid by the
Steamer Faraday.
The second American ocean cable
was completed few days ago. The
history of the steamer Faraday's con-
nection with the laying of these two
ocean cables is an eventful one. To.
ward the close of 1880, Jay Gould
called for subscriptions for the purpose
of laying his cable across the Atlantic,
to be used in competition with the
English cables, and by May, 1881, the
cable steamer Faraday left England
with the first half of the cable No. l,
which consists of seven different
sizes, the largest one being laid near
the shore. The center wire used for
Geographic purposes is large copper
one, and of the same dimensions
throughout the whole length of the
cable. The Faraday soon succeeded in
laying the first half, which was buoyed
in mid-ocean, with flag attached to it
and an electric light capable of burn.
ing thirty days. Going back to Eng
land the steamer took on board the
second half of the frat cable, which
was connected with the portion al
ready laid, and the cable was soon
completed across the Atlantic to Nova
Scotia.
BY October, 1881, the first half of
the second cable was laid, but while
the mid-ocean end was being buoyed
some portion of the machinery aboard
the Faraday broke, and the end of the
cable was lost overheard, and while
graphing unsuccessfully for the lost
cable they had the misfortune to break
the first one.
The Faraday then returned to Lon
don, leaving all these cable ends at the
bottom OF the ocean in nearly four
miles of water. Leaving London again
about the first Of January of the pres
ent year, with the second half of the
second cable, the steamer proceeded to
mid-ocean, and after several weeks sue
ceeded in graphing and recovering all
three ends of the cable from their beds
at the bottom of the ocean. When it
Is considered that this work was done
In water some four miles in depth, a
faint idea of the task required in laying
and recovering cables from the ocean
can be arrived at by landsmen. After
buoYing the cable ends the Faraday
was forced, through the roughness of
the waves, to wait thirty days before
it was smooth enough to attempt to
connect the FIRST cable laid. This was
done, however, and the steamer COM
ing to Nova Scotia commenced laying
the last half of the second cable, and
on Monday last this was successfully
connected with the remainder of the
cable in mid ocean. So that, at the
present time, beside the English cables,
which have been Sd useful, we have
two cables across the Atlantic in the
ownership of American capital
There are now thirty-nine salmon can
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-04

There are now thirty-nine salmon can
neries on the Columbia river.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-11-15
NONRESIDENT Notice.
attachment and Injunction BILL
J. r. Gum VS.. Mrs. B. Polk.

1t appearing to the satisfaction ofthc CLERK
& Master from the affidavit i'll complalnants
bill in above cause, that the defendant, Mrs:
b. Polk, is II nonresident Of the State OF
Tennessee so that the ordinary process OF law
cannot be served upon herr and that I'M at
tachment has been regularly issued and lev
led upon defendants property. -.
1t Is therefore ordered that publication he
made for four consecutive weeks i'll the Home
Journal published in Winchester, Tenn, re-
curing said nonresident defendant to aap-
pear and make defense to said Bill, on or be-
fore the fourth Monday in January next,
before the Chancery Court at Winchester,
Franklin county, Tenn, or the 4amc will he
taken for confessed and set Tor hearing ex-
parte ~ 10 her.
Witness my hand, at Office in WINCHESTER
Tenn, this Oct. II, 1882.
4. II. FINCH, c. & NJ.
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Simmons & Curtis, Solicitors