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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-02-08

IT SEEMS that the country is about TO
devote itself to paying pensions.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-02-08

SAN Francisco granted 364 divorces
last year.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-02-08

IT IS stated that Mrs. Garfield took no
interest whatever in the Guiteau trial.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-02-08
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

WHAT has become Of Ben Butler, any
way?
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-02-08

BE graceful if you can but if you
can't be graceful, be true.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14
The Mischief Makers.


The 44th, 45tb and 10th Congresses, controll-
cd by the Democrats, were prolific in mischiev-
GUS measures that fortunately failed to become
laws. In the 44th Congress an even dozen
bills to repeal the Resumption act were offered
in the House, one of which passed by majori-
ty of twenty. Similar efforts were renewed in
the succeeding Congress, and wers not finally
abandoned until resumption had become an
accomplished fact In the 45th and 46th Con-
crosses the Democrats struggled long and VIC
lently to break down all safeguards to protect
the purity of the ballot-box and TO "sweep the
last vestiges of war legislation from the Statute
books;'' but they were only in part successful.
In all three Congresses efforts were made TO
open the vaults of the treasury the payment
of rebel claims. In the last Congress an at
tempt was made to destroy the national bank
ing system and the country was brought to the
very verge of financial disaster Most OF the
general legislation enacted in the House dur
ing six years was designed to tear down and
destroy wise and necessary laws. The federal
iury laws were tempered with and virtually
nuilified in order to prevent the punishment of
crimes against the ballotbox in the South; the
coinage was debased and the internal revenue
laws were modified for the benefit of whiskey
distillers and tobacco manufacturers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14
Protection and Wages.

boston Commercial Bulletin.]
Under our protective system the wages OF
working men and mechanics are from % to 60
per cent. higher than in England, while the
cost of necessaries of life are on the average
less here than there.
James Beath, skilled Skotch machinist
who has been in Boston three or four months
told our reporter, that in Edinboro he receiv-
ed $137 per day, while on the same kind of
work in Boston hc receives $3.50 per day. He
paid 81 week for his board in Edinboro and
and pays SIS in Boston. Beath said that FAM
ily could live as cheap in Boston as in Edn-
boro' Mr.. Tab and John Kerr, Scotch car
penters, who had been in this country six
months, told our reporter that they were re-
ceiving in Boston 1925 per day on similar
work for which they received in EdinDoro' only
81 rs per day They said that, after paying
board, they netted 81 per day moro here than
in Scotland.
james Kelley, an Irish Porter told the re-
porter, that PRECIOUS to Gppi to rs cefs per per
day. Since he has been in Boston, he has
averaged over 81 30 per day. Mr.. Kelley said
that he rarely ever could afford to eat meat in
Ireland. He says the only reason why the
bulk of the laboring people remain in Ireland,
here England's free trade holds sway, is be-
cause they cannot get enough money to pay
their passage to this country.
Mr.. McDougal, an English thread manu-
facturer, of Grafton, Mass, told the repor er
that he abandoned his business in England a
year ago, and came to this country and started
a thread mill. He said that he is paying $3.50
to girls doing precisel the same work that he
paid them only TWO dollars per week in En-
gland. He said that American girls pay about
seventy-fve cents per week more for board
here than his English girls paid in England,
but that the former live better Mr.. McDou-
gall said that he paid the children in the mill
two dollars per week. In England he paid
only fifty to seventy-6ve csnts. He said that
common clothing used by workingmen can be
bought as che here as in England. Fine
clothing costs more here.
The conclusion of all the English and Scotch
workingmen and mechanics interviewed by
our reporter, was that they obtain from 25 to
60 per cent more wages in this country than
in England; that the price for board for sin
gle persons is about 10 or Is per cent. higher
than in England; mainly owing to the fact
that workingmen live better here thaa in Eng
and that the cost of living for families includ-
ing clothing, is no more here than in England,
provided they live in the same way. This
shows what protective tariff is doing for
American workingmen.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14

Clark of Mo. who has not benin Washington
for months. Obviously therefore, the "pair"
was a mere ruse to enable him to say in Maine
that he would have voted against the bill il he
had not been "pairea," while at the same time
he helped the bill through by not voting.
No man wanting to defeat bill would pair
his vote even withs member present, on ques-
ton like this where negative vote is equal
to two affirmative votes; much less would he
pair with an absent member who wouldn't be
present anyway to vote. Murch is the man
who has SO much to say about Republican ex-
travagance, and who in the canvass of 1880,
pledged himself if elected to Congress- to intro
duce a resolution reducing the pay of members
to So 900 per annum, but who has thus far
failed to do it. We expect to hear Murch on
the stump, denouncing this bill as piece Of
Republican jobbery. While Frye, Hale, Reed
and Dugley voted against it, he virtually cast
one vote for it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14
Rnckland Free Press. !
"reminiscences of Mr.. M11rch.


We recently quoted from Mr.. Murch's Fourth
of July speech at Chicago, his ardent declara-
ton of deeire to see the ballot put into the
hand of every human being. Now Mr.. Murch
knows that the ballot is worthless anless it can
be freely cast. fairly counted and given its law
full effect. Yet when the case of Lynch, the
Republican from Mississippi whose seat in
Congress has been awarded to Chalmers by
counting out frauds, came up in Congress. Mr..
March countenanced the fraud upon the bal
lot and stood by his friend Chalmers by alb
senting himself and not voting Chalmers had
been in this district and stumped for Murch,
and Re couldn't vote sgainst him, notwith-
standing his deep devotion to that 'glorious
ballot" as he secs fit to call it.
Again when the case Of Mackey Us. Dibbie-
the South Carolina case-came up, Murch was
"absent and not voting.
Again when Lowe, Greenbacker, contested
the seat of Wheeler, Democrat, from Alabama
the former counted out by fraud, Murch was
"absent and not voting" and it was to the Re-
publicans that Mr.. Lowe owed his seat. That
is the sort of man Mr. March is, whom the
Greenbackers Of this District-many OF them
formerly good honest Republicans-elected to
represent them in Congress, aud that is the
way in which he fails to represent them. he is
loud in professions of good works and noble
impulses, but he is in fact hypocritical fraud
and failure. Do not forget that in all three Of
the above cases Murch failed to vote at all.
Ladd, another Fusion Representative from
Maine, voted against Lynch. lie was absent,
as Murch was when the vote in Mackey's case
was called, doubtless absenting themselves
with the Democrats. all but three of whom
were absent, for the purposes OF breaking a
quorum and defeating the ends Of Justice. In
loves case alone, Ladd voted yea.
There was still one other case, that OF Bisbee
against Finley of Florida, in which Ladd vot-
ed to sustain the ballot box frauds and train
wreckers-and Murch was again absent. AL
lowing Congress to be in session eight months
of the year, a more than liberal allowance, the
people of this district have paid Thompson IL.
Murch more than twenty dollars per day for
the kind of services which we have shown.
We beg voters to compare the record of his
services with those Of the faithful Republican
Representatives and Senators whom we have
had in Congress for the twenty years past, and
see how striking is the contrast He has just
been whipped back to his seat by the exposure
of his neglect of duty, but he had hardly got
there before he paired on passing the River
and Harbor bill over the Presidents veto,
when negative vote required two affirmative
ones to overcome it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14

AN editor of prominent Democratic
weekly, who has had hand in every Demo-
cratic convention in Ohio for the past rs
years, sets it down as a matter of absolute
certainty that Senator George III. Pendleton's
political career must end with the close of
b present senatorial term. His civil SER
vice reform notions are what viii do the end
ing, or as the Democratic editor puts it,
"the Democratic party will not agree 10 any
gilt-edged scheme by which the Republicans
are to be kept in the places they have SO long
held on the coming accession Of the Demo-
erats to power in this country. We are hun
gry, and are not afraid to say So"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14

In talk with New York Tribune CORE
spondent on Tuesday, the Hon. Edward Nc
Pherson said: ''This has been as clean at
session as / have ever seen. | do not think
the lobby has succeeded in any act of affirm
alive legislation whatever; and, if it has ex-
erted any influence upon legislation, it has
been of the negative sort. Not a single act
has passed that consider job; for even
the river and harbor appropriations VIII be
honestly expended for the purposes speci-
hed in the law. On the whole, think the
hrst session of the 47th Congress has been a
fruitful and satisfactory one"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14
Mincing Murch.
[Biddeford journal. !

The Sentinel publishes the Presidents Veto
Message on the River and Harbor bill and
frankly says that he did manly act in yetoing
it, but when the Sentinel says "no Maine Con-
gressmen voted for the passage of the bill ever
the veto," it, unintentienally probably, gives
t re impression that the Maine Fusion Con
gressmeu are in no wise responsible for its pas
sage, when the truth is, that had Ladd and
Murch voted against ii, it would have been
defeated.
Mr. Ladd was in Maine attending to politi-
cal work and so of course did not vote at all.
Mr.. Murch who was not paired the day before,
conveniently paired himself with Congressman
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14

CORPORAL KELLEY at the Jefferson bar
racks, St. Louis, having pounded horse so
that the dumb animal had to be shot, has
been sentenced by the general court martial
TO be dishonorably discharged from the ser
vice OF the United States, to forfeit all pay
and allowances, and to be confined at hard
labor in the military prison at Leavenworth
for six years.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14

THE Salt Lake Tribune has discovered
the singular fact regarding the Congression-
al committee fund that it is the fellows who
are not called upon for dollar that are do
ing all the bowling over the great outrage.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14

We do not re &C synonymous letters snd ccmmuli
sssoas The name and address OF the writ are u
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for nbhcs
aen but ~ guaranty ofg good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve con'
saunicstions that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14
FOR GOVERNOR,
FREDERICK ROBE.
REPRESENTATIVE TO CONGRESS
THOMAS 3. REED,
NELSON DINGLEY, JR.,
CHARLES A. RODTELLE,
SETH l.. MELEElkEN.
FOB GOVERNOR,



COUNTY NUMHNAThONs.
: ANDRoscoGGR COUNTY.
Senators William D. Penaen, Lewiston; VII
liam d. Roak, Durham.
Webster: r. O. Boothby, Livermore
Shsrif-Hillman Smith, lewiston
; CLERK of Courts-Isaac W. Hanson, Poland
Register of Deeds-Silas Sprague, Auburn.
County Attorney-Albert r. Savage Auburn.
County Treasurer-Alcander Il. Merrill, Lewiston
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Senators Charles Mclaughlin, Portland Tobias
LsId, Standish; A. F. Nutting, Otisfeld Stephen
j. Young, Brunswick
Sherih-Benjamin True, Pownal.
Erreasurer-James M. Webb, Westbrook.
Ahsxister of Deeds-Leander e. Cram, Baldwin.
County Attorney-Ardon W. Coombs, Portland.
tSClerk Of Oourts.Alvan A. bennett Portland.
Commissioners William L. FRINGE, Cumberland;
Henry Nutter, Cape Elizabeth.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
Senators George e. Weeks, Augusta; f. E. Heath,
Waterville.
Sheritf-George r. Stevens, Belgrade.
Attorney-Wiliam 7. Haines Wateryille.
Treasurer-Nark Rollins, Albion.
Cemmissioners-GeorgeH Andrews, Monmouth;
e. M. Weston, BelgraJe.
nRegister of Deeds-P NJ. Foger, Augusta
KNOX COUNTY.
genator-D. N. Mortlaud Rockland.
Commissioners r. FL Couuce, Thomaston; Isaac
w. johnson, Washington.
Trsasurer-Reuben Pilisbury Rockland
Sheriff., c. Spauldmg Thou aston.
Attorney-T P. Pierce, Rock1and.
Register Of Deeds-E. I. G. Ransom, Rockand.
OXFORD COUNTY.
senators-James W. Clark Aiidover; Eckley I
Stearns Lowell.
Commissioners F. Hammond, Paris; Frank
7. Bradley, Fryeburg
Clerk Of Courts Albert S. Austin, Dlxfeld
Attorney James S. Wright, Paris.
Treasurer-Jarvis c. Marble Paris.
Sherif-Jordan Stacy, Porter
PENoBsceT COUNTY.
Ssnators-John L. Cutler, Bangor; Sam'l Libby,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14
NOTVCE TO BUTl DERS,

SEALED PROPOSALS. for furn. hing material
= and building block; Stores, halle ana offices ac-
will he received until Aug 81. Plans and specifca
tions can be seen at c. b. Woodmans. Saccarappa,
or Easesett e Steven Architects. The committee
the right to reject all proposals if salts
factory. Proposals to be directed to ". Y. HAIR
NT6N 'cancaranna Me. j. @. KNIGHT
DAO-' Chairman of Building Com.
Saccarana. Aug, aug7dlw%
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14

EVERY regular attsche of the PRESS is furniseHG
vrfk Card certificate signed by Stanley Fuller,
gdiscr, Ali railway, steamboat and hotel nlanagsrf
VII confer favor upon by Demanding credeptiais
Of every persoa claiming to represent our journal
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14
HON. WNG. uCKINAEY, OHIO,
will spasl IL pt

ish, but there is no denying that he has
considerable sand about him.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14
ordinance Relating TO Deposit of
RN-rhr, m after nRn Streets.

~ streets 1exeept In proper receptaeles) of ash
es sweepings Of shops, waste or dirty water or any
animal, vegetable offensive matter Whatever is
Of sbopkeeners and others is called to this matter,
a. further violations of the ordinances will subject
f WIZ N Ri 6. K. BRIDGES, City Marshal
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14
STATE OF MAINE.
CITY OF PURIIAND, So.
To the Electors of the City OF Port
1900
CITY OF PORTLAND.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Joint Stand
IN ing Committee on Streets Sidewalks
and Bridges, will meet at the junction OF
Moves and St. John Streets, on TUESDAY, the
10Th inst at O'Clock p. M, and viii then and there
hear all parties interested and fix the grade of Moves
street from the Saccarappa Road near the terminus
of st. John ST. to the old County Road.
Per order of Committee.
ALBION LITTLE, Chairman.
Auqust 7th. aug9d1w
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14

EVEN little Greece seems to have caught
the war fever, and to be becoming bellicose
1t has not much money to spare, but the
government has deemed it necessary to ar
range for the construction of war vessels at
a contemplated cost of about eight million
dollars, which is good deal more money
than Congress has seen fit to appropriate to
the building of new ships for the American
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14

SENATOR Anthony has been quite tena-
cious of his purpose to have the printing of
speeches in the congressional record limited
to speeches actually delivered. The print
ing of undelvered speeches he says is an
enormous expense to the government. 1t is
Justification of the record, and it tends to
give some members who, as matter OF fact
are not capable of making a respectable
speech, prominence which they do not de
serve. 1t is fraud upon their constituents,
as well as a drain upon the treasury. 1t
tends to swell the Record to enormous pro-
portions, and has nothing to commend it.
LEWISTON Journal: The chief point in
Gov. Plaisted's letter is til at the Council has
taken from him the power of nomination,
and in proof he copies paragraph from the
council record in which the Council ''rc-
speclfully advisen the 'reappointment of
Albion Little The Governor, in other
words. is criticising the fundamental law
which makes advice" one of the duties Of
the council The Governor should not run a
| tilt with the constitution. For the hun
dredth time it is insisted in the Governor s
| letter that his Excellency in his fight against
the council is repeating the struggle which
President Garfield made in the case of the
appointment of Collector Robertson. For
the hundredth time it has been shown in
reply, that the parallel would hold good. had
the council declined to act The position OF
President Garfield in the Robertson struggle
was not that of Gov. Plaisted in his fight for
the spoils. Garfield did not question the
| right of the Senate to reject his nominations.
| He simply insisted that the Senate get down
| off the fence. He asked that the Senate act
| on them. In fact, it was because the SEN
ate did not adopt the course of the Execu-
tive Council, and promptly confirm or reject
that the controversy arose. The President
simply insisted on his right to nominate, and
| on the Senatorial duty to act, one way OF
another Had Garfield taken the position
now occupied by Gov. Plaisted, he could not
have sustained himself. The position of his
Excellency, practically, is that the Council
| has no power to advise and no power to re-
iect nominations. That is what the council
is made for-and it has served its purpose
very WE'LL Let the Governor occupy the
Garfield position, and recall his untimely
| letter.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS
CITY OFFAL.

aAj i1CE is hereby given that JOHN L. BEST has
been duly licensed to collect the City Offal and
itt CIV en- bond for the satisfactory performance OF
tie VIZ k All persons collecting oifal without a
listcns in violation of the City Ordinance will be
trasaclted according to law.
G. K. BRIDGES,
a,nI6dtf City Marshal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14
FIsTULA AND PILES

Cured Without ING O"O OF 'H'0 HIH10'
WILLIAM READ, on. D., Harvard s42D and
so,s,ersef street, Boston, give special a.tent on
70 The treatment of FESTUE4A, PAL &s, AND
All, DISEASES OF THE REs|RE W.,
without detention from business. Abundant refer
ences given. Pamphlets sent on application.
ONCE hours-12 to A O'Clock p M. except Sun
days1 maylQe0d6m
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14
CITY OF PORTLAND.
H+1.

In BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN,
August It'll. 1882. I
nRDERED that this board will, If it shall ad-
W Judge the public interest so require. dlscon-
tinue the outfall for the snterceptng sewer to be
constructed Commercial street andheretofore To-
Gated and will lay out new outfall for the same
on the westerly side of Long Wharf, the location of
sad outfal to be nine feet in width and to extend
southerlv line of said wharf continued. The wester
ly line Of said location be twenty feet from the
westerly line of said wharf at Commercial street
and fifteen feet from the at it's southery end
as at present constructed being the location reques
ted by the proprietors Of said wharf and approved
purpose at said Long Wharf. ON THURSDAY, the
18th day of August current at o'clock in the at
ternoon and that the City Clerk give seven days no
tice hereof by advertisements in two daily papers of
this City ana by posting the Same in two public
places in this City, and also near the lroposed out
fa Read and passed.
Attest: FL. j. ROBINSON, Clerk.
Attest: HI ROBINSON, City Clerk.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14

CSCHOONER YACHT. Thirty three feet long
y eleven feet breadth. Inquire of
A. l.. JOHNSON,
aug1Odt No. 9 ustom House Wharf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14
BOYS, ATTENTION!

yuyHE Portland Fraternity at its last meeting de-
cided to open a school of carpentry, to be
under the supervision Of Luther .o PPngr , who is
Nc +h;rd story of the Fraternity building on Free
s sne and viii be opened July 9Th a. haItpas
seven in the morning, continuing daily till the
scSoo viii he free to boys in the public Schools and
those wishing to learn the use of TOOLS win do well
to call at once at the rooms on Free sire 1t and
roll their names as but limited number be ae.
eomu odated, Mr. Woodbill is daily in &c ndance
at the rooms and will receive and register the
names of applicants. Junl3dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14

THE great deadlock in the Democratic
Congressional Convention for the Iwe'fth
Illinois district has been broken at last. At.
ter fifteen hundred and twenty Intellectual
ballots had been cast, a sufficient number
of the delegates who had been holding out
for their own man gave way to admit OF
nomination, which Mr.. ]. NJ. Riggs secured.
AS the district is largely Democratic, the
victory was worth winning.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14
R REMOVAL.

TOHN W. MUNGER & CO., have removed their
- office from 166 Fore street to No. Exchange
street. We take this occasion TO thank our many
friends for their liberal patronage heretofore We
shall be pleased to them at our new office, where
We can furnish them with reliable Marine, Fire &
Life Insurance. JOHN w MUNGER u co.
Portland, July 2 1882. y26eod3w
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ASSIGN M e n rs.

HON. THOMAS B. REED,
will speak as
Pennington, Monday Aug. 81.
Lyermore Falls. Tuesday, Aug. %.
Waterville, Wednesday, Aug. %.
Lewiston, Saturday Aug. g. +
HON. wnI. p. FRYE
will speak at
Alfred, Tuesday, Aug. To-.
Freeport, Saturday, Aug 10.
Naciias Thursday, Aug "a.
Pembroke Friday, Aug. 25.
Calais, Saturday, Aug. 20.
Houlton, Monday, Aug. %.
Bridgewater, Tuesday, Aug 29.
Fort Fairfield, Wednesday, Aug. 80.
GEN. GREEN g. RAUM
will speak at
Alfred Tuesday. Aug. 15.
Phillips Thursday, Aug. II.
HON. EUGENE HALE
will speak
Cray, Monday, Aug 21.
HON. NELSON DENGLEY JR.
will speak at
Cape Elizabeth, Thursday. Aug. II.
HON. GRO B. LORHNG
will speak at
saco Saturday, Aug. &c
Reckland, Tuesday, Aug. 80
Naranocook, Wednesday, Aug. 30.
Belfast, Thursday, Aug. 81.
HON. wH. mCKINAEy, OHIO,
will speak at
Riddeford, Tuesday, Aug. %.
Kittery Wednesday, Aug. %.
Berwick, Thursday, Aug. "a.
saccarappa, Friday Aug. 25
Brunswick, Saturday, Aug. &c.
HON. JACOB In. ELLA, New Hampshire
will speak at
Hast Madison, Monday, Aug %.
Athens, Tuesday, Aug. 20.
Harmony Wednesday, Aug. 80.
Hartland, Thursday, Aug 81.
Palmyra, Friday, Sept. 1.
Canaan Saturday, Sept. 2.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-14

The Undersigned Photographers
of Portland,
A SKIING the indulgence of their patrons, have
n agreed to close their places of business dur
ing the mon hs of July and August Of the present
year on Monday of each week nj t1elve O'Clock M,
to remain closed for the remainder of that day.
Nj. +. KING.
G. B. OONANT.
j. II. LAMSON.
G. W. HEARN.
July 15, 1882. jy15dtf