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The Portland daily press., 1882-05-06
RAILROAD NOTES.

The Canada Junction railway company,
which was mentioned recently as having been
organized at st. Adams, has elected r. "A.
Metcalf president and G. N. Bishop clerk and
treasurer.
At the annual meeting of the Michigan Cen
trail Railroad, held at detroit Thursday last
years board of directors we're all reelected.
1t is understood that the road earned S45,00o
last year over fixed charges.
The annual report of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul Cailroad for 1881 shows during
the year 442 miles Of road were sadded, max
ing total of 4217 miles.
The New York, Chicago and st. Louis Rail-
way, running from Buffalo to Chicago is near
ing completion, and it is expected that through
trains will be dispatched over the entire route
in the month of July. This road will be first
class in all respects. It's length iss54o miles.
The entire bonded debt OF the company, when
the rolling stock is ready and the equipments
complete, will be $40, 100000.
The present and prospective light ffreighting
business on majority of Western railroads
from this time until harvest is said to render
the managers anxious about earnings, and ef-
forts are being made for general restoration
OF freight and passenger rates to paying basis.
There are hopes that the efforts will succeed
A new railroad company,to build road from
Milford, Mass, to Providence, was organized
at the former place on Thursday Work is to
be commenced Immediately. gThe capital stock
amounts to 100000, and 1t was voted to call
in 10 per cent of that amount
The Lieutenant Governor of the Dominion
has assented to the bill authorizing the sale
the western section of the Quebec, Montreal
Ottawa and Occiden tai Railway to the North
ern Pacific syndicate.
The American Railway system Is indisputa
bly, the leading element in our national prog
ress, prosperity, wealth and increase In popula,,
ton, commerce, manufactures, agriculture and
mining. In no other country in the world mas
the railroad system been SO vigorously USED ior
all the purposes of advanced civilization and IN
ternal progress and Developments IN our own.
1t follows from these considerations that those
who fancy that the system has reached Its Inn
its Of extension and application are as mucn
deceived now as they were in 1878, when they
arrived at similar conclusion. North
American.
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-06
Brief Jottings.

Bright aid cold yesterday. Mercury 30o at
SUNRISE 500 at noon, 4So at sunset; wind west,
southwest.
The Bath Times has an exhaustive four col
umn report of the Cadets ball in that city.
From this night the city liquor agency will
be closed at p. m. Mr. Ring does not care to
entertain Saturday night crowds.
The ladies' gospel temperance meeting will
be held at the Mission this evening, at 7.30
o'clock. All are invited.
Delegations from Bosworth Post, and other
Grand Army posts will attend Custer Posts
campfire at Lewiston Monday night.
The telephone company are preparing to
run a line to the Reform School and another to
Yarmouth and Falmouth.
Coroner Gould impanneled jury of inquest
in the O'Brion case yesterday. They viewed
the body, after which the case was continued
until o'clock this afternoon.
The regular monthly business meeting of the
Diet Mission will be held at the fraternity
rooms, Free street block, Saturday afternoon,
at o'clock.
The bright weather is suggestive ofiyachting
excursions along the coast by and by. Some
inquiries have been received from abroad in
regard to vessels
The Odd Fellows large hall is to be lighted
with an electric light, to be put in by the new
electric light company. We learn that the
company will charge them but fifty cents a
night for the light while now it costs the Odd
Fellows sixty cents per hour to light by gas.
Mrs Rose Hollywood has bought of Cor
ham Savings Bank, through Messrs. e. E.
Upham & Co., the estate at No. 80 Pleasant
street, comprising a two-story and French roof
brick store and dwelling, with frame building
In rear.
The last pages of the Portland directory are
about going to press, and any new names, or
removals, since March /, will be noted if in
formation is given by or before next Tuesday,
May 9th, to B. Thurston & Co., 97a Exchange
street. The work will contain about 700 pages
BY special order from division Headquarters,
MN. Capt Neal d. Winslow has been ap-
pointed mastering officer and DIR. Bssy exam
lining surgeon to muster recruits into the Por
land Cadets. The muster will take place May
9th at pm lat the company's armory. Twen-
ty.seven men arc to be mustered.
Just about the time the engines began t.
work at the fire on Commercial street last
night the Sebago water main on that street al
the head of Commercial wharf, burst, and tore
up the street for diameter of six or eight
feet, the water boiling up furiously. As soor
as possible the section of pipes was shut off.
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-06
Memorial DAY.
The following general orders have been is
sued from the Headquarters of the Grand Army
of the Republic relating to Memorial Day:

The following general orders have been is
sued from the Headquarters of the Grand Army
of the Republic relating to Memorial Day:
HEADQUARTERS
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, [
No. 10 PEMBERToN SQUARE,,
BOSTON, April 20, 1882.
General Orders, No Is.
In accordance with the provisions of Rules
and Regulations. Tuesday, the thirtieth
day of May, will be observed as Memorial
Day.
It is hoped that the unprecedented growth of
the Grand Army during the past year, will be
an incentive to preparation for such a universal
observance as belongs to this day OF sweet
memories and tender service.
Scarcely do we realize the swiftneSS of the
flying years; thot to whole generation to-day
the story of the war against rebellion, is but a
with lessened tread to the growing circle of the
patriot graves where sleep the silent forms OF
old comrades in arms
To the ever lengthening roll of those already
passed from our ranks to join the invisible host
beyond, the past year has added the consplcu-
GUS names of our beloved Comrades, Stephen
A. Hurlbut, the first, and Ambrose e. Burn
side, third Commander-in-Chief of our organi-
cation; and our great Nation has watched
through weary weeks of anguish at the bedside
and wept beside the tomb of its stricken soldier
President.
Upon the bud and blossom, leaf and laurel,
we one year ago laid upon the grass grown
mounds, has fallen the heat of summer and
the snow of winter, and their beauty and per-
fume is gone forever; but as we join in these
sadly sweet ceremonies, the story of valor and
patriotism we will keep as fresh in our memo
ries and as fragrant to our hearts, as when for
the first time we came to bedeck these shrines
with the early offerings OF an opening spring
To country these fallen comrades offered the
service and sacrifice of their lives; let us rev.
erently give one day in loyal devotion to their
memosies search out every one of their known
resting places, SO that in all our broad land,
wherever exists Post of the Grand Army, not
a single grave of Union soldier or sailor shall
be unvisited-not one which willing fingers and
grateful hearts do not unite to cover with myr-
tie and evergreen, entwined with bright bios
SONS upon which the glad sunlight has painted
something Of eternal beauty, tokens OF life's
frailty, emblems of valors Immortality.
By command of
GEO. S. MERRILL,
Commander-in-Chie
yVrrrrarrM Orrn diufopt GauaraJ
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-06
The New York and Boston Despatch
Express Company,

The New York and Boston Despatch
Express Company,
Which has heretofore covered only the line
of the Old Colony Railroad and the Stoning-
ton Line, between New York and Providence,
in connection with Messrs Earle & Prev, have
now extended their line over the old Boston,
Clinton Eand Fitchburg Railroad, now the
Northern Division of the Old Colony Railroad,
and over the Framingham and Lowell Rail-
road to Lowell. They have also commenced
to operate the Massachusetts Central Railroad,
and it is rumored, with good reason. that they
will soon extend their operations to cover the
Eastern and Maine Central Railroad lines and
their branches. The effect of such change
would be to open to competing line OF ex-
press the large business of the State OF Maine,
not only to Boston and New York, but many
other points The Boston Journal says there
has long been felt on the part of many of our
largest mercantile houses desire for some 9TH
or express facilities for reaching the large New
Englandscities and towns than simply one line
of express, whose charges, whether reasonable
or not, were Just SO much tax on the business
of Boston, and not unfrequently were felt to
be onerous and much more than they would be
had there existed any competing line. The
New York and Boston Despatch Express Com
pany has been very popular with merchants
here, and it is to be presumed that it will carry
out in any newly acquired territory the same
principles which have made it so justly popu-
lar here and elsewhere where they have ever
BEEN"
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-06
States Circuit Court

BEFORE JUDGE LOWELL.
Franklin P. Shepherd, libellant, VS.. HOO tons
culm of coal.
Wilbur f. Lunt. CT. ST. II. Russell.
Edmund r. Norton, libellant, vs. 662 tons culm Of
coal.
T. H. Haskell. G. T. & T. H. RUSSELL
Arguments closed. Decision reserved.
BEFORE JUDGE WEBB.
Simeon Wells VS.. Hancock Fire ms. Co. Action
on policy of insurance on dwelling house in East
Deering, destroyed by fire October %, 1880, insur
ed for $780, Amount of loss claimed 1914.
Defense u.s. that the policy was obtained by fraud
ulent Representations and conceaments of material
facts relating to the title to the property, made by
Charles W. Wells, who procured the insurance as
the attorney for the plaintiff. Withdrawn from the
jury and settled by the parties.
Fl. W. j. Knowlton-Strout, Gage Strout for
plf. G. p. Mattocks for deft.
Adjourned to 10 a. m Saturday.
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-06

We extend our best thanks to those who
honored us by their presence at our yard to
witness the launch of the ship Henry Failing.
Especially to the Governor and his lady and
staff, the Portland Cadets and the strangers
visiting our city who had never witnessed
launch. We exceedingly regret the disappoint-
mont occasioned by the ship refusing to move
after the shores were knocked away and the
blocks split out 1t was our desire to contri-
butte to the pleasure of the OCCASION which
brought SO many visitors to our city and re-
ciprocate the pleasure we felt in listening to
the music of Chandler's Band and witnessing
the drill of the Cadets. We trust the young
people will be profted by the disappointment
and learn that in order TO insure success in
life the "ways'' must be fabricated with a
grease that will slide and not by spurious
Compound which, when a severe pressure is
mt upon the ways will stick like wax. We
ber to say that we had splendid launch by
moonlight "Wednesday night with only half
dozen spectators. Goss q SAWYER.
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-06
MAINE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
The Committee Make an Appeal for An
other Building.

To the Friends Of the Friendless:
In coming TO you with this appeal in behalf
of the friendless and neglected girls OF our
state, we follow the instructions OF the Trustees
of the Maine Industrial School for Girls, who
at their recent meeting appointed the under
signed committe, with the understanding tnat
they should take immediate action to bring
this cause before the spublic, with the expecta-
ton thereby, of securing sufficient funds to
build an additional home for this class of girls,
who are living idle, unpromising lives, or
are found in circumstances that will ultimately
lead them into the paths of vice and immor-
atty.
Persons unfamiliar with this work can have
little appreciation OF the vast amount OF goo 900
that is accomplished by means OF such Schools,
not alone in New England, but throughout the
civilized world The School at Hallowell was
opened but little more than seven years ago,
during which time some one hundred and
fifty girls have been rescued from becoming
outcasts of society, and trained to habits OF
usefulness and industry.
There are at the present time forty inmates
in building that was intended for but thirty,
with many applicants waiting Tor admission
This being the condition OF things, 1t seems OF
the greatest Importance that another Home
should be Immediately erected, which in all
probability would be fully occupied in very
shrot time.
This additional building would insure not
only safe home and useful instruction to a
| larger uuluU6I VI tHOoO Stiic-Do' "ONss. 80
able the managers to provide better facilities
for classifying and governing those already
under their charge.
To build and equip such Home. with mod
ern appliances, and make it the means OF sub
stantial good to the class whom it is intended
to shelter, will require some fifteen thousand
dollars
In presenting this appeal-it is not without
faith in the benevolence of the men and women
of Maine to meet this want gladly and munifi-
Gently One subscription of thousand dol
lars has already been paid in for this purpose;
another of like amount is positively promised,
and a third is in prospect.
Now who will continue this good work, and
make it possible for the managers to rescue
from poverty, crime and misery, this constantly
increasing class of girls, who in their maturity
will help to fill our poor-houses and prisons,
and add heavier burdens to our tax payers,
unless the demand is met promptly and well.
Any enc desiring to contribute in aid OF this
important benevolent object may communicate
with either member of the committee.
Amounts either large or small, will be CRATE
fully received and promptly acknowledged.
Respectfully submitted.
e. HOWELL. Hallowell.
Mrs. S. G. SARGENT, Augusta,
Mrs. j. G. DICKERsoN, Belfast
MRS. CHAs A. L. SAMPSON, Bath.
Mrs. SARAH f. HAMILTON, Saco.
MRS. j. o. SMITH, Augusta.
Mrs. MOSES GIDDINGs, Bangor.
MISS CLARA M. FARwELL, Rockland.
Committee.
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-06
PLA1srED's LETTER.
Why He viii Not Call An Extra Session

Governor Plaisted's open letter to Mr.. Drum
mond giving reasons why he does not call an
extra session of the Legislature has been print
ed. The Governor says he has carefully con
sidered the matter, and he thinks the appor-
tionment of 1871 has not expired by hlnila-
ton; that the Legislature even has not the
power to repeal the apportionment until new
one has been made, because lit would thereby
take away the right of suffrage which was IN
alienable. He cites several decisions OIL INC
Supreme Court to sustain his views. lie says
the Constitution provides for enumeration anu
apportionment and does not directly require
apportionment at stated years, sbut at porous
of making enumeration. No such enumera-
ton has been made or provided for. Luis
enumeration must be made exclusive oi
forei gners not .naturalized and Indians not
taxed, and he cannot see how the State can
have constitutional apportionment while as
regarding SO plain provision. Ut Is no an-
swer that it has been disregarded in the past.
Until recently, the foreign population was NOT
large enough to affect the basis Of representa-
tion.S Now a census is not required for this pur-
pose, but q simple ascertaining, at trlning OK
p6nEe, the 0umD6r Oh the 0ACluuOu oiooSs
is satisfied of the fact that we do not require
an extra session on the ground of expectancy,
and thinks the people will suffer no inconyen-
fence by voting once more in The old tamil lar
districts. 1t would be agreeable to elect Con,
gressmen in districts rather than on gen erai
ticket ;.this is not important enough to warrant
the expense of an extra session. But the most
important consideration is that the people have
Just decided in favor of biennial sessions, and
this decision should be respected by the Exc
cutive. Those interested in annual sessions
would raise a cry that biennial sessions had
proved q failure and, most likely, defeat and
repeal the reform without fair trial. He ad-
mits the gravity of the danger pointed out, Il
towns should elect representatives not accord,
ing to the old apportionment, and they should
claim seats; but the Governor and Council
would summon those who appeared elected ac-
cording to the last apportionment. The Gov
ernor then makes his little fling at the Supreme
Court for its decisions at the time of the Garce-
lon-C hase-F ogg conspiracy and count out, and
ends his letter with the words "As at present
advised, DO not deem it necessary or expedi-
emit to convene the Legislature in extra session.
l do not consider that there exists as yet, any
such extraordinary occasion as the eonstitu-
ton contemplates.'
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-06

The Sentinel says very little has been done
at the sardine factories at Eastport this spring,
on account of the scarcity OF the fish. Two or
three factories have been running two or three
DAYS out of week, or, when the fish could be
obtained, for some time past. The fish taken
SO far, have been of a large size, and put up IN
large, oval cans There were about 150,OOO
cases of various brands of sardines put up on
the coast of Maine, last season. 1t is doubtful
if the number will be as large, this year.
The debris of the old printers exchange in
Biddeford is being cleared away and the Bid
deford Savings bank will soon commence their
new block upon the site which is to be OF BRICK,
three stories high, with granite or free stone
trimmings, and will have frontage OF 60 1eet
and run back 100 feet. The building will con-
tain all the modern Improvements and be INST
class in every respect.
At South Hiram, Jordan Stacy is putting an
additional story on his mill, and is preparing
to fit it up as a wooden mill
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-06
STATE NEWS.
ANDRoscoea1N COUNTY.


The Journal says Mr.. Caleb Blake, Of Tur-
ner, has recently purchased 1000 acres OF timber
land in Oxford county, and has contracted to
get out large number of ship knees for Goss
q Sawyer, of Bath. This looks like prosperity
In ship building.
Seven new and costly statues for st. Peters
church in Lewiston, have been received from
Paris, France. They are very beautiful. A
magnificent pedestal for the statute OF st. Ann
has also been received. A Montreal artist Is
now frescoing the church. The Dominican
Monks are identifying st. Peters very much.
coin st. will be laid with ceremonies in few
days.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Comparatively few logs are on the Lake Sebago
route this season. A boom is at Harrison, and
another at the mouth of Crooked River, to be
passed into and down the Songo The owners
of the logs are Golf & Plummer, Portland Star
Match Co., and Moulton & Meserve.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Pennington Herald says Hiram Wright
killed bear in Weld, Saturday.
KENNEBEo COUNTY.
Mrs. Augusta L.. Tabor, as wife, has insti-
tuted suit III the District Court in Denver.
Col, against Lieut. Governor ii: A. w: Tabor,
charging him with infdelity and desertion, and
petitioning for SIC, 900 year for support and
maintenance. The parties married IN Angus
ia, January 31st, 1857, removing from tnat Guy
to Colorado, where Mr. Tabor has accumulated
colossal fortune and achieved political dis
tinction.
KNOX COUNTY.
On Monday, there was plainly seen from the
top of Spruce sMonntainI in West Camden,
large iceberg to the eastward OF Matinicus.
OXFORD COUNTY.
$ Jas. Bennett and old and esteemed resident
OF Norway, is seriously ILL., He was bitten on
the fore finger, by a cat, some three weeks ago.
and inflammation set in, which spread rapidly
the length of his arm, and he is now conhned
to his bed. He is about " years OF age.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The store of T. A. Clark in West Winterport
caught fire on the night of May 1st and was
burned The insurance was one thousand dol
lars aud the loss amounts to. two thousand dol
lars.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
A little boy and girl in Ripley were playing
with an axe one day last week, when the little
girl cut the boys toes completely OIL from one
foot.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
An enormous bear was killed in the town Of
Cutler short time ago whose weight exceeded
800 lbs. There is no record ia the bear line
that gives larger figures than this in south-eas-
tern Maine.
WALDO COUNTY.
There are seven vessels on the stocks, at Bel
fast
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Sentinel says Gideon Seely's house, in
Edmunds, was burned with all its contents
last Wednesday. Caught from fire in a barrel
of ashes; no insurance.
YORK COUNTY.
The Union and journal says Saco Lodge, /.
o. O. f., of Biddeford, will probably purchase
the Neal property on Main street and erect
thereon handsome brick block, three stories,
the first and second stories to be finished for
stores and offices, with their hall and other con-
yeniences in third story.
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-06
Winslow Packing Company.

A corporation was organized yesterday under
the above name, at the office of j. W. Dyer,
Esq, for the carrying son of the business of
canning green corn. The following were elect
ed officers:
President-Charles p. Mattocks, Portland.
Direetors-Charles P. Mattocks, Portland (;
U. II. Dudley, New York; John L. Best, Port
land.
Treasurer-Frederick Jones, Deering.
Secretary-John l.. Hayden, Portland.
The Office of the company will be at No. 81
Exchange street.
Thescompany will at once start business in
the J. Winslow Jones & Co., limited, facto-
ries, the requisite number of acres of corn hav-
ing already been secured.
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-06
WILLIAM NJ. O.
MONTGOMERY Guards.

The Portland Montgomery Guards have in
preparation the programme of grand militia
ry event to take place in City hall, Friday ev-
ening, May 10. One Of the novel features of the
event will be an individual competitive drill for
handsome gold medal, open to all members OF
the company. The company will introduce
silent manual and bayonet exercise by a deaf
and dumb lad, which will be alone worth the
price of admission. A complete programme,
giving full particulars, will be forthcoming in
a few days.
A telegram was received to-day saying that
the Meagher Guards of Providence, one of the
finest drilled military companies in Rhode
Island, will visit the Montgomery Guards on
the 10Th, on the occasion of the grand military
ball in this city.
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-06
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
NOTES.

NOTES.
Gabriel Ravel, the Oldest member OF the cell
ebrated family of pantomimists, died jim Tou-
louise, France, April IA, in the seyenty-second
year of his age.
The journal says Mile Rhea's personation
of Camille is not one that commands unreserv-
ed praise, and yet it is one that, despite some
very manifest imperfections, wins and is quite
successful in holding generous sympathy
the promise given in Mile. Rhea's Performance.
es here few months ago should bear fruit in
the way of noticeable improvement thus soon.
The lack of that improvement, however,
causes it to seem as though the interest created
the power at present to sustain. Yet the fact
remains that she has dramatic power which
can be developed and that she possesses that
spirit which will lead to its development, Her
rapid and marked improvement in the pro-
nunciation sof the English language is evi-
dauca of this
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-06

Forty Years Experience OF an Old Nurse.
MRS. WINSLOw'S SOOTHING SYRUP is
the prescription of one of the best female ply
sicians and nurses in the United States, and
has been used for forty years with never failing
success by millions of mothers for their chill
dren. 1t relieves the child from pain. cures
dysentery and diarrhea, gripping in the bowels,
and wind-celic. BY giving health to the child
it rests the mother. Price Twenty-Five Gents
a bottle. deo3S, M&W &w1y49
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-06
Conductor o'Brion's Funeral.

The funeral services of Conductor O'Brion
will take place at Rochester Sunday next at
I n. M. with Masonic honors. A special train
will be run over the Portland and Rochester
road to enable the employees to attend the SER
vices, leaving Portland about $50 a. m. The
courtesies of the road will be extended to in
innate personal friends, Masonic and other
delegations, and railroad men properly youch-
ed for, who may desire to attend, upon appli-
cation to the General Ticket Agent.