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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-11-28
NEW YORK.


NEW York, Nov. 27.-In his sermon on the
British evacuation, Rev. Dr. Armitage dis
cussed the point as to where the first blood of
the Revolution was shed. He said that Lex
ington, Mass, claimed it, also Westminster,
Vt, and that Boston points to the massacre in
King street, May 9TH, ITO. But, said the rev.
erend gentleman, it can be successfully estab-
lished that to New York belongs the honor
August 18th, 1865, British soldiers cut down a
liberty pole on the common whore the City
Hall now stands. Several attempts were made
afterwards to destroy the pole. and on the 18th
of January, 1863, it was again thrown down.
Indignation meetings were held, and two days
afterward q body of soldiers attacked party
of citizens on Golden Hill, John street, and in
the affray several persons were wounded and
one soldier killed. This, DR.. Armitage claims,
was the first blood shed in the Revolution.
Powder NEills Explode.
Troy. Nov. PA mill Of the Sebaghticoke
Powder Company, near Valley Falls, was de-
molished this afternoon by the explosion of
four barrels of powder. The structure caught
fire. No one was injured, as the employees left
a minute before. The windows Of the other
buildings were shattered.
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POLITICAL,
Omeial Vote Of New xerrey.

TRENTON Nov. 27.--The State board of can
vassers report the official vote for Governor at
the late election as follows: Albeit (Dem },
1856; Dixon (Rep.), 97,847; Parsons (Pro.).
4,153; Urener (Nat.), 2960 Abbett's plurality
$500; majority, 4,901.
Elected Mayer for the Fifteenth Time.
PRoyIDENCE, Nov. 27.-At the municipal
election today Thomas A. Doyle was elected
mayor for the fifteenth time, after three
years intor sal, by majority of 1858, greater
by 200 than ever before received. The vote
stood: Doyle (Rep.l, 1888; Miller (Dem j 1885;
scatt ring, 81. Francis Cowell (Rep.l was
elected State Senator by 1916 maj rity. DR..
@. V. Chaplin was elected superin nteDdent of
health in place of DIR. Snow. The aldermen
are not tchanged-eight Republicans, two. DEM
ocrats. The common council is mostly Repub-
lican as before. The majority for granting Ii
censes to sell liquor is 478.
Rfddleberger and HHahone.
WASHINGTON Nov. 27.-The Post says that
it had assurance today from the best authority
that not only will Riddleberger and Malone
but they and their followers will her eafter aud
without disguise act with the Republican
party. They also say they are for Arthur for
President because he is for the United States.
Interesting Decision i'm "a Contested Elec-
tion Case.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 27.--The District Court
gave unanimous decision this morning in fa-
vor OF HAWKINS lDem. IN the contest Tor the
Office of sheriff, brought by Beresford, the Re-
publican candidate. The ground of the con-
test was the tickets known as the "except"
tickets, which were not counted by the
Judges for Beresford. There were Democratic
tickets printed with the name of Beresford
substituted for that of Hawkins and distip-
guished from the regular Democratic ticket by
the words, under the title, EXCEPT for sher-
iff." The court held that all such tickets were
Illegal being in their nalure opposed to the
intention of the statute on the subject which
is to prevent the deception of voters
Deyer's Municipal Affairs.
DOVER, Nov. 27.-At the city election today
James e. Latbrop (Rep) was reelected mayor
over James Whilehonse (Dem.) By vote Of
1929 to 800. The aldermen stand four Republ-
cans and one Democrat; the common council
stand IL Republicans, three Democrats. The
Republicans have q majority in each branch.
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FIRES.
a wiscensin Town Nearly Destroyed

a Wiscensin Town Nearly Destroyed.
MLwAUKEg, Wis, Nov. GA fire early
this morning almost entirely destroyed the
town Of Albany in Green county, Wisconsin.
Every business building in the place. including
the post-ofice and two newspaper offices. were
burned
There we're no adequate facilities for fight
ing the fire, which made such rapid headway
that number of people barely escaped from
the burning buildings with their lives Edward
Dodge was crushed By falling timbers and
Thomas galloway was probably fatally injured
fromthe same cause. The weather is at zero
and the suffering of many of the townspeople
is great.
100000 Blaze in Minneapolis, Minn.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Nov 27.-Fire this
morning consumed the tbree-story building
occupied by Lyman Glied, wholesale drug
company, and j. B. Martin, retail druggist.
Their losses aggregate $4,000.
Many Business Houses Burned.
NASHVILLE. Tenn, Nov. 27.-Fire this
morning at Waverly, Tenn, destroyed every
business house in the public square and Cow
ans building on Main STREE. Loss 600.
Stores Burned.
AMHERST, Mass, Nov. 27--Three wooden
buildings occupied by j. J. Young's furniture
shop, Lee & Phillips hardware, and the
Grange grocery store, we're burned tonight.
Loss $4,000.
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The Presidents Household.

Mrs. McElroy and her daughter, Miss May
McElroy, will return with the President from
New York during the Christmas holidays to
assist at the New Years reception, and are ex-
pected to remain at the White House during
the winter. Another young daughter is at
the Soldiers Home cottage, the guest Of Miss
Nellie Arthur, and will remain for some time.
The President seems to be enjoying his quiet
life, with only these two diminutive women to
preside over his household. He has promised
to attend the annual dinner of the Naw Eng
land Society on the evening of December 2l at
the Brooklyn Academy Of Music, and will like
ly eat his Christmas dinner in New York, as
has been his custom.
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ALABAMA CLAIMS.


More Judgments Announced by the Court.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-The court of COM
missioners of Alabama claims announced
judgments to-day as follows:
No 2343-George II. Phillips, $195.
Nc. o35 Edward Gerring, $275.
No. 2347-Henry Bowdeu, 1920.
No. 1857 Peter johnson, alias Teleef Johan
enessn. 1924
No 2348-Charles Sandeen, S22o.
No. 95s Benjamin F. Cook, administrator Of
the estate of Lewis Graves, deceased, $220.
NO 1856 Harvey Clark, $3.50.
No 2844-Frederick a. Cunningham, S22O.
No 2355-James Patterson, 8 50.
(All the above with interest from June Esd,
No. 2363-Catl crime Anderson, administrator of
the estate of VIM. Anderson, deceased, $685. and
No 236 Martin Quigley, 95, with inter est from
June 90 1868,
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MALIGNANT DIPHTHERIA.
Three Fatal Gases at IA New York Pub-
Lie Institution.

lie Institution.
BATAVIA, N. Y, Nov. N.-Four weeks ago,
diphtheria, in its most malignant form, at
tackled Howard Parsons, pupil in the State
institution for the blind in this place. Before
the nature Of the malady was discovered, sew
eral of the boys playmates visited him in the
sick room. Parsons died within forty-eight
hours, and three of the pupils who had been
exposed were stricken down. Two days after
the first case as made public, the trustees of
the Institution ordered all pupils sent TO their
homes, excepting those who had been exposed.
Two of the sick pupils died within week, and
were buried at night without ceremony, the
village board of health refusing permits for
the transfer of their bodies. Ernest Whit
marsh was the only one of the four original
sufferers whose illness did not prove fatal. No
new evidences of disease manifested them
selves, and Wbitmarsh improved 30 rapidly
that it has been announced that the Institution
would be reopened on Dec. 1. Yesterday,
however, Bert Wright, a St Lawrence county
boy, who remained, was foand TO be suffering
with the disease, in the same form that has
proved fatal In the other cases. A sanitary
engineer found that the drainage from the in
slitution, instead of being carried away, had
percolated through the sewers and impregnat-
ed the ground on which the institution stands
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LATEST MARINE NEWS.

LONDON, Nov. 27.-The Dutch bark Judith,
bound from Louisa for Puermerend, has been
were on board, fourteen of whom were
drowned. The captain is the only survivor.
ST. JOHN, N. B., Nov 27.-There is little
doubt that the unknown vessel wrecked at
Meat Cove, G. B., was the Norwegian bark
Hittero, from Miramichi for France with
deals. 1t is supposed that all on board vera
lost.
Loss of a Vessel with All ON Board.
MATAMoRAs, Mex, Nov. 27.--News is re.
csived that the schooner Buzo was lost at sea
on her voyage to Guayamos, Mexico, Four of
the crew and twelve passengers were drowned.
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SPORTING.

PARIS, Nov. 27.-The billiard game between
Schae er end Vignaux was resumed tonight.
Schaefer finished the nigh s nlay with srore
of 500 and Vignaux 642. Schaefer's principal
runs were s4 and 1888 and Vlgnaux's So and 81.
Schaefer was mucn applauded. Total score:
Schaefer, 1900; Vignaux, 1890
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Adde Risklet OF Plymouth, n H., about 16
years old, but large for her age has been miss
Ing over week, aud there is no trace OF her.
She was employed as a domestic by Eben X.
Smith and went away without notice, leaving
all her effects there.
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THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS.
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PORTLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY.

PORTLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY,
AT 81 EXCHANGE ST., PORTLAND. ME.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-Christian Goetz Of
Brooklyn, proprietor of the Bedford brewery,
has made an assignment His liabilities are
$12S, ,550 and his assets are S44, $50.
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FINANCIAL.
The Montreal Coal FaiIure-LiabiIities
S5OO,OOO.

MONTREAL Nov. 27 1t is stated that the
liabilities of w. s. Beard, coal merchant, who
000.
A later despatch says S. W. Beard, coal mer-
chant, who lately failed for 5000 600, was
arrested to-day at the suit of John Taylor q
Bro, and was sent to Jail, being unable to fur
nish security.
A Rr0olxlyn Brewer Assigns-biRbilities
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Momentary excitement was caused at the
Fifth Avenue hotel in New York, Monday by
the strange movements and startling talk of a
we'll dressed man of go who announced that he
was a Kentucky colonel who had come East for
the express purpose of killing President Ar
thur lie was ordered away by detectives and
left the hotel. The circumstance, however,
caused quite stir among the throng In and
about the hotel, and led to extra detective pre-
cautions during the banquet al Delmonco's
which the President attended.
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LABOR VS.. CAPITAL.


PITTsBuRG, Nov. Flour hundred miners
in Gamble & Rlsher's mines strack last even
ing against reduction of quarter of a cent
per bnshel Tho men also object to the free
coal which they ara expected to dig which
passes through an inch and half screen
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BELFAST, Nov. 27.-Miss Carrie, daughter of
the late 10 emiah Abbott of this city, was
found dead in the cellar, where she had gone
TO attend to the furnace, yesterday morning,
The cause of ber death was heart disease.
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Fire in Biddeford.

BmDEFoRD, Nov. 27.-This forenoon the sta
BILE of Mrs. Porter Ford was burned and the
rear part of the houseiwas badly scorched. Loss
$1,000; insured.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-The following
changes in the star service in Maine have been
ordered:
Route 401, South West Harbor to Seawell; !;
leave South West Harbor daily, except Sun
days, at 6 p. M, or arrival of mail from
Ellsworth; arrive at Seawell in one hour.
Leave Seawell daily, except Sunday, at p. M.
We at South West Harbor b. D. M.
James s, Merry was to-day commissioned as
postmaster at Rosicrusian, Me.
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The installation services of the Rev. DIR.
Westwood IS pastor of High Street church,
Auburn, will occur on Monday, Dec. Sd. Let
ters of invitation have been sent to the follow
ing churches: Sixth St. Auburn, Centre Minot,
Wet Auburn, Turner, Freeport, Yarmouth,
High ST. Portland, Phillips church, Boston,
Hammond St Bangor, New Gloucester, Brun-
swck, Winter st. Bath, Pine St. Lewiston.
Also to Prof. Stanley, lewiston and Prof. Har-
ris of Andover
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-05-20

the surf spray wet her brow, and
with an upward and onward
glance she beheld the tide rising
slowly and silently along the
sand. While she had striven to
obtain the jewel, time had passed !,
and now the sea was coming to
claim its own.
She would have risen and left
the place, but the hand clasped
hers. The fingers which had lain
limp across her knees, now held
her hand with the clasp Of o vice;
chains OF adamant conld not
have worked their purposes bet
ter. All spells were fruitless.
Odin's dread mandate could not
be more fearful than the tena-
cious grip Of that ghostly hand.
And the tide was coming in
slowly, surely. She watched it
tapping its way up the smooth
surface OF the beach toward her
q horror that all the fearful myf-
teries of her art had been unable
to inspire. She struggled wildly,
fiercely, with the OBTAINING hand.
1t seemed to her the waves were
laughing at her despair; and !,
looking inland, she saw the figure
Of her rival, and the sight mad
dened her. She uttered the most
fearful Of her spells, but it
availed nothing.
And still the tide came Creep
ing in; she felt it surginR about
her feet, cold and Shiny as a SER
points fold; she hid her face, and
shuddered. Then a huge green
wave, rearing up its curling
crest, fell upon her, covering her
in its fosming vail. Another fol.
lowed, and still another. but the
hand relaxed not its grasp, and
the tide swept in. Nothing was
visible now but the sea.
Helva was known in her old
haunts no more, and Norma
feared for Borne no longer.
A child wandering on the
ahore had seen the whole from
hfar, and white and trembling
sad hastened to his home with
the recital.
At the bottom OF the Swalchie
whirlpool lie the witch-wife and
her lover. The old wives whisper
the tale over their distaffs, and
the old and young shun the/bank
above the i1l.omened spot When
the wind signs throughthe pine
boughs. and the stofm-clouds
scud across the<1ky, strange
meanings risoulom the pool into
the trouh14 Air. Eric il plead
Ting III Helva for her love, Of
x1lOh she has none to give him,
while she, in turn, strives to be-
guile him to loose his grasp,
which he will not do without his
recompense. And so Eric and
Helva lie there awaiting the twi-
light Of the gods.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-05-20
Dore's Prophetic Pencil.
From the New York Times.I

With the police watching the citizens,
the soldiers Watching the police, the
officers Watching the soldiers, and watch
now requiring to DO kept upon the
officers in turn, the present state Of the
empire exactly realizes Gustave Dore's
famous carioature, in which, under the
benign rule Of Ivan the Terrible, the en-
tire population Of Russia arrested each
other, and the last two men walked Of
to Siberia arm in arm.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-05-20
The Witch Wife.

- - ns
On the shore Of the North Sea,
where the dark cliffs fall sheer
down for hundreds OF feet into
the abysses, and the biting polar
winds sway the stunted pines,
lived Helva, descendant of Norr-
land Sagas. Like the sunlit foam
was her yellow hair; and her eyes
were blue and clear as the moon
less skies of the Arctic Winter;
while her heart was as frozen as
the eternal SHOWS. Very fair was
she, but her beauty was Of the
icicle that forms in the iceberg
caverns. None knew her parent
age, nor from whence she sprang.
The old men shook their heads as
she passed by, and the young
maidens stood unwittingly aloof
from her in their mutual pas.
times; but Helva only smiled q
cold, passionless smile, and glid-
ed away to some solitude where
she could watch the sunset or the
wild surf break in thunder on the
beach. So wall rose up be-
tween the golden-hai Helva
and her companions.
But when the old women whisp-
cred from Preside to -freside that
she was sorceress and a witch
wife, and the tale reached her
ears, she only laughed out to the
surf until her eyes shone like the
pole-star, for she knew that it
was true. How she knew it, by
what secret rite or incarnation in
the caverns of the mountain, on
the summit, or lonely beach, can.
not be told.
She wandered alone more than
ever now, and her eyes grew
brighter, and her laugh, more
chill.
Eric of Nesock loved her.
Eric, tallest and statliest OF Nor
land hunters. Broad was his
chest and long his arm; the bow
and spear were but as straws in
his sinewy hand; his fishing boat
seemed fraught with life when
guided by his skillful oar. He
was the envy Of the young men,
the pride Of the old and the load.
stsr Of the maiden's eye. But he
only tossed his ruddy hair down
his shoulders, and sped to the
chase. He cared for none Of
them until Helva, passing by, cast
her eyes upon him and smiled.
Bow and spear lost their charm,
lis boat tossed idly at its moor
ings, and everything was for.
gotten in the witchery Of that
smile, the lure to his destfncti0n..
he saw no eyes but hers; he had
no will but to do her bidding.
The old men frowned darby,
and the young msidens wept with
pity; for they saw the face of the
witch wife, while Eric beheld
only the soulless mask with its
chilling smile.
How he loved herl She saw It,
and smiled on; she had no other
return to make. Odin had de-
rreed otherwise. The sorceress
vss shut out from the possession
y Freya's most precious gift to
|hortals; she must be as the cliff
side when the storm beats upon
il. So Helva smiled on the surf,
the storms, the night phantoms,
and Eric, and cared for him the
least Of all.
There came time whom the
passionate heart of the man
longed for something more than
changeless smiling. however be-
wildering it might be. The
craving passion which consumed
him had somewhat dulled the
earlier fascination, He prayed
for some return, something to
show him his devotion met with q
recompense; but he implored
statue OF stone. She had her
will of him, and now she was
weary. OF q love like his she
had no conception; and SO, when
he sank at her feet with muir
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-05-20

stung him to the hearts core.
He searched her face, but her
eyes followed the waves, and she
saw him not.
He went out blindly from her
presence. His ears rang with the
echo of her laughter. Did be
dream, or were evil spirits busy
with his senses ? He covered in
the shadow Of the pine trees, and
shuddered. How he loved herl
She came walking down the
beach, as the tide went down
with the sun. He saw and moved
to meet her, longing for the
smile that Destroyed him. As
she cast her eyes that way, and
they fell upon his face, their light
flickered and shone like the
Aurora, and her mocking laugh
rang out over the sea until the
waves caught the echo, and 1t
seemed to Eric as If thousand
lips Knocked his despair and
anguish. And be rushed away to
the mountain oaverns, while
Helva walked unheedingly on,
the shadow of her laughter how
ering on her lips.
The night was black and moon
less. Out of the dark mans
figure stood on the bank above
the Swalchie whirlpool. It was
Eric, of Nesock, watching the
hurrying swirl Of the water,
thinking only Of his love, and the
terrible laughter which rang in
his ears. A woman's face seemed
to gaze upon him out Of the
| gloom, wreathed round with
golden hair. its eyes and mocking
lips alive with the cruel smile
that crazed his brain. With q
cry, thinking only to escape the
hideous mockery, he sprang into
the pool. The waves drew him
down into their clinging embrace,
and moan rose up into the
black sky, across which the
storm clouds were wildly hur-
rying.
The moons came and went.
Eric of Nesock appeared no
more, and the maidens had
ceased TO weep for him. Darker
grew the glances Of Helvs. who
rocked not OF their import, nor
the ruin she had wrought. Other
prey she sought to draw to her.
Borne. the strong handed, the
lover Of Norma, fairest Of the
maidens of Stroma. But the
faith and pure heart OF the girl
were as shield of proof to
guard her lover from the witch
wife's arts.
- Rssi "a saEssax1nsnot despair;
many resources were hers. One
morning, as she paced along the
beach, watching for whatsoever
the waves might bring in to her,
she saw, lying over the edge OF q
rocky basin q mans hand. She
drew nearer to examine it; the
glitter Of a ring caught her
glance. and, bending down, she
knew it to be the same she had
given to her lost lover in the days
of his mad infatuation--a magic
ring which insured to her the
love Of the wearer; and she re
joiced at its recovery. The hand,
too, was hers, to use for her own
dark purposes. But first she
must withdraw the ring. With
this talisman, the victory over
her rival was certain.
She knelt on the sand where
the tide in its outfowing had left
the surface as smooth as marble,
and strove to draw the ring from
the icy fingers, but could not
succeed. She strove more, yet
still vainly. Now she would, by
muttered charms and spells,
achieve by magic what she lacked
in strength. Bootless endeavorl
Her power was powerless against
the dead.
Long she strove, angrily, i'm
patiently, wroth that SO puerile q
thing should defy hsr highest
skill. But as she knelt, she felt