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The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09
Fish.

Several fares OF fresh mackerel were landed
ON Thursday and Friday, caught off Boon Is
land. Monhegan snd in Ipswich Bay, where
small mackerel are reported to DO plentiful. A
dispatch from Deer Isle, reports a number of
mackerel vessels in port all had taken small
hauls 10 to 10 miles southeast from Mt Dssert
rock. Part all large and others all thinkers
Not any mackerel in that harbor, or near bays
few were hooked off Rockand harbor.
The lobster catch at Deer Isle has been poor
this season. A number of fishermen were ar
rested few days ago for evading the new
law, and fined from $50 to S1Co each. A re-
port comes from Boothbay that large schools
of mackerel were lately seen on Cashes Banks.
One vessel had her seins so full that the fish
had to be let go or lose the seine. Report
from Cranberry Isle are that the catch of
ground fish is not over half as large as usual,
owing to the bad weather and the scarcity of
hatt
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09
Struck by lightning .

During the heavy thunder shower Saturday
night the lightning struck the foretopmast of
OF schooner Herald, Capt. Fiske, OF Rockland,
which was lying at the coal wharf, Back Cove,
foot of franklin street. 1t broke the topmast
off at the cap and then went off into the
water. II the schooner had been on an even
keel the damage would have been much more
serious. The cook was reading in the cabin at
the time and was considerably affected by the
shock. The captain and rest of the crew were
sitting in the coal shed looking on at the mo-
ment the bolt descended and were almost
blinded by the lightning and stunned by the
thunder.
Bolts OF lightning struck small clump OF
oaks In Cape Elizabeth, about mile from
Knightville, completely demoishng the trees.
A bolt also struck the water close ny Cush-
iog's Island. 1t sent up considerable spray but
did no damage.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09
The Alleged Brutality Case

Marshal Andrews informed Mayor Deering
and reporter for the PRESS Saturday alter
noon that Messrs. Gilman and Bean made suit
stantially the same complaint against Officer
Thrash.r at the police station that was made
by them to the PRESS. That Mr. Bean said, il
necessary, he would appear to testify at a hear
ing, paying his own expenses from Wakefield
here and back. Messrs. Gilman and Bean gave
references to Portland gentlemen Of higt
standing, for their responsibility, aud the
gentlemen referred TO endorse their reference.
Officer Thrasher's statement to the Marshal
is that the man in question, who appeared to
be sailor, was lying stretched out on the
bench, apparently asleep He thought perhaps
the man was intending to take the train, and
he shook him, telling him to wake up. The
man didn't respond and Thrasher shook him
again and hauled him into sitting position
Al this the man struck at him, but Thrasher
avoided the blow and tried to pull the fellow
on to his feet, when the man gave vicious
kick, striking Thrasher upon his ankle
Thrasher then Brought the whip-stock or cane
handle down on the fellows head, and the
man submitted to be taken TO the station.
Thrasher declares there was no undue violence
used, and that he can produce plenty Of wit
nesses to prove the fact.
The man went before the Municipal Court
Saturday morning and was fined He mace
no complaint against the officer other than he
said be did not think the officer should have
struck him He admitted he was 10 drunk at
the time be had no recollection Of the affair at
all. He bore no bad wounds, but he had
bruise on one side of the head with few
drops of dried blood
Mayor Deering says that he has ordered
sticks for the officers to carry, which have no,
yet arrived These sticks are intended to ward
off all blows struck at them by ugly or drunken
persons. They are the same as used in the
large cities. The Marshal says it must be re-
membered that II an officer Is to wait on all
occasions for serious blow before striking
prisoner, all attempt to keep the rough element
In subsection must fail. No unnecessary vio-
lence or brutality would OF course be tolerated
but men must learn that when an officer ar
rests man, the man must come psacsably,
and II he has cause for complaint, seek his re-
dress at the station or at the hands of the
proper autho tiles
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09
CIVIL SERVICE.
Examination Saturday at the Custom
House.

Saturday, the first examination in this city
OF candidates for the civil service began at the
cu>t'm house, under the supervision OF Com
missioner Eaton and the local examining
board. Twenty-seven candidates were exam
ined of whom six were applicants for service
in Washington, The questions asked will not
be made public at present as the same schedule
is to be subsequently used In other cities Mr..
Eaton thinks that nearly all the applicants for
service in Washington who succeed In passing
creditable examination will receive immedl-
ate appointment. Another examination will
be held later for those who wish to serve In
the Inspectors department here. The exami-
nation consisted Of writing with pen and Ink
to show penmanship; easy tests OF spelling;
reading by the examiner, which the candi-
date had to take down in* writing; examples in
arithmetic in the elementary rules; easy ques-
tions in grammar and miscellaneous questions.
The following were examined Saturday:
For Custom Service = Henry @. Brewer,
Freeport; John Owen, Lewiston; Paul Chad
bourne, Saco; William w Lane, Biddeford;
Leonard l.. Thompson, Limington; Nelker ID.
Haskell, West Poland; Edward Weston, Frye
burg; Willard O. G. Carney, Portland; Samu.
o. orauuufys i1imtTichi henry W. haiot
Portland; James Il. Flanagan, Portland; Al
bert ID. Boyd Portland; VIM. h. Sewali, Il.
Sumner; Scott ID. Jordan, Cape Elizabethi
George Il. Norton, Portland; Arthur ID. Morse
Portland John ID. Printable, Portland; Fer
dinand E. Trip. Lyman George II. Small,
Gorhami Joseph A. Hobbs, Marlborough;
Emery ID. Winchenbough, Por land. Total
81.
For Department Service at Washington
Charles ID. Alexander Portland George II.
Noyes, Portland; Humphrey o. Buker Ricl.
mond; w. T. Ferguson, Shapleigh; M. w,
Lovejoy, New Sharon: name not given. Tc-
tai 6.
III any of the parties examined should be at
any time dissatisfied with the rating given
him by the board he can send his papers to
Washington and have them examined by an
expert and be rated according to his report.
The papers will, in no case. DO made public,
but If candidate should feel himself ill-used,
he could have his set of papers examined by
men qualified to judge such matters, and as
has been said, he has a final right OF having his
papers re-sxamined at Washington.
The examination of candidates for depart
ment services at Washington, is OF course
more exacting than that of candidates for GUS
toms service. At the examination Saturday,
there were several visitors besides Mr. Sidney
Thaxter, who was present through the EXAM
nation. representing the Portland Civil Service
Association.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09
State Rife Team.

There were twenty competitors at the city
rifle range, Deering, Tbusday and Friday com
peting for place on the "Creedmore" State
rife team. Although the weather was ex-
ceedingly hot, the men did excellent work,
showing an improvement over the shooting Of
last year. Owing to the inability of the Gen.
eral Inspector OF Rife Practice TO be present,
the match was under the IN engagement of Capt
G. M. Davia, Of Portland, and Capt. A. II.
Plaisted OF Waterville, tho regimental inspec-
tors Of rifle practice. Fourteen OF the men
making the highest aggregate scores will con-
stitute the team and substitutes. Each man
had twenty-sight shots at 200 and 500 yards.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09
That Ingot.

The iDgot dug up some time ago on Munjoy
Hill has been placed under glass case at
Frye's spothecary store by Mr.. Wilcox, who
dug it out OF the ground where il can be seen
by the curious. We should think, after in
spection, that 5000 would be an excessive
valuation. 1t resembles piece Of railroad
rail, with Two pieces scooped out of it, and
weighs seventeen pounds. II was found three
feet from the surface and is evidently copper
painted rad. 1t bears the marks 20. s." IN
Q. NJ" Some think it 10 slug fred by
Mowatt when he bombsrded the town. It's as
likely to be that as an ingot buried by buc-
cAneers
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09
l,iQ1iuptOu.

Mr. Stephen Walker, OF this town, was sun
struck on Friday last while at work In his field.
1t Is thought he will recover.
Rev. t. +. Maxim, of South Limingtob, as
sisted by hev. u. s. Moody, Administered the
ordinances OF baptism by immersion to thirteen
candidates in Little ossipee river, near Edge
combs bridge, on Sunday. the LIST inst. The
attendance was very large.
Very warm day Friday last Thermometer
registered $50 in the shade at 1890 m.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09

Last Friday little boy, named McGrepor.
whose parents live at the St. Julian, took a
boat and went down the harbor. He did not
come home in the afternoon and boy COM
panion, who saw him out in the boat, said the
McGregor child must have been capsized in
the squal. Friday night about II o'clock, the
boy put in an appearance after much search for
him. He hadn't been capsizsd nor had any.
thing happened to him.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09
Fire at Windnam.

a gentleman informs us that house and
barn III South Windhsm were destroyed by fire
SATURDAY afternoon. He could not remember
the owners name, although he had heard it
as the man was a newcomer i'll Windham and
a stranger to bin. The furniture and stock in
the barn We're Consumed. There was an insur.
aDce of $1,000. Whether the house was struck
BIZ lightning. he could lot saA
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09
Municipal Court

BkFOHB JUDGE GOULD
Catherine o'Rouke, Felix o'Rouke, Joseph Burn
ham, Ann Maxwell. Intoxication. Fined So and
costs.
Thomas Ross. Intoxication Fined $40 and costs
Felix 0'Rouke. Resisting officer. Fined $40 and
costs.
Joseph Kelley. yagrant. Three months in City
House of Correction.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09
Real Esrata Transfars-

The following transfers OF real estate in this
county have been recorded at the Registry of
Deeds:
Wiudham-- William f. Hall 60 Emerson f.
ellison, lot of lana. Consideration S1l9.5O
Brunswick-Mary + Morse 10 Llewellyn A.
Morse ct AL, lot of land. Consideration $500.
Mary e. Morse to Llewellyn A. Morse, land
buildings. Consideration 5000.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09
CONGO NTRATED
{ X T r AC T j A.
MAlCA GINGER.

The Delicious Family Medicine
prepared from the true Jamaica
Ginger, combined with choice arc
matics and genuine French Brah-
dy, rendering it vastly superior to
all other preparations of Ginger
now before the public.
1t instantly relieves Cramps,
Collie, Cholera MOrbus, Diarrh9a,
Dysentery, and all Summer Com
plants. Induces cOpious perspir-
ation in sudden colds and chills.
An invaluable remedy in Flatu-
lency, Dyspepsia and Sluggish Di-
gesti0n.
a delicious StimuIant and Ton
ic, capable of destroying an appe-
tite for intoxicants by its infiu-
ence on the stomach and organs
of digestion.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09
Ivy Lodge.

Ivy Lodge, ID. Of r., will make their annual
excursion tomorrow, over the Portland &
Rochester road to Saco River There will be-
all kinds OF games furnished, and beautiful
archery set will be presented to the lady MAX
ing the best shots during the day.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09

$4,000 reward Every testimonial we pub
fish of Adamson's Botanic Cough Balsam is
genuine. We will pay reward OF five thous-
and dollars for evidence proving otherwise in a
single case
IF. W. KINsMAN & CO.. augusta, Me-"
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09
In insolvency..

aH insolvency.
Court of Insolvency fos the County of Cumberland,
State of Maine.
July tn, A. d. 1888.
In case of WINFIELD S. BABB, Insolvent Debtor.
fslHIS il to give notice that on the seventh day
of Juy, A. ID. 1873 a warrant in insolvency
was issued b. Henry c. Peabody, Judge of he Court
ofInsolyency for said County Of Cumberland against
the estate of said
WINFIELD ring,
adjudged to be an : petition Of
said debtor which %. led ON the
seventh day of Jniy, A. ID. 1888, 10 which date
interest on claims is TO be computed.
That the payment of any debts to or by said deb
tor and the transfer and delivery Of any property
by him are forbidden by Jaw.
That meeting of the creditors Of said debtor
To prove their debts and choose more assignee
of his estate will be held Court IF Insolvency,
TO be holden at Probate Court room, in said Port
land the thirteenth day of August A D. 1883, at
ten O'Clock in the forenoon.
Given under my hand the date first above writ
ten. ii. X. SARGENT.
Deputy Sheriff, Messenger of the Court of Insol-
yency for said County of Cumberland.
jy9&16
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09

Aud In accordance with law, and an order Of the
said stock as may be necessary to pay the delinquent
assessment thereon, together with the incidental
charges will be sold at public auction at the Office
of Clarence Hale 93 Exchange street, Portland, on
the Sd day OF August. A. d. 1883, at IL o'clock a.
M, unless payment be made before the day of sale.
jy9d1aw4wM @. f. HOLLIS, Treasurer.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09
, -Tynag $50 hNTs O.OAY

Upright Pianos TO lot by G. X. Halves, lit
Middle street. iy9d2t
ADVICE To MOTHERS --MRs. WNsLow's
SOOTHING SYRUP should always be used when
children are cutting teeth. 1t relieves the lit
tie sufferer at once; it produces natural, quiet
sleep by relieving the child from pain, and the
little cherub swakes as bright as button
1t is very pleasant to taste. 1t soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves
wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best
known remedy for diarrhea, whether arising
from teething or other causes Twenty five
cents bottle.
dec4 WSM&W1y
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09

Buy the Pine Hygienic Mattress, manufsc-
tured and sold only by j. II. Gaubert, 1879 Mid
die street, Portland, Me. None genuine un-
less bearing the trade mark, Pine Hygenic
Mattress. Prices So. 50 and $40. ju4-tf
HARPER's BAzAR.-This beautiful weekly
publication is a welcome visitor to the parlor
circle. The number for the ensuing week has
been received by N. G. Fessenden, 4S4 Con-
gress Street and d. Wentworth, 55S Congress,
corner Oak street.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09
SATURDAYS GAMES.

SATURDAYS GAMES.
AT New York Providence B; New York 5.
At Philadelphia-Bo stons 15; Philadelphia
At Chicago-Clevelands Z; Chicagos 6.
Detroit-No game.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09
wSM&w1y

The component parts of Hub Punch are cor
rect, both in !qusntity and quality. Buy from
Grocers Druggists or Wine Merchants any
where. jy9MTh&F&w
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09

The League Pennant.

The following shows the standing of the
eague clubs to date:
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
The EMPRESS GOLD MINING co.
of RENFREw, Nova Scotia,
Office: No. 32 North Market Street,
BOSTON, MASS.
DELINQUENT STOCK.
NOTICE

N OIICE
FNHERE are delinquent upon the following de-
Il scrbed stock on account of assessment (No. u
levied by the directors, June 1888 the several
amounts set opposite the names Of the respective
shareholders, as follows:
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09

The best baking powder is made from pure
small quantity of flour or starch Frequently
other Ingredients are used, and serve purpose
IN reducing the cost and increasing the profits
of the manufacturer.
We give the Government Chemists anal
Uses OF two OF the leading baking powders:
l have examined samples OF "Clevel and s
Superior Baking Powder" and "Royal Baking
Powder" purchased by myself In this city, and
/ find they contain:
Cieveinnds Superior Baking Powder"
Cream of Tartar
Bcarbonate Of Soda
Flour
Available carbonc acid gas 1851 per cent,
equivalent TO 1882 cubic inches Of gas per o..
OF Powder.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-09
Royal Raling Powder

Royal Ra ing Powder"
Cream Of Tartar
Bcarbonate OF Soda
Carbonate OF Ammonia
Tsrtaric Acid
Starch
Available carbonic acid gas l2.40 per cent,
equivalent to 1862 cubic inches of gas per or.
of PoRder.
Ammonia gas 0.43 per cent, equivalent to
1914 cubic inches per or. of Powder.
Note.-The Tartaric Acid was doubtless In
troduced as free acid, but subsequently COM
bined with ammonia, and exists in the Powder
as Tartrate of Ammonia.
E. G. LOVE, Phi. d.
NEW York, JAN'Y 17TH 1881
The above analyses indicate preference for
"Cleveland's Superior Baking Powder" and
our opinion is that 1t is the better preparation
Halls Journal of Health.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-26
THE LOUISVILLE CONVENTION,

The convention of colored men now in
session at Louisville recalls to mind the
great strides which civil liberty has taken
within the memory of men now living. 1t
meets in a city where once stood the auction
block, where men and women-probably the
ancestors of the delegates-were sold at so
much head. Many members of the con-
vention were born IN servitude, aud in early
life had to do the bidding of masters or en-
dure the torture of the lash. These men are
now clothed in the panoply of American cit
izenship, and are the equals, before the law,
of those who once owned their bodies and
controlled their actions. The mighty torrent
of blood which flowed from the veins OF
those who were killed in the war for the
Union broke their shackles, and washed out
the stain from the country escutcheon which
slavery had made.
The convention at Louisville is composed of
representative colored men, and has the power
to do great deal of good for the colored race
1t should not waste its time in generalities,
but confine itself to the discussion of such
practical questions as affect the colored
man. His education and moral improvement
are proper subjects for its consideration, and
ought to receive its calm and best Judgment.
The delegates must know that the time has
come for the colored man to take his place in
the race of life according to his deserts. Once
there was a necessity for his receiving the
fostering care of the government to protect
him from the tyranny and rap.city of his
former MASTER but that necessity no longer
exists as an imperative force. He must care
for himself, and can reasonably expect to en-
force no claim upon the government not COM
mon to all American citizens His race has
done wonders. 1t passed from condition of
servility to one of citizenship with an ease
and facility that proved it worthy of the en-
reimbursement vouchsafed it. It's future is
in its own hands, and we doubt not will
prove to the world its capacity for self-gov-
eminent, and the cruel wrong done it
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-26

A DISTINGUISHED citizen of Indianapolis, if
called upon to give an opinion of Lord Cole
ridge would undoubtedly pronounce his
Lordship "a leetle to nice to live" after
hearing of bis behavior in Chicago. Visitors
to Chicago are always escorted to the water
works and then to the pork-houses or to the
pork-houses and then to the water-works,
There is nothing else in the city worth see
ing or at all events no native is ever heard
to mention anything else. Strangers have
been heard to whisper that they would pre-
fer to see nothing but they have been in
vited never to return. LORD Coleridge knew
too much, and he consented to be dragged to
the slaughter houses He viewed the pig,
many pigs, from the dying struggle on through
the various processes of cutting up and
picking and more than once his Lordship
turned pale. He didn't like the smell of hog,
but he was too polite to say so. Once he
turned his back. 1t was in the very begin
ming, when the first animal had its throat
cut, and the English gentleman thought he
had had enough. But the delegation dragged
him on. Had an English lord crossed the
ocean to escape seeing the glory of Chicago?
No, indeed. Finally, the stolid and unappre-
ciative stranger braced up and drew line
They wanted him to see the manufacture of
lard and the castings for sausage, and he de-
clined. The committee of escort insisted,
but he would go no further, and they re-
luctantly allowed him to depart Whether
he WILL after offering such slight to the
city, be favored with an invitation to return
is a matter of doubt. His artful and profuse
compliments to the water-works NAV set
him right; but it is doubtful.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-26

IF there has ever been any piece of govern
ment work more botched from beginning to
end than the census, we cannot recall it. 1t
is now announced that the volume of the re-
port giving the figures of population will be
ready for distribution in about three weeks
but it is not expected there will be
much demand for it. Certainly,
there will not. Who wants big
volume in the beginning of the year 1884,
containing simply the figures of the popu-
lation of the country in 1880? 1t also ap-
pears that there has been no particular de-
maud for the compendium issued last spring
and that many congressman disposed of
their quota of copies by selling them to
secondhand book dealers, whence of course
they go almost directly to the paper mill. II
is such wretched work as the census report
which makes all government enterprises of
the nature a laughing stock, and which
causes an expenditure for public printing
ten times as great as there is any practical
necessity for.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-26

THE insanity of speculation has found a
new object or substance to serve as a shuttle
cock between bulls and bears. On Wednes-
day last the first call was made on the New
York Exchange for bricks and cement
During four days 1000, 900 bricks (or brick)
have changed hands in the minds of specu-
iators. Indications of early frost and a hard
winter have caused prices to be maintained.
If member on Change should get hard up
he can call for showdown with the brick
in his hat.