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The Portland daily press., 1883-11-15
Great Diamond Island.

Great Diamond Island has of late been black
with vast multitudes of crows feasting on the
abundant crop of beechnuts; in the thick
woods, which they cannot reach, the mats are
still plenty on the ground. Trespassers have
endeavored,to enter cottages on Great Diamond
Island, and have broken glass; hereafter there
will be special policeman on the island who
will look after these marauders and make it
hot for than
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-15
a New Art Society.

A new ant society has been. formed in this
city, composed of ladies and gentlemen, to
meet fortnightly at the houses Of members, for
the discussion of art topics. AT the meeting
held last week at the residence of DR.. Burr,
Mr.. Franklin Simmons, the sculptor, gave an
interesting discourse on Greek sculpture and
kindred topics.
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-15

At meeting OF the yestry of st. Stephens
parish, held on Nov. II, 1888, the following
resolutions were passed unanimously:
RESOLVED, That In the death OF the Hon. James
Bailey Portland has lost of her most useful ci
liens, and the vesry of St. Stephens of it's old
est and most respected members.
RESOLVED, That we have high sense of Mr.. Bal
leys unfaltering attachment to this ancient parish
of the valuable services he rendered it, and of the
courtesy which invariably characterized his inter-
course with us and with all men,
Resotsed, That we deeply sympathize with Mr..
Bailey's widow and children whom we commend
to the God of ali Grace for consolation and hope.
RESOLVED, That copy of these resolutions be con-
veyed to Mrs. Bailey and that they be published in
the daily papers of the city.
A. DALTON, Rector.
SOLOMON T. CoRsER Senior Warden.
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-15
Accidemts.

AS the morning train on the Eastern Rail-
road from this city was approaching Saco,
John Campbell, q brakeman. was blown from
the forward platform of the rear car to the
ground. His right hip was strained and his
breathing indicated serious shaking up that
may possibly result in some internal trouble.
Campbell is resident of Lynn, Mass.
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-15

On Tuesday last while they were absent
from home, performing the ceremony OF mar
riage, the friends of Rev. John and Mrs. Glib
son entered their house and left barrel of the
best -four, for which Mr.. and Mrs. Gibson re-
turn their thanks
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-15
Maine Men at she West.

Capt. Rowland, brother of DR.. Sarah W.
Devoll, is visiting Portland. The captain has
a large ranch, on which are 5000 sheep, near
Socorro, New Mexico. Capt. Rowland has
Mr.. Isaac Ilsley of Portland associated with
him. Mr.. George e. Ward. formerly pro-
prietor of the st. Julian, keeps hotel at
Socorro
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-15

good one-the public will not have it. 1t will
not payl Our company is at present at work
in several of the cities in the State, establish
ing plants and lighting stations, being the
commencement of our plan for introducing
our system into every city and town in the
State, large enough to require it. Our plant
in this city but two months established is to-
day running with margin of profits far be-
yond the expectations of our directors, and
to any of our stockholders or others in
terested in the affairs of our company we
shall be pleased to show that we are earn
ing a percentage of profit rarely produced
from any legitimate business in this commute
tv. In regard to "Incandescent Lighting" it
is our opinion that there is no system yet in
use SO perfected that it can be produced with
sufficient economy to warrant its introduction
here. Mr.. Edison is undoubtedly nearer per-
lection with his system than any other In
fact, bis is the only system meeting with any
degree OF success in this country, but the ex-
nense is still much too great to induce general
use. As soon as incandescent lights can be
produced at cost, at which they will enter
into general use, We shall introduce them in
connection with our present system.
Very respectfully,
GEORGE A. THOMAS,
FRANKLIN j. ROLLINS,
DAVIS w. COOLIDGE,
WILLIAM r. WooD
ELIAS THOMAS,
CLARENCE HALE,
CHARLES r. MILLfKEN,
Directors of the Consolidated Electric Light
Company of Maine.
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-15
Coyetousness in Disguise

The wonderful success Of James Pyle's
Pearline has given rise to food OF limitations
with an zine" to their names, evidently to
have them sound like Pearline. Enterprises
of this sort are quite liable to be more selfish
than beneficial
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-15

for next Sunday:
Joshua K, 70: "And He said in the sight of
Israel, sun stand thou still upon Gideon; and
thou moon in the valley of Ajalon. And the
sun stood still, and the moon stayed until the
people had avenged themselves upon their
enemies
Isaiah xxxviii, s: Cor a sign) "Behold I
will bring again the shadow of the degrees,
which has gone down in the snn~dia, of Ahaz,
ten degrees backward; so the sun returned ten
degrees, by which degre es it had gone down."
II Kings Xxx, IL. This text is virtually the
same az the one from Isaiah
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-15

AND In accordance with law. and an order of the
sad stock as may be necessary to pay the delinquent
assessment thereon together with the incidental
OF Clarence Hale, SO Exchange street, Portland on
the 10th of Nov, A. D. 1883, at IL o'clock a.
NJ, unless payment be made before the day of SALE
noVl bd6t G. f. HOLLIS, Treasurer
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-15

THE balance of the Morrill, stock of hats,
caps, gloves. ETC., together with the fixtures,
safe, show cases, mirrors stoves, ETC., will be
sold to-day, at 2.3O p. M, at the store under
Falmouth Hotel.
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-15

IMPORTANT assignee's sale of Oxnard prop
four stores, with tenements overhead, situated
on two OF the principal streets. As this sale
is positive, it will be one Of the best opportu-
mites for investment offered for some time.
See auction column
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-15
THURSDAY, NOV. is,

We shall offer 25 dozen Ladies' Extra Heavy
MerinO UndervestS and Pants in all sizes at III
cents each. These are the same quality that we
sold so many of last season at $1.OO, but wish
ing TO make room for a new line we have made
the above low price to close them out at once.
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-15

NOTICE.
FEiHERE are delinquent upon the following de.
Il scribed stock on account of assessment no D,
levied BY the directors, Sept. 90 '83 the several
amounts set opposite the names of the respective
Shareholders, follows
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-15
The Health Lift,

Read what DIR. Ludwig Gays of the Health
Lift exercises "po person engaged in seden-
tary pursuits, the constant use of the Health
Lift will prove great blessing. Unlike all
other physical exercises, it does moi exagger-
ate the strength of one part of the body at the
expense of the other parts, but it brings every
muscle into prompt service at the same nc
ment, causing healthy action and renewed
and lively circulation of the blood. OF its
merits can speak from personal experience,
having practiced on the Health Lift about
eight months. Commencing with lifting 1870
pounds, which was a full lift for me at that
time, at the end of the eight months 1 could
lift $40 pounds with as much ease as I could
the $50 lbs. at the commencement. cheer
fully recommend the use of the Health Lift.
Mann's Reaetionary Litter is the only reliable
machine for exercise
GARDNER LUDWIG, NJ. d.
Health Lift Room, 1919 Middle street, Port
land, Me. diff
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-15
DireCtOrss

PAYSON TUCKER, 6en'l Manager Eas.
tern Maine Central r. RS.
GLASS; DRILL, OF the firm OF Burn
ham & morrill,.
w. J.. KING, OF the firm OF Geo. w. True
& Co.
W: 5; EATON, Gen'l Fit. Agt. Maine Cen.
trail r. Il. ~
CLARK Il. BARKER, Of the firm Of Geo.
W. True & Co.
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-15

NEW ADVERTISEMENT.
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-15
SfaadarG Time.
The following texts have been recommended
for uaxf Sunday.

SOLOMON T. coRsER, Senior Ward
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-15

Health Lift Room, 1919 Middle street, Port
land Me- diff
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-06
He Wasn't Her Pa

A young lady went to the depot to meet
her father. As the train came in she saw q
middle aged man who resembled her paren-
tai relative, and she rushed into his arms,
huddled down in his bosom, kissed him in
the mouth, on the ear, on the cheek, on the
chin, on the eyes, and nearly everywhere
else. It was not her father, but it was a
middle.aged drummer for a tobacco house.
H took long breath and looked around at
some other drummers and winked, as much
as to say, "Oh, I'm such dukel' Of course
the scene could not last always, though he
wished it could. After an unusually able.
bodied hug, she looked up in the drummer's
face and said: "Why, you amt my pa"
He said probably she was right, as he had
only been on that route about eleven years.
She ked his pardon, and he told her not
to mention it. eve public men should al
ways hold ourselves in readiness to hold up
those who are weak"
She smiled a sweet, sad, blushing smile
and went out into the world, and the drum.
ner WAlkeu W tne noIel Win Ine oIuef vi Tun'
mers, twenty kisses md six hugs ahead #
the game. They asked him if it didn't make
him teel ashamed to have such mistake
made, and he said no, it was all right. He
said of course it might look queer, but those
things occurred very often with him, as they
would occur with any fine looking man.
Then they asked him why he didn't wear his
diamond pin on such trying occasions. be
looked at his shirt front, and the pin was
gone. While he had been allowing her to
chew around his face, she had stolen his pin.
The drummer tainted, and when they brought
him to, he said: "TelI my family died
with my face toward the foe"
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-06
The Drnnkard's Daughter.

Out in the street, with naked feet,
1 saw the drunkard's daughter
Her tattered shawl was thin and small,
She. little knew, for no one taught her.
Her skin was fair, her auburn hair
4 Was blown about her pretty forehead;
Her sad, white face wore sorrows trace,
And want and woe were not borrowed.
Heartbroken child she seldom smiled,
Hope promised her no bright tomorrow; !;
Or If its light flashed on her night,
Then up came darker clouds of sorrow.
She softly said, owe have no bread,
No wood to keep our fire burning"
The child was ill; the winds so chill
Her thin cold blood to iee was turning
But men well fed and warmly clad,
And ladies robed in richest fashion,
Passed on the side where 20 one cried
To them for pity and compassion.
That long night fed, and then the light
OF rosy day in beauty shining,
Set dome and spire and roof on fire,
And shone on one beyond repining.
Asleep-alone-as cold as stone,
Where no dear parent sought her;
In winding sheet of snow and sleet
Was found the drunkard's HfelesS daughte
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-06

A sad warning to lovers is conveyed in a
little paragraph from Vienna. She was a
pretty girl of II, with such a sweet little
pink ear that he, when he came to see her,
could not resist kissing it. He gave it a
good, strong German kiss, of course-and
from that moment she was deaf. She told
her trouble timidly to the surgeon at the
hospital and the surgeon tenderly examining
the organ, found that the lovers kiss had
really ruptured the drum of the ear. The
moral of this sad tale is obvious. A young
woman should never allow herself to be
kissed upon the ear. Even if the lover smoke
cigarettes, as young men in Vienna often do,
it is better to let him plant his kisses right
upon the lips. That is much more satisfac.
tory to all parties than kissing the ears and
is not likely to result ia deafness.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-06
DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, JANUARY g. 1883.

swell / guess, his ankle got sprained with
all the rest. You see my chum and me went
bobbi8g, and pa said he supposed he used to
be the greatest bohber, when he was a boy,
that ever was. He said he used to slide down
hill that was sleeper than shurch steeple
We asked him to 60 with US, and we went to
the street that goes down by the depot, and
we had two sleGs hitched together, and there
were MORN hundred boys, and pa wanted
to steer, and he got on the front sled, and
when he got half way down the sled slowed
and my chum and me got off all right .bat pa
got shut up between two sleds. and the. other
boys behind they all run over pa and one
sled runner caught him in the trowsers leg,
and dragged him over the slippery ice clear
to the bottom, and the whole lay out run into
the street car, and the mules got wild and
kicked, and pas suspenders broke, and when
my+chum, and me got down there pa was
under the car, and the boys boots were 10
pas shirt bosom, and another boy was
sstrsddle>of pas neck, and the3ctowd rushed
up from the depot and got pa cut and he
began to yell fire. and police. and he
kicked at boy that was trying to- get his
sled out of the small of pas back, and q
policeman came along and pushed pa and
said, go away from here, ye ovid diyil, and
let the b'ys enjoy themselves aud >he was
going to arrest pa, when me and my chum
told him we would take pa home. Pa said
the hill was not steep enough for him, or be
wouldn't have fell off. He is offul stiff day,
but he says he will go skating with us next
week, aud show us how to skate. Pa means
well, but he dom realize that he is getting
stiff and can't be as kitteny as he used to be
Heis very kind to me. If had some fathers
| would have been broken-backed, dis
figured angel long ago. Don't you think
SOP"
the groceryman said he was sure of it, and
the boy got out with his boDeless raisins, and
a pocket full of lump sugara.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-06
Hanging the Wrong Man.

You see William Bowers was as
much to blame as any of us, and being
he was the man who was hung, he
ought to have entered into particulars
to further extent than he did.
shall always blame him that he
didn't.
William was placid. I knew him
for three years, and only three times
did | know of his countenance under
going change for even a second.
Once he met a grizzly face to face,
and that placid expression gave way
to look of surprise and interest. He
was pursued on another occasion by
twenty-four Indians, and his counte-
nance expressed homesickness. The
third change is what I am going to
tell you about.
There had been good deal of rob-
bing and killing around the camp that
summer and somehow it had been
impossible to lay hand on one of the
perpetrators The men had become
rolled and desperate, and it was gener-
ally understood that the first offender
who fell into our clutches would step
off the head of a barrel to be; brought
up suddenly by rope and limb.
Zone day when some of the boys
were. returning from Pot Luck creek
with flour and pork, theyacame upon
the placid William Bowers in bad
situation. He was bending over a
man named Powers, who had been
settled by thrust of a bowie, and his
hands were bloody.
., The placid William was nabbed.
What did he do? Nothing at all.
What did he say? Why when the
boys laid hands on him he quietly
remarked that he discovered the body
only five minutes before, and was
inspecting it in hopes to discover signs
of life.
Too thin. :
And too placid to fit that crowd. 4
The camp didn' waste any valuable
time over Williams case. Within the
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-06
: The Corporations.

Spreading over the country's highways,
Over the common roads and byways,
Mighty spiders their threads are spinning,
Manifold, gluttOns, strong and winning
Piles to add to the aggregations
Forming the heaped-up wealth of the nation'
Corporations.
Daily the stocks are flooded with water,
Daily the lambs are led to the slaughter;
Higher or lower though values be quoted,
Still the spiders grow big and bloated,
Drawing from all Of us plentiful rations,
Such as may feed and falten the nations
Corporations.
Vain the assaults of competition,
StoEming capitals strong position;
Still are the men'of lengthy purses
Deaf to the peoples cries and curses;
Theirs but to add to the aggravatiOns
Heaped up high and low by the nations
Corporations.
State and national legislators, :
Yearly and daily turning traitors
Work in their corporations traces;
Men who are holding highest places,
Basely and meanly degrade their stations,
Packing the courts to please the nations
Corporations.
Still the spiders their webs are weaving,
Strong for subduing, deft at deceiving;
Still they will add accumulatiOns;
Still they will add up aggravations-
Yes, till the people, out of patience,
Turning at last, shall rend the nations
Corporations.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-06

There is no little talk just now about Iegis.
lation concerning railroad transportation, and
not few were the fellows elected last fall,
who were pledged to the dear people to work
for such legislation. Bat now that the elec.
ton is over, and the successful candidates are
heeled with annual passes upon every rail.
road over which he is liable to ride, the out
look is anything but fatteriDg. However,
this condition Of things is not generally
known to the masses, aud when the present
term expires, these sharpers will return to
the bosom of their constituency, and abuse
the railroads for another election, and get
there too essy.-Exchange. "A
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-06
The Lime Kiln Club on Ben Butler.

From the Detroit Free Press.
AT the last meeting Of the 1.-The Kilp Club
Prof. Gaboon Martin offered the following
resolution:
Resolved, Datdis Lime Kiln Club does
indorse Benjamin F. Butler. Governor elect
of Massachusetts"
Samuel Shin favored the resolution, and.
was getting his voice ready for a speech when
the president said; In .sa'
ut am too soon. De time TO endorse
Gub'ner am arter his term has expired, in.
s'eEd of befo' itam begun. DE moas dat dis
club can do at de present time am to express
de hope dat Benjamin win make a better
Gub'uer than he did Gineral'. ta& -
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-06
Job Work.

We are prepared to do all kinds of job
work in the highest style of the art, at
reasonable figures. Understand, any
kind of job work. If you are needing
anything, call on us, $40 Larimer street,
over @. Frick's shoe store. =
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-06

Men who are troubled with the rush Of
blood to the head, are not, as general thing,
able to prove but there is more room for it.
there than elsewhere.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-06

placed in sight of all. Circumstances
were against the prisoner, but there
were some things we forgot William
had been a quiet, honest, civil resident
of Diamond Gulch. He had never
been known to carry a bowie knife:
He had been down the trail to wash
some shirts, and had discovered the
body on his return. He scarcely
knew the murdered man by sight, and
could therefore have had no grudge
against him. The victim had little or
no money, while the accused had the
biggest pile of any man in the camp.
But the placid William should have
kicked.
Which he didn't do worth a cent
He pleaded not guilty in a careless,
indifferent emanner, as if the result
was of no particular consequence to
him. He told about going to wash his
shirts, and Of the finding of the body,
but there was nothing anxious about
him.
IF you believe me, let me ge; if you
don't believe me, bring on the rope! i"
That was the sum and substance Of
his defense, and it was bad for William
When it was too late we saw where
he could have proved his record clear,
if he had tried to, but we had sent
him to answer before the highest
court of all.
Well, the court could scarcely fail to
convict under the circumstances and
in less than an hour it became the
painful duty of the judge to arise and
remark: William, you have been
found guilty Of murder. Does it make
any great difference to you whether
yon are hung this afternoon or to-mor-
row? Weather's liable to change, you
know, and we may not have such an
afternoon agin for week"
The placid William replied that he
would be ready in half an hour, and he
was.
He went to his shanty, accompanied
by Col. Smith, and when he had dis
posed Of his effects and written letter
to friends in the East, he walked cody
to the gallOws tree, mounted the barrel,
and never winked an eye when the
moose was slipped over his head.
Then came painful pause.
William was about to be launched
into the great unknown.
1t tia serious thing to kick a barrel
from under the feet of a fellow man
and let a rope catch and choke him to
death We felt it SO, and when the
panse came we could hear each others
hard breathing.
civilian Bovers," solemnly re-
marked the judge, you are about to
hangW
EYES," calmly replied the prisoner.
and now once more l ask you if
you are guilty of the awful crimeW
NO." was the equally calm reply.
But he had been tried, convicted
and sentenced, and the sentence must
be carried out. 1t was when the man
advanced to pull away the barrel that
Williams countenance lost it's placid
ity. For five seconds he seemed a
stranger to us all. A white shadow.
crossed his face, a look Of fear crept
into his eyes and his jaw fell.
Then placid William was himself
again. He braced right up, shut his
teeth hard and he died with a cOunte-
nance as unreadable as a stone.
A week afterwards a robber who was
fired on and fatally wounded, confessed
that he was guilty of the murder for
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-06

A week afterwards robber who was
fired on and fatally wounded, confessed
that he was guilty of the murder for
which William Bowers had been
hung. That was nice mess for US,
and there were many solemn faces as
we gathered around the judge and
asked him what could be done about
it.
''WaIl, reckon we'd better have an
inquest, if thar be no objections, " was
the reply, and we had none.
I'VE viewed the rope, the barrel, the
tree and the grave, and the verdict
was; Hung the wrong man and
sorry for it."
But placid William was half to
blame. He should have seriously
objected to being hung.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-06

Too thin. :.
And too placid to fit that crowd.
The camp didn It waste any valuable
time over Williams case. Within the
Smyrna times., 1883-08-01
MARYLAND Items.

,r The annual pony penning takes place on
OhlAeoteague Island, Monday, August 9th,
and on Assoteague, Tuesday, August 7th.
Rats last week at Crisfeld, ate up two
small pigs and a 12-pound sea turtle and
chased of all the cats on j. B. Blizzard S
place
. The fruit Of several peach orchards in
SaSsalras Neck, has been sold to Gamers
ior ~; hity cents II basket, the growers to de-
aver 1t on the steamboat wharf.
Wye Camp.-This camp commenced
Yesterday, Y: and is the only one in EastOn
District and will continue until next Fri
Ipsy week; The camp will be in charge OF
ncv' l. Terry, pastor in charge. sup
POr'ed by an efficient board Of managers
we wlhe Kent County Agricultural Fair al
9 m99rt0n, Is To be held September 18th, 18th
th +I'u 10th: The trials Of speed will be on
sns ae 1Gst 6d day of 2 Is class purse 500. and
,Ja "'O Glass, purse 500; second day, 2.jl
S'Sss. SSs purse $50. colt race, purse $50, anC
n1os, rSo elsSs, purse $500; third day, 8 90 class
r$.Se w;.h SlJO wagon race for Peninsula horse
ssoo ss'eoout record, so, and 2.24 class, purs,
-C'iesfertolon Transcript.