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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-12-05
WE YORK-RIVER LINE

l'hE YORK-RIVER LINE
10
BAL TINORf
Steamers eta this line leave Wp-i Doini q.
Baltimore tuesdays, Thursdays, and saturday.
only
Straight tickets 70 Baltimore .............. %
LEAVE
GIClIMOSn tRlCuMOND AND DANN u.IE
RAILROAD YlRGlNIA--1kLFI BEPOU
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY
AT 2.4j T.. ~
ARRIVE
AT BALTIMORE At ssh 4 ".
connecting with carly trnus N0rth ami West.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-12-05

Al regular passenger trains stop NJ Bon Air.
PULLMAN-CAR SERVICE
on Tram 6O-.Ncw York aud Allarta ca Wash.
ington aud Dlnyille.
o. Train 52-liIchmond anj Dlnviii, and
Washington spd Augusta, Charlotte aud Mont
gOmCry.
Tickets sold 20 all points south, sontnaa,t ana
southwest, and baggage checked through.
NcIay -over checks given on local tickots
VI. SLAUGHTER
General Passenger Agrlt
SOL HAAS, Trafiic Manager.
A. l.. RIYES, General blanaRc nO1-
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-12-05
DEPARTURES OF STEAMERS.

ONLY ONE DOLLAR LII.
" TO 4f3kaE
VIEWPOINTS NEWS, NORFOLK, AND PORTS.
MOUTH.
ONLY $3.50 TO OLD POINT.
ONLY " TO WASHINGTON, DC
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-12-05

A TLANTIC-CUAST LINE.
RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG RAILROAD
TIMETABLE,
IN EFFECT NOVEMBER , =. 1883. At 3 A. NJ
EASTERN STANDARD TIME.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-25
New York Stock Marker.
Maine Personals.

Rev. H. A. Wales of Biddeford, has re.
ceived a call from church in Lincoln, Neb.,
according to the Times. He has the matter
under consideration, and if he does not con-
clude to accept, he will enter as partner in
in Law firm there.
George Donworth. Esq, has located in
Fort Fairfield where he will engage in the
practice of the law. Mr.. Donworth is a
brother of Hon. John Donworth of Houlton.
Among the passengers on the Allan steam
er Circassian, which left for Liverpool last
Thursday, were Mr.. and Mrs. George L.
Tracy. Mrs. Tracy was formerly Miss Ag-
ness Walker of East Poland. this State, and
both are well known in musical circles. They
will remain in Europe about year.
George ]. Hanson, a member of the board
of management of the Portland Young Mems
Christian Association, recently employed at
the Mercantile Agency, died at his home at
Libby's Corner, Tuesday, after a lingering
and painful illness of consumption.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-25
A HEAVY BODY OF SNOW.
A House and Eleven Men Swept Away
by an Avalanche.

OURAY, Col, Dec. "a.
News has been received in Ourav of hor-
rible accident at the Virginius mine which
occurred last Friday, and owing to the stormy
weather, which was more severe than has
been known for years, the messenger could
not reach Ouray sooner, though the distance
is only seven miles. The Virginius mine is
owned by the Carolina Mining COMPANY of
Boston. 1t employs SO men and is situated
above the timber line at the foot of Suefies
Range.
Friday afternoon q huge mass of snow
started from the top of the range and swelled
into an avail anche. As it descended il struck
the building used as q boarding house. where
eleven men were resting and swept it COM
pietely away, crushing and burying the men
fifteen or twenty feet under the snow among
the rocks and timber. The avalanche for.
tunately missed the engine house.
After the noise and confusion had subsidized
the other miners, who were hoisted from the
shaft, started in search of their comrades.
Five were taken out alive hut badly crushed.
and may die. Six others we're found dead.
The report received from the mountain
towns state that there has been an unusual
snow fall, it being from four to six feet on =
level. The warm weather of the past few
days 10 the cause of the snow slides, which
are Of common occurrence late in the spring.
but nor looked for At this season of the wear.
Other accounts of equally calamitious char-
acter may be anticipated a. soon ~ messen-
gers can make their way from interior Sec
tons.
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MARINE NEWS.
At Anchor in a Heavy Sea.

RYE BEACH SAVING STATION, N. H., Dec. "a.
Schooner Rockaway, Capt. Kingsbury, of
Bath, Maine. brick laden from York, an
chored off Concord Point in q heavy sea.
The crew of the United States life saving
station were unsuccessful in their first at
tempt to launch the life boat, which was
then mounted on sled and hauled to Rye
Harbor, Me, one mile distant. After hard
pull against wind and tide. and amid danger
Gus shoals in tremendous sea, those on
board the schooner, consisting of the captain /.
his wife and son, were taken of and safely
landed and cared for at the station. They
suffered greatly from cold. The vessel was
left at anchor leaking somewhat.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-25
General News.

Yale College now has 1902 students.
There are q, 900 blind persons in France
Who live in psuperism and mendicty. in con-
sequence of the scarcity of charitable insti-
tutions for the blind.
1.-The idea is very widespread in the East, I"
says q correspondent of the Boston Tran
script. writing from Glendive. Montana, that
the cold 10 so intense that life is very uncom-
table out here, and that it is almost impossi-
Bile for cattle to survive out on the plains
without shelter. Well, this is wrong for two
reasons, as far a. my experience goes. In
the first place the air is so extremely dry,
and there 10 such an absence of wind, that
at hfteen degrees below zero have hunted
all day, and at ten below have ridden horse
back without experiencing any more dis
comfort than during ordinary winter weather
in New England. Then, again, these cold
spells rarely last longer than three DAYS. At
the expiration of that time a warm wind,
called chinook, blows in from the Pacific
coast, completely celebrating all trace of
snow that may have fallen, aud making the
weather as mild a. on May morning. Dur
ing these 'chinooks,' which last from three to
Eve days, the mercury stands between so and
60 degrees above zero, having jumped to that
point from 10 to 20 degrees below in "a
hours"
RnhsS AuuSt>Vue HuttokEapuS SEt
having q wider sale in London, it is said.
than those of any other actress, English or
foreign, who has played in that city. and
they are to be seen in almost every imssin-
able costume and attitude. So many sittings
have seriously encrosched upou the time she
wishes to devote to other things. But"
says she, what am to dor come down to
breakfast and find beautiful bouquet waiting
for me. BY its side lies a dainty little note
from an enterprisine photographer, which
reads thus: Madsm-Every day we have end
less inquiries for your photograph. We have
of course, to send our customers away with
out being able to satisfy their demands Could
you sit to oar artist? We should be very CRATE
full to TO you, ect..' and it generally ends in
my compliance" But Miss Anderson doesn't
sit once for each attitude. Oh no. She makes
them take her in q dozen positions at time.
That Is to say.she has them arrange dozen
cameras and operators in almost a semi-circle,
and then she sits down or stands in the centre,
and 10 photographed from a dozen different
points Of view simultaneously. But when
particularly elaborate work is to be done. she
makes the photographer bring his apparatus
% her own drawiag-room, and take her pict-
IRE there.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-25

FARxrsGTox, Dec. "a.
Saturday and Sunday brought bitter wealth
er to Pennington. the coolest even the Oldest
inhabitant has seen this season, if not any
other. In twenty-four hours the mercury
took drop downward of 80 degrees, falling
from IL above to &c below. Today . heavy
snow storm set in.
DAsvILLE JUNCTION, Dec. "a.
The mercury here registered 20 below Sun
day morning.
richmond, Dec. "a.
Sunday morning the mercury dropped to
the lowest point it has registered here for q
long time-l6 to u degrees below. Monday
morning it registered below.
The pipe from the river to the shoe factory
through which the factory boilers are sup
piled, was frozen solid. The factory was
shut down in consequence. 1t will be nee
essary to dig up the pipe.
MECHANIC FALLS, Dec. "a.
The mercury was % degrees below zero at
this place Sunday morning.
BATH, Dec. "a.
The mercury registered 22 degrees below
zero here Sunday morning. This morning
was milder.
WATERvILLE, Dec. "a.
Twenty-four degrees below zero here Sun
day morning, and two below this forenoon.
SKowHEGAS, Dec. "a.
Sunday morning was not SO cold here as
had previously been experienced.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-25

New ALBANY, Ind, Dec. "a.
The bridge over the Blue River, on the
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago railroad,
about . mile and half south Of Salem. was
washed away this forenoon and q south bound
train ran into the washout, killing Baggage
master Sanford, Dora Eddings of Lafayette
and five other passengers. John Vaughan,
engineer, his fireman and eight passengers
we're woanded.
The train consisted of . baggage car. tive
coaches and one sleeper. A special train
With assistance left Louisville about ll.30
A. NJ. for the wreck.
Among the killed was Jacob Hel6ech, the
father of the master car builder of the Louis
Vile, New Albany & Chicago railroad.
LATER-Additiona details have been OBJ
tanned relative to the railroad accident this
morning near Salem. The train was running
At the rate of forty miles an hour when it
reached the bridge, the abutments of which
had been undermined by the swollen stream.
The locomotive crossed safely, but the bag
gage and mail cars, the express car and gen
clemens car plunged into the stream. The
ladies' and buffet car remained on the track.
The portion of the train not submerged
caught FIRE, and in less than half an hour the
whole train was consumed. John Vaughan,
engineer, of this city, was so seriously in
jured that he cannot live. Chas. Sanford,
baggage master. of this city, was wedged
into his car BY the baggage and drowned.
Jacob Helfriech, aged 20, q German minister
Of this city. was burned to death. A passen-
ger from Quincy, Ills, who got on at Salem,
and two others from Chicago who were going
to Louisville to work, are among the missing.
Four unacceptable bodies have been taken
from the wreck. Miss Dora Eddings, who
was reported killed, is safe. The wounded
were taken to hotels, but their names could
not be ascertained. Two others are believed
to be fatally injured. The loss to the COM
pany is estimated at $4,000.
CINCINNATI, Dec. "a.
The rain ceased during the night but the
Ohio river is rising rapidly today. The Lick
ing river began to rise early this morning.
Steamer Champion, with q fleet of eight or
nine coal bsrges, broke from her moorings
in the Licking and was swept down the river.
The steamer had no steam up and was helped
by another steamer which went in pursuit Of
her. She has not been heard from. Much
additional loss from flooded cellers and brok-
en- roofs is reported today.
Steamer Champion has been caught, to-
gether with q number of the lost barges. One
man is missing.
All freight trains on the Louisville &
Nashville railroad are stopped by the snow and
no passenger trains from the South had
reached Newport up to 10 O'Clock tonight.
LITTLE MIAMI, Ohio, Dec. "a.
The Oak street tunnel of the Cincinnati
Northern railroad has caved in and all trains
have been stopped. The river 10 rising q
foot an hour.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-25

Open your eyes and not your mouth when
making up your mind what kind of cough
medicine you are going to take if you don't
wish to make opium eaters of your wives and
children. Stop pouring down ell kinds OF
cough remedies, xnd use Jadwin's Pine Tar
Syrup. Sold by Allen & Co., Augusta.
dec24t&wlm
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MARINE DISASTER.
Loss Of Life and Property bv the Ground.
ing of Two Barges.

BRIDGEPORT. Conn.,, Dec. "a.
The bsrges Maine and Daisy, in tow of the
steamer Gladwish, bound for New York,
struck on the rocks off Stratford Shoal this
forenoon. The Daisy sank. and Charles
Davis, one of the crew, Was drowned. The
Maine drifted ashore and was picked up this
afternoon and brought here by the steamer
Monswautuck of the Port jefferson Line. J.
Coffee, of Brooklyn, on board the Daisy,
was thrown on the rocks and badly injured,
but succeeded in reaching the shore. The
boats were empty and on the way to New
York from Providence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-25
SPECIAL BULLETIN.
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.

Toronto is providing tor the needs for pau
per immigrants.
Eight persons were injured by a collision
on the rail near Fort Wayne, Indiana, Mon.
day morning.
The Monongahela river is rising rapidly
and Pittsburg, Pa, fears flood.
Chas. Harvey of Petersburg, Ind. who muir.
dered Henry Cooten, Jr. last Friday night,
was taken from the Jail Sunday morning and
hanged to a tree.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-25
Ashore on Great Brewster.

BosToN, Mass, Dec. "a.
Schooner Essex, from Yarmouth, Me-, is
ashore on Great Brewster, off Boston light.
Her sails are blown away and it is thought
she has bilged. She has cargo of hay.
Capt. Baker and the wrecking crew got to
her this evening. The crew had landed on
Great Brewster.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-25
NEW YORK BLOCkADED.
Mails Behind Time-Travel Impeded in
the Streets.

NEW YORK, Dec. "a.
Travel is greatly delayed in the city today
by seven inches of snow which fell last night
The streets. especially down town, are so
deep with snow that trucks and drays find it
a hard job to get through, Notwithstanding
this condition of affairs, many people are out
shopping. Mails are way behind time. Post
office authorities stated at noon that no mails
had arrived today except the Pittsburg mail,
which was due at 10 o'clock last night and
did not get here until $50 this morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-25
DEATH.
One of BangOr's Esteemed Citizens Dies
After a Brief Illness.

BANGOR, Dec. "a.
Lemuel Bradford, highly respected citi-
zen, died here this morning, after brief ILL
ness. He was many years engaged in sail
making and had been largely engaged in
navigation. He had been a member of the
city government, and at one time President
Of the Eastern Insurance Co. His age was
20 years and months. He came from Salem,
Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-25
Proposals..
EASTERN BRANCH, N. H. d. v. s.,
Touua No Doc N 1862

EASTERN BRANCH, N. H. d. v. s.,
Togus. Me-, Dec. 20. 1883,
Proposals for furnishing the Eastern Branch, N
H. d. " S., during the six months ending seth June
1884, with five hundred $500 barrels of Ne. flour,
and three hundred (S00) barrels of No. flour
more or less, TO be delivered at the Home. sample
OF each quality OF the iout with q copy of the
advertisement must accompany the proposals.
The Home reserves the right to reject any or al
bids.
Proposals in sealed envelopes marked "Proposals
for Flour" will be received at the office Of the under
signed until noon of the goth Dec 1858.
ANDREW j. SMITH, Treasurer.
Approved: LUTHER STEPHENSON, JR.. Gov.
dec22d5t
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nucklen,, Arn,o. salve.

The BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Burns, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill.
blains, Corns. and all Skin Eruptions, and
positively cures Piles, or no pay required.
1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by Fuller Drug Store, F. 9. Kins-
man Co. decld&wly
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ALL DROWNED.
A Family of Five Drowned in Crossing
Creek.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Dec. "a.
A private letter received today from Logan
county, gives the particulars of melancholy
accident which occurred near Paris last Thurs-
day. A family named Gray, said to be from
Illinois consisting Of man, wife and child
and two middle aged ladies, were moving
into Arkansas. They were in a covered
wagon. and in attempting to cross Petite
Jean creek they we're drowned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-25
President
President Arthur Buying CHRISTMAS
Presents.
Nrv Yopx Dec /.

New YoRK, Dec "a.
President Arthur breakfasted at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel this morning with Hon. J. C.
Reed and Chas. E. Miller. He spent the day
In shopping snd this evening will dine at the
hotel With Mr.. Miller and Surrogate Rollins.
At midnight he will leave for Washington
on the Pennsylvania railroad in President
Roberts private psrlor car, and will return
here Thursday or Friday next, to take his
sister back to Washington to spend New
Years day there. The President had but
few visitors TODAY.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-25
THE WRONG MAN.
A Prominent Lawyer in Attempting t.
Shoot one Man Fatally Wounds
Another.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. "a.
At Richmond this evening Henry W. John
son, prominent criminal lawyer, in attempt
ing to shoot one of the firm of Banner Bros
shot Policeman Wartenberg, inflicting posi-
bly, fatal wound, and was himself shot in
the head by some unknown person. The
shooting was the result Of law suit between
Banner Bros. and one, Vaughan, for whom
johnson was attorney.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-25
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
A Shooting ARRAY Terminates ia.
tally.

ST.. Louis, Mo-, Dec. "a.
ID. c. Gibson, a contractor, tonight attack
ed John Burlington at their boarding house
with revolver. The first shot struck Arthur
Mulholland, and the second and third struck
Burlington. Gibson then fred into his own
brain. Gibson and Burlington are believed
to be mortally wounded, but Mulholland not
dangerously. Gibson had quarrelled with
his wife, who 10 the mother Of Buffington's
wife and of MuIholland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-25

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Dec. "a.
While cage containg 20 convict laborers
was descending a shaft in the Pratt mines
this morning the engine became manageable
for q moment and the cage fell to the bot
tom. distance of 2O4 feet, and rebounded
60 feet Most of the men fell out. One of
them, Joseph Phelan, colored, was killed.
and 10 injured, two seriously. Two men
were whites and the others coored.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-25
Chicago Produce Market.

CHICAGO, Dec. "a.
FLOUR-dull.
WHEAT - higher; Nc. Chicago Spring, asI
Dec. OF.
CORN : higher at 81 Ia GIL cash bid; 6l4 a Oh
Dec.
OATs-higher 34i cash; 34f Dec.
RYE-quIet; 60.
BARLEY-dull IS.
PoRK-atl4 GOA IA 12l for cash and IA so a o2s
Dec.
Dec.
BULK MEAT-Shoulders. 6 Is; Short rib, 7b5;
Shortclear. rs.
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The HAGuE, Dec. "a.

The HAGUE, Dec. "a.
A married woman named Van Dcrlinden
has been arrested at Leyden, who confessed
to having murdered in the last few years Is
persons Her victims were nearly all mem
bers of her own family. She insured their
lives first and received the insurance money
after their death. 1t is supposed she poi
soned five of her own children.
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PICKED UP AT SEA
After Five Days Upon a Raft Without
Food or Water.

Cork, Dec. "a.
The British bark Helena FinlaysoD Baker,
from New York, Nov. 20, has arrived here.
She rescued at sea from . raft Capt. Balm
five men of the British ship Regina, which
sailed from Philadelphia Nov. l6, for Lon
don, and went to pieces in the gale of Dec.
4tk The rescued men had been upon the
raft five days without food or water.
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OBITUARY..
Death of a Well known Attorney.

WAsHISGroN, ID. c., Dec. "a.
Mr.. Edwin Chase Ingersoll a we'll known
member of the bar of the District, died to-
day. Mr.. Ingersoll was born at Bangor,
Me-, April 2, 1913, and was a son of the late
Hon. G. W. Ingersoll, attorney general of
the State of Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-25

1 have taken Swift's Specific Is. s. s. for
Rheumatism, and found perfect relief II Is
the best tonic and Blood Remedy known to
science. D. p. HILL,
Attorney at Law, Atlanta, Ga
dec4d&w1w
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c. 1. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass, apothe.
carries, proprietors of Hoods Sarsaparilla,
write, 1--WE have sold Adamson's Cough Bal
sam for many years with great satisfaction"
decI5+&w1w
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A Triple Murder in North Carolina.

RALEIGH, N. c., Dec. "a.
A triple murder was committed this morn
ing at Chatham Church, six miles from Mon
cure. The victims we're Mrs. Olive Gunter,
so years old, her daughter and granddaugh-
ter. Each was strHek seveeal blows with an
axe. No clue 70 the murderer.
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A VICTIM OF DRINK.
A Maine Man Found Dead in Boston.
BosroN, Mass, Dec. %.

BosroN, Mass, Dec. "a.
Charles Hadley, IS years of age, was found
dead in house on Fleet Street, evidently
from the excessive use of liquor. From a
letter in his pocket signed Thomas Hadley,
Lewiston, Maine" it is supposed he belonged
in that city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-25

IRKUTsK, Dec. "a
Lieuts. HARDER and Schulze started for
St. Petersburg on Friday with the bodies of
DeLong, DR.. Amber and Mr.. Collins. The
cofins were fairly buried in flowers and
wreaths. Crowds of people witnessed the
departure.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-25

The weak. worn, and dyspeptic should take
Colden's Liquid Beef Tonic. No other. VI
druggists.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-25
s.over enc Hills 10 che Poor Hou.en

A person with impaired or impoverished
blood is on the road to physical bankruptcy
Burdock Blood Bitters strengthen and en-
rich the circulation, repair the tissues, and
build up the entire system. dec25t&wlw2p
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Schooner Ashore in Boston HarbOr.

BosToN, Mass, Dec. "a.
Schooner Dolphin, Young, Calais for Cam
bridgeport, with lumber, went ashore on
Dives Back, Boston harbor. Sunday, and
was towed to Bitt"s Island today, where she
lies flied with water and badly ice-bound.