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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-12-19
stock Market.
New York Stock and Money Market.

[By Telegraph)
NEW YORK, Dec. 1S.-Money easy at 11a@212
on eall prime mercantile paper at 5 1914. Ex-
change IL trim at 482 tor long and 48434 for short.
Governments are strong and higher. State bonds are
dnll. Railroad bonds are firm. Stocks closed weak.
The transactions at the Stock Exchange aggreat
cd 346 500 shares
The following are to-dsy's closing quotations On
Government Securities:
United Stafea bonds "a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 1O1As
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Portland Daily Wholesale Market.
PORTLAND. Dec. II.
The following are to-day's closing quotations of
Flour. Grain. Provisions. Sc.
Flour. Grain.
ssperfne and iR.MCorn, car lots 7s
low grades. g 5044 so Mix Corn, car lots l75
Spring and Corn, bag lots. CTS
Xxx Spring. 3 Dogs 90 Oats, car lots .42@43
whests IT 5o9s 90 Meal .......72
ter straights5 1906 70 0ottonseed, bag iotss0 90
Do roller. 6 25@6 90 SackedBran car lot.
ter straight ooae 25 do bag lots. -. rs 90 90
Do roller. 80 60G6 rs Mids. car lots.
Winter Wheat S241S@25H
atents...... g 1897 IS do bag lots = :. as 81
Produce. Provisions.
0ranberries, y bbl-- Pork
Cape Cod.l2 5O113 sol Clear. II soals 90
Mediums. "a 7oas SO Mess Beef. II S0a1S 90
German med2 $500 Sol Ex Msss..12 5o9l3 90
Onion. Dbl 5ogs S. Es Piate.i9 S5ai9 So So
5ssz Hams Is s giss
Eggs y doz. 3093 ic Lard
dd Ssssss f iSsSas T Fs2.s. s ssssg s
Fowl. ...... .s..l29l4c Pail ...... 10G1012
Butter.
Creamery. 34a36c Seeds.
Gilt Edge ver... .3s a34c Red Top. % oo@3 25
Choice. .......... 22923c Timothy. 65@2 90
Good. .......159l6ci Clover. 10 @12
Store. .12914c Raisius.
oh.fss o asssss Esyi 1883 1889 g g
Fsct'y. .101s GA lOndura Val. 10 GIL
Apples. Oranges.
b;ss sss.! 90
3 Sliced ...1o@l0 IA Palermo
sugar Lemons.
GRADUATED " ID -. S19 Messina. a 50G6 80
Extra C.-..-...-....8 palermo r....4 bOab 90
FREIGHTS-The market has been quiet, but more
active than the week previous, tonnage is in good
supply with few freights offering. The following
charters have been made for the week ending De-
eember 1S:
Brig Clarabelle, Portland to Point-a .Pitre, Quad
small and heads Be.
Brig Sarah and Emma Portland to Cardenas,
shocks and heads 23c.
schr Ralph sinnet, Portland to Charleston, plas-
ter s1.5O.
Schr Eta NJ. Barter, Portland to Wilmington,
plaster at $3.50 p ton; hay So.
schr Richard S. Leaning, Portland TO Philadel-
phia railroad iron PIT
Brig H. Wright, Portland to Buenos Ayres,
lumber 1880
schr Belle Hardy East Boothbay to Staten Is
land ice 6Oc
schr Perseverance,. Portland to New York, heads
Sc under and 21ac on deck.
Schr Carrie NJ. Richardson, Portland to New York
5000 pr heads Sc y pr bbls 1oc.
Sehr H. 8. Bridges Calais to Providence, lumber
s2S7M.
The Savannah Morning News says lumber ship
pers fully supplied with vessels and all further
transactions at a stand unit after the holidays.
At Philadelphia the West India Southern and &C al
trades remain neglected, at low figures. At Balti-
more shippers apparently without any orders.
Foreign Imports.
ST JOHN NIB. Schr Aurora Borealis-100O 900
feet boards to Mark Emery.
Foreign Exports.
ST JOHNNIE. Schr G Walter Scott 1873 bush
corn
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All Owners of Cattle

should know that Giles Liniment Iodide Am
monia acts with wonderful rapidity and never
fails. The hardest punches are removed, alb
scesses healed, lameness disappears, corns and
contracted boots a speciality. Sprung knees,
shoe boils, ringbone; cure guaranteed. Send
for pamphlet, box 1882, New York Post Office.
Trial bottles % cents. Sold by all druggists.
w. f. Phillips.
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Eastern Railroad.


81 &
Trains leave Portland
At . q. N. Daily (Night Pullman) for Saco,
Biddeford,. Kennebunk, Conway Junct, Kittery,
Portsmouth, Newburyport Salem, Lynn snc
Boston, arriving at 6.30a. N.
At AS o.. m. for Cape Elizabeth. Scarboro Saco,
Biddeford, Kennebunk, Wells, North and South
Berwick, Conway junction, connecting for all
stations on Conway Division. Kittery, Portsmouth,
Lynn. Chelsea and Boston, arriving at LIS p. m.
At 4 90 ID. ma. for Scarboro, Saco, Biddeford,
Kennebunk, Wells. No. Berwick, Conway
Junction, Kittery, Portsmouth, Newburyport,
connecting with Sound and Rail Lines for ali
Southern and Western points.
At q 90 ID. ns. Express) for Boston and principal
Way Stations, arriving in Boston at $50 p. m,
connecting with Rail Lines for New York.
Sundays at 2.O0p. m. Express for Boston and
principal Way Stations, arriving at Boston $50
Z York. iEi. '''''s "''- -'''' -'' ~ w"
Trans Leave Boston
At 7.30, 900 m, and arrive in Portland at IL. 55
a.. m. and 90 o. a. At IL. 80 p. M. and arrive
IN Portland 800 p. 10 At 100 iailN +,
and arrive in Portland at HOO p. m.
Pullman ParlOr Cars
On Trains leaving Boston am, 1880 and 90 p.
m. and Portland 8.45 a. m, LOO and 600 p. N
Through Pullman Sleeping Cars
On Trains leaving Boston at 700 p. n. and Port
land 200 a. m.
Through Ticiset- 10 NIL Points sOuth and
West.
Oct. IA, 1888 PAYSoN TUCKER,
ID. W. SANBORN, General Manager.
Master of Trans. LUCIUS FUTILE,
oct13dh GEM Pass'r Agent
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PORTLAND
az Market Square,

PORTLAND MAINE
TO 1HE PUBLIC,
If in want Of q new furnace beg to direct your
attention to the Kohler Hot Air Furnace. Its SUI
periority all others will demonstrate if you
will call at my store. The following well known
persons hay tae Kohler:
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In this city, Dec. 10, by Rev. A. McKeown, D. D.
Willard A. Rawson and Miss Nellie NJ. KiDgsbury,
both of Boston, Mass.
In Brownfeld, Dec. 16, bv Rev. e. S. Jordan, JOS
b. Wentworth Of Lebanon and Miss Lizzie E. Poor
of Brownfield.
In Boothbay, Nov. 20, Albro o. McDougall of
Boothbay and Miss Allie Palmer of South Bristol.
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Dry Goods v hoiesaie Ma rkel.

PORTLAND, Dec. 1S.
Received by Maine Central Railroad, for Portland
"a cars miscellaneous merchandise: for connecting
roads, 81 cars miscellaneous merchandise.
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Heneral Ncean Staamer Tieket nfhre

NOR sale OF passage tickets by the White Star
n Cunard. Anchor, State, American, Red Star
North German Lloyd, Hamburg American, Ro4tsr,
dam, Amsterdam and Italian lines, all first class
fast passage steamers, to and from all points IN
Europe. Cabin. I'd Cabin and steerage onward and
prepaid tickets from Portland at lowest rates
Steerage prepaid tickets from inland places in Eu-
rope to inland places in the United States ster-
ling and Scandinavian exchange at lowest rates
Choice Cumberland and Acadia coal for sale by th
cargo. For cabin plans circulars, sailing schemes
sc. and other information apply to j L. FARMER
Agent, % Exchange st. p. o. Box 979.
fan1O Iv
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Most violent explosions of coughing are
stopped by Hale's Honey of Horehound and
Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one minute.
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McEIArCRE 4 INA MAC. :. DECEMBE 10.
Sun rises.. High water, "a ny. $40
Sun sets. -. ........ 4.04 Moon RISES. 1895
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Rumf0rd Falls & BuCkfield
RAILROAD.

Fall Arrangement In Effect Oct. Is, 'S3.
Connections via Grand Trunk Rail
Eway leave Portland for Buckneld and
5eszgn-9 Canton, TAO a. M. 1.3O p. m.
Leave Canton for Portland 4.15 and
y.45 q. N.
STAGE CONNECTIONS
with .. m. train for Turner, Chase Mills, West
sumner Brttou's Mills, Peru, Dixneld Mexico
and Rumford Falls. L. l.. LINCOLN. Supt.
oct15 diff
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$500 REV ARD.

FEyHE City Ordinance provides that mo person
d without authority of the Municipal officers, or
from the Gas Light ompany, shall light extin-
guish any Street Lamp, under a penalty not less
than five dollars, nor more than ten dollars for
each offence"
Tbis ordinance will be strictly enforced and q re-
ward of five dollars will be paid by the Gas Compa-
ny for the detection OF any person violating 1t.
BENZ. F. ANDREWS,
decl3dlra City Marshal.
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AND COMMERCIAL

Portland Daily Wholesale Market.
PORTLAND, Dec. II.
The following are to-day's closing quotations of
Flour Grain Provisions &c
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A passenger on the Auburn railroad offered
the conductor trade dollar for fare. The con-
ductor examined it and remarked: 81 don't
want that piece of money" "Well, give it TO
the company, them, replied the passenger.
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RAILROADS.
Boston & Maine Railroad +.


On and after Monday, Oct. Is, 1888,
PAssENGE .scEIEEa sH WILL IL I aEAyE
sgssssaaasslsslat 6.15 8,45 a. M, 100 and $50
ssz5ss=5s.zzsp. M arriving at Boston at 1O.45,
aosToN ESR 20 srG HaG n1s at s66 g. g. M M
1870, $3.50, and 700 P. m, arriving at Portland
oR lSo SoG RoS sss fRd 1foG aExo q
az ASP PM SEE nass Eos 81 Oh a. gSS
FoR $500 s AND HS ssS s a. s sGIS
8.45 a. m, Loo, 300, 80 and 6.45 p. m. FOR
KENNEBUNK a. els: As .. "a; 100, 800
Hs sas = AND aS's Hh SIS. s4s
~ 1GG s and eas "a p a. ss s4S
a. m, LOO and 800 p m. FOB NEWMAK-
KET at 6:l6. $40 !. m, $500 pm. FOR Ex-
AND LOWELL at e15, s.46 g. m, LOO
and $50 p. m. FOR ROCHEsTER. FAR
mlNGTON; n. H., AND ALTON BAY. at
CHESTER AND CONCORD, N. m. via
New Market Jet9 at els g. m, $50 p. M, (vis
MORNING TRAINS FOR PORTLAND
vER ats; 90 ARRIVING aiPORTLAND
Notes.-The $50 p. IA. train from Portland aci1
not stop at scarborough, Pine Point Old Orchard or
ough Pine Point and Wells only to take passengers
for Boston.
Change at Dover and take next train following.
1rhe LOO p. m. train from Portland con-
meets with sound Line Steamers for New
York and all Rail Lines for the West and the $50
p. M, train with all Rail Lines for New York
and the South and West.
Parlor Cars on all through trains. Seats
secured in advance at Depot Ticket ONCE.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
PORTLAND FOR BOSTON and WAY
STATIONS at LOO p, m. BOSTON FOR
PORTLAND at 600 p. IN.
Trains on Boston u Maine road connect with all
steamers running between Portland and Bangor,
Rockland, Mt. Desert, Machias, Eastport, Calais,
st. John and Halifax. Also connect with Grand
Trunk trains at Grand Trunk Station, and Maine
Central and Portland g. Ogdenburg trains at TRANS
fer Station.
All trains stop at Exeter ten minutes for refresh
meRts. First class Dining Rooms at Portland,
Transfer Station, Exeter, Lawrence and Boston
THROUGH TICKETS to all points West and
South may be had Of Nh. l.. Williams, Ticket
Agent, Boston & Maine Depot and at Union
Ticket OMce, 40 Exchange st.
j. I. FURBER, Gen. Supt.
S.H. STEVENS. Con. Agent, Portland.
Oct11 diff
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European Markets.

(By Telegraph)
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 10 ,-l2.3U P.M-Cotton market
dull and easier; uplands at 13.16d: Orleans Cd;
sales 5000 baes speculation and export 500 bales.
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MARRIAGES.

SUCCESS is certain when the Congress Yeast
Powder is used in making biscuits cakes, etc.
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NETTMSW CURA SOAP. Absolutely pure
" III highly medicinal, Endorsed by ply
sicians preferred by the elite. Sales 1881 and
1882. !, oo0, 600 cakes. Sold everywhere.
dec19 WS&w2w51
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-16
Win not Hang.

Carl j. Addison who was to have been
hanged at Bozeman to-day has been grant
ed respite by acting Governor McCutch-
con that gives him fresh lease of life un.
til February 18th next. The object OF
the postponment of the execution Isl to
allow the prisoner new trial in the dis
trict, or else to grant review of his case
in the supreme court, our informant not
stating the matter very clearly. 1t is SAID
that delays arc dangerous, but it is safe to
say that this delay brings to Adolfsoa's
heart feeling. almost approaching Ger
tainty, that he will live to cheat the gal
lows. 1t is said as the day of execution
approached he had lost his stoicism and
evinced such signs as led those around
him to believe that he would show but
little fortitude Under the pressure OF the
hangman's rope
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Noteworthy Trees.

In the Skagit country, in Washington
Territory, is spruce tree forty feet IN
circumference. 1t is uprooted and lies
in a deep slough.
4 chestnut that was sapling 400
wears ago has just been cut by Mayor
Sonar, of Salisbury, N. C. It meas
ured niue feet in diameter.
Two orange trees belonging to J. r.
;J1nith, Hawthorne, Ga, bore last sea-
ron 5000 oranges each. One OF them
measures seven feet around and is sixty
set high.
A huge chestnut tree growing on tho
farm Of Benjamin II. Reed, near Bay
View, Va, has borne large crop OF
nuts every year for o century. It
measures twenty-seven feet il oircuua-
! ference.
Il huge exorescencc on birch tree
| growing in the town of Westmore, VT.
seen in profile q few feet away, re-
scnbles a grinning human face Of
:,,:gentic 6: proportions. It is four feet
end four inches from the top Of tho
forehead to the tip Of the chin.
The Crossnge oak of England is prob
Nsny llVI kSzo0 hI00 AOU1 vOOu AS0VAAA AS-S
old The circumference Of the trunk
was about thirty feet, measured at q
height Of about five feet from the
ground; but only about one-haH OF the
shell ef the hollow trunk now remains.
It at;!l bears fifteen living branches,
each fifteen or sixteen feet in length. A
young oak grows from the center of the
hollow.
4 ycw that is over 800 years old still
stands In the garden of the Herrenhaus,
Berlin It is of the species Tarets
tncerta, ia thirty eight feet high, and
its lower circumference is five feet. It's
'pecies is wholly extinct in the forest.
rne premises on which it stands were
once owned by the father Of Felix Mel
.lessohn-Bartholdy, and the first execu-
ton Of "A Summer Nights Dream"
took place in this very garden. At the
time the Upper Chamber Hall was
erected, it was Frederick William Nv.
who saved the venerable tree from de-
stsuction.
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-16

The late Alexander H. Stephens was
gastronomical mystery. He could
pack away an unconscionable amount
OF food OF course, he never went to
the d,ning-hau of the National Hotel,
where be had made his Washington
home for over thirty years, and when
lis frugal meal was rent up it was
epcngf. to stagger the stoutest heart.
Three CT four kinds Of Iaeat, all the
vegetables, entrees and desserts, and
c<nii.<. and wine. But the old gentleman
went through this outlay like a cyclone,
';.nd cane mp to the, attack regularly
three times, q day. on, schedule time.
He would generally wind up the even
ing Win u game of whist with his old
cronias, ard he was bad man to fool
will, iii this Industry. ,. -
Another phenomenal trait was his
r,eruory OF names and faces. He prob
aiJv knew every man, woman and dog
i,l Georgia, fnoyn their birth up, and
wias familiar with every incident ii their
livea One evening young man from
(}enr,,ia was t.shxr.:d into the room OF
~1.Er. stephens. No card had come ia
ADVANCE. 81, tho Old gentleman could
no. possibly have been forcwarned and
forearlned. Tbs visitor entered mod
estiy: saving heswae.fnon GeorgiA, and
nersly varied to eAl andi pay his re-
spe..t.. Air. Stephens i held. out his
bunv hard, sc-ntini2xl his caller close
" for sceeral g,inrtas, and then, calling
itinl h,Y r.;.s sad he Was aeighted 70
.sea him.: The yeyng man was amazed,
ar,s ,-aul thu. BIS t,aly Introduction to
Ms. SIC aens bad heen twelve years
l,e:trt. els, was OF y aasnal meeting.
Wiskcut replying - this the Old gem
tle.,t1r went ;on kindly epoagh to in
aussc about bis Aan:ly, ind appeared
thoroughly aes1tsjsrtei with his sur-
|ssss:as.is,ra.. Tnhs Wa IN 5 remote part
Of (isorgia where l1r Gt&phsns had
seldom teen.
=
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Walter B. Jordan, a heavy capitalists OF
Montana and Dakota, in company with
President Joseph Leighton. OF the First
National Bank Of Miles City. are guests
at the Merchants. They will leave this
morning for Bozeman for short business
trip. During their sojourn here they had
a pleasant time trying to catch some Of
the famous Yellowstone trout.
On Friday last that portion Of the
Gallatin valley lying close along the
mountains was visited by a short hue
severe hailstorln. Boselnan caught the
worst Of it and much damage was done
fo gardens IN aid around the town. Be-
side, the crops along the base OF the
mountains have been greatly damaged
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Yesterday for the first time the mali
was carried from Livingston to Helena
under railroad contract by the regular
mail car Heretofore the mail service
between the two cities has been performed
by Gilmer, Salisbury g. Co., who earned
the pouches by baggage car on the rail-
road for their own convenience as wake
field & Hoffman are doing on the Park
branch.
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Two business lots on I'd street.
These are the cheapest business
lots in the market. Each ..... :. 800 90
An A No. business corner; corner
remember, only ...... ........ 600 90
Fine Park street business lots can
be bought from 5000 to $50. 1850 90
Il fair business corner, if sold this
month, can be bought for ...... $50 90
First-class business lot. Consider
ing location. ETC., it is one Of the
cheapest lots, if not the cheapest.
on he market to day. Price. -. ESQ Oh
A Park street lot that is rented for
$3.50 year can be bought for..... 1905 90
Good residence lots in all parts Of
the city. cheap.
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4 fine building and lot in business
center. Building rented 50 it will
pay 60 per cent. net on price 80. .s4. 900 90
House and lot on Main street, well
located for business of any kind,
bargain at the price,. ........ IT'S 90
A we'll established and paying liquor
business for sale. Satisfactory
reasons given for selling rare
chance for some enterprising man.
Price with fixtures, stock, etc go. $50 90
Hotel for sale, doing good business, 800 90
The most desirable business corner
in the ;ity can be DO ,ght, if pur-
chased within ten days, for 80. 1,7oo 90
Residence house and lot -. ...... 800 90
Lot Q, Block 81, good business prop
erty ...... $50 90
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BREAKFAST BUDGET.

The little old stone church at San Anto-
MO, Texas, famous in American history as
the Alamo, is now used as a grocery store.
Fred Waite, who is to hang next month
at franklin, Texas, has sold his body to a
doctor for SOS, and is living like q prince
on the money.
The prohibluonists Of Michigan have
made nominations for the university and
judicial offices which are to be filed at the
spring election.
The Hartford COurant says that child
born to George Williams, Of Bridgeport,
Conn. three weeks ago weighed q pound at
birth: Itisa healthy infant and has gained
a quarter Of pound.
JIG. Forester, a prosperous planter OF
Albany, Ga, wrote to his faneec asking
her to choose day for their marriage.
sbe replied respectfully that she would
siyO him an answer The pext day, he
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DIED..

sPEARs-on Monday. March 8, at q. IS O'Clock
A. H., MIRY JANE, wife Of Robert Spears, aged q
years, II months and dAyr rlI
Funeral from tho residence Of her husband, head
OF Twenty. seyenth street, this afternoon at
O'Clock. Interment at Mt. Zion Cemetery. Friends
Of the family are invited.
Sweet she Glumbers, her sickness Il Ger,
The love Of her companion she needs now no more;
We place on her breast her lily white hands,
And we place on her lips the last kiss Of love,
Then we laid her 10 rest.
IRwIN-on Tuesday morning, March 8. 1873, al
10 O'Clock, LgEASsA X ERR, wifeoi the late samuel
Irwin, 10 the Slst year Of her age. J..
Funeral from her late residence, No. ~ Main
street, on Thursday morning at 10 O'Clock. Inter
mont at nj. Wood Cemetery.
EENIs-At Mingo Junction, Ohio. on Tuesday
morning, March 8, 1883, at 2 clock EUGENE, ron
Of joIsph and Mary Ennis, aged year, II months
and days
Funeral from the residence otMrs Bridget Ennis.
No. 222 McCulloch street, this afternoon at
o'clock. Friends OF the family are invited Inter
meut at old Catholic Cemetery.
baltimore papers nleaie copy, oe
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learned from the newspapers the next
morning that she had been married the
evening before and had gone to her new
home. n
A Partisan lady advertises as follows:
"For sale, monkey, cat and two parrots.
Address Mad. ", Rue =. As the
lady Is about to get married, she has no
further use for these animals"
Itba noteworthy fact that the deposits
in the savings banks in Ireland, which
showed decrease in each Of the four years
previous to 1882, gained during that year
within thousand pounds Of the largest
increment ever known for a single year.
In western Pennsylvania church en-
tertainment known as the "mum society"
is taking the place Of the time-honored
church fairs As the name implies no one
ia to speak under penalty Of fine, and the
money thus raised is solemnly given to the
Lord. Z
The Maine Fusionists want TO keep UP
the appearance of union this year in or
der to strengthen themselves in the town
elections. They known they cannot dc
this by declaring openly that the party Ii
Democratic, SO the fusion disguise will be
worn a short time longer.
One Of the many strange episodes OF the
recent Western floods was the finding o
an infant near Louisville floating in
cradle in the river. A man who was'row
| ing around in search Of wreckage saw thu
cradle, and on rowing up to It was sur
nrised TO find beautiful infant, abou
three months old, gazing up at the sky ii
open.mouthed wonder. The little waif wal
Comfortably and warmly dressed, and had
moi received the slightest harm. Its parent
have not yet been found. M