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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-10-30
A scare in Texas.

AUSTIN, Oct. 29.-InteHse excitement pre-
vailed here all last night and today in conse.
quence of telegram received by Governor
Ireland that 500 negroes were under arms in
the town of Cause, Milan county, and an out
break was Immediately expected and asking
immediate help. The late decision of the Su.
preme Court regarding the civil rights bill has
created hard feeling among them. Governor
ireland called out the militia, but at last re.
port matters had quieted down.
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THE HUE MASSACRE.
The slaughter Ordered by the French
COmmander-Twelve Hundred Prison
ers Killed.

PARIS, Oct. 29.-Mail adyices from Saigon
show that the French forces in their enco1n-
ters in the vicinity of Ha MOI, in the early part
of September, met the Chinese regulars who
were we'll armed and officered. After con-
hict of three days, the French withdrew, leav.
ing Hal Phong still in the hands of the enemy
Unheard of cruelties were committed near
Hue on the occasion of its capture by the
Frepch sailors.
Admiral Courbet directed, in an official or
der, that there should be no quarter given to
men, women or children. Three hun dred An
namites, who had taken refuge. were killed,
sll of them being shot, One hundred and If
teen more, who were drifting in a Junk with
out arms or oars, were also massacred.
The Paris Figaro declares that Admiral
Courbet, at the instance of Com missioner Har-
mand, allowed the perpetration of such acts in
order to terrorize the Annamites.
The Temps denies that Admiral Courbet
gave such orders, but admits that 200 of the
enemy were slain at Thuan.
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Fatal Explosion of Fire n.,,,n.

WMKEsBARRE, Pa, Oct. 29.-An explosion
OF fire damp occurred this afternoon at the
Pennsylvania Coal Company's shaft No. 7,
three miles from Pittston. Thomas Gallagher
was o1rneG 70 death and four others badly
burned. Their recovery is doubtful.
A later account says Thomas and James Gal
lagher, brothers. were brought ont dead. burn
ed to crisp. Six Others were seriously burned
sI and otherwise injured Three will probably
were 30 men in that part of the mine when
the explosion occurred. Those uninjured es.
capped through the mule way,
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SOUTHERN CYCLONE.
Several Parishes i'm Louisiana Damaged
Several Lives Lost and Many People
Badly Injured.

New ORLEANS, Oct. ga cyclone passed
over Catahaula and Tensas parishes this morn
ing. At James Bowman's plantation on Ten
sas river three houses were blown down and
four negroes wounded. At d. d. Millers high
land plantation house was carried half q
mile into the woods, and negro church turn
ed half round. Five persons were badly hurt
At d. Stones pecan plantation barn and two
houses were blown down. On H. Moses &
Co.'s Helena plantation, three overseer's hons
es were carried away, three persons were badly
hurt and seven or eight slightly. Mrs. Bow
mans honse at Catahaula parish was blown
down. She escaped but three children have
not been found. Three houses on w. G..
Youngs place, three on Mr.. Watson's and
three on Mr. Parmenter's we're demolished.
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RAILWAY MATTERS.


A War in Progress in Lebanon. Pa.
LEBANON, Pa, Oct ga serious railroad
wax is in progress near here. Robert H. Cole
man, manager of the New Cornwall and
Lebanon Railroad, put fifty men at work lay
ing tracks from Cornwall to Ore Hills, passing
over the property of VIM. G. Freeman, man.
ager of the old Cornwall Railroad. While the
men were at work Freeman with 250 men
charged upon them, tore up the new track 400
yards and scattering the material in every
direction. The Freeman party then laid the
track again and ran upon it train of loaded
cars. This morning the train prevented the
parties resamiDg hostilites. Trouble is feared
The Bost0n and Lowell Railroads Pro-
posed Change.
Boston, Oct. 29.-It is stated that ,negotia-
sachusetts Central Railroad and the manage
practically agreed upon relative to the Boston
and Lowell reopening and operating the Gem
tral, and it is hoped the latter can be put in
order and trains started by November 9TH. 1t
is understood the Boston and Lowell is to op-
crate the road without expense to the owners
of the Central and if there remains a surplus
after paying operating expenses such surplus
is to be divided equally between the two
companies. The Central company will be re-
organized under the title of the Central Mas
sachusetts. IL is proposed to place q new
mortgage OF $4,000, 900 to complete the road as
originally contemplated and there are some
hints OF scheme to continue the new road
through the southwestern corner of the State
to the Poughkeepsie bridge.
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PRICE THREE CENTS.

Nuke of me?" The vein of sentiment was
ru lning deep in the questioner's heart, but the
pr rtic'l snldier resDonded in words that have
since been memorable:
YES, General Granger; il fall in the fight
please see my body decently buried and my
name correctly spelled in the newspapers" and
he deliberately spelled it.-Cincinnati CON-
mercial Gazette.
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Good s,eeple 10 rnm Erom.

WATERBURY,, Conn, Oct. ,29.-Last Thurs
day despatch was sent to the United Press
noting the miraculous escape of man named
John Vogel, who fell seventy-five feet from
the new Trinity Church spire at this place.
On Saturday last two other men were working
on scaffold at the gable end of the same
church, when the scaffolding gave way, ,.pre-
cipitating them distance of forty feet to the
ground. Both of these men also escaped
oar;ous iuiuriag
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Yaliditr of Chinese Cer,iGca.a.,

SAN Francisco, Oct. 29.-Two cases to test
the validity Of the Chinese government GER
titicates were brought before Judge Hoffman
IN the United States District Court to-day.
lie pronounced them exceedingly embarrass-
ing In one Of the cases the Chinaman said
ne was cigar manufacturer. Judge Hoffman
SAID Congress used the word merchant, not
manufacturer; that if every Chinaman who
made few cigars or peddled matches was
CLASSIFIED as merchant, the restriction act
would be practically dead letter. The second
case case was that OF a boy of II years, whose GER
tlncate set forth the bearer as going to San
Francisco in the interest of mercantile firm,
was the boy laborer or a merchant? The
question was difficult to decide and judgment
was deferred,
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Representative of Boston Physical CuI.

CHICAGO, Oct. 29.-T. j. Merrill and Frank
Foller, both from Boston, engaged in game
Of pool in saloon here yesterday under the
influence OF drink, quarreled and adjourned
to an alley to settle the difficulty. Both we're
athletic young men and had taken fnil
course of physical instruction at an eastern
college. Fuller was knocked out and received
broken nose and thumb The fight was a
fair one and no rough and tumble affair, After
the fight had lasted some minutes po-
licemen marched Merrill off to the station
and Fuller to the hospital. The young man
both belong to good Boston families.
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Decrease i'm Imports of Iron.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 29.-The American
Iron and Steel Association has received statis-
tics showing a considerable falling off in the
imports of iron and steel from Great Britain.
against sc, ,633 tons the previous month. The
total for nine months of this year is SAC. .O79
tons, During the corresponding period last
year they were 0,o05 tons,
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THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS.
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PORTLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY,

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PORTLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY,
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SPECIAL NOTICES. onethird additional.
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or less, $l.50
THE MAINE STATE PRESS.
Published every THURSDAY MORNING, at 2.50 a
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Advertisements inserted IN the "MAINE STATE
PRESS (which has large circulation in every part
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Address all communications to
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ST. LOUIS, Oct. 29-News has at last been
received of the missing girl, Mary Churchill,
who mysterIously disappeared from her fathers
residence in July last Her father, Col. Jas.
G. Churchill, has received a letter from his
daughter, dated the 25th inst, and mailed at
Indianapolis on the 9th. He refuses to make
public its entire contents, but furnishes the
following, which he says, gives the purport of
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FIRES.
A Texas Town Burned.

SHERMAN, Texas, Oct. 29.-It is reported
that the town of Gordonsville was totally de-
stroyed by a conhagration, started in drug
store, which had been fred after being robbed
SPARKS.
PEKIN, Ill, Oct. 29-Five wooden business
buildings were burned yesterday. Loss SIG, 900.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Oct. 29-Fifteen hua-
dred bales OF cotton were burned on the South
Carolina railroad here this morning.
The South Carolina Railroad Company. who
are insurers of cotton, state the amount de-
stroyed will be 1000 bales. Loss 100000.
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A Notorious Charac,er sentencsd.

BRIDGEPoRT, Oct. 29.-The notorious Sam
Fine, who is wanted at North Salem, N. Y,
Tor assault on Miss Slocum, and held here for
burglary and horse theft, was brought before
tae superior Court this afternoon. By advice
oi MS counsel he pleaded guilty and was sem
Lehoed TO u years In the State prison.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Fatal Aceiden. to an Old Fox mnn.er.

FataI Accident 60 am Old Fox Hmnter.
MANCHESTER, Oct. 29.-WilIiam Bruce, a
well known fox hunter and highly esteemed
resident of Mount Vernon, had his left arm
nearly shot away Saturday afternoon by the
accidental discharge of his gun while taking it
from wagon. He tried to reach Young's
Hotel in New Boston, but tainted aud was
found unconscious in the highway. He died
that night, aged GA years. He leaves widow.
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BLOWN IN THE AIR.

Fatal Explosion On Tug While Racing
for Tow.
MOBILE, Ala, Oct. 29.-Wbile the tug boat
Edye was putting to sea yesterday when four
miles South of Fort Morgan her boiler ex-
ploded and she sank Immediately, carrying
down with her the captain, John Carney, mate
named Andrews and the colored fireman The
engineer and cook were picked up but the
latter died while being carried back to Fort
Morgan. The engineer is painfully injured.
1t is believed that the Edge and another tug
boat we're racing to catch tow and that the
Edge falling behind crowded steam until she
blow up.
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October 25th. 1881


My Father-I write to let you know | am alive
and well. am not on the stage as you suppose.
Have eloped? Oh how could you think so, when
l cared SO little for gentlemen's society. earn
ing my own living honestly. Teach my little sis
ters aid darling little brother to think kindly of
their sister MARY.
Col. Churchill expresses the utmost conf
dence in the authenticity of the letter, and
both he and his wife identify the handwriting.
They have no information of their daughter g
whereabouts, but feel confident they will soon
hear from her again, and she will return home
shortly.
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SPORTING.

HanIan Hears Nothing frsm Laycoch.
TORONTO, Oct, 29.-Hanlan, the oarsman,
says he has not yet received an answer to his
dispatch to Lavccck, and is consequently not
sure of the date of his departure for Australia.
if, indeed, he goes at all.
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THE DOMINION.


TORONTO, Ont. Oct. 29.-The City Council
tonight resolved to adopt the standard railway
time, coming into operation November 18th,
and will petition the Dominion Government to
make the standard time general over the Do
r1ipinn
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AM Abscouaiug Book-Keener,

LONDON, Ont, Oct. 29.-Willism Hope,
book-keeper for the hardware firm of Hobbs
Osborne & Hobbs has absconded to the United
States. The extent of his speculations are un-
known. He served five years in the peniten-
tiary for a ssimilar crime in 1877 the
amount in that instance being $500.
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POLITICAL.


One of Governors ButIeF's Charges De-
nied.
BOSTON, Oct. 20 Mr.. j. s. Potter of New
ton, whom Governor Butler charged with at
tempted bribery in his Wobnrn speech Satur-
day night, producing the affidavits of two men
to that effect, exp aims that he acted on his
own responsibility and without the knowleo ge
or authority of the Republican committee. He
say the men came to him representing that
they were opposed to Butler. He told them
that in that case they could render efficient
service, and he would repay them for their
time and trouble if they would work in the
ward until election, offering them $50 EACH
This was all. He fatty denied the allegation
of hr;h
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Prof. Rmdolphsen Leaves the Cincinnati

College.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 29.-There is more trouble
in the College of Music. Prof j P. Rudolph
sen has resigned. His complaint is that the
poorest voice material in the college has been
Systematically assigned to him. Prof. Rudolph
sen connected himself with the college four
years ago at the earnest solicitation of Theo-
dore Thomas, who was at that time its direc-
tor. He had previously won wide fame as
baritone, and was for seven years connected
with the Boston Conservatory of Music. His
work here has given great satisfaction.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
90 H-

VEtHERE will be special meeting of No. Div,
u A. 0. H., this TUESDAY, EVENING at 7.3O
p M, to make arrangements for the funeral of cur
deceased brother K. E. Meagher
oct3Odsn1t JOHN E. FEENEY, Sec'y.
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Pratt's Astral Oil.

A SIX your grocer for Pratt's Astral Oil and see
:kA that You get the geauiue. If you inquire for
1t at Z. L.. ME LLETT & O'S you will be sur
OF it, as there is being pamed off other inferior oils
for genuine PRATr's. oct6sneod2m
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DR.. N. I. True, the veteran author and
school teacher of Bethel, writes "My left
hand has SO far recovered that | shave myself
with each hand without any tenor, and am be-
ginning to have the power of motion in my
leg. My physicians assure me that am in a
fair way for complete recovery. My brain is
clear and 1 read as well as ever, and / suffer
no pain except that of taking nasty medicine"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-06-21
a Varu Qnnnmnn Fiah

Once, when coming from a three
hours excursion, with at least twenty
pounds of black bass and wall-eyed pike
In tho bottom of the boat, which my at
tendant was rowing OF q lively rate
abreast of a rapidly-gathering storm,
one of my lines attached to rod and reel
and which l was trolling, suddenly tight
ened and. came near jerking the rod in
to the lake.
"Jowhillikins, Charles! put the boat
about. Got a ten-pOund bass on. Julius
Caesar, how he pulls!
1t was no easy task to stop and come
round against tho wind and make head
way backward, SO to speak, or hold the
boat so that the game could be properly
handled. At least 100 feet of line ran
out before the maneuver could be ex-
ecuted. In the mean time tho line was
pulled hither snd yon, the monster tug
ged and jerlled, tho boat was hard to
manage, the wind increased every mo-
ment, and tho now angry waves rose
and showed their white teeth until 1t
seemed that tho elements and all the ao-
cidents and incidents possible were con-
spring to prevent the capture Of the
| ''boss" fish of Maxincuckeo.
But he was on, well hooked, in fact,
as was quickly shown, and unless we
were capsized, or was pulled over-
board and towed around the lake, 1t
wouldn't do to give up. Charles rowed
with all his strength, now on the right
oar, now on the left, according to orders
while ], braced i'll the boat, took advant-
age of every turn to keep the line. taut,
and hold the quarry to his work.
Soon the rain came and the wind
grew furious and tho waves leaped into
sur skiff like pirates. Still the contest
was kept up for twenty minutes, when
we got the customer under control and
Charles, dropping his oars, seized the
landing-net and deity thrust ton to
slender, tenacious branch of q sunken
6ree! That was all. - Forest G1s0
| SLTe0n1
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Doors That RIM to Fires.

Mike j. Mcnamara, the driver of En-
gino No. %, New York, owns nice lit
tie SKYE terrier called "Nellie." She is
about years old. She does not run to
fires, but has bocn taught to trip the lev
er which connects with the machinery
that unhitches the horses and throws
open the doors Of the engine house and
stable. At command the little dog jumps
up and catches Il rubber ring in her
mouth. The instant her weight pulls it
down the machinery is set in motion.
She then darts behind tho two horses in
their stalls, which arc situated on zach
side of tho engine, barks at them until
they go to the pole, and then runs back
into the courtyard behind and drives
the horse to the hosecart. One OF the
most famous dogs Is Jack" a-3-year-
old coach dog, who was born and brought
up in the service. Jack goes to all the
fires. and is first to hear the buzz OF the
telegraph. If up on the third floor
when the call comes he is the first MEM
Der of tho company down. He never
dresses, but goes to the fire rs he IS
Jack always manages to run down the
first flight of stairs like an ordinary
Christian, but in his anxiety to get to
the horses he invariably rolls down the
second flight, He drives the horses to
the pole and rushes ahead of them; bark
| ing. Jack is known to thousands OF
| persons, and his barking informs them
that there is q fire In the district. He
clears the street for the engine better
than man could. Jack is always first
in the building. At night he looks for
the fireman's light, and often when the
smoke ia thick and ho cannot be seen
the men know he is about by hearing
him sneeze. If there is a fire and the
apparatus does not 60 out Jack sits
down and howls in his disappointmept
and cries rs if his heart was broken
Sometimes the horses step on him, bu
he keeps on three legs and soes the fir
out, but often when he goes home he il
laid up for days. He has been known
to go up and down an iron fire escap'
and walk up and down a peaked roo
that was at an angle of forty-five degrees
He will 60 anywhere the mon go.-A
Y. Herald.
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An Important Errand,

A conductor on a Missouri, Kansas &
Texas train approached a swell looking
colored woman, arrayed In the glories
that ribbons can lend, and asked her for
her ticket
go way FUN yah! Dom bodder me
with none yo' foolishness!n she exclaim-
ed, bridling with Indignation.
Come, give up your ticket!' remon-
stratod the conductor.
II tole yo' go way fun y'ahl I done
got no ticket, an dom want no fool
ishness!''
"If you don't give me ticket or pay
your fare, I'll put you off the train!
growled the exasperated functionary.
''YO' dom put me off no train, now,
tole yo' for suahn' retorted the darkey.
Ise got bizinoss down yere dat you
can't postpone. Eff you put me off de
train, yo' done got in fuss, suah's yo'
bo'nr'
"Where are you going anyway
What's your businesspn demanded the
conductor. rather impressed by her man
ner.
''Ise gwine to de hangin' q piece down
yere, and mon dat, Ise gwine, and yo'
can't stop meV'
Whore they going to hangP" asked
passenger, who had become interested
in the discussion.
"Dey's gwine fer ter hang my hus-
band, and Ise ter be de only lady pres
ent! Go way fun yah! Dom fool with
me! Eff yo' think yo's gwine ter git me
off dis train an beat me out'n de last
chance O. layin' over that nigga's mud
der and sister, who can't git in and
won't stay out, yo' don't know nothin'
about de strength of a wife's devotion!
Go way fun y'ah! Rudder dan lose de
chance of breakin' dem nigga's hearts,
done put dis heel under yo' railroad
an lift it over de State limo! Go way
fun y'ah!'
The conductor lot her ride free, but
whether to save the railroad or let her
have last opportunity to get square
| with her mother-in-law, was not appar-
ant an EiS rptJIrDs DrnE.e1s Mrnuziy1e
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Making, those Things We Strike at and
Doni% Hit

The iron h received from the rolling
mills in sheets from three inches to
twelve inches wide, and from three feet
to nine feet in length. the thickness va
rying. according to the kind OF work
Into which it Is to be made, from one
eighth 10 one-thirty-second Of an inch,
These sheets are all cut In about thirty
inch pieces, and by immersion in acid
cleaned off the hard outside finty scale.
They are then chopped into strips of
width corresponding to the length of the
nail or tack required Supposing the
tack to be cut Is an sight-ounce carpet
tack, the strip Of iron, as chopped and
ready for the machine, would 30 almost
even-sixteenths OF an inch wide and
thirty inches long. This piece is placed
firmly IN the feeding apparatt1s, and BY
this arrangements carried between the
knives of the machine.
At each revolution o4 the balance
wheel the knives cut of a small pieco
from the end Of this plate. The pieco
cut off Is pointed at one end, and square
for forming the head at the other. 1t is
then carried between two dies by the
action of the knives, and the dies, COM
ing together, form the body of the tack
under the head. Enough Of the Iron
projects beyond the face Of the dies to
form the head, and while held firmly by
them, a lever strikes this projecting
piece into a round head. This, as we
have said before, is all done during one
revolution OF the wheel, and the knives,
rs soon rs the tack drops from the
machine, are ready to cut of another
piece.
These machines are run at the rate o4
about $50 revolutions per minute. The
shoe nail machines, for cutting headless
shoe nails, are run at about 500 revolu'
tions per minute, and cut from three tC
| five nails at each revolution.-MeckGasS
| c1I ER1fnecf