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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-05-04
VITALQUESTIONSi!

Ask the most eminent physician
OF any school, what Is the best thing in TIE world
for quietng and allayng all irritation of the nerves
and curing all forms of ns rvous complaints giving
natural. childnke refreshing sleep always9
And they viii tell you unhesitatingly
s'some form of Hopsi'
cHAPTERI.
Ask any or'all of the most eminent physicianss
''what is the best and only remedy that can be
relied on to cure all diseases of the kidneys and ur
nary organs such as Bright's disease. diabetes re-
tention or inability to retain urine, and all the
diseases and ailments peculiar to Women
sand they win tell you explicitly and emphat-
cally "Buchu."
Ask the same physicians
"what is the most reliable and surest cure for all
liver diseases dyspepsia, constipation indigestion
biliousness malarial fever, ague, &c." and they
will tell you:
Mandrakel or Dandelonr'
Hence when these remedies are combined with
others equally valuable
And compounded into Bop Bitters, such a Won
derful and mysterious curative power is developed
which is varied in its operations that no disease
or i'll health can possibly exist resist its power
and yet it is
Harmless for the most frail woman, weakest in
valid or smallest child to use.
CHAPTER II.
Patients
Almost dead or nearly dyiug'
For years. and given mp BY PHYSICIANS of Bright's
and other kidney diseases liver complaints severe
coughs called consumption. have been cured.
Women gone nearly crazyi
From agony of neuralgia. nervousness, wakeful
ness and various diseases peculiar to women.
People drawn out Of shape from excruciating
pangs of Rheumatism,
Infiammatory and chronic, or suffering fromscrof
ulal
Erysipelasi
Salt rheum. blood poisoning. dyspepsia. indiges-
tion, and in fact almost all diseases frail
Nature is heir TO
Have beeh cured by Hop Bitters, proof of which
can be foun,l in every neighborhood in the known
world apri6eod&wlml6
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Capture Of Canadian savaees,

HELENA, Mont, May ga special from
Fort Assiniboine says that Lieut. Anderson
with mounted detachment from Company @,
Eighteenth Infantry, captured a party of Ca
madam Cree Indians numbering about 80, in
tho vicinity Of Bear Paw Mountains, and con-
Quoted them to this post. They had few
guns and ponies aud are now on their way to
the boundary.
The Indian office has been advised that the
90 Cree Indians recently captured by troops
near Fort Assiniboine have under orders OF
the department commander been conducted
under escort to the border and sent TO Canada,
where they came from. Their rifles and po-
nies were restored.
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THE INDIANS.
Gen. Crook Pursuing the Apaches in
Mexico-Mexicans Cooperating.

Gen. Crook Pursuing the Apaches in
Mexico -Mexicans Cooperating.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 3, An El Psso dis
patcn says that Gen. Crook paseed into Mexi-
co and has been in tho Sierra Madre Noun
tains four days in pursuit of Apaches, The
Mexican authorities cooperate by sending two
companies to the frontier and other troops In
the field.
WASHINGTON, May 3.--The War Department
has received information that Gen. Crook is
In Mexico but has not received q reply to the
telegram sent TO him by Gen. Sherman.
No official information has been received ae
the Mexican legation of the crossing OF
Crooks forces, but 1t is thought they are al-
ready in Mexico aud that Crooks movement
was the result OF mutual agreement between
him and the Mexican commander, under
which the former has been enabled to enter
into Mexico with the consent Of the Mexican
government aud the cooperation of the Mexi-
can troops. The opinion is also expressed at
the legation that the failure Of the Mexican
government to accept Immediately the modih-
cation Of the existing agreement proposed by
the United States will not interfere with the
success OF Crooks operations against the CHR
icahua Indians
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PRICE THREE CENTS.

Sliced 30 @9h Palermo. ......2 1898 20
sugar. Lemons.
Granulated y ib....0 Messina. ......3 0094 %
Extra aC..............S% Palermo ,.. ..3 0OG3 70
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NEW YORK.
Charged with EmDezzling s6o,ooo

Charged with Embezzling $4,000
NEW YORK May 3--Thomas b. Pheby was
held in $4,000 bail to-day to answer the charge
of embezzling from the Inyo Consolidated
Mining Co. S50,0c0.
Negligent Police Captains.
The grand jury to-day recommended the re-
for dereliction of duty in not enforcing the
gambling and excise laws.
Held for Alleged Swindling.
Joseph Eaton, alias G. e. Bond, was held
for trial by United States Commissioner
Shields today for illegally using the mails in
forwarding his alleged "gold brick" sHindle.
Among letters found on him were some from
John r. Lowther of Boston and Henry O.
Young Of Winsted, Conn.
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The Republican State convention Ia Iowa
will be held at Des Moines Juhe 9th.
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THE STAR ROUTES.
Mr.. bliss stnl Talking to the Jury.

Mr.. Bliss stu Talking to the Jury.
WASHINGTON, May SIN the Star route
trial this morning Mr.. Bliss continued his ad-
dress TO the jury. 'If Dorsey was an innocent
man." said he, ''why did he continue Rerdell
IN hts employ after he had discovered his
character? by did he seek TO compound
felony with him to prevent him from testify
ing instead of defying him to do his worst?'
The defence sought 10 make the jury believe
that the governments witnesses perjured them
selves from mere pleasure In so doing. Which
set Of witnesses had the greater inducement 10
be truthfu2 Rerdell had confessed every thing
and Bliss trusted that his punishment would
be lighter than that Of the others.
Walsh's testimony was quoted at length.
Defense asserted that Walsh had an animus
against Brady, said Bliss, because he (Walsh)
had suits against him for large sum Of
money Certainly It was not then In Walsh's
interests 70 shut up the debtor In the peniten-
tiary. Commenting upon the failure OF the
defence to produce the letter book or index
Bliss declared the jury must assume that the
index would reveal the absence of Rerdells
letters to Brady which had been put in
evidence by the government Bliss read &C !.
pious extracts from the record OF the evidence
aud commented ut length upon 1t. When
the court adjourned he had not concluded his
address.
AZ meeting Of the council for the defence
in the Star route case, held this afternoon at
Col. fngersoll's Office, II was decided st the
conclusion OF Col. Bliss opening the defence
shoud submit the case without further argu-
ment.
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Three Buildings Burned Near Augusta.
Two houses and barn located on the South
Belfast road, four miles and half from Au-
gusta, and belonging to the Joseph Shaw eg-.
tate were burned on Tuesday night There
was no insurance on any Of the buildings The
fire also ran over large area Of land, burning
the grass, besides running into woodlot and
damaging that The fires we're undoubtedly
ineendiary as all the circumstances point in
that direction. 1t is said that there had been
trouble among the heirs as TO the division of
the property.
Nominations by the Governor.
Gov. Roble has made the following nomina-
tions:
Justices OF the Peace Quorum William III.
Hunter, Lnbec Charles II. Barker, Portland;
james Nash, Lewiston; A. Fl. Harding, Hamp-
den.
Inspector of Pot and Pearl Ashes-J- r.
Sawiele, Gardiner
Fish and Game WarJen-John a. French,
Andover.
Trial Justices-John W. Frost. Sanford;
Frank Wilson, Sanford.
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Business Matters At san Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 3.--One hundred thou
sand dollars was paid into the Custom House
yesterday as duties on shipment OF opium,
the largest amount paid in a year past.
The steamer Grenada, for Panama, carried,
among other freight, 10000 gallons of claret
wine.
The wheat shipments from this port for
April are the smallest for the last three years,
showing a decrease of 100000 quintals. The
April -four shipment was 1880 barrels against
90,0c0 barrels IN April, 1882. Lest month the
shipment was the smallest since April and Oc-
tober, 1881. The total value of shipments OF
-four and wheat for April was $4,000 against
2,250,00) oentals for March, 1883. The lowest
wheat freights in April we're 81 ahillipgs q
pence, and the highest 45 shllings.
, 1883-09-01
>peakIn. English.

The fact is, said DR.. Weston, chat
ting Witk the Jester few days ago, ''that
we speak better English and more OF 1t IN
America than they Dc in England In
America, wherever you go, from Name
20 Texas and California, wherever you
Gad an American, you can converse with
L;w. readily. without the least difficulty
IN understanding him. Hs may use
slang freely, often too freely; he may
speak with az utter disregard Of gram
ma;ical construction, bus you now what
he says and what he means, and GradH-
ate Of Harvard and a miner in the noun
t,.ins can carry on a conversation wIthod'
difficulty. The miner may have some
d.Feulty u a. tiaes IN understanding soaie
Of the eo!legiaI $ sentences, but the grad
uaie has 20 such troC ''e. and he can talk
down to his comrades comprehension, |;
he viii. But in England, an knglishnian
may % into certain localities, where he
neither understands the English spoken
by Enslishmen. native born Ike himself,
nor can he make himself understood by
them. We have nothing IN America to
correspond With certain unintelisItle dl-
slects spoken in England by Englishmen-
So say that, as nation, the Americans
speak better English than do the English
people. ."-Ba5iis.ytcn Halrtsye.
The buffalo is rapidly disappearing from
the Western country, snd the antelope
and the deer are sharing the same fate at
the hands of ruthless hunters. Ii is esti'
mated that during the past winter there
we're thousand hunters engaged IN
isuahtering the buffalo along the line of
tie Northern Pacific Railroad, where
those animals formeriy roamed, And
where they arc nov scarcely to be ssea-
A correspondent Of the Philadelphia
T;ales has discovered the cabin IN which
Congressman Rosecrans was born Il Il
in Kingston, Ohio, and very nesr the
.,iace where ex- President Hayes also SAN
| the light Thus We see that great mind'
issue from the same faunt, even though
,hey may run in diverse channels
, 1883-09-01
sINrOt..
~ rgrroEY or WAsHIyGIcy
,.uDtT u Ealla NAll1, !

Il. >
CauBty d Walla WAlll, {
r,.,-;-, C.art Of Washington and for
e " -. 49, iI,.si District thereof, holding
i-s - ..y,-r,, Waila, Waila Walla County,
5 Te.r:aEY-
,a.-. T.a-ltiF, y. J. ". Wasgoner'
}. 49, Defendant
.,--,TTEUSTATES OF AMEII Ca
IT ~ NJ W--,aler. Defendant You
/ - - sr.u,rtl T. appear N an aSlion
- -. ...-=... s0g by +. l. Atahis, lam,
Ee- ~, Ir..-!... Court u the Territory oi
- - -zf fr the tirst Judiciai Dis
|--.-- -----i. b ,..r- terms al NaIia hal4a,
u-5 49, County. IL said Territory, to
N-a 80 80. .r.-.rI.iat of Plaintiff hIed IN
$50 W. ia-.v within twsnty days after
Ma -Hf. summons, exclusive OF the
20 ~ -. II .lued in said County. If
q! =. - IN Id County but in said District,
- 1. srrge! IN any other Jude
z-E lie Territory, IN forty days.
2 Ii--s h. r.Ei14-iIl within sixty days
j -. Il, Lis s.mmOns, or the SAID
~ II IKE Judgment against you by
"a .-----,-r . the PRAYER Of the COM
I.1-- I'LL .-'-.' - FrIjr.d and ffty dollars
- - ,..., # suit; $500 due Plain
So. 10 ae.plut tor goods, wares
e % h. y and delivered by Plain
. .-r..- ,rsciA instance and re
= -,-l. due tim on an account Sl.-
- - ~ r..lsy had aid received by
II F-.I iIarelan, which account
81 =. a.-..---.r /. -.iaarstinn, duly assigned
- /, /, - r~ -..i Fred Hegelan 70 Plain
Il. l.sa. $. e. Winsard As:ociate
N,.. S-..s Court Of Nashin ston
.I-..e IF ait Court, and the
is..' II ;a.s ii.h LAY of July,
d. H. - 4 RgEyES alEES. Clerk.
lrE. ". GoouHrE Deputy.
in r...- .-. 81. Il. Upton Plaintiff 5
alLs>
, 1883-09-01
chinese Execution Il, ai,,oui.,.

The first legal execution that ever oecuF-
red in Western Montana, took place on the
10th inst, by the hanging Of All Iung,
Chinaman, IN the MIssoula jsil yard. 1t was
witnessed by about one hundred people.
Tickets Of admission as 4 guard were issued
by the sheriff 70 those who were present.
When brought to the sca:t5ld the condemned
man sat for aLou. ton minutes N 2 common
chair while prayer was offered by Rev. q.
" Fisher, OF the Presbyterian ehurch. The
Chinarnan stepped boldly up to be bound;
the moose was quickly adjusted, aud IA less
than minute he was dropped OF intO etern-
ity, to the last Maintaining ms innocence.
The crime for which this execution Was
the penalty, was committed January 29th,
last, when in an attempt to blow up the
tent OF the China paymaster, .t H0rse
Plans. and rob the inmates, All luug shot
and killed the Chinaman who owned the
tent, and wounded his brother who at
tempted TO follow him.
, 1883-09-01
The Annual Pests

Tie man that falls IN fis and alter coal-
ing to. asks four bats from the eystanders,
is in this city: He will be followed by the
individual who buys two bits worth of scaP,
wraps it 10 pink tissue paper, gets some en-
veicpes with blank tickets IN them and sells
the two bits worth OF soap for $l7.50. AZ
ter him viii come the man Who was robbed
on the train, and wants to get back to Pcst-
land, where his friends would take ere Of
him. Then sill appear the woman that lost
her husband in the summer Of - and Is
steadily declining superior Inducements IN
the hope OF iinaing James and proving that
love lasts as long as lie Itself. About the
same time the tailor wko gives srch splen-
did fts hes.ves IN sight and wants your
measure, and after him comes the man who
has brother or SISTER OF = cousin sick IN
Portland, AMI won't the o. L. K y. CO.
please give him pass,
, 1883-09-01
In Appea; 10 the Farmers.

The committee on decoration for the Gold
Spike party have issued the folloSing circu-
lar, which IS beng extensively circulated
among the farmers:
WALIA WALLA, Aug. u, 1888.
To THE FARMERS OF WALLA WALLA AND
ADJOINING CeUNT,Es.
Realizing the utter imposSibiiity OF deco
rating the city or displaying the products Of
the surrounding country properly TO the
Willard party, who viii visit US September
l.lh, without the aid OF the farming com
munity, we the committee TO procure mate
rial fer decoration, most respectfully solici.
the cooperation OF ali our farmers, and ask
tha: each one who has or who cac procure
Fruits, Vegetables Of all kinds, Grain and
Grassss in she4f, Hops on vine, Corn IN ear
and 0a stalk, and such other and every fro-
dactioa Of the soil in cur vicinity as viii
best display It's resources, 10 contribute the
same for decorative purposes; We therefore
hops that you viii aid US by depositlng with
Knapp, Burfeil & Co, in tins city, as early
as Sept. 10th the articles referred to. As a
matter of display j. is desired to have on
Main street as many loaded grain wagons as
we can obtain; we hope our farmers will re-
member this, and each one bring or send on
that day ''rousing' load OF sacked gram.
i'll grain so brought will be perehasel at
the market price, SO that farmers need not
return the grain unless they wish.
, 1883-09-01
How He Escaped.

In speaking OF the brutal murder of Nil
lard Stout by John Clanton, at The Dulles
Tuesiay, and OF which We made mention
yest5riay, The Wssco San says that after
the Murderer had shot his victim four times,
he cody walked up and stamped the pros
trate n.aa's lace with the heel of his boot.
He tten started for the door Of the Office
where the tragedy occurred. lie changed
his mind, however, and put ont the back
door and up 10 where a Mr. Frenier stood
with 4 pair OF harnessei horses and jumped
on to one of them. Premier made him get off
and be went into Lacsen's back stable door
aud tOak a horse with 4 halter on and
nlornted hm, when Larsen sang out to him.
lie then saw horse With harness or
and u,ouated him, and started up the road
by the C1lumbia brewery. Near the mouth
Of Three Nile he lett bis h irse ana ran down
10 the shore oi the r.yer. \ boy saw lin
runnisr ami saw h e make a raft and go
out INTO II. .iyer, bus dlI not know that
officers were after hig. The boy told the
deputy sheriff aud aae,hsr man, zho started
after him, that he went do~u to the river,
but they could not find hin.
, 1883-09-01
The Nhrli situation.

The Portland Nd-s, under date OF August
I'D, says OF the wheat market that quota
tons are nominal at low figures. Nine
hundred tons of Walia Walla were received
on the 22l, and receipts viii soon be 0: SUI
fcient volume to inaugIcate tie season Of
1888 The Ea.lish market cones t5rcash
to-day dull aad rather weaker, os.ng t. bet
ter prospects OF the English crop. uhis
does not imply that the price Of Oregon aad
California grain viii necessarily rala low
this season, however, The weak point in
the gram situation Is thst tie stocks OF all
nos 6f wheat anil fGur ROW ID store n
Liverpool are aDnornally large.
, 1883-09-01
now & NEGIe EorCmr ms WIFE.
4 Frugal slave whc Hid MS Money In the
Grolnd

The most famous guide and interpreter
during the Florida war was Samson. He
was ! negro, born with the Indians,
raised by them. and ho had acquired all
Of their cunning and knowledge Of wood
craft, which made his services invalIabls
10 the Government He had no book
knowledge or conception of numbers, ex-
cept by the Indian custom of keeping ac-
counts with bundles of sticks He was
well paid for his services, receiving posi-
bly, Sl00 per month, SO he had plenty of
money, but he never carried it about with
him, and ne one knew what be did with
il.
At the time | owned a very comely re-
gro girl who served as maid for my wife.
She was very handsome, Of superb figure
and black as a lump OF coal Samson
came to me one day and wanted to buy
her. / said. "Why, Samson, that girl
cost me $500, which is a great deal of
money. l could pay part of it, anyhow"
/ talked it over with the girl and she was
willing, SO l agreed to sell her to Samson
for what | psid, On condition that he
should be legally married to her and treat
her as his wife. This hs consented to,
aud the next question Was where was his
money to come from! When the time
came Tor the payment Samson marched
to certain place in the garden and began
digging in the sand
lie went down 4 couple Of feet and
brought forth large beef bone, which he
carried to my quarters and laid upon the
table. saying. "H'yea am de money,
boss" The marrow had been extracted
and the hollow Of the bone was packed
full OF gold pieces shook them out on
the table and counted them, Samson
keeping track Of me WIKI his bundles of
sticks as Wei as he could. There was
not enough. He started out ana went to
an abandoned building and entered a
room where there vas a stovepipe hole
and ,hrusting his hand in he pulled out
more gold. Slli be was short He made
another search anG the next time brought
bacl, Al oyster kes aad completed The pay
ment. Samson was very proud OF his
wife and they got along very comfortably.
Correspondence 81. Louis Globe DcmO-
, 1883-09-01
National Rank.

Ne learn from j. II B;llenger. Esq, Gays
the Co.f.r Fifth. tina. VI. 5. Bannel, ID.
?. Thomp-en. Levi Apksny, j. H. Bellen-
ger and " Y. Spencer have associated them
selves together TO Organize Naticnal Bank
At CoIfax. " T., witha clptsi stock Of
so COO, 10 lie known az the first Narional
Bank Of Colfax. They expect 10 open the
bank and have 1t running in fall blast with
in tao months from, this date. Verify, Col
lax Is 90 the high road 10 prosperity.
, 1883-09-01
Comparison.

The Dayton pspers are ealegist'e IN -'ae'r
notices of the 'Ssine House, e thls city. u
der the present management, and well they
nav be. Il xcali make any boGy ealcgls'ic
70 plss night in our fine, iFzt-class hotel
after xrastIing FOR l. hours With the Hlasta-
den. fall -asdsei, double ioiusei, s.seI-hinS-
ed 90 as please AID e;seesy bed-bues o;
the DAYTON hotels. We heard tig, TAT
drummer say en- Nam street sesierday that
tso riyai clubs OF Dayton bsd-bngs played
ha-s bali match on his .-e0rPoro.ity GaTins
HI. soioura there, and used his nose TO tally
q, .Iade,ny from tee color the S1ss esed
ed ;ok asd Il wouldn't sash ii.
, 1883-09-01
sci l-I:-

Las: evening Agent g. B. Car:is =; the
depot, accompanied the Commissioners
party on their aome~arI TIP as iar as the
Junction, returning with an engine and
caboose about nine o'-lcck When the eu-
gineer whistied tlr the station all the hacks
in town started p7ll-neIl fer the depot,
thinking It a special Oar readers can IN
agine their chagr;a on discovering thas the
.speciaI consisted Of Iaeasely old caheoSe,
and also tie ageut's surprise at his demon
s.sative reee,,t-.n as he Lett The ear. Even
hack drivers get left once IL While.
, 1883-09-01
The Mayors Invitation.

Following is the invitation sent by Mayor
Tannatt to the Dayton Band, which fully
explains Itself:
WALLA WMLi, ". 7. Aug, y. 1883.
u. B. KinsLsH, Esp.
DEAR SIg:-Ii yonr citizrns desire to
have your bani visit WalIa WaiIa at the
time Of Mr.. YIllard's visit, please extend to
the Band IaF personal hospitalities while in
WalIa Walla. Upon notification from you.
viii provide entertainment at the Slime
House for each member OF the Band and ac-
conn Fanying lady. Idesire to extend TO your
city Band this personal courtesy as a tribute
to their worth. Please 10 convey the same.
Yours respectfully,
T. K. TANYATT, Mayor.
The Chronicle says that the band will ac-
csp: the invitation.
, 1883-09-01

Grape growing IN California pays about
IS well as any form eli agricrlturai indus
trv. even without discounting the exirav-
asant stories told about the profits 1t or
an..e culture. The Napa ReIisteg tells OF
a vine groser in Green Valley who has
vineyard comprising only tSenty-one
acres, but these yielded enough 10 enable
him to ship 100 tons of grapes to vine
cellar in Napa City and 1900 boxes OF %
mounds each 10 San Francisco, aHd Stiii
keen on hand ten tons for his own use.
The grapes thus shipped by him sold tor
$50 per ton in Nsra City and at two
cents per pound ID Ssn francisco, givIns
him $500. The entire Cos; ior growing
ana selling the fruit was $3.50, leaving him
a net profit OF over 5000, or na"re tkan
300 per acre Wheat grawiHg, even
with the most successful crops, s"a!i not
have paid over $50 sn acre. Tie iand
that welded 50 beautifully could hAEe
originally been bought outright Tor much
less than the profits Of single year.