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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-04-26
October l6. iSS,
VorlCE Is HEREBY GIVEN. Tha. the subscr,-

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIvEN, That the subscri
~ Der has been duly appointed Executor
VI tile last will and testament OF
a., bErSEf MOODY, late of West Waterviile,
~ \ .he County OF kennebec, deceased. testafe, and
a. @ undertaken that trust by giving bond as the Law
snn'Is. All persons. therefore. having demands
the estate OF said deceased, are desired TO ex
a,o1 the same for settlement; and all indebted TO
~ estate are requested to make immediate payment
JOHN AVER
Apr. .. IsSs. ywl6s
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-04-26
Weekly Kennebec Journal,

Published every Wednesday merning,i one oft
lar rest quaro papers in the state, containing news.
oirical articles agricultural and scientific matter,
.,es poetry, iccdotes, household matter, markets,
&C.. &c.
Inns, ~ per annum; $3.50 II not paid in ad.
rance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-04-26
Dailv Kennebec Journal

Issued every morning, except Sundays. Itcontains
he Latest news by telegraph and mail gives reports
a Markets and has carefully prepared political and
oeal articles, and generous amount OF farming,
ONE and miscellaneous reading with full cempila-
ion OF state news.
Terms, 37 per annum in advance, t8 If payment
not made within the year. Single copies cents to
he mad at the periodical stores Of +. Pierce, Au-
susta; c. L. spauldng, Hallowell: w. G. Palmer
,rdnsr +. Perciyal .,aterviile. and at this ONCE
Advertisements inserted edonreasOnableterms on Rates
n ay be had On application at this Office.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-08-18

A day or two since Detroit woman
called ct police headquarters and gave
notice that her SON, young man of
seventeen, had suddenly disappeared
and she had reason to think he had been
drowned.
sWhere do you think he was
drowned?" asked the clerk.
ssWell, l think it was of the foot Of
St. Aubin Avenue"
I'VE will send an officer to investi-
gate and, perhaps, drag the river
20, thank you, sir, she said, but as
she continued to hang around the Of
fee the clerk finally asked If she wan
ted anything further.
about how much will it cost to find
IL my SON was,drowned and to drag for
the bodyp'
1T won't cost you anything" ma
dam.
aBut how much will it cost the cityp''
20, I suppose the time might be
estimated ct three dollars"
II was thinking, sir-I was thinking
II it wouldn't be cheaper for the city
to give me that amount in cash and moi
take any steps at all, for l shouldn't
bit wonder II Henry ran away to To-
ledo and is all right! Three dollars Is
quite sum to poor widow like me-
Indeed, I'd take two dollars and sign .
receipt in fullv'
Henry's body hasn't been dragged
for yet.-Dctroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-08-18

After the towers had been built and
the anchorages made ready. then came
the strangest work of all. To make
the cables and then put them over the
towers would be a difficult matter. Very
likely it could not be done 1t all. So
the cables were made, just where they
hang, one small wire at . time. The
cables are not chains with links, nor are
they twisted like ropes. They are
bundles of straight wires laid side by
side, and bound together by wires
wound tightly around the outside.
They called the work weaving the
cable, "
Attic Brooklyn anchorage was placed
. powerful steam-engine. and ON the
top Of the anchorage were placed two
large wheels, and with the aid OF proper
machinery the engine caused these
wheels to turn forward or backward.
From each wheel was stretched steel
rope to the top Of the Brooklyn tower.
over the river, over the other tower,
and down to the New York anchorage.
Here It passed over another wheel, and
then stretched AL the way back again.
The ends were fastened together, max
ing an endless rope, and when the en-
CINE moved, the ropes travelled to and
fro over the river. For this reason they
were called the s'travelers."
There were, besides these travellers,
two more ropes placed side by side.
On these were laid short pieces of oak,
thus making foot-bridge ON which the
workmen could cross the river.
There were also other ropes for sup
porting platforms, on which the men
stood as the weaving went on. On
each traveller was hung an iron wheel,
and as the traveller moved, the wheel
went with it.
1t took only ten minutes to send two
wires over the river in this way. The
men on the foot-bridge and on the plat
forms suspended from the other ropes
guided the two wires into place, and
| thus the cables were woven, little by
little, two slender steel wires each time,
and carefully laid in the place till 5, 4S4
wires were bound together in huge
cable, fifteen and three-quarter inches
in diameter. The work was fairly
started by the 18th of June, 1877, and
the last wire was laid October 5, 1873.
There are four cables, each 3,578} feet
long, and if all the wires in the four
cables were placed in line, they would
reach over fourteen thousand miles.
The work was long and dangerous.
| Sometimes the wire would break and
fall into the water, and an hour or more
would be spent in hauling it up and
starting once more. The men on the
| foot hrfd0a or IN tha cradles biOh IN
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-08-18
The Era Of "BAsIsn Ended.

Dezendorf has answered Secretary
Chambers sarcasm with an array of
crushing facts about the use Of the
Norfolk navy-yard in doing the work of
BOSS Malone, which will certainly
impair the future efficiency of that part
of the Virginian machine. even if the
abuses charged are not wholly stopped.
Let the result be what IL may, however.
the era of 'sb0ssism" in Virginia il
nearly at an end, and with it ends the
prospect of that development of politics
springing up and thriving in the South,
just at the moment it is dying out in its
old strongholds in the Republican States
of the North. Malone thought he had
accomplished the transplanting and
Chalmers fancied it was job within
the scope of his powers also. They
knew there was one political element in
the South more favorable to ''boss" rule
than anything to be found in the North,
the negro being by nature and habit
eminently adapted for the political pcon-
age this sort of one-man domination
enforces. They had not brought into
politics such wisdom from their time Of
slavery as would teach them to rebel
against voluntary vassalage to self
constituted master, while their whole
political experince so far has been gath
cred under "boss'' rule, their status
since reimbursement having been that
of mere voting cattle, except in rare
cases during the reconstruction period.
The certain subserviency of the negro
voters is not sufficient, however, to as
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-08-18

-. - C. I.ouis.
Inc scnoU a: su. have decided
after : ion& u si ,,rr;shment in
NOT 70 aoolfsn cve ~ T,:s GIo6,
puDnc scnoo.s' os' - - Tho r
The railroad department. =: ~ -
n. G. A. work last year lG4o - ,vh;ch
outlay q yIo;vVv' s S;',csd companies.
was suosct'D0u ~ -. .s... - ami
There are only el&ns 49, x -
eide mentioned IN the DlDlo. n.-ar
lech, Samson. Saul, ms arnor ~. Il
Ahithophel, Zimrl, hazis anu us''' =
CARROT detroit fosf.
-Dr. Jennie lrou.' ~ worsrss
Canada' : memDor ~ r ~: he do
Christian lemPe,Anco On ~ ss.. III. :
mated ylO,oOO % tnat Guy " es'"'''''
medical school Tor women.
-Fermented wine has 1een can ~ .Sa
from the communion taoies % =: al r sno
Mesn0lass s ~. s..1 sSs corcreoational
cav, snu - - 49, ~" Ns:c1co Nc,rs.
cnurcnes sxcePs WV, - Co,
-frof' Charles =. Ansno Eno,; ii;
thirty years was rolessor - T;.s -
history IN t1e Soueso :. ~: -
New York, dled OF coIpo az" "
diseases - bremen : Jew usy' 80
Wellesley College mas : DGsu...u'
room named IN nonor OF Mrs. nlvw ~
Ing, ny c ~" .n.an. os ~ her mem.
pgGs anu " 'nS = TS;s p,snuscr;pt was
!, ''l, s, mS, IT, p u,s
INC elas y. 1sos A''v~ -
The frovldence q; l. 0ouI"" IT, -
wives the story mat, When Dfg"n r.
versity conferred Inc IL 49, - ~ . -.
Deneiactor' ar. Sonn CSr.cI Ply r. &c., -.
modess genuemsn ..G Sxc,n1 aftor All I
-. 1Sys dore for themr,
Wv. 49, =. ~.
Inc hummer OF stuuc1.s IL
presbyterian inooiogc:l cc el1,s y.
during the Pasg year y - ,, .o-9'
Princeton. izo; vnlon' ~ nIcn01 %.
-; Aunurn' ~, Lane oci GoSy, 80
Danvilie. q; Oan rranc'Sco' " n'aA'ns
total OF 44S'
Good advice was given to the grad
Mating class at Allegheny Theological
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-08-18

eyese He looks at the watch; then he
gazes at you. Then he looks around
at the clock on the gallery to be assured
that his watch hasn't been stopped ever
since last Sunday. Then he makes .
movement to close the watch and re-
turn it to his pocket, but changes his
mind, looks at it again, smiles de-
spairing smile. and holds his hand up .
little so that his neighbor can see what
time it is. Then. with . long, fixed
look at you, he clicks his watch shut
and slowly returns it to his pocket with
the expression Of man whose smaze-
ment has struck him dumb, and who
cannot actually believe the evidence of
his own senses. If the time-keeper
cannot ruin the closing five minutes oil
your sermon you are proof against an
noyance.
vi. The SQUEAKER.-He comes in
late. His pew is the furthest from the
door. His boots are vocal monsters
that are never worn save on the Sab
bath day to keep it noisy. Down the
long aisle he walks, squee-squaw, squee.
squaw. When he reaches his pew there
are strangers in it. He is the soul Of
hospitality, and he wouldn' disturb one
of them for $1,000. Back he goes to .
seat under the gallery, squee-squaw,
squee-squaw. Then he remembers that
he has q notice for you to read, and back
he squeaks to the pulpit, hands you the
wrong notice, and solemnly squawks
back to the door, and once more squeaks
back to the pulpit. delivers the proper
notice, and calmly squawks back to his
distant seat, he alone solemn, while al
others are inclined to smile. The
squeaker is such good man you cam
bear to scold him. He's awfully good
And the gooder he is the worse he
squeaks.
VII. The TALKING TRAVELLER. --Thi.
brother is usually sister. She comes
to church Sunday morning careful and
troubled about all the unfinished mis-.
sionary and sewing circle business Of
the week. She has no idea Of going
directly to her own pew, but she heads
straight for some other sister, and in
the solemn hush that precedes the SER
vices and all the time the congregation
is gathering, you can hear her voice as
cending high in sibiant buzzes. From
the first sister she fits to another, and
buzz, buzz, buzz, the talk goes on. Hel
voice rises higher as the choir inter
rupts her conversation with voluntary
and only when the minister rises foI
prayer does she relapse into enforced
silence The time of the short prayer
she utilities by travelling to her own pew
so she rustles and patters an accompani
ment to the INVOCATION, dropping into
her seat with the amen. Then she lookl
across the church, and seeing . sistel
over on the other side whom she hat
been unable to include in her itineran
caucus, she noiselessly shapes half ,
dozen words ut her with her mouth
which she opens and shuts, and expands
in this voiceless effort, in such dreadful
pantomime, that if it were not in church
you would think the sister was swear
ing. -Robt. J. Bur1ette, in Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-08-18

"A SON Of H. T. Shepherd. foreman Of
the harvester works at Minneapolis,
Mimi, met with sad and singular
death the other afternoon. The boy
had some paint on his hand, and took
hold of the elevator shaft. The result
was that the hand stuck to the shaft,
and the arm and subsequently the body
were wrapped around the shaft The
right arm was broken in three of four
places, the right leg was badly tract
ured and the skull was crushed in
Chicago Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-08-18

A very extraordinary story Il re-
ported from Pesth. Six youths, sons
for the most part Of respectable shop
keepers. recently formed . kind Of
club, and arranged among themselves
to put their spare money into general
fund and to spend it from time to time
in social enjoyment together. Ere many
weeks elapsed, however, not only the
spare cash, but also every kreutzer
these young fellows possessed in the
world, vanished in mild dissipation;
and the members Of the club strangely
determined that, - they were utterly
penniless, they would AL commit sui
eide. With this object in view they ad-
journed to . wood not far from the city,
taking with them . six-chambered re-
volver, which was to be the common
instrument Of death. A boy Of seven
teen was the frst 70 put the decision
into practice. He deliberately fired one
ball into his neck and . second into hia
breast, and then 1ell. Thereupon fouE
Of the survivors lost heart and ned; but
the nth, not deterred by the sight q the
bleeding body of his friend, picked up
the pistol and discharged Il nthe direc-
ti0n Of his heart One q the foolish
youngsters was fatally wounded; but
the other, It Is expected, win recover.
and, Il may Be hoped, win Join no moro
suicide clubs. ST. JomsS 6dsctle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-08-18
THY LOVE.

1t brightens all the cruel gloom
That closes round me like tomb.
And fills my heart with summer bloom
It makes me quito forget the pain
That grief has wrought within my brain,
And brings fash of JOY again.
1t makes the darkest night to me
More clear than ever day can be,
For in my dreams am with thee.
Jenny p. Bigclo,c, IN Hdrpsr's Magazine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-08-18

1t has been decided by . United
States Court sitting in New York that
the maker Of Q photograph can hold .
copyright 1t was contended that 8
photographer is not an author or = pho
tograph writing, but the Judge held
that the law of Congress extending the
copyright to photographs must rule.-
N. Y. Herald
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-08-18

Another attempt is being made to get
up boom in Confederate bonds. For
some time past Baltimore stock brokers
have been advertising for Confederate
State bonds The movement in these
bonds started some three years ago,
and since that time the purchases have
been very large, one firm alone hand
ling about $50, 600, 600 of them. Balti-
more has been the headquarters for
their purchase and Europe the destina-
ton OF the bonds, orders coming from a
large London firm. When the excite
ment first began the bonds, which
were considered worthless, brought 81
per 81 900. The price subsequently, ad-
vanced and has gone up IS high as S15
per 81 900, though now they are from
$6 to % per 81, 900 for 6, z and per
cent. bonds. The bonds are somewhat
scarce now. though some days 800, 900
will change hands and other days not
800. The dealings are altogether in
coupon bonds with the 1865 or prior
coupons on. One Baltimore dealer who
makes the Confederate bonds speciality
has offers from the South. of bonds in
lots ranging from 500, 900 to $500, 900.
Richmond brokers and others in the
South are purchasing them and sending
them to the London house, the head Of
which is said to be party by the name
Of Moses. North Carolina war bonds
are also being bought for "a on the
8, 900.
Since the furry began there has beeL
great rummaging about old closets,
chests, boxes, etc., for the pieces of
paper that contained the promises to
pay of the Confederate States of Amer
lea. Some bring them into brokers'
Offices already framed, having been pre-
served Is curiosities; others bring them
stiff with paste, having taken them from
the screens which they have long deco
rated, and it is even said the bonds have
1T times been used for wallpaper by
fantastically inclined people. 1t is safe
to say the walls have needed new paper
ing since Confederate bonds began to
have . marked value. What they are
being bought for is what no fellow can
find out Some have advanced the
theory that the purchasers entertain q
forlorn hope Of their being paid some
day; but another, and perhaps equally
as rational . theory, has been put for
ward During the late war England
did buy some Confederate securities,
and 1t the close Of the war found them
worthless. 1t has been suggested thst
the holders still entertain an idea of get
ting something back. The present pur-
chasers, it is said, believe the same way.
The summing up of the theory is that
the English holders look for some COM
plications to arise between the two coun-
tries, and hope that in its adjustment
England will be in . position to insist
ON the United States indemnifying the
English holders of Confederate bonds.
= Washington Special to Indianapolis
Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-08-18

"A Crawford (Ga.) miser died six
months ago, and his request that u 800
in gold he had boarded might be placed
under his heard and buried with him
was complied with; and the grave still
lies undisturbed, the Savannah Nescs
declares, with the man and his money
in It
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-08-18

There are six equestris1 statues II
Washington-more than il any other
city in the world. They are Of Wash
ington, jackson, Greene, Scott, Nc
Pherson and Thomas. = Washington
Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-08-18

-Spurgeon's wife has for seven yeats
been making collections of books for
pastors whose salaries are small. In
this good work she has collected and
distributed over so, 900 volumes. Last
years work was 9.146 books. She
gives it distinctly to be understood that
she wants donations Of readable works,
and not Of old rubbish.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-08-18

The Salt Lake Herald believes hat
city i to become , great railzued 60
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-08-18

OF him.
Nv. The WArCHER.-His neck is
fitted on globe socket and turns clear
around. He sees everything that goes
on. The man who comes in late does
not escape him, and it is vain for the
tenor to think he got that little note to
the alto conveyed between the leaves Of
the hymn-book unobserved. The
watcher saw it. He sees the hole In
the quarter that Elder Skinner dropped
in the plate. He sees that Deacon
Slowboy has on but one cuif. II the
door swings he looks around; If the
window moves noiselessly he looks up.
He sees the stranger in his neighbors
pew, and he sees Brother Badman sit
ting away back under the gallery fur
lively take chew of the inhibited fine
cut. All things that nobody wants him
to see the watcher secs. He sees 30
much he has no time to listen.
v. The TErE-KEEPER.-As you pro-
nounce your text. you see the time
keeper take out his watch, look 1t It
carefully, and close it with snap that
says, ''Go! clear to the pulpit. You
know that he has you down to . Sec
ond, and that he keeps faithful record
of the length of every sermon you
preach, usually adding i've or ten min
utes to the record, ito allow for diff
ference in watches" During the SER
mon he refers to that watch every few
minutes or oftener. And when you
have been preaching. say, twenty-five
minutes, the time-keeper looks It his
watch and starts. Can he believe his
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-04
Republicans!

Every n Of you should candidly
and without prejudice read Mr.
Rhea's card in last weeks Register.
He is a member of your Central
Committee and tells you that a Ring
rules your party and selects who
shall be your candidates long before
your primaries or Conventions are
held, which corroborates what we
have been charging for years! For
his honesty and frankness he is abus-
ed and denounced by the bosses"
and read out ofyour party! Do you
endorse such party machinery? Are
you in favor of the methods used to
nomira ate your last County ticket
and BOSS rule? Do you approve
Cfthe "kukluX" means to defeat hon
orable and worthy aspirants for polit-
ical preferment in your party? Are
you ready to endorse chronic Office
seekers and 'Goppers' for office, in
preference 10 men who have been
faithful workers in your ranks?
Consider these questions seriously
and candidly, and answer them in
diligently through the ballo. box on
Tuesday next!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-04


The feeling of veneration which we
have for our fathers may conceal
many Of their faults, but it is certain
ly correct in according to them a
higher and purer politics than we
have now. When the messengers of
the Roman senate sought Cincin-
natus to offer him the supremest
office in the empire, they found him
at the pillow, dressed in his humble
farmers garb. Within the easy rec
objections of our older people, all
public offices could be truly said to
'sseek the men" and not the men the
offices. In partial Difference to these
honorable traditions of the past it is
even now considered highly improper,
if not absolutely indecent for can
didate for President, Governor or
any other high position to solicit
votes or participate in the Conven-
tions which nominate them. There
is no 81 why this rule should not
apply with equal force to all public
trusts, even down to State Senator,
Representative, and all County pub
lie servants. We need not go far
back in the history of our County to
find persons nominated for the most
important places while they were at
home attending to their own affairs,
and utterly unconscious of the hon
ors which were being thrust upon
them. But there is a widely different
method Of selecting public servants
cow. Candidates for office, from the
highest to the lowest, scour the
County for months, soliciting sup
port, spending money with the ut
most recklessness and prodigality,
conniving, combining and doing
every thing fair or foul to win which
human ingenuity and political trick
cry can suggest. What has brought
about this radical change from the
old fashioned rule which went so far
to maintain purity and honesty in
our political affairs and give the
people faithful and efficient public
servants? 1t is wholly and entirely
attributable to the corrupt and ex-
travagant use Of money in the con-
troll of primaries and conventions by
political combinations and rings, and
no palmer or worse case was ever
presented to the people than the late
Republican primaries and Conven-
ton of this County. The question
now for every honest voter to con
slider is, shall it be endorsed at the
ballot box on the second Tuesday of
October?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-04
Nailed To the Counter

An evil and malicious report
against the good name of arr. John
Musselman, the Democratic candi
date for County Treasurer, was being
quietly circulated over the County
last week, which was traced to the
Chairman of the Republican County
Central Committee, and being called
upon by the injured party and re
traction demanded of the libel, the
following Card was given for publ
cation, and-appeared in the Eaton
Register of last week:
For the Democrat.
Mr.. EI1roR: lam informed that a
report is being circulated that l
charged Mr.. Musselman with unlaw
fully using his fathers name to q
check while residing in Arcanum,
Darke Co. desire to say in justice
to Mr.. Musselman, that never used
such language. Isimply stated that
SUCH TepOTe ndu CCllo w me- buS OhAp
I did not believe it and ! now state
publicly l do not believe the report
has any foundation in fact whatever.
ELAN FISHER.
MI. Musselman has u ade diligen'
search to find out who conveyed the
report to the Chairman of the
Central Committee, and to whom he
said chat l did not believe it," but
up to the present writing that per
son is non est, and the Chairman
continues to wrestle with the matter
to find an originator of the SANDER.
Mr.. Fisher stated in our office the
substance of what his card denies,
only a few days before he issued it,
but did not say he did not believe the
charge. He a take the witness.