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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-10-01

Az ELEVEN YEARS OLD BoY WHO MAKES
PETS OF BIG RArrLEsNAKEs.

In rather dark basement room under
saloon in DeGive's Opera House block.
Dow Poolo. a half Indian boy IL years
old, has the most blood-curdling show of
the season. The room il devoid of furni
ture, but over on one side is small box
with homemade cover of glass. This
glass is held in place by little tacks and
the box contains three monster rattle
snakes, with great scaly bodies and Hat.
deadly-looking heads. Dow sits behind
this box, plays with Irvine string or fun
bles with the buttons on his coat or by
some act shows that he is nervous under
the gaze OF the spectators. The snakes
never saw them until last Sunday. Every
few minutes Dow opens the box. reaches
his hand in and lifts ont a rather. The
tongue of the snake flashes backward and
forward like lightning but he makes no
effort to bite the boy as he is coiled like
necktie about the boys neck. He lays
perfectly quiet in the place where he is
put or tucks his head costly under the
boys chin or down his shirt collar. The
other snakes are then taken out. one in
each hand. and played with as though
they were kittens. They are then piled
together on the floor and by slapping
them on the hads they are made to sound
their rattles in bloOd-curdling manner.
If they start to crawl off Dow strikes them
on their noses and makes them be quiet.
Dow is poor boy. an orphan, from Dade
county, and is natural snake-charmer.
He will handle any snake except cotton
mouth. Yesterday was the first time he
ever publicly exhibited his power over the
snakes. A wealthy young man who lives
in Dade county had the three rattlesnakes
caught and put in box and sent for the
bOv, who announced that he was not afraid
of them. The gentleman then kicked the
box over and ran. Dow quietly proceeded
to gather up the snakes and restore them
to the box His exploit had been talked
OF considerably in the neighborhood and
he was brought to the city q few days ago
with the snakes Permission to exhibit
him was granted by Mayor Goodwin and
accordingly the show open up. Yesterday
afternoon one of the snake dropped on the
floor and scampered across in the dirac-
ton of The audience. It is unnecessary to
say that there was a stampede, but Dow
caught the snake. The boy has no perm
anent manager, but the gentleman who
has him in charge is determined to
see that he is not put into bad hands. 1t
may be that he will yet be bitten, as a
snake charmer suffered such fate in
Georgia two years ago atlanta COnStt-
tuition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-10-01
The WOOIng Or MOntezuma.

The Indian dance is not merely pleas
ant past-time for the light hearted and
frivolous to engage in. 1t is q religious
rite--a prose poem. 1t perpetuates the
history as well as the religion of the In
dian. 1t is a drama. lyrical representa-
ton of important events in the history of
a rude and uncultivated people that have
no better means of perpetuating their
deeds than through Evolutionary recital
and common folk lore.
At Santa Fe | have witnessed a new
revelation in the history of this strange
people. have seen dances different from
any have seen during the past twenty
five-years. The one that impresses me
quite as much as any other is the wooing
of Monteznma. 1t took junt an hour and
half by my watch to render the dance
poem. 1t was skillfully, majestically,
beautifully rendered. The dancers were
both Mexican and Pueblo Indians. The
number performing was twelve. not in
GLIDING the lair Lupeta Archulelia, repre-
senting the lovely bride and the manly
Francisco Gomez. personating the mon
arch lover, the great Montezuma. The
woOing of MonteZuma is danced by twelve
chiefs. On the occasion referred to they
cuphatiSaily Sicu anu Dlcuucu Tue
ancient and modern civilization in dress
as well as in the general features of the
dance. Some enterprising clothing mer-
chant had presented them with a cheap
pair of pantaloons and vest each. With
these still retaining the salesman's card
for ornament. Il calico shirt. Navajo or
Zuni blanket, a silk veil worn as mask
and brand new cowhide shoes richly orna-
ment and highly decorated, the dancers
were arrayed. They had their attendants
to arrange the endless amout OF ribbons
in bright colors. pendent from the head
and shoulders. Their faces were highly
painted. though masked.
The monarch lover, Montezuma. was,
of course, more gorgeously arrayed, His
crown was particularly noticeable and
gaudy The lovely bride OF Montezuma,
Lupeta Archletia, the fair Maliwehe, was
dressed in a white dress latest style, and
very expensive. Her head was highly
ornamented. She wore a pair OF new
shoes of reasonably good mateaial. With
so much civilization fixings OF old Monte
yuma would have hardly have recognized
the bride. She carried the two brilliant
silk handkerchiefs i'm the same way as the
men.-Correspondence Of t6e Kansas City
Times.
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1oss al Gal1.
cHAfRxn 4
II w. taken sick = year age
With bstsors E.yef.~

Win DsiscUe ISF0.
my doctor pronounced me cured, but
got sick again. with terrible psips in my
back and sides, and got go bad
Could not move
] shrunk.
From 22s lbs. to 100, / had been doctor
ing for my liver, but it did me no good. !
began to use Hop Bitfers. Directly my
appetite returned. my pains left me, my
entire system seemed renewed ~ if BY
magic. and after nsing several bottles ! am
not onl, N sound as a sovereign but weigh
more than I did before. To Hop Bitters I
owe my life X. FITZPATRICK.
Dublin, June q, 81.
CHAPTER II.
suffered with attacks Of sick headache"
Neuralgia, female trouble, for years in the
most terrible and excruciaiing manner.
No medicine or doctor could give me re-
lief or cure until used Hop Bitters.
1.-THE first bottle
Nearly cured me;
The second made me A. well and strong az
when . child,
"And have been so to this day"
MY husband was All invalid for twenty
years with serious
kidney, liver aud urinary complaint,
pronounced by Boston's best physi-
..Incurable!
Seven bottles Of your bitters cured him.
and know Of the
Lives Of eight persons
In my neighborhood that have been saved
by your buters,
And many more are using them with great
benefit.
sThey almost
Do miraclesl" Mrs.. E. ID. Slack.
How TO GET SIcK.-Expose yourself day
and night eat too much without exercise I;
work too bard without rest; doctor all the
time; take all the vile nostrums advertised.
and then you will want to know hor to get
sceii, which is answered in three words-Take
Hop Bitters.
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To the Honorahte County Commissioners for the
County Of Oxford aud state Of Maine:.

To the Honordhte County Commissioners for the
County Of Ocford and State Of Mdise:i
The undersigned, Sclecimen of the Town of Gilead
in the County of Oxford aforead respectfully rep.
resent that the county laid out by the County
Commits sioners in 1851. from point Wild = liver
10 6ilead to point in Bached.rs Grant, has not
been opened for travel, and that the brilding Al d
mat anng OF such way, as located, will be OF great
AND. IN our opinion, unnecessary expense to the
town of 6ilead Wherefore. your petitioners pray
that notice OF a time and place Of h airing may be
given upon the petition a. by law provided. and
upon proper showing the facts herein set
forth said way NAV b. discontinued, the location
10 part so changed as TO obyiate q e necessity Of
building and maintaining an expensive bridg.. Aud
~ in auty b6ued will pray
Dated Gilead, Aug. ~, 1883.
H. p WHEELER. seiectmen
LEO. l. BUHNHAM, Of
T. u. Larry, ! ffilead.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-10-01

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That the sub
~ scrbers have been duly appointed Executor 0,
the last will and testament OF
LUCY II. KINDS. late Of Benton,
In the County of kennebec, deceased, festate and
have that trus; BY giving bond a. the law
directs :-An persons, therefore, HAVING demands
against the estate Of said deceased desired TO ex
hioit the same for settlement and all indebted To said
state are requested to make immediate payment to
AMOS L. KINDS.
JOSEPH Il. LUNT.
Aug =. is14 Sv3se
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-10-01

Positively cures Night Losses, Spermatorrhea, I'm
potency, Nervous DEBILITY. and for all Weakne SEES Of
the Generative Organs an UNFAI.ING and PosITIy n
LURE. Tones up the debiitated system, arrests all
involuntary discharges. removes mental gloom and
uespondfncy, and restores wonderful power to the
W. akened organs.
~ WIN each order Tor TWELVE packages, &C.
tompanied with five dollsrs, will send our GUAR.
ANTEE to refund the money if the treatment does
NOT enect cure 1t Is the Cheapest and Best Medi
cine In the market. Full particulars in Pamphlet.
winch we mail free to any address. Sold by all rug
gst.' one package so cts; SIX for $3.50 or SCI by
mail on receipt of price, by addressing the
MAGNETIC MEDICINE Co., DETROIT. Mich
Sold with Guarantee of cure only by,
+. c. KINSMAN q CO.
Corner Bridge and Water Streets. 4sy
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For Sale!

The Lawrence House and lot containing one-ha,t
acre Of land situated on Green street place. with lot
extending to and fronting on Water street. Said
house is Of brick, contains Il rooms in excellent
repair one of the 6nest views In the city, only few
rods from the center Of business. A rare chance To
purchase fine residence In q central location =.
good bargain. Apply to VIZ. II. LIBBY.
or JOHN LAWRENCE, Water 81.
Hov.iI ,ass -n~,ITs
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Notice..

All persous are hereby forbidden from trusting and
haroortne my wife. Ursula u. Whitehouse, on nv
1ccosnt. ~ shall pay no debti Of her contracting
board without Just cause or provocstiop.
d. W. WHIrEHOCSE
Augusta, Me-. Aug. II. isss. aage3diwkw3v
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-10-01
Dr.. j. 3. Hughes,
Private Medical Rooms
CONFIDENTIAL

Ladies or Gentlemen requiring medical advic- OF
well TO Danish ali diidence and make an eariv snnls
cation TO DIR. Hughes. w.
The Doctors long. successful practice In tins city
Die guarantees Of his skill and ability.
fersons who cannot personally consult the Doc;o,
can DO So by writing in plain manner description
OF their disease, and appropriate remedies will be
forwarded immediately. All correspondence strictly
confidential, and will be returned if desired.
No. 300 CUMBERLAND ST.
J. PORTLAND, ME.
mar3dAutv
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-10-01

in the Back. Dimness of Vision, Premature Old A ge
and many other diseases that lead to Insanity or
Consumption and premature grave.
BEWARE of adv ertisements to refund money when
druggists from whom the medicine is bought do not
refund, but refer you to the manufacturers and the
requirements are such that they seldom. If erer
complied with. See their written guarantee. A
trial OF one single package of Grays Specific will con.
vince the most skeptical of its real merits.
On account OF counterfeits, we have adopted the
Yellow Wrapper; the only genuine
ss-tuil particulars in our pamphlet, which we
d sire 10 send free by mail to ever, one. a6-The
Specific Medicine is sold by all druggists at al per
package, or six packages for p, or will be sent free
by mail on the receipt of the money, by addressing
THE CRAY MEDICINE co, Buffalo, n. Y.
Sold at kINSMAN'S Corner Drug store,
and the Fuller Drug Store.
augirtSwIy
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-10-01

I was suffering from Bleod Poison and Murcurisl
kheumatism. and had spent &soo for treatment with
no benefit. and u seemed thai Was doomed to die.
Caught at Swins 6pecidc Q drowning man would
1t . straw, and II has saved me from horrible
Death, and cured me sound and well. II lie the great
eet medicine In the world.
c. H. SMILEY. Quincy. III.
6EREDITARY. ewiit's Specific cured me
sound aid vel Of Scroaulous faint inherited from
~ ancestors. J. A. MAY, Macon, Ga
An sare that Swift's Specific saved my life. I
was terribly poisoned with Malaria, and was given
up to die. swins Specific relieved me promptly and
entirely think tie tae greatest rrmeuy of the age.
c. g. SPENCER. supt Gas wis, Rome, Ca.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-10-01

The medicine we most like is that which
does Its work quick and we'll. Buriock Blood
Bitters are the quickest kind of a cure for
dyspepsia and liver and kidney affections.
sep25f&wlw4p
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-10-01

hUuUDlH IUDl UrTlUE.
Summer arrangements.
1883.
Office Hours.
From A. NJ. to Q P. NJ. Sundays excepted
Sundays. open from s15 to 10i5 A. M. for Carriers
and General Delivery.
Money Order Office opens at s A. NJ. Closes at
Closes at NJ.
Stamp Office opens at ? A. NJ. Closes at p M.
Arrirai and Departure Of Mails.
Portland, Boston and Souther IN ard Western Mails
arrive at 203 A. NJ. and 4.O2, 5.s2 AMI s05 r. n.
Close at $40 and $50 A NJ. 400 and 1880 p. N.
Portland and intermediate Offices: arrive at a.o2
and o.0o T. VI.
Lewiston and Auburn and intermediate Offices;
arrive 2o3 A. NJ, 4G2, and sO5P. N. Close at $40,
and $50 A. NJ, and 1890 z. N.
Brunswick, Bath, Rockland, Squirrel ] sland, Ocean
Point r1in,, boothoay &c; arrive +c' and sos r. NJ.
Bangor, Belfast. Eastern and New Brunswick
arrive P57 A. NJ. 4 10 and 1882 +. NJ. Close AT s.i5
Ssowhegan and connecting routes arrive Q.67
A. NJ. and los. p. NJ. Close 3i5 and 10 p NJ
a mail will be forwarded ON the fast train leaving
for the West nj il2 I. \" Separate pouches will be
made up for Portland, Boston, and for connecting
trains on the Boston. Springfield and New York
route. The mails for Boston by thi train will not
be delivered any sooner than by thu night Pullman,
they arriving at too late hour for delivery; but
malls Tor New ork, -onth and West will be- forward
ed several hours
STAGE Mails
Searsmont and intermediate Offices arrive Daily,
OF. NJ. Close al 5 A. NJ.
Belfast and intermediate Offices arrive daily (Sun.
day excepted) at $50 A. NJ. Close 3.4S T. NJ.
Waidob0ro and intermediate Offices, including
Windsor, arrive daily Sundays excepted at P
Close $50 A. NJ.
Litcifeld and intermediate Offices arrive ,iav ex
cept sundays, at $50 A. Nj. Clnses BIO L. N.
Winthrop arrives daily Sundays sxcepted) 6P.M.
Manchester. Readf,ld, Kent's IIIli. Favet,e.
Mt. Vernon, West Mi. Vernon and North
vienna daily Except Sundays) arrives i2 NJ Closes
Belgrade. W. waterville, Somerset r. r. and con
aecting routes arrive daily Sundays excepted) nj
1910. Close at is.
Weeks Mills and w. Windsor arrive daily (except
sundays at 1904 N. Closes at 3.45 p. VI.
and l.. NJ. Closes A. NJ. and a.45 T.. NJ.
Carriers deliveries made daily (Sun.
days and legal Holidays excepted, in the
business % portion port Of the city. at go and
to all parts Of the city within the delivery limits,
1T go A. NJ. and 4 r. NJ.
Collections from the street boxes are made OF
week days as follows Tho boxes Water, State,
Winthrop, Bridge, Green, Grove, corner of Chape.
and Court streets. Maine Cent? al R. r. Station, East
Cony streets are collected ut A. NJ, 80 and PM.
All other boxes collected at A. NJ. and r. M.
at6P PM.
dressed to the street and number. People should
inform their correspondents of above and have their
etters addressed accordingly.
ANY irregularities in the Carriers Department
should be reported to the office
}. b. MANLEY. Pm.
p October 16. 1882.
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EMILE BARBER d CO.
GRAY'S SPECIFIC MEDICINE
GREAT Trade MAR
Durrs.-

7 i HE GREAT
ENGLISH RENE
ny. An unfailing
cure for Seminal
Weakness, Sper-
matorrh9a, ImpO-
tency, and all Di-
seases that follow
rs a sequence OF
elf.Abusc; Ne loss
o. Memory,Univ
eel ssl
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Oar treatise.oa Blood and Skin DaseaSes mailed
nee to applicants. sep,esiiw
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q, 900 REWARD!

WIN b paid to any Chemist who will and, on anal.
ysia q 100 bottles Z. 8. one particle Of Mercury
AooAde Potassium, or any mineral substance.
TIE SWIFT StIClElC CO.
Drawer ;. Atlanta, Ga.
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Corner Bridge and Water Streets, .1.u
maySteod&weow-ly
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-05-17

One T. C. NJ. Golland, a white
man, who claims to be Baptist
preacher, and who for some time
past has been preaching, selling
books, and peddling cheap jewelry
in Colleton, borrowed a horse and
buggy from a neighbor for the pur-
pose, as he alleged, of going to
Georges Station, promising to re-
turn on the next day. He failed to
return at the appointed time, and it
was afterwards ascertained that he
did not 60 to Georges, but went to
Charleston, and after selling the
horse and buggy left for parts un-
known. He was subsequently ar
rested at St. Matthews and is now
in Jail. On the 18th he was in a
diving condition, the belief being
that he took strychnine while on his
way to jail.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-05-17

New ORLEANS, May 1.-THE
Picayune's Nashville, Tenn, special
says that $4,000 worth of gambling
apparatus was burned on the public
square yesterday by order of the
Criminal Court. At least five hun
dred gamblers have left or will leave,
on account Of the act of the Legis-
lature making gambling a felony.
Many of the sports have gone to
Chicago.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-05-17
At the recent cattle show in

At the recent cattle show in
Greenyille, Col. Aiken opposed
the lien law as curse to the far
mer; denounced the recent change
in the usury law; criticised the
management of the Penitentiary,
and favored the leasing Of convlcts
to work on railroads or to crack
stones to build public roads; un-
favorably criticised the law exempt
ing manufactures from taxation
for a period of ten years; and de-
nounced the public school system
of this State as q humbug. Where
upon there was vicious scratching
of editorial pencils, clicking OF
type and rustling of papers, and
Col. Aiken was held up to the pub
lie as an eccentric Congressman
who, in the language Of the Nears
and Courier, ''has q great deal to
learn yet" and will find out after
q while, that nothing he can do or
say will retard the growth Of gen.
erous sentiment or stay the progress
of the State" We cannot ap-
prove all that Col. Aiken says, but
we honor the man who has the
courage to speak his convictions.
He dares to say what many others
silently think. And it will be re-
membered that he has never been a
favorite of the NeaUs and Courier,
because he has the audacity to do
his own thinking, and has never
yet shown any inclination to favor
upon that paper. We do think,
however that courage Of conVic-
tions'' should be tempered with a
spirit of moderation, and that Col.
Aiken occasionally gives too loose
reins to his criticism Of public
measures.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-05-17

On Friday, the 14th instant,
nine convicts who were at work on
the Georgetown Railroad, in the
employ Of Major Twiggs, made a
break for liberty. One was shot
and killed, and another shot and
drowned while attempting to escape.
Jeff. Coles, one Of the escaped con-
victs. returned to the Penitentiary
in an emaciated condition and sur
rendered. He says that the prison
ers were cruelty treated, and had
scarcely food enough to keep soul
and body together. Col. Lipscomb
and DR.. Pope went to the scene Of
the trouble on the 18th. And
efforts are making to recapture the
six still at large.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-05-17
THE NEWBERRY AID.

Last week George S. Shirer
was tried at Orangeburg, and con-
yicted of breach of trust with
fraudulent intent. He was also
charged with larceny. The robbery
out of which the charges grew, was
committed some time ago, and Shir-
er's story was then about as follows:
s:Mr. Shirer, a clerk in the Office
of Messrs. Rank & Smith, rice mil
lers, Of this place, left the office on
the afternoon of the 10Th Of June
last, after counting the cash, and
locked the doors Of the Office. The
next morning, between 3 and 4
o'clock, a citizen hearing cries
for help went out from his house on
Amelia street and found the defend
ant lying on his back tied by the
neck to the back steps of the Melli-
camp school house and with his
hands tied behind his back. Being
rescued from his uncomfortable
position, Mr.. Shirer told the gen.
tleman Who relieved him that at 2
o'clock that night man came to
his gate, woke him up and told him
that there was young man at the
depot sick who wanted to see him at
once. Suspecting nothing he dress
ed and went out. When he had
gone a short way from home, two
men jumped out from behind a tree,
collared him, tied him and dragged
him through back streets to the rear
Of the Mellicamp school house.
There they threw him down and
with threats Of taking his life they
forced him to divulge the combina-
ton to the safe in the Office of
Messrs. Ranks & Smith, and to give
them the keys to the Office door and
to the drawers in the interior Of the
safe. One of the men having taken
down the combination on a card by
the light of dark lantern, and
then leaving Mr.. Shirer in charge
Of his companion, went of. Mr..
Shirer then says he lost conscious
ness, and when he recovered he
found himself alone and made the
cries for help which brought friends
to his assistance. Mr.. Smith and
the watchman at the mill were then
called, and it was found that the
Office door was open and that the
safe had been opened and robbed
of 1894; two of the inside drawers
having been taken offby the thieves" !"
Suspicious circumstances pointed
to Shirer himself as the guilty party,
and he was convicted in spite of
his ingenious story.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-05-17
The Chappelrs correspondent of

The Chappelrs correspondent of
the Neocs and Courier says:
'sIt has been rumored through
this County that great talk has
been made about petitioning the
authorities of the Columbia and
Greenyille Railroad to allow Chap
pelfs Depot to be removed from its
present site to a situation two miles
farther down the road, to a place
now known as Coleman's Mill.
Such removal would prove very
detrimental to many liberal patrons
and citizens residing in both New
berry and Laurens Counties. 1t is
said by great many citizens resid-
ing here that, if such change is
made, they will carry all their. cot
ton to Greenwood and ship to
Augusta by the Augusta and Knox
vile Railroad. The position they
take about the rumored removal is
that Coleman's Mill is a very out
of-the-way place, and in some places
that the roads are impossible. A
large petition has been signed by
the citizens Of this County and sent
in to the Greenyille and Columbia
Railroad authorities, and it is hoped
that no such removal will be allowed.