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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-08-07
THE POLITICAL FIELD.
Buffers Letter 10 Editor DANA.

Buffers Letter TO Editor Dana.
BOSTON, Aug. 6.-The following is self ex-
planatory.
BOSTON, Aug. 8, 1884.
Hon. Charles 4. Dana, Editor New York Sun, Nesc
York City:
Dear Sir,-As means of reaching more querists
than can do in any other way, write you this
note for such use as you choose to make of it,
Answer-I do intend to stand by the nomination
monopolists, and hope everybody will vote for me
who thinks that is the best thing to do. 1 will
give the reasons Tor my action, which are con-
trolling me to the public as soon as l can have the
benefit of CleVelandS letter of acceptance so that
wherein disagree with him may do him no in
justice.
Very truly your friend and servant,
BENJAMIN F. BUTLER.
Congregational Nominations.
BALTIMORE, Aug. CT VIM. II. Cole was today
nominated as the Democratic candidate for the
third District of Maryland, and Hon. John V. L.
Findlay was nominated in the Fourth District for
Congress.
New Jersey Republican Convention.
TRENTON, N. j., Aug. 6.-The Republican State
convention was called to erder ct 12,3Op. m. z.
K. Pangorn of Jersey City, was chosen chairman,
and made speech, reviewing the history of the
Republican party and assaing the free trade prin-
clples OF the Democracy. Secretaries were elected
and the convention then took a recess.
John Taylor and T. A. Potts were chosen eleetors
at large. Seven district electors also chosen
and ex.Gov. Oglesby of Illinois spoke upon the
tariff. Resolutions were adopted advocating pro-
lection for American industries, endorsing j. G..
Blaine as one of the foremost of American states
men, and pledgiDg the party to use every honorable
effort to secure his election to the Presidency.
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MAINE.
Fire Mt Old Orchard.

OLD ORCHARD, Aug. g.. The house of Capt.
Fred Wallace, on the Ferry road was burned
this morning. Insured $1,000; valued S25O0.
A defective chimney was the cause of the fire.
Struck by Lightning and Burned.
NORWAY, Aug. 6.-The barn of Mr.. Isaac
Curtis of Woodstock was struck by lightning
Monday and burned, with 80 tons of hay. Loss
CT00. ineurad
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THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS,

Published every day Sundays excepted by the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY,
AT 81 EXCHANGE STREET. PORTLAND, ME.
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CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.

Inappreciable.
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Mr.. e. G. Allen has presented Postmaster
Manley aud each employe of the Augusta
post-office with copy of his biography of Mr..
Blaine.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-08-07

Citizens Of Portland:-I do not know how to
express my sense OF the great honor you pay
me in this most cordial reception-all the more
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-08-07

The wife of Senator Frye is very sick at
Squirrel leland where she and the Senator
are guests nf Mr.. and Mrs. S. e. May of Lew.
iston. DR.. A. Garcelon of Lewiston went
down to attend her Tuesday.
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Reform Of the HOUSE of Lords.
MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION.

BELFAST, Aug. 6.-Miller g. Son, fax spinners O.
this city, have failed. Their liabilities estimated
at $4,000.
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saturday night large shark got entangled
in the fish weirs off Ball Head, near Bath, and
was killed and towed ashore on the beach,
The monster was IA feet long, and weighed half
a ton. The under pait is clear white and the
back mouse color. La the sun it presents the
appearance of satin
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AS Mt. BIalne recelVed the mBmurlaI from
the hand of Mr.. Woodman, and advanced to
the front of the stage to reply, the scenes
which attended his entrance were repeated A
wild tumult of applause and cheers greeted
him, repeated again and again. When the
confusion had subsidized sufficiently to allow
him to be heard, he said:
The Monitor., 1884-06-06
NOTES OF WARNING.

The Paterson Guardian, referring to the
failure for $4,000 of newspaper started
eighteen months ago as rival to the old Cin-
cinnati Enquirer, derives the moral that " it
is mighty hard job to run successful oppo-
sition to well-established newspaper, just
because certain individuals, interests or
cliques cannot control its columns" This is
but emphasizing fact that has been gener-
ally recognized for long while. However,
experience is often necessary to demonstrate
it to those who are more ambitious than WISE
Salem Standard
G. F. Hackett, native of this county is
publishing prosperous newspaper in Parker,
Turner county, Dakota. Some envious fell
lows in the town started rival paper to ex-
press their contempt for the said G. F. H :,
and to show him how newspaper, in their
opinion, should be run. The rival ran nearly
year at loss, and is now no more. When
will people learn wisdom?
The Monitor., 1884-06-06

Hon. w. j. DoNNAN, of Iowa, presented q
memorial and petition of the National Wo
mans Christian Temperance Union. 1t bears
the signatures of officers of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union in forty eight
states and territories, and reads as follows:
To the National Convention of Republican
party We, the members of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union of the states
herein represented by signatures of our Off
GERS, believe that while poison habits of a
nation can be largely restrained by an appeal
to the intellect through argument, to the
heart through sympathy, and to the con-
science through the motives of religion, the
traffic in those poisons will be best controlled
by prohibitory laws We believe the teach
ings of science, experience and the golden
rule, combine to testify against the traffic in
alcoholic liquors as drink, and the homes of
America, which are the citadels of patriotism,
purity and happiness, have no enemy so re-
lentless as the American nation. Therefore,
citizens of the United States, irrespective of
sect or section but having deeply at heart
the protection of our homes, we do hereby re-
spectfully and earnestly petition you to advo-
cate and adopt such measures as are requisite
to the end that prohibition of the importation,
expectation, manufacture and sale of alco-
holic beverages may become an integral part
of the national constitution.
And that your party candidate shall be by
character and public pledge committed to a
national prohibitory constitutional amend
ment.
Frances E. Willard, president Caroline b.
Buell., corresponding secretary Mary A..
Woodbridge, recording secretary; L. M. N.
Stevens, assistant secretary; Esther Pugh,
treasurer.
The Monitor., 1884-06-06

Up TO THIS DATE no subscriber to The Mon
froR has been charged more than fifty cents
for years subscription. The price will re-
main the same until the paper is enlarged and
printed in its own Office in Woodstown, which
will be soon. We propose making it one of
the best and cheapest newspapers in this part
of the country. 1t will be independent in all
things, and earnest as heretofore in its advo-
cacy of temperance. We believe that such a
journal is needed, and its object will be to do
good rather than to make money. No one is
dependent upon its profits for livelihood,
and it will not make the excuse that it cannot
afford to adhere to the truth.
The Monitor., 1884-06-06
RUM NABOBS.

In places where intoxicating drinks are
sold there are few persons or more
who rank themselves as the nabobs of the
community.
Under the protection of the law and often
in transgression of the same, bad as it is, they
lord it over the people. Drunkards are their
abiect slaves Drinkers become subservient
to them. Ungodly men sympathize with
them and large portion of the community is
afraid to oppose them or is Indifferent to the
evil work which they are doing. They grow
imperious and insolent. The few who have
the welfare of the community at heart and
have the courage of their convictions are de-
rided by them and called fanatics and cranks
And yet, there is not community in which
the calm and sober sense of the people is
not opposed to their accursed business.
Even drunkards and drinkers acknowledge
that their business is destructive to the best
and highest interests of society. Its direct
results are to make drunkards, to disqualify
men for any religious calling, to make them
improvident and beastly, to bring discord
into the family, to make husbands cruel and
rob fathers of paternal Affection in general
to wreck the fortunes of men and take from
them the finer instincts and sensibiities of
humanity.
No drunkard can prosper in this life, and
'no drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of
God" Could any business be lower in the
scale of human wickedness, although sane
toned by law :? None, unless it be that car
ried on in our cities, in which women sell
their virtue for price. And yet, the men
engaged in this business pass for the nabobs
in the community. They SO regard them
selves and are SO regarded by others who are
servile to them. The money they make and
the influence they gain come from making
paupers and criminals, from entailing misery
and degradation, and from imposing heavy
burden of taxes upon the community. The
only compensation is the paltry license fee,
which is paid by them. The wonder is that
men engaged in such a business can look
their fellow men squarely in the face. 1t
certainly requires the brazen face which
comes from long experience in criminal work.
munity will longer endur, such etfrontery
An honest man would beg rather than
make his living or grow rich at the expense
of the welfare of his fellow men.
The Monitor., 1884-06-06
NAMES OF OYSTERS.

The rivers and creeks in vicinity of Shrews-
bury used to give the fattest small oysters,
most of them of shape likely to make our
cousins from over the water think that they
were at home among the natives" But the
coppery flavor would be absent and in it's
place those grown in certain localities would
be quite yellow in color and have sedgy
taste, concerning the merits of which our ma
tives were not unanimous.
Oysters from the vicinity of Bedloe's, Ellis
and Oyster Islands, Black Tom and Caven
Point were variously called York Bays, York
Banks, Caven Points, Caven Channels and
Bucktails, probably the latter because of a
large spongy substance attached to the shells
and by the way, the old Princes Bay oysters
were frequently similarly ornamented Owing
to the difference of the soil on which they
grew, there was SO great difference of color
that the Princes Bays might be called
blondes and the Bucktails brunettes.
The establishment of the Manhattan gas
works was the death knell to all York bay
oysters. The bays of the north shore of Long
Island have always been justly famous for the
quality of their oysters, and many fine ones
of natural growth have been taken from them
within the last half century; but 1 believe
that, like Princes Bay, all of the ground
where the natural beds used to be found is
now staked off by and for planters. Saddle
rock oysters of very fine quality were once
caught in the vicinity of a rock SO called but
few have lived long enough to have seen
many of those oysters A large oyster from
any part of the world, on reaching New
York oyster house, now becomes material for
saddle-rock fry, stew or roast
The Monitor., 1884-06-06

A STARTLING CONTRAST ( Gymnastics for
girls is recommended by the Lancet). Her
mione-''Yes, I've gone in for Gymnastics.
Up every morning at six; dumb bells aud In
dian clubs till seven; walk six miles in the
hour, and come back to breakfast at eight.
Take light breakfast of rump steak, kidneys.
fish, eggs. But am / walking too fast
for you?" Johnnie (faintly)-" Er-yes-a
little. Breakfasted off couple of curried
prawns and a small soda, and-er- violent
exercise doesn't suit me after heavy meal ~
Funny Folks
The Monitor., 1884-06-06

To THE OBSERVING it seems very suggestive,
when the whole machinery of our courts are
set in motion and it's power invoked to keep
up what the people desire to put down, that
there is something rotten in Denmark. "
When whole country is placed under trib-
ute and traffic forced upon an unwilling
people, there is something wrong that greatly
needs righting. In our estimation nothing
will solve this knotty question of liquor SELL
ing SO effectually as local option.
The Monitor., 1884-06-06

mo wise man ever wished to be young
Or ,,
The Monitor., 1884-06-06
PERSONAL.

WILEY PARK captain of the Camden Bicy-
Gle Club, is spending short vacation with
his sister, Mrs Henry Robbins.
VIM. T. H1LLIARD, ESQ, of Salem, paid our
town visit on Monday.
J. H. G. AppLEGATE, of the Bridgeton
Neaos was up on business last Saturday.
The Monitor., 1884-06-06

The Amendment Herald, with circulation
of so, 900, says that the four national lecturers
on constitutional amendment forming the
male quartette are Hon. John P. ST. John,
Col. Geo. w. Balm, Major E. 7. Scott and
Hon. j. B. Finch.
The Monitor., 1884-06-06

The mortgage on the Centenary Methodist
Episcopal church, of Berlin, that has been an
embarrassment on the church for many years,
was provided for on Sabbath, May 25th
Rev. J. p Dimmitt, from Decatur, ILL.,, spent
the Sabbath with the pastor, Rev. 7. S. Wilson.
The people gave willingly and literally. The
whole town rejoices. Great credit is due to
the members of the church and congregation
1t was happy day for Berlin.
The Monitor., 1884-06-06

CAPE MAY is going to try another ocean
pier-this time an iron one. We hope it will
be built SO strong as to defy the stalwart as
saults old Father Neptune will be certain to
make upon it. Make it wave tight.
The Monitor., 1884-06-06

After all, the mighty forces which move
humanity are the forces which come from the
affections rather than from the cool intellect.
". G. Prime.
The Monitor., 1884-06-06

The true receipt for a miserable existence
is to quarrel with Providence.
The Monitor., 1884-06-06

Entertain no thoughts that will blush in
words -,SuchIing.
The Monitor., 1884-06-06

Liquor men are afraid of square issue and
therefore they compel party leaders to op-
pose every plan that will give the people an
opportunity to vote on the single issue OF
liquor selling.
If the above assertion is false let either OF
the existing parties pledge itself to submit
either local option or constitutional prohibi-
ton to the people and we will gladly stand
corrected. Those who have any knowledge
of deliberative and legislative bodies know
vicious resolution or law is to skillfully asso-
ciate the bad resolution or law with num-
ber of good resolutions or good enactments,
and it is precisely SO in politics The liquor
question is adroitly mixed up with other po-
litical questions SO that the Republican voter
finds number of good Republican principles
mixed in with the liquor question. To Sc
cure his Republican principles he must take
the bad principle of licensing crime. And
the Democratic voter also finds a number of
good Democratic principles mixed in with the
vicious principle of recognizing crime as
legal status. 10 secure his Democratic prin-
ciples he must swallow the liquor curse. We
boldly affirm that if the people of New Jersey
without regard to party considerations, were
to vote on the question of prohibition, prohi-
bition would prevail by an overwhelming ma
jority. Against the seven thousand dram
sellers we would place sixteen hundred min
listers. two hundred thousand professed
christians and four hundred thousand respec-
table citizens who more or less sympathize
with the prohibition of the liquor traffic. Be-
sides this there are great many drinking
men who would gladly vote to have the tempta-
ton removed from them. If we are mstak-
en- as to the number who, on q square issue,
will vote for prohibition, let the matter be
tested by an unembarrassed vote such as we
have suggested. If the people prefer the
dramshop to prohibition it will be CON-
fort to dramsellers to know that the people
are with them. and it will also vindicate the
politicians who have been misrepresented by
temperance fanatics charging them with OBJ
structing the will of the people And finally
the expressed judgment of the people against
prohibition would utterly overthrow the tur-
bulent and troublesome Prohibitionists' that
have so long disturbed our Israel By all
means let the people have the opportunity of
being heard. = Temperance Gasette.
The Monitor., 1884-06-06

We have been convinced for long time
that the New Jersey Temperance Alliance
needs a more perfect organization. There
ought to be a complete organization in every
county for the purpose of unifying and utliz-
ing the strength that we possess. In some
counties we have such organizations, and as
result we hold the balance of voting power
10 some purpose. At least two-thirds of the
counties in this state could be controlled by
temperance men if we were more perfectly
organized. Some of our wise and thoughtful
men ought to take this matter into considera-
ton. Our organization should include every
ward and every township; the canvass should
be so perfect as to enable us to know to man
how many votes we may rely upon. The AL
lance should not be political organization
but should work in harmony with every di-
vision of temperance workers. honest and
earnest temperance workers should agree to
disagree. Many are ready for the third party
movement, others are not ready. The part
of wisdom is to work together as far as our
lines of work harmonize When we reach a
point of disagreement let each pursue peace
fully his chosen path, then let us ascertain as
near as may be which division of workers has
done the most to build up temperance prin-
ciples and to break down the liquor traffic.
A County Alliance under our present con-
stitution may include all csses of temperance
men and women; in the Alliance meetings
plans may be perfected for temperance meet
ings, the distribution of temperance litera-
ture, and such other work as all may agree
upon. Our organization should provide for a
revenue to be used in prosecuting our work
If each County Alliance had a few hundred
dollars in its treasury our work would feel a
helping impetus at every point.
While we highly appreciate the work
done by other temperance organizations we
cannot help saying that the Womens Chris
tian Temperance Union is doing more good
than any one of the existing temperance Or
CARNATIONS in the land. The amount of work
performed by these elect christian women is
truly marvellous. There ought to be Union
i'll every village and hamlet of New Jersey
Christian ministers will do we'll to encourage
these earnest and self denying workers. May
the God of Israel bless these devoted labor
ers in the harvest field of temperance Any
one desiring to have Union organized should
address either Mrs. S. j. c. Downs or Mrs.
j. L. Ellis. Information left at this Office
will be forwarded. = Temperance Gazette.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-11-12
auo,ner Grent Excurs,on.

Mr.. s. j. Mathes, In charge of another
great excursion Of II. NJ. Baker & Co. will
arrive In the city today. via The Needles,
with the following passengers:
For Los Angeles-Mrs Juda A Sabine, Ed
ward u sibine Colorado Springs; II C Wall
by, Lincoln, III; Mrs W McPherrin. Arthur
McPherrin, Royal McPherrn. Paul McPher-
rim, Nellie McPherrin, Clarenda. IA; Geo ]
Fickler, Mrs @ Fackler, Lizzie Fackler,
Kansas city; Miss Mamie Gregory, Long
wood Mo; c Clemons. Kansas City; Miss
Clara Weaver, Miss Mamie Pollock. ST Louis
Miss Labreds, Carren. III; o 2 Hayes, San
Jose; Hayes, Mrs E Hayes, Mary
Hayes, Archie Hayes, Harper Conn;
| ing, Washington, Ks; II Wilmer, Miss Vic
| torla Wilmer Juda, Wis; W Lavarco, Chit
| eago; J Cook, 81 Paul, MINI: Mrs z
Cook, Moorysyille, Ind; Mrs A V Peoonhoif,
Petersburg, i'es o.; Il p saiey, Mrs l. ? sniey'
| Lula Suley, Juan suley, Pauline suley Err.
bert suiey Reynoldsville, Pa; W 8 Jones,
| Mrs W Jones, Kansas City; Miss Waffle
Knight, ,syeamsSre, Ills; &c i, Inbbs, Aurori,
n watson, Miss Edith Watson, Clay
ton, j; John Peasee. Mrs John Peaslee
Bertha Peaslee. Addie Peaslee, Miss + Large
Iinnie Peaslee, Dewitt. Ia; d A Bentley, Mrs
DabondI, Greedy Bentley, Dollie Bentley, Los
| Angeles; s Chesebrough, Glenn Falls, Y
| Miss l. Broonhall, Mrs q L Nye, Geo Nye
Museatine, L.; Mrs NJ stowell, Ray stowell
Fred Stowell Des Moines; Dr 4 Orr
| Rochester, Ind; l. II Gibbs, Mrs L II Gibbs
Louis Gibbs, Earl Gibbs, Des Moines, Ii
| A G Brown, Mrs A G Brown, Central Michi
| gan; q W Murdell, Mrs q W Murdell, MIR,
| Fannie Lybarger, Miss Fannie Lybarger
| Chas Lybarger, Cassnobia, Ills; A Durant
Mrs A Durant, l. Amen, II Hearn, Lille
| Hearii, Marshalltown, Iowa; J Chambers
| Mrs Chambers. Mitchell, lnwa; Miss ku
ham Wright, Elk Lick, Pa Miss Id Roudry
| c 7 Durham, Mrs DR. Ad ms Marshalltown
Laura Macomber, Louis, Iowa; l. Grant, AT
lantic, Iowa; NJ Johnson, Liwrenceburg
Indiana; l. q Wason, Norwalk, Connecticut
| X Bigelow, 4 White, Northwood, Iowa; Mr.,
L White, Chas White, Edward White
| llaltOn, Iowa.
For San Francisco Miss J Black, Su
| Francisco; II 7 Arthur Mrs T Arthur
| Dewitt Iowa; W Ross, Kansss City Mis-,
| NJ Cox, Oneida, Ill; Is All, Miss Alden
| -turitt, Ill; J II Long, Mrs p Loegh, Mis-,
Eva Albe, st Johns, Mich: Mrs Z + Rice
Barre; Miss X " whitehead, Mrs White
| head Miss Edith Whitehead, Edward
Whitehead, Mrs $ A Tregs, Mt Rose, No
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Nora + ,stm N, do; Bert Eastman, do:
Burk, Micnig IN PW II nm IN, do. J II c I'M
mings Milwaukee; NJ $ Potter, indianapolis
For Pomon Mrs l. p Crawford, Pomona
| Helen Crawford, do.
| For kverside-Jts IS Lee, ElmwOtd Ill
Mrs I, Lee, 10, Mis- My Morris, do; NJ
| + A Grim, A toohi, Ill; Julii q iddarl
| q ilesburg, III; Edwin toddirl, do