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The Portland daily press., 1884-03-31
SPECIAL NOTICES.
SPECIAL NOTICE.

We would call speeisl attention to the AssessOvs,
Notice, which appears in our columns day ith
reference to Taxes that all persons interested may
comply with the tenor of such notice particularly
the clauses with reference to the U. s. Government
Bonds, Deposits in Savings Banks, and Alb .tement
of Taxes and thus AZ, hard thoughts and possibly
hard words, hen too late. mar31-sntf
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-31
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

WASHINGTON, March 81.
The indications for New England are
warmer, generally fair weather, preceded on
the Eastern coast by slight SHOWS. diminishing
northwest winds and higher barometer.
Off-shore signals from Hatteras to EasLort
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
T1127PM MI
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-31

A little child Of Rutland, VT, becoming
wesried with the quarrellinR OF two younger
cnnoren over glass OF milk, exclaimed:
Whats the use of fighting forever over that
snilk2 There's a whole coWlul lnnt in fha
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-31
MAINE.



WATERvILLE, March 29.-At meeting Of
the citizens of this town to-day, called for the
purpose of deciding by vote, whether or not
this town should accept the city charter
granted by the Legislature, it was voted by
100 mai )rity net to accept ths charter. The
question turned somewhat upon political s-
sues, although it was not made strictly party
M +tter.
bad travelling ia Penobscot County.
TO the Associated Press.)
BANGOR, March 29.-The bridge at Hampden
was carried away last night and owing to the
bad travelling there has been no stage between
the mail was carried between those points TO-
day on hand sled.
Bridge Carried Away.
BATH, March 28.-Two spans of a bridge
across Back river, connecting Woolwich and
Arrowsic, were carried away by ice to-day.
An extreme high tide lifted 100 feet of the
structure bodily upon the ice, and it foated
away. The Georgeto~n stage passed over
safely few minutes before the accident.
BANGOR.
man advertises n one of the Bangor papers
for a wife. He states that he is so years old
with plenty of money" and as an additional
halt throws ont the statement that he has
"some thoughts OF travelling" He insists that
his correspondents must be healthy and good
looking.
At the annual meeting OF the Passadumkeag
Log Driving Company Friday forenoon the
following officers were elected: President, j..
w. Porter; Clerk and Treasurer, Lester
D@inal Directors, John Morrison, Albert G.
Page, Chas WoodmaD, fsaiah Morris. The
driving was let TO Isaiah Morris; first drive,
IS cents a thousand; second drive 70 cents.
The steamers of the New England and
Acadia steamship line, of which Hon. Edward
S. Gushing is president, aud Mr.. ID. Clergue
secretary will commence running the hrst OF
jane. They will call at EasLport, Campobello,
Digby and Annapolis.
BUCK PORT.
Mr.. Dennis Kerrigsn OF Charlestown re-
cognZsd the body of the man killed Oh the
Eastern railroad Wednesday as that of John
Lyon, aged 43 years, formerly resident of
Bucksport. He was section master on the
Bangor & Bucksport Railroad, and recently
removed to Great Falls, N. III.
Rev. A. j. Clifford of Bucksport started on
tour to the South last week. He is in very
feeble health; but it is hoped, that Ia the
warm climate Of Orangebufg, ). u, he may
rapidly recover.
CALAIS.
A movement is in progress looking to the ap-
pointment Of e. B. Harvey, Esq, of Calais, to
M the next vacancy that may occur in the
Supreme Judicial BeI ch.
FoxcRoFr.
Dr. R L. Merrill of Foxcroft died last week
Of Inflammation of the liver.
GARDINER.
Gen. Neal Dow lectured on the prohibitoFy
amendmsnt at Gardiner last week
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-31
EXPLOSION AND DEATH.
Six Men Killed in a New Jersey
Nitro Glycerine Factory.
Their Bodies FeRrfuIly MutIlatcd-De-
tails Of the Disaster.

CHESTER, Pa, March 29.-The nitro glyce-
rine house of the Rrpano Chemical Works at
Thompson's Point, N. j across the river from
this city, exploded at 10 so O'Clock this morn
ing, and it is supposed seven or eight men
have been killed. Among the killed are sups
posed to be Lamot Dupont, Vice President of
the company; w. N. Hill, Superintendent;
Mr.. Norcross, compounder of the dynamite,
and others. Their tug was Immediately dis
patched to the city for surgeons, and has left
with number to attend to the wounded. The
report was distictly heard in this city, many of
the houses being badly shaken, The Repano
works are among the largest dynamite manu-.
featuring houses in the country, and are oper-
ated largely by the Duponts of Delaware.
LATER
The explosion at the Repano chemical
works this morning was supposed to have bet n
Caused by too much heat being generated BY
nitric acid. This supposiiiou is based on the
fact that six occupants of the building were
seen to rnsh for the door and were j4mmed in
the passage when the explosion occurred and
they were instantly killed, their bones being
broken and twisted and their heads crushed in
frightful manner. Their names were az fol-
lows; Lamot Dupont, vice president of the
company aud connected with the Dup JDt pow
der works in Delaware; VIM. n Hill, superin-
teDpent of the works; Ed dward N ,rcross, COM
p"under OF nitro glycerine; George Norton aud
lewis Lay, employees, and Mr. Ackerson,
chemi t from st. Louis. A workman stand
ing on treste work not more than 100 fet t
from the building when it blew up was thrown
several feet into field, several large stones
alightiug all around him. He says that he
saw the men rushing to the door aud heard a
report. 1t appears that Norcross had said dur
ing The morning that he did not like the way
the dynamite had been working, and that ne
could not keep the heat down. Surgeons who
weut over from Chester were of little service.
Nothing remains of the building which was
two story frame structure and an excava lou
sufficient to bury good sized house was made
around badly shattered. The works
which are largely owned by the Duponts OF
Delaware, had been in operation for about four
years, and this is the first accident that has
happened there.
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-31

A Calais Schooner Wrecked-The Crew
Rescued Through the Bravery of a Life
Saving Crew.
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-31
WASHINGTON.
The spr;uger Comu,,,,ee.

WASHINGTON, March 29.-Ex. Senator Dorsey
will probably be asked to appear fore Mr.. Spring
er's committee some time in April. He has written
letter to MIR Springer, In which he eharacterizes
the testimony of ex-Postmaster General james ''as
picturesque f4lsehood." I'orsey says he wants all
of the liars to testify before he j. called The ex
Senator makes serious charges agaii st men whore
names have not heretofore been publicly connected
wi the Star Route frauds He says that he will
m Ike ear statement of The matters spoken of in
his letter when called to testify. springer declines
to give the .mes of the parties ref rred to Ia the
letter. preferrng to let matters lie developed in the
testimony of Dorsey.
Pension Matters.
The House committee on invalid pensions today
decided to report adversely upon the Pierce bill %
pension all soldiers who served ia the late war at
the rate of y cents per month for e4ch month Of
service. The bill oi Representa- i've r bbiusou Of
Ohio to place all ex-Uuion soldiers who were con.
hned in Confederate prisons up III the pension rolls
and TO pay hem So per day for each day OF their
Imprisonment, was then taken up aud Representa-
tive NJ thOn offered substitute, viii adopt
ed providing that the pension sha be given any ex
Union prisoner OF war VIII IN the board of pension
surge shall decide be suffering fir M any dis
ability, either general specific, and also prov ng
for TIE pensiOnig of the widow of any Union
soldier who confined i'll Confedel ate pris IN
aud die0 from the effects or his confinement the
only evidence necessary in the latter to be the
testimony of the physician who attended her hus.
banG III his last Illness.
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-31
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Published every Gay Sundays excepted by the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY,
AT 81 EXCHANGE STREET, PORTLAND, ME.
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-31
Not by ANY Means.

When you ask for Bsnson's C4pcine Porous Plas.
SIS eon't accept any Others as ''iuss ss goSo 70
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-31
LATEST MARINE NEWS.

Rise. = Fail.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-09-24
Narrow Escape of Booths Brother.

'One of the most exciting mobs ever
saw in my life was the one which at
tempted to hang Junius Brutus Booth at
Cincinnati the morning after Lincoln's
assassination"
Emile Buelier was the speaker. He
made the remark in conversation with
some friends last evening.
81 was then clerk at the Burnet
house, " he continued. 81 had gone there
with Captain Silas Miller, who had pur-
chased it Just prior to that time. Junius
Booth was billed to play there, and ar
rived at the hotel on the evening when
his brother shot Lincoln.
"He came down stairs the next morn
ing, and after breakfast was on the point
of going out to take a stroll. had Just
heard few minutes before that the
people were in a tumult and had torn
down his bills all over the city. He
came up to the desk, and as he did so |
informed him that thought it would be
best for him not to go out in the streets.
He looked at me in astonishment, and
asked what Imeant "Havn't you heard
the news2" said l. He replied that he
had not. didn't like to say any more,
zled. Going to friend, who was stand
ing near, he asked in rather an excited
manner what that young man meant by
talking that way, and wanted to know if
l wasn't crazy. The man told him no,
that was the clerk. More mystited than
ever he returned and demanded my rea-
son for the remark. | saw then that he
was in ignorance of the tragedy, and re-
luctantly informed him that his brother
had killed the President. He was the
most Mortified man that | ever saw, and
for the moment he was overcome with
the shock. | suggested to him that il
would be better to 90 to his room, and he
did So being accompanied by one or two
of his friends.
He had scarcely gone upstairs be-
fore the room was filed with people.
The mob was fully 500 in number, and
wanted to find Booth. They were per-
fectly furious, and it was with the
greatest difficulty that we checked them
by the story that their intended victim
hung him in minute if they could have
laid hands on him, so great was theiI
rage. They returned almost immediate,
ly, but by this time we had removed
Booth from his room TO that of a friend
The mob watched the house so closely
that it was four or five days before he
had chance to leave. We finally
smugged him away, however.
"I've seen four or five different ac.
counts of that circumstance, but none OF
them were correct. The story that he
was disguised as a woman TO effect lis
escape is all wrong. lie left in his Or
dinary clothing. - LOuisoHle Courier
Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-09-24

escapes and "saves his bacon" Nor do
we ever remember seeing a pig fairly
caught in this manner, for the law is,
that it must only be captured by laying
hold of the tail. Molly has now job to
rub the mud off Johnny, which she does
by pulling up large handfuls of grass.
While she is cleaning him, he stands very
still and looks very sheepish.
The hat still stands very high on the
pole, ornamented with blue ribbons. The
pole itself is rubbed with soft soap and
grease from top to bottom. Those who
have attempted to climb are as greasy as
butchers. In vain do they try to. reach
it, sand and saw-dust are useless; even
the miller's attempt, upon one occasion
they called to mind, was a failure, al
though he went up with his pockets filled
with flour, and rubbed the pole with it
every inch he gained. At length a sweep
came, with his soot-bag twisted around
him. They shook the pole, but still he
continued to ascend, and all the shaking
was in vain, for whenever you looked up
you saw him looking down, showing his
white eyes and white teeth He trusted
to his SCOT, feet ard hands, together with
and brought down the prize.
But the wheelbarrow race, blindfolded,
at this particular fair was the best of all,
for no one could see the mark he was run
ming at. Some called cleft" some
right" and as each competitor had only
the voices of the bystanders to guide him,
away he went at full speed, obeying their
directions as well as he could. Some
foundered in neighboring pond, others
in an opposite ditch. Johnny. was the
most fortunate of the lot, for he trusted
to the clanking of Mollie's patten rings
Ga device of her own before agreed upon,
and won the new smock frock, with all
its garniture of sky-blue ribbons, the per-
quisite of his beloved Molly-for this
stroke of policy was her own.
Nor was the donkey race the least
amusing part of the country fair; al:
though we had bet ten to one on the ia.
vorite, there were the same odds against
his moving at all-for it was ten TO one
if he would ever start; if he did we well
knew that he could ''win in a cantern as
they say.
Thus have given you true picture
of an English fair of fifteen or twenty
years ago; and rare fun it was too for u:
town youngsters to watch Johnny and
Molly at their enjoyment. But gradually
the "dude" influence of the city is ex
tending to the rural districts, and now
one has to look long way before finding
such picture as Ihave endeavored faith
fully to give.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-09-24
Origin of "He's a Brick"

Plutarch, in his life of Agesilaus,
King of Sparta, gives us the origin of
the quaint and familiar saying. On a
certain OCCASION an ambassador from Epi-
rus, on a diplomatic mission, was shown
by the king over his capital The am
bassador knew of the monarch's fame
knew that though only nOminally king
of Sparta, he was ruler Of Greece-and
lie looked to see massive walls rearing
aloft their embattled towers for the de
fense of the town; but found nothing of
the kind. He marveled much at this,
and spoke of it to the king.
"Sire," ," he said, 81 have visited most
of the principal towns, and | find no
walls reared for defense. Why is this2''
"Indeed, Sir Ambassador replied
Agesilaus, ''thou canst not have looked
carefully. Come with me tomorrow
morning and l will show you the walls
of Sparta"
Accordingly on the following morn
ing, the king led his guest out upon the
plain where his army was drawn up in
full battle array and pointing proudly to
the serried hosts, he said;
There thou beholdest the walls of
Sparta-1O, 900 men, and every one a
brick ln
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-09-24

"a good forty-Ave dollars worth il
I'd carted it half a mile further" he
said to his wife, with face which
shone as he sat down to breakfast.
"And not soul heard us, said Sam,
rubbing his hands in great glee.
"Wish 1 could see 'em when they find
it OUT
'Now, I'm even," said the farmer
"And Pm blamed if it wasn't the best
days work l ever did when l gave
away that coat by mistake. ."-Sydney
DdVre
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-09-24
LAND WHERE OUR DREAMS
COME TRUE.

sr some mist-hidden river
under a wonderful sky,
me the rain never blots out the sunshine
our loves mover weary or die;
fo the flowers never fale-but in changing
heir magical sweetness renew,
gioried realm Of enchantmont,
i't land where our dreams come truel
N mystical symt OILS and tokens,
We know of that beautiful land;
Hut, alas on the threshold of manhood
The frail clue slipped out of our hand
And the wild river wandered between;
The white gates are hidden from view,
And only in sleep we remember
The land where our dreams come truei
we shall find the lost treasures we seek for
Revealed in that wonderful sphere
he aims and the dreams of the bygone,
|he good that eluded us here;
occnt faiths of our childhood,
ire hameless friendship we knew,
In our banished illusions
land where our dreams come truel
know in divinest fulfllment
Dur vain hopes are gathered at home;
he Jewels we mourn here are boarded
Where the moth and the rust cannot come; 4;
and oft when the sunset is faintest
1 We catch through a rift in tho blue
}or-away glimpse of the glories
Z 81 the land where our dreams come tIuel
'ere IRE garnered the prayers of cur moth
ers,
Hno the soft cradle songs that they sung;
hey move in the mist with white gar
1onts,
Iaces Immortality young.
but Of the mists of the river
teIr sweet hands shall reach us the dew,
leads through the valley of shadow,
~ the land where our dreams come truel
~ weeping, we lay down our idols,
8nd bury our loves out of sight,
7sugh we know in our hearts we shall find
them
By and by, in the Mansions of Light
80 the salt tears that fall on their ashes,
Nd blossom in pansy and rue,
here shall be lilies immortal,
34 land where our dreams come true
Emma Alice BroUne.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-09-24
I MIGHT HAVE DONE.

rs there a sadder word than this,
''I might have donep
might have filed lifes cup with bliss,
At least for onel
" might have donem So simple joy
Loves word or vile
Robs life of half its sad alloy,
Makes life a smile
I" might have donel" While young life
strewed
Her prescient seeds,
Each folded germ with life endued,
To bloom i'm deeds.
Oh love-fraught Hours, sail mutely on;
Die, one by one;
IT'S life to sigh, when all are gone:
81 might have doner'
Mary Clemmer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-09-24
A Successful Charm.

A young woman who thought she was
losing her husbands affection went to o
seventh daughter of a seventh daughter
for love powder The mystery woman
told her: "Get a raw piece of beef, cut
flat, about AN inch thick. Slice an onion
in two, and rub the meat ON both sides
with it. Put on pepper and salt, and
toast it on each SIDE over a red coal fire.
Drop on it three Jumps Of butter add two
sprigs of parsley, and get him TO eat it"
The young wife did so, and her husband
loved her ever after
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-09-24
Benefits Forgot"

Old gentleman Che had been chased
across the field by the infuriated animal
and had only just scrambled over the
gate in time -gasping for breath) )-"You
in-fernal un-grateful beast An me
been vegetarian all m'lifew-LOadOD
Punch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-09-24
MR. BINGLE'S OLD COAT.

'Splendidw said Mrs. Bingle pulling
h collar up and skirt down, and set
1sng the pocket flaps, as farmer Bingle
A'Ied on the new overcoat. "Real silk
'IlFet collar"
Yes, and such piece of clothl Forty
Ye dollars for the whole thing"
Z 'Forty-five dollarsm echoed Sam and
lim admiringly.
Yes. Seventeen for the tailorin' and
'.lmnin's, and twenty-eight for the cloth.
Il do me till Pm gray"
What you going to do with the old
nne, pa2n asked Jim.
It's a good coat yet" said Mrs.
tingle. Samll be grown into it by two
wears more
"First-rate coat. Butt was think.
'fg some Of givin it to Parson Graves.
gu see it'll go on my account for a year,
&pd / won't have so much to pay on his
larry"
Mrs. Bingle measured with her eye how
|1eh Sam would have to grow before fit
4pg well into the roomy coat and de-
.led it might be at least three years, in
,e course of which time, added to the
t4en during which it had been doing
fFice on Sunday and great occasions it
uht begin to look old fashioned, and
p might object to wearing it, that
|og gentleman having already devel-
taste for clothing which came
onably near fitting him. So it was
1d that Parson Graves shauld have
Did overcoat.
Aecordingly, on the next Saturday,
ben the farmer and his wife were about
drive into the country town, he askeG
ff the last moment:
s'Now, where's that coat?"
''Bless me- cried Mrs. Bingle, 'Tve
been so busy over that butter and eggs,
if / didn't clean forget about it! Sally,
Sally" she ran into the house, calling to
the hired girl who helped in the kitchen,
''run up to the spare chamber and take
that oyercoat that hangs there, and
some of them papers that lay on the
shelf, and wrap it up well and bring it to
me-
Sally brought it, and the huge bundle
lay in Mrs. Bingle's lap as she rode.
It's good coat, she observed, hall
regretfully, smoothing with her hand a
corner of the cloth which peeped through
3 hole in the paper, and again revolving
in her mind the possibility OF Sans
frowing in two years. A" Sam won't be
likely to get any ready bought coat hall
as good as this
g Like as not he WON'T agreed the
GARNER, "but never mind. It's more
blessed to give than to receive you
know"
The Bingle household awoke the next
morning with the impression that some
thing of an event was impending with
the family, which impression became,
with full wakefulness, defined into the
remembrance that the new overcoat wa,
to be worn for the first time on that day
There was, however, no undignified
haste or trifing in the matter. The
morning chores were done, morning
prayers conducted with the time-honoreC
Iengthiness, and then the farmer leisure
shaved himself as usual, at one of the
|ndows of the great kitchen, before
wing in as indifferent u voice as hi
1nld command:
Jim, run upstairs and get my over
af.n
pa went, but delayed until hi
sher had put the finishing touches Il
BOW in her bonnet strings, a process
aich was invariably interrupted by he
Naband with theremark that they woulC
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Marriage and death notices gratis
An bills for yearly Advertisements collected guar
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Job work-cash on delivery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-09-24

Although Frenchmen are spoken of as
"frog- eaters - it is asserted as fact that
more frogs are now eaten in New York
alone than in all of France.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-09-24

1t is estimated that over 500, 900, 600
quarts of edibles are canned in this coun-
try annually