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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-04-22
RrPURIIcAN CONVENTION
,rcoSp ooSoErssIoS,r pI.Tucr.

To kcplhilcans 20 tte srFcrai clt.cs. towns,
and planlAtlona o. t1e srcuu1 lunrressl 1uai
ecnFcuuou to - tcll AZ Aunlrr Hal
friura, on Tsssi1r. i,f 2gfl faIr of Alri,
1851. af ~ m nl..
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ksVrCsIntaLro o. ttr AllAru lunErcss al the
nlie-i -tstes. 49, o. unaninste = csnil.iste
iof Presidential tIrctor, to neleEetcs 80
80 Altsrnatcs o. tne Arpun.iran Naflurs Al
Nonventiun o. ~ bell III luiraEu. luue Z. -.
ant to elect a itisuirt lnmmiiirs.
he tasls % rrprUsrntatiiIn 81 20 ~ f'IloNs
LA city, tosu sna plsrtsiion siii D. eutit.ei
a. ona dciusair. and fur Vacn - Nutrs cat fuf
M ArplnllCan CAnlllair DHf lsuFcrnuf I'm 49,.
IN aIAiliicual delcrate. knt or fracilon 90 q
vOtrs ln encrss ~ ii votes. an aiiliInnsl DEE
gate. ihr uistrict lumurirf 80 o. la 49,
slon ~ ~ hail ~ ~ ocie-cs me for ~ pr
p. 81 r'..eiring cr,-icniiAls
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commissioners Nsiioe.

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b. tha ~ sn. InIire % frlra's o. fhf Hlntl ~
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o'c'r-k An, 90 ~ lafpnsff tplff nfm IN
Waofftork. Arr'l RI $40
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fANFs q. uuNhEH.
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Atrss eoPy -Ars.i. ii. G Dasis r. ri-'sf


OK JkD. ss.-At Coaft % rrsbats ~ =.
fsn.. sthin .nfiofthe c0saiy Of Orflfl On
TOE third Tuesday % Arr. A. ID. lssi
On me pstf on % LYf IA n. MOfaa a.m.nls
uanik on The esiste 81 Josstl More lac
OF fsis, 10 sad COuuiy. deceased, rfafI1F Inf
hcsnse 70 ssl and c0utsy al me real rstltf u
ssd deceased sitnstsf IN M tIsu 81 Paris. q
pee'k % private ssie, Df ne psfmrui 81 fc1is
and charges.
Ordsrtd, That The SAD psthlooer ave nofic.
70 all persons Interested By esasing An absfrari
Of Der pettioo vita this order thfFeoa. % - ut
ishef three sests saccsssivsiy 10 the UKforf.
Democrat, printed 81 fsfts, that Their MAJ aIpsar
81 ffobsts cosft 20 b. held a. faui IN al
cousty on the third Tuesday % NAY neat. a .
oeiest Ia The forenoon, anf thos cause ID al
thsy hsse.why ths sAms shoaif not be srAafsi.
Gao A WILSON, Iuixe.
A trae eoPy-Attesti "A. Z. DAVE. He.l.lar.
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OXFORD. - AT Court 81 pfai.,is. hsii 4 P.li.
within AMI Go NJ Comfy q Okflri "a a. tfIr.I
Tuesday q April. d lsst
On ne pstltion u HANNAH A. IRISH. Al
mlnistraillt n Ne estate n Aafun NJ lrlh 80 ri
Nocisio,k, ~ sall c1uril, lfCfas.d pry.nr tr 81.
een,e - al All o.llII AT fa nll f.ff. 81
seai decfassdi situated l NsI.i.fn.E III rnlI. rr
itssle s.-e. - ~ payfl.uf sf .etfs sll ri.r..s
ohDthnD lhs ~ sail Itilii..'.9r NIf sliHIfI iN
lefsrn. ntffestfi, ~ ctuslnr thlfrlI nf Do If
u.li VIA ms Order theIson, a. D. puii.sall ifrlf
sefts saccessiftly IN ne OxroED nrs0l EkI. o. r.
paper prnifd q fars IN ssll olanfy. th.l tbs nsl
appsAI Probate Court - h. heil q r.ris on f'r
third Tuesday u Nay neAf. a nlne o'oiock Ia a.
ioreno.n. .sd shgs cause, any ihsy have. VIZ az
SAM shoald 30 y FrHnied
GEORGE A. WILSON. Iu.iy.
true copy-Ausst II. {. DAVIS, Register.
OXFORD, s,-At . Cour. Of rrob.,e Mi a,
Fare. within ant Tor The cOunit ~ Oafor'l
2. ne oifd Iasstay q Apr, A. d. isst
saAu bESNkff, txecufrlt o. -
essats q Alysn wason. lsie u Iisoois Pi.n
.ssSn. " ss,d tounty. deoeassf. htglBa pee n
~. ssSant 81 sdmiaislrstl "a oi tas esttfs VI
~ nece.sei fsr aliossass.
vsaesed, ihat The ss,d Exssatrix sse noisos
~ ~ psrsons INTERESTED b. caa.ing q copy Of t1is
.osf " - Pnbiish~a thrss weeks suosessirsiJ N
w vkIofi D~nosfHt printed Al Pans, that thsy
st sppesr ~ frobsts Couu % b. held a. faris
s~'a tousty on me thIrd Tuesday a Ma neal.
~ ee1ocs - the forsaoon aud shes eases u Al,
ssy nave uhy the ssns should no. b. sllows1.
eho. a. WILSON Jadxs.
Atfss eopy-sttest'-H G. DAVIS. Resfnsr.
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REPUBLICAS STATE CONvEN
TfuN


Hs.llisaiIs. Apra 10. 1850, 81 ~, A. n,
f,r ne Furpc-s a ncminsfinx csndiia,s Or
Governor o. D. suprortcd ~ tne ~rptemusr
slcftiun. and salcctiuE tie candtiatrs o.
hleCturs o. l'rcstleni All \ - irCsl.leut of
ne Inlukl ~taies. All frur ielcgstes ~ larEs
and fuur aitrrnates % attend t1e Natlsnal Coz
Venti0n % - hell a. birI.ro. iIInols. On Tucs
iaV. Iunf (. -. aad transACfnE any ether
uuslnrss that nay lrrreriy Colus before ~
To tatis ~ rerrescntaiiun IN D. a. fol
ioss earh city. trsn and riautaflun uIl D.
rufIfissl % ons tUlraatc. AMI fur each . NotHs
at fur So Hrpuollran CanIilllatr o. eruuf
IN 80 a. addtiuuai dele<ate, AL Coz ffer
tlcn 20 q Nctss IN sNce-s 90 = votes. an addt
fIonal 1s,eEafr.
The ~tafs lommlftsa Ill d. IN Session IN ne
Eecsrfifh r,-nrn 20 ths IlslL M nins o'cioCk o.
ne mufUiuT 81 tne ruuNrutluu tuf ~ rlrfs 49,
% rocrINlua ~ crc.icniIsia ui HeIoTafTs.
Al firllIlrs 81 haIne. IfnuIf rfFarl o. past
poI'firai f'ncrences D. ar in iaNuf - 90
safinr All dlEnINinr American iaoor. pro
trcflnE ani eniruilnE bone inIlusfrtes Twins
frre IslrIllar r,laCaIlun o. ne masses "a tnr
peorls sscuring frce suri.re al a. hoae-i
nuulan flEnts an every srction % otr cen 1uun
countrY In cfcCtlnE mrasurus o. m rnconl
aEcrueni 81 Amcficau snIrninr ani shin hnili
NJ n ifmrcrNncr' IN a. cC|'uoIIllCaI. lusi anl
sfrcirnt alilninistrsfiou 81 pablo araifs. sni
sho desire lu rruulufr lrirIIiIN fCTlIuE 49,
psrunanfuf harruunV throughout tne sufIre
iani. 81 unalntslninE q usfIunal Fnfrrnulr ne
uic.irrf ID tnrsT otIcrts Ant rrinCInais. ar
coriialiy inFnci a. unite srh tuc Eslut'i
Cars of NJ state in = ieciInF delrEtirs in M
cuuvsnfiuu
PEI ORDER gsruhiicsn state Commnies.
sNrant wise. tlalrfnan.
WrxrrN arna.fr. ~rrrrfarr
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OXFORD. .. .--Ats Gear afprot.,s. -
shhIn sni ~ ~ touuif a OAR. Il -
ilrsiaY a AwI a u. lisa 81
~ az peft.on n tllANfFs d ~
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.olIIsl ~ saI ant c.afrF t a. "a. 49,. 4 r
lr.rasel s.ilairt u a. i1sas II ~. u. iif
II.I a. Iu.tI| af lnfair sl.I. Cd f.. 20
lfIfs al 0Itfrrs.
unpEnfn. i.lf o. saIl palf.rar ,r.....
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FfT A. sur0fsslff'r m a. OKfnnn nr. -. .ir
lsIlf rr.nifi a faTs IN faIl ....i. ~. t.'II
Irpftf A. Probate t.lIi. a. II t..I Il o.. al
n.IaI iafslIsy a MAJ ulti e. 90. 49, d.
.f0lo0u. tli sAlF Otrsr, II l0I ..sl III. r
.snl sIaui 1Hf d. TrtnflI
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A iraa sarr-Anfsi IL g.. DAVIS. n.-...f
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TIfE satscrUer hsrety sige pul''r gnii' trat
b. fas ben dnlT spfs1inifi ~ fhf toe ln.lf.
81 Probate Cor ~ tcnuif ofptfnri. trl sttHni
% IN estate Of
HHFNETEE uifrOS iifa .f n.nntft.
In saif C1unfY, irrrssrl, by EIfIns nnnn a. .tf
AZ fIferis b therefore frIufaf aIl rrrsp1f n
tsttsi 10 tfs ssisir 81 sali deceased io uatf
irrrls.iIats paVmsnf. ant ttnHr Hh1 haFs any ~
usrfs ttsrroa D. exhlhN th- str1e -
TnaAH HILTON
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-04-22

AnnkNaEnNsfs Fuu rNkNsruHf amos
Nllne luulral kalIroaai AlCkets tnf AuN
IraIn Il0siaF. April ttn ul Wednesday morn
"a. rnosl o. rrtuIu 90 49, utlu wednesday =
Tflr..Iay "a lrIlaV usY O. faI 81 enc farc Or
rrunI trlr a 49,, Ia train ulII leave Pet 49,
- fa nv. rurnlnr VA lrwistuns arriNinf az
usnE,lr a. soasun iur M Nunrcntlou. Alsu =
80 a traln frum nafn 81 q a. o.. va Augusta.
rIrnnr.flnr u0tt srcC IaI fnurn fuftiaul ai s
tsTNuIs krrular No Mas traIns irum rkos
a. Fan. Belfast AM l,ghtef I'll CfunOli Slil
aI,TCIal traIu ~ l1uCflun points. 4 ~ srs'CI
Ill cave IanEur m ~rct ~. traIn
MafUrNlllr o. rAus 81 connects sifu slsaCi ~
fum has krFulaf u u taIns Nrs lsuft o.
f1Tnfrr. 49, lurnn ham a. belfast - AL ~
Iuurriuur or sT'rr al Iruru NNuFur
kuOn A linculn, fuftianI a. LnC hester, iurt
ianf uEtrnsnurE, NanEur iisCaitI ulss
Eastrru. N.atou A Maine. -olurrsrt ~aniY k.N
~. srsni Trunk. SENIOR faIls hacktg'i,
hrltEton a MOO EIfff. AL ~ hrunss ics
kalIrlais. Uur farU or ruunt trir uu rUEl.ar
trains t.ooi sane date al on Malnc OentsA
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M s, . ~ ,sss &C., e. E .s.ss ~ q n, ;:
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-04-22

'flykD' .. , ,-u =. = "a, -, = r.aass =,
% o. MT fufsdsF ~ Az AZ Il t..'ft
efokek u. tkoIhkff Efsrrf.. -.
a. a susaa !. OultIfl lsia af -. - e.
'rIniF f-rraseII. haFlag rrfsanIlf 49,. Z.
tlu 'nifrtiiqa Of ne estate 0f slli -
aillssarrf u
ur,ierel ln.i ,ad tteesiaf srs a..
irf o. BE- published IEras $3.50 - r.
~ usiuri hen pf|lts.l q rsr'. ~. I
49, 1rpesr a. = cuat 90 frlfaa 1, i. -
rars. I'M aaId ccuntF 81 no u'rf -.
HaI lrsi a. nus o'fIo'k a 90 flfrs..
49, eaass n aaf tnsi htfe. ~ a. a.. !. -.
d. D. aIi1aal. -
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-04-22

Onfuri Couniy.
W n. frx~gff. tssisiun
An.iru.curEln 0olnty.
Jess NoEnf-nS faranI nrton.
franklin trunfY. ErT
en.' f'sisros' lo..,sin.A -, p.s-
90 a sawrrn wi.cs..-t Con
Lincoln County.
uIn.n ntfss. -. wa.finrton.
knon Couufy.
Dawn rItfsoS. Kocxiant
knox Couniy,
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nAiNhn. ss.-Af t1uu RI rr.t.i. 49,
r.fs snt'n 80 Oh o. Irr-l. II ~
Ia 90 fh.rI fnrsIlF n AZ A Id r.. ~
sHNsH rIuufths 80 NAY 49,
HiNHt. flHrl ff0f" 30 I'M rlrs.r -
nIfH go. fH M" hff MI I'D f..-.....-t
iifIeIssh Iurn o.. iiia al 49,
'al 900 HtrI.g UI.r. I.
aal.H o.. D.. .Ia. o.
urrrrri rrrr rr0 fa'f rFrrrI.rt f.r. 49,
an rHftnrf IuIrfT HIft fT go . r.-l !,
f.rT fH Ef IIhI.aIet three srr ~ f...... -
tll unfari lrmnrraf priuisf e. rlrI, ~. I
az a.Ifffaff ffutsif IaHrffH l. t.'f.s
a. rUIrrf .r fhr frrrnrrr lrHa. 80 -. -.
nsr rafr Dbl. inr st1 nsf. ...s -
r|.I..I. .'.IHI go II.IH
I.asrI.IfHl .l.i faret.f.f
fafHI N.f ... L..
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TlIF .ubscribef hrfctf zIfss palIr rpurr 49,
h. haa Tea dllF aupl ntel ~ fnn nIn1ftnif
Iudra "a Ifohsis l1T tnH lau1tl nl uslufI| al
assumed the tfast ~ ttrraiof 1f ile tfltir nI
NARY =. HUBBARD, lsif el lifftn,
In asI I1antr fraea1rI tI TIrInf bod as ~
az dIfrris. h. thsrTifrr rflarsfs al lrrfun IN
d.ttrd o. The estate of sfii tfrilsri A. nlsr .n
nIsilIia paymnni. Aad those anl naIf az IT.
nan.ls ihrfsoa q fkhltt co. ttlnn f1
Gao b. ttiIFuNu
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An. ..r-Aa..l M na,i... ~, -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-23

The shotgun. pistol and bludgeon are
doing service in Mississippi as democratic
electioneerng agents. In Copiah county.
where Matthews was murdered at the
election last year. republican meeting
was broken up Saturday evening by a
democratic mob. The speakers were
obliged to flee for their lives and one man
was injured so that he will die. Winches-
ter rifles are furnished by the democratic
State government. A reign of terror pre-
walls. John r Lynch, who is the repub-
lican candidate for Congress in the sixth
district, has been obliged to cancel all his
engagements to speak, his friends having
implored him to do so to prevent blood
shed and the loss of life Do people want
a change to Cleveland that will sanction
and legalize this brutal method OF carry
ing elections2 If not let them vote for
Blaine aud Logan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-23
Personal.

ST John will not sleep in a room where
there is mosquito bar.
Lawrence Barrett charged $3.50 admission
when playing at Helena, Montana, and drew
good houses
Will Carleton. the poet, recently married
lady whose christian name is Betsey, but it
Is too soGn for him TO repeat "Betsey and l
are out"
Governor Cameron, of Virginia. was on
the steamer William NJ. Morrison in the lat
ter part of the ifties, when Mark Twain was
a cubpilot on the same boat.
Musurus Pasha, the Turkish ambassador
in London, is a man of literary tastes and
accomplishments About two wears ago he
issued through London publisher trans
lation into Greek verse of Dsnte's Inferno.
He has now added the Purgatorio and is
engaged upon the Paradise.
Miss Mary Blackburn Morris. whose death
is reported from Louisville, Ky, was a sister
of ex Governor Luke Blackburn and Sena-
tor elect J. c. S. Blackburn. and was deep
ly and actively interested in the attempt 10
release the rebel prisoners Of war at Camp
Douglass.
The grave Of DIR. Josiah Gilbert Holland,
at Springfield, Mass. has been kept
covered with fresh flowers all summer and
fan, by his admirers throughout the State.
The first flowers laid there were arbutUs, and
then Wild flowers and violets and now the
mound is covered with gentisns and hello
tropes, and the late bloom of the honeysuckle,
with sprays of golden rod and glowing cfus-
tiers of asters.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-23

Prince Bismarck says medical science has
made no. progress IN the past two thousand
years,
The Toronto Globe says there is reason to
believe that the annexation of Jamaica to the
Dominion of Canada is already within the
boundary of practical politics.
The ex Empress Eugene now appears
through much suffering to have become al,
most insensible to pain. Her face is pallid,
her hair white, and the light is gone from her
eyes.
Miss Mary Walker has declared her inten-
ton of kissing ev ry man who votes for Mrs.
Lockwood. Thus is destroyed Belva's last
chance of getting single vote. Philadelphia
Record
Over 10000 copies of the Bible have been
printed every day for the last thirty four
years. and vet you have to look out for the
man who borrows your hoe or asks the loan
of a lawn mower.
On account of the cholera scare this year,
the people who usually went to the French
resorts, went instead to the English watering
places. and the French papers are so mad
that they are calling the English hotel-keepers
ghouls.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-23
A Thrilling Speech.
GENERAL WooDFoRD's REPLY TO Nh
BEEcHER.- BL,CKGUARD1sM TO BE NE
BUKED

BUKED
General Woodford made a thrilling speech
at the Brooklyn Rink, Saturday evening
The following is an extract from the report
in the Brooklyn Times:
There lives in this city one of she most
eloquent cergymen in the land and one
whose services in behalf Of humanity have
been OF the most eminent character. l be
lieve most thoroughly in the honesty and
purity of that gentleman. My confidence and
faith in that man are absolute But not
many years ago there came an hour of trial
to that gentleman when there was nothing
between him and inter ruin but the conf
dence of the loving hearts of the people Of
Brooklyn There were letters produced and
read upon a public trial then held in this
city and which lasted many months. Had
those letters been read and interpreted in
the spirit and by the methods pursued bv Mr.
SchurZ in reading and explaining the Fisher
letters against Mr.. Blaine, they would have
driven that clergyman from every pulpit in
the land and from every tireside in the
country. Immense and prolonged cheering.
mingled with cries of "Thats SOL Aud
why, my friends. was not that base attack
upon the character of this man snc
cessful? Simply and alone Because
the good people of Brooklyn had
faith in the honesty and integrity of
their neghbor. Great cheering We stood
firmly between him and his slanderers. and
we saved him. Great applause. | want
for nv old friend who entered the Fremont
campaign with me in 1856. who for thirty
wears has lived in the full sunlight of public
life, who faced Ben Hill and rebel colleagues
s. tnl all ftA
great issues which the republican party has
carried through want for that man the
same kind of Justice from the people of
Brooklyn that they have exercised in the
past Let Brooklyn be to-day as just to the
statesman as she was few years ago to the
clergyman The effect on the audience of
General Woodford's words was electrical. 1t
rose en- masse and for several seconds there
was a sea of waving hats and canes and a
roar of cheers and stamping of feet that fair
lv shook the building But that ia not all
The depths to which this political canvass has
stopped are enough To bring blush of shame
to the cheek of every honest American
said when the democrats went into the
home Of our candidate and Sian
dered the woman who is wife. mother
and grandmother surely the men and women
of this land who know what fatherhood and
motherhood means will rise up and bury this
democratic party forever. Whatever may be
the result of this campaign. believe 1t will
teach us one thing etfectually. and this is that
hereafter we must he gentlemen in politics
and not blackguards There was a moment
! of silent indignation on the part of the audi
ence that listened ntenty to the speaker,
words, and then it broke out in round after
round of applause, shaving that it heartily
| ;raorsad i.anaral Wnodfor1's Characteriza
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-23

in London. The report shows that these
proportions are fairly maintained through
out all the occupations named. The brick
layer, the carpenter. the mason, the black
smith, the printer. the railway employee
and even the clerk and domestic servant
can ascertain from this official exhibit what
his or her wages will be should the dem
ocratic party succeed in their avowed pur-
pose of cutting down our present duties
by three fourths. abolishing a great many.
and bringing America into the front rank
IF free trade nations.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-23

Rev. j. E. C. Sawyer. presiding elder OF
the Saratoga district of the Troy. n. Y
Methodist Conference, writes:
Believing that temperance men should be
consistent, acting as republican from prin'
ciple, regarding the protection of American
labor as essential, pot only to the prosperity,
but also to the rerpetuity of our free govern.
ment dreading the election of VIGOROUSLY I'M
chsste man to the presidency as national
disgrace, an immeasurable calamity, and a
stupendous crime against the morals Of
Chrstendom, deplore the folly of those,
who, under the banner of Governor st. John,
are promoting free trade, free liquor and
Grover Cleveland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-23

The State Departments report on labor
in Europe, viii is soon to be published.
presents some interesting facts for the
workiugmep, The figures show that
brieklayers in London receive little more
than one-third as much as hricklayers in
Chicago, and 40 per cent of the wages
paid to hricklayers in New York, while
bricklayers in Vienna receive little less
than 20 per cent as much as bricklsyers
in Chicago. and % per cent as much as
bricklayers in New York. A laborer
or porter receives nearly twice as
much in New York as one in
London, and one in Chicago re-
ceives more than twice as much rs one in
London. Carpenters receive more than
twice as much in Chicago as in London
and nearly twice as much in New York as
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-23
New York Tribune.


The republican processiin end meeting
were worthy of the city, worthy of the State
and worthy of the party. There was a
nobility. a breadth aud dignity about them
Not only in numbers was this the greatest
gathering down town that any political cam
paign has seen, but there was an earnestness
of purpose and consciousness of power about
noisy excitement of torchlight parades or the
half contemptuous attention excited by such
a gathering as that recently seen in Union
Square. these merchants and manufactur-
ers, these bankers and brokers. these active,
busy, hardworking men in many different
occupations, were not out for any n%re holt
day display, or for any enthusiasm of the
moment. They came together 10 show that
in the great contest eff the time they were on
the side of craftsmanship, of American in
dustries and of the prosperity of the country
and against every agency that would shatter
those industries and rain that prosperity.
1t was a memorable proc, ssion that wrnded
its way 60 the sub-tressurv and il was a mar
vellous audience that the speakers addressed
scter gathered to hear speeches ON campaign
issues. The drv goods district had seut
hundreds Of its strongest and best men The
Produce Exchange was represented by its
foremost names. The stock, cotton, petro
leum, maritime, coffee and other exchanges
sent strong delegations, The jewellers. who
had never before taken part in any political
demonstration, turned out 500 strong though
they were called on at few hours notice
And Just there comes in one of the most re-
msrkahle elements in the whole affair This
was no lsbored undertaking. arranged long in
advance, and the result of every method and
device to get out the largest numbers posi-
BILE. The suggestion had been made only
few days before. All the arrangements were
necessarily hurried for the time was extreme
ly limited. But when the word went around
there was an eager and an earnest response.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-23

They say Mr.. st. John, the prohibition
list candidate has got angry, and is going
to do what he can the remainder of the
canvass against Blaine. As that is what
he has been doing thus far in the cam
paign he will not have to make any
change in his manner of work.
The Boston Traveller, a strong support
err OF prohibition in the city and State in
which it is published says 1T is worthy
of note, and thing to be remembered,
that the third-party prohibitionlsts are ac-
tive nowhere except in States where they
hope that their votes will help to defeat
the republicans and to elect Grover Cleve-
land"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-23

The democrats did not gain much by
interfering with Mr.. Blaine's reception at
Fort Wayne. and insulting him with black
guard epithets and rebel wells. His
speech made at that place was one of the
best he has yet made, and taught the
democrats that it would be for their adj
vantage to give him fair treatment at least
in the future. He has seen and faced too
many copperheads in his lifetime to be
afraid of their Kisses.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-23

The republicans gained 10000 votes in
Ohio this year as compared with last. and
that's what the democratic organs call
republican disaster The democrats lose
5000 votes in West Virginia, and that
what the organs call democratic victory
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-23
Election Notice.
STATE OF MAINE,
County of kennehee -.


County of kennebec, 80
To the Inhabitants of the City of Augusta qualified
according to the constitution and laws of this
State to vote for Senators.
You are hereby notified to assemble at your res
pectye ward rooms on Tuesday, Nov 4th, 1884, 10
O'Clock A. NJ, then and there to give in your ballots
for six Electors for President and Vice President of
the United States.
The polls will he closed at O'Clock z NJ.
The Board of Aldermen will be In session for the
purpose of correcting the list Of voters and of receiy
ing evidence of the qualification of voters who e
Oct. 3ist and Nov lst, and on Monday Nov 81, next
preceding the said day of election, from to ~
O'Clock A. NJ, and from to 5 O'Clock p NJ on each
of said days.
cct23dtd THOMAS J. LYNCH, City Clerk
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-23

This has been delightful fall for out
door campaigning, but Cleveland has not
improved the opportunity to go over the
country and display his ignorance of the
questions at issue in this campaign, His
friends who know his great lack OF capa-
bility have kept him out of the sunshine
and air. and fastened him down TO his
desk. as the best thing they could do for
him and the party of which he is a eandi-
date