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They Gave Him a Chance.


A Citizen who had Wide Reputation a.
an Honest, Conscientious Man was Unani-
mously Nominated and Successfully Elected
to an Office of Trust. In the course OF .
year it was Discovered that he was De-
fauter to large Amount, and great was
the Surprise thereat.
"Why," said one, "you had the reputa-
ton of being strictly honest man."
"Yes, so l had"
"Any Of us would have trusted you with
thousands"
II presume So"
"Then how does it come that you have 30
soon urned Embezzler?"
"My dear FRIEND" calmly replied the Ac-
cused, 81 was Honest because had no OPP
portunity to steal, and because no Tempta-
tions were thrown in the way. l have
Sailed Down $4,000 of the Public Cash,
and now what are you going to do about
it?''
MORAL.
1t is safer to Elect Rogue and make him
give Bonds than to select an Honest Man
and leave the Door unlocked.
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NEW YORK.
Eud of the Graphic's Trouble.

NEW York, Dec. 3l.-The Graphic of today
saws, "We are gratifed to be able to 1niorm
our readers that the Graphic has scored anoth-
er victory over conspirators, who have made
sucb an unprincipled and uncalled for attack
upon it, A special despatch from Montreal
TODAY states that the application for the ap-
nointment of an accountant to investigate oY
affairs has been refused by the SupremeC oaLs
as premature. This is only the precursor ol
tine fate OF the application for receieer on
"Wednesday next and which we are |counoen'
will be disposed Of in the same way
The Late .Besse ID oyt's Estate
The question as to the grating of III allow,
ances to Helen Maria Hoyt, Maria do5t anu ~
Mary Irene Hoyt, the widow and daughter o.
-4bo-leto 5oe7o- Hwy 7,. NJ coseta.
TO-DAY before Surrogats Rollins. Ex-oenator
Conklin appeared on behalf OF the mouon,
yhi1e VIM. M. Eyerts opposed it. After hear
ing arguments the surrogate made an order order
tbat the sum of $4,000 each be given the
widow and daughter of Mr. Hoyt.
New Years Day in New York.
The New York stock exchange will open for
hpeiness Wednesday at IL o'clock. Tomorrow
bs;ng a legal holiday the exchange and all
fdueiary institutions will be closed.
Thc uSt2 Comet Cause of she Brillian
sunsets.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Dec. S1-Proiessol
Swift, director Of Warner observatory, mas ols
covered that the Pon's comet which had sim
ole iail in 1872 now has double tail, tht
longer mart of wbich is seven degrees and th'
shorter three degrees in length. 1t IS undergo
| ing changes as it approaches the sun ana Can
| he9n seen with the naked eye early IN the eV
| enipg. Prof. Swift in an interview asserts ina
| the red sunsets are due to est abeous matt
! which has come into our atmosphere ana whlcl
| reflects the red rays OF the sun. WHAT the mat
tar mag be it is i'm mpossible TO say, but 1t is no
| the result of volcanoes or earthquakes.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-01
rsa4tiyaore suffering with ruensIes.

BAyrIeoRE, Dec. 31.-Measles are prevail
ing 70 sfather arming extent in this city.
| There fe now upward of 400 cases here, and is
| oeatb occurred from the disease last week. IL
| brok out in the Child's Nursery and Hospital
| seyfal weeks ago, and all the inmates. with
| fos exceptions, have had the,disease MANY
| por children have the disease when thew are
iken to the nursery, and others are some times
found on the door steps of the Institution,
where they bave been left by persons unable to
take care of them. The exposure of the Gttle
walls is alone enough to cause death. The dis
ease is confined to children, though in one OF
the medical colleges q number of the students
have been very sick with it. Health COMMITS
slontr Benson says there is 40 cause for alarm
and the spread of the measles will soon be-
checked
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-01

PROVIDENCE, R. l., Dec. Sl.-It is reported
from Block Island that large British bark
bound east, dropped New York pilot off Sam
dg Point last Frioay afternoon, in a gale The
wind was so severe, that the pilot could not
make landing, aud fell to baIling to keep
at1oat The bark cleared away boat to as
sist him, but the gale prevented the boats
crew from reaching the pilot, and both boats
were driven before the wind, when darkness
shut down on the scene aud nothing more was
seen Of the boats or bark, and the name of the
vessel is not known.
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LATEST MARINE NEWS.
10 Destroy Dangerous yyreeks.


NEW YORK, Dec. 31-The United States
tug Triana sailed today for the South Shore of
Long Island to destroy certain dangerous
WRECKS already reported
Sinking of Steamer Carrie R.-Three
Lives Lost.
OwENsBoRo, KY, Dec. 31-Tbe steamer
Carrie Il. was sunk ut the head OF Little Hur-
ricaDe Island three miles below Owenboro,
yesterday. She struck the timber during the
dense fog. In swinging around she stove in
30 feet of her hull on the starbard side, sink
ing over her hurricane roof at the stern, and TO
her boiler at the bow. One deck hand and
two deck passengers, Italians, wele drowned
The Ariadne took the crew and passengers to
Owensboro, where protest was entered TIE
sunken steamer is said to be total loss
Notice TO MARINERS.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec 31..-Collector
Beers OF the Custom House received today a
letter from Captain Geo. Brown, United States
n lighthouse insDeetor at Tompkiusyille, N. Y,
that Ludington Rock buoy reported displaced
by shipmasters is in its proper position having
been officially inspected
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Ring Out, Wild Bells.
by ALFRED -=xSYsoS.

Ring out. wild BELLS to the villa sky,
The flying clouds, the frosty Light;
The year Is dying In the night;
Ring out, wild uslls, and lot him die.
Ring out the DID, ring in the new,
Ring happy bells aoro-s the snow;
The year is going, let him 60; a
Ring out the false, ring in the true. ;4
* Ring ont the grief that saps the mind,
= For those that here we see more;
Ring out the feud Of rich and poor,
Ring In redress to all mankind.
Gx Ring out slowly dying cause, 1zE4ro3L6
xs And ancient forms Of party strife, dsslSi
. Ring In the nober modes Of life .sJdssk ots
II with sweeter manners, purer laws.
= Ring out the want the care, the sin, 20
The faithless coldness Of the times; -
fr0 Ring out ring out my mournfnl rhymes, 90
But ring the fuller minstrel in. .Si2
= Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander aud the spite:
Ring 10 the love of truth aud right,
Ring In the common love OF good.
Ring out old shapes Of foul disease,
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars Of old, nj
Ring in the thousand years Of peace. ES
Ring in the valiant man aud afrec, o. 3
The larger heart, the kiDdlier hand; Gif3
King out the darkness of the land, hfs,<.
Ring in the Christ that Is to be.
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THE DOMINION.

An Hce Blockade at HEentreal---Srects
Flooded and Great Suffering Caused.
MONTREAL, Dec. 30.-The ice on the river
water four feet higher than it has been in ten
years. The lower part of the city is flooded
and immense damage has been done to proper
ty. Four hundred and fifty hogshead of sugar
belonging to Ross q Co., of St. Paul street,
have been completely destroyed. In Grlffiu-
town all the dwellings of the poor are sub
merged and great suffering exists.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-01

. NCINNATI, Dec. 31-Last night De daad
body Of William Wilder, n rth Gefsaan
aged 40 year, wss found IN an outhouse ia
the rear of John A. Powers saloon with a
deep wound in his neck 1t il difficult to tell
whether it is q Case of murder " suicide. He
was 10 the saloon early lii the evening. A
bloody knife was found near by. Powers was
arrested for the m9cder. Que of his sleeves
was blood-stsined and s15e was found on his
person.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-01
FINANCIAL.
The Year,s FnjIuree

New YORK, Dec. 31.-BusDeS failures in
the United States during the var 1883. as rs-
against 6,738 in the year 1885 show !ng an in
crease of 2446, or equal to e per Cent. The
Liabilities for 1883 are $172O0O, QUO, as against
$101, ,O00, GOO fer 1882, Thefailures Of la year
are greater than those of any year since 1897,
when thev reached 10 O.H8 with liabilities *
$2S4, ,oOO, 600. An analysp. shows that out OF
every "a persons engage IN @ business in 1888,
one person failed, wbib1n 1873 one person fail
In Canada the proortion of failures during
the wear was one filure to every As traders
The failures for 1873 in the Dominion of Cana
da number L. ,584 sith liabilities of $16,O ,000
sYhe average liabilities in the United States
has been $500 and in Canada $11 600.
Ffngntiai Embarrassment.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 81 Executions aggre-
eating betyeen $4,000 to 100000 were file d
this aiterpon against Friedberger & Suausey,
dealers irnotions.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-01
ROUGHLY HANDLED.
A Cashier Knocked Down and Robbed of
of So ,3OO-No Trace of she Thieves

New YoRK, Dec. 31.-Mr. Church, cashier
and SUPERINTENDENT of John Dwight Co.'s soda
factory, was assaulted by two masked men to-
day as he was leaving the depot at the Second
avenue elevated station at 111th street and af-
tor being knocked senseless was robbed of
satchell containing $1,000 in bank notes! He
had just drawn the money from the bank and
was on his way to the factory to pay the en-
ployes. He recovered consciousness Just in
time to see two men leap into q wagon and
drive off with their booty. No police were in
sight and Mr. Church went several blocks to
the station to report the robbery. There have
been no arrests yet. AS Mr.. Church was the
only passenger who got off at the station there
was no witness of the act.
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MASSACHUSETTS.
UusuceessfuI CorpOratiOns.

BosroN, Dec. 31.--The stockholders OF tbo
Midland Improvement and Construction 20,
have filed petition in the Supreme court ior
appointment OF Receiver and 1eissolutloli OF
the company. The corporation was formed by
many capitalists and busipess men OF Boston,
for the purpose of constructing railroads and
carrying on other large enterprises, but it mas
not proved success
Ferdinand A. Wyman, stockholder OF the
Humiston Food Preserving Co., has filed bill
ia EQUITY in which he asks for an accounting
from fhe Treasurer of the company, alleging
th% unauthorized debts to the amount of
S75 600 have been contracted, and that the
company is practically defunct
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-01

Ceremonies representing the funeral of
0'D5nneh who was hanged In London, took
plaes Sunday Afternoon in San Francisco. 1t
was lnSeaded to make a grand demonstration
but the boArd of Supervisors and the prominent
Irish orgarizatiohs declined to take part and
the result was dismal failure. There were
only about 300 in the procession.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-01
A Pastor ForcibIy Elected from His PuI

New HAVEN, Dec. 31.-Rev Mr. Stanberry,
the news pastor Of the Bethel African Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, was forcibly elected
pam hie pulpit by two of his deacons who
nnave>scnred minister more to their liking.
tTrosecu@>as for assault will follow. Mr.. Stans-
1erry was -seently appointed by Bishop
SIowh S.eN WlInoot s1 o,Ssu'ting the trustees Mr..
port' Mass Aey and BFooEEsae ooEEsaehed at Cambridge
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-01
A Tunnel Caves i'm Euryisg Mine EtaI.
S.aus

MAIDEN, Dec 31.-As night gang Of IT.
ians, which is employ ed on the Lynn va
works, was eng eed 10 digging tunng "a y
North Saugus tlis morning, the tunnel 66nca 6
in, burying nine of them. The, were yopeo Srt'o
dug out, five being very badly ipjuressa al : n0
foreman, named Larry, was fatally ip'i0"'
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THE MAINE STATE PRESS.
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

WASHINGTON, Dec. %.
For New England. Slightly colder; gener-
ally CLOUDY weather; light SHOWS, with north
westerly winds and failing barometer
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NTaino Volunteer militia,

The following order has been issued:
HEADQUARTERS 1sr REG MAINE INFANTRY.
PORTLAND, Dec. %, 1885
Gen. Orders,
No. g. l The following changes are
announced il the reeimental staff:
Lit, Wallace X. Oakes OF Auburn, to be Sur
geoD, with rank OF Major, vice Bray resigned
Fra0k P. Scully Of p, rtlsnd, to be Asst,
Surgeon, with rank of Lieutenant, vice Oakes
promoted.
The will bs obeyed and respected ac-
cordingly.
Per Order of
Col. j. ]. LYNCH,
Conmd'g Regiment.
ofacial,
z. G. M1LL1KEE, LIST Lieut.. and Adit.
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PITTsBURG, Pa, Dec. 31.-Delegates to the
convention OF the Fourth Pool Miners to-day
resolved not to mine any coal until the opera
tors agree to pay the rate awarded by Umpire
Weeks. All but four pits are idle, and about
1000 are interested in the strike
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Abstrne. Of ths Repor. q In.pee.or rripp.

The report of II. A. Tripp, Bluehill, Inspec-
tor OF the Department Of Maine, G. A. R., for
the year ending Sept. 30, 1888. gives the fol-
| lowioo in formation.
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The condition of the Posts in the Depart
meut was never better, and the camp fires ara
burning brightly everywhere, the latch-string
is always on the outside, and hearty welcome
awaits the visitor.
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strhke lsa a N>xy Bedford RHiIl.
Trouble iu the Coal Mining Regiohs..

New BEDFORD, Dec.>e1 The ho1,s IN N a
mule room oi the Acushnet mal sIrncS to-dav
and the spinners are out as the n-sIas cannot
run. SS o"""o'
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INDUSTRIAL MATTERS,


READING, Pa, Dec. 31.-The managers of
the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron
Company rail mill here, which closed tu-dav.
Kobabiy permanently, throwing 800 hands
ott OF employment, state as the reason Tor
ther action that it costs $37 per ton to ma ke
ralis while 10 other parts of the country they
can be manufa~tured for S35.
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Ring out. wild bells, to the villa sky,
The flying clouds, the frosty light;
The year Is dying In the night;
Ring out, wild Uslls, and let him die.
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lie NE MS
GENTLEME EN-

GROW, light weight. buckse arc
cs. Gents Indian felt arctfcs.
Gents low rMbbers and OV-
ershoes, very marfOWs
Gents London toe
rnbbers and OVERS
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-03-25

The Married Mems Base Ball Club
was organized on Friday at meet
ing of Benedicts held at the Office Of
Mr.. a. j. Cartwright The number
Of members, honorary and active, is
limited TO fifty the Board of Dircc-
tors. elected for each year, has full
power to transact all business mat
ters for the club, TO arrange matches,
select teams and take care of the
clubs property. The annual meet
ing is fixed for DIST March in each
year, except when that day falls upon
a Sunday. The following officers,
who form the Boald of Directors for
the ensuing year, have been elected:
President, Mr.. Bruce Cartwright ;
Seer tary and Treasurer, Mr.. j. NJ.
Dat Jr. Directors, Mr.. f. r. Hen
dry, Mr. f. w. Macfarlane and Mr..
+. G.. Porter. The new club will
first take the field on Wednesday
afternoon next, at A o'clock. The
members start with good intentions
and desire to beat the hitherto
victorious bachelor boys of the II.
b. B. c., to say nothing of Spree.
kelsville.
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terrible impending danger.
Almost simultaneously with
this heart-rending cry the !
music, which just before had |
been subdued and low, burst |
into u tremendous crash.
lmnumerable Instruments
suddenly opened their brazcn
threats and prayed forth their
strident Glamour, as though
to drown and overpower the
voices of the mourners.
The storm of passion and
fury of sound was at its
height when, in a moment,
it ceased. The unseen
pageant had vanished, and
the streets had returned
to its former aspect. The
first object that caught my
eye was a small terrier dog
trotting briskly towards me
along the pavement. In in
conceivable amazement |
glanced up at the Post-office
clock. 1t was exactly five
minutes to 5. Hurriedly |
pulled out my watch. 1t was
two or three minutes ahead of
the office time. Half dazed
and stupefed | looked up and
down the street. 1t was full
of life, sounds, achievement.
Crowds of people were pass
ing to and fro. Men and
women were going into and
coming out of shop doors.
Cabs and omnibuses were
driving rapidly up and down
the road. Dogs were barking,
boys were shouting. The air
was filled with the usual
noises of a thronged and busy
thoroughfare, when the hour
of closing draw near. The
change had again been in
Simultaneous. But the funeral
procession, the mourners, the
musicians, how and where to
had they vanished? That cry
of agonised grief, those
solemn and PIERCING strains
of music, yet rang in my
ears. Judging by my present
recollections, the pageant
must have lasted half an hour,
an hour, perhaps hours, at
all events an appreciably
long period of time. | drew
my hand across my forehead.
A cold sweat was upon it. |
shlyered, and my legs felt so
weak that could scarcely
stand steady. | went into a
public-house close by, and
asked in weak and faltering
tones for glass of brandy.
| poured a little water into it,
drank it off, and put down
sixpence on the counter. [
was about to go when a sud-
den thought struck me, and l
said to the girl in the bar,
odd you see anything
particular just now in the
street?' She looked at me
rather closely and said, ''No,
was there anything? / didn't
see it, ''Have you been
long in the bar?' ! asked.
"All the afternoon she
replied. ] saw the absurdity
Al
of my questions, and said,
"Oh, no, | suppose it was
nothing after all, (" andwalked
into the street. Even then |
could scarcely believe that
everything around me be-
longed to the. real world. |
seemed to have passed from a
reality into a dream, and
almost expected to find my
self behaving in the cratic
and incomprehensible manner
that belongs to dreamland.
1t was several days before
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splendour of bygone ages, of
the crimes and wickedness of
long-past centuries. But
here, in this newest of modern
cities, this yesterdays growth
of brick and stucco, of shops
and public-houses, the thing
was monstrous, homogeneous,
incomprehensible, incredible.
By what magic, too, had the
streets and houses been
cleared in the twinkling of
an eye of all their inhabitants?
Above all, why had |, sceptic
that | was, been chosen as
the sole witness and recorder
of this potentous marvel.
These questions | could not
help asking myself, though
| knew full we'll that were
my life to be prolonged be-
yond the utmost limit of cycle
and aeon, they would never
be answered. Yet there were
reasons for believing that hese
unknown beings bore some
resemblance to our mortal
race. The funeral procession,
the band of mourners, the
vocal and musical utterance
of grief and despair, showed
that with them, as with us,
there was an end to all things,
that even in their PARKWAY
world death came as the
Growing evil or the supreme
good.
But the procession was
moving on. And now | be-
came aware that the central
point in the pageant was
almost on a level with where
| stood. The hearse, if hearse
it was, towering and vast in
all the panoply of mourning
and drapery of death, was
about to pass me. Again did
| strain my powers of vision
to their utmost in vain
endeavom to penetrate the
veil that hid from my sight
even the faintest outline of
the passing show. And once
more did my fancy mock my
sense with the delusion that
| could discern a shadowy
something, colossal and
sombre, proceeding with
movement slow and solemn
up the broad deserted street.
AT the same moment an
intense chill seized me, as of
a passing iceberg, and /
shiyered where | stood. Sud
denly the emotions of the
mourners, that had been pent
up or half suppressed, broke
out into a might cry of woe and
agony. All the grief and
despair that the human breast
can feel seemed concentrated
and intensified in that wall of
anguish. But, above all, |
seemed to hear the lamen-
tations of whole people for
the death of some mighty
warrior or statesman, the
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A Strange Experience.
BY AMOTo.
(FrOm tic AWStralGSia0.)

CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-06

TIVE Women Fixkt at Neweastle-0ne
n Dangerously wounded

I've women Flxht nc Neweassle-0ne
II pangereusiy weanded
The particulars of a terrible ARRAY
between two women at Newcastle yes
terday afternoon reached town last
event ing.
Il seems that for some weeks past
there has been bad feeling bet veen
Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Laws. the widow
of the unfortunate man who lost his
life while fighting fire at the mines last
fall. A few days ago the women met
and had fight, but we're separated be
that time they have called each other
hard names, and become deadly enc
mics. Yesterday afternoon, as Mrs.
Laws vas passing down toward the
store. Mrs. Cook came out, and after
abusing her in q fearful manner. as.
saulted her enemy. Mrs Laws return ed
to her home and procured a butchel
knife, and again started down the street
She Was again set upon by Mrs. Cook,
and terrible fight took place. during
which Mrs. Laws cut her antagonist in
a fearful manner over the left lung and
| in the back A physician was called
and pronounced Mrs. Cook condition
very critical. and expressed the opinion
that the cut over her left lung would
prove fatal.
This is most distressing affair, al
both women are mothers, and have
heretofore been considered respecta bl,
members Of the community in which
| they live.