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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-16

The Louisville Courier Journal hoists the
name OF ex-senator Mcdonald of Indiana
Tor the Presidency, and after sounding his
praises in the loftiest strains turns around
and asks its editorial brethren what they
think OF its candidate. The first of the
brethren to reply is Brother Dana of the
New York Sun, who says that if it is the pur-
pose to nominate man simply to be beaten
Mcdonald is as good as anybody; but if the
democrats want man whom they can
elect, Mcdonald will not do, as he cannot
carry New York nor Connecticut, and would
make New Jersey doubtful.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-16
FEES OF DOCTORS.

The fee of doctors is an item that very
many persons are interested in. We believe
the schedule for visits is 49, 90, which would
tax man confined to his bed for year and
in need of daily visit, over $1,000 yeargfor
medical attendance alonel And one single
bottle of Hop Bitters taken in time would
save the $1,000 and all the years sickness.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-16
aIvEN np BY rHE nocron

SIS it possible that Mr.. Godfrey is up and
II assure YOU it is true that he IS entirely
cured, and with nothing but Hop Bitters,
and only ten days ago his doctors gave him
up and said he must die, from Kidney and
Liver troublev'
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-16

The readers of the PRESS must have en-
1oyed the excellent, but unintentional. joke
made by the printers yesterday in quota
ton from the city charter where the words
sin joint" were set up adjourn" SO that
the Mayor was made 10 appear to have the
very power, which he attempted to exer-
else last Saturday evening, to adjourn meet
ings. Typographical errors are always an
noying and sometimes exasperating, but
TINS was one to provoke laughter, and ameli-
crate the stress of controversy.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-16

We are able to give the readers of the
PRESS, this morning, the exact nature of
one of the grounds of the complaint against
Postmaster Goddard's administration. The
letter of the Postmaster-Genera to the
Attorney General, printed elsewhere, while
1t does not mention any specific case, but
submits the question purely as one of le-
gal construction, unquestionably had refer
ence to matters developed in the investiga-
ton of the Portland Office. We presume
that the reason why the matter went on for
years, the postmaster all the time receiving
a commission on the money order business
at the rate of $3.50 quarter, is, that it was
not discovered, until the special investigat-
ton made last Fall, that he was employ
ing to do the money order business, clerks
paid by the government for other duty.
1t is reported That the postmaster has been
called upon to refund to the government
the amount drawn by him as compensation
for doing this business and that he declines
doing SO, preferring to contest the claim in the
courts, if he shall be sued for.the recovery of
the sum, and so obtaining judicial inter-
probation of the law. We understand that
Postmaster Goddard has been given until
the latter part of this week to make his final
argument and answer to the demands of the
department. This is but one of the matters
in issue between the department and the
postmaster of Portland; but probably it is
is the one which both parJies regard as most
important. 1t will be observed that the At
torney- Generals opinion fully sustaius the
view taken by the Postmaster-G General as to
the intent and meaning Of the law.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-16

Though the past year was on the whole
an unfavorable one for cotton and woollen
mills, Maine industries of this kind held
their own, and in some cases did even bet
ter. Lewiston added 1900 new spindles
and increased her production of cotton
goods nearly 100000 yards over that of
1882. The cotton mills of Biddeford showed
larger production than in any previous
year. The Edwards Manufacturing Com
pany of Augusta expended 5000, 1000 in i'm
provements, and will build new factory
this year. The Westbrook Manufacturing
Company began the manufacture of ging-
hams; and new cotton mill went into OPP
Grafton at Winthrop. AS rule the old
woollen mills were run on full time through
out the year, and four new ones were put
In operation
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-16
T Fl e PR ES s.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JAN. is.

We DO not read anonymous letters and communi
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
AZ cases indispensable, not necessarily for pubhca
tion but as guarantee of good faith.
" cannot undertake to return or preserve com
munieations that are not used
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-16
The BEST and
CHEAPEST
BAKING POWDER made
Thousnnds a1as.ened 20 .Ileir Graves.

Relying on testimonials written in vivid
glowing language of some miraculous cures
made by some largely pulled up doctor or
patent medicine has fastened thousands to
their graves; believing in their almost in
sane faith that the same miracle will be per-
formed on them, and that these testimoni-
ais make the cures, while the so called med
icine is all the time fastening them to their
graves. We have avoided publishing testi-
monials, as they do not make the cures,
although we have
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-16
THOUSANDS UPON rHoUsANpg

of them of the most wonderful cures, vol
UNFAIRLY sent us. It is our medicine, Hop
Bitters that makes the cures 1t has never
failed and never can. We will give refer
ence to any one for any disease similar to
their own if desired, or will refer to any
neighbor, as there is not neighborhood in
the known world but can show its cures by
Hop Bitters.
A LOSING JOKE
a Presninent physician of Pittsburg said to lady
patient who was complaining of her continued i'll
health, and Of his inability to cure her. jokingly
SAID Try Hop HOP Bittersa The lady took it in
tanned permanent health She now aMObs s at ~
doctor for his joke, but he is not SO well pleased
with it, as it cost him good patient.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-16

Mr.. Merrick of the government counsel in
the Star route cases tells an interviewer that
there is conspiracy on foot to drive Attor-
ney-General Brewster out of the Cabinet.
The conspirators are members of the Star
route ring, those who escaped conviction
and who seek revenge, and those who are
under indictment but have not yet been
tried, and who hope to escape further prose
cution by driving out Mr. Brewster. Mr..
Merrick says he was cordially supported in
the prosecution of the Star route cases by
the President and Postmaster General, but
many of the subordinate officers of the gov
eminent gave the defendants information
and counsel. He insinuates darkly that he
is in possession of information that will
hurt somebody whom he does not indicate.
Perhaps Mr.. Springer and his committee
will be able to find out who it is.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-16

REPORT OF THE CONDITION
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-16
TRIPLES.

Has any enc among the readers rule for
knitting babies long socks? ga constant
reader" makes this request
a delicious hot sauce is made of the shay
ings of maple sugar mixed with butter. This
is especially nice for hot puddings.
The small, cheap colored silk handkerchiefs
are now, as little novelties, being arranged
with quilted inside lining, with strong sachet
powder in the lining, edged with unbleached
lace, and fastened together in the center by the
corners with bow of satin ribbon This
makes very pretty aud inexpensive pocket
handkerchief sachet
Ladies who embroider a good deal are using
little wooden pals to hold their cEewels and
embroidery silks. They are made attractive
and pretty by being ornamented in the follow
Ing fashion. The pail is covered with pale
blue or old gold satin, and then bands of black
velvet ribbon are tied around it, one at the top,
one at the bottom and one in the middle, Sc
curing each with touches of gum to keep it ex-
actly in place, and finishing each with bow.
The pail should be lined to correspond; the
lining should extend above the top of the pail,
and should be closed with drawing strings Of
silk cord. Large pals ornamented in the same
way, but without the extra length of lining and
the drawing strings are used as o catch all for
the parlor or library.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-06
BLAINE AS A BOY.
Ho,p He Once Mortified a Cook By Buy ing
Goose for TmrEieD.
Pittsburg Times.

Ho,u He Once Mortified Cook By Buying
Goose for a TMrlteU.
FPttsburg Times.
Representative Pusey, of Iowa, was a class
mate of Blaine when the latter attended
Washington College, Washington county,
Pa. and he has a store of "reminiscences of
the Plumed Knight which are of interest
now. ss.Jim Blaine, as I remember him.
said Mr.. Pusey, 'was a pretty welEbuit boy
and a hard student. He bad an impeachment
of his speech, however, which prevented him
from joining in our debates and declama-
tons, but he could distance all his class
mates in the matter of studies and his mem
ory was remarkable. We had in the college
literary society, of which | was presiden
about the time Blaine was sixteen years old.
One day he came to me and said: 'B-b-ill,
l would like to be p-p-president of the litera-
nv. Can you f-f-tix it for me!" answered:
sWhy, Nosey, what the do YOU know
about the literary society? You have never
taken any part in the debates and have al
WAYS preferred to pay your fine to taking ac
tive part.
ssDo you know anything about parliament
arv practice!'' He replied: s'No, but dod
DUN it(that was his favorite oath; he never
used any other, | can c-c-commit Cushing's
Manual to memory in one night" Well, the
result was that at the next meeting | fixed
it, for him, and at the meeting next week
ssNosey'' Blaine was elected president, vice
Pusey, term expired As he had promised,
he committed the entire contents of Cush-
ing's Manual, and he pro we'd the best presi-
dent the literary society of the college ever
had.
II remember one day his father told him
to get up early and go to the market to buy
turkey He gave him dollar, which was
a good deal of money in those days. Well,
Nosey brought home the bird and handed it
to old Dinah, the colored cook of the Blaine
family When the elder Blaine came down
to breakfast Dinah greeted him: Mars
Blaine, dat dar turkey what ''Mars Jim buyed
dis mawin' am de quarest tn rkey rs ever
seed. Deed it is, Mars Blaine
"Why, what's the matter with it Din ali,
amt it big enough! replied the old gentle
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-06
A Spanish breakfast.

The door opened for us, not earlier than 9
O'Clock, with a characteristic Spanish break
fast-an unctuous, abundant meal that would
have made the governor of Barataria smack
his thick lips, but seemed rather oppressive
to our less robust appetite. A leg of mutton
cunningly stuffed with cloves of garlic in ev-
cry fold and Granny, and a thick sopa, or
soup, of the consistency of porridge, and
yielding. on rough analysis with a spoon,
eggs, breadcrumbs, minced meat and -four,
made up the solid body of that breakfast. Re-
freshing liquids were conspicuously absent,
so We're butter and cows milk, for the herds
were up mountaineering for the summer
season on the highland pastures around the
Maadetta, and milk, beyond the niggardly
supply from the town goats, was not to be
had even for distinguished strangers. We
had wines Of two kinds, one sweet, the other
fennel-favored, and both abominable, and
chocolate, of course, was not wanting, very
rich and aromatic, no doubt but no more
entitled to rank as liquid or stimulant
than molasses. The meal on that morning,
as on every succeeding one, and as the dim
ner every evening, was wound up with
cheese and plate of sugar almonds, doing
duty for the postyes or after dishes of Spanish
gastronomy. Antonio always directed per
sonally the operations of the serving-woman
during meals, and the superb air with which
he would order on the lump of leathery
Spanish cheese and the handful of sweet
meats, with an mperous-''Los postres,
Theresa n'-was generally too much for our
gravity. Dinner was made up in much the
same way as breakfast, and the only striking
variation in the first days menu we had in
the course of our weeks stay i'll Venasque
was an occasional ola Irish stew, with the
potatoes left out dish of stewed lizard or
Pyrenean chamois, and two trout as large as
a gudgeon, which an enterprising Spanish
youth had discovered in the Essera. Garlic
apart. however, the food was good and clean,
and the never-failing attention of Antonio
and his household made us all confess that
the garlic and wine, with human kindness,
were better than the proverbial stalled OK
without it. We got rid of the garlic for all
that. 1t was a delicate thing to manage
without wounding national sentiments, but
we carrie dour point smoothly enough by set
ting down our distaste for the vegetable to
defect in our insular education insley'S
Magazine.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-06
The Park Commission.

At the meeting of the park commissioners
yesterday afternoon communication was
read from c. Knox, of st. Paul, offering to
give to the commission for park forty acres
ON the west arm of Lake Misnetonka, half
mile from Spaing park, unpon condition that
certain Improvements shall be made each
year. Referred.
Bids for the excavation at Johnson's lake
were opened and referred to the improve
ment committee with power to act.
The claim of Mary Comstock of 50, $40. 40
was ordered paid. This was for land in the
First ward park.
Bills reported on by the finance committee,
amounting to s9,S40.42, were ordered paid.
Bills amounting to 1886 90 were presented
and referred.
The improvement committee was author
lied to let the work by contract for making
sewer connection with the basin in Elliott
park, there being no bids.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-06

man. "It ought to be surely; Jim paid a
dollar for ito
sob, yes, Mars Blaine, de turkey is big
huff, but it am de funniest turkey dis yer mig
ger ever seed.'
''Mars Blaine went out to the kitchen to
look at the turkey" and found it to be ten
year old goose.
He called Jim down and haule him over
the Goals saying: "Why, Jim, you ought to be
ashamed of yourself Fifteen years old and
can't tell turkey from gooseP'
Jim hung his head and simply REPLIED
"Why dod dun it, pa, how's boy to tell a
turkey from a goose when its feathers are
off a.,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-06
Municipal Court.

Be1Ore Juuge bailey.
John Chester, drunkenness; committed
for five days
Henry Cambel, drunkenness; paid fine
in SIS.
VIM. Holland, drunkenness; con- emitted
for five days.
Dave McGowen, drunkenness; sentence
suspended
Chas. Eaglesss, Drunkenness; committed
for five days.
five DAYS.
for five days.
five days.
Ed. ellis, drunkenness; paid fine in s..
Jas. Shaw, vagrancy; sentence suspended.
James Baker, vagrancy; sentence sus-
pended.
days.
days. ~
Jas. Mcbride, disorderly conduct; COM
mitted for ten days.
Mike Barry, disorderly conduct; paid a
fine in SIS.
Jas bllliLl, NAioOlNClly SOhuuSu OOAh iiiVOSo
for ten days.
John Hickey, disorderly conduct; commit
ted for ten days.
VIM. Rogers disorderly conduct; sentence
suspended.
Martin Kinney, disorderly conduct; com
mitted for ten days
VIM. Gold, disorderly conduct; committed
for ten days.
Mike Mitchell, disorderly conduct; paid
fine in SIS.
George Reed, discharging fireworks in the
street; paid fine in 81.
Albert Reeves, same.
Ben Gilbert, same.
A. w. Parker, same.
John Williams, same.
George Dawinson, found in house of i'll
fame; paid fine in So.
Charles Wescot, larceny; committed for
thirty days.
Mike Darcy, larceny; committed thirty
days.
5. F. Yongery, drunkenness; paid fine
in SIS.
Otto Bagler. drunkenness; committed five
days.
Angus Schroeder, disorderly conduct; paid
fine in So.
j. w. Lewis, assault and battery; sentence
suspended.
Henry Campbell, selling liquor without a
license; hearing July 8.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-06
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS.
The Minneapolis office of the DAILY GLOBE has
been removed to 213 Hennepin avenue.
Democratic oounty Contention.

Oe3fOc1tttc COulltU CO'tCe"t'"'s'
A convention of the Democratic voters OF Hen
nepin county is hereby called to meet at Market
hail. in the city of Minneapolis on Tuesday, the
10Th day of July, A. D. 1884, at , o'clock p m,
to select nineteen delegates to represent said
convention in the Democratic congressional con-
vention, to be held July IT, 1854, at st. Paul
The respective wards and towns are entitled to
representatives as follows, viz:
First Ward-16 delegates.
Second Wards delegates.
Third Ward--14 delegates.
Fourth Wards delegates.
Fifth Ward-10 delegates
Sixth Ward-19 delegates
Seventh Ward delegates.
Eighth Ward q delegates
Bloomington, Champlin Eden Prairie, Green
wood, Independence, Minneapolis, Osseo, ST. An
thony and Wayzata, one delegate each.
Brooklyn, Crystal Lakes Dayton, Excelsior
Hassan, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Minnetrsta'
plymouth and Richfeld, two each.
Corcoran and Medina, 3 each
Dated Minneapolis, July 5, 1884.
o. C. MERRIMAN,
Chairman Democratic County committee.
JAMES w. LAWRENCE, Secretary.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-06
The Ta,,,nlamy Delegation.

NEW YORK, July 5.-The Seventh regi-
ment band accompanied the Tammany dele
CATION. Among those on the train were
John Kelly, Police Commissioner Brennan,
State Committeeman Ed. Cahill and Fire
Commissioner Croker Before their depar
ture John Kelly said: The Democratic party
has victory within its grasp this time, as it
has not had within twenty-nine years. We
hope the convention will nominate man
on whom all can unite. The friend of cor
porations and the enemy of the workingmen
is not such nominee. Among the Irving
Hall delegates were Sheriff Davidson, Judge
Callahan, State Senator Campbell and Ex-
else Commissioner Houghton. The dele
gatio are $50 strong.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-06
4 Comedy of Errors IN the South.
TS0Vonnah News |

An amusing yet quite serious difficulty
occurred at a bar room in Loganville Saturday
night between two white men and a negao.
The white men saw fit to make charge with
axe handles upon the negro, and in doing so
the candle, the only light in the bar, fell to
the floor and went out. Mr.. Day, one of
the white men, opened his battery upon the
head of the other and vice versa, each think
ing the other was the negro, until the candle
was relt. The result was that one OF them
had to be carried home on a litter and put to
bed, where he will likely remain for several
weeks. The wounded man received two ug
ly cuts upon the head from his friend in the
dark
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-06
(1l:t ]
Miracles of Healing Unparal-
le1ed in Medical
History.

81 have been afflicted for twenty years with an
obstinate skin disease, called by some NJ. DIS
psoriasis, and others, leprosy, commencing on
my scalp, and in spite of all ! could do, with the
help of the most skilful doctors, it slowly but
surely extended, until year ago this winter it
covered my entire person in form Of dry scales.
For the last three years have been unable to do
any labor, and suffering intensely all the time.
Every morning there could be nearly dustpan-
full of scales taken from the sheet on my bed,
some of them half as large as the envelope con-
tanning this letter. In the latter part of winter
my skin commenced cracking open. tried ev-
erything, almost that could be thought Of with
out any relief The 18th of June / started West,
in hopes | could reach the Hot Springs. reach
ed Detroit and was so low | thought I should
have to go to the hospital, but finally got as far as
far as Lansing, Mich, where had sister living
One Dr. treated me about two weeks, but
did me no good, All through l had but a short
time to live. Earnestly prayed to die Cracked
through the skin all over my back, across my
back, across my ribs, arms, hands, limbs, feet
badly swollen, toe nails came off, fnger-nalls
dead and hard as bone, hair dead, dry, and life
less as old straw. o. my God how did suffer.
'sMy sister had small part of a box of Cuta-
cura in the house. She wouldn't give up: said,
we will try Cuticura.' Some was applied on
one hand and arm. Eureka! there was relief;
stopped the terrible burning sensation from the
word go. They Immediately got the CUTIcURA
REsoLvENT, CUTICURA and CUTICURA SOAP. |
commenced taking one tablespoonful of Resoiv-
ent three times day, after meals; and bath
once day. water about blood heat, used Cuti-
cura Soap freely; applied Cuticura morning and
evening. Result, returned to my home in just
six weeks from time l left, and my skin as
smooth as this sheet of paper.
s'HIRAM E. CARPENTER,
Henderson. jefferson county, n. Y.
ssSworn to before me this nineteenth day of
January, 1880.
~ GA M. LEFFINGwELL,
Justice of the Peace"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-06
ADJUSTMENTS.

There is very little to record under the
Z head of "amusements." There are plenty
of amusements to be sure, but kind which
comes more properly under the head of Sat
the lake notes. Calendars minstrels held
forth at the Grand for the first three DAYS
of the week. and gave a fairly good show to
good houses. At Market hall Keefe, the
pugilist, had benefit Monday night Not
so much of a benefit, however either to the
recipient or those present. In other words
if he got enough to pay hall rent and print
ing bills he was lucky, and met with better
success than the other pugilists who have
taken benefits (0 of late. The French Cath
olic fair at Market hall has drawn only me-
dunn attendance during the week The
Comlque has played to good houses as usual,
and its reaping benefit.
NOTES.
4-paw's circus comes Thursday.
Col Bob IngersoI lectures upon ''Ortho-
doxy'' at the Grand Saturday evening
Dickson's Sketch Club at the Grand Tues
day and Wednesday evenings.
The summer garden and sacred concert
talzeth their annual BOOM
Manager Jas. Wheeler, OF the Comique,
takes hi annual benefit Thursday evening,
July "A.
The Comique announces fine bill for the
n,icong week The Marshall sisters, bril-
liant serio-eomic duo, Chas. Glidden, the
hanioist, Ada Henry, a footlight favorite who
viii he seen and heard for the first time here,
R;IIv KAYE, the comedian, and many others.
The s.coolcst place of amusement means to
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-06
A Calamity to Iowa Guzzlers.

foPecIaI IcIesIarr 20 the GI0De.
MASON CRY, Ia, July 5.-The Fourth
passed off quietly. The prohibition law went
into effect at II O'Clock on the night of the
Sd. The saloon keepers here willingly sub
mitted to the inevitable and closed their
career in the traffic of all spirituous liquors.
At Plymouth, little town about nine miles
from here, the two saloon keepers sold beer
all day yesterday, and have been arrested
under the new law. They viii have hear
ing next Tuesday. This is perhaps the first
arrest under the new Iowa prohibition law.