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Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-05-08

THE "National View of May 3rd
publishes letter from DR.. j. II. Mum
son, of Medoc, Jasper county Mo-, of
which the following is a portion:
Evidently there has never been a time
in the history Of our party Of such mo-
mentouS importance as the present and
immediate future.
Favorable opportunity, with bright
hope and prospect of the final triumph
ant success of our grand aud equitable
principles ON the ons hand, and peril,
party Generalization and ignominious
defeat on the other hand.
During all our past history as party
the better and truer element has stead
lily struggled and contended for princi-
pie and against political compromise.
shystering and corruption.
This has enabled us to maintain such
degree of public confidence as it is ours
at present to enjoy; while at times and
in places we have been manipulated and
compromised by political shysters, and
under them oul-llanked by superficial
Greenbackers-if, indeed, such can be
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-05-08

FRANK LESLiE'S Weekly: W. II.
Vanderbilt owns railroad stock worth
SSS, 10000: railroad bonds worth S26,-
357, i20; government bonds worth So
$50, 1000; other surcties worth S5,OO0,00O.
His wealth equals S2OO,0OO,0OO. 1t is
equal to that Of the Duke of Wcstmin-
ster, with an increase Of 6 per cent.
while that Of the Duke is only , per
cent. SO that W. II. Vanderbilt is clear
" the richest man in the world.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-05-08
Chances Fer the Republican EOmina.
ton.

From the ST. Loui, Post Dispatch,
OF the $50 delegates to the Republic
can convention Blaine now claims a67,
concclng 2$i to Arthur, 9S to Logan,
50 to Edmnnd., 80 to Sherman and y
to lIawlcy, leaving II doubtful.
There is plenty Of room for dispute rs
to how the delegations stand, however,
and the Arthur men claim that their
candidate is the first choice OF 3G7 and
Blaine OF only 273. They claim also
that means viii be used to Solidify the
Southern delegations for Arthur, and
that he will thus get the necessary al
to nominate him on the first ballot.
Nevertheless it is manifest to all i'm
partial observers that Blaine will he
much stronger in this convention than
he was in that of 1880, when with 2S4
votes on the. first ballot, he "downcd"
Grant, who had 3Qi, and eventually
dictated the nomination of Garfield
With Blaine, Grant, Conkling and
the ant-machiue Republicans all
against him, Arthur has no earthly
chance Of developing in this convention
the strength Grant had in that Of 1880,
and the most he can do is to play
against Blaine now the same role
which Blaine then played against
Grant, The fact that Blaine's
strength is not only creator than that of
any rival but comes mainly from the
States that must be relied on to elect n
Republican President, including all the
doubtful ones, gives him the best hold
on waverng delegates and makes his
hand the best one "to draw to- The
opposition to him is powerful and inap-
peaSlble, and the elements of success
full combination against him exist, but
the skill and influence to weld and WELD
them may be wanting,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-05-08
To Nominate Candidates For President
and ViCe-President.
Indianapolis The Place and May 2Sth,
the Day.

The National Convention Of the Ma
tional Grccnback-LaJor party, to nomi-
nate candidates for President and Vice
President Of the United States, to he
voted for at the coming presidential
election, will be held in the city Of
indianapolis, Ind, on Wednesday, May
2slh, 1851 Each State is entitled tc
four delegates and four alsornatcs at.
large, each congressional district TO two
delegates ahd two altcrnatcs, and the
District Of Columbia TO two delegate,
and two <crna,cs; therefore, all VIII,
are in accord with the views set fovtl
in the platform Of The said party il
1850 are respectfully requested to Nee
in convention in their several states
territories and districts, on or bcfor,
May /, 1881, and select delegates an'
alternatos to said convention.
LSignel.l JG,,E HARPER, Chairman
LEE CEANDALL, Sc,'y.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-05-08

GENERAL WEAVER is holding large
meetings in Michigan. The campaign
has opened there. He closes his APP
pointmcnts at the State Convention ut
kalamazoo to-day, and will return i'm
mcdiately.-lowG Tribune, April 3Oth.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-05-08
THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1884.


We want to get new, fast cylinder
newspaper press and for that purpose
we open Press Fund to which we
earnestly request our subscribers to
contribute We do not ask any dona-
tion; all we ask is for our subscribers
to pay on their subscriptions,
In subsequent issues We will publish
lists OF contributors.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-05-08

II Won wish to send for the "Amcri-
can Sentry good, eight page,
straight Greeuback paper, call at or
send TO this office. The "Scntry' is
81 per year, but we will send it to YOU
ut 50 cents q year. We are enabled ia
do this by giving the subscriber the
benefit of ~ cents commission. #
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-05-08

ing Immediately. at the residence Of his |
father. John S. Ford, two miles east Of
Ricmnond. Mo. No cause is assigned
Charlie Ford was
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premises they received notice 10 leave.
and thry moved into = very secluded
house in the timber about two and a
half mi}.. from Richmond. Ray conn
y, Charlie and E,h yrp, ND ,ieir ne.
Gno'ulanrr with ,hc mrmL,rs of the
! tap,r, ronr. and the Ford house was a
rrfn-n for Ihr outlaws in all their com.
inrs gnJ roin,s. ,yl,ilatgn rrf. ootod q.
mr..rur.r, in trims +, town for buyinc
ammunition and other suprlins Boi
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ma-sanror when badness and 'jnsnrr,
Kan wore ra,uir.d. and Charlie. wasth,
choice for dinlomotfr missions Nof,h
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which c,mrln,cd the lf.t If ,hn lame
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-05-08

TIE Morrison tariff bill was defeated
in the House yesterday, by vote of l59
for, to l5j against. The bill proposed
90 per cent reduction of tariff duties.
Forty one democrats who voted against
the bin.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-05-08

THE Marine National Bank of New
York City,iail1d, Tuesday. Liabilities
several million dollars. Grant &
Ward, bankers, failed also, Tuesday.
The firm was composed Of Gen. U. S.
Grant, L. S. Grant, Jr., James D. Fish
and Ferdinand Ward. Gen. Grant was
limited partner and his loss is only
the amount he had invested, but his
son was general partner and is doubt
less bankrupt.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-05-08

anu We 'SliSAp l'fNI VIII uhtit We u
er- get contrT. Nothing has been he.
complished except the organization of
ess party aqaeetipessiagthe people.
Our vifatk fat is aEt fairly begun.
NowHrRF9l these United States has
st6eSrssnbsee party pro3pered except
in localities where the party has hoed
its own row and kept aloof from the old
parties. Forty-eight thousand Green
back votes in Maine were reduccito less
than lO.OQ0by dickering with the demo-
crats. In hundreds of localities where
the party had Il splendid organization
and was achieving grand success, the
party has been Snulfcd out Of existence
/ by combinations with one or the other
of the oldpartieS. Those combination,
have been brought about by variou,
cauScs, such rs desire To get revenge
for i'll treatment, desire on the part O
| publishers to get patronage, and desir,
to see some friend get an oilicc,
The Cm,is has in all probability los
several thousand dollars in the last liv,
years by not letting the prospect of pat
ronage control its course. This loss
whatever it has been, we have frecl
given, in addition to much labor an,
sacrifice Of private business, TO tn
Grcenback cause.
Livingston county has gained the Il
tie Of the "Grconback Mecca -gainc
it by straight course. Let not honey
ed words, hope Of pecuniary rewar
or i'll treatment from the old partiC
swcryc us u hairs breadth from OF
course. The Grcrnblck party is Iii,
mctrcally oppos"dto both the old pa
: ties and its success means their dow
fall. Vixen they fight us, then "
grow, no matter how mean they tre
us. Forward once more all along Il
line! The campaign willactivcly bcgi
in this county, with the mass convent,
.. on the 18th.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-05-08


WE publish this week two interesting
letters written by Gen. Butler in res
ponse to letters written him by Green
hackers. As we have said before, But
Ter is not our first choice for president,
nor second, but we would cheerfully
vote for him il nominated by the Green
hackers at indianapolis. The outlook
is that Butler will receive the Green
back nomination. Many prominent
Greenbackers are for him and some del
egates have been instructed for him.
Next week we will publish Britton a.
Hills opinion of Butler. Hill thinks
Butler is the Moses that can lead the
people through the Red Sea of Official
corruption and despotism.
We do not agree with Gen. Butler
that the Greonbackgs idea on the eur.
rency has been accomplished. The
Supreme Court has simply decided thai
Congress has authority to make money
out of paper, something that Green
hackers never doubted. The Greenbacl
idea is to abolish bank money, unchair
the currency from the coin of foreign
and domestic Shylocks, and to issue
sufficient money to raise the price o.
labor and of labor's products to an
equitable point. Congress has not ia.
kea oue single step in this direction
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-05-08
Call For National Con-
ventiOn

OF THE NATIONAL GREENBAC,
LABOR PARTY,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-05-08
EXIT CHARLIE FORD.
He Has Gone to Meet Jesse James BY
the Suicide Route.
William D. Fuller.
Newaygo, Michigan.


by Telegraph to the rostDiSpatch
RlcuMoNp, Mo. May 6-Charlc-
Ford, brother of Bob Ford, shot him
self through the heart this morning, dy.
ing Immediately, at the residence Of hi
father, John 5. Ford, two miles east oi
Richmond, Mo. No cause is assigned
Charlie Ford was
The Portland daily press., 1884-04-22
LICHENs.
Rev. Or. RoIIes Before the Natural His
tory Society.


Rev. DIR. Boles delivered an interesting
lecture on lichens last evening before a large
audience. The lichen is the vegetative growth
found on bark of trees, old stone walls, fences,
&c. At present its natural history is attracting
much attention from botanists who are some
what confused by what they have discovered.
Lichens are at the vanishing point of the
vegetable world; they live in the extremes of
heat aud cold where all other plants die and
they resist extreme changes of temperature
and humidity. Their growth is slow and it is
supposed that many varieties live for CEN
turies.
The three methods Of reproduction were
elaborately described, and figured upon the
blackboard. Herein lies the most remarkable
feature of the order. In general they are not
food plants; the reindeer moss OF the Arctic
regions is however notable exception. No
class OF plants are SO changeable 10 their
chemical composition; an analysis of two
lchens of the same species but from different
localities shows marked changes in character
of the elements.
DR.. Bolles explained how lichens resemble
the fungi, that is mushrooms, mould, vegetable
rusts, ETC., and also how they differ from them,
He remarked in closing that there were but
few uses that man could make of them.
Powdered lichen though odorless itself has the
power to gather and retain an odor, and is
even used as disinfectant.
DR.. Wood remarked that since the last
meeting he had received through the kindness
OF Sergeant Eichelberger, of the Signal Ser
vice, some melJed snow from Pixies Peak,
Colorado, which contains the same kind of
starch-buds noticed in the snow of Portland
and Mt. Washington and is also particularly
rich in the ashes of the Krakatoa volcano.
The Portland daily press., 1884-04-22
The Hospi,al Ea;r

Parties who attend the promenade concert
at City Hall, Wednesday night, will not only
receive great pleasure in witnessing the charm
ing minuet. but each one will receive good
present with his ticket. There were number
Of really valuable articles, left over from the
fair, and these will be given away. Each
tioketwill have coupon attached, and the
coupon will bear number corresponding to
that on one Of the many presents which will
be distributed. After the minuet there will
be general dancing with music by Chandler.
The Portland daily press., 1884-04-22
Assisted bva por,Ians Vessel,

Barque Henry Warner for Portland, Capt.
Reed, from Buenos Ayres, arrived at Boston
on Sunday, and reports April 9, lat. 36.06, lon.
64.26, spoke schooner William Hood of Somer-
set, Mass, from Baltimore for Providence.
The schooner had a signal of distress flying,
being in want of provisions. 1t was too rough
then to board her, so Capt. Reed lay by until
the next day, when boat was lowered, and
the schooner's wants were supplied. 1t seems
that the w. P. Hood is one of the vessels re-
Gently blown off the coast during westerly
-sAlA: thai sha shinned several heavy seas,
which swept the decks of nearly everything
movable, flooded the cabin and washed over.
board two sesmen, whose names Capt. Reed
does not remember They were lost. When
spoken, the w. P. Hood was eighteen DAYS
ont from Baltimore. It has been supposed by
some that she bad foundered.
The Portland daily press., 1884-04-22
u. 4. District Cour,.

BEFORE JUDGE WEBB.
MoEDAY.-Frederick R. Adams, libellant, vs.
Mary j. Frazier
THIS was a libel to recover the sum of sixty dol
larr for an alleged breach of contract
Libellant says he made a ven bal contract with
Mary j. Frazer, by which he was to have the
schooner Betsy and Eliza for a coasting voyage to
carry some wood either to Boston or to Rock land,
he TO hay twothirds of the freight and the vessel
one-third; that after doing work her to get
her ready for the voyage Mrs. Frazier took the veg
sci from him and let some one else have it, to bis
damage Of $50.
Defence, denial of contract.
Decision for libellant, $50 and costs
Woodrnan and Thompson for libellant.
George II. Townshend for claimant.
The Portland daily press., 1884-04-22

A telephone message was sent to the station
last evening, asking for police aid, as a man
had murdered a child on India street. Deputy
Marshal Crowell, Officers Massure, Sparrow
and Stevens all investigated the matter, but
the affair simmered down to a quarrel between
man and his wife, while both of them were
intoxicated. A little boy in the vicinity said
the man threw his little daughter out of
window, on to shed close by, but there was
no pronf that he had done SO, and the girl was
present at the investigation and was evidently
all right
The Portland daily press., 1884-04-22

Mr.. Dorsheimer of New York, few days
ago said: ~ introduced Henry Irving, the
actor, to Mr.. Reed, the member of Congress
from Maine, and Irving said, "Why, that
mans face is perfect reproduction of the
Strstford bust of Shakespeare" Mr.. Dor
shsimer continued. "That is one of the strong
est man In Congress. Mr.. Hewitt the other
day made an extraordinary speech, Astounding
In strange and peculiar statements of fact, and
when he was through Mr.. Reed got up with
out any preparation, apparently, and made a
very powerful speech, severe and personal, bat
undoubtedly effective among his party friends"
The Portland daily press., 1884-04-22
TEMPEST TOSSED.
A Portland SchO0ner's Thrilling Expert
ence-She Makes New Work HarbOr At
ter Being Beaten Off for Twenty Days.

=
ence-She Makes New York HarbOr At
ter Being Beaten Off for Twenty Days.
The schooner Addie Jordan Of Portland,
Capt. Hartman, arrived at the port of New
York on Friday last, after long and tempest
uous passage. AS the vessel was so many days
overdue, the relatives and friends of the
crew had begun to despair of ever hearing OF
them.
From letter written by Capt. Hartman to
Messrs. Ryan & Kelsey, We learn that the YES
sci left Portland on the morning of the 2Sth
OF March, and on the 29th, at midnight, while
off Old Cape Light, Cape Cod, encountered a
fierce NNE snow storm and ran for the shoals,
hoping to make Vineyard Haven or some 9th
er place of safety, but the gale increased and
the snow and sleet fell SO thick that the crew
were unable 10 See anything ahead of them,
and they soon found the vessel to be in shoal
water, thus obliging them to carry sail hard in
order to keep off the shore. This course
brought them out of the South Channel. The
wind in the meantime had increased to hur-
ricane, the sea was dangerously high, and they
were compelled to run for seventy hours be-
fore the wind, until finally the storm abated,
so that they could heave to for twenty hours
After this heavy Southwest gale set in,
driving them to the Northeast, and this was
followed by a WNW gale, which in all lasted
IA days. During that time the vessel laid to
under part Of storm trysail, the sea running
high, with heavy hail squalls. The barometer
in the meantime ranged from 2S.9 to 1913. At
the end of the fourteen days, Sandy Hook was
bearing WNW, about 600 miles; then South
easterly gale followed. which was used with
great advantage. When this gale left them
the schooner was about $50 miles from Sandy
Hook. After that they experienced moderate
weather. "In my 81 years of following the
sea- says Capt. Hartman, 81 never before
knew the wind to blow so hard and so long,
with such high dangerous seas, as we encoun-
tered on this voyage. As We had light car
go, our vessel could be kept on her bottom on
~ by scudding when she could not lay to. By
SO doing saved the vessel and our lives.'
The storm swept away the boats, split the
sails, carried away some of the standing rig
ging, and swept the decks. The fore-gaff, part
Of the qnarter-rail ard number of smaller
losses are reported.
The Portland daily press., 1884-04-22
Declines the Calls.

The Boston Journal says: "The Rev. Charles
F. Thwing, pastor of the North Avenue Con-
gregational Church, Cambridge, informed his
people at the morning service Sunday that he
had declined the two invitations recently ex-
tended to him, one to the secretaryship of the
American College and Education Society,
made vacant by the resignation OF the Rev.
DR.. Tarbox, and the other to the chair of &C.
clesiastical history at Oberlin. The announce
ment was very welcome one to the congre-
CATION, who are warmly attached to Mr..
Thwing and would feel his departure to be a
great misfortune"
The Portland daily press., 1884-04-22

Advertisements appropriately coming under
the classification heads, WANTS, HELP WANT.
ED, SITUATIONS WANTED, For SALE, To LET
BOARD and Rooms and LOST AND FOUND, not
exceeding forty words, will be inserted in the
Daily PRESS one week for twenty-five Icents,
If paid in advance.
When payment is not made in..advance, reg
ular rates will be charged
The large circulation of the PRESS makes it
the best medium for these advertisements.
The Portland daily press., 1884-04-22
POLO.
Last Night's Game mt BiddesSrd-Bidde
ferds 3, Portland 2.

ferds 3, Portland 2.
Another league game wsS played at Bidde-
ford by the Portland and Biddeford polo clubs
last night, before an audience of 800. M.
Leonard was referee. For the Biddefords,
Messrs. W. snow and A. Watson acted as
Judges and for the Portlands Messrs. d. e.
McCana and G. A. Smith. The Biddefords
used what are known as the rubber rollers.
The first goal was won by Orne of the Port
lands, in one minute and thirty seconds; the
second by Morton of the Biddefords in nine
teen minutes; the third by Clement of the
Biddefords, in eighteen minutes; the fourth
by Orne of the Portlands. in two minutes and
thirty seconds; and the fifth by Morton OF the
Biddefords, in one minute and twenty-five sec
onds. Our boys says they were treated in first
class shape by the Biddeford boys.
A new polo club has been formed in this city
called the Dirigo. The positions are filed as
follows:
Goal Tender-E. M. Sawyer.
First Rusher-Stephen Morse.
Second Rusher-Fred T. Walden,
Half Backs-Fred s. Freeman, Joseph Free
man.
Cover Point-George Jose.
Cover Goal-H. B. Sawyer.
Captain-Ge gorge Jose.
The Portland daily press., 1884-04-22

Repairs are being made on the interior of the
store on Sawyer street, which is owned by Capt.
Henley, aud it is understood that the same will be
occupied by Messrs. MerrilnaA & Thompson, who
have met with such success as grocers
1t is said that number of the citizens of this
town have applied for the work of grading Meeting
House HILL but thus far their efforts have proved
in vain. Men from Portland have been engaged to
carry on the work, notwithstanding there are MANY
in this town who would be exceedingly glad to nav
their taxes in this way, some of which would prob
ably be quite difficult to collect otherwise But in
their taxes in work, giving them cash for a
weeks labor, the money will be given to men who
never paid dollar into the town treasury in
just and proper but everybody does not regard it so
The Portland daily press., 1884-04-22
Cumberland Rowing Associo,iou

There should be a large audience in attend
ance at the entertainment to be given at City
Hall by the Cumberland Rowing Association
next Thursday evening. The new invention
of Mr.. Spelman's will enable the audience to
witness races between soma of the best anna
teur and professionals sculler in the country,
and the races will possess the merit of a great
novelty. After the races there will be prom
enade concert with music by Chandler's baud.
The Portland daily press., 1884-04-22

Col. Rice, of the Maine Division, s. OF ",
has appointed Henry j. Chapman of Bangor,
Adjuta At, and Fred d. Lincoln of Bangor
Quartermaster on his staff
The following have been appointed Division
Council: Thomas T. Tabor, Bangor: E. E.
Philbrook, Portland; F. W. Hartnett, Bath,
with rank of Majors; G. o. Wadsworth,
Gardiner; A. G. Holbrook, Bath, John 1.
Brown, Harmony, With rank of Oantains
The Portland daily press., 1884-04-22
Farm for Sale ortoLet

ANE of the best in the County; known as the
" Brooks farm, four miles from Portland, half
mile from the ocean; two miles from Cape Cottage.
Buildings first class; two houses; cuts about fifty
tons hay; cost about fifteen thousand dollars; will
be sold for less than halt the cost let reason
able terms. Fine place for summer boarders. New
house will be let separate if desired.
S. L. CARLETON, Office $50 Middle St.
apr22dtf Residence, 118 Congress st.
The Portland daily press., 1884-04-22
High street Parish.

The High Street parish held their annual
meeting last night and elected the following
officers:
Moderator-W. M. Marks
Clerk-D. w. Snow.
Assessors-H. P. Storer, Philip H Brown.
William NJ Marks, Richard Abbott, H, w
Shaylor.
Collector-C, G. Tolman.
The Portland daily press., 1884-04-22
Annual ME sfing.

fegular @ anRual meeting @ o. the stocknolaers G
pany will be held at the Office of the company at
No. SO Exchange ST., Portland, Maine at 10 O'Clock
A. NJ, May 27, A. D. 1884 for the election of Off
GERS and transaction of any other business that may
legally come before the meeting
GEO. M. SEIDERS, Secretary.
Portland April 49, 1884. apr22d7t
The Portland daily press., 1884-04-22

This new invention for the aid of nurses and the
comfort of bed-ridden or helpless invalds having
been examined and cordially commended to many
prominent physicians and experienced nurses, the
Company is now ready to receive orders for it at
623 Congress street.