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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-12
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-12
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The Grand Lodge in Standardization
of Ofkcers-rhe SecretaTy's Report
The Next Meeting to be Held at
Bridgton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-12
BY TELEGRAPH,
WEATHER REPORT.
Indications for the Next "a Hours.
War Denayfmep,

war Department,
ONCE Of the Chief Signal Officer.
Washington, ID. c., Aug. l2-I A. NJ.
For New England and Middle States,
generally fair weather slight rise in tenn
pera'ure; variable winds, generally south
erly
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-12

Net increase in membership, 53S
Number of Past Grsnds, 1850
Number of reJections, l6l
John A. Gidden, Grand Warden of G. l..
of N. H., and Rev. l.. F. Mckinney, Grand
Representative of G L. of N. II. were
present as visitors.
A resolution was passeg thanking the Nor
way Lodge for the efficient manner in which
they exempitied the work of the order before
the members of the Grand Lodge.
The following officers were elected for the
coming year
Grand Master-Rodney B. Capen, Au-
gusta.
Deputy Grand Master-Freeman T. Mer-
rll. Portland.
Grand Warden-George W. Goss-Lew-
iston.
Grand Secretary-Joshua Davis. Portland
Grand Treasurer-Stephen X. Dyer. Port
land.
Grand Representative-Edwar ard W. Conant,
Oldtown.
The following is the relief report for the
year ending Dec. 81, 1884:
Number of brothers relieved, 1928
90 g widowed families re-
lieved. 43
Number of weeks sickness for
which benefits were paid, l2.l57
Number of brothers buried, 100
Amount paid for the relief of
brothers. S40,6s2
Amount paid for the relief of
widowed families, 1,045.7l
Amount paid for the education Of
orphans and special pellet, 2,425.l4
Amount paid for burying the
dead. 3,753 a.
Total amount paid for relief, SAC, ,906 II
Amount of annual receipts, l07 ,062.l3
Current expenses separate from
relief, 32,601.41
Invested funds including real
estate and hall property, 4l5,274.25
The following are the statistics of Degree
Lodges. Daughters of Rebekah:
Number of lodges, July /. 1884, %
Members January |, 1854, 209l
Members admitted, POI
1852
Members Withdrawn or dropped, SO
deceased, l6
l09
Members January l, 1885, 2243
Net increase in membership, 1852
Total amount paid for relief, S62.
Current expenses separate from
relief. 956.43
Amount of annual receipts, l,os7.44
Total amount of assets, l,So2, 70.
The secret work was exemplified by J. II.
Crockett, G. R. assisted by Geo. w. Goss,
PIG.
The board of Grand officers were directed
to set aside day during the coming year to
observed as a decoration day for the graves
| of deceased Odd Fellows.
At the afternoon session of the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows the following subordi-
nate officers were installed:
Marshsl-M. C. Blsckmsn of Auguata.
Conductor-A. S. Kimball of Norway,
| Chaplain-Rev. Marion Crosby of Port,
land.
Grand Guardian-James o. Tarbox Of Bid
deford.
Grand Herald-F. n. Hazeltou of Bridg-
ton.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11
ENTOMBED ALIVE,

an Pennsylvania Miners Entombed Seven
Hundred Feet Below the Surface With
Four Hundred Feet of Debris Above
Them-No Hope OF Rescue.
SHENANDOAH, Pa, April THE Guy
Ter mine, at Raven Run, was the scene,
yesterday afternoon, of a horrible catas.
trophe, by which ten poor fellows met a
fate than which nothing could be worse
No one seems to be able to account for
the disaster, and certain it is that nobody
expected it, and as usual, in such cases,
everything was, or was supposed to be,
in tirst-class order. But despite this,
about half past three O'Clock there
came a sudden crash, caused by the
collapse or caving in Of one of
the gangways. There was great excite
ment when the news spread, and it was
some time before it could be ascertained
Just what the full extent of the disaster
was. As soon as a correct list could be
made, it was shown that the following
miners were entombed alive: John Cav
anaugh, Frank Mclaughlin, John Ander-
son, Michael Herrity, Nicholas Parue,
Henry Mervine, Bernard Smith, Benjamin
Maurer, Daniel Kerry, William Ander-
son.
NO HOPE.
The entombed men all have families,
and the cries of wives and children filled
the air Exploring parties report the
mine complete wreck and all hope Of
rescuing the imprisoned miners alive has
been abandoned. The slope is 700 feet
deep, and is divided into four lifts.
The ten men now in the
mine were in the lower
lift and the place is closed to the bottom
Of the first lift 400 feet above. There
were three openings to the mine, an air
hole and two slopes, and all three are
closed below the first lift. The danger
Gus condition of the mine not only pre-
vents rescuing parties from doing any
work, but forbids even a thorough exam
ination of the workings.
The conclusion caused by the fall was
SO great that the nine cars at the foot Of
the first lift were forced up the slope
distance of fifty feet. Miners acquainted
with the workings declare it doubtful
whether even the bodies of the mem en-
tombed can be recovered. The colliery
from $50 to 200 men, but
fortunately was not in operation yester-
day, or all the men would have been lost.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

AT Wacu, Texas, on the 9th during a
| thunderstorm lightning struck shed near
! which James B. Baker and a. number of
negroes were standing, an of whom were
Frustrated. Bakers injurisS are pronounced
fatal, and four other me2H are lying in a
critical condition..
REPRESENTATIVE RANDALL, who has been
seriously i'll, is much better, and expects to
be able to go out in few days.
On the night of the 9th, at Knoxville,
Tenn, Reon Joyce, seventy-five years of
age, was burned in his dwelling, together
with his three-year-old daughter, and Miss
Rice, aged forty.
The visit to the battlefield Of Gettysburg
by officers and soldiers who participated in
that battle will take place TINS year on the
4th of May. 1t is expected that the Presi-
dent will go with party from Washington,
and an invitation to be present has been
sent to the Count de Paris.
GEN. GRANTS condition was much worse
on the 7th. His physicians have abandon
ed all hope of his recovery.
MRS. THUMB, the widow of Gen. Tom
Thumb, was married at New York on the
7th to Count Primo Magri.
THE destitution and suffering in West
Virginia is said to be even worse than has
been reported.
SERIOUS damage was done to railroad
property throughout Mississippi on the 9Th,
caused by heavy and incessant rains. The
bridge across Bakers creek, on the line of
the Vicksburg and Meridian railroad, was
washed away. Two breaks are reported on
the Natchez, jackson and Columbus road.
Seventy feet of pile trestle was washed
out at Bayou Pierre, on the line of the
louisville, New Orleans and Texas road.
A BAzAR was opened at Baltimore on the
night of the 7th for the purpose of raising
funds for the relief of disabled Confederate
soldiers.
A FEARFUL tragedy occurred on the Sth
at the Tennessee State asylum for the IN
saue. L. K. Eldridge, a twenty-year-old
inmate from Overton county, seized
heavy mob and crushed the skulls of Ever
EFT B. Buchanan, the ward attendant, and
Thomas C.. Layton, feeble, twenty EIGHT
year-old patient, from Franklin county.
THE belief hitherto entertained in Berlin
official circles that peace would be MAIN
tained between England and Russia has
undergone a distinct change. Dispatches
from st. Petersburg say that the Russian
war party is getting the upper hand.
THE Waterways Convention, which met
at New Orleans on the 7th, approved the
plans of the Mississippi River Commission
and the Secretary of War was requested to
give immediate aid in carrying them out.
Gov. Lowry, of Mississippi, was made
President of the Convention.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11
HUNTSVILLE, ALA, SATURDAY.. April, Il. 1885, -

In carefully prepared financial article
the New York Sun shows that money was
never so cheap as now.
PATTI is out in card denying that she
said she wouldn't sing any of Wagner's
operas, or that she spoke disparagingly of
Miss Kellogg
MICHIGAN went Democratic on the 9Th
by 10000 majority, the election being for
Supreme Court Judge and Regents Of
the State University.
CAPTAIN HOWARD, of the United States
army, will instruct the Canadian troops
in the use of the Gs.tling guns for service
against the Riel rebels. ty
The Central American States asked
President Diaz of Mexico to appoint some
one to mediate between them, and joaquin
Boranda was chosen.
AT fire in Halifax IN. 81 boarding
house on the 9th Jas. Fuller was burned ts,
death. Several fishermen, who Were
sleeping in the upper part of the house,
ESCAPED by jumping from window to the
arm of telephone pole and then sliding
to the ground.
DISPATCH received on the 9Th from the
home Of ex-Secretary FIR elinghuysen said
he was not expected to live through the
day.
U. c. STEENABURG'S sash and door fac.
tory at Fond du Lac, Wis, together with
a large stock Of pro6Mct, was totally de :
stroyed by fire on th q 9th. Loss, $4,000:
insurance, $4,000.
ORDERS receive d at Calcutta from Lon
don direct continuance of active prepa-
tionz for war, notwithstanding the pacific
asst frances Of Russia.
COLORADO having quarantined against
Mis- ssouri cattle, Governor Marmaduke la s
tel egraphed Hon. Norman J. Colman,
CO nnmissioner of Agriculture, in reference
to the matter.
The President has removed the Post
master at Rome, N. Y, and appointed a
new man. The old incumbent has been
grossly violating the rules of the depart
! ment, and for that reason he has been sus-
! pended.
| THE Supreme Court decided that the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad must pay
taxes in West Virginia, the company
claiming rights not to do SO under an act
which Incorporated q road absorbed by
| the Chesapeake & Ohio.
THE Director of the Mint has computed
thevalue of the Shanghai tael for Custom
house purposes at $1.17 $40. The value of
| the coin was formerly fixed at $1.21 g. 10.
A WINNIPEG dispatch of the 9Th said:
'.Troops started.from Fort Qu' Appelle at
day break for Prince Albert, and will prob
ably be joined at Touchwood Hills by A
Battery and B. Battery, now remaining at
| GU Appelle Station. The Queens Own
| Rifles will then join the main body on the
march northward. A Gordon of police
has been established along the inter-
national boundary and with the assist
ance of American troops in the Depart
ment of Dakota, the rebels escape into
| Montana will be prevented"
| THE river coal miners strike in Pennsyl-
vania ended in favor of the strikers, and
J 6,000 resumed work at the advance. Two
third of the mines started up on the 9th,
and the balance expected to be working
| within few days.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11
ARi.NE-STRlCKEN.

Report OF a Newspaper Correspondent OF
the sad Condition of tie People in. the
Back Counties of West virginia-Slowly
Starving to Death, and the Live stock
Perishing by Hundreds. %i
PITTSBURGH, Pa, April mfr. Savi.
gel w. Wall, staff correspondent of the
Pittsburg Times, just returned fro m a
weeks tour of the famine -strcke dis.
trict of West Virginia, beyond the lines
of railroad or telegraph comm laicatien.
tells story of his personal investigation
of the terrible suffering in that State.
thrilling as romance, principally ,asnons
the residents of Calhoun, Roens, Writ,
Ritchie, Pleasant, Doddrhse, &c wis. Gil
NOR, Brcxton, Upshur, Webster, Mich
olas, Clay and jackson; also, parts of
many counties adjoining, wis, are small
farmers owning small plats of land.
Last year there was large emigra-
ton of this class of people from Ohio to
this State, all their money being expend-
ed in the purchase OF their homes. The
district outlined experienced drouth
last season such as was never known in
the history of the State. From June un-
til November no rain fell; hot wind
blew continuously from the South, Daf
fling efforts of farmers to force thstc
crops. Vegetation was scorched TO
death, and scarcely fifth of cro;a was
garnered.
The beginning of severe winter
found all these people with barns and
larders bare. Unable TO feed their cattle,
they have died by hundreds, and the
people have in many instances been COM
PEELED to use the carcaSSes for food. The
people, in their dire X1remity, have ex-
listed for months on corn meal naked
with water, which was cooked on. grid
irons that have not been creased for
months. The mortality among children
and aged people recently has been un-
pTecedented
The people have become desperate and
demanded relief from the authorities. In
answer to these cries Jrdges ana County
Commissioners of Calhoun, IFirt JJs-
shur, Clay and Baxter counties have pur-
chased supplies of meat and Ineal. which
have been distributed. In response to
petitions to Representatives at Washing
ton, several counties had Oeeu supniied
with seed, which, arriving in the middle
of winter, was used as fo I'd by the half
famished people. As a consequence. al
isolated districts, where county authori-
ties have not supplied relief, are without
food and without seetL, and what is left
OF their stock are tocA eDfeebled to do any
kind of work.
The roads are stil in an almost i'm
pasSable condition. Relief can only be
transported on horseback. The horses
have also become so exhausted and
starved that sven small quantities con-
stituted bu fden. Great fears were eX-
pressed th At the mortality among the
cattle res' lting from eating the buds of
buckeye. the earliest that revive, which
are dea 1y poison, will sweep the country
clear cattle.
The. authorities, while acting in the
mat Ger, are very 10th to confess that the
distress is as great as it really is. Busi-
ness is practically stagnant. Owners OF
mills have nothing to grind nor the
money to purchase. Butchers shops and
other places OF trade are closed for the
same reasons.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11
Fiendlsh Murder.

AsHEvILLE, N. c., April THE house
of j. P. Joyce, situated near here has
been robbed of $4,000, the family mur.
dered and the house fired. The bodies
of all the inmates were consumed. The
victims were j. p. Joyce, seventy-fiv
years; Margaret Joyce, nineteen years;
Charles Joyce, two years, and Mary.
Rice, forty years of age. The perpetra-
tors have not yet been captured.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11

THE friends of Mrs. Garfield deny the
published reports that she Is TO marry
Rev. Mr.. Taylor, of Pennsylvania. She is
living quietly in Cleveland. and is educat-
ing her children for careers of usefulness.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11

REPORTS to the LiUe Stock Indicator at
Kansas City, No., on the condition OF the
winter wheat crop in Kansas, Western
Missouri and Southern Nebraska are any
thing but encouraging as to prospects.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11

r is stated taat by the burning OF a
,.aanor at tn, Aspinwall confagr alton
heavy mails Of the United States were oe-
struyed.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11

+ i now said that Riel, the rebel, has
n man in the Northwest Terri
+ ~. including 100 Indians.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11

THE Grand Shereef of Mecca has issued
a proclamation declaring Ell Mahdi an
outlaw, and notifying all true Mohamme-
dams that the English have right to treat
him as a common murderer.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11

IT isssmi- officially announced at faris
+h.t bismarck offerel to arbltrate tor tne
s,,.+ sa+,Ia,,ent Of the dispute between Russia
and England.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11

r--r Amer of Afghauistan is much IN
.l ~ Sir Peter Llmsden over his de-
o..ian on tbs frontier question.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
c;ews from Everywhere.

rrv Attorney-G eneral decides that the
Crow reservation in Dakota is not open TO
settlement.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11

TUE French attacked and secured oc-
cupation OF Pheng Hoo situated In the
channel between Formosa and the China
main land. Chinese loss, $40; French,
three killed and twelve wounded.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11

r4p Treasury Department decided that
Chinaman VINO has embraced the
christian religion can not bring MS wlfe
over IRON China.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11

GENERAL GRANT was resting easier the
night of the ID, but he was very weak,
and his doctors thought the end near. He
has great difficulty in breathing, and the
cancer is exten ling down the throat and
behind the nose
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11

The Mexican Congress convened on the
1st. The Presidents message warmly op-
poses the attempt of Barrios at forci BILE
untication of the Central American re-
publics. Strong sympathy for Salvador
and Nicaragua was manifested among the
members
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11

JOSEPH PALMER was again convicted of
of murder in the first degree at Cincinnati
on the 2d. He was the accomplice OF Ber-
ner in the Kirk murder, out OF which grew
the Cincinnati riot OF 1881
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11

4 TERRIFIC explosion Of fre-damp oc-
..J an III. 81 in coal mine near
Cbar.proix, Belgium. Eighteen miners
were killed outright and many more
W unded.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11

1,1n1Scs from the Northwest Territory
indicate that the state OF afairs Is grow
ing worse. Rebels and Indians are swarm :
ing over the country causing residents TO
desert their homes.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11

THE oklahoma "boo ners" neld a hee1-
inr at Arkansas City, Kan, on the ISL
and adopted resolutions. There was tax
\; starting for the promised land" within
n roty davs
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11

TIE Goulois of Paris predicts that the
coming elec. ions in France Will sho" "taV
the country has no confidence IN repup-
lie, and desiresa re urn to announcement
form of government.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11

COMMISSIONER SPARKS OF the Land Of
fee has made an order that no cases here
tofore made special shall be acted upon
until they have been reached in the regu-
lar order of examination. This order does
not include cases already approved for
isSna
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11

Tgr entire train service of the Pennsyl-
1-ania Railroad is to be reorganized and
faster trains are to be put on Ane .iih0
between st. Lous and New YORK VIII 10
twenty eight hours.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11
NUMBER d.
THE PRESIDENTS POSITION.

as Defined In a Communication t. -. Post.
master-General DIRECTING che snspen.ion
of the Postmaster at -.ome. NV aud the
appointment of dis Successor.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11

PETER JOSEPH SCHROEDER, the ex-
Aims house attendant at Philadelphia,
Pa, who was arrested on charge of mur-
der, growing out of the recent fire at the
Aims house, by which twenty-five lives
were lost, was discharged by the Court on
the ground that there was not sufficient
evidence to hold him.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-11

R
ADvICEs received at Shanghai indicate
that Japan has threatened to join France
IN the war upon China unless China with
draws IRON Corea. The japanese Govern :
Hlen' refuses to parley with Ii Hung
onans the Chinese Envoy, unless he be
properly accredited as having full power
to,conclude settlement on this basis.
QUEEN VICTORIA and her daughter.
rfincess Beatrice, arrived at Aix-les- Bains
on the 1st. The depot was handsomely
decorated In their. honor. AS had been
arranged by NJ. erry, guard of honor,
composed Of dragons and the Partisan
Garde Mobile, met Her Majesty at the
station and acted as escort for the royal
party.
NJ DE FREYCINET has assumed the task
VI forming new French ministry. 1t is
stated that NJ. De Freycinst will act as
minister Of the Interior in the new Cabi :
net and that the post Of Minister of Foreign
Analrs, which had been occupied by NJ.
Jules Ferry, will te filled by the present
French Ambassador to Germany, Baron
de Courcel.
lHE railway managers had another inn
portant meeting at Chicago on the I'd, and
resolutions were offered looking to the
holding OF convention in Philadelphia in
July to consider matters of transportation
affecting both the public and the railways.
1t was also decided to take 10 business be-
low tariff rates until after the meeting of
the committee April 18th,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-27
The Use OF SunfiOWers.

This plant is vigorous grower,
and has been eXtolled as q preventive
of malaria diseases The seed afford
excellent food for hens and also for
horses. It is said that there is no
kind of feed that will keep horses in
health, giving them sleek appearance
and making them lively and spirited
like the seeds eff the sunfower, feed
ing half a pint night and morning
1t is particularly recommended for
giving a horse power of endurance,
being fed half a pint night and morn
Tag with other feed. The stalks and
heads, after the seed is worked out,
also makes a good material for fires.
and are especially convenient IN sum
mer, when a quick fire is desired and
an enduring heat is not wanted. In
their growth they make a snowy ap-
pearance about dwelling and give an
agreeable fragrance to the air. The
latest direction In the line of utiliza-
ton OF the sunfower is the planting
of d seed III place at proper dis
lance, SO that the stalks as they grow
will serve as bean poles, We have
seen them started In that way this
season, and as they grow the leaves
are removed, thus forming an excel
lent stalk for the beans, but what the
effect will be upon them remains 10
be seen. Tee roots must tax the feed
ing capacity Of the soil quite heavily
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-27
LOVE AND DEATH.

Life may hold sweetness yet; would not die;
For he mic hit come with smiles upon his lip;
Then from my heart the weary years would
slip,
And | should greet him with Joyous cry,
Forgiving and forgetting all the past,
Just for the sake of Love come back at last.
oh. life may yet be sweet; | would not die.
Child. Fate has not been kind to you and me;
Your baby kisses could not ease my pain;
While in that other face looked in vain
For signs of what knew could never be.
Often drew away your clnging grasp,
To seek again that cold and careless clasp.
No; life has not been kind to you and me.
And Death is coming. All viii Death be kind?
Will he some day, bring my truaGt love?
Or shall float in ether pure above,
PassiOnless, sexless. and not hope to find
Him who made life a blessing and a curse?
Will Death bring better, happier times, or
worse?
Alb, Death is coming fast; viii he be kind?
Love have you never known one bitter hour?
Never looked back with tender sweet regret
To that past happy summer when we met
When first / knew my beaHty-fatal dower!-
Had chained your roaming fancy! WHAT
chain?
Woven in madness from despair and pain,
And idly worn to kill an idle hour.
Child listen to me: Love is worse than Death;
For Death takes all, but Love takes fruit and
bloom;
And leaves the worthless husk to rot in gloom.
1t takes the crown from life; the weary breath
Must labor until Death brings relief,
And blots out all the WEAKNESS and grief.
All! Love is cruel; merciful is Death.
Chambers Journal.