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Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-22
FOR RENT.

IOUSE FOR RENT on sheldon street. ten
n rooms besides hall closets and wood shed.
Hot and eoid wat r. gsas and bath room. House
entirely new. 5000 per month. Also for sale n
payments two houses and lots cesirlbly situated.
Houses tirely new and well finished. for $40
and $50 $50 down. The balance on monthly
payments Ives \ Dudley. ~ Fountain street
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-22
WANTED.

AAIANfkla- 81. - fsei lrs ~ Itlr hs.ss sss,.c
w Aauss oosf g.r4es s.. b er4nd has.ds.
b Aol-sti q tsl.al STRESS. oEe1ld h@Ilals- lfl
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-22

good Gingham Dress pattern for only
one dollar.
A good Calico Dress pattern for only
fifty cents.
a fine Cambria Dress pattern for only
one dollar.
Beautiful Combination Suitings III the
most desirable colorings and most fash
ionable fabrics known 10 the trade, very
greatly reduced In price this week.
Patterns we were selling for
; 600 closing at 400
500 closing at $50
900 closing at 80
1000 patterns now 7.25
1900 patterns now $50
1900 patterns now 1880
20.O0 patterns now 1919
We also reduce the price of our entire
stock of Dress Fabrics by the yard. Every
lady wanting dress can now make pur-
chases at price entirely satisfactory to
herself. SPRING II COMPANY.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-22
LOST AND FOUND.

Q lkAlEN A Ulaek JERSEY cos bad une Aarn
- lSLrly truael cn, prui4h.s lad slrel.
aro41a tsF lessd. A Suitable r~l.aa VII te given
tar as. relerl ur lufurn.atlon a, g. irr where.
4bealn. J. 80 hlleI. = Lztssislts stIegl-
l81S
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-22

READ CIHEFUIt THIS COZ
IMN or FACTS.
Prices That Are Shaking The Foundation
Of the Manufacturers Of Cotton and
HoOieH fabrics Throughout Ihls
Country.
Each OF our several departments filled
10 overflowing with the cheapest merchan-
disc ever known in the history OF the Dry
Goods trade. SPRING & COMPANY.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-22

4 OSi-on herFs sifsssl oT farls avenue. q ssr-
l-ueI Fin and d haad uaaie lsot taDak crsi lef
tu.icf vii rs-caite q reward - lesslns tie s4Iils
az lales barber sfaop. oerler Division and Mon-
f.ss Streets tsss
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-22

n CHOICE HOME FOR SAAE.-l offer my
- home al the southeast corner of Fountain
Ald Lafayette sireets for sale. james Gallup.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-22
FOR SALE.

C0h SAIE-At . rare taslr gain. e. lot ou rieidqli
= sfresI frontius "a l. neat g. james Aoi --le >.
ior Particulars address 4. o. Bo1 l-da MuskeSon
Nief lssa
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-22

TOR SAI.E-Iy Lott adJolning cIis limits for So
I each No lay ment down II <PUlldlng IL put az.
Iyes Dudley a Fountain strsel II
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14
Gov. ROBBIE and Gen. Dow.

Gen. Neal Dow is reported in the Argus as
saying that Gov. Robe after he was nomina-
ted the first time pledged himself to him
personally, if elected, not to appoint Mr..
George F. Gould judge of the municipal
court of Portland. Gen. Dow says this
pledge was given at an interview at Gen.
Dow's house. AS a matter of fact Gov.
Robe never had any conversation relative to
the appointment of Judge Gould before cleo
ton with Gen. Dow at his house or any,
where else. At the time of the interview
referred to Gov. Robbie did not know that
Mr.. Gould was going to be candidate and
not word was said at that interview by
Gen. Dow concerning it. Either Gen.
Dow's memory is very treacherous or his ia
terviewer has grossly unsupported him. The
first time Gen. Dow ever mentioned the
municipal judgeship to Gov. Robbie was in
September after the election when he wrote
letter urging the appointment of Judge
Kingsbury. Nowhere in that letter is allu-
sive made to any pledge in regard to the of
fee or the slightest intimation given that any
conversation had ever passed between them
in relation to it. Had there been any such
pledge Gen. Dow would not have been slow
to call attention to it. The charge, there
fore, that Gov. ROBBIE violated any agree
ment in appointing Judge Gould is base
less.
Equally unfounded is Gen. Dow's insinua-
ton that all the municipal judges throughout
the State appointed by Gov. Robbie have been
selected With view "to discourage temper
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14

The impending struggle between England
and Russia for ascendancy in Central Asia
has given to Herat great military impor-
lance, but it should be remembered that this
is not the first time that the city has been of
Importance In international wars. Its fame
in war as well as in commerce runs back to
biblical times. Its military Importance is due
to the fact that it is most favorably situated
for defence. As commercial city it has
much prominence, being the northwest gate
OF India and the trading post where all The
products of India and Afghanistan are ex-
changed for the products of China, Russia,
Turkey and Persia. With Persia to the
west, that important city Merv, to the north,
Beloochistan to the south and Kabool and
India to the east there has been no time in
history when Herat was not an international
emporium. 1t is situated $500 feet above
the level of the sea and is probably as strong
ly fortified as any city in the world. In
1887 the Persians appeared before Herat
and subjected it to the most memorable
siege OF modern times lasting from Nov. %
1887 to Sept. 8. 1888. The city resisted
this long siege without extraordinary diff
Guilty. Since then it has been besieged
many times and been the scene of many
battles. y
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14

ance men," AS matter of fact almost, If
not quite, every one of them has been recon-
mended by as sincere temperance men as
Gen. Dow. And in no case has man been
selected because he was acceptable to people
who did not believe in vigorous enforce
ment of the prohibitory law.
And by the way, though 1t has no special
bearing on the point Gen. Dow attempts
to make against Gov. Robbie, we have yet
to see any substantial ground for this cru
SADIE which the gentlemen who arrogate to
themselves all the sincerity in the enforce
ment Of the prohibitory law, are making
against Judge Gould. As far as we have
been able to discover the whole complaint
against him grows out of the fact that he is
not willing to convict men against whom
there is no evidence, simply because they
bear the reputation of being law breakers.
But judge is bound by his oath to decide
cases according to the law and the evidence
submitted to him. 1t would be fragrant
violation of his oath demanding his removal
for judge to base Judgment upon any
consideration outside of this.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14

Secretary Lamar's latest act is the removal
of the assistant commissioner of patents,
Mr.. R. G. Dyrenforth, in order to find a
place for "Bob'' Vance, the rebel brigadier
general. Hitherto the patent Office has been
kept clear of politics and the employees in it
have been kept in the service without regard
to their party preferences. Mr.. Dyrenforth
was regarded as especially qualified for the
position and Secretary Lamar was urged to
retain him by Democratic as well as Republic
can congressman and by the large number
of lawyers who have dealings with the pa
tent office. The dismissal of the assistant
commissioner is the most fragrant violation
of the spirit of civil service reform of which
the administration has yet been guilty. 1t
begins to look as if the Cabinet purposed to
cater to the spoilsmen leaving the President
to appease the civil service reformers.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14

We very much doubt the wisdom of the
order which compels policemen while on du-
ty 10 carry in their right hands a billet at
tached to their wrists with swivel and strap.
A billet ought not to be employed except
when it is absolutely necessary. but with
one dangling from the officers wrist the
temptation to use it on very slight provoca-
ton viii be very strong. The proper place
for billet is in the policemah's belt. 1t is
quite handy enough there in case of emer-
geDcy,
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14

Sonriety is one of the qualifications that a
postmaster should possess. A Kansas wo-
man having been unable to find a temperate
Democrat in her town, boldly offers to sacri-
fee herself for the next four years in a post
Office on the ground that above all things
else she believes in temperance.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14

The Democratic press is beginning to
cease to conceal its disgust. The Troy
Press declares that it ''conscientiously be-
lieves that if the Democratic platform in
New York next fall should consist solely in
the words TO the victors belong the spoils'
we would carry the State by larger MAORI
ty than ihough our party had all the Repub-
lican Miss Nancys in the State hanging 10
its skirts and voting it's ticket.''
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14
"A Il h r e s $.
TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL IA.

We do not read anonymous letters and commun-
cations. the and address of the writer In
all Gases Indispensable, not necessarily for pubioa-
ton bat as s guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve com
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14

The prospect of war has already caused a
sharp rise in wheat, and the cheaper grades
of flour, suitable for export, have advanced
from S5 to so cents barrel. The latest re-
ports to the department of agriculture show
a very much smaller wheat acreage than last
year, aud consequently prospect of much
smaller crop.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14

Were Beaconsfed at the head of the Brit
ISL cabinet, it is altogether probable British
soldiers would already be on the road to
Herat. Gladstone has 30 taste for brilliant
foreign policy, and the Russians are no
doubt turning his well known reluct nee to
engage in foreign conflict to their advantage.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14

Gen. Komaroff's official report of the at
tack OF the Afghans at Penjdeh has been
received. 1t takes the ground that the At
ghans brought on the attack by moving tow
ards his lines and occupying commanding
positions from which they might easily make
an assault upon bis army. This, to say the
least, is not a probable story, and it is not
strange that it commands little credence in
Tnndon
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14

The Connecticut House of Representatives
has rejected the proposed constitutional
amendment making plurality of votes SUI
fcient for the election of State officers.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14

The other day an anti-Chinese procession
paraded in San francisco and every celestial
that came within a stones throw of the line
was numerically assaulted. The Friscan
method of expressing opinion is always en-
phatic
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14
PAPER FsANClNCS.

Our Spring stock is now com
plste, and we are ready to offer the
most Artistic Designs at reasOna.
BILE price,. Ceiling work a special
ty; estimates aud CLANS furnished.
Mr.. f. L. Copeland of Boston, has
recently taken charge Of this de-
partmemt. and we can assure pO-
lite and respectful attention.
nr. II. w. Emerson, the well
known decorator, has charge Of the
mechanical department. w @
would urge all OF those cOntem-
plating the use of Wall Papers, to
examine cur stock and make Sc
lectiOns before the assortment is
broken.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14

ODonovan Rosa is lecturing on "Scien-
tific warfare" Scientific warfare as he ex-
emplfies it consists of great deal of very
loud and very cheap talk fred from the top
of beer barrel.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14

These young men who are just now in
vesting all their hard earned cash in wheat
on the strength of the Russian war news
will be much saider and wiser when the
leaves begin to turn.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14
Boarding, livery and Hack Stable.

HAVING enlarged my stable at 1Os Clark 81
IA L wish to call the attention of gentlemen IN
that vicinity TO my superior accommodations for
Boarding Horses. My Carriage House being de-
taehed from the stable, renders it impossible fne n
scent steam from the stable TO reach the Csrriae
es, fact worth the consideration Of those having
nice carriages.
apSsodSm JOHN II. LEE.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14

Mayor behring's communication to the
police relieves him from one danger. he
will never be stigmatized as "one of them
literary fellers,n
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14

1t may be wise to continue the campaign
in the Soudsn, if only for the purpose of
keeping Lord Wolseley out of Asia.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14

Edwin Arnold calls America "the new
Great Britain" 1t would be interesting to
know whether or not he intends ii as a COM
plimeut.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14

Fhe newspapers of the world are again in
imminent danger of violent flood of wal
mana
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14
CITY ADvERTEsEmENTs.
City of Portland.
CITY OF PORTLAND.
Assessors Notice.

FHE Assessors of the City of Portland hereby give
4 notice to all persons liable to taxation in said
city that they will be IN session every secular dav
from the first TO the fifteenth day of april next in
elusive at their room in City Hail. from nino 10
twelve O'Clock in the forenoon and from two TO five
O'Clock in the afternoon for the purpose Of RECEIVE
ing lists of the polls and estates taxable in said civ
And all such persons are hereby notified to make
and bring to said Assessors true and perfect lists
OF all their polls and estates, real and personal or
held by them as guardian, executor, administrator
trustee otherwise on the first day of April 1855
and be prepared 10 make oath TO the truth OF the
same.
Ard when estates of persons deceased have been
divided during the past year or have changed
hands from any cause, the executor admnistra AZ ar
or other person Interested is hereby warned to pive
notice Of such change and in default of such notice
will be held under the Law to pay the yta assessed
although such estate has been wholly distributed
and paid over.
and any person who neglects to comply with this
hotlce VIII Do doomed to tax according 10 the laws
OF the State, and be barred of the rights to make
application to the assessors or the County Commits
stoaerS Tor any abatement of his taxes, unless he
shows that he unable TO offer such lists within
the time hereby appointed.
Blank schedules will be furnished at the Asses
soTs office on application.
BsB In no case where the Assessors have been
put to the disagreeable necessity OF making doom
will the possession of Government bonds deposits
in the Savings Banks be allowed as a plea in mit-
CATION Of such doom.
STEPHEN BARSH.)
JOHN w. YORK, Assessors.
mar31 dist
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14
Our New Minister to England a
Monarehist.
Il Ir........a..

OuI NOW MlulSDGE 10, hRGlduQ a
Monarehist.
Cincinnati Enquirer.)
Mr.. Flagg of Vermont, lawyer in New
York, asked me what thought of the new
Administration. 'Who is your friend
Phelps, the new Minister to England?''
son." said Flagg. "Phelps is a sort OF
monarchist. Phelps lest his interest in
freedom when the negro was going to have
some of it. He went to England, and it
made great Impression on him. He came
back TO the United States disguised with
politics in this country"
SIS he very fine lawyer?" / asked.
"Oh. yes; pretty good fellow, too, but
out with the times and the country"
/ met MIR. Smaley of Vermont, whose first
name is Bradley Barlow, and asked: aWho
is this Mr.. Phelps who has just been sent to
the British court?'
Phelps" said he, Sis something of q
moDarchist. He has been twice to England.
After he came back, in some of his addresses
in the courtsss he had SO much to say and to
explain about the British Government that
it got to be bore TO some of our Yer
mont lawyers, and they notified him publicly
to go on with his argument and let his
British experience Alone"
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14
PROPOSALS.
Proposals for Fresh Reef,

Office A. C. S., Fort Preble, Maine.
March 10th, 1885. !
HEALED PROPOSALS in triplcate subject to
- the usual conditions. with copy OF this ad-
vertisement attached. will be received at this office
until IL O'Clock on April 10Th, 1885 at which
time and place they will be opened in presence of
bidders for furnishing and delivering the Fresh
Beef required BY the Subsistence Department, q.
S. Army at this post for issues 10 troops thereat
during the fiscal year commencing July LIST, 1885.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed envelopes
marked Proposals for Fresh Beef and addressed
to the Undersigned.
The government reserves the right to reject any
or all proposals.
Blank proposals giving information TO con-
ditons quality of beet, payment, an cunt of bond,
ETC., must be obtained by application to this office.
j. I. FRENCH, JR,
I'd Lieut.. 9TH Artillery, A. @. S.
mar1S d4t&aprl4-15
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14
A. e. BUTLER.
mo. 24z Middle street

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY
WASHINGTON March "a, 1885.
xNyHEkEAS, by satisfactory evidence presented
w TO the undersigned it has been made to ap
near that "The Merchants National Bank of Port
land in the City of Portland, in the County of
Cumberland, and State of Maine has complied with
all the provisions of the "Act of Congress to enable
National Banking Associations to extend their
porate existence and for other purposes" approved
July IL, 1882.
Now. therefore l, Henry W. Cannon, Comptroll-
or of the Currency do hereby certify that 1.-THE
Merchants National Bank of Portland In the City
of Portland, in the County Of Cumberland. and
state of Maine Is authorized have succession for
the period specified In its amended articles of asse
citation, namely, until close of business, March, 20,
1905.
office this oath day of March, 1885:
III. w. CANNON,
,seali Comptroller of the Currency.
t~-j mar27d1m
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14
g. II. Pc RI Y

has just received the latest New York styles I'm soft and
stiff hats in black blue, brown, wine and brown mixed
The latest in Derby for young men are the best
in Portland, and by calling and examining
for yourself you viii be convinced. Young mems silk
hat, nObby Spring style ready Old silk hats made
over, and perfest fit warranted,
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14

j. 81. Webster, who contemplated build
ing a skating rink on Mars Hill has aban-
doned the enterprise.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-14
Current Comment.

AN ARoosTooK MAN WITH A LONG AND
LEVEL HEAD.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-28
A CURIOUS SPRING.

An Interesting Description of Charm
ing Spot in Florida in Lafayette
County.
NEW TROY, FLA, May 26.-Anyone in
search OF interesting sites, romantic spots
and attractive places designed by
nature, can certainly find them in
portions of Florida. There are many
things in this State to delight and really
astouish the visitor, vet to those who have
lived about them life time they have be-
come commonplace and are regarded as
matters Of fact. Perhaps this is the
principal reason that the large spring or
peculiar lake situated a mile above New
Troy, the picturesque little county site of
Lafayette county, has never received that
| attention and examination its really re-
mar6able construction demands of every
one who visits it. This is a good sized body
of water, supplied from a bubbling spring
which bolts up in the centre from Just
what depth no one as vet has been able to
| ascertain. No 'Ssouudinos" have ever
reached the bottom Of this spring, al
! though they have been made to a depth of
between 500 and 600 feet. The water is as
| clear as crystal, and Of the light bluesh
cast of that in Little River Springs, de-
! -
| treshing to the taste as it is pleasing to
the sight. The visitor to this really rO-
mantle watering place" may gain some
| idea of its peculiarities by crossing il in
! a boat, and, when over the spring proper,
dropping in large sand stones. A stone
as large as mans hat, when dropped
overheard, may he seen descending TOR
| three or four minutes, and then slowly
| sinks out Of sight, apparently no nearer
] hot x.vh a. a
On one side Of this peculiar and inter-
esting lake is TO be plainly seen, 80 or 40
feet down, a portion of Suwannee river
steamboat, the Madison, which was sunk
/ by order OF her Captain in 1864, in order
/ to prevent the ''Yaukees" from capturing
her. The romantic lake is on land owned
! by Mr.. r. sB. Hill. a5a an
So strong is the flow of water from the
boiling spring that one when swimming
over it is held up without amy eXertion.
The capital of Lafayette is looking up
somewhat. 1t still wants railroad.
/ There is talk Of erecting more CONNIE
diOus court house. Circuit Court opens
here on the first Tuesday of June. There
are some half dozen criminal cases TO
come up, besides numerous civil ones,
and the session will probably last most Of
the week ,'.' I'd
New Troy has Just secured the addition
of law Office, Judge John Miller, for
years an attorney IN Iowa, having located
in the place.
Farmers report excellent crop pros
poets, and feel jubilant. Corn and cot
ton are in excellent condition in this
section.
The exchange daily mail route for
this place will be changed on July l
from Live Oak to O'Brien, a much
shorter route. KRALC.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-28
soatE MoDEsr DEMANDS.
What Is Expected of the Man or Woman
Who Attains Fame.

DR.. HoImeg, in the June AHanNc.
He is supposed 20 be millionaire, In
virtue Of the immense sales Of his books,
all the money for which, it is taken for
granted, goes into his pocket. Conse-
quontly, all subscription papers are
handed TO him for his signature, and every
needy stranger who has heard his name
comes to HIM for assistance.
He receives two or three books daily,
with requests TO read aud give his opinion
about each OF them, which opinion, If il
has word which can be used as an al
vertisement, he WILL ind quoted in all the
newspapers.
he receives thick masses Of manu-
script, prose and verse, which he is called
upon % examine AMI pronounce on their
merits; these manuscripts having also in
NIriably been rejected by the editors 10
whom they have been sent, add having,
as Il rule, no literary value whatever.
lie is expected 20 sign petitions, TO
contribute 20 journals, o. write for fairs,
TO attend celebrations, tD make alter-din-
uer speeches. 90 send money for objects he
does not believe IA to places he never
heard OF.
lie is called on TO keep up correspond
ences with unknown admirers, who begin
by saying they have no claim upon his
time, and then appropriate IL by writing
page after page, II Of the male sex; aud
sheet after sheet, " OF the other.
fla poet IL is taken Tor granted that he
can sit down az any moment and spin of
any number Of verses on any subject
witch may be suggested 10 him, such as
congratulations 20 the writer's great
grandmother on reaching her tooth year,
On elegy % an infant aged 6 weeks, an
ode Tor the Fourth OF July in a Western
township not 70 Doe found In Lippineotpe
last edition, perhaps q valentine for some
bucolic lover VINO believes that wcolng
in rhyme Is the way to win the object Of
his nlecti0nR.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-28
Facts fron Ne Fnrms.

A larger area OF corn land has been
planted in Oconee this year than for sew
eral years past.
Several of the gardens in Liberty county
show corn IN silk tassel. Light rains dur
ing this week have made the crops look
thrifty.
In Wilkinson and Twiggs counties the
frequent and cOpiOus showers which have
fallen OF late have improved in a wonder
ful measure cotton, corn and oats. The
cat crop will be fair average despite the
many drawbacks 10 the crop since it was
planted.
Abundant rains during the last week
have gladdened the farmers Of Northeast
Georgia. The yield of small grain will
be very light This year. Winter freezes
and the dry weather this spring have cut
OF this crop At present the crop Of 10
Gusts is the most hountiful. The whole
country is fun OF them, but they are ap-
parently harmless.