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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-25

Several # the new Name Central locomo
,,,s. pas.ed through the citv yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-25

The police seized five gallons of liquor a
v;te Barns shop. yesterday morning
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-25

FRpAY, April Gath.
Marrow vs.. Inhabitants of Oakland. In
,h;. case a verdict was rendered in favor OF
the plff., for $500.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-25

The trailing arbutus is the popular button
.oie fower.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-25
CUTICuRA ABROAD.

Through home returned Norwegian have learn.
cd to know your CUTICURA. which has in shor,
time cured me Of an Eczema that my physician ),
medicines could not heal.
CHR. HELTZEN, BERGEN, NORWAY.
AQeufurforrefnin0.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-25

Coo notice Of the committee on accounts OF
~. CITY government.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-25
APRIL TERM

Or the superior Court, Judge Whitehouse
PrestdinG.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-25
Portland,
Bowdoin,

nv Cook Il struck out by Fish, 10; by Cook, passed
balls, Oxley, 1; Martin, g. three base hit, b. Bart
lett; time, one hour, Is minutes. IMPURE riarher'
ty.
CoInY VS.. MAINE CENTRAL INSTITUTE.
The game of ball between Colby and the
Maine Central Institute nine, Thursday, re-
suited in q score of 20 to in favor OF Colby.
II was the first game of the season and was
loosely played. The Colbys appeared for
the first time in their new uniforms which
are very tasty, consisting of crimson jerseys
caps and stockings and black pants. Satnr'
day the nine will play the Portlands at Port
land
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-25
CITY Personals.

Miss Sanborn leaves for Boston and New
York to-day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-25

m. civ schools were closed Fast Day ;
Ian Yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-25
CURED BY CUTICURA.

Ny skin disease, which resisted several popular
remedies and other remedies advertised BY physi
clans, has been cared by your CUTICURA REMEpIEs
They surpassed my most sanguine expectations and
rapidly effected cure j. c. ARENTRUE
VINCENNRa Inn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-25
KNOW ITS VALUE.

AM Of your CUTICgRA REMEDIES give very good
satisfaction. The CUTICURA especially recommend
FOR the disease for which 1t s used know from ex
perience Its value.
DIR. H. J. PRATT, MONTICELLO, Wis.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-25

O.. advertisement of top buggy for sale.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-25

nII1ICURA SOAP, an e&auisite Toilet, Bath and
OUUV Nursery SadAfye
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-25
(lticura
THE ONLY REMEDIES FOR THE SKIN
AND RLOOD UNIVERSALLY
COMMEDED.

VIM. T Totten, a72 North Tenth Street, PhiIadel.
pha reports that one of his customers stated to him
incidentally that he was feeling so well and had
gained twenty seven pounds in tie last year, all of
which he attributed to a systematic course of the
CUTICURA REsOLvENT, which has proved effectual
when all other remedies failed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-25
SANFORD'S
RADICAL CURE
FOR CATARRH
Wftch.HsEeI. American Pine. Cauads
Fir, Marigol, and Clover Blossoms.

single dose of Sanfords Radical Cure In
stantly relieves the most violent Sueezins or Head
Colds. clears the Head as BY magic stops wstery dis
charges from the Nose aud Eyes, prevents Rjnsina
Noises IN the Head, cures Nervous Heaiache and
suodues Chile and Fevers- In Chronic Catarrh 1,
cieanses the nasal passages of foul mucus restores
the senses Of Smell, Taste and Hearing, when al
fecfed frees the Head, Throat and bronchial tube.
OF Offensive matter,sweetens and puries the breath
stops the cough. and arrests the progress of Ca
tarrh towards Consumption.
One bottle Radical Cure, one Box Catarrhal solv
enf and Sanford's Inhaler. all in one package
OF al druggists for 81. Ask for SASFoRD's RADI
Potter Drug and Chemical Co., Bolton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-25
SORES ON NECK

Chas. Brady, Somervle, Mass, who refers to DR.
derful cure Of running on the neck which ha,
been treated BY hospital physicians without cure an
which yielded completely to the CUTICURA REM
EDIEs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-25

Sheriff W. s. Irish of Knox county, who
"" master of ceremonies at the recent hang
ing, was in the city Fast Day and made his
return on the warrants for the execution of
Santore and Capone. The return for Santore
y" as follows, both being alike with the ex-
oepsion Of the names:
KNOX, S., April II, 1885.
BY virtue Of the within warrant as modified
oy the reprieve herewith returned, have this
Jay, between the hours of ten of the clock in
Tue forenoon and two of the clock in the af-
@rnoon of the same day, within the inclosed
yard OF the State Prison, situated at Thorn
aston IN our said county of Knox, caused the
within named Carmen Santore, to be han gej
y me neck until he was dead, in execution
m'oe sentence of our courts, as in said war
n so' required, said warrant bearing date of
REQ II, 1855, and the reprieve aforesaid.
w. s. IRISH,
Sheriff Of the County of Knox.
The sheriff stated that the hanging was a
very disagreeable duty for him to perform.
heleh photographs of the criminals at the
s"'e House. In Capone's photograph the
'ce "wreathed in smile, and the sheriff
"'u mat the last time he saw his countenance
'0en he put the black cap in place, the same
'u''e vas visible. Mr.. Irish will probably
'eeei'e 800 as remuneration for the part he
"ok IN the hanging. This was the amount al
owed BY the Governor and Council. to the
''nsman of Wagner and Gordon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-25

Mrs. O'Connell, living in Lewiston, drop
ped door on her foot, Saturday, crushing
two toes so badly that the surgeon was
obliged to amputafe them.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-21
A Singular Phenomenon.

Sugar lake is beautiful little
body of water, and is undergoing a
continual chemical change that
should attract the attention of scien-
tisis. Fifty years ago the average
depth of water in the lake was about
thirty feet, but is now only fifteen
feet deep. The surface of the water
stands at high water mark, but the
bottom is filling up or rising. 1t is
a most singular phenomenon that
every year in the month of August
the water of the lake becomes a
milky substance, and after little
change in the temperature. small
white particles Ike cheese eurd are
formed and precipitated to the bot
tom, and are slowly, but surely, fill
ing up the lake. After these parti-
cles are formed and settle, the water
becomes clear and pure At the rate
this chemical change is now going
on, fifty years more and the water of
Sugar Lake will haye become solid
flied into a solid loaf of sugar. or
what is more probable, formed into
a great bed of hamburger cheese.
During the season of the year when
the chemical process is in operation
we have the pungent evidence to
sustain the latter theory.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-21

The best time for seeing perfect
feashering is in the winter, or on
ward TO the spring then, after a
very short honeymoon, the birds
settle down to domestic drudgery
with exemplary ardor. with the re-
suit that at the end of a few weeks
their tail feathers are rough and ir-
regular, their pinions worn and
ragged from constant contact with
the nest in sitting and by the time
their new suit comes at midsummer
they are more than ready for it.
The spring, of course. is the climax
Of birds life. With scrupulous
care he arranges hourly his feathers.
all their markings are seen to per-
fection. and many peculiarities of
decoration are then, and then alone,
displayed. The feshy combs and
protuberances become scarlet and
enlarged, and any one who has not
seen pheasant OF cock grouse at
this season of love would be aston
ished at the alteration from his nor
NAL state. The cock pigeon swells
that part of his body most adorned
with iridescent feathers to make the
grandest show he can and every
humble finch and small bird brush
es up his modest finery. II is said
that not single bright colored feath-
er on any birds body is left idle or
undisplayed. If birds have bright
colored tails they raise them to their
highest and fullest and abase their
head (; if bright heads, then they
shake out their plumes, their eye
distends, and their wattles swell and
if, as in some cases, they have large
tippets Of feathers falling on both
sides of the head, they contrive the
bewildered hen shall see all the glo-
ries OF both sides at a glance, and so
drag all the feathers of the far side
round to the near side, making such
huge mass that the face is nearly
hidden, and the projecting beak
alone shows where the head must
be. All this is done for the hens
benefit, and it is only done when
she is near; it all turned on her ex-
istence, and ceases if she is absent.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-21
Protection Against Lightning.

Mr. Calladon recently, addressing
the French Academy of Sciences,
said there was no truth in the popu-
lar supposition that building with
a metal roof, or with metal in its
construction, is more likely to be
struck by lightning than a building
com posed wholly of non-conducting
materials provided there is no means
of electric communication between
the metal and the earth. A house
in Neufchatel, Switzerland, had been
struck by lightning. and burned, and
somebody suggested that a lot of old
iron stored in the attic had attracted
the electric fluid. 1t was this sug-
gestion that brought Mr.. Calladon to
his feet. He said the iron bad
nothing to do with attracting the
lightning, but had probably been a
cause of the burning of the building
after it had been struck. The ex-
PLANTATION of that is that combusti-
bic substances placed between two
conducting surfaces Gin this case the
humid atmosphere and the pile of
ircn) is generally sure to take fire
when an electric current is passed
through it from one conducting sur
face to the other. The lightning
having struck the house, concludes
the scientist, it found its way TO the
metal within, and ignited whatever
combustible material it passed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-21
Smith Had Misjudged fer.

There were half a dozen of them
holding down as many chairs in a
suburban drug store the other even.
ing, when the talk changed to
tramps, thieves and burglars, and
Smith said:
Well, now, but I'd like to try an
experiment. l am a little skittish
about these desperadoes, and Mrs.
Smith knows it and takes ad.
vantage to brag about her own
courage. She says she'd just
like to find tramp on the door
step who refused to dust when she
ordered him to"
well ?" asked one.
"Well, suppose one of you rig up
and 90 to the front door and demand
something to eat. and be mighty
impudent about it. 1t will give heI
q scare and stop her Dragging"
The crowd fell in with the idea
and one of the men donned an old
hat and coat and fixed up as tramp
Ten minutes later he was knocking
at the side door, while Smith and
his friends were posted across the
street.
1t wasn't ten minutes after the
tramp's first knock before he came
out OF the yard. He came over the
fence He was in such a hurry that
be ran thirty rods before he could
bring up. When Smith and the 9th.
ers reached him he had his hat of
and was feeling of his head and grit.
ting his teeth to keep back groan
Well" said Smith, what did
you do?"
Told her wanted a hot supper
p. d. o."
And what did she say?"
"She asked me whether l would
have boned turkey or fricasseeo
chicken, and while | was trying to
make up my mind she kicked me
on the shins, struck me on the head
with a club and pushed me off the
steps all at the same time"
And every one looked back and
saw Mrs. Smith in front of the house
apparently waiting for somebody's
return, and each man gasped out
Well, I'll be kazooed."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-21
Consoling the Squire.

Squire Patterson, wearing an air
of deep concern, approached his
friend, Farmer Glover, and without
speaking. leaned on the fence and
sighed.
What's the matter, Squire p"
81 don't know what this coun-
try's comm to. What would yon
think ifyour daughter should run
away and marry an ignorant hired
man?"
"Oh, l don't know, Squire. but I
would not take it to heart if / were
you. / would try to think that it
happened for the best"
Would you forgive the girl ?''
asked the Squire.
Yes, / believe I would. There's
no use in holding out, you know.
When did it happen ?"
Just a while ago"
Who performed the ceremony ?"
I did"
what! Then you could not
have been opposed to the marriage"
"Oh, it makes no difference to
me-" replied the Squire, for, you
see, it's your daughter instead Of
mine"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-21
Finish for n Gun Stock.

The stocks of guns, as they come
from the stores are generally oiled
or vanished. In selecting a gun,
the quality being the same, choose
the oiled stock /; to finish il so that
the water will not affect it, and anv
scratch can be quickly remedied,
take one quarter pint of boiled lin-
soed oil, piece of yellow beeswax,
about an inch square, or It's eguiva-
lent in size, and if handy. add a
teaspoonful of copal varnish, heat
all together in a tin or earthen dish,
placed on the back Of the stove,
stirring frequently, until the wax is
all melted. Rub the stock down
smooth, with very fine 20 or OO)sand
paper, being careful not to touch the
locks, or metal part of the gun the
least particle, as it will show every
time then apply the above mixture
warm, with a cloth or sponge. rub
biDg it in we'll and thoroughly it
will not harm the gun if it gets on
the mountings, as it win all rub off.
Stand it away for at least twenty
lour hours. Then take a piece of
wooden, an old stocking leg, or the
like. and rub the stock well and
thoroughly. cleaning out any that
may remaia in the checking with a
piece of soft pine or Eastwood splin-
ter; then apply another coat Of the
finish. warm or hot as before, and
after standing again, rub down with
the wooden rag. Three or four coats
thus applied, and rubbed in, will
give the stock a finish that will
bring out the grain, 6ll up the pores
of the wood, and the more the gun
is handled and rubbed the brighter
the polish will become.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-21
Gen. Grants Last Message.

A reunion of the veterans of Gen.
Grants old regiment, the 21st Him
DIS Volunteers. began at Neoga, H.,
on Tuesday night of last week. Col.
Fred Grant was given a very hearty
reception. In response to requests
for speech, the Colonel said
II do not intend to make you a
speech, for have not been trained
as a public talker. | have here a
document that would like to read
you. 1t is the last line written by
my father upon matters pertaining
to the war, and has never before
been made public As he entered
into the war with you for his first
mpanions, and as he alwaysspoke
of your regiment with affectionate
interest, it Is fitting that you should
be the first to hear his parting words.
This is what he wrote upon the pa
ges | hold here:
/ feel that we are on the eve OF a
new era, when there is to be great
harmony between the Federsls and
Confederates. | cannot stay to be a
living witness to the correctness of
this prophecy, but l feel it within
me that it is to be so. The univer-
sally kind feeling expressed for me
at time when it was supposed that
each day would prove my last, seems
to me the beginning ofthe answer to
Let us have peace The expires
sions of these kindly feelings were
not restricted to a section of the
country nor to division of the peo-
pie. They came from individual
citizens OF all nationalities from all
denominations, the Protestant and
Catholic and the Jew, and from the
various societies OF the land-scien-
ti6c, educational, religious or other
WISE Politics did not enter into the
matter at all. | am not egotist
enough to suppose all this signiti-
canoe should be given this matter
because | was the object OF it. But
the war between the States was a
very bloody and verv costly war.
One side or the other had to yield
principles they deemed dearer than
life before it could be brought to an
end. | commanded the whole of
the mighty host engaged on the vic
torious side; | was, no matter wheth-
er deservedly so or not, represent
er of that side of the controversy.
1t is a significant and gratifying fact
that Confederates should have join
ed heartily in this spontaneous
move. hope the good feeling in
augurated may continue to the
end"
A general amen went up from the
veterans, and the meeting ad-
lourned.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-21
Young Girl Gers $4,000 Damages
for Breach of Promise.

WILLIANsPoRT, Oct. 9.-Dushore
is a pretty little town among the
Blue Ridge Mountains, in Sullivan
county, about forty miles from this
place For three or four days the
people for miles around have been
discussing breach of promise case
on trial before the County Court.
One is a girl of twenty-three and the
other is man of seventy, the Sher-
if of the county. Miss Arabella
Kantner is brunette of vivacious
manner. and has been considered
the belle of Laporte Lewis Zaner,
the Sheriff, has resided in the coun-
ty for fifty seven years. Miss Kant
ner has resided in Dushore all her
life. After she began to go into
society Lewis Zaner was very atten-
tive to her. and when his wife died.
in August, 1884 Zaner commenced
to pay her the closest attention, and
finally asked her to marry him,
promising to give her $4,000, it is
alleged. Miss Kantner accepted the
offer.
Zaner went to Miss Kantner one
evening, it is said, and told her that
he could not marry her in Dushore,
as he was afraid of the interference
of relatives, but if she would go
West be would meet her and they
would he married. He would give
her money to buy wedding clothes
and enough TO take her to Detroit,
and he was to follow. Miss Kant
ner arrived in Detroit, but failed to
get any reply from Zaner, although
she wrote to him several times.
On the stand she told a pitiful
story of being left destitute in a
strange city and she reached home
at last only to find that Lewis Zan-
er had married another girl Miss
Kantner Immediately sought the
counsel of lawyer and the case was
brought up before a.bitrators and
was brought to trial on Monday.
Miss Kantner sued Zaner for $4,000
damages. Zaner tried to prove that
Miss Kantner was not of good char
acter, but hosts of witnesses testified
to the contrary. Miss Kantner's
mother is poor, but very respectable.
The minister OF the church which
Miss Kantner attended, Rev. G..
l.. Burson, gave testimony in the
case. Witnesses said that Zaner
had borne a bad reputation. The
jury returned a verdict in Miss
Kantner's favor, awarding her s10,-
600
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-21
The Mother. OF Great Men.

The history of great men is the
history of great mothers. Byron's
mother was proud, i!-tempered and
violent behold her son ! Napol.
cons mother was beautiful, energet-
ic and ambitious and her son said
of her, ut was my mother who first
inspired me with a desire to be
great" Sir Walter Scott's mother
was lover of poetry and painting
no marvel that her son is the great.
est of Scotia's bards. Patrick Hen.
ry's mother was remarkable for her
conversational powers and her son
is the American Demosthenes
Wsshington's mother was pure, true
and pious; and her illustrious son
exemplifes her virtues. John Quin-
cy Adams mother was distinguish.
ed for intelligence and piety of her
he said, Il owe all that l am to my
mother" The mother of John Wes.
ley was extraordinary for intellect
uality, piety and executive ability
and she is justly called "the mother
of Methodism.n Benjamin West
the distinguished artist, ascribed his
renown to mothers kiss. When
a youth he sketched his baby sister
asleep in her cradle. In that rough
outline his mother saw the evidence
of genius, and in her maternal pride
she kissed her son. In after life
West was wont to say, That kiss
made me an artist"
A mothers impressions have a
resurrection in second childhood
Dr. Mott, SO long president of Union
College, relapsed into second child
hood, and when restless he was ca
silly quieted to sleep by Watts cradle
hymn,
"Hush, my babe, lie still and slum.
ber."
The last time he conducted family
worship he forgot himself, and con-
cluded with the well-known lines
beginning,
Now 1 lay me down to sleep"
l do not wonder that Robert Hall
said, "The family is the seminary ot
the social affections and the cradle
sensibility, where the first elements
are acquired of that tenderness and
humanity which cements mankind
together, and were they entirely ex-
tinguished the whole fabric of social
institutions would be dissolved.
From Christian homes come forth
the saints of the Church. Recall
Samuel and jeremiah, and John the
Baptist, who were sanctified from
their birth. Good King Josiah knew
the Lord when but eight years old
Timothy knew the Scriptures from
a child. Polycarp died at the age
of ninety-five years, and had served
the Lord eighty-six years hence he
was but nine when converted. Bax'
ter embraced the Savior when 8
youth, Jonathan Edwards at the agt
of seven. Isaac Watts at nine, Mat
thew Henry at eleven and Robert
Hall at twelve.
l do not wonder that the famous
statesmen of all nations, as Dracc
and Lycurgus, and Solon, and Ma
poleon, and Washington gave atten'
tion to childhood. How preciou:
the influence of mother! There is
no velvet so soft as a mothers lap
no rose so sweet as mothers cheek
no music so charming as a mothers
voice christianity Triumphant.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-21
SPINNING.

Like blind spinner in thesun
tread my days;
know that all the threads will run
Appointed ways;
know each day will bring its task.
And being blind. no more ask.
/ do not knowthe use or name
0ftbat spin
only know that some one came
And laid within
Ny hand the thread, and said, Since you
Are blind, but one thing can you do.
Sometimes the threads so rough and fast
And tangled fly
know wild storms are sweeping past
And fear that
Shall fall but dare not try 10 find
A safer place, since lam blind.
know not why. but | am sure
That tint and place
In some great fabric to endure
Pastimeland peace
MY lilIc4us Will uaNet 81 iiohA NH~ AiS'f
Though blind, / never felt aecurst.
think, perhaps, this trust has sprung
From each short word
Said over me when was young,
So young heard
1t, knowing not that Gods name signed
Nv brow, and sealed me His, tho blind.
But whether this be seal or sign
Within, without
1t matters not, The bond divine
Ineyer doubt.
know he set me here, and still,
And glad, and blind, | wait His will
But listen, listen, day by day.
To hear their tread
Who bear the finished web away.
And cut the thread,
And bring Gods message in the sun.
"Thou poor blind spinner, work is done"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-10-21
Storm Notes.

In his latest meteorological paper,
Prof. E. Loomis observes that north
of thirty degrees Of latitude storm
tracks in all loDgitudes almost in
variably follow an easterly course,
but generally have an inclination
north of east. In the tropics. how
ever, tendency of storm tracks Is
westerly or toward the northwest.
An interesting fact connected with
tropical cyclones Is that they are un-
known in the Pacific ocean except
near the Asiatic coast. The average
velocity OF storms in the United
States for the entire year is found to
be 2S-40 miles per hour, but in Feb
ruary they travel twice as rapidly as
in August