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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-05-15
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Rev. Philips Brooks, President Eliot,
General Francis A. Walker and daughter
and Robert Treat Paine, Jr, sailed Satur-
day for Europe
Prof. r. b. Anderson, the new minister
to Denmark sailed for Europe Thursday
on the State line steamer State of Nevada.
A number of his friends were at the pier
to bid him good by.
A reaction has begun in New York in
favor of James d. Fish, late president of
the Marine Bank. A quantity of Keely
motor stock has been discovered among
his assets, and people are beginning to say
"He was a fool after all, and not an abso
lutte rogue as we supposed"
A dispatch from Cleveland, Ohio, says
the statement that Senator Payne intend
ed to resign his seat on account of i'll
health and in favor of Mr.. John Mclean
of the Cincinnati Enquirer is PRONOUNCED
by Mr.. Payne too ridiculous to deny. Mr..
Payne is us well as usual and his friends
say he has no intention of resigning.
Mr. A. NJ. Kelley, the newly appointed
minister to Austria accompanied iby his
family sailed from New York for Europe
Thursday on the steamboat Wieland.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports
that Senator Stanford has made arrange
ments by which the Grants are to resume
business, and it may be that General
Grant and his whole family will go to Cal
ifornia shortly.
Ex-senator Blanche X. Bruce, Register
of the Treasury, has rendered his resigna-
ton. 1t is reported that the resignation
was requested
/ Senator Dawes will start for the Indian
Territory this week in company with Sen
In nd prb pr n
tigate the system of leasing Indian lands,
having been appointed committee for
that purpose.
Mr.. James Anthony Froude, the Eng
lish historian, now on a visit to this coun-
try, remains only ten days. Mr.. FrOude
was here in 1928 and delivered lectures
in Boston and elsewhere. He was in Bos-
ton during the big fire and contributed
$1,000 to the sufferers by the fire.
A correspondent of the New York Times
awards the credit of the improvement in
General Grants condition to the constant
use of Vermont Sheldon spring water.
The report that Mr. Lowell has been of
fered the Merton professorship of English
literature at oxford has been neither def
nitely confirmed nor absolutely denied. 1t
is now stated that Mr.. Lowell has ex-
pressed willingness to accept the posi-
Ce ~ a. ~ - .', ~ ts,r ,,,o,Id No !, orafi
vi course, such an oier Will ue 81 i
lying hohor, anu ehe aCeepotnce " Wv, -
would 4e PerleStly liG anu proPu nd,c ouo me
,;i ~ ',tfS"iantp Smars M IoweIi,s
STAY in England permanent one.-BoSton
Advertiser.
Tho yatar.ns ot Gattvsburg were disan-
no,ptad thar The President did not saw a
pp,nrd 70 than On the nccnsion Of his visit
~oi. W .Ae,n ". ''.G ,hatcaora
IL Is now auahorl'aeinetS ss d Wr Whitnev
ry Manning ms ieiis Ehief rerr n of tbs
Vi p New ~ ~ ptistioS do '''0
bureau vi "'a''e'ios'
The New York sun remarks:
ma ono man in the country consnicnous-
ne one nan ~. .iie e,, ,po ,e.
ly ntted 10 De appoihteu 10 III 'ne neA'
vacancy in the supreme Court of the Uni
ted States is Thomas Nj. Cooley of Mlchl-
gan. Unfortunately, however, he is Re
publican.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-05-15

The most important Discovery is that which
brings the most good to the greatest number.
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs, and Colds, will preserve the health
and save life, and is Il priceless boon to the
afflicted Not only does it positively cure
Consumption, but Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis,
Asthma, Hoarseness, and all affections of the
Throat, Chest, and Lungs, yield mt once to its
wonderful curative powers If you doubt
this get Trial Bottle free ut Drug Store.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-05-15
Horsford's Acid Phosphate.

DIR. FRED HoRNER, Jr.. Salem, Va, says
"To relieve the indigestion and so-called sick
headache, and mental depression incident to
certain stages of rheumatism, it is incompara-
BILE"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-05-15

"As a counteractant to facilitating in
tuences, lasstude, nervous depression, debil-
ity, malaria, dyspepsia, liver complaint, Lie
big Co.'S Cora Beef Tome is invaluable" says
Professor r. W. HUNT, NJ. d., Honorary Mem
Der Imperial Medical Society of st. Petersburg,
Russia, etc.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-07-29
New Orleans's New Exposition.

New ORLEANS, July 26.-Relative to the
rogress being made by the North, Central,
and South American Exposition President
McConnico very encouraglngly says: "rhe
past weeks progress has been most satisfac-
tory. System has been introduced into the
various departments, printing and advertising
matter has been prepared and is being rapid
lv distributed to all parts of the world. The
Interest of the press has been elected. and
most encouraging reports are received from
al sections of the country as to the prospec-
tive State and Territorial exhibits, and the
outlook is for largely increased attendance
over that of last year. most able and
eminentlv qualified Commissioner has gone
to the United Kingdom to arouse his fellow
countrymen there to sense of the dangers
of losing their valuable trade with Spanish
and Portuguese America, now threatened by
American enterprise, as manifested in the
coming exposition. Two of the best and
mos, intelligent commercial men of the Uni
t. d States are on their way to South America
to thu roughly arouse the Governments and
people Of those countries \ live Commits
sloner has departed for the classic lands Dor
dering upon the Mediterranean. France is
being enlisted through the efforts of her able
Consul. Central America is in skillful hands
and Mexico has been consigned to one who
never fats. The art galleries of Europe are
being scanned by "A connoi>seur who will Gull
there from the choicest productions of the
best masters wherewith to charm our art-lov-
ing visitors A capable railroad man has
taaen charge of transportation matters and
will see to 1t that this department is efficient
ly conducted. Definite arrangements are or
foot for steam transportation between the
city and the exposition grounds, and applica
tons for space are coming in from all quar-
ters
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Facts About the Memoirs.


1.-THE death of General Grant has caused
the publication in various newspapers of err
roneous statements referring to the contrac
entered into BY General Grant and myself.
said Charles L Weber day or two ago.
.One of those statements, and one which Is
unjust both to the widow Of General Grant
and to our frm, was printed in the world II
was to the effect that this firm had paid Cen
eral Grant $40, 900 for his work and that the
long sickness which he had undergone had
necessitated expanding that money, leaving
his widow without any means of support
The only money that this firm has paid to
General Grant was a check for 81 900 to bind
the contract made with him. We have the
check in our possession, indersed on the
back by him
when the General FIRST began bis work
called upon him bearing a letter of introduc-
ton from Mr. Clemens Mark Twain On
stating my business to the General he 10
formed me that he feared it was too late.
then offered him $50, 900 in cash for his work,
and after 100 900 copies had been sold, he
was to receive so per cent of the profits on
the sale of the book This offer was refused.
and another offer was made to him, the
substance of which is follows
General Grant was to write for US his person
and we were to print the book and bear all
the expense of placing it before the public.
In return for his writings General Grant was
to receive 10 per cent of the profits on the
sales in this country AMI So per cent on all
sales in foreign countries. This continues as
long as the book is sold and will be an inner
tance in the Grant family forever Attached
to the contract with General Grant is another
one in which the General makes over all OF
his interest to his wife at his death, and I'M
derneath that contract is one signed by us In
which we agree to follow out the wishes OF
tn. General. The revenue to Mrs. Grant,
from the sale of her husbands book will not
be lower than $3.50, 900 per year and may
reach as high as S50O,000 From all Sec
tons of this country over 5000 agents are
piing order after order upon us, and as the
interest which General Grants sickness has
created is widespread and the firmness and
resolution which he manifested in his book
il known throughout the entire world. the in-
come from the book alone will be sufficient
to place Mrs. Grant in position beyond any
financial want. The last act of Grants life
shows how magnanimous he was. We wrote
him letter asking his advice in an attempt
that we intended to make to prosecute the
persons " no are strewing broadcast over the
country books which are purported to have
been written by him. He merely wrote that
the public would accept the true state of at
fairs if informed. As a writer and dictator
General Grant has few equals. His gram
NAUTICAL errors are few, and if you will look
over his manuscript whole pages of matter
which he dictated will be found without a
single alteration or interlineation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-07-29
Personal.

Modjesks is said to be at work upon
Polish translation of Shakespeare, to which
she will devote several wears.
People who claim to know them both say
that the physical resemblance between John
r. Mclean of Cincinnati and Lord Randolph
Churchill is very striking.
MIR. Howe. the writer of "A Country
Town." says that he never attended school
after he was I years of age. and has never
read some of the principal writer's. He likes
the plays of Shakespeare. but detests poetry
Ned Buntine (Col. f. Z. G. Judson) i.
said to have averaged $4,000 year for the
last 10 years by the sale of his blood and
thunder" stories. He has a beautiful house
in the Catskills, and yet it is said that "liter.
ature'' does not pay in America.
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was found several months afterward that they

was found several months afterward that they
measured even more than necessary.
Fifteen years ago q stage coach coming out
of Blackfoot, Idaho, was robbed OF ON
pounds of gold dust. The robbers were ar
rested and sent to the Deer Lodge Peniten-
tiary, but they had succeeded in burying the
gold. and no one has since been able to find
it, Their sentences will expire in few
weeks. and the inhabitants of the town are
said to be watching the prison doors careful
" to follow them to the treasure when they
get out.
A Connecticut captain, who discovered this
summer how much money there is in the
business, has been cruising of Rocksway
Beach every day for porpoises. The average
value of each fish is about S25. The oil
brings high price. the hide makes good
leather the bones are utilized easily. and the
meat, according to the captain, is shipped to
Philadelphia When porpoises are not in
sight, he occupies his spare time catching
menhaden.
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General News.

Several trees in the Battery, New York,
are not far from 100 years old.
A one cent daily paper, to be called the
Sun, is to be issued in Chicago, September l.
Deauville and Trouville. the famous
French watering places, have lately been con-
nected by horse railway.
A Florida weekly newspaper called the
Whisper was lately sold out and out in ex-
change for mule. Nothing is said of the
value of the mule
reformed burglar delivered lecture to
a large and sympathetic audience in an Ore
gon town the other evening, and a confeder-
ate picked III wallets while the crowd was fl
ing in and out
A paper canoe piloted by member of the
French Geographical Society. is to explore
the source of the Danube, and will visit all
the Swiss lakes, returning to Paris by the
Rhine. North Sea and Seine.
French railways annually kill one passen-
ger in every 1900 900 carried. English rail-
ways one in $3.50, 900, Belgian railways one
in 1000, 900, Prussian railways one in 2l.-
500, 900
One of the largest single electric lights
ever made was turned out from the factory a.
lion, n. Y. recently. 1t is $4,000 candle
power, and is expected to light the town of
Seneca Falls from position on high tower.
Presidents widows usually receive $4,000 a
year from Congress, and Mrs. Grant will
probably have a similar sum voted her.
Bette Bliss, a daughter of President Taylor,
still draws a generous pension from the Gov
eminent.
folding coat hanger has been patented by
n New York inventor. II has hinged and
sliding sections and an adjustable block so
arranged tina, the whole may be folded a.
to occupy small space in a trunk or travelling
bag
Russian conscr;pts are rejected if their
chests do not measure at least half as much
as their stature. Severe starvation and other
devices are resorted to by the peasants to re-
duce themselves to avoid Consumption. and in
one district of Bsshkirs, where $50 men out
of 500 were disqualified on this account, it
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-07-29
An Answer Wanted.

Can any one bring US case of Kidney OF
Liver Complaint that Electric Bitters will not
speedily cure? We say they can not, as
thousands of cases already permanently cured
and who are daily recommending Electric
Bitters, will prove. Bright's Disease, Dia-
betes. Weak Back, or any urinary complaint
quickly cured They purify the blood, regu-
late the bowels, and act directly on the dis
eased parts. Every bottle guaranteed. For
sale at SOC, bottle by Devine & Coughlin.
dec27t&wtc
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An Enterprisinx. reliable House.

Devine & Coughlin can always be relied
upon, not only to carry in stock the best OF
everything, but to secure the Agency for such
articles as have we'll known merit, and are
popular with the people, thereby sustaining
the reputation of being always enterprising
and ever reliable Having secured the Agen.
cy for the celebrated DR.. Kings New DiscOv
ery for Consumption, will sell it on positive
guarantee. 1t will surely cure any and every
affection of Throat, Lungs, and CHEST, and
to show our confidence, we invite you to call
and get a Trial Bottle Free. dec27t&wtc
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Bucklem's Arnica Salve.

The BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Burns, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
blains, Germs. and all Skin Eruptions, ant
positively cures Piles, or no pay required
1t is guaranteed to give perfect satistsct'cI
or money refunded. Price rs cents per box
For sale by Fuller Drug Store, F. G. Nins
man &c dec27d&w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-07-29

Fruit in New York city is plenty and
cheap. Thousands OF quarts of fine black
berries were wholesaled last week as low
as cents. Raspberries brought cents.
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JONES g. THORNDIKE,

Successors to Jones Brothers.
Manufacturers and dealers in Cnskets aud Coffns
Door and W indow Frames, House Finish and Door
and Window Screens.
Prompt attention given to Job Work of all kinds,
Saving. Band Saving I'd Planning. wood turning
"A specialt Stair newels and bausiers furnished Mt
short notice. Also brackets of all sizes made to
der at reasonable rates.
Allen Small Building. Bangor ST., Augusta, Ne.
JAMES A. JOINS. II. A. TuoKNDIKE.
Inaylqieodly
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BEN FRANKLIN'S
Maxims illustrated

FINE ENGRAVING. 21rIO inches. Sold
by subscription only. By mail, soc. sells on sight
everywhere. First class canvasscrs only Of both
100 per cent profit. send for descriptive
circular. Address FRANKLIN II.LlSTxA-
TED. A. south Sixth street, Brooklyn. v.
v. (Oihce hours, i TO IL A. NJ. julylldswlm
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T. Z . FL Z NJ O. .

Al the Outlet i'm Mnnches ter. John Merrill.
the well-known guide. will be at Emery's during this
season. He is acquainted with he best fishing
grounds on the lake and has live bait stantly
hand He has also a light boat expressly for use OF
small parties. Good accommodations at the hotel.
Address, for further particulars,
J. W. EMERY,
iuly2adt Hallowell, Me.
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NOTICE..

Until further notice we shall carry passengers from
Augusta to Hammond's Grove for Is cents and TO
Winthrop for so cents. The stage will leave Augusta
every morning at IA O'Clock.
G. SANBORN, lp-.
july2sd,f LIZ. TAYLOR, Proprietors.
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BOOK AND JOB PRINTING.

The Kennebec journal establishment IL prepared
At all times to give immediate attention to orders Of
any kind Of book or job printing. We have every
presses, large quantities Of paper stock. and the
latest styles Of type. Orders by mail will receive
prompt attention.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-07-29

Know myself by reading the 'Science OF
Life" the best medical work ever published,
for young and middle-aged men.
may7d&wly.
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Spfrial Not,css.
CA KID.

re all who suffering from the errors and inois
cretions of youth, nervous weakness, early decay
loss of manhood, &C., will send recipe that will
cure YOU, FREE OF CHARGE. This great remed,
was discovered by a missionary In South America
Seud self addressed envelope to the RFv. JOSEPH
r. INMAN, Station D. New York CITY.
iv15deOd&w1v
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A Stitch in time saves nine and a bottle OF
Togus Cough Mixture may save your life.
6+&wwtf
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NASAL INJECTOR free with each bot
tie of Shloh's Catarrh Remedy. Price 90
cents. Sold by Bowditch. Webster & Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-07-29

SHILOH'S CURE will Immediately re-
lieve Group, Whooping Cough and Bronchi-
It's Sold by Bowditch, Webster & Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-07-29

A success sion of large and small wheels in
side of a street car is the visible portion OF
the invention of a San Francisco man who
admires the cable roads, but wants to do
away with the destructive grip. The system
is said to be a success and to secure the same
speed as the old plan with the expenditure of
one third the power.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-07-29

sHILOH'S CATARRH REMEDY pos
tive cure for Catarrh, Dipttheria. and Can
ker Mouth. Sold by Bowditch, Webster &
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County Road, Washburn to Portage
Lake, Aroostook County.

TO The Honorable county Commissioners Of Aroos.
took.
The undersigned, citizens and tax payers of said
county, respectfully represent that county way
from Farnham's Mil in Washburn, on lot No. 49, In
said County, westerly to the east line of To nshp
No. l3, in the 4h Range (Wade Plantation), thence
westerly across said Township to The west line there
or and thence continuing westerly across Township
No Is In the 9th Range. to the west line thereof,
and thence continuing westerly across part Of
Township No. IL In the 9th Range portage Lake
Portage Lake in said township, by the most feasible
route; would be great public convenience for the
use of said county.
wherefore we pray that said way may be duly
laid out. +. L.. FARNHAh
March Is, 1886. and others.
AROOSTOOK, S., Court Of County Commission
ers, July Term, 1855:
On the foregoing petition, the Commissioners
being satisfied that the petitioners responsible
and that an inquiry into the merits II expedcnt, II
is Ordered, That thirty days notice be given that
the Commissioners will meet Tbursd ~, Oct. !.
lss5at 10 A. at said Farnham's Mills in washburn,
and hear all parties Interested In said road, ana
proceed TO view the route above .crlbcd. And i'm
mediatey alter said view further hearing will be
had at the dwelling house Of Jarvis Harvard In
Portage Lake Plantation. said notice 10
be given by posting up attested copies
Of said petition and this order IN three public places
in each of said towns, and plantations, Washburn,
Wade, and Portage Lake, and by serving one upon
the clerk of each, the OF said township NO.
- In the 9th Range, being unknown TO the Com.
nssoners; and by publishing the same three success
sive weeks in the Aroostook Repubican.a newspaper
published at Caribou. in said county, AMI six suoc s.
week. in the Kennebec journal. the state paper,
the last publication and said service and posting TO be
least thirty days before said meetiug that all par
ties interested may then and there attend and be
heard, If hey see fit
Attest RANSOM NORTON, CLERK.
A true copy Of petition and order
Attest HANSON NORTON, Clerk
w6w2s
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F. w. Davis, bow oar of the Bowdoin
crew at the Worcester race. has been
awarded the Goodwin prize at Bowdoin.
for the best written commencement part.
and also the first prize for extempuraneous
composition. As this is an exception to
the general rule it is well enough to note
the rule in question. 1t is very remark
able thing for a man to be able to attend
to the athletic side of college course and
the mental and intellectual side also. and
to achieve excellence in both The usual
result of such an attempt would be excel
lence in neither bridgeport Comm
Standard.
The ranchmen who must get out of the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Reservation. and
who say that they cannot find a place for
their cattle in the adjoining State of Tex
as, do not seem to be well informed about
grazing lands in that State. Two weeks
ago the State Land Board of Texas leased
1850 900 acres in the Pan Handle to
ranchmen. the greater part of it for six
cents an acre. and there are said to be a.
600 900 acres of school lands still in the
market. to be leased at minimum annual
rent of six cents an acre. and for maxi
mum term of six years There is differ
ence. il is true, between six cents and two
cents. but neither rate is exorbitant.
1t was a great disappointment to the
whskey ring when it failed to secure the
appointment of its agent and attorney as
commissioner of internal revenue but the
ring is fertile in expedients. and though
Congress has twice refused to extend the
bonded period on whiskey. the payment
of the tax has been delayed. and the ring
are now hoping for still further delay.
Elk Congressman Phil Thompson is now
urging that Assistant Secretary Fairchild
refer aquestion to the Encouragement. by
which he hopes to avoid the tax altogether.
BY the decision of Attorney General Brews-
ter period OF seven months was given
the owners o whiskey to get il to the sea-
coast for export, which virtually extended
the bonded period to forty three months.
Their plan now is to get this seven
months extended to twenty-five. and be-
fore the expiration of this time they trust
that some method may be devised by
which it may be evaded altogether.