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The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21
Woman's State Relief Corps Of
Maine.
The following official order has been i,
sued:
rCircular M <
HEADQUARTERS WoMAN's STATE
RELIEF CORPS OF MAINE,

PORTLAND, Me-, July 3, 1885,
l. The third annual meeting Of the WOman's
State Relief Corps Of Maine will be held with
Heath Relief Corps No. 2, Gardiner Me- on
Wednesday and Thursday July 22d and 2Sd
IL Headquarters will be established at Evans
House. The board of directors will meet at said
hotel on Wednesday, July %, at 10 O'Clock, to ex-
anime the reports Of officers and to transact such
business as may come before them.
III: Convention will assemble at G. A. r. hall
July %, at p. m. Mrs. f. A. Purnell vice pres
Woman's State Relief Corps, Gardiner, Me- is
hereby appointed to make an necessary arrange
and rooms should apply to her for the same.
". The following are entitled to votes in the
convention: State officers and directors; all pre-
sent corps presidents. In absence of presidents
vice presidents. -Four delegates elected by ballot
from IRON each corps vacancies in delegates win be
Gy yw6 ~ are na Ss members IN good
vlted 70 attend the meeting and will be admitted
to seats in the hall.
v. 1t is hoped that each corps will be fully rep
resented.
VI Corps presidents are requested to give del
egates due notice of convention.
VII. Members attending convention will nav
their transportation and board.
VIII. Corps can, by vote, pay expenses of del
egates attending convention.
TX. Hotel rates 81 per day.
X. Maine Central, Knox & Lincoln Portland &
0gdensburg and Portland s Rochester railroads
Will furnish delegates attending convention with
round tip tickets for one fare.
Xl. Omcers and directors according to detail
in Circular No. 2, are expected to report on the
XII. Members having business to present
either in form of resolution or otherwise, win
carefully prepare the same in writing and furnish
a copy thereof to the secretary Of W. s. r. @. at
once for the consideration of the board of diree-
tors.
ROSTER OF CORPS.
BoswOrth No. 1, Portland Heath No. 2, Gar
diner; ,Sedgwick No. 3, Bath; j. b. Hubbard No.
8, Hallowell Cutler No. z, Chelsea; sheridan No
8, Bddeford; V. Mountfort No. D, Brunswick; /;
Burnside No. 10, Auburn; T. I. Rideout No. H.
Bowdoinham; Fred s Gurney, No ~, Saco; w.
S. Heath No. IS, Waterville; L. Carver No. IL,
Vinal Haven; P. H. Tilson No. To- Thomaston;
Larry No. 16, South Windham; Cloudman No. 15,
Saccarappa; Almond Gushee No. 10, Appleton; I;
Edwin Libby No. 20, RocSland; Nathan f. Blunt
No. 81, Bingham; ]. Weston Clark No. 22, South
Montyille; ThOs III. Haskell No. %, Belfast; VIM
L. Haskell No. "a YarmOuthville; Geo. s. Cobb
No. 20, Camden; Thatcher No. 20, Portland /;
Burnside No. TO- Auburn; Cooper No 81, Union
The last eight corps named above Organized
last year, have 400 members, averaging SO mem
bers to each corps.
Mrs. WHITMAN SAWYER, President.
MRS. o. h. LEGRow, Secretary.
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GEN. GRANT.

Mt. McGREGoR, N. Y, July 2O-Last
night was good one for sleep, the thermom-
eter at Gen. Grants cottage showing fall of
temperature to $50. The General slept at in
tervals, and this morning, after taking food,
ing the night had been better than the aver
age.
Up to o'clock this afternoon Gen. Grant
had spent an uneventful day, but at that
hour he was wheeled in his chair over the
crest of the mountain and half an hour later
returned to his room rather exhausted He
rapidly recovered, however, and resumed his
place on the piazza.
The General retired at the usual time and
was soon asleep with scarcely any aid from
the use of morphine. Indications favor a
quiet night
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21
DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.
WiInot Howard of Alma Kills His
Wife,
Then Cuts His Own Throat and viii
Die.

AUGUSTA, July 2o.-Saturday afternoon,
the town of Alma, in Lincoln county, was
the scene of a tragedy, Wilmot Howard fa-
tally cutting the throat of his wife and after
wards cutting his own throat. He is still
alive, but will die. The house where the
murder was committed is on the HILL quar-
ter of mile from the head of the tide. The
place is located on the Sheepscot river, ten
miles from Wiscasset, twelve miles from
Gardiner, and five miles from Dresden. The
tragedy occurred between the hours of u
and /. According to the murderer's story,
he had been down to the store and on return
ing his wife accused him of lying about her,
and threw fat-iron at him, which struck
him in the back. The wife then grabbed a
bootiack and struck him twice, when he
grabbed it away from her and knocked her
down; he then took razor and cut her
throat, severing the Windpipe and jugular
vein Bloody marks on the bootiack show
that he must have struck her with it after
using the razor. Howard then sat down in
a rocking chair in an adjoining room, and
deliberately cut his own throat seyering the
windpipe, and then staggering to the outside
door he opened it and fell to the floor. There
was no one in the house but the man and
wife, and Howard was discovered by Is
year old boy, son of j. A. Jewett, owner of
the house. A physician was Immediately
called, and the murderer was insensible for
two hours. He is now under charge of the
deputy sheriff of Lincoln county, and will
probably die, Blood was smeared over the
house. A coroner's jury was impaneled, and
a verdict rendered that Mrs. Howard came
to her death by blows from a bootjack and
razor in the hands of Wilmot Howard. The
body was buried on Sunday afternoon How
ard was 6S years old, and is a native of JEFF
ferson; his wife was 81 years old. There
had been more or less trouble between them
in the past. Three weeks ago the murderer
left his wife and cast himself upon the town,
but afterwards went back home They have
one son, 27 years of age, who took sides with
his mother against his father. The family
resided in Whitefield until two years ago.
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21
FOREIGN.
Cholera Apparently on the Increase
in Spain.
Many of the English Warships I'm
seaWorthy.
A Great Fire Raging in the City of
Rouen, France.

MADRID, July 0x-There were in Spain
yesterday, 1850 new cases of cholera and 761
deaths. OF these 356 new cases and 13a
deaths were reported from the province OF
Saragossa. Cases have appeared at Puerto
Real, in the province of Cadiz, and at the
cities Of Valencia and Valladolid.
Terrible Fire in Rouen.
RoUEN, July 20.-Noon. A terrible fire is
raging in this city. 1t began in the drug es-
tablishment of Stordevall brothers. and has
already destroyed six buildings.
Discouraging Crop Reports from
Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 20-Russian har-
vest prospects continue discouraging The
reaping of winter wheat in the southern
provinces gives barely middling returns and
the present outlook is that the summer
wheat crop will everywhere within the en-
pire yield poor haryests.
Unexpected Inefficiency in the Brit
ish Navy.
LONDON, July 20-The cruise of the eyo-
lutionary squadron of the British navy con-
tlnues to show the unseaworthiness of many
of the war vessels. The following mishaps
occurred in single day, and are said to fur
nlsh fair sample of the days work: One
torpedo boat was destroyed by the explosion
of her boiler; one gunboat was dismaSted by
-
by the careless handling of ammunition !;
and another ironclad lost her rudder through
structural weakness.
Cotton Operatives Strike.
LONDON, July 20.-Twenty-five thousand
cotton operatives at Oldham have struck
work.
Foreign Notes.
The balloon in which the aeronaut Eloy
ascended from L'Orient, on the 14th inst,
and which was last seen drifting toward the
sea, has been picked up by smack Moth
ing was seen of Eloy and he is supposed to
have perished.
The prospect of an immediate use of the
new Egyptian loan of e9,00O,000 by the Brit
ish government has infused new life into
business government circles in the city of
Cairo.
The Mansion House committee spent four
hours Monday in the work of investigating
the revelations made by the Pail Mall Ga
zette.
In the Wimbledon match for challenge
trophy Monday, the Scotch rifemen won by
eight points.
Emperor William has arrived at Gastien.
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21
SWEPT DOWN STREAM.
Six Persons Drowned While Fording
a River in Kansas.

EMPoRIA, KS, July 2o.-A special from
Douglass says that six persons were
drowned in Walnut river, seven miles below
that place, yesterday morning. Anson Car
sons wife, drove to the stream, which had
risen during the night from recent rains,
and were swept down and out of sight of the
second wagon, which came down to the ford
few minutes later. In the second wagon
were Mr.. and Mrs: Koats and Mr.. and Mrs.
Jay Carman. They also drove into the
stream and were swept down. Anson Car
man was the only one rescued alive.
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21
A Decision Relating to Minor Chill
dren.

NEW YORK, July 20.-The attorney gen.
clety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chill
dren N the city of Rochester an opinion that
cnlld under 16 years of age may be COM
mltted to- any charitable, reformatory or
other institution whose charter empowers it
TO receive and care for minor children. This
OPINION covers cases where children of ten
DER years have heretofore been committed to
penal institutions, and establishes the obliga-
tioh OF orphan asylums, industrial schools,
etc, to receive children when committed by
magistrate. This opinion will settle sew
eral TEST cases awaiting adjudication.
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21
A Prominent Virginia Lady Disap.
pears,

WHEELING, W. Va, July 2o-Miss A.
Taylor, who for the past eight years has
has filled the office of president of the
Wheeling Female College, left this city sud
bad financial status have been afioat for sew
eral days. 1t now transpires that she has
left a number of persons in the lurch. At
the close of the school year she resigned her
position to accept, as she said, that of pres
Her furniture, piano, etc, were sold at auc-
ton and brought large prices. She promised
to settle with her creditors, whose bills
amount to over $1,000, before leaving but
failed to do so. She is about 60 years of
age, extremely shrewd, and for several years
asspired to become leader in temperance
circles.
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21
One Of Barnum's Elephants Killed.

kEENE, n. H., July 20.-Barnum's large
Asiatic elephant, Albert who killed his
day. was taken to a ravine in the suburbs of
Keene this afternoon and killed. He was
chained to four large trees, and the location
OF o., his heart and brain marked with chalk.
Ihirty-three members of the Keene Light
Guard were marshaled in line at 10 PAGES,
and at the word fire" the same number of
bullets penetrated vital spots, and the huge
beast fell dead without a struggle. ''Albert''
was 30 years old and had been used as per-
forming elephant until within the last three
months, when he had shown such temper
that he was drawn from the trained herd
he was valued at about $4,000. His remains
have been donated to the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition at Washington, ID. C.
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21
Termination Of a Long Pastoral

termination Of Long Pastorate.
SKowHEeAN, July 2O.-Rev. b. Tappan,
d. d., president of the board of trustees of
the Bangor Theological Seminary, has re-
signed the pastorate of the Congregational
church and society at Norridgewock. In
October he would have completed ministry
of twenty-seven years. The society would
gladly have retained his services longer, but
the reasons assigned were such as to give
them no choice but to accede to his wish and
accept his resignation. So by the concurrent
action of the church and parish his resigna-
tion was accepted. His ministry terminated
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21

William B. Webb was commissioned as
Commissioner of 1.-THE District of Columbia
today.
The Post announces that Martin Mitchell
will remain Marshal of the District until
October when he will be succeeded by
Colonel Lamont.
The President today appointed Albert N.
Flann postmaster at Nashua, N. H, in place
of NJ. r. Buxton, suspended
James A. Munday of Kentucky and Clay
Taylor of Missouri have been appointed
special agents of the General Land Office.
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21
TOO East trains for Them.

BosToN, July 2O.-City Solicitor Berry of
Lynn, acting under instructions from the
city government, waited upon the railroad
commissioners today and rendered COM
plant against the Boston and Maine Rail
road Company for running the so-called
at dangerous rate of speed through the city
and blocking the much-traveled Market and
Pleasant streets crossings by shifting freight
cars. The city has long stood what the
citizens term an imposition in the above re-
spect and they think it quite time for relief.
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21
Reunion Of mexican war Veterans.

BOSTON, July 20.-The 37th annual re-
union of veterans of the Mexican war was
held today at Nantasket forty being present
Col. Isaac Hull Wright was chosen presi-
dent of the association, and II. A. McGlenn
secretary and treasurer. Among the after
dinner speakers were Gen. Viles of Rhode
Island, Adjutant McGlenn, c. j. Peterson of
California, G. w. Gilbert, j. Ii. Robinson,
Benz. Manchester and Sergt O'Neil.
A letter was read from Charles J. Murphy
OF New York, and petition for his appoint
ment as Marshal Of the Southern District of
New York was unanimously signed.
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21

the next best thing, compromised with the
town for S225, and obtained release.
Dudley returned to this .city, and his law
yer interposed as a defense to the city court
money obtained by duress. The town author
tiles thereupOn moved to discontinue their
action in the city court. Chief Justice Nc
Adam decided that as the payment was made
after the suit was brought it was not the
the town should be allowed to discontinue
the action on payment of SIS costs leaving
Dudley to seek whatever remedy he sup
posed himself entitled to an independent
action against the town. The town paid the
S15 and the litigation in the city court ter
minafad
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21
The Bath Assault Case.

BATH, July GOWN. A. Ray, charged
with outraging Mary Crosby, was this fore
noon arraigned before Judge Millay. As the
girl was too i'll to appear the case was con
tinued until Saturday, and the respondent is
placed under bonds of 5000.
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21
A Foolish Man.

BLooMINGToN, ILL.,, July efficiently
the wife of Abe Denser, wealthy and ec--
centric German farmer living in the west of
this city, sued him for divorce and had him
eenloined from disposing of his property.
inns 81, incensed him that last night he
$4,000, into his barn and setting fire to it
burned the whole thing to the ground. He
is missing and it is believed he purposely
perished in the flames
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21
A Man Who is More Fortunate than
OdIunn.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 2o.-Joseph Kist, of
some repute in local aquatic circles, who was
prevented by the police from jumping
off the bridge a week ago. watched a
favorable opportunity between and
o'clock last evening and plunged from the
upper roadway on the great bridge over
the Mississippi here. The distance to
the river below is over 90 feet. After he
struck the water, he swan or was carried
down stream by the current nearly mile
from the bridge, and then effected safe
landing
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21
Recognition Services In saco.

The recognition of Rev. George B. Titus
as pastor of the Main street Baptist church,
Saco, will occur at half-past seven o'clock
Wednesday evening. The following is the
order of services:
OrBdn voluntary y........ ............................
Invocation. n..............Re Rev. j. W. Parsons, SacO
1hhtiiShl.-
Reading OF Scripture. Rev K. @. Ingalls,, SacO
Hymn. n....-............. Rev. M. c. Pendexter SacO
Sermon Rev. Hemaa Lincoln, ID. D., Newton
Centre Mass.
Prayer of Recognition. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Rey, II. s. Burrage, ID. D., Portland
hahu OF Fellowship. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
R9y. I. N Lord, Biddeford
OhdTSe 10 TIE Cnufcn. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Rev. G. A. Cleayeland, North Berwick
Address of Welcome Observation-Disclosures.
Rev. A. X. r. Small. ID. d., Portland
hymn ....-......-........R Rev. j. A. Taylor, SacO
DcheulcIlon .-.....-.- .......-.....By the faSt0r
Several of the engineer on the Old Colony
railroad here rendered their designations
rather than to submit to an examination for
color blindness. Same of the number are
among the oldest and most efficient in the
service of the company.
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21

Mrs. CasWeII's ParIor Glasses
AND
SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES e. MISSES,
NO. SO PARK ST.

zen Sept. 1e, 1885. Special attention is
gIr~t she common and higher English branch
es, Arithmetic, Bookkeeping, etc. Classes will
feclte twice week in the History of the Eng
Ilsh I Language as supplement to the study Of
English Literature and English History; twice
week week IN the History of Art, beginning with the
SUBJECT OF Architecture; three times a week in
General E,iferntmre, beginning with the Odys-
Sey and reading analytiealy the Iliad, the Hsneid
faradlSe Lost, the Inferno, ETC.. four times a
week week in Physiology. three times week in
geology, and one lecture a week in Miner
alogy, with the study and free use of a collection
OF Q, 500 specimens and models; four times week
IN Greek, beginners class fitting for college:
three times week each in French and Ger
man. Special students will be received in an
tnese classes. A large collection of photographs
VIII be used in the teaching of history, mythology
ana geography. English pronunciation a spe-
clalty in every class. So far as consistent with
tne plan p OF the school, the discipline of the public
schools is maintained. Seats for day pupils and
places in thefamily may be secured by personal
application until July 1st and after Sept 1st, OF
letter at any time. Children under twelve
years OF age will not be admitted unless they can
enter existing classes. Number of pupils limited
Letters must be addressed to 9e Park Street
Jezf eOdtOc1
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21
THE OAR.
Final Heats in the Teemer Regatta

t''t~' ''~NNN~ TT VIZ tOOIFEOI NO5tAttus
PITTsBURG, July 20.-In the final heats in
the Teemer regatta today, three miles,
Gaudaur was the winner by three lengths in
1892; Teemer was second, Ten Eyck third.
Gaudaur and Hosmer won the double scull
race against Hamm and Mckay. Time,
18,41. mckay won the consolation rase
The time made by Gaudaur, Teemer and
Ten Eyck in the professional single scull
race is the fastest ever made, beating
Teemer's New Orleans record of 20.01a.
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21

NEwBURYPoRTs

Earned runS-POrtlandS o. Newburyports q
Two base hits-Holand, Wheeloek, Cody. Three
base hits-Weidel, Ellis. Home run-Holland.
First base on errors-Portands 8. NewburypOrts
3. First base on balls-Portlands /, Newbury
ports 2. Struck out-By Dugan 8, by Fish 8.
Left on bases-Portands 3, NewburypOrts 3.
Double plays-Dugan, Fulmer and Benners, Shaw
BennerS and Holland. Passed balls-Hanna 2,
McDermott 2. Wild pitches-Fish q Time OF
game-2h. ON. Umpire-M. Ward.
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21
FIRE RECORD.
A 81, 900 Fire in East Boston.

BosToN, July 2O-A $1,000 fire occurred in
the mills OF the Boston Dye Wood and Chem
ical Company, East Boston, today
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21

EoSt StCfDOdFQ dI sea-
RocKLAND, July 20.--Ezekiel Pease, of
Martinsville, was lost overheard and
drowned from the schooner F. Nelson, Capt.
Alfred Rawley, of Tenants Harbor, while
at sea- No further particulars.
The Heads Falling Fast.
LEWISTON, July 20.-Charles Garcelon,
mail agent ON the route between Lisbon and
Bath, has received notice of his removal
A telegram from A. P. Moore of the Bos-
ton Post, announces the appointment of J.
M. Corbett as postmaster at Lisbon. This
man is an offensive partisan, and he takes
the place of Mrs. Gerrish the widow of the
old postmaster.
Hotel Burned.
BELFAST, July 90 The hotel and stable
owned by Thomas Moulton of Unity, were
burned today. Loss about $4,000.
WatervIle's Fire Bug Still at Work.
WATERvILLE, July 20.-This morning the
livery stable owned by the estate of the late
angie Smith was burned. Loss about $4,000
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21
Wounded by a Stray Bullet.

BANGOR, July 20.-Saturday several men
were riding on the Bucksport branch of the
Maine Central Railroad, when Mr.. Royal
the foreman, suddenly fell from the car. Ex-
animation showed that he had been struck
by bullet fired by an unknown person. A
physician who was called thinks that Mr.
Royal is not fatally injured. The shooting
was probably accidental
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21
Accident on the Grand trunk.

LONDON, Ont, July 2O.-A Grand Trunk
special freight train coming East and con-
struction train going West collided near here
today. Both engines were badly smashed
and ten cars of freight wrecked. The men
on both engines jumped for their lives, but
the engineer of the construction train, j. Nc
Fadden, was caught under his engine and
killed. The others escaped with slight in
juries. The damage is heavy.
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21
THE MAINE STATE PRESS,
THE WEATHER..

WASHINGTON, July 81.
The indications for New England today are
slightly warmer, generally fair weather,
southerly winds.
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21

METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
(July 20, 1885, 11P.M)
at all stations = "
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21
NATIONAL LEAGUE AND OTHER GAMES.
AT PROVIDENCE.
At Pittsburg-Pittsburgs A, BrOoklyns 8.

Oxley was released by the Portlands last night
Charles j. Foley of Boston, and G. H. Wilson OF
Brockton, have been chosen substitute league
umpires.
1t is probable that team of local players will
be organized in Biddeford and series Of games
arranged with the Sacos.
Portland is meandering dangerously near Ha-
verhill.-[ Haverhil Laborer.] They will meander
still nearer if the Haverhills don't look out for
themselves.-LB Bddeford Journal
William w. Ruby, proprietor Of the dining room
at Long Island, has secured base ball ground on
that island free for the use of clubs wishing to use
them.
OF the Biddeford team, Beck and Jandron have
signed with the Newburyports, and Irwin has
been telegraphedlian offer of a position in one Of
the Southern New England League teams.
The NewburypOrts are anxious to enter the
Eastern New England League, and ii is probable
that either they or the Manchesters will be admit
ted
j. d. Parsons Of the Newburyport Herald ac-
companied the Newburyports, and witnessed yes
terday's game.
AT the late meeting of the Eastern New Eng
land League, a telegram from Wright & Ditson Of
Boston, was Iread, stating as some complaints
have been made concerning the quality OF the
balls purchased of them, that hereafter all balls
bought from their establishment will be war
ranted.