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The Portland daily press., 1885-04-02
A Commendahle Act.

President Cleveland did we'll in resisting
the demands of his party for a change in the
New York postoffice and in continuing its
present competent head in office. AS long
as he continues to resist his party and APP
point Republicans be will make few mistakes.
The public service will be better off and in
the long run he will stand better with the
country # he keeps stiff backbone and re-
fuses to submit to the dictation of Demo-
cratic politicians. Such course will OF
course ALLEVIATE the 'hungry and thirst" and
make them profoundly sorry that they voted
for him, but the Republicans, and the Demo-
Gratis who are Interested simply in keeping
the public service pure and undefiled who
the Argus asserts constitutes the great body
of the party, will approve his course and
support him. 1t is to be hoped President
Cleveland will continue firm and allow the
hungry and thirsty"to wfithe in agony.
The country will greatly enjoy the per-
Torrance.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-02

Secretary Manning refuses to be moved by
the showing up of his appointment clerk,
Eugene Higgins of Baltimore, and Higgins
is to remain permanently. Up to date Hig-
gins has been shown to be ballot box stuff
fer, gambler, briber and a sponsor for
thieves. Bat none of these things move
Manning. The fact is Manning lives in a
glass house himself, and probably thinks
that he cannot safely indulge ia stone
throwing, not certainly when man like
Senator German of Maryland is standing
near with large supply of brckbats.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-02
CITY OF PORTLAND.
Assessors Notice.

TlHE 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 day
from the first TO the fifteenth day of April next In
elusive, at their room in City Hail. from nine to
twelve O'Clock in the forenoon and from two to five
O'Clock in the afternoon for the purpose Of receiy-
ing lists of the polls and estates taxable in said city
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 or otherwise the first day Of April 1885
and be prepared to make oath to the truth of the
same.
And when estates of persons deceased have been
divided during the past year, have changed
hands from any cause the executor, administrator
or other person interested is hereby warned give
notice OF such change, and in default of such notice
will be held under the law to pay the la assessed,
although such estate has been wholly distributed
and paid over.
And any person who negects to comply with this
notice will be doomed to tax according TO the laws
of the State, and be barred of the rights to make
si0nerS for 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
sors Office on application.
GzE@In no case where the Assessors have been
put to the disagreeable necessity of making doom
will the possession of Government bonds or deposits
in the Savings Banks be allowed as a plea in miti-
cation of such doom.
STEPHEN ATARSHl
JOHN w. YORK, Assessors
VIM. 0. FOX,
mar31 dist
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-02
Current Comment.
NO FURTHER REGRETS AT HIS DEPARTURE
North American.

NO FURTHER REGRETS AT HIS DEPARTURE
North American.
The funny column of the Congressional
Record will disappear with Sunset Cox.
THE QUESTION SETTLED.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Our esteemed contemporary, the Sun,
shows that it has not a personal acquain-
tance with the Presidents household, else it
would never make the mistake of supposng
his sisters are Republicans. They sre DEM
ocrats and are much more partisan in their
Democracy than their brother is.
THE SULTAN WILL LAUGH.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The Baltimore Herald fears the appoint
ment of Mr.. Cox as Minister Turkey NAV
jeopardize the good feeling which has hith-
erto existed between that nation and ours,
1t will do nothing of the kind. Having been
instructed and entertained by Literary Lew,
the Sultan will be glad TO laugh with Sem
tllating Sam.
AGREEABLE soURBEss.
Boston Record.
A Maine druggist advertises chewing gum
as the 'exudation of the kingly spruce"
The Brunswick Telegraph suggests that
cider will next be advertised as the "expres-
sion of the imperial apple" If this is done
it must be borne in mind that cider furnish
es the only instance of a sour expression
which is agreeable.
JUST WHAT HE DIDN'T WANT
New York
"Hello, Brownl Back from Washington.
see. What are your prospects? Did you
see our old friend Grover9"
"Yes."
"Get'a shake of his hand9'
Anything else?''
''No, nothing but the shake
AMoNARCHY IN THE WEST.
Minneapolis Tribune.
ADrunden cowboy, who travels under the
nom de guerre of PATSY BoliyarsY captured
the town OF Ainswortb, Nebraska, and en-
gineered the affairs of the municipality ac-
cording to his own peculiar fancy until be
chose to abdicate. The ''efficient' sheriff
and "able'' mayor were paraBzed with ter
ror, aud did MOI dare modest him.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-02

Pittsburg, Pa, may be disreputable city
as certain newspapers claim, but its inhabi-
tants kno" enough to do the proper thing,
at the proper time and in the proper man
Sner. A scoundrel who spoke disrespectfully
OF Gen. Grant in that city the other day re-
ceived hogging at the hands of number
of citizens, that he will not soon forget.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-02

1t appears by the communication of Mr..
81. A. Shorey, published elsewhere, that the
assertion of the Lewiston Journal, that the
Pfohibitory Amendment committee had
furnished sufficient funds to pay all the bills
contracted in their name last summer, was
erroneous. Mr.. Munson's excuse for not
paying the bill of the Portland Globe.
namely, that the committee had not fur
nished sufficient funds, is therefore valid.
Some explanation appears to be due from
the Amendment committee.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-02

Since the late Mr.. Jake Thompson has
come into prominence as the man whose
memory the new administration thinks it
well to honor, few historical facts concern
ing bis life have been developed. Among
other things the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette has found that his association with
John Wilkes Booth, previous to the assassi-
nation of Mr.. Lincoln was of such a char
acter as to lead to including his name among
those connected with the crime.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-02

The Governor and Council yesterday re-
prieved the Italian murderers for two weeks.
The ground of this action was chiefly that
the day originally set for the execution was
Good Friday, and that an execution on that
day would shock the religious sense of a con
siderable portion of the community. The
action OF the Governor ard Council is to be
commended.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-02
Rallying Round the Man of Deg-
tinu

tiny.
The Argus has discovered in some mex
plicable way that the great body of the De-
mocracy are ''mainIy interested in seeing an
honest administration of public affairs" and
that "they will therefore rally around and
sustain the Man of Destiny in his gigantic
task of purifying The public service"
We confess that we have observed that the
''great body of the Democracy" of the
Maine Democracy at least, were showing
great readiness to rally around the the "Man
of Destiny" were in fact rallying around
him, but this is the first intimation that
they were rallying for the purpose of secur-
ing an ''honest administrator of public af-
fairs." We had supposed that all this rally
ing was for the offices; we had supposed that
the presence of the Hon. Eben F. Pllsbury,
Col. Chas. B. Morton, the Hon. Chas 81.
Chase, the Hon. John W. Deering, the Hon
J. P. Bass In Washington from time 10 time
had some connection with the distribution of
the patronage. 1t is highly gratifying to know
that we were mistaken and that these gen.
tlemen are simply ''rallying round the Man
of Destiny for the sake of honesty and re-
form. Possibly, however, in the minds of
these patriotic gentlemen the cause of hon
esty and reform and the putting of them
selves and their friends into Office are insep.
arably connected. Possibly the Hon. Eben
F. Pillsbury is of the opinion that there can
be no honest collection of the internal reva
nue. in Massachusetts unless he is placed in
charge of the work, and it may be that the
Hon. Charles FL. Chase holds similar views
regarding the Maine collectorship. Possibly
the Hon. John w. Deering is of the opinion
That the cause of honesty and reform re-
quires his presence in the post office. Col.
Chas. B. Morton, who gave away tAe secrets
of an express Office with which he was con-
nected, thinks, possibly, that there can be
no honor in the Augusta post office without
bis presence within.
This view of the case reconciles the con-
duct Of these men with the Argus intima-
ton that they are rallying simply for the
publication of the public service, and it is
the only view that will satisfactorily accom-
pIish such a reconciliation. Washington
dispatches have intimated several times of
late that these gentlemen, and others from
Maine too numerous to mention, were max
ing themselves rather odious about the de-
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-02

1t is given out that the Mugwumps must
consider the Presidents debt of gratitude to
them fully discharged by the appointment
OF Pearson and that it will be no use for
them to make any further demands upon
him Henceforth only truly loyal Demo-
Gratis who have borne the burden and heat of
OF twenty years past will be appointed TO
office. The "Mossbacks' can take courage.
The reform cloud has passed.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-02
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY
WAsHTNGTnN March "a 1879

az HEhEAS, by satisfactory evidence presented
w 10 the undersigned, it has been made to APP
pear that ''The Merchants National Bank Of Port
land, in the City of Portland, in the County Of
Cumberland, ana State of Maine, has complied with
all the provisions of the Act of Congress to enable
National Banking Associations to extend their cor
porate existence and for other purposes approved
July 70, 1S82.e
Now, therefore, J. Henry ". Cannon, ComDtroll-
Merchants National Bank of Portland in the City
of Portland, in the County of Cumberland and
State Of Maine is authorized to have succession for
the period specified In its amended articles of asso
citation, namely, until close of business, March, 2S
1905.
In testimony whereof witness my hand and seal of
Office this oath day Of March, 1885.
t-l II. W. CANNON
seal Comptroller of the Currency
49, mar27dJn
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-02

The Democrats are making some wry faces
over the re-appointment of Postmaster Pear
son, but on the whole they ara concealing
their disgust remarkably well. Their long
experience in swallowing unpaIatable doses
is standing them in good stead.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-02

JEFF Davis is reported to be dying. Wheth-
er preparations to put the War department in
mourning have been begun yet is not an
nouneed. Perhaps Secretary Endicott has a
better memory than Secretary Lamar, aud
may remember that Davis was connected
with the rebellion. Lamar says that the
fact of Jake Thompson's connection with
the rebellion did not occur to him when he
ordered the Interior department closed.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-02

The world is to come TO an end May 10,
say some of the Adventists. There must be
some mistake about this or else a postpone
ment must be had. The base ball clubs
cannot possibly complete their schedules un-
til October.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-02

Ii the statementS contained in Santore's
letter, published elsewhere, be true then
: .here is reason in the letter of Hon. A. G.
Lebroke of Foxcroft asking for a commuta-
ton Of his sentence.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-02

People who thirk it strange that SO many
gambling houses have lately been closed in
the South should remember that great
many Southern Democrats are in Washing
ton looking after offices.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-02
TH E p r. e 8 s.
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL ?.

we 40 not read anonymous letters and commup
cations The name and address of the writer ara n
al cases Indispensable not necessarily for publica
ton but as guarantee of good faith.
we cannot undertake to return or presarya,cra.
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-02

OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENGY.l
WASHINGTON, March 18th. 1885.
MAJ HEREAS, by satisfactory evidence presented
w to the undersigned, it has been made to ap-
pear that The Canal National Bank Of Portland ="
in the City OF Portland, in the County of Cumber-
land State of Maine, has complied with all the pro-
visions of the 'Act of Congress to enable National
Banking Associations TO extend their corporate ex-
istence and for other purposes" approved July
18th, 1882,
Now. therefore, l, Henry w. Cannon, Comptroller
Of the Currency, do hereby certify that "The Canal
National Bank of Portland in the city OF Portland
in the County OF Cumberland and State of Maine
is authorized to have succession for the period
specified in its amended articles Of association
In testimony whereof witness my hand and scar of
office this 18th day Of March, 1885.
II. w. CANNON,
f@l Comptroller of the Currency
No. GAL
mar17d1m
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-02
INVESTORS ATTENIION II !.

An exceptionally good opportunity to invest in
the Bonds and Stocks of new Gas Company in an
The plan on which they are offered insures hand
some profits Fine substantial works built on most
approved plan. Company will be ia operation in
sixty days. Liberal patronage assured. Anyone
wishing to safely invest from 81 900 to 600 ad
vantageously should not miss this chance.
h. VA. DEEANO, 5 Beelkmnn ST., ". z i.
mar12 eod3m
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-02
CHTX ADvERTEsEmENTs.
9chOOl SuDDIies.

PROPOSALS. will be received by the undersigned
Il until Saturday, April 4th, for furnishing the
Public Schools of the City of Portland for the cur
rent year, with the articles usually furnished as
per schedule which viii be found at School Commit
tee Room, City Building. The right is reserved to
reject allsuch proposals as may be deemed contrary
to the interest of the City. Office hours to 10 a.
M, to D. m. +. E. PRAY,
Superintendent OF School Buildings
March 3Ist. 1855. mar3Id5t
The Portland daily press., 1885-04-02
City of Portland.

March 81, 1856.
NOTICE is hereby given to all parties interested
~ in the widening of Centre street from Free
streetto Congress street, that the joint standing
committee of the City Council on the laying out Of
new Streets will meet to hear the parties and view
the proposed way, on Wednesday, the 9Th day of
April next, A. ID. 1885 at five O'Clock in the after
noon at the corner of Congress and Centre Streets
aforesaid, and will then and there proceed to de-
termine and adiudge whether the public conven-
fence and necessities require said street to be wild
ened
Given under our hands this thirtieth day of March
A. d. 1885,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-09-19

WACO 1EA oErr j, 1850.
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rtAA- Is tor Ross.
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Ross stock rising.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-31


IIta present law in regard to the annual
publication of the financial exhibit Of the
county commissioners is a good one and the
loulgrowth of necessity. The rate allowed
| hhe publishers is lower than in other States
bad is only fair and reasonable price. The
State press are asking nothing but what is
ast aud due them when they protest
against reduction of forty per cent in
spTce. II is uncalled for and really
J blow at a profession which in the majority
|Df the oouGties Of this State ekes out but a
brecayious existence Let US build up
rather than tear down the country press Of
Ahe State. Country newspapers are, next
10 the schools, the great educators Of the
eeople, pioneering their Wav into sparsely
eettlsd districts where it is almost starvation
10 yuu a newspaper, they hesitate not to front
she financial danger, ekeing out a miserable
Existence with the hope that their lsbors in
connecting the outside world with their
eiule circle viii develop in due time such
improvements and enterprises as viii build
up and enrich their locality, and in turn re-
pay them for their labor. 1t would be a
backward step If our Lawmakers were to
enact this bill.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-31
CONGRESS-.

Representative BIaekburR on ths Chair
Carlisle at Albany.
WAsurSGTox, January 30.-At the open
ing Of the House this morning letter was
read from the speaker designating Hon; J.
C, Blackburn, Of Kentucky. aS speaker
pro TEN. for this day. Speaker Cariisles
absence Is in consequence Of an -invitation
TO Albany to confer with the President-eiect.
Mr. Townsend (IIls.), from the Bommit-
tee on Appropriations, reported the posi-ot-
ice appropriation bill (lt apProPriAtes
So, ,-255, 200. nearly 81. .OOo. 900 less than the
estimates
The Chair laid before the House the mes
SAGE of the President transmitting com
manication from the Secretary Of State
The Duty on Cioaks-
Messrs. A. Dsnzig. A. Frealsnder, Marx
Arunson and W. A. Riley. CLOAK manafse
turers Of New York, aad 81. Rosenbaam, ol
Cincinnati, were given hearing by the
House Committee on Wars and Means 70
day on the subicc. Of tariff on their goods
They asked that the duty be raised ou
oIOaxs OF abolished On the materials vhieh
eatsr tato their usaasuctars. To-mOr<ss
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-31
WHEEIING W. VA. SATURDAY MORNING. JANUARY 81 1885.
will hear arguments from silk workers Of
New jersey and other States.

will hear arguments from silk workers Of
New jersey and other States.
Senate.
The chair laid before the Senate . com
munication from the Secretary OF the In
terror in relation to the objection on the
part Of the Creek Indians to the pending
legislation for the opening up to the settle
meut Of lands in the Indian Territory. Re-
ferred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
The Senate adopted the House iesolu-
ton with regard to counting the electoral
vote on the Ilth of February, with an
amendment giving the Senate two tellers
The House bill provided for one teller by
the Senate and two by the House.
Mr.. Hoar moved to take up the bill re-
ported by him the other day in regard to
the Union and Central Pacific railroads and
their branches, stating that at this time he
would only ask for the reading Of the bill
and the report, and then that the matter
lay over until tomorrow. This was an ex
ceedingly important measure. 1t under
took to deal with vast Indebtedness TO the
government and to remove from further
dispute great many complicated ques-
hons.
The report showed that the total indebt-
edness Of the roads to the Government was
nearly $l03 000, 900, and the average an
nual payment by the Government of inter
est on the railroad bonds, which it had
guaranteed, exceeded by nearly $4,000, 600
the average annual repayment BY the COM
pany,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-31
PARKERSBURG.
Talking Natural Gas For Our NeighbOr
Down the RiVer-The Ohio River Rail-
rnan.

NaNuFdA NfhS O"N ENOAbA"N.
Down the River-The Ohio River Rail-
road.
Special 10 Tie Register.
PARKERsBURG, January 30.--Capt. Joe
Simpson, the popular head clerk at Hills
Central Hotel, together with other well
known citizens, are seriously considering
plan for lighting our city with natural gas,
and also furnish it to our manufactures for
fuel purposes The plan is feasible one,
and as the gas can be had within reach,
it only needs the necessary energy and
the capital can be furnished for the
successful inAguration and completion Of
the enterprise. Capt. Simpsons well IN
the Burning Springs oil belt would furnish
sufficient gas for lighting and manufactur-
ing purposes for Parkersblrg and Marietta
An s inch pipe, it is estimated, would fur
nish 3 supply necessary for this city at
total cost Of $l50,0O0. Our people hope
to see the enterprise successfully under
token at an early day.
Another matter our people as well as the
whole people of this and the southern por-
ton Of our state are deeply interested and
that is the early completion of the Ohio
River railroad. 1t is received from re-
liable source, that the citizens on the pro-
posed line below here are not disposed to
meet the company with great degree of
hberaity in the matter of right Of way and
while many citizens are disposed
to do all in their power to
encourage the enterprise there are
many others who seek to take advantage Of
the situation and demand exhorbitant prices
for the right through their property. While
the syndicate is amply able and willing to
build the road, they do not propose to do so
unless the citizens meet them in more
liberal spirit, especially during the present
depression in the general business Of the
country. IF the people down along the
proposed line allow the thing to fail from
lack of proper encouragement at this
time it may be many years ere they have
the benefit OF a railroad, and the prosperity
it is sure to bring them.
Rrof. A. B. Purinton, superintendent OF
city schools, left here this morning for
Wheeling via the Ohio River Railroad.
DR.. J. G.. Hammer, late pastor Of Calvary
church, now of Baltimore, returned home in
Wheeling.
Mrs. Ralph Covert, who has been visiting
in New Brighton, Pa, is expected home
soon.
Capt. VIM. Armstrong supervisor of trains
of B. & O., has been severely afflicted with
rheumatism.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-31
IHE RANDOLPH COUNTY voTE.
An Analysis of the Vote Cast at the
October Election.

October Election.
Special Correspondence Of the Register.
BEVERLY, W. Va, October 28.-The
REGISTER of the 18th contained a state
ment in regard to the vote Of Randolph
county, which has caused great deal OF
comment, and as an act Of honest justice
should be thoroughly Investigated. The
article states that very strange feature Of
the case was that Gov. Wilson received
three hundred more votes than the State
ticket, which is looked upon as q huge joke,
from the fact that he ran behind the ticket.
In the REGIsTER'S report Of the count in
the Legislature, Randolph county is report
ed as having cast over 1000 votes, when
from the official count taken from the poll
books it did not cast over 1900. There was
cast at the State election a fraction over
LOO votes for the Democratic ticket and
fraction over 500 votes for the Republican
ticket
sent to the REGISTER as soon as the re-
turns came in the result in this county
taken from the official count, and if the
returns have varied two or three hundred
votes then they have been falsifed. Ran
dolph county had twelve votes in conven-
ton, but the Republicans made such in
roads into our party at the State election,
that We did not more than hold our own;
whereas we fully expected to increase it one
or two votes. But the Legislative count
saws we cast over 400 Democratic votes,
with Democratic majority Of over 800,
when we only gave about $50. There is a
screw loose somewhere, and if the returns
have been "doctored' to decide bets a
thorough investigation should be had and
the guilty parties punished to the full ex-
tent of the law. The Democrats Of Ran
dOlph county do not want anything but an
honest election and tair count.