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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-09
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

WASHINGTON, June 9.
The indications for New England are
decidedly colder fair weather with a cold
wave. northwesterly winds, rising barometer
with light irosts in northern New York.
Cautionary signals from Wilmington section
to Eastport.
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
I11.OO 2. NIL
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-09
ON THE ROLLERS.
AT THE BIJoU.

There will be ladies' skate check complimentary
party at the Bijou rink tonig It with music by the
regular rink band. Tkursday and Saturday even
ings the same programme will be carried out. The
female polo teams will be unable to play here again
as expected.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-09


Other Games.
At Philadelphia IL st. Louis a.
At Observation-Disclosures g., Cincinnatis 6,
At New York-Louis Vile g. Metropolitans 4,
At Brooklyn-Pittsburg 2, Brooklyns o.
NOTES.
Manager Winship and Mr.. Baiggs are expected
to-day. 1t Is hoped that Hilsey will come with
them but he has made no agreement with the as
socation and is fres to do as he pleases. The re-
port that several players had been secured is in
correct They are in negotiation with the associa-
ton but have not been secured
Piggott has been released from the Portlards.
Watson has been fined S25 and suspended with
out pay for his poor playing on Saturday. 1t was
supposed yesterday and reported that Pope had
been similarly punished but the directors deny that
such action was taken in regard to him. If Watson
is to suffer he certainly deserves to do, Pope,
who played as poorly should receive his desserts.
The action of the management gives an impression
of favoritism which can be but injurious to the
club.
The Lawrences arrived last night and are at the
United States Hotel.
The Ssnfords won an easy victory over the club
at East Rochester N. H., Saturday, the stand
ing 81 to IL.
Two new pitchers and q catcher for the Hayer-
hills will arrive from the west the first of the week.
meeting of the Eastern New England League
will be held in Biddeford on the Goth.
Davis, the Brocktons' new third baseman, has
arrived.
eThe Brockton- Hayerhil game was postponed yes
terday on account Of rain.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-09
OumbcrIand County League

game Of ball was played in Yarmouth yester-
day, between the Yarmouths and saccarappas. The
following is the scoie:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-09
Mnine stnta noIInre.

The following is the programme for COM
mencement week at the State College, COM
mencing June Goth;
SATURDAY.
7.3op. m.-sophomore prize declamations.
SUNDAY.
7.sop. m.-Baecalaureate discourse by Rev. A.
K. P. Small of Portland.
MONDAY.
7.30 p. m.-Junior exhibition.
TUESDAY.
900 a. m.-Meeting of the trustees.
to 4 p. m.-Colege halls open to visitors.
2.30 p. MILITARY exercises.
500 p. m.-President's reception.
WEDNESDAY.
$50 a. n.-Commencement exercises.
00p. m.-Meeting of the Alumni.
800 p. m.-Concert.
THURSDAY.
$50 a. determinations of candidates for ad-
mission to the college.
200 p. m.-Class Day exercises.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-09
A WATERSPOUT

Bursfs leaving Desolation and Ruin i'm
HTS Wake-Oyer One Hundred Lives Re
ported Lost and Many Buildings swept
Away.
Ell PAso, Texas, June 8.-A waterspout
burst Yesterday, about eight leagues east of
Loges, Mexico, near the dividing line between
the States of Guanojato and Jolisco, and its
effects were most deplorable. Immense guam
titles OF water swept down the mountains, and
left desolation and ruin in its wake. There
are already one hundred lives reported lost,
and the fearful list may be swelled still larger
when all the details are known. A great many
houses were swept away. Steps have been
of many who escaped from the valleys, bnt
lost everything.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-09

first base on errors, Yarmoulhs IL, saccarappas 5;
struck out-by Webb 10, Wilson A; passed balls
Small 3; Cordwell 3. Time of game-1h. 45m.
Umpire Barnes
Yesterdays National League Games.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-09
TitcoRlb Academy Burned.


A couple of Bddetord young men called on
two OF their lady acquaintances Wednesday
night says the Biddeford Journal, and before
leaving the house one of them stole a gold
watch belonging to one OF the girls and after
wards pawned it,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-09
Whole Villages Destroyed by the CASH
mere Earthquakes.

CALCUTTA, June S.-Despstches continue to
be received about the earthquake in the vale
OF Cashmere. Whole villages have besn de-
stroyed and Dubgood. Jsmalapar and Oran,
have disappeared entirely, having teen COM
pletely engulfed in the awful convulsior. The
fort at Gusrisa and the gransries in many
OF the Wales have been swallowed up. A large
s1pply Of rice and considerable amount of
money have been distributed throughout the
vale of Cashmere to relieve the distreGl of the
people. 1t is estimated that two hundred per-
sons were killed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-09

Early Sunday morning Elder Knights res
ideDce and outbuildings were destroyed by fire
in Auburn. The family were in bed when the
fire caught and barely escaped with their
Iives. loss $4,000.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-09

CoNsTANIINoPLE, June S-A revolution is
reported imminent in Crete. A great majority
of the inhabitants of the island are Greek
Church Christians who are bitterly opposed to
the appointment of Savas Pasha as governor
of Vilayet, and all the Christian members of
the Cretan government have already resigned
because of the appointment and the Cretan
assembly have resolved to hold no relations
vith the governor.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-24
The Amended Code,

1t was the practice up to very recent
date among those who felt themselves
bound to obey the code duello, when az
fronted to send a challenge, or a request
10 step outside the State, which was con-
sidered as equivalent TO a preliminary
challenge, to the offending party, by
friend. If the party refused to receive
the challenge, the friend by whom it was
sent was honor bound to challenge him,
and, if he declined to fight, he was pub
lished to the world as paltroon, cow
ard and no gentleman, no matter what
his real character and standing may have
been, or whether he was in the right or
not.
OF late, however, public sentiment and
the severe laws against dueling appear
10 have had the effect TO amend the code.
Last week the personal dispute which has
been going on for some time between ex-
Gov. Porter, Of Tennessee, and eX-Con-
Congressman Whitthorne, Of the same
State, eliminated in the sending by the
latter to the former Of a note, asking him
''to 90 outside Of the United States and
explain the little matter" The bearer Of
the note was Gen. Gordon, OF Gss..S,,.
and when he delivered it the following
conversation, as narrated by ex.Goy. Por-
ter, took place.
Gov. Porter-"General do you know
the contents of this notegn
Gen. GOrdOn-"i do. ] do not construe
Il 20 mean challenge. / told Whithorno
that would not bear challenge to p0r-
ter"
Gov. Porter-"lt is no anront toyou,
then, 20 return the paper 60 you 2"
Gen. Enthusiastically not"
Coy. Porter handing the paper 20 Gen.
Gordon ~ can have no correspondence
with Wnltthorne."
The immediate cause OF Whitthorne's
sending this note was letter Of Porter
published in the Memphis AUalapche
some two or three weeks ago, in which
Whitthorne was denounced IN very severe
terms. When Gen. Gordon returned the
note Whitthorno had n card published in
the Nashville american 20 this effect:
sit is an accepted maxim that 'the ira
ducer and maligner has not the manli-
ness, when put 20 the test 10 meet the re-
sponsibilitles attaching 10 his words?
and, in that connection, / say 10 my
friends in Tennessee that promptly upon
seeing the AUQlaRche containing the letter
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-24
PERSONAL.

PROF. ASA GRAY, of Harvard, is hard at
work upon his forthcoming book, 1.-The Flora
of North America"
LIEUT.. JOHN NJ. HAwLEY, lately stationed
at Baltimore, is to have charge of the resur-
vey of New York harbor.
Mr.. CLEVELAND has promised to spend
few days at Cranston's West Point, in June.
provided nc can lind the time"
HENRY LABOUCHERE thinks the present
Earl Cairns is a reductio I'D absurduns Of the
principle OF hereditary legislators.
QUEEN VICTORIA is editing the speeches OF
the Duke of Albany. Sir Theodore Martin
will append sketch Of the Dukes life.
LADY nUFFERrN. wife Of the Vlceroy Of
India, recently laid the foundation stone of
a hotel Tor the accommodation OF female
medical students in connection with the Cal
cutta Medical College.
THE Countess Gladys, OF Lonsdale. will be
married to Lord de Grey-provided she breaks
her habit OF discarding her engaged lovers
early IN July. Betting &c the London clubs is
about even on the engagement before that
time going the way of the others she has
made.
MAYOR SMITH, Of Philadelphia, IS critically
III OF pneumonia. He Is at short intervals
seized with severe coughing spells, which pro-
duce prostration and heavy sweats. Only
members OF his family are allowed in the sick
room, aud grave approximations are felt for
INN lest he may not recover.
OPPOSITE Mrs. Leslie sat vision in dark
gray travelling dress, with artistic lines OF fur
upon Z and dash Of color no the throat-Ena
Wheeler Wilcox. She has been married lust
ten months, and the honeymoon Is Of inden-
mite promise. Reddish brown hair and eyes
hitting color, q strong, PASSIONATE face that
h often bat not always beautiful. n ehapelv
figure and glrlish ways-that IL the authoress
Of Poems Of Passion the girl OF % who long
ago built a house for her mother with her pen,
NINE. DE kALoMtNE, the divorced wife OF
the Grand Duke Of Hesse. who D. now known
as the Countess Czapska. ROmrod. has left
Dresden, and viii probably settle at Florence
or Naples. It is understood that an arrange
ment has been made between the Countess
aud her late husband. and that ahe is to re-
cclve handsome allowance from the Grand
Ducal Treasury, while. on the other hand, am
papers and correspondence have been given
No, and she undertakesn0t 10 return TO Darn
stadt.
A SHORT TINE SINCE 70 was stated that the
Hon. jefferson Davis was suffering from the
breaking 0ut Of an old wound. Mr.. Davis re.
Gently related how and when he had received
the wound. IL was inflicted at the battle OF
Bucna Vista, In which the Mississippi regi-
ment under his command played 30 cOnspicu-
Gus part. He received the wound early in
the engagement. about o'clock, ball pass
ing through hs foot completely breaking the
bone Of the Gown Of II. II was very painful,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-24
Small Manufacturing Concerns.


A list of the manufacturing enterprises
throughout the country that have grown
to large proportions from small begin
nngs would constitute an interesting
study. Probably one-half of the large
concerns had their start in shops which
were so modest as to be almost insigniti-
cant, and they have been built up by skill,
energy, and persistent attention to details.
1t is true, however, that few small ill.,
dustries, comparatively, are being estab-
lished now. There are some departments
of manufacturing which cannot be profit
ably conducted without the use of large
capital, and an attempt on the part of
men OF limited means to compete with
them would be suicidal from a business
point of view, and there is general i'm
preston that the chances Of success are
against any small enterprise whatever.
This is not true. There are many
articles of daily use and con-
sumption which are brought
from the North or Europe, and sold in
every part of the South, which can be
manufactured here as well and as cheap
ly as anywhere else. only a few years ago
nearly all the wagon and buggy spokes and
AK handles used in the South were
brought from the North. Now a very
large proportion of these indispensable
articles are made by our own people. A
company was recently organized in a
Georgia town for the pur-
pose of manufacturing small articles
for which there is constant demand.
The capital is only few hundred dollars,
and the officers of the company serve
without salaries. The company has pur.
chased what machinery and stock is
necessary for beginning business, and in
a short time will begin making curry
combs. As the business grows it is pro-
posed to add other articles of production,
and no doubt within few years this
company will develop into large and
powerful corporation.
Ofcourse it is not advisable for many
factories to be established for the manu-
factory of curry combs, but there are hun
dreds of articles which can be made by
small concerns. Take toys, for example.
There are thousands of dollars sent off by
the Southern people every year to buy
toys which could nearly all be made here
with profit, and tGeir manufacture would
add considerably to the wealth and pros
perity Of the country.
There is not city or town in which
there is not an opening for small manu-
featuring enterprises, and that does not
possess the capital and ability to start
them and build them up, if only the pro-
per encouragement and stimulus were
given the people.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-24
SHIPPING A WOODEN CITY.
New Houses for Aspinwan to Go South
Oh the Steamship Colon.
From the Ne,o York Sun.

from the NetO I0f6 Gun.
Stevedores were busy storing lumber and
sections of wooden houses in the hold of the
steamer Colon at the foot of Canal street all
day yesterday. The portable houses were or
dered by the Weather residents and mer-
chants Of Asplnwall to replace the buildings
that the insurgents burned. The lumber will
be used in the construction of new wharves
by the railroad company. Its Office buildings
Of brick and corrugated iron escaped the
flames.
When the Colon got back from Aspinwall a
few days ago the stevedOres eXcava'ed big
bags and boxes of metals that looked like
chunks of iron Stag. The bags and boxes were
expressed yesterday to various city merchants
interested in Aspinwall trade.
''That slag-like stuff" superintendent Bull
lay, OF the Pacific Mail Steamship Company,
said, lis the silver money. 1t was all melted
up in the big fire. Storekeepers shOyeied it
up from the ruins after things cooled down,
and shipped it to this city 1t was all Peru
Wan and Colombian coin. Nearly all the
money of the town was melted. Only those
people who were fortunate enough to have
safes saved anything"
The railroad company will rebuild the How
ard House on its own hook. This used to be the
big hosiery of the town. The other build
ings with few exceptions, will be run up on
the old plan of half u century ago. Yellow
and white pine will be the chief material. as
brick Is hard to get and wages are high in As
plnwall on account of the demand on the ca
building would be as spasmOdlc and unique
as ever Generally the citizen puts up small
e-story wooden house that looks as though
it had been slapped together in half an hour.
In couple Of months he gets an idea that it
ought to be larger. Then he puts up an ex-
tension. After that he gets Stylish and runs
up painted veranda. Next he piles on an
other story, and still later he slices the
whole thing up with beams into a lot of sleep
ing rooms Nearly every house that was ever
built in Aspinwall exhibited these aspects of
eccentric progression. hspinwall merchants
in town said yesterday that there was no rea-
son to suppose that this indigenous building
system of the little island would be deviated
from in the present building activity.
THE trouble is" Superintendent Bullay
said, shat nobody can tell what Aspinwall
is going to be from one year to another. 1t is
hemeral and Changeful. Nobody can pos
sibly tell what 1t will change to when the big
canal is completed. 1t may become a lively
little city and it may fall asleep commercially
and stay so. Consequently. Northern capt.
talists do notput money into buildings or any
thing else there"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-24

of Jas. D. Porter, / applied this test TO
him, and demonstrated in his person the
truth of this MAXIM"
In all this matter there is very little
that smacks of the old barbarous code.
Instead of the spondence' being
published in stately and solemn terms,
and concluding with the formal "a card"
denOuncng the challenged party as
''dastard," everything was happily toned
down to conform in some measure to the
amended code. Whitthorne evidently
considered his note a kind of challenge,
so far as he was concerned, while his
"friend" did not consider it a challenge,
so far as Gov. Porter was concerned.
These were happy ideas, and one cannot
help but smile when he takes them in.
It is a matter of congratulation that
this much has been accomplished i'll duel
ing reform. The next step Will probably
be marked by such polite correspond
ence" az this: ''My Dear Sir: ! would
be rejoiced to have you join me in pleas
ure excursion to Lady Franklin Bay,
Polar regions, where there is no law to
prevent our having a delightful time of
it, Answer: 81 did not receive your
note. 1t miscarried in the mail" GA
Card. | demanded the satisfaction usual
among gentlemen, which, from pruden-
tial and perhaps economical reasons, he
did not feel at liberty to render. am
glad of it," Then, when the parties meet,
they will clasp hands and fail upon each
others necks ard weep to think how
nearly they came to beng the actors in
terrible comedY.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-24
Might Have Paid His Fare.

FTo0l Tie Ne10 York Tunes.
Mrs. Mary ireland has received another let
ter from her husband Robert, the American
citizen who was lured into Canada, arrested
as a deserter from the British army, and re-
leased from Stirling Castle penniless to find
his way back to America. He says:
1.-The short service act has changed the men
completely in the Eighty third Regiment, and
only one man that orght to have known me
was there. | declined to answer any ques-
lions that would incrlminate me, and claimed
to be an American citizen. The officer asked
if could produce my citizenship papers. and
| said: Certainly, if you'll give me time to
write home and pay my bill at a hotel while
Pm waiting This sample of American
cheek made the officer laugh. The officer
thought over the matter of keeping me for a
long time. Then he said: sergeant, you
had better show Mr.. ireland to the castle
gate."
A friendly piper. Archie McClennan, took
care of him after he had walked hungry and
thirsty to Edinburgh.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-24
Madame smokod M.

From the Detroit JOurnaI. ~
Women are capable Of heroic acts I'm these
days OF commonplace as in the Amazonian
times. A Cuban gentleman and his wife. an
American lady, arrived from the Bermudas
a few days ago She was evidently very I'M
aud when they were detained by the custom
house inspector. whom the Cuban assured
would find nothing dutiabe 10 the handbag
he insisted upon examining. After rummag-
ing around he found box containing ten
packages OF cigarettes. Then the inspector
was triumphant, for the law allows passen-
ger 10 bring only 100 cigarettes for personal
use free Of duty. He was about TO pronounced
sentence upon the Cuban, when his wife
stepped forward, trembling with weakness,
and said; THE second hundred are for my
own use, sir.n
Then madame cannot object to smoking
one.n said the inspector with sheer.
"Certainly. | will smoke one" and she
smoked one OF the strong Havana cigarettes.
ON their way 30 the -. James Hotel she was
an hour.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-24
Canterburv,s Old bible.


HIOHt me LONCtOIb 1 tIteSs
The old chained bible Of Canterbury Cathe-
dral, which has for so many wears been care
fully preserved in the Cathedral Library, is
now undergoing renovation. Dean Payne
smith and the Bishop of Dover contemplating
Its replacement in its original position upon
what Is known as Cranmer's desk in the
northeast aisle of the Cathedral. The book is
one of large size and considerable weight and
would appear to have undergone very rough
usage, probably at the time Of the rebellion.
A careful examination shows Il at the cover
must then have been torn of, the strength of
at least three men having been. it is thought,
necessary to have wrenched asunder the five
thongs with which it was fastened. IL is one
OF those known as the second edition of Gran
mer's Bible, and contains two very fine en-
gravings-One of the Earl of leicester and
the other Of Lord Burleigh. The former por-
trait was very much Obliterated, but the old
paper and lines have been restored with
great care and success. The clasp and chain
fastening have also been torn from the vol
ume.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-24

Nora Perry, IN Outing for Nay.
March and April. go your way!
You have had your fitful day;
Wind and shower, and snow and sleet.
Make wet walking for my feet.
For / come unsandaled down
From the hillsides bare and brown;
But wherever l do tread
There l leave little thread
OF bright emerald. softly set
Like jewel in the wet;
And make the peach buds turn
Pink and white until they burn
Rosy red within their cells;
Then | set the blOOmy bells
OF this fiOwery alder ringing,
And the apple blossoms swinging
In shower of rosy snow,
As l come and as l go
On my gay and jOcund way,
l, the merry Princess May.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-24
"Bet Dollar It Was a wugwump?,

from tfe HtndHdH lt0Hn.l journal.
A young missionary, in distributing books
and tracts not long since, called al n certain
house to leave some OF his tracts. Tpon in
curing OF the old lady II there were any
Presbyterians or Methodists about her she
said: 81 guess So" Are there many Demo-
Gratis or Republicans In this sectionf" asked
the missionary. 81 guess SOL said the Oh
lady. "Well,n continued the missionary. edo
you have any Mugwumps In your vicinitygn
AT this stage the old lady was excited, and
said: "What do YOU cali them thingsYi ~
asked y0u,n said the missionary, edo YOU
have any Mugwumps In your vicinityyu
"say, Mister said the honest old dame, 'imv
boy saw something In the garden the other
morning, and none Of us could tell what il
was. Then Bill took the old gun and shot H..
and when Il rolted over, oh, Lord. what A
stink Why,I never saw anything like itl
such emoll never smelt before. and III bet
81 that it was q Mugwumpm
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-24
A Delightful Residence al MONTGOMERY.

I AM Offering at private sale delightful
4 residence at Montgomery, which If one Oh
the pleasantest suburban resorts IN TINS
vicinity. There are between three and four
acres Of ground attached to the place, when
is the most fertile of any in the vicinity, very
fine vegetable crops being easily grown. Inc
grounds trolt about 100 feet on the river;
The residence was bnilt in 1871, of selected
material, ana was planned with a view 70
comfort and durability. There are five rooms
on the first flOorIand four above lbesldes oath-
room, pantry, stOrerOoms and kitchen. Inc
hall Is nine feet high, aud the rooms l5Xlbano
l6X20; also stable, etc. There are Wlle
piazzas around the house, which, with lal3e
and numerous windows make 1t an eXceeu-
ingly pleasant residence.
The grounds, surroundings and house 3Io
such as 10 recommend the place 10 anyone uo-
string quiet, healthy and convenient homG,
The adjacent waters abound in FISH cIaoa
and OYSTER. Steam conviction with ~
nah by rail three times day gives resuehS
ample opportunities of attending 20 business
in the city. ..
The removal of the owner from this cry ID
the cause of selling. Terms, half cash, DalanOo
in one and two years. ..,,,,
G. II. DORsETT, -.
Real Estate Dealer