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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13
GEN. GRANTS DEBT.
why the Movement 90 Raise IA Fund by
EHis Friends was Stopped.

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-The following state
ment made by friend of Gen. Grant makes
clear the action that was taken to protect the
General, and why the movement for raising
fund was stopped:
Two or three weeks ago there appeared to be
danger of sherif's sale OF Gen. Grants Off
cial comm issions, medals, souvenirs from
foreign countries and other precious personal
effects. Hearing of this and with what ap-
peared TO be sure evidence before them that
the danger of such sale was imminent, some
of Gen. Grants friends resolved to protect
these historic and treasured objects, and also
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13
THE FLAMES.
A Fall n,y,r n;,, D,u,gsd h, r;r..

Fall River aaiil Damag ged by Fire.
FALL RIVER, Jan. 12.-Fire caught 10 the
male room of the Slade Mills at go tonight
The sprinkler were turned on and held the
fire in check until the arrival of thei depart-
ment which supplemented the sprinklers' force
pipe. This completely subdued and controlled
the fire, and in half an hour the fire was prac-
tically extinguished. The damage will be
heavy not only from fire but from water, with
which the premises were completely flooded.
The da mage is fully covered by insurance. 1t
is impossible to estimate the loss tonight, but it
will not exceed probably 100000.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13
Morses slansA.erea b, q TlEhia.

PLArTsBURGH, o., Jan. IA few miles
west OF this placs Saturday night, twelve
Clydesdale horses escaped from t5eir pasture
and were on the indianapolis, Burlington and
Wabash railroad track near Hawkins cut,
when sn east bound train clme along at the
ran along the track md were chased by the To-
comotive into narrow cut. They punched
close together, crowding each other. Here the
train came laundering along and in second
the horses were rushed against the sides, cut
up under the wh heels or dashed high in the air.
The locomotive plowed through the shrieking
mass killing eleven out OF the twelve and bad
ly woundihg the twelfth. The great speed of
the train saved it from being dltched. The
engine was ouly slightly damaged
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13

his Other personal effects, by buying them at
their appraised valuation, or at such sales, il
the opportunity offered they would have furn-
ished the money for the purpose. In looking
into the legal points of the case it was found
that the contemplated sale was friendly ac-
tion on the part of Vanderbilt to obtain legal
title free from any further lien, and after ac-
curing possession to preserve such personal of.
of these facts and of Gen. Grants letter to
Cyrus W. Field, further action in the matter
was dropped. The generous offer of Wander
bilt just made known preserves to General
Grant aud the American people the treasured
objects it was the purpose Of his ether friends
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13
An Editor Assaulted.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. ia shooting affray
took place this afternoon in the office of the
Mascot (newspaper), between Editor George
Osmond, Robert Brewster, State Register Of
Voters, and j. d. Houston, State Tax Collec-
tor. Houston and Osmond each received a
pistol shot wound in the hand. The trouble
was caused by an article published in Satur-
days Mascot, which reflected severely on
Judge W. S. Houston, a brother of j. ID. Hous-
tom Brewster received wound in the left
breast, in the region Of the heart, two in the
left arm above the elbow, and one in the
thigh. Il is thought that he will die.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13
RAILWAY MATTERS.
Minor Notes.

The Grand Trunk Railway Company has adj
vised the European steamship companies that
the emigrant rate from Montreal to Chicago
and the West will be based on the rate of 81
to Chicago and 20 per ceut commission.
The receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway
for the week ending January 8, 1885, showed
an increase of S42,26s over the corresponding
week of the preceding year.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13
SOUTHERN CYCLONE.
Thousands Of Dollars Worth Of
Property Ruined.


er Jones and Baldwin counties at IL o'clock
last night. sweeping away every thing in lis
path. Large oaks were twisted like straws,
gin houses, barns and fences were destroyed.
Many horses and mules we're blown away, aud
several persons were mi 1red, but no lives lost.
The roar of the cyclone was heard distinctly
eight miles away.
SELMA, Ala, Jan. IA cyclone passed
through Hale, Perry and Bibb counties in this
State last light and great damage was done to
houses and fences in its path which was about
seven miles. In Bibbs county near Centrevills
a woman is reported killed and the damage to
property will reach thousands Of dollars Near
~ 1000 trees are lying across the road near
Randolnh
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13
AUGUSTA.

Postmaster Manley departed for Washing
ton, Friday night on business connected with
the bill for public building in Augusta. He
will furnish certain facts and figures to the
committee. Hon. Seth l.. Milliken writes
that he is quite positive that the bill will pass
the frst Monday in February.
The need OF promoting the cause of educa-
tion as recommended in the Governors mes
rage was practically illustrated at Treasurer
Holhrook,s desk Saturday. A package of six
teen hundred dollars from the treasurer of a
certain town near the New Brunswick line was
received and this town official can neither read
nor write, and was obliged to affix his cross.
RUAFeED.
Mr.. Phineas Abbott at East Rumford was
thrown from his seigh, one day last week and
injured very severely. Que of the shafts be-
came detached from the sleigh and fell on the
I'D him to overturn the sleigh and threw Mr..
Abbott upon the ice. Mr.. Abbott's injuries
are not thought to be fatal
SOUTH LIMINGToN.
The Free Baptist Society of this place has
placed in their church the past week q new
pulpit set of the latest style. The desk has
also been adorned by an elegant Bible present.
ed by Mrs. @. A. Moses, 147 Franklin street,
Portland, in which is inscribed the following
SIN memory Of my beloved parents, John and
Nancy Knapp.
On Wednesday evening last quite large
company of the friends of the Rev. T. f. Max
i'm, convened at his house and after spending
an enjoyable evening left with him some SAC
in cash and other valuables ash the attestation
of their kind regards.
Mr.. Chester D. Small OF Cornish raised on
his farm the past season 640 bushels of beans,
and over four tons of snap cora.
LEWISTON.
Benjamin Conant, aged 60, of the firm OF
Bradford, Conant & Co., furniture dealers OF
Lewiston, died Sunday afternoon at his resi-
dence in Auburn. He was a successful busi-
ness man and was very highly connected.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13

ate OF cocaine not only has the pain been great
y diminished, but the capillary congestion of
peared." Dr. j. Fl. Douglass. under whose
treatment DR.. Barker placed General Grant,
says: General Grant has not cam
Ger Of the tongue. The difficulty is In his
mouth, and is of an epitheltal character"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13
BELVA LOCKWOOD.
Her Petition Introduced in the Senate
She Asks for the Counting of the Votes
Thrown for Her.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-The petition of Mrs.
Belva Ann Lockwood, candidate of the Equal
Rights party for President in the late CAM
paign, which was presented to the Senate by
for her in New York, New Hampshire, In
diana, Iowa, Michigan, Illinois, Maryland and
California be corrected, and that the electoral
vote of Indiana be given to her. She asks
that the Senate "refuse to receive the electoral
returns of the State of New York or count
them for the alleged majority candidate, for
had the 1886 votes which were polled in said
State for your petitioner been counted for her
and not for one Grover Cleveland, he would
not have been awarded majority of all the
votes cast at said election in said State"
The reason for asking that the electoral vote
of Indiana be cast for her, she says, is THAT
after the electoral college Of that State had
cast its vote for the aforesaid Grover Cleve,
land, it changed its mind, as it had legal
right to, and did cast its united ballot for your
petitioner"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13
MAINE.
Gale of Wind in Bangor.

Gale of Wind in Bangor.
BANGOR, Jan. PA great gale of wind pre-
vailed here today. Signs we're blown down,
carriages in streets blown over and chimneys
toppled over, No valuable buildings were
damaged The ice is weakening in the river,
but 1t is not expected to start.
Accidentally shot.
Saturday afternoon two young men named
Leslie and Benjamin Darling of Hudson, went
rabbit hunting. The former slipped ana fell,
throwing his gun from him, The gun was
discharged and the charge entered Leslie's
left side at The knee, making terrible wound
One slug passed through his leg, and fractured
the tiois bone at the left ankle OF his compan-
ion, making wound which necesstares am
putation. Leslie is not expected to live.
Obituary.
ELLSWORTH, Jan. 12-Ths wife tof Presid-
ing Elder O. e. Libby died today after pro-
tracted illness.
The Walker Murder Trial.
SKowHEaAN, Jan. 12.-The Walker murder
trial in which the jury disagreed at the De-
osmber term ia on trial here today. Attorney
General Orville D. Baker and County Attor-
ney Bradbury appear for the government and
Walton & Parlin for the deferce. The case
was opened by Bradbury. Witnesses swore
that Walker told Daggett when told they were
coming to see him to ''come on, will be ready
for you" The probabilities are that the testi-
mony will be about the same as ct the first
trial.
The Winthrop Factory Company.
WINTHROP, Ian. 12.--The Winthrop Fac
tory Company recently formed, to manufac-
turs agricultural implements today elected the
following officers for the ensuing year:
President-W. E. Whitman.
Clerk and Treasurer-Jobp Stanley.
Dire ectors-Wiliam Whitman, Francis Nc
lntyre, Alvin Chandler, Ferdinand Tinker,
Geo. Fairbanks.
The company have erected conmodious
building on the site of the well known Whit
man Agricultural Works which were burned
year ago. The machinery is arriving, and it
is hoped that operations will be commenced
soon, under the direction of W. e. Whitman,
son az Luther Whitman the founder of the
business.
Francis Murphy's Work in Pittsburg. Pa.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Jan. IA movement has
been started here to have Francis Murphy,
the temperance apostle locate here permanent.
ly During the eight weeks OF the late rsviv-
al $4,000 signed the pledge.
Suit Against Railroad Corporation.
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-James Andrews of
Maine furnished under contract to the Broox-
lyn Elevated railroad the foundation stones
for the iron uprights and laid them. When
the company went into the hands of receiver
six lots of stones remained unpaid for. The
new company refuses to pay any of the old
company's contracts bee ause it bought out the
old company under 9 foreclosure. Andrews
for $13 109
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THE MAINE STATE PRESS.
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

WARRINGTON, Jan. 13.
The indications for New England to-day are
fair and decidedly colder weather, northwester.
ly winds and rising barometer.
Cautionary signals from New Haven to East
port.
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
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The following officers were elected:

The reports were accepted and ordered on
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Wnie OF Wind in Bangor.
BANGOR, Jan. pa great gale of wind pys-
vailed here today. Signs we're blown down,
carriages in streets blcwn over and chimneys
toppled over No valuable buildings were
damaged. The ice is weakening in the river,
but Ii is not exnectad to start
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13

ELLSWORTH, Jan. 12.-Ths wife sof Pfesid-
ing Elder O. e. Libby died today after pro-
tracted illness
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Rise.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-18
RandOlph's Stormy Death.
Letter in Cleveland Leader.l

The last days of John Randolph of
Roanoke are full of pathos. He
thought he was dying for years before
he did so, and when he was asked how
he was he would reply: "Dyingl dy-
ingl dyingp He was tyrannical and
dictatorial until the last and he fought
with his doctor on his death-bed over
the pronunciation of certain words.
His death occurred in Philadelphia
hotel. A few minutes before he died
the doctor wanted to leave him, but
Randolph objected and his slave took
the key, locked the door and put the
key in his pocket. With his last words
Randolph declared that he wanted his
slaves freed, and he kept the doctor
there as witness of his dying declara-
ton. A sceptic through life, he APP
preciated his condition when on his
death bed, and among his last words
was "remorse." He was lying perfectly
quiet, with his eyes closed, when he
suddenly reused up and screamed out
in an agitated voice, "Remorse remorse!
remorse!" He then cried out, "Let
me see the word! Get dictionary
Let me see the wordp There was no
dictionary at hand, and he was told SO.
He exclaimed, "Write it, then! Let
me see the world" The doctor picked
up one of his cards labeled Randolph
of Roanoke" ''Sha1 write it on this ?"
eyes; nothing more proper was Ran
dolph's reply. The word remorse was
written on it in pencil and handed to
him. He looked at it a moment with
great intensity. "Write it on the back"
he exclaimed. It was done and handed
to him again. He looked at it with his
blazing eyes. "Remorse" he said,
''you can have no idea of it whatever;
it has brought me to my present situa-
tion-but I have looked to Jesus Christ
aid I hope to obtain pardon" He
then ASKED the doctor to draw a line
under the word and told him to keep
the card. A short time after this his
keen eye began TO dull, as powerful
mind gave way, and within two hours
he died
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-18
dead woman's child, sentence was sus-

dead woman's child, sentence was sus-
pended.
THERE were 143 business failures in
Washington Territory in 1884; liabili-
ties, $841,2 Washington led all the
territories in this respect, the nearest
approach being by Dakota, with lit
failures and liabilities OF $729,642.
THROUGH several mistakes in serving
papers, notices, ETC., it is now found, at
ter legal proceedings covering the
greater part of year and costing $3,OOO,
that an Oswego man has been granted
divorce from another mans wife.
CAPT. PECK, of the New Haven
steamer Charles H. Northam, says that
the new electric light at He'll Gate Is
worse than useless to sound navlgators.
The light can be seen, but is SO daz-
zling that nothing else can be seen.
ONE dead animal to each one thou
sand head is what the cowboys found
while riding in the North Yellowstone
range, in Montana, recently. Five OF
the dead ones STOOD in a water-hole
drinking when the ice formed around
them.
TIMOTHY PICKERING and his wife, OF
Deer Isle, Me-, made merry on their
golden wedding a few days ago, and at
the same time the silver wedding of
their daughter and her husband was
celebrated-a conjunction not often
noted.
THERE was an interval of nearly four
years between the last two marriages in
Haverhill, N. FL. Il is estimated that,
at this rate, it will take $500 years to
marry off the manageable portion of
the population. = Lowell Mass. J
Courier.
THERE are nearly 1000 officers and
subordinates in the department OF New
York city and county government. The
highest salary paid is to the city cham
berlain, who receives $4,000, out of
which he is required to pay his deputy
and clerks.
The present winter in Washington
territory is the most favorable for years
for an abundant wheat crop. When the
chinook" uncovered the ground
recently the wheat was green and nice;
then nature covered it up for its further
protection.
A NEW YORK lady accused the fire
patrolman of stealing diamond en-
gagement ring during a fire in her
house. Then they sifted the ashes and
debris in one of the rooms and found
the ring. The lady took it all back, in
Guiding the ring.
KLoTz, the lumber man of Shasta,
CAL, has big slab pile he has been &C
cumulating for years, which is to be
fred on the night of the 3D. of March in
honor of the inauguration of President
Cleveland. He thinks the blaze will be
seen one hundred miles away.
EUROPEAN horologists have begun to
place on watches, ETC., the hour hands of
which make two circuits in twenty-four
hours, dials with figures SO arranged
from one to twenty -four that those for
the day hours are shown on an inside
circle and those for the night hours on
an outside circle, after the manner
first popularity introduced in this coun-
try.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-18
Jumbo Does Himself Proud
from the New York Times. I


Officer B. O'Toole, of the mounted
squad of the Richmond County police,
owns large Newfoundland dog named
Jumbo. The mounted squad was orga-
nized especially to patrol the outlying
districts of Staten Island. Jumbo al
ways accompanies his master when on
patrol. Wednesday night, during the
bitter cold, Officer O'Toole and the dog
were passing along Richmond road,
near Stapleton, when the dog darted up
dark lane, near Foley's Grove, and
began barking loudly. The officer
thought nothing of the dogs action I'M
til he had gone quite distance and
heard the dog still barking. He turned
back and went to see what detained the
animal. The horse at first refused to
enter the lonely road. A few rods away
the dog was found beside PROSTATE
man, who had been overcome by the
extreme cold. The man was helped to
house near by and warmed. He
would undoubtedly have been frozen to
death but for the intelligence of the
dog.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-18
Only Fractions of Lives.

How many persons live only fraction of aver
age human life because they neglect to take the
commonest precautions against sickness 1t is
disease in its maturity that kills, and maturity
implies growth. Aslight indisposition is usually
sighted. They who avail themselves of Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters know it to be effcacious in
chronic cases of disease, but the process of cure
is far easier one If it is used in early stages OF
dyspepsia, malarial disease, rheumatism, consti-
patton and liver arrangement. Let those who
would avoid the peril which even the most po-
tep remedies cannot avert steer clear of the rock
upon which so many constitutions split-an un.
Misrepresentation of the danger of neglect II
will not do to omit care ana recourse to medi-
cine when health is affected. If debilitated, OF
nervous, or dyspeptic take 1t for granted you are
in want of q remedy use the Ritters
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-18
Turkeys New IrOnclad.

rConstantinople Dispatch to the London Standard
An exceedingly interesting ceremony
took place this afternoon, the occasion
being the launching of an ironclad in
the Golden Horn. The vessel, which is
named the Handle, after the Sultan,
has been some ten years in course of
construction. Her tonnage is about
5000, and her horsepower 1000. Her
plating, which is of great thickness,
was partly sent out from England and
partly manufactured in the Imperial
Arsenal here. When the armament
is put into her she will carry twelve
heavy guns. The imam, or priest, at
tached to the arsenal recited the pray
ers for the Sultan and for the success
of the new vessel in her future career.
Six sheep were then sacrificed, and at
a given signal the supports were cut
away from the monsters sides. The
vessel glided into the water slowly and
gracefully, to the immense satisfaction
of the minister of marine and his staff
and the thousands who watched the in
teresting spectacle from the decks of
the shipping and the housetops on
either side of the Golden Horn.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-18
A Beautiful Democrat.

"Wife, come with me. / desire to
present you to the most beautiful
woman in the world" These are the
words that Matthew Arnold is said to
have directed to his wife after he had
finished his lecture in Indianapolis.
Naturally enough she asked "Who?"
He replied, "The wife of Senator Nc
Donald" AS she had left the hall, an
introduction was out of the question,
but the critic is said to have remarked,
$50 spiritual creature of transcendent
beauty, SO fine a specimen of lovely
womanhood, I never met before"
Whether or not this high praise was de-
served, the reader may Judge from
a description of the lady. Mrs.
Joseph E. Mcdonald" says the Indian
apols correspondent of the Sun, els at
that period of woman life when a man
may piously adore the elevating memory
of sainted mother in her benign face.
On her soft cheek there is the delicate
luster of the open rose as well as glow
of girlish strength. Surmounting a
brow elegantly moulded is vast wealth
of hair, silken in it's softness-not gray,
but white as the snow drift. Faint
lines that johnson might characterize
as beauty marks chasten and contribute
to an expression that Raphael would
surely have loved to paint. Where
Matthew Arnold is cited as authority on
a subject, even if sacred, SO full of
poetry, a correspondent certainly has
license to note the exquisite blending
of girlhood and grandmotherhood in
one glorious presence, though he may
acknowledge that to describe with any
thing like justice lies beyond his posi-
bilities. TROY Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-18
A More Imperative Master.
IRON the Merchant Traveller. ]

IFTOm the MeTchanL ITaVeIeTI
Last week Charley Seanlan, of the
Cincinnati Inquirer, went to Hartford
City, Ind, to write up the female evan
gelist who is turning that town upside
down. When the services were well
under way, the lady began to exhort
Charley, and it made him nervous.
81 beg your pardon, madam" he said
politely, Sim not here to be exhorted ;
I'm here on business"
"Ah, my dear, dying brother" she
replied, "there is no business so import
ant as the Lords"
saint therep" said Charley forgetting
himself. SWELL, you don't know John
Mclean"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-18
HITCHED,

To speak the words her tongue did falter,
But all her tears and prayers were idle:
Her father forced her to the halter:
For he'd determined on the bride.
She did not wish to stitrup strife,
And so her feelings she did smother;
But saddle be her married life
She welded one, but loved another
II Boston Courier.