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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-14
FOR sale OR RENT.

NOR RENT.-Tbe STORE in sarepta Hall Ess
II building now occupied by W. I: Creigh- ILL
ton. Possession given March LIST. Also the HALL.
Possession given April 1. Apply to o,
feb10- 6teod Z. d. hOOFE.
FOR RENT-The sTOREHOUsE, formerly
81 occupied by Mclean Uhler, No. 70 klng
street Also STORE No. 81 King ST. Apply 70
dec14-eotf w. Is. GhE0ohL.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-14

NOR SALE, CHEAP-WITHIN THE NEXT
i 3Odays, the fine TRUCK AND FRUIT FARM
of the late James E. MoGrsw, one half mile from
this city Fine DWELLING AND OUT Ss
BUILDINGS. Apply to Iii
L. T. LUCAS, Auctioneer
;ono Alexandria, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-14

DHILIP B. HOOE,
NO. 2. PRINCE STREET,
GENERAL
COMMISSION AND SHIPPING MERCHANT
Dealer in oil kinds of
FERTILIZERS, SALT AND PLASTER.
Agent Of the
LIVERPOOL :: LONDON & GLOBE IESU':,
ANCE COMPANY.
fnnS-1f
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-14
YARDWARE AND CUTLERY.

yv,HE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore existing
betweco mo w PEAKE and B. W. MALLS,
under the firm name of PEAKE y MALLS, is
this day dissolved J. W. Peake alone will settle
the affairs of said firm.
January 81, 1885-1m
Holm w. PEAKE,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-14

successor to Peake s. Nails.
i:e9ler Ia
iuuEa SASH, BLINDS, HARDWARE,
psi:,,a, oils Loads, Cement. Lumber, Lime
CslcuaA Plaster. Slate, Marble and
Nantes Hearths, SC.
CORNER KING AND ST. ASAPE STREETS
;ono1tf Alexandria, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-14

IL ING GUNS-We have still on hand few
nice Guns which VIC are Offering at reduced
prices. Call and examine at 50 King ST., corner
Of Royal. -
dec17 ]. T. CREIGHTON & SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-14

TOR CHILLS AND FEVER,
II TRY LUNTS AGUE CURE.
Price so cents per bottle. ap19
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-14

Builders Hardware. Locks, Hinges, Screws
DoorBolts Latches, &C., Saddlery, Hardware,
Bride Bits, Buckles, Rings, Hames, &C., &C.,
Wheelwrights' Hardware, hxles, Rims, Huba,
Spokes Sawed Follows, Tire Iron, &c, Pocket,
Table, Carving and Butcher Knives, DC, Guns.
Pistols. &c. a full and complete stock Of first
class goods away in store and sold st lowest cash
rr;c,s' sug16
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-18
Church Notices.

" me Congregational church there will be
Yves at 1890 with preaching by the pas
ioung peoples meeting a, 6.ls.
S''"'og and social service at Z. All will
De weIeomed.
'"Nnristian church on Northern Avenue,
ICES tomorrow Meeting at 10 so A. NJ.
-"1aS'school at > 30 P. NJ; services in the
a tu,oe at o'clock, conducted by Rev F.
ward, All are invited
'"''e viii be preaching at the Free Bap-
81, ~a'eh tomorrow morning at 1890
var school at ll45: Evening service OF
''aenee and praise at :. Seats are free
- MI are cordially welcomed.
!, "e subject of discourse at the Universalist
n. tomorrow morning will be 'Revivals
.. 'a'en; aud effects" The meeting in
Nehing will be promise service. A
invitation is extended to all.
a. Methodist church, the closing Sun
-. aie conference year will be observed
saF'eFiy iove-feast at 9.l5 o'clock, A.
Bras; 44 preaching at 10 80 A. NJ, by the
v mug eider of Augusta district. Rev. A.
ain o''ie The pastor. Rev. c. w. BradIee.
,he,a "esent aud participate in both of
sa.. "ng services. In the evening, at
) "a, social meeting will be held which
D. i. iai reasons, it is fair to presume, will
soss :. : Tue most interesting for the year !;
service at the commencement.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-18
w intry Winds.

It's ali right for poets to sing the praises of
the beautiful snow, and the merry sleigh bells,
and the ringing skates on the CLASSY ice, but
they can't fill the bill with that sort Of stuff
when one is sitting with his feet in a tub of
hot water, his head done mp in hannels, and
with mustard plasters on both sides of his
chest. What a person needs then is a thor
ough dose of Kidney Wort to act as "a cathar-
tic, tor nothing vii! so quickly relieve that
congestive. feyerish condition which comes
of a hard cold. Often these colds cause bill
ious attacks, lame backs, disordered kidneys,
rheumatism, catarrh, etc. Kidney-Wort can
be relied on TO bring back a healthy condi-
ton. aprl4teod&w1w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-18

Repetition is sometimes the only way to i'm
press a truth upon the mind Accordingly
take notice that DR. Pierce's Pleasant Pur-
gative Pellets" (the original Little Liver
Pills. continue to be wonderfully effective
in cases of sick and nervous headache. con-
stipation. indigestion, rush of blood to the
head, cold extrepities, and ali ailments arts.
ing from obstruction of the bodily functions
Their action is thorough yet gentle, and the
mgr dents being entirely vegetable, they
can be taken with IMMUNITY into the most
delicate stomach. All druggists.
aprl4dWS&wlw
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-18

More than three quarters of century has
passed since Johnson's Anodyne Liniment
was invented. and it is to-day the most wide
Is known AS well as the most valuable inter
nal and external remedy in the world NJ
family should be without it a day.
1t Is said by reliable persons that Sheri-
dams Cavalry Condition Powders fed sparing-
~ TO laying hens will increase the qaautitv
of eggs two-fold. Try it. 1t won't cost much.
Don't throw away your money on the large
25ct packs. Sheriians absolutely pure.
aprl4d&wIw
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IL faLi III sER STRIKES.

one oI the busiest OF all the manuiactur.
~, cities Oh Aew r-nsiand Is Fail River,
ANGUS lor lis many mills, It's entorprisine
manufacturers. and lis hosts of sleady-go-
Ins operatives. Once in while strike
takes place III Fall River which brings the
place INTO more tlan usual prominence.
but t.lese striGe> are ie>S,and less frequent,
and the relations bet wen capital and la
DUr are nov - well undt rslood thai strikes
are regarded as Improbable waste OF time.
One of our editorial writers went 10 Fa!!
river few days ago, not to see the mills,
nor TO study as 10 strikes and strikers, hit
to learn about the case OF Mrs. Lawtor.
Who Tor many years was a sufferer fru3
rheumatism. Mrs Lawton is lady vel
known In Fall River, and living AT NJ. II
Iinrd Street. Calling on her, our irituI
ioCl her az home and very cheertully us
po=ei to talk about her experience in get
ting RI of her rheumatic Troubles.
said Mrs. Lawtun: d" had rheua atism
'fr Aiteen years, and il was of the most
painful kind, too. The pain was mostly IN
~ let, which We're sometimes badly
sae4.oi. My joints were exceedingly pain
!.i, l cuuid not rest with any Oomior, =.
r'-r. Sometimes in the dav time would
et sea it'll s',,llca pains 80 that could
... ~,i.i,.. JUS uc.ure a change Oi wc;..A-
II, suii>Tings would sometimes b. it,
t.>. Well, Vi course, tried everythiu.
gave me any hope OF recovery FROM
disease. From tin. TO time | had sly.
s'ni,''iiies " one sIi.ooi "''.'
,ertyncc rcli,t with the various th.n-
90 ''''' Guy ''ie rei'ei wouia pe ON,
~ '"'''' WY Only SNORT tii--..
Pre- % say what .ne eause o.
''''',,'. II nv lever IL Is, II W. a.
AN "a ihe1i-'hes L TOOK ior ni'V''
"''''' . se' l. u.
" 4, u'"7a'u. II 'r did you get RE ut
l:rt: ! ou seem u b. entirely irce
.,, rto't.
.,,:ru it, Yes, | gu, am. No
.r,. .a.a.ism tor me since took Ath-
,.. ,ti, new ID eiicira that there j, "a
l,..l about In the fail Of 'S4 saw
H. t.uphrroS advertised III a paper
I'll, ia-, and heard some OF my
4it-; a."'' It, ~ that iiine
." '.'-' t-ieic WIS any 'iilliS tiat
F'y'''na'i>ih' '"T me doctors h2d
Y i"''|' 70 cure Lame.
lI.n. II l. would try bottle o.
A.N.a..Iitine iust to see what it would
,,.f lor = bottle. There was none
'a IL to0natthat time, and SO 81;
Ivrr q. ISIS 10 nd for it for me.
,old TIC ,s,;@gist> all keep it now,
Il, FIR il La, done 50 much good that
..at nauy rpple are asking for it. As
os | bad taken the medicine felt
Hing ~ . mead. TWAS not I'm
.-'", exactly, ht it made me wonder
..' AZ romln. next. Well, what came
N, Why, just what | wanted-that
,;,.f from nv main. The first nirIt
ll,l ,ol-,, ~ ,,lJ;,;n,J I .Io,,
'",' '''h u '"e ii'eui',iie siePt ~
... 40 sept Tor years. do not say that
,t.in III went AWAY at once Rut with
:,.. :, al -, - a. II.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-18
4 Dream f'uifiiled.
;. y. GALLAGHER,
hdlutant General

The Home Farm in it, historic notes o
Norridgewock. says:
Two boys OF about fou teen years were
once standing in the streets in front of the
Culrt House, when On- said to the other, II
dreamed last night that You were presi ling
as Judge in that Court House, and that wa
called upon 10 act as chaplaIn.' The dream
was received with laugh of incredultv
passed from their thoughts as an Idle vazran-
Cy, and did not occur to them till thirty IT.
after Sarls when the dream in every plrticu-
lar was fulfilled. One Of the boys graduated
from Bowdon College and entered the minis
try. in which he holds an honorable position,
and the other studio | law, and was at length
appointed judge of the Supreme Court of
Maine, which office he still honorably fills.
This remark able coincidence was fulfilled
in the persons of Hon Charles Danforth, now
judge of the Supreme Cout of Maine, and
DR.. Charles Allen, presiding Elder in one of
the Maine districts of the Methodist church
both born and raised in Norridgewock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-18
The Root of the Evil.

To thoroughly cure scrofula it is necessary
to strike directly at the root of the evil. This
is exactly what Hoods Sarsaparilla does BY
acting upon the blood, thoroughly cleansing
it of all impurities, and leaving not even a
faint of scrofula in the vital fluid. Thou
sands vi no have been cured Of scrofula BY
Hoods Ssrsapsriia, testify to it. wonderful
blood purifying q1alitie,. Sud by Mi drug
gists
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-18
MURDER CONFESSED.
James .. Lowell of Lewiston Confesses tn
Killing His Wife.


Killing His Wife.
james 5. Lowell of Lewiston, who was in
1874 convicted of the murder of his wife and
sentenced to death, the sentence afterward,
being commuted to imprisonment for life in
the ota'e PRISON, confessed his guilt Thurs
nay Until then, many believed him inno-
cent. Ii was nearly two years after the muir
Der before the body was found Il was then
skeleton, but was identified bv the clothing.
The skull was not then found When Low.
ellis wife disappeared it was supposed she
went Of with circus Lowell was arrested
ana committed on very slender circums;ancial
evidence. the State using implied confess
SONS contained in letters written BY him
One witness for the defenc not impeaehed.
swore that he saw Mrs. Lowell 90 away with
the circus, and that he saw her a week afte r
the time ii was alleged that she was murdered.
Lowell was defended by Hoo Z +. Pills
bury, and everybody was surprised at hi.
conviction He, TODAY, told the whole story.
lie says he took his wife to ride. ami when
IN retired place a quarrel arose, during
which he checked her and inadvertently killed
her. He then cut off the head to make iden.
tihcation difficult suppo.ing the bod, would
soon be found, and carried it 10 a distance
and hid 1t under log.
since Lowell has been IN prison. human
a, ,ha go .i. .ounu near "ui not preeiseiy
head. He took fran, tho hodv ,ha - ".
and everything BY which he deemed iden,if.
cation would be possible and carefully cor
la - ~, e',aI a ','e circumstances "hicn
character tina, thav cannot NJ. M, 49, 49,.
language by any possibility. LoweIrs con.
prison 1t has been verified in some re.nect.
ana no doubt IL entertained that it is all
'''''''
city Personals
Mr.. James Young of Bismark Dakota, is
IN the city.
Hon. Clarence Hale of Portland, was in the
city yesterday.
Hon John l.. Cutler Of Bangor Sas in the
The mission at st Mary's church of which
Very Rev. John w Murphy ia pastor. pro.
gres~+. tavorthtv. Last evening Rev. Father
some Of the doctrines of the church. The
, s'rH''" ~ ihc evening was preached by
Kew ra'her MCCARTHY Ills theme was tenn
per"''ce' "hich ne treated from Ca'h'
oi'c 'tahnpoln'' tie spoke eioquentiy ane
maze most taV'r'o'' impression on his
.., ...:
7
The Salvation Army made their rounds
on the street last evening in accordance with
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FINE JOB PRINTING.

~. Lob Printing ESTABLISHING Mt Of the Kennebec
,osI T. always well prepared for doing the incest
- i. well as the more common branches. This
t fseo. On f hans .bs ss,
az. If type Wedding and whiting cards and enve
.JR. 10 .tnck; also q varied assortment of dance
"a programs. announcements, etc, etc. Orders
- tail will receive PROMPT and careiui attention
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-18

Mr.. OH, Webster ard Z. Shaw are build
M A.. boat house above the dam.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-18

William Sparro", Dsq, of Deering Me-,
states that he has always found Roderic's
Cough Bsisam to act speedily and with ex-
cellent effect. adrIidWS&wIw
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.i.ox team crossed Cobbosscecontee
IKE % the ice last Tuesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-18

Know thyself, by reading the Science of
Life" the best medical work ever published,
for young and midde-aged men.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-18

gaur inebria,es went to jail yesterday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-18

Local f-t ermen are preparing their fishing
,,ck,e for business,
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City Of Augusta.

Residents of Augusta desiring TO make application
for State Pension are notified TO apply to either OF
the undersigned Committee on Pensions. frhm 2 to
O'Clock z. NJ. on Monday and Hedf esdsy Of each
week during the month ofAprl. ISIS.
JOHN r. FOsSETT, COMMITTEE on
SAMUEL ". LANE, ! Pensions
April /, 1885, apr1dlm
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The Governor will appoint county com
missioner to fiji the vacancy left by the death
# Hen Horace Colburn.
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II "A reported that quite number of ducks
.eut spring Water fowl are now migrating
n5r,h~ard. and becoming wearied, slight in
oonds and streams to rpcupcrate
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-18

There will be a May night ball at the rink,
gnler tie management Of Me-srs. Gould and
Bruce
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-18

he steamer Della Collins is having a
,prug overhanling at Monlton's machine
.h,p Bath
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new floor is being laid in the lookup.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-18

we'll known crizen fell to the hoo., on
Thursday and was insensibe for while he
+. , sag4rer from heart disease
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several coal vessels will come up the river
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some RSET.

Misses Minnie Rhoad = and Inez Hill have
gone to Boston to receive a course OF lnstruc-
ton at the Boston Conservatory of Music,
says the Pittsteld Advertiser.
l.. A. Witherell of Norridgewock. sold a
Winthrop Morrill, five-ycar-od colt to John
Horn of Waterville last week for $500
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-18
[9tfo.

In this city. April II, John Rollins aged IS yrs.
mos, dsys.
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I0fdl dnH StdlH NkWS.
catu-day ApriI 18. 1895.
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,nL,.,n, r.,.b,;sb,oent NJ the Rennahao
,ourns /. always well prepared for doing the incest
- employs competent printers, carries a large
..se. 81 type. Wedding and whiting cards and enve.
NJ. 10 ,,,ograms announcements, etc, etc Orders
" 90" -
Four inebriates went to jail yesterday.
IL, Iaid II ,ha IooL
----
aT'e'a' '''''
'sofis -----
There vas german ~ the Augusta House
So --------
al
b'ea' u "
acE'e i'' o"o-,- ---,',------------------
.iX Ok team crossed Cobbosscecontee
Lac '" -
Mr.. Otis Webster ard L. Shaw are build
nv boat house above the dam.
u,gH Smith has commenced his new
..,.a q, the corner Of Patterson and Gannett
,
,oler tie management Of Me-srs. Gould and
e,,cs
M. CHI. :
-,..t; -, n,,,.o, .l;.
r., c,varnor will arpoint a county conn
..i.,e, +, An the vacancy lief, bv the death
,u.a uo,sc. cnlbprn
------
hV"li known c''"eh ie'i !" tue moo, on
lhHfSds'' ah" was '"S'"7i"'' i"' ""i'e' ne
Rs'. stephen Alien was elected president
u ne MAINE wesleyan board OF hhhcatloh'
A. tbr annual meeting April lfth.
.rt. vourg propl. Of the Univ,rsalI.t so
.,.,u rnl givc ,no,ber mink and white so,ia-
n ,,,;ao nm Eria,,, A,,,ioib
40 luguUa fisherman returned from a ten
h,'s f.hing excursion to Belgrade Pond, the
l., I.
IN, trout. but Hid not get pickerel bite.
''r''' '.'' i"''' "''"o'' " 'u0
nave ''e" ''''' :" ~ s'"'e '''e"'' '"e pre-
'e"' spring " '''r HOWL are no" migrating
aonds and streams to recuperate.
'P"''"V" o"' w 'Np
~ IL WIS '''"''s '"'' ."' "'''' are i'ee
.,o" '""" ""' ''e ''''' " ''' " ''' k''""''
w '"'P' va" "''' ""'' '''i gen
'r'"k '""9 ''''''' '''"'' journey '"R
~ '''' WV '"'
,so
.to fa..... .....,:... ., Al -, T.. , 4, -
,..
..,..o.,. ',
ABB, h.,n a.. 49,
go
Fast Day will b. q red letter day for
Capital Rink There viii be no dear'h of
attractions. In The afternoon there will he a
n. ,,ra. c..
..n ...,.. - " ''''N NV.
A,., 49,
an. a,,
Several complaints having been male to
Pee elty authorities about the gas lights on
she Hrc / The sutierthas been examined by
a'omm TOE of the city cnunril. and it has
bee" nun that the lin ,ulties complained of
cannot be removed until the frost is out of
the ground When the frost is gone the
Fights vii Immediately M, in order
'"' ''n''"n c'hpla'nen tha'
H., 80, "''' N''"'h MIN o" 'he oacN OF
'"'V'r bruce started at'er the OF
sand ViU H., r,s;st,l ,rr.,,o a., and
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", P.B Smith has commenced his new
s,r.o a, the corner Of Patterson and Gannett
~ ets
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There are thirty prisoners in the Kennebet
idl
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so luguua fisherman returned from a ten
la,'s f.hiug excursion to Belgrade Pond, the
present week While there he took sixtet n
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There vas a german ~ the Augusta House
1T evening.
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Tht young people Of the Univcrsallst So
rirly. viii give another pink and white soca-
be az N, oman Hall. Friday, Apr,l 2i,h.
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Sporsmen say that no snipe can be expect
I'd IN this vicinity until the fields are free
from SNOW, and the frost is out of the ground.
The snipe is wise bird and waits until "gen-
tie spring" fairly arrives before iourneying
70 the north
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-18
WALDO.

Searsport is said to be excited over strarg &c
sounds like the crashing of large quantities
of broken glass, which are heard in the YES
try of one of the churches Several people
have heard the noises but cannot account for
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-18

leo commenced running in the river at
10 80 A. NJ. yesterday, and continued the
The larger portion Of the day. 1t passed the
city in fragments. the fall Mt the dam pulver-
HIng the large cakes. 1t was reported last
olght that the river was clear between this
city and Watcrvillc
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-18

Fast Day will b. red letter day for
attractions, In the afternoon there will he 4
game Of polo between the FalrfeIds and J d
r., will" 10 the evening the Granite City,
vii engage the Somerset champions. Thi,
''u'e e POLO giants vii b. well worth wit.
7'Racs, ana viii draw h~ec crowds.
New-York tribune., 1885-07-05
AMERICAN FISH ~ ENGLAND.

COMMISSIONER BLACKBOARD REPLIES TO BRITISH
sIUGs UPON THEM.
Much Indignation has been manifested among anglers
and pciculturss the recent attempts to rob the
lakes end streams Of America OF their best specimens
o., f,odsh in order stock the sluggish streams and
lsh ponds of England. To add to the ieoinS of Ma
tiona injury comes tho tdings that the English public
are waging newspaper on their imported Amer-
can Gsh. The following from London WAS recently
pubnshcdi
TheV o,necalIv pour ont the vals Of their wrath
upon tho American catfish. MIR. Ralston, lannon's
angler begins a ettcr to-d1ys" " Times with tho
fn'owing outburss: In mercy 10 men and fishes.
protest against importing this forbddiny. ferociods,
ueaable but all de, curing suroid." The uniortu-
nate bullhcad In tor unlimited abuse All around
and incidentally the anglers pay their compliments 70
the fresh water shark called the pike, tho hybrid
pckerel- trout which has the wees of both aud the
vrtues OF neither of its prototypes and the bundle
OF bones which the Yankees cqll shad'
A reporter asked Fish Commissioner Blackiord what
q" siluroid resembled.
at Is only q scientific nape for a catfish or bull-
head ho replied The fish not handsome. but
they are great ia, ortes in Philadelphia nati,o Of
that place happy as when he is at picnic
on the Wissahiokon eating catfish and waies Curious
combination, isn't it "
Not many catfish etray into our market and when
hoy do they boxed up and shipped to Philadelphia
where they appreciated
as for the nyDriu plckere-trour ooup hnoW
what that can be as o pickerel and o trout
essentially different and totally unlike PIKE Ths
great Improvement on the thwaite herring. the only
thing they have in England resembling shad.
:" Are any SPECIAL efforts being made to stock tho
waters of England with American fsh ~
There have been some black bass taken over,
which have multiplied, go have heard, and probably
that Is What oil the fuss Ia about But the black bass
Is garnoy fish, as hard to catch as q trout aud OF
splendid flavor. I sent some to tho Duke 9f Suther,
land two years ago. and they increased grssty Shad
egcs and brook trout eggs have also been sen Eng
Land. and to the sOcetS dc Acolinatation In Paris.
There has tecn great difficulty y getting shaa over
once with tank iull Of young ones aud they pershed
on the way, But now Q hatchery has been invented
shout tho tune they get the ocean. Probably
some Of tho black bass caught o few years ago ~
Greenwood Lake BY the Marquis Of Exeter are begin
ong to be heard from now. tried to have the Mar
auis arrested but no escaped. Tho men employed by
hm wero arrested tor volstng tho sh Laws, bat the
Judge did not hold thom ~ We could ouy prove thA1
they had caught one small black Rasl5