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Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-13

OFHCE OBJ p. y. .TAYiyoR Sweets Hotel
GRAND RAPIDS March ~ 1856 I
Gables quoted wheat excited. Corn hrmer.
'ousolf poini- lower Chicago reoeipfs were
as carr wheat. -. ears corn, 10 carr Oats. New
York shipped % .das 30 bu. wheat and IIs 9lo
bu corn.
Ihe Chicago whoot market hung upon the war
rumors. and was by Turns weak AM strong IN prss-
portion al tAe number ~ war reports r-er hour
was few or many finally IN She momeriary ALL
senCe Il any new demonstrations closing weak as
noted baiss,t
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-13

AresSr. \ s. March f2-"Fatz Err
hi ff. ihe ss'for. vita face hoste3 and 6is-
Tg-tfce Cluta ttis morning ON as- eromss-
in- ta rfasa amends fsr his .mrru.le1t trrs
Mr- Emmett ritaireV the rhsr--. arst
Detective nvrer ser nraulei ttsn 81 their
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-13
ConiInuous Fnrine.

SUAKni, March l2.-Fring upon theworks
by the rebels has lasted continuously for
twenty four hours, and tins evening is quite
heavy. The Sikh regiments and East Sur
reys return FIRE briSkly at intervals Several
of the garrison have been killed. At mid
night bugles were sounding general alarm
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-13

LoSDos, March l2.-Charies Bfadlau.gh
viii preside a1 "a nas- meeting April 2. called
hs English e3rilngmen TO protest against
tie government 3 sApeD ling more money
for war operations ia tie Noudan. la
bOuchere vail addre-s the meeting.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-13

LoNDoN March l2.-Placards signed by
the Mahdi, ordering the faithful 70 rise and
seized at Jiddan. Medina aud other cities in
the Arabian province OF the HedJaz IN spite
of the efforts OF the Turks 20 check the re-
bellion IN the Hedjaz and IA Yemen. iho dis
affection j. spreading.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-13

NrV Yosz. March f2-Fransis 7 Her
man. a faru hand. vss seized with q ~
vhiis driving from Broosiyn 20 Fort Ham
unu. yesterday. snd f-n from tae wagon
81 8. 81 - t1e same rers0u Tao. zen years
szr. shot sui siiei 81 eher and Douz zlass
ths -rrroecd ahiuctnrs af Charley Ross
Vhle they were attempting - rob his eun
riefar's residence
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-13

LONDON, March l2.-henrs 81. Stanley has
written letter urging the completion and
maintenance Of the railway - the Soodan as
"A commercial highway under British pfolec-
ton. he points Oui that otherwise the future
Development Of ihe Congo region viii be-
greatly retarded. Urless the SouGan is
opened 10 commerce IL VIII be "a constant
meEace 20 the peaceful commercial develop
ment Of the West African nations with which
lis wariike tribes come IA contact.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-13

OswrG0. y. y. March l2-A survey Of
the ice field of Lake Ontario made to-day
from a survey station ~ feet above the lake
level found the ice solid in al directions a.
Ear as 2 gi8ss c0uld reach except due north
from the harhor. where open water appeared
az distance Of seventeen miles and extend
I'd over the horizon. The ice fleid consists
entirely of rough hunmocks.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-13
A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.
A Man Shoots His. Father-in-Law.
Mistaking Him for a Wild Cat.

JoSEsBoKo. Me-, March l2.-Yesterday
Colby Pert saw a wild cat prOwiing around
his lumber camp, ana seizing a gun pur-
sued il. The animal eluded HIM for some
time. but AT last Pert, as be supposed, saw
the creatures head partly covered by under
brush. Quickly levelling his ride, he fired.
A deep grUan followed the report. ard 10 his
dismay Pert discovered he had killed his
father-in-aw John W. Teeny. The dying
man was conveyed to the net rest village but
life was extinct before ms arrival.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-13
FRELINGAUYseN AT HOME.
Ne Expresses Confidence IN the New
Administration.

NfNAEk, y. j., March l2-fx- 81 c1etary
Frelinghaysen arrived at bis home ia this
city yesterday. Tie had come directly from
Washington to New York. aud was found
comfortably seated III his library by repre-
sentative of the nited Pres. A. he went
on carefully asserting collection ~
papers, he courieously bat Iinnly declined
to be interviewed al any length
on POLITICS. He however, expressed The
greatest confidence IN the integrity of the
new administration. lie referred 70 his
long and intimate acquaintance with Secre-
tary Bayard, his successor. ana paid glow
ing tribute To the latter's fitness. Ir. Ere
liughuysen expects 10 remain in Newark IN
definitely, and as soon a. some routine mat
ters in connection with ms retirement from
the state department are disposed of he viii
devote himself TO his former Law. practice.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-13
The "Free Press Incorporated

DEra0rr. March l2-The Detroit free
Prsss Publishing Company files articles Of
Incorporation capital -toes S27.oe0. heid hy
Wm +. Qninby. - shares. Jgd-on g.
Lowell. Joseph Greusa aad Nathan kisu-
lord. 70 shares. Robert Berr. John oCon-
nor. s. ~. Habbiu and Fred FaYrm. ~
-f1~.1- 1rrA
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-13
a Fatal Assault.

BALuNoRE. March Nv. II. Nal9roa.
aged a. residing At - South Patterson
avenue. who was. during inauguration week.
assauitad and robbed. it is stated. AZ tte
Marshall House. Washington. died ~ ID
% clock tonight from Injuries received.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-13
Russia Buying CameIs.

LONDON. March l2.-The Government has
advices that agents Of Russia are purchasing
all the camol- 30 be procured ia Bokhara dis
trict. The Afghans are forlifying the city Of
Balkl near the DNus River boundary between
Afehauistan and Turkesian.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-13
THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW.
Mackin and Gallagher to Pay $1,000
Each and Serve Two Years.

speciI Dispatch to THE TELE8RsN
CmcAGo, March l2.-Late this afternoon
Mackm and Gallagher, the election conspir
ators, were sentenced to pay a ine Of 5000
each and two years IN the penitentiary, the
extreme limit Of The lazy. They will appeal
70 the Circuit Court. Gleason. the other de
fsndaut. II not yet sentenced.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-13

FIrvr. March 12.-The residence of Mrs.
Deborah Hamilton wac g1tted hy Ere fhis
morning Loss unknown. and probably
covered hv the Sf0o Insurance.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-13

LONDON. March l2.-The Times declares
that Russia renewed her pacific assurances
10 the British government yesterday Thurs
day.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-13
SPRING a COMPANY.

FLANNELs of ail descriptions
are markee down al the most
wonderful low prices 9c. Zoe.
l2lc. l5c. l7c. poe. 25c During
business experience ol up-
ward of thirfY-hNe wears We
haue never known such values
for the money - now prevail
IN each department of oun
store. No matter what Your
wants MAY be n tbe Dry Goods
line. YOU will dniefeIa article
marked c0rre-ponams.y with
the great scarcity oi money
A bu.hel of wheat nill pur-
chase more goods from oar
establishment than ID ever
would since the foundation of
the world.
SPRING a COMPANY.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-13

SPRING a COMPANY.
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a personal interest attaches ID several u
the pictures and article. in The December CEN
ptry The frontj~prcc i a striking portrait
OF the late Helen Jackson Oh. H., with
which j. given an iplrrciatiNc account Of her
life and writings bv a New England writer.
follow ed by seven new poems, her last work
in verse Gcorg, Parsons Lathrop draws eu-
tcrtaiunS wGrI-portrait~ OF the Gardlner- Of
Gardeners Island, under the title. An Amer
lean Lord>hip," and the sketches, by Harry
Fem, give charming glimp>e~ of their island
estate Mark Twain contributes chapter Of
autobiography, entitled The Private History
of a Campaign that Failed" which j. humor-
ou.ly illustrated by kcmhlc. II describes the
writer's sort service a Confederate volun-
tecr, and j. the perfect type Of >atirical
war paper The sketch ha> historical value a.
showing the fluctuations Of opinion at that
time, and the unmilitary character Of some Of
the earlier campaigns. The writers well
know map OF Pari, is not funncr than thr
maps he has sketchcd for hi> contribution to
The Century War Series. Captain Ericsson
furnishes the serious war paper Of the num-
Der which is both important contribution
TO history and interesting to the general
reader since it describes the principles
Of construction Of the original Monitor.
and the performances Of The Monitors
a. class, all from the point OF view of
fully the battle incidents, % well a. The
mechanical side Of the paper. The Loss OF
the Monitor j. briefly and most graphically
Tho Sbah ona HI naIace. arr descrhed nc.
ine ,Iiint .ttr,it;va il,n.tra,oI n,,nar ~,
WIZ - ~ rabaran Nv ne IN "
piai'ia IL; u iata nitad States Wini.ter ~
Persia.
:. inhn Rod.win-s testimony art rnntinncd
~ int,ar cnrtainin, m erisode IL traoi,. in'
,nr.S, ybernin j rharartcri.ti, nba.e of West-
'rr ~ I d"rjrteJ Thi. numher contain.
ailn ty,o hort .tories. one by n n Royesan
an,;,Ia,I "A child of the Az" ami tbe o,bar
M. p.r,y,s re-, = hy Tboma. 4 Janvier
1vnrv RI,ctl author of Rose Madder" etc
This sntrayaganza piyes a strikinply satiricai
view of modern ..pnlite conversation" in
which the most starting things are said and
heard. and the most sacred subjects are dis
cus.ed, in a purely conventional manner.
An art interest i lent to the number by
Henry Eckford~ essay on The 'Lama' OF
Keats. and the Illustration. by Will II. Low
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Poetry.
Good-by to the Gothics.


From the Boston Transcript
Good-by to you. Gothics. grieving good-bv
A. grsndly YOU stand there with heads in the
Two reflections you cast ere the daylight de-
parts;
one shines in the clear lake and one In our
hearts.
>omew hat of yourself into Us deeply flows.
Somewhat of your firmness. YOUR strength,
your repose,
And easier it seems. Is You fade into night,
To resist the worlds wrong, or TO aid the
worlds right.
No doubt they meant honor who gave YOU
YOUR name.
To lend you shade of the glamour and fame
That rest on Cologne or Westminster'. proud
pile;
You bear it with patience. YOU rage not. nor
smile
Yet the .randc.t cathedral that e'cr raised a
cross
Could be built from your side and you'd not
know the loss.
How slight are sl under your measuring-rod
Whose architect. builder and maker is God.
Creed>' too, YOU have seen come and 90 past
recall.
Religions brief forms, Ike your leaves. grow
and fall
Fetish, pagan and christian. then schools old
and new
Al tell u, grim Gothcs. sh. tell US the true :.
40 you kno" the great secrets for which we
must grope;
10 YOU SEC the bright visions for which We
must hoper
- wise YOU sppear in YOUR venerable youth,
= stern a. 4 fact, a. unyielding ~ truth.
sin silent. proud Gothic.: Al, lay BY YOUR
pride,
After AL. were shove YOU. beyond YOU abide.
\ ou are mighty, We feeble, YOU grand. and We
small:
But the time is 10 come when at last you shall
fan.
When The crest csr'h shall crumble the stars
fade awav.
And ID" ,un shall no longer divide night from
day
But We. " hom God m.de from himself. shall
not die.
But eAai hear yo', departing. to US sy''Good-
But dear to our soul. are YOU siin Now good
8 Erandls You stand there with head, in the
>ky
But oft, a our way through the crowd We
>hA., thread.
And OF. a. the tired city streets We shall
Tread.
W. Shall dream of YOU. Gothic-. Crowd
street ani duh wall
Shall lad" quit" SWAY. and our glad cyc. shall
on Al >ahl,'- bright waters. and YOU looming
high.
And We! ,ay 'Sain sadly Dear Go,hic,,
s"pi-bN."
". H. Lyon.
Nepnm4rk Lci2c iIirsnd1cKs.
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For the Ellsworth American.
Mo>soN, Nov. 90. 1885.

Once more your humble servant is in the
wilds Of Piscataquis County. on X. r.
survey. The Monson r. r. is making sur
veys for extending its line from Monson to
Greepville, and | am assistant to Warren
Nickerson. Chief Engineer. Our camp is
now in the town of Shirley. about ten miles
from here, and about mile east of the road
from Shirley to GreenviIle. We have two
tents with stove in each and plenty of bed
camp by team, ard can get straw for bed.
(which IS an improvement on wet fir boughs)
we are comfortable. Tonight when we re-
turn to camp We shall take in quarter of
beef. some fresh pork, lard. evaporated
apples, &c, &c. 50 YOU see starvation is
not pending.
The country is broken and very decep-
tive, the worst have ever encountered.
The progress of the party is rather slow at
the morning than we are when night comes.
After reaching GreenviIle a survey will be
made TO Athens to connect With the loca.
ton Of the Skowhegan 4 Athens r. X.
We had snow storm. Nov. 10. and it
is good sleighIng at the lake From Shirley
to Monson there are some thin places, but
the seghing j, comfortable.
The amount Of supplies required to"run"
party Of l3 men, cooks included), would
astonish any one not accustomed to such
business
Tracks of deer and caribou are plenty, bu,
We have as yet secured no game.
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sire to be present had clouded his judg-
ment. He claimed to have looked at the
matter in all its phases, and to have debated
with his cabinet, his anxious callers, and in
bis own mind the question to go, or not to
go. Messages from Indiana had much
weight in persuading him to stay at home.
Secretaries Lamar, Whitney, Bayard, and
Postmaster General Villas, with the commit
tees of Senators and Representatives went
on special train.
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For the Ellsworth American
A Welcome Weekly Visitor.

take several newspapers, but the one |
read the most is the ELLSWORTH AMERI-
CAN. | read it even more than | do the
dailies of our own city, because | read and
re-read it that | may be well posted in the
general news Of my native place. look
forward from week TO week to its coming
With a great deal Of pleasure and .atsfac-
ton, and when it arrives, absent myself
from everything else for the time being, that
may, to the best Of my ability, entertain my
most welcome guest. The AMERICAN
differs widely from most any other paper |
have ever read at least i, seems so to me }
in the way it gathers and gives its news.
find its correspondents, many Of them, are
men and women of locality, that is they are
residents Of the particular town or locality
which they write up. 1t is only now and
then find a rorer like T. Aldin, and think
to myself he must be either a wandering
Jew or country pedagogue. Now like
local correspondence, news given by the
people themselves, or BY one worthy to
represent them and their interest and who,
being one of them, has his honor more at
stake in what he says through the press,
whereas rowing correspondent is apt TO
gather up most ANYTHING that comes in his
way in the shape of news and items, without
regard to its meri, or real value, great
deal of it being worse than no news at all.
l am glad that most of your neighbors
(towns) furnish their own writer's to your
most valuable paper. 1t shows enterprise
in the towns themselves, if nothing more
Mr.. Ed, never read your paper without
thinking of your snow-capped and ice-clad
hills in winter, of your roaring waterfall,
and humming saw-mills in the spring time
and of your green fields in summer.
Los ANGELES, Cal, Nov. %. -
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Danger of the First Drink,

You are thinking ike silly IDIOTS when
you say there i. no danger in the cup.
know from the blood Of five generations Of
cider drinking ancestors in my y.ss the
danger there is in this thing. There IS not
scent of liquor that IS not pleasant to ME
that would not be a precious drop on nv
tongue. Look at me. DO | look ike
man easy to be overcome by temptation,
DO you know my life Go back and learn
ii, and see what have suffered, and vet
say to you, with this background Of ofeyidenc.
declare unto you, as value my manhood
and nv soul, would not dare to drink for
three weeks glass of liquor day. That
chasm yawns at your feet, at my feet.
Those who say there is no danger in the
first glass of liquor do not recognize the pc
rils of hereditary w.akness.-W. II, H. Nu-
ray.
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Mt. Desert has within a few wear, obtain
ed wide celebrity as summer resort that
combines the pleasures of the ocean and of
the mountains, Of salt water fishing and
fresh water fishing. Of sailing upon the
ocean and driving up.1 the main Rarely
has nature combined 50 many pleasant
features for the enjoyment ot people. The
island lies no miles east or Portland. and i
separated from the mainland by only
small arm q: the sea. 1t covers a hundred
square miles and includes three towns
fremont, Mt. Desert and Eden. the last
named containing the village of Bar Har-
Dor. The mountains lie in seven ridges up
on the southern half Of the island. and run
nearly north and south. Iney have been de
scrIbed as slopJng gradually upward on
their western sides TO the summit. but on
the east descending BY steep, sheer precipi-
ccS-and more remarkable ,.ul-four Of
them INTO deep lakes, And a fifth into
Somes sound an arm Of tile Sc, seven miles
long and, At the Narrows. hundred and
forty feet deep. ~ !, the only nelghborhood
OF mountain and sea On all our Atlantic
coast, says another writer These cliff,
look down, not on bay or lake but upon
broad ocean. It is to find in one the Isles
of Shoals and Wachusett or Nahant and
Monadnock Newport and the CatskIls.'
Green Mountain, the lotilr>t summit on the
island, j. easily reached ov railroad similar
70 the one up NJ. Washington, from which
point the Islands of Penobscol Bay and the
oceans broad expanse lie our.nread ike
picture whose foreground is rough and
Jagged mountain range. and the background
the horizon, above which are In. heecy
Tio.l-r S,c,. ling 10 the attractlreness Of the
weather. It BaPr BaPf AstSsr and SothAw.sg
Harhor the summer hotels shelter not less
than 10000 people at a time. Many ele-
CANT residences have been bui.t abou, the
shores during the past few wears, and the
number s annually Increasing, their owners
representing the wealth and culture OF
Boston, New York. Philadelphia and the
other cities of the New England and Md
die States. Yachting parttc. along the A.
Iantc coas, find their trip incomplete t.l
they have visited this locality, and there !.
hardly da, during the summer season that
the harbor is not crowded with pleasure
yachts, among which may often be seen one
or more government vessels The yacht
ing ground at Bar Harbor" say. J, Beaver
Webb, designer of the English cutter
Genes,a, ''is the best on the Atlantic coast"
At the hotel. the people of all portions Of
the country are represented. The society is
as good as can be found at any summer re
sort, and there is conspcuou.
absence Of the vices Of some other local.
ties
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age, seven years old; she is daughter Of
the white missionary at "Ruh." There are
not many church bells in Micronesia. so in
stead of ringing bell when it is time for
meeting, they take large conch-shell and
blow through little hole made in the
smaller end. 1t makes noise something
| Ike tin horn, only it can be heard long
distance away. That was the way Mr.. Logan
used to get his people together. but some
/ Sunday school children in Oakland. Cal.
sent him a nice large bell, which they
now ring for meeting. and the natives are
all delighted to listen to it, When they got
II all in place and began to ring it, little
Beulah Logan began to clap her hands. and
SAID, "Oh, mamma. now We went have to
be blown TO church any more" Bu, | am
telling you so many stories perhaps you will
get tired. so will close my letter with a
PAIR OF snoes, that were almost large enough
for your little brothers to play house in
One Of the native teachers verv large
man, wanted pair of shoes, to dress up in
when he preached SUNDAYS. We brought a
pair for him for several years in succession,
each time larger and larger. but did not get
any large enough for him. At last We took
large piece Of paper and he stood with one
foot on It while We marked out the shane Of
II on the paper. Then We took the paper
to Honolulu, and engaged a shoemaker who
had plenty of leather to try and make pair
Of shoes that would be large enough For
fun the shoemaker got an express wagon
and sent them in it 10 the wharf where the
Morning Star lay. and We put them in
state-room by themselves. When We
reached tie island where the large teacher
lived we brough, out the shoes and Moses
thst was his name-tried to put them on bu,
could not We were all disappointed again.
but thought perhaps # he had on stocking
the shoes might 90 on. We hunted around
and got the larges, pair on board. but when
he got them on as far a. he could. the heels
Of The stocking we're way under HI, feet
Then he tried them on again, and on they
went. Then We were all glad, for Nose,
had a, last got pair Of shoes that were
large enough. Now do .og think the, we're
comfortable Did YOU ever see person.
the first time the. pat on pair Of skates
II so. then YOU kno" just how Moses acted
Bat he Will soon rpf aCCtt.tat,,aI =, tb.-,
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is being brought out there, but it ey-
identity doesn't strike the high scale Of pop
ularity that some Of its predecessors
have.
Mary Anderson is making her first visit
to Boston, since her return from Europe
and is at the Globe" Judging by the
attendance she has not lost her hold on the
general favor during her absence
The Battle of Gettysburg still draws its
share of visitors, and no more worthy tribute
has been paid to this wonderful painting,
than the unconscious one Of an old LADY some
what after the Samantha Allen type. who,
after contemplating the picture in silence
for a while. finally exclaimed 10 her com
panion: "Well, its wonderful but what a
sigh, Of work it will be to keep the snow
off of il this winter" No wonder she was
deceived and thought the yeritable land
scape lay before her, so natural is the view
and so correct the perspective. One could
easily forget that brick walls enclosed the
painting and imagine himself in the open
air.
1t is sad death disarms hostility and this
Is especially true in the case of public men
IN America Whatever may be said against
them IN life. naught but good is said at
death. The comments on the late Vice
President Hendricks illustrate this. What
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North Lamoine.
Mr.. Willis Salisbury, who has been on
visit to his invalid mother, during the past
summer, returned to his home on Monday.
Mr.. Julius Emery of Mt. Desert or Eden.
commenced school in our district on Mon
day. Mr.. Emery comes to US highly rec
commended.
Miss Lizzie Austin and her sister Nenis,
have gone to Gardiner. to spend the winter.
Old ocean, the past week, has been doing
its best to add to the beauties Of nature, as
represented in our lovely "Jordan's river"
The tide has been uncommonly high.
Dec. l. D'NETT.