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immediate Delivery Of Letters.
Posi- OFFICE,
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Portland, Aug. &c, 1885.
To the Editor ofthe Press:
The Postmaster General having issued in
structions to post offices designated by him
as especial delivery offices" a summary
thereof is given herewith.
A special stamp of ten cents will be sold
at the Portland post office, and at other
special delivery offices, which when attached
to any letter, whether ordinary or registered
IN addition to the laWfM postage thereon,
will secure the immediate delivery of such
letter, between the hours of a. m. and mid
night, within the carrier limits of said office,
or where carriers are not employed, within
a radius of one mile from the post office.
This service goes into operation Oct. l, 1855,
and list of offices in the U. S., at which
letters may be specially delivered will be
posted at the post office here.
For this service the postmaster is author
lied to employ the substitute letter carriers
when not on duty as carriers and to provide
a corps of messenger boys. These carriers
or messengers will be entitled to eight cents
for each letter delivered, not exceeding $50
in any one month. None but reputable,
active and intelligent boys can be employed
and they can in no case be under 10 years of
age.
The uniforming of these messengers is
contemplated when the service shall have
developed, but they are required to be de-
Gently and comfortably clad and their order
ly conduct while on duty will be strictly en-
forced.
Each messenger will be provided with a
delivery book, in which viii be entered the
number and address of each letter and the
date and hour of its receipt by the messen-
ger, with blank space for signature of the
person to whom delivered.
This new service requires at this office, the
opening of all mails at once on their arrival,
the immediate separation of the letters bear
ing special delivery stamps and the affixing
the Office stamp showing date and hour of its
arrival Next, the numbering of such letters
and their entry on a record book, and then
the entry respectively in the delivery books
of the messenger and lastly their immediate
dispatch, if between a. m, and midnight.
Drop letters bearing this stamp win receive
like diligent attention.
The object is to secure the utmost expedi-
ton, so that not moment be lost, from the
time the mail bag is opened, which can be
employed to hasten the letter to its address.
On the return of the messenger the time of
delivery of the letter and the name of the
person who receipted for it will at once be en-
tered in the record book.
1t is believed that this system Of special
delivery is one of unquestionable value
though at present it is necessarily an expert
ment j. S. PALMER. p. Nj.
The following are the offices in Maine
covered by this system:
Auburn, Augusta, Bangor Bath, Belfast, Bidde
ford, Brunswick, Calais Camden, EastpOrt ELS
| worth, ,lGardiner, Lewiston, Portland, Rockland
Saco, Waterville.
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MAxWELL'S vicTgM.
A Man Who Has Sc en- PrelIer and
Knows that Ne was Not Murdered.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug 26.-Beniamin Gar
rett Rodgers, who lives at No. 324S Joseph
street, asserts most positively that he has
seen Arthur &. Preller in that city since his
alleged murder in ST. Louis in April On
March %, Arthur G. Preller registered at the
Continental Hotel, and remained in Phila-
delphia until the following day He did not
go about the city much, and spent large
portion of his time in the billiard room Of the
hotel. 1t was there that Mr.. Rodgers first
met the supposed murdered man and formed
his acquaintance. They played several games
OF billiards together, and leaving the hotel
finally visited Green's and the Girard house,
and walked out as far as the public build
1ngs. They We're together several hours, and
ON parting Preller copied Rodgers address
in his note book and promised, on his return
to Philadelphia to renew the acquaintance.
Touching the second meeting Mr.. Rodgers
says:
One day in May last I think it was about the
14th or 18th, was in pool room OF SAMSON
street, above Eighth. A gentleman wearing q
light spring suit, tall white hat with wide band
of black, brushed past me, and | caught glimpse
Of his face. remembered the features and fol
lowing him up laid my hand on his arm. 'H0w dc
you do Mr.. Preller?' l said. He turned quickly
his fate flushed, and he raised his hand as though
to grasp mine. Suddenly, however. he dropped il
and bowed somewhat stifly 'You are mistaken
sir" he said. ''That's not my name" 'That is
what you called yourself when met you at the
Sontnental hotel last March, / said, ''but | see
qy tne papers that you have been murdered In ST
LOUIS. he interrupted me somewhat angrily, u
never met you in my life before, he said, .'and
Was never IN st. Louis | am from New Orleans
before could say anything further he walked
quickly away, and was lost in the crowd The
more tllnk about the matter the more fully an
SQnvlnced that the man met in the pool room OF
MayllaSt was Mr. Preller | would be willing t.
take my oath that it was he.
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SHE CARRIES THE MAILS.
Boscawen's Female Jehu Who Is Not
an Offensive Partisan.
Boston Globe.)

kbOStoH 0lOue.g
President Cleveland has found one Repub-
lean officeholder who is not an active parti-
san, and while the use Of names may be dis
pensed with, it will do to say it is the party
who carries the mail between Boscawen and
Webster, places above Concord, N. H. This
is woman who has for the past four years
served as a mail carrier during the summer
months, while her husband works the farm.
She Is a broad-shotfldered young woman of
medium height, black hair and black eyes,
having naturally dark complexion, bronZed
richly by the weather, so that she might at
first be taken for an Italian, although fur
thur acquaintance shows her to be a full-
blooded Yankee She is good natured, ex-
cept when a charming Miss with an alarm
ing Saratoga appears, when her remarks
about travelling with "houSe," show an un-
der-current of female bile, and she charters
a special team for the house, as her business
includes the transportation Of passengers
and baggage, as well as the mail. Along the
seven miles of hard road between the villa
ges she distributes the mail as she drives
past with her double team, throwing the let
ters and papers deXterously into boxes by
the Wayside.
She handles the reins and baggage like a
jehu. She has geod conversational powers,
is well versed in the history OF the neighbor-
hood, and is extremely popular. When the
four-years' term expired last spring she was
disposed to throw up the job on account of
small pay, but the old farmers put their
hands in their pockets and subscribed few
dollars to add to the government salary of
$24O, and the reappointment was made. She
is accommodating in the way of doing little
errands for the people, but insists upon cash
in advance for the purchase.
In short she is a sturdy, shrewd and active
business woman, blessed also with the soft
er graces of her sex, and is one of the very
few women who carry the United States
mail and do their housework besides. The
round trip takes from am, to 1.3O pm. ev-
and vicinity have been attracted by the va
ried and unusual accomplishments of this
female mail carrier.
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The following is the standing Of the clubs in the
lnrt.r,, Nam L,r.orInr,d L nno.,,n A1, dn4n.
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THE OAR.
Mckay and HanIan the Winners at
SARATOGA.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Aug. 26.-This morn
ing everything pointed to success for the
rowing races at Geneva today and tomorrow.
All the men entered are on the ground. To-
days races were trial heats. Positions were
drawn for yesterday with the following re-
suits; First heat-Gaudaur, Mckay, Hamm,
Dabinet and Lee. Second heat-Hosmer,
Ten Eyck, Stanton and Hanlan. The NOV
ing grand stand, great feature of the ar
rangementS, gave persons on it chances to
see the races from start to finish within
speaking distance of the competing oarsmen.
GENEVA, N. Y, Aug. 26-Owing to a
heavy wind from the north, the first trial
heat was delayed until 5.15 p. m. In the
drawing for the trial heats Gaudaur, Mckay,
Hamm, Dabinet and Lee competed first
Gaudaur this morning complained of sick
ness and Withdrew, and the remaining four
r0wed a straight away mile and half Nc
Kay winning in 9.37a. Hamm and Lee were
two seconds later in dead heat
In the next heat were entered Hosmer,
Ten Eyck and Hanlan in the order given.
Hanlan took the leading place within the
first quarter mile and kept it to the finish.
Hosmer crowded Ten Eyck out of his water,
and at the finish both men were at least a
quarter of mile outside of their buoys. No
claim was entered by Ten Eyck, and Hosmer
was given second place in the main tourna-
ment. Hanlan's time was 9.464; HOsmer's,
1927.
Courtney is trying to make match for a
donble scull with great deal of backing,
but so far without success.
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mysterious EXPLOSION.
A Saloon Wrecked in Philadelphia and
other Buildings DAMAGED.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 26.-About o'clock
this morning an explosion occurred in the
show window of James B. Rodgers's saloon
at the northeast corner of 10Th and Callow
Hill streets. 1t wrecked all the windows in
a dozen stores in the vicinity. The explo-
siye package was placed on the side of the
window sill, the mark Of burned fuse being
visible. The contents of the window were
wrecked, and the panes of glass broken. No
other damage was done to Mr.. Rodgers S
premises The window paneS of the houses
adjoining to the eastward were broken from
Nos. 1889 to 1915 Callow Hill street. On the
opposite side of the street most of the win
dows of the saloon of E. H. Earby, No. 1912,
Callow Hill street, were shattered by the
force of the detonation, and the panes of
glass in the front of his house were broken.
There are no panes of glass left in the front
windows of the house of j. B. Schlader, No.
1874, Callow Hill street, and ON the south
side of the street the window panes are
broken in the buildings numbered from 1884
to 1886. The glass in the east front of the
building at the northwest corner of Nine
teenth and Callow Hill streets was also
broken. Several men who were playing
cards in a neighboring saloon were thrown
out of their chairs by the shock, but nobody
is reported as injured. Mr.. Rodgers is ui-
able to account for the act, or the motive
which induced if
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TIE PURITAN TO RACE.
Statement by the New York Times
That She Has Been Selected to Sail
Against the CeneSta.

New YORK, Aug. 26.-The Times says;
The Puritan is the boat Although the
Americas Cup Committee of the New York
Yacht Club has declined. to announce its
choice until September /, it may be stated
to sail against the Genesta. The AMERICAS
Cup Committee consists of the standing Re
gatta Committee of the club, Messrs. J. Fred
erick Tams, Charles II. Stebbens and Jules
A. Montant, with the addition of Messrs
Philip Schuyler and J. R. Busk. Mr.. Busk
is the owner of the Mischief, the sister yacht
Of the Priscilla, and is the only member of
the committee who seriously advocates the
selection of the iron yacht. Concerning the
comparative merits Of the Puritan and Ge-
nesta nothing of course can be said with GER
tainty until they are tried side by side; but
there is a strong and widespread feeling that
the Yankee will beat the Englishman That
both the Puritan and Priscilla are far ahead
in speed Of any yachts produced here before
is conceded on all sides, and it is said perti-
nently that if the Puritan had not been built
the Priscilla would have been regarded as a
wonder. From these premises it is argued
that the Genesta must be indeed a marvellous
boat to outsail the Puritan.
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TEXAS BuTcHERY.
TEXAS BuTcHERY.
A Man Said to Have Killed Three
Men and Four Women.
He Makes Twenty Children Orphans
and Fatally Wounds Himself.

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 26-A gentleman
from johnson City, Blanco county, gives the
details of a terrible tragedy which occurred
at that place on Tuesday. Al Locke, an old
citizen, left home, intending as he said, to
go to John Green's place. Green and family
were away. He entered the house and took
Green's Winchester rifle and returned to the
residence Of his brother, Berry Locke, where
he shot and killed Berry and his Derry s)
wife. neighb0r named John Nicholson
rode up just then, and was forced to go with
him to Mr.. Stokes. He then shot and killed
Mr.. Stokes. There Nicholson was lost sight
of. His horse was tied there when found.
and it is supposed he was also killed. From
there Locke went to his own house and shot
and cut the throat Of Mrs. Henry Locke of
Llano county, wife of his stepson, who was
on a visit to him. He also shot and killed
there Mrs. Stokes, wife of the Stokes he had
killed just previous to the killing of Mrs.
Henry Locke. Then he killed his daughter,
Miss Locke, and attempted to kill his wife.
but his cartridges being exhausted he could
not fire another shot, and she escaped. Hay-
ing failed to catch and kill his wife, he cut
his own throat, mounted his horse and start
riding a few yards he met Thomas Bruns-
wick, whom he attacked, and into whom he
plunged a knife, inflicting fatal wounds, The
murderer then rode toward johnson City.
bht was arrested within two miles of it, He
was still alive at o'clock this morning.
With the exception, perhaps, of the murder
and cremation of the Lynch family, near
Hampstead some years ago, this is the most
horrible set OF crimes ever committed in this
State. BY it about twenty children are left
orphans.
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Robert LincoIn's New partner.

A Maine man, according to the Chicago
Legal News, has recently been admitted to
the law firm of Isham & Lincoln of Chicago,
of which Hon. Robert 7. Lincoln, late Sec
retary of War, is member. The gentleman
referred to is Mr.. w. G. Beale of Bangor, a
cousin of Mr.. f. 0. Beale, the proprietor of
the Bangor House, and he formerly lived in
Winthrop. Mr.. Beale graduated from Bow
don in the class of 1877, went to Chicago in
1878, and commenced his Western life as
Principal of the Hyde Park High School in
ing law and was admitted to the bar in 1881
and shortly afterwards entered the Office OF
Isham & Lincoln, where he has been for the
past four years. The firm recognizing Mr.
Beale's ability and valuable services while
Mr. Lincoln was in Washington, have ad.
mitted him as a member. His friends in
Maine will wish him success.
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WEISBADEN TABLE SAUCE.
GENERAL NEWS.
The most delicious relish.

Sewer gas from pipes undergoing repairs
has caused great sickness among the doctors,
nurses and attendants at Bellevue hospital,
New York city.
All but about 100members of the dress and
cloak makers union who have been on
strike in New York city for the past two
weeks returned to work yesterday. During
the day committees were engaged in visiting
the manufacturers who have not yet signed
the articles Of agreement. 1t is expected
that all of them will be at work tomorrow.
a train load of twenty cars with 43S000
pounds Of wool left Portland Oregon, Tues
day night.
There was run on the Spring Garden
bank of Philadelphia yesterday. All de-
mands have been paid
The second days session of the national
convention of delegates representing mutual
benefit companies, opened in Boston, yester-
day morning with an interesting discussion
Of the question "Ought not more conserva-
tive practices to prevail in the life insur-
ance."
The official census of Minnesota shows
the population to be / ,11S,586, gain over the
United States census in 1880 of 327,713.
The appraisers office in San francisco, Jun
der its former administration will, it is said,
be made the subject of an official inyestiga-
tion. 1t has been discovered that large guam
titles of opium and other valuable merchan-
disc have been Systematically stolen from
the stores DY persons having entrance 10
them Many Of the charges are alleged to
be Of most serious character and include
th2 u.ille-valuation Of invoices. The charg-
es all date prior to the appointment of the
present incumbent.
Lieut.. Michael Mullen, recently pardoned
by President Cleveland, after having served
several months in the county jail for violat-
ing the federal election laws last November.
has been reinstated on sthe Cincinnati, O.,
police force and was yesterday assigned to
his former position in the Hammond street
district
The Iowa Republican State convention
met at Des Moines yesterday afternoon with
an unprecedentedly large attendance. After
perfecting temporary organization the con-
Vention adjourned until to-day.
George Parsons of Rockport, Mass. 2
dory fisherman, caught a sea turtle yester.
day which weighed 600 pounds
The Rome, Watertown g. Ogdensburg
Railroad Company have leased the newly
built Syracuse, Phoenix & Oswego road ant
will commence running trains over it Mon
day.
Schooner Belvedere was libeled at Ports
mouth, New Hampshire, yesterday for in
jury done by sinking dredge owned by tn
contractors engaged upon the improvement
in the river there. The cargo was also attach
ed.
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The NORWAY TroubIes.

A large and enthusiastic meeting Of citi-
zens was held at Norway Tuesday night to
confer with Mr.. Chase, of the firm Of L. p.
Bartlett, Jr., & Co., concerning the shoe
factory troubles 1t was decided to build a
new factory, two hundred feet long, sixty
feet wide and four stories high. The firm
will lease both the old and the new build
ings for five years and will pay per cent
on the investment in the new building. Mr..
Chase was much pleased with the way the
citizens have taken hold Of the matter, and
thinks there is no doubt that arrangements
will be satisfactorily made, but he will have
to see Messrs. B. f. Spinney & Co. of Lynn
before making the thing certainty. he
went to Lynn yesterday and will return this
afternoon There is much interest all over
the State to know the result, and its influence
will be felt in other shops.
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A Rough Passage.

Father O'Dowd of Bangor, had rough
passage recently while returning from bus
mess trip to Bar Harbor. AT Machiasport
he met an Indian from Pleasant Point who
was coming to Eastport in canoe. The In
dian was afraid to come so far in a canoe
alone, and Father 0'Dowd, who has become
accustomed to that mode of travel and can
WELD a paddle as well as some Indians and
better than most white men, readily con-
sented to come with him. Soon after they
started, heavy fog shut out the sight Of
land and when night came on storm arose
and the priest and Indian found themselves
out on the ocean, fifteen miles from any land
with high sea running, thick fog all around,
the wind blowing and nothing between them
and the waves but bark canoe. They pad
died through the darkness till eleven o'clock,
priest nearly tired out, when they landed on
a small island by chance wet and tired. They
were cared for by fisherman.
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the encampment, and well posted military
men noted marked improvement III the
movements. The dress parade was very sat
isfactory. In the regimental team shooting
match the First Regiment won by score OF
273 to 245. Corporal Anderson of Co. i,
Portland, First Regiment, won the gold
badge as the champion shot.
This evening there were band concerts at
the headquarters of both regiments, which
drew many spectators. The weather is cold
tonight, and many complaints are heard.
When the provost guard entered Meonlan
Hall tonight, where dance was in progress,
and attempted to arrest soldiers, there was
resistance, and fight ensued, which was
broken up by the police.
The Governor and staff review the COM
mand Thursday afternoon.
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PRICE THREE CENTS.

made in the members of the faculty, and it is
now constituted as follows: Prof. Drake, A.
NJ, Principal and instructor in Greek and
the sciences; Prof. Parsons, A. NJ, instruc4
tor in Latin; Miss Lucas, preeeptress, in
Geo. w. Parks, newly appointed instructor
in penmanship; Miss Dudley, a. B., instruc-
tor I'm French and mathematics. and Miss
Mary Drake, instructor in German and the
English studies Miss Drake has been Sc
lected in the place of Miss Katie |. Manning,
who is retiring after several years proficient
ly and satisfactorily filling the position. II
is expected the schools. will open this fall
with $50 students
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PennsyIvania Democrats.

HARRIsBURG, Pa. Aug, 26-The Demo-
cratic State convention met here this morn
ing. Four hundred delegates were present.
r. P. Allen of Lycoming was elected tempo
rary chairman The various committees
ton took a recess.
When the convention reassembled j. G.
Turney was elected chairman The commit
tee on resolutions reported a platform, ap-
proving the principles adopted by the Chica-
go Democratic convention, for an honest
vision of the tariff, and thorough reform OF
methods and administration which obtained
under Republican rule in strict accordance
with the terms of the Chicago platform; ap-
prove the administration Of President
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Senator AaIe,s Guests

The guests Of Senator Hale, at his resi-
dence in Ellsworth, Hon. James G. Blaine
and wife and Miss Margaret Blaine, Attor-
ney General Calk and wife, Gen. S. Schuyler
Crosby and wife, and the Russian Minister
and wife, all went to ''The Bluffs Monday,
where Senator Hale gave grand reception.
The reception was also attended by large
company Of ladies and gentlemen from Bar
en- by the steam launch Dixon to the IT, S.
flagship Tennessee. Aboard the Tennessee
they were rendered a reception between 4
and p m, by Admiral Jouett From "The
Bluffs the party rode back to Ellsworth to
rhe residence of Senator Hale by moonlight,
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sons administration; denounce the importa-
tion of foreign pauper labor; favor regulat-
ing the liquor traffic and providing against
the evils resulting therefrOm by properly
graded license system, and conclude with a
sympathetic message on the death of Gen.
Grant.
Nominations being in order, Conrad B.
Day was named for State treasurer There
was no opposition, and Mr.. Day was nomi-
mated by acclamation The convention then
adjourned sine die.
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The crack speIIer oil Penohscot.

Miss blanche Coy OF North Bradford, The
daughter of Mr.. John j. Coy, is a smart
little miss of Il years, and in some senses
considered also quite little wonder. She is
particularly bright one in school and has
acquired or naturally possesses an uncommon
perception of words and sentences in theil
formal construction. She readily spells
words backwards, alike the hard and the
easy. This she does with the correctness
and speed Of good speller spelling in The
ordinary manner Test sentences have beer
pronounced to her, of which she would pro
ceed to quickly unravel the letters in the in
verse order, much to the wonder and enter
tainment of her listeners.