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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-20

NATHAN Gaines, whose shop
is situated on Elliott street, in the
First Ward, near the residence of
Mrs. John Marsh, is prepared to do
all kinds of shoemaking and re-
pairing. His price for half-soleing
is 70 cents, and his other charges
are proportionate. Satisfaction
guaranteed or no charge made
Having seen some of his work we
cheerfully recommend it.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-20

SECOND street Alexandrians
Wore treated to quite a novel sight
on Thursday. A white lady from
Calcasieu was showing her three
boys, triplets, aged Is months, and
great indeed was the establishment
expressed by some who saw the
little fellows. They are healthy
looking children, quite handsome,
and as fat as pigs. Their mother
says since their birth they have
given her but little trouble. Their
names are John, James and Joseph.
--IHE annual examination of
pupils at the Rapides Academy Of
which Mrs. E. Matthews is princi-
pal, was going on yesterday, hav-
ing commenced the day previous.
We were prevented from being pre-
sent on account of a rush of work,
and therefore cannot enlighten our
readers as to what took place
though much We hate to acknow-
ledge it. The annual closing ex-
ercises of this Academy will be
held at the Exchange Hall on Fri
day, June Goth. An excellent pro-
gramme has been prepared for the
occasion.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-20
Town and Parish News.

His Honor says the blue jay
must go.
JOB Printing neatly executed
At this office.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-20

THIS editor acknowledges the
receipt Of complimentary tickets to
,as entertainment for the benefit of
Mount ollvet Chapel, in Pineville,
winch takes place at Turner's Hall,
on the 25th inst.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-20

=, HE Charity Hospital Associ-
sa, ,s mere has already received
s TSp IN State warrants, part of
On, q. uaVe been sold. From now
sl,s sus Association will receive
slo mn NM quarterly until the whole
'0 appropriation is paid.
The Portland daily press., 1885-08-28
THIRTY VESSELS DlsMAsTED.
Further Details of the Terrible Cy-
clone in the South.
The Damage to Wharves In Charles
ton, s. c., Estimated,at $500, 900.
The Ocean Near that City Covered
with Drift Stuff from Vessels.

CHARLESTON, S. c., Aug. 27.-The dam
age to wharves will probably reach $500, 900,
but large gangs of hands are at work, and in
few days sufficient accommodations for all
possible business will be provided. There
IS even now no interruption or any addi-
tlonal expense to shippers. A heavy rain
yesterday afternoon aggravated the an
noyances to persons whose roofs were blown
Off, but will not increase materially the
general loss. The total loss of the Phos-
phate Companies in and around the city is
now estimated at $35,000 Reports from the
SouthWard show that the Sea Island crop is
badly damaged. Some estimates are that
the caterpillar and cyclone have DESTROYED
three-fourths Of the crop on Sea Island
The German barque III. Peters is ashore.
N AA4IeIchants' wharf will be total loss. The
Norwegian barque Flid was run into by the
Swedish barque Adelaide and the Norwegian
barQue Hurdis. The Flid lost her boWsprit,
JlDboon and forerigging. The hull is also
damaged. The Adelaide and Hurdis lost
their foremasts and forerigging. The Nor
W.eglan barque Mathauia is ashore at Ven
nlng's wharf and is damaged badly Late
last evening the italian barque Mariana,
Capt. Rlguer, arrived at the Bar. The cap
tain came to the city on tug and reported
that the vessel was bound from Cirgenti to
Port Royal, fifty miles from Charleston. The
vessel was struck by gale, and lost masts,
sails and rigging. One seaman was washed
overheard and drowned. The Jennie Chem
ney, from Jacksonville to the West Indies, is
at quarantine leaking badly and will prob
ably discharge cargo and repair. The
Swedish barque Anna Cheshire is ashore at
Castle Pinckney. The German baroue
Freiheit sunk in Cooper River and will be a
total loss. The schooner William E. Lee,
with stone for the jetties, and the Italian
barque San Frisco are ashore at Castle
Pinckney. The Norwegian barque Medbor,
from Liverpool, is lying in the stream dis
masted. The schooner Georgetta Lawrence.
from New York, is ashore at Castle Pinck-
ney.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Aug 27.-Captain
Nogel of the steamer City of Palatka, from
Charleston, which arrived here this morning.
reports passing 20 or 80 large vessels totally
dismasted, the result of the recent gale
None of them, however, asked for assistance,
and he did not go near enough to them to as
certain their names. They were all making
some headway under small improvised sails.
He also reports finding the hull of the
Charleston pilot boat John Stoddard totally
dismasted and full Of water off the mouth of
the North Edisto River, bearing w. N. W,
hanging at anchor. He went close up to her
but found no one, and he has every reason
to believe that the entire crew are lost The
ocean from Charleston to st. Johns Bar is
covered with drift stuff from vessels.
The Portland daily press., 1885-08-28
PURITAN AND cENEsTA.
Both soats Being Put in Order for
the Great Contest.
Changes in the British Craft Cause
Much Comment.

New York, Aug. 27.-The Puritan was
towed up from Staten Island yesterday
morning and anchored in Wallabout Bay, off
the Brooklyn navy yard. During the after
noon Mr. Burgess with one of :the Poillons,
Philip Lowe, the rigger and Robert Brown,
the shlpsmlth, made careful examination Of
every part of the rigging, gear, etc. and
noted what changes were required. There
VIII be no essential alterations. but there are
number of little things to be done. The
yacht will be in sailing trim again by Satur-
day. During the coming week she will be
tried as often as possible in company with
the Priscilla to test her rigging and give
practice to her crew.
The Genesta lay at anchor off Tompkins-
vile, 5. l., all day yesterday. The oppor-
tunity was taken to make the proposed
alterations i'll her rig. Her topmast was
shortened three feet and her topsail altered
to correspond If the weather is good she
will be sailed over the course today.
The Genesta is one foot longer than the
Puritan on the water line, but her spread of
canvas is considerably less. Her topmast,
having been shortened three feet, iSnow only
40 instead Of 49, and her total height of mast
is only So feet against the Puritan's 122 feet.
Then again her boom is only 20 feet long,
while the Puritan's is rs. The Puritan will
therefore have to allow her time. What the
allowance is can not be stated until the
Genesta has been officially measured, and
this will not be done until the latter part of
next week, probably. on Saturday. September
5. 1t is safe to say, however, that it will not
be much above or below minute.
The cutting down of the Genesta's topmast
almost on the eve of the races has given rise
to no end of conjecture. There is little, if
any, betting on the races at present. Some
money was wagered a few weeks ago at odds
largely in favor of the Genesta, but even bets
are now talked of, and it is not unlikely that
the odds viii be in favor of the Puritan be-
fore the day of sailing arrives. Certain it is
that confidence in the Puritan is growing
daily. A thoroughly scientific yachtsman
said yesterday that the Puritan was simply a
wonderful boat for going to windward, and
was sure to give the Genesta hard work to
come out ahead on her strongest point, while
in reaching. and running she could in all
probability beat the cutter badly Public
interest in the races is unprecedented.
The Portland daily press., 1885-08-28
FOREIGN.
Over 10000 Lives Lost by Floods in
China,
And Far Greater Number in a
Starving Condition.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-Despatches to
private persons say that recent flood was
the most serious which has visited Canton
in thirty years. More than 10000 persons
lost their lives, and far greater number
are lett in a starving condition. Entire viii
lagos were engulfed, and the rice and silk
crops were almost ruined Many of the
streets Of Canton were flooded for over a
week. At 81 Nj city the water broke
through the city wall. 1t is reported that
several thousand people were drowned at
that place. The embankments of the river
were broken in many places, land the waters
swept across the surrounding country, carry
ing everything before it. AT Kun In, mar
ket place, situated near an embankment of
one of the streams connected with the river
which brings water from the north and west
rivers, the majority of the inhabitants were
drowned by the water breaking through the
embankment. Some escaped to piece of
rising ground in the neighborhood, but the
water continued to rise and gradually over
topped the elevation, drowning those who
stood on it,
The Cholera.
MADRID, Aug 27.-There were Att new
cases of cholera and 1,498 deaths reported
throughout Spain yesterday.
Foreign Notes.
Six hundred weavers at Prague, Austria,
are on strike The authorities have for
hidden meeting of the dissatisfied work
men, and repetition of the Brunn riots is
feared.
An explosion in a fireworks factory at
Clvita Vecchia, Italy, Wednesday, led to a
disastrous fire, during which several persons
were killed and many injured
The Portland daily press., 1885-08-28

have no desire to impugn the motives of the
men in power, but sincerely wish them sue
cess. But feel sure, from the composition
of the Democratic party, from the intense
sectionalism which controls its majority,
from the narrow ideas they entertain in re-
gard to the powers of the national govern
ment, from the tendency to demagogism
among leaders, from their want OF principle,
unity and purpose from their long habits Of
"A years in opposition, during which they
have constantly Jagged in the rear Of our
magnificent progress, from their want Of
sympathy with the active business interests
of the country and with the great mass Of
our fellow citizens who are engaged in indus
trial pursuits, 1t is not possible for the DEM
ocratlc party to aftirmatiyely administer a
bold and active and progressive government
like ours. 1t should also be remembered that
the Democratic party has been the chief
agent In organizing the frauds in elections
ever since the Plaquemine frauds in Louisi-
ana, and in this way has done more to sap
the foundation of Republican government
than all the parties that have existed; and
more recently in our own State, if we can be-
lleve their own prints and leaders, have set
dangerous example of the corrupt use
money in controlling the election of a sena-
tor OF the United States by open bribery and
purchase. Surely those who have hereto
fore followed the fortunes of the Republican
party and have shared in the honor Of its IL
mstrious history during the last 30 years,
who must know that it is composed Of the
great body of the Union soldiers who saved
the country, of the active, intelligent and
business men of the land, Of the great body
OF the farmers and labOrers whose industry
IS the foundation of our wealth, party that
has furnished most of the illustrious eharac-
ters of our time-surely we need not turn
from such an organization to seek ANYTHING
that is good from the Democratic party 1t
is but fair that in my criticisms of this ad-
ministratiOn l should say of the President,
that believe he has endeayored to check, as
far as he could, the disregard of the civil SER
vice law and the tenure of Office act but, in
spite of it, removals for purely partisan rea-
sons are now being made by the heads of de-
partments, mainly by the Postmaster Gener-
al, at the rate of 200 a day. Hundreds Of
Union soldiers have been discharged with
out the slightest complaint, except to give
place to Democratic partisans. What folly
1t is for any man who has been Republican
to expect of Democratic administration the
honest observance of the civil service law,
which the great mass of them have openly
opposed from the beginning. 1t is denounced
by nearly all their leaders, scoffed at and
condemned, and openly evaded. 1t was the
Democratic party that first invented in
American politics the doctrine that ''to the
victOrs belong the spoils." To expect them
to be even moderate in sharing the spoils
would be to expect mercy Of the wolf who
has seized the lamb
The Portland daily press., 1885-08-28
INTO A BAYoU.
Terrible Accident on a Mississippi
Railroad.
Three Persons Instantly Killed and
Many Others Injured.

NATcHEz, Miss, Aug. pa portion of
today's incoming passenger train on the
Natchez, jackson and Columbus railroad,
went through Big Bayou Pierre bridge this
morning. The train ran off the track at the
east end Of the bridge and after jumping
over the cross ties went into the bayou near
the west end of the structure. The locomo-
tive, tender, baggage and mail cars and a
smoking car all went down, but the first
class coach remained on the track. The loco
motive and cars in going down crushed the
west span Of the bridge. 1t is not known
The following is list of the casualties:
Killed instantly-Engineer Powell. fireman
John McClutchy and brakeman Robert Perry.
Dangerously niured-Mail agents o. A. Ander-
son and w, I. Barclay of Learned.
Slightly injured-EXpress messenger and five
passengers.
The Portland daily press., 1885-08-28
THE OAR.
HanIan and Lee the Winners at
Geneva YESTERDAY.

GENEVA, N. Y, Aug. 27-Geneva was
alive with people this afternoon, who had
come to witness the finish of the regatta,
and there was scarcely ripple on the water.
At 4.40 o'clock only four oarsmen were in
line-McKay, Hanlan, Hosmer and Hamm-
Lee, who had obtained position in this race
having withdrawn to enter the consolation
race. Exactly at 4.45 the word was given
and simultaneously the oarsmen bent to their
work Hanlan led all the way round and
won easily in 21.3S4. There was a close race
between Mckay and Hamm for the second
place, and it was won by Mckay. Hosmer
withdrew before rowing half over the
course.
The oarsmen in the consolation race, which
was Immediately started, were Dabinette,
Hosmer Ten Eyck and Lee. Lee obtained
the lead at the start and held it throughout
the race, winning by half a length in 21.4S.
Hosmer finished third. Dabinette was left
half mile down the course.
Courtney, Gaudaur and Teemer were pres
ent during the regatta. Courtney and Conley
are anxious to make a double scull match
with Hanlan and Lee, and Courtney has
placed 81 900 in the hands of Edgar Parker,
editor of the Advertiser as a guarantee OF
his good faith in the matter and as forfeit
for Hanlan to cover. Hanlan says he Will
not make such a match, as he has made ar
rangements for all the races he cares to row
this fall, and there is no prospect of such
match being made.
The Portland daily press., 1885-08-28
GENERAL NEWS.

DR.. II. c. Lynch OF Sturgis, Dakota. was
shot dead Monday night in his office by Cor
poral Ross Holts of Company 4, 25th United
States Infantry, stationed at Fort Mead. The
latter was lynched Tuesday by a mob
Considerable snow fell last evening at
Houtzdale, Pa.
1t is said in Washington that the judges of
the Court of Alabama Claims will probably
prepare defence and make fight for the
retention and payment of their employees
Minister Kelley arrived in Washington
yesterday. Secretary Bayard says he is still
minister to Austria.
Memorial services in honor of the late
Gen. Grant were held in the hall of Congress
in the City of Mexico Wednesday evening.
All the chief officials of the federal and city
governments were present.
The Portland daily press., 1885-08-28
Old Orchard.

OLD ORCHARD, Aug. q.
Mr.. M. p Williams, editor of the Hudson
Evening Register and publisher of the
Weekly Gazette of Hudson, n. Y, with his
wife and a party of friends are at the Sea
Shore House.
Mr.. George A. Thomas of Portland has
gained great popularity with the guests at the
Fiske, and often delights them with his fine
bass solos.
Kellogg Newspaper Company of New York,
is among the Old Orchard House arrivals.
The Portland daily press., 1885-08-28

headquarters, and spectators on the grounds.
This evening, Col. Lynch, with staff and line
officers, and the band, paid their respects to
Gen Brown at his headquarters, and fine
band concert was given.
Company C, Second Regiment, Dexter. 30
men, shot in the company skirmish match,
making a score of 1850, and 325 hits out of a
possible 400. Co. G, Second Regiment, shot
in the company team match. The tie be-
tween Co. E, Second Regiment, and the
Frontier Guards, was shot off this afternoon,
resulting in favor Of Co. E by score of Al to
81
The improvement of the men in drilling is
pronounced by critics as being very rapid.
The weather is all that could be asked.
The Portland daily press., 1885-08-28
Veteran signal Corps Association.

PROVIDENCE, Aug. 27-The tenth annual
reunion of the United States Veteran Signal
Corps Association was held at Silver Spring
today and was attended iby comrades from
nearly every New England State and from
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Officers
5. Taft; vice president, Capt. L. +. Jortes-
cue; Secretary, Sergt. c. d. w. Marcy
treasurer, NJ. Mccarthy; executive commit
tee, Capt. |: j. Harvey, w. NJ. Wires, Lieut.
Van b. Sleeper; historian, ]. Willard
The Portland daily press., 1885-08-28
THE VETERANS.
Annual Reunion of the 27th Maine
Regiment at Old Orchard.

About eighty comrades of the 9th Maine
Regiment of veteran volunteers gathered in
Music Hall, Old Orchard, at - O'Clock yes
terday to hold their annual reunion They
were accompanied by some twenty-five
ladies. The meeting was called to iorder by
President, Capt. S. E. Bryant of Kennebunk.
Edward NJ. Rand, ESQ.,, of Portland, was ap-
pointed secretary pro TEN, the secretary
Josiah Chase of Portland, being absent.
Col. James M. Stone of Kennebunk, histo-
rian, reported that it would be impossible to
give satisfactory report at the present time
as he had not been able to obtain maps and
data necessary for such a report, but several
comrades present stated that they had kept
diaries and had charts which the colonel
could make use of thus enabling him to COM
pile an authentic history to be presented at
the next reunion.
The following comrades were chosen men,
bers of the executive committee for the en-
suing year:
Co. A.-Horace II. Burbank Saco
B.-Moses $; Hurd, North Berwick.
C.-J0seph F. Warren, Buxton.
D.-Nathaniel Hurd, North Berwick.
E.-E. j. Getchell, Wells.
F.-Atw0od +. Smith, Biddeford.
G.-N E. Spring, Kittery.
H.-Thatcher =. Burnham, Hollis
I.-James E. Moody, Kennebunk.
K.-EbeneZer Flood, WATERFORD.
After eloquent addresses by James NJ.
Stone of Kennebunk, Mr.. j. T. Mason of
Biddeford, and E. NJ. Rand, Esq, of Port
land, the meeting took a recess for dinner
The afternoon session was called to order
at 245. The first business was the election
Of officers which resulted in the following
choice:
President-Moses S. Hurd, North Berwick
boro.
Secretary-Josah Chase, Portland.
Treasurer-Louis O'Brion Portland.
observation-disclosures M. Stone, Kennebunk
Executive Committee-One from each company.
The treasurer's report was read and ac-
cepted
Samples OF, badges for the association were
shown by Mr.. ILittlefield of Portland, and
Mr.. Webber of Boston. 1t was voted that
the subcommittee of last year, consisting of
MIR. W. G. Webber of Boston, Mr.. j. T..
Mason Of Biddeford and Mr.. e. III. G. Brad
bury Of Saco, be authorized to procure a
badge for the association, with the name of
the regiment and army corps engraved there
on, not to exceed one dollar in cost.
1t was voted to hold the next meeting at
North Berwick. Aug. 27, 1886.
Mr.. Leonard c. Harmon of Buxton, chair
man of the committee on entertainment then
presented programme of songs and ad-
dresses which proved highly interesting. He
favored the company with humorous song
himself, entitled ''Wife Hunting" which
was capitally rendered and produced much
laughter. Marching Through Georgia was
very finely rendered by trio, the whole
company joining in the chorus. After an
hour of addresses, relating war incidents,
and music, the session adjourned to meet in
North Berwick next August.
The Portland daily press., 1885-08-28
Snow on Mount Washington.

MOUNT WASHINGTON, Aug pa snow
since noon to-day. w. B. ROpers of Boston
became exhausted on the Crawford bride
path to-day and was carried on a stretcher to
the summit in an insensible condition. He
is better this evening and will be up to-mor-
row.
The Portland daily press., 1885-08-28
BuffalOS, L; st. Louis, z.
At Observation-Disclosures G.; st. Louis, 3.
At BroQklyn-BroOklyns A; Baltimores, 2.
Baptism.

A pleasant ceremony took place at st.
Pauls church on Tuesday afternoon, in the
presence of few friends of the family.
beatrice Bartol, infant daughter of Passed
Assistant Surgeon Charles h. Banks, u. S,
Marine Hospital Service, was baptized by
Lieutenant Sidney L. Stuart, Ordnance
Corps, U. 5. a., now stationed at West
Point, was godfather. A lunch was served
at the Rectory after the ceremony.
The Portland daily press., 1885-08-28
BASE BALL.
LEAGUE GAMES NEXT WEE,

LEAGUE GAMES NEXT WEEK.
The Portlands will play four league games here
next week-with the Brocktons, Monday and
Tuesday, the Haverhill, Thursday, and the Law
rences, Friday.
HAvERHILLs, 10; NEwBURYPoRTs, 4.
The Haverhills defeated the Newburyports at
Riverside in Hayerhill, yesterday afternoon, be-
lore an audience Of 500. The feature Of the game
was the poor playing of the Newburyports. Tho
score;
The Portland daily press., 1885-08-28
Two Quarts of MIX for a Cent.

WATERBURY,, Conn, Aug. 26.-The gro
GERS here have started milk war which is
now exciting much interest and delight. One
began by dropping from eight to six cents
per quart. A rival made it four cents, fol
lowed by another at two cents, and now one
man is selling two quarts for one cent. The
people hope that bushel of potatoes will be
given away with each quart soon
The Portland daily press., 1885-08-28
WASHINGTON.
More Cuban EiIIpusters.

WASHINGTON, Aug 27.The Treasury
Department is informed that party of arm
ed Cubans have left the Island of Cuba for
FloridaKeys,a and its supposed their object is
to organize filibustering expedition to over
have been issued for the revenue cutters to
look out for the party and prevent their
landing.
The Portland daily press., 1885-08-28
Egyptian Chemical Company.

The Egyptian Chemical Company has been
organized with the following officers:
President-C. f. Bennison
Treasurer-Ellis I. Miller.
Drectors-C L. BennisOn L. T. Miller, Henry
G. Miller and William Armstrong
Capital, $50,000 paid in, nothing.