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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-23

Providence was founded between the TWEEN
tieth and twenty fifth day of June, 1886, the
exact date is uncertain, and it is proposed to
to celebrate the 250th anniversary of that
event this year. The days fixed upon are
the 23d and oath of June. The committee of
the city government which has had the mat
ter under consideration recommend festi-
val of two days, the first devoted to a meet
ing in the First Baptist Church, with his
torical address, odes, poems and music, and
in the afternoon free entertainments for the
children in all the public halls and theatre
of the city. For the second day are proposed
grand trades procession, illustrating the
past and present industries Of Providence,
a military and civic parade in the afternoon,
balloon ascensions, band concerts and other
amusements, with fireworks in the evening.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-23
THE CASCO NATIONAL BANK, or PORTLAND.

TIME annual meeting of the Stockholders of the
IL Casco National Bank of Portland will be held
at its banking house on Tuesday, January II,
1886, (being the second Tuesday of said month";
at 10 O'Clock a. m. The election of seven Direct
ors for the ensuing year, and the transaction Of
any other business that may legally come before
It, will be the business of the meeting.
WILLIAM T. SMALL, Cashier.
Portland, Dec. IL, 1885. dec11dtd
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GRAND PROMENADE CONCERT.

One of the finest entertainments given in this
city. All soldiers and sailors should
attend this entertainment and listen to the Bugle
Calls of 81 to '65.
Observation-Disclosures admission, Free; Eve
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and with prayer and songs of praise de-
voutly testify their gratitude to the Giver
of every good and perfect gift for all that
H has done for us in the year passed, for
our preservation as a nation and for our
deliverance from the shock and danger of
political CONFUSION, for the blessings OF
peace and for our safety and quiet, while
wars aud rumOrs of wars have aggltated
and afflicted other nations of the earth . for
our security against the scourge OF pestl-
lence which in other lands has claimed its
dead by thousands and filled the streets
with mourners; for plenteous crops which
have rewarded the labor of the husband
man and increased our nations wealth, and
for the contentment throughout our bord-
ers which follows in the train of prosperity
and abundance; and let there also be
on that day reunion of families sanctttied
and chastened by tender memories and as
sociauons and let the social intercourse OF
friends with pleasant "reminiscences show
the ties of affection and strengthen the
bonds of kindly feeling And let us
by no means forget while we give
thanks and enjoy the comforts which have
crowned our lives that truly CRATE
full hearts are inclined to deeds of
charity and that a kind and thought
full remembrance of the poor will double
our praise and thanksgiving more accept
able in the sight of the Lord
Done at the city of Washington this I'd
day of November. one thousand eight hun
bred aud eighty five, and of the independ-
ence of the United States the one hundred
and tenth.
GSignedI GROVER CLEVELAND.
By the President.
4. f. BAYARD, Secretary of State.
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RECENT APPOINTMENTS.

On the 18th, the following postmasters
were appointed: Dakota-Salem, Phillip
L. Runkel; Howard, Barney O'Neal.
-Musselshell, George W. Ives.
Wisconsin-Siegel, Matthias Blume. Iowa
-Seney, Libbie Fairmarch; Adir, Michael
Lynch; Newmarket, C. A. Pace; Soaring,
Albert d. Hix; Madrid, Squire Williams;
TripOl, Henry Eiferts; Conrad, K. A. Hol-
land; Persia, James Laing.
The following postmasters were appoint
ed Oct %: Iowa-Carson, William H. Grabb
Waukeel, Mrs Betsy NJ. Snow; Defiance, J.
B. S. Case: Randolph, F. c. Johnson; Riv-
erton, J. Hough; Oakland, j. A. Q. Bates;
Cambridge, J. B. Green; Extra, William
II. Milligan.
Dakota-Okobojo, John Bradley.
Hon. William Nj. Campbell, of Litchffeld,
received the appointment of United States
Marshal for Minnesota, upon Thursday, and
the appointment is well received through
out the state
The following fourth class postmasters
were appointed in Dakota on the 30th OF
October Parsons, Mrs. Sarah Billings
Alcuster, W T. Wilson; Lebanon, David
NJ. Boyle; Waverly, Herman 4. Hyer;
Gettysburg, William NJ. Kahn; Bristol,
Elmer Stevenson; Willow Lake, John
Jeffries; Wilmont NJ. t Cummings; Val
ley Springs, A. ]. Wesley; Garry, James
Fauger; New Salem, William Bergen
Spear Fish, Claude Ralph; Wheatland, A.
S Blitin Raymond, George E. Fordham
Fort Totten, William H. Eagen.
Dr. Heenan of Morris, Mimi, has been
worth s., 900 per year
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Sketch of his Life.

Gen. Mcclellan was born December 3,
$50, in Philadelphia, his father being of
scottish descent. He was a student of the
PENNSYLVANIA University and in 1872 en-
erred West Point graduating in 1916 sec
md in his class and was assigned to duty
as brevet second lieutenant in the corps of
engineers. He served with distinction dur
ing the Mexican war, and was successfully
ureveted first lieutenant and captain. be
ontinued in the military service until
June Is, 1851, when he resigned to take the
post of chief engineer of the Illinois Cen
trail railroad, becoming vice-presldent In
1855 In 1850 he was chosen president of
the St Louis and Cincinnati railroad (now
the Ohio and Mississippi) At the opening
of the civil war he was commissioned ma
jor general of Ohio volunteers, aud placed
in command of the department of the Ohio,
comprising the states of Ohio, Indiana, ILL
nois western Pennsylvania and Virginia.
MAY IA, 1861, he was commissioned major
general in the regular army, and upon the
retirement OF Gen. Scott, November /, 1861,
he was appointed general-iI-chief OF the
armies of the United States. In March
1862, having been relieved OF the command
Of all the armies, except the army
II the Potomac he took the
field. and Nov :, 1862 was superseded by
Gen Burnside. Under orders, Gen.
Mcclellan repaired to Trenton, n. j., and
took no further part in the war. He re-
signed from the army on the day of the
Presidential election 1864, he being
candidate in opposition to President
ri coin, and received p electoral votes,
Lincoln having 2f2. He soon after went to
Europe, returning in 1868, and engaged in
practice as an engineer, having charge of
a number of public works, including the
Stevens floating battery, superintendent
of docks and piers in the city of New York,
and construction of the railroad bridge
over the Hudson river near Poughkeepsie.
In 1877 he was elected Governor OF New
Jersey, serving one term, since which he
has lived a retired life. His habit of mind
was scholarly; he translated from the
French a manual of BayOnet Exercises
adapted for the use of the United States
army, also a volume of government re-
ports of the Pacific Railroad surveys,
+ volume of the reports OF the Eu opean
+ commission Che being a member thereof
visiting the Crimea in 1856, The Armies
/ of Europe" and the Report on the
i Organization and Campaigns of the Army
of the Potomac His personal life was
blameless, and his public career may safely
be left for the discriminating justice OF
I impartial history.
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LITTLE TIM.
Over the paling peeped little Tim,

Over the paling peeped little Tim,
win rogulsh look in his bright black
eyes
he called to the children to come to him,
n ana help him to catch the butterflies.
Drowned and burned by the summer sun,
Under hat of plated straw,
Hopeful, healthy and full of fun,
Was the cheerful face | saw.
heard the hum of the honey bees,
The chirp of grasshoppers still and clear !;
The robbln singing amid the trees;
The gathering scythes in the meadows
near;
The rustling wind through the apple boughs,
The murmuring sound of the hillside
The tinkling bells of the distant cows
While sat in sweet day -dream.
| fashioned future for my boy,
As only hopeful mother can;
Ny soul seemed filled with a sense of joy,
saw him grow TO a goodly man;
The prop and stay of my feeble frame,
The pride and hope of my latter days;
He mounted the splendid heights of fame
Men uttered his honest praise.
To-day, while the winter winds blew shrill
Through the moaning pines in the vale
below.
We bore him sadly over the hill,
And laid him under the drifting snow.
Under the willows blank and bare,
Under the dark clouds cold and gray,
Under the snow flakes white and fair,
We buried our hopes to-day
| dream again while tonight stand
| By the window and gaze at the bowling
storm.
OF my little boy in the Better Land;
And | seem TO see his shining form
Through rift in the clouds while watch
and wait
For the joyous summons to go to him.
Yes Peeping over the golden gate,
shall meet my little Tim.
-- orr Continent
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erford and were at Inkster and sold ten
bushels OF Smells wheat and divided the
money That night we got home between
5 and O'Clock. Rutherford asked me how
mhch wheat Smell had. ! told him 200
bushels. lie wanted to know how much
money there was in the house aud / told
him as near as ! could On Jan -, %, and
"A we were hauling grain and talked over
the matter these days. On the night of the
24th L was III my room at Smells house
when Rutherford came to the door and
knocked. opened the door He asked me
II was ready to doit / said no. / have
had long talk with Mrs Smell and she is
so good and kind to me that cannot do it,.
lie sald, you said you would do it and now
you have got 60 do it. He said dead folks
tell no tales He said he would do it, and
handed me false mustache aud told me to
put IL on so folks would not know me and
took an axe and went in. | went TO the
barn and harnessed one horse and was just
putting the collar al the second horse
when he came out and said hurry up,
| George. | have done it. | went in and
found them dead. | then got the money
and gave him 500, keeping Sl15 myself. He
brought the team up and got what things
| wanted aud drove away. He wanted to
go to South America and said he wonld
write me there. Gentlemen, every word
! have told Is true, aud now, as dear as that
family was to me, never could have con.
sented TO murder them, as | was used there
a. lhelI sun L was always treated we'll
They thought the world of me and /
of them, but by the hands of
another mans deeds am to be hung and |
am going to my grave. / am thankful that
! can trust in God al d feel that my sins
/ have been pardoned, and now | feel that
| the other party shall receive the same pun
ishment that have 1t is not because
am down on him. 1t is not for malice. but
1 1t is just what should be done. AS dear
and as good family as that was to me, |
| could not 90 in and murder them; but
thank heaven am willing to die. This
| world would be no pleasure after this.
| do not want TO go to the penitentiary. |
| am better satisfied TO go to my grave.
/ am fully satisfied and feel that what has
been done Is just, as that family always
used me like son, always good, always
| dear IN every shape, never refused me
| money never refused me anything. No,
| gentlemen, | want you to remember that is
| the whole truth and nothing else | won't
meet you any more IN this world face to
! face, but | hope we can ali meet in the
world to come"
/ Rutherford was present at the time of
the execution and asked an opportunity to
be heard to deny it but was refused. Mil
Ter dropped six feet, his neck being broken,
and was allowed to hang % minutes when
life was pronounced extinct. The execu-
ton was in the Jail enclosure and was
witnessed by about 20 persons.
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CHICAGO.
A Oueer RetrothaI.

The Marquis Rustine, in his reminis'
cences, tells the following pretty story
When the Gar Nikolaus was 1Sy years
old he spent two days in Berlin, where
he saw the Princess Charlotte. two
years younger, and of delicate beauty
which at once attracted him. She, how
ever showed no signs of reciprocatine
his affection The evening before his
departure he sat next to the princess al
dinner.
Il shall leave tomorrow, he sud
denly remarked.
She did not show any surprise, but
quickly answered: eve shall be sorry
that you leave so soon. Cannot youi
departure be Celayed?"
That depends on You.
How sop asked the princess.
The prince now declared his love
somewhat to her embarrassment, as
she thought they would be overheard,
AS pledge of her love he asked for the
ring she wore. suggesting that no one
would notice it if she took it off, and
pressing it into piece OF bread pushed
it toward his plate The ring, however,
was not hers, but belonged to her gov.
erness, who had received it from the
empress of Russia. And in taking it of
to give it to the prince she read for the
first time on the inside the inscription
Empress of Russia.
This recalls one of Harriet Prescott IS
charming stories. I'm Cellar. "
where the big diamond, on the posses
sion of which everything depends, was
concealed in a salt-cellar. and its hiding
place baflied ali the skill of philosophers
and detectives.
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GEN. GRANTS nURIALPLACE.

Mrs. Grant has addressed the following
to Mayor Grace of New York, which sets at
rest all rumors that the remains of her
husband will be removed from Riverside
New York, Oct. 10, lsS5,-Dear Sir: Your
letter OF the 10th came during nay absence
aud was received on my return from Long
Branch Riverside was selected by myself
and my family as the burial place of my
husband, Gen. Grant. First, because be-
lieved New York was his preference.
Second, it was near the residence | hope to
occupy as long as l live, and where will
be able to visit his resting place often
Third, have believed, and am new con
vinced that the tomb will be visited by as
many of his countrymen here as it would
be at any other place; and, fourth, the offer
of a park IN New York was the first which
observed, and unreservedly assented to,
the only condition imposed by Gen Grant
himself, namely, that l should have place
by his side. / am, sir, very respectfully,
JULIA ID. GRANT.
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CROPS.

The bonded debt of the territory is $685.,
000 the tax levy is three mills; during the
year the government and the railroads have
disposed of 100000 acres; the counties of
Cass, Grand Forks, Walsh, Stutsman, Bill
lings Mipnehaha and Yankton, show 81,
100000 invested in manufactures; at Medo-
Ia Marquis de Mores has S395,000 invested
in his abattorIes; during the past year the
Milwaukee Brewing Company have built
at Bismarck q brewery costing 100000.
Concluding his report, Gov. Pierce saws:
The year has been q prosperous one for
the territory. Not only have the crops
been excellent, but the prices commanded
have been very much in advance OF those
received year ago. The result Is q
buoyaucy of feeling on the part of the
people most encouraging and reassuring.
AS a whole, the farmers We're never so
prosperous IS at present. With the single
Of small grains for 1885 is largely in
excess of that of the preceding year.
The reduction in the acreage of wheat
was caused by the low price of staples in
1884 Surveys for a number of new lines of
railroad have been made during the year,
and another twelve months will see many
new enterprises of this character under
headwav or completed. The immigration
to the territory has been very large during
the wear, and colonies of considerable size
from Pennsylvania and other Eastern
states have purchased tracts of land. The
death rate was 5.4j to the l,090, which is
said to be among the smallest in the United
States.
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TIE NATIONAL THANKSGIVING.

The following proclamation was issued
from Washington, Nov. ,,
To the People of the United States of
America, Proclamation: The American
people have always abundant cause to be
thankful Co Almighty God, whose watehfnl
care and guiding hand have been mani
tested in every stage of their natural life,
guarding and protecting them In time of
peril and safely leading them in the hour
of darkness and danger. 1t is fitting aud
proper that nation thus favored should.
on one day in every year for that purpose
especially appointed, publicly acknowledge
the goodness of God, and return thanks to
him for all his gracious gifts Therefore, /,
Grover Cleveland, president of the United
States OF America, do hereby designate
aud set apart Thursday, the 26th day of
November. instant, as day of public
thanksgiving and prayer, and do invoke the
observance of the same by all the people of
the land On that day let all secular bust
ness be suspended, and let the people as
semble in their usual places of worship,
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ADAKoTA HANGING.

Geo. Miller was hung at Grand Forks,
D. T., on the 30th, for the murder of the
Smell family. Mr.. Smell was absent from
home and Mrs. Smell and her ten year old
son, with Geo. Miller as the ''hired man,
had charge of the farm which was located
at Inkster, thirty-fve miles from Grand
Forks. On the 23d Of Jan. 1885, Miller
brutally murdered Mrs. Smell and her son
and nearly a week elapsed before the
murder was discovered When it was found
out, suspicion at once attached to Miller
and he was found at Anoka, Mimi, aud
arrested and confessed his crime. Latterly
he has endeavored to implieate a farmer
living in the neighborhood named Ruther-
ford.
On the gallows he made the following
statement.
Gentlemen: am accused of the crime of
murder, which / did not commit. / was
with party and gave my consent. but did
not commit the murder. On Jan. 20 Ruth
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"Ovep and Over Again. !"

Repetition is sometimes the only way
to impress a truth upon the mind. Ac-
cordingly take notice that DIR. Pierce 5
pleasant PurgatiVo Pellets" (the
original Little Liver Pills. continue to
be wonderfully effective in cases of
sick and nervous headache, constipa-
ton. indigestion, rush of blood to the
head. cold extremities, and all ailments
arising from obstruction of the bodily
functions. Their action is thorough
yet gentle, and the ingredients being
entirely vegetable, they can be taken
with IMMUNITY into the most delicate
stomach. All druggists.
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During the y months ending Sept.
30, the value of imports into the United
States was $40, 551. 200. a decrease of
S87, sos, 800, compared with the year
preceding; the value of exports for the
year ending September 80, 1885, was
Sis. 898.671. a decrease of S19, 878, 359,
compared with the year preceding.
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THE OID WORLD.

The ship building trade in the Clyde is
greatly depressed, over 90 per cent. of the
workmen are out of employment. Soup
kitchens have been opened to relieve the
sufferngs of the poor.
The Genesta reached Portsmouth, Eng
thusiastic demonstrations
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DEATH OF GEN. MCCLELLAN.


Following swiftly the death of Gen.
Grant, comes that of Gen. Geo. B. McClel-
an his demise occurring in the earliest
morning hour of October 29th, at st. Cloud,
Orange Mountain, New Jersey, where he
resided for twenty years. The immediate
cause of death was neuralgia CT the heart,
precede by a two weeks illness, which had
aroused no apprehensions until few
hours before the end came. The day pre-
ceding his death he visited Orange on bust
ness, accompanied by his daughter, and re-
turning home ate heartily and retired to
rest. to be aroused at IL o'clock by par
oxvsms. to relieve which medical aid was
summoned After several hours OF suffer
ing he seemed relieved, his eyes grew
bright. his cheeks lost their ashen hue, and
with a smile of relief he said: Il feel easy
aow Thank God have pulled through"
Almost instantly he raised himself on his
hands, half opened his eyes, and fell back
dead.
About thirty years since Gen. Mcclellan
married Miss Nellie Marcy, daughter OF
Sen. Randolph Marcy (who once resided at
st. Paul, MIMI being attracted to the
adv bv her grace and beauty as she knelt
in prayer at a churcn service III Baltimore
lie is survived by this devoted wife and an
5uly daughter.
The death of Gen. Mcclellan produced
profound sensation throughout the coun-
try. The President sent feeling message
to the stricken family, and flags were
ordered at half-mast on all government
buildings at Washington until after the
| funeral.
At Chicago, deep impression was mani
lest. At Brooklyn, where Senator Voor-
nees was speaking when the intelligence
vas received, the speaker touchingly said ::
| The heart of this nation will beat heavily
| 20 his tomb, where he shall be buried, and
| tonight the cheeks of many a veteran are
| vet with tears"
| The London papers pay high tribute to
/ The deceased, and the family have innum-
cradle messages of coincidence from all
| parts of the country.
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A SUIT for $4,000 damages has been
Instituted at indianapolis by the mother
of an eight-year old boy, who was
blinded and otherwise disfigured by the
explosion of powder from toy pistol
The action is based on the sale Of the
explosive to a minor without the knowl-
edge or consent of his parent, and that
the dealer is consequently liable