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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-04-10

Russia ana England are continuing
their preparations for war. and both
governments are forwarding troops
and supplies to the place of dispute in
Asia. The same talk that an agree
ment will undoubtedly be arrived at
is still indulged by the authorities, but
they are preparing for something 'be-
sides peaceable settlement. Several
ofWhe largest ocean steamers have
bsea leased by the English govern
meHts, and are being armed with can
non and will be used to transport
troops to India.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-04-10

The Rielrebellion has been rather a
quiet affair The past week, but it Is
probable that It will be more exciting
in few days. Gen. Middleton is now
advancing toward Riel's army with
several companies and batteries, and
fighting will soon commence. The
Indians are making some trouble and
have naass2cred few settlers, and,a
general uprising is feared, in wh;ch
event the war will be bloody one
The country to be traversed by the
soldiers is one we'll adapted to Indian
warfare, and most Of. ths lighting will
bein ambush. Riel will never risk
his sru,y in an open battle.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-04-10
The. New Railroad Comn,issio1-

or8.
George L. Becker was bosn Il Locke,
N. Y, Feb. 4, 1929, lie graduated At
Ann Arbor, Hich., in l649, and three
years later came to St. Paul, where he
prac,iced Jaw for eight years in the firm
of Rice, Hollinshesd 4 Becker. Soon
after Mr, Becker became railroad man,
being land commissioner Of the st. Paul
and Pacific, and aftsrward president of
the road. A few years ago he severed
bis connection with the road and retired
from business He has held several i'm
portant Offices in the state. In 1854, 1t
the first municipal election, he was shos-
en- alderman, ard two years later mayor.
He was q mem bcr Of the constitutional al
con vention in 1857, and. elected to con.
gress the next year. In 1859 he was
unanimously nominated for governor,
but defeated. lu1sBg he was elected to
the state senste and served four sessions,
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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-04-10

Prom tho Brainecd Journal
-, Brainsrd his tho best volunteer fire
department in the state.
Caxghie Il Glass received a car loxl
OF oats aud another car lead ot the pop
alar Gravelville dour the past week.
&. H. Paine is putting up = COED sized
and commodious building on Main
street, near the okce OF the Water com.
pany, north Of the railroad. and as soon
ss it is completed he will open a dsst
class meat market there.
The Minneapolis Navigation 90. are
building 4 steam buat on Mile Lacs lake
Tho machinery for it was taken cut there
faom tbis city the past week. 1t is to
ha*e . forty-borse power engine. The
boat will be seventy feet in langth.
Last month the Aaes collected for the
eity amounted 10 only abddt $40, and iof
ths month before shout the same SUM.
This month will be better, as today Is
the 2nd, and $50 has aIresdy been COL
lected, The dem. monde paid @l25 Of
that sum.
A petition has been circulated the past
week and signed by nearly all the b'isi.
--asa NE. - ~" c'.-. requesting the city
council TO make the 500 liqusr license
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-04-10

The ice has. passed out Of the Mis-
souri, river at Bismarck, without doing
any damage. The river ,is now open
at al points below Bismarck.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-04-10
Nearly all the omce seekers have

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Nearly all the office seekers have
left Washington! 81 4. I. /. .. f...s.s., !.
One thousand laen employed in the
McC Cormick reaper works in Chicago
are on strike. H.. - = Il
Itis enpecse4 that there viii be :
slight rsductioI in ths whsat acreage
in Dakota this SESSION.. s..
Authorities at Wshington are xend-
ing soldier1 - Central Anerica 70
protect the rights Of American caRtiseus.
The governors Of two ofthe proviuc-
60 of China hsve ordered all Catholic
converts destroyed, and all Catholics
to be killed.
Hon. i s. lsburn expressel :
high 'siesident Cleveland,
Fand thinks th4t 1s will give tho eoun:
try a good administration. -
The ics has passed out Of the Mis-
souri, river at Bismarck, without doing
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-04-10

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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-11-11
HeLet the Bows Co,

Down in Maine, not thousand miles from
Woodford's Corner, the teacher of the dis
trict school was surprised few days ago by
having somewhat crumpled paper thrust
into her hand by one of her boys as he pass
ed her desk in returning from the recess
Calling the lad back from his hurried retreat
toward his desk, she asked him the nature Of
the mysterious document.
"Please m, its petition for the boss trot
s'For the boss trot?"
stYes m, we boys wants to go, and we has
drawed up petition for shuttin' up the
school SOS we can 60
But can't close the school; you must
ask the committee"
Every well IN, I'll do it, cause we just
must see that trot." and taking the paper,
the lad went to his seat.
The matter was forgotten in the duties of
the day, but, to her surprise, the teacher was
handed the petition the next morning, iu-
dorsed "The boys can co. and signed by
the well known autograph of the committee
man. Fate overruled the result of the kind
hearted committee men. The track was
heavy, and there was no trot, but the school
marin had days shopping in Portland
TROctoo Herald
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-11-11
PERSONAL.


The many friends of Mr.. John n. Foga
will regret to hear he is confined to his home
with severe rheumatic attack.
The Governor and Mrs ROBBIE left their
home yesterday for Boston, where they will
attend the meeting of the National Grange
this week.
VIM. E. Wood and wife, st. John, n. B.
James Blakeley, New York; w. A. Hath
away, Providence, were among the guests at
the Falmouth Hotel last night
Capt. j. A. Gallagher went 70 Bangor yes
terday to complete arrangements for a trip OF
the Montgomery Guards to that city about
Thanksgiving.
The funeral of DR.. Harvey Harlow will
take place in Augusta this morning at 1876
o'clock, instead Of Thursday, as first an
nounced
The Governor and Council, accompanied
by Secretary of State Smith and Col. Fl. NJ.
Sprague of Augusta, will visit the Perkins
Institute for the Blind and the Massachu-
sets Home for the Feeble Minded, whic h
are both located in Boston, this week. They
will be absent three weeks, going today and
returning Saturday.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-11-11
The Dallas.

The trial trip of the revenue steamer Dial
las took place yesterday in Casco Bay, with
run of four hours. The machinery worked
admirably. Not journal heated, and the
speed and handling of the vessel was greatly
improved. Defects which have caused years
of annoyance to the officers have all been
taken out of the engine, and all are much
plased with the good results. Mr. John A.
Lidback is the contractor and deserves much
praise for the perfection of his work. The
machinery of the Dallas will be in prime or
der for her coming winter work.
Captain Frank Barr, late of the revenue
steamer Dix, stationed at Key West, Fla, is
looked for daily to take command of the
Dallas
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-11-11
Eagle No. 2.

The Eagle hook and ladder truck was plac-
ed in its house yesterday after having been
entirely rebuilt and made practically a new
truck, the hind wheels, seat, arms, and hat
rack being all that is left of the old machine
The frame is % feet long and is attach
ed to the running geor in the strongest pos
sible manner. 1t has room for carrying
twelve ladders and is so built that the lad
ders may be easily handled. In the center
of the frame is large box for tools and
clothing, with doors opening from each side
of the truck. The top of this box is cover
ed with oil cloth and will serve as a good
storage place for various necessary articles.
Attached to this box are hooks for hanging
four water buckets and six fire hooks may be
hung beneath it. There are places on the
side of the frame near the hind wheels for
two axes on each side of the truck and at
the end is chance to hang four lanterns and
two coils of rope. At the sides are too rub
Der covered foot rests and nickel plated ham
die bars. The frame has been lowered six
inches and is three feet longer than formerly.
The truck is handsomely painted, being red
incolor with black and and white trimmings.
All the bright work is nickel plated. A
large gong is placed beneath the drivers
foot rest. The name of the truck is upon
each side in handsome gold letters.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-11-11
The KingfieId Hotel Robbery.

Charles W. Young of Madison. who con-
fessed to the robbery of the Mt. Abram
House at Kingfield, by which the proprietor,
Lewis Kershner, lost $3.50, was arraigned
Thursday before Trial Justice William Dol
bear at Kingfeld and in default of bail was
committed to the Franklin county Jail to
await the action of the grand jury. Friday
evening he was brought to Pennington by
Deputy Sheriff Thomas p. Wood and trans
ferred to Jailer JEWELS care. Wednesday,
Benjamin S., John f. and Miss Ola Gordon
of Starks whom Young states were accom-
plices of his in the robbery, were brought
Starks. Detective Robert A. Davis of Port
land appeared for the State, and Henry L.
Whitcomb, Esq, of Pennington for the re-
spondents. The Gordons were placed under
$500 bonds fer their appearance at the De-
There is much excitement and feeling in re-
gard to the case in this section
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-11-11
mrs. Hewe,s Poems.

To the Editor Of the Press:
The many friends of Mrs. Caroline Dana
Howe in Fryeburg are much gratifed to
learn that q volume of her poems is soon to
Appeal. This beautiful village is the birth
place of Mrs. Howe, and takes a special
pride in the fame of the fair authoress We
are glad that the talented lady has at last
needed the advice of the admirers of her
verse and song, and that she is about to give
them more abiding home and more beau
tiful setting than they have found in the
newspaper and on the page of the magazine
from whence they have been copied again
and again till many of them have become
household words. 1t is certain that her
large circle Of friends will welcome the
volume with special delight, and that it will
receive a greeting most kindly from the pub
lie generally. Os. K. R.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-11-11
The Patriarch of Te,egraphers,

One of Names remarkable men is Mr.. D.
p Livermore of Hallowell, who probably is
the oldest telegraph operator in active ser
vice in the world. He will be 81 years old in
January, and has been manager of the Hal
lowell Office since 1850 MI Livermore is
the father of great family of operators
They are in Boston. New York, Philadel-
phia, Portland, and nearly all the leading
offices in the country, and they include some
of the most expert of operators. There are
forty or more of these telegraphers whom
Mr.. Livermore has taught and sent out. He
speaks of them affectionately as my boys
His own son, Mr.. Chas. d. Livermore, has
been manager of the Western Union office in
Portland for many years. He was the first
operator to read by sound in Lewiston. Mr.
Livermore's daughter, Miss Emma now de-
ceased, was the first lady operator in the
world to send a telegram. The accuracy OF
this statement has been established by in
vestigation. 1t was several years after the
telegraph was introduced before telegraph.
ing was considered suitable business fol
women
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-11-11
SUPERIOR COURT.
BEFORE JUDGE BoNNEY.


TUEsDAY.-James P. Wentworth vs. Edward
H. WoOdside. Action to recover $50 alleged tC
be due as boot in a horse trade. The parties
snapped horses at Yarmouth and the plaintiff
says the defendant agreed to pay him $50 tC
boot. The defendant denied that be TceSs. u
pay any boot and claimed thai they snapped
even The defendant also claimed that the plain
tiff could not recover on the ground that the con
tract was made on Sunday and was therefore
void. To this the plaintiff replied that that
defense was not open to him under sec. 116, chap.
80, Revised Statutes, which provides that no per
son who receives valuable consideration for a
contract, express or implied, made on the Lords
day shall defend any action upon such contract on
the ground that it was so made, until he restores
such consideration. 1t was admitted that the
defendant had not restored the horse or offered
to. The defendant claimed that the statute did
not apply and was not intended by the legisla-
ture to a case like this that the plaintiff be-
fore this suit was brought had disposed of the
horse he received and therefore it was of no use
for defendant to offer to swap back as he could
not place the parties in stdtat quo The court
ruled that the statnte did apply to case like
this and that the defense was not open to the de-
PENDANT Verdict for the plaintiff for S51.72.
f. V. Chase for plaintiff.
Weston Thompson for defendant
Arthur Palmer VS.. John A. Thomas. Action on
an account anneXedfor labor. Defendant files an
account in set off. On trial.
Weston Thompson for plaintiff
Strout & Holmes for defendant.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-11-11
New Corporations

The Gordon Safety Switch Company has
been organized with the following officers:
President-Edwin Gordon.
Treasurer Harvey Scudder.
Drectors-E. Gordon, Harvey Scudder Il NJ
Steadman, Charles S. Woodbury. o. j. Noble.
Capital, 100000; paid in, nothing
The New England Water Gas Comnanv
has been organized with the following Of
ficers
President-Byron Sloper
Treasurer-George G.. Hackett.
Drectors-B. Sloper, George G. Hackett John
Brevogel.
Capital, 100000; paid in, $4,000
The. Standard Leather Company has been
organized with the following officers:
President-R. G. Remsen.
RECONSIDERATION S. Thompson.
Directors-R. G. Remsen, Frank w. Hale, M. S.
Thompson.
Capital, 100000; paid in, $4,000
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-11-11
Pearl Street In Darkness.

To The Editor Of The Press:
There is great complaint, and with much
reason, on account of the gas lights being re-
moved from Pearl street, thus leaving the en-
tire street from Congress to Oxford in nearly
total darkness. By the substitution of cleo
trio lights on Congress street, near the Park,
and ON Myrtle and Wilmot streets corner of
Cumberland), no light of consequence is
thrown upon Pearl street. Formerly there
was gas light midway from Congress to
Cumberland street. and another at the
corner of Cumberland and Pearl, which were
barely sufficient to give the requisite light
for this much frequented street; both these
having been removed nothing has been
placed in their stead to relieve the darkness.
''Let there be lightp' TAXPAYER.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-11-11
MUSIC AND DRAMA.


Tonight and tomorrow evenings the Wiley
Golden party in William CLIPS absurdity entitled
"Chestnuts," will appear at Portland Theatre.
Mr.. Gill is also author of the great New York hit
"Adonis," which has already run about $50
nights. The company is under the management
of Robert Filkins, and has the following cast OF
singers and comedians: Dora Wiley, Flora
ton, Richard Golden; and Messrs. Longworth,
Keene and Cook. They carry two full and COM
plete sets of scenery; the music is composed and
arranged by jesse Williams, sical director OF
the Casino New York city. The entertainment is
comedy of the style of "Buneh of Keys" rag
Baby" etc, and will be presented by excellent
musical talent
PORTLAND LADIES' ORCHESTRA.
The above orchestra, assisted by other talent
will give concert this evening in Y. M. c. A.
hall, under the auspices of the Woman's Auxiliary
to the Y. M. C. Association. Following is the pro-
gramme:
Ladies' Orchestra.
Vocal Duet-'u Guramento' ........:. Donizetti,
Miss Clara Merrill and Mrs. Farley.
'O-''' '''V Miss Nellie Young '''''''''
Vocal MISUNDERSTANDING, % - .Go oM1o
Mrs. c. H. Farley.
Sounds from the Aps-Landler.. E. Kremser
Ladies' Orchestra.
Overture I'D. kaula /,
Ladies' Orchestra.
Vocal Solo-"Waltz" .Arditi
Miss Clara Merrill
Cofnet SOLO .-.-.--.s'. hIS Dent.
Violin Symphony Dancla.
Reading ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. MIS- D. u Newton.
March Zikoif,
-'''' Ladies' Orchestra.
NOTES.
Johnnie Symonds, who has for the last two
wears been playing the West and South, is now
business manager of the London Theatre at Gal
yeston Texas.
John Rickaby now directs the fortunes of the
New York Lyceum Theatre.
Edwin Thorne thinks of adding 'The Don" to
his meodramatic repertory.
erin Vana Wrinkle" and Joseph Jefferson will
he seen next week on the Boston Globe stage.
Miss Rose Coghlan is to appear at the Park ,BoS-
ton, on Monday in her successful starring play,
"Our Joan"
of Mile. Alma Fohstrom, from Imperial Russian
Opera at st. Petersburg, took place at the Acad-
envy Of Music, New York, Monday, in in the pres
ence of a large, critical audience; The lady pos
sesses great beauty of face and figure and re-
markably sweet and flexible voice, and in the per
Torrance of the exacting role of Lucia displayed
high degree of talent as an actress.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-11-11
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

Mr. Randall, of the City Aims House,
picked strawberry blossom yesterday after
noon.
The Congress Square Union will meet this
afternoon with Mrs. Alfred Woodman, 10
Deering street.
This morning the bowsprit of schooner
struck and broke the glass and shutter of
window in the store of Willard & Sl1illings.
The first shipment for export arrived Mon
day evening over the Grand Trunk road.
The first steamer from Liverpool is expected
Friday or Saturday.
Mr.. Chas. III. Furlong, truckman for f. A.
Smith & Co., had the misfortune to break
one of the bones Of his ankle by barrel of
kerosene falling on it. The day before Mr..
Furlong lost a valuable horse.
At meeting of the Committee on Streets,
Sidewalks and Bridges, held yesterday, the
contract for furnishing 10000 square yards
of granite paving, was awarded the Halo
well Granite Company at $11O.
AT a meeting Of the aldermen yesterday
forenoon Stephen Marsh and Fred E. Dow
were drawn as grand jurors and Andrew j.
Davis and Charles O. Bancroft as petit
jurors, all for the coming term United States
District Court
Monday afternoon the police sent back to
Canada man who failed to show proper
papers. He came here some time in October,
but while no danger of small pox was appre-
hended in his case it was thought best to
make an example of him.
The semi-annual meeting of the Maine
Branch of the Woman's Board of Foreign
Missions will be held at Williston church,
Thursday, Nov. 18th, from 10 a. m. to $50 p.
m. A collation. will be served at noon Half
fares on Maine Central Railroad.
The third regular meeting of the Long
fellow G. L. S. c., at Chestnut street vestry,
Monday evening, was quite well attended.
The reading by Mrs Burrowes and Miss
Goold were an enjoyable feature of the pro-
gramme, and the essays by Miss Foster and
Mr.. Laughlin were scholarly and interesting.
The closing remarks by President Bashford
are always looked forward to with interest
by the members as they are by no means the
least entertaining portion of the programme
if they do come in at the close of the eve
ning's work.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-11-11
Or. DaIton's Lecture.

Rev. DR.. Dalton's first lecture will be given
to-day in the hall of the Y. M. G. A., Far
rington Block, at o'clock. 1t will be COM
parison of the Greek with the leading Latin
and later historians. Let none be deferred
from attending this course for fear that the
subjects are too far removed from their hab.
its of thought to be of interest.
As the old is to be compared with the new,
the ancient with the moderns, it follows!that
modern literature will necessarily be the
lecturers theme as much as the ancient,
which itself is nearer to us than we are apt
to think. These lectures will be free to all.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-11-11
civil Service Examinations.

The examinations for applicants for posi-
tions in the civil service in this locality will
take place at the High School building in
this city, commencing at II a. M. today and
continuing through Thursday. The local
board of examiners is composed of Deputy
Collector Moulton, Messrs. Horatio Hight
and G.. w. Roberts. Besides the applicants
for local positions. it is expected there will
be large attendance of candidates for posi-
lions at Washington Chief Examiner Ly-
man of the Civil Service will preside over
these examinations and the decisions in these
latter cases will come from Washington
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-11-11

Last evening one of the best temperance
meetings ever held in the Gospel Mission
took place. After prayer and reading the
scriptures, Mr.. L. S. Berry Ct the Lynn,
Mass, Praying Band was introduced ana
made some strong remarks on the cause OF
temperance, after which Rev. 5. f. Pearson
addressed the meeting on what he called one
eyed temperance, and in which he drew the
attention of his hearers in happy manner
to the one eyed ideas of many people.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-11-11
Caught at North CONWAY.

Harry Austin, who hired the team from
Mr.. Brown, the stable keeper, Monday, and
did not return with the team nor the thirty
dollars he stole from the cook at the Baker
House, was arrested at North. Conway yes
terday morning upon information telegraph
ed by the Portland police. Officer Freeman
t. Merrill and Mr.. Brown went to North
Conway and will bring the young man and
the team to Portland
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-11-11
church of the messiah Fair

The ladies' fair of the Churchiof the Mes
siah opens this afternoon. In the evening
there will be a musical, literary and social
entertainment from 8 to 9o'clock, with a
programme as follows:
Music by Orchestra.
Selection by Amphien Quartette
Reading by David Moulton.
Musical by Messrs. Barnum and Farrell
Duet by Sainmie Merrill and Justin Barber
Selection by Amphion Quartette
Reading by David Moulton
From to II o'clock, there will be young
peoples social dance, with music by Chand-
ler's orchestra. The Dickens party comes
off tomorrow evening. For further informa-
ton see advertisement.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-11-11
Huron Salt.

We would call the attention of our readers
to the advertisement in our columns OF
Messrs. Howes, Hilton g. Harris, who are
agents for the celebrated Huron Salt for
table and dairy use, which is now for the
first time being offered in this State The
salt appears to be very much whittier and dry
er thap the salt usually offered for sale by
our dealers, and by the eompany's process of
manufacture, it becomes graduated, and the
particles remain separated, whereas in the
ordinary ground salt the particles adhere to-
gether and become solid, we think therefore
that Huron Salt, must be very popular with
all house keepers.