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The Portland daily press., 1886-01-07
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A Serious Charge

SKowHEGAN, Jan. 5.-Dr. Moore of Solon
is under arrest for malpractice which result
ed in the death of Flora Bean, on Dec. 2Sth.
At the preliminary hearing in Solon, yes
terday, DIR. S. F. Greene testified that he was
called to Moore's about 9 o'clock on the
morning of December 2Sth. He found Clara
Bean suffering from what he thought to be
fever. Her pulse was 100, her temperature
103. At 1890 p. M, he went to her room
again, and found her dead on lounge,
covered with a spread. He was asked by
Moore 'What shall we do with the body.
He replied, Lay it out ready for burial. =
He examined the bundle of clothing and the
pockets of the deceased. He found in
pocket a steel probe seven inches long.
Amos J. Bean of Solon, uncle of the de-
ceased, testified as to how he learned of his
niece's death, and that he assisted in prepar-
ing her body for burial.
Mrs. Jerusha Merrill Of Solon, who assist
ed in preparing the body for burial testified
to what she knew of her death.
Dr. j. B. Twaddle of Anson testified that
in his opinion, based upon post mortem
examination, the girl came to her death
through an attempted abortion.
DR.. E. N Wing of North Anson testified
substantially the same.
The court adjourned until Wednesday
morning.
Knights of Labor.
LEWISTON, Jan. 6.-The following officers
were to-day elected by the District Assembly
Knights of Labor:
Master Workman-O. c. Phillips, Auburn.
Worthy Foreman-W. II. Douglass, Lisbon
Falls.
Recording Secretary-R. F. Foss, Auburn.
Financial Secretary-R. A. Williams, Port
land.
Treasurer-W. F. Eaton, Portland.
Statistician-D. N. Smith, Lewiston.
Judges-R. A. Williams, Portland; c. S.
| Emerson, Auburn: Oliver Otis, Rocklani.
Judge Advocate-Geo. F. Dutton, Lewis
| ton
Clerk of Courts-W. E. Hutchins, Bid
Executive Board-O. c. Phillips, Auburn
| ]. W. Kittridge, Rockland N. S. Bowie.
Gardiner; s. w. Syphers, lewiston; J. w.
Harris, Auburn; 7. j. Lyons, Vinalbaven
| John Mcclure, Bddeford; A. i. Mudgett,
Belfast; A. c. Whitehead.
Sheriff Roberts Assaiiant Arrested.
SAco, Jan. 6.-Melville Bodwell one OF
the three brothers who brutally assaulted
Sheriff Roberts at Springvale last year, has
! been arrested in Lawrence. The sheriff has
sent for him tonight, and he will be tried al
this term of court. His brothers, Charles
| and Frank, both testified at the September
term of court that Melville committed the
crime.
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-07
The Alleged EmbezzIement.

Boston, Jan. 6.-John F. Wood, promi-
nent business man, whose connection with
the New England Manufacturers and Me-
chanics Institute was we'll known, was ar
rested today ON a warrant charging him with
the embezzlement of S2443 from the Union
Stone Co., of which he was treasurer in 1882.
Mr. Wood claims that he is wholly innocent
and that he is being prosecuted by the com
pany which he is at present suing for large
amount for infringement of certain patents,
and that the arrest was made simply to pref
udice the jury when his patent suit is on
trial. The sum claimed by the Stone Co. he
says, is the result of mistake made by a
strange book-keeper, while the regular man
was absent
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-07
FROM WASHINGTON.
Gen. Sheridan.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-Senator VanWyek
offered today in the Senate the petition, Of
the National Labor League praying that
Lieut.. Phillip H. Sheridan be made full
general. He asked that it be printed in the
Record and also be referred to the committee
on military affairs. 1t was so ordered.
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-07
FOREIGN.
a Madrid Scandal,

LONDON, Jan. Cit is reported that an
about to bring suit against the ex-Queen OF
the late King Alfonso, in behalf of an lille
gitimate child, saying that Alfonso was It's
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-07
THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Z.
Indications for Portland and vicinity
Fair, colder weather.
The indications for New England today
are fair, slightly colder weather, brisk to
high northwesterly winds, higher barome-
ter.
Cautionary signals from Cape Henlopen to
Eastport.
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
r,or,rY >yr, Mo Ton 1895
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-07
Foreign Notes.

Orders have been issued for the vacclna-
tion of all the officers and men in the Austrl-
an army.
The London Times correspondent at Man
dalay, Burmah, telegraphs that 10000 rebels
are Securing the country within radius OF
twenty miles of the capital, and that they
threaten to attack the town. tears OF an
emeute are felt, owing to the great reduction
of fhe Rritish force at Mandalay.
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-07
THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS,

Published every day Sundays excepted) by the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY,
AT 81 EXCHANGE STREET, PORTLAND, ME.
TERMs-Eight Dollars Year. To mail sub
scribers, Seven Dollars Year, if paid in advance
Address all communications to
PORTLAND PUBLISHING CO.
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-07
Hon. Bion Bra dbury, Portland.
VICE PREGInENTS.

Lincoln County-Hon. S. S. Marble of Waldobo-
70, and Hon. Henry HI. ingalls, of Wiscasset.
Aroostook County-Hon. Eben Woodbury., Houl-
ton; William Dickey, Fort Kent.
Washington County-Hon. 4. A. Pike, Calais !;
Hon. John c. Talbot, East Machias.
PenobScot County-Hen. Hannibal Hamlin, Ban
gor, Nathaniel G. Wilson, Orono.
Waldo County-Dr. j. G. Brooks, Belfast; John
T. Rowe, Frankfort.
Knox County-Hon. John S. Case, Rockland /;
Hon. Edmund Wilson, Thomaston.
Kennebec County-Hon. Joshua Gray, Gardiner; /;
Hon. Joseph H. Williams Augusta
Somerset County-Hon. r. b. Shepherd, Show
hogan; Hon. Albert Moore, North Anson.
Sagadahoc County-Hon. William Rogers, Bath /;
Hon. Washington Gilbert, Bath.
Androscoggin County-Hon. Jere Dingley, Jr
Auburn; Henry A. Osgood, Lewiston.
Cumberland County-Hon. William w. Thomas
Portland; Col. John M. Adams Portland.
York County-Col. Mark +. F.WentwOrth, Kittery
William A. Cromwell, South Berwick.
Oxford County-Hon Sidney Perham, Paris; ;
Hon. w. A. rockingham, South Paris.
Hancock County-Hon. S. I. Hincks, Bucks
port; Hon. Charles A. Spofford, Deer Isle.
Franklin County-Hon. j. W. Porter, Strong;
Dr. J. j. Linscott Pennington.
PiScataqus County-Hon. Ephraim Flint, Jr.;
Dover; A. M. Robinson, Dover.
SECRETARY:
Hon. Oramandal Smith, Augusta.
TREAsURBR;
Hon. Edwin C. Burleigh. Augusta.
Mr.. Atwood announced that Mr. Bradbury
having declined the honor of presiding over
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-07

LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
PnRTI.ANn. Ne. Ian. G. l
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-21
PR RaK ES.

Mother-''Yeu haven't given the child any prizes'' Teacher-'Alasl he's always idle , Mother-''Then he's deserving a prize for perseverance. ."-Exchange.
 When Fogg heard the landlady below stairs pounding the beefsteak he remarked that Mrs. Brown was rendering a banquet to her boarders.-Boston Transcript.
 Speaking of cold weather in the South mo- body seems to have given a thought to the mosquitoes in that section. How they must have sufferedI-Philadelphi Call.
 Half million pounds of willow leaves disguised as tea were shipped to America from Shanghai last year. Singing, willow, tea-willow, a-willow.-Boston Transcript.
 There is policeman named Moon at Ath ems, Ga. Quite appropriately he is the night force, and like the other one he is about half the time invisible.-Se erville Journal.
 'tCan see the mayora'' inquired a member of the city council of the formers servant Not at present; he's at dinner" ssBut my business is very important" ''I cannot help it, sir; his honor is at steak. "-Salem Ga zette.
 "Isn't it funny how we happen to meetT' said fair young soprano singer, as she was going home from choir meeting on the arm of her best young man, the tenor singer. vile Argus.
 ''What is the first thing you would do, Jones, if you were stung by hornetE" asked Smith, who had been reading an article on the treatment of stings. Swear" replied Jones, sslemnly. And the conversation ab- ruptly ended.
 ''I see you going to introduce bill for spelling reform, MT. Lawler." 'Yes, l think words ought to be spelled as they're pronounced. Now, there's the work 'kewpa- b. for instance! How's fellow going to know how to pronounce it when he sees it spelled 'cupola' !'-Chicago News.
 A man who used to receive periodical hoggings from his better half was on Christ mas presented by his amiable spouse with her portrait. She said: My dear, is it not very fine? Does the likeness not strike you?'' The meek Benedict replied suavely: II think it will soon; it's so like you.'
 "Pa," said Olivia, five ought to have a thermometer ill the house. We don't-'' ''There, now," shouted the old man, with an air of one who closes discussion. 'I don't want to hear another word about it. If ye had one, ye couldn't talk through it. Lem Haskins had one put in his house nigh a month ago, an he's hollered himself hoarse, an they've nigh about starved to death, try in to order their groceries through it. No good, I tell ye."-Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle.
 Miss Birdie McGinnis is considerable of an amateur singer in her own estimation. It is a fact that she has very good voice, but she is obliged to catch her breath very often, being rather short winded.
 ''What do you think about her singing?" asked her brother of a stranger who did not know that Hostetter was related to the fair singer.
 1T like her singing very well," was the re- ply. ''She has undoubtedly the finest asth- ma I ever heard on the stage -"-Texas Sift- ings.
 Here Johnny lies, poor little kidi
 He thought the ice would bear:
 We might have got him out had not The barber clipped his hair.
 -Pttsburg Chronicle.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-21
Should He Defeated.

From the New Haven Register
 One of the aims of the friends of the pub lie school system in this city is to have the business of the school district done by the
 Board of Education in full daylight and not, as has been the case, in the darkness of 8 committee room. It has been thought that
 the more publicity given the details of our school management, the better would be the results both for the schools and the taxpay- CTS. They are somewhat amazed, therefore, at the proposition that has been made to give to the Committee on Schools the discharge of incompetent
 or unnecessary teachers. We are very much in the dark as to the necessity of such a concession of i'm portant power being mad- to the committee. The one excuse which we have heard, that it is uni ust to those discharged to have their names pub
 lished in the public prints, is such weak bit of mawkish sentimentality that it not on- ly defeats itself, but it suggests a serious in
 dictment against the training schools, as a means of ascertaining and measuring before hand the substance of candidates efficiency. We feel certain, however, that to place in the hands of the Committee on Schools the full power over the teachers employed is to place them at the mercy of few individuals and impair seriously the usefulness of their work It there is the possibility of au in justice being done discharged teacher by publishing his or her name in print there is ten times the amount of injustice done those continued in the employ of the school dis trict by placing them under the thumb of a minority of the Board. The proposition is a bad one and should be so quickly disap proved by the Board to remove all doubts from the public mind that scheme is not wrapped up in it that has for it's purpose the location of important power in the hands of an individual whose use of that power would rear for himself a wall of protection which the Board would find it difficult to scale.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-21
The Late Miss Bayard. IErnna thn philadalnhia PraSS 1


 "Was she pretty? When you are older and know as much as an old woman like me you will understand that that question is of the least possible consequence. Nobody who ever saw her forgot her, and Inever saw any one she cared to interest escape her bizarre and brilliant charm She shocked that part of Washington which exhausts it's energies and it's intellect in trying to resollect which corner of card to turn down. She would take any timber in the saddle, and she cleared familiar convenances with social seat so secure and hand so steady that there never spill, though good friends like myself held their breath sometimes. But under all the brilliant, dazzling side turned to the world there lay an earnest. sincere na- ture which put her wonderfully keen head to solid work by her fathers side. Poor Katie Bayardl and she had to the very brim all that life can give young woman in the very front of the whirl of public and social life.'
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-21
Jesse James, Promising Son.

CIty
 The Olive street Baptist church was filled with citizens last night when Colonel Hoge- land delivered his address in the interest of the homeless boys of the oity. After he fin- ished his talk Colonel Hogeland, as is his custom, called on a number of boys to cone forward and say the Lords prayer In re- sponse to the invitation bright eyed, intel ligent looking boy, neatly dressed, stepped forward. The audience was silent and in a clear, firm voice he said the Lords prayer and then modestly returned to his seat. The boy was the son of the noted Jesse James and is himself named Jesse James. He and his mother are living quietly on the east side. Jesse, jr., is regular attendant at the Sab bath school and is said to be a remarkably bright and well behaved boy. His mother is member of the church.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-21
NO. IS.
A Lion in a Locomotive Car.

Butte (Montana) Dispatch to tn. Philadelphia
 Newsl
 The engineer and fireman of the train from the South had an extensive scare to-day John Else is the engineer and Joe Davis is his assistant. The train was running along at @ forty -mile-an-hour gait rounding the curve near the cliffs below Silver Bow. Else was as usual at his post and it was growing dusk when he noticed a dark object spring upon the cow-catcher. He naturally whistled ''down brakes" but as there was no disturb ance he concluded that it was q rock or a lump of dirt that had been in some peculiar way thrown on and off, and the train re sumed it's ordinary speed.
 About this time Davis had occasion to % out on the footboard and oil some of the ma chinery, but before he had completed the job he rushed back into the cab, more dead than alive. The dark object that Else had seen spring on to the cow-catcher proved to have been full-sized mountain lion How It obtained footing in its perilous position will never be known, but 1t is certain that it clambered from the cow catcher and reached the footboard just as Davis Was finishing his oi1ing.
 As soon as he saw the ugly object the man naturally retreated to the cab, to which point he was followed by the beast The pair entered the cab together, Davis speech less and the lion growing. John Else is a man of nerve and expedients. He took in the situation in a second. He had ne weap- on. but as quick as thought he opened the valve and there was piercing shriek from the whistle. The scheme proved d good one The animal was then more frightened than the men, and he took headlong plunge from the cab. Singular to relate, in the jump he fell headtoremost and his neck was broken by the fall. After the train had been brought in Else and party took teams and went in search ot the brute and found him. The car- cass was brought to the city and found to weigh 300 pounds.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-21
Thursday, January 2I. 1ss1
THE REAL QUESTION,

The JOURNAL AND COURIER has been hastily accused of misrepresenting the i'm portant question now before the Board of Education. We said the question, Stripped of all disguises, seems to be whether or not the superintendent ought to employ and dimsiss the teachers at his own discretion. :" It is said by those who object to this state nlent that all that the superintendent wants is the power to dismiss the "pupil teachers in the Training school. This is one of the di-guises, for the power to decide who shall or who shall not pass through the Training school is the power to decide who shall or who shall not become teacher in our pub lie schools The attempt is to accomplish indirectly what cannot be accomplished by more direct means. Every reason which can be urged in favor of the Boards direct control over the appointment and dismissal of teachers in the other schools applies with equal force to the pupil teachers in the Train ing school.
 Again we say that the question,
 stripped of all disguises, seems to be whether or not the superintendent ought to employ and dismiss teachers at his own dis cretion." And again we say that the ques- ton as to who shall be teachers is the most important question connected with the edu- cation of the children, the decision of which the Board of Education has right to dele gate to the superintendent to anybody. The question discussed in our issue of Mon day was not alone whether the present superintendent should control the appoint ment of teachers, but whether any superin- tendent should, or, indeed, anyone other than the Board, and the whole Board The last election of members of the Board indi- cated, among other things, the wish of the people of the district that the Board, as 8 whole, should exercise direct supervision over these matters It is clearly it's duty to do so.
 The only answer that has been made to our presentation of the matter is charge that the JOURNAL AND COURIER has been gov ed by personal spite. This argument may do -~ children and sewing societies. but it doesn't go far in the discussion of a public question. On our part we do not know what high-souled motive governed the editorial brother who charged us with spite. We can easily see that there was some mo- tive, but we do not, for the purposes of this discussion, regard it as important for us to know what that motive WAS. The question still remains whether the superintendent, or the committee on schools, which has been the same thing, ought to decide who shall be permitted to teach in the public schools, or whether the whole Board ought to decide. Until our editorial brother has some sugges- tions to offer upon this topic we have no controversy with him, or with anybody else whose methods of discussion are like his
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-21

ought to be passed with as little delay as

l
 possible
 An English company has been formed with l large capital for the purpose of supplying in part the British demand for mutton. Contracts have already been made in the Falkland islands for sixty thousand sheep annually for five years, and a steamship has been chartered for that length of time. It is said the flesh of the. Falkland sheep is su- perior to that of New Zealand sheep. The
 natural grass of these is lands is extremely lux uriant, and the Cheviot and Southdown
 breeds mostly cultivated. The cost Of
 production must be much less than in Great Britain, and full supply of cheap and good mutton for England would perhaps have some effect upon the price of American fresh beef.
 The Prison Press is the name of good lit tie paper published by the prisoners in the Waupun, Wis, penitentiary. In their pros pectus the editors say: It shall be our earn est endeavor to bury melancholy, estrange- ment and enmity in the vast region of the past, and in their cankered bosoms SOW the golden seeds of hope, love and charity. It AiAlooAOAi VI Press to encourage prison literary talent and to instruct, assist, entertain and amuse all those within our midst. In thus sending forth our tiny sheet to our mothers, sisters,
 homes and friends, and the great world at
 liberty, we present thereto model gem of
 miniature literature, born and sustained un-
 der the most painful difficulties and cireum-
 stances, yet we shall use our every endeavor
 to maintain credit to ourselvea and an hon
 or to our warden
 The principal of Danish school for deaf
 mutes has been for several years engaged in
 making record of the increase in height of
 his own and other pupils, which yields quite
 curious results. The tables show that the
 average child in the latitude of Denmark gains in weight from August until December that from December until April the condi-
 ton is one of rest and that from April to August the body grows in length, but draws considerably from it's weight to furnish the material needed for this form of extension. The measurements have been taken several times each day and with great care and have been verified by others of a similar kind made ill different parts of Denmark. The investi gator in reporting his deductions calls atten- tion to the similarity between animal growth and that of plant life.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-21

Rates of Advertising.
 SITUATIONS WANTED, one insertion soc: each subsequent insertion 25c.
 WANTS, RENTS. and other small advertisements occupying not more than six lines, insertion 75c; each subsequent insertion 25c.
 One square Gone inch) insertion S1.20: each subsequent insertion 40 cents one week $3 20; one month, 5000.
 Yearly advertisements at the following rates One square, one year, $40: two squares one year, $70; three squares, year, $1O0.
 Obituary notices in prose verse, 15 cents per line. Notices of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 50 cents each. Local Notices 20 cents per line.
 Advertisements on second page one price and a half.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their imnle- date business, and their contracts do not include Wants To Let, For Sale etc.
 Special rates furnished application for contracts covering considerable length of time, large space.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-21
Discounts.

The discounts or rebates for merly advertised still hold good, namely 10 per cent. on all Cioakings, Astrachans, Cloak ing Pushes and Cloths: roper cent. on all plain Colored Woolen Dress Goods, and 15 per cent. on Fancy Woolen Dress Goods.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-21
Mems Goods.

A quantity of odds and ends of Fancy Half Hose that have been 38c, 42c, soc and 75c put altogether at 25c a pair E The 75c Scotch Mixed Shirts and Drawers now 62c.
 White all-wool $I.5o Draw CTS reduced to $I. Drawers only.)
 A few Fancy Shirts and Drawers reduced from $I.5o to 75 cents.
 A lot of remainders of Fancy Silk Scarfs, old prices 75c, $I, $I.25-all now soc.
 Some real Camers Hair Shirts and Drawers of very fine quality reduced from $1.75 to $1.62.
 Genuine British Half Hose, 'full regular" "-3 pairs for 45c.
 Real Castor Gloves down from $I.38 Cat which they were cheap) to $1.25,
 Berlin Brace down from 75c to SOC.
 Armstrong Brace down from S8c to 60C.
 A lot of Norfolk and New Brunswick Shirts and Drawers, full regular make, at $I.75 for all sizes. We have sold these at $o for the smallest size, with a rise of JOG a size.
 Another lot Norfolk and New Brunswick, full regular made, Drawers at $I, reduced from $I.25.
 Scarlet Shirts and Drawers at 85c that were the leading $I article in town.
 Glastonbury Shirts and Drawers at 75c, advertised by others as a great bargain at 89c.
 White Merino Drawers, large sizes only, remainder of two lots at $1 and $1.25, put together to close at 75c.
 Linen Hemstitched and Printed Handkerchiefs, one of our leaders at I8c, will be closed out at 4 for soc.
 Another lot of the 25c Hem stitched and Printed for PIC each.
 Please observe, this adver- tisement is written the 2oth of January, and every item as ad- vertised is in stock to-day. But ?s 1t is to close the lots that we make such prices, you must come before they are closed if you wish to profit by them, as we cannot replace any of them
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-21
Reluctance i'm Burnet, Texas.
From the Burnet CTexas) Bulletin.


 A lady stepped into store where crowd of men had gathered the other day and pulled out a paper. Instantly one of the crowd crawled under the counter, another sneaked behind the door, another hurried into the back room to get q drink of water, while fourth darted out into the street They thought she had charity subscription paper, when it was only store account she wanted receipted. If you would scatter mob in Burnet quicker than smallpox or dynamite, show them document headed "We the undersigned agree to pay, etc."