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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-19
RAILWAY MATTERS.

THE WORCESTER AND NASHUA LEASE.
The Massachusetts Legislative Committee on
Railroads continued the hearing yesterday fore
noon on the proposed lease of the Wore ester,
Nashua and Rochester Railroad to the Bost. l and
Maine Railroad. Col. Albert Clark appeared in
opposition to the proposed lease, representing W.
A. Pain, j. W. Vittum and Wallace G.. Webber
stockholders of the Eastern Railroad. Mr.. Clark
SAID that his clients believed that this proposed
lease would be losing one, and that by the terms
of the lease of the Eastern to the Boston & Maine
the loss would fall upon the stockholders of the
former. He then gave in detail the terms of the
latter lease and claimed that it would be papably
unfair to make the Eastern stockholders pay for
the probable loss. Giving statistics in regard to
the Worcester and Nashua, he said the average
net earnings of the road the past six years were
SlS5,5o0, and the amount to be applied to the
payment of dividends 5000. or about per
cent on the capital stock. The Boston and Maine
propose to increase the business, but they will do
it at the expense of the travel which now goes
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-19
RAILROAD BEATEN.
The Ownership of a Large Tract of
Land Established.

GALVESTON, Tex, Feb. 1S.-A very i'm
portant land suit has just been decided by
the District Court of Bexar county. The
suit establishes the title to several
million acres of land in Texas. 1t was test
case brought to recover lands embraced in
what is known as the ''Eleven-League
Grant" These lands lie between San Anto-
nio and the Rio Grande, and are valu able for
grazing as well as agricultural purposes. The
Texas and Mexican railroad company locat-
ed its subsidy certificates on the land
claimed by the defendants, and asked for
writ of mandamus to have the land surveyed.
This brought the question of title to a direct
issue. The judge decided in favor of the de-
PENDANTS, thus confirming the titles conferred
by old grants from the Mexican State of Co.
boI
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-19
rhe cohurn Estate.

The trustees of Gov. Coburn's estate have
paid nearly all the debts, says the Somerset
Reporter. There are some small claims about
which there is a controversy. The combined
estates of Abner Coburn and A. & p Co
burn will not vary much from $4,OOo,Oo0.
The inventory filed in the probate Office did
notinclude real estate outside of Maine. The
Topeka, Salina & Western railroad bonds
have been sold to Jay Gould for SOL 900.
None of the property has been divided. Half
a million has been passed over to the admin
istrators of Philander's estate. The execu-
tors have $S00,00O in quick assets. The lega-
cies amount to 81, ,026,000, but nothing will be
paid until the pending suit is settled.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-19
GENERAL NEWS.

A bill was introduced in the Iowa Senate,
Wednesday, prohibiting teachers, members of
college faculties, State and county superintend-
ers from using alcoholic and narcotic stimulants.
Henry Tickle, a notorious outlaw, who is want
ed for murder and horse stealing in Navarro and
other counties of the State of Texas and who has
had conflicts with officers in various parts of the
State was captured Wednesday morning near
MiXia.
Two more children of James Hogan of New
market N. H., died Wednesday night of diphthe-
ria. Three died last week of the same disease.
The scare is abating there as it is nearly sup
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-19

The following list of good piano and vocal
music comes from the firm of Oliver Ditson
& Co., whose publications. seem to improve in
quality as in quantity from year to year.
"Old Folks at Home," arranged as quartet for
ladies' voices
MikadO Waltz, by Bucalosi. Has an elegant
title page, with Japanese picture.
Exhibition Polka, by c. Moser
Polka Mazurka, by Francois Behr, which is one
OF series of six pretty dances without octaves,
for little hands.
'Ce qu'on SQUIRE en- vous aimant" or "What
suffer in loving thee" A French, italian and En-
glish song by Tagliafco.
Where are the the Swallows fled. Ballad by s.
A. Sargent.
When Love is warm and true. WaltzSong by
j. W. Turner
Loves old sweet song. By Molloy.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-19
IN THE Kinks.


Tonight, at the Bijou, there will be ladies'
guess party. The prize will be gold ring. Last
evening, in the foot ball polo, the game was won
by Fishers team in three straight goals
NEW ENGLAND POLO LEAGUE.
Games played last night in the New England
polo league resulted as follows;
At Waltham--W althams 3, Someryes 2.
Al Roston-Bostons 8, New Bedfords g.
At tHayerhill-Haverhills 3, Cambridges /.
At Salem-Salems 8, Woburns 1.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-19
THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS,

Published every day Sundays excepteO by the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY,
AT 81 EXCHANGE STREET, PORTLAND, Me.
TERMs-Eight Dollars Year. To mail sub
scribers. Seven Dollars Year u paid In advance
Address all communications to
PORTLAND PUBLISHING co.
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privIne cbinamen from the Town.

NIcALAs, Cal, Feb. 1s.-Early this morn
Chinese in this town numbering forty-four
to Leave. They were put on board the
steamer D. E. Knight and Notwithstanding
the protest Of the captain of the vessel he
was forced to take them as passengers for
Sacramento.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-19
THE LABOR QUESTION.

Views of the Hon. j. r. BodwelI of
HaIIoweIl-A Ten Hour Law Needed
and Weekly Payment of Wages
Arbitration Favored-The Need of
Protection.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-19
aase galI Notes

A vigorous effort ia being made to form North
western base ball league this season. A meeting
held at Minneapolis Mimi, Wednesday, shows
that Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Duluth, st. Paul
and Eau Claire are ready to enter such league.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-19
Suit Against an American insurance
COMPANY.

VIENNA, Feb 18.-An action for libel will
begin here on Monday against the Vienna
agent Of New York insurance company:
to severe criticism of the American tontine
insurance system which is exceedingly un-
popular in Vienna The question has been
put in the Reichsrath as to why the state
should control native insurance societies
when it does not control foreign societies,
especially American, many Of which are con-
demned as unsound in America.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-19
lELEvEN PERSONS DROWNED.

The Schooner Anthea Godfrey Lost
in Gale.
NORFOLK, Va, Feb. 1S.-Wreckers now
think there is little doubt that the vessel
sunk in Lynn Haven Bay in the storm the
first part of this month is the schooner
Anthea Godfrey, Capt. Riggin and there is
little hope that any of the eleven persons on
on board his wife and five daughters and
crew of four Rien.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-19
Impression that the English Cabinet
will Not Hold Together.
Home Rule to be Made Test
Question in the House of Lords.
EngIand's Attitude Toward Greece

EngIdNu AttItNOE IOVsdTU GFeeC0s
British governments Greek policy if found
ed on the belief that war between Turkey
and Greece would postpone rather than ac-
celerate the settlement of Greek claims
Greece the News declares, ''must trust
Mr. Gladstone and Weld"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-19
THE INDIANS.
eighty sheep Herders Killed by
ApaCheS.

SANTA FE, N. ~, Feb. 1S.-Eighty sheep
berders ON a rancho near the Arizona line
had a fight with Apaches to-day, during
which all the herders were kill ed. A force
of mounted men has gone to the scene of the
foht
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-19

Mean daily bar. 80. 085 Maximum ther- $40
Mean daily ther. 29.7 Minimum ther.. .2O.4
Mean daily DIV pt21.e Max. vel. wind. :. IA w
Mean daily hum..731 Total preeip. -. %
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT
(Feb IS, 1886, 1000 PM)
Observations taken at the same moment of time
at ALL stations "
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-19
THE WEATHER.

sry ~pAsH1NGroN, Feb 10.
Indications to- nd and vicinity
Fair, warmer weather.
Indications for New England to-day are
warmer, fair weather and southwesterly
winds, lower barometer, followed In the
western portion by rising barometer.
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
PORTLAND, Me-, Feb. Is, 1886.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-19
SPECIAL NOTICES.
CAUCUSES.


Cnpe EIlZnbeIh,
The Republicans of Cape Elizabeth are request
ed to meet at the Town house on WEDNESDAY
next at 3 O'Clock L. m to nominate candidates for
town officers for the ensuing year, and to transact
any other business that may legally come before
the meeting.
Per order Repnblican Town Committee
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-19
Reasonable Action Of Vatican Of
ficiaIs,

ROME, Feb. 1S.-The journals of this city
have published a letter from Vienna to Sig
when Dorides was arrested in Rome recent
ly Initials, the significance of which is OBJ
vious, involve several officials of the Vatican.
The object Of the publication is to accuse
the Vatican Of treason. EThe minister of
Justice ayowed in the Chamber yesterday
that the letter was genuine
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-19
Knights of Honor.

RocKLAHD, Feb. 1S.-The ninth annual
session of the Grand Lodge of the knights of
Honor for the State of Maine closed here
last night. Grand Dictator Abbott NJ. Pen
ley of Auburn presided The grand oticsrs
were all present with one exception, and 10
of 10 subordinate lodges in the State wers
represented. The degree of old age was
conferred upon eight Past Dictaters.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-19
AxDRoscoeeN COUNTY

Rev. E. S. Fish, pastor of the Baptist ehureh,
OIL Lisbon Falls died very suddenly Wednesday
morning OF congestion of the lungs. He was about
60 years old He leaves widow and two sons.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-19
MAIN E.

3. a. h1NNEY,
Private, Signal Corps. U. S. A..
Temporarily in Charge.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-19

At the Methodist Church, Wakefield, Mass.
Saturday night, "Camp-meeting John Allen" o.
Pennington gave lecture on "QuaInt Reminls
cences of My Life" Mr.. Allen has attended 362
camp-meetings, and in two weeks viii be 81
years old.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-10

initiate his cockney misuse of the eighth let ter of our alphabet. One morning he came down to breakfast at the Fremont House in 8 not very pleasant frame of mind He had been chaffed pretty hard the evening before and in addition had not slept swell The waiter-a darkey of the darkest hue-iaid the bill of fare before him and awaited his order.
 "'Ave you hany fresh heggs this morn inga" asked Coleman
 'Yes, sah," answered the darkey; "'ow'Il you lave lem cooked, sah? Boiled, scram- bled, fried, homelet: hsny way you like, sah."
 Coleman turned quickly, gave the waiter a sharp look. frowned and then as though making up his mind that his ears had de ceivsd him, indicated his preference in the way of theggs."
 'Hanything helse, sahs' asked the waiter. "Cawn beef lash is very nice, sah, dis mawn in' Bit of fish, sah? 'Alibut steak, sah, fnnan 'addie, fresh cod" Coleman's face had turned purple. He jumped to his feet caught the waiter by the collar and held him at arms length.
 "What do you mean, sirrah?'' he roared, ''by himitating gentleman's speech. I lave 8 mind to throttle you, you himpertinent scoundrel!''
 ''Hi begs yer pardon, sah, but Hi really can't 'elp it, sah. Him an Englishman my self, sah."
 sYou lie you villain,' beloved Coleman You've been paid fer thisl' By this time some of the other guests had intervened, and the darkey, pale with fear, was released from the actor's clutches. The head waiter vouched for the fact that the darkey was all Englishman, born at Putney, and Coleman, restored to his equilibrium, settled down to his breakfast again-but with a change ot walters
Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-10
HASH.

''It is always the beginning of Lent at our house." ''I don't understand you" ''Don't you know we have hash Wednesday there all the year round"-Boston Budget. 'sRed satin rain umbrellas" have been in- troduced into Paris. They would be of no use here, for we have no rain of that kind in this country -Pittsburg Chronicle. A short lobster is protected by law; but where man is short, he has no recourse. Hence it will be seen how much better it is to be lobster than man.-Boston Tran script.
 Talk about the fame of statesmen, poets or philosophers! No man ever knows what fame really is until the newspapers print the testimonials" he wrote in an indiscreet mo- ment for the manufacturers of patent nedi- cine.-Somerville Journal. A writer on Corea says: "From birth to her seventh year woman enjoys her freedom at seven years of age she is shut up." Won der how it is dons2 It has always been found impossible to shut up woman in this country Boston Transcript
 A traveller 'ssays the people of the Congo
 have no conception of God of any kind
 and worship nothing" From which it must
 be inferred that the American dollar has
 never been introduced among the people of
 the Congo. Herald.
 A St. Louis dealer advertises ''I am sell
 ing fine corkserews in mems pants at $6." It seems appropriate in St. Louis to give 8
 corkscrew to every man who buys pair of trousers as to give boy drum with a suit
 of clothes.-Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
 Mamma-Do you know the ten command
 ments, my dears
 Little Bess-Yes, mamma.
 'Well, repeat them"
 'sI can't, mamma. I don't know them by
 heart. I only know them when I see them. , Philadelphia Call.
 A teacher in the public schools had pro-
 noted little pupil, and meeting her 8 few days later said: ''Well, Mary, how do you
 get on in your new classg" "Oh, pretty well. I missed in arithmetic today but it was an
 awful hard question" "Let me hear what
 the question was," said the teacher. ''It was How many chickens had the boys'
 said little Mary, and the sympathizing teach
 CT agreed that it was a Puzzler.-San Fran ciscan.
 Not long ago a young man about town called on certain young woman of his &C., quaintance. He was promptly ushsred into the drawing room by pretty servant maid who ran to the room of her mistress te an nounce her visitor. "Oh, ms'am," she said,
 ''that most illigant of gintlemen who danced with me last summer up at the Phoenix Hill
 Park, ma'am, at the gravediggers' social, is down in the parlor a-calling on you, ma'am!'' The gentleman never called again.-Louis- vile Commercial.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-10
Wednesday, March 10, 1886.

DEATH ANB THE DOCTORS. It seems little incongruous that physi- clans, whose business it is to preserve life, should themselves die, but they do, and it appears from & careful study which has been made in England that the death rate among them is larger than that among the members of other professions. The facts bearing up on this matter collected by Dr. Ogle are in teresting and instructive.
 The death rate among the doctors of Eng land is not high, but it is on the increase In the years 1880, 1881 and 1882 the mortality was higher than that seen in other profes- sions. It was also above the death rate ex hibited by doctors for two decades so be- fore From 1880 to 1882 the lawyers died at a rate of 20:23 per ,000, and the clergy men for these years showed a death rate of only 15. 93. The doctors, on the other hand, exhibited death rate of 2553 per 1000. When the medical mortality is compared with the death rate of teachers, with that of the commercial travellers, or even with that of the miner these fairly unhealthy or very unsanitary oc- equations are found to present favorable comparison with the doctors chances of old age. The innkeeper, the butcher, the brew CT, the quarryman, the cutler and the work CTS in certain other trades are behind the doctors in the matter of mortality.
 What Dr. Ogle has to say about the causes of death among the medical men of England is interesting He takes the deaths per mil lion of doctors, and of all other men, and shows the relative proportions in these two death rates. Thus per million of medical men and per million of ether men, the death rate from scarlet fever is as 59 to 16; from typhus 79 to 39; from diphtheria as 50 to IA; from typhoid fever as 311 to 23S; from alcoholism even as IFS to 130; from suicide as 363 to 238, and so on. In the matter of suicide Dr. Ogle says that self-destruetion by poison is the preferred method of the pro- fession. Doctors in England seem to be able to cope with smallpox successfully. The an- nual death rate from smallpox among all males above twenty years of age is seventy three per million. Among medical men it is only thirteen per million. This is thought to be due to the thorough vaccination which prevails among doctors.
 The facts indicate that the business of fighting disease in other people is not very healthy occupation. And when the risks taken by doctors are considered the results of Dr. Ogles investigation are not surpris-
Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-10
Senator BrIgkt,s DuelIins story

Ben: Psrley Poore in the Sunny South Senator Bright, of Indiana, used to tell 8 good story about a challenge he received from Joseph G. Marshall, 2 political rival The parties went to Louisville to fight, but the difficulty was there settled by General William O. Butler. Pending the settlement of the affair the police put in an appearance for the purpose of arresting the combatants.
 'Tm looking for MT. Marshall, surs," said the Irish captain as he entered Nr Marshall's $ room at the hotel, f'and believe the man is before me-"
 Er. Marshall divined at once the purpose of this visit, and assuming an air of indiffer- ence, coolly inquired: "Whst one of the Marshalls do you desire to sses There are two of us here.'
 ''The one who is to fight the jewel, sure, '' replied the policeman. ''Ah! I understand. You should seq my brother. He is in the room at the other end of the hall"
 'But is he the Mister Marshall that's 8 lawyerF' inquired the skeptical captain.
 s'He will probably tell you that he's a minister Bat don't let him fool you. Law yers, you know, can quote texts as well as preachers"
 The policeman politely thanked him for his assistance, bowed himself out of the room and passed on to the room of the Rev. Samuel Marshall, elder brother and a prominent divine of Kentucky. In vain did the minister expostulate.
 "Your texts don't apply" said the plucky Irishman. ''You're me mon, sure now! You're no more of preacher than am my self, " and tHe fellow was hurrying him down the stairway when they met mutual friend who explained to the policeman that he was badly "sold." Meanwhile Joseph Marshall had moved to parts unknown, and thus avoided the humiliation of going to the May or's court,
Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-10
Bringing to Rank.

Men possessed of high rank and large for
 tunes have, and no doubt always will have
 deference paid to them, but the deference of
 former days was not of to-day. Sir Walter Scott was the first man of letters in 1919, 8
 personal friend of the Prince Regent, caress- ed by all the wit and fashion and beauty of England and Scotland and yet we find him writing to Lord Montagu on the death of the Duke of Buccleuch, "I never thought it pos sible that a man could have loved another so much where the distance of rank was so very great Crabbe drew a painful picture of the courtier's position, the bitterness of which ne felt himself: ''Upon thy lord with decent care attend" The great noblss de- sired to retain their influence and did so by living in the country: they imposed upon the public by their state and by lavish and | magnificent hospitality, such that shown by Lord Egremont at Petworth, of Beaufort at Badminton, MT. Coke at Holdham, and Lord Fitzwilliam at Wentworth; they fur l nished the provinces with a court which might well compare in display with the royal one, and far exceeded it in decency The law was inclined and was strained to re- spect the prerogatives of peers. A sugges- ! tion that Lord Lonsdale,s- face might ftly be taken to represent that of the devil was made the subject of criminal prosecution. This same Lord Lonsdals, on being stopped when driving in Mount street by the off Ger of the guards on duty, exclaimed: "You l rascal, do you know I am peer of the
 realm" Capt. Cuthbert replied, ''I don't know you are peer, but I know you are a scoundrel." A duel followed, but unat- tended by fatal results. In one of Miss Edgeworth's stories the Duke of Greenwich is represented as estranged from Lord Aid borough because his correspondent had not sealed letter to him, and I have no doubt that the trait is drawn from real life, be- cause in correspondence with Lord Buck ingham, Lord Sydney alludes to offense ! having been taken account of his ad- dressing Lord Buckingham in the same strain as that in which Lord Buckingham | had addressed him-probably without his title. No preacher would in these days speak in his funeral sermon of woman who was lately "a great and good duchess | on earth, and is now a great and good duchess in heaven" Civility, decent civili- ty, in peer seems to entitle him, in the eyes of his admirers, to special eulogy. 'I ! have known Lord Landwich apologize to lieutenant in the navy for not being able to exact his appointment" writes friend of his lordship. Bishop Warburton is spoken of as beyond measure condescending and courte- ous, having even graciously handed some biscuits and wine on a salver to curate who was to read prayers. The position of a peer is no doubt less imposing now, but it is probably more comfortable; state is avoided because it brings no corresponding advantage Lord Abercorn, travelling in 1913 ed by the ladies of his family and his household in five carriages, while he brought up the rear mounted on small pony and decorated over his riding dress with the ribbon and star of the Garter. In this guise he would be taken for the advance oe
Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-10
March in the Upper Circles.


 There will be an annular eclipse of the sun on the fifth. The path of the beautiful phe- nomenon is chiefly confined to the Pacific Ocean, the central line crossing land in Mex ico. The eclipse will be invisible in New England, but will be visible as a partial eclipse in the greater part of the United States and in the eastern part of Australia. March exhibits unusually active condition of the solar system. Mars, Jupiter and Uranus are in opposition, Saturn is in quadrature Venus at her period of greatest brilliancy, Mercury at eastern elongation, the moon oc- cults Jupiter, Uranus and Aldebarau well ss multitude of smaller stars, and even the great sun himself is seen as golden ring surrounding the dark body of the interven- ing moon. An observer taking fancy flight to the sun would behold startling picture on the 21st. Our planet will then be in line with Jupiter. Mars will be little to the