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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-05
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS PARTY.

The President appears to be having not
very comfortable time of it. The attitude
of the MugWumps does not please him, nei-
Their does the attitude of the leaders of his
own party The MugWumps want every
thing done to suit them, and the Democrats
feel the same way. To please both, after
trying for year, the President has discOv-
cred is impossible. So he has concluded,
the story goes, to live on more Intimate
terms with the leaders of his own party and
let the Mugwumps growl and criticiSe.
Probably the President has done as well in
his dual role of Mugwump and Democrat as
was possible, but everybody including him
self, now recognizes that he has failed to
satisfy either. The task was an impossible
one and failure was inevitable. The kind
of men that the Mugwumps wanted for the
Offices were not the kind of men the Democ-
racy wanted. Therefore every nomination
that has pleased the Mugwumps, like that Of
Postmaster James, has brought down on the
Presidents head the anathemas of his own
party, and every nomination that has pleased
the Democracy, like that of Higgins, has
been made the subject Of bitter criticism by
the MugWumps. Latterly, it is to be noted
that the Mugwumps have apparently suffered
an abatement of their confidence in the Presi-
dents good intentions They used to admit
that he made mistakes sometimes. but he
was always eXculpated on the ground that
he had been deceived But the number of
these receptions, and especially the fact that
he has allowed himself to be deceived sever
al times in succession by the same parties,
has apparently shaken the faith of the Mug
wump somewhat Harper's Weekly and the
Springfield Republican have spoken quite
sharply of late of some of the President s
acts. and there is evidently bitterness in the
Mugwumps as well as the Presidents heart.
The Independents are beginning to find out
that something more than good intentions
are necessary to make asuccessful President;
thatexperience in public affairs, knowledge of
men, and tact in dealing with them, all OF
which Mr.. Cleveland lacks in large degree
are quite as essential. The Washington cor
respondent of The New York Herald, who
has supported Mr.. Cleveland ever since he
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-05

This, from the New York Evening Post
is all right, except the closely
state like Maine" sentence:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-05

1t looks as though ex-President Arthur
spite of the reporters. With no bulletins
and only one doctor apiece the chances are
favorable.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-05
.Trotting Stallion
Is Is IS.
GOV. MORRILL,.

Record 1924; sire of DR.. Smith trial 2.2814.
Gov Morrill, is a choice black. with star in face,
stands Is hands high, and weighs 1150 lbs. was
foaled May 7, 1875, bred by A: L Allen, Hebron;
Me-, sire Knox Morrill, son of winthrop morrill,
Annfield, I'd, dam S. T. B.. Morgan descent, Ann
field was selected by the special agent of the, n.
N S. where he was purchased by Col. 7. S. Lang
and brought to Maine to improve our stock OF
breeding mares; he was bred in England and was
a successful runner, winning the Goodword and
Newmarket stakes, and second in the Eng. Derby.
Gov. Morrill's size style, color, disposition, bot
tom and speed together with power to transmit
these good qualities to his offspring, makes him a
desirable horse to breed to-
He will make the season of1886 at Presumpscot
Park, Deering, Maines
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-05
TERMS, $4,000

for the season. cash or approved note at time of
service. Mares not proving in foal can be re-
turned next season free of charge. Mares kept at
stable at owners risk for $780, or at pasture for
81, 80 per week.
For further particulars call upon ASHER M.
SAVAGE, at the track, or address,
apr1 6d3M* 1. ". DIVER. East Deering. Me.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-05

The men who are now ON a strike to make
eight hours a days work seem in danger of
forgetting number of important facts. In
the first place the number of persons to
whom the eight hour system can be made to
apply must be but very small percentage
of the whole mass of workers, so that there
will be very large number of workingmen
on whose sympathy the strikers cannot
count In the second place the strikers should
remember that if they are paid the same
wages for eight hours of work that they now
receive for ten hours, the cost of the!articles
they are engaged in producing will be en-
HANGED twenty per cent. Somebody has got
to pay this increased cost, and a very consid-
cradle portion of twill be saddled upon work
ingmen who are compelled labor ten ortwelve
or even more hours day. That is, one class
of wOrkingmen and women are in danger of
being assessed in order that the hours of la
Dor of another class may be reduced.
The appropriations for municipal purpos-
es this year are somewhat in excess of last
years, but the increase is unavoidable 1t
arises entirely from the damage inflicted by
the ice storm and the necessity of building
new school house. The Council evidently
have kept the appropriations down as low
as was advisable OF course the centennial
celebration is not necessity and might be
dispensed WITH but we believe there is gen.
eral concurrence among our citizens that our
hundredth birthday ought to be observed in
a cEeditable manner. The appropriation of
$1,000 for this purpose will not be considered
extrayagant. 1t is exceedingly gratifying to
be assured that though the amount to be
raised by taxation this year will exceed that
of the year before the rate of taxation will
not be increased our valuation having in
creased sufficiently to make up the differ
ence.
The Missouri Pacific strike which has just
been declared off was begun early in March.
1t originated in the discharge of a man named
Hall from the Texas Pacific road, and
was begun to compel his restoration At
ter some weeks had elapsed the strikers
presented other grievances. The leaders of
the Knights of Labor, including Mr.. Pow
derby, were opposed to the strike from the
start and Mr.. Powderly several times decar-
ed that it was without sufficient excuse. The
strike has been managed almost entirely by
Mr.. Martin Irons and the local assemblies of
st. Louis. The result will probably destroy
confidence in Mr.. Ironss capacity for leader
ship and as far as his influence is concerned
reduce him to the ranks. The net result of the
strike is large loss to the company and
still larger loss to the employees and demon
stration that the Missouri Pacific can be run
without the aid Of the Knights of Labor as
Mr. HoXie said it could and Mr.. Irons said it
could not. Some of the strikers will prob
ably get back in their old places, but good
many of them cannot and will be compelled
to seek other work, The folly of rushing
into strikes on slight provocation or no pro-
vocation was never better shown than in this
case, and tits to be hoped the lesson will not
be forgotten.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-05

The Republicans of the First Congressional Dis
trct are invited TO send delegates to Convention
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-17

For an cylaiP Vi pure and unl-
Logged contempt, tHFe a barher's opiu-
ION Of the man who is growing a fu,i
beard.-Lows txau.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-17
Mortgage Sale

WHEREAS. default has been made in the COZ
ditiOns OF certain mortgage. dated The
ticNuth day OF March. - made ana rNccHtct
10y George " Dick amt Dora \. Dick.his Nlfe.o
seville township, Gutiot county, rtJtc ~.
N.ch gan. TO Nancy L.. Wolf, OF the same place
and recorded i'm the Office al thc register g.
dccds for Grltiot county. Michigan, ON tn
fourteenth day of March. lss5. in ilbcr forty -!A
as. of mortgages. on page nnCtN-~lN 'M hi
which the power OF sale therein contained ma
become operative; ana whereas, there j. claim
cd To Ice due on said mortgttg AZ the date OF ihl'
notice the sum of three hundred ana thirty
nine dollars and fifty cents lf.s}9t0. tGc install
Ilth day OF march, lSNi. not having been paid
and the undrr-igucd having elected and hereby
ClpCting under the terms OF -aid mortgage. that
the whole of said mortgage become due ano
payable forthwith: ana. whereas, no suit on
proceeding at Inv or IN equity has been ia
Stitutcd Ia recover the debt secured by sutl
mortgage or any part 10 thereof: now. there
fore. notice is hereby given, that 10y virtue OF
the power OF sale contained in such mortgage
and of the statute of the state of Michigan lu
such ease made and provided. on Tuesday, tho
list day of December. y. -. 1856. AT II OclOca
in the iorcaoon of said day, at the front doc,
OF the GratiOt county court house in the vii
idgc O. Ithaca. tr0tiOt county, Michigan. tnc
undersigned viii sell AT public auction. to tn
highest bidder. the lands and premises dcsCrih
pa "a said mortgage. or 20 much thereof
shall Ice nCccssa ry 10 satisfy the amount an
Goa said mortgage, and legal costs, togc tho
tn m attorney fee ~ fifteen dollars 5000
us hy statute provided said premises being dc
scrihcd ~ the southwest quarter OF the south
west quarter OF section twcnty.four ga. in
township twelve ~ north, range four a. west.
Dated September 2,th. lSs6.
NANCY H. WOLFE. MortgagcC.
MARCUS POLLAsXY, Atty for Mortgage
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-17

Mr.. Frederick Warde, The actor who
has been struggling with tragedy ana
cartarrh FOR several years, in one night
was received with demonstrations of
great delight in a Pennsylvania town.
y large torchligat procession accom-
panied him to and from the theatre,
and the night was made hideous by the
serenading Of the Knights of Pythias.
This is very different from the treat
ment he received one night in Pitts
burgh, where he was playing leading
support TO john Mccullough. The play
was " Virsiaius'~ and Mr.. Warde lent
his genius 70 the manly and noble part
of Icilius In the company was that
incorrigible jester and generally danger
Gus man, Wallace \. Mcdonnell lie
was doing small parts, such as the
first citizen who rushes in at the
head OF a mob ard shouts Long live
the noble senator. Down with the
pratorian guards" In addition TO this
he had charge of the "supers." Warde
and Mcdonnell had had some difficulty,
and the latter was nursing his revenge.
In the fourth act, while Mccullough
was making his speech to Appius, Nc
Cornell turned to the "supers," who
in this case, were burly iron-workers,
and, pointing to Warde, whispered !:
Now, you must rush on that man aud
push him OF the stage. You needn't
he easy with him for he is a free-trader
and says the pope is no gentleman"
The next moment the astonished lclius
was struggling in the grasp of dozen
husky puddlers and flung bodily OFT at
H. L.. r. ",fhat night" said Mcdonnell,
telling OF it afterward, 81 slept Oh the
pint franz" ...
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-17
MODJESHA.
What n Woman &C plucl, and Perseverance
can Accomplish.

In the history of the American stage
no foreign artist who has ever appeared
on it came so quietly and with so li.tle
preliminary notice-in fact, none What
ever-as Madame Helena Modioska.
In July. 1915, she came from Poland.
hernatye land, in company with her
husband and several Polish families,
determined 90 seek quiet home on She
Pacific Slope. For this purpose they
purchase ranch i'm q secluded canyon
in Southern California, about hundred
miles from Los Angeles, and there pro-
ceeded to cultivate the soil and form q
a Polish Colony. Success did not at
tend this undertaking, and the light of
the Polish stage determined to try
what could be done in her profession
on the American, and commenced at
once to study English with the aid OF a
private tutor In six months she
thought herself proficient enough for
first attempt, ana just year from the
time of her first landing in this country
she made her first application for IN
engagement TO Barton Hin and the
late John Mccullough she applied ut
the California Theatre, san Francisco
which they Jointly managed. Hi WAS
at first adverse to giving the Polls ac-
tress an engagement Oh account OF Lcr
peculiar accent and slight figure. lint
genial John looking deeper than the
superGcial.t.cs OF accent and form. saw
the soul OF an actress. and dramatic
soul, in the woman who stood before
them in the managers Office and re.ted
the 1.-TWO Pigeons. and gave them Tie
dying-scene from Adrienne Lecouy-
reur" and he insisted on giving here
trial. A. the Hrst rehearsal they both
discovered at once that the applicant
was an experienced actress. not "a Tilted
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-17
5000 Given Away,

To introduce our Corn Extractor we
will give Oh Feb. LIST, lSS7. 5000 to the
INST three persons sending IN the largest
lists oi words made from the sentence.
Aliens Corn Extractor. To the
person sending us the largest list. SO;
10 the second So; 10 the third 10000.
No restrictions other than the words
Shall he numbered, found i'm Wcbster's
dictionary, and llrat no letter shall be
sd IN ANY one word oftener than 1t
ppedrs IN the sentence. Each con-
,cstant shall lirsi send to or address
is or her name, enclosing pc IN silver
Cr postal note. when the name will he
registered and Il package OF Aliens
Corn extractor sent post paid. Contes-
tants will be furnished card with the
result as soon after Feb LIST as possible.
Award Will be made with utmost fair
ness. Address j. T.. Allen " Co.,
Greencastlc, Ind.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-17

L-su0scr'bers who dD r0t give eNnrras mo-
tice - the contrary. are considered wishing a.
continue thor subscription.
=.-lt subscribers order che discoutinuanrt
ot their per.odicats, the Publishers mgv con.
paid "
lis Subscribers tc-l 'ct or fi,TtrSE to take
their periodicals from thc uiaea 10 winch me,
they have settled their bills ana ol.l.,,l i,.t,,
discontinued.
any person who receives uc,fsnluer
rom tn post ohce, Whrthcr be- has l-,lcr,.tl +,
or not. Is held 10y the los,4l LAW to be n sub.
scribcr
o.-ll SUBSCRIBER, pay I'M advance they mus.
give hotice 70 tue Publisher at the end az tlcii
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othefNise the publisher is authorized TO sand Il
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arrears are sent To- the pup. ncr
1T Is q ~ ~ Pris 'u oiielse ID take u pa
pr from tne once a1l tncn return Dr. tho pub
hshef retus"d.-U. =. Session Laws for n sU.s
papers.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-17

Nomal entertainment this ey ming.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-17

Choice bottled beer at the Model
Bar. Ten cents per bottle. If.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-17
Clittering Cold Quartz,

Just as taken from the mines, in the
Rocky Mountains. made into beautiful
Scarf-pins. suitable for ladies and gen
tlemen. The rich and rare. as well as
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on these Scarf-pins. are mined and
selected from such famous mines rs
the Bobtail Mine, Blackhawk. Colo,
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monntings on them are the best Gold
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In order to introduce them, and our
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Christmas nOteltieS. Agate goods, Indian
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II pins for S2.25. post paid. These
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than l9c each. hence You will see AT Il
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order at once. and address your lettes
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No 935 10Th Sts., Denver Colo.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-17

special sfEGGf
Patterns. Co. o. stlectra ry 5000 ID
sarge 10 page 9. column illustrated
Address q. ietteGs.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-17

Shiloh Nitallzcr j. what OF need for
Con ipa o. l. s. Apt G, Dizziness
and all mptoms 90 y c n. Price
10 and - cents Per bottle. Sold by B. 5.
Web.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-17
BUSINESS LOC4L.

FoR SALE:-Eighty acres of land in
the town ship of Arcadia, described rs
follows: The west half of the South
west quarter Of Section Seventeen in
town eleven, north of Range three west
Enquie of JAS. Kress, Alma. If
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-17
Poultry, Game, Butter, EggS

Having leased the new store. ~ Michiran
Grand Ave. ttadillae Squarcl, AN prepared Z,
handle on Commission, BUTTER, EGGS
POT LTkN, GAME. Etc. Quick saios at high
1T market price and prompt returns guaiah
tcCd.
{. G. FITZPATRICK, Detroit Mich.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-06
NO. 46.

my own execution. The negro had
then reached the foot of the stairs, and
crouching low, he waited until the
victim was within a foot of him and
sprang forward. The knife was aimed
at the throat, but it missed and struck
the side of the head. This | saw plain
" in the mirror. At the same moment
l felt sharp pain under the ear. AS
soon as the blow was struck / saw my
other self turn and grapple with the
dwarf, who dropped his knife. The
two figures swayed backward and for
ward, sometimes right at the very edge
of the well, sometimes scraping the
walls of the apartment, and again roll
ing over and over on the floor. / felt
every throe that was mades and as the
struggle went on found myself pant
ing for breath, while l leaned with my
elbows on my hands and gazed with
starting eyeballs intSFthe glass before
me. will not weary you with a de-
tailed description of what must seem to
you the veriest nonsense. Suffice it
to say that at the end of what seemed
to be an hour of time saw the negro
let go his hold and fall back with his
head hanging over the dge of the we'll
What relief it was What a sense of
flendish joy 1 experienced when 1 saw
the successful wrestler, myself, pick
up one skull after another and hurl
them at the PROSTATE form, and how l
recovered my breath when 1 saw the
figure go up the stairway, through the
hallway, thence to the street, and in
the direction of home. That was the
most curious sensation of all. knew
l was at home looking into the mirror.
There could be no mistake about it. I
was fully conscious of my surround
ings. There was the bed, the wash
stand and the pitcher. There were my
coat and vest on the back of a chair. /
looked behind the bureau to satisfy
myself that nobody was playing trick
on me. I satisfied myself that L was
alone in the room and that no one was
near me. Then I returned to the mir
ror and saw, as plainly as l see you
now, my other self walking up Fifth
street to Race, out Race to Thirteenth,
and down Thirteenth to where, If / told
you, you would say a fool lived. Then
the vision faded slowly out. 1 put on
my clothes and went out into the street.
-PblIGdeLp pbiG -Nelos.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-06
CONDENSED TELEeRAMs.

THB President on the 31st vetoed the act
granting psnsion Co JeuAette Dow.
THE fight of Prohibition VS.. License in
Kinds County, Miss, gEows fiercer daily.
Both sides had meetings at dozen places
in the county on the 3lst
THE knights of Labor held a massmeet-
ing in New York on the 31st, at which
twenty or thirty thousand persons were
present. A number of speeches were made.
Much damage was done in New Jersey
by the storm on the 31st- A man named
Dorpher, living near Dunhams Corners,
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed.
TEE carriage works of OIviIle H. Short,
the most extensive mandatory in Syra-
cuse, n. Y, were burned on the 31st
About 1000 wagons and much machinery
we're destroyed. Loss, $4,000.
IT is estimated at the Treasury Depart
ment that the public debt statement viii
show a decrease for July of SS,60O,OOO.
JoE SuoBEY, colorsd, of St Louis, was
called to his door at an early hour on the
morning of the 31st aud shot by some un-
known person for some unknown cause.
QUITE a sensation was created in Little
ock on the 31st by Mr.. Pollock clubbing
John French. Mr.. Pollock's little daugh-
ter had been insulted by French.
In a torehlight procession at Birming-
ham, Ala. on the night of the 3Ist, a float
loaded with fireworks caught fire and ex-
ploded, injur1ng five young men.
THE President on the 3Ist nominated
Alexander B. Upshaw, of Nashville, Tenn,
chief clerk OF the Ind an Bureau, to be
Assistant Commissioner Of Indian Affairs.
If Senator Whittorne's bill, which pro-
poses to refund the cotton tax collected in
the South from 1865 to 1888, passes, it viii
give Tennessee $7,s7S, ,4G0, and Arkansas
=, ,5J5, ,6Ss.
TIE City Council Of New York on the
Slst passed a resolution requiring Chinese
laundrymen TO give receipts to customers
written in English.
LARGE number of persons are arriving
in Waco, ~exas, daily, from the drouth-
of the State. Many of them are almost
destitute and completely discouraged.
TIE notorious ccuntsrfefTsr, David
Stanley, was arrested on tue 1st in Scott
cuntss Penn, while iTcnIstfng dangerous
coantsr5 GtQgarters and ten cent pfeces.
THE Norwegian bark, Agnes Campbell
which arrived at Ship Island quarantine
station on the S0th from Aspinwal, has
Ost six men from yellow fever.
AMoNe the clerks dismissed from the
1atentoflce on the S1st was Miss Alice E
Nefisleham, the Granddaug hter Of Prssl.
dent Thomas JefFeTF6h. - -
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-06
WASHING THE DISHES.

She stood upon shady porch
Before a m lk-white table,
And DER her head a rose-v ne wreathed
The brown old-fashioned gable.
A pretty cotton gown she wore,
With sleeves rolled up displaying
Her lovely arms, and on the breeze
Her curls were lightly straytng
This side cage of song-birds hung,
And that globe of fishes.
And butterflies few In and out,
And lowered lovingly about
The maid that washed the dishes.
At first she dreamed not was near,
And never ceased her singing,
While through the sh ming bubbles fast
Her dainty mop went swinging.
But soon she spted me, end heard
A little rill of laughter,
And straight my heart sprang to her sides
And sprang quickly after
And in a moment more I'd told
Ny love, my hopes, my wishes,
And marked her bright eyes brighter grow
And then-wOrk must be done. you know
She washed, I wiped the dishes.
--MGTgaT'et EBti1ige, in HaTper'S Bd@dT.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-06
Excitement over the Rasures Case.

MoScLoEA, Mex, Aug 2.-The Rasures
case at Piedras Negras, and Governor
Ireland's reported action in the matter,
are the only topic of conversation to be
heard on the public plazas to-day. The
foreigners fear an outbreak on the part
of the lower classes of Mexicans. A
private dispatch received here by prom
inent merchant reports that General
Reyes, of Monterey, has forwarded six
carloads of cannons, rifles and ammuni-
ton to San Ysidro, on the Mexican Gen.
tral railway, for transportation TO the
chihuahua frontier.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-06
Found Petrlied AFTER Fourteen Years.

VANDAIIA, Ill, Aug. There has
Just been exumed, near St. Elmo, in the
eastern part of this county, the petrided
body of a Miss Fulton, who died fourtRen
years ago. The remains which where
disfnterred at the request of some rela-
ttyes and placed beside another
deceased relative. were found 20 be un-
usually heavy. The coffin was opened,
revealing the fact that the body had been
transformed into stone, everything re-
aiming intact and the form and features
being - perfect as the day II was placed
In the ground. The BODY, after being
exposed several hours 70 the light and
atmosphere, remained perfectly solid.