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The Portland daily press., 1886-03-04

II OsT OR sTOLEN-A check, No. 699 tor
~ S130.95, drawn by X. +. Foss, on Flrst
Williams; said check was mailed In Auburn Tor
Portland, aud has never been reeeiy od Al per,
sons warned against RECEIVING sau eheeh as
F''' 1911
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TOWN ELECTIONS.
Camden.

The annual meeting of Camden village corpora
tlon was held Tuesday night. H. NJ. Bean, d. H.
Blsbee and c. K Miller were elected assessors 1t
was voted to raise thirty-hve hundred dollars to
pay the balance of the corporations debt.
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Phillips.
Windham.

The Phillips town meeting met Monday, chose
N. P. Noble, Republican, for moderator, and
then adjourned for one week.
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New Gloucester.

The New Gloucester town meeting assembled
yesterday, according to the warrant, and organic
ed by electing John ". Humphrey, rep, Modera-
tor. The meeting then adjourned one weeR
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yyTANTED-EvERY LADY about to MARRY,
w EVERY LADY or GENTLEMAN intending to
go on JOURNEY, to provide themselves with a
aSteel Lined Leatherofd Trunk and have their
apparel taken safely without missing. Send for
Illustrated circular to the LEATHEROID
MANUFG CO., Kennebunk, Me. feb15-3m
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"ANTED.-A man of good address, 43 years
w ofage, a good penman and accountant. I'M
derstands business and legal forms, correspOn-
dence, &C., with twenty years clerical experiences
eleven years as Clerk of United States Court de-
sires position suitable to his abilities with man
ufacturing or wholesale house. Satisfactory ref
erences. Address ACCOUNTANT, This ONCE:
1874
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NTANTED-A smart boy of good address, 16
w or IL years old, in an office; must be quick
and correct at figures and good penman. Ref
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"ANTED-Ladies to know that M. E. Syl-
w vester Cloak and Dress maker, 20 Pros
pect St., is agent for Prof: Llvingstons French
Combination Of Squares, The best system In use.
Call and Examine. 24l
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Hoods sarsapariIIa

~ have taken Hoods Sarsaparilla for dyspepsia,
which have had for the last uine or ten years,
suffering terribly. 1t has now entirely cured me- p
MRS. A NORTON, Chicopee, Mass.
after suffering many years with kidney COM
plant, was recommended by my pastor, Rev. j.
p. Stone, to try Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t has done
me more good than anything else." EDWIN G..
CURRIER, Dalton, N. III.
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Pnlpsburg.

Observation-Disclosures v. Minott
Town Clerk-Nathaniel G. Reed
Selectmen, &c.-William A. Perry, George NJ.
Duley, Thomas Minott.
Treasurer and Collector Charles " Mnott,
Town Agent-William A. Perry.
supervisor OF SchoOls-M. III. Ferguson
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Purifies the Blood

"Last spring my whole family took Hoods
Sarsaparilla. The result is that all have been
cured of scrofula, my little boy being entirely
free from sores, and all four of my children look
FOUND Hoods sarsaparla also Very good for
catarrh, with which have been troubled since
the war. l have not found anything do me so
much good as Hoods Sarsaparilla." VIM. B.
ATHERrON. PaSSaic City. N J.
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LOST AND FOUND.

DICKED UP ADRIFT-About 100 lbs.
Il Manila wrapping paper and tubular square
lamp in damaged condition; supposed to be from
the wrecked steamer Cambridge. The owner
& SKILLINGS, End Custom House Wharf, Port
land, Me. 81
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-24
Southern Railroads.

The increase in tho mileage of the rail-
roads of the South within the last i've
years has been more than 30 per cent.
In 1850, according TO Poor's manual, the
total MILEAGE of Southern roads was 10
$40 miles. and in 1885 it was 3o,674 63
m les, an increase of over LOCO miles.
This Increase ia railroad mileage is
pretty good indication OF the development
Of material resources that is going on in
all Of the Southern States. The new
roads were not built as rule to
meet the demands of trade and travel
between distant points, but to supply the
wants of newly settled sections of coun-
try. In Florida, for instance, the new
roads reach out into sections which pro-
duce vegetables oranges and other fruits
for market. The roads went TO these
sections when they were needed and not
before, although they have assisted won
derfully in settling up the country. What
is true In Florida is true to a great extent
in other States. 1t is safe to say that all
the new roads pay good interest on the
money invested in them, and, doubtless.
they Will soon pay much better interest.
ilulu iut lhs' year JneTe mas Deen
comparatively little railroad building in
the South. The same is true with respect
to other sections OF the country. The
prevailing depression In all kinds Of busi-
ness has checked railroad as well as
other enterprises There are, however. a
good many projected roads in the South,
and as the promise Of better times is APP
parently about to be realized, some Of
them Will doubtless be constructed very
soon. The spirit of progress has taken
firm hold Of the South, and her develop
ment is bound TO be rapid. II business
reVives to the extent that II promises to,
the number Of miles OF railroad that Will
be built by 1890 will he ~ great as WAS
the number built from 1850 TO 1885 inclu.
siyp
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-24
The Vote in Maine.

The semI-official returns of the Maine
election show two things that are worth
much more than passing notice. one
is that the Repu blican victory is not AS
great as the republicans tried to make 1t
appear Immediately after the election,
and the other is that the Prohibition vote
by no means sustains the claims of the
PrOhibitionists.
The Republican leaders a few days ago
claimed that their plurality would not be
less than 1000. II turns out to be only
between 1900 and 1900. The fact
should not be lost sight
of that Mr., Blaine directed
the campaign, and that mis- influence
was about as strongly felt as it was in
1884. The comparison ought TO be made,
therefore, between the vote of this year
and that OF 1884, instead of that of 1882.
when Gov. Plaisted was a candidate for
reelection, and the Democrats gave him
very enthusiastic support. In 1882
the Republicans had a plurality of $3.50,
and majority over ali of 6,4st. In 1884
the Democrats did not make much OF a
fight because they conceded the State
to the Republicans. In that
year the Republican plurality
was 1875 and the majority
about $4,000. A comparison OF the vote
OF this year with that of 1884 shows fall
ing off IN the Republican vote of 9,94S,
while in the Democratic vote it was only
1887. This is decrease in the Republi-
can vote of - per cent, and in the Demo-
cratic vote OF only per cent. This pres
entation OF figures would seem to midi
cate that the Republicans have reason to
be alarmed rather than to rejoice over
. their victory.
Maine is a prohibition State, and there,
II anywhere, it would naturally be ex-
pected the Prohlbltiopists would rally to
the support the Prohibition ticket. MIR.
Clark, the Prohibition candidate for Gov
ernOr, received only asp votes out OF a
total vote OF 1913, 91S. If there were no more
PrOhibitonists In Maine than the above
vote indicates, it would be impossible to
prevent the repeal of all laws against the
sale Of intoxicating liquors. Doubtless
the majority OF the people are for prOhibi-
ton, but they are not ready to leave the
party wi which they have always voted
in order to help put Prohibitlonists In
office. 1t must be admitted, however,
that there has been q steady gam in the
Prohibition vote in that State. In 1880 it
was only go; in 1882, 395; in 1884, 2,160,
and in 1886, 3,S72. At the present rate of
increase, however, it will require many
years for the Prohibitionists to acquire
control of the State.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-24
PERSONAL.

a son of Gen. Fremont is growing rich out
in breezy Montana while the other one piows
the salty seas in a nav al officers garb.
JENNY LIND G0LDscHMtDr's daughter, W no,
according to rumor. has inherited her moth
er's voice, VIII shortly be heard in this cOun-
Try.
PRINCE WALpENAR Of Denmark has
abandoned the Greenland and Iceland ex-
plorng expedition. with which he was on
cially connected and has scuttled home with
an eye to the Bulgarian throne.
COUNT Won BLUMENTHAL, who was the
Crown Princes chief of staff in 1901, is
now in his seventy sixth year, but cont nues
10 act as com handing General of the Fourth
Army Corps, and says he is ready for another
campaign. .H.. . ln.s
THE father OF Miss Jennie Chamberlain. Of
Cleveland. denies the report that she is en-
gaged to he married to Prince Albert Victor
son Of the Prince Of Wales. In affairs OF the
heart. however, the father OF a susceptible
young person is usually very poorly informed
REV. DIR. TIMOTHY DWIGHT assumed the
Presidency Of Yale College on Thursday
Sent. %. Two DwIghts filed the chair he
fore him. h rs grandfather ami another rela-
tive, Doth with merited honor. EN-Presl-
dent Porter will remain member OF the fac
ultY.
URrEL CRoCKER, of Conasset. Mass, who
has lately completed his ninetieth wear. ENJOYS
alone the distinction OF having assembled
twenty feet above the top of the Bunker Hin
monument, being used as a test we ght TO try
the tackle that was TO put the capstone In
place. Through his efforts $40, go OF the mon
ument fund was raised.
JAMES Il. OssooD is credited with saying.
az n proof that everything American ia treated
with great cordially by Englshmen nova
days, that American books are bought and
read Us eagerly in England as English books
are In America. just so. American books
being pirated are as cheap in England as pi-
rated Eng lish books are here.
STGLsoN HuToHINs has a fine summer home
on Governors Island, in Lake WInnepesau-
kce, y. IL. where he brings many friends
Mrs. Fanny Hodgson Burnett was there the
Other day and was boldly besieged by in.
quirrrs as to the fate of Little Lord Fauntle.
roy. the hero Of the clever story now run ning
in 81. Nicholas. But, alas, the novelist
wouldn't tell
A PRIVATE LETTER from Royat, a Watering
place in Auyergne, says: "Slr Charles Dixie
is here with lhs wife aud boy. living quietly
at a lite villa. lie Ia so young looking and
she Is so very attractive! They speak to NJ
one, hut such an odd thing happened asst
sunday. The Judge who decided The Craw-
ford Gaze is also here, and In church he and
sir Charles happened TO sit side by side N the
same pew. SIR Charles p ucked II out bravely
aud made his responses like a saint and by no
means Ike a martyr"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-24

The improvement in business in nearly
all parts of the country is quite marked.
The reports indicate better condition of
affairs than has existed for long time.
The demand for goods at the great dis
tributing centres is such as to make the
merchants recall what they speak OF as
good times. In some localities there may
be little want of confidence in the evil
dences OF genuine revival In business,
but if the trade movement continues to
be az brisk as at present it Will not be
long before every body will be satisfied
that the period OF stagnation is past, and
will make contracts and engage IN enter
prises with entire confidence that they
will be able TO meet all of their engage
ments.
Here in the South the improvement in
business may not be just now as notice
able as it is at the North, but If all signs
do not fail, it will be very soon. In New
York the movement of merchandise is so
great that travel is greatly obstructed.
The wharves and freight depOts are full
of freight all the time, and it is with diff
Guilty that it can be moved fast enough TO
satisfy the demands of trade. 1t is true
that this is TIE busy time OF the year, but
the present busy season compares favora-
bly, with oIher busy seasons.
There has been a gradual upward ten
dency in prices for some time past. This
IL an indication Of returning confidence.
When there ia a general advance in rail
road securities there Is good reason for
believing that there Is an increase in the
amount OF freight moved, and this in
crease means that trade Is more active.
The reports agree that very soon there
will be much greater activity in railroad
building. The inquiry tor railroad mate
rails is 80 much better than it was a few
months ago that manufacturers OF such
materials feel greatly encouraged.
In the South the cotton crop is being
pushed rapidly TO market, and the rice
crop has already been harves ted in good
condition. Both crops are good, and al
though prices are low. there will shortly
he great deal OF money in circulation
among the farmers which will gradually
lind it's way back to the business centres.
Confidence and energy are two things
which are quite necessary now. With
these it is probable that the stagnation in
business, which has existed so long, can
be made to wholly disappear,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-24
The Shark Did Not Return.



''The reason why big strikes in pearls don't
create a Doom, rs a gold discovery would"
said an old hand at the business, as because
most everybody knows the danger OF IL, and If
YOU don't superintend 1t yourself you are at
the mercy of pack of the biggest thieves that
ever lived. The principal dangers are sharks.
rays and drowning. The sharks are the
worst, and some grounds have old man-eaters
that hang about them for years; ut least, the
men think so. remember one season we got
on the grounds early. | was owner Of an out
fit comprising ten men, but when we got
ready not "a man would go over. / didn't
blame them, as they pointed out the I'm of
big man eater that was swimming about. 1
wouldn't ,have gone over myself for all the
pearls on the farm. The shark had II notch
on his top IN, where some one had put bull
let through. and one man said had eaten his
brother, another that his cousin was killed
the year before by the same brute, and you
would have thought that every man in the
place had lost relative OF some kind 30
concluded IL would be charity to put the old
murderer on the retired list. / mad r harpoon
with me that had barbs that fitted into the
iron so that it would go In easily. and then
when a ght pull was made they would set
back This rugged to pole and fastened to
a line about one hundred feet long, having il
fastened TO a keg. Hcaving the toggery into
a boat, got one of the men to pull me near
the shark, that was swimming around and
around, and as II came by the boat nut the
smear into its back as well "a / knew how.
We iidn't bother about hauling in. Int Just
and that's the last we ever saw OF the Old man
eater. | reckon no amt stopped yet, rs we
kent hearing OF the keg up along the coast for
several weeks. ~
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-24
BRIGHT BITS.

1T is said that hops wilt produce sleep. All
the same, the more hops" the young people
at the seaside resorts indulge in. the moro
sleep they lose .-NOrriStJ7on Herald.
MY DEAR" said Mrs. snaggs to her hus-
band, what is a canardP" Don't you know
what canard is" queried Snaggs, rather
sneeringly; why the word itself conveys its
own meaning" Docs il? Well, really, I
can't see it. What does it mean, dear?"
why, canard ia something one canardlv
believe, of course" "Oh, to be sure! Why
couldn't think of that?''- It'd Bits.
MINSTREL suppose you have seen me in
church. haven't YOU?
Little Dot-No, mamma never takes me to
church.
Mlnister-wer. it would be rather tiresome
for vouy yet. But | que s. you will love to go
VIXEN you get older.
Lift d t-Yes, indeed, I'm beginning to
like to look at bonnets now.-Onldha World.
AURELIA-Laura, is it possble When did
you return2
Laura-Last Monday.
Aurela-Engaged, OF course?
Laura-Well, no. Really no eligibles at
Newport this season,
Arrelia (eynpathetiCally)-So I've heard.
Cousin Harry says there hasn't been an at
tractlve girl seen there this season.-PhjLd-
delDhid cal.
MINKs-I see poor Boston has another re-
spectacle rascal whom they call 1.-THE prince
of hypocrites."
WINS All! had not heard of that case.
Yes, claiming to be a devout Christian. he
has been swindling church people right and
left"
"Well, well: and yet the preachers keen
urging us to carry Our religion into our bust
ness."-OmGAG World.
us Miss Blinkns at homer" asked Mr..
Saunders of the Irish girl who answered his
ring at the door.
yes, / b'lave she is, sir"
is she engaged"
"And it is engaged, you say? Faix. an
can't tell you. sir; bat she kissed Mr.. Vincent
last evening rs if she had never seen the like
of him. and It's engaged | b'lave they are,
slr."-Bu6GIO Commercial.
THE story is told by a Boston newspaper of
country parson who, with that tact that dis
tlnRuishes some parsons, said to the local
tailor: When / want good coat | go to
Boston. That's the place. By the way, do
"Oh, yes."
"Where?''
''Well, when want to hear good sermon
go to Boston. That's the place."
A VERY FREE TRANSLATION. - English
school board education continues to Weld
curious results. che latest s this: In ans wer
to the que ton put by the diocesan inspector:
"Descrihe some of the effects of the proceed
lnRs under Queen Mary" the glib answer
was reeled of: Many OF the bishops were de-
prlved Of their Sees" One of the managers,
however, asked the meaning of the state
ment. After a long pause one boy put up
his hand and said: Had their eyes put out"
B StoR Transcript
How dear TO my head was the straw hat of
summer.
The plain woven basket that now am faia
TO swap for the sable and felted new conner
Which, hot as an oven. is baking my brain!
Like poor crofter's thatch on a hut Of Kill
kenny,
The breezes of morning crept through it
Away:
Twas lighter and brighter and cooler than
any,
And cheaper-it cost but a quarter In Nav!
The head gear OF summer, the straw hat of
summer.
loved tit cost but a quarter in May!
WdShlH0f0p Post
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The Scornful Dog.

From the Ne1o Orleans Times Democrat.
The fact that the dog ate the Presidents
bait on Saturday, as teegraphed from the
Lake Saranac fishing ground, recalls a sim
lar experience on the part of journalist and
a criminal Judge of this city, some wears ago
at Bay ST. Louis, Miss. The two set out one
morning after breakfast to the end of one Of
the bathing piers to try the fascinating diver
sions OF rod and reel. In one basket they car
ried little bait for the fish. and in another
a little more for themselves. They set their
two baskets behind them on the line OF the
long and narrow wharf, dropped their lines
into the water and dangled their legs over the
end of the pier waiting for a bite. They had
waited about an hour, when the judge, get
ting bite, landed n large or aker on the
wharf behind him. He turned Just in time to
see the tail of his fish disappear down the
throat of big iawed, savage looking brinGle
bulldog. The judge and the journalist enter
tanned no bill Of exceptions in the case, "a the
dog looked like he had come there on import
ant business and wouldn't stand any foOl1ng.
So they sat still and waited to drop overheard
a the first symptom Of further canine inva-
sion.
Tine dog regarded the anglers a moment
with silent contempt. then he calmly devoured
all the bait in the fish basket. Next he turned
his attention to the. lunch basket and literally
cleaned up it's solid refreshments He then
started to walk leisurev away, and two sus-
pensive hearts began to beat more freely; but
turning as If he had forgotten something he
again went to the lunch basket and, scratch
ing among the empty paper parcels, resur-
rected whisky bottle from its depths, and
rolling it out on the wharf, let its neck break
in the fail. The bull dog stopped. lifted his
head and gave the amateur Waltonians a
long and settled look Of scorn then he pointed
one Of his paws at the broken bottle as il pro
testing against the use of any more whisky by
the party that day. and growing a parting
adieu took another knot in his tightly curled
tail and trotted of in dignlled manner, as
il he had fish TORY somewhere else.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-24
MAKES A FELLOW BLUSH.
The No-Necked Bathing Suits of Couey
Island.


Says Clara Belle in the Cincinnati En-
quirer: What do you think OF full Dress
low neck and no sleeves for bath robe? PVe
seen a dozen women dressed 80 here-and
mean respectable stay home wives and
mothers. Other kinds | do not trouble my
pen to write about.
One pump little woman in white sailor
suit wore the shirt so loosely laced that it
was open three inches wide to the waist,
and her white suit was cut awav 10
the middle OF the bnst line-like scores
OF other dresses, but with no pretty
concealing lace yoke. such as self-respect-
ing women wear. | never saw the skirts so
short as in some OF these private suits. One
pair of sisters had tn Irs cut to stand out 40
that they looked like ballet dresses, and they
reached no further down. To emphasize the
effect these women sought to produce, tight
fitting trousers. as tight as paint on sign,
were worn in place of the proper Turkish
p tierns. AMI other women put on hesh- hued
stockings. And the hueging and romping
and msuing that goes on here-well. had
better not dwell on IT. Ny temper Is not
am able enough for dIsquistion on that sort
of thing.
l wa talking to lady about these new
tangled suits and she said che saw no harm
In them for m married. women, but she Thought
they were too frightfully shocking IN young
girl. Her argument was so like that OF dear
old soul | knew in the country that ! burst
out laughlng This old woman was fond OF
rather broad talk, and her speech shocked a
young woman who was present on one occa-
sion. The old country woman was told to he
more discreet, as her visitor was very MOD
est.
Modest" she exclaimed. "Pshaw! She
is not modest; she's married.
I'll leave that logic Tor older heads than
mine to deal with; but if l had a daughter,
marrled or single, she should not go TO the
seaahore until people come to their senses
again. She should breathe the purer air of
the mountains in summer.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-24

The Presidents hunting and fishing ca
reer in the Adirondacks has been much
misrepresented. Col. Belo, OF the Calves.
ton News. was IN New York the other
day on his way home from his outing in
the North Woods, and he told friend
that the President proved to be perfect
nimrod and never missed n shot. The
Colonel said: "He is just as cool and de-
liberate when a big deer comes bounding
toward him as If he was fishing for bass
in fact he Is the personifcation Of nerve.
He Is also a scientihc fisherman, and few
can handle the rod or reel as be does. He
enters into the sport whole souled. Mrs.
Cleveland, too, has knack at trolling
for pickercl which is simply artistic; she
is one Of the few women whom | have
met who know how TO fish. She took real
delight in the sport and landed many Gue
bass fouudering in the boat. The brac-
ing mountain air has been inyigoruting
both to the President and his wife. Poll
ties were never mentioned. l have had
on "A blue tlannel shirt for six weeks or
more, and so has the President" COL
Belo's evidence is good, as he is a practi-
cal fisherman himself.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-24

From The LouisUils Courisr-JoUrnd! tDe1'.)
In the very district in the South where the
protected industries have had the most rapid
development, and where the sentiment ofpro-
lection should nave increased most rapidly
tthe birmingham. Ala, district, this issue
mas been met and decided IN the defeat of
Martin. who voted against tariff reform. In
the Chattanooga. Tenn, district when ran KS
next 70 that of Birmingham m the import
ance ofits iron interests the Issue has been
decided in the denomination of Neal, who
voted for the Morrison bill, and of whom the
protectioni>t s loudly promised TO make an eX-
ample. Irion of Louisiana. and Findlav of
Maryland, two of the Southern Randallites,
have also been cent to grass.