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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-07-16
TAMMANv's Ex-cHIEF.

4 Curious Letter that h Wrote o. lsS3
Just before His speech In Lowviiie.
When our t5wnsman. Mr.. George J.
Mayer. was . resident Of Lowville and
treasurer Of the Lewis County Agri-
cultural Society in 1882. he secured :
promise from the late Hon. John Kelly
and Hon. Thomas F. Grady to speak
q the annual fair Of the society. Short
" before the date fixed for the fair he
wrote to Mr.. Kelly for few facts in
his history and Mr.. Grady's for publi-
cation in the Lowville papers. In re-
ply be received the following letter.
marked .'coniidential. and which he
still has in bis possession Mr.. kellys
death having removed the injunction Of
secrecy, Mr.. Mayer has consented -
ct - publish the letter:
TCoondentiaL1
0RAuD Uxrox HorEf- sARArooA.l
NJ DxAn sm: Yours OF the i5fh 4 e
hand and contents noted. Mr. Grady nnd
myself will ieave here or New York on the
l@th prox for L0wviIle. arriving the same
Hon Thomas y. Grady wns born ~ New
YORK. served four years In the state Assem-
bly,. ana - ~ present - the senate ne - OK
Irish pareufase. ] consider him one Of The
abIesf young men OF bic ase 10 puDllc ME-
and styIs - no.s q BE coliessues n the
senate He y about twenty years oe
are height 1ve feet seven i1ches. square,
o6ouidered- and wei<hsone hvndrcd and sew
enty pounds He hrs thorough command
q 3: tempe 10 analysts Of dimcult sub
John Kelly q SIXTY years % ass. and vs.
born in New YORK q Irish parents he
four pears n CongrceA SIX years - sheriff Of
She County Of New Yoek. and four year. -
and : bat 4 height And weighs two hundred
have e1ven you Graoys history snd NJ
own and you will probably laugh ~ the do
ocriptton. but - you requested me ~ voug
letter g ss,se Ggr peosssess night "a t snss
destrian joinfA Grady = GOOD for : long
rnce. and u well broken to double and singie
harness and trots well under the eddie,
isco1stivss o othsr vshasies of Doubtful
for nyssss - aotllns % br.e q and
speedy gallop ard fair Tor : long race: NOT
easily cared and very docile under trysnG
and di1cult clrcumetances when the drives
| d tvrannicaL. usually take the bic and kick
| clear Of tracee rsuaily halt when them np
s e 3 Sue s r. 81. ~ 3 sp s.s9
| Tor ohoge distance Win drive with Z curt
BE long enough - bsesths stensoyiously'
70 3, J. HAsuA -. 1reasa sSrs ana So
CORTLAND (x ~ Standard.
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African anu Asian. nc lottucI " 49,
dom domesticatcd. but Is hunted down
and killed for the sake Of his tusks.
which are larger and heavier than
these Of his Asiatic relation. Al over
southern Asia, with the sole exception
OF Arabia. the elephant i found; but
the home the animal delights in j. the
hot, MOIST swampy forests Of India
and Burmah. They are great travel
er<. and have been encountered on
mountain-tops even a. high rs seven
thousand feet above the sea; the herds
contain from twenty TO fifty, but In
favorabIy situated countries one hum
dred have been found living together.
Each herd Is led by the strongest and
largest bull. who leads Il through the
jungleS
Ii takes about -four months to tame =
full-grown wild elephant; but he. or
she. Il not trusted alone for . year for
fear it might run away; but the calves
give no trouble and soon become great
pets, coming up 70 the house for fruit.
biscuits and sugar-cane. But II does
not do to let the little creatures see
where you keep those goodies. for !
had pet baby elephant who found out
that the fruit was kept in . large
earthen Jar four feet in height. on top
Of which the filter ana tumblers were
placed, and one day, when he thought
no one was looking. the cunning little
thief stole into the room. and fitting
every thing OF the jar over onto the
ground, seized . large bunch Of
bananas in his tiny trunk and ran
away 70 his mother. who was loo
dangerous to 90 near. she having been
only few months caught The i'm
pudent little creature, while eating his
ill-gotten prize. kept peeping out be-
tween the old lady's forelegs with his
head on one side. apparently to see
what l thought Of bis prowess-
As he grew up he was put TO drag
small cart, and unless carefully
watched would gradually edge the
sart to the side Of the road and topple
he contents into the ditch. One very
bad trick he had when loose was TO
hide in the Jungle when he heard any
one riding tow ard the house. and rs
they came close be would bring his
trunk down on the earth with such q
bang that several visitors were thrown
from their ponies, and every one had
70 keep sharp lookout With All his
fun there was nothing vicious about
him, and children could get On his
back and play with him. To me he
was most eifectionatc, and have 0fter
awoke from my afternoon nap to find
him standing alongside my grass ham,
- ~ - 81 - u
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- ~x,s.s nesnoso
- N $500
~ ou1uoo g 111o ~ W11cA Usoa1 /
| 8soumone1-oenpgn1 noee119 uonAys |
koer>e~& 4n,sc1n11'7p Ass'
~ : rocont meeting q ~ Military
| enrvioo lnncifnoion. ke16 g honor The |
| -~-,orv ~ Wl,seIa aoon< Hancock
| s~- -1 80 ~-.,r~- 1900 ..
many interesting 1etseks 80 .oeEes''s
iron poroone o woighe and ominonco
| n civil ana military lie. But none q
l 49, tr,hufes bears snch improsoivo
=, >.1.~s,, ~,.,... - - virsnes a
~~~,.-r $3.50
Ne oe.e' go sok
uti~ % NE ueuonA resPcct 80
(, tudo. - . letter sent ~ HANCOCK nim-
| self q General Sherman n December
1874 Hero he writer sets forth. mod
esely but firmly. his conception q the
duty q he army. and especially % Of
6ccs intrusted with high command.
r. ne event o. grave connections
hcinR excited by . failure Of the Sen
- and House 81 Representatives 70
| neree n declaring The result Of the
| Pres,dential election. IN Hancock the
country lost 4 soldier Who was l7rst a
III 4 ps,riok Z soldier who would have
lee no fiction o. Difference 10 military
orders supersede his fundamental oath
- obev the constitution. and who, in
mnch conflict % technical and rial
ohlieafions. would have stood forth .
bnlvark. and not 4 betrayer. Of our
liherfiex
What were the rights and duties Of
ths House Of Representatives in the
event Of the Senate's refusing TO con-
eur IN pronouucin9 Mr.. Tilden the
1 cho,ce al : majority for President. Il
now plain enough 10 al men OF sound
brains ana honest hearts. By General
Hancock thew were recognized with
nnerrinr exacfitude IN December.
fa76 and IN his letter 70 sherman thew
~ incidentally defined with rare sim
plicifv md cocencv. .Ifr he writes,
s.fhe senate ana House. on the occa-
sion 81 the count. do not unite IN de-
cIar;n0 some person legally elected by
fha people. there r I lawful machinery
slresdv provided "a meet the contin-
gencv and to decide the question
6eacefullv. II has not been recently
9~rd ~ occas:on presenting. but our
eorefafhers provided IL II has been
exerr,sexd- ana has been recognized -
I.wfnl n everv hand. That machinery
wonld probably elect M. Tilden
Pres;denf ana NJ. wheeler Vice Presi-
1ent~
General Hancock proceeds to make
more unmistakable. his meaning.
wh;ch Il fhat should the House ~ Rem
rrsentafives - he plainly thinks IL
rucht ~ A nronounce II irrcconcila-
The Portland daily press., 1886-07-13
n. r, Furbish.

The funeral of the late Mr.. Ii. Frank Fur
Dish took place from his former residence,
No. 147 State St, at p m. yesterday There
was a large attendance OF frienos' inciuuilg
the Cumberland Club, of when nc was
member. The floral offerings were very peau-
tiful Rev. Dr. Fem officiated ana spoke
very feelingly and beautifully OF the many
lovable and sterling qualities of the deceasedi
The singing by the quartette was very Ten
der and appropriate
At a meeting of the Portland Grocers ana
Flour Dealers Association. held yesterday
afternoon, the following resolutions were
adopted:
Whereas DEATH for the second time since our
organization, has entered our ranks and anotLel
of the original members of this association naS
gone to his long home; while we can but leel
grateful that we have not been called upon more
frequently to record the removal by death OF more
from our numbers, we, the living can take but q
merits Of the dead in the following resolutions:
RESOLVED, That the members of the Portland
Grocers and Flour Dealers Association, in me
death of H f. Kurdish, recognize the loss OF one
of its most worthy members, of good citizen
and of genial companion. The Kindness OF neari
and unostentatious liberalty OF the deceased haa
endeared him to all, and all, whether within OF
without the limits OF the various bodies OF Wmch
he was member, have been witnesses OF his man
illness of spirit, and the fairness of all his tranSac
lions in his business life.
ResoJced, That the house with which the de
ceased was so long connected has our heartfelt
sympathy in the removal OF their late associate
RESOLVED, That to the family connections of the
deceased we tender our sympathy, with the asSur
aLee that, while not to the same degree we snal
figure of our old time friend, companion and bust
ness associate.
| transmitted to his family connections.
| ResotUed, That these resolutions be spread upon
The Portland daily press., 1886-07-13
BRIEF JoTTINcS.
d&w1w

A bulkhead is being built at the end of
Custom House wharf, in order to allow the
filing in of the wharf for its entire length.
The next convention of Reform Clubs for
Cumberland county will be held with the
club at Edes Falls, August and 8.
Saturday night Mr.. jeremiah Donahue,
residing on Hammond street, rescued two
men from drowning in Back Bay.
The Sunday School connected with the
West Congregational church will go on their
annual picnic to Sebago Lake Wednesday
morning.
Coles moonlight sail, with a concert by
Chambers Band, to be given Wednesday
tomorrow evening, will prove a delightful
affair.
The boot and shoe dealers will celebrate
"Tap Day" Thursday next, when the stores
will be closed and all purchases should be
made before that date.
Persons having bills against the city, in
cured on account of the centennial celebra-
ton, are requested to present them before
tomorrow evening.
Mr.. F. E. Hayden, of Raymond Village,
caught in Panther's Pond, back of the hotel,
the largest pickerel of the season, weighing
four pounds.
F. O. Bailey & Co. sold at auction Satur-
day the bark S. r. Bearce, of $50 tons, as she
lays at Central Wharf, to Captain James
Balm. for $500. She originally cost $4,000.
In driving jumping horse from Milton
Mills to Union, n H, the breeching broke,
and Major Jordan, salesman for Twitchell
q Champlin, who was driving jumped out
and broke his ankle in two places.
The st. Lawrence Street Sunday School
will go on their annual excursion next We'd
nesday, July IA, to Freeport, by steamer Ex-
press. The steamer will leave Custom House
wharf at a. m. The church. parish and
their friends are invited to join.
The yacht fleet left for Bar Harbor yester-
day morning. One of them ran aground on
Spring Point ledge in going out and was as
sisted off by the tug Fannie G. large
schooner yacht belonging to the New York
fleet lost her flying jibboom While coming in
Sunday and lies in the stream repairing.
There was drop in the mercury Sunday
night. Falmouth mill1men report the Their
mometer yesterday at $50 at O'Clock in the
morning. A passenger on the Ogdensburg
train from Steep Falls reported frosts on the
Saco river lowlands in his neighborhood Sc
we're enough to kill vines and other tender
vegetation.
The Portland daily press., 1886-07-13
Eorepaugh,s Circus.

Yesterday Forepaugh's circus delighted
the town and all its country cousins. The
magnitude and variety of the menagerie, the
excellence and completeness of all the per-
formances in the various rings, and the adj
mirable management by which so much that
is low and coarse, which usually attaches to
circuses is debarred from an appearance in
this one, make it welcome visitor wherever
1t goes. 1t is pleasure to take children
where all is sweet and clean, and these adj
jectiyes apply not only to the menagerie,
but also to the jokes and acts under the
canvass.
The menagerie is not very large collec-
tien, but the animals are remarkably fine
specimens of their species. The tiger-kittens
and the lions cubs were very cunning, as
they crouched, side by side, with their heads
pushed firmly against the bars Of their cages,
and their paws hanging out between the
bars and flooring. The old lioness and
tigress looked at their young with sort of
matronly satisfaction, that for pleased digni-
ty could not have been surpassed by the
mother of fashionable belle at prominent
watering place. There were some massive
lions, and fine herd of elephants.
Of the more noticeable features of the cir
Gus we will refer more especially to the
trained elephants exhibited by Adam Fore
paugh, Jr; the remarkable shooting by
Capt. Bogardus, who is now, probably the
crack shot of, not only this hemisphere, but
of the world; the wonderful rope walking by
the trained horse Blondin; the trained ponies
the riding of Miss Carroll and Mr.. Showles
the trapeze performances; the bicycle riding
and the races The trick elephant Sullivan,
with his glove fight with the clown, and his
riding a tricycle., was not the least important
feature of a show that had too many to par
ticulariZe.
The street parade in the morning gave
general satisfaction and twenty or twenty
five thousand people must have attended
the two performances, afternoon and eve
ming
The Portland daily press., 1886-07-13
AIIesed swindIer arrested.

At the circus ground yesterday forenoon,
Detective True arrested man by the name
of Fairchild, an outside lemonade vender
who has been following in the wake of Fore
paugh's show. Mr.. Forepaugh seconded the
endeavor of Detective True to find the man
he was in search of, and the arrest was
quickly made. The offence for which the
man is held was committed in Biddeford ON
Saturday, and was of the nature of a swind-
ling affair, by which Biddeford man lost
$3.50 in money and diamond ring, valued at
$3.50 more, through bet he was induced to
make on bicycle race which took place at
the Biddeford driving park. The partici-
pants in the race were Woodside, of Lynn,
Mass, and Westbrook of Hamilton, Ont,
performers in Forepaugh's circus, and the
race took place after the close of the circus
performance in the afternoon. The match
was for $500 SIDE the distance one mile.
Woodside won in 3m. 59sec., beating West
brook by one second. The match was pri-
vate, and witnessed by employees of the cir
Gus principally. 1t is alleged that the whole
affair was a trick, Woodside's victory over
Westbrook being an assured certainty from
the first. Mr. Forepaugh said yesterday af-
ternoon that both Woodside and Westbrook
were discharged from his employ yesterday
morning, as soon as he heard of the affair.
The Portland daily press., 1886-07-13
The Bailey PRAYING Band.

The Bailey Praying Band have just closed
a very successful season. During the past
five months nine hundred and twenty per-
sons have been converted through their in
strumentality. A series of meetings have
been held in nine different towns and cities
in this State Usually all the religious de-
nominations in the places visited have joined
interests and held union meetings which
have been conducted by the Praying Band.
The last places visited were Machias and
East Machias. In these two villages PIG
were converted Last Sabbath the Band
held grand reunion and jubilee meeting at
Baileyville and Winthrop Village. Large
congregations were present at all the meet
ings held during the day, and the deep inter
est that was manifested by all present made
the occasion fitting closing exercise to a
season of religious labor yielding such glori-
GUS results
The Portland daily press., 1886-07-13
AEortune Awaiting Her.

For many years Capt. Hanscombe lived in
Maine He was in the West India trade and
made fortune In 1881 his ship went down
in storm on the coast of Florida, and the
Captain with all on board were lost, with the
exception of two sailors. Among the articles
that were washed ashore was tin box con-
tanning the Captains private papers. his
win, a document drawn up by himself and
giving all his property, in single clause, to
his daughter, Winifred L. Hanscombe. 1t
was discovered that he had left fortune of
over $250,0OO. For long time efforts were
made in vain to find the heiress. A clew
was obtained recently and Boston detec-
tive has traced her from Bucks, Fort to Lowell
from Lowell to Westborough, from there
to Boston, and from Boston into the employ
of family that is said to be Il ping at Old
Orchard.
The Portland daily press., 1886-07-13
PERSC NAL.

Mr.. and Mrs. f. T.. Boothby have been
making brief visit to Bar Harbor
Miss Hattie Delano, the popular actress
and vocalist passed through Portland on her
way to Bar Harbor yesterday.
The postal clerks on the route between
Boston and Bangor very much regret that
Mr.. J. f. Jetfords has resigned his position.
He has been very popular with the men I'M
der his charge.
An Associated Press despatch received
last evening says that DR.. J. H. Hanson of
Waterville, is quite comfortable. His many
friends trust he will in few day be in his
usual health.
Prof. Chas. T. Warner of the Pennington
Normal School, was married last week to
Miss Marion Luce, daughter of the late sup
erintendent of schools,N. A. Luce of Vassal-
boro, at whose residence the ceremony was
performed.
Miss Lillian CARL Smith, the young con-
tralto, has returned to her home at Old Orch
ard, where she will spend her vacation of
July and August. Miss Smith was formerly
pupil of w. -H>Dennett of this city, but
coprsnred studying with the well known
tenor and teacher Charles r. Adams of Bos-
ton, last fall, and has been very successful in
that city the past winter. She has been en-
gagged as contralto soloiSt in the 'Helen E.
II. Carter Concert Co. for next season,
and will return to Boston in September to
resume her studies.
The following were among the arrivals at
the Falmouth Hotel yesterday: FL. J. Morris
and wife, Chicago; L. E. Levy, Philadel-
N ny n
Brooks, Brooklyn, N. Y; Hon. J. B. Red
man, Ellsworth; W. NJ. Hannah, Miss Han
nan. Montreal; Gov. ROBBIE, Gorham; W.
E. Wood, st. John, N. B.; j. S. Sheldon and
wife, Loda, Ills. Hon. F. E. Richards, Cam
den; g. c. Phelps, New Haven, Conn. ;
Adam Forepaugh, Jr., Philadelphia; W. A.
Barnes, Minneapolis; W. II. Percival, Bos-
ton; j. b. Mason, J. d. Moffatt, Jr., yacht
Famine; w. w. Taussig, New York; w. A.
Kimball, Bar Harbor.
The Portland daily press., 1886-07-13
Notice of Foreclosure.

VETHEREAS John II. Snow, late of Scarborough,
wv in the County of Cumberland, deceased, by
his mortgage deed dated the tenth day of January,
1880 and recorded in the Cumberland Registry OF
Deeds, book 466, page 1877, and seq. conveyed in
his lifetime to me, the undersigned, a certain lot
of land with the buildings thereon, situated In said
Scarborough near the west end OF the Scarborough
Turnpike, bounded as follows viz: Beginning at
the corner formed by the intersection of the Broad
Turn any Portland and Saco roads; thence run
ming Northeast by the Portland and SacO road two
rods and twenty-five links to a post in the fence;
thence North seventeen degrees, West ffty-Seven
rods and fifteen links; thence North twenty-sIx
degrees. East sevety-twO rods and eight links to a
stake; thence North thirty-seven degrees West
twenty-five rods to Cyrus +. MOultons land;
thence SOuthwesteFly by said Moultons land to
the Broad Turn road; thence Southerly by said
road to the corner or bound first mentioned. con-
tanning twenty-five acres more or less and also
one other certain lot of land adjoining the lot
above described and bounded as follows, VIZ; Be-
ginning at the Southeast corner of the lot above
described on the Saco and Portland road at post
in the fence; thence running by the road North
easterly five rods and three feet to stake in the
fence or to land of Samuel II. Snow; thence North
westerly by land of said Snow seven rods to a
stake; thence by the lot first above described to
the road, containing about twenty square rods.
And whereas the condition OF said mortgage has
been broken now therefore, by reason OF the
breach of the condition thereof, L claim lore
closure of said mortgage.
Dated this eighth day of July, A, D. 1886;
iv1 obi aWM3w CHAS. G. WIGGIN.
The Portland daily press., 1886-07-13
Grand Army Orders.

General orders No. have been issued
from the headquarters Department of Maine,
G. A. R.
The following named comrades are ap-
pointed upon the staff of the Department
Commander:
To be Aides-de- Camp-Frank w Haskell, Post
IA, Waterville; L. ID. Emerson, Post At, Auburn
Andrew j. Lufkin, Post 81, Sherman Mills; II. r.
Kicker, Post z, Lewiston.
To be Assistant Experimentation Pulsifer,
Post 102, Mapleton; Hartwell E. Stowe, Post %,
Dover; James 0. Benson, Post %, Biddeford.
The following posts have been mustered
since April LIST, 1856: Demeritt, No. 147, Pc
ru, George O. Hussey commander; William
K. Kimball, No. 14S, South Paris, HI. N.
Bolster, commander; Knowlen, No. 149, Ma
sardis, Sidney W. Clark commander.
The Portland daily press., 1886-07-13
Notice of ForecIOsure.

WHEREAS John II. Snow, late OF Scarpcrough,
w in the County of Cumberland, state OF
Maine, deceased, by his mortgage deed dated the
fifth day of April A. d. 1880, and recorded In the
Cumberland Registry Of Deeds, book 463, page
375, conveyed In his lifetime, to me, tne under
Scarborough, in the County of Cumberland and
bounded as follows, viz: Southerly by the Coun-
tv OF Post Road leading from Portland to Saco;
Westerly by the Broad Turn Road, so called;
Northeriy by land of Cyrus f. Moulton, and East
erly by land of Samuel II. Snow, containing about
the said premises being situated at Dunstan's
Corner and being the same mortgaged by said
John FL. Snow to Charles c. Wiegin by deed dated
Registry of Deeds, to which deed reference is
made for more particular description; subject TO
the mortgage to Wiggin as aforesaid; and where
as the condition of said mortgage hasbeen broken,
now therefore, by reason ofthe breach OF the con-
dition thereof ] claim foreclosure OF SAID mort
Dated this third day of July. A. D. 1886:
iy9-16-23 CHARLES Z. SNOW.
The Portland daily press., 1886-07-13
I'm UuSOgVeucy.

Court of Insolvency for the County Of Cumber-
land State of Maine. July 8, A. D. 1885
In case of JOHN C. OLSON, Insolvent Debtor.
TVyHIS is to give notice, that on the eighth
day of July, A. ID. 1886, Warrant In In
solvency was issued by Henry Q; Peabody, Judge OF
the Court of Insolvency for SAID County Oh Cum-
berland against the estate of said
JOHN c. OLSON, Of Portland,
adiudged to be an Insoyent Debtor, on petition OF
said Debtor, which petition was MED on the
eighth day of July, A. ID. 1856, toWhich GATE
interest on claims is to be computed
That the payment of any debts to or by said
Debtor and the transfer and delivery OF any prop
erty by him are forbidden by law
That meeting Of the Creditors OF said Debtor,
to prove their debts and choose one or more as
slgnees of his estate will be held at Court OF In
solvency to be holden at Probate Court Room in
said Portland, on the nineteenth day OF July, A.
ID. 1885, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon.
Given under my hand the date first above writ
ten. III. X. SAhGENI,
Deputy Sheriff, as Messenger of the Court Of In
solvency for said County of Cumberland.
jly9&16
The Portland daily press., 1886-07-13
Suicide.

Last evening, Mrs Parks, an elderly lady,
II years of age, who has been out of health
for some days, was left alone in her house,
No. 20 Salem street, for short time by her
daughter. In her daughters absence the old
lady obtained rope, fastened one end
around the banisterS of the front stairs and
the other about her neck and hung herself.
The daughter, on her return, found her
mother hanging, and Mr.. Phillips, residing
close by, cut Mrs. Parks down. At first it
was thought her life might be saved, but eff
forts proved unavailing. Coroner Gould
was called, but considered an inquest I'M
paoaccorx