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BADLY SCARED.
'r"i' virgins Is the Cause of Man, SIN
ners Joining Church

ATLANTA, Ga, sept. p The colored peo.
pie OF this section have been ON the verge
oil Iunacy the past two weeks over the prc-
dictIon that the end OF the world vouId
occur on the 18th I'm Wilkes County
four prophets have arisen, who claim
10 nave predicted the fatal dnv
a year ago. Thousand of peopie
THESE prophets. The annuahngty6ns Of
Prof Virgins that another enrthauaks
would take place on the very day which
the colored people had picked out for tho
end ot the world has alarmed the whites,
and thus there exists a concurrent senss
tion, which has the effect of demoralizing
labor Hundreds Of new member, arc
being added TO the churches, and the
camp.meetinGs are attended 10y enormous
crowds.
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Child Killed and Partly pevOured bv Rats.

SHELBY VILE, Ill, Sept ~ VIM Roy.
nolds, farmer living i've miles north OF
this place, has Just lost his child. six
months of nge, in u most terrible manner.
the infant was placed in its crib in n room
occupied 10y ITS parents 4 lady i'm nm nd
joining room heard the child cry nenr
morning, hut supposing the parents wero
awake satd nothing In the morning Mrs
reynolds discovered that her babe was
dead ltnts, which are very numerous
about tho premises, had killed the child
ana literally donudcd the bones of the
face, and otherwise terribly mutilatod the
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srRUOk Ar A CROSSING.
Nw" Women Killed aud - Man Fstall, In.
J"red 90 Their Way Homo From
Church.

fRoNinrNor. H. l., sept @- About
eleven o'clock this morning shocking ac-
cidcnt occurred ON the New York. Provl-
dcncc and Boston railroad, at tho village
ot toPuonnocy, Conn. BENZ Gardener,
farmer his wife and tho wife ot their
son James, while on their return from
meeting i'm a WAGON. vc,.
struck hV n wcst-hound express tfain 90.
ing nt the rate of hfty miles an hour.
Tue horse was killed and the wagon hrokon
INTO kiudling wood MIR. Gardener was
hurled forty feet from the crossing. rcceiy-
lng iatal injuries, His wife was KILLED out.
right hnd Mrs. James Gardener died be-
Tore she Couid DO removed The accident
hnppencd at y crossing just west OF n Cul-
vert a short distance from Moanok and as
the railroad Is banked mp NJ that place tho
engineer, Charles Colbuln did not SOC tho
party until within twcuty yards of tho
crossing.
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1t is related that recently General

1t is related that recently General
q. o Howard bad occasion TO inspect
thc Indian reservation on the Klom-
Outh. and ON hIe way up olcctrihcd tho
ungojIy but kindly disposed team mstors
and packers with series Of grand old
hymns from Ninety and Nine to
"'ull for The Shore. ail sung in the
richest tones Of his rich baritone voice.
The ears Of thc packer, were amazed.
The songs they had been accustomed
90 hearing were ON entirely different
subjects and would bc tolerated in no
well regulated orthodox church,
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THE GREAT CATTLE PLAGUE.
General Slaughter of Affected Cattle
Agreed Ipon-Protcst From Chi
CagO Live stock Dealers.

CnIo,Go, ILL., Sept. 23 The state 1.-Two
stock Commission held long meeting
with closed doors this afternoon and
evening and discussed the disposition Of
the cattle affected with the pleuro pneu-
monia in the Chicago distilleries
Goverror Oglcsby, Attorney General
Hunt, and Dr Rauch Of the State Board
Of Health, took part in the procee T.
ngs. They agree with the Board aud the
veterinarians that the only safe thing 90 do
would DC 10 destroy all the animals that
had been exposed or were affected. The
cattle now quarantined iu the Phoenix and
Shufeldt distillcries, numbering 700, will
he slaughtered and either cremated or sent
90 the rendering establishments The live
stock men protest against the action.
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OIL trains Wrecked and Burned.

Pirr-Ht ron, Sept. - The first section
OF an oil train on the Allegheny Valley
railroad ran into the second section near
LOganspori, Pa, AT six o'clock this morn
ing, and both trains were demolished
After the accident the cars took fire, aud
were entirely consumed The loss will
reach sDOJD. No one was injured
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Wizard Wiguins.

WASnlN"ToN, sept. -. The Washington
scientists have combined against Wiggins
They all agree in pronouncing him crank
"A person of no scientific attainment.
withouta knowledge OF the first element
sensible men. III he II entitled To any
name besides that of crank, it il astrologor
His ways are the ways of the astrologcrs
OF the dark ages. But he has not wit or
learning enough 20 be Clnssed even as an
astrologer Scientist he Is mott
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crnshed bY falILnn Rntk

WArrHrOwF. ~. G Sept - terrible
accident occurred 81 thr iron miure at Jaws.
vile. go Lnwrcur. County. CO. about SIX
O'Clock Yesterday morning a charge ~
dynamite bad been fired and tho foreman.
w lllam Apple. aud tnO workman. Felix
Basee and Frank Blackburn descended o.
observe Toe result of line blust They had
scarcely entered the mine however whcu
% mass Uf rock fcli. instantly kIing B1ssa
nnN I-nILIuIm Ammo Nn. hnIL. -nLu-.I
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Brooks Exeoution Postponsd.

81 Lori- Sept N I'm the Criminal
Court to-day the dates fixed for the exc
cution 0f Hugh VI BROOKS. alias Walter
LennoN Maxwell the sniurofOrmer. and
Chic ChiagiHk and CuIO COON the Chinese
Highblnder- were postponed. the former
for sixty and the latter for thirty day. in
order t1 allow transcript of the cases Co
De made before the appeals are taken to
the Supreme Court
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Roasted to Death on a Cook Stove.

SnELBNvmLE, lit, Sept 90 Mrs An
drew Chriscnbprg, resident Of Okaw
township, last Wednesday while nldne was
seized with an cpiloptic attack, and falling
upon cook stove, was literally ronstod In
ueaIh In eNtricating horsclf, when con
S,i9usnosS returned, large pieces ot flesh
sun adhered To the stove. She died i'm tor,
rible agony this morning.
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Indian Outrage Ameliorated.

WAsnlNGroN sept H.-The Acting Sec
retory Of War has received Dispatch
from the Indian Agent at the Carlos
Agency stating that the removal Of the
Warm Spring and Chiricahua Indians is a
cause Of rejoicing to tho Indians left there,
who nrc relieved Of their fears OF attacks
and are afforded better opportunity for
acquiring habits Of industry
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Ni,ruWR TrNt- Sept 23 Tel cgrams
from ludiauo'8 urc ~ the effect that re-
heavy storm I- raging there The wind is
reported 8f hnv miles ar hour and ths
streets 1ro fhro' feet under water Efforts
are boo progress go remove the few iuhabi-
taui- still there to higher ground Tho
telegraph operator moved bis Office t1 a
hoKcnr four miles thie side of ludiauOia.
No loss of 'if0 i- anticipated and as but
little remains There boo tho way of property,
no scriou. damage BE- likely 90 occur
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Chicago Packing interests.

CnfCACo, Sept - The Illinois Live
stock Commission to-day decided TO XIII
all the diseased cattle now in the Phoenix
and Shufeldt distillcries at Chicago and
sell all healthy cattle To the highest
bidder President Sherman, of the Stock
Yards, protested in vain that millions
would be lost 20 the packing interests il
infected distillerics was being shipped from
. f'ligao,
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neayy Lossss from Hon ChoIers.

SrmNcrIrLD, It, Sept - Late iufor.
nation received NJ the Agricultural DE
psrtmcnt regarding the condition OF hogs,
b. that iu Illinois and Indiana cholera pre-.
walls generally lu the former State heavy
losses Hr" reported in several counties lu
Ohio and Michigan the condition of the
amImala ls fair
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A Locomoliye Blller ExnIodea.

BALTiNoRr Sept 20. = Tho engine at.
tnched 10 tho Baltimore q Ohio train from
New York burst her boiler about n mile
outside the city. The engine was com
pletelY wrecked and the baggage and
smoking cars telescoped. Fireman Charles
Lizcr was scalded fatally and Engineer
Jereminh MornlnRsLnr WINS badly lninreh
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Fatally Beaten BY Drunken Brute,.

PITTsHuRGm Sept. % -Four drunken
men assaulted Jacob Pesch, mn inoTensivo
German, this morning about two o'clock,
and boat him 50 badly that no hopes arc
entertained Of his recovery. Pescb was
slit ng on the front steps OF his residence,
when the men came up and attacke him
without any cause. The assailants were
arrested.
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Whlrledio Death.

prrNoT Mi,u Sept - Jacob Mar
quotte nged twenty y-ninc cmployc of Tho
Pcnlnsular Car Company boo This city. wac
% day caught boo Che machinery boo the
wood working department aud hurled
around several time. and then thrown
across beam deHd Hi- skull wa. fiac
tured limbs broken and bic BODY horrible
mutilatcd BE leaves family
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German Feeling Aqa nst Russia.

BfutN, sept. 2!.-At concert hall in
Leipzig to-day, a Russian lady sang Rus.
sian cOuplet The audence his,ed and
shouted that they did not want any Rus
an song. The lady then sang in Germun
and was applauded Tho incident will
serve To illustrate the anti Russian feeling
among the people
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Wt-WNeTOy. Sept - The collections
Of internal revenue during tho months of
July and August last amounted 20 1882
216. being en- increase OF Sl.5j0Gl1 over the
collections during The corresponding period
lest wear
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Horrible Accident to q Bow.

DAYToN,O, Sept - Fred Machlemann's
four year old son, Mike, climbing railing
fence this morning, fell so that a sharp
point OF the fence entered his abdomen
caused such frightful wound a. 10 let
portion Oi his entrails drop out. The lad
suffered intense agony hravely. and though
life is despaired of he bears the pain like .
LIT ln hnrn.
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Russian war Prenaratlons.

BrnLfN, Sept -. The I0ssicbc /citVDg
says that General Gourko has ordered each
brigade 100 Warsaw. Courlaud and LivOnia
10 hold itrcif in readiness to start for the
south at days notice. also that each bri
gade ha. been instructed 10 have four can
non rcadN Tor transformation
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WIcWrA. KAN sept 22 Two Seminole
boys from The Indian Territory we're som
fenced 20 day in the United Statos Court
90 be- hanged on the sth Of February next
for the rape of q woman in the Territory
last May. This viii be thc first judicial ex.
ecution in the state Of Kansas
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Two Men Killed by Cars.

BrtrALo y. v, sept 2t Geo Webster
agcd twenty five, and Clarence Wyman.
aged seventeen, were killed by n train ON
The Buffalo and Southwestern railroad
yesterday, near Eden Center They we're
sitting ON the ties. and did not sec the train
coming.
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A Novel Challeaue

PANS, sept PA committee of Partisan
doctors has challenged Succi 10 fast forty
days. ~ q French hospital for stake of
1900 francs. on condition that he reveal the
secret of bis elixir. for which patent is
guaranteed. and that the experiment bc re-
peated 10y two other persons
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A Curious Display of EIeotrloltv

WAurArA, WIS, Sept. % interest
ing electrical display wns witnessed hero
~ &C. sst5ss. 80 &c. ,.-r--., ''N
street were so heavily charged with cleo
tricity that large balls of fire were seen
hanging or suspended i'm the air Just bclow
them. Occasionally ono would explode,
aud a number Of persons in the vicinity
received severe shocks
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earthnnake shnoks In lnua

Prous. sept - a -pecial dispatch
from Winfield. la, states that five distinct
earthquake shocks were felt ~ that place
last night o. about eleven O'clock Nc
special damage was done, but considerable
alarm was felt
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Texas Feyrr in Missouri.

81. Louis Sept ~ Texas fever destroy.
ed twenty five head Of cattle on the ranch
Of }. Coyle, near Marshall Mo- and they
are still dying rapidly The disease was
contracted from n herd ~ Texans shipped
from Kansas City, and has spread 20 other
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RaIIwaYs ln IurkeY and AsIs.

Parts sept - syndicate of Paris
and Berlin bankers has subscribed GOOWn..
O0 francs 80 carry out scheme sane
toned hy thr Sultan for network of rail
ways CO. connect the Black sea with tho
Persian CUT uuder the direction of tho
Austrian engineer. Pressed
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Ihs Brldns Rroks Down.

TsrrreoS. N ~. sept - Dundee Lake
bridge ON Susqucbanna Rsilwsy, near
here broke down while % freight train vas
crossing it No fatalities six freight
cars lost
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Two Men Drowned.

CINDSNArL Sept rs 10 night. in tho
darkness two unknown men were drowned
by walking from the Big Sandy wharfboat
W. is supposed they we're passengers intend
ing 90 take the steamer st. Lawrence fJT
Mnysyille
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A Volcano in New Zealand.

IOSDuS, Sept - Advices from New
Zealand say that white Islnnd volcano Is
IN state ~ active eruption, and that a
column of fame and smoke 100 feet i'm di-
ameter ISSUES from the crater
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The New Trial for the Anarchists

CHf1sco. Sept - Judge cray decided
this morning 90 hear thc argument Tor ~
new trial in the case of the condemned An.
archists next Friday
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RIrLrY. pa Sept 2i Thomas Perry
and James Pitman, Of this place went out
cunning to-day, and Perry was brought
homo n corpse lie had been dragging bis
gun. which discharged, killing him IN
Etautly.
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AFisndlsh Husband

Cuiosoo. sept 35 james McCambrick
beat his wife, poured loil over ber IN.
tending ~ burn her alive. but changing % S
mind. threw her out ~ o window, breaking
her neck She will die
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The Cholera Marohlnn nn.

BrptrF-r Sept 23 Cholera has broken
oui among the soldiers in the Central Bar
racks here and general fight from tho
city NJ toe wealthier inhabitants has bo-
gun.
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Kansas CT1. No. sept 55 Two eight
trains ou the Missouri Pacific came boz t,I.
lisiou thirty miles east NJ hero The eugi-
uccrs were killed and frenteu injured Ten
cars were burned
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EIoped WIN a CoIored Nan.

hkHON. o.. sept - a very black negro
named Anchor and white woman. ,ife Of
. fish merchant elupod tonight. the woman
leaving two handsome children
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Powder MI Ern.oslnn.

S,RsSTo>. Pa, Sept "a powder-milI
located near this city. exploded The
works we're destroyed and two mon blown
20 atoms
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Moonshinersin Hoe.

NksHvuLr TrNv. Sept ~ Revenue
ofiicerc returned from n raid amongst Ten
ncssec mooushincrs. lodging fftecn prison
crs ZOO the Nashville Jail
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Killed hy 10 e..

GfoEGrrOwN. Pa. Sept - Charlie. Poe
was kicked in the stomach by "a horse 20.
celYIng Injuries from which De died TO-DAY,
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An Aosd Relative.

SrnvcTirLD. MA-- sept 26 Ir OLE
yer Cleveland Clarke relative of i'iesi-
dent Cleveland. celebrated her IOlst birth.
daN here TODAY.
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LoNpoN Sept 2} "A new street oi toinbs
bas been discovered at Ponpe near he
eastern gate
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o, & D. r. r. TIMe-IkBI.E.
WESTWARD.

,Ccndcnsed time-tabls OF ra...n. ,r.,,.
tor the stations named below '""
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hesides tho above named trains there is
WY WV tl,n With asscuRcr car attachc that
soee ooth East aud west daily except sun ay
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-17
Centennial Committees.

The subcommittee on Sunday services held
meeting at the Mayors office yesterday. No de-
finite action on the programme was settled upon
that being deferred until after the conference of
the committee with the Ministerial Association,
about May LIST. The opinion of the committee
was that the forenoon should be devoted to
historical denomnatonal sermons in the various
churches, the manuscripts or reports OF these
addresses, to be given to the committee, for pre-
servation and future use; that is the afternoon
at the City Hall a service of song should be had
according to the programme to be prepared by
the music committee, which service should Illus
trate the ancient and modern styles of church
music; that addresses be made by former minis
tiers of Portland and others; that in the evening
other musical exercises, and addresses upon the
progress made in Portland during the past
century, in moral reforms, notably the temperance
and anti-slavery causes, and also benevolent reli-
giouS and charitable associations should be given.
A meeting Of the subcommittee on music was
held last evening" and the following was the bust
ness transacted:
Toted That the Haydn Association be employ
Mr.. Fitch was selected to arrange for the music
Sunday evening, and Mr.. KotzSchmar was ap-
pointed a committee for music Sunday afternoon.
Messrs. Kotzschmar, Coyle and Shaw were APP
pointed committee to prepare a programme for
the music at the hall Tuesday.
The clerk was authorized to correspond with all
of the town bands, the list to be furnished by
Maj d. S. Murphy of the committee.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-17
PERSONAL.

c. II. Mcclellan of Bath was in town yesterday,
Hon. JOSEPH Smith, Secretary of State, was in
town yesterday.
Rev. L. H. Hallock, who has been at Bellview.
Fla, the past six weeks returned home yesterday
Mr.. Fred Boothby, general ticket agent of the
Maine Central, and Mrs. Boothby have returned
from their California trip, and are in excellent
health and spirits.
Collector Anderson has appointed David Han
negan, engineer at the custom house, in place of
Mr.. Turner removed, and John Desmond, engi-
neer at the post office in place of Mr.. Randall
Miss l. G. Hamilton of Portland, State organ
izer Of the Christian Temperance Union of Maine,
addressed the ladies of Fairfield, Friday after
noon at the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Adamson Donham of Turner had severe
shock last week. Her husband is in feeble
health. They are the parents of G. NJ Donham
of the firm of Hoyt, Fogg Donham, and Mr.. J.
N Donham of this city,
f. Hayes, Springfeld S. S. Marble, waldoboro;
F. w. Carr, Bangor; W. P. Rice and wife, Kansas
Citv; Gen. Selden Common, Augusta; Fl. A. Bud
den. Montreal; G. H. Mcclellan, Bath; M. T. Don
oboe. Boston, and j. F. Cohsatt, Philadelphia
we're among the arrivals at the Falmouth Hotel
Yesterday.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-17
BRIEF JoTTiNCS.

Ten half barrels of beer were seized yesterday
morning.
Remember the temperance concert tonight at
the Gospel Mission at 7.45 o'clock
A. S. Fuller has a pair of dapple-grays that are
splendid animals. They are six years old and
weigh 27o0 pounds.
Att. I. stubbss, Congress Square, maybe seen
in a fine Frame the pictures of the class of 1885,
Westbrook Seminary, taken by Hearn.
There will be an adjourned meeting OF the Com
mercial Travellers Association at Thatcher Post
hall this evening at 7.45 o'clock
Charles H. Litchman, of Marbehead, will speak
at Dirigo Hall over Casco Bank to the knights OF
Labor on Sunday next at 8 p m.
Mr. W. Mckinney will conduct the gospel
meeting at the Y. M. G. A. rooms this evening at
O'Clock.
United states Marshal Harmon arrested "Motll-
err Cleayes at Jerusalem Plantation thursday
charged with selling liquor and took her to Portl
yesterday morning
The steamer Ontario of the Dominion line is due
here from Bristol direct today or tomorrow. The
steamer Toronto will be the next and last ship to
come here this season.
The new bell for the Methodist church at Peaks
Island went down yesterday, and it was intended
to place it in the belfry have a supper and good
time in honor of the event last night
During March there was So, 100 worth of canned
beef exported from Portland, $9S,96o worth OF
bacon, and $4,000 worth of lard. The value OF
these articles for thepast three months was S5l7-
921 against $73S, 044 for same time 1885.
l.. c. Seayey, the provision dealer and grocer,
on Congress street, who left home suddenly last
Friday, it is reported returned home Thursday
night, and left again on the a. Ms. train yester-
day.
If the trouble between the stevedores and coal
beavers of Bath, is not settled withmla Few days
there is prospect that about 10000 tons OF coal
for shipment over the Maine Central, will come
to Portland instead of Bath.
The Portland Company are building twelve box
cars for the paper mills at Cumberland Mills. The
cars are twenty feet in length and are to be used
on the tramway in carrying the paper from the
mills to the railroad station.
The farewell meetings of Capt. McGinnis Of the
Salvation Army will take place at the Barracks
all day tomorrow. Monday holiness convention
will be held at the Barracks at p. M, and at p.
m. there will be grand welcome home to the new
divisional staff officer, Captain Whatmore
General Manager NJ. r. Kicker of the Maine
Benefit Association, says that Alexander S.
King of Bangor, an old Scotchman, who had
policy of $4,000 in his company, died from over
GdtlliS CdilHCu AVN f"
a severe illness, and he cannot see any grounds
for suspecting foul play.
The visit of Ivanhoe Lodge to Presampscot
Valley Lodge Thursday night was a delightful af-
fair Thirty-tiye went. They were most heartily
received, treated to splendid supper prepared
by the ladies of Cumberland Mills. The second
degree was worked on two candidates. Past
Chancellor Dickey, Messrs. Elwell and Leighton
were supper committee.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-17
Western Promenade.

To the Editor of the Press;
Cannot we have policeman in charge of West
ern Promenade to keep in check boys and young
men who not content with using the grounds in
the immediate vicinity for their sports and games,
must inure and destroy by setting fire to the grass
and bushes as has been done two or three times
the past week, thereby endangering property and
putting in jeopardy women and children, VINO go
there for pleasure and good air. Could not a per-
son be placed in charge of the grounds to keep
them in order and at the same time have police
power to keep all rowdyism well under control.
Wednesday and Saturday are the worst days for
these outlaws and hoodlhmS.
GOOD ORDER.
Portland, April 10, 1886.