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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-11-29
News of Belfast and Vicinity.

THANKSGIVING DINNER REPARTEE
A Local Lyric.
"My dear, heap upon your plate
Lots Of stufiing, you see;
Because know your ruling trait
Fond of dressing" said he.
"To use that ancient pun takes nerve,
The joke is aged to me;
You're like the turkey which you serve
Stuffed with chestnuts," said she,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-11-29

tiser suggests that other denominations should
support free beds. The next Universalist State
convention will be held at Bangor during the first
week in June, 1889. Rev. Geo. W. Field, of Ban
gor, will occupy the pulpit at the North Church
next Sunday. Mr.. Fields church is the Central
and not the Centennial, misprinted in notice of
this distinguished Clergyman on the fourth page
PERSONAL. DR.. w. Hugh Harris and wife, who
have been visiting at DIR. North's in Augusta, have
gone to Dixfeld, where DR.. Harris has decided to
locate. Mr.. and Mrs. Geo c. Harding of this CITY,
have gone to Lynn, Mass, to spend the winter with
their daughter, Mrs. Augusta Hilton Hon. S. l..
Milliken will leave for Washington next Saturday,
and does not expect to return home during the
holiday recess of Congress-. Col and Mrs
Chenery left Belfast Tuesday for Boston, where
they will remain for some weeks, later going to
one of the Southern resorts. Lieut. Chenery has
gone to California. Miss Grace Savage came
home from school to spend Thanksgiving with her
parents, Re-. J. A. and Mrs. Savage, in this city.
...Grand Secretary Bracket of this city, attend
ed the meeting of Cumberland District Lodge, G.
T., and Maple Lodge, Deering, Nov. 2lst... Col.
W. II. Fogler made a business trip to Rockland
last week. Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Sherman return
ed home Saturday from a weeks visit to Boston,
MIS- H. L. lldnkln, OF laSS creek, Carbon Co.,
Wyoming Territory. is visiting at Mr.. W. b. Ran
kin's, in this city, her husbands brother. Mr.. r.
I. Rankin is large sheep raiser. Mrs. Isabelle
Deagan, of this CITY, LETT Monday morning for Cali
fornia. Mr. and Mrs. n s. Reed are in Brockton,
Mass. Mr.. A. ID. Chase, of this city, went to
Boston Monday. MIR. J. c. Gates, of this city,
visited Portland early in the week.. Miss Mary
Faunce and Miss Edith Stone of this city, went to
Portland Monday. Miss WEIGH, of Augusta, who
has been visiting at Hon. S. l.. Millken's in this
city, left for home yesterday. ....Mrs. David w.
Dyer, of this city, is in Boston and will leave there
next Monday for Chicago to visit her son who is
in hotel in that city. Miss Mary Forbes of this
city, leaves Saturday for Seattle, Washington Ter
ritory. where she will pass the winter with Mr..
and Mrs. Ben Hazeltine. {. Mr.. Albert j. Condon
who has been home on visit, leaves Saturday for
Chicago. Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Carter, of Boston,
arrived in Belfast Saturday on visit to Mr.. and
Mrs. H. A. Carter. Mrs. Geo. E. Rrackett is at
the Me. General Hospital, Portland. where she
has been under surgical treatment for two weeks.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-11-29

la-NK>ruHt. The electric lighting plant is to he
changed from the steam mill it now occupies to
the new mill huilt by Mr.. W. X. Close of Bangor
! and will lac operated by water power The move
has been contemplated some time and H. expected
to reduce The operating expenses. The Rock land
Opinion Of Hast week SAYS. Mr. Prescott =. Heath
was discharged from the Maine state prison few
days ago, having been there since MAY, 1871 con
victed Of burning his own buildings in Bucksport
His sentence II years, but good behave
shortened it to about H. His case created quite Il
sensation al the time He stoutly asserts his
innocence, and that his buildings were burned iv
enemies for the double purpose of impoverishing
him and getting him into prison on a false charge
He says his lawyer got his farm, and he is now
penness He went to st. George to see Mrs.
Hart and to Camden to see MIR. Dunton, to com
muncatc some facts of which he claims to hay e
knowledge i'll regard to the death of Nathan F..
Hart, who served lite sentence for the murder
of Mrs. Mescryey .....Thc seminary Quartette,
Alessrs. Y. W. Blackman, ID. A. Evans, A. W.
Coney and q. j. Bloomfield, rendered some tine
music at the meeting of the Rhetorical Society last
Friday evening at the Seminary. They were most
enthusiastically received and warmly applauded,
they fully deserved. They demonstrated their
fitness to he heard in much larger gatherings, and
it is to be hoped they will often be able to enter
tain their friends in this way. The subject for
discussion was: 'is the United States Govern
ment justified in excluding the Chinese" Aflirma-
i've, Messrs. Newbert and Hudson; negative
Messrs Lewis and Nevis. Deluge Engine Co. is
to have grand Ball and supper at Emery Hall on
Thanks wing evening. All iiremen are invited to
participate. Mr.. Closes mill is about complet
ed. The water wheel is one of his inventions and
works finely. The box machines are to be put in
at once and set at work. He will employ qnte
number of hands in box making The Cutter
Woodbury. arrived here saturday evening and
sailed again Monday forenoon. Capt Fengars
family settled in Boston for the winter. The
young ladies are to continue their musical Studies
at the Conservatory of Music. The New York
boat will begin this week to land her freight and
passengers here. The track used last winter run
ming from the steamer to the railroad is now being
put in place for the winters business Here is Il
question Has society on whose church e,tiiice
there is clock paid for by general subscription
any moral right to keep it set the old local time
when the law of the State has made what is
known as standard time the lawful time to which
all busin css transactions must conform? Two
kinds OF time in one horse town like ours is a
supreme nuisance.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-29

must b the ponopsy and safeguard Of him Who
wears u and protect him vhetAee high or Low,
rich or poor. in al his civil Fights, Il should and
must afford him projections q home and follow
end protect him ahgUad In Whatever Land -
may be on = lawful eEsand.
Tho mon who abandoned the Republics
party In 1885 and continue adhere 70 the
Democratic party have defeated not only the
cause Of honest government Of sound finance.
OF freedom and purity OF ballot but especially
have deserted the cause Of reform In the Civil
Service. We viii not fail 70 = sp our pledges
because they have bsoken theirs, or because
their candidate has broken his. We therefore
repeat our declaration Of 1884, to-wit: The r.
form Of the Civil-Servicc auspiciously be-
gun under the Republican Administer
tons. should be completed BY the further ex-
tension Of the reform system already estab-
lished by law 70 all the grades Of the service 70
which IL 10 applicable. The spirit and purpose
Of the reform should be observed in al exeeu-
tive appointments and al laws Mt variance.
with the object Of affecting existing reform
legislation, s.ould be repealed 70 the end that
dangers 70 free institutions which Turk in the
power Of ofncisl patronage may be wisely and
effectively avoided"
The gratitude Of the Nation to the defenders
Of the Union can not be measured BY laws.
The legislation Of Congress should conform TO
the pledges made BY . loyal people and be 20
enlarged and extended as to provide against
the possibility that any man Who honorably
wore the Federal uniform shall become m
inmate Of IN almshouse or dependent upon
private charity. In the presence of IN
overlooking treasury It would be . public
scandal to do less for those whose valorous
services preserved the Government We de-
nouuce the hostile spirit shown By President
Cleveland In his Numerous vetoes OF measures
for pension relief and the action OF the Demo
cratic House OF Representatives In refusing
even consideration Of general pension legisla-
ton.
In support Of the principles here with enunci-
ated we invite the cooperation Of patriotic men
OF all parties and especially of all wofkingmen
whose prosperity is seriously threatened by the
free trade policy OF the present Admini- trati0n.
When the reading OF the report rad been
completed Mr.. MariLe. Of Maryland, moved
that it DO adopted by Using vote.
Mr.. HOrr, of Michigan. on behalf Of his
State delegation seconded the motion and
demanded the previous question. The pre-
vious question having been ordered. the
report Of the committee was adopted unan-
imously by standing vote amid great en-
ihusiasm.
NOMINATIONS MADE.
The chairman stated that the next order
OF business was the calling Of States for
the presentation of the names of nominees
for the Presidency.
Alabama and Arkansas were called with
out response. When California was called,
DIR. Haymond said that the California del
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-29

Iowa, is in nomination. Does the chair
hear q second to that nOninationr'
Mr.. Benjamin N. Bosworth. OF Rhode
Island, advanced to the platform and
seconded the nomination.
There being no other seconds the secre-
tary called Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana.
Maine, Maryland and Massachusetts with
out any response. When Michigan was
called all Of Alger's friends rose in a body
and split the AIR with their cheers. After
while Mr.. Horr. Of Michigan, obtained
the floor and said:
i wish merely to say that Michigan has
q candidate and that he will be presented
by Mr.. Robert E. Frazer, OF Detroit"
Mr. Frazer then presented the name Of
Russell A. Alger, Of Michigan.
The chairman announced that General
Russell A. Alger had been placed IN nomi
nation an asked if there was q second.
Mr. Charles ]. Noyes, Of Massachusetts,.
seconded the nomination Of General Aiger.
The nomination was also seconded by
Egan, of Nebraska, bv Estes, Of North
Carolina, and by Eggers, Of Arizona
There being no other secondsrs to AL
gers nomination the clerk proceeded with
the roll call until the State Of New York
was reached, when Senator Hiscock ad-
vanced to the platform. His appearance
was the signal for loud cheers, which were
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-29

Tn champion grain drill works Of Jere
Plast and Johnstoa q Oswego. n. T., were
burned tho other night Les, e1oQO0Q
TnB1s WAS terrific exploeaon of gaa q
The Nelson coliiesy, 6hamokin. Pa, On TIE
aUth, By which George EcAmack received
probably fatal injuries. Michael Kelly, Of
Slope Hin, was badly burned and other.
wise injured. Martin Karins, OF Scoth
Hill. was also frightfully burned.
TRRHB laborers in New York City were
killed recently By the caving in OF the
earth while they were laying gas pipes.
FIRE in Johnstown, Fulton County. NY,
tho other morning, destroyed William
Loepps' skin mill Loss. $4,000; fully In
sured.
A vnsf mortgage bond was recorded at
Erie, Pa. recently against the Pittsburgh,
Shenango 4 Lake Erie railroad for q, 500.-
500 from the Central Trust Company Of
New York. The bonds will run ATTY years
at five per cent and the proceeds will be
used for the extension Of the system north
OF Pittsburgh to compete with the Penn
sylvania Company's lines.
Ar the boat race at New London on the
ed, Yale won BY ten lengths in 21:19x.
Tho University OF Pennsylvania crows
time was u :5e1f.
TaB Prohibition party held mass ratia-
cation meeting 1t tho Metropolitan Opers
House, New York, On the I'd. Clinton B.
Fiske the Prohibition candidate for Prest
dent, was tho chief speaker. John A.
Brooks, OF Missouri, also spoke.
TaE 500 100 debt Of Elizabeth, N. j..
has been compromised at 50 per cent
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FIRE destroyed two of the FIVE buildings
occupied by Phillip Stisebel as a furni.
ture factory on Elizabeth street. New
York. the other night, causing a loss of
$4,000 Eight horses were burned and it
was feared the Waterman of the building
had lost his life. The buildings adjcinei
the 'big fat" the inmates of which were
with great difficulty prevented from jump
ing from the first window.
JOHN B. DUNN, the lawyer concerned
in the Manhattan Banking Company rob
berry at New York, has been sentenced to
nine years and eight months in State
prison, the full penalty of the law.
TIE Pinkerton detective force has ar
rested Express Agent Huber for stealing
e2a6oO from the Adams Express Company
August 20. 1856. The money was shipped
from Philadelphia to Shanokin, to pay
employees Of the Mineral Mining Company.
Huber was arrested in Philadelphia. Huber
was an old employe OF the company and
was highly respected.
IT is reported from Pittsburgh. Pa, that
the iron workers scale question is likely
TO be complicated by three months hut
down of all the association works.
TIE action Of the Musical Union r rotec
tive Association in 6ning and attempting
to expel Theodore Thomas. the orchestra
leader, several years ago because he en-
gagged q musician not a member of the
union, has been declared illegal By the
New York Supreme Court
FREDERICK C. MAY, the well known ath.
lete and man-about-town. was held at the
1omhs, New York, recently in 81, 900 bail
for assault with intent to kill
Mrs JOSEPHINE MARICK. living on Syca-
more street, Allegheny City, Pa, recently
administered strychnine to her three chill
dren, Mary, Helena and Ellen, aged seven,
three and four years respectively, and
then swallowed q large draucht of the
deadly poison herself La less than three
hours Mary and Helena and the mother
were dead and little Ella Was in convui-
siors with no hopes Of recovery. The mo-
tive for The deed was supposed TO have
been anger because her husband had or
dered boarder from TIE house whom he
suspected OF criminal intimacy with his
wife.
DIVIDENDS were declared in New York
City recently as follows: Lake Shore ard
Michigan Southern, 2 per cent; Michigan
Central. Sper cent; Canada Southern, ~
per cent
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Total vote, Sc. NECESSARY for choIce. AZ,

Total vote, Sc, necessary for choice, AZ.
On the first ballot Senator Ingalls, re.
ceived y votes, 10 from Arkansas, IL from
Kansas and from South Carolina
The result Of the ballot was received
with no sign from the convention as to
what impression had been made. Before
a second ballot was taken, Mr.. Smith, Of
Pennsylvania, who had yesterday nomi-
mated Edward H. Filter, withdrew his
name.
On the second ballot Pennsylvania gave
J3 to Sherman. Harrison lost in Indiana
to Gresham. Wisconsin gave s to Gresham
amid cheers and Kisses. Arkansas gave
her all, IA, to Alger. The result Of the
ballot was in NO election and was Us fol-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-29
Adjournment was {

ADJOURNMENT was then taKen 70 sevcn
O'Clock this evening.
EVENING SESSION.
The feature Of the evening session was
the withdrawal Of Ckauncey u. Depew
from the race. This caused desire for
adjournment to enable the delegates to
consult together concerning the new condi-
ton of AFFAIRS. General Hastings, Of
Pennsylvania, moved that the convention
adjourn unit ten a. N. tomorrow. The
States were called and the chairman de-
clared the motion carried.
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Recognition Wanted.

CHICAGO, June @-Miss Susan 3. An
thony and Miss Isabella Beecher Hooker
upon reading the Republican platform as
adopted, which had no reference to the
woman suffrage question, published an
earnest appeal for the convention to atone
for the remissness OF Its platform commit
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-29
THE SOUTH.

HE other afternoon Two monuments,
commemorative OF the late war, were dedi
Gated near Richmond. Va, one at Emanuel
Church cemetery over the remains OF
seventy.slx Confederate dead, and the
other ON the spot where the Confederate
cavalry leader, General j. Z. b. Stuart,
fell.
Miss FANNIE GORDON, eldest daughter OF
Governor Gordon, OF Georgia, was married
recently to Burton Smith, q prominent
young attorney of Atlanta.
THE Supreme Lodge Of the Ancient Or.
der Of United Workmen concluded the an
nual meeting at Louisville, KY, with a
social session. The report Of q row orig
mating in the proposal to expel the Gin.
cinnati division was denied.
TIE other morning a travelling man
named J. W. Winterstein, of St. Louis. fell
from the second story Of the Oak Leaf
Hotel, at Little Rock, Ark, receiving in.
juries from which it was believed he would
not recover. He was addicted to somnam-
bulism, and while in this condition walked
out of the window.
B. G. MCMILLAN was instantly killed the
other morning when he put his head out
Of a car window near Chattanooga, Tenn.
His head struck bridge timber.
IL the United States Circuit Court for
the Eastern district Of Texas the Mercan-
tile Trust Company Of New York filed q
bill in equity of foreclosure against the
Missouri, kansas Il Texas Railroad Con-
pany on the general consolidated mortgage
Of the road, sggregating As OOO, Co.,
A SHIFTING engine on the Baltimore 4
Ohio railroad At Keyser, Nd, exploded the
other morning, killing Engineer Joseph
Bell. Of Grafton, and fatally injuring John
McNab5. Of Winchester, the conductor,
and William Baylisle, Of Keyser, the fire.
man.
A SPECIAL dispatch from Corpus Christi,
Tex, says that Hon. William II. Grain was
nominated by the Democratic convention
for Congress for the Seventh district by
acc.amatlon. Resolutions Indorsing the st.
LoIis platform was adopted.
WILLIAM PATERSON, colored, was hanged
at Louisville, KY, on the 22d. Patterson
was an alleged accomplice Of Albert Tur-
ncr, also colo, ed, in the murder Of Jennie
Bowman, a domestic. Many persons
thought Patterson innocent He protested
his innocence all along, and Turner, who
was executed last year. declared that Pat
terson had nothing to do with the crime.
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Total vote, $50; necessary for choice, al.
The result was y disappointment to tie
Sherman people, who had hoped that the
increase in the vote for him from Pennsyi-
vania would put him up to nearly 800 votes.
but he lost in other places and the anti
Sherman comb nation began to claim that
the Ohio Senator's vote would go to pieces
in Q few ballots.
resulted as follows:
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-29
ROy Drowned.

MuRpHYsBoRo, ILL.,, June 22-To-day,
while some boys were in swimming in the
back-water from Big Muddy river, boy
by the name OF King Black, aged twelve
years, got beyond his depth and was
drowned. The body was recovered.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-29

TINE Denver Baseball Club has dis.
banded.
MONTANA offers . reward OF 500 for the
arrest Of and conviction Of such OF the
train robbers, and tho Northern Pacific
railroad offers t5OO additional for each man.
In addition to this tho Sheriff and posse
OF two companies from Fort Custer arc
looking for the highwaymen.
The awards in the Knights OF Pythias
drill at Cincinnati were reported Is fol.
lows: Hastings, Mich, first; Kokomo,
Ind, second; Terre Haute. Ind, third; Fl
Dearborn, Chicago, fourth; Lochiel, EiRin,
Ill.,, fifth; Mama, Of Toledo. O., sixth.
MICHAEL ROOK. aged eighteen, was
drowned 10 the Floyd river ut Lemar's,
Iowa, the other night. While swimming
above the mill dam he got beyond his
depth and was carried over the dam.
MYRIADs of grasshoppers are repor;e ed
in Southern Indiana. They are doing much
damage.
MRS. EMORY A. SToRRs, widow OF the
distinguished lawyer, died at Chicago or
the 18Th
THE second day Of the National conven.
ton Of the Travellers Protective Associa.
ton, at Minneapolis on the 10th, passed OF
serenely, the forenoon and afternoon beng
devoted entire y to business.
APPARENTLY well founded rumors in
Chicago railroad circles point to hostile
outbreak in dressed beef rates.
MRs. LUCY PARSONS, wife OF the late A.
R Parsons, the executed Anarchist, was
being driven about Chicago the other
afternoon in buggy, attached to the rear
Of which was life-sized crayon Of her de.
ceased husband. She was distributing cir
cuIars descriptive Of the merits Of Par.
sons book, s.Anarchism." A large crowd
followed the conveyance which was led te
the police station and its occupants locked
up.
The third annual convention Of the Order
Of Railway Telegraphers began at Indian.
apolis, Ind, on the 10th.
SAVAGE, Sow & Co., proprietors Of the
Empire foundry, San Francisco, one Of the
oldest firms on the Pacific coast, have as.
signed, with $lO0, 900 liabilities AM &15o, 0C
assets.
GENERAL GRANTS farm. better known ~
the Dent homes, cad, of $50 acres and located
twelve miles west Of St Louis, was sold
recently under a mortgage given by Grant
to William II. Vanderbilt during the Grant
& Ward troubles. The property was
bought b. Luther II. Conn. an ex-Confed-
crate Conn was with John Morgan's men
and is now q millionaire. He paid $4,000
for the farm and has already christened it
brentwood"
A MAN named Sanders shot and killed
another named League at u coal mine, in
which both were working, near Cabin
Creek, l. 7. The quarrel arose over debt
OF S. Sanders escaped, but was subse
OCentiv capfrred
A DISPATCH from Chicago of the I'D says:
There was an exciting encounter last night
between party Of union and non-union
brickmakers near Southport. Stones, clubs
and knives were freely used. Two Bohe-
milan women, wives OF union men, were
among the most desperate of the fighters.
The police, after struggle, succeeded in
arresting several of the combatants, sew
eral of whom were seriously and one IA.
tally injured.
THE trustees OF Miami University, at
Oxford, O., have elected Ethelbert d. War.
field, Of Lexington, KY. president of the
university.
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In the bond election at Hastings. Neh., to
vote &laOOO additional to extend the water
works mains. the proposition carried By .
handsome majority.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-29
GENERAL.

A MONSTER petition in favor of the aboli-
ton of bull fights is 10 be presented to the
Mexican Government. Many of the lead
ing journals OF the country denounce these
spectacles as barbarous.
The board OF directors Of the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad has ratified the sale of the
compapy's sleeping car equipment and
franchises pertaining thereto to the Pull
man Palace Car Company, the contract to
run for twenty-five years, and the Pullman
Company agrees to furnish the Baltimore
& Ohio with the sleeping and parlor car
equipment it requires.
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j. H. Hdrley. Coz. Rnak.
egation. whose position was well known
here, asked the convention to pass Califor-
mia on the roll call for the present.
Mr.. Warner, OF Connecticut. presented
without speech the name OF Hon. Joseph
Il Hawley.
When illinois was called buzz OF expect
ancy broke out, which grew into shout
Of greeting when Leonard SWEET stepped
upon the platform to present the name Of
Walter q. Gresham, which he did in a most
fiattering manner, drawing attention to
Gresham's long and patriotic service.
The nomination was seconded by Davis,
Of Minnesota; also by Lynch, Of Mississip-
pi, Mccall, Of Massachusetts, and Rector,
of Texas
There being no further seconds to Gresh-
ANS nomination, the secretary proceeded
to call the roll Of States, and when
Indiana was called and Governor
Porter mounted the platform to
place Harrison in nomination q round
OF cheers was given and one enthusi
as.ic individual created considerable