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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-08
Strong Words from Texas on Wool

TO show the ignorance Of the Chairman
Of the Ways and Means Committee "a to
the imperative needs of the wool industry
OF his own State there l. given the state
ment Of Mr.. Schotfer, wool grower of
long experience in Texas, before the con-
ference Of wool growers and dealers at
Washington last December, that if wool
could not be better protected than it was
by the act of March. 1883, the wool
growers OF Texas would be obliged to give
up the business, and the decrease Of two
million In the number Of sheep in that
State from Jan. l. 1896, to Jan. |, 1887
was abundant evidence to prove the cor
rectncs- Of the statement.
The following item from the Wool Re
porter l. another strong indication that
Mr.. Mills did not understand the necessities
and wishes of the wool growers of his own
State.
"a rousing mass meeting was held at san
Antonio last week tc protest against the pro-
posed WOO. tariff reduction. Speeches were
made by ex-Congressman Epson, Hon.
George Paschal aud Col, w. l.. Black. and
some ringing resolutions were adopted.
Another indication that the wool growers
OF Texas understand their own needs
aud wishes better than Mr.. Mills is the
following copy of letter received few
weeks since by Albert Chapman of Yer
mont:
"GAiNEviLLE, Ten, Dec ~, 1897.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-08
4 Republican State Convention
win be held In
N0R0NBEGA HALL, BANGOR,
Thursday, April 26, 1888,

For the purpose Of selecting two candidates for
Electors Of President and Vice President Of the
United States, and four delegates large and four
aItsrnates to attend the National ConveB ion to be-
hsld At Chicago. Illinois. Tuesday. June 18th,
i6ss, and trsnsacting any other business that may
properly come before 1t.
The basis Of representation will be rs follows
Each city. town, and plantation will be entitled to
delegat and for each seventy five votes csst for
the Republican candidate for Governor in ise4, an
additional delegate and for fraction Of forty votes
In excess Of seyenty-fve votes, additional dele
gate.
The State Committee will BE- In session In the re-
csption room Of the Hall at nine O'Clock on the morn
Ing Of the Convention. for the purpose Of receiving
the credentials Of delegates.
All electors Of Maine, without regard 10 past polii-
cal differences, who 10 sympathy with the senti
nsnts expressed In the call Of the Republican
National Committee for the Republican National
Convention. cordially invited to unite with the
Hspubhesns Of the State in selecting dele gates to
this Convention.
Per order Republican State Committee.
JOSEPH II. MASLEY, Chairman.
WILLIS III. WING. Secretary.
AUGUSTA. MAINE. February II, 1883.
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The President has issued his manifesto in
the shape of an annual message TO congress,
telling the people how terribly they are taxed
for no purpose except to create a surplus rev.
enue in the treasury.
Arcvenue issue is made for us, the people
TO vote upon, between free trade with all the
world, and protective tariff which will save
us from struggle with the bloated wealth
and the pauper labor of Europe. 1t is pro-
posed in substance to reduce us to a nation
Of farmers and other workers, without gov
eminent able and disposed TO protect us
against the power and influence of the farms
and workshops of the world. 1t is proposed
70 open our markets from Maine to Florida,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, to the pro-
auctions of the farms and manufactures of
Europe, Asia, Africa and the Isles of the sea.
to compete in their markets with the products
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Washington Gossip.
Especial correspondence of the Journal
WASHINGTON. Mar. 1.

Npeclai correspondence or the journal.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 1.
An irrM FOR THE VETERAN TO READ.
Senator Vest of Missouri made speech in
the Senate the other day which ought to COM
nand the attention of every ex-U MON soldier
and every ex-Unon soldiers child in the
country. The speech was carefully prepared
and forcibly delivered, and was applauded TO
the echo by the Democratic members. Not
a Democratic Senator entered his protest or
signitied his dissent to the views set forth
The subject which brought the Senator
from Missouri 10 his feet and unloosed his
tongue. was bill to pension such ex-Union
soldiers as are absolutely disqualified from
performing any manual labor whatever, and
who are without means of support. This
reused the Senator's ire. He declared that
1.-The South was covered with manned and
crippled ev-Confederste soldiers. They asked
no pension, and wouldn't take any, There
were none in the aims houses, none begging
bread" Ii may seem strange to some that
the ex-Confederate should be successful in
warding off the sings and arrows of outrag
eous Fortune, while not a few of the Boys in
Blue have found their way into aims houses.
If this be true, the explanation is clear. They
are in government employ. This admins
tration has appointed them to office and they
are drawing government salaries. The Fed
eral offices in the South, with hardly an ex-
cepnon. are in the hands of the Confederates.
The offices in Washington are full of them,
and they obtain rapid promotion over their
less fortunate colleagues.
The Senator was particularly fierce in his
assaults upon the Grand Army of the Repub- |
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SAGADoHOs
Gossip at the Stables.

We had no idea the list of Maine-bred
horses which have trotted in $50 or better.
WAS so large: but, as catalogued by Mr..
Thompson, the list numbers one hundred
and twenty-three.
The trotting horse, Jack Spratt, barred
at many races in Maine last fall, is now
thirteen years old. He is by Tom Patchen.
by Geo. NJ. Patchen. Into his breeding on
his dams side enters that unknown quail
ity which has given to 80 many of our fast
est steppers their great value. She is said
to have been "A Morgan. Jack Spratt'S rec
ord is 22G 81, made at Brockton. Mass.
Oct. I, 1855.
Mr.. q. }. Shaw's auction sale OF trotting-
bred stock will take place at $ East street +.
Boston, on Wednesday, March II. The
list of animals to be sold, embraces eight
cen; among them being four horse celts,
seven geldings and seven fillies Eight
are by Gen. WitherS, two by Gideon. two
by Albrino. one by Almont and one by
Hartford There are two pairs of geld
49, 'aiN pan VI va iNf Ntii> Olti tdtil
1000 pounds; one pair of blacks. six yrs
| old, $50 pounds each. Catalogues con-
! tanning full pedigrees and other informa-
ton, will be sent on application to G. J.
lsburgh 4 Co., Boston. Mass.
One of the most noted horses that ever
left Maine is the stallion Pilot Knox.
(2.l9 80 owned by John II. May, former
ly of this city. now of Boston. He is bv
Black Pilot, (230) by Roscoe, by Pilot,
.)r.; dam, Nancy Knox, by Col. Ellsworth.
by Gen. Knox. His great race was at
Mystic Park, Boston, sept. 30, 1855, when
just ten years old, in which he won the
$1,000 esprit of the Times cup, and 81
l21 added money, beating such horses "a
King Wilkes, Montgomery, King Almont
and Westmont. His time in three straight
heats at this race, was, 2.l93-4, 2.2O -
and 2.20.
In 1856, the Department of Agriculture,
reviewing the numbers. condito nand val
ue of our farm animals, said. .'the interest
in horse-brecding remains undated In
its report for the year 1887, it says, "the
interest in horse breeding has been still
greater during the past year than it was
in the year 1856, resulting in enlargement
of numbers and enhancement of the az
Gregate value. No class of domestic ami
mails has increased in such proportion
| withia the year. The advance averages
> per cent, and is well distributed through
the country. though naturally larger in
the States so rapidly developing beyond
the Mississippi. 1t is quite marked on
the Pacific coast, natural result of the
rapid increase of population there, and de-
velopment of industrial enterprises gen
orally. Many persons in Ohio and else
where are giving up sheep in favor of
horses. The tendency in the central
States west of the Alleghanies is strong
toward larger and heavier horses, suitable
for draught purposes, the French breeds
predominating in the Improvement
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Commenting ON the trial of Stain and
Cromwell for the killing of Cashier Barron,
the Boston Journal says: Zone of the
most extraordinary eases known in the
annals of New England courts closes in
this long delayed revealing of the Dexter
mystery. Its solemn lesson seems to be like
that of So many other famous trials. that
though Justice lags with leaden feet she is
absolutely sure To come-hringing in this
instance to the two guilty murdcrers dis
covery of their dreadful crime aud II Ger
tainty of proper punishment. aud to the
memory of brave and faithful corpora
ton servant and his living friends full
release from crushing weight of doubt
and calumny. No fiction ever dreamed
was stranger than this story of the cashier
Of the Dexter bank here in commonplace
and practical New England"
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The formation of personal Liberty
League" for the promotion of the liquor
interests bv Democrats in one Maine city
and the open alliance of the Democrats
with the third party Prohibtioni.ts in
another Maine city do not seem to be any
more successful than they are consistent.
Sensible people are strongly ayerse To such
kind of amagamations. 1t Is very poor
way to promote temperance. and that
Democratic politicians resort to such pro-
cedures indicates very plainly that their
party is in had way
The war of the Administration on
the American protective system, its re-
fusal to aid in removing the sugar duty,
its determination to maintain the Internal
Revenue machinery n u Cleveland re-
election force, aud to surrender the Ameri-
can fishery interests to Canadian and
British greed, and to lower the dignity of
the Government everywhere in the
presence of the stronger uaiions-all these
signs of weakness and incapacity for wise
statesmauship are being recognized by
the popular mind, "a the votes of the
Maine cities ON Monday clearly indicate.
The Democratic leaders who understand
the present political situation cannot fail
to see the handwriting on the wall.
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The hope generally expressed throughout
the long and expensive trial of Stain and
Cromwell was that the decision of the jury
should end all, and the people enjoy a respite
from this well-worn subject The jury have
decided the case, but the subject is far from
being dropped. The newspapers and council
for the defense are still producing new and
startling developments, There is no end
of the new phases of this subject which are
every day hashed up from one section of the
country or another. We should not be sur
prsed at any theory now. 1t would
not astonish us to hear that the fact
had been developed that this same
Stain gang, were the parties rho attempted
year or two since to blow up the English
House of Commons and the Tower of Lon
don, that they were the identical men who
really threw the bombs at Chicago, or that at
the time of the robbery they were on a hem
stealing expedition in southern Africa, which
fact could be easily proved by Cromwell's
swarthy complexion, Nothing is too strange
or improbable to be developed in this matter.
The development most anxiously awaited,
however, is the closing of the prison doors at
Thomaston upon these two men, whose whole
ness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-08

For thirty years | have been troubled with
ca'arrh-have tried number of remedies
without relief. druggist here recommend
ed Ely's Cream Balm. have used only one
bottle and can say feel like a new man.
My catarrh was chronic and very bad. /
make this voluntary statement that others
may know of the Balm W. Mathewson
lawyer, Pawtucket, r. |.
Ely's Cream Balm gives satisfaction to
every one using it for catarrhal troubles
g. h. Mellor, Druggist, Worcester, Mass.
Apply Balm into each nostril
mar6deod&wIw
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\ training school for young men who
will give their lives to work among the
negroes has been opened under the care
of Rev. John Slattery, a Roman Catholic
priest in Baltimore. MIR. Slattery in
circular states that only about 100000
negroes are Catholics, aud that 3,000.00o
have no preferred religion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-08

NJ. de Lesseps asks for the enormous
sum of zoo, 200. 900 francs to complete his
some of 1t. too, for notwithstanding the
bad repute into which his enterprise has
fallen in other portions of the world his
name Is still a magic Que in France. 1t is
remarkable, hut none the less true, that
many people seem to take 4 kind of
pleasure in being adroitly humhugged
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-08

As the signs of spring increase base ball
talk is more frequently heard and the notes
on the players and the organization of the
clubs occupy more space in the newspapers.
This is right. Let the great national game
be doomed. There is none manlier, and no
other so thoroughly American.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-08

+. c. Stevens, Esq, of Newport, has been
retained by DR.. Weed as counsel for him in
the Bennett robbery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-08

TO enjoy the pleasure of golden wedding.
fter spending an hour or more in social
friendly greetings and music. plates were laid
in the hall in the upder part of the house for
about 10 but il was necessary TO relay them a
second time before all were served. After
partaking of this bountifnk collation. {the do
nation of family and friends the company
was called to the parlors below aud were
there entertained by music by the Fellows
family and fine presentation speech by Rev.
II. Crockett. pastor of NJ. f. church. There
were many fine presents consisting of beau
tiful bridal cake the gift of their son of Bos-
ton, Mass, together with many gold coins
from friends An effecting response in be-
half of Mr.. and Mrs. Basfori was made by
Rev E. \. Berry of East Livermore, and a
| timely written poem was presented by A. +.
Watson Esq. and a response in behalf of the
manr friends by Mr.. Jos F. Stevens followed
by prayer by Rev. Fl. Crockett. The enter
tainment was under the direction of o. E.
Stevens Esq 1.-The parents of Mrs. O L.
Basford, Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Stevens living
about one mile away entertained many of this
same COMPANY in Nov, last who met with them
TO celebrate the 50th anniversary of their
marriage at which time four generations were
represented. Also at the residence OF Mr..
and Mrs. Benz. French within one mile on
same street the same company were enter
tanned very beautifully about two weeks since.
We are panied to record the death of Col.
Samuel French of South Chesterfield aged
So who has been prominent and respected
citizen of this locality all his life and leaves
large circle of friends TO mourn his loss.
SAGADoHoC-
The annual report of the directors of the
Peoples Ferry Company. Bath. for the year
ending Feb. %, show that the receipts were
sa,35l 81, and the expenditures 81 $50. IS :;
loss, s27s.S4. The running expenses were
81 $685. 80: repairs. s724 IS. Receipts from
foot passengers, Sl,7oo.9i; single teams,
81 ,30l 30; double teams, S237 miscelane-
Gus, Slll.90.
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On n and reliable Medicines are IL, best
todepend upon. Aclcr's Blood Ell.
ixir has been prescribed for years for all i'm.
purities ofthe Blood. every form of Scrok
ulous, Syphilitic or Mercurial diseases, It is
invaluable. For rheumatism, has no equal.
:. VI Nix-, Io4 Ws,.r st-..r 4rno;.,
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The HOmliest Man I'm Augusta.
Aswell as the handsomest, and others are in
vited TO call on any druggist and get free
trial bottle of kemp's Balsam for the the
Throat and Lungs. remedy that is selling
entirely upon merits and is guaranteed to re-
lieve and cure all chronic and acute Coughs.
Asthma, Bronchitis and consumption. Large
bottle soc and 81. feb2sd&w4wIp
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Hm68
Bread Preparation,
THE hEALTHFUL AND.NUTRITIous
Baking Powder.

Restores to the -four the strengthening
phosphates that are removed with the
bran, and which are required by the
system. No other baking powder does
this. 1t costs less and is stronger and
more wholesome than any other pow
der.
nov22d tn < Thur2pnf 4 wruv5pn~
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7yRiNiTl COMMANpLRI MOI, n. 7 49,.
i eonciave Friday evening. March 4 p.s ~
O'Clock Work n'Cogncii Of Knights oi Red 60, 80
ofiiccrs arc requested TO De present N'o's.
TgEnN JonNsoN N n
II. VI, WATT re
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Special advertisements.

Small advertisements, not exceeding three lines
coming under the head of WANTED, For Sus
To LFr LuSr. Sc, viii be inserted here one time
for y cents three times for 40 cents and one wck
for so conts,d paid in advance. IL NOT PAIp in
ADVANCE, REGULAR RNrbs Will BE CUARGKp
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Sooec 0ircciorp.

A UGusTA LODGE M. iifF&Av
~ Communication. Tuesday evening s'sted
!. % o clock. Work In the second. a'.e n
81 HUNT w.M.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
A CHICAGO BLAZE.
A Seven-Story Building Burned. Caus-
ing Loss Of $3.50, 900.
NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION.
Two Cars Of Horses Burned Three
"a. Miners Killed in an Ele-
81 vat0r. .c.9e

D CHICAGO, Jan. THE new seven
Story brick building, Nos. .29S, 300 and
S9s. Fourth avenue, owned by John C..
Pale, of Chicago, and S. E. Hart, of
Marietta, o., burned this evening, eaus-
ing loss of $3.50. 900. Patent medicine,
book binding and printing firms were
the, principal occupants, and their in
fiamable stock fired so easily that moth
ing could be done except to try and save
the adjoining structures. The building
was worth $115.000 and is nearly total
loss 1t was insured for $4,000. The
Emmert Proprietary company was the
heaviest sufferers, aside from the
owners of the building. The
EmmertS loss is estimated at $4,000,
and is said to be well insured. Sixteen
firms bear the brunt of the remaining
damage about equally between them
with little or no insurance. They are
the Mcintosh Galvanic company; Nc
Gill Bros. railroad punch manufactur-
ers; G. II. Gushing, printer; Campbell
Prlnting Press company; Eugene Baker,
printer; Murray & Thatcher, printers;
l.. l.. Clifford, medicines; Union Type
foundry; National Harness Review; /;
Photographic Eye; Copelin, photOgra-
pher; Weston Printing company: Beal
Electric Mechanical company; j. j..
HanlOn & Co., boOkbinders; Fred Hart
d Co., bookbinders and Rubel Bros,
printers
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
A Good Herring Catch.

GLOUCESTER, Mass, Jan. THE
schooner Senator Salisbury, the first of
the Newfoundland frozen herring fleet.
arrived tonight with 100000 herring.
The government of Newfoundland has
issued the following proclamation which
was posted up in every harbor: ''On
and after Jan. 2 any one caught seining
herring, squibs or other fish used as bait
will be fined $500. Fishing crafts tackle
will be taken for the same, one-half the
fine to go to the informer." This was
tary. The inhabitants protested against
the harsh measures taken by the gov
ernment, as it was detrimental to the in
terestS of the colonial fishermen.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
Murder or Suicide.

BosToN, Jan. THE body of an un-
known man was found on Thursday
last by some trackmen of the Boston &
Maine railroad. The body was lying
near the track in Oak Island grove.
There was a bullet hole in the right
temple. At first it was supposed to be
a case of suicide, but in making the au-
tOpsy the medical examiner found GER
tain suspicious marks which leads to
the belief that the man was murdered.
The police are making searching in
yestigatiOn. Nothing was found on the
person of the man that would lead to
Identification. A s. bill and some small
change were found in the pocket of the
mans overcOat. The body was that of
young man, eighteen or twenty years
of age, five feet nine inches in height
and weighing lh0 nnnndS
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
No Coal Being Mined.

,JHAzLEIoN, Pa. DJal.Ts-Mo effort has
been madeto operate anys'Of the mines
in this striking district during the past
week. The strikers are apparently
satisfied to continue in the present
struggle, and break in the mems ranks
is not probable. Another effort will be
eollieries of the district, that of c.
Pardee & CO.. at Hollywood. 1t is
thought by the firm that enough Hal-
ians and Hurgarians can be had to
operate one mine. This is the first at
tempt at resumption that has been made
for nearly two months and of course has
excited much discussion among the
men. The feelingof fear which has been
aroused by the strike in the Schuylkill
district has subsidized and the strikers
hope for success in both districts.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
Words of Wisdom.

The man who is slow to express an
opinion might just as well send it by
freight.-Lowell Citizen.
Very few men in this world know as
much at forty as they did at twenty-one.
brakes Magazine.
New York is not the guiding state, it
changes, wObbles SO; put your trust in
Pennsylvania = likewise in Ohio. -
Judge.
The man who is always behind-hand
ought not to be surprised if he never gets
to be OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Journal.
The trouble with the large majorityOf
our tariff Legislators seems to be that
they are thinkers rather than thinkers
Life.
The gravest bird is an owl; the
gravest animal is an ass; the gravest
fish is an oyster, which openeth not his
mouth, and the grayest man is generally
a-foOl.-Judge.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
A Young Girl Abducted.

SPRINGFIELD, o., Jan. IA. B. Rich
ardsOn, of Mount Gilead,is here in quest
of his daughter Bertha, who is the vic
tim OF abductOrS. The day before
Christmas the girl, who is pretty bru-
nette only fifteen years old. left home
on visit to friends in Michigan. She
started home last Monday and at Tole-
do, o., was fOrcibly abducted by per-
sons not yet definitely known. The
Toledo police traced the abductors and
their victim to Springfield, but moth
ing further can be learned of
them. Mr.. Richardson arrived here
last night, since when the city has been
secured thoroughly by the police, but
no clew TO the missing girl has been OBJ
tanned. Mr.. Richardson says from what
he can learn the indications are that she
has been the victim of persons with vii
lainOuS designs, who took advantage of
her travelling alone and abducted her.
He is almost frantic with grief and says
he will make the villain pay dearly for
the outrage if apprehended.