The Portland daily press., 1888-06-16
Sons Of Veterans.
Especial to the Press.l

lopeclal 10 Lue PreSS.
AUGUSTA, June 15.-The following ap-
pointments on the staff of colonel command
ing the Sons of Veterans of Maine. are an
nounced in general orders No. IL, just tissued :
George A. Crockett Sergeant Major. Port
land; and Z. III. Smith, Quartermaster-
| geant Portland. They will be obeyed and
respected accordingly.
The following Camps have been mustered
since Division Encampment: May 2S, Bal
linger, No. 81, Machias, by Comrade A. E
Preble; number charter members, 15; Cap
tain, Benjamin j. Hinds May %, Henry
Tapley Camp, No. So Bucksport, by Lieu
tensnt-Colonel Fred E. Pottle; number of
charter members. Is; Captain, Joseph
Mauk. May 20, Il. A.. Starrett Camp, No.
81, Warren, by Lieutenant-C Colonel d. A.
Friend, National Aid-de-camp; number of
charter members, IL; Captain, A. j. Oxton.
DiIIingham-BeII.
SKowHEGAN, June ia brilliant we'd
ding occurred at the Samuel Robinson
homestead in Skowhegan this morning, Rev.
Pitt Dillingham; of Buffalo. N. Y, and Miss
Florence Bell, daughter of DR.. James B. Bell
Of Boston, being the contracting parties.
Rev. W. ii. Lyon of Roxbury, Mass, and
Rev. Alexander Wiswell of Skowhegan,
were the officiating clergymen. Today is
the 25th anniversary Of the wedding of the
brides parents, and the 54th of her maternal
grandparents. A large number of family
friends were present. The bridal gifts were
numerous and elegant. Mr. and Mrs. Dill
lingham with Dr. Bell and family are to sail
f0r Euronp tho o2rd ipofant
Sawed Off the Bars.
AUGUSTA, June 15.-R. G.. Slower, who
was taken to jail in Augusta about six weeks
ago. for stealing cow belonging to q. w.
Fisher, escaped last night, by saving off the
bars of his cell and the bath room window.
Sheriff McFadden has offered $50 reward for
his capture.
A Big Seizure.
BIDDEFoRD, June 15.-Sheriffs Goldthwait
and Stuart today seized over six hundred
dollars worth of liquors at C. II. Guppy &
Co.'s drug store, Old Orchard.
Knox County Prohibitions z1z1
CAMDEN, June 15-The Prohibition coun-
ty convention met here this afternoon, and a
iull county ticket was nominated. j. Fred
nan Oh hockland, and j. Shaw Gushee of
Appleton, father of Stephen j. Gushee, the
senator from Knox county, were nominated
Tor senators. Volney B. Cushing. the Pro-
hibltion candidate for governor. was nresent
and spoke tonight.
To Invade Spain.
New YORK, June 16.-The Herald todav
publishes the report of conversations III
prominent army officer, whose name is not
given, in which the officer tells of a olan
made by Gen. Grant, in 1874, of an Invasion
OF Spain by American troops
The idea grew out of the butchery of RYAN
the hllbustering leader, and nearly 100 of hi :
followers in Cuba. Gen. Grant was Presi-
dent at the time, and he is said to have made
every preparation for hostilities in the event
OF Spain refusing the demands of the United
States Government for reparation for the
barbarous execution of Ryan and his men.
Gen. Sheridan was rendered command of
the proposed invading army. with Gen.
Meade as his chief of staff. Grants inten-
ton was to rendezvous $4,000 veterans of the
civil war, who were to be modified near
New YORK, and fleet was to be prepared to
carry them across the Atlantic in two diyis-
ions: The idea was to pretend it was for
service on the island of Cuba, but really to
land on tue shores of Spain and march in
land to Madrid. Both Grant and Sheridan
deemed the movement a feasible one, and
had the United States declared war il would
have been attempted.