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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-01
SOUTH LITCHFIELD.

Mr.. and Mrs. Il. W. Cunningham celebrat-
ed their twenty fifth wedding anniversary on
Wednesday evening the 25th inst. The for
bidding aspect of the weather and the bad
condition of the roads kept many at home,
who otherwise would have been present. The
evening was thoroughly enjoyed by those
who were fortunate enough to be present. a
bountiful collation. consisting of several kinds
of cake, with coffee, was served. Vocal and
instrumental music was pleasant feature of
elegant articles of silver ware etc. from Mr..
and Mrs. Geo York of Portland, Mr. and
Mrs. +. A. Huntington of Lewiston, Mr..
and Mrs. +. y. Sylvester, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
=. Nutting, Mr.. and Mrs. James Huntington,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Huntington, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thos. Webber, T.. =. Springer, Miss
Nellie Davis, Miss Nellie Moody and other
friends in Litchfeld. Litchfeld Grange (of
which Mr.. Cunningham is past MASTER
presented him with an elegant easy chair,
and his wife with beautiful rocker.-A
six-year-old child of Mr.. w. j. Smith while
at play fell, breaking her collar bone. She
was atten nded by DIR. Adams nd is doing
weli.-w Wednesday morning was the coolest
Of the season, the thermometers in this
vicinity registering from IL to 20 deg. below
zero o-Several of the water services in town
that have stood the test of years have sue
cumbed to the continued cold weather, and
the pipes have frozen, stopping the running
water supply
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AT LOGGERHEADR.
Saco and Biddcford Quarreling About
the Proposed Horse Railroad.

BIppEFoED, Jan. 81.
Portsmouth parties are desirous of nego-
tiating with the incorporators of the Bidde-
ford and Saco horse railroad, for construct
ing street railway here the coming spring,
Offers have been received from New Bedford,
Worcester and Boston parties. recently. all
of whom are willing TO build and equip
road. and subscribe for all stock not taken
up bv local investors. The citizens are anx-
ous to have the road constructed this year.
hut there seems TO be a diversity of opinion
between the Saco incorporators and those of
this city and it is feared that another year
will pass without any definite action on the
mart of those in whose hands the charter is
held.
One of the incorporators made speech
before the Saco Board of Trade last evening
which thoroughly aroused the Biideford
faction and tomorrow's local papers will pub
lish over signatures, other incorporators
lengthy denial of statements made by the
Saco gentleman The majority OF the MEM
hers claim that that one man has been the
ohstructionist since the charter was granted.
and that the road will certainly be built the
coming spring. if he will submit to the
wishes of the board
The citizens regret that the charter MEM
bers are at loggerheads, for all agree that
the building of street railway would be
boom TO the business of both cities.
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MAINE DISPATCHES.
wATERvILLE POLITICS.
The Citizens Looking About for Candi-
dates for City Officers.

Special To the kennebec Journal.
WATEEvILLE, Jan. 81.
The first election for the choice of city
officers will probably be held on the first or
second Monday in March, and already the
names of available candidates for the more
important positions are under discussion. 1t
( seems to be the universal opinion in the re-
publican party that all mere personal likes
and dislikes should be thrown aside and only
those men should be nominated who, if elect
ed, will I'LL with credit and ability their sew
eral positions Several good men have been
suggested for mayor, who would undoubted
" perform their duties in creditable man
ner, but in view of the peculiar difficulties
attending the position the first year-the
change from a town to city form of gov
ernment, and the many embarrassing debates
which such change involves--it is believed
by the majority of the people that to attain
the best results man should be selected
who is familiar with law and parliamentary
usages, besides possessing the necessary ex-
ecutive ability and high character. The man
most frequently mentioned as possessing the
above qualifications is Hon. +. +. Webb,
and if he will accept the position it is be-
lieyed that he would be the choice of large
ajority of his party.
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A HUGE ICE MASS
Slowly Grinds One and Halt Millions
OF Property to Pieces.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 81.
An ice gorge has been forming for ten
days on the Mississippi in front of the city.
1t began to move down the stream about
midnight a distance of 800 yards. At 10
A. NJ, the January thaw loosened the mass
and it slowly crashed down upon nearly a
million and a half dollars worth of property
which it is now slowly grinding into ruins
Every means have been taken to dislodge the
ice but in vain. Great cakes of ice Is
inches thick are piled upon each other, form
ing solid mass from bank to bank several
hundred yards deep and from Is to 20 feet
thick. Already several barges have been
sunk and the steamers Tamm, Matte Belle
and Hayes have been sunk. The Hayes is a
large excursion steamer and is a total wreck,
She is valued at S25 900 The Matte Belle
is fine large freight boat valued at $1,000.
The ice barge Luce ran into both and sank
both. The sand dredger "Delver'
was also sunk The Tamm was
ferry boat. The wharf boat of Alton &
Grafton was swept away. The steamer City
of Monroe snapped her lines and is wreck.
Capt. Mason and Mr. Seberger are badly
injured. There is little chance for thousands
of dollars worth of property below the gorge
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES,

Sullivan will be released from Tullamore
/ Jail today.
| Fire Tuesday morning destroyed $50. GOO
worth of property at ST. Thomas, Ont.
/ The First United Christian church at
Mansfield, Pa, was burned Tuesday morn
| ing; loss $4,000, insured.
The Kentucky State Senate on Tuesday
adopted the resolution protesting against the
passage of the Blair educational bill.
Ii is stated at Ottawa that the reports
from Washington regareing the failure of
the fishery commission to make progress are
untrue.
j. 7. Whitney, conservative. was elected
Tuesday 10 the Ontario legislature for Dun
das county, to succeed DIR. chamberlain,
liberal.
On Thursday the government of Russia
decided 10 remove the heads of departments
at the Universities for beingohnoxious to the
students.
AT a political meeting in Dundee, last
night a Unionist candidate for Parliament
was hissed and hooted and the meeting
broke up in disorder.
British cruiser Dream is frozen in at ST.
Andrews Bay and American fishermen are
AdhiuS VI cituattoh W hsh
side the three mile limit.
The Official Messenger announces at st.
Petersburg that the Senate, Tuesday commu-
ted the sentences of seven men condemned
to death for committing State crimes.
The American Copyright League of New
York has issued an address asking all good
citizens who desire the development of
American literature to secure international
copyrights.
There was glove contest at Jersey City
N. j., Tuesday night, between Dominick
McCaffrey and Jack Dempsey. Ten rounds
were fought and Referee Jerre Dunn decided
Dempsey had won.
A carnival of winter sports begins at Ian
caster, n. H., Wednesday, continuing until
Friday. large number of strangers arrived
Tuesday and the hotels and boarding houses
are either filled or engaged
The Electric Club in New York held no.
table reception Tuesday evening. Electric
ity and its power was quite perfectly present
ed. BY it,doors were opened, safes unlocked
steaks cooked and clocks moved
The clergymen and parishioners of the
Episcopal diocese of Rhode Island Tuesday
organized church temperance society. 1t
is the result of an organized movement tow
ard temperance work in view of the almost
total failure of the prohibition law.
The railroads of the northwest are in for a
season of demoralized rates and freight
war. A meeting of the managers, Tuesday,
considered the Buringtons notice of the
withdrawal of the guarantee that it would
maintain the tariff rates. 1t was resolved to
continue the association ten days longer and
then hold another meeting to consider the
situation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-01

A STORMY FEBRUARY
Predicted at the U. S. photographic
Office

NEW YORK, Jan. 81.
The L. S. photographic office says that in
February stormy weather will prevail off
the Atlantic coast of North America and Eu-
rope and especially off the American coast
along the course of the Gulf stream and over
the Atlantic to the northward about 80
degrees. Along the transatlantic routes,
fresh to strong gales will be encountered as
often as once week. with the highest force
of wind from the southwest and northwest
quadrants. Northers will occur less fire.
quently in the Gulf of Mexico, but will be
of greater violence than earlier in the spring.
Northeast tradeswinds will begin to extend
farther north. Icebergs and fields of ice
NAV be encountered off New Foundland,
sometimes as far south as IL degrees. Lit
tie fog will be met with on the grand banks.
To avoid dangers from the ice foes, it is re-
commended that southwark transatlantic
routes be taken and that the thermometer be
freely used. No possible precaution should
be neglected, especially during snow OF fog.
A photographic report says that most of the
logs of the Leary raft are now in the Gnlf
Stream and will probably follow its drift.
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WINTHROP CENTER.

The School of Science and Agassiz As.
sociation had social tea at the house of
their Secretary, Miss Florence NJ. Jones, on
Tuesday evening, which proved very en-
joyable OCCASION storm has well filed
our roads, supplying work for large CON-
pany of men, Road Commissioner Gale, not
being able TO secure sufficient help to level
the drifts and make roads passable. The
Augusta stage left mail last evening for the
first time since Wednesday of last week.
Singing school was not held Friday. Prof.
Bachelor succeeded in getting here on Mon
day.-Master Ralph Frost was taken i'll sud
denly ON Saturday, is improving Friends,
quarterly meeting will be held here on Sat
urday and Sunday, with Sabbath school con-
ference on Friday Wood and ice teams
have ceased hauling, and will probably not
begin again at present
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wOMANS SUFFRAGE.
An Important Decision by the Wis
consin Supreme Court.
MADISON. Jan. {

MADISON, Jan. 80.
The women of Wisconsin were defeated
in the Supreme Court today. The court
decided in an elaborate opinion that legisla-
ture of 1885 didn't for a moment contemplate
extending the same suffrage to females
which males enjoy, but meant to restrict
female voting to school matters only, as
specified in law. The case was held in
Olympia. Brown Willis of Racine vs. A. l..
Phillips and other inspectors of election of
the second ward in the city of Racine, who
at the last spring election refused either to
receive the vote of Mrs. Willis for mayor,
city clerk, comptroller. aldermen and super
visor OF permit her to swear it in. Mrs.
Willis sued the inspector for 5000 damag-
es and won her suit in the circuit court for
Racine county. The Inspector appealed to
the Supreme Court which today reversed the
decrse of the lower court.
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ENCIRCLES THE CITY.
Steel Rails for Rocklands Lime Rock
Railroad

RoCKLAND, Jan. 81.
The first installment of steel rails for the
lime rock railroad which will encircle this
city has been delivered here. The ties have
been bought of New Brunswick parties and
will be delivered here i'll March and April.
The cars which will be dumps, have been
bought of the Allison Mfg. Co, of Pbila-
dclphia. \ part of the cars will be made
so that the tops can be removed from the
trucks aud lowered into the quarry, if this
method of getting out rock be thought advis-
able. The cars are built of oak, lined with
steel throughout. The company is now ne
gotiating for locomotives and contract will
be made very soon. Ground will be broken
AS soon as the frost il out.
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RIVERSIDE.

Sunday morning at sunrise the thcrmome-
ter in this place stood at 27 degrees below
zero; the coldest day of the season.
The storm last week was the most severe
have ever known There was fall of snow
of more than twenty inches. The storm came
directly from the North pole and probably
beyond.
Mention was made by your correspondent
of the bear and his two keepers that passed
through this place last week, and that the
nuisance ought to be stopped. When at
Getchell's Corner man living two miles ont
of the place put his horse in the stable The
man was a granger and came to the place to
attend the grange meeting. After the exer-
cises were over he went into the stable to
harness up his horse and was seized by the
bear and his clothing nearly torn from his
body. Was not that interestngg When he
passed through here the school was out and
iii canine Nolapuk the uncouth brute was put
through amazing freaks of legerdemain. This
is nuisance that has beena b,pia for several
years.
If the roads had been in passable con
dition Rev. MIR. Skeele of Augusta wonld
have preached in this place Sunday in the
afternoon. 1t is hoped he will keep his ap-
pointment open for next Sunday, when il
may be expected the roads will be in better
condition.
They have had no mail at Cross Hill and
Seaward since Tuesday until Sunday. The
the Riverside office.
Charles Russell, has been qualified to act
as clerk in the post Office at this place, and
has entered upon his duties. A very good
appointment, as Mr. r. is obliging, faithful
and trusty.
Sunday afternoon Mr.. Austin came out
after the mail on snow shoes. He says it
will be several days before there can be any
teams put on the route.
1t requires large amount of work to rut
the roads in passable condition. There are
not the men and oxen that there were years in
the past. Your correspondent can remember
when in most any district in town, twenty OF
thirty yoke of oxen could be yoked and put
on the road any day Now in some districts
there are none, only few span of horses,
and the owners are not anxious to put them
on the road. ! knew a man to put valuable
span on the road, breaking through the snow a,
and one of them was corked, and in conse-
quence was unfit for work for most of the
spring. You cannot oblige men that have
horses to put their teams to breaking through
the snow and what is the remedy is an open
question. Men were shoveling Sunday and
Monday and will probably have the roads in
passable condition by Tuesday.
There several pairs of long Norwegian
snow shoes used in this place.
One mans home ON the hill was 20 com
pletely showed under that after the storm
had abated he had to crawl out of the window
brass band is being started in this plac.
with Charles Stevens at the head of it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-01
ODD FELLOWS
Hold Their Eighteenth Annual Grand
Encampment.

ISLAND PoND, VT, Jan. 81.
The eighteenth annual session of the grand
encampment of odd Fellows was held here
today. Owing to bad travelling the attend
ance was unusually small. Grand Chief
Patriarch j. ii. Jones presided. His report
was an able one and showed that this branch
of the order was in a healthy condition in
Vermont. The grand secretary's report
showed that one new encampment the Col
umbia, at St. Albans, has been added, with
an increase of one hundred and twelve mem
bers during the past year, and over five hun
dred dollars in the treasury. Grand Re
preventative ID. =. Celley, of st. Johnsbury,
gave report from the sovereign grand
lodge The business of the session was har-
moniously transacted,
The following officers were elected:
Chief Patriarch.-J. II. Jones, Bradford
High Priest-L. ii. Robinson, Derby
Line.
Senior Warden.--J W, Goodell Burling
ton
Scribe.-J X. Egerton, Northfeld.
Treasurer.-Geo. y. Arthur, Bradford.
Junior Warden.-L. &. Burnham, Bur
lington.
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boro. where he manufactured brocms, was
I found there in an unconscious condition. His
| forehead was bruised and his hands were
frozen. Ii is supposed that he fell by reason
of shock of paralysis OF other similar cause,
He lived alone by preference, and is said TO
have accumulated several hundred dollars
since his blindness. He was taken 10 neigh
boring house, where he died soon after.
Mayor Hewitt has sent in message out
lining plan for rapid transit which is to
connect the tracks of the New York Central
railroad at 54th street with a four track un-
derground road To City Hall. The cost of
the road to the city hall would be Slo,ooo,-
600. The city would pay per cent. inter
est and receive S5oo.0o0 rental from the
New York Central. In thirty years the
principal of the debt would be paid and the
clty would own, without taxation or ultimate
cost, a magnificent source of revenue
A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun in
Rome, has furnished description of the
gifts to Pope Leo on the occasion of his
jubilee. lie says gifts have come in so rap
idly that two additions have already been
made 10 the building in which they are TO be
exposed. So far seven thousand cases of
articles have been handled. Up to Jan. Is,
presents to the value of ten millions of dol
lars have passed through the hands of the
Vatican inspectors. Even that sum has been
exceeded in money. The United States has
outst-ipped every other country in cash do
nations.
Joseph Thompson, negro condemned TO
be hanged, broke out of the National Prison
at TaleQuah l. T., last "Wednesday, and
took refuge with Creek Indian by the
name of Connosky, also an escaped convict
under penalty of death, When the sheriff
on Friday night demanded the men TO come
out, they replied with volley from their
Winchesters. One person was killed.
battle ensued, in which deputy named Hall
was killed, and woman and boy in hut
were fired at, and one of the refugees was
also shot but escaped. This makes seven
lives sacrificed by the outlaws, who are still
at large
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GARDINER.

Grand concert and ball, and exhibition
drill at the coliseum, Thursday, Feb. I'd,
given by the Coutinentals, Complementary
TO the Long Reach Steam Engine Co., and
Greyhound Extinguisher Company of Bath.
Pullen will furnish music.
The kermis closed last night with a prone
made concer, and ball The tableaux and
dances of the kermis presented some fine
scenes and excellent dances, the Dutch
dance being particularly attractive.
{. +, Clark of New York and NJ. w.
Clark, the iceman, were at the Evans House
yesterday.
A cinnamon bear passed through the city
yesterday on his way TO So. Gardiner.
VIM. Wiley, assistant inspector, accompa-
MED by James Larabee, James Peacock, II.
c. league and Chad Morrison went to Togus
Tuesday night to inspect Cutler Post, G. A.
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grees below zero on Monday and Tuesday
mornings. Safe to say Togus has had one
of Whittier's ''Snow Bounds. The Gilbert
Opera Co. presented at Gen. Franklin Hall,
last Monday, z. NJ, Gilbert and Sullivan's
Comic Opera of ''Iolanthe" and in the even
ing, "Boccaccio. All parts were well
taken, especially the solos. The costumes
were bright and clean, and looked as though
they had just come from the costumers. The
chorus was A No. |. Take il all in all the
company was fine one. especially the
young ladies. The Gilbert Opera Co.
should have full house wherever they NAV
go.-Dr. Geo. II. Bailey, State Veterinary
Surgeon, was at the home last week.-Dr.
Staples, the Asst Surgeon, lost valuable
horse last week from sickness.-Maj. j. NJ.
Berry is frescoing the new chapel.
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SELL MY LAND AT COST"
A Pennington Gentleman Disgusted
With California.

Special to the keunebec Journal.
FARMtNGroN, Jan. 81.
a gentleman residing in this place who has
recently returned from California, pretty
well disgusted with the country, sent a dis
patch tho other day to relative in the
Golden State, requesting him to sell all his
property there as soon as possible even If
he were obliged to dispose of it at cost, and
send him the money by check. 1t is under
stood that the gentleman had several thous-
and dollars invested in California real estate,
and anticip pating a depreciation in the value
of the property desired to dispose of his
share
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Advice to Mothers.

Are you disturbed at night and broken Of
your rest by sick child suffering and cry
ing with pain of cutting teeth? II so, send
at once and get bottle of MRs. WISsLow's
SoorurNG SYRUP ron CHILDREN TEETHINo.
Its value is incalculablc. IL will relieve the
poor little sufferer Immediately. Depend
upon it, mothers, there is no mistake about
it. II cures dysentery and diarrhocs,
regulates the stomach and bowels, cures
wind collie, softcps the gums, reduces in
hammation, and gives tone and energy to the
whole system, MRs. WiSsLows SOOTHING
SYRUP ron CHILDREN TErruISc is pleasant
to the taste, and is the prescription of one Of
the oldest and best female nurses and ply
sicians in the United States, and il for sale
by all druggists thorough the world. Price
% cents bottle.
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Nantucket is ice bound. 1t has had no
mails for two weeks.
The Hatfield Mccoy vendetta has been
settled for the present.
Four engines played streams of water on
the Broadway runs in New York all day
| Tuesday.
1t is reported that snow slides have caused
great damage to property and great loss of
life on the Canadian Pacific.
1t is rumored that Turkey has asked the
Russian government to explain the massing
of troops upon the frontier.
Brunswicks Canadian citizens are trying
to establish shoe factory on the cooperative
system. About $500 have already been
subscribed toward it.
man Fitzmaurice, who recently took
farm in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland,
| from which two brothers had been evicted,
was shot fatally by the brothers.
Edwin Libby Post G. A. r., of Rockland,
has secured DR.. II. c. Levensaler of Thorn
aston medical examiner of the State De-
partment, for Memorial Day orator.
The dwelling house occupied by Mrs
Thomas Eaton, Jr., and her son Ray Eaton
and family, on Pleasant street, Brunswick,
noon.
Five masked robbers tortured and killed
wealthy cattleman named Williamson, who
lived near Spring Station, Ark. They put
his hands in live Goals till he surrendered
$4,000.
Henry Wright, a locomotive engineer, ac-
cidentaily fell into pit in the Northern rail-
road round house at Concord Monday night
4
was taken to his home in Claremont by a
special train.
William Estes, Is years old, shot and in
stantly killed VIM. Blakely, also aged IS, at
Wallace, Mo-, Sunday night. The murder
took place at the front door of the. Christian
church. Blakely was the lover of Estes
sister. and was Objectionable to the girls
family.
The buildings of the Virginia Penitentiary
at Richmond, leased by the Davis Shoe Co,
of Boston, and operated as shoe factory,
were burned on Tuesday, together with all
valuable machinery and stock. Loss to the
shoe company est mated from sl65,000 to
$4,000.
young man named Joseph Luce of Cor
lima, attempted suicide Monday night by
taking l-2 ozs. of laudanum which he pur
~ discovnred within so n,;nu,os and M
s;a;,,s .r,o,narod ua u;Il racorar frS ri,
oo,,aa olo,.'s ,s H. ~, a., = n,i'no
e''aa' @
Inc greatest landslide ever known IN Can
lorna mas taken place on 'he line OF he
Cahiorhia anu oregon raiiroah. ne roa'
is ne" one anu recent heaVy rams thor
oughly soaked the fresh road so that The
~hoie county ist go ana came down on th'
track. ABOUT ioo miles OF track IS covered
49,
Inc Na'lohai upe Wofks company O