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The Portland daily press., 1888-03-23
No Damage as Yet.


No Damage as Yet.
PROVIDENCE, March 22.-The warm rain
and melting snow and ice have caused high
water in Rhode Island streams. but so far as
learned no damage has yet resulted. Ar
nold's mills, at Stillmanville, near Westerly,
are shut down on account Of the water, and
the same trouble Is experienced at Hope
Valley and Centreville. At Wyoming un-
easiness was felt about two dams and gang
of operatives was kept busy all night
strengthening them. No break has been re-
ported from there yet. Highways are All
badly washed. The Pawtucket River Is the
highest since 1886, but no damage has yet re-
suited.
Dams Bursting In Blackstone Valley
WooNsocKET, r. l., March 2s-The Gran
berry Meadow dam on Quick Stream Brook,
about one mile above East Blackstone, Mass.
gave way some time during the night, caus-
ing two bad washouts ON the Woonsocket d.
vision Of the New York & New England
road, besides carrying away other small
dams and three highway bridges. The length
of one Of the washouts Is $50 feet and the
other 70 feet. 1t Is estimated that the dam
age to the railroad and highways VIII be
about $4,000.
Along the Connecticut.
SPRINGFIELD. March 22.-The Connecti
cut river is rising very rapidly and at noon
was nine feet ABOVE low water mark. At the
present rate it will reach ten feet this eve
ming, and the ice usually begins to move out
before that point is reached. There has
been no serious trouble on the railroads, and
noon Is expected as trains are running reg
ularly today. The Golfer dam OF the Dwight
few weeks ago, was carried away this
morning. Fears are felt for the safety Of
the dam at Chicopee Falls.
HARTFORD, March 22.-The river Is rising
steadily. 1t Is about 16 feet above low wa
Workmen Get a Holiday.
NORWICH, March 22.-The Yantie and
Shetucket rivers rose II feet and over
flowed their banks. The back water stopped
all the factories and thousands OF workmen
took day off. The water began to subslde
No Trains In Albany.
ALBANY, N. ", March 22.-The Hudson
is rising steadily and in many places Is over
the docks. Some cellars are full. The Shore
railroad bridge at Fort Hunter was carried
away this afternoon and the Mohawk food
ed the CentraPs tracks at Tribes Hill, max
ing them impossible No trains have come
in from the West since early this afternoon
and none have gone out except by the Della.
ware & Hudson and Erie, through Bing-
hampton.
The Portland daily press., 1888-03-23

MADRID, March 22.-Reports are received
here of great suffering among the people in
the rural districts, owing to the recent severe
weather. Many peasants perished In the
snow, and cattle and sheep were lost In the
drifts. Thaws have caused serious floods in
the Ebero, Douro and Tagus valleys.
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a Conditional Recommendation.

PHILADELPHIA, March 22.-The following
circular has been addressed to the heads Of
departments by General Manager A. A. Nc
Leod of the Reading railroad
PHILADELPHIA, March 81 1888.
Whenever any of our employees, having a
good record with this company UP to the time
Of the strike, and against whom there Is no
complaint except that they went on a strike,
shall ask for recommendation from the
head Of the department with whom they are
employed, you are requested to give 1t to
them, using the form enclosed.
The Philadelphia 6 Reading Rdilrood COM
pdpE
This is to certify that - was employed on
this road as - up to -, and while in our
service performed his duties satisfactorily. He is
one of our former employees who lost his situation
by joining in the strike OF December last He in
forms me that he has abandoned the Knights of
Labor and will hereafter faithfully serve lthe per-
son or company that employees him; and as l be-
lieve he will. / cheerfully recommend him to any
employer having place Tor such man.
The Portland daily press., 1888-03-23
FREsHETS IN THE EAST.
Bridges Carried Away-A Boy
Drowned at Ellsworth.

Fort HUNTER, N. T., March 22.-At mid
night last night the eastern section OF the
immense West Shore railroad bridge which
crossed the Schoharis creek at Fort Hunter,
was carried away A railroad bridge at Ca
bleskill, crossing the same creek. was also
carried away by the high water and Ice yes
terday. The ice is nearly three feet thick
and great fear is entertained for the Mohawk
river bridge when the general breakup oc-
ours. The West Shore railroad trains will
run on the Central tracks for several days.
All traffic in this section on the West Shore
road has been stopped,
Swept Away to His Death.
ELKswoRrH, Me-, March Yesterdays S
rain was very severe in Eastern Maine, and
many Of the streams are badly swollen. In
some of them the ice has broken up. Many
of the streets arc overflowed, and the cellars
are full of water today. Charles NJ, aged Is
years, a son Of Capt Henry Trundy of Els
worth, was drowned this morning, in Cards
Brook. The freshet had overfowed the
bridge to a depth of three feet. Young
Trundy was watching the swollen stream
from a shelving cake of ice, when he fell in
and was swept out of sight and drowned.
Abram Lord attempted to rescue him by
plunging into the stream, but was himself
swept under and only escaped by catching
hold OF an alder bush.
Rising Waters.
LOWELL, Mass, March 22.-Both the Con-
cord and Me-rimack rivers have risen over a
foot, and are still rising rapidly. The ice in
the Merrimack is broken in several places, but,
being over foot thick, is expected to hold
together some time without going over the
falls. The Beaver and River Meadow brooks
have overflowed their banks and are still
rising. Should the thaw and rainfall con-
tinue a serious freshet is probable: In the
low lands in some portions oil the city cellars
are filling.
Fearful of Terrible Disaster
PlrrsFIEID, Mass, March 22.-The fresh
ct continues. but the damage is slight thus
far. and chiefly confined to flooded meadow
lands. People living near the dams holding
back the waters of Pontoosuc Lake, fear a
repetition Of the the terrible disaster at East
The Portland daily press., 1888-03-23

Stuck in Wisconsin Drifts.

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, March 22.-An
Arctic blast struck this vicinity yesterday
and filled the railroad cuts with snow. A
train on the Omaha road is stalled near Eau
Claire. Scattering reports from other parts
of the State are that heavy snow storms in
Northern Wisconsin Tuesday are followed
by an Arctic wave. The mercury averages
from 1Oo to 15o below zero.
The Portland daily press., 1888-03-23

Mean daily bar 29.59 Maximum ther.. ..43.6
Mean daily ther...37.3 Minimum ther. ....32O
Mean daily d'wpt27.3 Max. vel. wind. IA.
Mean daily hum. .703 Total preclp...'' 80
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
March %, 1888, 1000 PM
Observations taken at the same moment OF time
Il ALI stations
The Portland daily press., 1888-03-23
THE WEATHER,

WASHINGTON. March 49,
The indications for New England are
fresh to brisk westerly winds, colder, with
snow, followed by fair weather.
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
PORTLAND, Me-, March 22 1888.
The Portland daily press., 1888-03-23
Franklin County Court.

FARMINGToN, March 22.-The S. j. court
adjourned this afternoon, having been in ses
sion seventeen days, an unusually long
Spring term. Nineteen verdicts were rem
dered There were two disagreements. Two
divorces were decreed Joseph Dustin, a
Frenchman, was sentenced to pay $50 fine
and serve thirty days in Jail for violating the
liquor law. He was the only person indicted
for violating that law
The Portland daily press., 1888-03-23
Sons of Veterans.

BANGOR, March 22.-The Sons of Veter-
ans have elected Fred L. Pottle of Bangor,
major of the Maine division in place of
Charles F. Merriman of Belfast. resigned.
The Portland daily press., 1888-03-23
The sportsman's Paradise.

BANGOR, March 22-The Maine Fish Com
missioners have just taken $4,000 salmon
eggs, the number apportioned to this State
for this year, from the United States Salmon
Hatching Station at 0rland, a few miles be-
low this city, and have removed them to En-
field, 80 miles above tide water. where they
are now undergoing incubation, preparatory
to planting in the head waters of the Penob-
scot 1t takes one hundred days for the
young salmon to develop itself from the egg,
and when that time expires in May nearly
$4,000 more young salmon will be added to
the already large number in the Penobscot
waters.
The Largest Yet.
BATH, March 22.-The largest iron cast
ing ever attempted in Maine was poured at
the Bath Iron Works yesterday afternoon.
II was keel for the Burgess yacht which is
TO be built here for A. S. Rice of Rockland,
measuring 80 feet in length and three feet in
its extreme depth.
The Portland daily press., 1888-03-23
no be FavorabIy Reported,

The Senate committee on military affairs
today ordered favorable report on the
Manderson bill, providing that each State
which shall establish State homes for disa-
bled soldiers and sailors and their widows
and orphans, shall receive 500 for each
person cared for in the home for one year.
The House committee on the revision OF
the laws decided, by an almost unanimous
vote, to report the joint resolution proposing
an amendment to the constitution for the
election of United States Senators by the di-
rect vote of the people.
The Portland daily press., 1888-03-23
The Nineteenth,s Monument.

ATERNlLLE, Marcn Z2-AI meeting at
the Elmwood Hotel in Wateryille, of the
special committee of the 10Th Maine Regi-
ment, appointed to prepare Gettysburg
monument for the regiment all of the mem
bers were present, viz: Col. +. e. Heath,
chairman as well as commissioner on part of
the State, (appointed by Gov BodwelD Major
ID. E. Parsons of Oakland, DR.. A. j. Billings
of Freedom, Phil p. Getchell OF Lewiston,
and Capt George NJ. Whitmore of Bowdoin-
ham. A report was made relative to the To-
cation of the monument on the field of Get
tysburg. The place fixed upon unanimously
by the committee was between the clump of
trees and the stone-wall in the spot where
the regiment melted away so during the ff-
teen minutes of Pickett's charge. This loca-
tion was unanimously endorsed and the
stake has already been driven in the spot as
designated. Major Parsons of the sub-com-
mittee to prepare an inscription reported in
favor of breyIty in the inscription, but coun-
seled delay until the records at Washington
be made to conform with the records in the
report of the Adjutant General of Maine for
1868. Until the difference is reconcied, and
they are made to agree. it was deemed best
to delay the wording of the brief inscription
to be placed upon the monument to the 10th
1t is expected that this will soon be done.
Noyes Finds Bail.
LEWISTON, March 22.-John Q. Noyes, the
first witness on the forged Davis will is out
of Androscoggin Jail on ball. his sureties be-
ing Freeman B. Prince and Mrs Given, the
mother of Charles Given, who married
Princes daughter.
Captain William S. ColIey.
The Portland daily press., 1888-03-23
capraIn William S. coil ey.

THoMAsToN, March 22.-Captain William
S. Colley, one of Thomaston's shipmasters
died today of heart disease. In former years
he commanded some of the finest ships in
this country. and, as master of the ship
"Crest of the Wave,' made the passage
from Thomaston to New Orleans in
the shortest time ON record from the
State of Maine. He leaves widow and
three sons, who are seamen, and one daugh
The Portland daily press., 1888-03-23
Floods Continue.

PEsrH, March 22.-The situation Of the
flooded districts of Hungary is appalling.
The dikes at Bekes are falling and the town
is doomed. Fifty or more houses have al
ready gone and floating ice has destroyed
many houses. In Semplln and adjacent
countries, the stores OF corn and food are
LOST
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-22
Brown, third corporal, and Elmo Allison

Brown, third corporal, and Elmo Allison
fourth corporal.
The preliminary trial Of Walter Rsssc n
for the killing OF Fletcher WEIGH on tie
9 h inst. was postponed I'll the 2nd of
July TO allow the defence to collect evil
dence.
Sam Page who Is charged with being
implicated with his two brothers Elias
and john Page in cutting Frank Hiatt on
the night of June wss admitted to bsil
OF $500 to appear June 2S.
Histt is now in fair way to get well
The remsining Pages are still ct large.
Robert Jones, brakeman on the Texss
and Pacific, wss taken violently sick soon
sitter eating lunch st Mineola yester-
day, ana was put of his train at Big
Sandy for medical attention. It was
thought that ne WAS poisoned, bus Dr..
Hamilton of this place, who went thence
Immediately, pronounced his disease a
severe attack of erysipslss Of the face
and eyes, extending 10 lis chest and
arms. He was brought here last night,
and may possibly recover.
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taylor Notea
to the Gazette.

special to the Gazette.
Ten, June 2l.-Hug1 Burs
SSld to.cay eighty head Of steers to
Wright & Allison at S2S per head. Lsst
year this class of cattle wss worth $3.50
per hesd.
Tie Missouri Pacific snd International
and Great Northern Railway ccmpsLies
are feeding and handling more stock than
at any previous time since this station
was opGEed.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-22
W0EEN'S WAYS.
How She Dear DsiSbtful Creatures Do in
OgReniz gE R1eeting.

How She Dear Ds,iSbtfuI Creatures Do in
Oggepiz Ds H1eoti1g
The NV Y0rh Sun thus describes the
manner in which women organize meet
ing:
Al msetirg q oozen ladies' the other
day 20 organize c lodge CT the Kings
Daughters, the utter untamil gritty Of
women win parliamentary law or even
with inc general idea Of organization, was
somewhat humOrOusIy illustrated. After
they had sat locking at each other tritie
nervousty one Of them said:
"WeI, here we are. WHAT are we GO
ing to dor"
40, dear" sSid another. az don't
know, out let's do something"
At lss5 young lsdy suggested that
they Nigh. try not 70 say mean thirgs
about other people until next meeting,
anyway. Everybody thought that would
be rice. just IS they were adj lurnirs,
two hours later, 8 lady exclaimed:
10, | suppose ne ought to have pres
iden'?"
"wny, OF course we ought" said
another.
II don't suppose sny5ody will object
to Mrs. Brown fer president" said a
third. Let's have her"
Gan right, let's" echoed the rest. And
nobody objected 10 names proposed for
secretary ard treasurer, either.
A few days later the fair secretary con-
suited gentleman acquaintance a. to
how she should write up the minutes Of
the meeting.
"Well, You ought TO begin by saying
who WAS chairman OF the meeting"
"Why, We didn't have any chairman"
said the girl.
"Who, then, put the motions before
the meetins?" asked the gentleman.
20, we didn't have any motions.
Somebody would ssy che though. such q
thing would be nice, and sill the others
would say they thought so too. That
was Bill"
III that was the case" laughed the
gentleman, "you would have to set it
down ID the minutes that such ard such
measures were informslly approved. Blu.
yoH must stste clearly that the club wss
organized, and write out the name o.
your particular branch or lodge, and the
constitution and bylaws you adopted;
and Their"
"But We hsYen't got and NAME" inter
rupted the girl, "and We didn't adopt any
constitution and bylaws. What was tbs
use? We all knew what we wsrea taere
for. Besides, We didn't tliRkoffhat."
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-22
Hillsboro shipmepIs,

Special to the Gazette.
MLLsBoRo, TEX June 21-Tte 81
Bouis, Arkansas and Texas Railway will
Ship the following beef cattle to s.. Louis
and Chic,go: ". A. Craig, Hilisboro,
ships to-day two cars OF beef csttle; ".
D. Brown, Whitney, will 70 morrow ship
two cars Object cstt.e George Porter.
Hulsboro, will tomorIow,ship two cars
Ct beef cattle; sad D. B Shan, Brandon,
will tomorrow ship thirteen csrs Of beef
Crttle
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Roush on RAtr In Onas.

Correspondence OF tina Gazette.
GREENvILLE, TEX, June 20.-On Sun
day morning the discovery was made of 4
mysterious case of poisoning, the result
OF which has 0een one death and four
more narrowly escaping, The VIC
tins sre colored people, all one
family, and consisted of negro
woman named Jack Murrell, and her four
children, one being fully grown, sls3
sn aged negro woman, named Angelina
Crock. nearly seventy years old. Soon
after breakfast that morning the. tvs
women and three of the children were
TAXI Eia very violent palms,. and
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-22
LBNHViEWss
Democratic Dub organized-sam Pegs
Admitted to BAH,

Admitted to Bah,
Special to the Gazette.
LoNGvIEw, TEX, June p Quite q
large Democratic club was organized
yesterday st the courthouse. Several
rousing speeches were made and day
of meeting each week wss appointed.
At an election of officers for the Long
view Rifles, The following officers were
chosen for the ensuing yesl: r. B Levy,
Jr., ,csptsin; R. G. Brown, fist lieuten-
ant; W. W. Ector, second lieutenant;
Charles Taylor, first sergeant; J. ".
Msllicoat, second sergeant; EioerV Tay-
lor, third sergeant; John Hefaer, fourth
sergeant; James Campbell, first corporsl;
Samuel Smith, second corporal; N. o.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-22
J. 2. MILLER.
CARLY SHAW.
J 2 ALVEY.
CtlCn, offered By A.

Il
r. Ansel,of San Antonio, was uaanim5us.
ly adopted:
Resolved, that standing committee of
five De appointed to obsIu from ell bank
ers OF the state reli.ble information a. to
their cspitsl, deposits and bills receiv-
able, held by them IN certain date dur
leg the year; also all Information Inst
may seem OF Importance to said commit
tee, provided it were within the line Of
banking.
Next, said committee shsll compile
the information thus received and fur
nish 1t to the state board Of INN! 4r. ton,
besides mslliGg copy to every bank il
the United States sLd Canals.
That ssid committee shall render 8 fuil
report at the next Texas Bankers con-
vention.
The Chair appointed the following gen
tleDen as m m5ers of the committee OH
statistics: a, Fl. Arsel, a B. Smith, n.
4. Chambers, j. Z. Miller ana T. q.
Emerson.
L. L, Jester Of Corsicsrs, read paper
from 7. B, Greer Of San Angelo, entitled
"Some Protection Afor%sd Bankers BY
Corporation -
j. I Smith II Fort Worth then resd All
interesting p9per.
Walter Ores nam OF Galveston addressed
the convention in behalf of deep water,
suggesting the submission to the people
G constitutional amendment empower
ing the Legislature TO undertake the
work, and expressing the belief thst the
general government would reimburse the
state.
A vote OF thanks was rendered GresZ
ham fer his address.
Mr.. Exall Invited the convention to
hold its next annual meeting in Dallas.
The invitation was accepted, snd the sec
ond Tuesday in June, 1889, set for the
meeting.
The convention then proceeded to the
election Of officers for the ensuing year.
j Z Miller Of Bolton was chosen presi-
dent; E. c. Phillips of Hillsboro, ] P
Ansel OF San Antonio and Downs of TEN
pie, vice. presidents; L. L. Jes-
ter Of Caifornis, secretary and
Carey Saw CT Columbus
treasurer. The following were elected
IS gu executive committee: A. B. Smith,
E. M. Reardon, n. 3. Sigh, j. T. Miller
6. A. Levi and A. Alexander.
After the passing CT vote of thanks to
tbs people and press of Galveston for
a9spitslities and courtesies extended, the
keonventioI adjourned sine die At p. m.
After adj ournment the delegates were
given an excursion Oh the bay, with fish
fry snd chowder at Fort Point; and to-
night were entertained by grand ball al
Harmony hall.
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II. L. Barnes, the Denver commission
msu VINO purchased fl bunch Of cattle
in Tsrrsnt county, has been in North
T, xss, and has purchased another lot Of
fine, beeves, which, like the arst. he viii
pptEa the Denver market. This shows
ta# there is money TO be made in that
ISMrch Of tr, aic, though MIR. Barnes is
paying tie top prices for really good
animals.
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The Source of Her Popularity

Lies in the fact that she produces stirring and absorbing
stories from materials to be found in everyday life her
work interests educated and uneducated alike it deals with
those clements OF human nature to all classes and
of interest to all.
It is many years since Marion Harland published
novel, and her story long and eagerly looked for by
large and loyal constituency of readers has been secured
for serial publication in
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purging, the symptoms beng the same
as those produced by poisoning
from "rouga or rats" The poison wss
put in the coffee used by them Sunday
morning. One bay, George, WAC hap
pened not to drink any Of the coffee, wss
not poisoned, which induces the belief
that the poison was in the coffee from
which 81 but the boy George drank. On
Monday morning Angelina Crock, the old
negro woman, died. TIE four others Will
likely get well. Esquire w. II. Ragsdale
held en- Inquest bus arrived at no def
mite conclusion as to the perpetrstor of
the crime. Some suspicion is attached to
the boy George ,for the reason thst he had
been whipped by sn older brother, also
from the further TACT thst there WAS some
trough OF Tets' in an old Clubhouse OF
the place. But there is no positive PROC,
and no srresss have yet hen msde. The
negro family had no enemies, so lar SIS
known. The coffee was made by the we-
man Angelire Crooks, who died iIonfshe
poison. .;vss.5sss
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OF THE MARRIAGE RELATION.

This idea is obtruded nor indeed definitely stated but
the unavoidable conclusion from the semtragc current of
events in the story is that marriage formed should be
almost indissoluble.
The novel contains striking and unique characters
drawn from life the descriptions of in the Connecti
cut Valley and among thes Adirondack Mountains
charming.
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The press of the northwest has had 2
good deal to saT in he way OF congratu-
tior If rsrchmez OVER the very slight
losses of the past winter, and now it is
eupsl!y cheerful over me developments
Of The opening seEeoH. l. IS freely claim
Cd that ghe calf crop is ore O. the hes.
ever BnoGn on the Plains. This is shout
tha frat genuine encouragement which
the range industry hes met with for sem
yesIe, Snd will probably infuse degree
CT cCnhdeECe into rsrenmeG again. I. IS
not Opined, though, that It will cause 4
he'v7 rush Of cspraI in the business
again, il view OF lhe experiences which
hsve Just been passed through by old in
vestCrs.
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nm AKRON HARLAND7S name is a household word
1 wherever the English language is spoken or printed
Her novels of American life and books of counsel ana house
hold instruction for women have been circulated by the hum
dred5 OF thousands III America and Great Britain and manv
of them have been translated into French German and other
European languages.
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The Sunday aud Weekly Gazette |

This novel, ''As Gallant Fight is one of the
strongest pieces of fiction that Marion Harnd has written
story of absorbing interest and dramatic plot it in in
tent protest against the lax tone of opinion which prevails
American society regarding the absouness and pepetty