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The Portland daily press., 1889-06-04
TWO More to the List Of PortIand's
Soldiers.

To the Editor of the Press:
In your recent list of the deceased soldiers
of Portland, i do not find the name of my
loyal and lamented cousin, John Charles
Wadsworth. From list complied and re-
corded by me in the town records of Hiram
in 1878, of forty-two citizens or natives of
Hiram who died in the war for the Union, l
copy the following:
John Charles Wadsworth, born in Hiram,
Me-, July s, 1888, to John and Mary b. Wads-
worth. Enlisted Aug. 9TH. Mustered Aug.
-, 1862, for three years as a private In 9Th
Maine Regiment. Transferred to Co. b. nth
Regiment U. s. A. Infantry; appointed cor
poral.. Killed July 2, 1868, at Gettysburg by
musket ball in groin, Single; clerk; citi-
zen Of Portland; aged "a years, IL months
and "a days. His body was found by his
brother, Hon. Samuel ID. Wadsworth, after
three weeks search, and inferred in Hiram.
Nov. 10, 1868, with Masonic honors'
Also my cousin and school boy chum:
Jesse Lewis Fitzpatrick. born in Hiram
Me-, July ~, 1s43, to Sewall and Olive T.
Fitzpatrick; citizen of Portland; single
blacksmith. Enlisted Feb, "a, 1864, in Co.
years. Transferred to Co. X, LIST Regiment
Maine Cavalry. Taken prisoner at Fairfax
Court House, Va, Sept. Is, 1864. Died OF
starvation in Rebel prison, Salisbury, N. c.,
Dec. 4, 1864. Aged 81 years, months and I
days"
But land afar is cleaning,
Where lifes sparkling waves roll bright;
land that knows no war drum,
And no sentry beat at night
And the martyred sons of Freedom,
Whom we loved are on that shore,
They are waiting for our coming,
To be parted nevermOre.
Respectfully submitted,
LLwELLYN A. WADsWoRTH.
Hiram, Me-, May 81, 1889.
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-04
|NvESTMEN 7
SECURITIES

We offer subject to previous
sale, $50, 900 Chicago and West
Michigan 5 per cent. bonds, first
mortgage ON two hundred and for
ty-twO miles railroad and q gem
eral mortgage on the entire
system Of four hundred and eight
miles, issue limited to $4,000 a
mile.
The eight per cent. first mort
gage bonds on the Chicago e.
Mich'g Lake Shore Railroad,
mature September first of the
present year, which will strength
en- the five per cent. bonds we
offer, by adding one hundred and
twenty seven miles road to its
first mortgage security, and re-
ducing interest charges $500
per annum.
The earnings of this road which
are sufficient to pay its fixed
charges and dividends to its
stockholders, are constantly in
creasing.
Seine 100000 Of these bonds
have been held by savings banks
Of Maine for several years, and
have proved a most satisfactory
investment to them.
The addition OF one hundred
and twenty seven miles upon
which these bonds will soon be-
come the first mortgage, tends to
increase the market value OF this
security.
We offer them at a price which
will afford the investor an income
Of more than five per cent.
We.alsO offer, subject to pre-
yi0uss sale, $4,000 Eastern
Railroad Company OF Minnesota,
first mortgage, 5 per cent. gold
bonds, due 1905, guaranteed prin-
cipal and interest by the st. Paul
Minnesota & Manitoba Railroad,
at lO2 and interest.
$4,000 Montana Central, first
mortgage, gold 6's, due 1887,
guaranteed principal and interest
by the st. Paul, Minnesota ~
Manitoba Railroad mt 1l6 fiat.
$5O,OOO Union Pacific, Lincoln
& Colorado, first mortgage, gold
SIS guaranteed by endorsement,
principal and interest by the
Union Pacific Railroad. at 100 1-2
and interest.
$4,000 BangO and Piscataquis
SIS, first mortgag ;, due 1918, at
los and interest.
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-04

molished homes, to be drowned in the river
below, or dashed to pieces by the shock OF
the debris crashing against, bridges;and other
distractions along the waters course. Inc
details of the disaster are too appalling to
dwell upon and one turns from the story
sick at heart
The village Of Johnstown was inhabited
chiefly by employees of the Cambria iron
works. 1t was situated in the mountain re-
gions of Pennsylvania on the bank of shall
low stream. This is not the first time it has
been under water from floods. But hereto
fore it has suffered no serious damage, and
it probably would not this time had not the
large dam given way. This dam was built
by the South Fork Club for fishing pre-
serve, and the sheet of water which it held
back was five miles long, two miles wide, and
in some places 20 feet deep. Whenever this
huge volume of water burst its bonds it was
inevitable that Johnston should be buried,
for it was directly above the town, hanging
over it as it were. The people have been ap-
prehensiye of this calamity, and have fire.
quently, it is said, appealed to thu South
Fork Club to strengthen this dam. The
club, however, appear to have felt that it was
perfectly secure, relying apparently upon the
monthly reports Of an engineer who was EN-
ployed to inspect it. That it was iraedquate
for the strain that it was liable to be sub
jected to is now proved in a most frightful
way, and if that inadequacy could have been
foreseea terrible responsibility rests upon
somebody
Those who have survived the calamity are
of course in terrible plight Their home $
are gone, all their property has been swept
away and destroyed. and their means of live
lihood have gone too. TIE most of them, also,
are Frustrated with grief at the loss of rela-
tives. They are utterly d fstitute, and can
not help themselves. Aid .sust be giyer
them, and the extent of the cslamity is so
enormous that all sections of the country
must help. Portland is never backward on
such occasions as these. That she will do
her part now goes without saying.
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-04

To the Editor the Press:
The Lewiston Republican city committee has
organized BY electng Noel b. Potter charm man,
and A. 5. Plummer secretary.-lJournal.
1t is nearly three months since the several
ward committees were elected, and up to this
time no action has been taken to call them
together to organize the Republican city COM
mittee of Portland. 1t has invariably been
the practice heretofore, to summons immedi-
ately after the city election the newly elected
ward committees and perfect an organiza-
ton. 1t shows deplorable lack of interest
if nothing more to the cause of Republican,
ism in this city. The secretary of the retir-
ing board was not reelected to the new one,
and had he been he is debarred from acting
by reason of having accepted position un-
der the government, so that the party is prac-
tically without a Republican organization in
this city. Upon whom does the responsible
ty rest? VETERAN.
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-04
CITY ADvERTrsKmKNrs.


WHEREAS, Charles G. Woodman and
w others, have petiti0ned the City Council 10
lay out new street or public way In said city,
beginning at point on Long Island avenue op-
p0ste the LIST, 10th and 18th Regimental building
thence on the division line OF WOodman, Wallace
and Rich, and 50 to low water mark az Harlow
Grace, and whereas said petition was referred BY
the City Council, February Attn, 1889, 70 the I'M
dersigned, for them TO consider and act upon,
therefore
Notice Is HEREBY given 20 all parties Interested,
that the Joint Standing Committee Of the City
Council on laying out new streets, will meet
70 hear the parties and view the proposed way on
the eighth day OF June, 1889, az three o'clock
In the afternoon, at said Regimental building and
viii thereafter proceed to determine and adIudgo
whether the public convenience requires said
streets or ways t0be laid out.
Given under our hands on this sist day Of
May A. ID. 1889.
HOLMAN S. MELCHER. Mayor.l
JOHN u. RAND, c.....,.... -
ROBERT A. MCCLUTCHY, Oy.ala a ~
GEORGE II. SYLVESTER, 1yie< oes
WILLIAM b. IRISH, NO" oefees7
v. RICHARD FOSS.
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-04

The action of the City Council last night
in regard to the ferry landing is to be c, n.
mended. Any other course would have been
deliberate defiance of the Supreme Court,
and would have inevitably involved the city
in serious difficulty and, very likely, heavy
expense. We have no doubt that the land
ing will prove eventually of great benefit TO
the city. The present facilities for reaching
the growing suburb of South Portland are
altogether Inadequate.
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-04

1t is only just to the Biddeford Journal to
say that it claims that its report of the Rev.
Mr. Marsh's Memorial Day address was an
accurate report and did not misrepresent
him. There is abundant evidence that the
address gave offense to many Grand Army
men who listened to it.
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-04

The captain Of the Dominion cruiser vigi-
liant, which seized the American schooner
Matte Winship for fishing inside the three
mile limit, declares that the skipper of the
latter vessel admitted that he had been fish
ing in violation of the treaty. The skipper
now claims that he had neither fished nor
was preparing to fish. 1t is hardly probable
If the skipper had once confessed as the cap
tain of the Vigilant says he did, that he
would now deny that he was violating the
treaty
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-04

The Grand Lodge of Ontario Orangemen
has not come up to the scratch in the Jesu-
Its estates matter. They were urged to
adopt resolution in favor of an appeal to
Sir John Macdocald to disallow the act, but
instead resolved to refer the matter to the
courts. This lets Sir John out of his diff
Guilty, and gives the Liberals setback, for
they were hoping that the viii n r
would induce afevolt on the part OF the
0rangemen against Sir John.
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-04
The cohhla Stone.

To the Editor Of the Press.
1t is hoped that after the work of repair
ing Congress street, near Lincoln Park, is
completed. the attention of the street c,m-
missioners will be directed to that part of
the same street lying between High and
Park. The relic of by-gone years the "cob-
BILE stone" has served its day and genera
ton as street pavement and should be rel
egated to such uses as it is suited for. Its
presence in that locality has long been a Sc
rious impeachment to travel, which ought to
be removed. Let us have the granite blocks
and thus crafty the wishes of
MANY CITIZENS.
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-04

The news that Legitime has been defeated
by Hyppolyte, and that the latter is virtu-
ally master of Hayti, appears to be confirmed
by the latest arrivals from Port au Prince,
The next arrival will probably report anoth-
er revolution with Hippolyte sin the soup"
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-04
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE A.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu
ncations. The name and address of the writer
are in all cases Indispensable not necessarily for
publication but as a guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are.not used.
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-04

u Office Of Building for Library of Congress,
146 East Capitol street, Washington ID. c., May
20, 1889. Sealed proposals for furnishing and
delivering all of the cut granite required for the
front walls including the dome of the rotunda Of
the Building for the Library of Congress, in this
p. M, on SATURDAY the twenty-ninth day OF
June, 1885, and opened Immediately thereafter
of light blush gray color and fine grain. Spech-
cations, general instructions and conditions, and
blank forms of proposal may be obtained on APP
plication at this Office. BERNARD r.. GREEN,
Superintendent and Engineer. may25-27 20 49,
30-31-j e1-4-6-8-11-13-15-26-27
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-04
CURRENT COMMENT.
THE SOUTHERN POLICY.
TNew York Prass

1t is now evident that the South has moth
ing to fear from President Harrison His
every act and utterance so far Enthusiastically
indicate that his administration will exer-
else no sectional policy. He so promised
and there is every reason TO believe that the
promise will be fulfilled In fact he will en-
ploy no policy. His administration will be
conducted so that no distinction shall be
made as between Vermont and South Caro-
linn
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-04

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAY 18TH
Trains leave station Central Railroad of New
Jersey, foot Liberty St., North River. For WASH
ngton, Baltimore, Wilmington and Chester $50,
night SUNDAYS, $50 A. M; 1.3O 2.3o 3.15,
800 p NJ; 1900 night. For Philadelphia at 4,
7.46, 800 $50, IL 90 M; 1.3o, 23O, 3.15, 400,
$50, 9.3OA. M, 100, $50, 10, 800, $50. P.
M; 1900 night. Tickets and Parlor car seats can
be procured at all Ticket Offices in Portland Me-,
gage can be checked TO destination. may15dtf
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-04

The English papers are declaring that
such disaster as that at Johnstown could
not happen in England. We certainly hope
that they are right.
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-04

500, $500, AND $1,000,
THE FIFTH AVENUE REAL ESTATE COMPANY
NEW YORK CITY
FIRST MORTGAGE FIVE PER
CENT. COUPON BONDS,
Payable, principal and interest, at HOLLAND
TRUST COMPANY, No. 7 Wall 81.
THE TITLE rs GUARANTEED ON IFAcu
BOND, UNDER SEAL, BY THE LAWYERS, ~
TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NEW YORK.
Title Guarantee Policy deposited with Holland
Property worth half as much again as the total
amount OF mortgage.
Certificates Of appraisal filed with Holland
iiuI PR SffEs INSURED AGAINST FIRE
for $3.50, 900, and policies deposited with Holland
errvp TT Trust conRgaYpy' wTgsIeei FApM
DE +" MoRTGAGRs.
NEW YORK CITY FIRST MORTGAGES,
AN ABSOLUTELY SAFE INVESTMENT.
The Investment which is sought by all our saw
ings banks
Better interest than savings banks pay.
SANE INTEREST WHicH SAVINGS
BANKS GET.
Interest FIVE PER CENT. per annum, payable
May and November i.
Each bond Is worth par and accrued interest
when bought, and par and additional accrued In
terest when sold. III the same amount OF money
be put In savings bank say April II, it VIII not
begin to draw fnterest till July ], and then u
drawn out say Dec. 20, THE DEPOSlTOk GETS
NO INTEREST AT ALL, while on one OF these
500 bonds he would obtain between the same
oates $3.50, or $3.50 on 1000 bond; II nc
kept his money In a savings bank till Jan. ne
would only get $3.50, or &C most $40. Besides,
savings banks do not pay so much as that on
more than SO 900 deposits.
THESE BONDS CAN BE USED AS COLLAT-
ERAL SECURITY FOR TEMPORARY LOAN
If NEEDED.
The whole issue Of only 1926, 900 Is secured By
a first mortgage on the valuable premises, 40 b,
100 feet, on Both st., near 9th Ave-, New YORK
CITY, the full rental value OF which at present rate:
Is S32, 900 per annum. The mortgage Is to Hol
land Trust Company as Trustee for each and al
Of the bOndholders.
Every bondholder Is thus made certain Of the
payment Of principal and interest. The coupons
can be collected, like checks, through banks
The bonds are Of three szes-s100, $500, and
81 900, all equally secured.
These bonds are redeemable after FIVE years
from date at 103 and accrued interest, after sixty
days notice, as prescribed by the mortgage.
These bonds are for sale until June 10 at pal
and accrued interest from May 1, 1889, by
GEO. w. ROMAINE * co.
90 Broadway, New York.
EY-Correspondenc Solicited. may31d3t
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-04
School Teachers
Books for Social SINGING.

have many effective Songs and Choruses, as
college songs,o 100 cts.) "War sonRs,''
go cts.l Jubilee and Plantation songs
80 cts) "AmericPn Male Choir,p (S1.)
Temperance Hailying songs" (35 cts.)
''memorinI Day Songs and Hymns" ga
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-04
PROPOSALS.
Proposals for Subsistence, Quar-
termaster's and Hospital
Stores.


focus, Me-, May 10, 1889.
Sealed Proposals, subject to usual conditions,
will be received at this office until II O'Clock NJ.
June IL, 1889, for furnishing and delivering at
this Home the Subsistence and Quartermaster's
Stores, required for the Fiscal Year commencing
July 1, 1889, and ending June 80. 1890, consist
Ing In p -rt Of the following, viz: Tea, Coffee,
Groceries, Flour. Fresh and Corned Beef, Nut
ton, Veal Fresh and Salt Pork, Smoked and
Corned Shoulders, Hams, Fresh and Salt Fish,
Butter, Cheese, Lard, Onions, Potatoes, Corn
Oats. Shorts, Household Articles, Plumbing Ma
terial, Tobacco and Coal.
And Proposals will be received
until June 18th, 1850, for Hos
pital Supplies.
Schedule giving the kind and estimated quaint
ties required, particulars as to conditions TO be
observed and terms of contract and payments
will be furnished on application.
JOHN ID. ANDERSON, Treasurer.
maVll Goblin
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-04
NEW LINE TO
WASHINGTON and BALTIMORE

CENTRAL R. IL. of NEW JERSEY,
PHILA. a. READING X. Il.
and BALTIMORE a. OHIO n. n.
Solid TraHsko Transfers. No Extra fare for Fast Time
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-04
CITY OF PORTLAND.
Ordinance Relating to Dogs,

LIVERY owner or keeper Of dog shall annually
II cause II 70 be registered, described, and
licensed for one year 10 the once OF the city clerk
BY paying therefor 20 said clerk tho sum Of
around its neck collar distinctly marked with
the owners name and registered number, and
shall pay Into the city treasury for such license
Whoever keeps dog contrary to the provisions
OF this ordinance shall forfeit ten dollars 70 BE-
recovered on complaint 70 the use OF the city.
All fines and penalties provided In the proceed
Ing sections may be recovered on complaint be-
city.
Ali other ordinances relating to licenses for
dogs are hereby repealed.
all dogs to be destroyed which shall be found AZ
large within the city without collar, as required
by these ordinances.
In case any dog shall be found loose or going Il
large, contrary TO any Of the foregoing provisions
the owner or keeper thereof. or the head OF the
family or keeper OF the house, store, once. or
other place where such dog is kept or harbored.
shall forfeit and paw sum not exceeding ten
dollars.
CITY OF PORTLAND.
In BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEx,l
April 18th, 1889.
Ordered, That the City Marshal be and he Is
hereby directed to cause 20 be enforced the 0rdi-
nance relating 10 the licensing OF dogs.
Attest: GEO. c. BURGESS.
City Clerk.
CRY MAHsHAL's OFFIck,l
April 10, 1889. !
In accordance with the above order, the above
ordinance relating 70 dogs will DO strt ly en-
forced by me, WILLIAM III. GRE \,
apr17dn City Marshal.
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-04
How Is 1t In Portland?

Hiram, Me-, May 81, 1859. 80 v
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-05
A Balloon Suggestion.

Suggestions for features of interest
for the great fair are in order. Many
people seem to think tall tower in
dispensable, simply because Paris has
one. That is nonsense. Such tower
here would be mere plagiarism, un-
worthy the inventive genius of the
Yankee nation. The purpose of the
tower, at best, is to furnish vantage
ground from which to view the magnif-
icent scenery surrounding it. Wehaye,
unquestionably, right here, infinitely
more enhancing views than Paris can
boast, and if we can make them avail
able, without subiecting ourselves to
the imputation of initiating the ideas of
others, it would be grand scheme.
My suggestion is that we construct a
mammoth balloon-one of unprece-
dented size and lifting power. In place
of q car let platform, say twenty feet
square, be suspended under this bal
loon, and the whole elevated say two
thousand feet, to be held stationary at
that point by guys of wire rope diverg
ing from the four corners of the plat
form to suitable anchorages at wide
distances apart on the ground. This
arrangement would not merely hold
the balloon captive, but steady in po-
sition. would have tube run from
gas reservoir on the ground up to the
balloon to keep it constantly filed, SO
that its sustaining power may not be
lost. Then have one or two additional
balloons of ordinary size, fitted with
the usual car, and guided by taut
rope, to ply as conveyances for pas
sengers to and from the stationary bal
loon in mid-air. This would be q novel
and attractive arrangement. It would
not merely eclipse the Eiffel tower in
elevation, but the curiosity of mankind
in general to test aerial navigation
would insure measure Of patronage
that would yield handsome return on
the investment.-Th Metr0pOLis,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-05
There Are Two Ways 70 PrOpose.

Here are two styles of proposing"
This one is the kind you read about,
but the other is the one most popular
in the realm of fact: "My angel, / have
long waited for this opportunity. You
must have detected ere now the growth
of my love for you. From the day l
first met you that love took root, and
tonight it is strong and sturdy, un-
wavering, undying. Your sweet smiles
have lighted up my life, your every
word has been to me note of exquisite
music, thrilling, enthralling me. You
have filled place in my heart, in my
affections, that no one before has ever
occupied. Ny lifelong happiness de-
pends solely upon the answer you give
me. Say you will be mine to love,
caress, cherish, idolize through time
and eternity, and make me of all men
most envied. But if you ref-Oh, I
cannot 1 cannot The thought is
madness. You will be my wife see
the answer of your heart mirrored in
your lustrous eyes; you know / love
you as no other man ever has loved
you, or ever can love you, darling 1
know you will not thrust me off. ;"
The angel assumes a stereotyped
really-this-is-so-sudden expression, and
assures Mr. Wordie she would derive
great pleasure from being his sister.
Here is the other way:
"Maude, I've been thinking seriously
lately"
Really, Fred, you ought to be more
judicious than to do anything so rash
as that"
"Yes, I know it is a heavy tax on my
mental capacity, but then 1 was always
reckless that way. This time, however,
I think l have been thinking to some
purpose. In fact, I've been thinking
you wouldn't object to having your
name changed"
"When?"
"Just as soon as possible.
"Will it be home or church?"
"Church, of course; We want to do
this thing in style"
"Have you asked pa?"
Certainly not. don't want to
marry your father"
"Well, know; but for forms sake"
"All right, dear; for forms sake I
will see pa, and maybe you had better
prepare ma for the ordeal"
"Oh, she won't mind it,"
Deep silence reigns again, save as it is
broken by the soft sighing of the tree
tops, swayed by gentle breeze. Glee-
fully the stars twinkle; the moon looks
beamingly down from heaven to earth,
and discovers on vine-bowered piazza
! two forms with but single chair.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-05
Gas in Champagne Bottles.

II bought some champagne of you
last spring" said gentleman to Mr..
Hugh Fegan the other day. II sup
posed it was all gone, but last week ]
saw some bottles in the top of closet
and took them down. They were
champagne. Ny wife had saved
them, women fashion. But they were
as fiat as Rhine wine. What was the
matter?"
@They were standing up, were they ?"
asked Mr.. Fegan.
Eyes"
well, the carbonic acid had all es-
capped through the corks. If they had
been in cool place, and resting on
their heads, they would have been all
right.
1T takes two years for the cham
pagne wine to properly champagnize.
There is heavy loss from breakage.
When the gas develops q champagne
cellar sounds like battle. The bot
ties explode with tremendous force,
and are dangerous. Over 20 per
cent. of the bottles break. That is one
reason why champagne is so high
priced. Bottled cider will champaign
ize if raisins are put in it. Some years
ago put up a barrel of cider for the
White House. The steward insisted
on putting whole raisin in each bot
tie. / told him q quarter Of a raisin to
a bottle was enough, but he had his
own way. The result was that he
didn't have q bottle. Every bottle
exploded from the pressure. !. Hash-
isagtoia Post.