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The Portland daily press., 1889-06-06
Mr.. pamrosch's Advice.

"Why don't you sing out?" cried Mr. Damroseh
to tenor at rehearsal. "I can't. My throat is
like raw meat from coughing" No excuse" ex-
claimed the conductor. "a bottle OF Adamson's
Botanic Cough Balsam would have cured your
cough. Don't let this occur again"
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-06
FOR cur GRANITE

Il ONCE of Building for Library of Congress,
las 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
2. M, on SATURDAY the twenty-ninth day OF
June, 1889, and opened Immediately Thereafter
in the presence OF bidders. The granite must pe
OF light blush gray color and fine grain. Specn.
cations general Instructions and conditions, anu
blank forms OF proposal may be obtained on aD-
plication at this ofice. BERNARD II. GREEN,
Superintendent and Engineer. may25-27 -2S-20-
3O-31-j -je1-4-6-S-11-13-15-26-27.
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Cotton Markets.
[By Telegraph.]

NEW YORK,Jun 8. 1889.-The Cotton market
Is steady without quotable change in prices; sales
1898 bales; uplands ordinary at 7-16c; good do
at 1910; low middling 10Ac; middllngs IL g.
Ice; Gulf ordinary at 11-l6c; good do 10 1-l6c;
low middling lie; middling IL 7-16c.
NEW ORLEANS, June b. lss9.-Cotton market
quiet; middling 103lc.
SAVANNAH, June 5, lSS9.-Cotton market is
dull ;middling l0Hc.
CHARLESTON, June 5.1Ss9- Cotton market is
firm; middling lO7sc
MEMPHIS, June 8, 1885, Cotton market is
quiet; middling at 10 11-16c.
MOBILE, June 8, lsss.-Cotton is dull; mid
ding at 10ssc.
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SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
Portland and Boothbay Steamboat Co.
STEAMER ENTERPRISES.

ON and after April 80, 1889, steamer win leave
" Franklin Wharf, Portland every Tuesday
and Saturday at a. m. for Squirrel Island,
Boothbay, Heron Island, So. Bristol and East
Boothbay.
Every Thursday at 500 a. M, for Pemaquid
and all above landings
Returning, will leave Boothbay every Monday
and Wednesday at 7.30 a. M, for Portland and
intermediate Landings.
VIII leave Pemaquid every Friday at Z a. m.
for Portland and Intermediate Landings, arriving
in Portland at about 2 p. m.
Connecting with Boston Boats at Portland.
Positively no freight received after 7.45 a. m.
at Portland on the day OF sailing.
Freight received and delivered by w. r. Boha-
non on the wharf.
apr29dtf ALFRED RACE, Manager.
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women are dying daily whose lives might have
been saved. 1t seems to be widespread opin-
ion that when woman is slowly fading away
with the diseases which grow out of female weak
nesses and irregularities that there is no help for
her. She is doomed to DEATH But this is not
true. Dr. Pierce's Fayorite Prescription is con-
stantly restoring women afflicted with diseases of
this class to health and happiness. It's the only
mediclne Tor these ailments, sold by druggists,
uhuer a positive guarantee from the manufac-
turers OF its giving satisfaction in every case or
money paid for it will be promptly refunded.
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CITY OF PORTLAND.
Relating to Dogs.

livery owner or keeper of dog shall annually
"a cause IL TO be registered, described, and
licensed for one year in the once of the city clerk
by paying therefor TO said clerk the sum Of
twenty-five cents. and shall cause it to wear
around its neck a collar distinctly marked with
the owners name and registered number, and
shall pay into the city treasury for such license
one dollar.
Whoever keeps dog contrary to the provisions
Of this ordinance shall forfeit ten dollars to be
recovered on complaint to the use of the city.
All fines and penalties provided In the preced-
ing sections may be recovered on complaint be-
fore any court OF competent jurisdiction In this
city.
Ali other ordinances relating to licenses for
dogs are hereby repealed.
1t shall be the duty Of the city marshal to cause
all dogs to be destroyed which shall be found at
large within the city, without collar, as required
by these ordinances.
In case any dog shall be found loose or going at
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 harborec,
shall forfeit and paw sum not exceeding ten
dollars.
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Mrs. Amateur accompanying the gardener
over the new farm)-What is that plant there,
Davis?
Davis-Mllkweed, ma'am.
Mrs. Amateur (ten minutes later. rushing ex-
ciiedly into her husbands den)-Jack there's no
earthly need Of our keeping so many cows; this
nIace Is oyerrun with mkweed and we NAV as
well economic a littls.-TowD Topics.
"why need it be?" we say, and sigh
When loving mothers fade and die
And leave the little ones whose feet
They hoped to guide in pathways sweet.
IT need not be in many cases. All about us
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Sid FIN Bucksport I'd inst. schs A s Woodruff,
aud Amy Knight for Grand Bands
SID FIN Newport Sd, schs Amy Wixon, of North
Haven; Vanguard, or Bristol, and Laura Bell, OF
Portland. mackereling.
Ar at Uanso I'd inst schs Ambrose knight,
and Caroline Vaught, from North Bay, mackerel,
ing Sd, Elsie Smith, Banks
Ar at Digby, Ms, Sd inst, schs Elihu Burritt,
Sinclair, Grand Manan; John II Kennedy, bay
den, do.
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FOR DIAMOND ISLAND.

nN and after TUESDAY. May IA, and until fur
" tAer notice, the STEAMER ISIS will run as
follows Sundays excepted: Leave Burnhams
Wharf at 600, 100 900 and 1870 a. m; 200,
$50, 500 and 6.15 p. m. Leave Casco Wharf,
Diamond Island, at 6.25, TAO, $50, HOO a. m. !;
2.30, 400, 5.45 and $40 o. m.
Arrangements for evening sailing parties can
be made with the captain, on board, or with
may13dtf L. A. G0UDY. Manager.
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DETROIT, June g. lsse.-wheat-No White
at Soc NO Red at 82Ac. Corn-No at 341ac.
Oats-No 2 at 25lAc; No 2 White 271lc
Receipts-wheat IL 900 bush; corn 1000 bush
oats 5000 bush.
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-06

May 10, lat 33 N, lon 81 w, barque Rondo. fm
Portland for Buenos Ayres. = So
June 3, about 20 miles from South Shoal Light.
sch II Baker. Crowell, from Kennebec for Balti,
more. sH
June /, lat s2 10, Ion rs, sch ArIadne, from
Caibaren bound North.
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Havana Market.
european Markets. .

HAVANA, June 5, 1889.--Sugar firm; sales OF
70 hhds Muscovado 88 degrees polarization at
81 O27s gold " otl; 2300 bags Centrifugal 81 deg
polarization for speculation 90 " qtl.
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-06
HE that dies pays al debts"

nstnce the a6airs Of man rest stu uncertain.
lets reason Nth the tcorst that may befdu"
JULIUS CESAR.
II is the part Of wisdom and prudence, when
Won are IN vigorous health and successful busl
ness to provide for the uncertain future which
NAV bring sickness and pecuniary disaster. Pro-
the worst Take an endowment policy In the
UNION MUTUAL.
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-06
International Steamship Co

EASTp0RT, CALAIS. ST. JOHN. .A.s. .aAIlfaI, as.
and all parts OF New Hruaswiek, Nsva Sec
tia, Frinsc Edwards Esinnd. asd Cape
Bretsa. The favorlte route 10 Cnasvsbeile
and ~. Andrews, N. q.
1889. SUMMER ARRANGEMENT. 1883.
On and after April 90 and until further notice,
the steamers OF this line leave Railroad Wharf,
Portland. MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and
FRIDAYS at $50 D. m, for Eastport and st.
John, with above eonnectionsj returning, leave
st. John and EastpOrt SAME DAYS.
Though tickets issued and baggage checked %
destination. Eg-Freght received Ipte 400 r. n.
FOR Tickets and Staterooms, apply si the Union
Ticket once, 40 Exchange St., or Tor other iufor
nation at CoInpany's once, Railroad Wharf, foot
OF State street. ]. II. CONLk.
apr27dtt Gen'l Manager.
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cuRE OF BRoNcHIrIs.

Mr.. E. Carey, of Erie, Penn. writes as follows:
II had bronchitis for over two years. My life
was made utterly wretched by 1t. twas cough,
cough, cough, until at times l thought l would
choke to death. tried every RENE dy, it seems
to me-some outside-more inside. Now and
then would get slight relief, then back again it
would come, worse than ever. Last Winter I
started using ALLCocK's Porous PLAsTERs,
and kept them on; felt better almost Imnledl-
ately, and have kept one on my chest almost ever
since, using 1t as chest protector. cannot say
too much for them, for am cured Of that dis
ease.
''Say, come into the bank and identify me, will
you2" he asked of an acquaintance on the
street.
identify you as what?'
GAS John Blank"
why yes, III go that far guess, though per
haps 1t is taking risk. didn't know but what
you wanted me to vouch for your honesty and re-
spectability."-DetroitF Free Press.
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-06
SUNDAY TInIE TABLE.
Freeport Steamboat Company.

On and after March 18, 1889, the steamer
tollows:-Between Freeport and Portland, touch
ing at Great Chebeague, Little Johns and Cousins
Islands and Falmouth Foreslde. Leave South
Free2ort daily (Sundays excepted) at 100 q. m
Returning will leave Burnham,s wharf. Portland
SD. M III. b. SOULE, Manager.
mari adtf Freeport.
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Notice to Mariners.

OFFICE OF U. ). LIGHT House INSPECTOR
First District,
Portland, June 8, 1889.
Notice Is hereby given that Spar Buoy, with
red and black horizontal stripes, has been planted
on the 5. W. end of the Shoal TO the westward OF
Upper Flagg Island, entrance to Potts Harbor,
CascO Bay. Maine.
BY order of the L. Ii. Board,
FRANK WILDES,
Commander, U. s. N.
Inspector LIST l.. III.
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And Proposals will be received
until June 18th, 1850, for Hos
pital Supplies.

Schedule giving the kind and estimated quanti-
ties required, particulars as to conditions to be
observed and terms Of contract and payments
will be furnished on application.
JOHN ID. ANDERSON, Treasurer.
mayI1 eOdlm
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Memoranda.

Biddeford, June 5-The four-masted schr iona
Bourne, of Newport, RI, from Salem for Booth
bay In tow Of tug Confidence, struck on the rocks
fog, at high water, and remains leaking. she
will probably come of next flood tide ana 20 70
Portland for repairs.
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-06

The Price of Antiquity:
Would-te Prchaser-Hov much do you ask
for this picture?
Artlst-The price Is $4,000.
W0uld-be PurchaSer-Why man alvei do you
expect to be paid for your work as If you had been
dead for four or five hundred years?-Texas
SiftInps
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-06

Dr. Pierce's Pellets, the original and only gen.
uine Little Liver Pills. % cents vial; one
dose.
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-06
Conditional Pardon:

Oldgrudge-The doctor says am about to die,
and sent for you that we who have been the Bit
terest enemies all these years might receive each
others forgiveness
thing.
oldgrudge, And forgive you, il die, but re-
member men 1ed I recoyer @ the nght will be taken up
Awoman who s weak, nervous and
sleepless, and who has cold hands and feet can
not feel and act like well person. Carter's Iron
Pills equalize the circulation, remove nervous.
ness and give strength and rest.
Little Howard had been told he must be pun
ished. but that he could choose between whip
ping and being shut up in dark closet. After a
moments painful thought he said:
well, papa, II mamma'n do it guess I'll be
whipped, but If you are going TO whip me- guess
I'll be shut up.-Youth's ompanion.
When Baby was sick we gave nor cassorin,
When she was Child, she cried for Castori,.
When she bccan,e Miss, she chung to eastorls
When she had Children. she gave them Castoril
"What do you mean by following me all the
time9"
81 am ordered by the chief not to lose sight OF
you.n
sWeli, here's one of my photographs. Keep
your eye on that. And-wait moment-here's
So beside"
Thanks"
)Lynx-eyed detective keeps his eye on the pho
graph and the So alternately. Tribune.
a mans Wlfo should always be the
same, especially to her husband, but II she Is
weak and nervous, and uses Carters Iron Pills,
sine cannot be, for they make her feel like
different person." SO they all say, and their hus-
bands say so tool
81 heard there was a high-toned wedding in
your town yesterday"
eyes,"
"Did 1t go off without hitch?"
"Indeed it did" --------
Everybody happyp'
Happy? Madsas hornetsi The bridegroom
didn't SHOW up, the brides got the screeching
Mysteries and her brothers out with shotgun"
'sYou said there was no hitch"
"well, how could there be a hitch without the
bridegroom
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-06
Proposals for Subsistence, Quar-
termaster's md Hospital
Stores
OFFICE TREASURER,
EASTERN BRANCH, n. II. d. v; 81

ToGUs, Me-, May 10, 1889
Sealed Proposals, subject to usual conditions,
will be received at this office until IL 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 L, 1889, and ending June 80. 1890, consist
ing In ut 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, Househould Articles. Plumbing Ma
teTial, Tobacco and Coal.
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-06
CITY OF PORTLAND,
Notice of a hearing.

NOttCe OF a nearing.
M NHEREAS. Charles G.. Wo0dman and
w Others have petitioned the City Council to
lay out new street or public way in said city,
beginning at point on Long Island avenue Op-
posite the LIST, 10th and 10th Regimental building
thence on the division line of Woodman, Wallace
and Rich, and so to low water mark at Harlow
Grace and whereas said petition was refeEred by
the City Council, February Attn, 1889, to the un-
derslgned, for them TO consider and act upon,
therefore
Notice Is hereby given to all parties interested.
that the Joint Standing Committee of the City
Council on laying out new streets, will meet
to hear the parties and view the proposed way on
the eighth day OF June, 1889, at three o'clock
in the afternoon, at said Regmenta building and
will thereafter proceed to determine and adjudge
whether the public convenience requires said
streets or ways tobe laid out.
Given under our hands on this 3lst day OF
May A. d. 1889.
HOLMAN S. MELChER, MayOr,l
JOHN II. RAND, cop,,atttaa on
ROBERT A. MCCLUTCHY, Nga,,ins ont ="
GEORGE L. SYLVESTER, Na.syy S99reats.
WILLIAM b. IRISH. Nv"
V. RICHARD FOSS.
ie1 dtd
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CASCO BAY STEAMBOAT co.
Custom House Wharf.
WERK nAVa


On and after MAY 9th, leave Portland for For
est City Landing, Peaks Island, 5.75, Gas, 800,
900, 10 80 a. m, 2.15, 800, 500, Clio p. m.
Leave Portland for Long Island, 500, 1880 a.
M, 200, APO D. m, Leave Portland for Little
and Great Diamond and Evergreen, 5.45. 6.45,
500. 1890 a; M. 200, 4.2o; 61o p m. Return
11.o0 a. M, 80, $50 80 p. m. Leave Little
Diamond, 6.15. 7.15, 9.05, 11.35 a. M, 305, 5.25,
$50 p. N. Leave Great Diamond, 6.10, ITO,
900, IL 80 a. M, 800, $40, 6.45 p. IN. Leave
Evergreen, 6.05, 7,05, 8.55, 11.25 a. m, 2.55,
BIO, GAO p. IN. Leave Long Island, S.45, Ill 8
a. M, 2.45, sos p. m.
SUNDAY TIME TABLE.
Leave Portland for Peaks at 500, 900, 1890 a.
m, IL. 10, 10, 800, 90 pm Leave Portland for
Long Island at 500, 1880 a. M, 200, 4.2o p. m;
Leave Portland for Little and Great Diamond and
Evergreen at 500, 900, 1890 a. m, I2.15, zoo,
4.20 D. IN.
RATES OF FARE.
Single Round Trip, Adults, 10 cents
Single Round Trip, Children, 10 cents
Eight Round Trips, Adults, S1.00
Ten Round Trips, Children, 90 cents
Season Tickets, Adults. cents round trip
Cw.T. COOLING, General Manager.
nave diff
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Martin & PennelI Carriages

or sale cheap to close an eatate. Corner Casco
nd Cumberland street. z. X. MARTIN, -Ex-
cutrix. je5diw~
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PROPOSALS.

DROPOSALS for dredging In Penobseot River,
IL Maine, between Bucksport and WinterpOrt.
United States Engineer ONCE, Portland, Maine.
June A. 1889. Sealed proposals In triplieate for
dredging In Penobscot River, Maine, between
Bucksp0rt and Winterport, will be received at
this office, No. 537 Congress street, until p. M,
Of Tuesday, July 2, 1889 and then opened
Attention Is invited to Acts Of Congress approved
February 26, 1885, and February %, 1887, VOL
20, page 332. and VOL "a, page Ala, statutes at
large All necessary information furnished by
JARED A. SMITH, Lieut.. Col Corps Of Engi-
neers, U. s. Army je5,6.7, ,S&je30&jy1
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Railroad Receipts,

PORTLAND. June 8. 1879.
:, receipts by Maine Central Railroad-For Port
Meeting roads l16 iears mscellaneous merchan
disc. .
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Rostan Stock nnarket.
New YORK stock and Money Market

NEW YORK, June 1S89.-Money has been
easy ranging from TO last loan 21s, closing at
2h@3 per cent. Prime mercantile paper st Sc
61a. Government bonds duh, but steady. Rail
road bonds are quiet and steady TO firm. The
stock market opened dull but closed fairly active
and strong at best prices. +af
- The transactions az tue Stock Exchange aggre-
gated 81 800 shares.
Iie following are todaY,s quotations OF Govern.
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Imports.
Grain Quotations.

BARRINGTON,N MS. Sehr Nancy Aann-l642
boxes canned Holsters to Portland Pkg Co.
The Portland daily press., 1889-06-06

FROM MERCHANTS EXCHANGE.
Ar at Yokohama May s. .ship Frank Pendleton,
Nichols, New York.
Sid fm Hiogo Apl IS, barque st James, Cook,
New York.
Sid fm Manila Api 18th, barque Western Belle
Butman New York.
:, Sid fm TenerIffe May 20, brig George e Dale,
Sid fm Sierra Leone May. 16, barque Megunt-
cook, Hemingway, for New York.
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MA RIM NEWS.
PORT OF PORTLAND.

FO0t OF LANU.
WEDNESDAY. June s.
Arrived.
Steamer Cumberland, Thompson, Boston for
Eastport and st John. NIB.
,Barque skobeleff. Tucker, Boston. To ] s
Winslow & Co.
Sch Florence e Tower, Knowlton, Boston-mo-
lasses to II III Williams.
Sch Nanny Anna, (Br) harrington, NS-canned
lobster to Portland Packing Co.
Cleared.
, Steamship Eleanora. Bennett New York; B
Coyle.
Steamer Cleopatra, Simpson, New York = Int
steamship Co.
SAILED-Sch Sarah g. Ellen.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
EAST MACHIAS, June 3-Sld sch G Mnot
Hathaway, Boston.
RED BEACH, June 3-Ar schs Mary L New
ton. Rowe, Boston; Navassa, Hatfield, Wind
sor, Ms.
Sid, Sch Franklin Pierce. Fullmore, for vinal-
haven
The new four-masted schr HenryS Little, built
by the New England Co, Bath, was to be launched
9th inst. Capt o Bailey, is managing owner.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-18
WILL NOT BE A NUN.
Miss DrexePs Retirement to Convent

Miss DrexePs Retirement to Convent
Only Temporary.
81 PHILADELPHIA, May lit is now stated
that Miss Kate r. DrexePs entrance into a
convent at Pittsburgh is only temporary,
and that she has no intention Of
becoming a sister Of mercy. AS is
well known, Miss Drexel has for number
: Of years been interested in the Indian and
colored missions, and has contributed large
sums for founding schools for the education
Of colored and Indian children She now
desires to devote her entire life to these
missions, and has gone into temporary re-
tlement for a few months in order to de-
eide what course she will pursue
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-18
LATEST NEWS.

DURING the seven days ended on the 10th
there We're ia business failures in the
United States against Isl the previous seven
days. The total Of failures in the United
States January to date was 4,57O, against
1869 in 1885,
JOHN P. SALISBURY, Secretary of State of
Delaware, died at his home in Dover on the
10th, aged thirty six years.
VIOLENT wind and rain storm on the
10th did great damage IN Pittsburgh, Pa,
and vicinity, and several lives were lost
MRS. JAMES H. McGAHAN, wife Of a Bap-
fist minister at Johnson Creek N Y, was
fatally burned On the 10th by the explosion
of a gasoline stove.
AN order was issued on the 10th by the
Window Glass Workers Association that
alien glass workers who come to this coun-
try for work hereafter shall be blacklisted.
MRS. HANNAH WHISTLER, who died on the
10th near Log ansport, Ind, was the mother
Of thirteen children and had sixty-nine
grandchildren.
The thirty fourth session of the Southern
Baptist Association assembled at Memphis
Tenn, on the 10th
A FIND of gold of great value was made
on the 10th only few miles from lshpem-
ing, Mich, but several miles from where
gold had been found before
SOME boys fishing on the 10th at Shelby
vile, Ill, found a soap box containing he
remains of man. There was no clew to
the mystery.
r. Z. CRUAIP, a millionaire of Columbus
Ind, entered a plea of guilty on the 10th to
the charge OF renting rooms for gambling
purposes.
| MANY horses in the vicinity of Danville,
| Ill, were suffering from CHAMBERS on the
! Il n 1n1 10Th
quarantined
COLONEL CHARLES E. FISHER, president
and manager of the Manhattan Gait lie Com
iipany at Cheyenne, Wy T., died on. the 10th
! Of pneumonia. He served through the war
| as an officer Of artillery.
! SOME rye straw sheaves took fire on the
10th in a saddlery concern at Cincinnati,
and while exiting gushing the blaze ten fire
men were suHocated by the smoke and had
to be carried to the engine houses.
/ AT Birmingham, Ala, Mrs Barker and
her daughter were burned to death on the
10th.
A TORNADO swept over New York City on
/ the 10th, doing considerable damage, but
mo one was seriously injured The storm
also swept across Long Island, and build
lings were blown down, huge piles Of lum-
Der scattered and several persons injured.
Great numbers Of animals were killed
In q fight on the 10th between cowboys
and Indians near Fort Wingate, n. N. !,
three OF the latter were killed
Dave ALKER, the aged chief Of the
/! Bald bbers, B11l'' Walker, his son, and
John Matthews, members OF the order, were
hanged at Ozark, No, on the 10th. 1he
Iscene at the execution was horrible, the
ropes breaking and the men having to be
carried up to the scaffold and swung off .
second time
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-18


posed of neighbors, found himself in the dark
recesses OF some lonely wood or ravine sur
rounded by hundreds of masked men, who i'm.
posed upon him blood-curdling obligation,
the infraction of which was punishable by
death. Once in he could never get out and re.
main in that section of the country
There were numerous visits by the band to
petty offenders, but nothing occurred to at
tract widespread attention until the Green
Edens affair, which terminated in the downfall
OF Bald-Knobbism. The Green-Edens killing
occurred in March, 1887. At point eight
miles southeast Of Ozark, John Evans was
whipped by the Bald Knobbers for misbe-
having in church. Old man Edens, friend
OF Evans, interfered, and received four
blows with the whip before Chief Walker
could interfere. This so enraged Elens that
he fearlessly condemned the Bald -Knobbers
and on the night Of March 10, 1887. the band
met to consider Fdens offenses. There were
tWenty-six present, and after brief deliber-
alton they proceeded to the Edens resi-
.dence to punish the inmates. They were
met with resistance, and fired several
Volleys into the house, killing William
Edens and Charles Green, his brother
in-law, and quite seriously wounding old man
EdenS. In the meloe young Walker was shot