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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-28
GHOSTS AND wITChcRAFT
A Region In New England where
Superstition ThrIves.
A letter from Gloucester. RI, saws :

This wild, wooded, and rock-ribbed region,
less than days journey from General Put
mans historic wolf den in Northeastern Con-
nectcut, is full of suspensions. 1t is one of
the que crest OF localities. In the centre of
Gloucester lies Ponagansett lake. and all
about the shores of this lake are the dwellings
OF hale and hearty people, whossmake this
country, far from the busy haunts Of men,
veritable wonderland of legend and reminis-
cence The old men delight in telling ghost
stories, and the young people like to listen.
Gloucester lies on the crooked old Indian trail
which ran between Connecticut and the
Providence Plantations.
For generations back the Gloucester far
mers have believed in wiZardry. They will
do much Of their work only during the full
OF the moon. Otherwise they would expect
to die or have very bad luck. Planting must
not be done until the signs of the zodiac are
propltious, and gardens must never be
plowed on Fridays. Even tooth must not
be pulled unless the stars are right; If it is,
1t will come hard and cause great suffering.
Pork, II killed during the small of the
moon, will shrink to nothing in cooking,
while that butchered at the full of the moon
will contiue white and firm.
To insure luck in the management of
domestic animals the sign of the zodiaeal must
be in the leg. The wishbones of all fowls
are preserved on sticks. Some families keep
hundreds on hand all the time. When the
zodiacal sign Is in the head, then the
Gloucester people believe one can do the
most at catching pckerel, and can hook the
biggest fish. Hence the almanac hung by
the kitchen fireplace in all Gloucester. houses
is thing the settlers could not live without.
Its study, IL one would reap good harvests,
"catch" good claiming tides and avoid
misfortune, Is imperative.
These people also believe that II yon take
up black snake and bite it your teeth will
never decay; that il the nails are pared on
| Friday toothache will be prevented, and that
| a child born in the heat Of the day can see
into the future, and will be exempt from
| influences Of witchcraft. A ship that has
such one on board they say will never
sink.
| Perhaps the mostcurious belief still haunt
| ing these hearthstOnes of interior Rhode
Island Is that relating to the character of the
little fish in Ponagansett reservoir. This
pond is the source of the Pnwtuxet river,
which flows easterly into Narragansett Bay,
and years before the building Of the dam
across the outlet of the lake, herring from
| the salt sea used to swim up the stream to
| the shoal waters Of the lake to spawn. The
| old settlers who have lived about the lake all
their lives, aver that the sinners which now
| glsten in its crystal water are naught ese
but the degenerate descendants Of the herring
| race, and show the same characteristics.
One Of "the Bowen boys at the lake
frequently says that my father used to say
there was no sinners before any dams was
| built to fence out the herrin's"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-28
Thescott.s Mills and Fabyan Link.

We doubt IL the people Of Portland fully
appreciate the Importance Of the completion
of the line of railroad between Scott's Mills
and Fabyan's which was announced a day Or
two ago. Hitherto the Ogdensburg road has
been practically at the mercy Of the Boston,
Concord & Montreal. inasmuch as TO reach its
western connections it had 10 use portion
OF that cOmpany's line. and as that company
was not particularly identified with The IL
terest of Portland. the Portland & Ogdens
burg was at some disadvantage. The COM
pletion OF the link from SCOTS Mills to Fab
yan makes the Ogdensburg an independent
line with no need Of asking favurs from any
body. Portland merchants will now hayefar
easier access and on more favorable terms
to the flourishing farming sections Of Yer
mont and New Hampshire, and there is
every reason to believe that Portland's trade
with these regions will receive a new i'm
petus. But this is by no means all. The
Portland & Ogdensburg road has ROW be-
come practically what Its ofigina,ors inten-
ded-a through line to the West at New
port, Vermont. 1t makes exceedingly favor
able connection with the Canadian Pacific.
and there is no doubt but it will become one
of the important outlets Of the latter road to
the seaboard. Furthermore there is now
projected and partially built what is known
as the Upper Coos railroad. This road con
meets with the Canadian Pacific road and
with the whole railroad system Of the Prov
ince Of Quebec, and opens up new country.
A short line of twenty two miles from White
field to Groveton junction. which is to be
built in the near future, will connect the
Ogdensburg with the Grand Trunk and the
Upper Coos roads. An immense lumber traf-
fc will undoubtedly be opened up by the con-
nection with this latter IT ad, and Portland
will reap great benefit from it. A big share
of the credit Of the completion Of the line
from Scott's Mills to Fabyan's belongs to
the Maine Central directors and the brilliant
superintendent Of that road, Mr.. Payson
Tucker. Under the superintendent Of the
latter the work has been done in an incredi-
bly, short space of time; and an advantage
obtained for Portland which she never could
have been possessed Of had the Portland &
Ogdensburg remained in the hands of the
city.
1t would seem a highly proper thing for
the Board OF Trade of the city TO notice in
some public manner the completion of this
work, the value Of which to Portland is, as
we said above, not yet fully appreciated by
Its citizens.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-28

Of which Col. c. C. Burrill is the managing
spirit, and is to be independently Republican
In politics. Undoubtedly the American suf-
fees all the needs of the people and supplies
them well. But this is no law against any
body's starting newspaper who has han
kering in that direction.
Mr.. Robert Garrett entertained himself
and the street gamins assembled at the Maine
Central depot at Bangor the other day, by
throwing among them a handful OF silver
pieces and seeing them SCRABBLE for them. Mr..
Garrett has been suffering for some time
past with brain trouble. Whether tins per-
Torrance indicates that he Is recovering OF
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-28

Monday was very exciting day at Chau-
tauqua. A debate had been arranged on the
subject of trust between the Rev. Washing
ton GLADDEN. and Mr.. George Gunton Of New
York. Drs. GLADDEN. opposed the trust, and
Mr.. Gunton defended it. The debate be-
came very animated, Mr.. Gunton attacking
the figures OF DIR. GLADDEN., and indirectly
accusing the latter of MISREPRESENTATION.
while the Doctor. with equal vigor, main
tanned their accuracy. The net result OF the
debate appears to have been the most enter
tanning day the Chautauqua meeting has
had. As for Its effect on trusts that was
probably nil. People who thought they
were beneficial were not convinced TO the
contrary by DR.. GLADDEN.. nor were people
who thought differently seriously affected by
Mr.. Guntcn's arguments
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-28

The Louisville Courer-Journal Is very
much displeased with the platform OIL the
Virginia Democrats, because it does not de-
clare for free trade. But such declaration
as that in Virginia would be political sui
eide. Mr.. Watterson's ''star eyed goddess" is
not highly esteemed In the Old Dominion.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-28

Senator Frye thinks the BehIing Sea con-
troversy will be settled automatically. That
certainly is the only way it can be settled.
unless war is resorted to, which nobody in
England or the UNITED States contem-
plates The United States has not set
up the claim that Behring Sea, is a
closed sea, unless it be by inference
from the seizures Of Canadian sealers by
our revenue cutters. That, however, is not
unnecessary or inevitable inference. Cana
dian vessels are not prohibited from going
into the sea, or seized when they have gone
there. except they take seals. 1t may be
that these seizures cannot be justified except
upon the ground that the United States has
n right to consider the sea mare cldusuna,
but this is by no means certain. '--s
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-28
DR.. Major D. MacRae,
PHYSICIAN md SURGENN.

SPECIALTY-The treatment and the curing Of
- Cancer. anywhere upon the external surface,
ana also OF the tongue, throat uterus and rectum;
persons who are AFFLICTED In any form with that
malignant disease, Cancer, can now be positively
cured without the use of the knife, by DIR. Mac
Rae's Electro Chemical Process, that excludes
the circulation of the blood from the diseased
parts, which is mild, safe and scientific In all its
bearings upon the diseased cancerous tissue etc..
ETC.; also Piles and Fistula cured in few DAYS
without pain, knife or detention from business:
other malignant Tumors, alterations and diseases
of the bones of Scrofua nature efectually treat
ed; professional letters, soliciting medical advice,
with fee Of $500. will receive prompt attention.
Street, Portland, Me. Reference of persons who
were cured of ANGER, in the State Of Maine: MIR.
Enoch N, Reed. Bath; Mrs. Geo. N. Rice, Port
land; Mr.. Fred p. Hodgdon, Portland; Mr.. VIM.
Sheal Portland, Mr.. Paul c. Merriman, West
Harpswell; Mrs. Betsey Alexander, Hsrpswell
Centre; Capt. A. ID. Pinkham. South Harpswell;
Mrs. Addison Pinkham, of the Merryconeag
House, South Harpswe; hundreds OF others that
were cured OF Cancer, Piles and Fistulas through
the United States and the Dominion of Canada,
will be furnished to the public at my office. DIR.
Major D. MacRae is a regular graduate OF the st.
Louis, Missouri, Medica! College, and also grad
uare of the Cincinnati Medical institute, Cincin-
natl. Ohio and has held the rank of major regi-
mental surgeon in the United States army
au16dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-28
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUG. gs.

We do mol read anonymous letters and commu
aieations. The name and address OF the writer
are in all cases Indispensable, not necessarily for
publication but as guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
Communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-28

The action of Houlton in voting to assist
the North Aroostook railroad makes it
tolerably certain that that road will be built
in the near future.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-28

There is not much doubt that If Sarah Al
thea Hill got a chance to shoot Deputy Mar
hal,Nagle she would improve it. But ad-
yertislpg her intention in advance is certain
ly not a good way to get the chance. Per-
haps Sarah Althea wants somebody to apply
restraint to her. which she is incapable of
applying to herself.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-28

Our Canadian neighbors will feel very
miserable, lift should turn out, as now seems
probable that the Black Diamond over the
seizure of which they have been making SO
much noise, is owned chiefly by Americans
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-28

The action of the Attorney General Of
California in ordering the dismissal of the
warrant against Judge Field was instigated
no doubt by the Governor of California, who
wrote that "the arrest of Hon. Stephen ].
Field, Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States, on tie unsupported oath Of
woman, who on the very day the oath was
taken, and often before, threatened his life,
will be burning disgrace to the State unless
disallowed."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-28

The latest discovery is that bank bills
swarm with bacteria. 1t is safe to predict,
however, that the great American public
will still continue to hang on to the bank
bills bacteria and ALL
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-28
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-28
BEST X THE W0HI D,
Further Great Cures OF Skin Diseases
by the Cuticura Remedies.


Boy one y mr. and half old. Face aud
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American House, Hogansburgh, N. Y.
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Broad Brook, Conn.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-28

The latest advice from Aroostook is that
the potato crop is all right there aud prom.
Uses big. With good crop in AroostooE and
in the provinces there is no reason to appre
bend that potatoes will be very high this fall
notwithstanding the crop in western and
central Maine is pretty near failure.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-28
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

at the Chestnut street church IN this citv
preached a sermon 10 Monmouth, last Sun
day, one hour and fifteen minutes long. This
is remarkable, but still more remarkable was
the fact that his audience did not get tired.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-28

On Thursday the town of Houton voted
37S votes to 6, to assist the Northern Aroos,
took railroad. This is surprise. for il was
supposed that there would be Considerable
opposition, as one OF the papers has yigor-
ously opposed the scheme for some time mast
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-28

Ellsworth has prospect OF having another
paper 1t is to be issued by stock Company.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-28

Boy one mr. and half old. Face and
body in a terrible conditions, being COW
cred with ssres. Sulphur springs fail.
Cured by CuticurR Remedies.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-11-06
EoREIoM INrELLloENcr.

A communication has been forwarded
to DR.. Peters by the German Emin relief
committee, recalling him from further
progress toward the interior Of Africa,
and instructing him to return home.
The French government has tempora-
rily deprived fifty-flve priests Of their
stipends, owing to the sermons preached
by them on the subject Of the recent
elections. f
A fire at London on the Slst ult de-
stroyed the establishment Of Westwood,
Baillie & Co., ship-builders. The loss
is estimated at s950,0O0
The members Of the Parnellite party
who have been travelling through Aus,
tralia have finished their tour and have
collected e2o,O to advance the Irish
cause. They will now go TO New Zea-
land.
Rev. DR.. o'Reilly, treasurer Of the
Irish National League Of America, has
handed TO the National League authori-
ties in Ireland the sum Of $4,000 col
lected in America. ttif
1t is said that the proceeds Of the tax
on beet sugar manufactured in Germany
for the coming year will reach the sum
Of 90, 600, 600 marks.
The new railway bridge across the
Firth Of Forth, one Of the most marvel
GUS pieces Of engineering Of the century,
is shortly TO be put 10 the test otcarry-
ing fifty locomotives hitched tog5ther
and travelling back and forth at varying
rates Of speed.
The municipal authorities Of Glasgow
have fixed the blame for the recent dis
aster by which nearly fifty lives were
lost. Responsibility for the catastrophe
attaches TO the owners Of the fallen
building, who placed Its foundation
above long disused coal uit.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-11-06

PLACE IN AMERICA to get BUSINESS EDUCATION
or learn Shorthand, is at. the ApEsCERIAN \
BuBINESS CpI.LEGE, Cleveland, o. Ftlth.
building, best foachers aud hoSL topfse X r.ldy.
Shorthand taught BY mail Fleggl .tI4ssa lNe
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-11-06

The shortage Of Cashier Cresson, Of the
Tradesmen's National Bank of Cohsho-
hocken, Pa, it is now stated will reach
nearly 100000 The bank is helplessly
involysd and will wilma up its affairs.
The depositors, however, will lose moth
ing, as the directors are responsible.
Nothing is known Of Cresson's where
abouts
In the Criminal Court at Scranton, Pa,
on the Sist ult., Patrick White was con-
victed Of robbing Thomas Carroll, Of "a
chew Of tobacco.
Rev. DR.. Libertus Won Bokkelen, a
well known retired Episcopal clergyman,
Of Buffalo, N. Y, was found dead in bed
at his home in that city on the 1st.
Heart disease was the supposed cause.
He was seventy-four years old.
: The will OF the late Henry J. Steere,
the Providence (R.I,) philanthropist,
bequeaths a fine residence, all his works
Of art and S1O0, 900 In cash to Charles H.
Atwood, his private secretary. Atwood
was formerly clerk in q restaurant and
was not related to Mr.. Steere. The house,
keeper gets $50, 900 and all the servants
are to receive 5000 each and house.
The passenger boat City Of Hudson
was burned while lying at Catskill Point,
N. Y, on the Sd. A lamp exploded
while the watchman, the only person on
board, was preparing breakfast. Loss
$500, 900.
Congressman John M. Wiley, OF tho
Thirty-third New York district, was
robbed Of $500 few days ago by George
Ewell, bell boy at the Genessee House
In Buffalo, N, Y. Ewell was arrested at
Syracuse. FAf
At Pittsburgh on the I'd the jury in
the case Of William E. Lee, charged
with the murder OF Contractor John t.
hatcher in August last, returned YER
dict Of murder in the second degree.
Following are the changes noted in
the weekly statement Of the New York
associated banks, issued on the I'd: Re-
serve decrease, $500; loans increase,
s75s, 200; specie increase, S547, 200; legal
tenders decrease; 1891, 100, deposits in
crease, S1,299,600; circulation increase,
$4,000. The banks held "a, 120, ,475 in ex.
cess Of the twenty-five per cent. rule.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-11-06
LATER.

A FIRE at Muskegon, Mich, on the
4th destroyed p. p. Leonard's dock and
lumber yard, Hovey & McCracken's and
the North Muskegon Shingle Company's
docks Hovey & McCracken lost their
mills, docks and 100000 or 1900, 900
feet OF lumber.
HIoHwAYsIEN entered the house Of
Rev. Roe at Dallas City, H., on the
night OF the Sd and robbed II OF many
yaluables. One OF the men stood 'ver
Mr.. Roe with revolver, compelling
him to keep his head covered with the
bedclothes.
AT meeting Of the New York Pres
bytery on the 4th the question whether
the Westminster confession OF faith
should be revised was decided In the
Affirmative.
THE convention OF the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers adjourned al
Denver, Col. on the 4th, TO meet in
Pittsburgh next year.
FATHER ELING, a well-known Meth.
odist missionary, died at New Bruins.
wick, N. j., on the 4th. He was known
all over New Jersey as the "canal mis-
sionary," having worked for years among
the boatmen on the canal.
AT public meeting held in Johns.
town, Pa, on the 4th a letter was drawn
up and signed, protesting to Governor
Beaver and the flood relief commission
against the distribution OF the relief
money and claiming that the wealthy
Of the funds. Charges Of favoritism are
made.
BY the breaking out OF molten iron
in the stack Of the Colebrook furnace
at Lebanon, Pa, ON the 4th, five labor.
ers we're killed and two others severely
injured. Some OF the victims weps
burned almost beyond recognition. The
hoisting shaft Of the furnace was do
stroyed.
The United States Supreme Court on
the 4th decided favorably on the motion
to advance the case OF Sheriff Cunning
ham against Deputy Marshal Nagle, who
shot and killed Judge Terry In California
last summer, but no definite date was
fixed for the hearing.
THE Michigan Supreme Court has de-
clared unconstitutional the act Of 1861
providing that adopted children could
Inherit from their foster parents. The
decision affects large number OF cases
In the State in which such heirship was
assumed.
AT the forty-three military education
al institutions in the United States there
are II, 1881 students, Of whom 5,79s at
tend military instruction.
The East Tennessee Land Company's
transactions, mention Of which has al
ready been made, is now entirely closed.
and is the larFesteyer made In theGouth.
II embraces 800, 900 acres Of land situated
on the line OF the Cincinnati Southern
railway. The consideration iss q, ,0oo. 900
and the capital OF tho company is fred
81 81, 900, ,OO0
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-11-06

were read Of reports OF the treasurer ana
corresponding secretary. The receipts
for the year were S77,5O4; expenditures
S67,sOO, Judge Hagens, Of Cincinnati,
and General Clinton b. Fiske spoke.
The south-bound Santa Fe passenger
train was wrecked near Brownwood,
Tex, on the Sd. Two rear chair cars,
filed with passengers, were thrown from
the track and rolled down fifteen
foot embanlment, landing bottom up.
Twenty persons were injured, four fa-
tally. ..-s.s. '---
An insane daughter Of Joseph Nc.
Meann, of Shelbyville, KY, on the I'd
attempted to take the lives Of the entire
family, consisting OF six persons, by put
ting Rough on Rats" in the coffee. She
partook as freely Of the poisoned coffee
as the other members Of the family,
confessed her deed, and declared her de.
sire to die and kill all the family. The
victims are in critical condition. ei
Joseph Fl. Brown, Of Fort Worth,
Texas, the heaviest Wholesale grocer
south OF st. Louis and west Of the Mis-.
sissippi, has assigned. Liabilities over
$500, 900; assets, $3.50, 900.
A perceptible shook Of earthquake
was felt on the I'd at st. Louis, Mo-, and
in Cairo and Jacksonville, III.
The general manager Of the Union
Pacific railroad has ordered an increase
in the wages Of engineers on the road
from SS.25 to SS,s5, and fremen from
s1.75 to s9.sb per run Of hundred miles.
Engineer Seth Twombley. and Con-
ductor Buford were indicted at Chicago
on the I'd charged with the murder Of
the seven victims Of the Rock Island
railroad disaster at Englewood, III,
White Sheriff Reynolds and two as
sistants were taking eight Apache In
dians and one Mexican TO the Yuma
penitentiary In Arizona on,the I'd, they
were attacked by the prisoners near
Riverside and were killed. The Indians
then robbed their victims, took their
arms and ammunition and escaped.