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ATrIbute 10 ltedmondt.

The Boston Journal pays this compliment
to aedmondt, the Portland tenor. who ap-
parsl in Boston Tuesday night In the Juch
Opera Company performance:
"We can readily understand, after the sing
Ing OF HrdmOndt last evening in the Post
illi0n OF LODjumeau," why its production
was postponed from last week. 1t was said
that he had achieved success In II abroad,
and we we're assured that his illness Of last
week was responsible. ~ large extent, for
the somewhat unfavorable criticisms he had
been receiving. This can be readily under
stood after last evenings performances.
From the very moment Of his entrance. from
the very first notes, which were given clear
ly and with more volume and beauty OF tone
than had been expected, we were led 10
wonder II we were dreaming. Surely the
cnanse war, anted such reflections.
1T Is evident that Hedmondt is at home in
the 'Post.lnOn, and he certainly achieved
success which II Is great pleasure TO voice.
On hiln was the chief support Of the entire
performance, and the encouragement ne re-
ceiVed from the audience only urged MIN 70
greater efforts, and at the end OF the cele.
DRAFTED 'Postillion' song he was the Ieclplent
OF loud and long-continued applause when
amounted TO an ovati1n. ~ was wei deliv-
ered, and his action as wei as MS singing ~
the entire opera was so much more spi.tted
and real than anything be has done before
that IL was specially noticeable and ala the
more 10 be commended.
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A New Departure,

Our readers have undoubtedly noticed the
advertisement Of the fair to be given under
the auspices of the ladies of st. Stephens
church at City Hall next Tuesday afternoon
and evening. The ladies Of this church have
an enviable reputation for the handsome ar
ticles they have always had tor sale, and
this year will undoubtedly be up to the
standard and they thus be assured Of the
liberal patronage always bestowed. For
this church. however. to give an entertain
ment which is to be the case in the evening,
conneeti n W th the fair, is an innovation
q I'd that 1t will be good one goes without
saying, and very many novel and interesting
features may be expected.
The question of the supper TO be served
from 6 to 7.3O should not be overlooked, and
it would be good thing for our business
men to have their families meet them at the
hall. and they thus help to some extent In
liquidatng the bills for the extensive re-
pairs on the church, which is considered as
handsome as any in the city and from its 10
cation certainly an ornament to Portland;
for which purpose the proceeds Of the fair
are to be given.
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The Immediate Transportation
Rond

Yesterday the importers were informed
that the Boston & Maine had furnished an
immediate transportion bond. The railroads
bond ran out about two years ago, and since
that time in order to import goods our mer-
chants have been obliged to proceed to New
York or Boston and after waiting until the
goods were appraised, to pay the duties and
get the goods. This was inconvenient as
we'll as expensive. By the immediate trans
portation, without appraisements, the goods
are at once placed in bonded car and ship
ped to the importer. Then they can be ap-
praised aud taken or placed In bonded
warehouse and removed only as re-
quired. In case the goods should be reship-
ped out Of the country they would 60 from
the warehouse without paying duty thus
saving no inconsiderable expense. The
Portland Board of Trade were chiefly instru-
mental in inducing the road to assume the
bond. Nearly year ago Mr.. Furber drew
up the first bond and handed 1t to the direc-
tors.
The senior director dying, the matter was
delayed. Again it was drawn up. and again
the death of the senior director rendered the
bond invalid. But at last Mr.. Furber sue
ceeded in putting the matter through, aud
the Boston & Maine immediate transpor ta.
tion, without appraisement, bond was ac-
cepted by the treasury department on Nov.
LET
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MOUNTAINOUS Confirme

J. Addison Sproul. Centre Montyille.
Gilbert b. Sanborn, Machiasport.
Geo. A. Tobey, South Norridgewock.
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1t Is not always the man who tyrannizes
over the household. The Lewiston Advo-
cate reports that on Tuesday drunken Eng
lishwoman In that city assailed her husband
with a red hot poker, drove her children out
of doors and raised Ned generally. She Is
the mother Of six children and the youngest
Is about year and a half old,
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New JerusaIem entertainment.

Remember the attractions at City Hall TO-
night. Besides readings by Mrs. Moseley
and Miss Carrie Chase. There are solos by
Miss Greeley, Messrs.John aad Frank Shaw.
Thurston and Elliott Mitchell; duet by
Misses Knight and Kicker, and quartette
by these two ladies. assisted by DIR. Nicker-
son and Mr.. johnson. Other good musicians
fill the chorus, and Mr.. Edwar Paine is ac-
companist. Plenty of pretty fancy articles
are offered for old and young, and children
are especially invited to invest their pennies
in the afternoon in the freight which a
steam car on a miniature track will bring
them. Supper from s to 7o'cloek. Reserved
seats at Stockbridge's.
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ball striking him in the vicinity Of the heart,
but fortunately met a rib and glanced, In
flicting severe but not fatal wound, and
Ladd finally regained his usual health, as 1t
was supposed.
Worcester was indicted by the grand Jury
for assault with dangerous weapon. The
jury stood eleven to one for entire acquittal,
but finally comprmispd in finding Worcester
guilty. Of simple assault, and the court dis
charged Worcester with fine Of $40 and no
costs.
The sequel OF the case now appears-18
years after. Ladd, who was q soldier, ap-
piled for and received pension with liberal
back pay on account OF disability, resulting
from fever and ague contracted while In the
army, but subsequently applied for an in
crease on account Of a wound received, as it
Is alleged, In the army, and IL Is reported got
a witness to testify that this Worcester
wound was received In the army In the line
of duty. The United States officials have
been investigating the case for some time,
and as result have arrested Ladd and the
witness.
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A Queer Pension Case

A case assigned for the United States Dis
trict Court yesterday afternoon was United
States VS.. f. w. Ladd of Dexter The
Dexter Gazette" explains the case as fol-
lows:
In the fall of 1871 an unpleasantness be-
tween Ladd and G. Jerome Worcester cul-
minated in a fracas on Spring street, near
the residence of j. X. Herring. Ladd, who
was much stronger man than Worcester,
struck Worcester first, and was again ad-
vancing toward him when Worcester drew n
revolver. This he discharged at Ladd, the
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Weather Observations.

The following are the United States Signal
Service observations for yesterday, Decem-
Der 18th, taken at 8 p. M, 10Th meridian time
the observations for each station being given
in this order: Temperature, direction of the
wind, state of the weather.
Boston, $50, w, cloudy; New York. 4So.
SW. cloudless Philadelphia, 4So, NV, cloud
less; Washington, AZ, calm, cloudless; Buf-
falq, a., :, clondless; lss !; ~ Cleveland, 5O'.
Chicago, 5O', SN,. cloudless; St Paul. $50,
W, cloudless; Duluth, 3Os, NV, cloudless !;
st. Vincent g. below. N. cloudless; Bis
marck. G., NV. cloudless; Jacksonville, 56o,
NE, cioudless.
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The annual meeting of the Waterville
Young Mems Christian Association occurred
Tuesday evening. +. b Philbrick was re-
G. A. Carpenter treasurer, and Fl. K. Dun
ham recording secetsry F. A. Wing FL. r.
DuDham and A. T. Hawsou, whose terms
expires this year, were reelected trustees,
and i. S. DOllOff. a new member of the
board. The financial dondtion is also good
for an organization depending wholly upon
public charity for support, the treasurer
reporting that the year ending Dec. 81 will
find the association about $125 in debt.
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BUCKET Shop Methods,

uUONCt SFfOP FsfCtTfcUS'
AUGUSTA. December 12.-The Blackhall
embezzlement trial was resumed today and
Blackhall was put on the stand, and ex-
amined by the county attorney and Mr..
Brown. He denied using any money of
Kinsey & Co., improperly. What he used
outside the Office expenses was due him by
the bucket shop usage to scalpers. A rigid
examination made a complete exposure Of
the bucket shop procedure to swindle the
public.
The case went to the jury at 3.45 Tie
jury were out so minutes. A verdict of
guilty of embezzement was returned. Sem
tence will be given duri ng the present term
of court
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Civil Service Examination.

The semi-annual examination of appli-
cants for positions as clerk, carrier and mes
senger at Portland post office, will be held
Tuesday, February A, 1890. Application
blanks may be obtained of the secretary of
the examining board at the post office, and
must be completed and returned by January
A. as under new regulation of the Civil
Service Commission no applications can be
received within 20 days of date of an exam
ination. Applicants for clerk examination
must be IS years of age, and for carrier be-
tween 81 and 40.
This examination does not include appli-
cants for railway mail service positions.
C. Z. JELLIsoN, Sec.
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The Firs. National sank Fire.

1t appears that the fire at the First Nation
al Bank had obtained greater headway
than was supposed. Yesterday morning
hole was discovered in the banking room
floor through which the fire had eaten from
the waste-room beneath, and all the papers
in desk above 1t were badly scorched. A
few moments more and the building would
have been atlame.
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VIII Help Collect the Revenue.

Inc portsmouth Chronicle says:
internal Revenue Collector French has
made the following appointments:
f.; w. Guptill OF Saco, Me-, to be stamp deputy
for Maine. He is lawyer and was member of
the 3 I'd Ma ne regiment
George ii Adams of Plymouth, N H. IN ne
deputy collector. He is lawyer " '''' w W
Col. III. Dow of Conway to be deputv co,-
at the office here. '
Seward s. steans of Norway. Me-, TO be depu.
tv collector for the western division of Mafue
He is lawyer.
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STATE TOPICS oeINTERssr.

The great water power at the waterworks
dam In Bangor has been kept from use for
long time by disagreement between the
Egery heirs and the city. A movement Is
now made to leave the matter out 10 arbi-
traitors. The heirs consent to this, but the
city has not yet consented. Hon. William l..
Putnam Is counsel for the Egerys.
1t Is not always the man who tyrannizes
over the household. The Lewiston AdvO-
cate reports that on Tuesday drunken Eng
lishwoman in that city assailed her husband
with red hot poker, drove her children out
of doors and raised Ned generally. She Is
the mother Of six children and the youngest
Is about year and half old.
Hon. L. M. Goodell, w. j. Philpot and w.
Il. Bennett will leave Sanford the 28th inst,
fot trip to Florida, where they will spend
the winter In cunning and fishing on Indian
river. aboard Mr.. GoodalPs yacht, the E. M.
G. The Z. NJ. g. Is the smallest craft that
ever made the passage from Norfolk, Va, TO
Florida, being but thirty-two feet long, eight
feet beam and five feet hold.
The noted franklin county wool cases
growing out Of the failure OF the great Bos-
ton Wholesale firm of Brown, Steess & CLARK.
received another airing this week at Farm
ingtnn, when Maxwell, the Bangor wool buy
IT, who was 20 heavily hit by the failure, ar
rived In town accompanied by his attorney.
Hon. Thomas w. Vose Of Bangor. and q
hearing at once opened before Clerk OF
Courts Josiah II. Thompson, who took the
disclosure Of Andrew Oroswell. who with
George w Davis purchased large amount
Of wool through the county, which was In
tended to be disposed OF to the failed firm.
The noble red man has always been famed
for bluntness Of speech. At the trial OF
Agent MuDson for depressing the Passama-
qu0ddies, the counsel for Munson called at
tentIon Of the Indian plaintiffs to the fac.
that the names on their petitions for an in
vestigatlOn numbered less than iity, while
ne held In his hand petition to the Cover
nor and Council to retain Mr.. MuEson In his
psesent position signed by ifty-ive members
Of the tribe. "How do you account for
this?" he asked Of Mr.. Gabrielle. That
they were bought" quickly replied the In
dian.
Mr.. Amos l.. Allen. Of Alfred. who has
become Speaker Reeds private secretary,
was classmate Of Mr.. Reed, In BOwdOin
College, both OF them graduating In the class
CT 60. From the time Of graduating till he
was admitted to the bar In May. 1864. Mr.
Allen taught school, read law with Messrs.
Appleton Il Goodnow. attended the COlum-
bia law school at Washington, and was clerk
In the United States treasurer department
In 1869 he became messenger In the National
House Of Representatives; but resigned In
1870, having been elected clerk OF courts for
York county, This position he held for
the lower branch OF the State legislature.
Mr.. Allen has had wide experience In polti-
cal affairs. and Is a man OF the soundest
Judgment. Mr.. Reed could not possibly
have made better selection for his confden-
tial secretary.
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SIIcott,s Successor.

DEs MONIES, Ia, December 12.-W. G..
Shirtleff. of Waterloo, Ia, has been appoint
ed to tine position made vacant by the defal-
cation of Cashier Silcott, and left for Wash
ington last night to enter upon his duties.
He is about 80 years old, and has been chair
man of the Republican county central COM
mittee for several years.
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Ways and Means.

WASHINGTON, December 12.-Ths first
was held this morning and the organization
pointed:
;, Public debt, funding and payment thereof
MsssrS. Mchlniey, Dlngley and Carlisle.
Messrs. Burrows, Payne and Mills
Admendmets to customs lawS~Messrs Rayne
LaFallette and Mcmillan.
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ship was now COS that the treasury was low,
though the association had the best Of back
ing, and that the September fair at Mystic
The following officers were elected Presi-
dent, b. S. Whitcomb of Boston vice presi-
dents, representing Maine, c. FL. Nelson of
Waterville and +. Fl. Briggs of Auburn;
secretary, j. r. Graham; treasurer, S. w.
ParIin
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On the kortharn Pacific.

TACOMA, December 12.-The strike on the
the Cascade division of the Northern Paci-
fic railroad is not settled. The men are con-
fdent of winning. Not single freight
the strike began. A large quantity of bond
ed freight is piled upon side tracks for dis
tance of 253 miles. If the strike is not set
tied today the outlook will be serious.
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BATH, December 1.-THE most prominent
society event which has occurred in Bath
for some time is the wedding of DR.. Geo. E.
Percy of Salem, Mass, and Miss Helen
Richardson of Bath, which took place,
Wednesday evening, at the residence of Mr..
James H. Mcclellan on Washington street.
The ceremony took place in the east parlor,
Rev. A, +, Dunnells officiating,
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Direct from the North Polo.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, December 12-Observer
Lyons of the signal service, reports a cold
wave more than thousand miles wide ap-
prorching from The North Pole. Ats p. m.
all the territory north of Montana and Da-
kota and most of Minnesota had tempera-
ture of 90 to 14S below zero. The wave will
probably be of considerable duration.
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The RockIand and Camden.

AUGUSTA, December 12.-The railroad
commissioners have approved the location
of the Roekland, Rockport & Camden rail-
road as far as Maverick street in Rockland,
but deny that part of the location prayed for
which was parallel with the Lime Rock Rail
road from that point to the connection with
the Knox & Lincoln Railroad.
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Election In Chicago.

CHICAGO. December 12.-TJday's election
to decide the control of the newly created
board Of nine water way commissioners has
probably resulted In the choice Of three
Democrats, three independent Democrats
and three independent Republicans,
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New England Horse Breeders

The annual bueiness meeting of the New
England Association of Trotting Horse
Breeders was held In Chickering hall We'd
nesday. Vice President j. r. Farnum pre-
siding. 1t was reported that the member
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France, England and Canada.

nesty declared Ia Crete, 20 Christians were
recently brought before the authorities theIe
In chains ahd beaten with canes.
France, England and Canada.
OTTAWA. Ont, December IL Judging
from the reports reaching here from Paris,
there appears 10 be strong reason fer beliey-
ing that the appeals for protection which
the French Canadians have made TO France
are likely 70 be productive Of results not
looked for In political circles In Canada. The
French government. IL Is understood, have
determined to look into the question fully as
TO how far the terms upon which Canada
was ceded 70 Great Britain by France, have
been carried out, and whether there has
been any Infringement upon concessions
made to the French-speaking population at
the time the treaty was signed. The p0lltl-
cal atmosphere In Canada Is anything but
re-assuring just now, and an open rupture
between the two nationalltles Is not beyond
the range Of possibility.
a Dinner TO Stanley.
ZANZIBAR, December II - The British
Steam Navigation Company today gave q
luncheon to Henry IN, N: Stanley. Stanley
rapid growth and prosperity OF East Africa.
LONDON, December I2.-The Queen has
sent cable despatch to Mr.. Stanley In
which she says: my thoughts are after
you and your brave followers, whose hard
ships and dangers are az an end. i again
congratulate you all, including the Zauzibaris
wis displayed such devotion and fortitude
during your marvellous expedition. trust
Emin Pasha Is making favorable progress"
Won by the Americans.
OTTAWA, Ont, December 12.-The inter-
national cness tournament Of sixty players q
side, between Canada and the United States,
conducted by correspondence. was won by
the Americans, the score standing 3it games
TO 19A.
Foreign Notes.
The Zanzibar people who accompanied
Stanley have received presents from the
sultan.
ParnelI Is better. and says he win speak at
Nottingham next week.
The printers In Berne have struck for more
pay.
The influenza is spreading through Ger
many.
The Donaldson line has completed arrange
ments for a direct service during the winter
between Halifax and Glasgow.
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THE w EATHER


Fair.
SIGNAL OFFICE, WAR DEPT, \
WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
December 12, 1889, 8 p. m.
The following is the forecast of the wealth
er for New England till pm. today:
Fair weather, southwesterly winds, warm
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is nov, at the Falmouth Hotel and will remain
until further notice. Room 34 Office hours
I to 2.30 and Z to o'clock p. m. This is
Prof. Browns 14th annual VISIT to Portland.
His BUSINESS has steadily grown until now
i takes him about. fifth of the year, to do
his work here No goods furnished until
after careful examination, and every
pair of spectacles made 10th with reference
to remedying all errors of refraction and accomo-
dation and the individual shape of the patients
face: He also has large stock of the best
artificial eyes.
PORTLAND, 1888.
We the undersigned have employed Prof.
Brown, for long time, and since u.ing the
spectacles he has adjusted our vision has been
much more satisfactory and comfortable than
formerly.
Mr. and Mrs II. P. ingalls,, 23l High street;
Mr.. and Mrs. j @ Proctor, 1923 Congress street;
Mrs. j. NJ. jordan, l05 Pine street;
Mr.. and Mrs. 4. N Greely, 66 Quebec street;
Miss Mary @. Beal, 143 Franklin street;
Miss Phlneas Aver. 169 Danforth street;
Mr.. Chas. Barker 81 Clark street;
Mrs. Geo. d. Perry, 17S Clark street;
Mrs. A. p. Mcclellan. 10 Congressstreet;
Mrs. L. True, Quincy street;
Mr. John G. wilson. IA Winter street;
Mr.. and Mrs Rnbt. Pierce, 1T Grant street;
Mrs. G. b. Murch, II Oak street.
no27 eodtf
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Robert Browning, poet and dramatist,
was educated at the University Of London
His first attempt at poetry was pauline" a
tale in verse published In 1885. Since then
he has written many works including several
dramas. Browning's poetry has won him
many admirers and "BrOwning's Clubs" for
the study of the poets works are common
over all the English speaking world. Much
Of his life has been spent on the continent
His wife, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, the
faH ft.1
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Ordination at Machias.

MACHIAs, December 12.-Charles F. Clarke
was ordained pastor of the Centre street
church and the edifce, after extensive re-
pairs and changes, was rededicated yester-
day afternoon and evening. The ordination
sermon was delivered by Rev. Mr.. McCully,
of Calais, charge to the pastor by Rev. T. D.
Avery, of Columbia, Conn. Ten clergymen
and large congregation were present.
Rev. Mr.. Waldron May Remain.
BIDDEFoRD, December 12.-Rev. o. w.
Waldron, who recently resigned the pastor
ate of the Saco Free Baptist church has re-
ceived the unanimous request of the parish
to remain. He may withdraw his resigna
ton.