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FIGHTING FAMINE.

Dakota and Canadian Northwest Set
tiers Living on Rats and Horses.
Dry, hot winds in portions Of the extreme
north of Dakota, near the boundary line,
have played havoc with the crops, and farm
ers are reduced to eating field rodents, go
pliers, etc., for subsistence.
The crop in the Canadian Northwest Will
be nil. A party of emigrants at the bound
ary line from the Souris Country, said they
had Travelled three hundred miles through
well settled country on the Canadian side
without seeing fair crop, and say great
many settlers are leaving their land to drive
their cattle to timbered country on this
side.
Some Of the families looked famine stricken
and had eaten nothing but potatoes and tur-
nips for some months. They were afflicted
With scurvy and were sacrificing themselves
to save their cattle. At one place, NORTH
west from Turtle Mountain; family
of English emigrants, who were travelling
back to the mountains, had killed and were
eating q Young colt. The suffering in that
isolated region will be awful, and those who
have means will leave in such numbers as to
depopulate the Canadian Northwest. They
are new settlers in that country anil have no
resource but the wheat crop.
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A Novel Wedding.

A very unique marriage was celebrated
in Squire Hanser's Office the other after|
noon, the Squire officiating. The brloI
was Miss Jessie Troeger, who obtaine|
some celebrity two years ago by leadlnI
a strike of mattresses in RockweH's RED
taurant. She is twenty years old. Th|
groom was Charles z. Adams, bettd
known in the dime-museum world as sth
Ar1nless Wonder. He was born wlthoY
those useful members of the body, and
in lieu of better and more pro6tab1,
means of livelihood, hired himself out 4
dime museums. Adams is now abo1
thirty years of age, and, barring the lac|
of arms, is fine specimen OF physlcd
beauty.
The absence of arms is little felt by th
Wonder, however, for he has become yef|
expert with his toes and mouth. Heca
thread q needle or write neat lettd
with the former, while with the latter b
paints dainty little pictures, decorate
chinaware, etc., holding the brush bd
tween his teeth.
When the couple entered the 'squire|
Office yesterday and said they wanted &
be united in wedlock that official wd
perplezed for awhile. -.
"How can you join hands2" he aske1
bluntly,. pointing to Adams.
"Oh, that is easy enough" said Il
pretty bride, who stood fully three head
shorter than the groom. And 81
reached up and grasped the stump OF ~
undeveloped left arm with her rigf
hand. -.
"See," she said, as she stood smiling
ly on her tip-toes.
"But the ring. How can he put II
marriage ring on your fnger?"
"In this way" said Adams, and the q
tonished officials in the 'Squire's cou}
were thunderstruck to see the circlet
gold between the armless mans teetl
Bending his head he deftly slipped
over the girls finger.
Satisfied that the couple understood
their business, the Squire went ahea
and performed the ceremony.
After being made man and wi
Adams sat down, and, slipping the shi
off his right foot. disclosing a stockl5f
with the front of the foot cut OH,
reached into his vest pocket with his
and brought out roll of bills. sele
ing a SIS note, he rendered it as sfe
and, putting on his shoe, went away, 4
little wife sticking close to him.-G
ciinaati Enquirer.
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THE FEDERAL OFFICES.
A Batch of Appointments by Presi.
dent Harrison.

"A D'@sSA "a appointments Dy FreSl-
dent Harrison.
The President the other day made the fol.
lowing appointments:
William Rule, Of Tennessee, to be Pension
Agent at Knoxville.
William A. Richards, of Wyoming, to be
Surveyor-General of Wyoming.
Boetius H. Sullivan, Of Dakota, to be Sur.
veyor-General of Dakota.
10 be registers of land Offices; Charles q.
Cornell, Of Nebraska, at Valentine, Neb. :;
Edward P. Champin, Of Wyoming, at Chey.
enne; Martin j. Wright, Of California, at
Visalia, CAL; John A. McBeth, of Colorado
at Denver,
To be receivers Of public moneys: Robert
L. Freeman, Of California, at Visala; Leroy
Grant, of Wyoming, at Cheyenne
To be Indian agents: T. j. Buford, OF
Oregon, at the S1etz Agency in Oregon;
John P. McGlinn, Of Washington Territory,
at the Neah Bay Agency in Washington
Territory; D. J. N. Wood at the Ponca,
Pawnee, Otoe and Oakland Agencies in thu
Indian Territory.
N. NJ. Hurley, Of Indiana, to be Third
Auditor Of the Treasury.
]. 81. Franklin, Of Kansas, to be Deputy
Second Auditor Of the Treasury.
John Fehrenbatch, Of Ohio, to be Supervis-
District (CincinnatD.
Charles NJ Levy, Of California, to be Ap-
praisor Of Merchandise in the District of Cal
ifornia.
To be Collectors of Customs Franklin B..
Goss, Of Mass, for the District of Barnsta-
BILE, Mass; William CASTOR Henderson, Of
Miss, for the District of Pearl River, Miss. ;
N. Wright Cuney, Of Tex, for the District
Of Galveston, Tex; Henry D. B..Clay, of
Va, for the District of Newport News, Va.
To be Collectors Of Internal Revenue
James D. Brady, of Virginia, for tho Second
District of Virginia; P. B. McCaull Of Vir-
sinia, for the Sixth District of Virginia;
Joseph W. Burke, of Texas, for the third
District of Texas.
James J. Dickerson, of Texas, to be Mar
shal Of the United States, for the Eastern
District of Texas. -. ..,- b..
Milton G. ElsMer, Of Louisiana, to be At
torney Of the United States for tho Western
District Of Louisiana.
To be Consuls Of the United States-Evans
Blake of Illinois, at Crefcld; Henry G. Fisk,
Of Vermont, at st. Johns, Canada; Jasper P.
Bradley, Of West Virginia, at Southampton;
Eugene Q. Fechet, of Michigan, at Piedras
Negras, Mexico; Archibald J. Sampson, Of
Colorado, at Paso del Nortes, Mexico; Horace
&. Pugh, of Indiana, at Newcastle. England.
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AN OHIO DAM BREAKS.
A Portion OF the Hooking Valley Laid
Waste.

a Portion Of the Hooking Valley Laid
Waste.
One Of the most disastrous storms eve,
known in the Hooking Valley, Of Ohio, cul.
minated in the breaking Of Sharp's dam at
Sugar Grove, on the Hooking Camel. The
dam held in store large body Of water that
supplied the lower levels Of the canal. Tho
heavy rains had filled the reservoir
to the banks, when suddenly the dam gave
way, and with a mighty roar the sea Of
water went cut through the valley, taking
with it every movable object. For twenty
miles tie soil was plowed up. Trees, fences,
crops and hundreds Of heads Of live stock
have been swept away.
No lives were lost, because the people had
taken warning and because the houses are sit
mated on the bluff that ovcrloolls tbs valley.
But the canal for miles is wreck, and thou
sands of feet of railroad track were washed
away. AtAthens the Cincinnati, Washington
and baltimore and Hooking Valley railroad
tracks were carried away. Roads and
bridges were ruined, and the whole valley
for miles looked like a dry watercourse.
Competent judges placed the loss in the hum
tIrctIs cf thnuscn6S.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

VERDI, the composer, is seventy-four.
QUEEN VICTORIA is an enthusiast in gar.
dening.
GOVERNOR: FORAKER is a graduate Of
Cornell
GENERAL W. T. SIBERIAN is sixty-nine
years old.
One o. the Presidents favored amusements
is ten pins.
JULES GEEvy, the French statesman, is
sighty-one.
PRINCE B1sMARcK's doctor has again taken
away MS pipe.
MRS. GARFIELD, widow of the President,
will spend next winter in Washington.
TIE Empress Augusta Victoria, Of Ger
many, has embraced the Catholic faith.
The Emperor of Japan is allowed So, 500,-
300 year for his household de partlnent.
ALBERT BRISBANE, in his eightieth year,
has just finished an exploring tour in
Africa.
PROFESSOR MATTER, Of Amherst College,
has been in the service Of that institution for
thirty years.
THE Duchess of Marlborough, accompanied
by her husband, is coming to America some
time this fall
TIE best dressed and "best groomed" man
in the British House of Commons is said to
be Joseph Chamberlain.
SIR SPENCER ST. joan, British Minister to
Mexico, has returned to London after an ab-
sence Of forty-one years.
The Earl of Zetland, the new Viceroy Of
Ireland, enjoys an income, salary included,
Of about SS75, 900 per year.
SIR CHARLES RUSSELL, the great English
incr hoe hQr
whiskers and heavy eyebrows.
ROBERT HAMIERLING, whose death is an
nounced at Gratz, was hfty-seven years OF
age. He was Austria's greatest living poet.
The English Government has granted to
the widow of Professor r. A. Proctor a pen
sion of $500 in consideration of his scientific
, services.
CLAUS SpaGcxELs has already made $780,
in Hawii and importing and refining sugar
in the United States.
HIsAYA IwAsAK1, student Of the uni
versity Of Pennsylvania, is son of the rich
est man in Japan. He has gone home to be
presented to the Mikado.
MRS. FRANCES HoDGsoN BURNETT, the
novelist, is to be paid s750O year for editing
the children's department of q syndicate OF
English and American papers.
THE fortune of John Jacob Astor, Of New
York, the richest man in the country, is now
estimated at S100, 100000. he is about
seventy years Of age and a widower.
GEORGE B. ROBERTS, who is at the head
of the great Pennsylvania Railroad, Is small
man with wonderful head for facts and fig
ures. Heis Of Scotch descent and about fifty
years old, although he looks somewhat
younger.
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CURIOUS FACTS.
Russia has fixed doctors charges.

Russia has fixed doctors charges.
The art of letter writing is now in it
decline.
Women carry forty or fifty miles q
hair about on their heads.
The average Of human life in Flome1
under Caesar, was eighteen years. Nov
it is forty. % 4
A colored man at Albany, Ga, ha4
served no less than twenty y-one terms q
Jail for fighting.
A Pennsylvania baker committed suiI
eide because his bread was bad thre1
times in succession.
William Lincoln, who lives near Graf
ton, W. Va, has cat that plays witt
rats but is death to snakes.
On dead pull, being put in harnes
one of Barnum's elephants lately drew
load weighing over four tons.
Hereafter dogs in England win moi
have their ears cut. If they do they win
not be admitted to any dog show.
The Constitution of South Dakota conf
tains $4,000 words The Constitution
of the United States contains 5000.
It is estimated that the progeny %
q single pair of English sparrows for teI
years will be 275, ,616, ,9s3, ,69s birds.
An advertisement in a London papel
offers 'to pay a fair price for second
hand tooth brushes and cast-off old
teeth"
The Oriental gifts sent by the Sultai
of Morocco to Kaiser William the Second
turn out to have been manufactured u
Germany.
A quarry of paving stone in which thI
slabs are streaked with red, white and
blue, has been discovered near Mes
hoppen, Wyoming County, Penn.
The farmers and shepherds Of the Eng
lish moors declare that more grouse arI
killed annually in England by the tele|
graph wires than by all the sportsmen.
A horse lying down on railroad tract
is more dangerous obstruction thanhai|
a dozen COWS, while the engineer isn't
bit worried over dozen hogs or asscoII
of sheep. &
Jose de Ia Rosa, an old painter at Sal
Diego, Cal, is 100 years old. BE wa|
sent by General Santa Anna to Monterel
to start paper in 1888. BE still has
wonderful memory and the control Of q
his faculties.
Cambria, the term applied to the fines
and thinnest of linen fabrics, takes II
name from Cambria, town in Franc
where such goods were first made. Cam
brio is pure linen. There are, of COURSE
imitation cambrics made of fine muslin
such as Scotch cambrics.
An inscription dated the year $40 aftelI
the founding Of Rome has been discovered
at Capua. It contains DEGREES OF thI
elders of villages in the neighborhoo}
and will be of value in studying the pro-
vincial government under Rome OF thai
ancient seat of Greek colonists.
The manager of dime circus recentl3
showing in Camden. N. J., gave admid!
sion tickets for cats, which he fed to thI
few scrawny beasts he carries. Small boy
went on hunts for. cats, and many pet
disappeared, till the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals put o stol
to the game.
When Charles Darwin, the naturalist
after five years. absence on his voyagI
in the Beagle, walked into the lane lead
ing to his garden, his huge Enghs]
mastiff spied him at long distance; and
barking loudly, ran up to him. ~
Darwin, in after years, often said tfa|
this was as sweet welcome home as a
had ever received. ~
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CAVE.IN OVER A MINE.
Many Foundations Cracked-An E1-
plosion Causes Loss Of Life.

Many Foundations Crackeo-An Tx
plosion Causes Loss Of Life.
A cave-in occurred in hyde Park, Penn,
over vein of the Central mine. Over
six acres of ground were affected,
and the Fifth Ward public school build
ing was badly damaged. Fully dozen
private residences have cracked foundation 10
walls and jammed doors as a result OF the
cave-in. Large fssures may be seen In the
earth, and in the centre Of the affected dis
trict the earth has settled fully ten feet. The
damage cannot be estimated: Within tn the
mine six chambers were affected by the
cave-in, and the miners and their laborers are
unable to proceed with their work.
During the afternoon, while number OF
men were removing the rock and coal from the
chambers closed by the cave-in Of the morn,
ing, the lamp of one Of the laborers ignited
the mine gas and frightful t explosion ahd,1 fol
were killed, and four others were frightfully
burned.
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4 Natural Bed Of Shoe Backing

natural bed of q substance resembh1
shoe blacking has been discovered
Rush Valley, Utah. Analysis shows tn
it contains Is per cent, carbon. "a p
cent. aluminium, and 30 per cent. cla11
when properly applied to leather it pr
duces a fine polish that is not easily q
stroYed -~.
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Two Chickens From One Egg,

A curious feature of ornithology is
ported from lexington, Yorkshire, Ems
where a hen has hatched two chlcke
from one egg, both chickens being in
perfect state, except that they are ION
together on one side of the membranes
the wing. Beyond this they walk abe
and feed in the usual manner.
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HOADLEY'S TRIPLE MURDER
He Kills His Wife and Her Father
and Then Commits Suicide.

Hiram Hoadley, Jr., murdered his wife,
her father, at Byron, Ohio, and then killed
himself. He had been married three years. but
a year ago his wife left him and returned
to her father. Recently she applied for
divorce. This act made Hoadley insanely re-
vengeful. During the morning. he secreted
himself near the house where his wife was
living, and as she came out to milk cows he
shot her three times Mr.. Newman, her
father, ran out and was also shot three
times.
Hoadley then pursued the mother and
younger sister of his wife, but they escaped;
He then returned to where the two dead
bodies of his victims lay, and, lifting up his
wife's body, fired two more shots into it and
then shot himself dead.
Hoadley had three revolvers on his person,
and it is thought that he intended to kill the
entire Newman family. He was once a
prominent politician of Williams County
and prosperous and respected citizen.
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SIX MEN LYNCHED.
Horsethieves and Murderers Hung by
Indignant Citizens.

HOfSethieVeS anu hur0crcrS Hung by
Indignant Citizens.
Several days ago Samuel Dedrick, Of Albu-
querque New Mexico, had number Of
horses stolen. A posse started in pursuit and
when they met the thieves battle took
place. The leader Of the band was killed
Three others were captured and taken to
Kelly, Socorro County, and confined in a
house.
During the night a gang Of masked men
surrounded the place and took tho men from
the guard, hanging them to tIeo and rid
ding the bodies with bullets. The mon lynched
were Mexicans, and desperate
Bill Snow, colored man Of Hinton, W.
Va, who had killed constable the day be-
fore was taken from Jail and ly1lchcd.
Joseph and Gabe Webster, who assisted in
the murder of D. Pitts OH the Pantheon PLAN
tation Miss have been lynrhed
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IT appears that the whole number OF Off
cials now protected by the Civil Service rules
is q, ,597, Of which number s212 are in the de-
partmental service, 2298 rein the customs SER
vice, II, 767 in the postal service and $500 IN
the "a ilway mail service.
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TREASURER W. r. THOMPSON, Of the Penn
sylvania State Relief Commission, is distrt
6uting $500, 900 among the needy of the Cone
naucS Valley food sufferers.
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THE granite Tor inc now Congressional LS-
brary Building, at Washington, will be cut
at Concord, N. q. 1t is estimated that it
will require 500 to 1000 men four years to
complete the work. This is probably the
largest granite contract ever let by the Gov
ernment
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TIE Massachusetts, census for 1880 showi
that there are in the State 1913 professed au'
thors of whom 900 are male and 423 female
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MAJOR MILLER, of the Engineer Corps, il
charge Of the improvement of tho Mississippi.
River between the Ohio and Illinois Rivers.
reports that tie plan of general Improvement
contemplates reduction Of the river to ar
approximate width of $500 feet below st.
Louis and estimates that 81, ,O00 600 can be
proftably expended during the next fiscal
year
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-24
Accidents.

Yesterday forenoon, George II. Brown, a
slater. fell from the roof of Mr.. Adams's
house. on Bracket, at the head of Walker
street. The distance to the ground was
about 30 feet. The man was badly shaken
up and two of his ribs were broken. He was
taken to his home on Lincoln street in Rich's
ambulance.
A boy named Lewis Richards fell off the
piazza at Trefethens Landing, breaking his
arm in two places
The young son of Mr.. James Mullany was
kicked in the face by vicious horse Sunday.
splitting the upper lip. A physician was
called and several stitches taken in the
wound.
Yesterday morning Thomas Pennell who
is employed in A. Little & Co.'s dry goods
store, while unloading a box of goods fell
over truck and the case fell on on his leg.
The case weighed about seven hundred
pounds and it is a mystery how he escaped
without any broken bones. He was badly
bruised, however, and was assisted to his
homa
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-24
PERSONAL.

Charles Akers. the.artist, of New York, 10
In the city.
Mr.. Thomas Shaw. of Shaw, Hammond &
Carney. is seriously ILL.,
Miss Emma M. Grimmer, eldest daughter
of Professor Charles Grimmer. and Mr.. AL
mus ID. Butler were married yesterday by
Rev. DIR. Whitaker. They have the best
wishes of very large circle.
Yesterday was the fftieth anniversary of
the marriage Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Dennis,
Cumberland street. They received many
congratulations on the occasion, but had no
reception on account of Mr.. .Dennis's feeble
health.
Cards ale out for the marriage of Miss
Edith Mary Prescott, daughter of MIR. and
Mrs. Charles Carroll Prescott of Bangor, to
Major Clarence S. Lunt, the accomplished
city editor of tine Bangor Commercial, at st.
Johns Episcopal church, in Bangor, on
Tuesday evening, October ODD
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-24
BRIEF JoTTINCS,

Steamer Isis will discontinue her trips
Thursday.
The derrick was removed from Monument
Square yesterday
Fine. but real cold yesterday. The mercu.
ry dropped to 42' during Sunday night.
Officers Pickett and Langmaid arrested a
couple ofyoung fellows yesterday afternoon
for drunkenness and disturbance.
The only arrivals of Holsters yesterday
were the sloop Georgia with 5000 Holsters,
and the schooner Superior with $500 Holsters.
The sloop Jason brought two tons of cells.
Yesterday morning one of the city's
double teams. employed on Portland street,
became alarmed and the horses started on a
run, striking tree and smashing the cart.
There will be reduced rates, probably half
fare, over of the Maine Central to the Chris
tian Alliance convention to be holden in the
North street Free Baptist church, Bath,
September Goth to 10Th.
The Young Ladies' Mission Band held its
annual thank-offering social at State street
chapel last evening Miss Susie Tyler, re-
Gently from South Africa, gave an interest
ing description of her work among the Zu-
lus.
The first carload of California prunes re-
ceived in this city this season came yesterday
consigned to Twitchell, Champlin & Co. The
value of the cargo was $780, They were
shipped September 8, by Griffin & Sicily of
San Jose.
1t is said that the operations of the Boston
q Maine system for the 10 months flom
October /, 1888, to July 81, 1889, with August
and September, the two best months In the
year to hear from, will warrant 10 per cent
dividends upon Boston & Maine and 4 per
cent upon the Eastern stock, If tine directors
believe it best to pay these rates.
The Portland Packing Company finished
packing sweet corn at their factory at Vas
salboro Saturday. They have put up 100000
cans of excellentquality. They would have
put up 100000, but, owing to the hot, dry
weather, the corn ripened so fast that in
some cases 1t was SO hard it had to be sent
away from the factory
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-24

LssrT AND FOUND.

II OsT-OD Friday, Sept. 18th, between Frye
II burg and Gorham, Me-, ladies' enameled
watch with monogram In al tmonds. suitable
1911
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-24
The School Board,

The School Board held its regular monthly
meeting last night. All the members we're
present Mayor Melcher in the chair.
The supervisors reported that the schools
were all doing good work.
On motion of Mr.. Dunn, Miss Isabel w.
Robinson of Bracket street school was elect
ed substitute teacher In the Butler school
for one year, at a salary of $375.
On motion of DR.. Ring, the board proceed
ed to ballot for a permanent teacher In
Bracket street school, and Miss Ray May
Hodsdon was elected.
On motion of Mr.. Webb, Miss Ella f. Coe
was elected teacher in the West school, at
salary of $500 per year.
On motion of DR.. Files, it was voted that
a room be obtained at the eastern end of
Long Island to accommodate the small chill
dren who live at a distance from the school
house.
On motion of DR.. Baker, 1t was voted that
teachers be requested to leave the school
houses on Tuesdays aud Fridays within If
teen minutes after school closes, In order to
give the janitors a chance to sweep the
buildings.
Bills and pay-rolls were approved to the
amount of $6,423.6O.
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-24
we furnish these figures:

The amount for 1889 is given only to date.
The prospects are that it will be the largest
amount ever exported from Portland, proba.
bly, 46 million feet.
The size of vessels has constantly increased
from bark of $50 tons in the beginning of
the business, that carried 100000 feet, to the
great schooners. like the Gov. Ames and
Tecumseh, tina. now carry nearly two mil
lion feet.
There is chance that when our South
American friends came here to see what we
are capable Of doing, and ascertain what we
now are doing, that trade may spring up to
the advantage of all the countries concerned.
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-24
The Northern Railroad.

A special from Concord, N. H., reports
that Hon. George E. Todd, superintendent
of the Northern railroad. which is operated
by the Boston & Maine. says that both the
passenger and freight traffic for the las
twelve months show handsome increase
over the preceding year,::on account of the
enlarged traffic. Additional side TRACK &C
commodations are being put in at Boscawen
East Andover. South Danbury, Danbury ant
Lebanon. The work is being done by ;
gang of men with a steam shovel.