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The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
The stree, sprln.IIns company.

The Portland Street Sprinkling Company
will have hearing today, before the legis-
lative committee at Augusta. on their petit
tion to be allowed to place water-pipes In
the public streets, and to amend their char
ter.
Mayor Chapman is president of the COM
pany. and said, in reply to the questions of
PRESS reporter yesterday, that at present
the company had con sract with the Port
land Water Company. By the terms of the
contract the Water Company furnish all the
fresh water needed by the Sprinkling Com
pany. at a fixed price, and upon these terms
the Sprinkling Company makes its rates
with its customers. 1t might happen in the
distant future, that disagreement in regard
to the contract price might arise between
the Water Company. and the Sprinkling
Company If the Sprinkling Company have
some means of protection then the Water
Company cannot be exorbitant In their de-
mand. III the legislature authorizes the
Sprinkling Company to lay pipes in the pub
lie streets to obtain salt water, under such
restrictions and limitations as the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen may prescribe, then
the Sprinkling Company will have the requi-
site protection in their ability to say to the
Water Company, ''If you insist on your
terms we will not take your water"
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
REMOVAL OF THE CAPITAL.
Bangor Appoints a Committee to
Urge Its Claims.

A public meeting was held in Bangor Sat-
urday night on the question of the removal
of the capital. Speeches were made by
number OF prominent citizens, in which Ban
gor's claims were set forth.
Upon motion of G. W. Merrill, Esq, the
following committee was appointed by
the chair; Hon. Lewis Barker, Hon. John
L. Cutler, Hon. Lysander Strickland,
Hon Hon +. 3. Neatly, Hon. G. w. Ladd,
NOD moD. D. Z. Bass, b. B. Thatcher, Esq,
Thomas White, Esq, A. L. Simpson, Esq.
ana Capt. ID. N Fairbanks.
IL was then voted that the above commit
zee should invite the following gentlemen to
accompany them to Augusta: Hon. S. F.
humphrey, 4 Hon. d. f. Davis, G. P. Stetson,
Eg., ESQ, ". Il; Strickland; Esq, F A, Wilson.
ESQ, y. 5, Coe, Esq, II. r. Chaplin, Esq,
ten. Charles Hamlln, Gen. ii. l.. Mitchell
and Col. A. B. Farnham.
II was also voted that all citizens who were
interested should be invited to 90 to Augusta
next Thursday with the Others
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
DEATHS.

In this city, Feb. 1lth, George W. Ramsey,
aged 16 years months 8 days.
Funeral Wednesday forenoon at 1890 O'Clock
at the residence of Charles II. Cummings, No. 30
Myrtle street.
In this city, Feb. 10th, william A.. youngest
child of VIM. M. and Mary e. Hoffses, aged
months. 20 days.
Funeral Wednesday afternoon at O'Clock, at
No. % Anderson street. "A
In Deering Feb 10th, George W. Coolidge,
aged 81 years IL months.
Funeral on Wednesday afternoon at O'Clock,
at his late residence Aliens Corner.
aged Al years.
In Brunswick, Feb. 6, N. Palmer Woodward.
aged 80 years months
In Bath, Feb. 8, Mrs. Sarah Robinson, aged Sc
years,-widow OF the late Elwell Robinson.
In Bar Mills, Feb. 9, Samuel Meserve, aged 10
years.
In Damariscotta, Jan. 80, Mrs. Hannah, wife of
the late Capt. Warren Pinkham, OF Edgecomb,
aged 81 years months.
In Keazer Falls, Feb. Q, Samuel Parsons, aged
80 years.
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
CONGREGATIONAL CLUB.
Address by Rev. G. A. Hood on Con-
gregationaiism and the West.

Two regular February meeting CT the club
last evening, at the Preble House, drew
good attendance, Notwithstanding the un-
favorable weather, some sixty gentlemen be-
ing present.
In the absence of the president-elect, Prof.
Chapman Of Bowdcin, the first vice presi-
dent. Rev. L. Ii. Hallock, presided. AT the
fable the Divine blessing was invoked by
Rev. e. p. Wilson of Deering. After the
fine supper the club, in business session,
elected several new members, kwho, Win
others proposed for membership, VIII raise
the number of the club to nearly l2O mem-
bers.
The president, with appropriate remarks
introduced Rev. G. A. Hood, Field Secretary
of the Congregational Union, who spoke OF
"Congregationalism and the West.'
Mr.. Hood sketchsd in pleasant and graphic
style the wonderful resources and more
wonderful possibilities of the Northwest,
and the great energy with which these re-
sources are being developed. The farms, the
mines, the lumber, the manufactures, trans
portation on lake and land, the trade and
traffic, are all phenomenal, and one need
have little fear Of exaggerating in any OF
these lines. The history of the West is
amazing. the future who can measure. This
portion of our country is an infant compared
with what it may be, and is likely speedily
to be.
While the schools and churches are doing
all they can, there is much work to be done
by education and religion. The rapid growth
Of the country and the immense foreign i'm
migration are making great demands upon
our churches There is much irreligion in
the West, but there is also most hopeful,
indeed an amazing desire for religious work.
ers in church and Sunday school. There are
great numbers Of places waiting for and call
ing for ministers and workers. 1t is only
simple truth that the West is asking espec-
tally for religious leaders of the Congrega-
tional type. If the men were Forthcoming
hundreds would be welcomed today. The
churches of the East ought to send help to
these men and wondrous fields. We, of the
older churches, need more conservation and
more determined purpose to take posses
sion of our own land for Christ and His
church. Send out good men and plenty of
them, and they will be supported in the
West.
The whole address was fresh, bright and
thoughtful and left most favorable i'm.
preston.
Secretary Hood answered many questions
regarding the Western field
To the deep and manifest regret of the
Club it was announced that Prof. Chapman
who was elected at the last meeting presi-
dent Of the club declined to accept the
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12

THE PRICE
or THE
DAILY PRESS
REDUCED To
5000 A YEAR
When Paid 5in Advance.
When Not Paid In Advance, So 90.
Brief IorTlNcs.

The sidewalks are in very dangerous con-
dition.
Damon Assembly of Pythian Sisterhood
gave an entertainment and supper at Pythi-
an Hall last evening.
Steamer Eleanora reports on her last pas
sage to New York she carried away her fore
topmast in a very heavy gale.
A meeting of the Commissioners Of Phar-
macy will be held at the Preble House to-
morrow morning, at o'clock
Hon. j. II. Drummond will give the next
lecture in the Students Law Course on Fri
day night next.
Many freight cars, bound to Portland, are
side-tracked on the Grand Trunk, owing to
heavy snow storms.
The Gait Block Warehouse Company are
now putting two-ton elevator into Gait
Block, which will still farther increase their
facilities.
The schooner Edith S. Whalen of Glouces-
ter, arrived with $4,000 pounds of fish yes
terday. There were other small arrivals,
varying in size from 300 to 1000 pounds.
The steamer Toronto, Capt McAuley,
sailed from Bristol, Eng, the Sth inst, for
Portland, and the steamers Vancouver and
Sardinian sailed from Liverpool the 7th inst,
for this port.
The Rev. Henry Blanchard will lecture
this evening, at 7.3O o'clock, in the vestry of
Congress Square church. on "The History of
the Doctrine of the Unity of God" The
public are cordially invited.
Mrs. Z. G. Leach, while returning from
church Sunday afternoon, met with painful
accident by falling on the ice at the corner of
Preble and Congress streets, fracturing her
right shoulder. DIR. Bray was called, and
made her as comfortable as possible.
A committee has been selected from the
Soldiers Monument and Grand Army memo
rial committees to submit plan of the exer-
cises, which it is expected will be on a grand
and imposing scale at the pedestal dedica-
tion. The Grand Army posts of the city
have been placed at the disposal of the Mon
ument Association as they may be desired of
them on that occasion.
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
MARRIAGES.

In this city, Feb. 9th, by Rev. N. I. Whitaker:
ID D., Mr.. Pearl s. Spear of Cape Elizabeth, and
Miss Margaret A. Woodman of Portland.
In Gray Feb. 10th, by Rev. L. Bean. Mr.. Mel
bourne Ii. Berry OF Amesbury, Mass, and MISS
Laura s. Thompson, OF Gray.
In Gray, Feb. 9th, by Rev. L. Bean, Mr.. Charles
W. Shackford and Miss Laura j. Brown, both OF
New Gloucester.
In Richmond, Me-. by Rev. o. l.. Gle. Mr. Ly-
m0nd.
In oxford, Jan. 20, Roscoe L. Lovejoy and Miss
Abbie b. Stone.
In Round Pond, Feb. 2, Everett s. Genthner
and Miss Nellie v. Humphrey, both OF Bremen.
In Round Pond, Feb. 2, John A. Geyer and MISS
Nellie f. Wells.
In waldoboro Feb. 2. wm A. White and Mary
j. Russell.
In Bristol, Jan. 20. James W. Russell and Miss
Sally Fossett.
In Bristol. Jan. 20, Owen S. t. Mcintyre and
Miss Grace Morton.
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Gladstone.

There is probably no statesman more
prominently before the public today than
Glads tone. unless it may be the German
chancellor Bismarck. Rev. DIR. Aubrey of
London is Gladstonian, man of great
ability and popular lecturer. With his
knowledge of the ex-premier and his ability
to deliver very interesting lecture in regard
to him, the next entertainment in the Stock
bridge course, which comes off tomorrow,
will probably be largely patronized. Good
seats still remain on SALE
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
BY the last 2 months work, our
operations numbering about 500,
with but two deaths.

The women who have been operated on have
suffered from l to "a years, and were under med
icaI treatment most Of the time.
Many OF them, brought in on their own beds,
similar troubles that we had TO burn their beds,
by remaining 20 or 40 days they were restored
TO health. We have had some of the severest
cases known in surgery. The women recover
usefulness; all gain in weight, some cases 45
pounds In 16 weeks, 20 pounds in 9 weeks, 35
pounds in 81 weeks, this case had operations
Our women are in the hospital an average OF
days prior to aud Of 26 days after operation. To
make this average, one remained IA months, one
months, several months, etc.
Our patients come from all sections, from the
Provinces, and from the United States as far
South as Texas, West as Nebraska, North as
Minnesota. and the Middle and New England
States, all OF whom we are proud to refer to. as
many of them had been treated or rejected by
other hospitals, and we pride ourselves on having
not only the largest but the best equipped surgical
hospital In the United States for women In sani-
tary, heating and ventilation facilities, and is so
acknowledged by all surgeons and physicians that
visit u.s.. In Massachusetts our Liquid Food is
household bottle for the good 1t has done the
women of Massachusetts that have been operated
Their friends see and realize that 1t must do as
much Tor their families, old and young, that are
suffering and need local treatment, as new blood
viii cleanse the system of disease.
We will forward our Annual
Reports, also Essays read ON our
Liquid Food before the American
Medical Association and British
Medical Association, etc., If ad-
vised.
No Essay was ever read ON Raw
Food Preparations before any
society except on murdOck's
Liquid Food.
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
NEW ADvERTrsEmKNTs.

No foeather today
likely to be cold
lcith snoa0.
PORTLAND. FEB. II. 1889.
T F you have any diff
Il Guilty in keeping the
boys in whole stockings
through sliding time, if
you're tired telling them
to be careful and not to
steer with their knees-a
caution as frequent as it is
unheeded, we venture to
say-put them into Scotch
Iron" ribbed hose and let
them go it.
Holes can be worn even
in these, but it takes a live
ly boy to do it, and it's a
long time between darn
ings,-o to 9 II inches
80 to CSC a pair.
The lot of English Cash
mere double knee stock
ings for children, advertised
a few days ago, is not all
gone yet and we are anx-
ious to get them out of the
way.
They're the best goods
madeline and heavy. We
shall close out what are left
at twenty-five per cent dis
count, - that's a quarter
off.
Between this and the
opening time for spring
goods, we shall dig out all
the odds and ends which
have collected in the Hos
iery department and put
prices on them that will
make it worth your while
to buy next winters sup
ply now.
Some lots are too small
to advertise, some are in
describable. Come in the
store every day and you're
pretty sure to find a bar
gain.
Did you see the Saxony
wool Jersey vests at fifty
cents' Worth coming a
long distance for.
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
Republican caucuses.

AT meeting Of the Republican City Com.
mittee. held lastevening. it was voted to hold
the Republican caucuses to nominate ward
officers, and to select delegates to choose a
candidate for Mayor, at the several
ward rooms Monday evening. February
18th. and the delegates SO selected to choose
a Mayor will meet In convention on the 9th
inst. to make the nomination.
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12

.,.J 100 Doses One Dollar -.
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
Selling Liquor wi,nou, a L,eens.

Edward Bragdon. of Franklin, was ar
raigned In the United States Court yester-
day. charged with iselling liquor without a
United States license. He was fined s25
Robert Mccall of Waterville, for the same
offence. was fined $50 land costs. BENJAMIN
Riley of Chelsea was also fined $50 and
costs. Charles King of Sherman was bound
over to the June term of court, to be held at
Bangor
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12

The following transfers of real estate In
this county have been recorded at the Regis
try Of Deeds:
Flag Island-Paul s. Merriman to John Merri-
man. s126.
Brunswick. M. Nickerson to Paul s.
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
kenHan.

The great Siberian traveller, whose arti-
cles on that country in the Century Maga-
zine, have been, and are monthly perused by
thousands of readers. will deliver lecture
In the Stockbridge Popular Course, at City
Hall, February 21st, on Camping Ont In
Siberia and Kamschatka." Get tickets now.
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
Associated Charities.

The February meeting OF the Associated
Charities will be held in Room IS. City Hall,
on Thursday, the 14th inst, at 4p. m. Some
reports will be made of the work of organ
lied charity In other cities. The public are
cordially invited to attend.
M. j. LILLY, Sec'y.
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
Second Parish.

There will be a musical entertainment at
the Second Parish church next Monday eve.
ming. Miss Peabody of Brooklyn will read.
and will be assisted in the entertainment bv
members of the Rossini Club Mrs. Morri-
son will also take part.
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12

The fremont House. Boston, for over half
century one of the leading hotels of this
country now offers first class accommodation
for SO, $3.50 and $4 per day. 1t is the onlv
first class hotel upon the American plan in
the business centre of the city.
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
Mercantile Affairs and Insurance,

FNHE Committee on Mercantile Affairs and In
Il surance will give hearing on Thursday
Feb. IA, on bill can act to prohibit diserimina
tion in life or endowment insurance policies.
Per order, EDWARD HARDING, Chair
OLIVER O. CLARK, I men.
A. @. HINcKLEY, Secy. feb8dtd
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
THE STATE.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.

Sunday John F. Appleton Post, G. A. r.,
of Pennington, buried with most impressive
and touching military rites their dead COM
rade L. N. +. Jenkins of Temple.
A Pennington gentleman says there is yet
no open candidacy in Franklin county for
membership upon the board of State yalua-
tion commissioners, although several gentle
men are being mentioned by their friends,
for the position; Among them are Hon.
Dearborn G. Bean, Wilton; Hon. John c.
Wheeler, Chesteryille; Edwin Sawyer. ESQ.
Temple; Martin V. b. Hardy, ESQ, New
Vineyard.
1t is reported that Abel d. Russell, ESQ.
OF Weld, may be candidate for State Nor
NAL School trustee, to succeed L. Warren Mer-
rill, Esq. of Pennington.
1t is stated that Captain George r. Fernald
OF Wilton, and Major Eben j. Gilkey of
Strong, have aspirations to succeed Captain
Charles w. Keyes of Pennington, who is
physically disabled from further service up
on the board Of trustees of the State Agri-
cultural College.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The following figures from the financial
report Of the county treasurer show the
amount OF money paid in in fines and costs
by Gardiner liquor dealers as compared with
that OF other cities in the county for the
year 1888: Gardiner, S1426.64; Augusta.
$259.47; Hallowell, S351.43 Wateryille,
$675.
Ice men have at last commenced to store
ice, although the thickness is nothing very
great. The lower Hudson is still producing
nothing. and the ice men on that river are
hauling pond ice from six to seven inches
thick nearly mile and putting it in their
river houses. The upper Hudson is now
covered with about four or five inches of fine
Ice, but there is but little prospect that it
will reach sufficient thickness to warrant its
being harvested. The Knickerbocker Com
pany at Gardiner is running ice about IA
inches thick, but the field is the best located
on the river and is far ahead of any other on
the Kennebec.
PENoBSCOT COUNTY.
The present Penobscot grand jury is re-
markable one in two respects, which have
probably never been possessed before by any
similar body of men. OF the Is members
there is not one who uses either tobacco or
liquor.
YORK COUNTY.
Quite panic was created in the Methodist
church at Kennebunk last Sunday, by the
gas escaping through leak in the furnace
and overpowering quite number of the
congregation.
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
The Ballot Reform Bill Endorsed.

:, AT meeting Of the Young Mems Repub-
ncsn oiup' last evening, the following reso.
luton was adopted:
5S sogsa 0 tS. rhSt ciS the Young Mems Republican
Ballot BIZ, which has been ln1roaae We australian
present session OF our State Legislature al tne
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12

Rev. w. j. Crosley, pastor of the Univer-
salist church at Daubury, CT, has left home
His family cannot account for his sudden de-
parture
Thomas Axworthy, the defaulting city
treasurer of Cleveland, Ohio, has bought
large block of real estate in Sault Ste. Marie,
Ont.
The Supreme Court OF Georgia has grant
ed a new trial to Tom Voolfolk, convicted
Of the murder of his father, stepmother aud
six brothers and sisters.
A fire was raging in Aldridge's block in
Plainyille. Ct, at midnight. The indica-
tlons were that the block would be destroyed
Newton's livery stable was threatened.
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
Jaj, Works,,on.

The Jail workshop is now running under
the management of the county commission
ers. and already great improvement can be
noticed In the order of the shop and disci
pine OF the men. In looking over the work.
shop the first thing that strikes us is the
great benefit that the men must receive from
this work. The crowded condition of the
jail makes it necessary to confine the prison.
ers in cells that were originally intended for
but two persons, and but for the workshop
the county would find it impossible to con-
fine the present large number of prisoners
and maintain good degree of health. In
the shop they get a change of air and plenty
of exercise.
AS we enter the basement every thing is
found in the best Of order. In this room is
stored the manufactured stock and it is
In charge OF prisoner. On the second floor
the great body of the men are found at
work. The average number of prisoners
employed at present is rs. OF this number
55 work on this floor. The prisoners are all
In charge of keeper. Thomas Pennell has
had much experience in the management of
prisoners andIcommands the respect and con-
fdence of the men. Here at the long tables,
the men are required to labor line hours
each day, excepting Saturday afternoon.
Saturday afternoon the shop is closed and
each Of the men do their washing.
In the shop each man is given block on
which are six heel dies-three whole and
three pece-and wooden mallet The
stock cut is kip and grain upper leather
waste, from the shoe shops. The scraps of
leather nioaad nm he
blow with the mallet. Forty-nine men are
at present cutting his class of stock. and the
amount OF lifts cut each week is about 2O. 600
pairs OF heels. Before pasting these lifts in.
TO heels the grease Is all extracted by i'm
mersing a n them en- in naphtha. To cut this
waste leather. The scraps left, after r the the
lifts are cut are sold to the grease
extractors who pay from 81 to $40 per ton
on the cars. But little of the paste goods,
known as pancake, is manufactured here at
present. About five men work on this class
of goods. These pancakes are manufac-
tured from trimmings and waste from the
tanneries. The pieces are all smo0thed out
and pasted into mould. They are then
pressed, dried and finally rolled until they
looked very much like sole leather On the
same floors are the presses that press the
heels and the cutters that cut the pancakes.
Ihese machines run by steam. the power be-
ing furnished by, the same boilers that heat
she sh Jsll There Is also large dry room on
snis moor: On the third floor are the roller
tured goods are also stored. About ten men
are mere engaged in the manufacture of shoe
stlnenings, shanks and trunk handles.
me pastlng OF the heels is at present done
outside of the jail, by girls, it having been
found that it could not be done by The pSin nyis.
oners to advantage. As a rule the prisoners
do not stay long enough to become accns.
toned to this class of work. The best of
q M n MT nl inn axad I...A
bars visitor would not know but that he
was passing through a we'll ordered manu-.
factory, where the men 20 out into the street.
as the whistle blows.
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
Mu SIG AND DRAMA.
SHE.

SHE.
When 'She" is produced at Portlsnd Thea
tire next Friday and Saturday, carload of
special scenery will be employed, besides
many stage effects and calcium lights. There
are 40 people in the company and several of
them are actors of known ability. The sale
OF seats will begin at the box Office tomor-
row.
THE OPERATE FESTIVAL.
The list of principal artists in the Ameri-
can Opera Company is published in our
amusement column. 1t embraces several
who have high place in the musical world.
Monday evening, February 25th, the "Daugh-
ter of the Regiment" Tuesday afternoon,
Mariana" and Tuesday evening, I'll Tro-
vatore" will be presented. There are so
people in the troupe, including an orchestra
of 20 musicians. Tickets at Stockbridge's.
NOTES.
The McCaull Opera Company will come to
the Park Theatre, Boston, February Is, and
the Bostonians will be "at home" in the Bos-
ton Theatre. March IS.
The editor of "The Stage" in looking over
Punch OF seven years ago discovered an in
teresting prophecy, which he republishes in
his entertaining paper. The prophecy was
In the form OF criticism Of Mrs. Langtry' s
Lady Macbeth (of course mythical and ironi-
caD, and curiously enough it set down as the
Thane, Charles Coghlan, who is now playing
Macbeth in Mrs. Langtry's production, and
placed as leader in the cast Mr.. Irving, who
has Just revived Macbeth in England and
Mr. Vein, who has recently taken the place
OF MIR. irving when the latter actor was in
disposed.
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-12
rEuALR HELP.

GIRLS WANTFD-The Colchester Rubter
VI Company, offer situations to females be-
tween 10 and 80 years, to make rubber shoes;
will pay the board OF beginners and furnish piece
work soon as instructed; In six weeks, dl,igent
hands can earn more than their board and grad
ualy increase until they can earn from s4 70 50
above their board according to sklllfulness.
Boarding houses occupied BY females, exclusively,
kept In the very best mannI r. competent house
keeper, pleasant lOcaGions; furniture, beds and
carpets are entirely new. Applications TO
GEORGE WATKINSON, President, Colchester,
Conn. feb5eod&w1m
VUANTED.-A capable girl TO do general
w house work in small family-call at No.
760 CONGRESS ST., left hand belL 81