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Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15
FATAL WAGER.
Bet that He Ceall TDrink ANY Quantity
Of Liquor, Tried 1t, and Died.

Henry Kepp of s13 Lafayette
lie s IL ,ify tl lsu l9uie
wager made while in semi.intox-
icated condition. Last Monday night
about 10 O'clock lie went into the
saloon of Henry MillIngel at Third
street and Lafayette avenue, where he
met an acquaintance named John
Stripe who joked him about his in
ability to take any quantity of strong
liquor. Kepp insisted that he could
drink any quantity of liquor, and of
fered to bet half a dollar that he
could drink one beer glass full of gin
and eight big glasses of whiskey, one
after the other. QStripe accepted the
wager and Kepp began the terrible
task which cost him his life. After
he had 6aished the sixth glass, of
whiskey, Kepp grasped for breath but
managed to down the two glasses OF
whiskey that remained. : He went
home in an intoxicated condition and
went to bed. Half an hour later he
died in.terrible agony. Coroner. Frank
held an inquest on the remains, and
the only fact diyulged at the inquest
wassthat Kepp had suffered from
heart disease for . year past, and &C
cordingly verdict of death from
heart disease was rendered. kepp
was buried in st. Marks Cemetery
Wednesday afternoon, and there is
possibility that Coroner Frank will
have tho body exhumed and a post
norton examination held, in order to
definitely determine the actual cause
of death. Kepp was 81 years old and
employed at O'Neifs lumber yard
His widow refuses to talk about the
matter of the wager, claiming to bt
almost totally ignorant of any be-
having been made.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

Denver, Cheyenne, Ogden,
Salt Lake City, Sacramento,
Los Angels, San Francisco, Port
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Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Oregon
Nevada, California and Pacific
Coast Points.
Baggage Checked Through from all
Points in the East to Points Named.
Family Sleepers Free on through Trains
For further information regarding the terri
tory trayersed. rates of fare. descriptive pam
phlets, etc, apply to nearest agent OF Union
Pacific Ry or connecting roads, or address
Thomas L. Kimball, j. s. Tebbets,
ACT. GEN. MANAGER PGTA.
OMAHA, NEBRASKA.
J. V PARKER. D. P. A., Salt Lake.
G. E. CRozIER, Agent, at Blaekfoot
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15
Story of Stenewall jackson.

An old soldier at the capitol yes
terday told this story, of Stonewall
jackson:
1t was during his valley campaign,
and battle was expected within a
day or two, though Jackson's plans
were so carefully guarded that not
even his adjutant could guess them
intelligentiy. This self-relianee was
characteristic of jackson, and his
aversion to telling mis- plans was well
known among his officers and men,
In fact, il was his policy to surprise
his own men no less than to surprise
the enemy.
Gen. jackson was one of group
of officers, and another of the group
was Georgia colonel who is still liy-
ing. Conversation was dragging.
jackson was thoughtful and had little
to. say, and the effect was dampening.
Finally, iusr to revive the converse
ton, the Georgia colonel asked alb
rnptly:
General, will we have. fight TO-
morrow"
Everybody. knew in an instant that
the blunder was irreparable, and that
nobody realized this. more than the
colonel.
jackson turned quickly and stared
full in the speakers face. Then he
slowly surveyed the colonel from head
to foot, and back again.
The silence was painful.
s.Colonel' said the general slowly
but not in an unkind tone, "can you
keep secret?"
"Yes, general" was the warm, il
embarrassed, assurance, II know can
general. Yes, sir"
"Are you quite certain, colonel?"
81 am quite certain, general"
swell, colonel, in the same quiet
even tone, $50 can / slr"
The colonel's face flashed crimson
and there was a deathly silence for {
half minute or more.
.Now, colonel, said jackson, witt
some feeling, ''that rudeness of minC
hurt me as much as it did you, but
trust that it has taught you valuable
lesson. If we have battle tomorrow
colonel, your regiment shall have |
chance. II Atlanta Constitution.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

NASHVILLE, Ark, March Eight
miles below here this morning negro
named John Reel, while ploughing in
a field found a jug containing $4,000
in gold. 1t was so heavy he could
not carry 1t. He took $400 of it and
putting it in his pocket started for a
vehicle. He was so elated that on his
way home, which was quite distance,
be told his story. When he returned
the jug and contents had been stolen.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17
Counterfeit Stamps.


From the time that the stamp collecting
was taken up as pastime, about 1910, it has
had steady and rapid growth, and yet, al
though everything seemed to run smoothly,
there has been monster gnawlng at its vi
tails for many years.
COunterfeits have been the bane of collect
ors, and none seem to have escaped them.
1t is reported that M. Ferrari, the French
man owning the largest collection in the
world, once paid two hundred dollars for an
envelope bearing stamp which he thought
simply band-stamp.
A year ago l obtained collection of Unit
ed States stamps, formed some fifteen years
ago, which in value amounted to ninety dol
lars, taking the stamps as being genuine !;
but after the cOunterfeits had been removed
there was but fifty dollars worth left.
When certain men found that old postage
stamps were eagerly sought after and well
paid for when obtained, they set themselves
to making them, and many of their imita-
lions were so we'll made that an expert would
have difficulty in detecting them.
OF late years nearly all the counterfeit
foreign stamps have been made by party
in Boston and at one time he d. .ts IL :
the juvenile papers. When however the
post Office officials got after him his business
stopped.
have known an expert to spend from one
to two hours in looking up authorities,
before he would pass on certain stamp.
Stamp collectors should observe two rules
Buy only from reliable dealers and should
anyone offer you rare stamp at very low
price be sure it is genuine before purchasing
it. OF our regular government issues there
involving to much risk; though in Germany
several of our stamps have been counter
feited and sent over here.
Those in this country who make this class
of stamps confine themselves to making
foreign and United States locals, and with
these the market is flooded. There Is no
rule that can be given by which to distinguish
the genuine from the spurious, as each stamp
has its own peculiar points.
The Pig Puzzle.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17
IL was a cad Give away.

Congressman Billy Mason Of Chicago, tells
the following story;
about two weeks after the holidays a man
came up to Chicago and registered at the
Palmer House. He kept himself somewhat
conspicuously in the public eye until 10 pm.
As that -FOUR approached he glued his eye to
the big marble clock in the rotunda, and on
the dot rushed up to the clerks desk and de-
manded in excited tones;
''Ish dere telegram for me?"
mo. Mr.. Geisenheimer, there is no tele-
gram for you" ...,,;, ~,
"That satisfied him for another, ten min
utes, when he rushed in and asked:
"ISh dere telegram Tor me?
''No, sir, no telegram.
''Ten minutes later in he Jumped.
We're is dot telegram for MI Geisen-
heimer?"
"Tbe clerk had got tired by this time"
"There IS no telegram for you. When one
comes | will send it to your room"
"But in quarter of an hour in bounced
Mr., Geisheimer as red hot for telegram as
ever. The clerk turned him down and then
GOT ready for the next attack. He folded a
blank message put it III telegraph envelope
and addressed it to Mr.. Geisenheimer' He
was after it as sharp as apike in ten minutes.
With eager hands he tore open the enve-
lCpe, drew out the blank, and as he opened
it rolled up his eyes and exclaimed
"Mein Colt! mein Gott! my sht0re is all
burned oopW
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17
a MISSING NOVELIST.
David Christie Murray Disappears In
Australia where he Went toLecture.

Among the mysterious disappearance
which have of late attracted the attention Of
the public, says Galignanps Messenger, not
the least remarkable is that Of popular
English novelist, Mr.. Christie Murray, the
author of Rainbow Gold" "Val Strange"
and several other well-written works, who
being DESTROYS last year for change of
scene, accepted an engagement to deliver a
series of lectures in Australia.
A public dinner in his honor was given in
London, at which many prominent writers
were present to wish him god speed. At the
end of July he started on his voyage to the
antipodes and duly arrived at Melbourne,
where he commenced his discourses. The
reports by wire and letter were to the effect
that he had been well received and listened
to throughout attentiyely, but that it could
hardly be said that the lectures were a very
great success. 1000
From that time, viz, November 1889, no
tidngs of Mr.. Murray have come to hand.
His friends, agents, and publishers in Eng
land have made repeated inquiries among
their correspondents in various parts OF Aus
tralia: but not reassuring word have they
vet had in reply. He was popular in literary
and social circles, had acquired the envlable
position of being sought after by publishers,
and held a high place in the public regard.
What has become of him? Is it a case Of
murder, fatal accident, suicide, or self-efface-
n1aOtp
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17
OUR BOYS
ForToung Whittlers.

To make wooden chain take stick about
an inch square, and as long as you want
your chain. The stick must be marked
with a pencil a quarter of an inch
from the edges, the entire length. Connect
the lines across the ends, as in fig. /, cutting
out the wood to these lines, leaving 1t as in
fig ..
The size of the link will be nearly twice
the thickness of the stick Mark off the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17

Of Toxic will be known in future as Herr
Bruno. and intends to study for the German
bar. The cause assigned for this remarkably
act on the part of the Japanese is that they
have fallen in love with two sisters, daughters
ladies declined to accept the addresses Of the
young men unless they consented to become
Christians and naturaliZed Germans.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17
THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS.
Published every day Sundays excepted BY the
PORTLAND PuRLIsHINC COMPANY

Published every day Sundays excepted) BY the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY,
Ar "a EXCHANGE STREET, PORTLAND. Nh
RATES on ADyERTIsING-on inch space Of
constitutes square,"
S1.6O per square, daily, first week; rs centsper
week AFTER tnree insertions or less, 81 90 con-
tinuing every otner day after first week so cents.
Hall square, three insertions or less 10 cents
one week, 500; 30 cents per week after.
SPECIAL NOTICES, one-third additional.
Under heau OF ADJUSTMENTS" and AUCTION
SALES, sz'Vo per square per week; three inser-
THE MAINE STATE PRESS.
Published every THURSDAY MORNING, at s2.6O
a year; II PAID In advance, 200 year.
Advertisements inserted In the "MAINE STATE
PRESS" (wnch mas large circulation in every
part OF the State) for 90 per square for first in
quent insertion.
TERMS; Six Dollars Year, or fifty cents a
month, when paid in advance. When PAYMENT is
not made in advance the price will be Seven
Dollars.
ADDRESS an communications 70
PURTLAND PUBLISHING 90.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17

links on one edge, and
alternately b 9 t W e Q n
them on the next edge !;
cut a deep notch at each
Of these marks, form
ing the stick, as in fig.
3. Cut throug h
between the ends Of
the links, forming them
separately.
Out Of h ard wood
and sometimes bone l
used to shape curved
clappers, an d often
/. n sAh - 49, . -.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17
FOR SALE
For Sale.

TIME Nicholas Hanson Farm, situated near
Il WeScott's Hill lin Scarborough, miles from
Portland. 1t contains about 1873 acres of excel
lent land, cuts large amount of hay; has large
buildings in good repair consisting of house. large
barn and outbuidngs; considerable amount Of
wood on the premises Terms easy. A part of
sired.
Also about % acres of land OF Spring street,
near Saccarappa village in Westbrook, known as
spring and also good mill privilege. For informa-
tion about both the above properties INQUIRE of
AUGUSTUS r. MOULTON,
my10dtf 1873 Middle ST.. Portland.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17

promptu com pa n y,
W b Sc arms an d
ammunition were con-
structed solely with
the aid Of a jack knife.
There were wooden
guns, PTS tolls an d
swords, or if we de-
cided the game would
be Indians, bows and
arrows, hatchets and
knives were made.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17

A Berlin dispatch reports that curious
cermony has occurred at Eilsdorf Two jap
anese young men Of noble birth were bap-
tiled, and renounced their names, titles md
uatiOnelitv Count Aimn nf Vaidovo nfw
at
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17
The Pig Puzzle.

To solve the pig
problem given last
week arrange the
pigs in the sites as
per numbers on the
diagram. Start
say with s. Then
10 is nearer 10 than
8; certainly moth
in G i S nearer 10
than 10; 6 is nearer
10 than nothing;
s Is nearer 10 than
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17

Henri Buisson, a Partisan, is entitled to
celebrity, and has received gold menal be-
cause he is the senior "undertakers' maj" In
Europe. For sixty-seven years he has exer-
uis father and
same"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17
PORTLAND DAILY PRESS.
THE PRESS
DURING
i 8 . O.

The PRESS during 1890 enters upon the
twenty-eighth year of its services to the
Republican Party and to its patrons in
Western and Central Maine. At no time in
its history has the PRESS been so prosperous
and SO well able to give to its readers the
best service within the sphere of Maine
newspaper. During 1890 all its facilities will
be used to the utmost to make the PRESS
stand still higher in the column of the leading
newspapers of the country. The price will
be the same as the popular price of 1889.
Six Dollars In Advance,
Seven Dollars at the end of the year. No
other paper in Maine gives so much general,
local and county news. together with such
full and able market and marine reports for
so low price. Subscribers wishing daily
paper for special seasons may obtain the
PRESS for
Three Dollars for Six Months,
payment in advance; or if it is desired for
shorter time. the advance price is only
Fifty Cents a Month.
HWhen payments are not made in advance,
harges are made at the rate of Se2en Dol
Lars year for periods from one to twelve
months. The first of the year is the time to
subscribe.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17

fused to cut neat sgErFig. 2.
little arrangement to,
take the place of clappers. A block Of pine
wood was. selected, one and half inches
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17
LOST AND FOUND.

EOUND-The best place in Portland to buy
IL Fresh Fish is at Pierce Bros.'s, "a CONNER
cial street, nearly opposite the Custom House.
Fresh stock received every morning, at from 1c.
to &C. per pound cheaper than any other place in
the city. l5.l
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17

Fig. ..
square and four inches long. Commencing
at the middle, | hollowe1 it from that point
to one end, so that there were two projecting
arms quarter of an inch thick. Boring a
hole through each near the end at the side,
placed string or piece of catgut through
double, tying it rather loosely.
Pare hard wood clapper, three and half
inches long, half way between the parts,
twisting it up till it will strike the block
with resounding whack. 1t is held in the
left hand and played by swapping it with the
fingers of the right hand, in this manner
Place the little finger near the outer end of
clapper, and go through the motion of shut
ting the hand, one finger at time.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17

EyOUND-Ih have found the greatest cure on
IL earth for rheumatism and neuralgia In their
worst chronic forms. l suffered twelve years and
tried every known remedy, Sufferers, write to
me and enclose stamp. MISS L. S. ORR, East
HarDSWell, Maine. 30-4
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17
Leading Republican ournaI Of Maine
winthrop Budget.1

we nave Tor long time consldered the
papers, and in some respects the best of them
all-personally tits our favorite newspaper,
with the exception possibly of the Boston
Herald. 1t is, beyond question, the leading
account alone entitled to the support of all
of that way of thinking Although positive
in its Republicanism, it is as little tainted
with partisan prejudice as any paper in
either party we are acquainted with. AS
newspaper it compares favorably with the
field quite as as we'll as they do. To all of our
readers who want heightened, conservative
daily, we cordially commend the Press, and
guarantee that il will fill the bill every time
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17
Takes.Rank With the Leaders.


In the Portland Daily PRESS the Republi
cans of Cumberland County have an able
exponent Of their political preferences, as
news of the day, always served in an attrac-
tive and readable manner, and that it is ap-
preciated is fully demonstrated in its large
and growing circulation. Possessed of all
the facilities necessary to a first-class news
paper establishment, the PRESS takes rank
with the leading dailies of the State, and
Justly enjoys lucrative patronage.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17
In Every Sense Well Equipped.
TPlscataquis Observer

The Portland Daily PRESS is in every
sense we'll equipped newspaper. In the
mechanical department there is every facil-
ity for the expeditions printing of the vari-
GUS editions, and the editorial force COM
prises some of the brightest newspaper
writers in Maine The PRESS reaches all
parts of western and central Maine several
hours before any of the Boston papers, and
gives all the news that those papers have
besides the local and State news.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17
Honest and Square in Its Dealings.
[Kennebunk STAR

The Portland Daily PRESS has lived and
prospered ever since the beginning of the
organ in the state, and has acquired rep
utation, during the last quarter of century,
for honest and square dealings with its party
and the public, which justly makes it an en-
tirely responsible newspaper.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17

supplied rafting march to our own i'm
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17
A Live City Paper.

The Portland Press is the leading Re-
publican paper in Maine. If any of our Re-
publican readers are in want of live city
Daily, they need not go out of the State for
it. The PRESS is edited and managed with
marked ability and is having due share of
ism, field in which only the tittest survive.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17

The Portland Daily PRESS is published in
the largest city in Maine. 1t is an ably edit
ed paper, and is fully up with any of its
State contemporaries in collecting news and
in presenting it to its readers in attractive
shape. One cannot make mistake by sub
scribing for the PRESS.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17

PASSPORT Sentinel
The Portland Daily PRESS is a live news.
paper and its editorial columns are always
ably conducted. The special attention il
gives to State news makes it one of the first
among the State papers. 1t is consistent
and able advocate of the principles of the
Republican party.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17
Half a Day Ahead of Boston,
IL Has No Superior.
Five Hours Ahead.

The Portland Press gives the news and we
do not have to spoil our eyesight in finding
it either it gives US the news also five hours
point.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17

The Lancet declares that many sudden
deaths are caused each year by the misuse Of
the vacation season, and also affirms that thS
experience of most city physicians shows
that overstrain is often followed by prolonei
ed illness. We know a wise lawyer who
never did anything on the first day Of his va
cation, as little as possible on the second.
took short walk on the third, two short
walks on the fourth, and not until the eight
day was ready to climb mountain. BY this
cautious course he grew stronger to the cad.
and returned home with vitality enough to
work till the next outing came around. One
can make a great change In his habits with.
out detriment IL he takes long time to do ID.
but only young persons can risk sudden
changes and they sometimes fall victims 10
the strain
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-09-11
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

THIRTY people were watching the
flood from bridge at Prague, Austro-
Hungary, on the 4th when the bridge
was washed away and all were drowned.
FLAMES on the 4th at Salonica, sea-
port city in Roumelia with a population
of $4,000, destroyed $4,000 houses, in
Guiding all the consulates, the cathedral
and most of the public buildings.
CASES of cholera were reported on the
4th in Madrid and Barcelona.
THE Catholic Mutual Benefit Associa-
ton at Montreal on the 4th decided to
separate from the body in the United
States.
BY dynamite explosion ten persons
were killed and many others were in
jured on the 5th az La Rochelle, France.
IT was said on the 9TH that As. 900 per-
sons in Prague, Austria, had been rem
dered destitute by the floods in that re-
gion.
The labor congress in session at Liv-
erpool, Eng, passed resolution on the
eth requesting Parliament TO make it a
penal offense to work more than eight
hours day.
IT was reported on the sth that a
fatally-destructive hurricane had swept
over the north of Italy, killing many
persons and destroying much property.
Fkoops were said to be raging in
Austria OF the Sth, and twenty persons
were drowned and much property de-
stroyed by the breaking OF dyke.