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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-01

The amount due 20.43J pensioners on the
rolls on June 80, 1892, who We're not paid
for want of time, but who will be paid out
of the funds appropriated for the fiscal
year 1895, is s., 81, ,234. The appropriation
for the fiscal year 1898 is Sl44 ,956 900, but
taking the cost of the allowances made
during the first four months of this fiscal
year as basis for calculation the commits
sioner estimates that there will be deficit
of Sl0,50S,62l In making his estimate for
an appropriation of S165, ,O00, 600 for the fiscal
year 1898 General Raum says there is much
difficulty in forecasting the probable cost
of this service for a period so far in ad-
vance If as many allowances Of pensions
shall be made during 1898 as were made
during 1892 the estimated amount will not
be sufficient but he does not believe that
this will be the case.
The Bnsiness of the Bureau.
The commissioner says that it has been
the policy of the office during the past three
years to detail larger part of the official
force upon original claims than upon in
crease claims, and as a result of this plan
224 ,047 certificates were issued in original
cases and 79,1S1 certificates issued in in
crease claims under various laws Dur
ing the fiscal years 1898 and 1894 he be-
lieves the adjudication of original claims
will be substantially complete and made
current, and that at the close of the fiscal
year 1894 the highest number of pensioners to
be on the rolls Will have been placed there.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-09
Stewart-Hosmer.

An important society wedding oc-
CURED in West Newton Wednesday eve
ming, the contracting parties being Miss
Mabel S., daughter of W. II. Stewart,
formerly of Portland, and A. H. Hos
mer. The ceremony occurred in the
First Unitarian church at West Newton
at o'clock. The officiating clergyman
was Rev. j. c. Jaynes and the bride was
given in marriage by her father. Miss
Alice Hosmer was the maid of honor,
and the bridesmaids were Miss Mary
Rowland and Miss Alice Angler. Charles
Hosmer, brother of the groom was best
man, and the ushers were Frank New
hall, Philip Warner, Charles Howe, A.
7. Lovett, Arthur Rowland, Severance
Burrage and Frederick Plummer.
The bride was attired in white corded
silk, with garniture of point lace. Her
bouquet was of bride roses. Miss Hos
mer, the maid of honor, was gowned in
white crepe, and the bridesmaids in Nile
green crepe de chine.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-09
OBITUARY.
Rev. Albert W. Fiske.

Rev. Albert w. Fiske of Penacook, N.
H.. a retired but widely known Congre-
gational clergyman, died at that place on
wednesday last. He was born in Upton,
Mass, January IS, 1902, and was con-
sequently 90 years, 10 months and 81
days Of age. He graduated from Brown
University in the class of 1920 and from
Andover Theological Seminary in 1882.
His first settlement was at Alfred, Me-,
where he was pastor of the Congrega-
tional church from March s, 1885, to
May /, 1874. He was subsequently
located at Scarboro, Houlton and Kit
terry in this state, and from 1857 to 1868
he was pastor of the church at Fisher
vile, N. H., now Penacook, which place
was afterwards his home. Mr.. Fiske is
still remembered by many OF the older
citizens of this state and more especially
by those in the towns in which he was SO
long located where he was held in the
highest esteem as pastor and citizen.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-09
SUPERIOR COURT.
BEFORE JUDGE BoNNEY.

BEFORE JUDGE BoNNEY.
THURsDAY-Edna j. Bryant VS.. Inhabitants
OF Westbrook. Action togrecover damages to
plaintiffs real estate caused by the cellar being
overfowed by back water from the sewer.
In 1885 the plaintiff built house and con-
structed private drain or sewer 400 feet long.
emptying into Beaver pool so called, which
drain. 1t is claimed, worked well and carried off
the sewerage easily. In 1883. the town having
accepted the street, laid out over a lar. e por-
ton of this DRAIN by permission of the plaintiff,
put in a cess pool to carry into this drain the
surface water In the fall of that year the
plaintiff says her cellar was overflowed caused
by mud and filth entering through the cess
pool and choking up the drain. The town upon
her complaint, flushed out the drain, but did
not remedy the difficulty. Afterwards she
claims it became further obstructed and her
cellar was flooded so long and to such an extent
that 1t soaked up the foundations so the chin
ney settled, the walls cracked. the doors were
thrown out of true and bound so they could
not be opened or closed and the doors from
the drain endangered the health of the occu-
pants and was of much ann vance.
The plaintiff claims $1,000 damages. The
case was begun in the morning and will use up
the rest of the week. The testimony for the
plaintiff is in progress.
Frank & Larrabee for plaintiff.
VIM. Lyons, city solicitor.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-09
MARRIAGES.

In this city, Dec. Z. by Rev. Dr. Blanchard.
Franklin II. Gallison and Miss Grace L. Hughes
In Bethel, Dec. 8. by Rev f. v. Norcross of
Andover. Horatio n, Upton, Esq. and Miss
0 In Norri G Dec. 3. Frank H. caswell
and Miss Agnes G.. Pattee, both of Mercer.
In East Livermore. Nov. 3d. Chas. v. Wells
and Mrs. Carrie S. Stevens. both of Mt Vernon.
In Seal Cove, Dec. 8, MARYLAND r. LaFurley of
stockton Springs and Miss Eva M. ODER of
fremont.
In Ellsworth Dec. 8, Hoyt Hodgkins of Bar
Harbor and Miss Lulu Parks Of fremont
In Ellsworth. Dec. 3, Ernest L. Curtis and
Mrs. Eugenia Davis.
In Dixield, Nov "a, Edwin Jones and Miss
Hannah Durham.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-09
DEATHS.

In East Hiram, Dec. 7, Geo. F. Stanton, aged
81 years months.
Funeral this Friday afternoon]
In WATERFORD, Nov II, Charles M. Sinclair,
aged 80 years.
In Ellsworth, Mrs. Myra S. Bartlett. aged SO
years.
80 years..
~ years.
In Litchaeld, Dec. 4, Rufus r. Town, aged
In Albion, Nov. 80, Carrie W. Fuller aged
In Gardiner, Dec. 5, Mrs. Lydia W. jackson,
In Gardiner, Dec. 5, Frank Ripley, aged 81
In Buckfeld, Nov. %, Lewis NJ. Chase, aged
63 wears.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-09
OLD COUNTY ROADS.
The Commissioners Relocate an Ancient
Highway.

The county commissioners finished the
location of the road in Westbrook, We'd
nesday. The part they located extended
from the Windham line to point on the
new county road about half mile north
of Pride's Corner The road is a re-
location of the old county road laid out
in 1888, from Bridgton to Portland. The
road has been in use constantly since,
but it's limits had got obliterated. Like
many old roads, it runs over every hill,
the old settlers having settled ON the
hills, and the roads being made to ac-
commodate them. In the old times,
where the forests were thick, the high
groundwas dryer, freer from inoppor
tune frosts and more easily cleared.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-09

A bogus coffee plant is on the market
under the name of Coles Domestic Cof-
fee Berry. From the Ohio experiment
station, where this matter has been in
vestigated, comes the report that the
plant is simply common variety of
SOFA hispida, or Japan pea, SO well
known to many of the stations, and the
iced of which is abundant and compare
lively cheap. Another attempted fraud
Is the SO called "black pepsin" for in
creasing the yield of butter.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-09
England's Latest Grab,

The Ellice islands, which have recent
ly been added to the British empire, are
a small group Of islets in mid-Pacific,
between the Gilbert islands and Fiji.
They are ON a coral reef surrounding a
lagoon, in latitude S dogs. 80 min. south
and longitude 1T9 dogs. 10 min. east.
They are sparsely inhabited and were
discovered in 1915.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-09
PROBATE COURT.
BEFORE JUDGE PEABODY.

<dDPfCNSOS
Gideon d. Hamblin, Deering, Rudolph Rich
Bridget E. Larkin Portland, VIM. Ii. Looney,
executor.
Rounds, executrlX.
Hannah L. Richardson, Portland, Martha A.
Richardson. executrlx.
Sylvanus Files, Garham, Harvey w. Murch,
Simeon shurtleff,, Portland, Enoch Adams.
executor. (appealed)
Isaac Jackson, Portland, Isaac Hyatt and
Phiander Tolman, executors.
Whittier, executrix.
Israel P. Warren, Portland, Juliet M. S. War
Angelinah Weeks, standish, Henry W. swa-
Sey, executor.
Milton Dyer, Cape Elizabeth, la. F. Hanna
ford, executor.
Elias Hersey, Deering, Harriette W. Hersey.
executrix.
Mary W. Plummer, Portland, Albert S. Plum
mer, administrator, C. t. a.
Adeline Barker, Portland, Geo. M. Seiders,
executor.
Administrators -4ppoii,ted
Martha j. Body Windham, John G..
Body.
Susan J. Wallace, Cumberland, James w.
Ross
Joshua Merrill, Falmouth, Edward S. Merrill,
solomon j. Blackstone Deering George W.
RIvira II. Straw, Portland, Henry W. Straw.
Walter r. Harnden, Portland, judith f. Harm
Elizabeth Barker, Portland, Joseph A. Locke.
Joseph O. Ward Freeport, Robert y. Ward.
Ramon n. Fox. Portland, Edward +. Iomp-
Sarah S. Minot, Brunswick, Alexander B.
Minot.
Seward p Grant, Freeport, George W.
Amanda R. Curtis, Portland, Oakley c. Cur
tbs.
Margaret McAnniny, Portland, George F.
Emery.
Guardians Aypointed
Samuel NJ. Smith, Brunswick, Barrett Pot
Sadie L. Russell, ct al, Yarmouth, Mahala NJ.
Mary E. Twigg. ct ais, Portland, Nellie G.
Edward G. Osmond William A. Osmond.
License Granted to Sell Real Estate.
Ephraim Higgins, Standish
John /. II. Greeley, New Gloucester.
VIM, B. Libby, Gorham.
James III Baker, Portland.
Hannah E. Whittier, Windham.
Helen J. Purington Westbrook.
Grace s. Beals ct ais, Portland
License Granted to Sell Personal Estate,
Hannah Clifford, Portland.
Susan w. Stiles ct ais, Harrison.
.4llo0arsce Granted by Widoao.
Howard NJ. Small, No. Yarmouth.
Ephraim Higgins Standish
Edward N. Kilgore, Harrison.
Petition for order of Dist. Granted.
Abigail Goodwin, Portland.
Thomas WEIGH, Portland.
Report Commissioners Of Insolvency Filed,
Chas. II. Baker, Nashua, NJ
William Chase, Deering
Benz, F. Whitney, Bridgton
Petition for Commissioners on Eror5ttant
Claims Granted.
Samuel Worthby, North Yarmouth.
accounts Settled and AtloWed.
Lucy w. Morse Gray.
Jos. j. Emerson, Deering.
Howard G. Freeman, Portland.
Henry B. Hart, Portland.
Lydia G. Libby, Windham.
Aaron Willard, Newton, Mass. "A
Cora NJ. Whitney, Gray.
Ann H. Stckney, Portland.
Jane r. Mcclellan, Portland
Luke Morgan. New Gloucester.
Osgood Robertson, Otisfeld.
Martha A. Files, Gorham.
Catherine Bibber. Harpswell.
Sarah A. Owen, Brunswick.
Abigail Goodwin Portland.
Robert Dyer, Cape Elizabeth
Hugh Quinn, Cape Elizabeth.
Howard FL. Fuller and alS Portland
Edward G. Osmond, Portland.
David b. Kicker, Portland
Sarah V. Pratt, Westbrook.
Timothy Varney, Wndham
ARENAS Moody, Casco
Katie L. Libby. Bridgton.
Benjamin w. Stevens Bridgton.
Thomas WEIGH, Portland.
David Dennison, Portland
John H. Hannaford, Portland.
= &
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-09
MUNICIPAL COURT.
BEFORE JUDGE GOULD.

THURsDAY-Patrick Z. Mckay. Intoxica-
tion thirty days in the county Jail
Patrick E. Mckay. Resisting officer; fined
$50 and costs.
Hannah Walsh. Search and seizure; dis
charged.
over to the grand jury in the sum of $500.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-09
Second Parish Fair.

The fair of the Second Parish closed
yesterday. 1t has been quite successful
and the dinners and suppers have been
well patronized. The evening entertain
ments have been highly enjoyable. This
was the programme last evening:
Piano solo,. ...--..... Miss Gee
Violin SOLO. ......,....-.M Miss Patrick
Miss Bagley, piano accompanies
Reading. ...--..-..... Miss Alice Armstrong
Solo. ...........-..-......M Miss Louise Turner
Reading. MISS IOtt6Q
Duet. Misses Maude and Nettie Morton
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-09
Save Your Dollars,

This advice heads Mariner & Compa-
ny's announcement this morning, and
they proceed TO show you how you can
lit. Read their advertisement.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-09

A Preserve for Birds and Animals.
New Zealand has set apart two is
lands for the preservation of its remark
able wild birds and other animals, for
bidding there all hunting and trapping.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-09
Maine historical Society.

At the sessions of the Maine Historical
Society, to be held in their library, Bax-
ter building, this afternoon and evening,
the following will be the order of exer-
cises:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-09

Report of the Librarian.
Fort Pentagoet and the French Occupation of
Castine, by DR.. George A. Wheeler, to be read
by DR.. Chas. L. Banks.
Ancient Settlement of Cork on the Kennebec,
by Rev. Henry O. Thayer.
Arrowsic in the Seventeeth Century, by Par
sketch Of the Life Of Rev. Simon Locke, first
minister of the First Baptist church of Lyman,
Me, by Johns Locke.
7.45.
The missions of Father Sebastian Rale, as
depicted by himself, by Rev. E. @. Cummings.
An account of the CochTanites, the followers
of Jacob Cochran, revivalists, by the late Rev.
Amasa Loring, to be read by Lincoln Loring.
Remarks will be called for at the close
of each paper.
Ladies and gentlemen are invited, as
usual, to attend both sessions.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-09


A mortgagee's sale, being stock of John
N Haines of Oldtown and G. J.. Huntington
of Brighton, and consisting in part of large
stock of gold, gold filed and silver watches,
Waltham and Elgin movements, all sizes; also
Swiss chatelaines, bronzes. opera glasses. spec
tacles eyeglasses, French marble clocks, Seth
Thomas wood clocks, nickel clocks silver ware
fruit and cakc, baskets, butter dishes casters
salad sets. silver table spoons. celery dishes,
sugar shells, butter knives fruit knives, spoons
forks, table knives, spoon-holders, syrup pitch
ars, ladies', chldren's sets, nut-picks and
cracks, silver photograph frames, diamond,
jewelfy. cuff buttons, bar pins. brooch pins
eardrops watch charms, lockets, shawl pins,
Jersey pins. stick pins. shirt studs, cuff pins,
gold emblem and crayat pins, collar buttons,
roll plate vest and Victoria chains, gold pens
and pencils, gold, stone and band rings, brace
let's, thimbles, etc Jewellers trays, plush
boxes, showcases, regulator, counters, jewel
ler's fine work bench, one mounted deer's head
and ant1ers, stove and funnel watch materials,
furniture tools, lamps, one steel-lined safe, etc.
etc. By Order of Nj ortgagee.
deco. d6t
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-09
ISLAND sTENIAERs.
HARPSWELL STEAMBOAT CO.

nN and after Nov. /, 1892, steamer MERRY
" CONEAG will leave Orr's Island, for
Portland and intermediate landings daily. Sun
days excepted. at $40 a. M; arrive Portland
at 900 a. m. Return, leave Portland for Long
Island, Chebeague, Harpswell Bailey'S and
Orr's Island at 22O p m.
ISAIAH DANIELS, General Manager.
oct31 diff
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-09
CASCO BAY STEAMBOAT CO.,

Winter Time Table Commencing Sunday,
November 6, 1892.
Leave Portland for Forest City Landing,
Peaks Island 5.45. 6.45, 500 a. m.; 2.15,
$40 p. m. For Little and Great Diamond Ire
fethen's and Long Island, 500 a. M, 2. 5 p. m.
C. w. I. COOLING, Gen. Manager.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-09
The White Squadron.

A new play, and one which has attract
ed considerable attention in New York
and Boston, appears at Portland Thea
tire on next Monday and Tuesday eve
nings. 1t is called 1.-THE White Squad
ron," and is by James w. Hark-
kins, Jr. The plot is taken from Incl
dents of the late CHILEAN difficulty, and
while it has a national tone the dramat-
list has constructed play that appeals to
all theatre geers. One noticeable thing
about "The White Squadron is the
magnificent manner in which it is put
upon the stage. The company carries
several carloads of scenery, and the trop-
ical beauty of Brazil is reproduced in all
its splendor. Another remarkable scene
is the assembling of the navies of the
great powers in a striking and stirring
picture, and the departure Of the vessels
of the White Squadron is said to be one
of the most realistic effects utilized for
stage purposes. Four llamas, procured
in Peru, are shown on the stage, also a
sacred OK from South America. The
cast includes such people as Robert Hill
lard, Oscar Eagle, May Wheeler, Ring
Hedley, Katie Pearson, Eugene Sanger,
VIM. Harcourt and other equally clever
people.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-09
Officers Elected.

The officers for the ensuing year are
as follows:
President-Edward P. Chase.
Vice Presidents-Rev. w. I. Phelan, Dr. Ad
olson Thayer.
Secretary and Treasurer-MiSs G. M. Patten
ounsellor-Byron ID. Verrill.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-02
MEDICINE IN PATAGONIA.
How Sick Children Are Treated In Our
Continents Southern Extremity.

The Boston Globe has learned the
medical treatment of sick children in
Patagonia. AS soon as the doctor ar
rives he looks at the sick child, and
then with much ceremony rolls it up
in piece of skin. He then orders a
clay plaster, and by this time the child
has ceased crying, soothed by the
warmth of the skin, and so renders
still more solid his reputation as a
wise man. Yellow clay is brought and
made into thick cream with water,
and the child is painted from head to
foot, causing him to cry again. "The
evil spirit is still here" says the doc
tor, sagely. and undoes two myterious
packages he carries; one contains rhea
sinews and the other rattle made of
ers. He then fingers the sinews, NUT
tiers something for few minutes and
shakes it violently, staring very hard
at the crying child, then raps it in the
skin again and it ceases crying. Again
it is painted, ratified at, and stared at,
and again it cries. This is done four
times, and then the cure is considered
complete. The doctor leaves the child
quiet, embodied in the warm skin, and
goes away, having received two pipe
fuls of tobacco as his fee. Strange to
say, the child generally RECEIVERS, but
if it does not the doctor gets out of the
difficulty by declaring that the parents
did not keep the medicine skin tightly
round the child, and so let the evil
spirit get back again. This statement
may possibly explain the origin of the
old nursery song which is printed in
all editions of Mother Goose Melo-
dies" and has probably been sung by
every mother in America:
by, Baby Bunting,
Dadys gone a-huntin'.
To get IA little rabbit skin
To Mran IN RahN Rnnfln In >,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-02
WHEN TERROR WILL DISAPPEAR.
A Fanciful Writer Discourses of the Time
When Death May BE Put on.

The history of man might be called
the decline and fall of terror. Former
", says Walter Besant in the London
Queen, we were afraid of everything.
OF the sea, because we knew not what
was beyond it, or what was in it, or
what it might do. 1t had been known
to arise in resistless might and to
whelm great cities; monsters had
been seen in it-calamaries, krakens,
sharks and whales; the sea was a
very terrible thing. Then there
was the forest; no one could tell
what might come out of the forest;
wolves there were for certain, and
serpents, and very likely human
enemies wanting to kill us. Then
there were the thousand and one dis
eases, every one of which was fatal. And
there was the vast unknown world be-
yond-tlled with enemies, creatures
like men, but speaking an unknown
tongue and breathing hatred-devils
they were, not men. When this uni
versal terror was still unconquered,
the historian began, and so we know
what it was, and how it held the people
SO that they sought by charms and
magic to escape from it, and to get a
little confidence. Then they began to
lind out things, and gradually the terror
was dispelled. They crossed the sea
and found out what was on the other
side; they penetrated the forest and
killed the wild beasts; they learned
strange languages and travelled in
strange lands; they found out how to
ward off disease. Finally there re-
mains of the old terror only lone or
two things. Men fear, now, nothing
but what they cannot control-some
forms of disease earthquakes; lightning
and death. These things can be still
further reduced; we shall overcome
disease; we shall, perhaps, control the
lightning; we shall learn the cause of
earthquakes: we shall put off death.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-02
MAN PREDOMlNATES.
In Uncle Sans Domain There Are More
Male Than Female Residents.

The population in this country is
pretty well divided between the two
sexes, although according to a bulletin
lust issued from the census Office there
are about 100000 more males than
females in the 62,500,000 of popula-
ton. In the New England and middle
states there are $4,000 more females
than males. In the south middle sec
ton, including the district, the females
outnumber the males by some 10000.
While in the northern central section
of the country as far west as Nebraska
the males are in the majority by over
$780, 900, in the south central portion
this excess reaches only about 200,O00
In the western section of the country
the predominance of the males is
shown by majority of over 800 900,
says an exchange.
In the District of Columbia the
males number only 100, 5o4, while the
females number 120,SJS; 51.21 per
cent of the total population returned
in 1899 are males and 1879 per cent
are females. In 1880 the males repre-
sented 50.SS per cent and the females
1912 per cent The percentages of
UldlcS anu lcllldlCS III low "tiO apous
the same as those just stated for 1880,
or 80. Sc per cent for males and 1914
per cent for females, while in 1860
they were very similar to those given
for 1899, or 5l.1G per cent for males
and 1881 per cent for females. The
excess of males over females in 1899
is 1,513,51O as against an excess in
1889 of SSl,S57. In 1877 the males
only exceeded the females by 1923, 759,
whereas in 1860 there were 727, 0S7
more males than females. In 1889 the
males exceeded the females by 49,
444 The very large excess of males
in 1899 is readily accounted for by the
greatly increased number of immi-
grants who have come to this country
since 1881, over three-lifths of the en-
tire number of immigrants being
males.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-02
The Camerist and the SquaW.

A Presbyterian divine recently visit
ed this city only to have a somewhat
startling experience. While near the
Union Station he thought it would be
fine thing to shoot his kodak at a
Ute squaw; but when the squaw saw
the kodak pointed toward her she
thought that she was being bewitched,
and, pulling large knife from under
her dress, she made a desperate lunge
for the dominic. He saw what was COM
ing, and dropped the kodak in his fright
and made very undignitied dive for
the other side of the street. The
squaw captured the witch instrument.
and, after demolishing it, replaced her
knife with a satisfactory grunt and
marched trumphantly away.-Denuer
NelOS.