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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-04-09
THE PENSION OFFICE.



WASHINGTON, April S.-Representatives
Btookshlre snd N. X. Gantz each testified
today In the pension office investigation,
that he had employed 8, X Hersey 10 look
after his pension business because Of his
| II 'Isey's reported efficiency in that work
fhe witnesses testified that they had paid
kne~ that he fecelved any other COM
for ms persona eT ds
| samuel Il, Jersey, pension attorney,
VINO WAS charged with calling up cases on
alton to attorneys Tor pay, was then exam
Jersey testlhtd he also worked for Rep
tesen's'lves bufbnriow OF ILLINOIS and
ferklhs OF Iowa IN the last Congress, in
suui i..oh 10 ',is members fsmed, he worked
Tor messfs. MsrAn shd otfuoie OF Iowa.
congressman except TO render them good
service ana none oi 'hem knew The witfe's
vas receiving pay from attorneys. lie saw
notn'ng wrong IN what he had done
Nhere soldiers wiote for informs
nor ne charged them nothing and
returned money IN Inc iste cases in
ShlCh they ehcIosed Zee. Attorneys
ne charged Tor FURNISHING information,
ueushy teihhR mem thst II WAS worth a
COLLAR case. witness knew that other
clerks 10 Senators and members call up
csses' slgning tneir employer name and e
irV'd they received pay for the infoi-
lhatioh furnished
Ehioe asked what gave fise TO the neces-
Fi'y iof 'hs spphcstion by attorneys to
othef persons Tor information as to the
s's.as Oh 'heif Csses,
"hhess Iepiea that IN the last Con-
greer, ana uAtli recently, attorneys
c'n'd set any information which
'he witness gave them IL iheY
A'e" "hete 10 hha ~, Recently there had
oeeh au otoef ptomoi1ing attorneys from
LOOK Al Tue record or any ADVERSE tes'.-
m'iy OF me reports Oh examining surgeons
memb rs OF congress however had that
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NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE
Fairly Started-Eight Cities Already
Join the League.

BosToN, April 5.-An adjourned meet
ing Of the New England Base Ball League
vas held tonight at the Quincy House,
President Murnane in the chsir.
Lowell was admitted to membership and
it was voted that the league shall consist of
the following cities, provided that each pay
$500 forfeit on or before April 20: Lewis
ton, Me-, Portland, Me-, Manchester, N
r., Haverhill, Mass, Lowell and Salem,
Mass, Woonsocket and and Pswtucket,
K. |.
Representatives from Brockton reported
that 9 club could surely be raised In that
city, and the visiting committee was in-
structed to visit Brockton and Lawrence.
Mr.. Lsveity of Marlboro, said he was
delegated by the board Of trade to petition
for entrance. provided Milford was ad-
mitted. This petition was laid on the
table.
1t was voted to open the championship
season May 4. The matter of entering
under the national agreement was laid on
the table after scme discussion.
1t was voted that any club not psyir Z
the forfeit be disbsrred from membership.
The circuit committee WAS empowered to
dill any vacancies caused by failure Of any
club to pay its $500 forfeit.
The secretary was authorized to make
provisional contracts with players until the
question Of entering the national agree
ment was decided.
The Reach ball was adopted and these
committees chosen: On sche dule, W. Il.
Rove, Pawtucket, K. A. Mason, Lewiston.
and W. A. Lincoln, Lowell. On constitu
'icn, G. I. Hopkins Msnche ster, Mr.. Gay
Of Woonsocket and J. L, Bacon, Salem.
The meeting adjourned until April 20 =.
he Quincy House.
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CONFEDERATE VETERANS
Meet at New Orleans Favor Pension for
Mrs. Jefferson Davis.

NEw ORLgANs, La April S--A grand
reuuIOD If Confederate veter.rs begar
here 'odsy, at Washington artillery hall
-hich vas hsnd.omely decorated
Gen. w. J. B han, ~ he Louisians
division Of Unitd Confederate We erans
and Mayor Shakespeare. made eloquent
addresses of v, lComs.
Gen. j b, q rdoa presided. In hii
speech he said, "pId things have passed, q
new era has come. and now We sre al
American citizens. Destening applause }
A resolution ws. offered by Gen. e 3rion
as follows. "hesoivsd, that it Is the seuss
Of this convention thst the late & C1nfederAte
states grant small pensions each to Mrs
j, fferson Davis, widow OF the Pre,idsnt Of
,4id Cont isrste states, snd se earnestly
recommend TO the legislatures Of the fol
loving states to vote her an snnaal pension
Of $500 each, cating the tmsinins y,ats Vi
her life, - wit Mary lsnd. Virginia, Nor L
Caroiins. South Carolina. Florida, G. or2i,
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ttx.s,
Arksrsss. Tennessee, Indian Territory
Kentacky and Missouri"
On motion of Col. Mullen Of Mississippi
the resolution ~ss unanimously adopted vI
suspension Of the rules.
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TRADE REVIEW.
A Decided improvement in Business Cir
cIes All Through the States.

New YORK, April s r G Dan CH's.
weekly review of trade says; Another
week brings additional proof Of he ac!usl
Improvement ir business at many points,
while The slsckness at q few is explained by
causes obviously local ard temporsr'
There is much evidence 'hst the actual
business transacted all branches considered,
is greater than ever before at tb, season
in spite of all obstacles and complaints.
Reports from other cities are OF III
whole favorable. AT Boston there ID fu t.
ther improvement and \ larry r-isi rsde
dry goods iobbers are active ard mills very
we'll employed; Western reports are favor
able and southern better.
Business failures during the last seven
days, as reported 10 X G. Dun & Go. and
f. Russell & Co. of mercsntile agency,
mum Der III for the United St7its AID 81
for Capsds, a total Of 20S AZ compsred
with 2ls lsst week, and z3l the week b.
fore. For the CORRESPONDING week Of last
year tta figures wefe 243, representing 2ll
in the L nlled States and 81 in Canada.
Brsdstreet's agency SAWS here were lG5
business failures in the United States this
week, against l7S in the first week Of
April, 1891. The Canadian failures this
week number %
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NEWS NUGGETS,
Brought BY the Wires From North, East
West and South.

Captain Mellon Williams # Porter's
Corner, Saratoga county, N Y direc.
descendant of Roger Williams in the sixth
generation, diei recently aged So years.
Scientists now tell US tai the peculiar
favor of maple sugar ia due to the presence e
Of impuritts in he SAP, and t14t il he.e
impurit es c1uld be eliminated the sug,r
would tast exactly like pure Lar sugar.
Rev. DR.. J g Webster, III. promi-
nent Methodist mil i,ier Of Baltimore. who
disappeared on Mond.y leaving his bride
Of two weeks at her mothers hou'a, was
found dead in Charleston, W. Va. Wednes-
day mcr0i'
The mIcrophone is the latest absolute
test for death. Recently st. Petersburg
woman, who was subject to A Of catsle
psy apparently cess,d 10 breath, and vas
looked upon by her friends as dead Her
med C Al ate ndant, WIN knew the hist,ty Of
the case, spplied the microphone t. the re
aicn over the heart. and sss ihus enabled
TO hear the faint sou de - its beats
Frank Melbourne. the rain producer,
say Js the Pniladeiphia LEDGE, ope' .ted in
Sonora, Mexico, under a stc, with .hs
auto iiies Of that stste f,r f,w .hlTers
al s2500 each. The day after he bessu
experimenting the clouds hez.n to gather
and the authorities ordered BIN to dtsls'
~ q natural storm was setting IN Then
be set out N-xt time he gots .rh s.up-
ply Of rain to Mexico he will AK spot cAsh.
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GREAT NERVE.
Chicago Wheat Hsrket Vas 4
SCeps Of Wild Frenzy.
Edward Partridge, 4 MrYy Spectator,
Caused The RumpuS.
Up and Down Went Wheat-lmmeBse
Sales-Price is Now Up.

| CHICAGO, Aprll Edward Pardridge
the most dAtit 4 Spectator in The wheat pill
here, WAS at bay Today, with s thousand
wildly excited brokers almos; literally
clutching st his throat and pocket. In the
| struggle the price Of wheat WAS forced up
3 5-S cents.
he irerzy contiu ued long after the reg
| ulaf closing hour, and the fnal curb quota
ton recorded An additional advance OF
nearly two cents.
Pardridge's operations of late have been
enormous, and while wheat has been nearly a
quarter of dollar lower than At the corres-
ponding time last ear, he has been q short
seller, with perslslenGe unparalleled.
During the decline Of the cereal tJ so
cents on pIe OF hs mammoth dp.ls. he was
reputed 10 have won over 81 900 600
The next day he WIS reported having
| said that he aimed to estao'ish 80 cents As
the price for wheat. From so cents Par
dridge. with gigantic sales forced the pr ce
| about half way d0~n TO 70. TIE. the u4e
turned.
There are q susp cIous f. " Of the Of oAg-
er speculstots, with allies in other cities
and abroad, who shaped mitets for Par
dridge's DE- suuction III retsii.tlun T. heavy
losses il fl c.ed ON them.
John CudAhy, 8 former pAT.ner VI +. D..
Armour, is rumored as the leader in the
auli PArdridg5 campaign. VIM. Linn is
also said 10 be prominent IN 1t.
Tonight it is stated that they had Par
bridge short 1t exec ptionally low prices on
possibly 10 COO 900 bushels Of wheat, the
most coBse rvatve estimate being coo 900
bushels.
To-day the wheat market opened very
strong at one cant bushel advance. Foi
an hour snd half one big wave of exci,ed
buying followed another until something
over 2i cents was added to the price .uf-
rent for May at the end Of yesterdays ses-
sion, and July, in the same time moved up
from ] cent discount to squslty Nth The
May tu.ure.
For q quarter Of an hour hundreds of
thousands of bash, Is of wheat were bought
and sold from SO to SO l-8 With marvel
Gus nerve Partridge kept the brokers busy
jabbing tens and twenties OF shett in.o the
crowd all around the pit. lie appeared III
no way worried over the big advance.
Each effort Of his brokers app ared 70
goad fresh advance. Kaufman of ut
Louis, started to cover about 200 900
bushels, and the price rose to SO IA
A bear Janic ensued, added to by the IN
favorable crop news and higher prices
elsewhere ST. Louis aud New York CIV.
cred q vast amount of short wheat.
There was heavy realizing and q large
short selling, which sent the price b>Ct to
81 l-2. Then it ruled irregular for a time.
Shortly before the close there was tome
rems ksble buying, which the trader al
tributed to Partridge tryirg to cover. This
caused the widest scene of all and the M,y
price went from 63 l2 to "a 3-4 iu few
minutes.
Some realizing. put the price Of May at
"a 3-S at close Of the regular session, only
to be followed by subsequent big advance
on the curb. Partridge tough! the sdvsnce
up to the last hour,
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SID CONGRESS.
Senate Votes TO Appropriate
100000 from d. 5. Tftsury
For tho Subsistence and Quarters fol
Visiting Old Soldiers
Who May Attend the National &. A. X,
Encampment ut Washington.

WAsHIsGros. April o.-After the rou.
tine morning business in tn. Senate, tht
consideration OF the District Of Celumbi,
| appropriation bill was resumed and aftel
two hours DISCUSSION it was voted, fl to 10
TO sppfopriate out of the treasury Of ths
| United States SlC0,0 for subsistence and
| 4 lar,e rs Of the visiting old soldiers attend
ing the G. A. K. enc.mpmsnt.
The follo~irg 8 10 the vote in detail; Yeas
Messfs. Allen, Allison, Br;ce, Carey, Cui.
lom, Davis Dubois, Faulkner, FRYE, Gal.
linaer, Gibson Of Maryland, Gormsr, Gray,
Hale, Hsnsb'ough, Hswley, Higgins. His
cock, KYLE, Mcpherson. Msnderson, Mitch.
ell, Paddock, Palmer, PETER, Perkins
Proctor, Quiy. Sanders, Sawyer, Sherman,
Shoup, Stewart, Teller. Turpie, Villas,
Voorhees,, Warren, Washburn, Wilson and
Wolclt., Al.
Nays, Messrs Bate, Berry. Blackburn,
Coke. Colqnits, Irby, joiner, Ark, Mills
Push and Vest. 10.
The bill was reported to the Senate.
Cali tried TO get in an amendment for the
bent tii for the little sisters OF the poor and
as il was 'uled out on q point of order he
moved to strike out oil the items for chat
ity, SO As TO have the whole subject passed
upor il conference.
Vest offered an appropriation for ST.
Joseph's Asylum. This Institution, he
said had been carried on for 80 years and
had never re ecsived dollar Of public money.
Last year it had l3l orphans. Ii he had
to ctoose between the old broken. down
drunksrds provided for in an item Of
$1,000 for the temporary home for soldiers
and sailors) and these unfortunate boys, he
would give the money to the boys
Sherman supported Calls notion. SO as
to have the whole matter of charities re
vised BY the conference committee.
After further discussion Vest renewed
his amendment to increase the amount for
ST. Joseph's asylum from $500 to S2000
and it WAS agreed to. AS this necesitated
& COZ ference, Call Withdrew his motion to
strike out the chapter. The bill was then
passed.
After a brief executive session the Sen
ate adjourned till Monday.
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SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Dr.. B. M. Hardy Of FsrmiD gton, Tues
day, caught 2S trout at Rsngeley in one an(
a half hours time.
City Marshal McDonough Of Lewiston
seized over 500 gallons of liquor and beel
at that city, Friday.
Dr.. Charles L. Wilson Of Waterford
died very suddenly Of heart failure Thurs
day night, sged about So years.
Harvey Judkins, aged 7, of Dover, wal
thrown from hay rack, Thursday. and
received scalp wound and internal in uriel
are feared.
Philip B. Tukest ury for seventeen year,
well known in connection with the vessel
repairing business at Bangor, died suddenly
Friday morning Of heart failure.
Edith Carver, aged 90 years. while driv
ing on Turner street, Auburn, Friday morn
ing near the Maine Central bridge, the horse
was frightened and ran away, throwing hel
out sgsinst telephone pole, fracturing hel
color bone and four ribs, separating them
from the breast bone.
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4 BCRLEIGH CLUB.
A Rousing Cali for the Formation OF
One in SkOwhegan.
( Special 70 the KEssEBEo JOURNAL.

Special 20 the EEssEBEo JOURNAL.
SKowHEGAs, April 8.-Csii sigaed by
Gen. R. B. Shepherd snd 263 other Repub.
lican voters Of this place has been is.ued
for the formation Of a BarIeish club si
Grand Army Hall on Tuesday
April I2lh al I o'clock p NJ.
The call states the belief Of the 81 gners
in the integrity, ability and qualifications
Of Gov. Edwin c. Bufleigh IS = candidate
for Congress and invites all persons desir-
GUS Of his nomination 10 be present at The
meeting and assist in the formation of the
club. The call is notable for the strong
list of prominent Republican workers who
have signed il
Governor Burleighs friends are both
numerous and active il this place and frm-
ly believing that the interests Of the
Republican party in the Third Congression-
al District will be best served by his nom
nation, will do everything in their power
10 attain that result.
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REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.
Norumbega Hall. Bangor, Wednesday
April %, 1892.

Arrangement Of trains.-The Republic An
State Committee have made the following
railroad arrangements for the Republican
State Convention:
Maine Central Rsiroad.-Tickets fol-
any train, Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day, April 20, 26 aud 27, from Aroostook
county and Eastern Maine good to return
on any train Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, April 2Iih, % h and 29th, can ba
had at one fare ,he round Tip. At all other
points on the Maine Central tickets will
only be sold good for any train going to
Bangor On de 26,h and 9TH, and for re-
turn Wednesday and Thursday, the 27th
and 28tl. Special trains will be run from
Portland to Bangor on the morning of the
convention, returning after the sd >urI-
ment The train from Portland to Bangor
will run both wsys, via Lewiston and via
Augusta.
Bangor & Piscataquis Railroad. One
fare for round trip. Tickets for all trains
Tuesday and Wednesday, April 26 and 27 :;
return Wednesday and Thursday, April 81
and 28
Boston & Maine Railroad. Tickets two
cents per mile each way. Tickets good
going to Bangor Tuesday and Wednesday
April 26 and 81 good to return Wednesday
and Thursday. April 27th and %. Tickets
must be purchased from any station on the
Bo,ton & Maine to the nearest station on
the Maine Central, and then a ticket pur-
chased of the Maine Central Railroad.
Portland & Rochester Railroad.
fare for round trip. Tickets good as on
Boston & Maine.
Grand Trunk Rsiivsy.-One fare for
round trip. Tickets good going to Bangor,
April 26lh and 27; return 27th and 26th.
Somerset Railroad. Round trip tickets
for one fare. Good going to Bangor April
26 and 27; return April 81 and IS
Sandy River Railroad.-One fare for
round trip. Tickets good going to Bangor
April 18th and eth, return April 27sh and
2slh.
franklin and Megsntic Railroad One
fare for round trip. Same limit OF tickets
as to time as Sandy Rive. Railroad.
Csnsdisn Pacific Rsilrosd.-One fare
round trip. Tickets good same days IS
Maine Central.
Portland. Mt. Desert and Machiss Steam
ship Company. fare for round trip
to Mt. Desert Ferry and return.
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IF This Is so
Then Secretary BIaiae Will
Never Be President.
He is Alleged 10 Hays Said That His
Health Would Prevent
His Thinking for n Moment Of Accept
ing the Candidacy.

PITrsBuRG. Ps., April S.--The Time,
will tomorr ~ morning print q story from
its staff correspondent, AZ Washington; III
snv answer is needed to the anony NOUS
story that Secretary Blsite is complaining
that he has been Ds0gefed snd bounded by
ffields Of Pr, dent HARRISON into writing
his letter Of deciiuilg 20 be . candidate for
the Presidency, MIR. Blaine himself ans
we,ed il to-day.
Ii the course of conversation with rep
resentsuve Of the Times and some of the
leading ply sicisns OF the country, Who re.
Gently attended lbe secretary, the ,hys-
clan remarked, u see that some Of the
newspapers continue TO connect your name
with the Presidency, Mr. Secretary
Promptly, ss an sns~er to = question up
on which he had done delibersting. Mr.
BlaiLe Responded
The position is q most lsbori5us and
xhausting one. He has no voice. no al
ternste, no substitute upon whose shoulders
he can shake the tespons .bilits. Thcre is q
Vice PIE sideni, bus in our form of gov
ernmen., II does not permit him 10 assume
the powers and duties of President sx-
cept In case OF desth, removal. resignation
or disability OF the Pre- sident.
Ii dJes not cont mplse The Vice Presi-
d al rs occasionally acting as President for
8 day or two ora week or two when the
mau who has been elected to that office
may need rect and recreation. The Presi-
dency is al oiiiee without sleep. sm now
G2 years old and although YOU tOld me, and
| believe, that In heart, lungs, kidney and
otherwise | am free frCm organic disease,
cuff rirg only from tofpidity of the liver.
90 not believe ths, if we're to be iDaugu-
rat President tomorrow | would
live through the term. | tlnd life too
,u,l Of congenisl friends and happiness To
feel called upon or inclined TO thiow it away.
Afer WAS sssured Jf the nomination and
election to the Presidency could not &C
cept 1t. At my age, with my temperament,
knowing what the Cffec,e of long, life-sX-
haus!lng lsbo, has been upon my vitality,
IL would be constructive to suicide"
The tecfetsry spoke with the emphasis
Of perfect csndor, with the apparent desire
only to make himself distinctly understood.
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The General Opinion.
Biddeford journal.

Governor Burleigh says the Insane Hos
pitxl should be kept out of politics. So
| say We all Of us.
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GRATEFUL RUSSIA.


ST, PETERSBURG. April s. - Charles
Emory Smith, the United Sta,ss Minister,
vas siven an sudienc5 by the Gar, at
Gst'ohins, preparatory 10 his departure for
the United States. His Majesty spoke AZ
preclstivey and warmly OF the of fferirg,
sent from America for the relief Of the
famine sufferers 6, and asked Mr.. Smith TO
convey his thanks to the American people.
Mr., Smith expected to return to the
united Stsics last February, but he has
oeen detained here directing the dlstribu-
uon Of the flour, grain and provisions sent
from Americx. The distribution is now 80
well organ aed that it can proceed on the
fixed plans He will leave St. Petersburg
April Is. and will ss,l frcm Liverpool for
New York Oh the Teu.onic on April 27.
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BLOODY BATTLE
In Montana Between Caitlemem and I
Band Of Thieves.

HELENA, Mon, April "A dispatch
from Dillon, southern part of the state, 81
nounces tina, battle occurred two days az,
between a band Of thieves AID caittemer
on the Montana side 0. Windy river coun
try
The cstllemen we're repuIsed, lO.in.
eight killed and many wounded. Ike rob
bers lost heavily.
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Ka1lrua0s 4 Sisau.a. ..a, Is
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
Arrangement Of Train. In Effect April
11tb, 1892.

9OIH0 WEBT-s.p a. n 'of fsSistya
Hookiand, Portland, Boston and aorlfaAi; r.ss A
n. for Halo~eil Gardiner and .sG,h SaTitdsfi
.0.fo a. n. for Brunsritf. Lewiston, HafM In gt0n
RookiAnd. Portland aud Boston, oornsqting fu,
White Mountain Points and QHeb bee, iog =. y
for HAiiosei, 4ariinnr and soaih Gardiner. 81,
r. n, Tor BrunsvlGs, BAH, roEiaad, B1ston.
and Saturdays only. FOR kooklaaG, sD5 r. NJ. roF
Hailovei. Gardiner and 5Oub. ardiner, II ca
r. u. might Pullman '0- L@giston, Bath, Port
and and Boston.
ssOfNG EABr-fl0 A. a. might expre4.J for
bhovhnzxn, Belfast, Bangor, bar Harbog, 1t.
Stephens, Bt. John and Aroostooa County; gii A.
n. for WAteryille, ato~h-saa and Bangor 3 is
Bingham, 3k0vhasaa. Belfast. Dover and
toHIoit, Bangor, Bar uarbor. 81 Stephens,
81, John and Atooatook Coanty, and Sundays
only. ~ S.i7 A. M, '0r Bangor.
Tho Might Pullman fralns run each way every
night, Sundays Included, but not 70 HfoHhagsn
on Monday mornings, or ~ Belfast, Dexter, or
beyond Bangor, on Sun iay mornings.
The DAY express trains going West a. 10, 10 A
n. and East at SN 7. N run daily, Sundays In
einded, between Boston. la ~iston. Bath, Bangor
and Ct John.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN for Au18sta
leaves Soath Gardiner 2 6 A e. i.rAnd IS
p. NJ, Gsrdiner. ssa 4. II 80 aGd as ? N
HalloHaii. . ~ n, - Aut 50 = 81
Through tickets to Californian and All yu,nts
south and Wrst may be had OF p. q Waikos.
ticket agent. AugusiS. me prlY pi16g Ia Auggsis
selling via al routes and checking bax2agr f,-e o.
expense
PAYsos rUCKER. Vice Pros Con. VI suas,'-.
y. v BOoIHBY. Gem pAas, ard Ticket Ayr
Portland. April :. 1872
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A TITLED APPLICANT.
Sir George Northedge Is Eligible TO a
Letter Carriership in Chicago.

CHICAGO, April 5 Sir George NORTH
edge, the bsronet who fell heir to over
81 600, zoo left by his grandfather. and who
Is now in Chicago, is wanted at the Chicsgo
postoffice. Before the windfsll Sir George
vas 3 poor carpenter. Tirilg of manual
labor, Nor,hedge went to the possoffics and
took civil service examination as letter
carrier.
This was two months ago. Wednesday
the poste flee officials looked over the list
of those who had passed the examination,
and the very fret name at the top Of the
list was none other than that Of NORTH edge.
He was uno fficislly notified today that he
had passed . successful examination and
that he was emitted TO be put on the
eligible list. The bsronet, however, laugh.
ipgly declined
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There are three hundred and sixty-fve
days in the year. aod jus. about that many
diseases land their modifcs.ions) sffiict
young childhood. Whena baby has simon
pure case Of collie, they all seem to have
struck him st once. in thei- intensity; and
ttsn it is that she parents hearts yeArn for
. bottle Of DR. Hands Collie Cure,-the
sure relief for this form Of psinful indises-
ton. For sale BY Chas- X Partridge,
Augusta, Geo. W. Dorr. Waterville, G. Il.
Brann, Halloveil. Geo. E. Warren, Gar
diner. dSstlyfoirm