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The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22
FIRST DISTRICT CONVENTION.

The Republicans of the First Congressional
District will hold a convention in Reception
Hall, Portland, on Wednesday, July II, at 2
O'Clock p. m. for the purpose OF nominating d
candidate for Representative in Congress, and
of transacting any other business that may
properly come before them
The basis of representation will be as follows:
Each city and town will be entitled to one dele
gate, and for each 70 votes cast for the Repub-
lican candidate for governor In 1885,
an additional delegate, and for
fraction of 40 votes in excess OF 70
votes, an additional delegate.
Vacancies in the delegation of any city or
town can only be filled by residents of the town
or city in which the vacancy exists.
The District Committee will be IN session aI
the hall at / o'clock on the afternoon OF tne
convention for the purpose OF receiving the
credentials of delegates. g.
By order of the Republican District Com
mittee.
S. w. JUNKINS, Secretary.
Portland .TuIV a. 1882
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22
DEERING REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

The Republicans of Deering are requested to
meet at their respective ward rooms, on Mon
day, July 18th inst, at o'clock, p. M. Tor the
following named purposes:
To choose one delegate from each ward to the
First District Congressional Convention.
To nominate a Warden and Clerk IN eacn
ward, to be voted for at the city election on
August 9Th, proximo.
70 nominate candidate for Representative
to the Legislature. >,
The chairman of the ward committee will
preside at and the Secretaries thereof will be
Secretaries of the meeting in their respective
wards.
The choice of Delegates and nomination OF
nden their fespectve heads and in
each case a plurality vote will elect The "a 9
delegates chosen to the District Convention will
meet at Ward Room, No 5, on Tuesday eve
ming, July 26th, at 7.30 O'Clock, for the purpose
Of choosing two delegates at large. The City
Committee will meet at Ward Room, No. s, on
Thursday evening, July 2Sth, at O'Clock, for
the purpose of canvassing the vote for and Ger
tifying the nomination of the candidate for
Representative to the Legislature.
Per order Republican City Committee.
Deering, July 10, 1892
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22
WHERE is sPoFFoRD?
Charged With Embedding $4,000 from
One Woman and Swind1ing $4,000 Out
of Another-Heis a Brother of Mrs. G. III.
Fiske.


Fiske.
Yesterday morning, Marshal SWEET re-
ceived telegram from Chief Inspector
of Police Ross of Chicago, asking him
if he had arrested L. G. Spotford. The
Marshal replied he had not, and did not
know of any such man being in the city.
1t appears that circular was sent here a
few weeks ago, asking that the police
look out for the same Spotford, accused
of swindling woman out of $4,000.
1t was stated at the time that this woman
was Miss Barker of Boston, and that
Spofford got the money out of her under
promise of marriage.
A Chicago despatch says that three
weeks ago Miss Collins Arch, a maiden
lady, whose home is in California, COM
planned to the police that she had been
swindled out of $4,000 by E. G. Spot
ford, who had either lost the money on
the open board of trade, Or appropriated
it to his own use. Efforts were made to
locate Spofford, but failed, and the affair
was kept quiet by the police.
1t appears that Spofford is native of
New England, and is well known to hotel
men and Old Orchard people. He was
for several years clerk at the Fiske
House.
81 recollect Spofford very well" said
G.. H. Fiske, proprietor of the Fiske
House, land ] have good cause to. He
was my clerk for some five or six years,
ending with the summer of 1884. In the
season of 1883 l was at a loss TO under
stand why the cash receipts were no
larger, for we had apparently been doing
most excellent business When, in the
following year, noticed the same thing,
| suspected the cause, and put my books
in the hands of John 0. Rice of Portland,
an expert accountant. Then [ discov-
cred where the money had gone. In
these two years, Young Spofford had
been robbing me right along, and had
taken in all sums aggregating about
$4,000.
ssIn view of the fact that he is now
charged with embezzling funds in Chica-
go, I can see that might have perhaps
done the world a service if had had
him arrested and punished when / found
out how he had been using me. But
family reasons interviewed, he being a
brother of my wife, and was prevailed
upon not to prosecute him. Since that
time [ have known of his whereabouts
only through Mrs. Fiske, with whom he
has been in regular correspondence.
Spofford is well remembered here as a
natty and dressy man of 80, spare-fea-
tured and light-complexioned, with
brown hair and light brown moustache.
The index and second finger on his left
hand had been shot off at the first joint.
1t is understood that he has been an ac-
tive hacker of his sister in her legal COM
plications, with which the public are fa-
miliar under the name of the Fiske di-
vorce suit.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22

The elevator and electric motor to run
the same, recently put in for Roscoe S.
Davis & Co.'s new furniture store, is a
fine piece of work. 1t is with pride we
call attention to the fact that this motor
and the whole work complete was fur
nished by a local company. There is no
need for our people to go out of town
for anything in the electrical line while
we have such mandatory as that on
the corner of Cross and Fore streets
the Belknap Motor Company.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22
DEATHS.

In this city. July 20, Mrs. Jane WEIGH.
Funeral Friday afternoon at o'clock, at
the residence of her daughter, 152 Washington
street.
In Bath, July 90 Lillian M. Mayors. aged "a
years,-daughter of Winter and Martha Mayors,
aged "a years.
In Mt Vernon, July IA, Mrs. Rena Lahen
Weaver, aged % years.
In Lowell, James Day, aged 90 years.
In Jonesport, June 80, Mrs Addie Caller, aged
80 years.
In Friendship, July IL, Mrs. Lavina Wallace,
aged about so years.
[The funeral of the late Mrs. Margaret Ora
ham will take place this Friday morning at 10
O'Clock, from her late residence, No. Sc Wash
ington street.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22
Rev. Mr.. Randall Returns Thanks.

The pastor and members of Congress
street M. E. church and congregation
who visited me at my Pilgrims Re-
treat at Old Orchard camp ground the
18th inst, on my s5th birthday, and for
the valuable present in token of their
respect for me will please accept my
hearty thanks. This is another indica-
ton of their universal kindness and re-
spect for myself and family during my
residence among them.
July 10, '92. d. B. RANDALL.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22
MARRIAGES..

In Gloucester, July 6. Hugh Parkhurst of
Bristol and Miss Tena Pool of Gloucester.
In Hiram, July IL, Fred Flye and Miss Ruth
Pierce.
In Andover, July 4, Wallace f. Abbott and
Miss Dora A. Mitchell of Byron.
In Chester, July II, Sumner r. Lee and Miss
Carrie M. Lyons.
In Whitneyville, July 8, Roland N. White of
Jonesport and Mrs. Mary Coils of Jonesboro.
In Topsfeld June ~, Frederick w. Smith
and Vesta M. Noble.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22
LAW COURT.

These cases. besides the Auburn aqueduct
case were disposed of:
Franklin County.
The First Free Will Baptist Parish VS.. Moses
Perham. Argued orally at the last law term
Exceptions oyerrbled. Judgment on the YER
dict
s. G. Belcher j. C. Holman.
Albert NJ Penley ct al, vs. City of Auburn.
Exceptions by defendant. Argued orally.
MCCAIN g. Verrill-N. & J. A. Morrill,.
j. w. & G. B. Mitchell.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22
MUNICIPAL COURT.

BEFORE RECORDER TodPsoN.
THURsDAY-Eugene A. Reardon and James
A. Conwell. Search and seizure Discharged.
James A. Conwell and Eugene "A. Reardon.
Nuisance Bound over to the grand jury in the
sum of $500 each.
David Ahearn Criminal assault. Bound
over to the grand jury in $500.
School for girls.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22

French Broche Satines.
the most beautiful and at
tractive Cotton Dress Fab
RIGS in the market, equal in
appearance to Brocaded
Silks and Satins, at
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22

Best French organdie
Muslins, so very desirable
for summer dresses, in a
variety of elegant new pat
terms for only
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22

100 pieces of No. 1900
Ginghams, 80 inches wide,
beautiful Scotch styles, near
ly as fine as the Anderson
Ginghams at 40c, will be
sold for
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22

Satin Chevronne, Bed
ford Cords, Shantong Pom
gees, Tussah Cloth and
best American SatineS,
worth from 1919 to 25c, all
to be sold at
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22

Balance of our Endymi-
on Cloths, 80 inches wide,
India Silk finish and pat
terms. that have been selling
for 25 cents, will be closed
out at
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22

rs choice styles in genu- l 0En
inc Scotch Ginghams. very kJG
fine quality, fast colors, all DER VAR
to be sold at only TIL IHll
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22
j. r. LIBBY.
COTTON
UNDERWEAR SALE
CONTINUED.
The great selling numbers,
which are remarkable bargains,
are as follows:
NIGHT ROBES.
3sc, soc, 65c. 75c, ssc, 81,
$I.25.
49, SKIRTS.
soc, 75c, 81, SIPS.
DRAWERS.
csc. 3sc, soc, 65c, s5c.
co RsET COVERS.
IL Lac, I7c, CSC, 3sc, soc, 75c,
81.
cHEMISE.
csc, 3sc, 75c.
The temptation is very great to purchase
Cotton Underwear for future use at the above
WoMEN's HOSIERY.

Women's Fast Black Hose, 0Eo
Hermsdorf,s Dye, in plain kIG
and drop stitch, worth SIC.
Also fancy eolored Hose, in
Guiding boot pattern, all to be DER D
sold at Tkn I
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22

The visitors were very much pleased
with their drive about the city.
Chandler's Band gave fine concert at
the hotel yesterday before the drive.
The committees from the Maine Asso-
citation left nothing undone to please
their guests.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22

One case of Childrens . pAIRc
Fast Black Hose, regular D FHlIlO
csc quality, in sizes from
to S1s, will be sold at the END Ef1n
low price of 19c per pair, or J run JU5
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22
HON. JOHN LYNCH.
His Death in this City Last Evening
Sketch of His Career.

Hon. John Lynch died in this city last
evening, about $50 o'clock. The end
was not unexpected for Mr.. Lynch had
been great sufferer for months with
paralysis. A few weeks ago he was
brought from Washington-his home-to
Portland, but has failed gradually until
his death. The funeral will take place
at 2 p. m. tomorrow, at No. Is Spring
street.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22

Children's Fast Black 0Eo
Hose, double knees, extra ZV1
heavy and 2 ribs and
and /, never fails to suit.
Also Russet shades to match DEQ DklR
shoes, all at TIL NIL
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22

AZ Se9 s; rs fs: HEs; PAIRS
quality, for 371ac per pair EnQ CT mn
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22

IOc JERSEY VESTS.
Women's Jersey Vests, low neck and sleeve
less, good quality and length, great bargain at
the price.
CSC JERSEY VESTS.
Women's Jersey Vests, high and low neck,
long and short sleeves and sleeveless, in black
and great variety of fancy eolors, and in
bleached and unbleached. Also Summer
GauZe at 25c each.
SOC VESTS.
Women's Super Extra Jersey Vests, Silk and
Isle, in blue aad pink mixed, and Balbriggan
in the different styles. All rare bargains at SOC
EACH
j. R. LIBBY,
Congress Street.
ily21 diff
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-05-12
Minister to France.

When President Cleveland sent the
name of Edward J. Phelps to the United
Safes Senate, as Minister to Great Bri-
tain, there was q general query from one
end of the land to the other: "Who is
Phelps ~ To be sure the distinguished
lawyer had already earned a most envla-
BILE reputation at the bar, and he was
of uncommon ability, as we'll as OF very
high character. Sometimes the great
unknown develops in the most satisfac-
tory way. So, yesterday, when the Off
cial bulletin gave the name of T. Jeffer-
son Coolidge, as the new Minister to
France, the average newspaper reader
was filled with perplexity Like MIR.
Phelps, however, Mr.. Coolidge has made
his own way in the world, without a
great ado, and in Boston town he is we'll
nigh at the top of the heap, SO far as
wealth, personal influence, social status
and "culchah" are concerned. Moreover.
this greatsgrandson of the author of the
immortal Declaration of Independence
has the profound respect OF that paftlcu-
lar clement in the political world which
has come to be a cause of profound anxi-
ETY. to the men who run the Republican
machine in New England. Mugwumpery
has come to stay, especially in Boston
town, and while Minister Coolidge in the
performance of his official duties will be
unable to render much personal service
to the kind political friends who have
called the attention of the President OF
the United States to his exceptional fits
ness to represent this country in fine
style at the capital of the French, his
appointment is doubtless expected to go
g long ways towards making the afore-
said Mugwunpers feel particularly good.
All of which seems to be the true inward
ness of this latest bit of practical politics
-Phila. TcleQraa9.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-05-12
The MODS Swift Work.

A dispatch dated at Nashville, Tenn,
April 90, gives the following particulars
of brutal outrage and its swift punish~
ment:
"A horrible crime followed by swift
punishment is reported from Goodietts-
Vile, ten miles from Nashville, on the
ST Louis branches of the Louisville q
Nashville railroad. The toll keeper, Lee
Brace living half a mile from town, died
about g month ago, leaving wife, and
q daughter nearly grown, Sonia, aged
fifteen. Last night a cousin OF Senia's,
Mary Bruce, spent the night with her,
and one or two other women were there
. clock two negroes broke into the house
and after robbing two rooms, came into
the room where the girls were in bed.
AS if by generalization, they put out the
lights and each seized one of the girls,
who screamed and resisted until they
were oyerpowed, the elder being badly
injured before the brutes accomplished
their purpose The woman sitting in
the other room, instead of rushing to
their assistance, were frightened and ran
away from the house for help, the near>
est house being half mile distant. Be
fore they came up with help the brutes
nau more imam once repeated bHelf crllIo
Search was at once instituted, and at
day light every man in and around Good
lettsville was on the hunt. Five negroes
were captured, and taken before the
girls for Identification. One Henry Griz-
card was identified and hanged to a tree.
The other three were sent to jail to await
developments. Before he died Henry
GrizZard confessed his crime and impi>
Gated Mack Harper, but the girls were
too excited to positively identify Harper
at the time. On Grizzards body was
pinned a card reading death to the
man who cuts the body down before
midnight" Detective Morton, of the
louisville & Nashville railroad, secured
a team and started to Nashville with
Eph Grizzard, John Grizzard and Mack
Harper. They were pursued by the mob
and overtaken short distance from
town. John Clarke who was driving
the team, whipped up the horses but the
mob fired on the party wounding Morton
and Clark. They then captured the three
negroes, took them back to town, and
thence mile out on the creek, where
Henry Grizzard was hanging, Mack Har-
per was quickly hanged, the other two
men were sent to Nashville"
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-05-12
Political Scandal

The Richmond correspondent of the
Petersburg Iaadeg Appeal, democratic,
sends to that paper under date of April
80, the following morsel of political scan
DIAL
"There was sensation in the police
court this morning Henry Cohen who
was judge at the Second precint of JEFF
ferson ward at the primary, was wit
ness in behalf of his brother who was
charged with fighting with J. Samuel
Wilkinson, sergeant>at>arIns of the city
democratic committee. Witnesses were
put on the stand to prove that Cohen
should not be believed on OATH Lawyer
Samuel M. Page testified that Cohen had
admitted to him that he cheated in
counting the votes. In calling the names
on the tickets to the two other judges
who were keeping tally he had given one
councilman ninety-three votes he was
not entitled to; another seventy and al
tered twenty>three. Cohen denied that
he had ever made any such statement,
but Mr.. Page was corroborated by an
other witness to whom Cohen had made
the same admission. The recount of the
votes in Jefferson ward showed that
there were just such errors in the count
at the Second precinct as those Cohen
told to Mr. Page about. This was not
the precinct where the most glaring
frauds were committed. Next was the
Third in Jefferson. The justice decided
the case in favor of Wilkinson refusing
to believe Cohen after this matter was
brought out against him. So it seems
that if there is no statute law to punish
those who cheated in the primary, at
least one has been punished in way
that any honest person would feel very
severely. Cohen is superintendent of the
city lamp lighting"
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-05-12
Terrible Tor PETER and Simpson.

The Topeka Capitol recently pub
lished its twelfth monthly mortgage
statement. taken from the records of the
Offices Of the registers of deeds in Kan-
sas The statement shows q decrease in
the mortgage indebtedness in 40 out of
the 100 counties reporting of $50o,061
Tie total releases are 1851, 1872, or $780,
coo over last month. The net reduction
Of mortgage Indebtedness for the month
throughout the whole State is placed at
$9A3 900 (cstimated.)
The Capitol also publishes repoxts
from go banks in 81 counties. showing
the proportion of their stock held by.
farmers and the proportion ogsdeposits
owned by farmers Theamount Of stock
held by the farmers is Is per cent. ont
of total OF $l1 1881, 4a5. The aggregate
deposits are SIS, 4o9, 625, of which farmers
own 50, o0s, 731. All the banks reporting
state that the deposits Of farmers during
the year have increased to a gratifying
extent and many report that they have
doubled.
As the New York San recently said,
this account of increasing prosperity
among the farmers of Kansas will prove
q terrible blow to PETER, Simpson, and
other extravagant reform" agitators Of
the same stripe. They lave been using
the alleged great and growing sufferings
OF the farmers as the reason for revolu-
tionizing the existing order of things.
They will be somewhat COMPOUNDED by
the substantial evidences of prosperity
found in the above figures.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-05-12
A REMARKABLE CAREER.
Closed in the Death Of Maj. A. G..
Smith. of Virginia.

kOiiiAOh3 VI v IL 5IAicbs
BETHEL ACADAMY, Va, May 4-Major
A. 6. Smith, the founder of Bethel
Classical and Military Academy,
and one of the foremost eGucationalists
of the South, died to-dayof pneumonia
Mai. Smith had a most checkered ca
reer. While a young man he served on
the editorial STATS of leading dailies
He was one of the founders of Atch-
ison, kans., holding on his death large
tract of lani in that city. He was a
participant in the Kansas wars, and
was honored by speedy promotion. On
Lis return to Virginia from the West he
entered the ranks of the Confederacy as
a private, and rose rapidly to colonies
cy, although after entitled major.
His promotions were mostly for gal
lantry on the field. In Pickett's grand
charge at Gettysburg, he served as adj
jutant of the Thirty eight Virginia, be
ing the slender Southerner" who, as
history relates, was seen standing on the
stone fence at the Bloody Angle with
his sword blade shot off at the hilt. AT
ter the surrender he returned to his ma
tive State, Virginia, and founded Beth>
ell Classical and Military Academy
which at present has a patronage from
sixteen States. The academy was OF
the eve of celebrating its quarter centu
ry under Maj Smiths management
The academy, by death bed request, is
under the management OF Maj. r. Au-
gustus Mcintyre.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-05-12
A Town Made in a Day.

Nothing could more fully illustrate the
restless, aggressive spirit of the Aneri-
can people than recent occurrences in
the Indian Territory and South Dakota
The government announced that GER
tain vacant lands would be open for set
tIenent under the homestead law, and
the conditions prescribed were that the
first to reach the reserved plat and plant
his stake was the rightful party to put
his down. 4 dispatch from Okarche,
Oklahoma, dated the a5th, gives the fol-
lowing account Of the way that town
was made il that country:
Tuesday morning Okarche was q
lonely spot on the Rock Island railroad
Just inside the Indian lands. This morn
ing il has 1850 inhabitants. Two long
Rock Island trains loaded to the plat
form halted just outside the line until
exactly noon, and then run for Okarche
at full speed. There was a wild scene at
the station. Men jumped out the win
dows and rolled off the platforms in
swarms a town site had been estab-
lished containing $500 lots, but in the
scramble every man drove his stake
where he saw fit, and many got in the
middle of the streets. There were over
twenty women in the party, and
they all drove stakes. About the
first men to afightin the town were two
drummers. They went right to taking
ORDERS"
They neglected to state where the real
estate agents were. We guess they were
about and had Offices in full equipment
and doing business in approved order.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-05-12
Sat on His Own Jury.

New York letter in Philadelphia Times.
sduries,'' said ex-Judge Dittenhoffer
dc some very queer things. For IN
stance, | had client who was sued by a
creditor for debt. My client had moth
ing, and it did not make any difference
whether Judgment was taken out against
him or not He could not have paid it
had one been issued. | went to the court
room one day to enter an appearace for
MIN, and there were several cases ahead
OF that one, so | said to my clerk II
will go back to my office, and if the case
isealled yn'l can send formc.' In about
al hol,r i,v Jerk came to me and said
the case was called When | went into
the court room I could not find my eli
erat. The opposing counsel was already
making an address to the jury in which
he was securing my client severely. l
glanced at the jury and to my intense
advertisement juryman No 9was my own
client. He sat there listening with per-
feet composure to the attack which was
ssssade upon him. | was too amazed to
sis,.aA for awhile, but finally | interrupt.
ees the counsel and said to him that |
thought he had better ask for an adj
journment He refused at first, until |
said to him: why, my own client is
sitting in that jury box; how he got
there don't know, but there he is" OF
course, the case summary stopped, and
Judge Iarremore was so indignant that
he was going to send my client to Jail
for contempt, but | suggested that the
man may not have intended anything
wrong. The Judge summoned him to
the bar and asked the man how he hap>
pened to get On the jury. Why said
the fellow, they called my name We
looked over the panel of the clerk and
found that that was exactly what hap>
pened. He responded to his name when
it was called and took his seat in the
jury box. The coincidence was extra
ordinary. Judge Larrelnore said it had
never happened before, and that if the
client had not been comparatively ig-
man he would certainly have Sc
Seiely punished MIN iof cOHteupt. LIE
man did not realize that he was in any
danger. He supposed that it was his
duty if his name was called to go into
the jury box. He expressed some sorrow
afterward that the case had been ad-
journed, and frankly told Judge Larre
more that he was far better qualified to
sit upon the jury than any Of the other
men who were his associates because he
knew all about the case and they did
potsn