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The Portland daily press., 1892-07-05
Fire on Free Street.

Yesterday afternoon Officer Firth saw
smoke issuing from the cellar window of
No. So Free street, known as the Central
Market, and located on the first floor of
the large four-story brick block corner
of Free and Center street. The officer
pulled in an alarm from box and the
department quickly responded. The
chemical engine got stream on but the
fire had evidently obtained position
the chemical stream would not reach, so
a hydrant stream was put on. After half
an hours active work the flames were
extinguished. 1t seems that the cellar
was full of empty boxes and rubbish and
the fire was underneath it all making
dense thick smoke, that at times, was as
black as oil smoke.
The store was filled with smoke, and
so was the building overhead which is
occupied by Clarence M. Merriman as a
lodging house. Mr.. Merriman said what
ever injury his property might sustain
would be due to smoke and was insured.
He could not give the companies or the
agents. Mr.. M. W. Best, who runs the
Central Market, said he was insured with
Dow & Pinkham for between two and
three thousand dollars. What his loss
would be he couldn't say. All his meats
were, of course, rendered useless by the
smoke as were the vegetables and fruits.
The canned and bottled goods might
suffer more orless of loss.
The half of the block in which the fire
was located is owned by Mr.. George
Stevens of Knightville, he having bought
it from Mr.. Colesworthy. 1t is insured
and the loss will be only few hundred
dollars,
The cat in the market was nearly suf-
located by the smoke but finally re-
covered.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-05
For additional Local News see
Fifth Page.
DRUMMERs ENTERTAINED.
Pleasant Hours of the Fourth Passed at
Mr.. j. III. Dow's Cottage, Peaks Island.

A large delegation of the members of
the Montreal and Maine travellers asso-
Citations accepted the generous invita-
ton of Mr. J. Fl. Dow to enjoy the
hospitalitias of his summer home at
Peaks Island yesterday afternoon. Mr..
and Mrs. Dow had made ample prepare
ton: for. giving the visitors from Her
Majesty's Dominion and Mr.. Dows as
sociates of Maine royal reception. The
rooms of his beautiful cottage and the
spacious grounds surrounding, were
prettily'' decorated for the occasion.
Games and annusements of various kinds
furnished pleasant entertainment. In
the dining rooms nice collation. was in
readiness. In the evening the party
were the guests of Mr.. andI Mrs. Dow,
and accompanied them to the Pavilion
theatre. The following gentlemen and
ladies composed the parry: C. E. A.
Patterson and wife, H. M. Dranehart and
wife, Fl. Mortimer and wife, J. o. NORM
and wife, Miss Daily, Miss Enright,
Hector .Lamontagne, George Berge, Capt.
D. Stephenson. J. F. Gardner, 81. w.
Wadsworth, Mr.. Miner, 7. 81. Harris,
Capt. st. Lewis, all of Montreal; Horace
Jones and wife, of Montevideo; G.. w.
Tenant and wife, T. J. WEIGH and wife,
Miss Deehan, 81. 81. Jones and wife. S..
c. Lang and wife, John G. Brown and
wife, Ell. G. Thompson and wife, Miss
Drisco, W. Fl. Looney, ESQ.,, Miss
Looney and B. A. Atkinson.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-05
AT LAKE sEBAoo.
How Portland Longshoremen Enjoyed In
dependence Day.

The annual outing of the Portland
Longshoremen's Benevolent Society took
place at Sebage Lake yesterday. The
day was all that could be desired and
was enjoyed by all who went up. The
majority of the society went on the noon
train and all of the six cars were crowded.
Arriving at the Lake the various sports
were quickly INDUCED in. The base ball
game between the Forest Citys and
Crescents was won by the former club
by one run. James McGovern, formerly
of the Portlands, was the umpire. The
winners received SIS.
The boat races attracted the most at
tention. Those who contested in the
doubles were William Paine and J. o.
Donnell, William Killeen and j. O'Brien,
and Mat O'Brien and Thos. Black.
They finished in the order
named. The victors received $40
and the second ones $40. In the
singles, Matt O'Brien, j. O'Brien and
William Paine were the contestants.
Matt o. Brien was an easy winner and got
the first prize Of $25. The other two
were very close and after a sharp contest
Paine came in second, thus receiving
the second prize of $15. In both races
Thomas O'Neil was the referee and
Robert NJ. Kelly and Charles /Sanborn
were the judges.
The 200 yards dash was won by John
Foley,gJ. Cronin coming in second. The
prizes were So for first and So for second.
The sack race was enjoyed by many
and caused much amusement. John
CULVER was first and William Collins
second. The prizes were So to the win
ner and 50 for the second man.
Thomas Conley won the stone throw
ing contest and received the prize of So.
Dancing was INDUCED in all the after
noon, an orchestra of five pieces furnish
ing excellent music.
The society has been organized about
25 years and is now in fourishing con-
dition. The officers of the society are:
President-P. j. Higgins.
Vice PreSident-M. o. Brien.
Recording Secretary-Ed NORM.
Treasurer-Jeremiah ONeil.
Financial Secretary-P. J. Reilly.
Trustees-M. j. Cramer, D. J. Leonard, Will
liam Nelson. James Collins, Henry johnson.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-05
Accidents.

The glorious Fourth never passes with
out number of accidents from the care
less handling of fire arms or fire crack
ers.
A young son of Mr.. Fred Buckley, who
resides on Lafayette street, was engaged
with companion in firing off a small
cannon on Myrtle street. The cannon, at
the last discharge, exploded at the vent,
and filed the faces of the two boys with
powder. Buckley, who is about IS
years of age, was seriously injured. Mr..
Hezeltine, the apothecary, took him
home in hack. The other boy was not
so badly injured
A son of Mr.. Charles Slzillings was fir
ing toy pistol, when it exploded prema-
turely and burned his hand and face Sc
verely.
A twelve year old son of Mr.. Michael
Graham, who lives at No. Sc Washington
street, was firing crackers, when a large
cannon cracker prematurely exploded,
filling both hands and his face with
powder. He was taken home.
A man, whose name was given as Rod
ney, was firing crackers on Congress
street, and was evidently somewhat I'M
der the influence of liquor. He was
whirling a lighted cannon cracker about
his head when it exploded and his hand
was terribly mutilated.
At Oakdale, while the boys were ex-
perimenting with fire crackers, some
sparks set fire to the parlor of Mr.. AL
bert Aliens house, doing considerable
damage.
Master Willie Merrill of East Deering.
son of Mayor Merrill, burned his hand SC
severely with powder while celebratine
Monday morning that the services of a
physician were required.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-05
RECKLESS SHOOTING.
Hoodlums Break the LeGrow Window in
Bosworth Hall.

Sunday night a gang of young men
gathered in the street, near the head of
Cotton, on Free, and began a fusilade of
pistol shots which they kept up for long
time. This fact would not call for spec
ial remark-as it was really Monday
morning, for the clock had struck 12-
but it appears the men used ball car
tridges. In their indiscriminate shoot
ing they broke4the valuable LeGrow me-
mortal window in Bosworth Post hall
and one of the cellar windows, filed the
sign of Mr.. O'Connor, the tailor, with
about 20 bullet holes, and several of the
other signs in the vicinity were marked
in the same way. 1t is a wonder that by
their reckless work no one was killed or
injured.
At South Portland Monday morning
the boys had the freedom of the village
They carried off gates, blinds and street
lights.
The heavy shower that came on about
1.3O o'clock Monday morning was great
boon to nervous people. Itwet the pow
der of the juvenile celebraters and sent
many of them to shelter for while, so
comparative quiet reigned.
Some of the boys got unusually ven
turesome last evening and put cannon
cracker on the letter box at the corner of
Free and Cross streets, by Gage Broth
ers' store. When the cracker exploded
it blew the letter box to pieces and scat
tered the letters about the street. Mr..
Gage picked the letters up and kept them
safely for the postofice. 1t is a pretty
serious matter interfering with Uncle
SANS mails, and the young men who did
it will be likely to suffer if found out.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-05
THE HAMPTON RACE.
Honors Were Left Easy Between Willard
and South Portland.

The event yesterday at South Portland
was the race of Hampton boats, which
took place in the afternoon. There was
a large crowd of spectators on the shore
and wharves and much interest was
taken, especially in the friendly rivalry
of South Portland and Willard. The
course sailed was from the harbor near
Custom House wharf, around House
Island, thence westward of Hog Island
Ledge, and around the buoy on The
Brothers and back again. Mr.. Edward
Ennis of South Portland had charge of
the race as referee.
The boats were divided into two class
es. Glass 1 was composed of the %
footers, and Glass 2 of the 20 footers.
Three participated in the first class and
five in the second. In the first class the
contestants were the boats belonging to
William Gushing of South Portland,
Charles Orr of Willard and Thomas
Lake of South Portland. Each boat car
ried three men.
LII ullO ooCOHu GLASS UllCT0 were 1iV6
boats belonging to Thomas Woodbury. of
Willard, George Allen of South Portland,
James Woodbury. of South Portland,
John Griffin of South Portland and
George Gushing.
The race was very close. In the first
class William Gushing came in first, but
only about two minutes ahead of Charles
Orr who took second prize.
Ip the second class the boats kept to-
gether throughout the race and the close
was exciting. Thomas Woodbury. won
and George Allen was second. The
others came along in this order: J.Wood-
bury, Griffin and G.. Gushing.
The prizes were Sc for the first and 81
for the second in each race.
William Cushing's boat carried jib
jib and was the only boat that did. She
made a very pretty spectacle as she came
up the home stretch in a spanking
breeze.
The distance over the course was
about nine miles.
Griffin in the second collided with one
of the other boats but no damage was
done.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-05
A Down East Yachting Trip.

The annual cruise of the Winthrop
Yacht Club will start on Saturday, July
8. Yachts will gather off Point Shirley
at 2 p. m. At 2.30 the starting gun will
be fired from Commodore J. Stearns
Cushings flagship Nimbus, and the fleet
will get under way, the yachts passing in
review, after which two guns will be fired
as signal to fill away for Marblehead,
where the fleet will anchor for the night.
Captains will report aboard the flagship
at p. m. for conference. Every effort
will be made to keep the yachts together
and the cruise will end in Camden har.
Dor, down in Maine. Lyman S. Marsten
is feet captain.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-05
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
How it Was Celebrated in Portland and
Vicinity.

The night before the Fourth was one
of the noisiest for many years until the
pouring shower put damper on youth
full ardor. But the morning of the Fourth
broke bright and clear with a strong
northeast wind. Young America was
early astir and the city echoed and re-
echoed with the noise of cannons, pistols,
and fire crackers. At sunrise, noon and
sunset national salute was fired by Or
der of the city government, and the bells
pealed forth their gladstone notes. From
public and many private residences, the
stars and stripes were flung to the
breeze.
Band Concerts.
The concerts given by Chandler's Band
at the Western Promenade, Deering' S
Oaks and Fort Allen Park were
fully enjoyed by many of our citizens to
large extent during the day. The fine
programmes published in yesterdays
edition were admirably rendered.
Mayors Reception.
The reception, by Mayor Ingraham
held in city building drew number of
our Canadian visitors as well as some of
our own people. They were very cordially
received by His Honor. The reception
proved very attractive and novel fea-
ture of the day.
At the Islands.
A large number of citizens patronized
the island steamers yesterday and took
in the pleasures at these resorts. At
Long Island the New York Ideal Opera
Co. drew good audience and the Gran
tie Spring Casino, Mr.. Ponce's new thea
tire, and all were much pleased with the
entertainment. The company was good
and this theatre is very attractive. At
Peaks Island the Pavilion and Green
wood Garden were we'll patronized, both
places affording ample entertainment to
their patrons.
In the Evening.
The evening was marked by the explo-
sion of fire crackers and pistols while
many families had private displays of
fireworks From the harbor the exhibit
ton of rockets and Roman candles was
very pretty.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-05
BRIEF JoTTiNGs.

1t was brightday with a strong, clear,
cool northwest wind yesterday.
The police enjoyed their usual Fourth
of July dinner at the station yesterday.
The regular monthly meeting of the
yacht club will be held tomorrow even.
ing.
Forepaugh's circus procession filled
the streets along the route with people
yesterday morning. The show was a
very good one.
Mr.. Starr, the press agent of Fore
paugh'a show, says there were eleven
thousand people present in the tent yes.
terday afternoon, and hundred turned
away for lack of seats.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-05
CITY OF WEsTBRooK.
sudden Death of Mrs. G. T. Ames Last
Evening.

Last evening Mrs. G. T. Ames, treas
urer of Naomi Lodge, D. of R., fell dead
while at a meeting of the lodge. She
had just read the usual report of the
term finances, sat down in her chair,
gasped a few times and fell to the floor.
She was Immediately raised and restora-
tives applied, but without effect. DIR.
Burroughs was called and decided it a
case of heart disease,
Mrs. Ames was an exemplary Christian
lady and will be much missed in the
community. She was about Al years OF
age. She leaves husband and one child,
a young man some IS years of age.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-05

At Woodfords Corner Monday morn
ing some mischievous boys planted a
cannon cracker in some deep mud in
front of the stores J. Parker and Chap
man & Wyman. When it exploded the
mud was thrown over the fronts of those
stores quite extensively. Some of the
signs at Woodfords Corner suffered from
powder also.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-05
A Small Blaze.

Yesterday afternoon about four o'clock
a man walking down Brown street saw
flames issuing from the addition of
Schlotterbecks drug store. He notified
the clerks and few pals of water extin-
guished the flames. The fire had caught
in lot of rubbish, possibly from piece
of burning fire cracker that had been
blown in by the high wind.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-05
It Has Come
To This

That every successful, meritor-
ious article has its limitations.
This is a grave injustice, for
the genuine pure article will
often be judged by the imita-
ton. No preparations require
for their manufacture more
care and skill, more costly
and purer materials, than
Flavoring Extracts.
In this instance cheap mater
ials mean inferior flavors.
DR.. Prices Delicious Flavor
ing Extracts have won their
way to public confidence by
the pure and costly materials
used, the new processes en-
ployed for extracting from
the fruits their natural flavor
ing principles. In using DR..
Prices Orange, Lemon,
Vanilla or other flavors the
housewife will never fail to
obtain the grateful flavor
desired.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-05
THE PRESS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TO-DAY.

ADJUSTMENTS.
Old Orchard races.
FINANCIAL.
Gay & Stanwood.
FIFTH PAGE.
Owen. Moore & Co.
The Atkinson Company.
Casco Bay Steamboat Co.
EIGHTH PAGE.
Harrington & Bickford.
The Atkinson Company.
Standard Clothing Co.
NJ. c. NJ. A; monthly meeting.
Summer board Oliver Murch.
Portland Yacht Club monthly meeting.
New Wants, To Let For Sale, Lost, Found
and similar advertisements will be found under
the appropriate headings on page 6.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-05
Closed for Stock Taking.

The Standard Clothing Co.. will be closed on
Thursday of this week, July 18th for semi-andu-
al stock taking. A special sale of unusual i'm
portance will be ready for Friday morning to
last for some time. A large stock of new sur
plus goods from their wholesale house will be
put on their counter.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-05
Sum Haner Board.
Portland Yacht Club.

TElHE regular monthly meeting of the Portland
n Yacht Club will be held at the Club House.
Merchants wharf on Wednesday evening July
6, at O'Clock. CHAS. F. FLAGG, Secretary.
jul5 DIT
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-06-23
The Uurcasonine Crowd.

Speaking of the queer things to be seen
on the streets, it is really astonishing
how instinctively one person initiates an
other. A man with a passion for psy-
chical research has been proving this by
some experiments which are, to say the
least of it, original. Going along about
dusk the other night in advance of a
small party of folk. he suddenly turned
out into the muddy street, as if avoiding
something in front. Unquestioningly
every person behind did the same thing
in spite of the mire.
It isn't likely that they felt the full
humorous force of the incident in quite
the way he did, however, when they saw
him face abont and walk calmly back in
the beaten path. The sheep went to all
the trouble of jumping over bar of
dust, to be sure, but it would really
seem worth while if human beings coul,
think little more Independently and
for themselves. The truth of it is, it is
just this blind: unreasoning herding to-
gether that leads to half the accidents
and panics which are cropping up on all
sides. Boston Transcript. II ..5s l,.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-06-23
Jay Gould's Book.

Occasionally some person knocks at
the door of Jay Gould's Office in the
Western Union building with copy of
"The History of Delaware County, New
York, by Jay Could" to sell. An i'm
preston existf in the minds of many
people that Mr.. Gould is desirous of
suppressing this publication as COM
pletely as possible, and that he will pay
almost any price to get possession of the
few stray copies that are left. Resi-
dents of Delaware county are authority
for the statement that several years ago
an agent of Mr.. Gould's secured that
county for these books and bought near
ily all of them at fancy prices. When
ever copy of this particular history OF
Delaware county is displayed in that
county at the present day the older resi-
dents will advise the owner, "Jist you
take thet down ter New York, an Jay
Gouldll give yer thirty or forty dollars
fer It," It is certain that nobody in Mr..
Gonld's Office ever heard of his paying
any such price for one of those books.
And nobody is able to explain why Mr..
Gould should want to suppress the pub
lication, unless it is that he thinks there
is too much sentiment in it for man of
his present reputation. = New York
Times,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-06-23
goudanese Troops in Battle.

Twas told delightful story Of one re-
cent action in which the Soudanese
troops took prominent part. The en-
emy was under cover not far off, but
the firing line of blacks were blazing
away at him as fast as they could open
and close their rifles. In vain their Of
fcers tried to stop them. The waste of
ammunition threatened to become ex-
tremely serious, and their commanding
officer, q Scotchmhn who had seen many
fights with them, losing his temper, rode
up and down behind the line cursing
them with every abusive epitheti in q
fairly adequate vocabulary of Arabic in
yective, but entirely without effect. At
last one. of them happened to turn and
discovered the beloved bey in evidently
very excited state of mind. he at
once rose, ran back to him, and patting
him reassuringly on the boot he said:
s.Don't be frightened, bey. It's all
right. We're here. Well take care of
your
The Scotch bey, however, was equal
to the occasion. He rode out through
the line, and walked his horse up and
down in from. OF the rifles. "Now," he
said, ssif you must fire, fire at me!'
After this it is not surprising to read in
dispatches that this officer has twice re-
Gently had his horse shot under him.
Contemporary Review.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-06-23
Rice and Wheat at weddings.

Throwing rice and wheat at we'd
ding is relic of an old Roman custom,
and has probably been common in Eng.
land since Roman times. Brand gives
several authorities for it. Friend refers
to the case of the bride Of Henry VII at
Bristol in 1886, when wheat was thrown
upon her with the greeting, "Welcome
and good luck!"
Riceis used similarly at weddings in
India, and the substitution of this grain
for wheat in our own country of late
years may be partly due to that fact;
but where wheat cannot readily be come
atrice would naturally suggest itself as
q substitute.-Notes and Queries.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-06-23
now Mine. Are salted.

The gnlibility of persons whs buy
mines has passed into proyerb. It is
said thatsuch properties have actually
been salted with half melted silver dol
lars and sold to investors, who did not
realize that the precious metal was not
found in nature with the stamp Of the
mint upon it. Undoubtedly the most
scientific method Of accomplishing this
sort Of. swindle is to apply the silver in
the shape of nitrate solution. When
it isready for nse some salt is put into
itand it IS squrted over the rock, the
salt causing an immediate precipitation
of the metal in manner that is equally
conspicuous and deceptive to the eye.-
Kansas City Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-06-23
!. Theatrica7. Supefststion.

Among county, companies supersti1
HONS s7e more varied and extended than
among metropolitan ones, and are of
course more blindly and religicusly ad=
hsred to. d, H,son entering aitown where
the next stand is to be made, q grave
yard Is visible ON the right side Of the
railway track, the country managers
heart swafs with bright anticipaions;
Butt on ths contrary, the tombstones
loom mp On the left Of the road, he be-
comes depressed, as he takes the factas q
warning that his .sbusiness" will be small
during his engagement In that place.
such q managerwill be apt to give some
man or boy q free pass to the theater on
first night, as he would fear rnn of
III luck IN case q woman should chance
to enter the house before q member of
the opposite sex had found his way with
io.-Chicago POst.sA
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-06-23
.Antlilotes for- snakel Poison.

3 The effect of snake bite depends partly
on the cond dition of the snake and partly
on that Of the person bitten and thepart
attacked. No effectnal antidote has yet
been discovered. Ammonia and per
manganate of potassium will not suffice,
although solution of the latter will
take away the poisonous property of the
snakes venom if it be mixed Herewith.
Immediate amputation of a bitten toe
or finger is the best course, as the delay
Of few seconds may suffice to convey
the poison into the patients circulation.
If from the nature of the part bitten
amputation cannot be performed, a very
tight ligature applied after cauterization
and sucking the part is the best course,
and the administration of stimulants is
generally recommended. Quarterly Re
view.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-06-23
Coffee Good for tim Voice:

When making a speech Lord Salisbury
never drinks anything, neither does the
present leader of the house, and the same
may be said of John Morley and Mr..
Chamberlain. Sir Charles Russell, the
leader of the English bar, on the occa-
sion of his two days speech before the
Parell commission, drank nothing but
hot coffee, which he declared was not
only good for the voice but an excellent
ulant.-Exchange